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RANKS OF THE
STRIKERS SWELL
Accessions From Men
Employed by De
Armitt.
Dplan Issues Orders to Main
tain a Pacific At
titude.
As There Ara No disorderly Pro
c-e.lngsln Pennsylvania Troops
Will Not Turn Out.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Ang. 3.-The strik
ing miners appear to have received acces
sions from W. P. de Armitt's miners.
President Dolan says the Turtle Creek ana
Sandy Creek mines are closed down, only
a few. men being at worK, and Secretary
Warner claims that only 200 out of 450
miners are at wort at the Plum Creek
mine. Permanent camps have been es
tablished near the three mines. It if? the
intention to have no more than 300 men
at «_ch camr. Later the number will be
reduced to 100.
'. An order was issued by Dolan to-night
to strictly maintain a pacific attitude. A
general manager is appointed for the camp
at Turtle Creek, and enjoined to arrest
and punish all violators of the peace. Tbe
general public is also invited to help arrest
.all strikers guilty of a breach of the peace.
Brigadier-General John A. Wiley to-day
conferred with the colonels of the local
militia regiments. He said he sees no
need. of calling out the guard, as the strik
ers are orderly. The strikers had a parade
to-night at Turtle Creek similar to the one
last night.
Members of other labor organizations
took part. Preparations are under way
lor a big sympathy meeting on the wbarf
here Thursday night. Debs and others
will speak. Friday night Debs will speak
at Turtle Creek.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jxd., Aug. 3.—A com
mittee of striking miners last night visited
the mine belonging to the Indiana Coal
Company, in Clay County, and endeav
ored to persuade Walter Wright to slop
work. Wright refused. '
. During an altercation he struck William
. Daniels, a member of the committee.
••'Daniels seized a heavy club and struck
Wright on the head, fracturing bis skull.
' 'Wright died this afternoon.
• " The local relief committee met this
.* afternoon and ordered $300 rent to the
; strikers. Reports received to-day show
the list of miners needing help is rapidly
■ increasing. Sixteen hundred in Clay
County are dependent upon charity.
; . '.- The coal-miners at the Western Coal
-ahd Iron Company's No. 1 shaft are on
.. ■ strike, the company having discharged
0 tbe union check welghman.
ALTOONA, Pa., Aug. 3.— The striking
miners at Hastings, Cambria County,
have instituted proceedings by entering
th rty-two suits to compel payments for
the "fifth ton," which they allege has
• been stolen Jrem them. The defendant
" operators are W. P. Duncan, M. L.
- angler, James L. Nicholson, George and
EM Nicholson.
'. The miners set forth that the robberies
amounted to 20 per cent of their earnings
during June, and in addition to being
robbed of every fifth car they put out they
Pave been compelled to dig 2500 pounds
coal for a ton.
•• TERRE HAUTE. I_*d., Aug. 3.—March
ing miners about 150 strong with several
wagon-loads of provisions left Washing
ton last night on a crusade to the mines
*in Southern Indirna, where 500 or 600
men have continued at work. .
At Littles and Cannelburg the men
came cut readily, and the march has been
continued to Ayrshire, where 200 men are
digging coal.
Wooley's men at Petersburg have quit,
notwithstanding that Wooley made each
of them' a present of a $5 gold piece a few
days ago and ls paying full-scale wages.
The crusaders will go on to Princeton,
then to Evansville district.
WYOMING STAGE HELD UP.
Two Masked Men Expect to Make a
Haul, but Get Nothing for
Their Risk.
CHEYENNE, Wvo., Aug. Two
masked men, believed to be members of
the Buck Cassady band of outlaws, held
up the southbound Lander-Rawlins mail
coach yesterday morning and rifled the
mail pouches.
The holdup was made as the coach was
coming through the draw, a mile out of
Lost Soldier station. The driver was com
pelled to dismount at the point of re
volvers, and • while one of the robbers
kept him covered the other ransacked the
express* packages and cut open the mail
.pouches. All the registered letters were
taken and 'the remainder of the mail
. scattered on the road. There were no
passengers on the coach.
The registered mail, so far as known,
contained little of value. The robbers
were evidently disappointed at the mea
gerness of their haul and suddenly com
. manded the driver to drive on.
• At the stage station there was no one
but a stock-tender, and no pursuit of the
"robbers was attempted until to-day, when
United States Marshal McDermott with
some deputies started on their trail.
It is believed that the robbers expected
the coach to contain a big express ship
ment of gold dust from the Atlantic City
mines near. Lander. . This shipment was
m_.de, however, on the preceding coach,
coming through safely. ,
The Buck Cassady gang, consisting of
about twenty outlaws, has a rendezvous
in Brown Park, near the Colorado-Wyom
lag line. Small parties o; the gang ride
into Utah. Colorado or Wyoming and hold
up. country stores and banks.
During the past two months they have
robbed the Montpeher (Idaho) bank,
Fort Bridger store and postoffice, robbed
a Mexican sheepherder of $400 and would
probably have held up the Union- Pacific
passenger train had not their plans been
discovered and armed guards run on all
trains of the Wyoming and Utah . divi
sions. Th? Government has a standing
reward of $500 for the capture of each mail
robber.
»
'Huined in tit-. Cause of Decency.
BERLIN, Germany, Aug. 2.— Herr Otto,
<duor ol the Artiste, a paper in the inter
est of pure vaudeville.has been' fined 2000
marks and ordered to nay 2000 marks
damages to Lona Barriston, one of the
noted Barriston sisters. Lona claimed
defamation of character. Otto is finan
cially ruined by the judgment.
'
PATRICK DOLAN, President of the District Mine -Workers' Union
at Pittsburg, Arrested Monday While Preparing- to Lead a
Detachment of Strikers to the De Armitt Mines at Plumb
Creek, Where They Intended to Urge the Working Coal-
Miners to Lay Down Their Picks and Join the Strike.
TO DREDGE TIE '
MOI FOE GOLD
Continued from First Page.
by the hundreds who have been plying
him with questions, he took a rest to-day
at the Clifford home. To-day he visited a
number of relatives and friends and drove
about the city looking at old landmarks.
Clements was seen ny a Call reporter
just before he took the train for Los An
geles. He said he had spent most of his
time while in San Francisco dodging re
porters, and that he bad never before
been interviewed, but soon he was talking
enthusiastically of the Kiondyke gold
fields. He claims to have been the first
to strike gold on El Dorado Creek, locat
ing claims 4 and 5. He went with five
others from Los Angeles a year ago last
March, but did not make a strike until
la-t September, when he found dirt that
would run $700 to the pan. He has a
number of claims and town lots in Daw
son. Clements advises those who intend
to go to the Yukon not to go there until
spring. He thinks there are yet millions
of yellow metal to be taken from the
Kiondyke region.
FOR CARRYING MAILS.
! Government Contracts to Increase
the Postal Facilities In the
Yukon Country. .
WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 3.—
Owing to the great number of citizens who
have gone or contemplate going to the
Kiondyke, the i'ostoflice Department has
made additional^ contracts for carrying
mails in that region. Since July 1 con
tracts for mail over what is known
as the "overland route" from Juneau to
Circle City have been made by the depart
ment. The round trip over Chllkoot Pass
and by way of the chain of lakes and
Lewis River lakes about a month. The de
partment has just been notified by the
contractor's agent that three carriers
would start from Juneau on July 12. An
other party would start on August 1. and
there would be a party to leave regularly
on the Ist of each month thereafter. The
cost is about $600 for the round trip. Chil
koot Pass is crossed with the mail by
means of Indian carriers. In winter trans
portation is carried on by means of dog
sleds, and it is hoped under the present
contracts there will be no stoppage, no
matter how low the temperature may go.
The contractor has reported that he was
Fending a boat in sections by way of St.
Michaels up the Yukon River, to be used
on the waterway of the route, and it is
thought much time will be saved by this,
as heretofore it was necessary for carriers
to stop and build boats to pass the lakes.
For the summer season contracts have
been made with two steamboat com
panies for two trips between Seattle and
St. Michaels. When the steamers reach
St. Michaels the mail will be transferred
to flat-bottom boats running up tbe
Yukon to Circle City.
TO ISSUE A NEW MAP.
The Government to Give Desired
Information Regarding Alaska's •
God Fields.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 3.— Owing
to numerous calls on the Government for
information regarding the Alaskan gold
fields it has been decided to issue another
map. It will be made under the
supervision of the Secretary of
the Interior and the Commissioner-
General of the Land Office, and more com
prehensive than any ever before issued
of this region. Commissioner Hermann
will immediately commence its prepara
tion. It will show not only "Alaska, hut
adjacent British possession with Wash
ington and a portion of Oregon' and Cali
fornia, particularly the western seaboard
of the United States. It will give pons
from which passengers desiring to reach
Alaska can sail going by water to Lynn
Channel and through the passes with
Lakes Bennett and Marsh which consti
tute the sources of the Yukon. It will
show all the tributaries of the Yukon, and
the locations of new cities which have
sprung up. Climatic con litions will be
noted, especially around Dawson City and
Circle City.
Commissioner Herrmann in speaking of
the map to-day said: -"Some very valu
able data now in the possession of this
office obtained from various sources not
open to the public will. be made public
property for the first time."
The Secretary of the Interior and Com
missioner-General of the Land Office will
unite in recommemia ions to the next
session of Congress lor National legisla
tion on many matters affecting the wel
fare of- Aleska. An additional land dis
trict will be di-ignated in the meanwhile
with the site of the United btates Land
Office at some point on the Yukon, proba
bly at Circle City. ■'_ ■„/•'.
A SLICK SCHEME.
Canadian Deal, Booming: the
Silk, en River Route Greatly to
Their Own Adva.ta.e.
Victoria and Vancouver merchants are
strongly urging upon persons going to the
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1897.
Yukon country the advantage to be gained
by purchasing their outfits and supplies
in those cities and taking the Stikeen
River route to the Ynkm basin, a * they
can go up that river by steamer some
sixty miles beyond the boundary line, as
claimed by the United States, without
landing, and •so get their goods thro ug <
without paying any duty, whereas by
purchasing in the United States they must
pay duty by whichever route they go.
Any one contemplating this divergence
from the popular and well-established
routes would do well to examine into the
matter thoroughly before doing so.
The popularity which the Juneau and
Chilcoot route has enjoyed for years past
in which people have b«en going to the
upper Yukon was not by accident, but be
cause it was by far the shortest and most
well-defined, and taken altogether in com
parison with either of the other routes to
the south it was the best, even though
for a short distance just at the summit it
presented great difficulties in the shape of
steep ascents and sharp declivities.
With this exception its disadvantages
are shared by all the others. After the
Chilcoot route must come the Skagaway
and Whites Pass route, which is a few
miles longer but not so safe, as it is not so
well defined; then the Moores Pass, with
the same objection. These three, starting
near each other at the head of Chilcoot
Inlet, with the difference of a few miles
travel (not over thirty by the longest)
land the traveler at the head of Lake
Linderman, below which they become one.
The next route to the south is the Taku
River route, which, while it may be most
practicable for a highway or railroad, is
too long as compared with the other for
foot travel and packing. It'is nearly lUO
miles from Juneau to the divide which
separates the valley of the Taku from the
headwaters of the stream flowing north
west into Allin Lake, and not until that
lake is reached is water travel available.
The lowest and last, as well as the long
est of ali the overland routes, is that by
way of the Stikeen or Siikine River — the
one so strongly urged by the merchants
and traders of the Canadian cities. With
the exception of the intangible satisfac
tion which some men may feel at being
able to get to the land of gold without
touching their feet on American soil, it is
difficult to see what this route has to
recommend it.
True, the traveler can go on a light
draught steamer as far up as Telegraph
Creek, some 120 miles from the mouth
and well into British Columbian territory,
but when arrived there and disembarked,
though he may have met no United
States customs officers, he has before him
a land journey of at least 135 miles
through an unbroken wilderness, as it
were, and across mountain ranges as high
if not higher than those on the more
northern route.
There is indeed some rolling country,
bearing in season food for cattle, but it
lies. not altogether in the direction to be
traveled. Then, even when at Lake At
iin. the distance is greater by nearly two
days' travel to the Lewis River, where
the routes join, than from the head of
Lake Linderman. In urging this route
upon the people the Canadian merchants
must in their desire for their own gain
lose sight altogether of the outcome for
their customers.
They outfit him and send him for a con
sideration by a Canadian steamer to Tele
graph Creek and their concern there ends.
Should the boundary as claimed by the
British be finally conceded tbey will con
trol the sea approaches to all the north
ern routes and it is safe to say tbat the
Stikeen River route will then be seldom
mentioned. Time is money to the Yu
koner and. until a railroad takes him from
tidewater to navigable fresh water beyond
the divide the Chilcoot route will be fol
lowed because it saves time.
TURKISH SHIPS IN CRETE.
Action of the Tricky Sultan That May
Again Complicate the £ astern
Situation.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Turkey, Aug. 3.—
Turkish warship* have 1. ft the Darda
nelles for Crete. Three vessels sailed last
evening. As the foreign admirals have
announced they would . forcibly oppose
the land of more Turkish troops at
Crete, in disregard of the Sultan's promise
to withdraw the present force, there is
considerable apprehension over this new
move, which bids fair to offer an aggres
sive, sequel to the Turkish Governor's re
ply to the admirals that he would not ac
cept their decision.
ATHENS. Aug. 3. — Premier
Ralli authorizes a denial of the statement
made yesterday that King George bad un
alterably decided to abdicate in the event
of external control being imposed on the
Greek 'finances. Ralli declares the King
did not threaten to abdicate, but will
support the Government to the utmost in
opposing the p!an of the powers to take
over the control of the finances.
Coming 1 nt iit the- Marlborough Family
LONDON, Eng., Aug. 3 —The Daily
Mail says: It is expected that the Duchess
of Marlborough, formerly Miss* Consuelo
Vanderbilt of New York, will be ac
couched in September. She will come to
the ducal V town residence, 104 Mount
streeet, Grosvenor square, for the occasion. '
WEYLER'S WILY
PEACE TERMS
Spurned by Gomez and
Every Insurgent in
the Field.
.A'"--"-. *'•_■?'
A Home-Rule Scheme to More
Thoroughly Enslave the
Island.
Woodford's Arrival at Madrid Anx
iously Awaited— lt Is Believed to
Portend Trouble.
HAVANA, Cuba, An*. 3.— The pro
posals of peace made by Weyler 10 Gomez,
to discuss which the Captain-General
a"ked the privilege of an interview, which
Gomez refused, were embodied in the fol
lowing four articles:
1. The insurgents to lay down their arms in
the six provinces ot the island.
2. All insurgents now in arms to be par
doned by Spain and facilities afforded them to
leave the island or fix their residence in any
part of Cuba where they may wish to live.
3. Cubans abroad in sympathy with the rev
olution or engaged in foreign countries in
helping the insurgent army to be pardoned by
Spain and means given to the poor among
them to return to their native land.
4. Home rule to be granted to Cuba. Under
this new system Cubau municipalities will be
authorized to control their finances. G. neral
assemblies, in which. the six provinces shall
be represented according to their pop
ulation, will have control of all
municipal and provincial affairs. The
Captain-General will preside over this
body and have the right to veto its decisions,
but all decisions shall be finally submitted to
the Ministry of Colonies at Madrid. The Cap
tain-General will elect all civil employes ex
cent heads of departments, but will in all cases
submit to tne Ministry of Colonies three names
of candidates for each important post. The
Ministry at Madrid will appoint one among
the three proposed. Cuba will pay the ex
penses of tbe Spanish army that may be de
tailed for service in Cuba, the extent of service
to be decided by the Ministry of Colonies. All
possible efforts will be made to satisfy the
claims of Cuban commerce and industry with
regard to tariff.
This plan is said to be a step in advance
of the earlier scheme of reforms proposed
by the Government. Not a word is said
in this scheme about the debt nearly
$500,000,000— but Cuba is made responsible
for tbi 3 debt after the conclusion of peace
in all contracts signed by the Spanish
Government with money lenders. Fur
thermore, the whole plan leaves the fate
of the Cubans absolutely in the hands of
the captain-general and the Madrid Gov
ernment, as it has always been.
The powers given municipalities and
local assemblies are hardly nominal, and
it can be truthfully said that the condi
tions of the Cubans under so-called home
rule would be worse, if possible, than be
fore. A Spanish Ciptain-General will al
ways, naturally, favor Spanish residents
against the interest of the natives.
As already announced, Gomez rejected
the proposals with scorn. Not a Cuban
in the field would accept them. ■■'/('
, In Havana the uncompromising Span
iards and the Marquis of Montro — a
Cuban by birih, but reared in Madrid and
full of Spanish sympathies are the only
perions to welcome the so-called "nome
rule." . . ."; ''' '." ,-'
Weyler's attempt to secure a meeting
with Gomez for the purpose of urging him
to sign a treaty of peace was prompted by
the general apprehension which prevails,
in Government circles at Madrid as well
as here regarding instructions given by
McKinley to Woodford.
Even the war, whose present phase
threatens Havana itself, does not claim
so much attention as Woodford's mis
sion. Canovas has cabled to Weyier
orderine him to try to arrive at an under
standing with the insurgents before the
American Minister could make any pro
posals to Spain, and authentic informa
tion from Madrid says that Canovas and
Sagasta have agreed to stop their dissen
sions until it is seen what the American
Minister is going to do.
According to a dispatch from Madrid,
Sagasta has telegraphed to all members of
bis party in the provinces to cease all at
tacks upon the Government and the
United States. The Spanish authorities
believe Woodford is going to propose a
settlement of the* war on the basis of in
demnity to be paid by Cuba to Spain on
condition of complete independence of
the island. From well-informed persons
I learn that this information has been re
ceived at the Captain-General's palace
from the Spanish legation at Washington.
EX CO UR aGIsAG TO CVB A SS.
Eatnero Mazorra Brings Important Jiewa
1 votn 'their Government.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 3.-Ramero
Mazorra, who arrived Monday on the
steamer Antilia from Nassau, is the bearer
of important civil military dispatches
from the Cuban Government to the Junta
in thiscity. Mazorra left Cuba July 16 in
a small catboat accompanied by a ne_:ro
acquainted with the course between Cuba
and Nassau. Th~y started from Punta
Ganado, a few miles from the port of
Neuvitas. After sixty-six hours' rough
sailing the little boat reached Nassau in
salety. Over 300 suits' of clothing were
purchased in Nassau and loaded with this
freight the pilot returned alone to Cuba.
Mazorra then took passage on the Antilia.
Mazorra said yesterday the situation of
the insurgents was never more promising.
The provinces of Santiago de Cuba and
Camaguey were practically free. Spanish
troops seldom venture out, and when they
do it is almost in a direction where they
are sure of not encountering any rebel
forces. There is, plenty of food in the
eastern part of tbe island, but the insur
gents are suffering considerably from a
lack of clothing and 'medicine, both of
which are almost impossible to obtain.
The Cuban government of late has been
stationed on one of the largest hills in
Camaguey province. The Spanish have
never attacked the spot, as . they , know
such an attempt would result disastrously.
:In speaking' of/the coming election
Mazorra said Bartolomeo Masso, the pres
ent Vice-President, will undoubtedly be
elected. It was thought at fir that Gen
eral Garcia would be the next President,
but the delegates have determined to
elect Masso, as .a majority. of the army
wish General Garcia to be the first Presi
dent after.Cuba has freed herself. It has
also been decided 10 establish a house of
representatives and elect Salvado Cisneros
its, president. v* / ; . - . . .••
Orders were brought to this city by
Mazorra for the establishment of two
delegations in the Southern States of this
country. ? These : delegates . will have the
same ] power as Estrada Pal ma, and will
.not be under his orders. The delegate at
Washington will also be independent. V
WRECKED BY A
BIG ICEBERG
British Steamer Furter
Is Sunk Off the New
foundland Coast.
Officers and Crew Take to the
Boats and Are Finally
Picked Up.
For Forty-Nine Hours the Ship
wrecked' Men Drifted Until'
Rescued by the Sagamore.
BOSTON. Mass., Aug. 3.— The British
steamer Furter of London se.nK off New
foundland July 7, after being in collision
with a big iceberg and later burning to
the water's edge. The shipwrecked crew,
numbering twenty-one men, were brought
here to-day on ; board the Warren line
steamer Sagamore, Captain Alexander
Fen ton, which picked up the men at sea
after they bad suffered for forty-nine
hours without provisions in the open
boats.
The Furter, under command of Captain
D. J. Jenkins, sailed from West Bay, N. S.,
on June 23 for Barry, Wales. The names
of the rescued men are: Captain, D. J.
Jenkins; first officer, W. S. Lanolin; first
engineer, J. W. Wilson; steward, G. E.
Sparks; second engineer, A. P. Coulter;
third engineer, S.McFerran; second mate,
J. Jones; cook, J. E. Natt; second steward,
A. Wood; fireman, G. Jones, and Seamen
A. Sweeney and A. Bending, all natives
of England, while the following members
of the crew are natives of France: A.
Baily, fireman, and Seamen J. Manarch,
L J. Mari, H. Chantry, L. Lostoe, J.
Brisouillier, M. Lefrere, C. Alia n and J.
Pa sch is.
Chief Officer W. S. Tamlin »old the
story of the wreck to The Ca.l corre
spondent as follows:
"On June 27, at 1:30 o'clock, the steamer
ran into a towering iceberg, which stove
in her bow and compelled her to make for
St. Johns, N. F., wnere she wasdrydocked.
Three weeks later our interrupted voyage
was continued. On July 25 a strong gale
set in, accompanied by heavy seas and
drenching rain. The terrific seas caused
her to spring a leak. We remained on
board until 2:30 o'clock in the morning ot
the 27th, when we lowered four boats and
left the doomed steamer. The ves
sel caught fire and when we left her she
was fast sinking in the water. We re
mained in the boats for forty-nine hours,
suffering considerably from the cold, and
were drenched to the skin by the rain.
"At. midnight we sent up rockets, in
hope of attracting the attention of some
craft, but in this we were unsuccessful
until the Sagamore bore down on us, took
us on board and brought us safely to this
port. Our personal effects were lost in the
wreck. She went to the bottom within a
few hours."
The Furter was a steel steamer, owned
by J. Holraan & Sons of London. She
was formerly named the Tynedale. Her
registered tonnage was 1404 net and 2217
gross. _______^^_^
TESLA'S . LATEST DISCOVERY.
The Great Inventor Juggles With
Electricity ore a Few
intimate Friends.
NEW YORK, N. V, Aug. 3.-Before a
few intimate friends to-day Nicola Tesla
tested his latent discovery— simultaneous
transmission of messages by means of the
earth's currents to as many scattered
points as desired. He had his rooms in
the laboratory darkened. .•'.
From a room adjoining the one in which
he and his visitors stood a current was
turned on invisibly. A huge black disk
hung on a frame about eight feet in diam
eter, from the center of which protruded a
brass electrode seven inches in diameter.
As the group gazed at this the apartment
was filled with a crackling sound which,
as it increased, sounded like the rattle of
musketry. . , V*?-
Bright flames shot from the electrode,
not from pole to pole as in the ordinary
demonstrations. Like fiery serpents wavy
coils of flame darted In graceful lines
i around the disk. The longest sparks were
fully eight feet from the point where they
burst into dazzling brilliancy to the van
ishing point. These electrical sparks were
undoubtedly the, longest flashes of light
ever produced by similar means.'
Tesla explained that this was to create
a disturbance of the earth's natural elec
tricity which, with the aid of a few simple
instrument., could be lelt all over the
globe. Thus messages could be taken up
from any part of the earth without the in
tervention of wires. He. said the voltage
generated by, his machine was almost be
yond computation.
PRICE OF WHEAT ADVANCING.
| And the St. Louis Pool Promises to
. Make , a Tremendous
,: Cleanup.
NEW YORK. N. V., Aug. Wheat
made new high records in the local mar
ket to-day for this crop delivery. Further
enormous purchases- for export were the
leading influences in advancing prices.
At least 800.000 > bushels of wheat were
bought for shipment abroad. In addition
interior points reported a large cash busi
ness, nearly 300,000 busnels of cash wheat
being sold in Chicago. .;,' - ' rrr; ,
ST. LOUIS, Mb., Aug. 3.— Operators on
'Change who have been predicting dollar
wheat saw many indications of a realiza
tion of their hopes to-day, when the biggest
bulge of the season occurred.- lt was the
quickest and largest sine* the memorable
bulge last fall. The market was ' station
ary over -night/,* the opening being \ 19%
cents, Monday's closing price. From that
figure the price of L ; September option went
as high as 82^. yet there was no outward
indication of a bulge. The pit was quiet
as if it were the dullest day of the year.
After to-day's development there is little
doubt of the determination of the St.
Louis poor to corner . the market. As
stated Sunday, the St. Louis combination/
beaded by ex-Secretary 'of the Interior
Francis, has been quietly buying wheat
since June, and now controls over half the
available supply. l v Vy/ *
KILLED Willi SPAEBfA'G.
A Little Boy Succumbs: to a Blow Offer
the 'Heart.
NEWARK, N. J., Aug. 3.— While ■ box-,
ing to-day John Flynn, aged 14, received
a blow over the heart from which he died.
The boy who struck him, Frederick
Freicbler, aged 13, was so terrified that he
at first fainted, and afterward fled, run
ning until he dropped from exhaustion.
The bout was entirely friendly, and the
boys, in view of the fact that they bad no
gloves, agreed not to bit each other in the
lace. They were laughing and chatting
while they sparred. Suddenly Freichier
feinted, and, as his opponent stepped for
ward, planted his fist over Flynn's heart.
Flynn sank to the ground with a nroan,
dying before the doctors arrived. Freich
ier is now locked up.
JB-4MCER SPs*lslil.\G'a COLJsAPHE.
Mind and Body Giro Way as His Dis
honesty Is I'.xposrd.
CHICAGO. 111 , Aug. 3.— Charles Spald
ing, the ex-canker, has become a physical
and mental wreck. The excitement of
his failure two. months ago, with the ex
pose of his dishonesty, the indictments
and three trials, have proven too much
for him, and his healtu and mind have
been seriously impaired. He will proba
bly be taken to the county hospital for
treatment.
Until the failure of the Globe Savings
Bank Spalding was one of the most re
spected business men in Chicago. When
the failure of that institution took place
last May it was learned that for months
Spalding had been misappropriating
funds held by him. The failure of the
bank also brought out a story of domestic
infelicity, for he had practi_ally.aban
doned his family to lavish attentions and
large sums of money on the young women
typewriters employed in his office.
Then followed the action or the Grand
Jury, which found twenty-nine indict
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Our Removal Sale of Clothing, has
started off remarkably well. There has
been no great crush, but the store has been
well filled with genuine buyers from mom- -
ing till night. '. .
The' public is familiar with .the motto
of . the present Golden Rule Bazaar 'Do -
unto others as you would have others do y
unto you." The name of S. VN. Wood & Co.
(Columbian Woolen Mills) ■is synonymous
with that motto, and our business will con-
tinue on the same principles.
We are going to show you an entire i
new line of goods when we take posses-
sion of the Golden Rule premises, and in
order to do so we must dispose of - all our
present stock. This means that all goods
will be sold at cost — some lines less, than
cost.
S. N. WOOD & CO.
(COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS),
541 Market Street,
Directly Opposite Sansome.
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A prominent vocal instrnctor, living in one of the prosperous cities of
Connecticut, relates ; a curious . experience " In learning," she says, "to
properly place and sustain the tone, pupils sometimes feel a faintness and diz-
ziness arising from the peculiar action of the diaphragm and the effort of con-
trolling of the breath. I have . known a girl to actually have to sit down for
fear of fainting. I became convinced that . the difficulty came from a weak
stomach and talked with my physician about it. He was inclined to think
that I had the right solution of the trouble. Some time after that I, from •
time to time, gave a Ripans Tabule to a pupil, suggesting that it be taken
before coming to the next lesson. ' The effect was precisely what I had hoped.
The pupils were relieved of , the difficulty and able to take the full half hour of
vocal exercise without any of the old trouble. It seems a queer use to maka
cf a medicine, but it was effective."
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ments against him. At that time it was
reported that he was losing bis mind,
but in the period that elapsed before his
trial he recovered his health in great
measure. ?
Although the trials on the first two in-,
dictments resulted in verdicts of acquittal
on technicalities, yet he was under great
mental strain the whole time, and when
on the third trial a verdict against him
was rendered he broke down completely.
It is believed thai complete rest, even if
it be within the waits of a penitentiary,
will restore his health.
Floods in Colorado.
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 3.— Heavy rains
again caused considerable damage
throughout the eastern portion of.Colo
rado this afternoon. At 4 o'clock it be
came so dark in Denver that little work
could be none without artificial light.
Near Castle .Rock a cloudburst swelled
Plum Creek so that several wagon bridges
were swept away. Cherry Creek also be
gan to boom from rains falling twenty
five miles southeast of the city. As a re
sult the Platte was so swollen that the
police warned all families living in the
bottoms to seek higher ground. Wash
outs are reported on several railroads.
Chicago Gas Cons'iine Incorporates.
SPRINGFIELD,- 111., Aug. 3.— The ar
ticles by which all the Chicago gas com
panies are consolidated into one great
company, to be called the People's Gas"
and Coke Company, were filed with the
S.cretaiy of State this morning. The new
company will have a capital stock of $25,
--000,000, un increase from $4,000,000. The
fees for the consolidation are $21,000. • -• -
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