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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE. VOLUME VII. ?* C i ?mI mikI <>???' Nutiire I.huU." . _ ... t ' * CAHD??N C., FRIDAY AUGUST lo, IHVS NO. 15. TENIPERENCE UNION.! 'ill I HI) HAY'S SIOSSIOX OK TlltO CATHOLIC T. A. I. Hi:i*OHT UK Til 10 CO M.MITT KK OX HIOSOl.l TIONS. tit. V lucent'* llrewery Cro?le? Con ? t dor it l? 1 c DImcunmIou. ft ' Uy Southern Associated Press?. New York, Aug. 9.? Tho third day's meeting of tho Cathollo Total Abati nence Union convention began this morning at 9:30 o'clock* The Rev. Jas. M. Cleary, president of tho Union, presided. Rev. Aioxander P. Doyle read letters and telegrams from all over the country expressing* greeting and bidding the convention God-speed. Among the telegrams read was one from 520 Keeley gold cure graduates who are present In convention In Plalnfleld, N. J. When the commuhicatlons had been * read, tho Rev. H. P. O'llrlen, chair man of the committoo on resolutions, mounted the platform. It then de veloped that there was a majority and - a minority report. Father O'ltrlen read tho majority report, which waa a blttor attack on liquor sellers and asked those engaged in It to give up the business. It also advocated a strict Sunday excise law. < The resolu tions also thanked the press, Arch bishop Corrlgan and Mgr. Satolll, but madcPno mention of the beer brewed by St., Vincent's abbey, which it was expected the convention would con demn. The minority report which was read by Father (^iurcher was practi cally tho same, save that It attacked St. Vincent's abbey, and condemned tho Catholic monks for making bepr and selling It. Rev. Father Ward then moved that the majority report bo accepted and that tho part of the minority report referring to tho St. Vincent's beer be made a part of It. Father Lamley, of Pennsylvania, said it was a shamo to see St. Vltt'cent's beer sold. Vice President Logue moved that the re port of the majority be adopted. "If wo do anything else," said he, "we will mix matters UPQ It has been agreed by most of tho delegates that tho name of any place should not be mentioned." Father O'Brien referred tc* the mat ter of St. Vincent's beer. "The humil iating scandal," said he, "is now be fore Mgr. Satolli and we thought it better not to do anything pending his decision. ' Father Zurcher In reply said, the people of America would respect them all the more if they dealt with the Question of St. Vincent's beer and took a bold stand in the matter. Father Walters, of Ohio, said the* matter should be brought fair and square- be fore the convention. Delegate Magee, of Minnesota, col ored, was the next speaker. He was received with cheers apft waa escorted to the platform. "The darkey," said he "has been smoked out of tho wood pile. It seems to be that this dis grace has been tolerated too long. Can this convolution >, compromise with wrong? It cannot, and on the occa sion of its silver Jubilee it must speak out against St. Vincent's beer." _ The majority report was finally put and adopted after much discussion. It was as follows: o Whereas tlie Catholic Church of the uni ted State*", Is doing everything in its pow er 1o lessen tho evils of Intemperance and -- Whereas, she has through her bishops in plenary council assembled approved and heartily commended the laudable practice oT total abstinence and Whereas, to avoid all cavilling from any source, the Holy Father commend*^ the prelates of the. United State* for their ac tion on the question of temperance, there fore he It ' Resolved, That the Catholic Total Ah Htlnence Union of America In Its Z'/Th gen eral convention awmbled In New York reltenvtes ltn loyal obodlenc? to the church and renews Its alleglanoo to the holy oauso of total abstinence. Resolved, Thai In accordance with the Ailvico of the third plenary council of HaMlmore we ourselves totally abstain from the use of Intoxicating drink in?i J<?i that wo may thereby with good grace ukk our co-rellglonlstri to follow our ex a n|*ie. Resolved, That we givoifcUio weight yf our influence tq every legitimate move ment that -tends to abolish the saloon sale of Intoxicant* on the I.ord's day; and we urge the closing of saloons on Sundays and on Saturday nights; we urgo the closing of them at as early an hour as pos sible. Hesolved, That we urge everywhere l?y vot< s and Influento the enactment of such laws as the 'screen law' the 'fdngle en trance' law and all laws which may in any way help towards the stri.-t enforce ment of the present excise laws. Whereas, There Is o:io platform upon which all Americans can stand irr??|x^>^ tlve of religious bcffcli therefore, be It Tlesolved. That We cO-operato with our I'on-C.'ll.ollc fellow citizens in every legi timate effort to ri ; . t ic? evils of intem perance. Ro?olvod. That we are pleased to no. tico the absence of intoxicants at many of the banquets given by Catholics and we respect fully request (Catholic societies to discountenance the u*e of liquor at their entertainments . Hmolved, That we request t'nthollc Journals to aid our cause by refusing to publish liquor advertisements. Res<Wred. T'?\t we urge tho form a! ion of total alwtlnence societies among wo men. girls and boys and we urge men's societies t <v give them evory encourage men! tn th^ir po.wer. He olvedJ That we have reason to thank flod and rejoice on this day of our silver " Jubilee. A?or t w/urty-flve yearn we have labored ^to promote the cause of total *h. stlnenm^ encoi?#wg?d by the- success that has attended our efforts In the past we will continue our labor* wHh oven great, er energy hi the future. The next business waa the selection of a meeting place for tho next con vention. 8t. Louis, Mo., was proposed aift Rev. Malono proposed Denver. A vote was ulwf and St. Louis was ?elected by a bffc majority. Its selec tion was afterward made unanimous and the - date fixed was the first Wednesday In August, ISM. ' President James Clears, bt Minnea poll* ami first Vieo President J. W??h inglou Hoxue, of Philadelphia, were roleetcd by acclamation. There were two caudldatct* for the position of sec oud .vice president, namely .lames K. Krennan, of Mount Cariiiel, Oonn., ami John O'Brion, of Stillwator, Minn. Col ored Delegate IMaiiOO, of St. Paul, had also been nominated, but ho withdrew In favor of Mr. O'Brien. . It was claimed that Delegate O'Brien was a close friend of Archbishop Ire laud. I? was the geoerai opinion that If Magoe had not wlthdrawu ho would have been elected . Brennan was elect ed by 712" to 150 votes. Father Win. McMahon, treasurer, and Hev. Alexander 1'. DoyUv. were re-eleeled. Resolutions wero fliUipted thanking Archbishop Oorriaan for his warm welcome to the delegates; and AVchhishop Ryan and Bishop Cane for thoir co-opera Hon in the work of the convention. Mrw. Hake announced, that *hc had been asked by Mi SB IT. I']. \Vi!lnr<l to re(jue?t the convention to send the Hev. Geo. Ott, of Charles town, Md., as fraternal delegate to the conference of "Women's Temperance Union in Baltimore. The matter waa laid over for the consideration of the council. The convention came to a close with a prayer by Father lCIIiott, of the Paul ists, and the renewal of the pledge of the union by the delegates on their knees. The delegates will take a trip up the Hudson tomorrow. ASSOC! ATM JUSTICE JACKSON. Mo Arrangements Yet Made Kor IIIn Kuiicrnl . By Southern Associated Press. ? Washington, D. C., Aug. 0.? Ar rangements for ofllclnl participation In the funeral of the late Associate Justice JackRon, at West Meade. Nashville, Sunday afternoon, will, owing to tl>9 different locations of the members and ofllcers of the Supreme Court, necessarily have to be made by^ telegraph, and nothing has yet been decided. Chief Justice Fuller Is at Ills summer home, near Sorento, Me., and associate Justices are scattered over the country from .the Atlantic to the Pacific. It Is not probable there fore there will be more than two or three justices In attendance. All have been advised of the death of their associate. Ae yet, however, no re sponse has been received from any of them. Marshal Wright who Is at his home In Lioulsville will attend the funeral. Washington. Aug. 9. ? Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer loft Sor- ( iento, Me., totyty for Nashvlle to at tend Justice (jdfaK'Jtson's funeral. No responses have been received from" any of the other justices, although it Is supposed that Justice White who is in Washington and Justice Brown who is in Jamestown. R. I., will also at tend. There will be nothing official In the arrangements. It l?eing the prac tice of the court not to invest the fun eral of a deceased member who dies during recess with any official service. Buzzards Ray, Mass., Aiir. 9.? The fol lowing "telegram wax sent l>y the President this morning: Buzzards Bay., Mass., Aug 9, 189.r>. To Mrs. Bowell L3. Jackson, Nashville, Tenn: I <leeply mourn with you In your "terrible [ bereavement While I mourn the death of a devoted friend and <ho nation's lo*s of a wise and upright judge, a. useful citizen and an honest man. (Signed) GROVER CL.EVEI,AND. ?":S FOREST rinns. Million* of Feet of Lnmhcr Are 11c "t InK Horned. By Southern Associated Press. Taconia, Wash., Aug. J). ? .Forest fires which are burning in the. western poi tlen of this State are doing great dam age. Millions of feet of timber ha /e been destroyed." The smoke is so dcrisc that traffic on the Sound i? becoming dangerous. The woods to the south ami west of OlympiU are a sea of flmn<$. Telephone wires are down, so no necm lite account of the damage can be ob tained. The little lumber town of Later has been wiped out. The mill was saved by the united efforts of employes and neighbors. Charles Granger, a capitalist of Olympiii, was seriously burned today while fighting fire near this city. Many people south p#-4*lyt?ipbi are hemmed in and grave /^ars are enlert. lined for theii ?nfetyr" Al( the roads are blocked by fallen trees. Railroad communication Is shut off and until the fire is checked by rain it is feared the death list will bo extensive. A III.OODY HANGING. The Murderer Wel?l??d Ii2(> I'oiiimIm ? I'rotritcd IIIn Innoccnce. By Southern Associated Press. San Quintan, Onl., Aug. 9. ? When Smith stood upon the trap he protested his innocence and said he had the proud distinction of being the first man in California to ho legally murdered.. Smith weighed 220 pounds. The drop listed for only five feet owing to this fact. Even that wis loo much. Ah he fell the noose cut into the th'sh from ear to, enr almost ? severing tfie head from the body. Blood ftpurt^d in every direction and trickled down the body to the floor. The dripping of the blood was the only sound that broke the silenee of the death chamber. In six minutes he was pronounced dead. When the black cap was removed it was found the |x>rtlon of spinal Tertebrae had been forced through the flesh and that the head wan connected with the body by only the .muscles of the neck. 33,000 More Troop*. Madrid, Aug. 0.? Thirty -dhroo thous and troops will go to Cuba this month nmF^iO.OOO more wllf be sent in October if they should bo necessary to tiid In queuing the rebellion there. Aiding the Spaniard*. Buenos Ayrcs, Aug. f).? Six hundred Spaniards have enrolled themselves at ? lie consulate here for service against the Insurgents in Cuba . The ClaclBRa^ Newaar*,' R- I.. Aug. 9.? Orders have been received for ?hc Potted Htates stc'im. ?r Cincinnati 4o Mil for Key Went and th? vessel will sail early in the moraine to relievo tfct AtteQt*. j u ; RACE WAR SLUMBERING. Ml M5W Tltoi lllil'i UtUI MIIKI) AT VALI.ISY YlilliSUUAV. I ll ?0 M WOIt M AK10S A Hl.l'KK AT imhi:mm; i hk roi.u ;m. .%?? ArreMtM of Any Sort Have Vol llrrn Miiilc. By Southern Associated Press. Princeton, 111., Auk. 0.? Mayor Hel ium-go, <>f Spring Valley, has juat an nounced 1lmt tonight he will increase (he police evon over its present propor tions and will make what effort he can to hoc tliat the riots do not break out afresh. All 'lay today the roads be tween Spring Valley an?l Seatonville have been traveled by teams hauling back the household woods that were taken away during the two days follow ing the riots of Saturday. State Attor ney \V. A. Johnson is in Spring Val'.ej today but as yet nothing ha* been do ohled upon in regard to making arrests of the law breakers. ' It is doubtful if any arrests will be rtiado and in this case .the citizens will be as restless as ever. This afternoon fcjft men are nt work in No. shaft, part of whom' are col ored people.. In No. 2 about 7<W> are at work. Shafts Nos. 1 and 1 will not be started up for a fe\y d iys. Harry Hollo, the Italian who was held up on the highway Sunday morning and shot three tiling, jlied tonight. It was this crime charged to the negroes which led to the murderous attack on the race. The funeral will be held Sunday and is sure to lie largely attended. The extra police force of white men was put - on by the mayor at the request of mer chants but 'it was really a farce. The business ineli demanded the increase of the force in order to protect their stores from mob violence. The' mayor said all right and at once ii ?ined the business men who had made the request. Among llictu wits Manager l>a.l/.ell and t lie en tire clerical force of the Spring Valley Coal company, who have pressing work to at tend' to now. Those men. however, turned the tables on the mayor by <le maiidiug fire arms as ofheers of the law. The mayor then said they should re turn to their places of businesa and w hell he was ready for tliuui ho would let them know. A prominent business man remarked before the meeting broke up: '\Now. Mf? Mayor, we're ready to serve in any emergency when yon call upon \js^t?s you say you will, but we will want n> expect you to lea-1 us in such emergency, for we know that we will then be at a safe distance and free from harm." The ten negroes who were appointed have arrived and are considered sutlii dent to protect the negroes provided' they hold together. The business men of Spring Valley are very apprehensive over the situation tonight and a meting was held to lake some concerted action which has been kept secret. The committee of negroes from Chica go a r riled nt Seatonville during t he day and alter investigating the trouble thev drove to Spring Valley to loirn more. The whistles sounded tonight for work tomorrow tuyl unless trouble is caused by the uewv of the death of Hollo about l.tHK) met) will go to work in the mines. Representative Huckner, of Chicago', is still in the city and says lie will remain here un jl satisfied the ne groes are going to .he protected iii tjicn rights. Nothing has been done in the way of making arrests of Italian out rages or the murder of Hollo. CRAKHI) II Y SICKNESS. An Agcil Man I'lncm Himself llefcre u Movlnjr Train, By Southern Associated Press. ZanetlVllIe, O., Auk. 0. ? Jacob Glgax, a retired banker, who has been Butter ing from 'Illness for a long tinie and was so weak ho could hardly wulk, tottered to the depot of the Cincin nati and Muskingum Railway this morning- Horrified spectators saw him get down on his knees beside the track before the train started and place his head on the rail. Before any one could reach lilm the wheels had passed over his head, crushing it and severing It from the body. Olgax was 76 years of age, and a native of Switzerland. Milliliter Suit Seidell. By Southern Associated Press. London, Auk. 0.? Justice Hawkins in the high court of justice today, in t In action for slander brought by .Mrs. Jaeoby against Countess Cowley, strong ly advised a settlement of the case. He said tlmt the parties themselves bad created a great scandal. Mrs. Jaeoby, lie added, had cleared her character ny going iito the witness Im>x and swear ing that she did not write the letters which formed the basis of the suit and that she did not know of their origin. Countess Cowley thereupon Hinted that she di?l not write the letters And did not know who did. The catfe was there upon settled, but the terms of the set tlement were not stated. , OKKMAN-AMKRICAKS. Old War Vrtcrani Are (ricurBiinj Qermmm Victories. By Southern Associated Press. Berlin, Aug. 9. -'?Five hundred veter ans of German wars who are now American cittzcns took part in the cele brations at Splodieren, Woerth and Weisbnrff. One thousand and Ave hun? drcd veterans will arrive at Hamburg on A uplift* 27. On the 29th they will proceed to Frederichruhe, where they will vislt_]Vlnce Bismarck and present him with ab address. On September 1 they will arrive io Berlin at about noon and, will be, mot by the members of veterans wltb fcands and banners. A festiv* entering will be ma<)e into th?> oit/ trom t my suit.. . - ' ' v ? RED DEVILS INVERT TRUTH. HI ttliKII \\l> (II TH HHO' M Til HI It (Ot'llSK. Til ICY AUK Fl.VAM.Y (Al'Tl HH?? ?V Til 10 OI'TU KUS. A Mob \V?i Dotrriiilurtl im l.> uelt Inu Them. Uy Son I hern Associated I'ress. Wagoner. I. T.. Auk. 11.? With tho exception of one, tho gang of Indians who committed n series of diabolical crimes since July 30 In tho Territory, wore captured near Okmulgee last Thursday after a desperate Affght, nnd started for tho Fort Smith, Ark., JftU to avoid being lynched. News has been received h#m- that a mob of Mus cogee citizens had gone across tho country to Fort Gibson to Intercept the Missouri Pacific? train carrying tho fiends and their capture for tho purpose of dealing out summary iUd tlce. The gang which began its henlous operations by murdering Dep uty United States Marshal John Gur ratt at okniulgj^ and escaping to tho hills of the Creek nation, was led by Rufus Buck, an Indian. Ills followers were Samuel Sampson, Mcorna July, Hud Lucky, alias Tricky Davis, Albert Stake and Levy Davis. The day after murdering rturratt the gang met a white man and hi* daughter in u wagon. Covering tho man with their guns, the Indiana took the girl from the wagon and each as saulted her within sight of her father. The next victims were Hen Callahan and a negro boy whom the gang met on the road. They murdered tho boy and beat Callahan so that they be lieved him to be dead, when they left the scene after robbing the man of money, boots ami saddle. At the coun try stores of West and J. Norrlburg, at Orkct, tho murderers and robbers held up the owners and took away everything they could carry. Next in their path of crime they met two white women and a girl, 14 years old. All were repeatedly assaulted by the fiends who added another murder to their list. The girl's feet and hands were tied and the unfortunate crea ture was assaulted until life was ex tinct. ' liy this time tho country in tho vtncbilty of these crimes had become ? aroUseil. Federal and Indian posses, Including the Ci'eek light horse guards, in command of Capt. Edward Harry and Deputy Marshals Jesse Jones, M. D'. Irwin, Samuel Hayes- and bthor determined officers started at first to capture or kill the members of the gang. Thursday the pursuers came up with the gang twelve tnlles from Okmulgee and divided, one,, half going to a place of ambush Into which the other party drove the- gang from a hill. A fight with rifles and revol vers followed, in which Capt. Harry fell from his horse a bullet grazing his head and three horses were killed. Five of the gang^ere captured alive, and the sixth, (tucky Davis, escaped. In the possession of the marshals aro I,000 , pounds \ of ammunition an\A a jrreai nyantlty of stolen property. They were taken to Okmulgee, where a mob of citizens, bent on lynching them, surrounded the officers, but the "officers escaped with their prisoners to Muskogee. ' Anothe^ mob with ropes and rifles awaited their arrival, but again the poss^ /cheated the mob of lt? prey by getting sufficient warning to land the gang In Jail. This was last night, and tho town was kept in an uproar all night by tho attempts to lynch the Indians and tho efforts of the business men to prevent mob violence. The mob was finally quieted ! long enough to allow of a third cscapc I of the posse and prisoners on a train for Fort Smith. faui/t "ok" tub powkijs. [ They Should Knforce Their Domnndi x More Vigorously. London, Aug. 11.? The Times will tomorrow print a dispatch from its Tien-Tsln correspondent saying the re cent massacre of the foreign mission aries Is regarded there an a symptom of Inci dent anarchy and belief Is expressed I hal II will be followed by worse scenes unless (he foreign powers deal strongly with China. dl'Jie dispatch will also state that at a meeting of foreign resi dents ?>f Tientsin the declaration was made that jjhe massacre was the natural outcome of the leniency shown towards the Chinese upon the occasion of out rages committed by them In the past thirty years. The meeting also express ed distrust In platonlc remedies. The British Government was urged to make local reprisals In every case of outrage, . and it wfcis- demanded that tlio provln elal authorities should/be made resi>on silde for all officials "finder whose jurls dlction foreigners ar? attacked and be dismissed. This',' it Is assorted, would Cer tainly he effectual, and Is ia accordance with the Chinese principles of govern-^ mcnt . MISS JRWRLl'D KATAI. JUMP. She Suicided While Suffering from Inuailr. y'" New York, Aug. 1 1 .? Aflss Alice .lewett, the daughter of Hrokcf Chas. II. .Tewett, committed suicide this morning by jumping from a third-story window Into the inner court yard at the Windsor Hotel, Fifth avenue and Forty seventh street, wtiere her family ha* been stopping temporarily . Ml** Jewett j was Insane at the time and was In tho room with her mother. The latter saw her as she was about to jnmp and tried to *top her, but was unable to do so. Death was instantaneous. Mis* Jcnrtt has been for some time under treat ment,, for insanity. They Must Haa?. Carrollton, Mo., Auk. 11.? At nearly midnight 1?*t n?ah> the plea -for a new trUt was closed by counsel tor the Taylor llrothem. Jud*e Rocker dented K and sentenced them to be banned Oeteb^r *t*i next, for the murder of the MmIm fam ily. Attorney^ for the defendants will [ appeal the to t*e SupTSWf Oouit. t'\ Ft.ONK IX 11 \1,TOlQlti: Much DiiiUHg0 II ut No 1.1 \ on IV ere I.AnI. t!\ Southern Associated Pros*. Baltimore, Mil.. A 1 1 \ wind storm of cyclonic proportions, a* rem pan led by a heavy dounpour or i^lu and hall, visited this city this ""nflcr noon. Houses wore unroofed, trees uprooted, windows smashed, t ?>1. urn ph. telephone and trolley \\lros broken . nd other damage done within a few minutes that will require weeks to it - pair. The most serious damage was tho demolition of St. Elizabeth's Catholic's church, In courso of ?? vc tlon^von Kast Baltimore street. <>i !?<? slto Patterson Park. All parts of the city suffered. The storm came from the northwe. t It continued at Intervals for three hours, but most of the damage v ?s done shortly after the storm appealed. No fatalities have been reported, al though It would be remarkable If the falling trees, demolished out houses, or flying house tops did not cause In Juries which have not yet been heard of. The losses so far reported will amount upwards of $30,000. Ju.< t be fore the rain began the mercury at the weather observer's otllee mi: do a record-breaking drop of nine degrees In one minute. The highest tempera ture during the day was reached Just before the storm broke, when '.:i? de grees was recorded. m:si>F.n \i?o t ahthki). Ilut lie Futility Wounded One of II In I'nriuer. Hy Southern Associated l'ress. .laeksonvllle, Fla., Aug. II.? The Time* Union special from Went l'ahn lleach. KU?.. says: Sum l.ewls, who m.urderod ex Tax Collector lIlglismHh aud hi < iu phew, John l>avls, at Kcrnon 1*11 y . about three weeks ago, has heen capture. I. hut he liitlletod prolmhly fatal wounds ou ciio of Ills pursuers. After the tnurdiY I c escaped to Nassau, hut the Kurdish in. trlioelllivi It. id heen notified hy cahlo tuiil an n't f ctnpt was made to arrest the Mm ilerer. lie stole a boat and came hick lo Florida, lauding a't lUscayne Hay. near tho scene of hls^crlmo. I.cwls was located Saturday meriting at 2 o'clock hy Ite.v. Medrogor and Win. Ku*<cll and ordered to suriendcr. J!e showed* tight anil was shot down, ti'.s log helng broken. Thinking Ijcw's d" ol McOregor approached and tiirneil iilui over. l,owin Immediately drew a r?'- *?l ami shot McClrcgor, probably f ft ! y wound iufc him. I /<? win then dragged h'*e Helf away, but Hussell came up and ho was traced hy his hlood anil ejiptu' d. Hit wan brought here and lodged in .I d. George Marvin, wife and son were arr> .<?. oil for harboring Ix'wls. I ,e w m ? ' >t down IliKhsmltli and l>avls hciciii'se !' y refused to kneel and apologl'/.e fcr ? fancied Insult. Lewi* came to Flor" I'l from Tex ah. where he Is *aid to have kllletl three men.' lie is a native of Vcr. niout . NKUHOKS AS HOTIOI, (il'KSTS. Tlie Hotel Men's Convention to I)In eiiss flic (Incut Ion. Saratoga, N. Y.. Aug. 11. ? At the meeting o" the New York Htatc Hotel Men's convention, which convenes here tomorrow for ii\two day's session, It Is expected that of^clal action will be taken relative to admitting colored peoplo Into hotels ajJ guests under tho Maltby equal rights law. The matter Is of especial Importance just rtt this time,. Inasmuch hr the colored Repub licans t>f the State, numbering several thotasahd. will assemble here Friday, Aug. 16, for the purpose of perfecting a State organization. The. colored hotel accomadatlons aro very meagre and some of tho hotel proprietors are fearful that the delegates may de mand admittance to their hotels, and by bo doing, drlvo'.whltc guests away. The action of tho hotel association Is awaited with Interest. Foil KMT KIIIICS RAUINCJ. The Inhabitant* Are I'myliiK For Rain. Whatcom, Wash., Aug. 11 ? Through out the last week forest fires have raged In the timbered sections of tho N northern part of the State. In th? counties of Whatcom and Skagit, hun dreds of acres of valuable timber and many ranches have - been laid waste: No cases of Iohs of life have been re ported, but there have been narrow escapes. The actual loss of prop rty is large, approximating a million dol lars in the two counties, but th" mf ferlng of ruined settlers excceda the money loss. The town of Mount Ver non, Skagit county, was visited. The shingle mill of T^odgo and Mltchcel and four residences were burned. At Montborne near by the dry house, warehouse ami a million and a half of shingles were burned. Mount Vernon has been enveloped In smoke for ? week. Shingle mills In this vlcln it* have been turning steam on the flames In place of water. The fires In Fl dalgo Island have been extensive. Five harrm ami farm houscn were b irn cd. Hamilton, Skagit county, I'ra'rlc, Whaloom county, I/aur<nce, and oilier places all suffered losses hy tho forest llres. The lire 1* now spreading in the direction of I,aconcor, Skagit county. Kveryono one Is praying for raln'.^uit no sign of it appears, Report* from Amacnr. ?**>m says <u< a result of protract ed dry weather tho inoel extensive forest llres in years aro prevailing on Whldhy and t'amono Islands and many fi<i* have been ruined. It I oh llarlMir etiffered a slight loss. From Aberdeen. Wash., cornes word Dial the lire* which have ag. d for a w? ok !n ilio coiiiiMim ?>f Mason, Thurston, Ohehalis and the southwestern part of the Slate are rapidly being gotten under control. VICB PR KM . STKVKWMOV.H JOIRWKY. Re Itfiiolifa Vaneoavfr, Kb Rente to Alaska. Vancouver. II. (/.. Aug. 11. ? Vice President Stevenson passed through this cfty yesterday 'en ronte for Alaska. He -Ik accompanied b.v his wife and two brothers, W. W. and .f. Steven son, and the party are traveling In President Van Horn's private ear. Mr. Steventyn declined to talk poliUes, de claring that the trip was undertaken merely fot relaxation and with a rfcew of temporarily escaping from the caff* of office. Regarding his candidacy for Presidential honors. Mr. Stevenson re fnsed to talk. The party expects to be 'absent for two months am} will retorn , over U?e Mne rout*, ? GOLD STILL LEAVING US. O \ I. \ \ >111. 1. ION !? IN 1*1110 It KMC It V i:. i iii: iii)iM<< i. ii:s in iii i: cxi'iiui1 or ClOltlCAI.K. Ulilc from llu* lienor***, llto Niton tlo it 1m ICiKMiurau I i*u. My Southern Assocla tod l'ress. Wash In tit on, D. O., ? Aug. I "J. ? The drain upon tin- gold reserve of tho Treasury of tho United States fore shudowod In t la-no dispatches for sometime past, see mod to have begun In earnest today when tho ofllclals wore advised of tho withdrawal of $1,050,000 from tho suU?t roasury at Now York export. 'IJ^e condition of affairs has occasioned /much sp^eula tlon of tho moans that tho ndmlnlstra tlon will employ to maintain tho gold reserve or replenish It should tho probable withdrawals reducc It below tho amount which It Is doomed neces sary for tin* Government to hold, it may be stated almost authoritatively thai between another Issue of bonds and tho calling of an extra session of Congress that tho former will bo re sorted to. Today's withdrawals were the lar gest of any one day since tho con tract with the nclmont-Morgnn syndi cate went into effect last February. They reduce the gold In tin* United States Treasury to $101 ,302, 863, or* a loss of more than $(>.000,000 from tho highest point It reached after tho syn dicate had made Its Una! payments, last month. <>n July 0 the gold reserve reached $107, Tell. 375, being higher then than ?ni any day, according lo the Treasury's olllolal ton days statement, since February 20th, 1893. lletween tho two dates named $1152,400,000 United States bonds were sold for gold at prlcea aggregating $182,000,000 and the gold reserve which was v something over $(55,000,000 in January Mv94. re plenished, as It has been, by these bond sales, amounts today to a little j more than $101,000,000, or a net loss of $14(5.000,000. Department officials are loth to dis cuss the effect on the Treasury of re newed uolfl shipments or to express an 'opinion as to their probable extent or when the shipments will cease or Whether the bond syndicate will feel itself bound to replace the gold as it did the first large withdrawal after Us purchase of bonds. With exchange at $490 1-2, an exceedingly high figure, the opinion Is generally expressed that gold exports to the extent o? $20,000, 000 or $:!0,000,000 are likely to occur be fore* Oct 1st. Tho only thing that Is likely to reduce this rate Of cxchango Is heavy shipments of American cereals. , Aside from the decline in the gold reserve.*, (lie Treasury situation Is re garded as encouraging, as the receipts are gradually approximating to the expenditures. Tho excess of expendi tures over receipt^ for tho past two years amounted to $107,000,000 and for the month u third of which has elaps ?d, of the eurront fiscal year $15,000, 000. Hut the receipts ere Increasing and ofllclals express the hope that by January 1st next they will equal the expenditures or nearly so. TIIK DINK l!VS ill U It Dig It. II Im (ioliiK to lie (lie llotteat Kind o t ii Content , * Hy Southern Associated Press. Jackson, Miss., Tug. 12y? Tho atten tion of all MlsslsslppIanH Is n^w di rected on Brandon, the little town 12 miles east of hero, whe^je, on Thurs day last, Henator Dabney Marshall and three other Vlcksburgers shot and killed It. T. Dlnklns. There Is but Ono sentiment about the matter here or at Hrundon and the impression is that the grand Jury now In session will In dict the four murderers In short or der. Tho men who used /their guns to such, purpose are evidently Impressed with the Idea that they n>e In serious trouble and that It is golnff- to take some big talk to get them out of pris on. They have therefore employed tho finest legal talent in the State, among others being Hon. A. J. McDaurin, Democratic nominee for Governor; Congressman Tom Catchlngs, Major Ii. \V. Magruder and M. Dabney, of Vicksburg and Judge Sol Calhoun, of Jackson to defend them. The prosecu tion has as yet only' engaged one law ycr, Hon. J. 1*. McCasklll, of Hrandon, to assist the district attorney, but will engage others so that the trial Is des tined to be the J^>ttcst sort of a contest of legal forces. " ^ The l<*l rat Hale. My S'oii I !i< in AsKochited Savannah, fin.. A ng.f^flrjfyi'lio first bub' of new vol ton was rnisfv?'d today frmii Dawrion. Oa., weighing 4S6 pounds and elated :is good middling, good color. and slnple. very good; was sold ;il miction at 7 l-2c. jior pound. Tho s?"-"iid !>??'?? nf now cotton was reoelv ed today from AmeriejjH, On., weigh ing ICJ potim!*, clirwa^jj as fully mid dling, g??od color, and nfiiple very good; whs Nidd at miction at 7 5-16c. per pound. ' , Treitawrer llarnea ffaleldea. Mobile, Ala., Aug. 12. ? It. A. Barnes, treasurer of Sumter county, ahot him self dead yesterday morning at Liv ingston. Ala. He was short in hi* ac counts $2,500 and was suffering from gall stone and was soon to undergo an operation. The combination of troubles was too much for him to stand and he therefore took his life. ? r- ' Hwrarlaif '? Msriartr. Kdgefleid, 8. C.. Aug; 12. ? (Special.)? State versus B. L Jones tfSc -the mur i!l 1)1 Mir ViMiliigeR was set for this morning. Intense Interest Is man ifested hy the public. Witnesses for tho State ssid defence number nae hundred an<i one. Three dayf will consumed tartl* ; ? Judwc Crlai? lutorvlewMl, Loudon, Aug. 12. lion. ('bus. P, 1'rlsp, c\ Speaker of tho American 1 1 ouse of Kopresentatlvdcs, the llon.V , I'M win K. 1 1 1*1, American Assistant Secretary of Slii to ami the lion. Henry ' 'a hot l.odgc, senator from Maasu husctts, were guests this evening at an i?**t?'rt a in int^ti t ( f^Yon by Speaker tiully it .'l\is residence in Westminister palace. They received marked attention from Mi'. Hit If our and -Mr. ( Miamhorlnin ami Kilter men who were present. Mr. t'riap told the representative^ of the I lilted Press that ho hud been ?> slriiek l?y the numerous ceremonies in tho procedure of the House of Com m on a whieh, to him, appeared to ho iih?'K*ss, lie said he notieed tymeelallv that no actual vote was takcTr < on tho eleet ion ofv^peaket\ He uu^rstood, of course, that the eleetlon was virtual ly l>y unanimous eonsent, hut in the I nlted States ii v ate is always taken that an opportunity may ho had for dis senters to express their views. It was remarkalde that so great a majority as the (love nimeiit hud shou'.d 'chose a member of the minority for their pre siding olliecr. Such a course would never do under the American legislation \vheiv the Speaker must lie a partisan, a* he Is ejothed with greater powt r In the' appointment of committees. Mr. ("lis > saiil that having tho Speak er's residence in the Parliament House' was useful here, }>ut it wtas repugnant to tho Amerieaii System. .There were not <nie third enough seats in the House of Commons for lis niemhers. The seats ami desks in the Aiiieriean House were a bettor arrangement, Mr. Crisp tiddrd thai there was a good press gal lery lu re, -but he did not favor the. Iiulbs being |daee?| jn a eago behind the Speaker' dosk . Messrs. Lodge and I 111 agreed wlt-l* tin remarks of Mr* Crisp, They woro surprised by the sbort speeches made by the speakers today lis they appar eiilly had eoploiis notes. They found tlu? House of Lords nearly deserted t iIhui^Ii they said tliey understood there would be a fuller attendance on Thurs- . day to receive the address fro ft! the * throne. Mr. t'rlsp will go to Paris to-, morrow . lie will return next week and wali-h Parliament when it is actually ^ legislating. * ^ tiii; i iir.i: silviqu roNFBHHNCE. Senator IlarrlM Kxpccts Home Great Iteiulti. H.v Southern Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 1U.- The conference of free eoimtge r>einoeruts called by Senators Harris, of Tennessee, .Jones, of Arkansas, and Tttrple, of Indiana, will ? 1 n be held in Washington Wednesday and nifty extend over that and next tiny. Senator Harris will probably bo chair .iiian of the eon ferenee, and Secretary Voting, of Memphis, its secretary. Sev eral of those who will he present are in Washington anil are hniieful that thirty States will bo represented. Senator*" ' Harris, who ranched Wnshington Sat urday, said today- a large attendance waij no' desirable. t<)n the" contrary it had been expressed that a few of tho most prominent in each Stiite should entile. These men,' said the senator, would be Democrats of weight and In fluence and acceptable to members ' of t he party as the (tossihle eoniposition of an executive committee. The senatbr said h^. expeeted great tilings from vthe conference, which would be more in the nature of a business meeting than n convention. He could not tell at this time, however, what scope ttio - meeting would take beyond, the objects outlineti by Messrs. Jones, Turpie and himself. CIIOOKUDNBS8 IN CONTRACTS. Nlnte Senator Bartlett' Pruli. Hy Southern Associated Press. Hrookl.vn, Aug. 12.? State 8euator James \V. Bartlett, the contractor w,bof supplied plumbers' materinlH to the old . board of ohariti<?s whirh hi now Tinflpr ~ In vest igatlon in thin city, admitted tM? ,_l morning to the assembly ofynmlttoo that there was some quest lonablo^loallng in the way he got eontra>*s:. Wh^or , Hugo Hirsch had# already called w'lt?. n esses who testified that^he county lost s money by giving the contract to, ftfr. Ha rt left. The contract wits if warded to lite bidder who offered tlie lowest" jar- '? era go price. Hefore u nking up his bid, friends of the witness o were on the inside cave him tip* on whnt articles would i?e called for (luring the year ami what would not. This information enabled tho senator to put a high price on what would bo needed and a nominal price on what would not be called, for. In this way he underbid all the others, on an average, and yet sold to the coun ty at exorbitant prices. AN ITALIAN MOB. vV - They IMnrch Vpom Worun?? Wh* Took Their IMaeea. I iy Sou them Amoc luted Presn. riU?hufc-g. Pa., Au4C^..12.? A body of bw> armed Italians, carrying a red tffojr alt their head, marched to the corner of tfbady street ta-ml Forties avenue, io this city, it his morning, for the pur pose of driving- -off- -laborers employed l?y Bbolli & FHynn in grading streets. Tho Italians wha wore In the emptor of 'the ?Arm last Monday struck for' an ?; neron w In- wag ea from $1.25 To $1.60 per day, ami were refused. Their ' ? places were ANed. land on ftkturdsj tlie strikers att tucked the nion who hSad .taken their places. Tho (tolice Inf ' tor ffire^, a nd-jiiuict yvA* How 1 1 tJli ties Aero nnexpertodljr . i%n?*fed,r t howetfor, and -lite Idfrftr ? ens thel/*round until the ItaHaaa began Wrinrf, land tthen Ikd. A. police alarm was set* 4nf anil *Md|jce of of ficers were hurrio?d to the pte^e 4a pa trol %?3*rtv?. Jtie Italians fled wtiea fmvy saw fche police coming, bat few of them were captured. They will ba held for trlMil on changes of riotta* -J , ratal ?aplssisa, 81, Peter?b?rr, Atf. It? As t*pk> ?lon occumtf today la the iahytoty of the TwelfUl WtHkoltskk ittpawt. Two officer* ami %kc? priv^S