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STATUS Of STRIKE
The Walkout of Workers at Joliet
Pleases Shaffer.
BOTH SIDtS EXERCISE CARE,
And the Operators and Members of
Amalgamated Association feel San-
guine oi Success.
the
M* FALL'S MEASURE.
HU Resolutions Relative to
Strike Mutinied.
the Steel
Austin, Tex., Aug. 17.—After being
at ease for twenty minutes, the sen-
ate apportionment committee reported
its substitute for Mr. Patterson s bill
apportioning the state into congres-
siona ldistricts.
Harris of Bexar Introduced his reso<
lution petitioning the national govern-
ment to prevent the further destruction
of the immense forests in the Sacra-
mento mountains in New Mexico, it
being contended that the cutting of the
forests will result in a serious dlminu
Pittsburg, Pa.. Aug. 17.—'The center tion of the water supply of west,
of interest in the steel strike Friday southwest and northwest Texas. The
shifted to the west, where Joiliet j resolution went over until next ses-
flnally swung into line with the strik- j 8ion day.
eis aa<l Milwaukee appointed Satur- i The senate then adjourned until 10
day as the time for the final vote 011 j o'clock Tuesday morning.
the question. The news that came out 1 in the hoU3e McFull introduced a
of the west cheered the strikire resolution in regard to the death of
throughout the districts in this vicin Hon. Guy M. Bryan, one of the old
ity as 110 other developments since Texas pioneers, soldiers and statesmen,
the labor war was declared. In their and setting apart a page of the jour-
enthusiasm they count on favorable ac- nai to his memory.
tion at Milwaukee, and carrying their Murrell paid a giowing tribute to the
hopes still farther, say that they will memory of the great Texas patriot, re-
yet win Chicago over, lhese successes, J citing the great services he had ren-
tney declare with apparent contldence, | dered his state and country. Ho sent
will make them masters of the situa- j ta the speaker's desk a picture ot mem-
mm BV A CRIB
Burning in Lake Erie Off the City
of Cleveland
tion and win the strike.
1 oers of the Fourteenth legislature, of
The steel operators ay the strikers which he was speaker, and which
are nearly at the Hood tide of their 1 wrested Texas from Kepubiican mis-
success, and that when the ebb comes
it can never be stopped. They do not
seem to be disturbed by recent events,
and with a confidence equal to that oi
the strikers, talk of the Certainty (f
ultimate success. They assert that
popular sentiment has never been be-
hind the strikers, and that the general
interest, which was aroused by the
contest, is quickly waning. They claim
that they are more than holding 1heir
own in the non-union plants that were
unaffected, or have been started since
the strike began, and are i^rfecting
rule and corruption. Adopted by a
rising vote.
Me Fall withdrew his original reso-
lution regarding the steel strike and
introduced the following substitute:
Be it resolved by the house of rep-
resentatives of the legislature of tin
state of Texas, That trusts and monop-
olies are contrary to the spirit and ge-
nius of a free people, destructive of in-
dividual liberty and subversive of the
principles of a republican form of gov-
ernment; that we recognize in tne
I nited States Steel Corporation an or-
plans for reopening several plants now jganization which embodies all the evils
idle. They also claim that many of
their men, particularly at McKeesport,
Wheeling and Bellaire, were forced
out by intimidation and will come oaci?
as soon as excitement subsides.
Two hundred men employed in the
National Galvanling works of the Na-
tional Tube works at McKeesport
struck. They were the last remaining
ot the trust, monopoly and "commu-
nity of interest" idea, and one which,
by reason of the manner and amount
of its capitalization and plan of oper-
ation, may be said to be the very head
and front of the offending sysiein; that
we are in hearty sympathy with the
Amalgamated Association of Steel
Workers in the contest whtoh they are
workmen in the affected trades in that ; now waging with the United States
city and the tie-up is now as comp'ete , Steel Corporation for a just and equit-
as possible there. The organizer,3 are |able recognition of their union, and we
working indefatigably to keep the meit'j believe that the successful termination
WERE DEATHS Of MANY MEN.
With No Means of Safety e Number of the
Unfortunates Gave Up Their Lives
by Suffocation.
VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS.
Iu Slate Coi
v elation ut Norfolk tliu Gov*
>r in Renominated.
Norfolk, Va.; Aug. 15.—In the Demo-
cratic statu convention the name o]
Hon. A. J. Aioutajiuu was presented foi
governor by Col. George S. Cabeli, Jr.,
of Danville, and the nomination woe
seconded by lion. W. B. Richards. Nc
other nomination was made, Mr. Swan-
son having withdrawn from the race,
Mr. Montague was nominated by accla-
mation amid enthusiasm.
After the nominee's speech of accept-
ance the crowd cried for Swanson and
the defeated gubernatorial candidate
was applaudeci in his speech as much
as was his successful opponent.
Hon. J. Taylor Ellis of Richmond was
unanimously elected chairman of the
state Democratic organization for hie
eleventh successive term.
Senator John W. Daniel, Hon. John
Goode, Congressman W. A. Jones and
Cleveland, O., Aug. 15.—Five men
were burned to death, four were drown-
ed, one, and possibly four, were suf-
focated and several injured as the re-
sult of a fire which destroyed a tem-
porary waterworks crib two miles ofT
the Cleveland harbor.
When the flames broke out twenty-1 Peter J. Otey were among the speakers
six men took refuge in the water oh ! at the convention.
floating pieces of wreckage. Four of The most notable incident of the day
them lost their hold on their frail was the lack of applause which greeted
floats and sank just as help reached i Hon. H. R. Pollard of Richmond when
their comrades. The crew of the tug j *,e said: "Free silver is a dead issue.
J. R. Sprankle heard the fire whistle 11 met lts Gettysburg in 1896 and its
blown from the crib and raced to the Waterloo in 1000."
scene from the harbor. She picked up
eighteen of the survivors who had
drifted to the west of the crib on their
floats of boards and wreckage. Man-
ager Van Dusen and three of his men
were hanging in the water from a two-
inch line suspended from the crib. Just j Hutchinson, Kan., Aug. 15.—-Vice
as the line was burning away from President Roosevelt, en route from
above the men's heads a yawl boat Colorado, stopped here for a short time
from the barge Wilhelm, manned by j Wednesday morning, and from the rear
two men, dashed into the veil of heat platform of his train addresed several
and smoke that enveloped the crib and j thousand veterans attending the State
rescued the four men on the rope at G. A. R. reunion. Mr. Roosevelt spoke
the risk of the boatmen's lives. The for fifteen minutes and aroused the
men picked up in the water were crowd to great enthusiasm. He
brought to the city on the tug. They , thanked the old soldiers in the name
were naked and badly burned. Many ( 'he American people for the present
of them were cut by falling timbers. I val°r and sacrifice, and referring
GALE ON THE GOLF
Appears to Have Done a Consider-
able Amount of Damage.
MOBILE V/IMRVES OVERFLOWED
And Places of Business Vacated, the City
Virtually Being Cut Off From the
Ou side World.
HEAVY FIGHT1NQ
VICE PRESIDENT
sand Veterans
II utehi it
Ku
The crib is a total loss. It was a
frame building 200x50 feet, the sides
sheatehed with iron. It contained val-
uable machinery. The crib and ma-
chinery were the property of Shailer &
chninglau, contractors. Their loss
will be $200,000.
Fire and harbor tugs, with rescue
briefly to civic life, warned them not to
envy the life of ease.
"You old soldiers," he said, "don't
envy those who lived lives of ease from
'61 to '65. You do not regret the work
you did then, do you?"
A chorus of "No" came from the vet-
erans.
Mr. Roosevelt, continuing, said in
parties on board, reached the crib soon part:
in line. They are also extending their
operations to Duquesne and Home-
stead, the great strongholds of the Car-
negie company, and claim to ba gain-
ing ground at botV* places. The recent
gains here and at Joliet will brinj pie
total men brought out by the third
and fii*il call of President Shaffer to
about 30,000 and raise the total to
about 70,000. President Shaifer an-
nounced that after Sept I industrial
Amalgamated men would receive
strike benefits of $4 a week, and that
some provision would be made for men
outside the organization.
JOURNALISTS JEEREU.
Tliey Apologized tc
■none and We
Ke prln
of C o
uled.
London, Aug. 17.—In the house of
commons G. E. Armstrong, a former
lieutenant of the British navy, editor
of th Globe, and W. T. Madge, manager
of that paper, attended the bar in the
custody of the seargeant-at-arms in
accordance with th esummons of tin
accordance with the summons of the
leges of the house in accusing the Na-
tionalist members of currupr on in
connection with private bill legislation.
After the speaker, Wm. Court Gully,
notified them of the cause of the sum-
mons, both Mr. Armstrong anl Mr.
pearance of the article and apologized
to the house. The speaker then or-
dered the delinquents to withdraw
while the house considered the matter.
Both the editor and manager backed
out. bowing low at every step, antid
the derisive cheers of the Nationalists.
After a protest from John Redmond,
the Nationalist leader, against the in-
adequacy of the apology, the offenders
were recalled and asked if they were
prepared to withdraw the allegations.
This they did in somewhat nervous
tones. The speaker then severely rep-
rimanded the two newspaper men.
Three Killed. Two Hurl.
Calumet. Meich., Aug. 17.—The hang-
ing rock in the twenty-eighth level of
Bhaft No. 2 of the Tamarack mine fell
Thursday night, killing three men and
injuring two others, neither of whom
can live.
Wireles* >| I'NMiift*.
New York, Aug. 17—The Cunard
line steamship Lucania, Capt. McKay,
from Liverpool Aug. 10, was spoken
through the medium of wireless teleg-
raphy by the Nantucket litghtship aft
er 6 o'clock Friday evening, whence
the message went to the Herald sta-
tion at Siasconsett. The following
message was among those received:
"All well on board. We are within
270 miles of Sandy Hook end expect
to reach New York harbor Saturday.
"M'KAY."
of the strike and the consequent
checking of monopolistic arrogance
will redound to the good not only of
organized labor throughout this coun-
try, but of every one now living or
to come after us who may hope and
expect to earn a competence by hon-
est effort and enjoy the blessings
vouchsafed by a true republic to a
fre eand independent people: that the
Democratic party is now and has al-
ways been opposed to trusts and mo-
nopolies, and we believe zealous Dem-
ocrats ought to labor at all times to
stop their onward march and their per-
manent engraftment upon the body
politic; and, with this end in view, we
pledge the sympathy and support of
this body to the said Amalgamated
association.
Mr. McFall sent to the speaker's desk
and had read an editorial from the
Springfield Kepubiican dealing with
the strike. He spoke in favor of his
resolutions, giving a history of the
strike, and describing the steel trust,
the most gigantic and greedy of all
combines. He called attention to the
manner in which the big corporations
wanted to control legislation, calling
attention to the attempts of the cor-
porations to secure the adoption of a
new constitution for Texas. Before
the conclusion of Mr. McFall's re-
marks the time for consideration of
resolutions expired, and they went
over.
Reversed Smith'. Derlilon.
Austin, Tex., Aug. 17.—While serving
as attorney-general, the late Hon. T. S.
Smith rendered an opinion declaring as
unconstitutional a part of the state
pension law embraced in the follow-
ing language: "Or that he originally
enlisted in the Confederate service
from the state of Texas, and was at the
date of the passage of this act a bona
fide resilient citizen of the state of
Texas." Mr Smith's opinion held that
the controller is not authorized to dr
his warrant on the treasurer to pay a
daim based upon the alternative quot-
ed in the controller's question as to
the above language from the law.
Attorney General C. K. Bell has just
rendered an opinion reversing that of
Mr. Smith on the subject.
Got Large Num.
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 17.—Sholz's
Palm Garden saloon, on Alamo street,
was burglarized after 1 o'clock Friday
morning and $300 stolen from the sare,
which they had left unlocked when the
place was closed for the night.
Ail in all, the editors of The National
Magazine feel that their August num-
ber Is the best that they have yet sent
out—a well-balanced and accurate re-
flection of current American life and
aauixatitUL
Shocking Crime.
Sherman, Tex., Aug. 17.—With her
throat cut from ear to ear, severing the
cartoid artery, her head beaten and
bruised, the corpse of Mrs. J. M. Cald-
well, aged 19. and but recently mar-
ried. was found by her husband at their
farm residence, fifteen miles west of
Sherman, at 6:30 o'clock Friday after-
noon. Her clothing was drawn up and
twisted about her head, and there are
indications that she had also been the
victim of a heinous assault.
Senate 111 11 Reported.
Austin, Tex., Aug. 17.—The senate
committee on congressional districts
has reported its bill. Both houses can
now start in on the real work of re-
apportionment. It is said that a large
majority of the senators are pledged to
support the senate bill, and that the
representatives of eleven out of six-
teen districts will support the house
bill just as it stands. If that be true,
the bills ought to pass the respective
houses and get to conference won.
after the flames broke out. but when
they arrived the structure was a seeth-
ing mass of flames, and all hope of sav-
ing It was abandoned.
Men could be distinguished swim-
ming and floating in the water and
shouting for h^lp. Others were cling-
ing to ropes which they had hitched or
tied to the rafters, but the flames were
burning the ropes away, while the men
were stark naked, and one by one they
were falling into the lake.
The tugs circled around the burning
crib, picking up men from the water,
and meantime playing heavy streams
upon the flames.
As soon as the five bodies were re-
covered the tug Kennedy returned to
thp harbor at once and notified the cor-
oner of the discovery.
While this was going on ways and
means were belne devised to reach the
men imprisoned in the tunnel, whose
air supply had been apparently shut
off entirely by the burning of the com-
pressed air machinery. At times It.
was thought that voices could be heard
down below, and the lifesavers and the
firemen peered down with ears intent,
but the sounds ceased again. At the
month of the shaft it was like a fur-
nace. and the ironwork was red hot.
from the flames. The water that was
thrown on it turned into steam at
once.
Finallly. after a deluge of water had
been thrown on the smouldering shaft
entrance, a voice was heard from the
bottom calling for help.
"For God's sake, throw down a rope,
throw down a rope!" a man called.
Slowly and carefuly he was raised. He
was William Curry of Canton.
In quick succession seven others
were brought up from the tunnel. All
were In a most pitiable condition. They
reported that two other men were ly-
ing unconscious at the bottom of the
shaft. A workman volunteered to res-
cue these men. and he was quickly low-
ered into the shaft. In a few minutes
the unconscious men were brought up.
more dead than alive.
Mayor Johnson expressed great indig-
nation when he learned that no boat
or life preservers were provided as a
safety measure by the contractors &t
the crib. He declared that the case
would receive the closest investigation,
and that those found guilty of criminal
negligence in the matter would be pros-
ecuted to the full extent of the law.
Healed Debate.
London, Aug. 15.—The house of com-
mons passed the factories bill to a
third reading after a heated debate,
which arose out of the action of the
government in withdrawing a clause
including laundries within the scope
of the bill, because the Nationalists
"We can never hope to make the
country all it should be until we honor
the man who works, until we accept
the principles that a man Is to be
judged on his works."
As the train began to pull out many
of the old soldiers climbed aboard the
platform to shake hands with the vice
president.
Upton Starts.
London, Aug. 15—Sir Thomas Lip-
ton started for the United States Wed-
nesday, leaving a cheering crowd of
acquaintances and well-wishers at the
station.
His compartment on the train was
filled up with flowers, including a
model of the Shamrock II.
When the time drew near for the
train to leave the crowd cheered Sir
Thomas Lipton and sang, "For He is
a Jolly Good Fellow." Lipton said he
hoped the vessel would fulfill expec-
tations.
Sent to Sehwab.
Columbus, O., Aug. 15.—Secretary of
State Laylin sent the following notice
to Charles M. Schwab of the steel trust
at Pittsburg:
"Dear Sir—Your attention is called
to the laws of the state of Ohio upon
corporations of other states doing bus-
iness in Ohio, and you are requested to
fill out and return to this office the ac-
companying blank."
The blank contains questions on how
the concern does business in the state
of Ohio.
Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 16.—The tropical
storm which has been ragh.^ along ihe
gulf coast Thursday niglu completely
isolated tha city of Mobik, Ala., from
the outsida world. It is known that
considerable damage has been done
ulong the water front in Mobile, but
whether there has been loss of life oi
.lot is mere conjecture. Nothing has
been heard from the country south of
Mobile up to the time the last wire to
Mobile failad.
At 4:iiO "clock Thursday afternoon
'the Western Union office in Mobile was
abandoned, the water at thai time be-
ing three feet deep in the operating
loom.
Two hours later communication was
had for a few minutes with Mobile.
The Associated Pre^s operator there
had made hia way to the operating
room iu a boat. He took up his posi-
tion on top of the switchboard several
feet above the flooded ouice, and de-
taching the Associated Press wire,. ■ „ .
- ,, , . .. . , . . 1 troops Sunday a few miles out of Co-
from its place in the board, sent this i. ., , .
m lon the rebels defeated the govern-
j ment forces, and one of the latter was
"Am on top of switchboard here i afterwards found shot in the abdomen
witk a lineman. Ihe water is over wlth both legs amputated. This was a
three feet deep In this room and It is 1 reprisal for the torture by the gov-
still rising. The wind is blowing at ! eminent of political prisoners.
the rate of fifty miles an hour and we ■
look for worse things to-night. The BANKRUPTCY PETITION
business district is deserted. * • •" |
Here the wire tailed and nothing ; F,,ed ,at Chica«° b> Editor. of th.
could be heard from him, although the ! h. i lump* Company.
most persistent efforts were made. ,
,P. , Chicago, ill., Aug. l(i.—On the peti-
Ihe water at 3 p. m. was reported ,• „ nt .. a ,
tlon ot three creditors of the George
' H. Phillips company, a petition in
(bankruptcy has been filed for the com-
Is Reported on th* Outskirts of Colon
and Also Panama.
Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 10.—The
British steamer Darien haa arrived
here ironi Colon and brings reports
of Heavy fighting Monday on the out-
skirts of Panama and Colon. The reb-
els were steadily advancing on th*
towns proper. A number of men had
beer wounded.
A large number of wounded men be
longing to the government troops were
taken to Colon Monday. This is re-
garded as an indication of the persist-
ncy of the rebel attacks.
The converted cruiser Namouna
has been found to be practically use-
less owing to the bungling attempts
to mount heavy guns on board her.
[The Colombian government is now ne-
gotiating for the purchase of the
steamer Bernard Hall of the West In-
dia and Pacific Steamship company
tlimited) of Liverpool. The Darien
brought forty passengers who were
obliged to leave Colon in order to es-
cape the danger and to escape conscrip-
tion. The British consul at Colon has
entered a protest against Jamaicans
being compelled by the Colombian
government to fight against the rebels.
The passengers of the Darien say
the chances of the Liberals' success
seem better than ever since the com
mencement of the revolution.
Guards are still kept on board the
trains running between Panama and
Colon.
Both sides are committing atrocities.
In the attack made on the government
as high as in the great flood of 1893,
although at that time the wind was
not as high.
From Mobile to Fort Morgan is a
distance of thirty-five inilesr and on
both sides of the bay summer resorts
and summer houses are located. These
were, it is believed, in the direct path
of the storm. The telegraph line to
Fort Morgan runs around the bay
through the country and covers
eighty-five miles before it reaches the
government reservation.
dispatch from Mobile at 12:30
o'clock Thursday said:
"The wind continues at an average
of forty miles an hour, with frequent
puffs ten miles faster, showing great
strength. The river has overflowed
the cotton wharf and Front and Com-
merce streets, and Warren street is
flooded two feet deep between St. Mi-
chael and Congress streets. Row-
boats were employed to bring out
members of the Cotton Exchange at
noon. The grocers and merchants on
Commerce and Water streets had
timely warning yesterday and were
hard at work last night. Before the
rise began they had their ground floor
stocks elevated on temporary plat-
forms and feel safe, unless the flood
goes higher than the unprecedented
one of 1893.
Huilding at Hobart.
Hobart, O. T., Aug. 15.—Tuesday
was the banner day in building in this
city and an unbroken line of build-
ings extends the entire length of the
block on the west side of the court
house square. There are also four or
five nice houses in course of construc-
tion on the east side, but owing to the
west side having been solcj several
days in advance, they have the start.
Three sides of the square are practical*
ly built up.
Wishes It Diverted.
City of Mexico, Aug. 15.—El Mundo,
an afternoon Liberal party paper, re-
viewing the growth of American trade
and the trust system, advocates the
Latin-American countries making an
effort to divert their trade to Europe,
as in former years.
Ciulf Storm.
New Orleans, La., Aug. 15.—A storm
raged at the river's mouth for over
twenty-four hours and the river hae
backed up fully five feet.
Many rice fields along the coaat are
under water and orange lands will be
damaged. Many people in that section
strongly objected to o eial inspection left their houses. There is probably
of the Catholic conventual laundries on loss of life, but no definite reports have
be subserviemfw cmfwy vbgkqjvbgk reached here. Along the Mississippi
be subversive of the discipline neces- gulf coast wind and water are high,
sary in reformatory laundries. j but no damage is yet reported.
Cannot Kstlmute. At m standstill.
Middlesboro, Ky., Aug. 15.—Damage . Pittsburg, Aug. 15.—There were vic-
amounting to thousands of dollars has J tories on both sides of the great steel
been done to this section, especially to j strike Wednesday. The striker* suc-
the valley farms. It has been raining j ceeded in finally forcing the National
for several days and there are no signs Tube works at McKeesport, probably
of abatement. A large portion of this ■ the largest individual plant in the
valley is inundated. A suburb of Mid- United State3 Steel Corporation, to
dlesboro is under water, but the dam* finally close down. On the other hand,
age is light. Stonega, Va., was visited the steel corporation reopened the big
by a waterspout, which compelled Painter mill, and has also resumed
three-fourths of the Inhabltats to flee operations with non-union men at the
for their lives. The damage le beyond ■ Crescent plant of the American Tin
estimation
I Plate company at Cleveland.
Damage on Louisiana ("mt.
New Orleans, La., Aug. 16.—The
storm which has been sweeping the
gulf coast from Pensacola and moving
westward has prostrated telegraph
and telephone wires to such an extent
that news from the outlying sections
Is hard to get. The greatest fears have
been entertained for the safety of peo-
ple living at Port Eads, which is at the
mouth of the river, and for ships that
started for sea Just before the storm
began. The wires there have been pros-
trated since Tuesday night at 8 o'clock,
but the Picayune reached a man who
left Port Eads at 2 o'clock Wednes-
day.
Child Not a Corpse.
Lamed, Kan., Aug. 16.—At the town
of Hanston, twenty miles west of here,
the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel McPrease, died, or seemed to
die. On the way to the cemetery the
metallic casket was struck by a bolt
of lightning and split open. To the
amazement and consternation of the
funeral party, the child sat up and
called for her mother. The horses were
knocked down, but no other damage
done. The little girl is in a fair way
to recovery.
At Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 16.—\ stiff
southeast wind has been blowing in
Montgomery since 6 o'clock Wednesday
nighl. It is accompanied by a heavy
downpour of rain.
The wind reached its highest velocity
at 1 o'clock, when the tin roof of a
three-story building in the business dis-
trict was ripped off and fell with a
crash into the street. No damage is yet
reported, but It Is feared there will be
considerable.
Highest Ever Known There.
Burnside, Ky., Aug. 16.—The highest
water ever known In this locality in
August is raging here. The Cumber-
land river has fifty feet in the channel,
overflowing the banks and doing great
damage to crops in the bottoms. It has
been raining steadily for ninety-six
hours. The Buffalo Tie company lost
8000 ties by the breaking of one of the
booms on Caney branch; also five large
barges valued at $12,000.
nn ,1
pany in the United States district
court. George H. Phillips and two
other directors of the company filed
their consent that the petition be al-
lowed and the Chicago Title and Trust
company has been appointed tem-
porary receiver.
The filing of the petition and the ap-
pointment of the receiver will enable
the company to continue in business.
it is estimated that the assets of the
company will aggregate $250,000 and
the liabilities will not exceed $200,000.
The Record-Herald says: "By. Mr.
Phillips own statement the company
is insolvent. The liabilities he places
at about $200,000, with assets taken at
their face value, amounting to $225,000
or $250,000. Of this he believes $100,-
000 is in worthless accounts, so that
the company will fall short approxi-
mately $100,000 in the settlement.
This, Mr. Phillips declares, he will
make up to the creditors to the last
cent. He says he has lost or given up
all of his money and real estate, but
that, accepting the offers of financial
assistance, he will resume business in-
dividually. Voluntarily he proposes to
give up for the benefit of the creditors
every dollar of the profit he makes in
his transactions over and above $2500
a year, which he will keep for himself
and family."
I>eath of Col. Elliott.
Denver. Colo., Aug. 16.—Col. John D.
Elliott, a prominent ex-Confederate sol-
dier and leader, is dead at his country
home near Port Logan, south of this
city. Col. Elliott was acting governor
of Mississippi In 1853, when Gov.
Foote lay stricken with fever. At that
time he organized the most extensive
relief system ever known In the South
to cope with the epidemic of yellow
fever.
Col. Elliott was a political leader in
Texas in latter years, residing
Brenham. As an editor he published
newspapers in Mississippi, Louisiana
and Texas. He has lived in Denver for
some time, where he gained fame as
a lawyer. He was taken ill in June
while returning from Texas, the disease
developing Into dropsy of the heart,
which caused his death. His wife and
one son, J. F. C. Elliott of Luling, Tex.,
survive him.
HOW TO TELL BOGUS MONEY.
An En ay Matter When Certain Itu'e*
Are rforne In Mind.
Talking of counterfeiters puts me in
mind of one, a notorious rascal, who
was caught not long ago In this city
while at his nefarious trade," said the
ex-treasury official to the Washington
Star. "The paper money this man pro-
duced was absolutely perfect in every
detail but one thing, and It seems
strange that a man of his knowledge
and experience of the art of counter-
feiting should not have known it."
Here the treasury official took a $1
bill from his pocket. It was new and
crisp and he pointed out a diminutive
letter C on the right under the bill's
number and another down in the other
corner. "Now," he continued, "I don'J
suppose there are ten men in a hun-
dred outside the treasury department
who know? that these seemingly un-
necessary letters are on United States
bills. And even if they had noticed
them I am willing to bet that not on«
of them could tell what they signify."
Handing another bill to the reporter,
the ex-treasury man asked him to read
the last four figures. They were 5321.
The treasury man said almost instant-
ly. "The letter on that bill is B." which
was correct. Half a dozen other bills
were produced and when the treasury
man was told the last four figures of
their numbers he was able to tell with
lightning rapidity what letter would
be found on each bill. In each case
the letter was qither A, B, C or D.
"The explanation is simple," said he.
"If you take the last four figures of
the number on any bill, no matter
what its denomination, and divide
them by four you will have a remain-
der of 0, 1, 2, or 3. If the remainder is
zero the letter on the bill will be A.
If it is 1 the letter will be B. If it is
2 the letter will be C and if it is 3 the
letter will be D. This is one of tbe
many precautions taken by the gov-
ernment against counterfeiters. You
can tell instantly whether a bill is bad
or good by making that test. I would-
n't give a 5 cent piece for a $1,000 bil',
no matter how perfect it seemed, If if.i
little letters did not correspond with
the remainder obtained by dividing
the last four figures of its number bj
four."
Coal Oil Casualty.
Qroveton, Tex., Aug. 16.—Whita at-
tempting to light a fire with kereosene
little Lee McKinnon, daughter of C. M.
McKinnon, was burned to death, and
her little brother, Joe, was seriously
burned.
Made a Confession.
South McAlester, I. T„ Aug. 10.—
Bailey Lewis has been arrested, charged
with being one of the Katy train rob-
bers. One of the robbers made a con-
fession. The men will be tried and
bound over on Aug. 20, and in 8eptem-
ebr will, on conviction, be given life
sentences. Within two hours after the
robbery nearly all of the robbers had
been arrested and placed In jail. This
is the quickest work ever performed
by officers In the Indian Territory.
Barney Ousted.
Ardmore, I. T., Aug. 16.—New com
plications were added to the already
complicated townsite fight Thursday,
when West Burney, IndJan representa-
tive upon the Chlutnww Townsite
board, received official notification of
his removal from Thomas Ryan, sat-
ing secretary of the Interior. Bur-
ney's dismissal oomeB as a result of hia
refusal to appralBe twonsite property
In Ardmore, which the interior depart
meat insists he should do.
ARTIFICIAL NEW POTATOE9.
Old Tubers Dipped |„ J.j. to nlT. Tb.m
New Look.
Out in California quite a thriving
industry, so it is said, is carried on
in the manufacture of new potatoes.
The thrifty artificers are mostly Portu-
guese, Italians and Chinamen, and if
all goes well it appears they gei about
two months* start on the market.
Their method is ingenious. After the
regular crop is out of the way, late
in the season, they plant, having
learned the correct time by experience,
a crop of good keeping late potatoes.
These they dig up just before the win-
ter frosts set in, when, of course, they
are small, and bury them in heaps in
the open fields until spring, when the
new-potato season arrives. They are
then taken out and assorted according
to size. While this is going on a
large kettle or vat is rigged up and
filled with water to which a sufficient
quantity of lye is added to make the
skins of the potatoes curl when they
are dipped into it. A crane and metal
basket are used for this purpose so as
to do it as expeditiously as possible.
The efTect of dipping any potato into
lye water, no matter how old, is to
crack and curl the skin, while it at the
same time hardens and makes it more
firm. The resemblance of the spurious
brand to a new potato is consequently
so close that it takes an expert to de-
tect the difference by appearance.
After the dipping the potatoes are
washed and placed in the sun to dry
and the work is complete. The fraudu-
dent article can, however, be detected
by cutting one open, when by looking
carefully from circumference to cen-
ter a yellowish white line of watery
appearance will be seen, or by putting
one or two into cold water and bring-
ing it to a boil, when a faint lye odor
will be noticeable, and the water that
covers them will have a slippery feei-
ng.—Philadelphia Times.
Btoelc Kxohanffe Slang.
We have a pretty assortment ot
slang on the New York Stock Ex-
change, but it is not a marker to that
whlih is current In what Londoners
call their "house." The legalized'
gambling institution In Capel Court
has many odd nicknames for securi-
ties. "Berwlcks" are shares of the
Northwestern Railway, "smelts" are
English and Australian copper shares,
"pots" are shares of the North Staf-
fordshire Railway: "muttons" are the
Turkish loan of 1865, partly secured
by the sheep tax; "Morgans" are the
French 6 per cents, floated by that
firm; "Slngapores" are the British In-
dian Extension telegraph shares,
"Yorks" are Oreat Northern Rail-
way shares, "Leeds" are shares of the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
"Dovers" are Southeastern Railway
shares, "Brums" are London and
Northwestern Railway shares, "Co-
hens" are the Turkish loan of 1869,
floated by the Arm of that name:
"dogs" are shares of the Newfound-
land telegraph.—Victor Smith in New
York Press.
M*a Dm • Kltht to Bpik.
The lawB and rules against expecto-
rating in public places, u street oars,
ferry boats, waiting rooms, etc., are
becoming more and more widespread.
But a New York Judge has made « rule
which will either send the anti-splt-
tlhjb ordinances into "innocuous desue-
tude" or create an unprecedented de-
mand for cuspidors. The Judfe re-
ferred to discharged three men haled
before him on the charge of Bpltting
on the floor of a ferry boat. Ha said
to the officer who made the arrest:
What's the use of arresting these
men? You know we will have to dis-
charge them whenever there Is no ac-
commodation such as a cuspidor. Men
have to spit, and If cuspidors are not
provided they have to spit elsewhere."
The French olive-growers have to
reckon more and more with the com-
petition of the olive-growers of Tunis.
There le a vast coal supply In Aus-
tralia, which is almost uuworked a?
I Mt.
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