Chattanooga Daily Times from Chattanooga, Tennessee • 1

CHATTANOOGA TENN MONDAY- JULY 30 4888 iefok Arstr: i 411) vz-t 42 A i 1 i i 4 I 1 a In( 17- r--411 -t 1 CHATT'ANOOGA TENN MONDAY JULY 30 1888 COFFIN COUCH THE MURRELL GANG LOVE LOW MULHATION moonyKENTUCKY SCIENTIST'S ALLEGED AG TRONOMICAL DIECOVERY this afternoon "Rates of mining have been fixed for the various districts throughout the United States by the joint convention of operators and miners and it is now essential that the rates be sustained A reduction in one district is followed by corresponding redactions in other districts" QUEER RESTING PLACE FOR A SCORE OF YEARS THE RUNAWAT PHASE OF THE PASSION IS(ARCH FOR THE BURIED TREASURE OF THE BONERS will devote Reel1 to the eelection of proper campaign literature next week One document already prepared contains exclusively citations of the favoraft ble opinions of -the English press concerning the president's message Mrs Ellen Foster of Ohio who is now a daily caller at the republican headquarters is trying to make converts to her plan of organizing a feminine league of republican clubs' to act in concert with the masculine league Party of Tolima Blom From Me East Digging ter Wean Is la Adams Come a lir a Dimpling Bwr Wild' hold efiects the robbers having evidently concealed everything of a moneyed or treasure character before leaving HIDDEN WZALITH The grounds about the house were afterward honeycombed by marchers after the hidden treasures but nothing was found and in time memory of the robber clan passed from the public mind The pretence of these young men at this time has given rise to much speculation concerning their movements The prevailing idea is that they have lately come into information that may lead them to the discovery of the hidden wealth At any rate it is not probable that they would be here without some tangible basis upon which to work and further movements and developments are anxiously awaited by the people among whom the history of the old house and its occupants have been so suddenly and so strangely revived SEARCH FOR $15000000 i1 THE WEEK IN CONGRESS Prebabl Course of Leestatten th the Senate House WASITINGTON July 29--The sundry civil bill probably occupies the attention of the senate tomorrow It is Senator Frye's purpose to mk that the fisheries treaty be taken up for continuous debate until disposed of after the sundry civil bill is passed The bill for the admission of Washington Territory and the bill to encourage the holding of a national industrial 'exposition of the arts mechanics and products of the colored race will be brought forward for early consideration if opportunities offer It in now thought to be doubtful whether the tarill bill will make its appearance in the senate this week The general deficiency appropriation bill is likely to occupy the time of the liouse for several -days this week A number of hours equivalent to nearly two working dayip have already been allotted for discussion of the paragraph providing for the payment of the French spoliation claims After this bill is disposed of Sayers wat endeavor to secure consideration for the fortifications appropriation bill As the senate amendment to the army appropriation bill covers nearly the same ground it is expected that the committee on military affairs will antagonize the fortifications bill and try to have bill first acted upon with a view to throwing it into conference and ultimately adopting the senate plan of defense It would appear that whatever time' remains after the disposition of the deficiency bill it will be consumed in the discussion of the subject of fortifications STRAWS ABOUT Chatrmaa Jewett et the Donsecratte yemoulttee hapeete a Hard slabs LOUISVILLE KY July 29--Charle3 Jewett chairman of the democratic central committee of Indiana has returned to New Albany from an extensive tour of the state "It will be a hard fight everywhere': he said "Gov Gray opens the campaign Saturday night in Lafayette A great many republicans are disaffected but I think I can speak of no particular class among them who are so as a class except the wage-workers especially the railroad employes who are opposed to Harrison on account of his action during the engineers' strike He is a railroad attorney and is personally distasteful to all wage-workers The only democrats who manifest a disposition to leave our ranks are a few of the wage-workers who are not informed as to the tariff and are misled by the republican cry of protection "The greenback party of Indiana which at one time polled nearly 20000 votes has been reduced until it now amounts to not more than 7000 or 8000 but these are the flower of the party They are men of intelligence and very strong convictions They have a deep-seated personal dislike for Harrison and I have been unable to discover a single one in the state who will vote for him" beScenzixlvfmg: gaezeoanithaesatleekneotres esefor 11 rizidellivent Forgive Thema ir war 4' Grainger'n baughtestiZatailbodiN rarming inAg'ed'OwaMh Ohio eoltaliri I rut tury but :1118:: who recently sold an hal tion in Illinois arrived in Helena a ftw days ago in search of his runaway daughter In their travels in search of a place to locate the Schaefera made tem porary atope at several Illinois towns and finally landed in Rockford Mr Schaefer hu a wife dank- ter about twenty-one years of age Soon after arriving at Rockford Miss iSchaefer made the acquaintance of a railroad en- gineer named Frank The young people became madly infatuated with each other The young man' bushiess called him to Cincinnati Before be left he obtained leave of Miss Schaefer to viait her again on his return and while his reception was warm enough from her he was coldly received by Mr and Mrs Schaefer Mr Odin made frequent trips to see Miss ECOMB until his visits were fcrbidden by Mr Schaefer Thia did not however dampen the ardor Of the lovers who managed to meet in spite of the watchful parents In short the old story wm repeated One uay Miss Schaefer obtained per Mi814012 to visit friends in Chicago and left home well supplied with money and clothes She was gone a week before her parents learned that she had not been to the house of her Chicago frienclai and the supposition was that she had met her lover and eloped with him Mr Schaefer telegraphed all over the country offering a large reward for the arrest of the fugitives' but the eloping couple had a good start and could nut be found Mr Schaefer took up the search and got a trace of them in Chicagowhere they had purchased tickets for St Pant From St Paul he traced them to En neapolis thence to Great Falls and from there to Helena where it is supposed they were in hiding But the most careful search has failsd to reveal their place of concealment It -Is thought they roust have gone to the National park and for that point Mr Schaefer will leave this evening He was asked what he would dog he found Ki A iii the couple -6 't "Well" bereplied '4t1 orNAUttad 1 ried I will forgive thew faat 4 let tr I I 401111 it tt tclatt 1 back home ILtlity there ere isill -iome It is hardly probable Es they 4 17 married because the man aiknowl edges that Odin isk an honorable young man i AMEIMMPWMepoMdMEEM The Itovisible liatelitte by a Tow- erfell Teleseope- itollitenee On the Earth Immease-Leag Looked Joe inothatton Probably la the Neighborhood LAWRENCEBURG Kr July Birdwhistlet of the Lawrence burg Academy of Science has succeeded in making one of the most startling scientific discoveries of the age It is nothing more nor less than the invisible moon of our earth which has always existed in the theories of scientists but has never before been discovered to be a reality Prof Birdwhistle recently secured an improved telescope direct from Berlin It has mirror attachments with stained glass which enables the professor to catch the shadows of the heavenly bodies on a large disc even when the sun is blazing forth in noonday splendor By the aid of this improved apparatus comets stars planets or any other heavenly bodies that are hovering in the heavens during the day can be plainly seen on the face of this large reflecting disc The heretofore invisible moon was discovered by that means this morning about 11 o'clock It was closely skirting the western horizon and only its upper edge was visible Prof Birdwhistle has made a scientific measurement and estimates its bulk to be two and one-half times greater than our visible moon and its distance only thirty thousand miles from the earth Its influence on our tides our atmos- phere our crops and the great storms must be simply immense and will in a great measure account for the cyclones tornadoes and hot and cold waves which sweep over the earth These great storms are nothing but lunar disturbances caused by our powerful invisible satellite The invisible moon makes its orbit in a path diagonally between the earth and the sun in such a position caused by the sun's powerful attraction as to be invisible to the earth except the upper edge as it occasionally skirts our horizon during the months of July and August (so Prof Birdwhistle calculates) It would be partly visible now also on the western coast of Attica and in the South Sea islands Prof Bird whistle has just telegranhed his discovery to Prof Swift of the Rochester observatory and Prof John Klein the noted astronomer of tuckydand has received a reply from the latter stating that he had brought his instrumpts to bear upon the western horizon at the point indicated and that he too had gazed upon the invisible moon thus fully corroborating Prof Birdwhistle in every particular That the earth has two moons there is no longer the least shadow of a doubt Prof Bird whistle will send a cablegram to Edinburgh university Edin burgh Scotland this afternoon announcing his great discovery which is of the utmost importance to scientists and the scientific world generally A toeing Page In a Deed or Record Worth a Fortune NEW YORK July village of Portchester is in dispute An ares of two miles by one mile was owned away back in the beginning of the present century by old Roger Merritt Land wasn't worth much in those days but now this land is estimated at about $15000000 Old Roger's heirs are now trying to gain possession of this on the ground that there was merely an old lease on the property from April 20 in the year 1789 to the present year 1888 and therefore the property reverts to them A queer story is told in connection with this land Among the original heirs were three brothers who quarreled and it is now charged that Horace Merritt who kept store in the place deliberately tore a page from the deed of record and went away to Alabama with it If this page could be found it might be worth a snug fortttne It is being searched for and all sorts of evidence is being collected How Horace Merritt got this page is a by having access to the archives of the county register's office through his official position as town clerk Certain it is that the book is now on file in the rEgister's office at White Plains and that the leaf which refers to the lease by Roger Merritt to several parties in 1879 has been torn out The index book gives proof of plat for it refers to the leaf and the lease The heirs are confident that theyfcali produce at least three witnesses whOlftv the record and knew of the leaseftr 7' Bob Dead Palle late His Lase A Kau Whose Life Was liellebted by Bus Betrothed's Story or Love and of Barrow PHILADELPHLI PA July Deal who gained local and national renown by nightly making his berth a coffin for the iast twenty years will soon be laid in his peculiar couch for the long last sleep The poor fellow died last night 'Boo" as he was familiarly known resided in Frankford where his eccentric waya ann odd little figure were familiar to every resident of the place Be was a sufferer from asthma and on that account sought his repose in the sepulchral resting place His bedroom was the loft over the undertaking establishment of Allen at No10 East Sellers street Frankford and the coffin-bed lay in the center of the room Bob was a beneficiary upon the undertaker's charity and had for years done odd jobs around the place for his board He had occupied this coffin every night aince he came to Kr Allen except when his asthma was so bad that he was compelled to sit up during the night He was quite a little man about fifty-three years old with piercing black eyes and curling black hair that was fast turning gray He came of one of Frankford's first families His father was once the leading democratic politician of the town and an extensive builder He built all the original buildings at Frankfort' arsenal more than half a century ago He gave all his children Robert included a liberal education and btought them up in luxury The undertaker's shop used to be his father's stable and the loft be made his bed in was in his boyhood his pigeon house A ROMANCE OF LOVE twined around the life of this little man with his stooped shoulders and peculiar ways His lady love died many years ago and Bob often repeated Bente of the sonnets of which she was so fond It was thought that poor Bob never fully recovered from the blow caused by her death and the walls of the workshop of the undertaker have numerous acrostics and poems of Bob's composition written upon them He was a mathematician of some pretensions and a fine penman Mr Allen had known Bob from boyhood and being familiar with his sad history indulged him in all his whims Bob complained the last few days of feeling unusually bad- and he died in Undertaker Allen's office last evening A visitor to Mr Allen's shop one night some weeks ago found that gentleman seated in his office "Come with me" said he taking up a lantern and leading the way up stairs "and I will show you Bob he is in his bed now" BOB'S BED Following Mr Allen up the steps leading to the loft the light exposed to the visitor long rowsof coffins ranged around the room One of extra large size lay upon the floor and from within came labored wheezing The lid was drawn up and pothing inside could be seen "Hello Bob are you in?" said the undertaker and the lid began to slide slowly downward with a creaking sound A head poked up and then a man sat upright It was Bob He answered: "Yes what do you want and then seeing a visitor sank back again and drew the lid over him "Bob's got it a little bad tonight" said Mr Allen alluding to his asthma and he pulled down the trap leading to the loft and left Bob to enjoy his sleep till morning THUMPERTHUMPED An Alleged Famous Fighter Has Fan with the Bees BosroN MASS July 29--A certain world-famous prize fighter had a little adventure about four nights ago that must have made him realize for the second time in his life that after all he is but human He strolled into a bar-room in Boston at an hour when 'longshoremen were returning from their labors along the docks Tile prize fighter imbibed vast quantities of mixed Dever-ages until he gradually lapsed into a fighting stage of drunkenness His fists were good and hard so nothing more being wanting hip struck out His mighty right co1li41Ivith the jaw ot humble toiler of the landing places who very properly dropped to the floor The spectators and friends of the unoffending victim were wroth but it is they would have taken no action had not the man who shall be nameless started to clean out the whole gang It was a sorry move for him Before he could have pronounced his name thrice he was stretched on the floor where he had sent the longshoreman and half a dozen were belaboring him with fists and legs The iron heel of a longshoreman's boot rested on his mouth and he was thoroughly bested at his own game When finally allowed to get on his feet he took on his same old swagger bat it is none the less safe to say that he departed from the barroom which by the way was run by a friend of his a wiser and much more bruised man than when he entered it MIRACULOUS CURE OF BLINDNESS now a Woman Afflieted for Years Wan Relieved at the ahrin of StAk HOLYOKE MASS July George Choggrette who bad been blind for five years returned here yesterday from Quebec completely cured by using the water of St Anne de Beau Pre since she was stricken with blindness she has made every endeavor to be cured and her husband who is foreman in a paper mill in this city has spent thousands of dollars Her husband tells the following story of the miraculous cure: "Two months ago" said he "I resolved to send my' wife to Montreal where she consulted the famous specialist Dr Jesiardiner He did her no better than our local physician and sent her to another specialiit who was also unsuccessful At this time her eyes were so bad that -there was only a blur before them- She could not distinguish any object The shire of St Anne De Beau Pre located a few miles below Quebec and is noted throughout Canada if not the world Reaching Quebec on the 9th of the present month she went immediately to the ehrine reaching there on July 10 We arrived in the mornipg and attended low mass and received holy communion Then we secured the holy water from the wheel of St Anne de Beau Pie knowing that if there was to be any cure it must come through this That night we went to Montreal The next morning my wife bathed her eyes in her holy water and almost immediately she gave a cry of joy 'Mon she exclaimed can see I can And sure enough she could not only discern objects and persons near to her but those at some dis- tance as well Then we both gave thanks to God for his great kindness It was a happy day I can tell you We reached Holyoke yesterday and my wife saw her loved children for the first time in a number of years" Later in the day a correspondent called upon the Holyoke and Springfield physicians who had attended Mrs Chogrette They are of the opinion that the woman's sight was badly impaired but not lost Had she continued longer with them they might have helped or cured her They do not attempt to account for the miracle 11 sF oboe-Village I Stale of Ezettossost peo' PORTSUOUTR 0 JOY Wrightsville Tle in the i neigliborhoodefloefa a small village thirty 1 below here oeff three th 15-Pea a ca 4 in Adams cournety aerea in srstante excitement young gentlemen who are there from the last to tearch for treasures supposed toI have been buried near that place by ever pirates in the early part of the cen- tury Just back of the village of Wrights- I Ville set back against the rocky cliff and surrounded by forest trees on every side 1 except the front stands an old mansion of the architecture and handiwork of three or four generations ago The building has long since fallen a prey to decay and LOOKS GLOOMY AND WIER In its solitude beneath the drapery of the surrounding forests It is a two- 1 story structure with a basement and 1 running back from this latter apartment are two large damp moldy and gradually filling up time and heavy rains having rotted away the picketing that formed the walls and given free 'Frees for dirt and stone to invade and fill up theonce roomy vaults From the long broad porches now frail rickety and far on the road to ruin the view is a moat cbarming one A rill that leaps over a small cascade I rear the house leaps down the hill and halts at the base long enough to form a brook which in its peaceful course through green fields can i have no more apt comparison than a 11 thread 414 silver running at random through filpattern of emerald plush Frum the old building the hills diverge in graceful angles opening the valley 0 lands like a great fan to the delighted view of the spectator Far away the Ohio runs a blue crescent its clear we- i ter reflecting the deeper azure and golden lights of the great canopy above Beyond are the Kentucky hills green in the rich Verdure of thex yielding grass and dotted with handsome Darhams fine draught horses and fleet racers all otming a pleasing and appropriate background to a pictureuf happy prosperity and contentment OLD STORIES 1 Tradition has it that this house In the early days of our history was the heed- id quarters of a band of river pirates and 1 outlaws of the Krill and Murrell stamp and there is much in history to bear out i this idea It was in those days the re0 sort of people whose tendencies were toward the aristocratic to a far greater extent than their simple surroundings would seem to warrant Summer after summer fashionably dressed people came on the river in barges or rode across the country on fine horses to spend the season in peace and pleasure The place was presided over by a lady of foreign ttk birth who possessed rare culture and in- e' 1 telligence and a charm of manner which captivated all who claimed the honor of meeting her She had three sons all i fine looking handsome fellows bearing the undoubted evidence of fine blood and high breeding THE STORY OF BLENNERHASSETT was still fresh in the minds of the people -who lived in that vicinity and they in their simplicity never questioned but that the occupants of the house on the bill was nobility banished from some land beyond the sea This splendid condition of life at the house continued for years and then the 1 ending came as suddenly and as startlingly as a clap of thunder heralds the lightning's ruin Esculapia springs were just beginning to attract attentioe and several cottages were erected about them by the owner of the land for the use of those who desired to spend a season there One spring the finest and I roomiest of at these was engaged by a 1 lady of the Wrightaville place and in a few days she came with her sons and I their guests and took possession They lived in princely style but so exclusively i that their history was just as much of a secret there as it had been to people nearer their Ohio home The following August on a bright af- ternoon a party of horsemen in the uni' 'form of the American army rode up to the Wrightsville place They found it deserted The one sentinel left to look after the place had espied their coming i and secreted himself After searching the premises the party retired to the bottoms where a man was at work to learn the hereabouts of the absentees They were informed of the locality and the man was engaged to pilot them to the springs The quick ear of the watchman had heard their mission however which was to arrest the occur ants of the house for counterfeiting and robbery and he started immediately for the Kentucky shore and then plueging into the forest made his way directly to Esculapia GONE WEST The following morning the woman and her family and friends were gone They had taken with them such articles of -value as they could carry and so carefully concealed their tracks that nothing could be learned of their course or des- tination it then transpired that the woman It with name was Martin was in league one of the worst bands on the Onio and Miuissippi rivers and that her eons 1 were among the most daring raiders of the lot The house at Wrightsville which bad 1 een left by the soldiers under a guard b'wu thoroughly searched but nothing of 1 value was ootaiued aside from the house 1 i -f4 asp 3 1 1 1 1 IIV 1 I liutte wits outained aside from the house- SEVERE ON ARTHUR nammoin SPANISH DOU13101)P4' Two Bands of Treasure-Seeltore Dig Sing trp the Elysian Field NEW YORK July mania for treasure-seeking has struck Elysian Fields where a hunt for hidden treasure is now going on One of the most sanguine searchers after riches is Charles Clark of 554 East Sixteenth street of this city He claims to be related to a buccaneer who with several others hid 1000000 Spanish doubloons He says his relative was a buccaneer and during the war between America and Mexico he commanded a pirate ship He amassed a large fortune which he buried at the mouth of the Guadeloupe river in Mexico It was discovered there and was quietly removed in a vessel to Hoboken where it was buried at a point midway between Castle Point and Kings Bluff Clark consulted a map while digging and on it shows Castle Point as an island Clark works every day and expects some day to find the treasure Another quartet of men are working a short distance from Clark Yesterday they were seen to bend down and lift a large stone from a hole they were working on After the stone had been raised they all went to work and shortly after brought a skull and a few bones to light These men are also looking for buried treasures If they keep on the Elysian Fields will be dug up and the grounds sifted for gold SHARP SAVAGES Northwestern Indians Will Net digs the Treaty They are Asked In i Make 1 ST PAUL MINT1111-0119--A etantilt ing Rock agency mat It saji tie nittinew'': turn of the Indiaer ivea t3 te407) commissioners yesterusy The -Indians were in council all Thursday night and after many speeche every Indian eve his aasent to a proposition not to sign the treaty The Indians finally agreed to stay until Monday but said their minds were not like children and that they would not signs Their agent McLaughlin who has the complete confidence of the Indians has done all he could to influence them to sign but to no avail Gov Church and Auditor Ward will be down from Bismarck to Monday's conference There is little prospect however of a change in the sentiment PRESIDENTIAL PARTY What the Eastern Engineers Say About Their Chief CHICAGO ILL July 29--From interviews with a number of Eastern engineers on their way home from the St Joe convention it is understood that they are satisfied with the outlook They 'predict that the Burlington will be forced to make material concessions within a short time and that the projected confederation will be a success A New York Central engamer when asked how Chief Arthur stands with Eaatern men said: "They have grown distruitful of Mr Arthur and the events of the last two weeks will not tend to allay the suspicion that he is not the right man to have atthehead of a great labor organization in case of an emergency In my opinion Arthur is a good fair weather leader but a failure when a storm breaks He weakened first as soon as he found that the Burlington was going to make a fight Instead of making an aggressive fight he abandoned the battle field in the hear of the conflict and went home He refused to attend the joint session just ended and does not hesitate to denounce any attempt to amalgamate the various unions of railway employes He calls that conservatism We have a different name for it and when the time comes Mr Arthur will learn that his policy is not indorsed by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers The plan of federation will go through I am sure" Superfluous Election Inspectors NEW YORK July 29--The 812 inspectors of election of the united labor party who were appointed in this city for the last election on November 7 were to hold office for one year This year the election comes off on November 7 and these inspectors will still be in office Not having polled the necessary vote at the last election the united labor party is not entitled to inspectors this year and what to do with the inspectors of the party is what is puzzling the police board It is probable that there will be lively litigation over the matter JUTE BAGGING TRUST Advenes Tbat Will Cost Consumers 8200000 Yeartyt ST Louis Mo July Taylor a prominent St Louis cotton factor is authority for the statement that the jute bagging manufacturers have formed a pool or trust and advanced the price of bagging from seven to eleven cents per yard while there has been no advance in the raw material Mr Taylor couid not purchase such stock as he wanted in St Louis and telegraphed orders to Eastern manufacturers and received a reply that he had better purchase from the St Louis makers Mr Taylor claims that the St Louis manufacturers were apprised of his efforts to place the order in the East and as soon as he received a reply declined to fill his order Fifty million yards of this begging are consumed per annum and the advance means an additional expenditure of $200000 to consumers St Louis will produce nearly one-half the product of the United States IS WEEK'S WEATHER Airier an Early Breakraat They rail Away NEW YORK July Cleveland ad party sailtd from Bay Shore I at 830 this morning for Block island lila party breakfasted at an early hour at the Prospect house where they were the guests of the pro prietor There was quite a large crowd of people up early in the morning to see the president and not a few or them wanted to shake hands with him There was no opportunity for that however as the time was limited and a quickdo parture was absolutely necessary THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN OR HADDOCK'S REMAINS Martyr Of Temperance Interred In a Los Donated by the Rev Ell Corwin RACINE Wis July remains of the late Rev George Haddock who was assassinated at lSioux City were removed from the small lot in Mound cemetery where tley were originally interred to a large and beautiful plat of ground near the edge of the bluff at the southeast corner of the cemetery The new lot corners on the burial ground of the Grand Army of the Republic and is the choicest spot in one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the Northwest The selection of the ground having received the most hearty approval of the widow of the martyr of temperance it was purchased by the Rev Eli Corwin pastor of the First Presbyterian church and by him donated to the National Haddock Monument association which expects to mark the place by a stately monument Crepe Not Tea 'Oared Bat Hain Generally Needed WAsmavcrroN July 29 weather crop bulletin issued by the signal office says: The weather during the past week has improved the condition of crops in the corn and wheat states in the central valleys and the Northwest Reports from Southern Illinois Missouri- and Tennessee indicate that while the crops are not yet injured more rain would improve them The weather conditions were generally unfavorable for cotton more rain-being needed in North and South Carolina and Alabama and higher temperature in Mississippi Reports from Kentucky indicate that the tobacco crop would be improved by more rain Weather has been favorable for harvesting in the Middle Atlantic states Michi- gan and Southern Minnesota but more rain is needed in Michigan Indiana and some sections of New Jersey and SAVERO GRACO'S CRIME Longing Eyes J'Izd en Powderirst 0121en PELLLADELPHIA PA July asserted today that General Secretary Charles Litchman will be a candidate for the office of general master workman at the next annual convention of the Knights of Labor at Indianapolis in November A prominent anti-administration leader said this afternoon: "We are very much pleased at the turn affairs have take Litchman wants to be eral muter workman and so does Pow deny and it is among the possibilities that between the two our side may be able to squeeze Barry into the place Re has many friends who will leave no stone unturned to gratify his ambition" AGRARiAN OUTRAGES The Big Gans et Both Parties Palling Into the HarnessNEw YORK July democratic national committee will hold ha first regular meeting next Tuesday and it is expected that all members will be present with the exception of Scott who is confined to his room in Washington by illness The committee will remain In session three or four days The arrival of Senator Arthur Gorman who has written that he will be in the city next week is eagerly looked for since his former experience as chairman of the national committee will render him an able "coach" for Mr Brice Early next week the executive committee of the national committee will probably prepare its first appeal for contributions Mr Brice and Scott are reported to have ready checks for $25000 each Chairman Brice Herman Oelrichs and IL Barnum this noon went into conference to continue the work of selecting campaign documents Mr Brice said that this work would be completed by tomorrow evening and the distribution of more than a million papers would be begun early next week Levi Morton now calls at the republican headquarters twice a day It thought that he will supervise ally the work of the republican natimal 1 committee during the coming campaign The republican executive committee The Story UM by a Creole Girl in Keegan City Court KANSAS CITY Mo July McGinnis of the Ketnsu City police force learned that a fourteen year-old girl a creole from Louisiana was being held a prisoner by Savero Graco a shoemaker on Lower Grand avenue Today the man and girl were brought to the police station The girl's name is Marie Gonzalez he is pretty and petite and said that four months ago while she was living with her parents at the New Hope plantation near New Or- leans Grace) came to tier and proposed elopement He told her that if she would come to Kansas City he would marry her that she came with him and that when they arrived here he frequently beat her and latterly locked her in a room took all her clothes away and threatened her life if she forsook him as she had told him she would Graco was sent to the county jail in default of bait and will be arraigned tomorrow morning to answer to the charge made against him Marie will be sent home to Louisiana sent home to Louisiana MINERS Trt RAISE A STRIKE FUND Talk et-Making the Per Capita Tax Tea Times Larger PITTSBURG PA July Miners' National District 135 Knights of Labor will meet at Cleveland on August 8 There are now 68000 miners and mine laborers in this organization and the membership is rapidly increasing At the meeting in Cleveland it will be proposed to raise a large fund to be used in sustaining men when they are called out on a strike Master Workman Lewis one of the shrewdest and most conservative of labor leaders says that he has seen the folly of asking men to strike and go hungry It is now the 'purpose of the officials that when a strike Is ordered in the future for reasons which are just the men be paid enough to keep them comfortable while they remain idle The rer capita tax has been fifteen cents per quarter and the plan now is to increase it to $1 50 which based on the present membership would amount to $338000 in one year "The miners must stand together" remarked an officer of the organization Farmer and Laborer Shot Dead In Ireland DUBLIN' July 29--John Forhan a boycotted fanner while returning from Tra lee with three laborers in a cart today was shot dead near Listowel Kerry by two disguised men who jumped over a fence fired and escaped through the woods While Farmer McCaliffe was working with a laborer named Ruare in a field at Glounamukle Cork Saturday a roan disguised with white cloth entered and demanded their names Raare gave a false name He W113 ordered by the stranger to fall upon his knees and he did so whereupon the stranger shot him twice and he died an hour afterward The stranger escaped and his identity is not known to McCaliffe not known to Mc Califfe Thirty Thousand Seven Hundred and Two Hoehn MIDDLETOWN KY July curious suit has been filed here Dud ly Smith a wealthy business man of Court-land has filed a claim against his deceased grandmother's estate for 30702 ducks A queer agreement is produced to substantiate the claim In 01866 Smith gave his grandmother three ducks upon the condition that she would make a return out of the natural increase at the rate of two for every one every second year By computation it is found that such increase would amount to over 30- 000 ducks or $15362 A-vigorous protest comes from the other heirs and a fight 'will be made by them in court or me 1 444 641 Killed In Saving other's Wes PROVIDENCE LJuly 29--Charles Doane a turbulent citizen of Peace-dale was held by the district judge at Wickford for manslaughter in causing the death of William Davis the flagman at Wickford Junction On July 6 Doane attempted to drive across the track in front of a swiftly moving train Davis warned him back but Doane put whip to his horse Davis seized the borne by the bridle to force him back Doane lashed him again and Davis- was thrown to the ground almost under the wheels of the advancing locothotive which Instantly crushed out bit life Wii i4111 LE1511J4Iti ilehiC11 PM ALIAlk 3LII-Os I I.