Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 1, 1894, Page 1

19, 187 ABLI nk-ffi JUN 1871, OMAHA, § SATURDAY MORI\ i\ i QFl’l EMBER 1, 1894, e INGLE COPY FIVE CEN ganized In the begitning of October and the distribution will be commenced in the begin- ning of January. ‘The long Inaction on the Bill has also prevented the department from obtaining a number of vegetable seeds, not- ably the turnips. The amount allowed for the work last year was $60,000 and this year it 1s $10,000 less. DEVELOPING ~ THE SOUTH Perfecting Arrangements for a Permanent Exhibit at Washington, WILL MEET AGAIN FOR O03GAN'ZATION FOR REPORTS. WAITI Matters of Supreme Interest to Pythians Are Still in Abeyance Numerons Interesting Papers Read Yester- WASHINGTOW, Aug. 81.—The supreme lodge of tho Knights of Pythias received a report today from a committee to draft a new ritual for the uniform orde: and made the matter a special order for aext Tu'sday A discussion of the proposed amendments WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—The sccond day’s | to the constitution which will -establish a meeting of the southern development con- | Judicial body analogous to the supreme court vention was begun with a large attendance. | empowered to decide disputes over constitu- day Before the Convention at Wash- Ington—free Cotton Machin- ery Wante Mr. W. G. Vincenheller, the state com- | tional matters absorbed most of the day missioner of mining of Arkansas, the first [ No reports have yet been received from speaker, presented a conservative view of [ the committees appointed to consider the the resources of that state. He sald there | questions of excluding lquor .calers from was no longer a race problen, public schools | the Knights of Pythias and to compel the Jerman lodges to give their ritual in English, v duc egroes to the duties of ermin lodge EES SUNCELINE ARSI the two questions of greater interest b:-fore citizenship and he had become reconciled 0 | fho gupreme lodge the fact that the white man, who pald most [ It is understood the committes of five to of the taxes, must rule. which was delegated the investigation of the The report of the committee on plan and | membership in the fraternity of liquor deal- scope was read, It provides for a permanent | € and bartenders will report in favor of an amendment to the constitution which will bureau in Washington for the exhibition of G prevent the future admission of such per- the resources of the southern states and for | gong, although not affecting the standing of the general information of capital and labor; the expenses of the bureau to be paid by pro rata contributions from the states. Also a sub-bureau in each state, through which exhibits should be forwarded to Wash- fngton, to be in charge of the commissioners those who have been Initiated The committee in charge of the question of permitting the performance of the ritual In German has given hearings to the repre- sentatives of western German lodges, but has reached no conclusion, The sureme assembly of the Pythian Sis- of agriculture, labor or immigration, who | terhood today electéd officers for the ensuing should verify all information filed with the | two years, Mrs. George Bemis of Worcester. bureau M chosen supreme chancellor to A committee of one member from each | succeed Mrs. A. Young of Concord, N state and the District of Columbia was pro- | the others were supreme vice chan vided for, to be appointed by the chair, and | Mrs, C. L. Van Wert, Jersey City, N. a meeting to be held in Washington, to | gupreme prelate, Mrs. W. A. Dilworth which the governors of each state would ap- | hraska. point delegates, and to which the governors — would be invited, to perfect details of the 2 N RULINGS. organization. — A warm discussion was precipitated. | Beveral Thousand 1ma A Rec wdge Charles Catlett of Virginia declared that the Roynolds' Declsions. southern states had taken little advax 8¢ WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Several thousand o great oppo es afforded by the of tne great opportunities afforded by the | | oygion claims are aflected by four recent Mr. B. T Clayton of Florfada held that | Tullngs of Acting Secretary of the Interior the plan to confer ar authority upon the | Reynolds, construing the act of January 5, governors of states would give the political character to the organization Mr, Robert W. Hunter of Virgi fa sustained 1893, whioh provides for increase of pentions from $8 to $12 per month on account of serv- the report. When he sald that the south | Ice in the Mexican war. did not expect to build herself up in a | The acting sccretary holds that the increase day; that she not care for what was called | granted under that act dees not commence at "‘fl ‘ll<lfll;\f‘ im !-Izru! lon, {nr IF‘;*!"H. Huns | tpe date of the act, but from the date of ap- § and anarchists,” he was applauded . : pnd proval of the increase claim in the pension ORBEHEDE AR BN Eh bureau, and that the increase does not apply The afternoon session yesterday was de- | o cases of widow: . voted to papers amd addresses on the re- | The act, says Judge Reynolds, does not in- sources and progress of the south. clude those persons who composed Powell’ Dr. B. E. Foruow, ciief of the forestry | pattalion of Missouri mounted volunteers, division of the Agricultural department, | who were directed to be placed upon the pen- spoke on the “Geographical Conditions and slon rolls subject to the provisions of the act Timber Resources of the South. Incl- | of January 29, 1887, pensioning the survivors dentally he advised against booming meth- | or tho war with Mexico. ods, and asserted that scientific investigation | * qyia qipartment also holds that the tee of had clearly shown that bled turpentine tim- | g5 claimed by attorneys, under articles of ber was not inferior. agreement, cannot be allowed, and no fee in Colonel D, H. excess of §2 can be paid, as provided in the in the same line, deprecated exaggeration, | got of March 3, 1891. The increass in the na- saying that the south could stand on the | tyre of an allowance on account of increase truth. The rapld exhaustion of northern | o¢ (ne disability of the veteran soldier i forests, he predicted, would compel the lum- | djroady pensioned. bering men to fall back upon the south, e M. H. Moore of the Dubuque, Is., Board of Trade kpoké along the same line, and in the conree of his speech said that he had inter- “7%ted himself two years ago In the Nicara- Jua canal, and was certain {hat it would be Eouflt in the near future, If not by the United States, by England, Grisby Thomas of Atlanta spoks of the amicable relations of the white and colored, Vancy of Florida, speaking ESTIMATES IN M LONS. War Depurtment Furnishes Figures for the Hudson River tiridge Projeet, WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—The War depart- ment tiday furnished a synopsis of the re- port of the commission appointed to investi- Taces in the south, and said that a few | 8¢ and recommend what length of span, northern missionaries, ignorant of the con- | Not less than 2,000 fest, would be safe and ditions, who had attempted to stir up the | practicable for a railroad bridge over the p y blacks against the whites, had been expelled, | Hudson river betwe:n New Ycrk and Jersey Says She Has #0 that the races could dwell together in | City. peace. Ignorance of each other was the | The commission finds that a 2,000-foot span weakness of the sections of the country. | cantilever bridge with a pler in the aenter Thire were different classes in negroes, as | of the river would be safe and practicable, there was In whites, some respectable, law- | and that its cost, including viaduct, would abiding, Intelligent, others absolutely de- | be $26,723,000. A 3,100-foot clear span can- praved. tilever from shore to shore is found possible, Dr. M, Sauville of Tennessee spoke on the | but impracticable cn account of its expense, resources of that state. $61,128,000. Mr. Heasely of North Carolina in support- |~ The board reports that investigation satis- ing the report, said that the work done must | fies it that a six-track, 3,100-foot single span be done on an honest and sound basis; there | suspension bridge would be safe and prac- must be an Institution upon which capitalists | ticable and would, if certain constructions and prospective immigrants could rely. were adopted, cost $35,367,671. Such a Colonel Yancey of Florida prophesied that | bridge would carry six maximum freight more of the southern states would make an | trains moving side by side at full speed. appropriation for the support of an exposi- | A plan is worked out and submitted for a ticn. lighter structure suspension bridge which the’ Mr. L. C. Irvine of Mobile opposed the ma- | poard says would meet every possible de- chinery proposed by the committee because dependent upon the action of governors and legislators. Mr. L. Q. C. midnd with absclute safety, at a cost of $30,- AKER F Nicaragun Has No Right to Expel Ameri- cans Without Trial, WASHINGTON, Au Minister Baker today sent a dispatch to Secretary Gresham concerning the expulsion of the persons con- cerned in the Mosquito troubles, which states the president of Nicaragua, acting under an act of the legislature, Issued a decree expel- ling from the Mosquito country all persons ncerned in the rebellion. The minister protested against the expulsion of Americans without trial. He informed the Nicaraguan government the United States held that with- Lamar of Mississippi fa- PTESTED. vored the report, saying that the meeting was not a representative one and should do honor to the south, the people and governors, Who could send their representatives, other- wise the convention would be regarded with suspicion. Mr. Barrett of West Virginia suggested that delegates be elected by the grange and trade organizations. Mr. Irvine proposed as an amendment a feo of $10 should be pald by all organiza- tlous uf the south, to be pild when $5,000 Dbad been subscribed. The amendment was lost. PLAN OF ORGANIZATION ADOPTED. The resolutions from the committee on | out trial and conviction upon some offense plan and organization were adopted with | Nicaragua had no right to banish American amendments providing that a committee of | citizens. The minister also stated that the one member from each southern state and the | Americans who had been arrested were now District of Columbia be appointed by the chair to perfect the details of the plan of organization;that the convention adjourn until ancther meeting, to be called by the commd tee, to which governors be requested to ap- point ten delegates familiar with the objects of the organization, and that the boards of trade, business and agricultural assoclatio & be requasted to send reports. Also that the on parole. It was not thought necessary to send Minister Baker additional instructions at present, as those previously seut cover all emergencies. ONE ELEVATOR AND ¢ ONE PAINT, Spirit of Economy Cuts Down Changes in the Capitol 1o Bed Rock. wvote of each state in the adjourned con- WASHINGTON, Aug. ~There Is rarely vention shall be equal a time when some changes and alterations At the afternoon and evening sessions sev- | arg not being made in the capitol building eral interesting papers were read and There will be fewer than usual this recess, owing to the strict retrenchment of expenses practiced by the session just closed. The supreme court is to have a mnew elevator from the basement to the floor of the court room. A committee was appointed during the sesslon to recommend a new method of ventilation for the hall of the house, but no action resulted. Not even their recommen- Qation to clean out the files of old pamphlets and waste paper from the vaults under the house at an expenditure of about $300 was acted upon. The only work before the next session will therefore be small repairs, paint- #peeches made. A iesolution endorsing the bill for the tree admission of cotton machinery, introduced tn the house of representatives by Mr. Kyle of Mississippi, was adopted. Then the conven~ tion adjourned. The committee on permanent organization bas been announced, and includes among its members J. C. Little of Arkansas, C. H. Man- sur of Missouri and L. R. Lipscombe of Texas, CONSTRUING TTHE SUGAR SCHEDULE. Bixty Thous: Dollurs iue Nebrasku Manu- fae rs Under the Old Law. ing, ete. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—(Speclal Tele- WILL GRT TWO HOLIDAYS, gram to The Bee)—Senator Manderson to- day called on the commissioner of internal | Labor Day Wil y Observed by revenue and also upon the secretary of the Postmasters in Some States. treasury, accompanied by Mr. Oxnard and | WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—The conflict of others, and discussed with them the intent | the dates of observance of Labor day in of the new tariff as to paying a bounty on | several instances will result in a double holi- sugar. Seuator Manderson called attention | day for postmasters in those states where to section 182 of the sugar schedule which re- | the state proclamation prescribss September peals the sugar bounty, and contended that | 1. A large number of telegrams have Leen the word “hereafter” in the section meant | received -at the Postoffice department from that nd bounty was to be pald after the bill | postofiices Inquiring which date to observe, became a law, August 27, but that all sugar | that date or Septemb:r 3, as provided in the manufactured prior to that date was en- | act of congress setting apart the first Mon titled toa bounty under the McKinley day in the month. Acting Postmaster Gen- Senator Manderson sald he only appeared | eral Cralge has glven notice that holida for the beet sugar manufacturers of his | hours are to b: observed on the date a ats, who are entitled to $60,000 bounty. | signed by the act, and under the postal iaws Becretary Carlisle sald he would give the | and regulations all days set apart by matter consideration und render an opinion | anthorities as legal holidays may b as soon as possible. served. Dr, C. P. Fall has been appointed a mem- S o “ ber of the Board of Bxamining Surgeons at Fourth (lass Postmusters Ap § o Beatrice, WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 Fourth class Raad BT postmasters appointed today WASHINGTON, Aug. 81.—The commence- fi““""‘ ’“"“",‘ arvick, Cedar ‘,"‘“, o ment of the work of distributing seeds by Ay ripn Choptnt Mx 8. Wood, QSRS SN0 . ¢ o ao | Conway Springs; D. W. Reams, Dalton; ¥ e Agricultural department nas been de- | {OUPAY SPFINKS T Wo Heaty i layed by the lateness of the passage of the | sons, Guelph, Summner county: L. J appropriation bill by congr The force to | man, Morton; Paul Kleln, Utica; Edward porform the work (his meason will be or- | Butler, Plina; J. L. Swishér, Wilsontown. WERE 0N THE WRONG TACK fan Francizco Woman is Not the One Mixed Uy, in the Vanderbilt Scandal, IS AT PRESENT IN NEW YORK CITY Tr ibles Without ough Having Others Thrust Upon Her— Story of Vanderbilt's Married Infelicity a Long Ooe, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug Mrs. Nettie Neustadter, who has been con- nected with the scandal in the family of W. K. Vanderbilt, comes out today with an emphatic denial of the story that his daugh- ter and the gay Parisienne, Nellie Neustret- tor, are one and the same pers Mre. Neustadter's father {s Benjamin Coken f this city. He said in an interview: “It is absurd to say that this notorious woman and my daughter Nettie are the same person. 1 have been receiving letters from her for the last two years at regular intervals of twelve days. They have all been dated New York. Only once to my knowledge did she visit Eu- rope and that was two years ago. Then she remained in Paris for a month. All these storles to the effect that my daughter was one of the most notorious women of Paris are untrue. Nettie did not speak French well and she never posed as a French woman so far as I know. If she were the heroine of the sensational escapades charged to her I think I would have known of it.” The Cohens have been from Mrs. Neustadter at ever since her departur last letter was récelved on Tuesday and was dated New York. She wrote to an intimate friend a few weeks ago to the effect that she will be in this city during the latter part of September. W YORK, Aug. 31.—The World In the crush at the Casino was a % woman who complained bitterly becau newspapers had published telegrams San Francisco ae ng her of intimacy with Willlam K. Vanderbilt. Her name before she was married was Nettie Cohen. Her hus- band procurcd a divorce from her under the name of Nettie Neustadter. She lives now as Mrs. Nita Allen, almost opposite the home of Chauncey M. Depew. “These western people have mixed me up with some other woman,” she said to a re- porter. I never saw Willlam K. Vanderbilt in my life. Ido not want to sce him. I have had trouble enough without that. 1 did live in San Francisco and after some trouble with my husband I eame to New York because saw better prospects here. It is nobody's business but my own what I am doing here, nor do 1 care to explain why I am living un- der another name. I have just made & theat- rical engagement and if the publicity about this Vanderbilt case interferes \th it, then somebody will have to suffer for If.’ This explanation, says the World, straight- ens out one tangle in the Vanderbilt separa- tion case. TALK FAVORS WILLIAM. There is some change in the talk about the trouble in the Vanderbilt family. Mr. Vanderbilt’s friends have refrained from saying much o far, but they do not hesi- tate 1o say that when the truth is known he will be amply vindicated. So far as can be learned from statements made to per- sons in the confidence of the - Vanderbilts their sympathies are all with the husband. They hope the matter will be settled ‘out of court. It is not a question of ma ey. Mr. Vanderbilt is willing, it is said, to give his wife sll the money she wants, but he insists upon retaining charge of the ch dren. ¢ Cornelius_Vanderbilt, as the eldest son of the late Willlam H., is assumed to be the head of the family. His mother inclines to his judgment in almost everything affect- ing the Vanderbilt properties. He watches with almost paternsl care the wanderings of Willlam K. Ever since the wi ge of the Valiant was brought to such an abrupt termination he has been worried. The 91.—The father of recelving regul from th letters e th from first_touch of domestic trouble in the Van- derbilt family was about to become public property end he scemed powerless to pre- vent it. Before Cornellus Vanderbilt went to Chi- cago on Monday he talked with several friends here. He appeared to be very much worried. Stme of his associates advised him not to go, but to allow Mr. Webb, his brother-in-law, to represent the Vanderbilt interests at the Newell funeral. There was a gocd deal of telegraphing betwe:n the Grand Central station and Bar Harbor. Mrs. Willlam H. and her youngest son, George, are spending the summer there. Finally it wzs decided Cornelius should go to Chicagy and that William H. should be asked to come home at the earliest opportunity to stralghten things out. When the story of the separation and probable d.vorce was made public Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mr. Webb ordered a special for New York. It arrived here at 4:20 this afternoon. They were both taken in the “vards." Mr. Webb took another special which left immediately for his place in the country. His family was waiting for him at the train. Mr Vanderbilt went to a drug store and tel graphed to Thomas L. James at the Lin- coln National bank, ~ Mr. James is one f the confidential friends of the Vander- bilts. It is ascertained by friends of Wil- liam K. that he is in no wey responsible for the interrupton in the voyage of the Valiant, but that circumstances made it necessary for him to either leave the ves- sel or leave some of his friends. He con sulted friends, and was advised to discon- tinue the voyage. Since that time Mr. and Mrs, Vanderbilt have lived apart. MRS. VANDERBILT UNPOPULAR. CHICAGO, Aug. 31.—The Herald says Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt has been unpopular soclally for a long period. Two summers ago at Newport the comment on & flirtation between Mrs. Vanderbilt and 0. H. P. Bel- mont general and unfavorsble, and only the immense wealth of the family kept the condemnation down. They were con- stantly together, end he was ons of the few vis'tors admiitted to the marble house. Once at least every day Mrs. Vanderbilt appeared on the ocean arive and was almost invarisbly alone in a phaeton. The cot- tage set at Newport is small and revolyes constantly in the one little circle, so that the intimacy that prevails is something akin to that in @ big boardng house. Despite this general intimacy that of Mrs, Vander- bilt and Mr. Belmont was so noticeable that general tallc was that a divorce would surely b procured. Mr. Vanderbilt, who was away dur- ing_the early pirt of the season, returned to Newport the gossip increased, As far as could be judged an-outward harmony prevailed, and when Mr. and Mrs. Vander- bilt left Newport in the early autumn they drove to New York on a brake with four horses, and Mr. Belmont was one of the party and continued on with them to Oak- dale, their Long Island country seat. Mr. Vanderbiit was in England seelng to the construction of his new yacht during the following winter and Mrs. Vainderbilt re- mained at her Fifth avenue residence, and Mr. Belmont continued his attenticns, Harly in the season of 1893 Mrs. Vanderbilt re- turped to Newport and opened her marble house, and matters were much the same as usual until the arrival of Mr. Vander- bilt After that here was a visit to Chi- cago, with Mr. Belmont on hand as usual, and then came the trip on the Valiant, which ,ended as every one said it would, disastrously. Mr. Belmont, it 1s belleved, was _persuaded with g difficulty 1o go by Mrs. Vanderbilt. F. O. Beach, who was one of the party, is & great friend of Mra, Vanderb Mr. Belmont is fnot a man of means. Dr. Keys, who was paid a great price to be one of the parly, is cne of the most entertaining men in town, and had previously been off on long trips with Mr. Vanderbilt. It was the talk at the time that W. 8. Hoyt, who was urged to be one of the party, declined when he ascer- tained that Mr. Belmont was to go alosg The general gossip at Newport now is that W. K. Vanderbilt wants to be free and matry the duchess bf Manchester. This is what many soclet§ women are whispering ery member of the |Vanderbilt family has left Newport, and {his has suggested some talk that the executign of papers being served for one or acther purpose has started them off. | INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 31.—Mr. Clem Studebaker s gremtly augoyed by the state- PORT ARTHUR ~ ASSAILED Ccmbined Land and Naval Assanlt on that £trategio Point, mlfl')l in (rhv San Prancideo dispatch of last . referri; e} Tecord Neusiadter, i willen thy ame of “State: | ATFORDS A REFUGE FOR CHINESE SHIPS baker, the millionafe carriage manufacturer, was coupled with hars in an unpleasant ma ner. Mr. Studebaker absolutely and emphat- ically denies ever having known the woman. Foreigners In Tien-Tsin Arming to Protect Themselves from the Chinesek - and Amerlcan Naval Vessels GOVERNOR WAITE DISCHARGED. to Protect Their Countrymen. Remainder of the Accused ¥ the Action of t rand Jury, DENVER, Aug. #1.—United States Com- micgioner Hinsdale heard testimony for the defense today in the hearing on the charge against Governor Waite, President Mullins of the fire and police board, Chiet of Police Armstrong and Police Matron Dwyer of con- old to Awalt SHANGHAI, Aug. 81.—Advices from Che- Foo state that the Japancse flect has again attacked Port Arthur. Chinese junks from New Chewang report passing many corpses of soldlers at the mouth of the Latung river. This is taken as a confirmation of the reported Japa- Japanese spiring o withhold from ex-Matron Likens | oo™ aoe 0Pt river. a letter for her. The court room Was| = Noiyjthstanding the Imperial warnings crowded. Governor Waite was the first Wit | qouinet aecaults upon forelgners, an uneasy ness called. He declared he had never had | foejing 1s growing at Tien-Tsin owing to anything to do in the matter whatever and | ¢pe fact that numbers of young and undis- was greatly surptised when he learned he | oibiinea recruits are arriving there. The had been charged with an unlawful act. He | foreign residents are arming and combining | never had any couversation with any per- [ for mutual acfense. In Tesponse to their son for the purpose of entering into a con- | representations, France, Germany, Great spiracy for any purpose. Britain, Russia and the United States are “The letter in questiyn w.s handed 15 mc | each sending a war ship to Tlen-Ts'n. The to read,” he sald, “and I had to tale it in | United States will send the Monocacy my hands to do so. I immediately returned LONDON, Aug. — A dispatch to the it to the pirson who handed it to me and Times from Shanghal says: A Tien- this is my entire and only connection with dispatch from Chinese sources says fourteen it. It might have been a forgery for all I | Japanese ships with over 4,000 troops on know. It did not aftract my attention to | board are attacking Port Arthur. The Chi- any extent, as 1 considered it of but little { nese garrison, numbering 5,000 men, and the importance. Chief of Police Armstrong is | Chinese fleet’ have been ordered fo attack most_certainly mistaken in his statement | the Japanese. that he got the letter from me. 1 did not e think it wise of the fire and police board to i AL LA el remove Mrs. Likens from the position of | : police matron and opposed it in every way | Compan a Gets Across the Ocean In Less I possibly could. I have known Mrs. Kate Sl L L b Dwyer, the present matron, for a number of [ LONDON, Aug. 81.—The Cunard line years. She called upon me frequently re- | steamer Campania, which sailed from New garding the removal of Mrs. Likens, but I | york August 25, arrived at Quecnstown (o- never gave her any encouragement and dis- | i€ T S S T S 1 couraged all propositions she made to this [ 4a¥, bringing with her another transatlantic end,” record of speed. She passed int's Rock at After Governor Waite left the stand the | 5:34 a. m., having made the passage to that prosecution called some witnesses who could | point in five days ten hours and forty-seven not be produced yesterday. minutes. Heretofore the eastward record has Mrs. Dr. Love, a leading member of cne | baen five days twelve hours and seven min- of th: local charlty organizations, of which | utes, made in November, 1503, by the Cam- Mrs. Likens Is also a member, after reading | pani the lefter published by Mr. Mullins cesting | By the passage Just ended today the rec reflections upon the character of Mrs. Likens, | ord reduces the time by one hour and twen called upon Governor Waite and asked for the reasons of Mrs. Likens' removal “He said,” Mrs. Love testified, “the moval was not because #he was a republi but because of a letter which had been re- minutes. The Campania experienced dense fogs on the banks for nine hours and was forced to run at a greatly reduc speed. According to her log the big steamer's run was: Up to noon, August 26, 468 knots and ceived compromising her character. The | daily thereafter 613, 454, 511, 505 and 365 governor gave me a letter to Chiet Arm- | knots to Daunt's Rock. The avera strong requesting him to let me sve“the | attained was 21.5 knots, which has letter, but when I presemted it, the chiet | twice been beaten, on both occasions by the sald he did not have the letter, and sent me to Mr. Mullins. Mr. Mullins refused to show me the letter, but sald 4t was very compro- Lucania, when in March of this year she cov- ered 21.64 knots and in June 21.8. mising and sufficlent to cause Mrs. Likens BURNED ON THELR BOATS, removal from office. The impression I ar- rived al from my conversation \ith Gov- | Thousand Chinamen Meet Death in a 1) ernor Waite, Mullins and Armstrong, was [ o % s Blaze on Canton River. that the removal was made because of this letter and not for ‘the purpose of cutting | HONG KONG, Aug. 31.—A terrible fire has down expenses, as alieged by the police | occurred on the Canton river. A flower boat board. caught fire and the flames spread until hun- dreds of other crafts were destroyed. The progress of the fire was so rgpid that at feast 1,000 natives perished in the flames. The flower boats were moored stemn and stern in rows, and large numbers of natives lived upon them. The gpread of the conflagration from ome boat to another was so repid that the unfortunate Chinese had no time to out them from thelr moorings, a strong wind materfally helping the increase of the J. Warner Mills, & leading populist, was laced on the stand. He sald he had known ra. Likens since ohildheod and never be- fore had he heard n’n le ‘word spoken agalnst her charactedl (OB - TrAding ihe charges made by Denuis Mullins he went o the cicy hal to iavestigmye. Mr. AL :1!1 a pompous ln-nh rmed him the etters and p session showlin| Up the, charherer ol Aire Adrs, Fikens wore vers strong, but they ‘were not yet ready to be shown to the public. During his conversa- tion with President Mullins Mr. Mills said | fire. Many hundreds of the BS chavics 1 3 persons on Tt el This | mar qoning | relElos | board the fower boats leaped overbourd did not deny the charge. PS | and were drowned, while several hundred cthers remained on board the crafts and perished in the flames, Chief of Police Armstrong was ‘recalled for the purpose of contradicting the testi- mony of Mrs. Dr. kove, but failed to do so. (ioth sides’ then ~announced . thelr ~ case LIVING IS CHEAPER HERE. closec Attorney Sales of counsel for the defense Andrew Carnegls Says the American Work- Ingman Has the Advantage. moved tha* the case be dismiss of jurisdiction. His motion the commissioner, d for want was denied by 3 LONDON, Aug. 31.—Andrew Carne; The prosecution “arralgned the accused 3 b0, andiow Carexig il most. sayerely, chavkiBa it an article in the September Contemporary Dwyer and President Review concerning labor In America. He says ing ‘conspirators in this of Police Armstrong and in allowing themselves to that an American workman can live for less in America than in Great Britain provided carrying out of the purpose of these two | that he lives as frugally. Consequently Mr. pere caually gullty “whether they acted | Carnegle thinks that the argument that w:g s must be higher in America is fallaclous., A pound judiciously expended in America on the necessities of life will afford the working- man’s family more comforts than would the same amount spent here. The American workingman's position was like that of the old Scotch woman, who, when asked if she could live on a certain annuity, replied that she could live on half of it, “but could spend double.” Wil fnvestigate for Themselves. LONDON, Aug. 31.—The duke of Argyle, Jacob Bright, sr., Bdward Russell and the editors of the Daily Chronicle. and Daily News of this city, members of the national committee appointed as a result of the anti- Iynching movemsnts started by Ida Wells, the colored woman who recently visited this country denouncing the missions and sims lar objects of Sandford, the colored mai, who fs said to be backed by Birmingham peo- ple. The members of the committee alluded to ¢lass Sandford’s missions, etc., as sense- Governor Walte spoke briefly in his own behalf. He enied the imputation that he nad said Mrs. Likens wis a difreputable person. “If 1 have been gililty of embezzlement or conspiracy, or any crime, I don't ask any fayors” ‘sald the governof. “In my Judgment there is no evidence 4o show any one gullty. 11‘ the :-ourl I““d‘ from the testi- mony that there is gallt, T expect it to do its dut: and I know at it 'v,” The governor, while delivertag this sen- tence, walked Up and down dm an excited manner and delivered his words with great dramatic effect. t the conclusion of the & missioner Hinsdale rendered follows: ““These four defendafits are Sharged with an offense against twosgections of the laws Telating o Conspiracyand taking and Teraining of 4 letier Belonging 10" anther. It is shown by the epldence that a letter did come to the city all, the eavelope of Which was addres to the “Police Matron,” but the [ettef, itself was nddressed to “Mrs. Likens.” ments Com- decision as 5 Dwyer, : e Tt o taon Ak faatrons. 8l | loss and unauthoriz:d by them. The duke fer, "Dt should have Wt onca delivered ii | of Argyles commitice sent three of Iis mem- 0 ‘the person to wham It was addressed | bers on a tour of the United States in order instead of taking It o the chief of police. | to investigate the charges made by Miss It has not been clearly shown that there was a conspiracy betwgen these defendants to injure Mrs, Likend, but. the retaining and withholding of th#'letter from her was Wells, but for obvious reasons they refused to authorize any cclored man to act in their name. clearly a violatlon ogiine Ihm yrnin Polities Wax Warm in Newfoundin hile Governor Waite rea e lettes ° i and had It brougbt R IR oilibe. He' canid ST. JORANS, N. F., Aug. 31.—As the can- not help this, and thesevidence against him is 80 doubtful'as (o shywine that he retained the letter or had angthing to do with it being withheld from sMrs. Likens that 1 cannot consider him gullty of any offense against he law. n.The other defendands, however, retained the « letter for a longy period of time and evidently usged its L'ulzg-nlx to the injury. of a vass preceding the by-elections for the mem- bers of agsembly progresses much feeling is being,. developed.. P. T. McGrath, edilor of the Herald, an opposition paper, was at- tacked todsy by @& Whiteway supporter named Rice and badly beaten. McGrath's attacks upon the Whiteway party have been merciless, ! Uhinese Murder u French Oficer. PARIS, Aug. 31.—The governor of Indo- Mrs. Lik Bo fi as the defendants Armstrong, Dwyer afd Mulling are’ con- rned 1 will held fhem to the United ates grand jury 4n.jhe sum of $600 each, and the defendant Walte is hereby dis- | China reports that the night of the 27th charged, B e Chinese marauders murdered M. Challet FRANCHINES GOME HIGH. French collector of customs in Tonkin, and killed his wife and children. Troops pur- sued the outlaws but failed to capture th:n The French government has demanded in- demnity from the goverument at Pekin. s Name. Especially When Are Purcha NEW ORLEA Ne a Orlenns Aldermen e with The Ug. 81.—The grand jury today placed-4ts{ final report on the munieipal scandel.”, Jt Bhows the prices paid to the city of New Ofieans for the several fanchises by the/ pugchasers at the sale were: City & Lake rajlroad, $700,000; Cres- Dynamiter wllh " 1|-num i ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 31.—Baron Unger Sternbery, who - Is charged with being im- plicated in the dynamit» outrages at Liege, Belgium, has been arrested here. He. s sald cent City railroad $1640ps Jidah Hast raii- | 10, b, the chilet of an Intcrnational band of road, $124,000. - “Oprh examination o, the e books of the New Okigans Traction com- S 2ar 8.V ecatiog, pany,” continues the epont; “revealed the | ST- PETERSBURG, Aug.. 3l.—The czar startliog fact that fhg #ctual codt of these | and czarina, with the czarewitch and their franchises to that car jop was $2,780,000. | two youngest children, haWe started for the Frauchises for the * ricang City & Lake | forest of Bjolovesh. Prof. Ziccharin, the ralirbad -were sold Heory * “Bldr for | czar's medical attendant, accompanied the $700,000. party. . Pence Congress and the War, ANTWERP, Aug. 31.—The international peace congress has adopted a resolution in- The traction compgpy furnished Wm the collaterals on which fhe hecurgfi the pur- chase money. They paid him $800,000 for the franchise, which he had purchased with their money for §100,000 less, and then paid | structing the International bureau to sp- him $50,000 in first mortgage bonds as bis | proach the various European governments commission. No one Knows where the extra | With a View of putting a stop to. the war $100,000 went, but thetbeliet {5 tliat it was | between China and Japan. JontL 1l W 4 'i_hy'E“.“‘ PPRYRPe fradchise Cholera. ltecord in Belgium. Indictments for brilery sccompanied the BRUSSELS, Aug. 81.—One new case of report. One was against Councilman Dan | cholera is reported from Liege. = There is A. Meyer, for proposig to recelvé a bribe | algo-one new case st Nearpel. At Tilleur, of $200,000, and the ofher against Alderman John McLark for recel ng @ bribé of §25. Cotton Milly Starting Up. eppe and St. Nicholss there was a total of twenty new cages apd six deaths. Houg Kong Free from the Plague, EXETER, N. H,, Aug 31,~The ecotton HONG KONG, Aug. 81.—~This city on Mon- mills of the Bxeter Manufacturing com- | day last was declared frée from the plague. pany, which have begn idla. since March, T THs will begin operatioris {u part off Thursda lowin Mai Vel Awmons Thiaves and will start with & full force on Septem- |- DENVER, Aug, 3li—lumes Cliersy of Os ber 10, sin | | s arrival in Denver today. He has com plained to the police that he was robbed of $1,000 in a game of poker. o -— - FOR THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS. Denver People Preparing Great Plans to Entertain Delegates. R, Aug. 31.—The plans for enter- tainment of the delegates and visitors to the national irrigation congress tol lows on will b state are as Tuesday, September 4, an excursion run into the part of th stopping at Greel. rt Collins, Long mont and Boukler, Wednesday night a spe cial train will take the visitors to points in northern the Arkansas valley. The most part of Thursday will be spent at Rocky Ford enjoy Ing the melon day festival. Sunday, Sep- tember 9, there will be an Sunday evening a train will leave Denver for Grand Junction Tuesday, 11, is peach day. *Hun dreds of thousands of pounds of choice fruits are piled up for the entertainment and feast ing of the visitors, Tuesday night the train excursion to Georgetown special September will be taken for Glenwood Springs. The night will be passed at the Hotel Colorado, and on Wednesday morning ample time will be afforded for a plunge in the pool. The train_ will leave Glenwood about 10 o'clock, going through the canons of the Eagle and Grand rivers and over Tenn:ssee pass, mak- ing a short stop at Leadvill From there the train will run to Salida and then down into San Luis valley. Thursday, September 13, will be spent in the valley visiting the different towns and irrigating projects. 'ri day morning the cxcursion will start on the return trip for Denver, through the Royal Gorge, stopping at lon City and Pueblo and arriving in Denve t evening, or if it is desired to stop at Colorado Springs and Manitou, remaining there over night, arriv- ing in Denver Saturday noon The three excursions combined cover about 1,800 miles and include all the leading agri- cultural sections of the state and the famous scenie points of the Rocky mou The entire cost will be about $1 DENVER, Aug. 31.—W. E. Smyth chairman of the national executive com- mittee of the irrigation congress which will assemble here next week, arrived in Denver tzday. He sald: “I have every reason to bolieve that this cengress will be well at tended by representative men. 1 believe that the time for action has come. This is a matter requiring great statesmanship. It | is a problem of national importance, as it involves the and of forests. questions of interstate streams FOREST FIRES ALL AROUND. Btazes in° Washington Take Hu Dollars Worth of Timber. dreds TACOMA, Wash., Aug 31.—Forest fires continue to rag> in the Puget Sound countr; and much valuable timber has been d:- stroyed. Lumbermen think the damage in the state will aggregate several hundred thousand dollars. The summits of Stam- peds mountain and other foothills of the Cas- orthern Pacific are ablaze. The railroad has had men at work with two mountain engines and a host of men to pro- tect snow sheds and other property, besides that of the Stamp:de tunnel. The fire is raging near the mining town of Wilkeson. A dense pall of smoke overhangs the sky and has been gradually thickening for three days past. At noon the sun appears oniy as a red ball of fire o cades along the Pennsylyania Timber Burning. WILKESBARRE, Pa.; Aug. 31.—A- dis< patch from- Schiekshinny says that exten- sive forest fires are raging in the Muncie valley, and hundreds of thousands of fe:t of the finest timber in this part of the state Is belng destroyed. Rains Do Little Good., BAY CITY, Mich., Aug. 31.—The showers have not sufficed to check the forest fires or alleviate the drouth. In the vicinity of Coleman and Beaverton farmers are losing fences and hay stacks, The smoke is as dense as ever. e ——— Tdaho Indians Making Trouble. BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 8L.—One hundred Indians from Fort Hall reservation are co Atting depredations in - Owyhe county They are camped in the vicinity of Bruneau and are slaughtering game ruthlessly. Dis- trict . Attorney C. M. Hay ‘Warden Johnson to warn The Indians acted In so ordered Game them to desist threatening a manner he had to beat a hasty retreat. He reports that they killed a Chinaman yester- day and settlers are much alarmed. In the absence of Governor McConnell, Secretary of State Curtis has notified the agent at Fort Hall and he is going to Owyhe. e Movements of Sergoing Vessels August 31, At _Queenstown—Arrived—Campania, from Néw York. At Hamburg New York. At New York—Arrived—Fuerst Blsmarck, from Hamburg; Seandia, from Hamburg. Vi rrived—Rugia, from New Arrived-—-Suevia, from Southampton Arrived—Berlin, New Yark. from At New York—Arrived—Lucania, from Liverpo At Antwerp—Arrived—Rialto, from Balti- more. At Queenstown—Arrived—Campania, from New York. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS, The Colorado prohibitionists full ticket in convention at day. Captain the New bribe. The wine dealers nominated a Denver yester- has been police force Deveny York dismissed from for accepting a and the grape growers in California have disagreed, and the pre- posad- wine trust has fallen through. Captain Adam Cross of the New York po- lice has béen found guilty of accepting hush money and discharged from the force. The Montreal express on the Deleware & Hudson road was wrecksd yesterday morn- nig at Crown Point. No one was seriously injured everal men were seriously injured ate| Washington yesterday by the falling of a scaffold on the new St. Paul's Cathclic church. . L. Bay, who fled from Arkansas in 1891, charged with stealing $100,000 of state serip from the treasury, has been captured in Memphis The Catholic priests of the country are warned against thrie men pretending to be priests carrying bogus credentials from a Soiith Africah bishop All' of Representative Culberson's oppo- nents in the congressional fight at Paris, Tex., withdrew after 5,600 ballots, and Cul- bersori was renominated. Mrs, L« and Lieutenant Govergor Dan- iels of Kansas addressed the Pullman strikers yesterday in regard to coming to Kansas and o-operat] starting & Prof. . D, car factory. Conant, Instructor in gymnasium of ‘the Chicago university, taken with cramps while bathing in Bilver lake, near Akron, 0., today and drowned. Joe Gunn of Wolf county, Kentucky, left his 3-year-old ehfld with its cousin, but the bay becoming tired of bis.task brained .the little one and threw its body Into the creek The British bark Glencairn Is ‘ashore <n the Oregon coast off the Adams light, and no hopes’ are entertalned of saving the ship, though the c*2w is not (hought o' be in any danger, ' Presidgpt DiaZ of Mexico Informed. Minister @ray that in oase it was possible to do £o he would compute. the sentente of Edwart Adams, the Texan cenvicted of murder, for viom: this government hds exerted 1ty gded ofices. toA derfs oty *is. pubkehied In New York!te ihe eftdct’ that Miss CorncHa B “Walir of Detroit had died from the result of punishmert recéived I’ the Profestant Epis- the was fohal FLOOD CAME 1N THE NIGHT Inbabitants of a Texas Towa Ronsed from Their Slumbers by Torrents of Water, NUMBER OF LIVES L(ST IS UNKNOWN Several Bodies Have 1 Fu n Recovered und Reports Will Probably Add Largely to the Death Koll-Property Loss a Million und a Half, UVALD Tex., Aug. 31.—A terrible catastrophe befell this thriving town last night, and today there is mourning in many household: The treacherous Leona river swollen to a raging torrent by recent rains, rushed without a moment's warning down upon the town, submerging and wrecking many houses and drowning a number of people. In this section such destruction by the elements ever before been chronis cled. In the excitement of the day it I not definitely ‘known how m have been drowned. Among the bodies that have been identified are: Mrs. Joe Hatch, Miss Mattia Edwards, a child of Mr. fcans, It was about 2 o'clock in the mor the flood came Maley and two Mex- ing when The weather had beea (hreat ening and there were ominous clouds to the rth and e of the town. The Atmoss here had been close early in the evening, and predictions of a storm were freely made. During the night the dark clouds rose higher and highcr. Just as the storm broke over the eity in all its fury a torrent of water rushed down the Leona river, overflowing the banks of that stream and flooding the lowlands on efther side to a depth of several feet. The east side of the city is built on low ground and was directly in the path of the water. All of the houses in that part of the town were submerged, and in the darkne and throughout the downpour “of rain that was falling could be heard the ries of distress from the ill-fated inhabitants in their wild efforts to save their lives and re were a nume those of their families. Th aculous escapes, and the rescuers sued performed many herole acts. and the re: A moon as thope in the higher part of town were made aware of the fterrible flood the work of res~ cue was begun 1 carried out as rapldly as possible in the darkness. Great appre= hension ix felt for the families living on the ditch south of here, where seventy-five or 100 families live. One M:xican family It ing on the tanch of L. Schwartz, five milos below town, are supposed to have been lost, no vestige of the ranch bufldings belng left. News late this evening iches here that three familles living below town were drowned whose names have not yet been learned According to reports received this evens ing at the Southern Pacific office the ter- rible flood was augmented by an earthquake. A shock of some seconds duration was dis~ tinetly felt during the night. At one place city about a_quarter of a mile of vy cracks appeared on each side of the river, having apparently no bottom A track walker of the Southern after wading through water up to his neck with his lantern elevatcd above his head, succeeded in intercepting a western bound train and preventing its plunging into the raging river, where the raflroad bridge has been destroyed. The loss to the Southern Pacific #s enormous, forty miles of s track and many bridges having been washed awey. A thorough but ‘safe ostimac 4w 16 the loss of property, including that of the rallroad. whl, as far as known, reach a mil lion and a half of dollars, Over 100 car= loads of materlal and 800 laborers left San Antonio for the se ne of the wreck this avening. . SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Aug. 31.—Advices from Waldo, ninety miles west of here, state that a settlement of sevénty-five families a fow miles below that place was washed away by the terrible Leona flood of yegs- terday, and it is feared that all were drowned, as nothing has been heard from the place, and it was on low ground, di= rectly in the path of the raging torrent of water. SI0UX CI Pacific, e ¥ A1AS SENT CHECKS. Money Sent to New York as a Bait for Cors bett wnd Fackson. NEW YORK, Aug. 81.—The sporting edi- tor of the World has received from the Sioux City elub two certified checks of h, made payable to Corbett and ackson, provined the pugilists sign artls cles satisfactory to the donors of the purse. Both men have been notified of the arrival of the chec Corbett s playing in Provis dence and Jackson is in Chicago. ~They have both agreed to fight in Sioux City, provided the conditions of the match are satisfactory. As for the purge, there has not been even the hint of an_objection to it. Al Smith sald last night he would puarantee Corbett would not put a straw in the way of a meeting, “Jim is anxious to settle this ‘business with Jackson, and it won't take ten minutes 10 get his signature’’ waid he. I think he would close up his theatrical season ab arg; time If a match were assured.’ The Nail brothers, Jackson's — warm friondis, baid Peter would basten to slingn the matter. Tom O'Rourke, who is looking after Peter Jackson's interest in this city, sald today When he saw the World's fuc simile of th Sioux City Athletie clul's check: say very good. Those checks seem 10 bo all very good. 1 know the amount is pers fectly satisfactory to Peter. The one thing he 1s anxious about is the ability of the olub to arrange a fight without polige interference. What he wants particula is o guarantee of immunity. Peter would also dlke to see and talk (0 a representi~ tive of the Bloux City club. He wishes to know exactly what is demanded in the arti= cles It may forward. When 1 meet the Sioux City club's representative I will teles kraph Jackson to come to New York. don't sée any reason now why Corbett and Jackson should not fight. Peter will meet Corbett In the Sioux City club's arena, pros vided, of course, it will guarantee that ne, arrests will follow. You he has not booked any dates for his show yet this season, as he has been waltng to arrange. matters with Corbett. 'Jim, on the other hand, seems to have ke his company etty well, or at least Brady has for him, what will he do if he signs to meet son in four ve months? He |‘l pay big bonuses permitied to cancel Af he had been sincere in his desire to meet “Jackson -he could have made his bookings With the proviso left open of his signing. with Peter. That's what 1 did with Dixon before George met Solly ‘Smith. Honestly and truly, 1 don't think Corbeit really cares to meet Jackson. Am I to be Peter's manager? Not that 1 know of. [ am merely representing Charles Davies, who cgraphed me to look after Peter's inter- s In this city. That's all there I8 to my ma is any trouble und they should willingly take Jackson in charge. 3 gkl P Fenminle Horse Thief Arrested. GUTHRIE, OKL, Aug. 3L—Deputy mar- 5 from the Osage couatry have brought to this city and lodged in the United Stat 1 & #ood looking irl dressed in men ttire. They had arrested Her on a chArge of horse stealing. —There wis somethi mysterious about the glri, who refused abs golutely to talk of herssif. Ofcers began an investigution. They foind that for, t4n cars she has been a leadar of one of the T en balan, of Worse ticyes in the territory and has long baffied the officers, whq were on the track of a supposed man. She has, unafded, made awny with several score of valuable horses. ‘8he s Mary anlflnl the daughter of a well-to-do Kan= armer, and was ut tme a belln ILeavenworth soclety. She lef( her home to Became an outlaw because her parentm opposed her marriage to the man of ‘her olce. Army of West Virginia Reunion. IRONTON,. 0., Aug. 3l.—Governor Mcs Kinley and his staff were tendered a grasd receptlon, fully 100 people grecting his address to the Bociety of the Army af West Virginia. Powell s‘mm. nt, The society elected W, Hf Hon, 12. B, Wilson secr the Dlluwlflr yice preskienta; nrn ok Jnmvn Biltsford, E. E. Ewin 3 Merrill, A. D. Crossiand, tar kaloosa, Ia., fell o with bunco sharps on | copal sisterhood, r, Van H. Bukay, Henry McWhorten, ‘u H. McKecen and George H, Walkeg