The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 29, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, -1897. FRESIO 1§ VERY RICH N MINES N AT | There Is a Promise of a Big Boom Next Spring. WEALTH LIES IN THE SIERRAS. Louis Rabidore’s Lucky Strike Visited by a “Call”” Repre- sentative, FORTUNE COMES AFTER WEARY WORK. Now the News Is Received of a New and Great Discovery on Mount Goddard. FRESNO, CaL., Aug. 28.—If it were not #olate in the summer Fresno would no doubt have a mining boom that would rival that of Trinity Cou itissureof a m as the spring Following upc rich gold ore by Creek, near the Dir of a vast le of g ing been fou northeast corner of The new ledge is he high Sierras on Mount Goddard on e headwaters of the Kings River. The length of this newly discovered ledge is not known, but it is very wide and the rock can be worked exceedingly cheap. eason why the mining boom will not reach Fresno until next spring is because of the approach of winter in the high where the new finds have been 1s Rabidore in Bear comes the news phuret ore hav- eme the couuty. vill not have the time this k into the hills, make their and get out again before tne The miner who gets caught ntains, unless prepared for ith food, cabin and clothing, o fare ill. lower ridges along the Dinkey 0 clears of snow early, and then is expected. A number of parties county are preparing to go back hills as soon as next year's rer will warrant, So far there is no to the Fresno County t from the outside, but nquiry are being receivea hose who are looking for an ity to go out mining. the Rabidore’s Sirike Verified. PEA RIDGE, CaL, via Fresno, Aug. —The o'd miners of Laurel, Bear and eks were anything but pleased n they learned that the news of the h gold strike of Louis Rabidore, com- ly called **French Louis,”’ had reached tbe outside world, and the displeasure of & number was intensitied when they learned that THE CALL had sent a corre- spondent into the Laure! Creek mining district to ascertain the exact situation. With but few exceptions the oid miners ere doing all m their power to prevent even a small rush into this section. hness is the reason for this condition ned the rich creeks in this section and they have made what they call just a fair living out of their claims. Just a living means that during a few weeks, or per- s months, every year they have taken t 1gh gold 10 keep them in bacon, ur and coffes during the rest of the e without work. If a rush should take place they would be obliged to get out and hustle to keep up with the proces- sion. There are a few who have the spirit of the present century in their make-up, and among them are W. Wakefield, Sam Jennings of Kenyons, James McMurtry 1d Louis Rabidore, the lucky miner, Rabidore is to be congratulated for his fortunate find, for he has struggled along on his claims on Bear Creek, above Laurel Oreek, for the past eight years,and hisrich find comes none too soon, for “French Louis” is now going down the western slope of life. He comes from a good fam- ily, his relations owning large properties in Bt. Louis, Mo, He isa little oid man, grizzled of hair and beard, and shoulders bent with hard work with pick, shovel, pan and by hydraulic pipe. His neighbors speak of him with respect and good wishes. His claim, that set the tongues of all Fresno wagging, is undoubt- edly rich. Itis what is here knowa as an | ochre proposition. That is the gold, which is very pure, lies in the ochre, a sort of decomposed quartz mixed with iron, which stains the whole mass a dull yel- low. Even the precious metal itseif is so stained with the iron rust that its true nature would escape the attention of those not familiar with this kind of mining. The acid test brings out the true metal in all its yellow luster. As a rule the ochre in Rabidore’s claims is soft, and easy to get out of the ledge, but the gold, which is of a floury nature, is hard to get free from the iron rust and consequently built this ditch, and for two years I 1an a small hydraulic with a two-inch stream, and did very well indeed. The third year I spent considerable in enlarg- ing the ditch, so as to get more water from up Bear Creek, because, you see, we can’t get as much water as we want, and cannot run all the year round. I got but little water that year,and I fixed my sluices so that I could run while the water lasted, wuich was about four months, My intention was to make but one big clean-up, when I stopped work. A miserable fellow—I know who he is—evi- dently wanted to get me discouraged, so that I wonld leave and he could take up my claims, then placed a lot of grease in my ground sluices. 1 got lots of grease in my quicksilver, but only two ounces of goid. Many thousand dollars of flour gold must have gone out with the gravel that year, and I went broke. ‘Well, they opened my ditches and did all they could until my friends made them stop. “A year or so ago 1 found that I was washing out a lot of this ochre, so I started to wash up the hill until I got the vig gash in the hillside that you see, and this was how I uncovered those spurs from the main ledge. This cut istoohigh up for me to reach where the stringers will meet, and the water from the ledge comes in too fast. 1 am now running a cut so as to come in on the bedrock at a level 30 feet aeep, and when I get this started I will turn on the pipe and wash out a big lot of ground at that level. There 1 am sure to find my bonanza. At any rate, what I wash out in getting to the ledge will make me wealthy. 1 may find the ochre turn into hard quartz, and I half expect that it will. Then I will put up & mill and work it as a quartz proposi- tion, but I'll have the money then to doit with. I only took up two claims, as I don’t want more than I can bandle. I have traced this ledge for six miles east and west and got good prospects along the entire length. *C. W. Ladd has taken up the claim next to mine on the west and three feet from the surface his ledge is 18 to 20 inches wide and the o1e is the same as in my claim. I believe that this ledge is even longer than six miles, but I have traced only from Sheep Camp on the west to Deer Creek on the east. I hope that some deserving men will take up the other claims.” Rabidore is of the opinion that hiseast claim is a slip from the main ledge, but that it will work to a great profit until the true ledge is discovered by clearing off to bedrock. ‘When the question of the value of the ochre was put to the little old miner he smiled and answered: “I don’t want people to think that I have gone crazy, but I have worked out pieces the size of my thumb and got 24 cents in gold. I frequently pan out 10 cents to the pound of ochre. Putting itat a low figure 1 should say that it will aver- age $75 to $100 free gold to the ton, and this does not take into account the sul- phurets that I have no means of working and have to let go to waste. If the sulphurets could be saved the value per ton would no doubt be much greater.”’ \By this time the sun showed high noon | and “French Louis'’ went to his little log and shake cabin to partake of his beans and bacon preparatory to resuming the work of enlarging and deepening the cut in search of the wealth that lies hidden by the heavy gravel banks and the tall pines of the mountain side. Sam Jennings at Kenyons has been on this claim, and he is very enthusiastic, stating that it is one of the richest finds in this part of the country. He 1s famil- iar with ochre ore, and he believes that Rabidors’s is the best he has ever seen. “'Asto the extent of that vein,” saia Jennings, “itis fully as great as Louis says, and perhaps even greater, I, too, have traced 1t for over five miles, and it shows good prospects along the eatire distance.” ‘W. Wakefield is also an authority on mining, for he has been placer mining on the Laurel since 1888. Had he not al- ready been tied up in a dozen other min- ing properties he would have taken up a claim or two close to Rabidore on the east, but William Hogue and Newton Phillips filed on the east claims as quickly as pos- sible. Gold on Mount Goddard. FRESNO, CaL., Aug. 28.—The interest in the discovery of rich gold-bearing ore on Bear Creek had hardly subsided in this city before the information was receivea of a greater find in the extreme northwest corner of Mount Goddard, near the head- waters of Kings River. The original lo- cator, Fred C. Burnew of San Francisco, arrived here Wednesday from the moun- tains, and it was not long before it was learned that he was on the road to for- tune. The rock that he exhibited has excited the admiration of all who have examined it. The stuff fairly sparkles with gold-bearing sulphurets, and an assay of a piece chipped from the surface gives §2 85 to $3 per ton. The ledge is so great that the value must increase in depth. To his friends Burnett told the following story of the discovery of the new bonanza: For several years past Morgan Baird, a wealthy sheep-owner of Academy, in this couniy, has driven his flocks across the Sierras an int Goddard. He noticed the quartz, but not being a miner did not zppreciate its worth. However, last year he brought down a piece from the ledge because it was preity, and early this year he showed the piece to Burnett, who, while an ironmolder by trade, is also a miner. Inless than three days Burnett, Baird and W. C. Thurman, of Malter- moro, had fitted out a lot of pack animals and started for Mount Goddard. Burnett and Thurman almost went crazy with ex- citement at what they saw, but by the time they reached Fresno they were very quiet until they baa recorded claims for themselvesand friends covering one and a half miles of the monster ledge. A com- pany was formed, called the King Alfred Consolidated Mining Company, and the is difficuit to amalgamate with the quick- silver. Toget around this the gravel is sent down a very long sluice, and the sharp, flinty quartz and granite gravel cleans off the rust sufficientiy to make it hold to the quicksilver. The claim, which is cailed the Klondike of Fresno, lies at the foot of a high moun- tain that drops to the south into Bear Creek, a tributary of the Laurel. The veins run east and west. One isalmost a bianket ledge, the dip being not over twenty-five or thirty degrees. The others dip at forty-five and sixty-five degrees, and all dip to the north. The three vary in thickness from ten inches to two feet, and accompanying these are many small siringers. All who have inspected the claim express the balief thal these are the stringers that run to the main ledge, and that when they come together great wealth will be found in the main ledge. But whether this main ledge is found or not Rabidore has a fortune in sight. The way in which the discovery was made is best tola in the old miner's own words. He ight years ago I came here ard took up a placer claim just below here, near men went back to do their assessment work. On their way back this week the Bur- nett pirty met a party of four miners bound for Mount Goddard, for the secret of tne big discovery had leaked out and others are preparing to rush in as soon as they can get into the mountains with safety. Burnett and Baird are now mak- ing arrangements to erect a sixty-stamp mill on their claims. The worst part of the venture is the difficulty of getting the machinery into the mine. Every pound of iron and provisions will haveto be packed in on the backs of burros. The men, however, bave the money and the confidence to carry out tneir project, and in six months they will be on the trail with one of the largest pack trains that ever left Fresno. Mount Goddard is about 120 miles from Fresno, and of these eighty miles lie through some of the wildest mountain country in the State. The mine liesacross the river from the Inyo County line and at an altitude of about 14,000 feet above the sea level. 1tis far above the timber line and the snow sets in as early as Octo- ber, leaving but four months of summer where my cabin stands. After a while I weather. - As a fact it was storming when the men left the claims, and it is likely that the other four parties will not be able toreach Mount Goddard. Burnettsaysthat there is plenty of waterpower for the mill at the fooiof the mountain and that the quartz can be worked for 50 cents a ton, and the company has every confidence in being millionaires before very long. M. J. WHITE. —_— RETURNING FROM TRINITY. These on the Back Trall Are Not Enthuslastic Over the Re-~ ported Discoveries. REDDING, CAn., Aug. 28.—The usual number of prospectors left Redding to- day bound for Coffee Creek. About 100 arrivals were noted to-day and these will make for the week a grand total of about 1200 who bhave landed in Reddingen route for the new gold diggings. 'No reports of new strikes have been received here to- day. W. W. Robinson, the mining expert, and J. L. Paige, the capitalistand mining man, arrived here this morning from Coffee Creek. Both appeared thoroughly dis- gusted, and Mr. Robinson, in an interview with THE CALL representative, stated that the gold boom was a grand farce. “I offered to bet,” said Mr. Robinson, ‘‘that there has not been $100 taken out of the Coffee Creek district since the big find of the Graves boys.” ‘*Are there not plenty of rich gravel de- posits in that district?”’ asked THE CaLL man. “No,” replied Mr. Robinson; “its all quar(z, and there’s only one or two quartz mines worth speaking of.”” Mr. Robinson laughed at the report that he and Paige were negotiating for some properties in the new diggings, and em- phatically denied it. His opinion regard- ing the mines and prospects in that dis- trict differs very materially, however, with the great majority of mining men who have visited that section. “Quite a number of ‘back-trailers’ were noticed to-day. They report large num- bers of people coming out of the various campsin Coffee Creek district, and they also met hundreds going into the district. There 1s now a steady stream of people traveling both ways. The proposition of a stage line from Delta to the new diggings is considered impracticable by miners acquainted wi th the countrv. The distance from San Francisco to Delta is some fifty miles greater than to Redding, and from Delta 10 the mines the road is extremely rough, and, while somewhat shorter than from Redding, the time of travel is about the same, or even greater on account of the roughness. And then supplies can be procured at Redding, while at Delta the meager stock in store would soon be ex- hausted. R Reports from Trinity Center to-day are to the effect that that town isa literal mass of humanity. The horseraces are a big drawing card. All kinds and classes of people are there, and all kinds and classes of schemes are being played to secure the elusive dollar from the un- wary. Gambling isin full sway and the saloons are doing an enormous business. e e GOLD IN TEHAMA. An Old Miner of the County Has a Rich Claim on a Small Istand. RED BLUFF, CAL, Aug. 28.—Emmor Matlock, an old miner of this county, came to town to-day and exhibited a good- | sized bottle of flour gold that he had taken from a small island in the river near Jelly’s ferry, and filed a placer claim for the island. He is rather uncommunica- tive, but for some months has been work- ing the gravel and gathering the gold ina way known only to himseif. In fact, he says he is the inventor of everything used except the pick and shovel. He Jeft the mmpression with those with whom he talked that he had taken out go!d svffi- ciently fast to satisfy any reasonable man who doesn’t want a fortune in a single week. The surrounding country was worked some in early days, but this is the first work done of recant years, and in fact the only work in the river. When questioned as to the value of his property by a prospective buyer he replied that he didn’t care to sell to-day. ARRESTED AS A TRAMP. Mayor Harrison of Chicago, and His | Brother, Are “ Vagged” While on a Fishing Excursion. CHICAGO, 1LL., Aug. 28 —Mayor Harri- son was arrested as a tramp at Huron Bay, Mich., yesterday. He and his brother, William P. Harrison, who was also taken into custody, were on a fishing excursion at the time. The fishermen wore their old clothes, and it is to this fact that they attribute their strange ad- | venture. According to advices from Negaunee, Chief Huhlaha had been bothered incess- antly by firebugs and tramps, and had been on the lookout for travelers of this character for some time. When he laid eyes on Mayor Harrison and his brother, he is said to have rejoiced greatly, and hastened to take them into custedy. Preston Harrison could not find a simi- lar experience in his diary of his around- the-world trip, and was completely puz- zled. The Mayor was more inventive, and got both himself and his brother out of the predicament. He suggested that a messenger be aispatched at gnce to Houghton and identification secured. This was done, while the tourists remained under surveillance, but not in the town lockup. Chief Huhlaha placea little credence in the stories of his prisoners—that one of them ruled over the destinies of the mighty city of Chicago. Night was set- ting in and the sojourn in the village jail, which serves the double purpose of hous- ing a hosecart ana offenders against the Jaws of the municipality, seemed to be in store for the tourists. Relief finally came in the arrival of a messenger with the ne- cessary identifications. Even then Chief Hulhaha was not satisfied and demanded that some badge of authority be dis- played. Mayor Harrison satistied him by TO0TED A GAY FOUNG HAROUS An Engagement That Is Agitating English Aristocracy. British Statesmen Blamed for the Woes of the Armenians. Wellman Having a North-Pole Talk With Nansen—Stabbing Carnl- val at Naples. [Copyrighted by the Press Punlishing Company, New York World.] LONDON, Exa., Aug. 28.—To-day I had a chat with one of the Beresford family, who told me that the young Marquis of Waterford, whose engagement to Lady Beatrice Lansdowne has already heen announced, would be married on the 15th of September. The weading will be a grand affair. Waterford is an officer of Horse Guards and a great favorite’ among his brother-officers. Waterford’s family, however, especially his uncles, Lord Charles and William Beresford—the lat- ter the husband of the Duchess of Marl- borough, formerly Mrs. Hammerseley of New York—are not too well pleased. It is curious that Lansdowne, Secre- tary ot State for War, should have con- sented to the marriage of his lovely daughter with a young man of delicate health who was formerly one of the gay- est of the gay. It is saia that the condi- tion of his son so preyed upon the mind of the late Marquis that 1t led to the des- perate act which ended his life. Lord Charles Beresford is naturally dis- appointed, as should his nephew marry and have an heir his chance of becoming Marquis of Waterford would be destroyed. Lord Charles is the eldest living brother of the late Marquis, and 18 now 51. Lord Charles is not Kkindly disposed toward the American press and wishes to contradict the story that he was the naval officer who kept a boat coffin in his house so that after his decease he might slip into it and sail away to the land of shadows. He nad lately acquired an ad- dition to his income of £700 a year through the collection of some old family mortgages, which may belp him to bear the disappointment of his nephew’s mar- riage. Lord Charles, like other naval officers, is sore over the fact that the navy was slighted in connection with the Duke of York’s tour of Ireland. Although the Duke himself is a naval officer, there is not one naval man on his staff, but the military element is largely represented. Lord Charles was recently approached by the promoters of a schame to obtain an extension of telephone lines from Dubiin to Southeast Ireland. He promised to bring the matter to the notice of the Post- master-General and did so with success, as the latter recently sanctioned the ex- tension from Dublin to Waterford by way ot Wicklow, Arklow and Wexiord. Thisg, is a great boon to the Irish public, To-day | had an interview with Pro- fessor Hag opian, chairman of the Anglo- Armenian Society. He is a dark, nervous, excitable man, and was greatly agitated when he spoke of the wrongs of his coun- trymen. Referring to the bombs recently exploded at Constantinople, he said: “Yes, it is true that Armenians threw the bombs; but it is no wonder, for formeriy quiet and orderly members of society are now driven by their brutal treatment to violence. England is the real culprit. For years I and other Armenians have pro- tested to the English press, but the situa- tion is worse instead of better than in 1880. for us? Nothing. Neither did the conven- tion of Cyprus. The Porte then promised without delay the necessary reforms and guaranteed re- ligious liberty. This was in 1878, and the long list of atrocities since gives the lie to those promises. Yet the English Govern- ment has taken no steps to compel the fulfillment of those assurances. Even those Englisbmen who wished to assist us | snowed a lamentable want of tact. Of course, I except the Duke of Westminster and Mr. Gladstone, who were moderate and reasonable in their utterances, butthe bitter language of other ill-judging friends has only sharpened against us the weapons of Turkish Pashas ana added to the ruain of my country. I insistthat the apathy of England is responsible for the Sassoun massacre. England takes the Bick Man of Europe by the arm and guides his foot- steps through perilous places. “The war with Greece has been disas- trous in its effects upon Armenians. Pub- lic opinion in Athens forced war in behalf of the struggling Cretans, swhom the powers did nothing to assist. The Greek war is not the result of the incapacity of FEuropesan statesmen. Now the concert 1s busy arranging the terms of a patched-up peace. L believe Lord Balisbury wason the poini of doing something in bebalf | of the Armenians when this wretched war broke out, but now our claims are set aside—Goa knows for how long. So long as the present regime in Turkey exists atrocities are liable to occur at any mo- ment. Isolated instances of cruelty occur every day which disgrace our century, as Iam informed by letters and Armenian journals sent to me. Is there any sym- pathy between our people and the Young Turk party? Yes; they are certainly united in tue desire to obtain justice, but the sympnmy does not extend beyond that.” ‘Wellman, the American explorer, 1s now conferring with Nansen in Christiania with regard to a new expedition 1o the north pole. Wellman and eleven Nor- wegians will start next summer on an especially equipped Arctic trader for Jack- son’s station, Cape Flora and Franz Josef Land. There they will leave three men, while the others will go with the sledges and boats to Uape Iiegely, where three other men will be left. The rest will start, beginning Februaary, 1899, with sleages, canoes and dogs for the pole, Fiegely is 1100 miles from the pole. producing his star. The brothers were then permitted to leave town undis- turbed, but no apologies were offered for the indignity of the arrest. Of course Chief Huhlaha will not be presented with the keys of the cily if he should ever make up his mind to visit Chicago. e War on the Coal Trust. TOPEKA, Kaxs., Aug. 28.—The State administration will, it is said, soon begin active warfare on the coal trust. At torney-General Boyle is said to be in possession of conclusive proof that the coal companies had entered into a com- bine with the trust and are operating in violation of the Farrelly anti-trust law of the last Legislature. Another reason for the proposed fight is tbe claim that the companies are violating the law pro- hibiting the payment of wages in scrip at the company’s stores. ADVANCES made on furniture and piauos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission, Sledges for the expedition are now build- ing, and fifty dogs have been purchased. General Baratieri will publish in Octo- ber his book on the Abyssinian war, which will probably cause a stir in Italian army circles. From Vienna it is reported that the fead between the Germans and Slavs in Lower Bohemia is increasing in bitter- ness, cue, it is thought, to the presence of a large number of Pan-Siavist agitators from abroad. Collisions bstween the troops of the different races are of frequent occurrence. English officers who have returned here from Constantinople say that the Turks have not the slightest intention of giving up Thessaly and are safe in saying so, as ireece cannot puy the war indemnity nor will any other nation help her to pay it. Krom Naples it is reported that a per- fect carnival of blood prevails there. Stabbing affrays are of common occur- rence on the streets. The other day a fruit merchant stabbed and killed a {oy for taking an orange from his stand. Only two English women in every 100 now wear ear rings. What did the treaty of Berlin do | NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. Got It! Had Sufficient ! A FEW DAYS MORE, THEN AU REVOIR! Natur’l Born Shovelers! OUR WORK IS QUICK AND DECISIVE! We've The Wind-Up. We part company with these values. The last days of sale will be a store- crowder. Business Suwits, Dress - up Suits, in blue and black; pretty Brown Overplaids,tailored up to date. Need we say more? And the price, $4.50. Below Zero! That’s about the price of these beau- tiful Melton Over- coats. How they melted off our coun- ters yesterday. A few of ’em left, per- haps your size—try it; youw may be lucky. Shoveling ‘em out at $5.00. By to the Shovels! Haven’t they done nobly ? See the swell dressers in these Suits and Overcoats. duess the price? You know they’re worth $15. Say aw revoirto ’em. The last days, at Who'd —$7.50—- Picking Up Nuggets! Yes, that’s what it is. No finer dems, no finer garments of the tailor’s art—all our $18 and $20 Suits and $20 Over- coats, brand new styles—a big window full of ’em. Never mind our loss—they’re on sale, a few days only at -—$11,.00~- O-1-15-15 KEARNY ST THE CLOTHING OPPORTUN- ITY OF THE AGE IS WITH YOU. WILL YOU SEIZE IT? MR, PETERS YET TALKS. Bering Sea Commissioners Listen to His Contention for Britain. HALIFAX, N. 8., Aug. 28.—The Ber- ing Sea Commission met again to-day. F. G. Peters, who occupied the whole ses~ sion yesterday, continued his address. He will take the same grounds as taken by him yesteraay in regard to the loss of sealers in prospective catches. He claimed that as the United States had taken that stand during the German convention, that prospective damages should be awarded, the same contention by the Canadian counsel should be sup- ported. He pointed out that the United States authorities claimed prospective damages on behalf of the United States at a time when a number of American ves- sels seining in Fortune Bay were pre- vented from fishing by a mob of natives, and that an award was made in view of the fact that a big catch was prevented by the action of the assailants. He further claimed thatdamages should be made for vodily hardship to the crew. For the Government Mr. Peters ciaimed damages for the sailors, inasmuch as there had been intention on the part of the United States to prevent the fishing by Canadian sealers. Case after case affecting the business relations between parties where wrongful interruptions had” taken place were brought by the speaker to_the notice of the commission. It was claimed that the British Consul was endeavoring to recover damages for insult to the, British flag, etc. This he disputed. In the case of the Resolute, a French vessel injured by collision with an Ttalian bark, damage was claimed for loss from prospective catches, and 22,000 francs damage for such loss was awarded. He also urged as a strong point that the de- murrage in the case was not applicable. LI TORONTO AFFAIR LXAGGERATED Grand Army Men Were Not Offéred In- dignities by Canadians. TORONTO, O~t., Aug. 28.—The story of the halting of the Grand Army post here appears to have been exaggerated. These are the facts: The members of Post No. 13 of St. Louis arrived here in the afternoon. They attempted to get a Brit- ish flag on the steamer, and, failing, tried to borrow one from the customs officer at the dock. He suggested that tke visitors could get a flag at one of the stores fur- ther up the street, and a policeman es- corted the post tc Queen street, where it halted until its leaders covld purchasea flag. Then, with the British and Ameri- can flags flying, the Grand Army men marched to the Parliament building, where they were warmlv welcomed, and returned to the boat very much pleased with their visit. Marquis of Cenyngham Dead., LONDON, ENg., Ang. 28.—The Marquis of Conyngham, who sat in the House of Lords as Baron Minster, is dead. He was born in 1857, and was Vice-Admiral of the coast province of Ulster. His eld- est son, the Earl of Mountcharles, who was born in 1883, succeeds to the title. The deceased was the fourth Marquis of Conyngham. Lk Dreibund Will Make a Showing. LONDON, Exe., Aug. 28.—The Vienna correspondeént of the Daily Chronicle says he learns that a scheme is on foot to hold a great review of the troops of the powers composing the Dreibund at Vienna on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the accession to the throne of Austria of Em- peror Francis Joseph in 1898. S Zwo Guides Killed. BERNE, EWITZERLAND, Aug. 28.—Two guides were killed and an Austrian tour- ist was severely injured recently while attempting the ascent of the Jungfrau by beiug thrown over a precipice by the col- lapse of a snow cornice. e Formidable V-siels for Spain. MADRID, 8Srary, Aug. 28.—The Span. ish Government will immediately con- struct one laree ironclad and six cruisers of 6000 to 7000 tons, to form the nucleus of their squadron. STOLE AWAY FOR CUBA, Uuder Cover of Darkness a Large Expedition Leaves the Town of Tampa, Fla. TAMPA, FrA., Aug. 28.—A large Cuban expedition, under the command of Colo- nel Mendez, got away to-night, taking a special train in the suburbs under cover of darkness. Ohe train wasrushed over the Plant sys- tem to Cleveland, on the Peace River,near Punta Gords, where the tug Fearless, commanded by Captain Merwin, is sup- posed to have been ready between 10 and 11 o’clock to take the men and exuipments out to sea to meet a lurger boat, with which the trip is to be completed. This party has been here for nearly two months. Within the past few days a num- ber of Cuban officers have joined them. During thestay of the men here knapsacks have been made for them by a prominent ship-chandler house and the regulation brown duck uniforms have also been sup- plied. The Cubans managed to get out of the city this afternoon, without attracting attention,some of their number being left behind to make themselves conspicuous about the streets as a blind, and a special train also left the railroad yards early in the evening without being noticed by the Spanish detectives. The Cubans say that the expedition is the best equipped with men and ammupni. tion that they have succeeded in sending away. etk LR R Second Big Strike of Italian Laborers. ROME, Irary, Aug. 28.—The discon- tenteda feeling among agricaltural laborers in Central Italy has caused a second great _ strike for higher wages. To-day 800 labor- ers made an attack upon the police at Kieti, a town forty-two miles from Rome, and it was found necessary to call out the military, who were ordered to fire on the mob, which they did, wounding several of the strikers: