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1 V-" TT -4- r :v-r ivjpj: $&&&&: w -r . '--''-jw'-i,- . ft i '& -? i ' -4S -: n ftinatoti ( Fair and cool today; tomorrow fair and warmer, with light to fresh north to east winds. Thirty-four. Pages. THREE SECTIONS. NUMBER 30IG. WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, SEPTJEJLBEK 3 4, lJ)02THIBTr-TOUll PAG-ES-n, -kS! PRICE-FIVE CENTS. FLAWS REPORTED IN PANAMA' CANAL COMPANY'S CONCESSION REBEL FORC H ONWARD mm II MYSTERY TO ATTACK T OWN OF COLON V'i oT4n' r . J lira ft - fli mm il90-, J? .fetinwy. jr vs mac Defects Render Conclusion of Sale of the Property to the United States a Matter of Doubt. FIFTY BODIES TAKEN FROM WRECK IN INDIA DID NOT MEET REQUIREMENTS No Approval of Franchise Extension by Colom bian Congress. ACTION REQUIRED BY LAW Terms of Agreement, It Is Declared, Were Violated, Invalidating Owner ship Insurgents Serve Notice on Di Tectors That They Will Repudiate Extension of Original Grant. RUSSIAN DOWAGER SAID TO HEAD A CONSPIRACY Aged Empress, Report States, Involved in Intrigue in Behalf of Grand Duke Michael. PARIS, Sept, 13. Certain defects In the Panama Canal Company's title to Colombian concessions have been brought to light, which render the con clusion of the sale of the company's rights and property to the United States doubtful. The original concession was first ex tended by the Colombian 'government 5n 189S. It was then further extended by the executive of the government for six years more. The terms of the original concession required that, any extension, to be valid, must have the approval, of congress. Not-Approved by,Congress. The last extension has not received the approval of the Colombian congress. The Panama Company bas not revealed this fact to the American Government. Furthermore, it has concealed the following, which, in view of the Insur rection now proceeding, has an im portant bearing on the situation: The Colombian rebels not long ago sent an envoy to the 'directors of the j Panama Canal Company to notify them that if they (the rebels) succeededjn obtaining control of the country, they would repudiate the extension granted in 183S by the de facto government. The , directors of the Panama Company,, not fctyfot knowing his mission, xecelve'd'ttieeii- voy 01 ine rerjeis politely, until tnov learned what his mission was. Then they refused to accept the notice. Notice Sent by Mail It was therefore sent to them by reg istered letter, and steps were taken to ascertain that it was duly delivered. Knowledge of these facts is now in the possession of Attorney General Knox and Mr. Russell, of the Department of Jus tice, and they have doubtless been com municated to the Government at Washington. LONDON. Sept 14. The Pari3 cor respondent of the "Observer" sajs he learned from a personage just arrived from St. Petersburg, who is specially well Informed, that there is a big party intrigue in the imperial circle against J the Czar and Czarina, which is headed by none other than the Empress Dow-, ager herself. This party docs" not conceal the satis faction it would feel if the Czar ab dicated fin favor of "the Grand Duke Michael. This feeling has greatly in-j creased since the hopes of an heir have apparently gone forever. MR. CROCKER STILL IN A SERIOUS CONDITION Madras-Bombay Mail Train Plunged From Bridge Into Flooded River. LONDON, Sept. 14. A news agency dispatch from Madras, British India, says that while " the Madras-Bombay mail train was crossing a bridge near Mangnpalnan on Friday the flooded river caused the bridge to collapse and the train fell into the water. Many lives were lost. Fifty bodies have been recovered, including those of eight Europeans. Many others were Injured. Belief General Ihat Opera tors Will Not Retreat. BOTH SIDES KEEP. SILENT Strike Enters Upon a New Phase To morrow Week of Violence" Looked for as a Result of the Situation Operators Show Activity. LONDON HOTEL BARS OUT JOHN W. GATES Claridge's, an Exclusive Establishment, Puts Millionaire Down as "Undesirable." A PATH TO FREEDOM LEFT OPEN TO WILCOX Slayer of Ella Cropsey Qould Have Escaped. Convicted Murderer Refused to Follow i Negro Who Fled From the Jail. Physicians Refuse to Declare the Cali fornia Capitalist Out of Danger. LONDON, Sept, 13. George Crocker, the California capitalist, who has been suffering from blood poisoning caused by an ulcerated tooth, and who has been very III at his house in Chcsam Place, was better today. The doctors cannot pronounce him put of danger as yet, al though they are very hopeful as to the outcome. Mrs. Crocker, who underwent an oper ation, and -who has been seriously ill, is doing welf. " ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, Sept. 13. Last night a negro youth escaped from the county jail and left the way clear for James Wilcox, the convicted mur derer of Ella Cropsey, to get away. This morning when the sheriff and others, vis ited the jail to discover the negro's means of escape, Wilcox said that he could have escaped in the same manner, and to prove his assertions lie went through the process of making his es cape in the presence of the few who were present. When the water works were installed in the jail a bar was removed to make room for a pine. The negro removed tbls pipe, thus leaving an exit for every' prisoner in Jail. Wilcox said: "If I had wanted to get out, the way was clear." . PRESIDENT TO RECEIVE , NEW YORK'S APPROVAL Ifr, It Minister Herrera, of Colombia, when told last night of the report from Paris, in regard to the tittle of the Panama Company, declared that the Colombian rebels were responsible for the charges that defects exist in the Panama Com pany's title to Colombian concessions. He admitted that the extension of the original concession was not approved by the Colombian congress, but explained the circumstance as follows: "The extension was granted when the country was practically under martial law. It was granted by the president of Colombia, and signed by bim and his cabinet. It was not necessary for the congress to approve the extension, as a provision Jn our constitution gives the president the right to act in all matters for the government, when the country ib under martial law. Right Unquestionable. "The Panama Company has unques tionable right for a period of at least two years, more. The insurgents do rot claim that the concession is not legal, but they do claim that they cau re pudiate the extension. No matter what claims the insurgents make as to the extension they can not dispute the right of the Panama Canal Company to ap pose of their property as they wish he- lore tne expiration or their title, two years nence. Mr. Herrera explained that the Co lombian government -Is ready to execute an agreement with the United States Government extending the period of con cession beyond the date when it will ex pire under the present extension. Government to Act. He insisted "that the Colombian in surgents are trying to do everything they can to defeat the sale of the Pan ama Company to the United States, bui expressed the belief that they will not succeed, as reports from Colombia indi cate that the government is preparing for a decisive move on the isthmus that will put an end to the revolution. - - Conference of Republican Leaders Decides on This Course. WH1E ALSO BE INDORSED FOR 1904 Trust and Reciprocity Platforms Dis cussed, But the Restllt of the Delib erations Are as Yet a Secret What State Ticket Will Probably Look Like CANADIAN REGIMENT , " MAY PARADE AT DETROIT Twenty-first Essex Fusiliers Are In vited to Take Part With Span ish War Veterans. NEW YORK. Sept. 13 One -of the most Important RepuMlcan conferences Mn many years took place at the home of the Hon. George R Sheldon, 24 East Thirty-eighth Street', this afternoon. Senator Piatt, in his desire for vic tory in the State this fall, had sent out invitations to leading Republicans in the Stale from Brooklyn Bridge to Suspension Bridgi to come here and dis cuss affairs of moment which must be finally decided by the Republican State convent ion at Saratoga, beginning Tues day week. The conference began at 2 o'clock, and besides .Mr. Piatt and Mr. Sheldon, these! were present- Senator Chauncey Depew, Stmeyor of the Por Clarksoii. Post master Vau Cott, Col. George W. Dunn, chairman of the Republican Stato com mittee; Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, Representatives Payne, Sherman, Wads worth, Ray, and other leaders. Senator Piatt had called together these Republicans for the purpose of discuss ing the platform which will be finally accepted by the committee on resolutions of the Saratoga convention. There were many preliminary matters to be gone imi it may be said that the three Representations are said to have been made to the Stale Department looking to the participation of a Canadian regi ment of soldiers, the Twenty-first Essex Fusiliers, in the parade attending the reunion of the Spanish war veterans in Detroit September 22. An invitation has already been ex tended to the regiment by those in charge of the arrangements, and the in vitation has been forwarded thrombi the regular military channels to Ottawa with the request that the regiment be per mitted to accept. It is the purpose of the officers of the regiment to turn out in full strength with two bands of music. If the permission of the two govern ments is secured, one of the most strik ing features of the parade will be the reviewing of the Canadian troops, under Colonel Guillot, by President Roosevelt. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. 13. Mr. Mitchell got back to his headquarters here from Harrisbnrg abontlO o;clock this morning, and ail day long has resolutely refused to discuss ,the inter view which he had there with'tthe gov ernor. ' .- Whether correctly orjncprrectly, peo ple hero are now, disposed to believe that the conference was without result, and that beyond a melancholy restate ment of the fact that all efforts of the politicians have failed to budge the operators from the position they, took at the beginning of the strike,, the "mys terious gathering in the exccuUveiman sion ended in talk. Certalnl'jvTtherc have been no movements about -strike headquarters today to Indicate: that something unusual was onafoqt. The atmosphere there was dlstinqlly gloomy. The Operators Active. Among the lepresentativcs of all the big coal companies and of the Citizens' Alliance, on the other hand, there'was a decided stir. Reports had been com ing in from all directions that prepar ations were under way for a concerted outbreak of violence all along the line on Monday morning. This had come to the ears not only of the'Jocal managers of the coal companies, but to those of Mr. Cassidy as well. Mr. Cassidy being the active leader of the Citizens' Al liance, in the absence of J". RIdgeway AVright, there was a conference, be tween Mr. Cassidy and representatives of the companies whose employes and nroDerties. according to persistent re ports, were threatened. An ofllclal of the Delaware, Lacka wanna and estern Company said today that reports of the intended marching raids by strikers on 'Monday-had come to him. He said that if the reports in the meantime continued of the same com plexion as those received today, the sheriff would be notified" tomorrow of the situation, and formally called upon to furnish a sufficient force deputies to maintain peace. '"', " The -slrfkerwlth- thtf bcglnnltig6"fthis coming week, undoubtedly enters upon a new and critical phase. Either it is to end under some agreement patched up CHICAGO, Sept. 13. The "Evening News" here today nrinted a cable dis patch from London, saying: "Claridge's Hotel, the home of Eu ropean and Oriental royalty, of British aristocracy, and American millionaires has barred the doors of its establish ment in Brook Stieet against John W. Gates. In the summer of lflCO, when plunging on the English race courses, Gates' habits were of such a character as to induce the management of Cla ridge's to enter lilm upon its permanent list of undesirables. "Upon his arrival in London this week Mr. Gates found that he could not en gage his former extensive suite in Claridge's, and was compelled to take rooms at the more hospitable and less particular Carlton Hotel, in Pali Mall. ''The manager of Claridge's said: 'a few weeks ago some one showed us an editorial article In a Chicago newspaper describing Mr. Gates as the most vulgar of American millionaires. The writer must have overheard the remark in our hotel, for that was 'the name Mr. Gates earned for himself here. " 'After a few months' experience of his style of living, we were compelled to In timate to him that profane language and reckless expectoration in an English hote! frequented by well-bred people was intolerable, even in a man able to write checks of eight figures "and lose a fortune dally In stocks, horses and cuds. " 'Gates' presence was really more ob jectionable to bis countrymen than to anyone else.' " United States Consul Malmross Reports a Bloody Battle With Government Troops Imminent and Matters Very Serious. - GATES CONFERS WITH ENGLISH FINANCIERS Leaves London Todsy for Aix-les-Bains, Where He Will Meet Mr. Schwab. " RAILWAY PASS MOST BB KEPT OPEH LONDON, Sept. 13. J. W. Gate3 had a conference this afternoon with a num ber of English financiers. He will leave tomorrow for Alx-les-Bains, where he ' expects to meet Charles M. Schwab, president of the American Steel Corporation. Mr. Gates will take a new eighteen horse power automobile with him. AMERICAN OFFICERS DEPART FROM BERLIN Generals Pleased With Their Entertain ment During the German Army Maneuvers. Battleship Oregon Ordered to Be Placed in Readiness. TO MEET ANY EMERGENCY U. S. S. Panther Expected to Leart League Island Navy Yard Tomorrow With Battalion of 325 Marines Bound for Panama. BERLIN, Sept. 13. Brigadier General Wood left here for Dresden today. Ma jor General Corbin and Major General Young went to Dusseldorf to see the exhibition. AH the American army officers arc highly pleased wi? their visit and the way they were entertained during the army maneuvers at Frankfort-on-the-Oder. SHERIFF HOLDS JAIL IN FACE OF FRENZIED MOB Continued on Twelfth t'nge.) FIRES LEAVE BRBAT FORESTS Iff RUINS Loss of Property Immense Number Are Dead. COAL MINE STRIKERS AIDED BY INJUNCTION Restraining Order Issued by Judge Cochran Opens Way to Se cure Provisions. TOWNS WERE IN DARKNESS RELIEF !0R VICTIMS OF PATTEN'S OATS DEAL Many People Thought World Was Com ing to an End Estimated There Were Eighty Distinct Fires Several Places Still in Danger. CINCINNATI. Sept. 13. At 'Maysvllle, Ky.,' yesterday afternoon United 'States Judge CochrstNot the eastern division of the Kentucky district of the Federal court, attached his signature to a tem porary injunction against the Chesa peake and Ohio Railway Company. This means much to the West Virginia miners of the district about Montgom ery, Glen Jean, Seweli, and Mount Hope, as it opens the way for them to secure all the provisions they need and thus in sures them another footing where their present stand was threatened by famine. The Injunction was the outcome of a suit filed yesterday In the United States court at Covington, Ky., by Attorney E. C. Pyle, of this city, for Geprge A. Shaw and Harry It. Irwin, who comprise the wholesale grocery firm of Shaw, Irwin & Co. It was claimed that the Chesapeake and Ohio road has delayed the shipment of provisions by Shaw, Irwin &. Co. to the striking miners in West Virginia. Crowd Bent on Lynch ing Prisoner Batters Down Heavy Doors. BUTLER, FJL..80EIE OF TOHDLtL ,r i Throng Thirsts for Life of Assailant of Little Girl Residence Portion of Prison Wrecked Shots Hold Rioters at Bay Call for Troops. re French Court's Curious Action PARIS, Sept. 13. Tiie court at Iircst has acquitted a locksmith of the name of Groe of a charge of insulting pub lic functionaries. He was found guilty, however, of throwing filth at them, and on this charge was fined 100 francs, with a. benefit which practically lets him go scot free. Two Statues of Frederick. BERLIN. Sept. 13. Two statues of Frederick the Great are going to the United States. One copy of Scbadow's work goes to the German mubeum at Harvard, and the other, from the Sieges Allee, in Berlin, goes to Washington. Baldwin Starts for New York. COPENHAGEN, ScpL 13. Evelyn ' Baldwin, ihe explorer, bas left for New - York In compliance with Mr. Zicgier's itflitDt In CPU lifm nprcnnnlli' In rn ence to the North Pole expedition. j subjects discussed at the conference in .Mr. Sheldon's house this afternoon were these; The President's Future. First The art Ion tq bo taken by the State coin cnt ion as to President Roose velt's political future. Second The trust plank to be adopted. Third j he plank in the convention concerning reciprocity wJth Cuba The conference lasted until long after dark. When it broke up there was more or less reticence on the part of those who had paslkipated iu this important gathering. Senator Piatt announced that Colonel Dunn was authorized to speak for publi cation. Colonel Dunn fcaid: "The President and his administration are to be most heartily indorsed, and the convention without doubt will say that the President should be re-elected by the voters in l'JOJ. The convention win not neglect to say the kindest words for the President's political future. Of thi mere can oe no misiaite whatever, and all Republicans In the Stale of New York will agree with our attitude in this matter." Nothing on Other Planks. Colonel Dunn would not say a word as to the deliberations of the conference on either the trust or reciprocity planks to be adopted at Saratoga. Concerning the trust plank to be pre sented to the Saratoga convention. It was said that Edward Lauterbach has Judge Chytraus Makes In junctions Permanent. Deals Hard Blow to "Corners" in Cir cuit Court at Chicago as Re sult of Pinch. fc (Continued on Fifth Page.) CHICAGO, Sept. 13. Judge Chytraus, ill the circuit court yesterday, dealt a telling blow to "corners," when he made permanent the forty injunctions to re strain the board of trade from paying certain margins put up by traders during the Patten oats ileal. The court main tains that wlille there is no law that can prevent the running of a "corner," and the establishment of a prohlhithc price, the law can and will prevent the paj- ment of margins beyond a fair price. In commenting upon the rule of the board, which gives power to the com mittee to indorse and lis margins, t lie court says: Comments of Court. "Adjudicating upon the rights of prop erty between man and man is a sover eign governmental power in this country. an inherent right when they deem them selves aggrieved in regard to their prop erty to apply for relief and bo heard In their established courts of justice." Another important declaration is a follows: "It is clear that when the rules o the board of trade regarding the settle ment of contracts speak of the markei price an honest market price or value Is meant, not a llctitiotis or corner price." The plaintiffs in the suits were iirmr that were on the wrong side of the oats market on the day before settlement day of the recent Patten oats deal, and secured temporary injunctions to ic strain the payment of the money tbej had put up for margUie. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 13. So far r.s can be learned from the burned districts, forest fires have In many places abated with small destruction of life, but grea destruction of property. Gray's Harboi country suffered more than any other. It Is estimated that there were eight distinct forest fires burning in Jhcon Skamania, and Cowlitz counties at one lime. The smoke is lifting this evening and the indications for rain are quite favorable. PORTI,ANI),sOre., Sept. 13. The Cas cade and Coast-Ranges, from British Co lumbia to the California line, are being devastated by forest tires. Two persons are known to have lost their lives, oth ers are missing, and every team Is bing pressed into service to get people to places of safety. Millions of feet of lumber have been Uestroyed, together with many farmhouse, liui 11s ami much live stock. Mill Hands in Danger. The Palmer and Brewer mills, at Bridal Veil, Oregon, have burned and Elhc Palmer, proprietor or the former, was burned to death A man named Trtckey Is missing. Forty mill hands are in danger of being surrounded by Humes. On Mill Plain, near Vuurouwr, eight farm houses are In ruins and .Mrs. Hendricksen aud her two children are missing. E'limielaw, King county, Wash., is iu great danger. People are being hurried to safe places and every effort Is being made to protect mill property. The sup ply of water has been cut off by the burning of the mains. Towns in Darkness. Decora and Centralla were in darkness at noon and business came to a stand still. At the former place people re fused to believe thai the phenomenon was from forest fires, and congregated on street corners, predicting disaster. The town of Mltlock, in Mason county was In Imminent danger when last heard from. Tacoma was also in the dark. Hoats could not pass the Narrows on account of the darkness, and at Olympla the electric light plant shut down. The Bordeaux siring of camps In the Black Hill district, sixteen miles from Olympla, are in great danger. Forty men on horseback have gone to rescm women and children. SECRETARY C0RTELY0O VISITS WASHINGTON Here to Arrange for Presi dents Western Trip. No News to Give Out Concerning Va cant District Commissionership Appointment Still Hangs Fire. Secretary Cortelyou returned to Washington last night from Oyster Hay, aud will remain here for two or three days. He brought with him no informa tion, for publication at least, concerning the District CoinmIsi.ieiiership, other than that the matter is still under con sideration by the President. There Is good reason to believe, how ever, that If u certain minor detail In connection with the appointment is cleared up within the next few days, the announcement of Commission er Ross' successor will be made before the President leu, es Friday on his Western trip. Otherwise the vacancy will continue for several weeks longer. The importance of filling the position has been presented to the President and lie is anxious to have the matter off his hands. There has been such a contest for the vacancy that the President will bo pleated io be rid of It. To Arrange Western Tour. The only purpose of Secretary Cortel you's return to Washington at this time is to make the arrangements for the President's Western trip. This matter will occupy his entire attention during tliu time he is here, and those who tall at the temporary White House upon other business will be obliged Io trans act it with other officials. Mr. Cortelyou will confer with the railroad officials here in regard to the Itinerary. There are a number of de tails of the trip which must necessarily he deferred until Just before the Presi dent departs, and in consequence the itinerary will not be made public until Mr. Cortelyou returns to Oyster Bay. BUTLER, Pa.. Sept. 13. Jerry Ben nett, a young man, twenty-six years old, attempted to assault the seven-year-old daughter of John JI. Wagner, a tailor. near the West Pennsylvania Railroad station tonight. The child was crying Mamma! mamma!" when rescued from her assailant. A crowd quickly gathered around Ben nett and his captors, and yells o "Lynch him!" were raised at oncet but Policemen Kempher, Graff, and Shultz appeared just In time to save the man, and hustled him Into a passing trolley car. A mad rush In pursuit of the car ensued and ended at the jail. The officers got their man behind tb bars before the mob arrived. At 11:10 o'clock the mob secured a heavy C by C timber, fourteen feet in length, and with it as a battering ram, pushed open the double doors of the jail leading into the residence of Sheriff Thomas Hoon. Doors Battered Down. Sheriff Hoon and two policemen who were standing guard on the steps in front of the door were swept aside. As the doors went down the Rev. Thomas Barlow, of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. sprang upon the steps in front of the uroKeu uoor. livery instant rocks and clubs crashed In, hurling splinters and glass about. The preacher pushed back two of the foremost rioters, held up his hands and attempted to wave the crowd hack and speak to them. It was use less. His words were lost In the nande- monit'iu. The mob made a rush aud the Rev. Mr. Barlow was carried witli them into the corridor of tlie Jail. Deputy Sheriff Rainy Hoon spraug forward from the sheriff's parlor adjoining the corridor, seized a piece of broken door and knock ed down several men, temporarily forc ing the frenzied mob to retire to the steps. In response another rush occurred and the deputy was driven to seek cover. He was struck several times by clubs t ml stones, but his injuries are not more than scratches. United States Consul Oscar Malmross at Colon telegraphed the State Department that the Colombian insurgent troops were advancing n the city, and ho doubts if the government forces will be able to keep open the transit across tha isthmus. He regards the situation as serious. The dispatch was sent to Secretary Moody and was cabled to Colon for de livery to Captain McLean, on the ar rival there of the Cincinnati, together with instructions to Captain McLean to land what marines he has. Minister Herrera received at the Co lombian legation last night a dispatch from his government, dated at Bogota. September 11, saying that the remain ing insurgents in that vicinity have sur rendered and that the inferior of the country Is entirely pacified, Tha dis patch adds that a large army is on the way to Panama to meet the revolution ists there, and that an engagement will soon take place. Minister Herrera believes that there will be no necessity for the landing of a large force of marines, as the revolu tionists are merely making a last stand before the government troops. To Meet an Emergency. With a view to meeting any emcr- ironrtr Vtof moir oriao rrAtio WAa its sued yesterday by the Navy Department that the battleship Oregon, at the Brem erton yard, be put In readiness for sea Jwlth a view to sending her to San Fran cisco anu meuce to tne istnmus, 11 nec essary. The actual sailing orders wero not sent, but the department intends, if the necessity arises, that tke-ship shall get away without loss of time. The U. S. S. Panther is expected to leave the League Island Navy Yard. Philadelphia, on tomorrow, with a bat talion of 325 marines for Colon, on tha Isthmus of Panama. It is the intention of this Govern ment to keep a warship at both Coloa and Panama to prevent the possible bombardment of those towns. By send ing the additional force of marines on the Panther the United States will have a sufficient force at the scene of dis turbance to keep trans-isthmian traffic open -and to maintain law and order In both Colon aud Panama. Will Have Work to Do. If, upon the arrival of the Panther, it Is found that the marines are not need ed, orders will bo Issued sending them to the Island of Culebra, to take part in the winter naval maneuvers. The bnttaiion Is composed of 17 officers and 325 enlisted men, organized as fol lows: Lieut. Col. B. R. Russell, commanding; Major George Baruett. major; Capt. W. B. Lemly, quartermaster; First Lieut. J. W. Broach, adjutant; Passed Assistant Surgeon Carl I. Brownell, surgeon. Company A Capt. Dillion Williams, First Lieut. A. S. Williams, Second Lieut. E. T. Trrer. Company U Capt. M. J. Shaw, First -Lieut. A. r. Harding, Second Lieut. D. AV. Blake. W Company C Capt. D. D. Porter, First Lieut. B. F. HIttenhousc, Second Lieut. F. V.. Hoberis. Company D Cam. A. T. Maris, First Lieut. L. B. Purcell, Second Lieut. P. M. Ri.xey. REVENUE OFFICERS AND MOQfJSHlNERS IN BATTLE Desperate Encounter in West Virginia Mountains, in Which the Marshals Win. Shots Cause a Retreat. Lewis Heller, who bail been specially deputized by the sheriff, sprang Into the hall to aid the deputy and was struck in the face by a large board throwu from the street. A gash was cut in his chin. An instant later five shots ranr, out from the interior of the sheriff's apartments and the rioters retreated to the outside of Ihe jail. The door fiat was battered down is the door of the sheriff's residence. A dozen men are in the Jail with bberiff Hoon. all armed with revolvers. They are amply able to hold the mob in check. The dwelling nart of the iail is a complete wreck, and much of Sheriff Iloon's furniture has been destroyed. One door of sheet steel and three of heavy steel bars separate the mob from Ihe cell room. At midnight tile mob was quiet. The lights In the jail are all out. In side, the otheers stand, revolvers iu hand, and no one dares approach. While the battering ram was being used Bur gess Isaac G. Smith called on Capt. James McICce,,of Company L, Sixteenth Regiment, National Guard of Pennsyl vania, to bring out his soldiers to the sheriff's support, but Sheriff Hoon al ready had the mob cowed by shooting. HUNTINGTON. W. Va.. Sept. 13. At the head of Fauls Creek, on the moun tains in .McDowell county, yesterday, a terrible battle was fought between reve nue olfteers and moonshiners. Two of the latter were shot, one of them fatally. Deputy United Strtes Marshal Buford headed the command, having four as sistants. They left Welch in the nlcht and at 4 o'clock the officers dismounted near vyiere the illicit still was thought to be. As they crent throtmh the under brush they saw Ihe sentinel stationed in the path. TlK'y ouletlv overnowered him and forced him to lead the way to the still. As they crept down the steep side of a hill, the still was seen in full blast, and half a dozen men were working. The sentinel yelled and the fight began. The moonshiners made a dash for tha officers, rifles in their hands. At the first vclley from the officers one moonshiner dropped. Then the fight was carried on from rock to rock until tha officers made a dash and captured th moonshiners, two of them wounded. The prisoners were taken to Welch, and are in jail. They are John Squire, Hank Jones, alias Hank Honakcr. and Steve White. Bill Wright, ono of tha famous gang of outlaws, was amoug those who escaped. The still waa de stroyed, i rev i$ if I S -$1 ft 31 Tj - i'JS.ifSSiir H