PRESIDENT SHAFFER MEETS J. P. MORGAN. The Strike Leader and the Great Banker Confer. ADJUSTMENT OF THE DIFFERENCES? resldeat Schwab, of th Steel Trust, Was Pre seat at lh Interview, as Waa Also Secre tary Williams, of the Amalgamated Assocta-tloo--The Two Labor Lcadtra Slipped fasees Out of Pittsburg. (Haw yo srcciAL.) Formal negotiations for a settlement tf the great steel strike were opened fiere at a conference between President Shaffer and Secretary Williams, of the Amalgamated Association, and J. Pier pont Morgan and a group of his asso ciates, of the United States Steel Cor poration. The conference and the movements of the conferees were secret and no in timation of the result of the delibera tions has come from any one in au thority. It is believed, however, that substantial progress toward an agree ment was made and that formal an nouncement of the compact for peace will come within a few days. There has been much speculation as to the terms of peace, but much of it has been pure conjecture. It was said that the strike would be called off and that there would be a resumption of the negotiations of general labor questions at the point where they were broken oft at the Pitts burg conference. In financial circles, however, the opin ion wai general that the prospective agreement would go further than that and in itself dispose of the serious questions at issue. The conference re aulted from several days of preliminary discussion, all of which was kept secret. Mr. Morgan and President Schwab, of the United States Steel Corporation, met first at the office of the former and were close'ed for some time. The meeting with the labor leaders followed. The names of those who participated in the meeting aside from leaders on either aide and the place nt which the con ferees met were kept from the public. Mr. Morgan was seen after the meet ing, but would fay nothing beyond de nying that he had any appointment with President Shaffer, of the Amalgamated Association. A news bureau quoted an official of one of the constituent companies of the United States Steel Corporation as fol lows: "Unless something of an unex pected nature comes up, it is reason ably certain that the differences now ex isting between the mill .owners and the Strikers will be adjusted shortly." SEWARD DISABLED AT SEA. Towed to Port Townsend by the Transport Warren-Twelve Convlcta Abroad. Port Townsend, Wash. (Special). The United States transport Warren ar river at quarantine here, having in tow the United States transport Seward, the machinery of which gave out after ar riving at St. Michaels and discharging cargo and starting for Nome, While in a disabled condition the Seward was picked up in Bering Sea and towed to Nome, where it was ascertained that her furnaces and boiler had practically given out. Just before sailing on the Alaska trip the Seward's machinery had been repaired at Seattle. On board the Seward was Mrs. Randall, wife of Gen eral Randall, in command of the military district of the North. Mrs. Randall is on her wav East. On board the Warren were 12 men convicted of various crimes at Nome. Their sentences range from 1 10 to 20 years, which they will serve 011 i McNeills Island. One of the convicts 1 is Will Allen, son of ex-United States Senator John B. Allen. He wiil serve IS years fur highway robbery. RECOVERED FROM THE SEA. Body of tbe Millionaire Yacht Owacr Who Met With fad Fate Found. Greenwich. Ct. (Special). The body of Arthur Colburn. the millicnairc spice merchant of Philadelphia, who, with his two daughters Ida and Annette --Opt. E. R. Flint and Frank Eckport, a sea man, were drowned by the capsizincr of the yacht Y'enitzia in a squall off "this port July 18, was recovered lv Dr. Rob ert Taylor and Capt. J. E. P.--1:. The body was pi. -bed up at almost the exact spot where it went down at the time of the accident. A rope was fasten ed under the arms and the L.nly wis towed ashore and removed to the morgue. The identity was ompleie. In th coat was found a mileage bo ik in the name of Arthur Colburn. and the nine name was written on the ve-t of the drowned man. Hanged tor Talking Too Much. Washington (Special). Reports of the trial and conviction by military tourt-martial in the Philippine-: of na tives charged with all manner "f crimes continue to be received at the War De partment. The record in an '"merest iv? rase has just been receive! Isidro Wl ai.co was sentenced to 25 years at hard lalxir. He was the leader of -i livid of outlaws who mused three innocent na tives ar.d tficir wnes and families to be hanged because they "told too many tales." The New butch Cabinet The Hague (By Cable). The newly organized Netherlands ministry is as ioliows: President of the Ministerial Council Dr. Kuyper. Minister of Foreign Affairs Melvil fan Loyndon, who lias been secretary of the Court of Arbitration. Minister of Marine Admiral Kruys. Minister of War Borcansides. Minister of Finance llarte de Teck ienburg. Fatal Railroad Wreck. Dayton, Ohio l Special). A gravel train used in the construction of the. trac tion line between this city and Troy for !he Dayton and Northern Traction Com pany wus wrecl-td north of this city. Two d; aths and the serious injury to fojir persons resulted: Dea 1 Orville D. Cha.se. Detroit, superintendent Cha Construction Company; W. 11 ' I r a e M . iirago, engineer. Injured Leil.e Lie benthalcr, Diytoit ; E. C. Miller, Arkait- ui, lireman ; Robert bloane, machinist ; (i. Douglass, Chicago. Critical la Panama. Kingston, Jamaica (By Cable). Newspaper report9 received here from Panama assert that the insurgenta are perating in large number! in the vi ynity of the city and that an order has teen issued by ,h- government calling tpou the citizen's to concentrate in oriel- to repel attacks and protect prop erty. Panama is guarded from the sea y a gunboat. According to the same wrces of information, the government a exercising the unitest precaution to itvcnt news ol development leaking SUMMARY CF THE NEWS. Domcttlc The machine shop of the American Machine and Foundry Company, located nt Hanover, Pa., was destroyed by fire. The loss i estimated at from $"5,000 to $125,000. This plant was owned by the American Tobacco Company and was used in the manufacture of its machin ery. Two hundred men arc thrown out of employment. Eleven men were injured, perhaps fa tally, in a gas explosion in the new wa ter works tunnel, now in course of con struction in Cincinnati. The accident oc curred 140 feet under ground. President McKinlcy sent a message of congratulation to the Baptist Young People's Convention, in session in Chi cago. In the Alabama Constitutional Con vention Delegate Spears argued against disfranchisement of negro voters. Negro preachers in Birmingham, Ala., advise member of their race not to go North to take strikers' places. Over two inches of rain fell in Kansas and Western Missouri, thus bringing re lief from the drouth. Lightning struck and set fire to the ham of Win. T. Stewart, mar Martin burg. W. V'a.. and killed Thomas Chap man, who had taken refuge there. The Reading shopmen refused to ac cept a 5 per cent, increase offered by thr Reading in Philadelphia, and insist ed on a 12 per cent, increase. Henry 11. Armistead. of New York, tried to kill himself while traveling oil an Oregon Short Line express train at Butte. Mor.t. A congressional party, including some ladies, took the dangerous ride and shot the White Horse Rapids, in Alaska. The F'ederal grand jury in New York began the investigation of the charges against officers of the Seventh National Bank. George Young, a barber, of Ilion. N. Y was shot and killed by Henry Brown in a quarrel over a debt of $!b. The Pittsburg Wire and Steel Com pany, with a capital of $2,000,000, is to be incorporated in Pennsylvania. The Allis-Chalmer plant at Scran ton. Pa., started up again, the strike of the machinists having failed. ! Joseph Bennett was brutally beaten I to death in Scranton, Pa., by Waller I Cosparwirz. a powerful Pole. I President Shaffer, of the Amalgamat ed Association, visited Wcllsville in dis i gi'ise as a tramp to learn the condition of ; the plant that the company is trying to I work with non-union men. lie does not I think any injunction will be granted :n- less the men resort to violence. A shell fired from one of the battle ships lying off Newport struck the City Hall of the town, making a hole in a granite block and bursting after striking a tree. No one was injured, although r. number of people were near the Hying missile. Mr, Doty, health officer of the port of New York, diagnosed the case of the stoker of the Hohenfels, from Calcutta, as a mild case of bubonic plague. Henry W. Taylor secured in Newport News, Va.. a divorce from his wife, who had returned to her old home in Balti more, refusing to live in Newport News. Mrs. William H. Hoover, while ale:p, walked through an open window of her home in Winchester, Va., and sustained injuries that will result in death. John McFaddcn, who planne 1 a jail delivery in Camden, N. J., t esc ip-j serv.ng in default of $1,000. runt M'.'W serve i.oco days for so doinv. The grand jury in Newport News. Va., indicted Russell Van Ar.-dale for the murder of his great uncle, Robert Kelly. Several encounters occurred h-.'twvcn striking ice wagon drivers and men who sought to take their places in Columbus, Ohio. Professor Edgar W. Abbott, of Butler University, w-.i. drowned while bathing in Broad Ripple Creek, near Indian apolis. , Foreign. Members of the Italian royal family and other distinguished visitors are in Rome to attend the memorial services upon the anniversary of the assassination of King Humbert. Lord Kitchener reported that a de tachment of Steinacker's Horse was forced to evacuate Bremersdorp and fight its way to Lembo, a distance of 16 miles. Musical performers and singers are said to have received princely rewards for private performances in London drawing-rooms. Bobby Walthour defeated Harry- I'-lkes in a four-cornered 50-mile motor-paced race at Manhattan Beach bicycle track. Disgust with the weakness of the war management has given an impetus to the new party agitation in England. Professor Yirchow strongly dissents from the views expressed at the British Ctngress on Tuberculosis. Tol-toi is reported to be improving, but his physicians are unable to clearly diagnose his trouble. The Shamrock II., accompanied by the Erin, sailed from Gourbck for New York. The new German Tariff Bill is consid ered a virtory for the Agrarians. Earl Spencer, a vice-president of the Tuberculosis Congress, severely criti cised Dr. Koch's theory that human beings were immune from contagion from tuberculosis cattle. Prof. J1J111 Macl'adean. of the Royal Veterinary College, Dr. Ravcnel. of Philadelphia, and others also sought to controvert Koch's theory, Dr. Ravenel instancing a case 1 f the infection of ten persons from tuberculosis cattle. The directors of the Metropolitan Railway. London, have declined the ol fer of Charles T. Yerkes to introduce electricity into their system, as they are unwilling to surrender control of the line. The Braziliati aeronaut, Santos-Du-mont. is waiting patiently to renew the attempt for the prize of 100.000 irancs offered for a steerable balloon. The floods in the Yangtse Valley, China, are causing great distress. Thou sands of pccple are homeless. financial. The New York Subtreasury statement shows the banks have lost $1,542,000 this week. William Kuenimerle. Jr., has resigned as a director of the Gngor Manufactur ing Company. Kidder. Pcabody & Co.. of Boston, re duced sterling exchange rates !4c all around; demand, 4.87)4; sixty days' sight, 4.85!$. There has ken listed on tbe Philadel phia Stock Exchange 345,000 additional general 5 of the Choctaw, Oklahoma 4; Gulf Railroad. The Secretary of the Missouri Board of Agriculture estimates that the loss sustained by farmers on account of the drought will exceed $100,000,00.1. The "Journal of Commerce," of New York, which made careful inquiries, is inclined to believe that the yield of torn will be above 1,600,000,000 bushels. The American Ice Company has de clared a dividend of I per cent, on the common stock, payable August 15. Transfer books closed August I to Au gust 16. The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company declared a semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent on the preferred stock payable Au gust 21. LYNCKINGS LEAD TO RACE FRIGHT Whites and Blacks Demoralized In Southern Louisiana. AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES INJURED. The Whiles First Frightened by Rumors of Negro Plots-Then the Negroes Became Alarmed lor Tbelr Safely- A Mais-Meeting Called, at Which There Will Be Explana tions on Both Sides. New Orleans (Special). The event that followed the murder of John Gray Foster, of Shreveport, by "Prince" Ed wards, a negro, on the foster plantation, in Bossier parish, have brought about a condition of suspicion and panic in North Louisiana which is proving so de moralizing to the agricultural and other interests that the newspapers and leading planters and business men are taking steps to overcome the scare, restore or der and bring the people, white and black, to their senses again. Mr. F'oster was a member of one of the wealthiest and most prominent fami lies in the state. As his murder appear ed to be the result of an organized movement against him, a committee of prominent citizens started an investi gation. It disclosed the fact that nearly all the negroes on the F'oster place were members of a fanatical religious organi zation known as "the Church of the Liv ing God." The papers of the church, which were secured, showed that its members made a practice of praying for the death of its enemies, and that Mr. Foster had been thus prayed against. It was also disclosed that the church was completely tinder the control of a negro who styled himself "Prophet" Smith. The result of the investigation was the lynching of Smith and the treasurer of the church tnd the dissolution of the or ganization. But the publication of these facts has bad unexpected results. It has caused a scare among the whites and the ne groes, which is threatening serious re sults throughout North Louisiana to all industries. A few days ago a negro named Thomas Choman was lynched at Girard. La. The act seemed wholly inexcusable and was really the result of a panic on the part of the whiles. Thomas was re ported to have stolen a bottle of ginger pop from a merchant at Girard. When accused of it by the merchant he hit the latter on the head with a bottle and was shot three times in return, and probably mortally wounded. He managed to get away to his home, however. Various sen-at onal siories were circu lated about the affair. A short time be fore a negro preacher from Shreveport had gone through Richland, in which parish Girard is situated, and had or ganized several lodges of t'he Sons and Daughters of Jacob. Thomas had not only joined the association but had been active in the organization of new lodges. Panic gave great significance to this fact, and it was finally announced that the "Jakes." by which name the Sons and Daughters of Jacob became known, were a secret negro society al lied with the Church of the Living God. that "Princs" Edward, the murderer of Foster, was organizing lodges, that the organization was directed against the whites, and that its members were filled with bitterness against all white per sons. BUY CONFESSES A MURDER. tie Says That He and Others Killed a Com panion to Secure 48 Cents. Alpena. Mich. (Special). Cvrus Larke, 8 3'ears old, the son of 1", D. Larke. editor of the Rogers City Ad vance, mysteriously disappeared in that xillage on Tuesday afternoon, and no trace of him could be secured. Friday his body was taken from the river. Ac cording to the confession of Harvey Nelson, also 8 years old, the Larke boy was murdered by companions of his cwn age in order to secure 48 cents which he possessed. According to the Nelson boy, young Larke, in the company of the 9-year-old son of Prosecuting Attorney Reed, Nelson and several other boys about the same age, were playing near the Iloeft Schocr mill boom on Tuesday after noon. Reed seemed to be the leader among the boys. Young Larke was urged to climb down to the water and go out on a pier. He objected, saying his parents had ordered him never to venture on the piers or go near the booms. He was finally persuaded and accompanied the boys. Young Nelson says he remained be hind, but watched the boys. He says Reed and his companions led young Larke out from the pier, and after forc- 1 ing him to give them 48 cents which he had in his pockets, pushed him off the boom into the water. The boy could not swim, and when he tried to catch the boom one of the boys would push him off. This was repeated once or twice, alter which the body did not come up. Launch Capsizes. Detroit, Mich. (Special) The News Tribune, a naphtha launch used to de liver newspapers to the residents of the Lake St. Clair Hats, capsized about two I miles north of the lightship during a I sudden squall. Miss Maud Randall, ' of this city, one of the four passengers, I was drowned. The captain and the I other passengers were rescued. Rejected Suitor's Brutal Crime. Muncie, Ind. (Special). Peter Till bury, an ironworker, called at the home of Kate Phinney to-night and threw car bolic acid into the face of Mrs. Mary Torrey, a guest, destroying her eye sight and burning her neck, breast and arms frightfully. The man had pleaded with the woman to marry him for years. Gas Explosion la a Tunnel. Cincinnati, Ohio ( Special). By ni e plosion of gas in the new waterworks j tunnel, east of this city, eight men were 1 seriously injured and three narrowly e1-- caped by diving into the water on seeing the flash. The tunnel is 140 feet from I the surface at the point of explosion, Imt men were soon rescued. The tunnel was considerably damaged. 1 lie injured: John Gann, colcyed ; Ellis 1 b :i Ic-rson, colored: Charles Crouse, colored; Wil liam Hicks, Edward Finley, Thomas N. Delaney, John O'Meara, John Clcgg. Murderess Escapes Lynching. Columbia, S. C. (Special). The ne k of Mrs. Daisy Cicero has been savi:d. She was under sentence to hang August 9, but the governor has intervened and the young woman will spend the rest of her life in the penitentiary. While there is public sentiment against hanging wo men, two juries of Fairfield County evi dently wished the law to 1 carried cut in this case, as Daisy Cicero was twice convicted and both times a recommen dation of mercy withheld, She was convicted of murder in February, but got a new trial and was again convicted in June. INSANE MAN RUNS AMUCK. Michael Kelly's Terrible Work at Leaven worth, Kansas. Leavenworth, Kan. (Special). Mich ael Kelly, an insane man, at the office of the Robert Garrett Lumber Com pany, in the business district, shot six persons, killing one, probably fatally wounding another and more or less seriously wounding four others. He was himself finally killed .by officers who tried to overpower him. Kelly had lived in Leavenworth for years and at different times engaged in minor business enterprises. He was eccentric, and during the Presidential campaign in 1806 lost his mind entirely. At that time he threatened to kill Gar rett. He was arrested and adjudged insane, Garrett and four others testify ing against him. After a year in the Topcka Asylum Kelly was released. Recently he had been acting queerlv again, and declared that he would kill the five men who sent him to the asy lum. For the last two weeks he has been practicing shooting with a pistol at the Fort Leavenworth range. Tues day night he drank heavily. Soon after noon Wednesday he went to Garrett's office and without warning shot Garrett as he sat at his desk. Garrett fell to the floor and Kelly de liberately fired four more shots into the body. Leaving his victim for dead Kelly ran to the rear of the lumber yard and began reloading his pistol. Returning to the office he found Dr. McGee. who had been attracted bv the shooting, bending over Garrett. Kelly fired at the physician, the bullet strik ing Dr. McGee in the spine, and he fell near where Garrett lay. Then followed an exciting street fight between the madman and officers who came upon the scene. Kelly, flourish ing his pistol, ran through the lumber yard. He met Isaac Healer, a laborer, and shot him in the hand. A few yards further on he encountered Sergeant Dodge. The two exchanged shots as they ran. One bullet from Kelly's weapon struck Dodge in the neck, but not before that officer had shot the madman in the shoulder. Kelly kept running and was soon confronted by Detective McDonald and Policeman F'althager. McDonald dropped Ke ly with a bullet in the neck. Dodge raised his pistol but it failed to work, and catching up with the murderer he crushed his skull with the weapon. Kelly was carried to the station in an unconscious condition, dying soon after his arrival. NEW MAINE APLOAT. Launch of the Battleship a Success In Every Particular. Philadelphia (Special). The battleship Maine, designed to be bigger, stronger and faster than her namesake, whose shapeless mass still lies in the harbor of Havana, was launched from the yards of the William Cramp Ship and Flngine Building Company. The great hull's initial dip into the waters of the Dela ware river was a success in every way. One of the largest crowds that has ever seen a warship leave the ways at Cramp's yards was on hand, and pa triotism ran wild as the ship left her cradle. . Launching of warships at Cramp's have been so frequent that in late years such events have lost much of their at tractive power. The presence of the immense crowd at the christening was largely due to the fact that the new ship bears the name of the ill-fated Maine. President McKinley. Secretary of the Navy Long, Admiral Dewey, Captain Sigsbee and other naval dignitaries who received invitations were unable to at tend. It was the intention to have some of the survivors of the Maine witness the launch, but none was present. The Maine is 56 per cent, finished Her keel was laid in April, 1899, and the ship will be ready for transfer to the government in 18 months' or two years' time. A Boom fn Potatoes. Chicago (Special). In less than a week the wholesale price of potatoes in the local market has advanced as a re sult of the drouth from 70 cents a bush el to $110. This increase in so short a time is said to be unprecedented. It brings the retail price to 35 cents and 40 cents a peck at a season when potatoes are usually to be had here in abundance at 15 cents a peck. Reports from South ern Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and other districts indicate that the recent rains came too late to save much of the potato crop in those sections. Senator Clark Innocent. Helena, Mont. (Special). Senator W. A. Clark has filed in the United States Court at Butte bis answer to the suit brought by the Government to vitiate his title to about 15.000 acres of timber land, valued at $500,000, on the ground that the lands were secured from the Government through an alleged swindle in connection with which the Federal grand jury recently returned 102 indict ments. Senator Clark avers that he was an innocent purchaser and as such must be protected. Another British Reverse. London (By Cable). Telegraphing from Pretoria under date of July 26. Lord Kitchener reports to the War Of fice as follows: "A detachment of Stein acker's Horse, occupying Bremersdorp, was forced to evacuate July 24 by a su perior force of Boers, probably the com mando from Amsterdam and Pietretie. The detachment fought its way to Lem bo, a distance of 16 miles, losing about ten killed or wounded and a few miss ing." . Five Orphans. I'eoria. 111. (Special). Martin de llryn, a tinsmith, shot and killed his wife and then fired one biillet into his own heart. F'ive children are left or phans. Three of the children were in the house at the time of the tragedy, and only the immediate interference of neighbors saved them. Domestic trou ble is supposed to have caused the sir' Otillg. Salisbury Takes (iloomy View. I-oudon (By Cable). In the House of' 1 ords the Marquis of Salisbury has given voice to pessimistic opinions in support of the finance bill. The Premier said: "The tendency to extravagance is increusing. We have bad no choice. We have had to protect ourselves, and must pay the cost. For years public opinion was in favor of a pacific policy, but now that state of opinion has passed away. The tide has turned ; and who am 1 and who are we that we should attempt to stem the tide? If the tide has turned, we th.aU have to go with it." Wanted, Dead or Allvs. Havana (Special). The government has offered a reward of $1000 for the capture, dead or alive, of Lino Lima, a bandit who has been operating inthe Matanzas and Havana provinces. There has been for the last three month's a standing reward of $500 for Lima's head. Saturday the bandit sent word to the authorities that he would surren der for $500, provided he were allowed to leave the island. Upon receipt of this offer the authorities doubled the reward and sent urgent instructions to General Rodriguez, of the rural guard, to capture Lima, SECRETARY LONG ISSUES PRECEPT. Schley Court to Make Exhaustive In vestigation of Campaign. SUBSTITUTES LEMLY FOR PILLSBLRY ft Directs Admiral Dewey and Mis Asso ciates to Oo Fully Into tb Rear Ad miral's Conduct Throughout tht Santiago Campalgn-Tbe Court Also Authorised to Matt Recommendations. Washington (Special). The official order for the court of inquiry asked by Admiral Schley was made public by Secretary Long and calls for an ex tended investigation of accusations and charges made by the Admiral growing out of the Spanish War. The precept of the coi't in full is as follows:. "To Admiral George Dewey, United States Navy, Washington, D. C. "Upon the request of Rear Admiral Winficld S. Schley, United States Navy, made in a letter dated July 22. 1901, copy herewith, a court of inquiry, of which you are hereby appointed presi dent, Rear Admirals Lewis A. Kinibcr ly and Andrew E. K. Bcnham, United States Navy, members, and Capt. Sam uel C. Lemly, United States Navy, Judge-Advocate-General, judge-advocate, is hereby ordered to convene at the Navy Department, Washington, D. C at I o'clock P. M.. on Thursday, the 12th day of September, loot, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, for the purpose of inquiring into the con duct of the said Schley, commodore in the navy, during the recent war with Spain, and in connection with the events thereof. "The court will thoroughly inquire in to all the circumstances bearing upon the subject of the investigation, hereby ordered, and to this end, besides exam ining orally all proper witnesses whose j attendance can be secured, will call upon i the department for all documentary evi j deuce in relation thereto on its files. "Upon the conclusion of the investiga tion the court will report its procerd- ings and the testimony taken, with a ; full and detailed statement of all the pertinent facts which it may deem to be 1 established, together with its opinion and recommendation in the premises. W hue the department relics upon the discretjon of the court to make its examination into this matter full and complete, as requested by the officer at whose instance it is convened, the re port should show the conclusions reached upon certain important points, to which attention is specifically direct ed, as follows: "1. His conduct in connection with the events of the Santiago campaign. "2. The circumstances attending the reasons controlling, and the propriety of the movements of the 'F"lying Sq.i.id ron' off Cienfucgos in May,' 1808. "3. The circumstances attending, the reasons controlling, and the propriety of the movements of the said squadron in proceeding from Cienfucgos to San tiago. "4. The circumstances attending the arrival of the 'Flying Squadron' off San tiago, the reasons for its retrograde turn westward and departure from off Santiago, and the propriety thereof. ' "5. The circumstances attending and the reasons for the disobedience by Commodore Schley of the orders of the department contained in its dispatch dated May 25. 1808, and the propriety of his conduct in the premises. "6. The condition of the coal supply of the 'Flying Squadron' on and about May 27. 1898; its coaling facilities; the necessity, if any, for. or advisability of, the return of the squadron to Key West to coal; and the accuracy and propriety of the official reports made by Commo dore Schley with respect to this matter. "7. Whether or not every effort in cumbent upon the commanding officer of a fleet under such circumstances was made to capture or destroy the Spanish cruiser Colon as she lay at anchor in the entrance to Santiago harbor, May 27 to 31. inclusive, and the necessity for. or advisability of. engaging the batteries at the entrance to Santiago harbor, and the Spanish vessels at anchor within the entrance to said harbor at the ranges used, and the propriety ol Com modore Schley's conduct in the premi ses. "8. The necessity, if any, for, and ad visability of, withdrawing at night'the 'Flying Squadron' from the entrance to Santiago harbor to a distance at sea. if such shall be found to have been the case; the extent and character of such withdrawal; and -whether or not a close or adequate blockade of said harbor, to prevent the escape of the enemy's ves sels therefrom, was established, and the propriety of Commodore Schley's con duct in the premises. "9. The position of the Brooklyn on the morning of July 3, 1898, at the time of the exit of the Spanish vessels from the harbor of Santiago. The circum stances attending, the reasons for, and the incidents resulting from the turn ing of the Brooklyn in the direction in which sbe turned at or about the begin ning of the action with said Spanish vessels, and the possibility of thereby colliding with or endangering any other of the vessels of the United States fleet, anil the propriety of Commodore Schley's conduct in the premises. "10. The circumstances leading to, and the incidents and results of, a contro versy with Lieut. Albon C. Hodgson; United States Navy. who. on July 3, l8ij8, during the battle of Santiago, was navigator of the Brooklyn, in relation to the turning of the Brooklyn; also the colloquy at that time between Commo dore Schley and Lieut. Hodgson and the ensuing correspondence between litem on the subject thereof, and the propriety of the conduct of Admiral Schley in the premises. Given under mv hand at the. Navy Department. Washington, this twenty sixth day of July, nineteen hundred and one. JOHN D. LONG, Secretary. Ulant Book Planned. New York ( Special). The statement that negotiations are pending for the absorption of the National Bank of the Republic by the F'irst National Bank has been officially confirmed. J. Pierpont Morgan is largely interested in both banks, and he is believed to be the mov ing spirit in the plan of conso'idaiion. It was announced that the F'irst National has made an offer of $275 a share for nil the stock of the National Bank it ths Republic. The directors of the National Bank of the Republic have recommended that the offer be accepted by the stock holders. Former Consul Moors Dead. Denver, Col. ( Special ).--V. W. Moore, formerly a leading member of the New York bar, died here c f paralysis of the brain, aged 59 years. Mr. Moore achieved international fame hilo l.'.ting as Consul at Constantinople during the Russo-Turkish troubles. Fitly Dwellings Buried. Davenport, la. (Special). Fire laid waste an area of property here equal to twenty ordinary city blocks. The im mense lumber yards of Weyerliauser Denkmann, and over fifty dwellings were burned. A bundled families are homeless. LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS. Year's Trade Abroad. The detailed figures of the foreign commerce of the United States in the year ended June 30, tgot, were complet ed by tbe Treasury Bureau of Statistics Friday. They show total imports of $822,673,016; total exports, $1,487,755. 557; exports of domestic products, t, 460,453.809. The imports by great classes in the fiscal year loot, compared with the preceding year, are as follows: Articles of F'ood and Animals In 1900, $218,510,008; 1901. $222,227,808. Articles in a Crude Condition for Use in Domestic Industry In 1000, $302, 426.748; in 1901, $260763,404. Articles Wholly or Partially Manufac tured for Use in Manufactures and Me chanic Arts In 1900, $88,433,549; in 1 90 1, $79,080,716. Articles Manufactured ready for Con sumption In 1900, $i28,9co,597; in 1901. $130,662,003. Articles of Voluntary Use, Luxuries, Etc. In 1900, $111,670,094; in 1001. $120,938,095. The reduction in value of imports oc curs chiefly in raw silk, hides and skins, wool and india rubber, and in most of these the reduced value is partially due to reduction of prices rather than quan tity. Raw silk shows a reduction from $44,549,672 in 1000 to $29,353,777 in 1901, a decrease in value of 34.1 per cent: while the number of pounds shows a de crease from 11.259.310 pounds in 1900 to 9,139.617 pounds in iqoi, a decrease of only 18.8 per cent. In india rubber while the imports of 1001 are only $28. 455..1R.1. against $31,376,867 in 1900, the quantity imported in loot is 55.275.52c pounds, against 49..177.I38 pounds " in 1900. In wool the imprirtations decreas ed from 15.Sp28.455 pounds, valued at $20,260,936 in 1000 to 103.583.505 pounds valued at $12,529,881 in tool." Assassination or Lynching? Acting Secretary Hill dispatched to the Italian Charge here. Count Carig nani, a copy of the report of Governor I.ongino, of Mississippi upon the recent killing of Italians at Erwin. The Governor says that it has no! yet been determined whether the Ital ians were naturalized citizens ol the United States. After receiving news of the outbreak he immediately sent the sheriff of Washington countv, in which county the affair took place, to the spot, and on the rrcond day the Governor went there in person and learned that every endeavor was mak ing to discover and punish the guilty parties. The residents of Washington county, the Governor says, condemn the out rage, and he assures the State Depart ment, and requests that the assurance be communicated to the Italian Gov ernment, that every proper effort is be ing maac to oring tne lynchers to jus tice. A study of the Governor's report makes it appear that after all the ques tion of the nationality of the murdered Italians will not be the principal issu; in the Inquiry. The Governor appar ently leans strongly to the belief that there was no real lynching but that the affair was a simple assassination, and that the men were not killed be cause they were Italians, but as the re sult of a tribal quarrel. Should' this view be sustained by the inquiry now i.i progress, the case at once will lose its international aspect. To Retire In February. Rear-Admiral W. T. Sampron will go on the retired list in February next, when he will be relieved of command of the Boston Navy Y'ard by Rear Admiral M. L. Johnson. In case Rear-Admiral Sampson should like to be unattached, as is Rear-Admiral Schley, in order that he may at tend the session of the court of inquiry he will be immediately detached from his present duty and placed on waiting orders. No intimation has reached the department that Rear-Aflmiral Samp son would like immediate detachment, but the Secretary is disposed to grant a request for relief from his presenti duty in case the officer should submir I Clerks and Their Superiors. I The fact that certain clerks to quari termasters and commissary officers ob jected to accompanying those offireis' when transferred to other stations has induced the acting Secretary of War to issue the following notice to all con cerned: "The Secretary of War consid ers that the interests of the service re quire that employees at large in the de partment must be subject to orders in regard to transfer of station, and a re fusal to obey such orders will be deemed a proper and sufficient reason for dis charge from the service." Consul General Stowe's Plans. The State department has received a message from Consul-Genfral Stowe. at Cape Town, stating that he would leave there for the United States on a steamer sailing August 7. He had in tended to comply with a request of the department to remain until the arrival of his successor, but on learning it was not. likely that he could be relieved until September, he decided to take advan' tage of a reduced rate on a steamer sailing August 7. The Venezuela Asphalt Controversy. Mr. Russell, the United S.ates charge of legation at Caricas, has cabled the State Department that the status of the asphalt cases is practically uncli.ii ire. He says a strong move wiis made bv a local judge to put the Warner-Quinla.i claimants in possession of the asphalt lake, but this judge was superseded, and tbe Berniudcz Company remains in pos session. Capital Newt In ();a:ril. Mr. Rockhill reported to the State De partment that the negotiations in Pekin will close within two weeks with a sig natory protocol by all the powers. The total collections under the War Revenue Act from June 13, 1808, to June 30,1901, were $318,790,501. x George K. Law ton, astronomer of the United States Naval Observatory, died from typhoid fever. Our New Pojsnrjji. The trial of Lieut. Preston Brown, of Second Infantry, charged with murder ing a native near Binangonan, is fin ished. In the course of the proceedings it was proven that the native was killed while trying to escape, and the acquittal of Lieutenant Brown is expected. A civilian named Finnic k has been sentenced at Manila to a ye tr's imprison ment and a fine for receiving supplies stolei. from the commissary d. piripi. nt.- Two artillerymen have been quaran tined at Fort Stotsenberg, Manila, suf fering from bubonic plague. Capt. Harry A. Smith, of the Fif teenth Infantry, has been appointed military governor ol Laguna 'province, Luzon. The establishment of civil gov ernment in this province has been de ferred until next F'ebruary. Army officcis and their families at Manila are agitated over the orders that communications for officers' quarters will be abolished. Colonel Zurbano, with ay officers and 5-18 men, has surrendered to the Ameri cans in Tayabas Province, Luzon. Colonel Sautos, with 40 men and 30 rifles, has surrendered at Ligao, in Albay province. The insurrection in North Carr.ariiKS province is practically endod. PENNSYLVANIA NEWS. The Latest Happenings Olea'oed Proa All Over the State. FARMER KILLED BY AN ' ITALIAN. Dispute Occurred While They Were Riding To gether oa a Wagon la Cambria County Trying to Foil a Kidnapping Plot0lrl Oat of Work Through a Strlkt At Too Many Oreen Apples-Older Liv News. Pensions have been issued as follows: Wm. A. Moffitt, Pittsburg, $6; Charles Engel, Rural Ridge, Allegheny county, $6; George Gordon, Alegheny county, $6; Conrad Gunnerman, Pittsburg, $8; Charles A. Griffin, dead, Beaver coun ty, $12; John Felton, New Castle, $6; John T. Burkholder, Mt. Jewitt. Mc Kean county, $8; James P. Young, Canonsburg, Washington county, $8; Daniel Snow, Pittsburg, $6. Widows Annie C. Casey, Pittsburg. $8; Geo. E. Zeur, father, Pleasantville, Venango county, I12; Sarah Vogus, mother. Boy ers, Butler county, $12; war with Spain, original, John Hroymiak, New Castle, Lawrence county, $6; Oliver E. Corne lius, Allegheny, $6; Wm. H. Simpdon, Mahoningtown, Lawrence county, $10; Nicholas Seitzcnger, Erie county, $8; Adalene Baird, F'nirview, Erie county, $8; Jane Love, Riddles Cross Roads, Butler county, $8; Barbara Zimmcrle, Pittsburg, $8. P. T. Watt, a merchant of Lancaster, who lives just west of Lancaster, several days ago received a letter written in cor rect English and fairly legible, demand ing $300 under a threat of kidnapping one of his children. The letter was mailed from I-ancaster and demanded that the $300 be deposited in the mail box in front of the home of J. R. Foster, which adjoins that of Mr. Watt. Be lieving the threat to be genuine, a letter was deposited in the box as directed and numerous watchers were placed on duty. The writer of the letter or his emissaries did not appear, however. F"urther investigation is in progress. George Shaffer, a farmer of East Tay lor Township, aged 25 years, was shot and killed several miles from Johns town by an Italian. Shaffer, with James T. Stutzman, James Gillin and the Italian, who went by the nickname of Barber, were riding to Shaffer's home on a wagon owned by Shaffer, when a dispute occurred and the Italian got off the wagon and challenged Shaffer to come down if he wanted to fight. Shaf fer did so and the Italian drew a revolv er and shot him. When he fell Shaffer had his revolver in his hand, but had not time to use it. The Italian escaped and officers are searching for him. The resources of Montgomery county, as shown by statistics compiled by Com missioners' Clerk Hitner, are as follows: Number of taxablcs, 39.897; value of real estate, $83,040,305; number of horses, 18.026; value, $945,570; value of occupations, $3,751,325; aggregate amount of county tax assessed, $165,191. The total number of persons liable for military duty is 20.193. Of this number Lower Merion makes the best showing of the townships, with 1494. Chelten ham is second, with 944, and Abington contains 602. Judge William Butler refused the in junction asked for by the heirs of tbe U. S. Painter estate to restrain the Wes tern Union Telegraph Company from running its wires into West Chester amt establishing an office there. The Painter Company nearly half a century ago con structed a line from West Chester to Whitford, where it tapped the Western Union's main line. The business done has been on the partnership plan, but now the Western Union desires to open its own office. The steel strike is blamed indirectly for a death at Connellsville. Margaret Lewis, aged 13, daughter of Mrs. Han nah Lewis, who keeps a restaurant fot the steel workers, has bad no work in tbe restaurant since the strike has been on She spent most of her time in an apple orchard and died from eating green apples. Thomas A. ILall. W. H. Zimmerman. Wm. Rcppard and E. O. Zuem, ex councilnien. convicted of conspiring to defraud the borough of Shamokin, com pleted their sentence oi four months in the county prison and were released They were required, however, to giv $1000 bail 'each for their appearance should the Commonwealth decide to press the bribery charges. Governor Stone reappointed Dr. J. L Forwood, of Chester, a member of the State Quarantine Board. The Govcrn'oi also reappointed the following managri of the Morganza Reform School: Thos Wightman, Pittsburg; Alexander J. P Panticost. Wm. S. McKinley, Flay Walker, Jr., Allegheny; James McClel lan, Morganza: John T. lams, Waynes burg, W. D. Wallace, Newcastle. A fight between girls occurred nt tin Blue Ridge canning factory at Luzerne A number of the girls there are or strike, and they tried to get the othci workers to join them. Blows resulted, but the strikers were outnumbered anc were compelled to retire Thomas Murphy used up most oi hii clothing in three attempts to hang'hiin self in the lock-up at Uniontown, ant the police got tired saving his life and took everything from his cell, leav ing him naked until morning. Cornelius Gorman, of Olyphant, wai instantly killed by falling from the un finished Delaware and Hudson bridgt which spans Eddy creek, near Olyphant Gorman was one of the men employee in building the bridge. Mrs. George Tunis, of Brooklyn, 1 mining settlement near Mahanoy City discovered a burglar in her home. Sb seized hold of him by the coat collai with one hand, and witliMhe othet struck him in the face. The burglai struggled and finally escaped. Owing to the increase in the price o! coal the Steam Heat Company ot Wilkes-Barre announced an increase o1 10 per cent, in the cost of steam heat taking effect in September. A man, aged about 50 years, wai struck by a freight train on the Pennsyl vania Railroad, ne.tr Port Providence and killed, lie has not been identified The directors of the Central Wennsyl vania Telephone and Supply Company, of Williamsport. have decided to con- -solidate with the Bell Telephone Com pany of Harrisburg. After being beaten by highwaymen, James McClune, mail carrier between Colemauville and Martic F'orge, waj robbed of $45. . The large barn on the farm of TheoJ dore B. Woodward,' in Kennett Town-1 ship, was destroyed by fire, emailing t loss of $5000. A cave-in occurred at the Lance CoU liery, Plymouth, which necessitated th suspension of work while repairs are, being made. ( . Lightning struck a schoolhouse lif Lower Pottsgrove and wrecked the walls of the building, but AH not set it on fire.
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