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    FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 11) ) , 1871. OMAHA , MONDAY IMOKNI G , AUGUST 30 , 185)7. ) SINGLE COL'V FIVE OBJNTS.
BACK FROM KLONDIKE
Thirteen Miners Return from Alaska on
Steamer Portland ,
BRING ONLY A PART OF THEIR PROFITS
Vessel Arrives with Probably S175.000 . of
Gold Dust on Board ,
STORIES OF SUFFERING IN THE NORTH
Probability of Actual Starvation Before the
Winter is Over.
PROVISIONS SCARCE AND PRICES HIGH
Alnftliim Co I.I rlvlilH Arc Wrr Ulcli.
but MM ii ) ' of tlu > Slorli'H Coii-
I'liiMii Arc Cruntly
SEATTLH , Wash. . Aiic 29. The steamer
Portland arilved hero at 3 o'clock this
n'ornlng It was fourteen hours after the
Portland was sighted off Capo Flattery be
fore she arilved here The Portland carried
thlrtofii miners , each of whom brought only
a small part of his stake The total amount
of dust on the vessel la perhaps $175,000
The Portland was delayed by the failure
of the P II Wunro to arrl\o at St Michaels
nnil hy .1 storm on the North Pacific ocean
The mln rs on board with the amount of
their total mining profits , parts of which
were brought \lth them , are as follows. J
Hawaii , $50,000 , Jlnl Hell , $15,000 ; Joe Gold-
Hiulth , J3"iOCO ; N W Powers , $35,000 ; W
AV Caldwcll , $13,000 ; W Oler , $30,000 , C. K.
Zllly , $21000 , F W. Cohb. $25,000V Zahn ,
? 15,000 , A. Uuckley , $10,000 ; 0. S Linslng ,
$15.000 , I ) W rarnnam , $10.000 ; M. H. Cam-
Jcr $16,000
11 N Stanlej , who went to St Michaels
for the Associated Press , returned to tbla
city on the steamer Portland. He says
"I have been seven weeks at the mouth ol
the Yukon at St Mlchach , where 1 saw al
the miners coming out and Interviewed them
As a usult I feel It my duty to aJvlss every
body to stay out until next spring Wild am
111 many cicos exaggerated reports have bcctu
circulated since the first dlsco\cries wen.
made The strike , however , was and Is one
of the grojte.sl It not the greatest In the
world's hUtory. Probably $2,000,000 was
cleaned up this spring and next spring I look
for from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000. The fields
have- baldly been opened up yet , but those
going In now must bear In mind that every
thing In that region was staked long before
any reports reached the outer world , and tha
those going In now must prospect for them
selves , buy clalnm fiom the present owners or
work for the owners.
"No new strike had been reported up to the
tl.no of my leavldg and another may not bo
made for ( He jears , although Alaska Is ai
enormous country and will > et , I believe , pro
< luco more gold than wo dream of. But It Is
nlso In many ways a bleak , barren and deso
late countrj a country Incapable of support
ing anj great amount of animal llfo and a
country of such rigorous cllmato both winter
nnd spring , that none but the most hard ) cm
possibly live In It. Even they smut have
abundance of food and warm clothing.
"I am aware that there la a popular 1m
prcsslou that supplies ran bo bought In the vl
Unity of the mines. They may at ipre en
buy at six times Seattle prices , but the ;
ore taken at even those prices fastei thai
they can ba got In and before winter Is hal
over , even If the- present population sta >
n there will bo actual starvation. The ave"
ngo man requires about one ton of carefnll.
selected food and clothliif , for a j ear's eup
plies In the summer of 189G about 3 500 ton
of supplies wint up the river and the nc\
population of 1,500 to 2,000 suffcied froi
want. Of tills 3,500 tons , p obably 1,500 ton
"was lum. ttnla , furnltuie and supplies othe
than prov islons Thla season , allowing th
most favorable circumstance1 ! , not more tha
4 200 tons of snppllcj can be got up the river
fully half of which Is mm and tools , as wel
as supplies other than food There are moi
than three times as many people there a
last wlnte * .
"Flguro It out for yourself Grub was
completely cleaned out this spring and I
last wlnUr there wa > * such a scarcity tha :
moosu hanib told foi $30 each , flour $120 pel
hundred , bacon $1 u pound , whit will no
happen this coming winter ? Why will no
people actually staive to death' '
"As to shelter , ninety per cent of Dawsot
was living In tents In July , labor Is scare
and houses cannot bo built. How are 7.000
people to withstand the rigors of a nlu
jnondis' winter of 8eml-darknef > s , when the
morally goes 70 degrees below zero ?
WAGES WILL GO DOWN.
"As to labor. It Is * true that last winter
the winter succeeding the great strike , mei
were fceaieo a-d wages were $15 a day , bu
Jf no new stilke Is made , what Is to ko i
iv ages up this winter' ' There arc but 34i
rl ilins on Ilonanza Eldorado and HunKe
ciccks that will probably bo worked this
vlntor An aveiago of eight mtn to eacl
is , I think , liberal If but 2.700 men are
employed and there are 5000 or more seek
Ing woik what must be the result' Wag K
aruit go down I am told that much giul
lias gone over the divide , yet from what
Lnow I would wager my last dollar that note
to exceed 500 tons of supplies over am
nbovo what tl.o canlers eat will reach th
diggings No man going In can arrive will
mom thin a four mouths' .supply.
"I am nUo told that there Is plenty at Si
ailchac'li ) . So theie nuy be , but after Sep
( ember IB It might as well be In New Yor
City for to try to tiansport It by dog train
ci fled over that 2,000 miles of Icy river I
absolutely impossible. There U not , nor wll
there cvci be n dog train that can t ik
enough In to feed Itself over 200 miles He
llt'f Is tlurefore Inipotglblp.
"Over the divide In the winter would b
quite as dllllcnlt To draw provlclons for th
trip from Dyea to Daweon any tlmo before
the cold bleaks up U an Impossibility He
lief for those caught In the Klondike uf'e
wlnUr hfta In Is equally Impossible- and It
the name of humanity I ask that a stop b
jml to this wholesale transportation of pee
jilo without suppliers , I A'I. no man bo allow cite
to enter Ihut region unless he carrier * will
Mm enough food and clothing to last bin
a yeai
"Iheio are women and IHtlo children | i
there today who should bo sent out as far
< it > SI Michaels before navigation clews
hoar much of the boats that are bulldlnr
to go up the liver , but aslds from one
steamer ready on August 11 , no now boa
can to added to the oaiiylng crop this fall
The Klondliifi U a land of leu and snow at ,
Avoll an * land of gold. Lot It not be made
a land of gaunt hunger , wretchedness am
death , Lot no ono bo allowed to wrest ( roll
tbo foolish people a few hundred thousam
caved , borrowed or begged dollars Thtro
u III be an good ihunccp for mining In the
fuluio as now. Let people wait This Is
not a Cilpple. Creek or Deadwood propoj.1
tlon , | f cHUghl , they cannot walk out. "
IJSTl'MVTRS ' All'3 MOKE OUKSSES.
While the small amount of gold brough
from the Yukon by the Portland was a UU
appointment to many , the miners who re
( urn unite In saying that tha country I
f&ViIously rich , The claims which hav
Itteu worked piomUo well inu , In fact , man ,
of ( htm give asturance of proving very rich
AH estimate of the amount of gold uhif
v II be taken out of the Yukon next yea
inu-t necixparllv be very rough , as there t
tin mean * of determining how much WOT :
Mill be done It men could be secured t
ork tie claltna ulrcaOy located there un
oubtedlv would be many millions of dollars
aken out but the majority of in on who go
licrc prefer to prospect on their own ac-
ounl. notwithstanding the fact that high
vages can be had wherever claims have
) een located and have proved rich.
Statements have made that the steamer
'ortland will bring fully 2,000,000
n gold on her next trip , but
ho most reliable men from Davv-
on City say that no such amount of
noncy will come , as It has not been taken
nit of the ground One miner who came
lowii places the outside figure aL $1,000,000.
Jldorado and Honan/a croeka , where the
Ichcst strikes liavo been made , have been
staked for many miles but dralrablD claims
aio scarce nnd tin'1 prospectors are beginning
0 iscat'er out.
Most of the rich strikes were made at
lonanza nnd nidorado , hundreds of miners
eft paying claims and rushed to the new
llgglngs , many of them struck It rich ,
while- others secured nothing and cither re-
urncd to their old claims or went prospect-
ng anew
It Is ntntcd that the North American Traci
ng and Transportation company brought
lown $750,000 of their own money on the
steamer Portland , but it was generally
indcrstooil that this money will not be
brought down until the next trip of the
Portland , when she will b cscotted by a
revenue cutter.
John r Miller , ex-dlstrlct attorney of
Seattle1 vvrllc to a friend in this city from
Dawson under date of July 3 , as follows.
GOLD IN THE HANDS OF A FEW.
"There Is an enormous amount of wealth
In this country , gold by the thousands and
millions , but It Just as hard to acquire It
here as elsewhere It Is In the hands of n
few , while the many arc hunting and
Rcarchlng the same old story. Eldorado
and Ilonanza cretks are the richest of all
In this locality and In fact arc so far prac
tically the only diggings of great value and
1 can say that one might as well try to 'get
In' on Wall street In New York City. He
could do so with no more money than here.
Men on thcyo creeks value their claims at
enormous figures , one , two and three hund
red thousand dollars and oven higher. The
amount taken out last winter may justify
such valuations , but , of course there are
no purchasers. You can Inform anybody in
tending to como hero that If they expect to
find gold scattered around at landom , or
get some for nothing , they will be disap
pointed While It Is true that the gold de
posits In the locality w ro ifound almost ac-
cldently It Is no encouiagement to note the
fact that It is the first 'accident1 of the
kind In thirty years searching Now dig
gings will doubtless be discovered from time
to time , but when and where the sages can
not tell One In this country Is quite a
creature of circumstances If he chances
to be within reach of a discovery
ho may stand a show of obtaining a claim ,
but ihould he be some djstance away he
stands no chance whatever. I have been
out on a 'stampede' or two and staked a
claim , but the chances are there Is nothing
In It. Some have an Idea that they 'will go
out and find something. ' If they should
stop to think that every creek , gulch and
recess has been prospected years ago by
e.\peilenccd miners their enthusiasm might
lessen. All the gold in this country is from
twelve to fifty feet under ground and frozen
too , so you see the 'free and wandering
avocation of the prospectors Is not an caay
taok U takes two to three weeks of the hard
est labor to sink one or two holes on a creek
It Is not like other countries vvhcro gold
U on the surface , here surface indications
count for nothing and all prospectors' lules
are worthless. Ono creek may he rich while
another In the Immediate vicinity and mucl
more Inviting may be absolutely worthless
Of all creeks , Gldorado and Bonanza are the
most uninviting , low and marshy , covered
with willows and all kinds of undergrowth
but there it was found lying like gr.ilas o :
corn awaiting the eyes of man Ind cl , 1
may bo pardoned for again repeating that
.people who come hero should not expect too
much Where one has become rich a thou
sand remain poor. My advice Is If any ono
cornea , brings at least a year'a provisions am
enough money to pay your patsago bccl
home It is no place for a man to atVmp
to play gentleman , everybody works lard
the hardest of his life Don't let the report'
of the gteat amount of gold going out turf
youi Iliad ; It all came from the creeks jbovo
named and the owners of the claims realize
their position only too well "
THOSE T1ND GOLD.
SAN rilANCISCO. Aug. 29 A letter from
W A Hyan , at St. Michaels , Alaoka , under
date of August 15 says ;
There vvcro twenty poisons hero when the
Excelsior arrived , who had come down the
liver from the diggings , fifteen of whom
weio mineiH They are said to have al
the way from $100,000 to $400,000 amour
them Tew care to say exactly how mucl
they have , preferring to remain bllcnt on t'M '
point , giving as their reasons the fact that
they have too little money compared to what
these who went out earlier took away with
them.
C. H. and Z. B. Patrick , father and eon
brought out $10,000 They took pafbage on
a bailing vcs l which left port two day
utter they arilved P. W Cobb of Hostoi
is credited with $13,000. C K Zllly with a
llko amount. Thomas Rowan of Sltka is
$18,000 better off. W. W. Caldwell of Den
ver has $20,000. Timothy C Dell of Van
couver has $31,000 In Canadian money , the
result of the sale of his holdings G S I n-
slng of Hozeman , Mont. has $10.000. The
otheit. refuse to say how much they have
The lemaluing membcru of the party are
W Ilei of Baltimore William Zahn of Min
neapolis , H H. rarman of Goodell , la , A
Ilmkley of St Joseph , Mo ; H M ttoelcr of
Winnipeg. Thomas H Dunkeelcy of Taconia
and N W Power of Tuc on , Artr Each has
won what is called In this region a 'home-
htake" namely the amount which ho be-
llovct , sutilclent to take home to lemain
Very few intend to come back. The bird-
ships they haveenduicd nuke them drcail
the country In which they won tbcli otake- >
CAPTUHC OK NOVAK.
C C Pen In" and P A Novak , though no
inlnoiri , are the two most Intercbting mem
bets of the party Perilne Is a detective a
member of Thlcl's detective bcivlce It
Tebiuaiy last he v\as given n photogiapl
and told to nnd the original. Accompany Ing
the photograph was on accurate dcscrlptlo.i
Omaha was the blurting point of the tial
and he chased his man to Baltimore , thcnci
ttctoh'i the continent to Seattle and thence
to Juneau. Heie ho learned that hlb quarry
was bound for tbo Klondike with a pirty o
nine by way of Dvca and Clillkoot pass
PCI line went to Ottawa , obtained extra Jl
tlon papirs and ictuincd to follow Novak
capturing him at Diwson Citv. The crime
for which Novak Is wanted is murdei am
urbou He was an apparently prosperous
iiiciihaiit at Walfoid. Ilenton countla
Ho had 0iuo $30,000 of funds deposited will
him by neighbors for safe keeping He
enticed ono of these , IM Munay , to liU
home and after murdtrlng him set fire to
the housw and burned it to the groun 1. A *
a piellmlnary Novak had Insured his own
llfo with the Traveler * * ' Insurance company
and after the murder he dlsapneuu ! I'oi
some time Murray's remains weio wippoici
to bo those of Novak , and Mis NOVJK put
In a claim far the life Insuiance H'o trail
was suipoclul The body was Uemincd a ?
thai of Murray and not of Novak Pcrrln'1
was put on the trail wlt'i the -esult edited
Novak has confessed. Pcirlnc spent $10,000
In the pursuit of hid man.
KIOMUKnilS AliV IN II VIII ) I.UCIC.
VtM > n from Alnxliiiu Colil I'lclilH IN
Vnjtlilnu : lull Clii-fl dm' ,
S\N rilANCIHCO , Aug 29. Thomas Magee -
gee , sr. , who is en route to the Klondike
gold Holds with a party of San rranclscans
writes from Lake llcnneit. 11 C , uudei
date of August ID , confirming previous re
ports of the terrlblo conditions of the White
pass trail from SKagway and relating the
almost Insurmountable difficulties to bo en
countered by the gold hunters who piefer
thut route to the more formidable Chllcoot
paab loule He uncl his party left Skagu < iy
on August 10 with nine burros and during
tbo four and oue-half days consumed In
making the trip of forty miles to Lake
Ueunett met with Innumerable adventures ,
( Continued on Third Page. )
UNITED LABOR COHERENCE
footing Oalled to Protest Against the
Tyranny of the Courts ,
DEVISE MEANS FOR THE MINERS' RELIEF
* rlurlinl | l.nlior -uclcr of tlic Cnuii-
lr > to lllNCHNH " < ; < iTniiicnt ! > > '
liijiinclloii * ' mill I'ormtilitte
I'lniiH furii ItrintMl } .
ST LOUIS , Aug. 20t The attendance of
abor leaders upon tomorrow's united labor
convention Is tonight considerable of a dis
appointment to the local committee on ar
rangements , but they hope that tomorrow
morning's arrivals will materially Incieaso
the list of these cxpecte-1. The mcst Im
portant arrivals of the day were J H Sovereign
eign , grand master workman of the Knights
of Labor ; W. C. Pearce , secretary nad
treasurer of the United Mine Workers of
America , Columbus , O ; R Askew , secretary
of the National Mineral Miners' association
Ishpemlng , Mich , ami Sylvester Kelllher ,
formerly pocrctnry of the American Hallway
union and nt present publisher of the Social
Democrat , Chicago Mr. Sovereign fought
shy of roportera until nearly 11 o'clock to
night , when he was cornered In the Laclcde
and submitted to an Interview.
"H Is pimply Impossible to forecast what
this conference will do , " said Mr. Sovereign.
"Nobody can toll what Ita outcome will be
U seems to me , however , " ho continued ,
"that all labor organizations realize that the
tlmo has come for them to put asldo all
petty jealousies and form ono grand amal
gamation Whether this organbatlon will
bo effected heic I cannot even surmise.
Organized labor has been working on a line
to secure legislation which will benefit the
working classes , but it has brought us no
benefit. U will now get to work In an en
deavor to remove the cause of our falluic
In legislative circles and hope for better
results. "
Branching off Into the miners' ptrlkc , Mr
Sovereign said "Tho miners' strike Is nearer
won than many people- believe If ever theio
wes a real grievance and a just cause for
striking , it was In this strike , and I bellave
they will yet win "
"If , " said Mr Sovereign In conclusion ,
"they don't win , It is the last strike I will
ever go Into on these lines. "
Whit new plan of action Mr. Sovereign had
ho declined to say.
OTHER NOTABLE ARRIVALS.
The other arrivals of the day were C. C
Clemens of Topeka , Kan , who bears creden
tlals from Chairman nrlcdenthal , the chair
man of the populist state committee of Kan
sas ; A H. Clalborne of Springfield , Mo ; R
E Webster , national treasurer of the Patriots
of America , Chicago ; Frank Stephens , the
noted single tax agitator of Philadelphia ; L
S Diecky , treasurer of the National Single
Tax league of Chicago , and J R. Finn , also of
Chicago James iM. Carson president of the
United Mine Workers of Illinois , has been
hero since frlday.
The local committee on arrangements to-
nlKht. after a consultation with all dele-
cites now In town , called a meeting of all
'ibor representatives for 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning at Masonic hall to organize and
.iDDoint a committee on credential The
committee eurly In the week appointed e
icceptlon committee of 100 and dlstilbutet
them at the union depot and the different
hotels throughout the city to welcome t'lo
delegates Their duties , however , have not
been oneious. yet they expect to have plenty
to do beginning tomorrow morning
Grant Luce , chairman of the committee
on arrangements , said tonight that he hac
bpen advised that Messrs Ratchford anil
Gompera and one or two otho.a had met U :
Columbus and ar anged a plan of action foi
hp conference which they will present at
the conference tomorrow. President Dolan
of the Pennsylvania mlncra la also expected ,
but Ramsay of the Telegraphers and Sargent
of the Railway Firemen have wired that they
will bo unable to attend. Mr. Debs will al-
rlvo In the morning on the Vandalla. A let
ter f'om him to that effect was read at thli
afternoon's- meeting of the Social democracy.
He will bo welcomed by a special committee
OBJECT OF THE CONFERENCE.
The object of tomorrow's conference , as
far as can be ascertained from the various
opinions given out by the local committee ,
is to devise some meare for the relief of the
striking minors of the country and to pro
test against 'government by Injunction , "
or In the words of the call its II , "the ob
ject of the convention will bo not merely to
proteat against the unsurpation and tryanny
of the couits , but to formulate plans to com
pel a return to the principles of free govern
ment , and put thet'e plans In practical opera
tion "
Secretary H. W. Stelnbess of the Dulldlng
Trades Council of St. Louis , who has the
work of preparing for the convention , tnld
tonight "Tho object of the meeting is to
settle the miners' strike. We want Justice
and wo are going to have It , but not in
defiance of the principles of American lib
erty. Wo are patriotic and we want what
Is for the best Interest of the entire country
I iccclved the call which was Iscued by
President Ratchford and Secretary Pearce.
It was endorsed by Sajnuel Gompers , presi
dent of the American Federation of Laboi ,
J. R Sovereign , gfncral master workman of
the Knights of Labor , and Eugene V. Dobs. It
was sent by Mr I'earcc , who asked me to
help Mi. Cutson , who was coming hero to
arrange for the convention , No ono knows
yet at what tlmo the convention will meet.
I think the greatest result of this meeting
will be the uniting of all the labor organiza
tions In this country In one common came
It will without any question lead 'o the
union of all the labor organizations In ono
cential body In which united action caji Uo
taken for the interests of labor on every
nucatlon which may affect their Interest I
know that all representatives of labor In
St LoulH are In favor of such a step , "
MIMHS : un : STUUINCI iv OHIO ,
TlioiiHiiiulH Arc Di'Mlllilf nnil Tlicrf IN
Nil MOIIIIN of VsslHllllK Thrill.
CINCINNATI , Aug. 29. A special from
NclBonville , O , says. The destitution among
inlneiti here IB very great Manager Hucklcy
says 1 200 pereEs , the entire mining popu
lation of the town , hava absolutely nothing
to eat and 100 of these are tiick. In this
immediate vicinity there arc 1,000 destitute
people , a large number of whom aio clill- '
dren Local charity has helped them till It. ? |
means are gone Gardeim supplied the wantn
of tbceo people until iccently , but that tu-
eouico Is now exhausted Relief commlttcco
have bc'en appointed for the entire district ,
but they are pouerlrfs on account of lack ot
mipplics Nothing In cash or supplies has
been received hero this week except f25 In
money A citizens' committee la exerting
Itself to Hocuro temporary relief by tomor
row. If outclde hell ) does not como soon the
consequences will be appalling.
oitiiiis : roit A ( ; IMU.VI : : , sTitncn ,
Coloiifl llt'iiil i\irfH | f lllmxrlf
1'orrilil ) tin Ilii ; hulijfct , *
CHICAGO , Aug 29 , "The promoters of the
St Louis labor convention to be held next
Mondey will try to uee the miners trouble
aa pretext for the Inauguration of a gen
eral etilkc In < 'veiy trade and Industry
throughout the land , " eald Colonel'W P
Rend , the uilue owner , tonight. He con
tinued
' \n attempt will be made to lepent the
Pu'lman Hrlke KI a far more extensive scale.
Appeal-t in lurid language will go forth to
the American worklugmrn telling them that
they ate be ng enslaved by monopolistic and
judicial tyranny , With all the grandiloquence
quenceof epurloua patriotism the leading
orators , born In Europe or of European pa
rentage , will proclaim that the/ are beltig
robbed of the precious rights and priceless
liberties purchavd by the blopd and treasure
of their American forefathers. To regain
est liberties , to restore freotjeech ) to rebuke
despotic judges and tOjSave'the country will
be the theme and song of < : oclftllrtlc spoutcrs
They will raise the cry that labor must
unite In a general sympathetic strike that
will stop the mines , the mil's and factories
and the wheels of every Industry
"A trlumvlrato of agitators has been
formed to formulate this purpose and exe
cute this conspiracy The vvorklngmen of the
country ehould bo warned In advance of
this dangerous plot. Who are Its projectors ?
Who ore these gical champions of labor's
cause ? One la an extreme coclallnt. an
other Is an Industrial firebrand , and the re
maining member of this trio ot sedition Is
a Judas and a traitor to the cause of labor.
"Deb' , Sovorclrn and Ratchford have
united together In this evil design. Such a
general strlko as contemplated by them
would bo a colosflal crime against the entire
country The workliiRtnen of America will
not heed the evil counsel nor follow the fatal
leadership of these three conspirators. "
ItfiliK-dnii In Miner * ' \VnKcn.
RATON. N. M , Aug. 29 Notice has been
posted at the Dlotsburg coal mines , operated
bv the Raton Coal and Cuko comixiny , of a
eduction of 10 per cent In waged to take
effect September 1. The price now paid for
mining Is 65 cents per ton , and na the men
arc employed only pnrt of the time they
claim they cannot live at the reduced tale.
( iriui < N Mlni'rM nil
DUI10IS , Pa. , Aug. 29. General Manager
Roblnuon today Issued a circular to the
Rochester and London striking miners In
which ho granto an advance to 40 cents per
net ton ,
Shutdown lIUol > lit lliirlelon ,
HAZLETON Pa. , Aflg. 21. The strike sit
uation hero Is more unsettled tonight than
It has been for some days and rumors of
a gencial shutdown are current.
enitcns or ciiuvnsc
Ill nt I'ort TOM line ml tvltli
Pornoil OrtltlvnlL'M.
WASHINGTON , Aug 29 The Treasury
dcpaitmcnt Is conducting an Investigation
Into the charges that Cl.fnamen are being
smuggled Into the United States at Port
Townsend , Wash. The reports upon which
the Investigation Ls b.elng made wcro re-
colved here about a week ago and Secretiry
How ell Immediately ordered Special Agent
Howe to proceed to Port Townsend. The
icports btate that the Olilne e had made use
of foi god certificates , but no chaigca were
made against the customs officials at Port
Townsend except by Imputation.
Owing to the -lotion , that baa been caused
between olilclals of the Treasury department
and the Department ot Justice over the
methods of ciifotcing the Chinese e\cluslon
act , the secretary of the UeaEury and the
attorney gencial will lasu ? a Joint circular
to Immigration Inspectors and United States
attoineys and nnr hale Instructing them In
the future not to arrest Chinamen whose
papcis give them piinm facie light of en
trance until they reach their ultimate dcv > -
tlnatlora In the United States
Porolffit VtNNiklHr * HnrriMl *
WASHINGTON , Aug 29. Consul General
Karcl of St. Petersburg Infarme the State
dtpaitment that a measure has been sanc
tioned by the emperorjof Rutala providing
that after January 1 , IflOO , all coaotwlse
trade of Russia must be carried In Ruralan
vessels "with the exception of salt from the
Black and Azof ports on the Baltic A law
was passed In 1S93 , but has remained a dead
letter.
C \T11O1,1C 1CMGIITS COP AlIllIllCA.
Ililril liiUTNtnlc Illii'iiiiiimu-nt IN llclil
III SnrliiKdflil , 111.
SPRINGFIELD. 111. , Aug 21 The third
Intel state encampment of the Catholio
Knights of America ot the statea of Illinois ,
Missouri and Indiana was held here today.
In the morning the knights marched from
the St. Nicholas hotel to the htate tali
grounds , where military high mass was cele
brated In Machinery hall by Rev. Father B
II. Kramer of Chicago the brigade chaplain
with the Rev Father CJlffprd ot Springfield
deacon and the Rev. Schlcjlner ot St Louis
sub-deacon. ,
This afternoon a street , parade was fol
lowed by a masfe meeting In Machinery hall.
Major General Leo J. Kafleska of Chicago ,
commander In chl'f pf the uniform rank ,
presided Majoi Wheeler delivered an ad-
drcw of welcome and L J. flliidd of St Louis
responded. Father Kramer of Chicago and
Father Sullivan of Springfield also made
address's. v
In the competitive , drill company C , Chicago
cage , won first prize , company L Englewood ,
second ; company D , Chicago , third ; company
A , St Louh and company H Einngham ,
III , also dillled The brigade officers will
meet later In Chicago npd determine the
place for holding the next encampment.
me j.nwonic I-ACTOUV miuiti > .
Pin- Confined to On ? Strn ' < iiro li >
\\ork of Tuiiit ) > h If inner * .
NEW YORK , Aug. 2 ! ) fwenty Bteamere
one-third of the number belonging to the
flio department of this city , were kept busy
for over two houis this afternoon pumping
water Into the slx-stofy factory building at
478 and 4SO Pearl sticet which had taken
file fiom some unknown cause and was
threatening to Ignite the Five Polntb Mis
Elon homo on Park street. ' Aftei a stubborn
fight the names wcrq confined to the build
ing in which they originated The structure
wes gutted , however , and the loot fell in
TlK total low It- estimated at $75,000 , o.
which mini ? 25,000 Is on the building , o\.ned
bylhomas.M Jaci'Son The burned premises
wcro occupied by the Phoenix Gay Flxtuic
company , Arnoux & . Hophhauscn , electric
motorf , 55ahn & Howley , mlrrois ; Crescent
Steel company , Wllllahi Snyclcr & Co , en
gravers. ' supplies , and F. Coxfora , armorer
A short tlmo before the flro was discovered
( hPio were about 300 children In the Mltslon
Sunday school , back o the Pearl street fac
tory 'Ihey had gone home , however , before
the alarm was given. *
lloi'xfN for t'liniiMl. ' .
PIERRE , S D. , Aug. 28. ( Special. ) Over
500 horses have crowed the liver heicr In
the last week , bound for , the eastern mar
ket. The clara of horses which come In now
1s quite different from thoie iwhlch wcro
brought several yean * ago. The lliln , wiry ,
bucking broncho Is a rarity In u bunch ,
most of them being well bred up and welgh-
Ing from 1,100 to 1,200 ppuudu These horsen
ere easy to handle and soon broken to
faildlo cr harness , and bring their ownera
fair prices.
Alton Tin I n IVrroUi'il ntHoii. .
ALTON , 111. , AUK 29-VTlie midnight upc-
clul on the Cnlcugo & Alton was vvreeked
III the outsklits of this city this morning
by the spreading of u rail. Fireman C A.
Johnson of Hloomlngton hnd an mm Inoken
and received herloua Injuries Engineer
Itufforty , also of Uloornlngton , was Injured
Internally No passengers were hurt
U image , J10.000 The unglne and baggage
cur vveru completely iMtclad by going over
un tmbnnkment.
I > iutK * rl Jury Sfnireil ,
Pim-AClO , AUP. -Tho three jurors
necessary to complete the panel which la to
try Adolph Luetgert for the alUge < l murdei
of Ills vvlfo v\ere secured > eMerday. Thu
Jury M composed of the following : L Hoi-
ablrcl , Thomas J Mahoney. Henry Franzen ,
Hcibert Ulddy , Joseph li. Hoyd. Jumex llos-
int-r , John M S. Shaw , John 13. Fowler. Jr.
S 8 Harbor. J H Helchhold , John ! Heeh-
inlller William llurlen.
Mll > ClIU'lltH Of OlM'llll Vi-MKflN , AlIK , - ! .
At Nc-w York Arrived La Champagne ,
from II iv re
At Antwerp Arrhtd Westerland , from
New York
At Havre Arrived La firetugne , from
New York.
At Queenstoun-Salled-Etrurla , for New
York.
NOT RECONCILED TO THE GANG
Anti-Machino Democrats Will Continue
Their Efforts to Overthrow the Ring.
NOT TO BE SO EASILY FORCED TO LIE DOWN
\llfiri1 ( lint l.nlfKt OnlriiKi1 l > > lloril-
innii unit Ilia Crnuil Will VN-
Hint In Thi'lr SH | > IM | )
I
Instead of becoming reconciled to their
outrageous treatment In the democratic
county convention , the anti-machine dele
gates who wcro driven out of the meeting
seem after rleeplng It over , to have become
more determined than over to fight the Herd-
man ring to a finish Instead of accepting
their ejectionas severing their connection 1
with the local democracy , the anti-ring dele.
gat CM aivert that they represent the io.il ,
sentiment of the great majority of the
Douglas county democrats , and that the
high-handed proceedings of Herdman and his
gang at Satuiday's convention cannot fall ]
to react against them the next time they
appeal to the rank and file of the party
for support. | 1
While the antl-inachlno men have had no
meeting or cor.miltntlon and have not agreed
upon any plan of action , the leadeis who were i
asked yesterday as to the effect of Satur- ! i
day's disgraceful exhibition were almost
unanimous In Insisting that their fight
against ring rule Is by no means ended
J J , O'Connor , who protested on the floor
of the convention against the frauds which
had been perpetrated by the Seventh ward
ballot box stuning and the arbitrary expul
sion of the South Omaha delegation , \ilcl.
"I have attended a good many conventions
In my time , but that ono wad the worst I
ever saw. Such lullngs as were made by
Chairman Rlley were never before tolerated
In any convention. lie allowed the Seventh
ward delegation , whoso seats were con
tested , to vote on the question of initiating
themselves , because they wcro friendly to
the machine In control of the convention ,
while ho refused the tame right to the
South Omaha delegates , and that , too , when
there was no contesting delegation , because
they were against the machine. Gag rule
was tesortod to In voting for tempoiaiy
chairman and on othei important twt ques
tion' ; .
"Nu , tho'o who went out of the convcn-
! tlon will not hold another convent ton I
think moat of them v cut out more to leave
themselves free to act in the future They
will decide later whether they will par
ticipate in any more conventions this year.
The men who left that convention are
woikeis , and they will not rctlie from poli
tics Tha power of the File and Police com-
mibblon made itself felt in changing several
on the delegates after they had been elected
on a distinct l ° suc against the machine. "
IN IT TO STAY.
Judge Martin Langclon , a pi eminent
Seventh v\aid democrat , said"I have
commenced this fight against these
plunderers for revenue only of the
democratic party and will continue
to do so until wo have them loutcd.
That Gallagher Issue was never connected
with this fight against the Herdman ring.
Jt wab brought In by the WoiJd-Herald and
Intended to deceive the democratic voters
In or.der to foist this ring once again into
control. Thlo man Charley Fanning Is un1
worthy to belong to any party and when
njch men as he are put in control then
look out for fair dealing. Fanning came tome
mo in the democratic county convention and
said'I , Charles Fanning , will see that you
never go to a democratic convention again. '
'Well , ' I said to him , 'if such men as you
have control we will soon bo without a
party. ' The rulings of the chairman weie
rank and partial and It was very plain that
he was Absolutely controlled by the machine
gang. "
Richard O'Keeffe of the Second ward said
"Th& whole convention was dominated by the
machine The throw Ing out of the South
Omaha delegation was a most outrageous
piece of ring rule The result of the niattei
is that a split has been createJ In the dem
ocratic party which It will take years to h al
and vvnlch may never bo healed The cry
that It was a Gallagher light was rai-ed only
as an excu 5. The appointment of Gallagher
rover entered Into the fight at all. A ? a mat
ter of fact there was no real difference be
tween the honest men of the party. But the
opportunity was Eebed by the ring and H
manipulated the convention In utter disregard
ot the rights of the anti-machine delegates "
William Murphy , another delegate , ex
pressed himself as follown "When men
llko Herdman , Honln and Kosters can got
control of a party or convention It U tlmo
foi honest democrats to leave The chair's
decisions were outrageous. The party has
suffered an Injury which It will take years
to cure. "
STAND TOGETHER TO WIN
John Powers denounced the Hcrdmanltos
as nothing but an organized mob The uil-
Inra ot Chairman Rlley , said ho , were so
unfair thta the men opposed to gag rule
had no show In the convention , I left be-
forr the convention was half over As long
ca delegates are bought on the door of the
convention , as I learn on good authoilty was
done by the machine gang , just BO long must
decent democrats piotest. It is my denire
for oui friends to stand togethci and with
an organized movement we can overthrow
them.
Andrew Murphy paid"I am dlsgmtcd
with the il'isrcpulnble ' methods of this ma
chine nnd I am In favor of getting an or-
ganl/atlon up that will get together and
down this hlgh-hamlecl ilng now In contiol
ot the democratic party In this county at
tlii next primaries' "
Torn Lee of the Eighth ward said "I
had been selected by the antl-IIerdmaii delegates -
gates to address , the convention on the Gal
lagher Iffluo , but failed to get recognition
from Chaliman Rlley Gag rule was re
quired to cover up the fraud peipetiated to
keep the machine In power , "
Patilck Foul "The action of the conven
tion haa hurt the party In a way that will
bo felt for ysars to come The thiowlng out
of the South Omaha delegation wa. nothing
lese than a robbery , pure and simple Wo
never had any allow In the convention what
ever It was In charge ot the machine and
they did just cs they pleased It ! H their
turn now , but our day may come "
W R O'Shaughneiraey "I am humiliated
that we should have been abused , misused
and ridiculed In such a way ao wu were In
the convention It was a dicgraceful speci
men of ring rule and machine politics The
South Omaha delegation was thrown out
on a technicality simply because they In
tended to vote against the machine and had
not forked over J1C to the county committee.
On the other hand the Seventh ward waa
allowed to remain when It was known that
twenty-one Illegal votes had been counted In
to elect the machine delegation when It was
discovered that their opponents weio a num
ber of votes ahead It was a flagrant case
of ring lulo clear through The matter ot
Gallagher'H appointment as chief of police ,
WOK not in the fight at all , but It waaj
brought up an a blind and used by Herdman
to maintain hit ) power"
CONDUCT IS 1NDKFRNSIBLE
The delegates from South Omaha are etlll
Indignant , not only collectively , but Indhidn-
ally. The members appear averse to talking
about the matter for publication. Ihe dele
gates do not hesitate , however , to cay that
the consider the action of the Herdman gang
Indefensible.
Gus Wordunanu said "If they think they
can get along without South Omaha all light.
I am satisfied that the democrats of this city
will be heard from when anothei convention I
comes around , As for having a caucus In-I i
elcad of primaries. I do not consider that any :
reason for ousting us from the convention
In city affairs we have frequently held cau
cuses Instea-J of primaries and the question
of legality was never raised. "
Thomas Kelly , another o ! the delegates , has
< iini : A muir TIMIMII : vn in : .
WtMillior Morlcloillj Cnolrrflor < nl-
iinltM Mull ! ' " Itiiln ,
Hour. Ili'K. Iliiur. Drir.
n n. in. . . . . . 7(1 t p. in. . . . . . 71
< l n. in Ill ) i ! p , in 7B
7 n. in. . . . . . (17 ! t p. in " . "
H II. lit IN ! | i. in. . . . . .
n n. in 70 n i > . in ,
10 II. in 71 ( I | i. lit
It n , in. . . . . . ( IS 7 | i. in ,
11 ! in . . . . . . . . . 7- ' ( p. in
II | i. in ,
Over a half an Inrh of water fell during
the rain of Saturday night and Sunday morn
ing , and the rrault was that the weather
yesterday was much cooler than on the pre
ceding day * The maximum for the day was
7fi degrees The day was al o partly cloudy ,
nnd the wind was from the noith Clear
weather Is expected today * *
announced tint as far as he Is concerned he
will not stop lighting the gang
Another prominent politician , and one of
the delegites , said tint the CJUcus was held
In | good filth and consequently the delega
tion felt cheap at beltig ousted. Ho said that
no ' money had been allowed to pay primary
expenses ' and there was nothing else to debut
but to hold a caucus The expenses of prl-
moHo > , ho slid , would amount to about $ .15 ,
and as noiu of the delegates fell like going
down c into their pockets and digging up the
nccc&saty : amount it was decided lo hold a
caucts ' This was thought to be all right ,
as there was no opposition to thedelegate. . *
] and no content Continuing , bo said there
was no objection to a caucus until the Herd-
man : gang found that the delegates selected
hero wcro against them Then the cry of a
caucus i being Illegal was ral ccl
A democrat who has been prominent In
South Omaha politics for u number of years ,
and who took a prominent part In the caucus ,
but who did not attend the convention as a
delegate , said that the South Omaha delega
tion felt the humiliation of being thrown out
greatly and Insisted that the same sixteen
men would bo sent to the county nominating
convention and not a name would be changed
Furthoi , ho Mid that the delegation would
challenge Herdman or any of his ging to stop
thi'in from participating In the procccdlng3
of the convention lie al-o a SEited that the
caucus was luld In good faith and that the
primaries were not held on account of there
being no money appropriated by the commit
tee to pay the necesfciry oxpen cH
iu : < ; iMivr on ciiiiiu : : vno : VMX.
llcillilim of T\\f ill.i-Thli il Ohio ( o H ( .
Ill-Ill Tills VffK. .
FREMONT , O , Aug 29 The first and
second days of SoptemL-er will have noted
events hero at both of which Picsldent Mc-
Klnley will be in attendance September
1 octirs the wedding of Entign Smith and
Miss Hayes , daughter of the ex-prcsldent ,
and on the next day occurs , the reunion of
the regiment In which Hayes and McKiuley
sc-ived during the war
The Twenty-thltd Ohio icglment claims
the distinction of having among Its olilceis
more men who attained high positions din
ing and after the war than any other icgl
ment in the United Statea. Two of Its offi
cers became president of the United States
R B Hayes and William MeKInlcy , one
reached the olllce of United States fa ° natoi
and asoclato Justice of the supreme couit
of the United States , Stanley Matthews ; Itfc
( list colonel , W. S. Roi'ecrans , was ap
pointed brigadier geneial In the regulai
army before hla regiment reached the field ,
the next in command , E. P. Scanimon , was
afterwards made major general of volunteers
and was equally successful In business life ;
the fourth colonel , James M. Coinly , waa
mustered out with the regiment and uftei-
wards was known as a distinguished journal
ist ; Lieutenant Colonel Ruescll Hastings ,
now a re&ldent of the Bermuda Islands , is
known as a successful man of business In
Ohio since the war ; Captain G. R. GIddlngs
wab appointed major In the United States
army ; Lieutenant R. P. Kennedy was later
lieutenant governor of Ohio and also a
member of congress , Lieutenant James L
BoU'foid wab made captain nnd assistant
adjutant general on the staff of General
Scanimon ; Lieutenant George W. Hicks WZH
made colonel of a New York regiment.
President McKlnley rose fiom the tanks to
bccoud lieutenant September 24 , 1S02 Il
va promoted to fli t llcuterant Felnuaiy
7 1SG3 , and to captain and aftoi wards
breveted majoi The leglmcnt fav sevcic
and tij Ing service in the mountains of Wif > t
Virginia and participated honorably In the
engagements of South Mountain and An-
tietan In 1SC2. It was Chpeclilly conspicu
ous at the celebrated battle of Cedar Creek ,
October 19 , 1864 , when fcherldan made h's '
ride to Winchester.
vr ciiimcu AMI \ UI > MII I'\UT\ .
MrKlnlo Siti'iiilH Mi mill > ullli Sen-
litur Iliiniiii n ( Cl < > \ clniKl.
CLEVELAND , 0 . Aug 9 President Me-
Klnloy attended divine service this morning
at Epworth Memorial Methodist church ,
whore he has a pew. lie was accompanied
by Mr. James F. Rhodes , the historian , and
Mis Rhodes. The church was crowdc'd to
its utmost capacity. The president entered
Just as the voluntaiy was being played and
In tlmo to hear a &olo sung by Dr. Ion A
Jackiv > n , of the choii of th Chinch of the
Incarnation In Now York He gave close
attention to the scimon by Rev , Waul
Bcecher Plckard and Joined In the conpregi-
tlonal singing At the conclusion of the
set vices the president shook hands with a
few people , but went to his cairlagn as
quickly as possible and was dilvcn to the
homo of Senator Hanna.
The afteinioon was parsed quietly and Ill's '
evening a dinner party was give by Senatoi
Hanna These at the table , benldes Mr and
Mrs McKlnley , were Senator and Mrs
Hanna , Secretary Alger and MI 9 Algcr , Mr
and Mrs W I ! Corning , Mr and Mrn J F
Whltelaw , Mr and Mrs T W liuinham.
Colonel and Mrs M T Herrlck , Mr and
Mrs S T Everett , Mr and Mr ? Kenyon
V Painter , Mr and Mrs H. M Hanna and
Mien Hanna.
The president will remain at Mr Hanna'a
homo tomorrow and will take pail "n no
social or public functions Senator Hanna
annoiiccd today that the name of his home
was not Wtndcrnieio , as It IIEH been culled
In the newt-paperfl , but Glecmere.
ill ititic'XM : ON I'vciric rowr.
( ircat DrniiiKi * Done nnil Three IM IN
Itfporlfil l.iiNl ,
DENVER , Aug 29 A special to Ihe News
from Nogales , Ailz , , says
Advices from Guaymas state that a severe
hurricane visited the gulf of Callfoinla and
lower Mexican coast on the 22d lust , and
that Information of the damage done Is be
ginning to arrive at that port. At Las
Guaymas near the mouth of the Yuqul
river the region for miles around was Inun
dated and thu town swept away. Three
lives are u ported lost and great damage
to crops The steamer Carmen Is supposed
to have left Aglabampo for the south just
as the hurricane was coming and fears for
her aifety are entertained The storm hat >
prostrated the wires all along the coast
and no particulars can be gathered ,
co\nssis : : TO KIM.IXC ; A i'
TuniN Slntr'M i ; liliniMnml lniill-
I'llK'H Nl'VITIll OllllTH.
CHARLESTON , W Va. , Aug 29 Chris
topher Slack , now serving a term In the
penitentiary for huiglary , confesses that
about two yearn ago ho and about half a
do eii o'hers wet a peddler , John Wiseman ,
on the road and killed him for hU money ,
getting In all JR5 In eahti uml other valu
ables They burned tbo flesh off the lionet )
and then burled them Slack made the con-
fc talon under the Impn talon that the mur
der wtd about to get out and he would be
hanged. Ho tuincd ttate'a evidence to save
his neck. Officers have gone up the liver to
arrcet the person * named by Slack as ac
complice * ,
Till HP P i n P pv/M'pprv
IRIBES ARELXCI1ED
Fears Are Entertained of n General
Uprising in India.
ZIARET SANITARIUM IS IN DANCER
Natives Are Gnthering There nnd Their
Attitude is Turantoniug.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO BE REMOVED
Ojl , Gordon Leaves for Sninana District
with Native Troops.
DOUBT CONCERNING THE AMEER'S ' REPLY"
Us Ci'tiiilniMicNH IM ( Ini'xtliintMl In Cor
lain < l mirier * VlrlilN < | imrrrl-x
Inur Ovt-r Iliiiitj l.utcit
INt'MN from tli < IVonl. '
BOMBAY. Aug 29 Little fresh news haa
been received here ftom the frontier. An at
tack has been undo In < Shlmwtty , but the at
tacking foico was repul < eil , losing live killed
and many wounded There Is considerable ex
citement among the tribes along the Bolan ,
route to Quelta nnd the telegraph wires have
again been cut.
It is reported lint the tiIbmmon are gath
ering ncai the Xlarot sanitarium , and much ,
anvlctv Is felt regal ding the safety of the-
woinen and children there , and the railway
olilclals me asking foi military protection for
their pioperty. If the route Is considered
eafo the women and chllclun at the sanitarium
will be brought away , but otherwise troops
will bo sent fiom ( ) uetti to protect them.
The column under Colonel Gordon , who
was dispatched to the Sim.ina district today.
Is composed entirely of native troops and.
Is fully equipped with medical cominlstarat
and tunsport service It has orders to force
Iho Kohat pass If necessary Rumors are cur-
icnt tending to throw doubts upon the genu
ineness of the ameer's icply to the viceroy
of India regarding the complicity ot Afghaa
subjects in the upiMIng
The dlsaimlng of the Khyhcr lilies , which
foi mod pait of the gari son at Jainrud , wao
a complete suipri.sibut the aiders WCTO
obeyed without tumble
Much Individual firing at the camp -it
Jamiud has , taken place. rt > many as lut ) stray
< ? hot.i having been llred at the outpo" ' ! . In
a single night Some of these shots neie
llrcd at so short a tango that three natlvo
oillecrs who wenon watch were killed. H
speaka well foi the discipline and obcdlc.ico
maintained in the camp that not a single
shot was fired In reply The hot weathei In
extiemely tiylng , but the health nnd bpnltn
of the troops arc good
FEARS FOR RUSTAM.
Fcais are exploded of the fall of KuBtum ,
noithwcst of Maldan , the whole dletilct bo
lus In the hands of the enemy. General
Wodehouse has gone from Ma-da.i to Rus-
tani , where the force , which now amounts to
2,000 men , with twu gm > ? > , will bo
sticngthencd.
Confirmation has been received of the
rumors that the Afrld'a ' are qna-i cling among
tliemsehcfi over the dhlslon of the booty
taken fiom the captured forts Only about
500 of them have been left to guard the-
Khvbur i > a-8. the others hiving dispersed to
neek supplied of provisions T hU is probably
the lea-son for the cobsitlon of hostilities.
The gencial idea heie U that If fuither de
lay occurs In punishing the A ( Idis , for which
liurpose at leant 20,000 men are rcqtllied ,
thcie will bi > n general upiislng on an enor
mous scale extending fiom Orakzalland to
Zalmiikht , beyond Kuiam and into Wazlrls-
tan. despite the picsiiice of UittUh field force
on the Toulil valley , east of Kiutim. Between
Bui.ei and the Indus , the Ulbes appear to bo
disinclined to jo.n the rebellion.
RELIEF EXPEDITION.
SIMLA , Aug 29. A strong column of na
tive troops and the Royal Irish regiment ,
with four guns , under commend of Colonel
Richardson , has stalled for the relict of the
Ktiium valley forts and another force haa
been sent to the assistance of the Shlmwari
garrison
It has developed that the capture of Fort
Lundl Kotal vvim accomplished through ,
tieichory and that the 01 glnal re
port that a light lasting two hours
took place within the walls of the fort
was unfounded The .150 Khyber rifles-
who were stationed there belonged
to various ) clans and I minded a number of
men from the Pcshawur valley. After
fighting of a desultoiy nature some ot the
Shlmwaris dropped from the wails and fled
to their homes. The Afrldls on the walla
soon began to exchange gicotings with the
besiegers , and the gates w ro opened from
the- Inside and the enemy poured In Some
of the defenders fled and others remained
and fraternised with t.'io besiegers The
Pshaurls wire dlsaimed , six of them were
held aa prisoners and the remnlndfi to the
number of thirty were allowed to go free.
It was this news which led to the- dis
arming of a portion of the * ganlson at Jam-
rnd. It Is believed that theKhvber rifles ,
garrisoning thfe foils In the Khyber
had acted In a hlmllur manner.
U/AK AMI n Sl\ V TKHATY.
I'llI IN I'lllMT I'llltllNlK'N llflllllN Of ( llO
Iniimi In nl Oi-ruri riu-i' .
PARIS , Aug 29Thi ) Giulols pub
lishes detail * , of llx > signing of the treaty
between Franre and Russia vvhlrh It de
clares to bo a foiuial offensive and de
fensive agreement The tieaty the paper
says , was concluded In the emperor's study
In the Alcxandila palace at I'ctrrhof oa
Wednesday last President Fauro , the car ,
M. Ilanotaux , the French fnieign minister ,
and Count Mur.ivicff thn Uui&Uin foreign
minister , were pr sent The Instrument
had been finished but It WHS decided lo add
a claiiHo which would unmistakably ln nro
the peace of the woill I'lesldent Faure
wrote this clause at the c/ai'.f dictation and
all then signed the document , after which
the czar presented the pen with which thn
signatures hud been nlllxcd to President
Fuuro as a souvenir.
\VIVIIH HAS CMMHM HIS MIMJ.
I'oNlimnrN Ai'llon on Irriimil of I'uli-
llrlt ) ( ! lt i-ii lo tin * CIIMI * .
HAVANA ( via Key West. Fla ) , Aug 29.
It la rtfmerted hero that It waa the Inten
tion of Captain General Weylei , as the le-
Ult of quiet and friendly Influence on the
part of Consul General Lee , to iraue an order
dlsmlfcHiig the case of Evangellua Cotislo
Clsncrns In a short time but In view of the
publicity given to the eai-e and the many
contradictory amcrtlona made In regal d to
it the captain general has decided to post
pone ) action for the present
The military commander of the lelc of
Pines recently stated that many of the gtate.
ments made with reference to Henorlla Clfl-
ncren were without foundation and that xo
far aa ho could judge no extreme eentenco
would be Imposed upon her
la I. for u II rni m ill of Corn lnl ) > .
MARSEILLES , Aug 29. An orderly dem
onstration , In which 3,000 persons , headed
by the mayor and -\fral < deputing , partici
pated , took placet here today , U was decided
lo send a resolution to the government In
favor of the abolition of the duty on corn.
IMlrl nxpiM'llMl ill
ATHHNS , Aug. aIt IB expeUed that a.
duel will result from a iccent encounter In
the lobby of the Chamber of IJeputleii to-