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PREPARING
FOR A WAR
Loudon Press Discusses
tlic Problem of the
Transvaal.
GRAVITY OF SITUATION
Westminster Gazette Believes Hos
tilities Are In Sight Trade In
South Africa at a Standstill Dis
tress Among the Poorer Classes.
Portuguese Authoiltles at Delagoa
Bay Detain Horses Belief That
the Animals Weie to Be Sent to
the Transvaal London Stock Ex
change Dull.
London, Aug. 20 Commenting on
Pn-sklent Kiuget's statement that tin
South Afilcan n-publlc .ulheiod to lis
latest offer and would not inako .inv
fiirthet concessions tlu afternoon
papets uuunlmouslv tliuw atti'iitlon to
the lilt leased seuiousntss of the Ttans
ml sltti.uli 11 In the same bioatl'.
lini i Mfj rpnsH unioitnlnt te
garding the intuit- of the ram ( sslons
be- ond which Ptosldent Kitigoi "!i'
he will not go No ofllolil nnnotinif
nient Ins In en inailo of them. although
It Is unili'i stood that thev ptovlde fot
u flvt-veai franchise and incioased
Out lander lepi escalation
IT th it W collect, the Oiohe sis
it iii lit In- long liefoie dlplomacv
'.i e i. tnl .isldi as if no uitl-cr
s. i v "
Tit. I'all Mall C..mtte as
I'li'sident Krugoi's adiielenie to
them would mean adlieienee to almost
Impossible londitlonx. and if so the
situation has mine to an ngl head"
The Westminster fJas-ette, while la
menting the Immodi'iiilion whlili, It
m, loul to the piesent eilsls, adults
tli.i the louuttv Is within si jilt of i
v ir wlili h m" shoith he una d
i I li a on the hum its of the if ! s.'n i,
1 would lie ine.i usable "
l'i whateei iit'S'iatth ol -indllli it
I sldent Kiu'iis defiant iMink .
fiMul It has bmglit home s'iupi t le
kei n poslbllllv ot an Impending wai
ni-alnst no weaK-kneed adorsat It
is said th.it with leeiults ft urn oir th"
lionleiB the Tiunsvnul would hae
about CO Oii'i men at its disposal,
wheieas the most tin Hiltlsh i ould
at the moment tlnow on the fiontler
would lie ,W (101), although, of ionise,
that iiumlii i would he lnci eased mnte
rlallv within a month
Tin Hiltlsh puhlk Is taking intense
lit.i i in the ptepnintioiis of th-Ir
own funis ahead In South fika.
Indignation against 1 Sohioiner.
pumlei of cape ('.ilon, who. In the
l ipe Hott of A emlil eloiduy,
sad that iiiulei the customs coiivon
ti ti tin Orange l'ne State wan Juti
i. d In iinpoiling aims thiough Capo
( ilom is talil.v gem nil, though that
bictiMti which lielleMs that a Hoer war
w jiild he .1 dime ale making. !' edl
tonals petitions, eti , what they ap
peal to believe Is the last effort to
a. tt hostllltlis
TJusiness on the stoik exchange to
rt -v was dull. Katltis were pnrtleulnr
Iv depreoel, owing to Incioaslng ap
prehensions In regaid to the Ttans
aal irlls.
tape Town Aim 21 Owing to the
continued tension and waillke condi
tions trade In maiiv places In South
Afilcn Is piactleallv at a standstill
mid Aieat dMioss pievnlN among tlu
pnoui clnseH heie and at Johannes
Inn pr
It is icpoited that 200 hoises, which
MiH' dlsimhailti'd todav at Delngoa
1 i piesnnnhlv for the Transaal,
have heen held pending Instructions
on the hlihjeot
Pitiable Scene.
London. Am; '.'!i The Capetown cor
respondent of the I)all Mull saS
A pltl ilde stone was witnessed at the
i.iiluii; station on the auhul fiom
J'lh.iiincshuit; of a hundied and fifty
childieii whose patents, ate too pout to
mine themselves It Is istlmated that
J jno people have left the Tiansanl
blni i the c lists hegan
In the limine ot nssembl today the
govornmtnt announced that It was con
Plderlnt; a moposal to affoid gt outer
facilities for women and chlldien to
leae Johannesbtiig
Itei hu.inahi'id Is In a state of fei
ment owing to the fears of a Hoer
laid Colonel ISadcn Powell's forces
thi re uio wholl Inaih quite to ptoteet
such an extended fiontlu, and the
IJoeis ippoai to lie quletlj oonoentiat
ing In tlie western ji.ut of the Trnna
aui A Hoot ap has heen ariested In Ha
mnit.iduin.i camp, in British Boclutana
land Th" lolc'inneshuiK concspondent of
the Mot nine; Post sas
President Ki tiger. In the eotitse of an
intenlvw todav (Tuesdaj) regarding
the iiisls. said ho i onsldered the Hoer
pofltlun hest do lined by Psalm 83 7.
AUSTRALIANS TO TIGHT BOERS.
Queensland Pieparlng to
Send
Tioops to South Afiica.
Tiilsbaiie, Aug. 2' In lonspquciice of
the iiHteascil tension In the Ti.insvnal
affuii the Queensland go eminent Is
making piellmlnaiy .liiaugemcnts to
cllsjiatch tioops to South Afiica to aid
thi imperial fotces
Mrs. Becker Wants Divorce.
Clilingo, Aub .i -Mrs llda Uicker
formeil Ikla Huttcrllii, the l-ear.old
Bin foi the loc of whom Albert lleclur
l ruli) tit tin o mmdircil his wife and
dltposid of h r ipmaliiH in mueh the
hiimv niaunci mm did Adolph Iaietgeil,
was loiluy granted u decree of ilhoti-i
from her liushani, Ueckc-r is nuclei mu
tenie of death and the si utenco of the
court condemning hhn to be lutngid
Octnher 13 was presented III support of
the pullilon for illvorco.
TUN AT PITTSBURG.
The Reception of the Tenth a Contin
uous Round of Pleasure.
Pittsburg, Atlg 29 The Plrst rutl
ment. N. a P , from Philadelphia,
which arrived horn Sunday night to
take part In the reception ot the Tenth
Pennsylvania on Its return from Mi
nlld, left for home on a special train
at T o'clock this afternoon T1k mil
cers nnd men all declate that 'he- Islt
was one continuous round of pleasure
and they stnrted east pretty we'! tired
out, but happ In the prvesslnn
jpsterday the regiment hnd the rlnht
of line and the men were given a gieit
reception all along the route.
Lieutenant Colonel Oood, In spea'e
Ing of the treatment aecotdeil the
Klrst, said
"I nevci befoie say nnjthltK Hko
vesteiduj's demonstration. It gresv
gieatet and gi eater along the line of
mnnh with Its tiemendotis cllniav at
Schenlej paik We are mote than
guileful foi the reception given us all
along the line and even man will ic
turu to Philadelphia with a inngntll
cent opinion of Pittsburg as a h st."
ANOTHER ALLEGED SPY.
riench Police Make a Dlscoveiy in
an OfBcer's House nt Nancy.
Pulls Aug 2! A i use somewhlt
slmllai to that of Captain Alfred Drev
fus Is repotted at Nnnrj The polh e
sav they hive found at the residence
theip of a riench attlllerj sulnlt-in
a commission In the Herman iitmv
and valuible Vreneh army maps
The suspected man belongs to an ol 1
Alsitlon fnmllj, other tneinbeis of
which ate suspected of complicity In
the affali.
MORE TROUBLE
AT CLEVELAND
Rioting and Disorder Bteaks Out
Again Four Cats Demolished.
Motormen Assaulted.
( lev eland Aug 2" Hiotlng and ds
oi del bloke out tonight in eonivvtim
with the stiik" i n the lines of the Hlg
Consolic'ated stict l.illwav and fou
cats wile neaih tlemollshe I while the
iiews weie lompelled to Me foi their
lives it was unlv after deteimlmd
iffoits on the pait of the tlilttv police
under Captain Ih.idley that older was
flnillv lestorcd
The Hist i luting of the evening i c
cuiied mi Cential avenue ne'ii the c
and P It It ciosslng, wheie un eist
bound car Jumped the track at the de
laillng switch It wns about fi o'l lock
and workmen wore i cunning fiom the
factories and mills in tin- viclnltv A
mob of smeial hundied 'jeople soon
gatheiiil and the liwless element be
gan to sfoni the car nnd clew Annth
ei east bound cat soon nnlvd at the
crossing and was brought to a stand
still The tnotormen and conductors
were piilltd fiom the i.u and onh
sin i 'piled In e--i aping after passxlng
thiough a gauntlet of locks and stones
The euw of the liist car fated as bad,
and even woise, the motornian be ln
unite badl.v. If not seilously injuted
A vest bound eai was ulso stopped
at the crossing and the irew wet"
nearlv mobbed by the now frantic
eiowd The front and lear vesti
bules of all the tais woie nearly de
molished while every window was
binken Thej piesented a dilapidated
appeal ami' when taken to the barns
bv the wiecklng crew
Later in the evening a mob of about
thiee thousand people gatheied at the
corner of Cential and Lincoln avenue,
which Is a iijsldence portion of the
clt The i rew of this car was saved
fiom serious injury by the arrival of
a detachment of police lindei Sergeant
S Ptang It Is expected many at
tests will follow the outrages
IS AGUINALDO DEAD?
A Japanese Repoit Via Columbus, 0.,
Indicates That the Tagal Chief Was
Killed in June.
Columbus, O . Aug 29 A special to
the Dispatch from Hamilton, Ohio,
savs.
P. O. Maya and 'A Tange, Intelligent
Japanese tea merchants of this city,
today received a copy of the Chit Klzo
Shlnko. a newspaper printed In Na
goga, Japan, July 2.'. which contains a
dispatch from Manila concerning the
nlleged death of Agulnaldo I'ndei the
heading. "New- Philippine Informa
tion," the paper prints the following:
"In the latter part of Juno, near San
retnando, Agulnaldo was killed 1
Geneial Pio de Pilar. Pilar Mslted him
to Inqulie about the death of General
Luna and Agulnaldo answeted that ho
never knew anything about the ense
and told Pilot to mind his own busi
ness. General Pilar then eallod Aguln
aldo a liar and, pulling a pistol, shot
Agulnaldo In the foiehead, killing him
Instantly."
The Hamilton Japanese aie Imptessed
with the reliability of the paper and
piit gteat faith In the truth of the In
foi mat Ion It bilngs.
Real Estate Agent Killed.
San Pr inclsco. Aug 20 -J I'. Turner,
a rial estate agent of this iltj, was shot
and killed by Joseph Kreeini. a barber In
the coiridor of the ttiinl floor ot the
Crocker building todaj, as the result of
a long standing feud atislng from a land
deal in t'usno and Sonoma counties Tur
ner was convicted of ptijnrj and sen
tenced to Imprisonment foi ten jears by
Judge Cook of this olt on October 3, 1SD7,
In connection with tiiu deal which led to
the tragedy hut was gi anted a new trial
bv tlio Supreme court
Newark at San Francisco,
Ban PnuiclHto, Aug. ? The United
States cruiser Newark, which waa blown
nut of her coursn pnd ran short of coal
while rounding thi- Horn, arrived here
at 2 30 thin afternoon. v
DREYFUS SESSION
A DISAPPOINTMENT
NEITHER SIDE PLEASED WITH
THE OUTCOME YESTERDAY.
Colonel Cordler's Testimony Was Not
Up to the Expectations of the Drcy
fttsaids or the Antls Meicler's Ap
pearance a Surptlse An Evidence
That He Will Not Throw Up the
Sponge.
Itennes, Aug. 29 Nelthei side was
Iileased with the outcome of todav 's
proceedings befoio the court-mat tint
that Is ttylng Captain Dieyfus The
Dieyfusardtt expected that Colonel Cot
dlor, who was deputy chief ot the in
telligence department undei the late
Lieutenant Colonel Henry, would tes
tlf.v that the boideteau was received
dltettb bv the late Colonel Sandhert
Had this expectation been realized the
testimony would huve been a stiotig
point In fuvoi of the accused because
It would have been a teply to the antl-
I)re fusards. who have all along ion
tended that Hem j ipeeived the bor
deieau until fot w aided It to Saiulhett.
a tiling he would not have done had
the boi detenu been as the Diev fusaiils
nsseit, willten bv his accomplice, lis
teihas'v fot in that event Heniv would
have ipcognlml the handwriting when
he leceived the bordereau fiom the
Geininu embassy and would have up
piessed It instead of foi win ding It to
Saiidheii
Colonel Coidler howevet, tt stifled to
dnj that he was absent fiom the In
telligence ilep.il tment when the boi
deieau arilved, but that he believed It
was leceived b I Tent y
Xatutallv this statement elated the
unti-Drejfus.irils, but thej had no lea
son to longiatulate themselves upon
the lematndei of Cordlei's testimony,
as It was wholly In favoi of Ilrevfus
On the other hand, the piocesslon of
irenerals and olllceis of the geneial
staff who demanded an oppoittmltv to
confiont Colonel Coidlet was a good
piece- of tin ties fiom the point of view
of the antl-Oiesfusatels, because all
the points the contested weie not of
tin- 111 t Inipoitaiue, et thelt veij ap
pearance on the stage anil tne iiuiita
ellctlons of some of Col diet's state
ments left a ellsngteeablo lmpiesslon
Tlie appi-aianie of General Merc let
to question Colonel Coidler came as u
surpilsp to maiiv In the audience who
had supnosed that aftet last Satur
dav's siene. when Mere let, was con
fronted with Captain riejstntotte-i. he
would temaln quiet. Hut Men lei is
L'ame to the ileath. His action today
Is Intel pi i ud as Intended to show that
he Is not going to throw up the sponge
The pint he pluvedln 1S14 l.is him open
to iiuest and this s a constant topic
of discussion In the cafes and at othei
inciting places in Itennes Then- aii
peais howe-VPi. to he a good reason
win the government will not take any
such spiIouh step until the tiial Is ovei.
Chance of Adjournment.
Colonel louatlst, pi i sldent of the
couit innitlal. could adjoum the tilal
Indelinitelv If Meiciei, who is an im
liDitaut witness, w-re anested It
th" tilal weie adjoiuiipd foi moie than
4S hours it would lapse and the pto
ceedlngs would hive to be- f,one o'er
again from th" beginning
Todav's attendance was the laigest
since the opening of the tilal i;vei
bodv was on the mil vhe to hear the
testimony of Chailes De I'leyclnot.
senator, former premlir, former mln
istei of fotelgn affalis and forinei
minister of vat ThN admit polnlclan
the "white hottso" of Kunch politics,
sit upon the fence as well as he could
His expression of a fear that the
DiPjfiis ngltptlon would injure the dis
cipline of the annv gieatly annojed
the Diev fusards, as calculated to In
fluence the Judges against the accued
Hut ho followed It with eulogy of the
pioneer of the Dtevfus campiigp M
Schpun l-Kestnei formei vice presi
dent ef the senate who-c chcractcr
he said he held In the highest esteem
M Llboil thin seemed another con
cession fjvoiable to Drevfus bv get
ting II. Do rrevclnot to admit that he
could not recall a single fact going to
piove that money had been sent Int
Trance from abioad to promote a cam
pilgn in favoi of Drevfus Thp gen
eral feeling, however, Is that his ap
pearance on the witness stand has not
materially helped the accused
TO EXAMINE PATY DE CLAM.
Report That It Was Ordered by the
French Government.
Pails Aug 29 It Is asserted that
Major Carrlere, the government com
mlssaty nt Rennes, oiileied the com
mission to take the testimony of Col
onel du Paty do Clam In obedience- to
pel emptor' Insttuctlons fiom the gov
ernment Geneial Orugeto, the mllltatv gov or
nor of Paris, today oidered one of the
pilnclpal mllltnry surgeons to examine
Major du Paty de Clam and report
when It will be possible to take the
major's testimony for use nt the Diov
fiis court martial The loport has
not jet been delivered
The examination of du Paty de Clara
Is to be conducted by Majot Tavernlur
In the presence of Maltie Demunge, of
counsel foi the defense.
GEN. FUNSTON TO RETIRE.
Report That He Will Leave the Army
nnd Reside in Kansas.
Chicago, Aug 29 A dispatch to the
Itceotd from Tort Scott, Kan , sas
"A letter was received here last night
from Lieutenant C. G. Wainer, of this
city, who Is aide on General Fred
Funston'H stuff, sajlng that Geneial
Tunston Is In Manila awaltlni; ordeis
to sail for lonie with the Twentieth
Kansas leglment. The letter adds that
the general will letlre from army life
and icslde in Kansas "
Captain Quay Resigns.
Washington Aug 29 Captain Andrew
c l' Quuv, son of Senator ejua of Penn
sylvania, has resigned from the tinny to
go Into prlvnto business Captain Quay
Ih a urn dim to of the military academy
of the clues of 1SS. HI. icslgnntlon lues
been accepted by tho president h tain
I effect Allium SI
PRESIDENT WELCOMED IN OHIO,
About 5,000 Citizens of East Liver
pool Turn Out to Cheer Him.
Hast l.lvetpool, O., Aug 29- This old
pottery cltv, which William McKlnley
vlsltPd nlinost every summer during
the early nineties, awoke last night
and gave the president the noisiest
possible welcome on the niilval of his
partj f i inn Plttshntg at 11 o'clock
Klve thousand people greeted him nt
the train
The ptesldeiit nnd his wife were
driven to the home of Colonel Tujlor
through streets ablate with oleettli
illuminations and fltevvorks. The es
cott wns the- Hast Liverpool company
of the nighth Ohio icglment, the
"Piesldent's Own," which saw service
In Cuba last jeai Meantime n. piesl
dent's salute boomed out upon the hill.
On an arc li lighted by oloetrlolt vit
the words. 'Out Pieslduiit"
At Colonel Tajloi'a home persons
thronged In the stteet and on the lawn
till the picsldent wan forced to eomu
out nnd bow his acknowledgement
The- president nnd Mrs McKlnley
went foi a dilve Into the1 submits of
the lty and acioss the Ohio river
luldge to the new town of Chestet. this
foienooii '
A iceeptlon Is to be given this even
ing ut which Congiessnian Tinloi,
Piesldent MeKlnlev s suecessoi In the
Klghteenth ellstilet will speak
PRAISE FOR SHAFTER.
The Governot of Colorado States
That Ttanspoitatlon Anangements
Weie Piopeily Conducted at San
Francisco.
Washington vug 29 The win de
pat tment has tnude public tin- follow
ing coi respondent e between the gover
noi of Coloiado and See l etui y Hoot
l)i nvei Am; it. Imi
Hon Hllhll Knot Sicietaiv of War,
Washington
Den Sli I vlsitid Sun Pr.iueisio last
wttk to lie piiscul iipoii the aulval of
the- Coloiado voluutnis from Manila
and I take pleasure to tistltjlng to the
ctlli lencv whli li In mv Judgment, char
acterized tin- action ol the dpmittne nt
of tlio Pacillc uiiilei GtiHral Shafte-r on
the occasion mittlonul The tiansport
w is promptlj doikid unci the troops were
piomptlv dlsembaiki d ivctv fuclllO for
the Immedlite movinient to the Pre-slilln
was furnished and a person li Inspection
of thih tints and laiaiters touvlniid me
that no snnitai preraiiltnu has In en
in glei tul In the in ep i ration whlih ha
pten m.ulc tin tluli i ntoieed tb tt ntiou as
picllininarv to tin It dl-clmige
I have tiki n tin 111m it to Impose this
opinion upon utit valuable time be-
cause I hid In aid various adveise
ciltlclsms of (leneial Sluiftcr s
ngtinent In sinill u cases and fn
S HI 111- I
rom inv J
i he no !
peisomil iibseiv itlim i ould eoiict
legitimate ground for them
1 havt Hit honor to lit
niii Most oliidlent servant
Chui li s S Thomas
t tow mm of Colorado
Win Jiepaitmcnt, V.'ashlngton, Aug 2
Mv Den Sir I ill ink oll foi votir
letter of Ailgof 21 ttstlfvlng to tlie elll
i loncv vvlilth lias tbaracti tired the action
of the elipartmeiit of the Pat Hie under
(teneial Slinfti I on the occasion of the
airlv.ii of the Colorado voluntiers fiom
"Vlanll i Tin le are so man leidv to s iv
lll-natmtd things that It Is rcnllv gi.ill
fvlng to Iiiivi iMinsslons of fnvorilile
opinion of this di'seilptloi'
I am, ilinr sli with great icspect vour
obeilli'iit servant, Lllhu Hoot
Secreturv of War
Hon Chailes S Thomas, Governor of
Colorado Dcnvir, Col
TROOPS EN ROUTE TO MANILA.
About 2,650 Soldiers Will Be at Sea
by Sept. 5.
San rianrlsio Aug .9 Mine te
ci tilts tiro being piopated nt the Pie
sidio for ttanspoitatlon to Manila.
The Puebla Is to sail with CjO men
Tho Wat I en Is to have about Sept ."
with SOO mote That takes ptnctkally
all the soldiers now at the Pi sldlo
and piobablv It Is also to hit hide one
li-glnent of the fotii now on the' wi
hi re ft tun the tast
The government has chniteiel an
otl ei Hrltlsh steamship to entry trooj s
and supplies to Manila TS-t make
ten 'i.nsports that ate to be toady to
sul wiliili the next fortnlgh Two
moif an almost due 'iom th Phillp
plnes'nd thej aie to leave again for
Manila as soon as the: an be
equipped
ONE RESULT Or DREYrUS CASE.
Largo Order for Cab Hoises Placed
in This Country Rescinded.
Kansas Clt, Mo, Aug 29 One of
the largest horse th allng dims In
Pi ante reientlj st nt an nMnt to Kan
sas City to buy 3,000 hoists, to be used
as cab horses In Pails dm Ins tne ex
position The agent had bought and
shippcJ 120 horses when he leceived a
teleginm to buy no moie. Inquiry de
veloped tho Infottnntlon that tho
Trench buers are alarmed because
of the excitement created by the Drey
fus cao.
The Ptench buern were giving $(J0
for liorss, tho fanners are willing to
sell for $13. and the speculating saw
good buslnc'ss ahead. When the ruder
to stop buying tamo they were i mind
ing ill) horses fiom every direction
and they are now unloai'lng at a he ivy
lofs
MURDER OF D0LLIE MARSHALL.
Young Woman's Tin oat Cut by Un
known Assassins,
New Yotk Aug 29 Dolllo Hudson,
also known ns Dollle 'Mm shall. 21 eats
of age. of Hrookbn. wns found dead In
hoi apaitments today with bet tin oat
slashed fiom eai to ear Theit- weie
several other cuts on the body and the
woman's skull was ciushed at the back
of the head. A razor was found near
the body
The police ate seaiehlng for James
Ihaep. of Jeise City, with whom, It Is
snld. she was last seen alive, leturn
Ing home fiom a dunce Ptlday night
Recruits Rapidly Eniolled.
Wnshli gton. Aug 29 Although recruit
ing foi tho ten lew volume ei regiments
has not et been uitlvelj started In alt
parts of the tounti, 21,1 men hitvo al
ready heen sccuretl for these regiments,
liuludlng 157 c moiled i Hindus Addi
tional recrulflng stations are being es
tablished in different partH of the coun
try and It Is oxpcctttl that the enrollment
of troops will pioisress rapidly from now
OHIO DEMOCRATIC
STATE CONVENTION
RESULT OF BALLOTING
READY FORECASTED.
AL-
The McLean Men Will Control Not
Only the Convention, but all the
Party Machlneiy in Ohio Until tlio
Next Piesldcntiol Election TUy
Will Be Liberal to Opponents,
However.
JCanesv llle, O , Aug 29 Although the
Democratli state ticket will not be
nominated till tomouow, tho tesult
wns decisively forecasted In thi pie
llmlnat) meetings this evening The
McLean men can led a large majotky
of the- twentj-ime congiesslo u-1 dis
till ts and will conttol not on'v the
convention, but nlso all tin- p,ii ma
chlneiy lit Ohio until the- nets picl-dt-ntiil
election since the ui-libers if
all committees have been selet led atlJ
thiough them all tlie oPUe-ls of the
convention as well as thus who will
be In ihaige of the eatupa'gi. Tr.e
Mi Loan men aie disposed to oe liberal
to tlvb opponents Al It i it v .is
found that McLean hid at tr dlstilt'
meeting secured tonttol of all com
mitters man called on him toelgln
jind piomlsed sttppott fiom urn '.pei leu
tU liters McLean and his manageis
then advised that all the candl I ite-s
for gov t-t nor be voted fot on the tltst
ballot as oilglnalb Instrui t -tl uid li
was even suggested that then' mUlit
be two ballots so as to give as tnativ
ootnpllmentnr votes as porslb'e to th
opposing t anilldnte-s It wns thotuht
that this would mnke tin m feel bttttr
foi the tamiialgti and also show vhut
foundation then- was foi thi clams
of some of the Columbus mating- s of
Colonel Kllbouiue At the same !'iie
It will alfoid an oppoituuit foi an
enthusiast!! antl diuniatic scene when
the siatteiing delegations Hock to the
McLtan statitlartl on the sot ond bil
lot Ml Mi Lean was quite- modest
In acknowledging the ovations this
evening
The visiting iltibs antl delegations
setenadid him Hi acknowledged
their tuugiatulatlons with thanks but
made no speeches Colonel Kilbouriie
wasequallv hupp In his acknowledge
ment of seienades and sometimes did
mine talking Some candidates foi
other places on the state ticket had
ver livel denionstmtlons In thelt ,.i
teiest and most of them were also en
thusiastic foi Htvan and McLenn
It Is quite piobable that the name of
0I
d
Mi McLean will be piesented to the
convention vei brlell.v Mr McLean
ops not know who will niesent his
name McLean does not believe much
In speeches He savs he would piefei
to have his name piosenttd without
commendation oi a wind of comment
Genital A J Warner w ill present the
nnme of Colonel Kilhouine In a stli
ring speech anil mtiih eloquence will
be expended on the eithet candidates
ADDRESS TO NEGROES.
Words of Counsel Issued by Leaders
at Daiien Is Having Good Effect.
D.lllen. Ga Vllg 2!i rom 'loops of
cavali have been 01 deled to tellevo
the Infanti on tint here since last
T'uirsda.v The cavwlij will be unilei
coinmaiul of Colonel Law ton. of th
Plist Georgia leglment. and will i
main as long as It Is deemed nee.s
s.uy to keep tioops foi the piesen i
tlon o' iidei The tug Ciescent ' li
has sailed foi Savannah with n guard
of tvvni.i-u o soldieis to biiK h'-n
the twenty c-'aht iloters eonfl'i'l In
tho Jail at that place Theie are eigh
teen iloters In Jail heie The tilals
will begin tomouow morning before
n special tprm of the supe-rloi court
The third Delegall was arrested toda
without ttouble
The address Issued b the negro lead
ers of Mclntoch couutv to thelt late
is having excellent effect It Is signed
b six pieacheis, the postmastet. the
collector of the port, the c huh man of
the Democratic p.uty and one edltoi.
all pointed It sas In pait
'With the unfortunate causes that
have led to the piesent condition of
nffalts we have- nothing whatevot to
tlo They are matters for the suporlot
tourt and b that tilbunal they will
bo adjudicated Wo aie concerned
onl In testot ing peace and doing so as
quickly as possible without the shed
ding of nnothet chop of blood
'Avoid all feai and excitement on
aetount of the pies-mce of the soldieis
The aie heie foi the protection of tho
lives of women and nipn of both races
equallj and to see to It that tho law
Is ujiheli' and obejeel
"Avoid eveiy act that has even the
appearance of lawlessness Do not
eairy Ureatms. He vcr taieful to ob
serve the law with regard to the carry
ing of concealed weapons. Speak tem
perately about cut rent attalis
"Let even woman abstain fiom all
woids that may Incite to inshness m
may bo abusive Or let them stav at
home .And by all means let evei man
see to it that no colored woman shull
show her face ut the court or on tin
stteets adjacent thetelo during tho
coming trial
"We must undeistand that the courts
are constituted for the- righting of all
questions, light or wiong The good
of the entire people is pai amount to
the Interests of uny Individual The
courts must be sustained, their ofllcers
at all hazards must be lespected and
obePd. law must be upheld"
Dewey Home Fund.
Washington Aug IN Allhoimli the
Dewev home fund Is increasing onl bv
small contributions and has not yet
leaehtd the J20 000 mailc Treason r Rob
erts sujs thtro ate JI1000 additional
hi sight foi the fund Thin amount has
been promised fiom New York, Pitts
ImiFl Cleveland, Chleugo Milwaukee
and othti m stern cities
Rev. Creelman's Change,
New Haven Conn Aug so Hev Har
lan Creelmun who for six jears hus
been prominent in the department of
Hlhllcal lltciiituro ut Yule tuilverslt, hus
resigned to accept the position of profes
sor of Hebti'w and Old Tistument liter
ature In the Cougrt national college o(
r.innilii ntlilltitr.a ..1,1. 1.1lll unh...
slty at Montreal.
TIIK NEWS T1US MOUNINU
Wcatlitr lndlctlnj ToJtyt
SHOWERS.
1 General Government Poices Itcpulsed
In Santo OnmliiKo
Crisis nt Hand In the Transvaal
Ohio Democrats In Session
Proceedings of the Urcj fils Trial.
2 General Northeastern Pennslvanla
News In a Nutshell
HnHe liall Results
Plnanclal and t'oininot Inl
.1 Local - Mnvoi Dili i lid to Pievcnt
Work on the Nav Aug Pirk Loop
ltertiitloli to State Pre sldent l.bt r
muti 4 Hdltotlat.
Stii.itor Llnduv on Kxpiiiiloti
6 Local Progrnnime ot the Letter C.u
ilers' Convention.
Atnsts In the Hunt Illghwav Hub
be r ("use.
fi Lot al West Scinnton and Suburb in
" News Hound About Scranton
S Lot al -Annual lit union of tin
ItiKlment, P V
f Ive ludiistiliit Notes
U"il
uniMnDHvir tug cm tmcuc
ilVJllvAMlVVJ HH- JVJL-l-lL-lVsJ I
Vaiious Companies of the Tenth
Heglment Receive Medals and Aie i
Royally Enteitained.
Wuv lushing, Aug !' This was
(onipinv K da I'mmi-vei building
flags mil bunting wuv id At in n't lot k
the people began to timing the depot
anls All piling the line of mutch
fiom the- station was a dense tmwtl
On in i Iv ill at the tollpg-- 1111111111- the
ptoce-'sloii disbanded mil the bos
weie ulli'wed to mingle among tilth
filends foi a white when tlu-t v.eie
called to the eltgint dlliuei pnpaied
fnt I ken-
connellsv 111-, Aug 2J -Coiupni D. i lost lIiIU men killed and hnd fnty
Tenth nglineiit teaiheil t 'oune'ls-tile nf i soldi-Ms captuied In ntltlltlou
Its hoMie town a few iiilntlte-s b ft-re- (t.ne1ni 1'epln was compelled tti aban
noon ii.il lOfnn p-ople gather.'.' fi un n ()f UH01. Kinther
suirouiitllng towns welcomei" the .,
tioops This urte.inn.in evetclses vote lUliting Ins take li place near Monto
heltl it Ulvervlew p ti k. whei . Captain ' e htisll lietwi-n the tevoHitlonlsts un
H A c'iov. G"ieial Koonts i: C ,i,., (icm'K'l Daviiuo and the govetn-
lllgbee mil otheis made ilildie-s a The
pal. uh follow i-d and the -en ise-
.-nnd ut with 11 banqu-l it 1 oiloik
Washington Pi. Vug 2'. -With m
pei b weathir, the stieels anlit w llh
sut h a tllsplr.v of the nit Ion il inlois
as was never set n h-re aef n - hi lin
ing anvils the sidewalks thioSigptl.
with atlmlitng thousands a phasing
piogiuiiini" of musli ,nd iiddtesse",
theie wits nothing lacking In tne he.n
tv terepilon nt corded I'inipain II at
Hit hc'idqtiiulers of th- Tenth legl
ment St the colleg" t.nnius the pio- I
gianune w.n cartlotl om in niting-d,
with band and voi.il music antl ad
dl esses b M L A MiCrnkeli t si .
Colonel MiGKIln lamps s; Stocking
Ti"V II W Temple nnd Dt Moifatt
nnd the presentation of a line gold
medal to . ach memb-i nf lb m
pan.v I'nlouttiwn Pa Aug 2!) The let op
tion to Cotntianv C was one of the
gl cutest events this town e-vei hii
Jovcd Hxtenslve piepatations weie
made for the lelebiatlon and the pin
grumiue jas eati'ed out without a
bleak The weathei was -! f- ( the
skv being ileal antl a gentle bneze
tempeilng the lieat The piocesslon
man lied ovei the pilntltia! stieets i.f
th.- town, ending at the fall grounds,
when- the foi mill piogiainmo was tal
lied out I'aeh menibei leielved l
goltl medal, and the oflleeis svvonls,
all sultablj engraved
Heavei Falls Pa. Aug '-The le-
ee-ptlnn given bv the citizens of New
Hiighton todav In houoi of the ii-tuiii
of Comnanv H to theli homes was in
evei wiiv biflttlng tlie occasion The
featuie of the innrnlng was a pnadi
mllltaiv and Industrial, In which the
1 1 tinned soldiers again matched
thtough the stteets -md weie cheeied
bv thousands of people A numbei of
sneoelips weio mude at the paik aftei
tho oarade and the nfteinoon was
taken u-i with tacts and amusemeiits
of vaiious kinds
ID0LITA A WINNER
Pulled Down the Futurity Stake at
Dubuque.
Dtibuifiie. Iowa Aug 2'i -Idolltu.
nuo.ilbe frnnk Jones, of Pol tsmoutll
Nil pulled down the winners sh.it.
of the ilch hotse review futuilt stake
for thiee-veat-old ttotteis todav The
little ha walked awav from the field
in each of the three heats nnd won
hands down The puise was worth
$20 000 of which the ownei got $9 000,
and was the thin! of a setles of futur
ity offeilngs put up b John C Hanoi,
of Chicago Todu's race was the fast
est tin ee- eat -old futuilt ever trotted
The llrst heat was made In the follow
ing tlniP '13. 1 08 1 10. 2 12- This was
the fastest of the thiee heats and
equals the thiee-vent-old roconl In a
class trot made at Louisville last enr
aaw -sV
Decision for Choynski.
Dubuque, la, uis .'J -Jm tliofl,l
vmis ulvtu Un decision over Australian
J I mm A an at Hit mil of a 2u toiind go
hue tonight for tin light luavj wt Uht
championship of the win Id clmvnsltl
tb nioiistinti-il grtnt clevtrness throiinl -out
Ann stood Joes contlnuil left Jab
bing in tin- fuce well and showed Utile
signs of punishment ut the end of the
limit The- decision wns sttlctl cm points
Chojiiskl weighed close to ISs pounds
while his opponent was six, pounds
lighter
Steamship Ai rivals.
New Volk Aug js -Arilved. WVrk
eiidam. fiom Itxtteidum DeutsehUind
llumbiirg Cleuretl Pilisland Antwerp,
HrltHiuilc l.lvemool St Louis. South
ampton Sailed Utr le Liverpool, Saalr-.
Hrtmcti via Soiithainpton, Auranlii, I.iv
erpool Houlognc S died Pn torl.i.
Iliimburg for New 'V.ork 8clll -Passed
Trnve New urkfm Itremen l.lvetpool
-Sailed. Nomndlc. New York Houlogiii
--Al rived Hotterdiim. New Yoik tor
Itottcrilam
Missouri Elections.
Jefferson Cltv Mo Aug 20 Incom
plete returns received tonight from tlin
nighth Missouri district In which un
c lection was held toila to fill the unex
pired term In cohbicss of Hichard V
Hhind. deceased show that Dorse W.
Sluickleford (Democrat) has been elected
over W. J. Vosholl (Hepubllcan), by 2,200
plurality. Complete returns cannot bo
had tonight.
SAN DOMINGO
SURRENDERS
The Revolutionists Am
Victorious in Many
Localities.
IN PUERTO PLATA DISTRICT
Followers of Jimlnez Have Taken All
Towns in That Dlsttlct Except
Monte Chilsti The Repoit of En
gagement Confirmed Thirty Merf
Killed of Government Forces.
v-nlihiirt,m A in' '1 'Die slnte ties
parttur-nt bus tpcelvotl the following
e.ihlegiam fiom United States Consul
Simpson, nt Pilot to Plata, Santo Dom
ingo
AH towns In this dtst! let evcept
Millie Clnlstl In possession of revolu
tionists This town (Pueito Plata)
sitlieiuleieil estenlav (Signed) Simp
le n "
I'.ifie Hnvtleii, Aug 2U -News Unsj
leachtil bete fiom Suit) Dnmingo n.n-
Uttnlng the- n-poit of the defeat bv tho
,,aii,,iu. ,,f Cnnem! Potdn. in
iomiuaud of u govet nint'lit finee, vvhn
ment tioops lommandcd by General
Gmllto D, tails of this t ngiigement
have not jet i eat lied bete.
TRIAL OF THE ALABAMA.
The Tests of the New Battleship
Entiiely Satisfactory.
Lewes )il Vug 2'i The bulldeis'
tilal ttlp ot the battleship Alabama!
todav ii suited In the development ot
a in islinuiu spHid ot ITU knots. There
was a dtis-rUng tain pan of tlie lull
and a tog hung ovet tlie water
tluougliout the dav On the til st inn
the Alilkim.i under 1011.. levolutlons
pei second averagetl 1" 2" knots per
hom ovei a ionise of ll'i knots. S1il
stcniiled ovei the course twite hi a.
motleiate si a half the way against tho
wind on the seiond urn untlei forced
diaught 114'.. revolutions per second,
the av i.ige spied was IB S3, and on thlrt
i tin the Alabima attained ii maximum
of I7rv oi l'-j knots above the lequlred
It! knots The tiial was mude In open
sen antl In sbonl wntei between the
northwest and southeast five fathom
lights TIip wind wns fiom the north
east about 'ii iiiIIps an hour and thorn
was n model ate si Tho tiial was
satisfaclot v In eveiv lespeot and IM
vvlu "s Criini) of the William Ciamn
& Sons' ship nnd t nglne building com
pany, said th- bulliltis weie delighted
with thi slowing made Seveial ofTl
pis of the Utissinn n iv v who wcto
I aboaid, exinesssed favoi able opinions
of the Mnbiimus s-a-golng qualities.
READY TOR A SPIN.
The Shannock Will Make Her First
Tilal in American Wateis.
New Yotk Uu ."i-S'i ThomasI.lt)-
ton's s,undiou t niislstliig of the setm
vacht Ihln the . liilleuglnt, sloiq. Sham-
jinek the steam tendei Nonownntuc K,
I the v.ipoi launch Klli.weeu ami the new-
I stoiage stow an- a' ainhni off Toiup-
kinsvllle-, S 1 . t might all leiulv for
' business, whit h is likelv to be begun
,,,,, iien the Shami.uk may
tal'i- her Hist tilal siln In Ameilcan
waters undet hei lacing ilg
III tow of the tug Lawienie thu
Shaminek 'eft hoi 'iler 111 Kile basin
at HID On hoi wuv out. when at .i
I point opposite- Hoston dry dock No 1,
I she I'rountletl on thi east side of tho
channel She feti hed ti') ensil and
' was pu'led o'f In fifteen minutes, but
the int lib lit tlevelopod the fat t that th
Shannock ill aw s full tweuty-foui feet
of water, for soundings taken after
she was ileal showed that depth whtto
sh- had bo' n
9 A
GEN. WHEELER ASSIGNED.
To Join MacAithm Will Command
Funston's Btlgade.
Manila Aug 2'i. G 10 p m Genual
Whet lei has been nidi led to lejoit to
(ieiieial Mae i thin Ho will bo given
tomii'iind of Geneial runston's btlg
atle. which Colonel I.lsetini has com
manded tempoiatllj 11"' will piocoul
to San reinanilo tonioiniw, after hav
ing spent a week In visiting tho lines.
General Wheeler said toi'ay
"1 am much pleased with tho situa
tion I think that when Major Gen
eral Otis gets mine tioops bete ho will
maka inpld piogioss Th t ountr Is
nioiJ tnv. 'table lot -nllltaiy opeiatlons
than I supposed The Impie-plon that
th- cniiiitiy U unhialthv Is wiong"
Thr rnllnind to Angeles will be re
sumed within n week and General Mac
Aifiur will l'lvanei- his nl um tt-ra
to tl'lt place.
Dewey's Quiet Doy.
Nice. Aug Jy Admlial Dewej passed
a qukt day on beard tlie 01mpla at
Vlllefranihe United btatos Consul
fletcher Is oxneetid to arilvo hero anil
c ill o'i the admiral hefoie his depart
ure Thurstlaj
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(s WEATHER FORECAST. --
4-
f Washington, Aug. 30 Poncnst -t-
for Wnlnesilay Kor eastern Penn.
f slvanla, showers Weilliosdu) and sh
- probably Thursday; blink north-
f easterl winds. 4-
lfrt-rt-ft-r-r--f -t-ft-t t-r-tJ