1 YELLOW FEVER KOI RB1T1N6.
SOME NEW CASES.
Bed Clothing Belonging to th Pttltnti Born
ed In th Street!.
Sunday was the quietest of the week
In New Orleans, and the fever sltua
tlon, In spite of the appcaranoo of a
rather large number of new panes may
be said to havo much Improved. Fif
teen cases were recorded on the book
of the board of health, but there was
no death. The authorities received re
ports from nearly every patient that Is
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 ns be
ing rapidly on the mend, and a number
ot them will be discharged during the
week. One of the most dangerous cases
was discharged a few dnys ngo. It was
In the neighborhood nf the French mar
ket, where the conditions were consid
ered to be such ns to warrant fear that
the disease would spread.
Tho new cases are. ns usual, scat
tered. The nvml prominent among
them are Mr. Mcl lardy, a wealthy In
surance man, and Sirs. 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 he
doing well. A number of children are
among the new cases.
I'rof. Metis has a large number of
fr,rmnld"hyde generators now at work.
Sunday he burned In tho street tho bod
clothing and other articles In the
house where the "mon Serrcs, a yellow
fever patient, died, the clothing first
having been subjected to formaldehyde
disinfection. Pome discomfort nnd loss
nro being suffered by the poorer class
es whose effects have to be burned, but
Prof. Metx snld that ho 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 Oftleer
Pwearlngen 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, nnd the boy hnd
died at an early hour In the morning.
Many people are led to think that the
mall service Js bringing the fever Into
the State, and Governor Culhorson will
be asked to entirely cut off all the train
servlca of any kind between Louisiana
Texas, Beaumont from now on will be
closely surrounded.
POWDERLYS STAND.
Outcaiti and AnarchiiU Will Hot Find a
Eefuge in America.
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 Ptates could af
ford a refuge to the people of the world,
but It was before the oncomcrs 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 nil 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 the real
cause of their dissatisfaction."
The letter complains of the laxity In
the present naturalisation laws and
suggests that stricter measures be
adopted,
IRRIGATION SCHEME.
Wateri of the HieiiMippl to be Diverted by a
Canal 1700 Hilei in Length.
Ex-Lieut. Gov. Ferny Daniels of To
J'fka, Kans., has a gigantic plan to pre
sent to the Irrigation congress, which
Is soon to be held In Nebroskn and to
which he is a delegate. Mr. Daniels
proposes to tap the Missouri river at
Its Junction with the Milk river, in Mon
tana, and turn its waters Into a canal
that will empty Into the Red river of
Texas. The length of the canal by an
air line would be 1,000 miles, but tho
1 length of the meandering in conformity
with Intercepting water courses would
be 1,700 miles. The cost would be $360,
000,000. The average width is to be 160
fett and the depth 15.
Mr. Daniels estimates that with a
fall of four inches to the mile the ca
pacity of the channel In a current of
one mile an hour would be 146.000 cubic
feet of water per second. Thus the
canal besides being used for irrigation
through Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado,
1 Oklahoma and Arkansas, would be able
to take care of the surplus water which
might otherwise cause disastrous floods
on the Mississippi. He behoves 'the
canal could also be used as a water
way for hauling freight In competition
with the railways.
Aeoording to Chinese Law,
The steamer Empress of China,
which has arrived mm the Orient,
brings news of the shocking Instance
of the strict enforcement of law in
China. Patricide is the most severely
punished crime in the Chinese law,
w hlch prescribes death by "slicing," a
long-drawn out torture, for one who
even by accident kills hlB 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 ot Shanghai and the members
of the diplomatic corps were horror
stricken at the sentence, but did not
(tare to interfere.
In his last weekly report of the Ma
rine hospital concerning health condi
tions at Santiago de Cuba, United
States sanitary Inspector Cominero
ays: "Yellow fever is slowly increas
ing, and the cases now under treatment
generally take a malignant form, end
ing In death. Dropsy from anemia is
' 'Very common just now, as food is
carco and high in price, and almost
beyond the means of the poorer classes.
.Over 2,000 people live on a 6-cent dinner
'fare provided by charity kitchens and
beggars are as thick In the streets ai
the falling leaves are In the woods."
. England Will Kot Participate.
- A decided sensation has been caused
In diplomatic circles in London by
' Great Britain's notification .to the
United States that she cannot partici
pate in the sealing conference at
Washington If Russia and Japan take
rurt in It. The officials of the British
orelgn Office refuse to give reasons
for this changs of policy, but admit
1 it the Marquis of Salisbury had no-
d the United States Ambassador,
C .-! John Kay,
TERSE TELEGRAMS.
There are two lepers In Walsh coun
ty, North Dakota, both Swedes.
Earthquake shocks were felt Satur
day In Bangor, Me., and several sur
rounding towns.
Two Londoners representing a com
pany with $5,000,000 capital to operate
in Klondyke arrived In New York Sat
urday. All the business houses In Alton, I. T.,
were destroyed by fire, besides 15 cars
of wheat on the 'Frisco siding a few
days ago. Loss $75,000.
The next annual meeting of the
American Poultry .tsoclatlon will be
held In Boston January, 1898. The Vote
resulted 31 to 22 against Chicago.
John Myers, a convict at Trenton, N.
J., placed a. dummy made ol dough and
covered with tissue paper In his cell,
and escaped, but was recaptured.
Robbers entered the residence of the
Rev. Father O'Dwyer, of the church of
the Sacred Heort. at Kansns City, the
other day, and secured booty worth
$175.
Tho Versailles (Ind.) grand Jury fail
ed to Indict any one for the lynching of
five men nt 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
electrlo line.
Ex-Queen of Hawaii Lllluokalanl left
Pnn Francisco Sunday evening for
Washington to get ready to resume her
light against annexation as soon as
Congress assembles.
W. F. Kasson, of Austin, la., serving
10 months In the county Jnll at Pnn
Francisco, is one of two heirs to a for
tune of $500,000 left by his uncle, James
Kn.ixln, who died Inst week.
Miss Susan de Forest Day, owner of
the steam yacht Scythian, has had tho
cabin boy of the vessel Rrrested,
at New York, charged with steal
ing $6,000 worth of diamonds.
The Snn Pedro silver mine, In the
Corralltos group, 12 miles from El
Paso, in Mexico, caved in the other
day, killing 17 men. They were buried
under 30 feet of rock and dirt.
W. I. Meeker, of Kansas City, has
sued the Western Union Telegraph
Company for $2,000 damages for trans
mitting an alleged insulting message to
him from J. L. Jordan at Kancy, Kan.
Charles Schlelsslnger, aged 4 years,
died the other day at Lorain, O., after
fcur weeks of terrible suffering. A
leregr boy, as a Joke, gave him a piece
of candy soaked in lye to eat, telling
him It was good.
The notorious Staffleback house at
Galena, Kas., was burned by a mob,
nnd every vestige of the old structure
where murders and crimes of the most
diabolical nature were committed was
destroyed.
Joseph M. Hardy and Henry O. Hale,
two of the three kidnapers of little John
Conway at Albany, N. Y., some weeks
ngo, were each sentenced by County
Judge Gregory to 14" years and 4 months
In State prison.
An attachment suit for $r41,000 was
begun in the Superlor'Court Wednes
day at Chicago against Elmer and Jay
DwiggiiB and James It. Wlllnrd At
Co, The defendants are the New York
stock brokers who failed about a week
ago.
Edward Riley, of Providence,. R. I.,
gilded a large, lump of coal, labeled "$9
000 gold nugget from Klondike," and
put It In his show window. A man
smashed In the window, stole the "nug
get," and escaped.
C. L. Addlngton, who 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 tho message was
read to htm he wept like a child.
The Ontario cabinet Wednesday
adopted a regulation prohibiting em
ployment of any person not a resident
of Canada in any capacity In lumber
ing operations, except manager, head
bookkeeper and one esttmater or ex
plorer for such operation.
John Stanley, an aged farmer, was
working in the field at Madison, Ind.,
having left his wife, aged 65 years, at
home, to take her usual nap. When he
returned he found the home burned to
the ground and his wife's remains a
few feet from the house, burned to a
crisp.
The Canadian expedition to find a
I navigable route through Hudson bay
I for grain-laden ships, after protracted
investigation, reports unfavorably up
on the commercial value of Hudson bay
as a steamship route, owing to fogs,
shoals, Icebergs, want of light houses
and the country being bleak and bar
ren, with no communication to civilised
A block of tenement houses In Brook
lyn Eastern Park, the grounds of the
.rooklyn National League Baseball
Club, burned Tuesday morning. The
loss Is $20,000; insurance partial. The
200 tenants were panlck-strlrken and
fled in their night-clothes, Jacob Levy,
a 4-yeariold boy, is thought to have
been burned to death.
There was a dangerous fire Sunday
afternoon in Bellchaven, Conn., where
a number of New York millionaires
have summer homes. A number of mil
lionaires, encouraged by their wives
and daughters, did good work in pre
venting the fire from spreading. As a
result of their work it is thought they
will band together In a volunteer lira"
crmpany.
. Three tramps held up a Great North
ern cattle train at daylight last Monday
near Smith Lake, Minn. They made
their way to the caboose, where they
robbed the several catUqmen. Two of
the robbers succeeded in Jumping from
the train, while the thirl was cornered
nnd arrested. He gave, his name as
Fisher.
The failure of Fuller & Wilson was
announced In Wall street a few days
ago. It is .said in bullion circles to
have been due to the recent rally In the
London price of bar silver, which found
the firm short contracts for September
delivery. The firm has the rest of the
month in which to cover, but its re
sumption is considered doubtful. No
statement may be expected.
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 still under advisement.
Richard Smith was the only one spar
ed. After frauds had been discovered
in the water works department and
other city offices, even that of the city
auditor, the taxpayers' association pre
ferred charges of neglect of duty
against the supervisors and the mayor
sustained the charges and appointed a
new board, against which the removed
members secured an Injunction.
From 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 tha
docks clear. That would be unprece
dented. Last year the stocks In the
spring amounted to 1,000,000 tons.
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 betm
.made by all concerned, It Is probable
th consolidation will be effected.
an HIT BY IN ATKLHNCHE
EIGHTEEN MEN DEAD.
Landslide on the Ohlleoot Pan Wipes Ont
Camp of Oold Hunters.
The Pioneer, which arrived at Tort
Townsend, Wash., the other day, brings
a report of a landslide which occurred
near Sheep Camp, on the Chllcoot pass,
last Sunday morning, In which 18 men
are said 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 prise
lighter. The men supposed to have
been lost were packers on the Dyea
trail. The officers of the Pioneer say
that the story 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
tho avnlnnche as consisting of rocks,
lee and dirt which hod been loosened
by the recent unprecedented hard rain
which hss been falling almost continu
ously for the past month.
The men who bring the story say that
at 6.30 in the morning a peculiar sound
was heard, and before the residents of
the camp could fully dress they found
themselves rapidly borne down the
canyon on a mass of moving debris
from the mountain side. A majority
of the residents of Sheep Camp escaped
although nearly the entire village was
destroyed. Tho slide struck the town
on tho northern part, where nearly all
the packers were quartered In tents
nnd asleep. The main part of the slide
from the mountains missed Pheep
Camp proper, although from the report
very llttlo of tho 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 Sknguay river
have been washed out and the river Is
a raging torrent.
Winter has begun In earnest with-the
travelers on the Dyea and Skaguny
trails and all who do not Intend to win
ter in Alaska are hastening out. The
steamship Queen arrived at Seattle a
few days ago with 80 passengers.
Among these were United Ptates Mar
shal J. M. Shnupe and District Attor
ney B. E. Bennett.
The steamship City of Seattle ar
rived recently at Port Townsend,
Wash., from Skaguay and Dyea. From
Skaguay she brought 215 passengers,
102 men and 18 women, who were un
able to cross the White pass and pre
ferred to return to civilization, as
many of them termed It, to risking
death by exposure at Skaguay. Very
little additional news relative to the
avalanche nt Sheep Camp was brought
by the Seattle.
AH UNDERGROUND RIVER.
Young Hen Retnrn from the Earth's Interior
After an Abience of Ten Dayi.
Henry Rourson and Charles Sumner,
who, In company with Lewis Roberts,
set off In a boat to explore the under
ground rlver'of Solomon's cave at
Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and have been
iiumpiiiih miice ntv inn ui mis monin,
mysteriously appeared the other night
The only explanation they give as to
their long absence and the cause of the
sudden rising of the river is that, hav
ing concluded to proceed after the
drowning, as they supposed, of Roberts
it was found that their only chance lay
in blasting under the falls, and after
lighting the fuse they had fled to a high
recess in tho wall of the cave, some 500
feet below Into which they had prev
iously conveyed th'elr boat. Here they
were compelled to remain until after
the high water subsided. They then
continued their course up the river;
found that they had blown out a natur
al dam, which had backed up a great
quantity of water Into a lower portion
of the cave. Beyond that even was an
Immense lake that they had explored.
They then made their way out of the
cave by means of a passage through
which they saw daylight.
, FAL3E 1MPRI80NMEMT.
A Brooklyn Han Awarded 97,800 Damages
by Mew York State.
The State Board of Claims a few days
ago at Albany, N. Y., awarded John
Roberts, of Brooklyn, $7,500 In his act
Ion for damages against the State for
false Imprisonment, In which he made
a claim for $168,956. Roberts, now 64
years of age, was arrested In 1877,
Charged with having robbed the resi
dence of William H. Green in Long Is
land City. The burglar, who was
masked, stole property belonging to
Kate Green. She Identified Roberts on
the strength of her recollection of the
culprit's voice and hands. Roberts was
found guilty and sent to Sing Sing for
20 years. There In Auburn he wore the
stripes for nearly 22 months, when he
was released on facts conclusively
proving his Innocence. Governor Mor
ton, In 1895, restored Roberts to citizen
ship, and in June of the same year the
Legislature authorized him to proceed
against the State before the Board of
Claims for damages.
CAPITAL OLEAHIHQS.
Dr. Von Hollenben, the new German
Ambassador, Is expected in Washing
ton tho latter part of October.
The condition of the treasury shows;
Available cash balance, $213,143,747;
gold reserve, $146,967,030.
It is said that Associate Justice Field
will Boon be succeeded on tho Supreme
bench by on Ohio man, ex-Congressman
John Little, of Xenia.
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.
A cargo of hides taken from cattle
exported from this country will be im
ported by Chlcagoans, In order to test
the legality of the Treasury Depart
ment's recent ruling that such hides
are dutiable.
In his annual report the governor of
New Mexico says the territory'! popu
lation has Increased 100,000 since the
census or 1800; that 11.000,000 pounds of
wool were grown last year and that the
sugar beet and fruit crops are booming.
The President made the following ap
pointments: William Hersog, ot Illin
ois, consul at Zitlau, Germany; Fran
cis H. Wilson, postmaster at Brooklyn,
N. Y.; Benjamin Parlett, collector or
Internal revenue (or the district of
Maryland.
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,
etc.
Vice Consul Bandinel, at Neuchang,
China, reports to the department of
state, that Andrew Patton Hopper, a
citizen of the United States and com
missioner of Chinese customs ..t that
port, died 'July 27 of hydrophobia, caus
ed by the bite of a rabid dog. Inflicted
December V. 18M. His last residence
in th United States was at Bellevus,
USE THE TORCH.
Big Breaker If ear Haileton Burned, Entail
ing a toes of 180,000.
The Evans breaker of A. ft. Van
Wlekle A Co., operated by Kennedy
Warner, at Beaver Meadow, four miles
from llar.leton, Pa., was burned to tho
ground Tuesday night. The operators
are convinced that It was Incendiary.
The loss will be about $50,000. The
breaker has been Idle since noon last
Tuesday, not In consequence of the
strike, but on account of lack nf water.
About 50 men were employed In tho
mines connected with It. All these men
have been working continuously since
the Lnttlmer shooting. They were
driven out on two occasions about two
weeks ago. by bands of strikers from
Coleralne, but returned afterwards.
Mr. Warner declares that they had no
grievances. There Is a well-founded
theory that women bad a hand in the
fire, as one was heard to say to-day:
"If we can't get tho men out, we'll
fix it so that they can't get in."
By direction of the operators the ef
forts of the men were directed townrd
preventing tho (Ire from reaching the
mine shops. As an extra precaution,
the planes lending to the slope were
blown up with eight or ten charges
of dynamite. Another part of the ftj-o
brlgndo was concentrated In keeping
the flames from the boiler house, n
couple of hundred feet from the break
er, A short distance In the other di
rection were tho powder houses, hut all
the powder was removed to a safe dis
tance. Governor Hastings will have a con
ference shortly with Adlutnnt-Octiernl
Stewart, General Gobln and other Na
tional Guard officers to consider tho
advisability of withdrawing iho troops
from Hazlelon. It costs the State be
tween $5,000 and $6,000 a day to keep
the soldiers on duty.
STRANGE MOVEMENTS.
Soldiers Siigniied si Laborer! Landed at
Honolulu.
A state of affairs exists In Hawaii
which demands the attention of tho
State Department. When the City of
Pckln arrived at Honolulu the atten
tion of tho other pnssongers on bonrd
that steamer was attracted by the re
markahlo symmetrical movements of
174 Japanese steerage passengers who
were disembarking.
Although classed ns laborers, there
was too palpable to escape observation
and occasioned considerable com
ment. The Japanese were apparently under
the command of a veteran sergeant,
under non-commlsslened officers. Dur
ing the voyage a military discipline
Was observed which created comment
among the other steerage passengers
and steamer's crew, and many con
jectures were hnznrded as to the
meaning of their being shipped to the
Islands. It was generally believed
they were sent to the Island for the
purpose of forcibly resisting annexa
tion. If necessary. Rumors of tho pres
ence of the Mikado's soldiers are not
new on the Islands, and It Is said that
over 1.000 well-drilled men have al
ready been landed there nnd about
four hundred veterans of the Japan
China war are expected up on the next
steamer.
POWDER AND SHELLS.
Government Official! Deem it Advisable at
Present to Lay In Ammunition.
Contracts will be awarded In a few
days under which the Navy in to be
supplied with moro than 12,000 shells
of 13, 6, S and 4-lneh calibers. These
contracts are to bo supplemented In a
week by others calling for at least
half that number or projectiles or other
calibers, and orders will be given dur
ing October for the manufacture of
thousands of pounds of powder for the
service. The coBt of the shells will
reach $400,000,
Officials of the Navy Department de
clare that in letting such large con
tracts for shells nt this time they are
not guided by any belief that war is
Impending. They believe It Is ad
visable. A DISHONEST CLERK.
Shortage Found in the Aooonnte of an Army
Officer.
The pay or Lieutenant M. E. Savllle,
or the Tenth Infantry, Post Quarter
master at Fort Sill, I. T., amounting to
$2,000, has been stopped by the War
Department. An army inspector re
cently passed his accounts. Later a
forged deposit bank slip was . found
among the vouchers. The Lieutenant
claims that the apparent shortage Is
due to the dishonesty of a civilian clerk,
who has been bound over to the court.
Savllle says ho gave the money to the
clerk for deposit and that the clerk
pocketed tho funds and forged the eer
tifieato or deposit which fooled tho In
spector. Lieutenant Savllle has a good
record, and those who know him ex
pect he will establlHh his Innocence.
The clerk is to be tried In a civil cuurt
on the charge of defalcation.
Oold Coming to America.
Gold Is on Its way to this country,
and $1,500,000 from the Rank of Eng
Innd is now on the ocean. A million
Is coming from London, and a half
million from Genoa. The shipper is
the Deutsche Bank of Berlin and. Lon
don, and the gold Is consigned to tho
National City Hank of New York.
Early in the day tho cable told of
the withdrawal of 200,000 pounds from
the Bank of England.
The steamship Moana from Sydney
arrived at Ban Francisco with $4,000,000
in gold to pay for wheat shipped rrom
there to England. The Mariposa
brought $3,250,000 in sovereigns last
month and a conservative estimate
places the amount to be received for
the season from tliut course at $25,000,
000. Six Children Burned.
A holo canst of six children from 1 to
T years old occurred in Abbeville coun
ty, 8. C, Sunday night. As Is the cus
tom of negroes, Andrew Smith, on
starting to church with his wife, locked
the children In, leaving a lamp burn
ing. .It 1b supposed the lamp was over
turned. About 10 o'clock people living
in the same plantation saw a bright
light in the house and heard the child
ren scream. The doors were cut down
with axes, but Impassable flames met
the rescuers. In a few minutes the
voices of the children were hushed. The
building was burned to the ground and
the bodies of the little ones almost con
sumed. Four ot the children were
Smith's. t
A Worthy FrojeoL
Adjt. M. J. Ferris, attorney and gen
eral counsel for the Salvation army, ar
rived in Denver recently, after a trip
thrpugh the valley. He said :"My visit
was very satisfactory, and I think tha
country something grand the veajta
ble paradise of America. I think we
will need in all for first colonisation
project about 6,000 acres, and we expect
to locate about BOO families upon It."
The Arkansas valley has been selected
as tha place where hundreds ot fami
lies from the cities of the United States
will be located on farm ot their own
DO NOT LIKE OUR INtERFERENCL
GERMANS DISPLEASED.
Th American Ultimatum to Spain to Oil
continne tn Cnbsn War Denounced.
Tho 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 tho denunciation of "Jingo
lnm," "Yankee Insolence" and the ridi
culing or the Monroe, doctrine have
filed the newspapers. The Conserva
tive press, as usual, Is the most vio
lent in denouncing American aspira
tions. The correspondent or the Associated
Press there has made Inquiries at the
German Foreign Ofllce and in other
quarters, which show that, while Spain
has nppronched Germany through her
Berlin ambassador repeatedly during
the pnst year in regard to this, she
has only been assured of the moral
sympathy of Germany In her struggle
to quell the Cuban insurrection nnd of
the willingness of Germany to co
operate with the other big powers In
re-establishing by pencoablo means a
better understanding between Spain
and the United States, in case serious
dltllctiltles arise. No other assurance
has been glv-n to Spain, nor Is It nt
nil likely that Germany will engage to
do more in tho future.
Captain Bnldomem Acosto, one of
tho most active Insurgent leaders oper
ating In tho neighborhood of Havana
city, was enptured by the Spanish
authorities on board the steamship
Concho as she was about to sail for
Mexico. Acosta was III and came Into
Havnna a couple of days ngo. He got
aboard In disguise, but Just before the
departure of tho steamer the police
got wind of his Identity nnd arrested
him. He was the leader who, only a
short tlmo ngo, raided the city of Ma
riano, carrying off a larpe quantity of
arms and ammunition.
The declaration Is made at Havana,
and Is being generally circulated, that
the Spanish troops In Cuba have re
captured Victoria do las Tunas, which
was taken by the Insurgents under
Galixta Garcia and Jesus Rabl, Sep
tember 6.
RESENTED INSULT.
Auitrian Premier Receive! a Slight Wound
in a Pistol Duel.
A pistol duel was fought Pnturdny at
Vienna between Count Caslmlr Bndenl,
the Austriun Premier, and Dr. .Wolff,
the German Nationalist lender, arising
from .Insults addressed by the latter to
the Premier during a recent session of
the Unterhnus. Count Badeni was
wounded in the right hand. Dr. Wolff
fought a duel with swords on May 8
last with Herr Horien, a Czech member
of the Unterhaus. This encounter grew
out of the violent scenes which occurred
in ine i-iouse neiween loe oermans aim
Czechs, In which personalities were
frtely Indulged In. Count Undent was
rofincrly Governor or Onllcla, Is a
young nnd able Pole, nnd was very
little known even In Austria until he
was unexpectedly called upon to form a
cabinet in September, 1S95, when he ns
sumed the duties of President of the
Council of Ministers and Minister or
the Interior. His nobility only dates
back to his father. Count Undent's
wound is not serious. The bullet enter
ed the wrist and went out above the el
bow. FORTY PFRS0HS KILLED.
Cyolone Cnuiei Great Damage In Italian
Province!.
A cyclone in Italy swept" over Sava,
Orla and Latlano, all 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 Orla
the railway depot was demolished and
alt the railroad men engaged there were
killed. Two chateaux and 13 houses
were destroyed in a neighboring vll
loge, whore 20 were killed and 24 In
jured. At Mesagne, in the Province of
Lecce, 15 were killed and 5 injured.
Great tracts of country have been de
vastated by the hurricane.
Many Passenger! Drowned.
The steamer Ikn, with a crew or 10,
and carrying 50 Austrian passengers,
wus entering the port or Flume, on the
river Flumara, when she collided with
the English steamer Tlrla, which was
leaving.
The bows or the Ika were stove In
and she sank In two minutes. Boats
hastily put on and saved the captain
and seven others, but most or the pas
sengers perished. The casualty took
place In full view of thousands, who
crowded the piers In the greatest ex
citement and alarm.
Want War Reiumed
A large meeting was held In Con
cord square, ut Athens, Sunday, where
a resolution was adopted calling upon
King George end the cabinet to renew
the war with Turkey rather than ac
cept the terms or peace offered by the
peace conference. Most of the ad
dresses were bellicose, one speaker
making a violent attack upon tho king
and Crown Prince Constantino. The
police endeavored to arrest him, but
ho escaped, with the assistance ot tho
crowd.
FROM ACROSS THE SEA.
The Insurgents attacked Seanlanl,
near Candla, Crete. After two hours'
fighting they retired.
The government at Berlin has made
its first grant, 260.000. for the relief ot
the sufferers from the recent tloods.
Cardinal Gulseppe Guarlno, Arch
bishop ot Messina, la dead. He was
born In 1627 and made a cardinal in
1893.
Owing to the effects or tho Dlngiey
tariff law, 6,000 textile workers have
been locked out at Loebuu, Germany,
and in its vicinity.
The Hon. Barry Somerset Maxwell,
the eldest son and heir or Baron Farn,
ham, or London, died Monday at Castle
Saunderson as the result ot a bicycling
accident on Tuesday last, when the
young man collided with a wall. He
was born In 1876.
The Chinese newspapers say that the
20 pirates which committed many acts
ot violence on the Chinese coasts dur
ing the year, have been captured by a
Chinese gunboat. They were taken be
fore a military tribunal, condemned to
be beheaded and at once executed.
According to telegrams from Madrid
from Oronso, capital ot the province of
the same name on the river Mlnho, the
palace of the marquis of Lois has been
destroyed by a dynamite bomb. The
outrage was perpetrated during the
absence of the family and no one was
Injured.
Stills Humada. Chihuahua, was de
stroyed by tbe flood and a population
of 600 f homeless.
BIO EXPORT TRADE.
Oold Flowing Into thii Country si Beiult of
Onr Foreign Exports.
R. O. Dun Co.'s Weekly Review of
Trade reports as follows:
Gold Imports have begun direct from '
England and rrom France, besides the
arrival of $4,000,000 at San Francisco)
from Australia for wheat exported. The
gold received there and started for Eu
rope amounts to $6,600,000 In two days,
and the advance of its rates by the
Bank of England to 2Vj per cent seems
little likely to check the movement, in
view of heavy merchandise balances
due to this country and a rise In the
rate of Interest here. The August ex
cess of merchandise and specie export
over Imports was not far from $42,000,
000, and the September excess will evi
dently be larger unless shipments of
gold are considerable. Merchandise
exports from New York In three weeks
of September have been 16.3 per cent,
over last years', and Imports 13.7, per
cent. less, and like changes on the
whole trade for the month would result
In net exports of $53,000,000 of merchan
dise, besides silver.
Produce markets have been uneer
tnln, closing a fraction higher for both
whent and corn, while the decline In
cotton continues. With 84n paid for
spot nt the end nf August, cotton has
dropped IHc or 18 per cent. In less than
four weeks, in splto of a remnrkable
revival of manufacture. Western re
ceipts are exceeding Inst year's, and
foreign estimates now agree In making
the probable requirement from this
country over 100,000,000 bushels greater
than Inst year.
The ofllclal ending of the western
coal strike adds many thousand men to
the winking force In the mines, and
others In manufactures using bitumin
ous coal. The anthracite strike hss
substantially ended, and no extensive
lubor disturbance is threatened. Tho
output of coke is now 125,000 tons, and
the price is also advanced. Some
branches or the Iron and steel Indus
try are clearly no longer able to keep
up with their new orders. Others are
fully employed for some months ahead,
and, with all, the demand Is Increasing.
Heavy buying has raised bessemer pig
at Pittsburg to $10 50 and gray rorge to
$9 60, with actunl sales or 10,000 tons
southern pig in the Mahoning valley for
$6 75 at Birmingham. Billets are quot
ed at $16 25 and $23 has been refused
for wire rods. The structural work Is
behind orders, tin plate mills are hin
dered by failure to get sheet bars de
livered fast enough, plate and sheet
mills find heavy demand everywhere,
nnd bars are In great demand for cars
at tho West, with vastly Improved de
mand and a shade better prices at tha
East.
Wool sales at Boston have decreased
a quarter, but manufacturers are still
unable to find profits In goods with
wool at present prices. Reported sales
of wool are more than double those ot
the most prosperous years, but tho rise
In prices renders the future more
doubtful, except for manufacturers
having heavy supplies laid In. The
cotton mills are doing large business,
although recent buying of goons nas
naturally decreased after the recent
rush.
Failures for the week have been 209
In the United States, against 316 last
year, and 28 In Canada, against 39 last
year.
MOUNTAIN OF GOLD.
New Eldorado Which li Attracting the At
tention cj Froepectors.
The first authentic news concerning
Washington's new Eldorado, near
Mount Baker, and how to get there, la
brought to Seattle by E. W. Saportas,
who with Frank Crydl and Ous Wag
ner, experienced miners of Dawson
city, went to the scene of the latest
excitement lost Saturday.
According to Mr. Saportas the route
is passable and not very difficult until
within live miles of the find. The Inst
five miles, however, present obstacles
that would forever discourage anyone
not an experienced prospector and
mountaineer. There Is in tho mountain
nnd Its surrounding heights enough
gold to keep prospectors for the next
10 years. In samples ot ore that were
brought Mr. BogarduB, the assayer, by
a cursory Inspector declared that rree
gold existed in exceedingly good quan
tities. "I met many men," continued Mr.
Saportas, "who came rrom Mt. Tomboy,
and they all reiterated the stories con
cerning the great strike ot $10,000 to the
ton made in Bear mountain. In ore
equal to the discovery in Bear moun
tain." A correspondent sends word
rrom Summas as follows:
"The gold discoveries In the moun
tains of Whatcom county are beyond
any doubt the richest In the annals of
the Pacific coast, or even In Alaska.
So say the most experienced prospec
tors whom I have accompanied to the
sci no or recent 'finds.' "
Hexioan Officer Suicides.
Edunrd Velasquez, ex-Inspector
general or police In the city or Mexico,
who conressed to having supervised
the lynching of Arroyo, the assailant
of President Diaz, blew out his brains
with a revolver in Belem prison Friday
morning. A letter was found In the
room saying his death was, he felt, the
satisfaction he owed to society,, and
should therefore give that satisfaction
by leaving the world. He also said that
the killing was suggested by Inspector
Villavacenls, of the Second police dis
trict, who is In prison. Velasquez add
ed that under other circumstances, not
having been a high official authority,
nothing could have Induced him to
take part in the crime.
Preiident Krnger Dying.
There Is strong confirmation or tha
report that President Kruger. or the
South AMcan republic Is suffering
from bright's disease in a very advanc
ed stage, and Is not likely to live more
than 18 months at the most. The Brit
ish press is unable to conceal their sat
isfaction at the prospect that the grand
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 ot th
Transvaal."
American Fruit In London.
Within nine hours after the docking
at Southampton recently of the Ameri
can line steamship St. Paul, 4,403 pack
ages ot California truit were delivered
at Covent Garden market in London
in splendid condition, and they were all
sold before noon. The pears realised
4s 8d to 12s per half box. Blue plum
were sold for 5s 6d to 8s 6d per half box,
and yellow plums brought 8s to 12s per
halt box. The market was somewhat
depressed on account of the quantity
received.
Fined for telling Railroad Tickets.
In the Atlantic County Court the
other day at Mays Landing, N. J.,
Judge Thompson presiding, George V.
White, Indicted for scalping tickets ot
the Pennsylvania Railroad, pleaded
guilty to tha charge and was sentenced
to 0 days' Imprisonment In the county
Jail and to pay a fine of $100 and cost.
Whit cam from Washington.