Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 6, Petersburg, Pike County, 17 June 1898 — Page 6

?htf ik* <£<mntg gemorrat XL MeC. STOOrS. Kdllor wd Proprietor. PETERSBURG, : f INDIANA. Thk comptroller of the currency received a telegram, on the 7th, announcing the failure of the Delaware national bank of Delhi, N. Y. Thk steamer Belgic, arrived at San Francisco, on the 6th, reported sighting the first fleet of transports whieh left that city May :» about 150 miles east of Honolulu. Erur paper of London sounds the praise of Lieut. Hobson’s exploit with the collier Mernmac at Santiago de Cuba, which they say was a gallant deed, ably planned and pluckily carried out. Miss Etaxuklixa Clsxebos, whose romantic escape from a Spanish prison in Havana, several months ago, is recalled, waa married in Baltimore, Md., on the 0th, to Carlos F. Carbonet, whe assisted in her rescue. Ox the 6th, according to a report from Fort an-Prince, Hayti, Admiral Sampson forced the passage of Santiago hay and engaged the Spanish fleet, sinking two of Cervera’a ships. One American ship was injured. Thk California state prohibition convention, at Fresno, on the 9th, nominated J. E. McComas, of Pomina, fot governor, and Robert Somers, of San Jose, for lieutenant governor, and named a full congressional ticket. Exoush capitalists, with heavy investments in the Philippines, are urging this government, through Ambassador Hay. to retain possession of th« islands, which they say, under stable government,would be richer than Cuba. Thk fifty-first regiment of Iowa volunteers, numbering nearly 1.000 men, arrived at San Francisco, on the 10th, tired out after their long journey. The soldiers from Iowa are the best equipped troops that have reached Sar Francisco. STAtKMKXTS sent out from Ottawa, Ont., that the government had decided to deport Senor Dubose and Lieut. Carranza, the alleged Spanish spies, lack foundation. The power to do so can only be exercised by special act of parliament. A kkport from the collector of customs at New* York shows that the imports of diamonds at that port during the period from January 1 to April 50, 1996, amounted to $3,065,435, as compared with $341,173 for the same period in 1897. Thk president has in contemplation, according to a senator who was in consultation with him, on the 9th, the submission of a special message to the two houses of congress calling for immediate annexation of Hawaii as a military necessity. Mu. Dat, wife of the, secretary of state, has so ^ recovered in health as to leave the Cleveland (0.) general hospital, where she underwent a dangerous operation, and was under treatment for six weeks. She hss returned to her borne in Canton. Thk British government, following out the poliev adopted in connection with its big naval station*, is about to store an immense supply (probably 100,090 tons) of Cardiff coal, the best steam engine coal produced, at the EsquimaultfH. C.) dock'varda

The Loudon papers are engaged in extolling the heroism of Lieut. Hobson and the chivalry of Admiral Cervera. They seem to overlook the fact that the prisoners are confined in El Mono, in the direct line of fire from our ships, a fact roundly denounced by American % officers. Jvdoe Julius P. Grin sell died suddenly at the Illinois Trust and Savings bank in Chicago on the 8th. J udg« Grinnell was famous for the record he made as a fearless public servant, par ticu'arly as state's attorney during t he prosecution of the Hay market bomb throwers. A receiving order in bankruptcy was issued, on the 8th, against Ernest Terah liooley, of London, for year* prominent as the biggest company promoter in England, and interested' in bicycle, land and other concerns He was popularly supposed to be a multimillionaire. Senator Hawley introduced a bill. ! ou the ?lh. for - the punishment of per sons who may willfully injure or deatroy any submarine mine or torpedc or harbor defense system owned by tin United States. The offense is made a misdemeanor, punishable by fine at imprisonment. ‘ A special from St. Thomas says that the French transatlantic liner Ver sail lea loaded l.2JJpious of coal from lighters in SL Thomas harbor, on the night of the 7th, the purpose being to transfer the fuel to the Spanish collier Alicante, which was lying jast beyond the three-mile limit off the island. A Hon® Kong dispatch, on the 9th •aid the insurgent march toward Mu nils was reported to have been so sun ressful that Gov.Mien. Angusti surrendered the eisy to Geb. Aguinaldo, th* insurgent chief, the terms of surren der being that there should be no mas •acre, and that order should be pre served by the Americans. * Avon® the passengers who arrive* at San Francisco on the steamer Del gic, on the 7th. from Hong Kong, were lour men who participated in the fight of Manila bay on May 1. They arc Paymaster G. A. Load, of the dispatch boat McCulloch; Dr. Charles P. Kindleberger, surgeon of the Olympia; fiaipi Phelps, secretary to the captain of the McCulloch, and J. C Evans, gunner of V

I JUNE—1898. | $ Saa. Mm. Tat. fti. Ttor. fti. Sit| 4j MM MM 1 2 3 4 : * : 5 6 7 8 9 10 »i: : 13 14 15 16 17 J8| » 20 21 22 23 24 25 : j* 27 wpi 28 29 FW 30 Kj CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEWS D BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. In the senate, on the 6th. an urgent deficiency hill, made necessary by the war with Spain, and carrying an aggregate of ll7.7t.\tfW, was passed. The greats part of the remainder of the session was devoted to consideration of the measure providing for the taking of the twelfth and subsequent censuses, without any progress being made.In the house the revenue bill was mat to conference, after which routine busi» aess^ chiefly under suspension of the rules, occupied the session, a number of bills being passed. Adjournment was taken pending the disposal of a measure providing a code of criminal law and procedure for Alaska. In the senate, on the fth, consideration of the Mil for the protection of people in the Indian territory was continued for three hours when it wes passed. The discussion of the eensus bljl precipitated a civil service debate, which bad not been concluded when the senate adjourned_In the bouse, after disposing of the urgent war deficiency bill, as passed, with amendments, by the senate, the bouse took up the conference report upon the sundry civil np» i propristious bill, and began voting severally upon the 45 amendments, three of which were adopted and five rejected. Ik the senate, on the 6th. the bill providing tor the taking of the twelfth census, which had been under consideration for three days, was passed. It provides for Immediate preliminary arrangements for taking the census of IfMO. I In the house senate amendments to the sunI dry civil appropriations bill were disposed i of and a further conference agreed to. The I conference report on the post office bill was I adopted without debate, and the house proceeded to consider the bill to provide for participation of volunteer soldiers in congressional elections. Ik the senate, on the 9th. the "omnibus claim bill.-' carrying over Ib.ilOu.OUO. was passed.Considerable discussion was developed in connection with the rejection by the government of the steamship Centennial as a transport, and some ugly charges against ship owners on the Pacific coast were made and controverted..In the bouse the conference report upon the war revenue bill was presented and adopted—1M to 107. Consideration was resumed of the bill to enable volunteer soldiers to vote in congressional elections. In the senate, on the lUth. after discussion, lasting four hours,the conference report on the war revenue bill was agreed to by the decisive rote of 4S to £2 Every republican eight democrats wte silver republican and one independent voted for the measure..In the house the feature jf the day's session was the securing of an agreement to consider (for four days) and vote upon the Sewlands resolution to annex Hawaii. The vow to be taken on the l&th. The bill to enable volunteer soldiers to vote a$<-ongres-•donal elections was passed, and a number of minor measures, obtefiy of a private nature 'were considered.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Thk annual convention of the Amerlean Medical association opened at Denver. Col., on the 7th, with a large attendance. Coy. Adams and Mayor McMarray delivered addresses of welcome. Ur the evening of the 7th the last of the first expedition had boarded the transports and left Tampa, Fla. At least 25,000 American troops, with ail their field and camp equipage, were afloat, and £ ty w days will see them encamped on the salubrious hills of Santiago de Cuba. IH'BiNtt the bombardment of the Santiago fortifications, on the 6th, only one Spanish shot hit an American vessel, and that struck the fighting top of the Massachusetts. One man on the Suwanee was slightly wounded. When the bombardment was over the formidable batteries defending the harbor were useless. Seventeen thousand men are ready at Jacksonville and Tampa to proceed to Porto Rico. Nearly all the transports have been provided and the movement will soon be under way. San ^Tuau will be the first point of attack. A dispatch from Charleston. S. C., says that the United States steamer Leouidas put in there en route from Norfolk to Key West, on toe 8th, and reported that during a gale, on the night of the 4th, she lost an iron water barge with five men which she was towing. The men were rescued by the steamer William 4 Lawrence, after drifting 24 hours. PtUMHDKNT Kiloo of Trinity college, Durham, N. C., has announced the gift of $100,U00 to the endowment fund of the college by Walkington Duke. Mr. Duke has given in all 9350,000 to Trimtj college. Pkivate advices from Washington say that the United States governmen will raise the Spanish vessels sunk in Manila harbor by Admiral Dewey's gunners. Ella, Edith and liarvilie Watts, children of Charles Watts, of Ferney's Hill, near Wood's Run avenue. Allegheny. Pa., aged eleven and aevent years and four months respectively, were so badly burned by the explosion of a can of oil, on the 8th, that they died in a short time. It was “officially" stated in Madrid, on the 8th, that Admiral Sampson's losses in Santiago bay were heavyestimated at 1,500 men. Admiral Sampson's official report said there had been no casualties. A special from Kingston, Jamaica, on the 8th, reported that the Spanish cruiser Viscaya and the torpedo-boat destroyer Furor were badly damaged during the bombardment of Santiago's defenses on the 6th. Ax official note published in Madrid, on the 8th, closes with the admission: “The American projectiles, however, sank the Spanish cruiser Reins Mercedes, five sailors and 20 marines being killed." Ox the 9th the president granted a pardon to Capt. John D. Hart, who was serving a sentence of two years

Cheat. Linares. comnnu.d«r of tha Spanish troops in Santiago, in reply to a request from Admiral Sampson tor an exchange of prisoners, replied that such negotiations were only possible with Caph-Gen. Blanca It is reported at Tacoma. Wash., that importers are making * quiet but ex* traordinary effort to hurry all the tea possible into America before the pro* apective war duty shall become effective. The statement of the condition of the treasury, issued on the 9th, showed: Available cash balance, $193,135,583: gold reserve. $168,020,554. The Morgan City and Senator will be added to the transport fleet of ths second expedition to sail from San Francisco on the 15th. Every indication points to a heavy over-subscription for the three per cent, war bond issue, to be offered at par by the government. The New York banks generally are preparing to take bonds for themselves or their customers. It is also expected that there will be a heavy demand for the bonds from abroad. Government officials at Philadelphia are in possession of valuble information regarding the sale of large quantities of coal to the Spanish government by dealers in that city, and the district attorney, it is said, is simply waiting for certain other developments beforv taking action. To show the panic which has over taken the government as well as the j people in Spain, it is only necessary to | state that an American attack is feared j upon Cadis. Reserves have been or- I dered to hasten to that place to strengthen the squadron of Camara. It is reported in Rome that the queen regent of Spain has changed her attitude toward the pope, so far as his intervention is concerned, and that she has intimated that she will abdicate, should it be seen that this course would relieve the situation. Miss Harriet Gault, who was Mrs. McKinley's teacher at Brooke Hall seminary, over thirty years ago, has been appointed postmistress at Media, Pa Her term begins in August, when the commission of the present postmaster expires. Ep-Statk Treasurer Joseph Bartley, of Nebraska, mast serve his sentence of 20 years and $300,000 tine. The state supreme court so decided. The embezzlement occurred three years ago. He was convicted a year ago. The house of representatives, on the 9th. adopted the conference report on the war revenue bill, after a long debate, by a vote of yeas, 154: nays, 10?. Japan has entered a strong protest against the uniform dut3? ten cents a pound on tea provided for in the wai revenue bill. The government will give due attention to the protest.; It is understood that Frederick II. Wing will be appointed assayer in charge of the United States mint at Seattle. Wash. Additional returns received from the late election in Oregon swell Geer'a (rep.) plurality for governor to 10,H?1. A torpedo in the St. Johns river, at Johns Bluff, 18 miles below Jacksonville. Fla., exploded on the 10th. killing three men and wounding Lieut. Hart of the United States engineer corps, in eharge of the work of fortifying the river at that point. S. R. Fuller, identified for over 30 years with the lumber trade of Gfbieago, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri, died in Chicago on the 10th. In addition to his lumber bnsiness, deceased was interested in a number of railroad enterprises.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. Tub senate was not in session on the 11th_In the house the Hawaiian de» hate was begun, and six speeches were made cohering generally the contentions of the support and opposition to the resolutions providing for annexation. There was a good attendance in the galleries, but barely a quorum at any time upon the floor. Steamers arrived at Liverpool from Sierra Leon, West Africa, report that 1,000 persons were killed in the recent uprising in that district- One hundred and two inhabitants of Freetown, most of them traders, are knov.-u to have been massacred, and other colonists were carried into the bush by the'war boys’* and undoubtedly met a worse fate. Three hundred friendly natives were killed, and, besides the white misionaries, six colored missionaries of the United Brethren of Christ were murdered at Manohbargru. The English missionaries are at the mercy of the war boys, but have not been molested. The Niger boundary dispute, in which English papers and politicians have seen a war cloud, is practically settled. A convention covering all disputes Is ready for signature. France gets two commercial depots on the lower Niger for outlets for French trade with Upper Dahomey, while Ureat Britain's gains consist of territory on the gold coast. MtABUs > threaten to become epidemic among the soldiers in Camp ; Merritt at San Francisco, and Suri geona Owen, Morris and Page, in [ charge of the field hospital, are bending all their energies to prevent the | further spread of the malady. Ax imperial edict has been issued at | Pekin providing for the establishment ! of the University of Pekin on European : models. The dignitaries have been ! commanded to confer immediately for | the carrying oat of. the scheme. ivEcaurrs to the numberof S50 arrived | at San Francisco, on the 11th, from I Fort McPherson, Ga.. and went into I quarters at Camp Merritt. The Bed | cross society breakfasted the men at the society's headquarters. Several Spauisn generals are quoted in Madrid as saying that Spain can continue the war in Cuba for two years, and that it is useless to talk of peace unless on the basis of statu quo ante helium. Political circles in Madrid declare that no aaggestlo— lor peace hare been received. Such suggestions would be declined, lor Spain nas decided to pursue the war to the latter end.

AIL OVER THE STATE. Brents in Various Portions of la. diana Recorded by Wire. Owe Their Ow> Debtors. Anderson. Ind., June 10.—Nonstate or foreign building and loan associations are withdrawing from thiscounty as fast as possible, even at sacrifices. The circuit and superior courts have handed down decisions against these concerns which make them debtors, in many instances, of the people to whom they hare lent money. They hare, by six and eight per cent, interest, added to fines, dues and various assessments, in many instances been realizing as high as 33 per cent, per annqm off their borrowers. The courts hold that they must pay back with six per cent, interest all they have received over six per cent. In many cases where the loans have been running several years the amount they must return runs as high as two or three times the size of the original loan. It is also held that failing to comply with the Indiana laws the associations are outlaws and can be deprived of the protection of the state. Kept HU Wer*. Indianapolis, Ind., June 10.—Luthei Short, consul-general at Constantinople during President Cleveland's last term, started home January 27, and has just reached this city. His home is in Indiana. Instead of coming the direct route he went by the Asiatic route, around the globe. From Singapore he went north, skirting the coast of Hong-Kong, where the retiring con-sul-general fell in with Commodore Dewey's Asiatic squadron. War had not yet been officially declared, but the commodore was expecting orders to sail to the Philippines any day and his men were very anxious. “Dewey said to me,” said Mr. Short, “that within 24 hours after he got to the Philippines he would either whip the Spanish fleet or be ! whipped. Tbesequenceof events showed that he kept his word. I bad never met him before, but I formed a fine impression of the man.” Honored In Old As*. Terre Haute. Ind.. June 10.—Owing to bisfeeble condition the proposed formal and public celebration of the eightyninth birthday of ex-Secretary of the Navy Thompson was abandoned. Teachers of the kindergarten rooms of the public schools took the children to the Thompson residence, where on the lawn they sung for him. Col. Thompson was equal to the conversational requirements of the day, but refrained from making an address. During the afternoon and evening many citizens called to pay their respects. It was 63 years ago that he began his public career as a member of the legislature. He is the oldest ex-member of congress, having' been elected in 1S41. Swept by W ind. Princeton, Ind.. June 10.—A tornado itruck the town and wrought great damage. The furniture store of Ezra Lowe was demolished. The residence of Elder Oliphant was completely wrecked. Barns and ether outbuildings ; were smashed into splinters and trees by the hundreds blown down. Several narrow escapes from death are reported. Crops were damaged greatly. A severe rainstorm followed the blow, and water several feet deep flowed through the streets. /

Seeks a M(salat Husband. M-.:ncie. Iiul., June 10.—With a two-year-old boy in herartrsand threeothei children toddling at b *r side, Mrs. Max j Moyenski. cf this cPy, was found wandering in the streets in Chicago by an officer and token to £ police station. The woman told the natron she had come to Chicago in set rch of her husI band, a stonecutter. who disappeared Monday morning. She said her husband had professed a liking for Chicago, j KitliuR I p Regiments. Indianapolis. Ind.. June 10.—Some ot j the officers sent home from Chieka- | mauga to recruit the regiments now in j camp up to the war limit have arrived I md the first batch of new recruits is ex- ! pee ted to be sent south by Saturday. Word has been received from "Washing- ! i ton that a new Indiana regiment will j be enlisted as soon as the extra men for ! the old regiments are all secured. Held for Murder. Rusbvilie. Ind.. June 10.—John Cleary. ! alleged murderer of Jacob Pecken- j pa ugh. has been held for murder in the | first degree and bis trial set for June j 10. The tragedy took place May } and resulted in the loss of two lives. Cleary’s partner. Will Hilling, being mortally wounded by a blow from a beer faucet wielded by Peckenpaugh. At Karlfcam College. „• Richmond. Ind.. June 10.—The thirtyninth annual tommenceinent of Earlham college took place, the address being delivered by Andrew S. Draper, president of the University of Illinois. The scholarship to Havenford college was awarded to Royal J. Davis, of this eity, and the Bryn Mawr to M'ssLil.iar Kaminsky, also of this city. instructed tor Tar pie. I*ogan sport. Ind.. Jharse 10-—James V. Cotner. an attorne/of this city, was nominated by the democrats at their convention for joint representative of the counties of Cass and Fulton. The convention pledged him to vote for Hor.. Darid Turpie for United States senator. Dwarfs’ Father Dies. Fort Wayne, Ind.. June It.—Danie. Xestsll. aged SO, died of paralysis. He was the father of the famous dwarfs, “Commodore Foote”and “Fairy Queen." who have appeared both in Europe and America. Mr. Xestell was six feet tall Asks Divorce and Alimony. Lebanon. Ind- Jane 10.—Emma A. Henry, wife of William It. Henry, for years a prominent merchant of this eity. has sued for divorce and $10,090 Alimony. The complaint includes some fensatior.al allegations.

UNPRECEDENTED EXPORTS. Vanlcn Monty for American fw i— Om Klfhl Hundred Million for the Carnot Year. Washington, Jane 13.—The farmers of the United States are drawing upon other parts of the world for more money in the fiscal year which ends with this month than in any preceding^ year in the history of the country. £ren the bighwater mark of 1893, when our exports of agricultural prodnets amounted to $799,338,333, will be surpassed by the record of the year, which closes with this month. The preliminary reports of May exportations which hare reached the bureau of statistics make it quite apparent that the agricultural exports of the year will be considerably in excess of $809,000,009, the total for the year being likely to reach $833,000,000. NeVer before have the exports of agricultural products reached the $800,000,000 line, and never but twice have they been as mueh as $700,000,000, the two occasions in which they passed the $700,000,000 line being in 1881 and 1893. Compared with the last fiscal year, the increase in exports of agricultural products will be fully $130,000,000, and compared with the preceding year the increase will be over$330,000,000, while the total will be fully 30 per cent in excess of that of the fiscal year of 1895. In breadstuffs alone- the exports' of the year will amount to nearly $1,000,000 for each business day, and will be more than $100,000,000 in excess of last year's exports of breadstuffs. Nearly all articles classed as breadstuffs have participated in this increase. Of wheat the value of the exports for the fiscal year 1898 will be more than double those of the fiscal year 1897, while the increase in flour will be nearly 30 per cent., and of corn nearly 50 per cent, in value. May exports of corn were larger than those of any other month in the history (of the eountry, while the total exports of corn for the year, for the first time will pass the 300.000,000 bushels line, the to* tal in only three preceding years having readied 100.000,000 bushels. Coruuieal, oats and oatmeal and rye show a striking increase, the gain in oatmeal being more than 80 per cent, over last year, and that of oats 100 per cent., while in rye the gain is also phenomenally large. ‘•Provisions,” in which term are included beef, hog and dairy products, also show a marked increase, the total exports of provisions for the year being likely to reach $160,000,000 in value. Most of this increase, however.is in hog products, exportations of bacon which" were $34,187,147 in value last year, being likely to reach $44,000,000 this year and lard showing a similar increase, being likely to reeaeh $37,000,000 this year, or a gain of nearly $S,000,0J0. Live beef seems to be gaining in popularity with our foreign customers, the exports of beef cattle having increased materially, while those of beef, either fresh, canned or salted, have failed to show any increase, in most cases a decided falling off being noticeable. The exports of beef cattle during the first ten months of the fiscal year were 379.663, against 310,478 in the corresponding month of last year; while fresh beef in the same period fell from 343.168,034 pounds in ten months of 1897, to 337,434,373 pounds in the corresponding ten months of 1898. Salted beef shows a fall of 35 per cent for the year, and canned beef from 48,349.006 pounds in the ten months of 1897, to 34.011,139 pounds in the ten months ol 1898.

SECURES A CABLE STATION. What Sampson Gains by Controlling tbs Outer Harbor of Guantanamo — Dragged for Mines and Found None. [Copyright, 1808, by the Associated Press.] Os Board the Dauntlksb.Off Guantanamo Bay, Saturday Noon, via Kingston, Jamaica, June 13, 1:30 p. m. —In controlling the outer harbor of Guantanamo where Lieut.-Col. Huntington's battalion of marines landed on Friday, Rear-Admiral Sampson secures possession of the Cuban terminus of the French cable to Hayti. The apparatus in the office at the harbor mopth was wrecked by a shell, but the cable steamer Adria has instruments and operators, oh board, and direct communication with Washington will soon be established. .. The distance overland to Santiago around the bay is about 00 miles, and the roadshave been rendered impassable by tfe Cubans under Pedro Peres. ^ The first division of the Cuban trmy claims to have 4,000 men, but these figures are probably over-estimated. The Cabans believe there are about 3,500 soldiers in the vicinity of Caimanera, which lies at the entrance to the inner harbor. Guantanamo city is inland about 15 miles. The two harbors are connected by a narrow channel. - It is the outer harbor which Admiral Sampson now holds with the Marblehead, the Yosemite and the Vixen, and with a battalion of marines on the crest of a blunVtopped eminence commanding the western side. In the inner harbor are two small Spanish gunboats, and at Caimanara there is a battery. An expedition of three steam launches, pffieered by Lieut. Norman, Ensign Eustis, a son of Mr. James D Enstis. former United States ambas sador to France, and Cadet G. Evan Gordon, under Lieut. Anderson, of the cruiser Marblehead, last night dragged for mines but found none. Lieut. Anderson, who distinguished himself at Cienfuegos, pulled a dingy within 50 yards of the fort without being discovered. He found the fort to consist of masonry with' three guns mounted seaward. Judging from the panic in which the Spaniards fled from the village at Fisherman’s Point, they will scatter at the first approach. They left at Fisherman’s Point three antiquated howitzers, several cases of ammunition, shell and canister, some Mauser rifles and a regimental flag of the Infantoria del Principe. Every precaution has been tuken to guard the men from disease.

T*r»ljr Iajucd. CaicKAMAiGA Park. Ga., June 13.-— A much-needed rain fell yesterday, beginning- at two o’clock and continuing almost without intermission until si*, o’clock, cooling the s.tmosphere antilaying the dust. The roads had, through constant use of heavy armywagons become almost impassable, from heavy dust, which in some places* was from five to six inches deep. The men in camp were relieved yes terday morning from any duties, and hundreds were given leave to visit theaity, Lookout mountain and Missionary An incident occurred at Lytle, the camp station, that wi 11 probably terminate the existence of the illicit whisky shops and gambling dens which have up to this time been permitted to ply their business by the* Georgia authorities without hindrance^ A private of the Twenty-first Kansas, who had be A drinking at the whisky dive of one doe Baker, became involved, in a difficulty with the barkeeper Blows followed, and Baker drew a revolver and fired point blank at the soldier, the bullet, it was claimed by the soldier, striking him Rear the left eye, inflicting a severe wound, which may * cause the loss of an eye. i The fight attracted the attention of the throngs on the streets of the mushroom town, and soon a crowd of soldiers rushed in; but Baker.fearing trouble, had gotten out of the way. A large body of soldiers formed with, the purpose of handling him severely and avenging the injury to their comrade, and for awhile it looked as if there would be serious trouble. An armed* guard, however, was quickly detailed* by order of Gen. Brooke, who took charge of Baker and his place and order was soon restored. The soldier, was taken to his division hospital, .where the surgeon investigated his injuries. He found a wound as indicated but thought the injury had beer caused by a bit of broken glass and not. by a bullet, a splinter of glass being found sticking in the eyeball. After the shooting a number of sol diers discovered that the gambling det was running a brace game, and that the difficulty between the soldier ane Baker had resulted from the fact that the latter had been playing the former* with loaded dice. It took the soldier: only a few minutes to demolish tin. place. They broke up the furniture scattered the gambling paraphernalia, in the street, and were only deterred: from pulling the house down by the ar rival of the officers. It is stated that a number of good citizens in the vicinity will, because of? the failure of the Georgia officers to enforce the law, petition that the portioc of Walker county in the vicinity of the park be put under martial law, so that Gen. Brooke can administer the law on: the lawless element now doing a thriving business there. Every train from the park yesterday morning was crowded with soldier? who had been given permission to visit the city and the mountain. One of the trains from the park was crowded to suffocation, and a number of soldiers mounted to the top of the coaches. At a point about three miles from Chattanooga a number of telegraph wires cross the track of the railroads, which the soldiers' tram was passing. When the train reached this point C. H. Aemes, Third Illinois;, Thomas Barrett,Fourte^r^h New York and “Judd” Sharp, Sixteenth Pennsy 1* vania, were standing on top of a car and, not having a knowledge of th* wires, were c&ughtjunder the chin and; around the neck by one of the wires, and dragged off the car. , The train was running at the rate of 25 miles an hour at the time, but as. soon as the accident became knownthe train was stopped, the three men. picked up and taken back to the hospital. Noneot the men were fatallymjured, the force of the: fall being: broken by Sharp catching onto his comrades. They were badly bruised and* scratched, but no hones were broken*, and no internal injuries were inflicted. They were doing well and resting: easilp at six o'clock last evening. <

OVERLOOKED THEIR ORDER., Karaite la a Fatal: on the Central Ohio Railroad. Zanesville. O., Jane 13.—Two. freight engines collided on the Central Ohio near here yesterday morning and. Engineer Mullen lost his life. Engineer Floyd had his leg mashed and. scalded, and Brakeman Henry Lost had his hack hurt. Property loss was. small. Engineer Floyd and his conductor overlooked orders. Discovery of a Comet Through a Photograph Taken for Other Purpose*. Lies. Observatory, CaL, June 18. —A comet was discovered here Saturdas evening by Mr.-CoddingtoB?*fellow is astronomy. It is in constellation Scorpio about one degree northeast oi the bright star Antares. The discovery was ma de by photograph. A plate exposed for other purposes on that region of the sky showed, when developed, a strong trail produced by a strange object. Mr. Coddington examined the object and found. * it to be a comet of about the eight ik magnitude.