3UMune.
TWO CENTS.
SCRAXTTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21$, lb97.
TWO CENTS
WHEAT STILL
GOES UPWARD
September Sells at
$1.05 5-8 and Cash
at $1.11.
EXCITEMENT IN THE PIT
All Records Broken in Deals
of Saturday Afternoon.
Tho Highest I'rico Itcccivcd Since
18!)l--Smnll Operators "Pyrnmld
ing"nud Speculation Shows Signs
of Going Mnd-A Rrenk In tlio Mnr
kct is Jilublc nnil Upcrntors Arc Ad
vised to Go Slow.
New York, Aug. 22. Friday's ad
vance In wheat was followed by a
further gain yesterday, the September
option gelling up more than Ave points
to $1.05. and the December option to
$1.03, the closing for the to options
being within HSTUc. belowthe high
level of the day. In Chicago the mar
ket opened, ns here, under Intense ex
citement, at 41,4Q'5 cents advance above
Friday's closing. lied winter wheat at
Liverpool sold up Cd., and spot cash
wheat advanced 4d. Cash wheat In
this market sold at $1.11, the highest
price since 1891, and the levels reached
by the September and December op
tions were also the highest since the
great boom of 1801, when wheat sold In
Chicago for the August option at
$1.18. September at $1.0S, and Oc
tober at $1.07.
On the Produce Exchange the open
ing was wild and excited, while
throughout the two hours of trading
accumulating strength In wheat for
future delivery and for the cash pro
duct so Impressed brokers with tho
bright prospects of the market that
nobody appeared willing to sell.
A PERFECT PANDEMONIUM.
Exaggerated crop reports Intimating
that there had been damage in the
spring wheat districts Intensified tho
aggressive bull spirit, and these.coupled
with further cable advices respecting
the serious shortages In foreign coun
tries, turned the wheat pit on the Pro
duce Exchange Into a perfect pande
monium of howling, shouting, exuber
ant bulls. The excitement on the ex
change has not been equalled In many
years. The amount of wheat taken
yesterday for export was not large, but
this was not unusual for a short day's
business. The operations for foreign
account were on both sides of the mar
ket, but tho buying outbalanced the
selling, and there were no Indications
to show that the demand for export
and to satisfy the speculative appetite
was near the point of being satisfied.
In fact, all signs pointed the other
way; but current buyers who expect to
see the cereal sell much higher may
have the experience of seeing a break
In prices before a material higher level
Is reached, as present Indications point
to the danger sign. The pace has been
too rapid. Caution should be observed
at this time, and tho advices of many
commission houses to operators to go
slowly should be accepted.
Prices have advanced from 15 to 17
cents since last Saturday without any
reaction of consequence. The market
Is congested. Small operators have
been1 "pyramiding" ntod speculation
has shown signs of going mad. If
the crop damage stories circulated
yesterday and today fall of confirma
tion a break In prices will doubtless
follow Speculative conditions In the
market ure likely to cause a reaction,
rather than crop reports or tho statis
tical position of wheat,
CAUSE OF ADVANCE.
The advance in the wheat market
so far has been due In great part to the
promising crops in this country and
the shortages abroad; but in the last
two days speculation has outrun common-sense
and actual conditions and
"doctored" rerorts of crop damage
have aided the marked upward move
ment In prices. The very best sources
of Information on the crops report no
extended damagp. The winter wheat
yield, which Is 60 per cent of the total
crop has been harvested successfully.
Spring heat Is advancing satisfactor
ily, ana tho best experts place the
probable yield at from 110,000.000 to
130.000.000 bushels, as against 101,000,
000 bushels actual production In 1S9G.
This is the month for crop damage
stories. The Chicago and New York
bears on the stock market and the
bulls on the wheat market aie nt work.
Actual conditions do not warrant a
decline Jn stocks. While actual condi
tions relating to the European demand
for grain and the favorable position
of the crops warrant an advance In
wheat, the bulls are not satisfied, but
must needs bring sensational rumors
of crop damage to their assistance.
SUDDEN DEATH AT TRENTON,
Trenton. N. J Aug. 22,-Two Trenton
citizens n,et mdden deaths today. One
of them was Theodore Stryker, a well
known citizen, 65 years of age. Mr.
Stryker droprod dead while chasing somo
boys who had been stealing fruit from his
yard. Thomas Kelly, a joung man of it,
also droped dead while standing In front
of a mirror In his bedroom adjusting his
necktie.
Ill-turned Klondlkn Minors.
Victoria. II C Aug. 22.The steamer
George t. Starr called at Union, having
on board a number of Klondlkers, one
man from Seattle having J16.000. Four
Victorians huvo between them $25,000
They went In last May. They say they
can get through, to Dawson City this sea
son, '
Ntonmshlp Arrlvnls,
New York, Aug. 22.-Arrived: La das
ogne, Havre. Southampton Arrived-He-emeu,
New York for Hremen, and pro
corded. Queenstown-Halled: Lucanta
Liverpool for New York. Havre Arrived
M Nprmandle, New York. '
STAMP DEALER ARRESTED.
James 11' Pcllctor Sold llogus I'npcr
for Ten Years .
New Orleans, Aug. 22. James B. Pcllo
tler, a stamp dealer, has boon Indicted
for forgery In connection with Judicial
stamps. The stamps are sold by tho
state nnd must bo placed on all legal
documents before filling. The proceeds
aro devoted to paying Judicial expenses.
Payments are two yenrs behind, and It
was discovered that old stamps have
been taken from documents, cancella
tion marks erased and the stamps used
again. Tho steal amounts to many thou
sands and has been going on for ten
years.
Pellctlcr has been selling largo quan
tities of stamps nt prices 20 per cent,
lower than tho state, but denies that he
evor removed tho cancellation marks, and
says ho purchased tho stamps In the or
dinary course of business. He cannot
or will not tell from whom he bought
them.
LYNCHED A DENTIST.
Dr. John Mnguirc is Thought to Hnvo
Hecn tho Victim of n Mob.
Memphis, Tcnn., Aug. 22. Dr. John
Magulrc, a traveling dentist, Is thought
to have been lynched In Fayette county
yesterday. Hn was bound over to tho
state during tho day at Fayette Corners
on the chargo of criminally assaulting
a 10-yenr-old child named Carpenter.
Officers started to take him to Somer
vllle Jail, but at a late hour ho had
not reached that place. It Is thought a
mob took him from the officers and
lynched him.
-
RUSSIAN WHEAT
CROP IS SMALL
Europe .llust Look to the United
Slates Alono to Fill Hor Orders Tor
Ccrcnls.
Philadelphia, Aug. 23. The Press will
say tomorrow: "Word has been received
at this port that the Ruts Ian government
Is meditating tho promulgation of a de
cree prohibiting the export of wheat, ow
ing to tho small crops In Southern Russia
and this report Is causing somo uneasi
ness to those interested, Tho effort of
this contemplated action would be to cre
ato a strong demand for tonnage In tha
Black eea, so that as much gain as Is
posslblo may bo shipped before the pro
hibition takes effect. This In Itself would
be calculated to force up freights on vts
sels loading here.
"A well known shipping man in this
city said that this contemplated action of
the Russian government makes It an al
most settled fact that Europe must look
to the United States alone to Jill her or
ders for cereals. Just what Increase of
business this means for Philadelphia,
New York and Baltimore alone Is Incal
culable. The exports of grain from Phil
adelphia, which nlready are the largest
on record, wilt reach figures In excess of
what has been tho most sanguine expec
tation of shippers. Within tho next few
weeks cargoes of grain will be shipped
from hero to ports In tho Adriatic sea, to
St. Louis Du Ilhone, Marseilles and Alex
andria, Egypt. This In itself serves to
confirm tho rumored prohibitory export
law of tho Russian government, or un
less something of tho kind Is contem
plated it would be on unusual action to
make such Imports from ports at such a
distance. Among tho fixtures made for
Mediterranean rray be mentioned tho
British steamships Plcton, which loads,
either hero or at t'tlmore, 14,000 quar
ters of grain for Coik. for order at Ss. and
0d., with optlcn of Marseilles or St. Louis
Du Rhone at 4., and the Ruysdall, 12,000
quarters for Cork for orders at 3a. IVsd.,
and Adriatic, 4s. lid.
NO REST FOR M'KINLEY.
Pursued Relentlessly by New York
Politicians Who Ilnve No Regard
for the Sribbnth.
Hotel Champloln, Bluff Point, N. Yt,
Aug. 22. Tho last Sunday1 for rest for
President McKlnley, prior to his depart
ure from this summer resort, was rudely
shattered today by tho removal to this
scene of the Wcrth-Platt, Brooklyn con
troversy. Tho president started the day
well, by attending religious services In
the drawing room of tho hotel, and 11s
tended to a sermon by Rev. J. A. Gamble,
of Plattsburg. When the service was
over, Congressman Lemuel K. Qulggr,
president of tho New York Republican
county committee, Intercepted tho presi
dent ,n the corridor leading from the
drawing room to his private apartments
and asked for a conference. The presi
dent was evidcrtly annoyed, and Mr.
Qulgg'a conference t'ld not last more than
ten minutes, finishing In the president's
room. Later Mr. Qulgg thought that he
might stay over until tomorrow and have
a further talk with tho executive. Con
gressman Francis J. WlUon, who Is an
active candidate for postmaster of Brook
lyn, and favored by Senator Piatt, saw
the president, but only for a few minutes.
At 5.30 o'clock Mr. Wilson was sum
moned to a corference with President Mc
Klnley and was with him for about an
hour.
POLAR EXPEDITION RETURNS.
Cnpt Hondo's Austro-lIungnrimiB Got
to 80 Degrees, 10 .Minutes North.
London, Aug. 22. A dispatch from
GJacsvaer, Norway, says that Cartaln
Beado'h Polar expedition, composed of
Austrlans and Hungarians, has safely re
turned from the Ice sea. The ship was
unable to proceed beyond latitude M de
grees 40 minutes north on account of the
great masses of ice which were encoun
tered. "Little Egypt" Arrosted.
Omaha, Neb., Aug, 22. A 'black-eyed
girl, probably 18 yearB old, was arrested
at tho station yesterday. She was In
boys' attire and was charged with mas
querading. She wept bitterly and said
she was running away to escaps cruel
parents. She gavo the name of Zarapha
Seharba, and says she Is the "Little
Egypt" who attracted attention at the
World's fair ao a couchee-couchee dancor,
Sho gave her residence as 336 Thirtieth
street, Chicago. She eald she was going
to the Klondike.
Repudiates tho Interview.
Vienna, Aug. 22. The semi-official
Abendpost confirms the report of the set
tlement of tho difficulty between Austria
and Bulgaria, arising from an Interview
with M. Stolloff, the Bulgarian premier,
printed In the Lokalanzelger, of Berlin,
In which the premier was quoted as re
flecting upon the morality of Austrian
court circles, M, Stolloff, It Is now an
nounced, has repudiated the statement at
tributed to him In the Interview in ques
tion, declaring It to be distorted. The In
cident is now closed.
Position for Mr. Eckels.
Chicago, Aug. 22. The directors of the
Commercial National bank have asked
James II.' Eckels, whose term as conipl
troller of the currency has not long to
tun, .to become president of their Institu
tion at a handsome salary one greatly In
excess of tho $6,000 he now d.aws ai a
United States lclal.
CONFLICT WITH
THE STRIKERS
Tbrcc Alcn Bodly Wounded at Seamon's
Boarding House.
STRIKERS WILL RESUME MARCHES
Snmucl DcArmitt Snys That 150 to
170 Men Will He nt Work in tho
Plum Creek Klines Todny-Tho
Sympathy on Part of Farmers Tor
tho Strikers Continues.
Pittsburg, Aug. 22. Religious ser
vices were held in several of the strik
ers' camps today and all were largely
attended, but notwithstanding the re
ligious spirit pervading the camps, a
conflict between workers and strikers
took place this afternoon, during which
three strikers were badly huit, but none
are In a serious condition. Five of the
men who nre working for tho New
York nnd Cleveland Gas Coal company
this afternoon went to William Sea
mon's boarding house, about one and
a half miles from Oak Hill tlpple.where
a number of strikers aro quartered, for
the purpose of persuading the strikers
to go to work. The meeting was a
stormy one, and resulted in Antonio
Podasky being shot near the heart, the
bullet going almost through his body.
Grongron Plmold was shot In the eye
and Botlste Dalmero was cut with a
razor. The Injured men are all strik
ers. This was the only disturbance re
corded nt the camps today. The ag
gressive workmen escaped before the
men on the Oak Hill camp were aware
of the fight. The report that Sandy
Creek camp will be abandoned is de
nied by tho strikers today and they say
that the men will be sent there from
Plum Creek and Turtle Creek.
In addition to the general mission
ary work for the week, the leaders
have decided to direct especial work to
the prevention of operations at the
Sandy Creek mine. The strikers say
that they will resume their marching
tactics in the morning, claiming that
under the ruling of Judge Goff, in the
West Virginia cases, they are given
this right.
Samuel DeArmitt tonight says that
150 to 175 men will be nt work in the
Plum Creek mine tomorrow. It ifc an
nounced that the New York and Cleve
land Gas Coal company will make eight
more evictions tomorrow from eight
different company houses. It Is not
probable that there will be any trouble.
Sympathy for the strikers by the far
mers and citizens is not diminishing
In the least. Today there were about
700 visitors to the camp at Sandy Creek,
many of the farmers who came bring
ing wagon loads of provisions. Citi
zens of New Texas sent word that they
had plenty of food for the men and
wanted them to call on them when
needed.
NEW PLAN OF ACTION.
Developments in the coal mining sit
uation in the Pittsburg district will be
watched with unusual Interest this
week. Both sides were apparently at
rest today, but It was developed that
at the conference tomorrow there will
probably be a disruption. By many it
Is believed that M. D. Ratchford. the
national president of the miners' or
ganization, will not be present. It is
claimed that he will stick to his orig
inal assertion that he will not agree to
arbitrate unless all the states Involved
aro represented. It Is a well known
fact that the operators of other states
will not Join the local operators in the
movement for arbitration. If Ratch
ford Is obdurate, the conference will bo
useless. From a reliable source it was
learned that If the operators start
mines on the lines laid down, other
mines will also be started by the
miners.
It is proposed to select operators who
are not represented at the conference
and who are friendly to the miners.
They will be given permission to mine
coal at the rate demand, and the coal
stored. By this means It Is expected
to get a fund from the union minors
that happen to be working and with
this fund pay the expenses of a fight
against Imported labor. The miners'
officials are making arrangements to
have a fund on hand to send foreign
labor home just ns fast as it arrives.
With mines operated under the Juris
diction of the labor leaders and with
operators that are friendly who reap
a profit, they hope to have available
a large fund. This plan has been out
lined and will bo submitted to the na
tional officials if the conference proves
a failure.
Superintendent Thomas P. DeAr
mitt said tonight in referring to the
trouble between his workmen and
strikers, that as near as he could learn,
the strikers had fired the first shot.
The place where the collision occurred
he says Is a "speak easy" and instead
of his men going there to influence the
strikers, they had been requested to
go there for the opposite purpose. Ho
says an investigation will be made
and If his men are to blame they must
suffer the consequences.
CELEBRATION AT READING.
Fiftieth Annivorsnry or tho Song of
America Will lie Observed.
Reading, Pa., Aug. 22. The vanguard of
great crowds who will visit Reading this
week arrived this afternoon and evening.
Tho occasion will be tho fiftieth anni
versary of the Sens of Amerleu, In which
several orders vill participate, Tho olty
U golly decorated and six arches contain
ing appropriate mottoes span the leading
streets. This afternoon public services
were held In the Academy of Music. All
the local camps of the order attended,
Rev. D. K. Ruptoy, national chaplain,
preached a patriotic sermon in which he
presented the principles of the order. To.
morrow the commandery general of the
Son of America will meet, followed by
the state and national camps of tho same
order. The programmo Includes banquets,
reunions and excursions,
runawaTTiawley qirls.
Two Misses of Tender Yenrs Aro
Arrested In New York.
Now York, Aug. 22. Hatty Runyon, 25
years old, and Qussto Foster, IS years
old, ran away from their homes In Haw
ley, Pa., on Friday last. A detective
found the girls in this city and arrested
them. In police court today they ex,
pressed a desire to return home, They
gave no reason for running away,
A sister of the Foster girls was In
coun and the girls wero discharged in
her custodv
S0LD0UTT0SPRECKELS.
A Uronk in tho llnwnilnn SugnrCom
liinntlon. Honolulu, Aug. 22. The withdrawal of
Theodore II. Davlos & Co., local agents
for eight plantations, from the local
sugar combination caused quite a sen
sation among the sugar men last week.
It means that the sugar from theso eight
plantations will hereafter ho sold to
Spreckels. Somo tlmo ago it was pre
dicted that before tho end of tho year
Spreckels would got ho of this sugar.
Othor members of the Combination ac
cuse Davles & Co. of bad faith In the
matter. President P. C. Jones, of tho
combination, does not think tho defec
tion of tho plantations controlled by Da
vles & Co. will havo any effect upon tha
other plantations. He says it had long
ago been decided it would bo unjust to
friends of Hawaii in the States to havo
anything to do with the trust.
"The arrangements mado for shipping
sugar to Now York," said Mr. Jones,
"aio quite satisfactory, and,"itc shall
make about 75 cents or $1 il ton more
than wo did under the olt. contract.
Wo shall send somo of our sugar around
tho Horn, and we havo arranged to send
somo of It overland by rail. Tho rates
arranged for are satisfactory. In an
other way shipping to New York Is nn
advantage. Wo do not como Into com
petition with the California beet-sugar
growers. I do not consider Davles &
Co. havo behaved well In tho matter, as
their representative was present at all
our meetings and knew what wo were
going to do. However, as I said before,
I do not think tho rest of us will suffer
in any wa, and the Davles plantations
will not nit as much money as ours
will. '
WILSON MURDER
STILL A MYSTERY.
Police Admit Thnt Ther Hnvo Little
Upon Which to Hold tho Colored
Porter nnd His Mistress.
Philadelphia, Aug. 22. There were no
developments today In the mystery sur
rounding the murder of Major William
C. Wilson, the aged librarian, on Mon
day night last, and the case bids fair
to take rank among tho dark, unsolved
crimes of local history. Marlon Stuyve
sandt, the mulatto, who was employed
as a porter In Wilson's place, is still
in custody, as is also the white woman
with whom he lived. Tho police admit
that the circumstances which led them
to suspect Stuyvesandt of complicity In
the crime are not of a tanglblo char
acter, but they hope that he knows some
thing which may shed further light on
the case. Both he and tho woman havo
been subjected to rigid examinations,
but neither has made a. single admission
Which would Incriminate tho mulatto.
am) vtraaiiui Buys jiu icn iuh empiuyer
In the store on the evening of the mur
der, and went direct to h.s home, nnd
that he knew nothing of the crime until
ho returned to the library the following
morning.
Tho whole city has been disturbed by
the murder, and the peculiar character
of tho old man himself has produced
some strange theories. Ho was a con
firmed bibliomaniac, seemingly with no
other Interest In life, since he lavished
nil tho earnings of his prosperous li
brary solely on his books, .even depriv
ing himself of necessaries of life. 'Iho
library, which was patronized by tho
exclusive circles, occupied the first floor
of a capacious building, Wilson living
alone In a bare garret, on one of tho
upper floors, and the rest of the house
being vacant. The place Is at 1117 Wal
nut street. In tho very center of tho
city, and tho murder was committed be
tween fi and 6.30 o'clock in the eenlng.
The old man's blood was spilled pro
fusely and many of the, books on the
first floor, where his body was found,
were bespattered. His head had been
crushed In from tho front until It was
left a shapeless mass, even tho eyes be
ing undlscernlble, teeth had been knocked
out by tho blows of tho assassin's weap
on, and the autopsy disclosed that thir
teen rlb and the breast bone had been
crushed In. In view of this horrlblo mu
tilation, nnd tho apparent frenzy of the
murderer while committing tho crime,
tho robbery theory finds few believers.
An established fact which adds Interest
to the mystery Is that the old man was
a confirmed morphia fiend, and this Is
not the only abnormal condition In con
nection with his habits, for the police
aro known to be working on other the
ories concerning which there has been
much gossip.
PEDDLER MURDERED.
An Unknown Pack Peddler Found
Dcnd with n llilllet Wound on His
Head.
Special to The Tribune.
Wilkes-Barre. Aug. 22. Tho body of an
unknown Hebrew pack-peddler was
dangling by tho neck from a tree, with
a gaping bullet wound In his head, last
evening. It was undoubtedly a brutal
murder, and It Is supposed from the
condition of tho body and clothing it was
committed early in tho week.
There was nothing found on the per
son that would lead to Identification.
Ho was about 25 years of age. 5 feet 6
inches In height, nnd weighed 161 pounds.
His hair was brown and his faeo smooth
shaven. There was a large black mole
In the center of his right cheek.
FROST AND ICE IN MICHIQAN.
Iteniurknblo August Wcnthcr--Tlio
.Mercury Down to 10 Degrees,
Detroit, Aug. 22. All tho cold weather
records in tho stnte were broken by the
frosts of the last twenty-four hours. At
Nlles there was a frost, and tho mer
cury registered 46 degrees, Oden, Wash.
Ington county, a. .so had a frost.
Jackson county farmers fear that the
buckwheat and beans on tho lowlands
have been Injured, In Metamora tho early
risers found Ico In the cabbage fields
and frost as far as they could see. Like
reports como from many of the Lower
Peninsula counties.
An Alnskn Stnmp Mill,
Seattle, Wash., Aug, 22. With several
millions more In eight, the principal
Treadwell mlno, on Dougless Island,
Alaska, Is soon to have tho largest stamp
mill in tho world. It has been decided
to double tho capacity of the plant, mak
ing tho number of stamps 300. The next
largest mill In size is In South Africa.
It has 280 stamps. The Treadwell will
mlno its product at a cost of $1 a ton und
will produce $125,000 a month.
I'lnuns is Not nn Anarchist.
New York, Aug. 22. Manuel Plauas, the
supposed Spanish anarchist, who arrived
here on the Cunard liner Umbrla yester
day, has proved to tho satisfaction of the
-federal authorities that he Is not an an
archist, but Is a much persecuted Cuban
patriot andi ho visited the barge olllce
today and presented proofs of his state
ment, which satisfied the officials and ho
will not bo molested.
Tho Mnnitobii Whent Crop.
Winnipeg, Man., Aug, 22. The Manitoba
government crop bulletin, Issued today,
places tha total yield of wheat for this
year at 21,281,274 bushels, or an average
1 of 16.49 bushels an acre.
BUFFALO IS READY
FOR THE VETERANS
Old Soldiers and Friends Arriving by
the Thousands.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENTERTAINMENT
From Fifteen to Twonty Thousand
Visitors Arrived Ycstordny--It Is
Estimated Thnt Two Hundred
Thousand Mill Visit tho City Dur
ing tho Wcck--Cnndldntos Tor Com
mnndcr-ln-Chief.
Buffalo, August 22. Buffalo Is al
ready for the army of veterans who
are on their way here to attend the
31st annual encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic. During the
night hundreds of veterans and
their friends arrived and .today
they are coming in by the thou
sands, v It is estimated that
nearly 8,000 strangers were In town
yesterday and that from fifteen thou
sand to twenty thousand came today.
The various railroads entering Buffalo
report that in addition to the hundreds
of regular trains, schedules have been
prepared for 245 specials to arrive by
Tuesday noon. Among the prominent
arrivals are J, Cory Winans, chief of
commander-in-chief Clarkson's staff;
J. It. Lewis; past Junior vice-commander,
and Daniel Ross, of Wilming
ton, Del., a candidate for Junior vice-commander-ln-chlef.
Camp Jewltt, as tho city of tents is
known, is all ready for Its inhabitants
nnd while it will not be formally open
ed until 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
a number of posts are nlready Installed.
Ample arrangements have Deen made
at the camp and elsewhere for the
care of the sick. The hospital tents
havo been erected at Camp Jewltt,
each In charge of a competent staff
of physicians.
The honor of flying the first pennant
from any tent at Camp Jewltt belongs
to Reno Post, No. 64, of Williamsport,
Pa, A detachment of eleven members
nrrlved yesterday and was assigned
to tents 27-2S, Clayton P. White, of
Williamsport, was the first veteran to
arrive, and it quartered on the steamer
Idaho, who has been assigned to the
naval posts.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF CANDI
DATES. Among tho later announcements of
candidates to succeed Commander-in-Chief
Clarkson are the names of John
C. Llnehan, of New Hampshire;
George H. Innls, of Massachuettos;
James A. Sexton, of Chicago, and J.
P. S. Gobln, of Pennsylvania.
Colonel Wlnans of Commander-in-Chief
Clarkson's Btaff estimates the
number of visitors to Buffalo during
the week at 200,000, making the largest
encampment ever held. In speaking
of the choice of .the veterans for the
next encampment, Colonel Wlnans said
that so far as his information went,
there was but one choice among the
delegates, and that was Cincinnati.
There seems to be a feeling, he said,
among some of the eastern people that
San Francisco wants the encampment,
but that Is a mistake. San Frnnslsco
Is preparing to make a bid in 1&93.
With regard to tho encampment being
held in Richmond, Va he continued,
there is nothing in it. The people
down there do not want it, and the
veterans do not care to go there. The
status of the negro Is so different In
the south from that in the north that
It would cause much unpleasantness
Notwithstanding this view the Young
Men's Business association of Rich
mond has opened headquarters here
nnd is making an effort to secure the
enenmpment.
Colonel Wlnans says Pensylvanla
will send the most people to the en
campment, with New York second
and Ohio third in attendance.
WRECK FOLLOWS A SUICIDE.
Trnln Which Killed the Mnn Stopped
nnd Another One linn Into It.
Baltimore, Aug. 22. A collision caused
by a Bulclde occurred on the Western
Maryland railroad near Westminster this
afternoon. John Robinson, of that city,
who had quarrelled with his wife, threw
himself in front of a passenger train
coming down a grade. When tho train
was stopped the body of tho man was
found lying several feet from the track.
The train was backed to the place, and
a flagman was sent to tell an extra
freight train, which was behind, to slow
up. .
Tho flagman failed to reach tho ap
proaching train in tlmo to avert a disas
ter. The train came thundering along,
and beforo nny of tho passengers on tho
other train realized what had happened
the englno crashed Into tho rear coach.
Tho engineer and fireman of the freight
train Jumped, as they saw It would bo
Impossible to avert a collision, but the
bewildered passengers on tho other train
rushed together Into the last coach and
stood In the centre of tho aisle, grouped
together for mutual protection. Two
passenger coaches were wrecked and the
buggagc-car was badly damaged.
James Nolley, of Baltimore, was Jam
med between timbers and Injured, The
other passengers escaped serious harm.
Atlnntn Mnn Gets the Cowhide.
Atlanta, Aug. 22. J. R. Herron, of the
livery firm of Harrison & Herron, was
cowhlded at his placo of business In
Ivy Btrcet, this morning, by W. B. Jes
ter. Jester's wife recently stirred up a
sensation by charging Miss Dlmon,
daughter of tho pastor of St. Paul's
Methodist church, with stealing her dia
monds. A local paper printed a story
to tho effect that Jester had pawned his
wife's Jewels and blackmailed Miss Dim
on to conceal tho theft. Jester says that
he traced the authorship of this story to
Herron, and this morning's cowhldlng
followed.
Sufferings of a Crew.
Auckland, N. Z., Aug. 22. The surviv
ors of tho Noiwegian bark Sela-lon, from
Nowcastle to Honolulu, which was
wrecked on Starbuck Island In August,
1S96, havo arrived here. After suffering
the greatest I rlvatlons they reached
Sophia Island In boats and remained
there ten months wtth the natives be
foro thty wero rescued, Tho captain,
mate and carpenter of the Seladon died
on Sophia Island.
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CLOAKMAKERS STRIKE.
New York-, Aitjr, 24 Two thousand
cloakmakers employed by Baumann &
Sperling, II. Wendoff & Co., the Syndi
cate Cloak company, Bernstein & New
man, Rubin & Well and. Bloom Bros.,
aro on etriko for an' increase in wages.
DIQ DUILDINQ BURNED.
Fertilizer Works nt Woodbnry Aro
l)ostroTed--Lo9S 9250,000.
Woodbury, N. J Aug. 22. Tho main
building of tho J. P. Thomas & Sons'
company, fertilizer manufacturers, on
Mantua creek, near Paulsboro, was
burned today, Tho loss Is estimated nt
J2JU.O0O, upon which tnero was about
$100,000 Insurance. Tho buildings cov
ered three ncres and contained expenstvo
machinery used In tho manufacture of
tho various products. Only three of tho
smaller buildings were savod, which In
cluded tho ofllco and acid house.
The schooner Addle B. Baron, of Phil
adelphia, which was discharging a cargo
of North Carolina rock, took firo nnd Is
nearly a total loss. Captatn Bacon, his
wife and steward, who were asleep In
the cabin when the vessel took flro,
had a narrow escopo, a portion of the
cabin roof falling upon them as they
left tho boat.
The lire Is supposed to havo been
caused by spontaneous combustion In n
largo pile of slaughter houso refuse,
which was heaped against tho sldo of
the buildings, where tho flames wero
first discovered.
The shipping season had Just com
menced and 6,000 tons of fertilizing mat
ter was stored In the buildings. S.
P, Thomas, president of tho company,
says that whtlo this will not be a total
loss It is badly damaged.
New machinery had recently been
placed In tho buildings. The firo pump,
with a capacity of 750 gallons per min
ute, was put Into service, nnd this, with
six tug boats, which came up from tho
Delaware, saved the other buildings on
the ground. Beventy-flvo men were em
ployed at the works, and tho output of
tho factory was among tho largcBt of
nny plant In tho country.
OIL MAY BE USED
ON TORPEDO BOATS
Nnvnl Officers Experiment With
Petroleum ns n Fuel for Mnrino
Eiisiiies--Invcstigntion in the Oil
Regions.
Washington, Aug. 22. Tho secretary of
the navy has ordered Lieutenant Nathan
Sargent to proceed ut onco to the oil
fields of Pennsylvania, where ho will
mako a careful investigation of the va
rious grades cf petroleum produced In
that region with a view to Its uso as fuel
for marine engines. Upon tho conclusion
of this work he will report to the author
ities In chargo of the Newport torpedo
station and plans will be drawn for an
oil englno which will bo placed In one of
the new torpedo boats now being built
by tho Herrcshoffs. This will bo the first
attempt to uso petroleum as fuel for tho
torpedo fleet, but from the success that
has been attained with this motlvo forco
In swllt steam laur.ches owned by private
parties both here and abroad, the navy
department looks very fa"orably on the
experiment. Somo of the advantages ex
pected from the new fuel aro economy of
machine space and consequently greater
fuel carrying ctpaclty. Economy In the
cost of fuel and the abdlty to develop ex
tremely high steam pressure under forced
draught.
The plans for the new engine are not
yet laid and will depend largely on tho
report on tho various grades of petro
leum at comrr.nd. It Is possible that
with thl.i Innovation In fuel will be com
bined the use of tho steam turbine englno
whoso success In tho English torpedo
boat Turblna has marked a decided epoch
In tho development of theso fleet-footed
destroyers abroad.
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SHOT A BURGLAR.
Officer Hcmmingcr Surprises Rob
bers nt Work.
Canton, O., Aug. 22. Merchant Police
man Charles Hemmlnger surprised burg
lars In tho basement of the Isaac Harter
& Sons' Savings bank early this morn
ing, Tho burglars' look-out opened flro
on tho officer, nnd tho latter shot one
of the men who had been In the cellar.
Tho burglar died at tho hospital later
without revealing his Identity.
The burglars had a big lot of tools,
and explosives In tho cellar, and were
no doubt professionals. The bank Is a
strong one, and generally believed to
contain a large sum of money.
MEETING AT ATHENS.
Over 3,000 Peoplo Address King
George.
Athens, Aug. 22. A great meeting of
over 3,000 peoplo held here today, adopt
ed an nddress to King George, urging
him nnd the government to reject tho
proposed peace treaty between Greece
and Turkey, and to resume tho hostili
ties, which were Interpreted by the truce.
The entire press, however, nnd n great
majority of the public of Athens con
demn the agitation for a resumption of
the war.
Dclnys in Ponco Negotiations.
Constantinople, Aug, 22. The peace con
ference adjourned Its session today ow
ing to tho non-receipt by some of the am
bassadors of Irstructlons from their
governments. Lord Salisbury, it is stated,
maintains the attitudo assumed by him
with reference to the evacuation of Thes
saly by tho Turkish forces, while the Ger
man government threatens to withdraw
from the concert of the powers unless tho
Turks be allowed to continue their occu
patlon of tho province until tho Indemn
ity agreed upon be palJ by Greece.
Wnr Will Go On.
Montevideo, Aug. 22. As has been ex
pected for the last fortnight the peace
negotiations between tho government nnd
tho Insurgents, which began on Juno
20, when an nrmlstlco was concluded,
have failed, and It Is officially announced
that tho war will go on.
Advnncc in Wngns.
McKce-sport, Pa Aug. 22, The 3,000 em
ployes of tho National Rolling Mill com
pany, at this place, received nottco at
noon today of a 10 per cent, advance In
their wages, to take effect on Sept. n
THE NEWS THIS M0KNINU.
Weather Indications Today)
Pair; Cooler.
1 General Pitiful Condition of Many
Persons Bound for Klondike.
Price of Wheat Moves Upward.
Buffalo Ready for the Veterans.
Plan or Strikers for the Coming
Week.
2 Sport Base Ball Games of Two Days,
Sporting Gossip.
3 Local Sermon by Rev. Ransom Har
vey.
An Episcopal Encyclical.
I Editorial.
Comments of the Press.
5 Local Probable Democratlo Nomina
tions, Blue Laws Invoked,
0 LocalWest Side and City Suburban.
7 Lackawanna County News.
Call for Republican County Conven
t'on. 8 Neighboring County Happenings,
Financial and Commercial.
KLONDIKE
HARDSHIPS
Terrible Suffering Musi
be Endured During the
Coming Winter.
HELPLESS MINERS AT DYEA
Many Are Physically Unable
to Get Away.
Thlcvos Operate Extensively In the
linggngo or the New-Comors, nnd
Tood, Ammunition nnd Moncj
Ilnve Been Ktolon--Mnnr Horses
Lost in Utiicksnnds nnd Hogs on tho
Sknguny Trnll--Lynchlng ol a
Thief.
San Francisco, Aug. 22. A special to
the Bulletin from Dyea, Alaska, Aug.
14, tells of the pitiful condition of many
of the searchers for gold who aro
now stopping at Dyea, unable to pro
ceed farther on their Journey, owing:
to the lack of funds or provisions.
Many of those now In Dyea are phys
ically unable to make the trying trip
and there are many who will suffer
great hardships before the winter is
over. Mnny of those who arrived on
the steamer Willamette are absolutely
without shelter, seemingly having como
to this cold region depending on tho
open heartedness of the others to keep
them living. Many of the people who
are unable to reach Dawson this win
ter have two tons of provisions and no
possible means of transportation. One
man has over three thousand pounds
which he is trying to pack over the
White Pass in lots of seventy-five
pounds each, making short relays.
Thieves have been operating extensive
ly and many tents, tools and much
ammunition and money have been
stolen. Already a vigilance committee
Is spoken of and unless the thefts cease
trouble will follow.
Vancouver, H. C, Aug. 22. The
steamer Coqultlan arrived from Dyea
yesterday morning. The captain stated
that no one was anxious to come back
with him. There were 3,000 men at
Skaguay and six hundred at Dyea,
which Is being deserted for the former
place. The day the Coqultlan arrived
the body of a whlto man was swinging
to a tree. He had been caught going
through the baggage of some now ar
rivals. The trail from Skaguay across tho
mountains Is very bad and dnngerous.
Many horses have been drowned In the
quicksands and bogs. The government
has men working on tho Dyea trail,
but the White Pass trail Is considered
best. It is now blazed all the way,
ENTERPRISE DISCOURAGED.
Victoria, B. C, Aug. 22. The steamer
Coqultlan has returned from Dyea and
Skaguay. She brings word that a man
has been banished from Skaguay by
prospectors for attempting to collect a
toll of fifty cents from each person
crossing a tree which he had felled
across a creek on the trail. He was
given twelve hours to get out.
Tho day the steamer left, five men
arrived with $40,000 In gold dust.
The steamer Danube has started on
her voyage to Skaguay bay with an
other large crowd of miners for the
Klondike and a full cargo of freight.
The Danube on her return will make
a trip to St. Michaels with materials
and men for tho construction of tho
Canadian Pacific Navigation company's
Yukon steam rs. Sergeant Raven, of
the Northwest mounted police, took up
with him a quantity of provisions, also
the necessary equipment for a post
office at Taglsh lake.
MURDERED A JUDQE.
Wm. Lnwronco Shoots tho Magistrate,
who Iiicd Injunction Agninit Him.
Woodstock, Vt Aug. 22. Thomas C.
Beaver, Judge of probate for Windsor
county, was shot this morning by Wil
liam W. Lawronce, while standing on
tho piazza of his rcsldonce, the ball
penetrating his right lung, lodging un
der tho shoulder blade, Tho wounded
man is reported as resting quietly to
night, and the attending physician thinks
ho will recover, although his ago, be
yond CO years, will tell against him.
Lawrence surrendered himself to tho
sheriff after tho shooting and was lodged
In Jail.
Mrs. Lawrence somo time ago left her
husband and Judge Beaver appointed a
guardian for ttjelr 7-year-old daughter.
The Judge afterward Issued an Injunction
restraining Lawrence from Interfering
with the child, and Incurred Lawrence's
hatred,
MORE ARMENIANS ARRESTED.
Confessed Thnt Tlioy Intended to
Explode Ilombs nt Two Embassies.
Constantincple, Aug. 22. The police of
this city have arrested two Armenians, nt
whose' housss they found two bombs. The
prisoners confessed that they Intended to
commit outrages by tho use of theso
bombs at tho Russian and German em
bassies. The foreign ambassadors here have re
ceived a circular letter from tho Armen
ian Dashnakzutium commttteo almost
Identical with that sent to them In 1890,
declaring that the Armenians are tired
of waiting and are resolved to take ac
tion for the redress of their grievances,
Support fur the Mlno Strikers.
Philadelphia, Aug. 22.-The United La
bor league by a vote of 211 to 9 today
passed a resolution voting financial and
moral oupport to tho coal mine strikers.
Typographical union No. 2 notified the
league (nat It had already sent a contri
bution of 1200 to the strikers, Tho request
of the universal peace union for reprfcs'n
tatlon In tho league was refused.
The Herald's Weather Forecast,
New York, Aug, 23. In the mlddlo states
and New Dngland today, fair, eooler
weather will prevail, with fresh north
westerly and nortl-erly winds, preceded
by local thunder storms on the coasts of
Now England In tho morning. On Tues
day, In both of these sections, fair, sMght
ly, warmer weather will provoll.
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