The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1897 Page: 2 of 8
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NEWS FROM
RIOT.
American Sailors Assaulted by a Mob of
Japanese Coolies.
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 4.—The
steamer Belgic, from Hong Kong, via
Honolulu, brings advices from Kobe to
the effect that a serious riot occurred
there on July 12 between a number of
sailors from the ships Yorktown and
Boston and a mob of Japanese coolies
on the occasion of a ball game between
a team from the two warships and the
European nine of Kobe.
The row commenced when a coolie,
having stolen a flask of whiskey from
a blue-jacket, was caught and chastised
by the latter. The local police attempt-
ed to arrest the sailor, but his ship-
mates refused to give him up and
marched in a body to a restaurant
where they made a stand and defied the
natives. An immense crowd assembled
and the attitude of the coolies was de-
cidedly menacing, but the police made
no effort to disperse the mob, and the
blue-jackets determined to fight their
way through the mob to the water
front.
Stones and other missies were ex-
changed and when a reinfocement came
ashore some hours later the police dis-
persed the mob and the sailors boarded
their respective ships without further
molestation. It is believed, however,
more will be heard of the incident in
the near future.
London, Aug. 4.—A dispatch from
Madrid describes a very grave state of
affairs in Portugal
According to this correspondent, the
Poutuguese government is setting the
■constitutional defiance and adopting
the most stringent repressive measures.
The police, without legal warrants,
enter private dwellings at all hours of
the day and night, ransack them, seize
propetry and march the occupants to
prison on trivial charges. A veritable
reign of terror is established, and it is
the popular belief that the government
contemplates passing its obnoxious
financial legislation by means of a
coup d'etat. So severe are the repress-
ive measures adopted by the govern-
ment that in the opinon of the corre-
spondent no outbreak is likely to oc-
cur.
A dispatch from Rome says King
Humbert is in daily correspondence
with his sister, the queen dowager of
Portugal, on the subject of the present
distubances, and he has instructed the
Italian minister at Lisbon, Count Gar-
baix de Sonnase, to render all the as-
sistance in his power to the royal fam-
ily In case an emergency should arise.
The Italian government has placed
two men-of-war under special orders
to proceed to Lisbon.
Arrested for Swindling:. j
New York, Aug. 4.—The police have
BEARDSfEE.
■Ik'-
locked up at headquarters two men^ *h«H'aYal Department Has Received a Re-
wanted in New Orleans for swindling i Port from the
Poscal Lastell, a wealthy saloon, keep- j Washington, Aug. 3.—Tne navy de-
er, out of 17000, and also suspected of partment has received the following
being members of a gang which has report from Admirable Beardslee, coin-
operated extensively in South Amer- j manding the Pacific station, dated
ican countries and the large cities of Honolulu, July 17.—It will be noted
this country. The prisoners are Ivan j that the admiral makes a point of the
Antonio Magan, 55 years old, of 734' fact that the Japanese warship in the
Dolphin street, New Orleans, and Reg-1 harbor scrupulously observed not only
lio Guiterriaz, 26 years old, who also | the 4th of July, but the Hawaiian In-
came from New Orleans. Both men are. dependence day as well.
of the Franco-Spanish or Bosque type,
common in South American countries.
They said they both left New Orleans
four days ago.
On July 27 Magan went to Lastell.
He said that he was Ralph Diaz, and
that he and others were in the em-
ploy of the Argentine government at
War Vessels. [ EARLY TO BED.
New York,"Aug. 3.—-A dispatch from Early to bed and early to rise makes
Vancouver says that steamer Miowera,' girls healthy and pretty and wise. The
"Since the date of my last report,
June 18, 1897, there has been a series
of celebrations, accompanied by enter-
tainments and official receptions, be-
ginning with the celebration of the
queen's jubilee on the 23d of June, on
which occasion the ships under my
command at this port, also the Naniwa,
Buenos Ayres, and while thus em- fully dressed ship at sunrise with the
VOLCANO DISASTOR.
Several Hundred People Killed by the Ter-
rible Outbreak.
Chicago, 111., Aug. 4.—-A special from
Tacoma, Wash., says:
Five hundred reported killed up to
July 1 is the record of the terrible out-
break of the great volcano of Mayon,
on the island of Luzon, one of the Phil-
ippine groups. At night on June 26
this volcano began throwing up ashes
and lava in immense quantities and
flames were thrown upward considera-
bly over 100 feet above the crater. The
next fifty-six bodies were recovered at
considerable distances. The most re-
cent dispatches to Hong Kong up to
July 8 stated that no less than 500
were known to be lulled. It was im-
possible, said the dispatch, that the
loss of life woultl reach into the thou-
sands, depending on the length of the
eruption. On that date lava streams and
ashes had reached the cities of Bacey,
Malipot and Liberi, and their destruc-
tion was certain.
Fifteen smaller towns between these
and the volcano had been destroyed,
and scores of the agricultural popula-
tion had been overwhelmed while .at-
tempting to escape.
ployed they became possessed of ?100,-
000 In gold bricks. The saloon-keeper
bit and bought one-third share in the
gold bricks for $7000 cash. When he
found he had been swindled by the
gold brick game he notified the New
Orleans police.
One of the men, supposed to be a
member of the gang, died suddenly in
New Oleans of heart failure, supposed
to have been superinduced by the ex-
citement attendant on this transac-
tion with Lastell. His name was Jose
Mafit Mayano.
The police of this city were notified
that the baggage of the gang who had
departed had been taken by the Penn-
sylvania railroad companies. Two
days later the police were further in*
formed that John Martinez, alias Gon-
zales, was supposed to be the leader or
the gang, and that an unknown man
had sent a postal card to Ivan Anto-
nio Magan in New York. The police
kept a watch on the postoflice and
when Magan called for his postal card
he was arrested. On Magan's person
was $247, a draft on London banks for
£ 410, a first class passage on the
American liner St. Paul, which sails
to-day. His companion had ?104, an
ingot of pure gold about an ounce in
weight, diamond jewelry and a pack-
age of fake diamonds.
Two trunks belonging to the men
were found, which contained a com-
plete outfit for the gold brick swindle.
Magan admitted that he knew Mayano,
who dropped dead in New Orleans. He
said that Mayano owed him $3500 for a
long time, but repaid the money be-
fore he died.
The police think this $3500 looks
like Magan's share of the loot. The
police of New Orleans have been noti-
fied of the arrests. The prisoners were
arraigned in the police court and were
remanded.
KLONDIKE COUNTRY.
THE FURTOR BURNED.
After Much Suffering the Entire Crew
Were Picked Up.
Boston, Mass., Aug. 4.—The British
steamer Sagamore, arrived from Liv-
erpool yesterday with the entire crew
of twenty-one men of the British
tramp steamer Furton, which was
abandoned on July 28 in a sinking con-
dition in latitude 5 degrees, 50 min-
utes north and longitude 35 degrees
west. The Futor was in command of
Captain J. D. Jenkins and sailed from
West Bay, N. S., June 23 with a cargo
of deals for Barry, Wales. On June
27 she ran into an iceberg and was
forced to put into St. Johns, N. F., for
repairs.
The Furton again put to sea July
22. On July 25 a strong southerly
gale sprung up and the ship soon
sprang a leak. On the morning of the
27th a fire was started on the deck of
the steamer to attract the attention
of any passing vessel, and soon the
Furton was in flames. The crew then
put off in the boats, which were kept
near the vessel for forty-eight hours,
when the Sagamore sighted them and
took them on board.
A Shorter Koute to the Gold Fields Has
Been Discovered.
New York, Aug. 4.—A special from
Washington says:
There is a shorter route to the rich
gold fields of the Klondike, according
to a communication to the interior de-
partment from J. G. Lewis, a citizen of
Salem, who says he can open up at
a small expense a route from the mouth
of the Copper Mine river by which the
Klondike may be reached by a journey
of not more than 300 miles from the
coast.
The route which he propses would
start inland from the mouth of Copper
river near the Oxmiles glacer, about
twenty-five miles east of the entrance
to Prince William. He declares that
the Copper Mine river Is navigable for
many miles beyond the mouth of its
principal eastern tributary, called on
the latest maps the Chillyna river,
which is navigable for a considerable
distance.
From the head of navigation on the
Chillyna, Mr. Lewis says, either a high-
way or a railway could be constructed
without great difficulty or heavy grades
through what the natives call "low
pass," probably the Scoloi pass. From
this pass is the valley of the White
river to a point wehere it empties into
the Yukon, on the edge of the Klondike
gold fields.
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A Destructive Flood.
Vienna, Aug. 4.—The danger of seri-
ous floods here is averted, a.s the water
is beginning to subside, but it is still
necessary to take all possible precau-
tions. The record of fatal casualties
from the provinces are most deplorable.
Eighty-flve persons have been drowned
at Sella, between Ischl and Lausson,
and ten at Jungbuch, while nearly 100
persons are missing, most of them sup-
posed to be drowned. At Johannisbad,
Bohemia, there have been seventeen
fatalities.
Crop Condition.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 4.—Commis-
sioner of Agriculture Bssary reports
crop conditions in Tennessee ending
with July as follows: Wheat, enormous
yield, quality excellent; oats, outlook
encouraging, caused by recent rains;
Irish potatoes, 75 per cent of an aver-
age crop; corn doing well and a huge
crop will be about two-thirds of an
average one; tobacco, crop will be very
short.
British head at the main, and remained
so dressed until sunset, and at noon
each vessel fired a national salute of
twenty-one guns.
"On the evening of June 25 the
British commissioner gave a reception
which was very largely attended, my-
self, the commanding and other offi-
cers of the ships under my com-
mand, being present in uniform.
"The Fourth of July being the anni-
versary of our independence, but also
the third anniversary of the establish-
ment of the republic of Hawaii, mu-
tual notifications to that effect and in-
vitations to participate in the observ-
ance of the day were exchanged be-
tween the Hawaiian government and
myself. The. same courtesy was ex-
tended by both parties to the Japanese
Ship Naniwa.
"A compromise became necessary,
and the matter was thus arranged. We
all participated in the games, races and
illuminated boat processions, which
were in order on the 3d and 5th. The
ships were fully dressed at sunrise
with the United States and Hawaiian
ensigns, side by side at the main, the
former to starboard, except on the
Naniwa, where the Hawaiian was to
starboard, and at noon two salutes of
twenty-one guns were flred by each
ship and the shore battery. We also
during the early forenoon landed our
battalion to take part in a mixed pa-
rade of Hawaiian and United States
troops, mounted police, tableaux,
floats and decorated engines, wagons,
etc., which parade was viewed by the
president and cabinet, myself and offi-
cers.
At 11 o'clock a. tn. there was an in-
dependence day observance at the op-
era house, where seats were reserved
for us, I occupying one in the box of
President Dole, United States Minis-
ter Sewall was the orator of the day
and received an ovation. During the
afternoon Minister and Mrs. Sewall
gave a handsome public reception,
which was very largely attended.
"On the 14th of July, having re-
ceived formal notification from M. Vos-
son, French commissioner, that it was
the anniversary of the fall of the bas-
tile, and was observed as a national
holiday of the French republic, and in-
viting us to participate in the observ-
ance of the day, the ships under my
command and the Japanese ship Nan-
iwa were full dressed from 8 a. m. until
sunset with the French ensign at the
main, and at noon each vessel fired a
national salute of twenty-one guns.
"Mr. Akyim, the counselor the Jap-
anese foreign office, has returned to
Japan.
"I regret to report the death by
drowning on the 10th instant of Eu-
gene Ross, fireman, second class, serv-
ing on board the Marion.
"The general health of the officers
and crew remains very good."
from lionolulu, brings the following
Hawaiian advices:
Honolulu harbor is doited with Brit-
ish, Japanese and United States war
vessels, and more Japanese and British J
vessels are expected daily.
In semi-government quarters every-
thing is reported quiet, but the impres-
sion among citizens is that the condi-
tion of affairs is very threatening, and
a popular outbreak may occur at any
time, when international interference
from ships In the harbor will occasion
complications.
The stream of Asiatic laborers is
still pouring In, each shipload causing
a fresh outbreak of feeling among the
different factions on the islands.
An immediate cause of alarm is the
fact that the United States blue jackets
are bitterly hostile to the Hawaiian
police, who exercise almost military
rule. British and Japanese sailors are
not molested, but American blue jack-
ets are constantly arrested as desert--
ers, without any cause, and annoyed in
every conceivable way.
The object of the authorities in this
persecution can not at present be fath-
onfed. The blue jackets are writing
numerous letters to the press protest-
ing against their treatment. Heavy
rewards are offered to the police for
arresting United States naval deserters,
which causes wholesale arrests of men
of the American fleet.
News of the annexation of several cA
the Solomon islands by Great Britain
has been received with excitement, and
again started a report that advices
have been received from England that
the United States will not be allowed
to annex Hawaii, as Great Britain
wants the islands herself.
Americans insist on vigilance com-
mittees being appointed to look after
American interests, in view of the per-
secution of American blue jackets by
the police. They ask that the police
system be done away with as a menace
to the country.
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PETROLEUM LAKE.
WORK OF MOONSHINERS.
they Attempted to Enter a House and
Their Leader Was Killed.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 3.—A Hunts-
ville, Ala., special says: "A band of
moonshiners attempted to enter the
house of Frank Simons at Concord,
twenty miles north of the city, early
Sunday morning, and the leader was
killed. The desperadoes broke the
door from its fastenings and when
Johnson entered Simons flred, the lead-
er stepped backwards, and after firing
several shots into the house, the party
retired. This morning Simons' young
son found Johnson dead in the woods
a short distance from the house. The
bullets severed the jugular vein and
ranged downward, coming out between
the shoulders. Simons learned that a
mob of moonshiners was forming and
fled to the woods until he can secure
the protection of the law.
The coroner's jury held Simons justi-
fiae. The moonshiners, who were afraid
Simons would testify against them,
dressed in white cappers' uniforms and
went to kill him. When found John-
son still wore a mask. Sheriff Ful-
gham mas gone to the scene of the
trouble and will accord Simons the
protection of the law.
The Asseyers Report Says the Find Is of In-
calculable Richness.
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 3.—While
the whole earth is excited over the
gold discoveries in the north, sight has
been lost of another discovery that
promises to be of great value in the
development of that section.
Some months ago a lake of almost
pure petroleum was discovered and
samples were sent to Seattle for analy-
sis. Assayers' report on these say the
find is of incalculable richness.
A company has been formed at Seat-
tle to handle the product and put it on
the Alaskan market at once. The lake
is of unknown depth, several miles
wide and five to six miles long It is
fed by springs and the hills surround-
ing it are said to be rich in coal and
asphalt. The lake is only two miles
from the ocean, so the difficulties of
transportation are reduced to a mini-
mum.
. Victoria, B. C., Aug. 3.—The steam-
er Queen arrived from the north yes-
terday morning. She brought no lata
news from the mines, but reports that
400 people are camped at Skaguay bay
and fifty at Dyea. They are unable to
have goods taken in to the lakes, as
the packers can not handle the busi-
ness. There will be a terrible crush
there when the boats that left here
after the Queen, seven in number, ar-
rjve there. It is safe to say that not
half the men will get away from Ska-
guay bay this year, and even with the
large number of horses on the way it
will be impossible to handlethefreight.
KLONDIKE COUNTRY.
Soldiers Have Started from Wyoming:
to Alaska.
Washington, Aug. 3.—Under orders
issued the acting secretary of war,
Meikeljohn, Capt. F. H. Ray and Lieut.
Richardson, eighth infantry, have start-
ed from Port D. A. Russell Wyo., for
Alaska. Their orders are to go as far
as Circle City at least and make a3
much of an investigation of the condi-
tions of the gold fields as the short
time remaining of the season will per-
mit. They will sail on the 5th instant
from Seattle, and the war department
officials are confident that they will be
able to get into the Klondike region.
Professors Protests.
Providence, R. I., Aug. 3.—A remon-
strance has been issued by the profes-
sors at Brown university and sent to
the members of that corporation. It
protests against the action of the latter
body with reference to President An-
drews and asks for a reconsideration
of the whole matter. The document
lays stress on the importance of free-
dom of thought and speech, especially
in a university, where there should b»
no such thing as political prejudice.
The fact is emphasized that there
has been a remarkable increase in the
number of students since Dr. Andrews
(became president a».td the remonstrance
The heat has been intense at Nauh- is sinned by a majority of (he profea-
same is true of women, especially ner-
vous women. Each hour's sleep before
midnight is worth
two hours' sleep
after midnight.
Sleep is a great
medicine. Sleep
can not be bought
at any price. Drug
sleep is worse than
no sleep. Sleep-
lessness means ir-
regular circulation
of the blood. With
too much or too
little blood in the brain no one can
sleep. Pe-ru-na regulates the circula-
tion of the blood and thus produces
healthy, natural sleep. Mrs. E. Riker,
of Cedar Falls, la., in writing of the
benefits of Pe-ru-na which she had re-
ceived, said:. "And such sweet, refresh-
ing sleep! I often tell my husband
that if the house was carried away
with me in it I would not know any-
thing about it."
Ladies, write to Dr. Hartman, of Co-
lumbus, Ohio, for his latest book,
written for women only.
SHE LOST HER NICKEL.
And She Was Not the- Only One Made
Miserable Thereby.
"The other day," said a gallant
young cotton man to the writer of
this, without the least suspicion that
what he said might find its way into
print, "I was going down towm on a
crowded avenue car. It was a cold,
rainy morning, and the oar was full.
As we came to General Taylor street
the car was stopped by a delicate,
forlorn and impecunious looking Uttl®
body, who slipped shyly into the cor-
ner seat I vacated for her. She had
her nickel ready in her hand. Now,
in itself that is not a very prosperous
sima; it seems to ward off the possi-
bility of that searching through a
slim purse that embarasses anyone
who has it to doi I passed it on. up
to the box. By and by she began to
look uneasy; a worried look came
into her eyes; dim frowns knit over
her brows. She opened her pocket-
book; it was as thin and flat as
Succi's stomach on the 30th day of a
fast and I guessed immediately what
had happened. She had started
down town with only two nickels,
and had lost one of them, and, as-j
was all she had she would be oblig
to walk home. Do you think be
felt bad? Well, she couldn't have
felt as bad I did. I wanted to help
her, buA I didn't just know how.
She looked on the seat, on the floor,
shook out her faded skirt, and
I helped her like a fool. Once I Had
a notion to take a nickel out of my
own pocket and pretend to find it on.
the floor, but then I thought suppose
it is a dollar or a half or even a
quarter she has lost, she is bound' to
think I have stolen it and substituted
a nickel instead.
"Well, finally, poor thing, she
could stand it no longer. She rung
the bell and got out I watched her.
When she reached the pavement she
put up her umbrella, and as she- didi
Sb something jingled down to* th®
stones. She stooped; to pick it, up.
It was the lost nickel.
"And I," said this unconscious
knight of the Legion of Honor; •'shall
never forgive myself as long as I live
for not finding that nickel, on the- oar
floor for her."
Wire Finer Tlian Hair.
We are at work jiust now on some
pretty small wire, said a Pittsburg
metal worker, recently. It is l-500tli
of an inch in diameter—finer than the
hair on your head, a great deal. Or-
dinary fine wire is drawn through
steel piques, but that wouldn't do for
this work, because id! the hole wore:
away ever so little it would make the
wire larger, and that would spoil th®
job. Instead^ it is drawn through
what is practically a hole in a dia-
mond, to which there is of course' no
wear. These diamond plates are
made by a woman in New York, who
has a monopoly of the art in this coun-
try. The wire is then run through
machinery, which winds it spirally
with a layer of silk thread that is
.0015 of an inch in thickness—even
finer than the wire, you see.. This
wire is used in making the receiving
instruments of ocean cables, the gal-
vanometers used in testing cables and
measuring, insulation of covered wires*
Mtt. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrap
For children teething, softens thegums. rtducesinflan*.
illation, allays pafn, cures wind colic. 24 cento a. bottle
There' is always hope beyond;: wo will
have colder weather next winter.
GET STRENGTH AND. APPETITE;
Use Dr. Barter's Iron Tonic. Your druggist
will uafund money if not satisfactory.
People make themselves very miser-
able by telling "jokes." on each other.
Dofl'tTobaccoSplt and Smohe Tour Lite flwati
To quit tobacco easilj and forevw, be mag-
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, thi» wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or fl. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Industry has no friends, but some-
how it always succeeds.
I shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption fa* and wide. —Mrs. Mulligan,
Plumstead, Kent, England, Nov. 8, 1&95.
ville, Tenn., for the last few days.
sora.
Don't take advantage of
portunitv to find fault.
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