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NEW-YORK, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1897.-TEX PAGES.
PRICE THREE CEN?&
MINERS GROW DESPERATE.
TROUBLE PROBABLY A UTC AD IN THE
PITTSBURG DISTRICT.
a immilli mnn marchimi on the cannonb?
Bt'RiT MINKS ? PBACWL BATTLE Ff't
?READ?WOMEN ktir tuf. Mi:x
TO ?(????.
Pittsburg. July 18.? What has hapr>?netl to?
day In the Pittsburg cnnl-mlnlng district Indi?
cates that thf-ro is trouble ?head. The strike
hn? teen on for tWO woks, with no MEM for ,
alarm In any quarter, bal M-?lay the pnngs ?f '
hur.gT snd mutterJnirsi of discontent have tak?>n ;
tangible form, ami before m ?rnlng 1,000 minors .
wl" have marched on Caanonstrarg, the uii
JerMve G'-dnt befog the BOOM and Allison mires.
A few days aro th?-? operators? of the mines made
? r?quisition on the Sheriff of W'ashlnpton :
County for Additional deputies. It Is supposed
that th<rt nn at least thirty deputies at each '
mine, well armed for any friction that may take :
pince.
Te-da] the minera of the Miller's and Tom's
Run district held mnss-meetinirs. The men
enir^yet. In the .Pop? an 1 Bridgevflta mines,
Es?-cr. No?, 1 and 2, and Bteen'a mines, met at !
Br:ir"vi?:p? Cecw was the ?cene of a meeting
of Laurel Hill Nos. 2 und 4. Creedmoor and
Bish'p mines, and the diggers employed in the
Standard and Ellsworth minos, in Miller's Hun.
also heM a meeting. The gatherings were at?
tended by n-.on, women and children.
The women did not lag in the Interest taken.
H&v.r ti them openly branded their husbands
*_ eowarda They argued that they might as
wtll fight as starve. The men said that the vic?
tory could he won provid? 1 every coal miner
employed in the sections where the lake trade is
?uprllpd would Join the general movement of
Idleness.
Plans for bringing out the miners at work In
the Boo?? and Allison mines were discussed.
Special committees were sent from one meeting
to the other. It wa.? dctded to march on to Can
norsburg mines to-night. Tho Res-sing brass ?
band and the Cecil dm m eorp? were engaged,
and the march across the country is on. The
procession will be made up of^thr???? division?
from the different sections. They will meet at ,
PridgerUle and take up the tramp of twelve
????'? across the country. A minor who was en?
thusiastic over the plan, said that there would he
at leaat one thousand mon in lino.
It was learned ?ot* to-night that the scheme
has been In pr cess of formulation for several ,
days. It was talk.??, of several days ago. and .
got to the ears O? the operator? of the Cannons- '
burg mines; hence their decision to Increase
their force of deputies Whether the minors
will go armed is not jret known, but they ex- j
pect to be at the mine? when tho offending dig?
gers are ready to go to work, and will use every
Influence possible to keep them from going Into
the mines. Some of the most conservative o?
the lenders claim that there will be no blood- :
ehed. They say that when the collier? see such
a big demonstration in favor of what they term
a j.t-ateful battle for bread, they cannot enter
the mines and retain their manho id.
Every effort was made to keep the movement
a secret, for fear the force of deptltlea at the |
mines would be further Increaw 1- Just what ,
the result will be it la difficult at this hour to
t? . The ? ? are kn iwn to be in % condition -
of semi-Insanity ?>? the strike question. They :
have been ? aded on by surf ?.ring wives, daugh
t? rs and s 'oethearts, and a appears ?'is if it Is ,
???? beg'i r " of the oo" ot ih.? strike. j
Then- ?? r'u?? -t??- ??";?: operators '
of tills district to si?m a uniformity agreement ?
are still going on. The Commlasloners having
? In charge feel as if they \\<.u";?1 be Able to
Accomplish It. Secretary (?. Frank Schmid Bald
to-nlght that the prospects were brighter than '
they have been since tbe*negotlation_ began. He I
said that within th?-- ? ex I few days powerful !
and p..tent Influences would be brought to b?=-ar
on the operators, and with the strike in the
present condition the indications were for a
successful consummation <.f th?j agreement
As aa evidence thai the operator? Are not
counting on arbitration, ll v..is announced to?
night by a prominent operator that, if the
strike in West Virgin?? dois not prove success?
ful, the Pittsburg operators will make an effort
early nrxt week to Stari ti..-ir minis at th? ?.'.>
cent rat?, the rate now asked by the strikers.
They will declare that, as they an? willing to
pay the prie- asked, the law must pr??tect them
in the operation "f their mines.
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PRESIDENT RATCHFORD CONFIDENT
HE IATI THF BTRIKERfl WILL? PR INCREASED
BT 10,. MEN Tuts WEEE.
Columbus. Ohio, July II?President Ratchford to?
day summed up the strike situation as follow-?:
? ? ? BBsanei In which the miners ar?- conduct?
ing themselves commends itsrif to the country,
five, their officers renewed encouragement snd
?trengthena the belief thai victory ultimately will
crown their efforts. The history of Industrial .-trite
has no parallel to the present movement. Deputy
marshals, coal and iron polio? end aecrel detec?
tives have been at work, but th?lr presence has
faik-d to incite the miners to a? ts of lawlessness or
even to a resumption of work. Their presence In
peaceable communities with a ?hip on their ahoul
der gave some cause for alarm, end ordinarily
srould have caused a resort to violence. But our
?tuen In this Instance, profiting by the experi?
ence of the past, would neither cause trou! le
?freniseli ?s nor allow themselves to become in?
volved in trouble by the action of others.
"Reports from some of the dtles to the effe.-t
that me coal supply is not short ar. only intend? 1
to ,?? swage UM miners. if the coal supply la
cot short, why ar. prices sdvsnclngf why is
*o*l worth tl a ton and even fl 50 more than It
fea? two Weeks ago? Why era ti.e railroads con?
fiscating coal shipments? why are the shops am!
factories, who?? wheel, ere put in motion oy the
lab'.r of the miner, ceasing to operate? Why ari
?perators ail over the States offering their miner!
a rate even higher than th? on?? demanded If they
?111 only continue at work? The reaaon Ii patent
to ali. C?SI Is acaree. Those who have it to s?Ml
let fan?--y pri<-< s, and those who offer un advance,
Mrtlcularly m West Virginia snd portions of iiu
?ols, do It fur the purpose of che. king and defeat
fcig this movement, ?nd miner? who do not know
thi? w,u realise it fullv when th? battio Is uv.-r. if
?u'-h operatori have th?ir way.
"We haw- started Into this movement realising
fully th? Importati??? of the work before us and the
responsibility reeling upon US, and aftrr two w. .?*?
ef suspension. Involving more than l?o.'??.! miners,
*'?? ar?? w. ll Httlsfled with the results, ?inly those
?bo are beat acquainted with the condition of tbe
silnt-rs have any Id a of ti.?? extent of Mile au*pen<
_ ? ind its paralyalng effects upon th?? labor and
ouslr.e.i of the country, It has not yel reached Ita
full pr pori The e??mlng week will add ??.???
_sea to tti?. (??,? column. The week following will
oriiK greater accessions t?. our ranks. The move?
sif-at w||] continue to ?row no! only fr?>m tbe point
?? 'he number involved, hut public opinion will be?
come crystallised mor?? fully, and through the prese
?? th?? eountrv will demand a solution of this great
?Uli ?:,!?,
'The organized trade? of the country are to-day
? ' ? r !.. ich than ever before. Never In the hi -
lory -f labor troubles have they been found so
h*?? v alii? ??ir demand for living waaea and
ise detertnlnatioi of our miners to secure ? h?v?
Brought expressions of ej mpathy snd moral and
??terlal support from sinn.et every branch of or
gjnlsed labor, whos? effort? in our behalf will
?r.ie.ir them to all lovers of fairneaa and establish
?'/ 'he miners, with their own effort?, a living Trto
M vane?.??
?
*W? ???G?? TO WOHK T?i-T>AY IP AT AM
Martin's Ferry, Ohio. July || The miser? at DU
?-?.??> W(.1#, informed yeeterday thai they mu?! re
5_5 to work to-morrow or new men ?a?.?;,?! ?.?? <?p?
?wred t?., hundred carload- of Wert Virginia
G*1' i ? j?.. here to-day, The ?Vh?>ellr.a
? !?i?te p.?!?? road has orden f.,r flft-en hui Ired
**''?? _?.
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?'??'.??.??? TO INDIANA'S GOVERNOR.
^????l. Ir.d. July IS.?The bloek-eoal miners met In
psss-aMetlag ? <?.?.? ysstsif- ly ?? ? received eneourag?
*f reports from al) point? of Ihe distri? t. All the
?Ine? are closed, and Ihe miner? are ?julet and
' ' ?? of winning t? - strlk??. The committee
? aid In ?'????G-p-.lls made .? statement t?<
"J* '?"-?-tins ?;f its -, e_ As suffering and dls
???? are rapidly Increasing In tut?, locality, the
?Wneri '.?? ??. ,?, ., appeal ??? th? Oov? rn?r for tm
*>*Q'.h'.i- ;.; !
* DECISION TO BTKIK1 l.'K'ONSIl ?BRSO,
R'ir.tlri^ton, W Vs. July 11?The miners at
^*tl?er, Logan and Dlngeaa, who yesterday after?
??.?? ?eeJded ;o ptrlk?. held a ma?-s-meetlng this
afternoon nr.?l reconsidered their r,ction. They will
return to work on Mon.?ay. The Klkhorn miner?,
who ycaterduy decide] to strike, will, it is believed,
follow the:;? example.
WAITING FOR ?G???G. V. DEBS.
?XPMCTBt) AT PAIX-tONT, ft, VA., tO-Morrow
btrjkfus gaining and i/ising.
Whaling, w. Vu., 'u'.y li (Spedai).-?Just why
it 1* so mny lie a mystery to some, but It Is a fact
nevertheless that Eugene V. r?rhs will be able to
do ir ore Just now toward bringing out the miners
in tho Fairmont region than any other one man.
A Mg meeting: at Mopongahela yestirday demon?
stra'.*?! this, wh? ? a loeal miner got up and 1??
clared th.it us soon as Deb? came Into the region
the men would strik?, and that his Influence would
be greater th;in all the offers of the operators to
par ;i bonus on coal mined. This sentiment was
loudly ? heered. The organizers at work there, ad?
mit thKt he must be brought Into the field, and
to-night It was announced that he will be at Fair?
mont on Tuesday. Kveryhcdy wants to hear Deba,
To-day's mortine at Willow Tree schoolhoure of
the Ifoooagabels miners was s surcc-i? as :o num?
bers and enthusiasm, but there was ? serlOtM
cooling off of enthusiasm after the meeting was
over 8'ld the Organisers had disparted, The Monon
r'iheia men will go to work as usual ln the morning.
Th.* men will wait till Tuesday, when Eh bs Is ad?
vertised positively to arrive, before taking any
notion.
Jn to-day's meeting; Hugh M?T)onnM, ? miner
president, nnd AV. G?. Mahon, of Detroit, delivered
the address. By actual count there wer,' "Zi men
present. There was loud ch?*erlnr .and plenty of
it, especially when Mahon read a telegram fr ni a
Norfolk nnd ??. stern organiser sending good news.
Min in the audience pledged the Monongah? :a men
to ko out this week. When a date to .?:rike was
called f .r everybody rose and tbe ch? erlr.g laeted
five minuti s.
After the meeting, however, fully fifty Motion
gabela men said that they would go to work as
usual ln the morning. The men ?t ????????'?,
Aurora, F.omlngton and Bate?? minis are est 111 out
and will not (to back. The operators expect all
Fairmont to be out at the en I of the week or
sooner. They threaten to close their coke ovens
and put the negroes and Italians Into the mines,
and this means trouble and possibly bloodshed.
The operators had men at to-day's meeting taking
notes of everything said and done. Coal is too
badly needed, however, for any of the miners to
fear dismissal. The b'.rik?? sentiment Is growing
slowly, and Thursday ?s the limit generally placed
upon work.
Tnt rai.'roads are rushing things to-night ami
1.0O0 cars of coal w?re shipped In the last twelve
hours. Passenger trains on the Haltimore and
Ohio still stand out o? the way of Kin?; coal
In the Norfolk and West. 1:1 region to-..ay the
strikers ma?ie nains in some seotlons and l?ese? in
others. Big maae-meetings wen? held In Flat Top,
and ,t look? tO-nlghl as if four more of the larg?
est mines would be id'? in the morning;, though the
men dislike t? give up the good pay they are now
earning, and are vaclllatlnf between desire and
what they feel to he duty.
At Thacker to-day, ai;er the departure of the
organizers for Flat Top and Pocah intas, the strik?
ers, under the Influence of speech??.? hy operators
.-.: 1 railroad officiais, voted to return to work in
the morning. ? ?r^anlzers will be seni back ara na
them. The Klkhrn operators believe their men will
return by Tuer?iay. The placing if guards at some
miras |s bavins a disquieting Influence, snd mai
make trouble. The contesi between the representa?
tives of the labor organisation and the local in?
terests throughout the region is t.-rriii.?, bul the
strikers seem to hav.? th? best of ?:. About one
half of the men will work to-morrow,
On the Whecl!ng. and Lake Erie in the Kastern
O!,lo distri,*:, the operatori have about given up
hope of getting nu-? before the strike is settled.
Some nin? rs cam? down from Masslllon to-lav. but
d .1 n"t like the outlook and wem home. The United
Statics marshals are nil gone but three, an.l they are
doing detective work. Four Weel Virginie coal
trains went through to-day and were not molest
PHOT IS A ???-DOG SCARE.
TWO OF A MANS PTNOBRg CARRIBD AWAY
BY A I'OI.ICF.MAN S BILLET.
A big Pt. Bernard dog, owned by James Huey,
the Jeniipr of ttic flat house at No. 12? West Ti-rty
fftlrd-st., had a :lt yesterday afternoon. A',, the
tei ants declared that the animal was mal, and be?
fore he was executed there was a panio In the
building and Huey was seriously Injured by a
bullet from the revolver of a smart policeman who
offered to kill the animal.
Huey was sitting on the steps after the rain
stopp? d. und his dog was playing In the ?str?*et
with a number of children, when th,* animal be?
gan to yelp and froth i.t ih?* mouth, and it stag?
gered toward the janitor. He Jumped up and
dodged aside, and the dog ran into the hallway
and down into the basement Huey followed, and
some of the tenants Imrri???! aft? r him to the base?
men?. Huey expirun.-d that the ?log was not mad,
but overcome by the beat, so, with s view to help?
ing the bensf to recover, pall sfter pail of water
was daahed over him. PTlghl naturally m.nle the
d??g worse,
"1,'t him cut and run around and he'll be better,"
sui gested one Wise individual.
"That's ? fi-??? Idea, ii?- can't gel out ibroutrh
tin? front, anyhow, as the Iron gate ls close?!," ie
plled Huey, and he opened the ?lour. With a
pmwl the ?log ran past him ami Into th? hallway,
wh> re he tiling himself agallisi th?? bars. Con?
trary te Huey'? expectation, he got his head
through, and then, with the strength of flight
and pain, push???] through Into the Street. The
children ran In all directions. The dog fo?owi-il,
but Huey caught him by the ne.-k. Then, afraid
of being hurt, he yelled for nome one to ?all a
policeman.
Soon Policeman Hotchklss arrived with S bl* re?
volver. "Just a minuti- und I'll tix him," he prom?
ised.
"Hurry up! I'm near dead," Raspe?] Huey, who
by this tim?? was almost exhausted.
Ha.\g on; now I'm going to shoot," advised
the patrolman, and. placing the muzzle of th? gun
again? ; the dog's ear, he pulled the trigger, and
th?? dog dropp-?d. Huey gaie a y? 11 of pain and
then began to dance about ln a circle, holding his
right haiiil ?high in tbe air.
"I'm shot! I'm ruin? ?il I'm a cripple for life!"
he moaned as he dan ced.
Hotchklss looked at rluey'a band and saw that
the bullet bail passed through the dog's head and,
coming out on the oth?-r siti?; had carried away
half 01 the index and middle fingere of the 'nan's
right hand. An ambulance was called nr?l the in?
jure?] Janitor was taken to the New-Vork Hos?
pital. The Ungere were amputated about two
Inch?'? from the ends.
Huey made no complaint against the policeman.
Th?? jjanttor said last night that Ilotcnktos was
not to blame.
WATERMELONS TO GIVE .4.G.1G.
A ltvft.y BCKAMBLI AMONO THK cntstnr.O
PF.OI'I.F, OF FT.I SUING.
B. L. Montgomery, a wealth.,? resident of Flush?
ing, Long Island, who last winter attained con?
siderable notoriety by missing ? Hain at Long
Is!and City i.nd hiring a special train to bring him
home, caused considerable exdtemenl last nlghi In
that village, ?specially among the colored Inhabt?
tants. Mr. Montgomery is of ? generous turn of
mind, and is lavish with his gifts when he Is In the
mood. La?t evening In* entered Ihe store of No?
di.:l Brothers, fruit dealers, and priced |i,e water
?. tbe Italians bad In sto?'k. Apparently satis
fie.] with the resali of his Inquiries, h?* sat down
OUtSlde. In S little while a vomii: color???) man,
i upon WhOae arm I fOtJOg colored woman was lean?
ing, passed the store. As soon as they came In
' slghl Mr. Montgomery ran inside, grabbed a water
' melon and ran OOl with It. He presented It to the
young man *Alth bis compliments, and the couple
! w'lit on down the street smiling broadly. After a
'. f. w minutes another couple paused, aod the tnctics
' v.. r?? repeated.
It di 1 noi take long for the news to spread through
j tj,e colored settlement, and there wa? a rush for
! Nocentl'B store. Th?? Irai 10 arrive was ? young
colored man. As he saunter.??! up Mr. Montgomery
made n-J move, ??ther young men and women hur
ri'-d up, bul 1 hey passed ih?? ?tor?? unrewardi 1
Older people and young? arrived, bui received no
melon it was not long, however, before .1 young
man and woman appeared together, and they were
promptly rewarded w!lh s melon. This was taken
? ? cue by the others, and Ihe men bad ? im ?
?or partners The resoli was that within tb ?? 11
1 ten minutes Mr. Montgomery gave SWS) about
twenty-flve mel?>ne. That exhausted th?? supply,
and the col ired people who failed to obtain a melon
hurried "ft ? 1 fin i some one more lucky and foln In
ihe f,_
1 \lcTORY FOR THE RAILROADS.
C1ut?**UKioga, ?????., July II- in th?? i'nlted States
? Four'.. In thi 'ase of th.* Sou.'hern Railway sgali
! several Naehvllli ti ket-i.inkers, Judge Clark ha?
? . ? sn order temporarily restraining II
fei lants from purchasing the Routhern's non-trans
f er rabie round-trip ticket? mtll the ease can 1??
heard In full neal Thursdsy. The decision Is re,
_srded a" a big victory f?T the railroads,
THINK SHE IS MHS. PECK.
POLICE LOOKING FOR THE WOMAN WHO
SWINDLED DR. LOTT.
THET BELIEVE F1IE IS THK ONB WHO G.?? $10.000
FEOM II ? BABBITT?MOW KNOWN AS Mit?.
HANRKV A BTOHT rip MIMJONS IN
Tin. DMiTBD statks mKAsrn.
v/Hirii F?">rNr> MEXsfSVSBg,
Brooklyn, New-Vork and N"W-.Ter?ey detectors
are looking for Mrs. Mai y Hansen, who was re?
cently Indicted hy the Kings County Grand Jury
for felony In obtaining money under false pre?
tences from Dr. Christopher Lett, Captain Reyn?
olds, of the Rrooklyn detective force, belh-ve?
and Assistant District-Attorney Mil??.? asserts posi?
tively that Mrs. Hansen Is tbe notorious confidence
?perator Mrs, BUM Teck. H Is alleged that Mrs.
Hunsen obtained loans fr??m Dr. I/Ott aggregating
!9..?V1 or fIMM by representing that her husband
gras Admiral Joham Curii Hansen, of the Danish
Niivv, and a man of great wealth, and that she
needed i.lvsnces In order to get his money from
the Cnlted States Treasury, where It had been de?
posited.
I'r. Lot! died nt his home In Reld-ave., Brooklyn,
on May If, and it Is the holtet of his friend, tho
Rev. 8. c.iffard N?lson. pastor of the Hedford Ave?
nue Baptist Church, who pressed the criminal pro
eeedlnga that Dr. Lett's d?ath was due partly to
his woi ry over the Iosa of lit? money.
It was In the latter part of IM that Dr. I/>tt
he^an to attend the family of William Simpson,
who then llv-il in Oreen?-ave.. Brooklyn. Mrs.
Hansen wan living th?-re, nnd was proclaimed to
th" ?vorld as Simpson's mother-in-law. Simpson
claimed to be .. relativo of the Simpsons, the pawn?
brokers, and it 1.? said that he once had a pawn?
shop of his own In New-York.
Mrs. Ransen fre?|uently told the ?tory of her
marriage to the Danish Admiral'e ion and, on his
death, to the Admiral himself. Mr. and Mrs.
liapeOfl are under ln?llctmeni for having ald?-d her
In spreading the story that the Admiral was worth
from ?K5.000.000 to SOi.OOO.OOO, and that he was on a
long cruise. The money, they are alleged to have
stated, had been deposited In the Treasury of the
I'nited States for safe k?.eplng, as the Admiral did
not wish to leave so much money In the Kingdom
of Denmark,
Mrs. Hansen, who played the part of the sweet
old woman to perfection, first began operations
upon M.ss Nellie Shea, who wa? employed by the
Simpson family as a orofesslonal nurse. She ma?le
the nur?e believe that the difficult task of with?
drawing these millions from the Treasury devolved
upon her during the absence of her husband, the
Admiral. By representing that she needed money
for lawyer's f?-es and oth r expenses, she Is alleged
to have obtalnt'l advances of COtX? from the nurse,
In order that she might satisfy what she called
the inastiate greed of Treasury officials for more
money, Mr?-. Hannen then turned to the sympathy
Of the family physician. The doctor, with a haiy
notion of the practices of the Treasury Depart?
ment, advance?! Mr?. Hirsen flrst ?.V.0 and then
many other sums, fhri.e the amount helr.g $1,000
and the doctor having to borrow the money. As
si.ur.ty, he took th? personal notes of Mrs Han
s'-rf and Simpson.
Wh ? Dr. Lott would appear suspicious, Mrs.
Hansen would produce telegrams su? h ft_ this:
"H.ive Just heard from the old man. He will be
here soon. l'ARI.ISTE."
Another telegram purported to be from Conrad
N, Jordan, Deputy I'nited States Treasurer, New
York City. It curtly requested Mrs. Hansen to
send pati at on?*e. Mr. Jordan never sent It.
When th?? worried and awakening doctor threat?
en? ?J Mrs. Hansen with proceedings last winter, the
latter exclaimed ?r, anguish:
"8urely, eurely, you wouldn't put ar Innocent and
worn-out old woman like DM In Ja!'.'"
One day sh?? Informed him In great elation that
the Admirai \v..s in BL Kitts, West In??lea illth.r
the still credulous man s?-nt a leti - but It came
Ki.-k mi i.-.l "N..1 ki..',??- .. .'.? ? .. ... '
The casa vas placed in toe hands of ths police
on Mai 0 BlmpSOn'S address was ?aid to
be with Simpson, tbe Park How pawnbroker,
nnd Mrs. Hansen was found in Plalnfleld, N. J.
Mrs. Loti retained .' EJdward Bwanstrom, and
Mi" S:-.??;? retained United States District-Attorney
!' nnett. The case was then present?.1 to Otstnct
Attorney Backus, who placed ?t In ihe hands of
Messrs. Hak-r nnd Caldwell, hi? aaaiatanta The
Grand Jury Indicted Mrs. Haneen In June for fel?
ony, and Mr. snd Mis, Blmpron for conspiracy, a
mi?. I, -in? - mor. The latter were admitted to hall In
th?? sum ?.r *."?'. each, Bimpeon. the pawnbroker,
being eecurlty. Voung Mr i'aldweii Is aliened to
have advise?] the Grand Jury not to ludid lbs
H:ui?.
??. ???1?>? charges that th? District-Attorney'?
office by Ita d?laye allowed Mrs, Hansen to escape,
"ft i, u been admitted," said Dr. Nelson, "that
Mi Haneen could have been found on the .lay
the Sim,-??.ms were fir?t Hrr?.?!e?l. had not Captain
Reynolds ? men I.p *??;?! 1???? off'- that Is, stopped
bj th< District-Attorney's office, pending presenta?
tion ..? Indictments."
The District-Attorney'? offl.-e Is inclined to treat
somewhat Incredulously the faci that a well-to-do
physician could be led to believe thai the Govern?
ment bad .?????? pt?-.! as a ?leposi: of trust the millions
of a foreigner.
Mrs Peck has a wide reputation as a confidence
woman. Bhe I- small and uninteresting looking,
bul ? bright converaationalist.
Tn lsT* sh?? swindled Hal.hit, the soap man. out of
$19.000 by pretending, as a .!.?:.icttve, to help him
ret $200.040 In bonde that had been stolen fn.m him
ll? advanced her thla mon???.? io m.-ik?? the search.
Later she boi from .lohn i> Grady, the diamond
merchant,*diamonds worth $2?,????. ?in the pretence
thai he was going to sell them for him. About the
same time she sras charged with having secured
112,000 from a Cuban Jeweller.
The woman likewise has ? reputation as a detec?
tive. Chief Byrnes, of New-York used her in trap?
ping crooks, and considered her a woman of great
nerve, Her husbsnd waa the engineer In a coast
steamer wh?-n last heard from. The woman har?
been as clever In ?scaping conviction as In obtain?
ing money.
THE DIRECTORS TO RE CHANGED.
KBW EflLOOD WnX Bl IKTROpUCBD IN THK. MAN?
??????? OF THK riiARTKrtKn COUPANT.
London, July 19.- "The Dally News" says It
i;nd?rsiands thnt the ?'olonlal Office will ?usg?st a
complete change of the personnel of the Board of
Directors of the British South Africa Chartered
Company, with a view of having a Board of ???
p..ri. need business men Instead of an ornamen'al
Board.
It is believed, "The News" says, that Alfred do
Rothschild will be on? of ihe new directors, this
having been agreed on at Informal consultailons
between the Government and Mr. de Rothschild.
There Is no question of the withdrawal of the
charter of the company, which, however, may be
modified to the extent of pia. lng the administra?
tion of the country wholly In the hands of imperial
othVers.
TITO HO TS DI SA PRE A R.
Ttr.r.irvKD t? havk BECK ????a???? wmkn a
BOAT PROM Mll.w.MKKK BBACHSD
CHICAGO,
Chicago, July U?De Witt T. Brown and John
Brown, the young sons of Mrs. Annie Rrown, of
Chicago, w?r. kidnapped on Friday morning, and
have disappeared as completely as if dropped ever?
board from the Bteamer on which their moth? r last
saw them Th?? m iiher left Milwaukee on Thurs
dav night with the boys A woman who ha?! be?
come slightly acquainted with ber In Milwaukee
came down -.111-. them on ihe boat, (m Friday
morning, after th? boat had reached its dock, Mr?.
Brown wen I to call her ?..n?, lut th?-lr stateroom
was empty. The other ?..man was gone, and Mr?,
Brown ?ame io the conclusion that the stranger
bad stolen the children an.* had slipped ashore in
the darkness wh.-n lbs boat ?lr??t touched the wharf
o
BICYCLIST KILLED HY A TROOPER.
Chicago. July IV rr.-d.-rl.-k c timings, a h'.cyole
I rider, was run down and almo?? blatantly kllle?! last
1 ?venina on Ml? lilgas sve, bj H. c Wagner, a mem
1 er of Troop A. Illinois National .'lu.rd. The fault
, was entirely that of Wagner, who, according to wit?
nesses, r?ie his borse directly upon niiiii.g? The
?ait. r ?..'? tramp? ? b] th? horse an?! ?i'm k!:iiII
1 was crush? d
/t/.; INTERSTATE CAMP IN TEWS.
rtsn An'orlo. Tex., July 11?Tb? Interstate drill
and .-amp' of Instruction of the Texas Volunteer
Onnrd f.pened yesterday nt Camp Culbertsnn, with
1,000 Texas troop? In lump, and ??eneral W. H.
Mabry, Ad'utnnt-C.eneral of ih?? Biute, ...mman.I
it?? The following ?r?mpanle? are prisent: Thur?
tOII Rifle?, Omaha; .Morion Cagete, Washington;
Compan) I?. Bt. Paul: Belknap Bittes, Beaty Rifles
nnd rjovemoi .- Guard of t?????< The competitive
cr? .lati will open on Monday with the Thorsten?
The camp Is one of the larg.st ever held in the
Bouih Th?? ;,th Cavalry, Utb Infantry ami 1st Ar
tlllery, '" ? A . of I'mt Sam Houston, er?? In
. min \ Ith ? rolunteera.
JEWELLERS HIS VICTIMS.
A PHILADELPHIA*** LIVING AT THE
PLAZA ARRESTED FOB SWINDLING.
ODNFMN- TO OBTAINING TllorPANOS OF DOI
LARS? WORTH OF I'ROri-?t? ON MKMORANOA
FROM A NF.W-TortK FIRM ANI* PAWN?
INO THF. ARTI?'LES SAYS RACB
TRACK flAMni.tX'?, RUIN BO HIM.
William A. Bellwood, forty-three years old, ?
dealer ln antique books and Jewelry, of No. 1.G?.','_
Walniit-st., Philadelphia, who has been living
In this city at the Plaza Hotel, ls a prisoner at
Polire Headquarters, Charged with having swin?
dled Mar.us ? Co., Jewellers at Sevente?nth-st.
and Broadway, out of Jewelry valued at many
thousand dollars. He was arrested by Central
Office Detectives Warner and Hughes on Satur?
day afternoon, and was remanded yesterday un?
til to-day by Magistrate Wentwnrth In the Cen?
tre Street Police Court. A small part of the Jew
ciry has been recovered, and pawntlckets for a
large part of the remainder have been found.
According to the police, Hellwood has partially
confessed.
Bell wood, who ls a Freti?'hmnn of good ad?
dress, began his dealing, with Marcus & Co.
about a year ago. He fToq?ntly bought goods
from 'hat firm i?n memoranda, and, so far as
the police know, his dealings were for a long
time legitimate. He had recently spent mu?*h
of his time I.i this city with his wife, and at first
lived at the Imperial Hotel, O'.:t moved to the
Plaza some weeks ago. ,
A comparatively short timo ago Information
was given to Marcus A Co. that Bellwood was
seen frequently at Ih ? racetracks, and was re?
port?*] to have been a heavy loser. Th?? mem?
ber? of the firm determined t<? keep a close watch
upon him If more goods were bought by their
Philadelphia customer. Last Friday Bellwood
appeared at the store of Marcus & O?, and
called for a diamond necklace, which, he said,
he wr.nt?">d for a ?ndy customer. He selected one
valued at ?7,.V(0 and left the store. He was fol
lowed by an employe of the firm, and was seen
to go to a Bowery pawnshop, where he pledged
a piece of Jewelry, then believed to have been
the necklace whl?-h he had Just received on mem?
orandum. The finn was Informed at once, and
Mr. Marcus hurried to Police Head?iuart?'is,
where he reported the case to the Detective Bu?
reau.
Detectives were detailed tn arrest the man.
and he was taken into custody on Broadway
the following afternoon. In his pQQBCaslon was
found the necklace he had lately obtained from
Marcus & Co., together with a large number of
pawntlckets, on which he had received $13,960.
Of this amount 97,400 ha?l bee- received on Jew?
elry obtained from Marcus & Co., and 16,360 on
Jewelry which he said he himself owned. The
total number of pawntlckets recovered WM
forty-two, of which twelve represented the Mar?
cus goods. The prison?t admitted his guilt, so
far as the Jewelry received from the store of
Marcus ?V? Co. was concerned. an?l said that his
downfall was due to gambling on the racetrack?.
He stoutly maintained that he had swindled no
other individual or firm.
Yestenlay afternoon the poll?-e sent to the Plaza
Hotel and secured from the prisoner's wife a
beautiful necklace of pearls, amethysts and
crystals, valued at $1.000; a double fing?>r ring,
set with a large topaz and two diamonds; an
emerald ring, and an antique brooch set with a
topaz In the c?>ntr<*, and pear-shaped gems of
many kinds In three rows, with three pend?
ant pearls. Mrs. Bellwood, who can speak no
English, said that the Jewelry was her own pri?
vate property.
Bellwood has secure?l property valued at $'_."?.
'??? Unas tri Arm "f ftCarCUS ?- Co.. upon whb'h
he has paid only $1.500. The police are looking
up his recent movement?, expecting to find that
he has swindled other jewellers here In the same
way.
Philadelphia. July 18.?William A. Bellwood,
of this ?ity, who was arr?'?te?l in New-York ys
tenlay ?barg???! with swindling Marcus ?X: Co.,
Jewell? is, out Of considerable mon?-y. Is a denier
In old bo??ks and CUllOS at No. 1,382 Walnut-st.
He hns a privat?? residence at No. 1,510 Diamond
st., in th?? northern prut of the city. The house
has been occupied by Bellwood and his wife,
and a daughter for about six month?, and Is
luxuriously furnished It wga said at ihe house
to-night that Bellwood and bis wife were In the
babil of taking frequent trips to New-York, ?in
which occasions their daughter remained in
Philadelphia. They were at their home here In
the early part of last week, and left It for New
York, expecttn? to return yesterday. Little is
kn.nvn about them by the Beighbore. The latter
say they are extrem?-ly exclusive, an?! apparently
nut anxious to make any acquaintances. Th?
Inability of either moth??! <?r daughter to speak
English Is looked tip??n as a r? as?>n for their ex
cluelveneea.
?.-+ -__
HOW ELL c. KEFS R8CAPEB.
HIH KI.b.tlT FHOM ? ? A NITA ??G?. WHKRK RB
Vr'AH G?????????? A? INSAN'T?:.
Poughkecpste, N. T., .July It II?>w?-II C. Bees,
preaideni of the Phoenix das Company, ot Mattea
wan. who was taken Into custody ln th?* Manhnt
IBB Hotel, In New-York, and committed to Dr.
K.-rguson's private ennliarluni f??r tbe insane at
Central Valley, Orange County, escaped from that
Institution lust night. .lames O. Meyer, of fcfat
teawan, his counsel, yesterday secured from .1ns
tlce Barnard, in this city, a writ of habeas corpus,
returnable on Tuesday, and at the time when
H?es was making his escape ?ils lawyer was at the
sanitarium serving the writ on the superintendent
and trying to see his client.
Bees Blade his escape from the Institution about
6 oYlock lust evening. II?? said that after he had
been committed :o tlie sanitarium his clothing was
tak?n away from him so that he coulil not escape.
He managed to get S suit from a wardrobe and
Secreted It in a closet vher?? there was an open
window. Wrapped in a shiet, he entered this
eio?e? and slipped Into th?? clothe?. Then he es.
caped through the window and made for the
woods.
He fils a thrilling story of b. Ing pursued by
keepers and do??, Whom h?? eluded by crossing ind
re? rossing a stream several times. II? walked nil
night and tin.illy reached Matteawan, shorily after
daybreak, going tn tlie bum?? of his lawyer, (o
whom he told his story.
Mr. Meyer cime t,i Poughkeepsle at once with
Ree? and ?ought out Ju?1k?? Carnai.1 at the bitter's
home. The facts were laid ?before th?? Judge, who
wrote a letter to Buperlntendeni Pilgrim of th??
Hudson River Slate Hospital fur tbe Insane, ask?
ing him to permit Reas to remain th"r?' until the
hearing on Tuesday. Th?? unfortunate man sc?
companled his law ver io tbe institution willingly.
He says he Is not insane, r.nd that his Incarcera?
tion la due t?i ?llffereiice? with his father ov r busi?
ness matters.
Richard L. Re??, of No. 121 Rast Fortleth-st.,
called at Police Headquarters In this <???>? last
night and reported his brother's escape from Hie
c.-ntral Valle} Sanitarium lie said that hi??
brother might attempt to get to this city. A gen
eral alarm was ?<?nt oui directing policemen to
watch for the alleged lunatic.
DROWNED WHILE LEARNING TO SWIM.
PII.I.Y AOVIi'F TttOX COMPAiTIOKg OMSKS A
BOY*? DBATH.
Bernard Paberlg.m, fifteen years old, of Nn. |||
BtantonHrt., wa? drowned in the Harlem River last
night while trying to learn to ??Aim Bernard and
several olh?-r boy? had gathered OB ? float In the
river at Two-hundred-an I se? (.nt!i-st.. near the
ship canal. A.l Of them ?-xcept lahertgaa wir??
swimming for a time, and th?? latter became .??, en?
thusiastic about th?? ?port tha: he BUB] took ??fr h!??
clothe? to l?-arn th? sp??r:. ll?? was told thai the
w.?\ to lean t<* swim was to dive in ?__ >,,
promptly lumped Into the rivet He could not awim
and -h?? tide being strong, lie wa? carried out of ? ??'?
reach of ih?? oihers .md sank Several men nut oui
In boats after tlie be?. but th.? could not _ei near
him. The bod? was not recover? 1
?
Dit. RICHMOND CORNWALL ACQUITTED
hi. Limi*, .inly tt, i>r Richmond ?Viri,wall of
Kansas city, m,, who. while defending hi? father
killed his brother. Herbert Cornwall was ??????'?????.. i
yesterday, Th?? prosecution attempted t., ihn?
that ?in? kHllr.e wits premeditated, but railed SB
further action will ?... taken
e
RJKBR'I mu?; ITOftl has hkmuvki?
An.l Is now open for business In new huill?n. _?
77/7; CLONDYKE SENSATION
JOSF.PII LADI'E WARNS PEOPLE NOT
TO CO THERE WITHOUT BEING
WEM. PREPARED.
San Francisco, July IS.?Joseph Ladue, the
owner of the town site of Dawson City, Alaska,
the nearest town to the Clondyke section,
started last night for his home in Plattsburg,
?'. Y. Resides owning the town site of Dawson,
where land |a already selling for $."?00 a lot, Mr.
Ladue brought with him enough gold dust to
k?ep him in comfort for nome time to come.
Mr Dadue stated to the Associated Press that
there was no doubt of the richness of the gold
diggings In the Clondyke region. II" thinks
there Is enough gold In the ground to keep all
the miners who can work busy for the n*>xt
twenty years. However, he issues a timely
w-arning to the thousands who are preparing to
rush to the gold fields this year. He says:
"There are at present ab..ut SJBOO people In
the country, and that number Is about all that
can be accommodated this winter. Provisions
are high, as it costs 10 cents to IS cents a pound
to land goods at Dawson Cltv. and it Is impos?
sible to get more provisions In this year than
will supply the present population. If miners
rush up there this summ?-r, unless they take
with them their own supplies, they will suffer
great hardships. I advise ?-very ?me going up
to take supplies sufficient to last at least
eighteen months. The fare to Dawson City
from San Francisco is fl?"?*?, and it will cost at
leas! ion:? to transport supplie? f?>r ?me man.
"The steamer Excelsior will leave here for
Alcska on July 'JS. and already her passenger
accommodations are engaged This win be her
last trii? this year. The Excelsior goes to St.
Michael's, at the mouth of the Yukon, and pas
sepgers end freight are transferred to a river
steamer and carried 2,000 miles to Dawson City.
Overland the route is ali..ut Htm miles from
Junenu. and the majority of the miners rushing
to the new Eldorado will go that way. The
Mid weather commences about the middle of
September and lasts until May. The passen
ger? on the Hrrolslor will reach Dawson City
about September 1, and will have to do their
prospecting In the snow."
Mr. Ladue advises p.? .pie to wait until next
spring before goinrr to Alaska, as the facilities
for carrying them will be greatly Improved then.
HAWAIIAN FOREIGN TRADE.
THE I'NITED STATES CONTROLS 00 PER
CENT OF IT.
RKrrtF.TAUY WILSON ISSUES A ?"IP.rTLAR PHOW
tNO THK VALUB AND OROWTH ok
THK BUSINESS.
Washlnprt-in. July IS.?Hawaiian ?-ommcroe during
th? last ten years is the subject of a circular Just
ts?ued by t.-.e Departm/'iit of Agriculture. Tne paper
was prepar?d by P. H. Hitchcock, chief of the I).
vlsio.i of Foreign Markets, under the direction of
Secretary Wilson. The facts set forth hear directly
upon the current discussion of th.> annexation of
the Hawaiian Islands to the I'nited States, and are
as follows:
Tiie comparison of statistics shows tha: the
I'n.ted State? control? M per >'ent of the entire
trade of the Ulan is Th? t nal va ue of exports and
Importa of Hawaii for 1SS6 was (21,578.682, of which
about two-thiMs? 1-6,615,2-0? was :he value Of g.??..'.?
exported, Tne average o: exporta of tne ten years
18ft,-'96 was $11.0_2.141 and ot Import- IS._22.4S0, leav
Ins an avr?ac? balance of |.?.?.2$,??-1 in favor of ex?
ports.
On this traflb- .1.20 per cent was with the United
Btatea during the Hrst live years of tne decade, and
in ;ne second tivo years this lead of this country
over other cjuntrles waa Increased to :?l.i_ per cent.
Another impression of 'he situation nay he gained
from the statement that our trade with the Island?
In i""'.. accordine to Hawaiian statistica reached
t20.924.t0e, the largest amount ever recorded, while
the highest figures previously were for 1890. when a
total of I.S.SSSJ-1 8o was reported.
The United States, however, ??oes not yet hild
so high ? position In furnlshlug goods for Hawaii
as in taking ?he products of the Isian Is. Of the aver?
agi of export? for tne ten years?nearly Sll.O'iO.iXW a
> ? ir the United States has bought practically ali.
Only one-half of 1 per cent ha- been soil to other
countries, Of me good? purchased by Hawaii, on
the other hand, th" United Blatas furnishes only
about three-fourths.
However, It la chiefly In Bales to the island? that
the trad? ?s sowing. Tbe annual svenute of these
?ale? for the Uve years ISK7-*91 was I4.J74.S1_, but
I for I861-'9?i 14,496.27- while the exports to Hawaii
? for last year amounted to I5.464.30S, nearly $1,1 10,000
j mon? than for any prevlou? year,
The good? coming from Hawaii to tiie I'nited
States ar?? mainly agricultural products, while the
shipments In tbe other directions, except bread
stuffs, are chiefly manufactures. Our Imports of
?ugar make the largest Item in the trade, while
our imports of rice come next. N'.xt in ordei are
our exports of breadstulfs, cotton goods, fertilisers,
maehinerv, lumber, tobacco, win? and chemicals.
It is ? iticcahD that shipments of American live
stock, meats apples and .-orn amount to very little.
Prior to 1876, when the flrst reciprocit? treaty was
made between the United States and Hawaii, their
total commerce averaged only 11.960 196 Since that
date a comparatively steady growth has brought
the total to more than rive times that BtBount,
Figures are furnished for the first fen months of
the fiscal year 1867, as compared with the same
period In lvC'?i. They show large Increases In the
Importan* Items of trade, The other countries
whose traile with Hawaii appear? to be growing
are China nnd Japan, taken together, and Canada.
DAMAGE TO THE MARYLAND PEACE CROP.
BAVAOES op THK CURCUMO RKDt'K THK YlKl.n
TO A QUARTER OF I.AST TK.XR'B.
Baltimore, July 18 (Special).?Boston and New
York draw largely on the Delaware and Maryland
Peninsula for their supplie? of peaches. From on.?
hundred thousand to two hundred thousand basket?
are siiipped to those cities every season from th
tidewater counties of Maryland. Agents of the
Pennsylvania road have Just completed their esti?
mates of the crop, and report that the yield will
not be more than one-fourth of thnt of last sum?
mer. The .lune ? ? ?? in the orchards was unusually
heavy, but the failure is largely caused by the ray?
ases of tb?? ?urculio, an Insect that infests nearly
?m rv orchard In this great peach-growing country.
The ?am?? in-.?.?! tins don.? considerable damage In
tbe ?Delaware and New-Jersey orchards.
-?.-.
WHEELMAN BILLED IN THE DARK.
UK RAN' INTO A W?'MAN'S BICTCLB AND THK
FAI.I. HK OOT ?AS FATAI,.
Lynn, Mass.. July It?Stephen II. Bartlett, a fire?
man, of Metroes, iras killed by ? fall from bla
bicycle while riding on the Nahant Road Last even?
ing Bartletl was going at a good pace along a
,1 rk s-retch in the toa 1. when he ran into a woman
who al?" was riding a bicycle. He was thrown
heavily to the ground, and b<? died In the ambulance.
The w'..m.in escsped without a ?cratch.
CATGUT RY ???? POLICEMAN hTNULTT.
? ??a'-????? BSD TO THB orkat SBANCO
(MASK IN CBKTRAL t'ARK.
Not until he was thoroughly played out and had
?bown many policemen, many bicyclist? and many
, cltlseni thai be was In hi? t.ative element in elud?
ing his pursuers, did th?? bronco which escaped
from One-hundred-and-flfty-flfth-et and BIghth-eve,
on Saturday night allow him/eif io be eaught He
waa Bna'ly securi ? yesterday morning at the north
? end of centra; Park. Policeman MeNulty had the
honor of ?eistne ami holding blm. The bronco got
gW?) While th? tWO m?':i Who had bought him at a
?ale were drinking. He started down Kighth-ave.
and finally reached ?'??ntr.il park. Bleyellets,
mounted policemen snd polle?men ob foot, Park
Boai l employee and citisene on foot ..nd In ear?
rlagea pureued bun thiough auJ around the l'ark
for houre. He .'as.ly eluded every one of them, ami
at mldnighi wai s> fresh ia when be started.
The bronco ?lid not keep to the drives, hut used
the bridle paths, lb? walk?, the lawns, [he Bower?
beds and the groves Impartially in hi? stamp?.I?.
Word w.?? sein to all Of tlip DOUce In tu?? Park, and
tii?- majority "f ibem tried to catch the flt-clng
bronco, but he kepi out "f th?-:r way a.? easily as
If be wer?? ?m tu.? native plains m Tessa A sean h
ing party was oui all night for th?? animal, but ?lid
noi succeed in getting close to ths object of us
search.
Policeman McNultj wa?. n>t on?? ef th?? party. He
?as ???? th?? lookout for the runaway bronco, how?
1 i\er. ant be sped him near the sheepfold a few
minute? after f a m The bronca lia 1 by that time
been .?u ? continual run for more than half ? day
H?- was pretty well Mown, and looked aa If be would
not enjoy any more pursuit. His usua; alacrity waa
i:oiie when MeNulty went after him. and the police?
man waa easily able t?? catch him by the man.? and
tie * balter lo htm. MeNulty hand?.I h'm over to
another policeman, and after a whii.? ibe ownei got
blm. He u Samuel HaN'O. of One-bun dred-snd-flfiy?
flfth-si mi Blghlb-ava, The breaos is none the
worse for his ramble.
LAND LAWS FOU ALASKA.
A GREAT DOMAIN WITH IMPERFECT
PROVISION FOR TITLE TRANSFERS?
Itr-PRESENTATIYF. i.acv.y BXTt-UM WHY THB
PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS EXISTS
???????.??? OF ACTION RT
OOHORMK
G?t nuMBAM t? nn imvn.]
Washington, July 18.-The bCfwggtag number
of gold-seekers In the Yukon basin, not only in
the Clondyke ragfaa In Mrltlsh C.dumbla but
ln Alaska also, has Impressed officials of the
QovarMMBt in Washington anew with the ne?
cessity of reinforcing the Bg?_c|ea of Govern?
ment in the latter. Fr?.m (????? city, on the
Yukon, during the last few m? mhs have rome
the most urgent appeals an?l demands to have
the mineral land laws of the I'nlted States ex
tended over tbe ailll??ding region, ar.d It I?
probable that In his first annual report to Con?
gress Secretary Bliss of th?? Interior Depart?
ment will approve the recommendation of Com?
missioner Hermann of the General Land Offl?*?
that this be ?lone, and also that a fully efjulpped
local land office be establish??! at ("Ir. 1?? City.
Of course neither of the.se things can be d?ine
until after authority has been given by Congre??.
Among members of that body a strong Indlsp? sl
tlon has been manifested toward the extcnsloa
of the powers and agences of elvfl government
over Alaska ever since the acquisition of the
Territory thirty years ago, I .?cans?? of the m.-a
gr<> population and the apparent lack <>f ???? essi
ty for such legislation. It was not until IMI
that an act was passed providing a civil govern?
ment for Alaska, and this act did not by any
means provide for all the functions of BOCfe a
government. The I'nit? ?1 St.it? s marshal <?{ the
Territory was made ex officio Surveyor-General,
but no provision .vas made for the <iale or other
disposition of any of the lands which might be
surveyed, or for the establishment of local land
offic:s. in 1*?'.?, however, provision was made
whereby townstte entries might be mad? und t
lertaln conditions on the ? ubile ?amis In Alaska,
and also entries of the same by Individuai? or
corporations "for the use and n-?*? s.-iile? of. trade
and manufactures."
These COtnprlM all the provisions of law down
to date under which title? to public land in
Alaska can be obtained, either by in?livi?lual?
or corporations, and entries of land?* containing
coal or th?? precloua metala ...?? exprei I) tx?
? >pt?ed from tbe provisions for the beBeet of
Individuala or corporation? seeking to pun hase
lands "for the us?? aid ties o? trad?
and manufactur?e." In tii coui.f ? r.nt
conversation with a Tribune correspond??! oa
this subject, Reprettntatlve Lacey, "f Iowa?
who was chairman o: tbe Commit! ?? on Publio
Lards in the last C< ngreee, said:
"I suppose on? reason thai n< legli iti a hni
?>?'.?? had to remove some of the anomal ue eon*
diti??ns which exist In Alaaka i- .ium the
Committee on Terrltorlea has had Ita time
fully occupied with ? tl er matter?. ??? '? th? Com?
mittee on Public Lands has noi thought ?' ? Be
pedlent to tak?? action In regard to ii???! legte?
lation there until aft??:- some further general
1 legislation respecting the ? vi ni it ol the
Territory has been enacti I. Our commit! a.
however, did recommend the passage of a bill
for the establishment of a land ofltee al Juneau.
and the House pass???! it. but th ? .-' nate ?Id
not a;*t on It. Juneau Is a town of Beveral
thousand inhabitants, som?* three thousand, I
believe, and ? am Informed that it la a thriving
place, containing a number ? f substantial brick
buildings for business purpoeea, and BO OB and
that all th" improvements stand On public lands
Of the I'nited States, th?* owners being all iptf
squatters. I an?, als?? Informed that then la no
l??gii authority to levy ard collect tax'.?, or for
officials to recete? and disburse auch tax? ? if
collected. Whenever money la needed for any
public purpose the hat la paaeed. I have al?
ways been averse to legislation providing ? full?
(ledgi 1 territorial government for Alaska, wit'i
a Delegate in Congres?, ar.d so on; bui cond???
tlop.s ther?? appear to hav?? been changing rap?
idly during the last two or three ? us and It
is ; ? ssiUe the time has ? me when the ?.ub
Ject ought to be dealt with by Congress."
It ls not improbabl? that Major Lacey will
visit Alaska, after th.* adjournment of con
>-??.-??. and try to ascertain by personal iBVCBtt?
gatlon and observation what leglslatl? p In re?
gard f?? tbe public land? In that Territory would
be expedient and arlae in order to n* t ? \i_t
Ing conditions.
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FOUGHT FOR DEATH IN THK RIVER
A gWRDIBH WOMAN IN DROWNING BMSaa
SKI,F ALMOST CARRIED WITH HRR
A WOULD-BE RE8CUEH
Maria Hochteller, a Bwedlsh woman, twenty-tWB
rears old, of No UM Park-avi . committed sul?
ctde yexterday afternoon by Jumping in:o tbe H;iN
lem River at th?* OBe-huedred-and-thlrty-aeventB?
?t. si.p. on Hie BOUth si?!.?. Thi? ?:is at .'.. .>'.?!,. Ic
Half in houi before the woman was seen In eoa??
p.n.?. with hep cousin. Victor Dannerman, ef H?>
boken, at Madlson-ave, and One-hundred-and-thh*?
ty-flfth-st Th?y were quarrelling, :?n?i the ? ? ?
soon afterward l?efi Dannerman sbruptly and ran
to the end of One-hundred-and-thlrty-ei ? il .-_,
talking to berseli as she ran.
Dannerman paid no attention to her flight. {"*?
stopped for a moment at the pi T, fumbled about
in her pocket ami drew out ber : orse. This she
threw on the pier, and t ; * ? p she lumped Inte the
river. Th?? steamer Verona was lying -?t the p,>r,
and .lose],h Hoi?.irt, a colored deckhand, heard
the splash as the woman struck the water He
looked over the ressers side sod, seeing what the
trouble was, kick???! off his shoee ar.d dived Into
the water. Hobarl is an esperi swimmer, a?:,! ?
few strokes ?carried him to the struggling weaaas*?
She attempted to get away from him. and ! I p
pearad ander the water. Hobarl dived, and the
? wo cam?* to the surta? e together. The woman
threw her arms about his - ,1-t aad pinioned his
arms to his Bide. He Struggted with all blfl might.
as it meant ?bath !'?>r both if h?? could noi break
away. He Anally pot ids left arm ;.,os? and gava
the woman a violent blow In th- face. She released
both arms and sank
Hobarl repeatedly aired, but for ten minut?e
. fouii?*. no tra???? of the woman He was sboui Ired
out, and ins companions on th< boa ? were ? ? s
Mim to swim ashore, fearing thai hi? - * : ?? ri<t r?
would give out completely, when he decid? ?
make one more effort and dived again, remaining
under water so !??'>* aa to ?cause his friend to f? tr
he would not return. When he did reappear he
had tin? body of the woman He swan to t'*,e
salo of the vessel, and, With the ,.,] of boati ? . -
tlie oth-r deckhands pulled both up, Th? woman
was d.'ad. Policeman Kearney, of thi ? ? One?
hundred-and-twentv-stxth-at. station, called a doc?
tor, but be could ?I?? nothing.
The woman's pocketbook was pi. k. .1 up b?. ti??,
policeman, an?! It ?was found to ntall M and
a few cents The struggle between the suicide
snd Hobart was watched by s large crowd I
when Hobart Anally ia tr!. .1 the bodj !? WSS
cheered loudly. He seem<Ml greatly doimcasi when
he learned that the woman was dead,
? ? thought I <-oui?l save her," hi mid "I had
to hit her. and I didn't want t<? We'd bolli bava
gone down if I hadn't bri ke ber hold 1" ? It's
t.?.? first time I ever hit a w??mati. white or bis k.*?
THOUSANDS OF E MPI Y FREIGHTCARR?
MCADf TOCARMt Till-: BIQ WHEAT CROP OT TUB
Mii'ni.r. ? r.sr
Kansas City, Ma, July H Long traina of ?-pty
freiKhtca-s have rettad out of Kansas ??\ f??r
two weeks aad dropped off m tw threes ai<!
flv.s on sMetraeka along tin Hnee of th?? rallroadi
In Missouri, loara, Kansas Nebraska atnl l?kU
honta Tinse car?, ??f which ther? ,??? thouaaada
will be Riled with new ':?; wh? a; w"hin four or
tiv?? wicks ? t**ea_eado**a grata tush is sipeeted?
ami th?' beai of BMBagBBMBl by rallro ? I ofllclale
win ???? needed to pre veni a huge grain blockade or
a gre la rar famine. CBaoervaHaa estimati f arep
statisticians place the Mel.I of WbOBl ? *r this Jggf
In Kansas slOCM at ???,? " bUSbl '
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KILLED BY LIBBTNINO IB HER OWN HOME.
Erfa, ???? , July 1*. Mm Haraea Nokia a promi?
nent woman <>f thla city, wa? instantly klBed at
?".Ills I'.irk. near lure. ?? ?!,?;. ??? lisutiilnr She wa?
sitiini? In the parlor with borm companions whag
Hie bouse was Biruch hll'lns her ?most in-i-tniy.
Nare ?if the ottura w?;r? hurt.
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Languor, dull bsadaeb? and constipation are r?.
ITov.d by 'l.iir.uii s S.ii-.r Aperient. isJC 4. U.
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