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,-^v --u . t. The Bamberg Herald. j w ; gjgl 4 - . ^ ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 22, 1901. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. ??????? -A-! SQUALLUPSETS BOAT Another Disaster Wherein Waves Claim Many Victims. SIXTEEN LIVES REPORTED LOST IM-Fated Vessel Was the Golconda, I Plying Between Paducah, Ky.f And Elizabethton, III.?Details of Disaster Meagre. The steamer City of Golconda, ply>-v ing between Paducah. Kv., and Elizabethtown. 111., was struck by a squall 3>" during a storm about 7 o'clock Mon* day night as she was en route to Paducah. She turned over in 10 feet of water, six miles above the city, as she was going into Crowells landing. Sixteen persons are reported drowned, the disaster occurred as supper was served, and many of the seventy-five persons were in the cabin. The wind struck the boat without warning and there was no time for those on the inside to escape. Captain Jesse Bauer and Pilot E. E. Peck were the last to leave the boat and swam to shore. They saved several persons struggling in the water and left the survivors in a house near ^ the bank and came to the city. Captain Bauer, who arrived in Paducah two hours after the catastrophe, said: "xue boat was getting ready to land when the squall strucK her and she e" listed. Several passengers, who were inside, jumped overboard and were caught by the boat The ladies, all of whom were in tne cabin, could not be reached. The boat settled down in ten feet of water over a reef and two of the men who were in the cabin? H. E. Worten and N. S. Quartermouse, f Hampton?broke through the glass ; , and were saved. Three colored deck . hands saved a woman and child, and I think she was the only woman saved. A yawl that had broken loose was caught by some of those struggling in the water and taken to the bank. We i ?' returned to the boat on this, but coulJ find no signs of life, and returned to shore." The boat was valued at about $2.? 600 and had been in the trade for sev. eral years. There was no way to de termine the number of dead and tneir names until the boat's books should be found. Captain Peck places th<3 -J number at sixteen. The. Mary N. left soon after the survivors reached the city for the scene. She returned at 11:30 o'clock Monday night with those tp saved. They report that ten women .. were drowned and the total number of those who perished will reach seventeen or twenty. None of the bodies were recovered Monday night, as the rescuers could not get into the cabin. WILL CHALLENGE HOWISON. Schley's Attorneys to Investigate a ?&' Member of Inquiry Court. The navy department has decided III' that the Schley court of inquiry shall be held in the gunners' work shop at the navy yard. The work shop is a large, new building and well adapted to meet the requirements of the court. ' Judge Jere Wilson and Hon. Isadore | Raynor, counsel for Rear Admiral Schley, called on Acting Secretary of the Navy Hackett Monday and made inquiries regarding the department's list of witnesses. During their conference Messrs. Raynor and Wilson advised Hackett that a communication would be sent him relative to certain statements reported to have been made by Rear Admiral Howison, a py member of the court of inquiry, in regard to the Schley-Sampson controver. sy. The letter to Secretary Hackett L-v will inclose copies of interviews purporting to have come from Admiral I Howison, stating among other things, that the battle of Santiago was won by Sampson; that the latter's presence was unnecessary at that fight; that Schley deserved no credit tor the victory, and that between the two officers f.. " Sampson is the better one. Mr. Hackett is requested to forward V-' this communication to Admiral Howison for his consideration, and a copy of that officer's reply to the departv - ment is asked for. WELLS TO ASSIST SCHLEY. Admiral's Flag Officer Called to Washington as a Witness. Lieutenant Wells, who was flag officer for Admiral Schley during the West Indian campaign, has been detached from the Kearsage and ordered to Washington to assist Admiral Schley in the preparation of his case. "This, action was taken at the request of the admiral, who said he desired the assistance of Lieutenant Wells because of his familiarity "with all the correspondence during the time he (Schley) was in command of the "flying squadron." COSTLY TOBAUtu SMurvc. Building of American Cigar CompSiy at Richmond Destroyed By Fire. At Richmond, Va., Monday, fire de^ stroyed what is locally known as th^ J. Wright Company plant of the American Cigar Company. There were about 400,000 pounds of leaf tobacco '.n the building, and this, with the machinery, it is estimated, was worth j $1~,>,000. The total loss is placed at ! about $200,000 insurance $112,000. "HANDS OFF," SAYS COLOMBIA. Minister Silva Begs Uncle Sam Not to Interfere Just Yet. The Colombian minister, Dr. Silva, had a conference with Secretary Hay at Washington Monday. Dr. Silva gave Mr. Hay information to the effect that traffic on the isthmus was entirely unobstructed, and also assured him of the ability of Colombia to keep the traffic open, also that the United States is not called upon to act iLQtil Colombia finds herself unable to "fulfill the primary responsibility. v jl^l CREAH OF NEWS Summary of the Most I" *J Important DaiL^ |? ?? Happenings Tersely Told. |f l|j lji ifr ijl fl l|j ||| ||r ||| ,|,i|, ,|j |n|, tj l|j j, | | p ^> ? ?At Hogansville, Ga., Friday, thero will be a contest of "fiddlers," There will be prizes offered for the best, poorest, the lean and the fat. ?Farmers in Mississippi are send- I ing agents to the cities and towns for labor to help gather their crops. Labor is growing very scarce. ?The post office inspector at Norfolk, Va., has ordered the mail of the Fidelity Mutual Company held. It has thousands of contracts out. . ?The number of persons tfho perished by the sinking of the steamer Islander has been placed at sixty-seven. The passengers were asleep when the steamer struck. ?The steamer City of Golconda went down near Paducah. Ky., Monday and sixteen persons?ten of them women?were drowned. ?Two negroes were lynched at Pierce City, Mo., Monday for assaulting and murdering a white girl. ?Monday the steel trust succeeded in placing in operation some of the plants which have been crippled by the strike. ?By the explosion of a shell at Fort Riley, Kans., Monday, two soldiers were killed and seven injured. ?Admiral Schley's attorneys have challenged the right of Admiral Howison to serve on the court of inquiry. ?Four men were blown to pieces and a roundhouse destroyed at Herkimer, N. Y., Monday by an explosion of dynamite. ?An explosion of benzine at Philadelphia kills three, injures twenty and destroys property valued at $500,000. ?The Textile Workers' Union will disband and members will unite with the Federation of Labor. A ten-hour dov will ho HomonHod in fhp annfh. ?Americans stopping at a London hotel leave because negro delegates to the ecumenical conference are arriving. The proprietor refused to make any distinction as to his guests. ?It is reported in London that J. Pierpont Morgan has bought the city line of steamers owned by Glasgow parties. ? ?The British surprise a Boer laager and kill twenty, but are forced to retreat. ?Colombia has requested the United States not to interfere on the isthmus until requested to do so. ?Ruskin commonwealth of socialists, near Waycross, Ga., is breaking up, having proved a failure. Sheriff will sell the property. ?The people of Harmony Grove, Ga., criticise the verdict in the Gus Fellows trial. They say the negro should have been hanged. ?Officers have succeeded in recapturing seven of the ten prisoners that escaped from jail at New Berne, N. C. ?Confederate veterans had a grand time at their reunion at Lexington, Ky. It is estimated that there were over ten thousand of the old soldiers present. ?The steamer Islander struck an iceberg off Douglas island and went down, carrying sixty-five to eighty persons. ?The steel trust has smuggled strike breakers from the south into the Monessen mills. ?Treasurer Hayden, of the New York branch of Swift & Company, is missing, together with a large sum of money. ?The carriage manufacturers of Cincinnati have discharged all union men and will run their plants nonunion. ?General MacArthur has reached San Francisco from the Philippines. He says war has caused many natives to revert to barbarism. ?Mr. Kruger, in an interview, says the Boers will never yield until granted full independence. ?Ecuador has joined forces with Venezuela and has sent an army across the border of Colombia. ?It is alleged that continental Europe is forming an anti-American combination. ?Ben Hill Madden was shot by Henry Smith at Concord, Pike county, Georgia. Smith caught Madden In the room where his children were sleeping. ?A third oil well is now gushing at Sunnybrook, Tenn. ?II. Hauser, a Wilmington, N. C., jeweler, is charged with incendiarism. At a tire in his estaonsnment evidence was seen of his guilt. ?International Typographical Union adjourned Saturday after a week's meeting at Birmingham, Ala. ?Communication has been restored throughout the storm swept section. The property loss is great, but few lives were lost. ?The strikers have succeeded in closing the Bay View plant of the Illinois Steel Company. Fourteen hundred men will go out. ?The crops have failed in European Russia and over forty million people are in danger of starvation. ?France, Germany and Great Britain will seDd warships to the isthmus cf Panama to guard their interests. ?r?he praliament of Great Britain was prorogued Saturday. There was nothing notable in the king's speech. ?The London Sun states that Lord Kitchener is moving to receive the surrender of General Botha. ?The German papers are harshly criticising Von Waldersee for talking so much. It is said Von Waldersee hopes to succeed Von Buelow as chancellor. ?At Chicago and Brooklyn trolley cars collide with trains at crossings. Six persons were killed and many injured. ?The Fall River manufacturers assert that they must cut wages in order to compete with southern mills. ?f\KsjisjrvJcvjrMrs?fMj I I SOUTH CAROLINA 1; ) STATE NEWS ITEMS. | ?C\lfMCNJC\JCMrslfsirsJ? I Fjrsl Baie at Charleston, The first oaie of new cotton was received a day or two ago from Conners, 0, C. Fully middling, 52G pounds. It was bought by Inman & Co. for 10 cents per pound. * Final Payments Made. The government has taken possession of the property of Charleston upon which the new naval station at that place is to be constructed. Capain Longnecker and Paymaster Skeld ng have notified the department that sue last 01 tne purcuasc muutrj nau paid and the property taken possession if. The purchase price was about $90,000. * * * Illinois to Have Building. The Illinois exposition commission, charged with the selection of a site for their state building at the Charleston exposition, concluded its work and returned home a few days ago. One of the most advantageous sites at the exposition grounds has been allotted to the state of Illinois and the con! tract for the handsome structure which that commonwealth is to put up was quickly awarded and work upon It will begin at once. * * * Memorial to Dr. Rhett. The executive committee of the Robert Barnwell Rhett, Jr., M. D., Memorial Association, which was formed at Phnrlpstnn a davs aero held a I meeting later and issued an address to the people of Charleston. It is proposed by the association to collect a ; .'und of $50,000 to be invested in the interest of the widow and children of Rhett, and ultimately to be devoted :o the erection of some permanent memorial to him in the city. The executive committee appointed sub-committees for every ward in the city of Charleston to take charge of canvassing in the Interest of the fund which 'hey are to raise. * * * New Mil! For Gaffney. Some time ago a northern concern began corresponding with some one in Gaffney relative to the location of a factory there for the manufacture of supplies for cotton mills, such as cams, rollers, bobbins and such other articles as are in constant use by cotton factories. The northern syndicate sent their representatives to the town recently to confer with the business men and as a result they agreed !o build a $25,000 factory with the assurance of an early increase in the capital stock, and let the contract for sam? before leaving. They do not ask that any of the Gaffney people invest in the enterprise at all. The factory will be located Just outside of the eastern limits of the town between the Southern and South Carolina and Georgia extension railroads. The articles they will manufacture are those that are manufactured entirely at the north at present. * * * Killed By Watchman. A Charleston dispatch says: The sudden death of Coroner Vaughan prevented the holding of an inquest over the body of young John M. Ward, a cotton buyer, who was killed by Watchman Keegan, at Chilolm's mill late Saturday night. According to the evidence gained thus far, Ward and a gay party had been out sailing. A number of the young men had been drinking, and, it is said, Keegan remonstrated at the' noise they were making. A difficulty followed, and Keegan says he shot in self-defense. Ke claims that Ward had thrown him down and was choking him when he fired. This is denied by the sailing party, their claim being that Ward was killed by a bullet which was intended for another. The members of the sailing party are all well known and well connected, but some of the youngsters are gay for their age, and are wild and rapid. By reason of Ward's standing in Charleston, the killing has created much concern. and the regret is that he was caught in bad company. Keegan is In jail. r * * Strikers "Evacuating" Charleston. The letter sent to the commercial j organizations by President Samuel ! Spencer, of the Southern railway, in which he declared that the railroad had no concessions to offer the striking machinists, has forced the strikers to the conclusion that they will not be able to return to their former positions. So far as the railroad company is concerned, the troubles have been ended. The shops at Charleston are filled with new men brought in from the north, but the strikers have useu greai enoris to nave the new men quit work. It was announced a day or two ago that many of the strikers had left the city for other points where they have secured work. A number of the machinists have been employed at the various phosphate mills above the city, and the men are not thinking seriously of being reinstated. The strike troubles at Charleston were more aggravated than at any other town along the Southern railway. The troubles there were increased by politicians, who have endeavored to make capital out of the differences, in the hope of securing the machinists' votes in the next election. * * * Vile Liquor Sold to Army Men. A communication sent to a New York newspaper by Mrs. Sanford. wife of Captain J. C. Sanford, engineer corps. U. S. A., stationed at Charleston, has been widely commented on. both in army and temperance circles of the city. Mrs. Sanford took occasion to point out the bad results which * have followed the abolition of . the ; i army canteen. The fact was cited that three deaths were recently caused at Fort Fremont, S. C.. by the drinking of vile whisky, concocted and sold by negroes to the soldiers. These no grocs live on the outskirts of the pos: and did a thriving business. The recent murder and suicide at Sullivan's Island, when Private Hacker^ murdered his wife and then killed himself, has been traced directly to the effects of the bad liquor sold by contraband dealers. The liquor is poisonous and fires the brain of men who drink it in a startling manner. The dealers who are operating the blind tiger canteen system sell a concoction composed of one part of the cheapest liquor, two parts of kerosene, a liberal quantity of extract obtained by boiling tobacco, lesser amounts of red pepper and sulphuric acid, and the rest water. It does not take an experienced drinker long to figure how soon a drink of this kind will knock him out. TO WATERY CRAVES More Than Two=Score Steamer Passengers are Consigned. VESSE WRECKED BY ICEBERG Boiler Exploded as Splintered Wreck Went Down, Killing Many That Might Have Been Saved. The steamer Islander, the crack passenger steamer of the Alaskan route, operated by the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, of Victoria, British Columbia, struck an Iceberg off Douglas Island at 2 o'clock on the morning of Thursday last and went to pieces, carrying down from sixty-five to eighty souls, including passengers and members of the crew. Some of the survivors arrived at Victoria Sunday evening by the steamer Queen. They report that as the vessel went down her boiler exploded, causing the death of many who might have escaped. Captain Foote was on the bridge when the vessel struck and stayed there and went down with his steamer. There was $275,000 in gold on the steamer, $100,000 of which was carried by passengers. H. H. Hart, who has spent sixteen years in Klondike, lost $35,000 in dust. No accurate list erf the dead will be had until the arrival of the purser on the steamer Farralton. George McL. Brown, executive agent of the Canadian Pacific railroad, after interviewing the oflloers and passengers who returned, said: "The purser is remaining in the north attending to the forwarding of through passengers. It is impossible to give an accurate nsx. 01 muse iuim., but the fact that 113 were saved, the number lost must be very much below the figures mentioned. In my opinion the loss of life will not exceed twenty/' PRINTERS FINISH LABORS. International Typographical Union Adourns at Birmingham, Ala. The forty-seventh annual convention of the International Typographical union came to an end at Birmingham. Ala., Saturday morning, adjournment being taken to meet next year in Cincinnati. An amendment to the constitution was adopted by which the plurality rule will hereafter apply in the election of the president and secretary-treasurer, tne same as to the other international officers. The majority rule has heretofore prevailed. A proposition to levy a special assessment for label agitation was adopted, as was also a proposition to make machine tenders' assistants members of the union. The latter prevailed over the adverse report of the laws committee. A proposition excluding the testimony of non-union printers when a union man is on trial also carried. PILOT BOAT RUN DOWN. Out In Twain By Big Steamer and Four Occupants Drowned. A New York dispatch says: The German steamer Alene, now running in the Atlas branch of the HamburgAmerican lino, ran down and sank the pilot boat James Gordon Bennett No. 7 Saturday afternoon and drowned three pilots and the cook of the Bennett The accident occurred near the Scotland lightship while the pilot boat was lying hove to on Sfendy Hook bar about ten miles ea6t of Sandy Hook. The survivors say the whole thing 1 J ^ ^ +Hof fh a\r tuafa IlUppeiltTU BU quani; tuuk I.^L^J ? floating in the water before they realized what had happened. The big steamer cut the pilot boat completely in twe. Machlas En Route to Colon. Having been aavised by the weather bureau that danger from the recent storm had passed, the gunboat Machias weighed anchor at Norfolk, Va., shortly after noon Saturday and sailed for Oolom. DOCTORS ANSWER SUIT. A Brother M. D. Claims Damages For Alleged Injurious Assertions. TV.,-. momHorc r?f tho Atlanta (CI a 1 Society of Medicine, through their attorneys have filed answer to the $10,-1 000 damage suit recently instituted against the society by Dr. E. S. E, Bryan, who alleges that by direction I of the Atlanta Society or Medicine his name was presented to the grand jury in 1900 as an illegal practitioner, and it is for that he seeks damages. Applies Only to Oilier Countries. The treasury department has decided that a customs duty of 5 cents cannot be imposed on coffee imported into Porto Rico Irom the United States. The duty applies, however, to coffee i imported from other countries. SIXTY=SEVEN KNOWN DEAD. Further Details of Steamship Islander Disaster and Consequent Frightful Loss of Life. The steamer Queen arrived at For} Townsend, Wash., Monday from the north, bringing details of the wreck of the steamer Islander, which proves to be one of the most appalling marine disasters on the Pacific coast. The steamer sailed from Skagway August 14, and when nearing the southwest end of Douglas island at 2 a. m. August 15, running at full speeu, sirucK a noauug lceueig unu m less than twenty minutes went to th-3 bottom of the deep channel, carrying men, women and children to water/ graves. The Islander had 108 passengers and all were in bed when the vessel struek. The shock was so severe that many were thrown from their berths and the wildest excitement prevailed. V*>rd was soon passed that the vessel was doomed and a general scramble for the lifeboats ensued, many jumping overboard and attempting to swim for the shore, the distance being short. In the scramble to get into the boa:s many were hurled headlong into the chilly water, which, according to passengers arriving from the scene, seemed alive with human beings. Before all the passengers had left the vessel gave a lunge and went down, bow first. It is known that sixty-seven lives were lost. It will be some time before their names can be definitely learned, as the purser lost his passenger list. Story of Survivors. United States Consul Smith, of Victoria, who was a passenger on the Queen from Juneau to Victoria, gleaned the following story of the wreck from among the forty survivors who were passengers on the Queen: "The Islander left Skagway for Victoria Wednesday evening with 3 OS passengers and a crew of sixty-one men on board and ten or twelve stowaways, j All went well until 3 o'clock Thursday morning, when the south end of Douglas Island was reached. Then suddenly the steamer encountered an obstruction, said to have been an iceberg, and stopped with a jar which aroused many of the sleeping passengers. "Captain Foote was having breakfast an<j the pilot notified him of the trouble. When the vessel struck, the water rushed in forward in great volumes, and the pilot advised that the vessel be mn on the beach, not over half a mile distant, at once. To this the captain objected, saying the beach was too abrupt. He thought there was no Immediate danger, but wouJd run a few miles farmer down, where he knew there was a good landing. "The captain assured several passengers there was no immediate danger, and that they could go back to bed, and sent the first officer down to examine. That officer reported there was great danger, and urged that the vessel be beached at once. The first officer ordered the boats let down, but this order was countermanded by the captain who, however, finally realized the seriousness of the situation and allowed" the first officer to get down the boats. '-Meanwhile, the passengers, aroused to their peril, appeared on dock and a rush was made to the purser, who had been given much treasure for safe keeping. Purser Bishop handed all out except two bags of $10,000 each, I ?V.- ? V. TPo?n nnt nlaimeH ft n fl U'h lfll W i_L IL/11 ngic iivo viu?MW? ?? ? went down with the vessel. The bow of the steamer steadily sunk ani twenty minutes later propeller and rudder were high in the air and useless, but the captain remained on tho bridge until the last and finally jumped on a life raft. When the steamer went under an explosion occurred. The captain lost his hold on the raft and went under." All the rescued speak in high terms of the courage and assistance given by Chief Engineer Brownlee and First Officer Neurotsos, who saved several lives. Storm Damages Batteries. The war department has been informed that the damages to the batteries at Fort Morgan, below Mobile, Ala., from the recent storm are very extensive. TRU8T GETS BETHLEHEM WORKS Option Held By Schwab Passes Into Hands of Big Corporation. It was indefinitely learned at New York Monday that the control of the Bethlehem Steel Company is no longer in the hands of Charles M. Schwab, president of the United Steel Corporation. Mr. Schwab, it was authoritatively stated, has allowed his interest in the Bethlehem Steel Company to pass into the hands of a syndicate identified with the United States Steel Corporation, the manager of which is the banking house of J. Pierpont Morgan &. Co. ACTING FOR MORGAN? Line of Fourteen Steamers In East indies Trade In New Hands. It is reported in Glasgow, Scotland, that J. R. Ellerman, of the Leyland line, has purchased the old established City Line of fourteen steamers en gaged in the East Indian trade, the price being nearly 1,000,000 pounds. Mr. Ellerman, acording to rumor, is acting for J. Pierpont Morgan and his associates. RESCUED AT LAST. Men Trapped In Lake Tunnel at Cleveland Are Finally "Unearthed." Adam Rest and Joseph Eugine, two of a dozen or more workmen who were A 1 * ? frti. nrnrl- e fnnnol tU'A trappeu 111 LUC ? aici n u> no luuuvt V ? hundred feet below the surface of I.ake Erie by the burning of Crib No. 2 last week were rescued from the horrible position late Monday afternoon and are now lying semi-conscious at Huron street hospital, Cleveland, where, with careful nursing, the physicians say, they will soon recover. / GULF COAST STORM j Wind and Wave Play Havoc From Pensacola to New Orleans. 6REAT LOSS OF LIFE FEARED Wires Are Prostrated and HurricaneStricken District is Totally Isolated?Many Vessels Face Grave Dangers. A New Orleans special says: The storm which has been sweeping the gulf coast from Pensacola and moving westward during the past two days has prostrated telegraph and tel ephone wires to such an extent that news from the outlying sections is hard to get at. The greatest fears have been entertained for the safety of the people living at Port Eads, which is at the mouth of the river, and for the ships that started for sea just before the storm began. The wires there have been prostrated since Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, but a man has been reached who left Port Eads at 2 o'clock on Wednesday. He was seen at Euras, which is 60 miles down the river, and the farthest point with which there is wire communication at the present time. This man describes the storm which swept that section as a regular tidal wave similar to the one which resulted in such awful loss of life in 1893. He says all the people living on the east bank of the river have moved to the "jump," which is 15 miles from the mouth of the river. Family of Fifteen Lost. The house of a man named Cobden, half a mile above the quarantine station, was swept away, and the fifteen members of the family, including nine children, drowned. The quarantine buildings were badly damaged, but no one injured. Tbe big towboat Chamberlain was driven high and dry m the marsh, but her crew are safe. The government boat at General Reise is believed to have been lost. Captain O'Brien's house was swept away, but he was on the boat which was believed to be outside. The pile driver at Port Eads was sunk. The steamboat Burns was driven ashore near the light house and later it was reported that she had sunk. Her crew were said to have been saved. The tugboat Ve* lasco went down to Pass A. L'Outre, which is the eastern mouth of the river, with two barges. When last seen she had her decks awash and is believed to have gone down. If this boat and her barges have been lost, twenty people more have been drowned. There are numerous reports of individual casualties all along the river from Burns down to the passes. All the steamers which started for the sea Tuesday remained inside the passes until Wednesday evening, and then went out safely, among the number being the Cromwell liner Proteus and the British transport Mechanician, which was dynamited while in port a few days ago. Not a single vessel has passed up the river since the storm began and great fears are entertained for the ones which are expected. Great Loss of Life Feared. There is serious apprehension concerning the Cheniere, Caminada and Grand Isle sections, on the south Lou isiana coast, west of the Mississippi river, where 2,000 lives were lost in 1893 by the tidal wave. Up to this writing no word has been received from that section, which is largely inhabited by fishermen, mostly Chinese and Malays. Up to midnight Thursday night everything seemed to be sa.fe at the Mississippi coast towns, Bay St. Louis, Pass Christian, Biloxi, Mississippi City and Ocean Springs, but since then not a word has been heard from them. All wires are down but no great fear is entertained. The only reports of damages so far received are of destroyed bath houses and uprooted trees. Storm Isolates Mobile. The tropical storm which raged along the gulf coast completely isolated the city of Mobile, Ala., from the outside world. SCHLEY CONFERS WITH COUNSEL ' Admiral and His Wife to Remain In Washington Pending Inquiry. Admiral Schley arrived In Washington with his wife Thursday night to remain until the court of inquiry which is to investigate the Santiago campaign completes its work. The interim between now and the opening of the sessions of the court, September a2, will be devoted to the preparation of his side of the. case. Friday he had his first consultation with his counsel, Judge Jere Wilson, of Washington, former Representative Raynor, of Baltimore, and Captain James Parker, of New Jersey ACRES OF BUILDINGS BURN. Fir* at Berkeley, Cal., Causes Loss of $120,000 to Lumber Yards. Fire broke out late Thursday night In the engine room of Nichaus Brothers' planing mill at West Berkeley, Cal., destroying three acres of buildings, lumber piles anu finished products of the mills. John Everding's work and his residence adjoining, were also badly damaged, as was also the Haywood lumber yards. Loss $120,000. Stork Honors Governor Beckham. The stork visited Governor Beckham's mansion at Frankfort, Ky., Friday morning and left a fine girl. The governor was away at Bardstown. This is the first baby born in the executive mansion since the Buckner administration. c:^r.nr> Cpienl'c Rpmains In Church. I wiynvi w. iw^> w ... The remains of Signor Crispi were transferred to the Capuchin church in Palermo, Italy, Friday, where they will remain until permission is granted for their interment in the Pantheon. MANY BATTLES FOUGUT. Forces of President Castro, of Venezuela, Have Numerous Engagements With Revolutionists. Mail advices received at San Juan, Porto Rico, from Caracas, Venezuela, under date of August 10 give accounts of numerous engagements in the state of Tachira between President Castro's forces and the revolutionists. In Castro's official bulletins he mentions the Colombian army. He reported engagements since the battle of San Cristobol, July L9, at Pirineos, Las Felipas, La Parada, La Grita, Encontrados, Colon and Las Cumbres, all in Tachira. The Venezuelan casualties, according to Castro's official bulletins, were General Rosendo Madina and four colonels killed and 300 men killed and wounded. Madina was a prominent man. He wag formerly a governor and senator. August 8 there was an encounter at Las Cumbres with a second force of revolutionists. The News' Caracas correspondent, writing August 10, says a second Colombian army invaded Venezuela. This second force is reported to a number 5,000 men. Friday troops attacked Las Cumbres and were repulsed. The main division of the armies have not yet met. French Warship at Colon. A Washington special says: No Important developments in the ColombiaV enezuela situation were made known to the state department during the early part of Wednesday, and the reported death of General Uribe-Uribe could not be confirmed In any official quarter. It is expected that the Machias will complete her coaling and taking on of ammunition and will be off for Panama at the earliest possible moment. In this connection it is noted that the French warship Suchet has arrived at Colon. Although the French are understood to have considerable property Interests on the isthmus, it is said that there is no provision in the treaty between France and Colombia, similar to that in the treaty between France and the United States, requiring that free transit across the isthmus shall be kept open. However,it is not doubted that the presence of the Suchet will have a salutary Influence in quieting disorder. According to advices from Paris the French papers seriously comment on the South American troubles and the probable action of the United States. The Journal des Debats says: "It is to be presumed that the Colombian government will think twice before accepting the aid of the government of Washington in its trouble with Venezuela. The recent history of Cuba is not encouraging in this connection. It is difficult to imagine the United States rendering assistance to Colombia without demanding compensation and the establishment of some form of American interest in the isthmus seems to be the compensation expected. Such an event as this would far exceed the proportion of American happening." MALE PASSENGERS FLED. Only Woman and Her Husband WereLeft to Face Lone Stage Robber. News was received in Glens Falls, N. Y., Wednesday night that the Blue Mountain stage was held up by a masked robber about noon at North river and completely looted. The stage connects with a train which reached North Creek, Warren county, a station on the Adirondacks and Hudson railroad, at 10:20 o'clock a. m. When it left the station Wednesday it contained seven men and one woman, besides a quantity of express and mail matter for Blue Mountain Lake. When the stage was one ^ nnrfh r\f Hnn 1 an'c hn-. auu a uaii uiiico uv* v*. ^uuiMi tel, at North river, a masked robber suddenly appeared. His first move was to shoot one of the horses. He then ordered the passengers to hold up their hands and alight. Six of the men immediately took to the woods, the remaining man staying with his wife, who was relieved of $20. The highwayman then rifled the mail bags and plundered the express packages, taking everything of value. He then disappeared into the woods. SANFORD SHORTAGE VERIFIED. Committee of Expert Examiners Report to County Commissioners. The special committee, consisting of M. F. Govan, C. M. Marshall and Foster Harper, mado its report to the county commissioners at Rome, Ga., Thursday afternoon on their investigation of Tax Collector V. T. Sanford's books. They report a shortage of $35,657.18, an increase of nearly $2,000 over the amount reported by ' the grand jury some weeks ago. Of this amount $19,000 is due the county and the balance the state. GOVERNMENT IN POSSESSION. Final Payments Made on Naval Station Property at Charleston. The government has taken possession of the property of Charleston, S. C., upon which the new naval station at that place is to be constructed. Cap tain Longnecker and Paymaster Skewing have notified the department that the last of the purchase money was paid and the property was taken possession of on Wednesday. GEORGIA'3 TREASURY BALANCE. According to Official Report For Last Quarter Sum is $836,180.91. The report of Georgia's state treasurer and comptroller general, showing the receipts and disbursements at the state treasury for the quarter ending June 30, 1901, was issued Wednesday by the executive department. The total receipts for the past quarter were $1,603,488.55; the total disbursements, $767,307.64. The balance in the treasury on June 30 was $836,180.91. TO BREAK UP STRIKE J ? fS Laborers are Imported From the -| Sooth By Steel TrasL J WATCHFUL SENTINELS ELUDED | Special Train Load of Workers Smuggled In and Safely Landed at Monessen Mill By Trust Agents. ,Jj| a Pittsburg special says: A party. of strike breakers brough up from *'|f the south by special train were safely >|j8| delivered in the steel mill at Mones- . sen early Sunday morning and the United States Steel Corporation, .expects to soon add that plant to the '_ &* number running partly or in full with non-union men. The Carnegie proper- ^ ties also resumed Sunday night without a break in the forces operating them and that fact, joined with a promise of an early start at Monessen, leads the steel officials to take a veiy 7^ hopeful view of the situation. The : strikers claim that men enough start the Monessen mills cannot be ^ obtained and that they have not yet ^ shown their hand at Duquesne and % other Carnegie plants. They promise that'developments will indicate their strength to better advantage. It was anticipated that there would be trouble when the non-union men reached Monessen, for the strikers were watching the railroads and river and had expressed a determination to M prevent the entrance of the strike breakers. 'ihe men who were handling the movement for the steel corporation successfully veiled their action, ^ however, and had their charges safely within the plant hours before it was known definitely by any one on the 7S outside that the men had arrived. They were sent to Monessen by spe- jgsajj clal train and were landed at 4 o'clock M in the morning. It was not known how'-:|isl many men were in the party nor where they were obtained. The mills are guarded and the men will be kept on the premises until all danger of trouble ceases. Bunks for about fifty men have been erected and large quantities of food have been pur* tv? chased for them. A fence has been '?|| thrown around the property and guard ?f| posted to keep out all intruders. The strikers will undoubtedly make aneffort to induce the strike breakers to quit, and the fear is expressed that :'3g there will be trouble if any demonstration is made against the men or prop* erty. The situation there is regarded as very delicate. v |j| Strikers Win This One. A special from Milwaukee, Wis* says: The Bay View men will strike. The vote on President Shaffer's order :||jg is said to have been unanimous after a :J| session of the lodge lasting five hours. I|1 The plant of the Illinois 8teel Com* pany at Bay View will be shut down Indefinitely and about 1,400 men will "i be rendered idle. The above dispatch, supplemented M by the wired announcement that the steel men In the Riverside plant at "~^|| Wheeling had voted to strike, awak* . || ened new enthusiasm In the ranks of the Amalgamated association and Its .; > followers in Pittsburg. There had been fl| bUllltJ uuuut oo lu tut; iiiiai uctioiuu ui ; the Milwaukee lodges and it was feared that if their vote were adverse JS Joliet might reconsider its last vote and the chances of winning Chicago ^ would be greatly reduced. The Mil- % waukee vote inspires them with the ^ hope that Chicago may be prevailedl upon to reconsider its vote and finally ;~2i decide to come over to the strikers. TEDDY COMING SOUTH. M Vice President, Will Tarry Briefly at Atlanta, Mapon and Augusta. A New York dispatch says: ^ice- .. President Roosevelt will stop over at /.1| Atlanta, Macon and Augusta, Ga., on his return trip from Tuskegee, Ala^ J| where he goes on invitation of Booker Washington. He will make speeches M in the places he visits. MOSQUITO STING FATAL. "* || Surgeon Havard at Havana Will Discontinue Yellow Fever Tests. Chief Surgeon Havard, at Havana, j|| announced Sunday that the expert- ^ ments in the investigation of the prop- % agation of yellow fever, so t?x^as these ; involved the mosquito test wilT^c^scontinued. This decision was taken^^ because one of the non-immunes who was recently bitten by an infected mosquito died of yellow fever. The man was a Spaniard who desired to be- %? come an immune. Another man who ^ was bitten is also suffering from a very bad case. TWENTY YEARS FOR JACOBI. Sentence of Court Passed Upon Assailant of M iss Parker. t At Montgomery Saturday Sanford Jacobi, convicted of criminal assault on Mtes Lizaie Parker, of Clanton, Ala., was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. Jacobi belongs to a prominent Montgomery family. Jacobi escaped to New Orleans and a legal battle was fought to evade returning to Alabama. FIVE DIE IN COLLISION. * ** Swiftly Moving: Locomotive Dashes Into Chicago Trolly Car. - J | By the collision 0Dthe Forty-seventh street line In fp^*" \ cago with a rapidly moving passePS?* J.r train on the Pennsylvania road j &*** . : urday night five people were outright and ten injured. \ The accident occurred where tPer? ~? is a large number of railroad tr^ka ^ running north and south at the 8?^ level and across these street car lM*?* rim at jrlglyt wglee.