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V 1. RALEIGH. K. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 181P2. ISTo. 68 MORNIMG i JL r. t. i A . t c - I t -. - :. ft Newport to its Center j'si:33ined in a Love Affair i Yeuns New York Man lakes His Life with a Pistol Imprisoned in Ice . Rome, Aug. 18.-The Buenos Ayres correspondent of the JSecolo cables that further news has been received there or the Nordenskjold Antarctic expedition 'lhe vessel is imprisoned in the ice. and preparations had been commenced to pro ceed in dog cledges; The health of the members of the party was excellent., . ks : O'Brien toBe Given Up 1 v Kt If An::. I. The greatest ?en t l.U- that ever tuok place ew;.:t happened this ... z : Mr. Hubert 1L Hejning i Y-rk h- society expected. -v Mi May Van Alien, the :.r r of .Mr. James J. n t -rted nii-ile by sbo.ninc. at ewrv-t fahiona!vIe clubs. early in the after . . ' - iy were the particulars : i: was nt ctnerally known . i xl." sfternoou when news !'v n!ont tht cottage colony, arrived here from New Friday niht and went !.: r-Kus at the I.ifrrge k ". Saturday and Sunday -. :!: h-tirdinz huse and oa ! :t this morning he went : - a-u: n M,n and eating a ';. Aitir lunch he went to r. :n where he remained -,.!- was taken out by the r:?i-.f tVrc has been a re : i r Mr. Ktmhigton himself :h u he and Miss May - .!! !? married at New . l.Vh of September. Aboi .. . It wa reported that the i T and had !een post " 1 ;-.'!y and thst in all proba ... " t'ver occur. In answer v . i:.rn:nctoa said that there r.- ihin-:. in the plan for rhnr it would take ' H-v -i M also that he thmtzht V.'t A'.'n was the prrer owe .-irrmrerujnts vnhl. and -.-vr rfed. In the face of - -t t impossible to pet an i-r-'T., -t fr-m the Van Aliens -z" t.i I.-wik to society folk as - .xf n welding were not " -n. v- I: v: ui-irron's return to New- ; .-r'ry r-)n to hclre that - ...i Mi Van Allen, al- m been stated since the m- rVy were seen together T":.' i probably not so. as '-t rh.nt a nte was sent to - rr r frm Ml Van Allen t h: brTklln -honse. and . r- : he ba been Terr d . T' ! nyrnlnr Mr. Heminrfm - JIi Van Allen, hrd .. r re.vrtn to le!iere that ... t r. t.rane after Mr. Rem- n rit mncn an l cne -r rvm. a reply was re- Hvr!:rir hne, but then .--n tjd probably dead. It v th apirtments occnpiM - :-.' ! were fn?nred y rer f take poe .! f-"j this, it i inferre.1. - ' .i;H to Taeate them -ir- r -r-r.ittel snicide In his and near by on the floor' was the re volver with which he had taken hi life. Medical Examiner Ecroyd was sum- tu,. am, aiter maKing a tnoronsa ex- Ronton, Aug. 13. Corporal R. T. mmnatun of the body he pronounced O'Brien, who was arrested in North me cause of death the result of shots ia9icted by his own Iuinds. Dr., Ecroyd found that throe chambers of the re volver had been emptied, bnt Only two wounds conld be found. One was at the right temple which the doctor sa!d was superficial in cnaraeter, and wes evidently the first shot fired. The other shot was fired into the mouth, the bullet takinjr an npward course thrsush the rof of the mouth and through the brain which ended his life. No other wouuds tould be found. Undertaker Cotrreil was lmmediatfly sent for and the body was removed to the nnder;akcr's rooms in Thames street, where it now is awaiting a claim ai?t. There was no one in Newport to take ac;ion in the matter and Jlis Van Allen hat taken no action whatever. It is undej-stood thtt Mr. Remington's brother.Nwho is in Pittsburg, haa been notified. It Is also understood Mr. Rem Inpron left a note for Miss Van AIKmi which has not been read. The general impres:on seems to pre vail in. Newport that Miss Van Allen had given Mr. Remington np and that he. felt . so bad over it that he took hi life. Mr. Remington is a son of the late Elward Remington, whose family sev er;'X yoars aeo was very prominent in social arvi business circles In Philadel phia, both cf his parents having been dead for some years, j Mr. Remington's mother was the daughter of Judn. Reading of New .Ter ser and a great-granddauzhter of Colo nial (Governor John Reading. lie was related to the Stocktons of Boston, the Morrises of Philadelphia and of Robert Astor Chanler. Mr. Jtemlnjrton was ad mitted to the bar' In Philadelphia in and went t Pittburg to practice -Soon after that he and his brother be came intf rested in the advertising busi ness and they founded the firm of Rem- inzton Brothers, the deceased later com ing to New York, where he opened branch orTlces, which became the firm's headquarters. Mr. Van Allen said that an engagement between Miss Van Allen and Mr. Rem ington dkl exist at one time, but that it had been bmken quite a while. This had leen done for what the Van Aliens thonirnt root! and sufficient reasons. HORRIBLE GRIME A Woman Assaulted, Robbed and Murdered Richmond, Va.. Aug. IS. News of a horrible crime at Quinton, New Kent county, has just reached the city. A white woman living near that place came to Richmond Saturday mominz and Adams on a charge of perjury before collected a sum of money and left on A short- while afterwards her dead body was found on the roadside near Quinton. Iler thToat had been cut, two bullets fired into her, body and she had been assaulted. .. A negro named Johnson is said to have been acquainted with .the object of the woman's visit to Richmond, and he was missing .from his usual haunts. The whole county is up in arms and a late report. says that the-man was caught in the United States Senate committee of inquiry into the war in the Philippines, waa today ordered to be delivered into the custody of the Washington authori ties by Jndge Lowell, of the - United States coirrt. O'Brien will be taken to Washington at once. . Troops Not Needed North Platte, Neb iug. 18. After conferences with General Manager Dickinson and other Union Pacific rail read officials and with a committee of strikers and citizens Governor Savage today announced that he did not think it necessary to call out the state militia to guard railroad property at this point. He said that should' the sheriff or mayor make a request for troops he would act promptly. One of the railroad officials was hang ed in effigy last ni?ht, but the strikers disclaim responsibility for the act. $ Made Duplicate Keys Washington, Aug. IS. A mail robbing In the Philippines has been reported to the war department, and Sergeairt Mur ray II. Lewis of the Sixteenth infantry is suspected of being implicated. He was the mail cleTk at Apairi, in northern I i-nzan. wnere i,ouj in goia was snippea by an army paymaster to Manila. When the sealed boxes in which the money had been placed were opened at Manila they .were found to contain only worth less papers. An investigation disclosed that Lewis, who was detailed as mail clerk at Apslri, had made duplicate keys of the money boxes. A warrant for his arrest was issued. $ The Late Colonel Hemphill .Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 18. The body of Colonel W. A. HemphilL who died hero suddenly last night will be buried afc five o'clock tomorrow evening. Colonel Hemphill was one of the most prominent business men of the eouth. He was one of ,the founders of the Atlanta Con stitution, and wasT business manager of the Drooertr nntil a year ago. He was No Southern Tour Washington,' Aug. 18. The belief is expressed that the' president, after his return from the northwest October 7, will decide to make no other tours and that the contemplated one to the south west will be declared off. . fr , i ; - ' . J. r. Feared a Lynching Baltimore, Aug. 18. William Kent, 'colored, was brought to Baltimore this morning from Calvert county, where the people are so incensed against him that the authorities feared a lynching. On August 5 he is alleged to have assaulted the seventeen-year-old son of Mr. Ed ward Swan, a' prosperous farmer of the county, with a hot, xrrushing his skull in three places. The youth is still alive, but in a (precarious condition. ' .. '. Kanakas in the Navy Washington, Aug. 18. The training ta jail. Prom repor!s receive SaKs wit nltot ed a." here it is "believed be. lynched. 1- - ' .-'I from the read- i r- znri to the shot ; r-rr have leen in- . r: no inf "rmntPn. . t '.tr It read in? room . M- l:Ti;n!rton was in the r.- . -nnd fl-wr of the 'v: " a nnie was heard - Tr .-,n made by an r : wh" : M-! got to be o t ! r a room thit - n- pi-. firt. Shortly ' i '-r r .riel the clerk in p".-' ? hid h.lrd the noie f .-r .-.:ri..l !!ke shot from ir: ..f the lie. An inves- one- beenn and npon r -a cf the eeond fli"r r -a tv a., found Ijing on the -.f?r ir.l. He wa neatly a waiv flannel outing suit also identified with several prominent When pressed for an explanation of thi j business enterpriees and, himself a Con federate veteran, has been a conspicn- Mr. Van Allen seemed reluctant to! . . a. a 1 ( Miss Van Allen thought it best to break I " Vu nrnQtorr off the engagement, as they rerarde-l cnoampmeir .s, where his conciliatory Mr. Remington as unreliable and of I nml patriotic addresses were euthuslas- nnbalancfsl mind. Yesterday, Mr. an,ticaIly received. Alen said. Mr. Remington wrote to Mi Van Allen -rery nice letter. In which he apologized for all former let ters he had sent her in which he misbt have nsed expressions that had caused ! her rrief. which note was Moros on the War Path Washington. Aug. 18. General Chaffee answered i todav cabled the war department that bv Miss Van Allfn. but which had been the situation among the Moros in Min- re-covered by Miss n Allen, it having t danao is serious, and will require the A DlfTereat Version Richmond, Va., Aug. 18. Mrs. dough, a comely young woman, "wife of a New Kent county farmer, ?.as attacked by a negro boy about 18 years of age Sat urday, afternoon a short distance from her home. She fought him gamely and he was finally frightned away after bearing her almost into insensibility, and tearing all her clothes off. Her husband heard her screams, but did not go to her assistance, thinking it was the outcry of children playing in the woods. Armed men searched for the negro all Saturday night and all day Sunday finally discovering him hidden in the woods. The leaders of the sosse per suaded the hot headed ones not to lynch the negro. He was carried 'to the county jail and will be given a speedy trial. THE SHAH IN LONDON Striker Shot Dead by a Deputy Sheriff Excitement Started That Wail Expected to Result in a General Riot in Pan ther Creek Valley len found at the La forge cottage where Mr. Reniinrton wa boarding, with the seal nnbroken. It is very evident that this note ff.n sent after Mr. Remington hid taken hf. life. Further than this Mr. Van Allen did nor care to speak on the subject and M' Van Allen could not be seen. Mis Van Allen was first Informed f Mr. Remrnzton's suicide by her father-. who broke the news to her as gently . a Trs.iMe. Miss Van Allen was much distressed over the "news. In breaking the news to his daughter Mr. Van Allen told her that it was much better for one to go than three, evidently meaning by this that eventually rf they had been married and considering Mr. Reming ton of unbound mind, he would have not only killed himself, but his daughter and himself, i immediate inauguration of an aggressive campaign. ' The defenses of Bacolod, he states, are In the hands if the Moros. and the pres ence -of American troops in the vicinity has been" followed by renewed hostilities. In the opinion of General Chaffee a de cisive movement against the Motos should be made at once. General Chaffee has notified the war His Majesty Arrived All Ablaze with Diamonds London, AuglS. The bhah of Persia, Muzaffar Ed-Din, and his suite who ar rived at Dover yesterday reached Lon don today and took up their residence at Marlborough Hons, .as guests of King Edward In accordance with the Persian monarch's expressed wish the -.rain from Dover only traveled twenty miles an hour. He therefore had plenty of time to array himseT In' full-state uniform, and when he left the train at Victoria station he was resplendent in a blaze of diamonds. On his tarboosh (cap) a huge diamond fiiood out like a headlight, his epau lettes were adorned with large emeralds and his breast was covered with jewels of all kids. The gems worn by the members of the Shah's suite were only a little less rich than those of his1 maj esty. The Prince of Wales, Lord Lans downe, the foreign minister; Lord Rob erts, the commander in chief and the members of the Persian legation and others met the royal traveler at the sta tion. The Prince of Wales and the Shah shook "bands and the -visitor was i i HUIl." UH f lTTll rii i uwis ti. - " ' : - Stee! Magnate Will Drop Out of Business V. 1 1 ccrnsininp Mustarinne in Kp- card to His Physical Condition-Will Go Off to Recuperate i.. 1 I L . Anr. A special dispatch i. 1'a.. to the Pittsburg Dis- t 'lnr!s M. Schwab of the ft Siee! Corporation has ac-advK-e .f physMans and has r?ire indefinitely from an life. He will leave k nne quiet nk In a ''. hTe nt an tn-ho of i he has led ran reach f r-.nati..n i authentic. tIr. 'r i-irc tht Xehu-nK hnm. '.-r intr.re nf his patient's 1-e leametl through biia. ih i not cuSiied to hi .:ds imieh of his time' on "rirtdj tvhieh afford fresh N,.a; Tiew of the mono f. Il is a!) s with his r-nrrnts. ' :; part of Mr. Schwab's ' ': K i alwarn within view w a r.i!i t hi- Ioue.- yet he j -r aaj i-r-n to aporoach -' u th Tioitor to the " a creeted with a hearty 1 a Ti-.ir.MM handshake. Now 'r rit nt ,J entrance and V "-wab cannot be seen. th family receive the and mne has been able T "resident Schwab since " k to hi home." r"';tideat then continues as "i this town. who. still 5ri l.eraue of their early - "inaiatance with him. are it rropetive leparture. i- a sick man and are r r , am that he will spend ita ia an effort to regain his i "The presence of sisters belonging to the Order of Mercy in his home day and night since Thursday was another indication of illness. The nuns were not visitors, but it is generally known that they are nursing the man who has so many times . befriended them and their institutions. "The knowledge of the people of Lo retto is that Mr. Schwab is going away somewhere. Ills destination will be kept a secret and hewill do nothing but seek health nntll his nerves have leen restored to their normal condition and his mind fully relieved of the great strain resulting from so many business cars. .. "It was after learning that, his health was very bad and that he Intended to devote a year's time to recuperating that I passed into the grounds leading to the palatial home on the mountain top. "Mrs. Schwab aki that her husband would not see any person and had not been receiving Tisitors for several days. Mr. Schwab sat on a couch within hear ing of our voices. A paper was before his eyes. He exhibited no Interest and made no attempt to move. VRnsiness associates, it Is said, have met with a similar reception during the pat two days. Mr. Schwab has been directed by his doctors to rid his mind of all bnsiness cares and he is obeying the orders rigorously. "Inqnary among the people of the town wh have conversed with the Schwabs fully corroborates the stories that he Intend to retire from active business life. Ills friends, however, deny that if be leaves the United States Steel Corporation it will be at the dictation of any person other than himself." Brello is Silent Kew York. Aug. 18. General ATJulie Rrello, coitsia of -President Castro of Venezuela and administrator of the po litical prison In Caracas, arrived here Saturday on the steamer Orange from Nassau. IIe is" reticent abont the rebel lion in Venezuela. He also refuses to dfvulge the object of his visit. own judgment the question of beginning an active campaign. S POU IN' WASHINGTON He Leaves for Maine to Enter the Canvass Washington, Ang. 18. Special. Con gressman Pou. arrived Sunday, and after a conference with leaders at Demo cratic haedquarters left this afternoon for Maine to take part in the cam paign in the Pine Tree State. He goes to Thompson, where he will speak Wed nesday. Four other engagements have been "arranged for him by the Maine State committee. Mr. Pon thought that he would be unable to go to Maine, but Chairman Griggs would not let him break his promise. Otis Stocksdale has signed with the Baltimore American League team and will be given a trial this week. v NEW DOCTOR FOR THE PRESIDENT Washington, Aug. IS. Dr. George Au gustus Lung, surgeon United States naw. has ben selected by the nap' department for duty as surgeon to the president to succeed Dr. J. F. Urie, who was made assistant chief of the bureau of medicine and- surgery. Dr. Lung was born in New YotIc and en tered the naval service in 18&S. His excellent Tecord and active service com mended him to the navy department for his new assignment. He was with the naval erpedltion to Samoa In 1S00. when a number of American seamen lost their liTes in an attack upon hostile natives. His gallant work with that expedition earned for him a special letter from sWretnrv Long complimenting him npon his heroic attention to duty.. He was later artacnea in iu "'IT" 1 1 "V,:- iHnmrb Telenhone to Pekln and was speciaujr rmumtuucu pumn- i-j, -- , -V fnr his excellent service. hp j n' i t'ompan iuui- .uyii.aj ii io ureveut il qnently conducted the ShaV to a roya! carriage and they drove off, escorted by a detachment of Life guards and follow ed by other carriages. The route to Marlborough House was lined with ... i troops. The weatner was miseraoie, so the sightseers were not numerous. A LG ERINDEcTd E D prentice boys. This was the fir-st ex periment of the iind, the: prihibition against enlisting foreigners as appren tices having operated against St up to the time the Hawaiian Islands were an nexed. The boys proved very apt and got on alt right with the white appren tices. When .the. ship returned to Hono lulu, however, four of them turned up missing. They left! word that they did not like the service. ' '- Soldiers Deceived London, Aug. IS. Time-expired Scuth African . soldiers have been the victims of a curious delusion which is causing the officials of the United States em bassy considerable annoyance. Former British soldiers who have served against the Boers have been applying in numbers at the embassy for enlistment in the American army in the Philippines. They all tell the same story, saying a report was in circulation at Cape Town and Durban, that the United States was en listing ex-British soldiers for service in those islands. At the London embassy scores of applicants have already been turned away, greatly disappointed. .. g Strained Relations withTurkey Constantinople, 3Cug. 18. The non execution by the Turkish government of agreements reached long ago on sev eral questions affecting the interests of; American citizens has led to somewhat strained relations between the "s uited States legation and the porte. The United States minister, J'olm G. A. Leishman, has informed the latter that he will not discuss other matters until the terms of the settlements al ready agreed upon ar.e carried out. Dip lomatic circles anticipate further undue delay, and . that this may possibly lead to a sharp reminder from the United States. S . ' Asiatic Squadron Divided ; Washington, Aug. 18. Advices have been received at the navy department i that Rear Admiral Kodgers. commander- ; in-chief of the Asiatic squadron, has divided his force into two squadrons. une or inese win remaia m - viimese and JaDanese waters. It is under com mand of Rear Admiral Evajls and con- roll conss of vellels inThe PhUipnes j o send a regtoent to Lansford -to pre- and is commanded by Kear Admiral Tmaijaav Pa., Ang. 18. In a clash 'hetweea strtirlaig miners and1 reputy eheaHEs employod 3y the Lehigh, Coal and Narlgastjn' .Oomipany t Nesquehon- ins,t 50 o'clock th afternoon. Pat- ricik iShaaipV strike leadler, was shct and tortasntly Kflledi the bullet, a SS-calibre. paestog tfcawjghfhis heart. This evening offls wf the United 'Mine Workers swore out a wasrrant for the arrest of tiairry atcBlry, a. deputy, charging him Vfith homicide. Tlbe affray has treated intense escitiemht 5roughowt the entire JPaairth'Qr creek valley. S extending from ralniaqn'a to isieuehonin and com- prisng a (population of about . 22,000, and it is tfeaasd that one of the "lSost -serious riots that' has ever tatoen "place- tn the amthraicite region will occur 'before morn tug. The hooting voccoiredi in the main street of esquebjonkig, a little mining town naTing a population of aibout l,G0O. Sharp and two companions had been idrinttng in a fialoon when some on told them that five deputies were coming down the.-street. The men then went out and met them. Walking up to one of the deputies, Sbairp- called htm a vile name and then said: "You would look more like v a man. if you did not wear that star." - Sharp then tried- to tear the star from; the officer's coat, and strug gling, the officer saw that "Sharp was tntewf -utpbn ;ba'ting hlmt down pulled his revolver and shot him. With a inoan the striker fell to the gTotmd"'deaB. The Ibullet passed through the center of his heart coming oat of Jiis' Vack. After the shooting, tihe deputies, witjx drawn revolvers .made their way down the street to the SfesquelKMiiiig,; colliery, where they were ' employed. A heavy ifiorce of, officers armed with carbines, were seat to the place to roard them. harp'te ibody was picjked1 up and carried to the railway station. , (When the news of his death reached his home to Lansford a mob of abonit Cour hundred gathered ancf started1 on a march over the mountain ' to 'Nesqnehoai ing with the ipurpose in view of WTealj ing'' vengeance -uipom the depnties. . Be fore they arrived the officers were spirit ed away. When Sharp's ibody arrived at 'Lansfor d an immense crowd had gath ered' and.maaiy ugly threats were made. 'Sharp has taken a cons-pi cuotis part in the rioting which has occurred in the "Panther creek valley, itle . was under five distinct indictments charged with rioting and! (breach of the peace. He was about 30 years of age and' single. At eight o'clock Assistant Superinten dent Baird tShyder applied to General Gefotn in command of the detachment of ivationajlt : guard on duty at Shenandoah aiiJ that Ire was willing to-end troopv. b-ut that he-oould not do eo rrntll the Sheriff of the county had assured him, that' their rrosenco was necary. At 9 o'clock Sheriff Gembert was in ronr eultation with hi lawyer iHo refusal to say whether ho would ask, for troop' or not. roafareae tk tiik Troabl Wildes. It consists of twenty-seven war vessels and supply ships. Admiral Wildes has as his flagship the former distilling ship Rainbow, which was re fitted in elegant style at the New York naw yard. She will remain anchored at Cavite. The Rainbow's name has not been changed. ' ' THE TICKET4N STOKES Not Certain Whether to Be a Candidate for Senator Detroit, Aug. IS. When Gen. R. A. Alger, former secretary of war, was asked today if he was ready to an nounce his candidacy for the United States Senate to succeed the late James McMillan, hp said: "Upon mature consideration I have decided to consider the matter a few days longer before arriving at a deter mination. I shall reach a decision some imo this week." This is taken to mean that General Alger may not be a candidate after all. The News this afternoon says: "If his health permits, William C. McMillan will be a candidate for United States Senator to succeed his father. This statement is practically authorita tive although he has told some of his closest personal and political friends that he wishes to hold the matter in abeyance for a short time." TELEPHONE TROUBLES Company Applies fora Blank . et Injunction New Orleans, Aug. 18. In its petition for a blanket injunction against the striking linemen, which was only made -oitirxr nrdera in New lork. harln? uan tvvrmed against it to prevent bPen detached from active service lastifrom operating its service in this city. In addition to alleging that the union December. Fifteen Years for Andrews Detroit, Aug. 18. Judge Murphy, In recorder's coutr today sentenced Frank C Vndrews, who was found guilty Sat urday of misapplying and misappropria ting funds of the wrecked City Savings bank, to fifteen years at hard labor in Jackson prison. He had previously re fned to grant Andrews bail pending ho settlement or me um muuno ltbat hla attorneys will file. men are picketing the railroad depot persuading new men from taking, ser vice with the company and stoning those who are already at work, it charges that the strikers are crossing the telephone wires throughout the eity with the high tension wires of other companies and thus burning up the lines of the company and pntting them out of business. The company claims that oil-its plans for extension of its lina In New Orleans prove to be at a stand still hy the action of the strikers. Winners Named to Lead the Democrats to Victory Winston-Salem. N. C, Aug. IS. Spe-. cial. The Democrats of Stokes county nominated a strong and winning ticket Saturday. The convention, which was held at Danbury, was the biggest and most enthusiastic ever held in the county. There were S00 people in attendance. Below is given the ticket nominated: For House of Representatives. -Eugene S. "Withers;: for sheriff, Dee Tillotson; for clerk of sourt, J. II. Hilton; for register of deeds. Frank Brown; for treasurer, T. M. Mitchell. The conven tion endorsed Mr. D. W. Bailey of Flkin for State senator from Surry and Stokes. - ' - . BACKED BY MILLIONS - ' . : Charlotte Capitalists Organize a Cotton Oil Company V Charlotte, N. C. Aug. 18. Special. The Charlotte Refinery Company, with a capital of $150,000. was chartered today. The company will meet: Tuesday night, when a permanent organization will take place. The incorporators are C. W. John-son, W. E. Holt, J.! S. Spen cer of Charlotte and a party from South Carolina. Mr. J. S. Spencer, one of the incorcorators. today admitted that ythe company would operate in opposition to j the Virginia-Kjaroima unemicai -jm-p-any. The enterprise is said to be backed by millions. . Tuesday and Wednesday the Elders and Deacons' Institute of Mecklenburg Presbytery will convene in Steel Creek church, this county. A. number of good speakers will be on hand. An Army Officer Drowned Austin. Aug. 18. A private telegram tms received here last night announcing the death by drowning of Second Lieu tenant Ralph E. McDowell of the 12th United States cavairy. The 'tragic acj cident occurred near Fort Clark, Texas. LMr. McDowell was oatmng in jrinto creek when he was seized with cramps and was drowned'before aid could reach Second Lieutenant Oscar. &. Laisk serve order. He -said that the entire val ley was in a riotous state and that the company feared for the safety .of their men 4as the strikers swore that they would wipe out eyery scah during the night or in the m'orn'rng. General Gobin. Atlantic City, Aug. IS. An Import9rl! conference over the coal strike situ.itiou occurred tonight at United "States Sena- ' tor Quay's cottage on -New-hampshire avenue, and the result is th.it Mr. Quav' and his coHeagne, Swiaror -Penrose, will arrange for a" conference in Philadelphia' next Friday with representatives of tho coal "operators, leaders of mine organiza tions and railroad officials. The ontlock is that the conference will. -probably end: in the settlement of the strike, as bot be sides, it seems,- are willing tn ninko concessions to restore peace 'in the au- thracite region. - . . The delegation here tonight represented the people's alliance of Wiikesbarre, Pa.) The delegation from the coal region which arrived here this evening con sisted of R. J. Armstrong, a Pittstoa merchant; Chairman G. J. Idewellln, attorney, Wilkepharre; Lewis Hummer ing of the United Mine Workers, Wilkes barre; J. M. Jonw. commiEsioner o Luzerne' county; Patrick Norton, ex-cim missioner of I.nzeme county: 'Thomas C Parker, jeweler, Wilkcsbarre; Michael' Murray, shoe meTcha-nt, Wllkepbnrre:! John "Smonlter, president of Nanticoko National Bank: Benjamin Levy, mer chant, Nanticoke; J. J. Joyce,, mrch ant, rittston: Solomon Deeble, snrverintend-' ent Twidcrs Conl CTrrp.my, and Solomon Bacharach of -Wilke&barre, clerk to Gor- ernor Stone. Statements were made to the wenator regarding existing conditioim a"nd dif- ferences. between the miners . ana tne operatoi!! by Mepsrs. Armstrong. Llow- "e-lllTh. Ilammerling, v .Tonns. l?nrker,y. Smoulter, Deeble and ' IJneh'raeh. ; They'.' were to the effect that the miners nnly their families are in great want, and that loral business is greatly affected." The miners, it was stated, want a fair system of weighing and a ten-hours py for eight 'nonrs wcrK. it was aiso mo. opinion Of some of the delegates-'that! even if these conceptions were nflt conJ ceded by the .operators the men mijr!jc be satisfied with a-nine-hour day.witlr ten hours par. Senators Quay and - l'enrose Jisccneui . . i n , . . a a , . very attentively to an ine srateraenis. that wctc made, ana apkoa many oucs-; tions which showed that they were deep-i ly interested in the set3hvrren.t of , the. strike at an, enriy oare. it was inn-, comceu'sns of opmion-on the part' of ;ilio1 delegates that thete are differences e-' ' lstinir on --both-sides that if the renre- eentatives of "the miners and operators'. could' he brousht.vtosrcther a settlement ' ' could readily be made iy means oc . arbitration.- Senator Quay and Pen rose acrreed to do all in their power to bring about' a. speedy,, settlement 'of their strike by arbitration, and made "the state ment that 'they are -'ready and willing, -to meet the representatives. Of tbr miners and operators at any timo or mlace tnat- misrht be nireed mpon. j At the-conclnsinn of. the cntnrcrence.it was stated that Senator Penrose would - set In thorough harmo-ny wHJi Senator, Juay and that a meeting would be nr-j ranged iherween tnem ami .ionn .miecucii,,- president of the miners' organization.- . and rebr?o b. iiear. premnt ot mii- Heading Railroad. This meeting is like- , ly to take pjace lti Philadelphia nextw Fridav. t The Jsenntors may aLso . e some on tne nismnr presnrents. anv ir irecessary J..P. Morgan, in order to bring , about a settrement of the KtriKe. Philippine Const -obularv ' ' Attacked bv Hostiie floros Mairna, iAng. 18. JThirty -members of the eon-stabulary, in charge of an in spector, encOuAtered' a strong- force of Ladrones, near Of anilai-yesterday. . The inspector was wounded andsfour men killed. Rein forcements- arri veo and the constaibulary killed six and' captured five Ladrones. 'Reports have been received from Oavite of several ktrmishes be- J tween the constatbulary and iLadrones in which the latter lost eleven men killed and nine captured. They were mem bers of the Blizados gang. The oontab ulary suffered1 no casualties. The 'police have arrested the lahor agitator Delos Reyes, who was accused of intimidating cigar manufacturers dur ing the recent strike. The libel case against the editors of the newspaper 'Freedom resulted today in a verdkrt of guilty, which was pro nounced 'by Judge Ambler. Sentence was reserved until the sedition, case against the same paper, winch was be, gun to ray, is finished. Telegram which have -been delayed by sifiorms arrived "he today from Minda nao. They report that Oaurp VJcar is", (being constantly h:tirrassed (by the Mo- ros. Several Ajmerlcon 'poldiers -a out posts have 'been wounded. The "fcltua! tion Is acute. The twenty-five mutineers of tha' coasting ship Dowse rmonos, who wero wer-powered -by the conftabnlary i irtttt) having killed the engineer flod-. three sailors and wounding the-captain,' two' mates and passengers, have been plirc lf in jail. It aTpenr tliat the object of. mutiny -was to :e-iire .?1,."00 in tre.ts-I ure aiboard the ship. The j'teimeT ha-l weighed a-nohor after the mujiivecrs lnl assumcl control w'Jren the constabulsry (boarded her A sava?e' fit'ht ensued i;' the forecastle, which resulted In the.com ( plete defeat of the a tire m-utl ritTF. bim. nf he earns reciment almost lost his life trying sto rescue .Lieutenant 'McDowell. the family servants. -AH the rest A SENATOR'S WILL -; - McMillans!s Disposition of ; Several Millions Detroit, Aug, 18. The will of the late Senator James McMillan, . disposing of an estate variously estimated at from $6,000,000 to '$10,P00,O0O, was filed . for probate today. It contains the following bequests: To the Home of the Friendless. . the Women's Hospital and Foundlings' Home, the -Children's Free Hospital As sociation and the Little Sisters of the Poor, $1,000 each; to Grace Hospital, $60,000. ' vt The Jefferson . Avenue home in this city is left to his widow, and she is also given a life interest in the Eagle Head property at Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. Gifts of $1,000 each are made to his sqn-in-law, daughters-in-law and nephews "and nieces. Three of his for mer confidential men, George M. Black, Charles Moore and Richard Rice, are left $5,000 each. AH other employes in the. neroii- office are left $250 each. Bequests of $100 and $200, aTe. made to of his personal estate is beaneathe-f to the senator's wife and to his son. W. C, McMillan, Philip McMillan and Franc! W. McMillan, and to their survivors trustees, to hold nntil the death of the last survivor :of 'the, senator's children,; -unless they 6ee fit to sooner terminatt the trust. . The trustees aTe to pay to the sen ator's,, wife during her lifetime one-half, of the nt income of the trust property, less. the amount of .Income which fh.-ill be derived from certain property valcrd at about $500,000 heretofore sriven to his xife,-and the remainder to hi?! chil- dren, W. C, Amr. Philip and l innr: W. McMillan, and. to his grandchild, Gladys 'McMillan. ': Overwhelmed by Volcano Tokohamta, 'Aug. IS. News he bivt received here that the small t-Oan! Toria ShlmA between the BojBn isla n-d p i.d the mainl'arnd:,of Japan was overwbeIiiil -by a rolcano-lbetweerr the L3th ard 15 th , of thds monith. There Is no -trace Jef: ' of 150 inhahltants, which constituted tho total i?optulatlon. Tfae eruption 1- t-tilh proCT3din. lAll the h7ues huxo bo(u demolikhedi ' c- biland is covered . with debrwr
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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