Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 29, 1896, Page 4

— Ghe Herald. BY E. C, KILEY GRAND RAPIDS. - MINNESOTA Now, by St. Paul, the work (of record breaking) goes bravely on! Let us all put on our Sunday clothes and endeavor to make it pleasant for Li Hung Chang when he calls cn us. Eleciric moturs are now being used quite extensively in the East for switching purposes, and electricians predict that the time is near when the steam locomotive will be out of date. An insect has made its appearance in the east whose mission seems to be the destruction of the watermelon. Great loss is reported from the depre dations of this insect. The steamer St. Paul now holds the record for the trip between Southamp- ton and New York. It took just six days and thirty-one minutes to make the run. The recent sunfest visited all parts of the country with equal vigor. There is reason to believe that it is now at an end for the present year. At least the meterologists justify us in hoping +his much. If we could only bear our own dis- appointments with a small fraction of the equanimity with which we bear the disappointment of others, what a sweet and delightful world this would be to live in! Mexico ought to make up her mind to one thing. So long as those bandits run things along the border to suit themselves the number of tourists who visit the land of the Montezumas won't be too large to be accommodated. Golf players are to have special priv- fleges on some of the English railway lines. They will receive certificates entitling them to a return ticket for a single fare when the distance is over thirty miles, and for a fare and a quar- ter when it is less. A Frenchman has discovered a new treatment for sea-sickness, which he says is preventive, curative and hy- gienic, If this treatment proves to be a specific against sea-sickness this Frenchman wil] be a mighty popular “ud among otean yoyagers. Thomas A. Edison believes that in the next three or four years there will be radical and immense changes in the manner of heating and lighting. He ays there will be a decrease in the “cost of electric lighting. Electricity will be made so cheaply that gas will be entirely out of the race. Gas will tnen be put through a cheapening pro- cess and used entirely for heating. Ysaye, the violinist, who plays like an angel and looks like a butcher, is simple in his tastes. “All I ask,” said be, “is a fishline and some water. The less lish the better. I con sit for hours vith a line in the water in perfect hap- piness. When a nitble comes my dream is over. I also confess a weak- uess for the bicycle, but care nothing for polities.” Miss Antoinette Saumowski and Mr. Adamowski, both prominent musi- cians, the former a pupil of Mr. Ignace Paderewiski, are engaged to be mar- ried. The happy event is delayed only by. the inability of the high contract- ing parties to find a minister willing to risk a dislocation of his inferior max- illary in tying their names into a knot. a A safe composed largely of cement, having wire netting imbedded in it, was tested recently in Germany, in or- der to ascertain whether it is feasible to build safety vaults of such material. The safe was placed on blazing logs, which had been soaked in kerosene, and kept exposed for half an hour to a temperature of 1,800 degrees Fahren- heit. When the safe was opened the contents were entirely uninjured. All the coloroed people in South ica are treated alike by the whites ded from themselves by a wide and impassable gulf. A native, what- ever hi: nk, would seldom be permit- ted, except as a domestic servant, to enter a private house. When Khama was in England last autumn, and was entertained at lunch by the duke of Westminster, the news excited general annoyance and disgust among the whites in South Africa. Two West Point cadets who were convictcd by court-martial of brutally tormenting and harrassing a “plebe,” have been denied executive clemency by the president, who took occasion to denounce the brutal practice in the fol- lowing terms: “The offense of mal- treating and abusing new cadets by upper class men is so mean and cow- ardly, and so opposed to every trait that should characterize a gentleman and a true soldier, that severe punish- ment should not be necessary to its prevention. If, however, punishment must be resorted to, to effect a discon- tinuance of this disgraceful practice, I can do no less than to resist all appeals for clemency.” PITH OF THE NEWS. EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A CONDENSED FORM. A General Kesume Se the Most Im- portant News of the Week. From all Parts of the Globe, Boiled Down and Arranged in Con- Rapid Per. venient Form for usal by Busy People. Washington Talk. The postmaster general has issued a fraud order against the Creditors’ Ben- eficial association at Rockford, Ill. The battleship Indiana will be pre- sented a magnificent silver service, contributed by citizens of Indiana at ‘Tompkinsville, Staten Island, on Sept. 21. Judge Bethene of Tucson, Ariz., as- sociate judge of the supreme court of Arizona, has received notice from the department of justice of a request for the appointment of his successor, on the grounds of his inability to perform the duties of the ccurt. The president cf Argentina has is- sued a decree, a copy of which has been forwarded to the state depart- ment, remitting all duties on articles sent from the United States for the purpose of showing the manufacturing and commercial industries of this country. People in Print. It is said that Aubrey Beardsley now has an income of $20,000. Li Hung Chang anncunces that the most beautiful and most attractive women in the world, in his opinion, are the American women. Mrs. C. A. Washington, whose death is reported from Mowequa, IIl., was the widow of a second cousin of the Father of his Country. William Brown, general freight agent of the Canadian-Australian line at Portland, Ore., is dead. He was a well known railroad man. Col. W. M. Hooper died at Cape May, N. J., aged eighty years. He was pro- prietor of the Old Mansion House in 1847, and entertained Henry Clay and other distinguished men. Disraeli cnce said that to be young, to be in love and to be in Paris was to reach the height of human felicity; and that to be in Paris without the other two adjuncts was an unsurpassa- ble pleasure in itself. Ex-Premier Crispi is undergoing a vourse of mud baths near Padua. Be- sides suffering from gout, he is afflict- ed with weakness of the spine, and is likewise almost entirely blind, being unable to make uy his mind to undergo an operation for cataract, which alone can restore his sight. Accidental Happenings. Fire ruined thé Woodruff block at Rockford, Ill., causing a loss of over $100,000. Engineers Fred Rumpf and William Johnson and Firemen Huffman were killed in a head-end collision on the Baltimore & Ohio Scuthwestern, near Torch Hill, Ohio. According to private advices received | in Philadelphia, ten men of the crew | of twenty-one men of the British bark Flora Stafford, which was burned at sea several weeks ago, perished. A skiff in which were three men was capsized in the Ohio river, near Pitts- burg, by the waves of a passing steam- er, and two of the men drowned. Their H names were William Hickman and} Thomas Shaughnessy. Fire, which originated in the second floor of the wholesale wine and liquor house of John Emmons, 103 West | street, New York, caused damage to | the extent of $30,000 on the building, | and about as much on the stock. Fire destroyed the magnificent resi- | dence of Millionaire Frederick Faulk- | ner in Belvidere, Mass. The loss is $100,000; insurance, about $50,000. It is believed incendiaries are responsible, | as the family is absent. | During a terrific electric storm at | Champaign, Ill, lightning struck the ; chemical laboratory building, one of state of $40,000. A disturbance described as an elec- tric cloudburst, struck a church where a meeting was being held at Bera, Ark,, totally demolishing the building. Rey. W. W. Cochran was instantly killed, and Rey. J. W. Van Trease and Rey. J. J. Colson fatally injured. Pete Ryan, foreman of the St. Law- rence mine, the property of the Ano- | eonda company, and Jack Campbell | and John Manning, two miners, were | Killed by a fall of the cage from the } top of the mine to the bottom of the | shaft, 1,200 feet below. injured by J. J. Carney, 2 farmer w whom he had a dispute over a trivis) matter. Carlos Govin, a reporter for a Key West (Fla.) paper, who was captured by Spaniards in Cuba, was executed. There appears to be no immediate prospect of a settlement of the strike of the employes of the Adams Express company in New York. W. F. Eyeter, a capitalist of Cham- bersburg, Pa., was mysteriously mur- dered at Lincoln, Neb., where he was en route to Cripple Creek to invest in mines. Mrs. Minick, wife of a farmer resid- ing four miles west of Pena, attempted suicide by drinking a quantity of poi- son. Dr. Miller was summoned from Pana and succeeded in rescuing lier. Overwrought from religious reading, Annie Rutledge, the thirteen-year-old daughter of John T. Rutledge, a farmer living near Crawford, Ala., committed suicide. Frank Biles, a half-breed Indian from the Nez Perces reservation, was taken from the Asotn (Idaho) jail and hanged by a mob of indignant citizens. His crime was the outrage cf Miss Mary Richardson. J. C. Williams, a visitor from Mon- tana, stabbed himself in the breast four times with a knife at Hot Springs, Ark. Failing to end his life in that manner he jumped head first-into a deep well and broke his neck. An autopsy was performed on the body of the Chambersburg man found murdered at Lincoln, Neb., and the doc. tors have decided that there was mor- phine poisoning, although the blows on the scalp might have caused death. Elmer Ferguson, a super at the pro- duction of the “Fall of Pompeii” at Fort Wayne, Ind., was struck by a club in the hands of Charles Saunders, a sceneshifter, and died in a short time. Ferguson was fighting with Oscar Cook, and Saunders went to Cook’s as- sistance. William Mazick Miles, a well-known club and society man at Seattle, Wash., committed suicide at his rooms at the Ranier club. Miles came of a promi- nent South Caroiina family and his father was for two terms attorney gen- eral of the state. Despondency over his ill health is believed to have prompted his suicide. From Foreign Shores. Lieut. Dan Godfrey, the celebrated bandmaster of the British Grenadier Guards, will retire under the age limit next month, Mr. Thompson, a son of the late archbishop of York, has just been ap- pointed deputy governor of the Livyer- pool jail. 3 David N. Burke, who succeeded J. Judson Barclay as United States con- sul at Tangiers, Morocco, has arrived there. Spain is about to present a big bill of damages to the United States because we allowed filibusters to go to Cuba’s aid. : The government of the Cape of Good Hope and one of the recent acquisi- tions of the Universal Postal union, is taking prompt steps to organize a well equipped postal system in its domains, Baron de Hannis, commanding a strong force, has taken the offensive against the Mahdists in the upper Congo. It is said the situation causes the greatest anxiety regarding the se- curity of the Congo Free State. ‘The agitators for Sunday street cars in Toronto have been very active dur- ing the past few days and claim that they have 11,000 names enrolled on their petition. This will be presented to Mayor Fleming within a day or two. Judgment was delivered by the chiet justice in the admiralty court at Hali- fax, N. S. in the case of the seized American fishing schooner, Frederick Gering, sustaining the seizure and or- dering the vessel forfeited to the Cana- dian government. The Gering was seized for fishing within the three-mile limit. Prince Louis of Savoy and some of the crew of the Italian steamship Christofero Colombo, were attacked in the streets of Valparaiso on July 16 by a Chilian mob. he mob vented its rage on the prince because of the Italian unpopularity since Italy sold the two second-hand cruisers*to the Ar: gentine Republic during the difficulty between the.latter country and Chili. Otherwise. The City National Bank of San An- tonio, Texas, has failed. It was capi talized for $100,000. é Miani Feldman, an anarchist, was ar- rested in New York for having ex- plosive materials in his possession. News from New Orleans reports a horrible murder of €@ woman and child py the whitecaps at Natchitoches Par- ish, Louisiana. In a conflict between the strikers of the Brown company and the non-union A fire at the Montpelier Industrial | exhibition destroyed the most valuable | pictures and some ¢£ the most impor ; tant papers in the archives. Montpe- | lier university was also burned. the | damage being estimated at 120,000. | Anarchists are supposed to have Ctart- ed the conflagration. Spreading rails, caused by the in- tense heat, wrecked the second section of the California express on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, eight miles | west of Pueblo, Col. The dead are C. | E. Vanport, engineer; W. F. Reppert, | fireman. Frank Jacobs, an areonaut traveling with a circus ,met with a terrible death ta Quincy, Ill., in the presence of his wife and young child, and an assem- bled throng. He was having a balloon race at Baldwin Park with Prof. Dud- ley, and his balloon burst 200 feet from the ground. His parachute failed to open, and he was dashed to the earth. Fire Truck No. 6, wfth a crew con- sisting of Lieut. Hedden and seven firemen, while responding to an alarm at Buffalo, collided with a trolley car. The truck was crossing the street car tracks when the trolley, which was running at full speed, struck it. Every fireman on the truck was injured. J. F. Clark was pinned under the wreck and crushed to death. Crimes and Criminals. At Mount Vernon, Ill, a young girl , of fourteen years, committed suicidé by , hanging. Hon. S. D. Razee, editor of the Cur- 1 the six main buildings of the Universi- | of Illinois, and caused a loss to the | men at Cleveland three men were shot and, another badly hurt. A fight occurred at the annual con- Se ennan of the national party of the Cherokees near Tahlequah, I.,T., in which two men were killed and several | wounded. While in the midst of service at Man- ito, Il, Rev. B. E. O’Mahony, pastor of the Catholic church in that city, be- came suddenly insane, and created the utmost consternation among the con- gregation. 34 The Elgin (1ll.) Sewing machiné and Bicycle factory has closed indefinitely, because it could not borrow money on good security with which to pay its hands. One hundred and fifty men are thrown out of employment. Judge Caldwell, of the United States circuit court, has made an order, upon application of the Midland Terminal Railroad company, whose line is the connecting link between the Colorado Midland and Cripple Creek, directing Receiver Ristina, of the Colorado Mid- land, to resume traffic relations with the Terminal at once. E. M. Pettit, a well known business man of Hicksville, Ohio, and a stock- holder in the wholesale drug house of Lewis & Co., Defiance, Ohio, as well as the Defiance Grocery company, has been taken to the Toledo insane asy- lum. Mr. Pettit left Hicksville more than 2 week ago on his bicycle for Brookston, Ind., on a visit to his moth- er, It was one of the hottest days of the season, and he was overcome with heat. the It of which was conges- tis (Neb.) Courier, was shot and fatally ! tion ef t.¢ uraip, GRAND ARMY CAMP CITIZENS OF ST PAUL READY TO RE- CEIVE THE VETERANS, Arrangements Are Practically Com- pleted for the Encampment Next Week — New Features of Enter- tainment Are Provyided—Carnival of Ceres and Knights of Pythias in Minneapolis—The State Fair. St. Paul, Aug. 25. — Arrangements have practically been completed for the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which will begin next Monday, and only minor details now remain to be perfected. So thor- oughly has the work been accom- plished by the general citizens’ com- mittee and the numerous subcommit- tees that should the encampment be held now the city would be ready to entertain the many thousands of vet- erans and visitors who are expected to attend the encampment. The work of decorating the streets, business houses and private resi- dences has already begun, and it is safe to say that there will be few buildings in St. Paul which will not display at least one flag. The piece de resistance of the decorations will be Summit avenue, the principal resi- dence street of the city. From Sum- mit Fark to Western avenue, a dis- tance of about half a mile, the avenue will be resplendent in light and deco- rations. The ladies’ encampment com- mittee has devised this feature of the entertainment. Receptions will be held every night in the open air, be- ginning at 8:30 o'clock. all along this part of the avenue. Thirty additional are lights will be placed at equal dis- tances on both sides of the avenue. At each end gas light arches will mark the limit of the reception area. In addition to the arc lights many of the residents along this part of Sum- mit avenue are arranging for lights of thelr own, so that night will be practicaily turned into the brightest day. Bunting, flags and all manner of decorations will add to the festive- ness of the scene. Every facility will be provided to entertain at least 100,- 000 people. Platforms will be erected at intervals, and short speeches will be made by notable visitors, It will form a distinctively new feature for # big Se rhs as nothing ike it has er beev attempted heretofore. To Care for the Visitors, Every detail is being perfected for the care and -entertainment of the city’s'guests. Escort duty will be per- formed by various local drum corps, and the special trains will be met and the various departments and posts es- corted to their quarters. Several bands will also be engaged for this service. A corps of surgeens and phy- sicians will care for visitors who may need their services. A guiding star has been prepared for those who have never before visited St. Paul. The guiding star will be the High School adets. This organization will, in many respects, be to the Grand Army spcampment what the Columbia: wards Were to the World’s fair a’ Chicago. The cadets will be a feature altogether unknown to previous en- campments. They will be organized as a corps on military lines, with a view to affording prompt and varied information to any inquiring stranger. During Monday and Tuesday of en- campment week, when the crowd is pouring into the city, a cadet is to be posted at each corner in the business istrict of the city. This will make our cadets at each street intersec- tion, so that inquirers will not be obliged to search long to find the young men with the white caps. Out- side of Be busipess center the cadets will be stationed only at.the principal points and where the crowd is likely to assemble. A cadet will be known at once by his trim military cap of white duck, trimmed with white silk cord, and bearing in gold letters the words “High Schcol Cadet — Bureau of Information.” Besides the cap, an artistic badge of red, white and blue silk will be worn by the information corps. One of the un‘que features of the encampment will be the great flag chorus, which is to be stationed beside the line of march to symbolize a liv- ing, singing American banner. The flag will be composed of several thou- sand school children. Some of the girls will be dressed in red and some of the boys*in blue, while others will wear pure white. As the veterans march past the chorus will sing pat- Motic songs. The Indian display :rranged for by the committee will be one of the great features for Eastern visitors. Fifty Chippewas will be on exhibition day and evening in war dances, etc., to which no admission will be charged. Work of the Ladies. All the prominent ladies of the city haye been enlisted in the work of pre- paring for the encampment, especial- ly as regards the reception of ladies, and nothing has been left undone which would make the visit of the wives and daughters of the veterans a pleasant one. The refreshment com- mittee has completed its arrangements and no caller at the ladies’ headquar- ters at any hour of encampment week will fail to obtain ample and palatable refreshment. Thursday, Sept. 3, from 2 to 6 o’clock, there will be at the ladies’ headquarters a general recep- tion for the entertainment of all ladies visiting St. Paul who are the mem- bers of any patriotic society, the wives and daughters of all veterans or of members of men’s patriotic societies, and the wives and daughters of all citizens. During the evening of Tues- day, Sept. 1, Summit avenue, from Summit Park to Western avenue, will be closed to vehicles. It will be trans- formed into an immense promenade, upon which four simultaneous recep- tions will be held. The music of the encampment week will be a most important means of entertainment. The ladies’ music committee will supply two daily con- certs at Headquarters. It will fur- nish the music for the various recep- tions and has arranged a special series of church concerts. Each church will be open every afternoon from 4 to 6 o’clock, when visitors to the churches may hear organ recitals by accom- plished musicians. The committee on drives will provide for all the ladies desiring a two hours’ drive about the city. The emergercy hospital com- mittee will fit up one of the best rooms at headquarters with every hos- pital appliance. Nurses and phy- sicians will be in atterdance, and any woman falling ill or méeting with an accident during the parode or at any other time will be promptly cared for ‘| at the emergency hospital. Minneapolis Will Celebrate. The people of Minneapolis ‘are also preparing for a week of pleasure dur- ing the time of the G. A. R. encamp- ment is being held in St. Paul. This celebration has been christened the “Carnival of Ceres,” and will occur in connection with the encampment of the Knights of Pythias. Arches, which will be decorated with fruit and grain, are being erected, and many Buildings win be decorated in like manner. The celebration will include parades, receptions and various ath- letic events. The first royal social function will occur at the exposition building Monday evening, Aug. 31. All of the leading society people of Minneapolis and St. Paul will act as patrons. Mayor Pratt, in a magnifi- cent gown, will conduct the coronation ceremonies and place upon the head of the queen of the carnival the em- iene diadem of supreme author- y. A flagstaff, that will be one of the largest in Minnesota, will hold the flag that will float over Camp Yale during the Pythian encampment, and it wfl be raised over the city of white tents Sept. 1 with due ceremony. The dedication of the camp will occur on Tuesday, Sept. 2. The competitive drills will take place on the forenoon of ernch day at the ball park, with the exception of Wednesday. On that day the programme will be left entire- ly vacant in Minneapolis and the greater portion of the residents of Minneapolis and the guests will spend the day in St. Paul to witness the Grand Army parade. Tuesday night will be the merriest night of all. There is to be that even- ing a bicycle carnival, all riders being in costume and masks. On Wednes- day evening will be the big parade. The celebration will continue through- out the week. .In addition to the Grand Army en- campment in’St. Paulund the carnival of Ceres and Knights of Pythias en- campment in Minneapolis, the Minne- sota State fair will be held at Ham- line, located half-way between the two cities. As a result, the week be- ginning Aug. 31 promises to be a live- ly one for the Twin Cities of Minne- sota. MURDERED BY BURGLARS. Thomas Curlin of Lake Elmo, Minn., Is Killed. St. Paul, Aug. 25.—The quiet little village of Lake Elmo was aroused this morning by a number of shots in rapid succession, followed by a woman's screams for help. The disturbance came from the saloon of Thomas Cur- lin & Co., and when the villagers hastened to the scene they were startled to flnd Thomas Curlin dead upon the floor of his bed room. His wife was still in bed crying for help. The murder was the work of burglars. They secured only about $2 in small change from the money drawer. They fled immediately after the murder and they have not been caught. The mur- derers effected aa entrance to the place in an easy manner, and at once rifled the money drawer, But in moving about the bar room the men stumbled over some cuspedors which had been piled up near the end of the counter and the noise aroused Mrs. Curlin. She awoke her husband and asked him to get up.and investigate. Listening for a moment and hearing the movements of the men, Mr. Cur- lin got up and reached under his pil- low. for a revolver. At that moment a voice commanded him to keep quiet and shots followed. Who first fired is not known, but Curlin sank upon the edge of the bed, and, crying out, “Oh, Gussie,” fell upon the floor, dead. The murderers then escaped. NEWSPAP It Is Certain to Be a Live® One at the Minnesota State Fnir. St. Paul, Aug. 25.—Representatives of the press clubs of St. Paul and Min- neapolis and of the state editorial as- sociation, met to-day at the press club rooms to make arrangements for news- paper men’s day at the state fair. The programme outlined for the day is ex- tensive and it will contain many novel and amusing features. The news- paper men will have full charge of the entertainment in front of the grand stand. Among. the features decided on will be a gigantic cake walk, on entirely new lines. There will be bi- eycle races of “quads, quints and sexts.” A race between mounted po- lice officers of St. Paul and Minneapo- lis is scheduled and the firemen of Minneapolis will challenge the St. Paul firemen to a bicycle contest. H. N. Leeby’s horse Albatross will con- test with a cyclist for a quarter-mile dash. The horse’s record for that dis- tance is :27, so that a lively race may be anticipated. Many other good things are under preparation, includ- ing a bicycle band, a mounted mili- tary corps and a competitive drill. The committee decided not to accept the ofter of a Minneapolis newspaper man to make a balloon ascension. A professional balloonist may take his place. Incendarism Suspected. Winona, Minn., Aug. 25.—The Day- enport house, owned by E. Kenerman, was damaged by fire last night and a large barn totally destroyed. Several horses were cremated. The origin is said to have been incendiary. Mrs. Thomas O. Selfridge, wife of Rear Admiral Selfridge, of the United States navy, died in San Francisco Friday night. She was eighty-six years old. Cycle Companies Anstgn, St. Paul, Aug. 25.—William. A. Hall and William N. Couch, doing business as the Twin City Cycle company, made a general assignment to-day for the benefit of their creditors. John W. Lane is assignee. The Cuddy Cycle company also made an assignment to Charles D, MeLaren. Panic at a Cireu: Huntington, Ind., Aug. 25.—A panic was caused at the Wallace circus here to-day by a storm which wrecked the tents and did considerable property damage. The menagerie and horses were stampeded and some of the ani- mals injured. None of the spectators were hurt. THE WAR IS OVER REBEL MATABELES IN ° RHODESIA HAVE SURRENDERED. ™ Hon, Cecil Rhodes Inspites the Con- fidence of the Native Chi by Going Among Them Totally Un- armed, and It Is Believed That the Surrender of the Matabeles Is Practically Unconditional. Buluwayo, Aug. 25.—The mission of i Hon. Cecil Rhodes to the Matabeles: is reported to be a pronounced suc- cess. The natives have yielded and the war is considered at an end. Ce- cil Rhodes inspired the confidence of the Matabele chiefs by going among them unarmed. The chiefs complained that ill usage by the native police pro- voked the rebellion, and Rhodes ‘prom- ised them that réforms in this respect would be inaugurated at once. Earl Gray, who was appointed to admin- ister the affairs within the jurisdic- tion of the British South Africati com- pany, believes that the surrender of the natives was practically uncon- ditional. The war with the Matabeles, which began in South’ Africa early in 1896, in many respects resembled the earl: Indian wars in America. Severa! hundred settlers in the more spareely settled portions of Matabeleland were murdered by the natives. Survivors in the country districts quickly gath- ered in the larger towns and lines of defense were thrown up, while the ex- isting fortifications were garrisoned as strongly as possible. The natives were at first commanded by a son of the late King Lobengula. To the number of 20,000 they gath- ered on the hills around Buluwayo, ) the principal town. To a considerable extent they were actuated by a sort of religious frenzy, but other causes are said to have combined to bring about the trouble. Chief among these were. the wrong-doings of the native police and the imposition by the South African Chartered company of a hut tax on the 43,000 huts of the natives of Matabeleland. This tax the natives sternly resisted for many months, but the company {usisted upon this reve- nue being collected and refused to make any excepticns. It was not un- til Cecil Rhodes, at this late time, to some extent under a cloud because of > his alleged connection with the raid into the Transvaal republic, conduct- ed by Dr. Jameson, came to the res- cue, and started from Rhodesia with an armed force, that the backbone of the rebellion was broken. Buluwayo, itself, was for a time threatened with “annihilation by the blacks, but owing to the brave defense made by its citi- zens, and the timely advance of the column headed by Cecil Rhodes, the State of siege which practically ex- isted, was broken and the Matabeles were gradually forced back froin the hills surrounding the metropolis of ¢ Matabeleland to their old resorts and finally surrendered. PLATT FOR GOVERNOR. A Movement in New York in Favor of the ex-Senator. Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 25.—Thomas C. Platt will probably the the nominee of the Republican e convention for governor of New Y Unless he can | successfully combat a great and grow- 3} ing sentiment that has almost ceased “4 to be a matter that Mr. Platt can con- trol, his name will be presented to the | other candidate i eonyention.. Every ‘will: withdraw and he will be nom- inated without debate. The Associ- ated Press correspcndent showed this statement to My. Platt. He thought for a few m‘nutes, ran his thin, al- most effeminate hand through his beard, and said slowly and distinctly: “I am not a candidate and I do not want the office.” There was a story afloat that Mr. Platt would allow the agitation in his behalf to proceed until to-night in order to demonstrate his popularity, among the delegates, and that the be would call upon his lieutenants t withdraw his name There are many who beliéve that this is'so,and that a bit his name will not go before the con- vention. The state convention prom- ises to be full of interesting incidents, verile and even vicious personal at- tacks and allusions and a breach in the party that will probably lead to a third ticket. If reports be true, the state organizations will place Warner Miller on the outside of the conven- tion, MANITOBA SCHOOLS. x 4 No Settlement Unless It Is Satisfac- tory to the Province. Winnipeg, Aug. 25.—Attorney Gen- eral Sifton, who has been in Ottawa Negotiating with the new Laurier gov- ernment for a settlement of the Man- itoba schoo) difficulty, returned home to-day. Asked if a satisfactory set- ilement to the people of Manitoba Would be reached, the attorney gen- eral replied that there could be no settlement unless. it was satisfactory to “Manitoba. The dominion govern- Toent had made an offer and it would be submitted to the Manitoba govern- ment. He did not think an extra ses- sion of the legislature would be nec essary, and as far as he was awant there would be no commission of in- Guiry, as had been suggested. Pre- Wier Greenway has arrived from his farm to consult with the attorney gen- cet on the results of his trip to Otta- ra. ¢ Bank of Mapleton Closed. Mapleton, Minn., Aug. 25.—The Bank ef Mapleton has closed its dgors on account of the difliculty of "Mhaking collections and pending reorganization under state or national laws. De positors will be paid in full. Republican League. Milwaukee, Aug. 25. — Delegations from several states to attend the con- endo. of te Natioual League of Re- publican clubs have arrived + Although the tah Charles U. Gordan of Chicago, "4 will probably be elected resident" the National League, arrived and is aie ee at Hotel Plister with a pari of the steering ccinmitte nois delegation. : fae ==. ceed