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fBif ^ntclliqmrcr. VOLUME XI,TIII-NTOBER.1T. WHEELING, W. VA.. TUESDAY. SEPTKMBEK 12. 1898. ~ PRICE TWO OENTS.U5raS& PUBLIC OPINION IN FRANC Iking Sobered by Reading Coi meats of World at Large on the Dreyfus Verdict. nrPlllIlD DCMMUFNIUTir r ttULI/ia l\LVVi!iiiiLiivn i n / Of the Courtmartial for Mere rumination of Degradation Feature of PunishmentPARIS, Sept. 1L?Except for slit street disturbances to-night, Paris 1 remained unexpectedly quiet, but t condition of affairs is not likely to c< tlaue. The long, heavy rain yesterdi combined with the fact that the leadi of the opposing parties were all flenncs. prevented any organised do onstration. Then, too, the general pi He were delighted with the verdict confirming the chose Jugec. Now, ho ever, they are beginning to see I want of logic in conceding "extenui jpg circumstances," to a convicted tr tor. a concession which excites doubt to the strength of the case agaii Dreyfus. Moreover, public opinion is being i leixd by reading the comments oft world at large and by the prospe however remote, that the exhibition v be boycotted, which would mean a 1< of millions to the country. There Is little doubt that the trial the Derouledelsts next Monday, ?rhirh It tn asserted sensational e denco will be developed, and the i opening of the chamber of deputies v be signals for fresh troubles. At pn wit both parties are taking breath, I the latent animosities are undimlnh cd. It is estimated that the last yea proceedings have cost the Dreyl party at least 1,500,000 francs. T* do not Intend to let matters rest, a rumors are revived of the Impend] arrest of General Mercier. He declai that he does not care what happens, 1 in? quite satisfied that he has done: duty. It is understood also that Presid* Loubet opposes such an extreme coui a? prosecuting Mercier or the otl generals. He Is rather inclined to conciliatory policy, extending even t pardon for Dreyfus. SI. Demange has been blamed for c( ceding so many points in his spec but it appears that he did so in 1 hope of winning another wavei among the judges, who, however, fin ly joined the majority on condition tl the verdict would be accompanied w the proviso of extenuating clrcu stances. ___ MFPf.Y RECOMMENDED nr the Court Martial fbr Dreyf Object is to Eliminate Degradati Feature of Punishment. UENNE8, Sept. 1L?The courtmi tlal signed a formal recommendatl for mercy this afternoon. Its object to eliminate the degradation featu: of the punishment The recommenc lion will bo handed to General Lu< for President Loubet When M. Labori's secretary infor td Dreyfus of this action, he ^ greatly affected ana wild: "I still have hopes." A state of calm prevails here. All ( troops and gendarmes quartered in 1 town and its environs have left and I Journalists and others interested the trial have deported since Saturdi The cafes which for the last few we< have been thronged with excli crowds, are deserted. This afternooi solitary gendarme paced up and do be fore the military prison and there v not a policeman or a soldier near I Lycee, which last week resembled barracks. Workmen were busy d mantling the court room and packl the chairs, tables and benches on Irolley car outalde. Madame Dreyfus visited her husbn in the prison this afternoon, but, i the slightest interest was shown in th meeting by the population She fou him as calm as yesterday. The prltu er smoked a pipe to*day, for the fl time In many days, which indlcai thnt he was In better spirits than coi be expected. ZOLA'S REFLECTIONS On tlw Burlesque of Justice ? 1 Fifth Act to he Played. PARIS, Sept. 12.?The Aurore p: l!>hes this morning a long letter fr Emlle Zola, the novelist, which Is pendant to hla famous "Jc accuse" I tor In the curly stages of the revls movement. It concludes as follows: "The ministry which Its agents hi betrayc i, the ministry which had weak in- to leave big children w muddlvd minds to play with mate! nnd knlv# h. the ministry which has f y itten that to govern Is to foreseo-^-l only to hasten to act If It does not w abandon to tin- good pleasure rmany. the firth net of the drar in" denouement l^fore which ev< *' '"'hmnri Hliould tremble. _ " |H the government to piny t I. act ns soon as posslbte, In order P' nt its coming to us from ahro r' government enn procure the do< v Diplomacy has settled grea " -Itles than this. Whenever * to atck for the docume: ?" "-rated In the bordereau, tjiey \ ' u: and that will be the new 1 1 1 will ncr? ?*itnte u second revls iho court of cassation wh ' 1 tlil" time, I hope, fully I and would quash the vert] * '" r-nvol In the plenitude of Its s< '' majesty. If the government wore to re( 'k' ' 1 Hie <i -r-nd'Ts of justice and tri what Is nrcensary. Not one lennrt his post. Proof, Invlnel ' shall (innlly end l?y obtnlnl !l November 23 we shall he at V My trial will recommence, ' h ns It In to recommence In all If meanwhile Justice Is V Will again help to do It. my valiant Laborl, whose h mh inertsswL will. therefc e at Verftnlllen the uddr " h he was unuble to pronouncu Rennes, and It U very simple. Nothing r?T will be lost \ I "As for me I shall not be silent. He O 1 will merely have to utter the truth without fear of injuring me. for 1 am ready to pay for It with my liberty and . my blood. Before the Seine assise court EI swore to the Innocence of Dreyfus. I swear to It before the- entire world. The entire world, which now proclaims with me. And I repeat, truth Is on the march. Nothing will stop It. At Rennes It has just made a giant stride. 11" "I no longer pave any fear except that J?y 2 I may see it arrive In a thunder of B, avenging Nemesla, devastating the Fa- 9J thcrland, unless we hasten ourselves to I make' It shine forth under our clear sun of France." )Jj WHEN CONGRESS MEETS ftAII Tho Palis Exposition Appropriation May bo Interfered Willi. iy. . WASHINGTON, Sept 11.?It Is be- W?l lleved that when Congress assemblies er there will be considerable agitation over a proposition for this government to nhnmlnn I fa nnrllrlnntlnn <n fha Purl* fht exposition. It is known that expres- W/ ms sions hostile to the exposition from Ben- State his ator Stewart are widely sympathised Fenni >n- in, and it Is thought that If the convic- comn iyt tion of Dreyfus is permitted to stand 8jtion there will be very little friendly feeling for France among members of either the CI?,m at house or senate. 8uch a move, how- Bible m- ever, would be a grave one. Stand lb- There are now only two ways In which th c Congress could interfere; one would be, a? to revoke such part of the approprla- imprt w- tion of $1,200,000 not already expended in roads he the expenses of the commission, and the to-da '. other would be to pass a resolution delt" clarlng that on account of the unsettled had 1 al- conditions in Franco the valuable gov- of th ag ernment exhibits should not be sent to COmp Paris.. To do either of these things 181 would be sufficient, it Is believed, to Mr* break off all friendly relations between in wl io- the two countries. sylvn i?_ Unless Congress expressly forbids it, fh H this government will proceed with the l"e preparations for the exhibition and will that "11 send to Paris such government exhibits gener 583 as are decided upon, but this will be done with a realisation of the probabllof ity that much of the space secured with were at such difficulty for private American ex- the b< vl- hlbits will be left vacant. Little doubt t?onB re- Is felt that the latitude allowed the prlfill vote citlsen will be quite extensively eignt as- availed of to withdraw from participa- He v !?? ?Via flvnmlllnn /??. UVU M?* UIIVG QROSVKN'OIt'B OPINION. h" cI r's said 1 Tub Says Rcnnes Verdict Will Injure (he bates tey Parih Exposition. that j"* WASHINGTON. Sept. ll.-Repre?ent- ,nter. ^ atlve Grosvenor. of Ohio, who has Just j,a^ , je- returned from Europe, spending part of rn|jrc bis the time in Paris, when asked by a Mp Post reporter If the Dreyfus verdict * ?nt would hurt the Paris exposition, said: twice rse "Beyond a doubt. No nation can af- natio ler ford to boycott ti* exposition as a na- ar(j c a tlon, because such action would be a di- th t 0 a rect insult to Prance, but Individuals can express their opinions; and in my ited j m- judgment thousands who would other- impr ch. wise have visited Paris will now remain rnnti. he on this sld-. This will touch the French the ri rer In a tender spot. The French people It al- are looking forward to making a great , ? lat deal of money out of the show. It is J", Ith a good thing that the appropriation for V;" J-1 m- the exposition has been made. Congress would hardly be In the mood now to appropriate money." Exposition Boycott. hls'ei BERLIN, Sept. 11.?The private agl- pro<il as* tatlon against the exposition Is begin- Germ on ning to And vigorous expression. The Vosslsche Zeitung says this evening "ho j ir" that a number of the largest German the e ion firms have pledged themsel res to with- You is draw. The Berliner Tageblatt says the there res Berlin council at Its next session will He consider a special motion to withdraw had i 1 the Berlin municipal exhibit been :afl On the other hand, the correspondent State of The Associated Press learns on the criml m_ highest authority that the German the c ?nnnolflnro thn TtPAVfllR MSP WIl I now, under nil the conditions, done with eomp nnd does not Intend to relinquish ofll- purpc clal representation nt the exposition, "aid 1 tho The ofllclnl responsible for this assur- show ance ndds that It should bo borne In prese tn? mind that, despite the Dreyfus case, Starn Ihe the official relations between the two utmoi In governments has steadily Improved of pr during recent years. atlon II * when ?ks Government Organs Silent. the s ted NEW YORK. Sept. 11.?A dispatch to J?u n a the Herald from Berlin says: wn It hns attracted considerable remark pp as that the governmental organ, the Nord- . [ho dcutseh Allegomeine 55eitung has not uttered a word of comment on the Judg- entry ment of the Dreyfus court martial. The for ' Is- same observation holds good with re- jame ng gard to the conservative Kreuz Zel- day. ] a tung and the Tagllche Rundschau. not s Of the conservative Journals, the only tleke one that has expressed any opinion Ib his s| tnd the Berlin Neueste Nachrichten, which prise not says: ing h 0, "Judgment has been given nnd the tlona world Is face to face with a fresh enig- porte ind ma. Courtmartlals In France are not causc >n- forced to give tho grounds for their for t Judgments. How bad a thing it is in for n . certain cases that they should be thus he hj toa freed from giving public account of soun< aid their acts Is clearly shown by the result of tbls trial. "V Won't Go to Paris. NEW CASTLE-ON-TYNE, Sept. 11. rnorn 'ho D. Stevens, a ship owner, and royal commissioner to the Paris oxhlblib* Hon. hns declared that as a result of Dom( om tho Dreyfus verdict he will not put his natio a foot on French soil. He adds that this < thousands of his countrymen will take natio et" the same attitude. Several Important next l?n Arms have already declined to exhibit to m In Paris. conv< ive ChicngoaiiN Will Protest, the CHICAGO, Sept. 11.?A monster mat* 1th meeting to protest agalst tho sentenc- hng ( hes ing of Captain Dreyfus, in accordance the or- with the decree of the court martial, Is at_f has being planned In Chicago. Prominent ? ish f'hlcagoans are said to be concerned in " .* of the movement, which was started yesnn, terday In the Jewish section of the city. Li? L-ry Tho proposed meeting Is to be held next Saturday. t* Action of MfitlimllAt Mlnlflfen. Pttrt ad. CHICAGO. Sept. 11.?The Methodlat ou- Mlnliten* Aanoclatlon, of Chicago. at '*[ tho regular meeting to-day. put luelf , ntn on record an protwitlng flKalnnt the rill Injuatlec of the verdict In tho Dreyfus act case. J * What Ijcvy Will Do. noun In- NEW YORK, Sept. 11.?Congressman The llet Jefferson M. Levy announced to-day ov- that ns soon as Congress meota he will ono ( 1, Introduce resolutions In the houso with- trial nth drawing the support of this governf merit from tho Paris exposition on account of the Dreyfus case. KF "Jfl Maryland Judito Dead. ,al n In- IIAI.TIMORK, Md.. Hepl. ?1.?Chief """ Justleo Charles 8. Roberts, of the "jj. Fifth Judicial district, Is dead nt his deatl on- home In Westminster, aged flfty*sovon twen >r#, yours. He was u Democratlo member beinj ohs of the Forty-fpurth and Forty-fifth pltnl ut Congresses. Illes. ANDARD COMPANY IMPALED i itate Senator Emery, of Penn- 1 lvanla Before the Indus- j :rlal Commission Inqury. c .ROAD , DISCRIMINATION, j less Eulogizes German Gov- i nment an "the Best on the ' Face" of the Earth." , iBHINGTON. D. C., Sept 1L? ] Senator Lewis Emery, Jr., of t sytvnnla, was before the Industrial llaslon to-day. He spoke In oppo- j i to the Standard Oil Company. He V ed that the railroads were respon- c Tor tne greai growin or uiu j lard Oil Company, and said that r ontract made between the South 1 ivement company and the rail- * i In 1872 WU8 practically In effect ?] y. Under this arrangement there t aeon discriminations on the parU c e roads In favor of the Standard T any up to the present day. Emery cited a case tried In 1890, I itch discriminations by the Pennnia road vrere charged in favor of < tandard Oil Company. He said fi while President Roberts and the n al freight agent of the railroad J any had both denied that rebates t given, the auditor and some of Dok-keepers had sworn discrlmlnawere given amounting to from j to twenty-eight cents a barrel. rab, however, so harassed after years' effort that ho compromised fl aim of 1107,000 for 135,0C0. He also v tie knew of instances in which re- c had been paid as late as 1S93 and e complaint had been made to the c state commerce commission,which c rendered Its decision against the ads for $86,000. c Emery claimed to have been g driven to tho wall by the combln of tho railroads and the Standompany against him. He claimed the Standard company had Inherlll the privileges of the old South ovement Company and read the act between that company arid illroad organizations to prove that avlded explicitly for rebates. He ead a letter addressed by the rers of the Baltimore A Ohio railroad e inter-state commerce commlsadmittlng, Mr. Emery claimed, rebates had been given up to Jan1899. Emery gave a detailed history of (Torts to secure a footing for the tct of Independents companies. In any. In this connection, Mr. Emuloglzed the German government model. "It Is," he said, "one of )est governments on tho face of arth. It protects all Its citizens, get the right hand of fellowship , but you don't get It here." had gotten tho relief which he tought In Germany, while he had praying for relief In the United s since 1872. There was no donation on either the railroads or nnals in that country. iness contended that the Standard any does reduce prices for the )se of driving out competitors, and fie could bring a stack of proofs to that this was the custom to the nt day. He also charged the lard company with exerting the j it efforts to prevent legislation and c eventing the making of apprf>prl- y b to carry such laws Into effect i made. Mr. Emery was still on t tand when the commission aded for the day. "Why Ho Supports Corbel. I ANKFORT, Ky.. Sept. 11.?Judge s P. Tarvln, Ketncky's probable for the Democratic nomination ci irlce president, made his first f s P. Tarvln, Kentucky's probable r. [t had been rumored that he would upport tho regular Democratic t. headed by Qoebcl, nnd not until jeech was half finished did he aphis audience on (his point, devotils remarks up to that time to naI Issues. He declared that he supd Goebel for the nomination bcf ho considered him the best man he plare, and supported him now ot only that reason, but because is the regular nomination on a 1 Democratic platform. ] ITant Democratic Convention. ICACJO, Sept. 11.?The Record toow will say: When Mayor Harrlreturns from his vacation this he will put himself at the head of vement which l? expected by the >cracy of Chicago to land the next nal convention of that party In ;lty. The gathering of Democratic nal committeemen In this city Sunday will be taken advantage of ake friends for Chicago aa the ?ntlon place. Will Demand an Inquiry. ISHINOTON, Sept. 11. - Word :omc that Commander Tnusalg, of navy, will arrive In the United 8 from Manila ubout the llrst of month, nnd It Is believed from Is said by his frlendfl that he will iptly demand a rourt of inquiry, officer was relieved of command ? Bennington by Admiral Watson line of some free criticism on his of the capability of the admiral. Jury I'nablo to Agree. LLI AM SPORT, Pa., Sept. 11.?The In the case of ex-Post master Roof Wllkesbarre, on trial charged opening mall belonging to nnother n, came Into court to-day and nnced that they were unable to agree, twelve men were discharged from icr consideration of the case. It stated that they stood eleven to for acquittal. No date for a new has been announced. Pflvnr Kceonl at Hey West. :Y WEST, Fin., Sept. ll.-The toumber of yellow fever cases up to Is 189; reported In the last twenur hours, 1. The physicians have 1 to make a report to-nlKht. No hs have occurred In the past ty-four hours. Nine cases nr? j treated at the yellow fever hos, and the rest aro In private fatn HATFIELDS ARRESTED 3y mi Armed Pane, Headed by Sheriff Peck, of Logan Connty, Without m Shot Being Fired. Special Dispatch to the InulUgenoer. GRAY, W. Va., Sept 1L?The most oclting clay witnessed in this section ilnce the day of the famous tragedy in vhich almost one-half of the McCoy amity were killed, even miles from lere, was to-day. Twenty-three men irmed with Winchesters, Krag-Jorgen*n and Mauser rifles, surprised and raptured four of the Hatfield feudists it their fort at Wbarncllife, Ave miles ibove here, at the month of Ben's reek. The posse was In charge of Sheriff J. B. Peck, of Logan county, ind was composed of men from Wayne, Cabell, Logan and Mingo counties, the nost daring to be found. Only the act that the posse ran In on a fast rain and disembarked before the Jatflelds were aware of their coming, treyented a most bloody battle. Tlin onnhiroH n?"o* 'Tlftvll Anifl." hlg ion Robert, John Dlngess, and George bfcKinsle, the latter of whom wan taten for attempting to Interfere with the ifllcers, after the other arrest? were nade. The other three are wanted In Centucky, where they were Indicted nany years ago foi- the murder of the KcCoys. Sheriff Peck saya they will lot be kidnapped and taken there lithout proper legal steps bsing taken, rhe prisoners will be taken some time o-nlght to Williamson, when the trial >t Ellas for the murder Of "Doc" *8Ills rill proceed to-morrow. Done IbrKlfcct. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. CHARLESTON. W. Vs., Sept 11,? lov. Atkinson to-day received a telerram from Sheriff Keadle, of Mingo ounty, stating that he thinks the "Mob alk of lynching Ellas Hatfield, was all lone for effect" Ho does not apprelend any danger. SINGULAR SUICIDE. I Horso Deliberately gonglit Watery Grave?Foils Kescuoers. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. It?While tandlng In water only thre feet deep a aluable horse belong to Patrick Tlerny, 1528 Federal street, Camden, deliberately committed suicide In Cooper's reek yesterday morning, in full view if a score of witnesses, Tierney is a well-known teamster and >wns nearly a hundred horses. Early lot.aaul.iu altimnnnn unllrA |1 rulfll vere turned out to pasture on the neadows back of Stockton park. When he time came for stabling the stock he most valuable one of the horses was ound to be missing. Tlerney lmmeHately reported the loss to the police, lupposlng it had been stolen. He spoke >f the animal having unusual intelligence, and said that It was his pet cartage horse and valued at $300. But learch as they would the police could lot And him. Shortly after midnight "Snapper" Joe Flultz, a fisherman and gunner, who Ives the year round in a boat house in Cooper's creek, near Stockton, was iwakened by strange noises. Hushing ;o the float he saw a horse prancing in rater up to his Hanks. The animal was telghlhg wildly and continually' plungng his head clean out of sight In the vater. Hultz saw that the horse was rylng to drown himself and called for lelp. Among those who came to the cene were Theodore Carver, 1530 Fedral street, and James Grant, Seveneenth nnd Benson streets, Camden, lultz went to the desperate animal and nanaged to fasten a rope about his teck. As the animal refused to budge, l lighter from a nearby wharf was lauled to his side. A belly band was >assed around the horse. All hands umped to the tackle and hoisted the nnd animal off his feet. In this condition the nnimai was lonted to the bank, when In a sudden itrugglc It broke away and bounded mck to the creek. Turning toward lis would-be rescuers tho horse gave >no shrill neigh and then plunged his lend under the water and kept it there intll he fell over exhausted and Irowned. FACTIONAL FIGHTS n Kentucky?Griffins and Philpots nt It Again. LONDON, Ky.. Sopt. 11.?The opening if war between the Griffin nnd Philpots actions In Clay county began last light. The house of Widow Chadwell, irlfe of Evan Chadwell, brother of Depity Sheriff Dave Chadwell, the leader jf the Griffin faction, was fired Into 'rom all sides. The woman escaped by hrowlng herself on the floor. All the attic, hogs and dogs were killed and i notice was posted on her door giving ler twenty-four hours to leave or be tilled. It was done by a body of horsemen vhom the Griffins say were Philpots. The jail here, which has two Griffins in t, is heuvily guarded by men with Winchesters. A rumor Is nlso current hat a battle was fought yesterday In :iay county, killing four men and vounding seven. The rumor locates ho battle on Redbird creek, eighteen nlles from Manchester. There have ?een several killings there of late and he buttle may have been either beween the Mackums and Hoberts'. or he Sisemores and Ambers, four factions hat are at war with each other. First Legal Whipping. WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.?The first egal whipping that has occurred In this vicinity since the civil war has Just >een adminlsterd to John liushard, a roung colored man, at Koslyn, Vn., Just irrosB the Potomac from Washington. Hushnrd was charged with attempted criminal assault on a colored girl. He ,vas tried at once. The case, as such, ,vas not mnde out; but Justice Louis P. Smith ordered the accused to receive lft. en lashes on his bare back. The lontence wns executed In the court oom by Constable Gaines, who lnld on he stripes with the leather handle of i black Jack. It wns at first decided :o administer ten lashes to the girl, nit she was afterward let off with a ooture, and was ordered |o keep away from that pnrt of the country. Stool Plant Air Toledo. TOLEDO, Sept. 11.?Agents of the Znrnegle company spent the greater ,inrt of last week looking over the situation In Toledo, nnd developments diow that a great steel plnnt Is planned tor this city. The Cnmegle people art Igurlng with Former Manager Hepion, of the Mnumce rolling mills, who ins been actively engaged In organizing i new enterprise since the trust ab? lorbed the plnnt. Options nre already n Mr. Heston't hands for large tracts >f land along tho river, and Mr. Heston linn announced that he has abundant capital to push the enterprise to a completion. . The Carnegie people nre unloubtcdly back of the deal. A COMBINE AGAINST THIS COUNTRY Talked of Among the States of Central and] South America Gives Officials Some Concern. THE SPIRIT OF DISTRUST First Exhibited in Senii-Offlcia! V.. DHn.a nf TTnitrnf I J/1SWU9S1UU WJ M ivaa w> WM?V?. Status of Colombia. WASHINGTON. D. C.. Sept. 11.?Tho rumors of possible combinations among the states of Central and South America directed against the United States, are received with some concern by the officials here. Nearly a year ago thin spirit of distrust on the part of the Latin-American people was first exhibited In the semi-official discussion by the press of the United States of Colombia, of a proposition to combine th? nations of South and Central Americu. In that case the ostensible purpose was to resist unjust demands for Indemnities by foreign states, but Incidentally during the discussion it appeared that the scope of the combination would be broader than this, and there was more than one intimation of a deep-seated distrust on the part of tho United States. I Two or three events have occurred since that discussion to strengthen this feeling. First, there was a decls- | Ion adverse to Columbia In the CerrutI ease, and as President Cleveland was the arbitrator that unpopular decision was charged against the United States. Then last spring came the cruise of the United States gunboat Wilmington up the Amason and the Orinoco. These voyages were undertaken from the most Innocent scientific and commercial motives. Commander Todd, of the Wilmington, found that there were no charts of these vast rivers and consequently was obliged to take soundings as he proceeded. Incidentally he was enabled to make rough running charts of the rivers that may be of value to commerce hereafter. His actions were, however, misinterpreted by some of the natives wherein Captain Todd Is said to have perfectly satisfied the Brazilian officials as to the rectitude of his purpose. It Is said at the deportment that there Is not the slightest foundation for tho story that secret agents of cither the state or navy departments have been sent Into South Amerlcu and it Is quite certain that there have never been any negotiations with Bolivia respecting the acquisition by the United States of lands In the Interior of South America. As for the visit to that continent of William E. Curtis, chief clerk Michael, of the state department, is authority for the statement that Mr. Curtis' visit is absolutely without official authority or direction. PORTO RICO'S DISTRESS. Governor General Davis sizes up rue Situation There. NEW YORK. Sept. 11.?The Porto RIcan relief committee of the Merchants' Association has received an acknowledgment from General George W. Davis, governor general of the Island of Porto Rico, of the goods shipped by that committee on the transport McClellan. which left here on the twentythird of August. General Davis, after thanking the committee for the supplies sent, says: "The fruit and most of the food crops of the island are totally destroyed. "If my conclusions as to the extent of the destruction of food supplies be correct, the stress of hunger will be nn Increasing one from this forward for many weeks, and we must prepare to feed not less than a quarter of a million people, before the earth can bring forth fresh supplies. "The expense of getting the food to the hungry will be approximately about 8 per cent bf tho cost of the food. Thla cost cannot be much less than a million and n half dollars, even if the diet be as proposed, rice, beans and codfish or bacon. Can we get that sum And If we can will your committee be able to prevent It going into anything but the cheapest kind of good food?" Philippine Mayor Disappears. MANILA. Sept. 11.-6:30 a. m.?The mayor of Imus hns disappeared, and It Is supposed he has Joined the rebels on the promise of receiving a generalship. He wan a colonel In the Insurrection of 1R87. The United States transport Senator, which sailed from flan Francisco August 15 has arrived here. Transport Senator Arrives. WASHINGTON. Sept. It?Tho following cablegram was received at the war department this morning: MANILA. Sept. 10. Adjutant General, Washington: Transport Senator arrived this morning. One casualty, William Ii. Goldthwalte: died at sea; body embalmed and brought here. OTIS. The Senator carried ten officers, six hundred and sixty recruits. Kxclted Iron Situation. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Sept. 11.? The iron situation throughout the south Is very excited because of the unprecedented demand. Many furnaces In the Tennessee and Alabama district are sold so far ahead that It. Is Impossible for foundrymon and smaller consumers to obtain Iron from them at any figure. Most of the furnaces hnve orders sufficient to consume their full nroduction far Into next year. Iron In the Chattanooga and Birmingham districts In selling as high as fIK and $18 60 per ton, and It is freely predicted that *20 iron will be a reality within the next thirty days. Suffocated by Oases. CINCINNATI. Sept. 11.-Two members of tho lire department and a child of four years were klllod by gases In a vault this afternoon. Monroe Dent, aged four, fell Into the vault In th?? rear of his father's house, on Clinton street, and the lire department was appealed to for aid. Thomas Itland and Harry Helnshelmer responded with a ladder, and descending were suffocated by the gssses. The bodies were all recovered. SENATOR SCOTT Sees Prfflldent McKltiloy In Mr. Dll Kemlol'n Bellair. SptNH mspatctt to tbe Inteltlgmcar. WASHINGTON. Sept. It?Senator N. n. Scott called upon President MnKlnUy to-day In behalf of Dan Mendel. a young man of Wheeling, now aboard the United Btatea atalp Iowa, aa an apprentice. It lua been tno aenator'a effort on numeroua occasions. often wttft success, to advance the IntereatB of young men of Ilia state who made good records In the country'* service. regardless of the fact whether or not they hove political or social backing. Young Mendel urns in the naval light at Santiago. showed great bravery and had a ladder ahot from under him. He Ik tno old to be apprenticed at Annapolis, and Senator Scott wants him placed la the army solely on hla record. The President promised to make the appointment if a place can be found for him. Hon. Oeorge C. Sturglss, of Morgan town. Is In the city, a topping at the National hotel. Mr. Thomas W. Fleming, of Fairmont, a G. A. K. veteran, on his way home from Philadelphia, stopped here to-day for a visit to friends. He left for Fairmont at 8 p. in. MINER KILLED At Gaston Mines, Fairmont, by an Explosion of Gas. Special Dispatch to tit o. Intel Iigenecr. FAIRMONT, W. Va.. Sept. 11.?Peter Yates, a young man employed In tho Gaston mines here, was Instantly killed last evening In the mine by a gas explosion. It took place about 6 p. ra? but he was not found until about 3 o'clock this morning. It was an unusual accident, as he was well acquainted with the mine, and knew where he wan to go. The mine boss had made an engage* inent with several of the miners to meet at a certain cross cut and there , to go to the several workings under his ,\li'nniinno nn.l u>l?h n anfatv lamn. When the party entered the mine they were struck with the smell of Are and burnt gas, and being practical .miners f knew at oncc what It meant. The usual precautions were taken and after a long search the body was found over two thousand feet from where he should have been. How he was led so far astray will never be known. TWO VACANCIES FILLED On tlio Board* of Weston Asylum and the Relbrm School. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. CHARLESTON. W. Vs., Sept. 1L? The resignation of Joseph Keller, member of the board of directors of the asylum for the Insane at Weston, was accepted to-day by the governor, and Albert Zelen2iger, of Parkersburg, waa appointed his succcssor. Keller's letter to theg ovemor offers as the reasons for his resignation ill health and lack of time to devote to the duties of the office. He first announced that he would resign while the board was conductli ; the Stathere investigation at Weston. Another vacancy created by resignation was also filled. Dr. George A. Newlands. of Huckhannon, was appointed a member of the board of directors of the reform school, at Prunty~ town, to succeed A. M. Lane, of Wat* ton, resigned. Charged "With Robbery. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. CHARLES TOWN, W. Va., Sept 1L ?nomitv Sheriff fiporirc Porterfleld brought here yesterday afternoon Daniel Shell and George Cornell, of Shepherdstown, nnd lodged them In Jail to await a hearing on a charge of being Implicated in the.robbery of the keeper of the Maryland nnd Virginia Bridge Company, nenr that place In May last. The arrests were made upon the confession of Fletcher Brown, a negro, who was brought here yesterday morning from Pittsburgh. There are Ave parties now In Jail, charged with tftlsr crime, the other two being Thomae ' Garrison, and George Winebrenner. ATTACKED BY TUAKEGS. French Mission In Africa has Been Completely Annihilated. TRIPOLI, Sept. 11.?A courier who has arrived here reports that the I French mission, headed by Foureau and Major Lamy, has been annihilated. He says the mission was attacked by an Immense body of Tuarogs who, after suffering terrible loss, killed all the members of the mission by force of arms. On March 22 of this year a dispatch was transmitted from Algiers to Paris that n party of Tuaregs had attacked an European expedition on Its way to Air, In the Sahara, killing 100 men and capturing part of Its caravan. It was said that the expedition attacked must have been the Foureau-Lamy mission, but on March 22 official dispatch* reached Paris from Blskar. 214 miles southeast of Algiers, that the FoureauLamy expedition had arrived at Agaibea months earlier, and that it could not, therefore, been this party that was killed by Tuaregs. Excitement at Pretoria. PRETORIA, Sept. 1L ? Excitement prevails here, pending tho decision of the cabinet. Secretary of State Rslts has left this city for Johannesburg and Cape Town. The likelihood of war Is much discussed. The coming of British troops Is not regarded as meaning certain war, but merely as making up for the paucity of troops In Southern Africa, so much commented upon during the past month. Rear End Collision. * SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 11.?A coal train on the Delaware, Lackawanna ie Western dashed into the rear end of a freight train Just an It hnd pulled out of a switch at Nay Aug. Ave miles south of here to-night, wrecking the caboose of the freight ?traln nnd killing Joseph Parry nnd Patrick Cullen, braktjmen. Of five other men In the caboose two were slight Injured. To Fill Senatorial Vacancy. HARRISIIU^G, Pa., Sept. 11. ? Ths vacancy In the Forty-sixth senatorial district, composed of Beaver nnd Washington counties, will be filled at the general election In November. This vacancy wns caused by the death of Colonel A. L. Hawkins, and Lieutenant Governor Gobln Issued his writ to fill the vacancy to-day. Weather Forecast Tor To-day. For West Virginia anil Western Pennsylvania, fair Tuesday nnd Wednesday: fresh west to northwest winds. For Ohio, fair Tuesday and Wednesday: probably cooler Wednesday; fresh west to northwest winds. Local Temperature. Tho terapsraturo yesterday an observed by C. Bchnepr. druggist, corner Market and Fourteenth streets, was as follows: 7 a .m ? I S p. m 78 !? a. tn <77 7 j?. m ft 12 m 7o I weather?Fair.