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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-13
Suicide ON the Increase.

In all countries the rate of suicide is
Increasing. In 1880. in Europe and
America, there were 1885; in 1855 there
were 1902.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-13

E. II. WRAY. JR., al me Depot Hotel
Saloon, at the Y. & NJ. V. Z. Il. depot
is the place 10 bny your bottle of COO.
tail ard have your Jug filed Before lea y
ing for your plantation home. au4
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-13

Stockholm has the highest death rate
from drink of any city IN the world
90 in 10000.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-13

THE WORLD MINING MAD.
opinion Expressed That We Are ON
Verge of Great Mining Era,


We are on the verge of a great min
ing era" remarked Clarence King, for
mer chief Of the United States geolog.
zeal survey, the other day. THE time
lsnot far distant when a man can start
| out of Denver and travel to Klondike.
stopping every night at mining camp.
Already two American stamp mills are
| pounding away on the borders of the
Straits of Magellan, and the day is
| approaching when a chain of MINING
camps will extend from Cape Horn to
| ST, Michaels. believe we are about
TO enter upon century whichwill open
up vast resources and will be the grand
est the earth has ever known. Before
the end Of the twentieth century the
traveller will enter a sleeping car at
Chicago, bound via Behring straits for
St Petersburg, and the dream of Gov.
Gilpin will be realized"
Mr.. King is on his way east from
Seattle, where he QUILTED party for
the Klondike.
He believes that if the next steamer
from the gold fields brings 81 900 900
or thereabouts 100000 men will 90 into
the Yukon country next sprirg,
NOT EMPOWERED TO BUY.
Naval Board in Receipt OF Many o.
fers of Armor Plate Plants.
The naval board appointed TO inouirc
INTO the question of establishing Il pov
ernment factory for the ipanufactur.
of armor met at the navy dernrt,na,,
me other day, and, with reference 10
the many offers Of plants and sites
decided that its orders gave il nythinc
whatever to do with the selection a
site or the purchase Of plant.
member Of the board said that If tbe
carnegie company offered its plant for
one dollar it would not be With, tbe
scope OF the boards work to couside,
the offer. At the same time. all tes,lor.
are being courteously ackro,yledyed |
luu an Information asked on the mat /
Ter is furnished The board win con.
Inc its work strictly to the points spc-
lined in the instructions from, Actin,
secretary Roosevelt of ascertaiping
Vhat steps are necessary to establish a
government armor factory of sufficient
epacity to meet probable requirements
nd OF furnishing plans and specifra-
IONS Of the land, buildings and ma
hlnery necessary. together with the
cards opinions on the ACCESSIBILITY and
ost OF establishing complete plant,
nd will frame form OF advertisement
'r proRosals, Tor 9 plant
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
TREASURY DUTY AND THE NAVY
Secretary of the Interior Makes an
Enlportant Pension DeelsiOn.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 1S97.-An inn
portant decision in which the Interior
Department for the first time declares
revenue duty to have been part of the
United States Navy has been made by
the Assistant Secretary of the Interior,
Webster Davis, in the case of William
f. Rogers, Lieutenant United States rev
enue cutter Forward Mexican war
claim The decision overrules the action
of the Pension Bureau under the last
administration and affects a number of
claims.
from June 80, 1916, to April 30, 1S4I, his
vessel having been in active cooperation
with the navy by order Of the President
in the Mexican war, but ne was supSe-
ouently dropped on the ground that he
was not legally enlisted in the military or
naval service. M
In acting on the case Mr.. Davis says it
is beyond dispute that the cutter For
ward, not in contemplation of the law
but under actual provision and mandate
Of the law and by virtue of the Presi-
dents order. became part OF the nayaI
establishment of the United states, under
the direction of the Secretary of the
Navy, and hence the jurisdiction of the
treasury over that vessel and the ships
company meantime was. temporarily GUST
ed. The officers and enlisted men there
by became by merger subject to the Or
der Of the Commodore of the Navy and
amenable to the rules and articles OF war
in their then war practice and operation.
It necessarily follows, the Assistant
Secretary concludes, that the pensioner
had title to pension under the act Of
January 90, 1887 having actually served
more than sixty days with the United
States Navy in Mexico he not being
barred by the acts proviso. Rogers name
will be restored to the rolls and he will
be paid the accrued pension.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
COLOR LINE In LABOR.

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. a, 1S97.-Two hun
dred women and girls employed at the
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills in this city,
struck this morning because of the en-
ployment of negro help by the manage
ment. The operatives learned yesterday
that twenty-five colored women were to
be put to work in the folding department
today The white women employed in
the mills gathered about the main en-
trance this morning and awaited the ar
rival of the President, Mr.. Jacob Elsas.
The newly employed negro women were
already there. When Mr.. Elsas came
the white women explained that they
wanted to know whether it was true that
he proposed to put negroes to work with
them. He said that he did and the
white women refused to go to work.
AT noon, the 400 men employed in the
mills walked out in obedience to the or
ders of the Textile Workers Union and in
sympathy with the striking female oper.
atives. This forced the closing down OF
the factory. Strikers gathered in angry
groups about the mills and for a time it
looked as if there might be a riot The
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills is one of
the largest concerns of the kind perating
in the South. The corporat | is sue
cessor to the old firm of Ell 8 Nay &
Co., and Jacob Elsas is its president.
About 500 men, women and children are
affected by the strike.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
DIED.

FI4AACKE-On Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1897.
Christiana Dorothea (nee Fischer.
widow of Henry Flaacke; born az
Rudersberg. Wurttemberg. Germany,
July 10, 1915.
Funeral services will be held at st.
Johns German Church, Fairview avenue,
near Bergen avenue, Jersey City Heights,
on Friday, Aug. 6. at p. NJ.
KEEGAN-On Tuesday, Aug. g. 1897.
Catharine NJ, widow of Simon Keeg-
an, aged 81 years and Z months.
Funeral from her late residence, No.
153 Bowers street, Jersey City, on Thurs
day, Aug. 5, at 2:S0 P. NJ.
Interment at New York Bay Cemetery.
McCARTHY-On Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1897.
Mary beloved wife of Callahan Me-
Carthy.
Relatives and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from her late residence, No. 249 Twelfth
thence to st. Michaels r. c. Church,
where a solemn high mass of requiem
will be offered for the happy repose OF
her soul.
RAFFERTY-On Wednesday, August 4,
1897, Ellen Rafferty,.
Relatives and friends of the family are
invited to attend the funeral from her
late residence. No. 209 First street, on
Friday, Aug. 6, at 3 A. M; thence to st.
Mary's Church, where a solemn high
mass of requiem will be offered for tha
happy repose of her soul.
REYNOLDS Suddenly, at Amsterdam.
N Y, on Saturday. July 81, 1881, Jo-
seph Addison Reynolds. of Jersey City,
aged z4 years.
Interment at Waterloo, n. :.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
JAPAN ABoLIsHEs EXPORT DUTY
Famine in Szechuan-Parker on
Hawaiian Annexation.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4, 1S97-Ad-
vices received by the Belgic state that
the Japanese Government has decided to
totally abolish the export duty from the
commencement of the thirtyfirst fiscal
year on April next.
The floods in Fulzui are said to have in
volved damage to 4,300 houses.
According to latest native reports from
Szechuan, the famine there is still at it's
height and people are dying from starva-
ton by the hundreds every day.
According to a Toxic paper the Formosa
rebels seem to have an understanding
with the high officials of China and their
plan is to attack foreign offices and resi-
dences or otherwise molest foreigners so
as to start international trouble.
Samuel Parker, who was Minister of
Foreign Affairs in Queen Liliuokalanis S
Cabinet, arrived from Honolulu on the
BeIgic He said
IF annexation is defeated Hawaii will
put her foot down. We will then be ready
to negotiate with Japan. England or any
other country. About one-fourth of the
people of the islands are japanese; many
Of them soldiers, it is rumored. i do not
think Japan viii do anything. until the
annexation and treaty question have
been settled by the United. States.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
PERSONAL TAXES.
Collector Smith Tells Why He
Eased Up On the
Screws.

City Collector Simeon Smith had this
to say, today, about the temporary aban-
donment of the collection of personal
taxes:-"When I started out to enforce
the payment of personal taxes encoun-
tered many difficulties. In Newark the
law had been tested. and l presumed
some of our merchants would decide the
constitutionality of the act passed upon
From the outset did not go to any mer-
chants of a particular class, but went for
men engaged in varieties Of enterprises.
1 served notices upon individuals and
many of them paid up promptly. COLI
lected in the neighborhood of $4,000 before
a merchant refused to pay. He declined,
not because the law was all right,
as 1 understand. but because
his valuation had been doubled. When
papers in the test case were prepared
stopped work for the reason that
thought it unfair to attack individuals
while wealthy business houses were being
allowed to retain the use Of their money
pending the settlement of the suit insti-
tuted by one of their number.
There are lots of people willing to pay,
and they will settle up just as soon as
this case is decided. l propose having the
case pushed along so that we may have
decision not later than November"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
JAPANESE OIL TERRITORY.
Germany Anxious to Form Trust to
IncreaNa PrnauctfOn.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 1S97.-Consul
Monaghan at Chemnitz, writes the State
Department that Germany is turning it's
attention to the oil territory in Japan and
that an effort is being made at Toxic to
organize a syndicate similar to the
Standard Oil Co. or the Russian Trust for
the purpose Of Increasing production. 1t
is also said that oil has been found in
large quantities in Formosa
creasing 1t strade in India and is now
third in point OF commerce with that
country He adds that the United States,
with half the effort of the German agents
ought to obtain a much larger share than
hitherto of the markets of Calcutta, Bonn
bay and Eenares.
AFR Monaghan discusses the effort
Russia is making to aid its farmers.
EVERY obstacle in the way of agriculture
deveiopment and in the exportation of
farm products is to be removed: Agricul..
Afure i!nplements not made in Russia will
be duty free for five years The Consul
agTicultural implements should look into.
the matter ol s. lging the new market
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT
RAILWAY.
Especial to "The Jersey City News j

Especial to THE Jersey City News
RAILWAY, Aug. 4, 1s97.-Mrs. Theodore
Yost and her daughter May left home
last evening to pay a visit. While walk
ing along Linden avenue, which is a
poorly lighted section Of the city. two
masked men sprang from behind the
bushes. Mrs. Yost was carrying her
purse containing considerable sum of
money.
The two highwaymen endeavored to
secure it and there was struggle. Mrs.
Yost's daughter aided her mother in the
fight. During the scuffle the pocketbook
was dropped to the sidewalk Mrs. Yost
and May fought hard and kept calling
for assistance. Finally the two highway
men became frightened and fed without
securing the purse.
John McCue heard the screams of Mrs.
Yost and her daughter for assistance and
tried to stop one of the men. The latter
knocked him senseless and continued his
fight.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
100000 FIRE.
Assistant Chief MoDade. Of
Philadelphia, Fatally
Injured.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4, 1Ss7.-Fire
broke out in the extensive chemical works
of d. Jayne & Son, Bermuda and Tuck
er streets, Frankford, at IL O'Clock today
and is still burning fiercely. The works
occupy almost half a block and will be
a total loss. The damage thus far by
the flames is estimated at $200,000.
Seven firemen and two workmen were
seriously burned by an explosion which
occurred shortly after the fire broke out.
Assistant Chief Engineer Charles Nc
Dade had all of his clothing burned off
and is probably fatally injured.
Others who were seriously burned
about the face and body are
John Newling, Granville Welsh, San
Cook, Jacob Lannsrd, John Muir, Amos
Enaught, Robert Clarrick and Robert
Getty. Seven other frennen were badly
burned about the hands, but after hav-
ing their wounds dressed left the hospi-
fol
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
EAISBR'S STRATEGY.
He Captured the " Burglar, :
and Then a Policeman
Appeared.

There was an exciting chase and cap
ture of an alleged burglar in Captain
McKaig's precinct early yesterday morn
ing. After the burglar" had been cap
tured, by band of fourteen citizens and
a constable, and the whole neighbor-
hood had been aroused, Patrolman Nc
Grath arrived and took charge of him.
He was arraigned before Justice Nevin,
in the Second Criminal Court, later in
the day, and was renanded for further
examination. He proved tosbe Charles
Babcock, carpenter. living in Hillsboro,
N. j. He could give no satisfactory ac-
count of the actions which led to his
arrest.
1t is alleged that he was one Of three
men who were attempting to rob Whites
candy store, at Clendenny avenue and the
Boulevard. The three were seen by Mrs
White, who was attracted by noise
in the yard. She says the men We're
stealing up to the windows on the first
floor when she spied them. She yelled
"Burglarsi" and aroused number of the
neighbors, who ran to her assistance. Her
husband was up and dressed in an in
stant. When Mrs. White screamed two
of the men disappeared over the fence
and ran down the Boulevard. while the
third one hid in an clubhouse.
Nearby all the men in the neighbor-
hood responded to Mrs. Whites screams
Led by Mr.. White, they surrounded the
building in which the supposed burglar
had taken refuge. Constable Phillip
Kaiser, who participated in the events
that followed, tells the story, as follows:
Il was riding home on my bicycle at
two o'clock yesterday morning, when, at
Vaudeville avenue and the Boulevard,
l heard shrill whistle. I hurried to
the place whence the whistle emanated
and found a man who was very much
excited Are you an officer?' he asked.
l replied that l was a constable. We'll,
hurry up he said; we've got a burglar
locked up in an outhouse and we want
you to arrest him. | went with him and
found fourteen or fifteen men gathered
about the door of a small building. He's
in there said the man with the whistle.
| lined up the fourteen men in a double
row leading from the door of the build
ing, and then / opened the door. No one
came out. / looked in and found a man
in the corner. He was, or appeared to
be, slightly under the influence of liquor.
| dragged him out. When we had him
on the Boulevard and most of the ex-
citement was over, Patrolman McGrath
arrived. handed the prisoner over to
him.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
BLESSED BE DlNGLEY..

NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 1Ss7,-One hun
dred women employed as Wrappers in the
Rhenania silk mills at College Point, +.
T.. made demand today for an increase
of wages and for the unemployment OF
the men who struck two months ago in
consequence of a reduction of 30 to AZ
per cent. in their wages.
The proprietor refused to grant the IN
crease to the women, neither would he
engage the old weavers at the old scale
of wages, and he further declared that
he would not discharge the Turks who
have taken the places of some of the
men. The women thereupon held "a
meeting and passed resolutions to strike
ana to stay out until they win, which
they say they will do.
gives in, he will close down the works
for an indefinite period.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
CROWDS FOR ALASKA.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. A. 1S97.-The
steamer George E. Starr got away short
ly before midnight, with ninety passen-
gers and twenty horses. On August $
the steamer Queen goes north. She will
carry between five hundred and six hun
dred passengers. On the same date the
steam barge Ajax will be towed to Dyea
by a tug loaded with stock.
August s the ship Klondike, chartered
by Tacoma parties. will sail. On the
same day the steamer Coquitlan will sail
from Vancouver.
August 9 the Mexico leaves.
August 12 the Topeka and Rosalie; Au-
gust IL. the Alki; August q. the Queen;
August g. the Mexico, and August ~, the
Topeka.
81 these all will go through to Dyea,
save the Topeka which will go no far
ther than Juneau, unless business justi-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
CENTURY Run TO PHILADELPHIA

Forty wheelmen and two wheelwomen.
left the ferry Exchange place, at 7:30
o'clock this morning on the first series
Of five open century runs from New York
to Philadelphia, where the L. A. w. will
have its national meet tomorrow, and the
rest of the week.
The rain kept away more than 100
wheelmen who had expected to CO. c. B.
Starbach was captain of the division
which started this morning.
The second division will start at $50
tomorrow morning; the third, Friday, and
the fourth, Saturday morning. It is the
privilege Of those who have entered to
start with any division. These century
runs are under the auspices Of the AS
sociated Cycling Clubs Of New York
The women who started this morning,
were Mrs. F. c. Kimbalf, of the Com-.
monwealth Bicyclists, Boston. and MRS.
Eta Holders. Of New York. The route
taken was over the famous Philadelphia-
New York original century course. ~
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
TARIFF REDUCTION TO FRANCE

[By Cable to The Associated Press.1
PARIS, Aug. A, 1S97.-The "Gaulois'' to-
day publishes an interview with the
Minister of Commerce, M. Boucher, in
which he is quoted as declaring that it
should not for a moment be doubted
that President Mckinley would spon-
taneously grant to France 20 per cent.
tariff reduction, as permitted by the
Dingley BILL M. Boucher is reported to
have added
1T is. of course only on this condition
that France will continue to grant the
United States the customs concessions ar
range as a quid pro quo for the economic
advantages which have now disappeared.
In asking for this reduction, France will
cite the favors accorded to imports from
the United States and the liberal legisla-
panies to operate in France in competi-
tion with the home companies"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
THE TARIFF FOR
REVENUE. :

[From the Tribune of this morning.1
custome receipts reported from Wash
ington today were ss71 11s. internal revenue
receipts $2O4,s49, mad the miscellaneous re-
ceipts s12s, ,42o; total government receipts
for the day $67S, ,oS7; expenditures. 81, Al 600;
excess of expenditures, s1,5e2,s1s. Receipts
for the month to date, s1,s221s7; expen-
ditures, $s,742,OOo; excess of expenditures,
81 91q 812
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
fight.
BAPTIsT sEsQUI OBNTENNIAL.

Especial to The Jersey city News.']
SCOTCH PLAINS, Aug. A. 1ss7.-All
preparations have been made for the re-
ception Of large gathering of the Bap-
lists of the State to participate in the
sesqui centennial of the Baptist Church
here tomorrow The church was or
ganized in 1747 from a membership dis
missed from the Baptist Church of Pis-
Getaway, now known as the Steton Bap-
tist Church From its inception the
church prospered. and during the $50 years
which has sprung five other Organizations,
foremost among which is the First Bap-
fist Church of New York City. An all
day celebration will be held.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
VEIL OVER SIN LIFTED,
Mrs. ScrIbner,s SvslI Reveals the
story of Her Eiopemeut.


SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. I, 1S97.-In 1S49
a young Irish miner named Thomas Ho-
gan and a woman supposed to be his
wife, settled in Calaveras county. Sew
eral years ago Hogan died, and the wom-
an married John c. Scribner of San
Andreas. When Scribner died, short
time ago, he left his widow in comfort
able circumstances. She died recently,
and her estate, valued at $4,000 was dis
tributed yesterday in Judge Coffey' $
court.
BY her will the bulk Of it was left to
her "nephews and nieces, Elizabeth,
George, Jane and Samuel Barnes of Cliff
ton. Yorkshire, England. +" 1t has been
learned. however, that Mrs. Scribner
eloped from England with Hogan years
ago, and that she left her property to
her own children by legal marriage, but
hidden her past from them, she described
in her will as her nephews and nieees, "
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
waiting at Dyea Pass.

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. A. 1S97-John
II. Smith of Portland United States Com
missioner for Alaska, writing from
Juneau, says
.'There are five hundred people now at
Dyea, waiting to get over the pass, and
there are several more steamer loads on
the way. The Indian packers and the
pack animals have all the freight they
can carry to the lakes by the time winter
sets in, and hundreds of people. will be
camping at Dyea and on the lakes all
winter. eating the provisions they have
taken with them. Prices for packing
across the pass have risen to % and Y
cents per pound, and the packers are in
dependent at that
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
RHODES INDEMNITY STORY DENIED
fBy Gable to The Associated Press.l

by Gable to The Associated Press.l
LONDON, Aug. 5, 1S97.-Mr. B. F.
Hawkesley, counsel for Mr. Cecil Rhodes,
the former Premier of Cape Colony and
Director of the British South Africa
Company, in an interview today declared
that the report circulated by the Morn
ing Post" of this city, to the effect that
Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Alfred Belt, the
former Resident Director at Cape Town
of the British South Africa Company,
had personally paid the Transvaal
Government f25O,060 (s1. .25O0 0oO) as indem-
nifty for the raid of DIR. L. S. jameson
and his followers into the Transvaal in
December, 1895, is 'all nonsense"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
MORE TRUST HUMBUG.

Albany, Aug. 4, 1Ss7.-Attorney Cen
eral Hancock will file tomorrow with the
appellate division of the Supreme Court,
his appeal from the decision of Supreme
Court Justice Chester, vacating and set
ting aside the order previously granted by
him appointing a referee to take testi-
mony from the Presidents of the railroads
dealing in coal for the purpose of finding
out whether a coal trust existed. The ap-
peal will be argued at the September
term of the court. and an early decision
will be asked for SO that the case can
be finally arranged before the Court of
Appeals at it's October term.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
FUNERAL OF THE AUBBRTS.
A Large Crowd I'm the Street.-The
ROdies to BE Cremated.

Funeral services were held over the
body of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Aubert, at
their late home, No As Lincoln street, at
Ii o'clock this morning. Nearly 1000
persons gathered in the street in front of
the house, and were kept in order by Cap
tain Newton and squad of policemen.
No one was admitted to the house except
the l1asons, friends Of the family and
employees of the dead man. At ten O'Clock
the members of the Allemania Lodge,
No. 1872, f. and A. M. marched in body
to the house. After the Masonic service
the Rev. E. A. Meury read the service of
the church. The bodies will be taken to
Fresh Pond, L. T.. where they will be
cremated. The ashes will be placed in
cne urn in compliance with the request of
the suicides