Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 20, Petersburg, Pike County, 22 September 1899 — Page 6

Ws£"1 §?ifee Counts fjftttorcai M. McC. 8TOOF9, Editor and Proprietor. PETERSBURG, : INDIANA. ft . . -.* A dispatch from Gmnnd, on the River Traun, upper Austria, says that an iron bridge over the Traun collapsed, on the 15th, while 20 men were engaged in endeavoring to strengthen it, and 19 of the number were drowned. The British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Dover, successfully exchanged courtesies, on the 13th, with the French Society of Science, is session at Boulogne-Sur-Mer, using wireless telegraphy for the purpose. The Industrial commission held a long business session in Washington on the 13th. Among other things it accepted the resignation of P. II. Donnelly as disbursing officer of the commission, Mr. Donnelly desiring to return to private business life. Washington officials regard the Venezuelan situation as critical. The • cruiser Detroit was due at La Guayra on the 13th, and as that point is only two hours from Caracas, no apprehension is felt that any American interests will suffer by tlie disturbance. j The pope,: while receiving, the pil- / grims from Toulon, France, on the - 15th, announced his intention tp address a letter to the French nation urging an immediate pacification for the sake of humanity and so as not to compromise the success of the Paris exposition. » George B, Loving, of Fort Worth, Tex^ is promoting a cattle deal that he says will amount to $23,500,000. Mr. Loving says the capital for a company to buy 600,000 cattle and 12.000,000 ceres of ranch land in Texas, New Mexico and Wyoming has been pledged in New York. The secret service has discovered a new counterfeit $2 silver certificate. It is of the series 189’), check letter j **C,’! Bruce, rigistrar, Roberts, treasurer. It is apparently^ zinc etching, the lathe work and portraits are especially bad, and the counterfeit should be readily detected.

Tiie census officials have sent out a request to creamery and cheese factory managers and associations asking them not to destroy their records this year as is the custom with many of them after their annual meetings. They will be needed by the enumerators in making up their statistics. Mail advises received at the war department from Manila state that the natives of the Island of Samar are praying for the speedy arrival of the Americans and will welcome the hoisting of the American llag, which will deliver them from the tyrannous rule and excessive imposts laid upon them by Aguinaldo. The cabinet meeting, on the 12th, was occupied in the discussion of u form of civil government for Poj-ta Bico, and the indications are that eome form of local government will be decided upon and put into operation within the next few weeks, to remain in force until congress shall take action in the matter. Robert Thompson, secretary of the Lafayette, Memorial commission, is quoted as pronouncing a most bitter screed against the American people, whom he declares owe their existence as a nation entirely tol'rance, for their outspoken denunciation of the verdict in the Dreyfus case, which he denounces as ungrateful and shameful. The war department has information concerning the escape from Aguinaldo of Dr. Gonzales and Senor Bonifacio Arevalo, who were in the insurgent camp for some time. Being * very wealthy, they were assessed quite beavily to assist the cause. Gonzales wasoffered the position of minister of foreign affairs by Aguinaldo, but declined.

The comptroller of the currency held, in effect, on the 13th, that the finder of mutilated paper currency is entitled to have it redeemed by the government. The question arose on the application of parties Jiving in „St. | Louis county, Missouri, for the redemption of $3,950 in mutilated paper currency which they alleged they had found. The navy department reached a final determination, on the 11th, to assign Kear-Admiral Norman H. Farquahar to command of the North Atlantic squadron to succeed Admiral Sampson and to place the latter in command of the Boston navy yard to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of Admiral Picking, the transfer to take place October 10. The contractors for building the armored cruiser Albany, the Armstrongs, of England, are months behind in, the delivery of the ship to our navy department. She was promised j last April, and the department is em- j f barrassed through the necessity it is„ under of keeping inspectors in Eng- ! land to watch the progress of the work - accojjping to regulations, while they are heeded elsewhere. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sr., the multimillionaire railroad magnate, died suddenly, at his residence in New York ity, on the 12th, at 5:45 a. m. Cerehemorrhage was the immediate of death, whicn took place before a doctor, hastily summoned, Id arrive upon the scene. Mr. Vanderbilt was the grandson and namece of the old “Commodore,” and had led his fifty-sixth year. He was to be worth $150,000,000. /

Col. William J. Bryan the Magnet Attraction at Saturday’s Session in Chicago. MS VIEWS ON TNUSTS AND MONOPOLIES. The People Brought Face to Faee with the Oueatlont la the Trust a Blessing Or a Corse?—If a Corse, What Remedy Can he Applied to Eradicate the Evil. Chicago, Sept. 16.—The Civic Federation Trust conference at Central music hall was addressed by Col. W. J. Bryan. The hall was packed in anticipation of Col. Bryan’s reply t<jj W. Bourke Cockran on the trust quea? tion. It was reported that Col. Bryan had a set of resolutions to present, presumably antagonistic to truts as they now exist. He, however, denied this, saying: “I have none prepared, and I am not sure whether I have time to prepare any for presentation.” The speaker was introduced by Gov. Stanley of Kansas, who acted as chairman of the opening session. Col. Bryan spoke in part as follows: Mr. Bryan’s Speech. “The trust question has grown in Importance. Within tne past two years more trusts have oeen organized, when we come to consider tho capitalisation and the magnitude of the interests involved, than were organized in all the previous history of the country, and the people now come face to face with this question: Is the trust a blessing or a curse? If a curse, what remedy can be applied to the Curse? I want to start with the declaration that monopoly in private hands is indefensible from any standpoint and Intolerable. One trust may be less harmful than another. One trust magnate may be more uenevolent than another; but there is no good monopoly In private hands, and 1 do not believe it is safe for society to permit any man or group of m^en to monopolize any article of merchandise or .aiy branch of business. The Defease of Monopoly. “The defense of the monopoly Is always placed on the ground that if you will allow people to control the market, and fix the price, they will be good to the people who purchase of them. The entire defense of the trusts rests upon a money argument. If the trust will sell to a man an article for a dollar les? than the artU cle will cost under other conditions, then. In the opimon of some, that proves a trust to be a good thing. In the first placeTI deny that under a monopoly the price will be reduced. In the second place, If under a monopoly the price Is reduced, the objections to a monopoly from other standpoints far outweigh the financial advantage that the trust would bring.

Lincoln's Warnlntf. “In the early years of Lincoln’s administration he sent a aessage to congress, and in that message ho warned his countrymen against the approach of monarchy. He said it was the attempt to put capital upon an equal footing with, if not above, labor in the structure of government, and in that attempt he saw the approach of monarchy. Lincoln was right. Whenever you put capital upon an equal footing with labor, or above labor, in the structure of government, you are on the road to aid a government that rests not upon reason but uifon force. “Nothing is more important than that we shall, in the beginning rightly understand the relation between money and man. The Purpose of Trusts. “What is the purpose of the trusts or the monopoly?.,'For when I use the word trust, I use if in the sense that the trust means monopoly, and what is the purpose of monopoly ? “The iirst advantage of a monopoly is to lower th£ price of the raw material furnished by the people to the combination. ' “The next thing Is, that dfter you have bought up all the factories, to close a part of them, and turn out of employment the men who are engaged In them, and, if you will go about over the country you will see where those enterprises, having come under the control of the trusts, hitve been closed up, and %tmd now as silent monuments to the wisdom of the trust system. In case of local strikes and fires, the work goes on elsewhere, thus preventing serious loss. What does it mean? Tt means that If the peoole employed In one factory are not satisfied with the terms fixed by the employer, and strike, they can close down that factory, and let the employes starve, while they go on in other factories without loss to the manufacturers. So pie of the Effects. “When a branch of industry is entirely in the hands of one great monopoly, so that every skilled man in that Industry has to go to one man for employment, then that one man will fix wages as he pleases, and the laboring men will Ihen share the suffering of the man who sells the raw material. “Whetn the monopoly has absolute control, brains will be at a discount, and relatives will be necessary to fill these positions. There is no question about it. A trust, a monopoly, can lessen the cost of distribution.

In the Htintls of One Man. “There will be no need fo,r commercial travelers, because when anybody wants goods all he has to do is to write to the one man who has them for sale, and say: ‘What will ydu let me have it for to-dayr “He can not only fix the price of what he sells, but he can fix the terms upon which he sells. You have to trust to that man’s generosity and his decision upon what is fair when he is on one side and you on the other. “What is the first thing to be expected of a trust? That it will cut down expenses. What is the second? That it will raise prices. We nave not had in this country yet a taste ofa complete trust, a complete monopoly, and we can not tell what will be fhe result of an attempt to secure a complete monopoly, because in the attempt to secure a monopoly the monopoly has been lowering prices in order to rid itself of competitors; but whenit has rid itself of competitors wha.t is going to be the result? Homan Nature. “My friends, all of you have to know is human nature. God made men selfish. Selfishness is merely the outgrowth of an instinct of seif preservation. It is the abnormal development of a man's desire to protect himself. We must recognise selfishness, and we must so make our law3 that people shall not he permitted to trespass upon the rights of others in their efforts to secure advantages for themselves. I believe that society is interested in the independence of every citixen. Socity is interested in this because if a man dies and leaves no provisions for his wife and children, the burden falls upon society. “I believe that the principle of monopoly finds its inspiration in the desire of men to secure by monopoly what they can not secure in the onen field of competition. Tariff and Trusts. “Another thing that to my judgment has aided monopoly, is a high tariff. Nobody can dispute that a tariff law, an import duty, enables a trust to charge for its product the price of a similar foreign product, plus the tariff. “Now. some have suggested that to put everything on the free list that trusts make, would destroy the trusts. I do not agree with this statement, as it is made so broadly. I, believe that the high tariff has aided the trust to collect more than the trust otherwise could collect. But I do not believe you could destroy all trusts by putting all-.trust-made articles on the free list i why?\Because if an article can be produced in thia country as cheaply as it can bt produced abroad, then the trust

could exist without the benefit of a&? tariff at all, although it could not extort so much as it could with the tariff, and while some relief may come from modifications of the tariff, we can not destroy monopoly until we lay the ax at the root of the tree and make monopoly impossible toy law. Railway Discrimination. “It has been suggested that discrimtna tion by railroads has aided the trusts. There is no question that discrimination, favoritism, secured oy one corporation against another producer and a rival, hag been largely instrumental m enabling a desired* monopoly to become practically a complete monopoly. Now that can ba remedied by laws that will prevent this discrimination, and when we prevent thq discrimination, still monopoly may exist. The remedy must be complete enough to prevent the organisation of a monopoly. Now, what can be done to prevent this? Mr. Bryan's Idea. “We have a state government and federal government, and while this dual form of government has Its advantages, yet both state and nation should have concurrent remedies. In the first place every state has, or should have, the right to create any private corporation which in the justice of the people of the state is conducive to the welfare to the people of that state. I believe that we can safely intrust to the people of a state th* settlement of a question which concerns them. If they create a corporation, and 11 becomes destructive of their best Interests, they can destroy th*st corporation, and we can safely trust them both tc create and to annihilate if condition* make annihilation necessary. In the second place, the state has, or should haye, the right, to prohibit any foreign corporation from doing business in the state, and it ought to have, or has, the right to impose such restrictions and limitations a* the people of the state may think necessary upon any foreign corporation doing business In the state. Also a Federal Remedy. ‘T believe. In addition to a state remedy there must be a federal remedy, and I believe that congress has, or should have, the power to place such restrictions and limitations, even to the point of prohibition, upon any_corporation organized Ic . one state, that wants to do business putside of the state. “Now. I believe that these ctmcu: rent remedies will reach the difficulty—that the people of every vtate shall first decide whether they want to create a corporation; that thev shall, secondly, decide whether they want any outside corporation to do business in the state, and, if so, upon what conditions, and, thirdly, that congress shall exercise the right tc place upon every corporation doing business outside of the state in which it is organized, such limitations and restrictions as may be necessary for the protection of the public good.’* The Famous Delaware Circular. Col. I’ryan at this point read the famous circular letter advertising the incorporation laws of Delaware. He commented sarcastically on advantages set forth in the letter. A person in the audience inquired: “Delaware and New Jersey are Ixrth democratic states, are they not?” To which Mr. Bryan replied: “They were not in 1896.” He continued:

‘‘I have read this letter In order to show you that where a state can gain an advantage from the Incorporation* of these great aggregations of wealth, it Is not safe to place the people of other states at the tender mercies of peap.e of such state as may desire to secure its running expenses fronl the taxation of corporations organized to pray upon people outside. A Method to Annihilate Trusts. “One method for the annihilation of trusts has occurred to me, and to me it seems, a complete method. It may not commend itself to you. It is this: “That congress should pass a law providing that no corporation organized in any state should do busiuess outside of the state in which it is organized until it receives from some power created by congress a license authorizing it to do business outside of its own state. (Applause.) Now, if the corporation must come to this body created by congress to secure permission to do business outside the state, then that license can be granted upon condition which trill, in the first place, prevent the watering of stock; in the second place, prevent monopoly in any branch of business; and third, provide for publicity as to all of the transactions and business of the corporation. If it is unconstitutional and so declared by the supreme court, I am ;n favor of an amendment to the constitution that will give to congress power to destroy every trust in the country.” Destroy the Principle of Monopol) * * * “In my judgment, when vou take from monopoly the. power to issue stock .not represented by money you will go more than half the way towards destroying monopoly in the United States. “You can provide for publicity, and that annually or at such other times the corporations shall make returns of its business, and when you provide for publicity so that the public t-hall know just what there is in the corporation, you will go another long step towards *.he destruction of the principle of monopoly. “A-third condition, I suggest that this license shall not be granted until the corporation show that it has not had a monopoly and is not attempting a monopoly of any branch of industry or any article of merchandise, and thentf provide that if the law is violated the license can be revoked. “Now, I may be mistaken, but it has seemed to me that this method of dealing with the trusts would prove an effective method.” “I do not go as far as some do, and say that there shall be no private corporations, but I say this, that a corporation is created by law; it is created for the public good, and it should never be permitted to do a thing that is injurious to the public good, and if any corporation enjoys any privileges to-day which are hurtful to tho public those privileges ought to bo withdrawn from It.

as to inairiduali. A delegate asked: “Would you apply that to rich individuals also, say if Keekefeller did it on his own account ?” > Bryan—We have not reached the point yet where an individual has been able to do harm, and, ir. my judgment* if we would abolish those laws that grant special privileges and pick out men to be favorites of the government, no man, by his own brain and muscle, could ever earn enough money to be - harmful to the people. “What the government gives the government can take away. What the government creates it can control, and 1 insist that both the state government and the federal government :nast protect the Godmade man from the mar.-made mail, whom we started out with. 'Bryan’s Remedy for Trusts. “Put the industrial system of this na* tion In the hands of a few men and let them determine the price of all material, let them determine the price of finished products and the wages of labor, an 9 you will have an industrial aristocracy besides which a landed aristocracy would be an Innocent thing, in my judgment. Place the food and clothing and all that we eat and wear and use In the hands of a few people, and It would be a government of the syndicates. , For one hundred vears the beat men of all nations have looked to this nation for hope and Inspiration. Let us settle these great questions; let us teach the world the blessings of a government that comes from thq people, and let us show them how happy and prosperous a people cafe be. I believe the doctrine that God made all men of the same dust and God did not make some to crawl on hands and kne^a, and others to ride upon their backs. Let us show what can be done when , we put into actual practice those great doctrines of humanity, equality and of equal rights, and make this gdverninent what was Intended, so we shall lead the world step by step into higher ground. [Loud and continued applause.^ <> Mr. Bryan’s speech made a decidedly good impression and the speaker was applauded for fully 20 minutes when he had concluded J

AIL OVEB THE STATE. Events in Various Portions of Indiana Told by Wire. Acniuat Fatally Injured. Crawfordsville, Ind., Sept. 15.—Prof. Dennis, an aeronaut, attempted a parachute drop at the fair here, but met with an accident that is likely to cost him his hie. When the time came for Dennis' balloon ascension fully 30,000 people were present at the fair. He ascended successfully until about 200 feet from the ground, when the balloon burst. The parachute failed to open until within a few feet of the earth, against which the aeronaut was dashed with scarcely diminished velocity. It is feared his injuries will prove fatal. The. latnrancc Trust. Portland, Ind., Sept. 15.—The first legal blow at the fire insurance trust in this state was struck here when a suit was filed in the circuit court by N. B. Hawkins, cashier of the Citizen^ bank, against many insurance companies. The complaint is in the nature of an injunction and prays the court to prevent the companies and their local agents from transacting business at Portland, the allegation being that the companies have entered into a combination for the purpose of maintaining a high price. New Burtat Law. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 15.—After the first of next month it will be necessary to secure permission from a health officer to bury the dead in Indiana. The new law relating to the collection of vital statistics will become operative the first of the month and the State board of health is now sending out the blanks which will be required. The law specifically requires that no body shall be buried without a permit from a health officer, and a fine of fronr $10 to $100 is provided for violations of the law. Charsed with Manslaughter. Frankfort, Ind., Sept, 15.—The Clinton county grand jury has returned indictments against John and Cora Cheneworth for manslaughter. Monday their nine-months-old baby died, and, on investigation, it was learned that the child was sick six weeks without medical assistance. It was then learned that the parents were disciples of Dr. Dowie, of Chicago, the divine healer, and had been sending money to him in payment for Iong-dis tance prayers.

A Remarkable Case. Greentown, Ind., Sept. 15.—Henry Murden, who was twice shot in the head ten days ago by his son-in-law, James Ball, who then killed himself, is st$l alive. His case is remarkable. One -bullet entered the center of the fore head and lodged in the back part pi the head. The doctors now thinly Murden will recover. The theory is that the bullet followed the tissues separating the lobes of the brain and did not penetrate any of the brain cells. Faith Reviving:. Anderson, Ind., Sept. 15.—The Shadeland Gas company has opened another gusher north of this city. This, following the great well brought in by the Victor Glass company, which almost defied being capped, is reviving faith in the gas belt greatly. A number ol good wells are being brought in-this fall, and it is said to be not necessary to shoot over five per cent, to get a good flow. The showing is better than last year. Will Retaliate. Fort Wayne/ Ind., Sept. 15.—As a result of the refusal of many grocery keepers who run saloons in connection with their stores to close at six o’clocl during the week, according to the rule adopted at the Clerks’ union, there wil’ be affidavits filed against a large number of the proprietors of such places, charging them with violating the Nicholson law in running a saloon. Annual Bean Dinner. Brazil, Ind., Sept. 15.—The annual bean dinner given here by the Clay County Veterans’ association attracted many thousands of persons. Thirty bushels of beans, 40? gallons of coffee and hundreds of pounds* of hvdtack were consumed. The speakers were R. H. Catlin, United States Senator Fairbanks and Congressman Farris.

Received a “Brnihimc,” Portland, Ind., Sept. 15.—0. N. Eiler, the Portland electrician, narrowly es* caped death while working1 with an arc lamp. He received w’hut is known as a “brushing” contact from 5,000 volts. He was shocked and burned on the hand. Ambulances* for Manila. Jeffersonville, Ind., Sept. 15.—Eleven carloads of ambulances were shipped from the government depot here to Manila. They will be used in the op* eration on the islands. Employes Unionised. Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 15.—The employes of the Indiana Powder company, about 30 ii^ number, have organized a union with the encouraging approval of the company. Conductor Killed. ' Sullivan, Ind., Sept. 15.—Harve Cochran-. a freight conductor on the St. L. & E. railroad, was run over and instantly killed at Mervln station. Graduates’ Reunion. Plainfield, Ind., Sept. 15.—The eighth annual reunion of the graduates of the Plainfield Keeley institute will be held here next /Tuesday. Fifty la One Day. Frankfort, Ind., Sept. 15.—Capt. D. F, Allen enlisted 50 men here for one of the new regiments in one day. The long drought which has blighted Texas for two months past and which was only partially broken in places Sunday, has been most seriously felt In Its reduction of the cotton croo of Texas.

MR UR UK. Half a Million Dollars' Worth at Property Destroyed at the , Nebraska Capital. BIS PRINTING CONCERNS SUFFERED. rht Masonic Test pie, St. Paul's Metk> odist Charch, the Xorth Building the Webster Block and Severn Smaller Buildings Burned—Th* Public Library Gone. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. IT.—Fire, whtcb broke out at an early hour, caused i loss of half a million dollars. It strat ed in the North block, occupied en tirely by printing firms, and spread sc rapidly through the building that it was soon apparent that the structure, with all its contents, would be a total loss. From there it spread to the M.v sonic temple, Methodist church and Webster block, which were also totally destroyed. Several small building* were also burned. Printing Plants Suffered. The North building, a three-story brick, was occupied by Jacob North, book and job printer, whose loss oa building and stock will amount to $150,000. Also by a branch of the Western Newspaper Union and the Nebraska Independent Printing Co., whose plants were entirely destroyed. Masonic Temple la Rains. The Masonic temple, which stood across the alley, was a three-story brick with a high tower. Besides the Masonic lodges, which lose everything, this building contained the city public library of 10,000 volumes, the Woodruff Printing Co., and the Evening Post, the losses being practically total and amounting to $150,000. St. Paul's Church Destroyed. St. Paul’s Methodist church, one oi the most beautiful in the city, was totally destroyed, entailing a loss of $25,000. ^ The Webster block was burned, valued at $20,000; value of contents not yet^earned. The Elite studio’s loss is placed at $10,00p, and that of the smaller buildings and contents of others not listed above will bring the total up to fully half a million.

l iio Firemen Battled. From the -very first the firemen seemed absolutely unable to do anything' to check the flames and save any of the property in the block. Fot a time it appeared as though Ilerpolsheimer’s big department store would go, but by hard work it-was finally saved. At this hour it is impossible to make any estimate of the insurance. GENERAL WILSON’S REPORT. Interesting: Facts About the Provinces of Matansas and Santa Clara, Cuba. Washington, Sept. 18.—The war department has made public the abstract of a report from Gen. James II. Wilson, commanding the provinces of Matanzas and Saitta Clara, Cuba. Gen. Wilson gives a large amount of statistical information regarding the provinces and their products which will be of interest to Americans interested in business in the islands. He says the social conditions have been much ameliorated sinee the American occupation, but there are still a large number of destitute to be cared for and there is great need for roads. These will facilitate communication between the important towns ari*d allow the freer movement of staple products, such as sugar and tobacco, which is now almost- interdicted by the lack of anything except, the poorest sort of pack trails. He says that railroad building will be cheaper than making wider roads and recommends one to connect Sancti Spiiritus with Placetas. He says that this road could be built ,for $10,000 a mile, a distance of 40 miles.

luaua UflUiv UCrUCU and there is also necessity for a bridge over the River Danuji, one of the largest rivers in the i sland, which is navigable between Rodas and the bay of Cienfuegos. He says by far the most important iproduot in Santa. Clara is sugar, of which the province furnished in 1839 42 per cent, of the total exports from the island. The provinces of Santa Clara and Matanzus together furnished in 1898, 91 per cent-, of the total sugar production of Cu >a. The war left in operation 41 sugar centrals and 21 others not in operation, but in working order. About 87 were destroyed. The crop of tobacco in Matanzas this year amounted to 85,000 bales. Gen. Wilson says the revival of agriculture has progressed rapily in spite of discouraging circumstances. The people are great y in need of draft animals, while pigs, sheep and fowl have entirely disappeared. The native mules and horsee at present are the best adapted to lo cal use, owing to the very bad condition of the roods, but when this is improved he says the American horses will be in demand. Fear me In.1Uq Outbreak. Denver. Co)., Sept.- 18.—News has reached Gov. Thomas that a band of Uintah Indians have left their reservation in Utah without permission to hunt in Colorado in violation of the state game laws. It is feared that the Uintahs will be joined by the Ourays and Uncompahgres and that the latter will seek to be avenged on the settlers for the killing of three of their tribe in a battle with game wardens two years ago. The governor has appealed to the authorities at Washington for 4 detail of United States troops.

SEVEN BLACK MINERS KILLED*, Awful Result* of • Buttle White Cato* and Colored s Vntoa Coal Sttaers. Carterville, 111., Sept. IS.—Cat wa* the scene o£*a bloody riotJ noon yesterdaj/in which four were instantly killed and one wi unto death, while t .vo others slight wounds. /• •••' Forbtddem to Come luto TwWlfe; •• Trouble had been hovering ever sinew tiie militia was recalled by Gov. Tanner last Monday. The white miners of this place have refused to allow tho negro miners to come into town,always meeting them and ordering then*, back. A Sanguinary ; Yesterday, however, 13 negroes* «IJ armed, marched into town, goin^ to the Illinois Central depot where tfiey exchanged a few words with the whiteminers there when the negroes pulled their pistols and opened th*s whites who at once returned the/8 re, when a running light was kept up. The negroes scattered, but were- ^8*^ ly followed by the whites, some run* ning up the main street while t|M£ remainder took down the railroad track’. Here the execution was done,; all who went through town escaping. Four Dead Bodies Picked; Cfjpf After the fight was over four dead bodies were picked up and aether mortally wounded. They were t&ken to the city hall where the wounded/ man was attended to and an inquest held over the dead ones. < f||||p/, •/ The First Oat rage Perpetrated. , Trouble has existed here off and on for Over a year, but ho fatalities: occurred until June 30, when a passenger train on the Illinois Central ^railroad was fired into and one negro woman killed. The negroes were on their way to the mines, having coma from Pana. - Negro Dwelllnica Burned. A short timl afterward a pitched battle ensued between the union ami non-union forces, during which time the dwellings occupied by the Nonunion negroes were burned. /;/ Several arrests were made arid the parties are in jail at Marion on the charge of murder,-awaiting trial&z The mayor has taken every precaution to prevent further trouble and none will occur unless the Negroes make an attack. Jt is new rumored, however, that the state militia will be here within a very short time. If they arrive, no further trouble is looked for.

Superintendent Donelly of mines, where the negroes reside, reports that the negroes are worked vp into a frenzy and that while hie. is doing all in his power to hold them in check, he is afraid that he cattihot do so much longer and that unless the militia arrives shortly further trouble may be looked for. The Victims. The names of the killed Eev. O. T. J. Floyd. Huse Bradley. John Black. Henry Brahum. __ ! Sim Cummins is mortally wounded, and .expected to die at any til"' Later. Two more dead negroes found late last evening nearthe Brush-mines, swelling the total killed to six. Cummins, the Wounded negro, is dead, making a total of seven; Company C, Fourth regii G., arrived here late last et will endeavor to.preserve Forty^miners from the il have left that plaee for armed with Krag-Jorgensen are determined to (assist miners if their services are Militia Ordered to Springfield, 111., Sept. 18.—(ihv. Tanner has ordered two companies* of the Fourth regiment, under Col. Bennett, to Cartervilie. ceived a telegram last ev Samuel Bpush, manager Louis and Big Muddy Coal terville, that five, of a cro' negro miners, -6-ho had the depot, preparatory to i been killed, a mob having them. Later advices le killed and a number womv

SAN DOMINGO’S PAPER MONEY. Failure j»f the Attempt to RepiuliateIt—May Hold Presidential Election This Mo^lh, / Santo Domingo, Sept. IS.—The government’s proclamation Saturday destroying the value of paper money cFeated such violent opposition that the ministers yesterday prpet acceptance of paper at the os silver,namely,five to one do lean. This concession was Jimenes, who proposed rej per money. The cabinet is discussing the feasibility of holding the presidential election immediately, instead of in November, as provided by the and it will probably anno that the election is to take month, as Jimenes Is the date. The threatened riots have n place. All is now quiet ution, to-day this eanditakea For Bwlarfllu* the Whites. Matzatlan, Mexico, Sept. IS.—Privateadvices from Sonora show that Chief Tetabiate, of the Yaquis, who remained loyal to the Mexican government, Was. seised by the rebels and cruelly tor- « tuted, being stripped, slashed with knives and his body shockingly mutilated while the Yaquis danced about him taunting him and crying out:; “Take your peace; now you are punished for siding with the Mexican government,” This indictment indicate* the character of the Mexican Indian* who are as cruel as the Apaches. ■ Sf-v ,•*&*! -V