-tibmte. argute .rf ggBr TWO CENTS. SUKANTON, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3, 1897. TWO CENTS lp3 DETERMINED STRIKERS No Thought of a Back ward Move in the Step Taken. EFFORTS AT A STAMPEDE They Are Unsuccessful at Belleville. Orgnnlzcr V. D. Vinson Clnimcx That No I'ctty Judge Shrill Deprive Him of His r)vcrs--N(itlco Ilns Been Served on Strikers to Vncntc tlic Company Houses-l'rce l'iglit nt Washington, Ind. --Other Nows of Wor. Pittsburg. Aug 2. The striking min ers have broken all records, both as to numbers attending their mats meet ings and the excellent order and law abiding behavior they have exhibited. Too much praise cannot be given the strikers for this latter condition. They have been subject to the control of leaders, who, profiting by former ex perience, have so forcibly Instilled Into .the minds of their followers the stupld flty of law breaking that the peaceful attitude and actions of the strikers Have been a source of wonder to all the prophets, who have from day to day predicted dire happenings. It Is con ceded by all that In former times, un der similar circumstances, riot and bloodshed would have resulted long ago from the conditions under which the miners have been placed during this stilke. It Is the hope of all well wish ers of the strikers that this peaceful warfare will continue throughout and until the contest Is settled definitely. The mass meeting of miners at the McCrea school house today was the greatest during the strike and prob ably the largest gathering of the kind ever seen In Allegheny county. More than 5,000 striking miners weie gath ered for an all day session, nnd labor leadeis hairangued them In various tones, while bands of music served to stir up the enthusiasm to the highest pitch. From early morning miners of every nationality weie gathering at the school house They came In big bands and small ones, but the one that set them wild with enthusiasm arrived at 11.25 this morning from Turtle Creek It consisted of 1,600 mlneis from that camp, and when they came In sight there was such cheering ns lias not been heard since the strike htarted. They came down to the camp at the school house with bands playing stir ring airs and banners waving In the breeze. Cheer after cheer went up from the camp and the matchers re turned them with a will. When the mlneis of the two parties met theie were some wild scenes. Men rushed around shaking hands, shouting, and even embiaclng each other. The crowd that had gathe-ed was so much larger than the men had anticipated that they were wild with Joy and drunk on suc cess. THE SPEAKERS. A few minutes after the arrival of the Turtle Creek division the speakers arrived in a carriage. They were: M. P. Carrick, piesldent of the Paint ers' and Decorators" union: W. A. Car ney, vice-president of the Amalga mated association: Airs. M. G. Jones, the labor agitator of Chicago, and M. J. Counahan, of the Painters' and Decorators' union. In addition to these the leaders of the miners were lined to speak ns the occasion demanded. There was a rumor In I'm camp that Sheriff Harvey A. Lowry would appear with deputies nnd force the meeting to disperse, but It was evidently un founded, The speeches weie not of an inflammatory dinraoler, and the big crowd was orderly during the whole day It was announced that but twenty nine men were at work today in the Plum Creek mines, ,whlle only two or three were in the Sandv Creek mine. The policy of the miners Is to foim camps at these mines as well as Oak Hill, and maintain large parties on guard. President Dolan announced that he could get land from private parties or. which to pitch his camps. The feeling in tho camp was one of triumph. The miners claim that they are on the hish road to success, and the enthusiasm which was seemingly slumbering yesterday was at fever heat today. J. T. McCoy, a piomlnent member of the Typographical union, extended the sympathy and financial purport of the printers of the country and said the 01 conization had made a per capita assessment for five weeks to be paid for the benellt of the strik ers. A RUSH FOR BREAD. A huge number of the men who at tended the meeting weie nearly dead from hunger. Some of them had eaten nothing since i o'clock yesterduy and the commlsbary wagon had not yet ar rived when tho meeting was over. It was not until' newly 2 o'clock that tho wagon carrying, the provisions got lo the camp and when it arrived there wns a rush for bread which would put to shame ony foot ball rush ever seen nn the local juidlron. After the meet. Ing wiu over, nnd the men had satis fied ih.dr appetites, they went back to their cump ut Turtle Cieck in an or derly manner, where they rested and made preparations for tomoirow. Two n' camps were Instituted thfs after noon after the meeting. The one at Plum Crpek will bo known us "Camp Resistance," th one nt Sandy Creek win be called "Camp Isolation.' jMch camp In the besieged district v(ll be Kept constantly supplied with guards. Headquarters, us heretofore, will be "Camp Determination" nt Tur- V tie Creek. The force of, deputies was kept busy durlns the entire night. Every move was watched and trouble seemed to be In the air. The condition can be said to bo critical. Both sides feel that thero Is a crisis near at hand. The officials of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company gave out the statement tonight that their forces were Increas ed In the Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek mines and more men were at work at tho Plum Creek mine than there has been since the campaign against the company started, The hearing of Patrick Dolan will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon before Judge Semmes, of Turtle Creek. The miners' officials have retained at torneys and the case will be fought to tho bitter end, A RUSE THAT FAILED. St. Louis, Aug.-2. A great effort was made this morning to stampede the striking miners back to work nt and around Belleville, HI., but it was a dismal failure. At all of the mines south of the town nnd several In other directions, flrcs were lighted, great clouds of black smoke pouted fiom numerous stacks, whistles were blown long and loud, but the ruse did not woik, for only six men out of the sev eral bundled strikers living aiound about went down Into the bowels of the earth to dig and they will not be al lowed to continue long as the strikers say they will be either coaxed or forc ed to quit In a couple of days. Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 2. A dele gate meeting of miners was held at Montgomery, twenty-five miles east of bete, today. There weie 332 delegates present and twenty mines represent ed. The meeting was addiessed by W. D. Mason, of Detroit, who Is in charge of the woik of organizing miners In West Virginia; Chris Evans, one of his assistants and a number of local lead ers. Resolutions were passed demanding a fifty-cent rate and a checkwelgh man on each tipple. An agreement to quit work und remain idle till a scale of prices was ngieeS upon for coal diggers of all states rrss also adopted. Referring to the Injunction Issued by Judge Mason, Mr. Mason said he would pay no attention to It. He had been accustomed to being enjoined In vari ous strikes for the last five years. He had never paid attention to injunctions nnd had neer been arrested. He knew his rights as nn American citizen and he proposed to maintain them. He has been teaching his men their rights and was urging them to fight for them. He had two grandfathers In the Revolu tlonaiy war and the only legacy they had left him was the liberty of speech and action. No petty Judge should de prive him of the liberty purchased for him by the blood of his fathers. EVICTIONS AT GRAFTON. Grafton, W. Va. Aug. 2. Notice has been served by Superintendent A. P. Goedlcke, of the Flemlngton mines to every striking miner in the region oc cupying' the company's houses, to va cate the property immediately. Ex citement runs higher among the min ers, the notice says their goods will be thrown Into the street If they are not out within a specified time. An attempt will be made to operate the mines with non-union men. Knoxvllle, Tenn., August 2. Reli able information ha"s been received from the Jolllco district where the mines have been closed since May, and over 2,000 miners are out on a strike, that work will soon be resumed. Prep aiatlons are being made at the mines and everything Is ready for resump tion. A number of cars were loaded Saturday. The operators held, a meet ing last week and It is understood that a satisfactory wage scale will be pro posed. As yet the miners have ex perienced little suffering on account of the strike. Clarksburg, AV. Va., Aug. 2. There are about CO miners at work In the mines around Clarksburg today, out of about E00. There will bo further de velopments after 3 o'clock this after noon, when It Is expected that all the miners will lay down their picks. Washington, Ind., Aug. 2. This morning tho miners started to work at Cable & Co.'s mines. They were met by strikers who requested them not to return to work. The debate ended In a free fight, In which clubs and fists played a part.' Gibson Lott, one of the men w ho attempted to go to work was badly used up, his scalp being laid open. AGITATORS DESERT. Pittsburg, Kas Aug. 2. Notices weie posted today at the different mines in this district calling for a mass meeting of miners to be held here tomorrow. The powder question, sixty cents per ton for mine run in every mine in the district, is also being advocated. The miners at Wear coal company shaft No. E, it seems, are in a quandary because of the fact that the local agitators who caused the suspen sion of work Saturday, have deserted them. They are out today, however, and It Is thought will not go back un til after tomorrow some time. Harrlsburg, Aug. 2. Adjutant Gener al Stewait tonight received a message from Governor Hastings in Bellefonte to the effect that he had lecelved a message from the sheriff of Allegheny county relating to the coal miners' strike and asking that precautionary measures be taken in event of trouble. The adjutant general notified division headquarters In Philadelphia, but does not anticipate any call for troops. POSTAL CLERK'S ACCIDENT. Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 2. Henry Ettner, the clerk In the postofnee who was ar jested a few days ago on charges of stealing from tho malls, and wno was to have been given a hearing before United States Commissioner Montgomery this morning, (.hot hlmfself in the abdo men this morning with a 32-callbro plstcl. It was reported that he had attempted suicide, but Ettner denies this. He says tho weapon was accidentally discharged. Ho may lecover. Bird's Rnpld flight. South Bend, Ind., Aug. 2. "Pedio," a carrier pigeon, owned by Peter Tollons, of the Mlshawaka Homing club, one of the eight leleased at New Oi leans on Thurs day at 0 a. m crrlved at Mlshawaka. a distance of 1,000 miles, yesterday nt 12.30 p. m., making tho dlBtanco in seventy-live hours. Tho actuul flying time Is thirty eight hours, beating tho European record of eight day, and the United States' record of 1S& days. m Shot by Footpads, Lynn, Ma3s Aug. 2.'-Owen Barker, a teamster, aged 30 yeats, was held up on tho street last night by two masked highwaymen, who demanded hl money. Ho felled ono of the robbers to th ground, und the other hot him through tho lungs. He will die. REVOLT AGAINST SENATOR QUAY Trouble Said to Be Brewing Down in Beaver County. RESULTS FROM AN APPOINTMENT Doctor McConnell Turned Down on nn Appointment ns .Horn her of n Pension Examining Bourd--Ho Is Sniil to Bo tho Acknowledged Leader of Politics In Bcnvcr County. New Brighton, Pa., Aug. 2. There Is a revolt against Senator Quay In Beav er county. It grew out of the appoint ment of a pension examining board for the county. On Congressman Showal ter's recommendation Dr. H. S. McCon nell, of New Brighton; Dr. J. II. Wil son, of Beaver, and Dr. T. P. Simpson, of Beaver Falls, were appointed. This was said to bo displeasing to Dr. David MoKlnney's friends, who were credited with endeavoring to have the Beaver district .discontinued nnd have Dr. Mc Klnney appointed as one of the Pitts burg board. Falling in this they ap plied to Quay. The senator, they say, tried to have Dr. Klnnev placed on the examining board instead of Dr. McConnell. Dr. McConnell Is the acknowledged leader In the present day politics in Beaver county and can make trouble. He has always labored to further Quay's In terests. It Was he who furnished Quay the proxy by which he entered the state Republican convention and final ly secured the chairmanship. TRAGEDY AT STRINQTOWN. Churlcs Tox and William Mnckcy Tight witli Hntchot nnd Cim. Pittsburg, Aug. 2. Strlngtown, nn oil town near Slstervtlle, W. Va., was tho scene of a sensational shooting affray In which two men received probably mor tal wounds. The shooting was the result of fead between Charles Fox, a resident of btrlngtown, and William Mackey, a col ored gambler. Fox, who was intoxicated, entered a gambling room last cvt nlng and upon seeing Mackey at onec com menced to shoot. Mackey was unarmed but secured n hatchet and cloied In at his assailant Indicting some serious wounds. Fox loaded his gun a second time and commenced shooting. Hy this t'me some one had handed Mackev a gun r.nd a general fusllade followed. Fox re ceived only one bullet, but It struck him over tho heart Inflicting a fatal wound. Mnckey was shot once In the gioln nnd mother bullet shattered his left arm. He Is In a precarious condition JAPAN IN NEED OF MONEY. All tho Reserve Tunds Snid to lie Exhausted. Taeoma, Wash., Aug. 2. According to Japanese newspapers received here tho government Is somewhat disturbed by the depleted condition of the treasury. The expenditures hnve been greatly increased since the war with China. It Is announc ed that all the reserve funds are now ex hausted, and In case of an extraordinary call recourso will bo had to further tax ation. Many projected improvements, such as building railways and telegraph lines and Improving harbors, are uncompleted, and will require largo sums. Great dif ficulty Is experienced In trying to frame a budget for next year, as nil tho de partments show Increased estimates. The war indemnity paid by China has not given lellef, because it remains In Eu rope to pay for new war vessels. NEW MICROBE FOUND. I'rof. Rand Snid to Have Mndc an Important Discovery. Sterling, Col., Aug. 2. Professor i . T P.and, of Now York, a mlcroscoplst, has mudo a discovery of a hitherto unknown nnd minute microbe, classified as vortl ctlll, which multiplies by the million In cml-twlllght and dies Instantly In the sunlight. It Is voracious and absorbs hu man blood with avidity. Professor Hand has been experimenting here nnd has established tho fact that his microbe nttacks tho blood of sick and diseased persons In prefereaco to healthy persons, seizing upon the red coipuscles of the blood. The microbe in form resembles a horn of plento. It Is regarded as a most im portant discovery In sclentlflo circles. GREAT DROUGHT IN COREA. The King Orders Special Prnycrs to Bo Offered. Taeoma, Wash., Aug. 2. News reaches hero by steumer that a great drought prevails in Corea. Crops are ruined in nearly every district, and tho peasants an rlBlng against the ofllclals and priests, whom they hold responsible. Several murders have occurred In con sequence. 13y royal proclamation si cclal piayets nro ordered to be offered In every rnrt of the kingdom, an-t officials from the King's household have been sent to I ray for rain on the highest mountains in Corea. Instead of exporting rice and other grains us heretofore, Corea will havo to Import cereals this year. TAMMANY HALL MORTGAGED. Now Yoik, Aug, 2. The Society of Tammany or Columbian order In the city of New York, has obtained on a mortgage, 113,000 from tho Central Trust company and have given as security the property known as Tammany hall, lo cated on East Fourteenth street. The mortgago Is given In accordance with an older of tho board of sachems of the Tammany soclty, so ns to wipe out the balance of an Issue of bond, ag. gregatlng $223,000 which were disposed of In 1S67. Out of that issue thero remains outstanding nnd unpaid 1113,000 which Is covered by the present mortgage. Tho mortgage, which falls due in 1007, is payable with Interest at 4V4 per cent. It was (tied today and Is signed by Grand Sachem Thomas L. Feltner and Treasurer Peter r. Meyer. Jllieiinol Nuwgle Dead. Bedford, Pa Aug. 21. Michael Nawglo, a prominent and eccentric citizen, died hero yesterday Mr, Nawglo was S3 years old. Ho was prominently Identified with the Greenback and Farmers' alliance movements, and attended all their stato and national conventions Ho was a zeal ous advocato of those Interests, carefully read all llteraturo bearing upon them, and spent time and money In Its distribution. I'ilhiuter's Officers Como North. New York. Aug, 2. Captain Selva and Mate Loads, of the filibuster Thrco Friends, now held by the United Mr.teu authoiltles at Jacksonville, Fix, atrlvcd here today, WOMAN'S GOOD LUCK. Sho Mado About $200,000 nnd Is Rcudy to Quit Now. Taeoma, Wash., Aug. 2. Mrs. J. T. Wills, of this city, who says sho went "through death" to reek Alaska gold, Is a pioneer of tho pioneers. Sho has "poln eercd It In Now Mexico, Colorado nnd Washington. She Is an Iowa woman, an1 roared thrco daughto-s in Missouri, where sho married a man named Mercer. Eight years ago sho struck Taeoma during tho big Northwestern boom, and married J. T. Wills, a gun and lock smith. As tho boom subsided it became too quiet In Washington for Mrs. Wills, and sho Journeyed to Alcska. She was tho pioneer woman gold hunter of that section. At first she baked bread and conducted a laundry at Circle City. Her stovo would bake only two Joaves at a time, but at $1 per loaf sho managed to not HI per day. She also did plain sowing for tho miners, and Introduced the first starched shirt Into the El Dorado of the far North. When tho word came down tho Yukon that there was fabulously rich pay "dirt" on tho Klondike, Mrs. Wills Joined tho stampede. She went In with a party of cattlemen. Tho trip was rough and ex citing, but Mrs. Wills did not complain, and was not a burden to the men who led the spurt for the new dlsglngs. On a former occasion, however, she did not faio so well. On the way Into tho mines Bhe becamo very sick, and for four days it was feaied sho would dls. Sho was tho only woman In a party of 140 rough miners from nil parts of tho world. Tho miners did not think ot leav ing her behind while life remained, but, as one of them said on returning here last spring: "If sho had died wo would have made a colIln of her blanket and dropped her Into n crevice In tlie Ico and pushed forward as If nothing had hap pened." When Mrs. Wills reached Dawson City she made a dash with the best of thrf men for a claim But as the valuo of tho surrounding clnlms came to be worth $25,000 to $1,000,000 claim-Jumping began, and Mrs. Wills had to figt like a will breaker for her property. It Is value! at at least $230,0i0. While holding on to her claim Mrs. Wills spends her leisure moments carnlns 1 per day as head cook for the AlnsKa Commrclal company at Dawson Cit. TO PROVIDE FOR FISH. State Board of Commissioners Ilns Issued n Cnll for Convention to Be Held nt Ilnrrisburg. Philadelphia, Aug. 2. Tho state board of fish commissioners and tho Pennsylvania Fish Protective associa tion have-issued, a circular calling upon all similar bodies throughout the state to elect delegates to tne state conven tion to be held In Harrlsburg on the 15th of next month. The circular states, among other things: "The leg islature having failed to make the usu al appropriation to the board of fish commissioners of the state, It becomes the duty of the friends of fish culture and protection to raise the necessary funds to enable the latter to carry on its work. Governor Hastings, who has Interest ed himself In the matter, proposes that $23,000 be advanced In $500 subscrip tions, on the understanding that he next legislature be asked to refund the money. His excellency Is having sub scription and receipt papeis prepared by the attorney general of the state, and In due time these will be leady for distribution and use. The objects of the convention are: For the purpose of pledging and rais ing funds to assist in carrying on the work of the state board of fish com missioners during the next two years; to suggest some plan of co-operative work by which laws in the interest of the protection und Increase of fish may be more surely enacted by future legislatures, etc., etc." It Is suggested that each association endeavor to pledge Itself to advance from its treasury, or to raise by sub scription $500 on the understanding that this sum is to be paid to the treas urer of the state commissioners of fisheries in semi-annual Installments of $125. OLASS WORKERS' SCALE. Arrangements Mndc for Its Prcscntn 'Hon August 11. Philadelphia, Aug 2. Tho Joint wago committee of the National Association of Window Glass workers held Its final ses sion today. The new wago schedule was completed, and arrangements were mado for Its prtsentatlon to the manufacturers on Aug. 11 in Chicago. Until then nothing specific will be made public. In a gen eral way the new schedule. If assented to by the manufacturers, will mean a radical Improvement In the rates paid to w orkers. Tho wag committee also adopted a res olution relieving the -workers of losses by breakage, and by tho Introduction of ma chinery Tho action of the miners now on strike was also endorsed and the exe cutive committee of the workers was di rected to give such financial aid to tho strikers as tho treasury will allow. WHEAT BLOCKS THE RAILROADS. A Grcnt Rush to Market Owing to tho Itiso in Price to 81 n Bushel. Stockton, Cal Aug. 2. Thero Is a big blockade of wheat here caused by tho rise In price to $1. Farmers aro rushing In grain so fast that It cannot be handled, Yesterday Mr McNear, tho California wheat king, bought 1,000 tons for his mills, and the dally receipts are from CO to 100 car loads. Tho levco Is piled high with seeks of wheat and moro Is arriving overy hour. Most of this wheat Is from tho San Joaquin valley, where the big ranches use steam ploughs und harvesters that thresh and sack from 1,000 to l.DOO sacks dally. CONVICTED OF AWFUL CRIME. Decatur, Ala,, Aug. 2. Tho closing chapter in one of Alabama's darkest crimes camo to an end in tho conviction of Rosa Buford, for assisting in the as sault of a little white girl. Rosa held the child while two negro men assault ed her. All three were convicted nnd Sep tember 5 Is set for tho day of their ex ecution, A special term of court was held for their trial. Prices of Tea in Jnpnn nnd China. Taeoma, Wash., Aug. 2. Tea values aro going still lower In Japan nnd China owing to the slack demand since July 12, The present quotations are from I to S yen a kin lower than tho average. Tea manufacturers. In Osaka havo suspended business, as work is unremuneratlvo nt these rates, Negro Fiend Sentenced to Death. Decatur, Ala., Aug. 2. Walter Neville, the second of the regro fiends, was found guilty yesterday and the penalty fixed at death. Rosa Buford, the negro woman accomplice, will bo placed on trial Monday, RUNAWAY HORSE WINS THE HEAT Sensational Finish at the Grand Circuit Races. TWO DRIVERS THROWN TO THE TRACK Nlchol B. Without a Guide Keeps on with the I'lold nnd Hushes in Abend of tho Winners nt tho I'lnish--Kx-citing Scones nt Columbus. Columbus, O., August 2. The grand circuit meeting opened today. The most sensational finish ever seen on tho track was witnessed In the third heat of the 2.11 pace. There were 19 starters in this race. Billy C won the first two heats. In the third heat there was a bad spill In tho second quarter and dilvers of both Billv C ami Nlcol B were thrown. Billy C stopped at tho three-quarter point but Nlcol B kept right on with the field running wild. In tho stretch the runaway horse pushed ahead and followed right be hind the sulkies of Pearl Onward and Castlcton. Just before reaching the wire the runaway horse passed in close to the rail while the speculators held their breath expecting to see a smash up, Nlcol B poked his head under the wire Just ahead of Pearl Onward who won the heat. The runaway horse slowed up and turned at the first quarter when he was caught by the stablemen. Although Murphy and McLaughlin, the drivers, were badly bruised by the spill, they drove their respective horses, Billv C and Nlcol B in the fourth heat, both having been given places. Nlcol B won the heat, pac ing clear around the bunch. Darkness prevented the race being finished. Summaries: 2.17 class, pacing; puro, $1,500 Mabel P, b. m., b Bourbon, Wilkes Turner (Quplntln) 1 1 1 Clans Forester, b. h 2 2 5 Emma B, s. m 4 3 2 King Egbert, b. g 3 5 3 Jersey Mac, b. g S 4 6 Beechwood, br. m 7 8 4 May Bird, ro. m 5 7 8 Llbblo M, b. m 6 6 7 Time, 21P-4, 2.11U. 2.11'i. 2.27 class, trotting; purse, $1,500 Bare Devil, blk. h., by Mambrlno Klng-Mercede'S (Geers) 1 1 1 St. Andrew, b. h. (Marvin) 2 2. 2 Alves, b. g. (French) 3 3 S Nobby, br. g. (Moloney) " 11 3 Fred Loder, b. g. (Maloney) 4 5 6 Splnalong, b. m, (Jackson) 5 4 9 Mike Sprague, g. g. (Chandler) U 8 4 White Points, b. g. (Dlekerson) ....11 7 5 Prlnco of India, br. h. (Mcrerrat).. 7 6 12 Charlotte, b. m. (Kulntin) 10 10 7 Edward T, b. g. (Strader) 8 12 11 Axmere, b. h. (Boyce) 12 9 10 Katy, b. m. (Griffln) dls. Time, 2.10, 2.16V4. 2.l5'i. 2.U class, pacing; purse, $1,500 (unfin ished) Billy C, br. g. (Murphy 1 1 17 13 Pearl Onwaid, br. m IS 18 1 3 Nlcol B, b. h 17 12 IS 1 Eyelet, g. m 2 2 7 14 Miss Finley, br. m 3 B 7 2 Castloton, b. h 10 3 2 7 Bellet, b. m ."...19 13 3 17 Sir Sdvvin Arnold, ch. h 4 8 4 4 Mlgnon, b. m 11 4 C 10 Wentworth, br. g 5 15 5 5 Jim Kennedy, b. g G 7 9 9 White, Line, g. g 12 0 15 S Hall Crago, br. h 13 9 11 G Lena Hill. b. m 7 1114 11 Adam, b. g 8 11 10 12 King Lud, s. g 18 17 13 1G Fannie Dumas 14 14 16 15 Pattle D, s. m 9 10 12 dr. Ladle Eugenie, ch. m 15 dls. Time, 2 03U. 2 09Vi, 2.10V4, 2.09V. THE WHEELMEN AT PHILADELPHIA Bicyclists by tho Hundred Aro Pour ing Into the Quaker City on Every Trniu--Big ltuciug Men Expected Today. Philadelphia, Aug. 2. Wheelmen by the hundred aro invading the city by nearly every train for the big national meet of the League of American Wheelmen, which will be formally opened on Wednesday. All of today's arrivals were of indiv iduals from nearby points. The clubs and delegations from a distance aro not expectod until tomorrow night and Wed nesday morning, when the reduced rail road fares go into effect. The only big organization nlready here Is tho Asso ciated Cycling clubs of New Jersey, which came last Saturday. The Alle gheny cyclers will arrive early tomor row morning to the number of 150. Tho arrival of the Assoolated Cycling clubs cf New York city Is also anxiously looked forward to, as word has been received that over 1,200 riders have agreed to make the run from Jersey City under tho club's escort. This run will occupy several days, being divided In sections, each section to ride by easy stages. From present Indications, Massachusetts will bo on hand with a largo representa ilon as will Marylaqa, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and other western states. Tho big racing men have not yet ar rived, but by Wednesday most of them will be In their quarters at Willow Grova track, tialnlng for the contests. Ttrj crack local men have been hard at work, and expect to give Rome of tho circuit ' chasers" a hard tussle. The Winter circus building on North Broad street hat been placed In readiness for tho registration of visiting wheelmen nnd members of tho League of American Wheelmen. It will open tomorrow. Tho souvenir programme, always a feature of national meets, has been finished and Is ono of the finest of Its kind ever is st ed. Tomorrow morning tho Pennsylvania division Leaguo of American Wheelmen wqi hold Its Beml-nnnual session and the rrmutnder of the day will bo devoted to tho reception nnd enro of tho visltois. CLEVELAND MILLS OPENED. Cleveland, O., Aug, 2. All departments of the Cleveland rolling mills opened to day. About 2,001 men were given work. Several departments, which had shut down at the time of tho coal strike, re sumed operations. General Manager Clus holm said he did not know how long the works would continue in full operation. Pcusylwiuln Pensions, Washington, Auu. 2, The following Pennsylvania pensions navo been Issued: Original Stephen Qrover, West Nantlcoke, Luierne; minors of Weyley W, Earned, Sweet Valley and Muhleaburg, Luzerne. .. Hugh M. Beuvcr Dend. Bellefonte, Pa Aug. 2. Hugh McAl lister Beaver, the second son of Superior Court Judge James A. Beaver, died at his father's home, In this city, at 2 o'clock this morning. He was 2iyears old. RESCUERS OF CHINESE GIRLS. Threatened with Death If They Keep Up Their War on Immorality. San Francisco, Ang. 2. Notice has been received by tho Chlncso Society of the Kngllsh Education that unless Its efforts to prevent tho importation of Mongolian girls for Immoral purposes shall cease, six of Its prominent members will not live beyond this month, Tho notice says: "Lately wo havo learned that tho Chi nese Society of Bngllsh Education has retained an attorney to prevent girls lm ported for immoral purposes from land ing, and has mado efforts to deport them to China In consequence of which thorn Is great loss of our blood money. "As you nre all Christianized peoplo you should, do good deeds, but If you keep on going to the custom house trying to deport girls and prevent them from land ing, six of you will not llvo longer than this month, Your dying day Is surely at hand," This threat was caused by the ioent action of the society In rescuing a gli. who was brought over In tho last China feamer. This girl Is claimed by a man ntid woman in Chinatown ns their daugh ter, but the customs officers havo proof thai sho was bought itf China nnd that the couplo who swear they are her par cuts aro not her relatives. The police will give tho threatened men extra pro tection, but they can do llttlo to prevent tltlr murder should tho highbinders lenlly decide upon It. Miss Margaret Culbertson, for a scoro of years superintendent of the Presbv terlan Mission Homo for Chinese Girls In this city, died on Saturday night, ut Avon, N. Y while on her way to her old i'.unc at Urovolaml, Livingston county. She saved hundreds of young Chlncso girls from lives of shame, often vuui Ing Into tho Chinatown dens and taking their slaves from the clutches ot tho highbinders. Tho Illness which proved fatal was caused by a kick In tho stcmach which sho received five year.) ago from a girl who was taken from a brothel against her will. MUST PAY THE MERCANTILE TAX. Decision ThntWill Bo of Vast Im portance to Chicago Meat Packers nnd Shippers. Wellsboro, Pa., Aug. 2. Judge John I. Mitchell today hnnded down an opin ion In the case of the appeal of Swift & Co., of Blossburg, against the Mer cantile tax of $30 Imposed upon them by the commonwealth. He dismissed the appeal and held that they must pay the tax. Some forty witnesses were sworn In the case, about thirty of them In behalf of the commonwealth. Much Interest was manifested, In the question Involved In this appeal, which Is raised for the first time in this state, for If the commonwealth succeeds In maintaining its tax upon this company all the Armour, SWift and similar com panies throughout the state will be sub ject to tho tax, and the commonwealth will derive an Income from these com panies of about $10,000. Tho case will undoubtedly be carried to the supreme court. The Blossburg house is a branch of the Chicago corporation of Swift & Co., and sells not only the prepared meats of cattle, sheep and hogs and the manufactured product of tho same as shipped from western houses, but also the product of other concerns. It was shown by the evidence of tho manager that the company does a business at Its Blossburg house of between $50,000 and $60,000 each year; that besides selling meat it sells butter, cheese, eggs, chickens, prepared mince meat, soap powder, etc., that the house sends un agent around the county and through Potter and Lycoming counties soliciting orders for the goods and then sends a man and team around deliver ing the goods. Ex-Auditor General J. B. Nlles rep'resented the common wealth In the case. MYSTERY OF A HOTL GUEST. Left Instructions in Cnso of Death and Disappeared. Toronto, Ont., Aug. 2. Wednesday an elderly man registered at tho Tiemont house as T. L. Houghton, Birmingham, Ala. Tho following diy ho told the clerk that his wife had died a few months ago at Pittsburg, and expressed a wish to have his body shipped to Pittsburg if anything happened to him. Ho left con siderable money with the clerk. As he has not been teen since it is thought that something must lave hap pened to him. THE NEW CAPITOL. Harrlsburg, Aug. 2. Tno plans selected for tho new stato capttol will not bo sub mitted to a meotlng of the commission on Aug. 7 by the experts. Thy will be turned over to State Treieurer HajwooJ, the secretary of the commission, and a meeting will bo held on Aug. 12 to du closo tho selection and ascertain tho name of tho architect who filed the plan. Portland Was Not Wrecked. Portland. Ore., Aug. 2. Tho story sent out from Port Townsend that the steam er Portland, en route to St. Michaels, had been lost, is untrue. The rumor that the Portland had been wrecked caused consternation here, as there were on board about 400 passengers, most of whom are from this city. Itcinarricd After a Divorce. Nlles. Mich., Aug. 2. Thirty years ago A. H. Chamberlain and wife of Marcellus quarrelled and a divorce followed. Bacn married again und continued to reside in tho samo town. Recently death deprived each of n second consort. Their love of thirty years ago returned and they weio married. THE NEWS THIS 3I0KNINU. Weather Indications Today! Oenerally Pair; Variable Wind. 1 Telegraph Mine Strike Still Speadlng. Moro Warships for Hawaii. Revolt Against Quay In Beaver. Runaway Horse Won the Heat. 2 Sport Record of Many Base Ball Games In the Big Leagues. Amateur Bato Ball. 3 Local Programme of Today's Races Manager Sllllman oi Attorney Vlda- ver's Test Suit. 4 Editorial. Cost of tho Cleveland Experiment. 5 Local Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Hara in a Runaway. Money Here for Postal Employes. 6 Local West SlJe and City Suburban. 7 Lackawanna Ccunty Nows. 8 Neighboring CouMy Events. Financial and Commercial, WAR SHIPS FOR HONOLULU A Recent Suggestion from Japan the Probable Cause. MISSION OF BENNINGTON Is Thought to De One of Significance. Ilnwnii and Palmyrn---Sccrctnrr Curzon Asserts, in tho House of Commons, Thnt They Havo No Present Connection. Washington, Aug. 2. A prominent offleinl of the navy department today Intimated that the dispatch of the gun boat Bennington to Hawaii on Friday last Is moro significant than Is gener ally admitted. The ostensible mission of the Bennington Is a survey of Pearl Harbor in accordance with a resolu tion at the last session of congress. When the naval official was asked If the englneeis of the Philadelphia and Mai Ion nheady at Honolulu were not able to make the survey, ho smiled only and admitted that the Oregon now at San Francisco Is ready to sail for Hawaii at an hours' notice, but de clined to say whether she will bo sent or not. Japan Informed the stato department last week that since the United States will assume no authority In the Ha waiian aibltratlon matter until an nexion is accomplished Japan should feel nt liberty to send two or thrco warships to Honolulu. The state de partment was not pleased by this sug gestion, and the dispatch of the Ben nington and possible sending of tho Oregon Is believed to be the result. HAWAII AND PALYMRA. London, Aug. 2. In the house of commons today the parliamentary sec retary for the foreign office, George N. Curzon, replying to a question of Mich ael Davitt, member for South Mayo, said a British protectorate was pro claimed over the unoccupied part of the Palymra Islands In May, 1889, and that the occupation will be maintained. Mr. Curzon also said It was not neces sary tp notify any of the powers of these facts, and he aserted that Ha waii and Palmyra had no present con nection. DEATH OF DR. HALL. Prominent c:. A. 11. Member Passes Awny at Altoona. ' Altoona, Aug. 2 -Dr. William D. Hall died at 4 o'clock this afternoon of apop ltxy. Ho was tho most prominent Grand Aimj man In this part of tho state He enlisted In the Seventeenth Pennsylvania Volunteers at Philadelphia, April 18, IfGl, nnd on August 21, 1861, re-enlisted in tho New York cavalry In which he served un til the end of the war at being dlschutg cu as a captain. Ho graduated from Hahnemann medical Institute. Pnl'adel phla, In 1867, and practiced In Carllslo before coming here twenty years ago. Dr. Hall served a term as surgeon gen eral of the Grand Army of the Republic and had been medical director of th3 de partment of Pennsylvania. Ho was also u past commander of Post 02, of ttn city. He was aged 52 years. HERMIT FOUND DEAD. Was an Englishman, Lived in a Hut, and Hud Money. Asbury Park, N. J Aug. 2. The dead body of James Fisher, a hermit, was found among the sand dunes at Allen hurst by William P. Loadsman today. The body lay partly in Fisher'B ono room hut nnd partly In the open air. Lesldo It were two loaves of bread and a few potatoes. Coroner Herbert remove 1 thn body to nn undertaking establish ment. The history of tho dead man Is un known. He was of Kngllsh descent and apparently had all the money he wanted. He was well educated and looked like a gentleman, desplto the raggedness of -his attire. AN ARM FOR A DISH OF CREAM. Willis Lochwood's I'.ndurnuro Will Mnku Him ii Cripple. Jersey City, N. J., Aug. 2. Samuel Wolf, a confectioner this afternoon of fered a dish of cream to a bov who would hold his arm the longest time In un iee cteam freezer. A number of boys who were around tho storo contested for the pilze, but Wil lis LockwooJ outdid them all. Although suffering excruciating pain, he held his arm In ths freezer for four minutes When ho withdrew It tho'arm was frozin stiff. Tho boy was taken to the city hos pital, wheie, It was said, that It would be necespaiy to an.putato the arm. INDEMNITY FOR ITALY. Stnto Department Puts 80,000 fat Death of Thrco of Her Subjects. Washington, Augist 2. Tho state de partment hi s finally closed another Inter national incident by paying over to Count Vinci, the Italian chaige here, tho sum of $i3,000 as indemnity for the doing to death by a mob of three Italian subjects. The men were Lorenzo Salardlno, Sal vatore Areno nnd Gulzeppe Vcnturella, and they wcro taken out of Jail at Hnhn vllle, La., about a year ago and lynched. The Herald's Wcnther I'orccnst. New York, Aug. 3 The Herald's fore cast: In the Middle States and New Eng land today, fair weather will prevail with slightly higher temperature, Increasing sultriness and fresh to light southerly and southeasterly winds, followed by somo cloudiness and possibly by light Iceal rain on tho coasts. On WeJnesday, In both of these sections, In fair to partly cloudy and sultry weather will prevail with slowly rising temperature and fresh variable winds, followed by slightly cool er conditions In the northern districts, and on Thursday probably fair weather I with lisln? temperature.
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