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. Destroyed by Fire,
. at 10 p. m.
Probably Reach One
i Thousand.
his City, and the
i ul th Patrol
i Hoae Sent
Train, at Mitl
i J ami >ecl the Track
Two Killed
Wounded—The In
i Spent the
ti. is >. with Such
d a T iey Could Re
.. June 10t—1 a. m.—
ts of blazing and
omeless women and
were enabled to
Fitzgerald’s livery
look, and it was
■ Wheeling fire
progress of
ile. however, and
succumbed until
r entire bus
business,
a is gone and the brick
street
running north
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r th<!
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twenty-five to
pe of stopping i
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h»t»f 11 r;tlv ISu«hv«l a I
riiuvat i'roKi Thi* '
aid of Oam
to send out
town would
were notified
up to the At
uid in an ineredi
ble short time the engine and patrol
wagon, filled with hose, were loaded
and the train was on its way to Ben
It was, learned a short time after the
tra v. s received that the tire h&4
originated in the old Corcoran Hotel,
owned by the Crawfords and leased to
a man named Fisher, formerly of the
South Side. Later, however, it was
found that such was not the case, but
•hat it had started in a livery stable
back of the World office, and was soon
beyond control.
At 11 :'>*« a telegram was received
stating that the livery stable had
burned down and that the fire had
cnmmunir.net.i to the buildings across
The buildings across the street from
the livery stable were occupied by I)r.
K. S. Davis, druggist;- Hutchin
son. hardware, ami the Corcoran
Hotel. The buildings in the vicinity
of the fire were all frames and there
was ever:- possibility at the time the
above n ■ ort was received that the en
tire town north of the railroad would
Th> sp< ial train conveying the fire
engine and the Chief to Cameron left
Beuwood Junction at 11:50, and was in
charg-'of Engineer Pat Duffy and Con-'
ductor William Dean. The engine
hauling t:.*.* train was No. 546, one of
the best engines on the road, and it
was expe< ted they would be able to ge^
to the s at- of the fire in about thirty
minutes
OTHER HKEn OF YESTERDAY.
Tnu Pi n|>lc l.itili Injurxd In a Trnemeut
House Fire.
Klizab' h. N. J., June 9.—Two per
sons were fatally injured in a tene
ment house tire to-night. The flames
spread rapidly, and Mrs. John Fitch
jumped from a window to the ground.
SI * was so badly hurt that she will
di . John Grigg went into the build
ing to V ' some of his property. He
was r> - :• i in an unconscious condi
tion. and cannot recover.
A HAD BLAZE AT BALTIMORE.
Baltirm■!•••, June 9.—Storck's planing
mill and iumber yard, ten dwellings on
East Monument street, and nine dwell
ing s ori North Front street, in the rear
id t westward, were gutted, and
nine i U were mere or loss dam
r <1 by a fire, which broke out shortly
untu? to-day. The property loss
is placed at $125,000. One hundred
poor people w re rendered homeless.
The insta nce aggregates $‘>0,000.
A HE,v TIKF1. LAUNCH BURNED.
Ii a N. Y. J me 9—The “Cornell.’'
r! 1» .mi; ;• 1; iii h recently present
ed to the “Navy" by the alumni of the
i Diversity, was destroyed by Are to
day. It cost $9,000 to build and equip
her and h was insured for about half
h» • valin Ti e origin of the fire is
unknown.
A BAD FIRE AT KALAMAZOO.
Kakini izoo. Mich.. June 9.—Fire this
afternocu. which is thought to have
•1 by tramps, destroyed Dew
ing & Sons’ extensive planing mill,
:■ ,-h. lo and blind works and lumber
D. .ving’s toss will reach $150,000; in
A BIG HOTEL BURNED.
Raleigh. N. C.. June 9.- Renfro Inn.
a> .Mount Airy, as been burned. Then*
were n: ay g:> sts. but all escaped,
U-ough n< trly everyone lost his or her
g->. Tht hotel cost $42,000, and
there was $12,000 insurance.
FORES f FIRES
Are Still Devastating the Country
About Bradford. Pa— Railroads
and Private Interests Suffering
Over a Wide Area.
Bradford. Pa.. June 9.—The forest
fires of last week began burning fieree
1 lay and are stiil burning. It
was tho .chi t ie recent rains had start
ed veg tation sufficient to prevent for
th r trouble. Fires are reported in the
\iei' .' of the Kane oil field, and a
force of men ir- fighting the flames.
No damage has been done so far.
Ore is again the scene of destruc
tive til-, an ; a large amount of valu
K ■ > * reported In the- vicinity of
M mu \!tou and Mount Jewett. At
•r place, E. A. Kane had some
timber burned over and the Bradford
racini- il Works is in great danger of
beii troy< d unless the winds shift.
A d structive fire was burning at
Sug r tun. a small lumber town e gh
t mil s w -t of h >\ to-day, and de
tri st! on the Allegheny and
Kinz ' ill< nd. \ large lot of tim
pr >; rty of H. A. Os
and others, has been burned.
Word was received from there asking
for :> steamer from this city, but later
infer tion was received that the fire
w: s m 'er control and that the steamer
was not needed.
\ (tool) MARKET FOR WOOL.
Sr- al to the Register.
Grafton. M. Va., June 9.—The rise
in wool has caused the farmers to dis
1 pose of thousands of pounds here the
wi k. Farmers generally are
v ry much encouraged by the Increase
of pri e in most all farming products.
Business generally, both in the town
t and tie < ountry. is improving gradual
i 1\ T’l ' people don't get the blues now
so much as they.did a year ago. by
.. iti_ the Republican papers with
,rticl. about strikes, cuts in wages.
lied by glowing headlines.
••I -a tie Times." etc. We don't
- c the thitfs any more. The ca'.am
ip howlers are conspicuous by their
scarcity. . . . .
Phe silver question, which is only
a ojvafure of the past hard times, has
' almos: ceased to be discussed any
r or,< md as times are improving so
t pidL and the silver question going
om of'politics, it is hard to understand
uhat the Republicans and Populists
w ill ha»e to harp on next campaign.
Two Wheeling Men Killed and Several
Wounded.
One of the Latter Will Probably Not
Recover.
The Engine Left the Rails a Short
Distance East of Bridge No. 145,
About Two Miles from Roseby’s
Rock — The Cause Not Ascer
tained— The Fire Apparatus Prob
ably a Total Loss-Details of a
Deplorable Disaster.
THE KILLED.
Patrick Duffy, Etigiuei-r of Train.
Richard Donolioo, .lr.
WOODED.
- Clayton, hrakcmcn. wUPprobabl y die.
Charles Litton, Moundsville.
I'. M. Dean, eonduetor.
John Shorts. 11. i O. special ollieer.
Will S. Paris, city editor of Intelligencer.
Several others slightly hurt.
About a quarter of two o’clock this
morning the report came over the B. it
0. wires from Roseby’s Rock that the
special train stmt out from this city
with the Atlantic engine and patrol
wagon, with a detail of firemen, had
been wrecked near that point, and that
Engineer Duffy, of the B. & 0., had
been killed.
It was a good while before any in
formation of a definite nature could be
obtained, but finally word came that all
the Wheeling firemen had escaped, al
though pretty badly shaken up.
This was reassuring, hut as it was
known that a call had been sent in to
Cameron and Moundsville for physi
cians. it was very evident that a num
ber of those on board had been hurt,
and there was general anxiety about
the city, especially among the firemen,
to know the details.
At 2:13 this morning the following
telegram was received:
Special to the Register.
Roseby’s Rock, W. Va., June 10, 2:30
a. ni.—The special train which left
Wheeling with assistance for Cameron
jumped the track a short distance east
of bridge No. 143, and two miles east
of Roseby’s Rock.
The train was moving at a rapid rate
when Engineer Duffy sounded the dan
ger signal and a moment later the jolt
ing of the train over the ties proved
that the engine had jumped the rails.
Then came
AN AWFUL CRASH,
and the engine turned over on its side,
down an embankment of about twenty
feet high. The caboose started to turn
over, and settled on its bottom. No
person inside was injured seriously.
The cab caught fire and Engineer
Puffy was found inside in the midst of
the flames. Duffy was crushed in «.
shocking manner, and must have died
within a few minutes after the accident
occurred.
Brakeman Clayton was badly hurt.
His injuries were evidently of an inter
nal character, and he
WILL PROBABLY DIE.
Fireman T. .1. Wiginan escaped luckily.
Conductor William Dean was bruised
about the hips, legs and shoulders.
Richard Donahue. Jr., son of the Mar
ket street jeweler, was on the gondola
next to the tender, and when found
was under the trucks, badly crushed.
Life was extinct. He had been playing
ball in Moundsville. and caught the
train at that point. Charles Litton, of
Moundsville. was also on the gondola,
and had his breast badly crushed. Most
of the occupants of the caboose, eleven
in number, were more or less seriously
injured.
John Shorts had his wrist badly cut
by the glass in the caboose door.
* Will S. Paris, of the Intelligencer,
was bruised and injured in the left
rvrm. There were no lights in the
vicinity, and the persons who were not
injured found
THE WORK OP RESCUE
very difficult. All regard their es
cape from death a little short of
miraculous.
Many of them made their way to
Rosby's Rock, where messengers were
sent for physicians and for the B. & O.
wrecking train. Drs. R. W. Hall and
T K. Rodgers, of Moundsville. boarded
Xo. 8. which was detained at that
point, and arrived on the scene an hour
after the accident happened.
The tire apparatus is lying under the i
gondola and apparently entirely wreck
ed The engine is burning, and will
he a total loss. *
H. V. A. I
i
T.\K AM) FKATHERS
Applied to an Firing Couple. Out in the
State of Washington.
Walla Walla, Wash., June 9.—Fifty
masked men heavily armed took Jos
eph Fossati and Robbie Allen, a col
ored woman who runs a house of ill
repute, from the house, this morning,
and applied to them a coat of tar and
feathers.
Shortly after midnight a body of
men wearing masks over their faces
went to the house occupied by the wo
man, a hack was driven up to the front
door, the men broke open the door, and!
going to a bed room, dragged Fossati
and the woman from the bed and hur
ried them to the hack, which was driv
en to the outskirts of the city. Their
clothing was torn off and a heavy coat
of tar and feathers applied and the two
ordered to leave the city.
The affair was planned and executed,
the thoroughfare through which the
hack passed being guarded by armed
men. and any attempt to stop them
would have been futile. Although Fos
sati is the son of a very respectable
family and has had more than the av
erage advantage in life, he was per
s tent in 1 ving with this woman and on
i riday they went to Dayton, where
they were married.
Mrs. Fossati, the mother of young
Fossati, is prostrated with grief, and
is in a precarious condition.
THE CUISaFWAR.
Spanish Reinforcements Still Arriv
ing—A Small Engagement in the
Mountains—Merchant Vessels to
he Used as Crusiers—An American
Expedition Landed.
Havana, June 9.—The steamer Juda
has arrived at Glbara, bringing a large
number of troops, and has returned to
Porto Rica for further reinforcements.
Other steamers will also bring addi
tional troops for Marshal De Campos.
Marshal De Campos had consulted
with Sonor Castellanos, the Minister of
the Colonies, for the purpose of ex
empting Cuba from certain unfavorable
terms of the general tariff revision.
Lieut Censo and Col. Vassala sus
tained a severe tire in the Escandell
mountains. The rebels, who occupied
a strong position, were driven from
their strongholds. They lost all their
ammunition, their banner and three
dead and several wounded. Three of
the troops were wounded. Marshal De
Campos has just ordered five merchant
steamers transformed into cruisers,
and will use them for the purpose of
guarding the coast.
AN AMERICAN EXPEDITION.
T npa. Cl,... June 9.—Passengers ar
riving from Key West to-night state
that an expedition composed of three
hundred men left there Wednesday
night. Late yesterday a carrier pigeon
reach' d Key West, bearing a message
that the tilibusterers landed safely at
2:4a this morning. The expedition, it
is said, must have landed on the north
ern coast, within one hundred and fifty
miles of Key West. Cubans here be- |
lieve it landed near Sagua. Generals
Sachez and P.oloiT head the expedition.
To-night 2,000 Cubans attended an en
thusiastic meeting at West Tampa.
Quesada, (Vspedes and other prominent
leaders spoke. A telegram from Ben
jamin Guerra was read, announcing
the presence of General Maximo Go
mez. with ti large army in Camaguey.
The message also stated that an upris
ing in that province is now assured.
A DISCREET SILENCE.
Washington, D. C., June 9.—Secretary
Herbert to-night maintained a diplo
matic silence when asked about the
truth of the report that the Navy De
partment would send one of its vessels
u» Key West with instructions to keep
a sharp lookout for filibustering expe
ditions leaving that and other places
in Florida in aid of the Cuban insur
gents. He would not affirm or deny
the statements made, preferring not to I
speak on the subject until something
had b en done, yet not admitting that
any step like that indicated was in
contemplation.
ALL WE ~ \ILLEI).
A Well-Defined Rumor of a Gener
al Massacre of Europeans at
Chentu, China.
BULLETIN—London, Juno 9.- A
special from Shanghai says that it is
almost certain ‘hat a massacre of all
the persons connected with the English,
French and American missions at
Chengtu has occurred. Neither men,
women or children have been spared,
according to the report. It is admitted
that telegrams nave beer, intercepted
by the government, the object being to
conceal the news of the massacre. A
French gunboat is enrouie to \\ iioti
chang to investigate the report.
TWO SERIOl'S ACCIDENTS
Three Roys Drowned and Three Men Suf
focated.
Cleveland. Ohio. June 9—Emmett
Sweeney, aged 11, Patrick Mot ins,
aged 12. and Michael Sheridan, aged 11,
were drowned in the hike to-day while
bathing.
Pethin. Colo.. June 9.—Three men
were suffocated in the Alpine tunnel,
l.TTtj feet long. yesterday afternoon.
The men were at work, and were suf
focated bv the smoke of an engine.
They were W\ M. Flavin, superintend
ent' married: N. Martinez, engineer,
married; Oscar Cammann, miner, sin
gle.
A SILK MILL BURNED.
Northampton. Mass.. June The
Warren silk mills were burred this
evening. Loss $150,000.
EVERYWHERE we go we find some
one who has been cured by Hood’s
Sarsaparilla. It is the greatest cur
ative agent. It is the one great blood
purifier and nerve tonic.
HOOD’S PILI^S for the liver and bow- j
els act easily yet promptly and effect- j
ively. i
By Turkey for Oppressing the Chris
tians in Asia Minor.
The Nestorians to be Starved Into
Submission or Forced to Rebel.
They Have Always Been Inde
pendent-Fourteen Villages De- 1
vastated—Suffering From Famine j
Near Van—A Peculiar Story.
Copyright, lSt*3.
From the Special Correspondent of
the Associated Press in Armenia.
Djulfa, Russia, May 7.—The Turk
ish government, it is claimed, has just
taken the preliminary steps in what
may result in a massacre of Nestorian
Christians iu the mountains of Kurdis
tan- it is asserted that the govern
j ment has given orders to starve the
I independent tribes of Nestoriaus in the
mountain region immediately west of
Gawar, which may be described as ly
ing about midway between Mosoul and
Lake Van, about fifty miles west of the,
Persian frontier. The orders, it is
stated, are that no food supplies of any
kind shall be allowed to enter the ter
ritory of the independent- tribes, &nd
measures are said to have been taken
to enforce these orders to the letter.
This action is apparently taken as a
means of compelling the independent
tribes to submit to the Turkish go\ ei n
ment, and is regarded as the first seri
ous attempt that the Turks have made
to
EXTORT TAXES
from the independent tribes. From the
earliest times in the history of the
Ottoman empire these tribes have
been independent of Turkish rule.
They have paid no taxes, and they
have acknowledged no allegiance to the
Turkish government. The present
course of the government is taken, m
some quarters, as an indication that
the Sultan has set on foot a systematic
persecution of Christians in all parts
of the empire. The Sultan has plenty
1 of opportunity for knowing that the in
dependent Nestorians are
TOO POOR TO PAY TAXES,
and that many of them make a living
by going down into the villages ot their
less wretchedly poor feilow-countiy
men, and begging. These poor creat
ures, according to the story, are to bo
starved because they will not share with
’the Sultan of Turkey the scraps of
bread, the refuse of meat and the odds
and ends which they obtain by beggi.ig.
Their homes are in a wild and bieak
wilderness of mountain peaks and
e ■ ■ *ow, rocky valleys, where nothing
vjll grow except a tuft of broom coin
here and there in the crevices of the
rocks on the mountain sides and a few
stalks of millet In a casual square
yard or so of soil in the valley s.
It is not difficult to torecast the prob
able result of the starvation of this
RACE OF BEGGARS
should the report turn out to he cor
rect. Made desperate by hunger, the
people will endeavor to obtain food
from Gawar and other outside districts,
and there will be fights with the Turk
ish troops, the villages will possibly
be attacked and some of the wretched
people will be killed and no man tan
prophesy where the persecution vill
end. .,
1 have just returned from a rapid
journey’ to the Kurdish mountains for
the purpose of investigating the report
that fourteen villages had been at
tacked and devastated by a raid of
Kurds last week. The original rumor
had it that the Kurds had massacred
many Christians, and had carried off
women and girls to the mountains.
After riding day and night to reach tlH
scene of the raid. 1 at length arrived a8
'tin' Mergufver Valley, which lies like
I the bottom of a boat underneath huge
mountains covered from base to sum
! mit with almost unbroken expanses of
snow. It was in this valley that the
raid took place. I found that a band of
Kurds from the mountains had indeed
RAIDED FOl RTEEN VILLAGES
in this valley; but. the raid was di
rected against other Kurds, and not
against Christians. There were a few
Nestorian Christians living in the val
ley, but they were not molested in any
j way. As tliis was not a race or a re
1 iprions raid, it will probably have lit
tle interest outside of the Merguiver
Valley.
1 regret to say that Mr. Paton. the
British Consulate General in Tebriz,
Persia, is very much iu disfavor with
the gentlemen who are conducting the
Armenian revolutionary movements.
In spite of the fact that Mr. Paton has
been collecting evidence of the Sas
soon and Moorish massacres for the
use of the British government, the Ar
menians look upon him as a spy. ihc■*
may go to- the length of doing him bod
ily harm.
Th° closing of the caravan routes to
Van has rendered more acute the suf
fering from famine in the devastated
districts near Van. The only hope of
relief is now cut off.
As to the fondness of the Kurd for
raiding villages,
A CURIOUS STORY
is told. A certain mountain Kurd was
outlawed by the predecessor of the
present Governor of Onroumia. A
I short time ago this Kurd called on the
Governor and said that he desired to
have the decree of outlawry revoked,
so that, he might become a law-abiding
citizen. He further asserted that he
was constantly persecuted by the son
of the Governor who outlawed him.
The present Governor heard this peti
tion, and said that he would granr it
on condition that the Kurd destroyed
the villages which were the property of
the persecuting son of the former Gov
ernor. In the dead of night the Gov
ernor awoke. His conscience smote
him. Within half an hour, a messen
ger from the Governor was galloping
furiously through the night hearing a
' message to the Kurd to stay fus hand.
I The message said that if the villages
were destroyed, it would mean the de
struction not only of the Kurd, but of
j the Governor himself. The Kurd had
already begun his work.
! and was hard at it when the mud
| stained messenger reached him on a
[ horse that was almost dead from hard
I riding. This story may not be tj-ue;
but stranger things are every day facts
in Asia. But the circumstantial evi
-dence is peculiar. Baloolan was one
of the villages doomed to destruction
by the Governor’s bargain with the
Kurdish outlaw, and the attack on
Baloolan 1 described in a communica
tion from this place something like
eight days ago. After the attack on
Baloolan the Kurds for some unexpect
ed reason withdrew and have not since
renewed hostilities. As far as circum
stantial evidence goes, it seems to be
clear enough for a case.
The Western Christian who finds it
difficult to believe this story should
bear in mind that in Asia Minor a Gov
ernor receives no salary, but on the
contrary
PAYS A LARGE SUM
for the privilege of holding his office.
He gets rich very rapidly by the exer
cise of methods, the ingenuity of which
can be appreciated and understood only
by a visit to the Orient.
FELLOWS A SOFT FELLOW.
He I* Mulcted Out of S3.500 By Some
Who Knew u Thing or Two.
Laporte, Iud., June 9.—J. W. Fellows,
a farmer living near Three Oaks, was
visited by two men who conducted ne
gotiations for the purchase of his farm.
Twenty-five hundred dollars was paid
to seal the bargain, it being further
stipulated that Fellows was to deposit
an additional $2,500 in a tin box. which
was to be deposited in the bank until tho
remainder of the purchase money was
paid by the purchasers of the farm.
Tliis was done, but when tho box was
opened it was found to bo filled with I
worthless papers, while Fellows, the
confiding Hoosier farmer, mourns the I
loss of $2,500.
AVERY BAD BREAK;
Made by J. E. Emmett, Jr. the Ger
man Dialect Comedian--- He At
tempted to Murder His Wife at
San Francisco, and Was Only
Prevented by Neighbors.
San Francisco, Cal., June 9.—J. K.
Emmett, Jr., the German dialect com
edian, attempted to murder his wife
last night, and was only prevented from
executing his design by the forcible
interference of neighbors. Emmett had
been about town all day, and in the
evening returned home in a drunken
condition. He and his wife had an al
tercation and the woman lied from the
house. Emmett pursued her into the
street and tired a pistol at her at close
range. Then he caught the unfortunate
woman and beat her about the faco
with the butt end of the gun. Two
young men pulled the maddened actor
from his victim and turned him over
to tiio police. Mrs. Emmett was taken
to the Receiving Hospital, where she
refused to allow her wounds to be ex
amined. She had a violent attack of
hysteria, and the surgeons could do
nothing with her. She insisted she had
not been shot, and said her husband
was too big a coward to shoot her.
There was a slight wound iii her tem
ple, and the police surgeon said the
bullet glanced from the hone and lodg
ed under the scalp. Baby Sinnott, a
child who plays with the Emmetts,
made an heroic attempt to save Mrs.
Mrs. Emmett from her husband’s
wrath, but was thrown aside by the
drink-crazed man. Emmett and his
wife recently concluded au engage
ment at a local theatre, where they
presented a play called "Fritz in the
Mad House.” Mrs. Emmett is a Cali
fornia girl and is known on the stage
as Emily Hiton. She married Emmett
about three years ago. After refusing
to be examined at the hospital, she wa.i
allowed to leave, and is stopping with
friends at a hotel. Emmett is in jail.
Emmett was bailed out of jail to
night. His wife’s injuries are not se
rious. The bullet from the revolver
struck her on the temple and glanced
off. making merely a superficial wound.
Mrs. Emmett had recovered her self
possesion to-day and refused to discuss
her trouble with her husband. Em
mett, himself, also said he had no
can for shooting his wife and attrib
uted his deadly assault upon her to too
much drink. Mrs. Emmeett will prob
ably not prosecute her husband, and the
matter will be dropped.
A WEST VIRGINIAN HONORED.
Special to the Register.
Washington, June 9.—The many
friends ot'lMr. Conrad II. Syme in West|
Virginia will he gratified to learn of
his appointment by the District Com
missioners as one of the delegates to
represent the District of Columbia at
the Atlanta Exposition. Mr. Syme has
taken a deep interest in this exposi
tion. He was a member of the advisory
committee on the art exhibition for tho
District, and during the fete held here
in May by the inter-State committee of
l the Atlanta Exposition, delivered an
address upon West Virginia’s relation
to the South and the exposition which
though brief was considered as one of
the strongest presentations made by
any of the speakers of rhe reasons why!
from the standpoint of the South and
Wpst Virginia especially every effort
should he mad" to make the Atlanta
Exposition a marked success.
THE DEPARTMENT WAKING UP.
New York. June 9.—The new admin
istration of the Police Department
seems to have caused a revival of ac
tivity on the part of the rank and file
in the making of arrests. During the
week ending this morning 2.4 17 arrests
were recorded on the station house and
Central office blotters. This number is
almost unprecedented in the history of
the department.
HURT IN AN EXPLOSION.
Ashland. Pa.. June 9.—James Cardin,
fireman, was fatally, and Wra. Ounder,
engineer, seriously burned by tho ex
1 plosion of an expansion pipe at Lake
I Side Electric Railway Company's power
house, in Mahony City, this morning.
Thermometer Record.
Mr. C. Schnepf, the Opera House
druggist, made the following observa
tions of the weather yesterday: 7 a.m.,
63: 9 a. m., 73; 12 ra., 89; 2 p. m., 89;
7 p. m., 87. Weather clear.
For the New Head of the State De
Department of the Government.
Secretary Olnoy Will Probably
Take the Oath of Office To-Day.
He is Already Very Familiar
With Most of the More Serious
International Questions Now on
Dit—The Situation Reviewed.
Washington. D. C., June 9.—Secre
tary of State Olney is expected to take
tho oath of office to-morrow. Thero
will be no undue haste, however, oa
the part of the new chief of the State
Department to lay aside the pending
business of the Department, of Justice
and to take up the important foreign
questions before the State Department.
Mr. Olney has given so much close ,
study to the larger law questions com
ing before his department that, it will
take some time for him 10 put tho work,
aside and for the new Attorney Gen
eral to grow into it. Mr. Olney is,
moreover, equipped in advance for the
duties of his new office, as he has beeii(
CONSULTSD CONSTANTLY
during the last year on the various
complications over Venezuela, Nica
ragua, Bering Sea. the Waller case,
foreign tariff legislation, the Japan
China treaties, Spain’s conflict with
Cuba, and the lesser questions in
which the United States has been
brought in relation with the rest of they
world.
The last year has been unusually
fruitful in foreign complications. Some
of these were closed by Mr. Gresham,
or advanced to such a stage that they’
will not preclue the British-Nlcaragua
incident, in which the United States
aided toward a settlement: the Japan
China treaty of peace, which was ef
fected as a result of kindly interven
tion by the United States; and the fried
tion with Hawaii as the result, of tho
demand for the recall of Minister
Thurston. The Other foreign ques'ious
which attracted public attention. dnjr»
ing Mr. Gresham’s administration of
the department tire still pending.
With Great Britain thero are two
questions of
SPECIAL IMPORTANCE
to he adjusted, viz: Those affecting
Bering Sea and the Venezuela bound
nry. A Bering Sea conference will ho
held in Washington in October next.
Sir Julian Pauneefote having effected
the preliminary arr.in,;?iTi> wuU
Mr. Gresham. The purpose h to draft
a new treaty' by which the eluin s of
Canadian sealers for alleged seizures
and Gosses will be submitted to a com
mission. The conference will not iako
up the more Important question of re
adjusting the Bering Sea regulation in
order to make them effective. ’.’his
will come later, however, and prom.ses
to call out a vigorous legal and diplo
matic controversy.
Tho British-Venezuelan question is
mainly significant in involving
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
The United States has asked Great
Britain to arbitrate the question. So
far as is known no definite answer lias
been given to Ambassador Bayard, who
presented the request of this country.
But as the British foreign office has
positively declined to consider .-imilar
requests by Pope Leo, and by the In
ternational Arbitration A wiat ion, it
is not doubted that in dm- time a decli
nation will come to the United States.
It will then remain for the State De
partment to determine to what extent
British aggression in Venezuela is
compatible with the Monroe ■ mtrine.
Mr. Gresham had made a >pe<-ial rudy
of tho subject, rag g it o mora
importance than other forcL-a ques
tions under consideration. Mi. Olney
was called into conference, at: 1 for sev
eral weeks prior to bis s.dc, ’ in for
Secretary of State, he was b e inves
tigating this complicated qic- >n. It
(Continued on Fourth 1 ■ )
At Vienna, Yesterday, Be'ween Po*
lice and Socialists — A Number
Wounded on Both Side-. • ^
Vienna, June 9.—The long-expected
conflict between workmen ami the po
lice took place today. T»-n thousand
laborers gathered on th»* sire* of the
city, according to a preconcert*'! ar
rangement. Deputy IVrnei cfer and
other Socialist leaders n ide [.< <<ches *
to the crowd. Upon the arrival of tha
police they declared the i ng illo
gal and requested the au • * > dis
perse. The crowd noisily parated,
but the arrest of a man i «»• J Kelgl
caused a collision betwvmi : ■ police
and the Socialists, who ' rescue
the prisoner. The polic* '•» stoned
and many small tights < ■ i in var
ious portions of the city morny
ing. A mo into I in q - on*
form torn from him a nearljq
pulled ofT his horse. An inspector
was thrown down and k ■■ n the abi
domen. Three polireno n injured
by! the shower of store . Nineteen So
cialists have been placed mr arrest,
A TREMENDOUS RAIN. ^
Dos Moines, Iowa. Jun 9 The heav
iest rain in two years toil to-day. It ia
estimated that the fall in *** hours
was two inches, and it H I raining.
The streets of Des Moire r • flooded
ooooo ooooDhrtain cm' ' ■’ rdlu hrdlu
this afternoon. The n u sufficient
to mature the oat cr >p md corn is sup4
plied with moisture mgh for two
weeks to come.
THE WE-VrilEB.
Washington. D. (A. June 9 — For West
Virginia: Increasing cloudiness; flight
changes in temperaturu; northeasterly
winds. _ _ ^
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