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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-01-06
WRITE TO-DAY.

JAMES CHARLTON. General Passenger d Ticket Agsst,
CHICAGO &c ALTON r. r.. CHICAGO. Ill.,
us-SANE THIS PAPER s'sry ysu ~ri.s.
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MUST ALL BE SOLDIERS.
A Bill to Enroll the Entire Male POpu-
1AtiOn in the Militia

a
1AtiOn In the Militia.
WASHINGTON, July 31.-The increas-
ing importance Of the militia for quell-
ing International disturbances and its
potential strength in case Of threatening
war, has led General Curtis Of New
York, who is an enthusiast on military
matters, to embOdy his plans for ma
tional military organization in a bill
The bill has received the sanction of the
house committee on militia, and, al
though probably il will not secure a hear
ing this season, may be called up next
session
General Curtis proposes that the
militia shall consist OF every able bodied
male citizen between the ages Of Is and
40, the Organization to be known as the
national guard of the states, and the un-
organized as the reserve militia
The organization Of the former would
be made TO conform as closely as possible
to that of the regular army. The national
guard, according to the plan, could
be called to action by the presi-
dent or by an act of congress,
while only act of congress
could call out the reserve militia. the
president having power to call upon the
governors Of states for the needed forces
of the guard in case of invasion or dan
ger Of invasion from foreign foes Indian
uprisings, or rebellion against the auth
ority Of the government, specifying in
with the Limitation of nine months.
The reserve guard or militia, when in
service, would be subject to the same
rules and articles of war as the regular
troops of the United States and would be
entitled to the same pay and allowance
For the maintenance Of the militia or
ganizatiOns, the plan cOntemplates an an
nual appropriation Of 100000, to be ap-
portiOned among the States and terrific
ries. and to be disbursed for ordnance
and stores, under the direction Of the
secretary of war. no state being entitled
to a share unless it has enlisted and uni
formed at least one hundred men for
each senator and Representative in con-
gress to which it is entitled Provisions
for annual encampments under the su-
pervision Of officers of the regular army
are made. and various persons are ex-
empted from service; officials Of the gov
ernment, marines aud employees Of rail
roads used IA military or postal service,
being the principal classes
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DRIVEN TO CRIME.
Miners at Cripple Creek, Rather Than B,
Arreated. Ileeonae BandittI.

Miners at Cripple Creek, Rather Than Be
Arrested, Become BandittT.
DENVER, Col, July 3L-One result OF
the late warlike strike at Cripple Creek
is the organization of a band Of robbers
who have terrOrized the country in the
immediate neighborhood, and the out
break of trouble more bloody than the
recent strike is among the possibilities
When It became known that Sheriff
Bowers was to be permitted to serve
warrants and make arrests, those leaders
who felt that their actions would be pun
ished with heavy penalties fed the camp.
party OF them mum bering ten or fif-
teen organized themselves into a band
and ever since have demanded susie
nance from the surrounding ranchmen
They are mounted on stolen horses and
make raids, seizing cattle, poultry
horses, anything that will serve their
purposes Last Sunday they rode into
the little town of Victor. demanded what
they wanted and then boasted that no
one in Victor could stop them. DIR. J.
Wiley Collins was the only man who had
the courage to defy them.
Having no hre arms, he attempted to
borrow a gun, but fear prevented any
one from complying with his request
and he was obliged to digest his indigna-
ton.
So serious have the raids become that
a vigilance committee is being organ
lied TO drive tha robbers away or exter-
inmate thGfE- 1t Is also said that Sheriff
Bowers Is afganizing a posse of deputy
sheriHs TO proceed against them War
rants for every member of the gang
have been Issued for acts committed dur :
ing the strike.
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SENATE Is YIELDING.

Deadlock 10 BrsRhing and COmoaBatnmn
VIII Doubtless be Made TO the TO rse-
WAsHINGTON, July 3L-The tariff dead
lock Is breaking up, and after being to-
gether two hours this afternoon the house
conferrees said positively that there
would be an agreement this week
One of the conferrees added that the
house men stood to their position, and
that the agreement would be with sub
stantial concessions to the house
1t was the first time, said the confer
rec, that the senators had shown diapo-
sition to meet the house half way.
Representative Springer says forty-fve
names have been signed TO the petition
Tor a house Democratic tariff caucus
Thursday. 1t takes 40 signatures % se-
cure a call. He says the lisg Will reach
70 by Thursday.
The senate conferrees do not seem So
hopeful of speedy agreement and say
that il stands very much it has stood
all along. The house conferrees have
been insisting that if the bill is reported
back on lines which they propose Id viii
be found that there are votes enough in
the senate TO pass the bill, and have been
urging the senate conferrees to give the
bill a trial in the senate on these lines.
They assert that upon no other basis
can an agreement be reached. Tt is not
claimed that the senate conferrees agree
to any such an arrangement but tho
house members are hopeful that some
thing OF the kind Will be done
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Another Naval Battle Between
Chinese and japanese.
The Largest Chinese Battleship
is Sunk.
A THOUSAND PERISH.
Most Of the Chinese Are Killed
or Drowned.
Japanese Knew How to Handle
Their Guns.

SHANGHAI, July $40 p. mn ews
has just reached here of a desperate bat
tie between the fleets of China and ia
pan, IN which the Chinese were de-
feated and the Chen Yuen, the largest
battle ship but one in the Chinese ser
vice, was sunk, and two other large Chi
nese vessels. said TO be first class cruis-
ers. were captured or destroyed
The battle was hotly contested but the
japanese appear to have handled their
guns, ships and torpedoes with more
skill than the Chinese.
The Chinese fleet engaged carried
nearly a thousand men and larger num-
Der of them are reported to have been
killed or drowned
Later dispatches say that few. if any of
the Chinese engaged in the battle had
escaped. Two German officers, IN com
mand of the Chen Yuen, are reported to
have met death with the crew OF that
vessel
The Chen Yuen was a battle ship of
7,400 tons displacement, carrying four
teen and One-half inches compound
armor at the water line. Her battery in
cluded four 12-inch guns, protected by
an armOred breastWOrk and two smaller
Krupps. She was also furnished with
eleven Hotchkiss cannon and tubes for
whitehead topedoes. In addition, the
Chen Tuen had two S14-inch and six
inch Krupps in her main battery, and a
secondary battery Of Hotchkiss revolving
cannon. Tho Chen Yuen was built for
China at the Stettin works; she was
sister ship of the Ting Yuen and was
navy with the exception of the Ting
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TO GET M'WILLIAMS.
Writ of Habsas Corpus Demanded For
Him This Afternoon.

Habeas corpus proceedings were in =
stituted in the district court this after
noon seeking to release John H. McWil-
liams from the city prison. An account
of his arrest and Imprisonment there ap-
pears in another place A II. Vance. NJ.
q. Campbell and r. B. Welch, are Nc
Williams attorneys, and City Attorney
Tillotson is detailed to present the case
Of the police.
The ground on which the writ is aske
is that case against McWilliams of the
same nature is pending in the district
court, aud that no other court, and es-
peciaIly one of inferior jurisdiction. such
as the police court, has the authority to
interrupt the district court proceedings
The petition for the writ states also that
McWiIIiams' bOndsmen are entitled to
the right to bring him into court when
ever they want to.
Summons in the case were served at
2 o'clock this afternoon by Deputy Sher-
iH Tom Wilkerson on Chief Lindsey
and Tom Woodruff. They were ordered
to bring the prisoner before the court
forthwith" Judge Hazen is hearing
the case this afternoon at his Office, as
the district court in chambers.
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Somebody Has Stolen It on Its
Way to Europe.
Between New York and Paris
$4,000 Disappears
TWAS A CLEVER THIEF
Who Took It, for no Theory Of
the Theft
Appears to Be a Tenable
One.

PARIS July 3L-The police OF France
are investigating what is probably one
OF the most remarkable robberies on rec
ord, and it Is believed that the police
forces Of the United States will be asked,
if they have not already been SO re-
uuested, to take a hand in the investi-
CATION
In some unaccountable manner cask
Of gold from New York, valued at
$4,000, has been stolen while IN transit
from Havre 10 Paris.
The French line steamship, La Tou-
raine, Captain Santelli left New York on
July 21st for Havres with forty casks of
American gold on board valued at
$2.0O0,000 and consi gned to various con-
Germs. she arrived here July 70. The
forty casks Of gold are believed to have
been safely landed al Havre, and they
are also said to have been placed, c1 m
plete, on board The train running be-
tween Havre and this city. But when
the precious casks were counted upon
arrival here, there we're only thirty mine
of them; one cask, containing $5O,OOO IN
American gold. had by some means dis
appeared
The disappearance of the cask Of gold
has given rise to a mum ber of police
theories, the strongest being that the
gold was followed from New York by
expert thieves, who patiently awaited
their chance to abstract one Of the casks
The. cask Of gold must have weighed
nearly 200 pounds and even a very
strong man could pot have carried such
a load alone for any very great distance.
Among the theories being investi-
gated is one which may turn out to be
CORRECT 1t is that the thief or thieves
hid himself or themselves in the car in
which the gold was subsequently placed,
and that while on their way to Paris. one
cask of gold was thrown out of the train
and the robbers jumped after It.
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MICHIGAN REPTBLICANs.

In Convention They Arraisn the Demo-
crafts and Eulogize james g. Blaine.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, July 31.-The
Republican state convention was called
to order by w. r Bates, secretary Of the
state central committee, at 1925 o'clock
The convention hall was packed to suffo-
cation and great enthusiasm was dis
played. After the call of the convention
had been read. Mayor Fisher made an
address of welcome.
Secretary Bates introduced Phillip T.
COlgrOve. of Hastings, As temporary
chairman. In accepting the honor Mr..
Colgrove made a lengthy address, re-
viewing the political situation and ar
raigning the efforts of a Democratic con
gress to change the Mckinley tariff law
lie eulogized James G. Blaine, and
was received with great applause. A w.
Smith, of Adrain, was elected temporary
secretary and a call of the convention by
districts ordered. At II 80 a recess was
taken.
When the Republican state convention
reassembled this afternoon, and as the
committee on resolutions was not ready
TO report the nominations for the state
ticket was PROCEEDED with
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OLNEY'S DEAR FRIENDS.
Report That He Has Dismissed tho suits
AKAinst Railroad COmpaniss-

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Los ANGELES. Cal, July United
States District Attorney Dennis was to-
day shown a Washington dispatch in
which it was stated that Attorney Gen
eral Olney has decided to dismiss the
suits recently begun in the federal court
by Dennis against the Southern Pacific
and some thirty-fve railroad companies.
The suit is in the nature Of a petition in
equity and alleges that the railroad COM
panies named have unlawfully combined
in restraint of trade and commerce.
The Washington dispatch quotes the
attorney general as determined to dis
miss the suit as he had not authorized
il, and is displeased that such action was
taken by District Attorney Dennis Den
mis- was astonished when shown the
Washington dispatch, and said;
4 have heard nothing of the kind"
said he, 'nor have 1 received any inti-
nation to that effect"
"WiIl you dismiss the case if Mr..
Olney orders you to do SOP" he was
asked
"You can easily understand that L
cannot discuss such a point at present"
he replied, and that was all he would
say. Mr.. Dennis is convinced Of the
justice of his big suit and is eager to
Dush il
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ABOUT THAT s7,OOO,OOO,
Stephen Little Says He VIII Publish th.
Facts Nhntever They Are.


New YORK, July 31.-In regard to the
unpleasant report that Mr. stephen
Little, the expert ace Juntant, has found
a deficiency of $7,OOO,O0O in the Atchi-
sons income, as given out during the
four years prior to January i, 1894,
no definite official statement has yet
been made. The secretary OF the reor-
ganizatiOn committee gave out the fol-
lowing information:
"When Mr. Little went west he had
full instruction 10 make most
thorough examination, with a view
to developing all facts. favorable
or unfavorable. relating to the prop
erty. The officers Of the company in-
structed the western book-keepera aud
auditors to furnish every facility TO Mr
Little for his examination, and on hia re-
turn to New York be reported to the
committee that he had had full access TO
every account
"Mr. Little told the committee he had
discovered at the west certain accounts
which he, as an auditor or comptroller.
would not have considered proper.
But the western officers said that
all the accounts were forwarded
to New York, and these Items
would be found to be properly
charged on the books of final entry. To
determine the facts, Mr. Little at once set
to work on the books here, and whenev-
er he reaches definite conclusion. no
matter what it may be, it is the inten-
ton Of the reorganization committee to
place the facts promptly before the pub
liz -
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TROOPS SENT AWAY.
Eight CompanEes Leave PulImau-AGiIitia
men Threatened with Discharge.

Eight CompanIes Leave PuIIman-AGfIItia-
men Threatened with Discharge
CHICAGO, July 31.-Mayor Hopkins
wired Governor Altgeld at noon today
asking him to recall eight companies of
the First regiment /. N. q. 1nis order
removes three Of the six companies now
al Pullman. and leaves but one company
on the Illinois Central tracks, that at
East Hammond
The mayor said that he felt satisfied
that the three companies left at Pullman
could maintain order. The Second regi-
ment, stationed at the stock yards, viii
be left there for the present. and the
mayor refused To say Wnen the remain
ing companies at Pullman will be with
drawn.
The action on the part Of the mayor
was the result d conference between
him. Vice President Wickes of the Pull
man company and Adjutant General
Orenodortt of the 1. \. q. Vice President
WIckes did not expect trouble, stating
that the company was making no effort
to secure new men, and that he expected
the old employees to eventually return 10
their places.
Some comment has been caused by the
fact that certain members Of the militia
have been informed by their employees
that if they did not return home at Once
they could consider themselves dis
missed morning paper tells the fol
lowing story:
A soldier stood on guard at the main
gate leading into George PuIiman's car
factory for four hours yesterday morning.
The sun was cruelty hot The man was
wholly unprotected from its rays. The
sweat poured down his face; he held
heavy gun until his arms trem Dled
from nervous exhaustion. But he
stood there, patient and accomplishing,
from O'Clock until 10. Then be was
relieved by a fresh sentry. AS the first
orderly came up with the company )
mail. He gave the soldier a letter.
Opening it the mili.iaman read:
sTO -=-, Private, Company N,
First Regiment, Pullman. ILL.,: We are
hiring clerks, not toy soldiers, and unless
at the usual time Saturday morn
ing your place with Us Will be for
feued. We can no longer afford to allow
the interests OF which you have charge
70 suffer by your absence. This is the
second warning we have given you and
it is the last. " e snail expect to see you
at the time mentioned. Respectfully,
s' - & Coz
The strain of guard duty. the intense
heat and the shock of this letter were
too much for the sentry. His lips trem-
bIed, his eyes filled, and he fairly broke
do this'' he said, 81 am a beggar.
My wife will be turned out
of the house. l am dependent wholly
on my salary, and if that fails l am help
less No man can get another place
these hard times"
The young mans companions gathered
around him and tried 10 comfort him.
Some of them said they would make up
a purse for him atoOnce, and several put
themselves down for liberal amounts,
considering the small amounts at their
command
It is said that a score or more of the
militiamen have received similar notices.
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THE HOT WINDS IN IOWA
They Have Cut Down the Corn Crop
Fully One-HaIE

Dies MONIES, Iowa, July 31.-The Iowa
crop bulletin, issued today. says:
The past week has been the worst of
the season. The daily temperature aver
aged degrees above the normal On
the Goth the temperature ranged from
100 to 1O7 with winds twenty miles an
hour. Il was the severest in effect upon
vegetation ever known in Iowa.
Light showers are reported along the
eastern border and at few localities in
the interior, affording temporary relief
in checking the process Of dessication.
Variable reports are received AS to the
effects of the drouth aud hot winds upon
corn. In the central and southern dis
tricts the damage is much greater than
in the northern belt The cOncensus of
opinion seems to be that about one fourth
of the acreage planted will yield no corn
and but little fodder ~
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ST. PAUL. July 31.-Flve railroad men
from Breckinridge, were arraigned in
the United States district court today be-
fore Judge Williams. All pleaded
not guilty and were held to the
grand jury in the sum of $4,000
The matter is referred TO the
Fergus Falls decision of the United
states court, and they will be tried there.
All are charged with conspiracy in de-
laying the United States mails on July
y, at Breckinridge, on a Northern Pn-
ciic train. The outbreak was violent
stones being thrown and other acts of
violence done.
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ON A FRUITLESS MIsSION.
Hawaiians Bound For Washington to
PIead For the Qneen's RssaoratIon.


Plead For the Queens Restoration.
PITTsBURG, Pa, July 31.-The Ha-
waiian royalist commission comprised of
Hon. John A Cummings. Samuel Parker
and Judge Weiderman, ,ex- ca binet officers
of the royalist administration, passed
through PittsburG today on their way to
Washington in the interest of ex-Queen
Liliuokalani-
Judge Weiderman was the only mem
Der of the party up when the train ar
rived. In an Interview he said We
want to bring about adjustment of
affairs at the Hawaiian islands. Queen
LiliuokaIani abdicated under protest and
is waiting for her answer. We are on
our way to Washington to receive it from
President Cleveland. On July f. the
government adopted a constitution and
proclaimed a republic. They wanted to
send the queen away. as she does not
represent the present government.
I'VE are anxious to have the queen re-
stored and believe we will be successful
in our mission
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CHOLERA AT MARSEILLES.
1t Epidemic There and Deaths
Increase Daily

MADRID, July 31.-The Spanish consul
at Marseilles having telegraphed that
cholera is epidemic there, and that the
number of deaths daily is very large and
that the authorities are concealing the
actual situation, the government has
ordered stringent precautions to be taken
at all Spanish ports on the frontier.
A medical commissions will be sent
to MarseiIIes " ith instructions to report
the facts. The governor of Warsaw has
forbidden the usual pilgrimage to Czen-
stochau on account of the prevalence of
cholera
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PACKERS PAY REDUCED.
Men in Armour's Ham Departments Cut
Fifteen Cents aDAy-

CHICAGO. July 31.-The wages Of the
men employed in the ham department Of
Armour's packing house were reduced
10 cents per day today. They asked A
return to the old wages which was re-
fused and they were told that they might
strike if they wanted to- IT is not be-
lieved that they will do so.
A number of strikers formerly EN-
ployed in this city by the Chicago &
Grand Trunk railroad company applied
for work today which the officials OF the
road refused TO give them.
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GOLD sHTPPERs ExCIrED.


NEW YORK, July 31.-The report of
the robbery Of the cask OF gold shipped
from this city by the steamer La Tou-
raiue, has caused considerable excite
ment among gold shippers here There
were three consignments Of gold by La
Touraine on her latest trip. Two con
signments of twenty casks each, the
value Of which was 2,OOO, 900, were ship
ped by Lazard Freres of this city, and
were consigned TO Lazard Freres & Co.
Of Paris One additional shipment OF
ten casks was made by Messrs. Heidel
back. Eickleheimer & Co., to the Credit
LyOnais and was valued at $500, 900.
No theory as to how the robbery was
committed could be advanced by the
steamship agents.
The specie, they say, is invariably
placed in the strong room, which is real
ly an enormous safe.
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strike investigation commission met to-
day at the bureau Of labor, Messrs
Wright, Herman and Worthington being
present This was the first meeting Of
the commission, and was for the purpose
Of arranging the preliminariess and of
outlining the scope of the investigation.
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GAMBLING no STOP.
A Kentucky Amusement Ia to BE stopped
by Mayor HIcIsman.

OwENsBoRo, KY, May 81 - Mayor
Hickman announces his intention of
stopping gambling, which has hourished
for several years in this city. The
mayor is consulting with the chief of
police today and Will commence series
Of systematic raids on the gambling
places at once. Mayor Hickman says he
is tired of being censured, and that he is
determined to rid the city of these places
for nrOQd
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BAD FOR MISSIONARIES.
The Unrest In China Lads to Serious
Disturb BDces.

SAN Francisco, July 31.-Reports from
Hong Kong show that there is much un-
rest both IN north and south China, and
that the outlook for foreign missionaries
is bad The anti missionary distur bance
is reported from Kiang Y in, on the Yang
Tse Kiang, but far more serious affair
occurred at Shek Lung, near Tung Kun,
on the Pearl river on June 20.
In this instance the American Presby-
terian church was demolished by the
mob and one chr stial, whether a for
eigner or a native has not been ascer-
tanned, has been KILLED. The Roman
Catholic church was we'll guarded by
Chinese soldiers and it is a fact worthy
of notice that here, as at Kiang Yin the
Catholic missionary escaped scathIess
while the PrOtestants suffered heavily.
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New Line OF steamers to New York.

WASHINGTON, July 81 - Consul
Downes of Amsterdam, under date of
July II, informs the department of state
that the chamber of commerce of that
city, dissatisfied with the present steam
ship facilities has recommended the es
tablishment of a new line Of steamers
direct frcm Amsterdam to New York.