Morning News, The (Newspaper) - May 23, 1895, Hagerstown, Maryland FOR ONE CENT A DAY you can get all the news by subscribing THE MORNING NEWS TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION of the public to your business tise in THE MORNING NEWS VOL 228 MD THURSDAY MAY 23 1895 PRICE ONE CENT Never Ship Was Built In Norway Marquis of and Son Are Placed Under His HALF 80 FINE AS SHE Such is the poet's verdict in the Norwegian Saga on the famous of King Olaf Of that stern himself the picture is not less vigorous Ou her deck stands Olaf the King While around him whistle and sing The spears that the foreman Even in the adornments of the royal craft we find this expression of THE REIGN OF FORCE For we read that High above it gilt and splendid Rose the ferocious With its crest of The Vikings of were the types of a mistaken idea King Olaf's expedition closed in disaster Leif Ericsson's discovery was almost as fruitless Not a vestige of Norse conquest is now on the maps of the world No race has been truly successful that did not hold MIND ABOVE MATTER And Intellect as the guide of Force So it is with the nations of today and so with individuals in all ranks of life In law or politics commerce or industry city and country we may note that Brainy Men It is this that gives such a spur to nil projects for the education of our people and especially those that are founded on the idea of self-effort and self or home Culture of this kind is made eminently practicable by the plans of the E T I E COUPON OF INQUIRY I am interested in the work of your Home University League and you to send me full particulars Name Address Station Which THE BALTIMORE ING HERALD has adopted in connection with its distribution of the Encyclopedia Brit- annica on a cheap plan A Guide issued with the great work gives inestimable help to students Send in this coupon for full particulars to the office NEWS THEIR FIGHT IN PICCADILLY Tose Leader of the Cuban Rebels Reported Slain Gomez Warned LONDON May tho ough Street Police Court this morning the Marquis of Queensberry and bis son Douglas of Harwich were bound over in bail each to keep the peace Their appearance in court was the result of their encounter day afternoon in Piccadilly when the Marquis severely punished his son ing a quarrel over the Wilde scandal Both the Marquis and Lord Douglas were fashionably dressed The quis wore a rose in his buttonhole and did not show any sign of the fight On the other hand his son Lad n black eye The Marquis was not defended by counsel but Lord Douglas had a lawyer present In his defense the Marquis said that while he was walking in Piccadilly his SOD came running at him and pushed him against a store window speaking at the top of his voice The Marquis added that he struck his son in self-defense Counsel for Lord Douglas said that the latter and a were walking in not thinking of the Marquis of Queensbury the encounter took place Counsel added that Lady Doug las yesterday received the following I must congratulate you on the re- sult but I cannot congratulate yon oil Percy's appearance He looks like n dug-up corpse I fear there is too much madness in kissing Taylor is guilty It will be Wilde's turn tomorrow It was also asserted that the Marquis had written to Lady Douglas false charges against her husband and members of the family and that although he had promised to stop ing he had not done so Yesterday it was claimed Lord Douglas asked tho Marquis to cease writing these obscene and filthy letters to his wife The Marquis then hit him in the face the fight followed Rebel Slain HAVANA May telegraphs that government troops un- der tho of Sandoval encountered a force of insurgents at a point between Dos Byzas and Many of the rebels were armed including Jose Marti dent of tho so-called republic whose body was found by the government General Maximo Gomez is reported to have been seriously shot NEW YOKK May Norwegian fruit steamer arrived today from Gibara Cuba Captain Clausen reports that while anchored at Sumo near Gibara awaiting cargo great ex- prevailed on shore Bands of insurgents roamed through the town and Captain Clausen received tion that tho insurgent General Gomez contemplated seizing the Baracoa to use as a transport fo his soldiers from town to town along the Cuban coast Captain Clausen immediately got up all steam so that on the of the rebels he could slip his anchor and go to sea but after 48 hours the mont on shore subsided the rebels pre- having left the town Jose Marti had a romatic career Ho was president of the Cuban revolution ary party At the time of the first although but 15 he was ed for conspiracy against the ment He was sent to Spain where he was imprisoned in until he was at the point of death He was freed at last on condition that he would re- main in Spain for the remainder of his life He in and be- fore he was 21 received the decrees of doctor of law and letters When the Spanish was claimed ho succeeded in evading the authorities to France com ing afterward to the United States The Cuban war was about over Marti nevertheless went to Mexico where he organized a filibustering expedition It failed and he went to Central America and obtained a universal professorship He was Minister of Uruguay at the In- Monetary Conference in Washington in 1891 Von VIENNA May von the noted musical composer is dead MAY D KM AND INDEMNITY Ex-Consul Waller's Shows Franco In tho WASHINGTON May French Government acceding to the demand of the United States has transferred the case of Ex-Consul John L Waller to ordinary civil jurisdiction This action apparently nullifies the sentence of 20 years confinement imposed on Waller by a French military court in car and indicates either his trial by the the civil judiciary or his ultimate re- lease from prison The matter has now reached a stage where the United States Government has ample evidence on which to base a claim against France possibly involving the payment of indemnity fur the ment accorded Waller and the tion of the concession obtained by him of valuable rubber forests Waller is still in prison in Marseilles but may be transferred to some civil penal tion The evidence in cosa received at the State Department is practically com plete and it is understood to contain some rather startling facts that have not heretofore become public Edward Wetter of Georgia who Waller as United States Consul at it has been claimed did not put forth his best to extend relief of his Government to citizen of the United States It is shown by correspondence sent to the State Department that the French Government was suspicious that the rubber concession secured by Waller from the Hovas was obtained for the purpose of providing a coaling station for United States naval vessels Such an accusation was openly made in gascar by partisans of the French Whether this belief was actually cannot be learned but the ments now on file at the Department assert that after French had refused to confirm the concession of tho flovas French citizens took possession of the rubber forests transferred to the ex and French vessels have been taking away great quantities of the duct WHEAT TAKES PLUNGE Reported Killing of Five Men iin Explosion in Cecil CAUSED BY A CARTRIDGE It Exploded In Re- Stumps From a Field May is reported here this afternoon that five men were killed and one fatally injured shortly after midday by the premature explosion of dynamite on the farm of William Pyle near Chesapeake City The names of- the dead have not yet been learned and details of the accident are meagre Dr Wallace of Chesapeake City to be here on business and on re- a telephone message left at once for the Pyle farm to render all possible medical aid The scene of the accident is on Elk river According to the report Pyle and five or six other men were engaged in blowing up stumps of trees in a field and used dynamite for the purpose Through some unknown cause one of the cartridges exploded before the men were ready knocking all down tearing a great hole in the ground and sending fragments of stumps and roots in all directions Five of the men are said to have been killed instantly and the body of one was mangled beyond recognition Pyle it is reported was picked up in a dying condition BRICK YARDS TIED UP Jumes W Scott Dead 111 May W Scott one of the oldest and best-known residents of this section died last ing aged 97 He was born in phia and took an active part in the War of 1812 helping in the trenches about Baltimore At tho time of the ment of Fort McHenry he worked on the embankment with a wheelbarrow Scott was a well-known abolitionist and his home was a station on the nn railroad Many a slave was by him on the way to Canada A POLE'S It Results In Dentil of Millers And Hie Injury of HO FAIRMONT W Va May the result of an in No 4 mine of the Coal and Coke Company yesterday afternoon four men were ed and 12 others injured For a time over 100 miners were in danger from suffocation but they reached tho open air safely The injured it is believed will recover The four deaths were due to smoke and dust raised by the ion Tho disaster was caused by a Pole who carelessly ignited a cau of powder Little damage was done to the mine itself work has not been ed Ex United States Senator ia thu head of the company To Marry Ills Competitor SAN May 22 J Haskell Attorney General of Montana is on his way to this city where ho is to be married immediately on his to Miss Kuowles Assistant General of Montana and his late com- petitor office The marriage is the culmination of a political contest Miss Kuowles is the only woman lawyer in Montana and in the election of secured the cratic nomination for the office of At- torner General Haskell being the Re- publican candidate Miss Knowles made a vigorous canvass but was defeated Later Haskel made his competitor his assistant LONDON May Princess Louise Marchioness of third daughter of Queen Victoria held the last of the season today at Buckingham Palace in behalf of the Queen the of Wales being in- disposed The attendance was small The following Americans were Miss Herbert daughter of the Hon Hilary A Herbert Secretary of the United States Navy who was presented in the circle Mrs Draper wife of Congressman Draper of Mrs Neal and the Misses Peck of Chicago La is Safe NEW May French Line steamer La Gascogne three days over- due is safe The vessel was sighted east of Fire Island at 10 o'clock moving very slowly La displayed signals asking that two tugs be sent to her assistance indicating that she had met with some accident to her machinery or steering gear and that Captain feared to enter the channel without help Wages Demanded ami Denied at general strike of brickmakers was declared last night and every brick yard in Chicago is tied up today The fight is expected to be a bitter one and trouble is anticipated by the police The strike has been in furoe in several of the yards for two demands of the men for higher wages being re- fused and the Brick Makers Alliance yesterday decided to order a general strike to force concessions by the The latter declare they will operate several yards ou the North Side with men and the yards specified were surrounded this forenoon by crowds of strikers determined that no work shall be done until the wage question is settled Tho strikers reported at noon that about men were out and that only a few men could be secured by the manufacturers The North Side yards where trouble was expected were heavily guarded by police all day A of ers was held this afternoon and an effort was made to call sympathetic strikes in the other building trades Two Girls Were Murdered ST JOSEPH Mo May and May Wolfenberger young daughters of the proprietor of a hotel at Oregon mysteriously disappeared several days ago Yesterday fishermen using a seine in the Missouri near here brought up the body of Ada The arms of the girl were pinioned behind her and her limbs were bound together with a strong cord There was other evidence of foul play It is supposed the girls were enticed from home and murdered after being assaulted Crops Cause Sudden Rise CHICAGO May jumped 3 cents on the board today before noon and gave promise of holding the greater part of its advance Liverpool cables were soaring outside domestic markets were up and the country was flooding the pit with buying orders The main cause for the advance however was the continuation of crop damage reports They came into the pit in a stream from all parts of the wheat belt and ranged from stories of slight damage to rowing tales of complete destruction The July option opened with a lunge starting at It dropped j dent for an instant bat plunged upward again touching The astonished speculators rested for a time aghast at the sight of wheat and during a temporary lull in the ex- prices dropped back to a trifle below the high figure Another wave of buying orders soon struck the market however and July wheat went again landing at 76 j just 3 cents above the opening price and almost 2 cents higher than it had gone before the present advance FROSTBURG TRIP Minister to China YOKOHAMA May re- lations between China and Japan have been resumed by the appointment of Count Hayashi Minister to be Japanese Minister to Pekin Suicide For HUNTINGTON W Va May Pet Donahue the daughter ol Mayor Donahue of Barboursville committed suicide this morning by shooting herself through the heart Miss Donahue was well known in cial circles It is said that she had been disappointed in love and took her life while despondent Scores Were Drowned May details re- here of the wreck of the Spanish steamer Gravina off Manilla Philippine Islands daring a typhoon show that 168 persons were drowned Only two of board of her are believed to have been saved Wilde's Second Trial LONDON May second trial of Wilde was begun in the Old Bailey Court this morning before a crowd of spectators Wilde was very restless and looked worried and worn The Solicitor General Sir Frank Lockwood in opening the cose said the indictment covered acts of a grave nature during the period from February to During the session Wilde was taken ill and was obliged to leave the court General Dead WASHINGTON May William Cogswell of Massachusetts died at his apartments here early this after a long illness Members of his family were with him at the end The funeral services will be held at Palem Mass on Friday There will bo a brief service here tomorrow afternoon conducted by Chaplain Bagby of the House of representatives The funeral party will leave the city at 3 o'clock Fourteen Were Killed OAKLAND Gal May 22 explosion at the California Powder Works near Hercules proved more dis- than was at first supposed Five white men and nine Chinamen were killed and a number of the 200 tials about the plant are missing Fire broke out just after the ion which destroyed department but was soon extinguished The property loss is light Meeting of Representatives of the ferent Fire Companies The meeting held last right at the Junior Hall by representatives from the different fire companies to arrange for the trip to Frostburg mot at 8 o'clock A S Herring was called to the chair and Wyatt M Keedy was chosen as The question as to what day the fire com- panies would go was considered Five companies decided that it would be most convenient to leave Hagerstown on the morning of the 12th of June and return the nest evening The First Hose did not agree to this but wanted to stay until Friday morning A committee was appointed by the choir consisting of one member of each company as Frank Fahrney First Hose Ivy Hartle Junior Wyatt Keedy Antietam Lewis Delemater Western Enterprise W H Armstrong Pioneer Hook and Ladder F Wroe Columbian Chemical to confer with H C Koehler about rates to Frostburg and return by special train the bers of the committee to report back the result of the conference to their companies A letter was also read from the more and Ohio Railroad Company givn ing rates for a buffet car to be used by the delegates going and corning and as head quarters while there No action was taken in this matter but it will be considered later The Pioneer Hook and Ladder Com- pany held a meeting last night and re- and accepted the resignation of W G Claggett as driver of their truck The contract that they had made with him for his horses to be used in case of fire was mutually The meeting was short and no further business trans- acted Glitter The National League games yesterday resulted as Cincinnati 21 Boston 8 Pittsburg 7 Washington U Cleveland 8 Brooklyn 0 Cleveland 15 Brooklyn G Louisville 4 Baltimore 11 Chicago 14 Philadelphia 7 St Louis 13 New York 4 The Hagerstown club received a tele- gram from Hanover last night not to come today as the ground there were unfit for use A slight today between Gillam and the management about the question of salary but it was settled satisfactorily to all parties con- cerned Gillam will be retained in his old position The Hagerstown boys have braced themselves for the game with the Cuban Giants and will make a big effort to win the game They say that they will do it Creeks In Revolt I T May rection is threatened in the Creek Na tion over money said to have been dis- posed of illegally by Creek officers The Indians are arming and threaten to march en masse to where the Creek Council is in session The chief and several others are said to be implicated in the misappropriation and are surrounded by armed guards Prattle About People Mrs D Mullendore living at ville is critically ill Mr S S Wyand of Eakles Mills Md is at Toledo Towa attending Western college He will engage in the gardening business during vacation Mr Jacob M Bnyder and wife for- merly of Keedysville Md but now of Estherville lowo spent Monday night with Arthur Wyand Cedar Miss Hattie E Wyand of Eakles Mills Md is spending a week with her brother Mr W H Wyand at 263 East North street this city Runaway Cars A caboose and two loaded freight cars out loose from a freight train at mont Tuesday evening got loose and ran down the track from that place to a point about one mile east of town the steep grade giving them great momentum The run was a swift one but the track was clear and no damage was done The distance traveled was about sixteen miles Grangers Picnic At a recent meeting of the managers it was decided to hold the 22nd Annual Grangers Exhibition at Wifa Grove Cumberland county Pa August 16 to 31 1895 It was also decided to make quite a number of improvements to the buildings and grounds
