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IT ? "T'tt JI ?" " FURIOUS FIGHTING -OCCURS III BEiaUT Encountor Between Christians and Mussulmans. SERIOUS CONDITIONS PREVAIL, j Beirut I- New Center of Great Anima- I tion and More Severe Outbreaks Aro Expected?General Revolt In Province of 3alonica Imminent. I 'Paris, Sept. S.?-Official advices reeolvc! by tho foreign office hole give brief details <>f the cut break at Beirut. The ldlled numbers five or six and many j.rsens were wouurkxl. The city i.; in no intense siato of agitation. Tile outbreak wcrrod on tJie night of Sept. :i between C.uk Mnus and Mussulmans and the '.igntins was furious, uiuuuir i?im isiMves uenig u3oo. rnc Italian consul rescued one Christian who had stabbe.- and who had fnllon in front of the door of the consulate. Thb woa the flrot information re- j colved hero shoviivg the really seri- ; ou'fc condition prevailing at Beirut, li ; caused much apprehension in official circles. The presence of the United | Ht&tos cruisers Brooklyn and Sa-n ; Franc ireo at Beirut is regarded as a ; fori nnato el reu m s t a n co. It Is exposed that four ether foreign warships will gather there. The of- 1 Ada! repyrts further ;;r!cvv that Beirut J h- ore of three places which ore now j centers of great animation. Siny-ma, which hitherto his been comparatively (julot. Is on '.hi eve or outbreak. CJroa\ exclt' mcnt prevails there. The authorities ire in constant f ar of an outbreak, but fortunately they have Sten abio thus far to prevent nn encounter between the Ohrimisns and Mussulman?. The Saloniea advices r.rg also '< again vory disouieting. It is expe-u;- \ ed tit it a general revolt thv /rtgh- ; Ins* among tho foreign olTlr-nbi nt . P'.lonlra t',i? a gonorn! ''-smrroetlon | kiii C'lorioo announce-;,. the Mac- j ?donlan committee. "u view of this ; expect ?(i a rigid podce ?; ">.'tires htiYe been faker, 1?>* the vail, who is show- J Ing much energy. Reports fTn>y> Men- ( astir eay the insitrrprt'.v.rt !n tlis- I trjt t has boon j>iaf iically crushed by r the extreme me ly-ur^s taken by t)oe ; Turkish troops. Tit" officio) ltc:-c attach sigr.Vc.inco ! to t-bo rc;xjrt phoning that a number ! ot" Serb?3 hfjvo :i vJacu ?U*', tKvdev and lie M ACO^ojjJ'.n Vovolroloristy. j Imports ftoip v.'iio'Aft points throughout BulgaitA show 'rlxve is a strong feel1rig agfiust IVlno** Ferdinand owing to the fact thei- ho loft Mm country ilurinK *V> erMls. It is ,j?ot,.-.-is ^-tivWiTn in carry inn cut their piots again** his 1'fo DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED. Minister Leishman Cables CorconoWg Trouble at Beirut. Washington. Sept. <??Tito srr.ro t|opartmem ha? received p. cabfegram {rorr. Mini pier Lft1 Rh.:n,tn at Con-tantlqople iu which ho says that a riot ^ceurrod yesterday rt Beirut hi which novon Christians wore hilled and several wounde'.. Two houses occupied by ChrlsMan-s were pillaged hv the soldier?. The panic was general. The ctTicor and n ;ignal man from Hoar Admiral Cotton's licet are now in the consulate and nn investigation of conditions at Beirut is holn.; made by the Hag lHntonnnt. Consul Rnvonda-l and other oorsulnv officers. Mr. Irishman snyr rha* the orisfia of the trouble i:- not distinctly state: by our consul. He further says tlijf it 's claimed hy the sublime porto tWat cor.diticna at Beirut err. again ouiet anil that the Oreo now there is sufficient to guarantee fns safety of tl/. I city. Additional instructions \y Ya I hr>An QAnr ~vT'*\1 j*' ? ? - k ? - ' - -"'." II r.long the lino of tbo-e already forr ni-,io;l h!in looking to the protection (>r fy,,, American citizens. T ton ten -,Ilt cy^s I.. Hussey Is Hear AcUnir fll cotton's flag lieutenant and It Is prosllmerl he Is the officer mnldny thp mvestisatlofi. CHRISTIANS T/jfi ASSAILANTS. , Official Version of the Dieturbance at , ' Pallrut ConatJgrtlnoDlo ^ept. 8.?A consular j Alapat^ front "Beirut received at one of the omba}/fi?s here state? that a fierce brewl owurcod there yesterday between panties of Muaeulmnns and I OfcTtstir.ne. It was duo to a shot firoj by a Miieeulmtu up'?n a Christian em j ployed at the American college. T!n? ! ObTletlan waft wounded-. The flkrhf ! broke nut while the vail was on hofl"d ' v the United States cruiser Brooklyn, returning Admiral Cotton's visit. \o j further detail.; have been received. In ?e'*Pff9At'e circles hero the affair i* V"invr serious and a re- ' An ofricral version I'ptj fair telographel later to the Oltfo.' man ambassadors abroad for commix* Meat Ion to the rwi-J-? - . ? I - < rn.ti CIiriF- , Wans were the assannnts. they hav- j big flrod upon four Mussulmans. A ' fight ensued, during which Mus.su!- ! tmins and Christians ramo to the asaletanee of their respective rompnnflfcft i*?ik This. ?iy-> the report, compelled tho troops to Intervene and they succeeded In restoring order. Three sol<ttere were wounded and oj.e was '-illcxl. .ItfeJle one Christian wn? killed The fgnros evidently are not correct, as toil [ m ,^v aeuet imve loet u?ore heavily y ^ V ?Sv A MMMMNatebx than the mints The IVlt-ifh o neti1. :?! TVlrttl tmme'Jintety n 1 tor the 1 ic*- filled up the v* 14 and threatens |. ejk Hear At mival Cotton r- lor..* mr "!n<-< i>.-n; 'ho Vi^rlean . inadrc-n In the c\ *n! rT tenov:al of the distusIrvn^eE. In of'-ie>ul circles l.t.o the < . ore attrlbutod to tbo n rival or the Anaerlcan sau&drhn an.I the belief < xifrcved I U:ct the Chr'Ftlar.s at P?ln: are endca\!>i tjijj to l?rin;; ,ih.-<nt tt.r i riding of iraiinr.i; front 'h? waraltipr. Thirty Rcpoitocl Kilted. Berlin. Soy?. S.?A disi'Uch tr, Tlio I okal Ai.p:?or front Constant /*nnple fl.tys that .10 Christ bins, among them hoi:>,' j-o-. J7itt o;?e.<ns, were killed ( tinting th" r!ctlv^ at Beirut. The for- i OiKit of; -en !'< ? he', e received no j ltows ! "it.11 to ronfl'nv. the report . published by t;*o t.okal Anpolgcr. MiLTA.N SiVES CON-SENT. 1 Arrci-:r?ntj to Explore Site of Ancient Dab/Ion. Chicago, Sept. S.? President Harjn?r \ ha? secured li.e oonaont ct the sttl- ] tan of Tuvlcey ?n an e-cplorr.tlon oil th? country in the viotrxify of nrvcient j Babylon. according; to advices just re- | reived at tb University oi Chicago. I Till? mr.vits the sn- Isimo ot nil attempt hrgiui in Julv. -when biv plication wns l'-vst rnndg for university exploring parti- - t.c> -.ir-. hho district. ft is iM-doiTt^od that i party has beer. t nred nn.1 that, 'it will leave tin* nr.ivVpjfy this fall. 'r^f place whom M;e oxnlo'-btg par '"'t '.-ill Invr syce bit privileges i<> Tr rbVahin. Ion;; mcarded an a part o Pa by inn. in tb'. vblnity am ??opposcd to "be the .f in? or the temple in which W'bneh.v'nt oU'erod acrifid - ??(' tho explorers bnpo to flue; the t.rtnh of Abraham. Y^C'-'sido'it Harper mot with the oppo'(fi on of Tie German government Trhicli vis trying to secure excavating pri iu i'l' the sanm placo. MON U1M ENT UNVEILED. f' [Thousrnds Attend Ceremonies 'Commcrnomtirvg ntt'e Lake f.e. T oVo George. N. Y? Sept. S.? in th? pres-ye.eo of thousands of exeuntdonists from ail near' y towns in norxJ,pastern Now "ft tit. from Vermont. '.Tom Massachu ijtts and Connecticut, representMvoa < patvtoM'' societies yX New York an-' Mt'.v Cngland. ropror^tylives of the official r.j rbo stst/ts. the governors of New Yrr!;. Vermont , .Magaaehusetts an?t Connecticut*- stnf toned at the four <orccr? of the jnUI? nionument, pulled 'he faster,it*, wlflch un vol tod the bronze men.ifr?t'aT of 'the Battle oi l.nko George. As i*ie oan i'r.ss whiel? hnd bidden the figures d; rui)"ftA guns o* i jio nronj^e Hjiirc^ of the monuinnr. wore deigned by Albort W. >Jiuent., Mm sculptor. roproeeiitod the Indian. ohsefteIr., K.ing Hendriclt. f'i mcnstrnfing: to Oen?jral Johnston, tho futility of dividing tils forces. Tho dguro*. wiiirh TT-.ind on a granite poVstal. T>r? nl /ic- feet high. Tho man urn opt et mds in the confer of Hat tin 'Park, ovor'^ooking tho lnko. The ceremonebegan at lb o'clock with ? review, 0f tj)P troops by the quartet of governors. Tn tho line wero a trou p from the Rocoivl United f'ato.e r Av?lry. a company of tho Ninth Tr* jritrd fistc- infafttry, threJ comp.ani j>f tlie Nov.- York national guard. f-.'o j?ovoino:?' foot guards ?T Conr: yr; itntt* and a company of Maseeh .nct'tfs infantry. Steamer Makes Quick Voyage. New York. Sept. S.?Tho HamburgAmerican kr-1 atoamor Deutschlanrk TVhtoih reach mi port today, made the f' ip :n livo i'i njt . olovon hours and fifty5 c? 11; minute. i, ' educing lior best previous record 1" twr-.-.ty-nlno minutos. The h' .inter was in collision off quarantine with the throe-masted schooner I.avina M. 1 Know, from Foruadina, Fla., wife luir.be ' for Nrv: York. A hois was --dove '!n the schooner and she .. ...n i.jn. 111 IV Mrill .11 lyllllUII. in. I.. whi'if ?hc sank. X > 11 von wore 'oBt, and the /i earner wis r.ot injured. Du/stonl Goes to Pio Janeiro. Now York. Sept. 8.? Santos Duniont, the aeronaut, lias arrived here from France. says ;v Mould disnmtch from Rio Janeiro. Vo ir vtdtlnj? his native rounlrv ii? order to recover hli health. A ion?: .jrru'essolon of carriages containing u prwuVRtires of the state | and lvmr.ioij a! *.iioiiMes and all the | scientific an UK? orj societies wan dTaw-n tip along riin the e.nay and rh?i Inventor v.*a cuvtei through the wireets by an Itr.nvwise crowd. Pioneer Mn.mrfacturer Dead. Youngstown. O., Sept. ?Hio.fiard Urown, tIks plo-teer Iron munivfaeturor of the IWahonin? Valley, is dead, at his home in Mfldi??n avenue at the age of 7!S yearn. M I'.rown wn? one of tint organizers of the Hrown-Bonnell Rolllag >'ill coropfllny. the oldest Iron work.-. of the vajley. now a part of the i nas presToea and Ptcol company. He tees o .'Vaunt Vnioh inboard of tnit? lie leaves a vaMow. '-*><-6. Cut Throat. With Jack Knife. T.arm.xe. W.ifi.. Sept. 8.?Ohnrlos SeoRon. one of the most prominent farmers In this part of the. state, residing near Tlelymn, I .a Crosse county, night went to a n?fjihlH>r's house, ?nd r.fter rr.-lff.nr his domcntlr Connies. puHorl out f Jnct< knife nnrl cut hi* throat from: ear to ear, dying ia *** . . PITTSBURG HAS FIRE ! ? LOSS UF $263,000 , til Firemon Had Hardest Fight fr th 111 Many Years. ds kl SIXTY ^HORSES ARE CREMATRO. ot Qreater^Paii: of Loss Covered by In- cc turar.ro-?"Pittsburg Plate Glass Com- cr pany (Suffers Loss of $160,000?Pitts- ^ burg {Transfer Company Lost $90,000. w Pitthbury. Sept. 8.? A revised statoinent of the losso3 by the early mornj ing Are on M'berty avenue today places w tlio t<*?I '< * ?? at $263.t!U0. Th? PittsInrrtr Plato (Jlasi company estimate *v t/ieir-losF ;it $ 160,000, that of the Cora- ^ Stork M a-nufacturlng company Is 1 only 510(1: the Thulor Manufacturing 0 company-lost about ?8i'0 on their buildJ ing. w.hilQ tlic Pittsburg Transfer com- c< pany lost. I'.'O.OOO, bcsldeu an PFtlmatu 3 , loss os aibo-ti $12,(|'.I0 on their build- a1 Ing. Thte greater part of the loss Is oovererr *>y Insurance. At leant horses were burned. The hlnze wrbs one of the hottest and hard J I" ' est that Pittsburg firemen have had to ' r ? ' usht in years. __ el LARGE FORTUNE !N\ OLVED. * Dispo ?ition Ocpendc Upon Date of Man's Death. Now; York. Ropt. S.-?Disposition of a nn us/atc-' Ijivo't. ins a. large 'oitune de- n' i yendr it] bY she date of death of Ac- il thur Dockw.Hh. an artist, who belong* o eti to a proun'dcnr family of this city, j He disappeared from the Son ford hall w i asyiuDi a; Flushing- I.. I., in 1804, and j never has boon hYr.nl of since. It O-tfring to complication between the !j i hoy** and the stntV on the question c j <ti fiie *1 mount of transfer tax. conn- tl , so! lias instituted proceedings in the f< ! surrogates court to h.Vvo the date oj f< i death set'Mcd. Tlic controversy also h ! involves the Forbes DrXtkwIth broth- fl | ci-s. at the iinie the chle.'1 .engineer of j the subway commission. .Both mon it j wore incline;! to ho compsferA to hanI die large property lnteroi\ts. Fac-h b j inherited estates of about, hv'f a mil* F i lion dollars from their fntlier. l<eon- b j ard died intestate in 180">. T. J According to tho petition of the?ad- I, minlstrfttors of the estate of Artist* c Hcclvwith. in I89u, escaped f-#ctn<ui say- t ium at Litchfield. Coinn.. ami was two 1 years later discotered jju ^Havana, Cuba, Mving In squalor. He\ was Id i 189S placed in the San ford Klksil asy- t lum at Flushing. *PGPrc'rfli !YSf"4?fc iAhTo him adjudge 1 Insane and incompetent: he again escaped. Jn an., 6 10A?) 1%A i i i t n.. j iiic uei-mrou legaiiy nena. i If Is now sough to hare his death placed before that of Leonard. in'wihic-h 5 ease the letter's heirs will get th* most s of both fortttnes. o j NATIONAL PROHIBITIONISTS. r i a J Chairman Issvses Call for Committee " to Meet. Ohicngo. Sent. fc.?Oliver W. Stew- e art, chairman of the national Prohibt- j. lion commi;***". issued a call today for that com mil tee to mcot at he Audi* j toriuni bote' Chicago at 10 a. m., fl Wednesday. Dec. Id. to fix the time 0 aud pl*?o;' ihe next national Prohlbl- <. tlon convention. The committee consists of two members from each state and territory and It it. expected that all will havo at <; least one reprosonative present, while n largo majority of them will havo two. , C'oneidwr.ble rivalry has already j been developed tor tho convention. Applications have been filed or notice given that they will he Illed by Buffalo, T>etroit. Indianapolis. Columbus, Kan? sas City and Minneapolis. ^ Jett'e Sesond Case Called. Cvnlklaiui V - o_... r. wtnuinir.i, no|n. a.? i ne carte ol Curtis- .left for the alleged assassination of Town Mntshal James Cork' . roll at Jackson. Ky.. Jn Fob., ]9<(2, was called by Judge Osborne at 3:2?' o'clock this morning. Attorney J. I, Wanton. filed a special demtiri'er to the Indictment and also a special domnrrer to the jurisdiction of the court f and the dexnunor was overruled by 1 Judge Osborne, . Shot Herself in Mouth. \ Chicago, Sryt. *.?Mrs. Helen Wor- ( tiring-ton Purinton. wife of Colonel Hoi- ^ man frvee.n Pnrinton. prominent J a Masonic and national guard eirrles, committed suicide lost night at her home by shooting herself in the mouth. Despondency over continued ill health | ie though? to have been the cause ol | liar act. i> Steamer Repor/ed Lost. Detroit. Mich, Sept. S The Journal's Leamington. Ont.. correspondent nformrt th>at pnyr on the long distance telephone at 7:So tiiat the steamer 1 ].diils- , reported last night from San- r' C.lM?kV. as m' .-ini! left 1 >? T ! 6:30 o'clock ln.r? evinin^ for Sanrtuaky r ' * '? steamer arrived safely at Leamington, frrm nt 1 o'clock yesterday ar.-d did not leave un- T til midnight after the pflrfpcngoi b had * 5-p^nt the day In picnicking ashore. ^ Insulted Emperor William. Hallo. Prorata, Sept. 8.?Three nie*l an.) two women have boon arrestnrl * hore charged with Insulting Emperor P William. The precise nature of then ^ offsm* has uut <11 salwwA. u \ J LABOR DAY m ATLANTA. ' j^| ost Successful Demonstration kJve< Hold In the Onto City. Hj Atlanta, Sept. 8.-?! abor Pay hi At* ! I nta w?b most appropriately anl fit ugly cbeervod. The attendant g^ om neighboring towns wa? larger , an ever before and the big labor ty parsde surpassed anything of tlie lid seen In this rlty. AL Headed by Chief .Tohn W. Dnll, chl?! police, and a squad of mounted.oftl- Jol rs, the parade moved from the ?tn.t s ipltol along Mitchell street to White. ' ill street, then .'long Whitehall an i ' ' each tree streets to North avenue, < here a counter inarch was made, tin ! "ooeaslon coming hack 'Poachtrej I reet as far as the grand cpora house, [ here the divisions were disbanded. [ a}> A feature of the parade was the ! v'f jry evide:>t hnrmonv that exists be- ! corn the whtto and colored laborers ?r bo compose tho Atlanta Federation , ' Trades. The negroes wore piven ^li ictr plnro In lino, and made nn ex* ! ^<T Mlent appearance, receiving their I mre of the applause alcug the lins ; rc f march. to The number of out of-town visltonr i Atlanta yesterday fulfilled all predictions. 861 The trains on every road brought i their quota until noon, some com- 8e ig on rogular tra'-ns. some on spo- ',0 lal "nd romo on excursion trnlne. mong the visitors were not only laorir.g men and union menihers. hut udreds of sight-seers from the ourarm ding towns. " These visitors, e.s soon a their trains nivod. scattered over the city and tingled with the p.roat throngs which nod every street during the march flf f the parade. or The exer? 1 pes at Ponce do I .eon Cf ore particularly interesting. c? Tim speaking begun nt 2:30 o'clock b> 1 the Casino, which had boon <<pee:a! wi r and elegantly decorated for tho oe- hi nsinn. by George Hickman, of the SG hent'->r. A? about. 20.000 persons went CI a Ponce de T.-eon, it wn-- impossible ar all or theni to h*. ar the speeches. R< ut the large auditorium was well ar lied. od 3pooches were made by the fellow R: ig representative gentlemen:.-* ar When the curtain went Tip the stags c? eld Walter E. Dean, president of the "?deration of Trades; Tl. J. Bkefflngon. of Boston, tho oritor of the day; Isyor Evan P. Howell, Congressman J,. F. I lvlnRston, Jerome Jones, Conntlmnn James I.. Key. C. T. T.a<i-san, ho attorney for tho Federation ol h-ndos. OJ All pronounced tho day one of tha b, nost Bueeeiisful In the history of In ior organization In Atlanta. J ? tBAIinl C- AT >1 iv/n.... . - , ,.wwui.h m i.lrtTOVILLIi," {V lehool Houso 13 Locked and Sluerifl af Has Key. o{ Harmony Grove, On . Sept. 8.?TTifi ^ dayavllle school trouble Is Ptill tine-ttlod. tll rrorosnor Hr?f.p Griffin, who was m >k>ctod by the board of trust00s, has osilar.ed his position and left the city nd accepted work elsewhere. His school Is being taught by Mrs. leneie Truitt, who was eloctod liv be trustees as his assistant. Th<< to chool of the opposing faction la also n operation. Roth factions have filed bills of into unction and the school house is lock* >d up and in the hands of the sheriff ^ if Ranks conuty awaiting the decision ^ if the counts. .j, BRAVED WAVES HANDCUFFED. fc laptured N?n''o Stowaway Lenps Over Steamer Into Sen. m Savannah. Oa.. Sept. 8.?Members of he crew of the steamship Berkshire, rom Philadelphia. were astounded vhen a negro stowaway, who had boon j, aught and handcuffed, leaped over ^ he ship'e side. ' r The inanarles were si ill upon hint. ' ersons award saw him heading for he shore, about 3 miles below the ot ity. Tie wftf making progress depite his handcuffs. His form was j'j Inally lost In the gloom.. Boats were owercd., but he could not bo found. g5 It Is not known whether he reached he shore or was drowned. Central Road Fac.C3 Strike. Savannah, (la., Sept. R.?The earpen* n? ors and machinists of the Central rail- ln oad shops have asked an increase of Vi rent" r.n hour in their pay. They Wl lave asked for an answer by Thtirs* ay. President John M. FT-gan says he readjustment of pay in the shops W( lore took place some time ago. In- l),a roases were not general, he rays, yet 11 he Macon men who are out on strike Wl ise them as an argument that their af tay should ire advanced. (leneral hiperin'ondent Klein is expected here o attempt an adjustment. Falling In his. it is said .the men will <jo out on ** iriko. to M Road Soon To Be Built. CnrnfMvlllp, Oa., Sept. 8.?Tho pros lK :ects arc fnv? for an oarly completion ^ f tho Carnesrille and Athens electric ^ allway. The necessary amount of nonoy ll.u* boon subscribed. contracts fill sow he signed and work will ommonte. It Is said, the early completion 1.5*an assured fact, and ib less hnn 12 iionths fiom now this place vill he connected with the world. *n' Line Qompleted to Waverly Hall. Columbus, Oa., Sept. 8.?The South '?? rn Hell Telephone company has com IertoJ Its long distance line from Oo- by inihus to Waverly llall, Oa., via Gen- w* tan. Flat Rock, MidJaod axxfc EliaraU* / 4 PPOINTMENTS BY . RESIDENT ROOSEVELT ' ivnral Changes In Consular J.JJ Service, ^ w? .30 DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. th| in W. Rlddlo, First Sscretary jf Embassy at St. Petersburg To ja, Be Consul General at Cairo?Other t>li Changes. Pp vVaanlngton, S^irt- ? ?The president tvi s mad'e the following promotloun and vo pointmeu-ts in the diplomatic sor'o: d* lohn \V. Ri '(Me, pf Minneapolis, no->v CI Rt eccrotary of the embassy nt St. lo; tersbu-rg, to bo consul general and th jlonmtic a rent nt Cairo, in place ot en h.u G. I -org, deceased. ur Spencer IC. ICddy, of Illinois.-new ?oc- 9V tary of legation at Constantinople, b< be first secretary ot embassy of St. torsburg. to Peter A. day. of Rhode Island, now cond eecretary of legation at Conintinople, to be first secretary.. Ulyss Frant Smith, of Pennsylvania, to R second secretary ot flie legation Constantinople. of OOLDEN JUBILEE. ?i . w ftleth Anniversary Archbishop Ry- h( an's Ordination. w Philadelphia, SofV 8.?'Tire golden bllee celebration in honor of the tloth anniversary of Archbishop Ry- ^ i's ordination began today at the ** ithedrnl Sts. 'Peter and Paul, with the w lehration of solemn pontifical mass w r the archbishop. The ceremony ** ss attended by eight archbishop?, 32 shops, five monslgnors and about ^ ? priests. Bishop Horstmann, of n eveland, preached the sermon. The Jubilee fund contributed by the | anran Catholics of the archdioceses j " nounts to ?200,(J00. It was intend- j ? I na a personal gift to Archbishop ; yan. but he has devoted it to the i ? chdiocesac fund to pay for St. Vinint'a orphanage. KILLED BY UNKNOWN HAND. lc P. Warren Assassinated While With ^ Hla Suppoecd Wife. ^ Birmingham, Ala., f*?pt. 8.?J. P. ^ 'arrcn is dead from injuries received 0 i the heart on Thirteenth avenue, g >twoen Twenty-flfth ;> nd> Twentyxth streets, north, while In company ?w-nTte woman named Mary Ilareon, who claims to. i>? tile wire or p le (lend man. (3 The woman was a'so Injured. The c' uiilant. is unknown. The parents n "Warren deny that lie was married. n he woman cannot Rive on accurate ?3oiiption of the man who committed le assault nor is there any statement ado as to the cause of the killing. The police department has the mat- ^ r under investigation. Sells Interest in Large Property. Salt l.ake, Utah, Sopt. 8.?According ^ i The Tribune, which says it has ox '.lent authority for the statement. M. M< Cu-ne, l\a? sold his ontirc in- ** rest in the (onrolifinted Railroad id Power company, which includes ? 1 the street car lines in this city, tn * ie Utah Power and i.ight company. *r he transaction involves property val?d .at fully $6,000,000. For the past N w years, Mr. MeCune has devoted e s entire attention to the building of tl iMroads and the development of ines in Peru, o ? o 3ix-Day Bicycle Race. e Salt I/ake, Utah, Sept. 8.?A sixty bicycle race of one hour each ^ ?j ttita ami iea ai t.iip r*au 1'aiacc | ^ ack last night. FTght of the dozen ' j arters finished the first hour, during hich 25 miles and four laps were cov? v od. as follows: J. F. Stavor, Port nd. O:o.; N. C. Hopper, Chicago; E. ' olway, Buffalo. N. Y.; W. E. Sam- 8 dson. Ball I.ake, and O. E. Emrey, kit lake. w tc Transfixed by Crowbar. Raleigh. N. C., Sept. 7.?A negro lined Jnme.* Caldwell, employed in a w iek yard at Spencer. Rowan eoun* , war. killed in ft singular way. Hs " as making a deep exeavation and as using ft crowbar. Suddenly the w rth rpved in upon him and his body h as forced downward upon the crow- N ir, the end of which was driven rough him from breast to hack. Ho n, as dug out as quickly as possible and c< tunlly lived several hours. p] Wife Murderer Electrocuted. Ossinnlng, N. Y., Sept. 8.? Patrick p, Oonklln, a wife murderer, was put o) death in the electric chnir In SIdr ng prison early today. Three shocks yro plve-n before the man was pronineed dead. Ccnkllng shot and ortally wounded his wife on June 10, B 02, nt their home at 417 West Sixenth street, Now York city. The a uple had frequent quarrele and had parated several times. c* 1 in Santa Fe Road increases Wages, > railway today announces a wago cc mease of 2 cents an hour for boiler. ^ ikers, machinists and blacksmiths at re tho shops on the eysrtem proper w tween Chicago and Albuquerque, ils means an Increased expenditure the company of $100,000 yearly, of ilch $80,000 will be pal<l out In V? ... " ???1Mb.?r' " UN16N OOiV. dy trengfy Condemn* Suggested I Chang** 6f Mr. Chamberlain Leicester, e?pt. 8.?At t^ay'^w xi ot the traces ui)lon cooffreesTre* mt HbrnMge declared colonial ftectray Chamberlain's suggested an go* ta the British fiscal polio} >r? likely to b* moat detrimental to e best Interests ot the 43fttlon. "Dabbling with the prtnelples .of free ide." he asserted, "could do no good \, the country at present The lend tvB," said the president, "caused twoInts of the national misery." He advocated government old a#s >n?lons. Tlio following resolution is carried with only two diesentlng tes: A "That this congress strongly conmni the suggoeted change* by Mr. laraberlaln In our present Aacal poly as mischievous and dangerous to 0 best Interests of the people of the untry and hereby plod go ltBelf n-nd gos all otheT labor bodlee to moke cry effort to prevent Buch a chang* ting brought about" The resolution will be communicated tho colonial secretary. ' YOUNQ WIFE'S 8AORIFICI. ccelvea Bullet Intended For Her Hueband?May Die. Chicago. Sopt. 8.?Rushing In front ' her husband to protect him from 1 attack by an armed* man, a young Ife last night received a bullet In ?r right side and physicians say she 111 die. Mrs. Ida Reckrtein, 33 years of age, the victim, and after shooting het. udolph. Hoppe, a saloon keeper, was ?t upon by a crowd of union cornice orkers, who knocked him down and ere beating him over the head when ie police appeared. The shcoting followed a quarrel beveen Hoppe and Recksteln at the wrns of the latter. Recksteln Is said > have struck Hoppe a-nd the ?a?on keeper then drew his revolver, o fired twice at his antagonist, withnt effect and as he fired tlis third nio. Mrs. Recksteon Jumped In front r her husband and received tho built. ???** Columbia's Loss $02,000. Columbia, S. C.. Sept. 8.?The total iss of the flro Sunday night Is $92,50. insurnuee ?33.500. The heaviest jser Is J. L. Mlmaugb, whose stock f clothing, valued nt 830,000, waa Inured for but $17,600. Ife will at nee build a very handeome block ol tores where the other was deetronyed. Nelce of Millionaire Killed. Hagcratnwn, Md., Sept. 8.?Mr* 'rnncl3 McOraw, wife of Aaron Mo Taw, ii?H boeir killed In a driving ac. Ident. near Sharpsburg. She was a lece of Levi Z. Letter, the Chicago illlionaire. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The steamer Ixuiise, with 125 per wis on board. Is rejwrted loat at Sanusky, O. The scheme for a ootton buyera' ombine was rejected by a Memphis overs' meeting. , Already under conviction for tha turder of Mnreuin, Curtis Jett will t>? ut on trial for killing Oockrill. In an address at Tuscaloosa Captain Llchmond P. Hobson advocates tha xpendtture of a billion and a half dot >rs on the American navy. For the first time In the history ol lontgomery. the United States olrcult Mirt of appoals has been convened In i?t city. Labor Day was celebrated throughlit ihn Cfllllll (In* nvArz.UA.l- 1 . V..V/ HIV VAC?VIOO??U uvnvi r the day being more elaborate than ver before. T.abor Day was celebrated an usual troughout the TTnlted States y ester ay. President RooseYelt made a abor Day speech at Syracuse, N. Y. Theodore Shaffer, president of th? fine Workers, who has bean missing >r some time, reappeared yeeterday t the Poughkeopsle labor celebration. While thousands of persona wars atchlng the Dsbor Dny parade at Bo? >n, a runaway horse dashed through ie crowd; Injuring Are children. The state department will adopt a altlng policy In regard to the canal oaty. Secretary Hay is convince! lat Columbia ragrets hor mistake. The decomposed body of . O. Pataner, ho was murdered In Iowa Sept. 2, as boen found In a freight car in 'aw Moxleo. The Colorado Democrats have noml Ated Adair Wilfon for the supreme >urt and Indorsed the Kansas City I at fori* Senator Oardanelll. a well-known alian physician. wJU attack Dm. Lap>pl and Mazzonl for their treatment f the late Pope T.eo. The Balkan situation ?hows no lmrovoment. It' Is now thought that ar between Turkey and Bulgaria Inevitable. While 300 negroes were engaged In baptizing service at Bayonne, N. J.. ie pier gave way and they were pre pitated Into the ocean. Forty were Jured. Because of revelatlone regarding tbc >nduct of the Boer war tt la said hi at Lord l.ansdowne, former war see- ^ tary and prwient foreign secretary, ill resign. ~ Archbishop Ireland. In a Labor Day eech at St. Paul, lauded the greet iplt&Htrttc combln^i agd warned