The Middleburgh post. (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, May 20, 1897, Image 6

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    IEE PRES1DEMFS CUB1N MESSRGL
ASKS FOR RELIEF.
President Sstda th Mueh-Expetted Dto-
CmiBt tO CoOgTeSS-
A special cabinet meeting waa held Moo
day morning at which the draft of the presi
dent' Cuban message was read. It was tub
eiitted to conKreaa soon after noon.
Special meeting of the senate and bouse
committees on forelgu affairs were also in
session, and the wheels were all put in
motion for acting promptly upon such
recommendations at the president might
make.
The message says official information
shows that American eitirens are la treat
destitution and the authorities are unable to
relieve the distress.
81 x hundred Americans are In this condi
tion, and the sum of (."0,000 Is recommend
ed for relief, Part of il should bo used
for sending a ship to brine the destitute
home.
Th. message as outlined above was rend
In the senate und then a resolution enacting
bis recommendattoua was presented by the
senate foreign committee und was at once
considered.
The message is as follows:
"To the Senate and House of Itepresenta-
tlr-s of toe I'nlted Ktates:
"Ultlcial Information from our consult in
Cuba establishes the fa't that targe num
ler of American citizens In the island are in
a stnte of destitution, suffering forwent of
food and medicines. This applies particu
larly to the rural districts of the central aud
eastern parts. The agricultural classes have
beeu forced from their farms into the near
est towns, where they are without work or
money.
"The local authorities of the several
towns, however kindly disposed, are unable
to relieve the needs ol their own people, and
are altogether powerless to help our clti
rens. "The latest report of Consul General Leo
estimates Unit (iO to MOO Americans are
without means of support. I have asm red
him that provision would be made at once
lo relieve them.
'To thut eud I recommend that congress
make an appropriation of 11M less tnan
50,000 to he immediately available; for use
under the direction o( the secretary of state.
"It is desirable that n part of the sum
which, may bu appropriated ly congress
should, m the dlrcretlon of the secretary cf
stnte, ulso be used fur the transportation of
Amerli-nu citizens who, desiring to return to
the I'nlted Suites, nre without the menus to
do so. Wll.l.IAM Ml KlNLtV.
'Executive Mansion, May 17, IS'jT."
A FREE M0N0NGAHELA.
Secretary Alger Aco3iti lha Viewers' Award i
and Tolli Will Soon Bs Aboliihsd.
Keeretnry Alger has accepted the award
made in the cam of tbo Mouongahclii Navi
gation Compiiuy.nnd has requested Attorney
lieueral McK' una to take the necessary steps
to have the title of the property transferred
to the government of Uio I'nlted Slates. Tho
secretary Is cl the 'opinion Unit the award of
;l,7til,(il5 -hi Is a fuir one, r.nd as tho com
pany has agreed to accept tho award, he will
do so on behalf of the I'nlted state.
As soon as Attorney (ieucrul Miller advises
him t tint the title Is perfect, and that the
property lins been transferred to the l ulled
Htutn he will draw a warrant for the sum
named in fuvor of the compnny. It is ex
pected that thero will not be much further
delay In tho matter, ami that there will soon
be a free Moiimigiiheln river.
The tolls (but havo been collected yearly
by the navigation company represent to each
shipper immense prollts, aud .the shippers
calculate that with the tolls converted into
their own pockets and their business man
aged on the same or eveu more economical
lines they will be able to run the mines
steadily Slid competo for. im Indefinite i:ne
with the Kanawha district operators.
GBEEK AND TUSK.
iatctt News From the Sett of War.
Greeks on tbt Defensive.
Th London Times' correspondent at
Athens says:
M. Italli, the premier, visited the various
legations Sunday and obtained assurunces
that tue powers would Undertake to preveut
any offensive action on the part of the Turks
providing tho Greek forces maintained u
strictly defensive attitude. On this under
standing he immediately wired to tho com
manders of the three Greeic divisions at
I'ouiokos, Snurpl and Arta, Instructing them
to absiiini from all hobtllo taction unless at
tacked by th- enemy.
The only (ireek force now on Turkish ter
ritory is the bond of T'plroto volunteers led
by Botzarls, which landed at Prevesa und
advanced along the bank of the l.ourus.
The forces will then proceed westward along
the const, where it will be taken off by the
lireek fleet.
The losses at Oriboro were the heaviest
tince the beginning of the war. Seven offi
cers were killed, liequlems were sung In ull
the churches and th opposition papers ac
cused the government of wantonly sanction
ing needless bloousbod.
EVENED MANY HOUSES.
Epaaiard Said to Have Destroyed Four
Hundred Dwellings
The correspondent of the Spanish Journal
El Pais, who has returned to Havana from :
Manzauillo, says that the Spanish column
operating in thut locality retired to Porlillo
on May i, alter destroying several Insurgent I
ramps and more than too houses In the towns '
f l'.razo, Seco, liurric, Zevllla and at other j
places in the district. The Spanish column
wus attacked by the insurgents all nlong the I
route and especially at 1'urgatnrio. ;
The milk supply is very short. The milk j
dealers In Cnmpo Florida refused to accept i
(1 lu t si er for ten quarts, demandiuc me ;
same price in silver. The seumstiesses also
complain that the tailors pay th'in tu paper,
while they collect gold from their customers.
ARMISTICE AT LAST.
It Hat Been Concluded Between Greek tad
Turkish Forces.
A dispatch to "Le Journal," of Paris, from
the correspondent of that paper at Lamia,
about 1 miles southeast of Domoko, says it
is learned oftlclully that an armistice be
tween the tireeks aud Turkish forces has
been concluded.
A dispatch from Arta savt that the Oreek
troops under Col. Belractaris, are advancing
upon I'bUipiade. Tbo Turks huve fallen
back tu Salopoulc s.
The warships of the irek squadron are
maintaining a strict blockade ol the (lull of
fcalouics. A British tank steamer, with a
eargo of oil, bus been debarred from enter- 1
lug the gulf.
Cutaa Sympilhiteri. ' ft
An enthusiastic audience of incu and wo
men, many of them woll known in Washing
ton, parked the Columbia theater to Its
doors Sunday afternoon at a monster mass
meeting benl in behair of the caute of the
Cuban insurgents. The theater was appro
riutely decorated. Mealed on the platform
and participating iu the exercises were Sen
ators Oallinger und Allen, ex-Senator Duller,
of Boutb, Carolina; lie v. Hugh Johnson, pus
tor of the Metropolitan Methodist clitiroht
Kt. Howard Ytillur Eon l aud a number
ot others Idenllnrd wittt the Interest of the
ia-urcesit, - . '
PRICES ADVANCED.
Speealator Many Predict Oct letttr
Figarea,
R. Q. Dud A Co. 'a weekly review of trade
says:
Speculators have enjoyed an advance In
wbtat, corn, cotton and some other pro
ducts, though obliged to tell wool and sugar
at lower figures In order to realize. Stocks
have advanced 7o per ( 100 and trust stocks
lost S3 cents, without cuough demand to
constitute a market. Import ot merchan
dise, 18.382,019 for the week at New York
alone, are Ui per cent, larger than a year
ago, making the Increase 47 per cent, for the
past six weeks, and have affected the ex
change markets aud helped further ship
ments uf gold, whioh amount for the work
to (2.730,000, hut are practically balanced by
receipts from the interior and cause no seri
ous apprehension ot Unsocial disturbance.
Men feel that present conditions are only
temporary, although they tend to prevent
immediate Improvement in general trade
and hinder immediate investments.
The government crop report estimates
cotton acreage at 6 per cent lest than last
year, and is considered encouraging because
so slight a decrease from the floods may be
easily made up. Prices have advanced ,',o
on Liverpool speculation, with nothing here
to warrant the rise. The winter wheat re
port, which is supposed to indicate a yield of
27.000,000 bushels, is contrasted with state
reports much better or much worse, but it
distrusted mainly because all department
estimates of acreage for years have been
wildly erroneous. Wee'.ern recelptt con
tinue' larger than latyear, 2,109,123 bushels,
against 1.870,3(17 bushels a year ago, and At
lantic exports also increase for two weeks of
May, amounting to 3,106,1109 bushels, Cour
Included, against 2,083,414 bushels last year.
F.xporte of corn aru still large, 6,ffl5,H6i
bushels for two weeks, against 3,804.181
bushels last year, and Id part account for
smaller demand for wheat.
The output ot pig iron for the week end
ing May 1 was 170.628 tons, against 173,279
April 1, and the stocks unsold, exclusive of
those held by the great steel-making com
panies. Increased only 8,808,000 tons. Sev
eral furnaces, especially those producing
foundry Iron, have stopped production (or
this month, but no Important chaugvs appear
in pig iron, which is quoted at (8.2ft for gray
forge at 1'tttshurg and (9.25 for bessemer,
and (12 for No, 1 at New York, though only
(10.23 Is asked for southern. Keduoed south
ern freights here have not altered the mar
ket materially, and nt Chicago also the local
prices have beeu reduced.
The demand for Mulshed products it below
tho capacity of works in operation, aud the
award of the contract for the Montreal
bridge, which is said to be at 00 cents for
bourns, against (1.C5 demanded from con
sumers In this country, has occasioned
trouble in tho beam association, and there
lire reports that It has been dissolved. Angles
nre quoted nt t'5 cents per 100 pounds, u
shudu lower and steel plates ure quoted
lower bent than at l'hiladeiphla. Copper is
nctivo, with large sales of lake at 10.35 cents,
und tiu plates Are quoted 10 cents below
prices llxed by the association, and 60 cents
I'elow prices of the same grades of foreign
plates.
Nothing new can be said of the cotton
manufacture, which still lacks demand
enough to lift print cloths above the lowest
point ever known, and prices of other
graies of cotton do not Improve. In general
the sales of cotton product nre but mode
rate. Woolen goods are doing better than
for weeks past, aud yet there is not enough
demand t.' er'onte enthusiasm or to raise
prices, while there is greut uncertainty re
garding tho future of the market Sales ot
wool have sharply decreased, aud for the
weok barely exceed a week's consumption,
while prices are weaker at eastern markets,
according to some reports nearly 1 cent per
pound at Philadelphia, und at the West
trailers for speculation have begun to sell
for tome concessions with good reasons,
NO MORE BEBT 8U0AB SEED.
The Agricultural Department Eat Ex-
hauited tbt Supply.
Tho beet sugar seed which the agricultural
department has been distributing Is practi
cally exhausted, about 10,000 pounds having
been sent out to farmers la about four-flftlis
of tbo states. Tho seed baa been dis
tilbuted in packages of from one ounce to
half a pound purely for experimental pur
poses. Thc-beets grown from the seed will
be analyzed and the saccharine matter de
termined to ascertain where beets can be
profitably grown for the production of su
gar. These experiments, It is believed, will
be of immense value a the beet undoubtedly
can be produced with profit In ninny of the
stiites. Wherever it can be so produced It
will give the farmer it new crop. All tho
surplus vegetable seed in the possession of
the agricultural department is being dis
tributed through congressmen or govern
ment agency, to th" people in the Hooded
districts along the Mississippi for planting as
soon as tbo waters subside.
AFRICAN ATROCITIES CONTINUE.
No Effort to Stop tho Awful Barbarity on
the Upper Kongo.
A representative of the Associated I'ress
bad an Interview with I lev. Mr. Sjobloni, of
the American Buptlst Mission In the Upper
Kongo, who has just returned to London.
He said:
"When I left In February, matters In the
Upper Kongo were as bad us ever. The
commission which the King of the lielginns
appointed to Inquire into the atrocities com
mitted, the victim' being natives, has had al
most no result. The olllcials are indisposed
to act on missionary evidence, and only n
few cases of barbarity were punished. The
iniquitous rubber trafllo continues. When
the natives are unuble to obtain rubber the
Mate troops burn the villages, murder the
natives and rut off their bunds, which nre
utierwards smoked and Font to the state offi
cials, l'arts of tbo EquiitorsviiU) district aru
iu a state of open warfare."
It is understood that tl.e statements of the
Ilev. Mr. Sjot'lotn will be made the subject uf
a question iu the lloue of Commons.
THE TOPE AND THE SULTAN.
Ctmt oT the Disagreement Between tbt
Two Mon.
The Home correspondent of the London
Standard gives the history of the discontin
uance of relations between the porta and the
Vatican. He says:
"Last summer the pope In an autograph
letter begged the sultan to protect theChrit
tiuus iu Crete. The papal delegate. Mgr.
lionettl, obtained ao audience at the Yildhs
kb-ek and formally presented the letter.
"The sultan, evidently Irritated, said, in
an undertone in Turkish: 'Who's this pope
that's always meddling Id the affairs of our
state'' and then aloud Id French: 'Tell
his holiness that It is my constant care to
attend to the welfare of all my subjects.'
"The pope tried another letter fast Octo
ber. This had a better reception, but was
never answered and there has been no direct
communications between the Vatican and the
porta since."
Boeri Show Much Nervs.
A dispatch from Capetown, Africa, sayt
that the reply of tho Transvaal government
lo the bellgerent note of Joseph Chamber
lain, Jlritish colonial secretary, Insisting
upon observance of the Loudon convention,
Is delimit lu tone. It Insists upon the right
of the Trantvaul to demand arbitration o'f
the questions In dispute and also upon Its
riglit to pass the n liens Immigration law,
and asserts that It this right Is disputed ar
bitration is the best means of arriving at
settlement of the question.
Another dispatch from Capetown an
nounces that a serious engagement hat
taken place lu Uertiuanaland. Chief Tots bas
beeu captured and tlx volunteers have been
killed.
THE IIIN TURNS ICIIIO!
NAMES HIS TERMS.
Tbt Torts Makes A Official Eeply t tbt
Fewer.
The ports bas replied officially to tbe note
ot tbe powers and declines to agree to an ar
mistice until tbe following conditiont are
accepted:
The annexation ot Thessalv, an Indemnity
ot XlO.OOO.ooo Turkish and tbe abolition pf
the capitulations. Tbe porte proposes that
plenipotentiaries ot the powers should meet
at Pbsrealo to discuss tbe terms of peace
and declares that It these conditions aie de
clined the Turkish army will continue to ad
vance. The demand for the annexation of Theesa
ly is based upon the tact that the province
wtt originally ceded to Greece on the advice
ot the powers with tbe object ot ending bri
gandage and Oreek incursions into Ottoman
territory, the porte believing" at the time that
the cessation would attain these objects, but
tbe recent incursions ot Oreek bands and the
events immediately preceding the war have
proved to the contrary. This it the sub
stance of the reply.
The Ambassadors) met to consider the
Forte's answer, which la regarded at raising
an extremely grave issue. It it believed that
representations will be made to tbe tuitan
personally to induce a modification ol these
terms, but It Is foreseen that this will be very
difficult, owing to tbe attitude ot the power
ful old Turk war party.
It tbe porte should prove obdurate a
European conference is not improbable,
although at present Ilussia Is opposed to
this. It Is regarded at quite certain that the
powers will not consent to a retrocession ot
Thessaly. Even Oermnny ia bolloved to be
resolute on this point because it would in
volve a violation of the Her I In treaty and Im
peril tbe pease of the Balkans. Altogether
the reply of tbe porte has caused the greatest
surprise. It appears that during tbe discus
sion ot tbe note from the powers by tbe
couucil of the sultan's ministers, news reach
ed the council that 3,000 Greeks had landed
at I'alona and were marching to Janina with
the Intention ol co-operating with other
forces from Arta. This created a bad impres
sion among tbe ministers.
GARCIA WAS TOO SHREWD.
Ht Turned tb Tablet and Cut the Spaniards
Almost to Fleoet.
A letter from a Spanish officer at Maur.an
illo to a friend in Havana tells of a tremend
ous defeat suffered by tbo Spaniards near
there.
It appears that Ocncral I.ono, command
ing tho Nnnzauillo division, knowing that
tho insurgents attack all convoys going to
Baynino on "dead tnriu't road," as It bos
been nnmod. prepared a scheme to entrap
the Insurgents. He ordered tho departure
of a great convoy under a small escort, and
with a force of 1,600 men took a roundabout
course, with the intention of falling upon the
insurgents' renr as soon as the usual altuck
was made on the convoy.
Whether Garcia, noting the palpable in
sufficiency ol the escort, suspected a trap, or
had been previously informed, is not known,
but at any rate be thwarted the Spanish. He
detailed a pait ot his force to capture the
convoy and with the remainder, about COO
picked and well-armed men, awaited Lono's
arrival in a strong position.
Lono, surprised by the unexpected attack,
fell back, despite tbe superiority of hit num
bers, ana tried to gain the convoy's road, but
(tarda, by a clover Hank movement, prevent
ed him from even retreating to Mauznnillo.
The result was that Lono, after six days of
desperate fighting and retreating, arrived
with only a remnant of his force at Hpuuta
l'ortilio, east of Cape Cruz,wbero he escaped
being thrown into the sea by tbe arrival ol
the steamer Helta de Los Angeles, that bad
been sent frcm Manzauillo to his assistance.
The Spanish loss is net atated, but it must
have lieeo considerable, since the affair is
considered the most momentous of the war.
SUNDAY BALL BTOFFED.
Folios Arrest Members of tbt C'.tveland
and Waihington Team.
Tho police made good their promise to
prevent Sunday baseball In Cleveland if an
attempt wero uiado to play. At tbe end of
tho first Inning between tho Cleveland uud
Washington teams ull the players on both
sides and Umpire Tim Hurst were arrested
and taken to the Central police station, four
miles distant, where 1'resident Itoblnou gave
bail for the prisoners and they were releas
ed. Tho gmo had been extensively advertis
ed, und in consequence there was a big at
tendance. All the railroads ran excursions,
and many enthusiasts from surrounding
towns lu thecity during the forenoon. Soon
after noon the cars running to the ball park
begun to be crowded. Long before the hour
' for the game to begin the grounds were
crowded. 1 be turnstile showed that 10,000
people had passed the gates. It was Imput
able to admit any more without letting ttiem
I on the field, find the gates were closed. Still
at least 6, 100 persons clamored for aduiis
i "Ion.
PLUNDERED BY R0BBER3.
Muked Men Hold Up a Train In
Texts.
The west-bound Southern express pass
enger train was held up by masked men and
robbed about 250 mllc9 west of San Antonio,
early Friday morning. As rlie train pullud
out of tbe little town of Lozinr, three men
jumped on the platform, nnd, pointing pistols
at the engineer and llreniau, compelled the
former to stop tbe train about one and a half
miles we t of town. Alter forcing the doors
of tho express car, one ol tbo robbers enter
ed the car an 1 dynamited the two tufet of
the Wells Fargo Express compnny. The
local safe contained about (2.000 or (3,000.
The amount securwl from the through safe
is not known, but It Is believed thut it will
not fall below (7,000 or(H,000.
THOUSANDS SHELTERLESS.
Eighty Thousand Thetiallani in Deep Dlt
treis. A dispatch from Lamia sayt that 80,000
Thessaliant are herded there and In tbe
neighboring villages altar the successive
flights from Tyrnavot, Larlssa, I'banalot
and lJomokos. Tbe most pitiful scenes are
to be witnessed on every band. Thousands
of women aud children are lying exposed to
the continuous heavy rains. Most of their
carta and horses have been requlstloned by
(be military. Fires are ol nightly occurence,
aud villages are burned wherever tbe Turks
are to be seen. The Oreek authorities have
endeavored to supply bread to tboutauasol
the homeless, but tuelr efforts are almost un
availing. MACEDONIANS ARE KIBINO.
They Capture a Fait and Will Flfbt th
Turks.
A dispatch to the London Dally Chronicle
from Athens says that the (ireekt who have
arrived there from Damla report a
Macedonian rising ia the district between
ZlfdM and Kozlanl. Tbe Timet, an Athens
evening paper, states that there bat been a
rising, in central Macedonia) that 4,000 in
surgent bsve captured tbe past forming a
part of the principle Una of communication
oftheTurklth vr.
URUGUAY REVOLT CRUSHED.
rifatiag Wat Bat aid Dealat Baathte' lata
Hnadrtda.
Iteceat mail advices front Crujoay stte
that tberevolutloa hat been checked after a
bloody battle at Tree Arbalea, la which
large number ot revolutionists were killed
and their leaders driven to tne frontier.
At the same time tbe government bat teen
fit to allay publle discontent by taking into
tbe Ministry several leaders who heretofore
have been regarded at leaders in the sedi
tious movement The Minister of War. Gen
eral blae, gate way for this purpose to
General 1'erez, who was acting president ot
tbe committee officially denounced as sedi
tious and revolutionary. This is accepted aa
tbe first step toward asking isrms with tbe
revolutionists, although a strict censorship
of the press prevents any construction
being placed on the course of the Govern
ment, Tbe fighting has been bloody, tbe deatba
reaching into tbe hundreds. ' The l'resldent
has issued a proclamation congratulating
General Muniz on his last success in dis
persing the revolutionists and a dress tword
is to be presented to him. Tbe Oovernment
forces have been reluforoed by mobilising
tbe National Guard, made up of 6,000 men,
and lame consignments ot arms and ord
nance have been received from Belgium.
PERILS OP THE SEA.
Two" Ships go Aground and 107 People
Fact Death.
Tbe French brlgan'.lne Crotlne, from
Bayonne for St Pierre, with a valuable gen
eral cargo, went aground near Lamallne,
New Foundland. A heavy tea was running
and the crew tucceeded only with the great
est difficulty In launching the boat, which
were almost swamped by tbe breakers. They
rowed all day and all night, but were uuable
to find the land. They bud no provisions,
so hurried was their start from tbe vessel,
and they suffered greatly from the eold and
drenching sea. About noon Sunday they
heurd the fog born at the entrance) of tbe
harbor of St. Pierre, and making their way
towards the port, were picked up by a pilot
boat Tho crew numbers 28, and most of
tbem are greatly exhausted from hunger and
rowing.
The German steamer Arcadia, laden with
grain and bound from Montreal for Liver
pool, went aground Sunday morning near
Cnpe Hay, on the southern side of the Gulf
ot St. Lawrence, in a dense fog. Her pas
sengers, numbering V5, and the crew of 64,
had a desperate experience in trying to
rench land. Three men attempted to swim
through the surf with the life-line, but full
ed. Tho fourth, however, succeeded, and
attached the hawser to tbe rocks In a favor
able position, so that all were safely landed
after a bard struggle. Neither passengers
nor crow saved anything. Tno vessel is
likely to become a total wreck, as Bbe lies on
jugged rocks with n big hole in ber bottom.
A stcumer will be sent for tbe passengers.
MUST STAND THE LOSS.
Railroad Company Beiponiible for 840,000
Overissued Stock.
Tbe supreme court of Ohio docided in
favor of tho bank In tbo case of tho Cincin
nati, New Orleans A Texas Pacific railway
vs. the Citizens National bunk of Cincinnati,
In the mutter of overissue of stock to the
extent ot 400 shnres by George F. Dough
ty, deceased, who was secretary of the
company prior to his death in 1883. Those
shares fell into the bands of tbe bank,
and the railroad company is now Judi
cially required to staud the loss. Tim
capital stock of the company wus (3,000,
000 In 30,000 shares of (100 each. Alter
Doughty's dentil, the overissue coming to
light, some of tbe Holders, the evidence
showed, had made Inquiry of tbe president,
Theodore Cook, w ho said tho bonds were all
right. Other holders bad taken Doughty's
word that the issue was all right. All of tbe
holders claimed the issue to have been sign
ed by tbe legitimate officers, which was true.
Some of the courts below made a distinction
between holders who bad not Inquired and
holders who bnd, giving judgment to thoae
who made Inquiry.
AFLOAT IN HIS AIRSHIP.
Barnard Makes a Voyage of Twtlva MUet
Beating to Windward and Leeward.
After much difficulty in getting off, Friday
at 7 o'clock Prof, liaruard attempted another
voyage with bis airship. It soared aioft
rapidly and as Bernard vigorously worked
the bicycle pedals of his steering and propell
ing nttuuhineut the airship turned around
several limes, but was drifting with tbe
wind. It passed over tho centennial grounds,
flouted rapidly over the city at a high alti
tude in a northeasterly direction, and passed
out of sight In the guthering twilight. At
about 7 45 o'clock p. m., tbe machine land
ed near Madisou, about twelve miles east ol
Nashville. Prof. Huruard says of this trial
trip: "I find that I ran manipulate the
machine right or left, eveu lu a light wind. I
cannot go directly against a wind ot eight
miles au hour with muscular power as at
present arranged, hut by cutting across
obliquely, I ran make progress in the direc
tion desired." Further trips with changes In
apparatus will bo made. Huruard returned
to Nashville with Ins airship.
SENATOR STEPHEN A MALL0BY.
Florida Contest Beiultt in Giving the Frlxt
to an Ez-Congrettmtn.
At Tallahassee, Fla., Stephen R. Mallory
Wits elected United Status Senator on the
twenty-fifth ballot Tbe vote was: Mallory,
63; Chlpley, 44; Call, 1. Chlpley led after
the roll call on this ballot, but the changing
of votes gao the e'octlou to Mallory.
Stephen ltussoll Mallory wat a member ot
the Fifty -second ami Filty-Uiird Congresses
from the First Florida district He lives In
Pensacoln. where he was born In 184H. Ho
colored the Confederate Army ia Virginia In
the fall of 1KG4, and later served as a mid
shipman in the Confederate nay.
After the war he entered Georgetown Col
lege, District ol Columbia, and after gradu
ation taught school aud studied law. Iu 1874
he returned to Pensucola, and since then bus
procured law In Florida and also beeu In
terested actively lu politics, serving in both
branches of the Slate Legislature, besides
tbe National House of Itepresentattves.where
be was a leading member of the Committee
on Commerce.
Filled a Heated Boiler.
A taw-mill boiler exploded on Reel foot
river teveral miles from Tlptonvllle, Ky.,
killing Ed. Patterson and Dink Hodges,
white, and two colored men wbote names
could not be learued. Three other men
were terribly mangled and will die. One man
was blown Into pieces nod the fragments
scattered for two hundred yards. The mill
wus a small portable affair, and had Just lo
cated on the river. It is said the water wat
run In the boiler while the boiler was too
hot
TIESI TKLEOBAMS.
Peru and Bolivia have submitted their
territorial dispute to the arbitration of
Spain.
Tbe Jay Paper Manufacturing Company's
plant at Juy Bridge, Me., hat been aold for
(460,000.
Tbe Michigan Senate defeated the bill to
Increase the State taxation ot railroads to
(700,000 a year.
It to said that President W. F. Blooum, ot
Colorado college, bas been Invited to take
tbe presidency ot Oberlin, O., college,
Tht Humphreys bill extending tbe fran
chisee of all street railroads in Illinois SO
years wat killed In tht Htata Legislature.
ilfl DlffiniLHHilL
TEN WERE KILLED.
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Msi acd Bsjt Crashed to Death TJadsr a
Tipple.
A terrible disaster occurred at th Fink
ney, Tenn., ore mine, SO miles from Flor
ence, Ala. Th tipple, or or dump, 60 feet
high, fell, killing 10 white men and boys out
right, and seriously injuring several olhera.
The killed are: Jose Remington, Cal Kll
burn, Will Kllburn, Jim Brown, an 11-year-old
son of Jim Brown, Cal Harris, Landin
Harris, Blchard Hardwick, Mat Crow and
Jim Crow.
Tbe seriously Injured are: BUI Sims,
George Gamble, Cype Gamble, Alex O'Dlll,
Will Kllpatrlck, Joe Newton, Donny Brown,
two McElmorea and M. Christian.
Ot tbe killed, Bemiug.oa, Cal Kllburn,
Brown, Harris and tbe two Crows leave
wives and from one to five children. Those
who are seriously Injured have broken arms
and legs and crushed hip bones and internal
Injuries. At least half of those who are in
jured will die, but tbelr name cannot be as
certained. All of the killed and wounded
were on top of the tipple when it collapsed.
Only two escaped without serious injuries.
One young man, seeing bis danger in time.
Jumped 20 feet to a trej and received tlUht
scratches, and another Jumped to the
ground, turning over ieverai limes and
alighting on his leet, only spraining his
ankle.
Tb cause ot the collapse Is unknown. The
dump was a new one, aud was tested with 20
cars of ore lest than a month ago. There
waa only a small weight on it when it fell,
The mines where the disaster occurred be
long to J. Craig McLanaban. Drs. Arnold
and Bramlette went to tbe scene on a special
train and cared tor the injured.
WORKMEN BURIED ALIVE.
Two Mtn Killed and Othert Hurt by a
Cave-la at New Cattle, Fa.
A portion of a bill foil into a cut where a
lot ot Italians and Austrian! were at work
for the New Castle Traction company. Fifty
tout of dirt tell upon five men Joe Marnlk
was the first taken out. His left leg had sus
tained a compound fractura above the knee,
hit right leg was dislocated and wat hurt in
ternally. He was taken to tbe hospital and
cannot live. John Skerjance was dead when
taken out Nicholas Olllofk, when taken out
was thought to be dead, but on getting to
the air ho revived. His head was terribly
crushed aud he ouly lived five minutes. Two
other mon who were employed at the cut
were also more or less injured. Tbe coroner
investigated and a verdict ot accidental
death wat found.
NICARAGUA NETTLED.
A Steamer Putt Two 6hott Aoron tht
Rover's Bow.
The American steamer Hover, which ar
rived nt New Orleans, May 11, reports that
she was fired upon by tbe Lucy B., a Nlc
aroguan steamer. The Hover arrived at
Tuerto Cortez, Honduras, May C, aud ran
down to Omad, seven miles distant.
Near tbe latter point she sighted the Mo
aragiiHu steamer Lucy B., which fired a shot
across the bow of the ltover and followed It
by a second shot, which fell short of striking
ber amidships. On the Hover's coming to
she was hourded and searched by Beyet't
forces, under strong protest from her cap
tain. He waa told ho ought to be thankful he
was not sunk, as the Americans, including
the consul at Puerto Cortez, were warring
against Bonillo. The Hover proceeded to
Omad aud loaded with fruit for New Or
leans. Coming back Bbe ran dote to Puerto
Cortez and saw tbe Lucy U lying near tbe
shore, with pilot house and portions ol up
per works sltot away and apparently disabl
ed by the firing from the insurgents.
It wns reported that the American consul
at Puerto Cortez bad been killed. The Hov
er's captain saw several ships on the way to
attack Puerto Cortez, but he does not think
It can be captured, as most ot its defenders
are Americans, aud they had cut off ull
modes of approach from tbe interior.
A TREATY OF PEACE.
Eight Hundred Indian Warriors Light tht
Fetot Pipe.
With all tbe pomp and circumstance of
war 800 Indian warriors, veterans of twelve
years' ttrife with Mexico, marched Into the
little town ol Ortiz to make peace. A treaty
ot peace, tbe maiu points of wbloh were
agreed upon some time ago by Juan Mal
donndo, Cblet Tetebintes' civilized name,
aud Col. Peiuado of the Mexican army, was
ratified with much ceremony and peaoe wat
declared.
Tbe cessation of hostilities is hailed with
Joy by every one in the vicinity, and
especially by a syndicate ol Now York capi
talists who are constructing with Indian
labor an Immense canal lu tbe ltio Yaqul
valley to Irrigate a million-acre concession
secured from the Mexican government.
TRIPLE LYNCHING).
A Thoutand Maiksd Men String np Thrtt
Negroes.
Near Hosebud, Tex., three negroes, Dave
Cotton, Henry Williams and Sabe Stewart,
wore lyucbed In jail. Their Intended victim
was a daughter of William Cotes, white.
About 12 o'clock a number of men heavily
disguised, rode up tu the Jail and demanded
tbe prisoners. -i
Tbe guarda refused to deliver them, and
they retired saying they would blow tbo jail
up with dynamite or have the prisoners. 1m
mediiitely the officers and guards tum
monned a but and entered it with their
iirleoners, leaving bv a roundabout route to
lartlu. They were overtaken by about a
thousand masked men. who overpowered
tbem and look th priiopers and hauged
them.
WAS CLOUDS IN NORTH AFBICA
Moorish Trlbetmen ia Is volt Attaek tad
Kill 'Trench Meroeaarlst.
Ttere are Indication ot the possibility ot
trtout trouble between Franoe and Moroc
co owing to the Incursions of Moorish trlbet
men Into Algerian territory,'
These moors recently revolted agatntt the
authority of tbe governor of Cudlda. a town
near the French frontier, and on tb 11th
attempted to telze an Algerian village.
The latest newt from tbe scene of tbe dis
turbance Is that a oolumn of French cavalry
It being massed on Uie frontier of Morocco
and two companies of giuaves and a uumber
ol trallleurs, with several Held pieces, have
been ordered to hold themselves In readiness
to leave Oran, th port ot Algeria nearest to
Morocco.
A Huge Money Landing Syndiottt.
The New Ysrk Press announces that
Lawyer John U. Dot Fastos it to present to
Congress within two weeks a charter tor an
Immense financial Institution on tb model
ot tbe French Credit Fonder. It Is to have
a capital of (1,000,000,000, with tb privilege
ol doubling th amount. Its main objeot la
said to bt to tend money to farmers. eeiieulally
lo th West and South. - -
TO HONOR WASEElGTr;
Ike Ortat XnitMat TJavtlltd
1 dtlphla.
1
Th 300,000 bronze monument gj
Washington in Fairmont park wat
Saturday afternoon In the preseneTf,
president and cabinet Tb dedieJ
ere is warn followed by a- grand m
display, in whieh I'nlted Btalet trtT
marine and the entire national rT'
Pennsylvania participated. 7
Tb actual unveiling ceremony w!
preesively simple. Bishop WhItaknT
with prayer, and MaJ. Wayne folloJJ
an appropriate address. Then
unveiling by President McKlnley sic!"
aultanl clamor, augmented by the
salute of 21 guot bv tbe artillery n7
foreign and American war vetwi:"
Delaware.
The formal oration wat spoken bji
. rorter, a grandton;ot David 1th
Porter, twioe governor of PennsyliJ
great-grandson of Gen. AndreiT'
woo was a member ol Wasblngtot'inp
The formal presentation of tbe
by the society to tbe city was maiJit!?'
William wayne, president ol tbe S,T
th Cincinnati, to Mayor Warwien?
short addresses by both, and then
transformed it to tb Fairmount p"
mission, whlcn body exercises Juni
over tbe great pleasure ground.
Intheetenlng tbe Society of tbtiw
natl gave a banquet President 2
Wayne presided. The principal imJ?
made by Gov. Hastings.
The monument to the memory
Father ol bis Country which the
w.cj ui un viuiiuuki ui i cuusrnu l
... . .,.. uiiMsaj.fc.
tbe most important group ot eoulplr
raised in America. Tbe society,
eighty-live years ago. projected k .Tf
bute from bis comrades In arms. !Wtw
insignificant sum at that time tmbm
haa been so carefully handled tinner?
quired tbe vast proportions of a qontr ot
million of dollars, and it is now iW r,l0J
privilege of the original Cinoiimitits ulJ
their trust, and to present this beautifk
structure to their cblet city. Iu iilcju
waa an event of national slgmc, !
importance. j
The collection of subscription tor tb
monument was commenced iaim brat
who fought In tbe Continents ,rmj
Washington. On the Fou rth ol Jul; u i
year the Society ol tbe Clncinmii, ik
still had In its membership mm wbola
fought in tbe Involution, met In the 6'
House and adopted measures oecesunk
set on toot the ereotion ot t mount
which should fittingly commemorate t,
character and virtues ot the Father cl
Country.
The Society of tbe Cincinnati wat lens
from tbe officers of the American arnj.nl
as they were generally taken from th.
sens of America they possessed a liliki
eratlon for the character of the illuftnca
Romnn, Lucius Qulnlut Clnolnnaus, i
being resolved to follow bis ciamplbjtv
turning to tbelr citizenship, they tlwiju
proper to denominate themselves the 5c.
ty of Cincinnati.
Among tbe Immutable rrlncinli tUA
form tbo basis of the society ma; bean
tioccd: "An incessant attention toprwrn
Invlolato those exalted rights anil litwrtia
of human nature, for which they Un
fought and bled, and without which us
Llgti rank of a rational being iitcurMl
Mead of a blessing.
"An unalterable determination to promo
and cherish between the resptvtive SUM
that union and national honor so twntlilij
necessary to tbelr happiness anil tbe future
dignity of the American empire."
From an oblong platform 6 feet 6 lock
high, ol Swedish granite, and rcacMIres
four sides by thirteen steps, symbolical !
tbe thirteen originnl States, rises t pedes 1
benring an equestrian statue in I roou al
Gen, Washington. The Father of His Coat
try Is represented In tbe colonial uniform tl
the American army, a large military cloak
being thrown artistically around hu cob
mandiug figure. While dlgnilled, tbe wbokJ
conception is full of animation. In his left
hand Washington holds the reini ol ks
horse, one ot tbe animal's forofeet telle.
raised id tbo act of moving.
At tbe four corners uf the nlatfora alt
fountains, served by allegorical figures ef
American Indians, representing four riven,
tbe Delaware. Hudson. Potomac, and Mtav
Isslppi. On tbe sides each of these foutUUs
is guarded by typical American anlmsls,
eight in all. At the front anobactoltse
pedestal are two allegorical gn.ups. TU
on tbe front represents America, seated,-1
holdinir in one hand a cornucclla, to the
other a trident, and having at her est chains
juHt cast ofT. She is In the act oireMilH
from her victorious sons the troDhlrt olf's!
conquest. Bulnw this group is au eagio '
porting the arms ot the United States. Tl
group in the back represents America arou
ing her sous to a sense of tbelr slavery. ll
low are tbe arms of Pennsylvania, On tl
tides of the pedestal are two bas-reliefs, ot
representing the march of tbe Americs
army, the other a Western-bound emlgrai
train. On one side the pedestal bears the li
scription "fJio Semper Tyrnnnls," aud "I'i
Aspera ad Astra;" on thetither. "Westwai
the Star of Empire Takes Its Way." Su
rounding the upper portion of the nedest
Is: '-Erected by tbe State Society of Hit) I'll
ctnnatt ol Pennsylvania."
The equestrian statue, the figures and tl
bas-relief, as well as the numerous oth
ornamentations, are of bronze, while tl
platform, pedestal, Ac, ure of Swvdii
granite.
Tbe entire height of the monument is I
feet. The grouud plan ol the plaiform li I
by 74 feet, and tbe pedestal 17 by 90 lee
Tbe monument as a whole presents amoi
pleasing aud elegant appearance, and It n
only an embellishment to tbe historl
ground where It stands, but also a valuabl
addition to the artl.-tic statuary of l'bilidd
phiu's city parks. Prof. Hudolpb Siemerlnl
the artist who designed the monument, III
celebrated sculptor of Berlin.
TEB&TSXK DISASTER IN BUSSIi
A Hundred Solditrt Xllltd by a BalW
Catattropht.
A terrible railway disaster befell a tnllltar
train between Bockenbof and Ellva on lb
Vnlkl-Jurjev line. Sixteen cars were sm"'
ed. Two officer and nearly 100 sold ei
were killed, aud tlxty others seriously mm
ed.
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Olrlt Lynohtd In Alabama.
The bodies ot Mollle Smith and Mum!
Franks, two negro girls, were found swlui
lug from trees on the side of tbe road !
lug from Jeff, Ala., to Huntsville. 1
lyucblug was done by a mob of 20. The i pr
were suspected ot poisoning tbe lamiiy
Joshua O. Kelly, at Jeff. Mollle Smith w
arrested while making her way across
Tennessee line, and Mandy Frankt wat e
tured at borne. The latter is sildto bsi
made a confession. Tb tlrsl poisoning j
tbe Kelly family wat about two montbi tr
and Mr. Kelly died. A lew dayt ago tovsr
other member of tha family war poison
but all ar recovering.
Flanged Thrtngk Bridg .
A southbound catssnger train en "
Bant F road went through J'" '
mllet touth of Ardmore, I. T.
tout, passenger and trnlnmen.wcre injui
J. M. Grlder, tbe Well Fargo "P1""
senger, wat so badly orusbed br a il
chest that he cannot live, E. T. HparM.
Onkman. 1. T was crushed in the wrecsi
the smoker and la also mortally
The remainder wer not toietlouily nuru
' Will Put Down 60 Wells.
Th Devonia oil oompany, J"?". d
Pennsylvania capitalists, hM '?. "ta
anaolloeldt and will tlnk M wllt "
Elwood fields. It appears to bs tb. pu J
of tb independent oompenk JJl0
Indiana to form a combination
to the Standard oil company. TJ
activity in Indian oil region, where is
burg oeFltallU hav larg bold!. "
grettUat la It hlstorr.