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TJIK NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , NOVEMBER ! , 1901. Unknown Number of WoundcJ in Balltown Combat , PARNAGE AT A CAMP-M EATING. Casualties Are Mostly Among Negroes. | Nine Blacks Are Killed nnd Dozen or More May Die as Result of Wounds and Neglect In the Swamps. Ilnlltown , La. , Oct. 30. The rnco war ut a camp-meeting nl Duncnn'H ehnpol Sunday luui loft u carnival of Wood unequalled l Hi" history of the country. Ono whlto mnn IH dead , an other IH now dying with a bullet hole throiiRh lilw iitomueh , iuul u third whlto man IB badly wounded. Nine negroes were hilled In the t > lnody affray live inon , three wonion nnd ono Biniill child. A dozen or per- Laps nioro negroes escaped to the woods nnd fiwumps with woiindH that nro believed to lie certain denth In tin ! liniHh nway from medical euro. The fierce conlllct raged for half an Tinur. ThoHo at a distance sny the firing sounded llko u pitched buttle be tween troops. To tin ) enmp-mcetlng negroes hud como from 200 miles , all up mill down the vulloy. A constable who wim serving a , war rant WUH HtrucU on the houd with a rifle by a nenio and then the slaughter Tln < blacks Hod from the frail wooden church , for It WUH no shelter from the rain of biillotH. Preacher Connolly WUH Hhot whllo standing In Ills yard. MH ! daughter foil JuHt In- fddo the IIOIIHO. The ether negroes around Creur l.ott'H pluoo Uopt up a Btcndy ruin of bullets. It WUH death and blood and the shrieks of the wounded nnd dying were heard on every Bldo. Lott'H old mothcr-ln-luw , Ills two daughters nnd the llttlo boy fell In a heap InHldo the shelter. Lott barricaded anil the place wan Urea. The nro'forced him from * cover , and ho appeared In the doorway and 20 rlflo bulls went crashing through lilm. He fell In a heap , hood foremost n the ground. Parker and Hovorly , both blucks , fell with him. Joseph Krai , Chnrles Elliott nnd Edward Thompson , the wounded whites , were carried to the homo of V. P. Soncs. There Seal died yesterday. Klllott now lies dying. For 2-1 hours It looUed like a general uprising to wipe out the Wnek ruco of Washing on purlsli. The JJOWH spreud llko wlldllro and yester day over 1,0(10 ( armed men hud reached the scene of buttle. Sheriff Simmons arrived from Frnnk- lln yesterday and the feeling subsided. The negroes loft the'country. They carried all the personal effects pos sible. All who could rode on horse , buck and In buggies nnd those who could not ride took to the woods afoot. CZOLGOSZ'S LAST WORDS. 6ays He Killed McKlnlcy Dccnusc He Was Enemy of Working People. Auburn , N. Y. , Oct. 30. Czolgossr. went to the chair In exactly the same manner us huvo the majority of mur- -dcrora In this state , showing no par ticular signs of fear , but In fact doing what few of them have done talking to the witnesses whllo ho WUB being strapped In the clmlr. "I killed the president bccnuso ho was an enemy of the good people of the good working people. 1 am not eorry for my crime. " Thcso were his words as the guards Jiurrlcd him Into the clmlr. A moment later , mun > llng through the half-adjustod face straps , he until : "I am awfully sorry I could not see my father. " From the time Czolgosz left his cell Tintll the full penalty was puld less than four minutes hud elapsed. The lengthy report prepared yester day afternoon by the autopsy surgeons related entirely to the brnln nnd was of a highly technical character. After scientifically describing to the min utest detail the brnln of the dend mur derer , the report concludes as follows : "No nnomolles found. The brain In Koncrnl Is well developed , sufficiently marked with llssures nnd the lobes arc in normal proportion. " i Death Sentence for Faugeron. "London , Oct. 30. Marshall Fauger- on , a Frenchman who was committed tor trial Sept. 11 , on the charge of murdering Herr Murgen , nn old Jew eler of Clerkenwal , testifying in his own behalf , repeated his statement Ihat Murgen had promised him a for tune If ho would stab Mr. Chamberlain , the colonial secretary , with a knife and make him suffer greatly before he died , as a lesson for the suffering he Jiml caused by the South African war , The Jury found Faugerou guilty anil lie was sentenced to death. President Attends Theater. "Washington , Oct. 30. Prosldenl 7looscvG.lt and party occupied twc boxes nt the New National theater lasl night nnd witnessed Frohmnn's com pany in "Lady Huntworth's Expert tnent. " This is the first time the presl dent has attended any theater since lila elevation and his entrance was warmly greeted by nn nudienco tha packed lie theater. The president' ! visit to the National brings to a closi the period of mourning for the lat < President McKlnley. Farmer Burled Alive. Lyons. Neb. , Oct. 30. Albert Ever ett , a farmer living three miles north west of Lyons , while digging a cyclom cellar In company with Edward Crow ell , was burled beneath an avalaucli of eerth and instantly Uillnd. Mt Crowcll. after a severe struggle , mat aged to extricate himself from his pei lions position , sustaining a broke : unkle. SLAUGHTER OF BHOW MOR3E3. Over One Hundred Killed In Wreck Near Lexington , N. C. Charlotte , N. ( ' . , Oct. 30. Ono hun dred nnd ten of the ring horses of lluf- falo Mill's Wild West show were climbed to death in a railroad wreck near Lexington yesterday. Among the horHeii killed WUH "Old Pap , " Col onel Cody'fi favorite saddle horse. "Old Haglo , " the Htur ring horse , WUB killed nnd liln mangled body fell on top of ono of the wrecked engtncn. The mulcH that drew the Dead wood coach were also killed. From the miiHS of wreckage blood poured In u Btream that run along the railroad track In a rivulet. Only one or two horses escaped death. The accident WIIH the result of a head end collision between a fust southbound train and the South Shore train and was duo tea a misunderstanding of orderH. Several train hunds were Injured , but no ono WUH kllltsl. Colonel Cody flpent yestordny nt the scene of the wreck , nnd IB heart broken over the Hluughter. Ho unyn his IOHH IH $ GO,000. ON TRIAL FOR IOWA MURDER. Drlcker Brothers Make Defence That Guild Forced His Own Death. Fort Dodge , In. , Oct. HO. The trial of Oeorgo anil Oliver Mrlckor , charged with the murder of C. A. Clulld und his Ron , Clurenco Guild , lust Juno , IH now In progress In the district court. Two separate Indictments , ono for the kill ing of Mr. Guild and ono for the mur der of hlH son , huvo been brought against each of the Urlckors , und the cuse of the state of Iowa ys. Oeorgo llrlekcr for the killing of Clarence Guild IH the one now being heard. The murder WUH the result of a neighborhood iiuurrel over land owned by Mr , Guild , which culminated In n bloody tragedy. Oliver Hrleker IIUH confessed to both murderH , but claimed that ho acted In self-defense , but a younger son of Mr. Guild , who cla .ns that ho saw the shooting , tcntlllcH that the fatal shots were flred by Oeorgo llrlcker. DREAK UP IRISH MEETING. Organizers Roughly Handled nnd Many Women Are Trampled Upon. Dublin , Oct. 30. A force of con- tabulnry broke up a United-Irish 'OUgno demonstration nt Kllmaln fCHtorday , though the meeting had not : > eon proclaimed. The police refused o allow John O'Donnoll , M. P. , or 'eter llegun , a league organizer , to peak. William Uedmond WUH thrown bout and Mr. O'Donnell was ussuulted mil dragged through the street. Mr. legun's hand was broken by a blow loin a eonstublo's baton nnd a iloii uen , women and children were train- ; iled upon. Circus Train Wrecked. New Orleans , Oct. 30. The Fore- paugh & Sells train was wrecked yes- .onlay near Union Hougo. Four cars loaded with animal cages were badly wrecked , but none of the animals es caped. A carload of elephants were turned loose throi'igh the wreck , but after they hud wundered about the jountry a short tlmo they were driven nto Uuton Hougo nnd corralled. Three men were badly hurt. The wreck wns caused by the front section of the circus train running Into the ear end of a freight train. Killed While Crawling Across Bridge. Weeping Water , Neb. , Oct. 30. Henry Heobner , aged 7t ! , was struck while crawling across a steel bridge bur miles east of hero on the Missouri Pacific railway by a passenger train nnd killed. He bus lived In this vlcln- ty over 20 years on a farm near where ho accident occurred. Ho was hard of hearing und It is supposed ho never realized his danger until too late to save himself. Gift for Washburn College. Topokn. Kan. . Oct. 30. Wushburn college has received a gift of $5,000 from a Hoston man , who gave the money on condition that his name be absolutely withhold. He specifies that the money shall bo used for building nn astronomical observatory. The trustees of the college hnvc accepted the gift and its conditions. Mrs. Grant Improving. "Washington , Oct. 30. The condl tlon of Mrs. .Inlln Dent Grant , the wid ow of General U. S. Grant , who has been sick for some days. Is consider ably Improved today. If the favorable weather continues she hopes to go out driving soon. TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD. MUs Kate Land nnd seven children were bitten In Colorado Springs Tues day by a dog which showed symptoms of hydrophobia. Henry B. Harrison , governor of Con nectlcut from 18S5 to 1887 , died at his home In New Haven Tuesday. He wns SO years old. Bonrko Cockran was severely in Jurcd Tuesday by being thown from his horse while riding about his place at Sands Point , L. I. Czolgosz was hanged in effigy at Hempstead. L. I. , Tuesday night with elaborate ceremonial amid incessan cat-calls and groans. President Jeffery Tuesday an nonnced the appointment of J. H. Her bert as general manager of the entire Denver and Hlo Grande system. Hon. Henry Clay Hall , for 30 con secutive years consul In Cuba ami minister to Central America , died at his homo In Mllbury. Mass. , Tuesday. At St. Louis Tuesday. Henry Schroo- dcr shot his stepdaughter. Katie Kirst , aged 7. through the heart , killing her Instantly and then committed suicide. Mrs. Julia Wagstaff and her 10- months-old babe were found dead In their home at Sundance , Wy. The woman had committed suicide by tak ing blue vltrioL Cros3-EcamSnatSon of Admiral Schlcy Progresses Slcwly. DIRECT EVIDENCE NOT SHAKEN. Judge Advocate Bsars Strongly on the Retrograde Movement Admiral Gives Three Reasons for Turning Dack Inquiry on Petty Incidents. Washington , Oct. 30. The cross-ex amination of Admiral Schlcy was con tinued throughout the souBlon of the court of Inquiry yesterday. The prog- resH made WUB exceedingly slow. Practically the whole day was con sumed In questioning the admiral about the cruise from Ctenfuegos to Santiago nnd the motives nnd Influ ences that governed , him in turning buck.after , his squadron hnd arrived In the vicinity of the latter port. This lutter brunch of the cross-omnilna- tlon hnd not been concluded when the court adjourned. The blockade at Santiago , the reconnolssanco of May 31 nnd the battle of July 3 still remain to bo covered. It IB hardly probable that the Judge advocate can conclude before adjournment today. After ho finishes qulto a number of questions JUDOK ADVOCATE LEUI.T. prepared by the members of the court will bo submitted. The judge advo cate , In conducting the cross-examina tion , lined a carefully prepared type written list of questions. They called for comparison of statements Admiral Schlcy bus made either In his direct testimony , in his communication to the senate or In bin dispatches to Admiral Sampson , or the navy department , with the testimony of witnesses who nave preceded him and the logs and signal books of the other vessels of the licet. The questions were not asked In chronological order , but Jumped from ono subject to another. Throughout the strain to which the witness wns naturally subjected while under exam ination , the admiral retained his cus tomary composure. Only once or twice did Ifo display Impatience or weariness. At one point when asked a question ho replied that ho had been asked the sumo question Monday , at the same tlmo telling what his reply hud been then. At another tlmo when being seurcblngly Interrogated us to his distances from shore at Clenfuegos nnd ns to whether the distances were a mutter of record , ho responded rutbor tartly , "Oh no , I did not know they would ever become n matter of such record Importance or I would have platted them and made a memor andum , as I should of many other things. " The main points to which the cross- examination wns directed were the ability of the ships to coal off Cien- fuegos and the reasons for what Is known ns the retrograde movement. The latter point wns dwelt upon with much cmphuHls nnd hnd not been dis posed of fully when the court ad journed. The admiral gave three rea sons for turning back : First , the statement of Captain Slgsbee , who commanded the St. Paul , that the enemy was not in Santiago ; second , the opinion of Nunez , the pilot , that the entrance wns too narrow and shal low for the Spanish ships to enter , nnd. third , the ambiguity of the depart ment's telegram. In the course of the cross-examination , the admiral said ho regarded the department's dispatch rather as a suggestion than as an ex plicit order , a suggestion which ho car ried out after the sea had abated and the coal supply of the ships had been replenished. Charges Against Colonel Meade. Washington , Oct. 30. The navy de partment has made public the charges nnd specifications In the case of Col onel H. L. Meade , U. S. M. C. , who Is to bo tried by court-martial nt the New York navy yard , on Nov. 12 , There nro two charges : "Drunken ness on duty" and "scandalous con duct , tending to the destruction of good morals. " Under the second charge there nre six specifications. They allege false testimony while un der oath before the court of Inquiry which investigated his case. Villamll's Body Taken to Spain. Havana , Oct. 30. The body of the Spanish Vice Admiral Vlllamll , com mander of the Spanish torpedo llotllla , who was killed at the battle of Santi ago do Cubn , wns transferred yester day to the steamer Montzerrat , to be taken to Spain. The ceremony of transfer was In charge of Captain of the Port Young , representing the United States nnvy. A salute of nlre guns was tl/ad at Morro castle. A. B. Cummins Is In Bed. Des Molnes , Oct. 30. A. B. Cum mins , Hepublican candidate for gov ernor , Is bedfast at his home In this city and compelled to cancel speaking dates Indefinitely. SUFFOCATED DURING A FIRE. Two Dead and ManyMore Unconscious When Taken Out of Burning Flat. Chicago. Oct. 30. Two persons lost their lives , three wcro Injured and a Bcoit1 were overcome by smoke In a flro In the Haglo Hat building , Lytle and Taylor streets , yesterday. The dead : Mrs. Hyun , GO years old , suffocated ; Mrs. Anna King , daughter of MTH. Hyan , suffocated. The Injured : Elsie King , 12 ycnrs old , rescued whllo unconscious from Inhaling smoke nnd slightly burned ; M. Otis , Jumped 43 feet from roof and badly bruised ; 12. Hogg , jumped from roof nnd bruised. Other occupants of the building who were overcome by the smoke were res cued by firemen or members of their own families nnd all recovered In the 'open air. MOST IS WITHIN THE LAW. New York Justice Grants Stay of Sen tence to Anarchist. Now York , Oct. 30. Justice -Mc Lean , In the supreme court , yesterday grunted n certificate of reasonable doubt In the case of Johann Most , ed itor of the Frclhelt , nn anarchist pa per , In order to Btny his sentence of 12 months' Imprisonment for the publi cation of an nrtlcle entitled , "Murder vs. Murder , " which appeared on the day of President McKlnloy's assus- ( nation. No Action on Pass Question. Chicago. Oct. 30. Presidents and executive olllcers of the Chicago eastbound - bound roads met In Chicago yesterday and discussed the question of abolish Ing the ISHUO of piiHses for 1902 , us recommended by the joint committee of the eastern nnd western railroad presidents In Now York a month or two ago. In face of the fnct that west ern roads fulled to take any action In the matter and are preparing to Issue passes for 1002 , an heretofore , It was deemed Inadvisable for the eastern roads to take any nctlon In the matter. It Is thought possible that somcthln can be accomplished for 1903. Pay of the Army. Washington , Oct. 30. Paymaster General Bates , In his annual report , says that the pay of the army for the year was $53215,345 ; , an Increase over last year of $1.301,364. Ho makes sev eral recommendations relative to pay accounts In the army , the most Import ant being that the pay corps no longer bo compelled to furnish bonds. He says that this applies especially to olll cers detailed for service under tbo new law , as they get no Increased rank und uro compelled to pay from $90 to $1SO when so detailed. Most of the officers prefer commands in the line to such work. Kentucky Turf Scandal. Lexington , Ky. , Oct. 30. Thorough bred breeders , owners nnd trainers met hero yestordny to take action on the moving of the three-eighths pole1 nt tbo Kentucky association track last Thursday in order to "speed up" a yearling that Clarence Mnckny of Now York wns negotiating for. The com mittee will remain In session , hearing testimony , untU Saturday. The case Is unique In turf history and is attract ing wide-spread attention. No Hope for Entombed Miner. Salt Lake , Oct. 30. All hope has been abandoned of rescuing alive William Anderson , the miner who. with three companions , was entombed by a cave-In in the Highland Boy mine , near Blnglmm , last Friday. Large gangs of men nre still nt work on the rock slide , but it is considered almost certain that Anderson , If not Instantly killed by the falling rock , has by this tlmo succumbed. Victory for Simon Burns. Munclo , hid. , Oct. 30. After last night's session of the Window Glass Snappers' National meeting , it devel oped that the day's doings resulted In a big victory for President Simon Burns of the Knights of Labor over President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor. The snappers voted to secede from the Federation of Labor and will join the Knights of Labor. Largest Plate Glass In World. Kokomo , Ind. , Oct. 30. The largest plate glass In the world was success fully finished at the Kokomo plant of the Plttsburg Plate Glass company yesterday. It weighed In the rough 2,500 pounds. When ground and pol ished the weight was 2,400 pounds. The plate Is 18 feet 1 Inch in length nnd 13 feet 1 inch In width. Accept Carnegie's Offer. San Juan , P. R. , Oct. 30. Education Commissioner Brumbaugh has sent a letter to Andrew Carnegie accepting his offer of $100,000 to build a public library for San Juan. Numerous new schools have been opened with insular funds. Heretofore there were no school buildings on the Island. Society at St. Louis Horse Show. St. Louis Oct. 30. The attendance at the horse show last night wns a vast improvement on that of the previous night. The society element turned'out In great force and the boxes were crowded. There was not a dull or un interesting moment in the big arena. Roberts Replies to Bryan. Rheinbeck , la. , Oct. 30. Director of the Mint Roberts yesterday addressed n large gathering of Republicans in this city. Ills speech was In the na ture of a reply to William J. Bryan's Labor day speech at Kansas City. Editor Bruce Passes Away. Sioux City , Oct. 30. Gerard Bruce , editor of the Live Stock Record , pub lished here in the interests of stock men , died last evening of pneumonia after an Illness of less than a week. lie was 28 years of ago. Negotiations Said to Be Under Way With Abductors. OTHER NEWS NOT SATISFACTORY Advlcea From Near the Scene Art Less Favorable , Indicating That Res cue Comes Too Late Russia Lends Its Active Co-Operation. London , Oct. 30. "It Is officially stated that the United States legation In Constantinople has opened negotia tions with Miss Stone's captors , " says a dispatch from Sofia to the Dally Telegraph. "Tho Bulgarian govern ment has allowed the celebrated Rllo Kloster , south west of Samakov , to bo searched and two suspected monks to bo arrested. " St. Petersburg , Oct. 30. The Rus sian foreign office IB still co-operating heartily with the United States offi cials in the efforts to obtain the re lease of Mlas Stone , the American mis sionary , and her companion , Mine. Tsllka , who were captured by brigands Sept. 3. M. Bakhmetleff , the Rus sian representative at Sofia , who Is married to an American , Is displaying much energy In co-operating with the United States consul general , Dickin son , of Constantinople. In official circles nt Sofia the Idea prevails that Miss Stone Is dead. Mr. Dickinson Is trying to learn definitely whether she Is alive or not. Washington , Oct. 30. No Intima tions have reached the state depart ment that Miss Stone Is dead , ns np- pours to be the Impression in govern ment circles nt Sofia. Thus ofllclnls hnve no additional news to make pub lic regarding the case. Constantinople , Oct. 30. Spencer Eddy , secretary of the United States legation here , and W. W. Peet , treas urer of the American mission at Con- stnntlnople , had n long conference on the subject of Miss Stone yesterday. The Information from the missionaries who are near the brigands' retreat Is far from satisfactory. TO END SIEGE OF TUBACO. Colombian Government Preparing to Drive Off the Insurgents. Colon , Colombia , Oct. 30. The Co lombian government is confident that Insurgents will not be able to main tain the blockade nt Tubaco. The In surgents secured their position there during the temporary absence of the gunboat Hoya and the government Is hopeful of being able to raise the siege BOOH. Woman Shoots to Kill. Plttsburg , Oct. 30. While indulg ing In preliminary hallow'een pranks , Fred Bradley , aged 15 , was shot and almost -Instantly killed last night by Mrs. Margaret Cameron. A crowd of boys gatherpd around the grocery store of Mrs. Cameron , on Kaercher street , and frightened her 10-year-old Bon by playing ghost. Mrs. Cameron secured a revolver , after having warned the boys away , and fired four shots Into the crowd , one of the bullets entering Brndlcy's abdomen , and ho died within an hour. Chamberlain Defends Policy. London , Oct. 30. Mr. Chamberlain , speaking yesterday In Cupar , Scotland , repeated the argument he has fre quently used in justification of the gov ernment's South African policy. He defended himself from the accusation that he was responsible for the war , by declaring that again and again Gieat Britain had been on the eve of n struggle with the Boers , not over the question of franchises , but on the issue whether Briton or Boer should be pre dominant in South Africa. Fatal Shooting Affray. Wheeling , W. Va. , Oct. 30. Last night Dr. W. T. Lowthcr.of New Mar- tlnsvllle , while in company with his wife , met Friend Cox , an oil contract or. A shooting melee followed , both sides participating , and Cox was shot through the head and killed instantly. Dr. Lowther was seriously wounded and Mrs. Lowther was shot through the right lung. Both may die. Cox and his wife separated some months ago and from that date started the en mity between Cox and Lowther. Blow Open Iowa Bank Safe. Des Molnes , Oct. 30. The safe In the Bank of Huxley , at the town of Huxley , 30 miles north of hero , was blown open by robbers during the night and $700 was taken. The citi zens have organized a posse and are now In pursuit of the perpetrators. Chief of Police Mathlas of this city and a number of officers have left for Huxley to aid in the pursuit. Pupil Fatally Stabs Teacher. Owensboro , Ky. , Oct. 30. While Everett Bohanan , a. school teacher at Beech Grove , was whipping Marshall Hardln. aged 18 , for misbehavior yes terday , Hardin kicked the crutch from under Bohanan's arm nnd stabbed him In the left side with a knife. Bohanan Is dying and the boy has been arrested. Officer and One Robber Killed. St. Louis , Oct. 30. J. W. Brown of East St. Louis , a special officer for the Vandalla Railway company , was shot and killed yesterday at Forest Lawn , by a crowd of suspected brass thieves. One of the men who did the shooting wns killed by Brown. The body of the dead thief has not yet been Identified. Plague at Liverpool. London. Oct. 30. The local govern ment board has issued a statement that two persons died from the plague during the month of October at Liver pool , according to bacteriological testa made after the deaths. CONQUEST OF FOREIGN TRADE. Hem Market Club of Boston Voices Its Sentiment on Reciprocity. BoBton , Oct. 30. Chosen to voice the sentiment of the Homo Market club to hasten a more general reci procity of trade and at the same tlmo to protect the homo market , the exec- utlvo committee has authorized the publication of the following state ment : "Among the most gratifying condi tions of the time , which Is attended with so much prosperity at home , Is the fact that we have already extended our trade abroad and have conquered BO large a place In the markets of the world. The time Is auspicious for con tinuing nnd completing this conquest. It must go on without delay and must be thorough and permanent. To that end every step must bo wise , success ful , unretreatlng and must command nnd retnln the confidence and approba tion of the American people. We must Injure no existing American Industry and throw no body of workmen out of work. We respectfully request con gress , therefore , to collect without de lay , from every available souice , full nnd exact Information ns to the effect of nil proposed treaties upon Indus tries now successfully established , so tlmt none may be sacrificed and In that way 'whatever may be accomplished shall be both beneflclnl nnd enduring. " ISSUES PEACE PROCLAMATION. President Castro of Venezuela Asserts Revolution In that County Is Ended. New York , Oct. 30. E. Gonznles Esteves , Venezuelan consul general , bus received the following cable from , 1'rosldent Castro of Venezuela : "In ternal pence has been today pro claimed. " Commenting upon the 'dis patch Consul General Ksteves said : "The revolution so far as Venezuela Is concerned is quashed. This procla mation was made on the anniversary of the birth of that great patriot , Boli var. The day was a holiday through out all Venezuela. Fighting has ceased on the Colombian frontier , though troops are still relayed at different points to guard nnd guarantee the peace that has been proclaimed. " MINERS HONOR THEIR CHIEF. Mitchell Day is Observed by Parade In Which 15,000 Take Part. Wilkesbarre. Oct. 30. Mitchell day was observed here by the United Mine Workers by u parade , In which 15,000 miners marched and which was headed by John Mitchell , the president of the. union. It was the greatest outpouring of miners ever seen here. After the parade there was a mass-meeting , at which President Mitchell was the prin cipal speaker. All the mines were Idle In the Shamokln district. Fif teen thousand paraded at Hazleton. Denver Publisher Arrested. Denver. Oct. 30. United States Marshal shal Bailey yesterday arrested William C. Calhoun , publisher of the Rocky Mountain Sentinel nnd the Illustrated News , on an Indictment found against him by the federal grand jury , charg ing that ho used the malls for illegal purposes. 'It Is alleged that fraudulent mining schemes wore promoted in Calhoun's publications. Portrait of Cocker. Edward Cocker , who lived In tbe > reign of Charles II. . Is chiefly known to the present generation by the sayIng - Ing In common use. "According to > ( 'ocker. " which means In accordance with nrltlnrMlcnl rules. 1 saw the oth er day amid the treasures of n private collector a copy of the first edition ut Cocker's Immortal work on arithmetic , published ly T. Passenger at the Three Bibles on London bridge. Only two. or nt most three , perfect copies are known to the book collector. One Is In the British museum. This par ticular copy , Its brown morocco piti fully faded , bears on Its title page the Inscription. "Cocker's Arithmetic ! ; , IVruscd and Published by John Haw kins by the -Vutbor's Correct Copy. " It contains what purports to be n portrait of "ingenious Cocker. " Ex perts , however , shake their beads over the authenticity of this work of art. There nre many engraved portraits of the epoch , but there was only one Cocker. The British museum copy 1ms no portrait , and there Is too much rea son to fear that this embellishment wns lidded by some Ingenious owner of nn earlier century. Cocker died In 107. ) . This rnre relic of the past bears date 107S. Scotsman. Gcorue's Fiither. Augustine Washington , the father of George Washington , wns engaged In 17H2 In making pig Iron nt Accokeek furnace , In Stafford county , Va. , about fifteen miles from Frcderlcksburg , when bis famous son wns born. This furnace bad been built by the Princi ple company , composed of English cap italists. ns early ns 17''G. on land owned by Augustine Washington , aggregating about l.COO acres and containing iron ore , Mr. Washington becoming the owner of one-sixth of the furnace property - erty In consideration of the transfer of his Innd to the company. .Miirrlinuti ) nn , | I. ; , , , , , An old man was rallied by his friends , on his marrying n young wife , on the Inequality of their ages. He replied , "She will be near me to close mv eves " "Well. " replied a friend , "I've had two of them , and they opened my eyes.-Exclmnge. Smnrt Girl. Her Mother-Edith , don't you think Wlt" Edith-No , mammn ; the older I get the better I like thcm.-Tlt-Blts. . Kind Lady-Poor fellow , have you got no friends ? Hay.HazardNo , mum ; I hain't got nobody but relative-Exchange.