The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 29, 1901, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1901 FIERCE RACE WAR RESULTS IN KILLING OF THREE WHITES AND ELEVEN NEGROES Trouble Occurs at a Camp-Meeting When Constable Attempts to Arrest a Colored Man for Con-| ducting 2 Refreshment Booth Without License AMITE CITY, La., Oct. white men and eleven negroes killed in a race riot in Washing The first pews of the here to-day by Cor; Franklinton this morning. vhite men rode into Frank- at 2 o'clock this morning seeking ng*that the negroes were up in reatening to exterminate ihe 28.—Three ne of the trouble is at or near where a negro was burned last ing a white woman. This of the N negroes and wounded. were killed men from thé scene, and worse troubie y, men we report were equally ac- ing for a battl arrived ark to-nig: rrible and_that more id Joe S another wk n wi he_did not know, werc dead; that E. hompson, v man, was wounded, and t groes were dead. His inform: to K night Wd was obtained o Franklinton a posi ft s of the battle , and from all Carter s probably under arms to sble occurred at a negro camp the or r as can | ittt GET A WETTING Almost Six Inches ofi Rain Descends at Redding. SAC! for Oct hours 28.—The- .rainfall the ending at is city amount- | half an inch. In Redding, of the valley, it amounted to hes, and the downpour at not far behind. 1 be of great benefit to the In some sections of the | river islands, the bean en thrashed. It is not however, that the storm just do damage. The north wind will so the crop of beans, so that the threshers may be set o running again. The fruit shipping seasen is about ended, the buik of the shipments to the East ng of apples, grapes and ¥(ar! wo cdrloads were shipped | Oct. heavy storm of the season visited this place night. About an inch of moisture This will sprout the summer w grain and enable farmers to prepare their fields for winter planting. Beets and | fruits are already gathered so that no | damage will result. The rain came just when needed ol STOCKTO. Oct. 28 —There was quite | a heavy 1 early this morning, but | have broken and to all appear- | orm is over, though there is from the west.. What little | yet under cover may be damaged very slightly and beans may suf- | fer a little. _It is doubtful, however, if | any damage worth mentioning has resuit- | ed. Since 10 e'ciock yesterday morning .41 of an inch of rain has fallen. | SAN JOSE, -Oct. 28—The heaviest rain- | fall of the season came last night, the | sky clearing during the forenoon. The total for the storm was 1.11 inches, for the No damage has re- are all stored. 28 —After raining in- for thirty hours the weather | in this.vicinity. The total | cleared precipitation for the storm was 1.65 inches. | Crops, especially celery, have been great- | ed 25.—There was an- other heavy shower shortly before day- | light this morning and the rainfall for | the season now aggregates 2.28 inches. This practically puts an end to Eastern grape shipments. MILTON, Oct. 28.—One and fifty-six- hundredths inches of rain fell here during the storm-of the past two days. The pre- cipitation was timely and will prove ben- efictal. UBA CITY, Oct. 28—The rainfall for | recent storm was 2.17 inches, making | 2.%5 inches for the seasoM. | SANTA ROSA, Oct. 28.—Nearly an inch of rain fell here last night and.the storm was succeeded this morning by a strong north wind. SECRETS OF GRAND JURY, ARE REVEALED IN COURT Phoenix Judge Establishes a Prece- dent in the Interest of Justice. PHOENIX, Ariz. Oct. 2.—Whether warranted by precedent or not, the inter- est_of justice made necessary to-day an unusual proceeding in the District Court relative to the secretary of Grand Juries. On_September 19 George McDonald shot and killed E. P. Gardner, an_employe of Ringling Brothers’ circus. The Grand Jury indicted him for murder. His attor- neys made a motion to quash the indict- ment, on the ground that it had been as- sented to by only eleven grand jurors, while the law requires twelve for indict- ment. The attorney’s source of informa- tion was mot disclosed. Chief Justice . Webster Street to-day called each of the fifteen grand jourors before him, questioned each separately, and each acknowledged assent to the in- dictment. The motion was denied. —_— Largest Cruiser in the World. LONDON, Oct. 28.—The King Alfred, the largest cruiser in the world, was suc- cessfully launched at Barrow-in-Furness to-day. The King Alfred cost £1,011,799, Bhe will have a speed of twenty-thres knots. R es, maam He | | s | event. | | : | _BATON ROUGHE, la., | ena as its home will.-be thoroughly inves- | | all who have applied to him for Informa- | this as one of its especial dutles. IN LOUISIANA | freshment stand and a constable, a white man, name not given, went to him and asked for his license. He had none and | became impudént, cursing the constable and defying him. The constable withdrew |and obtained a nce. returned with several white men, when the negro Lott rushed out and fired paint blank into the crowd, killing Joe Seals and Charles Elliott. The whites returned the fire and killed Lott. The 1 negro preacher named Connolly rushed out of a house with 2 gun in hand, attempting to shoot, and was killed. killed, though it is ally shot. In the st another white - man Thom wounded and seven or killed. The shooting htid no @irect vith th {is daughter 'was also orris in undoubted Sir to that tragic is #ald that the that time | negroes have been holding ‘nightly meet- | ings, pi o attack the whites. | _Balltown is ty-five miles from | Franklintc settied section. | |1t 15 alm nklinton is:twenty of this place and there | telegraph or telephone lines. 3 . La., Oct, 38, —Gavernor | Heard received a message this afternoon from Deputy Sheriff Simmons. of Wash- | ingtor Pa , saving that a terrible con- flict between whites and thirty being already he Governor-to-send wired Governar Lon- for permission for ss through the State | and Governor Longino an- v, granting the request.| 00ps were not ‘sent, ad- ving that Balltown' was MONTANA MINES ME 1N DEHHAND Organizs to Protect Investors. cial Dispatch to The ‘Call. men of Helena have set an example that | might well be followed by the residents ! of all mining towns who have the wel- | fare of their locality at heart. In future | every mining company that claims Hel- | HELENA, Mont., Oct. 25.—The business | ti; ted, and, if it is found to havé any cat” characteristics, it will be un- ringly condemned through the me- | dium of the press, and unsuspicious in- | | cight | burning of the negro | st weck, but it is | L o vestors will be warngd away. The necessity of this mave. has been | E apvarent from the fact that, | wughout the East, a large pumber of | irresponsible mushroom companies | have been formed, without :a»foundation | in fact for their extravagant claims of | fortunes that await those who buy, their | stock. The fact that a decided interest | is being taken in the minéral district| round about Helena has caused numbers | of these unscrupulous concerns to claim | a location in tms city. . | Postmaster A. P. Fisk states that he continually receives letters frem all parts | of the East from people asking the Post- | master if they can place confidence- in | such and such a company. He has re- peatedly gone to the county Tecords, only to find that such companies never exist- | ed, except in the imaginations of their | putative officers. Fisk has so informed | tign. | The Business Men's Assoclation has | now taken the matter in hand. Fhe com- | mittee on mining will henceforth have | The reported richness of the mineral | resources of this region is not a fable by | any means. Never yet has there been a | ematic effort to develop a single! prospect far enough to reaily determine | what’ there may be in it. The Business | Men's Association is considering the pro- ject of organizing a gigantic stock com- | pany to systematically develop, one after another, the many prospects south of the city, which have been begun and then abandoned for lack of funds; "It is be: lieved that Helena will yet be the finan- cial and mining center of thé State of Montana. ] UNITED STATES MARINE | CORPS PROVES EFFECTIVE | General Heywood Recommends That | the Commandant Rank as a Major General WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—In his an- nual report upon the condition and ser- vices of the United States Marine Corps for the past year, Brigadier General Charles Heywood renews a-former rec- ommendation that Congress shall make the rank of the commandant of the Ma- rine Corps that of major general, This recommendation, it is stated, is embar- rassing to the General, inasmuch as such action would result in his own promotion, but he points out that the present author- ized strength of the corps, 6062 men, should entitle the commandant to the rank of major general as the army regula- tlong provide that the appropriate com- mand for a major general 18 four yesl- ments and 4800 men. General Heywood strongly recommends that .the law pro- viding that officers of the navy who served with honor during the civil war may retire with the next highér rank be extended to the Marine Corps. The total number of casualties in the enlisted force of the corps durlng the past year caused by discharges, deser- tions,” deaths and retirements was- 2800, In conclusion General Heywood says: “1 am pleased to' state that the corps has been able to meet promptly sal isfactorily the many and varied demands which have n made upon it during the year, and feel justified in stating that it has maintained its high reputation for efficiency.” PRSI Entombed Miner Rescued. SALT LAKE, Utah., Oct. 28—After be- ing entombed in the Highland Boy miné at Bingham, Utal, for sixty-ohe “hoiirs, Charles Nutting was taken out:to-day by the rescuing party that has been coi- stantly at work since the. cave-in oc- curred. He was alive but very - weak when found. The space in which - he was imprisoned was so-small that . hef was unable to stand up. A plentiful sup- cook says we should s have CALIFORN fly of fresh air, however, served to pro- ong his life until to-day, when he: was taken out, N One qthér man, Willlam And 5 ONDON, Oct. 28.—The decree of divorce granted Lady Russell from Earl Russell on May 28 on the ground of the Earl's bigamy with Mrs. Somerville was to-day made..absolute, no opposition to Russell’s application being presented. The suit for divorce followed the Earl’s mar- riage in Nevada, which caused his trial andg conviction in the House of Lords and Lady. victand an undesirable person. DIVORGE DECREE RECENTLY GRANTED LADY RUSSELL IS MADE ABSOLUTE The Earl Presents No Opposition to the Rllegation of His First Wife That He Was GCuilty of Bigamy in Marrying Mrs. Somerville in Nevada. Unlucky Lord to Be Permitted to Land Upon His Arrival at New York sentence to three months’/imprisonment. Lord Russell is now on the way to America, where the customs authorities at first instructed the Immigration Com- mission at New York to refuse his land- ing on the ground that he is an ex-con- Later, however, this view ‘was rescinded by the Washington authorities, and it is now be- | lieved the Earl will not find any obstrue- tions to his re-entry into the country. LAD RVISELL EX NOBLEMAN ON HIS WAY TO AMERICA AND WIFE WHO HAS SECURED DIVORCE. -— CZOLGOSZ REPENTS NOT Continued From Page One. ténd; that they would be protected, and {hat the body would be given decent burial. Czolgosz was obdurate, however, a well-grounded suspicion as to the Totive in claiming the body he would re- fuse to surrender it, law or -mo law. Czolgosz then seemed inclined ta give in and went with the superintendent to the office of Warden Meade, where a paper relinquishing all claim upon the body was called up {he Chiet of Potlce of Cleveland and asked him to discuss the matter with Czolgosz Sr. Collins asked that the ques- tion be fairly stated’ to ‘the fathef, and that if he agreed a telegram of relinquish- ment be signed by him and.sent at once. The Cleveland police expressed the hope that the body would never be sent'to that city. y When the superintendent submitted to Czdlgosz the instrument relinquishing all claim to the body he refused to sign it un- 1il he had an opportunity to advise with Waldeck Thomas Bandowskl, his brother- in-law, who was the leader in the plan to secure the body. He promised a final an- swer: at 7_o'clock, when he was to eall with Bandowskl for a final visit to the condemued man. » Colling agreed to send for him, but would not Jet the brother leave the prison. Finally he-was at 6 o'clock informed that he-people atithe Buffalo crematory would not_accept the body, and ‘Superintendent Collins at ‘once pointed out to him that he would have the body on his hands. At a few minutes past 6 o'clock he agreeed to signand it was decidegl to bury the body rison. 4 ‘“fim"een‘;re_emem signed prohibits any por- tion,of .the body being removed from the prisdn, and’ this will be strictly enforced. FOSTER TELLS HIS STORY. Negro Parker’s Statement g Fairy Tale. United States Secret Service Agent Ha- zén of this city has received a letter from George F. Fester, President McKinley's bodyguerd, giving inside facts on the as- sassination and. how .it was possible in spite of the strong guard that had been d around the Prés{dent. Mr. Foster s"f}e\e stalwart guard who made-many Sufi tl;e' Is still in the mine, and the rescuing ;uu-ti will continue its work until he is . foun There iz no hope, however, of finding him' alive. . S AL Big Bill for a Bible. LONDON, Oct. 28.—During the. courss |" of the hearing to-day of the eclaims spired that in order to secure &£200 casi the Duke was obliged to take 'a Bible which the money lenders valued at £75. For the cash and Bible the 3 ~Eave a l against the Duke of Manchester, it tran. promissory note for £450. £aid he did not immediatel “'r&. S the Bible, it was: i2ft behind url«m never claimed. Those who are tryin ;‘gn :l;etnuk;‘:‘! %hn‘ctheltet‘gh :flg:!;l ob- 0 paying for it, and gegb“a.nkruywy case reduced .t‘l.lt 'I;m friends when he ' was here with President McKinley last summer. The letter is as follows: 2 ' WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 8, 1901/ Dear Georgd:' I'received your very kind letter and you don’t know how good it made me feel, and at the same time know that timess like now aré the times to test one's true friends. It was awful, that affair. I can’t drive it out of my mind. In bed, on the street,’in the he hole occurrence will come flyi) :;go“' ‘l:y-‘x'n&d. The only consolation I h; Ve is that I did my full duty. The whole of that day I felt uneasy; something seemed to be around me that f cowld mot accoynt for, Afound Niagara Falls, in the towns of Lewis- {on and Niagara, I was at the President’s side. Never for an instant did I leave him, even and Collins finally told him that if there | v on the porch of the Interniational Hotel while he was resting and smoking a cigar. I sat within ten feet of him and w he went into tm vl view. The " dining-room 1 had h! Sniy time 1 rode on_ the Waa that dav on account of that uneasy feeling AND IS UNCONFESSED I had. I don't think I ever worked harder around him than I-did that day. When ‘we got_him into the Temple o Music (I hate to write the name of the place) T felt uneasy, for we had passed through a solid mass of people, something like that at 'Frisco, at the Ferry that evening. I took my stand in front of Mr. Milburn, who stood to the President’s left, with Mr. ' Cortelyou on the Presidént's right. I was the only person of the left of the line except Operator. Ireland, Who stood direct- 1y in front of the President. On the right of the line were about sixteen or elghteen Expo- sition guards and members of the Twenty-third Coast Artillery. The fellow passed all of these people and reached the President without any person stopping him; and right here is the only place where T think If I had been on the other side. I might possibly have had my attention drawn to that misshapen hand and stopped him. Now this is only a possibility. Among the sixteen or eighteen Exposition guards wefe some very bright-looking men, and, ‘as 1 understand since the shootins, were some old Pinkerton people, so I might haye passed the fellow up like they did. 1 was the first to pull him away from the President. The negro Parker had shook hangs and had passed on about fifteen féet the othér side of the President and the next thing was seen of him was when he came back and was breasted by the coast guarddy and told to keep back, while we laid on the Moor with the as- sassin, Parker was put” out of the building with the rest of the crowd and there told his story, and, of course, the first impression is the lasting one. He is now going around the country lecturing in negro churches. He is here to-night, He is the greatest fraud ever came up the pike and ought to be arrested for ‘“‘conning” the people. Why, Penny would not put him on the stand at the trial Please give my kind regards to Chlef Sulli- van and Captain Wittman and tell them that I often think of them and hope to see them East' some time to give me a chance tof get even for the kind way they treated me Wwhile in_thelr city. President Rooseveit talks of taking & Cali- fornia_ trip next year some time * 31 am sent I expect you to be with us until we leave. the *State. GEORGE F. FOSTER. Your old friend, France’s Merchagt Marine. PARIS, Oct. 28.—The Chamber of -Depu- ties to-day began the discussion.of the Ministerial project aiming .at the revival of the decaying French merchant marine. The project provides that any iron or steel vessel exceeding 100 tons gross ton- nafe engaged in international trade and flying the French flag shall receive an annual subsidy in proportion to her ton- nage until she is twenty years old. A larger subsidy is accorded to vessels ful- filling simiar conditions built in France and ‘under ' fifteen years old. Admiral Riencur (Republican) criticized the bill as being ineffective,” and suggested a tax on foreign flags entering French ports. Piles Cured Without the Knife. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrudipg Piles. No_Cure, No Fay. All druggists are author- ized by ‘the manufacturers of Pazo Ointment to refund money where it falls to cure any case of piles, no matter of howlong standing. Cures cre 'y cases in six days; the warst cases in fourteen One application gives ease and rest. Relieves itching Instantly. This is a new discovery and is the only pile remedy ° i 54 SOLDIERS HURT BY AN EXPLOSION Severe Accident Occurs to Artillerymen at Fort Leavenworth. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Oct. 28.—By an explosion of a Colt's automatic firing gun at Fort Leavenworth to-day, Captair Menoper and five men of the Twenty- eighth Battery of Field Artillery were wounded, three severely. The gun, a new one, was being tested, and was allowed to become too hot, and when a shell came into the breech after firing, the shell exploded, tearing out the breech, fragments of which struck and injured the men. Those injured: Private Snyder. leg, severe; Private Meripolt arm, severe; Private Reider, arm, severe; Private Hayes, leg, slight; Private Jones, hand, slight; Captain Menoper, hand burned and wrist injured. RATHER ROMANTIC STORY OF A COURTSHIP BY MAIL Indiana Girl Is Traveling to Los An- geles to Wed a Man She Never Met. LA PORTE, Ind., Oct. 28.—Miss Leoria Bishop, a popular young society woman of Elwood, this State, started last night for Los Angeles, Cal., on a romantic mis- sion, the sequel -of -which 'will be her marriage to Steven Bowden, who is said to hold a position as superintendent of a California railroad, with headquarters in Los Angeles. Miss Bishop coryesponded with Los Angeles friends, and in one of her letters she sent her picture. Bowden saw her photograph, and at once became mnfatuated. His infatuation resulted in overtures being made for an exchange of létters. This was agreeable to the In- diana girl, and a proposal of marriage soon followed. Bowden wrote to Miss Bishop. to come on to Los Angeles, and on her arrival, if impressions are borne out, a marriage ceremony will be per- formed. Miss Bishop's relatives have consented to the union. BABE IS ABANDONED AT PRIEST'S DOOR ‘Waif Found Under Back Steps of Father Conlan’s Residence in Redwood City." REDWOOD ' CITY, Oct. 28.—A three- hours-old girl baby was left under the back steps of Father Conlan’s residence early this morning. The housekeeper was awakened by the crying of the baby and found ‘it wrapped up in an old blanket under the steps, where it had been placed out of the rain. The waif was taken in and given medical attention and is now doing well. The officers are searching for its parents and it is belleved at least one of them is known. The child will proba- bly be sent to some foundling home. Alleged Forger Arrested. SUISUN, Oct. 28.—Henry Schmitt was arrested here this evening by Constable Downing, Town Marshal McDonald ani Deputy Sheriff Donaldson on a charge of forgery. He is accused of having signed ge name of Captain H. Boynton to a eck for $40 and exchanged it for goods and cash in a local dry goods store. The forgery was immediately dis- covered and the officers notified. ~Thev found the man in _the act of ‘buying a railroad ticket. He tried to escape by running down tl:e track, but was capturey after a short chase. Schmitt was taken before Judge Hitchcock and. his bonds fixed at $1000. Schmitt came from Saa Francisco a month ago. s To Cure a Cold in One Day fp avn, Tea Seinm, Tl _4n E, W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25, ¢ NAVAL BOARD ON CONSTRUCTION TO SUBMIT PLANS TO CONGRESS FOR ENLARGEMENT OF THE NAVY Officials Will Recommend the Immediate Buiiding of Four First-Class Battleships, Four High-Speed - Cruisers and Thirty Gunboats of Latest Design Special Dispatch to The Call 2 CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—What will be probably the most comprehensive pro- gramme ever submitted by the board of raval officers to the Navy Department for transmission to Congress will be sub- mitted this week to Secretary Long of the Board on Construction. The pro- gramme,urged to-day by the members of the board for adoption included: Four first class battleships of 15,000 tons dis- placement, carrying the heaviest arma- ment and protected by the thickest armor possible on such djsplacement; four arm- ored cruisers of 14,000 tons displacement, of high speed, carrying the heaviest arm- ament and the thickest armor compat ble with displacement and speed; eight- een gunboats for service in South Amer- ica and the Philippines of more than 1200 tons displacement; twelve gunboats of a few hundred tons displacement each, for | sgervice in the Philippines. In addition, it is the purpose of the board to recommend the construction of auxiliary ships, in- cluding colliers, training ships and an en- gineering repairing vessel. No torpedo- boats or submarine-boats have been sug- gested for incorporation in the pro- gramme, and it is extremely doubtful if | any construction of these types will be considered. It is the intention of the board to hold anothg} meeting on Wed- nesday, when there will be a renewal of the discussion relatiye to the character- | istics of the programme to be submitted. Some of the members of the board thinik the programme considered to-day too ex- tensive, insisting that the shipbuilding ca- pacity 'of the country cannot accommo- date so many new vessels. Other mem= bers hold that as Congress adopted no authorization of additional armorclads at the last session of, Congress it is desira- ble to ask that a programme be adopted which shall make provision for the ships. that should have been laid down during the present year, as well as those which in the usual course would be provided for in the law to be passed during the com= ing session. No naval officer has lost sight of the action taken by Germany to expedite the completion of its programme of ship con- struction, and there is reason to believe that this matter will enter into the con= sideration of the Board on Construction. In conversation to-day with Represen- tative Fitzgerald, who represents tha Brooklyn Navy Yard district, and Repre= sentative Rupert of New York City, Pres- ident Roosevelt declined to make any rec- ommendations for the construction of the warships in navy yards as suggested by the Brooklyn Congressman, on the ground that such recommendation should prop- erly come through the Navy Department, He sald the subject had been discussed with the Secretary of the Navy on sev- eral previous occasions and the latter has invariably held that the comstruction of new warships can be accomplished cheap= er and to better advantage to the Govern. ment at private shipyards. q NEGOTINTIONS WITH BANDITS Encouraging News Is Received at State Department. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, W.» WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 —Negotia- tions for the liberation of Miss Stone, the | American missionary held prisoner by Bulgarian brigands, have at last been | opened with her captors. This was the | encouraging news received by the State Department to-day from Mr. Eddy, Sec- retary of the American Legation at Con- stantinople. Eddy reported the receipt | of a communication setting forth the | terms upon which the woman would be | given freedom. The proposal was not | made public by the State Department, but | it is sald that there is no abatement in the demand of the abductors. Unforturiately, there has not been col- lected more than $65,000 toward the ran- som, and the United States has distinctly | announced that, it capnot add a cent to that sum. The negotiations which will be conducted will include a counter pro- posal, which will be made either thrcugh Mr. Eddy or through the missionaries, who have been vainly searching for traces of the captive. The brigands have doubtless been apprised of the fact that the friends of Miss Stone are unable to raise the sum of $110,000, eriginally de- | manded, and it is hoped they will now | accept less. | The exact whereabouts of the band which has possession of Miss Stone is not known to the State Department. It has the general idea of its location, but the information is withheld because: the department does not wish the Turkish or Bulgarian Government to dispatch troops to the place of refuge of the brigands, | with the result that the latter would | probably flee to another hiding place and be more chary of reopening negotiations. It is understood that the Russian Gov- ernment is co-operating with the United States in the negotiations. 3 SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 28.—Siy young | Bulgarians have banded themselves to search for Miss Stone, the Amerjcan missionary, and her companion, Mme. Tsilka, and with the consent of the Bul- | garian authorities have left Samakov for | Mehomia with this object In view. The absence of news about Miss Stone has led to a revival of the report that she has already been killed and the brigands have dispersed. Aged Bicycle Thief’s Fate. FRESNO, Oct. 28.—For stealing a bi- cycle, for which ¢rime he was found guilty by a_jury in_the Superior Court last week, Richard Dalton, 50 years of age, was sentenced to-day by Judge Church to six years’ imprisonment in tha penitentiary at San Quentin. TWO BILLIONS 15 THE CAPITAL . Greatest Steel Corpora- tion in the World Being Organized. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 28.—A special to the Leader from Youngstown, Ohio, sa With the opening of the new year will be organized one of the greatest steel corporations in the world. Capitalists in this city and throughout the Mahoning Valley will be largely interested as stock- holders in the new corporation. The men who were largely responsible for the great success of the underlying steel companies gonstituting the United States Steel Corporation, and who disposed of their holdings, will be prominently identi- fled with the new compan: Several in- dependent steel companies which have re- fused flo Jjoin the United States Steel Corporation will also come in. H. C. Frick of Pittsburg will, it is sald, be president of the new corporation, and the capital stock will be $2,000,000,000. Ne- gotiations are now in progress with Pittsburg, Youngstown and Philadeiphia capitalists with a view of bringing the interested parties together in a solid organization. Little information will be given until the charier for the corpora- tion- is secured under the laws of New Jersey. TOWER TO COMMAND THE STRAITS OF FUCA American Government Adding to Its Fortifications on Point ‘Wilson. TACOMA, Oct. 28.—Government experts are superintending the construction of a conning tower on one of the command eminences of Fort Worden, on Point Wil- son, near Port Townsend, overlooking a long stretch of the Straits of Juan de Fuca. The tower is provided with a sys- tem of mirrors which reflect on a pre- pared chart the exact position of any ves- sel entering the straits. These waters are divided on the charts into small squares, " | the necessary elevation for the gunwork on any square being prepared in advance. In the event of invasion the observer sim- ply communicates with the “man behind the guns” the information that the inva- der is in a certain square. From this in- formation the bombardment is at once commenceds with great prospects for sink- ing the incoming vessel. As is the case with the British defenses at Esquimalt, this conning tower will be placed in such a position as to be invis- ible from the straits and consequently out of reach of an enemy's guns. Other con- ning towers will be erected at Admiraity Point and Marrowstone Point. — Professor Wheeler at White House. WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—Among the President’'s guests this _evening were John D. McCook, Andrew D. White, John Kendrick Bangs, Benjamin Ide ¥ _ Torturing, grinding, raspin; guise of Lumbago, Sciatica, M Electric Belt goes to the spot the pain in an hour and cures Has cured thousands of Rheumati cs. DR, M'LAUGHLIN—Dear Sir: belts for :1:3 cure of rheumatism, has having tried all kinds of medici residence from Amador County, I of the Belt, and have continued get up in the morning feeling f) and have increased greatly in wel belt to thank for it. gan to t. 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