THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1902.
WAR GAME STARTS
AH Alert From New Bedford
to Fisher's Island.
HIGGINSON VERSUS MACARTHUR
About COOO Men Engaged on Either
Side Raw Troops Drilled to Re
pel Naval Attack G&xus
Boomed on San
of fog and the blackneSMMpught the
North Atlantic Fleet, comSHfeiaed by Ad
miral Hlgglneon, slippedlts cables In
Memnesha Bight. Vineyard Sound, short
ly before 10 o'clock tonight and put to
eea, making tho ilrst move afloat In the
"war game between the Army and Navy
along tho Southern New England coast.
On land from Fort Rodman, at New Bed
ford, to Fort Wright, at Fisher's Island,
every fort Is manned by artillerymen, and
every headland Is patrolled by signal-men,
Just as carefully as if a really hostile
fleet was about to descend upon this part
of the eeaboard.
The actual period of war began at the
expiration of 4S hours of preparation, and
"While the fleet appeared to take things
easily during that interval, the land forces,
under command of Major-General Mac
Arthur, were drilled at the guns and at
a oignal station with all tho vigor that
forecasts real conflict. Never in the his
tory of this country has such a grim as
pect been given to the defenses which
guard New Bedford, the cities on Narra
gansett Bay, the Connecticut shore, and.
more Important, the cities of New York,
frctn attack under cover of Martha's Vine
yard and adjacent Islands and through the
great waterway. Long Island Sound.
Tonight when taps sounded at all the
forts nearly SOTO artillerymen went to
deep beside their guns, ready to spring
up for action when the alarm should
sound. On tho walls of the forts paced
guards, and along the beaches sharp
eyed signal-men swept the eea with night
glasses, anxious lest the light of a hostile
war vessel be taken for that of a friendly
merchant craft.
On sea tho fleet had been swallowed up
In darkness, and it will be heard from
next when It makes a descent on the
coast within the zone of hostilities. There
aro nearly 5000 men afloat, and it may be
that Admiral HIgginson will endeavor to
land his marines at some exposed point
of the shore defenses and attempt to cap
ture It before making his attack In an
Bffort to forco an entrance to Narragan
Bett Bay or Long Island Sound, or even
to silence some one of the big forts. The
Army claims to be ready for anything
which may develop, but anticipating an
early landing from tho fleet at Gayhead,
the signal station there was moved to
higher ground to avoid being rushed by
marines. To cripple the Army's line of
communication may be Admiral Higgln
eon's first thought in order to use his ma
rines. Tho first point of attack is looked for
at Fort Rodman, manned by volunteer
artillerymen, but there may only occur a
reconnolsanco by the gunboats, while tho
battle-ships swing into action to the west
and by skillful maneuvering theoretically
hammer the fortifications to a mass of
ruins with their ponderous rifles.
Like chessmasters. It Is Admiral Hlg
glnson's turn.
DRILLING THE RAW TROOPS.
instruction to Enable Them to Re
pel Marine Attack.
FORT RODMAN, New Bedford, Mass..
Aug. 3L So far as appearances went at
Fort Rodman today, no one would Imag
ine that war, or even a mock war, was
impending possibly within half a day.
Nor would an observer imagine that a
hostile fleet was anchored In battle array
within 10 miles of the post. It was a day
of great activity and practical work, but
so far as appearances of hostilities were
evident in camp, peace reigned.
Any one whose ideas of a state militia
camp had been gained by the days of
skylarking and- general "racketing" that
once prevailed, would never have recog
nized Fort Rodman either during Satur
day night or Sunday. The customary
throig of visitors was absent, the war
orders compelling a rigid curtailment of
passes and limiting tho outsiders in camp
to a few chosen war correspondents and
one or two choice officials in favor at
headquarters. Outside the guard-lino
there was a crowd all day long, especial
ly during the parade, and the band con
cert of the afternoon. But for tho most
part the usual ornamental features of
camp were absent, the tented portions of
the field being too far removed from tho
streets to make it visible, and nothing
which tho untrained appreciate being in
order except the few ceremonies of the
day, such as guard mount and evening
parade. For the militiamen, hoewver,
there was not a single minute of idlcnes.
Colonel Fryc was rushing preparations,
knowing that In the two days to come
he must pull comparatively green militia
artillerymen into a condition to man ef
fectively a post whose ordnance ranged
from the big 8-IncIi disappearing mounted
rifles to the popping Gatlings. It was a
task of no small moment, and officers and
men bent themselves "to It .with zeal.
D Battery put In a hard morning at the
big guns at the western emplacement,
While B Battery was similarly occupied
in the east emplacement. In each em
placement the officers were assisted and
supplemented by the diroction of some of
tho regular artillerymen of tho permanent
posts at tho fort. K Battery and A Bat
tery worked all the 15-pound rapid-firing
guns in the western and eastern emplace
ments respectively. C Battery manned
the 6-pounders on slego carriages, and I
Battery ran about the shore with the
Gatllng and the 1-pounders, placing them
effectively to repel landing parties, throw
ing up. temporary works for screens and
locating range-finders. It was a morning
of hard work, and the afternoon was no
easier. The morning guard was well per
formed, wonderfully well for the second
day in camp. Captain Lombard, of B
Battery, was officer of the day; Lieuten
ant GJeason, of K Battery, officer of tho
guard.
TeBterday the signal corps was divided,
Lieutenant Spencely, with state signal
corps men. and Private Baker, of the reg
ulars, taking up their positions on
Hishaum Point. Tber remainder of tho
regimental signal corps, nine men, with
Private Cllne, of the regulars, will be on
duty at Fort Rodman. Over at Gayhead
Is Private Mayberry. of the regulars, act
ing as transmitter of the messages from
tho Vineyard, whose operators have their
eye-on tho hostile fleet in Menemsha Bight,
It is pretty certain that any movement
from the floet will be known immediately
at Fort Rodman.
This morning the signal details were
continuously working out messages back
and forth around the various parts of the
camp and on top of the fort, while from
tho big observatory on tho range station
messages were exchanged with the sta
tions at Hishaum and Cuttyhunk.
HIGGIXSOX XOT IX A HURRY.
.Fleet Left Harbor Shortly Before
Midnight Sunday Visitors.
"BASQUE ISLAND, Mass., Aug. 31. Ad
miral HIgginson was not In a hurry to get
his fleet to sea, for the .last cruiser to
leave the anchorage in Menemsha Bight
did not get away until shortly before mid
night. The battle-ships put out about 9
o'clock, other craft following at Intervals.
This fact was known on shore only
through the disappearance of the anchor
lights. The lighthouse-keeper at Gayhead
reported that the fleet stood to the west
ward, and did not round the point At
sunset a thick fog set In, and this con
tinued until the fleet left, when it grew'
thinner, with tho prospect of being dissi
pated by tho southerly breeze. During
the afternoon salutes were fired from the
ships In honor of Assistant Secretary ot
War Sanger, who was taken on board the
Kearsarge on a visit to Admiral HIggin
son. With Assistant Secretary Sanger
were Senator Wetmore. of Rhode Island;
Mrs. Wetmore and a party of newspaper
reporters. The signal camp formerly at
Gayhead has been moved further Inland,
In anticipation of its capture by Kiggln
son's forces at midnight.
The Indiana and the Supply, with addi
tional naval reserves, joined the fleet this
morning from New York.
BIG GUXS BOOMED.
Land Batteries Getting In Trim for
the War Game.
NEW LONDON. Conn., Aug. 3L At in
tervals all day the big guns and mortars
at the forts In this vicinity belched forth
fire and smoke and sent shot and shell at
imaginary targets illustrative of moving
ships. The concussion was so great that
It was felt plainly In this city, and It
oeemed by the sound as If the guns were
at old Fort Trumbull instead of seven to
13 miles distant.
The United States ship Panther, with
the Connecticut Naval Battalion on board,
sailed .away to the eastward just before
noon today to Join the attacking fleet,
leaving tho training-ship Lancaster In the
harbor as the solo representative of tho
Navy.
Mnjor-General MacArthur and General
Greely. Chief Signal Officer, will be at
For Trumbull until after the enemy Is
sighted, and will then proceed to what
ever point, may be considered most ad
vantageous for tho direction of the move
ments of the Army forces.
It Is believed that tho plan of signals
la the most complete ever established in
tho world, and .every precaution has been
taken to have a substitute for any part
that may be destroyed or crippled by the
enemy. ,
Searchlights will play an important part
in the maneuvers at night, and the effi
ciency of those of the Army was
demonstrated at midnight, when the wat
ers of the entire New London district
were completely covered, every search
light being used at that hour and di
rected a short distance above the surface
of the water. It was a magnificent sight,
and the smallest boat, even the small
craft used by the mackerel fishermen at
this season, could be seen plainly, and
with the aid of marine glasses the occu
pants of the boats could be counted! How
the warships can get within firing dis
tance of the forts, as set forth in the
rules governing the war game, is some
what mystifying ,to the uninitiated.
SUXDAY XOT A DAY OF REST.
CnrlouM Sightseers Swarm About
Men at Signal Stations.
NEWPORT, Aug. 31. With imaginary
war almost at hand, Sunday was far from
a day of rest to the troops manning the
defenses in this vicinity. Working parties
were out nearly all day, while the Mas
sachusetts troops at Forts AdamB and
Greble had a. busy time among the big
guns and mortars. Company by company
they were taken up to numerous batteries,
where the details were explained to them
by the painstaking regulars, but as ad
mission to the forts was cut off, the regu
lars were unmolested by the crowds of
excursionists which surged into the city.
The men at the signal stations along the
shore, however, were not so fortunate.
The searchlight at Price's Neck, although
somewhat out of the beaten track of the
ocean drive, had numerous, visitors, while
the little telephone stations at Bateman's
Point and Cartlo Rock were fairly be
sieged. At one time nearly 100 curious
excursionists were clustered about a little
Corporal's guard at the very tip end of
the Island of Rhode Island, and the troops
were plied with questions of all kinds.
These little stations have been designated
as A.-B and C. Station A is the one at
Cartle Rock, station B at Bateman's
Point and station C at the searchlight at
Price's Neck.
Assistant Secretary Sanger, who has
been here for the. pa6t three days, was
taken on board the Nourmahal, owned by
John Jacob Astor, and shortly before noon
the yacht left for the eastward in the di
rection of the fleet off Martha's Vineyard.
'The Nourmahal returned Just before dark.
The gunboat Gloucester arrived during
the day, In order to get the last malls.
As sho disappeared In tho mist to the
eastward on her return, those on shoro
caught the last glimpse that they will
probably have of any of Admiral Higgin
sons fleet until they make their appear
ance threatening some point.
The weather all day was hazy, and to
night a fog is threatened, and every pre
caution was taken to guard against an
attack after midnight, the time at which
actual hostilities may begin.
Mnnachuetts Reserves on Board.
TJ. S. S. ALABAMA. Menemsha Bight,
Martha's Vineyard, Mass., Aug. 3L Since
the arrival of the Massachusetts Naval
Reserve on the battle-ship Alabama yes
terday to take part In the war game there
have been two Incidents calculated to
remain In their memories. Ono was the
service held today on the gundeck for
ward, when Chaplain Rclnolds celebrated
mass, and the other the concert last night
on the port quarter-deck by the Naval
Reserve band. The Naval Reserves were
distributed to the warships Just before tho
dinner hour, the Alabama quota number
ing 113 men. The . band was assigned to
the Alabama, in spite of the fact that
the Massachusetts has none. The reserves
on board the Alabama lncludo Company
H. of Springfield, Mass., and Company G,
of New Bedford.
An Immense fleet had mobilized in Me
nemsha Bight by noon. The last to come
was, the battle-ship Indiana, the auxil
iary cruiser Supply, tho cruiser Montgom
ery, tho Alleen and tho Scorpion. This
makes a formidable squadron of 15 ships.
The marines who have been on the shoro
of Martha's Vineyard broke camp today,
but their destination was not known. It
seemed probable during the afternoon that
Admiral Hlgglnson's fleet would move be
fore the hour set for tho beginning of hos
tilities. Visited the Kearsarge.
MENEMSHA BIGHT. Aug. 3L The
Montgomery Supply. Alleen and Indiana
joined the fleet this morning. The ships
sailed before midnight for sea. Assist
ant Secretary Sanger, the Duchess of
Marlborough, Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt, Jr.,
and others came from Newport in Colonel
Astor's yacht Nourmahal, and visited the
flagship Kearsarge in thev afternoon.
Schooner Drew First Fire.
FISHER'S ISLAND, N. Y., Aug. 31.
The troops tonight aro sleeping beside
their guns, ready at a moment's notice
to- beat off a possible attack from the
enemy. Tonight a schooner was sighted,
and was soon In range of tho guns of
Fort Wright Tho fort fired and tho shells
appeared to fall dangerously near the ves
sel. Those aboard the schooner evidently
became alarmed at the demonstration,
and immediately put on all possible sill
to carry them out of range of the guns.
Trains Delayed by Washouts.
MILWAUKEE. Aug. 3L East-bound
train No. 4 of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
fit Paul road arrived almost 12 hours
late, due to a washout at Tato City, Minn.
Tho trainmen reported that the Mississip
pi River is out of Its banks at that point
and that smaller streams which feed Lake
Pepin are raging torrents.
It is believed at Madison that Theodore
Roosevelt Jr., was on a train that was
delayed nine hours by last night's wreck
at Falrchlld.
It is said that Thomas A Edison has never
owned a watch. "The on thing I want least
of all to know," cays he, "U tho tlxaa"
FORTY THOUSAND IDLE
EXTENSIVE STRIKE OP LABORERS
IX FLORENCE, ITALY.
Government Han Taken Energetic
Measures, and tho Jails Are Over
flowing Likely to Spread
FLORENCE, Italy, Aug. ZL It is esti
mated thnt 40,000 men in Florence are Idle.
The employes of 40 different callings have
Joined the strike that began last Friday.
The town appears to bo In a state of
siege. Troops have been recalled from
the maneuvers and from camp, and every
square in the city Is occupied by a com
pany of soldiers. Sixteen troops. In addi
tion to a number of policemen and car
bineers, have been concentrated In tho
city. Plenty of other soldiers are avail
able should order be disturbed. The Sum
mer excursionists have left the town part
ly empty, and a number of others have
left
The government which, according to Its
democratic programme, has allowed the
strikers complete liberty so long as order
was maintained, has assumed a most en
ergetic attitude since the strikers forced
willing workmen to remain Idle, and com
mitted acts of vandalism. AU meetings of
persons has been forbidden, and hundreds
of suspected persons have been arrested.
These measures have averted disorder,
and have frustrated the efforts of tho an
archist and socialist elements to profit by
the strike to foment troubjo.
Owing to the cutting of gas pipes, cer
tain portions of Florence are now lighted
with torches. The populace condemns the
strike as out of all proportions to the
small question involved. The municipal
newspapers have ceased to appear, as a
result of the strike. Workmen repairing
the belfry of the English church refused
to Join the strikers, whereupon the strik
ers threw petroleum over the fence sur
rounding the building and set It on fire.
The flames were extinguished before seri
ous damage resulted. Numerous arrests
have been roado, and the jails aro filled to
overflowing.
What is most feared In Florence Is that
tho strike contagion may spread to Milan,
Genoa and other industrial centers.
HITCH IX CHINESE TREATY.
Not Sl&rned Because of Unsatisfactory
Imperial Decree.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 31. The Anglo-Chinese
commercial treaty has not been
signed. Sir James Mackay, representing
Great Britain and tho other Commission
ers, met August 30 for the purposo of
signing tho treaty. It was then found
that the Imperial decree empowering tho
Chinese Commissioners to sign the treaty
was unsatisfactory; and the British rep
resentative refused his signature. This
postponement has caused surprise, as
everything was supposed to have been
settled, and Sir Mackay had arranged to
leave Shanghai. He now has canceled
his passage, and Is awaiting further com
munication from Peking.
The foregoing complication is due part
ly to the fact that a decree abolishing tho
liking was issued before the arrangements
for the Imposition of a sur-tax in Its
stead had been completed. The Chinese
also are understood to be seeking a loop
hole that will enable them to repudiate
this treaty later, should they find it neces
sary to do so.
Sir James L. Mackay today assured a
representative of the Associated Press
that the terms of the treaty were not
questioned, but that the matter at issue
was tho Interpretation of tho decree.
Points of Difference.
LONDON, Sept 1. The edict, says the
Shanghai correspondent of the Times, In
a dispatch, refers the questions of the
sur-tax to the Board of Refenue, and it
falls to ratify the Sheng-Mackay agree
ment regarding the appropriation of sur
tax funds, and the stipulation that the
funds shall not be paid for future foreign
loans.
KING AND EMPEROR PART.
Lcnvetnlcintr nt Potsdam Wns Most
Cordial Commercial Concessions.
POTSDAM. Prussia, Aug. 31. King Vic
tor Emanuel, of Italy, who has been visit
ing Emperor William, started for home
today. The King and the Emperor drovo
together to the Wild Park station. Here
the leavetaklng of the monarchs was most
cordial, they embracing each other re
peatedly. Crown Prince Frederick Will
iam and Prince William Eltel Frederick
and Count von Bulow, the Imperial
Chancellor, were on the station platform
to bid farewell to tho King of Italy, and
a large crowd of peoplo cheered the de
parting guest The King stqod at a win
dow of the railroad" carriage, waving his
hand to the Emperor as long as the train
was In sight
Boer Generals In London.
LONDON, Aug. 31. Generals Dewet,
Botha and Delarey and Mr. Fischer ar
rived here today from The Hague. A
heavy rain was falling when they arrived
and they received no ovation.
LONDON. Sept 1. The papers this
morning publish editorial articles strong
ly urging the Government to refuse fur
ther to negotiate with tho Boer Generals,
or at least to decline to grant them any
further concessions. It Is- understood that
Joseph. Chamberlain, tho Colonial Secre
tary. Is coming to London to confer with
the Generals.
High Tax on the Natives.
LONDON. Aug. SI. Lord MUner, Bri
tish High Commissioner in South Africa,
has Just issued at Pretoria a new ordi
nance, in regard to the taxation . of na
tives, under which every male adult and
every married native woman must pay,
nfter September 1, an annual per capita
tax of $10. This, roughly speaking, dou
bles the amount of the tax collected under
the Boer regime, and it will doubtless lead
to much murmuring.
Russian Steamers to United States.
ODESSA, Aug. 31. A committee of tho
Russian volunteer fleet has arranged "a
new steamship service between Black Sea
ports and North America, via Italy, with
an Italian company. It is hoped that
the enterprise will divert Russian immi
gration to the United States from the
German line of steamers.
Italy Secured Concessions.
FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN, Prussia. Aug.
31. King Victor Emanuel arrived here
this evening. He Inspected the Thirteenth
Prussian Hussars, of which organization
he is Honorary Colonel, and later dined
with the Hussar officers. His Majesty re
sumed his journey to Italy at 9 o'clock.
It Is said that as a result of King Vic
tor Emanuel's visit to Emperor William,
Italy has secured certain concessions sho
desired for a commercial treaty with Ger
many. Struck. Rnther Than Chance.
GENEVA, Aug. 3L All the employes of
the tramway lines of this city went out
on strike today because tho manager of
the electric shops, who is an American,
dismissed 41 men who are employed In
the shops and offered them positions as
conductors. It Is feared that the strike
will spread to the men on the steamers
plying on the Lakes of Geneva.
Chinese Rebellion Spreading:.
PEKIN. Aug. 31. The foreign legations
here are receiving reports from Sze Chuan
Province that the rebellion there is con
stantly spreading and that foreigners are
in great danger.
Dismissed lor Being: Popular.
BERLIN. Aug. 3L The Berliner Tage
Matt publishes a dispatch from. Gumbin-
nen. East Prussia, saying that Lieutenant
Hlldebrand, the pardoned duelist has been
dlsmlpsed from tho army on account of
the ovation given him- some time ago at
Gumlnnnen upon the occasion of his par
don, and for participation in -which Cap
tain von Frankenberg and First Lieuten
ant Neumbauer have been dismissed al
ready from tho service.
TROOPS FAVOR STRIKERS
PersHide Non-Union Workmen to
Quit Feed the Destitute.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va., Aug. 31 An
unexpected situation has resulted from
the ordering out of the National Guard.
The soldiers, whose sympathiea were all
with the strikers from the first, have used
their Influence with the men who are
at work and have persuaded so many of
them to Join the strike that a detachment
stationed at Tush Run had to be recalled
and sent to another point to keep It from
emptying the mine.
It is estimated that over a 1000 families
ha'e been evicted In the New River
Valley and tonight hundreds of destitute
families are sleeping out of doors. Food
is scarce and the condition of the men is
pitiable in the extreme. Some of -the sol
diers have even shared their food with the
unfortunates.
DENOUNCES GENERAL GODIN.
Labor Union Says He lias No Author
ity to Issue "Kill" Order.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31. The Central
Labor Union, of Philadelphia, today
unanimously adopted a resolution de
nouncing Brigadier-General Gobln, in
command of the troops now on duty In the
anthracite coal fields, for issuing an order
calling on his men to shoot strikers if
they resist the authority of the troops.
The resolutions set forth that it Is illegal
for the General to issue an order to "kill
citizens of Pennsylvanlt who are guar
anteed a trial by Jury for any offense they
may commit" The resolutions request
Governor Stone to revoke the commission
of Gobln and the civil authorities are
asked to have the General indicted for
"threatening tho lives of citizens of the
state."
The secretary of the union was In
structed to send a letter of protest to
Governor Stone for the alleged breaking
of a promise that he Is said to have made
to the three anthracite district presidents,
to the effect that ho would not permit
the state troops to escort non-union men
to and from the mines. It is asserted that
the Governor made this promise to Presi
dents Nichols, Duffy and Faher on the
occasion of their visit to Harrisburt in
May.
Tension in Panther Creek Valley.
TAMAQUA, Pa., Aug. 31.-Only one
disturbance was reported In the Panther
Creek Valley today. While John and Al
bert Kutzea, non-union men, were leav
ing the St. MIcheal's Hungarian Church
at Lansford they were attacked by a
number of foreigners and compelled to
return to tho church for safety. After
remaining there for some time they suc
ceeded in making their escape.
This afternoon the officials of the
switchback railroad notified Major Gear
hart that strikers were interfering with
their progress at Summit Hill. Company
E of the Twefth Regiment was sent to
the scene and succeeded In restoring
order.
Tomorrow morning a largo force of eoi
riers will patrol tho valley and protect
non-union men while on their way to
work.
Prospect of Butchers Strike.
CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-Unless a compro
mise shall be effected, the cattle butchers
employed by the various packers at the
stockyards will go on strike Wednesday
and the butchers In the packing plants
at Kansas City, 8outh Omaha, St Louis,
Sioux City, St Paul and St Joseph say
they will follow suit The butchers'
plpn In aH these dtfes have made a
demand for an increase of 10 per cent in
wages, and If the request shall bo re
fused, concerted action has been agreed
upon. Tho charge was made tonight by
some of the leaders of the butchers' union
that some of the large packing-houses
here were taking cots Into plants to pre
pare for the nonunion men In case there
should be a strike. The packers say all
differences will be adjusted.
Mitchell in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31.-John Mitch
ell, president of the United Mlneworkers
of America. SDent tho dnv nt AtinnH. "!.,
returning to this city late 'tonight Mitch
ell denied that he went to the seashoro to
see Senators Quay or Penrose, and said
ho did not see either of them, or any other
person, on tho question of settling the
strike.
President Mitchell will be tho central
figure in the Labor-day celebration hero
tomorrow.
Militia Called to Ashland.
ASHLAND. Va., Aug.' 31. In a street
flght here today between whites and
blacks. James Morris, colored, was killed.
Tonight a detachment of militiamen from
the Seventieth colored regiment arrived
from Richmond. All Is quiet
Pumphonse Blowa to Pieces.
SCRANTON, Pa., Aug. 81. The pump
house of tho National washery at Mln
oka was .blown to pieces early today by
dynamite. It is not known who placed
the dynamite under the building. "
' Street-Car Men Strike.
SARATOGA N. Y Aug. 31. Two hun
dred union street-car men hero are on
strike, and not a trolley-car Is moving
tonight on the Hudson Valley Railroad.
OHIO STATE DEMOCRATS.
Fewer Candidates Than Usual Tom
Johnson In Control.
SANDUSKY, O., Aug. 31.-The Demo
cratic state convention will be held here
this week to nominate candidates for Sec
retary of State, Supreme Judge and mem
bers of the Board of State Public Works.
There are fewer candidates In the fleld
than usual. The most prominent man
mentioned in connection with the nomina
tion for Secretary of State is Herbert S.
Blgelow, pastor of the Vine Congrega
tional Church, Cincinnati. Blgelow Is a
close friend of Mayor Tern Johnson, of
Cleveland, who will preside over the con
vention. There is lack of candidates for
places on tho state ticket, and no slate
la likely to bo made until after the ar
rival of Mayor Johnson with the Cleve
land delegation on Tuesday. It Is under
stood that Mayor Johnson will bring with
him the platform which will likely be
adopted without opposition. It Is by no
means certain that the Johnson platform
will reaffirm the Kansas City platform
or Indorse Bryan.
The general opinion Is that Johnson will
confine the resolutions almost entirely to
state Issues, including especially hla .views
on taxation, franchises and all public utili
ties. The, drift of opinion is that the Mc
Lean men will moke no contest for any
thing except for control of the State Cen
tral Committee.
Damaged by Nebraska Storm.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. ZL Southeastern
Nebraska last night suffered severely
from a fierce wind and rain storm. 'At
Auburn houses were unroofed. Tho roof-
of tho largest department store in the
town was blown away and the goods
soaked. Falling trees In the. town broke
electric wires and the town was in dark
ness. Near Nebraska City two inches of
rain fell in an hour. The country was
flooded and several bridges were washed
away.
Two Killed by Lightening?.
LINCOLN, Kan., Aug. 31. A severe
storm struck Central Kansas last night
doing much damage to property. Near
Sauna two boy. Horry Poods and Frank
Johnston, wero killed by lightning.
MORE ACTIVE VOLCANOES
RENEWED OUTBREAKS IN LESSER
ANTILLES CAUSE ALARM.
British, and French Island Suffer
No Definite News Is Forthcoming
Martinique Cable Interrupted.
BASSE TERRE. St. Kltts. B. W. L.
Aug. 31. A series of loud reports were
heard last night from 7 until 9 o'clock.
POINT A PIETr"e7 Island of Guade
loupe, Aug. 31. This entire port has been
covered with a cloud of fine dust since 5
o'clock this morning and the populace Is
panic-stricken. Fine ashes are falling con
tinuously In a slight drizzle. Semi-darkness
is over the sea and the ships in the
harbor seem to be enveloped In a cloud of
smoke.
Advices from Basse Terre (Island of
Guadeloupe) assert that since daybreak to
day the entire island has been covered
with a cloud of dust coming from the
southeast, the direction of the Island of
Martinique. The population of Basse
Terre la greatly alarmed.
ROSEAU, DomlnicaTB. W. I., Aug. 30.-6
P. M. A thick mist has enveloped Roseau
and its neighborhood and dust 13 falling.
ROSEAU. Dominica. B. W. I.. Aug. 31.
The thick mist which enveloped Roseau
yesterday was taken as It approached for
a rainstorm. The dust is still falling, al
though lightly, but during the night of
the 30th the quantify of dust which fell
here was greater than on any previous oc
casion since the first eruption of Mont
Pelee. while at nightrall of tne autn a
dark-colored cloud emitting electric flash
on mRt in thft smith, but it was irradually
obscured by the ml3t caused by the falling
ashes. Rumbling noises ami a rew aeiona
rni wirfl hfird durlne the nlcht Of the
30th. The people here are quiet. No news
has yet reached hero from Martinique.
A severe eruption of Mont Pelee. Mar
tininno wns renorted to have occurred at
noon August ZL This report was brought
to Castries. Island or at. i.ucia, Dy omcers
nt the French steamshio Dahome. This
eruption was followed by total darkness.
Ave miles away from the volcano.
A dispatch received from St Thomas.
August 26, said that batween 10 o'clock in
the morning and 3 In tho afternoon of
August 25 clouds of dust were seen in
the direction of Mont Pelee from the Island
of Dominica. Detonations Were heard and
there were light Bhowers of volcanic dust
cn the Island.
The following message was received
from Dominica Tuesday, tho 26th: "Since
2 P. M. today (Tuesday) prolonged rumb
ling noises in quick succession have been
heard from the southward. There is every
indication that Mont Pelee Is In violent
eruption."
a Vnm "Pnrlq rinted AUKUSt 28,
.-v, uidmtbu ..w...
said the latest dispatches received at tne
Ministry of the colonies ironi roit w
France. Island of Martinique, were dated
Monday. August 25. They made no men
tion of the reported eruptions of Mont
Pelee. The Paris dl&patches also said that
the cables to Martinique, both north and
south, continued to be interrupted.
Efforts made to communicate by cable
direct with the Island of Martinique have
proved unsuccessful.
ST. JOHN. Antigua, B. W. I., Aug. 31.
Many very loud detonations wero heard
atre from 9 o'clock last night to midnight.
IN AID OF REMEMBRANCE.
Picture Record of a Vacation Tour
in Europe.
S New York Sun..
A young man in this city Is the proud
possessor of a 50-cent book for which, so
he Bays, he would not take W), even If
anybody should beg him to so to do. The
volume la of the scrapbook variety and
contains a novel record of a Summer vaca
tion spent in England.
It consists of an autograph Journal, ex
tra illustrated with cuts, engravings and
photographs posted. In great profusion
from cover to cover. The record begins
with tho Balling of the steamer, a picture
of which, together with tho sailing list,
occupies the first page.
Then follows the Journal of the voyage,
the second batch of pasters including a
menu card for an entire day on board, a
receipt fof the purchase of a draft for 20
and one or two pictures of life on the
steamer. ..
Moro details of the voyago occupy the
following pages, with hero a picture of a
game of shuffieboard on deck, there a
group clinging to the rail, and finally tho
sceno on deck when England was first
sighted.
As they describe tho appearanco of a
place much better than a written account
would, the author of tho volume has wise
ly confined his journal to a record of what
he did, what happened to him personally
and what his own Impressions were.
After Liverpool comes Chester, with
charming pictures, the well-known poem,
"The Miller of Deo," clipped from a news
paper, a daisy picked at Eaton Hall fas
tened to a comer of a picture of the hall,
and, finally, tho hotel bill, with its famll
lam "Settled with thanks" across Its face.
All through the book ono finds these
hotel bills pasted In along with the ac
count of a place. There are other extra
lllustratlons which, while not exactly pic
torial, are perhaps even more Interesting
in their power of association.
Here is the printed coupon given to the
traveler at a Birmingham hotel, and des
ignating No. 77 as his room. Hero is a
printed sketch of Burhe-Jones. who was
born in Birmingham, and beside it are
some really good, if small, reproductions
of hla most famous pictures.
Soon after comes Kenllworth, with a
leaf of the Ivy, and Warwick Castle, with
a spray from one of the famous cedars of
Lebanon, a picture and printed account of
tho Warwick vase, a picture of the Coun
tess and many other interesting pictures
and clippings.
Stratford-on-Avon has pictures galore,
of course, but to any ono who has been
there the ticket "to see Shakespeare's
grave 6d each," and the ticket for his
birthplace, showing the ground plan of
the house, are Just, as full of Interest
There Is a map of Stratford, one of about
a score of municipal maps scattered
Through the boolc
About this time the tourist gets around
to the subject of railway travel, his re
marks being illustrated with pictures of
American and of English trains, showing
both the exterior and the interior. The
peculiar custom of collecting tickets when
ono Is leaving tho station at one's destina
tion is mentioned and the frequency with
which one's ticket Is not taken up at all.
By way of demonstrating this, a ticket
from Stratford to Oxford is pasted on the
page. Near it Is the tag which was at
tached to a parcel sent by post.
Next comes two weeks at Oxford, with
lovely pictures, flowers from famous spots,
scenes on the river, the cards of students
with whom the young American became
acquainted, coats of arms of his favorite
colleges, a picture of one of tho eights,
and Taunt's chart of the races which
came off Just at that time.
Rather more personal, but on that ac
count quite as interesting, is a laundry bill
from which we learn that In Oxford col
lars are done for 2 cents apiece, cuffs for
2 cents a pair, three shirts for 14 cents,
and handkerchiefs and socks for a cent
apiece. Here, too, the weekly bills from
the landlady with whom the traveler took
lodgings.
Windsor has pictures of tho castle, of
course, but not the least Interesting illus
trations here are nine engravings from
portraits representing Queen Victoria from
youth to old age.
London occupies a good many interest
ing pages, with over a, hundred pictures of
buildings. Interiors, street scenes and fa-
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mous personages. The Queen had a birth
day about that time, -which was an excuse
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A NEW TRIUMPH IN SURGERY
Dr. Edebohls Successful Operation
for Cnre of Bright's Disease.
Harper's Weekly.
The .sinister malady which has for years
been carrying off so many eminent and
useful men, and which has been described
in medical books as "Incurable" and
"fatal," wns named Bright's disease, aft
er the distinguished English physician
who ilrst described it'. The daring surgi
cal operation by which It Is now proposed
to effect a cure of chronic Bright's dis
easenay, by which a number of cures
have already been effected 13 called tho
Edebohls operation, after the New York
surgeon who originated and elaborated
It, and who has been performing It with
astonishing success for several years.
Dr. George B. Edebohls is professor of
the diseases of women at the New York
Postgraduate Medical School and Hos
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New York, and consulting gynecologist to
St. John's Hospital, Yonkers. and to tho
Nyack Hospital.
In a more recent article In tho Medical
Record of December 21, 1901. Dr. Ede
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experience In the cure of chronic Bright's
disease by operation. Tho discovery that
a cure could thus be effected was made
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For the purpose of relieving the usual
symptoms due to floating kidney, as it is
commonly called, the doctor operated,
November 29, 1832, on a patient in whom
he had also discovered well-marked
chronic Bright's disease. This' operation,
styled nephropexy, or fixation of the kid
ney was not performed with any Idea
of Influencing or relieving the Bright's
disease. Its object was to anchor the
kidney. To tho doctor's surprise, the
symptoms of Bright's disease disappeared
gradually after the operation, along with
those of floating kidney. By April, 1807,
five similar operations had been per
formed by Dr. Edebohls, three out of tho
Ave patients being restored to perfect
health.
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floating kidney, could bo cured by the
knife, why could not Bright's disease be
cured by the knifo in the absenco of any
complication?
Dr. Edebohls' sixth operation, the first
deliberately undertaken to cure chronlo
Bright's disease, was performed January
10, 1S9S. A radical and permanent cure
resulted. The operation has now1 been
performed by Dr. Edebohls on 40 patients
23 women, 1 child and 1C men, 6 of whom
were, themselves physicians. The recover
ies havo been gratifying. The danger to
the patient is not in tho operation Itself
which Is not so difficult as that for th
floating kidney. In which Dr. Edebohls
has met with a mortality of 1 per cent.
The patient's peril lies chiefly in the
changes the disease may have already
caused In tho heart and circulatory sys
tem. Tho danger to life will also vary
with the skill of the particular operator,
and with his familiarity with kidney sur
gery in general.
The well-known operation for tho relief
of somo of the accidental complications
of acute inflammation of the kidney Is
entirely different from the Edebohls op
eration for the cure of chronic Bright's
disease. The Edebohls operation, by a
skillful surgeon, is not necessarily dan
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bring the matter before the profession
there. He will make It the subject of an
address before the British Medical Asso
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Spoiled the Arrangements.
Philadelphia Press.
"We'll sure havo to pass a law to pre
vent suicides," said tho Southern Legis
later. -
"I didn't suppose suicides were espe
cially prevalent hereabouts," remarked
the Northern tourist.
our town jail last week, A nigger hung-
himself Jest as tho boys were gettln'
ready to lynch him."
The I.lon in tbe "Way.
Philadelphia Press.
No doubt Senator Quay would bo verjr
glad to settle the strike difficulties, but
neither Senator Quay nor any one elsa
can make any progress in tho matter aa
long as neither party to tho controversy,
is willing to yield anything.
Tornado in Wisconsin Town.
WINONA, Minn., Aug. 21. A tornado
passed over Ccchran Wis., last night, de
stroying a number of small buildings.
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