ROUTE OF PROPOSED RAILROAD TO CONNECT ALASKA AND SIBERIA. A It c T. I c A 5-/ 9/.5.7 /A Ojfcry, i ( \ 112 > ' ./if*' 1 ' i'ef L c 3 I D hjX /ALASKA ! * eaar * -y/l v r i™ - \ "" iij Sj \ '• rJ (rP tfORTH i n p / nr. >,,? fACtrtC ocean! ——■! „ ,i . French Kngineer Plans Line from Circle City, In the Klondike Region, tu Vladivo :Stock. in Kus.-iiun Siberia, Whence There Is a Direct Kail Itoute to Europe. NOT M Mil.; Armed Boers in Cape Colony Number 7,000. LAST SHOT OF TJIE WAR. It Probably Will be Fired, in That Country. CAN JiOLD OUT FOR A YEAR. I'.ngliftiiiucii at the Capo are Alarmed ut the Wonderful "Staying" <luuti tle* Displayed by lite Boers—Au In terview Willi .nr. Kruger. London. Aug. 3.—The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Mail un der date of July J", places the .-t length of the lioers in Cape Colony at between 7,000 and 8,000 men, al most all of whom are rebels. The Daily Mail contrasts this with the of ficial statement not long ago that there were only 4,000. "The colonial authorities," the cor respondent continues, "have just awakened to the possibility that the last shot in the war may be fired in 4 ape { olony, and unless vigorous ef forts are put forth there is nothing to prevent the Doers from holdiii out another 12 months." A communication to the Daily Ex press of recent date says that the Boer plan is to make :i final stand south of the Orange river and that they may hold out for six months. A correspondent, of the Daily News whose name the paper reserves, says: "'We have deliberately armed the natives. I have seen scores of them with rifles. Once I traveled in a train, which carried two truck loads of arined blacks. I'hey are constant ly to be seen about Kinvberley and the north of that town. Armed Kaf firs have been allowed to attack peo ple on their farms in Bechuanaland, m parts of the I'ransvaal, and in the "vicinity of Mafeking." Paris, Aug. —The Figaro pub lishes a long interview with Mr. Krti ger. After denying the cruelties charged against, the Boers in Lord Kitchener's report, Mr. Kruger de clares that the atrocities of the con centration camps were 20 times worse than have been stated by Miss Hob house in Great Britain,' and that, when fully known, they would cause tbe world to shudder with horror and move the nations to intervene. "We are defending our liberty," continues Mr. Kruger, "and when it is granted we will lay down our arms, (ircat Britain knows our conditions. Jc is not for me to repeat tliem. We will never renounce our flag and we cannot accept any protectorate. 112 am convinced that the hour will come when Great. Mritain will grant what is our right. Moreover, lam confi dent that God is with us and will not abandon us." I'oiNon in tiie Peaches, Battle Creek. Mich., Aug. 3.—When Mrs. Clara Wendell went to the door of her home yesterday she found a small paper bag tied to the door knob outside, which contained two peaches. Attached to it was a note reading: "Expressly for Clara." She ate the peaches and afterward was taken to the hospital, where she suf fered with spasms, showing indica tions of strychnine poisoning. The police investigated the matter and arrested Edward De Forest on sus picion. lie had been paying some attention to the woman, but had quarreled with her. Will Wait Awhile. Youngstown, Aug. 3.—The furnace • operators announced last night that they would take no action towards a sympathetic strike until the outcome of the conference between the Amal gamated association and the United States Steel Corporation is known. The operators threatened to strike on account of the order placed for 40,000 tons of Bessemer pig to be de livered to the United States Steel Corporation during August. The 'Frisco Mr Ike. San Francisco, Aug. :i.—Conferences were held Friday with a view of bringing the local strikes to a close. While no appreciable result was reached. Mayor I'helan, who is la boring to bring aoout an adjustment, •expresses confidence that the con troversy will end with the week. The new features of the day involved Oriental labor. The Japanese labor ers on the water front, have been asked to stand with the strikers, and the Chinese crew o! the Coptic was prohibited from working ashore by the federal authorities, in pursuance of the exclusion act. SOMEWHAT IMPROVED. IIIIMIIM'MB Condition* are Roller Since ilie Drouth I* Broken. New York, Aug. 3. R. 0. Dun & Co.'a Weekly Review of Trade says: Continued favorable weather condi tions have resulted in the saving of much late planted corn, and in the north west ideal weather for spring wheat harvest has been enjoyed. As this is the point that business in all parts of the country has been most carefully watching, the general feel ing is better than a week ago, al though the disposition on both sides to settle the steel strike has not yet resulted in any agreement, and the la bor situation is thus kept prominent. Official returns of pig iron produc tion in the first half of the year show a record-breaking aggregate of 7,- 674,713 tons, exceeding the remark able output of the previous year by 32,044 tons. Violent fluctuations have marked the course of corn prices. The top point of the previous week was not regained but traders on the short side of the market were compelled to cover at a loss. Whatever benefit may have accrued from the high level of prices, it certainly has driven foreign buyers out of the market. Dealers in some drouth-stricken districts have countermanded orders for footwear, and these cancellations are felt mainly by western makers, but as a whole the industry is ia a healthy position. I*hiill|>» I*routine* to Resume. Chicago, Aug. 3. —George H. Phil lips will issue a circular to-day ad dressed to the customers of his firm announcing that he will be able to resume active operations on the board of trade by next Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest, possibly by Monday. The statement will also promise patrons of the company that before any new trades are made a complete summary of what the books show will be given to the public. Phil lips asserts that the experts' exam ination of the firm's books makes it certain that the firm is not a loser to a larger extent than $:i00,000. Oil !.»}» 11»« I>n»t. La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 3. 1 ln» C hi cago & Northwestern Railway Co. is trying the use of oil as a dust preven tive, and if successful will adopt it on the entire system. Five miles of double track were selected for the experiment, 2.000 gallons of crude oil beinf* used to the mile. Pictures taken before and after using show a great improvement, the oil seeming to do away with the dust. It is sprinkled along the road from a ear operated like a street sprinkler. The first year's cost is SIOO a mile, and after that S3O. Imprisoned by Venezuelans* San Juan, I'orto llico, Aug. 3. Prof. Riddle, of tue San .Juan normal school, who has been sojourning in South America in the interests of the L'nited States fish commission, has ar rived here from Venezuela. lie tells a story of imprisonment. While as cending the Orinoco, accompanied by an asphalt official, his launch was held up at Tukupit by a small Vene zuelan gunboat, which made prison ers of the passengers and crew of the launch. They were held in custody for six days and were then released. Adopted the Suffrage Bill. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 3.—Section 12 of the suffrage bill was yesterday adopted without amendment in the constitutional convention. This sec tion provides that after January 1, 1003. any applicant! for registration may be requited to state under onth where he lived during the five years next preceding the time at which he applies to registrev; announ.e the names he was known by during that period and give the name of his em ployer, if any, during such period. Fourteen People Badly Injured. Springfield, <)., Aug. 3. —The Day ton, Springfield & Urbana trolley ear, scheduled to arrive in this city from Dayton at «.i: :>0 o'clock last night crashed into a eoal car which stood on an open switch near Donnellsville, and as a result 14 persons are lying in the Mitchell-Thomas hospital seri ously injured. Four are believed to be dying and others went to ih«'ir homes with in juries which were eon j sidered too slight to record. A Short-Lived Strike. Erie, l'a., Aug. 3.—One hundred and fifty men, comprising all the motor men and conductors of the Erie Elec tric Motor Co., operating :»S miles of city trolley lines, struck Friday noon. The men Went out on account of the dismissal of five men who were active in forming a union. The strike was called off at 1! o'clock last night, the men agreeing togo back without the discharged men being reinstated, A Hot Town. St. I.ouis, Aug. 3.—St. Louis was the hottest place in the country yes terday, a maximum temperature of lUO beiny attained. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1901. A JOKE ON BANDITS. Tacklod tlio Wrong Car of an Ex press Train. Three flashed Men Hold t'p a B. <V O. Train a leu ITUle.i ICast of Chi rago, but Alter Wrecking Two .flail Car* The)' 4>ive It Ij> an a Bad Job. Chicago, Aug. I.—The Baltimore & Ohio passenger train from the east, which was due to arrive here at 'J o'clock last night., was held up by three masked men between Edgemore and Grand Calumet Heights, Intl.. 31 miles out from Chicago. One of the mail cars, which contained no money, was dynamited and wrecked. The attempt at robbery was made after the two mail cars had been detached from the train and run a quarter of a mile ahead. The failure of the robbers to make a rich haul was due to the fact that the express car, which contained the train's treasure, was in an unusual place. It was the third ear in the train. After wrecking the mail car and obtaining 7io booty, the robbers disappeared without attempting to rectify their mistake. The only loot that they carried away with them was the gold watch of the engineer. The place where the robbery oc curred is a lonely district in which few people live, and houses are far between. Xo better place for a train robbery could lie desired by the robbers. The train was running at a high rate of speed as it passed Calumet Heights, and immediately after pass ing out of sight of the station Engi neer Collins saw directly in front, of his engine a large fire on which some rails had been placed. He slowed down, and as he did so three men wearing masks over their faces jumped into the cab and covered Col lins and his fireman, James Whipple, with revolvers. Just before climbing into the cab, the three men commenced to fire with their revolvers in order to frighten away all assistance. The shots pro duced the liveliest kind of a panic in the sleeping cars, where the passen gers made every effort to hide their money and valuables before the role hers could get at them. Xo attempt was made, however, to rob any of the passengers. The fusilade had the effect of making them keep inside the ears. After mounting into the cab of the engine, the robbers covered the en gineer and firemen with their revol vers, and made them step down and go back the length of two ears. They ordered the men to uncouple the first two cars, which was none. They then hustled the two trainmen back into the ca.b, and still keeping the en gineer covered with revolvers, th«y directed him to pull up some dis tance from the rest of the train. Collins ran up 200 feet, and was then directed to stop. He did so, and while one oi them remained to guard him, the others jumped off. and hurling dynamite at. the door of the car which they judged to be this express ear, burst open the door. Hastily climbing into get at the safe, they were astonished to find that they had broken into a mail ear. They threatened the engineer with death for not telling them that the cars which he had uncoupled were not express cars, and ordered him to return at once and uncouple the next ear behind the baggage cars. Climbing once more into his cab. Col lins backed his engine down, coupled onto the third ear, which the fire man was made to uncouple at the rear end and, still with the muzzle of the revolver at his head, Collins was ordered to run down the track, as before. He drew away from the balance of the train about the same distance as on the first occasion, and the robbers, still leaving him under the charge of one of their number, made for this car. When they reached it, they found that they had attacked another mail car and that it contained no money. The train had been delayed now fully 30 minutes, and, fearing that if they delayed longer, help would be coming to the train crew, the robbers gave up their attempt to rob the train, and jumping down ran into a thicket of scrub oaks at the side of the track and disappeared. The train came onto Chicago and officers were at once sent after the robbers. Charles Cross, conductor of the train, brought into the city several sticks of dynamite that had been left by the robbers at the side of the track. "I heard some shooting," said tho conductor, "and looked out to see what was the matter. I saw the engineer and fireman running down the track followed by three men. I had no time to look at more than that, for I saw two flashes of flame close to the car, and a bullet went by my head as one of them called out: 'Keep your head in there if you don't want it blown off.' " F. A. Applegate, of Xewark, 0., was the express messenger, and was alone in bis ear. He had no idea that a robbery was being attempted until he heard the shooting fin the out side. He then seized a rifle and, climbing on the top of the safe, awaited developments, determined to make the best fight in his power. He was not molested in any way, how ever. It is estimated that $."0,000 was stored in the express car, and it is believed the robbers knew of the large amount of money aboard. Indieted lor ICmbezzleiiieiit. Home, Ga., Aug. 1. —Y. T. San ford, tax collector of Floyd county, was in dicted by the grand jury yesterday upon charges of embezzlement. It ia alleged in the indictment that San ford is short $34,24!), $15,243 being due the state of (ieorgia and sls,S2.) to Floyd county. A guarantee com pany of Baltimore is on Mr. Sanford's bond f<v $125,000. The bond company claims it is not liable, for the reason that the county authorities were negligent in checking Sanford's books. San ford has held the office four years and has been prominent in local and state politics. PHECEDED THE FLAG. A Hawaiian Judifo Hcclari* that lite 4 ohm i (11 tl oil Applied to llutvnll lit" lore "Old Glur;" nan liaised There. Honolulu, -Tuly 26, via San Francis co, A 11?. 2. —The constitution of the United States preceded the flag in Hawaii, according to a decision just rendered by Circuit Judge Gear. He has already released on habeas corpus petitions three prisoners sentenced fur infamous crimes after the reso lution of annexation was passed by congress and was signed by President McKlnley, on the ground that they were not convicted by the unanimous verdict of 12 jurors. A Wholesale jail delivery of murderers, burglars, larcenists and other criminals is threatened under the decision, and Honolulu is greatly disturbed over the pri m The decision was given under the recent insular decisions of the su preme court of the United States and upon the clause in the Xewlands reso lution, which stated that all munici pal legislation of the Hawaiian Islands not inconsistent with the constitution, should remain in force and that, therefore, the con stitution extended to Hawaii immedi ately on the signing of the Xewlands resolution bv the president. Attor ney (ieneral Dole is making a vigorous fight against the decision and is try ing to get the matter before the su preme court. SOCIALISTS ADJOURN. The Conclave nt Indianapolis Han Finished KM Labors* Indianapolis, Aug. 2.—The national socialist convention adjourned last night after electing Leon (ireenbaum, ■of St. Louis, national secretary and designating St. Louis as the national headquarters of the socialist party. As the delegates tiled from the hall they sang the Marseillaise. Much of the wrangle during" the night session hinged on the effort to embody in the resolutions a clause prohibiting socialists from accepting office under either of the "capitalist" parties, and from entering the ranks of the state militia. Hoth clauses ware finally adopted. The judiciary •of the country was branded as a "servile tool in the hands of the cap italistic class and hostile to the inter ests of labor." At the last moment a resolution •was introduced declaring the estab lishment of unity. In every ques tion that came before the convention the Chicago faction had been voted down, and when this made its ap pearance, Herger of Milwaukee, the Hebs leader, signified his defeat by declaring the convention had oceom plished his purpose; that Chicago had surrendered and unity had been es tablished. A BIG CONSOLIDATION. Four-liltli* of the Coke PropertlcM In tlie Coniicllsville IM»li-klNow I inter One Management. Pittsburg, Aug. 2. —The actiKil con solidation of the coke properties of the constituent concerns of the Uni ted States Steel Corporation occurred Thursday when the 11. C. Prick Co., of the Carnegie Co., became para mount in the coke operations of the Connellsville district. All the coke properties of the Fed eral Steel Co. are togo into the Eu reka Fuel Co., the largest coke con cern of that company. All the scat tered properties of the American Steel and Wire Co. are togo into the American Coke Co. and all the coke properties of the National Steel Co. into the Continental Coke Co. Thomas Lynch, president of the Frick con cern, becomes president of all four companies. Xo such sweeping changes have ever occurred in the great Pennsyl vania coke fields. The Frick Co. now controls four-fifths of the production and acreage of the district. The total number of completed ovens owned and controlled is IS.iiSj, A "BLIND PIG." iTlllltia Ollieers Arrented It* Owncri and the l.atter Sue Tor SSU.OUU age*. 'Springfield, 111., Aug. 2. —Col. Ar thur E. Fisher and Lieut. Col. I!. .T. Shawl, Third infantry, Illinois nation al guard, now at Camp Lincoln, were yesterday made defendants in a suit at law by J. H. O'Brien and .T. \V. Murray, Springfield saloonkeepers, damages being claimed for $20,000. Murray and p'"rien, it is alleged, conducted a .ind pig" rear the camp. Thj| .as raided on' Monday night, by o«' .• of Col. Fisher and the keepers v e arrested and detained, illegally. l . they claim, at the camp guard 1 ise :ill night. The suits tiled are the "resn't of the confinement, as the complainants al lege that a military officer has no right to imprison a civilian. They •admit the authority of such officers to close an objectionable place within one mile of the entrance of a mili tary camp,'but deny the right of ar rest of any but a soldier by state troops, under such conditions. A Coivard'a Crime. Orleans, hid., Aug. 2.—lleise £-. Sons' flouring mill at Saltillo, nine miles east of here, was destroyed by tire Wednesday niglit. Several d: ys ago the proprietors of the mill found a note informing them that unless they put a certain sum of money in a sack and left it at a given point their mill would be burned. A sack filled with buggy washers was deposited and men lay in wait several hours, but no person approaened the sack. It dis appeared shortly, however, aid the mill was burned to the grotnni. UlnrlilniktiScnil -tjessasje to tlrKlnlefi Taeoma, Wash., Aug. 2. — The Taco ma Machinists' union has ser.t the following telegram to President Mc- Kinley: "Mor.*wi Pros, at Seattle, ■with a strike on involving- all iron workers, have been awarded a govern ment contract, while men on the gov ernment work at Bremerton have been laid off on account of lack ol work. A member of the Metal Trades association here made a statement before witnesses that the association has influence with the administration end that influence has brought v.bout a change in plans." A FLAT REFUSAL. Steel Workers Can Get No Fur ther Concessions. J. P. Morgan Itet'iiscs to Iteo|>eii (lie Wajfe Conference Wltli A ma l«a ma ted Association Ollieiain The B.HVi t Will be to 4 ontinue the lilic Strike. Pittsburg 1 , July 30.—Everybody is on the qui vive in strike circles and the coining conference of the leaders of the two contending forces is looked forward to with mingled hope and fear. Hope, however, predomi nates and peace is confidently expect ed by most of those interested. The following terms of settlement of the strike come from an authori tative source and can be relied upon, in all probability, as the outcome of the meeting of the conferees: The Amalgamated association is to drop contention for the signing of a scale for all mills. All mills are to be "open" mills in the fullest sense of the term. The company is to have the right to place a non-union man in any plant and keep him there. In addition to the plants covered by the expired scale, it is to be signed for the following: Dewees Wood, of McKeesport; Painter, Lindsay & MeCutcheon, and Clark mills, of Pittsburg, and Mones sen plants of the American Steel Hoop Co. The question of making the Wells ville sheet plant and the llonessen tin plate plant directly covered by the scale is to be settled by the conferees. The Amalgamated association is to have the privilege of organizing the men in any of the plants. Accessions to the Amalgamated as sociation have been made in Wells ville, Pittsburg, Mingo Junction and Kiverside, W. Va., where one of the Xationa! Tube Co. mills is operated. With the American Steel Hoop Co. the change has been most sweeping. Before the strike, practically all but two of the mills were non-union. At this time all but orie of the mills of this company are union, and are idle from the strike. Pittsburg, July 31. —Disappoint- ment and apprehension pervade the nir of Pittsburg because of the failure of the executive board of the Amal gamated association to ratify the peace proposals arranged at the con ference in Xe>v York last Saturday between the national officers of the Amalgamated association and Messrs. Morgan, Schwab and Gary, represent ing the United States Steel Corpora tion. When the conference opened Tuesday it was expected that an agree ment would be reached in a short time, but after a session lasting from 9:30 a. in. until 6:30 p. m.the meet ing adjourned without arriving a»t any conclusion. Pittsburg, Aug. 2.—Another day of suspense and the end not yet. The third all-day session of.the Amalga mated association executive board passed without action being taken on the New York conference peace pro posals and another session will be held to-day. The executive board was waiting for a word from J. Pierpont Morgan. After the board had heard from President Shaffer concerning his trip to New York last week, it was decid ed to request a change in the propo sitions of Mr. Morgan and a message was sent to Mr. Morgan on Tuesday night announcing their decision on this matter. In explanation of this message, the Amalgamated Journal, the official organ of the steel work ers. says: "The executive hoard desires an other conference with the represen tatives of the constituent companies and w'ill remain in the city until an answer is received. Upon the result oi the answer will depend whether the strike will be prolonged indefi nitely." The message sent to Mr. Morgan, while not so stated, is believed to be an ultimatum to the head of the Uni ted States Steel Corporation. It is viewed as such by the labor leaders about Pittsburg. If the steel work ers do not get their demand for this conference, the strike will goon in definitely. Xone of the officials of the organization would discuss this point yesterday. They said they had nothing to give out. At noon, after the executive board had been in session all morning and in a for mal manner waited for a reply from Mr. Morgan, the members made an official denial of the report that there was a lack of harmony in their ranks. The Coin mere ial Gazette says:"The Amalgamated executive board last evening received by telegraph a fiat refusal from.l. Pierpont Morgan to reopen the wage conference where it was broken off at the Hotel Lincoln nearly three weens ago. The pow ers of the steel combine insist that the only basis of settlement will be on the terms which the financial backers of the combine. President Schwab and Chairman Gary laid down at the meeting with the Amalgamat ed executive in Xew York last Satur day." \ member of the executive board of the association last night said: These terms are denominated by th(j,se who have the best interests of tnc organization of the steel workers at heart as the most unfair, the most unjust ever proposed to any body of workingmen by a set of employers or a corporation. The terms are such that the executive board of the Amal gamated association cannot accept and has already gone on record to that effect." A Japanese Tea Trust. Xew York, Aug. 1. —The Herald says that the tea growers of Japan are about to take steps to control the market for Japanese teas by limiting the supply. . Papers incorporating the Japan Tea Co. have been drawn by Edwin Corbin, of this city, and as soon ns the organization is complet ed in Japan Mr. Corbin will apply for a Xew Jersey charter. The capitali zation of the company will be be tween $3,000,000 and $5,000,000 and the prospectus promises annual profits of about $1,000,000. The United States is the sole market for Japan as far as tea is concerned. WHITE SUPREM r,CY. .Kuryland Democrat* Declare that ih> Negro .Html C'eune to be a Factor ia that State'* Politic*. Baltimore, Aug. —The demoeratiff state convention which met here Thursday declared that the purpose of the party, if successful in the com ing election, is to eliminate the negr<» from politics in Maryland, if such a thing he possible under the constitu tion of tlie state. Upon this, the paramount issue of the campaign, will stand the candidates nominated for state odices and those chosen ii» the various county and district CJI»- ventions as candidates for places in the legislature of I'JO2, which body will elect a I'nited States senator to succeed George L. Wellington. That his successor, in the event of demo cratic victory, will be Arthur I'UJ Gorman is settled beyond question, although no formal announcement o f his candidacy has «s yet bee 11 made. The nominal purpose for which the convention met was to select candi dates for the ■offices of controller and clerk of the court of appeals, and it fulfilled this task by unanimously naming Dr. Joshua W. Bering, of Carroll, and Frank Turner, of Tal bot, to succeed themselves in the places mentioned. This action, how ever, was a foregone conclusion and the real business of the convention was the formulation and adoption of a platform upon which the democrats could go before the people of the state with a reasonable show of win ning. The combined sagacity of all the democratic leaders in the state was called into requisition for this purpose and under the guidance of Mr. Gorman the following declaration upon the chief point in issue waa evolved: "The democratic party represents more than 40,000 majority of the white people of Maryland. They, in. common with their brethren of other states into which large masses of colored voters have been injected into the body politic, recognize that the peace, good order, personal safety and proper development of our ma terial interests depend upon the control of the commonwealth by its intelligent white residents. Without the aid of the 60,000 colored voters, the republican party in Maryland would lie a hopeless minority. "We, therefore, without hesitation proclaim that the success of the dem ocratic party will mean that, while we shall deal with perfect fairness in securing all the benefits of good gov ernment and full and free opportuni ties for education to all classes, such action must be taken as to prevent! the control of the state government from passing into the hands of those who have neither the ability nor the interest to manage public affairs wise ly and well." THREE ON ONE TREE. A ,TII«SIM»I|>I>I :n«l> Lynchr* a !Sej*re*» and Her Son and l>alighter. Carrollton, Miss., Aug. 2.—The mur der of Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro culmi nated last nifc'ht in the lynching of Betsie McCray, her son, Belfield Mc- Cray, and daughter, Ida McCray, nil colored. The mob was composed of about 50 white citizens of Carroll county, who marched to the jail, demanded the keys from .Jailor Duke, proceeded to the cells of the negroes, bound them by the necks and hands and carried them to the corporate limits of the town, where they hung them to a tree by the public roadside and riddled their bodies with bullets. The mob resisted the earnest ap peals of Judge W. F. Stephens and lion. W. S. Hill, who stood on the steps of the jail and appealed to the mob in the name of law and order. They even followed the mob to the cell doors with their arms around the necks of the leaders, pleading to let the law take its course, but with no effect. Ida McCray confessed to the knowl edge of the murder and stated that her mother and brother helped com mit the murder. She further impli cated others who will probably meet a like fate. Betsie McCray refused to make any statement. Gov. Longino arrived on the scene bv special train from Jackson just a few minutes after the hanging. Kxdtcmcnt at Tampa. Tampa, Fla., Aug. 2.—The cigar manufacturers issued a manifesto last night declaring that they will not open their factories again if they cannot manage their own business. The Resisteneia has declared a boy cott on all unfriendly interests, which is participated in by all allied unions. The situation is critical and public feeling is high. J. M. Mercer, a white man convicted of assaulting a little girl, who was to have been executed to-day, was respited last night. The Resistencia union made the demand for his respite and this has added to public indignation There are threats of lynching Mercer. ITliiNt Fay Anua'» Creditors. Ts'ew York, Aug. 2. —Judge Lacombe in the circuit court yesterday hand ed down an order directing George J. and Helen M. Gould, receivers of the surplus income of Anna Gould, Countess De Castellane, to pay the principal and interest past due upon three mortgages 011 property of the Castellanes in France. These pay ments amount to $50,800. The re ceivers are further ordered to pay dividends of 10 per cent, to 104 credi tors of Anna Gould. These pay ments aggregate $230,000. Judge Lacombe also allowed claims of 103 other creditors of the countess, amounting to $1,450,000. Hank liobber* Arrested. Goshen, I ml., Aug. 2. —Detectives employed by an Akron, 0., bank have made an important arrest in a local gambling den wljieh resulted in re covering nearly $16,000 in currency and gold coin. The two men who were captured had rifled a vault io the Akron bank ten days ago and since then had been shadowed. The men were hurried to Elkhart, and led the way to the outskirts of the city, where they had buried their plunder* and every dollar was recovered. The detectives and robbers later left for Akron. The bank directors, fearing a panic, had kept the facts .secret. 3
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