The News and Observer.
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VOL. XXXIX. NO. 59.
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PEACE IN MADAGASCAR
A RIGOROUS PROTECTORATE ES
TABLISHED BY FRANCE
OVER TIIE ISLAND.
GEN. nfSETZINGER IBADE GOVERNOR
Peace Negotiations Here Concluded
Neil Day After the Capture of Anta
nanarivo—President Faure Congrat
ulates Gen. Duchesne and Appoints
Him a Grand Officer of the Legion of
Honor-'.The Queen Retained but Her
Prime M Ulster Will be Transported.
Paris, OjL 10.—The minister of war.
Ge eral Zurliuden, received a dispatch
from M janga to day, confirming the
news previously received via Port Lulls,
Island cf Mauritius, ot the capture ot
Antananarivo, capital of the island or
Mad igascar, by the French expeditionary
force, tr der the command of General
Duchesne.
The official dispatch says that after a
brilliant action Antananarivo was occu
pied on September 30 th. Peace negotia
tions -with the EDvas were opened the
next day and were successfully con
cluded the same evening by terms being
agr.ed up: n, subject to the ratification
of the French government. Gen. Met
Zinger, the second in French forces, was
thereupon appointed Governor of An
tananarivo.
The above dispatch was immediately
commuuicated to President Faure, who
afterwards seat the following cable
message to Gen Duchesne:
“In the name of France, the govern
ment congratulates you, your officers
and men. Your admirable troops have
all deserved well of the country. France
thaDks you for the services you have
rendered her and tor the great example
yon have given. You have proved that
there are no perils or obstacles which
cannot be 'emoved by method, courage
and coolness.
“You arc- appointed a grand officer of
the legion ot honor.
“Forward the names, without delay,
of those you recommend for rewards
and the government will propose to par
liameut that a medal be struck for dis
tribution to your troops.”
Foreigners Welcome the Change.
London, Oct. 10.— Mr. Frederick, Tur
ncr, : a merchant of Antananarivo, has just
arrived here and his views have been
sought upon the situation in Madagas
car. He says that foreigners iu Mada
gascar will welcome a sound French gov
ernment provided they be accorded equal
rights uuder it with Frenchmen.
“The country,” he said, “must be
open to all comers. Naturally France
will try to improve her commercial re
lations with the island and it is hoped
that she will do so, without making the
English, American and German trade
impossible. America will have to be
reckoned with as the United States gov
ernment has not recognized the French
protectorate, and the Americans cannot
afford to lose this important growing
market.”
A Protectorate to be Established.
Paris, Oct. 10.—It is aemi-rfficiaily
announced that a rigorous protectorate
will be established by France over the
island of Madagascar, assuring to France
the preponderance of the entire admin
istration. The Queen Ranavalona 111.
will be retained, but the Prime Minister,
her husband, Rainilairivony, will be
transported.
THE INDUSTRIAL SOUTH.
Two §25,000 Lumber Plants to be
Started :n North Carolina.
Baltimore, Md., Oct. 10.—The Man
ufacturer's Record reports that for the
week there has been no increase of re
oent weeks in the number of ne w indus
trial enterprises projected in the South,
but work is being vigorously pushed
upon many plants now under construc
tion.
Some enterprises of considerable mag
nitude have been put iu shape tor an
nouncement during the week. Binds
have teen placed to the extent ot $750,-
00* in Baltimore for deepen
ing and enlarging on a very
considerable scale the Dismal
Swamp Canal extending from Norfolk
to Carolina. A dispatch to the Record
states that the plaus have been made for
the construction of a cotton mill at New T
port News to have 35,000 spiudita. This
is iu addition to the company recently
orgrnizid m F.ic imocd to budd a large
OLiii at Newport News.
Among other enterprises were a $200,-
•♦0 cotton mill in South Carolina! a cot
ton seed oil mill in Alabama; a large
fertiliser p ant in South Carojina and
another in Kentucky, a SIOO,OOO lum
ber company and a $20,000 water works
in Mississippi; two lumber plants of 20,-
♦ and $25,000 chi Pal respectively in
North Carolii a. 500 coke ovens in Vir
ginia, and $25,000 coal mining company
m West Vrgmia.
Father Flaherty Granted Bail.
Gknkseo, N Y., Oct. 10. A stay ot
proceedings has been gt anted in the case
of Father Fiaherty, under sentence for
out raging a young girl, and the prisoner
was liberated at midnight under SIO,OOO
bail, pending an appeal for a new trial.
Protection for the Farmers.
St Louis Mo., Oct 10. -TheMissouri
State Grange in annual session at War
renton has adopted resolutions demand
ing the protection of rgricultural pro
ducts by an export duty as a right to
wbich fanners are entitled as long as
protection is given to manufactures.
THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
Consideration or Committee’s Report
on Constitutional Revision
Minneapolis, Mine., Oct. 10. —Theop
ponents of constitutional revision in the
Episopal Church showed their band iu
tae House of Deputies to day when Ste
phen P. Nash, of New V >rk, atose and
effmed a resolution calhug for the com
mirment of the constitution to a tew re
visional com mis-ion. It was stipulated
that ail amendments before the conven
tion should be referred, that the com
mission should report to the next con
vention and that the report should be in
the form of a definite amendment to the
present constitution
Louis Stockton, of Western New Yoik,
thereupon asked the ruling of the chair
as to whether Ibis resolution was in or
der.
Dr Dix ruled that it wa3 not, since
the p esent commission had not pre
sented its full report nor had it teen dis
charged from duty.
As no one was ready to move the dis
charge of the present commission, con
sideration of its report was resumed.
A motion to strike out Sjction 3,
which provides for the office of “Pri
mate,” to be held by the Senior Bishop,
was defeated—l7B to 120.
When Section 4 was taken up Judge
Fairbanks, of Florida, moved to amend
by restoring the number of clerical and
lay deputies from each diocese to the
present number of four. Thifi was ac
cepted with practical unanimity. The
deputies spent some time at the opening
of the session in revising its rules.
Buchanan Winthrop was rc-elected treas
urer of the convention, ihe church
workers among the people urged the
need of the appointment of more colored
priests.
The House of Bishops took up the pro
posal tor the erection of the diocese of
Maiquette, in Northern Michigan, which
was favorably voted on by the deputi s
yesterday. It was explained that an
Episcopal endowment and a re-ident
bishop had been provided The bishops
voted in favor of the division, but ap
pointed a committee of confer, nee
with the deputies to straighten out
some technical difficulties. A sei of
resolutions were adopted deploring
the Armenian atrocities, commending
their ancient church to ail Christian
people as deserving of succor and con
tributions, for the relief of its sore ne
cessities and respectfully asking the
church of England to take such action
as would commend the cause of the Ar
menian church to the English speaking
world.
The House then went into council on
the subject of Christian unity.
P has devYlopod that the House of
Bishops this morning voted for Louis
villc as the next place of meeting. The
two bouses are thus at odds, the lower
hou e having voted for Atlanta Aeon
ference will be necessary.
The deputies concurred iu the Armen
ian resolutions adopted by the bishops,
aid adjourned for the day.
GEN. M A HONE’S SUCCESSOR.
Virginia Republicans at a Lots to
Kuow What to Do.
Richmond, Oct. 10 —The Virginia
Republicans are entirely at sea as to
what they will do about filling the va
carcy in the National and State Com
mitfees of their party occasioned by the
death of Gen Mahone. The Republi
cans who attended his funeral at Peters
burg yesterday say that there was no
formal conference there on the subject.
The matter was not brought up in any
shape.
Judge Waddill, who was seen by a re
porter of the Associated Press this morn
ing said that the question has not yet
been considered in any way. He sai 1
he was himself in doubt as to just how
they could proceed in this matter, but
he saw no necessity for immediate ac
tion, and he knew the members of the
party had taken no organized action
lo< king to putting a ticket forward this
fall.
Judge Waddill was under the impress
ion that the members of his party would
cast their votes for the “fair elections’ ”
ticket.
Speaking further upon the question of
Mahone’s successor, Judge Waddill said
that his impression was that the Repub
lican State Executive Committee will
have to call a meeting of the General
State Committee. That committee, he
thinks, was composed of Mahone., Hfith
Bolling and Alvin H Martin, of Norfolk
county, and Messrs Bolling and Martin
will, he thinks, elect Mahone’s successor
as chairman of the State Committee
Judge Waddill said that while be was in
Wasbirgton nobody seemed able to tell
how Mabone’s successor a-; members of
the National Committee, should be
elected.
Ex Postmaster Russell, who has been
giving much thought to the subject,
tninks the two members of the Execu
tive Committee will call a meeting of the
General Committee and that committee
will elect Mahone’s successor as chairman
of the State Committee and also choose
his successor as a member of the Na
tioua! Republican Committee He thinks
this must lie done in a short time as the
National Committeee has to meet in De
cember.
Reunion of Mexican Veterans.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 10.—The re
union of Mexican veterans at Nieholas
ville, Ky.. to-day selected Lexington as
the place for the next national reunion
of Mexican veterans to be held during
| June 1896. Both the city and county
administrations will unite with the citi
| zens in making the occasion a mernora
-1 ble one.
RALEIGH. N. C.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11. !895.
STILL ON THE STAND
DURRANT SUBJECTED TO A
RIGI > CROSS EXAMINATION
Y ESTER DAY.
HE WAS AT FIRST CONFUSED
And Changed* His Replies Several
Times But He Soon Regained His
Usual Calm and tVas Perfectly Cool
and Deliberate During the Most Try
ing Ordeals--Denied That He Ever
Sent His Attorneys a Letter to be
Opened if He Was Convicted.
Fan Francisco, Cal., October 10. —
Under the rigid cross examination of
District Attorney Barnes to-day, Theo
dore Durrant made a number of an
swers that are regarded as decidedly in
criminating, inasmuch as they appear to
be indirect conflict with well established
facts and then changed his replies when
he realized that he was on danger
ous grounds. He gave an ex
planation of a clew regarding
Blanche Lamont’s disappearance,
said to have been received by him, that
was so palpaby a falsehood that every
body in court laughed aloud. The stif
ling atmosphere of the overcrowded
court rocm came to Durrant’s rescue
and he was enabled to recover from his
confusion daring the short recess that
followed. When he again came to the
stand he remained calm during the most
trying ordeals. The prosecution was,
nevertheless, well satisfied with the day’s
work.
Two days before the body of the
young woman was discovered Durrant
said, as he was standing at the corner
of Market and Montgomery streets,
a stranger approached bim and asked
if his name was not Durrant. The
stranger then asked Durrant if. in view
of the fact that bis name bad
been unpleasantly connected with the
disappearance of the girl, he would
not like to find her. Durrant replied
that he would be overjoyed even to ob
tain a trace of the missing girl. “Watch
the ferries then,” the stranger said
“she will try to cross the bay. That is
my advice.” He did not ask the stranger
his name, his residence, or for any ad
ditional information.
He went to lunch and from there to
the ferry where he remained until 5
o’clock not having caught a glimpse of
the missing girl. While he was waiting,
however, he saw three medical students
and an old schoolmate. One of these
men bas already testified that he saw
Durrant accost a sch<>ol girl whose des
Cription answered that of Minnie Wil
liams who was murdered that night ard
ride away toward the Mission on Howard
street car.
Mr. Barnes asked him if he told any
body else of the clue given him by the
stranger, so they could continue the
search. Durrant said he had no oppor
tunity to tell any of Miss Lamont’s
friends. When questioned closely Dur
rant admitted that he attended a meet
ing of the Young People’s Society the
same evening, where he saw several of
Miss Lamont s intimate friends. Among
others was Thomas Vogel, whom Dur
rant bad said a moment before was more
interested in the disappearance of the
young woman than anybody else except
Mrs. Noble, her aunt Durrant admit
ted that he had a private conversation
with Vogel, but did not think to tell
him about the clue he had obtained.
After a short recess, during which
Durrant recovered his composure, a sur
prise was sprung on bim in the hope that
it might disconcert him. After asking
Durrant if he had ever made a written
statement of bis whereabouts ou the day
Blanche Lamont was murdered and re
ceiving an affirmative reply, District At
t*»rney Barnes, asked the following ques
tion: “Is it not a fact that you sent a
written statement of your case to your
attorney and wrote on the envelope ‘to
be opened if I am convicted and to be re
turned if I am acquitted.’ ”
The excitement caused by this question
was intense. In the bum of voices Dur
raut’s answer was lost aud the stenogra
pher was tasked to read the reply. “1
never sent an envelope to my attorneys
bearing such an inscription,” said he.
Durrant was questioned at length re
gsrding the communication and the sig
nificant inset iptiou on the envelope, but
he denied that he ever sent such a docu
ment.
Durrant was next shown the various
garments worn by Blanche Lamont and
a-ked if he had secreted them in the
belfry where they were f _.und. lie iden
tified the clothing as the ones wo:u by
MissLimonton the day of her dea*h,
but said he did not hide tbem in the
church.
Durrant’s strong nerves were tested
by a number of questions relative to the
la«t time he saw Miss Lament, but he
stuck to his former statements ou that
point.
EFFECT OF DIRK ANT’S TRIAL.
It Caused a Final Separation of a Hus
band «it!«l Wife.
San Franoi co, (’al , Oct. 10--Mrs.
Susie Roge-s, wife of Pnilip Rogers, has
disappeared Her husband had been
searching for her for the past three weeks
and now believes that he has located his
missing wife in Warsaw, Wis.
Mr. Rogers is a well to-do citizen, who
has many friends in Oakland. He is
oeitaiufthat the Durrant case had some
thing to do with the wreck of his borne.
Mrs. Rogers was very much interested in
the case, aud could not let a day pass
without hearing the testimony. She
compelled her husband to sit down every
morning and read to her the full report
of the trial. Rogers went through the
testimony just to please his wife. Some
times it would take him nearly half a
day to complete his task. But, with
undaunted heroism, he struggled on,
determined to please his wife, even at
the expense of his business.
At last endurance was no longer equal
to the task and Rogers deliberately went
on a strike and declared that ho would
not read the stenographic reports any
more. He was willing to compromise
on an amicable ba-is and read the in
troduction to the trial each d-y, but this
did not satisfy Mrs. R gers. She wanted
to bear the whole case or nothing. The
husband was firm, however, and would
not yield, so there was a disagreement
and Mrs. Rogers went away.
i4“I am not going to search for her any
more,” said Mr. Rogers. “I gave her
as good a home as is enjoyed by any
woman in this city, and still she was not
satisfied. If she wants to remain in
Warsaw, where I believe she is, she can
do so.
“I pity any husband who is compelled
to entire Durrant case to his
wife. His life is certainly made
miserable, because mine was when
I found that I had to read the trial, as a
matter of duty. I have given
notice that I will not be responsible for
any debts contracted by my wife. If she
wants to return home she can do so and
I will support her. But I will not con
sent to read the Durrant case from be
ginning to end each day as a compro
mise. If she wants to come home and
spend her time in reading the Durrant
case she can do so. I have no objec
tions to her reading the case, but 1 do
protest against being made her slave in
the matter.”
SPAIN PREPARING HER NAVY.
She Believes the United States May
Recognize the Billigrrents.
Madrid, Oct 10.—It has been noticed
recently that there is great and quite
uuusual activity in the government dock
yards at the different ports of Spain,
aud that workmen are busy at woik re
fitting cruisers and gunboats. In addi
tion, it has been become kDown that cer
tain officials have been discussing the
question of arming the steamships be
longing to the Spinish trans Atlantic
Company and it is believed that these
preparations are due to the belief that
there is a possibility that the United
States may recognize the Cuban insur
gents as billigerents.
Claim They Are E*or Service iu Cuba.
Madrid, Oct. 10.—The Minister of
Marine, Admiral Beranger, confirms the
report cabled tc-day to the Associated
Press, that the steamers of the Spanish
trans-Atlantic Company are to be armed
for service in Cuba, but he declares that
this course is not due to aDy idea of a
(ossible international conflict, but is
merely carrying out a convention pre
viously made with the company for the
use of its steamers.
On the Lookout for Filibusters.
Washington, Oct. 10. —The Attorney-
General has received advices from
Southern Florida and the off-shore keys
showing that the government is on the
alert to prevent any filibustering ex
peditions leaving that section to assist
the Cuban insurgents. So far as known,
however, no overt acts have been com
mitted recently. Small bodies of men are
occasionally seeu in small boats headed
forsomeof tbe uninhabited Islands osten
sibly on fishing excursions. But the fact
that these islands are usually on the
route taken by Cuban steamers renders
the actions of the men at least suspicious,
and they are accordingly closely watched
with a view to prompt action in case any
demonstration is made.
THE SITUATION IN HAWAII.
The Majority o! the People Are iu Fa
vor of Annexation.
Denver, Col. Oct. 10 —F. M Davis,
a Honolulu merchant, arrived in Denver
yesterday eu route to Atlanta, Ga. He
said:
“It would, of course, be useless to
deny that factional differences exist in
Hawaii, and especially in Honolulu, and
the republic as it stands has a good
many supporters, and 1 am of the belief
that if tbe vote on the question of an
nexation was taken to day there would
be an expression in favor of i f .
“As to the royalists,” added Mr.
Davis, “we hear very little of t hem. Oc
casionally we read in the American pa
pers of some uprising and some deep
laid plot to restore the Qreen, aud we
are forced to laugh over them. Tbe
American sshould use several grains of
salt with anything they may read about
Hawaiian revolutions these days. It is a
common say ing in Honolulu whenever the
stories go out, that San Francisco is again
in the throes of the South Sea rebellion.
For the majority of the stories
are simply glittering testimonials to the
imag nation of San Francisco newspaper
men. The Queen is not kept in close
confinement and is allowed to dr ve
ah ut pretty much as she pleases. She
has her own court but as for causing
trouble, I do not think she is lacking in
common sense, and unless she is, resto
ration would bo about the last thing she
would attempt. Interest in her has
largely died out even among the natives. ’
Japan and Hawaii.
Washington. Oct. 10 Mr. Xurino,
the Japanese Minister, iu an interview
to day, denied that Japan harbored de
signs looking to the control of tbe
Hawaiian Islands, as asserted in re
cently published reports
BY WIND AND WAVE
THE CAPITOL CITY OF LOWER
CALIFORNIA COMPLETELY
DESTROYED.
THE LOSS OF LIFE WAS HEAVY
The Hurricane was Followed by a
Tidal Wave, ihe Waters Rising to a
Great Height and Carrying Out to
Sea Much Property—Details of the
Disaster are Meagre-»La Pa* was
Once the Seat of Extensive Pearl
Fisheries and the Abode of Luxury.
St. Louis, Mo , Oct. 10 —A special
from San Francisco says:
Private dispatches received here say
that La-Paz, Mexico, has been com
pletely destroyed by a hurricane. The
storm was followed by a tidal wave, the
waters in the bay rising to an unpre
cedented height, invading that portion
of the city fronting on the bay, and
carrying out to sea men, animals and
debris of wrecked buildings as the tide
subsided.
The dispatch announcing the destruc
tion of La Paz was dated Guaymas aud
was received by shipping agent Reuter.
The despatch said the steamer Willalette
Valley, of the Pacific mail line, had
been delayed two days at Guaymas by
the same storm which devastated l a
Paz, but that she left Guaymas last
night for the North.
Mexicans here say that they have had
dispatches about, a severe storm which
prevailed all along the coast early this
week. The loss of life is reported heavy,
but details of the disaster are meagre.
La Paz is the capitol of Lower Califor
nia, and situated on a bay of the same
name. The port is well shel
tered, and easily defensible
against attack from tbe sea.
The city had a population of 3,000, a
cathedral, a government house and a
town house and the place was once the
abode of luzury, as evidenced by the
handsome dwellings of the wealthy class.
La Paz was once the seat of extensive
pearl fisheries, silver raiaiug was exten
sively engaged in and the commerce of
the port was not inconsiderable.
TWO BAILOKB IHE OF CHOLERA.
Engineer on a Steamer from Cuba Dies
ol Yellow Fever.
New York, Oct. 10 —The British
tea steamer Ben mobr, which arrived this
afternoon from Yokohama, Japan,
Shanghai, Foo Chow and other Chinese
ports, was detained in quarantine be
cause two Chinese sailors had died of
cholera while the vessel was still in
Asiatic waters.
The Benmohr which is a regular trader
to this port left Yokohama on June 23.
When the steamer arrived at Quaran
tine this afternoon Dr. Doty, who at
once ordered the most vigorous sort of a
disinfection to be instituted aod the en
tire crew and their efforts were trans
ported to Swinburne Island with all the
interior fittings of the skiu.
Yellow Fever in Mexico and Cuba.
New York, Oct. 10.—The Ward Line
steamer City of Washington, which ar
rived to day from Mexico and Havana,
reports on September 29th, in the Gulf
of Mexico, between Tampico and Fron
tera, second assistant engineer, Miles
Redmond, of Brooklyn, aged 50 years,
died of yellow fever. The body was
buried at sea the same date.
Health Officer Doty boarded the City
of Washington on her arrival at Quar
antine, and on investigation, decided to
hold the steamer for a thorough disin
fection and cleansing The Washington
brought 14 cabin and 5 second cabin
passengers, including 4 Chinamen.
BACON IS A 81-METALLIST.
Georgia’s New Senator Defines h-s
Position on Finances.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 10.—In author,
ized publication to-day A. O. Bacon,
Georgia’s new United States Senator,
denies that he has in any wise changed
his mind on the silver question, he hav
ing been practically elected as a free
silver man.
“I did not make up my mind hastily
ou the subject,” said he, “and the opin
ion I have formed will not be et-sly
changed. I believe in practical bi-metal
lism, in which both gold and silver are
required aud used with equal inter
changeable value in the money of final
payment. lam opposed to either gold
monometallism or silver monometallism.
Practical bi metallism is, in my opinion,
tbe great need of the business world, ai:d
1 do not think it by any means impossi
ble of accomplishment. The inves'iga
tions I was able to make while abroad
have greatly strengthened my previous
convictions on this subject.”
The Rives-Chanler Divorce.
Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 10.—The
report that Amelie Rives Chauler ha 3
been granted a divorce was a surprise to
the people of Charlottesville and Albo
ma le. Mrs Obanler has instituted no
proceedings iu the courts of Albemarle,
her heme, and it is doubtful if half a
doz n pooplo here knew the suit was
pending.
A Spinning Factory Collapses.
Cologne, Oct. 10 —A spinning factory
at Bjcbolt, forty five miles from Mun
ster, West Pbalia, has collapsed and bu
ried forty workmen in the ruins. Os this
number, ten were killed outright and
nine were seriously injured. The re
maining workmen escaped with slight
injuries.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
A STEAMER GOES DOWN.
And All on Board the 111-Fated Vessel
are Lost.
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 10. — A special
from Stokes Bay, Out., says: Reports in
dicate that the steamer Africa, of Owen
Sound, is lost, with all on board. Fol
lowing is a complete list:
LARSEN, 11. P., captain, Toronto.
ANDERSON, \\ in., mate, Owen Sound.
HAY, —-.chiefengineer, Toronto.
FORREST, Ed ward, second engineer,
Toronto.
MANN, Wm, Toronto.
KING, John, Oakvtile.
LEE, Miss, cook, Toronto.
Two firemen, two deck hands, names un
known.
The Africa and the schooner Severn,
of Toronto, were on Lake Huron bound
up with coal from Owen Sound last
Monday night. When twenty miles off
Cove Island Light, both boats were mak
ing bad weather in the heavy northwes
ter raging, and the steamer let
goof her consort. When last seen from the
Severn the Africa |was rolling heavily and
suddenly disappeared from view. The
Severn finally fetched up on the beach
five miles north of Loyal Island. She
became a total loss The crew were
saved by some fishermen after being in
the rigging twenty-eight hours. The
Africa’s life boats and life preservers
were picked up on the island.
INS ANITY AMONG 8E VMEN
The Excellent Heulth Provision* on
American Steamships.
Washington, D. C , Oct. 10.—The
large number of suicides of firemen and
coal passers rn German ocean steam
ships, caused by temporary insanity
brought ou by intense heat or over-work,
has led the German government to ex
amine the subject, and to ask the views
of other nations. The commissioner of
navigation has just completed an inves
tigation which shows that du
ring the past five years only
three firemen on the American
steamships of the International Naviga
tion Company, New York, and Cuba
mail, Ren D. and Spreckles’ Oceanic
lines have jumped overboard. The record
can probably be equalled by no other na
tion, and is regarded in official circles
here as indicating the excellent pro
visions for the heal h of the engineer
force on American ocean steamships.
TOWN WIPED OUT BY FIRE.
Thrr e-Foa : th* oft he People of Buyard,
W. Va., are Now, Homeless.
Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. 10.—Three
fourths of the town of Bayard, W. Va.,
w r as wiped out by fire to-day. The
village was without a fire department
and sent to Cumberland and elsewhere
for relief but not in time to save tho
main part of the town. The post office,
six business blocks and thirty dwellings
were burned. Among the buildings
burned was the only church in the
town. The loss is estimated at $65,000.
The houses were small and very few
of them were of much value but the
conflagration has left three-fourths of
the town homeless and in suffering to
night. No lives were lost.
REPUBLICAN* MABB-MEETING.
Sherman Spoke on Finances and Mc-
Kinley on Protection.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 10.—Over six
thousand people crowded into Music
Hall to night to the Republican mass
meeting, while nearly as many waited
outside, unable to get in. The speakers
were Senator Sherman, who dealt with
questions of finance; Governor McKin
ley, who spoke of revenue and
protection; ex Gov. Foraker, Hon. Asa
Bushnell, Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, and Hon. Asabel W. Jones, Re
publican candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, spoke on State issues. Daring
the evening ex Gov. Campbell was given
a reception by the Duckworth Club.
A Postmuster Defaults.
Chicago, 111., Oct. 10. —Irving A.
Pulse, the Postmaster at Glen Ellyn, is
a defaulter to the government to tho
extent of SI,OOO in his money order ac
count. The amount has been made
good by his friends. Repayment to the
government did not save Pulse from ar
rest. Ho was brought before United
States Oommissio er Humphrey and
gave a SI,OOO bond for the present
grand jury. Pulse w;ts appointed a year
ago. '
A Mil I ion-Dollar Fire in Australia.
Adelaide, South Australia, Oct. 10.—
A dispatch received here tc-day from
Coolgardie, the centre of the new gold
fields, announces that a whole block of
buildings there on Bajley street was
burned yesterday by a fire which was
started through the upsetting of a lamp.
It is estimated that the damage done will
amount to $1,250,000.
Bound, Gagged and Robbed.
Piqua, O , Oct. 10 —Barney Pietz.
a German, aged 82, and his housekeeper,
Mrs. Mary Pfeistner, aged 65, were
bound and gagged by three masked msu
this morning, and jewelry and valuables
taken. The couple were warned not to
give an alarm. The robbers escaped by
stealing a horse aud buggy.
Damages tor Being ltotten Egged.
Nashua, N. H. Oct. 10—In the Su
preme Court this morning, Charles F.
Wright, of Amherst, was awarded a ver
dict of ssl, against W. W. Goodwin,
also of Amherst for injury to uis feel
ings as the result of having been rotten
egged twice in July. The jury was out
19 hours.