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CHICAGO'S BIG FiHOi"
A Panic Almost Resulted From the
Collapse of Moore Brothers.
THE STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSED.
Sjernlatora Undertook to Buy In All the
Unloaded Diamond Match Stock at Big
Prices?Their Margins Gave Out and
They Had to Snspend?Liabilities
Nearly #8,000,000?Canse ol the Crash.
Chicago, III, August 5.?Nothing In many
?7 4103- WU3DU BUUU a. UUUJ la vv.?
abates here as the collapse of the Moores ia
tfeetr efforts to maintain their oontrol of the
Diamond Matoh stocks and New York Blsen#
or the "Cracker Trnst." It has been
talic of every man connected with the.
lock Exchangi and the Board of Trade
Another striking feature of the failure, and
no which in a measure showed its extent
?nd breadth, is the fnct that the Stock Exchange,
for the flrst time in its history, adjourned
indefinitely at once, its doors being
opened without doing any '.?usiness.
Thus the greatest speculation ever known
Jn Chicago has culminated in the failure of
the people who were behind the deal. It is
believed that the failur" will aggregate between
57,000,000 and S8.0C0,0!)0.
It is not ?Oin? out of the way to say that
Vwk of the sensation on the Street was the
quiet but generally understood belief that
the fine Italian hand of the Goulds was to bo
discerned in the crash. It was understood
here several months ae;o that the sons of Jay
fiould had growh restive over the alleged
Monopoly enjoyed by the Diamond Match
people. In order to check its growth Edwin
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tSOVIIU UrjjtUJUCU IUS ...
Company, and, with machinery equally good
*9 that owned by the Diamond Company, became
an active competitor for business. It
*88 known also that the Goulds' masterly 1
financial genius had manifested itself in the !
proposed transactions in Europe, and that
their power had interfered with the plans of
the Diamond people. It was this knowledge
which caused a slump in Diamond stock
from 250 to 220 in a few days.
"While the effeots of the failure will be far
reaching and widespread, there will be no
panic. The sensation produced in "the
Street" was most profound, and amid all the ;
hubbub could be heard expressions of sincere (
aegret for Judge William H. .Moore and
James Hobart Moore, who have lost their 1
all, though the day before they were counted
by the pubic as being among Chicago's mil- I
onaires. 1
While the failure is ascribed to ov-rspeculation,
it seems to be the general <
pinion that the Diamond Match Company
interests were crippled somewhat by the <
fierce competition in which it has been 1
angaged with the Continental Match ComjMujy
of New York, of which Edwin Gould is
toe President. ]
The Company's Hlatory. 1
The Diamond Match Company was orig- j
faally a Connecticut corporation, and was
formed for the purpose of controlling the J
manufacture of ma'ches, It had not been J
saocessful, however, to the time the Moores '
took hold of it. The Diamond Match Com- '
pany of Illinois was formed, which took
m the properties of the former company.
WnM thA formation of this company its sue- '
oess has been phenomenal, and out of it the 1
Hoores have made fortunes for themselves
and for others. Factories in Akron, Ohio,
were taken in as part of the assets. At the j
time of the organization the capital stock 1
was 16,000,000. It kept extending its busi- '
Aass and purchasing other match factories, 1
and as it did so stock was Issued at par to '
toekholders. The increases in the capital '
took were made from time* to time, until
the List oDe in February 1895, when the stock
w*s increased from $10,000,000 to $11,000,9B0,
the present capital. The last* $1,000,- '
00 was used to save timber which.had been
framed in the forest fires in northern Minne ota,
and this timber was cut and hauled to
wafer for preservation. At the time of the <
ki8t annual meeting Fresident Barbe* esti- (
mated the value of this lumber at $1,500,000. ,
The last of the companies organized by the
Moores was the New York BIssuit Company. 1
ar "Cracker Trust," which was incorporated I
fa 1890. This was a rival concern to the j
American Biscuit Company, and bakeries in J
several States were purchased and the busi- 1
boss of making bread and crackers actively 1
engaged in. The capital stock of this com- >
3?ny at the present time is $9,000,000. It *
*ns bakeries in nine States, three having
keen purchased this year. The principal ?
aoe of "these was the Mason bakery In Baltimore,
which was acquired by the company *
h March. The stock of this company ba3 8
keen an active speculative security since its *
lonnatlon. J
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WARSHIP SUNK BY TORPEDOES. J
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Ttret Struck by Lightning and Set on
Fire.
The Italian armored warship Roma, of
boat 5800 tons displacement, was struck by <
Mgbtning near Borne and caught Are. The
flames spread rapidly, the vessel being constructed
of wood, with a four and a half ?
Ench armor belt and twenty-six inches of j
deck plating. Finally the flEtnes threatened ,
to set Are to the magazine and it was found
eceasary to sink the Roma by discharging i
torpedoes at her. '
3tti6 warship was built in 1865. was of
000 horse power, '262 feet long, had a speed s
ol about thirteen knots, and carried two '
twenty-three ceatim^tM guns and a dozen 1
napid "lire guns of dillaront calibres. <
I SEWALL WILL NOT WITHDRAW. 1
He Says That He Will Not Make Way for I
Watson. I
Arthur Sewall, of Bath, Me., candidate for
Vict>-Pre3ident on the Democratic ticket, was
sked about the rumor that he was about to
eeaisn in favor of Watson, the nominee of J
the Populists. He?aid: "Any man who, for
a minute, would entertain such au idea is
not worthy oi being answered. I cannot say," ,
fce continued, "whether or not Mr. Bryan ,
will ectertaln a placeon the Populist ticket.
He will come to Buth immediately after his I
Botiflcation, wnich will probably take place (
in New Yortc. 1 will induce him to make his
headquarters at my house while in Maine, j
Mrs. Bryan will accompany her husband." ]
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The Dead Engineer Blamed. I
The testimony brought out at the Coroner's j
inquest on the recent railroad disaster near
Atlantic City, N. J., saoms to tlx the direct
responsibility for the oceiiient oa Edward
Farr, the dead engineer of the Reading express
train. He disregarded the danger sig- 1
aals. - 1
Murdered Wife and Children.
W. E. Burt, a member of one of the best
tamilles of Austin, Texas, murdered his
wife and two children, aged two aud four
years, and place I the dead bodies in a cistern.
H<> bound hi?? wife in a blanket and
dropped her straggling body into the cistern.
B'?th children had their brains knocked
out. Burt fled.
Weyler Turus Tempter.
Capiain-Generai Weyler announced that j
raws of Cuban filibustering vessels who aid I
in throwing ? loh vessels inf> Spanish hands !
will !>?.' regard? ! as friends oi Spain and
Sbcraily rewarded besides.
i
Explosion Spre.id-. Death nutl Hum. I
By hqexplosion in a ? rework* factory at |
Fuenfkirchen. Austria, flv? por-?on- were
killed and 100 others were injured. Tue tiroworks
which expired were la a .-ton- !> ?aeath
th<? Towo Hall, and that ball ling, -ts
well ad other houses about the market plaoe.
was wrecked, and the whole town wa.s
shaken.
Watson Opposes Fusion.
Thomas E. Watson, PopuIl3t candidate for
Yice-Pr-aldeat, is opposed to fusion between
Democrats aa.1 Populists ou doctors utiloss I
Sttwad shall be withdrawn. j
KINO OEOROE OF GREECE.
King George of Greece is a second son
of the King of Denmark. He was elected
King of the Hellenes in 1863, and married in
L861 the Grand Duchess Olga, a niece of the
late Czar Alexander II. His oldest son, the
Crown Prince, was born in 1868, and in 1889
married Princess Sophia, sister of Emperor
William.
BOY BEHEADED BY A LION.
4 Pet Blte? the Head Off Manager Hurd??
T.IKIo linn
At Chilllcothe, Ohio, Eddie Hurd, the twofear-old
son of Manager Hurd, was killed by
i lion. Hurd and his wife are in charge of a
part of Hagenbeck's trained menagerie,
which is exhibiting at the fair jrrouDds near
town during the week of the Ross County
[air.
As a drawing-card they had a two-yearrid
lion tied to a stake near the entrance to
the tent. The lion belongs to "Jim" Corbett,
the prize-fighter, and was not regarded aa
ferocious^
At 2 o'clock p. m., Mr. and Mrs. Hurd
were at the tent, taking tickets with a big
orowd on the outside. Little Eddie Hurd
had been playing around the tent, and finally
ventured too near the lion, which had
been watching him closely. Suddenly the
lion switched his tail, sprang violently forward,
and the next instant the child's entire
bead was in the animal's mouth. The ferocious
animal shook the Infant as a terrier
log would shake a rat.
The mother, reckless of danger, rushed to
the rescue of her babe and might have been
torn to pieces but for the quick presence of
mind of the father.
People screamed and fled, while Manager
Surd rushed to the lion, seized him by the
aws, pulled them apart, and the headless
jo'dy of his boy fell on the ground. It required
a long time to club the lion into submission
and get him in his cage. The audi
3UUO VYOS uisiuiaaou ouu MJ UU?<*?
jiven.
TWO STAGES HELD UP.
Two Men and Two Horie* Shot by Oklahoma
and Oregon Oatlawa.
Two Osage Indians named Bain Dog and
Dharles Krailer, held up the Greyhorse stage
joaoh Jin the Osage country, Oklahoma,
rhey secured $350 in cask and several gold
matches, and went through two mail
>ouches. The driver, Hen-y Somers, and
Hartin Taylor, a hardware drummer from
Pittsburg, Penn., were shot for refusing to
hrow up their hands. Taylor's wounds are
lot serious. Five persons in the stage were
obbed, including a woman Indian teacher,
s\f Tn^iono
liioa iKutv;( vi
Two masked men held up the WUholt
itage near Mill Creek Bridge, Oregon.
iVhen the order to halt was given the four
lor&es attached to the coach started to run
iway. The robbers opened fire on the
inimals and qulokly killed two of them,
>rlnglng the stage 'to a standstill. The
llghwaymen then robbed the driver of his
evolver and a small amount of money. The
mssengers, four In number, were aleo forced
o hand over their cash and valuables.
WORK'NG FOR FUSION.
'nnr.nllnill of thd Pdonlp'l PartT 11(1(1
lu Six States.
Populist convention were held on the
lame day in West Virginia, Nebraska,
Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Texas and Kansas,
:u Nebraska the State Committee was directed
to confer with the Democratic Com*
nittee to arrange a tuslon on electors.
la Louisiana the Popullets nominated a
straight electoral ticket. The Populists oi
iVest Virginia nominated for Governor the
leading Democratic candidate for the same
)fflce, and favored electoral fusion.
In Pennsylvania a committee was prodded
for to arrange a fasion with the Demirats
on electors.
The Populist9 in Kansas appointed a oomnlttee
to confer with the committee from the
Democratic convention, also In session, on
;he question of fusion.
HOLCOM9, BY ACCLAMATION.
Nebraska's Governor Renominated by
Stato Populist Convention.
Governor Holcomb was renominated by
:he Populist State Convention at Hastings,
Seb., by acclamation, and State Senator
Harris, of Nemaha County, was unanimously
;hosen for Lieutenant-Governor.
The Dlatform indorsed the action of the
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recant ropuust i>au<;utu uuuveuuuu m 01.
Louis, aad reaffirmed allegiance to the declarations
therein. A resolution was passsed
giving tho State Committee power to name
id electoral ticker, uot less than four members
of which shall be Populists.
Switzerland's Coinage.
Switzerland has in circulation an equal
imount of gold and silror. or 815,000,000 in
each kind of metal.
Steven* for Governor.
The Missouri Democratic Stato Convention,
at Jefferson City, uuseated all tho sound
money delegates and adopted a platform declaring
for free coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1. Lon V. Sipveiw was nominated
for Governor. The Presidential electors
selected are all strong free silver men and
not likely to countenance any deal with the
Populists.
Unprofitable K:ulrou<lt?.
There were 37.353 miles of railroad in this
country operate.; under receiverships in th*
V'%ar eud'i I June 30. ami our entire railway
system was rati at h loss o! i29.S4j.24l.
TIio N.itlaml Game.
There now are thirty baseball clubs in
En^'laud.
Burk^tt, of the Clov^an Is. has made his
lDCtti bit <.>f the year.
Chicago ba? as good a throwing outfloid
as thereis in the League.
The New York* are bitting well, but weak
pitching is their handicap.
Broutbors says tin? Easfern Leas 10 plays
faster ball than the National League^.
xuo r?auonai uoara oas itwarueu v^roas,
the short stop, to the Louisville Club.
McAloer, of the Cleveland. has made but
two errors at the center field this season.
Catcher Warner, recently released by
Ictilsville. \as by? allied by Yark, j
KINC CEORCE MAY ABDICATE.
Greece's Sovereign Ready to Give Up Hl?
Throne to the Crown Prince.
It is said that the various European ooart?
have received letters from members of the
royal family of Greece saying that King
George will probably abdicate in favor of
Crown Prince Constantine, Duke of Sparta,
if the Powers compel Greece to desist from
her aspirations to make the Island of Crete a
part of the Grecian domains.
SjfiiB"
IfFDL BAItfAY WBBCI
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Excursionists Killed by a Frightful 9
Collision Near Atlantic City. c
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A TERRIBLE SCENE OF DEATH, \
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Trains at High Rate of Speed Crash Together?Flamna
Add Horror to the h
Scene?Work of Rescue Immediately ^
Begun?Tales of Survivors?Came of a
the Accident?Identifying the Bodies. ?
Atlantic City, N. J., August 1.?A rail- *
road collision resulting in an appalling E
slaughter of human beings occurred Thurs- fl
day night a mile from this city. An express d
train on the Reading Railroad rushing towards
the sea at the rate of nearly a mile a n
.minute crashed into the side of a train on a
the Pennsylvania Railroad, the cars of which jj
were tilled with excursionists whc had been ^
imaklng merry at the beach at a picnic of t;
the Improved Order of Red Men, which is a 0
:benevolent organisation of National scope.
iThe list of dead as revised numbered forty- a
iseven, and this is thought to be correct, nl- v
'though there was a possibility that more 1
ibodies were under the debris in the pond e
;beside the wreck. The injared amount to
aboutseventy. Almost immediately after the e
catastrophe the news reached-Atlantic City, 1<
anri relief trains, atnouiancos ana carriages ii
improvised into ambulances were sent to the a
scene ana tho rescuers kept at work all v
night. A
The accident was probably the worst that y
.ever occurred on a railroad in New Jersey, t<
iThere are conflicting stories as to what si
caused it. One of the engineers of the trains p
. is dead and the other engineer blames him. li
The West Jersey Railroad train, having on h
board excursionists of Red Men from Bridge!ton,
N. J., left the West Jersey station in this
city at 6.80 o'clock on its way to Bridgeton.
;After the train had leljt the station and was F
on its way to the meadows, the engineer
stopped and then waited to get the signal to
go ahead. This was displayed and he pulled
,the throttle. The Reading express was comling
along at a rapid rate. The first part of "
the West Jersey train had got beyond the si
crossing in safety, but ju3t as the third car [(
was going over the crossing the ooliision
came. The crash was terrific. Tlie engineer &i
of the express train, Edward Farr, of Atlan- f'
tic City, 9aw that a collision was unavoida- "
ble. bat bravelystuck to the lover ana aiea.
at his po9t. His body whs taken from be- ~
neath several tons of broken iron, which had ^
crushed his life out. ?
, By the collision the Reading express train
was thrown from the track and fell to the
,right, burying some of the excursionists who ~
had managed to Jump fro^ the West Jersey *
train before the collision occurred. Many of ?
the excursionists saw the approach of the ^
express and, knowlng'there would be acollision,
tried to lump from the car. But a few *jj
were successful, however, and when the col- M
lision did come, they were buried beneath ?(
the wreck. The third car of the excursion t(j
train wa3 dashed into pieces. It was in that al
.car that many of the people were who were
killed. The car was thrown over and in a
.few minutes it had been"set on Are from the
'locomotive of the Reading train. Th03e T
people who were not killed outright by the
-collision, and were pinned beneath the
wreck, saw the blaze about them and cried
'plteously to be either killed or rescued, as hi
'they did not want to be burned to death. Y
There were many rescuers on hand by this
time. At once they went to the assistance C
.of those imprisoned white others fought the
iflre. They suooeeded in putting out the ^
I flames in a short time, and before anyone jj
was burned. The baggage car of the Read- q
'* ??an/1 fVia KQ f*f?Q CKX
-ing Uil)rwa WOO mouagu, auu ?.&*? g
,and U. 8. Express Company's matter were r(
wrecked and strewn about on all sides of the a,
Itracks. The baggage master of the Bead- 0ling
Railroad, when he saw that the accident j(
'was bound to happen, leaped from the bag- fC
igage car and landed In a ditch, only to be ^
caught by the locomotive and crushed to ^
'death. He was Samuel Thorn, and a resi- Cl
Jdent of Atlantic City. s,
] There was not one car in either train that
I was not damaged. All were thrown from p
(the trtfck, but the peoDle who were not
(killed were in the first part of the excursion r
train. They were very fortunate, and when a
ome of them saw how close their escape had
been they fainted. Many of the mau went je
jto work to help get their friends ouc of the y
wreck.
The train that ran into the West Jersey ex- ^
cursion train left Philadelphia for Atlantic 0]
City at 5.40 o'clock, and wa8 due in this oity
at 6.55. At the time of the accident, it is
said, the express train was running at the T
rate of fifty miles an hour. The engineer of
She train, Farr, who was killed, had to de- I(
pend on the signal-tower, and, believing
everything right, did not s:ow up his train.
Thore was a stranger riding with the engineer
of the express besides his fireman. The so
stranger did not attempt to jump from the o
train, nor did the fireman, with the engi- K
user the fireman stuck at his post and both
were killed. The unknown "friend of the
engineer was also killed. y<
After the accident occurred word was sent ol
to the Atlantio City Town Hall, which is but ol
two miles from the scene of the accident w
The fire bells were rung, and in an instant
the firemen with their apparatus were on pt
their way to the scene of the aonideht. They le
did much to restore quiet, and;workedh6roi- be
cally all night, some of them not leaving the th
scene of the disaster before Dine o'clock this
morning. All the people pinned unaefc the dt
cars were not dead, the cries coming from sp
them being plainly heard in the darkness, re
In order to give the searchers some b<
light, after darkness set in a huge bonfire pt
was started,and this wag kept burning nearly
all the night. As quickly as the dead and iti
Injured were removed they were transferred F<
to the hospitals and morgues. There are ct
forty persons in the different hospitals here, cl
not to say anything of the large number be- di
ing cared for in the prirato resldjnces. re
Every physician in Atlantic City, Egg Harbor
City, Asbury Park, Long Branch and
neighboring places went to the scene of the
accident. Since being brought to the hospital
seven patients died from their injuries, a!
Nearly all the Killed were from Bridgeton g,
and other places in South Jersey, aud as n
soon as the bodies of the victims were recognlzed
they were removed to undertaking es- ej
tablishmunts to be prepared for shipment to 0|
the homes of the victims. In one of the cars
of the wrecked West Jersey train there was
a woman sitting dead in a seat, and in her
hand was a souvenir of the nice time the
Red Men had at th? seashore. The souvenir al
was in the form of a plate, and on ir was the ?
Inscription: "A Merry Time in Auanttc tj
City." The plate was unbroken. The woman's
hands were crushed, however, and
her head was badly mutilated, her features
beinp unrecognisable.
The old Reading excursion house has been si
transformed into a temporary morgue. Row gi
upon row of sombre-looking clack boxes in a
which rest the mansjled and in some cases
charred remains of the victims of the torriole
disaster greet the eye.
A most pathetic scene was witnessed when j
Henry Muta, of Brid^etou, called. Side by | '
side lay two of the unknown boxes. The I
cover was lifted from the first uox. revealiug ! tl
the mangled and twisted remains of a man. |
The face was distorted with the death aironv, j C
bur with a low groan youust Muta sank upon ; h
his knees murmuring ''Father." A moment
later the second box was opened, showing p
the dismembered body of Pean Muf.a. hi.s [j
sister.
The body of Mizenl May had hardly been
identified when the dead wagon again rolled -c
upto the door of t ho temporary morgue and a a'
box containing the remains of the boy's j
mothor. Mr.-. May, of Bridgeiou. was laid by J li
hi^ side. She died in tbo City Hospital j S
shortly before noon. ?
Many jwople from Eridgoton, from where
theill-fated excursion started, went to the } jj
bceuc ui iic<;iuBui. ui bUu m
hospitals were crowded. all th* people trv.ng v.
to llaJ their relatives. The sceae wns heartrending.
Some of the excursionists ot the h
West Jersey train who were in tho tlrst cars ['
and were not injured w )r^ tatteu to their }'
homes in Bridqeton. Th~> news of the acoident
had reaohed the place before them. an i **
as they alighted they were clipped in the
arms of their relatives, who cri'id over them, h
One of the West Jersey cars containing the a
excursionists was knocked to pieces, while t'
another wa3 thrown over into & salt pond, o
bottom up. The car had to be broken with
ajies by the fire cocopanius in order to get v
oat the bodies of the dead. In this car few r
ware found ailve when the rescuers sue- e
ceedtxl in getting at it. Many ot the bodies g
iTflE ATTITUDE OF BBYAH"
Chairman Jones Says He Will Not Accept
the Populist Nomination,
iSEWALL NOT TO WITHDRAW.
>f the dead had to remain In tne wrecked
ars all night.
Charles Blue, a resident of Bridgeton.waa
q the car of the New Jersey train, whloh
rus filled with Brldgeton people. He had a
olracuious escape. He made the following
tatement:
'The trains came together with a fearful
rash, one running Into the other,apparently,
n a most careless manner. After the crash
he scene was indescribable. I do not know
low I escaped death. Two children who
at in front of me were crushed Into a shape0ss
mass, while I was merely turned around
n my seat. I noticed one family in particuar
seated in the centre of the car. This
amily consisted of the father, mother
ad two cntldren. The father seemed to
tave some warning of tne collision, as just
efore the crash he suddenly seized his
oungest child, which was a mere Infant,
ad threwlt out of the open window. The
.est instant the crash came, and this famJ.
like many others, were crushed to death.
e baby was found lying on the bank, apurentlv
uniniured. I noticed a number of
eraons escaped being crushed by jumping
rom the moving train just before the accient
happened.
The work of digging the dead from the
wful wreak was continued without intermission
throughout the night. One of the
wrui sights wltnes3?d was the men digging
a a ditch to resurrect parts of human bangs,
and in some instances raised whole
odies, but crushed almost beyond recoguilon.
The grimy, sweating workmen worked
n by the aid of lanterns until daylight gave
hem an opportunity to seethe proerress they
rare making. Sections of cars were out
way and lifted in the search for the dead,
rhose numbers grew as the work progressed,
'heir labors were rewarded by the discovry
of three bodies.
Coroner McLaughlin, who has been gathring
evidence from all sides in an effort to
;arn where to look and upon whom to fix
tie blame of the appalling disaster, said that
s near as he could judge the excursion train
rns forty minutes late in going out from
.tlantic City. He had not ascertained as
et the rules governing the signals from the
awer for passing trains. The towerman
tated to the Coroner that he had shewn the
roper signals. The towerman, whose name
i Hauser. Is now In the city jail and will be
eld pending the investigation.
BBin/>prnu III turn IDMIKI^
niuuL i win in iiiwwiiifniwi
uneral Train Arrives With Its Dead and
Injared.
Bbidoetox, N. J.. August 1.?The second
st in the Atlantic City tragedy occurred at
80 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when a
secial train over the West Jersey Bailroad
>lled slowly into the Brldgeton depot bearig
the dead bodies of the victims in their
astily constructed caskets. All the afteroon
a great crowd waited at the depot for
te train.
Nineteen of the corpses were brought to
ridgeton. They were those of Mr. and Mrs.
rilliam C. Loper, Mr. and Mrs. H. Frazier
ell, Charles P. McGear, Charles Mulford.
imes N. Bentman, John G-riner, Sr.; little
earl Muta, Charles D. Barroueh, Mr, and
[rs. Bichard Trenchard, J. D. Johnson,
rederick Cheney and his son, Joseph, ana
is daughter, Nina; Joseph Earnest, Joseph
eters and his son, Morris.
The arrival of the train produced one of
le saddest sights ever known in Bridgeton.
!any persons were weeping, and their sobs
>uld be heard a long distance. In addition
i the dead a few of the injured who were
3le to travel came home on the train.
TAMMANY FOR BRYAN.
be Executive Committee Indorsee Hi*
Nomination and Pledges Support.
The Tammany Hall Executive Committee
eld Its first meeting In the Wigwam, in New
ork City, since the Democratic National
onvennon at uuica?u,
This resolution, adopted without a dLs>nting
vote, places Tammany Hall fairly In
ne for the Chicago ticket: "The Executive
ommittee of the Democratic organization
t the city and county of New York, In
iguiar meeting assembled, does hereby
icept and approve the nomination
I William J. Bryan, of Nebraska,
>r President, and Arthur Sewall, of Maine,
>r Vice-President of the United States, as
le wise determination of the Democratic
ational Convention, recently held in Ohiigo,
and we pledge our loyal and hearty
lpport to their candidacy."
Feeling in the matter was not unanimous,
orraer Police Commissioner James J. Marn.
leader of the Twenty-seventh Dlstriot;
ollln-M. Morgan, leader of the Ttrentyinth;
Andrew J. White, associate leader of
le Thirty-flrst.and Charles F.Allen, associate
iader of the Twenty-seventh, did not vote,
hey voted in favor of a resolution bv Mr.
' ' - ? *11 11 r\AT> fVia nnQQ- I
.aruii uoioruu^ an aouuu upu xj^v-won
of indorsement until after the meeting
C the State Convention.
HREE KILLED BY A CHUTE BOAT.
: Struck a Light Craft on Lake Ottossee
as It Came Down an Incline.
Three persons were drowned and a fourth
riously Injured in an accident at Lalce
ttossee, an outing resort, three miles from
noxville, Tenn.
The dead are Charles Perry, eighteen
iars old; Walter Wri?ht, twenty-one years
d. and Miss Carrie Phibbs, seventeen years
d. The Injured is Mrs. Forrester, a widow,
ho was with tnem.
The party was rowing on the lake in the
irk in a light rowboat. and through caressness
they came in the course of the chute
>at as li came uowu tuu siccp muuuo miu
ie water.
The chute boat, loaded with ten persons,
ished down the Incline at a terrific rate ot
>eed and hit the water with much force. It
bounded into the air aad on the second
>unce struck the rowboat with its occuints.
The crash upset the row boat and drowned
3 passengers, with the exception of Mrs.
arrester, who came to the surface and
mght on to the upturned boat, where she
ung until assistaace arrived. Expert
vers were soon put to work and the bodies
covered.
Traia Robber Hanged.
James C. Cashergo, alias George Wilsonias
Jim Townsend, was hang9d at Fort i
ni!h. Ark., for the murder of his employer, j
man named Tbateli, on the border of the
ickapoo Reservation in April. 1895. Cash go
was a member of the Heary Starr's gang
! train robbers.
Texas Colonel Kills a Preacher.
The Rev. W. A. Forbes was ahot and killed
L the Cotton B;lt depol, Texarkana, by ;
olonol John B. Hailum. The shooting was
lought to be the outcome cf a quarrel. I
Satolli'4 Successor.
The Pope hits appointed as Mgr. Satolll's
lecessor in the United States iho Rev.
&bastiun>Martineui, Prior-Goueral of the
ugustios Chaussts.
Cycling Notes.
Longer cranks are becoming fashionable,
specially with tall riders.
In France, where everybody and everyling
are taxed, bicyclists* pay 42.25 a year.
There is a terror of th"! town in Kansas
itv who reads his morning uewspaper tis
e scorches through the street*.
Tamper with yo'ir machine as little as
ossible. Your tinicenug will do no good i
nless you are a practical mechanic.
Most riders pt?aai mor? strongly with one
!g thau the other. An uneveu poJaliing I
ction is a prolillc eausa ot side-slip -pills. i
Then are probably more bicycles por
end oi white population in Jobuunesburg. j
outli Afrlcu. tu.'iL iiuvwuero cis'' iu tae
orlJ.
Ac a recent bicycle wedding iu Aurora.
I., tao bride wad attired iu dark creeu I
loumer*, trimmed with gol.i to matcb her j
heei. A bicycle honeymoon trip ?o!iown.i.
If a collision with a dog feems unavoida!e.
grasp your Uaa Le bar"very firmly do*;
> the steeriug piiiar. anl yoa \rlli probaly
come out of the accident much mori'
ifely.
Tbe chain i? a vita! part of the w'nee. and
as more to do wita the easy running of the
iachlu-5 than any other one thing. Sea
lat it i* kept clean and have it soaked in
il once a month.
nr.Mitivn f?r Aiirf nwav aheai in ad
ance of Now Tork in tne matter of good
oads for cyclists, thanks to the energetic
fforts of the riders themselves. Ana the
ood work still continues. -
The Manager of the Democratic campaign
Announces That the Chicago Nominee
Will Stand by His Telegram to the
People's Party Convention?"Tom"
Watson'i Position?The Fusion Scheme
' Washington. D. 0., August 3.?Chairman
JJones, of the Demooratio National Commit[tee,
who has just arrived in this city from
Arkansas, bays that the iooatlon of head*
{quarters and the selection of the Executive
Committee will be determined and announced
at the coming meeting of the National
Committee in New York.
' With regard to the published statement of
Populist Peek, of Georgia, that an agreement
was made in St. Louis to withdraw
Bewail in favor of Watson, Chairman Jones
gives it an unqualified denial. He says that
-/innranHiin had adiourned, and
OUOl IUW VVbfvWMw.. ? _ _
when he was preparing to leave St. Louts,
a messenger boy delivered a letter signed W.
L. Peek, urging that Watson be substituted
Tor Sewall. In this letter Peek doclared that
'the Democrats could assure the success of
their Presidential candidate by making Wat son
their oandidate for Vice-PresMent. This
'letter, said the Senator, disproves Peek's allegation
that an agreement bad been entered
into.
Concerning the Hill amendments to the
Chicago platform, Chairman Jones asserts
positively that all of them were rejected. He
says Hill offered four amendments and that
he (Jones) gave tbem special attention for
the express purpose of making sure of their
rejection. As to the amendment relating to
a^oHno enntrftfits." Senator Jones says It
was rejected by 90 decided a majority that
Senator Hill remarked that he would not ask
for a yea and nay vote.
When asked the question. "Will Mr. Bryan
accept the nomination offered him by the
Populists?" Chairman Jones answered 9low!y
ana deliberately, "Bow can he? He was
nominated wtlh Mr. Sewall on the Democratic
platform, and he will do nothing that
will refleot upon him as a gentleman or as a
Democratic candidate.
"He appreciates very highly the fact that
the Populists honored him with so many of
their votes,but when he sent that telegram to
the St. Louis Convention requesting the
withdrawal of his name he meant that he
could not accept the nomination; He is
of the same mind now. .
"But suppose the Populists do nominate
another candidate for the Presidency, what
will be the situation? Mr. Bryan reoeived a
thousand votes in their convention, and then
this Cential; Committee, composed of a few
men, comes along and nominates a new
man. It will simply mean the disruption
and disorganization of the Populist party.
*' v* h a tto
"We all icnow iaai w? ura >u
either Bryan and Sewall or MoKinley and
Hobart. The best man and the most intelligent
of the Populist party will vote for
Bryan and Sewalf. That section of the Peo- ,
pie's party that Is actuated by patriotism
will vote for free silver, and when they find
that the Populist party, which was organized
to bring about free silver, and whion they
joined with that objeot in view, is forsaking
its mission they will oome back to the Democratic
party.
"I found, while at 8f. Louis, that the Populists
of the North and West were generally
broad-minded and patriotio men. There
were some of the same sort among the representatives
from the 8outh, but as a general
rule the Southern delegates were not a creditable
class. They practically admitted while
In St Louis that they were out for
nothing but spoil. They said even
that there was 'nothing in It' for them to
Indorse the Democratic nominees, and this
same spirit will probably dominate their
actions In the future. They will do all that
they can to harrass the Democracy and
create confusion, and in the end they will
do iust as they have done in Alabama, fuse
with the Republicans and vote for McKinley.
They will go with the negroes, where they
belong.
"I do not know just what Tom Watson's
attitude is," continued Senator Jones, "but
I received a telegram some days ago from
dark Howell, saying that Watson was raising
a good deal of a fuss and declaring that
the withdrawal of Mr. Sewall was the first
step that must be taken to obtain fusion.
"I suppose that Wat9on really believes
that he can 'bluff' us into withdrawing Mr.
Sewall. Just as though such a proposition
could be considered for a moment ,by any
right thinking man! Mr. Sewalt will, of
course, remain on the ticket, and Mr. Watson
can do what he likes.
"I sent back word to Mr. HoweTl that
8ewall would not be dropped, but that I was
willing to make any fair and proper arrangement
with the Popuilsts on the electoral
tickets. The question of representation on
the electoral tickets will have to be decided
by each State, and I have no doubt that satisfactory
arrangements will be made, and
* 11 will ho
that Bryan ana oewuu
In all the Southern and Western States. Just
what arrangements will be made I do not
know."
BRAVE RESCUE AT SEA.
Frenchm&n Took Twelve German Mariners
From a Staking Ship.
Twelve distressed mariners, whose thrilling
rescue in midocean from a waterlogged
and slowly-sinking wreck formed a
dramatic incident of the French line steamship
Bourgogne's voyage to the Port of New
York from Havre, arrived in New York City
on board that steamship. Their own vessel,
the German bark Ernst, from Wales for New
Brunswick, haa gone the way of the storm
conquered.
The rescue was made during the height of
a heavy gate and undereircumstauces which
severely tried the courage and seamanship
of the rescuers. It was witnessed by the
three hundred passengers of the big liner,
who clung to the reeling taffrail, and. heedless
of the fearful rolling of the ship and the
storms of spray which dashed In their faces,
'"* ul u-K.aaI-C fViu crri)??lB
watcneu WHU Ulauuueu
of the life savers to reach the wreck.
It seemed at first as though the effort
wouid end la disaster. While being
lowered one of the rescuing lifeboat? was
'upended by a breaking sea. and three of its
five occupants were hurled into the water.
The Boulogne hal then a rescue of her own
on hand.
| A second boat went to the assistance of i
[the firs: and the three men were picked up.
TJndaunted by their cwa narrow escape, the
first boat's crew continued in the worii of
rescue after tbe three meu had been taken
on board their craft and the boat bailed
out.
Will Not Promise nn OftU-e.
Regardingthc rumor that he had promised
to appoint Governor Altgeld. of Illinois,
Attorney-General, W. J. Bryan, the Chicago
nominee, said: "In order to answer, once
for all. rumor? in regard to places promised,
1 desire to say that I have not directly or indirectly
promised any office of any kind to
any parson whomsoever, and shall not,
during the campaign, promise any oftica u! I
'-..-I >? .inv r.rtrRou whomsoever.''
ilXlV liiuu IV UWJ J'?... - ?
Niueteeii Horses Killed bv Lightning;. J
A: Eiiiuburg, Ohio, a bolt oi liijhtniu^ I
I:iiIt'll ivueteeu liorsus beloagiug to J. X. }
Bradley. j
i
i
Prominent People.
Tli? Priaee of^ales an l tbo Duty of Con* !
naught ar? tbe first kaightd o'. th* uew Vic- j
tormu order. I
Prince.^ Heieae, tbe Duelings oi Spartan ;
baby, is yueeu Victoria's ttrouty?seeoaJ |
greii'-graadchllJ.
Itudyar J Kipllag is open to engagement us j
" Tills is cald t0 OS t!l< I
tt H ii; l.uucovvwuv*..
ambition of his life.
Physically ILr. Austin L? the smallest Poet
Laureate Great Britain ever had. He is
only a little over four feet tall.
The late Baron Hlrscb received an average
of 400 beggLag letters a day, and never read
them, though he gave away In a single year
aa much as $15,000,000.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
WMhiajrton Itraa*.
The Treasury officials have found a counterfeit
half dollar which contains more silver
than the Government coin; they believe they
are the work of Western counterfeiters and
that a large number are in circulation.
Postmaster-General Wilson has decided
not to take any part in the coming campaign.
He will sail for Europe on October 12, and
will remain for about two months, He will
be accompanied by his wife.
The President appointed Walter B. Barker?
of Mississippi, Consul of the United States
at Sagua la Grande, Cuba, and Joseph L.
Hance, of New York, Consul at Cardenas,
Cuba.
Mr. Barrett, Chief of the Department of
Electricity at the World's Fair, has been
honored with a medal from the German
Government.
The President appointed McGrane Coxe,
of New York, to be Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United
8tates to Guatemala and Honduras, to succeed
P. M. B. Young, deceased. Mr. Coxe is
a native or Alabama.
The Treasury began sending out checks
in payment of the $5,000,000 sugar bounty
appropriated by Congress and heid up by
Comptroller Bowler.
The monthly Treasury statements from
Washington showed a deficit of 813,000,000
and an increase in the public debt of nearly
811,000,000 in July.
The court martial which has been trying
Lieutenant J. C. Col well, of the jam Kat
anatn, at tne new xor& rmvjr, miu,
acquitted blm of the o barges brought against
him growing out of his alleged assault on a
waiter at New London recently. The findings
have been approved and the officer restored
to duty.
Attorney-General Harmon dismissed the
Government suits against about ten thousand
settlers made defendants with the Union
Pacific and other Western railroads.
Domestic.
BZCORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.
Per Per
Club*. Won. Lo?t. ct. | Club'. Won. Lo?t. ct.
Baltimore.58 27 .682 Brooklyn.40 47 .460
OO CQ I lnK.lo,4a1 QQ J.Q 4.49
v/iuuimxauui i .uuuLmiauot.ivv
Cleveland 57 31 .648!New York36 51 .414
Chioago. .53 40 .670:vr8hing'n34 50 .405
Pltt3burar.49 39 .557 St. Loui9.28 60 .318
Boston....47 39 .547.Loaisville22 64 .256
Albert Pauley, of New York City, an
epileptic, became insane, and, after threatening
his mother and sister with a rifle, shot
himself dead.
The Rev. Michael M. Murray, assistant
pastor of St. Malachy's Church, Brooklyn,
was drowned at Rockaway Park while bathing.
In Brooklyn, Alice Heaney in a fit of insanity
chopped her sister's head to pieces with
an ax as she slept.
_Phllip Abbott, Assistant Solicitor of the
Wisconsin central ttauway, ieu irom tee top
of one of the Rooky Mountains to the bottom
of a canyon, a thousand feet below, and was
killed.
Mrs. Bertha MoDonald, aged nineteen, living
on the Utah plantation, in Franklin
Parish, La., was assaulted and murdered ten
miles from Gilbert station. Hiram WeighUn
ationpcfqrf nf thfl double crime.
was arrested soon afterward. He made a
confession, and was lynched by a mob which
took him from the Sheriff's posse.
John B. Hinckson, a candidate for Presidental
elector on the Democratic ticket In
Pennsylvania, announced that he would resign.
as he could not support the Chicago
platform.
Fire in the Telephone Exchange at Concori,
Tenn., destroyed a dozen business
houses.
Followers in New York City of the Rev.
Father Kneipp, of Germany, petitioned the
Park Board to designate certain parts of Central
Park where they may walk barefoot on
the grass in the early morning dew.
Four persons were killed on one day and
many prostrated by the heat in New York
City. Street thermometors registered 104
degrees, though the official temperature was
given at eighty-eight.
A freight wreck and powder explosion occurred
on the Philadelphia and Beading
Railroad, at Weldy's Siding, Penn. Michael
Smock, the engineer, and Alexinder Smith,
the conductor, were killed, and Henry
Dreisbach, the fireman, wa3 seriously
scalded.
In New York City, Francesco Lomeo,
jealous of his wife, arrayed himself in holiday
olothe9 and tried to shoot his child. The
mother interposed, receiving the bullets in
her body. Then Lomeo blew out his brains.
While diving from a hone's back at Bath
Ttaanh T.nnrr Talanri a hnqf-l?r named Bftrtha
was kicked in the Btomaoh. He sanlc and
was drowned in the presence of many people
who were applauding hia feats.
Soldiers on picket duty in Cleveland, Ohio,
prevented two strikers exploding what is
supposed to have been a dynamite bomo.
The strikers were pursued by the soldiers
and about twenty shots were exchanged.
"Judge Calvin E. Pratt, of the Supreme
Court, Brooklyn, died suddenly, of apoplexy,
at his country home, in Rochester, Mass.
Cleveland ('Ohio) rioters blew up with
dynamite the nouse of a grocer who had refused
them credit
A large number of cotton mills in Fall
River, Mass., closed down in order to curtail
production.
The Rockefeller iron mines In Michigan
have been closed, throwing 7000 men out of
employment.
Cornelius Vanderbllt, Jr.. eldest son of the
multi-millionaire of the same name,and Miss
Grace Wilson were married at the New York
home of the bride's father. None of the
bridegroom's family attended the ceremony.
Ji.nore Drotuow, ui vm^a^u, v*
the Diamond Match Company and the NewYork
Biscuit Company, announced that they
had failed. A meeting of prominent financiers
and Chicago bankers was held about
midnight and it was agreed by them to close
the Chicago Stocii Exchange indefinitely.
These men said it waa the only course for
thom to pursue.
Henry Teuscher, a farmer arrested at
Burlington, Iowa, ha9 confessed that he
murdered his grandfather last winter during
a family quarrel.
The Spanish Consul at Philadelphia has
offered a reward of $10,000 for information
that will lead to the capture of any filibustering
expedition in the Cuban waters.
Four men were killed in u battle between j
sheepmen and cattlemen in Oregon.
Reports from the storm which passed over j
Nashville. Tenn., indicate great damage to
crops and trees. It was the most intense
combination of tornado and oloudburst that (
ever visited that neighborhood.
Frank Tierney was fouad guilty of murder
in the first degree by a jury at Sandusky,
Ohio. He murdered Frank Heipoian. of New
York, iu a boxcar. Tieraey will be the first
man to die in the electric chair in Ohio.
Mrs. Mastiok ana granddaughter Mabel,
who were struck by a train at Plattshurg. N.
Y.. while riding with Mr. Mastick, who was
instantly killed, died about three hours after
the accident.
\Y. Bourke Coctran, of New York City,
has bolted the Chicago ticket and advocate.-*
the election of McKinley.
Fire in the Cramp shipyard in Philadelphia.
Penu.. destroyed the big paint shop of
the concern with its contents.
Riots occurred on the "East Side." New
York City, as the result of efforts by tailors
to cloio down sweat shops started u;j with
uou-union iai>or.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Tyier. the former j
tlio nronrietor of the Brooks House, were i
drowned while bathing in the Connecticut
River at a point about threo miles above
Brntlle!)0r0. Vt.
Frank Wollwober was shot and killed by
Poiu'eroiiQ Thomas R. Meyers. after commit',
tins burglary in Now York Cltv.
Dwight L. Mooly's annual conference of j
Christian Worker* began in North Hold,
Mas?.
Washington Aroh, New York City, wa*
struck by lightning and mutilated during a
heavy thunderstorm.
Charles A. Greene, a lineman, was killed
by electricity on a pole in UulonSouare, New
l'ork Cltv.
Foreign Votes.
A big rebel stronghold nearBaracoa, Cuba,
was captured by Spanish troops after a
severe engagement.
Madrid. Spain, was visited by a severe
thunderstorm, accompanied by torrents of
rain and hall. The oldest inhabitant re
members uouuug use tue 3u.c ui uio urn*- i
atones cr-"* -
- T.
THE ALABAMA ELBGTH
Returns Indicated a Victory for th^H
Democratic Ticket fl|
CLAIMS OF THE FUSIONISTS*
'.TfUAnfi V. .Trthnaf nn fit a TIaty* fW* V^tlic Ctndi^^B
date, Defeat* Albert T. Goodwyn, Be>
publican-Pop allit?Democrat* Claim
the Lerfjlatare by a Two-Third* Vote
?Tiulonleta Maintained They Won.
Ho4Tooici27, Ala., August L?The latest
returns received from the State election In
Alabama yesterday indicate the election of
Joseph F. Johnston, Democratic candidate
for Governor, by a majority variously estimated
at from 30,000 to 50,000. over Albert
T. Goodwyn, the Populist and Republican
fusion candidate. The Legislature is be
lieved to be Democratic by a safe majority,
and this is regarded by the politicians as of
great importance, as the new Legislature
will elect a United States Senator to succeed
James L. Pugh. whose term expires next
March. Returns show that the voting was
fairly even in the upper or mineral section
of the State, where there Is more opposition
to the Administration than in other parts.;
In rural districts, however, the Populist'
vote appears to have fallen off to the advantage
of the Democrats, whoso free silver
platform gained votes.
The registration was unprecedented In
many parts of the State, and the vote was*
almost up to the registration. The returns
.show that Johnson carried almost every
county which two years ago went for William
C. Oates.
In only three counties are losses to be
noted and only two counties are thought to
be lost entirely. Goodwyn did not carry all
the counties which went for Reuben F. Kolb
la the oontest in 1391, and he gained only
two.
Captain Johnston says that he oelieves his
majority will go up to near 50,000. John R.i
Knox, Chairman of the State Democratic
Campaign uommirree, says mat iuo jjcuiu*
cratlo tloket Is elected beyond a donbt, and
the Legislature Is safely two-thirds Democratic.
The fusionists made a desperate
effort to get the Legislature, hoping thereby
to seat Goodwyn as Governor.
! The Populists say they will depend on the
horseback returns, and expect Goodwyn to
show up with official figures between 15,000
and 20,000 majorities, but have nothing to
base their claims on. They do not pretend'
to have any returns of the vote, but assert
that Goodwyn has carried eight counties
which two years ago went for Oates, and
lost two which gave Kolb majorities in that
contest
Democratic leaders say they have enough,
returns at midnight to show that nine counties
which went for Kolb two years ago have
gone for Johnston.
Peyton Bowman, a leading Populist, says
that Goodwyn should be elected by at least!
20,000 majority or thq Democrats have acted
unfairly, in retaliation for which the Popu-;
lists Intended to form McKinley and Hobarf
clubs for the November eieotion.
In Jefferson County, the largest in the
State, the result at midnight is rather doubtfuL
The American Protective Association,
strongly organized, made a heavy fight
on the Democratic tlokets on account of
three Catholio nominees.
The colored voters in all parts of the State
do not seem to have gone solidly for
G-oodwyn as was expected. It was thought
that the colored voters on account
of Goodwyn's vote in Congress In
favor of Murray, the colored contestant from
South Carolina, would vote almost to a mas
for the fuslonist candidate, but that vote has
been aivided between the two candidates, so
it would seem from returns in, Johnston
made great gains in white oountles in North
Alabama which went for Eolb in '94/while
South Alabama did not reduce any Democratic
majorities whatever.
J. Asa Bountree, general manager of the
State-Herald, Birmingham, Johnston's organ,
says that figures received in the headquarters
of the Democratic party are to the
effect that Johnston has so far carried nine
counties that went for Populists before and
more are to be heard from.
Populist leaders refuse to concede defeat,
and replv that tne official figures will change
the results. There is little danger of the result
being changed, and all that the offlolal
figures can supply Is the exact amount of the
majority for Caotatn Johnson. Oates's majority
over Eolb, fusionist, two years ago,
was 27,352.
Jefferson County, where the result was
doubtful, gives about one thousand majority
to Johnston, a gain of 978. Tallapoosa, a
,strong KoId county in 1894, also had a
small margin for Johnston.
The Populists1 strength is mainly in the
rnmntn r>mintrv districts. The "black belt,"
as far as beard trom, sends in its usual
Democratic majorities. Anniston, Mont- m
gomery, Mobile, SeKna and Eufaula have
given Johnston large maj orities. I
The election passed off quietly except In H
Ironton, in Talladega County, where several
list lights occurred at the polls. Finally, so H
much dissatisfaction was manifested that
the box was thrown oat and the polls closed. M
It Is certain that the Democrats have the H
jLegislature. Many of the strongest Populist
/candidates were defeated, among them 8am
uel Adams, to whom the Democrats practi- H
cally conceded victory. H
RACE RIOT IN GEORGIA. I
Fire Colored Men Killed and Two White*
Wounded In a Clajh. Q
A colored man named "Jack" Oilmore enftered
tho residence of William Hutchinson,
near Blackville, in Emanuel County, Ga.,1
and, In the absence of the men. folks. insalt-^H
ed the female members of the family. The^B
action of the man so enraged Mr. Hutchin-^B
son that be at once collected a posse of^H
friends and started In pursuit of him. Near^l
the turpentine still of Rentz <fc Co. they over-^H
took the ooiored man and whipped him.
The colored men in the vicinity armed^l
themselves and made an attack on the^H
whites. The latter tired on them, killiog^H
Thomas Kearney, Sol Wakens, Joe Leary.^B
?111 Connor ana trans rowers, uvu ?m?
men, named Joe Hutchinson and Frank Pow-H|
era, were badly wounded. SB
McKlnley and Bryan Honored.
Two tiny babies, believed to be the
est male children ever born to American pa^H
rents, have been christened William McKin^H
ley MoHiggins and William Jennings Bryat^N
HcHlgglns by tnelr fond parents. The mid^H
gets were born at Hamlet. lad., and e&ct^H
weighs twenty-four ounces. They ar^^H
bright, and will live. Tne father is a Ka^H
publican and the mother a Democrat, and
harmonize differences the names of the lead^^l
lag candidates for the Presidency wer^HR
auupieu.
Auitria to Protect Fanners.
Austria propose1 to create an internation^^H
union to protect the Central European grai^^B
producers against American competiuoi^^H
TLiI? proposal u- made in view of pro'oab^^H
future aggressive economic legislation o^^H
the part of the United States. SB
Phenomenal Lack. jH^B
"Joe" Huck, of Douglas County, Wiscoi^BB
sin, is the latest mnn to achieve pheuomen^^M
lucu. Some land he bought for ies* tha^^H
550 turns out to be a copper tract of gre^^H
value, and tin claims to have been ofte:
S200,000 for it.
IU? Mm*'.mh ?? Ui tu.
iJnsiaw is brisk among tha buildln^B
trades. |9H
Washington (D. C.j is to hava a unloi^H
label league. ?9|
Tinners and iceman formed unions aHH
Cleveland, Ohio.
The United Garmont Workers report tba^H
trade is reviving. 9U
Philadelphia's three anions of cigarmak^^B
ers will amalgamate. Hfl
Tn,lianur\.-\lii? fTnrl \ oWI/a am frvinff
fclose stores on Sunday. HH
Nashville (Tenn.) onion barbers are prc&^H
ecutlng Sun Jay barbers. Mj
The American Flint Gla^s Workers'
tloual Union has a membership ol 7800.
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