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SOIiANTCXST, PA SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1897.
TWO CENTS.
TWO CENTS
DOLLAR WHEAT HERE
McKinleyYand Prosperity
Among: the Pleasing
Realities.
EXCITEMENT AT EXCHANGE
The High Mark Greeted by
Lusty Applause.
Hope oftlio Wliout Knthusinsts Arc
Realized in Trices that Mnrkcd
tho Dealings of Ycstcnlny--Tlic
Chicago Market Opens With n Hour.
All Records Ilrokon in the Exciting
Scenes on 'Change in Stnid IMillfi-
dclnhln--Undoiibtcd Signals of
Good Times.
New, York, Aug. 20. At 1:40 o'clock
today September wheat In the local
market reached the long talked of goal
of one dollar per bushel. Naturally
enough the Incident created a tremen
dous sensation on tho lloor of the ex
change ar.d was grrted with prolong
ed cheers from half a thousand throats,
being re-echoed from the crowded gal
leries. Several times during tho early after
noon the bulls snapped the price within
Ri,c of the desired mark, but a return
wave of selling orders each time swept
It back again. The final and successful
effort was made undsr the Impulse of
expoit rumors reaching enormous fig
ures. September was hanging around
01',4 when tho export news was first
whispered about and danced upwards
in response to local buying. Higher
npd higher It whirled, watched by
everybody on the floor until the big
black finger on the record dial plump
ed falrlv on the even figure and "dol
lar" wheat .n New York was an ac
complished fact. Now that -the bulls
have attained their boast, they are as
far as ever from being satisfied and
claim that the wave of bull senti
ment which has spread like fire all
over the country will carry the price
litre to at least $1.23 per bushel and
perhars even higher. That dollar
whfat Is already a. thing of the past
was demonstrated on the late curb
when further clamorous demand3 from
high strung local shorts raised the
price to 100, or a cpnt a bushel ad
vance from the ofllclal close. About
CO.ono bushels of wheat changed hands
at $1 this afternoon
OPENED WITH A ROAR.
Chicago, Aug. 20. The wheat mar
ket had another remaikable advance
today, September closing at 93 and De
cember 92, showing gains of 57sa5i
respectively. A sensational advance at
Liverpool and poor eiop reports were
responsible for the Jump, which was
accompanied by scenes of excitement
almost unparalleled. On the curb this
afternoon September wheat sold at
95.
Wheat opened with n roar at 90'a
for September and from 90'1 to 91 cents
for December against yesterday's clos
ing prleees of S7'8aS7'4. An active
scramble for tfcs rather limited offer
ings at the commencement jumped the
price to 91 for both September and
December before much could be bought.
The early telegrams on market mat
ters were quite sufficient to account
for the renewal of the buying frenzy
with which a number of heavy opera
tors have been seized at Intervals dur
ing the last six weeks. Liverpool was
excited and Uud, higher at the open
ing, notwithstanding yesterday's lc.
decline here and In the course of a half
hour the Liverpool excitement had car
ried the day's rise up to the equivalent
of 5Vsc, per bushel, the cablegram
quoting the advance at 4Vad. per cen
tal, Crop reports from the northwest
were even worse than usual, while
Beerbohm added fuel to the flames by
cabling predictions of $2 wheat on ac
count of the European crop being es
timated at 384,000,000 bushels short of
requirements. Wheat had declined to
SO'a for September on realizing sales,
but the put of such radical statements
startled the speculators and made them
to a man anxious to get some wheat.
The result was that In two hours from
the opening December wheat had risen
to 93 and September to 92, while St.
Louis, Minneapolis and Duluth all
quoted $1 a the price of cash wheat
In their respective markets. The re
ports of foreign buying of cash wheat
at New York were of a sensational
character. Everything offered in the
shape df wheat or Hour to London,
Liverpool, Bristol, Hull In tho United
Kingdom ports, was accepted and be
fore noon 110 boat loads, or 8,000 bush
els, had been sold for export at New
York, the Paris market had reported
about lc. per bushel lower for the
day, but for all that, orders from thero
to buy wheat futures were heavy, and
the demand from the United Kingdom
was said to be Immense. Every house
here with English connections had
buying orders for December wheat,
many of them to cover previous short
sales.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20. Today was a
record breaker in wheat and the scenes
on Chicago were the most exciting that
have been witnessed there for many
a day. Tho market opened up at
91 for cash and August deliveries, and
steadily advanced with New York and
Chicago until tho close, when tho price
for cash wheat had run up to $1.02,
whtle 1014 was "bid and 102 asked for
August. The crowd In front of the
blackboards yelled themselves hoarse
at each upward turn of the market,
and when $1 was reached there was
pandemonium. Shortly afterwards
there were sales at 101 un,tll at last
sellers below 102 were hard to find.
Eighty thousand bushels were taken
(or tho continent and United Kingdom
and there were orders on tho market
from Naples, Trieste and Africa. Ar
gentine and Brazil were also making
Inquiries. Not since 1S01 has tho price
of cash wheat been as high as today;
at that time It was a little over a dol
lar. Tho sharp advance had a stimu
lating effect on the traders.
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE
Tclcgrnphlo Reports Show Uniform
Improvoment--Tho Grentcst Gains
Ilnvo llccn in Agricttlturo.
New York, Aug. 20. It. G. Dunn &
Co., in their weekly review of trade to
morrow, will say:
Not for several years have the tele
graphic reports from various cities In
all parts of the country been as en
couraging or shown ns uniform Im
provement as this week. The markets
are called crazy by some, but fairly
represent the people whoso confidence
In the future Is strong and Increas
ing. Nothing appears to check It. Hu
mors of Injury to crops are not suf
ficiently supported to havo much In
fluence. The one temporary hindrance
Is tho strike of bituminous coal min
ers, which interferes as yet little with
Industries, and seems likely to termi
nate within a week. The demand for
money Improves, taking from New
York to the Interior about half a mil
lion more than was received during
the week, the offerings of commercial
loans are much larger, lnoludlng con
siderable Iron and steel paper, and
the couise of foreign exchange Is gen
erally Interpreted as an Indication that
specie Imports cannot bo long de
layed. The greatest gain has been for ag
riculture. Corn has advanced a little
In price, but Is moving very largely,
so that the last year's surplus may
be soon marketed, unless tho new crop
turns out better than many now ex
pect. Cotton declined an eighth be
cause of an estimate promising the
largest crop ever grown, but the mar
ket Is gradually improving, and some
of the large mills, after a few weeks
of suspension, have lesumed work.
Other farm products are doing well
also, but wheat has ndvanced about
11 cents for .the week on actual
transactions, with heavy purchases
for export. The official estimate of
yield Is entirely disregarded, except
np nn admission that the crop will be
larger than that of last year, and It
is commonly assumed that the yield
will be 030,000,000 bushels or more,
though recent reports of Injury Indi
cating tho possibility of a somewhat
smaller dutcome have helped the ad
vance In price.
The Iron and steel Industry Is push
ing forward If i-plte 'if the still un
settled fctrlke of bituminous coal min
ers, and the enormous purchases of ore
at Cleveland, and also of billets at
Pittsburg, show the utmose confidence
In the future. Many additional estab
lishments have begun work during the
past week, and while no material
change in prices has occurred, the re
port!) Indicate fewer concessions to se
cure business and a much steadier tone.
The demand fov finished products has
decide lly Irnpiovea, ofppclally In
plates, sheets and bars, and In rail
way supplies, particularly in car ex-
les.
Tin- market for hldci at Chicago Is
again much' stronger, prices having ad
vanced with very narrow transactions,
and buyers are holding off In the be
lief that prices have reached the top.
In tho woo'en business a constant In
crease appears in the number of es
tablishments at work, and the demand
for goods has bcn Increased.
Failures for the week have been 223
in the United States, against 2S0 last
year and !'0 In Canada against 27 last
year.
MR. WHITNEY'S QAME PRESERVE.
The Kx-Sccretnry oflhe Navy Invest
ing in Massachusetts Lands.
Lenox, Mass., Aug. 20. William C.
Whitney has Just completed extensive
purchases of land adjoining his large
estate on October mountain, about six
miles east of Lenox village. This pur
chase aggregates 4,000 acres, so that he
now owns about 12,000 acres In nil. He
Is still negotiating for a dozen or more
farms adjoining his great property.
The land Is In the towns of Becket
and Washington. It Is a wild, uncul
tivated country, covered with forest or
rocky, mountainous ridges, which has
never been profitable for farming land.
It Is well adapted to the purpose for
which Mr. Whitney has evidently pur
chased It, namely, for the preservation
of game from the Rocky mountains.
Buffalo, elk and deer seem to flourish
there.
FROM LAKE LINDERMAN.
Weymouth Would Koturn but Tor the
Terrors of Chilcoot Puss.
Port Townsend, Aug. 20. In a letter
dated Lake Llnderman, Aug 7, received
here from C. M. Weymouth, who left
hre on the last trip of the stamshlp
Mexico, Weymouth says he Is disgust
ed with the trip over the pass and
would return but for the terrqrs of re
turning over Chilcoot Pass.
In Weymouth's opinion Dyea will be
come famous as n horse market be
cause horses cannot stand the usages
there longer than a few days, when
their hoofs, regardless of heavy Bhoes,
become so broken aa to entirely inca
pacitate them for any use. Weymouth
Is with W. J. Jones, the United States
commissioner for Alaska, and a news
paper correspondent who was the first
to land at Lake Llnderman since the
Klondike rush begnn. Both Jones and
Weymouth give tho opinion that not
one In ton of those who are now at
Dyea and Skaguay and en route will
bo able to cross the divide this year.
II o nib nt Constantinople.
Constantinople, Aug. 20. Thero was an
other explosion here yesterday. It oc
curred on a hill behind a suburb of
lluyukJere and Is believed to have been
caused by a bomb. There was no loss of
life and nobody was Injured, but sev
eral Armenians were arrested and the
police compared documents which aro
said to b& of an incriminating nature.
COLONEL ELMER OTIS DEAD.
Ho Wns on Dnty nt Pittsburg During
tho Hallway Striko 'of 1877.
San Diego, Cal Aug. 20. Colonel
Elmer Otis, U. S. A., retired, died
yesterday, after a long Illness, of dia
betes, in his CSth year. During the
war, having been transferred to tho
cavalry branch of the service, ho was
on duty most of the time as a muster
ing ofllcer and Inspector of cavalry
for the forces in the field, but took an
active part In the battles of Percy
vlllo and Stone river.
During the great railway strike in
Pennsylvania in 1877 he was on duty
at Pittsburg with four companies of
tho Twenty-second Infantry. He was
placed on the retired list in Feb
ruary, 1891, on account of disability,
incurred in the line of duty.
SEVERE CIVIL SERVICE ORDEAL.
Tronsnry Clerks Must Tell How TIict
Entered tho Classified List.
Washington, D. C Aug. 20. Assist
ant Secretary Vanderllp has prepared
a blank for every cjerk In the treasury
department to fill In showing Just how
he became a clerk In the classified ser
vice. This is likely to give a number of
clerks heart failure, as It Is understood
a proportion of the employes got Into
the classified service by Illegal means?
and all such are liable to dismissal.
As the statements will bo verified it
will be Impossible, Mr. Vanderllp
thinks, for any clerk to evade telling
the whole truth. Clerks afflicted with
loss of memory on the subject will be
dismissed tnstnntcr.
ANGIOLILLO
IS EXECUTED
The Murderer of Scnor Cnnovns del
Castillo Garrotted at San .Sebastian
Refuses Spiritual Consolation.
San Sebastian, Aug. 20. Mlchele An
glollllo, who shot and killed Senor
Canovas del Castillo, the prime min
ister of Spain, at the baths of Santa
Agueda on 'Sunday, Aug. 8, was put
to death today. Sentence of the court
martial was Imposed upon him on Mon
day last, offer his trial on the previous
Sunday. This sentence was confirmed
by the supreme council of war yester
day. Angiollllo heard calmly the news that
ho was to bo executed today; but he
appeared to "be surprised at and bit
terly complained of the frequent visits
of the priests, declaring that they
would obtain nothing from him. He
declined to enter the chapel, saying he
was comfortable enough In his cell.
An executioner from Burges performed
the garrotting, Just prior to which a
priest exhorted the anarchist to re
pent, to which Angiollllo responded:
"Since you cannot get me out of pris
on, leave me In peace. I myself will
settle with God."
ARRESTED FOR FOROERV.
Two New York Men Held on
tho
Coniplniiit of n linnk.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20. Two of Plnk
erton's detectives last night locked up
at police headquarters two men charged
with forging a sight draft for $1,500 on
the First National bank of Claysvllle,
Washington county, Pa. The men were
described as James Hlnes, aged 40
years, and Lewis Falk, aged 30 years,
both of New York. The warrants for
the arrest bore the names of John Doe
and W. W. Thomas.
The name alleged to have been
forged was that of David Haggerty,
and the men were charged with the
crime on the oath of J. P. Miller, a
director of the bank. Both men were
unusually well dressed.
VALET SUGDEN'S FEMALE FRIEND.
Suspected ns the Dofnnirr of Mrs.
Viinderbilt, Nop Wilson.
New York, August 20. R. T. Wilson
and his counsel, DeLancy Nlcoll, char
acterize the story that Convict Kent,
the Ohio penitentiary, knows the au
thor of the letters defaming Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt (nee Wilson) as
"b'-fch " Sugden, Mr. Wilson's ex-valet,
will 1 t -iroKecuted for burglary of the
Jewel' y. He was held In default of
$2,500 bail.
As the prisoner left the court today
he was handed a letter In feminine
hand which offered to employ addition
al counsel for him. It Is supected that
the writer Is the author of the anony
mous defamation.
MINERS RETURN TO WORK.
Marchers nt Evnnsvillc Aro Dis
coursed at the Prospects.
Evansvllle, Ind Aug. 20. Most of
the local miners who were induced by
tho marchers to quit work have re
turned to the mines, and now there Is
only one of the mines not In opera
tion. The marchers are still hero, but
feel rather discouraged.
One operator stated that hereafter
thero would hardly be a coal miners'
union in this city. He would permit
his men to return to work, ho said,
only on the condition that they quit
the union.
COMBINE OBE FORMED.
A Plan to Increase tho Price of Coal
25 to SO Cents ii Ton.
Des Moines, la., Aug. 20, President
Woods, of the Carbondalo Coal com
pany, and pther New York parties, are
here for the purpose of securing con
trol of all the coal mines in this dis
trict, forty in all. Local operators
have been given a choice of stock in
a concern to be formed or being paid
cash for their property.
The combine, If formed, will result
In raising the price of coal, here 25 to
50 cents a ton, and will have great
Influence on the general price over
Iowa,
Steamship Arrivnli.
Now York, Aug. 20. Arrived: St. Paul,
Southampton. Liverpool Arrived: No
modtc, New, York. New York Cleared:
La Brotagne, Havre, Campania, Liver
pool. Azzurrngn Confirmed.
San SobaBtlan, Aug. 20. The queen re
gent today confirmed the premiership
upon General Azzqrraga, who U also
minister of war, Tho cabinet will not
bo modified.
REUNION OF ARMY
OF THE POTOMAC
President McKinlcy Attends tbc Annual
Reunion at Troy.
WELCOME ACCORDED THE VETERANS
Tho City in Gay Dross in Honor of
tho Vlsltors.-A Mllitnrr I'nrndo.
Governor Illnck and Stair Present.
Tho Clilci of Detectives is Agitated
by the Sight of Itod Ping.
Troy, Aug. 20. From one end to tho
other this city Is gay with bunting In
celebration of the twenty-eighth re
union of the Society of the Potomac.
Public buildings, stores and dwellings
bid a welcome In a mass of national
colors. From early morning hosts of
National Guardsmen and veterans
came in on various trains as the city's
guests. Every public hall, and In some
cases private buildings, had been
turned Into temporary armories for
their accommodation. By noon fully
3,000 participants In the celebration had
Joined with thousands of spectators
from the surrounding cities In filling
the streets.
The arrival In tho city during the
early hours of the morning of Presi
dent McKlnley was the first feature of
the day that attracted attention.
President McKlnley and Secretary
Alger arrived In the city at 9.30 o'clock
on President Olyphant's private car
attached to the regular train which
left Plattsburgh last night. At tho
depot he was met by Adjutant General
Tllllnghast and Governor Black's mili
tary secretary, Colonel Treadwell.
There was a crowd and plenty of cheer
ing, but the president refused to speak
and entered a carriage and was driven
at once to the Troy House, which will
be his headquarters. At 10 o'clock ho
was taken with his party to see tho
most novel of the city's sights to him,
a great collar factory, with over 2,000
girl and women employes at work.
THE COLLAR FACTORY.
Senator Edward Murphy accompani
ed the president and Secretary Alger
to the factory and the proprietors
showed them through. Every one of
the 2,000 pmployes was deeorated with
a flag, and many of the machines were
also adorned with the national colors.
In each room, except the laundry and
machinery room, the operatives stood
up when the president entered and
cheered vociferously. The president
lefralned from the herculean task of
facing personally each pair of femin
ine eyes and contented himself with
shaking hands with a few of the fore
men and younger operatives.'"'' After
tne Inspection he said: "It was not
only a novel but to mo a very wonderful
sight."
At the conclusion of the Inspection
the president and escort went across
the rlvor to the Watervllet arsenal,
where the Interesting work of shrink
ing a gun was witnesses. The national
salute was fired, and the guard turned
out, and President McKlnley expressed
satisfaction at the bus condition of
things. As the party crossed the river
every boat within a mile of the city
water front blew a salute.
Following closely upon the arrival of
President McKlnley the various army
corrs composing the Army of tho Po
tomac met Independently t the head
quarters established for them and held
their business meetings. The corps
comprising the Armv of the Totomac
were the Third, Second, Twelfth, Ninth,
Fifth, Eleventh and Sixth.
The parade In honor of the president
and the Army of the Potomac was one
of the largest ever seen In Troy, nearly
J.S00 national guardsmen being In line
and about 1,000 survivors of the late
war.
RED FLAG EPISODE.
Just before the parade of the troops
the chief of the detective force, Im
pressed with the responsibility of the
protection he must afford to the presi
dent, was riding along the route of
march when he espied a red flag wav
ing from a staff attached to a tree.
He stopped and asked who was hold
ing an auction and somebody near by
shouted "Anarchist to kill McKlnley.
That's the signal." In an Instant, with
visions of Canovas and Faure the flag
was torn down, and the staff broken.
A couple of detectives were left on
guardvlth instructions to look out for
bomb throwers and the red flag was
borne to the station in triumph. Then
the grand marshal of the day ap
peared and with much anger declared
that the flag was a signal to the Na
tional Guard's tioops to prepare for a
marching salute. The flag was re
stored The Army of the Potomac Is the most
Important body of veterans of the war
of the rebellion now in existence. Its
roster since Its organization In July,
18G9, has Included nearly every com
mander of prominence during the war.
Its list of presidents since its organ
ization has Included the following, who
have Joined the vast army of the dead:
Grant, Sheridan, Meade, Hooker, Burn
side, McDowell, Hancock, Hartranft,
Slocum, Devans, Humphrey. Newton
and Gibbon. '
These distinguished living survivors
of the war have also held the office of
president of the organized society: Mc-
Mahon, Robinson, Chamberlain, Parke,
Connor, Butterfield, Porter, Miles,
Webb, Jordan and Henry. The asso
elation Includes among its membership
officers and enlisted men who havo at
any time served with honor In tho
Army of tho Potomac and been honor
ably discharged therefrom or remain
In service in the regular army.
Officers Elected.
Springfield, O., Aug. 20. The national
encampment, Union Veterans' union,
elected Commander-in-Chief H. L. Street,
New York; first de-puty, Georgo M, Meade,
Michigan; second deputy, E. H. Hobson,
Kentucky; surgeon general, J, W, Harry,
Ohio; chaplain, W. H. Haiman, Ohio;
executive committee, T. J, Cannon. Mary
land (at large); II. S. Prjopha, Ohio; J.
MoGuIre, Pennsylvania; R. Jacobs, Ken
tucky; Charles O'Cornor, Michigan; H. S.
Brauer, New Jersey; I. C. Paine, Illinois;
Captain Langilaff, Iowa; S. S. YoJer,
Maryland,
Hilled bv nn Exploding Shell.
Belgrade, Aug. 20. K dispatch from
Nlsosh says that during gunnery practice
thero today a, shell belonging to ono of
the guns of tho fortress exploded, killing
six artillerymen and badly Injuring four
i persons.
BUYINQ CUBAN ESTATES.
Gorman Capitalists Contcmplnto
Growing Coiroe Instead oi Sugar.
London, Aug. 20. Tho correspondent
at Havana of the Dally Chronicle, In
a letter from Cuba, tells of further
cruelty and distress in that island.
He says the paclfleoe. are dying by
hundreds, "their bodies tainting the air
close to a Spanish fort." The Chron
icle" correspondent, containing re
marks that a private letter has been
received at Havana from Senor Sa
gasta, the liberal leader In Spain, In
which he says: "The atrocities are
raising a thrill of horror In Europe,
and I fear it Is impossible to raise
fresh loans, without which wo cannot
retain Cuba."
The correspondent oi the Chronicle
further says: "German syndicates are
buying the devastated estates at nom
inal sums and Intend to go In exten
sively for coffee planting, abandoning
sugar. This will directly concern the
United States and French sugar trusts
and will probably lead to extensive
sugar growing in Georgia and Flor
ida." CONFERENCE CALL FOR
ORGANIZED LABOR
United Mino Workers Reject tho
Proposition of Pittsburg Operators.
A Semiring Arraignment ol tho
Courts.
Columbus, O., Aug. 20. The national
executive board of the United Mine
Workers adjourned today after having
issued the call for the conference of
organized labor to be held in St. Louis,
on August 30. Tho board rejected th
proposition of tho Pittsburg operators
for a conference to arbitrate the wage
dispute In that district, claiming that
such action would be prejudicial to the
interests of the miners at large. The
board Is ready to consider overtures for
the arbitration of the issues of the great
strike only when these overtures come
frotn all the operators n tho competi
tive district which includes Ohio, Indi
ana, Illinois, West Virginia and Penn
sylvania. The board has decided not
to deviate from the established policy
until the result of the St. Louis con
ference is known. The aggressive work
In the field will 1 continued and the
e'forts to spread the strike In the West
Virginia district will be renewed.
The success or failure of the strike
hangs upon the St. Louis conference,
the call for which has been endorsed
by Samuel Gompere, prssldent cf the
American Federation of Labor, and J.
R. Sovereign, general master workman
of the Knights of Labor.,
Following Is the call for the confer
ence: To organized labor, Its various divi
sions and sub-divisions, to all reform.
social, educational and scientific bodies,
who condemn government by injunction
and the use of force to coerce tho peo
ple and deprive them of their rights, as
American citizens:
Columbus, O., Aug. 20. 1S17.-TO the or
ganized labor of the country, greeting:
Tho great miners' Btrlko has gone be
yond a strugglo for living wages. A
crisis In the affairs of the nation has ar.
rived In which all patriotic people must
determine whether they will accept and
consent to live under the rule of an
oligarchy of wealth, or whether the in
stitutions of free government, tho rights
of free speech and peaceable pumtc as
semblage aro to be preserved.
The present struggle has assumed a
contest for the preservation of civil lib
erty and constitutional rights.
Tho tyrannical and un-American In
junctions of tho federal and state courts
are revolutionary against tho first prin
ciples of free government and deroga
tory to the inherent rights of the masses,
endangering the .public peace and de
stroying the personal security and Indi
vidual liberties of tho common people.
The courts have deserted the templo
of justlco and now stand forth the de
fiant bulwark of Confederated capital.
Their arbitrary rulings havo set up ono
standard of rights for the rich and an
other for the poor. They decree that
capital Is always right and labor al
ways wrong."
After ascribing the origin of the
strike to starvation wages, the circu
lar continues:
"But It Is no longer a mere struggle
between employe and employer. Tho
Judlclaiy has assumed the Indefensible
claims of the operators and the strug
gle is between tyrannical courts and tho
whole people. Tho courts, although un
der oath to servo tho rich and poor alike,
have volunteered to defend the sordid
interests of tho rich ns against the God
given rights of the poor, anu now threat
en to tuin the gatllng guns and Win
chesters of criminals and thugs against
all who dare protest against their de
spicable restraining orders. Tho Judiciary
Is prostituted to the bidding of oppres
sive capital, has placed the rights of
property above the lights of person and
lias discriminated against tho many In
the interest of the row."
In conclusion It says:
"Our people have suffered all tho evils
that are sufferable, and wo are left to
tho alternativo of submitting to the in
junctions of tho courts and cowardly en
treating our miners to return to tho
hovels of misery und Bhamo, and ap
pealing to tho patriotic hearts of Amer
icans to consider our cause and render a
verdict in accordance with the Just
claims of suffering humanity. Wo have
chosen tho latter, and will accept the
verdict with that fortitude and resigna
tion becoming every llborty-lovlng pa
triot of this great nation.
Tho document Is signed by M. D.
Ratchford, president, and the members
of tho national executive board of tho
United Mine Workers of America.
This call has been endorsed by Sam
uel Gompers, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, and J, R.
Sovereign, general master workman,
Knights of Labor.
POWER FROM JAMES RIVER.
A Compnny Ilelug Formed to Con
struct nn I'.lcctrlc Light Plnnt.
Rnlelgh, N. C, Aug. 20. A company
Is being formed by Virginia, North Car
olina and New York capitalists to
"h'arness" the historic old James river
at Richmond tor the purpose of driv
ing an Immense electric power plant for
a laige number of mills and factories
In Richmond, Manchester and neigh
boring territory.
The power will not only be distribut
ed at Richmond, but for many miles
above and below that city to all manu
facturing plants desiring it.
I'.lkton's Oldest Resident Dead.
Elkton, Md Aug, 20. John A. Rankin,
the oldeBt resident of Elkton, died today
at the age of 93 years. Ho enjoyed fair
health up to a jcar or so ago. He was a
silversmith by trade.
FARMERS KILL A TRAMP.
Ho Assails n Womnn nnil n Posso
Riddles Him With Bullets.
Chicago, III., Aug. 20. Shortly af
ter noon today an unknown man at
tempted to assault Mrs. Paulina Fen
ske, the wife of a German farmer
living in Schiller Park, a. suburb of
Chicago, and was shot to death by the
cnrJged husband and a posse of farm
ers, After dinner Mr. Fenske left his
home and went to a farm about two
mites distant.
Soon after he left a strange mnn
wnlkcd Into the house and asked Mrs.
Fenske for something to eat. Seeing
Mrs. Fenske and her four little chil
dren were alone tho tramp seized tho
woman, striking hor over tho head
with the butt of his revolver. The
terrified children fled from the houEe
and alarmed the neighbors.
A posse of farmers, headed by Mr
Fenske, secured weapons and hurried
back Just in time to sea Mrs. Fenske's
nssallant emerging from the house.
Then began a chase, amid a fusillade
o' shots on both sides, that led through
corn fields and woods, lasting half an
hour.
Just ns the tramp was going through
another corn field he was shot In tho
back and fell, but emptied his two re
volveis at his pursuers as he lay on
the ground. They were unhurt, and,
surrounding him, literally riddled him
with bullets. No papers were found
on his body to Indicate who he was.
Mrs. Fenske, being a muscular Ger
man woman, was almost a match for
her assailant and received but a few
bruises In the struggle.
NEW ROUTE TO THE YUKON.
Residents of Ashcroft Raising I'linds
to Pay for n Survey.
Victoria, B. C, Aug. 20. The steam
ship City of Kingston has departed
for Dyea and Skaguay with another
large consignment of Klondlkers.
She had as much freight aboard as
she could comfortably carry, and she
was crowded with miners. Residents
of Ashcroft, Cariboo, aro raising funds
to survey a route from that town to
Telegraph Creek, at Stlckeen river, a
distance of 650 miles by land and water,
a trip often made by Cariboo miners
going to the Caslar mines, and by
Hudson Bay traders. It offers, so
many believe, a good all-Canadian
route to the Yukon.
Seattle, Aug. 20. Shortly after the
collier Wllllamette left Seattle for
Dyea the passengers organized for po
lice protection, the organization being
named the Wllllamette and Klondike
Protective society. Especial care was
taken to prevent fire and nil suspic
ious characters were watched.
Before the boat reached Dyea eight
suspects had been imprisoned.
KIDNAPPER CAUGHT.
Officers in Charge of Hlnko Pursued
'by nil Angry Mob nt Sclipnectndv.
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 20. Blake, the
alleged kidnapper of little Johnnie. Con
way, was caught In Schenectady by
John F. Fiirrell shortly after noon to
day and brought to this city about 2
o'clock. The station was filled with an
angry mob and the police h'ad great
difficulty In getting the culprit from
Farrell and placing him In the patrol
wagon.
When they got him In the wagon
fully 2,000 persons surrounded It and
cries of "lynch him," "hang him,"
"shoot him," enraged the mob to a
point of desperation, but the horses
where whipped up and they plowed
through the crowd, which hung to both
sides of the wr.gon until they fell off.
Mayor Thacher managed to get to the
wagon and held Blake with one hand,
while he held a revolver with the otn
er. At the police station, some blocks
away, an enormous crowd had gath
ered, but the prisoner was landed In
the chief of police's private office in
safe ty.
MURDERED ON PIKE'S PEAK.
Itdwnrd II. II. Key Pound Near tho
Summit With Bullet in His Head.
Colorado Springs, Colo., August 20.
The body of a tourist named II. II.
Key, of Wlsnor, Neb., has been found
near the summit of Pike's Peak. There
was a bullet hole in the back of the
head at the base of the brain and
the bullet had been fired at such close
quarters that the hair had been burned.
Tho victim was about 25 years of age,
of snlendld physique, nearly six feet
tall and weighed about 175 pounds.
It Is believed he was murdered while
walking up the peak to view the sun
rise, a popular fad among tourists.
Whatever money or valuables ho may
have had were stolen.
Flouring Mill Burned.
Mount Union, Pa., Aug. 20.-The flour
ing mill owned by the Rockhlll Iron com
pany at Old Rock Hill was burned this
afternoon. Loss, $10,000; coverej by In
surance. The fire was caused by sparks
fiom the smoke stack.
The Herald's Wenthr-r Forecast.
New York. Aug. 21 In the middle states
and New England, today, the weather
will bo clear and slightly warmer, with
fiesh northwesterly and westerly winds.
On Sunday, in both of these sections,
fair, slightly warmer yeather and fresh
to light westerly and southwesterly winds
will prevail, followed by threatening
wenther in the lake regions.
TUB NEWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indications Today)
Partly Cloudy; Easterly Winds.
1 General Dollar Whfat a Reality.
Pythtans Conclude Their Deliberations.
Army of the Potomao Reunion.
2 Sport Baso Ball Games and Gossip.
F?cts About Bicycle Gear.
3 State Iluzlelon Strike Will Be Set
tled.
4 Editorial.
Con rr.cnts of the Press.
5 Local Social and Perional,
Religious News of tho Week.
6 Local Poor Board's Quiet Session.
Boroigh of Wlnton Again Before the
Court.
Wlndergratz's Mysterious Death.
7 Local-C. T. A. U. Ends Its Labors
Here.
Little Encouragement for Democrats.
8 Local West Side and City Suburban.
9 Lackawanna County News.
10 Story "Fato and the Bicycle."
11 Sunday School Lesson for Tomorrow.
Imaginary Story tt a War with Japan.
12 Neighboring County Happenings,
Financial and Commercial.
PYTHIANS
HAVE GONE
Last Session of Grand
Lodge Held Yesterday
Morning.
SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Officers Were Installed and
Committees Named.
Nominations of Officers for tho 1809
Elections Wero Made and Develop
ed Twcntv-I'lvo Candidates for
Grand Inner Gunrd nnil Nino for
Grand Outer Gunrd--Four Nomina
tions for Grand Kcopcr of Records
nntl Seal Wilbur P. Myers, First
Supremo Chancellor of the World
Conducted the Installatlon--Grand
Chancellor J.indc Appointed. 118
Deputy Grand Chancellors.
EVAN S. JONES,
Scranton, Chancellor of Scrantoa
Lodge, No. 2G3.
Of
In-1897 meeting, of the Pennsylvania
Grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, term
inated at 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon. Considerable business was tran
sacted during the morning, but It was
found necessary to postpone action
on a great many matters until next
year.
No time was lost by the representa
tives In taking trains for home aa soon
as possible after the close of the ses
sion, and when early evening arrived
the sight of any out-of-town Pythian
on tho streets or about the hotels was
a curiosity.
It required about two hours for tho
Grand lodge Installation of newly
elected officers which was conducted,
by Wilbur F. Myers, first supremo
chancellor of the world. Following the
Installation the now grand chancellor,
Charles F. Llnde, of Philadelphia, de-.
ltvered his inaugural and appointed
118 district deputy grand chancellora
and the following committees:
THE COMMITTEES.
Finance George Flelltz, M. A. Try
er, Herman Troutwelter, Lemuel Wilt
and Calvin Tomllnson.
Printing Charles O. Rake, William;
Brandt, William Hughes, W. A. Mul
len, James A. Geary.
Tribune William II. Hood, D. S.
Brindle.
Advisory board Dr. Fraley, Mr.
Greenfield, Dr. Oram.
The nominations for the 1898 elec
tion Included John S. Graham, of Lan
caster, for grand chancellor; Scott
Dlbert, of Pittsburg, for grand vlco
chancellor; Thomas Thompson, of Phil
adelphia, for grand prelate, and Dr. C.
G. Ernst, of Punxsutawney, for grand
master at arms.
For grand keeper of records and aeal
there wero four nominations: George
Howells, John Stratton and Smith D.
Cozzens, all of Philadelphia, and D.
J. Neal, of Lancaster.
There were twenty-five nominations
for grand Inner guard, an office very;
vital to the Pythian grand lodge at
each incumbent graduates by custom
from year to year until he becomes
grand chancellor. For tho post of grand
outer guard there were nine nomina
tions. It was voted to continue the office of
assistant keeper of records and seal.
Quito nn effective effort to do away
with tho office had been made on econ
omical grounds by an element which
disapproves of the largei sum spent
annually for Grand lodge expenses.
Past Chancellor Bunnell, who was
tho most prominent local man at tho
convention, to a Tribune reporter yes
terday afternoon said that tho conven
tion Just closed compared favorably
with any ho has ever attended. The
hospitality of Scranton cltlzons was all
that could be expected.
UNIFORM RANK.
Tho encampment of tho Uniformed
Ranks Is qt an end and the end was
marked by the countermanding of a
decision made on one of the prize con
test by General Starblrd. Past Grand
Chancellor Dunnell, Colonel Martin
Joyce and General Starblrd discussed
a change In one of General fltarblrd'a
awards yebterday with a material re
sult. As announced In yesterday's Trlbuno
General Starblra' awarded to Altoona
company No. 26, tho $100 prize for hav
ing tho largest number of men in line
in the parade Wednesday.
Past Chancellor Dunnell was inform
ed that Scranton company No. 60 had
equally as many men In line as did tho
Altoona organization. Investigation
showed the truth of this that both
companies had 31 men In line, Tho
matter was utnlcably settled by calling
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