Show telegraphic SEWS jacksonville fla aug 13 18 the fever panic continues continues the people are leaving the city by every known means of exodus the outlying cities and towns both near and distant are continually establishing quarantine against us the police force has been increased and aad mounted police now how patrol the streets by night and day no case of if yellow fever has yet occurred among the negro population business is and the negroes out of work gather in knots in the streets and it is feared will soon begin to plunder and pillage the hundreds of unoccupied houses in the city rumors of martial lafr la ff are afloat the situation does not yet demand it but may at most any hour it if the thousands of blacks remain out of work by reason of the exodus from the city the banks have been largely drawn upon for funds no deposits are coming in as the merchants find it impossible to to collect accounts the florida savings bank and real estate exchange this morning posted a notice on the door to the effect that the pressure upon it had forced it to take advantage of the sixty day rule rale with reference to the withdrawal of deposits no funds will be paid out at present this has not caused a panic as yet but will when it becomes more generally known lime sulphur and tar have been ordered in large quantities and tonight several hundred fires will be kindled kinaley all over the city two or three in every block in order to kill the fever germs if possible tomorrow the concussion theory of killin killing germs erms will be given a practical test wilsons Wil sons battery with five pieces of artillery will b begin c i n firing continuously from 7 ole gl 0 ck for several hours nearly every hotel warding boarding house and restaurant in the city has been closed and the proprietors have fled only two new cases of yellow fever are reported in the city as occurring in thelast the last awen ty four hours ronnaug ROME Rom aug 13 the following details have been received of the massacre at Sag aneti the abyssinian chief debebe had assembled a force of men with the intention of raiding the arkiko district the italian commander at Mas hearing hearin g of the intention sent basha bazoukas under command of an italian officer to try to surprise debets force on the road the goffi cers enlisted the services of members of the Assa ortin tribe Sag aneti was reached OB A wednesday last and it was found that de beb had beed warned of their approach and in trenched his position an attack was made by the italian force and they succeeded in carrying the village but during the assault the As sa proved roved treacherous and made an attack altac on the italian rear the bashi bazoukas became panic stricken and were massacred while endeavoring to fly forty Assa have been arrested and are held as hostages it is semi stated that russia germany england austria sud and spain will support my italy in declaring that capitulations do not apply to mas cincinnati aug 13 the commercial gazettes somerset kentucky special says yesterday constable doe doc vestal with constables henry warm ans and sam carmans War mans went from greenwood station kentucky to cedar creek cht church near cumberland Cum cumberland belland falls falis twelve miles east of greenwood to arrest handy hamlin for seducing a sister of the carmans War mans they chose the church because they believed hamlin would be unarmed after waiting through the services constable vestal read the warrant to handy hamlin and he be consented to go to greenwood when the officers had gone a mile with their prisoner they were overtaken by a ga gang in command of alexander hamlin the latter demanded the release of andy the officers refused alexander then began firing the officers returned the fire and a general fusillade tusi fusi lade then took place both the carmans were killed and vestal vesta was mortally wounded the county sheriff is after the hamlins hamkins Ham lins FALL RIVER mass aug 13 A hebrew wedding weddin occurred at tho tha synagogue in ta the waterman block yesterday and a feast followed the noise late at night attracted the police and they found a dance in progress As a previous warning had been given a against ainest sunday dancing thirty two M hebrews including several women were arrested scores of voices were raised in angry protest against what was termed an outrage A few tried to escape and a half dozen were pulled out of a narrow closet where they were closely packed away the ball commissioner was absent in iii new york and the whole party spent the night in the lockup lock up the bride and groom occupied separate cells LONDON aug 14 A dispatch from india says there are reinforced la in joliana pass A british force strong with lour four mountain guns is marching to attack them N jacksonville fla aug 14 the latest news from tampa is to the effect that there are bour suspicious cases of sickness there and three cases of yellow fever at manatee two cases plant city one st augustine is still wildly armed all 2000 persons having left in the last day or two PEORIA ill aug 14 the wholesale agricultural implement houses bouses of martin co and kingman co burned this morning loss insurance CHICAGO aug 14 A large dynamite bomb containing enough explosive material to demolish an entire train was found on the chicago burlington quincy railroad track at sixteenth aw and halstead Halste ael streets this morning the police suspect the burlington Bur linston strikers strike rii or their sympathizers they have no clue however ROME august 14 A dispatch from Mas Masao wah says that a french missionary from the scene of the massacre at Sag aneti reports four italian officers in command of the auxiliaries killed dabeh the abyssinian chief had bad men of whom were armed with muskets ets the report that Asa ortin alexies proved treacherous is denied four hundred stragglers from the defeated column have arrived a amas mas washington aug 14 the president issued an order placing general scofield in command of the a army headquarters at washington scofield will also alap continue in command of the division of the At atlantic lantig no other changes axe are yet made PARIS aug 14 A number of unemployed workmen entered the ship builders yard at calais for the purpose of inducing the workmen to strike they carried a red flag and acted disorderly the troops dispersed the rioters making some arrests the work shops shops are being guarded PARIS august 14 the evening papers concur in the opinion that the appointment of general waldersee to be the chief general in the staff of it the german army to succeed general von moltke is a triumph for the war party in ue germany ra any louisville ky aug 14 A party of refugees from jacksonville fla passed through here today for the north three of them going home in ohio one of them was an official of the louisville nashville road who for some time has been in company with leon tuttle passenger agent or of the louisville nashville who died at jacksonville last friday one of the pary party developed th etever at waycross ga and was put off the party only succeeded in passing the quarantine parts by making robust misrepresentations LONDON aug 14 the mill owners at blackburn having refused to grant 10 per cent advance in wages demanded by the carders calders car ders employees have gone out on a strike BE BERLIN alin aug 14 emperor william in the autograph h letter sent by him to count von mo moltke ake on the batters lat retirement ti from the post of chief general of the staff of the german army said he only accepted the counts resignation because of his repeated requests to be relieved from the duties of his bis office and that in any time lime of difficulty he would rely upon the counts tried trie advice louisville ky aug 14 advices advises from catlettsburg says the hatfield mccoy feud has broken out again the trouble was stirred up by the sheriff who went out to summon a witness in the hatfield case and was attacked this was followed up by meetings sunday between the hatfield Hatfie id and mccoy gangs since which three of the former were killed and aad several of the latter were badly wounded more fighting is expected to follow verl very shortly SIBERIAN CONVICTS KILLED LONDON aug 14 A dispatch from bachand says thirty convicts en route to siberia made a desperate attempt last night to escape eleven were killed ten wounded and six escaped SOUTHERN LYNCHING JACKSON miss aug 14 A tragedy sunday night followed b by a lynching lunching lyn ching yest yesterday erda took at utica utica in this county K EB B robertson Eo bertson accompanied by a young lady was walking to church sunday evening when they encountered six rix negroes on the sidewalk who instead of yielding the sidewalk to the lady pushed her in a very rude manner robertson Eo bertson remonstrated rated and was cursed b by the negroes who said they aou would ay get him on his return from church robertson Ko bertson was joined by three or four of his friends and was telling them of the conduct of the negroes when his party was rushed upon by the six negroes who began firing at ai the whites the latter being unarmed dr L W holliday was shot through the head and he will die armand white received a serious wound through the thigh and frank wallace was shot in the arm all the negroes escaped except ce t bob broom the ring leader who it IS is known shot holliday he was taken from the yesterday by a mob and strung up to a tree near the cemetery in the meant meantime ime two negroes ike broom a brother of the negro who was lynched and sam harris were captured and carried to tho reynold jail the others are being pursued and if caught there will bl be another lunching lynching lyn ching THREE BURNED TO TO DEATH NEWARK N NJ J aug il 11 the cottage of J D mccarthy at the mount tabor methodist camp meeting grounds burned this morning two eh bil drea ildren and their mother were burned to death TO exterminate THE FEVER jacksonville fla flat aug 11 14 the relief committee today telegraphed the florida representatives in congress to urge the immediate passage of the bill of relief appropriating now pending only one new case of fever is reported today eveia effort towards the suppression of the disease is being made WHOLESALE ROBBERY CHICAGO aug 14 A system of wholesale letter robbery extending over a dof of two and evolving the theft of thousands of let tiers including enclosures of drafts check cheek sand post office orders aggregating unknown amounts thou though 9 h known to exceed iHO OOOO has been brought to light complaints were made against the chicago postal service and the was discovered by the police united states post office inspectors frederick von and thomas J mack are in custody more arrests are likely to follow yon von claims he be is a member of a noble family while mack is a carpenter and citizen of the united states the discovery of the aai gigantic gantic pilfer ings of boxes came about ut in an unexpected way was indebted to his landlady lad and in an fn payment tendered a check which eh she accepted and returned to him the difference in cash the check proved a forgery and she placed the matter in the hands of the police who locked the man in his room on north market street in searching this room the officers were astonished to find a trunk filled with letters they had bad all been opened had bad no postmark and the stamps were removed it was then ascertained that yon von ampt occupied another room and when tifis this was searched another trunk full of letters all in the condition described above were found at another room in the hotel was found a valise packed with broken mail matter and a bunch of keys one of the keys was borrall for railroad mail pouches and theother the other would fit any letter box in the city the captured mail matter was taken to the post postoffice office inspector the envelopes contained all sorts of queer things usually sent through the mails from dry good samples and bits of jewelry to writing pads and photographs but bat that which showed the magnitude of the depredations was the presence of plies piles of insurance policies and trust deeds drafts checks money orders and promissory notes triese represent in the aggregate nearly the largest check was one for drawn by a wholesale grocery house of chicago on the continental national bank numerous other drafts ranging from to and scores adawn tor for ea each lb were found von was arrested saturday and confessed his bis guilt on monday the post postoffice office authorities ties are now investigating how the postal keys came into MM his possession and it is claimed further arrests wil will I 1 follow it is supposed some letter carrier anticipating the loss of his position nad had a duplicate of his key made and gave it to von sharing with him the proceeds today both the men were before commissioner hoyne mack who was arrested on suspicion because he had vouched couched tor for the gendin genuineness ness of the check furnished von landlady waived a preliminary preliminary examination and was held to the federal grandeury gran djury under bail von case was continued until tuesday in bonds of the same amount both men are now in NEW MEXICO TRAIN DISASTER DENVER aug Auf flA 14 A dispatch from albuquerque new mexico says the east bound atlantic pacific train due at albuquerque at yesterday morning came in ten hours behind timetha timet ti methe hg delay being caused by a wreck which occurred on the desert in california at a point known as horseshoe curve the train was running very slowly but the tacks of the express car it is claimed were not in good working order and refused to adjust themselves to the curve in consequence bence the car was pulled off and breaking gre breaking aking away from the engine which it left on the track went tumbling down a thirty foot embankment pulling after it the baggage mail three emigrant coaches and two sleepers well tilled filled with passengers all of whom nhom suffered injuries more or less severe it is asserted the mail clerk who was badly bruised tried to telegraph to albuquerque for as assistance sistan some wounded passengers tried to 10 send dispatches to fri friends friancis encis but the railway controlled the only wire and positively forbid the operator to send messages twelve hours ameir antei the accident the passengers were picked up by a special train the passengers were very indignant at their treatment particularly in the matter of the telegrams auci ana adopted resolutions condemning g r the companas comp anys actions Gladston ein a letter to the dalkeith electors says 1 I shall never speak of the breach of the law otherwise than a public evil but if mr dillon broke the law he was driven to it by the gross misconduct on the part of the tory government every elector who supports such a government is responsible for its acts NEWPORT R B I 1 aug 14 while mrs cornelius vanderbilt was riding in a victoria in bellevue avenue today her carriage was ran into by a dogcart and mrs vanderbilt thrown out she sustained injuries CITY OF MEXICO aug 14 guadalajara alices state that the editors of the juan panadero newspaper have been arrested for inserting in their journal alleged libelous matter which had been previously previous Iv published in the enterprise of san iau francisco advices advises from Ma state aate that the texas authorities today established quarantine against that plane place and that the Matin Matir mia avria authorities at once retaliated ind august 14 his eminence cardinal gibbons arrived at south bend bead this afternoon where he be was received by a large delegation of catholic societies and an immense of citizens his bis eminence was welcomed to notre dame in an address by rev father walsh president of the university to which the cardinal replied in complimentary terms among other dignitaries who welcomed the cardinal are 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