Washington County hatchet and Forest Grove times., July 08, 1897, Image 2

W A S H IN G T O N
CO UNTY
IIA T C H ïT .
f in is h e d
A R B IT R A T IO N
I
NEEDED.
NATIVE RIOTS IN M i l
O pin ion s o f S e vera l P u b lic M en R e g a r d ­
in g t h e G r e a t S trike.
N ew York, July 7.— The Journal and
Advertieer
this morning publishes
special dispatches giving the following
opinions of public men regarding the
miners’ strike and the jiossibilities of
arbitration.
T E R S E T I C K S F R O M T H E W IR E S
Senator Hanna says: " I deprecate
that the coal mining troubles should
come at this time, when the conditions
J lm I n t e r e s t i n g C o l l e c t i o n o f I t e m « F r o m
of trade are such as to make it seem
t h e N e w end th e O ld W o r ld In »
impossible to secure a favorable con­
sideration of the strikers’ demands.
C ondensed and C om p reh en sive F o rm
T h e salmon pack at Astoria so far The rates of wages are unequal among
mines in oertain districts, which is un­
loots up about 2,000,000 cases.
fair to the men. This is the point first
Patriotism claimed five lives in C h i­
to be adjuste«J, and is a matter which
cago and there was an unusually large
should be arbitrated at once and fairly
list o f maimed and injured people as a
settled. A s soon as business revives
result of the celebration.
ami an increased demand for coal w ill
Senator Davis lias rejnirted from the justify it, the miners should have their
committee on
foreign
relations an fol share of its benefits, and I believe
amendment to the general deficiency they w ill secure it without a strike.
I
b ill to pay $6,000 to families of three am always in favor of arbitration iq the
Italians lynched at N ew Orleans.
settlement of difficulties between opera­
Lake Ann, Mich., a village of nearly tors and their men.
I hope such a
I , 000 inhabitants, was practically de­ course w ill be pursued in this instance
stroyed by fire today.
Mrs. Musters, as will bring results satisfactory to
aged 80, was burned to death while try­ both sides.”
in g to rescue goods from her dwelling.
Senator Fairbanks said: " I regret
Special dispatches from Bombay state that any difference should have arisen
that from 600 to 1,000 rioters were between the coal operators and the
It is to he hoped that wise
killed during the recent rioting in the miners.
▼icinity of Calcutta, and it is added counsels may prevail, and that an early
that native officials put the death roll settlement of the disputed questions
may be made on fair and honorable
aa high as 1,500.
terms. A strike w ill unfavorably affect
The sultan now shows signs of yield­
business at the time being.
There are
in g on the question of rectification of
evidences on all sides of returning pros­
the Turiksh frontier in the direction of
perity, and anything that arises which
Greece, and the ambassadors are ex­
may tend to delay the early return of
pecting that negotiations of peace will
normal commercial conditions is to tie
be resumed when it is hoped every
deplored.
It would seem that there is
thing w ill be settled in accordance with
wisdom and patriotism enough among
the views of Europe.
all parties concerned to enable them to
W h ile tam ping a shot in the M orn­ unite upon some method of arbitration
ing mine, at M ullan, Idaho, an explo­ whereby a speedy settlement may be
sion occurred, injuring W illiam Evans reached, and suffering and distress
and another miner, whose name was averted.”
not learned.
Botli men were taken
Senator Turpie says: "ite ith e r con­
to W allace, Evans dying on the road. gress no - the president has any judicial
T he other man is lying in a comatose authority, and conse«iuentiy could not
condition, with several fractures of sit as a court of arbitration.
I think
the skull.
that arbitration w ill be the solution of
There was a fatal accident at the San all labor troubles some time, hut it
Francisco fireworks display.
Edward must be conducted under fe«leral author­
J . Matthews, 20 years
old, while ity.
Some of the states have laws pro­
watching the display, was instantly viding for the appointment of arbitra­
killed by the explosion of a mortar, tion board to settle strikes and look­
outs, but as many of these troubles ex­
and his companion, Miss Hildenberg,
was badly lacerated on the faoe, and re­ tend through more than one Htate, one
ceived a shock to her system which the hoard could not deal with the matter
outside of its own jurisdiction.”
doctors say may affect her mind.
Senator Lindsay says: - “ Inasmuch
Telegram s received President Hatch-
ford, of the United Mineworkers, Ohio as the strike itself is to extend through
division, indicate that the order for a six states and affect as many more, I
general strike of the miners has been believe the proposition looking to arbi­
complied with generally throughout the tration to he in the nature of a wise and
m ining {districts of Ohio, In luma, Il­ humane effort to bring about a settle­
linois and Pennsylvania, and in some ment of the present difficulties, with
sections of W est V irgin ia and Ken­ none of the attendant horrors that fo l­
tucky.
President Katchford roughly low a prolonged strike.”
Secretary of State Sherman says:
estimates the number of men involved
at 200,000, but this is regarded us very “ Arbitration is always the best means
of solving such complications as the
liberal.
miners' strike, when the parties con­
A v erill Dimmick, foreman of the
cerned are w illin g to arbitrate.
The
W in o n a mine, at Loud, 8. I)., was
question of offering
arbitration, I
burned to death, and two others proba­
think, is one for congress. ”
.
b ly w ill die, as a result of a strange ao-
Attorney General M cKenna says:
oident. A gasoline pump at the bot­
“ The strike looks formidable now, but
tom of the shaft refused to work, and
may soon be settled by compromise, or
they went to investigate. Gasoline
as other strikes have been settled, by
had escuped and covered the wall of
one side or the other yiel ling.
I know
the shaft. T heir candles ignited it and
of no law that authorizes the general
they were surrounded by fire.
Man-
government to interfere between em ­
yon and Smokers tumbled into the
ployer and employes in a matter of
Packet anil escaped, but Dimmick fell
this particular kind.
on a hook, whion held him under the
chin.
European Population Threat­
ened by Mohammedans.
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
T h e Oregon state
Sunday school
union met
in convention
at The
Dalles. The secretary reports that dur­
ing the year 26 new Sunday schools
were organized. There lias lieen a loss
from enrollments of last year of 225
schools, 2,544 officers and teachers and
16,979 scholars.
A t a special meeting of the San
Francisco chamber o f commerce the
question of the advisability of an­
nexing H aw aii was considered.
A
memorial was drawn up for presen­
tation to both the houses of congress,
urqtng prompt Motion looking to the an­
notation of the H awaiian republic.
T he administration lias determined
to solve the Behring sea question hv
branding all seal pu|>a found on Priby-
lev islands this season.
Instructions to
this effect have been transmitted to
Professor David Starr Jordan, the seal
expert, w ho w ill soon lenve San Fran-
cmoo for Behring sea.
It has been decided at the admiralty
to build a new yacht for the queen and
the design has been submitted to and
approve«! hv her majesty. The new
vessel, w hich w ill lie built at the Pem ­
broke dockyard, w ill, in general out­
line, resemble the great Atlantic liners.
It w il l be 620 feet long, with only 50
feet beam, and he fitted with powerful
engines, so as to have great spee«l.
Representative Crum packer, of Indi­
ana. has introduced in the house a reso-
Intion for a constitutional amendment
providing that hereafter no noncontig­
uous territory shall be annexed to the
U nited States except in pursuance of a
treaty negotiate»! by the president, oon-
onrre«! in by two-thirds of the houses of
««ongresH and ratifle<l by the legislature
o f three-fourths o f the states, and no
contiguous territory except by tr«>aty
ooncurre«! in by two-thirds of each
house, the vote of concurrence not to
he taken into the house of representa­
tives until two years have ela|>ee<t from
the time of taking the vote in the seu-
ate.
One of the most sensational trag«*li<«s
ever enacted in North Texas took place
in the Methodist ohnrch in Peasant
V alley , D allas county, in the course of
the services.
A s a result Augustus
G arrison ami Frank Jones are dead aud
Thom as Jones fatally wounded.
T h s Union Savings Bank A Trust
Com pany, of Tacoma, has closed its
doors and w ent into the harnls of a re­
ceiver, as a direct reeult of the recent
sapreme court decision deckling that
large amount of the city's warrants are
«•valid.
THE
M U RD ERED C H IL D
FOUND
THE
S IT U A T IO N
IS
C R IT IC A L
I
The
T ro u b le
Is
Due to
the
o f ¡ O f f i c i a l s —A C o m p r o m i s e
E ffected
W eakneu
May
Be
Soon.
Calcutta, J uly 6.— In the fighting
which took place yesterday in a suburb
! of Chilpore, between the police and
rioters, many policemen were injureil.
Twenty-four native policemen were sur­
rounded by a mob and so roughly han­
dled that all of them are expected to
die of their injuries.
The rioters suf-
¡ fered heavily, but they carried off their
dead and wounded.
A compromise on the plague meas­
ures having lasen arranged between the
authorities and the rioters, the disturb­
ances have ceaseil.
The absence of rain is causing the
greatest anxiety throughout India.
The rioting arose out of the growing
practice of the Mohammeilans of seiz­
ing and refusing to pay rent for oertain
so-called mosques, built, contrary to
the tenets of the Mohammedan religion,
on ground belonging to infidels.
The
demolition of a mud hut, a so-called
mosque, let! to the outbreak. The riot­
ers were continually reinforced in re­
sponse to telegrams sent up the country
appealing to all true Mohammedans to
come to the aid of their coreligionists.
F o r 48 hours, the police and m ilitary
were repeatedly obliged to clear the
streets. Detached parties of M oham ­
medans stoned Europeans whereever
they found them, in some cases drag­
ging them from their glarries.
A ll the telegraphic lines were cut
and the buildings containing Europeans
were besieged.
There were many nar­
row escapes.
The rioters sounded war
cries, shouted vile epithets and grossly
insulted the European women. In sev­
eral parts of Calcutta, it is still danger­
ous for Europeans to go about, and it is
likely to remain so, owing to the na­
ture of the compromises by which the
riot was brough to an end.
The trouble is greatly increased by
the absence of the higher officials, most
of whom are now in the hills.
Those
who remaine«! behind hesitateil to un­
dertake the responsibility of extreme
measures.
The result was that the
troops were not allowed to fire or to
take the offensive, and even when ex­
posed to every kin«l of indignity and
insult, their behavior and self-restraint
under the circumstances were adm ira­
ble.
It is understood that the compromise
is based u|>on the unconditional surren­
der ot the lands, tu t it is believe«! that
this concession w ill prove a standing
menace to the safety of every Euro­
pean, as the rioters will celebrate the
victory throughout all India.
In spite of the cessation of the riots,
the situation is regarde«l as extremely
grave, and it is felt that unless some
official is invest«*! with plenary pow­
ers daring the absence of the governing
authorities, European citizens w ill he
compelled to act on their own respon­
sibility.
T H E B IG
S T R IK E O RDERED .
M in e r « o f the Eaxtern Coal
Obey.
State«
W ill
K ILL E D
BY
THE
\V. T . T . T .
Cincinnati, July 7.— There were 12
fatalities from heat t«*lay up to 10
o 'clock tonight. There were 85 pros­
trations of which official note was taken
by the poli« 5 e, conveying the victims to
homes or hospitals, and fully as many
minor cases in which the victims were
able to go home without assistance.
The weather bureau repiorts the mer­
cury at 70 degrees at 5 A. M ., and 98
degre«*s at noon, which was the maxi­
mum.
A thunder storm set in at 8
o ’clock and continu«*! for three hours,
which cooled the air. Since dark it
has been rising, until at 10 o’clock the
tempierature was 74 degrees. The local
weather bureau, in answer to queries,
refers to Saturday’s prediction, which
extended the hot blast over Tuesday.
Street thermometers registered the tem­
perature trom 8 to 5 degrees above the
weather bureau figures. There have
been 31 fatalities in three days.
The Commercial Tribune spiecials re­
port result of the heat from outside
points as follows:
Springfield, O .— Nine cases of heat
prostration today.
Toledo— To<lav’8 sham battle result-
e«l in 20 men being overcome, with no
very serious cases.
Wapaknet— Friday, Saturday, Sun­
day and today the mercury stood all
the way from 102 to 108. The farmers
cannot do harvesting.
The extreme
heat has had serious effect on horses.
W heat is dead ripie and is beginning to
become brittle.
Parkersburg, W .V a .— Yesterday and
today were the two hottest davs on rec­
ord here, the maximum temperature
being 99 at the weather bureau, and
112 in the shade on the street. N o fa­
talities are reported.
H ottest fo r Ten Year«.
Pittsburg, July 7.— The thermometei
today registered 99, the hottest July
day for 10 years. As a result, two
deaths and 17 prostrations are reported.
During a heavy storm, Matthews, a
well-known horseman, was killed by
lightning at Homewood race track.
The deaths from heat are: Michael
O ’Loughlin and Mrs. Mary Doyle.
F ata l E ffects at F ort W a y n e .
Fort Wayne, Ind., July 7.— The
thermometer was about 95 degrees
nearly all day.
Those who were pros­
trated were: Mrs. Am elia M iller and
Frank Huxley.
Mrs. W. A . Miller,
prostrated yesterday, died today. Mrs.
Pollock was prostrated while in a cher­
ry tree, and fell to the ground. Both
legs were broken.
N in e D ead» M o re Prostrated.
Chicago, July 7.— Today was cooler,
but the pavements and buildings had
store«! up heat enough to make thing«
uncomfortable. There were nine deathf
and 29 prostrations.
Sevt-n D e a t h , at D e t r o i t .
Detroit, July 7.— The heat became
less unbearable, but seven deaths are
reported.
W e yl«r
FREEDOM
THERE.
S till P e r m ittin g O u tra ge «
W o m e a and C hildren.
on
N ew York, July 7.— A dispatch to
the W orld from Havana says: Senore
Borelles, Marandios, Nortones and Dia?
all wealthy residents of Guanabaeoa,
were arrested recently and hurried to
jail.
The next night their homes were
invaded hy troops and, police and then
w ives and daughters were forced to go
with the men, hardly having a chance
to dress. Indeetl, two of them handsome
girls of 16 ami 18, were taken away in
their night garments, the sohliers in­
dulging in the coarsest jests regarding
them and their apipiearance.
These
women have disappieare«!, and to oom-
plaints made in Guanabaeoa and H a­
vana, no attention is paid.
La Lucha avers that 14 children from
6 to 15 years of age have b«»en put in
prison as “ abettors of the revolution.”
T he American colony is insult«*)
| daily in the piupi«>r8 and many sarcastic
remarks
are
made
regarding the
“ Am ericans’ sudden change of front
when Spain stood on her dignity.”
Columbus, O ., July 6.— A general
strike of the U nited M ine Workers of
Am erica has been order«*! by the na­
Portland, Or., July 7.— A t last the tional executive board, and also by the
story of " S a n d y " Soper’s local crime is district presidents.
The strike is or­
oomplete.
dered to enforce the scale of wages
When the murderer arrive«! in M is­ agreed upon for Pennsylvania, Ohio,
souri, to answer for the murder of his Indiana and Illinois at the annual con­
former wife and two children there, vention of United Mine Workers, held
about six years ago, he wrote to his in this city the 12th of January lasL
heart-broken wife here, to the effect
The national ex«*nitive hoard is com­
that when he d«‘serte«l her, on the 16th posed of Fre«l Dilcher, David H . Jenny,
of last A p ril, taking their 2-ycar-old H arry Stephenson, James M . Carson
child with him, he killed it and buried
and Patrick Dolan.
The district pr«>si-
the remains.
Search was niade for the
dents
are
W . E. Farm er, W . G .
little body, and it was found near the
Knight, James M. Carson und Patrick
mouth of Montgomery gulch covered by
Dolan.
M. D. Katchford is president
a comparatively thin layer «if earth. It
of the national executive board, John
was idontifi«*! by its raiment, which Kane vice-president and W . C. Pt»aree
was the same it ha«l on when taken
secretary
A ll these names are signe«l
W o u n d ed G o in g H om e.
fr«mi home by its inhuman father on t*. the circular.
N ew York, July 7.— A dispiatch tc
its death journey.
The officers say 875,000 men are in- the Journal and Advertiser from H a ­
The coroner’s inquest hut adde«l to
volve«l in the propios«*! strike. Presi- I vana says: Seven hundred ill and
the horror of the crime.
dent Katchford says this is the tx»st wounded troopis have embarked lot
The child had been buried alive!
time to settle the «puestion j f wages, as home at General W eyler’s request, tc
Dr. Kessler, in his evidence, showed
during the summer the men can make make room in the hospitals for the new
«■oncluslively that Soper attempt«*«! to
enough out of their garden patches to fever and smallpox victims, who arc
strangle the little one, and as it re-
obtain suitsistence. The n»>eds oí cloth­ stricken down from day to day.
Miss
laxed into um'tinsciousiuuis believed lie
ing are not so great as in winter.
W ilherforce still hopies to piersuade
ha«l accomplished his horrible work.
General W eyler to piermit the recepition
The nnmlerer then prove«* h*i to bury
O b ject o f th e Strike.
at the hospitals and impartial treat­
the body. A hollow grave was dug and
Terre Haute, I n d , July 6.— Presi- Í ment of wound«*! Cubans who are capi-
the still un«*>nscious infant plac«'d in dent Knight, of district No. 11, Unite«l
tured and held as prisoners of war,
it.
The child's cap was then drawn M ine W orkers of America, officially
over its face amt dirt and brush pile«l confirm«*! the news of a miners’ strike. ! awaiting conrt-inartial, sentences oi
death or deportation in chains.
upon the body.
Hoper then left the His estimate, however, if the men who
A Juvaro Moron dispatch to El Diarc
scene.
Hardly ha«l he reaclie«! the top w ill be involve«! is about 100,000. Mr.
de la Marina reports the defeat of a
of the trail, aecciniing to Dr. Kessler, Knight says the object of the strike is
party of amazons near the central tro-
before the child revive«!, and working to clear out the markets, and counsel
cha and announce« the capiture of theii
its baby hand free from the weight of i the ««perators to pay living wages tc
captain, Señorita Florentina.
The
«1 irt and debris holding it ilnwn, tore their men.
He declares it is not a war moment the news reached General
aw ay the cap from its face in an effort upon operators, and the miners do not
W ey ler at M anzanillo he telegraph«*!
to gain breath.
Its baby strength w as, so regard it. They admit, according
ordering her release.
however, insufficient to raise the load to Mr. Knight, that the operators are
pressing the poor little body down. not responsible for the present aggra­
Orest B ritain ’s second oldest ship in
That the chihl struggled is shown in vated condition of affairs, but are. like commission, the Grampus, built in
ths contort«»«! position of the limbs as the men they empdoy, the victims of
1784, has been sold to |b«> broken up.
the chihl lay in its m«ie grave.
The overproduction an«l under-consumption.
It hail been used for many years as a
venlict of the coroner's jury was death Mr. Knight says that w h i'e the miner« powder hulk at Portsmouth.
Nelson’s
from
strangulation and suff«>cation, may not be especially hopeful as to th« Victory is the only older ship in the
charging Soper with murder.
•ervice.
outcome of the strike.
It W
hr
Burled N ea r th e F o o t
g o m e r y G u lch.
H o lle r«
a I
of
M ont­
Knit W o r k * E x p l o d e .
Pittsburg, July 7.— Three boilers at
the salt works of Haller, Beck A Co.,
in A lleghany, exploited at 8 o'clock
this morning.
Two men were kill«*«!
and one badly wounded.
The explo­
sion wreckeil the plant and set the
works on fins. The cause of the explo­
sion is not known.
Most of the bnsinees houses in M ex­
ico are cloee<1 for an hour and a half
in the middle of the day.
A H a iti«* N e a r M e ta o r o .
Constantinople, July 6.— Newspapers
of the city repiort that a battle occurred
betw«*>n 400 Greek raiders and a de­
tachment of Ottoman troops near Met-
■oro. The Greeks suffered a loes of 120
killed.
In addition, 80 of the Greek«
were capture«! and taken to Janina.
An eminent physiologist asserts that
the weight of a woman’s brain de-
creasee after the a g « of 80, w hile that
of a man doe« not decrease until 10
yea « later.
w ork ,
Havana, July 6 — Addressing the
m unicipality of Manaamlla, yesterday,
Captain-General W eyler said thst the
pardons granted to political prisoners
were due only to the generosity of the
pueen, and not to the political influ­
ence of any p»arty.
Joapuin Pedroeo and Antonio Rojas
were shot outside the Cabanas fortress
today.
In many of the factories of Germany
the women are not permitted to weai
corsets daring work hours.
C o n v e n tio n
la \I I ( H
H mm A d j o u r n e d .
T w e lv e P e o p le P e rU h and T h lrljr-F iva
P r o s t r a t e d at C incin nati.
NO
it s
HEAT.
"
Vancouver, W ash ., Jnly 6__
Trial of the Competitor Crew
Again Postponed.
NO
FUTURE
O fficia l.
DATE
Fear the
D ela tio n ,
of
W AS
KITect o n
F a ..ln (
most pleasant and harmonious fo-?
days’ session, the 14th annual eon.«
tion of the W . C. T. U . , of VVe*t,J
Washington close*! tonight. The w
nual election o f officers today resul»-'
us follows:
President, M iss Mary L. pa?e f
Olympia: vice-president, Dr. Ell* j
Fifleld, Tacoma; corresponding IWrJ
tary, Mrs. A lice R. Rideout, Ohmpu
recording secretary,
Mrs. El'len J
Thayer, Everett; treauirer, Mrs. g, ^
Shorthill, Tacoma;
organizer, j|rt
Mattie N . Graves, Centralia; a||
re-elected; delegate-at-large to the ..
tioual convention, Mrs. J. O. Stone,
Seattle, and Mrs. Mattie Gridley, \K
couver, state delegate.
Reports were presented hy the super
intendents of their respective depart
ments of the w ork accomplished dun«,
the year in the departments of purity
purity in literature and art, school-
metluxlB; temple work; lumbering-
narcotics; parliamentary usage; nanit*-
and economic cookery; Christian lett-
mission and others.
A most pleasing feature of the 8e*;:
was the “ E m porium ,” given neart
close of the session.
This consisted -
practical illustrations of the differe:
departments of W . C. T. U. work
Many of them were very imprewiti
A delicious luncheon was furnished t_
white ribbon visitors in the Methodi;
Episcopal church.
The address of Mr«
NarcissaJ W hite Kinney, of Aetori»
president of the Oregon W. C. T. C.
on "T h e Spirit of the A g e ,” wage!;
quent and was w e ll received.
Resolutions
were passe«! directi;
the legislative department to urge th
passage of laws favoring prohibition
the indorsement of the universal use-
the W . C. T. U . text-book, “ Hetf
Culture,” in the public schools; favor
ing a crusade for the abolishment of t
sign “ Ladies’ Entrance” in front
drinking saloons; favoring woman stiff
rage and inviting all political parti-:
in the United States to insert
suffrage plank in their platforms.
An animated discussion took pi*
during the closing hours as to whethi.
it is necessary for the W . C. T. U
workers to lay aside the badge of th
society, the white ribbon, to insureds
cided success during political cam
paigns, as appears to have been
idea in other states.
T he discunio1
was one-sided, being decidedly in favo
of the ladies, when engaged in politics
or legislative work, retaining thei
badge of white.
The convention closed with anothe,
splendid address hy Miss Belle Hear
nev, national organizer, of Mississippi
on “ A Message for Our Young Worn«
and Their Brothers.”
It was decided to meet next year i
Tacoma, unless the national conventic
should be held in that city, in whii
case the convention w ill be held in Er
erett.
SET
Am erican
Sentence
on
th e Prisoner«.
N ew York, July 5.— A Herald dis­
patch from Havana says: The trial of
the Competitor crew did not take place
on July 1, as had been reported.
It
may not take place for several months
yet, unless the United States presses
the matter. The authorities here hes­
itated to bring the men to trial for dip­
lomatic reasons. They realized the
fact that if the law sof Spain mean any­
thing, and are not to be brought into
disrepute, the sentence of the Compet­
itor filibusters muBt be a severe one.
On the other hand Spain does not de­
sire to aggravate any hostile feeling
that may already exist in the United
States against her.
It was just about the middle of June
that Consul-General Lee, by direction
of his government, pressed here for an
earlv tiral.
He pointed out that a long
delav had already taken place and de­
clared it unjust. To the consul’s letter
General W eyler sent a most indefinite
reply. He began by excusing the past
delay on the ground that proceedings
on the part of the prosecution had con­
sumed much time, and now, he said,
the lawyers who had been assigned to
the prisoners had been given until the
end of July to prepare the defense.
In
conclusion he stated that it was “ im­
possible to say when the trial would he
brought on.” This means that it has
been thought best to delay the trial in­
definitely.
In the meantime the Competitor
crew are languishing in prison.
Some
of them cannot stand the confinement
much longer. They are not treated
badly, so far as Spanish treatment of
prisoners in Cuba goes.
Americans
oannot realize what the confinement in
Cabanas during these hot
months
means.
When Melton, for example,
was taken prisoner, he was a remark­
ably fine specimen of a man. Today
he is broken down beyornl recognition.
Hia shoulders are bowed and his frame
waste«! to skin and bone.
Disease among Spanish troops in San­
tiago de Cuba has been so severe that
when General W eyler ordered the move
into the interior against the rebels, the
only soldiers available were conval«*s-
cents.
A ll over the island disease
among the Spanish troops is increasing
at a fearful rate. Out of the thousand
men in the Vegar battalion in Pinar
del Rio, nearly 700 have been rendered
unfit for service by malaria.
The hos­
pitals in Havana are crowded to over­
flowing.
General Ruiz Rivera is dangerously
T A X ON S T O C K A N D BONDS
ill.
The prisoner’s doctors have per­
formed a delicate operation upon him, L o d g e 1’ r e p a r e « a D r a f t o f an Am«ndJ
and he is now in a critical condition.
m ent.
The H erald’s correspondent in M a­
Washington, July 6.— Senator Lodg:
tanzas reports a fierce engagement on
today prepared a draft of an amend
Saturday last between Spanish troops
ment to the tariff providing for a stain,
and a large body of insurgents. B e­
tax on stocks and bonds in acccordxn:
tween 60 and 70 Spaniards were killed j
with the action of the Republican senai
and wounded. The rebel loss is not !
torial caucus last night, and submitt;'
known. General Meline, who was with
it to the finance committee. As prc
a colnmn of men, came to the assist­
pared the amendment provides for'
ance of the Spaniards and was badly ;
tax of 5cents per share of $100 or i
wounded
during
the engagement.
tion on the face value of the capita'
There are in the vicinity of Matanzas
stock, or on bonds on their issuance,
2,200 insurgents
w ell
armed
and ;
and of 2 cents for each $100 or fracti­
equipped.
on each transfer of stocks or bonds.
The rebel leader Guaracha captured *
and killed two Spanish spies near the United States and state bonds are ei
cepted as are individual bonds to lecui:
city limits of Matanzas. The Herald
mortgages, and also the stock an
correspondent vouches for the statement
that the Spaanish macheted 17 pacífi­ bonds of mutual benefit building
ciations. The amendment has been
cos, men and women, who hail left
submitted to the Republican member:
Matanzas for a plantation to get food.
of the judiciary <M>mmittee and «¡t
R i v e r a '» C ondition.
proved by them as to form.
Havana, July 5.— A press correspond- [
E x c h a n g e o f W e a t h e r R e p o r t«.
ent has had an interview with General '
Washington, July 6.— A n arri
Rivera, in San Ambrose hospital, to !
which he was removed from Cabanas ment has been completed hetweet
fortress by the advice of attending sur­ United States and M exico for th«
geons. General Rivera expressed him ­ change of weather reports. The
self as satisfi«*! with the medical and operation with Mexico is simila
surgical attendance provided, as well that now in operation between Cxi
United States.
Profi
as with the nurses. A ll the food sup­ and the
plied him is excellent.
His meals are Moore, chief of the weather bui
served from a restaurant near by at hie under Secretary W ilso n ’s direction,
been in consultation with Senor Ac
own expense.
tin N. Chavez, direotor-general of
T e r r ib le S u icid e o f T h re e Men.
Mexican telegraph, for some days,
St. Louis, July 5.— Just west of fecting the scheme.
Senor Chavei
W ellsville, there is a coal chute tielong­ specially authorized hy the preside!
ing to the \\ abash line. A s passenger the Meican republic and his score
train No. 6 was dashing through this of public works to establish a a «
chute, Engineer Robinson saw three telegraph weather servic» to celled
men liyng with their heads upon the servations by telegraph, and to issi
rail.
He tried to stop his engine, but the Mexican marine ports warnini
the distance was too short, and in an Hurricanes and other severe dist
instant the men were ground beneath ances. He proposes to have the Y
the wheels. A close examination of
can observations taken ilaily ai
the bodise revealed the fact that the same moment that observations
men must have been perfectly sober taken at the weather stations it
when they took their places beside the
United States, and to plan the MeJ
track.
weather service after that of the I
«*1 States, which he considers the i
C a n o t i i A n g r y * t R e p o rters.
Madrid, July 5— Senor Canovas del efficient in the world.
The two services, by the arrange«
CastiU«i, the Spanish premier, and the
Duke of Tetuan have had a long con­ effected, w ill work in harmony,
ference on the subject of the latest metric system of measurements wil
news from the United States. The pre­ use«! by Mexico; hut this is easil:
mier has notified the reporters he will duced to our system.
not give them any news hereafter on
Russia's population increases al
the ground that they publish it in a
form calculate«! to influence the stock rate of 1 , 00,0000 anunnally, and
increase is much greater than tbi
exchange.
any other country in the world.
i
Steel M i l l , C lose D o w n .
Pittsburg, July 3. As a result of the
failure of toe joint wage conference of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron
“ era
and ,h" " a n u fa ,.
tnrers to agree upon a scale , t the
Youngstown conference yesterday *fl
£ w n« r
between
n* ,5,<K>0
? ^ ,o^
own • men
» * £ are
and 85,000
uJUT* ,re wld “ 8
San Diego, Cal., Jul
r ranciscans claim a dii
to a tra,.t of land <sont
of acres in the best pat
fornia. They are W il
M. Porter and C
healthy men. T h e 1
at present claimed by tl
and Townsite Com pan
»he San Francisco cl
»«ken to the C itv of
, r'ndile, who w ill end«
'*gal recognition.