The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 7, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LXXVIIL NO. 68. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1895. WONTHE DREXEL CUP. This Time the Defender| Was Victorious in Calm. AMERICA CUP SECURE.| " The Sloop That Will Meet the| Valkyrie 111 Outsails the Vigilant. FINISHED FIRST WITH EASE. Close of the New York Yacht Club’s Crulse in a Great Blaze of Glory. 5—~The De- to-day, the NEWPORT, R. fender won the I of the Nev , committee has set August 20 and ices off Sandy Hook. The tedly be chosen Dunraven's challenger ser powers by defeating the Vigi- and thirty seconds over a e triangular course in a light wind. There were seven miles of windward work on the first leg and the Defender gained five minutes and eighteen seconds. e second leg was a reach, and the new sloop did the seven miles in 1 minuteand7 seconds less time than the Vigilant. On the last leg the Vigilant used a spinnaker part of the way, while the Defender did and the '93 boat also got an advantage wind shifting. As a result she ained thirty seconds on the Defender. It was on the programme for the yachts to | go twice over the course, but a sea fog came up suddenly just as the Defender finished the first round, and the regatta committee stopped the race at the 2l-mile point. There were six $200 medals offered by stain J. R. Drexel of Philadelphia, ich were raced for to-day by as many schooners and sloops. The econd-class schooners—Emerald de- feated Marguerite. schooners—Amerita de- marie. schooners—Loyal defeated Third-class sloops—Queen Mab defeated | Hildega Sixth-class sloops — Uvira Norota and Gossoon. The last named did not finish owing toa broken spreader. The cruise to‘day was from Brentons Reef lightshfp, seven miles southwest half west. to and around the whistling buoy off Point Judith, seven miles east by south three-quarters south, to and around a white spar out to sea and seven miles north three-quarters west, to Brentons Reef light- ship, twenty-one miles to be sailed twice over, unless otherwise signaled. At 10:40 the flagship Sylvia, with the atta committee on board, arrived off the lightship and signaled the course. Atll o’clock the preparatory gun boomed. One minute before the gun was fired the two big sloops were north of the lightship, jockeying for the windward position. The Vigilant was nearest the line, heading for it first. Captain Barr aimed to swing under the stern of the lightship as close as he could run without hitting it. Captain Haff shook out the baby jib topsail on the Defender, and with her iargest mainsail, largest club topsail and big jib and staysail pulling for all they were worth the new boat jumped through the water, over- taking the Vigilant and lapping her on the starboard side. There was not room for the Defender to squeeze in between the Vigilant and the sturdy old lightship, and what little roll there was was occupied by the steam yacht Gladys of Kingston, Ont. Captain Haff held his course and every- body stopped breathing in order not to miss the disaster which seemed inevitable. Mr. lselin, standing on the deck of the Defender, yelled at the owner of the Gladys, who stood at the wheel: “Get out of the way. You've no possible excuse for being there.” The captain of the Gladys gave his shaft a turn backward and his mainmast poked ahole in the lifeboat swinging from tHe dav- its of the lightship. Thestern of the Gladys butted against the big hulk, and with a crash his mainmast snapped short off, and railings, flagstaff and deck fixtures aft were smashed, and the British ensign went down with a run. Meanwhile Cap- tain Barr let the Vigilant run off a couple of pomts to port, giving the Defender room to slide in between him and the lightship and cross the line first, although he was clearly entitled to hold his course. The tactics of Captain Haff were practically the same as in Monday’s race off Sandy Hook, when Mr. Willard filed a protest. No ac- tion has been taken on the protest. After the advantage thus gained crossing the line the Defender had the race all her own way. Five minutes after crossing she tacked toward shore. The Vigilant fol- Jowed suit. The Defender made long board, and when she went abouv off Nar- raganset pier at 11:50 A. M. she was a good half mile to windward of the Vigilant. Both boats then took short tacks onand oif shore down toward Point Judith. At the Defender was abreast of Point leading the Vigilant by one mile. 2:37:11 the Defender turned the first mark. The Vigilant turned at 12:43:20. The wind was now freshening a trifle, and the boats had a reach of the second mark with the wind just forward of the beam and booms to port. The Defender gibed about the second mark at 1:16:14 and the Vigilant at 1:23:45. For.the run home the Defender used a balloon jib topsail and got her spinnaker pole ready, but it was not used. The Vigilant set her spinnaker for the last half of the run and gained thirty seconds, the spinnaker and freshening wind at the end doing the work. The Defender turned Brentons Reef lightship and started on her secand round at 2:10:13. Then came the fog, and a gun from the Sylvia with two balls displayed called the Defender off, and she scudded into the harbor once more a victor. The Queen Mab led the small sloops defeated over the course and the Emerald led the schooners. The regatta committee summoned the | captains of all the yachts in the fleet | aboard the flagship after the race and an- nounced that the .special cup offered by Secretary Oddie for the sloop making the best runs had been awarded to the Queen Mab and that there was a tie between the Amorita and Constellation for the cup of- fered by Fleet Captain Robinson for the schooner making the best runs. The special cup offered by ex-Commodore Bergen for the yacht, irrespective of class, making the best runs was awarded to the Constellation. At 6:30 . M. the fleet was disbanded. This evening there was a grand illumina- | tion of the harbor and the city, a parade of illuminated floats and elaborate fireworks displayed. To-morrow will be the first of the four days of special races which Newport citi- zens have arranged. There will be races for schooners in the usnal classes off Bren- tons Reef. The Vigilant will not take part in races for sloops Thursday and Satur- day, the reasons for which are as follows: Dear Sirs: 1hereby withdraw the Vigilant's entries for races on Thursday and Saturday. As you are aware, Mr. Gould and I, as his rep- Tesentative, fitted out and prepared the Vigi- | lant for racing for no purpose in the world ex- cept to assistindeveloping the fastest American yacht and thus aid in the defense of the Amer- ica cup. To this end Mr. Gould has cheer- fully gone to great expense and I have taken much pains and spent much time. Icannot, however, consent to continue racing the Vigi- VICTORY FOR BLAND, “Silver Dick” Dominated the Convention in Missouri. FREE COINAGE THE IDEA. Resolutions Favoringthe White Metal Adopted by the Democrats. UTTER ROUT OF THE GOLD MEN. Defeat of a Memorial to Cleveland Urging an Agreement to Use Both Rival Metals. PERTLE SPRINGS, Mo., Aug. 6.—In the presence of 2500 people, 514 of whom were delegates, the Democratic party of the State of Missouri in convention assem- lant unless the contests are to be conducted ac- | bled to-day committed itself to the prin- cording to the rules of yachting. 1 have now twice given way to the Defender at the start of the race when the Vigilant had clearly the right of way, because I was un- willing to risk & collision which would leave America without & cup defender. However willing I may have been to waive my rights in the past T am not willing to go on waiving them indefinitely, and even if I were it is quite possible that a situation might be created in which a collision would be inevitable. As you know, I have already protested the Defender’s action at the starton July 22. In to-day’s race the Defender again violated the rules and forced the Vigilant out of & position to which she was entitled. In both cases there would have been a collision if the Vigilant had not given way. In each case the responsibility of avoiding an accident was cast upon me. It would not be fair either to the yacht or her owner to continue racing under this condition. Very respectfully yours, E. A. WILLARD, ONLY THE BRIT. NIA RACED. Emperor William’s Yachtsmen Afraid of Hough Weather. COWES, Exc., Aug. 6.—Five yachts were expected to start to-day in the race for her Majesty’s cup over the old Queens course, starting from off the castle, round the Bullock Patch buoy, outside the Nab lightship, thence around the Lymington ship buoy and back to Cowes, fifty miles. They were the Hester, Czarina and ciple of the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and reorganized the State | Central Committee so as to place the party | machinery entirely out of the control of | the gold men. “Silver Dick” Bland dominated the PRICE FIVE CENTS. personality and that nothing but harmony would characterize its deliberations. He stated that it was the desire of the State delegates that the State committee should be enlarged and he hoped that this enlargement would be made in such a way as to leave no bitter feeling or disappointed hopes. At the conclusion of Mr. Bland’s remarks the delegates named their repre- sentative on each committee. After the committee had been selected the conven- tion took a recess until 2 . x. The convention reassembled at 2 ». . and after the committee on credentials had recommended that all credentials be filed with the chair the report of the committee on permanent organization was called for. The temporary organization was made per- manent. It was recommended that the present State committee be enlarged by the addition of one committeeman from each Congressional district and by the elec- tion by the convention of four committee- men-at-large—meking the total committee thirty-four instead of fifteen as at present constituted. The proposition was carried —420 to 91. There was another recess to allow the committee on resolutions to reportand the committee came to orderat4o’clock. After a wait of half an hour, which was be- guiled by speeches and music the commit- tee reported as follows: The Federal constitution names silver and gold together as the money metals of the United States. The first coinage bill passed by Congress under the constitution made the sil- ver dollar the unit of value, and admitted gold to free coinage at a ratio measured by the sil- ver dollar unit. From the beginning of the Government, following the policy formulated by Thomas Jefferson and firmly established by Jackson, the Democratic party has been the party of bimetallism, favoring the free coinage of both silver and gold at the National mints, and opposed to farming out to banking cor- THE ISLE OF TRINIDAD IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC, AN OUTLYING POSSESSION OF BRAZIL, RECENTLY SEIZED BY ENGLAND, THE VIEW REPRESENTS THE SOUTHERN SHORE. [Reproduced from an engraving in the New York Herald.] Meteor, belonging to Emperor William, the Britannia and the Varina. The race, however, resulted in a fizzle, the weather apparently frightening all the yachts en- tered in the contest except the Britannia. The failure of Emperor William’s yacht Meteor to start caused a good deal of com- ment for a time. The Meteor flew her racing flag and had her mainsail up all morning and only lowered the flag when the weather became worse. The high wind and heavy sea spoiled any chance she had of defeating the Britannia. UNHUUFEBEB]E TENT, Wind Caused a Stampede at Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Thousands of Spectators Rushed for Safety and Several Were Badly Injured. OSWEGO, N. Y., Aug. 6.—While Buffalo Bil’s Wild West show was giving a per- formance before 12,000 people here this afternoon a terrific wind and rain storm struck the town. The immense dressing- tent was blown to tatters and many of tae men were injured. The horses with the show were stampeded. Following this the east half of the can- vas covering the grand stand was blown away, and the 6000 people sheltered in that part of the field rushed down off the seats ina wild panic. Many women and chil- dren were trampled upon and badly hurt, but were soon assisted away to their homes. Among the severely hurt is an employe of the show named Brown, who is at the City Hospital with a fractured skull. A little girl was nearly drowned, but assist- ance reached her in time to save her life, and a Mrs. Flanagan had her head badly cut by a flying pole. FAVORED THE NEW BOARD. Omaha’s City Council Recognized the Po- lice Commissioners. OMAHA, NEBR., Aug. 6.—The case of the police board contempt matter came up in the District Court before Judge Hope- well this afternoon. Attorneys Simeral, Greene and Doane made arguments in favor of the old board, while Attorneys Ransom and Hall spoke for new board. The arguments were not concluded and will continue to-morrow. It is believed that the Judge will then decide both the y contempt and injunction cases. At the meeting of the City Council to- night that body, by 13 to 4, decided to recognize the new Board of Fireand Police Commissioners, [t also decided to disal- low the July salary of Chief of Police ‘White and to refuse to recognize his ap- pointment in any way. gathering completely. He was temporary and permanent chairman, and in opening the convention stated deliberately that the time had come for the silver men to as- sume control of the party machinery and run it with a view to accomplishing their ends. Bland’s idea of reorganization is lookea upon as bad polities, as it was a terrible slash at the old State Central Committe—the Maffitt-Francis administra- tion machine. The relations between the turned-down committeemen and party colleagues are so strained that in the opening campaign conducted on a free:silver basis they will practically be without party alliance. Bland’s fight was won after a bitter cancus with Senator Cockrell, Governor Stone and other prominent leaders, who counseled compromise. The delegates were with him and his programme was enthusiasti- cally carried out. The convention was noticeable for lack of speechmaking, con- sidering the weighty nature of the busi- ness transacted. There were no fights on the floor of the convention and the reor- ganization and the adoption of the plat- form were carried by a practically unani- mous vote. The most interesting part of the proceed- ings to-day was the fight over the platform in the meeting of committee of resolu- lutions. Several were in favor of a reso- lution requesting the resignation of Chair- man Maffiitt and other goldbug members of the committee. Others argued in favor of a resolution providing for the election of the chairman of the committee by the State convention. A few were desirous of adopting resolutions censuring the com- mittee for its alleged antipathy toward the convention, and some wanted resolutions indorsing Bland for President and Stone for United States Senator to succed Senator Vest. The great fight, however, was made on a resolution introduced by Colonel Nick Bell of St. Louis, urging the President of the United States to use the full power of the General Government in obtaining an international agreement whereby both sil- ver and gold may be freely coined and used as money in the trade of the world. The wrangle lasted nearly two hours, and at times some highly personal language was hurled back and forth. The conven- tion’s conservative element finally suc- ceeded in defeating each of the resolu- tions referred to, and only the resolutions which the convention adopted were agreed to. It was about 12:30 o’clock when Vice- Chairman John H. Carroll, in the absence of Chairman Maffitt, called the convention to order. He stated the purpose of the conference and introduced Hon. R. P. Bland, who was vociferously received. Mr. Bland said the convention was going to discuss the financial question, and he hoped its proceedings would be void of porations the Government’ssovereign power of issuing and controlling the money of the people. The act of 1873 aemonetizing silver was surreptitiously passed, without the approval or knowledge of the American people, and from the time when the effect of this act in fastening upon the ecursry the single gold standard was un‘erstocd 1.« Democratic party has consistently and persistently urged that the grievous wrong be righted. Feilure to accamplish this objectffas resulted in the steady appreciation of gold, a corre- sponding fall in the prices of commodities produced by the people,a heavy increase in the burden of all debts, public and private, the enrichment of the money-lending class, paralysis of industry and impoverishment of the people, and unexampled distress in all gold-standard countries. Experience has shown that while under the single gold standard there may be an occa- sional revival of business activity, accompan- ied by enhanced prices of a limited number of commodities, such revival is due to artificial and temporary causes,and cannot permanently alleviate the sufferings due to falling prices, brought about by the appreciation of gold and an inadequate supply of primary or redemption money. Duty to the people requires that the party of the people continue the battle for bi- metallism until its forces are crowned with success. Therefore be it Resolved, That we, the Democratic party of Missouri, in convention assembled, demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold into primary or redemption money, at the ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the action or approval of any other nation: and, second, Resolved, That we are irrevocably opposed to the substitution for metallic money of & panic- breeding corporation credit currency based on & single metal, the supply of which is so lim- ited that it can be cornered at any time by a few banking institutions in Europe and Amer- ica, and third, ¢ Resolved, That we are opposed to the policy and practice of surrendering to the holders of the obligations of the United States the option reserved by the law to the Government of re- ducing such obligations in either silver coin or gold coin; fourth, Resolved, That we are opposed to the fssuing of interest-bearing bonds of the United States in time of peace, and especially are we opposed to placing the treasury of the Government un- der the control of any syndicate of bankers and the issuance of bonds to be sold by them at an enormous profit for the purpose of sup- plying the Federal treasury with gold to main- tain the policy of gold monometallism. Resolutions were adopted instructing the State committee to call a convention not later than April 15 to elect delegates to the National convention; also sending fpongratulations. of the Missouri Silver convention to Senator Blackburn of Ken- tucky. The resolutions were adopted amid applause and without a dissenting voice. The delegates from the different Con- gressional districts named the candidates for additional members of the State Com- mittee and they were unanimously elected. The conventibn sent telegrams of greeting to the Democratic conventions in Iowa, Continued on Second Page. NEGROES WERE ANGRY In Chicago They Held an Exciting Mass~ Meeting. REDHOT SPEECHES MADE, Hundreds of Colored Men Ready to Help Their Broth- ers at Springfield. SECURING WEAPONS TO FIGHT. Indifference of lllinols Officers May Cause the Persecuted People to Rise for Justice. CHICAGO, IrL., Aug. 6.—In response to a call to arms addressed to the colored peo- ple of Chicago over 200 negroes assembled at 500 State street at 9 o’clock this morn- ing. The call reads as follows: To the Colored People of Chicago: There will be & meeting at 500 State street at 9 A. M. and we want all able-bodied men to come. The time has come for us to arm in defense of our race. They are killing our people all over the coun- try. Every day we read of lynching, outrage and murder of our people. We must remember that this is our country and unless we fight for our rights the foreigners will run us out, as the Government has not protected and will not protect us as we protected itin time of need. We ask all able-bodied colored men to respond to this call, as they must have ouraid atSpring Valley before 5 P. M. Tuesday, or they will slaughter the helpless women and children that are left. We have got to do this, and we may as well die now as to die a year from now. F. S. MOORE. W. C. HAWKINS. H. M. FISHER. The Rev. George W. Dickey, pastor of the colored chapel, addressed the meeting, counseling moderation. He asked his hearers not to be hasty, but to be patient and act within the law. Then William Johnson spoke, urging violent redress upon the murderous Italian mincrs. His demands for bloody vengeance were cheered by his infuriated hearers. They then prepared a telegram, which was sent to Governor Altgeld, say- ing that 500 negroes would leave for Spring Valley at 3:30 to help their brethren if he did not send them assurance that he would protect the colored people now in danger there. They asked for an imme- diate answer. Committees are drumming up men and arms in the colored precinct to make the trip to Valley Spring if necessary. The impatience of the waiting volunteers was uncontrollable and to pacify them Captain Hawkins looked up Representative Buck- ner and prevailed upon him to go to Springfield and urge the Governor to make some reply. More speeches were then indulged in and the Rev. Mr. Johnson, in a fiery burst of words, advised the assembled colored people to arm themselves with revolvers and prepare for action. “If these Italians harm a single black man,” Mr. Johnson said, ‘““we ought to go down there and wipe them off the face of the earth. You can get bulldog revolvers for §1, and I would not give a cent for a man who could not raise that much in a time like this. If we can’t reach Spring Valley in time to help our people there are many Italians in Chicago who can be made to pay the debt their nationality may contract. “Get these revolvers I speak of at once, and don’t remain so passive. Don’t you know that within a couple of hours men, women and children of our race may be butchered 2"’ Other speeches, but not so fiery, were indulged in. Two of the negroes then pro- cured a carriage and started out to raise funds with which to charter a special train to carry the negroes to Spring Valley, and it is confidently expected that 500 will go if transportation facilities can be secured. A crowd of excited negroes assembled in the tumbledown building at 496 State street at 7 o’clock this evening. There were many representative colored citizens in the crowd, but the great majority were of the disreputable element. There was constant disorder, but no weapons were displayed. Policemen in citizens’ clothes circulated freely in the assembly. E. H. ‘Wright, an employe of one of the town as- sessors, was the first speaker. He coun- seled moderation, but was howled down. Calls were frequent for a ‘‘radical speech.”” Charles Campbell spoke next. He urged the crowd to go to Spring Valley as law-abiding citizens to ‘‘escort our brethren back to work.” He also told his hearers to be peaceful until attacked and then fight to the death. Horace W. Spraddender was introduced as a “late arrival from the seat of war.” He was excited, and called upon the crowd “to do something.”” He shouted: “The time for talking is past. Not a day passes but we hear of some of our race being murdered for nothing. I am tired of it. Let us teach those foreigners a lesson.” He was applauded. R. L. Patterson, also of Spring Valley, advised the crowd to go there and be ‘‘prepared for work, VALLE‘Y ROAD TIES PILED UP ON EDISON STREET, SOUTH OF MORMON CHANNEL, STOOKTON. f From a photograph taken for the *“Call.” not for play. If youdo not protest now.”” he said, “we will be kicked about by every foreigner in the country.” Money was then asked for to help defray the expense of the trip and about $20 was raised. Over 100 volunteers signed the roll. The meeting then adjourned to Ar- lington Hall, Thirty-first and Indiana avenues. Here a telegram was received from Governor Altgeld, promising that the negroes at Spring Valley would be pro- tected in the exercise of their legal rights. A telegram was also received from the Mayor of the lawless town, inviting a dele- gation of colored citizens to visit the place and investigate the affair. The invitation was accepted and a committee of five ap- pointed to go there at once. Permanent organization was effected by the election of officers and another meeting will be held to-morrow. PEORIA, Ir, Aug. 6.—The colored men who were to leave here to-day to as- sist their brethren at Spring Valley have abandoned their plan. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGES. Invalids, Women and Children Driven From Their Ha/mec. PRINCETON, IrL., Aug. 6.—The Italian miners of Spring Valley made an attempt to carry out their resolution of yesterday to expel all the colored people remaining in the city, and the result was one of the most disgraceful outrages ever perpetrated in Bureau County. Innocent women and children were driven from their homes, abused, insulted and, their trunks and be- longings dragged about and despoiled. The affair outside of Spring Valley has created a sensation and the news spread rapidly. Condemnation of the proceed- ings is coming from every quarter. The ““location”” presented a dismal scene during the latter part of the day. Wagons were burrying about gathering up household goods and carrying them off on all the principal highways. During part of the time Martin Delmargo, the Italian Mayor, accompanied by several Italian members of the police, were on the grounds watch- ing the proceedings. Mayor Delmargo said he was there to see that the negroes got away peaceably, but if this was his purpose he did not accomplish what he went for. Governor Altgeld has interested himself in the matter, and it is hoped by the friends of law and order that the reign of mob law in Spring Valley will soon be at an end. At 4 o’clock this afternoon Sheriff Clark of Princeton received a message from him. | In it the Gevernor asked for information on the subject and wished to know what was being done by the officers of the law. Sheriff Clark replied, giving a brief history of the events that have transpired, being substantially in accord with the dispatch. He also said that the authorities in Spring Valley wére doing nothing, and that he had not even been called upon by the Mayor for assistance. At 2 o'clock to-day the committee ap- pointed at vesterday’s mass-meeting to see that the negroes were out of town by 5 o'clock this evening commenced opera- tions. Going to the location, where only the women, children and invalids were left, they notified these to have their traps ready and be out inside of two hours. Many who were slow were roughly han- dled and thewr goods kicked about and broken up. The same circumstances pre- vailed in every part of the city where the negroes lived or had taken refuge. As the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy passenger train on the Streator and Wal- nut division pulled into the city, a lot of negro refugees, who had been waiting breathlessly for the train for a few minutes, boarded the cars like a lot of wild animals in fear of their pursuers. Among the number was a colored woman about 50 years old, accompanied by three little chil- dren who were terrified almost into insan- ity. She said that the children had been abused and herself chased to the depot by amob of Italians, who had threatened to take her life. Supervisor Pickett of Hall Township gave all negroes an order on the county ireasury for the price of a ticket to Chi- cago, which were made good at the depot. The passenger train had got out of Spring Valley but a few blocks when the engineer saw a colored girl about 22 years old coming out of the woods and running toward the train. The engineer stopped at once and took the girl on. She said that.a crippled relative had started from her home with her, but that he had been shot in the shoulder, and as he could not move fast had been left behind. The indications are that the strike of miners will be continued for some time. The miners who are under the control of the Italians held a secret meeting to-day, at which it was decided to remain out until the Spring Valley Coal Company would giveassurances that they will not in the future give employment to negroes. The company, however, will not be dictated to and have so notified the strikers. Aside from the rioting in driving the negroes from the town this afternoon, and the stopping of men from working in the ‘shafts of the coal company this morning, everything has been quiet on the surface in the town to-day. Several secret meet- ings of the non-English speaking miners has been held, but beyond decidjng to con- tinue the strike little is known of their doings. An excuse the Italians made for driving out the negroes is that they have proven to be such thieves that they could no longer tolerate them. SPRINGFIELD, Irv., Aug.6.—Governor Altgeld to-night dispatched Colonel Hugh E. Boyle, assistant adjutant-general, and George Schilling, secretary of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics, to Spring Val- ley, to thoroughly investigate the situation and report to him. SIMPLY BROKEN DOWN. Failure of the Rocky Mountain Savings Bank at Denver. DENVER, Coro., Aug. 6.—The Rocky Mountain Savings Bank did not open its doors this morning. At 10 o'clock the president, Frank S. Woodbury, filed an as- signment with the County Clerk, naming Earl M. Cranston as assignee. There is aboutt $58,000 in deposits in the bank. President Woodbury in a written state- ment to the g)reu says in part: “‘The troubles that have crowded upon us during the past seven business days, be- ginning with the failurs of the Union National, followed by the agitation over the County Treasurer’s affairs, and accom- panied by damaging reports in some of the newspapers, have simply broken us down. ‘We had hoped to continue in business in spite of everything, but the pressure upon us yesterday was more than we could con- tinue to endure. I consider it absolutely certain that every claim will ultimately be s.ltiufled." a S Failure of Millers. CINCINNATI, Om1o0, Aug. 6.—The G. Y. Roots Company, millers, assigned to-day; asse ,000; liabilities not stated. Sbflm vninea was the cause. DONE BY THE KO LAL Massacre of Christians the Plot of a Secret Society. ENEMIES OF A DYNASTY, Tenets Inimical tothe Interests of All the Incoming Foreigners. DASTARDLY WORK IN THE DARK Whlle the Misslonaries Slept the Mob Commenced the Diaboll- cal Attack. LONDON, Exg., Aug. 6.—Dr. Taylor, a missionary who has just returned to Lon- don from the district in China where the outrages have been committed, said to-day in an interview that all the trouble had been caused by the secret society ‘Ko Lai,” which has increased in strength enor- mously since the war. The society, Dr. Taylor states, was es- tablished with the object of overturning the dynasty. It threatens and maltreats Chinamen who are not included in 1its membership, but is especially inimical to foreigners. The Government has been in- formed of its practices, but has done noth- ing, partly, perhaps, because the Viceroy of Foo Chow hates foreigners. FOO CHOW, CriNA, Aug. 6.—The sur- vivors of the massacre at Whasang, in the course of an interview to-day, say that the work of the mob had evidently been care- fully planned, and all the arrangements for the destruction of the mission stations and the killing or driving out of the foreigners were carried out with diabolical cruelty. The first attack was made while the missionaries were asleep, and the charred bodies of some of the victims were found in the ruins of their burned homes. A rumor was current in the city af mid- night that further riots had occurred nearer to Foo Chow than Kucheng. The foreign colony at Foo Chow will hold an indigation meeting and prepare a protest against the commission of the outrages upon foreigners and demand protection by the authorities. A similar meeting will be held to-morrow in Hongkong. LONDON, EnG., Aug. 6.—Intelligence has been received here from China stating that the Government had agreed to the demands made by Lord Salisbury through Mr. O’Connor, the British Minister at Peking, and that an imperial proclama- tion has been issued ordering the capital punishment of the murderers. SHANGHAI, Crixa, Aug. 6.—The Foo Chow correspondent of the Shanghai Mer- cury telegraphs to-day that the position of the Europeans there is critical owing to the openly expressed hostile feeling of the natives toward them. The Chinese offi- cials declare that in the event of an out- break directed against foreigners they will not be able to cope with the mob. The province of Fo-Kien, in which are sitnated Kucheng and Foo Chow, is in a state of {rebellion. The American mission-house at Fung Foo has been burned and gun- boats have been telegraphed for the pro- tection of the foreign settlement there. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 6.—No de- tailed information about the massacre of missionaries in China has reached the State Department excepting through the press, but the several messages from Con< sul-General Jernigan have contained suffi- cient to warrant the State Department in sending directions by cable to Mr. Denby, our Minister at Peking, to secure protec- tion from the Chinese Government for the American missionaries and their property in the places where trouble had occurred or is imminent. The United States naval forces in China can do nothing to protect American citizens, because Kucheng and other mission towns where outrages oc- curred are far from navigation. 1t cannot be ascertained that Minister Denby has demanded indemnity for the injuries in- flicted on American citizens and property, but this has probably been done. GENERAL CAMPOS RETURNED, At Last He Succeeded in Escaping From the Insurgents. HAVANA, Cusa, Aug. 6.—Captain-Gen- eral Martinez de Campos arrived here at 1 o'clock this morning. A dispatch Jfrom Santa Clara says the column of Spanish troops under command of Lieutenant Ruiez had an engagement at Paila tc-day with a band of insurgents, in which two of the rebels were killed. MATANZAS, Cusa, Aug. 6.—A party of ten civil guards on the 4th inst. attacked a force of over 100 insurgents at Monte Gordo. Owing to the superiority in the number of rebels the guard were forced to retreat. Three of them were killed and all the rest wege more or less seriously wound- ed. The loss of the insurgents was heavy. s The Loss Enormous. THE HAGUE, HoLraxp, Aug. 6.—Eigh- teen buildings at Gromingen, including a storehouse containing one million kilo~ 1as of pressed hay, were burned to-day. 'he loss is enormous. —_— General Sherman Dead. LONDON, ExG., Aug. 6.—General Shere man, Foreign Secertary of Liberia, died in Liverpool to-day. For Pacific Coast Telegrams see Pages 3 and 4. 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