STRIKE POSTPONED Anthracite Miners and Owners Confer with Peacemakers. At * Meeting In New York Operators Declare that Tliey Cannot liraut the Demand* for a Higher Wage Scale and nil Figlit Hour Work Day. New York, March 2 i.—Mine work ers and mine owners of the ant hi a cite fields debated their differences for four hours yesterday in a confer ence arranged by the conciliation committee of the National Civic Fed- ! eration, but the meeting was without j result save that the workers agreed j not to strike on April 1 as decreed at i the Slinmokin convention. There is | to be further friendly discussion be tween the two interests and Senator j Hanna, as chairman of the industrial | department of the federation, was j empowered to call another conference .j ut any favorable time within the next 30 days. The workers asked for an increase ! in pay, a shortening of the working i day to eight, hours and the adoption | of a scale for the entire district. The i operators declined to grant the de- | maiuls as to time and pay and ret fused to permit the complete union ization of their properties. The presidents of the coal com panies outlined three propositions and said that under no circumstances would they recede. Those proposi tions were as follows: "First —'There should lie no dis tinction between union and non-union men. "Second—That the officials of the companies would meet committees consisting of employes to discuss and j adjust all grievances. The members of the committees must be persons in the employ of the companies, but the matter of their employment would not be inquired into, either as to their I religion, politics or membership in j labor unions. "Third—That the companies must j be prepared to meet the market re- j juirements and that the output of j the mines must be maintained at I (heir productive capacity and in no j way be interfered with." AGREES TO SURRENDER. tn Insurgent Lender in Samar Island Pronil*c* to Quit Fighting—Other Philippine News. Manila, March 2S. —Gen. Smith, who is in command of the American forces on the island of Samar, had a three hours' interview, Wednesday, with 1 the insurgent general Guevarra and < several officers of his command. Gue- j varra succeeded Gen. Lukban as in- ! surgent leader in Samar and has sig- | nitied his intention of surrendering i to the, American authorities. It was j arranged between Smith and («lie- i varra that the latter, with the entire force under his command and all their rifles, would surrender April 15. The serviceable rifles to be turned over number 250; of these 125 are Kra g-Jorgensens. At the trial by court-martial of Maj. Waller, of the Marine Corps, for the execution without the trial of natives on Samar Island, a native scout by the name of Smoke testified to the existence of a plot among the native leaders of the Waller expedi tion to murder Maj. Waller and Lieut. Williams. It is believed that the cholera here has abated. The cases recorded yes terday are of a milder form and Americans here have ceased to be alarmed concerning the outbreak. The disease lias been entirely con fined to natives and Chinamen. ■According to yesterday's statement of the medical authorities there h vve been, since the beginning of the out break, 07 eases of cholera and 4S deaths from the disease. MAIL POUCH ROBBED. A Package Containing BH,ooo Disap pear* Willie in 'l'raiinit from 1111- waukee to a .Hieliluaii Town. Iron Mountain, Mich., March 28. — Although the postal inspectors haw been working on the case for several days, no clue has been found to the disappearance of a $:i,000 money pack age, stolen from the mails while in transit from Milwaukee to this city. The package was consigned from a Chicago bank to Iron Kiver, Mich. The packet reached Milwaukee in .safety and was putin a pouch, which could not be opened until Iron Moun tain was reached, the registered mail being re-distributed at the latter point. The clerks at the office here noticed nothing Vrong with the pouch, but when it was returned to Milwaukee, a slit in the bag showed how the money had been stolen. Went I'uder a Flag of Truce. Louisville, Ky., March 28.—The Courier-Journal says: Berry How ard, under indictment as a principal in the murder of William Goebel, and whose'trial is docketed for the Apul term of the Franklin circuit court, once went to Frankfort "under a flag of truce" raised by the common wealth, and held a confer -nee with tlx»; attorneys for the state. He went when there were rewards aggre gating $2,000 outstanding for his cap ture and when men were searching Harlan and Bell counties for him. Howard's expenses to and from Frankfort were paid and he was al lowed time to get back home and pre pare himself to resist arrest. A Wail from a Briton. London, March 28.—1n an editorial this morning on the"American in vasion," and the shrinkage in British investments in the United States, the Daily News says; "We are assured ly not trying to make out a case for protection or the boycotting of Amer ican wares. But it is a matter of ser ious import that, while we are wast ing our wealth, energies and man hood in the South African desert, the Americans are steadily securing con trol of our industries. It is time Hie nation aroused itself to a sense of the gravity of its position,'' THEIR TRADE IS FADING. Lltliior Dealer* Are Plannlu,; an Aall" Prohibition Orimade. Louisville, Ky., March 28. —A meet ing of representatives of Louisville whisky interests —manufacturing and jobbing—was held here Thursday to revive the National Protective asso ciation, organized in Chicago in 188t> to wage war against the prohibition movement and to try to show that "prohibition laws are ineffectual." The association will bo a national organization. It will have its head quarters at Louisville and will be sup ported by a fund to which the dis tilling and liquor jobbing interests of the entire country are expected to contribute. It is understood that the organiza tion will have unlimited financial backing, for representatives of the trade everywhere are taking a deep interest in the movement and already have authorized the promoters of the organization to call on them for funds. The money will be u ed in employing speakers to conduct cam paigns in states where, the prohibi tionists are strong; in distributing printed matter; in employing statis ticians and writers on economic sub jeets and anti-prohibition arguments part icularly. will be taken to hold a na tional convention of liquor men, at which a permanent organization will be made. A prominent distiller, discussing the meeting, said: "The trade is clamoring for the organization and there is apparently little doubt of its success. The entire trade of the country will be combined on a cam paign of education. "The special aim of the organiza tion will be to show tiie people, in some states, where the prohibtion movement is especially strong, the fallacy of their position. At present a prohibition movement is sweeping over the southwest and liquor intei ests are being hurt. In Micnigan, Maine and Kansas prohibition is also strong. We want to show these ,)?o ple with speakers and literatuic, that in passing prohibition measures they only reduce their revenue and do not benefit their states." A TERRIFIC DELUGE. 3lany Section* of .lllmilitxlppl Siili'er from si Itiiu npiMir of ftain. Vicksburg, Miss., March 2S. Nearly eight inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours have almost isolated Vicks burg so far as railway traffic and wire communication are concerned. Not a train 011 the Yazoo & Missis sippi Wiley road has entered or left the city since Wednesday night. .V passenger train from New Orleans succeeded in getting only as far as I'ort (iibson, 25 miles south, where it is still held, the tracks south of that point for two miles being washed away. In this city the damag: will amount to thousands of dollars. Many stores and residences in the eastern section have been flooded to a depth of sev eral feet. Sfreets are washed out and many bridges undermined. At the National cemetery many terraces were cut to pieces and the fine steel bridge across Mint Springs bayou, built by the government live years ; ago, is on the point of collapse, and I all traffic across it has been stopped. At Yazoo City the greater part of the town is flooded and many build ings have been undermined and wash outs are reported at many points on i the railroad near there. In east Mississippi the downpour has been terrific, all the creeks are roaring torrents and much damage has been done. Flood* In North Dakota. I 'Bismarck, N. 1)., March 2S.—j he tie ; up of the Northern Pacific road at | McKenzie is complete. Water covers I tne track to a depth of several feet j for a distance of two miles. It rose ! seven inches in a night and with a i high wind is washing the roadbed | badly. Attempts to transfer passen gers from east to westbound trains | were abandoned, the mud being so j deep that teams could make no pro- I gress. 'Settlers on the low land have ; been forced to abandon their houses, j All country roads are almost impas j sable and many bridges are gone. | The high water all through this sec tion is unprecedented. A .I|c««aSt to CongreM*. Washington, March 28. —President | Roosevelt sent a message to con gress yesterday calling attention to j the fact that the Americans would | soon evacuate Cuba, and calling at- I tention to the necessity of establish | ing diplomatic and consular relations | with the new republic without delay, j He recommended that provision bo ! made for an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at a salary of SIO,OOO a year, a secretary of lega tion at $2,000 a year, and a second secretary at $1,500 a year, and a con sul general at Havana at $5,000 a year. Dowleite* in ttuarautine. Chicago, March 28. —Discovery ot smallpox in the building on Michigan avenue occupied by John Alexander l)owie as a college, chapel, hotel and publication office of Leaves of Heal ing, has resulted in 173 Dovrieites being quarantined. Even if no new cases of the disease shall develop tlie.se followers of Dowie and nearly a score of servants employed in the place, will not be allowed to leave it I for 20 days. Three policemen guard | the entrances and exits of the build j ing. Captured u Schooner. Panama, Colombia, March 28.—• Ureat excitement was aroused here last evening by the arrival of the gov ernment, gunboat Chucuito towing a schooner filled with men wearing red bands on their hats, the insignia of the revolutionists. The Chucuito met and captured the schooner off Capira. She is laden with salt and ammuni tion for the revolutionary general Lugo, who is operating in the vicin ity of Capira. Among the prisoners on board the schooner were two ofli« cors who were captured at Aguik Dulce. Both officers were wounded. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1902." HEAVY RAINFALL. Mississippi Suffers from Flood and Storm. Tornado Striken Tupelo—lCnormoiis LOM to Itallroadn, Farm* and Several Touim Iteported-- lnliat»ltaiit» Are Driven I rem Tlieir lloiueft. New Albany, Miss., March 29.—The rainfall for the last 24 hours has been extraordinary. The water in Talla hatchie river rose five feet last night, washing away the long bridge at the end of town. Water has risen to the lofts of a dozen houses and inhab itants are on their roofs awaiting boats which arc being secured for their resiice. Trains have been aban doned. Thousands of dollars' dam age has been done in this county and the waters are still rising. Tupelo, Miss., March 29. —A terrific rain, wind and electrical storm passed through Tupelo and neighbor ing country Friday. It approached rapidly from the west and did con siderable damage in the town. The | wind was terrific and a blinding sheet , of rain accompanied it. For several j minutes in the height of the storm nothing but flying debris could be j seen. Plate glass windows, chimneys ! and many trees were blown down. J Seventy-five negro cabins and a negro church, which had just been com pleted, were blown down. Meridian, Miss., March 20.—Eh en inches of rain have fallen during the past IS hours. The streams are rag ing, many farms are under water, bridges have been washed away and railway traffic is at a standstill. The wreck of the Alabama Southern j freight near York, due to the wash- j ing out of the roadbed has completely j suspended travel on that road be- J tween Meridian and Selma. Meridian is entirely cut oIT from the j outside world, except that two West- j ern Union wires are still in operation, | and not a train is moving witliin 50 j miles of the city. A fast freight on the Northwestern railroad ran into i six feet of water and the crew is in j danger of being swept away. Efforts to reach the train by boats have been I futile, owing to the swift current. The floods are general throughout south Mississippi, doing a large amount of damage. DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE. Tlie ICaKter Trade Wan Hie l.arucHt liver Known in TIIIM Country. New York, March 29.—1 L bo Itunipant Among the Textile Worker*. Lowell, Mass., March 20.—That the 16,000 employes of the seven cotton manufacturing corporations of this city who have demanded an advance of 10 per cent, in wages will strike on next, Monday or will be locked out, unless a settlement is reached, be came apparent Friday when the agents of all the cotton mills caused to be posted on the gates not ices in forming the operatives that after to day the mills would be closed until further notice. l'awtueket, R. 1.. March 29.—The cotton mill situation in Rhode Island is causing much coilcern on the part of the manufacturers as well as the mill operatives. The Rhode Island Mule Spinners' association is the only organization of cotton operatives which has requested the manufactur ers to advance wages and no definite reply has been given. Fall River, Mass.. March 29.—About 300 operatives of (ilobe yarn mills Nos. 1 ami 2 are out on strike. These mills are owned by the New England Cotton Yarn Co., which did not enter into the recent agreement among the local mills to advance wages 10 per cunt. The operatives demand the in crease. President Tansey and Seretnr.v llib bert, of the United Textile Workers of America, stated Friday that no meeting of tin 1 executive or emer gency committees of that body has been called to take action upon the labor situation at Lowell. Secretary O'Donnell, of the Na tional Spinners' association, was questioned as to thy" probable action of the national corfmittee in Boston towards the Lowe* I strike, lie said that the national body is organized under similar ideas as the United Tex tile Workers, and likewise it debars local unions from national support and from levying assessments on its members. New Bedford, Mass., March 20. The mill operatives in this city have been granted an advance of 10 per cent, in wages, the advance to take effect April 7. Augusta, (in.. March 20.—At a meet ing of the King cotton mill operatives Thursday it was decided to make a demand for a 10 per cent, increase in wages on April 7. ENTIRELY FALSE. Aimer ttcßlnlrj'* Partner ItenlcM 1 lie Itrlber.v Story Iti'uinark Kepiidlatew ('apt. < iiriHtnias. New York, March 29.—Wilbur C'. Brown, partner of Aimer McKinley, whose name was mentioned in con nection with the 'Christmas charge made public in congress yesterday, has sent the following letter to Rep resentative Dal/t*4l, chairman of the 11 vest igat ing committee: "Dear Sir •—The papers contain extracts read in congress from charges made by one Walter Christinas in connection with the purchase of the Danish West Indies. >So far as these charges re late to Abner McKinley and myself, they are maliciously false in every pert icular." Washington, March 29. —The state department will take no steps to bring to the attention of the Danish government the charges against the integrity of American statesmen pre ferred by (apt. (Viristmas and brought to the attention of the house of representatives. The department regards the charges as unworthy its attention by reason of insufficient evidence and obvious error in state ment of alleged facts. Copenhagen, March 20.—The Christmas scandal is not discussed here, nor are the facts in the case published in Copenhagen. Denmark, however, has heard from both Capt. Christmas and Niels (iron, who also has claimed to have acted as a Danish agent in ngotiating the sale of the Danish West Indies. Each claimed a commission; but the government lias refused to recognize either of them, declaring that neither was ever con nected with the negotiations in the slightest degree. ICVUIIN Olt'er* Hi* ItPMlgnatloil. Washington, March 29. —A letter from Hon. 11. Clay Evans resigning the eommis.sionership of pensions, to gether with an appended statement, was made public at the White House last night. The statement appended to the letter is as follows: "Mr. Evans some months ago verbally ex pressed his desire to resign, and finally put it in writing on March 15. The president, however, lias told him that he will have to remain as com missioner, in the first place until his successor has been determined upon, and in the second place until there is some position to tender him which the president will regard as pro motion." Tliree Killed, Six Injured. Joliet, 111., March 29.—Three men dead and six injured is the result of a collision near Sag bridge on the Joliet & Chicago electric railroad Fri day. The wreck was the result of a collision between two cars going at a rapid rate of speed. A dense fog prevented the motormen from seeing ahead. The wreck occurred about 20 miles from .loliet. The cars came to gether with terrific force and were piled in chaotic state. The scene of the accident is the same spot where a terrible wreck occurred on the t'lii cago & Alton road 20 years ago, when over a score were killed. Wining Companies! Consolidate. Salt Lake, Utah, March 20.—The Daly West and Quincy mining com panies, two of the largest properties in the state, are to be consolidated and litigation involving millions of dollars is to cease. The combination will form the fifth largest mining company in the United States. I!eu;aii '2(111 I.a tvolllt*. Chicago, March 20.—Two hundred suits against the Chicago Union Trac tion Co. were started yesterday by the city of Chicago for refusal to transfer passengers from one line to another without extra fare. AN AFRICAN SHRINE. "Long Ju-Ju," Mecca of the Slaves of Fetichism. Gmeaoine I'lnce Where Hundreds of Human l.lvea Are Sacrificed Every Year—Myaterlea of the Iletreat Revealed. Fifty human lives are sacrificed every year at the "Long Ju-Ju," one of the many fetich centers that dot the jungles of central and western Africa, in order that evil spirits may be banished from the land and the wrath of the gods appeased. Tlie "Long J u-J u" is one of the most no torious and most powerful meccas of the slaves of fetichism. it is here that hundreds of the superstitious natives pile lip their material offer ings to the spirits aihl journey in res olute bands to deposit the relics of Ju-Ju rites. Some interesting figures concern ing the "Long Ju-Ju" have just come out of the interior from a correspond ent with the Aro expedition. It is estimated that every year 500 pil grims journey to the sacred spot to receive the fetich decree and advice which is vouchsafed to them by the recognized powers. To most of them it is a dear experience. About 50 of them are sacrificed annually in order that tlieir skulls may be offered to tlie gods, while fully 200 people are sold into slavery. The remainder are allowed togo away free. The "Long Ju-Ju" is one of tlie most fascinating spots in western Africa to tlie curiously inclined ex plorer. On account of its sacred holdings it is closely guarded by tlie natives, and it is by no means easy of access, even when tlie traveler is accompanied by an experienced and licensed guide. The utmost secrecy is observed in approaching its en trance. In addition to tlie difficulties the conducting of a visitor to tlie Ju-Ju is a somewhat lengthy process. When he arrives in the immediate vicinity of tlie uncanny spot lie is led by a circuitous route and finally is marched in backwards. The approach to tlie Ju-Ju is through dense bush, which gradual ly becomes thicker and thicker, until the entrance is reached. Tlie Ju-Ju THE ISLAND ALTAR. (Made from Many Trade Guns and Topped with Skulls.) is an oval-sliaped pit 70 feet deep, GO yards long, and 50 yards wide. In entering the visitor climbs down the precipitous sides of rock into a nar row gorge and into running water. The water gushes forth from the solid rock in two large streams, which unite below a small island, on which are two altars, one made from many trade guns stuck muzzle downwards in the ground and topped with human skulls. The other is made of wood and supports more skulls, bones, feathers, blood, eggs and other vo tive offerings to the Ju-Ju, including the head of the last victim. Over tlie rock from which the run ning water springs is a roof of hu man skulls with a curtain, the top part of which is composed of clothes and the lower part of native mat ting, screening the rock and hanging just short of tlie water's edge. The lower portions of the rock composing tlie other sides of this crater are draped with mats only. The sacrificial functions of the Ju-Ju are performed on tlie left side of tlie entrance, opposite the island, where a flat-topped ledge lias been hewn out of the rock. The. waters as well as the walls and whole interior of tlie charnel-house abound in fetich lore. The pool is about 12 inches deep and abounds in tame, lazy-look in, gray-colored fish, about two feet in length. These fish have long suck ers and glaring yellow eyes. The roof of tlie Ju-Ju is formed by a mass of densely intertwined creepers. At the left of the entrance, through which the visitor is escorted, rests the greatest evidence of the devotion of the native worshipers to their be lief in fetichism. There lie the skulls of scores who have been sacrificed in order tliat the Ju-Ju rites might be fully administered and the spirit world communicated with through material offerings. The natives in these fetich centers of West Africa believe that by vent ing their wrath upon human beings, animals and even inanimate objects tliey are enabled to worship the gods. If they are prosperous and escapa what they regard as misfortune, the objects of their devotion are petted, but if the reverse is true they min ister tlie most excruciating punish ment and cast some portion of the object in the Ju-Ju. IliiK'H Kat t'p a Church. Hugs are eating the First Presby terian church of Middletown, O. The insects are of the beetle species, and bore holes in tlie stones of which tlie edifice is composed. The stones are crumbling, and many of tlie holes are larce enough to admit a lead pencil. WHERE DOCTORS FAIL To Cure Woman's Ills, Lydia E. Fink ham's Vegetable Coin- J >ou ml Succeeds. Mrs. Paulino Fudson Writes: " Dear Mrs. Pinkham : —Soon after my marriage two years ago I found myself in constant pain. 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