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lie tlttt -k ?ofe . -" c w 3 -"- e t -Number 1924. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1899. Price One Cent. -art -j , i - -i j-v ' li iii .;. ' i "-5 i FILIPINO TOWN TAKEN ltebcls Routed From Calamba After a llnnuiu; Fight. Failure of an Attempt In Hntrnp lic IIncni Vmcrlciiii I.ohm l'onr lllll ed mill Kle-ven AVomidcd Lnvv ion't Find Sliniiixh Women HcKCtl ed Landing in Aedc-Dccp AVnler. Manila, July 27. General Hall defeated General Malabar's garrison of 300 Fili pinos at Calamba yesterday afternoon after a sharp running fight, cutting fhxough the north and south avenues of lhe Insurgents. The expedition was un der the supervision of General Lawton. Four hundred Washington troops, armed with Krag-Jorgensen rifles, and Hamil ton's mountain battery left Faslg at 3 o'clock in the morning and joined Captain Eltenhead, with 450 men of the Twenty first infantry, ISO cavalrymen, and the Army gunboats Napldan and Oestc. At ,3 o'clock In the afternoon the gun boats concealed near Talim Island headed south est, deceiving the Calambans into believing they were intending to attack Santa Cruz. Suddenly, however, they landed the cavalrymen and the men of the Twenty-first Infantry a mile north of Ca lamba. a twelve-foot rise of the lake had flooded tho insurgents' trenches, hence there was no opposition on the part of the enemy until the cavalrymen were swim ming the river. The Insurgents then fired Tolleys at tbo Americans. Captain Mc Grath and Lieutenants Bales and Span secured a casco, on which they ferried the cavalrymen across the river. The cavalry advanced upon tie town, -while the Twenty-first Infantry detach ment plowed through the marthes and circled the foothills to the west, prevent ing a retreat of the enemy on three sides. It then swung to the southeast, flanking the enemy, who retired Into the town After fighting there in the streets they escaped south to Santa Tomas. The Washington troops, under cover of the Napldan's six pounders, landed In water neck deep, and got stuck in the marshes in the south, consequently they were unable to co-operate with the other troops. A hundred non-combatants in carriages drawn by bull teams, escaped to the! south unmolested. The enemy removed about twenty-five of their killed and wounded, and also took with them forty Spanish prisoners. Thirty of the latter. Including five women, were rescued by tho Ameri cans, and conveyed to Manila. Calamba, which is on the lake, is a pos ition of strategic importance, and will be permanently garrisoned. General Law-ton and his wife and son "were Interested witnesses of the affair from a launch, and were under fire. Lieutenant Larscn, commanding the Napldan, discov ered the Otalora, a lost insurgent gunboat, partly dismantled and concealed by fish trap, covered with bamboos. The American loss was four men killed and eleven wounded. Today General Lawton, on board the Napidan, visited Los Banos to the south of Calamba. He found there a deserted Spanish hospital for rheumatics, with hot sponge and marble baths, which be recom mends to the use of the Army. Prof. Wor cester, of the American Commission, ac companied General Lawton and congratu lated him on his discovery. ' TROOPS SATX POR HOME. The California Regiment Leaini Manila on the Sherman. General Otis yesterday reported to the War Department the departure of the Sherman. His despatch Is as follows: Manila, July 27. Adjutant Ceneral, Washington: Sherman sailed midnight, 1,2S7 officers and rocn, California; I5C discharged; total pa&sengen, 1,507. OTIS. Orders have been Issued by Quartermas ter General Ludington delaying the depart ure from San Tranclsco of the transport Indiana. The Indiana arrived from Ma nila July 24, and was scheduled to sail this week. It has been found necessary, how ever, to make certain repairs to the vessel, and she has been detained at San Francisco lor that purpose, and to enable the in stallation of a new system of ventilation. The transports Newport and Ohio yester day with two companies each of the Nine teenth Infantry, making the third battalion of that regiment, and sev eral hundred re cruits. OTIS ACCUSED OF FAVORITISM. Returned Dakota TronnH Complain of llaruli Treatment. San Francisco, July 27. The transport Morgan City, which arrived here from Ma nila on Monday, carried 115 sick and wounded soldiers from the First South Da kota Regiment alone. The men who re turned report that there arc not two hun dred able-bodied soldiers left among their fellows. The cause of this condition ap pears to have been that General Otis, who is accused of showing favoritism toward certain regiments and keeping them as guards of honor around headquarters in Manila, or on patrol duty on the streets, kept the South Dakotas on the firing line almost without a single let-up from the beginning of the fighting. Now comes a. scathing letter to Senator Pettlgrew from Surgeon Major R. C Warne of the First Dakota, of which the following is an excerpt: "Many of the men havo attempted to apply for their return home and discharge through mili tary channels, but Colonel Frost has held them up. For the good of all concerned Frost fhould be sent back to his own reg iment." Acetylene Can on-nixiIoftlv c. Rome. July 27. It is stated that Captain Tastorio, of the headquarters staff, has dis covered a means of rendering acetylene gas non-explosive. The War Office, it Is said, has decided to buy the patent, the secret of which is closely guarded. Slnrkclllefi to Honor Dewey. Paris, July 27. It Is stated here that Admiral -Dewey will be recehed vlth honors by the Marseilles eulhorltles upon the occasion of his stop there en route lor borne. $15 to Ilnltliuore and Return via II. Jt O. Saturday nnd Sunday, July 29 and SO, good for return until folio It; Monday. .Tickets good on all tiatus except Dot al Limited. limited Special to Chc-apc:il.c; nracli, Snndny, July "To accommodate tin denrlng to felfct cot tage tad haKU rttM. will start from land other, 1118 New York Avenue, It 9 l m., e turnir,g at 5 p. m. UooUngs rhould be made by 12 m. Saturday. Fare, rousd trip, $L Dauen fcower & Wicltcribaia, general agents. THE PRESIDENTS OUTING. "With Mrs. McKlnley, He In I-lcntcnnt-I Lncntcd nt Hotel Cliiimpliiin. Plattsburg, N. Y., July 27. President and Mrs. McKlnley arrived here at S 43 this morning and were drhen immediately to their apartments at Hotel Champlain, which had been placed in readiness for them. They arc the same occupied by tbcm two years ago, but have been handsomely refurnished. Mrs. McKinley's rooms were made beautiful with flowers and she smiled w lth .pleasure as sha entered. The Journey was somewhat fatiguing ten Mrs. McKlnley, but on the whole she stood It well. There was no demonstration on the President's arrival. Only half a hun dred persons wero gathered at the station. When the carriage containing Mr. and Mrs. McKlnley jeached the crest of the hill the President's flag was unfurled from the cen tral tower of the hotel and the orchestra played "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Hall to the Chief." Mrs. McKlnley walked to her rooms leaning on the President's arm. She remained in her apartments dur ing the day. The President took several Bhort walks about the hotel grounds and during one of them smilingly lifted his hat to the young caddies from the golf links, who lined up and uncovered for the President of the United States. He received no callers to day. During the day the President received official notice of the death of President Heu rcaux, of San Domingo, and sent a message of condolence. No other official telegrams wero received from Washington. Postmaster General Smith will be here in a few das and Attorney General Griggs and wife will arrhe August 15. Frederick M. Alger, son of Secretary Alger, who was a guest of the hotel, left for New- York tonight, but Russell A. Alger, Jr., and wife are still here. DE GALLIFET'S STATEMENT. He I rtenponNlhle for Ilecent Men ureM for Military Discipline. Paris, July 27. General de Gal.lfct, Min ister of War, has issued a note denj lng the reports that the measures for military dis cipline taken since the Waldeck-Rousseau Ministry was formed were the result of pressure on him by his colleagues. General do Galllfet says that he alone -jxa.nine.1 and prepared the measures and submitted them to the council, which approved tbcm. The note concludes: "The Minister of War has assumed and Intends to keep a large share of responsibility for these meaeure3, which devohe on him." This determination to bear personally all the consequences of his official acts is char acteristic of General de Gallifefs nature, as the manner la which General de Negrier has accepted his disgrace Is tjpical of the latter's military record. Though he has refused to talk on the subject. General de Negrier has allowed it to be known that he does not question the ministerial decree. He Is still In the army and he holds that he must set an example of absolute submission to authority. While General de Negrier Is receiving expressions of sympathy from many persons, numerous addresses are reaching the Government from Republican committees throughout Trance declaring their approval of Its course and their con fidence that it will not allow the law to be defied. The fall In rentes today was from 100 francs 25 centimes, to 99 francs 45 cen times, which Is the lowest price reached In many years. Later they rallied, closing at 99 francs 70 centimes. It Is understood that the object of Maltro de Manges visit to Prime Minister Waldeck-Rousseau was to request him, as Minister of the Interior, to take steps to remedy the defective ventil ation of the court room at Rennes, the ar rangement of which is about as bad as it Is possible for It to be. THE DREYFUS COURT-MARTIAL. Major Carrlere Claim a Strong Cane Against the Prisoner. Paris, July 27. M. de Mange, one of Dreyfus' counsel, had a long Interview with Premier Waldeck-Rousseau today. The object of his visit to the Premier is not known. It is reported that General do Negrier has already received 3,000 messages of sympathy. The general avoids all Inter views. The "Patrlote," of Rennes, a na tionalist Journal, says that Major Carrlero, the Government's representative at the nrPYfns roiirtmartlal. has dosed nis case against the prisoner, strongly advocating his guilt. About three hundred journalists win Hi tend the court-martial of Dreyfus at Tirnnps. The Government has made an estimate of the number of words they will send by telegraph and have ordered eighty special operators to augment me local staff. Forty Instruments have been In stalled and these have been connected with the small stations round about Rennes rnd thus with Paris. It Is estimated that the revenue from Inland telegrams alone will amount to 7,000 francs dally, but salaries and expenses are likely to swallow the profits. PANIC ON THE FRENCH BOURSE. False Humors of the Itesfgnntlon of Genvrnlti Jamoiit nml Herve. Paris, July 27. There was a panic on the bourse today, causing a heavy fall in French rentes, in consequence of a report of the resignation of General Jamont and General Herve. Premier Waldeck-Rousseau telephoned to the police commissary. Informing him that the bourse report was unfounded and requesting bim to institute an enquiry as to the originator of the false news. PRUSSIAN TOWN'S BIG FIRE. The Illiiie nt Marienuurg Uxtln cnlnlied After Two Days' IMgut. Berlin, July 27. The fire at Marlenburg, West Prussia, which started on Tuesday, and continued throughout yesterday, was put under control last evening- The his mHi. enstln built In 1274. and Ioartho res idence of the Grand Masters ot the Teu tonic Knights, was not injured, nor- was tti.r nnv Insa of life. The damage to property amounts to several million marks, most of which Is covered by Insurance. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. Deli-KutcN Await luKtriictlonn a to the hlKTiiliisr of Con-entloiiH. The Hague, July 27. A short sitting of the full Peace Conference was held today Several of the delegates announced that they had not received Instructions concern. Ing the signing of the conventions, and con sequently action was adjourned until to morrow. The preambles and the unopposed articles have already been adopted. RUMOR OF A GREAT DISASTER. Slore 'than n Hundred Live Lout In a Steamer CoIHnIoii In IluHMln. Berlin, July 27. A story Is published here to the effect that the steamers Kor mlllc and Diraltri collided on the Volga River near Nljnl Novgorod, Russia, and that tho Dlmttri sank, causing the loss of 115 lives. No date Is given, and the story resembles one that was printed some time a?o. ' Jl.'J." To Ilnltliuore nml lie- $1.23 turn 1 1n I'cmtiolrnnlti ltnllrnad. Ticket! on sale fetunlay and holiday, July ?9 ard SO, good to return until Monda, July 31. All trains except Ccrgretelonal Limited. PUBLIC III STRIKERS The True Inwardness of the Situa tion at Cleveland, Sympathy of the Community for the Carmen ItcMomIble for Tnrhu lenee Hepiililicnn CIuIim I'iikm Hc--oIutioiiK Upholding Disorder Po lice Slow to Perform Their Ilut), Cleveland, July 27. It is impossible to truthfully reflect the conditions Incident to tho great street railway strike here and not recognize the fact that public sjmpathy is with tho strikers to such an extent that It will be a long time before the officials have decided it. 'The sympa thy that has led to tho establishment ot a boycott has the most eftect.vYith the exception ot the Euclid Avenue and Cedar Avenue lines the companies' routes are only occasionally patronized by a lone pas senger. Tho Broadway and South Side lines are practically "tabooed." To see a passenger in one of these cars is a nov elty. Tho bojeott is effectual out New burg way. It was related of one promi nent man that he was refused meat In a butcher shop and a drink In a. saloon be cause ho rodo on a Broadway line-u On the South Side an association was organized last evening to make known the names of the persons who patronize the Big Con solidated lines. If they prove to be busi ness men their stores will be -boycotted, and If they are not engaged In business pursuits they will be refused supplies In the neighboring stores- CoHt of the Strike. This morning President Everett refused any statistics that would make It possible to figure out how much a day the company is losing. During tho previous strike It was given out by the Big Consolidated of ficials that the company lost $5,000 a day In receipts while the strike was on, making a total of Jij.OOO for the fifteen days it lasted. In other expenses It was calculated that the company spent $25,000, making a grand total ot $100,000. The total loss to the men In wages amounted to about $25,- 000. It Is. said. The second strike has been on about ten days. As the receipts of the company amount to but little, it can be said that the company is losing $5,000 a day In fares. In addition to tbls loss It is costing the com pany no less than $2,000 a day In wages for its non-union employes and other expenses. The damage to cars has also been consid erable, while a neat sum must be paid out to detective agencies, Iawjers, and others. It Is costing the State not less than $3,000 per day to keep the soldiers in the dis trict, and the strikers are losing on an av erage $1,600 per day In salaries. All told, the strike is costing almost $12,000 for ev ery day that It continues with tho militia out and tho patrons of the line not riding. The sympathy for the cause of the strik ers controls the fire department, and to day a fire captain was on trial for making an Incendiary speech against the opera tions of the police. The sympathy has even invaded the police department, and although the patrolmen have not failed to do their duty their assaults on rioters were in some cases made much against their will. This sympathy is being recog nized by the politicians, and already the Third and the Seventh district Republican clubs have adopted resolutions expressing sympathy with the strikers. On tho other hand. President II, A. Everett has the so called better class with him. When the strike was first declared he was gentle with his men, but when riots came and cars were blown up, he changed and now not a striker will be taken back. The Big Consolidated placed all of its lines In operation at 8 a, m. It started the Abbey and Fairfield lines. In the afternoon It ran a couple of cars out Union Street- Cars wero also run out Clark Avenue. Soldiers and police guard ed Jill of these cars. On the Cedar Wade Park, Euclid, Pearl, ScovlII, and Jennings and Brooklyn lines cars were operated all night. Cowed h- Soldier. The prodding of loiterers by the soldiers' and the effective clubbing and stabbing by the soldiers of the rioters is beginning to have an effect that is visible In the placing of fewer obstructions on the tracks and today barricades w ere found on only seven lines. A special meeting of the city council wa3 held tonight to devise methods for securing the settlement of the street railway strike A resolution was Introduced providing for the appointment of a conimittee to Inves tigate whether the previous agteemJnt had been carried out; If It was vio'ated, by whom. The resolution was defeated by a vote of 11 for and 6 against, 12 votes being necessary to pass the resolution: Several councllmen objected to the passage on the ground that It did not give the committee any authority to negotiate for a settle ment. Major Farley objected to the reso lution on the ground that It would Inter fere with the executive branch of the c'ty administration, which was endeavorlrg to settle the trouble, rive merabpra of the ctLLdl were absent. Had they been pres ent the resolution would have been adopt ed. The effort to Induce employe? of the Little Consolidated Railway to strike out of sjmpathy for their fellows of the other lines has not been given up, although the employes last night voted not to strike. The Euclid Beach line was brought to a standstill tonight by the cutting of tho feed and trolley wires. About 600 feet of wire was cut down and carrledjnway. A crowd of men and boys surrounded a car, stoned It and attacked tho non-union crew The latter were bruised and cut, but escaped. The crowd next devoted itself to breaking up the car. The alarm was sent to Lake View car barns and Lieuten ant Hatch and a detail of men from the naval reserves startcdj-for the scene. By the time they arrived at the sceno ot the trouble the car was a wreck and the rioters had fled. All along the line cars were stalled where they happened to be when the wire was first cut. This happened at S.3C p. in. and at 10.30 p. m. the wires had not been repaired and the line will proba bly not be open until tomorrow. SYRACUSE MESSENGER BOYS. The) Itetuni to AVork. Ilut Threaten tfi Strike Amiln. Syracuse, N. Y., July 27. The striking Postal Telegraph boys returned to work conditionally at 3 o'clock this afternoon, but served a notice on Manager Drake, of the local office that unless the desired In crease of salary was granted on August 1 they would leave the company. The bovs, before returning to work, signed a paper agreeing not to join any labor orRanlzatlon If reinstated, but later forced Manager Drake to destroy the agreement. , ,T "lioton s?2-'i. Special CxcurniiHi, Baltimore to Iloston, August 11. Tor particulars ddtt-s I'asM-ngir department, it. &. il T, Co, :" uaitsmore, Jiu. P1iiu'h XtuhinchM CoIleKc, Sth and 1, Busiccs, thorthaud, typewriting 3 a year. ASSASSINATION OF HEUREAUX. rnrther Ilctallx of. How He Wax Treacherously Slain nt Moene Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, July 27. President Heureaux wa,s assassinated at Moca yesterday afternoon while on a trip through the country endeavoring to or range for the betterment ot the public finances, which are In' a bad shape, as-the result of the oer Issue of paper monej When he arrived at Moca, .a town forty miles bouth of here, he went to the house of personal friends. As he was entering the house he was confronted by three man, who at once opened fire upon him with revol vers, mortally wounding him. The names of the assassins are Juan Pichardo, Horaclo Vasquez, and Ramon Caeeres, all promi nent residents of Moca. ; The murderers of the President made their escape and It Is not probable that they will bo captured. , Business Is paralyzed, but at present the country Is quiet. & New York, July 27. Two cable des patches confirming the news' of the assas sination of President Heureaux were re ceived In this city early this morning by Secretary Ervin D. York, ot the Santo Do mingo Improvement Company. One des patch -was from the manager of tho Santo Domingo Railroad at Porla Plata. It rea; "Gen. D. Ullses Heureaux assassinated at Moca Wednesday afternoon. Country quiet." Another despatch came from the city of Santo Domingo, announcing that the news of the assassination had reached the capital. Mr. York at onco took the messages to Alejandro Wos y Gil, who Is Consul General and Charge d'Affalres of tho Dominican Republic in this city. Con sul General Gil, who bad received no an swer to his message of inquiry, was much shocked when he read tho despatches verifying tho reports received last night. "It Is very. Nery sad news," ho said. "I had hoped that this rumor, like many others I have heard in the course nt the past year, would prove false." Consul General Gil then expressed the opinion that tho President's death would not lava a serious effect upon tho Republic Mr. York, of the Santo ' Domingo Im provement Company, was very positive that no serious results would follow- the President's death. "The affairs of the country are In a sound, healthy condition and things will go on as usual. The tact that the President was assassinated doos not mean that thero is any general di"c;i: tent among the citizens of the country. "That would bo a false assumption. Discontented persons with murderous In stincts are to bo. found in every country, but as a rule they do nst represent the great body of tho people. ou will appre ciate the extent ot my confidence in the strength of the Government, when I tell you my wife and children: sail for Santo Domingo today on the Clyde line steam ship Carlb. I am sorry to hear of General Heureaux's death, very sorry, but it will surely not affect the country seriously." Moca Is the principal town of the Es paillat province. It is situated In tho mountains on tho north coast of the isl and, and has no railroad communication with Important towns nearer than twenty miles. It Is about 100 miles distant from Santo Domingo, the Republic's capital. Gen. D. Ullses Heureaux, a native of Puerto Plata, Haiti, and a negro ot mixed race, was born In 1846, tw o yearsfter San to Domingo seceded from Haiti, adopted a republican constitution and set up business for itself. Heureaux entered the Santo Do minican army as a private when he was only sixteen years' old, became command ant of tho Puerto Plata district, and was engaged in fighting Spaniards from 1S68 to 1874. His rise to eminence was the signal for the beginning of a series of plots to assas sinate him, and yesterday's attack was only one of many. He was two years In re tirement between 1874 and 1S7S, having been twice sent Into exile by (his political ene mies. Acting in the interests of Spain, he took command of an expedition In 187S to suppress a revolution, was several times wounded, and had a narrow escape from assassination. THE NEWS RECEIVED HERE. A Formal Mchnukc of Condolence Cnliled to Snnto Dominion. The State Department received yesterday from tho American Consul in Santo Do mingo an official announcement of the as sassination of President Ullses Heureaux. Apparently the assassination of President Heureaux will In no way disturb the dip lomatic relations between that country and the United States, and, unless It shall ap pear that American business Interests on the Island arc In danger by reason of threatened revolution or political agita tion growing out of the 'assassination of President Heureaux no action will be taken by this Government beyond an official ex pression ot sjmpathy with the Inhabitants of the Republic over the loss of a bene ficent ruler. In case ot necessity, ot course, a war vessel will he sent, but this has not yet been decided upon. Little sup prise has been created In Administration circles by the assassination, In view of the previous attempts to remove the President. The following cable, despatch was sent through the State Department yesterday: Ilia Fxcellcncj' Wcnceslao fwruerro. President of -tlie Dominican Republic-, "Santo Domingo. In the name of the American people and in my own. 1 offer to .jour excellencj and the Dominican nation moRt sincere condolences by reason of the death of President Heureaux. W1LIJ .M. McKI.VLCY. BRYAN TO HOOSIERS. He SpenkN to u Great Crowd In Ilnneoclc County. Indianapolis, July 27. William J. Brjan addressed one of the largest crowds that ever assembled in Indiana at the Fair Grounds near Greenfield, Hancock countj', today. He devoted the greater part of his speech to the question ot trusts and that of expansion, and committed himself squarely and unreservedly to opposition to the acquisition of territory in the Phil ippines. Ho compared Lincoln and Hanna. the first as building up the Republican party by putting the man above the dollar, and the second as tearing down tho party by putting the dollar above tho man. He created quite a laugh, in the crowd bv de claring that the Republicans had come into power by making men free, and now they were causing Americans to die In the ef fort to keep other men from being free. Democrats expressed the belief that Bryan's visit to Indiana fixed the party for free coinage In 1900. A. ST. TJOUIS HOPE. Talk of Locating the Democratic !Na tlonul Conimittee There. St. Louis, July 27: It Is reported here that as a result ot'tbe conference of the National Democratic Committee In Chicago recontly, it has been dtclcjcd to transfer the headquarters here, where all the pre liminary work of the catppalgn will be mapped out. The press bureau will be lo cated in Washington, but 'it has not jet been determined who will be in charge of the literary work of tb party. This con clusion was reached cs a result of the attempt to embroil the committee In the factional quarrels of the Cobk courtly Dem ocracy. Members of the committee state that under no consideration will they again assemble In Chicago. This"will placp Will, lam J. Stone in a comraandjnposltion. Ainerlcnn Athlete Kntcrtiilned. London, July 27. The American tiniver slty athletes paid a vUlt to the House of Commons today. They took tea on the ter race, from which they witnessed the West minster regatta. " Mountain Chnntiiaunn "Via n. S. O. Mountain 1-ako Park. Md.,, 4.S00 feet above sfa revel. Tickets Auguit 1 (o 80, rood to re turn until 81, W.10 for the round trip. WAGIHG M OH GOBBEL An Extra Session of the Kentucky Legislature Advocated. Repeal of the Election Law of Which the Democratic Cniiilidntc Ik the Kllther the Ohject I'rienilH of the Aonitnce Alarmed Cnptnln Stone I.ojnl to the Itemilar Ticket. Louisville, July 27. An extra session of the Legislature to repeal the Goebel elec tion law will probably be called very shortly, probably during the early part of next month. -'It-was stated today by a friend of Attorney General Taylor, Re publican nomlnecvfor Governor, that the latter had said ttifiCovernor Bradley tad given his promijeto John W. Yerkes, the Republican leaSef, to call the session for that purpose. Attorney General Taylor de nies that the Governor made the promise, but says If the Governor could be assured that the election law would be repepled he would call the session. Governor Brad ley, In an Interview this afternoon, says he will call tho session if a majority of tho members of-each house request it. Thero Is UttleSdoubt that if the session Is called the -ejection law will be re pealed. In tbo Senate the bill passed by a majority of one and now Senators Alex ander and Hayes aro known to bo against Goebel and would almost certainly vote to repeal the law. It Is said tho Louisville and Nashville isjSworking strenuously and has already secured a number of pledges from members of both houses to vote for the repeal of tho bill. It the bill Is repealed Goebel's fate Is certainly cealed and It Is so admitted by his friends. Maj. J. P. Johnston, of Lexington, for mer chairman of the Democratic State Cen tral Committee and Executive Committee. and who opened the recent Louisville con vention, Is out today In an Interview de claring that he will accept a place on the Independent Democratic ticket with John Young Brown, If tendered htm, and do all ho can to secure tho election of this ticket. This is another blow to Goebel. as Malor Johnston Is one of the strongest Democrats in mo estate. Tho bolters, however, will receive a con siderable shock tomorrow when It becomes known that Capt. W. J. Stone, of Kuttawa, who was defeated, and as claimed, "thrown down" by Senator Goebel, in tho recent Democratic convention, not only refuses to join in tho bolting movement, but will. In all probability, take the stump on be half of the regularly nominated tlcket Captaln Stone says that while he does not feel that he was defeated fairly, ho bows to the will of the convention and will vote for the nominee. Ho has no sympathy with the bolters, who, he says, are trying to dis rupt the party, and of Governor Brown's position, sajs: "I cannot and will not be lieve it until I actually see It that Brown will accept a nomination in opposition to the regular Democratic nominee." Covington, Kj, July 27. A large mess meeting, composed of Democrats of this city and county, opposed to the election of William Goebel as Governor, was held In Odd Fellows' Hall, the most commodious in Covington, tonight. Not less than 1,000 voters wero In attendance nnd great en thusiasm prevailed. Resolutions were adopted providing for participation by this county In the bolters' convention to be held in Lexington next month. The name of former Governor John Young Brown was vociferously cheered. Covington is the home of Goebel, the Democratic nomi nee for Governor, and as soon as It be came known to his henchmen that this meeting was to be held they set to work to prevent It or to break It up. Threats of violence were used, but to no avail. The Goebel followers who went to the meeting prepared to create disorder were Informed at the outset that they would be summarily dealt with If they resorted to their pro posed tactics. KENTUCKY POPULISTS. Their State Convention at Frankfort JVomliintc a State Ticket. Frankfort, Ky., July 27. The Populist State convention tonight nominated a full State ticket headed by Dr. John G. Blair, of Nicholas county, for Governor, and W. R. Browder, of Logan, for Lieutenant Gov ernor. Resolutions were adopted reaffirm ing all previous Populist State and national platforms and denouncing the Goebel elec tion law- as unfair 'and disreputable. In speaking of Bryan they stated: "We regret to see that Hon. William J. Bryan, for whom the Populists of Kentucky voted in 1S96 for President of the United States, by his public endorsement of the ticket nomi nated at Louisville and the platform there adopted assumes tho responsibility ot en dorsing the criminal' attempts of the cor rupt element ot Kentucky to subvert the ballot." Tbo platform endorses the Cin cinnati middle-of-the-road Populists as fol lows: "With firm faith In their ability and Integrity as representatives of the issues of the plain people this convention does most heartily endorse for nomination at the con ventlon ot 1900 as the candidates for the People's party Hon. Wharton Barker for President and Hon. Ignatius Donnelly for Vice President." UNDER BANNA'S BANNER. The Ohio League of Republican CluliM lleclnre for nHli. Columbus, O., July 27. The possibilities of factional divisions among the Repub licans were somewhat lessened at the meeting tonight o! the advisory board ot the Ohio League ot Republican Clubs. The League Js controlled bj- antl-IIanna Re publicans, and every one of the twenty members ot the, advisory board Is classed as a Kurtz-Btfshnell man. Further, Colonel Dick. Chairman of the Republican State Executive Committee, was supposed to be unfriendly to the League, and It was feared this unfriendliness and factional opposition would cause thOLeague to refuse to give the State ticket Its hearty support, or at least that It would remain Inactive during the campaign. At today's meeting of tho advisory board, however, stirring speeches In support of the ticket were made, and a committee appointed to wait upon Chair man Dick tomorrow" and offer him the services of tho League In tho approaching State campaign. Judge George K. Nash, the Republican candidate for Governor, made a conciliatory speech, declaring his administration would not be tinctured with factionalism. The League's offer of its services amounts to an official declaration that the antl-Hanna men throughout the State will support the State ticket. HOWELL WINS AGAIN. The Amerlenn Scoren n. Victory for the AVluKlleld ScuMk. Lendon, July 27. The race for the Wlng ileld Sculls, which was rowed on the Thames today, was won by B. H. Howell, tho American oarsman, of Trinity Hall. Cambridge, the winner ot the Diamond Sculls In the Henley regatta of 1898 and 1899. H. C. Blackstaff was second, and Fox third. The trophy carried with it the amateur championship of Great Britain. if.'l.r.O Spec-till Grand Excnrnlnn. Jjt.tll To Fort Monroe, Xorfollc, Virginia Beach, and Otean View, tia Norfolk and W'a<injtou steamer, Saturdaj-, G.30 p. m. Tickets to Fort Monroe and Norfolk, good to return Sundaj. night, $3.50. LVGERSOLL TO ASHES. The Cremation of the llodr nt Lons l'u ml IcMerdti). New York. July 27. The family of Rob ert G. Ingcrsoll, accompanied by a fe.v friends. Journeyed this morning from their hemo at Dobbs Ferry to the crjmitory at Fresh Pond, L. I., with the colonel's body, and waited there almost until sunset for It to be Incinerated and tbe ashe3 p.aced in an urn, which they carried ba:k with thett. Nc ceremonies marked the occasion. The wife and daughter, all unnerved as they have been since a week ago toJay, were away from the body only while tho rstort encompassed it, and they took the cnim blinj. ashes In the carriage with their, as soon as the Incinerators tad finished their work. In the mean time the men of the family had shared watches at the futaace room door. The party left the house at 8 o'clock. reaching the special train which President Calloway had placed at their disposal at Dobbs Ferry, at 9:30. The mourners ar rived at Fresh Pond at 11.30 o'clock. The carriages were driven up to the front en trance of the crematory, while the hearse was stopped at the side door, and the cof. fln was carried by the crematory attendants into the building. There It remained for a short time in the presence of the mourn ers, but tho body was not exposed. The party took places In the columbarium, aur. rounded with urns of other dead which filled tho countless niches In the Inner walls. The ashes of Anton Seidl, over whom Colonel Ingersoll had spoken a eu logy, were at their left. Those of Henry M. Tabor, who rarely missed a Sunday call on Colonel Ingerroll, although he was a supporter of a Presbyterian Church, were upon their right. The body of Colonel In gersoll was placed In tho furnace shortly before noon. The family retreated to the shade of some trees back of a nearby hotel, and there 6pent the weary hours until 5 o'clock, when the ashes of their dead wero delivered to them in tho urn they had brought with them. The urn, which was bought from Tiffany & Co., and camo recently from Paris, is of rich bronze. It Is ovoid, standing about a foot high, above a porphyry base six inches square b two and one-half Inches deep. Up one side and over the top a sprig of laurel winds; in the body color ot the vase and clinging to the other side la a cutting of cypress In bronze of a deep green. On one face of the urn Is an In scription In French which translated reads: 'The urn guards the sshes, the heart the memory' On the other face Is engraved. "Robert G. Ingersoll." Word has been re. celved by the family from Quebec that the Robert G. Ingcrsoll Free Library Is to im establlshed there In honor of Colonel Inger soll's services ia behalf of freedom ot thought. " A NEGRO LUNATIC LYNCHED. SllNiicctcd of Crime, He Ik Coaxed lp a Tree nnd Shot to Death. New Orleans, July 27. A negro was dis covered today In a cornfleld at Lindsay lrr East Feliciciana. For some unaccountable reason he was suspected of being Vol Bates, against whom a charge of outrage has been made. He was chased through several fields by armed men and "finally took refuge in a tree. A rope was sent for to lynch him, but the negro climbed down out of the tree. As he did so he was fired on and fell dead. His clothing was marked "No. 43." An investigation disclosed the fact that the dead negro vva3 an Innocent lunatic who had escaped from room No. 42 of the Louis iana State Insane Asylum at Jackson. MR. HOBART'S HEALTH. A ScnHntlonnl Story That He Hnx Cancer of the Stomach Denied. New York, July 27. A weekly paper printed today the statement that "the Vice President ot the United States Is suf fering from cancer of the stomach." The story Is absolutely without foundation. The Vice President is not suffering from cancer of the stomach, or cancer of any thing iTie. He has steadily improved in health since his arrival at the Munro Cot tage at West End, Long Branch. He drives out every day, takes exercise, meets friends, and occasionally goes to his home In Paterson, as he did this week, to attend to his business affairs. His physicians say that he Is making satisfactory progress to ward complete recovery from the severe and complicated attack of grip which he had In Washington in the spring. The at tack was so serious that recovery was slow, but his physicians expect him to be in his usual excellent health before the meeting of the Senate in December. The VIcV Pres ident and Mrs. Hobart, and his joung son. Garret A. Hobart, jr.. expect soon to visit the President and Mrs. McKlnley at the Hotel Champlain. PEUD FACTIONS HAVE ENOUGH. nnkera, Howards, Wliltea, and I'hll pot Asree to Fight o More. Frankfort, Ky., July 27. State Inspector and Examiner C. W. Lester, Governor Bradley's special agent, who was sent to Clay county to investigate the Cloy county feud and make a complete report, returned today and filed his report with the Govern or. Mr. Lester reports that the feud is at an end, and goes Into details with re spect to tho various factions and their friends. Mr. Lester visited the surviving leaders of both factions of the Bakers, Howards, Whites, and Pbllpots. After extended Interviews Mr. Lester was assured that peace was again restored, and the factions w era not anxious to renew the quarrel. Inspector Lester reports that an extra session ot the Legislature Is not necessary, neither was an extra term of tho Clay county Circuit Court. It would be a mistake to again send soldiers to Clay countj-, and It would result in arousing the factions to indignation. He was assur ed that tho county authorities would up hold tbe law. Governor Bradley has writ ten an article on his power to declare mar tial law, which he maintains he has not. BROWNS GET THE PENINSULA. Their I'lirpoite to Complete n Ilelt Line Around llnnipton Hoailji. Newport News, Vu., July 27. The Penin sula Railroad today sold Its controlling In terest to Alexander Brown & Son, of Balti more. The consideration is not given, but it Is about $300,000. These financiers now own two electric roads between this city and Old Point Comfort. It Is stated further that they have consummated deals for tho railroads In the vicinity of Norfolk which will complete the belt line around Hamp. ton Roads, and have also purchased the steamer to ply between Pig Point and New port News. AlKcr Off for .ew England. Philadelphia. July 27. General and Mrs. Alger left the home of their daughter, Mrs. Ballej', at Thorndalc. today for a two weeks' visit to friends In the New England States. At the conclusion of the visit they will return to Thorndule. Both the general and Mrs. Alger were In good health. Attraction nfMIay Illdce. Coney Island steeplechase, Ferris wheel, crarlly railuaj, continuou-t performance at Ilijou Thea tre, German root garden, ftailboaU. bathing, fih in. and crabbinic. and many other attraction for amuccmeni and etntertalnment. Miule by XavaF Academy Band. Sea food dinner, 50 cents. Trains from 1. & O. depot, week dayi, 11.30 a. nu and 4.30 p. m. Sundays, 9.33 a. m.. 1 30 and 315 p. m. ltate, 60 cents for adults, 25 cents for children. ... . . PEROT 18 Arrested on Landiiip; at Liverpool With the jlissiiir Child. Ixtradltion Proceeding llcsan nt London Remanded for n 'Week nod Given Liberty on Unit Cnptnln lllood One of Her iioii.l.iucii A Story of Unlininilnc and Divorce. London,. July 27. Mrs. Letltla Terot, who was arrested In Liverpool upon her arrival on board the steamsh.p Cambio man today, was arraigned in the Bowr Street police court this afternoon upon ex tradition proceedings. She was defended by Banister Patrl:k Rose-Inner, who en tered a pica of not guilty. The Ango American extradition treaty, he declared. could not transfer a prisoner for what did not constitute a crime in the country from which extradition was demanded. This was purely a technical offence. It was novel, he said, to hear a charge against an Inno cent mother who was divorced from a guil ty husband of abducting her own child. When arrested Mrs. Perot acknowledge! that she was traveling under the name ot Mrs. Pierce. She said to the detective: "I don't see how I can possibly be charged with stealing my own child." Mrs. Ferot In court looked well. She was stylishly dressed In gray and wore a Leghorn hat. Sho led her child by the hand as she came Into court. When Mrs. Perot was put Into the dock the child was kept outside, but stood close to her mother, who watched her anxiously, the two exchanging affectionate smiles and glances. The little girl was ev idently anxious to remain with er moths After testimony as to Mrs. Perot's ar rest bad been given, Mr. Hodson, of the United States Embassy, said that tha father and mother cf the child had ar ranged a divorce, on tho understanding that tbe child's grandfather, who had laid this information against the mother, should have the custody of the child at his home. The grandfather objected to CaDtain Blood's association with the child and had sailed from New York for London yester day to regain possession of her. Mr. Rose Innes derided the legality of such an ar rangement between tha father and mother of the child, and demanded that the pris oner be released on ball. The magistrate granted the application and admitted Mrs. Ferot to ball in two sureties of 100 each. The prosecution objected to the release of the prisoner on ball and also to her retaining custody of the child. He further objected In the strongest terms to Cap tain Blood being accepted as a surety. The magistrate overruled the objections and accepted Captain Blood and Sir Charles Euan Smith, Minister Resident of Great Britain at Bogota, as sureties, Mr. Rose Innes undertaking to produce the chUd without prejudice to the defendant's legal rights over tho child. The prisoner was then remanded for a week. In the mean time being at liberty on bail. New York, July 27. William H. Ferot, a well-to-do Baltimore manufacturer, who U the father-in-law of Mr3. Perot, sailed front this city yesterday on the steamship Ma jestic to recover hU grandchild who. hs says, was kidnaped by her mother. Albert Gault. a Baltimore detectlvet accompanied Mr. Perot and carried a warrant for tha woman's arrest on a charge of adbuctlon. Tho detective also had n request for tho extradition of Mrs. Perot signed by Presi dent McKlnley. Before leaving the detec tive said that the police at Liverpool had been notified to arrest Mrs. Perot on her arrival with the child, as it was known that she had sailed from Montreal on the Cambroman. The grandfather, who Is seventy years old, I3 the legal guardian ot the child Gladys, who is ten years old, and of her brother Yates, who is about fourteen ytars old. William Yates Perot, the father of tha children. Is now In the Klondike, his wife having obtained a divorce from him several years ago. Perot married Miss Letltla Sponnegal In Demerara while he was thero looking after the Interests of his father's firm. They came to this country and lived happily for several years, but finally a disagreement occurred and Mrs. Perot ob tained a divorce on her allegation ot aban donment. According to the provision of the decree Mrs. Perot was permitted to see her children once a year. Tho custody of the children was given to their grand father. Mrs. Perot visited Baltimore about three weeks ago and sent word to her father-in-law that she wanted to see her children. Ho sent them to the hotel where Mrs. Pe rot was staying. The boy, Yates Terot, come back, but the girl disappeared, and. It Is said was taken to the railroad station in a cab. Detectives were detailed In the case, and Mrs. Perot was traced to this city, where. It Is alleged, sho was Joined by tho man who calls himself Neptune Blood, They went later to Montreal and took passage on the Dominion liner Cam broman for Liverpool, which sailed on Sat urday, July 15. The man Blood, who was with Mrs. Perot when sho was arrested today, is said to bo a brother of Lady Colin Campbell. THE TRANSVAAL SITUATION. Mr. Italfour Say the Trouble Is hy No Memift Over. London. July 27. The Right Hon. Ar thur J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treas ury, In an address to the Midland Union Conservative Association today, said that, unhappily, the pledges for equal rights In the Transvaal had not been fulfilled. As a consequence of this ail of the difficulties ot Great Britain In the Transvaal had arisen, and upon several occasions they had nearly led to war. He earnestly hoped that England would not have to send an army there, but the present position could not be prolonged Indefinitely. It diplomacy proved Ineffectual to untie tbe knot other means must be found. Per sonally, he said, he was more sanguine since the new proposals of the Transvaal were laid upon proper lines. He did not think that the Transvaal would be so short-sighted a3 to take back with one hand what It bad given with the other, but at present it would be folly to say that the difficulties were ended. llnnd'rt ItrprrNciitatlon IncrenHCd. Pretoria, July 27. The executive coun;il today formally decided upon Increasing the representation of tha Road In the Volksraad from two to ten members', to to elected by five equal constituencies, each returning one member o the first Road Jl'd one to the second. Con-tnl Gorman ltcfnued to TeHtlfy. Montreal, July 27. Acting United States Consul Gorman was called to give evidencu today in the cose of Georgo F. Bell, accused of stealing the Carranza letter, but he re fused to take the oath or give evidence, saying that his official position as the rep. resentatlvo of the United States Govern ment excused him from doing so. Tha judga sustained him. 15 K) MiiKnrn Fnllx In II. A. O. Special excursion, g.30 a. m., Aumit 5. Ticket! good ten days. Stop ovei-a retnrnln'r at IlufTalo. Kochcster, Cenera. and Rurdetc (Wat kins Glen), and VtauTch Chunk Glen Onoto). Reduced rate side trips from Niagara Falls. i, ,-. .- , -