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Washington, Jun e 30.— The senate
Epitome o f the Telegraphic made good progress on the tariff bill
tday, disposing of the paragraphs relat
News o f the World.
ing to hides, which have been the
source of much controversy. As final
ly agreed on, the duty on iiides is
TERSE T I C K S F R O M T H E W IR E S placed at 20 per cent ad valorem in
place o f 1)$' cents per pound, as origin
ally re|>orted by the finance committee.
A n Interesting C ollection o f Ite m . From
The discussion was protracted into a
t i l e N e w e n d t h e O l d W o r l d I n ft gold debate on trusts and from that
C w ftdensed noil C o m p r e h e n s iv e F o r m
back to the sugar fu st.
Among other paargraphs disposed of
Nine children have been killed and during the day were all those relating
many other« injured by the collapse of to gloves, a substitute for the paragraph
a church wall atSolino, in the province on live animals, iron ore and stained
of Cuido Heal.
glass windows.
George D. Ladd, an attorney, and
The paragraph relating to stained or
one of the most prominent wealthy painted glass windows was changed
business men of Peru, 111., committed slightly in phraseology, and the duties
suicide by shooting.
agreed to us reported.
In the iron ore paragraph the pend
The estimate of Chicago’s population
by the publishers of the directory just ing proivsion gave a duty of 40 cents
printed is 1,828,000, an increase of 76,- per ton on iron ore, including roangan-
iferous iron ore and the dross or resid
000 over last year.
Minnie Rose, aged 20, whose mini! uum from burnt pyrites, with a proviso
was unbalanced by the great tornado relating to the account to he taken of
of last year, committeed suicide at St. moisture in weigiiing the ore.
Allison offered new amendments,
Louis by taking a dose of Paris green.
which were agreed to, adding to ihe
Signor Valtganero, cashier of the San
first clause of the paragraph as reported
Coovanni mine at Iglesias, Sardinia,
“ manganese ore, «1 per ton,” also at
while on his way from the mine with
the end of the proviso, “ basic slag,
a large sum, was robbed and murdered.
ground or onground, $1 |ier ton.”
A fresh attempt on the part of tha
Paragraph 142, card clothing, was
sultan to secure Germany’s support for agreed to as in the house bill.
the retention of Thessaly was met with
In the paragraph on crosscut saws
refusal and advice to conform to Eu the committee made a change, insert
rope’ s wishes.
ing steel handsaws, finished or unfin
One of the most sensational tragedies ished, 10 cents per pound, and 20 per
ever enacted in North Texas took place cent ad valorem.
in the Methodist church in Pleasant
In paragraph 137, iron and steel
Valley, Dallas county, in the course of bars, cold drawn, etc., change was
the services.
As a result Augustus made from 1 oent to JA of a cent i>er
Garrison and Frank Jones are dead and pound, in addition to the rates upon
Thomas Jones fatally wounded.
plates, etc., and on steel circular saw
The volcano Mayn has been in a plates from \ to ^ of a cent in addi
state of violent eruption, and the flow tion to the rate for steel saw plates.
Aluminum was changed, making the
of lava has done great damage in the
province of Albay, particularly to the rate, crude, 7 cents; in plates, etc., 12
village of Libon, where the tobacco cents.
On bronze powder, the duty on
crop has been completely destroyed.
There has been considerable loss of life. bronze metal in leaf was increased from
During a thunder storm, lightning 5 to 8 cents per package.
A new paragraph was agreed to viz:
struck a convict camp near Dakota,
Ga., anil as a result four convicts are Hooks and eyes, 6 % cents jier pound
dead, 10 are dying and 20 escaped dur and 15 per cent ad valorem.
At Quay’s request, the change in
ing the panic wiiich ensued. The camp
is at the lumber mills of Grees Bros., paragraph 137 was reconsidered, and
and about 160 prisoners from the state 1 cent restored as the duty on iron
liars, eto., in addition to the rates on
penitentiary were at work there.
plates, etc.
On June 14 inen from the United
Allison proposed a change in para
Ftates cruisers Marion and Philadel
graph 426»,, relating to hides, making
phia were landed at Honolulu. While
the rate 20 per cent ad valorem instead
on march to the drill grounds an order
o f 1», cents, and also striking out the
ly brought an order, and the battalion
proviso relating to drawbacks.
The
returned on board. This action was
paragraph as amended reads: “ Hides
taken, it is understood, on account of
of cuttle, raw or uncured, whether dry,
a rumor to tiie effect that the Japanese
salted or pickled, 20 per cent ad valor
cruiser Naniwa would land a force of
em .”
men to take charge of the Hawaiian
Smith stated in response to question
custom-house. The Japanese failed to
that the pro()OBod 20 jier cent ad va-
act, and it is believed that Admiral
i lorem was much greater than the 1 l B
Beardslee’s prompt action oaused the
cents specific duty, being about 4 cents
»— captain of the Naniwa to change his
per |iound by the ad valorem rate.
mind.
Platt o f Connecticut introduced the
A Louisville & Nashville express suggestion that he had telegraphed to
train was held up by a lone robber, tiie New York custom house in refer
who secured about #4,000.
ence to tiie im|Mirtution of hides ami
Mrs. Henry Soott, of Chicago, and Imd received an answer stating that the
Mrs. Maria Hay, formerly of Chicago, imiHirtation in the last 11 months was
were killed by a runaway at Du 70,000,000 pounds, valued at #7,000,-
buque, la.
000, and that the price of French
John H. Moss and Levan Berg have green hides averaged about 10 cents a
been arrested in Seattle, charged with pound, and South American hides
the murder of Michael J. Lyons, the about 5 cents.
Port Blakely saloonkeeper.
Allen said that, while not an advo
Charles Peterson, a Swedish laborer cate o f a general protective system, yet
A bout 26 years old, committed suicide lie concurred with the view that if
on a farm near Ellensliurg, by cutting there was to be such bill, every sec
his throat with a pocket knife.
tion should share in the benefits it
President W. 11. Cromwell, of tha gave. He «(Hike of the benefits of a iiide
Blaokburn university, and instructor in duty to the farmers.
The discussion branched off to the
Latin, has resigned, to take the Latin
«hair in Puget Sound university, Taco prosecution of trusts, Allen und Hoar
discussing the law.
Hoar said tliat
ma.
A terrible explosion of a torpedo on while tiie question of trusts could lie
the Mexican International, near Eagle dealt witli to some extent by striking ut
Pass, Tex., completely wrecked a loco their imports, a.» in the law of 1894, yet
motive and killed the engineer und fire he feared tiie n ost serious phases of the
evil must lie dealt witli by the states.
man.
The vote was then taken on tiie hide
John Quincy Adams, a Northern Pa paragraph as amended by tiie commit
cific switchman, while running over tee, and it was agreed to— 39 to 20.
the tops of cars at Missoula, Mont., slid
One Democrat, Rawlins, and Allen,
and fell between the cars and was
Butler, Heitfeld, Jones o f Nevada,
killed.
Stewart, Mantle and Teller voted with
Louis Pickmiller was instantly killed tha Republicans in the affirmative.
and Albert Siekmiller, Charles Faille The balance of the vote was on party
and George Steinhelder fatally injured lines
The committee presented a sub
by the Erie fast express near Mans stitute for paragrapli 426, hand or ladl
field, O.
ing leather, eto. It was agreed to— 30
The River Kur has overflowed its to 19.
hanks near the railroad depot of Naw-
The hill was laid aside at 5 o'clock
thig, Russia. Nineteen men belong and after an executive session, tiie sen-
ing to the Nijni Novgorod dragoons ate adjourned.
were drowned.
Sh ot h y a B u rg la r.
Every boa» brings to Port Townsend
St. Louis, June 30.— A special to the
men to look over the proposed fortiflea-
tions sites with a view to bid for the Post-Dispatch from Redbud, 111., says:
contracts for construction.
A ll the Miss Lilian Blais, aged 21, a highly
Western, as well as several Eastern and res|ieotcd young lady o f this city, had
a terrible experience last night with a
Font hern states are represented.
A meeting o f representatives o f G. burglar. Site was awakened hy a man
A . R ., Loyal Legion and Woman’s Re with a beard or mask who was search
ing tier father's clothes. Miss Blais
lief Corps, has been held at Indianap
screamed, and the robber thurst a pistol
olis, Ind., to perfect plans for the erec
tion of a monument and (»are of the to her breast and fired, the hall taking
grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother effect just aliove the heart. Miss Blais
is not exjieeted to recover.
Blood
o f Abraham Lincoln, in Spencer coun
hounds were put on the trail of the
ty, this state.
burglar.
Christian Ross died o f heart disease,
An A ttem p t T h a t F atted.
at his home in Philadelphia. He was
Omaha, Neb., June 30.— A special
the father of Charley Ross, and up to
hie last illness Mr. Ross never gave up to the Bee from Deadwood says an at
the search for his missing Isiy, whose tempt was made to hold up the Butte
abduction startled Philadelphia on July County hank at Bellefourrhe nt noon.
1,1874, and Itecaine an unsolved mys The robbers were driven off after a
tight.
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tery the world over.
T h r B o a t - R o c k e r W ait A h o n r tl.
A dispatch from Berne says the fed
Rochester, N. Y ., June 29. — Harry
eral council has refused to ratify the
commercial treaty with Japan, owing \Y. Clancy, a newspaper reporter, was
to the prohibitive duty placed bv Japan drowned in Iron Dequert bay today.
Clancy and three companions were row
u|s>n clocks and watches.
ing in the bay, when one o f the party
Honor Canovas del Castillo says that rocked the boat, which capsiaed. The
in case Spanish force* in Cuba should entire party was thrown into the bay,
suffer severely from sickness during the but three of them were rescued by per
rainy season the government will send sons from the shore.
°n noo additional troops to the island
It ia calculated that hy the end of
in October, in order to maintain tha
army at its full strength and to inflict the year 3000 there will be 1,700,000
English-speaking persons on the glob»
a final blow upsn the insurgents.
AND
THE
TRygy,
T R IE D .
F a n i o u i C o m p e t i t o r <’a » e
U p at H a v a n a J u l y 1»
Come«
New York, June 30.— A Journal dis
Particulars o f the Accident patch from Havana say»: Consul Gen
eral Lee has Anally been notified that
Gnu Melton, the American newspaper
Near Kansas City.
corre§|K>n»ient, Captain LaBored an
others belonging to the captured
S W O O L E N C R E E K T H E C A U S E schooner Competitor, and one or two
Americans incaroeratedwith them in
Cabanas fortress,will be called for trial
The hearing will be before
T h e C o n d u c t o r I s S t i l l A l i v e —T h o s e July I.
W h o W e r e I n j u r e d W i l l R e c o v e r — civil judges, ami judgment will he
j based on the declarations previously
A l l t h e M all W a s L ost.
I made within the walls of the prisons
Kansas City, June 29.— Seven coffins on evidence taken by a government
were forwarded to St. Louis today from official or crown prosecutor, acting on
Missouri City. They contained the re behalf o f the Spanish admiralty and
mains of tiie victims of last night’ s war department. The court will listen
wreck on the Wabash road. A correct to no new testimony, save in support
ed list of the dead is as follows:
1 of the written declarations already
W. S. Mills, postal clerk, St. Louis; filed.
O. M. Simth, postal clerk, St. Louis;
George Ferran, the only witness the
Gustave A. Smith, postal clerk, St. Comi>etitor men were i>eriuitted to call
Louis; F. W. Brink, postal clerk, St. on their behalf, was arrested immedi
Louis; Charles Winters, postal clerk, ately after his examination, and is still
St. Louis; Edward Grindrode, baggage in prison. His sworn statement was
man, St. Louis; Charles P. Greasley, that the vessel was beyond the three-
brakeman, St. Louis.
mile limit, and had the American flag
The conductor of the traiD, C. C. at her masthead when seized. This
Copeland, of St. Louis, who was re statement displeased the Spaniards,
ported last night among tiie dead, is and Ferran was therefore detained here
still alive. He was removed this morn and charger! witli perjury.
ing to tiie hospital at Moberly with a
Consul-General Lee lias as yet re
faractured skull and several ribs brok ceived no instructions to employ coun
en. He lingers between life and death, sel to defend the prisoners.
but the surgeons express a hope that he
A Spanish magistrate said tiie men
will recover. Conductor Copeland was would undoubtedly be found guilty
supposed to be dead when taken from again and sentenced to deatli or long
the wreck, and his body, with a hand- terms of imprisonment, but added
kerchief drawn over the face, was
Their friends should not fear their
ranged in a row with the seven dead being executed or deported. Our peo
corpses. A few minutes later some one ple are too diplomatic to force Ameri
observed a sign of life, and he was ca’ s hand.”
quickly transferred to a stretcher and
The rebel generals. Rivera and Bal-
given every (sissible attention.
lacoa will not he shot. General Wey-
Of the 19 others injured, not one is ler has received a cable from Minister
in a critical condition. Among them of War Ascarraga to indefinitely sus
all there is notone broken limb, thougli pend the court-martial sentence of
many of them were thrown three-quar death, pending the close of hostilities,
ters of the length of the coaches in when their pardon may be expected.
which they were riding. Mrs. Wilkins,
General Weyler himself has taken no
of Kansas City, is the most seriously steps to stop the court-martial and
hurt.
Two small bones of her left shooting of other and less important
hand are broken, and she suffered a se prisoners of the war.
vere laceration o f the thigh, as well us
During the last three days at Ma-
bruises about the face and neck. Tiie tanzas, at Sagua, Santa Clara, Saneti
wounds of most of the others are triv Spiritus, Cienfuegos, and Pinar del
ial.
Rio, dozens of executions occurred.
All indications are that death came
A t Sagua two Cuban girls accused of
to at least four of the five unfortunate sending out clothes to their brothers
mail clerks almost instantly.
Their fighting under the insurgent chief,
car pitched end first through the tres-1 Rohan, were convicted of aiding the re
tie, and they must have been drowned bellion and sentenced hy a military
in the raging stream while in an un- court to respectively 12 years and six
conscious condition. The remains of months’ imprisonment in tiie African
the four were carried from the wreck, penal colony.
and were recovered some distance down
O p e r a tio n « b y th e Cuban«.
the stream. There were signs of life
New’ York, June 30.— A Herald dis
in the body of the fifth mail clerk when
the rescuers dragged him from tiie patch from Key West says; Private
wreck, hut he died a few minutes latei jdvices just received from Santiago
province give further details of the
on the bank of the creek.
last week around
Last night it was feared there were fighting during
more bodies in the stream, but a care Gibara and Banes, between insurgents
ful search today proved that the fatal and Spanish forces. The advices say
ities were limited to those already tiie insurgents under General Calixto
Garcia and Colonel Torres, numbering
named.
Today, but a small stream was flow between 5,000 and 6.000 well-armed
ing beneath the trestle where the wreck and ei((lipped men, attacked both of the
occurred. In ordinary weather it is a seaports simultaneously, but met with
dry creek bed. The storm o f last night, a stubborn resistance from the Span
wiiich was almost a cloudburst, had iards who had been advised of their
swollen the little stream to torrential coming and were prepared.
The demonstrations against Banes,
proportions. The flood carried away a
wagon bridge a short distance above which is less than 10 leagues distant
the Wabash trestle. The wreck of this from Gibara, was merely a feint by the
bridge was hurled down upon the rail rebels to divert attention and draw
road trestle and carried away a row ol the Spanish forces from Gibara, which
was the only point really to be attacked
wooden supports in the center.
The scene of the wreck, which if and which they knew had been strongly
only 20 miles ndrtheast ot Kansas fortified and garrisoned.
The ruse was partially successful,
City, near Missouri City, was visited
today by many persons. A wrecking and Garcia, with his forces, entered
His success, however, was
train worked there all day, repairing Gibara.
the trestle and raising the shattered only of short duration, as lie was subse
coaches, and tonight trains are moving quently driven out, after a hot fight,
luring which many were killed and
over tiie road as usual.
The postal authorities report that wounded on both sides
Colonel Machado, a veteran of the
probably nearly all o f the mail carried
on the train was lost or destroyed. 10-years’ war, and who is actively en
When the wreck occurrred, the five pos gaged in promoting the present strug
tal clerks are supposed to have all oi gle, says:
My advices from Cuba are that Gomez
their pouches open, and to have been at
work distribu tin g tiie mail. The car has planned his summer campaign and
was so broken and splintered that most put his plans in operation. Already
of the mail floated off. The Wabash columns of thousands of well-armed
train each evening carries all of Kan men under efficient leaders have been
sas C ity’s mail for tiie East, and it if distributed throughout the different
provinces.
always heavy and valuable.
General Garcia’ s attack on Gibara
In su rgen t. Turn H igh w a ym en .
and other important operations by our
Havana, June 29.— A stage coach forces will lie directed by General
bound from Havana for San Jose de las Gomez from Santa Clara, where he will
Lajas, a nearby settlement, was stopped pitch his headquarters.
on the road by a large band of insur
A S u e e e s s u r 1 « H e (.n in e .
gents, who killed witli their machetes
Havana, June 30.— Setior Santos Guz
tnc 18 scouts who- were escorting the
coach, six guerillas, one Spanish officer, man, the leader of the uncompromisinu
a doctor, a carpenter, and three other Spanish party in Havana, is reporetd
passengers, who attempted to save their to have informed his adherents that
lives by flight, The only occupants of •“’»'»»or 1 astelar is about to be appointed
the coach who were not killed by the Spanish minister to Washington, the
insurgents were a woman and a child. position now held by De Lome.
The insurgents captured a considerable
A S t r ik e at M i l w a u k e e .
amount o f private booty, #17,000 worth
Milwaukee, June 29.— At a meeting
o f medicine, and #3,000 in cash. They
also secured a convoy consisting of two today of the Amalagmated Association,
carts laden with provisions and sup employes of the Illinois Steel Company,
a strike was ordered to begin Thursday.
plies.
The company submitted a scale pro-
General W cvler has liberated 14
women and 15 children who were taken
a de» reuse in pay, which th’’
prisoners in an iunsrgent camp.
em p oyts reins
he strikers will
La Lucha 1ms a dispatch from Tunas j " un,b« r 5®° “ en “ " d ^ O other* will be
stating that in the lust engagement he- i
° wt>r^
the closing ol
tween the Spanish forces and the insur
gents under General Gomez, the horse
A R e b u f f fo r t h e Sultan.
ridden hy Gom el was shot under him.
Constantinople, June 30.— A fresh
Only a pound of maple sugar to a attempt on the part of the sultan to se
tree was the report of the manufac* cure Germany’s support for retention
turers in the Cambridge district of Ver of Thessaly was met with refusal and
advice to conform to Europe’ s wishes.
mont this year.
H p « t R f p o n l In G e o r g i a B r o k e n .
B r o w n e d I n d e r a C oal Barge.
Atlanta, Ga., June 29.— A ll heat rec
ords in Georgia have !>een broken to
day, and a number of fatalities through
out the state have remitted from the
hundreds of prostration* reported. Two
deaths have occurred in this city, and
more are expected. The thermometer
registered 104 this afternoon, and peo
ple were compelled to stay indoors.
Cincinnati. June 29.— This evening
George Lowcnstein, Robert Keith and
Edward King rowed a skiff from Cin
cinnati to Newport, Ky., and struck
the up-stream end of a coal barge in
landing. The skiff was swamped and
Lowenstin and Keith were drawn un
der the barge and drowned.
Ho
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New York, June 29.— Secretary
man, who arrived in New York
night, is quoted in an interview in
1
World as saying;
**'
"T h e matter of trusts is the most im
portant question of the day. a con,
M A N Y W ER E S E R I O U S L Y H U R T bination of persons engaged in H com
Pen;
mon imsiiiesB would seem on its fig* '
be a fair enough matter, but in rsalit,
such combinations prevent healthful '
H o o f ft W e r e IM erreil ani l !><•«• * u d
competition and control tiie output and I
H i l l e d —R u n a w a y » O c c u r r e d 1« A l l
price«.
the
^ F a r t * o f t h e C’ i t y •#
“ The prejent national trust law (the I
Topeka, Kan.. June 28.— The worst Sherman law) is not strong enough. [ I
hail storm known in this section of framed it myself, and tiie senate eOI0.
Kansas struck this city shortly after 6 mittee on judiciary made changes j n u
o’clock tonight. The shower of hail which materially weakened its effect
was terrific. Hailstones weighing 12 to 1 prefer to make unlawful all combin».
16 ounces stripped the trees of their fo- tions in restraint of trade. They j,nj
liage, smashed windows on every hand, all industries in control of a few men
including the finest plate-glass store They have no right to open compel
fronts; cut down telegraph and tele- tion in all industries and trade*. |;„ I
phone wires, riddled awnings, injured straint of trusts can be made effective
many persons and inflicted unprece when we can get the proper kind of
dented damage throughout the city. So law. The supreme court has upheld the
great was the weight of the falling hail present law, but has pointed out its de-1
that when it struck the asphalt pave fects. I think these defects can and
ment many of the hailstones rebounded will be remedied.
to the height of 20 and 30 feet
Dogs
“ The trust jieople say the effect of 1
were struck in the streets and instantly their combinations is to lower prices of
killed. Horses were knocked to their products, which they control. I do not
knees, to rise again and dash away in believe it. The tendency to control I
mad fright. Many runaways occurred output ami put prices up must natural- [
throughout the city. When the fury ly o< me with control of any important
of the storm passed, those who ven industry or trade. When a man make» I
tured out found dead birds everywhere, iiis money on a fair basis of trade, no
and on every hand was the scene of the man envies him or lias a right to. [
wreckage of the storm.
When he makes a fortune with the I
The storm came from tiie southwest. trusts which put out competition or n. I
Dense, greenish clouds gave warning strain trade, he is denounced, and this I
of disaster, and as the day had been has been done by all peoples and at all f
extremely Lot and close, many foresaw times. It is unfair competition amt
a cyclone and sought shelter in their unfair combination that have roused |
cellars. The storm came on with a this cry against trusts.
heavy wind and terrific lightning, and
‘ ‘The currency question cannot bede-l
then came rain, together a with a deaf cided at this session of congress. No-
ening crasli of hail that was paralyzing liody is ready to decide it. The East
to the senses. So great was the dam ern states are pretty thoroughly in fa
age to telegraph wires that the city was vor of the gold standard. The Sooth
cut off from the outside world for sev
seems to be slowly coming around to |
eral hours. Topeka tonight looks like the same view. But the Western states,
a city that has withstood a siege of war
which are heavily in debt, want a I
guns. There are not a dozen buildings
cheaper currency, and, of course, are I
in town that are not almost window
advocating silver. Whether it will be I
less, and many roofs were caved in. settled in time to take it out of the way I
Tiie roofs of many structures, also,
as an issue for the next presidential
were pierced. The damage can be im
campaign I cannot tell. I am not a|
agined when it is known that the hail
prophet. ”
stones ranged in size from that of a
hen’ s egg to that of an ostrich egg, and
L O S S O F T H E TRAVELER.
that, 30 minutes after the storm one
hailstone was picked up which meas A T e r r i b l e S t o r y o f S h i p w r e c k and |
ured 14 inches in circumference.
S uffering.
Surgeons are busy dressing the
Philadelphia, June 29.— The details I
woundsof persons injured in the storm,
and reports of injuries continue to be of the recent total loss of the Philadel-1
received. Many were hurt in the run phia-bound sugar bark Traveler, Cap-1
tain Christie, at Port Mathurin, Rod-1
aways on tiie streets.
Tiie damage cannot be estimated, but riguez island, and the death from Java I
will amount to thousands of dollar». fever of ten members of her crew, in-1
Window glass is already at a premium eluding Captain Christie, have just |
here, and tonight three carloads were been received at this port from Mauri
ordered from Kansas City. Street-» ai tius, and bring to light one of the most I
traffic is stopped, ami eletric lights aie thrilling cases of shipwreck and suffer
out, owing to demoralization of tl.e ing in the annals of shipping. Two of
the sailors, driven to desjieration b»
electric light systems.
witnessing the sufferings of their ship
C y c l o n e In A n o t h e r S e c t i o n .
mates, committed suicide by leaping-
Kansas City, June 28.— A special to overboard, preferring death in this war I
the Star from Salina, Kan., says: A rattier than from tiie ravages of the |
terrible cyclone passed 15 miles north fever, which tiiey felt sure would over
of this city last night. So far as heard take them. One hy one the men died I
three are dead and a number danger off until the mate and seoond mate wen-
ously injured. The dead are:
the only officers spared, and the former |
Mrs. Anna Geesey, aged 34; Nola finally succumbed to the dread disAsr
Geesey, 13; Ida Geesey, 9.
Captain Christie and seven men had I
Four members of this family were died and their liodies had been cast [
also badly hurt. Mr. Geesey was away over the siiip’ s side. For nearly two |
from home.
The remainder of the weeks the vessel drifted to the north
family had retired, and when the storm ward and eastward o f Rodriguez island I
struck they made for their cave. Be and ran into Port Mathurin. An effmt
fore they Lad gotten out of the house was made to get medical aid from the |
the tornado had destroyed it.
shore. That night tiie wind rose, and
Tiie work of destruction was not the following sunrise the vessel drove |
known till this morning, when neigh- on the reef and became a total loss.
liors found the d^td and injured mem She afterward entirely disappeared.
bers of the family lying about in the
Tiie Traveler, a well-known Liver
debris. The three dead were found 50 pool hark, built of iron in Dunbarton. !
feet away, east of the house, and near Scotland, ami laden with about 6,50»» I Cuban
them the body of a girl, alive, but nags of sugar, valued at #6,000. left Jan
buried to her waist in dirt.
for Philadelphia Christmas week, and
There are rumors of other casualties, although she came to grief February 3.
but particulars are meager.
nothing was known o f it until la.“1
Intense heat prevails in Central Kan month.
Captain Christiet was well |
sas. At some points farmers are com known here, having sailed out of Phil'
pelled to abandon their harvest work.
aadeipiha number of times on deep- I
water voyages. The ship was owned by
BOHANNON BOYS CAUGHT
J. R. Hawes & Co., of Liverjiool, wa»
1,420 tons register, ami was built in
L i-Kilville C r o w d W a n t e d to H u n g T h e n , ,
1879. The vessel was insured in Eng
hut W ere D riv en B a ck .
^ Leadville, Colo., June 24.— Leo and land, hut the cargo was held by Amer-1
Frank Bohannon, who escaped from the lean companies.
custody of the officers and shot and
T h e T a ilor .* T r o u b l e ..
mortally wounded Deputy Fahey, were
New York, June 29.— A large nnm
captured this afternoon, two miles be
ber oi contractors who entereil into set
low Granite by Deputy Sheriff McDon
tlement with the Brotherhood of Tail-
nell. The officer took the trail this
orsjast week, have according to a num
morning and about, two miles above the
ber of those prominent in the Clothing
town of Granite he caught sight of the
Contractor’s Association, ignored the
desperadoes. Returning to Granite, he
secured tiie services of John Gilbert a new agreement, cloged their shops »n*
ranchman, E. Shaul, a deputy, aid turned their employes adrift. The num
ber of contractors who are saiil to have
the trio soon caught up with the Bo
liannon hoys. When they saw the offi thus acted is set down at 400, employ
cers thev made an attempt to draw ing between 1,000 and 1,500 operator»
Leader Schoffeldt characterized th*
their guns, but the officers had tiie drop
and they were quickly disarmed and statement as a lie made out of whole
cloth.
j
shackled.
In the face of this denial, a bnge
There was a very large crowd at the
depot when the train arrived, bringing force of the tailors was found con#«’ j
in the prisoners. A large force of dep gated at tiie tailors’ headquarters
uties and policemen was on hand, as -Many of them said they had been
there had lieen rumors of trouble. The locked out, and made no concealment j
two men were quickly hustled into a of tiie fear entertained by them that
carnage and none too soon, for the they were face to face with another p*‘
crowd made a rush and were only nod of idleness.
driven back after a sharp struggle. Tha
» » 1 . 1 M i n e A c c i d e n t In C h i l e .
jail is closely guarded tonight.
Valparaiso, June 2 9 .— Twenty-!
Chunks of Ice as Large as
Ostrich Eggs Fell.
Asparagus is the oldest known plant
used for food.
SL U n is, June 2 8 .- A terrific rain
storm this morning did considerable
damage in the southwest section of tbs
^ ■ , J k e . r r ,,0n** Was “ »roofed
and the building otherwise damaged.
The storm also struck the insane uiv.
him. but nc.t much d— „
,|one.
A thonghful New York contemporary
announces that “ boiled alligator flesh
O f the #81,000,000 appropriated by tastes very much like veal.” Those
Laplanders are the shortest people in the Chilian budget, no less than #39,-
straightened circumstances
Europe, their average height living' 000,000 are for army and navy expen- who , rP
and are unable to obtain real will do
Males, 5 t inches; female«, 57.
itnrea.
well to remembar thi* substitute.
miners have been killed by a fall
rock in the Librar mines, in tbe p1
wince of Attakampa.
B ocisiu ta D e n o u n c e D eb«.
Detroit, June 29.— About 200 Detn
socialists met this afternoon and d
nounced Eugene V. Debs’ moveia*
for an independent community
>' sshington. The scheme was chart
terized by all the speakers as the «
communistic theory, and impossible
schieevment.
The timber wealth o f the Unit
‘ !’*’ "* Rives a yearly product of o*
# 1 . 000 , 000 . 000 , or more than twice ti
value of the output of the mine*