The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 8, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1895. 3 DISPLAYS OF FORCE Armies of Europe, Are Turned Out to Please Monarchs. COST OF THE MANEUVERS Frederic Tells How the Civic Population Might Be Better Treated. ENGLAND'S POLITICAL STRIFE. It Is Now Thought That Russia Will Make the Armenian Demonstration. [Copyright, 1895, by the New York Times.] LONDON, Exc., Sept. 7.—From force of habit we still speak of midsummer as a period of supreme indolence, and the stag- red, but really it is September that bri the fullest measure of inaction everywhere in Europe. Very vossibly it is ome mysterious way to the examy et by the big Conti- nental States who reserve for this month those army mane which have grown to be the most ntic displacements of human being times of peace ever known to the . For the next few million of armed men weeks fully a h will be 1d playing at warfare under the eyes of their Kings and great ns, and the expenditure in war ma- | and other outlay and the cost to armea millions who go out of their way see some portion of the spectacle, if computed, would rival the bill of the 1 st international exposition of pacific s and industries ever held. These colossal musters of ighting men seem to throw a holiday spell over the civic as well. A flat fullness reigns undis- puted. We read with only languid inter- est that the moon has been detected jump- ing up and down apparently. It is beyond doubt that many observers in different parts of these islands witnessed an extra- ordinary lunar phenomenon justafter dark last Sunday evening. The moon was seen distinctly to make a series of jerks on a vertical line, which nobody thus far has tried to explain. It is certain, however, that it could not have been the result of any terrestrial activity. The earth is plunged just now in far too profound an apathy for that. The eternal Armenian deadlock has reached a point at last where the three intervening powers are understood to have agreed upon the principle of armed dem- onstration. The gquestion, * Who shall b it?” is not known to have been decided as yet, but Russia’s preparations, on the Armenian frontier and in the ack Sea squadron are reported to be in e progress, which gives the notion act that perhaps she is to be delegated to un- ke the job single handed. Against ay be offset the persistent suspicions t the three powers are not actually in accord, though these are weaker than they were a week ago. It would be strange, if in these sleepy imes the Continental politicians did not seize eagerly upon the visit of the German Chancellor to the Russian court as a topic of great suggestiveness. What there is y in it is hard to tell. Russia at this ment if displaying more friendship for nce than has been witnessed before g the new Czar’s reign. On thenight edan day the Russian embassy in Ber- imitated the French by being deserted and unlighted amid the general glare of il- lumination. Thechief guest at the French headquarters during the maneuvers on the German frontier is the Russian general Dragomiroff, whose fierce restlessness isa matter of notoriety, and whose selection for supreme active command,should Russia 20 to war, is taken for granted: But the ussian foreign policy is characteristically given to casting anchors to windward, and it is not 2t all unlikely that even while the French are being amused in this fashion, Lobanoff and Hohenlohe are transacting practical business. Nothing ever brings Emperors’ heads together so effectually as police reports about nihilistic discoveries. It is under- stood that there has been an exceptionally big murder plot unearthed in Russia, with wholesale seizures of plants and docu- ments and more arrests ‘than usual. The rumors in Vienna place the latter at 900; but details of the whole affair are curiously lacking. This revival of revolutionary activity east of the Vistula comes at a time when Emperor William is in a heated frame of mind about his own malcontents. The advanced wing of the German Socialists did carry their expressions of dissent from the general Sedan glorifica- tion to an extreme point. Notonly did they publicly assure the French of their sympathy, but they showered a course of personal abuse on the memory of old K r William at which the young Kaiser drew the line. The arrest of the editor of the Vorwaerts is taken to mean that there is to be an energetic official crusade against organized socialism in the empire. There has been a very noticeable toning down of the exasperated press relations between Paris and London, which may mean no more than that the fire-eaters are away on their holidays, but more probably hints at abetted understanding between the two Foreign offices. The Lord Mayor's visit in state to Paris and Bordeaux comes opportunely to impart a genial spirit of circus-day to this more amiable attitude, but it is feared here that he has been in- discreet in talking so much about inviting the French President to visit England. He has no mandate to do this from either the Queen or even his corporation, and Faure, knowing this, cannot but decline. The sweeping triumph of the Irish Par- liamentary committee at the polis in South Kerry gives to Healy a2 good setback from the English politicians’ point of view, but carries much less weight in Ireland, where the circumstances are better understood. The contest shaped itself into a fight be- tween two powerful priests, who have been rivals for years, Archdeacon O’Sul- livan of Kenmare and Canon Brosman of Cahirciven, and more than half of the electorate being dismayed and confused by the situation dare not vote at all. O’Sul- livan having the advantage of a concen- trated population about him, won hands down, assisted, as he was, by a dozen par- liamentary orators and plenty of funds. Nothing trustworthy can be learned about the prospects in West Waterford at Monday’s convention, where a number of candidates were present themselves, each with a group of pledged supporters, but compromise on a local man not identified dur; of with either faction is said to be the like- liest outcome. There is the customary amount of English blather about these dissensions injuring the Irish cause, but in reality they serve to clear the air and are much better fought out now than sup- pressed any longer. There will be talk in the Freeman’s Journal to-day about ex- pelling Healy from the party, but it would be impossible to obtain a majority of the members for such an action. Thomas L. James, returning from an extended tour in Scotland and Wales, has a very interesting story to tell of the re- ception extended to himseli and party at Hawarden. Gladstone nowadays is ex- tremely chary of seeing visitors, but hé cordially made an exception in this case and devoted marked personal attention to his guests. General James was particu- larly impressed by the zeal that the ven- erable statesman displayed in talking on the Irish question. It is obvious that he still holds it near his heart and continues fervent in the faith that it overshadows all other possible issues in British politics. Upon parting Gladstone was asked to give a message for the Nation of his ad- mirers across the ocean. He replied upon deliberation to tell the American people that when they adopt a free-trade policy the United States will become the foremost commercial power on earth. In a brief conversation ensuing he repudiated the idea that such a change would also work great benefits to Great Britain. ‘Perhaps we might gain 1 or 2 per cent upon the present dimensions of our trade,” he said, “‘but you would gain and hold 50 per cent of the world’s whole business.” General James confesses himself unconverted even by this, but he is properly proud of being chosen as the bearer of what is perhaps Gladstone’s last message to his friends over the sea. The Trades Union Congress at Cardiff managed, after all, to get through its ses- sions without the expected rupture. There was a scene of some commotion at the first turn of the committee’s screw, but no open revolt. It is said that thereafter both fac- tions got along with rather less friction than usual. This result was obtained, however, only at the cost of the wholly colorless session, which settled nothing and interests nobody. The only outcome of any importance is Ben Tillet’s failure to re-election to the committee, which leaves only a single independent labor man on the board of twelve. As all the news facilities of London be- come paralyzed early Saturday afternoon, there is no hope of learning the result of the first yacht race to-night. There is more interest displayed here this year than usual, but it cannot be in the least com- pared to the excitement obviously existing in America en the subject. Unless the Englishman owns a yacht, or is the happy |opossessor of friends who do, his sleep will not be in the least disturbed to-night by curiosity as to to-day’s event. Heisin- capable of working himself up over an abstraction, and his newspapers do not en- courage him to do so. Cricket he knows, and he follows the scores daily with breathless concern. He talks more this week of Surrey’s triumph in the counties’ contest than of all other human topics combined. Football and horses are also concrete realities to him; but, except he be a yachtsman himself, this great inter- national event will fina him quite un- moved. Pillsbury’s remarkable victory at Has- tings has been courteously commented upon here, but no more. English chess- men say privately that the adoption of a time limit, with the necessity for the player of keeping one eye on his clock and the other on his board, has destroyed sure chess in tournaments. As they couple this with the dogged assertion that their man Blackburne would have won instead of being whipped out of sight if it had not been for those confounded clocks, argu- ment is rendered difficult. I am told that there are beginning to be serious doubts about how thousands of American tourists on this side are going possibly to get home before the snow flies. All the steamer lists are jammed up to the end of October, and the shipping-offices are besieged by throngs of applicants, who are imploring for tickets on any terms, without berths or sleeping accommoda- tions beyond a chair in the saloon. In many cases holders of return tickets are making private arrangements by which women and children of several families are put together in staterooms, the males shifting for themselves outside. The Archbishop of Canterbury has pub- lished a column pastoral epistle in answer to the Pope’s English letter, in which he at great length avoids direct reference to the latter. Itisa vague and feeble docu- ment, which only one daily paper in Lon- don has ever mentioned editorially, and which contains nothing whatever to the | essentials to the discussion, if, indeed, in even had any. When Cecil Rhodes and the chartered company were sweeping Mashonoland with Maxim guns a gread deal was said of the noble friendly chieftain Khama, who brought his whole forces to assist the white conquerors and played a very important part in the crushing of Lobengula. This old renegade has now arrived in England with a delegation of other chiefs to ask for English protection agamst Rhodes, who threatens to annex theircountry. The pe- tition they bring with them says that Khama now sees the chartered company does not love the black people, but only loves to take the territory of the black people and sell it to others for gain. It is doubtful if even Chamberlain, resolute though he is to make his administration of the colonies a brilliant feature of the new Government, has nerve enough to tackle Rhodes on his own South African dunghill. Moreover, if he were brave enough to face Rhodes with the threat of breaking his British connection and could carry the Ministry with him, Khama fur- nishes the weakest possible pretext for such an action. He betrayed his own color by helping to exterminate Lobengula and the fine Matabele race, and there would be a popular feeling here that it would serve him right to be himself swallowed in his turn by the chartered company octopus. Chamberlain has finally refused royal assent to the Canadian copyright scheme, and the Dominion official, Newcombe, who cameover in July to urge its acceptance, sails for home to-day. The matter is not, however, definitely closed, for Newcombe is to draft a new bill, embodying modifica- tions suggested at the Colonial Office, which is to be introduced in the coming session of Parliament at Ottawa. Meanwhile, Hall Caine, representing the British Authors’ Society, sails on the Teutonic September 18, and after a short stay as Wavpleton’s guest in New York and Cape Cod, he will proceed to Canada on the same business. Though not delegated officially by the Colonial Office, he will bear letters of introduction from Chamberlain to the Dominion’s Prime Minister and other dignitaries, and hopes to be permitted to address either the parliamentary com- mitice, or, if possible, Parliament itself, on the subject. For some reason New- combe has declined during his stay here to meet Caine, and, as both were in con- tinuous attendance at the Colonial Office, there had been devised a sort of a “Box and Cox’’ system by which they came on alternate days or at different hours of the day. Caine is sanguine that a settlement acceptable to all will be easily arrived at, but Newcombe’s avoidance of him does not seem promising, and a letter in to- day’s Times from R. T. Lancefield, secre- tary of the Copyright Association of Canada, dated Hamilton, August 26, is extremely defiant in tone. All Scotland has been talking for some weeks of a report that Lord Archibald Campbell, who is nota more extraordinary intellectual luminary than the Duke of Argyle’s other sons, was organizing some unusual demonstration in the Pass of Glencoe for September 9. At first the thing was grinned over as a mere ebulli- tion of native asininity, but it is now seen that it may have more serious aspects. Lord Archibald maintains at his own ex- pense at Inverary a big pipers’ band, and gives to the members an annual excursion. His project this year is to take them to Glencoe Monday night and march by torchlight through the glen, playing funeral laments. These laments, it is ex- plained, are intended to indicate rumors that the modern Campbells feel the savage- ry of their ancestors in treacherously mas- sacring their neighbors, the Macdonalds, at Glencoe 203 years ago. But the modern Macdonalds decline to take his yview of the serenade, and swear that if the Camp- bells come there on any such mission they will whip them out of their kilts. In the face of these threats Lord Archibald has asked for police protection, and the al- together fantastic scheme has greatly ex- cited the Highlands. The London theaters are slowly opening one by one, and their business is as yet very voor. Willard’s experiment with “‘Alabama’ pleased some of the critics, who praise the calm beauty of its tranquil effects; but it only drew a full house for the first two nights, and it is now certain that it cannot succeed. Pinero’s illness has postponed the completion of his ex- pected new play, “The Benefit of a Doubt,” and nothing important is promised from any other dramatic source. HaroLp FREDERIC. AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY Consul Read and Commander Barber to Investigate Massacres. A Third United States Representa- tive WIll Be Selected by Minister Denby. WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 7.—Sheri- dan P. Read, United States Consul at Tientsin, and Commander Francis M. Barber, naval attache of the United States legation at Tokio, have been selected as members of the independent commission which this Government will send to in- vestigate the attacks on American missions at Cheng Tu and its vicinity in June last. The other American representative will be a missionary, whose selection lies with Minister Denby, and the Chinese Govern- | ment will also appoint a Commissioner to assist the inquiry. All arrangements con- | cerning the formation and procedure of the commission are in the bands of Mr. Denby, whose selections of Mr. Read and Commander Barber are thoroughly in- dorsed by the State Department. It is not known how soon the Commis- sioners will start for Cheng Tu, which is a small remote place, situated a consider- able distance from navigable waters, but there will probably be no delay after the missionary Commissioner and the Chinese representative are selected. A cablegram received at the State Department this morning from Mr. Read indicated that he had receved his instructions from the Min- ister. The American Commissioners will make a report to this Government, while the Chinese representative will look out for the interests of China. It is not likely they will make a joint report unless they can agree on all the facts brought out in the inquiry. e OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Changes Among Postoffices in the Western States. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 7.—Post- masters were appointed for the Pacific Coast as_follows: O. W. Lehmer at Alle- sandro, Riverside County, Cal., vice H. A. McCoy, resigned; J. P. Stielger at Cinna- bar, Trinity County, Cal., vice J. F. Cox, resigned; W. P. Burke at Lytton, Sonoma County, Cal., vice Alired Burke, resigned; J. E. Gedney, at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, Cal., vice C. N. Westover, re- moved; A, O. Bartholdt at Midway, Ala- meda County, vice H. M. Carstens, re- { moved; W. J. Turnidge at Crabtree, Lynn County, Or., vice William Meyer, resigned ; S. J. Millison at Crook, Crook County, Or., vice T. H. Millison, resigned. By direction of the Secretary of War Captain Frank de Carrington, First In- fantry, will proceed to Sacramento and re- port to the Governor of California for duty with the National Guard. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Restoration and reissue—John A. Bell, deceased, Los Angeles. Original widow—Harriet L. Loesch, Santa Clara. _Washington: Original—Jeremiah Rob- bins, Leavenworth. Original widow— Clarissa M. Hall, Granite Falls. — FIRE IN A HOTEL. There Was a Lively Pamic Among the Frightened Gu CHICAGO, Irn., Sept. 7.—Fire started this afternoon on the third floor of the Paxton Hotel, a_four-story brick building at 100 and 102 Randolph street. At the time there were a number of men and women asleep on the third and fourth floors, and as the cry of fire was raised and the smoke crept into the rooms, a panic ensued. Within a few minutes partly clothed women were crowding down the staircases and into the street. Three young women became so frightened that they fled to one of the front windows on the third floor and attempted to gnm into the street, but were restrained by their male companions. Owing to the construction of the building and the small rooms, the fire was a difficult one to fight, but was finally overcome with a small loss, ts. N T Onn Scene of Disorder. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 7.—At the closing session of the National Association of Letter-carriers to-day there was a scene of wild disorder, approaching a conflict, on account of the ill feeling between the New York and Brooklyn letter-carriers of lon, standin& The fight was made by William J. Morrison of Brooklyn, who was elected a member of the committee on legislation after an appeal from the de- cision of the chair on a point of order, made by a New York delegate, had been defeated. Grand Rapids was chosen as the next place of meeting. SECEST Entry of Animals. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 7.—The Treasury Department has instructed the Collector of Customs at Buffalo that no entry of any animals must be permitted without the deposit by the importer of a sum sufficient to defray the expense inci- dent to quarantine. Must Furnish Invoices. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 7.—Assist- ant Secretary Hamlin has decided that importers must furnish pro forma invoices to Collectors of Customs, even if the value of the merchandise is less than $100. PARADED AT KREKOW, Germany’s Second Army Corps Reviewed by Royalty. WILLIAM AT THE HEAD. And the Empress Also Placed Herself in Command of a Regiment. HIS MAJESTY WAS SURPRISED. Great Was the Demonstration and Loud the Cheering for the : Crown-Wearers. BERLIN, GerMANY, Sept. 7.—The Sec- ond Army Corps paraded at Krekow, adis- tance of an hour’s ride from Stettin, early this forenoon. The Empress drove from the castle at 10 o’clock in an open carriage with outriders. The Emperor rode at the head of his gorgeously uniformed suite and halted close to a stone which had been erected upon the Krekow field in memory of the Emperor's grandfather, Kaiser Wilhelm I. Remaining there a ‘few minutes his Majesty placed himself at the head of the Friedrich Wilhelm gren- adiers and led them twice before the Em- press. During a pause in the proceedings the troops and spectators were treated to an agreeable surprise. The Empress left her carriage after re- viewing the grenadiers, and in a short time made herappearance on horseback in pub- lic for the first time since her recent ill- ness. Her Majesty wore the uniform of her own regiment of cuirassiers and elicited every manifestation of admiration as she rode at the head of herregiment and took command. The Empress then gave the order to advance, and galloped to the line at the head of the regiment, passing in front of the Kaiser. This movement pro- voked a deafening outburst of applause from the troops and the assembled on- lookers, the manifestations of enthusiasm lasting many minutes. The Emperor seemed to be astounded when she came galloping down the line followed by her regiment, and when she came back at the same rapid pace, repass- ing the Emperor, his Majesty met her half way and shook hands with her. After the parade, which was finished at1 o’clock, the Empress drove home in her carriage. The Emperor followed later, and reached the castle at the head of the color company at2 o'clock. Both the Emperor and Em- press were cheered as they passed through the streets. 7he heat throughout the day was intense, and the crowds of people present on the parade-ground and throng- ing the streets was enormous. At 5:30 o’clock a gala parade dinner was given at the castle, and a gala perform- ance was held in the theatre. At the com- mand of the Emperor the comedy of “Flirts” was performed, with Fraulem Clara Ziegler in the principal role. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is expected to arrive on Monday, when the actual operations, consisting of maneuvers, sham battles, etc.. will begin. In the Kaiser’s group will be the King of Saxony, Prince Victor of Italy, Princes Arnulph and Leopold of Bavaria, General Lord Roberts of the British army and Lord Lons- dale, who is the Emperor’s guest. The total number of men who will take part in the maneuversis 120,000. The Em- peror will act as umpire except when he himself is in command. The Vorwaerts, the socialist organ whose editor was arresied a few days ago charged with high treason in publishing criticisms on the Kaiser's Sedan-day speech to the guards, two editions of the paper contain- ing the offensive articles being seized at the same time, has scored a point against the Government by publishing letters writ- ten by Baron von Hammerstein giving the cause of his recent retirement from the chief editorship of the Kreuz Zeitung. The revelations of these letters have more of an internal party interest than a general interest, and show that the Conservatives, despite their protests of unswerving loy- alty to the crown, have always regulated their policy in accordance with the meas- ure in which their demands for special leg- islation received the support of the Gov- ernment. Chancellor von Hohenlohe's advent in St. Petersburg next Monday, says the Cologne Gazette, was arranged before he left Berlin to visit his family upon his estates at Vilna, and the Czar will give him an audience Tuesday. Since Prince Hohenlohe’s visit to Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria his meeting with the Czar has been the subject of communica- tions between Berlin and St. Petersburg. Although Prince Hohenlohe's visit to the Russian capital is ostensibly one of cour- tesy, it was really designed in order to bring the Chancellor into more intimate relations with the leading statesmen of Russia. The German-American veterans con- tinue their round of fetes and there has been only one incident since their arrival to mar the perfect freedom of their visit from unpleasant incidents, and no blame attaches to them for this. The German organizing committee made the mistake of trying to implicate the American em- bassy, through the veterans, in an inter- official recognition of the Sedan-day cele- bration. By request, The United Press denies all the statements of the Berlin press that the United States embassy took any part in the fetes, or shared in any way in the celebrations. On Tuesdhy the vet- erans placed a wreath upon the mausoleum of Kaiser Wilhelm I at Charlottenburg and then visited the grave of Emperor Frederick at the Friedrichskirche, Pots- dam. The group of veterans will divide into two parties after going to Kyffhauser, One party will go to the Metz battletield and the other return to Chicago. Among the Americans here are Colonel Savage, Professor Simon J. Brown, U. 8. N., and H. T. Proctor of Williamstown. DROPPED FROM THE BRIDGE, Mrs. Clara McArthur Now ILies in the Hospital. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 7.— Mrs. Clara McArthur, the young woman who sttempted to jump from the Brooklyn bridge ten days ago, and was prevented by the police, dropped off quietly at half-past 8 o’clock this morning and is now lying at the Hudson-street Hospital. Although when picked up she was unconscious, she had n;zmrentl recovered from the effects of the daring feat by 7 o'clock. She was dressed in man’s clothing and was noticed only by a bridge policeman, who did not expect to find a bridge jumper at that hour. O%Xhen prevented the first time Mrs. Mc- Arthur ssid that sie was determined to make the jump as she wished to entera museum as the_only woman who had ever jumped from Brooklyn bridge. She con- sidered that the easiest way toearn a liv- ing. el AL it BURGLARS LOOTED A DBANK. They Took Every Dollar From the “ Safety ”” Vault. KINCAID, Kass., Sept. 7. — Burglars entered the bank of Kincaid last night, blew open the supposed burglar-proof vault and took every dollar of the money, secur- ing between $2000 and $3000. There were about fo: vounds of silver and nearly $1500 in gold. The burglars gained access to the bank by means of skeleton keys, after unlocking the toolchest of the section men of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad to get tools for working. They also brought railroad ties from the depot, almost half a mile away, and put them above the safety vault to prevent the debris from falling in after the explosion. Officers are trailing the men, and there is a possibility of their speedy capture. It is thought there were five of them. —_— TRAGEDY AT PHENIX. Mysterious Shooting of Commercial Freight Agent Miller. PHENIX, Arrz., Sept.7.—Jay H. Mil- ler, commercial freight agent of the Mari- copa and Phenix Railroad, is dead. At about 10 o’clock two shots were heard in the rear of the railroad office. Miller was found lying on the ground in a pool of blood. A pistol was found at his feet. Opinion is divided as to whether it was a case of suicide or murder, but indications point to the latter. el S S AR Fire in a Masonio Temple. BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 7.—Boston’s Ma- sonic Temple, corner of Boyleston and Tremont streets, was badly damaged by fire and water to-day. The fire started in one of the upper stories and practically destroyed all above the third floor of the seven-story building. he damage to building and contents, including Knights Templar and Masonic lodge regalia, swords, banners and other paraphernalia, is estimated at $100,000. DOWN IN A BURNING MINE Thirty Men Imprisoned Near Houghton, Mich., With No Chance of Escape. All of Those Shut In Must Have Quickly Succumbed to the Generated Gas. HOUGHTON, MicH., Sept. 7.—Osceola mine ison fire. Thirty miners were cut off and probably smothered. Smoke is now pouring in dense volumes from the mouth of every shaft of the Osceola mind, and escape through any of these openings is now impossible. The only remaining hope for the thirty im- prisoned men is that they may find some old drift which opens at about the fif- teenth level into the south Hecla branch of the Calumet and Hecla mine, but which has been abandoned for years and prob- ably choked up with decayed timber. But it is the only possible avenue of escape. Among those known to be in the mine are Captain Richard Trembath, shift boss; Fred Reardon, Richard Bickel, Michael Johnson, Michael Schuelte, Alexander Daniel, John Cuddihy, all miners. The Osceola mine is, next to the Tamarac, the chief copper producer in the Clark Bigelow group of mines, comprising the Tamarac, Tamarac Junior, Kearsarge and Osceola mines. It has been in continuous operation since 1888, and paid an average dividend of $100,000 annually. The underground workings being heavily timbered with pine, the fire generates great quantities of carbonic acid gas, which sinks to the lower level, so that death by suffocation is certain to all in the mine below the level of the flames. Gathered about the shafts of the Osceola are the wives, mothers and children of the unfortunate men, anxiously awaiting more news from their loved ones. The scenes are very pathetic, but beyond the doubtful assurance that the men may have found the abandoned Hecla drift, little comfort can be extended. Every effort is being put forth to rescue the unfortunate men, but hope is not high. The Osceola is, next to the Tamarac, the chief copper producer in the Clark Bige- low group. It has been in continuous operation since 1888 and paid average divi- dends of $100,000 annually. Upward of 200 men were at work in the other levels of the mine when the fire started. Many of those were taken to the May shaft and brought to the surface in the great buckets in a fainting condition. It is now utterly impossible to guench the fire by the usual methods, and prepa- rations are now being made to close the mouths of the shafts to shut off the air. The side shaft leading to the thirty- seventh level is hermetically sealed, but the other shafts will not be closed so long as hope remains. It is believed it will take a month to extinguish the fires. Tnis is thought to be the worst disaster in point of loss of life in the ‘copper mining history of Michigan. % i e One Cyclinder Disabled. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 7.—The Ham- burg-American steamer Normannia arrived this morning from Hamburg, Southampton and Cherbourg. Captain Berends reports that on last Saturday morning, Sept. 1, at 3 o'clock, the high-pressure cylinder of the port engine became disabled. The engine was promptly stopped, but the steamer proceeded under the starboard engine. The chief engineer ordered the damaged cylinder disconnected. This, after consid- erable labor, was done in sixteen hours’ time. After the repairs were completed the Normannia proceeded under both engines with five cylinders at her full speed. SiL g Brutal Murder of a Girl. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Sept. 7.—A special from Aucilla, Fla,, says: Last Monday night Stella Johnson, the fourteen- year-old daughter of a widow who lives near here, disappeared. The mother said the girl had been kidnaped and posses have been searching for her. To-day the girl’s mangled body was found smpgea to a log in a pond some distance from home. Her neck was broken, throat cut and right arm severed from the shoulder. The arm could not be found. The Coroner is inves- tigating. ooyl The Honest-Money League. CHICAGO, ILL., Sept. 7.—A meeting of the Honest-money League of Illinois was held to-day at the Palmer House for the urpose of preparing for the political cam- g.irp:n“ Putg leaders in the city and State were present, and encouraging reports were made of accessions to the league since the organization last April. Within the last three months the league has distributed 100,000 copies of Secretary Carlisle’s Memphis'speech. e R Governor Morrill Very 1l TOPEKA, Kans, Sept. 7. — Governor Morrill, while attending the encampment of the State militia at Emporia yesterday afternoon, was stricken down with an old malady con in the army and is uite ill. He was taken this evening to %mwmu, his home, where he will remain until he recovers. LIP WYATT IS GONE, Death of the Notorious Bandit From Old Wounds. A WILD LIFE OF CRIME. It Began by Shooting an Of- ficer, and Included Mur- der and Robbery. HE LED A DESPERATE GANG. Robbery of the Rock Island Traln Was the Last Exploit of His Career. ‘WICHITA, Kaxs., Sept. 7.—Zip Wyatt, alias Dick Yeager, the famous Oklahoma bandit,whose capture occurred early in Au- gust, after the most exciting chase known in border history, died in the South Enid jail at 1:20 p. m. to-day from the effects of wounds. At 3 p. M. yesterday he began suffering excruciating ,pain and at 9 o’clock this morning became unconscious. The criminal career of the outlaw began at & Fourth of July celebration in Edwards County, Kans., over a horse race. Balfour, who claimed to be an officer, attempted to arrest Wyatt over some trifling matter, ana he resisted. Balfour shot Wyatt in the hand and in the left side of the bedy, both flesh wounds, the marks of which can be found on his body. Wyatt drew a gun from a bosom pocket and shot Bal- four dead and then mounted a horse and fled, shooting as he went. After this he went to Indianapolis and stayed with his uncle a while. He after- ward went to yisit an aunt in Corea, Ind., where he was arrested, and after a long habeas corpus trial was taken to the jail at Guthrie on the strength of a fighting case against him at Mulhall, I. T. On the first day of January, 1892, Zip es- caped from the Guthrie jail in a very mys- terious manner. He hid around his fath- er’s home until he procured a horse and saddle and left for parts unknown. From this time on the yound man led the life of an outlaw. The crimes and misdemeanors which are attributed to him are legion, covering the States of Kansasand Texasand Oklahoma. They consist of murder, bank robbery, horse-stealing and, in fact, almost every crime known to the life of a bandit. He first came into prominence as one of the bank robbers at Coffeyville, Kans., afterward murdering an officer in Kiowa, Kans., and it was he who led the band in the daring train robbery on the Rock Island, near Hennessey, a few months ago. It is believed it was he who murdered | Postmaster Townen in Blaine County, | L T., a year and a half ago, after enjoying his hospitality foran evening meal. Heavy | rewards were out for his capture and there has been much wrangling among the offi- cers and vigilantes as to who deserves the | credit for his capture. W. D. Fossett, detective of the Rock Island Railroad, be- gan the pursumit of the Wyatt gang Mon- day night, July 29, at 9 o'clock. They | found the outlaws in the foothills beyond | the Gloss Mountains and pursued them in a southeasterly direction, hundreds of farmers joining in the chase. For a week the pursuit lasted and finally the outlaw was captured two miles east of Sheridan. Zip Wyatt was married to Miss Annie Bailey at his father's home in 1889. He never lived with her since he killed Balfour in Kansas. They had a little girl. PLUNGED FROM A BRIDGE. Fifteen People Injured in a Kansas Rail- road Disaster. MONMOUTH, Kas., Sept. 7.—Fifteen persons were hurt in a wreck on the Par- sons division of the Kansas City, Memphis and Fort Scott road to-night. Two coaches jumped the track while crossing Indian Creek and went down into the stream. 2 The train left Kansas City at 10:35 this morning. It consisted of a baggage and three passenger coaches. This section had been visited recently by heavy rains, and there were numerous washouts which had been but recenty repaired. The water was still high in Indian Creek and had fallen seyeral feet in the I]])an two days. It is thought the high water weakened the supports, and as the water was not yet low enough to permit an examination of the bridge, there was no forewarning of the accident. The railroad officials refused absolutel to give out any more information and will not allow the Jist of names of those injured to be made public. e SPETGS Satolli Visits Feehan. CHICAGO, Iry., Sept. 7.—Mgr. Satolli, legate to this country from the Holy See at Rome, arrived in Chicago at 9:30 o’clock this morning from St. Paul. The distin- guished visitor was welcomed at the depot by Archbishop Feehan and Father Mul- doon, chancellor of the diocese. Mgr. Sa- tolli said his visit had no official signifi- cance, being merely for the purpose of ac- cepting the hospitaiity of Archbishop Feehan. The legate will celebrate mass at the cathedral of the Holy Name to-morrow morning and leave early in the week for Washington. Sl Sl Killed in a Freight Wreck. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Sept. 7.—In the wreck of a Missouri Pacific freight train south of here the body of a well-dressed man, snp‘posed to have been stealing a ride, was found among the debris. Four freightcars were derailed, but the trainmen escaped without injury. The dead man has been identified by letters as David ‘Wade of Welton, Ohio. — Clerks Committed Forgery. BUTTE, MoxT., Sept 7.—Warrants have been issued for the arrest of ex-City Clerk Perrin Irvine and his assistant, Philip T. Miller, charging them with forgery, al- leged to have been committed during their tern: of office. Itis said they issued war- rants to fictitious persons and drew from the city funds sums supposed to aggregate over $25,000. S % Flow of the Gold Reserve. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 7.—At the close of business to-day, the official state- ment of the gold reserve was $101,118,520. From this the gold withdrawals of to-day, 31,000,(!)0 as officially reported, were to educted, leaving the true P‘fld balance $98,213,520. Up to the close of business no telegram announcing a deposit by the ml:f‘nt-uomn syndicate had been re- Vi p e Sale of the Waco and Northwestern. FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept. 7.—The ‘Waco and Northwestern road was sold to ‘Wilbur F. Boyle of St. Louis for $1,505,000. Mr. Boyle is said to have purchased the road for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Company. Thomas C. i dent of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, denied absolutely that there was any foun- dation for the report that the road had been bought in for the M., K. and T. *“This rumor,””*he said, ‘‘has been in cir- lation for several days, and I haye been forced to deny it a number of times. We do not want the road, and Boyle has no connection with us whatever.” e BRITISH FLAGS HAULED DOWN, Exciting Scenes at a Fete of Lafayette Guards in New York. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 7.—The La- fayette Guard celebrated its twenty-fifth annual fete at Lyon Park to-night. About seventy-five members of the Irish-Ameri- can volunteers of the State of New York attended the celebration. At 11 o’clock, when the dancing was at its height, a num- ber of privates of the Lafayette Guard and their American volunteers made a rush for the British flags which hung on the walls of the pavilion, which were decorated with the banners of all nations. They hauled down four Union Jacks. Great excitement prevailed and the crowd_in the pavilion cheered wildly as each British ensign was thrown to the floor. The soldiers trampled upon them and kicked them about the floor as they elled “Down with the British flag.” The and continued to play in order to lessen the excitement. Many of the women who were dancing at the time joined in_the cheers. e Finally order was restored and the ball proceeded. SE pge 0 Window-Glass Men Combine. PITTSBURG, Pa., Sept. 7.—The Penn- sylvania window glass-manufacturers met in this city to-day and formed a combina- tion similar to that of the Indiana pool. The two pools will work together and con- trol 90 per cent of the window-glass output of the country. A A Rain Put Out the Fires. MILLVILLE, N.J., Sept. 7.—A heavy rain falling early this morning has extinguished the forest fires which have been fiercely burning in South Jersey. No houses have been burned in this vicinity and no lives were lost. FRAKER FULLY IDENTIFIED No Longer Any Doubt That the Man Arrested Is the Swindler. Prosecuting Attorney Farris Expects to Easily Secure the Doctor’s Convictlon. RICHMOND, Mo., Sept. 7.—There no longer remains a doubt as to Dr. George Fraker’s identity. Dr. E. Lemis of Kansas City, under whom Fraker studied medi- cine, was here to-day and is now prepared to make cath that the authorities have the right man. Colonel Bissell and wife, ac- companied by their negro cook, came to- day. Kraker boarded with them at Excel- sior Springs, and at once called the names of all three. TUp to the present at least 150 citizens of Ray and Clay counties have seen the doctor and all are positive in their recognition. Not a person who ever knew Fraker has been found that claims he is not the man. Dr. Fraker is a man possessed of many peculiarities. In his Excelsior Springs bome he was known as such, and since his advent into Ray County jail be has de- veloped many of them. He has not writ- ten a letter since he came and positively refuses his antograph to any one. James L. Farris Jr., Prosecuting Attor- ney of Ray County, said: “I have no especial information to impart. We are confident of securing a conviction, and it is my belief that Dr. Fraker will receive a sentence of not less than twenty-five years in the penitentiary.” — e The Lucky Guessers. A committee, consisting of the representatives from the Exam- iner, “Call’”’ and Chronicle, took the distribution under their many agement. THEY FOUND THE BARREL TO CONTAIN $74.50 THE:NEAREST GUESSERS WERE CHAS. HAMILTON, 25 Perry Sty TOM BURKE, 2795 Sixteenth St; The Wheels will be delivered to the lucky guessers Tuesday. Open Monday till noon, Raphael’s o, 11, 13 and 15 KEARNY STREET.