The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 16, 1895, Page 1

PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIR A NOBLE CALSE EARNEST WOMEN TALK AT THE NATIONAL PURITY CONGRESS. ADVOCACY OF MORALITY. HowE TELLS ARE THE STATES. REDEMPTION OF THE FALLEN. ~ EpHoLM, M1ss WiIL- ND MRs. WHITENET oF GREAT EvILS. BALTIMORE. Mp., Oct. 15.—Motherly looking women with gray hairsand earnest s were largely in evidenceat the second session of the National Purity Con- s. Among them who have devoted vears to aiding and comiorting the more unfortunate sisters who have given way to human weakness and become outcasts were scattered a number of laymen and clergymen who, too, have identified them- selves with the work. The reputation of these men and women drew a crowd of spectators to this morning’s session, which began with the reading of a paper by Rev. W. T. Sabine, D.D., of New York, on ‘‘So- cial Vice and National Decay.’ Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, who was to have made an address to-day on “Moral Equity Be- tween the Sexes,” was not able to be pres- ent, but her paper was read by President Powell. In it Mrs. Howe said: *“The r ions of sex areeither the crown of society or its ruin; they either build the state up on a sound and true foundation, or they set up fantastic structures upon nd, which speedily become yawn- sms of Joss and misery. Families are the wealth of states, and the ideal fam- eisone which we Americans espe- need to cultivate. Let the romance of our youths look forward to married life on a plan of mutual dignity and equality. In my view the sense of equality isa most important condition in marriage, and the surest guarantee of its soundness. Do what you will, inferiority of ability will involve as its sequence inferiority of moral respons The interests committed to the keeping of women are too momentous to be intrusted by any man to his in- feriors. “Philosophy and poetry in our days have sometimes appeared as apologists of an evil which has come to us from the barbarous past, but which has no apology in the civilized present. The entertain- ment of the old, unequal hypothesis of morzality has often seemed to me like the building of an arch in which one side should be sound in strength while the other- side should be built of unknown material. For one side you fit and smooth the stone carefully; for the other you take such material as comes to hand. How will such an arch stand? But if we bestow equal care upon the two sides of the arch then the keystone, duty, will fit in and our social fabric will stand so firmly that countless generations shall not cause it to move or fall. Charton Edholm, superintendent s of the World’s Women’s Christian Temperance Union, was listened to with rapt attention as she delivered an eloquent address on “Traflic in Girls and Florence Crittenton Missions.”” She told of the horrors suffered by thousands of young girls lured into the haunts of infamy. She described her experiences in many cities and delineated the work of rescuing the fallen. Mrs. Edholm asserted that of the 230,000 erring girls in the country, over half of them have been scared and bought and sold into their lives of shame. “Their average life is five years,” she added. “Forty-six thousand are carted out to the potter’s field every year. Over 100 American homes have to be desolated every day to recruit the ranksof shame. Isn’t it time somebody was saving these girls? Twenty million Christians can res- cue 230,000 erring girls, or surely the reli- gion of the Lord Jesus Christ is a failure. “The cursed winerooms are sending more girls to hell than anything else. Just as long as we have the traffic in drink we will have the trafficin girls. Don’t you think it is time we were leaving our fancy work and the making of pies and cakesand cientific Family Culture Institute of Bos- ton read a paper by Helen H. Gardener of Boston on “Heredity and Ethics.”” After reading Mrs. Gardener’s paper, Mrs. Whit- net made an address,"“The Relation of the Sexes,” which, she said, began with child- hood. Children should, she said, be educated in a proper way and taught the differences between the sexes in school, and not be stopped in their study of anatomy just at that point which is of the most vital importance. We should have no more of this false modesty, but we should work upon this subject openhanded and face to face. Mrs. 1jor Webb, superintendent of the Ohio social department of the W. C. T. U., read an interesting paper. In the absence of Samuel C. Blackwell of New Yerk, his wife, Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell, read his paper on ““The Municipality and Vice.” RALPH STEVENS’ MANY MISDEEDS. Dr. Nannie, His Wife, Wants a Divorce Because He Would Neither Cook Nor Attend The Baby. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 15.—The di- voree suit of Dr. Nannie A. Stevensagainst Ralph Stevens went to trial this forenoon in Judge rrit’'s court. Her husband lives in Wichita, Kans., and she lived there with him and practiced medicine there till two s ago, when she brought her children to Kansas City and opened an office here. Dr. Stevens, when she lived in Kansas, was a prominent member of the Women’'s Federation, which works for the advancement of women along many lmes that have heretofore been monopolized. On the witness-stand she gave as an instance of his rough conduct toward her that he refused to put the baby to sleep or cook her meals. The husband will be heard to-morrow TIER BILL NOT TRAPPED, Judge Campbell Proved Too Vigilant for His Enemies at Wichita. Arrest of Men Who Plotted to Have the Assistant Attorney-Gen- eral Disgraced. WICHITA, Kans., Oct. 15.—The whole town is laughing over the discovery and defeat of an attempt of the enemies of Tiger Bill, otherwise Judge W. P. Camp- bell, Assistant Attorney-General for Wich- ita, to entice that gentleman into a house of questionable repute that the county officers might arrest him for the violation of the very laws with whose enforcement he is charged. Campbell is leading the reform forces in their endeavor to wipe out the joints and disorderly houses of Wichita, and, though unsuccessful in securing con- victions, he has succeeded in bringing down upon himself the intense hatred of that faction of all parties, known as the liberal element. Recently a scheme was concocted to compass his downiall by the connivance of a pretty woman, who came to him in the guise of a divorce client. It has since developed that she received $50 as her fee for blackmailing the Assistant Attorney General. She practiced ber wiles upon him, and he, divining her purpose, en- couraged the play in order to find out who was behind the scheme. She proposed that Campbell should meet her in Kansas City, but her supposed victim was sly and would not go. Then she arranged for a meeting at a house on South Main street between 10 and 11 o’clock last night. Assistant Attorney-General went home in- stead, but informed Chief of Police Charles Burrows of the plot, and the Chief, with an escort of detectives, secreted themselves near the house until the appointed hour. Soon ex-Chief of Police Park Maszey, Cen- stable Voss and James Gillespie, a mer- chant, appeared, and while they were in hiding awaiting the expected arrival of Tiger Bill the Chief of Police and his men swooped down upon them. There were embarrassing attempts at explanation on the part of the men who were on the watch for the Assistant Attorney-General, and to-day the details of the entire plot leaked out. e THE BATTLE SHIP INDIANA Being Put in Proper Shape for the Offi- ial Trial Trip. BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 15.—The battle- ship Indiana, the latest addition to the United States navy, which left the Dela- ware Monday morning, passed by the sig- nal station at Highland Light, Cape Cod, at 4:10 o’clock this evening, going at a fqmj clip.. She anchored below boston Light about 8 o’clock this evening and was met by the tugboat Kate Jones, which had been chartered by the Cramps to act as a tender while the Indianais in these waters. To-morrow morning she will pass _into try to save our boys and girls? It comes home to you fathers, too. It will beno ex- cuse when you are asked what you did to keep your boy out of the saloons to reply that America should have free trade, and that in talking for that you did not have time to protect your offspring.” The feature of the session of the congress was the appearance and address of Miss Francis E. Willard, the famous leader of the W. U. of America. She was re- ceived with applause and the Chautauqua salute. The order of business was sus- pended and she was invited to address the congress. In the course of her remarks Miss Willard said she had read accounts of last night's meeting and thought of what good and pure things the purity alli- ance was spreading out for all to read. “We dare now to tell what we are think- ing. The bringing out of ideas and put- ting them all in a common stock that will build up a stalwart cause will win for your society and movement universal good will. We did not dare to speak of these things once. It is just ten years since I first felt I could mildly say something about it. The chivalry of one man, William T, Stead of England, did much to aid us in this matter.” Miss Willard then gavea brief story of the work accomplished by the W. C. T. U. and cited the fact that there are to-day 471 colleges and universities wbich admit and only about forty which exclude women. This was pointed out as one indication of the broadening of the views so necessary for education and purification. The bicycie, Miss Willard said, is one of the greatest allies of social purity. She rode one in England. In Chicago saloon-keep- €is and theatrical managers are cursing the bicycle because the young folks are riding out ih the country and not patroniz- ing their resorts, Mrs. William Whitnet of the National President Roads, where her machinery and boilers will be thoroughly cleaned and put in readiness for her trial trip. EEE S e Aftermath of Fraker's Frauds. LIBERTY, Mo., Oct. 15.—Nothing is being done at present between Judge J. E. Lincoln, executor of the Fraker will, and the insurance companies. It is under- stood that the companies are having some trouble among themselves as to pro-rating the expenses of litigation and capture of Fraker. Judge Lincoln says that he does not believe that any of the money coula be recovered legally. He argues that had it been discovered bevond doubt after the money was paid that Fraker was dead the $40,000 or full amount of the insurance money could not have been collected, so he says it is reasonable to hold that none of it could be recovered now that Fraker is known to be alive. e Free Silver and Hard-Money Democrats. LINCOLN, NEBR., Oct. 15.—The Su- preme Court to-day decided that free-sil- ver Democrats could not bring an injunec- tion suit to prevent the hard-money Dem- qcratic candidates from appearing on the official ballot, Justice Post intimating that mandamus proceedings would be the proper course, the Supreme Court not be- ing a court of original jurisdiction. Action was thereupon begun in the District Court, from which, in any event, the case will be appealed. Leading lawyers of the State are to argue on either side. o A i Ex-Priest Wagner Arraigned. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Oct. 15.—Dominick ‘Wagner, the ex-priest, was arraigned in the Criminal Court to-day, but on applica- tion of his attorney the case was con- tinued until the November term, at which he will be tried on the charge of embezzle- ment$ andfpossibly of kidnaping. No mention was made of bail, as ngngr does not desire to be released, but will remain in jail pending trial. | kiljed and wounded. The | WON BY INSURGENTS, DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH IN THREE IMPORTANT BATTLES. GREAT LOSS SUSTAINED. OF THE TROOPS SENT AGAINST NATIVES ONE THOUSAND WERE KILLED. ON THE MQUNTAIN OF MOGOTE THAT HISTORIC PLACE AGAIN THE SCENE OF FIGHTING AND GREAT BLOODSHED. BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 15.—A dispatch to a morning paper brings intelligence of two big battles which were fought recently be- tween the insurgents and Spaniards in Cuba. The battle descrived was fought at Las Varas on September 23. It lasted from 7 o’clock in the morning until noon. Before daybreak scouts brought in a re- port that a Spanish column, number- ing 1000 men, was advancing toward Manacas Jobosi. The insurgent scouts had ambushed the vanguard, con- sisting of about 100 men, and their shots had been returned by the regular troops. The scouts then fell back toward Balla de Sijago. where more shots were ex- changed. The order for an attack was at once given by General Roloff, who was ac- companied by his personal force of 800 men. Second Lieutenant Jamines, for- merly a member of the Twelfth Regiment, N. G. 8. N. Y., with thirty infantry sol- diers, formed an ambush in the Monacus { woods, through which the Spanish soldiers must pass. On their arrival in the woods a hot fire was opened on them. One hundred and twenty- four men were lost by the Spanish forces, The Cubans lost six killed and twenty-seven wounded. Among the wounded was General Seralin Sanchez, who received a bullet in the arm. Three other Cuban officers were also wounded, one mortally. Among the Spanish wounded was a colonel, who was carried off by his men. The second dispatch says: An impor- tant engagement on October 4 near Gibara was also reported by letter to the Cuban Junta by Second Lieutenant William G. Clapp, an American volunteer irom Flor- ida, serving under Brigadier Miro in the Holquin district. Two hundred and fifty prisoners were taken by the Cubans and there were over 400 bodies along the line of retreat. Desertions made the Spanish loss 1000 men. The Cubans lost 100 killed and 150 wounded. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cusa, Oct. 3, via Key West, Fla., Oct. 15.—The famous Mountain of Mogote, one of the highest of this district, was the scene of a heavy battle on the 2d inst., and one more vic- tory for the insurgents. The Mogote is forty-five miles northeast of this city and a point where many battles were fought during the ten years’ war. The rebels, learning that the Spanish generals, Garcia and Lineras, were on their way to that place, placed themselves in good position for the attack. The combined Spanish column, 2600 strong, opened the attack from their van- guard. Antonio Maceo, with 800 men, returned the fire, and after a severe battle of five hours he defeated the Spaniards, who were obliged to retire, leaving five chiefs and officers killed, ten officers wounded and 380 soldiers killed and wounded. The rebels are really fighting like heroes as they begin to be short of ammunition. During the last few days the insurgents have made splendid camps in Sabena Mir- anda, Mogote and La Grande Piedra, the second and last of these being matural fortresses almost inaccessible. Sabena Miranda is situated about twelye miles from San Luis, the terminus of the American Railroad. Mogote, as said, is forty-five miles northeast of San- tiago, and La Grande Piedra six miles from the American Mining Comvany, Jurugua, situated on the south coast of Cuba. The rebels have isolated the towns of S8an Luis Paloma and Salina, situated twenty-four and thirty miles respectively from Santiago, by setting fire to a bridge between the towns. A boat of the Spanish man-of- war Nueva Espania with an officer and ten sailors while passing near the Baconao River, about thirty-five miles from Santi- ago, on the south coast of the island, was fired on by a band of insurgents who were on the coast making salt. The boat re- turned the fire while the man-of-war fired six bombshells to protect the landing of the men. The rebels left the place and no one was wounded on either side. Yellow fever still continues very bad here among the Spaniards. The enthusi- asm is very great among the Cubans, and many young men go to the field almost daily. The women are more enthusiastic than the men, if possible. — Support Cuba’s Cause. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 16.—The Her- ald’s special cable from Buenos Ayres says: News comes from Rio de Janeiro thata large meeting has been held there to en- courage the Cuban revolutionists. The meeting was unanimously in favor of pre- paring a petition to all South American Governments to grant belligerent rights to the insurge nts. SESSION OF SWITCHMEN. Opening of the Annual Convention of the Union of North Anerica. OMAHA, NEsr.. Oct. 15.—The Switch- men’s Union of North America opened its annual convention this morning at the Young Men’s Christian Association build- ing. Its session was held with closed doors. Grand Master Sweeney presided, and the time was taken up with the reports of officers. ‘Che report of Grand Secretary and Treas- urer Doherty showed the financial condi- tion of the union to be first class. Grand Organizer and Instructor Tibbitts made a report showing that while only nine lodges were reported at the meeting in Kansas City last year, ninety-five are reported at the present session. The union in its pres- ent shape isa reorganization of the old union, and this is the first meeting held by the new organization. The regular com- mittees were appointed at the afternoon meeting, and the meeting adjourned until to-morrow to allow them time to report. e et MURDER OF THE MISSIONARIES. One Who Recently Escaped the Chinese Atrocities Tells of the State of Af- fairs in the Orient. BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 15.—Rev. Robert Parker, one of the missionaries who es- caped the Chinese atrocities a short time ago, lectured before a large audience in Union Hall this evening. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Ameri- can Board of Foreign Missions. Speaking of the recent riots, he said: “The civilized world at large does not beein to comprehend the terrible nature of the atrocities committed. While time is being given up continually to discussion of the Armenian question, hundreds of Christian men and women are being tor- tured and killed every year. “These Chinese riots are not the spon- taneous outbursts of a moment. They have been going on in a similar manner ever since the missionary movement began in China. Each year there is a large num- ber of Christians killed, concerning which no accounts are ever published. It is only by a great show of force that these atroci- tiess can be stopped. Great Britain has taken the initiative, now let other nations follow.” — MUCH FRUIT GOING TO WASTE. Millions of Bushels Along the Ohio River Cannot Be Transported and Is Rotting. CINCINNATI, Omuro, Oct. 15.—Millions af busiels of fruit are going to waste along the Ohio River because of the ciose of nav- igation. Between this eity and Evansville 150,000 barrels of apples alone, to say nothing of potatoes and other articles of produce, will be lost by decay. At the little port of Amsterdam, Ind., 2000 bar- rels of apples have been lying on the wharf two weeks awaiting shipment. The river is lower n than it has been since 1860. The continfled drought in Cen- tral Kentucky is intepfering considerably with the distilleries. BAll creeks are low and the water supply i8 very low. MILWAUKEETOCELEBRATE Fifty Years Ago the City Was Incorporated With Seven Thousand Residents. Now It Has a Population of a Quarter of a Million and Prosperity Is Unbounded. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 15.—When the good Solomon Jliresu founded the town of Milwaukee e little suspected that Solomon Juneau, the Founder of Mil- waukee. within the century the hamlet would blos- som forth into a city of great importance, with a population of a quarter of a mil- lion. In 1845 the town became a city, with 7000 inhabitants, and was incorporated. Fifty years of unceasing prosperity will now be duly celebrated by the citizens of Milwaukee. Invitations to attend the semi-centennial celebration to be held dur- City Hall, Milwaukee. ing the next two days have been sent forth, and some of the most prominent men in the Union will be in attendance. The city is therefore in holiday attire and the fftieth anniversary of the incor- oration will be an event long remem- red in the history of Wisconsin. The committees having charge of the celebration are composed of men whose names alone guarantee the success of the two days’ festivitis — - Colored Children Kept Out. PERRY, O. T., Oct. 15.—All the colored children, accompanied by their parents, went to the white schools to-day and de- manded admittance, but Superintendent J. ‘W. Augustine ordered them to their own schoolrooms. The president of the School Board was served with a mandamus peti- tion and the case was set for hearing No- vember 11. . ARMENIANS IN DANGER TuRKISH OFFICIALS FAIL TO KEEP THE PROMISE OF PROTECTION. FURTHER ATTACKS MADE FORTY-SIX SLAIN BY A MOSLEM MOB AND A LARGE NUM- BER WOUNDED. EMBASSADORS TAKE ACTION. AN AGREEMENT SUBMITTED TO THE SuLTAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY AN ULTIMATUM. LONDON, Exe6., Oct. 15.—The Daily News to-morrow will print a dispatch from Constantinople saying that the agita- tion there has been renewed, owing to the neglect of the Turkish officials to fulfill their promise of security given to the Armenian refugees when they left the churches. Another attack was made on Kassim Pasha and other Armenians on the 12th inst., when four were killed and a number wounded. Itis alleged that the police re- fused to interfere. Details have been re- ceived of an attack on Armenians by a Moslem mob at Akkishar on the 9th inst. Forty-six Armenians were killed and a large number wounded. A telegram from Rome to the Central News says that the Italian dispatch-boat Roma has been ordered to Trebizond, the scene of the recent riots between Turks and Armenians, to protect the Italian resi- dents of the city. The Chronicle to-morrow will print the following dispatch from Constantinople, under date October 14: Sir Philip Currie, M. Cambon and M. Nelidoff, the British, French and Russiaa Embussgdnxs, met here yesterday and drew up a final agreement. This they submitted to Said Pasha, the Foreign Min- ister, who went instantly to the Sultan. The scheme contains provisions of which no alteration will be made. A favorable answer was expected to-day, but at 4 o’clock no reply had been received. This was regarded as a bad sign, indicating a fresh attempt of the Sultan to gain time, but the Embassadors are resolved not to permit a further indefinite disposition, therefore the proposals will be quickly foilowed by an ultimatum. The Embassaders hold identical views, but their Governments are not unanimous, hence the hesitation to use force. Thekey to the situation is Russia’s unwillingness to see Armenia organized with autonomy. Itis a serious fact that yesterday’s pro- vosals revert, with slight alterations, to the scheme of May 11. The demand fora Christian high commissioner to be ap- pointed by the powers is dropped. The Chronicle, commenting on the affair, will describe it asa climb down. “We have been outbluffed and have had a slap in the face that a high-spirited people ought not to tolerate. We have to thank the weak-kneed champion of Toryism. We need never trust Lord Salisbury to play the part of a strong man again.” The Chronicle’s anger seems to arise from the fact of the terms of the proposition being no stronger than were Lord Rosebery’s on May 11. The Constantinople correspondent of the Standard, in a dispatch which that paper will print to-morrow, renews his attacks on the Hintchak Society, which, he says, for years past has flooded Turkey and Europe with pamphlets advocating ad- vanced anarchism. During the last few days, whenever Armenians have reopened their shops, emissaries of this society have immediately forced them to close them again for the purpose of maintaining the appearance of a panic, although the Armenians are ready and anxious to re- sume business. The result has been an enormous loss, solvent houses allowin their bills to be protested. The loss is variously estimated at a hundred thousand to half a million francs. The onus of the present situation, the correspondent says, lies with the Armenian leaders, and on neither the Armenian pop- ulace nor the police. The writer describes a visit made by him to one of the prisons. He says he was allowed to freely question the prisoners, who did not appear to have any serious cause for complaint. A commission of inspection sent to the authorities a list of fifty-six pris- oners with a recommendation for their liberation. The correspondent con- versed with Hazim Pasha, who bitterly complained! of the manner in which he has been fettered by the powers and by re- pealed amnesties. Allthe leaders of the rev- olutionary movement are protected by am- nesties, Indeed, the chief of the Hintchak Society started for Marseilles on Sunday at midnight under the surveillance of secret police. So long as revolutionary societies are protected in Europe while they foment sedition in Constantinople, says the writer, all of Hazim'’s efforts will be frustrated. FIRE IN ATLANTA. Three Small Exposition Buildings Were Burned. ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 15.—A fire broke out in the exposition grounds at 1 o’clock this afternoon and caused intense excite- ment to the large crowds who were pres- ent. The Fire Department did good work and showed its efficiency. The fire was'caused b a gasoline stove in the Old Plantation Vil- lage on the Midway. The structures were inglmmlhle, and the fire was well started before anything could be done to extin- guish the flames. It soread from the building in which it started into the building occupied by Hagenbeck’s show. Three buildings were destroyed, but the fire department soon checked the flames. the explosion of e Made the Waif’s Fortune. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 15.—When Eva Mann bought a child from & midwife for $5 and palmed it off on Robert Ray Ham- ilton as his daughter she made the fortune of the waif, at any rate. After Hamilton’s alleged suicide it was found that he had left to the child, who is known as Beatrice | his_brain. Ray, property valued at $130,000, although | assigned. he knew of the deception practiced upon him. Yesterday the guardians of little Beatrice asked Justice Cullen in the Su- preme Court, Brooklyn, for leave to sell the property, on the ground that it will be more advantageous to the child’s interest than to hold it until she is 21 years old. Affidavits of a conyincing character were ])resiented and the court granted the ap- peal. D ——— RETURN OF AN ABSCONDER. Defaulting Bank Cashier Coleman a Mental and Physical Wreck and Cannot Live. FORT SCOTT, Kas., Oct. 15.—J. R. Cole- man, the defaulting cashier of the State bank of this city, which was compelled to close its doors vesterday, arrived here this morning accompanied by his wife and lit- tle daughter and his wife’s brother, R. D. McArthur, of Jacksonville, Ill. He came voluntarily fromn St. Louis as he promised President D. F. Coon he would when sent for. He is a mental and physical wreck and it was necessary to carry him from the train to a carriage. He is now in bed at his handsomely furnished home, unable to talk. His physicians say that he can- not live. His shortage amounts to $30,000. CILL AL DOES NOT WEAR BLOOMERS. But Miss Walton Is an Adept on the Bicyele. WICHITA, Kaxss., Oct.15.—Miss Julia Walton, 17 years of age, made a run from Wichita to Newton to-day on a bicycle, covering the thirty miles strong in two hours. Sne did not dismount once during the whole trip, and her escort, 0. J. Kra- mer, himself a promising amateur, states that she reached Newton not the least fatigued, and was at once ready to begin the return trip. She rode over seventy- five miles to-day, showing remarkable powers of endurance. Miss Walton isa bookkeeper in a Wichita wholesale music housé, and her aceomplishments are not limited to cycling. She isa blonde, petite and pretty. She does not wear bloomers. DEALT A SEVERE BLOW Railroads Entering Chicago Must Stop Making lllegal Charges. A Declslon of State Commissioners That Will Be Fought to the Last Ditch. CHICAGO, IrL., Oct. 15.—Railroads en- tering Chicago were dealt a severe blow to- day in the decision of the State Board of ‘Warehouse and Railroad Commissioners that charges for handling freight at the Union Stockyards are illegal. A similar decision was recently handed down by the United States courts in the case of the Santa Fe. To-day’s decision was not an_interstate one, as that against the Santa Fe, but it was, nevertheless, of no little importance and if it is sustained by the Circuit Court will mean the loss of a tremendous revenue yearly. All the lines are obliged to pay the stockyards company terminal charges and thase they have collecting from the shippers. The Santa Fe case was appealed and a decision is now pending. In the meantime the roads have gone right on making the charge, although it has been declared il- legal. The case decided to-day was against the Chicago and Alton and was brought by an Illinois shipper. The roads will fight the decisions to the last ditch, but it is said there are other precedents for them and that they will in the end be compelled to abolish the terminal tariff. A meeting of Chicago-Minneapolis lines was held to-day for the purpose of coming to some sort of an agreement as to division of traffic, but none could be reached and the meeting adjourned until Monday, when the subject will be taken up in de- tail. It is denied that there is or was any attempt to form a pool, the interstate com- merce law having already been construed by the courts as not being opposed to the lines dividing up traffic, so long as a regu- lar pool, without money penalties, is formed. el S WORK OF FOREIGN MISSIONS. Interesting Reports Read Before the American Board. : BROOKLYN, N. Y., Oct. 15. — The eighty-sixth annual meeting of the Ameri- can Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions convened this afternoon in the Academy of Music. It was called to order by Rev. Dr. Storr of the Church of Pilgrims, who after making a few brief remarks in- troduced Rev. Dr. A. J. Behernend of the Ceniral Church, who delivered the address of welcome. The reading of annual reports of the home department by the Rev. C. H. Daniels, D.D., then began. This took nearly an hour, after which the report of the treasurer, F. H. Wiggins, was read, which was followed by the reading of the annual survey of missions under the care of Rev. James L. Barton, D.D., read by the Rev. Jeremiah Boynton, D.D., of Boston, also the reading of the survey of missions under the care of the Rev. Judson Smith, D.D. At the evening session, which began at 8 o’clock, Rev. A. Galon, D.D., pastor of Old South ~ Church, Boston, preached the annual sermon. AN S Killed by a Stomach Pump. SHELBYVILLE, K., Oct. 15.—Horace Middletor took an overdose of opium by mistake Sunday, and physicians began work with a stomach pump. When they were drawing out the pump it broke, leay- ing fifteen inches of the tube in Middle- ton’s throat. His stomach was opened and the tube removed, but the shock proved too much and he died last night. N Torture of a Negro. MEMPHIS, TEexN., Oct. 15. — Jeff Ellis, the Fayette County negro, who was brought back this morning from Mississippi to the scene of his crime nesr Brandon, was taken by a mob of 150 men and his ears and fingers cutoff. He was mutilated in a horrible and unmerciful manner and then hanged to a telegraph pole. Several shots were then fired into his lifeless body. s g Burning of the Ship Parthia. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 15.—News has been received here of the burning of the American ship Parthia, from Liverpool for San Francisco, coal laden. One of the boats, containing the second mate and seven men, has reached Valparaiso. P — With a Bullet in His Brain. OSAGE, Towa, Oct. 15.—H. V. Evans, the vrincipal of the High School, was found dead on the river bank, a short distance south of town, with a bullet-hole through No cause for the shooting is PLOTS [N COLOMBIA, DARING ATTEMPT MADE TO ASSASSINATE GENERAL REYES, TWO OFFICERS KILLED. CONSPIRATORS DEFEATED IN THE FIRST EFFORT TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT. PRESIDENT CARNO WAS DOOMED LIBERALS INTEND TO SLAY THE CAB* INET MEMBERS AND QUICKLY TAKE POSSESSION. BOGOTA, Ceromsra, Oct. 15.—Rumors that a revolution is prepared are unde- niable. Small risingsare reported through- out the entire country. Thoroughly re- liable advices received by merchants here from the province of Cauca announce the discovery of a conspiracy to kill General Reyes and leading officers in the army in that section. Colonel Marcos Benavidis and Major Vi cente Lameda were both of Reyes’ head- quarters, where a number of leading senti- nels in front of the headquarters favored the conspirators, but three orderlies in an ante-chamber resisted their entrance and were killed. The noise of the fight drew Benavidis and Lameda to the door, and after a desperate struggle, in which they killed two assailants, they were killed and bayoneted. Their cries attracted the at- tention of Reyes, who summoned a force, mostly of officers. ‘While the conspirators were retreating a number were killed or wounded on both sides. One of the wounded conspirators who was captured disclosed a plot, a part of which was to assassinate Reyes and all his officers and under new leaders march on this city, where friends, hearing of the success of the conspiracy, were to murder President Carno and Cabinet and proclaim a Liberal Government. The Government has taken extraordi- nary precautions. A number of arrests were made among leading Liberals and the entire country is closely watched. The Government is forcing leviesinto the army, as news is positive that the Liberals of Colombia are forming a league with the allies 1n Ecuador, and the frontiers are watched. YIELDED TO THE DEMAND. China Will Submit to a Proper Inguiry é Into Outrages. HONGKONG, CHiNA, Oct. 15.—Advices from Kucheng state that the deadlock which has existed in connection with the commission of inquiry into the outrages upon the foreign missions is ended. Brit- ish Consul Mansfield has had an interview with the Viceroy at Fukien, with the result that the latter agreed that eighteen more men accused of murdering the mission- aries shall be executed, and the remaining prisoners shall be speedily tried by the commission, which shall have power to impose the death penalty. This solution of thedifficulty is ascribed to an ultimatum which, it is reported, was sent to the Vice~ roy by Admiral Buller, commanding the British fleet, whose vessels are now at Foo« chow. S ey Cheers for Royalty. BERLIN, Germaxy, Oct. 15.—Emperor William, accompanied by the Empress, arrived at Courcelles, Lorraine, this morn- ing. Animmense crowd was gathered at: the station and cheered their Majesties as. they alighted from the train. Houses were gayly decorated with flags and other emblems.” The Emperor nlld%‘impress en- tered a carriage and were driven to the Castle of Urviile. Veterans of the war of 1870, school children and the fire bricade of the town lined the streets and cheered as the imperial carriage passed. oS A No Truth in the Story. LONDON, Exe., Oct. 15.—Inquiries ate the Foreign Office to-day concerning the. truth of a report published in the United States that a force of British troops was marchinf tbhrough Brazilian territory to Venezuela elicited the reply that the story is _undoubtedly a canard. The Foreign Office declare that they know nothing about the movement, and do not believe there is the slightest foundation for the re- port. L Defeat of Abysginians. LONDON, Exe., Oct. ;5.—The Central News has a dispatch from Rome saying advices from Abyssinia that troops of Ras Mangasia, the Abyssinian leader, have been dispersed and that they are fleeing toward Shoa. General Baratieri, the com- mander of the Italian forces in Abyssinia, proposes to invade Shoa and Hara and complete the subjugation of King Menelek. Ll Al - Rowmania’s Cabinet Resigns. 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