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PRINCE CHINQ CAPTURED.
ANTHRACITE MINERS STRIKE.
EXTENT OF DISASTER.
Many Section ol the Mainland Along Hit
Coat! Buffered Heavlly-Hundredt
I Bodie Art Cremntrd.
The people In Southern Texas are
gradually getting over III cried n( the
miimI utoriii along the mail. Galveston
is liciiiB looked alter in a ystemntie
way anil relief i going m constantly.
iov. Saycr ha labored liaril day d
liU'ltt lor the past week, nml in jnt
getting affairs shaped so tti:it they exit
be csily handled.
Not alone in Galveston li.ivo the peo
ple suffered, lull along llir entire roast
. Auntry in the vicinity and north of the
iland. In Itiieoiia county, a io?rn
little villages have been completely
wiped away and Morie of distress ami
tin row ri :n( arc beginning to mine
in authentic ally. In Columbia precinct,
.' people an- without homes or shel
ter of any Kind. Fall anil winter crop
destroyed and larin implements
, i:iuv Along tin- const for tilty mile
tic sightseer can find (uriiitnrp, pianna,
ki-ti bedsteads and everything which
H to make no home. Hip sight "I
nil vii h i absolutely indescribable.
Of Galveston's population of .Worn,
(, wen- killed. TIip area of total ih
tun lion wan i,,v ai re. 'I hero wen"
S.orni duelings, hotels, churches and
movents utterly destroyed. More than
i.ym bodies have lieen linrned. The
puiperty loss is not less than $15,0110.
mw. One hundred and twenty five men,
ino,t ol them negroes, were shut to
ii oil for robbing the dead.
Out of this disaster, unparalleled In
the history of the Nation, Galveston i
it-ing to reclaim her place among the
most prosperous of our cities, ller rail
loads have pledged thcmsixlvcs to aid
in reliiiihtiiiK the city, ller merchants
lire iTso'me to resume business, ller
banita arc ready In assist in the r cs
t.ili!i"hiiient of commerce and outside
amlal in llowinir ill.
The one urgent need of the hour is
n. il money, hut disinfectant liy tne ion.
mi that workmen may hear In work
among the ruins.
WAR OF ASSASSINATION.
Filipino Insurgent Murder Their Countrymen
Who Are Amcrxan Syntpathiz ,'rs.
i luring the last forlniuhl ten Fili
pino in Luzon and the Visayans, known
h American sympathizers or as aiding
in tin; conduct of the municipal gnvcrn
nti'iiM established hy lltf Americans,
have hern mnrdcrcil liy their conntry
I'lrn in .this.
United S'atcs troop,; originally (leu
lined for China, hut now diverted to the
Philippines, arc being sent to points
where they arc needed. Last week 40
lilipinos were killed. One American
was killed, ,1 were wounded and J were
captured.
Gen. Wright, of the Philippine com
mission, is preparing a hill for harhor
improvements there. It contemplates
an appropriation of $1,000,000 for the
construction of protective dockage. The
proposal is favorahly commented upon
especially by Spaniards, and the carry
ing out of the works, which will tic
completed in ahout iH mouths, will hs
grcally lieneficial to commerce.
The commission's hill establishing
municipalities will introduce a change in
the derivation of revenue, which will
licreafter come largely from land, in
stead of industrial taxation. This will
involve the raising of the question of
the validity of existing land lit'e and
will force a decision as to the extent to
which the investment of religion, cor
poration are to be exempted.
INSPECTING BATTLEFIELDS.
Na ioaal Park Commission Invites Vsleraai to
View the Work Accomplished.
A circular of the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga parks commission an
nounces that arrangements have been
completed, with the approval of the
secretary of war, for the inspection by
the veterans of all the armies engaged
bout Chattanooga of the historical tab
let, monumental inscriptions and loca
tion of lines of battle upon the seven
battlefields embraced in the park, the
object being to secure verification or
correction by participants in the battles
of the historical work thus far complet
ed. The inspection will take place on the
situ, tot h and nth of October and a
half-rate has been arranged with most
of the railroad companies.
Dearly Bought Victory.
The claims hitherto made that the
British losses in South Africa have been
small as compared -with those of other
campaigns appear to need revision.
A well-known actuary finds that of
the officers in South Africa 73.1 per
l.ooo have been killed or have died from
wounds and .to.6 per 1,000 of the offi
cer have died from disease; of the men
ID per 1,000 hare been killed or died
from wounds and 31.8 have died from
disease.
These statistics show that the risks
of the officers in action have been huge
ly disproportionate and also that thi
rate 01 mortality 111 aoutn Atrtea is
much greater than it was in the Franco
German war.
Husband Killed, Family Tortured.
At Carey, O., W. C. Johnson wan kill
d by burglars Wednesday, and his wife
and five children were bound and tor
lured until all the money and valuables
in the house were obtained. The burg
lars escaped and a posse is in pursuit
Five men answering the description of
the robbers were arrested at Rising Sun,
taken to Fostoria, O.. and lodged in
jail. They refuse to talk. Revolvers
and burglar tools were, found in their
possession.
Phi'ipplno Rubber Forests.
On the recommendation of the war
department the agricultural department
is preparing ail order setting apart as
forest reserves the inland ot Romblon,
which is north of the island of Panay;
aUo the island of Pauitaui, which is one
of the extreme group of the Jolo isl
ands. Officers of the army who have
been investigating the islands have
found that these are the richest land
in the world for rubber trees, and it is
the intention of the Washington au
thorities to have the trees preserved,
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
North mountain, in Maryland, is
ablaze.
Oil City (I'm.) firebugs tried In burn
ihe boiler works.
A court In Hawaii decided that natives
of (iuaiii arc American citizens.
Meyrrsdalp. IV, miners have ncciired
one order for 5011,1x10 tons of coal.
One New x'nsile, I'a., Italian mortally
stubbed another in revenue for a dun.
With n imiuiliiliiiii of .on.nxi, Lon
don hnrborn every day ijuxxi forpign
Prs. Susan II. il lion v. (he woman suf
fragist, who in Ho venrs old, is wiious
ly ill.
TIip uiiexiion of sciwriitp schools for
colored cliihltpii is agitating at Steiibeit-
vtl'p, O.
(ilass factory snappers at New Castle,
I'a., are on strike for a guarantee of To
week.
Forest fires near Plymouth, Mass.,
have destroyed over $130,0110 woitll of
property.
The Akron (O) tiohl Mining Com
pany has hren imoi potatrd with $.
000 capital.
The Philippine l aud Improvement
Company has bei n chartered at Charles
ton, W. Va.
An unknown woman was cut to pieces
hy a InconiotiTC at lli'iliaii.in latum,
near Kiie, Pa.
C. I). Tenny, prominent as a lender of
the foreign element at Tien Tsui, is 11
Massilliiu, ()., man.
Crossed wires set fire to the Slat"
trrastuy building at Harrisburg, P11.
Damage was slight.
The steamer City of Seattle has arriv
pd from Skaguay wiih 177 passengers
and $o.so,ixa) in gold.
At Tunica, Miss., three negroes, in
dieted for separate mm tiers, were lynch
ed hy a nioli of on while men.
An unknown man was found near
Manheim, W. Va., dead. The condition
of his body indicates foul play.
DiKvnrili Paper Company' plant at
New Castle, Pa., was damaged In the
extent of $f,ixi by lire Friday.
Leading railroad men say there is no
thought of abandoning (ialvrston and
that the city will be rebuilt.
A steel hoop mill is to he built at
Sharon, Pa., at a out of $mo,oiki partly
furnished by Pittshuig capitalists.
James Hover, of Minersville. IV. fell
down the Oak Hill colliery shaft, a dis
tance of 410 feet, and waa killed.
At Allentowu. Pa., a $io.ixx row of
nouses was ileslroyed hy a lire originat
ing from a spark from a locomotive.
Harry Shoemaker, of Liverpool, IV,
was shot 'dead by a robber Saturday
night in the cabin of hi canal boat.
One man was killed and another se
riously burt br the fat of rock in a
coal mine in the M.usillon, O., district.
The Trexcler Stone eV Lumber Com
pany 11 plant ami stock at Huntingdon.
Pa., were burned Thursday; loss $15,-
000.
(iov. Stone, of Pennsylvania, appeals
for nid for (ialveston sufferers and send
a message of sympathy to governor of
lexas,
Peter Hartman wa murdered and
robbed by three highwaymen Sunday
attcrnoon on Van llurcn street, L.I11
cago.
. At Negaunpp, Wis., with the fhcr
mometcr at jo above zero, it commenc
ed snowing Sunday and continued all
afternoon.
Fight hundred butcher in the pack
ing houses at HulTalo, N. Y., have
struck because two non-union men were
given work.
Abraham ' Guernsey, a carpenter of
Massition, O., has received a $too,oix
legacy from a deceased cousin at Chau
tampia. N. Y.
The National encampment of the Sons
of Veterans and the convention of the
National Aid Society began at Syracuse,
N. Y Tuesday.
At Stroudsburg. Pa., thirty-six white
employe at Black Diamond glass
works struck because negro blowers
were employed.
The Antietam battlefield monument of
the Fifteenth Massachusetts Kegimcntal
Association was dedicated Monday at
Sharpsburg, Md.
The transport Hancock arrived at
San Francisco Friday from the China
station with 14 missionary refugees and
several army officers.
United States secret service officers
arrested William Scott, William Fraker
and I). Iionelake in Mercersburg, Pa.,
on the charge of making and passing
counterfeit half dollar.
In the Philippines F. W. Vaille, direc
tor of posts, states there will be a sur
plus of receipts over expenditures up
to June 20 of $io,4-)g.
A monument is to be erected on a
mountain in Switzerland to Barry, the
most famous of the St. Bernard dogs,
which saved 40 lives.
Gov. Saycrs, of Texas, asks the Presi-1
dent to order a boat to Galveston to
transler passengers and supplies between
that cily and the mainland.
Robbers entered the office of the
Cambria Steel Comuanv nt Wheeler
Pa., Thursday night. They took all the
nine and tobies in the store.
The plants of the McMorran Milling'?6 ' $i.5oo.ooo. The gold
rnn....... t.. p-. u in. .... . imports for the month amounted to St.-
Company, at Port Huron. Mich'., werciw' " u- f2,iThe
destroyed by fire; loss $225,000. exports of gold aggregated $18,066,37
. . ,, ' ... u . . . ! against $2,214,573. an increase of over
ui m.. it., , u.c iiciiiuiiii an I
",ucl" V"
p'ant in the south, was destroyed by
fire Sunday, causing a loss of $400,000.
Three hundred weavers in the Givcr
naud silk mill, Allentown, Pa., struck
against a 15 per cent, reduction in
r,rd ,so winder$ and warpcr, are,!wo-a whoToiKS h r.
also ialP. : ...L..i .u J.:. i.
General Grecly chief signal officer, re-;'aniuck. killing five others and wounding
ports from Alaska that by the end of lwo fatay. Then he went to the local
September there wi l be telegraphic 1 cemetery and committed suicide. The
communication with Fort Egbert and tragedy has created a great sensation
r-B!c viij.
'Hunffry Mill" miners near Barton.
Md, have struck. A committee who
! 1 I 'UJ ........ al.. 1- -.1.
ThVprivileV of chlckweiglnnaiirwere
! discharged.
The grand jury at Marysville. O.. has
returned an indictment of first degree
murder against Kosslyn li. rerrcll for
killing Adams
Express Messenger
Charles Lane
Fire at Paris. Ont., while the wind
1.. j".. j : :
VX'TmZlT1 SS" hr.n'roVheyre,oo
JrobatS $So.rM' '" "'ja.-' Uf Co,rnnKn, WW -
was at us iiciuui, iicsiruycu over to
EARLY'S CAVALRYMEN.
Adoption of Hit President's Policy Giving Na
llonal Cart la Unclaimed Remains at
totdlora ol the to nth and North.
I he PrrsidPiit'n policy of the Nation
carina (or Confederate its well a Fed
eral dead will soon be put Into actuality
at Washington. The cpiartprmaitcr
yrnrrsl ha preiwred a list of the Con
IpdpratP dead buried in the District of
tolumhia, and a soon a the arrange
ment ran be completed thf ir bone will
bp transferred to Arlington, the big Na
tional crinelery on the Virginia side of
tne rotomac, which was the home of
(irneral Kobeit K. Lee up to the time
of the war.
The program will nrobahlv provide
for public sirvieps. at which the Presi
dent will presitle. The arrangenieiit !
the order of exercise is ilclaycd 1111 ac
count of the absence ol Secretary Hoot.
I he dead to be Itaiislerreil were sol
titers ol l-.ariy army, w hich iniule n
raitl around the capital in July, 1H04.
rvinip ol them are Inn n il 111 llatlle-
ground National cemetery, a few mile
norm ol tin city, where, the only light
ing that occurred in the district look
place. It was in that battle, in which
40 ur 50 Pennsylvania!! were killed,
that President Lincoln was under foe
while standing on the work of pott
Stevens. Most of the Confederate ileatl
are, however, buried in the cemetery ol
the Home lor Soltlirr of the Kegnlnr
Army, wIim-Ii wa endowed with the
money (ienetal Scott exacted as a ran
som from the City of Mexico.
(.'apt. Charles McCJiieston, Fourth
United Slates infantry, stationed in the
Philippines, while temporarily insane,
shot several soldier and wa fatally shot
by 11 private in self -defense.
PROTECTION FOR RHUGER.
Ho May Sail for Hoi and In a Dutch Warship.
Boer Appeal lo the Nations.
The Portuguese government has tele
graphed to thp governor of Mozam
bique authorizing the departure of Mr.
Kruger lor I 'm ope. The governor,
however, must satisfy himself that Mr.
Kruger is renlly going in Furope.
Meanwhile be i instructed to lake all
precaution to safeguard the personal
security of Mr. Kruger.
Ihe government of the Netherlands
ha telegraphed to Lourcnr.o Mnnpiea
ottering a Dutch warship to take Mr.
Kruger to Holland.
The fjoer delegates, Messrs. Fischer,
Uolinai ans and WesnelitiN, have acldren
cd an appeal to all nation for interven
tion in South Aftira. They assert that
the South African republic have show 1
themselves to be worthy of liberty, and
that they will continue to struggle to
the last breath against Great Britain's
attempt to annihilate their existence as
a tree people.
STRUCK BY A CYCLONE.
Much
Dimarjo Throughout Northwestern
Part of Pennsylvania.
A cyclone spread disaster over North
western Pennsylvania early Wednesday
'1 lie wind storm, coming at a terrible
rate, struck about midnight, and con
tinued with unabated fury until late in
the morning. In Corry, IV, houses
were unroofed, trees uprooted, glass
broken antl smokestacks torn down
The oldest inhabitants cannot remember
a storm coital tn this one.
Fvery telegraph ami telephone wire
wa down during the storm, making it
impossible to move trains on any road
Along Lake Frie, in the grape belt.
great damage was done. But little ra;n
fell during the storm, The temperature
dropped from q.i to (in. No deaths were
reported, although news from outlying
districts is still scarce.
Anarchist From Now York.
The Swiss arrested at San Sebastian,
Spain, Thursday, charged with plotting
to assassinate a Fitropean monarch, is
named Walter. Hi departure from
New York three weeks ago was due to
the police searches in anarchist centers
in consequence of the assassination of
King Humbert, of Italy. Walter in
tended to sail for Havre, but the close
inspection of the French line steamers
made him change his mind. A number
of newspaper cuttings, referring to the
movement of political nersonanes. were
found in hia trunk, including reference
to President I .outlets arrangement .it
Rambouillet. The sum of sou francs and
a poignard were found on the prisoner,
DECREASE IN TRADE.
Aggregate Imports and Exports During Aug
ust Smaller Than Last Year.
The August statement of the imports
and exports of the United States, issued
by the bureau of statistics, shows that
during the month the total imports of
merchandise was $j,()j0,oo5, a decrease
;ns compared with August, iti). of about
$5,000,000. Of the imports of mcrchan
disc, $ja,568,8o6 was free of ditty.
The exports of domestic merchandise
during the month amounted to $101,1.18,
$, ,00000, 8d tne exports to $6,486,890,
an increase ol S2.CO0.ooo.
Murdered Eight Peop'o.
Caetano I.ongo, on returning from the
I United States to Pastona, a small town
throughout the surrounding country.
Cbject lo Militarism.
At the session of the New York Stale
Federation of Workingmen at Utica,
Thursday, among the resolutions adoot-
' ed was one which protests against
I "Large standing armies as being a men-
1 ace to the liberties of organized wag
earners and a heavy burden upon them."
1 he resolution declares it to be the
firm belief of the Federation that "No
contingency could possibly arise that
contingency c
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The Oreal Pro-Foreign Leader In China
Taken Prisoner by Japanese Mold
n Hotlajo for Peace.
TIip edict of the Chinese giivprnmrnt
aptminting 1.1 Hung Chang it plenipo
tentiary to negotiate peace ha been
handed to Acting Secrctiiry of State
tun by Minister Wil inn rung. It is
a follows:
I.i Miinu Chiniii. envoy uleiiioolen-
tiary, in hereby vented with full discre
tionary power, and he shall promptly
deal with whatever ineslion may rc
qnire attention. From thi ilislanre we
will neit rontrnl In anions. Let this
edict he fnrwaided with extra expedi
tion nt the rale of fmn li per day (lo
I'.arl l.l) lor Ins information 11 ml gum
ance. Hrspect this."
Tn the nhovr eoiiiiiiiuiiciilion. Actinu
ScereUity Hill gave Mr. NV'u the follow
ing reply: "The United Stale does md
feel called upon to express any opinion
at thi time as to the sufficiency of Li
Hung I linnu s atilli'Pitl v. Iittt hopes n
will tran iptie that his credentials are full
and authoritative, not only for negotia
tion, but to enable him without further
delay to give assurance that the lilt- ami
propery of Americans will henceforth
be respected throughout the Chinese
empire."
I clc grain from I'ekin, dated 'I lie ulay,
say: 1 lie Japanese found Prince Clung,
leader of the conservative pro-foreign
party, in the western hills, 30 mile dis
tant, and are holdinii him there with
the view of a ronferencp nml in the hope
that he may establish communication
with the dowager cmiires.
t apers have been found in the em
peror a room at the palace containing
list of the foreigners killed nml the for
eigners' properly destroyed. The search
upon the part of the allies lor t.iitnee
troops lias been suspended.
LAWT0N HONORED.
Monument Dodlcaled lo Dead Philippine Hrro
al Fori Wayne, Ind.
The people of Ft. Wayne, Intl., dedi
eatPtl tn the memory of General Henry
W. Iwton Thursday n monument
crowned by a cannon captured by him,
and christened the principal city park in
honor ol the iteaj hero. Ihe ceremony
occurred under Ihe atlKtnre of tin
Union Veteran Leuiun. and Colonel V.
. Bryan wa the principal orator of tin1
occasion. Ill address wa nun parti
san
The introduction portion of Governor
Mount s address was largely Innuranlu
cal and eulogistic. The governor then
took up indirectly Ihe Philippine fpies
ttiin, denouncing Aguinaldo and show
ing a tendency to condemn the instir
gents antl their sympathizer. At the
conclusion of the governor's address,
roir. tiryan wa introduced.
FATAL BLACK DAMP.
Cauied Three Deaths In a Family at Rimer
Ion, Pa.
It lack dump in a mine near Rimrr-
lon, IV, caused the death of Mr. Will
iani Flick, her son and daughter Sat
ttrday. The little village is filled with
sadness owing to the character of llir
sad accident.
Mr. Flick ha I gone In a small coun
try mine to dig a load of coal. Not
returning in uue time 111 nter was
sent to find him. This she did, but
dead, and ere she could make her exit
she was overcome and died.
The mother becoming alarmed made
haste tn the mine. F.nlerimz the mine
she wa startled to find the corpses 01
her son and daughter and before she
reached the mouth of the pit she was
ovrcoinc and died. One ol a srurch
ing party who almost shared a similii
fate is in a serious condition.
COMMITTED SIX MURDERS.
Unruly Ncgroot Terrorite Ihe Town
Huron, Indiana.
Negroes are causing a reign of terror
at Huron, Ind., south of Iledford, on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and Judge
Martin, of Hedord, has been asked that
the sheriff and a posse be sent to the
town to quell a riot that is on between a
mob of negroes ami a number of whites
in the marshal x posse.
The negroes have been employed bv
railroad contractors anil received their
wages Saturday, since when they have
been spending the time in drinking an
gambling. Many bloody fights have re
sulted, and at least six murder have
been committed among the negroes.
To Fight Ihe Coal Trust.
The J. W. Ellsworth Coal Company
has bought eight square mile of tlx.
richest coal land in the Monongaliel.
valley to fight the trust that is known
as the Pittsburg Coal Company. This
is the second big purchase of coal lands
by independent companies in which
Cleveland, O., capital is invested, the
Kirk-Woods Coal Company, having
bought a large tract at Monongahcla
several weeks ago. The land bought
by the Ellsworth Company is at Hent
leysville, five mile from Charlcroi, Pa.
A railroad will be built at once from
Iientleysville to Monongahela and the
entire territory will be underlaid with
mines. At least 3,500 men will be em
ployed in the new mines.
Report on Cuban Affairs.
The annual report of Colonel Samuel
M. Whitside, commander of the military
department of Santiago and Pucrtn
Principe, is probably the most complete
report ol its kind prepared by any Amer
ican commander in Cuba. It contains
extensive data a to the troop there,
including something like 150 officers
and 3.500 men. He reports that there
are 165,000 school children in the de
partment. To them he looks for the
future of the district.
Arretted on Burglary Charges.
Officers from Ashtabula, O., have ar
rested Theodore Swart, a well-to-do
young farmer, and his wife, living near
Wooster, O., on a charge of burglary.
A search of their premises resulted 111
fruits of not less than 30 burglaries,
many of them forgotten because it was
thought that the places had been enter
ed by tramps. The couple had never
been suspected by their neighbors. It
it now alleged that Swart, tome years
ago. served a hort term in the Qhio
penrteotiarr.
FIVE ROBBERS SHUT.
Many Drunken Rufflani Doing Fearful Deed.
Women'! Ears and Fingers Cut OR
It Obtain Their Jewelry.
A soldier nf Cnpt. KafTerly's bulleiy,
while patrolling the beiieli at Galve-
ton, Ten., Tuesday, ordereil a man lo
desist from looting. The fellow drew
a weaxm noil Ihe soldier shot him dead.
I hp soldier wa attacked by lour other
men and he killed nil of litem. Oilier
men have also been shot, ami it is prob
able that 25 were killed. Some ol these
were shot lor tailing lo hall when order
rd In do so. I lilieis were shot for van
dalism.
J. N. (iriswotd. division frrlght ng' iil
ol the Gull, ( nloiado and Santa I r
railroad, said: "Fur and fingers bear
ing diamond, were hacked off with
potkt'l knives nml Ihe member pli d
111 Ihe pockets of the vandals. 'I he
bodies i women who wore line clothes
have been snipped of Ihe In-t thread
and left lo tester in the sun. I he re i
tlenccs led standing have been broken
it'lo and irueliy and silver plate stolen.
I poll all hands this horrible, woik is
going on. Ihe ollen.lcls ate generally
negroes, nllhotii;h there are some while
nun who have (leiiioiistrnted that they
lire suflii ieully devoid of honesty 11 nd
manhood lo participate in these, ghoiilt-h
deeds. As soon as the slot ill subsided
the negroes slolp nil the luiitor tlu-v
could gel, mid, beastly drunk, proceeded
wiin iheir campaign ol vandalism. II
troops are not sent without delay, God
help the survivor in Gnlvcsjon."
liny 1 aim dated Wednesday, sav:
Vandalism at (ialveston has been horri
blr. The most rigid enforcement of
martial law has not been able to sup
press it entirely. Adiutaiit General
Scurry's men have 111 rested loo or more
looter. Forty three negroes with ef.
feels taken from ilea') bodies, were ord
ered tried by the court martial. 'I h y
were ttied. convicted mid ordered to be
shot. One negro bad j human fingers
With ring on lliein in his pocket.
ruination grows worse rvety minute.
Water mid ice are needed. Peonle in
f ',. t, -y W fr...i. ..(Y..rl.i, f..n. iIia.m
....... ,,., ,,,,.,
Scores have died since last night, and
numbers of sufferers gone insane
TICKET NOMINATED.
The New York tt.ilo Drmoeratle Slato Con
vent on Harmonious.
The New York iJciuocratic Slate con
vi -Minn held at Saratoga has named the
following ticket:
Governor. John II. Stanchfi-ld.
Lieutenant governor, William I'.
Mackey.
Secretary of stale, John T. Morion,
Comptroller, ImI win G. Atwater.
Treasurer. John II. Judson.
Attorney general, 'I liomas p. Conway.
Lnginecr. Kussell A. Stewart.
George Nnincs, of Monroe county,
was selected as permanent chairman.
The platform begins by pledging the
Democracy of New York anew to the
principles and polit ies of JefTer onian
Democracy ami imorrrnenl of the plat
form adopted by ihe last Democra'tc
National convention.
The platlorm conclude with a discus
sion of purely Stale i- sites, the claim be
ing nude that "the Democratic party in
the Slate and Nation has been the con
sistent ft ic nd and champion of labor."
GREAT STORM IN THE WEST.
Chicago Suffer From Hurricano Winds Cat
astrophy Reported at Caleiburn, III.
Chicago was visited with a terrific 1
windstorm from the south Iiipsday, Si
miles nn hour. Many heavy swinging
signs were torn from the fastenings,
roofs dislodged, the lake filled with
enormous wave and there is the great-
est tear i." mere nave i.een many o.s-
asters. Two men were killed by falbnj;
trees and poles.
It is rumored that dale, burg wa al -
most destroyetl. with great loss of lile,
Meager reports that have reached Chi
cago show the storm has done tremen
dous damage throughout Illinois, Indi
ana and Ohio and is moving northward
over Lake Michigan with increasing
force. Telegraphic communication is
absolutely cut off from most important
point.
Eight Women Ktl'ed.
The special car of the Duncan Clarke
female minstrel troupe was wrecked at
Mounds. III., Wednesday afternoon, and
ol the lb occupants nine are now dead
and six otlieis are seriously injured,
ome of them perhaps fatally.
RACE WAR BREWING.
Delaware, Ohio, W r'd Up Over Actions
of N.a.O Hypnotist.
A colored barber named litck. acciis-
ed of exercising a hypnotic influence
over a little White gil l, was toned to
leave Delaware, O.. Thursday night
by a crowd of aoo angry citizens, who
gathered about his house and threaten-1 rnrcm,rc bis" majesty, after express
ed to lynch him if be remained, lice,: ; jn ,,is sincerc tha,,k. concludes:
went to Columbus, nit was brought
back, and is under the protection 01
about too colored men assembled in
South Delaware.
About joo armed white men are scat
tered in the vicinity of Vie college
grounds waiting for drvcl!pmcnt. The
negroes have threatened to shoot if any
attempt is made tn harm Heck. Intense
ieelinir has been aroused. It is alleg'.-d
that Beck has insulted several white
girls, whose relatives have been most
active in the movement to compel him
lo leave town.
Famine Pries Asked.
Provision are seKing at famine prices
at Inhanucshlirir. sui-ar hrinuimr 1 nhill.
ings and 6 pence a pound and pork the there would be no lulitical significance
same price, while matches are sold at attached to so serious a matter a this
I shilling per box. Other staple nrti- great strike, involving the iving of 14.
cles are proportionately dear, while ' wage-earners, who have felt the
many necessities are not obtainable at ' merciless foot of capital for two tet
any price.
South African Native Defeated.
News ha been received that a body
of 3,000 native levies under Capt. Ben
son attacked Ojesu, the famous Fetish
town, 10 miles cast of Kumasse, instead
r w.iiiniT I.i rn.nnernte as irdrf.H u-itli
Lieut. Col. Brake's column, consisting
r,l ihe I entral Alrican recmienl -hieh
destroyed Ojesu.
A soon as they were under fire the
levies turned and fled. Capt. Benson,
who had only two white men with him,
ie reported to have shot himself in order
to avoid falling into the hands of the
4 liMtti
Nearly 148,000 Men Invoked In Ihe Strv
glePretldenl Mllohell lo Person
ally ConJucI Ihe Affair.
At 5:15 o'clock Wednesday aflrravon
President Mitchell nml Secretary Wil
son, of thp United Mine Worker ol
Amrrha affixed their signatures to) The
iliictiriif nt which called 142,000 mlnrl
of the Pennsylvania anthracite regiein
from (heir work Monday morning anil
precipitated one of he most gigaetis
strike in the history of thp labor war hi.
The document was the official endisme
inent of Ihe reipiesl of the anthracite
diliict to strike. It wa considered, hy
the National executive board n( the
Mine Worker lat week, and when the
hoard adjourned nil power In endorie
the rnpiest for the trikp wa left in the
hands of the National president and irc
teliry. 'I he three district president report
that of the 14.1,000 men in Ihe three ch
trit Is l.M.Vxi would go on a strike Mon
day. President Mitchell would not
state what secret liilliirncrs were nt
wink lo ptevent the strike ami whlrh
caused the delay. Ile said the perwin
al woik hail offered his service vnlan-
lanly mid the matter wa confidential.
As to munitioning the men during the
tril.e he said: "When men are fighting
lor ju it wage they rim subsist on wry
little. At any rate, it Is safe to say that
nobody will starve or want for necesaary
clothing. Most of the men live in com
pany house, and we must consider fhe
probability of eviction, but these thing
Iiiivp nil been fully considered and will
be met a thrv present themselves. At
this lime it would be folly for the eir
ganintion to go into detail a to tti
provision made for feeding and clolh-
US' the strikers."
President Mitchell will be in IUle
ton to personally conduct the strike.
KflUUER ENDS DOER WrR.
Transvaal President Gnrk Putune In Porlo
gucte Territory To 611 lor tuiope.
'Ihe announcement from Lotirrnrn
Mar'pies that President Kruger arriv
ed there on Tuesday night is regarded
...:!
"" """CHiive 01 an cany enu 01 mssui-
itit 111 .South Africa. It 1 also reported
that Ihe Transvaal stale official (ir
eompiiuied Kruger in hit llifht, and
that they are with him now in Portu
guese territory. They are Maying at the
house of the Dutch consul, Mr. Pott, (it
l.oorcmro Marqur, and it is rrpnrt.nl
they will sail for Europe on September
j, on ihe German steamer lleru.
Significant also, although unrotilirin
ed, is ihe iitinotincrmeitt that Gen. I'o
tha. Ihe Itoer commander in chief. , i
making overtures to surrender, anil the
itiestiori whi ther the burghers will now
follow the usual course of beaten armies
and iay down their arm or formally de
clare in favor of guerrilla warfare, must
be speedily settled. It is In hcved here
that President Kruger' action deprives
the Hoers of their main pretext for re
maining in the field.
The war department nt Washington
has received from dipt. Krirhman, the
army officer who accompanied Ihe llrr
11 military observer, the following dis
patch, dated at l.oiireno Marrptrs:
"Events have required the departure of
Ihe at ladies from the Transvaal, He
quest instructions."
This message is interpreted at the de
partment lo luran the complete collapse
of the Itoer resistance to Eng and. Cnpt.
Kcichmann has been rallied permission
to start at once for the United States.
MOST DISASTROUS KNOWN.
Weather Bureau Chief Hoota Fears the Wort
H Yel to be Heard,
Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief ot the
' Weather bureau at Washington, D. C,
1 h , w , y h, fc
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i'1"1 ur" ll'ihm damage in Tea.i.
.wa central in Oklahama .Monday, and
v.. in f.ll'lUIT IW,FS,I,U ,(S III3I1U1 lire IIMI'
acter, the wind nt Oklahama City being
reported as plowing at .10 miles an hour.
It will probably pass into history as one
of the most disastrous, as well as pe
culiar, storms on record.
I fear, said Chief Moore, that we
i have not yet begun to get any idea of
the toss of life, not only at Galveston.
but along the gulf coast generally. The
telegram from Mr. Vaughan indicate
that the waters from the gil f encroaclW
six nulrs inward. Ihe sudden pass
'of the storm permitted, I am afraid.
water to recede rapidly and in such
no one can estimate the damage I
and property done.
CZAR PRAYS FOR PEACE.
Emperor ol Russia Truvt Disarrrimenl
I flrCti Will f vcnlually Bear Fru t.
T T.1yinK to the telegraphic message
I forwar,icd , ,,e rzar on thc occasion of
, ,l, ..I..,;,,., I.. ,he foreign nffiee nrrliin.
1 , t)lc rat;fic;l,i0n 01 the agreement
.,n,i ,,ion,. (mm ..,.
j ..Go,i Rrant tliat lhe .,bor, jn whi,h
,hr,e Rl.lltflncn have taken such active
; ,,art .y ,erve ss the ; fr the .
I ,a,iilimen. even Ihnimh in the disei...
future, of universal peace, which i the
goal of Christian civilization."
Mahinj Political Cspl'al.
John Mitchell, president, and W. II.
Wilson, secretary, of the United Mine
Workers. ay they are p'eased with the
manner in which the anthracite coal
strike order has been received by the
public. Mitchell says that he regrets
deeply that politician are undertaking
to make oolitical capital out of the
strike. "I had hoped." said he. "tb.it
ac'et.'
Burned by a Eip'es'on. ,
The explosion of a car load of gas
oline in a freight wreck on the CTtrv-;
land and Pittsburg railroad near.
Liverpool, O., resulted in the in
" 'en and havV PPcr,y.
1 !"" . u; m
I igniting, from a workman's
tram Had been derailed, w
were being hoisted back to 1
Africa has very nearly
and this fact presents g'
to anisaionary ettorU
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