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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE.
VOLUME VII.
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CAHD??N C., FRIDAY AUGUST lo, IHVS
NO. 15.
TENIPERENCE
UNION.!
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CATHOLIC T. A. I.
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HIOSOl.l TIONS.
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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.. .
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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