THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IUA ly. nAJtK, Proprietor.
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NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA.
I THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Tho Raymond Banking company, a
privato corporation at Austin, Tox.,
went Into voluntary bankruptcy to
protect its depositors.
J. N, Dllley, aged 68 years, a veter
an of tho civil war and ono of tho old
est business men of Brazil, Ind., died
suddenly of congestion of tho stom
ach. In tho provlnco of Isabcla tho Phil
ippine commission nppolntcd Captain
Johnson of tho SlKtconth infantry gov
ernor, and Captain G cargo Povoy trcaa
uYer. RiiBsIa had a dry spring this year,
an unusual occurrcnco in that country,
and as a result her harvest of cereals
will bo tho largest for many years
past.
Tho gross earnings of tho Chicago
Great Western railway for tho third
week of August show an lncrcaso of
$30,114.85 over tho corresponding
week of last your,
A personal letter from General Stern
berg, now making an Inspection of
tho mcdlcnl departmont In tho Philip
pines, says ho finds tho departmont
generally In good condition,
Tho navy department has awarded
Private Donan of tho marlno corps a
life-saving medal for tho rescue of
Private GlbBon, also a marlno, at
Olongapo, P. I In Juno last.
Brigadier General Fred Grant ar
rived in San Francisco, en routo to
tho Philippines, aftor a thrco months'
leavo of absence. Ho will Bail on tho
transport Sheridan next Sunday.
At a meeting of tho trustees of Galo
college, a Presbyterian institution lo
cated at Galesvlllo, Wis., It was voted
to transfer tho college property to tho
Norwegian Lutheran Bynod, In west
ern Wisconsin.
Margaret Lylcr, 7 years old and ro
putod to bo heiress to $100,000, was
Vtdnapod from tho homo of Mrs. M.
19. Green, Chicago, whoro tho child
faad been carod for filncq her mother
died a wcok ago.
Tn& Russian government has decid
ed to contlnuo tho stato of slogs in
Moscow provlnco for another ycn.
Otherwise It would expire September
7. This Indicates that tho political sit
uation 1b still sorlous.
Commissioner of 'internal Revcnuo
Yorkes has hold that when a stock
liaB boon appraised, subsequent fluctu
ations In the market prlco shall not
bo considered In fixing tho amount of
tho lnhorltanco tax on tho samo.
An Amorican eglncor, Mr. West,
representing Senator W. A. Clark of
Montana, has loft Kloff, Russia, ac
companying tho managers of tho Vos
kresonBky Copper company, on a tour
of Inspection of tho Kirghiz mines.
Acting under Instructions from tho
treasury department, Assistant United
States District Attorney John II. Ca
sey has brought suit In tho United
States circuit court against six nation
al banks of BoBton to rccovor on pen
sion chocks taken by them for col
lection. A Bremen cablo says: "Agricultural
distress caused by long drouth prom
ises to be sovore, Grain crops badly
damaged and hay ruined. Farmors re
ducing stock to avoid feeding. Much
fodder will be necessary. It Is ox
pocted the government will rcmovo re
strictions of beef Importation."
James II, Hall's bank at Klnda.
Mich., was burglarized, and, whllo tho
thieves socured only $100, thoy de
stroyed tne bank building and all lt
contents. Some cxploslvo was placed
beside tho vault and tho concussion
blow tip tho building as well as tho
vault. All tho mortgages, notes and
valuable papers In tho vault wore de
stroyed. Robert G. Evans, aged 47, Unltod
States district attorney for Minnesota,
died suddenly of heart dlseaso at his
homo In Kenwood,
Commissioner of Internal Ravenuo
Yerkcs, In an amendmont to a recent
circular relative to articles of mer
chandise brought from Porto Rico,
Btates that such articles as nro sub
ject to an internal revenue tax whon
brought to tho United States for con
sumption may bo rcshlppod to a for
clgn port without the payment of tho
tax,
A telegram from CharlottoBvlllo,
Va., announces tho denth of Miss
Maude Coleman Woods of that city.
Miss Woods was pronounced tho most
beautiful woman In America by t
committee from the Pan-Amorlcan ox
position.
Consul Sorsby has reported to the
state department from San Juan del
Norte, under date of July 31, that tho
Nicaragua!! government is about to
pay the Interest coupon on tho for
elgn debt, amounting to $34,000, al
though this lsterest is not yet duo.
It wan Beml-offlclally announced
that ike director of tho Union Puclflo
have outlined plaBB which will call
tor the expenditure of $40,000,000 on
m Southern wd Central Pacific bvh
m, te We about equally divided be
tweea tkeqi.
Strikers Begin to Show Impatience After
Such Long Suspense.
THE AUTHORITIES FEAR TROUBLE
Few Acta of Open Hoitlllty Hhow What
May Happen Next Police Ofllcer Had
Hard Fight to Protect u Nen-Unlon
Negro.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 3. Tho big La
bor day demonstration monopolized
tho attention of workmen and Btrlk
crB hero and In tho surrounding towns
but tho steel manufacturers went on
making preparations for tho opening
of tho plants that aro shut down by
tho strikers, Increasing tho number of
mon nt mills already working.
Tho contest seems to havo eottlcd
down to an Ibsuo of endurance. Evi
dences of lmpatlonco aro cropping out
on tho sldo of tho strikers and tho au
thorities fear that tho unlawful acts
participated in by tho strikers last
night and today about tho Star tin
plan may multiply and spread to other
quartern. Tho officials of the Star
mills claim tho strikers held up a
special delivery boy with a letter for
tho officials and inspected tho letter
beforo ho was allowed to proceed. The
matter will bo reported to tho postal
authorities at once. It Is also charged
that tho strikers stoned tho company
carriago on Pcnn nvenuo this morning,
but did no special damago to tho occu
pants. Tho aggressiveness of tho strikers
was further remonstrated luto this aft
ernoon, when a mob surrounded Will
iam ( Jones, a colored man, who was
mistaken for a nonunion man from tho
Star works. Ho made a narrow cscapo
from sorlous Injury by tho nppearanco
of tho Pollco Lieutenant Crossman,
who came to his rescue Boforo Cross
man could secure- additional aid ho
was almost overwhelmed by tho largo
crowd that has gathered. Tho prompt
arrival of a largo number of officials
probably saved Jones from serious In-
Jury, as tho mob appeared a desporato
ono and many demnnds wcro mado
that ho bo strung up.
During tho parado most of tho pick
ets woro away from tho Star mills and
tho company succeeded In securing
Bovernl now men. Of tho lot that ar
rived in Pittsburg early this morning
It was said that a good many of them
were from tho Demmlcr plant In Mc
Kcosport. Tho Llndsny-McCutchcon plant In
Alloghony did not start up today and
tho management said tho men wanted
to colobrato Labor day. Tho mills will
bo oporatcd as usual tomorrow. Tho
Painter mills In West Carson street
Btartod up aa usual with Increased
force. Thero was no chango In tho
Lawroncovlllo district, Tho falluro of
tho Amalgamated pcoplo to cripple tho
Carnoglo open-hearth plant at Du
qucsno this morning Is looked upon by
tho steel officials nu tho death blow
of tho Btrlko, In tho Cornoglo mlllB nt
least. Last night tho strlko managers
at McKccsport announced that a march
would bo mado this morning to Du-
quesno and predicted that tho men
would not go to work and tho cnttro
plant would bo tied up. This morning
no paradors appoarcd, tho mon' went
to work and tho plant 1b In operation
as usual. It Is moro than probablo
that this latest falluro at Duquesno
will havo tho offect of making tho
Btrlko managers withdraw all efforts In
that direction. While thero is Ylstblo
indication that tho National Tuba
company Intends starting Its plant at
McKccsport In tho near futuro, tho
foremen in tho mill say tonight that
tho entlro plant wil bo In operation
next wcok.
Thought to linn a Fight.
TU8CON, A. T., Sept, 3. Forty-
throo ranchers and all tho residents of
tho town of Fairbanks, In tho Ban
Pedro valley, havo boon notified to
leavo their homes, which uro on tho
Bouqultlas SpanUh land grant.
Tho land recently camo Into tho pos
session of a largo cnttlo company and
will bo fenced In na Boon aa tho Bot
tlers can bo ojected. Ono rancher has
built a tort and proposes to stand oft
tho company's cowlwys, who will bo
engaged In clearing tho land of ranch
ers and their Improvements. Tho
grant embraces 17,355 acres,
Prince Clinan Still Waver.
BASEL, Switzerland, Sept, 3. Prlnco
Chun gave orders for preparation to
bo mado to atart for Borlln at It
o'clock last night, but ho Boon after
ward countermanded thorn.
Clan. Mile Will Impeot,
FORT MEADE, S. D Sopt. 3. Qen
cral Miles has sent word here to tho
commanding officer that ho will arrlvo
on a tour of Inspection this month, ac
companled by Secrotnry Root. General
Miles Is contemplating making Fort
Mendo tho headquarters for tho Thir
teenth cavalry regiment, which Is bo
Ing recruited. Its troops aro scattered
over tho country, but thU fort will bo
mado tho center whoro all of tho troops
can gather once a year for practice.
FILIPINOS ARE SWORN IN.
Two Added to Cnnimlnilon Willi Cere'
tnonlc at tho Palace.
MANILA, Sept. 3. Thero wore ap
proprlato ceremonies In tho palace
this morning nt tho Inauguration of
Dr. Pnrdo do Tavera and Benito Lc
gardo as members of tho Philippine
commission. Joso E. Luzarlaga, the
third Filipino member, wob to have
taken tho oath of ofilco nt tho same
tlmo, but was unable to do so owing
to Illness.
Civil Governor Tnft said today that
tho ceremony docs not fully complete
the government tho president Intends
forming, but sufficient has been dono
to show tho naturo of tho policy to bo
followed. Municipal governments
havo been generally formed of a sub
stantially autonomous character. Tholr
officers aro entirely natives. Tho pro
vincial governments aro partly Ameri
can and partly Filipino. Now, the
Philippine commission Is pnrtly Amer
ican and partly Filipino, It being the
purposo of tho president to form a
govornment in which tho natlvo ele
ment will bo able to voice tho desires
of tho people, their local aspirations
and necessities, and gtvo tho Filipinos
an cxamplo of American Institutions
and tho customs and laws prevailing
in tho United States.
Tho happiness of tho Filipinos will
result from practical government and
not from theories of Filipino gentle
men who deslro to multiply tho diffi
culties of government by creating new
parties to embody political theories
whon they might more profitably ad
vanco tholr country's wclfaro by de
voting their tlmo and talents to amend
ing and Improving tho laws of the
legally constituted body. Thero will
bo tlmo enough for theories whon the
govornment Is running smoothly. Yes
terday was tho anniversary qf tho be
ginning of legislative work. Tho com
mission will havo worked hard and
much will havo been accomplished If
thoy feel thoy havo advanced with tho
Bamo progression a year henco, nnd
will bo assured of tho success of their
efforts,
BOTH YACHTS ARE FIRST.
Columbia nnd Conxtltutlon lloth Lead
Awhile In Second Trial Itace.
NBWPORi, R. I., Sept. 3. Tho sec
ond official trial of Columbia and Con
stitution hud practically no result.
Tho yachtB, for lack of wind, were
unablo to finish wlt.un five nnd a half
hours. At 0:33 this evening tho con
test camo to an Inglorious conclusion
two miles east of Brcnton's Reef light
ship. At that tlmo Columbia led by
a good quarter of a mile. w
Tho courso was triangular, ton nau
tical miles to a leg, tho first being
a bent to wind, tho Bocond with tho
wind about abeam, and tho third run
boforo tho wind, which huuled to
mako It another strotch, with the
wind abeam, until tho raco was de
clared off. After crossing tho lino nt
oxnetly tho samo moment, six seconds
aftor gunfiro, with Constitution In the
wlndwnrd berth, Columbia worked oul
and getting Its wind froo, forgod
ahead. Constitution tacked oft shore
and shortly after Columbia followed.
From then on to tho wlndnrwd mark
it was nothing but a steady gain foi
tho old boat and whon both had round
It waB found that Columbia hal gained
four minutes and fifty-flvo seconds,
tho worst beating Constitution had yet
rccolved.
On tho Bccond leg tho wind fell
light. After rounding tho second mnrk
four minutes nnd thirty seconds be
hind and starting for homo Constl
tutlon carried up about all tho wind
thoro wob nnd pressed Its rival. Then
tho brcezo camo up again and Colum
bia onco mdro shot ahead. Shortly
afterward tho rnce waB called off, with
Columbia well In tho lend. It will bo
rcsallod tomorrow afternoon, tho start
bolng at 2 o'clock.
Flntrt fur Not Helping to Have,
DULUTH, Minn., Sept. 3. Port Col
lector WIUIottB fined tho steamer Alex
McDougall $1,000 for not stopping to
assist tho pnssengors of tho ferryboat
Stoubor, which tho steamer rccontly
sank nt Fort Orutlot. Captain Kllby
explains that ho got his boat out of
tho way quickly to glvo tho small craft
nearby an opportunity to porform
that Borvlco. Tho law does not rec
ognlzo action of that kind.
Mormon Mylerlouly Hlaln.
HUNTSVILLE, Utah, Sopt. 3. Rob-
ort Graham, a promlnont citizen of
Wobor county, and a prominent official
lu tho Mormon church, was shot antl
almost Instantly killed whllo return
lng homo from church. Tho affair Is
shrouded In mystery, thero being no
clow to tho perpetrators of tho deed.
Shingle Mill tn Hutpend.
SEATTLE, WuBh., Sept. 3. Tho
Washington Red Cedar Shlnglo asso
ciation held a session In this city to
discuss a method of solution for the
present low prlco of tho product. It
was decided to shut down all mills
under tho association's control, which
includo tho largest concerns In the
etato, until such tlmo as n stronger
market would Justify a reopening of
tho works, Tho closure takes oifoct
immediately and 270 mills will close.
A Corretpondont Bays They Prevail Now
Throughout Oape Colony,
THE BOERS INTRUDING FARTHER
Sheeper'a Cammando Invade Fart Here
tofore UndUturbed Thorn Aro Plenty
of Friend, It I Said, to Help Them
(torn All Bldef.
LONDON, Aug. 31. Somo Interest
ing sidelights aro thrown on the
South African war by advices pub
lished today. A dispatch from Capo
town to tho Dally Mall Indicates that
Schccper's command has now moved
to tho southwest and Invaded a part
of Capo Colony previously undisturbed
by tho Boers, whilo moro severe re
strictions havo been Imposed with tho
object of preventing communication
between Capetown nnd tho nowly dis
turbed areas.
Tho Cologno Gazotto's correspondent
in Capetown declares that tho "entlro
Capo Colony Is a seething mass of dis
order and alarm." Ho asserts that
tho Boers nro receiving support from
all sides.
Edgar Wallace writing to tho Dally
Express, expresses a decided opinion
that Lord Kitchener's banishment
proclamation will not result In tho sur
render of a single Important com
mandant and that much severer pen
alties aro needed, tho only useful pol
icy being vigorous military measures.
In tho early part of August a corre
spondent of tho Morning Express had
a long talk with Lord Kitchener, from
which ho gathered that " it Is not Lord
Kitchener but tho government that Is
to blamo tor many of tho present
evils."
Lord Kitchener, It Booms, com
plained that tho homo government f
continually wcfrrlcd him about trivial
details, "merely to reply to parliament
ary heckling," and that this compelled
him to enforce a strict censorship over
telegrams, although personally he ob
jected to tho present system. He said
ho thought correspondents ought to bo
given greater liberty nnd should bo
held responsible for their statements.
Ho avoided expressing nny opinion
about tho "approaching ond of tho
war" and dissuaded tho correspondent
from speaking about It.
"Both tho Morning Post nnd Stand
ard glvo tho Information as to tho
concentration camps and confirm tho
reports of heavy mortality-thero, es
pecially among tho children In July.
This is said to bo "largely duo to
tho Ignornnco nnd unsanitary habits
of tho Boers," but conditions nro rap
Idly improving.' At tho beginning of
August thero were 100,000 persons In
tho concentration camps. A corre
spondent of tho Morning Post asserts
that tho Boer refugees got eighteen
pounds In rations per head, as against
twolvo pounds per head given to Brit
ish loyalists, and ho recommends na
politically and economically advisable
that tho Boers bo removed to tho coast.
WILL INCREASE GRAIN RATE.
Twin Cltle nnd Chicago Line Mnke Con
cealou to tho Mlllori.
BT. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 31. Repre
sentatives of tho Twin Cltlos-Chlcago
lines met hero to tnko action on tho
request of tho Minneapolis millers for
rellof from tho present rato discrim
ination against flour lu bohalf of
wheat.
Tho railroads ngrccd to Increase tho
grain rato, Minneapolis to Chicago,
from 0 cents to 7 cents. They clnlm
that tho Increoso of cents will ro-
Uovo tho discrimination nnd put flour
for export on a more equitable basis.
Whllo this Is true, to somo uxtont,
It probably will not satisfy tho mill
ers. They claim that by n recent ruling of
tho Interstate- commcrco commission
thoy nro permitted to hold grain rates
2 cents lower than flour rates. Tho
714-cent rato will apply to all lako
porta. From the Twin Cities to tho
head of tho lakes tho rato will bo 4
cents.
Work nu Yukon I.I tie.
VANCOUVER, n. C, Aug. 31. John
Hendry, president of tho Hastings mill
of Vancouver, and Captain McKenzIo,
agont of tho Great Northern railway,
havo caused nctlvo work to bo begun
on tho construction of tho Vancouver,
Northern & Yukon railway. It Is Bald
that tho lino will bo constructed within
a year, and that the new government
brldgo across tho Frnzor will bo used
by tho Groat Northern.
They Appeal to MoKtnley.
OKLAHOMA, O. T Aug. 31. An
appeal to Presldont McKlnloy for tho
protection of tho negroes who aro be
ing lynched for their crimes, was form
ulated by tho nogro territorial Baptist
Sunday school convention, which lu In
session lu thlu city.
Tho convention docs not attempt to
excuso tholr offenses, but asks tho pres
ldont to ubo his oxocutlvo powor in
securing for them a fair trial In the
courts beforo punishment 1b meted out
CIBA DAY AT EXP0SIU0N.
aire Opportunity tn Cuban for Exprei
' ilon of Oratltude.
BUFFALO, N. Y Aug. 31. Cuba day
at tho exposition was an unqualified
success. Tho exercises held in its hon
or In tho Tcmplo of Music began with
the Cuban national hymn nnd ended
with tho "Star Spangled Banner," and
three cheers for the stars and stripes.
On the stago sat all tho Cuban com
missioners and their wives nnd many
representatives, of Latin nations. Com
missioner Fares of Cuba presided, In
his address, after referring to tho wars
which had devastated his country nnd
to tho fact that Cuba had neverthe
less raised tho arts and Industries to
a high piano, Scnor Fares said :
"A great deal of our success Is at
tributable to tho persistence and vi
tality of our own pcoplo and to tho
people of tho United States. Thero Is
not a man In Cuba who docs not feel
a profound sense of gratltudo to tho
United States nnd ovory ono prays for
tho continued progress and pre-eml-nonco
of tho great republic."
Other speakers were Daniel N. Lock-
wood, representing tho exposition com
pany; F. B. Mnchadn, special Cuban
school commissioner; Dr. TocnB A.
Bralt, a Cuban orator and linguist;
Gonzala Jorrln and Mayor Dlchl of
Buffalo.
HONORS AMERICAN SAILORS.
French Officer Pay an Unexpected Ttalt
to Training Ship Hartford.
PARIS, Aug. 31. Tho visit of Gen.
Andro, tho minister of war, to tho
United States training ship Hartford,
which had put into La Rochello to
witness tho western army mahouvers,
was tho occasion of a llttlo Franco-
American demonstration.
After an Inspection of the cadets,
who wcro drawn up on deck, General
Andro was entertained at luncheon.
He expressed keen satisfaction at being
aboard an American ship and said he
hoped tho visit would contribute to
tho tightening of tho bonds of frlotid
shlp uniting tho sailors of tho two na
tions. Commander John M. Hawloy of the
Hartford, In response, thanked General
Andro for tho honor of his unexpected
visit and promised to inform his gov
ernment of It. Tho ship's band then
played tho "Marseillaise" and "Amor
lca." A banquet was given In tho even
ing at which tho admirals and tho gen
erals wero present and to which tha
American officers were Invited. Gen
eral Andre Bat with Admiral Menard,
commanding tho northern squadron,
on his right and Commander Hawley
on his left.
SCIENTISTS FINISH WORK.
Next Meeting of Convention Wilt lie
Held at PltUburg In 1103.
DENVER, Aug. 31. Tho American
Association for tho Advancement of
Sclenco closed its fiftieth nnnual con
vention with a morning session at
which tho officers olected by tho gen
oral assembly were announced and tho
report of the council on tho futuro pol
icy of tho association was presented.
Tho council and such sections as may
deslro will hold u business meeting
at Chicago tho first week In January,
1902.
Tho next regular meeting of tho as
sociation will bo held at Pittsburg, Pa.,
tho week commencing Juno 25, 1902.
Tho outgoing committco recommends
that the meeting of 1903 bo hold at
Washington during tho first wock In
January In tho Interest of a movement
looking to the bringing together of nil
tho scientific bodies of tho United
States In mld-wlntcr convention.
Ilattle I Imminent.
QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. 31. Although
tho government of Ecuador has adopt
ed neutrality measures, which aro be
ing generally respected, It Is known
that tho liberal revolutionary troops
aro boyond tho frontier of Cnrchl and
within sight of a military force of tho
Colombian government. Thero has
been no Invasion of Colombia by tho
troops of Ecuador.
f-'nWadnr la at Peace
NEW YORK, Aug. 31. The follow
lug telegrnm from Sonor Zaldlvar, the
Salvadorean minister nt Washington,
was received by Mr. Georgo D. Cook:
SALVADOR, Aug. 30. Salvador Is
favored with absoluto peace, both
domestic and oxterlor. ZALDIVAR.
Roof Collapor Over Court Itnnm.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. By tho
collapse of a falBO roof over tho Uni
ted States supremo court room at the
capltol shortly after noon today sev
oral men woro budly Injured. It Is
not believed that anybody was killed.
Maohla lteache Colon.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. A cable
gram was received at tho navy depart
ment from Commander Sargent of the
Maclilns, at Colon, reporting matters
thero nro very quiet. His cablegram
also Indicates a belief on his part that
tho revolutionary disturbances In that
section of Colombia at least, have
praotlcally been suppressed. Tho state
department has been warned of clrcu
lntlon of reports of revolutionary
troubles In Ecuador.
A Colombian Official of High Bank Tells
of Hecent Victories,
GUERILLA BANDS ALL DESTROYED
The Government, Although Inmlted ami
Wronged, Keep Peaco With Venexuela.
Can Itepel Any Foreign Invatloni At
tempted. NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Tho Associa
ted Press has received tho following
dispatch dated Bogota, August 24,
from a Colombian" offlclal 'of high,
rank:
Gonornl Pedro D. Osplno, acting:
minister of war, who has prepared an
excellent nnd extensive plan of cam
paign, confirms tho reports that with
in tho last fifteen days ho has destroy
ed nearly all of tho Colombian guer
rillas. Tho government of Colombia has-
maintained Btrlct neutrality regarding
Ecuador and Venezuela, notwith
standing tho fact that tho governments
of tho said countries havo uphold and
effectively aided tho rebols of Colom
bia, thus prolonging the revolution In
this country.
Recently the revolutionary chiefs of
Colombia havo met on tho frontier of
Venezuela to organlzo now Invasions
of Colombia, using tho munitions of
war accumulated by tho government
of Venezuela on her frontiers.
A party of Venezuelans, surrounded
near Cucuta, nro about to return to
their country. Thoy aro commanded
by Rangel Garlbas. Tho position tak
en by the government of Colombia,
is ono of peaco and neutrality. These
aro fundamental canons In her foreign
policy. Tho frontiers of Colombia nro
sufficiently defonded. Colombia feels
certain that she can maintain hor
rights nnd repel whatever foreign In
vasions may offer.
COLON, Colombia, Aug. 31. Dr.
Juis Carlos Rico, Colombian minister
to Vonczuoln, beforo his departure for
Bogota, officially assured Sonor Volez,.
governor of Cartagena, that ho was
going to Inform his government with
referenco to the situation between Ven
ezuela and Colombia. Ho oxpressed
tho opinion that peaco would be pre
served by both nations and that the
existing difficulties would bo overcome.
Tho Colombian official newspaper la
Cartagena declared that tho entlro
province of Pachlra, Venezuela, touch
ing Colombia south of Maracaibo, Is la
tho powor of tho Venezuelan Insur
gent leader, General Rangel Garblras.
It also asserts that the Colombian
gonoral, Gonzales Garcia, until recent
ly Colombian minister of war, Is now
on the frontier with no less than 10,
000 Colombian troops disposed In tho
province of Santandor, and maintain
ing the sovereignty of Colombia there.
SYSTEM OF EXTERMINATION.
Turk Dogln Once More Uauacre of
Armenian.
LONDON, Aug. 31. The Dally Malt
publishes today an nrtlclo written by
All Nourl Bey, former Turkish consul
In Rotterdam, declaring that the mas
sacre of Armenians by Kurds, which
has Just recommenced, Is part of a
regular system of extermination. Ho
says:
"Tho number of Armenians killed
will depend on tho outcry raised In
Europe and tho pressure brought to
bear upon the sultan. Tho same hor
rible process will bo repeated year
by year until all aro killed."
GILLESPIE ACTS FOR ROOT.
Prcildent Call Upon Illm to Perform
Dntlea of War Secretary.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 31.
General Glllesplo has been designated
acting secretary by tho president un
der an act of 1882, which authorizes
tho head of a bureau to bo acting sec
retary. A year ago tho presldont is
Bued nn oxccutlvo order designating
General Miles to bo acting secretary
in tho war department during the ab
sonco of tho secretary and assistant
secretnry, and In tho absenco of Gen
eral Miles, then General Corbln was
to act. It appears that all persons
directly named to perform tho duties
of secretary are absent and General
Gillespie, therefore, was selected.
Condition of tho Treasury.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. "31.
Today's statement of the treasury bal,
ances In tho general fund, exclusive of
tho $150,000,000 gold reservo In tho di
vision of redemption, shows: Avail
able cash balancer $177,784,016; gold,
$105,757,332.
A Locomotive UUm Up.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 31. In an ac
cident duo to tho spreading of rails
on tho Southern railroad at Fireworks
Btutlon, four miles from East SL Louis,
Frank Haefle, chief car Inspector of
tho road, lost his life; Elmer Drum,
flroman, was fatally, and Scott McEl
uory, engineer, seriously Injured. The
accident wus ono of tho most curious
known In the annals of railroading.
The englno had left the track and the
explosion was caused by a sudden Jar.
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