1 HARDSHIPS Of MINERS.
MANY PERISH.
Within a few Years SOOO Ulnars Died and
their Oold wse Conflicted.
Frank Moss, an old-time miner, who
four years ago wa one of a party of
American to first vlall the Klondyke
country, returned the other day and
tolls a story of horror and starvation
seldom equalled even In modern nov
el. Me describe Klondyke an ft plac
rr camp seven mile Ion; and thirteen
mile wide, located In ft sink, walled In
by houlder of rock 3.000 feet high.
Hold, he says, abounds, but no ordin
ary man run aland the hardship of
the unclvlllr.ed region. When Mos left
here four years ago he was n sturdy
fellow over six feet tall. Krom hard-
ships and privation he Is a erlpplo for
lire and badly broken In health. In
three years he saw over 2.000 gsavcs
made In the Klonilyke hnsln, ft largo
majority of the men dying from star
vation. The steamship companies bring
In all food and allow no ptivato Impor
tation. Consequently It I not uncom
mon to go for weeks with only a. scant
supply, and for day entirely without
food.
The gold brought In Inst week to
Seattle, Muss snvs, docs not represent
the findings or Individual shippers, but
a. large portion of It was conllscnted
from the effects of those 2.0on miners
who fell a prey to the hardships. At
the death of n man possessed of dust
his body Is burled without ft eollln, and
the dost divided among those who care
for him. With proper reliefs establish
ed hy the gnverniiiHnt, Miss says, gold
ran be taken out nt the rate of 2,ooo,
000 a month.
The richest strike ha been made by
a 21-year-old boy named George Horn
blower of Indlnnapoll. In the heart
of a barren waste known a Houlder
field he found a nugget for which the
transportation company gave htm $5.
700. lie located his claim at the find
and In four months had taken out over
$wo,noo.
The richest section of Alaska, Mos
says. Is aa yet undeveloped. It Is 1(H)
mllea from Klondyke and known as
Black Hole of Calcutta. It Is Inhabited
by ex-convlcts of Bohemia, and mur
der and riots take, the place of law
nnd order. A few month ago the
Klondyke settler organized ft Justice
committee, and Its law prevail there
now.
With the great crowd preparing to
go to the scene now, Moss snys, hun
ger and suffering will be great, when
added to other hardships to be over
come by those who survive. Moss re
turned with $6,000 In dust and left for
his old home at Pubuiiue, la., where he
will spend the balance of his years.
The steamship t'matilln. which ar
rived Wednesday from Puget sound
Torts, brought down almost $200,000
worth of Alaskan gold, of which $130.
700 was In gold dust from Peattle, con
signed to Wells-Fargo company. There
were several other shipments of gold
In sacks, some direct from Juneau, ami
advices from that place are to the ef
fect that at least $750,000 worth of dust
was waiting shipment at various Alas
kan station.
Among the sensational advice waa
one from Ht. Michael that over $4,000.
000 In gold dust, which had not been
Included with the fortune brought here
by miners, will be shipped through
Wells-Fargo company, other lucky
miners having reached the Island since
the departure of the Kxcelslor and
Fortlnnd, who have secured greater
fortunes Individually than those whose
torles have already been told.
II. W. Shaw, formerly an Insurance
man of Seattle, has written ft letter to
a business man concerning the Klon
dike country, In which he states frank
ly hp does not expect to be believed.
."This Is a great mining strike," says
Shaw, "probably the greatest on the
American continent or In the world.
Oold has not been found In great pay
ing quantities except on two creeks
And In about 200 claims. Bmno of the
pay streaks are nearly all gold. One
thousand dollars to the pan I not an
uncommon thing, and as high as 100
ounces have been taken out In a sin
gle pan. It Is not unusual to seo men
coming In with all the dust they can
carry.
Uneatlifled Millionaire!.
Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton
McK. Twombly ftnd Mr. and Mrs.
William Douglass Hloano, members of
the Vanderbllt family, started off for
the valley of the Yukon, with pro
vender enough for a regiment They
will have to, feed a retinue of servants.
Their private car .left the switch on the
Florham estate and 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.
Daring Robbery.
Two of the most peculiar and daring
robberies In southern railroad history
occurred a tew days ago on the South
ern railway. A robber passed through
the three sleepers on trains going from
Atlanta to Chattanooga, taking all the
men's trousers. He got off at Itome,
Oa., and boarding the next train In the
opposite direction, pursued the same
tactics. Conductors, porters and pas
sengers alike suffered, and the thief
made a good haul.
MISSION BUBNED.
For Bepovlng Chinese Children Plymouth
Brethren Have a Marrow Escape.
The entire premises of the Plymouth
Brethren, at Wuchen, China, have been
destroyed hy a Chinese mob. Homo
Chinese boys in the streets Insulted a
missionary, and he reproved them.
They complained to their parents, who,
by starting the old story of child steal
ing and killing, raised a mob and at
tacked the five women and twelve mis
sionaries In a house. The missionaries
gathered in a school room and barred
the doors, escaping later to another
house, where the mob failed to find
. tbem. The mob then returned to the
house and destroyed every vestige of
property. The crowd then turned Its
attention to the Roman Catholic, mis
sion, but by this time the officials had
been notified and sent soldiers to pre
vent further damage. The Plymouth
Brethren missionaries escaped In boats
that night and next day the local man
darins sent a squad of soldiers to pro
tect them. They saved nothing but
the clothes they were wearing.
' irmifEB THBATBE BUBBED.
Audience Becomes Panie Itriokea and Hund
reds are ieriouilT Injured.
The Casino summer theater at Ra
mon Park, at Paducah, Ky was
burned Friday night. A performance
waa being given to about 600 people
' when the fire broke out from a fire
works display on tbe stage.
Tllll TELSOBAM,
lowl May, the well-known Hebrew
hanker of New York, was burled Bun
day. A clause of the tariff bill prohibit the
placing of pictures In cigarette packa
ge. J sine Boyd and wife were drowned
while crossing a creek In a wagon at
Lick Run near Pittsburg, a few days
ago.
MaJ. Samuel F. Canny, of Wilming
ton, Del., suicided at Vancouver, H. C,
by Jumping off a steamer the other
day. ,
A boat containing 45 employees of the
Hamburg (Germany) engine works
capsized In the river Elbe. Six wero
drowned.
The Jctilson Park hotel at Holland,
Mich., burned Saturday night. About
loo summer boarders were In the house.
All escaped safely.
(ten. Lnfnyotto Mcf.aws, the oldest
confederate major-general, but one,
was burled a few day ago at Savannnh
with military honors.
Millionaire John A. Crelghton, of
Omaha, Neb., was robbed of $1,000 In
money nnd Jewels and probably fatal
ly beaten by highwaymen.
The tidal wheat crop of Oregon will
amount to IR.000,000 bushels, the larg
est In the slate history. Tbe wheat ap
pear to be of excellent quality.
Thoma Itenberger and Wllllnm But
ler were drowned In the Mississippi
river about twelve miles soulhenst of
Wabash, Ind., when seining for tlsh.
Striking salmon fishermen on the
Columbia liver, Oregon, destroyed
1 175,000 worth of netting and traps, be
cause a reduction In their wages waa
ordered.
One hundred and twenty persons, In
cluding the captain, are said to have
drowned by the sinking of the Chlneso
vessel Sli Man (Ian, bound from Singa
pore to Malacca.
The Newark gt New Jersey Telephone
Company, a competitor of the Hell con
cern, I said to have been purchased by
I'nlted States Scnntor Smith and four
others, who are said to have subscribed
$150,000 each.
Justice Truax In the New York su
preme court has dismissed the writ
of habeas rorpu obtained for Thorn,
tho alleged murderer of Ouldenstippc.
He also denied tho motion to admit
Thorn to ball.
Itev. Oeorgo C. Needham, of Living
stone, N. J., In hi sermon Sunday
quoted paaangc of scripture In sup
port of his contention that there are no
female angels In heaven, all being of
the masculine gender.
At Chicago Captain Porter, of the
l'nlted States secret service, arrested
V. J. Traven, n Frenchman, who was,
according to Cnptnln Porter, about to
make counterfeit money In tho ahnpe
of labels for a Cubnn planter.
It Is stnted that Hen. Maximo Homes,
the leader of the Cuban Insurgents, has
renlllrmed his determination not to ac
cept ft compromise with the government
but to adhere to hi demand for the
absolute Independence of Cuba.
E. H. Sothern, the actor, his wife and
ft lady friend nnrrowly escaped drown
ing while bathing nt Lawrence. L. I.,
a few days ago. The party was res
cued by John Itaynor, who received a
check for $500 as a token of gratitude.
Another lynching was enacted In
Alabama a few days ago. A mob of In
furiated citizens of Coosa county shot
to death James Daniel, a burly negro,
who had attempted an assault on Mrs.
John linker, the wife of a white farmer
living near Hoodwater.
The It. Rothschilds' Son Co., dealers
In bar fixtures and furniture at 519
Hrondway. N. Y., assigned to Benja
min F. Cohn, without preference. Lia
bilities, $150,000; assets, 1100,000. The
company has It principal ottlce In Cin
cinnati, where It waa Incorporated.
Morris Tlemnn, a Hebrew baker of
Philadelphia waa fined 120 and costs by
Magistrate Luknns for having violated
tho section of the baker shop Inspec
tion act, which prohibit tho baking of
bread on Kundny. This Is the first
punishment meted out In this city for
the violation of the new law,
A big British flag which hung across
Cleveland street, Brooklyn, was found
a few days ego to have been torn and
cut In pieces, besides being bespattered
with mud. On tho rope which held it
was also an American flag, which .had
not been touched.
Two lovers, Patrick Sullivan, and his
cousin, Annie Sullivan, committed sui
cide at West Chester, New York, Sun
day, Their proposed marriage was 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.
An employe of the Lake Shore boiler
shops at Buffalo when cleaning the
ashes out of a pit where boiler plate Is
heated tho other day, found In the bot
tom of the pit, under two feet of ashes,
15 60-caliber cartridges, one 150-callber
cartridge, nearly six Inches long, and a
bomb filled with dynamite and powder.
The workmen took the places of strik
ers recently.
Robert Burns, who discovered at Rl
verhead, N. Y what appeared to have
been a bold attempt to wreck a Long
Island Railroad train Thursday even
ing, was arrested by a detective and
charged with putting the rail there
himself. He admitted his guilt, giving
aa reason for the act that he wanted a
reward,
John Phelpa, aged 28 years, a clerk,
and his wife, aged 17, were Instantly
killed by a train on the West Shore
railroad at Utlca, N. Y., Sunday night.
Thaw tun pn innn t"llir.M,iT kafnra , li a
train struck them, and It Is thought the
man Intended to cause the death of his
wife and himself. He had been heard
to threaten her.
The Princess dowager of China has
confined Prince Teal 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 shrlrie 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.
Three Detroit young men were drown
ed the other day by the capsizing of a
rowboat oft Sugar Island, near the
mouth of Detroit river. The drowned
are William W. Shier, Frank E. Rus
sell. Jr., and Edwin Stubensky. Young
Russell's father and brother, who were
also in the boat which upset, escaped.
A sensational story was published In
Chicago recently, to the effect that all
of the big trusts of the country are to
pool issues and form a combination
whose combined capital will be not less
than 11,000,000,000. The Standard Oil
Company Is at the head of the scheme,
The bulletin of the American Iron
and steel association In its Issue of this
week says that the total production of
pig Iron In the United State in the first
half of 1807 was 4,403,476 gross tons. As
compared with the first half of 18f6
there was a decrease in the first half
of 1897 of (71,760 tons, but as compared
with the second half of 1886 there waa
an Increase of 766,585 tons.
1H MEASURE BECOMES 1 11.
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT.
Fattad the Senate by vote of 40 to SO.-Con
greis Adjourned.
The Dlngley tariff bill, which had
been revised In conference by repre
sentation of tho house and senate, and
which had been passed In tho house,
was favorably acted upon In the sen
ate Saturday.
A messenger In waiting took the doc
ument, representing visible asset es
timated at $270,onn,noO a year, and con
veyed It to the White House. Fifty
seven minute after the Senate hnd
passed the bill President McKlnley
signed It, ninking It ft law.
This Is.the vote In the Senate:
Yeas Aldiich, Allison, linker, Bur
rows, ( niter, (inrk. Davis, Deboe, Ill
kins, Fairbanks. Fornker, Frye, (lal
llnger. (lenr, Hale, llnnsbroiigh, Hnw
ley. Hoar, Jones (Nov.), Lodge, Mc
I'rlde. McKnery, Mc.Mllliin, Mnaon,
Morrill, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, lintt
(Conn. I, lintt (N. Y.). I'litchard, Proc
tor, (juny, Sewell, Hllotlp, Hpooner,
Stewart, Thurston, Wnrren, Wctinore
40.
Nays Bacon. Bute, Berry, Cnffrey,
Chilton, (iny, Cockrell, Daniel, Faulk
ner, Horman, Harris. Jones (Ark.),
Llndsny, Mnllory, Martin, Mill, Mit
chell, Morgan, Murphy, Pasco, Pettns,
Hunch, Smith, Tillinnn, Tuiiey, Turner,
Turpi, Vest, Walthall and White 30.
The announcement of the result was
greeted with enthusiastic applause by
the crowded chamber. This closed the
great labor for which the Forty-fifth
Congress assembled In extraordinary
session, and after stubborn resistance,
nt times threatening a deadlock, the
Senate concurred with the House In a
resolution for the flnnl 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 tho House
Just before adjournment. It also failed
to pas the Harris resolution directing
the President to suspend negotiations
with the Cnlon Pnollle Railroad He-
organisation Syndicate for the sale of
the 1'nlon Pacific Railroad, which plan
Is pronounced by some Senator to he
tho biggest Job of recent Congressional
history.
Congress did not devote Its attention
entirely to the tariff, though It did sub
ordinate everything else to this one
measure. The four appropriation bill
which failed on March 4 last In them
selves would have compelled president
McKlnley to call congress In extra ses
sion even If the necessity for ft revision
or toe tariff hnd not existed. Those
appropriation bill were tho sundry
civil, the agricultural, the Indian nnd
tbe general deficiency. These bills
were Introduced and passed 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 ft pro
vision accepting the Invitation to take
part In the Paris exposition In 1000, and
appropriated 125.000 to defray prelim
inary expense, and appropriated $150,
ooo for a new Immigrant station at
New York to replace tho one destroyed
by tire.
By far the most Important piece of
new legislation In tho bill, however,
was that limiting the cost of armor
plnte for the three new battleships to
tlioo per ton. In ense the secretnry of
the navy should find It Impossible to
inaKo contracts for armor within the
price fixed he waa authorized hy his
provision to take steps to establish a
government armor factory of siiflkient
capacity to make the armor. In exe
cuting this authority ho must prepare
a description and plans nnd specifica
tions or the Innn, buildings and ma
chinery suitable for tho factory, adver
tise ror proposals and report to con
gress at Its next session.
No Armor for Battleihips.
The Carnegie and Bethlehem Com
panies have again declined to make
the armor plate for the battleships Il
linois, Wisconsin and Alabama for
$.'100 per ton, tho price fixed by con
gress, Hew Tariff Bevenae.
William B. Howell, Assistant Secre
tary of tho 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,
1808, 1180,000,000, and for the year fol
lowing from $200,000,000 to 1220,000,000
according to the conditions of general
business.
In the estimates for tho current year
the receipts under the existing law, be
tween July 1 and tho date of the pas
sage of the new law, are Includod.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Oov, ringreo wired a message to Pre
sklent McKlnley protesting against the
Dlngley bill.
Drs. J. F. Michael, J. A. Graham and
W. W, Bhowalter have been appointed
pension examining surgeons at King
wood, Wfl Va.
Oold to tbe amount of $100,000 was
withdrawn from the united States sub
treasury at New York Wednesday for
shipment to lanaaa.
' The first minister ever accredited to
the United States from Bolivia has ar
rived. He Is Louis Pas, a well-built,
line looking man of 43 years.
Before adjourning the senate confirm
ed the following nominations: Rear
Admiral John Q. Walker, U. 8. N., Capt
O. 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.
Exploiton Kills six.
Four women and two men were killed
Wednesday by an explosion in the
loading department at the armory of
the Winchester Repeating Arms com
Dany at New Haven, Conn. Two men
were also fatally Injured and at least
a dozen seriously.
Poor People suffer.
The failure of Theodore H. Bchlnts,
real estate speculator and private
banker of Chicago, is taking on a
more serious aspect. It Is now est!
mated that his liabilities will reach
$15,000. What makes the assignment
more distressing is that $200,000 repre
sents money obtained from Germans
and Bohemians in poor circumstances,
who Placed their savings with him on
deposit. Bchlnts kept books In bis
head. . .
i
THE WEEK IN TRADE.
Keeelptf of Oold From Alteks Hey Prove
Benllelal to Baelseee,
R. Q. Dun Co.' weekly review of
trade says:
The end of uncertainty regnrdlng
duties on Import give 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, rellect assurance of heavy crop.
Tho remarkable rise In wheat, notwith
standing that assurance Is based on
heavy buying for export and belief that
foreign demnnds will be large. To these
must bo added another element of con
fidence scarcely observed a week ago.
The heavy Increase In receipts of gold,
whether from one side of tho Alaska
border or the other, swells deposits at
the mini nnd 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 wnnt of fuel, but
negotiation for settlement are still
pushed with hope.
i ne wiieat market Is the sensntlon of
he month. Since July 2 the mice has
risen 12 cents by Wednesday, when a
reaction of 4 cents was not surprising,
but the close was 6-8 cent higher for
the w'T'ek. It I nolnble that this rise
cnino In the face of highly encournglng
crop news, which Is not disputed, and
had for support nothing but foreign
condition and demand. Actual buy
ing for export has at times been heavy,
and binding of enrgoe here nnd In
California for countries which usunlly
contribute to European supplies great
ly strengthens the Impression produced
by continental reports that there Is
speculative handling behind Ihe great
advance Is evident, nnd the buying for
export ha not yet resulted In Atlantic
exports quite n large a lost July to
date, 4,632,440 bushels. Hour Included,
against 4,901,776 bushels Inst year.
Western receipts, 5.252.271 bushels In
July, against 10,275.257 bushels Inst
year, Indicate concerted delny of ship
ment, which, however, rarely with
stand the Influence of a substantial
rise. Corn exports are still heavy, 6.-
635.305 bushels In July, against 2,421,809
bushel last year, which perhaps re
flect more certainly than the wheat
movement tho actual conditions
abroad.
The Illinois company has sold basic.
steel for export to (lermany, a New
York sale of hoop for export to Man
chester Is announced, and additional
order for Pennsylvania Iron bars to
England. Bessemer pig Is a shade
lower, with other quotations unchanged
but the demnnd for plates, sheets, pipe
and structural work Is growing. Minor
metnls are In better demnnd, tin at
$13 95 and lend at $3 15, and copper Is
sustained at $11 12'4 for Inke-exports,
though the Juno production was 19,633
tons, and that of the half year 108,051
tons. There In a general advance In
boots nnd shoes averaging about 1V4 per
cent, with a larger demand, as dealers
lose hope of lower prices; but leather
is unchanged, and lilies at Chicago
average 1 per cent, lower.
Failure for the week have been 227
In the Culled States, against 2KI Inst
year, and 28 In Canada, against 29 last
year.
YALE MAY LOBE A FORTUNE.
Litigation Begun to Deprive tho Univenlty
of s V7oo,ooo Beqneit.
The beginning of a litigation In which
Yale I'nlverslty Is Interested to the ex
tent of $750,000 was marked In the sur
rogate' court In Hntnvla tho other
day when objections wero filed to the
probate over the will of Wm. Lnmpson,
lute of Leroy, Oenesee county, who left
the bulk of his estate to Yale. The
chief contestant Is Mrs. Laura Brooke,
of Ht. Paul, tho 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
tho reason that the snld alleged cor
poration I a literary or scientific Insti
tution, and the snld bequest is con
tinued In an alleged will executed less
than two months prior to decease of
tho said Wllllnm Lampson, contrary to
the statute governing such bequests."
It Is also asserted that the Yale be
quests are of no effect because they
exceed the amount which such cor
porations are authorized to take and
receive by Inst will and testament of
the laws of the state from any one in
dividual,"
Took Logan's Place.
George Lang, who declared he could
stand on a pedestal at Chicago as well
as General Lognn, even If he were not
a hero, was sentenced to the Bridewell
for 23 days. Lang climbed to the Lo
gan monument, took off 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.
A Osmbler Held Op.
Two poorly dressed men, with dys
peptic faces and large revolvers, at
Chicago, held up Gambler Billy Vogel
sang and the seven-handed game of
draw poker which he was conducting
a few days ago. They looted a cigar
box of $200 and stole MO more out of the
proprietor's pocket. The two men then
backed down the stairs and Into a
crowd In the street, whllo tho proprie
tor thrust his head through a plate
glass window and shouted "Are" and
"police," and a small boy turned In a
fire alarm. In the midst of the excite
ment which Vogelsang's shouts and
the arrival of the fire department
caused the two robbers escaped.
Trsmpi Bun a Train.
A St. Paul & Omaha freight train,
hound from Omaha to Sioux City, waa
held up the other day at Tekomah,
Neb., by 0 or 60 tramps. The men were
determined to ride and the force of
marshals and trainmen was too small
to oope with them. The Omaha road
wants men In Its gravel pit at Emer
son, but was unable to obtain one out
of all the tramps who are traveling
over the road.
Cotton Fricee 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.
Watermelon for the Freeident
The largest watermelon grown In
the South this season was shipped from
Atlanta, Ga., for Washington, where it
will be presented to President McKtn
ley at the White House. The melon
was grown in Georgia, weight 78
pounds and took the prise of $25 offered
by W. H. Mitchell, Southern agent of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in a
contest participated In by the planters
of all melon-growing States. The mon
ster melon Is shipped In a golden ham'
per, adorned with flags.
GREftT LU WITH IHE MIXERS.
DEBS ON THE FIELD.
The Number ef Striking- Miner! Ineretiet,
and the End le Not Yet la light.
F.ugene V. Deb addressed 400 miners
at Watson, Wi Va., Wednesday night,
among them being tho 800 who march
ed from Monongah. The 100 men from
tho New Kngland mine who attended
say they expect to lose their Job, as
they were warned by a superintendent
that tho company would employ no
men who attended the meeting.
Debs' speech was full of socialism.
He described hi Ctopla scheme. He
said of the refusal of the mayor of
Pocahontas to let J. It. Sovereign, gen
eral mnster workman of the Knight
of Labor, to hold a meeting there:
"If It Is true, wo are no better In the
Ctilt -d States than In Russia. Free
speech Is defiled In West Virginia; so
It Is In Russia. It shows the despera
tion on the part of tho operators. If
like other scheme of tho money power,
The end Is near. It Is cupidity, and
cupidity commits suicide. They enn
force us down now, but It Is like dnm
mliig a stream. You can build the dam
higher and higher, but finally the dam
miiHt break. Pent-up power will some
doy d 'stroy."
Kilgene V. Debs, whoso work wn ex
pected to bring the miner of the Fair
mont District. W. Va., out on a strike,
snld thnt he hnd hopes of success. "This
Is tho first place I ever went where tho
miners would not turn out to hear me
talk, and my work will not have much
effect if they do not hear my argu
ents." He also said "If we lose this
strike I will never enter another."
These facts have onooluragod the oper
ators greatly, and they now claim that
the tide will flow steadily from them
Instead of against them.
J. R. Sovereign, president of the
Knights of Labor returned from Po
cahontas, Va., where he spoke 10 min
utes to miners when the mayor by pro
clamation, stopped "all public meet
ings or assemblages of more than three
persons In any public place within tbe
corporation limits," alleging that such
meetings were Inlmlcnl to the public
pence. President Rntchford copied tho
proclamation for future use.
Since the national strike of coal
miners waa Inaugurated on July 3 last
the ranks of the strikers have In
creased from 80,0(10 to 140,000, Recording
to the estimate of National President
M. D. Rntchford sent to the mining of
ficial. The Pittsburg district ha neither In
creased nor gained any since the strike
began 18 dnya ago. About 20.000 min
ers are Idle. Nearly 3,000, Including
the New York anil Cleveland men and
nil the miners In Westmoreland coun
ty, exclusive of those employed at the
coke works, are still working, and have
been all summer. In the other bitumin
ous fields in Pennsylvania there are In
the neighborhood of 15,000 miners pro
ducing coal.
In Ohio the tie-up Is practically com
plete. That State I the stronghold of
the Cnlted Mine Worker. The morn
ing tho strike order became effective
25,000 of the 28,000 miners In Ohio quit
work. It was but a few days until tho
other 3,000 came out and none of them
hnve returned to the pits since:
Illinois furnished 14,000 strikers nut
of 38,000 on tho first day of the sus
pension, and President Rntchford
claims that 16.000 men have followed
the leaders' example In the fight. This
leave 8,000 miners In the southern part
of the State who refuse to Join the
strike.
No accurate figures can he obtained
for West Virginia. One dny the min
ers are out there and the next dny they
nre bnck at work. Not more than 6,
000 of the 25,000 diggers are actually
striking, however. President Hatch
ford claims between 10,000 and 15,000
strikers In the Mountain State, but
conservative estlinntes place hi fig
ure high. The small districts In the
South and Western State go to make
up tho other forty odd thousand strik
er.
Indiana has only about 9.000 bitum
inous miners and ull of them are strik
ing. Died Pennileei.
Everyone will bo surprised to learn
that Mrs. Harriet Reeoher 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 Mr. Harriet Beecher
Stowe, but It Is not a question of monu
ments; It Is a question of bread and
butter for her children. The daugh
ters of Mrs. Stowe have themselves
made no appeal for aid. They are Ig
norant of the fart that others are
making such an appeal in their behalf.
Hie Speech Beturni.
In a friendly boxing bout at Van
Meter, la., Sam Pyers dealt Tom
Prasstleld ,a deaf mute, so violent a
blow under the ear that the latter In
stantly recovered his hearing and the
power of speech. Brassfleld was for
merly a resident of Sioux City. Last
November he undertook to ride a buck
ing horse. The animal Jnrred the rider
so seriously that when he dismounted
he first bled freely from his nose,
mouth and ears and then lost both his
speech and hearing. Though he suf
fered from pains In the head, he waa In
tolerably good health, and a few days
ago put on the gloves with Pyers for a
little exerqlse.
FB0K ACB08S THE IEA.
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 Alexander of Servla
with 40.000 Berdan rifles and 25,000,0u0
cartridges.
Tho Hawaiian government has given
notice that no foreign-built vessels will
be admitted to Hawaii pending action
on the treaty. Similar notice was given
in January, 1893, when annexation waa
first proposed.
Miss Jean Ingelow, of London, the
well-known poet and novelist, atea
Tuesday at Kensington. Miss Ingelow
was born at Boston, Lincolnshire, In
1820. She wrote several volumes of
poetry and among her pros works may
bo mentioned "A Story of Doom."
"Stories told to a Child," "Mopsa, the
Fairy," "Fated to be Free," and "Off
the Skelllngs."
The From, the vessel on which Dr.
Nansen's last polar expedition was
made, will next year explore the west
ern coast of ureemanu. i ne (ram win
be under command of Captain ever'
drup. who sailed with Dr. Hansen as
navigator.
FLOOD AT YOUNCSTOWN.
Clondbnret forms Gorge, Driving Btany
reopit rrom tnetr Homes,
Crab creek valley, at Youngstown,
O., presents a scene of desolation.
Many families were left destitute by
Thursday night' flood and their little
home were either wrecked or dam
aged. The cause of the flood from the
cloudburst was a gorge at the Erie
railroad bridge, where Crab creek find
an outlet. Several pile had been driv
en into the bed of the creek at the
bridge where an arch waterway wn
being built. Debris caught among t
piles and quickly formed a nolld reta
Ing wall. The water spread out Into a
Inke and flooded the whole bottom, back
ror two or three mile. A soon a
possible tho gorge was cut away. The
head of many of these famillea In the
flooded district had long been nut of
work and the little fond they had col
lected In the way of canned fruits, etc.?
for winter waa destroyed. The fam
ilies who suffered most were those of
Michael Collins and Thomas CnnnefT.
The former saved his wife ftnd nine
children by the boats, but lost every-
tning else, pis house Moating off It
founilntlons. The Cnnneff family'
household goods, Including ft piano,
were ruined, and their barn and all It
content flonted off Just after two men
had taken the horse out.
Carl Miiyi-S, ft young mnn who wa
killed by lightning, wn calling on the
young lady to whom he waa engnged to
be married soon. He was sitting with
his head resting against the wall and
his hand In one of the lady', which
wa lightly resting against her side.
Tho lightning passed down the wall,
struck Mayer In tho back of the head.
passed down his back and around to
his heart. It branched oft and ran
down hla arm to the lady's hand and
then ran nround her wrist, leaving a
bright red mark on both through It
course. Mayer died In nbout a minute,
lint his sweetheart regained conscious
ness and Is now out of danger.
THREE DROWNED.
Want of judgment Beenlt In the Upsetting
of Skiff star icnlo.
A terrible drowning accident occur
red at Shelton's Grove, a pleasure re
sort ten miles below Salem, O., on
Tuesday morning. The Friends were
holding their annual picnic at that
place, and among the chler pleasure
of the resort I the Inke. When a skiff
started out occupied by Messrs Isaao
Master and Seward Cope, of Winona,
and Miss Josle and Mary Phillips, of
Salem, their parent remonstrated.
However, tho start was made, and
when half way down the stream the)
young men attempted to change seat
In the bont. The little croft was up
set. None of the young people knew
how to swim, and the two Phillips girls,
aged 20 and 16 years, to-gcther with
Isaac Masters, wero all drowned.
Young Cope managed to reach the
shore. The bodies of all three were re
covered latfr.
A DABINO SPECULATOR.
Increaeee His Capital C2.000.000 in Two)
Honthe by Dealing in lager.
Jnme R. Keene, of New York, Is In
the saddle again, nnd Wall street ha
found It out. On the floor of the ex
change and In every broker's office this
brilliant, daring man was credited with
having so conducted the recent dash
ing campaign In Sugar that he has In
creased his wealth by fully $2,000,000.
He reappears, thorefore. In the front
rank of American financiers, from
which adversity temporarily crowded
him. The 35,000 shares upon which Mr.
Keene realized at top notch netted him
a profit of $700,000. The same line of
operation In other stocks have, during
the past two months, gained for him
$700,000 more. Wall street estimates
his profits on two months' operations
at more than $2,000,000, of which Sugar
has contributed fully one-hnlf.
Diamond Smuggler! Arreited.
Two nrresta and seizures were made
recently by the United States customs
officials of passengers on the Ameri
can line steamship Paris. Officer Don
ohue arrested C. M. Hlnderberg, sec
ond cabin passenger. Hlnderberg Is a
Dresden Jeweler. Package of dia
mond, rings, brooches, opals and rich
necklaces were found In his pockets,
Donohue estimate the goods to be
worth $15,000. J. W. Hall, a respectable
looking man, who said he lived In Wor
cester, Mass., was arrested by another
customs officer. He had two diamond
rings, a breastpin and a diamond stud.
The total value was said to be about
$200. :
Nine lailori Drowned.
Nine members of the crew of the
Belgian steamer Concha were drowned
in consequence of the collision of the
vessel on Monday off the Isle of Wight
with the British steamer St. Fllllans.
The Concha, which was from Mediter
ranean ports and bound up the chan
nel, was sunk, while the St. Fllllans'
bows were badly damaged. The lout
named craft, which was bound from
Rotterdam for New York, brought
even of the Concha's crew to this port.
Seniitive to Noiee.
James O'Donnell, who lives the life of
a recluse, at Chicago, shot Into a crowd
of small boys who were playing ball
near his home Sunday. Thomas Good,
aged 12, and Frank Spears, aged 8, col
ored, were badly wounded. Spears will
probahly die. As soon as the shooting
became known an angry mob of neigh
bors surrounded O'Donnell's home,
where he had hidden. The timely ar
rival of a patrol wagon saved his life,
but by a narrow margin, aa the mob
surrounded the wagon and the officers
were forced to fight to protect their
prisoner. O'Donnell said the boys an
noyed him by their noise.
hermta Key Bssiga.
Washington, July 25. A report, the
circulation of which Is apparently In
spired by the belief that prevails In di
plomatic official circles that Secretary
Sherman may not much longer remain
at the head of the State Department, la
that Whltelaw Reid. editor of the New
York Tribune and Special Ambassador
to the Queen's Jubilee, will succeed to
the portfolio of that department. No
official confirmation of the report Is to
be obtained.
Killed la an Exploeion.
A dreadful explosion occurred a few
days ago on the steamer Nutmeg State
of the Bridgeport Steamboat Com
pany's line, while she was lying at her
slip in Bridgeport, Conn. As a result
four men are dead, three others are
thought to be fatally Injured and a
number more are In a serious condi
tion. The steamer wa damaged about
$1,000. The dead are: Patrick Moran.
killed Instantly; Jerry Connors, died
while being taken to the hospital; Jer
ry O'Connell, died at the hospital; un
known man, found dead la bold.
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