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New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
RARE COINS FOUND N AN INDIAN hoOND
PROFESSOR GILMORE SAYS THEY ARE OF sCo''
rIsH oRIGIN-rHEY WILL BE SUBMITTED
To EUROPEAN ANTIoUARIANs

Marietta. Ind. July 30 (speciaD-ln making an
oxo.,.,,or naar an Indian mound Professor Z. t.
Gilmore has found three ancient silver pieces one
a coin and the others shields. the three hanging
together by triangle OF gold The com II tne s'Ae
- and scentre enclrcled by the words "Johan-
nos. Del era: K" The reverse side has cross
OF .wo bars. extending from edge to edge; anu III
each angle there is six pointed star, OF rRn9 seo
,oro,,, The shields three-eighths OF ih merl @
thick one aud onequarter inches across n 70 % noInt
and one and one half inches from top 70 pun ~
One s,de OF each is plain and the otner s'ue 10 g"
erayed with a sheaf OF grain. .,..,na IN. nieces
p,ofessor Gilmore intends submitting Lne
"a European antiquarians during uip "a q "a
which he is soon 10 make He MAINTAINS h.n mr. he
is OF Scottish origin. made At the ti"s ""e" ''
r. -. can't Lied the BritsE~l~AA
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
pJT-CKy URCHIN STOPS RUNAWAY.
HOLDS TO THE LINES AND FINALLY l'HN9
THE HORSE RIGHT INTO
GROCERY STORE.

Orange Julv 30 Especial )-Solomon Maybaum.
son of Alexander Maybaum. ex-Mayor OF Naiis-
huro drove over to Orange yesterday and
stonped at Otto Kazenmeyer's restaurant he
left in the buggy little lad OF ten years u
hold tho horse A flying sheet Of paper fright-
ened the horse which broke away on dead
run.
The little chap did not lose his nerve ana
after the horse had run block he pulled MN
around sharply to the right, with the result
,bat tho horse swung across the side Walk
ds shed into the open door OF J. Branigae
grocery store at No 217 Main-st.. and brought
up all standing, with the morse ana pussy N,siue @
~ store The little man then jumped down
on a -four barrel and said: Il guess ne an
rtght but I don't want any more ride. NO
damage was done.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
OUTBREAKS IN FRANCE.
DEMONSTRATIONS AT MENDE AND
RENNES-NO CASE AGAINST
DU Patty DE CLAN.

Paris July BON Paul Deroulede. president
OF the League OF Patriots; NJ. Marcel-Habert
Revisonist Member OF the Chamber OF Deputies
and Nj Millevoye, editor of La Patrie,' ad-
dressed patriotic meeting to-day at Mende'
Department OF Lozere. declaring that the Parlia-
mentary Republic was responsible for all or
Frances trouble.
The meeting finally ended in melee. and II
was found necessary TO call upon the gendarmes
and battalion OF infantry to disperse the
crowd
telegram from Rennes announces that an
affray occurred there to-day between Dreyfusites
and Nationalists. who were prevented by the
police from carrying out their design of march-
ing to the house of Maitre Labori, counsel for
Captain Dreyfus.
The "Matin" announces that there is no case
against Colonel du Patty de Clam. and this an
nouncement has since been confirmed by NJ
Menord Colonel du Patty de CLAIMS counsel
THE Steele" says that Maitre Demange ana
Maitre Labori counsel for Captain Dreyfus, VIII
demand that NJ Quesnay de Beaurepaire' eH-
president of the Criminal Chamber Of the Court
of Cessation, produce the names OF the persons
from whom he received the alleged Information
esta tabshing the guilt of Captain Dreyfus.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
CAR KILLS A WOMAN.
CRASHES INTO A CARRIAGE IN WHICH
SHE Is RIDING
TWO OF HER BROTHERS ESCAPE WITH
SLIGHT HURTS, BUT SHE IS THROWN
UNDER THE WHEELS AND HER
HEAD is CRUSHED
HEAD is CRUSHED.

In a collision between trolley car and car
riage late on Saturday night at Clinton and
Ridgewood aves in the outskirts OF Newark. a
young woman so badly hurt that she died
in a few minutes, and her two brothers were
slightly injured. The party consisted or MISS
May Irene Simpson, twenty y-fve years old;
Charles S. Simpson, twenty-eight,. and waiter
Simpson, twenty-three all of No ll3 Mechanic
St, Newark Early in the day they started In
a light runabout for drive in Clinton Town
ship, and went as far as Milburn, returning at
a late hour. Charles was driving. When the
carriage was the south side OF the car tracks
in Clinton ave. and just beyond Ridgewood-ave
he turned the horse to cross the tracks
The night was dark and Charles did not see
the headlight OF trolley car rapidly approach
ing. Miss Simpson the light just as the
horse was on the track and called to Charles.
but before the carriage could clear the track IL
was struck by the The motorman had seen
the danger ot collision and had put down MS
brake hard throwing his passengers into heap'
but the car had too much headway TO De
stopped The carriage was struck squarey on
the left side near the front and its three occu-
pants were thrown out. The two brothers reil
upon their shoulders and heads to one side OF the
track but Miss Simpson was thrown under the
wheels OF the car where she was pinned fast'
the car coming to a halt within few feet or
where II struck the carriage
The brothers lay where they fell. almost un-
conscious for a few moments. The motorman
and conductor sprang from the car. followed by
the passengers and tried to drag the woman
from under the wheels. but were unable TO 90
so. People in the neighborhood, who had oeeh
aroused by the noise of the collision ana 'he
cries. hastened to lend their aid. BY their uhteu
efforts the car was lifted high enough TO ailoW
the unfortunate woman to be dragged out She
was conscious and was moaning pitifully. Inc
back Of her head WAS crushed. She was lail
upon the grass OF nearby lawn, where she dieo
in a few minutes.
Walter Simpson had scalp wound anu
Charles was bruised about the body The run
about was wrecked The horse, unhurt, was
! caught some distance from the scene. The
! motorman. George Brown. and the conductor
! p Brown were locked up. The motorman VII
| be charged with manslaughter. He said ne nae
! done ali he could to avert collision. Chares
! simpson said that when he started to cross th'
track he neither saw nor heard the car ana NJ
gong was rung.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
ROYALTY on YUKON GOLD.

GID cu,R1Es r1ppER URGES ITS REDUCTION
WITHOUT SUCCESS.
ottawa, Ont. July 3O-ln the House oi Oo'"-
Yesterday Sir Charles Tupper spoke strong
80 ~ q reduction Of the royalty on the
- "a o,,tnut IN the Yukon. Clifford Sifton. Min
of the Interior in reply. said that while the
a,,,, wae not permanently fixed, he could not
,,a, consent TO any reduction from the I'D per
cent now collected.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
ATTITUDE OF THE BOERS.

,.-.,v pr1rz SAYS THE PROPOSED INQUIRY
MIST INCLUDE ALL DISPUTED QUESTIONS
Pretoria. July 3O.-State Secretary r. W. he'%
said to-day that II the inquiry proposed was 10
embrace all matters in dispute OF late yeas
between Great Britain and the Transvaai' IN
Guiding the Convention Of 1884. it might be ac-
oortable. but II the franchise only was to be
oons,dered. the Volksraad had passed on that'
ord further consideration of the question was
reoarded as tantamount to legslating through
q commission. thus deprivng the country OF It's
independence.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
MEASURES TO CHECK DISEASE
SURGEONS SENT ON SATURDAY TO HAMF
,o,- or-pcroN GENERAL TO FOLLOW


.rON-sURGEON GENERAL TO FOLLOW
Washington July 30.-ssurgeon General wy
man of the Marine Hospital Service was IN
formed Saturday night of an outbreak Oh VIVA.
Il was feared was yellow fever at the Nat'oi'"i
sold,ers' Home at Hampton, and Immediately
dlspatched surgeons in the service tro" " IL
mington. ~ c.. Norfolk and washington u ,i'
vestigate the sickness there TO rePo,' ""
character to the authorities here and 10 take
measures to prevent the spread of the disease
r. 1,,.r,or himself will go TO Hampton In a
rey days to take charge of the work OF pr pr
,..,,iro a spread of the disease II II ueNeIop9
Hi nril''',s oruina yellow fever. TWO of the sur
geons dispatched to the Home reported toouaS ct
thot the symptoms much resemoled those W oI
qio,,, fever and that while they could NOT pt
positive in their diagnosis as yet 1ress qy Tas the
nndod yellow tack The Government WIN
adopt strict precautionary & to m
spread OF the disease, and VIII nsn' ~ s ,s Com
ross with all the skill and resources al It's co'H-
mand
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
AUTOMOBILES BEAT EXPRESS TRAIN.

RACE FROM PARIS TO ST MAIO DlSIAN'N VI
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-sX MILES
Paris. July 3O-Two automobiles to-day peat
the Paris-St. Malo express in race between
those cities, distance of 226 miles, making the
best time ever recorded for an automobile COW
ering the distance in seven hours and thrty-hVe
minutes. The time OF the train was seven hours
and forty eight minutes.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
STrRNRERG INCREDULOUS.

Washington. July 30-SurSeon General stern
bere Of the Army declared to an Associated
Press reporter at a late hour tonight that ne
has no official knowledge of the reported out
hoax Of yellow Fever at Hampton. lie eX-
nressed himself as highly incredulGus OF tne
- 80 80 a,ar of the existence Of the fever at Hamp-
ron still he said he might not get the carries.
news in such a case, reports probapIy Wou1
be first sent to the managers OF the Do"'N '-
the Soldiers Home.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
DENIAL OF AN EASTERN ALLiANth'

c,,,vrsE ENJOYS AT TOXIC SIMPLY PROMOTING
FRIENDSHIP.
polirp Julv 3O-The rumors regarding the
,orn,otion Of a Chino-Japanese alliance are semi
omoiouy denied and it is asserted that the
o.,,o,,s recentlv sent TO Toxic were appointed
sin,rIv n seek to promote friendly relations be-
tween the Powers
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
DRAFT OF SAMOAN TREATY
ADMINISTRATOR CHOSEN BY THE
THREE GOVERNMENTS
PROPOSED.
COUNCIL OF THEE. ONE FROM EACH
POWER. TO AID IN MANAGING THE
ISLANDS-PLANS FOR A NATIVE
Observation-Disclosures OF
CHIEF JTSTICE IN
CIR EASED.

CREASED
San Francisco July 30-The draft proposed
on the new Samoan treaty amended by the
Samoan Commissioners and published by The
Call" Is a document Of Ave thousand words.
The important features of this treaty are emu
merated and discussed in the Commissions re-
port the treaty containing the details OF the
modified form of government for Samoa out
lined in the report.
The treaty begins with declaration OF the
neutrality OF the islands OF Samoa and an as
surance to the respective citizens and subjects
of the signatory Powers OF equality of rights.
1t provides for the immediate restoration Of
peace and good order and to this end perma-
nently abolishes the office of king and limits the
authority OF chiefs, but creates a system OF
native government Provision is made for the
appointment Of an Administrator at Samoa, to
be appointed by the three signatory Powers, or.
failing their agreement. by the King Of Norway
and Sweden. The Administrators salary will
be $4,000 a year, and he is to execute all laws
in force in the Samoan Islands He shall possess
the pardonng power and make municipal ap-
pointments with the consent Of the Legislative
! Council the legislative power being vested IN
! the Administrator and the Legislative Council
| of three members. being appointed by each
! of the three Powers. There is also to be native
/ assembly composed of the governors Of dif-
ferent districts of the island
The Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court is to
be appointed as at present. receiving salary
of $1,000 The jurisdiction of the Court is in
creased by the modified treaty while the pres
ent system of Consular jurisdiction is to be abo-
: ished The treaty contains municipal and GUS
toms regulations. all OF which are more strict
than at present The general provisions Of the
act are to remain in force for three years, al
though in the mean time special amendments
may be adopted by the consent Of the three
! Powers with the adherence Of Samoa.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
STRICT QUARANTINE ENFORCED

Norfolk Va. July 30.-The Norfoik noaru o'
Health has quarantined against Ola ro'h''
Phnbus. Hampton. Newport News anu au'aoe"'
country Police officers have been sent out a'o"s
the water front to watch for tugs saiIpoats anu
other craft There is much excitement uo'-
ernor Woodhn Of the Soldiers hofhe con"' Ills
the report OF the existence of FEVER ,here ha'i'P
ton has been quarantned from oiu on'' ""I
the trolley cars stopped running 10 'he io''ie'
nlace Tonight.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
MORE TREASURE FROM THE NORTH.

Victoria. B. C.. July So-The s'eame' ices nae
49, tror, Alaska with 10 passengers and a
~ or,oup, of treasure Governor Mclnnis
itesa return I'm view OF the crisis In the cabinet
VIZ orxiously awaited was passenger
The Treadwen Mining Company OF Juneau VIII
oon,est the tax law in the courts a. W. Carters d
c,s,sar has filed a suit in equity for an In
s'o' 80 allow the corporation 10 escape paying
m"'. A temporary injunction was granted. and
the omuany will not be required TO pay Its 80 $50 80
the cotii Until the constitutionay OF the TAX ia" Is
hefermined
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
:, ,,pv,s REPORTED INJURED.

Robert NJ. Jarvis, OF Jersey City VINO Is 10 =,
ported in some dispatches TO have pee" o 80
those injured in the railroad wreck, "v ,,s
No 81 CHenwood ave. Jersey CITY ne ""s .s,,e
family have been absent for some '". a =
their home was being rebuilt. MI JaI''p provost
storage warehouse at Thirteen,sn honded ware
houses in this city at Clinton and SCUM ara AZ
Fast River and Grand-st and Nps Psckawanns
Jones I.s~e. and at the Erie an "a pr.L--'
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
OVERWHELMINGLY FOX FbDhhAiioN'

,,p,rr OF AUSTRALIAN SENTIMENT SHOWN BY
THE ELECTIONS IN VICTORIA
,,o,,ourne Victoria. July 3O.-Practcally the
tota, result Of the referendum to the common
ooI,h ~ the federation question is 1ol3o2
..o.as for federation to 1856 votes against
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
CROSSED CHANNEL IN A BALLOON

TWO AERoNAUTs TRAVEL IN THE AIR FROM
LONDON TO DIEPPE.
Iondon July 30-Percival Spencer. the iarhous
acronaut with companion named f"'I"'N'
started in a balloon from the Crys'ai rala0e
go o'clock yesterday afternoon and arrived
near Djeppe France mile and half inland
At 8 o'clock last evening The balloon reached
an altitude of 1900 feet. The trip was without
incident.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
ALGER TO RETIRE TODAY.
THE SECRETARY RETURNS TO WASHINGTON
TO RELINQUIsH HIS POST.

Washington July 30.-Secretary Alger and
Mrs. Alger returned to Washington this after
noon. The Secretary will formally relinquish
control Of the War Department tomorrow, and
his successor. Elihu Root will begin work. Sen
ator Burrows. OF Michigan. returned to the city
on the same train
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
C,pE TOWN PRESS PLEASED.

co,e Town. July So.-The newspapers here hall
ten delight the assurances Of unanimity in the
,r,ner,al parliament. which they consider as pre-
nading an effective settlement or the criSiS
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
MR. EuSTIS AND THE DREYFUS CASE.
FORMER AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE DENIES THAT
HE HAS ANY SPECIAL INFORMATION.

FORMER AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE DFNIF17 I11"I
HE HAS ANY SPECIAL INFORMATION.
Newport. r. L. July 30 (SpeciaD.-The Hon. James
Y Eustis ex-Ambassador to France who, accord
ing 10 the Paris "Soir" has certain Information III
his possession bearing upon the Dreyfus case was
seen by a Tribune reporter this evening AT MS
sunner home here at the Wheeler cottage In
I,us,isave Mr. Eustis said he had not seen the
statement of the "Soir." but that the report th"t
he had any special Information regarding the Drey-
fus matter was entirely incorrect. He knew about
the affair only as it had come under his ooserNa-
tion when he was In France. lie disclaifneu VIII
out reservation the possession of any secret III
formation relating TO the case. Mr.. Eustis stated.
however that he has written an article on i"'
Dreyfus Case and the Jewish Question IN rahce; re-
and French and American Democracy, WnlCh iid9
%haen rrenar rod with great care and is to be pun
Uehed in THE Conservative Review for August
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
,ropKuEy KILLED By FALLiN" "ALb

Monaco July Boy tn. ooSpsna 'ros worsm.n 81 were
rtrw! - slv,sA. ssx.oL-~A -
New-York tribune., 1899-07-31
FINANCE COMMITTEE ADJOURNS.
MEMBERS TO CARRY ON INDIVIDUAL WORK
UNTIL MEETING IN FALL

Washington. July SO.-The Senate kepuohca'
t,,.o,oo committee which has been In session Tor
sor,e time at Narragansett Pier, has completeu "s
work for the present, and has adjourned suo1e1'
70 the call Of Chairman Aldrich Each memoei :,
% do some Individual work along certain speo'.e'
lines and this is to be submitted TO the iu -
mttee when It meets again In the 4, iS The members
a, ,,Re committee arrived In Washinston ,odsy d
for a brief stay. He VIII leave ns'' va
Iar his home In Nichigan-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30

portance from the fact that the rail-
roads have lately put In u claim for n
higher rate of pay, hoping oy this move
to avert the threatened bottlo in the
next congress for a reduction of their
contracts. 1t is also pretty well un-
derstood that the outcry over the Sec
ond class mail nuisance chat is, the
admission to the mails at the second
class postage rate OF books run os-
tensibly as serials and Of tons upon
tons Of stun nominally registered as
periodicals hut in no sense entitled to
so low a postage rate) is greatly in
tensified by railroad influences, who
hope by this means TO distract public
attention away from the mail freight
rate problem. 1t is clear that the sec
ond class privilege is being abused and
that steps should be taken by congress
TO correct that abuse but 1t seems to
be equally well established that a re-
vision of contracts between the gov-
ernment and the railroads is necessary.
The way to cure the POSTAL deficit is
to attack it at both ends.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30

and will increasingly commend itself
to intelligent popular judgment.
Another feature likely TO recommend
II is the provision increasing the bank
note privilege to the par Of deposited
bonds and substituting for the present
one per cent. tax on bank circulation
a one-tenth of one per cent. franchise
tax, the value of the banks franchise
being determined by It's capital, sur
plus and undivided profits This pro-
vision docs not secure the elasticity
recommended by Secretary Gage and
Comptroller Dawes, but in conjunction
with the authorization of national
banks with $4,000 capital it contcm-
plates a considerable expansion OF
bank circulation and to that extent
will operate tc relieve monetary strin-
gency and promote the development Of
commercial enterprise in sparsely set
tied communities. The feature of eles-
ticity, so necessary in the opinion Of
the best informed students of the
banking problem, can be urged at n
later time when congressional condl-
tions appear more propitious.
This caucus bill IS only a step. Bur
It is q step marifestly in the right Ii
rection, and other progress will fol-
low
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
PERSONALITIES.

NJ. ]. OConnell who died In Hartford,
Conn, recently, was in his youth hailed
as an artist of the first promise, and Rus
kin spoke of him as the best coloriSt
America ever produced.
Nine. Melba says that the truest COM
pliment she ever received was from a
little boy out west who blushingly re-
marked, you can sing nicer than my
pop can whistle on his fingers"
John Means, geologist who has been
connected several years with the Calf Jr-
mia State Mining Bureau, has sailed for
Tien-Tsin, China, to accept place with
a big English mining syndicate.
Grand Sire Alfred S. Pinkerton elaine d
at the banquet of the Veteran odd Fell
lows association in Boston that there are
a million Odd Fellows on this continent,
and that 20 per cent. of the army in the
Philippines are members of that order.
Charles Dewey, of Montpelier, VT,
brother of the admiral has, 1t is said,
positively refused to be a candidate for
the Republican nomination for governor
of the state Eext year, saying that his
ambition does not run in that direction.
The Rev. Elijah Kellogg, the author
Of "Spartacus to tho Gladiators," known
by all schoolboys, Is row nearly 80 years
old, but he continues to minister to the
little church in Harpswell. Me-, where
he went In 1874, after his graduation from
Bowdoin and Andover.
Hamlin Garland, the author OF stories
OF Western life is going to be married
the prospective bride being Miss Zulema
Taft, She is the daughter of Professor
Don Carlos Taft, formerly OF the Uni
Versity of Illinois, and a sister of dorado
Taft, the sculptor, She is an artist OF
ability.
Nine, Patti possesses queer fad
which she has kept secret for many
years from the public. 1t is only a few
years since this peculiar fad or hobby
became known. 1t is the passion she has
for daggers and similar weapons. They
are small In size ard many of them his
torical.
William Il. Webb is to inherit with tho
bulk of William IT, Webb's estate tht
latter's most priced treasure, a gold boz
encircled with diamonds and set with
various precious stones the mark of ap
probation which the Czar of Russia CAV,
him as small return for the Genera
Admiral, Webb's first warship.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
The Black Terror.

A general uprising of the Basutos is
feared. IThe Globe, Nov. 6.l
Every nation in civilization
VIII trembe In domes and walls;
TIL encradled babe will writhe and cry,
The nursing mother will sob and sigh,
And the veriest coward Will dare to die
When the big black thunderbolt falls!
The chief will ask for his heron plume,
His people will hear his calls;
His men will anthem "a savage rune,
They'll beat their tom-toms meath the
moon,
And the conches they will roar at noon
When the big black tlunderbolt falls!
They'll fright the fields with their sound
ing shields,
A sound that the soul appals;
They'll file their teeth, they will fll their
belts,
And the kops, the neks, the wales and
veldts
viii all be black with their naked pelts
When the big black thunderbolt falls!
Their signal flames will brand their
names
On the front of the mountain walls;
The 'venging tribes will gather fast.
Their battle songs will ride the blast,
And civilization will stand aghast
When the big black thunderbolt falls!
The earth shall hear with a throb of fear
The rush of the circ!ing yell;
In after years old men will tell
How the nineteenth century, praised so
well,
Was chained by the neck to the jamb OF
hell
When the big black thunderbolt fell!
But the Union Jack will dance and nod
When dauntless nation calls
To triumph sure our men will plod;
They'll give the people they'll give the
sod,
They'll give continent back to God
If the big black thunderbolt falls!
Toronto Globe.