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**v? "A F . VOL. XII. POWERS IS TO HANG Murderer of Governor Goebel Will Pay the Penally IS TO BE EXECUTED IN NOVEMBER Tragic Ending of a'Trngedy In K?ntucky?Third Trial RcAults in Convirti/fn Pnr H nrrl^r Georgetown, Ky.. Special.?The third trial of ox-Set*rotary of State Caleb Powers, for complicity in the murder of Governor Win. Goebel. nl January, 190l?. closed shortly before noon Satturflay with a verdict imposing the extreme penality of hanging for the distinguished prisoner who had been in the penitentary for three years on a life- sentence. The verdict of the jury: "Guilty and the punishment of death," was reported into court at 11:28 o'clock. Several hundred people crowded the court room when the verdict was read and the most intense silence prevailed. The jury was polled and each man declared the verdict of guilty to lie his finding. Powers sat unmoved, while his attorneys asked for time to make a jiiot'on for a new trial. Arthur Goebel, the brother of the victim, and a prominent merchant, at Cincinnati, whc> has spent his time and fortune for over three years in the prosecution of those aroused of being in a conspiracy to kill his brother, broke down from tho s'irain upon hearing the verdict. Power: has been convicted twice before, this being the third trial in which the jury brought in a verdict of guilty agalnri him. On his previous trials he escaped with a life sentence, as the evjuonce was n:it sun icieai ly strong agx.niot him to lead the jury to inflicting the extreme penalty. All three of the trials wore hold at Georgetown, and in eaolt of thent he had the assistance of the most able lawyers who couhl be procured. The last trial was distinguished l?y the fact that Powers addressed the jury in his own behalf ar.fl in a long review of the ease showed himself to he a competent attorney, while his eloquence in pleading for his life astonished those who had watched kitn carefully in the past, trials of the case. Special Judge Robbins later formally overruled a motion for the granting of a new trial to Powers. He then passed the sentence of death upon him. After a declaration of the prisoner "1 am not guilty, judge," ?.he court fixed November 25 next, as the day for tht execution. The attorneys for the defendant secured the granting of an apcpal for the case to the Kentucky Court oT Appeals. Powers was immediately removed to the Scott county jail xo be held there pending the appeal cd rase. A R 'nicety Suggested. Mvsnic. Conn. Snecinl.?Th?> IInivr?T sal Peaoo Union at its closing session Saturday adopted a series of resolutions or "convictions." The resolutions set forth that the duty of the hour is to overcome all conditions that malto v:nr possible by teat hing the principles of peace and abltration in schools and universities, by practicing them in everyday life and by multiplying lourts of arbitration. The increase of the army and navy, the building of battleships for Turkey and other foreign governments with all the improvements of American genious. the farcinl and expensive playing of naval battles cn the coast of Maine and the unrestricted sale of firearms, is viewed with alarm, lynching is declared to be a monstrous peace-breaker and State and national legislation looking to its suppression is demanded. Race hatred and prejudice is pronounced a menace to peace. "If there be uncontrollable passions In the depraved intended victim of lynching." the resolutions say. "there is a remedy which medical skill may well be catted upon to heal, as it would any other diseased condition*, for the increase of sensual criminality affecting present morality and future genration forces the suggestion that this remedy administered with wisdom and the beet surgical ability would be a protection to society and a kindness and mercy to the offender." Another Serious Oir break Sofia. By Cable.?Despatches received Sunday from Constantinople. Salonica, Monastir and Adrianoplc, reveal an unsatisfactory condition of affairs in Macedonia. From Salonica come reports of new risings. At Monastir the insurgents are said to be masters of the situation. Telegrams from Adrlanople declare that the insurgent bands are continuing their ravages. At the moment that the Porte is asking Belgium to supply officers for the Macedonian gendarmie the Swedish ambassador at Constantinople has notified the Turkish government that unless they receive their pay Immediately, tho Swedish officers now at IJskub will '?ave tho country. Lynchers Conv:ct~d. Danville, 111., Special,?Tho Jnry in the ease of the eight men on trial for participation in the riota of July ^3. when the jail was attacked and a negro lynched, brought in a verdict a: midnight, finding all the accused gull, ty except Win. Rodwine and CLay Riddles. The latter is only 16 yoars old The jury had the case under considers tion since noon on Friday. FO RELIANCE WON SECOND RACE. The Prospects for Brave Shamrock Grow Darker With livery livc-nt. The third genuine race in the 1903 oup series was successfully run on Tuesday. The race was close as the following dispatch shows: Nw York, Special.?In a gloriouj whole-sail breeze, over a trlaugular course ten miles to a leg, the fleetfooted cup defender Reliance again showed her heels to Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger, taking the second race of the cup series or 1903 by the narrow margin of 1 minute and 19 seconds. It was as pretty and as hardfought a contest as has ever been sailed off Sandy Hook, and had the wind not fallen during the last ten minutes, the record for the course, 3 hours, 12 minutes and 15 seconds, made by Columbia two years ago, in her memorable race against Shamrock II..would have been broken. As It was Reliance called the 30 miles within 2 minutes and 39 seconds of the record, which speaks wonders for her speed in the wind that was blowing. The Reliance's victory, narrow as- it was. would have been even smaller had not Captain Wrir.gc, the skinner of the British , ship, bungled at the start, sending his i carft over the line ID seconds after the Inst gxm and handicapping her to that 1 extent. At every point of sailing the i defender's superiority was demonstat.od. She gained 1 minute and 51 seconds in windward work, 40 seronds on the run to the second mark, and 45 seconds on the close reach for home. Tnft Will Succeed Root. Oyster Ray. Special.?Secretary Root, I under date of August l'J. presented his resignation formally to the President. The resignation was accepted by the Picsident with the understanding that ; the Secretary continue a* hast until January 1. Oovernor General William ; TI. Taft, ot the IMiilippir.es. will sttc, reed Secretary Hoot, as Secretary of 1 War. President Roosevelt authorized the following statement: "The Prc.-.ii dent some months ago tendered the i secretaryship of War to Judge Taft and i at that time it was arranged that he ; would succeed Secretary Root. Secretary Root will go out of office some I time in January and-Judge Tnft will ; assume the duties of office shortly af| tci ward." G. A. R. Offcers. San Francisco. Special.?The Grand | Army of the Republic ^dccted Bosi ton as the place In which the on (campment of 1904 will be hold and elected the following officers: Coininander-in-Cheif, Gen. John C. Black, of Illinois; senior vice commander. Col. C. Mason Keeno, erf California; Junior vice commander. Col. Harry Kcssler, of Montana; surgeonin-chi f, \ George A. Harmon, of Ohio; chaplain I in-chief Winfield Scott, Arizona. Re: ports of officera were made. That of 1 Commander-in-Chief Thomas J. Stewart advocated a service pension of $12 a month, and expresses Ihe opinion that the present Commissioner of Pensions Is earnestly endeavoring to discharge the duties of his office honestly, lfberally and justly .but that he is not able to satisfy all who make complaint. Longshoremen on Strike. Burnswtck, Ga., Special.?On account of a strike by longshoremen here, the handling and shipping of lumber is seriously crippled. Their demand is for an increase in wages of 2 cents an hour, which so far have been granted by one of the largo shipping companies. Some ships are being loaded bj Imported non-union labor, but the unions are rapidly increasing their ranks from the imported men. So far nearly 400 longshoremen are Involved in the strike, which threatens soon to tie up entirely the lumber shipping interests here. A Lyncher Convicted. Danville. 111., Special.?W.nfleld Baker, who formerly lived in the mountains of Kentucky, was convicted in the Circuit Court of assault to murder Sheriff Whitlock. He was sentenced to a term of from one to 14 years. This is the first conviction of a member of i mob that attacked the Danville Jail iu ihc latter part of July, after having lynched the negro James Metcalf. nnd burned his body. Immediately after the verdict today Harmon Ma?r.ott. ft painter who was publicly criticising the court officials, was arrested, charged with inciting riot. r.ff >rt to Avoid Friction. London. By Cable.?Shipping circl?e here show keen interest in the developments of the relations between the German and British Atlantic steamship companies. The lines are makinv every effort to avoid friction and Derector General Hallin. of the HamburgAmerican Line, who is in I^ondon. said today that its policy wag to maintain and promote the existing harmony. >RT MILL, S, C? WEIJN1 FAILED ONCE MORE Fourth Race of International Cup Contest Declared Off on Limitation - NEITHER BOAT REACHED THE LINE The Rellnnce, However find a Long Lead oil the Shamrock, and Cnme Near Winning Three Stra ghts. The scries of Internatlor.al cup races was continued on Thursday, with the usual result, except that officially it was no race at all. The sea was calm and the wind light, so that neither boat was able to cross the line In the time limit allowed by the rules. The scries so far stands two failures and two straight victories for the defender. The Thursday event is given in detail as follows: New York, Special.?With Reliance loss than a- mile from the finish and Shamrock 111, hull down on the hoviscii. fully two miles astern of the gallant defender, the fourth race of the present series for the America's cup was declared off because of the expiration of the time limit of live and onehalf hours, as happened on Thursday last. It was no race officially. The defeat administered to the challenger was so ignominous that whatever lingeiing hope remained in the breasts of the friends of Sir Thomas' boat vanished into thin air. Reliance's victory w-as in every way more decisive than that of last Saturday. Outsailed, out- i pointed and nutfooted, it was a pro- ) cissioa from start to finish. The llerreschoff wonder heat the j Shamrock Imnplrsciv in ;~ -- .4. 1?J J|1I1V> of windward work, rounding tho outer murk in 12 minutes and 20 seconds a!)cad of her. a gain in actual time of 11 minutes and 20 seconds, and down tho wind she steadily increased her had. The real race of the day was not against tho Shamrock, but it was seen in tho exciting struggle of Itelit?ncc in the last half-hour to roach tho finish line before* the regatta commit tax1 tired the gun which should announce the expiration of the time limit. Had the wind freshened 20 minutts earlier than it did, the cup series would have ended with three straight wins for the defender, and Fife's famous light weather boat would have sailed back to Albion's shores eme of the most disastrously worsted challengers in the history of the cup contests. Fully ns discouraging as the ft.il" J ing qualities displayed by the cliaib nger was the atrocious manner in which she was handled. The Yunkeo skipper not only outmanoeuvred his rival in the spectacular battle for position at the stnrt, as he has ctone every time they have met, but worse still for the downhearted supporters of Sham1 roik, Captain Wringe tepeated his j blunder of Tuesday, ho crossed the ! line in the wake of hclianee with a handicap of 01 of the precious seconds j for which Fife had sacrificed so much in said spread for tinn- alowinee. lioth ! tioats. it in true, went over after the I handicap gun. but it is only the stc-n! most craft which actually suff* rs. ' If M-oo * --- , .w nun nui u |uvj:.u[ii uny on me | ! water and the observation fleet which j I put out to sea to witness the race was j hardly more than half as large as on J the preceding days. The dark water of j the ocean was as smooth as a floor and a light breeze of about four knots blew out of the southwest. The course was laid 15 miles dead into the wind and return. At the end of the first hour Shamrock was beaten and the interest waned. After rounding the float for the run home and s.tting big ballooners. the wind, which had strengthened to six or seven knots on the heat, died down and the towering clouds of canvas was drifted lazily down an ocean lane, a mile wide, between the two divisions of .he excursion fleet. Even in the light air it was astonishing how the defender slipped through the placed seas. With the gentle breeze distending the surface of her pure white suils and her, stern crowded with tars to hold her head up. stvs moved along &o serenely and peacefully as if in a dreamless sle p. Yet the gap between her and the challenger rsteadly widened until two miles separated them. Half pt> hour from home, when the sp t 1,-tors had abandoned any idea that the finish lin? .;ouhl he reached in time, the wind suddenly freshened and Reliance carat bowling down at a merry clip. But the wind had come too late and when still a hundred yards from home the gun on the tug Navigator boomed aeross the water. The excursion boats held on until she crossed the line to give her a rousing welcome and then SmiTlnPrfbl fnr Wnw Vc?rl- c?:- i1' , .. a w, n . Oil I IMUIIalK, who, heretofore, has always followed his champion into the Ilook, sent his steam yacht, the Erin, ahead at full | spee.l as if to drown out the memory of the inglorious licking he got. , Seven Drowned. 1 South Norwalk, Con., Special.?The schooner Willie L. Newton, of Bangor, ( Me., (apsized off Norwalk Eight during . the storm last night and the crew, believed to number seven men, were drowned. One body has been recover- , d The wreck was sighted by Capt. t Walter Miner, of the ocean-going tug < Patience, of New York, as his vessel was towing barges from New York to Providence. He attached a line to the keel and brought the vessel Into Wilson's Cove. The condition of the wreck Indicates that the head sails had been i blown away and that the lower sails 1 were being furled at tha time the i r*hooner was capeised. I x f ^i.v USDAY, SEPTEMBER SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Southern Coal Industry. Baltimore. Special. ? Commenting upon ollleial figures as indicating the growth of the Southern coal trade, Mr. F. E. Saward, the well known coal authority. says in last weeks issue of the Manufacturers' Record: "Tho 1 /M.I- ? T I ? .?v> c?iw; auu vsxuu iur juac this year stows 304,311) tons as against 130,041 tons in that month last year, while the Norfolk and Western shows 645,225 tons for July, as compared with 504.408 tons for that month a year ago. Then there is the Southern which handled during the tlrst live months of this year 1.C60.423 tons of coal from the Alabama and Tennessee districts. Lost year the five months supplied 1,505.853 tons. The Alabama district supplied 1.155.6S1 tons in 1003. and the Tennessee field 510.742 tons. During the year 1002 the Alabama district furnished the Southern Railway tonnage during the first five months of 050,399 tons of ccal and Tennessee 555,454 tons. The Chesapeake and Ohio report for the year shows $5,G5S.S79 net earnings, which is a decrease from the previous year of less than half a million, and yet there was a long strike at coal and coke works alone Its line for a long period during the fiscal year. The Norfolk and Western shows $5,801,930, an increase or nearly $1,000,000. hecause were no great trouble at mines along its line, in a recent interview Chief Mine Inspector J. W. Raul remarked that there is the largest coal development at the present time in the i history of West Virginia and especially | along the Kanawha, in that section there was a great amount of construe Man of railroads into th<* various coal fields am! tin* eonl development in tliat I section in tiie immediate future will bo such that the railroad facilities will not lie able to move more than 7~> per rent, of tii" capacity of the mines. 'About the same beneficial diets.' sayr. Mr. Paul, 'have resulted in towns Pi the southern portion of the r" ate from the coal development as have resulted to ClarTcsbury and 1'alrr.tont front the development of the coal region." Referring to (lie operations of the Waha. h as related to coal development Mr. Saavard says: "Tito system will be porting eonl out of the New River district before many in nths have waned. The Wabash has completed an extension of its West Virginia Central and Pittsburg division to Bayard. \V. Va.. on the outer euge of die New River Held, and will begin the shipment of eoal from that field to Baltimore at once. "It is stated by those familiar with the situation in Alabama that the production of coal for the whole year of 1903 will probably exceed the 1902 tonnage. notwithstanding the loss of a n:< mining operations. It is believed that improvements made about the mines during the idleness, and the new mines which will be ready for operations in the next month or so. will sr. inert':isc production that before tlie | ml of the year the lor.s in tonnage will he more than made up. and the | demand is said to he great enough to ! absorb all the coal that can he turned ! out between now and Jan. 1st. The ba?*gp line of the Southern Railway wht.h takes eoal at Greenville, Miss., and ships it down the river to New {) leans, has resumed operations since the miners went hack to work. Coal is again being shipped from the Alabama fields to Tampico. Mexico, through the port of Pensacola to which 1 ii is hauled by the Ixmisville and Nashville Railroad. This is a w< 11 established business, but was interrupted by the strike. The men surely acted wisely in going to work pending the arbitration proceedings. The Seaboard has not quite finished its Alabama extension hut is working hard at it and j expects to have trains running into Birmingham by Jan. 1. 1901. In addition to the main lines which reach that city there are othnr smaller roads in the district which handle a great deal of coal and ore. The Birmingham belt I \vh!"h belongs to the Frisco and which j extends around the city in a promicxtends around the city is a prominent factor in the freight traffic. Birmingham will soon ha?-e a direct route to Chicago by way of Uie Illinois Central." I idu-tr'ni Mlscrllanv. The Weather Bureau's weekly sum. mary of crop conditions savs Buffered materially from heavy rains and lack of sunshine o.er a large part of the central an.I eastern districts of the cotton region, where, as in the previous week, rapid growth and, in some localities too much stalk, excessive shedding and rust are reported. The plant, however, is generally well fruited throughout the noit. in Texas t'ce boll weevil is doing much damage, except in the northern counties, and boll worms ore more numerous and destructive. A little picking liar. b"oh rlone throughout the southern portion of the belt, but this work is not yet general. The condition of tobacco in Tennessee is exceptionally favorable, and a fair crop is promised in KenLucky, where an improvement is Indicated. A fair to good crop is being cut in Maryland and Virginia. In Pennsylvania, though backward, tobacco has marie fair progress, but drought has materially lessened its condition In Ohio." The Texas section of the weather bureau has issued a map showing the boll weevil district of the Texas district, *nd it is stated that the pest is doing 1 treat damage whr *?v?r praaoat." 2.1903. LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matters of General Interest In Short Paragraphs. Down in D'xle. Over 2.000 arrests have been made nnder the new vagrancy law in Georgia and farmers had loss difficulty in finding farm labor. Gov. Jefferson Davis, of Arkansas. \\as knocked off the platform during a political debate at Bismarck, Ark., by Judge Carroll L. Wood. Governor Aycock says that he will corn2>ly with the request of the farmers of the State Alliance to ask the Governors of Virginia and South Carolina to unite with him in urging President Roosevelt to enforce any existing laws against the tobaeeo trust, in outer words, the American Tobacco Company. At The National Capital. State Department officials arc en rem raged by additional advices to hope Colombia will find a way to agree on the canal project. Four pouches of mail seized during the Spanish war are being forwarded to their destinations in Cuba and Mexico. In a week's operation no friction has occurred in the army system due to the introduction of the General Staff Corps. Democrats in Washington are beginning to figure on fudge George Gray, of Delaware, as a Presidential possibility. The Hoard on Construction of the Navy approved a plan to in. tall turbine engines in tho proposed scout ships. Republican leaders say the calling ef an extra session of Congress on the eve of an election to take up financial legislation is bad politics. Sixty-five members of the inxt. railed States Senate art lawyers, one Is a civil nginerr. two are doct. is atul the others hankers, miners. busiu< ss mm i.wd poll;it iaus. The average a e i o. S< nator Pcttus. of Alabama., the obh st, is S2. ami Senator Ha.iley. <f Texa.s, the ynsingest. is to. Twenty-five members fought in the civil war. Of colit ge graduates there are fifiy-liva. S> ven members of the Senate wore : l/orn in other enunfi?>? At The North. None of the restaurants in Chiraco y.?t?> forced to close as a result of the cooks and waiters' strike, many employes refusing to obey the order to quit work. S. It. Roath. a Chicago millionaire, f'ivj tod half his wealth, about $1.Obit,onn. among his relatives at Norwich, Conn. The $.'1,000,000 Philippine cortill rates were awarded to a New York firm at 102.24. The Democratic State Convention of Ohio, in session at Columbus, nominated Tom L. Johnson for Governor by acclamation and indorsed the Kansas City platform. From Acmes The Sea. James Lynehbaum. charged with attempted murder in Ireland, was. after twiei escaping, tracked to Indianapolis. Ind.. and arrested. Details of the conflict at Krusehevo, >iu< I-'IKIIIU, niiun mill llll' Cliy WHS sacked three days by the Turks. It is now believed that 25 lives were lost in the lire Monday night in Budapest. The report of the British Commission on the South African war states that the number of British troops engaged in the war was 44S.135. A new British battleship was christened the Dominion by Princess Louise, at its launching at. Barrow. In the hearing of the Whltaker Wright case in London, an examiner testified as to alleged falsifying of books by the promoter. M. von Plehive. Russian Minister of the Interior, wrote a letter to the Congress of Zionists at Basel, Switzerland. conditionally promising aid to the Zionist movement. Professor Matzen, of Copenhagen, following Dr. Lardy's example, declined the Czar's appointment as one of the three arbitrators in the Venezuelan difficulty. Miscellaneous natters. As a result of the unfavorable Goveminent crop report cotton prices again went, upward in the New York Exchange. Judge William II. Taft, Go.ernor of the Philippines, will succeed EliUu Itoot as Secretary of War about January 1, and Gen. Luke E. Wright will i>?come uovernor of the archipelago. The army claims victory over the navy in the war game at Portland, Maine. The board of conciliation for the anthracite region continued its meetings in New York and settled a number of question. Five thousand persons attended a reunion of the Smith family at I'capack, New Jersey. John 1''. Finnerty, president of the United Irish League of America, issue ! an address in which he says the lan 1 hill is a prelude to a coming struggle for an independent Parliament. Henry Frederick returned to New York after a tour around the world In 54 days 7 hours and 20 minutes. A united society of all men who stived in the German army and railed the United Kriegerbund was organized at Terra Haute, Ind., and Richard Muiler. of New York, chosen president. % (vS? NO. 2t. ! JOHNSON WINS OUT I I I iimmcrman'<; Namp Not Prpcpnw in ? ?? ? Democratic Convention IS NOMINATED BY ACCLAMATION 111-.* Ohio Democrats (let Together ??r? a Platfoim and Nominate a Ticket? Harmony Prevailed. Columbus, O., Special.?The Johnson programme was tarried out completely Wednesday in the Democratic* State convention. Although the opposition obstructed the proceedings with minority reports for some hours, tin* name of John L. Zimmerman, of Springtield, was not presented for tbo gubernatorial nomination and ovary nomination on the State ticket, ineluding Mayor Tom 1<. Johnson for Govt ruor. was made by acclamation. After the chairman announced that ; e name of Mayer Johnson u.v the only one bsoe ?'iy convention fur Governor there ?vc;e some dissent injx Zimmerman votes en .he motion to i make the nomination unanimous, but i tin- Zimmerman supporters uulislaoi aTter the selections for Governor ami | Senator were made. The following ticket was nominated: Governor. Tone \j. Johnson, of Cleveland; Lieutenant! Governor. F. It. Niles, of Tokdo; Attorney General, Frank S. Monnott. of i Washinirton Court House; Auditor, j Chas. A. Kleebe, of Wapcmelcta; Commissioner of Schools, J. K. Seerist. r.l" Ottawa; tutmher of hoard of putdi* works, \V. 15. Junes, of lrontou; Su. premo judge, F. J. iletnpsey. of Cincinnati. John li. Clarke, of Cleveland, v.as endorsed for Fuitcd States S? i?ator. , ; /"lore Outrages. Sofia, Ity Cable. A private telegramfrom Dubnitza says that a liumlu r ot ' Unitarian ofl'ieets. leading a hand ot of 150 insurgents, recently forced their way past the Turkish post at Kekia un<; now occupy au unassailable mini i lion. Kumors are current here of seriousmassacres at Ynsiliko and Kirk-Kilis, st k. Three hundred persons are said ti> have been killed. Details and confirmation are lacking. An immense many : meeting of Macedonians took placo hete \V< dncsday. The proceedings were most cnlhnsiastic. it was resolved that a. memorandum should be presented lo the lepre: ntatives of the i*rer?t power? ai soiia, urging their government* to. tak* action. The Macedonian committee lias issued a black boardered list of u v;li.ir.es which have In en pillaged and destroyed in the villayct of Manastir, to which are added instance: of recoiling outrages perpetrated on wutn< n. The publicalion of the sheet lis* created a sensation. Ni> news has been receive i in oiTieial circles tod \y from the interior of Macedonia. The icvohitionists at Kruschcvo have quickfiring guns. In u light which Ikus just occurred in that district the insurgents , defeated aiul slaughtered j.a ?_utir? di/ taehmcut of SO soldiers. 4 j A Political 3 iRht. Little Rock, Ark., Special.- Jadgc Carroll L. Wood, of the Arkar.wts Suireme Court who is opposing Governor avis us a candidate for a third t< rrn, knocked Governor Davis off a speaking aland, four feet from the ground. during the campaign meeting at Diumar.- k. Governor Davis was not hurt. and friends prevented further trouble. Judge Wood w :.s immediately BMsttnl on a charge of assault and battery. Governor Davis pubiiely a used Judge Wood qucrti ?:ic, and before, they could be fully an 'ered, in' -rrupted with more ?i<u ?. hich so angered Judge Wood ti.at. he knocked Governor Davis f.oai the platform. l*ator tho matter was adjusted, and Judge Wood returned to Little Dock. ?ho". m, ket .Not K II.<T W ishington. Special.?A decidedly new turn in the rase of tho Paitod States Vice Consul VVm. C. Magelsaen, at Hoirut. Syiia, who was rcportod to have been assassinated last Sunday, developed Friday wlxn it heroine known that the report war, incot rcet and that although Mr. Magelsnen had neon Fhot at ho had not evi n liorn injured Thi3 information ca/nc to tlio State Department Kid day nin a dispatch from United States Minister Irishman at Constantinople, who rvinl the mistake in making the original announcement was due to an error in the transmission of the cipher dispatch from Consul itavendai a: !l< frnt in reporting the incident to the minister. I> -rel cl it ported. New Orleans, Special?The Norwegian steamer Nicaragua from Rtcio, fields, reports in latitude 24 OS north, longitude S7.<?S west, passed the derelict bark John It. Stmhope, lumber l> . Jen, with sttrin gone ;vnd cargo washing out. l.owcr fore and mi/.zen xotflis standing, with yards on foremast, bowsprit and jibboorn standing, two houses on dock badly broken. She is In the track of vessels bound to from Central Air. vtoan porta.