Show AT ROME HOME ann AND ABROAD ostend Oa tend oct 12 the belgian mail teamer princess josephine from dover tte r k this port collided during the wage just with a three masted IB tiling vessel which was at first be deved to lie be an american bark the latter lattek was seriously damaged and her fate was not known to the officers of the princess josephine when that vessel arrived here the passengers of the mail steamer after the collision 11 were panic stricken until assured of their safety virden ills oct 12 the arrival of the ah imported negroes from the south jt 1230 today was followed by a desperate battle five hundred shots were exchanged bet between the strikers on one side and davenport and his deputies and railroad police the other side tt is thought that at least twety twenty men anen on both sides were killed and wounded the best information is that tei tea were blued Acil led five fatally wounded d and five seriously erious ly wounded A chicago and alton special policeman Is among the killed when the chicago and alton train bearing the negroes arrived it was met by fully 1500 armed miners who were lined up on each side of the track between the telegraph ole graph office and the mine of gg the chicago ChI leago virden coal company the e train was stopped immediately in ih of the east gates of the stockade and the trouble began dozens of shots were fired from the stockade at the white men while the strikers wire were half balf 6 mile away and the chicago and alton policeman was undoubtedly killed by a shot from the tower the wildest rumors are afloat ore one being that as ai many as fifty miners have been killed women and children chi laren are fleeing to their homes and barricading barri cading h s behind their doors some of the wives lot ct dead miners how howetter evier decline to go to td their ho homes hoines ines and ar are almost mad with grief and anger it is said the miners were fired on from the stockades alter after the train had gone inh tigh 1 mayor nall nail has sent messengers to birard tor for doctors and nurses they lare tre expected to reach here soon before manager lukens aw to make his escape from the Oha I haft fit the attempt was a signal for another fusillade fusi lade from a body of men to be miners the manager and tt a agnail force of detectives ran into the alley belil behind rid the posit office the attacking party however con to alre e away it is not known whether any of the shots took effect the city marshal has telegraphed the of bf police at springfield ills to 2 special train with doctors davenport has sent a telegram tp to tanner asking that troops fee sent immediately the sheriff thinks binks flos 1169 sibly men mem have been killed and wounded but others deem the estimate too large 1 there ertes is the greatest grea test indignation aaion felt mine ope operator lukens who Is tor far the tragedy id responsible Sil cago oct 12 19 the officials of the A alton road at this at J brndon made the fol following loWIg state nf tto to the associated pre press 59 we W e uve jue received a report that fifty matows and six SIT officers were all killed ed in a nal frn D healey aey lon one I 1 of the sent from here yes berday to guard the switches of our road was one oae of the killed these switchmen were sent down to virden for the express purpose of operating the switches and were instructed to go unarmed they were also instructed to inform the striking miners that they the switchmen did not come to help the negroes but simply to help operate the chicago alton rall railroad road springfield ill oct 12 gov tanner just received a telephone message from sheriff davenport of Ma macoupin coupin county that a fight between miners and those guarding stockades was still going on and over men killed the governor ordered captain craig in command of battery B and sons of veterans companies at pana to proceed at once to virden capt craig will leave pana for springfield in a short hort time and thence proceed to virden with battery and one company of sons of veterans regiment the governor also ordered col hamilton commanding the sons of veterans regiment to rendezvous four companies of his regiment abonce at once at springfield for equipment gov tanner said 1 1 I shall give capt craig who will command the troops at virden orders to suppress riot protect life and property and to not allow imported laborers too bo be unloaded at that place since the mine owners have carried out their threat influenced by avarice and gain to precipitate these riots and bloodshed I 1 do not propose that they shall further disturb the peace of the state the mine owners fand managers are responsible for and guilty of the murder brought about by this conflict and I 1 should be indicted by the grand jury of Ma macoupin coupin county for murder as I 1 believe they will be washington oct 13 the navy de 1 apartment part ment today made public the findings and sentence of the court martial in the case of chaplain mcintyre I 1 the chaplain was charged f first with scandalous conduct tending to the destruction st of good morals with three specifications second conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline with four specifications third conduct unbecoming an officer of the navy three specifications all these charges were founded upon the chaplains criticism 0 of his superior officers in a lecture del delivered vi in denver all the specifications were found proved as alleged the accused was declared guilty to be dismissed from the naval service of the united states the case Is now under review at the department washington oct 13 the following cablegram has been received at the war department san juan de porto rico oct 12 secretary war wan the united states sates eom com mission have informed the spanish commission that the united states state expects to have complete possess possession fon of porto rico on oct 18 the spanish commission assent ts t this and say that it is expected the evacuation will be complete on or before that date if not they will concede possession the united states commission has practically completed the details of evacuation and ohp joint boint comis slon has held its last session 0 n and a ajr ranged without delay the I 1 united states troops will be placed place d in san juan and the flag hoisted at noon pet oct 18 signed BROOKE maj gen this dispatch dispa tah Is very gratifying to the war department officials as it t ends all contention re regarding gardIn g the pos possession abslon of porto rico I london oct 15 the paris corre correspondent of the times says the peace negotiations are necessarily slow being conducted less by ex exchange chante of words than exchange of notes and statements statements senor montc a rios president of the spanish vs mission does not understand E earu consequently the few words must interpreted and even then the lq not definitive till committed too to pi the cuban debt question has already been laid on the ta table le the american commissioners have e already given a peremptory r refusal discuss a principle which had been ty tied as they considered by the pei preliminaries faithful to the at adopted by them from the outset ti seemed resolved to take their p atai on oil the instructions or rather as aa have already said the precise and cj else cise orders which they brought w them but the spaniards on their aid do not think themselves bound to bo with docility to the imperative ins anstr eions of another government they returned to the charge to if I 1 am well informed urging the f orally admitted principle which im amp on conquerors the burdens belon belong to the territory nry conquered either their own behalf or that of their ants they insisted that it would an extraordinary ourse course our to s sad spain Al already rady in so lamentable financial position with the cuban d dt while surrendering to the victor tisla security with which it should paid Y they remarked according to ray iny forma formation formate tf n that if they had asked united states for permish on to r re interest out of the customs reven leveni they would naturally have met a refusal how then can the they asked to leave to the visitor the pl allowing payment of interest and retain the burden of the debt 1 observed mo moreover ceover that as cuba cubat key to the gulf of mexico the states will thus be able to P pass only barrier which they had h hith e been unable to cross at will and t is worth some sacrifice hence the Spa ish commissioners in the name of recognized in int national law that the debt should i rest solely on spanish shoulders is impossible to foretell the amert amarii reply but it Is not likely that day and his colleagues coll egues will yield idea is afloat and said to be war wa advocated advocat ei by the friends of peace justice that the interest should bo be deuced to 2 per cent or even to 2 cent and jointly guaranteed by spaniards and the future rulers cuba each thus bearing only a v slight burden and the bondholders bond holders i ing protects I 1 from loss on their vestment this last information d not emanate either from spaniards J americans but there Is an inte of backing it so as to give it i chance of success falmouth Pal mouth oct 15 the bri steamer mohe mohegan an captain GrIffit griffitha hk longing to the atlantic transport ct pany has be beitl n wrecked in the vial vlola of the lizard between the marta manac and the lowlands it is be believed liev a bout about persons of her passengers passenger crew were drowned browno jhc thc mob gau london for new york on thur thurid having on boad so far as can be as aag bained at present 59 passengers a aai crew of officers and men i i when the steamer was seen to las distress life boats went out fr shore and every effort was ma maite save the passengers the coast a qt t this point po ant is estr extras dangerous and has been the seen j numerous wrecks the general opinion at present to la the machinery of the M mohegan 1 br disabled during the heavy easter easterly which was blowing and that m ah ashore and foundered A n tugs which put tout out from this thia of the md mohegan were vere felled ed to return without being able ablo ach the vessel owing to the y of the weather atte e boat at landed 31 of the 4 and crew ot of the mohegan one of reformer tf ormer a woman died atter after she b ashore lahore yere e are rumors unconfirmed as this latch teh Is sent that another life boat seeded in saving six more persons lie of the survivors of the mohegan i george maule of new york was reviewed dewed after he hild had sufficiently re red to tell the story of the wreck abid id 1 I 1 am a shipper of horses emed by the american transport ipaty y we left london on thursday aai went well until 7 when most of the were at dinner the steamer was S at full speed and suddenly we I 1 a loud crash which seemed to de that we had collided with some vessel but when we rushed on we found that the mohegan was ie rocks between the manacles maracles Man acles and it alo lowlands blands in the vicinity of the ads aders ers were given immediately to kf the boats and the crew of the imper r behaved like heroes her cap in stood on the bridge and the great der pre prevailed prevails d among the officers fi crew rew fhe e steamer ho however weyer immediately the head two boats in nto n to settle by we launched the women were sent gy in the first boat but whether fe oats boats reached land or not I 1 do not W managed to secure a life belt and rod d overboard in company w with ath the officer of the mohegan mr couch de me take off my coat and shoes B after that we were parted from 1 other when I 1 was leaving the tei a little girl begged piteously that y to save her as she did not want ale yet 1 was powerless jo bo help eventually I 1 caught hold of a plank h was as floating on the water vater and aag ato to it for seven and a half hou houas she expiration of that time I 1 was waa feed up by a tug I 1 could not have I 1 tal much longer cannot explain how the accident d the whole matter is not ery p to me in e iotti n other sources it was learned the mohegan sank about twenty teel 90 after ter she ran on the rocks aie local seamen who have been ajl toned upon the subject appear to able to explain how the mohegan E into fo such a position s te in the morning it became known another lifeboat life boat had landed six wore ore of the survivors of the and as lifeboats life boats put from s q num 1 places hopes are entert entertained aind that thao Tt anber amber of survivors may be ir in 5 e si df the sixteen persons just known ve been saved is a lady all the I 1 rs are in a pliable condition aid glet of thern have been badly injured i waves and rocks and are arc suf fram bruises and torn and frac limbs aimas on ma I 1 came the announcers announce announcement rn ent that een en ot o t the crew of the wrecked abker ahad had ben found alive on the ia near the scene of the dis disaster astor of the passengers by the r hopstock Hou stock lifeboat life boat says that ull passengers ss engers were dining when the ladr ophe occurred though some of ildren and those who were sea seasick tt their bunks suddenly the mohea mohon truck struck with ai grating noise at the engineers thought this was dahy coal tailing falling down in ohp in i but a 9 second shock followed vessel began to settle A coast nan an who was wag on duty at cover i he noticed d the Ido negIn was wa s a adan Berous course |