Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 207, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1899 — Page 2

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THE INDIAN ArOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1899.

Trouble will also ensue over town lets as r.f w arrival claim 100 by 0 constitute unfairly largo lots. A few log houses have been erected, but this is mainly a city, of tents. Jerry Wilson, formerly a Mendocino (California) county official, is one of the most extensive mine owners in the city and the Golttn bay districts. He has located. bought and bonded upwards of one hundred claims."

it is a. ,iew uuiu iuy. WASHINGTON. July 25. The Coast and Geodetle Survey has received a report from G. It. Putnam, who is out with a party at St. Michael's, regarding the recently opened gold fields around Care Nome. Mr. Putnam says he cannot vouch for the accuracy of the floating reports from Cape Nome. It is certain that new fields have been opened from five to thirty mile3 back from the coast, between Cape Nome arid Cape Rodney. There are about two thousand miners In this section, with their principal settlement at Anvil City, a new town not yet on any maps except those of the transportation companies. It Is claimed by the boomers that some of the new country Is very rich. One of the reports speaks of JIO.OCO having been taken out of an area twentyilve feet square within a foot of the moss roots. This, however. Is not vouched for by Mr. Putnam. The survey has no very recent reports from the more inland regions, but It Is understood that the American miners who were driven out of the Atlin district and went over to the Porcuplno country have struck good fields and have already spread out In some places to the east of the British line. 'Victims of Kotsebae Tlabnle. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash., July 23. Three victims of the Kotzebue mining bub ble arrived to-day from St. Michael's on the brig Cortney Ford, which sailed from that place July 1. Their nams are A. R. Kalweit, Milwaukee; John A. Kochler, Fort Wayne. Ind.. and F. W. Babbitt, of Forest City, Ind. They were among the passengers of the bark Guardian, which experienced so many difficulties from the time she called from Puget sound until her arri val at Kotzebue, and were among the first arrivals at Kotzebue. They confirm all previous stories of hardships, privations and disappointments and fruitless search for gold. They say that, as the result of the Kolzebue excitement, at least 100 lives were sacrificed, to say nothing of the large num ber who expended their last dollar to reach the country and are now penniless. 31 In era raid f 1 an Hoar. TOLEDO, O., July 23. A letter dated at Cape Nome, Alaska, June 22, from Frank llertzer to his father In Tiffin states that the winter was one of unusual severity. Among other things he says that in the camp of 800 miners twenty-five died of the scurvy and five more were frozen to death. The thermometer reached 73 degrees below zero. lie states that plenty of gold Is be ing found and that laborers are receiving $1 an hour for working. He reports plenty cf supplies. THE PINGREE STRIKE All Xcfrotlatlons Are OS and Hen to Be Employed. Jfevr DETROIT, July 23. President John F. wTobin, of the Boot and Shoe Workers' In ternational Union, when asked this afternoon as to the result of his conference with -Frank C Pingree, which had been con cluded a short time previously, replied: "All negotiations looking to a settlement The company will begin employing new fac tory hands Thursday or the ' old ones, if they choose to work. - Smelters Return to Work. LEADVILLEl CoL, July 25. The Arkan sas Valley Smelter, one cf the plants belonging tc the American Smelting and Hefining Company, which has been closed since ' June 15. on account of the disagreement be tween the workmen and the managers over wages and hours of labor, was reopened to-day. Three furnaces began making bul lion to-day, and It Is expected that the smel ter will be in full blast before the end of the week. The old schedule of hours is ln effect, but wages have been increased. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The date for the Inauguration cf Presi dent-elect Hadley, of Yale, has been de cided on for Oct. &. A committee is perfecting elaborate arrangements. The home of D. H. Knupp, at Black Moun tain, eighteen, miles east of Asheville, NV C, was burned early yesterday morning. E. Fogote. an architect, and an Englishman. whose name Is unknown, perished In the names. Alfred G. Vanderbilt. Dousrlass Cochran. Ernest Iselln and William .Burden left New York yesterday on a Journey around the world. They will go to Montreal on a spe cial train and will be received by Sir Wil liam van Horn, of the Canadian Pacific. From Montreal they will speed west over the Canadian Pacific, where they will take an unpress steamer ior japan. Congiilln'a Partner Objects. SEATTLE, Wash., July 23. William ArmStrong, who was arrested at Port Aneeles last night on a fugitive warrant by Detec tive Frank Tyrrell, of Chicago, will not re turn to Chicago until he has tested the ex tradition laws. When he was brought here from Port Anireles this afternoon his first request was for the services of a lawyer. Instituting habeas corpus proceedings. Arm strong said he had nothing to say for pub lication. FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. Increasing Cloudiness, Which Means Probable Shoirert at Any Time. WASHINGTON. July 25. Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday: For Ohio Partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday; warmer Wednesday; variable winds. For Indiana and Illinois Increasing cloud iness Wednesday; threatening Thursday, with probable showers and cooler in north cm pcrtlors; variable winds. Tuesday Local Observations. Bar. Then R.H. Wind. Weath. Pre. . m....29.8, 71 S3 N'east. Lt.Rain 0.(4 7 p. m 12. S3 so 72 N'east. Clear LIS Maximum temperature, 2; minimum tem perature, 70. The following is a comparative statement ox the temperature and precipitation July 23: Temp. Prec. Normal 7 0.13 Mean 73 u$ Departure from normal 4 l.os Departure since July 1 16 i.o4 Departure since Jan. 1 237 7.41 Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. Min. Max. 7 p.m. Atlanta, Ga 72 ss 82 Bismarck. N. D f ft 4 74 Buffalo, N. Y 72 M 80 Calgary. N. W. T. 50 64 Cairo. III. 74 M 82 Cheyenne, Wyo 54 92 6 Chicago. Ill 70 7 74 Cincinnati, 0 76 M 76 Concoruia, Kan. 55 &4 in) Davenport. Ia. 68 M M Des Moines. Ifi tiO fcS m Galveston. Tex. SO M S4 HeUna. Mont 54 70 70 Jacksonville, Fla, 74 84 H) Kansas City, Mo 70 M Uttle Rock. Ark. 71 PO is Marquette, Mich. 6 7H 6X Memphis, Tenn 7S S in Nashville. Tenn, 7o M 74 New Orleans. La 78 so 7$ New York. N. Y CO 7i 72 North Platte. Neb. ft? i 93 Oklahoma. O. T 72 ro m Omaha. Neb m m Pittsburg. Pa 7) 92 82 Qu Apnelle, N. W. T... M ' GS fti Rapid City. S. D 3 92 78 6alt Lake City, Utah.... 6 f2 68 St. Louis, Mo 72 ?2 M St. Paul. Minn. 64 M 84 Springfield, ill. 70 !) ffi Springfield, Mo 70 ' I? S Vicksburg. Miss. 7 : 12 7 Washington, D. C. C3 ' 12 71

DEWEY ON THEIR HANDS

SfAVY PEOPLE AT A LOSS TO KOW WHAT TO DO "WITH HIM AT II03IE. Secretary Lonjr May Place the Hero at the Head of a Strong Hoard ricklnsr a Place for Sampson. NEW YORK, July 23. A special to the Herald from Washington says: There is much gossip In naval circles respecting the duty to which Admiral Dewey will be as signed on hU arrival In this country- Sec retary Long positively declares that the post has not yet been selected, and that a de cision will be made only when he has had an opportunity to consult, with Admiral Dewey and has learned his wishes. There is apparently no doubt, however, that the Ad miral will be stationed In Washington at the head of a strong board, possibly the board of Inspection " and survey, whose duties will be enlarged so as to take in questions of policy relating to ship construc tion. Should a board of admirals be the result of the reorganization of the mechanical bureaus of the department as proposed by those who favor such a solution next to the retention of the rresent system, in case the secretary determined to modify it, then there is little doubt that the admiral will be made the head of the board. Rear Admiral Sampson does not intend to relinquish command of his squadron until soon after the return of Admiral Dewey, and perhaps not until next winter. The report is persistent that Rear Admiral Crowninshield, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, contemplates retiring and that Admiral Sampson will be selected as his successor. Secretary Long 13 authority for the state ment that Admiral Crownlnshleld has never intimated that he purposes giving up his bureau if the secretary decides to give him a second term. Regardless of this fact, how ever, It would be natural for Admiral Samp son to be gnen trargj of a burtnu. Rear Admiral Schley Is president of the Retiring Board, and Secretary Long told him last winter that as soon as a vacancy occurred In a sea command he would re ceive It. Rear Admiral Howlson, com mander-in-chief of the South Atlantic squadron, will retire on Oct. 10, and it may be Admiral Schley will bo his successor. Friends of the administration have suggested to the president that the way to set tle the Sampson-Schley controversy Is to show the country that there is no intention of slighting the latter. It is too early to indicate with any rosltlveness who will succeed Sampson next winter In command of the north Atlantic squadron, but probably Schley will not re celve this billet. Rear Admiral Remey, who commanded at Key West during the war, is expected to be assigned to the squadron If he wishes It. Rear Admirals Farquhar and Casey are well up on the list and may be considered. Secretary Long has made a decision of considerable importance to young officers of the line formerly engineers, who will come up for examination for line officers before March 8, IDOL Lieut. John K. Robison, Junior grade, asked the secretary that, in view of his early promotion to the grade of lieutenant, he be permitted to undergo examination, physically and mentally, the examination under the latter head to be In steam engineering only. The secretary has decided that Mr. Robison may be examined physically, but will have to pass the line examination before March 3, 1001, as re quired by the personnel law. The auxllllary cruiser Dixie has ended her career as an army transport, and will now be fitted out a.a a training ship for all landsmen enlisted in the navy. By this means a corps of trained men will be obtained for the service. The old Hartfordy which has been remodeled at Mare Island, will be placed in commission in the fall, under the command of Commander J. M. Ilawley. Three hundred Western men have been enlisted. Commander Hawley will have as his assistants Lieutenant Commander Alexander Sharp. Jr.. who com manded the Vixen In the Santiago battle, and Lieut. J. F. Illnes, who did excellent service In the Bureau of Navigation during the war. SAMrSOVS MISTAKE. Capt. McCalla Saya Sinking of the Merrlmao Was Strategic Error. NEWPORT. R. I., July 23. Lecturing be fore the War College on "Lessons of the Late War." Capt. B. II. McCalla, of the Norfolk navy yard, said: "It Is understood from the narrative of Admiral Sampson, published In the Century for April, that the original suggestion for sinking a collier in the entrance to the Santiago harbor was presented during a conference of command ing officers on the flagship New York in the Bahama channel, after a report had been received from Schley off Santiago. It was then thought to be necessary that additional means should be adopted to conflne Cervera in that port until the blockading squadron cf Admiral Schley could be reinforced. But from a military point of view It was a se rious error to try keep the Spanish ships In me namor. 'rne one thing which seemed desirable was to encourage them to come out side for battle. And. In addition, by at tempting to block the channel, we at once committed a more serious mistake, because we advertised the fact that we d d not in tend to force the entrance to bring Cervera into action. The policy of the blockading force thus foreshadowed must have given Cervera and his government some temporary relief, improved the morale of his officers and men and enabled him to land a force of 1.100 seamen from his ships to assist the army. Lnder such circumstances success was not rrobable. But as the attempt failed and did not prevent Cervera from coming out to meet defeat, we can never regret that thei Merrimac was sent In, for It gave the navy an opportunity of exhibiting such splendid gallantry and fearlessness of death that every American must be proud of Hobson and his companions." TWO SEW BATTLESHIPS. The Kentucky and the Kearsarge Ready for Their Guns. WASHINGTON, July 23.-The two big battle ships, Kearsargo and Kentucky, are now so well along toward completion that the contractors have called for the eightinch guns as they are about ready to put on the upper turrets and mount the guns therein. The last report showed the ships about 92 per cent, completed, but the call for the guns i such a material advance that it is thought their first speed trial will occur some time in September. BOYS RIOTING. (Conclnded from First Putce. flees by those who had sufficient courage to insist on their rights. "The injustice of the number of ho.urs thev are compelled to work each day la so thoroughly advertised that neither the Governor nor the mayor can longer sit idly by and not recognize the Justice of the men's claims, and the people who own these railroads must see that if the modest request of the men had been granted it would have been a thousand times less expensive to the corporation than the thing they have forced on themselves. As evidence of this I point to the Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad, which has run without interruption through two strikes. I mention this to show that laboring men are not unreasonable and only ask fair treatment, and when fair treatment is given, those giving it reap the reward. "I will do always whatever la in my power to assist the men who have been courageous enough to sacrifice themselves for their fellow-employes, and no one can make me believe but that the fellow-employe who has received the benefits will f ortver remcm-

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ber those who made such sacrifices. The newspapers can claim the strike to be a failure, but no argument that they or any one can u?e will satisfy me that this strike has been anything but a victory for ihe men, as the future will prove. "In Justice to Albert Johnson and the public, I want to say this: Mr. Johnson was opposed to this strike and advised the men nut to strike. He reasoned with them and pointed out to them why they could not win, and he adviied them to go to the mayor, and told them that if the mayor would act he could settle the matter In one hour without a strike. He also said to me that he had no motive other than a friendly feeling for the men, who helped him to make his morey, and I am convinced that it Is tho truth." "WIDESPREAD 1 ROUBLE. Three Seta of Strikes Now Running In Xetr York. NEW YORK, July 25. The clothing workers', freight handlers', newsboys' and messenger boys' strikes gained headway today. Leader Pines, of the Brooklyn trolley strikers. Issued a statement to the ef fect that the trolley strike was still on. The striking tailors of the East Side swelled their number to 3.000. Nearly 8,000 were out in the afternoon and several mass meetings were. held to-night. Three thousand more men are expected to quit work in Brooklyn this week. It was reported that the striking members of Tailors' Progressive Union, No. 1L would withdraw from the Socialist Labor Alliance of the United States and Canada. The union has 2,000 members, and one of its leading spirits is Leopold Schwart, who was a member of the executive board of the alliance. One thousand freight handlers employed in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards In Jer sey City decided to-day to go on strike at noon to-morrow, for an Increase from 17 to 20 cents an hour. This will increase the number of striking freight handlers to 2,500. President Kenealy, of the freight handlers' union, said: i"Ve are sure of a speedy victory. If the company refuses to grant our demands to-morrow the Balti more & Ohio freight handlers will Join us in a sympathetic strike." A big meeting of the messenger boys, who went on strike in the offices of the American District Telegraph and Postal Telegraph Companies, was held to-night at the corner of Cortlandt and Church streets, and their grievances discussed. Manager Wilson, of the Postal Telegraph Company, said that only 150 of his 500 messengers had struck. Another officer said that everything was In good running order. Manager Banks, of the American District Telegraph Com pany, said that his office had suffered no inconvenience. THE ANCHOR LINE SOLD. Blur Steantuhlp Company of the Atlan tic Changes Hnnds. NEW YORK, July 23. The ownership of the Anchor line of steamships, plying between Glasgow, New York and many other ports, has changed hands. The long-established partnership of the well-known shipowners, Henderson Bros., of Glasgow, owners of the Anchor line, has terminated and a company has been formed to acquire the entire business of the firm. The company has been Incorporated with a capital of 573,000. At the New York office of the com pany It was stated that the new company was practically in' the hands of two Hen derson brothers, cousins of the original members of the firm, and a Mr. Anderson, all three of whom have for years been In terested In the firm. These three will assume the entire management of the com pany. The line, it is understood, will not De affected by the change. Movement of Steamers. BOULOGNE. July 25. Sailed: Steamers Patria, from New York; Hekla, from New York. NEW YORK. July 23. Arrived: Ethiopia. from Glasgow; Southwark, from Antwerp. MOVILLH. July 23. Arrived: Furnessla. from New York for Glasgow. BALTIMORE. July 23.-Arrived: Steamer H. 11. Meier, from Bremen. BREMEN. July 23. Arrived: Steamer Bremen, from New York. BOSTON. July 23. Arrived: Steamer Peruvian, from Glasgow. MRS STYLES ACQUITTED. Shot and Killed Her Own Mother for Slanderous Talk. CHICAGO, July 23. Mrs. Augusta Styles was this evening declared by a Jury not guilty of the murder of her mother, Mrs. Catherine Schultz. The case has been on trial for nearly a week, and has been full of historical episodes. Mrs. Styles shot her mother because the latter disparaged to Belle Styles, a daughter of Mrs. Styles, the character of her mother. When her daughter came to her with the stories Mrs. Styles was frantic, and, hunting for her mother, shot her down on sight. Much sympathy was excited for Mrs. Styles by the nature of the stories told to her children by their grandmother. When the verdict was announced Mrs. Styles was nearly frantic with delight and kissed her husband, her daughter, her two attorneys and nearly everybody else she could reach. A QUEER DREAM. It Seemed to Be Fulfilled at San Joan Week Later. Washington Star. They were talking of dreams, when the volunteer who was shot through the hip at San Juan spoke up. "It is strange," said he, "how the real and the unreal are sometimes connected in dreams. I had an experience down at Tampa, while we were waiting for orders to go to Cuba, which was remarkable in Its way. One night, after trying for several hours to .get to sleep in my tent, I went outside to see if there were a breath of fresh air to be had. Near the tent there was a rough bench, which had been built by some of the boys to serve as a table for card playing. It was about three feet from the ground, and was Just wide enough for a man to lie down on. "I walked over to the bench, and, stretching out on it. was soon asleep. I dreamed that I was standing In a Spanish camp surrounded by hundreds of excited Spaniards, who were insisting that I be shot at once for a spy. I was perfectly cool and had a supreme Indifference about my rate. They took me over to a stake driven In the ground and tied me up to it. Then they wheeled up an enormous cannon to within fifty feet of where I stood and aimed it straight at me. I saw the gunner seize the lanyard and look around at the officer in charge for the command to fire. Then I closed my eyes. The next moment there was a tremendous roar. "The cannon ball struck me squarely on the side of the right hip, and I flew up Into the air. I woke to find myself on the ground, where I had rolled from the bench. There was a sharp pain in my right hip, and, and, looking out into the open space beyond the tents, I saw that the morning gun had Just been fired. The smoke was still hanging over the cannon. The pain in my hip was caused by Its coming in contact with a stake driven In the ground near the bench. "Several weeks later at San Juan I got a bullet in my right hip where the cannon ball of the dream struck, and directly in the center of the bruise left by my forcible contact with the stake when I rolled off the bench." Nine Struck by Llchtningr. NAPOLEON. O., July 23. Daniel Hane. aged nineteen, was Instantly killed by lightning this afternoon. Eight others, composing a threshing gang, were knocked senseless by the fame bolt that killed Hane and fet fire to the barn where they had taken refuge. The whole party had a narrow escape from being burned to death. Two will probably die. With an Eye to Business. St. Louis Republic. Terhaps the railroad that is building Into Clay county, Kentucky, expects to get the contract for carrying the soldiers Into the feud district. Jott Try for Your Complexion Champlln's Liquid Pearl. 50c, pink or white. Marvelous beautlfler. Great renown, Ko.tqual.

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EX-COVEIlXOn OF KEXTl'CTCT "WILL. LEAD DE3IOCRATIC BOLTERS. Convention Called for Aujr. 30 to dominate a Candidate Against Goebel Other Political News. LOUISVILLE, July 25. A meeting was held at Liberty Hall to-night In furtherance of the plan of disaffected Democrats to effect an organization in this State, hold a convention and nominate a state ticket in opposition to the one headed by William Goebel, who was nominated here In June. About LOOO people attended . the meeting, among the most prominent being William H. Sweeney, of Marlon county, who was the Hardin candidate for temporary chairman of the June convention, and other leaders of that faction. During the evening Mr. Sweeney made this announcement: "I come to-night duly accredited from the greatest Governor of Kentucky Hon. John Young Brown, who told me he would accept your nomination and make the fight against Goebel to the last ditch." This announcement was greeted with cheers. The resolutions adopted contain the following: "Resolved. That the Democrats of the Fifth congressional district condemn and repudiate the proceedings of the convention at Music Hall, June 2L We agree with the Democrats of Montgomery, Clarke and Warren counties that said convention was diverted from its purpose by the unscrupu lous domination of William tioebei ana Dy the arbitrary and revolutionary conduct of Permanent Chairman Redwine. "Resolved, That, in view of the demand among the Democrats of Kentucky for the holding of a state convention and for the nomination of a Democratic state ticket to be voted for at the next November election, we request the Democrats of all the counties to co-operate'with us in holding a state convention to assemble Wednesday, Aug. 20, M" Delegates were appointed to attend the meeting called for Aug. 2 at Lexington, at which arrangements are to be made for a state convention. A resolution was adopted ureinc the Governor to call an extra session of the Legislature at once "for the purpose of repealing the Goebel election law and thereby preventing contemplated frauds and probably bleodshed at the November election." KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS. Attorney General Taylor "Will Conduct the Campaign Populist Gossip. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. July 23. A conference between the Republican state central committee and the candidates on the state ticket to-night brought Republican politicians from all parts of the State to this city. The conference resulted In the selection of State. Treasurer Long as chairman of the campaign committee, with James F. Buckner, of Louisville, and Congressman S. J. Pugh as members of that body. It was intended to select five members, but two vacancies were left to be filled by Attorney General Taylor, who, It is said, will personally manage his campaign as head of the state ticket. An advisory committee of eleven may be selected at another meeting to be held to-morrow. A bit of gossip current to-night was to the effect that the Populist state convention at Frankfort this week is likely to nominate Hon. John Young Brown for Governor. The significance of this lies In the fact that Governor Brown Is the prospective nominee of the antl-Goebel Democrats. It is believed to be certain that the platform adopted by the Populists will contain an antl-Goebel declaration. Brown Reasons for Boltlnjr. LEXINGTON! Ky., July 23. C. B. Lowry, a prominent citizen here, says ex-Governor John Young Brown In Louisville to-day made the following statement to him: "Whether I am placed at the head of the ticket or some good man like Major Philip P. Johnston, I Intend to take the stump and do all I can to prevent this awful disgrace being inflicted on the State that I love. I have never In all my, life had anything so crystallize itself in my mind and heart. I feel it more than a sentiment. 1 feel as if this were an Inspiration and that the spirit of 6 was urging me to do this, it is a duty I owe to the history of my State and to the priceless heritage that a long line of great and noble men have left us to guard and their very graves cry out calling on me to appeal to the manhood and honor of Kentucky to prevent this defilement of the house of our fathers. My bridges are burned behind me and utterly regardless of my future political or personal life, I see my duty, and, so help me God, I intend to do It. I was a Democrat when it took courage to be a Democrat. I have raised my voice for Democracy when I took my life in my hands with revolver on my desk, and by this right I intend to appeal to the fathers for the sake of fellowship In kindred ages past, and to the sons for the sake of the fight their fathers made to save the life of the Democratic party and the honor 01 their State by preventing the defilement of the house our fathers bullded." A Senatorial Contest. CHARLESTON, W. Va,, July 25.-The taking of depositions In the controversy 'growing out of the late senatorial election In this State was begun to-day in this city. Ex-Secretary W. E. Chilton and Attorney Frank L. Wells, of Washington, D. C, rep resented John T. McGraw and Attorney General Rucker appeared for Senator Nathan B. Scott, whom McGraw claims was not legally elected. Attorney General Rucker appeared only for the purpose of filing a protest sent him by Senator Scott, objecting to taking depositions on the ground that they were not authorized by any tribunal; that no officer had been appointed to take them; that there was no lawsuit pending between McGraw and Scott; that there was no such case in the United States Senate. After several days further work here depositions will be taken in Parkerrburg. Brown Will Run Against Goebel. LOUISVILLE. Ky., July 25. The announcement Is made by the Evening Post that John Young Brown, former Governor of Kentucky, will accept the nomination for Governor, in case It la offered to him by the convention to be held at Lexington Aug. 2 by the Democrats who are opposed to the ticket headed by William Goebel, which was nominated by the Louisville convention. Governor Brown is quoted as saying: "I will accept the nomination with pleasure and make the fight of my life for my rights." Bryan Will Be a Delegate. WASHINGTON, July 23. The Post, tomorrow, will say: "Bryan will be a delegate to the next Democratic national convention. This statement was made to a Post reporter yesterday by Congressman Clayton, of Alabama, who represents his State on the Democratic national committee, and who has just returned from the meeting of that committee in Chicago. AX UNREPORTED ADDRESS. Mrs. Lavlnia BlKsbury on "The Use and Abuse of Man.' London Truth. The International Congress of Women, dear Lady Betty, which is assembled in London, has not as yet disturbed the gaiety of nations. This is the more surprising, seeing that several of the delegates are in favor of total abstinence in every direction except In the direction of dress. It Is understood that the reports of the proceedings which have been published In the newspapers are not genuine. Ihe fol lowing account of one of the meetings has been supplied by a moderate delegate who advocates the retention of man. though in a position of secondary importance. Miss Lavinla Bigsbury (Ohio) presided, and read a paper on ,,The Use and Abuse of Man." "The brain." said the president, "is the capital of man; beauty Is the capital of woman. Hear, hear.J In this our sex has altogether the advantage; for no man, however rich, can buy brains, whilst woman may easily and inexpensively Improve her appearance. (Loud cheers. It is waste of time, of money and of energy to cultivate the brain of women beyond a certain limit. Murmurs. But no amount of monej', however large it may be; no time, however considerable; no energy, however great, is illspent which is devoted to embellishing the surface of woman. Loud and prolonged cheering. Ladle., we are all supposed to have a heart, and man Judges our heart by our face. Uproarious laughter. Look after the face, then, and the heart will look after itself, Much cheering. Let man

monopolize Passion; for us there Is Fashion. Man may rule the world with force; we rule man with flounces and furbelows, with false hair, faLse complexions, false teeth, false flfures, false hearts and falsetto voices. Vociferous cheers. Several of the younger delegates shed tears, while some of the elder seize the opportunity provided by the cemmotion to dab another layer of powder on their own cheeks. I will, not trespass upon your time further. Cries of 'Go on. go on.' But in a sentence I will describe the use and abuse of man. The attention was so concentrated that a pin would have been heard fall. Ladles, the use and abuse of man la marriage. (Vigorous cheering. A little marriage goes a long way; it occasionally goes so far as the divorce court. Several ladies here were understood to be strongly opposed to divorce. Take my advice, continue on the road along which your sisters have traveled generation on generationuse man; and abuse him afterward. The president resumed her seat amidst loud and prolonged cheering.

OBITUARY. Peter C. YoongT, First Nominated McKinley for Congress. PHILADELPHIA. July 25. Peter C. Young, of this city, formerly prominent in the Republican party in the State of Ohio, died here to-night after a short Illness. His body will be taken to Salem, O., to-morrow night and will be buried at that place on Friday. Mr. Young was fifty-one years old. He was a well-known orator and stumped Ohio and Michigan for McKinley In 1S96. Mr. Young placed McKinley in nomination when he ran for his first term In Congress. He served as a private in the civil war and was for two terms Judge of the Probate Court of Columbiana county, Ohio. For many years he practiced law at Lisbon. In April of this year he was elected supreme ruler of the Fraternal Mystic Circle, headquarters of which are in this city, and he removed here in order to perform the duties of his office. He was also a member of the Masons and Odd Fellows. Mr. Young leaves a wife and one child. Gideon J. Tucker. NEW YORK. July 23. Gideon J. Tucker, ex-secretary of state of New York State, died to-day at his home In this city from a complication of diseases. He was seventyfive years old. Nicholas Rngaenlmch. BASLE, Switzerland, July 25. Nicholas Ruggenbach. the builder of the Releig Railway, Is dead. CLEAR POLICY. (Conclnded from First Page.) wears powerful glasses of unusually large size and with black rims, which were ordered by Professor Pagenstecher, and when she Is obliged to use artificial light she prefers a shaded wax candle." A Shocking Overnight. BERLIN, July 26. Tho Frankfurter Zeitung publishes a letter, the writer of which complains that Rear Admiral Kautz, when leaving Apia had the American and British anthems performed by the hand of his ship, but omitted to order that the German anthem be played while passing the German cruiser, which lay in the harbor, the crew of which were ready to give the usual cheers, but stepped back In silence when the omission was noticed. Cable Notes. In the match game of cricket begun at Kennlngton Oval, Monday, between the Australian team and the Surrey eleven, the Australians were all out for their first Inning, yesterday, with 165 runs. Tha Surrey eleven, in their first Inning, scored 112 runs, and In the second had Increased the score to 330. It is stated that the Swedish government has decided to proclaim a law Introducing a purely Norwegian flag for consulates. I The funeral of the Czarowitz will -take place at 10:30 o'clock, at St Petersburg, today. A wreath of flowers, sent by the French government, and a silver wreath from President Loubet. of France, were today laid upon the coffin of the dead prince. The German steamer Rhenian, Captain Forst, from Colon, which grounded in the roads at Port-au-Prince, July 23, has been released without damage, after discharging a portion of her cargo, and has proceeded on her voyage. Baron Russell of Killowen, lord chief Justice of England, and a member' of the Venezuela arbitration commission, at Paris, entertained his colleagues of the commission at dinner yesterday. The battle ship Suffren was launched at Brest, France, yesterday. She Is the largest ship In the French navy, being of 12,500 tons displacement. At the launching of the British battle ship Vengeance, at Barrow-in-Furness, yesterday. Lieutenant Dawson announced that Vlckers Sons & Maxim, limited, had received an order from the United States for a number of six-inch guns, which were to be adopted for use by the American navy. The Politique Coloniale, at Paris, states that Russia and Japan are arming with a view to a possible conflict in Korea. With regard to the case of alleged shoplifting at the Louvre, Paris, and with which the name of Miss Hobbs, an American, was associated, the management of the Louvre has withdrawn the charge and explain that there had been a mistake. THE "VACUUM" CHAIR. Hove Japan May Execute Criminals Quickly and Painlessly. San Francisco Special. The Japanese government is striving to discover a new and more modern mode for the execution of its convicted criminals. It has laid aside the idea of execution by electricity, as it Is now practiced in America, and is considering an entirely new and improved method of execution. It Is quick, painless, quiet and peaceful. The Japanese consider it even far better than the most modern mode, that of electricity, inasmuch as it does not harm the appearance of the body in the least, whereas electricity, when not applied to exactly the proper degree, scorches, burns and shrivels the skin of the victim. The "death" or "vacuum" chair, as It is to be known. Is to be an airtight cell built in or adjoining the prison. It is to be eight feet in height, ten feet wide and ten feet long. The four sides are to have each an airtight window of three-quarter-Inch plate glas3, so that the operators, prison and other officials may have an opportunity to witness the execution and determine the rsults. The cell will be connected with an air pump which will have a power of causing the expulsion of the air in the cell in one minute and forty seconds, thus acting so quickly as not to allow the victim to become suffocated or distressed In even the slightest degree, but, Instead, causing almost instant death. In fact, it was shown when the experiment was tried upon a large St. Bernard dog that the animal was dead a minute and a half after the vacuum was completed. The experts, before whom the experiment was tried, were not only marvelously pleased and surprised by the excellent success, but were also positive, while the vacuum continued, from the peaceful and lifelike appearance of the dog, that he was still alive, that they would not allow the vacuum to be discontinued for thirty minutes. On examining the St. Bernard, they found that it was dead 1 minutes after the vacuum was completed. They pronounced the method "a revolution in the mode of execution," and declared that It was far better than electricity, which causes a stiffening of the muscles and a frightful appearance of the face and eyes. The method to be pursued In the execution of criminals by this chamber should it be adopted, will be as follows: The condemned will be stripped, so that the air which might become lodged in and between the folds of the garments will not be able to cause any hitch in the execution. The condemned will be placed in a position on the flat of his back, at full length and with the hands clasped above the head, so as to allow full expansion and contraction of the chest. This is done so that when the vacuum is forming, the air in the body, being expelled by the contraction of the chest, wfil be instantly drawn out of the chamber by the air rump, and then, there being no pir in ip m.muer to replace that exhaled, death will ensue. Not Anxious to Find It. Chicago Record. It is strange that none of the learned professors is hurrying to Kentucky to look. Xor the feud microtia -

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GEORGIA JAIL. BESIEGED BY ANGRY MOD OF FAR3IERS. AX Governor Candler Ordered Troops to the Scene in No Uncertain Words Riddled vrlth Ballets. SAVANNAH. Ga.. July 25. Telegraphic crders were received here to-night from Governor Candler, addressed to Captain Middleton. of the state militia, tit Valdosta. and Captain Smith, of Thomasviile, to "report to Sheriff Fatterson at Balnbrldge with all your available men at once," and to "act strictly under his orders." The Governor's message Is mandatory. It says: "Go at once." The commercial wires having closed, these messages were transmitted over railroad wires from here, and arrangements were Immediately made for special cars on the Plant system to take the troops. The train will arrive at Bainbridge at 3 a, m. The troops are wanted to protect the sheriff and the Jail against the attack of a mob that Is after John Williams, a negro who Is charged with assault on two white girls. Williams entered their room while they were asleep and had seized one of the girls, when he was fright ened away. A large crowd of country people are in town and say they will have Wil liams if they have to dynamite the Jail. The Decatur county Jail is one of the strongest in the State. An attack on It before the ar rival of the troops is possible. At 11:30 o'clock the mob surrounded the Jail and called for Williams. CUT INTO PIECES. Bits of the Body Diittrlhuted aa Sou venir. ATLANTA, Ga., July 23. A special to the Journal from Brinson, Ga., says: Charles Mack, the leader of the gang that has been robbing and assaulting In this vicinity, was lynched at Saffold this morning and his body cut into hundreds of pieces. Mack, after being identified, was taken to the big oak tree, near the Ogletree home, on which Sammls met his death, and strung up. As his feet left the ground hundreds of shots from the mob were fired Into his body. After he was dead he was taken down and his body cut up Into small pieces and dis tributed among the mob. which numbered two or three hundred. Mack is the man who led Sammis into the Ogletree house and. alter robbing the inmates, assaulted Mrs. Ogletree in her husband's presence. W'onnded and Hanged. HOUSTON. Tex.. July 25. Some two weeks agp a negro was lynched in Grimes county, and last night a church at Fuqua Prairie was burned by an incendiary. Sus picion fell on John and Randall .Hamilton, negroes. The latter was first found, and. with a rope around his neck, he confessed mat jonn burned the cnurch. John was iouna at nis home ana his answer to a demand for surrender w:as a volley of buck shot, Van Wrelght being fatally wounded and Tuck Moody slightly Injured. The negro escaped, badly wounded, but was re captured to-day at noon and at once strung up. No further trouble is expected. Re venge for a former lynching, it is thought. was the motive or the incendiaries. Hanged and Shot. HALLSBURG. Miss., July 25. Henry Novels, a negro who attempted to assault Miss Rosaline Davis Saturday evening, was captured yesterday near Bond, Miss., and brought back to the scene of his crime and immediately Identified by the young lady. A crowd numbering over three hundred men escorted him to a tree near by to which he was tied and shot several hundred times. One Slade Ills Escape. BAINBRIDGE, Ga., July 25. The mob which has lynclid several negroes the last few days for complicity in the Saffold assault Is still abroad looking for the remain ing numbers of the gang. They located "Kid" Jim. one of the culprits, in a house near nncknard. but he made his escape. Sam Thompson, an old negro who harbored mm, was severly whipped. I Another One Killed. LEESBURG, Ga, July 23. An unknown negro was shot and killed In a remote part of this county yesterday by a posse composed of three men. The negro was In hiding in that vicinity, and was thought to be a memwr or tne nam bridge gang. OUR NEW BIG VOLCANO. The Great Eruption In 189T of Mayon In the Philippines. New York Sun. The most famous volcano in the PhlllDplnes Is Mayon and one of Its most tremen dous and destructive outbursts occurred in 1S37. Father Jose Coronas, desiring to pre serve a record of the principal phenomena connected with the eruption, secured air the accounts of eyewitnesses that be was able to collect and has recently brought them together in a pamphlet published by the Manna Obsarvatory. This volcano is in the southeast part of juzon. Zvjo mues rrom Manna, it is one or the most symmetrical mountains in the world, rising in regular, conical form to a height of B.Z.4 leet above the sea. The view of the immense mass is very imposing, for its surroundings are comparatively low and fiat. There are no secondary cones on its flanks and all the lavas that form it seem to have been poured from the solitary chim ney at its top. The fluid electa that built it up was spread quite evenly over Its sides. and its base now has a circuit of about eighty miles. When Jagor and Von Drasche. with great difficulty, reached the summit in 1S76 they could nnd no trace of a crater properly so called. For many years before 1897 the vol cano had ejected very little lava in its frequent eruptions, but had covered the surrounding districts, far and wide, with quan tities or ashes. Before describing the recent catastrophe. Father Coronas briefly reviews all the erup tions previously recorded, giving special at tention to those that have occurred since 1S54, when the office for the observation of meteorological and seismic phenomena was established at Manila. The first record of an eruption Is that of 1G16, which Spllbergen mentioned, but few details are known of it. The most memorable eruption, both on ac count of its magnitude and Its destructive effects, is that of 1S14, when the town of Daraga was burled deep under ashes and the streets and buildings of Manila were covered with ejected matter wafted thither by the wind. The outburst of 1581-82 was remarkable for its duration, but since 1814 no single eruption has equaled in magnl tude that which forms the subject of Father Coronas s pamphlet. Several of the outbursts of Mayon have been preceded by earth tremors, and this was the case in lSy7. There were rather severe shocks with oscillating movements throughout the province of Albay. in which the volcano is situated, and the center of action was In the island of Masbate, south of that province. This was on the night of May 13. but no signs of unusual activity in the volcano were observed until June 22. and then the phenomena gradually increased in violence until June 2o. On that day, and especially after noon, the mountain presented a terrible aspect. It was unceasingly sending Into the air dense columns of smoke and ashes, and a large part or the sny was turned to inky blackness. The most violent period of the eruption lasted seventeen hours, and during this time an enormous quantity of Uva and volcanic bombs were poured out of the summit. It was during this period that the greatest destruction was wrought. Lava streams poured down the steep slopes of the moun tain, particularly on the east and southeast sides, and it was In these directions that the largest damage was done. With great swirtness tney overflowed the whole or parts of seven villages, and hundreds of people lost their lives in the red-hot currents. The large town of Libog was only partly destroyed, i While most of the lavai spread to the east and southeast, the lapllll. or small stone. and the ashes and dust fell principally to the northwest of the volcano. The quantity of them discharged was remarkable. The ashes overspread an area of southeast Luzon measuring about 200 by over 100 miles. Dreyfus Uniform. London News. There is much significance in a paragraph of the Dreyfus news. "This afternoon," we are told in a telegram of yesterday from Rennes, "the master tailor of the Seventh Regiment of artillery is to go to the prison to try on tho captain's new uniform." It looks so little and it means so much not exactly to the master tailor, but to his customer. One may. faintly Imnglne tho tiaa-

tlons with which the customer felt that uni

form on his back apaln. HU memory must have gone back to that awful day of Jan. S. K-.V. when th public ceremony of degrada tion was carried cut at the military school. He was mutliated. button by button, and strip by strip of sold lace. Tnn hts sword was snapped before his face. He bore it all in silence; but as be was marched past the regiments he raised a cry, I am Innocent; I Mvear ' that I am innocent. lve la France!" He raised it aaln as he passed the crowd leyond the gate, hoarse with their shouts of "A mort! a mort:" Then, turning to the reporters, he said: "You will ten France that I nm lnr.oeent; nnd. in reply to a cry of "Traitor! Judas!" from two officers standing by. he said simply. 'lou do not know!" But he flushed with Eassion and loft step; then, with an effort, e retained his self-control. His military guards handed him over to the gendarmes; he was handcuffed and taken to the prison van. The rest was the silence of the Devil a Isle. And remember he is still to fight against the rl.k of having this happen all over again. The shirt of Nessus was as nothing to the possibilities of torment la this precious suit of clothes. THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY. What It Involves Indirectly aa Well aa Directly. Engineering. The Siberian Railway has 1utly been called a genuine Russian undertaking, inasmuch as everything in connection with it is of lmmenre not to say unprecedented di mensions, mis does not only apply to the mere figures, although they are telling enough, but the magnitude of the railway is rar more comprehensive and widespread than one is at first inclined to imagine. beginning with a few figures, not less than nineteen million working days have beea required for the earth work alcne. The length of the railway, apart from European connection and the Manchurian Railway from Tschieljabinik (which Is 2.70) kilometers distant from St. Petersburg). amounts to 6.QT2.S3 kilometers: the aggre gate length of the bridges is 4S.5 kilometers; snow screens are required over a distance of O-fJ kilometers. The rolling stock necessary for the traffic at the outEet has an aggregate length of W.5 kilo meters and thevtelegraph wires have an aggregate length of ll.Oirt kilometers. The cost of the railway was originally calculated at a comparatively low figure. but there was not taken into consideration the innumerable undertakings which are more or less inseparable from the building of and the future satisfactory and adequate working of this Immense line and which entail a vast and additional expenditure And thee subsequent expenses are. of course, not by any means limited to tha mere connection of various localities by means of additional railways with the trunk line or with each other. There are cunsideratlons of industrial. commercial, civilizing and scientific nature. A pure and simple connection by means of a railway between the Pacific ocean and European Russia would malnlv serve mili tary purposes!. But Rusia has other and far wider plans with her new railwayplans which have grown with the railway and which are still growing. There is, In the first Instance, the colonization of Siberia, the laying down of bogs, the cutting down of forests, utilization of reat. sani tary measures for the Drotcction of the settlers and their cattle, the building of schools, the supply of the requisite agricultural machinery and implements, loca tion of settlers, the supply of building material, the making of roads and bridges, the establishment of mutual Insurance, the survey of the country and the establish ment of the postal service. 'me building of the Siberian Railway naturally led to the ta?k of making numerous rivers narlgaM. so ns to facilitate the transport of building material; to the formation of an extensive mining industry for the production of iron and coal: to the erection of rolling mills for rails; to the building of workmen's colonies and of tech nical railway schools and to the erection of cement and numerous other factories. It became necessary to fully investigate the possibilities of navigating the Arctic ocean and the large rivers. The Baikal lake had to be surveyed and piovlded with marks for navigation, and it became necessary to Increase the volunteer fleet with three large ocean-going steamers for the transport of persons and goods. The desirability of connecting the Siberian Railway with Archnngel also soon became evident. The Russian colonization In Siberia has been going on very gradually for hundreds of years, but the new era commenced with the year lsno, when the Amur and the Ussurt districts were ceded to Russia by China, On May 30. 1S31. the present Czar cut the first sod of the Siberian Railway in ratho ' FOR ANNEXATION. Cuban Paper That Snya that Terror "Would 'Follow Independence. HAVANA. July 25. El Dlario de la Mari na to-day prints long extracts from in Sufraglo Universal, the annexationists pa per, the first number of which appeared at Puerto Principe yesterday and which claims to speak for the largest influential body of working Cubans. Speaking for the Cubans, El Sufraglo Universal declares for annexa tion, saying: "But our Improvised chiefs and officers. who were present yesterday and during the revolution were ardent apostles of annexa tion, to-day get excited at the very idea cf an equitable repartition. 'Avast ye people of Cuba!' 'Avast the American Union!' 'Avast civilization!' Such are their cries and In a low tone of voice they add: 'This country and its inhabitants are as much ours as that snepherd and those flocks are those of the lone owner Certainly there is some truth In what they say and what they say unbelievingly; certain it is that every one under the sun has some master, and true it Is that absolute independence with Cuba left to itself by those who are our masters, would be ferocious. Our Independence would be intolerable and facts prove it." THE FILIPINO SCHOOLBOY. He Learns Very Little About the TUnlted States. Manila Letter In Leslie's Weekly. It has been freouentlv remarked that the. Filipinos could have no conception of the extent and resdurces of the United States or they never would have been deceived into the hallucination that they could sucessfully combat us. In going through their school here I found a little manuscript volume In which, in less than a hundred manuscript pages, was comprised all of syntax and geography that was taught the chil dren here. And it must be remembered that Malolos, before the Insurrection, was an important city in this part of the world. ana one wnere tne cnnoren wouia De expected to receive the average education. Turning to one of the pages in this book that I picked up, I found the United States of America discoursed upon, immediately after Nlgrlcla, and Just before Mexico. Here is the entire lot of information given as to the United States. In the form of questions and answers: "Where is this country (the United States) situated? In North America. "What are its boundaries? To the north. British America; to the east, the Atlantic ocean and the Bahama channel: to the south, the Strait of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, and to the west, Mexico and the Grande (Pacific) ocean. What is the form of government? It Is a federal republic. "Of what is this Republic composed? Of forty different States. 7 "What are its rivers and mountains? The most notable rivers are the Mislsipi (literal spelling), the Niagara the MIssori (again the literal spelling), the Colorado and the St. Lawrence, and the principal mountains are the Cumberland and Rockies. "What Is the capital? Washington, but the most important citj is New York. "Protestantism prevails, but there are Catholic archbishops." And this is the sum total of what the average Filipino boy has len taught about our rather considerable and somewhat pros perous country. Ivanicd After Ragley. WASHINGTON. July 23. By direction of the President, the battery at Fort Caswell, N. C, has been named lottery Bagley, in honor of Ensign Worth Bagley, U. S. N killed at Cardenas, Cuba. Oscar Gerard Dead. ADELAIDE. Australia. July 25. Oscar Gerard, an American comedian, who has been playing with "The Belle of New York" Company here, is dead. fo) 12)U COMPANY'S EXTRACT OP BEEF la a medical comfort of proved Tslne. Has brouU thouwuiis taroojjh 111uess. Msde on tfentl&c principles f rora the finest cattl reared oa tLo richest putorea of ths world. Itigii'y tesUd. Endorsed by over SO yeara' iucom. RefcM subctisitt.