_ _-_...-..._-~, ' WORK AT THE HAGUE. A Brief Resume of What Has Been Accomplished. WASHINGTON, July 19.-—-The work accomplished by The Hague conference as represented in the conventions and treaties which have just reached the state department are divided into three classes. The first relate to the revision of the rules of war relative to the rescue of shipwrecked and wounded persons in marine battles. Included under this gen- eral head is a provision for extending to hospital ships immunity from capture in three cases—first, in the case of official national vessels under proper insignia; second. private hospital ships'fitted out by benevolent persons; third, hospital ships fitted out by neutral powers, benev~ olently inclined, for the rescue of wound- ed and Shipwrecked’sailors. Conventions relative to the revision and supplementing of rules for the conduct of war on land. These undertake to define who are and who are not proper combat‘ ants. They also provide for the proper treatment of prisoners of war, etc. The third class of conventions contains articles looking to the peaceful adjust- ment of international difierences. includ- ing a scheme of mediation, a scheme of international courts of inquiry and a scheme for a permanent arbitration tri- bunal. All of these conventions are un- der careful scrutiny, and if they comply in terms with the brief synopsis already furnished the government they will se- cure the adhesion of the state depart— ment. False “Feather Prophets. WASHINGTON, July 18.—'The acting chief of the weather bureau request; publication of the following: “The weather bureau is advised through the official in charge of its Ohio section of the climate and crop service that a num- ber of firms in the western part of that state have been victimized by a person obtaining money upon promise of fur- nishing weather forecasts. As all infor- mation at the disposal of the weather bu- reau that is of interest to the public is gratuitously given so far as the facilities of the bureau will permit and as no one is authorized to arrange for supplying such information for money consideration any person solicitingr compensation for such service should be arrested.” Body Found In a Pond." SARATOGA, July 19.—At Mechanic- ville yesterday the body of Patrick Con- nelly, a saloon keeper, was found in a pond. Several wounds were discovered on the head. It is believed to be a mur- der. Detectives are seeking an Italian... who is suspected of the crime. Professor \Vheeler Accepts. SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.—-At a meeting of the board of regents of the University of California held yesterday Professor Benjamin Ide \Yheeler ac- cepted the presidency of the university, the regents granting every request and condition made by him. Receiver For P’erth A‘mlioy Bunk. NEW vonK, Juana—vice Chan- cellor l‘i‘wv h..s appointed James Ma— guire. < m- of the National State bank at Elizabeth. N. J.. as receiver for the wrecked Middlesex County bank at Perth Amboy. vi "League Island for Tompkinsville. .. of this city to run for ten’ years. “q ALP. ment Movements. “'ASHINGTON, July 18.——The Dixie has arrived at New York. The Piscata- quay and Choctaw have sailed from Pen- sacola for Newport. The Yankton and Eagle have sailed from Clbara for Key W'est. The Prairie has sailed from The Machias has sailed from Key \Vest for San Juan. The north Atlantic squadron has- sailed from Booth bay for Newport. The Annapolis has arrived at New York. The Dolphin has sailed from Marblehead for Portsmouth. The Chicago came out of dock at Cape Town yesterday ready to cross the south Atlantic to Rio. The Lancaster will leave Boston about the 27th inst. to cruise in the vicinity of Gardiner’s bay. Large Steel Contract. PITTSBURG, July ‘ ISL—Announce- ment is made of a contract between $123 Carnegie Steel company. limited, a. the Schoen Pressed Steel Our company During that time the Carnegie company is fab furnish the car company with 1,000 toils .of steel plate daily, amounting in value ' to over $60,000,000 a year, $600,000,000 for the ten years. This is said to be due of thelarg‘est single contracts ever made in this country, and it is the basis of an agreement between the Carnegie com- pany and the Pressed Steel Car compapy binding the ‘Carnegie company to keep out of a field occupied by the other al- most if not quite exclusively. The Buflulo to Be a Transport. PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July 19.—The board of naval chiefs have decided at. their meeting to completely refit the cruiser Buffalo as a naval transport at a cost of about $70,000. This ship was bought of the Brazilian government at the time of the war and was commonly known as a dynamite cruiser. She has not proved all that was expected, howev- er, and it secmcddesirable to transform her into a transport for the Philippine service. ‘ The Shamrock Wins. ,.. SOUTHAMPTON, July 10. —The Shamrock won her first trial race easily, arriving at the finish line at 3:46. The Britannia finished the course 13 minutes behind the challenger for the America’s cup. Both yachts were admirably han- dled, but the Shamrock had a clear ad- vantage throughout. She gained on every tack to windward. . ' Rnce \Vinnlngs to a Hospital. _ LONDON, July 19.—The Duke of “'estminster has presented the winnings of his colt Flying Fox in the Eclipse stake, run at Sundown park on Friday last, amounting to £10,000, to the Royal Alexandra hospital at Rhyl, “lales, of which he is‘presidcnt and the Princess of Wales patroness. - Chief Justice ' Field’s. Funeral. BOSTON, July 18.—It has been ar‘ ranged that the funeral of Chief Justice “'albridgc A. Field, whose death oc- curred on Saturday evening at his home here, will take place from the South Congregational church tomorrow at 1 o'clock. The officiating clergyman will be Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D., pastor of the South Congregational church, and Rev. E. Winchester Dons ald, D. D., of Trinity church. I J Dense. _ .‘ AMERICANS WIN. m Arbitration" Commission Pro- vides For Revision. THE HAGUE, July 18.——The arbitra- tion commission held a plenary meeting yesterday, discussing international oom- missions of inquiry and adopting, with certain amendments. article 56. respct- ing the expenses of the tribunal. The section of article 54 providing for g the revision of arbitral awards, which the Americans had succeeded in adding to the original project, was the subject of a long debate on.the motion of M. de Martens of the Russian delegation to eliminate theamendment. Messrs. Holls and Low of the American delegation made long speeches in defence of re- . vision. Mr. Holls, whose remarks were rapidly translated into French by M. Destournelles, declared that the Ameri- cans would be unable to agree to the arbitration scheme if revision were stricken out unless they received further instructions from Washington. This announcement, created a sensa- tion. Professor Assor of the Dutch delega- tion presented a fresh draft proposal, which he, vigordusly supported. Mr. Holls finally accepted an amend- ment providing that the disputing par- ties can reserve the right of revision by special agreement. Thus the Americans practically won' their point. , l An adjournment was taken until toe: morrow. Bridges Built Quickly. PHENIXVILLE. Pa._. July 18.—The last of the 18 steel bridges built for the Eastern Chinese railroad by the Phenix- ville Bridge company has been completed and accepted by Constantine Lepeschoff of St. Petersburg, the engineer who has snperintended their construction. These bridges were completed within ten weeks after work was begun. and all but three are well on their way to Vladivostok, their shipping destination. Mr. Lepe- schofi says he does not believe there is a concern in Europe where the work could be done so quickly. \Veave I's' \Va ges Rn i scd. cONDENseg ulsenTca-rss. . l Fire destroyed 40 houses in: a. suburb of . Quebec. Cecil Rhodes was warmly welcomed on his arrival at Cape Town. Miss Clara Barton of the Red Cross reached New York from Havana. Horatio Alger, the well known writer of stories for boys, died, at Natick, Mass. Several firemen were seriously injured at the burning of Grace hotel, Milwau- kee. ’ l» . A consignment of rare- fish‘ from Ber— muda was received at the New York aquarium. Tod Sloane, the American jockey, has been suspended for insubordination from July 18 to Aug; 5. . Three trainmen were killed and three seriously injured in a wreck on' the Non- gflk and Western railroad at Haverhill, The Paris Ma-tin has pub.ished a state- ment by Comte Ferdinand \Valsin Es- terhazy saying that he wrote the border» can by order of Colonel Sandherr. Illinois Democrats at War. CHICAGO, July 19.—-The fight be- tween the regular Democratic- organiza- tion' of Cook county and the state of Illi- nois, representated by Mayor Harrison and’ NatiOnah Committeeman Gahan, on the one side, and the Altgel'd wing of the Democracy. which supported ex~Gover~ nor Altgeld' as an independent candidate for mayor at the last eleCtion, on the other. reached an acute stage yesterday and threatens to involve the national committee in spite of the strenuous at- tempts being made to keep local quarrels out of the proceedings of next Thursday’s meeting of the national committee in this city. Hon. Thomas Gahan, national connnitteeman from Illinois“ in an open letter 'to the leaders of the Altgcld ele- ment of the party explains his reasons for declining to attend the Auditorium meeting of Thursday night and by. in- ; direction appeals to his colleagues of the national committee to refrain from at- tending the Altgeld meeting. ; Detroit Ends Municipal Ownership. wooxsocmrr. 1:. I.. July 18.~—Thc ‘ wages of the weavers at the Slatersvillc cotton mills. in North Smithfield, have ; been raised again. .-\'prcvions increase which proved unsatisfactory led to a a common council last night. strike. and that demonstration was fol- 1 , . ordered by a unanimous viva voce vote lowed by a strike by the Socialist eni- ployees because several of their party had been discharged. A Costly Celebration. CHICAGO. .luly LEE—The Tribune (prints revised figures. ga.hcred from cor- respondents tln-oughtmt the country. showing a loss of Hi lives resultant from the last Fourth of July cell-Ibration. Some of these died July 4 and others from in- juries rcceived then. Lockjaw caused the dcath of 83 out of the 141. Prominent l'ittsflelder Dead. PITTSFIELD. Mass. July 18.—Oli- ver \\'. Robbins. head of the Oliver W'. Robbins Shoe company. died here" at noon yesterday. aged 87 years. He was one of the foremost citizens of this place. He was a pmminent Democrat and had served in both branches of the legislature._ _ DETROIT, July 19.——Municipal own- ership of Detroit’s street railways under the planalately agitated was given what is believed to be a final quietus by the A reconsid- eration of the “security” ordinance was of the aldermen. Then further consider- : ation of the ordinance was indefinitely 3 postponed. This is the franchise which 1 was passed at the last council meeting l under very exciting circumstances, Presi- dent Beamer charging that some of the aldermen who voted for it were im- properly influenced in its favor. Young Baptists Meet the President. WASHINGTON, July Ill—About 300 delegates to the Baptist Young Peo- ple’s union,‘ which has just finished its annual meeting at Richmond, were re.- ceived by the president in the east parlor ' yesterday. They were presented by Pres- ident John Chapman of Chicago. German Empress Injured. BERLIN, July 19.-—Empress Augusta Victoria sprained her foot yesterday dur- ing an excursion to St. Bartholoma, on the Konigs-See. ' .tWEEK-ILY - s'on'wx-L"K- .-‘o Are rrr) l l. I l i I ! A y“ FIGHT WITH Rosanna. One of the New Mexico Bandit-JIM An Account at the Altair. EAST LAS VEGAS. N. M.,,July 13..— Word has been received here that the dead body of one of the train ' robbers concerned in the Folsom _ train robbery on the Coloi'ado Southern railway had been conveyed to Cinnamon, N» M., from the scene of the fight udwas afterward. taken to Springer,’ where-an. inquest was held last night. The dead. man. is known. by the name of William Mchnnis, alias. G. W. Franks, and came from. Magda- lena, N. M., where he is knownaat “Bron: cho Buster.” The other. two- robbers abandoned their horses and. are being pursued in the bills by: a; posse of 20 men. " Later accounts of the- fight state that the train robbers were- overtaken at about 5 o’clock Sunday evening in the ca you 12 miles above Cimarron. They '. w to preparing to go into, camp and res plied in the negative toia. demand to sur- render. A fight then ensued, in which about 50 shots were exchanged. - Sheriff Ed Farr received the first wound in the wrist, but bandaged it and renewed the battle. He- was shot a sec— ond time through the body and fell dead. F. H. Smith, another member of the posse, was shot through the leg. H. N. Love sustained a dangerous wound. through the thigh. Thevfiring lasted about .45 minutes. Special O’ificer Reno remain- ed on the scene until 8 o’clock Sunday night and then left for Cimarron to se- cure medical aid, which was secured at Springer. It took him nearly four hours to make the trip to Cimarron, a distance of ten miles, through the heavy rain. and intense darkness. Eighteen Millions Klondike Gold. AVASHINGTON, July 18.—Mr. Franl: A. Vanderlip, assistant secretary of the treasury, has returned from a month’s trip through the west "on business con- nected with the government mints and assay offices. He said that what appears to be a conservative estimate of the amount of gold which will come out of the Klondike this summer is $18,000,000, a large proportion of which. he added, will go through the government assay of- fice at Seattle. Didn’t Know It “y\"‘.i§‘=xi.oaaedf" LEVVES, Del., July 18.—At. Reho both Bay a son of James Mitchell. re- siding there, shot his brother with a gun loaded with large shot through the left breast, causing his death in an hour. The shooting was done in a playful manner. The boys supposed the gun was not loaded. The dead boy was 17 years of age. _ One Youth Stubs Another. FORT PLAIN, N. Y., July 19.——-Floyd Nellis and Raymond Cunningham, twc youths employed in the Lien Knitting mill, St. Johnsville, quarreled, and Gun- ' ningham plunged the blade of a pair of shears into Nellis’ abdomen, inflicting a wound which, it is said, will prove‘fatal. Automobile Tourists Detained. LITTLE FALLS, N. Y., July 19.— The Davis automobile did not get the. wheel at Utica to replace the old one broken in this city, and it is detained here till one is secured from the factory at Stamford, Conn. two days. r | l I It will take at least ) arouses HELD; .m striking Gloss BloWerl a Bridgeton, N. 3., Admitted to Bail. ". l BRIDGETON, N. J., July 18.1-The‘ - hearing of 21 striking glass blowers for rioting on Thursday last, when 15 non- union blowers brought. here to work-at the Cumberland Glass works were as- saulted on leaving the train, was held yesterday before Mayor Applegate. Prosecuting Attorney J. Hampton Fi- thian appeared for the commonwealth, and former Judge John “I. VVcscott of Camden and Samuel Iredell of Bridge"- ton- looked after the interests 'of the de- fondants. Testimony was given by President E. Elmer Shoemaker and Manager Orrin G. King of the Cumberland Glass works; Station Agent Paul Smith, Dan— iel -Keen, Thomas Gray, Nicholas Rohn and‘ others. T‘yventy of the men were then held by the mayor to answer at court. Albert Dickinson was held in $800 bail to answer the charge of as- sault andbattery and rioting, and the others in sums of $500 and $300 for riot- ing. Bail was procured for all. TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE. Am Ameri‘c-un’s Terrible Experience ln: the Amazon Country. INDIANAPOLIS, July 18.,—G. T. McKim, prominent citizen of 'Thornton, has received a letter from Steve Fell, from California, which says that for 12 yearshe was a slave in a tribe n the upper Amazon in South America. He started with two other men, Messrs. Edwards and Boynton, one of whom’ died from a snake bite and the other from foyer; Fell survived an at- tack of the disease, but the natives charged him so much for their services that he was unable to pay, and e was sold into slavery. _ He bore years of hardships until, in final desperation. he decided to escape or die and succeeded in freeing himself, slew his guards and got away on a raft. Then he fo':i:d a priest who helped him to Rio .laneiro, where he shipped for San. Francisco. In concluding Fell writes: “I am now on a farm, my health much improved. I- hopc to reach home this coming winter.” Still Another Kentucky Feud. LOUISVILLE, July 18.——A special to The Courier-Journal from London, Ky;, tells of a report reaching there of the outbreak of another feud in Clay county by which five men lost their lives yester— day. These fatalities resulted from a pitched battle fought near Little Goose- ereek, three miles from Manchester. The, feud dates back nearly two years. On Christmas, 1897, James Philpot was killed by Aaron Morris, but before he died he shot and killed “’illiam Bandy, a friend of Morris. Since then the feeling bet-ween the two factions has been very bitter, and it has been aroused recently by the VVhite-Baker hostilities. Governor Dyer After Prizeilghters. PROVIDENCE, July ISL—Arousal by recent prizefights at Excter and Narragansett Pier, Governor Dyer has issued a proclamation offering a reward of $500 for the apprehension of persons engaging in or promoting any prize- - fight within the confines of the. state. #4- (A _._-__~-___,._. .,_. . ____.-.._.__.__,.-_-..._...__¢ I .
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