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;yoi:i7ME XXVII,
WILS03Sr; K. C., SEPTEMBER 1,1897.
DIRECTORY.
Calendar of Sales
t AT TOBACCO WAREHOUSES
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HFO OTirnminvm
mart a CnAlllunM.
NUMBER 34.
He Eeplies to the Aspersions of tlie
Mine Owners. -
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No. : No. 49.
f V i'. M. Leaves Wilson, 2:12 P. M.
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NJ. , ; .. ; No. 41.
' , l'.M. Leaves Wilson, 6:15 A.M.
TUKtH'Cai TRAINS. -
u-. iv.eeu Florence and Weldon;
X ). 2. No. 35.
222. M. Leaves Wilson, 11: iS P. iM
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' i'.RI t't' COMMISSIONERS:
K . S. Ci.aKa, Chairman:
Smap?: i"i i.ton, . II. N i:ysom
j. C. 1 Lm-i.kv. , ' Isaac Fkltun.
W. . Ciikukv, SheiilT,
1. 1'. 1'akdin, Clerk of Superior Court.
1. II. Wkikfix, Register of Heeds,
S. 1 1. Tvsox; Treasurer,
'yt. 1 1 ak-k'ss, 'Coroncry
. T. w i: r.i., Survej or.
TOWN pFrifKKS.
Ai.biikMKX:
j. n. Li '.:,
i. A. Ci auk,
1". 11. Cozakt,
( i O. 1 1 .U K N I- V,
1. T. Kli.is,
1st Ward.
2nd "
3rd
4th f
5tl "
1.,-. 1H:axs. Mayor;
jxA. R. 'Mooke, Town Clerk;
W. I'.. 1 M ans, Collector.
police:
W. 1. SnakkXkkko, Cliiof.-.
FJ;.UU!AM IlAUitl-M., Fraxk Felton
j amksMarshboikxe.
I). P. Ci! tman',' St. Commissioner.
St. Timothy's .Episcopal churci1.,
Rt v. F. C. Pavliss, Pnest-m-charj;e.
, . i, s: Sund.-.ys at 1 1 a. .111. and 7:30
). 111., Sunday-School at 3 p. m., U eeK
da ---Wednesdays ami Fridays at 4 n
TiV. I i . 1 v- days at 10 a. in. Celebra
ii,,a (:" Ilifi'v Commi'iiii 1:1 on 1st Sun-
.dav in .each month at i i a. m:, otner
Sundays at. 7:45 a. m.-.
Mriiiodist Churcli, Rev. ). B. -Hurley
TasN.r; ''services .a 11 a.m. and 7:30
p.m. Sunday School, 5 p. ni.,J.c.
I'a-ut .u, Supi. Prayer mecitinp: Wed
nesMay niirht'.at 7.0.
His, i;ih s ClHirch, Rev: D. W. Davis,
Pastor; services every Sunday, u a in,
"7: , m. Praver meeting ednesday
ni-ht. Sunday Schol at 3 o'clock, p.
in,, tieo. I iackney, Snpt. -.''Presr.vtorian
Church. Rev. Jamef
'iia.mas, i'aslor; scrices on the hirst,.
Hard and Fourth Mmuay in eveij
ni.'.iuh and at lauiislairj; .Second Sun-
(lav. Service.-; at 11 a. in. and S:y p.
in. Sunday School at 5 o ciock, p. m.
ll;u4ist Churci). service as follows:
I'reachin- Sunday morning at 11:00
.."eio.k nv.A Hp. m. Rev.W. H. lNjedish
I'cslor. - Prayer meeting Wednesday
, eveniii- at S o'clock. Sunday School
5 p. nu, D. S. Boykm Supt. -
Frimiiive Captist Church, preaching
on j'.d Sundav l Eider as. J'.ass; on
'3rd Sundav l.y Elder Jas S. Woodard;
u the 4th Suudaiy and Saturday before
h. the pastor, Elder P. I). Cold. Ser
ic.;s l.ein at 11 a. m.
CHARGES VIOLATED . PLEDGES.
He Declares That Operators Affi-eert
to Pay the liar Demanded 'lender
Certain t'omlltioiis WUicli Had Iieeii
Fuililleil Uy tJio Mtuers.
rittnlmrpT, Auj. 30. Before sein- to
, the St. Louis convention last night Pat
rick Dolan, district president" of " the
United Mine Workers, expressed him
self very freely concerning the state
ment of the press committee of the coal
operators. The statement charts M.
D. R.atolifoi d, the nationaFi president,
with making certain assertions that
are untrue. Tt pives the dettiils of the
offers made by the operators, and
s"'us ouraen ot the blame to
Hate!, foid.
"It is unfair to the miners and their
officials to have such stntompnic o-r.
before the public, for they are mis
leading and in the
t- - u . -9 'U IU
Dolan. ".Let me"Tell somethinfj con
cerning: what passed between us at that
conference. When Ratchford had Hvph
his ultimatum and the operators "were,
excited, and some of them very much
out of humor, I took the floor. I told
them that I looked into the faces of
many pcrators who had repeatedly
told rrve that if the miners' officials
succeeded in bringinsc about a suspen
sion in certain mines that were paying
lower rate they would agree not only
to ray G3 cents, but $1 a ton. I told
them that we had brought about the
pu.FpenFion they asked for, and they
knew I. referred to the New York and
Cleveland fJas Coat company's mines.
ft seemed absurd to them to accept our
proposition to gr6 to work at the 63 cent
rate pending arbitration. I explained
to mem mat we naa Drought about a
suspension, ot the. mines that seemed
to bother them so much, and wanted
them to keep their promises.
"Of course, it is well known that they
would not. listen to our proposition. I
then appealed to them to use their ef-
foi t to brbis about a conference of op
erators and miners in all the states in
volved. I told them that every one pres
ent shculd make an honest effort to
brinqr - about such a conference, and as-
, sured them that the miners' officials
would do . all in their pow er to bring
the parties interested together. If
after every ether effort had been ex
hausted to bring1 about such a confer
ence had fai'ed,- I told them that I
would be wiiiing to cut loose and act
independently for ' the Pittsburg dis
trict and have the support of the local
organisation; Now, if this was not fair.
I would like to know of an argument
against it. They refused to be as good
as their word on the first proposition
and on the second did not even exhibit
a desire to brinT about a conference of
the- various states, as I suggested. We
are in favor of bringing the question to
an honorable and tair settlement ana
on a just basis. This effort to put-the
odium, on the miners is as unfair as it is
unjust, and the public should know it."
It has been decided to start a cam
paign among me miners or ine v neei
ing divisien of the Baltimore and (h;o
railroad. ..':.
It was learned today that the Cas-
tonville: .miners who- were served by an
otTIcial of the"" Pttslurrr and Chicago
Cas Coal company' with iio-tic-es t-ya-;ite
their houses, will resist the evic
tion. Nearly all of them -forfeited
wages aggregating Srj.Of'O when they
went out on strike, und.-f- conditions
imposed ' upon them !y the ironclad
contracts they had s:gnot. cney caim
the money is due them and they intend
to remain in the houses until the ac
counts are squareu.
Incidents around the camps at the De
Arm it mines weie not exciting yester
dav. The strikers cntcrtainecl the usual
number of Sunday visitors attended'
church and cimetly maoe preparane.ns
for the week's virk, which is expected
to Te. full of active operations. This
morning Captain ieiungnam, :uiui
men went to the Petersen mine where
the men at work, the strikers say. are
nuinsr New York and Cleveland CJas
Coal- '.company contracts. 1 lie otner.
members of the camp made the usual
morning demonstration against th
Plum Creek miners.
K. .v;a!ar meetings of Mt. Lebanon
1. !.;e No. 1.17 A. F. & A.M. are held
hi their hall, corner of Nash and Golds
bom streets on the 1st and 3rd Monday
11 'ejus at 7:3.3 o'clock p- m.'each month.
C. E. Moore, W. M
Rt -uiar uiectinajs ' of . Mt. Lebanon
Fh,i;-,tcr No. 27 arc held in the Masonic
Hal every 2nd Monday night at 7:30
o'clock p. ni. each month.
W. II. Applewhite, H. P.
Reuular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Ce.nunandery No. 7 are held in the
sonic hall every 4th Monday night
7:30 o'c lock each month.
, Ii. S. Barnes, E. C.
Regular meetings of Wilson Lodge
.'of II. No. 1604 are held in their hall
Her the 1st National Bank every 1st
l'auisday evening at 3:30o'clock, p. m.
B. F. Briggs, Director.
Regular meetings of Contentnea
I.od-V No. 87. K. of P.. are held in
Odd Fellows' Hall every Thursday
"'."ait. Visiting members always wel
Cl)!lli. -. '
Regular meetings of Enterprise
'-odge, No. 44, are held every Frday-
"'gl.t in Odd Fellows' Hall.
post office hours. . ;
jticc opens 8 a.m. and closesat sunset.
J,;,V mads close for North at 1 p. m.
" West " 1 p. m.
' " " " " South " 1.30 p. in.
'ght maHs for all points close at 9 p.m.
WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED.
Tneday, An sr. 21.
Ex-State Senator J. C. Bills, of Iowa,
committed suicide by shooting at Dav
enport, la. Cause, ill health.
- Princess Kaiulanl, niece of ex-Queen
LaJiuokalani.. is going back to Hawaii.
e.nd hopes to be made ciueen. -
The grand "total of appropriations
made by the Fifty-fourth and Fifty
fifth congresses is $528,725,078.
The fight against Senator Mills in
Texas is being- made on the issue of
free or protected raw materials.
Adolph Luetgert, the rich sausage
maker of Chicago, was put on trial yes
terday, charged with wife murder.
Wednesday, Ausr. ail.
. The American flag is reported to he
fij-ing on Clipperton Island, in the Pa
ciifie. ' -
The contest over the estate of the late
Andrew J. Davis, of Butte, Mont., who
IMt ,000,000, has been settled.
Mrs. Hugh Wallace, daughter cf
Chief Justice Fuller, is dvintr of nn.
pendicitis at Ar.liford's farm, state of
Washington.
The police of Chicago broke up a
fsven aays hypnotic exhibition, but
they could not awaken the subject.
Tluir day, Auir. S.
Hary ICyle Dallas, poetess and au
thoress, died in New- York, aged 50.
It is reported that the Duke and
Duchess of York will visit Canada next
spring. : - -
Count Mutsu, formerly Japanese min
ister at Washington, died at Tokio.
Japan.
.William Pv. ITolIoway, of Indiana, has
been appointed consul general to St.
Petersburg.
A peddler gave Mrs. Dean, of Win-
sted, Conn., a trial dose of headache
cure, which "was nothing but chloro
form, and while she was unconscious
he robbed the. house.'
President Kruger in the volksraad de
livered a sensational sneech. derlarlni?
that they could not recognize the
suzerainty of Great. Britain in the
South African: republic.
l-VIday, Auar. 27.
Frank Johnson, colored, has confess
ed in Washington that he murdered
John IX Marshall, a Maryland farmer.
A little child was found shot through
the heart at Langford, N. Y., and its
insane mother is suspected of the deed.
One passenger was killed and sev
eral senousiy injured by a collision at
Aita .sia, ia., on me CJiiicago ureal
Western railway.
Frederick Boliia and his 12-year-old
son w.eie struck by a train at Patch-
ogue, lu. 1. Tne father was killed and
the boy badly injured.
If it boffound that the hides imported
from China caused the poisoning cases
at Dubois, Pa., hide imports from that
country will be stopped.1
.. sat ijrda.v, Aisir. i2i. .. .
A man was brought to a New York
hospital having lost the power of speech
through hunger.
The ball and ".chain
GOLD SEEKERS RETURN
milsrancyi is
county.:. J
remedy for the
Mid
dlesex
John IJalb-r.Peok shot Lizzie Hum-
pareys in .0 uuamsburg because the
refused to many him.
The IJi-ftish sealing schooner Agnes
i.Icl soiialil-v, as lost in Rehring sea, but
ail her c rew were saved.
Pirates em-ritd off the captain and
four uf the crew of the Portuguese
bark Ro&i'a Faro, off the Morocco
coast.
.Mo-jday, Aug. :jO.
Farmer i'uiton L. Hotchkiss, of
itocK and, :.na., was lataUy shot
throu;-',!! the- window of his home by an
unknown assassin.
il'.-aler" Sc-hlatter, who js in Chi
cago, tils., of-nies tne reportthat he
man led r-irs. i ems,, widow ot the Fer-
'ris wheel inveniCiV. -
Sneieis 1 ci' ba rdson. a tough char-
j i. . j:.14..i,..T- .... ... . ?i
acier, who ineu 10 oitaiv up a c-oioreu
camji mec tirg at ijancrster, was given
a.Pevrre th'asiiing by the preacher.
Fire from a mining lamp caught the
clothes ot a mue cnmi 01 jonn Areni-
at Da gad. Westmoreland county.
infant 'was burned to a
"A' : hackin'g' cough , keeps the bron-
rhital tubes in a state ot constant irri
tation, which, if not speedily removed,
f.-u to r hrraiir hronemtis. io
I III Y - - - '
1 r 1.1
nromoter renreclv can ue louno man
Acer's Cherrv Pectoral. Its effect is
immediate and the result permanent:
Mother and Daughter Hurried to Death
Tampa, Fla., Aug. 30. Marie, the 11-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Francci
Vaidez. of Port Tampa City, went' to
the kitchen; to start a fire yesterday
oftoT-n-.nn ' Pl-.e nourcd on kerosene, and
ii.innfii- tlierp w!i3 a deafenine" explo-
1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 j . . - - - - - -
c ; , , ,-, f,. inivr-d iiv me eriri s aaoiiiswi
CiVllj tvow i' -
cries as she ran from the room on fir
Mrs. Valdez at once went to her daugh
ter's assistance. While she was ai
tempting to extinguish the flames her
own clpthes caught fire, and the two
ran screaming from the house. Both
.rm hnrnwl to a crisp. The house
emis-ht from the flames and was de
t roved. A small boy was burned in
the house. The fire spread rapidiy, and
five other houses were burned.
They Come With Small Fortunes
From the Klondike.
bald
Pa., and II
crisp.
Many of our people are suffering
from nervous troubles. Scrofula, Sores.
Rheumatism, .Dyspepsia, Catarrh, and
other diseases who can promptly be
and permanently cured by that sterling
remedy '
iPak kick's Saksaparilpa -rmc King
OF P.I.OOl) Pt RlKIKK.
It has been used by thousands and
nver known to fail. Only the dinest
selected purifying tonic herbs nnd.roots
are used in its 'manufacture. It has all
.the- good qualities of other remedtes;
with none of the bad.
The World's biglit Harvest.
F-uda Pe&th, Aug. 30. The ministry
of agiieuituie has issued its annual es
timates, in which it describes the
world's harvest as extraordinarily
light. The total . yield of wheat is
placed at ri7S.760.000 metric hundred
weight, while the present annual re
quirements are estimated at buu.l&O.Owt;
metric hundredweight. It is calculated
that for 1 'u and 1 -SOS -there will -be a
shortage of 50.800.000 hundredweight.
The stocks remaining on hand from
l.06 are approximately estimated at
somewhere between "3S.000, 000 and 45,
000,000. The total supply for the year,
reckoning both the present stocks and
the harvest, is estimated at from 610,-
000.000 to C51, 000,000 metric Hundredweight.
SCARCITY III THE FOOD SUPPLY.
All Opinion-? Air.ecrThnt It Will He.
Impossible to ' Transport Enough
Food to Provide For the Klondikers,
and Starvation, Is Imminent.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 30. Th steamer
Portland arrived here j-esterday morn
ing. The Portland--carTled -13 miners.
each,cf whom brought 'only a small
part of his stake. The total amount
of dust on the vcrsel is perhaps $573,000.
The miners on board, with the amount
of their total mining profits, part of
which was brought with them, are as
follows: J. Itowan, $50,000; Jim Fell,
$55,000; Joe Cold-anith. $35,000; N. V7.
Powers, $:tr,.pr.O: W. W. Caldwell, $35,
000; W. Olw. .n.0.f:C0; C. K. Zi!!y, $25,000;
F. W. Cobbs. $25,000; W. Zahn, $15,000;
A. Buckley $10,000: M. S. -Lansing, $15.
000; Ii. W. Farnham, $10,000; M. R.
Camle-rj $15.000. '
William Ogilvie, Dominion land sur
veyor, w lio has . been making topo
graphical surveys of Prrtish ossessions
along the Klondike, has been recalled
by the government for consultation as
to important matters affecting new
gold fields, and is now en leeate to Ot
tawa via San Francisco. lie will make
a report embodying suggestions for
new mining laws governing the sale of
licpuor and taking wood for fuel, etc.
He made a census of the production
of the new fields, and finds 23 claims'
produced $S2S,000, and says that $70.
C0O,0C0 is no exaggerated - estimate of
the amount that will be produced by
ISO claims on Bonanza, Hunkers and
Eldorado in three years. "
Until' the Wonderful discoveries of
Klondike were made ground worth
ten cents to pan, with one, two or three
leet pay of dirt," were considered very
good for the Yukon, and' miners made
fair money with rockers and sluices.
This year miners are passing entirely
over around of this richness in their
search for sand and gravel that will
paylike that of the Klondike discov
eries,
show
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 25. In Talbot
county TZ. E. Dow was discovered by
C. F. Womble in a compromising po
sition with his daughter. Womble fired
on Dow, but missed. Low ran, but
Womble caught him and beat his
brains out with a stone, killiner him
instantly. He then went to the. police
heado.uarters and surrendered. Both
men were prominent farmers.
Montgomery,. Aug. 26. F. R. Lloyd,
better known as "Uufus Sanders," the
well knevwn dialect writer of this state,
and who has been oft the platform
pretty much all over the south, was
killed yesterday ntar Greenville, Ala.,
by John Gafford. The account says
he ' was brutally assassinated, the
weapon used being a double barreled
shotgun. Mr. Lloyd was a member of
ihe legislature.
Can-ulcn. Ala., Aug. 28. Jack Pharr.
a negro convict, working on . a farm
n;-ar Claihoine, .Monroe county, mur
derously assaulted a clerk in a store
on 'the place. Pharr was robbing the
safe- when the clerk appeared, and to
escape the negro hit him on the head
with an ax. Pharr was arrested, and J
confessed. An : .officer started to the
county jail wiih him, but a mob inter
fered and hanged the negro. '
THE WARLIKE AFR1DIS.
Quarreling Among Themselves Over
the Division of Booty.
TWENTY THOUSAND SOLDIERS
Will lie Required to Get the Rebel
lious Tribesmen Under Subject lou.
The Rebels (iatherlntr In Force Near
the Zlaret Sanitarium.
any
Up to elate nope of the claims
signs or exnausiion, and
dozen are more than well
opened. Every one has large areas, of
ground to be worked. Mr. Ogilvie says
it is impossible to make anything like
an accurate estimate of the probable
yield of the mines. The ground is not
at all even in richness, and the width
of pay streaks varies greatly.
AIL verrels touching at St. Michael's
this summer have had great difficulty
in keeping their crews, "who have
caught the gold fever very soon after
arriving. Oife sc hooner, front Victoria.
,was entirely de-sorted, and hen- crew,
from, captain to cook, started up the
river for Klondike. 1 The crew of the
schooner J. M. Col man endeavored to
desert also, but the attempt was dis
covered in time, and by a display of
firearms the men were .compelled to
remain on duty. The mates' of the
schooners Jewel t and Colman and the
carpenter of the Fred Sander were
paid off at Ft. Michael's, and-depa rted
at once for Paw son. Kvery vcrso-l from
St.v Michael's . has come 'away shorlr
handed. The Portland lost several of
her crew,
W. A. By an, eme of the special cor
respondents - en route to the Yukon
gold fields, writes from St. MkhaH's
under date of Aug. 15 .to the effect that
there is grave danger of a famine on
the Klondike this winter. According' to
all reports received from the upper
country it 'will be impossible to iahcl
sufficient food at Dawson City to sup
port the population already dependent
upon that base of supplies. R. T. Lyng.
local agent of th
A I a sk a n C orn 1 n ere i a 1
From the Iead.
M.
K
Alien Tax Law Uncoiistitutional.
1 Pittsbursr. Aug. 27. The alien tax law
was decided unconstitutional yesterday
hv .Tudce Acheson, of the JJnited States
court. The alien tax law directs that
nil nersons. firms and companies shall
pay three cents a day for every foreign Lord, who is now superint
born, unnaturalized person employed public works at Pittsburg,
by them. It also directs all persons to
n-io nrii foreisrners and the
veei ncvc , j
r,rrhpr cf'days employed, and de
naands a correct account to be rendered
thereof every Quarter. The tax and
fines are to be paid to the county com
iioners.' one-half to be used for
school purposes and one-half for cur-
rent county expenses.
A
Albion. N. Y.. Aug. 30. W. E. Lord,
enlisted in 1S63. v. hen a liqy, at Lake
Mills, Wis., and went to the front. He
was not heard from afterwards, and
was given up" for dead. His family
moved here seen after, and Avere over
joyed by his appearance Saturday.
superinrenaent 01
attended
the Grand Army encampment at Lut
falo, and while there learned of his
family's wheieabcu'ts.
JCrasitus C'orniiijr Stricken.
Albany. N. Y., Aug. 30. Jrastua
rm nincr was stricken with apoplexy
late last niifht, and little hope is en
.ertained of his recovery.
Why take Johnson's
Chill 5t Fever Tonic?
Because it cures the .
most stubborn case
of Fever in ONE DA Y.
Why take Johnson's
Chill & Fever Tonic?
Because it cures the
most stubborn case
of Fever in ONE DA Y.
company at St. Michael's, declares that
there are already over 2,0r,0 idle men
in Dawson, and new parties arriving
every clay via the Chilkoot pass, while
the total amount ''of freight landed
there this year will not exceed 4.000
tons, of which not more than three-
fourths is provisions. Miners return
ing from Klondike who 1 pit, -there in
Jnlv renort that the food was run-
t
ning very low then, and it was clis
posed of as fast as discharged from the
Steamers. Old timers realise the situa
tion and nredict distress and death
as a result .ot tne ls:oiiciie eiii;e.
H. N. Stanley 3V ho went to St. Mich
aels as a press representative, returned
to this city On the. steamer Pe.rtland
lie says:
"T have been seven weeks at the
mouth of the Yukon, at St. Michaels
where I saw all the miners coming out
and interviewed them. As a result I
feel it my duly to advise everybody , to
stay out until next spring. Wild and in
many cases exaggerated reports -have
been circulated since the first discov
eries were made. The strike, however
v.-fls and is one of the greatest, if not
the greatest in the world's history
Probablv $2.000. CCD. was cleaned up this
spring, and next spring I look for from
$5,000,000 to $7,000,000. The fields have
hardly been opened, up as yet, but"
those going in now must bear in mind
that everything in that region was
staked long before any reports reached
the outer world, and that those going in
now must prospect for themselves, buy
claims from the present owners or
work for the owners.
No new "stiika had been reported up
to the time .cf my leaving, and another
may net be made for five years, al
though Alaska is an, enormous country
and will yield, I believe, more gold
than' we dreamed of. But it is also in
ways a bleak, barren, desolate coun
trya country, incapable of supporting
any pjreat imount of animal life, and a
country of such rigorous climate, both
winter and spring, that none but the
most hardy can possib'y live in it.
Eyen they must have abundance of
food and warm clothing.
"I am aware there is a popular im
pression that supplies can be bought
in the vicinity of the mines. They may
at present buy at six times the Seattle
prices, but they are taken, at even
those figures, faster than they can be
got in, and before winter is half over,
if the present, population stay3 in,
there will be actual, starvation. " ,
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Danville, Ya., Aug.. 28. Dr. -John 11
Cabell, a prominent citizen .of Dan- i
viae, was assassinated Thursday night
at his country home, near Callancls, 25
miles from here, by Edward Ilankins,
his tenant. Cabell had refused to rent
Ilankins the farm for another year,
and Ilankins had refused to move
away, from which arose the dispute
which resulted in the killing. Dr. 'Ca
bell, was 74 years old. He is a brother
of ex-Congressman George C. Cabell.
Lynchburg, Va., Aug. 26. Collector
Agr.ew today formally tendered the po
sition of cashier of the collector's of
fice to Mr. J. M. McLaughlin, postmas
ter of Lynchburg under the Harrison
administration. Mr. McLaughlin ac
cepted the' place and will enter upon
the discharge of his duties on Oct. 1.
The appointment of Mr. McLaughlin
was a great surprise here, as he had
not been mentioned in connection with
the place, and it was well known that
he was a? candidate for the postmaster
ship to succeed the present incumbent.
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Richmond, Va., Aug. 23. News has
reached here tonight of , the death of
two men and the fearful shocking of
.several others bv liKhtnirvc at Bush
Creek, on the edge of Floyd county. A
large number of men had gathered to
assist Joshua Lester in threshing. A
thunderstorm came up and all took
refuge under the machine. A bolt of
lightning struck the latter, killing a
young man named Dobbins and an
other named Simmons, and so wound
ing Helms" Lester that he is not ex
pected to live. Others were severely
hurt.,
Littie Rock, Ark., Aug. 25. New dis
coveries of valuable deposits of pearls
in lakes. a.nd rivers in Arkansas have
added greatly to the excitement al-
Teady existing over similar -discoveries,
and today thousands of" people are
v.ading through 'the water in different
parts 0 the state searching for the
preci -us gems.- The latest and most
sensational discoveries were made in
the -Arkansas river and the creeks,
lakes- and bavous near- Little Rock,
where pearls have been picked up rang
ing in value from $10 to SS00 each. Hun-v
dreds of people are. working the Sa
line, White and other rivers, and many
valuable finds have been reported.
Covington; ' Tenn., Aug. 2G. A . con
stable and his assistants, in attempting
to make a levy on the household goods
of Mike- I Sill, colored, living at Atoka.,
a few miles south of here met with re
sistance, and shot and killed two of
Hiil's 'sons and wounded his wife. Hid
was not at home, but his wife and two
f--on ' were- there. As the officers ap
proached the house Hill's wife came
cut of the house with a shotgun and
attempted.-to- shoot the officer, .when'
fhe was slut by one of the officers.
Hili's sons then joined in the melee,
and both were killed. More trouble is
expected.- as the constable has tele
graphed the sheriff here for more men.
Grafton. W. Va., Aug. 26. Judge
Dent, of the supreme court of apepals,
today awarded a writ of habeas corpus
on motion of Colonel John "T. McGraw,
directing to the sheriff of Tucker coun
ty, commanding him to produce the
body of Colonel Robert Easthma, now
in jail, charged with the murder of
Colonel Thompson, before that court
at Charlestown on Sept. 2. The writ
of prohibition heretofore awarded by
Judge Dent against Judge Holt in this
case is set down for the same time,
when the whole matter will be heard
and determined. The friends of Colonel
Eastman now claim that the case will
be taken to a jurisdiction where pre
judices and bitter feelings are not
stronelv felt.
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Union. W. Va., Aug. 25. At least 10,-
000 people attended the Confederate re
union i held here yesterday Under the
auspices ef Camp Mike Foster, United
Confederate veterans. The town was
handsomely decorated in honor of the
event. A grand parade opened the ex
ercises of the day. It was 'headed by
200 lovely .girls "and their escorts, finely
mounted on horseback, wearing the
colors of the Confederacy. The spec
tacle was one of bewitching beauty.
Following This pageant marched hun
dreds of Confederate veterans.- Sen
ator John W. Daniel, of Virginia, was.
the orator -and delivered an eloquent
address. This was folowed by an abun
daht dinner. '- The proceedings took
place in a beautiful grove on the out
fujts of the town. t . C
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Bombay, Aug. 30.-Confirmatlon has
been received o'f the rumors that the
Afridjs are- cpuarreling among them
selves oyer the division of the booty
taken from the captured forts. Only
about 500 of them have been left to
guard the Khyber pass,, the "others
having dispersed to seek supplies of
provisions. This is probably the reason
for the cessation of hostilities.
The general idea here is that if fur
ther delay occurs in punishing the
Afridis, for which purpose at least 20,-
1-000 men are required, there will be a
general uprising on an enormous scale,
extending from Orakzailancl to Zai
mukht, beyond, Kuram,' and into Waz
iristan, despite the presence of the
British field force in the Tochi valley,
east of Rustam. Between Buner and
the Indus the tribes appear to be dis
inclined to jenn the rebellion.
Little fresh news has been received
kere from the frontier. An attack has
been made cn Shimwari, in the Samans
range, but the attacking force was re
pulsed, losing five kiiled and many
wounded. There is considerable excite
ment among the tribes along the Bolan
route to Quetta, and the telegraph
wires have again been cut. It is re
ported that the tribesmen are gather
ing near the Zizaret sanitarium, and
much, anxiety is felt regarding the
safety of the women and children there,
as the railway officials are asking for
military protection" for their property.
If the route is considered safe the wo
men and children at the sanitarium will
be brought away, but otherwise troops
will be sent from Quetta to protect
them. ' ,
The column under Colonel Gordon,
which was dispatched to the Samana
district yesterday, is composed entirely
Of native Hoops, and is fully equipped
with medical commissariat and trans
port services. It has orders to force
the Kohat pass if necessary.
Rumors are current tending to throw
doubts upon the genuineness of the
ameer's reply to the viceroy of India
regarding the complicity of Afghan
subjects in the uprising.
The disarming of the Khyber rifles,
which formed a part of the garrison
at Jamrud. was a complete surprise,
but the orders were obeyed without any
trouble. " "' " . '
Much individual firing into the camp
at Jamrud has taken place, as many
s a hundred stray shots having been
fireel at the outposts in a single night.
Some of these shots were .fired at so
short range that three native officers
who . were'on watch w ere killed. It
speaks w ell for the discipline and obedi
ence maintained in the camp that not
a single shot was fired in reply.
Fears are expressed of the fall of
Rustam,. northwest of Mardan, the
whole district being in the hands of the
enemy. General Wodehouse-has 'gone
from Mardan to Rustam, where, the
force, whih now amount to 2,000 men,
with two guns, will be strengthened.
It has developed that the capture of
Fort Luncli-Kotal was accom
through treaeftery, and that the original-report
that a fight lasting two
hours took place within the walls of the
fort was unfounded. The 350 Khyber
Rifles who were stationed there be
longed to various clans, and included a
number of men from, the Peshawur
valley. After fighting of a desultory na
ture some of the Shimwairs dropped
from the walls and fled to their homes.
The Afridis on the walls soon began to
exchange greetings .-with the beseigers
of the fort, whereupon the gates were
opened from the inside and the enemy
poured in. Some of the defenders fled
ami others remained and fraternized
with the besiegers. The Pesahawurs
were disarmed. Six of them were held
as prisoners and the remainder, to the
number. of' 20, were allowed to go free.
It was this news which led to the dis
arming of a. portion of the garrison at
Jamrud. It is believed that the Khyber
Rifles, garrisoning the forts in the
GOBIN FOR COMMANDER. '
A Pennsylvanian Iead the Grand
Army of the Republic
Buffalo, Auff. 27; Cincinnati's tri
umph in securing the national encamp
ment for 1S9S and Pennsylvania's vic
tory In winning the commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army were the' fea
tures of the encampment. Both bat
tles were hard fought. The struggle
was precipitated immediately after the
executive session was called to order.
The selection of the next place of meet
ing was first taken up, and the rival
cities were given a hearing.
On the first ballot Cincinnati received
526 -votes and -San Francisco 214. Tho
vote had not been announced when
Mr. Woodruff withdrew Kan Francisco,
and asked that the selection of On- x
cinnatl be made unanimous. This was
agreed to by acclamation. .
Nominations for commander-in-chief
were then declared in order, and the
following-names presented: J. P. P.
Gobin of Lebanon, Pa.; Isaac Mack of
Sandusky, O.; George H. Innls of Bos
ton,, and John P. Linehan . of New
Hampshire.
The-first ballot resulted: Mack, 253; -Linehan,
181: Gobin, 296. The vote on
the second ballot was never announced
officially,, but as cast it stood: Gobin.
358; Mack, 243; Linehan, 123. Before
the result could be announced the Ohl i
delegate who nominated Mack -move J
that the election be made unanimous,
which was done. .
The other officers elected are: Senior
vice commander, Alfred Lyth of Buf
falo; junior-vice commander, P. B. Al
len of Connecticut; surgeon general.
Dr. David Mackaye of Dallas, Tex.; '
chaplain-in-chief, Rev. F. C. Brunei
of Chicago.
t rrucuay's President AsHaotdnated.
Montevideo, Aug. 26. During a na
Uonal fete which was held here yester
day. President J. Idiarte Borda was shot
and killed by an assassin. The assas
sination of the president occurred Just
as he was leaving the cathedral, where
a te deum had been sung.. The assas
sin was arrested. This was the fourth
attempt on the president's life, the
first being made by a crazy student
named Revecca, Another attempt was
made to assassinate the president on
the afternoon of April 21 last. An un
known man met President Borda on the
, street and shot at him. The president
escaped without injury, and the crim
inal was captured. On May 20 a bomb
was sent to him in a box, but the police
were suspicious, and It was destroyed.
Khyber pass, had acted In a similar
manner. '
The fighting now seems to be cen
tered along the Samana range, and
this tends to prove that a general up
rising of the Orakzais has taken, place.
It is probable that some of the small
outposts will prove untenable, but it
is believed that Forts Gulistan and
Lockhart are quite strong enough to
resist the attacks of the enemy.
Killed While Fleelujr From Arrest.
Hoboken, N. J., Aug. SO. Samuel
Dwyer was run over and killed by an
Erie train yesterday while fleeing from
arrest. Dwyer and a number of others
were members of a Hoboken gang.
Three policemen descended upon them.
Dwyer and two others tied. They raced
Along Revt-nth street to where the
street crosses the Erie tracks. There
was a train apprbaching. Dwyer's com
panions crossed the track in safety.
Dwyer hesitated, but seeing the police
almost upon him turned just , as the
locomotive reached him. He leaped for
the pilot, but missed his footing and
rolled down in front of the engine. The
engine and eight coal cars passed over
his body, tearing It to pieces.
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Tampa. Fla.. Aug. 30. A large Cuban
expedition under the command of Colo
nel Mendez got away Saturday night,
taking a special train in the suburbs
under cover of darkness. The train was
rushed over the plant system- to Cleve
land, on the Pace river, near Punta
Gorda, where the tug Fearless, com
manded by -Captain Merwln, Is sup
posed to have been ready to take the
men and their equipments out to ea
to meet a larger boat, on which the
trip is to lie completed. The Cubans
managed to get Tiut of the city without
attracting attention, some of their
number beinjr left behind - to make
themselves conspicuous about the
streets . aV a blind. The Cubans say
that their expedition Is t her best equip
ped with men and monitions qf any
that they have succeeded In sending
away.
J5r!g:and Loot and Destroy a Town.
Hong Kong. Aug. 30. Matt Salet. a
notorious brigand, with 200 follower;..
- raided the covernment station at
Polop Gaiya. captured ALT Newbronner,
the olPicer in cahrge, killed a corporal
tnd then sacked the treasury of $20,000.
The town, which consisted entirely of
wooden kajang houses, was then fired,
and every building destroyed. Gaiya is
the export and import center of a con
siderable district, and the population
was largely Chinese. Salet, at last ac
counts, was fortified at Inaman, and
it is feared will attack Sanda-Kan and
massacre the Europeans, after looting
the town.
Spain's Queen Retreiit Threatened.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 27. Prince Louis
Napoleon, who is colonel of the czar
ina's lancers, and who received, in com
mon with all the colonels commanding
at the review at Krasnoe Selo, the cross
of the Legion of Honor, has announced
that he is unable to accept it, as he had.
while ,Jstill in his cradle, received from
Napoleon III the grand cordon of his
country's order. Consequently, the
lieutenant colonel of the czarina's lanc
ers will receive the cross intended for
Prince Louis. v; -
Fan re's Welcome Home.
Paris, Aug. 30. The city Is growing
into a frenzy of enthusiasm over the
welcome to be extended to President
Faure on his return tomorrow from his
visit to Russia. The principal stceets
and buildings are profusely decorated
with flags and bunting. A group of
tradesmen held a meeting Saturday
and resolved to erect a grand stand
and a triumphal arch, and committees
are busy In all quarters of the city. All
the vehicles seen on the streets on the
day of the president's return will be ,
decorated with the tricolor, and there
ivlll be a free performance of "Don
Juan" at fhe Opera, and free perfor
mances at .be vairlvus theaters.
Allezcd Innranee Hvrlndler Cauarlit.'
Port Townsend, Wash., Aug. 28. The
steamer Portland, due from St. Mich
ael's, has on board an alleged mur
derer who was chased by detectives
half way aroiind the world. He la
Frank Novak, who kept a store near
Cedar Rapids, la. Several months ago
.the store was destroyed by fire. No
vak's relatives claimed that a dead
'body found in the ruins was his, and
demanded $25,000 insurance on his life.'
The insurance companies employed de
tectives, and claim to have proof that
the dead body was that of Edward
Murray, murdered by Novak.-
Two Drowned While Koatlnar.
Lynn, Mass., Aug. 30. Thomas Hay
den, aged 32 years, and Nicholas Gaba
rine. sn Italian, of Boston, were drown
ed in Flax pond yesterday by the cap
sizing of a rowboat.
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