North Carolina Newspapers

4 SSI 2 :3Hata Libra. llaaM" . Pvpsit 4 Years Old CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY; SEPT. 1(5, 1897. VOLUME XLIT NUMBER 22T6 . profassioual. TEN BURIED TODAY TWENTY-FIVE KILLED CONFESSED-MURDER. FITZ LEE'S RETURN. TROOPS ON HAND: LYNCHED FIVE. GFO. W. il . T ... .4.. f jril,u.'..-rur-iec lo Eye, Ear, N.-se T"","- A(.r 3, 1996 BOE. MAXWELL & . rnej i at Law, 0(i(l.. 1 and 3 Law Building. N PHARR, Auorney at Law, H. Olli'.-c N" Ltw Building. LaRKSON & UULS, At xirney 8 at Liw, (jUirc No. 12 jaw Building. 0 PbyicianK and Mirge ns, (ffctiNi- -1 North Trjon Slret. Ciiari.'-tte. N. C.- lf you wmt to look nice, Bend your Linen t t' e 11RIMKSTB.MLMDRY VVe have the beet laundry in ortb Carolina, and guarantee you rictly lirtt-clasa woik. Charlotte .Steam Laundsy When the Eyes iiiMonit' tired fiorn reading or sewing or if she le.ters look b urrel and run tog ther, it is a sure iudic tion thu Jaws arc needed Codsult cir txpiri Optician about your eyes. Examination free Shell & Harrison, JKWKLKSS aud OPTICIANS, H .utli Tiyon Street, Cuarl tte, N. C No tielter prrparuti m can be muile for the hair than HUGHES' QUININE HAIR TONIC. It kteps the -'fir ami Scalp in pel feet c di in all ihe Line Trial 9 . 2 c nts. B. F. Jordan & Co. tamp Agency. Prescriptiouists. Phone No 7. JUST RECEIVED a new line of Riirt Waist Sets ana Ladies' c ol y Parasols, which we will be glad to show. Garibaldi & Brun?.. LBADING JEWKLKHH. DH. VT. II. WAKEFIELD- at lininf during September except W't'iliu'silays and Thursdays. Prac tice limited to the Eye, Ear, Nose an.) Throat. C XJ UG AL AM UNITIES. "Do not insist, my dear! I shan't tell !Tu what I am going to give you, for I tut to surprise vou on your wedding ay." ' Till me quick, then; for the greatest 'urprist' would be to see you keeping Jour word." Journal Amusant. E!SA7 ISFACTION Ia0r Your Money ' Back jjj When you buy anything that turns out badly what do you do? Never buy at that store again, or go back and complain? No merchant is infallible; give him a chance to make the wrong right. If he doesn't, then's the time to quit. If you get anything from us that's wrong, lts your own fault if it's not right. The latest blocks in soft and stiff hats, the latest fashions in Clothes, now ready. No matter what you buy your money back if you want it. 2? I?? if? fcLE w Sole Agents for Knox Hats. Mail or ders get best attention. SLIE & Clothiers, Furnishers, Hatters. . Fuoeral of the Victims' of the LatTmer Affair Held This Morning at Hazle ton. Rumor fhat a Deputy Sheriff Ws Hanged. By Telegraph to The News. HAZELTON, Pa., Sept. 13.-A11 of the ! liquor saloons in this city are closed untl 4 o'clock this afternoon as the result of the conference this morning between Mayor Altrnlller and General Gobin. This 'was done because of the funerals of ten victims of the shooting affair and riot on the road near Lati mer. The funerals were set for this morning, and it was feared that serious trouble might follow if the strikers had access to liquor at that time. UGLY FEELING -CONTINUES. There continues to be a very ugly feeling among the miners. v A persistent rumor was - circulated throughout the district this morninc that a deputy sheriff had been hanged at Latimer. A telephone message to hat place brought the response that nothing of the sort had occurred. WAITING FOR QUEEN LIL flee tings lo Protest Against Annexa tion. Hawaii's B g Sugar Crop. By Telegraph to the News. SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. IX The steamer 'Gaelic'' arrived to day from China via Honolulu with Ad miral Oxley. late Chief of the Britsh Squadron in China, returning to Eng land via New York. Continuous rain is reported. The Honolulu sugar crop surpasses all pre vious records. WAITING FOR QUEEN LIL. The natives are said to be anxiously awaiting the arrival of Queen Llliou kalani, who is now in San Francisco on her way to her island home. In case the islands are annexed to this country, she will petition the United' States for allowance consisting of the income from the sale of public lands in the island. When the "Gaelic'' sailed posters were up all over the island calling meetings of natives September sixth to protest against annexation. THE YELLOW FEVER SITUATION. Most of the Sick at Bilox Improving. No Spread of Fever in Texas. By Telegraph to the News. I3ILOXI. Miss., Sept. 13. The condi tion of affairs as regards the yellow fe ver is not materially changed from for mer reports. Most of those sick are reported today to be rapidly improving. ihe percentage of mortality has been unusually small. IN GALVESTON. GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 13. The fever situation here is unchanged. A rigid quarintine is maintained against New Orleans and all infected points. No new cases arf reported here today and it is thought fhis section will es cape the scourge. AMB'SSADORS AGREE. Conclusion in the Turkish Indemnity Question Arrived at. Turks to Eva cuate Thessaly. By Telegraph to The News. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 14. The ambassadors of the powers today ar rived at an understanding in regard to the terms of peace between Turkey and Greece upon the basis of Lord Salis bury's proposals, which are "substan tially that an international commission, composed of one representative from each of the powers.be. appointed to con trol Greek revenues in order to meet the indemnity. Turkish troops will evacuate Thessaly. THE TWENTY-THIRD DEATH. By "Yieraph to The News. HAZ ELTON, Pa., Sept. 1?. Clement I'holeslack, aged 33 years, on.-? of the strikers injured in Friday's riot, died late last night, making twentv-tliree deaths in all. FORTY KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. By Telegraph to The News. MADRAS, India, Sept. 13. A serious accident has occurred lathe Champion Reefs mine. Forty persons are known to have been killed. DENIES THE RBFORT. By Telegraph to The News. LONDON, Sept. 13. The Chronicle says today: "There is no truth in the report that the Bank of England con template holding one-fifth of its re serve in silver." NOTORIOUS PRISONER ESCAPES. By Telegraph to The News. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 13. Rev. G. F. B. Howard, the notorious United tates prisoner from Tennessee, has es caped from the Ohio prison. LARGE MUSEUM BURNED. By Telegraph to the News. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 13. The muse um of the National Exhibition of Sci ence at Arnheim, wasburned today. Mi ROGERS, 312 FREIGHT ANO PASSENGER TRAINS COU IDE AT A JUNCTION Terrible Railroad Disaster at Ntw Castle, Colorado, Thi.t florring. The Conduct r Looked at the Wrong Column cf Figures or: the Time Card Bx Telegraph to The News. NEW CASTLE, Col., Sept. 10. A "ter rific head-on collision occurred, here this morning between a Denver and Rio Grande passenger train and a freight train of the Colorado Midland road. The latest information is that twenty five were killed ami a dozen' injured, half of whom will die. The cars caught fire after the crash and several persons were burned to death. Among the dead and missing are: A. Haitman and wife and two chil dren, of Harsher, 111.; Ostrander, en gineer of the freight train; Sutliff, fire man of the freighftrain. The wreck occurred at the Ria Grande junction of the road from New Castle to Rio Grande Junction. This belongs jointly to the Denver and Rio Grande and Colorado Midland, being used by both. Two ears of stock were completely de molished, the track being strewn with dead dC&ck ani debris. Conductor Burbank's explanation is that in looking at the passenger train's leaving time on the time card he look ed at the wrong column of figures. Two Italians were caught in the act of robbing the train in the wreck and were put under arrest at once. A corps of doctors and medical at tendants have arrived on the scene. INDIANA SERIOUSLY DAMAGEO Our Battleship Injured in the Halifax Dry-Dock. By Telegraph to The News. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. :Te Navy Department has received advices from Halifax that the battleship Indiana has been seriously njured by careless dock ing in. the large dry dock at that place. An investigation is ordered and the seamen will probably get into trouble on account of this injury to one of our finest battleships. The Indiana was carried to Halifax, which is an English possession, to be dry docked, because there was no other dock on the Atlantic coast large enough to hold her, except the dock at Port Royal, S. C. The carrying of the bat tleship to Halifax has created much unfavorable comment. WOODS COMPLAINT DISMISSED. First Test of the Right of Removal Re- suits in Victory For Gary. By Telegraph to The News. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. Judge Cox, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, today dismissed the bill of complaint of J. G. Wood, superintend ent of the mails at' Louisville,- praying that Postmaster General Gary be en- joineQ from removing him from office. The case has been considered in the nature of a test of the right of removal from office. The delivery of the opinion drew to the courtroom many public officials, n- cluding members of the civil service commission. $175,000,000 BOGUS CHECK. A Brooklyn nan Who Wouldn't Pay His Hack Fare Had It. By Telegraph to the News. jtt!W vork. Sent. 10. Charles Mon roe, who lives at Fulton street, Brook lyn u-a ntrpsted this morning charg ed with refusing to pay his cab hire. He had in his possession w nen ai roirncri in fnnrt a worthless check for one hundred and seventy-five million dollars. MINERS WILL RETURN TO WORK. General Resumption, N Hatter What the Conference Decides. Bv Telegraph to The News. Vatrmoitnt. W. Va.. Sept. 10. Many more miners have resumed work here. No matter what the result of the Co lumbus conference, that there will be a general resumption of work is now as sured. HOTTEST SEPTEMBER DAY. Prostrations From the Heat Reported In Several Cities. By Telegraph to The News. NEW YORK, Sept. 10. Jieports irom all the States east of the Mississippi river received at the weather bureau today say this is one of the hottest September days ever recorded. Several cities report prostrations from the severe great. SAN FRANCISCO BROKERS ASSIGN nv TeleerraDh to The News. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 10. Wheeler & Co., brokers, have tempora rily suspended business. Their liabili ties are estimated at $50,000. They had many branch offices throughout the State. DRIFTING ABOUT IN MID-OCEAN. By Telegraph to The News. COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Sept. 10. Word was received here today that a big steamship which left New York August 28th is drifting helplessly about the Atlantic in mid-ocean with a broken shaft. MILLIONAIRE BREWER PABST MARRIED. fri.e.ranh to The News. tnvnns. SeDt. 14. Gustav Pabst the Milwaukee millionaire brewer, was married at Ventmor, Isle of Wight, to day to -Miss Hilda Lernp, of St Louis. MICHIGAN CROP REPORT. ,-.,nn cant nv Michican crop - limn! since 1892. Oats will run about 25 bushels to the acre. Barley about 19 bushels, ury weamer m jured potatoes. - AUSTRALIA'S WHEAT CROP. Rw Tplperanh to The News. SYDNEYN. S. W.. Sept. 10. The m . t . : Vt a A nctn 1 ia wheal' surplus at2,500,000" bushels, for A Former Prominent Planter Empan elled on a Coroner's Jury, Tells Them That He ithe Herderer of the - Dead Man. JJy Telegraph to The News. COLUMBUS, Ohio. Sept. 13 Edgar Stirling, a prominent planter of this State, formerly of Georgia, a member of the coroner's Jury empaneled to in vestigate the death of William S. Cor nell, the contractor who was found dead last Saturday with a bullet through his brain, today made a state ment to Sheriff Bowles that he himself is the murderer of the man whose death was investigated by the jury of which he' was a member. At his own request he was placed under , arrest. He says he killed Cornell because the latter had insulted his sister, Mrs. Howell Denham. The confession has caused great ex citement here. BEST RIDERS ARE ENTERED. Huntersvilie Promises the Best Tour nament of the Season on the 23rd. Correspondence of The Nevs. HUNTERS V1LLE, Sept. 14. The last is always the best. The tournament at Huntersvilie September 23d is prom ised to be the best of the season. The most prominent riders of four counties will take part and no doubt this will be the most expert riding of the sea son, judging from the names of riders who have already entered the contest. The entries afe: Mack Henderson (Riyer Bend), Tom McCoy (Bristow), Joe Davidson (Rural Hill), Joe Wilson (Sheva), R. W. Dunn (Mount Holly), Mack Wapelt (King of Roses), John Wilson (Black Hawk), Will Mayes (Caldwell), Ed Morris (Mal lard Creek), Len Bingham (King of the Rhine), V. Blankenship (Sailor Boy), Tom Smith (King of the Anvil), Will Morrison (Cabarrus), Will Brown (King of Davidson), Walter Rhyne (Gaston), J. L. Query (Night Before 'kast). Mil ton Dowd (Old Dominion), Crag Da vidson (Clifton Heights), Frank Sam ple (Can't Make It), Monroe McCoy (Not In It), and several others. The judges are D. W. Mayes, Cald well, N. C; W. S. Caldwell, Huntersvilie- T C. Henderson, Croft. The marshals are C. A. Walker, chief, Charlotte; C. E. Walker. Huntersvilie; W. E. Hoi brook, Charlotte; T. G. Wilson, Caldwell: J. M. Potts, David son; J. O. Walker and W. B. Blythe, Huntersvilie. Two prominent lawyers of Charlotte will beliver the addresses. The tournament will be held Septem ber 23d and premises to be the most successful contest of the kind held in many a day. IREDELL S CHAIN GANG Is Doing Good Work. --Cotton on the . Mooresville Market.--They Like the New 5.' Correspondence of the News. MOORESVILLE, Sept. 14. Wagons loaded with cotton can be seen on streets by the dozens these days. The warm, dry weather is causing cotton to open fast, and farmers are kept busy gathering the fleecy staple. The crop is not near as good a-s was thought me time ago. and the price is any thing but satisfactory. to, the farmers. 1 tie quarterly meeting or the Moores ville station was held in the Methodist church at this place Saturdav. and Sun day. The revival meeting will continue throughout this week. Brick is being put on the lot adjoin ing the handsome store of W. C. John ston for the erection of a handsome brick building. Work will soon com mence on the bank building, wrhich is to be erected on the vacant lot between the Goodman House and H. N. Howard & Co. We also learn that Mr. R. H. Tomlinson will build a brick store soon on Broad street. The chaingang has been moved from the Charlotte road to the Coddle Creek road. The gang is doing some good work on south Iredell's roads, and while the majority of our citizens appreciate the work being done, there is a dispo sition on the part of some to have the gang abolished. However, we can't think that Iredell will be behind her sister counties in the way of road im provements. The school at Mooresville academy has opened up with an increased at tendance over last year. Under the wise management of Prof. Gray the school is fast growing in popularity and the people are not slow in learning that there is no better school of its kind in the State. Hurrah for the new railroad, and suc cess to our best daily, the Evening News. RECEPTION AT HUNTERSVILIE. Given by Rev. and firs. Boyce.--Fine Opening of thdillgh School. Correspondence of the News. HUNTERSVILLE, N. C Sept. 14. Last evening Rev. and Mrs. James Boyce gave an at home in honor of Miss Roxie Thompson, of Millersburg, Ky., and Miss Eva C. Gordon, of Lou isville, Ky who are their guests. It was one of the most pleasant occa sions of the season. About twenty-five couples were in attendance. The lawn was beautifully lighted up with a num ber of Japanese lanterns. Mr. and Mrs. Boyce delight in giving the young peo ple a good time. The high school opened oh last Tues day. Prof. Grey s,ays it is the best opening that he has ever had. Every thing looks encouraging and the out look promises one of the best sessions he has ever had. Boarders are coming in daily, but there is still room "for more. There will be a reception given at the hotel in honor of the visitors to the tournament. Everybody is Invited. YELLOW FEVER SITUATION. No Spread of the Disease In New Or- leansjToday. By Telegraph to The News. NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 14. No new cases of yellow fever are reported to day, though several suspicious t ases are being watched. There has been no spread of the disease in the city since last night. No death' is reported today, though it Is feared one of the St. Claude street cases will prve fatal. The total number of cases in the city is eleven. Only one death has resulted, so far as is known. TIME TO SPEAK OUT. Wants the Responsibility " for Cuba's Ruin Placed Where it Belongs. VKv TelPirranh to The NcWS. MADRID, Sept.. 11. General Ponder, in a letter to the Cuban senators and deputies, requests, them to hold a meet ing and come to a decision .regarding ih Chiban situation. :He declares, the time has come to speak out and fix the responsibility -tor the- present- ruinous Does He Come Home to Run for Sen ator? Fourth Class Postmasters. ' and the Civil Service. Textile flanu facturing In Japan. - Illness ol Mr. Faison. Tar Heels at Annapolis. Correspondence 'of The News. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1L North Carolina is faring well at the Naval Academy in Annapolis this year. Three candidates O. F. Cooper, John F. Green and I. Oliver, respectively, have successfully passed the examination and been duly admitted as cadets, with others to follow as the examination progresses. MR. FAISON VERY-ILL. Inforuiatio'iihas just been received here to the effect that Walter E. Fai son, Esq., late solicitor of the State De partment, is hopelessly ill at the sea shore near Wilmington, N. C. Mr. Fai son has a host of friends in the social as well as political circles of Washing ton who? still cherish the hope that he may reefcver his health and speedily re turn to IVashington. He came here as a $1,200 fclerk about twelve years ago, and haslsteadily risen by promotion to the position of soJicitor of the State Depart n;ent. WEAVING IN JAPAN. The cotton mill men in North Caroli na will be interested 4n learning that a report has been received at the State Department showing, to what extent the weaving industry has reached in Japan. In 1896. the report goes on to say, there were 949,123 looms, with -,-012,866 persons engaged, of which 985, 016 were women and girls. The value of the textile product for the year was $96,187,251 made up in part as follows: Silk textiles, $46,431,401; silk and cotton mixed, $10.iSl,272; cotton, $37,083,757, and hemp, $2,281,467. POSTMASTERS AND CIVIL SER- VICE. Civil service reform has taken on an other phase. Two presidential post masters, -when discharged, declined to turn -over their respective offices to their successors, but finally recanted and "threw up the sponge." Being presidential officers, . their counsel ad vised them to vacate, which they straightway did. But the fourth-clags postmasters now claim that according to the letter and spirit of the Presi dent's July order specific charges against their official integrity must be made and they given an opportunity to reply before they are liable to removal. This may prove to be a nut that will be hard to crack, and from present in dications the fourth assistant postmas ter general will have a number of suits on his hands. One thing is certain; fourth-class postmasters are . officers of the government, not appointed by the President, and not a few of them get not less than $500 and not exceeding $2. 000. As there was no reference to fourth-class postmasters in the Presi dent's order extending the civil service rules, they claim now the protecting wing of the civil service in the impar tial discharge of their official duties. Wnat it will all amount to remains to be sen. FITZ HUGH LEE'S RETURN. Gen. FiVhugh Lee's return from Cu ba just at this time is thought to pos sess political significance in the Old Do minion State, General Lee has never forgiven Senator Martin for his defeat in the race for the senate some years ago, and in political circles here and like wise across the river in Virginia it is generally conceded that Gen. Lee's re turn at this juncture is the signal for another contest with Senator Martin for the United States senate, as some of the members of the Virginia legisla ture elected this year hold over four years and vote during their term for Snator Martin's successor. It is an open secret, however, that General Lee has become inoculated with Cleveland's gold standard views, and as a result the white metal has lost many of its former attractions for the great cav alry fighter and war governor of Vir ginia. General Lee's popularity in Vir ginia has been something akin to that of the late Senator Vance's in North Carolina, but unless he can dance to free silver music he won't black the board in Virginia politics this year. There is a rumored combination be tween Governor. O'Ferrall and General Lee whereby one or the other of these dignitaries is to secure the coveted plum, but according to what Congress man Swanson says, both combined will not get a "baker's dozen" in the Vir ginia legislature on the gold standard platform. CAMPAIGN IN MARYLAND. The Maryland campagn opens in a few days and will be the liveliest po litical fight in that State for many years. Both siles are lining up for the battle, with both equally sanguine of victory. A great deal depends upon the result in Baltimore city proper, in fact, it all depends upon that former citadel of Maryland Democracy. The one hopeful and encouraging outlook for the Democrats there lies in the fact that in the city of Baltimore the .Re publicans are badly divided and fac tional fights bid fair to make serious inroads upon Republican strongholds. At best the Republicans will go into the fight on the defensive, having had the State government for about two years without affording any relief for the evils and hardships against which they complained the loudest in the last campaign. NEWSY PERSONALS. Dr. W. C. McDurlie and daughter. Miss Bertie,' of Fayetteville. N. C have been spending a few days in the city. Mr. W. S. Sheets has returned from a two weeks' pleasure jaunt to eastern North Carolina. Among the late North Carolina ar rivals are W. H. Hightower. Goldsbo- ro; J. H. Price, Faison; W. H. Wheel er, Salisbury; W. E. Bastion, Lexing ton; L. E. Harrell Statesville; W. E. Thornton. Faieon; W. B. Pate. Golds- boro; G. W. Graham, Oxford: John L. Casper. Winston, and F. W. Foster, Wilmington. UNEASINESS IN PARS. Over the Precarious Financial Condi tion of the tank of Spain. By Telegraph to The News. PARIS, Sept. 14. A great deal of uneasiness in financial circles is felt here over the precarious condition' of the Bank of Spain. Exchange on Ma drid has reached 31.50. The Bank of Spain has advanced to the Spanish government an aggregate of a hundred and fifty million pesetas. The government of Spain is in great financial difficulty and is getting in greater straits every day. The finances of the country are in a deplorable con dition. ..' WANT MINERS TO ACCEPT. Labor Leaders Want the Strike Set tled on the New Scale. By Telegraph to The News. ' mi.rMP.i'S. Ohio. SeDt. 13. The ex ecutive . committee of United... Mine Workers will issue today a- circular "ap iuai tn miners to c?eDt the terms of- ered by the operators on the basis of cotnrduv'a - resolutions. - - President Ratchford leaves tar Illinois -today to request the..mmer in tnat owner 10 come into the arrangement a pi decided upon by the contention fcaturaay. The Governor of Pennsylvania Sends tbe Militia to Latimer. Nineteen iliners Were Killed by the Deputies When Tbey Fired on the strikers. Citizens Bitterly Protest. By "Telegraph to The News. v. HAZELTON, Pa.. Sept. 11. A large detachment of the State militia, every man w ith loaded rifle and gleaming bayonet, ready for any sort of work they may be called upon to do, are on guard today at the little mining vill age of Latimer and about all the sur rounding mines. ' The Ninth regiment. State Guard, of Wilkesbarre, arrived early this morn ing. . ' It is expected that the rest of the Third brigade, sumbering about 2,500. will be in full possession of this city and the neighboring mining villages this afternoon. The brigade is commanded by Gen. Gobin, recently elected grand com mander of the Grand Army of the Re public. The governor's action in ordering out the troops was is response to a tele gram from leading citizens of Hazelton. CITIZENS PROTEST. - A mass meeting of citizens not in any way connected with the coal strike was held last night. Resolutions " were passed denouncing the shooting of the miners and protesting against the senTJing of troops on the ground that they" are not needed, and demanding the prosecution of the sheriff and the deputies who fired on the strikers. Indignation is at fever heat, and the sheriff's lame explanation is-everywhere received with expressions of disgust. NINETEEN KILLED. The official report made this morning shows that nineteen were killed and forty-one "wounded In the shooting af fair yesterday. Eleven were instantly killed, four died during the night and four died this morning. SEIZED AMERICAN SCHOONER The Crew Imprisoned. Action of the Honduras Government. By Telegraph to The News. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. The State Department received news today that the government of Honduras has con fiscated the American schooner Alice Vane and imprisoned her crew on the charge of smuggling at Port Oma. Act ing Consul Bernhard is investigating the alleged outrage and will report the exact state of affairs asoon as possi ble. This seizure may lead to comHea tions between the government 01 iioi duras and this country. ''- 3u& THE SETTLEMENT REJECTED. The Big Coal Strike Will Continue. Resolutions Denouncing Pittsburg Deputies. By Telegraph to The News. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 11. The miners' leaders In convention today voted to reject the 65 cents per ton of fered by the coal mine operators. The exact vote has not been given out, but it is said the majority against the set tlement was large. It is claimed some delegates cast more votes than they were entitled to. A resolution denouncing the action of the deputies jn the Pittsburg district in firing upon the Hazelton miners will certainly be passed in the convention today. BANK OF ENGLAND HELPS SILVER. Will Probably Agree to Keep One- Fifth of Its Reserve in That Metal. By Telegraph to The News. LONDON, Sept. 11. Bankers here refuse to believe that the Bank of Eng land will agree, as reported, to keep one-fifth of its reserve in silver, not withstanding . the urgent request for this action which, it is .believed, is be ing made by bimetallic 'members of the government. The definite statement is expected at a forthcoming meeting oftht directors of the bank. If the bank would take sucji action it would go a long way toward restor ing confidence in silver, and English bimetallists regard this concession as a distinct victory. SAGASTA ON SPA N'S TROUBLES Cuban Rebellion Spreading, Danger in the Philippines and Activity Among the Carl ist. By Telegraph to The News. MADRID. Sept. 14. Senor Sagasta. the Liberal leader, in an interview, on the subject of ttie Cuban Insurrection, says the uprising is spreading consid erably instead of dying out. He says the situation in the Philippine Islands is serious, and the Carlist propaganda in Spain cannot be viewed with indiffer ence. He expresses the belief that a reconciliation between -the political par ties of Spain is Impossible so long as the Conservatives are in power. He refused to talk on Spain's relations with the United States. BANDS OF MARCHING MINcRS. Infest the District No Word From the Cavalry. flrc Miners on Strike. By Telegraph to TheNews. HAZELTON, Pa., Sept. 14. News has been received at bridge headquarters that the district where the Coxe mine are located is infested this morning Wltn uanas 01 marcning miners. No word has yet come from the cav alry troops which were sent to the scene early this morning. The Audenreid miners refused to re turn to work today. - The Stockton men went out this morning. BOUND FOR CUBA. Another Filibustering Expedition Starts From tbe Florida Coast. By Telegraph to The News. ; JACKSONVILLE,'' Fla.. Sept. 11. Is formatlon received from Carrabelle last night" aniiounced'that a filibustering ex pedition "left there on a schooner at daybreak, carrying thirty Cubans, be sidacrns.and airtmunition. - It is believed that the transfer will be made outside to some otherWessel, I w nich htakenhe runvtCbai'.. ---- -i- ;-, --v .---": HANNAVTHRIFT. Using the Funds of the Republican Na tional Commttee to" Buy His Seat in the Senate. Rumored Action of the Bank of England. Gary In the Field For Senator. -Correspondence of the News. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. Boss Han na has all the proverbial thrift of the very rich man. He knows the art of making others pay for what he wants for himself, and he is utilizing it in the Ohio campaign. Although there are no national issues in the Ohio campaign, the Republican National Committee is taking part in it and is putting up mon ey liberally to help Hanna get that coveted election to the Senate. To all intense and purposes. Boss Hanna and his man Dick, who are the managers of the Republican campaign In Ohio, control the Republican National Com mittee and the surplus it had left in its treasury from the big contributions to the McKinley fund, and fears are ex pressed on 'fne part of Republicans from other States, who had hoped to finger some of that surplus in the Con gressional campaign next year, that it will all be spent In Ohio this year, and some of them do not hesitate to say that Hanna ought to use his own mon ey in his efforts to buy his return to the Senate. Boss Hanna is also making the Government of the United States assist him. to the extent of many thous ands of dollars', by carrying through the mails free, under Congressional frank, a bulky volume, printed at the Government printing office in the form of the Congressional Record and con taining speeches and complications from public documents. This volume as it first appeared, contained extracts from newspapers and was therefore not 'frankable. The revised edition, now being out, has left out the news paper extracts. , GARY IN THE FIELD. A new Republican candidate for Sen ator Gorman's seat has added to Re publican confusion in Maryland, and to the growing belief in the certainty that the legislature will be carried by the Democrats. Postmaster General Gary is the new candidate, although the announcement of his candidacy was prematurely made. He has - got the Senatorial itch very bad. and had hop ed by the aid of postmasters and other followers to have had a thoroughly or ganized machine in every county of the State before allowing it to become public that he was a candidate, but somebody leaked. He refuses now to confirm, deny or in any way discuss the matter. He probably wants to find out "where he is at" before committing himself. DISCRIMINATING DUTIES. Although Attorney General McKenna was indignantly emphatic in declaring that he did not intend to consult with Mr. McKinley about the opinion he is to give as to the proper construction to be placed upon the clause of the tariff imposing discriminating duties, he did that very thing. And he Sid not even have the satisfaction of waiting until Mr. McKinley came back to Washing ton to consult with him, but was or dered up to Somerset, Pa., where Mr. McKinley was to talk the matter over. opinion Is still held back, and it vHI be discussed at the Cabinet meet ing which Mr. McKinley has called. It is probable also that the Cabinet will discuss the verbal report made by Con sul General Fitz Lee, who Is in Wash ington, on Cuban affairs. It is under stood that after this Cabinet meeting-, Mr. McKinley will go away again to re main a couple of weeks. MAY HELP SILVER. In the opinion of the silver men, now in Washington, the action of the Bank of England in deciding to hold one-fifth of its reserve in silver, will not prove any direct benefit to silver, but they believe it will help silver indirectly by increasing public interest in Europe in the principle, of bimetallism. They think that the action on the part of the Bank of England was taken more to conciliate the growing silver sentiment in Great Britain than as a result of the visit of the bimetallic commission to England and its conferences with rep resentatives of the Government of Great Britain. Some of the silver men regard the whole business as nothing more than a trick on the Dart of the gold standard financiers of England to make the silver men there and over here believe that they are gradually coming around to bimetallism of their own accord, in preference to waiting until they are compelled to do so. These gentlemen are firmly of the opinion that England will never willingly adopt bi metallism, and that the only way to get her to do so is to force It, and the way to force it is for the United States to adopt bimetallism independently or In conjunction with as many European Governments as may desire to Join the move. MORE CASES OF FEVER In New Orleans. A New Case Traced to Scranton, fllss. Strict Quaran tine. Spe-cial to The News. , NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 13. The offi cial board of health bulletin this morn ing says of the situation up to last night: "Board of experts have declared six of the twelve cases previously re ported as suspicious to be yellow fever. Also that four of these cases are now convalescent. "The remaining six cases presented fever of so mild a type that no fear is entertained. "A new case, the infectious origin of which is traceable to Scranton. Miss., and diagnosed as yellow fever, exists on Esplanada street, corner of Mero. "Strict quarantine is maintained in connection with all of these cases. Another large crowd of frightened southerners were aboard No. 36, the Southern's fat mall to Washington, this morning. A News reporter, in conversation with a gentleman from New Orleans, learns that the situation Is much worse than the press dispatch es would indicate. This gentleman states that many cases of yellow fever exist that the health authorities never see nor hear of. There are such rigid quarantine laws in effec. that the family of these stricken ones will not report the case for fear that the authorities will make unnecessary trouble for them. The News' Informant Is a prominent business man of New Orleans and was en rojte to New York. NACK TRIAL BEGINS WEDNESDAY fkv Tr.lojrranh to the News. kpav YORK. Sent. 13. The exami nation of Augusta Nack, and Martin Thorn, charged with murdering Wil liam Guldensuppe, will- not be taken up by the Queens county grana jury uniu W(.dnfriav morning. There was a great crowd in the court house this morning wnen it was ex peeted the trial would begin. WANTS TO KILL HlMSELF. Bv Telegraph to the News. BAT A VIA, N. Y., Sept. 13. Howard C. Benham who was Saturday sentenc ed to death in November for poisoning his wife, declares he will commit sui cide before the' time- etir. his execu tion. A clone -watch will be kept on him day.Aod-nigtit' Benk&m was tak en, to Auburn prison tats morning. WHOLESALE HANGING OF BURGLARS IN INDIANA. Five House Breakers Caught la the Act at Versailles, Were Carried to the Nearest Tree and Promptly Hanged. By Telegraph to The News. LOUISVILLE, Ky.,- Sept. 15. A re port reached here this morning that five men were hanged at the little town of Versailles, Ind., last night. They were caught in the act of breaking into a house. The burglars were at once seized by a crowd ot angry citizens and promptly hanged. The many bur glaries in the neighborhood in the past few weeks have driven the people ot the community to frwnsy. Their determination to make an ex ample of the offenders who have caused so much trouble was carried out with dispatch. Versailles is the county seat of Rip ley clunty, and is a town of about a thousand inhabitants. Those hanged were Lyle Levi, Bert Andrews, Clifford Gordon, William Jenkins . and HIney Shuloff. They are from Milan, Surmon and surrounding villages. The greatest excitement prevails throughout the entire section in which the affair occurred. This is probably the first time five men were ever lynched at one time in this section. TWO CROWDED TROLLEY CAR3 COL- ' LIDED IN CHICAGO. oaded Down With Suburbanites Go ing Into the City to Their Day's Work.-BothMotomen Killed, and ' Nearly Every Passenger Injured. By Telegraph to The News. CHICAGO, Sept. 14. Two elfctric cars on a suburban railway this morning collided at full speed on a long stretch Cf single track on Harlem avenue in the suburb of La Orange. The accident happened about 7 o'clock, when the tratfic on the road is very heavy. I". Nearly all the passengers of both trains were injured in the shake-up. The motormen of both cars will die. Fourteen passengers reported are se riously injured and a number of others were painfully hurt. A heavy mist over the track kept the motormen from seeing each other's cars and when It was discovered it was too late to avoid the accident. This is one of the most fatal acci dents that has ever occurred In the op eration of electric railways. ESCAPED ON HIS OWN GALLOWS. Edward Flannagan, the Notorious At lanta Murderer, Broke Jail This Morning. ' By Telegraph to The News. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 15. Edward C. Flanagan, who murdered three persons a little over a year ago, was tried, con victed and sentenced to be hanged next week, escaped from DeKalb county jail at Decatur this morning. He evidently escaped by climbing out of the window of his cell to the gallows on which Horace S. Perry, was hanged last week, which had been left stand isg to be used in putting Flanagan to death. ' The Flanagan trial was one of the most sensational in the annals of the Georgia courts, and the murderer was an example of the decadent criminal. TILL UNION LABOR WINS The Strike Will Continue Carney Says. West Virginia Situation. By Telegraph to The News. FAIRMOUNT, W. Va., Sept. 15. 'We are goig to fight the battle until every operator in West Virginia rec ognizes union labor," said W. A. Car ney today, summing up the mining sit uation in West V irginia. - The strike will be protracted until the operators in this State sign tbe scale. STILL ON STRIKE. SHARON, Pa., Sept. 15. Miners of this county have signified their deter mination of contlnuisg the strike. They claim they will hold out for the 69-cest rate aad 43 cents for the run of tbe mines. KILLED BY A FELLOW PATIENT. Insane flan Pummeled to Death In a Newark Asylum. By Telegraph to The News. NEWARK, N. J., Sept. 14. Henry Green, an aged patient of the Essex County Hospital for the Insane, was pummeled to death by a. fellow patient this morning. It is said his cries were heard a block away, but none of tbe hospital attendants heard them. The authorities are endeavoring to keep the matter quiet. An Investiga tion will be made. MCKINLEY RETURNS HOME. Cabinet fleeting Tomorrow. resi dent to Coats oue His Vacation. Ey Telegraph to The News. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. President McKinley and party, together with At torney General McKenna, left Somer set. Pa., this morning and are expect ed to arrive in Washington at & o'clock this afternoon. A cabinet meeting has been called for tomorrow. It is reported that after this meeting the president will continue his vacation, 1 pending tbe time until October 1st in the New England States. FOUND $174 NUGGET. Mr. J. A. Rogers, who lives about six miles from Charlotte, found a nugget of gold on his plantation which is said to have assayed $147 worth of gold. He brought It to the city today. SIX THOUSAND MORE FOR CUBA. By Telegraph to The News. MADRID. Sept. 15. The government is concentrating a force o 6,000 troops, destined for Cuba, where they will be sent immediately. $50,000 GOLD ROM CUBA. By Telegraph to The News. NEW YORK, Sept. 15. The United State assay office today received $50,000 in gold from Havana. policy upon its promoters. : - -:- .;V - ' v N .... S. V