THE HARDSHIPS OF GOLD MINERS.
MANY PERISH.
Within a few Tear 2000 Itinera Died and
their Oold waa Confiscated.
Frank Mom, an old-time miner, who
four years ago was one of a Tarty of
Americans to first visit the Klondyke
country, returned the other day and
tells a story of horrors and starvation
seldom equalled even In modern nov
els. He describes Klondyke as a plac
er camp seven miles long and thirteen
miles wide, located in a sink, walled In
by boulders of rock 3,000 feet high,
ttold, he says, abounds, but no ordin
ary man can stand the hardships of
the uncivilized region. When Moss left
here four years ago he was a sturdy
fellow ovr six feet tall. From hard
ships and privation he Is a cripple for
lire and badly broken In health. In
three years he saw over 2. WW graves
made In the Klondyke basin, a large
majority of the men dying from star
vation. The steamship companies bring
In all ford and allow no private Impor
tation. Consequently It is not uncom
mon to go for weeks with only a scant
supply, and for days entirely without
food.
The gold brought In last week to
Seattle. Moss says, does not represent
the findings of Individual shippers, but
a large portion of it was confiscated
from the effects of those 2.000 miners
who fell a prey to the hardships. At
the death of a man possessed of dust
his body Is buried without a coffin, and
the dust divided among those who care
for him. With proper reliefs establish
ed by the government. Moss says, gold
can be taken out at the rate of $2,000,
900 a month.
The richest strike has been made by
n 21-year-old boy named (leorge llorn
bonvcr of Indianapolis. In the heart
of a barren waste known as Houlder
. tleld he found a nugget fi r which the
transportation company gave him $".
700. He located his claim at the tlnd
and In four months had taken out over
$100,000.
The richest section of Alaska, Moss
says. Is as yet undeveloped. It Is 100
miles from Klondyke and known a
Hlack Hole of Calcutta, It is Inhabited
by ex-convicts of lioliomla, and mur
ders ami riots take the place of law
nnd order. A few months ago the
Klondyke settlers organized a Justice
committee, and its law prevails there
now.
With the grent crowds preparing to
go to the scene now, Moss says, hun
ger and suffering will be grent, when
added to other hardships to be over
come by those who survive. Moss re
turned with $ti.ooo In dust and left for
his old home nt IHibuque, la., w here he
will spend the balance of his years.
The steamship I'matiHa. which ar
rived Wednesday from l'uget sound
ports, brought down almost $20O,Oim)
worth of Alaskan gold, of which $l:6,
700 was in gold dust from Seattle, con
signed to Wells-Kargo company. There
were several other shipments of gold
in sacks, some direct from Juneau, and
advices from that place lire to the ef
fect that nt least $7.")0.000 worth of dust
was waiting shipment at various Alas
kan stations.
Among the sensational advices was
one from St. Michaels that over $1,000.
000 in gold dust, which had not been
Included with the fortunes brought here
by miners, will he shipped through
Wells-Fargo company, other lucky
miners having- reached the island since
the departure of the Kxcelslor nnd
,1'ortland, who have, secured greater
fortunes Individually than those whose,
stories have already been told. . .
H, W. Shaw, formerly"fin' IfufuVance
man of Seattle, has written a letter to
a business man concerning the Klon
dyke country, In which he states frank
ly ho does not expect to be believed.
"This Is a great mining strike," snys
Shaw, "probably the greatest on the
American continent or In the world,
tiold has not been found in great paying-
quantities) except on two creeks
and in about 200 claims. Some of the
pay streaks are nearly all gold. Due
thousand dollars to the pan is not an
uncommon thing, and as high as 10o
ounces have been taken out In a sin
gle pan. It Is not unusual to see men
coming In with all the dust they can
carry.
8TUN0 TO DEATH.
Babe Left Alone in a Hammock Fatally Tor
tured by Hoiqaitoei.
Monmouth county, N. J., has been
visited by a plague of mosquitos. which
has made life miserable fur every one.
In some sections of the county, anil on
the icaiitan Hay shore especially, the
pests h-ive gathered In swarms nnd It
Is a common sight to see a ninn or
in an endeavor to temporarily keep the
insects away from the luce. At Key
port recently a Swedish woman, liv
ing on the bay shore, near Union, left
lier babe In a hammock for an hour
near a field where the mother was
picking raspberries, nnd that when she
returned she found the little-one fleail.
It is alleged that the child was stung
to death by The mosquitoes, which were
swarming about the child at the time.
The President' I Vacation.
It Is President McKlnley's Intention
to remain at Lake Chnniplain until
August 2.'!, when he will go to the l!.
A. It. national encampment at ltuffalo.
From ltuffalo he will go to Ohio, where
he ha-s promised to attend the reunion
of his old regiment and also to be
present nt the wedding: of the daughter
of the late I'resldetit Hayes, September
22. I'nless there should be an urgent
demand for his presence In Washing
ton the President will return to ltuf
falo, and there go aboard Senator
Hannn's yacht for a few days' cruise
on the lakes.
Hart Rescuing a Dog. .
A train on the ltuffalo and Susque
hanna railroad struck Mrs. Frank
Taylor and her baby at Cross Fork
Junction a few days ago. Just as the
train rounded the curve, her little dog
ran out on the track, and she, running
out with her babe In her arms to res
cue the dog. wus struck by the rapidly
moving train. Both woman and babe
were thrown high In the air. the wo
man being probably fatally hurt, and
the child unharmed.
Tired of Cnba.
betters to prominent Cubans In New
York from friends In Madrid say that
the Spanish populace are tired of the
Cuban burden nnd the feeling Is pub
licly expressed that the Spaniards had
better let Cuba go. The opinion is ex
pressed that Spain has reached a mo
ment like that when the English be
came persuaded of the futility of their
efforts to subdue the colonies, which
now form the United States.
Paper Mill Burned.
The extensive plant of the Badger
Paper Company at Kaukauna, Wis.,
was destroyed by fire Monday. The
loss will be $250,000, with Insurance of
about $200,000. The mill was one of the
largest In the northwest, and was built
In 1884. It consisted of a large brick
and stone building, 200 by 176 feet In
dimensions, with several additions. It
was owned by From bach & Vilas.
TSBSS TXLIQEAIU.
Lewis May, the well-known Hebrew
banker of New York, was buried Sun
day. A clause of the tariff bill prohibits the
placing of pictures in cigarette packa
ges. Three men unable to sleep because of
the heat at Pittsburg, fell from win
dows and sustained serious Injuries.
Richard Clair and James Schoonover
were drowned In the Monongahela
river at Pittsburg Sunday.
MaJ. Samuel F. Canby, of Wilmlng.
ton, Del., suicided at Vancouver, B. C.
by Jumping off a steamer the other
day.
A boat containing 45 employees of the
Hamburg (!ermany) engine works
capsized in the river Elbe. Six were
drowned.
The Jcnlson Tark hotel at Holland,
Mich., burned Saturday night. About
loo summer boarders were In the house.
All escaped safely.
(Jen. Lafayette McLaws, the oldest
confederate major-general, but one.
! was burled a few days ago at Savannah
with military honors.
Millionaire John A. Crelghton. of
Omaha, Neb., was robbed of $1,000 in
money and Jewels and probably fatal
ly beaten by highwaymen.
The total wheat crop of Oregon will
amount to 1X.000.000 bushels, the larg
est in the state history. The wheat ap
pears to be of excellent quality.
Thomas Henberger and William But
ler were drowned In the Mississippi
river about twelve miles southeast of
Wabash, Ind., when seining for fish..
Striking salmon fishermen on the
Columbia river, Oregon, destroyed
$175,000 worth of netting and traps, be
cause a reduction In their wages was
ordered.
one hundred and twenty persons, In
cluding the captain, are said to have
drowned by the sinking of the Chinese
vessel Sri Han Clan, bound from Singa
pore to Malacca.
At Palmyra, Mo., Daniel Rose shot
and killed Dr. J. Norrls, whom he ac
cused of trying to break up his family.
While dying Norris drew a revolver and
shot twice at Rose, missing him.
The Newark & New Jersey Telephone
Company, a competitor of the Hell con
cern. Is said to have been purchased by
United States Senator Smith and four
others, who are said to have subscribed
$150,000 each.
It is stated that Oen. Maximo Oomez,
the leader of the Cuban Insurgents, has
realllrmed his determination not to ac
cept a compromise with the government
but to adhere to his demand for the
absolute Independence of Cuba.
K. II. Sothern, the actor, his wife and
a lady friend narrowly escaped drown
ing while bathing nt Lawrence, L. I.,
a few days ngo. The party was reg
i ued by John Haynor, who received a
check for $500 as a token of gratitude.
Leslie O. Nthlnck, editor of the Daily
Leader, of (iuthrle, okla., fell from a
street car In Cleveland, alighting on his
bead. He died shortly after. He was
major on the staff of former Gov. Ren
frew, of that territory. He was en
route to Washington.
A sensationnl story was published In
Chicago recently, to the effect that all
of the big- trusts of the country are to
pool issues nnd form a combination
whose combined capital will be not less
than $1,000,000,000. The Standard Oil
Company is at the head of the scheme.
Three Detroit young men were drown
ed the other day by the capsizing of a
rowboat off' Sugar Island, near the
mouth of Detroit river. The drowned
are William W. Shier, Frank E. Kus
siill, Jr., arid Edwin Stubensky. Young
Russell's fnther and brother, who were
also in the boat which upset, escaped.
Two lovers, Patrick Sullivan, and his
cousin, Annie Sullivan, committed sui
cide at West Chester, New York, Sun
day. Their proposed marriage wns in
terfered with by both parent and priest.
Dismayed, they went to a hotel, secured
a room, turned on the gas, and were
found dead next morning.
In consequence of the recent raids by
Albanians into Servian territory, the
Servian foreign minister has informed
the porte that If further Incursions
take place the Servian troops will be
ordered to pursue the raiders Into Ot
toman territory, and that they are now
held In readiness nt Proukopolye.
Robert Hums, who discovered at Ri
verhcad, N. Y., what appeared to have
been a bold attempt to wreck a Long
Island Itnt I road train Thursday even
ing, was arrested by a detective and
charged with putting the rail there
himself. He admitted his guilt, giving
as reason for the act that he wanted a
reward.
An employe of the Lake Shore boiler
shops nt ltuffalo when cleaning the
ashes out of a pit where boiler plate Is
heated the other day, found in the bot
tom of the pit, under two feet of ashes,
15 50-caliber cartridges, one 150-caliber
I cartridge, nearly six Inches long, and a
bomb tilled with dynamite and powder.
The workmen took the places of strik
ers recently.
The bulletin of the American Iron
nnd nt?el association in Its Issue of this
v. eek says thnt the totnl production of
pig Iron In the United States in the first
half of 197 was 4.403,476 gross tons. As
compared with the lirst half of ISPS
there was a decrease In the first half
of 1SH7 of D72.7G0 tons, but as compared
with the second hnlf of 1 S'.itJ there was
nn Incrense of 756,585 tons. The pro
duction of Itessenier pig Iron In the first
half of 1S',i7 wns 2,4'.I5.!I78 gross tons. Of
the totnl Increase of 75(1,585 tons of nil
kinds of pig Iron In the first half of 189?
over the last half of 1896. :54,685 tons,
or almost six-sevenths waa of Besse
mer quality.
Secoiiion in a Church.
Rev. Dr. Hertz, of Trinity evangelical
church, Milwaukee, married a negro
and a white woman In the sacred edi
fice a few days ago and the result is
the secession of nearly half the mem
bers, w ho on Sunday held services in a
hall. When the negro and his white
bride drove up to the church there was
an ugly demonstration. The bridal
party was treated to a storm of hisses
and epithets, and for a few minutes re
sistance was offered to their entry. Rev.
Mr. Hertz appeared and by a short
si eech quelled the disturbance. The
ceremony had no sooner been perform
ed, however, than a storm broke loose
among the large congregation. Young
lady communicants were especially
bitter.
Mu't Have Armor Plate.
Secretary Long will take the first
step this week In connection with the
establishment of a government armor
plate factory, having given up all hope
of placing contracts with private firms.
Attention is now being given to the
formation of a bonrd which shall pre
pare plans and specifications for the
construction of an armor factory. It
was estimated by Mr. Herbert that a
plant could be established at a cost of
11. 00.000. but some naval experts say
that $2,000,000 would be necessary. It
is generally believed that the Bethle
hem company will offer to lease its
'plant to the government.
n mi mm i m
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT.
Paned the leasts by tots of 40 tt $0. Con
press Adjoined.
. The DIngley tariff bill, which had
been revised In conference by repre
sentation of the house and senate, and
which had been passed In the bouse,
was favorably acted upon In the sen
ate Saturday.
A messenger In waiting took the doc
ument, representing- visible assets es
timated at $270,000,000 a year, and con
veyed it to the White House. Fifty
seven minutes after the Senate had
passed the bill President McKinley
signed It. making It a law.
This Is the vote in the Senate:
Yeas Aldrich. Allison. Baker. Bur
tows, Carter, Clark, Davis, IK'boe, El
klns, Fairbanks, Foiaker, Frye, Oal
llnger, Uear. Hale, Hansbrough, Haw
ley, Hoar, Jones (Nev.), Lodge, Mc
Pride. McKnery, McMillan, Mason,
Morrill, Nelson, Penrose. Perkins, Piatt
(Conn.i. Piatt (N. Y.). Pritchard. Proc
tor, Quay, Sewell, Shoup, Spooner,
Stewart, Thurston, Warren, Wetinore
40.
Nays Bacon, Bate, Berry, Caffrey,
Chilton. Clay, Cockrell, Daniel, Faulk
ner, Uorman, Harris, Jones (Ark.),
Lindsay. Mallnry. Martin. Mills, Mit
chell, Morgan, Murphy, Pasco, Pettus,
Roach. Smith, Tillman, Turley, Turner,
Turple. Vest. Walthall and White 30.
The announcement of the result was
greeted with enthusiastic applause by
the c rowded chamber. This closed the
great labor for which the Forty-fifth
Congress assembled In extraordinary
session, and after stubborn resistance,
at times threatening a deadlock, the
Senate concurred with the House In a
resolution for the final adjournment of
the session at 9 o'clock Saturday night.
The President's message for a cur
rency commission was received by the
House, but the House bill creating a
commission was not acted upon.
Congress at this session failed to
pass the bill Inspired by the adminis
tration and urged in an extraordinary
message to create a commission to In
vestigate the currency system of the
country and report a better one, al
though the measure passed the House
Just before adjournment. It also failed
to pass the Harris resolution directing
the President to suspend negotiations
with the Union Pacific Railroad Re
organization Syndicate for the sale of
the Union Pacific Railroad, which plan
Is pronounced by some Senators to be
the biggest Job of recent Congressional
history.
Congress did not devote Its attention
entirely to the tariff, though it did sub
ordinate everything clHe to this tine
measure. The four appropriation bills
which fulled on March 4 Inst In them
selves would have compelled President
McKinley to call congress in extra ses
sion even If the necessity for a revision
of the tariff had not existed. Those
appropriation bills were the sundry
civil, the agricultural, the Indian and
the general deficiency. These bills
were Introduced and pnssed by the
house In the Identical form in which
they existed at the time of their fail
ure of enactment Into law at the pre
ceding congress, but they were amend
ed In some Important particulars by
the senate, and when they finally be
came laws contained more or less new
legislation of Interest and Importance.
The general deficiency carried a pro
vision accepting the invitation to take
part In the Paris exposition In 1900, and
appropriated $25,000 to defray prelim
inary expenses, and appropriated $150,-
000 for a new Immigrant station at
New York to replace the one destroyed
by lire.
By far the most important piece of
new legislation in the bill, however,
was that limiting the cost of armor
1 Inte for the three new battleships to
$:I00 per titn. In case the secretary of
the navy should find it Impossible to
mnke contracts for armor within the
price fixed he was authorized by his
provision to take stepB to establish a
government armor factory of sufficient
capacity to mnke the armor. In exe
cuting this authority he must prepare
a description nnd plans nnd specifica
tions of the land, buildings nnd ma
chinery suitable for the factory, adver
tise for proposals and report to con
gress at Its next session.
No Armor for Battleships,
The Carnegie and Bethlehem Com
panies hnve again declined to make
the armor plate for the battleships Il
linois, Wisconsin and Alabama for
$;i0il per ton, the price fixed by con
gress. Now Tariff Revenue.
William B. Howell, Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury, in charge of the
customs division, Is of the opinion that
the tariff bill, as It passed the House,
will yield for the year ending July 1,
IM'K, $180,000,000, nnd for the year fol
lowing from $200,000,000 to $220,000,000
according to the conditions of general
business.
In the estimates for the current year
the receipts under tho existing law, be
tween July 1 and the date of the pas
sage of the new law, are included.
CAPITAL NOTES.
CJov. ringree wired a message to Pre
sident McKinley protesting against the
DIngley bill.
Drs. J. F. Michael, J. A. Graham and
W. W. Showalter have been appointed
pension examining surgeons at King
wood, Wll Va.
Gold to the amount of $100,000 was
withdrawn from the United States Bub
treasury at New York Wednesday for
shipment to Canada.
The first minister ever accredited to
the United States from Bolivia has ar
rived. He is Louis Paz, a well-built,
fine looking man of 43 years.
The President and Secretary of War
have decided to establish a military
pest in Alaska, to be garrisoned by a
company of troops. It will probably be
placed at Circle City, and the govern
ment is anxious to establish it before
the winter begins in that region.
Before adjourning the senate confirm
ed the following nominations: Rear
Admiral John G. Walker, IT. S. N., Capt.
(). B. Carter, corps of engineers, U, 8.
A., and Lewis M. Haupt, of Pennsylva
nia, an engineer from' civil life, to be
members of the Nicaragua canal com
mission; J. J. Leedon, postmaster at St.
Paris, O.
i Died Pennileei.
Everyone will be surprised to learn
that Mrs. Harriet Bcecher Stowe died
almost penniless, and that her home
stead at Hartford, Conn., Is now of
fered for sale. This statement, by Mrs.
Isabella Beecher Hooker, herself a fa
mous writer, is made public In a letter.
The twin daughters of the distinguish
ed writer and philanthropist are in ac
tual need. It has been proposed that a
monument should be erected to the
memory of .Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe, but It Is not a question of monu
ments; It Is a question of bread and
butter for her children.
THE WEEK IN TRADE.
Bsesipts of Oold Prosi Alaska If ay Ptots
leaineial U Business. '
i R. Q. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade aays:
The end of uncertainty regarding
duties on Imports gives greater con
fidence alike to those who have op
posed and those who have favored the
change. The great strength In stocks,
particularly , In those of the granger
list, reflects assurance of heavy crops.
The remarkable rise in wheat, notwith
standing that assurance Is based on
heavy buying for export and belief that
foreign demands will be large. To these
must be added another element of con
fidence scarcely observed a week ago.
The heavy Increase In receipts of gold,
whether from one side of the Alaska
border or the other, swells deposits at
the mints and in the banks of this
country, and if the yield from new re
gions answers current expectations. It
may have an Influence akin to that of
gold discoveries in California. The one
retarding force the strike of coal min
ershas caused closing of a few manu
facturing works for want of fuel, but
negotiations for settlement are still
pushed with hope.
The wheat market Is the sensation of
the month. Since July 2 the price has
risen 13 cents by Wednesday, when a
reaction of 4 cents was not surprising,
but the close was 5-8 cents higher for
the week. It is notable that this rise
came in the face of highly encouraging
crop news, which is not disputed, and
had for support nothing but foreign
conditions and demand. Actual buy
ing for export has at times been heavy,
and loading of cargoes here and in
California for countries which usually
contribute to European supplies great
ly strengthens the Impression produced
by continental reports that there Is
speculative handling behind the great
advance is evident, and the buying for
export has not yet resulted In Atlantic
exports quite as large as last July to
date, 4,632,440 bushels, Hour included,
against 4,961,776 bushels last year.
Western receipts, 5.252,271 bushels In
July, against 10,275,257 bushels last
year. Indicate concerted delay of ship
ments, which, however, rarely with
stand the Influence of a substantial
rise. Corn exports are still heavy, 6.
635,395 bushels In July, against 2.421,999
bushels last year, which perhaps re
flects more certainly than the wheat
movement tho actual conditions
abroad.
The Illinois company has sold basic
steel for export to Germany, a New
York sale of hoops for export to Man
chester Is announced, and additional
orders for Pennsylvania Iron bars to
England. Bessemer pig is a shade
lower, with other quotations unchanged
but the demand for plates, sheets, pipe
and structural work Is growing. Minor
metals are In better demand, tin at
$13 95 and lead at $3 15, nnd copper is
sustained at $11 12V4 for lake exports,
though the June production was 19,633
tons, and that of the half year 108,651
tons. There is a general advance in
boots and shoes averaging nbi.ut lVi per
cent, with a larger demand, as dealers
lope hope of lower prices; but leather
Is unchanged, and hides at Chicago
average 2 per cent, lower.
Failures for the week have been 227
In the l'nlted States, against 281 last
year, and 2S in Canada, against 29 last
year.
TALE HAT LOSE A FORTUNE.
Litigation Begun to Deprive the University
of a $760,000 Bequest.
The beginning of a litigation in which
Yale University Is Interested to the exj
tent of $750,000 was marked In the sur
rogate's court in Batavia the other
day when objections were filed to the
probate over the will of Wm. Lampson,
late of Leroy, Genesee county, who left
tho bulk of , his estate to Yale. Tho
chief contestant Is Mrs. Laura Brooke,
of St. Paul, the wife of a retired Metho
dist minister, and an aunt of Mr.
Lampson. It Is claimed that the be
quests to Yale are null and void "for
the reason thnt the said alleged cor
poration Is a literary or scientific Insti
tution, and the sold bequest is con
tained In an alleged will executed, less
than two months prior to decease of
the said William Lampson. contrary to
the statute governing such bequests."
It Is also asserted thnt the Yale be
quests are of no effect because they
"exceed the amount which such cor
porations ore authorized to take and
receive by last will and testament of
the laws of the state from any one In
dividual."
Uniatisflod Millionaires
Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton
McK. Twombly and Mr. and Mrs.
William Douglass Slonne, members of
the Vanderbllt fumlly, started off for
the valley of . the Yukon, with pro
ender enough for a regiment They
will have to feed a retinue of servants.
Their private car left the switch on the
Durham estate nnd was taken to
Dover, where It was attached to an ex
press for Buffalo. From Buffalo the
party will - proceed to Montreal and
thence over the Canadian Pacific to
Vancouver, B. C. There they will not
have to Join In the scramble for berths,
but, will sail for Sitka on a steamer
already chartered by and for them
selves. They are to sail to the mouth
of the Yukon, and In a smaller boat up
that river to the gold field.
Took Logan' Place.
George Lang, who declared he could
stand on a pedestal at Chicago as well
as General Logan, even If he were not
a hero, waa sentenced to the Bridewell
for 23 days. Lang climbed to the Lo
gan monument, took oft all his cloth
ing, and, striking a pose, stood facing
the rising sun. Hundreds of Illinois
Central suburban passengers' who saw
Lang's actions gazed at him In amaze
ment. "Well, It is the only way I will
adorn a pedestal," said Lang, as he was
arrested.
Saltan Submits.
The ambassadors of the powers and
Tewtlk Pasha have agreed upon the
frontier clause In the peace treaty. The
line drawn by the military attaches,
and Insisted upon from the first by the
powers, has been accepted by the sul
tan, with slight modifications. The re
ports that the Turkish forces have be
gun to evacuate Thessaly are con
firmed. Cotton Price Too Low.
The Naumbug cotton mills at Salem,
Mass., have decided to close for a num
ber of weeks and the 2,000 operatives
have been so notified. The mills have
been running on a 42-hour per week
schedule for some time. The curtail
ment is due to an unsatisfactory mar
ket. ' ' Nine Sailor Drowned.
Kino members -of the crew of the
Belgian steamer, Concha were drowned
in consequence of the collision of the
vessel on Monday 6ff the Isle of Wight
with the British steamer St. FUllans.
The Concha, which was from Mediter
ranean ports and -bound up the chan
nel, was sunk, while the St. FUllans'
bows were badly' damaged. The last
named 'craft, which 'was bound from
Rotterdam for New York, ' brought
seven of the Concha s crew to this port.
nr
ORATORY RESTRAINED.
A Jadge'e Injunction Prevents Labor Leaders
Prom Approaching the Itinera.
The strike In the Fairmont, W. Va.,
district seems to have come to an end.
All the leaders but W. D. Mahon, of the
street car men's association, are away.
In this condition of affairs the miners
say there Is no reason why they should
not go to work. One hundred and
eighty men were at work at Monongah
Monday. An Injunction Issued by Spe
cial Judge Mason has much to do with
this condition. The Injunction is ad
dressed to Eugene V. Debs, W. D. Ma
hon, M. D. Hatehford. W. H. Rea, sev
eral other organizers and 41 local men.
It forbids them delivering incendiary
speeches or In any way threatening
the men who want employment. It has
not been served on any of those named,
and It may not be, for the operators
are satisfied it has accomplished its
purpose and most of the men will go
to work during the week.
Judge Cowley, the eminent authority
on constitutional law, of Detroit, has
been placed in a sanitarium. Over
study is said to have ruined his mind.
Eugene V. Debs addressed 400 miners
at Watson, Wr. Va., Wednesday night,
among them being the 300 who march
ed from Monongah. The 100 men from
the New England mines who attended
say they expect to lose their Jobs, as
they were warned by a superintendent
that the company would employ no
men who attended the meeting.
Debs speech was full of socialism.
He described his Utopia scheme. He
said of the refusal of the mayor of
Pocahontas to let J. R. Sovereign, gen
eral master workman of the Knights
of Labor, to hold a meeting there:
' If it is true, we are no better in the
United States than In Russia. Free
speech is denied in West Virginia; so
it Is In Russia. It shows the despera
tion on the part of the operators. It's
llko other schemes of the money power.
The end is near. It is cupidity, and
cupidity commits suicide. They can
force us down now, but It is like dam
ming a stream. You can build the dam
higher and higher, but finally the dam
must break. Pent-up power will some
day destroy."
Mnce the national strike of coal
miners was Inaugurated on July 3 last
the ranks of the strikers have In
creased from 80,000 to 140,000, according
to the estimate of National President
M. D. Ratchford Bent to the mining of
ficials.
The Pittsburg district has neither In
creased nor gained any since the strlki
began 18 days ago. About 20,000 min
ers are Idle. Nearly 3.000, Including
the New York and Cleveland men and
all the miners In Westmoreland coun
ty, exclusive of those employed at tho
coke works, are still working, and have
been all summer. In the other bitumin
ous fields In Pennsylvania there are in
the neighborhood of Ij.OOO miners pro
ducing coal.
In Ohio the tie-up is practically com
plete. That State Is the stronghold of
the United Mine Workers. The morn
ing the strike order became effective
25,000 of tho 28.000 miners in Ohio quit
work. It was but a few days until the
other 3,000 came out and none of them
have returned to the pits Blnce.
Illinois furnished 14,000 strikers out
of 38.000 on the first day of the sus
pension, and President Ratchford
claims that 16.000 men have followed
the leaders' example in the fight. This
leaves 8,000 miners In the southern part
of the State who refuse to Join the
strike.
No accurate figures can be obtained
for West Virginia. One day the min
ers are out there and the next day they
are back at work. Not more than 6,-
000 of the 25.000 diggers are actually
striking, however. President Ratch
ford claims between 10.000 and 15.000
strikers In the Mountain State, but
conservative estimates place his fig
ures high. The small districts in the
South and Western States go to make
up the other forty odd thousand strik
ers. Indiana has only about 9,000 bitum
inous miners and all of them arc strik
ing.
SELLING BONDS.
Thieving Treasurer Resort to a Novol
Scheme to Obtain Liberty.
A novel scheme to secure bond is be
ing worked by ex-Treasurer Joseph
Hartley, of Omaha, Neb., who Is in jail
waiting the result of his appeal to the
supreme court on his sentence of 20
years In the penitentiary for looting
the state treasury. The amount re
quired by the court's order to secure
his temporary liberty Is $125,000. He
has been unable to obtain this in the
regular channels and has started to
buy his bond outright. ,
Men hae been Bent to different wards
of the city with offers of $10 for each
$1,000 bond signed by him. In this man
ner $100,000 lias been secured in small
amounts ranging from $1,000 to $5,000.
Every person qualifying for any sum
receives $10 per thousand on the spot.
PROM ACROSS THE SEA.
The Bank of England was 203 years
old Monday.
A London paper has come out with a
sensational article accusing society of
alarming intemperance, saying: "The
women are as bad as the men."
A special dispatch received at Vi
enna says that Emperor Nicholas has
presented King Alsxander of Servla
with 40,000 Herdan rllles and 25,000,000
cartridges.
The Fram, the vessel on which Dr.
Nausea's last polar expedition was
made, will next year explore the west
ern coast of Greenland. The Fram will
be under command of Captain Sver
drup, who sailed with Dr. Nansen as
navigator. Dr. Nansen. the Lokal An
zelger announces, will shortly make a
tour of research with a party of Eng
lish and American geologists.
The Princess dowager of China has
confined Prince Taal for life in a dun
geon for not being present to congratu
late her on her birthday and In refus
ing to worship At the shrine of his an
cestors. His title Is to be taken away
from him and he Is to be publicly whip
ped on the bare back with bamboos
until he screams for mercy, after which
he is to be shut up between four walls
and fed on spare diet.
Wanted to AtiUt Nature.
The use of kerosene as a stimulant
for the hair Is becoming common in
Europe, and already several persons
have either lost their lives or been
frightfully disfigured by not exercising
proper care. The latest victim Is Mrs.
Samuelson, a daughter-in-law of Sir
Bernhard Samuelson, a well-known
engineer of London. She put. kerosene
on tier hair, and then in a moment of
forgetfulness approached too close to
a 'lighted gas burner. In a flash her
hair caught Are and before assistance
could reach her she burned to death. .
FLOOD, AT YODNGST0Wir.
i. -
Cloadbaret fonts a Oerge, Driria,
' I Pastils Pram thai v..
- -vans,
CrattcWek valley, at v .
O., presets a scene of demoi.,?
Many families were left destitm. T
Thlirailav nlsht'a fln1 .. " !
... -ou lneIr
homes were either wrecked or d
acred. Tho eanaa nt K a . .
cloudburst was a gorge at thVk
" " gorge at th t l
railroad hrlilira t-him r'u " t-fti
an outlet. Several nil, flld
en Into ha heit nf k. ...n IrlvJ
bridge where an arch waterw.V "i
being built Debris caueM M
plies and quickly formed a solid r-r.i 1
Ing wall. The water spread o... il
lake and flooded the whole bottom i. 1
for two or thraa mil. " "ora.bfi
nnaalhtA tfea DYtrva u. n ... OOn
j. " mi away Tkl
heads of many of these families i .11
flooded district had long been nn. hl
leeted In the way of cann -l .rui,s .? l
for winter was destroyer Th'f I
tllea who allfr,.rrl mn,t OUnl
Michael Collins and Tho ' ?!
rhllilren hv tha hnat. K... , "''
fonnilntlnna Tha r. Ill
household goods, includlt,s i,"I!li''J
were ruined, and their bam . ,.A
contents floated off Just a;t-i- iWl ' 1
ho1 to Iron IK, ... ' W'l
Carl Mayer, a young nun
young lady to whom he wa
l,a m.nrUJ tl ...... . , V
...... . .v. ......... ...c nH silting nil I
his head resting against the wall . J
... ... . . mi; limy s tvhL.I
U'aa licrhtlv i-otln. . """I
The lightning passed down the . I
olro. lf Mavai In Ih, hn.,1. .. . "I
I'ttsat-u uuwii ins uuck anu aronn.i
is urnn, Ah ui aiii-mru on and
down his arm to the lady's han ,
then ran around her wrist, leavlnil
.. mrourt if
cum nr. mut-r uivu in BUOUt a mlnil!
um ma snenimri reifnincil Cnnscui
nuso ana is now oui oi danguf,
SUMMER THEATRE BURNED.
Audience Become Fanie Stricken and Hi
red are Seriouilj Injured.
The Casino summer theater at pJ
mona Park, at Paducah. Jy. J
burned Friday night. A performar.l
was being given to about 600 ne.itl
when the fire broke out from a fl'l
works display on the stage. The J
dlence was panic stricken. Pniiurl
over 100 persons were Injured by k,J
ournea or irampiea. pevcral of the a
tors were painfully burned. The hm,
ing was coverea wun tar paper tj
waa in a moss of flames Inside oil
minute, ii is reported that three j
four children perished In the dairJ
All the doctors in the city were i
quireu lo ioom. aiier ine injured, (i
Keuben Rowland and his wife were;
lously injured in the stampede
near as can be ascertained fifty J
sons, including men, women and rhl
oren, were nurned about the fate tl
hands and loo were crippled.
A DARING SPECULATOR.
Increaiei Hi Capital $2,000,000 in if
Month by Dealing in Sugar.
James R. Keene, of New York, If I
the saddle again, and Wall street 1
found It out. On the floor of the
change and in every broker's ofnVetl
brilliant, daring man was credited l
having so conducted the recent iu
ing campaign in Sugar that he hail
creased his wealth by fully 12,000.1
He reappears, therefore, In the frJ
rank of American financier!, frl
which adversity temporarily crowi
him. The 35,000 shares upon which !
Keene realized at top notch netted t
a profit of $700,000. The same linel
operations in other stocks have, durl
the past two months, gained for I
$700,000 more. Wall street estim.il
his profits on two months' oneratii
atr more than $2,000,000, of vhi'-h Su
has contributed fully one-half.
Diamond Smuggler! Arretted.
Two arrests and seizures were r.l
recently by the l'nlted Stut'-i eusJ
officials of passengers on the Ar I
can line steamship Paris. oflVvr II
ohue arrested C. M. H inderberg,
ond cabin passenger, llliicl'-rbi-rg
Dresden Jeweler. PuckiiRi of
monds, rings, brooches, opals and
necklaces were found in his mi
Tionohne estimates the cowls to I
worth $15,000. J. W. Hall, a respeo:!
looking man, who said he lived in 11
cester, Mass., was arrested Py an
customs officer, lie had two diarl
rlncs. a breastnln and a diamond s
The total value was aid to be
$200.
Killed in an Explosion.
A dreadful explosion occurred I
days ago on the steamer Nutmeg JJ
nf th nrldeenort Steamlat I
papy's line, while she was lying aJ
slip in Bridgeport, Conn. A a rl
four men are dean, inn j
thought to be fatally Injured ai
number more are in n serlnus r
tion: The steamer tvas .lamas j
$1,000. The dead ore: Piilnrk
killed Instantly; Jerry ""'"'
while being taken to the l;""l,a'
ry O'Connell. died at tne iii"
known man, found dead in li"'
Bnniltive to Noiie.
James O'Donnell, who lives the j
a recluse, at Chicago, shot Into 'I
of small bovs who were plnvmsj
near his home Sunday. Tlrnmuv
aged 12, and Frank Spears, nJ
probably die. As Boon as tw M
t an nnirv mot) oi ri
uttaiiic niiwnn i '--
. ,wi viimnell
where he had hidden. The tliwj
rival of a patrol wagon sav ed -l
but by a narrow margin, m J "I
surrounded the wagon mu'i
were forced to fight to '."'"j
prisoner. O'Donnell sum
noyed him by their now.
t am Pvprs oemi
A mole. SO "
blow under the ear that the jg
stantly recovered his ""'ti
power vi Btini rur i
merly a resident of Sioux CUT I
wovemDer ne unuc. , ,H
Ing horse. The animal Jarrea ii
so seriously tnat wnen -
t.ilj from I"" I
mouth and ear. and then rt q
speecn ana neanni;. Kj
fered from pains in the head. I
tnlarahlv frnoH health, and ' 1
f n tho cloves with rJM
" r. " I' . o
little exercise.
Toor reopn " ct
ine ind
real estate bp- " . ,.kirf
banker of Chicago,
more serious aspect
is .
mated that htolHaWhiWJ
$75,000. What nas-' ;,!
hm that
scnts money obtained trmy
j T3k.i.na in noor circ""!
a i iu 0uiiciinii . , tyitn
who placed the r savlntf
c.wi.ni, lieDt OW"
head.