The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 10, 1898, Image 2
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THE com RECORD.
Published Every Thursday
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KIXGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA,
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LOUIS .1. BKISTOW,
Kdltor and Proprietor.
In forty-nine no women went to
California. The difference between
that period and this is strikingly
shown, notes Judge, in the fact that
thousands of women are going to the
Klondike. They have the requisite
courage for any kind of business that
men can do, and it will turn out probably
that they have the endurance,
loo. Great are the changes as to
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Women WUU1Q lueau mvuiuiauis uiiji
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Says the Chicago Times-Herald:
"Mrs. Josephine Henry, of Tersailles,
Ky.f solemnly predicts that the United
8tates will yet have a woman preeident,
Mrs. Henry is a forceful, brilliant
woman, and she is said to be one i
of the best public speakers in the
oonntry. With the exception of Belva
Lockwood she is the only woman who j
has been prominently discussed for
the presidency of the country, her own
ex being her most enthusiastic sup*
porter, believing her to be the best .
, and most fitting candidate for the
greatest office in the gift of the people.
For five years Mrs. Henry has
been contending for the rights of mar
tied women in Ken tacky, and her ef- j
forts hare at last been crowned with :
success, tHe legislature having passed
j suitable laws for the jnst and equitable
division of property between husband
and wife. In 1890 Mrs. Henry ;
was the Prohibition party's candidate '
for the Snpreme Court of Kentucky, i
sad it is a significant fact that, a!- :
though a woman and a prohibitionist,
he polled 5000 votes."
In the Fornm Mr. Elihu Thomson,
the electrician, gives a summary state- j
of fhe electrical advance of the
JMktft ten jeers. He makes it very .
deer that the progress of civilization (
(which means man's command over
* the farces of natare for his own ad- i
vancement and ntility) has received a
greater pnsh since the year 18S0 than
in any similar period since the world
began. The most important of these
advances are fhe practical development
of the telephone (first exhibited
in 1876), the "step-up transformer"
j by which electrical power can be
transmitted over long distances at
mall expense; the incandescent electric
light; the electric railway in its ;
various forms, and the Roentgen rays :
by. which opaque substances can be ;
made more or less translucent. The
use of the step-up transformer has
found its largest development in the i
service of the Niagara Falls Power ,
Company, which is now carrying the
energy of the falls to the city of
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IHUXSlO DJ ujuamua vi i?,wu uuisc|Knrer
each. It is a remarkable fact '
that the discoveries in electrical
science which hare made this transmission
possible in an economical
ease, hare been made since the
I HiftgaA Company's money was in- j
V Vested in the great plant now at work.
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It has been freely stated that the
monumental railway enterprise of the
nineteenth century will be the trans- ,
Siberian railroad. Considering that
when this tremendous length of line
is completed the Pacifie littoral will
be brought into direct railway com-'
-"'"^"torfileation with the North Sea, one
cannot bat pause for a moment to adasire
the enterprise of a nation which
In some quarters has been looked npon '
' for many years as one more or less
f barbaric. There is no question that
Bnssia is marching onward with firm
and vigorous steps, and in engineering j
bids fair to compete 4ith any of the
older, and, presumably, more intelligent
countries. Its latest engineering
scheme is one which is likely to
put into insignificance any other undertakings
of a like character. It is
[nothing less than to build a gigantic
{waterway from the Black Sea to the j
e; in other words, a canal deep
enough and wide enough to carry |
?argo steamers from the North of
jBuesia to the South, or vice versa, j
Jit the present time the country of
jBnasian Poland in the watershed of
the Dnieper is being actively surveyed
toward this end, and early next year
lit is expected that the work of conjetrncting
this gigantic canal will bejgin.
The estimated cost is $100,000,iCOO,
which includes a system of elec-'
itrio lights along the canal's whole
length of one thousand miles.
j Wnntcd lo Get TilcTi Qu:ck.
I "Did your railway make money?"
J **No," replied the promoter; "we
arouldn't let well enough alone."
j There wcs a chance of its being profttable,
then?"
"Yes; but we weren't satisfied with
gelling stock. We had to go ahead and ;
Jtry to build the road."?Washington
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MINEBOARDOFINQUmY
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Survivors Testify Before the Court at
Key West, Fla.
SEEKING CAUSE OF DISASTER
No Indication* That the Conrt of Inquiry
Knoiri What Caused It?Nobody Able
' to State IIow Soon It Will Be Able to
Make Its Report?A Mass of Evidence
?Secrecy Closely Maintained by All.
Key West, Fla. (Special).?The Board of
Inquiry, trhich is investigating the cause
of the disaster to the Maine, convened at
10 o'clock Monday morning in the United
States District Court room in the Custom
House building. Testimony was taken
from survivors of the Maine.
A a tv a a V? n /?o an in TTorena fhn prtofil
maintained the strictest secrecy regarding
its proceedings, and all witnesses were
cautioned not to say a word to outsiders
The members of the Board arrived here
from Havana Sunday morning on the Mangrove
and took quarters on the cruiser
New York at Fort Taylor.
They saw no one except the officers of
the New York, and not even to them did
the members of the Board talk of their
work in the Maine investigation.
The witnesses examined were officers and
men of the Maine who came here immediately
after the disaster.
Divers are working on the Maine all the
time. When the Board returns to Havana
the result of the divers' work will be laid
before it.
It is believed here by men who have been
in communication with high officers of the
warships at this port that the report of the
Board of Inquiry will not be made for
weeks.
Meanwhile almost everybody here thinks
that the destruction of the Maine was not
caused by accident. The reports that
come here continually from Havana are
ail to the effect that the weight of evidence
hows that the Maine was blown up by an
exterior agency, but, of course, many of
these reports are merely guesswork.
Admiral 8icard telegraphed Secretary
Long that it would be necessary for the
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UNITED STATES^
court to go back to Havana. From this
dispatch two Inferences were drawn:
Iirst?That the court dia not know yet
what caused the explosion that destroyed
the Maine.
Second?That the time that would eiap30
before the court would be prepared to
make its report could only be guessed at.
and necessarily must be more than a day or
two.
Perusal of a letter from CAptaln 'Sampson,
President of the Court of Inquiry, to
Secretary Long, suggests that the Court
will not undertake to form its judgment
until the wrecking companies shall have
accomplished some important work upon
ths Maine.
HOW LIEUTENANT JENKINS DIED.
Lost His Lift While Encouraging Two
Members of ths Maine Crew.
Washisotox, D. C. (Special).?William
Gartrell, the only surviving fireman on the
KaHlntthin hn? writfpn tiro Ipftpr*
home to hi9 brother, George Gartrell, of
this city. In bis description of the explosion,
Gartrell gives the first authentic aeoount
of the death of Lieutenant Jenkins.
"About 9.40 o'clock," he says, "I was
crossing the third lower deck, and was prebeak
admiral sicabd.
(In charge of the United States fleet at
present in Southern waters.)
paring to turn in, when of a sudden a terrific
explosion occurred, and when I staggered
to my feet, I found myself in tho
dark. There was one light in the distance,
and I made for that. On the way I met
Lieutenant Jenkins nnd a marine named
Garnett.
"We made for the ladder, and tho ship
waa rapidly filling with water. We reached
the hatchhole, and the water was gaining
on us fast. Garnett said, 'We're lost,' and
seemed about to eive ud. but Lieutenant
Jenkins, wbt> was the last man to reach the
ladder, said: 'Go ahead; don't give up.'
Oftrnett squeezed through and pulled me
?p after him. As I fell upon the deck I
Mysterious Murder in New York.
Nicholas W. Pontius was shot and killed
by Emit Guzman on the sidewalk in East
Fifty-ninth street, New York City. Guzman
sent five bullets into his victim's bod v,
and then sauntered away with his hands
in his pockets. There is no explanation of
the crime. Guzman, when asked for a
statement, replied, "Gentlemen, I have
nothing to say.''
Klondike Relief a Plot.
Secretary Alger stopped the Government
relief expedition to Klondike, and will report
to Congress that it is unnecessary and
-Hurt of a nlot to swindle the fiarsaiaMU
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heard Lieutenant Jenkins cry: 'My God, 1
am drowning!' and I remember nothing
more.
"A wardroom boy named McCann saw
me lying there, and, picking me up, threw
me overboard. The water revived me, and
I swam ashore."
CAPTAIN SAMPSON'S RECORD. D
The President of the Maine Court of Inquiry
an Able Seaman.
Captain William Thomas Sampson, President
of the Court of Inquiry, investigating
the Maine explosion, is the commander of
the battleship Iowa, is an old and an able
sailor and has had much experience in
fighting ships.
CAPTAIN WILLI AX T. SAXTSOS.
He came out of the Naval Academy in
1860 and went into service on the frigate
Potomac. He was made master in 1861,
lieutenant in 1862 and served on the practice
ship John Adams for one year. After ;
that he was a lieutenant on the ironclad ,
Patapsco with the South Atlantic blockading
squadron. He escaped luckily from !
that ship when she was destroyed in ;
Charleston harbor on January 15,1865.
After the war Captain Sampson served
on the flagship Colorado and became lieu- :
tenant commander in 1866. For three j
years, until 1871, ho was stationed at the 1
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naval academy. He was then assigned to '
the Congress, served a year on that ship at
the European station and got his commission
as commander on August 9, 1874- He
was placed in command of the third-rater
Alert, on which he served until 1875. Since
then he has commanded the Swatara, has
served at the academy, at the observatory,
at the torpedo station and in other posts.
He was commissioned a captain In March,
1839.
Maine Victims to Rest at Kcv West.
Key West, Fla. (Special.)?AH the j
Maine's unbaried dead will be laid at rest ;
In Key West. Orders to this effect were re- i
ceived from the Navy Department, and the
coast survey boat Bacho will bring back i
any bodies found. Fifty cofflhs have |
been ordered from Key West undertakers.
The Navy Department's order :
is said to have been issned under the pres- |
sure of publie sentiment against burying >
the bodies of the sailors in Spanish soil. '
Rear Admiral Sicanl and his staff have |
charge of the funeral arrangements, which '
are expected to include all naval honors.
The Terror Guards New York.
Tew York City (Special).?With gleaming
white sides and burnished guns fore j
and aft, the United States monitor Terror
cast anchor Monday off Tompkinsvil(p,
within a canle's length of the spot where
the black sided Spanish cruiser Yizcaya
was anchored. Staten Islanders greeted
the guardian of the port with a cheer, and !
many small boats put out to the monitor, j
It la fully expected, that she will ;stay
at her anchorage until the result of tbo in- |
vestigation of tbo Board of Inquiry of the 1
disaster to the Maine has been sent to Secretary
of the Navy Long and passed upon. :
Americana in No Danger.
Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?A meeting
of American citizens in Havana was held
at the Hotel Inglatcrra to protest against
the sensational reports sent to New York
of Americans being iu danger. Resolu- 1
tions, copies of which will bo sent to President
JicKinley aud General Blanco, were
adopted, denying the statements that
Americans are insulted on the streets.
NINE BURNED TO DEATH,
Mrs. Knlckuieyer. Her Two Brothers and 1
Six Daughters Perish in Charleston, S. C.
Mrs. Rebecca Knickmeyer, with her six j
daughters, whose ages ranged from seven- j
teen years to an infant one month old, and j
her two youug brothers, named 0'Neal?< <
were burned to death in tenemont-hoffse :
fire at Charleston, S. C. They were sleeping
on the third floor of the building. The
Arc which started on the first floor. creDt ,
up the stairway and cut off escape.
It is thought that the tiro was of incen- j
diary origin. There was a distinct odor of j
kerosene oil in the building and different j
parts of the place were on fire at the same j
time. The father of the children, a fireman
on night duty rushed home just in time to
see the body of his wife brought out. He
dashed up the blazing steos and rescued
his baby, but it died ten minutes later.
Killed Two Chicago Policemen.
Policeman Patrick Fenton was killed and
Policeman Daniel Carey fatally shot In
Chicago by Michael Clark, whom they attempted
to arrest. Clark saw his victims
fall and jumped through a second-story
window of his boarding place. He ran to
the Paris Church and gave himself up to
the priest, who turned him over to the
police.
New Secret Service Chief.
John E. Wilkie has been placed in charge
of the Secret Service Bureau at Washington.
Ex-Chief W. P. Hazen has been transferred
to the Nev York office.
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SPAIN BUYING WASSHffs!
Two Cruisers Purchased of the Armstrongs
in England.
WERE BUILDING FOR BRAZIL
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Fund* I'rom Some Soarce at l!ir DlnpoMtl
of (lie Spanish Government?General
Lee Inform* the President of Hie Belief
That an Exterior Explosion Destroyed
the Maine?War Preparations, j
London-, England (By Cable).?Spain has
purchased two cruiser*, which the Armstrongs
have been building for Brazil, tho
Amazonins and a sister ship, unarmed, of
4000 tons each, twenty-three knots, and
ten guns. Spain is also negotiating for I
i.nd will probably secure two cruisers of a
similar type, which have been building in
France and Brazil. The Amazonius is
ready for launching, and her sister ship
will be ready soon.
me rspamsu uovernmeni is aiso endeavoring
to secure guns and large supplies
of ammunition in England and on tho
Continent for immediate use. Tho Government
seems to have funds, for it is understood
to be paying a large part of tho
purchase-money in cash, giving good security
for the balance, these being tho only
terms upon which the Armstrongs would
deal with them.
Several weeks ago Spain attempted to
purchase ships and supplies in England, on
credit, from prominent firms having close ;
relations with the Government here, but
after inquiries the firms refused to give
credit. Since then Spain has raised funds
from unknown sources. Diplomats in 1
London express tho belief that French [
financiers aro helping the Spanish Gov- ;
eminent. It is known that Spain is trying
to purchase three other ships, which are
building by tho Armstrongs! but she has ,
not vet succeeded in making a bargain.
GENERAL LEE'S OPINION.
Said to llave Informed the President That
It ft'as Xo Accident.
New Yobk Citt (Special).?Anthoritativo
information comes from Washington that
Consul General Lee has communicated
direct to President McKinley his opinion
that the Maine was blown up by an exterior
explosion.
In tho event of war with Spain the Dry:
Tortugas will be tho base of operations for j
our neet instead oi ney nest, xae ieaerai
reservation there is to revert to the War!
Department and is to be placed immediately
in a state ot defence. Theoldtimo
Fort Jefferson trill be restored. The reser- '
vation has been under tho control of the
Treasury Department sine 1883 having been
used for quarantine purposes.
Work of the divers on the sunken battleship
continues slowly. Only one body ha?
been recovered in four days and it is not
likely that many more con be brought an. j
The report that the Cuban Brigadier-G en- (
eral Yidal Ducasi, had been killed in bat- j
tie has been confirmed. He was killed by j
a rifle bullet in an engagement with th<
Spaniards in Yuelta Abujo, Pinar del Bio. i
General Merritt returned unexpected!} I
to Governor's Island from his tour of inspection.
and projeetiles are being shippec i
to Key West, to which point the Genera:
will return in a few days.
BOARD OF INQUIRY'S PROGRESS.
It Has Completed the First Half of Iti '
Investigation*
WA8Hrs-oT05, D. C. (8pecia!).?It B
officially admitted at the Navy Depart- ;
ment that the Naval Board of Inquiry hoi
completed only the first branch of its investigation
into the cause of the explosion
that wrecked the Maine. No opinion is expressed
as tp when the work will bo completed,
although it is evident that Secre !
tary Long thinks the Board will make s
more detailed examination ot tho hull oi
the Maine, and examine and re-exam in?
witnesses.
With somewhat surprising patience Con- |
gress is keeping its hands off the Cabai j
question in deference to tho wish of tin j
Administration pending the investigatior '
of the Board of Inquiry. No attempt ii
made to force the question to the frontjir
either House, notwithstanding the overwhelming
sentiment of Senators and Hepres*ntat
ives in favor of some kind of Inter- t
vention. $
Captain Fred Sharp, who is in charge ol
the wreckers, says it will take thirty days'
work before the Maine's guns can be j
touched. The removal of the turrets wll j
be a tremendous task. This is .because o,41
the immense rivets.
PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES.
The Navy and the Army Getting Ready F01
Any Contingency.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Plans foi !
four coal sheds at Key West, for supplies ;
for the North Atlantic squadron, weri
drawn up and the contract for their con- j
struction will be let immediately. Thej ;
are to be completed within thirty "days. II 1
is understood that Commander Bradford.
Chief of the Bureau of Equipment, is soor
to mako large contracts for coal to b?
shipped to Key West.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The Xavj
Department is making preparations to re- .
snlenish the supply of ammunition of the |
United States warships on the Asiatic station.
To this end orders have been sent to
the training-ship Mohican, now at Mare I.-1and,
to carry the ammunition. The ship
was just about to leave for a lODg cruist
with the naval apprentices, going as far a*
me jsamonn win a a-.
iiETHLE3Esr, Penn. (Special).?The armj
and navy officers now representing th?!
United States Government at the Betlile- 1
hem Iron Company's ordnance works here
have received orders from headquarters to
be ready on twelve hoars' notice for service.
Works on the Government contracts
at the works is being pushed as rapidly as
possible. ?
Washisgtox, D. C. (Special).?Eight
war vessels, practically completed in foreign
shipyards, have been offered to this
Government, and the President Is considering
placing options on them. The crnlser
Baltimore is to be ordered from the Pacific
station to Hong Kong to carry a large supply
of powder and projectiles to the vessels
of the Asiatic squadron on station
there.
Ceneral Merritt's View*.
New Yoax Crrr (Special).?Major General
Wesley .Merritt, commanding the Department
of the East, said Friday thai
Congress should authorize the enlistment j
of two more regiments of artillerv. The
men were needed, he said, to care for the 1
new big guns placed in our sea-coast defences.
Court Returns to Ilavann.
Ket West, Fla. (Special).?The Naval
Court of Inquiry into the Maine disastei
sailed from Key West to Havana, where it
will resume Its investigations. Two duys
of Idleness on tho part of the Court at Key
West, and the obvious fact that it was in
no hurry to return to Havana, have naturally
strengthened tho belief, already prevafijug,
that there is a clearly-defined intention
of gaining further time before the
report on the investigation is made.
"Black Blister" In Imlla.
An epidemic of "black blister"' has '
broken out in the State of Hyderabad, In- {
din. Fifty deaths are occurring dally. '
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZ^^^H
Washington Item*.
A new issue of tbe counterfeit tw^^^^H
Treasary note discovered by the^^^^H
Servioe some time afro has made^^^H|
pearanoe. This note bears check
and plate number 28. . B
Secretary Alger sent a note to the
Committer- on Military Affairs reeomm^^M
ins: that the Government's Klondike
expedition should be abandoned.
Senators Gallinger, Monty and Thurston
and Representatives William Alden
Smith, of Michigan, and Amos Camming*,
of New York, left for Fortress Monroe,
where they embarked for Cuba as guests
on a private steam yacht. They expect to
be absent about ten days.
The President sent to the Senate the
nomination of Sol. Berliner, of New York,
to be Consul at Teneriff, Canary Islands.
Tbe Sennte voted that Mr. Corbett, of
Oregon, was not entitled to a seat in the
Senate.
TKn Pirll Kill wflC hv the
House with the appropriation'for the Paris
Exposition stricken oat.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt
declares the department has no reason
to anticipate trouble, bat it has no Intention
of being unprepared in case it should
tome. '
Secretary Long has directed that the
monitor Miantonomah and the ram Katahidinbe
placed in commission. Survivors of
jthe Maine's crew will be assigned to the
iram.
i Tbe President sent the following nominations
to the Senate: Captain Henry
;B. ltobeson, to be a Commodore; Captain
WInfleld S. Schley, to be a Commodore;
jCommander Theodore P. Jewell, to be a
Captain; Commander William M. Folder,
Jto be a Captain; Lieutenant-Commander
Andrew Dunlap, to be a Commander;
Lieutenant-Commander Richard Bosh, to
be a Commander.
Guns and mounts for auxiliary cruisers
are to be shipped from the Washington
foundry to the New Y?rk Navy Yard,
where in a few hours they can be placed
on the vessels for which they are Intended.
The President sent to the Senate the
nomination of Charles J. Haubert to be
Marshal of the Eastern District of New
York.
The President appointed Colonel Henry C.
Corbin Adjutant-General of the Army, to
succeed General Samuel Brack, retired, on
account of age.
The PostofBce Department will have a
rural free delivery system In operation in
New Jersey about Marcn 14 next.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Thomas BBailey,
United States Navy, wa3 found dead
in Washington under conditions which led
to the belief that he had commit ted suicide.
P?Ditto.
Joseph Wilkins and Howard Botler were
convicted in Philadelphia of violating the
oleomargarine law on three counts and
held without ball for sentence.
Sheriff Martin testified in the Lattlmer
irurder trials at Wilkesbarre, Penn. He
says the miners would not let him read his
proclamation, and that he was felled to his
knees before the firing began. ^
Twelve-year-old Katie Beitzenger was so
badly burned at Trenton, N. J., that she
died. Her flre-year-old brother set her
clothing on fire while playing about the
stove. The mother of the children was out
at the time and the children were locked
alone in the house..
Dr. A. Russell Straehan, a prominent
fihysician of New York City, died from inurics
received in a heroic and successful
attempt a week, before to save a woman
and little girl from being killed by a Broadway
cable car. Dr. Straehan was seventy
years old, and was noted for his courtesy.
Miss Annie L. Edwards, who resided at
Jamison, Penn., a short distance from
Doylestown, was found murdered in her
bedroom. The woman was beaten to defth'.
There Is no clue to the murderer; neither is
there any evidence as to the time when the
murder occurred.
Fire destroyed nearly the whole business
portion of Wutersmeet, Mich..including the
Commercial House, John Kelly's dry goods
store, and a number of buildings adjoining.
Ingrain carpet manufacturers plan to establish
a trust with a capital of $10,000,000.
Cyrus E. Breder, who was the cashier of
the First National Bank of Bethlehem,
Penn., was sentenced to seven years in
prison for embezzlement. Breder pleaded
guilty.
The steaaier Manitoba arrived at New
York with 600 reindeer for Alaska and a
colony of 113 North Europe people as caretakers.
Government agents have secured evidence
showing that Sampson, the elder of
the two Indians burned at Mande, Indian
Territory, on suspicion of being concerned
in the murder of Mrs. Laird, was also innocent.
Floods and avalanches have partly destroyed
the town of Monte Cristo, situated
in the heart of the Cascade Mountains,
Wash.
Three buildings of the National Tobacco
Company in Louisville. Ky.. were destroyed
Are Friday. Loss, 9350,000. Two .men
received fatal Injuries.
The new steel strut for the tOrpodo boat
Porter, now lyiug disabled at Mobile, has
been sent to that eity from the Herrashoff
works at Bristol, R. I.
A schooner from Gloucester, Mass., has
arrived at San Francisco with a party
bound for the Klondike. The trip took 129
days.
Thirty American locomotives and 1G00
tons of railroad iron left New York by the
steamer Cbafgearn for China.
Dr. Henry G. McGonegal, who was sentenced
to fourteen years in Sing Sing Prison
October 15, 1S90, for causing the death,
in New York City, of Annie Goodwin, died
in the prison hospital from senility.
An assessment amounting to $133,000
will b? levied on the policy holders of the
bankrupt United Life Association by the
receiver.
Adam Weaver, of Bursonville,Penn.,shot
and killed Erwin Mondeau, a Deputy Constable,
and Constable Atherbolt.
The Portland (Me.) Chamber of Commerce
passed resolutions urging Congress
to withdraw the bonding privilege from
the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
The monitor Terror left the Norfolk (Ta.)
Navy Yard under sealed orders.
Forelra.
The spirit of the French bar Is shown by
tl^ statement of the Oaulois, which says
that M. Zola is unable toobtAin counsel to
defend him in his appeal from the findings
of his recent trial and must be satisfied
with the counsel appointed for him.
Bulgaria's attitude concerning the Macedonian
troubles is causing anxiety at
the Yiidiz Kiosk. It is believed at the
Talace that Bussia is backing Bulgaria,
and that rumors of impending war with
Bussia and Bulgaria are in circulation.
The French gunboat Loyalty was sunk
in a hurricane which devastated New Caledonia.
Emperor William addressed the naval recruits
at Wllhelmshaven, and referred to
the colors of the German flag, black, white
and red, saying that black represented
work, white represented rest and peace,
and red represented blood, "which was
necessary to cement the others together."
The Emperor also exhorted the recruits
to discharge their duties faithfully, and reminded
them of their comrades at KiaoChau.
A man named Kardilza, who confesses
that he was one of King George's assailants,
has surrendered in At hens, Greece, and two
of his friends have been arrested. i'
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^BBH^^^Bpeedwell, Captain
a., for Key West, was st^H|^B^^H
^^^^H^nhile Marquesas, elght^^^^BH^H
Bfl^^^Key capsized.
^^^^fl^Rons were drowned of
^^^^ told on board. Among the vfctim^^^^^H|
M^Pfne three children of Captain CollierJ^^^^^H
George, Tom and Wilbur, respectively fourJ^^H^H
six and eight years old, and the entlxwt
Nichols family, Bradley Nichols and hl?
wife, their son and the son's wife and two*
grandchildren. The family was from.
Bridgeport, Conn.
Those saved are Captain Collier, 8amuel;
Cates and Jesse Green, deckhands, and ILf
W. Bates of Myers, Fla., a passenger.
The Nichols'family is said to bare been* fHHH|
well to do. nAU had been staying for a IM^^a
month or two at a small hotel kept by Cap-, W 9
*"u ^An,/>- *? mjiA ?Knw *eoea r>n rl
iaiii VUIIIOL m* ?ueu.cvs, ?uu wuvj wv*w VM
their way home. \ , >
The survivors say the Speedwell, which
,yu a small vessel of about tweiity-flvetone,?
was making slow headway this mornlagj
against a head wind. About 7 o'clock Cap-'
tain Collier was at the wheel and the Nichols!
family and the Collier children were In the1
cabin asleep.
Suddenly a squall came howling up abeam.
Cates and Green rushed to take in the sail. V
As the jib flagged loose the squall caught 7?|
the schooner and blew her dean oxer on'
the port side. \
Collier, the deck hands and Mr. Bates
were swept into the seething sea, but;
caught the rigging just in time to sarei ''J
themselves. The wind, rain and surges 7!ju
drowned the dying cries of the imprisoned'
Nichols family and the Collier children, j
The men lashed themselves to the rigging.
After being there for two hours theses
subsided. Then they got the dingey
loose, baled her out wltn a bat, broke n
thwart in two pieces, and with theee for
oars rowed toward Marquesas. After gbingthree
miles they were picked up, exhausted,.'
by a fishing sloop and taken to Key West.
OLDEST MASON AND ODD FELLOW."
The Late George Lord, of California, EnJoyed
That Distinction.
George Lord, familiarly known as "Undo
George," the oldest Mason in the United' \ '1
States and probably in the world, and also;
the oldest Odd Fellow In this country, died!
at his home in San Bernardino, CaL, the- ]
other morning, from a paralytic stroke. j i
OZOBOK LOBD.
George Lord was born in Kew York City- \kjfj|
Jane 27,1800, and first came to California In W
1849. After mining for some time at Steeps -?
Hollow he returned to his Iowa home ana v married
Miss Arabella Singleton. Again
coming to California in 1852, he settled In
San Bernardino, which had ever since been "
his home. Though latterly rather feeble- . 4
physically, his intellect had not been Impaired
by the corrosion of time, and he
always fondly hoped to see tho dawn of a.
new century. '
LOUD POSTAL BILL BEATEN.
House Refuses to Meddle With Existing
Second Class Mall Privilege*.
J* The.Loud bill to correct alleged abuses
of the second-class mail matter privilege,
which last year passed the ?Iouse of Bepre- \ ^
sentatives, at Washington, by a majority
of 144 to 104, was buried under an overwhelming
majority by the Hoose on Thursday.
The vote was not taken dlrectly
upon the bill, but upon a motion to lay lit
on the table.
By a vote of 162 to 119 the motion was
carried. Forty-seven Republicans joined
with the Democrats and Populists la so- \
complishlng this result, and ten Democrats- with
the majority of the Republicans. The
refusal of Mr. Loud to permit a vote on
amendment at the last minute was responsible
in a measure for the resalt, bat
the stranirth of that mnaanrA nndoabtediv
waned throughout the three days' debate. >
The announcement of the bill's defeat
was-greeted by a burst of applause.
PERISHED WITH <100,000.
Two Returning Klondlkers Froce*
Death h'ear TagUh.
Passengers arriving frost Alaska
that several days ago two Canadi^^^^^^H
mounted police canto into Saaguay
two sleds in towJ over which were strappe^^^^^H|
two dead
The attention of the mounted police
Tagish was attracted by the dismal
. ot a dog. After a short search they foun<^H^^HM
the bodies of two men. They bad been^H^H^J
frozen to deatn. It is said they were re-^H^^^H
turning Kloudikers and had in their
session 9100,000 in paper and gold
Their names are. cot known.
Lottery Record Defeats Deraai.
The United States Senate Committee o?
Commerce decided by a unanimous vote to 1
report adversely the nomination of Henry \
Demas to be Naval Officer at New Orleans. I
There were many charges against Demas, \
reflecting upon his general character, 1
but the one which seemed to influence \
the committee most was a charge that \
while a State Senator he had been in tho I
employ of the Louisiana Lottery. 1
Perhaps Last Breath a Prayer.
Mrs. Joseph Bain was bnrned to deatfr \
by the explosion of a lamp at her home to
Bridgeport, Conn. Her body was found in
a kneeling position. Her two-year-oI<f
baby lay asleep in a cradle nearby and was
unhurt. Mr. Bain rescued the little one,
but did not see his wife's body until li?
stumbled over It.
A Revolt in Venezuela.
TheStato Department, Washington, hasbeen
informed that a small revolution ha?
broken out at Valencia, about 200 miles
from Caracas. Capital of Venezuela. Thla
is evidently directed against President An?
drade, wbo was only a few days ago inaugurated
as tho successor to President
Crespo.
Quarrel, Fratricide, Suicide.
Shep Wood, a young farmey, sh-i and
killed bis brother Thomas at Cordeie, Ca. gMfl
On seeing the result of his shot he tarned
the gun upon himself and sunt a bullet
through his brain. The brothers tad quarrelied
over business matter*.
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