NO. 304.
is IN CONTE,*%
JSSATMS IN THB UNITED STA'ilS DIS
TRICT COURT.
m
i w Oil lector of Internal Re vena* White
Prcxiace the Books, and is Fined
Md Committed for Contempt, and a
Rale 'S Usaed igainst the
Collect: r.
i!. /Vlej/onteMf AVvv'^e.
* vui.ovon, May 14.—There was a
j cxcit* uieut lu the l . S.
*. t. lay when Robert Smith, a
w from Parkersburg, deputy
. K venue Collector under A. li.
.v. r, fused to produce the books of
. ( tor's office w hen ordered to do
s, 1Mf mne ago a subponua was issued
• .1 Jge Jackson, requiring Collector
x i; Whit* or one of his deputies to be
. tui> term of court with the
• ‘ul
« u ,,fti e, to be used in trying
7 r VJ. uion of the liquor laws, to
l' '• tii,-ao-used persons claiming to
* to sell liquors actually had
' l"n ... .... Mr. White sent young
7 .,7d„wn with the books, and he has
»r two doing nor g.
T Jay he was summoned to produce
,.7,.I:.;.. -h..» . prisoner
0, trial hud or not. u.id be re
? w .1.1 cluiimog that he was
, r instructions from Collector
W hite in refu' ug to take the books luto
01irt K - u.' contempt he was fined
$ 1 to the custody of
Mars d, where he is now.
x r. ,■ ,.f attachment was issued
aga.ust Collector White to appear and
>i. w cause why he should not be pro
. . . .J against for contempt in ordering
hi'deputy not to take his books into
court. Ever since Mr. White has been
Collector he has beeu giviug the court
and I> >trict Attorney trouble by refus
1. « to give access to his books, and the
. urt has determined to put a stop to it.
Interesting developments are expected
when Mr. White arrives.
A BIG SALE
OI Lot* Hy the Charlestown Improvement
Company- Wheeling Investor*
Social Teltgrarn to 'V R«qi$ft~r.
Charlestown, W. Va.. May 14.
The first sale of lots of the Charlestown
Improvement Company took place to
il ,y iu the rotunda of the partially com
pleted hotel of the company. Fully
fifteen hundred people were proseut,
and the bidding was quite lively.
The prices were not as large as at
similar -lies in other places, but the
promoters ar* all the more satisfied for
*h*- reason it gives investors a better op
portunity to realize on tbeir invest
i nents. Messrs. Geo. Adams and C. It.
| lart, of Wheeling, bought a number of
I ots upon which they will realize iu a
very short time. Mr. Hreidenstein, of
Rr dgeport, a - > bought several, as well
a- Col. Rowan, of Monroe, and Gen. B.
II. Oxley ami others throughout the
Vate. o.ie hundred and seveuty-eight
it- were -old during the day and $60,
• ' realized. The average price was
e’iM.t sl.'iO. The managers and the vis
■ r- are well -atisfied with the results.
Tie public is pleased with the manner
w: eh the business of the company is
conducted.
Tv -ale will be continued to-morrow.
Governor Fleming left for Charleston
this evening.
Wit* Nearly Lynched.
r<tlw<jmfO th* /lV;Vfc‘Vr
i’viiKKKsBi'Ku. May 14.—The negro,
who was arrested a few days ago
by •!„. vi;y officers, and who at the time
« - believed u> have committed a mur
: r in Fayette county, is not wanted in
iu.; loiinty. The minder, it seems,
w t- ommitted in Summers county,
tear Hinton, and the man kiiled by the
! irk-y and his companion was a brake
man on the C. A O. road. Jones’coru
| pw.i !. was arrested shortly after the
i rder. and came near being lynched.
l»*-«triict»v*> Ktr« »t Buoklmunon.
•'iptcbii TtUgram to Hu Regi*f*r.
Br« kiiannon, W. Va.. May 14.—
i'r> ’ roke out about 3 o’clock this
• ' lui - in the residence of Creed W.
II rt. uf this city. The whole building
w ' "iisumed before auything could be
-,v. ij Mr. Hart’s home was beautiful,
■yd its destruction is certainly to be
i'*P r*d. His loss will reach over
with uo insurance.
Fairmont High School Graduates
'ceiai /’«U <rr<xm to (At Hruitftr.
Kah:mont, W. V.v., May 14.—The
'•’Militating exercises of the Fairmont
sir > hool took place >u Normal hall
’"-iiisht at 8 o’clock. The graduates
*'Te Misses Ida Amos, Eva Hair, Anna
Meredith, and W. .1. Frank Ritchie.
did creditably in their parts and
* r-- listened to by a large and appro
ve audience. Miss Ida Amos passed
■' t'est examination and was presented
' ’!- tiie Peabody medal.
A Clerk's F itsl r.rror
tai friti/ram to (At AWu'rr.
Mill s, O.. May 14. —In the Sec
■'iry of .State’s office to-day, where the
, f iast winter are being prepared
: publication, it was discovered that
“rk's mistake in copying the law
' • -hing depositories of public funds
cities of the second class, third
• except Zanesville and Canton,
•v establishes such concerns only
i'1'*. tw,> towns. This makes the
* null and void.
i'orte !!«'£« the Onestlon.
lV'v Oki.kans, May 14. The (Jraud
• was informed to-day that Consul
”• '> he has been misinterpreted
>e newspapers regarding a plot
■ Italians. Thom was a strong
' >t t!ic Americans here a>
ether cities Consul Corte
morrow evening.
TALK OF A DUEL
Trouble ll«tn«eu the European aud South
American Diplomats.
New York, May 14.—The Herald to
day publishes the following special from
Washington:
There is trouble in the Diplomatic
Corps. The Europeans—to use a dis
tinguishing term—have boycotted the
Central and South Americas, and no end
of ill feeling has resulted from it.
For years the entente cardkile between
the two factions have been severely
strained. The Europeans affect to re
gard tuo representatives of the Latiu
: American republics as uncultured and
socially inferior to them. The Latin
Americans, on the other hand, insist
that the Europeans are jealous of the
favors show n them by the people of the
United States, and that this, and this
aione; is the real cause of the difficulty.
This was the situation when the Pan
American Congress assembled eight
months ago. The purpose of the Con
gress was to strengthen the relations of
the several republics to each other, and
bring them into a close intimacy. The
great States of Europe which are in
terested in the rich trade of those
: countries followed tlie sessions of the
Congress with deep interest, and when
it .va> seen how strong the preferences
for the South Americans were in the
United States, retaliated by organizing
a social boycott against them.
This, you must understand, is the
story the South Americans tell. They
will tell you, also, if they feel they can
taik to you confidentially, numerous in
stances which illustrate the truth of
this statement, t^uite recently, for ex
ample, the German Minister gave a ban
quet to celebrate his birthday. All the
members of the diplomatic corps were
Invited with the exception of the rep
resentatives from the Latin-American
States. On another occasion the secre
tary of a great continental power met
the secretary of a South American lega
tion. With some embarrassment he in
formed the latter of his personal regard
for him. but begged as a favor that
their future intercourse be limited to a
strict observance of polite convention
alities and uothing more. He frankly
added that the prejudice of his Euro
pean conferers against the Latin-Aineri
cans was so strong that he dared not i
run counter to them, notwithstanding i
he did not share in these prejudices i
himself.
And so matters have gone on, grow j
iug worse with each succeeding day, j
until a personal encounter between the l
hot-blooded young men of the respec- I
tive factions is quite probable. In fact, !
some of the South Americans feel so
keenly the slight that has been put
upon them that several of the number
are talking of forcing a duel upon the
Europeans as the only means of vindi
cating their honor. Whether they will
do so or not is an open question. They ;
are certainly angry enough to proceed I
to any extreme.
League Games.
Cincinnati, O., May 14.—By good all
around playing the Cincinnatis man
aged to win to-day’s game. Score:
Cincinnati 4, Brooklyn 0; errors, 1 and
2: hits, s and 4: earned, Cincinnatis 3;
pitchers, Rad bourne and Hemmings;
umpire, McQuaid.
Chicago, May 14.—Hutchinson
pitched a tine ball to-day, and the home
t«*a-n easily won. Score: Chicago 8,
Boston 1; errors, 4 and 1; hits, 8 and 0:
earned, Chicago 5: pitchers, Hutchinson
and Clarkson: umpire, Powers.
PiTTSBi’rio, May 14.—To-day’s game
was a slugging match from start to
finish. Score. Pittsburg 14, New York
7; earned, 5 and 7; errors, 1 and 7: hits,
16 and 13; pitchers, Staley, King and
Ewing; umpire, Hurst.
Ci.KVKLAM*, O., May 14.—Aivord was
released, as a result of his two errors
to-day that \o>t the game. Attendance,
1,000. Score: Cleveland 6, Philadel
phia 11: earned runs, Cleveland 3; base
hits. 11 and 10; errors, 3 and 3; pitchers,
Beat in and (Reason: umpire, Lynch.
Association Contests.
Pun. aDKLmiA Pa., May 14—The
visitors captured a panic before 2,500
people. Score: Louisville 10, Athletics
7; earned, 5 and 3: base hits, 11 and 10;
errors, 3 and 3: pitchers, Ehret and
Meakin. Umpire, Ferguson.
Washington, May 14.—Mains very
effective pitching won the game for the
visitor^ to-day. Attendance 2.730.
Score: Washington 3; Cincinnati 11;
earned runs, Cincinnati 3; base hits. $
and 10; errors, * and 3; pitchers, Carsey
and Mains. Umpire, Jones.
Baltimokk, Mo, May 14.—St. Louis
defeated the home team by winning an
uphill ti^ht. Attendance 4,303. Score:
Baltimore, t>: St. Louis, 7: earned runs,
St. Louis 3; hits, 8 and 8; errors, 2 and
5; pitch* rs. Madden and Siivetts and
Boyle; umpire, Matthews.
Boston, Mass., May 11—The crip
pled Columbus team was again out
classed, though in an excellent game.
Score: Boston. 8; Columbus 3; base
hits, 12 and 9; errors, 0 and 4: earned
runs, 5 and 5; pitchers. Haddock and
Knell; attendance 2,111; umpire, Kerius.
Ohio Senatorial Apportionment.
Special J'ei'</ra>n to the Kryisttr
Coi.i Mur*, (>.. May 14. — Kx Congress
man O. C. Thompson, of Portsmouth, at
torney for the majority of the Stale
Legislative Apportionment board,
Messrs. Ryan and Hoe, to-day filed in
the Supreme Court their answer to Sen
ator Lowrey's mandamus petition to
force them to lix the Senatorial !is
tricis according to the provision </ the
* Destitution. The answer simply denies
ih it tie* Commission ha- violated unv
s:. h provision. Thu case a ill be argued
n*\t Thursday probably.
A l‘liiiad**lpliia t»«n*r*«*.
Pmt. vw-umha, May 14.—One hun
dred and twelv ou^iness men have
s |hv-r:! .-i) <t.poo each to.v.trd a capital
■'iv . >1."(H) 00(1 for a Philadelphia
i iur-e. A granite buiidu g costing
'■’.' i i'.o, wi! In* *; etc L
A SLICK SWINDLER
Work:* the Private Secretary of Governor
Campbell, of Ohio.
Telegram to the Register.
Col.cm bus, Ohio, May 14.—Claude
Meeker, Governor Campbell’s private
secretary, has been neatly victimized by
a smooth swindler who introduced him
self as a colleague of such prominent
Republicans as Gen. Alger, Secretary
Blaine, Secretary Rusk, Governor For
aker and even President Harrison him
self. He represented himself to Gev
j ernor Campbell as E. M. Hall, editor of
the Light, Auditorium building, Chicago,
and said the publication was being
boomed by the Harrisons for the aid it
might give Mr. Harrison in the race for
1892. He was in Ohio to do some injury
to Mr. McKinley, of whom the Harrison
men were afraid, and come to Governor
1 Campbell for some suggestions. Hall
was formerly a Colutubus man, and his
parents live here y*t, and for this rea
son, and also because he backed up his
clams to dealings with these public
men by telegrams from them, his
statements were accepted and later
Mr. Meeker endorsed a check drawn
in Hall’s favor by the Light publishing
company upon the Chicago Trust and
Savings Company at a local bank. Yes
terday he was asked to pay it. Inves
tigation showed that Hall had left with
the woman he brought here with him
and introduced as his wife, leaving
other creditors behind. The woman
has since been found to be Miss Vanoos
ter, an Opera singer, formerly with the
Said Pasha company.
COAL AT CARNEGIE’S MILLS.
An Important Experiment te He Tried
There To-day.
Pittsburg, May 14.—To-morrow will
demonstrate whether coal will bo the
fuel at Carnegie’s mills. Last Friday
two puddling furnaces were finished and
put into operation with coal.
The furnaces were built by Mr. Hugh
Ferguson, who, in conjunction with
Manager Borntraeger, designed them.
They are so arranged that in an hour’s
time they can be converted into gas fur
naces. Ever since the gas supply be
gau to show any evidence of scarcity
the management of the Carnegie mills
have been experimenting on various
fuels. It was finally decided that coal
could be utilized to a better advantage
than either oil or manufactured gas.
Mr. Borntraeger says he has watched
the workings of the two experimental
furnaces closely, keeping a strict ac
count of the coal eousurned and the la
bor of firing. He is so far satisfied that
they will be a success. On Saturday he
will be able to tell exactly the differ
ence in the cost between coal and gas.
There are several prominent firms
awaiting the result of these experi
ments. Formerly when desiring to
change fuels it was necessary to con
struct almost new furnaces. By the
new plan the change can be made with
scarcely any expense.
West Virginia Postmaster*.
Special Telegram to the Register.
Washington, D. C., May 14.—West
Virginia postmasters were appointed
to-day as follows: W. R. Wilson, vice
X. Harmer, resigned, Green Springs,
Hampshire county; L. L. Moore, vice
T. C. Fitzwater, resigned. Holly Grove,
Upshur county: A. E. Wagner, vice N.
Eddy, resigned, Shawnee, Pleasant
county.
Big Price* lor Kacer*
New York, May 14.—The racing
stable of the late Senator Geo. Ilearst,
was under the hammer to-day at Sheeps
head Bay. Twenty-six horses in all
were in the stables, and nearly every
one of them was a racer of no mean
order. A large crowd attended the sale.
Tournament, four years old. was sold to
Fox ham Keene for $33,500. Ballarat,
bay colt, brought $4,000. Others ranged
in prices from $1,000 to $4,000.
The Elliott «* urder Trial.
Special Telegram to the Register.
Columbus, O., May 14.—The first
venire of thirty-six names was exhaust
ed in the examination of jurors to sit in
the trial of W. J. Elliott to-day, and a
new venire of 100 issued. But five
jurors have beeu sent to the box so far.
TERSE TELEGRAMS.
The strike of the miners at Coshocton,
Ohio, which has existed for two mouths,
has been declared off Pour hundred men
will resume work Monday next.
James Flemruiug, of Hydesville, Pa.,
shot himself through the head. He was
driven insane by the grip.
Forty men left San Diego, Cal., yester
day in the schooner Pear Not for the pur
pose of overhauling the vessel Halcyon,
with a large cargo of contraband opium.
At the sixth annual meeting of the
alumni of the American College at Rome,
held at Baltimore yesterday, fifty priests
representing nearly every diocese in the
Union, attended. Mot^ignor Parley was
elected President for the ensuing year.
Tom Page, aged twelve years, of Little
Rock, Ark., struck his mother on the head
with a hoe, killing her. The boy was be
ing chastised.
A man was arrested in Leslie county,
Kentucky, yesterday, who is said to be Sil
cott, the defaulting Assistant Doorkeeper
of t he Fiftieth Congress.
Gladstone’s health is improving. So is
Secretary Blaine's. The Prince of Wales
is also filming around all right from an at
tack of the grip
The World’s Pair Association of Texas
uus organized with a capital of $Uh),0(X), the
stock to bo taken by the people of Texas.
R P. Wilson,a Glasgow iron broker, has
tailed Liabilities large.
At the eecond day's races at Louisville,
Shipmate. Coverton, Chaperone, Gejrgo
town and Hamlet won.
Have used Dr. Thomas’Eclectrlc Oil
for croup and colds, and declare it a
positive cure. Contributed by \\ ni.
Kay. .*>70 Plymouth Av<Buffalo.
X. V.
NOTHING CERTAIN
ABOUT TB1 RIPORT1D SINKING 0? TH1
CHILIAN SHAMIR ITATA,
Although it is Maintained in Some Quarters That
the PnvaUer Has B*en Blown “Ont of Water.”
Nothing Official at tho Navy Depart
ment—San Francisco Report.
City ok Mexico, May 14.—The Anglo
American prints a special from San
Bias, on the Pacific coast, stating that
a coastwise schooner, which arrived
here yesterday, reports having sighted
two unknown vessels, about 2 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon, and another about
dark, some distance off that port, both
going south and steaming fast. The
Captain of the schooner was uuable to
make out their names, owning to the
distance. There is a general belief in
Sau Bias that the vessels sighted were
the Itata first and the Charleston sec
ond, chasing her. If this is the case
the Charleston is between four and five
hours behind.
There were persistent rumors in cir
culation in this city to-day that the
I Jnited States cruiser Charleston had
overtaken the Chilian vessel Itata on
the high seas, and a naval engagement
had been fought, in which the latter
vessel was worsted and blown out of
water. Whether she exploded her mag
azines or was sunk by the cruiser
; Charleston is uot stated. The rumors
I fail to state where the engagement was
i fought.
A special at 4 p. in., to the Anglo
American, from Acapulco, states that
neither the Itata or the Charleston has
been sighted, though there is a vigilant
watch maintained at the signal station
for them.
A telegram from Acapulco says the
Esmeralda had left that port after hav
ing sought several favors which were
refused. She received telegrams from
the United States and wont to meet the
Itata.
San Francisco, May 14.—Rumors
coming from the City of Mexico, rela
tive to an engagement between the
Charleston and Itata are regarded as
having no foundation. The Charleston
passed San Diego Monday. She was
steaming at the rate of 15 knots and
was delayed in inspecting passing ves
sels, and could not aeach Acapulco, the
nearest telegraphic station, before to
morrow.
BOTH SIDES DISCREDITED.
No Sensational Developments in the Itata
ami Italian Cases.
Washington, May 14.—There was no
news of the Itata or the Charleston this
morning at the Navy Department.
No credence was given to the report
that the Charleston had sunk the Itata.
It was said the news of such an event
could be received through the arrival of
the Charleston at some port connected
with the telegraph lines, which has not
so far occurred. In the second place,
nobody supposed that the Itata would
resist the Charleston, for she is totally
unprepared^ todo so and even if she at
tempted it the Charleston could readily
subdue her without resorting to the ex
treme measure of “blowing her out of
the water,” as it is rumored she has
done.
It is said at the State Department
that there has been no suggestion of
arbitration of the difficulties between
Italy and the United States growing
out of the New Orleans tragedy, as re
ported in a special dispatch from Rome.
Arbitration is the last resort after
diplomacy has failed, and as Secretary
Maine has promised to consider the
claims of indemnity it cannot be held
that the diplomatic stage has been
passed. The rather indiscreet utter
ances of the Italian consul at New
Orleans relative to the conspiracy to
kill the Mayor and other prominent
persons causes some amusement at the
Department, but no notice will be taken
of them by our government.
THE REMEDY
Suggest***! by the “Committee of Fifty’
vf New Orleans.
New Ori.f.ans. La., May 14.—The
“Committee of Fifty,” appointed last
October, has made its report to the
Mayor, as to the best way to free the
city from certain lawless elements. The
report reviews the Mafia, and the story
of the lynching, with some remarkable,
but shaky statements from the Italian
Consul Corte. and concludes by suggest
ing the following remedies.
1. The regulation of immigration.
2. Reform in the criminal laws and
administration of criminal justice.
3. A law recognizing the existence of
a Rar Association and endowing it with
full power to try and disbar any attor
ney whose evil practices render him un
worthy of being an officer of court.
The radical remedy suggested by the
Committee is the entire prohibition of
immigration from Sicily and lower It
aly. as they send only undesirable cit
izens.
A Drinker's Paradise
Ci.kakfif.i.i>, Pa., May 14.—<juit« a
rivalry Is going on at Houtzdale be
tween retail liquor dealers. Beer is
selling at one cent a glass and schoon
ers two for five. Whisky is down to
five cents a drink, and twenty-five
cents foi a pint “of the best." It is
very easy to secure a meal with a drink,
and the rounders are taking in that
opportunity.
“How divine a thing a woman may be
made.” when her cold is cured by Dr.
Bull’s Cough Syrup
“Mother ran I go out lo tii»h r"
No, no, my little sonny,
You know you’ve got a swollen foot,
My precious little honey.”
But they got a bottle of Salvation Oi\ and
be went and caught an oeJ. and ate it like a
man.
SWITCHMEN DISCHARGED.
The Northwestern Railroad Company
Takes the Bull by the Horns.
Chicago, May 14.—The trouble be
I tween the Chicago and Northwestern
j Railroad and its switchmen, over the
i discharge of a yardmaster, culminated
| this morning in the discharge of the
entire force, numbering 350 men.
The company has been anticipating
this step for some time, and was pre
pared for it. New men were hired and
distributed through the yards this
morning, taking the places of the dis
charged men. All the trains went out
as usual. Thus far no trouble has been
reported.
General Manager Whitman said:
“The Northwestern Company has de
cided that it will hereafter manage Its
own business, without interference
from the switchmen or the Switchmen’s
Association. Wo have had a great deal
of trouble with the switchmen all ovor
the Hue within tho last three years.”
Every union switchman in tho employ
of the Northwestern Railroad, not only
in Chicago, but at every other point,
was discharged. For months the com
pany has been preparing for the battle,
1 and has been hiring non-union switch
men all over the country. So quietly
has it been doing this work that the
union switchmen did not get an inkling
until the very last moment, of what was
going on. As soon as the local
force was discharged, 200 men
were ready to take their places. The
newcomers were for the most part ex
perienced men, and, under the super
vision of the division superintendents,
had no trouble in doing the work. Each
division superintendent hod bis crew of
men, and went at the work carefully and
I systematically. The result was that
passenger and suburban trains came in
and went out on schedule time. All
live and perishable freight was promptly
handled and delivered. No violence
was offered by the old men, who stood
about watching the newcomers at their
labors. Policemen were stationed’ all
through the yards and about the down
town depot to prevent any trouble.
: The Northwestern officials are very con
; fident of victory, while the discharged
men are somewhat dazed.
Dispatches from various points on
the road tell of the discharge of the
switchmen there and the hiring of new
men. At Milwaukee twenty-five new
switchmen took hold and all trains are
leaving on time. No trouble is reportod.
A d'spatch from Roone, la., says:
All the switchmen and yardmastersof
the Iowa division of tho Chicago and
Northwestern were discharged this
morning. Three crews and two yard
masters were dismissed. The switching
I is being done by trainmen, and there is
I no interruption of business.
To a committee of the men who call
| ed upon President Marvin Ilughitt, that
official said:
•‘The switchmen of this road for the
last two years have been running the
I road. We have been humiliated, Mr.
' Whitman and I, and other officials, and
, now we propose to ascertain whether
we can run our own road. We decided
1 to discharge every switchmen in our
| employ. We are backed up by every
trainmen’s order in the Federation, ex
cept the switchmen. Now this is not
an attack upon un' ns in any way, but
simply a matter of u scipline. We must
know who are going i » dictate, officials
or employes.”
What the Granger* Like to Hear.
Washington, May ■ —The report of
the Statiscian of the 1> 'irtment of Ag
riculture, now in pres shows an in
crease since April i f i year of more
than 100 per cent, in i price of corn
and oats, 3() per »< • and more in
wheat, and * advauc. e values of ail
cereals and meats. A i eful and cheer
ful feeling is noticed. ays the report,
in official corresponded •• from all parts
of the country. The elimination of the
I surplus corn and oats, through the un
der production of last year, insures good
i prices for these crops, and the shortage
! of the wheat of the world for two years,
with the low foreign prospect for the
growing crop, promises the largest for
I eign demand for 10 years at remunera
tive prices. Fortunately present ap
pearances indicate ability to meet such
demand with ease. The opinion is ex
pressed that farm lands at present
prices are promising investments.
* mith is Getting Kven.
El Paso, Tkx., May 14.—The entire
mail edition of the El Faso Times was
refused transmission through the mail
because it contained a story of the Lou
isiana lottery trying to get a charter for
25 years longer, and the decision of the
Supreme Court on the. case. The post
master was arrested for unlawfully de
taining mails. As has been reported,
the postolliee here was raided by govern
ment officials and tbe Time* censured
Postmaster Smith for protesting when
the officials broke open 500 sealed let
ters. It is thought Smith is getting
even.
Trouble for the World’ll F»ir.
Chicago, May 14.—The joint labor
committee on the World’s Fair met and
a conference committee appointed. A
mass meeting will be called, at which
the directors of the Fair will be invited.
The association reports that unless they
are fairly treated by the directory they
will report at the International Con
gress in Brussels, and start a practical
boycott., if the directory refuse to con
fer with the men. Robert Nelson, a
labor representative, will be asked to
leave that body.
Arkammn' Hipifcnt Failure.
Little Rock, Akk., May 14. The
largest Individual failure that ever oc
curred in this State was announcid to
day in the assignment of Major John I).
Adams. His assets are §400,000 and lia
bilities about 5300,000. His property
consists of cotton plantations and stock
in different concerns. Stringency in
the money market i> given as the cause.
THE TRAIL OF FIRE
THAT HAS BUN Lin IN TBS TTlTB 01
MICHIGAN.
The Blackened Stamps and the Smoking Runs Tell
a Mournful Story of the Disaster That Baa Be
fallen the People—Many ars aomeUa
aud in Great Distress.
Big Rapids, Mich., May 14.—The
forest fires in the lower peninsula arc
still burning from Manistee to Huron.
The loss is already over two millions of
dollars, which will be doubled unless
chocked by rain.
Lijkington, Micii., May 14.—The
last one of the inhabitants of Walker
ville, which burned Sunday, has now
been heard from, and the first report of
a number of lives lost proves untrue.
Those who escaped had nothing but
their wearing apparel, and are fn ir^ti
tute circumstances.
Baldwin, Mich., May 15.—Over loo
homeless, houseless women aud children
are here sheltered and fed by charity
while the men have returned to their
late homes, whonce they were driven
by the fires to sec if anything remains
worth looking after.
Hart, Micii., May 14 — Kuily two
score of families are here destitute,
having walked twenty miles to escape
the tires, leaving home and everything
behind.
Twin Lakk, Mich., May 14.—By
hard, work the men, women and chil
dren helping, this town has been saved
from the forest fires. The loss so far to
mill and timber is about 810,000 The
tiros aro raging in almost every direc
tion, aud the danger is not over.
Wuitk Cloud, Mich., May 14.- Re
cent rains have subdued the forest tires
in this vicinity. Hundreds of families
are destitute. Some of them are badly
burned.
Gaylord, Mich., May J4.~-The home
of Robert Duke, a farmer of Reming
ton, Montgomery county, burned and
two of his ohildrou perished.
Vires in Minnesota.
St. Paul, May 14.—Advices from the
tires show that tho situation, while not
threatening to railroads, is most grave.
Several miles of telegraph lines have
been destroyed on the Northern Pacific.
This morning tho fires were still rag
ing.
Fast of Ashland back-firing and cut
ting have been resorted to, and the
flames are somewhat subdued. Last
night a wind sprang up and tho blaze
burst out afresh. Fires can also bo seen
all over the edges of the Bay, whore It
was thought it had been expended.
It is thought tho only thing
that will extinguish tbo flames
is a heavy rain. The distress of settlers
is very groat, and hundreds have been
.driven into the towns. Black River
Falls is surrounded by lire, though at
some distance. Miles of blackened
stumps and a pall of smoko mark the
path of the lire.
In Wist ouniti.
West Superior, May 14.—A report
came to-night from Pike Lake that two
settlers in that vicinity are missing,
and it is feared they have perished in
the forest fires.
Simmered Down to a Legal Duration.
Rosie, May 14.—The Marquis di Ru
dini, in the Chamber of Deputies to-day,
discussing the New Orleans affair, said
it was simply a legal question. The de
parture of Haron Fava from Washing
ton, ho continued, had been ordered as
a protest against the action of the
United States in rejecting responsibility
for tho affair. European sympathy, the
Premier added, was for Italy, and he
hoped for a friendly solution of tho
questions involved.
After several questions, Premier di
Rudini rose and said it was undesirable
that the foreign policy of a great coun
try shouid be discussed often. Exag
gerated importance ought not to be
given to the New Orleans affair, nor a
question essentially judicial controvert
ed into one of national dignity The
recall of Haron Fava was a
protest against the conduct of
the United States government
in declaring itself irresponsible in the
matter. He said: “I am certain
Europe approves our action. Our Con
sul at New Orleans has been recalled
partly because we fear that he has
caused tho publication of inopportune
statements/’
Judicial proceedings had been com
menced against the lynchers, bet he
could not say how far they were «orfous.
It Now Become* A miming
Washington, I). C., May 14.—It is
said at the State Department that there
has been no suggestion of arbitration of
the difficulties with Italy as reported
from Rome. Arbitration Is the last re
sort after diplomacy has failed, and tb it
point has not been reached. There Is
some amusement expressed by the
officials at the indiscreet utterances of
the Italian consul at New Orleans, rela
tive to a conspiracy to kill prominent
citizens and officials.
Gobbled Up by a Shark.
Havana, May 14. -There Is a cus
tom here of giving the work horses a ,
bath in the bay. While this w-as being
done an unknown man with a string of
horses was seen to disappear under the
water, which was soou discolored with
blood. He fell a victim to a shark that
seized him when 30 yards from tho
shore.
Morrlelii Brewery Damaged by Fire.
Cincinnati, May 14.—Fire in the
malt, house, and main building of Moer
i. in - br«W‘ i y to-night damaged the
building and stock to the amount of
§00,000.