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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1894)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , MONDAY MOllNIjNQ , SEPTEMBER 3 , 1891. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Wbolo Towns in Minnesota Wiped Oat \ > y Flames , OVER ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE CONSUMED Acres of Forests Ablnzo Extending Over Entire TERRIBLE TAL'.S OF THOSE WHO ESCAPED Hundreds Lest While Fleeing Before the Advancing Demon of Eeitrcotion , MANY TAKE REFUGE IN LAKES AND RIVERS Trains Overtaken and Destroyed with Allen on Board , RAILS WARPED BENEATH TURNING WHEELS H Engineer Hushes Ills I'rcclom lluriUn to u Convenient l uko anil AH Arc Six * ml by T. UIns to the HtiUr. ST. PAUL , Sept. 2. Six towns wiped out * nd more than COO dead IB the record made by the forest fires In this state In the past twenty-tour hours. In Hincklcy , Sandstone , Pokegama , Sandstone Junction , Skunk Lake nnd Mission Creek , there are 355 known elead. In addition , several hundred are miss ing , while from 150 to 200 were scattered on farms throughout the district burned over. The destruction was complete in most ot the towns named , but some of the forest land escaped. The loss , however , v.lll be In the millions , and the loss ot llfo will not be definitely known for several days , II ever. The relief trains brought supplies sent out from this city , Minneapolis , Duluth and other towns. Sufferers arc being cared for at Pine City and other points A special to the Pioneer Press from Pine City , Minn. , says : Estimate ot the dead Hincklcy , 200 ; Sandstone , lorty-sK ; Sand stone Junction , twenty-five ; Pokegama , twenty-five ; Skunk Lake , twenty-nine ; mis cellaneous , thirty ; total , 335. The list of dead , to date Includes Iho fol lowing : BANDY IinNDKKSON , 30 years. JOHN IinNUUHSON. 12 years. - HANSON. MARS HANSON AND VIVU HANSON CHILDIinN. THOMAS JONKS. HANSON AND WIPE. EMILY HANSON , Ifi years. CHA11LI12 HANSON , 19 years. CHARLES ANDERSON , 20 jears. HANS MATTISON , 20 years , MHS. WILLIAM CINDER. DHNNIS IlILUY , yard vwitcliman. JIM IH3AN , foreman Urcnnan Lumbei company. JOJIN UUST. W1FU AND FOUtt CHIL- DRHN. JOHN ANDIMISON AND WIFE. T\VO ANDURSON CIIILDRDN. WILLIAM NCSHIT , sawyer. HENRY HANSON. T , TUIIQUON. - LAMU AND SON. MRS. MAHTIN'AND rotm CHILDRC > -drowned. MltS. 1ILANC1IAHD VND TWO CII1L DREN. DR. C. II. KP.LSnr of Now Brighton. E , ULANCHAKD. LOUIS NELSON , employe of the listen railway. * PHTER nODERTSON. NELS ROHERTSON. MAUY UOUr.RTSON. - ROBERTSON AND CHILD. - - HOFFMAN AND WIFE. KMMA DOLAN , I1ELLK O'URIK.V , ANN1K WALLACE. MRS , COSTIQLK AND TIIREU CIIIL tiuN. : WILLIAM PINNORn. I PATRICK MURPHY. ORV1LL13 COX. THOMAS DUNN. WIPE AND FOUI CHILDREN. GRAPHIC STORIES OF TUB SCENE. On the train today from there were one o two people who came through the fires am -who have graphic stories ot the scene. Tit train from Duluth Teached n point a mil nnd a halt north ot Illnckley bomo tlin after midnight , and was forced to return t a point five miles away on account of th threatening flames. Halt a dozen of th passengers , however , secured a handcar nn rede through the flames to Illnckley , takin the northbound train this side of there , an returning on It to thin city , On their rldo on the handcar they foun twenty-seven dead bodies along the line c tha railroad. Seventeen were discovered t Illnckley during the mcmlng and Ivvcntj ono others liavo been found up to 1 o'rlocl They say the people of Illnckley ran to th woods when their houses caught fire , and n the timber afterwards burned , il Is moi than probable that a great number pcrlshci The moat conservative estimate ol Iho Jea it 200 , The whole country around Hlnckle t on fire , and the lull extent of the dlsast * cannot be > learned for a day or two. OTHER TOWNS DESTROYED. H 1 * feared several other towns have su ft roil a like fate. MUlaca called lor help ye : tcrday olUrncxm , and the relief train Iroi 8t , Clom ! was unable to get beyond Brldg < man. Nothing further has yet been r < celved frCM MUlaca. and how much nil have been the suffering cannot at th t tin bo known. llrlilKemnn wat apparently iafo alter liard fight. The flames , however , were vei threatening around that town , and as It very dry over that part ot the state ll "wornt Is f tared The party that came through too fir around HInckley on the handcar suffered se verely from burning. Their Injuries , how ever , will not prove fatal They tell many sad stories ot what they saw. One woman had Dvldently tried to eavc her five children and -was overtaken by Iho fierce flames and Iho whole family perished close to the rail road track. Another case was where a mother , seeing her liouso In flamc-i , ran to save her child , her husband following her , and tlio walls of the house caved In before they could get out. The passenger train from Dulutli , on which these men were , Is In ashes , and the rest ol the p-uaengers , have taken rcfugo In a marsh near Skunk inks , where they are surrounded by flre. The engineer was badly burned by the flames , but stuck to his post nnd got all ot the passengers out of the flro safely. This engineer , James Root , Is one of the best known and pluckiest of those In the employ of , the St Paul & Duluth. He tried to take his train through the fires to HInckley , but w hen the cars caught flre from the flying em bers ho reversed hli engine and backed at full speed to Skunk lake , It was so dark during tlie day yesterday that it was almost Impossible for nny one to sco 100 feet away , and during the night the headlight on the engine was useless. Engineer Root's Injuries arc quite serious , but It Is hoped ho will recover , although one report gives no hope. HUNDREDS OF BODIES FOUND. The little town of Mlsconce , some little distance north of HlncXley , Is also reported In ashes. Special trains were sent out , both from Duluth and St. Paul , toJay , with full medjcal forces , pnd all that Is possible to be done will bo done. A private dispatch received thli evening from the burned district states positive- ] that 2r,0 dead bodies have already been re covered , so Iho estimate made above may be' considered as decidedly conservative. The losses in the neighborhood of SI. Cloud , which Is on the western edge of the fires , are estimated at $200,000 , and from that point cast and north reirly evcrj thing Is burning. The fires arc raging In Becker and Aitkcn counties , where many farm houses nnd much grain has been lost , as well as timber. HINCKLEY IN RUINS. Thp walls of the school house , the Iron fence about the town hall property , the bank vault and one absolutely uninjured outhouse Is all that Is left to mark the site ot Illnck ley , where yestcnlay stood a score of build ings and a dozen times as many dwelling houses. The story ot the catastrophe Is a short one. The town vvns built of wood. The school house , erected last year at a cost of $10,000 , and one-halt of the Dulutb round house were the only brick structures in the city. By one of those peculiar freaks for which there Is no accounting , the Eastern Minnesota seta , round liouso nnd water tank on the bouthwestern edge of the town , almost In the woods , escapid the flames , a circum stance the more remarkable from the fact that It Blood directly In tlie path of the flames , which stem to liave Jumped it as cleanly as If plajing leap frog. All yesterday evening the townspeople were apprehensive. The flro kept advancing , fanned by the wind , which was blowing a gale About 11 o'clock the flre company got out their engine and laid an SOO-feet line of hose to the northern outskirts of Iho town The hose -was too short tor the measure of protection desired and n telegram was sent to Rush City for more , rive hundred fett were sent , but it never reached HInckley. CAME LIKE A CYCLONE , About 3 o'clock In this afternoon the flre literally Jumped Into the town. It did net cat Its way along , devouring ever ] thing In Its path , but came In huge leaps as it to overtake everything fleeing before It , and then burned back at its leisure. It appeared as If It-was forced along by cj clones of Its own generation. The- In tense heat would develop a vciliable whirl wind of flame that carried huge blaming fire brands high In the air , and carrying them forward for Irom forty to eighty rods , let them fall and begin the work of devastation anew , TIie > flre first struck HlncUey on the easl side of the Duluth track and the brave flre fighters for the flrst tlmo gave up the un equal battle and , already too late in many Instances , turned their attention to their personal safety. The Eastern Minnesota train from the soutr , had Just come In and the people of the panic btrlcl.on city flocked to it for safety , A number of box cars were coupled on ani ! filled and covered with men , women anil children. Some were bareheaded , some wen coatless , some few clutched a pitiful bundle ot the more precious cf their portable pos sessions. Famllllca wcro separated. In al there was a motley ciowd of about 150 01 or more people. The train pulled out just ahead if the fin and succeeded In ultimately reaching Duluth Tldb circumstance , while fortunate in t degree that cannot be estimated , has madi the confusion greater , for it Is not kuuwr who escaped In this way and many peopli are reported dead who may be In safety Had not this , number of people , mostly wo men and children , left the doomed city wlicr they did , the loss of lite would have In created In n geometrical ratio , for theli presence would have added Immeasurably tc the subsequent contusion. WRECKED IN A GIGANTIC FURNACE About tlie same-time the accommodation 01 the HInckley & St. Cloud branch left lor th latter place , with about twenty-five passen gcrs. Its path lay directly across the paU ot the f.ro and the situation speedily be came desperate. The ties were burning , th rails were warping , and the trestles wer ragging under the train. The smoke hai increased so the engineer was helpless. II could not see the train behind him. Burnlni trees lay across the track and were belnj tossed aside by the engine. . Suddenly th track gave way and the train toppled ol to one Eidc. No one was Injured and the : pressed on to Pokegama station , a fe\ rods ahead. But a few feet In fron ot the engine was discovered a gorg sixty feet wide and forty feet deer , where the tr < stlo had been burned awa > They succeeded In reaching the cleat ing about the station and escaped with few burns and bruUrs. There were burne along the track , however , four or fflve people The people who were left In the city wcr in what seemed to be an almost hopeles condition. Kgresa by the only means c transportation that could hope to distune the swiftly advancing flame * was out ol th question. The men had been lighting tit g Are for hours and the women and clilldre 0 were In a panic-stricken condition Horse were harnessed to buggies' and wagon : Women and children were hurriedly Probably 200 ot them left town on foot or In vehicles , plunging Into the woods north across the Grindstone river , which -skirts the town on the north. They were literally flee ing before the pursuing demon. PLED TO THE SWAMP. Over the hill that rises beyond the Grind stone Is a swamp , and to this most ol the people with t ams headed , but It proved no protection , The fire gave them no oppor tunity to go further. Some abandoned their teams nnd ran Into the Icwer portions of the morass , but the fire sought them out. Not ono was left to tell the tale , nnd there , th.s morning , In a space Of n little more than flvo acres , were counted over 130 corpses. There- were many families of five. , six nnd seven , and there they lay , the men generally a little In advance , the mother surrounded by her little- ones , cut oft by the most horrible ol deaths , Nearly all the bcdles were nude , the flre having burned every vestige cf their cloth ing nnd blackened and charred many ot the corpses beyond recognition , and where whole families were wiped out , ns they were , and some of the bodies completed Incinerated , Identification Is absolutely out of the ques tion. Those who fled to the north on foot Mlowcd the Duluth track , and so rapid was the progress ot the tlamea that many of them were actually burned as they fled , falling on the right ot way , and for a dis tance ot three miles or more nearly thirty bod.es wcro recovered. Some of the fore most of Iho escaping citizens met the Du luth train coming in from the north. It was duo at HInckley at1.05. . Engineer Jim Root was at the throttle. Ho stopped the train and took on board about 125 of the refugees. SAVED BY A PLUCKY MAN. By this time the woods were blazing on each side o'f the track , and an Root reversed his engine nnd started Ijsck the ca.s scorched and crackled In the lient. Ho.t ran the train back about three miles to Skunk lake and the people escaped frsm the burning cars to the water and no lives wera lost. The people who remained In HInckley fared the best of all. The Eastern Minnesota tracks mark the eastern edge of the city proper. Just bejond the road was a tract ct land probably embracing at least ten acres The whole area had been ex cavated to a depth of thirty or forty feet , and In Its center was a stagnant pool of rain water three feet deep. To It fl d 100 citizens , who were willing to trust to its friendly depths. There they remained four hours , while the sm ke and flames rolled over their heads They dashed water over each other nnd covered their heads with wet cloths to prevent suffocation and all were saved , Others ot the citizens Bought refuge In Grindstone river under the abutments of the two railway bridges and at the fet bridge. The- exact number cannot be known. 'That many escaped and some were drowned is known Mrs. Martin Martinson and her four Ittlo babies were taken , drowned , from the watsr this morning. In the meantime HInckley was burning with the utmost conceivable rapidity and In a few hours ncthlng was left but blackened ruins The total loss to the city will exceed $1,000,000 , with a comparatively light in surance. The situation at Sandstone Is even more appalling than at Hincklcy , except In point of numbers. Of the 200 residents , one- fourth arc dead DESCRIPTION OF AN EYE WITNESS. Otto Staffcrfeldt of Sandstone , talking of the disaster , said that last night about G:30 llarnes neared the town and the people pre pared to leave The wind blew lllte a hurri cane , and tt the people were getting ready to leave the fire closed in on three sidea. Not a single person saved a tiling except his clothes. About ICO went to the river and fifty or sixty were burned , to death. At 1 o'clock this morning he saw over forty-seven bodies , charred nnd burned , Ijing on every side. The people are destitute of everything In addition to forty-seven bodies at Saml- stone , there ore twenty at Kettle River junction. All the settlers In the vicinity arc probably burned to death. There are about eleven homeless families still at Mission Creek , but they have provisions for about twenty-four hours , lirook Park , two miles west of HInckley , is burned and there are about o people there , many ot whom arc In need of Immediate relief. From the stories of passengers on the lim ited train which was burned near Illnckley , the erjtlre crew deserve to be placed on the roll of honor for personal heroism. Engineer James Root of White Rear heads the list. Ho was badly burned and almost blinded and fell from his seat unconscious imme diately an getting through tlie fires. When about two miles north of Hincklcy , Root flrst discovered the fires which had been raging on both sides of the track were racing htm for his life and the lives ot Ms passengers Cinders were flying In every direction nnd the smoke was so dense it was well nigh Impossible to sec beyond the cab windows , oven with the aid of the pow erful headlight. At flrst he thought to out run the flames , which were coming after nnd bearing down upon him at a sixty-mile gait , SURROUNDED WITH FLAMES. When about a mile and a halt from HInckley he discovered the fire was too fasl and overtook the train and overleaped it , sc It was literally surrounded with flames. The air was stifling and the clothes of both en gineer and fireman caught flre. Fltemnr McUowan leaped into the water tank , am ! 'then seizing- bucket dashed the watci several times over the burning engineer Root steadily kept at his post , althougl : scarcely able to sit upright. In the meantime tlie passengers could see nothing , but heard the rearing ot the oncom ing tornado of flre , and eoon the glare outside was too much for the reason of a number ol them. The rear cars caught fire and as tin flames overtook them the passengers rushet headlong into the forward cars. The shriek : of the women and children as well as tin shouts of the terrified men Increased with th < terrible noises aroused by the uproar of tin flames on every hand. Several of the male passenger * , too terri fied for self control , leaped headlong thr ugt broken windows and were swallowed up Ir the flames outside. Olbers , seeing this ac tlon , quickly followed , and altogether In thi next ten minutes a dozen men leaped ti death In the flames In a like manner. Tin women , whose terror had been pitiful a fev moments before , now came heroically to thi help of the trainmen In endeavoring to sotin the frightened children , SAVED HV A RELIEF TRAIN. Engineer Root saw there vvaa no outU apparently for his train ahead and conclude ! to turr back through the distance alread ; burned over ratliT than enc unter poaslbl : greater perils before them. He bacl ed at i fmt spetd to Skunk lake , Rv miles fron Illnckley. The passengers dosertc.l tlie trail there and took r fuge In a twamp , wlier they spent the night This morning a relle train from the north was brought througl HInckley and en to this city. Tlie re.ll- train carlrcd a supply of handcars , which wur upcd In picking up the bodies of the dead along the track. Engineer Root lies fit his homo at White Bear , too badly injured to be Interviewed. He was badly cut by broken glass , but his w.rst Injuries were from Inhaling the hot air and smoke. WHEN THE DANGER WAS PASSED. As night cUsed In tire people began to come out from their hiding places and made their v\ay o\cr tlie hot embers of their burned city. They were absolutely dazed by the catastrophe , and the night was spent In endeavoring to find relatives. The flre lud spent Its force , but the air was filled with smoke , through which gleamed the dull blaze of smouldering flre in the more sub stantial stocks ot gods , Two huge heaps cf coal , which marked the location ot the Duluth coal sheds , were blazing , and by the fitful light they wandered about , picking cut the places where but six hours before their happy homes had stood , The fact that so many had escaped by train added to the anxiety ot those whose friends and relatives were not to be found , while It furnished ct the same tlmo a basis for hcpo that they were In safety. When the morning broke a lew energetic spirits began t l organize the work of the recovery of the bodies. J. W. Sargent , a passenger conductor of lha Duluth road , organized a volunteer crew , who manned two handcars , whose capacity was increased by the use cf planks They went up the Duluth track to the north and picked up thirty-one bodies be wecn the river and Skunk Lake. The bdles were wrapped up In blankets , and such cloth as could be obtained and laid out by the side of the track where the depot had stood. Citizens volunteered and har nessed up the available vehicles saved In the gravel pit , and went out to the swamp across the Grindstone. They brought In eighty-six bodies , -which- were carried out to the dcbclate burying ground a mile cast sf town. There -was neither time nor op portunity to observe the aacred formalities usually surrounding dryith. The excitement of the occasion , the horrible experience through which the living had passed , nnd the moro horrible form in which death bad conio to the lost , ind temporarily blunted the finer sensibilities , and the dead were heaped high on tlio wagons and la d In piles at the cemetery among the smoking embers and stumps that snmundod God's acre. Coroner Cowfn directed the digging of two hugo pits. 24x12 feet , in wjilch the Interment will be made tomorrow. , IDENTIFICATION ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. One of the saddest features of the calamity Is the Impossibility of iduitlflcatlon In such a largo proportion of tlio cases. The ninety- six bodies brought into this point were ex amined by many of the surviving residents of HInckley , and but four could be Identified Charles Anderson , Ax'i Hanson , Dennis Rlley and 3Irs. Glnder. The remainder will liavp to be burled together In the Indeflnite- less o't the , arrangementsland It seemed Im possible to do otherwise under the circum stances , due regard was rvbtipatd to a proper separate preservation pf 'articles found on the bodies , and the last chance of identifica tion was lost. These , who brought Jn the BodiesJlfSnY.tuq , swftmp reported there wcro at least thirty- five other bodies out Xhero'whlch cannot bs brought in until morning. Out on the 'gov ernment road tq the cast was found tlio Best family of six persons , father , mother and four children. Best was a prosperous farmer living Just out of town. , Here also were recovered the bodies of the three un fortunate creatures who lived at the Stock ade. Near Skunk lake were"found the bodies of a family consisting of father , mother' and seven children. Of another family in which there were five children , only the father es caped. There was a settlement of ab ut thirty people near this lake and but two are known to be alive , Marvelous escapes are numerous. Twelve- jear-old Chris Anderson , after Ills father , mother and slskr had been suffocated In the swamp , himself fell into a ditch nnd was too exhausted to move. He lay there until this morning , when he was able to make his way to the town. Many such remarkable escapes are recorded. This afternoon the wcrk train from St. Paul reached Hincklcywith an undertaker and thirty-two caskets. By evening the thlrty-ons corpse's that lay beside the track had been wrapped up , laid away In the cas kets and returned to Pine City. No attempt was made to bury the dead at the cemetery. Governor Nelson , Mayor Smith of St. Paul and Mayor Eustls of Minneapolis have all issued proclamations calling on the people for help. Anything In the line of provisions , clothing or money willbeery acceptable. All the churches In the city and relief societies have been throwing open their doors tor contributions and several responses have been lecclved. : SOKNIiS. Refugee * from tlio Adllctcil DUtrlcts 1'oui tug Into riim City. PINE CITY , Minn. . Sept. 2. Pine City has turned the skating'rlnk and court house , ns well as many private houses , into hos pitals , where fifty sufferers are receiving mcdtcnl attention and careful nursing. Whichever way the eye turns heartrending scenes are witnessed , The hospitals and streets are thronged with people seeking their missing loved ones. As soon as each train comes in from * the north ther ? Is a frenzied rush ot luqul cre. Few families are complete and the torture of anxiety and ( despair Is driving some Pf9plo out of their senses. J ' A man going Insane , 'a patient groaning Ufa away , a heap of pliujers representing a human form these are a few of the Inci dents ot the great forgitfire of ISDt. No trains arc runrjlnjj west of HInckley and It Is Impossible to < get accurate Information mation , Carleton , lulljjdge. Shell Lake ' and other towns In'ihofnorth are reported burned. West of Pine C.IIJ a fearful fire U blazing and sweeping , cyeo'thlng before II , In the afternoon thW flra a at least twelve miles square , but/as the wind has gone down considerably ) It Ja hqjiod its course will be checked. There are fire * north ot Snake river alto in a'hcavy. ira er section , vvhliti is sparsely eettled , As lor loss of property , It is Impossible tc make oven an approximation. The clean-oul has been so complete tjiat many people have no ambition to rebuild and will scatter to al parts ot the country , NOTRS Otv THE CALAMITY. In the- woods north ot town was found t team ot gray lior&es , harneised to the re mains , of a burned wagon , Under the wager were the bodies pf a vyoraan and three dill clren. hut Iho horses weru not harmed It the least and we-e brought back Into tov.ii The boJy ol Jim Bean , the Brcnnan J.umbei company foreman , wan found In the swum ) under a wagon. The wagon bad struct i etunip and the team Ijitd broken away. Then were only a few fragments of Dean'B bed : unturned , but lie. was IJer.tliliJ by come ke < ( Continued pn Second Page. ) COULD BOT BROOK CRITICISM Membejs of the Greek Army Demolish the Office of an Unfriendly Newspaper. EDITOR OF ATHENS AKROPOUS REBUKED Mob of Odicers mid I'rhntoi M'rcck Itli IXutiMilunrnt Couiplotrljr ninl Attnck llli l'rl\uio ItrnliUncc .Iniirintl- IBIII tliut llrutiglit Its Itmraril , ATIinNS , Sept. 2. Much excitement has been occasioned here by a summary act of vengeance against n newspiper published In this city. For some lime past the Akropolla has been publishing n series of articles de rogatory to the army. The articles excited much Indignation In the army and the matter was heatedly Ulfcu'scd. Finally , It was di- cldcd to put a stop to further adverse criticism on the part of tha Akropolls. Ono hundred and thirty officers and men ot all arms proceeded to the newspaper office yjes- terday and wrecked the place. Nearly all the attacking party were armed with axes , with which the press and type and type cabcs were destroyed. The library was then at tacked , the books being toin to pieces and everything ofaluo hacked to bits. The debris was thrown Into the street. Inflamed with their success at the offlce. It was proposed to attack the residence of the editor of the paper. The proposal was Im mediately acted upon , the soldiers marching in a body to the objective point. Arriving at the house , the men burst In the doors nnd destrcycd all tha household effects. Twenty soldiers hn\e been arrested. The outrage is everywhere denounced. c II-TH > OT KINDLY iucim : : < i > . Dnniit oils ot tiluilstima unit Iturnn Twufil- numtli CuiiKu UiifiiKiruhlo Comment. DUBLIN , Sept 2 The Evening Herald ( r'arncllllc ) , In addition to its statements , commenting on the donatl ns of Mr Glad stone and Baron Twccdmotith to the Irish parliamentary fund , that neither Keogh nor Saillleil sold themselves to cheaply as the I'arnelllte-i ha've don ? , says : ' It Is the price of treachery to Ireland , and divided among the whig members represents tis 25 shillings purchase money f r each ot them " LONDON , Sept. 2. The Gladttone-Tweed- mouth contribution of 100 each to tto Irish parliamentary fund Is causing n sensation in all political parties Baron Tvveedm uth , In forwarding his contribution from Scot land , wrote Mr. Justin McCarthy , chairman of the Irish parliamentary fund , saying that he had received a note from Mr Gladstone , inclosing a check for 100 to bs forwarded to the fund. The unionists are making much of the fact that none ot the money which is said to be pouring Into the Irish coffers Is going to the eUcted tenants. The Globe this afternoon , commenting upon th'S3 contributions , says that a double effect will bo felt from this subsidy , It will keep the I'arncllltc" ? In good temper and the evicted tenants will become in re oxasp rated than ever. The Globe also bays : "If Mr. Gladstone and Daron Tweodmouth have taken this action without consulting the premier or Sir William Hal court It navors ol spring ing a mine upon hera. " WILL I > IIOS1CCUTU THE WAU. II * , * ' I'rcinrntlom Under liny III China for u Mguruu * L'mnp.iljn. .LONDON , Sept. 3. The Standard's ' corro- spsndent In Berlin telegraphs as follows The war party , of which Prince Tchlng Is the head , has , I learn , got the upper hand in China , which means that the struggle with Japan will be prosecuted with vigor. A large army Is now gathering near I'ck.n Half ot the may will guard the capital , the other halt will maicli to Corea before win ter Owing to the fieezlng ot the gulf of Pcchl LI the Japanese will then not de rive S3 much benefit from their na\y as tliej have hcrettofore , and will be doomed , more or less , to inaction The correspondent states that rumors of negotiations between the United States , Great Ur tain , Russia and Germany for the holding ot a conference to pa\e the way for peace Is unfounded. Hyclcnlo toiigrcsH C ii\cn il. HUDAI'HST , Sept. 2. Archduke Charles Louis , acting en behalf of Emperor rrancls Joseph , today opened the Intel national Hygienic congress Representatives from all the leading countries were present. Dr Hillings , speaking on behalf of the Amer'can ' government and the scientlflcc boards in the United States , ta'.d the fact that the American delegates had come s > great a distance showed the Importance attached to hygienic questions In America. NIWH of Dlnutter Ciinllrinrd. LONDON , Sept. 3. A dispatch from Paris to the Times says that a. cable message sent from St. Louis , Senegal , to the { lavas News agency seems to confirm the recent dispatch received by the Journal des Debats regard ing the disaster to the Trench army at rim- buctoo. The Hatas dispatch says It Is ru mored In St. Louis that the situation In Tlmbuctoo Is grave. A company of tlralleurs are said to have been complcttly beaten by the Tuaregs. _ I iihor Ttoublos In Mrily * LONDON , Sept 2. A dispatch from Rome says : The troubles In Sicily have again assumed a grave aspect. Agrarian crimes are frequent and the Ill-feeling of the peasantry against the land owners , which was dormant during the state of siege. Is now found In greater proportions. The government Is asked to tak ; strenuous meas ures to lmno\e ) the relations between the land owners and tenants. Ilinprror Willl.uu ut I.uii kroii. STOCKHOLM , Sept. 2. Emperor William lias arrived at Lanskron In South Sweden , where ho will attend the great autumn maneuvers. This is the flrst visit of royalty to Lanskr-n since 1S15. The thoroughfares were packed with people in g.iU costume. In the evening there was n torchlight procession and the emperor was serenaded by the military bands. The maneuvers began last Thursday , I'reiicU ItojiillitH Mourn. PARIS , Sept. 2In accor/lancft with the deslrs expressed by the duke of Orleans , son cf the Comte do Paris , who la said tc be dying at Stowe house , near London , thai prayers be said in the churches for the restoration of his father to health , a Ion mass was celebrated today at the church ol the Madeline. .The services were attended by all the notable royalists In I'arls , each ol whin dlsplajed deep emotion , Xuiuoilelt.ll Dm Crtlilu . LISBON , Sept. 2. The mln'stsrlol crisis ha ; ben passed by a remodeling of the cabinet Scnor Riberro , the prime mlnUtcr. will re tain the finance portfolio , abandoning tin position of foreign minister , which will b < taken by Scnor d' A villa , the former mlnUtei of public works , Industry and c mmerce Scnor Henrlques will succeed Senor d Avllla , _ ] Iuniiielrd MrJcilin I'cnclorV I'urlv , ATHENS , Sept. 2. The British mlnlstei today gave a lunch In honor of M. Tricoupli prime minister ot Greece , and the in ember : of Sir John Pendcr'n party , who are maklni 3 Mediterranean trip In the latttr'i ' yacht Among the guesti was Hon. Thomas F Uayord , the American ambassador to Grea Britain , vvlu U of the ) achtlnc par > y. N hllltt l'n l > l ST. PETERSBURG , Sept. 2. The police o Kalnoga , capital of the government of lha name , ninety-five miles i utliweat of Moscow have dltcovered a preis tbat was being us < by the Nihilists for the | iubllc tl-n of lltera. tnrp for dissemination throughout the empire. Many persons have been arrested on the charge ot biliig Interested in the press. ( H rnuiii lleMN tif Sitiuoii , LONDON. Sept. 2 A special dispatch to the Times from Ucrlin says that the German press , In commenting on HIP Samo.ui affair , emphatically demands that an end be put to the Intolerable situation there. The German papers declare that the tripartite agreement of the government : ) of the Islands Is the root of the evil and should bo repealed. rnttilKlli'ln Ultl NittltP4. LONDON , Sept. 2. A Cape Town dispatch to the Times bays that business Is at a stand still In Lorenzo Martinez , on the north side of Delegoa ba ) , owing to the revolt of the natives. A I'o-tUBUcso launch , fired on by the unlives , returned the lire , killing n num ber of the natives None of the Portuguese were hurt. _ Itii'vlin Sqimdriiu Kmoutn to Cnrru ST P15TKKSIJUHO. Sept. 2. The Russian squadron destined lor Corea Is under orders to proceed with the utmost expedition It Is officially stated the dltpatcli of the lUct docs not Imply Hnstlati military Intcrvcnli n In the Chlnese-Japaiioso dispute , but Is merely Intended to protect Ilu ulan trade. 1 omul iu > IJtifciDw 'lini Strung LONDON. Sept. 2. A special dispatch to the Times from Shanghai states that the Chinese report that on Thursday last the Japanese troops made a rcconnole-'ancc In force on fort Arthur. They found the land ward defenses too strong and retired without an attack. _ l'tinrrlrnn Uoimut ilttciiintR Snlrlilo. HOMI3. Sept. 2 Eugene fCozzl. formerly American consul here , made an attempt to kill himself today in HID hall of the I'lnclo , a fashionable evening resort , but was pre vented by the pol'cc. ' It Is believed the at tempt was prompted by ( limnclnl difficulties. llnl tl > < ! Honor of Kln-lni ; tlin I'opu'H Top. HOME , Sept. 2. Sixty Canadian pilgrims attended mass this morning In the lull of the consistory. The pope acted as coiebrnut. After the service , his holiness permitted the pilgrims to kiss his too and spoke a few words. _ I'm flu ! ; "Money from IVIuu Unifiers. LONDON , Sept. 2. A dispatch from Shanghai sn > s an Imcprlal decree has been issued p.t I'ckln ordering a forced loan It calls upon four native banks to loan the government , if possible , 10,000 tacls. Ctintic4 ( ut lliu , Iiiptna < o I.rgiitlnn. WASHINGTON , Sept. 2. TsuneeJIro MyaoKa , the secretary of tbo Japanese lega tion , has received notice of his transfer tea a similar office at Vienna. He will be suc- cseded by Mr Ainnno i/'liolrrit In VVudt t'himtoiH BRUSSELS. Sept. 2. A case of cholera was reported today at Newport , West Plun ders Th ro was als one case at Spjk-nlsse. Ona death trtim the disease occurred at B ksmcer. _ C'oiiilo tin I'lirln XiurliiR tlin Hud. LONDON , Sept. 2. Reports from Stowe house tonight state that the ccmte do Paris Is growing weaker. It Is believed that the end Is near. TO rvxibit Mempltl * tluilcn ] nlnc HcnoliViirru tits for MID aiurdorors of NIC Nitgrueii. * MEMPHIS , Sept. 2. Criminal Court Judge Cooper is determined to punish tlin mob who lynched six alleged negro Incendiaries near Mllllngton Friday night. Four mOro men were arrested on bench warrants today charging them with complicity In the lynch ing. From facts brought out today. It ap pears Detective Richardson knew an attempt would be made to lynch' the prisoners and deliberately led them Into the hands of the mob. C'lnilrmiiii or Xiitloniil Iloinocratla Commlt- tie Known N'nllilnt ; iif Colnrnln I'm tlonx. PHILADELPHIA. Sept 2-rhilrm.in W. V Ilnrrlty of the democratic national com mittee returned to Maine , where he has been upending the past week , and Imme diately left to join Ills family at Mount Piocco , Piu When showed the dispatch from Colorado vvhli.li said he had under taken to decide some of the disputes of tlie democrats of Colorado , lie slid. "I liu\e not attempted to settle an > disputes tliat may exist among the demociats ot Colorado rado Some time ago , In answer to an in- auliy upon tlie subject , I "tate-d that Hon lP. . Arlmckle uao rtcognUcd in the cam- palgn oC 1S92 OH the rhnlrman of the ilemo- cr.itlc Rtatc ce-nLial coinmlttco of Coloniilo That was nil tlieip was ot It. i am not advised as to what the pu-sunt status of affairs In Color.ulu Is. There may be n ina- teilal difTou-nce bPtvvcen the political con ditions of ISM and those ot WJ2. It was as to the bltuatlon In W2 that 1 wrote. " DKNVEH. Sept. 2 Tlie democrats of Colorado will hold two conventions In tills city tomorrow. Two years ago thp leaders of the jurty ppllt up on the < | UP8tlon effusion fusion with the iiopullsts , and two brunches of the pai ty were formed , one hectloti fus ing with the populists .nut the otlu-r putting up a straight ticket. Iloth bratichps hnvu for. Home time been tllrtlng with on < - an other and a coalition may be effected. A program h s been arranged w hereby It IB thought thp factions can be reunited It Is proposed that each convention effpc't tem poral y organization and then appoint a conference commlttpe , neither convention to do anything furtlie : until the result of the conference uliall be annoimcid. JIKI.E.\ . courj'.u i.v xinr YOU it. IcllH HUT WarlthiRiiiPii VVIutt Shn Would Dii If Shu VVrro < > oil. NBW YOnK , Sept. -Fully 1,000 men and women listened to an nddrc ° s by Mrs Helen M. Goug.ir of Indiana at the audi torium In. Prohibition purk , Staten Island , this afternoon. The bubject was ' The Shot gun or Justice. Which Hlmll the Laboring- Cl.iBsos Have In tlie Settlement of Strikes and Battles Bctwe-en Capital arid Labor/ / " Ileferrlnir to tliei poverty in tlie Kre-at cities nnd thp snffe-iltiK In the great tene ment house cllbtilctB of the cltle-s. Mm Gougar Bald tliore v\ere tlinusniids of acres of land in the suburbs of NPVV York held Idle for speculative purposed , and added "If I wrru the Almighty for only five min utes , 1 would tnko all this property from the land speculators and give to Ood'a children In tlin tenement houHes of Now York tv place upon thlx ninth and some 01 the gospel ot fresh ulr and sunshine * . " Atnyllnui-r lle'llri ' Ilunipil , SOUTH .ACTON. JSIaas. , Hept. 2.--The house of Mrfl Iren ? Tnyloi was buinid yes tenlay with many nrtlclps of value , causing a loss of $2 ,0 ) , upon which ( hero Is an InRUiance of ubout JS.OOO The Ions In rltides priceless helrlooniH and articles o historical value vvhlth camp over In the Majllowi-r. and which Mis. Taylor Imi contemplated picsentlng to the Massachu yetts Historical society. Incemllary. lijlnir llu < ( ' "iniincril.il Cubic. NiW YOItK , Sept. 2-The cubic stcamc Mackny-IiennPl pu hcd up the bay clo e to the Lonu Iclaiul nhoro todny lajlng the Bhoro end of the Commercial cable Tlie work of laying the- ruble was iKcompllxhci without ihitllgbtestjiKHculty. . The Hurfae of the bay wns without a ripple , nnd na sailing ciuft InipedPil the laying at the cubic or obstructed thn uteMiiei'H course. I niml Miiinl I olliii | > il , AHIILAND I'.i Sept. 2. During a game of base ball at Mnh'ny CH > ye-Hterd.iy at ternoon tlu Mr.i'1 ' HUmd e-ullnpHed , Patrlcl H uric a v > a fniill > burt and John MvWIg gen end VVIIIIutn UeKgt'ti fcrlously. Hevera were bmUvd , but not seriously. UK Unit l > i' ! > onili < ilt. nOCKLAND , Me Kept. -Hon. . Orrsnair F. Jiurgo' , ex-stato senator nnd rcprestnta live , ex-uupeilntPtident of Kihooln , und a re tlrrtl lime manufacturer , hanged lilmacl In his home o a rebult of protracted clc " MAJOR WIIA1I IS TO BE TRIED Detail for the Court Martini Bai Been Qivod Out at Wnthi : g'oti , PECIFIED CHARGES COVEi MANY YEARS Uhlrf Allrgutlnii IK u Putin ro ti > Svttto na Arls inn tliiilgiuciit II , I ! I P Ills .llltlMlft 1111 I'.tl- trcotlo < loliig < lici. WASHINGTON , Sept. 2 A general court iinrtl.il 1ms been orderi-Hl at Vancouver Bar- neksVnsti. . , for September U for trlnl ot Tuneral offenders. Tlu < detail Is : Brigadier General iu\ell : S Ot's , Colonel Thomna \nilei80ii , Lieutenant Colonel Hugh A. 'hacker , rourtccntli Infantry ; Lieutenant Colonel \Vllllam U Woivertun , deputy sur- ; con general ; Lieutenant Colonel John M , lacon , Tirst cavalry ; Mnjur Knink M. Cose , laymaster ; Major Jmties C I'ost , Corps of Snglneors ; Major 'fully .McCroa. TUth arttl- cry ; Major William N isli commissary ot ubslsteucc , Mnjor James M Marshall , tuiar- crmasterj Major JolinV. . Prench , 1'our- ecntli Infantry ; Major George S. Wilson , assistant ndjiitiuit general , Major Charles A. ilcCnulcy , Captain Cl.nrles McClure , acting nilgo advocateU. . S. A. , judge advocate ot he court. Ono of the principal duties or lie court martial order tu a Minblo ! at Van couver will lie the trial of Pu > master Wham , \ho lias liecn In trouble for some tlmo and vhoso wrcer hns attracted considerable at- cntlon In army circles. PORTLAND. Ore , Sept. 2. Major J. W. Whum. pa > master U. S. A , who U to bo rled by a military court at Vancouver Bar- ratlvs September 11 , said today In refer- cnce to Ills , trial : "I have much to Jell tha court oC nlllcl.il persecution , commencing Im mediately after I did exceedingly well , ' an expressed by the secretary of war , in dcfensu of my treasure bo > t against tlio assaults ot at least tvvlco the number of my escort , until every soldier but ono who remained with mo \ns woundul , and my ohl comrades of Gen eral GninfH old icglnicnl hail the temerity and audacity to state mj record us made la hlrleon battles and nearly live > cara scrvlco luring the rebellion , and to ask my appolnt- nent us pa > master general. A soldier with n fighting record Is made to feel very lone some in the pay department , which Is com- loscd , partlcularlj near the head of the list , ot nen who. In the language of my old com rades , and I am ready to ussert , 'did their lighting In snfo and comCortuble olllccs , far removed from the sound of battle. ' ' Of course , I feel deeply humiliated by this Injustice , but I ooulil not help It any nore linn I could help the order of my T at on filse charges s-on after the robbery n Arizona and of which I was acquitted without the Introduction of a particle ot to1- llniony In my defense. "In my judgment , the result of the forth coming trial will be exactly slm lar. The second sick leave of absence ever obtained by ins In a period of nearly thirty years' service was revoked after being Granted by a board of olllcers convened to dotcnnlno whether It should bo granted or not , and I was ordered back to my station , there to be held tor thrco months , subject to a BC- crot espionage to determine my sanity. But Dr. Byrne , the medical director , having , I presume , grown thatnugliljr Indignant at the liumllhting duty thus unlawfully Imposed on him , tri > > d' to terminate the unlawful , cruel and unjust action of Assistant Gecro- tary ofVar Grant , by at once reporting , -on my return to my station , Unit there was nothing whatever the matter , As to the charge that I am In debt , 1 will say yes , and ] urn Just as much responsible for It as I would be fcr the accidental killing of my mother. 11 hav ng occurred thr ugh the un precedented ArU-na floods In 1SUI , " Major Wham was appointed paymaster by President Grant , In whoso regiment ha served The charges against Major Wham are nnny , and co\er a long series ot years. It is understood that the principal charge against him Is the failure to meet a legal Judgment against him for several thousand d liars , growing out of a scheme for the Irrigation of Ar zcim lands many years ago. sov.it : I , .TAIIS. homo OIHtITS ( lUcn Xtiw Alignments iind Soniu ( ilii'ii l.rutcH. WASHINGTON , Sept. 1. ( Special Tele gram to The IJec ) The following changes In stations and duties of officers of tha medical department arc crderid : Major W. II. Gardner , surgeon , will bo relieved as at tending Burgeon and examiner or recruits headquarters , Department if Dakota and will report to commanding olllcer , Port Custcr , Mont. ; Mnjur Henry MclSlderry , surgeon , will be relieved as attending surgeon and examiner of recruits headimartcrs Department - ment of the I'iatte , and will report to com manding ofllcT , Tort Robinson , Neb. , to re lieve Major George W. Adalr , surgeon. Major Adalr , < vn being relieved by Major McEl- dcrry , will report to commanding officer , Washington barracks , District of Columbia , , to relieve Major Joseph 1C. Coraon , surgeon. Major Cordon , on being , relieved by Major Adalr , will report to commanding officer. Tort D. A. Russell , Wyo. First Lieutenant James T. Anderson , Twenty-fifth Infantry , Is granted leave ot absence until further orders on account ot dlsab'llty ' , to date from expiration of ex tension of ordlniry leave granted him. Second Lieutenant J , W. Darker , Ninth Infantry , Is transfeirtd to the Third infantry , company K. Leave of absence for six months It granted. Second Lieutenant Daniel W. Kctchanu Second artillery. Leave of absence Is granted for snen days , to Captain Charles G. Ayrcs , Tenth cavalry , recruiting officer. The leave of absence' granted iCaptaln Gtoigo I * . b'crl\en , signal corps , U S. A , , Is extended ono month. Captain William W. Gibson , ordnance de partment , will make not exceeding three visits from Watcrtowri arsenal , Massachu setts to the works of the Builders Iron foundry , I'rovidcncc , H. ] . . on ofllrlal busi ness pertaining to th ? Inspection of mortar carriage" . The following transfers In Seventeenth infantry - fantry are ordered Second Lieutenant Wil liam R Dashlell , company n to company Ct Second Lieutenant Fr d B. Wild , company K to company II ; Second Lieutenant Don P. Ilnrrtway company II to company K ; Second end Lieutenant Verllng K. Hart , company I to company It ; Second Lieutenant Henry A. 1'lpes of Sevrnth Infantry will proc'cd to his home. So much of special ordcni at directs Captain - tain Thomas M. Woodruff , Fifth Infantry , to proceed to Tampa , Fla , , and attend encamp ment of rifth battalion , Florida state troops. Is revoked. I'lrtt Lieutenant Hunter Liggett , adjutant. Fifth Infantry , will proceed to Tampa , Fla. . and attend the encampment of the Fifth battalion , I'lorlda etnto troops , at that place , commencing September G , 1SM ! , Captain Thomas H , Harry , First Infantry. U detailed to reprc ent the War department , as member of the boird of managers of thn exhibit by the Kuternmcnti to be made at the Cotton States and Internationa ] exposi tion , to be held at Atlanta , Ga . In 1S05. First Lieutenant Fr.dcrlck T. Van Llew , Second Infantry , will proceed to Montlcvllo , la. , for duty us assistant , at encampment ot Pint regiment , Iowa National Guards , from Septernbr 1 to 8 , 1S9I Leave of absence for one month , with , permission to leave limits ot the United States , li granted First Lieutenant Lansing ; 11. Ueach , corps of engineers. Leave of absence for one month and fifteen , days Is granted Captain Charles II. Owing. , aenlttant EUreeon , Lcaye of absence granted Flrit Lieutenant D J. Ilubough , Third artIIlory , Is extended one month. Tlrst Lieutenant James M. Kennedy , auds * taut Burgeon , will be relieved at Fort CiuUr ,
