BY VOLCANIC HEAT.
Factory Built Tiat Will Frodaes Tellow
arrets.
Unless Edward C. Rrlee and his as
sociates at Chicago have made a mis
take at some point in their calculations
they will light the furnace Arcs Octo
ber 6 In a factory that Is to produce
gold from the baser metals to the value
of $2,lKK).000. The liworil tolls the story.
Without claiming a knowledge of the
Mack art. without calling to his aid
any of the powers of alchemy, Mr.
isrire asserts that he can make gold
that he hus made It and sold It on the
miK-ket on Its own merits side by side
with nature's product from the moun
tains. The orthodox theory that gold
is a primary substance he disputes and
holds that it Is made from other metals
by heat anil by volcanic action.
To prove Its faith In the inventor and
bis theory a company, of which Mr.
Hiiro Is the president and heaviest
stockholder, is lining up a lant at
Thirty-ninth street and l.owe avenue
at an expense of J.Ti.ow. The company
is capitalized for $7.".0K. and not a
dollar's worth of the stock Is for sale.
A building that was once .1 foundry,
103 by L'tjs feet In dimensions, whose
dingy brow n walls give no indication
of holding a secret. Is being transform
ed by two score of workmen Into this
Chicago "Kloiidyke." The last layers
of brick on live largo furnaces are be
leg put in place under the personal su
pervision of Mr. Hiice.
These furnaces are of Mr. drier's In
vention und form the most important
part of the works. In their compact
ovens volcanic heat. !t Is claimed, will
be produced, and by subjecting1 his
combination of metals to intense heat
In the different furtinees Mr. Hiice says
the dull baser metals gradually turn
into the sparkling ore, from which gold
and silver are produced.
The formula held by Mr. Urice is the
result of years of study and thousands
of experiments. In lvs!t. In his labora
tory at Washington, the experiment
was made In which ho says he first
l-rodu-ed gold. Mr. Ilrlco came to t'hl
mgo thro-? years ago. Ills experiments
had boeen kept up add in November of
last yar some friends Joined with him
nod Invested a few thousands of dol
lars for the purpose of making the test
which should decide whether gold
could be made at a commercial piollt.
From their fnctory at Fortieth street
and Went worth avenue, which was
known as the Illinois chemical works,
they turned out. Mr. Hrlce says, gold
cr which was sold to the National
smelting works of Chicago for over $3,
l00. The cost of manufacture was, he
declares, about " cents to the dollars'
worth. In the new establishment It
wil be much less It Is claimed.
POLES ON A RAMPAGE.
Foreigners Ereak Into Riot on Accouut of the
Hazloion Shooting.
At least nine men received fatal In
juries, nnd possibly two score others
were more or less seriously wounded,
In a bloody riot at C.lrardsvllle Monday
morning. The battle was the outcome
of a Quarrel over the Hazlctnn troubles.
Several hundred roles hoard at Wil
liam Culacabbage's hotel. Joseph Cav
endish Is proprietor of a hotel at the
cast end of thf town, where several
hundred more Poles make their head
quarters. Had blond has existed for a
long time, and the recent strike 'troub
les at Haxleton embittered thorn still
nlore. r '
The Cavendish men ascertained that
their foes were marching ,oiv Ibofivond
arming themselves hurriedly, awaited
their arrival. After a demonstrative
march the Culacabbage contingent
stormed the saloon.
The battle lasted almoM. an hour
when the Culacabbage gnng wes rout
ed, leaving their wounded behind.
Hverythlng In the house was smash
ed, and the lloors were strewn with
wounded men. The walls were In
spattered with blood and shreds of
human flesh.
After the routed rioters hail returned
to their headquarters, the Cavendish
gang armed themselves to the teeth,
ami marched to their enemies- rendez
vous, where a battle still bloodier than
the first ensued.
The police force and the constables
of the surrounding region were called
to the scene, but were unable to cope
with the rioting horde, who continued
hostilities until morning.
Coroner's Verdict.
The coroner's jury which Investigated
the death of the striking miners at
Latimer, Pa., met In Deputy Coroner
Oowinun's office Monday and after un
hour's deliberation rendered the fol
lowing verdict:
"That from the circumstances of the
case and the evidences offered, the said
Clement Platnck and others came to
their deaths by gunshot wounds on
September 1ft, IS'17. at the hands of
Sheriff James Martin and his deputies.
And in this, we, the Jury, do all agree,
and we, Philip J. Hnyle, Thomas T.
Thomas, Iiarton Freas and Peter Mo
K Ionian of this Jury, do further suy
that the said Clement Platook. with
others, was marching peaceably and
unarmed on the public highway; that
they were Intercepted by the said
Sheriff Martin and his deputies and
mercilessly shot to denth. And we do
further find that the killing whs un
necessary anil could have been avoid
ed without serious Inlury to either per
son or property, and we find finally,
that the killing was wanton and un
justifiable. Hut In this wo, fieorge
Ma ue and F. J. MeNeal of this Jury, do
not concur, nnd we, the Jury, do fur
ther say that there was such strong
suspicion of unlawful violence at the
hands of person or persons unknown to
this Jury as to make this inquest neces
sary." A DISHONEST CLERK.
Shortage Found in the Account of an Army
Officer.
The pay of Lieutenant M. E. Saville,
of the Tenth Infantry. Post Quarter
master at Fort Sill. I. T., amounting to
12,000, has been stopped by the War
Department. An army Inspector re
cently passed his accounts. Later a
forged deposit bank Blip was found
among the vouchers, The Lieutenant
claims that the apparent shortage Is
due to the dishonesty of a civilian clerk,
w ho has been bound over to the court.
Saville says he gave the money to the
Mtrk for deposit and that the clerk
pocketed the funds and forged the cer
tificate of deposit which fooled the In
spector. Lieutenant Saville has a good
record, and those who know him ex
pect re will establish his Innocence.
The clerk Is to be tried In a civil court
on the charge of defalcation.
Harden Eli Family.
The slaughter of a mother and her
six children occurred at the home of
John Hoecker, a farmer living eight
miles northwest of Carroll, la., last
Monday. Afterward the fiendish or de
mented husband and father, at whose
hands they died, completed his bloody
work by sending a bullet Into his own
head. Indicting a fatal wound. The
family were prosperous Germans.
TXUX nUMAU
Silver Democrats hv nominated
Henry George for mayor of Greater
ftfw i one
Earthquake shocks were felt Satur
day In Bangor, Me., and several sur
rounding towns.
Two Londoners representing a com
pany with J5.OW.000 capital to operate
in ivionuyne arrived In New York Sat
urday. In the Big Horn county. 8. D., fifty
four square miles of timber land has
been burned over, involving loss of
$:o,ooo.
Physicians of the Homeopathic hos
pital at Pittsburg are working upon the
theory that the X rays will kill con
sumption bacilli.
All the business houses In Alton, I. T.,
were destroyed by tire, besides 15 cars
of wheat on the 'Frisco siding a few
days ago. Loss $75,000.
The next annual meeting of the
American Poultry Association will be
held In Boston January, lfl'JR. The vote
tesulted 31 to 22 against Chicago.
John Myers, a convict at Trenton, N.
J., placed a dummy made of dough and
covered with tissue paper In his cell,
and escaped, but was recaptured.
The Versailles (Ind ) grand Jury fail
ed to indict any one for the lynching of
five men at that place. The governor
has determined to take up the Investi
gation. Several students have resumed their
studies at Yale college, New Haven,
Conn., after having been employed dur
ing vacation as motormen on the local
electric line,
The latest news from Guatemala Is
that a prize of $100,000 has been placed
on the heads of Prospero Morales, the
revolutionary leader, and his aide,
Manuel Fuentes.
F.x-Queen of Hawaii Liliuokalanl left
San Francisco Sunday evening for
Washington to get ready to resume her
fight against annexation as soon as
Congress assembles.
W. P. Kasson, of Austin, la., serving
10 months In the county Jail at San
Francisco, Is one of two heirs to a for
tune of $,100,000 left by his uncle, James
Kossin,- who died last week.
Miss Susan de Forest Day, owner of
the steam yacht Scythian, has had the
cabin boy of the vessel arrested,
at New York, charged with steal
ing $6,000 worth of diamonds.
The San Pedro silver mine, in the
Corralltos group, 12 miles from El
I'aso, in Mexico, caved in the other
day, killing 17 men. They wore burled
under 30 feet of rock and dirt.
W. I. Meeker, of Kansas City, has
sued the Western I'nlon Telegraph
Company for $2,000 damages for trans
mitting an alleged Insulting message to
him from J. L. Jordan at Kanoy, Kan.
Joseph M. Hardy and Henry O. Hale,
two of the three kidnapers of little John
Conway at Albany, N. Y., some weeks
ago, were eaeh sentenced by County
Judge (Jregory to 14 years and 4 motlths
In State prison.
An attachment suit for $.ll,000 was
begun in the Superior Court Wednes
day at Chicago against Elmer and Jay
Owigglns and James li. Wlllard &
Co. The defendants are the New York
stock brokers who failed about a week
ngo.
Edward Itlley, of Providence, It. I.,
gilded a large, lump of coal, labeled "$'J
000 gold nugget from Klondike," arid
put It hi his show window. A man
smashed In the window, stole the "nug
get," and escaped.
A son 80 years old followed his mother
to the grave Sunday at Now York,
while 12 grandchildren and three great
party of mourners. The dead woman
was Mrs. Mary Jane Hatton, who was
99 years and six months old when Bhe
died Friday.
The . Ontario cabinet Wednesday
'adopted a regulation prohibiting em
ployinent of any person not a resident
or Canada in any capacity in lumber
ing operations, except manager, head
bookkeeper and one estimator o'r ex
plorer for such operation.
C. L. Addington, w ho was to be exe
cuted Friday at Paris, Tex., for the
murder of Oscar Hordes, In the Indian
territory, June 28, 1895, received a com
mutation from President McKlnley a
few days ago. When the message was
road to him he wept like a child.
A Neapolitan tiurs- maid has disap
peared from Home with the infant son
of a young Englishman named Hast
ings. Letters have been received de
manding a ransom of $50,000. It Is
thought that the nurse maid was in
league with some of the brigunds In
the vicinity of Naples.
Washington police are looking for
John E. Iteidy from St. Louis, and
treasurer of the police relief associa
tion of that city, who drew $4,000 one
dollar bills from the fund In his charge
on the 10th Inst., and skipped, leaving
his accounts $R,22'J.05 short. Fondness
for playing the races is given as the
probable cause.
The final account of the estate of ex- !
Mayor Edwin H. Fitler of Philadel
phia was filed with the register of wills
to-day. The estate is valued at $3,
137,207 16 and includes stocks on the
Pennsylvania railroad, United Oas Im
provement Compony, Philadelphia,
Wilmington & Baltimore railroad and
stock in different banks.
The notorious Staftlcback house at
Galena, Kaa., was burned by a mob,
and every vestige of the old structure
where murders and crimes of the most
diabolical nature were committed was
destroyed.
At the Coburg assizes at Toronto
Saturday J. P. Hendricks, aged 76, was
tried for kissing his niece, Mrs. Eftlo
I'llkey, a school teacher. She asked
$2,000 damages. The Judge said he evi
dently had no Improper Intentions. An
old man had a right to kiss female rel
atives without having his character
suspected. The Jury awarded the plain
tiff 20 cents.
The Central American republicans,
according to Pan-American diplomats
in Washington, are undoubtedly on the
eve of a general political upheaval. The
success of the revolutionists in Guate
mala, entailing the downfall of Dicta
tor Barrios and the elevation of Pros
pfro Morales to the presidency, is be
lived to b Inevitable, an dls likely
bring about revolutions In several of
the Bister republics.
It has been given out at New York
that the plan to consolidate the larger
paper manufactories, which was talked
of last year, has been revived. It Is
asserted that concessions having been
made by all concerned, It Is probable
the consolidation will be effected. A
meeting of the most prominent man
ufacturers will be held in about 10
days, when It Is expecteT final action
will be taken.
Prom talks with iron ore dealers at
Cleveland, It is learned that the move
ment of ore from the upper lake mines
this year will beat all records. It Is
now estimated that at least 13.000,000
tons will be marketed this season, and
next spring Is likely to find all the
docks clear.- That would be unprece
dented. Last year the stocks In the
spring amounted to 3,000,000 tons.
Louis Werner, J. J. Sullivan, Joyn
Zumsteln and Mortimer G. Hoe, four of
the members of the Cincinnati board
of supervisors, were removed the other
day by Mayor Tafel, and the case of
Louis Krohn Is stilt under advisement.
Hlchard Smith was tho only one spared.
IKMRMIEEOGFEDTl
DEMAND A RANSOM.
Wheresboots of a Mi Tills, Fa., Frefeasar
ad si Ohio Undent Causes Alarm.
E. W. Tolertone, one of the wealthiest
and most prominent attorney In To
ledo. O., is Invoking the powers of this
country and Switserland to aid him
in solving a peculiar mystery. Since
last June his 20-year old son, Harry,
has been traveling in Southern Europe
with Prof. D. J. Holmes of Allegheny
college. Meadvllle, Pa. On the 8th of
this month a letter was received from
them, in which acknowledgement of
the receipt of money was made. They
stated that the sum sent would be suf
ficient to take them to Berlin, where
they were to enter the university.
Nothing further was heard until the
22d, when a peremptory demand by ca
ble came for $1,000. Mr. Tolerton,
alarmed, at once cabled to inquire
what was the matter, and also cabled
the United States consul. The money
was ordered forwarded to Cologne. The
consul's reply was unsatisfactory, but
that "purporting to come from the tour
ists was of such a character as to at
once convince the father that It came
from neither his son nor the professor.
On the 23d another demand came, and
on the 26th, the last requesting the Im
mediate cabling of $500 and the bal
ance by mail to Lucerne.
Meanwhile Mr. Tolerton cabled a rel
ative at Lelpslc, asking her to go to
Lucerne at once and Investigate. She
at once cabled that she would go and
again cabled when she was to start,
and that she would send a message na
soon as she reached Lucerne. Since
that time, although she should have
been In Lucerne, at the latest, two days
ago, not the remotest trace can be se
cured of the young lady. Assistant
Secretary of State Day to-day wired
Mr. Tolerton that he had cabled the
United States minister at Berne and
the consuls at Morgen and Lucerne to
Investigate fully.
Although hundred of dollars have
been spent cabling all over 8wltserld
not a trace can be received of the
missing tourists or the lady. It Is be
lieved they have fallen in with ban
dits or sharpers and are being hell
for the extortion of money, as Mr. Tol
erton Is known to be very wealthy.
CONTROL OF THE B. & 0.
Fierpont Morgan to Institute Foreclosure
Froceedingi Against the Railroad. 1
Plerpont Morgan, who now practi
cally controls every great railroad run
ning east from New York, save two, is
ii bom to engage in a struggle for the
control of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
way. The fight for control of the Bal
timore and Ohio will come Immediate
ly nfter October 1, when Mr. Morgan
will try to seize the property through
foreclosure proceedings. The receivers
of the road will, In behalf of the Balti
more interests and certain New York
Interests, endeavor to forestall Mr.
Morgan.
The opportunity for Mr. Morgan to
seize the Baltimore & Ohio will come on
October 1. At that time the interest
coupons on $7,744,000 of bonds of the
Chicago division, the main line, held
by J. I'. Morgan & Co., will have been
three months In default. Under the
agreement made when Morgan Co.
took the bonds foreclosure proceedings
could not begin until 90 days after such
dt fault. It is asserted in Wall street
that Mr. Morgan will lose no time after
October 1 In beginning suit to take the
road.
But the financier is going to nave a
fight on his hands before he secures ths
property. It is said in Wall Btreet-iV.
Speyer & Co., who nave aavancei
money to the Baltimore Ohio com
pany and the Baltimore interests re
presented by the receivers, will. oppose
Mr. Morgan tooth and nail. Their plan,'
It Is said, will be to default on certain
Interest payments due on October 1 to
other parties, and thus give an oppor
tunity to contest the Morgan suit of
foreclosure. Then It will be a battle of
bankers.
KLONDIKE HARDSHIPS.
Fartiei Ooing to the Gold Fieldi Robbed of
their Provisions.
Col. O. V. Davis, of Spokane, Wash.,
has Just arrived in Junea from a trip
down the Yukon as far as Lake Le-
barge. There he encountered one SIW?p-
nrd, of Dawson City, who was on his
way from the Klondyke. Shepard told
Davis & worse story of the condition of
things at Dawson City than any that
have been published hitherto.
Shepard said that parties going down
the river were held up within 200 miles
of Dawson City, and their provisions
taken from them. Shepard says there
Is as great an exodus up the river by
the overland route to got out or Daw
son City for the winter as there is down
the river to St. Michael. Hundreds
were coming behind him os fast as they
could travel. Many, beyond doubt, will
be caught on tho trail by winter and
with Insufficient provisions must per
ish. Typhoid and pneumonia are raging
furiously at Dawson. Hundreds are 111
nnd many dying. There have been re
ports hero for three days that Dawson
City had been burned live weeks ago.
but this is not corroborated by either
Davis or Shepard.
Aocording to Chlneoe Law.
The steamer Emyress of China,
which has unived from the Orient,
In lugs news of the shocking instance
of the strict enforcement of law in
China. Patricide is the most severely
punished crime in the Chinese law,
which prescribes death by "slicing," a
long-drawn out torture, for one who
even by accident kills his father or
mother. In Shanghai recently an 11-year-old
boy, while swinging a stone
tied to a string, happened to strike his
mother a blow from which she died.
He was arrested and sentenced to be
sliced to death by the public execu
tioner. The execution was set down
for the following day. Foreign resi
dents of Shanghai and the members
of the diplomatic corps were horror
stricken at the sentence, but did not
dare to interfere.
CAPITA! OUAKIK0I.
Dr. Von Hollenbcn, the new German
Ambassador, is expected In Washing
ton the latter part of October.
.The condition of the treasury shows:
Available cash balance, $215,143,747;
gold reserve, $146,967,036.
It is said that Associate Justice Pield
will soon be succeeded on the Supreme
bench by fin Ohio man, ex-Congressman
John Little, of Xenla.
A vote taken among Washington
printers on the civil service . reform
question simply shows that those now
In the government service believe In
It and those outside do not. .
The bureau of American republics
has received Information that the new
tariff bill now under consideration by
the congress of the Argentine republic,
contemplates an Increase of sixty per
cent, on the Import duty on such United
States exports as petroleum, timber,
machinery, agricultural implements,
e'.j.
TELL0W FEVER CASES.
I OotkJif Belonging to the FatUats lam
ed in Um Streets.
Warmer weather has Increased the
number of cases of yellow fever,
There were 23 cases Monday and two
deaths. Up to Monday night there
have been 159 cases, 19 deaths and 33
discharged as entirely recovered.
Sunday was the quietest of the week
In New Orleans, and the fever situa
tion, in spite of the appearance of a
rather large number of new cases may
be said to have much Improved. Fif
teen casea were recorded on the books
of the1 board of health, but there was
no death. The authorities received re
ports from nearly every patient that U
now under treatment, and these were
all to the effect that the cases are doing
well and that no patient is in any im
mediate danger.
About 40 cases were reported as be
ing rapidly on the mend, and a number
of them will be discharged during the
week. One of the most dangerous cases
was discharged a few days ago. It was
In the neighborhood of the French mar
ket, where the conditions were consid
ered to be such as to warrant fear that
the disease would spread.
The new cases are, as usual, scat
tered. The most prominent among
them are Mr. McHardy. a wealthy In
surance man, and Mrs. Williams, wife
of General W. II. Williams, a well
known newspaper man. There are
now four cases In the Williams resi
dence but they are all reported to be
doing well. A number of children are
among the new cases.
Prof. Mets has a large number of
formaldehyde generators now at work.
Sunday he burned in tho street the bed
clothing and other articles In the
house where the mon Serres. a yellow
fever patient, died, the clothing first
having been subjected to formaldehyde
disinfection. Some discomfort and. loss
are being suffered by the poorer class
es whose effects have to be burned, but
Prof. Metz said that he was hopeful of
getting the city to make an application
to cover such cases of distress.
The yellow fever has appeared In
Texas. Governor Culberson received a
telegram from State Health Officer
Swearlngcn Wednesday announcing
that a genuine case of yellow fever was
In existence at Beaumont. The case
which was that of a small boy, was
genuine yellow fever, and the boy had
died at an early hour In the morning.
Many people are led to think that the
mall service Is bringing the fever into
the State, and Governor Culberson will
be asked to entirely cut off all the train
service of any kind between Louisiana
Texas. Beaumont from now on will be
closely surrounded.
EIGHTEEN MEN DEAD.
landslide on tho Chilcoot Fast Wipoi Out a
Camp of Gold Hunters.
The Pioneer, which arrived at Port
Townsend. Wash., the other duy, brings
a report or a landslide which occurred
near Sheep Camp, on the Chilcoot pass.
last faunday morning, In which 18 men
are Bald to have lost their lives. Only
one body is said to have been recovered
that of a man named Choynskl, a
cousin of Joseph Choynskl, the prize
fighter. The men supposed to have
been lost were packers on the Dyea
trail. The officers of the Pioneer say
that the stpry was brought to Skaguay
Sunday evening by three men who told
It In such a way as to leave no doubt
as to Its truthfulness. They described
the avalanche as consisting of rocks.
Ice and dirt which had been loosened
by the recent unprecedented hard rain
which has been Jailing almost continu
ously for the past month.
The men who bring the story say that
at 5.30 in. the morning a peculiar sound
was.teard, and before the residents of
rne camp could fully dress they found
themselves rapidly borne down the
canyon, on a mass of moving debris
from tho mountain side. A majority
of the residents of Sheep Camp escaped
although nearly the entire village was
destroyed. The slide struck the town
on the northern part, where nearly all
the packers were quartered In tents
and asleep. The main part of the slide
from the mountains missed Sheep
Camp proper, although from the report
very little of the town remains. The
packers' camp was wholly, carried away
and it is impossible to learn the names
of the. unfortunates, as they were all
known by their surnames. "
All the bridges on the Skaguay river
have been washed out and the river is
a raging torrent.
Winter has begun In earnest with the
travelers on the Dyea and Skaguay
trails and all who do not Intend to win
ter In Alaska are hastening out. The
steamship Queen nrrlved at Seattle a
few days ago with 80 passengers.
Among these were United States Mar
shal J. M. Shoupe and District Attor
ney B. E. Bennett.
The steamship City of Seattle ar
rived recently ut Port Townsend,
Wash., from Skaguay and Dyea. From
Skaguay she brought 215 passengers,
l!i2 men and IS women, who were un
able to cross the White pass and pre
ferred to return M civilization, as
many of them termed it, to risking
death by exposure at Skuguay. Very
little additional news relative to the
avalanche at Sheep Camp was brought
by the Seattle.
P0WDEBLY S STAND.
Outcasts and Anarchists Will Not Find a
Refuge in Amorica.
Commissioner General of Immigra
tion Powderly, answering a letter of
congratulation from Rev, M. C. Peters,
Wrote:
"I have no doubt but that thousands
of the worst classes of Europe are
swept In on us every year. It shall be
my aim to keep every unworthy person
out, and to cause Europe to take care
of her own anarchists. There was a
time when the United States could af
ford a refuge to the people of the world,
but it wus before the oncomers became
oppressors, and when the tide of immi
gration to this land of refuge was not
a tide of refuge. If they are oppressed
at home, let them dethrone their op
pressors there and establish govern
ments of the people, for and by the peo
ple across the Atlantic. If anarchists
are born and bred beneath the foster
ing wing of all ill-governed lands, let
them remain at home to wreak ven
geance upon the creators, instead of
coming here, to turn the thoughts of
dissatisfied men away from tho real
cause of their dissatisfaction."
The letter complains of the laxity in
the present naturalisation laws and
suggests that stricter measures be
adopted.
President Attends Sunday-School.
President McKlnley passed Sunday
quietly at Adams, Mass. In the morn
ing he and the Misses Mabel and Grace
McKlnley,. accompanied by their aunt,
went to the Congregational Church.
The church was crowded, and was
decorated with flowers. The usual or
der of services was observed. At the
close of the church exercises the Sunday-school
service was held, which was
attended by the President and the
Misses McKlnley, all of whom ' were
seated on the platform. The President
shook hands with 100 children of the
primary department, who marched
passed him.
DOCDIUIIE'OHM
GERMANS DISPLEASED.
The Amiricaa Ultimata to I pais to DU
eonttaae tat Cubss War BsmusssI
The reported American "ultimatum'
to Spain has been received with pro
nounced displeasure by the entire Ger
man press. The official denial from
Washington is generally disbelieved
there, and the denunciation of "Jlngo
lnm." "Yankee Insolence" and the ridi
culing of the Monroe doctrine . have
riled the newspapers. The Conserva
tive press, as usual. Is the most vio
lent in denouncing American aspira
tions. ,
The correspondent of the Associated
Press there has made Inquiries at the
German Foreign Otlice and in other
quarters, which show that, while Spain
has approached Germany through her
Berlin ambassador repeatedly during
the past year in regard to this, she
has only been assured of the moral
sympathy of Germany in her struggle
to quell the Cuban insurrection and of
the willingness of Germany to co
operate with the other big powers in
re-establishing by peaceable means a
better understanding between Spain
and the United States, in rase serious
difficulties arise. No other assurance
has been given to Spain, nor is it at
all likely that Germany will engage to
do more In the future.
Captain Baldomero Acosta, one of
the most active insurgent leaders oper
ating In the neighborhood of Havana
city, was captured by the Spanish
authorities on board the steamsh n
Concho as she was about to sail for
Mexico. Acosta was ill and came Into
Havana a couple of days ago. He got
aboard In disguise, but Just before the
departure of the steamer the police
got wind of his Identity and arrested
mm. He was the leader who. onlv a
short time ago, raided the city of Ma
riano, carrying off a larpe quantity of
arms and ammunition.
The declaration is made nt Havana.
and is being generally circulated, that
the Spanish troops in Cuba have re
captured Victoria de las Tunas, which
was taken by the insureents under
Galixta Garcia and Jeaus Itabi, Sep-
leniuer u.
RESENTED INSULT.
Austrian Promier Receives a Slight Wound
in a rutoi Duel.
A pistol duel was fought Saturday at
Vienna between Count Caslmlr Badenl,
the Austrian Premier, and Dr. Wolff,
the German Nationalist leader, arising
from insults addressed by the latter to
the Premier during a recent session of
the I'nterhaus. Count Badenl was
wounded In the right hand. Dr. Wolff
fought a duel with swords on May 8
last with Horr Horlea, a Czech member
of the Unterhaus. This encounter grew
cut of the violent scenes which occurred
in the House between the Germans and
Czechs, in which personalities were
freely indulged in. Count Badenl vas
formerly Governor of Gallcia, Is a
young and able Pole, and was very
little known even in Austria until he
was unexpectedly called upon to form a
cabinet In September, 1S95, when he as
sumed the duties or President of the
Council of Ministers and Minister of
the Interior. His nobility only dates
back to his father. Count Badenl's
wound is not serious. The bullet enter
ed the wrist and went out above the el
bow. FORTY FFRS0NS KILLED.
Cyclone Causes Oreat Damage in Italian
rronnoes, ;
A cyclone In Italy swept over Sava,
Oria and Latlano, alt in the Province of
Lecce, Tuesday evening. Forty persons
were killed, 70 persons were wounded.
20 houses were destroyed and tele
graphic communication with the scene
of the disaster was cut off. The floods.
which were caused by recent heavy
rains, wrecked every house In the vil
lages, Injuring many people. At Orta
the railway depot was demolished and
all the railroad men engaged there were
killed. Two chateaux and 13 houses
were destroyed In a neighboring vil
lage, where 20 were killed and 24 in
jured. At Mesagne, in the Province of
Lecce. 15 were killed and u injured.
Great tracts of country have been de
vastated by the hurricane.
President Kroger Dying.
There is strong confirmation of the
report that President Kruger, of the
South African republic Is suffering
from bright's disease In a very advanc
ed stage, and is not likely to live more
than 1H months at the most. The Brit
ish press Is unable to conceal their sat-
sfactlon at the prospect tnat tne erana
old Boer will soon be removed from the
path of British aggression. The Pall
Mall Gazette voices the secret English
.sentiment in plain language. "Progres
sive Boers," it says, "would get a
cnance at last, and might settle every
outstanding grievance. It seems un
gracious to say so, but Kruger has out
lasted the period of his real usefulness,
even to the Dutch population of the
Transvaal."
Many Fassengori Ilrowned.
The steamer Ika, with a crew of 10,
and carrying CO Austrian passengers,
wus entering the port of Flume, on the
river Flumnra, when she collided with
the English steamer Tiria, which was
leaving.
The bows of the Ika were stove In
and she sank In two minutes. Boats
hastily put off and saved the captain
and seven others, but most of the pas
sengers perished. The casualty took
place In full view of thousands, who
crowded the piers In the greatest ex
citement and alarm.
FROM ACROSS THE SEA.
The Insurgents attacked Scanlanl,
near Candia, Crete. After two hours'
fighting they retired.
The government at Berlin has made
its first grant.250.00U, for the relief of
the sufferers from the Tecent floods.
Cardinal' Gulseppe Guarlno, Arch
bishop of Messina, is, dead. He was
born in 182 and made a cardinal In
1893.
Owing to the effects of tho Dlngley
tariff law, 6,000 textile workers have
been locked out at Loebau, Germany,
and In its vicinity.
Recent advices from the scene of tho
wreck of the bridge of the Bangalore
Mysore Railroad, near Maddur, India,
Indicate that 150 persons were killed
and 14 injured. Seventy persons suc
ceeded In making their escape. Most of
those killed and injured were natives.
The train, which was crossing the
bridge at a considerable rate of speed,
has been entirely submerged.
(told Coming to America.
Gold is on its way to this country,
and $1,500,000 from the Bank of Eng
land is now on the ocean. A million
Is coming from London, and a half
million from Genoa. The shipper. Is
the Deutsche Banjc.oi Berlin
IIC EXPORT. TRADE.
.
(felt nswis Into 0sajx, M . ,
Gold Imparts have begun dl. J
England and from PrmScV blSE1 M
nival of 14 oon ami .. -'dea I
from AiMtra.ll. for w.. Jl rrnct
gold received there and started i 3
rope amounts to 11 mm on . ,or 1
and the advance of Its rati k
little llkolv m 'h.ir .i!- . nl seJ
view of hesvy merchand'M
due to this country and a rlsY?
rate of lntret h.r m. . ' (
cesa of merrhKnrllu , 'ut
over lmDorta vi, nn ?XPT
000 .nrt th- B-! m -
m r'pmenU
exports from New York'ln threV
of September have been HI ver H
over last years', and imports li; J
' na use manges on 3
whole trad for th mnntw .. , . V
dlse. besides silver. menna
Vr ,,r n, a .1. ... I. . . .
.., ,; izizrr , th unc4
i-., uuoiu( uiu nun mgner for b,
.-ih, nne me declinn
cotton continues With ui .
suot at the pnd nf An.,,., .... 1
dronned 1V.O or Is tnr .. i , n .
7 "T.J " till
umi ncma, in rime or a remark J
rAVlvol r,f m. mi....,.,.. ...
celDts ari eirreerllnir la., ,.?rn
foreign estimates now aree in maltJ
country over 100,000,000 bushels grea
iani year.
The official endtnar f th.
- I tX7 ft fJJTf
coal strike adds many thousand men
the worklnir form In h. , i
others In manufactures using Wtiiml
uu i-uui. inc uoinraeiie strike h
substantially ended, and no extenm
labor disturbance is threatened. T
umpui 01 cuae is now jzo.uuo tons, a
me price is aiso aavanced. Soi
. . .,,v. "uri ma
nra.npnpi nr inp irnn on.i , .
try are cieariy no longer able to k
un with thplr npur nrilnn Is,, v,
f nil V omnlnvn,! fnr e,,m. mnn.u- .
Mii'iium nn;
and, with all, the demand is increaali
Heavy buying has raised bessemer i
at Pittsburg to $10 B0 and irrav f.,..J
f ft FUV Lith netnnl in la- ,,f iniuu .
T --, ...... . " -' . v " j in;
soutnern pig in tne Mahoning valley
an t: mi nirnnniriiMm t-tiiiittn n ....
ed at $16 25 and $23 has been refus
fur U'lro rnrtfl Tho at mot ,,al
behind orders, tin plate mills are hi
nerea Dy rauure to get sheet bars i
vprpn t n st nniisrn mnto .1.
mills find hpnvv ripmnml L.
, . - J ...... ' ' ' j 11 e
ana Dars are in great demand for ci
flr Ihp WPHt with vnntltr lm......i .
- - . . . j M.,,,vm (
mand and a shade better prices at t
n,ast.
Wool sales at Boston have decrean
a quarter, out manufacturers are s
unable to find profits In goods v
U'nnl nt nrautnt nrleoa 1 n n, ,,.1 ,
or wool are more than double three
tne most prosperous years, but the r
in prices renaers tne future mo
doubtful, except for manufacture
having heavy supplies laid In. Tl
cotton mills are doing large busing
although recent buying of goods h
naturally decreased after the rece
rush.
Failures for the week have been
In the United States, against 315 I
year, and 28 In Canada, against ii I
year.
STRANGE MOVEMENTS.
Soldiers Disguised as Laborers Landed I
Honolulu.
A state of affairs exists In HanJ
which demands the attention of tl
State Department. When the City
Pekln arrived at Honolulu the attrl
tlon of the. other passengers on boal
that steamer was attracted by the i
rnarkable symmetrical movements
174 Japanese steerage passengers nl
were disembarking.
Although classed as laborers, tH
was too palpable to escape observatll
and occasioned considerable coi
ment.
The Japanese were apparently undl
the command of a veteran sergeni
under non-commlssicned officers. Dls
ing the voyage a military disciplil
was observed which created comme
among the other steerage pasaengJ
and steamer's crew, and many ni
Jectures were hazarded as to tl
meaning of their being shipped to t
islands. It was generally believl
they were sent to the Island for tl
purpose of forcibly resisting annen
tlon. If necessary. Rumors of the pra
ence of the Mikado s soldiers are i
new on the Islands, and It is said th)
over 1,000 well-drilled men have
ready been landed there and at
four hundred veterans of the Jaw
China war are expected up on the net
steamer.
MOUNTAIN OF GOLD.
New Eldorado Whloh is Attracting the 1
tension oj Prospectors.
The first authentic news concern!
Washington's new bldorauo, mi
Mminl tinker nnrl how to iret there, I
brought to Seattle by E. W. Saportl
who wltn FranK uryui anu uoi n.
nor nvtturlpnrpit miners of PaM
city, went to tho scene of the lat
excitement last Saturday. I
According to Mr. Saportas the nfl
Is passable ana not very uiuicun i
within five miles or tne nnu. i'i
flvo mllea hnwevpr. nresent obstw
that would forever discourage an)
nf an pTuprlpnppil nrnsnectof H
mountaineer. There is In the mount
and its surrounding heights encai
gold to keep prospectors for the ni
10 years, in samples or ore -i
a cursory inspector declared thai i
gold existed in exceeaingiy b"u ""l
titles. , .
"i mot monv mpn." cont nuea
Saportas, "who came from Alt. Ton
or,.! tHov nil relterH tell the PtOflOJ
cernlng the great strike of $lO.0t to
nn .,!. In Ttpnr mountain, in 1
equal to the discovery In Hear ml
tain. A corresponaeni
f,m flnmmai AM fnllows:
"The gold discoveries In the wj
- . tip, . ....., are DeW
IBins oi yy imicum vuuuw , i
any doubt the richest in the annwi
the Pacific coast, or even in -i
So say the most expenenceu r-'i
tors whom I have accompanied w
s ne of recent 'nnas."
Mexican Officer Suicides.
r.l,,n..l Vulo.niipf ei-lni;
general of police in the city of "!
who confessed to having suprn
the lynching: of Arroyo, the asw
of President Dlas, blew out nil w
with a revolver in Belem prison rj
morning. A letter was tooni '
room saying his death was, n "
satisfaction he owed to socleir.
should therefore give that
by leaving the world. He also t
the killing was suggested by imp,
Vlllavacenls, of the Second po"
i,lt ,,-Vir. I. lit nrlann. VelasqU"
ed that under other clrcumstaflJ
having been a high official a"l
nothing could have Inducea
take part In the crime.
American jrrwi in j.ouu- j
Within nine hours after the "
at Southampton recently of tp
can line steamship St. Paul, .
ages of California fruit were d"
at Covent Garden market In J
In splendid condition, and they r
fold before noon.