The Weather To-day: THREATENING.
The News and Observer.
VOL. XLVI. NO. 120.
LEADS ALL'IORTM CAROLINAJ§UES 1! lEIS AND
FANATICAL FOOLS
SPUBONTHENECRO
Governor Candler on the
Race Question,
THE MEDDLERS TO BLAME
PUBLISH GROSSTA' EXAGGBRAT
EI> ACCOUNTS OF LYXOHINGS.
BUT IGNORE TriE AWFUL PRONOCATIOi
Carpet Baggers Began the Alienation cf Races.
Incendiary Letters to Turbulent Ne
groes Widen the Breach. The
Remedy for Crimes.
Atlanta, Ga., July 28.—Governor Can
dler has, since the Bainbrddge series of
lynching* occurred, been asked by news
papers in various parts of the country to
give his opinions on the race question in
the South, and in reply to one of them
the Governor has fully and freely ex
pressed his views as to the cause of the
conflicts and the remedy therefor. The
Governor believes the present-day cause
of the uprisings is the intermeddling
wtih the relations of the whites and
blacks in the South by "fools an fanat
ics” who know nothing about the situa
tion, but think the whole trouble dates
from the day of emancipation. Govern
or Candler believes a restricted suffrage
will remedy the evil; that the ballot be
given only the intelligent negro. As to
the disposition to be made of the large
percentage of illiterate negroes the Gov
ernor makes no suggestion. The Gov
ernor begins his paper by referring to
the emunertpution, contrasting the treat
ment of negroes by the white people of
the South before the war to that of the
“carpet baggers" immediately after, lie
says:
"Before the ballot was thrust into the
band* of the negro qn prepared for it and
utterly ignorant of its sanctity, and of
the responsibilities of citizenship, not
withstanding he was a slave, he was
happy and well contented to occupy that
subordinate place in society, to which
his nature and his condition assigned
him.
"But after his emancipation came his
enfranchisement ami with his enfran
chisement came a horde or carpet bag
gers, penniless adventurers, without
principles or patriotism, who took charge
of him when his former .master and pro
tector, with whom he had lived for gen
erations on the most friendly and often
Affectionate terms, was de-eitizenized by
the partisan deconstruction laws.
"'I hose carpet baggers calling them
selves Republicans, but really only a
band of marauders, held together by
the cohesive [cower of public plunder,
swarmed all over the South like the
locusts in Egypt of old, and falsely
taught the negroes that the Southern
white men were solely responsible for
their enslavement and were their worst
and only enemies, and that therefore it
was their duty and their interest to vote
against them and their party, and oppose
everything they were in favor of and
favor everything they were opposed to —
in a word to hate them.
"Then they taught them that freedom
meant immunity from toil, that liberty
meant license* and that they were the
‘wards of the nation’ and would be pro
tected by the general Government, whose
bayonets glistened in every hamlet,
whether they were right or wrong.
"These evil teachings had but little
permanent effect upon the grown up ne
groes. but upon the children, the gem-c
--ation which has grown to manhood since*
that time, the effect has been most bane
ful. These were the prime causes of the
alienation of the negro.
"A more immediate cause is the per
petual intermeddling with the* relations
of flu* races in the South by fanatics
and fools who know nothing about the
sit nation.
hey call town, meetings and discuss
imaginary wrongs of tlhe Southern ne
gro which do not exist and denounce the
Southern white pc*ople for crimes they
have not committed; they publish in the
newspapers grossly exaggerated accounts
of such crimes as are committed against
the negro in the South and omit any
notice of the crime against the white
woman which provoked the retaliation:
they write incendiary letters to turbulent
negroes all over the* South, advising them
t<> a nil themselves with Winchester
rifles, and for every guilty rapist who
pays the penalty for his crime to shoot
c-owii the first two white men lie meets.
"Thousands of such letters have been
written to Georgia in the last three
months. By such methods they call into
existence the very state of things they
pretend to deplore, a condition of affairs
that did not exist and never would have
existed hut for them and their senseless,
unjust and incendiary conduct.”
Governor Candler says the intenned
dices of the North do not represent a re
spectable minority ami that flic lawless
and criminal negroes of the South consti
tute less. He continues:
A few abandoned reckless, criminal
negroes are responsible for all the ni|,es
and lynchings that have occurred and
their influence on those around them is
deplorably bad and far reaching.
"Stiff it is true that rape, the crime
which nine times out of ton is the cause,
immediate or remote of lynching, is as
much deplored by the better class of
negroes as by the better class of white
men. But as la-cause some negroes com
in it rape tin* whole race suiters, so, be
cause some white men lynch ravishers all
tin* white people of the South are abused.
"It is a singular fact, tot), that the
Pharisaical fanatics who have most to
say about ‘Apaches,’ ‘Southern Barbar
ians,’ etc., always stress the atrocity of
lynching. But 1 have never yet heard
of one of them saying or doing anything
to discourage the crime which provoked
it.
“Indeed in some eases instead of de
nouncing his crime, they have assailed
the character of the victim of the
brute’s lust, not only encouraging bad
negroes, but exasperating the friends of
Southern womanhood.
"Another and a continually present
cause which contributes to race friction
is corrupt politics. 'As is admitted by all
candid men, the ballot, was pirt in the
hands of the Southern negro when he*
was utterly unprepared for it. He re
garded it as only an article of merchan
dise to be bartered away to the man
who would pay him the most for it,
whether a drink of whiskey or a dollar
or two.
“In many places his vote, while mot
a majority, is a balance of power.
Hence unscrupulous men of all parties
contend for this vote and hug the negro
around tile [Mills and drink whiskey with
him. lie* is forgotten after election and
like a spoiled child liecomes resentful mud
vindictive. This brings clashes with the
whites.”
In speaking of the remedy Governor
Candler says:
"In Georgia for a generation there has
been scarcely a negro la-tween six and
eighteen years of age. who lias not had
access to a free school. As a conse
quence illiteracy has dwreased among
them from 85 per cent, in INTO to TO
per cent, in 1899. and yet it is a startling
fact that crime among them has increns
e in aliout the same proportion that illit
eracy has decreased.
"There is. however, another sort of
education which can in time greatly re
lieve the situation. This is moral educa
tion, which must be acquired at the fam
ily hearthstone and in the churches and
Sunday Schools, and by the daily contact
of the inferior race with the superior for
years and even for generations.
"The greatest crime ever perpetrated,
not only against American ideas and in
stitutions and human liberty, but against
the Southern negro was when without
preparation lie was clothed with all the
rights and privileges and responsibilities
of citizenship.
"We need a remedy immediate in its
effects and this remedy can only be
found in a qualified suffrage. The ballot
must only be entrusted to the virtuous
and intelligent. Now many men vote
who are intelligent, hut not virtuous and
many more who are virtuous, but nut
intelligent.
"Restrict the suffrage to those having
both these qualifications and one of the
greatest causes of irritation will fa* re
moved. race prejudice, at least in indities,
will be eliminated and the happiness and
tihe material and moral condition of the
Southern negro will be greatly enhanc
ed.”
ARMED MEN ATTACK MOCA
CITY OF SAN DOMINGO IN A STATE OF
UNREST.
The Government has Taken Measures to Put
Down Threatened Insurrection.
Burial of the Presided.
Fort de France, July 28.— I The funeral
services over the remayis of President
I b ureaux which t<»ok place at Santiago
de las Caballeros at 5 o’clock last even
ing, were attended by a large number
of people and were conducted witn great
solemnity..
The body, which had laid in state
throughout the day, was buried in the
cathedral. The Governor of the Province
superintended the public mourning. Yes
terday throughout the island cannon
were tired hourly and flags wore placed
at half mast on all public buildings.
The Government had issued n decree
ordering a period of national mourning
for nine days:
T he city of Santo Domingo is in a
state of great unrest and business is
entirely suspended. The [ample fear
an outbreak.
Last night a band of armed men at
tacked Moca, where President Uoureaux
was killed and fired a number of shots.
It is reported that the forces support
ing the assassin have been augmented
considerably. The Government has
taken measures to put down the threat
ened insurrection.
ORDERED TO SAN DOMINGO.
The Cruiser New Orleans and the Ma
chias Will Gc>.
Washington, July 28.—Secretary Long
today issued orders detaching the (.mi
ser New Orleans from the North At
lantic squardon at Newport and direct
ing her to proceed at once to Santo
Domingo city. Orders were issued also
to the Machias, now at St. Thomas, to
proceed to tin* same [>oint via Sim Juan.
These orders were made at the Instance
of the State Department and as a
precau bnary measure, owing to the dis
turbed condition following the assassi
nation of President Heureuux of Santo
1 lomlngo.
It is understood that American capi
talists have an arrangement with the
Dominican authorities by which practi
cally the entire machinery of the is
lands administration is uifdcr their di
rection.
T he New Orleans is expected to sail
from Newport this evening. The sail
to Santo Domingo city Is about live
days. The Maeliias is only n day's sail
from that point, but sin* will go to San
Juan to carry back (Tiptain Snow, the
naval commandant of that port.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 2!), 1899.
SAMOAN SKIES
ABE MENACING
Fights of Frequent Occur
rence Between Factions.
LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE
ONE BATTLE OCCI'BRING BE
FORE THE COMMISSIONERS.
HOLDING A MASS MEETING OF NATiVtS
1 he Mataafans Defy an Order of the Chits Jus
tice Who Umb'e to Obtain Armed
Support Through Commission
Dtcides to Leave.
San Francisco, Cla., July 28. —Samoan
advices under date of July 11th wore re
ceived today by tin* steamer Moana as
follows:
The situation in Samoa is one of great
uneasiness, the attitude of the natives
being far from reassuring. Several
fights have occurred in different parts
of the islands between supporters of the
rivals for the kingship and several na
tives have been killed. Nothing much
seems to have been accomplished by the
high commission since arms to the num
ber of 400 wore surrendered by the con
tending factions. Chief Justice Cham
bers, being dissatisfied with the support
ox tomb'd to his court by the commission
ers, will leave today for Washington. The
German Government, it is claimed, is
greatly displeased with its commission
ers’ recognition of the decision of the
Supremo Court in the kingship case.
The commissioners have been well re
ceived on all the islands they have vis
ited. At Tutuiia the natives were pre
pared to accept the proposed abolition
of the royal office and the substitution
of an executive appointed by tin* three
[lovfers. At SaiMitnlitia. the headquar-,
tors of Lanati. that chieftain was de
fiant. indicating future trouble. At Sa
fune, the only place where the natives
took a prominent part in the proceedings
there was a tight with axes and stones
in [presence of tin* 'commissioners, one
man being severely wounded. The trou
ble was caused by the meeting of parties
of Mataafa and Malietoa men. who were
hearing food offerings to tin* commis
sioners. The outcome of all these confer
ences is a mass meeting held today at
Malinmn Point where tin* leading men of
both sides are discussing the future gov
ernment of the islands.
At Safata on July 4th, some Mata fa
men attacked the home of an opposing
chief named Taainui, who with two oth
ers, was badly wounded. 11. M. S.
Torch went to the scene but quiet had
been restored.
Last week the Chief Justice issued
orders to certain towns in Banaii to wp
[N*ar before the Supreme Court in cer
tain civil cases where the judgment of
the court had not been complied with.
Chief Lanati ordered them not to oltey,
telling the towns to pay no attention to
the orders of the court which were only
words on pujicr. (Some towns did not
appear, while from the remaining ones
only Malietoa men appeared. The Ma
taafa men openly defies! the court. Tlo*
Chief Justice * then asked the commis
sioners to support his authority with
warships if necessary and on their re
fusal lie decided to leave Samoa.
The commissioners expect to sail for
the Fnited States on the Badger on Julv
16th.
INTERVIEW WITH CHAMBERS.
Samoan Prospects Appear Dark Under
Present Arrangement.
San Francisco, Cal., July 28.—-Chief
Justice W. T. Chambers, of Samoa, ar
rived here today on the steamer Maona
accompanied by his family. lie is on a
four month's leave of absence, but says
that liis business in the Fnited States
is of such a nature that he will proba
bly not return to Apia.
In an interview the Chief Justice said:
"All is now quiet in Samoa, hut 1 can
not answer for the future. Both Ma
taafa and Malietoa affect to lx* satisfied
with the present arangemeiit which abol
ishes the office of King and vests the re
sponsibility of Government in the Con
suls of the three Powers. 1 feel sure
Malietoa is sincere in this. Though
fairly elected and after election accept
ing the kingship, he never had ambitions
in that direction. As soon as the com
mission arrived In* proposed to resign,
a spirit which later proved to be in ac
cordance with the plans of the commis
sioners and I have every reason to be
lieve that lie will live np to this bargain.
‘‘Mataafa is ambitious. For many
years he has thirsted for [sneer, and will
not Is* so easily satisfied. At the same
time, he is a man of exceptional ability,
is shrewd and I have never thought tin*
interests of the natives would especially
suffer in his hands.
‘‘Yes, my decision has been sustained
by the com mission, and it has publish
(*. flu* fact in a proclamation.
"With respect to the future I can say
little. In its work the commission has
endeavored to eliminate from the origin
al arrangements all of the features that
have appeared faulty or weak
"Those features have been substituted
|iv others, which experience has demon
strated to la* more desii ihl** and worka
ble. It is difficult In frame any gov
ernment under tripartite control that
will he permanent, but this is not due
so much to the faultiness of theory ns
to local dissensions and the wan: «■»
harmony among tin* treaty powers. Tie
success of the commission demonstrated
conclusively that the natives can be
controlled, peace maintained and laws
properly enforced when the loteign gov
ernments work in accord. Perfect bar
niotiy exists between the commission
and the chief justice.
“Aprojios of the reported difficulties
and fights of which so much is m;idc
in correspondence published 'a w to
day, permit me to say that these were
nothing more than little village difficul
ties which would have passed entirely
unnoticed were it not that all eyes are
turned on Samoa villages just now
and that the landscape is living swept
with a telescope to perceive troubles
not discernible to the naked eye.”
A STREETCAR DYNAMITED.
The Government Winning in the Strug
gle Against the Strikers.
Cleveland, Ohio, July 28. Today the
street cars were well piTtronized, par
ticularly during the morning and even
ing. This is said to be the best indica
tion that the government is winning in
the struggle.
Mayor Farley is well pleased with
the situation, hut he has not relaxed his
vigilance one whit and will not until
the last vostige of disorder is wiped
away. The mayor and Adjutant Gen
eral Axlne are at present involved in a
controversy. The adjutant is of the
opinion that tin* duty of the National
Guard is merely to put down rioting,
and not to do police duty. Mayor Far
ley holds that the troops are under hiu
authority, and that they will remain
here until he feels that they can be dis
pensed with.
A car running from Euclid Beach
Park was blown up by dynamite about
It o'clock tonight. The explosion oc
curred a short distance north of the
Lake Shore Railroad, about two miles
east of the city limits. The front truck
was demolished and the floor of the
car shattered. There were no passen
gers on board, and the motoroian aud
conductor escaped without injury.
A DUCK MILL COMBINE.
Manchester. X. 11., July 28.- The Mir
ror says:
“It has developed from the sale to the
Citizens Trust and Deposit Company op
l; aH.f|Uore. of the Columbia Mills I'oin
l’i* ~, of Columbia, 8, C., that a eomtd
mitioii of at! the duck mills In the coun
try has boon formed.
"The capital is ¥16,060.000 and them
are thirteen mills, mostly located in the
vicinity of Baltimore.*'
FIRST BALE OF NEW COTTON.
Savannah, Ga., July 28. —The first bale
of new cotton for the season of '99 and
1900 arrived here this morning. It weigh
ed MOO pounds and will be sold tomorrow
at auction.
THE DEATH FRAP SPRINGS
FOUR NEGROES SIMULTANEOUSLY LAUNCH
LD INTO ETERNITY.
Three Die for Criminal Assault on a Negro
Child and One for Murdering
His Mistress.
Baltimore, Md., July 28. —Upon one
scaffold and simultaneously four negroes
were at 9:48 a. in. today ushered into
eternity in the Baltimore city jail yard.
Three of the men Cornelius Gardner,
John Meyers and Chiles James, paid
with their lives for criminally assaulting
I Annie Bailey a thirteen year old negress,
while Joseph Bryan, the fourth member
of the quartette 'killed Mary Pack, a
negrtss with whom lie had lived.
A tilth negro, Daniel Rodgers, convict
ed of killing his brother-in-law, Charles
Lewis, was to have occupied the same
scaffold, but his sentence was commuted
to life imprisonment by Governor
Lowndes.
The necks of James, Meyers and Bry
an were broken by the fall and they
died almost instantly. Gardner's cap oc
eanic disarranged in the fall, and his con
torted fact* was visible to tin* spectators.
He was apparently conscious about one
moment, after which he slowly strangled.
This accident, which was entirely uni
avoidable, was the only feature to mar
the otherwise perfect execution.
The remains of the four men were turn
ed over to undertakers to be buried at
the direction of the families of the dead
men.
A PREBYTERIAN HYMNAL.
Committee Appointed to Prepare it in
Session at Norfolk.
Norfolk, Ya.. July 28, —The committee
of the Presbyterian General Assembly
appointed to prepare a hymnal for the
use of the worship of the church is in
session in Norfolk, meeting hen* out of
consideration for tin* feeble health of
Rev. Dr. \V. S. Lacy, who is one of the
committeemen. The committee is com
posed of eminent Presbyterian divines
from all over the South, several States
being represented.
TRIAL OF GENERAL TORAL.
Madrid. July 28. —The trial of Generals
Toral and Bareja and others for surren
dering Santiago de Cuba will begin on
Monday before a supreme court martial,
and is expected to occupy six or seven
sittings of the court. It is stated that
General Blanco, who was Governor Gen
eral of Cuba during the late war, has
signed a deposition to tin* effect that he
gave General Toral permission to surren
der all of the district under his command
with the exception of Manzanillo.
BRITAIN'S POLO
lITHE TRANSVAAL
Question of Armed Interven
tion in the House
CHAMBERLAIN’S VIEWS
THE SITUATION DANGEROUS TO
IM PERI A L INT BREST'S.
ENGLAND MUST PROTECT HER SUBJECTS
She Has Underlaken Ihe Cause of the Ou'l n
ders, Who have be:n Treated Out
rag 'ousty, and Muit See
it Through.
London, July 28. —In the House of
Commons today the Colonial Office vote
furnished the Liberals with an oppor
tunity for a debate on the Government’s
policy in the Transvaal. H. Campbell-
Bannerman, the Liberal leader, said he
thought that in view of tin* negotiations
[lending reticence and reserve must rule
debate. While lie did not sympathize
with Boer opposition to franchise ex
tension, he saw nothing from the be
ginning to the end of the story, to justify
armed intervention. The speaker plead
ed for further friendly and prudent ac
tion through Dutch sympathizers at the
Cape.
The Secretary of State for the Col
onics. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. opt/rd
bis speech in reply by declaring that
Sir H, Campbell-Bannerman's language
was calculated to embarrass the action
of the Government.
The grievances of tin* Outlanders, Mr.
Chamberlain said, were admitted on all
bands to be serious; but the most serious
part was that tin* outrageous treatment
tti which they were subjected was part
of the settled policy pursued by the
Boers. The situation was dangerous to
imperial interests. Mr. Chamberlain
justified the right of intervention, first,
Idl-ause it was the right of every civiliz
ed power to protect its own subjects;
secondly, because Great Britain had the
right of intervention under the conven
tion as the suzerain power; and thirdly,
because the convention had been broken
in letter and in spirit.
In dealing with the latest proposals,
Mr. < hamberlaiu said:
"President Kruger has invited friendly
advice, and the* Government has thought
itself justified in appealing to him that
a joint inquiry should la* held. These
proposals were with the view of de
termining what representation will be
immediately given aliens, which can
be the only basis of satisfactory settle
ment. If the inquiry is accepted, ex
perts will be appointed; and the Gov
ernment hopes that then it will be pos
sible to reach an agreement. In any
ease the Government will press for
necessary alterations in order to secure
tlfe objects in view. We have under
taken the cause of the Outlanders and
are bound to see it through.”
Tin* House adopted the Colonial Office
vote without a division after a protract
ed debate upon the South African policy
of the Government.
In the House of Lords today the
Earl of Camperdown called attention to
tin* Transvaal situation. The Earl of
Dunraven and others followed, all de
clared that any departure from the
recognized policy of the Government
would be an act of inestimable danger
to the position of Great Britain, not only
in South Africa, but it might shake the
imperial existence of Great Britain it
self.
Lord Salisbury reminded the House
that he absolutely dissented from the
policy of 1881, which was tainted with
the grave fault of optimism. He agreed
that if the latest concessions were
genuinely carried out the Government
might look forward to a peaceful soli:**
tion of tin* crisis. Her Majesty's Gov
ernment, he said, had put their hands
to the plow and certainly did not in
tend to withdraw them.
ANGLO AMERICAN ALLIANCE.
Hailey Thinks it 'Consummated but That
McKinley Fears to Publish It.
Houston, Texas, July 28—In an in
terview Hon. J. W. Bailey said today:
"I am fully persuaded that the Nation
al Administration has entered into a
full and complete agreement for an alli
ance between Great Britain and the
I nited States. This alliance, in any
opinion, is to he both offensive and de
fensive. I think the reason it has not
been published to the world is that for
political reasons tin* President is afraid
to do so.”
THE CABLE BOAT AT WORK
Manila, July 28. *5:15 p. in.—ln com
pliance with an order received from,
Madrid, tlie Spanish transport Alva will
proceed from Manila immediately to the
Caroline Islands in order to repatriate
the garrison and inhabitants of (hose
isalnds.
There is great interest in the first at
tempt of a cable boat to follow the
movements of the army. The boat left
Tam-bay. near Tagnig at the northern
end of Laguna de Bay, this morning,
alter making connection' with the land
wire and successfully laid eighteen miles
oi cable. It is expected that the cable
boat will reach Calamba tonight.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THE CALAMBA.
The Official R(\ rt Received from
General Otis.
Washington, July 28. —The War De
partment this morning received its first
official report of the capture of Calam
ha in the following cablegram from
General Otis:
"Hall, one thousand men. captured
Calamba. important strategic position
Laguna de Bay, yesterday, driving out
MOO insurgents. Command composed
portions Fourth cavalry, Twenty-First
infantry, Washington volunteers, trans
ported in launches and casooes, gunlmat
aconq'allied. Casualties: Private ( ’has.
Glccsupp. Fourth and MeDuffy, Com
pany 11. Twenty-First, killed; Corporal
Thomas Totten, Company G, Fourth
mortally wounded; Private Michael
Sheridan, Herbert Tracey, Napoleon
White, Company K. Twenty-Firsr, se
riously wounded; Private Hinds amt
Plummer Company D. and Ashland,
Company I, Twenty-First, slight i,v
wounded. Insurgents’ casualties un
known. Forty Spanish prisoners re
leased; Spanish gunboat in good condi
tion, long sought for in bay. captured.
This town the objective point of Law
ton when he captured Santa Cruz and
launches in April, but unable to reach
town by boats on account of the shoal
water.”
SHEKELS FOR THIS BALE.
It Will Lie Auctioned off Again and
Again for Flood Sufferers.
New York, July 28.—0 help the suf
ferers by the flood in the Brazos Valley.
Central Texas, the members of the New
York Cotton Exchange arranged to sell
the first bale of ’99 cotton, sending the
proceeds to the relief committees. Al
ready over $2,660 has bcem sent to tihe
flooded district by members of the ex
change. 'lhe first bale of tin* season is
expectiHl to reach this city this wek. It
was grown in San Patricio county.
Texas, and was donated to the Hood
sufferers by a New Orleans cotton brok
erage firm which had paid the full mar
ket price for it and a premium of $l6O.
It is proposed to auction off the bale
from the steps of the cotton exchange
lore next Monday afternoon*. From this
city it will probably Is* shipped to Bos
ton, Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis and
other cities, and there disposed of in a
like manner. In this way it is supposed
a sum approximating many thousands of
dollars will he realized.
| ARMED EXILES WILL RETURN.
Capo Haytien, July 28.—The news of
! Ihe death of President Ilcureaux was
[ hardly credited in*re by the people gen-
I orally until last evening, when undoubted
confirmation was received here. Then
j there was great rejoicing among the
j Dominican exiles. These exiles, driven
| out of their country by Houreaux. are
i now preparing to arm themselves and
enter Santo Domingo when* they expect
j their chief, Don Juan Isidore Jiuiincz,
• to join them.
BELCHING FIERY FLOODS
I HE ISLAND OF HAWAII INVOLVED IN
CLOUDS OF SMOKE.
A Man Spends Ihe Night on the Side of Mauna
Lot Belween F!ow : ng Streams
of Lava.
Honolulu, July 21st, via San Fran
cisco. Cal., July 28. —The volcanic erup
tion of Mauna Loa is still in full blast.
The lava How is apparently tilling up the
| table land near the Humunla sheep
| ranch. IJilo and the whole island of
I Hawaii are involved in smoke. Vessels
| encounter dense clouds of smoke hnn
: deeds of miles out at sea, and navigators
j are seriously inconvenienced. K/ilauea
i is also smoking frt»ely, and the indica
tions are that this volcano will soon be
in active eruptions.
Frank Davey has returned from a
visit to the volcano. He says there is a
series of eight craters. Five of them
were dead, but appeared to have been
active qui e recently. One of the others
was belching forth smoke and fire and
| molten rocks of great size. According
to Davey the rocks were as big as horses
and went to a great height.
It took Davey and his party fifteen
hours to ascend the mountain from the
active crater to the summit where their
horses Avert* left. Two men became
delirious <>n the way for want of water.
All around the top of the mountain it.
was cold. At the crater it was very hot.
J. S. Pratt was caught on a knoll
high up on Mauna Loa on two sides of
which the lava was flowing. The sun
was nearly down, lie did not know
which way to go, and spent the night
there ns a desperate chance, as lit*
thought, of life. He sat up ail night
and watched the lava flow. When the
fumes were blowing his way he lay down
on his face to keep from suffocating.
Next morning he found his way out.
LOOKING TO UNCLE SAM.
Kingston, Jamaica, July 28.- Private
advices received by mail from llayti
state that at the conference between the
Hay thin Minister of Finance and the
creditors of the nation on Tuesday, the
latter refused to accept the proposals
for consolidation of the interior debt
because they had despaired of accom
plishing a permanent basis of financial
prosperity under present conditions. It
is added that the creditors have detr*-
mined t<> agitate for an American protec
torate, to which end they are willing to
drive the country into hopeless bankrupt
cy and invite the necessary American
capital to extricate the country from its
embarrassments.