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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1895. R —————————— e GEAMAN WAR FETES, Veterans of the Empire Still Celebrating Victories. ENRAGED AT ENGLAND, Attack on a Recent Speech of Emperor William Causes Indignation. PRINCE BISMARCK'S HEALTH. &lthough He Has Grown Weaker, He Is Able to Take Frequent Long Walks. BERLIN, GERMANY, Aug. 11.—The war celebrations continue. The Third Bran- denburg Artillery Regiment celebrated yesterday the anniversary of its going into field service. The veterans of the regi- ment took part in the celebration. Wreaths were placed on the graves of those mem- bers of the regiment who had been in the battle, after which the regiment paraded. Later there were fetes at the Stadt Park Casino, where a banquet was given in the evening. During the banquet Colonel Hu- mann announced that Emperor William bad appointed C. Stumpf s general, in memory of the battle of Spicheren. The announcement was greeted with enthusi- astic cheers. The Sixth Infantry Regiment celebrated at Cottbus. The veterans who had served with the regiment in the wars of 1864, 1866 and 1870 arrived in the town on special trains, accompanied by bandsand banners, and joined the regiment in celebrating its victories. They were received at the sta- tion by the entire corps of officers, who welcomed them most heartily. At Rudesheim, the site of the Nieder- wald monument, where thne celebrations have been of daily occurrence, Secretary Bander of the Imperial Bank made a pa- triotic speech. The FEightieth Hessian Fusilier Regiment arrived at Rudesheim on three special Rhine steamers. After land- ing they formed in line and marched up to the monument, upon which they deposited a wreath. The colonel of the regiment de- livered a patriotic speech, winding up by calling for cheers for the Emperor and the empire, which were given with deafening enthusiasm. The whole regiment then joined in singing “The Watch on the Rhine.” The Seventy-third Hanoverian Fusilier Regiment celebrated beforehand the battle of Colombey, the coming manouvers 1n which the regiment will take part prevent- ing it from celebrating on the actualanni- versary of the battle. Prince Albrecht, the honorary colonel. telegraphed that he was proud of the brave regiment which twenty-five years ago received under him its baptism of fire. None of Emperor William’s doings in England have attracted more interest here than his speech on the anniversary of the battle of Woerth,the first decisive encounter that took place between the German and French armies on August 6, 1870. The speech was regarded by Germans as a happy thought well carried out, and con- sequently the irritation of the German press on reading the adverse criticism of the London Daily News on the speech was proportionate to the previous enthusiasm. The Daily News described the speech as a spontaneous indiscretion that was not calculated to allay the suspicions of Eng- land’s and Germany’s FrencL neighbors. Emperors, the paper added, ought to be strong enough to resist temptations to make speeches. This, coming on top of an offensive article published by the London Standard, filled the cup of German indig- nation to overfiowing. The idea that the fetesin celebration of the German victories are intended to re- open French wounds is repudiated. The main object of the demonstration is to celebrate the founding of the unity of the empire, and not to remind France that she is a conquered nation. Germans hold that, without taking the feelings of any nation into consideration, they have the right to celebrate the events that placed Germauy in the forefront of the nationsof the world, and it is held in many quarters that British adverse criticism has its basis in jealousy. In connection with the fetes, the Lokal Anzeiger has compiled a list of members of the Reichstag who served in the army during the ¥ranco-Prussian War. The list shows that one-seventh of the members thus served in the campaign. Comparison with the number of French Senators and members of the Chamber of Deputies who served in the French ranks and as officers shows that numerically the present Ger- man lawmakers who were in the war were in smaller proportion than the French, the latter numbering about one-fifth of the whole membership of the parliament. The ceremonies that will attend the dedi- cation of the Emperor Wilham I memorial on August 18 are anticipated with interest. It will be a brilliant function, though the interest is somewhat lessened by the in- ability of Prince Bismarck to be present. This ceremony will be followed about a fortnight later by the consecration of the Emperor William I memorial church near the Zoological Gardens on September 1. The Emperor, Empress and the imperial Princes will attend the consecration. On the same day there will be a parade of the German-American veterans, who will be reviewed by the Emperor, and a great military musical tattoo will be given in front of the Royal Castle on the evening of the Sedan day, September 1. Dr. Arendt, one of the leaders of the German Bimetallic League, has issued a new pamphlet in which he violently at- tacks Herr Koch, director of the Reichs Bank. The pamphlet is similar to the one previously issued by Dr. Arendt. It ac- cuses Herr Koch of ignorance, and implies that he is unfit for the post he holds. In an interview with the representative of The United Press in regard to the matter, Herr Koch said that he ignored the attack, it being beneath his dignity to notice it. The interview opened the way for Herr Koch to volunteer the information that it was within his knowledge that the hold- ing of an international currency conference at Germany’s invitation was further off than ever. He added that not one im- portant German State had declared in favor of bimetallism, while it was well known that some of them were absolutely opposed to it. Herr Koch confessed that he was astonished that such numbers of the work- ing population of the United States were supporting the silver movement. They must know from their recent experience, he declared, that the revival of trade only dated from the repeal of the Sherman law, A strange contrast to the position of Amer- ican workmen is afforded here by the atti- tude of the German Socialists, who are stanch champions of the gold standard. The arrival in Germany of the first ship- ment of American iron ore has caused many alarmist articles to appear in the newspapers. Some of the papers urge reprisal by placing a duty on quebracho. Others oppose this proposal, declaring that the imposition of such a duty would prove disastrous to German tanning imdustries. It is characteristic of the feeling enter- tained in official circles toward the United States that the sugar bounty is continued at the old rate despite the act passed by the Reichstag empowering the Bundesrath to lower it after August 1. The statement recently published by the Paris Journal des Debats to the effect that General Chrysander, Prince Bis- marck’s private secretary, had fallen into disgrace and had been discharged and that he would retaliate by publishing revela- tions is scouted here as absurd. The facts seem to be that since Prince Bismarck has grown weaker it has become imperative that there should be somebody at Frei richsruhe who is capable of receiving visit- ors, whether they go there on business or pleasure. Dr. Chrysander is somewhat diffident and hardly suitable to fill the post. This condition of affairs helped Count Von Rantzau, Prince Bismarck’s son-in-law, in his decision to resign his post of German Minister to the Netherlands, although the necessity of his wife’s presence at Freid- richsruhe was doubtless the chief reason for his retiring from the diplomatic service. Count Von Rantzau has assumed the position of Prince Bismarck’s Major Domo, which, with the Prince’s frugal and unpretentious style of living, is not more than heisable to manage single-handed. Dr. Chrysander, finding that his post had become a sinecure and being aware of Prince Bismarck’s turn for economy, re- signed his office. He will resume his medical studies at Jena in November. The suggestions that he intended to write revelations of any sort is a myth. At present Prince Bismarck’s health is 2ood and he does walking whenever he is able. On Angust 1 he walked to Aumuhle, where he personally congratulated the pianist, Mrs. Burmeister Peterson, on the anniversary of her birth. Mrs. Peterson is spending the summer at Aumubhle. Gladenburg & Co. of Freidrichshacen have finished a bronze wall memorial, a colossal frieze, for the city of Indianapolis. Twenty tons of metal were used in the casting. The Pope has sent the most precise di- rections to the nuncio at Munich relative to the Italian celebrations on September 20, in honor of the entry of the Italian army into Rome. The Pope’s object is to procure copies of the speeches made and the resolutions adopted by the recent Catholic Congress held at Munich, protest- ing against the fetes. The Vatican has communicated with the other nunciatures on the same subject. Arthur Nikisch, who conducted the Boston symphony concert in 1889, has re- signed his position as director of the Buda Pesth Court Opera. The resignation was due to a disagreement concerning the man- agement of the opera. The Rev. M. Brown of Spencer, Mass., has married Fraulein von Bayer. The newly wedded couple will sail in a few days for New York. Messrs. Murphy, Love and Huntington, who have just graduated from Princeton Usiversity, are in the city. The Wagner festival at Munich opened on the 10th inst.. with the production of “Die Feen Rienzi.’ Crowded audiences, chiefly Americans and English, were pres- ent. Much enthusiasm was manifested. The curtain was raised ten times. Mr. Karel, American Consul-General at St. Petersburg, has been given leave of ab- sence and has started for Washington. Vice-Consul Magnus received his exequa- tur Friday. SHOT DOWN BY TRAMPS, Two Citizens of an Indiana Town Receive Fatal Wounds. Fired Upon From Ambush by a Gang They Were Attempting to Drive Out. MARION, Ixp., Aug. 11.—There was a desperate battle between a gang of tramps ana a posse of citizens in the suburbs of the city of Marion Friday night in which two of the citizens received wounds that will prove fatal. They were Otto Mc- Feeley and Charles Webster. For ten days or more the people in the immediate vicinity of Marion have suf- fered from the depredations of tramps and a number have been arrested and placed in jail, but arrests were discouraged because of the expense to the authorities and prac- tical immunity was thus guaranteed. Fri- day a camp was formed by the tramps and during the day as many as fifty con- gregated about the placeand bade defiance to the people. During the day numerous robberies were committed, and at night the people who had suffered from the dep- redations, feeling that their property was not safe while the tramps were in the vicinity, determined to drive them away. Some twenty-five citizens appeared at the camp and peremptorily ordered the tramps to leave. The order was met with defiant refusal and the citizens fired in the air. Thetramps at once deserted the camp and from places of concealment fired into the crowd. It was not supposed that they were armed, but the citizens returned the attack and a running fight which was kept up for an hour followed. The tramps dodged behind railroad cars and kept up the {ight by firing whenever a citizen ex- posed himself and the fire was returned by the citizens. McFeeley and Webster will both die. None of the tramps, as far as known, were hurt. Several arrests were made, but the men captured claim they did no shooting. — SPARS FOR TH. VALRYRIE 1IL New Rigging Carefully Guarded Upon Its Arrival at New York. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 11.—The Anchor Line steamer Furnessia, which arrived to-night from Glasgow, had on board, lashed fast to her main deck for- ward, the spars for the champion British yacht Yalkyrie I1I, which is now crossing the Atlantic, bound for this port, to race the Defender for the Ameticas cup. In all there are thirteen sticks done up se- curely in layer after layer of burlap. H. Maitland Kersey, the personal rep- resentative of Lord Dunraven in this coun- try, to whom the sparsare consigned, gave orders that no one should be allowed to see the sticks. They were guarded as though of gold, not_steel or wood. Canny Scotchmen sat on the spars to-night. To- morrow the spars will probably be sent down to Erie basin or Bvr{dge, ‘where they will be fitted to the Valkyrie when she completes her tn‘gh—om Glasgow. The Furnessia also brought two suits of racing sails for the Valkyrie. —_— Deed of an Insane Man. HUNTINGTON, W. V4., Aug. 11.—John Riffle, an elderly and esteemed -citizen, tried to shoot his wife to-night while labor- ing under mental derangement. When disarmed and leed in a room to await the arrival of officers he cut his throat With a razor and cannot recover, l SPOILED IN TRANIT, Disastrous Results of Fruit Shipments to London. DUE TO POOR PACKING. Many Lots From California Orchards Thrown Out as Worthless. COAST FRUIT IN DEMAND. Would Bring High Prices If Lald Down in Good Condition at the Market. LONDON, Exa., Aug. 11.—The possibili- ties of California fruit in the London mar- ket this year, with the continental fruit crop wholly inadequate to meet the de- mand, seems to have been partially appre- ciated by American shippers who were finally induced to send a consignment a month ago which brought very fancy prices, only to be followed up on succeed- ing weekly sales by a disheartening de- pression due to the disastrous results to buyers here, the fruit spoiling before it came to be retailed. The responsibility for this condition of affairs appears to lie entirely at the ship- pers’ doors, and unless radical and prompt reforms in packing and shipping are adopted Californians will find that the reputation of their products will be seri- ously injured, and that the magnificent profits which otherwise they could rely upon will not be realized for several years. The effort to place the blame on the ocean passage is utterly abortive. The temperature of the first shipment in the steamer’s coldroom was undoubtedly a few degrees too low, but subsequently ship- ments were damaged before they were placed on the steamer, as demonstrated by lack of uniformity in ripeness when the fruit has been opened and sold, within twenty-four hours after the ship’s arrival, The trouble to be remedied lies between Califorria and New York, inclusive, and not in London, where the sales attract en- thusiastic crowds of big buyers, who are thoroughly appreciative of the fancy quali- ties secured by Pacific Slope growers. The sale takes place under the great glass domes in Floral Hall, in Covent Garden, incomparably the greatest market in the world. Wholesale consumers here must have the fruit reach them green, and the condition of the lots must be attractive and uniform. Small or medium fruit will not sell. Only the largest and best selected varieties are marketable, and the care exercised in packing must be vastly im- proved. Experts in England declare that the fruit formerly shipped from California, packed by Chinese, was comparatively faultless, but from appearances they must conclude that Chinese labor has been super- seded by sometning not as good. Another anomaly appears in the fact that while half cases are ventilated by holes bored in the sides, whole cases are not so perforated. In the shipment that came by the steamer New York, notwithstanding that the cases were handled as tenderly as eggs on this side, nearly all the fruit was bruised, and juice ran in streams from the lot of plums. Most of the pears were rot- ten at the core, though they presented a fair external appearance. Eighty-five cases of pears from D. H. Osborn of New York were returned to the auctioneer to-day after the sale as worthless, and they had to be resold. Over a hundred cases of plums were thrown out before the sale as utterly worthless. The sale of August 1 was an unusually important one, because the following Monday was bank holiday, when enor- mous amounts of fruit were sold to pleas- ure-seekers—the day being much like our Thanksgiving day in its effect on the fruit market. It had no influence, how- ever, as none of the fruit was fine enough to keep the necessary four days longer. 0ddly enough, cases marked with women’s names bring the best prices, con- signments from Bessie Osborn and Mrs. Sharp of Courtland, Cal., always evoking spirited bidding; but cases from men sell entirely on their merits. Large peaches are eagerly sought, and ii carefully wrapped and” crated in small packages will bring handsome returns. ASSAILED BX BANDITS. Savage Attack of Outluws Upon a Family of Mexicans. CITY OF MEXICO, Mexico, Aug. 11,— While the family of Gergerio Jiminez was sleeping at midnight, August 6, in Chil- nolopa, near Texcoco, the house was at- tacked by eight bandils. Jiminez was aroused by the demonstration outside the house and took his pistol aud went to the door to see what was the matter. Mean- time all the family had awakened and accompanied Jiminez. ‘When the door was opened the bandits rushed in upon Jiminez with machetes, cutting him severely, but he heroicall; stood by his post and hegm firing on h assailants, who returned the fire. Jiminez’ sister was shot through the arm and his brother cut down with machetes. Mounted police hearing the firing came riding up, but the bandits took alarm and fled. The district government and the government of the State of Mexia are de- termined to put a stop to these outrages; and already many important arrests have been made. ety WILL BE A CLOSE RACE. Opinion of a London Paper on the Com- ing Yacht Contest. LONDON, ExG., Aug. 11.—The Chroni- cle will te-morrow print a leader on the coming race for the America’s cup in which it will say: “The contest will inevitably be very close, and we are certain that it will be conducted on both sides with sportsmanship and a scrupulous considera- tion. ual to the enthusiasm it provokes. No English vessel has ever had such a good chance of victory before, and, we believe, as we sincerely hope, that the cup, this time, will come back. If it comes back, it will stay.” EA Rt . On the London Exchange. LONDON, Exe., Aug.11.—The rate of discount during the week past for three- months’ bills was 3 per cent and for 30- day bills 34 per cent at the outside. The transfer of the Japanese indemnity money slightly hardened rates. Heavy gold ar- rivals continue. Silver has been fairly steady on eastern buying. Business on the Stock Exchange during the week showed the usual holiday dullness except in African and Australian mining shares. Consols have advanced %, American railway securities have been neglected and depressed, and show the fol- lowing changes: Illinois Central has risen ¥%; New York, Lake Erie and Western or- dinary ana Norfolk and Western ordina) bave declined 2; Louisville and Nashville and Northern Pacific, 13; Unio n Pacific | b shares, 1; Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific debentures, Denver and Rio Grande pre- ferred and New York Central, K Atchi- son, Topeka and Santa Fe “A’s,”" 1)¢; Wa- bash, St. Louis and Pacific referred and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, 4. s Sy PEACE IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL. 4 Proclamation Now Being Forwarded to Rio de Janeiro. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 12—The Her- ald’s special from Buenos Ayres says: “Rio Janeiro advices state that peace has been restored in Rio Grande do Sul. A military officer is now on his way from Rio Grande do Sul to Rio Janeiro. He bears the proclamation containing the peace terms, which being agreed on,shall be offered to Congress for approval as a final settlement of the difficulties in that state. The Governor of Brazil, in furtherance of the Trinidad episode, has asked the Government of Urnguay for a copy of the bill of health of the warship Barracouta, which arrived in port from the Monteverde Islands last January. It is reported in Brazil that when the Barracouta reached her anchorage the health officer received documents signed by the doctor on board the warship, who had been named as health officer of the island of Trinidad by the captain of the Barracouta, who looked upon the island as British territory. No notice was taken by the authorities of Uruguay of the fact that Brazil claims Trinidad Island as her own possession. The action of Uruguay is regarded by Brazil as savoring of subterfuge. Denounced the Socialists. PARIS, Fraxcy, Aug. 11.—M. Poincar, Minister of Public Instruction, in a speech at the dedication of the monument erected to Remiremont, in memory of the French soldiers who fell in the war of 1870, referred to the Socialists as “*A party of agitation, violence and disorder, with whom no political understanding is possible.” R Instructors for Chile’s Army. BERLIN, Germaxy, Aug. 11. — The Deutsche Sonntags Post says that twenty- six Prussian lieutenants will sail for Chile about August 24 to instruct the Chilean army. The Emperor will grant an audi- ence to the officers before their departure. — The Sultan Is Obdurate. LONDON, Exc., Aug. 11.—The Times will to-morrow print a dispatch from Sofia saying it is stated that the Sultan of Turkey is firmly resolved not to admit the principle of foreign control in Armenian affairs. L ISR, Zimmerman in Paris. PARIS, Fraxce, Aug. 11.—A. A. Zim- merman, the American bicyclist, who is under contract to ride in races in Austra- lia, arrived here yesterday. He will take no Eun in any race during his stay, and gn ; riday will sail from Naples for Aus- ralia, e A To Welcome Ferdinand. SOFIA, Burearia, Aug. 11.—It is an- nounced here that Prince Ferdinand, who has been sojourning at Carlsbad, will arrive to-morrow. The Government has invited the residents to show their loyalty by giving their ruler a hearty reception. Corigl oa Fate of a Would-Be Duelist. LONDON, Exc., Aug. 1L.—A dispatch from Cologne to the Central News says: Freiberr Stum-Halberg, a member of the German Reichstag, has been sentenced to a fortnight’s imprisonment in a fortress for having issued a challenge to a duel. o Rk William at Lowther Castle, LONDON, Ex6., Aug, 11. — Emperor William, who is being entertained by the Earl of Lonsdale, arrived at Lowther Cas- tle, the Earl’s seat in Penrith, County of Oumberland, early this morning. His Majesty spent the day quietly. T ey Czar Nicholas’ Coronation. MOSCOW, Russia, Aug. 11.—Tt is offi- cially announced that the coron. n of Czar Nicholas II will probably take place in April. A GALE AT BALTIMORE Great Damage Done by a Storm of Clyclonic Proportions. The New St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church Among the Buildings Demolished. BALTIMORE, Mbp., Aug. 11.—A wind- storm of cyclonic proportions, accom- panied by a heavy downpour of rain and hail, visited this city this afternoon. Houses were unroofed, trees uprooted, windows smashed, telegraph, telephone and trolley wires broken,and other damage done within a few minutes that will re- quire weeks to repair. The most serious damage was the demolition of St. Eliza- beth’s Catholic Church, in course of erec- tion on East Baltimore street, opposite Patterson Park. AL parts of the city suffered. The storm came from the northwest. It continued at intervals for three hours, most of the damage being done shortly after the storm appeared. No fatalities have been re- ported, although it will be remarkable if the falling trees, demolished outhouses or flying housetops did not cause injuries which have not yet been heard of.” The losses so far reported will amount to up- ward of $30,000. Just before the rain began the mercury at the weather observer’s office made a record-breaking drop of nine degrees in one minute. The highest temperature during the day was reached just before the storm broke, when 96 degrees was recorded. DELUGED By A DOWNPOUR. Floods and High Winds Damage Build- ings and Crops. DANSVILLE, N. Y., Aug. 11.—One of the worst wind and rain storms of the sea~ son passed over this place to-night. The rain tell in torrents for over two hours and the streams were flooded to a great depth with streams of water from the head of the valley. The gale was so terrific that many barns were unroofed and number- less trees uprooted. The storm was ac- companied by vivid Jightning which struck in several places in the outskirts of the town. Fields of grain were flattened to the ground, corn being tangled up and blown down. Mud Creex, running through the farms of the east side, overflowed its banks and washed out large patches of corn, potatoes and beans. A cloudburst on the Lackawanna caused a bad landslide and the road along the hillside was washed out and cut badly in many places. The storm is remarkable for the large volume of water that fellin the short space of time, nearly four inches being registered. gy Brained His Wife. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Aug. 1l.—John Blum, a butcher employed at the stock- yards, returned from work last night and found a strange man at his home talking to his wife. Blum demanded an explana- tion from his wife, when she seized an ax and assaulted him. He wrenched the weapon from her and beat out her brains. The stranger escaped. Blum was arrestea. gkerd s i abon Mrs. Oleveland Takes a Drive. BUZZARDS BAY, Mass, Aug. 11— As the weather was exceedingly warm here to-day the President was satisfied to spend the day as usual on ths veranda with his hm{lv. Mrs. Cleveland took her first carriage drive to-day since her recent inedilp(llifiol Her mother accompanied Te - [ planters FLED INTO THE WILDS Negro Settlers in Mexico Driven Out by an Epidemic. LOST IN A WILDERNESS Wrong Direction Taken in an Attempt to Return to This Country. DEATHS FROM STARVATION. A Party of Rescuers Attacked With Knives by the Famished Colonists. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 11.—A special irom the City of Mexico to a morning paper says: By request of the American legation of this capital Juan Lameno, president of the Tlahuililo Agricultural and Coloniza- tion Company, has made the first com- plete statement of an official nature re- garding the troubles of his company with the large shipments of negroes made into Mexico from the United States. The declaration has been dispatched to the Department of State at ‘Washington and is as follows: _The initial shipment of negro labor ar- rived in Tlahuililo about one year ago and was composed of about sixty colonists with their families. They proved them- selves to be thorongh and expert cotton- and all-around agriculturist hands. In justice to them it must be said that they have proved themselves thor- oughly competent in their work, and are theonly ones that remain on the plantation since the exodus began a few weeks since. The first batch of colonists were brought in through the instrumentality of Mr. Ellis, a colored man holding a concession from the Mexican Government for the in- troduction of 2000 negroes from the United States, and it was under the provisions of this grant that the blacks were taken to Tlahuililo. The result was that instead of acquiring skilled cotton-planters, as was the case with respect to the first consign- ment, bootblacks and other undesirable elements were shipped by the wholesale to the plantation, which, as natural to sup- pose, was not very prosperous for them. Coupled with this fact, the source of real trouble made its appearance in the form of a disease that caused an enlargement of the knee among the negroes, the malady invariably resulting fatally. Insticated as if by one mind, fifty settlers signified their intentions to return to their southern homes in the United States, and nothing would deter them. The district where they were colonized was at a considerable distance from the railroad, there being no interme- diate villages. Instead of striking out for the north they headed for the west, which is entirely devoid of vegetation and every semblance of civilization. The result was that before Mr. Fargas, our administrator, could proceed to their rescue, amply sup- plied with provisions and water, four had perished from stirvation. This band of fleeing negroes was overhauled by Mr. Fargas and five mounfed Mozos, who were heavily armed. After days of incessant traveling the Dpegroes, thinking that Mr. Fargas had overtaken them for the purpose of com- pelling them to return to the plantation, assailed the party of rescuers with knives. The attack was finally brought to a finish through the Mozos lassoing a number of the colonists, a proceeding that seemingly bad the effect of filling them with awe. The negroes were thereupon brought back to the plantation, instructed as to the points of the compass and allowed to de- part, well provided with rations and water. Then followed a series of inconveniences and drawbacks that created discord among the remainder of the colonists, many of whom followed the footsteos of the first band, resulting in the almost complete abandonment of Tlahuililo. The experi- ment has cost the company $500,000, and unless the cotton they planted, covering an area of 65,000 acres, can be successfully picked, the concern will lose a large sum. The negroes will all be shipped back to their homes in theUnited States at the ex- pense of the company. TAKEN AFTER A FIGHT. Murderer Sam Lewis Mortally Wounds ' One of His Pursuers. JACKSONVILLE, F1a., Aug. 11.—The Times-Union special from West Palm Beach, Fla., says: Sam Lewis, who murdered ex-Tax Col- lector High Smith and his nephew, John Davis, at Lemon City, about three weeks ago, has been captured, but he inflicted probably fatal wounds on one of his pur- suers. After the murders Lewis escaped to Nas- sau, but the English authorities had been notitied by cable and an attempt was made to arrest the murderer. He stole a boat and came back to Florida, lanaing at Bis- caine Bay, near the scene of his crimes. Lewis was located Saturday morning at 2 o'clock by Rev. Mr. McGregor and Wil- liam Russe and ordered to s der. He showed fight and was shot down, his leg being broken. Thinking Lewis dead, Mec- Gregor approached and turned him over. Lewis immediately drew a pistol and shot McGregor, probab Xlatally wounding him. The outlaw dragged himself away, but aid came and he was trailed by his blood and captured. He was brought here and lodged in jail. Lewis came to Florida from Texas, where he is said to_have kille(tl three men. He is a native of Ver- mont. Sasanghe B3 NINETY PER CENT REJECTED. Great Care Taken in Enlisting Men for the Navy. + WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 11.—The Navy Department is finding considerable difficulty in enlisting men to fill existing vacancies and to man the new ships that will soon be ready to go into commission. It isauthoritatively stated at the depart- ment that neither the second class battle ship Texas nor the armored cruiser Maine will be enabled to proceed in the drill off Newport. Aside from the delay in pro- curing crews for the two_ships_there are other embarrassments which will render it impossible for even the Texas, which is in the more advanced condition, to be in commission for several weeks. Never before in its long and henorable history has the Nayy Department been so jealous of the intelligence and the physi- cal condition of the men whom it u‘nhn.s into its service as at present. It is sai that 90 per cent of the applicants are re- jected for one reason or another. oo Bl By No Cholera at Hamburg. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 11.—Vice- Consul Burke at Hamburg advises the Department of State that the report printed in Paris August 6 to the effect that there had been one fatal case of cholera at Ham- burg is entirely untrue. o MM EER BUTTERWORTH'S PROTEST. Argument for Bond Investment Com=- panies Before Wilson. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 11.—The question whether or not the business con- ducted by the bond investment companies throughout the United States is a violation of the anti-lottery law will be decided probably to-morrow. Ex-Congressman Benjamin Butterworth last week con- cluded his argument before Postmaster- General Wilson in favor of these compa- nies, and Judge Thomas, Assistant Attor- ney-General for the Postoffice Department, will present the Government’s side to-mor- row upon Mr. Wilson’s return from Long Branch. The Postmaster-General will then render his decision. Mr. Butterworth, in _his protest against the denial of the privilege of the malls to these companies, argued againstthe power of one man to stop the business of many, which he said was sufficient to produce a revolution. It is stated authoritatively at the department that the adverse decision of the Assistant Attorney-General wiil be sustained by the Postmaster-General. S i PROMISES OF THE PORTE. Will Investigate and Report Upon the Tarsus Matter. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 11.—Act- ing Secretary of State Adee received the following telegram from Minister Terrell at Constantinople to-day in response to te!egrarhic instructions sent to the Min- ister a few days ago from the Department of State: The Turkish Government promises on the 7th to investigate and report upon the Tarsus matter. I have instructed Consul Gibson at Beyroot to make a personal investigation, but fear that cholera quarantine may prevent. The State Department has had no ad- vices to-day from Minister Denby in re- gard to the situation in China. — PREACHED ON LINCHING, Sensational Sermon of the Pastor of a Jacksonville Church. Claims Negroes Are Killed Merely to Satisfy a Passion for Human Blood. JACKSONVILLE, FrA., Aug. 11.—Rev. J. Milton Waldron preached a sensational sermon here to-night on Iynchings. He used as his text the words of Job iv:8 and Proverbs xiv:34, which are as follows: *They that plow iniquity and sow wicked- ness reap the same. Righteousness ex- alteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” He said: The Iynching of colored peng!e began at the close of the late Civil War. The former master was unwilling to allow the ex-slave the same }mmmul rights. In order to keep the negroes rom getting into power, and to get those out of power who had been put there by negro voters, the whites, during reconstruction days, many of them, organized Ku-Klux clans, Iynd ings and ofher ierrorisms. These things, the ground for political fraud, class legisla- tion, ete., were kept up until the control of the Southern States came back into the hands of the former slave-owners. But the habit of disregarding law and the passion for human blood had by this time be- come fixed with many of the lower classes, s0 that later, whenever the colored man did anything that opposed this class of whites, or whenever they wanted to cover up their own vile deeds, they visited their displeasure and gli'l%t‘iced toeir trickery upon him by taking s life. In reconstruction days the killing of negroes was condoned because it was said 1o be neces- sary to get the Government into the hands of the Southern whites. When it was no longer {or that purpose some other resource had to be resorted to to shield those who had become set in their ways and must shed human blood. Now and then a colored man Was found who had been brute enough to imitate his white neighbor. If his vicitm was a white woman the crime was thought to justify the white in taking the law into his own hands and lynch- ing and even burning the negro. From lynching for rime and supposed crime the habit has grown until now colored men, women and even children are lynched in the South. This tends to make the Legro revenge- ful and the spirit of lawlessness, murder and revenge has spread among poth white and black in the South until it has become alarm- ing. Something must be done and done at once or our fair Southern land is forever doomed. FRANK M, PLEY EAD, Continued from First Page. It was more for this purpose than to make money that the Argonaut was launched on the journalistic sea. He went into the matter with energy, and as in other ventures in which he had embarked before it was a success from the start. To his own surprise the circulation of the paper went beyond his anticipa- tions. The paper was an impress of his strong individuality. His style of writing was terse and incisive, and what he wrote commanded attention. For a number of years, too, he had written editorials for the Chronicle. It wa3 the success of the Argonaut that induced Mr. Pixley to inaugurate a novel feature in the way of a daily paper. It was to publish a journal containing the news of the day in a condensed and epigrammatic form. In fact, he called the paper The Epigram. Tt was short-lived, though, and even the sparkling editorial squibs which he contributed to it could not force it into popularity. The paper died before a month had expired. Mr. Pixley then devoted all his energies toward improving his pet— the Argonaut—and for years his caustic comments and scintillating editorials made that journal one of the foremost weeklies of the Pacific Coast. When in 1879 General Grant returned from his tour of the world and arrived in this City Mr. Pixley was made chairman of the committee of citizens appointed to receive and tender the hospitalities of the City to the distinguished soldier and ex- President. This he did in a way that placed General Grant entirely at home from the moment that he set foot in Cal- ifornia. Recently Mr. Pixley began to feel the advance of years, and the strain upon his energies was so strong that he decided to retire from active work in journatism. So he sold his interest in the Argonaut, and since then the journal has ceased to be a reflex of the rugged opinions of its founder, ' During his years of activity Mr. Pixley accumulated a fortune, and the estate which he leaves is reckoned a valuable one. He owned the family homestead on Union and Steiner streets, which occupies a square block. Besides other City property he owned a fine ranch at Mill Valley, in Marin County. & The last two or three years of his life Mr. Pixley spent quietly with his family either at the Union-street home or at the Mill ‘Valley ranch. He was in every way a home man, and loved to surround himself with all that art and nature can produce. As a man he was loved by man; who had _enjoyed his charyty an bounty. His "purse was always open, and whatever he dispensed was.done in a hearty, unostentatious manner. His home was the abode of lavish hospitality to friends and relatives. His family there consisted of his wife, two adopted children and the widow of his brother, who was burned to death on the Marin County ranch during the raging of a forest fire, . ALL DONE IN PLAY Corbett Did Not Mean to Offend His Future Antagonist. ONLY PULLED HIS NOSE. Indignant Becausé the Aus- tralian Resented the Insult. SPAT IN FITZSIMMONS' FACE: The Champion Brags Long and Loud Over This Disgusting Achleve- ment. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 1L.—All the sports tu.: the general abolition ?f prize-fighting and horse-racing have left in Philadelphia collected at Green’s Hotel to- day and eagerly sought for details of the httle “scrap” last night between Corbett and Fitzsimmons, Fitzsimmons left Phil- adelphia early this morning for New York, but the big boy spent the day here and left for Scranton, Pa., this afternoon. When Corbett was seen to-day and asked for his version of last night's row, his ac- count of the affair would make it seem that he intended merely to be playful, and that Fitzsimmons resented this playfulness when it took the form of being called a cur and having his nose palled. The account of the affair can best be given in Corbett’s own words: “The whole trouble started about two weeks ago in New York, when I refused to ride a bike race with Fitz for the benefit of the ice fund,” began the champion. “When I am going to fight with a man 1 want to be aggressive. I want to be onthe outs with him, see. I had publicly stated that I intended to pull Fitzsimmons’ nose the next time I met him, but I want to say that I did not know he was in Green’s ho- tel when I went in there last night. The first 1 knew that he was there was when I turned around and saw him standing at the register. Then I said to him: ‘You big .monkey, what do you want at that register? You know you can’t write. Then I said: ‘You've been talking about me again, haven't you?’ He said: ‘No, I haven’t. But what if I had?’ Then Isaid to him: ‘You said I sneaked out of riding a bicycle race with you in New York, and now you are going around saying I'm go- ing to try to sneak out.of a fight. ““All this time I was only in sort of fun and just ‘stringing’ him, but Fitz began to get mad. Then I reached out and pulled his nose for a kind oi a joke. Then he made a motion as if to lead for me. I did not think he would, but it is always best to be on the safe side, so I closed on him and we clinched. Then my friends grabbed me and my brother Joe grabbed Fitz. Fitz got jaffy when he found Joe could hold him, but the kid was tickled to death when he found he could hold the big fellow, and told him he thought he could lick him himself, and punched him in the mouth. I could not get-at him, so I leaned over and spat in his face and said te him, ‘You're a cur the world over, and I wouldn’t have that scared look on your face for a thousand dollars.” He wiped off the spit, saying as he did so, ‘That’s a nice thing fora man to do. You're a gentle- man, you are.’” Here Corbett said to the reporter, “Now that was a nice thing for him to say, wasn’t it? If he'd have been a man he would have punched me. You would have punched any man that spit in your face, wouldn’t you?” Then, be continued, “Fitz broke away and picked up a bottle and threw it at Joe, but it missed him and hit Brady. Joe picked up a decanter, but they would not let him throw it, and then we were separated. ¥itz went out and I stayed around the hotel. . I want it dis- tinctly understood that I was not drunk last night.” RAN AWAY FROM HOME. Chicago Police Learn the Identity of a Young Adventuress. CHICAGO, Irv., Aug. 11.—The young woman who has been in the Harrison- street station annex for several days and gave her name as Pearl Summerville of Seattle, Wash., is not Pearl Summeryille, but Emma Stevenson, whose parents live in South Chicago. ‘When the young woman was brought to the station she said she had just arrived from Seattle and had been robbed of $50 and a diamond ring. This, the police have learrnd, was not true. Yesterday morning a w'll-dressed woman, who re- fused to give her name, called at theannex and said she was the young woman’s aunt. Later the police learned that Emma’s father is a retired lumber merchant ot South Chicago and that his daughter had run away from home. She has an aunt in Seattle whose name is Summervilie and it was this iact which made her assume the name. S WAS NEWS TO COUDERT. Did Not Know He Was Mentioned to Suc- ceed Judge Jackson. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 11.-~ } special cablegram to the Herald from Pafs says: Mr. F. R. Coudert was seen at the Hotel Continental to-night. Mr. Coudert said he had not yet received any information asto the reported intention to offer l' the vacant Supreme Courf Justicest®. = He has been out in the colntry since Thurs- day and did not know that Justice Jackson was dead. Mr. Coudert would not express an opinion whether or not he woufd accept the offer if it were made to him, but it was evident from his manner that the news 'was not unwelcome. 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