STEEL TRUST'S
TERMSREJECTED.
President Shaffer and His Colleagues
Meet Morfan and Schwab.
PART WITHOUT MAKINQ AGREEMENT.
Steal Battle Beglaa-Amalgamated Associa
tiva Concessions Fall to Alter tht Pantos
f the Corporation-" Will Slick to the
BUter Ead," Says Secretary William--Each
SM Submitted a Proposition.
New York (Special). Another effort
to perfect a permanent truce between
h treat army of steel-workers and the
riut corporation which employs it has
Jailed, and the conflicting sides are as
sharply and widely divided as ever.
The leaders on either side met here
nd after a day of fruitless conference
and discussion parted in a spirit that
ahows no tinge of conciliation. Neither
aide would surrender a position nor
concede a point in the dispute in which
they arc involved, and present indica
tions point to a renewal, with vigor, of
the struggle. The first conference of
the day was between President Shaffer
nd twelve of his associates on the ex
ecutive board of the Amalgamated As
sociation, and a group of officials of the
united States Steel Corporation, head
ed by J. Pierpont Morgan and Presi
dent Charles M. Schwab. At the end
of an hour the conferees parted, having
failed to reach an agreement. The sec
ond conference was participated in only
ty the officials of the Amalgamated As
sociation. The following statement was
given to the press:
"We, the members of the executive
board of the Amalgamated Association
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, con
sidering it incumbent upon us to en
lighten the public, through the press,
with reference to the present relations
between our association and the United
States Steel Corporation, present the
following stastement:
"The officials of the United States
Steel Corporation, instead df resuming
negotiations where they were suspended
at the conference held on July n. 12
nd 13, have withdrawn the proposi
tions made at that time, and are now
offering much less than they agreed to
sign for then. The following is the
proposition which the United States
Steel Corporation gave us as its ulti
matum. It will be observed that the
preamble states simply that the United
States Steel Corporation officials will
advise settlement by the underlined
companies:
"'Preamble, conditions under which
we are willing to advise a settlement oi
.the labor difficulties:
" 'Tinplate Company Should pro
ceed under the contract signed with the
Amalgamated Association as of July
I. 1901.
"'American Steel Hoop Company
Company should sign the scale for all
the mills owned by the American Steel
Hoop Company that were signed lor
last year.
"'American Sheet Steel Company
Company should sign the scale for all
the mills of this company tint were
signed for last year, except the old
Meadow Mill and the Saltsburg Mills ' "
The strikers' proposition:
"We desire to preface our proposi
tion by directing attention to the fact
that it is a modification oi that which
was offered originally. At the last Con
ference, as at those preceding it, wc re
quired the signature oi the scales for all
the mills owned and operated by the
United States Steel Corporation, while
in the proposition given below we ask
that he scales be signed for none hut
those mills which are organise i, a.id
where the men ceasing to v.orU have
signified their desire to l connected
with the Amalgamated Association.
"This modification has been made he
cause the trust officials declared ihat we
wished to force men into the organiza
tion against their will and desire. Wc
therefore asked that the scale be signed
for only those men who desired it."
Now comes the proposition of the
Amalgamated Association:
"We, the memlers of the executive
board of the Amalgamated Association,
hereby present the following proposi
tion as a reply to that received from
the United States Steel Corporation:
"Sheet Mills All mills signed for
last year, wiih the exception of Salts
burg and Scottdale. and with the addi
tion of McKeesport and Wellsville.
"Hoop Mills All mills now known
to be organized, viz: Youngstown,
Girard, Greenville, Pottery Warren,
Lindsay, McCutcheon, Clark, Bar Mill.
Jtlonessen, Mingo, 12-inch, 9-inch and
hoop mills of the Cleveland Rolling
Mill Company.
"Tin Mills All mills except Mones
sen. "Note All other matters of detail to
be left for settlement by conference.
"We furthermore wish to state that
our purpose in coming to New York
was not because we doubted our presi
dent, T. J. Shaffer, and our secretary.
John Williams, who have our confidence
and indorsement, but in the hope of
obtaining a settlement of the strike."
AHEAD IN IKON ANDSTEEL
Halted States la Now Leads All Other Coun
tries lo Production.
Washington (Special). The geologi
cal survey has issued a report on iron
and steel at the close of the nineteenth
century, prepared by James M. Swank,
general manager of the American Iron
and Steel Association. It shows that this
country leads all other countries in the
production of these articles. It puts the
total world's production of pig iron in
loop at about 40,000.000 long tons, of
which the United States made 13,780,242
Ions, or fully 34 per cent. The. total
world's production of steel for 1 000 was
about 26,875,000 tons, of which the, Uni
ted States made 10,187,322 tons, or nearly
38 per cent. The bessemer pig iron pro
duction in 1000 was 7,94.3,45.1 tons.
Saffrage Report Passes.
Montgomery. Ala. (Special). The
Constitutional Convention adopted the
entire report of the committee on suf
frage. The special order for the day was
the reconsideration of the Beddow
amendment to the articles extending the
privilege of suffrage to all foreigners
who have declared their intention of be
coming citizens of the United States. The
convention refused to reconsider. Dele
gate Sanford, of Montgomery, offered an
amendment to record the names of voters
and number the ballots, but it was lost.
Killed His Wile n7 Hi U.
Charleston, S. C. (Special). Private
I-ouis Haggerty. Tenth Unitrd Slates
Artillery, killed his wile and then blew
out his own brains in his quarters at
the government barracks 011 Sullivan's
Island. Jealousy was the cause of the
tragedy. Ilaggerty enlisted from West
Virginia.
Allies l Leave PeUn.
I-otidon (By Cable'). In the House of
Commons Vi.-couut Craubnrnr, Under
Srrretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that
4 f 'he date of the evacuation of Pckin by
the foreign troops had been fixed for Au
Ukt 1$.
HILARY OF THE fvEWS.
tomestlc.
A request lias been made to Indian
Agent Kandlett at Anadorko to sup
press gambling at I.nwton, (). T. There
is much suffering at Reno among those
who failed to draw claims.
At Newport News the new Morgan
Line steamship F.l Siglo was successful
ly launched. Miss Susan S. Usher, sis
ter of Lieutenant Commander Llsher,
U. S. N christened the vessel.
An amicable settlement was made in
Atlantic City by the representatives of
the Green Glass Bottle Manufacturers
and a committee of the Blowers' Union.
Judge Halsey, in Wilkesbarrc. Pa.,
made final the preliminary injunction
restraining the striking machinists from
interfering with the non-unionists.
William Mallory and Zig Jones,
farmers of Tazewell county. Va.. quar
reled after leaving a distillery, and in a
fight Mallory was shot to death.
Miss Albertine Stringfield. a school
teacher of Philadelphia, attempted to
commit suicide by leaping into the
dock.
Private Louis Hager:y, Tenth Ar
tillery, killed his wife ami then himself
at Sullivans Island, S. C.
General Mandcrson, who was to have
been Schley's counsel, found that he
was not able to serve.
A comnanv has been formed to erect
a new hotel at Berkeley Springs. W.
Va.
Darry Golden, aged .'2, of Bridge
port. V. Va.. was killed by a train.
Half a million ddlars in gold arrived
at Seattle from the Klondike.
Rain has fallen in some of the dry
sections in Iowa and Nebraska.
Win. II. Pratt, of West Chester. Pa
is accused of killing his wife as the re
sult of a quarrel over his sale of two
cows to raise money to buy diamonds
for a widow.
The Municipal League in San Fran
cisco is intervening in the dock strike
there with good prospects of bringing
about peace.
K. I.. Leverton, a private in company
D. Twenty-seventh Regiment, at Fort
McPherson, Ga., has been charged with
arson.
All the coke concerns of the United
States Steel Company were consoli
dated, the H. C. Frick Company be
coming paramount.
James Ferguson, son of Charles Fer
guson, of Baltimore, was instantly killed
at Atlantic City l;y a charged telephone
wire.
Twelve hundred industrial insurance
agents in Philadelphia formed a union
for mutual protection.
David Maclay. the oldest man in Fon
tain countv. Pa., is dead, lie was born
in r8o8.
A company has been formed at York
to make waterproof and acidproof cof
fins. George Slade has been made general
manager of the Erie Railroad system.
John Shanabrook was killed at Han
over, Pa., by falling from a girder.
No national banks will be established
at present in Porto Rico.
E. S. Dean was fatally shot at Col
burn. Va., by Sam Mullins.
While playing at hanging in Arkansas
a boy hanged himself. He is uncon
scious. The Governor of the State may
recommend the repeal of the public exe
cution law.
The drouth in rhe southern parts of
Virginia was broken by heavy rains.
Philip Woods, colored, was killed by
lightning near Richmond.
Mrs. Felix Matthais and two of- her
children, living near Howards Lick
Mountain, ate toadstools by mistake for
mushrooms, and died.
The secretary of the International
Longshoreman's Union ordered a strike
to affect the boats of the Anchor Line
at all ports.
More than twenty Princeton students
who failed to pass examinations in June
have been dropped to lower classes.
Foreign.
Governor Tuan, of the Shantung
Province in China, issued a proclama
tion urging the magistrates not to al
low the missionaries to exert any influ
ence in the decision of cases.
The National Miners' Federation of
France proposes a general strike in that
country 'inless its demands are com
plied with.
Owing to the illness of his mother
Emperor William has changed his
plans and will not attend certain fes
tivities. Arctic fishermen brought to Vardoe,
Norway, eight survivors of the explor
ing ships Stroemmare and Famalien.
The British transport Manila landed
600 Boer prisoners on Tuckers Island,
one of the Bermuda Islands.
Commandant Hermanns Meyn, a
cousin of President Steyn, was killed
while fighting at Ficksburg.
The yield of wheat and oats in Eng
land is somewhat below the average.
The governor oi Shantung, China, is
making smokeless powder and arms.
M. Cambon. the French ambassador
to the United States, in an interview in
Paris, eulogized President McKinley
and praised American institutions.
Scnor Pulido, Venezuelan minister of
war, has resigned. An official report
says the revolutionists were again de
feated by the government forces.
The War Office was compelled to call
off its boycott on the London Daily
Mail, which it tried to cut off from news
of the South African War.
Lord Stanley reported in the House
of Commons that the cost of the war in
South Africa from April 1 to August I
was 35,750,000.
Dr. Suering Berson, a German, has
reached a height of 35.500 feet in a bal
loon. The temperature was 40 degrees
below zero.
Martial law has been proclaimed on
the Bermuda islands, where Boer pris
oners of war are confined.
Lord Kitchener reported that the
Boers were shooting British yeomen af
ter their surrender.
A Boer commando, with two guns, has
entered Portuguese territory, encamp
ing at Guanetz.
Financial.
L'lica, N. Y., has sold at auction $165,
coo 4 per cent, city bonds at tooJJ.
It is said nego'iations are again on for
tht purchase of the Evanston Line.
The New York Subtreasury statement
shows that the banks lost $1,241,01-0 last
week.
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company
has declared a 2 per cent, quarterly divi
dend, payable September 3.
The Southern Cotton Oil Company
will increase its capital stock from $2,
000,000 to $11,000,000, in order to extend
its business.
It is said action on the Union Pacific
dividend will be taken this week, and
there will be no increase in the rate.
It in said that owing to rust and heat
the wheat crop of Manitoba Ins been re
duced from 60,000,000 bushels to 147,
000,000 bushels.
A dispatch from Minneapolis says es
timates of Spring wheat yield by eleva
tor men run from 150,000.000 to 210,000,
000 bushels; conditions ideal.
An Iowa Central director says: "There
has licen no offer for our stock by Min
neapolis & St. Louis interests, but there
may have been some deal for the taking
over of our property by Mnineapali St
St. Iui without my knowledge."
FAMILY SAVED
BY WOMAN'S WIT.
Persuaded Her Crazy Hufhand lo Buy
the Coffins.
COMMITTED TO INSANE ASYLUM.
Joseph Ryder, a Retired Shipmaster of
Bangor, Me., Made All Preparations to
Kill His Wilt sod Children, aad So lo
formed the Wlfe-Sb loduced Him to Go
With Her to Pick Out tht Collins.
Bangor, Me. (Special). Joseph Ryder,
of Orrington. a retired shipmaster, in
formed his wife on Wednesday that he
had nicely arranged a burial plot for her
and their son and daughter, and that he
thought it best to forthwith kill all three
of them and buiy them all on the same
day, side by side.
Only the quick wit and bravery of
Mrs. Ryder averted a terrible tragedy, as
the madman had a sharp ax and a r i tie
all in readiness to carry out his awful
purpose.
The Ryders live on the shore of
Sweets Pond, in Orrington, and have al
was been well-to-do and respected. Cap
tain Ryder was a fine, bright man until
the Civil War, when he suffered a ter
rible Hogging, being tied in the rigging
and brutally lashed with the cat-o'ninc-tails
to force from him some information
concerning the movements of vessels.
He came home a wreck, physically and
mentally, but seemed to have recovered,
when a few years ago he suddenly be
came violently insane and attempted to
kill his son. The boy, then about 16
years old, was obliged to leave home and
go to live with neighbors, as the very
sight of him gcaded the father to mad
ness. Two months ago the town authorities
took action for the removal of Captain
Ryder to the insane hospital, but the old
man pleaded so hard to be allowed to
stay at home, where he expected soon to
die. that it was thought best to give him
another chance.
He calmed down greatly and asked his
son to return home, promising never
again to lift a hand against him. For a
time everything went smoothly in the
family, and Captain Ryder seemed to
have regained his mental balance, treat
ing his wife and children with marked
kindness, but two weeks ago it was ob
served that he was again acting strange-
Captain Ryder began to pay frequent
visits to the little family burial plot near
the house, going out early in the morn
ing with spade and pick and working
diligently all day. He made a plot a
foot higher than the rest of the inclos
ure and sodded it neatly.
When he had finished on Wednesday
he went to his wife and made the start
ling announcement:
"Well, Mary. I have got a nice lot all
ready for you. I have stood it as long
as I can. Day after to-morrow I shall
kill the boy and as soon as he is'dead I
shall kill the girl. Then, after you and
I have made them fit for burial, I will
kill you, and I'll have three funerals all
in one day."
Had Mrs. Ryder made the slightest
objection to 'this calmly laid plan for
wholesale murder she would doubtless
have been killed then and there, but
she is a woman of quick wit and strong
nerve, so she immediately agreed with
her lunatic husband that his plan was
a good one, and promised to help him
to carry it out. All that day Ryder
raved around the house, sharpened the
axe and handled the rifle with which he
intended to kill his family. Thursday
he repeated his awful announcement of
death, and Mrs. Ryder said:
"Very well let us go to Bangor and
pick out the coffins. You go and hitch
up the horse, and I will go along with
you."
"That's right," said the madman,
pleased with her ready acquiescence.
"We ought to do this thing well." And
to Bangor they came.
At Bangor Mrs. Ryder managed to
get Ifer husband into doctor's office,
akid there a number of physicians exam
ined him as to his mental condition,
with the result that he was quickly
placed in a cell at the new Eastern
Maine Hospital for the Insane.
DEATH STRIKES PLEASURE PARTY.
Three Vounj People Drowned In Siaepuxent
Bay-Desperate Struggle.
Salisbury, Md. (Special). One of the
saddest drowning accidents of the sea
son occurred at Queponco, on Sinepux
ent Bay. Three prominent young people
lost their lives. They were: Miss Ethel
Lenore Philips, daughter' of Mr. J. Chase
Philips, 3014 Baker street, Walbrook ;
Mr. (i. Gricr Ratcliffe, a prominent law
yer of Salisbury; Miss Jennie White, of
Whitesburg, Worcester county. All of
the IkxIics were recovered.
The three unfortunates had been bath-
j ing wi.1i Mr. S. King White, of Whiton;
Miss Iris Tull. of Marion Station, Son-
erset county, and Miss Abbie White, of
: Powellville, Wicomico county. Thcv
I were at the bathing shore on Mr.
W hue s farm at yueponco.
The drowned ladies, in co'nnany with
Mr. Ratcliffe, became separated from the
other three parties and suddenly found
themselves in a deep hole. The l.idies
became frightened, an J on r.nding them
selves going down, grabled Ratcliffe and
dragged him down with them. 1 I cy
never rose to the surface. Ratcliffe was
naturally a good swimmer, but was un
able to do anything with two frant'c wo
men clinging to him.
Boera Attack a Train.
London (By Cable). A letter from a
soldier in South Africa, dated Nyl
strofxn, Transvaal Colony, July 6, says
the Boers wrecked a train near Naboom
spruit, July 4. One hundred and fifty
Boers attacked the train guard and 28
(jordon Highlanders were killed, 18
wounded and 10 captured. The conduc
tor, engineer and firemen of the train
were subsequently shot.
, Bloodhsuads on His Trail
Shelby. N. C. (Special). Chief of Po
lice Jones was shot and instantly killed
by Jim Lowery, a negro employed at the
South Carolina and Georgia Depot.
Jones, with a warrant charging Ixwery
with selling whiskey without a license,
went to serve it. Lowery ran, firing at
Jones, the bullet taking effect in the lung.
Jones followed and caught him as he
struck u lamppost. In the scuffle I.owery
fired again, the bullet going through
Jones' heart. Four bloodhounds and over
a thousand people are on the negro's
trail.
- Collided la the Night
Ixxkport, N. Y. (Special). A Pan
American special, heavily loaded, and a
regular train collided a -few miles east of
this city on the New York Central.
Thomus Hyland, an engineer, and
George Webb, trainman, were killed, and
a fireman was severely injured. The
regular train was late at Medina, and re
ceived orders to run to Middleport and
await the Pan-American special. When
the train reached Middleport they met
the Buffalo theatre train, which they
thought was the special they were to
puss. The passengers of both train were
thrown into a panic by the shock.
REVOLUTION IN VENEZUELA.
Whole Conntry Ready to Rite Afalnsl Presi
dent Castro.
Willemstad, Island of Curacoa (By
Cable). Dr. Range! Gardiras, at the
head of 5.000 men, has revolted against
President Castro of Venezuela. The in
surgents arc near San Antonio dc
Tachira. on the Colombia frontier.
The Venezuelan Government has sent
10,000 troops to the scene of the tio
rising. The situation is grave. Other
outbreaks are expected. The w hole
country is ready to rise against President
Castro. Constitutional guarnnties have
been suspended and complications with
Colombia are feared.
Washington (Special). The state de
partment received the following telegram
from the American legation nt Caracas.
"Martial law has been d:iarel in
Venezuela by the President of the coun
try, in consequence of the invasion of a
revolutionary force from Colom'ih. It
i. reported that an army of :roo men
will meet the invaders. '
Official Coallrmatlol.
The state department had not called
on the navy department for a ship to go
into Venezuelan waters. In view of the
serious condition of affairs there and the
unsettled condition in the neighboring
republic of Colombia it is not improbable
that an American warship will be sent
to the scene of trouble for the protection
of American interests. If a ship is called
for some difficulty might be experienced
in finding a suitable vessel for the mis
sion. About the only ship available at this
time is the small gunboat Machias, fitting
at the Boston Navy Yard. That vessel,
however, would not be ready to sail for
about two weeks. There is not a single
American warship in southern waters.
In case of extreme urgency one of the
battleships now in course of commission
could be sent.
OOVERNMENT SUES FOR $2,250,000.
Action Began Afalnst Oberlin M. Carter,
His Uncle and His Brother.
New York (Special). The first step
by the. Government looking to the re
covery of a part of the $,250,000 al
leged to have been embezzled by Ober
lin M. Carter, late csptain of the Corps
of Engineers, now serving a sentence
at Leavenworth, Kan., while supervis
ing government work tn the harbor of
Savannah. Ga., was taken when Marion
Erwin, of Georgia, special assistant At
torney General of the United States,
filed bills in the United States Court of
the Southern District of New York
and in the District of New Jersey
against O. M. Carter and Lorenzo D.
Carter, his uncle. Under these bills a
temporary receiver was appointed for
properties in New Y'ork and New Jer
sey. I. Stanton Carter, brother of O.
M. Carter, is also made a party to the
bill.
The bill seeks a decree declaring that
certain property held in New York by
the defendants was purchased with the
funds intrusted to Captain Carter as a
disbursing officer, and by him through
conspiracy with the contractors fraudu
lently converted to his own use.
MOTHER AND CHILDREN HANGED.
Betsie McCray and Her Son and Daughter
Lynched by a Mob.
Carrollton. Miss. (Special). The
murder of Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro cul
minated here in the lynching of Betsie
McCray, her son, Belfield McCray and
daughter, Ida McCray, all colored.
1 he mob was composed of about 500
white citizens of Carroll County, who
marched to the jail in order, demanded
the keys from Jailer Duke, proceeded to
the cells of the untortunatc negroes,
bound them by the neck and hands and
cairied-lhem to the corporate limits of
the town, where they hung them to a
trie by the public roadside and riddled
their bodies with bullets.
The mob resisted the earnest appeals
of Judge W. F. Stephens and Hon. W.
S. Hill, who stood on the steps of the
jail and appealed to the mob in the name
ot law and order. They even followed
tin: mob to the cell door with their arms
around the necks of the leaders, pleading
to let the law take its course, but with
no effect.
ALIVE WITH A PIERCED HEAD.
Remarkable Vitality of a 7-Year-0ld Boy
Shot Through the Head.
Baltimore, Md. (Special). Leading
medical men of Baltimore are watching
with keen interest the case of 7-year-old
Samuel Appleby, who was accidentally
shot through the brain by Miss Ambler
Hallyday, on July 23. while that lady
was firing at a target. "The case of
young Appleby," said his physician, "is
one of the strangest on record. The
boy was shot over the ear. The brain
was pierced in what is' known as the 'si
lent area,' and there is a hole through
his head from ear to ear."
Resident Physician Stick says young
Appleby's recovery depends altogether
upon the question of whether the bullet
which pierced his brain was clean or
not. If it was the boy has a chance of
pulling thromy'i.
Working on Phillips' Books.
Chicago (Special). Attorney Good
win, who is in charge of the George H.
Phillips Company, which temporarily
suspended business on the Board of
Trade, informed Mr. Phillips that over
night developments, in the matter of
disentangling the accounts, indicate that
the firm will be in shape to resume busi
ness in a few days. The firm's loss, ac
cording to Attorney Goodwin, will be
slightly over $200,000.
Mrs. Nation Pardoned.
Topeka, Kan. (Special). Mrs. Car
rie Nation, who is serving a .sentence
in the county jail for joint-smashing,
was pardoned by Governor Stanley.
Site would not at first accept the par
don because the fine and costs were
not remitted, but afterward decided to
do so.
American Professor Arrested.
San Juan, Porto Rico (By Cable).
Professor Riddle, of the San Juan Nor
mal School, who has been sojourning
in South America in the interest of the
United States Fish Commission, has ar
rived here from Venezuela. He tells a
itory of imprisonment. While ascend
ing the Orinoco, accompanied by an as
phalt official, his launch was held up by
a small Venezuelan gunboat, the Gen
eral Hernandez. Those on board were
made prisoners. They were held in cus
tody at Citudad Bolivar for six days,
and were then released.
Cut la Telephone Rates.
Wheeling, W. Va. (Special). The
Bell Telephone Company, upon the ad
vent of the new National Independent
system, announced that hereafter resi
dence telephones (four on a line), will
be rented at $13 a year. This is to be
followed by a cut in the rate for com
mercial 'phones.
Instantly Killed by a Train.
Clarksburg, W. Va. (Special). Dar
ry Golden, aged 24, ten of Jrvm Gold
en, of Bridgeport, was killed instantly
by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train.
Both legs were rut off at the hip.
REAR ADMIRAL
KIMBERLY OUT.
Successor on Board of Inquiry tftf
Yet Named.
CORRESPONDENCE MADE PUBLIC.
It Is Captain Lemly't Desire That When the
Coort Is Closed the Sampson-Schley Con
troversy Shall Have Been Ended With All
the Fact la the Cast Broafht Fully and
Clearly to Pobllc Knowledge.
Washington (Special). The Navy
Department did not announce the suc
cessor to Admiral Kimberly on the
Schley court of inquiry.
The correspondence with Admiral
Kimberly relative to the latter's declina
tion was made public, however. Ad
miral Kimberly's letter is dated West
Newton, Mass., July 29, is addressed ti
Secretary Long, arid is as follows:
Admiral Klraberly't Letter.
Sir I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of rescript of a court of in
quiry which is to convene on September
12 in which I am named as a member. I
regret to have to request that I may be
detached from said duly, owing to dis
ability from a weak heart and its at
tending complications, being under medi
cal treatment for the same.
Much to my mortification this is the
first Department order that I am unable
to honor, during a naval life of 55
years. t
I am, verv respectfully, your obedient
servant, ' L. A. 'KIMBERLY,
Rear Admiral, U. S. N. (ret.)
Department Grants Request.
The reply was forwarded from Wash
ington to-day. It is as follows:
Sir The Department is in receipt of
your letter of July 29, expressing a re
gret on your part nt being obliged to
ask that you may be detached from the
duty of serving upon the court of in
quiry to convene on September 12. The
Department learns with regret that you
are suffering from a weak heart and its
attending complications, for which you
are under medical treatment. Such be
ing the case, the Department is reluc
tantly compelled to grant your request.
Your letter continues: "Much to my
mortification, this is the first Depart
ment order that I am unable to honor
during a naval life of 55 years." Let me
hasten to assure you that there is no
cause for mortification at this incident.
On the contrary, it affords an oppor
tunity of which the Department gladly
avails itself to congratulate you for a
record so loyal to the service. More
over, this record amply justifies the wis
dom of the Secretary of the Navy in as
signing to you the grave and conspicu
ous duty of serving upon the court.
Permit me to express the hope that
your health will continue to improve, so
that in future should a less arduous duty
be required of you, you may be fully
able to respond.
Verv respectfully,
F. W. I1ACKETT.
Acting Secretary.
Schley's Friends D spleated.
The action of the Department in de
clining to modify the language of the
precept so as to eliminate an expression
of opinion regarding Admiral Schley's
"disobedience" is looked upon by his
friends as an unnecessarily harsh act.
They claim that since the whole ques
tion must be threshed out before the
court, a change in the phraseology
would not have injured the case against
the Admiral.
The fact is pointed out that Admiral
Schley never admitted that he had diso
beyed the orders of the Department.
His message, which has been construed
to be such an admission, stated that the
orders could not be obeyed, not that
they had not been obeyed. As a matter
of fact, however, the .refusal to make the
modification in the precept will not af
fect the judgment of the court in any
manner.
Killed Mother and Child. '
Sherburne, Minn. (Special). Freder
ick Yost, a prosperous farmer, shot and
fatally wounded Eliza Kunkle, formerly
his housekeeper. With a second shot he
killed the woman's lo-month-old child.
Stepping into the road. Yost then com
mitted suicide. Yost recently had been
arrested on charges preferred by the
woman.
Plan Olant Terminal Station.
Chicago Special). Plans for a central
railroad station here, estimated to cost
$40,000,000, are being prepared to be sub
mitted at a meeting of railway officials
to be held on August 15. Eighteen '-f
the twenty-two railroad companies with
Chicago terminals have approved the
scheme as drawn by Alderman Dixon
and members of the Council committee
appointed to investigate the question oi
a single terminal believe the plan can
be carried to a successful conclusion.
Kentucky Author Killed.
I exington. Ky. (Social). Geo ee
W. Ranck, one of the best-know liter
ary men of Kentucky, was kille-1 bv a
Louisville and Nashville train here
George W. Ranck was the author of
' History of Lexington. Ky," "(i'rly. the
White Indian," "The Traveling Church."
"The S'ory of Bryan's Sfitior,," and
" 'The Bivouac of the Dead and is
Author." He was born in Louisville.
Ky., February 13. 1841. and wt; edncit
ed in the L'niversity of Kentucky.
Two Men Killed la Pittaburf.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). William
Wilson of Greenpoint, L. I., and Jesse
Wilson of Pittsburg, employed on ths
new Frick building, in course of erec
tion, were instantly killed here. The
accident was caused by the sheering of
a brace, while hoisting a six ton eye
beam. This caused the derrick to give
way and the men were precipitated from
the sixth floor to the second. A large
number of workmen below narrowly es
caped with their lives.
Must Pay Castellans' Debts.
New York (Special). In the United
States Circuit Court, Judge Lacombe
has handed down an order directing
George J. and Helen M. Gould, as re
ceivers of the surplus income of Anna
Gould, Countess de Castcllane, to pay
the instalments of the principal and in
terest past due upon three mortgages on
property of the Castellaues in France.
The property in question is the resi
dence of the Castellaues on the Avenue
du Bois de Boulogne, in Paris, and their
chateau, which was formerly the prop
city of the Duchess des Noaillcs.
Crest Lightning Story.
New Brunswick, N. J. (Special).--It
is said that lightning struck John
Kohlasch'a barn, at Fresh Ponds, set
ting it on fire and stunning his tea-year-old
sou. Mrs. Kohlasch was juit
starting for help when, it is aver re J, a
second flash struck the barn and put
the fire out. Kolasch was coiling
home on the trolley car when a lush
disabled the motor though the fusci and
other parts teemed all right. Then, it
is alleged, while the niotorman was
trying to locate the trouble, there was
another ft a v It and the motors nt.rttd
working all right.
LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
New Postal Order Will Be Obeyed.
Reform in the handling and carrying
of second class mail matter, as contem
plated in the recent orders of the Post
master General, promises to meet all ex
pectations. So far as can be learned
those who have been illegally enjoying
the one cent a pound rate are preparing
to submit to the new order without pro
test. Reasonable time will be allowed
publishers of such periodicals and books
as are excluded under the recent order
to comply with the regulations, the pur
pose being not to work any undue hard
ship by immedately cutting them out of
the second class mail.
There was a disposition on the part of
some of the firms that will suffer most
under a strict enforcement of the law
to contest the new regulations in court.
It is gratifying to the postoffice officials
to learn that where these firms hae con
sulted the best legal authority they have
been advised to abandon their purpose to
enter suit, as an examination of the law
shows they would have no case. This ad
vice was given to one of the largest
firms, whose books will be excluded un
der the new regulation, by one of the best
lawyers in the United States. In order
that there may be no harsh enforcement
r-f the new regulations. Third Assistant
Postmaster General Madden has issued
instructions to postmasters rclali'.'i to
their application.
Nation's Oreat Stock of Gold.
United States Treasurer Roberts has
announced that the stock of gold held by
the U'nited States has again exceeded
all records. The amount of the yellow
metal in the vaults is $504,354,297, or
considerably over a half a billion. The
increase in the holdings of gold since
July 1, 1900, has been over $80,000,000.
On the latter date the stock held in this
country was $423,577,071.
None of the other great nations of the
world has as much gold as is held by
the United States. On July 25 there was
hold by the Bank of France $478,258,230.
Russia comes next with a stock of $345.
408,144. Great Britain lags behind in
the matter of gold holdings, as the Bank
of England on July 25 only held $183.
350.681 worth of thennetal.
The experts in the Treasury are simp
ly dazed by the continued large receipt,
especially irom internal revenue. It was
estimated at the beginning of the fiscal
year that there would lie a decrease of
at least $3,500,000 in the receipts per
month, owing to the reduction of the
war revenue tax. It was expected that
the deficit for this month would amount
to that much if not more. The deficit
is less than $1,500,000.
The total receipts from all sources for
July have been $49,340,129.91. For a
corresponding period last year the total
receipts were $47,902,018.71. Of these
receipts $27,302,939.87 are from internal
revenue sources, an increase of about
$700,000 over the corresponding period
last year, when the internal revenue re
ceipts were $26,609,175.67. The customs
receipts are also keeping up, being $10.
921.842.36 this year, compared with $19,
005,708.22 for the same period last year.
Durkee Claim Attacked.
The Secretary of the Treasury ."ml lie
Treasurer of the United Statei tiled with
the clerk of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia their answer to the
petition for an accounting in connection
with the well-known Durkee claim
against the Government for V'j.ooo.coo
and interest.
These officials insert in their replies
that the claim is "wholly imaginary,
false, fictitious and L-ir.dr.lcnt an.l with
out foundation in law or in fact." They
assert that the records of the Treasury
Department faill to disclose any basis
for the claim.
To Observe Earth and Air.
The United States has been invited
by the Government of Germany, in pur
suance of the action of the international
congress of geographers held at Berlin,
to co-operate innieteorologica'and n-ag
netic observations south of parallel 30,
south latitude, during the coming South
Pole expedition which Germany is about
to undertake.
The invitation has been turned over to
the Navy Department, and the hydro
graphic office of that department prob
ably will arrange to co-operate in mete
orological observations.
Cotton Goods Sold to Cuba.
A comparative statement of the im
ports of cotton goods into Cuba during
the calendar years 1899 and 1900 has
been prepared for publication in the Di
vision of Insular Affairs of the War De
partment. The statement shows ' that cotton
goods to the value of I6.079.757 were
imported during 1900. as against $6,
25.057 during 1899. The statement als:
shows that tne United Kingdom sent to
Cuba in touo $2,965,307 worth of cotton
goods, an increase over 1899 of $773,282
In 1899 Cuba took from the United
States $1,337,741 worth, while in 1900
she took only $420,142 worth. In 1899
Germany's cotton trade was $162,515.
and in 1000 $34'.53: Fn nce's, $403,490
in i8t and $651,973 in iooo; Spain's,
I2.126.712 in 1899 and $1,605,745 in 1000.
New Ambasiador for Italy.
In response to an inquiry from the
Italian Government the Stale Depart
ment has announced that it will receive
with pleasure as Ambassador from Italy
to the United States K. Mayor Des
Plantes, at present Italian Minister to
Servia and a diplomat of long experi
ence. Senor Malaspini, the Italian Min
ister to Buenos Ayres, who was original
ly selected to succeed Baron Fava at
Washington, will go elsewhere.
Dr. Rail's Widow Wants Damages.
Mrs. Rita L. dc Ruiz, widow of the
American dentist who was killed by the
Spanish authorities in Cuba just before
the outbreak of the Spanish War, to-day
filed before the Spanish Claims Commis
sion a claim for $75,000 damages by rea
son of her husband's death.
Capital News la Oeneral.
Major Charles A. Doyen, marine of
ficer of the North Atlantic Squadron,
has been found guilty of a breach of
discipline and sentenced to lose two
numbers.
General Wcod believes that the fu
ture of Cuba is very promising.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Hack
ett replied to Admiral Schley's Irtte-.
declining to modify the paragraph in the
precept charging him with disobedience
of orders, but agreeing to submit his
letter on the subject to the court of in
quiry. Our Netr Possessions.
The Manila Civil Commission lias
chartered a steamer for a trip among
the northern islaiuli in the interest of
the establishment of civil government.
The journey will begin in about ten
days.
Congressman Shafroth, of Colorado,
who has been closely investigating the
question of public hinds in the Philip
pines, urges the commission to tukc
steps to establish a homestead law al
lowing anv person doing work to the
value of $100 on government land to
occupy 4 certain are of it. He also
urges a similar arrangement i:h refer
ence lo mining clauijs.
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS.
The Latent Happenings Gleaned From
All Over tbe Stale.
CHURCH A PREY TO INCENDIARIES.
Methodist Hoase ol Worship la Clearfield
County Set on Fire at Several Different
Places-High Schools la Townsblps-To Take
Land for School-Two Mea Lost la a Mlae
Race Discrimination Suit-Other News.
The following pensions were granted
Pennsylvanians: George Barr, Wash
ington, $6; Thomas Lloyd, Pottsville,
$8; Charles A. Kershner, Pottsville,
$8; John W. James, Altoona, $6; John
Wesley Barker, New Haven, $6; Chas.
R. Htidgins, Harisburg. $12; Seneca L.
Arnold, Towanda, $17; Cornelius D.
Houtz, Lemont, $8; Edward Pentz,
State Soldiers' Home, Erie, $12 Glenn
W. Christy, North Hope, $6; Caroline
E. Allen. Waynesburg, $12; Phebe Kel
lev, Crofut, $12; Catherine Rung,
Mendville, $8.
Henry White, Pottsville, $6; las. K.
Bicscclicr, Glcssner, $6; John Mitchell,
Rochester. $8; George M. Smith, Kel
lersburg. $17; Jacob N. Thompson, Ma-
honing, $17; Reese Hopkins, Pittsburg,
$8; Henry F. Wagoner, Carlisle, $8;
David E. Rishell. Pittsville, $10; Jacob
M. Zimmerman, Hollidaysburg, $10;
John A. Davidson. Tyrone, $10; Liber
ty Estcs, Arbucklc, $17; Annie W.
White, Braddock, $8: Fannie B. Pitts,
Mansfield, $8; Bridget Lanagan, Erie,
$8; Margaret Malloy, Monongahela,
$12.
Dr. W. C. Schaeffcr, Superintendent
of Public Instruction, has sent to all the
township school boards of the State 1
circular embodying the new law appro
priating $50,000 to township high schools
In it he says: "In addition to its share
of this special appropriation, a town
ship establishing and maintaining a higl
school is also entitled to upward of $5f
for every teacher regularly employed foi
the year in said high school. A high
school can lie started in any ordinarj
school room. The most difficult thing
to secure is an instructor of the requi
site scholarship and teaching ability
Graduates of the elementary course in
our Normal Schools do not possess the
scholarship required by law. Most ol
those who have completed the three
years' course or the scientific course, ot
who have received the permanent certifi
cate on the basis of graduation from
college, possess the certificate required by
the act of 1895. A provisional certifi
cate covering the branches not enumer
ated on the permanent or Normal school
certificate, will entitle the holder to be
employed as the teacher whose scholar
ship is specified by the act of 1895. The
requirements should not be made ton
rigid at first. If you desire me to assist
you in any way in the establishment of
any township high school, I shall be glad
to render any assistance in my power.
I am aware that we cannot move faster
than public opinion, and ant anxious on
the one hand to establish township high
schools where they are likely to succeed,
and on the other hand to avoid making
the experiment in townships where a
high school cannot succeed. No violent
or sudden changes in the course of study
are recommended for high schools now
in successful operation."
The Methodist Episcopal Church at
Munson Station, twenty-five miles east
of Clearfield was destroyed by fire. The
fire is lxdieved to have been the work
of incendiaries. Those who arrived at
the burning church first detected an odor
of kerosene, and it was evident that the
torch had been applied at several differ
ent points. At one place a foundation
stone had been removed directly under
the frame work, which ,was found ablaze.
Several men succeeded in saving the
organ. Extensive repairs on the church
had just been completed.
Arthur Seymour, a young colored man,
entered complaint against John B. Peo
ples, manager of a roof garden in Lan
caster, charging hiin with violating an
act of . Assembly of May 9, 1887, which
makes it a mjsdcmeanor for proprietors
of public places to refuse service to any
one 011 account of color or race. Peo
ples gave hail for a hearing.
Charters were issued at the State De
partment as follows: The Star Street
Railway Company, Mechanicsburg, Cum
berland County. The line is three miles
long lo Bowniansdale and the capital is
$18,000. South Bethlehem and Center
Valley Street Railway Company, six
miles long, to run from South Bethlehem
to Soudersville, to Colesvillc, to Fried
ensville, to Center Valley and return.
Capital, $23,000.
The School Board of Nether Provi
dence has awarded the contract for a
new $12,000 school building. The site
has been selected, but the owner of the
land refuses to sell at the school hoard's
figures. The board intends to take the
land under the provisions of an act of
Assembly, and allow the courts to decide
the question of the price.
Three blooded heifers strayed fro n
the farm of David A. Verne-, in Uu
per Providence township, several weeks
ago and diligent search failed to reveal
their whereabouts. Their carcasses
were found in an unoccupied house on
the farm of Samuel Morrow, two miles
from Verner's place. There was a heavy
storm just aiter the heifers were miss
ed, and it is supposed that they sought
thelter in the building and being unable
to get out died of thirst and hunger.
Alfred Jones and Frederick Heizc
man were shut off in a gangway at
Burnside Colliery by a fall of rock. Not
being familiar with the various passage
ways they lost their way after climbing
into an abandoned breast. From there
they walked along various gangways
and openings until tleyv had covered
fully fifteen miles. They grew exhaust
ed toward morning and feared they
would starve to death. As they had
about given up all hope of being found
a rescuing party appeared and took
&"n to the surface.
II. C. Seivert, a butcher, of Mahar.oy
City, was returning from a drive
through Quakake Valley and as he
neared Vulcan Hill the horse became
frightened and dashed down the hill.
On crossing a railroad track Seivert
was thrown into the road on his head
and his skull was fractured. Mrs. Mi
chael Leary, who happened to be cross
ing the street, was knocked down and
dragged a considerable distance, sus
taining cuts and bruises.
The Springfield Water Company has
begun proceedings to condemn the
water of Cruin and Ridley creek for
use in its. business. .
The Bureau of Mines has decided to
have the nliiiing laws of the anthracite,
district translated into Swedish, Ger
man, Hungarian, Polish, Austrian, Slav-"
ish, Lithuanian and Italian.
Win. II. Swartz, ait engineer on the
Wyoming division of the Erie Railroad,
was run over near Gypsy Grove Col
liery and killed by the locomotive of
which he had been in charge.
Michael Larkin, an iutnatc of the1
county.' almshouse, Pottsville, was ar
rested.' cliarK'd with stealing $50 front
the trunk of- one ol the officials uf tht)
iintuution.