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SOCK A LEX IS LIKES FIREWATER.
Cleveland's Young Indian Ball flayer
Suspended Until He Gets Sober.
Cleveland,O., July/31.?President Koh
Inson, of the Clevelaud 'baseball club,
announced to-day that tho cause of the
non-appenrance in tho game of the young
Indian, Sockalexis, is his use of intoxi?
cating liquors. Sockalexls has been in?
toxicated frequently of late,ami Mr. Rob?
inson has lined him $25, $50 and $100,
respectively, for three instances of which
he has proof. He also suspended tho red
man until ho can 'produce a certificate
from the club's physician ' that he is not
drinking and is in &ood physical condi?
tion.
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ROI
ENGLAND
WILL CONFER,
Will Participate in an international
Seals Conference.
TO BE HELD IN WASHINGTON.
THE OFFICIAL NOTICE CON?
VEYED TO AMBASSADOR HAY-.
SPECIAL COMMISSONER FOSTER
WILL SAIL IOR ?H0ME;T0-DAY'.
HE SAYS HE HAS ENCOUNTERED
NO SPIRIT OF ANTAGONISM TO
OUR GOVERNMENT.
London, July 31.? The British foreign
oflice notified Ambassador Hay this
morning that Great}Britain accepted the
proposition of United Stages for an inter?
national conference on the questiou of
pelagic sealing in the Bering sea, to be
held in Washington during the coming
autumn.
Mr. John W. Foster, the United States
special commissioner on tho sealing ques?
tion, will sail for Now York to morrow
by the St. Louis irom Southampton.
In the course of an interview with the
correspondent of the Associated Press to?
day Mr. Foster said:
Wherever I have oeen, at St. Peters?
burg, Berlin, Paris or here in London, I
have been received in the most cordial
manner. Whatever may be the feeling
in tho United States anent the often re?
ported antagonism to our government
displayed by lorcign powers, I have seen
nothing of it.
"Everywhere I have hail evidence that
the foreign governments wish to meet
any question raised by the United States
in a spirit of the utmost frankness and
open-mindedness. Perhaps it is needless
for me to sajr that this is most gratify?
ing to tue officially and in my private
capacity.
"The BrUish government has agreed to
accept our proposition for a sealing con?
ference. I am now returning to make im?
mediate report to President McKinley.
I have had long and entirely 'candid con?
ferences with Mr. Chamberlain, at)'' last
Sunday I passed the day with Sir Richard
Webster, the attorney-general, who is the
adviser of the British government on the
points of law involved. My statements
met with the flankest and most, impar?
tial consideration.
"As to the Hawaiian question, I may
say that in London, Paris, Berlin and St
Petersburg,I have had ample opportunity
to ascertain the prevailing sentiment in
political and commercial circles. In all
these capitals annexation is generally
regarded at the'natural, if not inevitable,
result of tho large growth and expansion
of the United States on the western
coast of America.
"As it could not be expected," con?
tinued Mr. Foster, "that any other for?
eign power would be. permitted to occupy
the islands, owing to their strategic im?
portance, tho proposed annexation'would
1)2 acquiesced in by theEuropenu govern?
ments, although tho position which it
would give the United States in the
Pacific would uot bo welcomed by nations
seetdngjsupremncy in that quarter of the
world.
"My personal views on this question
are well known in tho Ui.ited States.
Nevertheless it is extremly gratifying
that the necessary expansion of the
United States will not lie the cause of
European difliculties and is appreciated
as the logica' outcome of American des?
tiny."
London, July 31.?The Times this
morning editorially congratulates its
readers upou the fact th?.t the negotia?
tions regarding tho question of pelagic
sealing in the Bering sea have resulted in
ajtf agreement for an international confer?
ence on tne subject, to be held at Wash?
ington in October.
Tho Times thinks that Russia and
Japan will take part in the conference,
which will not have revisiug powers.
"We are glad toruote," tho paper says,
"that the United States government has
so far modified its views since the send?
ing of the Sherman dispatch, apart from
which there was never any real difficulty,
both governments desiring to protect a
legitimate industry and only (littering as
to facts and methods."
ROBBED BY WOMEN.
? _
Pinioned His Arms in True Highwayman
Fashion.
New York, July 81.?Verna ' Lewis,
thirty years of age, and Lizzie Kaiser,
twenty-eight, colored, were before Mag?
istrate Poole this morning, charged with
having robbed Christopher IIolFmau, a
laborer.
Hoffman said that at 4 o'clock this
morning he was walking through West
Thirty-third street when tho women
accosted him and spoke quite pleasantly.
They asked his opinion about the pros
pect for more "rain, and while he was
framing an ans we, his arms were pulled
suddenly behind him. One of the women
held him while the other rilled his Dockets
and secured $8.00.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Grand Jury Indicts Two Preachers for
the Montgomery Church Killing.
Montgomery, Ala., July 31 ?After
Itwo days of investigation of the killing
of P. H. Patteison,who was shot In front
of the altar In'a negrol Baptist Church in
Ithis place Wednesday, the coroner's jury
returned a verdict of death by the hand
of George W Pritchard and that Rev. A.
J. Stokes. Rev. P. T. Brown, William
Bracy, Mace Coleman and Calvin Micou
are accomplices.
The giand "jury has returned indict?
ments against the same parties on the
same charges.
A LONG TIME DECIDING.
New York, July 31.?Erastus Wiman.
who declared his intention to become an
American citizen thirty years ago, took
out his final papers to-day.
USOKE, VA., SUN I
DEATH IN A TUNNEL.
Four Railroad Men Overcome by
Foul Air.
Hinton, W. Vn., July 81.?A fearful
accident occurred in Lewis tunnel, about
fifty miles east of this city, yesterday
evening about 7 o'clock, In which Con?
ductor Edward Bray lost .his life and
three others are in a precarious condition.
A Jwest-bound freight train stalled
when about half-way through the tun?
nel. Y? Conductor Bray stumbled out of
the caboose and started for . the engine to
find out what tho trouble. He was over?
come by the gas and fell in a stupcr.
When the train cleared the tunnel and
Bra) was missed by the other members
of tho crew, a searching party, consisting
of Conductors Sam Hamilton and Ed
Womack and Fireman ^Thomas Dain
woorl, went back in the tunnel to look
for him, and as soon as they struck the
foul air they were also overcome.
The engineer, after waiting a reason?
able time and not hearing anything from
tbem, cut his engine loose^from the train
and started back to tlook 'Jot [the crew.
Hamilton had fallen across tho track and
was struck by the engine, breaking his
back. The engineer succeeded in loading
the unconscious men on tho engiue, to?
gether with Bray, and brought them
out. Bray died In about five minutes
after he was rescued. "They were all
brought 'to their homes in Hinton last
night. Dainwood and Womack will re?
cover.
CROKER FOR MAYOR.
Judge Traux Says That Ho Can Easily
bo Elected if Nominated.
^London, July 31.?"It Is not true that
I ctuuo I? England In connection with
New York city political affairs," said
Judge Trunx, of New York, yesterday.
"I came over this year as I have always
<f>no, for health, rest and a holiday, noth?
ing more."
Judgo Truax said he expected to see his
old friend, Richard Croker, the Tammany
chieftain, while in England, but denied
that he had made the journey in connec?
tion with the nominations for Greater
New York ofllces. When asked whether
or not Mr. Croker would sanction his
name being used as a candidate for
mayor, tho judge replied:
"As to that I am not in position to say.
If he wants to bo mayor he can be chosen
without a doubt, hut as to his being in?
fluenced by certidu persons who soem
anxious to have it so understood, Rich?
ard Croker is not that kind of a man. I
think beyond question that If tho Demo?
crats put, him forward ho can easily be
elected."
LIZARD HATCHING IN HIM.
A Young Farmer Relieved of 24 Creepers
and 40 Eggs.
Lancaster, Pa., July 31.?Twenty-four
lizards, from two to three and one half
inches long, an i forty lizards' eggs woro
resterday'expelleel from tho stomach of
Howard Overly, a young farmer of Prov?
idence township, who has been ailing for
ssvei al months and whose case was a
puzzle to the physicians.
Di. Ftew, of Paradise, administered the
remedy that relieved Overly, and will
continue the treatment to dislodge any of
the unwelcome tenants that may still re?
main in Overly's stomach.
On the farm on which the latter resides
is a large spring from which he has been
accustomed to drink for ] years by lying
flat on his stomach and it is supposed
that he in that way swallowed the lizards
or their ?ggs.
A CATHOLIC CELEBRATION.
Close of the Present and Dawn of New
Centnry.
New York, July 81.?The Rome corres?
pondent of the New York Freeman's
Journal has sent to that publication: by
cable a letter sent to Catholic bishops
throughout the world. Cardinal Jaco?
bini is the president of the committee
charged with carrying into effect the de?
sire of Pope Leo that the-faithful of the
church commemorate the close of the pres?
ent century and the beginning of the
twentieth by a series o* religious exer?
cises.
STONE FULL OF FIRE. "??
A Vineland Man's Remarkable Find in |
the Street.
Vineland, N. J-, July 31.?While walk?
ing on Eighth street last night H. S.
Wyker, a well-known business man, j
picked up a f lowing object which looked
like a stone. Ho took off his hat antl
rubbed tho supposed pebble, when he
rvas startled by an explosion antl brilliant
blaze enveloping his hat. The sparks
fell under a hedge and Wyker excited con?
siderable curiosity among the resitlents
bv stamping out the Ore. With a phos?
phorescent glow about his shoes Wyker
hurried to Dr. Sawyer's oflice to have
three badly burned fingers attended to.
Ho had picked up a lump of phosphorus.
LOVER'S DEATH KILLED HEB.
baw Her Betrothed Shot" Down, Lost
Reason, Then Died.
Bristol. Tenn., July 31.?Miss Efilo
Boring, who was betrothed to Walter
Gallowav, the young man who was mur?
dered on the 9th instant by Isham Sims,
a negro servant of the Boring family,
died this morning of nervous prostration.
Miss Boring saw the negro shoot her
lover down, and from I hat hour lost her
reason aud gradually sank. It was hor
constant faucy that she saw tho hideous
form or the negro before her. Sims nar
towly escaped be'ng lynched when cap
tured, and tho frlenels of the murtlered
man declare they will string the negro
up when he comes to Washington county
for tr'al next week. He is now in Knox
ville for safo keeping.
STEEL PLANT TO RESUME.
Muncie, Ind ,July 81.?M. M? Garland,
presielent of the ' AnialyainatedjAssocia
tion of Iron and Steel Workers, spent the
day In Muncie in conference with the
Midland Steel Company, and succeeded
in adjustinu some differences that will
result In the big plant resuming work In
all departments.
OAY, AUGUST 1, 1
GOVERNMENT
BY INJUNCTION.
Judge Mason's Decision May Have
a Big Effect.
HE SAYS THERE MUST BE NO IN?
TERFERENCE WITH THE OPERA?
TIONS OW THE COAL MINES?HE
HOLDS THAT HIa RULING DOES
NOT HINDER FREE SPEECH
WHERE DEVOTED TO LEGITI?
MATE PURPOSES.
Wheeling, W. Vnv; July 81.?The most
important event in the ^miners' strike in
West Virginia to day was the handing
down of an opinion of Kpecial Circuit
Judge John Mason, of the Marion county
court, on the application of the Monon
gali and Watsou Coal^Compnnies for an
injunction prohibiting the agitators and
organizers of the^ Mine-W'orkers' Union
and others from "conducting a conspir?
acy" to indiK-e the miners of the compa?
nies to strike and cause^a disccntiuuauco
of work in the mines.
The motion for the injunction was
argued and Judge Mnson gave .as his
opinion that the injunction should stand
and that it was good ".in law. He hold
that it was drawn" in'form similar to
numerous notable cases and that it did
not hinder free speech where devoted to
legitimate purposes, and hindered .no
man from attending to his ^ordinary bus?
iness nnd occupation so long as his efforts
were not directed to the hindrance of the
coal companies from conducting their
business iu the ordinary and legitimate
way.
Ho also held "that the highways shall
not bo used for assemblages which tend
to obstruct the coal companies .in the
conduct of their business, and that
speech shall not be devoted to !the propo?
sition of a conspiracy to prevent, the
companies from continuing their mines
in operation. As .authorities he cites a
number of cases.
This decision makes the injunction per?
manent nud renders liable to Its provi
I slons ail'who may .make further attempts
to create a strike in Marlon county. The
strikors have decided to go on with the
work at Fairmount in spite of It. As
fast as the men are arrested uuder the in?
junction they will be gotten out on bail
snd put iu other fields, new .'ones tuking
their places at Fairmount. The miners
say the Mason injunction will bo over?
ruled by the higher couits.
, J. W. Rea, of the Painters' and Deco?
rators' National Union, has been ap?
pointed lieutenant to w. D. Mnhon, .who
has been put in general control of the
strike in West Virginia. Mr. Rea is
quartered at the Arlington Hotel, in Pal?
atine, uear Fairmount, where he is plan?
ning a campaign" which he hopes will
bring out the Marion county miners.
Ho has had numerous conferences with
local labor leaders and is taking a secret
census of the miners in the Fairmount
district who are favorable to the strike.
Mr. Rea believes that they are largely in
the majority and his secret census is
making a better showing than he ex?
pected. He "takes'daily reports to
Columbus and Charleston, and the work
in the State is being systematized.
Mr. Rea spoke at Clarksburg to-night
to a big crowd, mostly miners from the
Pinnickinick mines. The meeting 'was
enthusiastic, and the 'miners, who have
been organized to the r.umber cf 500, are
ready to striKo as soon as [it 'is apparent
that the Fairmount district can be closed.
It Is recognized generally that the step
page of agitation in the Fairmount dis?
trict when the labor conference was held
in Wheeling recently was i mistake and
that the organizers would have been do?
ing better woi'K there than in Wheeling.
The men were then enthusiastic and had
a high opinion of their importance in the
national movement, but they have cooled
down, and it will take great efforts, no
matter how many organizers are brought
iu.to get the old feeling aroused.
The Monongah mines put in forty new
men to day, some of them members of
the union which wns'formed there last
week. In the Norfolk and Western region
and in the Kannwha Valley there is lit?
tle change in the situation, the organ!/,
crs having as yet gotteu their new move?
ment under but slow headway. They are
mapping out the campaign, and little
will be done this week except to prepare
for next week's work. The organizers
promised by the Wheeling conferences
are arriving on the ground and are being
assigned to their work. Most of them
will work iu the Kanawha, Norfolk and
Western an'1 Fairmount regions.
Iu the Wheeling district this morning
the Hoggs Run men "vent back to work
in accordance with last^night's decision,
but came out again after an hour's work.
The Moundsville and Glendalo miners
also came out again when tbey'learned
I that the Boggs Run men had reconsider?
ed theiriaction. This leaves the Panhan?
dle district completely tied up.
Reports that the Wheeling nnd Lake
Erie railroad had discovered spikes driven
in on switches at; Dil Ion vale, Ohio, are
denied by the railroad authorities.
NORTH CAROLINA BANK FAILS.
Askeville, N. fC, July 31.?The First
National Bank of this city billed to-day.
The assets and liabilities have not yet
been given.
PACIFIC LINER WRECKED.
Melhoume,Aus.,July 31.?The steamer
Tasmania struck on a rock off Cape
Wahia, New Zealand, and sank in three
hours. Eight of the)crew were drowned.
Tho passengers escaped in three boats,
which have arrived here. Grave, fears are
entertained for the others.
SEE THE $4
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pic'ures 3*x3i. For side at
ROANOlvE CYCLE CO.,
103 Salem Ave. S. W.
SERIOUS WAR IN INDIA.
British Soldiers Repel a Night At?
tack of Tribesmen.
Simla, India, July 81.?The natWes
attain attacked Camp MalakandThursday
night. Bonfires had been lighted around
the camp, and in the glare the tribesmen
were easy targets for; the British rifle?
men. Many fell, and in the light of the
Humes the natives could be seen remov?
ing their dead.
The British lost one killed and seven?
teen wounded, among the latter being
Lieutenant CoEtello, who was wounded
tho second time. The fores of the Mul?
lah had been augmented by a strong
gathering of the natives on the hills to
the light Of the British'position. The
theory is that the Bonerwals 'have risen.
The situation is now somewhat lelieved
by the reinforcements under Colonel
Reed from Nowshera.
Bombay, In<iia, July 31.?Tho notor?
ious Professor Gokhlee, an agitator
against the British administration, lias
just lauded. A crowd of Mahrattas
cheered him upon his arrival. Gohklee
is a professor iu tho Doccan College. He
wrote to *ho Poonah papers accusing tho
British soldiers of having 'assaulted two
women, ono of . wlmtn subsequently com?
mitted suicide.
Mauvl Ridayat 'Bason was arrested on
f charge of '?nving insulted Queen Victo?
ria at a ?? cent meeting of Mohammedans.
It la idle..-td .that Mauvl declared that
"but for the Sultan's forbearance the old
womau's ribs wouliPhav*. been 'broken
years ago."
Tho Indignation of the natives against
tho government for Its summary policy of
repression Increases. TLey say that the
government is going to convert India
into a second Ireland.
CANNON'S CASE POSPONED.
Judge Orders ^Bond of the Norfok Con?
spirator Increased.
Norfolk,Juy 31?Iu tho police court to?
day the cm s 6f Guy Hall, Joseph Cannon
und Willi j Smith, charged with felo
niously abducting Cannon's wife, were
called and continued ouo day on account
of tho absence of a leading counsel for
the defen *e.
A sensKiional ^incident was 'Comaion
wealth Attorney Ouucan's demand that
in view of the transfer of $?5,000 worth
of property own?3il by young Cannon's i
father, who is surety on his son's boud, |
that tho same be rendered more secure, j
The court examined into tho case and
ordered the bond of $'2,000 renewed aud
secured on Caunou's other property.
KNOCKED SENSELESS IN COURT.
Attorney Disagrees and One is Felled
With an Iuk Bottle.
Richmond, * July 81.?In Winchester
corporation court to-day J. B. Whtteacre,
a lawyer,denounced a statement of R. E.
Byrd, opposing counsel, as false.
Hyrd asked Whiteacro if he meant to
call him a liar, and receiving no Imme?
diate answer threw an ink-stand at
Whiteuere, striking him under the left
ear.
Whi teuere was knocked sonseless and
did not rcover for threo |hours. His con?
dition is serious. Byrd was released In
$2,000 bond, ami fined $?? for contempt.
VAIN IS THE HELP OF MAN.
New York, July 31.?The striking j
knee-pants makers, who were JJmeetitig
with doubtful success, In the hope of
winning ;by Divine intercession, trans?
formed their headquarters into a place of
prayer.
PROTEST AGAINST THE RULING.
New York, July 31.?Members of the
Grand Army are much exercised over the
ruling of Attorney-General McKenna,
that those of the irgaui/.atiou iu tho em?
ployment of )tho Government .must lose
the time spent in going into ^encamp?
ment. Formal resolutions protesting
against the ruling are being framed for
presentation to the attorney general.
A MISTAKEN NOTIOtf.
Washington, July 31.? Treasury offi?
cials generally are of the opinion that
the decline in the price of silver will be
permanent. * They do not believe that the
discovery of rich finds of gold In Alaska
will materially advance the price of sil?
ver as it did during the output In Cali?
fornia in the fifties. They believe tha*.
Japan's going to a gold basis was the
cause of the recent decline in the value of
silver.
SOUTH TO RECEIVE ATTENTION.
Washington, July ' 81.?Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson Is now giving special
attentioL to the Southern farmers, who
claim they have - been neglected hereto?
fore. Ills special attention will bs direct?
ed to the peculiar requirements of tho
soil aud tho beHt sources of nitrogen to
renow its vigor. In this connection he
will publish also the' results of a tour
which ho Intends to make through the
South.
Suit-making at
Little Prices.
IK YOD'BE IK NEED OF A
Sl.IT VISIT US; WE'VE SOME
MONEY-SAVING DARUAINS.
GILKESON & TAYLOR.
TO HARNESS THE ST. LVWRENCE.
New York, July 31.?An English com?
pany with three million dollars capital
has been organized to put fifteen turbine
wheels In the St. Lawrence rirtr to estab?
lish a water poiver of seventy-five thou?
sand horse power for the purpose of gen?
erating electricity for commercial use*.
Tho plant will be located at Massina,
New York.
PRICE 3 CENTS
SPANIARDS
MAKE A RAID.
And Capture a Female Boarding
School at Guanabacoa.
THE SCHOOL WAS AlTENDED AL?
MOST WHOLLY BY DAUGHTERS"
OF WELL KNOWN CUBAN INSUR?
GENTS, AND THE SPANJSH OFFI?
CERS CLAIMED THAT THE
TEACHERS WERE ACTING AS
SPIES FOR THE REBELS?CITI?
ZENS ATTEMPT TO DEFEND
THE GIRLS.
Havana, July 31.?A party of Spanish
soldiers on yesterday rtilded a girls' school
at Guanabocon, the pupils being mostly
wholly daughters^ of well-known Cuban
insurgents. The teachers were driven
out and the pupils grossly treated. Later
the soldiers raided the teachers' hoardlug
house, where a number of Cubans pre?
pared for them had assembled. The sol?
diers wero greeted by pistol shots, and
they returnlug the lire; a lively fusilade
followed, in which two Cubans were
killed and four soldiers wmnded. The
soldiers heving been reinforced, captured
the teachers,who were taken to the head?
quarters of the commandant. Late at
night eight girls attending the school
were arrested at their homes aud taken
away by the soldiers without being given
time to dress. They were grossly in?
sulted on the streets and Spanish officers
threatened to arrest the soldiers it they
did not desist. A largo crowd followed
the soldiers and their prisoners with
threatening demonstrations and wero
only dispersed when additional troops
wero called and ordered to fire upon
them if they did not withdraw. The
Spanish officers allege that the women
with the girls wore acting ns spies for tne
insurgents nnd that the school was
merely a blind. This is strenuously de?
nied by reputable citizens.
MORGAN OBJECTS TO LAMONT.
Wanted a Practical Man at Northern
Pacific's Head.
New York, July 31.?President Hill, of
the Great Northern railroad, was iu
Wall street to day, and had a conference
with J. P. Morgan and the others in con?
trol of the Northern Pacific system.
There is now a thorough understanding
between tho two systems. and the
strength of Northern Pacific securities
was supposed to reflect the ^treatment of
that property in tho deal.
Ex-Secretary Lament is slated for the
position of first vice president of the
Northern Pacific. His ambit.iou to be
president and tho e^orta of his friends to
put him in 'that position wero defeated
by Mr. Morgan, who insisted upon the
selection of a practical and '.experienced
railroad n:an.
TUE UNIFORMITY PLAN.
Still a Question of Dispute Wl etlnr
Enough Signatures Can be Secured.
, Pittsburg, July 31?The coal operators'
comniltteo npcolutcd at the true uniform?
ity conference to secure signatures to tho
agreement, wore busy this morning revis?
ing and correcting the proofs |of the con?
tract, which is being printed. As soon
ns these papers are received from thf
printer they will be placed iu the hands
of the several members composing the
committee, who will at once begin an
active cauvnss of the coal operators for
their signatures.
It is still a question of dispute among
many of the coal operators as to whether
enough signatures can be obtained to the
contract to make it operative.
- PUSHED FROM a TRAIN.
Son of a Prominent Railroad Official
Murdered in Indiana.
Washington, Ind., July 81.?H Lister,
son of the purchasing agent for the
Motion, was murdered near here" last
night. Ho was pushed from the train,
it is alleged, by John Williams, of Tren?
ton. Mo. Lister's home was *t Red ford.
Williams is in jail. An engineer
named George Weich claims to have seen
the murder.
DIED OF HEART DISEASE.
Cincinnati, Julv 31 ?Col. James F.
Gregory, United States engineer, in
' charge o* tho Ohio river improvements
dropped dead hero this afternoon, sup?
posedly fro-" heart disease.
FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD.
Hammonton, N. J., July 81.?The Lake
Mills Clothing Company began opera?
tions at their new mill heie yesterday
with orders to keep forty 'hands busy for
an indefinite period._
TRE WORLD RENOWNED i
The Standard of the World.
Robbie fliano Co.
Solo Dealers. _
?j Factory P.Ice*! Knsy Payment* 1 A
?M No Interest!
