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HIGHLAND
RECORDER
VOL. XXII.
MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., JUNE 8. 1900.
NO. 21.
RUSSIA BLOCKED.
AMERICAN AND OTHER FORCES NOW
IN PEKIN.
SITUATION HAS IMPROVED.
Many Diplomats Believe that the l'ron?i?t
Action of the United States -Minister and
the Other Foreign Representatives Has
(Tterkrd, for th? Time Being. Russia's
Designs.
Shanghai, (By Cable.)?The detachment
of over three hundred International blue?
jackets bas arrived nt Pekin.
Twenty-three warships are now nt Taku ?
?nine Russian, three British, three German,
three French, two Amcrhnn, two Japanese
nnd one Italian.
In addition to the.'r crew*, the Husslans
have on board their warships 11.000 troops
from Tort Arthur, with Meld equipment.
Fourteen thousand Russian troops are held
in readiness at Tort Arthur.
London. (By Cable.V-The Vienna corres?
pondent of tbe Dally Telegraph says:
"An active exchange of dispatches ls go
lng forward among the great powers relative
to China. The colossal superiority of Rus?
sia's representation at Taku is regarded ns
significant. The Triple A linnea advocates
united action by Europe to protect common
interests.M
Washington, (Special.)-Minister Conger.
at Pekin, reports lo the State Department
that the arrival of :)50 guards for the lega?
tions of Hu-sin, Trance. G rent Bi Hain, Italy.
Japan and the United States has had the
effect of Improving tho situation. He says
tbat Pekin is much quieter, but tbat the Box?
ers ure still active in the surrounding coun?
try.
lt is hinted in diplomatic circlet here tbat
the sudden increase of activity on tho part
of the Boxers is nothing more than part of
a well-conceived pinn by one of the great
European powers to secure a permanent
lodgment in Pekin, and to seize a position
giving ii full eoutrol of the great Pei-Ho
River, the approach to the Chinese capital.
It ia furthtr intimated that the plan has
proved abortive, owing to thc alertness of
the other European powers repr< seated in
Chinese waters, but particularly to the read?
iness ol thc United States Minister, Mr. Con?
ger, and the American -Rear Admiral on
board the Newark, which at once gave the
movement au undesired international aspect,
and so tended to prevent the particular na?
tion concerned from aggrandizing itself at
tbe expense of the interests'of the other na?
tions. Therefore, it is assumed that the ex?
citement will rapidly al>ate, and the Boxers
will disperse, temporarily, at le. st.
The nation referred to in the Washington
dispatch is lt uss ia, whose designs upon ellina
have been manifest for some time. It has
leen reported that Rustin is preparing to
send over oue hundred thousand troops into
Northern China by the Trans Siberinn Rail?
way, nnd the fact, as reported in the Shang?
hai dispatches, that tbero uro 11,000 troops
on nine Russian warships in Taku harbor,
clearly shows the Czar's intentioi.s to en?
croach upon China.
KILLED HIS STKI'MOTHI it.
Man Murdered Her in Cold Blood Because
He Didn't Like Food.
New York. (Special). Charles A. Naulty,
21 years of age, murdered his stepmother,
Mary Naulty, in cold blood while tho family
of three was sitting down to their evening
meal at their home, in Newark. N. J.
Mrs. Naulty was thirty years ol age. She
and young Naulty had never been able to
get along harmoniously since her marriage.
He often found fault with the meals. He
objected to the toffee; Mts. Naulty chided
him. and he 1-ft the house after tho quarrel.
When young Naulty returned in the evening
be had with him a retoWi r. Which he had
purchased during the day. He went into
the dining-room, where his father and step?
mother were sitting at tho lable. He found
fault with the food a *tiin. and left the room.
Returning to the doorway, he pulled out
the revolver and pressed the muzzle to Mrs.
Naulty's temple, flrug before she could
move or before the astonished father could
do anything to nttraet the young man's at?
tention. As Mw. Naulty's heal dropped
back young Naulty fired a second, which
passed through her eye into the brain. She
was killed Instantly.
Wife Killc-'I. Husband Drunk.
Shamokin. Ta.. (Special). -Patrick Flan
nery. sixty-four years old, was arrested on
suspicion of having choked and kicked his
wife, aged sixty-six years, to death at their
home here. The couple had been drinking
benvily, and neighbors say they saw Flnn
uery assault her several times. Mary Cav
anaugh. a daughter, ca!l<<l at the home late
in the day and discovered her father rock?
ing himself near the eorpsa of his wife in
the kitchen. Ho was drunk, and tho police
had no trouble in arresting him.
Aimed at I'ostofllee Employes.
Washington. (Sped il).?Senator Chand?
ler Introduced a bill prohibiting employes
of the Government, under tho civil service,
from organizing associations which ate used
for the promotion of legislation. The bill ls
aimed at the postal clerks, whose organiza?
tions nre interested in biils lefore Congress.
Diaz Honors M'Klnlt-y.
Chicago, III., (Special.)?A special dis?
patch from the City of Mexico says :
"President Diaz has designated 100 picked
l urales to attend the Pan-American Exposi?
tion at Buffalo as a complimentary body
guard to the President of the United Stales.
DHi.it lu l'orto Rico.
Washington. (Special.)?The total receipts
of the Porto Rican Treasuror for the month
of April, PJ00, were $103,8G9,18. The total
I ayments for the month were #186,510.77,
which shows a deficit for the month of
f>80,641.59.
Six Months for Holland.
Washington, (Special).?Jay G. Holland,
Who several days ago pleaded guilty to the
charge of libeling United States Senator
Taliaferro, of Florida, was sentenced to six
months in jail.
S2OO.0OO For Union Seminary.
Richmond, (Special.)?Tho trustees of the
Union Theological Seminary here raised
?200,000 for additional buildings.
Death of Samuel E. Wheatley.
Washington.(Special).?Samuel E. Wheat?
ley, '-x-Commlssloner of tho District of Co?
lumbia, died from the effects of a stroke of
paralysis. He leaves a widow and seven
children._
Killed by Lightering.
Allentown, Pa., (Specil).?Irene Van Horn,
riged thirty years, daughter ol Jacob Van
Horn, a farmer near (entre Valley, was
#truck by ligtii&u^- and instantly killed.
ECLIPSE WAS SUPERB.
deal Weather lu Many Place* For See?
ing Sun Darkened. -Astrono?
mers Made Happy.
Seldom has a total eclipse of the sun oc
urred under better conditions for observn
ton than the one which was visible Monday
u parts of North America. Europe and
Africa.
Clear aud beautiful weather prevailed
hroughout almost the entire belt of totali
y. This not only afforded the astronomers
deal conditions for making scientific ob?
servations, but heightened the effect of the
vonderful spectacle on the millions of per?
sons who gazed at it merely u* a sublime
ihenomena of nature.
Astronomical parties were scattered thick
y throughout the totality belt, which began
n the Pajillc Ocean just west of Me.vieo
md extended through Mexico. Louisiana,
dissi'slppi. Alabama, Georgia. South Caro?
ma, North Carolina and Virginia, thence
crossing the ocean to Portugal, Spain, Al?
giers and travers ing Northern Africa to the
Red Sea. whero it ended. The belt was 55
uiles wide.
The United States Government had three
datlons for observing the eclipse in this
country. These were at Pinehurst, N. C..
,vhere the station was in charge of Prof.
?mron N. Skinner; at Barnesville, Ga., in
marge of Prof. Milton Updegraff, and at
jriffln, Ga., in charge of Prof. Stimson
Brown. Captain C. H. Davis, superintend,
mt of the Naval Observatory at Washlng
on, was in communication with these oftl
ials by t legrapb.
Remarkably successful results were
tolii'-vcil. The conditions at Pinehurst were
particularly favorable, though hoped-for ob?
servations of the periodicity of shadow lands
?ould not be taken.
At Barnc6villo tho corona flashed out In
loublo fan-like form of great beauty. Sev?
eral solar prominencer were distinctly ob
lerved.
Tho United Stales Government also had
t station In Tripoli, Northern Africa, where
jxcellent results were obtained. At Algier-t
i wi ird effect was produced. The color of
:he sea was changed from deep blue to pray
md the trees became purple. The corona
ind shadow bonds were observed under
rarely favorable conditions.
Crowds of sightseers went to Norfolk, Va.,
fer the great spectacle. Among them WM
President McKinley, who made the trip from
Washington on tho dispatch boat Dolphin.
The temperature tell, and at tho period of
totality there WM a drop of \% degrees. The
corona, with the planets Mercury and Venr.s
shining near, wns seen to great advantage.
As the sun was darkened n weird effect
was produced at many places. This led to
some scenes of excitement, colored peoplo
in the South being especially affected.
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Wiped Out Valuahle Business Property lu
Apalachicola.
Apalachicola, Fla., (Special.)?A disas?
trous lire broke out in the residence of Mrs.
Broughton. It spread to the Methodist
Church and from there to the business por?
tion of the town. In less than three hours
three blocks were entirely consumed. The
following is a partial report of the losses:
The Methodist church, the residences of
Mrs. Broughton aud Dr. Willis Hicks', offices
of J. H. Lovett k Co., the store of Patton
and Hall and all intervening shops to ll.
Collins' store, on tho corner of Centre nnd
Market streets.
The fire oroeeed Market street to the*bul1d
ings occupied by Drs. Alexander Hoffman,
Moore and Willis Hicks, Messrs. Murat
Hendry and Rice, Warren, A. H. Hopp. E.
A. Flateur k Co., Dr. Rush Lichenfelt. A
H. tlendberg. tho residence of J. S. Hatch
ooelr, the Times office, John Cook's bar nnd
adjacent buildings. From hero the lire
leaped across Centre street and consumed
everything from the Central Hotel to the
icehouse on the wharf. Everything on the
water front from the telegraph office to
Rugge k Sons, on Water street, was con?
sumed. Tho customhouse was consumed
and a very few of the records wore saved.
The splendid armory, recently built at a cost
of $18,000, also was destroyed.
A COMMISSION CENSIREO.
lt Acquitted ? Filipino Who Wns
Accused of Murdering a Soldier.
Washington, (,Special.)--The Secretary of
War has received the official record of the
case of Rosario Espiritu. a Filipino who wa?
tried by u military commission at Manila in
June last on tba charge of having murdered
Private George A. Wagner, Company F,
Fourteenth Infantry, by shooting him with
a revolver and by stahbiug him with a bolo.
The commission, after being in session two
months, found the Filipino not guilty of the
charge.
The o unmanding geuernl of the Depart?
ment of the Paciflo disapproved the findings
of tho acquittal, but ordered the release of
the prisoner. lu his review of the case be
says:
'?In this case the evidence was abundantly
sufficient to sustain n conviction, and the
failure of the commission to so find is at?
tributed to complications arising during tho
trial, resulting from wholly immaterial and
Irrevelant objection! by counsel."
Illirie]* il hy the Fclipse.
Lancaster, Ta., (Special.)?Mrs. H. C.
McAllister, of Conestoga Center, near hero,
lins became bind in one eye as a result of
gazing too long at the eclipse of tho sun.
she watobed it closely for a long time, both
through smoked glass and with the unked
eye. Her sight became dim tho next day,
and grew steadily worse until sho is unable
to seo with that eye.
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
Collector of Customs Bliss, of Havnna,
Cuba, states that since he took charge of the
department more than two hundred Cuban
employes have been discharged for fraud.
The second instalment of General Young's
report of his operations in Northern Luzon
was made public.
The wife of Col. C. I>. GreODlenf has
opened a library in Manila for American
soldiers and sai ors.
The Filipinos sent out a slory to the effect
that (Ive hundred Americana had been slain
by them at Catubig.
The natives of Mindoro Island, one of th?
Philippines, beheaded the boatswain and
his accomplices of the brigantine Navarro,
who had mutinied and killed the captain,
his wife and the mate.
General Wood has warned tho Cuban civil
governor of Santa Clara province, Cuba,
that if he attempts to corrupt the elections
he will be dismissed and punished.
A government teamster in Manila died
from the bubonic plague.
General Wood has ordered that every d ?
partaent in the government service In (.'ula
bo Overhauled. The soli..tor's bureau at
Hu yaun 1^8 been ubojlslied.
VAR MAY BE OVER,
DltlS ABOUND THK TRANSVAAL
CAPITAL ABAXDOKKD.
RETORIA IS EVACUATED.
rltUh Neariag Trmaevsal Capital-Fx
peetcd to Mureil Into Towri Without
Opposit on--l'rcsident Kruger ls Said to
Have Fled From Transvaal Territory
to I.yd?>nbnrg.
London. Eng,. (By Cable). Pretoria is to
iii Into British bands without the firing of
shot. It ls believed in London that
ohannesburg will also yield.
A d'spatch from Lorenzo Marquez says
tnt Johnnnepl urg has already surrendered,
ut this is not fully credited in London.
The news from the Transvaal capital,
Dines in a dispatch from that place. It
tys tbat "all the forces have been dismissed
?om the forts around Pretoria. President
ruger is now ut Watervalboven." British
Ulcers, according to the same dispatch, "are
ow nt Johannesburg dictating terms of sur
?nder.''
Further light on the situation ls shed by
ie London Daily Mail, which publishes a
Ispatch from the Earl of Rosslyn, one of
s correspondents who was a prisoner at
retoria, but who, as a civilian, appears to
ave been released. The dispatch was dat-d
t Pretoria, end snid: "Pretoria will be oc
upied in about two hours, without resista?
nce. Everything is quiet, but crowds are
ailing expectantly in Church Square for
he arrival of the British." Burgomaster de
ouzn, the Earl states, was authorized to
ecelve the British.
The London War Office has made public
o dispatch from Lord Roberts as to the
resent situation at Johannesburg or Pre
oria. lt ls believed in tho British capital,
owever, tbat th re will bo no further oppo
Ition to the occupation of either city, and
hat, in the language of ono dispatch, "the
rar is over."
lt is rumored in Berlin that Johannesburg
IM been blows up, but there ls no confir?
mation ol thi.-.
Watervalboven, to which place President
Kruger has retired, is 140 miles northeast of
'retoria on tho Delagoa Bay railroad It i9
lear the junction of the Delagoa line with
he road to Lyd?nburg, from which it is 40
niles distant. Tho latest move of President
Kruger therefore seems to lndlcato a decis
on to transfer his capital to Lydenburg, as
t bas bean reported he would do. Lyden
:?urg is described as in nn almost inaccessi?
bly mountainous region nnd wonderfully
tVell ndapted to defense. For some time it
ins been rumored that the cannon and pro?
visions at Pretoria have been in process of
transfer there.
FILIPINOS RUSH TOWN.
Five Americans Killed, Officer mid Two
Men Missing.
Manila, (By Cable.)?On Tuesday night
the Filipinos rushed San Miguel, Province of
Bulaoan, Lotion, garrisoned by three com?
panies of the Thirty-fifth Volunteer Infan?
try.
They swept through the surprised town,
shooting right and left, killing five Ameri?
cans and wounding seven. Capt. Charles D.
Roberts and two privates are missing. No
Filipino dead were discovered.
San Miguel is a few miles from Manila.
While a band under the escort of troops of
the Forty-sixth Infantry was moving from
Hang to Silang. within 25 miles of Manila, it
was attacked by Ladronee, three of the party
bfllng killed.
Lieut. Jens E. Stedje, of Company L.
Forty-seventh Volunteers, commanding a
scouting party in the southern pnrt of Albay
Province, had s-veral engagements with tho
natives, in which 17 Filipinos were killed
and 23, including rn captain, were captured.
Six explosive bombs and a number of val?
uable Filipino documents also fell into the
hands of the Americans. Tho scouts burned
tho town of Yuba, the headquarters of the
natives. Sergeant Brickley was killed dur?
ing aslight engagement near Higao, Provinco
of Allay.
Scouts of the Thirty-sixth and Thirty
fourth Regiments captured 32 rifles and 500
rounds of ammunition in the Tangasinan
Province.
Major Kerch's vnu of tbe Thirty-third
Begiment has arrived nt Aparri from Ben
guet, after the hardest of mountain travel?
ing. The men were exhausted and ragged,
having followed persistently on the supposed
Aguinaldo trail. They had several encounters
with tho Filipinos, but found no signs of
Aguinaldo.
To Triton for Life.
Welland, Ont.. (Special.)- The three con?
victed dynamiters?Dullman, Nolln and
Walsh?Were taken to Kingston, there to
serve their sentence of life imprisonment.
The prisoners were handcuffed together and
securely guarded. A groat crowd saw their
departure. Dullman and Walsh were surly,
tho latter complaining that the handcuffs
hurt him. Nolln was particularly chatty,
remarking to the sheriff that "It was a beau
ful morning." Ho also told the ladles near
him that ho was torry to leave them.
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.
Bliss Carman, the poet, is making a study
of old French Canadian folk songs and
stories for translation Into English verse.
Professor Brander Matthews has been
asked to deliver a series of lectures on tho
modern novel before an nssociation of Lon?
don clubs.
"Davy" Stephens, of Kingston, Irelnnd,
has sold newspapers for 54 consecutive years,
and more famous men aud women have been
among his pntrons than any of his rivals can
boast.
Alfred Vanderbilt is more of an athlete
than most of his family. Ho ls n splendid
horseman, a good polo player, ls as skillful
at golf as he used to le at tennis, and is a
first-rate band at hockey.
Republicans of tho First Maryland district
at their convention had a Inrgo banner In?
scribed with the names of the President and
their Congressional Representative. The
tanner read: "For McKinley and Mudd."
William Dean Howells, the novelist, is at
work upon another book of poems.
Great Britain's new Minister to Denmark,
William Edward Goschen, is a brother of tho
First Lord of tho Admiralty, and was for?
merly attached to tho British legation at
Washington.
J. M. Barrie, as the author of "My Lady
Nicotine," has appropriately purchased and
sent at his own expense a large quantity of
tobacco to tho Highland Brigade, now fight?
ing in South AfricB.
There aro ouly three member.} of the or?
iginal McKinley Cabinet of three years ago
still in office -Lyman J. Gage, Secretary af
tho Treasury: John D. Lonpr, Secretary of
the Navy, and James Wilson, Secretary of
AjstiouUwt*.
TRAINS COLLIDE,
JISASTROUS FREIGHT WRECK AT
DOVER, DEL.
Dover. Del., (Special.)?At 3.30 P. M. at
lover, Del., on tbe Philadelphia. Wllmlng
on and Baltimore Railroad, a division of
he Pennsylvania Railroad, occurred the
nost disastrous railroad wreck that has ever
mppened at this place. The north-bound
ocal freight was slowly pulling in at Dover,
preparing to take water, when the heavy
torth-bound Norfolk strawberry freight train
?ame thundering at a high rate of speed in
he rear, telescoping eight heavily loaded
?efrlgerator care.
Two cars Were converted Into splinters.
Jteel rails were broken like plpesteras. Eight
:ars were piled upon oneanother, taking fire
'rom the buried locomotive, flames leaping
rgh in the air. The fireman was saved, but
:he engineer was fatally injured. Five
;ramps were burled beneath the wreck, three
it whom were saved after prodigious efforts
sf townsmen and the local fire company,
?.hough ono of them afterwards died. An?
other had both legs and ribs broken; an?
other was hurt in the shoulders, while the
bodies of the other two have not yet been
round.
The local fire company fought the flames
for three hours with only one line of hose,
and the nearest fireplug half a mlle away.
The wrecking train arrived from Clayton
about five o'clock and proceeded to clear the
tracks. Superintendent Holllday came upon
the scene and gave lt his personal supervi?
sion. Tho two trains were composed of more
than one hundred heavily loaded refrigera?
tor cars, and the collision was terrille. The
heavy cars were thrown about like rubber
balls. Thousands of peoplo visited the scene.
ROBBERS GOT DROP ON SOLDIERS.
Rohbery of Stages hy Two Mnuked Men In
the Yosemite Region.
Raymond, Cal., (Special).?One of the
boldost robberies ever committed in Cali?
fornia occurred when three of the Yosemite
Stage nnd Turnpike Company's stages?a
private conveyance?and two soldiers were
held up by two highwaymen. Tho holdup
occurred at a point two miles this side of
Grub Gulch. Sergeant Buchanan and an?
other trooper of Troop F, Sixth Cavalry, en
route from San Francisco to the Yosemite
National Park, had gone ahead of the cavalry
to make arrangements for selecting a camp?
ing place. The highwaymen suddenly ap.
peared, masked, and getting the drop on the
soldiers, took away their guns and held the
troopers until the stages arrived. The rob?
bers banded the drivers of the stage a card,
reading:
"Black Kid-They fooled me on the Big
Oak Flat road, but you can't this time."
The robber then toot a hat belonging to
T. H. Griffiths, of the Southern Pacific Com?
pany, a passenger on thestage, and collected
$150 from the passengers, after which he or?
dered the driver to go on. Each stage was
successively fceld up, the robbers getting
about 8350. The mail and express matter
were not molested.
"EXHIBIT A" IN RUBBISH.
Taper that Mean* Thousand* to South
Carolina Comes to Light.
Washington, (Special).?Senator Tillman
received from the Governor of South Caro?
lina an Important paper recently discovered
in an old rubbish pile at the State Capitol at
Columbia, which may cost the United States
Government something like $500,000. Thc
long-lost document, which mysteriously dis?
appeared from the files over thirty years
ago. is pronounced genuine by Mr. Tillman,
and it is his intention to proceed at once to
secure an adjustment of war claims pending
on the Federal Government and his State.
The Important discovery ls the long-lost
paper known as the Black Voucher, exhibit
''A." setting forth lu detail the claims ol
South Carolina for supplies and moneys ex?
pended in the Revolutionary War, the wars
of 1812 and 18,16 and the Mexican War.
The claims mentioned wbl be used to off?
set the claim on the State of South Carolina
by the United States Government for the
payment of $248,17) for bonds and "s 340,000
for.ordnance stores tcized in the arsenal at
Charleston at the outbreak of the Civil War.
CLOUDBURST IN THE SOI TIL
Nearly Three Inch*1* of Water Fell in
Three Quarter* of an Honr.
Meriden. Miss., (Special).?A cloudburst
over this city resulted in much damage to
municipal and private property. The down?
pour lasted forty-eight minutes and regis?
tered 2.78 Inches at the signal station. This
is believed to be the greatest precipitation
for the length of lime on record. Ten min?
utes after the rain begun the streets were
flooded, and twenty-minutes after hundreds
of stores were a foot deep in water.
A large portion of the store of Three Foot
Brothers gave way beneath the weight ol
water and flooded the floors below.
Kad Fire at Tampu.
Tampa. Fin., (Special).?A disastrous (Ire
that will involve a loss of at least ?200,OOC
broke out in the building on Franklin street
occupied by the dry goods house of Cohn,
Friedman k Co., and at one o'olock the
block nnd the Jackson block, adjoining
were in ruins. The latter block was occu?
pied by Vatterlln ak Co., dealers In shoes,
and Mason A Co., dry goods, whose stocks
are practically ruined. Cohn, Friedman &
Co.'s stock is valued at $125,000.
To Cover Neely'* Case.
Washington, (Special).?After an oxtonded
debato the Senate to-day passed the bill
providing for the extradition of persons
who have committed certain crimes in Cuba
from the United States to the Island. As
amended, the bill provides that the alleged
criminal shall be punished under the laws
of Cuba as administered by Cuban courts.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
William Peel. Unionist, was elected to the
English Parliament in place of the Marquis
of Lorne. The election of two war candi?
dates by large majorities the past week will
probably determine the government to force
a general election before the war fever
abates.
A schoolboy named Breuer, nine years old,
committed suicide in Berlin.
The French Minister of Wac announced in
the Senate that the officer who gave the poli?
ticians the letters of Detective Tomps on the
Dreyfus affair had been cashiered.
Representatives at Pekin of the foreign
powers have notified tho Chinese foreign
office that if the Chinese secret society,
known ns the ''Boxers," is not immediately
suppressed the powers will land troops in
China.
Cecil Rhodes and other South African mil?
lionaires are about to develop a big mining
enterprise in German West Africa.
A loving cup was presented to Slr Thomas
Lipton, owner of the yacht Shamrock, by
his American admirers.
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THE NEWS.
The formal completion of the new Sea
oard Air Line was celebrated at Richmond
rifh elaborate ceremonies, marking the end
f a week of festivities tendered by the
1 rectors to a party whom they conveyed
ver the line in two special trains. A golden
pike was driven by an Infant son of tbe
resident, the party was welcomed by Mayor
nylor and Governor Tyler, and an elabor
to banquet was given at night by the Sea
oard officials.
A bold stage robbery occurred in Grub
lulch, California. Two masked men held
p two troopers and went through the pas
enters on the stages following them. Mail j
nd express matter were not touched.
A disastrous freight wreck occurred on the j
'. W. and B. at Dover, Del. The wrecked j
ars took fire. Five tramps were buried |
nder the ruins, three of whom were rescued,
lthough one afterwards died.
Smith Alford, whose brutality ls supposed
o have caused his wife's death, was tarred,
eatbered and painted near South Bridge
on, New Jersey.
Tho cruiser Variag, built by the Cramps
or tho Russian government, had a success
ul trial trip off the Delaware capes.
Colonol EU R. Sutton, of Detroit, Mich.,
censed of complicity in the state military
caudal, was acquitted.
Blanchard H. Maul, twenty-one years old,
l student at princeton University, commit- j
ed suicide.
The Naval War College at Newport, R. I.
vas formally epened for Instruction.
Irene Van Horn was killed by lightning in
-nt re Valley, Pa.
The United Confederate Veterans closed
heir reunion at Louisville, anil will meet !
icxt year lu Memphis. A resolution reeip
?oenting the kind words of General Sickles !
award the men of the Confederacy wbs j
idopted after a lively discussion.
Referee Nusbaum, In hearing the case |
igainst the leo Trust in New York, ordered j
he production of the books. Evidenco was \
riven by independent dealer* to show how
he trust raised the price.
The Southern Railway stockholders met
n Richmond, Va., and authorized the Issue
)f a fourth supplement to the company's
lr.-t consolidated mortgage deed.
Tbe three negroes? Stirling. Ivory ard ,
Perry wero held hythe coroner's jury in
Philadelphia for the murder of Frof. Roy
IVhit".
Biscoo Hindman, of Louisville, was elected
'ommander-in-chief of the United Sons ol '
Veterans.
The rbi Adelphi* grand jury held Tower- j
nan William A. Lantell responsible for the !
freight wreck in tho tunnel.
An epidemic of black canker rash ap- !
peared at West Derby, Vt. Three deaths
wero reported.
Della May Fox, tho actress and soubrette,
was committed to the insane asylum at As?
toria. L. I.
Live persons wero killed and three Injured
by tho explosion of nitro-glycerine in Mari?
etta, 0.
About twelve hundred workers In (:as fix
turofactories In New York are on a ptrike.
Frank Preston, who was arrested on the
charge of being one of the men who robbed
the bank nt Williamsburg, Va., was dis?
charged, there being no evidence against
him.
George Huggins and J. Roney Cunning?
ham, while driving home at night from Sum?
mit Bridge, Del., went through an open draw
and both were killed.
Tho annual meeting of tho William Cramp
k Sons' Shipbuilding Company was held in
Philadelphia, aud a quarterly dividend ol
1\ per cent, declared.
William Ingram, colored, was convict* d
in Norfolk, Va., of tho killing of Lillie Ful?
ler, and sentenced to ono year lu the city
jail.
Judge Cantrill, of Frankfort. Ky., issued
a bench warrant for the arrest of former
C j vernor Taylor, who ls in Indiana.
Captain W. T. White, assistant superin?
tendent of the Virgiuia state penitentiary,
died at his home in Richmond.
Constable Hurricane Branch had his man
hunt in Nansemond county, Vn., without
interference.
The great solar eclipse was observed with
unusual success in various parts of the
South. Thc government had expeditions at
Barnesville, Ga., and Pinehurst, N. C.; the
Johns Hopkins University had observers at
the latter place, and other universities had
expeditions nt various places, all of whom
secured good photograph! and valuable
seientlllc data.
Judge Morrow, of tbe United States Court,
Snn Francisco, granted an injunction to pre?
vent health authorities from discriminating
against the Ohlneso in precautions agaldsi
tho plague.
Bishop lf.00rt)j of the Bonan Catholic Dio
eese <>f St. Augustine, Fla., was stricken
while preaching a sermon In Allegheny, Ps.
A cargo of purple ore was broughtto Phil?
adelphia that bad been dug fmni tbe site of
thc ancient city vi Telm<
MERRYTAR,
AHMED POLICE CAPTURE THE PORI
OF CHICAGO SQUATTERS.
NOVEL FIGHT OVER LAND
Captain Streeter, Who < lainis Owner
ship, Defied the Authorities willi a Lit?
tle Army of Seventy Men and Two Gat?
ling Guns Park Police I ired Upon b}
His Pickets.
Chicago, (8pecial.)?Three hundred police
offloers of the city of Chicago, headed bj
Chief Ripley, and every man benring a re?
peating rifle, marched from the East Chicago
Avenue Station, on the North Side, to thc
foot of Superior street, where Captain Georg*
Streeter had fortified himself on a strip ol
land created by the washing up of soil from
the bed of Lake Michigan, and which Street?
er olaims as bis property by right of discov- ;
erv. In the entrenchments were about sev- :
enty men, armed with rifles and two Gatling
guns. Earlier in the day a party of Lincoln \
Park officials had been fired upon by pickets
around the improvised fort, and a boy. four?
teen years old, had been wounded severely
In the right leg. A horse driven by the park
officials had been killed.
At 8.30 o'clock "Brigadier General" Niles
and four of his men, perceiving the over?
whelming force of police approaching,
climbed over the emplacements of their im?
provised fort and offered to surrender to th?
park police, providing they were protected.
The surrender was accepted, and the park
policemen started on foot toward the police
station, followed by an immense crowd.
Those in the crowd pushed and jostled Niles i
roughly, and he suddenly whirled around j
and tried to bayonet one of his persecutors. ?
A rough-and-tumble fight ensued, in which j
Niles' rifle was wrenched from bis hands ,
and clubs were freely used on the erstwhile
"brigadier general's" head. He was knocked
down and was about to draw a revolver
when he was manacled and dragged off by
the officers. The four men with him were
also roughly handled In the melee.
The remainder of Streeter's force, seeing i
the fate of their loaders, deserted their guns
and escaped in the thronir. The police at i
once took charge of the fort, with its entire
store of arms and ammunition.
Captain Streeter was not found in the
fort.
The shooting resulted in a call upon the
city officials for the arrest of the occupants
of Streeter's Fort, but the city authorities
declined to take the initiative, owing to the
fact that the Supreme Court of the United
States once declared the land to be a part of i
the territory of Illinois.
It was finally decided to mobilize 300 police j
officers, under the leadership of Chief Kip- :
ley, and to march against tbe squatters and
demand their surrender.
Sheriff Magerstadt went with the chief of j
police, and it was planned that in euee of rc- i
fusal to surrender that the sheriff should
Immediately swear in the W police officers
as deputy sheriffs, again demand tho surren?
der of Streeter's loree on the ground of riot
and disorderly conduct, and proceed to ar?
rest the occupants of the fort, regardless of
cost.
A fireboat, with a Gatling gun aboard, was
dispatched up Lake Michigan to make a
demonstration from that side, and to cut off
the escape of Streeter's men by means of |
their yacht.
It had been determined early in tho day,
at a conference between the acting mayor
and corporation counsel, that In view of the
decision of the Supreme Court of the United
States tbat the land claimed by Streeter is
territory of the State of Illinois, the city
police forces could cot legally precipitate
a battle with Streeter's forces. Counsel ex?
pressed the opinion that tho matter could
only be settled by the State authorities who
control tbe park police, a Iorgo number of
whom aro stationed in Lincoln Park.
Captain Streeter claims to own the land,
which, wero the title clear, would be worth
between thirty and fifty millions of dollars.
In 1885 Captain Streeter and his wife were
stranded on a little sandbar a few yards
from the shore at tho foot of Superior street.
The spot was not down on the maps, and
the doughty navigator laid claim to the
land and declared his right, being the whole
population, to elect himself to all tbe offices,
which he, in framing a constitution, deemed
the territory in need of. As the years passed
by the dumping of nil sorts of refuse and
earth washed up by the lake formed a large
tract, now 180 acres in extent, nnd Captain
Streeter became a man of importance.
With his importance and the increased
value of the lands his troubles began. The
tract became connected with the shore, and
owners of adjoining properly resented th?
presence of Captain Streeter and the re?
tainers he had gathered about him. They
carried the matter into court. The Supreme
Court of the United States decided that th?
land was within the jurisdiction of tin
State of Illinois. Streeter thereupon offered
the district to the federal government. A
year ago he organized, und^r t*?? name
"District of Lake Michigan," a u !?? inri;"
government, and elected himself oti ? r pis
tlce and to other offices of .importance. Xue
once, nowever, descended on film and h ?
rmy of fifty men, and since then up to th?
resent time the captain had lived ir
nother part of the town.
The preparations to retake possest-foD
ere made with great seer?/, and tfcJfSj
ot until dawn that the police were a\var*T
[ the invasion. Patrolman O'Malley saw n
nail schooner anchored off the shore whoa
aylight broke. From the boat Captain
treeter landed his men. who had hoisted
ie United States flag. The patrolman tele
honed Inspector Heidelheimer of the oe
nrrence. The inspector resolved to make
o move in the matter until after a confer
oce with tbe law department of the city,
nd in consequence the invaders, or right
ll owners, as they claim to be, wero left
nmolestcd, while the police figured out a
nmpaign.
Fatal Explosion of a Minc.
Clifton, W. Va., (Special.)?An explosion
f firedamp in the Camden-Spilmnn mine
Hied Charles Varian and several others.
he tipple and several mino cars at the
icuth of the mine wero blown away and
emolished, and several persons narrowly
scaped from flying debris. A flash of pow?
er ignited the gas.
SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT.
On tbe verge of the fruit movement to
[orthern marketa much interest .is being
lanifested in the South lu the establishment
f canning factories. The success of tboso
Iready established in saving surplus fruit
) beoome a profitable articlo of trade has
Utopians for additions to this industry,
'his is but one of the many manifestation^
ere aud there ol the tendency in tho South
o diversification of industries keeping pace
?1th diversification ot crops. Au example
f the opportunities opening for sueh di ve rsi
cation is given in n letter from Jackson,
liss.. In this week's Manufacturers' ffsrord,
tsays:
"Several years ago an enterprising gent Ir?
ian from Illinois, J. G. Toole by name, caine
?> Jackson prospecting. He started a wagon
letorj In a modest way, and soon hod nu
pportunity to dispose of it, whi^h he did.
'hen, to the great surprise of all, he bought
tract of poor land north of the city, some
Ixty or seventy acres. It had been culti
ated until there was very little left in the
oil capable of supporting a crop. Mr. Toole
t once erected some inexpensive buildings,
nd then prepared his land and putin aero*
f broom corn, wDich was a decided novelty
n this section. In the fall he got some ma.
hineiy, aud, harvesting his toro, began to
urn out la small lots a very good, durable
lualLy of brooms. Ho found a ready sale
or a 1 bo could make. He exhausted bis
upply of home-grown corn, and was com?
piled to buy In Illinois and Indiana. Last
rear he largely increased his a.reage of
inoni corn, increased hld capacities, and
till could not supply the demand for his
)rooma. Aualn ho had to go into Northern*"
nnrkets uud pay $30 a ton for tho brush,
["his year he has gotten m<.>ro land, and in
idditlon has made contracts frith a number
>t farmers In tho vicinity, so he will be in
lepend nt of the supply market, and hesays
hat he hus almost the entire output of his
'actory for this year contracted for."
"This examplo of the ability to make
noney in industry, if enterprise and capa?
bility seize the opportunity, is being dupli?
cated In Mississippi under the spur of recent
liberal legislation. Within the paeti??4ayn/?
iharters have been filed with tbe Secretary
it State for an oil and fertilizer mill at Kus
jiusko, for lumber and brick works at Nor
Beld. for turpentine, resin and naval stores
plant at Taylorville, for oil mill, gin, fer?
tilizer works and ice factory at Macon, for
saw and Shingle mills at Glendora, for furn'
ture factory at Vicksburg, for turpentine and
naval stores plant at Hattlesburg, and for a
hook bindery at Yazoo City. The same
spirit is displayed In other Southern States.
MARRIAGE OF ACED PAIR.
Ratified Voulhfnl VOWS A flor Scvouly
nno I.oiik Years of Fidelity.
South BtVOOXTtSLD, Ohio (Special).?
August Croft, eighty-six, and Kat*Putnam,
eighty-eight years old, were married \\HA
\ few days ago. Engaged at the aj<e? ..f
fifteen and seventoeu, they ratified ti'"ir
youthful vows at the altar after sevoni/
Due long ye.irs of fidelity.
Family opposition and lack of money ila
ferrod tho prospective marriage from tinnc
to time, and one day after a lorg talk.they
made a singular resolution? not to marty
until both had reached an advanced age
uni*, were financially able to do so.
Morrow County ls uoted for tho longav*
Itv of its natives, aud thero were nrateitt
about fifty persons, the youngest of wh tm
was sixty-one years of age. The minister.
Hov. Moorehouse, is eiglity-seveii years ot
age, and au old schoolmate of both par
tics.
Senate Order* Cuban Inquiry.
Tho United States Senate agreed to tho
resolution for au Investigation by the
Committee on Cuban Affairs of the Cuban
postal and other Irregularities, author!**
ing the committee to visit Coba, ll noosa*
Bary, to pursue the inquiry. The members
r?l tba committee are Senator Platt (Bep,
In m.), Chairman, aud Messrs. Aldrich,
v ali in, Davis, McMillan, Chandler, Spoon?
er, Teller, Money, Tjllft'errp und Butler,