Youngstown News, 1902-09-19

              THE YOUNGSTOWN NEWS VOL. XXII. 3 ,  VOUNGSTOWN, N. Y., FRIPMWBPTEMBE?R 19, 1902. NO. 33. COAL STRIKERS ABE FIRM Declaration of President Mitchell in a Speech at Philadelphia* MONEY RAISED FOR THE MINERS Mitchell la Opposed to Compulsory Arbitration—Declare* That the Mine VI ork•r* Object to the Knactment of Such ■ Law—Says Governor Stone Plans an Extra Beulon of the Legislature. Philadelphia.—President JohD Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of America, said again here that up to date.he had no reason to believe that the coal strike is nearing nn end. "It will end when the operators grant our demands," he said. "The miners will not return to work and arbitrate their difference afterward. Our position is stronger now than it was at the beginning of the strike. I know of nothing which would indicate an early settlement of'the strike." This view of President Mitchell Iβ shared by Senator Quay, who l/;is been making strenuous efforts to bring about a settlement. "The operating coal companies," said Senator Quay, "will make no concessions, nnd the minors seem equally determined. For the present, at least, no outside Influence of any character will produce results." Mr. Mitchell came to Philadelphia to address a meeting in the Labor Lyceum, and he was given about $3000 by the organized workmen of this city for the benefit of the striking mine workers. The presentation took place at a joint mass meeting of the United Trades Association, the Allied Building Trades and the Central Labor Union, held at Labor Lyceum Hall. Mr. Mitchell was given an enthusiastic reception. After the relief money had been formally presented to him, he made a short address. He said the mine workers' fight was a fight for trades unionism, without which the workmen of the country could not get fair treatment from the employers. The spokesman of the operators, he continued, contended that they are BaTnEe§rrTkers were Just ne firm today ai| they were four months ago. If the stllke were to be lost, which he said is not likely, it would not mean the disintegration of organized labor, j but it would be a shock which would i be seriously felt. Mr. Mitchell said it was difficult to keep the peace among such a great army of men struggling for living wages, but the miners, he thought, i were keeping within the law as best they can. He admitted there had been some lawlessness, but "of the six persons killed in the coal fields since the strike was started, three were murdered by the coal and iron policemen." He characterized most of the special policemen as "criminals and thugs." Continuing, the miners' President said: "Governor Stone is contemplating an extra session of the Pennsylvania Legislature for the purpose of having enacted a compulsory arbitration law. The miners are willing to arbitrate, but they are not willing to have compulsory arbitration. They are not willing to enslave the workmen of Pennsylvania in order to get out of their Dwn difficulty. It has been the- invariable rule for Avorkinen throughout the country to abide by the decision of arbitration boards, and also the rule for organized workmen to stand by their contracts." Mr. Mitchell asked the citizens of Philadelphia to further assist the strikers. "We cannot win the strike alone," he said, "but with the help of the trades unions of the country victory will be ours. This Is the struggle of our time. and it is the duty of every organized workman in the country to do what he pan for our success." FIRE IN TEXAS OIL FIELD. Conflagration at Beanraoni Canted by a, Careleu Wominan. Beaumont, Texas.—The flre which in the oil field has burned Itself out. The loss caused by the flre is variously estimated, The lowest figures by any one competent co judge place the total loss at about §75,000. From Ihisj figure the estimate ranges up to $250,000. So far as can be ascertained ibout thirty derricks were destroyed. The loss on these was comparatively email. Fifteen tanks, some of them tilled with oil, were burned oct, and they will have to be repaired before they are again serviceable. Several pumping plants were put out of service and are rendered useless, and in this lies the heaviest loss outside of the oil destroyed. The flre was started by the carelossaess of a workman, whose name lias not yet been ascertained. He went with a lighted lantern into a tank which was partially filled with oil, and there was un explosion of gas which Ignited the oil. The man escaped, although be Iβ badly burned. Advisds Fillpines to Work. Governor Taft, at a banquet in Manila, denies that the Federal party Is a creation ef the Philippine Commission. He adrfeed the Filipinos to work and refrain from •β-itntinn LOST IN BIG FOREST FIRES ! At Least Thirty Deaths by Flamos in Washington and Oregon. Only Two Hoa.es Left For Thirty Mile. Alone the Lditli Hirer—Losses la Oregon Are Heavy. Tacoma, Wash.—Dispatches from Kalama and Columbia River report that at least thirty fatalities have occurred from forest fires in Cowlitz and Clark counties. Fire swept through great stretches of timber along both sides of Lewis River, burning everything in its path. H. L. Wallace, his wife and two children were burned to death while camping in the woode. Their wagon wns found burned up, with their charred bodies lying near. Other deaths in that locality include those of Mrs. John Polly, her baby and her brother; Mrs. Graves and Mr. Newhouse. Survivors along Lewis River were found without any clothing except gunnysacks. A party of twenty refugees saved their lives by disrobing and wading to the middle of n creek with only their heads out of water. Five logging camps were burned out completely. Two men from Barr's Camp are missing. People there are panic-stricken and many are almost crazed with grief over the loss of property. Couriers who arrived from Lewis River say there are only two bouses loft standing along the river for a distanco of thirty miles where the country was thickly settled. They report that not loss than fifteen persons perished in that district. A party of refugees from White's Mill, near Centrnlla, found themselves surrounded by fires, with the heat almost unbearable. Reaching a stream they jumped into the water. When the fiiw came nearer they abandoned the stream-aiid went into the centre of a small meadow, almost surrounded with burning timber. Here they had been preceded by other fugitives, including six bears and many deer and other animals. The party remained with the animals, which were no less terror-stricken. ____ t Oregon City, Oregon.—Nearly every farmer In the territory covered by the postofflcea of Dodge and Springwater has been burned out. Tb« toga U'wckkd, ■*■>«!* juA^^^^M^^^^^^^B_ji| the flre raged' fiercely, following down Clear Creek and Clackmas River, crossing Springwater Ridge and stopping at the upper edge of Viola. Logan nnd Viola were saved from destruction by the wind dying down. Fires in that section were checked. REMARKABLE CRIME IN ITALY. Father Accuser Son of Murder—Deed A«V mltted, Cause In Doubt. Rome.—A sensation has been caused in Italy by the latest development In the murder of Count Bon Martini, who some days ago was found assassinated in his house at Bologna. A large sum of money had been stolen from the house, and robbery was thought to have been the motive for the crime. Professor Murri, a university professor and one of the best known physicians In Italy, was Count Bon Martini's father-in-law. A few days ago Professor Murri denounced his own son, Tullio, as the murderer of the count. Tulllo Murri is a well-known Socialist and lawyer, of Bologna. He admits having murdered his brother-in-law, and says the crime was committed after u brawl provoked by a family quarrel. Other reports sny that a love affair Is at the bottom of the mystery. Count Bon Martini lived apart from his wife. The Countess "Bon Martini, wife of Count Bon Martini, has been arrested ou the charge of complicity In the murder of her husband. It is alleged that the countess spurred her brother on to commit the crime. WHITE GIRL MARRIES AN INDIAN. Mlin Brawn, Teacher In Government School, Itrldeof Fred Medicine Crow. Sioux City. lowa.—Following file example of Cora Belle Follows, the AVashington girl who, while n teacher lu a Dakota reservation school some years ago, married a full-blooded Sioux Indian named Chaska, Mies Nellie M. Brown, for some time a teacher in the Government Indian school at Crow Creek agency, has just been married to Fred Medicine Crow, an Indian belonging on the reservation. The bride Is good looking and highly educated. It is said ber parents reside in Washington. The Indian and his white wife were married by Justice N. A. Keeler, of Ganu Valley, 0 few miles from the border of the reservation.CONFESS TO DOUBLE MURDER. Two Hen Admit Shooting Mr. Bud Mn, Lewi* in Bromon, Pa. Bronson, Fla. — Thomas Falrcloth. aged twenty-six, and Theodore Smith, aged tweuty-one, who have been under suspicion for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Lewie here on August 30, weakened and confessed their guilt. They knew Lewis was very wealthy and hoped to get several thousand dollars. They say they entered the house, shot him and then fired twice at Mrs. Lewis, killing her. The feeling rune high against tbe murderers, and the authorities have wired Governor Jennings to call a special term of court to try them, as lynch- i ing Is feared if justice is delayed. ' ROOSEVELT'S TRIP ENDED Tha President Praises the South For Its Industrial Progress. GREETED WITH ENTHUSIASM Crowds Coine Oat to 9w Him at Many Stations—Dwell* on tha Maasara of True Americanism—Point* Oat That Sectional Difference* Ara Trivial at Present—Returns to Oyster Bay. Ashevllle, N. C.—No more delightful ending for the President's tour to the South could have been devised than his visit to Ashevllle. The places of honor in the procession which escorted the President through the city, and on the platform from which he spoke, were occupied by Confederate veterans—men bowed down with years and wearing on their faces traces of that despondency which must come to the loser in a mighty struggle. After the city meeting was over the President went out to George Vauderbilt's great estate at Biltmore One of the largest crowds encountered on the run from Ashevllle was at Hickory. The short speech he made at that place was enthusiastically received. He said in part: "Traveling to-day through North Carolina and yesterday through Tennessee I have been struck by the evidences of industrial growth of which this town is itself an example. The industrial awakening of the South, of which there have been so many evidences during the last few years, is a feature fraught with great benefit to the South and to the entire country. Because, remember, my fellow-citizens, we are going to go up or down together. Some of us will feel the good times more than others, some less, but we all feel the.good times somewhat, and when bad times come we will all be put back. Bad times do not stop at State lines, and the industrial awakening of the South, which is going on, and which I believe will go on with ever increasing rapidity, means gfs4 fortune not merely for the South, for all the American people. "And so, my fellow-citizens, I Mt Industrial developments In the sSQHH I ball It for the sake of the South, and I hall it for the sake of the nation." Salisbury, N. C. — President Roosevelt left on the trnln for Washington, after making speeches at Ashevllle. Old Fort, Connelley Springs, Hickory, StatesvlUe and at this place. "My forefathers," he eaid, "fought under Marlon. My forefathers fought with the Georgia and South Carolina troops, who battled throughout dark days when Cornwallis and the Ited Dragoons of Tarleton overran the Southern States. They were present at King's Mountain, at the Cowpens, and they saw the final triumph when the men In blue and buff who followed Greene wrested victory out of defeat, and when at last the flag of thirteen States waved without a rival along the coast and along the foothills of the mountains. "It Is a mighty good thing for any American to meet his fellow Americans of different part* of the country in order that he may realize how trivial are the points of unllkenesg and how essential are the points of likeness. A good American is a good American, and I don't care a snap of my finger whether he comes from the North or the South or the East or the West, If he is a straight and decent man I am for him, and if he Is not I am not. "We never can succeed in making this country what it can and shall be made until we work together, not as Northerners or Southerners, Easterners or Westerners, not as employe or employer, townsmen or countrymen, capitalists or wageworkers, but primarily as American citizens, to whom the right of brotherly friendship and comradeship with nil other decent American citizens comes as the first and greatest of privileges." When the President reached Washington be had traveled looe miles since be left there on Friday evening. He I went at once from Washington to Oy»• ter Bar. THE AMERICAN FARMER NOW PUTS afORGAN IN THE SHADE. • Journal. UNKNOWN REPORT causes ftaka* Favorable Pro* Kxpacted. Following is the inorjKpwnSfc average rainfall in portlonJßt'the upper Mississippi Valley, mn<le generally favflflii* though not rapid, advance- part of Texas, in at the previous week, has (1 rotflPrmutltioD„ jn the middle Atlantlc Mfilppfincts have also been largely but the Interior and middle AtUHlPtfa.- Ohio Valley and portionMUM lower lake region and South continue to need rain, frosts were very gen- districts, from England, and the middie^l^HHßtates, from the 3d to the Oth. Jjmn but alight Injury. Rain is in Washington and Oregon.Snt otherwise the general conditioniwi the Pacific coast were favor- Napitlißtandlng the prevalence of throughout the corn rainfalls in portions of Mississippi Valley, the naa made very satisfactory toward maturity, and Injury in the States At the Mississippi River from on the 4tli and sth, flight injury in the States to The bulk of the corn and Kansas and much planted in Nebraska and °' t'le Ohio Valley are now saMßwloifa, where corn has ripened two-thirds of the crop will prflWHif, be aafe by September 20 and tbafce will require ten days longer. IflKHpa»htag of spring wheat, al- I though *fl||pr retarded, has made more favoTOßlei progress than in the previous weeks/ Texas and a large part of the central and eastefu districts of the cotton J belt have received abundant rainfall during tht -week, but it is doubtful ' whether the ueneflelii! effects of these t rains to Into yotton -will offset the Iμl Jury done to the open staple. Cotton has opened njftre rapidly than It could . be picked. In portions of the central I aud cistern districts many fields are , already nearly cleaned, and the reports I generally iudleatp that the crop will be gathered much earlier I li.-m usual. KILLED BY FAITHLESS WIFE. j Mr*. O'Neill Hlajrn Her Hntband anil Her•elf in Mew York City. I NeJ York City. — The killing of Charlie O'Neill, Janitor of the Fruit f Exchange building, by his wife, and . the subsequent suicide of the woman, t was tie result of a confession of inti-1 delityjwhlch Mrs. O'Neill mnde to her f husbi id two weeks ago. The tragedy l followed the first meeting of the two ] in thlr own home since Mrs. O'Neill - made lier confession. e It <me after O'Neill, in a fit of Jeale ous nge, had placed the muzzle- of an r unlot ed revolver at his wife's bead and t reatened to kill her. The woman j dldn'lknow that the pistol was unloade ed. a<l invited her husband to tdioot. s Instad, he dropped the pistol dcclars ing nat he couldn't hurt a woman he .. lovef as he did her. ~ Sβ rushed from the room, secured a f pietfl from :; neighboring office, came t> bad, shot her husband twice In the i. brut and then blew her own brains i- J oul H I '  Mrs. E. P. Johnson, a sufeids. M. K. P. Johnson, a well-known i- won b suffragist, committed suicide e at lr home at Bt. I>oui*. Insanity, e wkl ia auppoeed to have resulted I- frot toe bite of a mad pet doog, ii bellevi to bate led to the suicide. A SENSATIONAL LAWSUIT s -—'  Mrs. Dauphin, a Wealthy New Orleam Woman, Chareed With Perjury. HUSBAND'S FORTUNE VANISHED e v lie Was President of the Louisiana tottery and She Is Aecuted of Stealing e 1130,000 of Bis Kstate — Becurltle* Ij Were Taken Bltm Tears Ago - Startling Charge*. 1 I '. New Orleans, La.—The Grand Jury y a few days ago announced an indict • ment In blank for perjury. Now It is ■ [ announced that the indictment was j „ against Mrs. Rosa Lα Branche I Dauphin, widow of Maximilian ' • Dauphin, for many years President of '" the Louisiana State Lottery, and that . It was not made public In order to eni able the District Attorney to get the ' • necessary requisition papers from Governor Heard and arrest Mrs. Dauphin, . who is said to be 111 in or near New t York. u The Indictment is the result of one . of the most bitter and sensational case* . ever tried in Louisiana. Mrs. Dauphin, born Rosa Lα Branche, Is of an old Creole family, and Is worth $500,000 or f more. Dauphin, who was President ii of the Louisiana Lottery Company, s died in 1891. He was supposed to be e in good circumstances, but not \- wealthy, and his estate was inven- J tolled at $100,000, his widow and a s friend being executors. There were i other heirs, including Dauphin's ; i, mother. i 0 The estate was settled up, nnd the a widow, as legatee, came Into posses- ' Ii slon of the rest of the property, after 4 the other heirs were paid. Eleven years v after the settlement, among the effects (1 of Judge Porcbe, an ex-.fustlce of the , II Louisiana Supreme Court, who had (1 been Mrs. Dauphin's lawyer in the ' '• probate case, an old and badly worn I* paper was found, giving a list of a . large number of bonds which apparently formed a part of the Dauphin J estate, but which had not figured In the 1 Inventory. I, I Mrs. Dauphin was called on to ex- | ' plain. She failed to appear before a Louisiana court on the ground of ill I health and nervousness; but piece by nVnsnnnnußl bmv ' I was reconstructed. Dauphin had never I possessed a bank account. He kept his money and securities in a box in his room, and was a much wealthier man than many supposed. From that box his widow, it Is charged, bad stolen from the estate and secreted $214,000 in gilt-edged securities and $40,000 In cash. Iu order to cover up her work she sold the bonds, invested and reinvested the money in new securities so that no trace could be found of It, following the example of her husbnnd In keeping no bank account, but having frequently $100,000 In cash with her. She proved a good speculator and Increased her fortune. By diligent investigation Judge Lazarus, counsel for the heirs, succeeded in tracing every bond for more than twelve years past into Dauphin's i bands, then into Mrs. Dauphin's possession, where they had no right to be, and finally to the present holders. The case was so clearly proved that the court awarded judgment against Mrs. Dauphin for $388,006. the entire , amount. Her handsome home hero , was seized, only to find that she had removed everything of value. The mat- ; ter was laid before the Grand Jury, , . and the result was nn indictment foi perjury In the case, delivered before ; • a commissioner In Mississippi. Mrs. . e Dauphin win lie brought back to New Orleans for trial. | FALL IN BEEF PRICES.  Cr»»»-fed Cuttle In Krdih City Brine Tm and Thrae Cants Leu ■ Found. Kansas City, Mo.—The statement made by tile packers unci cattlemen some time ago that the price of beef to the consumers would be considerably lower as soon as the grassfed cattle came in is now vcrifled. Within the last ten days the price of beef to the Kansas City consumers has fallen two and three cents a pound. That reduction has been coincident with the rise lu the receipts of cattle at the Kansas City stock yards from 12,000 a day to more than 20,000 a day. The cheap new corn has not been in existence long enough to be transformed into beef, and not until the holidays will the heavy beef be cheaper. "OLD NANCE" OSCEOLA DEAD.  Seminole Brora Brings the Xawa and 390 'Gator Hide*. Fort Myers, Fla.—"Bill Brown," a Seminole brave, arrived this week from the Big Cypress with bis eiglit-in-hand team of osen, after a supply of merchandise for the Indians. He brought in 390 'gator bides. Bill brings the news of the denth of "Old Nancei" widow of the famous old chief, Osceola. "Old Nance" was about eighty-four years old, and became blind four ago. Seven children survive her and Chief Osceola. Thoy are Charlie, Tommle, Jimmte, Blllie aud Johnnie Osceola, and Lucie Osceola, and "Little Nance," the squaw of Billle Gonapatcbee.Revelt Against Bing rule. Revolt against ring rule In Bast Orange, N. J., has been begun by the formation of a citizens' union. VICE-CONSUL A FORGER W. H. Stuart, of the British Servioe in Boston, Insane. a* O«t. Motes For •100.000 and Wμ Short •IS.OOO In Cnmulitt Funds — Put Iβ an Asylum. Boston.—The announcement has boon made that the British Vice-Consul here, W. H. Stuart, who has been Id the consular service for about thirty years and tins been well known in society, had boon placed in tho Mel>an Asylum nt Wavcrly ;it the luetnuce of his sons. The developments of the nfternoon show that the Vice-Consul Iβ a forger and defaulter. It is said that Shunt Is short in Ills accounts at the consulate to the extent of $15,000, and that notes bearing the alleged Indorsement of Mrs. Stuiirt to the amount of 9100,000 are held by various persons. Mrs. Stuart Is tho daughter of Millionaire Knoch Wentworth, and when Stuart came to the British Consulate, the then Consul wae a friend of the Wentworth family, into •which Stuart was Introduced and where he met his wife, who was the widow of a Mr. Erlekson. The $100,000 of paper Iμ said to have been forged by Stuart, and It has been arranged to have it redeemed by hi* father-in-law. The latter, however, refusea to take enre of the deficits In the accounts of the consulate. Stuart was born in Woolwich, England, fifty-five years ago. It is understood that he has always lived with bis father-in-law and hits had no household expenses to pay. His salary wae $2000 and perquisites Increased tula to nearly $40(10. Stuart bore a reputation for correct living, although he was said to be unsociable, but it Is alleged that he has developed a fondness'for the card table which proved his ruin. SENATOR STEWART'S WIFE KILLED Thrown Oat of an AmtomoblU While Killing at Alntnada, C«l. San Francisco, Cα!.—Through an accident, while riding with her nephews in mi automobile, Mrs. Stewart, wife of Uulted States Senator \V. M. Stewart of Nevada, lost her life, expiring wlthlu an hour of the accident. Mrs. Stewart, who has been visiting her brother, W. W. Foote. of Oakland, After dashing rapidly along for about 100 yards the automobile suddenly swerved and ran Into a telegfaph polo, throwing the occupants to the ground. Mrs. Stewart struck henrily on tho curb, and several of the ribs on her left, side were crushed In. It was flret thought that her injuries were not of a serious nature. She died almost an hour after receiving her injuries. The force of the shock was so great that tho telegraph pole was snapped off and the nutomoblle was completely wrecked. Mrs. Stewnrt's companion* were almost unhurt, receiving only slight bruises. GIRL HELPED THE HANGMAN. Stood an Scaffold, Watched Father'* Slayer Die and Cot Down Body. Nashville, Uα.—Boley Bryant wan lmiigi-il here for the murder of Town Marshal Mymla. Mrs. Etta Hynda Pnrker, daughter of tho murdered official, watched the execution from th« scaffold trap. As soon as Bryant wae pronounced dead, Mrs. Parker, with her father's knife,, cut down the body of the murderer. The crime for which Bryant wae hanged was committed In Adel, (Jα., a near by village, last May. The negro was wanted In the town on a misdemeanor charge, and Town Marshal Hynds attempted to arrest him. As the marshal approached Bryant, the n«gro drew a pistol and nred on the officer, mortally wounding him. Bryant escuped, but was captured a few days later. FAIR ESTATE SETTLEMENT. •1.000,000 In Cain and Property for tho Mother or Mm. Charlei L. Fair. Plalnncld, N. J.—William B. Smith, a brother of the late Mrs. Charles U, Fair, returned from Sun Francisco. Cα!., and gave the details of the amicable settlement of the estates. His account varies widely from that published. He says that efforts were made to keep the negotiations secret. He declares that Mrs. Hannah Nelson, mother of Mrs. Fair, received $1,- 000,000 In cash and property In Paris. France, valued at $100,000. Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Nelson, of New Market obtained $350,000; Mr. and Mrs. Charier* Smith, of Boulder, Col., $350,000, and Mr. and Mrs. William B. Smith, $350,- 000. The nve children of Mrs. Minnie Leffler, a sister of Mrs. Fair, received $350,000 to be distributed among them, SUICIDE BEFORE MARRIAGE. Dr. Holt Killed HlinMlf If hen Bli Wad. din* Belli B«s»a to nine. Peorla, Hl.—While the wedding bell* were ringing for Dr. Otto P. Holt and Mleg Era Ham, and while the bride waited Impatiently at the church door, the physician decided to die. , Arrayed In hie wedding clothe* be drank carbolic add and died In a few* minutes. Word was first seat to the bride that he was 111. Later she tom told the truth and was prostrated. Dr. Holt left a note to a friend. The cause Is a mystery, for both were trott - to do and popular. )Ai lodepeideit Re- J t pablicu Piper, i <tOUinFMCIl.EfltllL< Tbt Brl|Mmt utf Bott County Paptr. $1.00 Ptr iMrii A«MMM,