HIS AIM WAS TRUE An Asaaaein Kills Humbert, the King of Italy. Thren Shot* Fired, One of Whtf.h En' tered tlie Heart oi" tlie Klu<£- The Murderer In Arrented —A Tragedy- that Startle* lha Entire World. Monza, Italy, July 30.—King Hum bert. has been assassinated. He was fchot here last evening by a man named Angelo Bressi and died in a few minutes. The king had been attending a dis tribution of prizes in connection with n gymnastic competition. lie had just entered his carriage with his aide-de-camp, amid the cheers of the crowd, when he was struck by three revolver shots lired in quick succes sion. KING HUMBERT. One pierced tlie heart of his maj esty, who fell back and expired in a few minutes. The assassin was immediately ar rested and was, with some difficulty, saved from the fury of the populace. He gave his name as Angelo Bressi, describing himself as of Prato, in Tuscany. Monza. July 31.—When King Hum bert was wounded he exclaimed: "It is nothing." The royal carriage cov ered tlie distance between the Gym nastic society's clubhouse, where the crime was committed, and the royal villa, at full speed. The king expired on the way. Bressi is young, tall and swarthy. It appears that lie remained four days in Prato and two days at Bo logna, after which lie came here. When Queen Margherita arrived at the villa and the truth was broken to her a heartrending scene ensued. The assassin is strictly guarded in prison. He continues to preserve ab solute indifference and took his meals yesterday without any sign of being affected by his position. A second revolver was found on the public stand in the gymnastic grounds. Few additional details of the trag edy are available. It happened so quickly and unexpectedly that the king was dead almost before tin •spectators realized what had occur red. No special precautions had been taken. Very few police were in at tendance and only a small guard of soldiers was keeping the way clear for the carriage. The king, amid the cheers of the crowd, came out smil ing, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Gen. Vaglia. He had entered the carriage and was just driving off, when three revolver shots were fired in quick succession. Some witnesses assert that Ilressi was seen just pre viously waving his hands and cheer ing. The first shot wounded the king in the neck; the secend, the fatal tine, pierced his heart; and the third broke the arm of the already dyiuuf tiovcreign. The crowd was stunned by the un expected scene, but speedily a rush was made toward the assassin. He did not attempt to escape and was roughly treated until the carbineers formed a cordon and secured him from the fury of the people. The assassin, on reaching the guard Tootn of the carbineers, was in a pit iable condition, his hands and arms being lacerated and bloody and his clothes torn by the angry crowd, lte plving to questions he said: "Tell them I came from America on purpose to kill Humbert. I have only just arrived from America and know no one. I spent a day at Bo logna and then came onto Milan." Rome, July 31. —The excitement and emotion here consequent upon the assassination of King Humbert is momentarily intensifying. People are seen to snatch newspapers from the venders and eagerly peruse them in the stress, openly weeping for their sovereign and execrating the infamous crime. All the shops are closed, and the nation is in mourn ing. Paterson, X. J., July 31.—The ru ir'or that Angelo Bressi, who was ar rested at Monza, Italy, for the assas sination of King Humbert, had lived here, caused quite a sensation in ihe Italian quarter. Yesterday after a diligent search among the Italians, it was learned that a silk weaver named Angelo Bressi, aged about '■"■i years, had worked in the silk mills owned by Haniil & Booth in this city, up to May 7 last. He left for Italy about that date and nothing has been heard of him since. During his stay here, which was about six months, he lived at the Hotel Bartholdi. Those who knew him say that he was of a queer temperament and inoffensive. Kadrn-Powfll la Again Renlr^od. London, July 30.—Operations in South Africa have again reached a standstill. Pretoria telegrams an nounce that Lord Roberts has return ed there with his staff, apparently finding it useless to spend his ener gies against a constantly retreating foe. Commandant Botha with several thousand lloers has thus eluded Lord Roberts' grasp, (ien. Delarey is be sieging Gen. Baden-Powell at Kusten burg, in western Transvaal. There. lief force sent to Baden-Powell's aa sistnnce proved too weak to be effect ive and fell back on Pretoria. AN ULTIMATUM. OBflf Sum Send! One tot hlnii that la «»l" !!>«• FlrineM ( liurarli r. Washington, Aug. 3. Secretary Hay's reply to Li Hung Chang refus, iiii»' to delay the advance of Vmerieaii troops on Pckin lias closed tlie nego., tiatious with China unless tie olil viceroy is able to secure the full ac ceptance of our terms relative to thu foreign ministers, arid that at onee. No orders looking to a relaxation of the preparations for the advance on Pekin have if one out from Washing ton for, as the situation is described by one of the leading officials here, "there will be no bargaining on our part in ad\ a nee of the concession bv the Chinese authorities o:' full and free coinmunication with the foreign ministers." There is, moreover, a note ominouslv close to actual war iu Secretary Hay's declaration that the conduct of the Chinese govern ment is "unfriendly." That kind of language is extreme in diplomacy, and it is only a narrow step between it and formal war. The impression prevails here that the Chinese government, if it is not absolutely bereft of power to act in defiance of the Boxers, will accept our terms, and some such action is looked for very soon. Possibly a bat tle will be required to bring- the im perial government to the point of ac ceptance, though in that case it is questionable whether the original conditions would be regarded as still open to acceptance. If the Chinese government now accepts, however, the I'nited States government will be lace to face with one of the most delicate diplomatic ta: k.s ever under taken. It must attempt to redeem its promise to use its good offices in favor of China, and in the present temper of some of the Kuropean pow ers the greatest difficnliies may i»e expected to arise in the prosecution oft he at tempt. If is the confident expectation of the officials here, however, that if the Chinese government in good faith Died s all of tli? four conditions laid down by the president in his reply to the Chinese emperor's appeal for aid, that a majority of the powers now represented in China wiil accept that as a proper base upon which to cease present hostilities and open negotia tions for a settlement. The decision of the majority in such case without doubt would receive the acquiescence of tin' minority, else an interminable entanglement might arise. It is not believed at the war de partment that an advance has been made as yet from Tien Tsin. It is explained that the last dispatches in dicated a great ileal of delay in un loading the transports, and before any advance can be ninda the troops must have all their equipments and transportation for them. The indica tions are that the plans being ma tured at Tien Tsin contemplate a rapid advance when the movement, begins, for it seems to be understood that there will be carried with the army a sufficient quantity of supplies to maintJiin the troops on the march to I'ekin and return, if a return should be advisable. TROUBLE IN ALASKA. .4 « lash Hrlivrfn Miner* anil Soldier* -Si-orM ol «iold Srrkfru Arrested. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 3. —The Times says: The first serious trouble be tween the military and prospectors in the north this year resulted in Un arrest of over 100 of the miners who went to Topkuk, about 50 miles south of Xome City. The clash occurred July 11. It was the result 'if a prolonged claim con test and ease of alleged claim jump ing. About a week previous over 100 miners were forced to quit work' along- the beach at Topkuk by sol diers who were landed from the I'ni ted States transport Seward. Soldiers were detailed day and night to guard the cliff from being torn away by the miners, who were only too eager to get at the. rich pay streak which was already uncovered for a width of sev. eral hundred feet. Under the conditions of suspension of work the miners were allowed to work their dumps, which was about complete. That having been done the miners lit id a consultation and deter mined to defy Cncle Sam and return to work. The soldiers were all mus tered out on the beach and with bay. onets flx-.-d attempted to force tin men to leave, but. not a man stirred. A parley ensued with the result that 30 or 40 miners submitted to arrest and were put under guard. Others quickly tcok the places of the arrest, ed ones and were in their turn ar rested. until the soldiers have now more than they can attend to. A perplexing problem now is how to feed and house the arrested mi ners. II ihey are not fed the soldiers are in danger of being overpowered unless relieved by revenue cutters or troops. Ten were faken to Nome on July 20 at id released on bonds. An Rvrntful Career < lomcd. Boston, Aug 3.—l)elos R. Gold smith. a Well known young journalist of this city, diet! Thursday at Quincv. In 181)2 Mr. Goldsmith accompanied Prof. Augustus Rogers, the aeronaut, and Mr. Kenton in a balloon ascen sion from the Common, which was a part of ihe city's Fourth of .luly cel ebration. The balloon landed in Dor chester bay and Rogers anil Benton were drowned, Goldsmith being pick ed up by a sailing vessel. In 1S!)5 Goldsmith figured in a duel with swords with John Crowley, a Boston lawyer, tlie affair taking place in Franklin park. At>* Toadstool* und IMed. Chicago, Aug. 3. —Three persons are dead in the hoin.e of J. A. Norris, near liarvey, 111., and four others tire seri ously ill, the result of eating toad stools which they mistook for mush rooms. Tlie dead are Mrs. Edith Nor ris, Maud Norris and Thomas Norris. Thomas Norris, aged 11 years, un doubtedly saved these yet alive. Half clad and suffering with pain that al most crazed him, he rode bareback to Homewood, three miles away, and fell exhausted as he reached Ihe house of a physician. He died soon alter, but the doctor saved four. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1900. STORY OF PEKIN. Chinese Treachery and Dscolt la Fully Proven. A Correspondent of (lie London Time* lilvo an Interenting Account of tile Wnjc ol' tile Legation* Seven American* Killed. London, Aug. 2.—Dr. Morrison, the Pekin correspondent of the Times, has been heard from direct. The Times this morning prints the fol lowing dispatch, dated July 21: "There has been a cessation of hos tilities here (I'ekin) sir.ee July 18, but for fear of treachery there has been no relaxation of vigilance. The Chi nese soldiers continue to strengthen the barricade around the besieged urea, and also the batteries on top of the imperial city wall, but in the meantime they have discontinued fir ing. probably because they are short of ammunition. "The main bodies of the imperial soldiers have left Pekin in order to meet the relief forces. Supplies arc beginning to come in and the condi tion of the besieged is improving. The wounded are doing well. Our hos pital arrangements arc admirable and 150 cases have passed through the hospital. "The Tsung Li Yanien forwarded to Sir Claude Mac Donald a copy of a dispatch telegraphed by the emperor to Queen Victoria, attributing aJI deeds of violence to bandits and re questing her majesty's assistance to extricate the Chinese government frotn its difficulties. The queen's re ply is not stated, but the Chinese min ister at Washington telegraphs that the United States government would gladly assist the Chinese aulhoritie.-. "This dispatch to the queen was Kent to the Tsung Li Vamcn by the grand council on July yet the day before ail imperial edict had been is sued calling on the Boxers to continue to render loyal and patriotic services in exterminating the Christians. The edict also commanded viceroys and governors to expel all missionaries front China and to arrest all Chris tians and compel them to renounce their faith. Other decrees applaud ing the Boxers speak approvingly of their burning and slaying converts. "On July IS another decree made a complete about face, due to the vic tories of the foreign troops at Tien Tsin. In this decree, for the first time and one month after the occur rence, an allusion was made to the death of Baron Von Ivetteler, Ihe German minister, which was attrib uted to the action of local brigands, "The force besieging the legation consists of the imperial troops under Gens. Tung T.n and Tung Full Siang, whose gallantry is applauded in im perial decrees, although it consisted In bombarding for one month defense less women and children cooped r.p in the legation compound, using shell, shrapnel, round shot and expanding bullets. "They posted proclamations assur ing us of protection and.the same night, they made a general attack in the hope of surprising us. "There is still no news of l'ei-Tang cathedral. The wounded number 13S, including the American surgeon Lip pitt, severely wounded, and Capt. Myers, who is doing well. Seven Americans have been killed." Victoria, B. C\. Aug. 2.—Lieut. Von Krohn, of Ihe German army, has ar rived at Yokohama in company with 300 wounded and incapacitated Ger mans anil others on the steamer Korn. chartered by the German gov ernment. Von Krohn told of his ex periences with Admiral Seymour in his attempt to reach Pekin. Asked what the Chinese ilid with their women and,old men. Von Krohn said tliev emigrated with all speed, but if this was not possible, as in th» case of one village taken by the al lies, they cut off the heads of the wo men and children and threw them in the river. "We did not take prisoners," saiil Lieut. Krohn, "as far as the capture of prisoners is concerned. This was an impossibility, as the Chinese arc not civilized for that kind of war fare." Von Krohn was asked about tlin statement of a German t.'iaf the ilits sians had dispatched *he wounded with the butts of the 1 ! - rifles. The lieutenant said it was- not quite so bad as that, but undo- the circum stances of the present war they had been and probably won'd be in th - future compelled to ki I wounded prisoners with the bayor.*»t. in the beginning they had sen* wounded prisoners to the hospitals in Tien Tsin, but they soon found out that as long as a mail was able to raise a hand he would try and stab the for eigners. Frequently they found Box ers who had taken their red badges and clothes off in ihe hope of trying the "amigo" trick, and while the trick worked at first, the allies soon gave orders to kill every Chinese who would stand. Lieut. Von Krohn said the Chinese decapitate and mutilate every foreigner who is unfortunate enough to fall into their hands. Cordon Will be a finest. Atlanta. Ga., Aug. £. —Gen. John B. Gordon, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, will be a guest at the annual encampment of the G. A. IJ. at Chicago, August 27. Gen. Gordon was extended an invita tion at the request of Gen. Shaw, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army. Peruvian Peasants ICxrltcd. Lima. Peru, Aug. 2.- —The celebrated convent of Oeopa, which had been partially destroyed by two fires, be lieved to be of incendiary origin, was completely destroyed Tuesday by a third. As all three are attributed by the ignorant peasantry to the efforts and propaganda of the American mis sionaries, there is great excitement among them, especially among the more fanatical, who are beyond the control of the local authorities. Gov ernment. troops have been sent to the scene of disturbance to maintain or der. _ WHITE SUPREMACY. It 1% Admired In North Carolina— 111 Intendment IH*lruurhlsiii£ Nejr»i"« It \oted | pon and i arries— Oemo crats .Make u I lean Nuri'|i. llaleigh, X. Aii!>\ 3.—After one of the most bitterly contested cam paigns ever known in the old North State the democrats and '"white si:, premacy" won yesterday by a ma jorit* of about 30,000. This election clisfranchised the negro and changed the state legislature from its! combi nation majority of republicans and popuiists to straight democratic, practically insuring - the defeat of Marion Butler for re-election- as Lul led States senator. The negroes, r.% a general tiling, remained from the polls. The election was for s'ate officers, members of the legislature and coun ty officers and for an amendment to the state constitution looking to a practical elimination of the negro from politics, as its adoption disfran chises the bull; of the negro vote. By far the greatest interest center ed in the light over the amendment. Many negroes voted for the amend ment. The faculty cf Livingstone colli de at Salisbury, one of the most prominent negro educational institu tions in the south, voted for it. Tie* amendment was opposed by the fu sion of populists and republicans, headed by Senators (Sutler anil Pritehard. There was ri full poll of the democratic strength, which, com. liined with a small negro and soni" populist and republican ballots, roll ed up a large ma jority. Spencer I!. Adams, fusion nominee for governor, was defeated by Charles I!. Aycock. democrat, and all oilier democratic candidates were elected. The legisla ture is democratic in both branches. In this city the election passed off quietly. \ heavy white vote was polled, but the negroes took little in- in the result and generally re. mained away from the polls. In many instances they voted The demo cratic ticket. Kvery eastern county was carried by the democrats, the majorities in some of them being '•.noil. Most of the central counties al o ire democratic. Mlefurns from the west are incomplete. Conserva tively estimated returns from the Si\th district show approximately 17,- Ouo majority for the franchise amend ment and the state ticket. THOUSANDS WERE SLAIN. Lfttrr Ironi a < liiiiesc iti'lornipr !>«■• serlltes Pe kill's Streets as Itiiiniiii-; with Klood. Victoria, I'. ('., Aug. 3. —A letter received by a local Chinaman by the steamer Glen Ogle, dated from ( hi San Kit, the capital of Shan Tung, on July 2, says Clio Ta, a reformer who escaped from I'ekin on June 26, has given the writer the following infor mation from the capital to June 20: "There were over 100,000 Boxers and Manchu troops in the capital when I left and numbers more were pouring in from all parts of Chi Li, Shan Tung and Honan. Their main object seemed to be plunder and ha tred of foreigners. Those in the city attacked the foreign legations contin uously for ten days, but were repuls. Ed every time. '".Not counting the 2,000 to 3,000 converts who have been massacred by the I'oxers inside I'ekin. it was esti mated when I left that over 4.0M i peaceable citizens had also been slain in the melee. The streets ran with blood: it was awful. The Tartar and Forbidden cities were filled with Box ers and Manchu troops, which caused a panic among the princes, dukes, no bles and members of the imperial clan, who were afraid that they also would be plundered as soon as the Boxers got beyond anil so bv diplomacy they managed to clear both cities of their dangerous friends, closed the gates and placed strong guards to prevent further ingress of outsiders." A FRIGHTFUL CRASH. Tuns of Iron l)ri>|> I ruin tile Too of a Skyscraper, Injuring Nine People. New York, August J. —Three pct sons were seriously injured and six others badly cut and bruised yester day by the falling of five heavy pieces of structural iron from the top of n 12-story building in course of con struction at Broadway and Walker streets. Fannie Cohen, 17 years old; Morris Bleicher, ll>, and David Wald manu, I'.', were so badly injured thev had to be taken to a hospital. All of the injured people were em ployed by M. (Soldberg Co., pocket book makers, who occupied the upper two floors of the five story building on Walker street, directly in the rear of the building in course of construc tion. Four heavy iron girders, each weighing over a ton, were being hoisted to ihe top of the big building. They were being swung around to the top of the building when they slipped out of the chain. Three of the heavy girders crashed through 11 floors to the basement and the fourth stucl* at the second storv. Over a hundred men were at wrj-'k in the building, but they escaped injury. When the big boom of ihe derrick was released of the girders it swung around and struck a 14-foot iron up right, snapping it off and throwing it over the side of the building. This piece of iron weighed over a ton. It crashed through the roof of the Walk er street building, where 30 people were at work on thf* top floor. They were buried in tlve debris. Those who were not hurt badly made a rush for the tire escapes. An Attempt to murder (lie Slmh. I'aris, Aug. 3.—An attempt on the life of the shah of Persia was made yesterday, but it resulted in no harm to liis majesty. A man broke through a line of policemen as the shah was leaving his apartments and tried to mount the royal carriage step. He had a revolver in his hand, but as soon as his intention was divined the police disarmed him before he was able to tire. At the police station the man expressed regret that he hod been unable to carry out his inten tions. lie said: "This is an affair between me and my conscience.'* A EAY OF LIGHT. It Penetrates the Clouds of Fear and Doubt. Thr Hrltlsli tllnlntrr at l'el:in Spndt Word to London that Hostilities In Hie Chinese 4 apltal Hove ( eased— .Til ulster ( onger Is Also Heard Ironi. London, July 31. — The admiralty has made public the following dis patch from Hear Admiral Bruce at Tien Tsin: "Following message re ceived from Sir Claude Mac Donald, British minister to Pekin: "'British legation. June 20 t» July 16 repeatedly attacked by Chinese troops on all sides. Both rifle anil artillery fire. Sii.ce July 10 an armis tice, but a cordon is strictly drawn on both sides of ilie position. Chinese barricades are close to ours. All wo men and children are in the British legation. Casualties to date G2 killed. Washington, Aug. I.—Adjt. Gen. C'orbin yesterday received a dispatch from Lieut. Col. Coolidge, command ing the Ninth infantry at Tien Tsin. It came by way of Che Foo and is as follows: "Tien Tsin, July 27. —Following let ter of Lieut. Col. Shiba, military at tache at the Japanese legation of I'ekin, dated July 23, arrived Tien Tsin 2.lth: 'l'ekin, July 22. We are all awaiting impatiently the arrival of reinforcing army. When are you coming'? All legations have been blockaded since 13th of lasl month and since the 20th we have been at tacked continually night am! day by the Chinese soldiers. By a supreme effort we are still defending. We are daily awaiting with the greatest an\- ity the arrival of reinforcing army, and if you can't reach here in less than a week's time it is probable tha; we will be unable to hold out any longer. Ktnperor and empress dow ager appear to be still stl Pekin. Were our reinforcements w arrive it is very probable that they would flee to Wanshoshan. Killed anil wounded up to date eight killed, one a captain of infantry and an ambassador's at tache: seven seriously wounded, the first secretary of the legation being one of 20 slightly wounded. The num ber of Europeans billed is 00 in all.'" The war department hist evening received two cablegrams from China. The first ivatl: "Che Foo (undated). —To C'orbin, Washington: Tien Tsin 27th. Ales sage just received from Conger says since 16th by agreement no firing. Have provisions for several weeks, little ammunition, all safe attil well. I (Daggett) report allied forces will soon advance. Practically no loot ing by Americans, no unnecessary ■killing." The second read: "Che Foo. —To Corbin, Washington: Tien Tsin 30th. Flintshire arrived 27th. Two hundred and fifty-seven men of the Ninth in fantry sick. Ten tjoctors. 100 hospi tal corps men and 20 signal corps ,luen needed. Unavoidable delay in •unloading transports. Foreign troops a rri v ing. DAG( 5 FTT.'' London, Aug. 1. —A dispatch from Tien Tsin says: "A Pekin message, dated July 21, reports that the first outside news reached there July 3 ■*. The failure of the relief expedition made the situation more perilous. On June l'l the Tsung Li Yamen broke Off relations. June 20 China declared war. Baron Von Ketteler and Fran cis James, an English professor, were murdered. Over 400 non-combatants occupied the British legation. I un derstand converts are holding the north cathedral A thousand refu gees occupied the palace of Prince Lit. A truce began July 17 after 26 days of fierce assault. One night the shelling was uninterrupted for six hours. "The total killed or died is: Ger mans ten, Japanese ten, French 11, British five, Russians four, Americans seven. Italians seven, converts nine; total, with wounded, !»8. "At. least 2.000 Chinese have l;cen killed. The Americans occupy a strong position on the city wall. Provisions are still sufficient. The hospital arrangements are excellent. Brussels, Aug. 2. —M. De Faverau, minister of foreign affairs, has re ceived the following dispatch from M. De Marchienne, charge d'affaires of Belgium at Shanghai: "The allies are marching on I'ekin. They are IS miles from Tien Tsin and should reach Pekin in eight days. All the Europeans have taken refuge in the inner enclosure of the imperial city." London, Aug. 3.—Xo word comes this morning regarding the fortunes of the comparatively small body of troops believed to be forging their way toward Pekin. The silence is probably due to diligent censorship rather than any - lack of develop ments. A Shanghai special announces the receipt of an official telegram from the Tsung Li Yamen asserting that the ministers were all well on July 30 anil that vegetables, fruits and other supplies had been sent to tin lega tions on several occasions. "Friend ly intercourse." the official telegram says, "is now being carried on be tween the ministers and the imperial government." According to the Daily Express, however, cablegrams from ( he Foo announce that the imperial troops, advancing to oppose the relief force, have completely -.ipeil out a Chris tian town near Pekin, killing five for eign priests and 10,000 native Chris tians. Attempt to Kill Klnif Alexander. London, Aug. 2.-The Vienna cor respondent of the JJaily Chronicle savs - "A rumor lias reached here from Belgrade tlvat an attrmpt was made to assassinate King Alexander on Wednesday while he was driving through the town. It is said he was shot at, but was not injured." An Karthquake In I tab. Tintic. Utah, Aug. 2.—An earth quake shook the Tintic mining dis. trict yesterday. The shatt of tin' Mammoth mine was so thrown out o;' shape that it was impossible to get the cage below the 1,500 foot level. YELLOW MONEY. Americans Own a Billion in Gold Coin. OLD ESTIMATES REDUCED N<» Account was Taken of Sum:* Carried Out by Tourists. WHERE THE HOARDS ARE. Three-Ulth« <»l Hie ICntlre Amount of 4.01 d 4 oln In Till* 4 onntry I* Held by the I nlted Mutea Trraiur) au4 National Huuki, Washington, Aug. 4.—Mr. Roberts, the director of the mint, in speaking Friday oft!»«• probable, modification of the present estimate of the stock of gold in the country, said: "Some modification fit' the present, estimate doubtless will be made as the result of an inquiry that is being made by this bureau and by Mr., Muhlman, of the .New Vorlc sub treasury. lmt the reduction will lj»~- small. The original basis of the treasury estimate is a computation made by Dr. Linderman, director of the mint in (iold was then at. u premium and not. in general circu lation. lie took the amount in the treasury and in national banks and added $.'0,000.000 for the circulation on the Pacific, (roast and $10,000,000 for the holding's of other banks and hoards, in ail $135,000,000. To this has been added each year the coinage ami the imports of domestic coin, and subtracted the recoinage, the exports and an estimated sum for consump tion in the arts. The result is the current estimate. "The gold in the treasury and in the national banks comprises the only part of the stock that can be actually counted. At the date of the last, reported statement by the na tional banks. April 20, 1900, tlieir holdings were $195,769.872. The treas ury holdings May ! were 5426.989,371, the two items aggregating' $622,*59,- 24;:. The estimate for May 1 was st.- 043,525,1 IT, which left 1120,000,000 to be accounted for as held by state and private banks, trust companies and in safes, tills, pockets and hoards. This is the sum subject to modifica tion. "No account has been taken in the past, of gold carried out of the coun try by travelers, it being" assumed that there was little of it and all but an inappreciable amount was return ed by incoming travelers. This year the bureau has made a systematic effort to learn what this movement# amounted to by inquiries addressed to the steamship lines, money chang ers at the principal ports, and our consuls abroad. The replies indicate that gold thus carried out finds its way to the principal banks of issue in the several countries. "The tourist agency of Cook & Sons receives from travelers from SIOO,OOO to $1.10.000 per year and turns it into the I Sank of Fngland. About $75,001> per annum is melted at Geneva and in all a net loss of $600,000 to SBOO,OOO is indicated. At the latter rate in 25 years the total would be $20,000,000, u sum that should be taken account of. An effort has been made to arrive at: the present consumption of coin by manufacturers, jewelers, dentists and others in the industrial arts. Inquir ies have been addressed to about 45.- 000 firms and individuals and replies* have been received from 70 per cent, of them. The returns indicate a total consumption of about $3,500,000 in.< coin per year. Prior to 189.'! the bu reau's estimate was never less than this amount, but from 1893 it has been, placed at $1,500,000. The reduction »?pms to have been an error. An ad ditional allowance of $2,000,000 per year for seven years would require' correction of $14,000,000, "Mr. Muhlman. of the Xew York sub-treasury, has been a diligent stu dent of the subject for years and is of opinion that, owing chiefly to er rors made prior to 188. 1 ;. the estimate has been too large by $100,000,000. The estimate for the stock on August 1 was $1,053,513,892, and if the entire $100,000,000 was deducted the stock would remain 00 per cent, above what it was four years ago." Hallronder* strike. Winnipeg'. Man.. Aug - . 4.—A strike was declared on the Canadian Pacific railway Friday by the machinists, blacksmiths, boilermakers, fitters, laborers and locomotive painters, who iu" out from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast. In Winnipeg, in eluding' a number of men dismissed on Monday. 650 are out. The strikers claim the dismissals were for the nur pos of breaking up their unions, hence the strike. Hnny for the lied Coat. Montreal. Aug. 4.—The first day's international race for the Seawanha. ka cup between the American chal lenger Minnesota, of the White Bear club, of St. Paul, and the Canadian defender lied Coat came off Friday on Lake St. Louis and resulted in an er.sy win for the Canadian boat by six minutes and 20 seconds. Nearly 00,000 llujorit). Jialeig'h, N. C, Aug. 4. Ueturns show that democratic majorities in Thursday's ejection aggregate 04.07s aild the fusion majorities are 5,12.7, making the net democratic majority 59,553. There will be only two popu lists in the legislature. The President Leaves \Ya»hiii<> ton. Washington, Aug. 4. President Mc- Killley left the city last evening on hi.u return to Canton to resume his vacation. Accompanying him were Hon. Charles G. Dawes, the comptrol ler of the currency, and Secretary Oortel 112 JU. ~ . 3
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