SULTAN GRANTS
FRENCH DEMANDS.
Imperial Irade Issued la Constantinople
Concedes Everything
ASKED BY AMBASSADOR CONSTANS.
WL Dekisss, the French Minister of Forelf
Affairs, Wlas the Dlttlaclloa of Gaining
Diplomatic Victory Over Abdul Hamld
Secoid Oaly to That by Secretary of
State Hay.
Constantinople (By Cable). The
Quays Company question has been set
tied, as expected, in accordance with
the desires of France.
An imperial irade has been issued or
dering that the company shall be al
lowed to txerci.se freely all the rights
granted by the concession.
Paris ( By Cable). The official com
munique announcing the granting of the
French demands is as follows:
"In consequpence of the declaration
made to the Porte by the French Am
bassador that he acts under instructions
from the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
a imperial irade has been issued de
claring that no obstacle shall be op
posed to the free exercise by the Quay
Company of the rights resulting from
their concession.
The Foreign Office officials do not
conceal their delight at the settlement
of the Turkish difficulty. During the
Jast few days it was evident that some
anxiety was felt lest the affair mar the
festivities on the occasion of the Czar's
Visit.
M. Constans' dispatch was very brief,
but it leaves no doubt that the Sultan
has yielded all that was wanted in the
matter of the Quays by issuing an irade
recognizing the fuil rights claimed by
the French company.
MURDERER TIED TO A BOARD.
Harrowing Scene at the Hanging of Charles
Nordstrom.
Seattle. Wash. (Special). Charles W.
Nordstrom was hanged here for the
murder, November 27, 1891, of William
Mason, alter a dispute over wages.
Nordstrom wept continually. It re
quired the utmost efforts of four nien
to keep him on his feet.
Finally Sheriff Cudihee ordered that
a board be brought. To this Nord- I
Strom was tied. It required six men to j
hold him for the operation. Several I
tunes fsordstrom seemed to speak, but
Jiis words were unintelligible. The six
men who had held him raised his b:dy
on the board and with great effort suc
ceeded in getting him upon the scaffold.
There be was placed upright while four
men stood on the tour sides of the trap
and held him.
DENMARK WILL SELL ISLANDS.
The Government, However, Thinks the Price '
Rather Too Small. 1
Copenhagen I By Cable). A promi- j
aent politician, in the counsels of the j
ministry, says that the sale of the Dan- '
ish West Indies, it was confidcnily ex- j
liected, would be consummated before ,'
the close of the present year.
The King and the new Cabinet h;.ve
koth concluded that it is absolut-l j
necessary for Denmark to dispose of the 1
islands, and a majority of the Rigsdag j
Tavors the sale, as does also the public. I
The only dissatisfaction, the correspond- j
ent s inlormant further said, arises in
connection with the price, $.1,750,000,
being considered too small. However,
the final approval of the Rigsdag is be
lieved to be assured, and it is expected
that legislative ratification will be given
in Washington in December.
TEXAS DROL'OHT DISASTROUS
Loss in Cotton Alone Will Be Fully
, $60,000,000.
Martin, Texas (Special). Not in
many years has there been in Texas
such a season of fierce heat and blister
ing drought. Day after day, week after
week, and month after month, the sun
has blazed down on a baked and sizzling
landscape. A temperature of 101 de
grees in the shade is so common that
it attracts no attention whatever. The
effect of the heat and drought has been
disastrous. Cotton, the mainstav and
hope of Texas, will make only half a
crop. Corn will not do any better, if
as well. Cattle pastures are brown and
barren. In cotton alone the loss to
Texas will be fully $60,000,000.
Wanted to Die Together.
Denver, Col. (Special). Beulah Lamb
and Letla Law. of Canon City, yet in
their teens, drank carbolic acid with sui
cidal intent owing to an infatuation for
each other. Their cries after the poison
took effect aroused passers-by and help I
came. Miss Law will die, while the fate I
of the other is in doubt. Letters on the
bureau told the story. Both girls had
been reading novels of the sentimental
order and had expressed the greatest ad- j
miration for each other, .often declaring '
that if they could not live together they !
would pass into the spirit land together. !
School Teacher Killed by Lightning.
Clarksburg. Va. ( Spe.-ial ). E. C.
Nutter, of Glen Falls, a school teacher,
who had been attending county exami- '
nation, was killed by lightning two miles '
from the city on his way home. Charles
Reed, his companion, was faially injured, t
J tiey naa taken reluge under a tree.
Cuban Bandit Killed.
Havana (Special). Lino Lima, the
notorious bandit, for whose cauture.
dead or alive, the military government !
ottered a reward of $1000. has been
lulled at Macuriies (Corral Fatso), in
the province of Ma'.anzas. The police
assisted the rural guards and four other
bandits were captured at the same time.
The body of Lima will be photographed
for the purpose of identification.
An Eagine Wrecks Factory.
Janesville, Wis. (Special). A North
western locomotive and box car plung
ed through the Janesville canning fac
tory plant. The building was of brick,
just finished at a cost of $150,000. It is
now in ruins. The engine struck the
"big water tank, which fell lengthwise of
the building and crushed it. Thirty
million tin cans were smashed and all
the costly special machinery and en
gines and boilers were crushed. The
Joss will reach over $100,000. The plant
mas just finished. No one was injured.
IL M. Flagler Weds Again.
Raleigh, N. C. (Special ). The mar
riage of Mr. Henry M. Flagler, thr
Florida millionaire and Standard Oil
magnate, to Miss Mary Lily Kenan
took place at the old homestead of the
bride's parent in Kenansvillc. It was
a very quiet and simple marriage, wit
nessed only by relatives and a few in
vited friends. It is learned that the gift
of the croom to the bride was a check
for $1,000,000 and $3,000,000 in govern
ment bonds. Mr. and Mrs, Flagler leit
sin the groom's private car for Mama
oneck, N. V.. where he has a palatial
unimtr residence.
SLMMARV OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.
At Cleveland the coroner's jury held
the city of Cleveland, the sulcontractors
and the chief engineer responsible for the
disaster at the crib to days ago, in which
a dozen lives were lost.
A baby waif was found by a newsboy
in a swamp near Perth Amboy, N. J.,
nearly tortured to death by mosquitoes.
The infant's face was terribly disfigured
bv the bites of the insects.
"Col. and Mrs. C. C. Post, a'ias Helen
Williams, and Charles F. Bnrgman, men
tal scientists, have been arested in Flori
da, charged with using the mails for
fraudulent purposes.
Owing to the sunrcttlcd condition of
the Kuropean ntaet, the National Plate
tilass Jobbc ' Association has made a
cut of 2 per cent, on glaring quality
plate itiass.
Benjamin Finn, alias "Diamond Dick."
was arrested in Philadelphia on the
charge of robbing Abe Brophy, a jockey,
of Washington.
P. T. oodfin. governor of the Na
tional Soldiers' Home, at Hampton. Va.,
died of Blight's disease, after an illness
of some duration.
At Cripple Creek. Col., the coroner's
jury decided that the killing of Sam
Strong, the millionaire, was without pre
meditation. The British steamer King, just arrived
n New York, ran into a waterspout near
Fire Island lightship.
A cloudburst near Montvalr, Va.. caus
ed much damage on the Norfolk and
Western Railroad.
Lloyd Mnwbry. a farmer, was drown
ed in Cedar Creek, near Marlboro, Va.
A third victim in Havana has suc
cumbed to the bite of a mosquito infect
ed with yellow fever.
It is said that Charles M. Hays, of the
Southern Pacific, will go with J. P. Mor
gan. The National Bar Association, in ses
sion at Denver. Col., would not admit
women as members because of lack of
authority given by the constitution.
Congressman Littleficld, of Maine, de
livered the annual address.
The Governor of Mississippi has is
sued a statement declaring that he ex
amined the State Treasury and found a
shortage of $16.2.6.21; five days later he
made another examination and the
books and cash balanced.
Sheriff North, of Asheville. Ala., and
his deputies tired upon a mob that tried
to take from the courthouse a negro
convicted of rape and sentenced to be
hanged. Two men and a boy were
wounded. .
An aeronaut fell 300 feet and escaped
with only slight iujuries. He fell in a
New Jersey marsh, and the mosquitoes
hurt him more than his fall.
The Stale oi Montana will sell 3.000.
000 acres of public land in September,
the minimum price being fixed at $10
per acre.
The National Association of News
dealers, Booksellers and Stationers de
cided to open a clearing house in New
York.
Five marines and one sailor escaped
from the Brooklyn navy yard prison.
The Mutual Mercantile Agency of
New York went into the hands of a re
ceiver. Robert- Magruder. president,
said that the liabilities would not great
ly exceed $.200,000. The company has
no cash assets.
Critchctt. Sibley & Co., of Boston,
shoe manufacturers, assigned. A. Cut
ter Sibley, of the firm, was found dead
in bed at Belfast. Me., and is said to
have killed himself.
By a collapse of a burning oil tank at
the Atlantic Refining Company's plant,
near Philadelphia, about too persons
were more or less severely, but none
fatally, burned.
Foreign.
The Sultan of Turkey has settled the
Quays Company question in accordance
with the demands of the French Govern
ment. In vew of the coming visit of the
Czar, the French officials are delighted
over the early settlement of the difficulty.
Severe electrical storms have occurred
throughout Southern France and Spain,
and at Vigo, Spain, a church was struck
by lightning and one person killed and
several injured.
The German steamer Lilian, from Me
re I for Stettin, sank, and eight of the
crew were drowned.
The King of Denmark and the new
Cabinet have decided to sell the Danish
West Indian Islands.
King Edward used a somber-looking
automobile in his outings around Hum
burg. Prof. Edward Siicss, the noted politi
cal philosopher, in a survey of interna
tional relations, warns Europe of the
American trusts, and urges a move
ment of the central European states
against them.
Brussels newspapers report, in a dis
patch from Copenhagen, that the Czar
will broach to Emperor William and
President Loubct intervention in South
African troubles.
The Chinese Peace. Commissioners
still delay signing the settlement proto
col, and the Emperor, it appears, with
holds permission to sign.
Turkey has proclaimed martial law in
the Sas-air.is district in consequence of
alleged Albanian plots.
M. Constans. French ambassador to
Turkey, has leit Constantinople be
cause he claims the Sultan violated his
promi-e relative to the purchase of
quays and disputed claims.
Rear Admiral Cromwell, in command
of the American European squadron,
called upon Admiral Seymour at Ports
mouth. The International Law Association,
in session at Glasgow, discussed uni
form insurance laws.
The Colombian gunboat La Popa,
cliich struck a rock a week ago, sank
near Savanilla.
Emperor William will present to King
Edward of England a magnificent
epergne.
L'nited Slates Minister Conger has
arrived at Pekin, China.
A gale in the West Indies wrecked
many small craft.
Financial
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
directors have declared a quarterly divi
dend of 1)4 per cent, on the common
stock.
It is reported that a New York Bank
ing house has completed arrangements
to tloat $8,000,000 of Russian Govern
ment bonds in Europe.
In order to finance its purchase of the
Ohio River, Cleveland. Loraine & Wheel
ing, Pittsburg & Western and smaller
properties, it is said the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company will probably
issue $.25,000,000 new stock.
It is said the net receipts of the Phila
delphia Electric Company for the six
months ending June .to shows an increase
of about $50,000 to $00,000.
The United States Glass Company has
declared a 4 P(,r cent, dividend on the
preferred stock. At the annual meeting
the directors were re-elected.
The directors of the Chicago, Burling
ton Hi (Juincy Railroad Company declar
ed the regular quarterly dividend of
per cent., payable September 25.
It is said the consolidation of the bi
tuminous coal fields of Virginia and
West Virginia will be completed next
month. The capital stock is to be be
tween $50,000,000 and $00,000,000.
ANOTHER PLAN TO
SETTLE STRIKE.
Repots ol an Effort to End (he Con
fllct With the Trust.
NOTHINO LOOK I NO TO ARBITRATION.
Conciliatory Committee to Present Certain
Propositions of the Amalgamated Assocl
atlon to the Steel Corporation The Pro
posits Said to Contain Concessions by the
Strikers Direct Negotiations.
Pittsburg, Pa. ( Special). In further
ance of the "peace program, which is
said to have been in the course of prepa
ration for several days, it is now given
out by one on the inside, and one who
should know, that the Amalgamated ex
ecutives have consented to have certain
propositions made to the officials of the
United States Steel Corporation through
members of the concilintory committee
of the National Civic Federation, which
proposals are expected to bring about a
settlement of the great strike. Those in
terested in the matter are waiting for
word to proceed with the program as
outlined at the conference of Amalga
ma'ed executives and the concilatory
committee of the Civil Federation. The
propositions, which are to be taken to
New York carry certain concesions by
the Amalgamated officials which it is
hoped will pave the way for the reopen
ing of direct negotiations between the
association and the company.
' The proposition carries the terms un
der which President Shaffer and his ad
visors stand willing to settle. What
these terms are and the mode of their
presentation are carefully guarded se
crets. There is alone the implication that
they contain concessions of such import
ance that those in interest expect the
corporation to drop its adverse attitude
and reopen negotiations.
The proposal contains nothing looking
to arbitration. This mode of settlement
was waived on the advice of the Civic
Federation men.
While the conferees were discussing
peace plans the Amalgamated men were
shown the impracticability of sympa
thetic strikes by the miners and other
organized men affiliated with the Ameri
can Federation of Labor.
SENOK VICUNA IS DEAD.
Chile's Mlo ster to Washington Expires In
Buffalo.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). Senor Don
Carlos Morla Vicuna, Chilean minister
to the United States, died in this city
after a protracted illness of pneumonia
and complications.
Owing to his being the diplomatic
representative of Chile to the United
States the government will show every
consideration of respect and honor to
the deceased. Besides being minister
from Chile he was commissioner to the
Buffalo Exposition and lately a dele
gate on the Chilean Claims Commis
sion. . ,
WORK ON WARSHIP STOPPED.
Strike Delays the Completion of Several
Big Vessels.
San Francisco (Special). Work on
many vessels for the army and navy is
being delayed because of labor troubles
in San Francisco. The Union Iron
Works has contracts for six warships
and two sub-marine torpedo boats. The
most important of these is the battleship
Ohio. The moment she took the water
work was ceased on her. Moored close
beside the Ohio is the monitor Wyoming.
She was launched last September and is
not yet completed. The torpedo boat de
stroyers Preble, Perry and Paul Jones
also are at the Union Iron Works.
BOER LAAQER SURPRISED.
TweotyTbree Men Killed by South African
Constabulary.
London (By Cable). Lord Kitchener,
in a despatch from Pretoria, dated to
day, says that a party of South African
constabulary yesterday surprised a strong
1. - 1 'HI- tilt s
uifci iu.ikci, near juiuuieuurg, iape
! Colony, killing twenty-three men.
j The constabulary numbered 150 men,
I but owing to the strength of the enemy
j (boo to 800 men), they were unable to
j follow up their success, and during their
j retirement they lost one man killed and
1. . J . . 1 t r-
nau sixiy men wounueu. rourteen men
are missing.
CAUGHT, HANGED AND BURNED.
Mrs, Caldwell's Murderer Falls Into
the
. Hands ol a Texas Mob.
Dallas. Texas (Special). A dispatch
received from Whitesboro, Texas, is to
the effect that the negro, Abe Wilder,
charged with the murder of Airs. Cald
well, the wife of a Grayson county farm
er, at her home on Saturday last, was
raptured by a mob and burned at Nel
son's ranch, two and a half miles east
of Ren Ranch. The mob was composed
of 300 men.
Forsakes All for Leper.
St. Louis (Special). Dr. Louis
Knapp. aged 40 years, a practicing physi
cian of this city, has forever separated
himself from his wife and four children
and will become isolated from the world
to nurse Dong Gong, a Chinese leper,
who was found here two weeks ago. The
Doctor is a graduate of a Detroit medical
college. Dr. Knapp and his patent will
live in a three-room frame house now
being built by the city authorities at
quarantine until necessity for his service
shall have ended. Dr. Knapp will take
his library to quarantine and devote the
greater part of his time to the study of
leprosy.
Robbers Qet Stamp Collection.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). W. K. Hall,
a visiting Philatelist from Pctersboro,
Ont., who is here attending the Phila
telist Convention, has be-en robbed of
$6000 worth of rare and valuable stamps.
Minister Wilson lo Retire.
Santiago de Chili (By Cable). The
papers here announce that the United
States Minister to Chili, Henry Li Wil
son, will soon retire and devote his
time to commerce, representing several
American firms.
Suicide of Postmaster.
Washington (Special). The Postof
fice Department was notified by In
spector Vickcry, at Cincinnati, of the
suicide of Postmaster Wm. Price,- of
Baltimore. Ohio. He had been found
short in his money order accounts.
Oea. Wood's Health Has Improved.
Vineyard Haven, Mass. (Special).
Governor of Cuba, Gen. Leonard F.
Wood, arrived here on board the Unit
ed States yacht Kanawha from an ex
tended trip to Kastport and other Maine
ports. General Wood's health has
been greatly improved during the few
weeks he has been on board the yacht.
Mrs. Susan Field Dead.
Oakland, Cal. (Special ). Mrs. Su
san Field, widow of Stephen J Field,
of the United States Supreme Court,
died here at the home of her s:ster, Mra.
George F. Whitney, I
ANOTHER DISASTER AT CLEVELAND.
Eiploslon ol Oat Wrecked tbt Shaft tod Ltt
In Tott of Wtter.
Cleveland, Ohio (Special). As the
result of an explosion of gas in the new
water-works tunnel, under Lake Erie,
five more lives were added to the already
long list of casualties recorded since
work first began on the great artificial
waterway.
Crib No. 3, five miles from shore, and
two miles beyond Crib No. a, where
nearly a dozen lives were lost a week
ago, was the scene of the latest accident.
The work of sinking the big in-take shaft
at this point was completed yesterday
and five workmen were engaged in dig
ging a tunnel in the direction of No. 2
crib when the fatal explosion occurred.
The heavy easting of the shaft was
shattered by the terrific force of the ex
plosion, and the immense volume of wa
ter from the lake rushed in upon the un
fortunate workmen at the bottom. Two
men who were at work on staging at the
top of the shaft were blown high into
the air, hut alighted on the crib, and be
yond being stunned, were not seriously
injured.
TENTS TORN BV HIGH WIND.
New Town In Oklahoma Swept by a Storm
Two Killed.
Anadarko, Okla. (Special). Two per
sons were killed, two seriously and a
number slightly injured in a heavy wind
and rainstorm which visited this place.
Twenty buildings were almost wrecked,
hundreds of tents (occupied by home
steaders) were torn to pieces and great
quantities of tnerchanidse was strewn
far and wide over the prairie.
Anadarko is one of the three towns
which sprang up after the opening re
cently by lottery of the Kowa-Coman-chc
Indian reservation. After the draw
til had been concluded thousands of
homesteaders, many of whom failed to
win in the drawing, rushed thither and
purchased town lots which were being
auctioned off by the government. In
less than 30 days the town had reached
over 6000 in population.
When the storm came 20 of the half
finised houses were torn to pieces. Fly
ing timbers caused the fatalities noted,
while the wind swept the tents into a
conglomerate mass and the rain soaked
thousands of dollars worth of merchan
dise. 200,000 BARRELS OF OIL DESTROYED.
Tbe Fire at Point Breeit Burns Itself Out
About ISO Persons Injured.
Philadelphia (Special). The fire
which started at the Atlantic Refining
Company, at Point Breeze, on the
Schuylkill river front, in the southwest
ern section of the city, has burned itself
out. Vice-President Lloyd, of the com
pany, estimated the loss at about $500.
000. Fourteen tanks, containing about
200.000 barrels of oil, were destroyed.
It was definitely learned that the two
employees of the company said to have
lost their lives in the first explosion are
safe. Tilt's reduces the death list to the
three firemen previously named. About
150 persons, including firemen, employ
ees and spectators, were burned more or
less severely during the progress of the
fire.
THE CZAR AND THE BOERS.
Russian Report That Nicholas Is About to
Propose Intervention.
Brussels (By Cable). The Indepen
dence Beige prints a despatch from Co
penhagen, which says:
"It is currently reported in Russian
circles that the Czar has decided to
broach South African intervention to
Emperor William and President Loubet.
He considers the time opportune for
friendly mediation."
The paper adds under reserve that the
Czar during his stay in F'rance will re
ceive Mr. Kruger in private audience and
obtain from him a direct statement of
the Boer position with the view of for
mulating a plan for action.
HEAD-ON COLLISION.
Fatal Result of an Accident . on the Chicago,
and Alton Railroad.
Jacksonvlle, 111. (Special). In a head
on collision between the Chicago and
Alton westbound "Hummer" and a
freight train, at Prentice, five men were
killed and six badly injured. Not one
of the passengers was injured beyond
slight bruises.
Just how the accident occurred prob
ably never will be known. The freight
train had pulled into a siding from the
west end to await the passenger train.
It is supposed the train gradually worked
out over the switch unobserved by the
crew, and when the passenger train came
along at a high speed the impact was
terrific. Both engines were demolished.
The tender of the passenger engine tele
scoped the smoking car.
AMERICANS WIN AO A IN.
Locomotives Score Big Victory In Tet
In Jamaica.
Kingston, Jamaica (By Cable). An
other test of the respective merits of j
English and American locomotives on '
the railroad here has resulted in a great I
victory for the latter, which drew 126 i
tons over the heaviest part of the line in !
seven minutes under the scheduled j
time. I
The English Locomotive completely I
failed to pull the' same load, and when
materially lightened failed to make even
regular time.
"Jolntlst" Smashed by Law.
Topeka, Kan. (Special). George Kla
uer, a "jointist," received the most severe
penalty for violation of the prohibitory
Liquor law ever visited upon an offender
during the 21 years since the constitu
tional amendment was adopted. Justice
Disney fined him $7,500, sentenced Li 111
to 1.350 days in jail and placed him un
der $10,000 bond to appear in the Dis
trict Court. He was found guilty on 15
counts.
Miners Fight Sheriffs.
Madisonville, Ky. (Special). In ' a
fight between union miners and deputy
sheriffs at St. Charles, Ky., several hun
dred shots were exchanged and a num
ber of persons were wounded. I is said
that the miners were in St. Charles for
the purpose of unionizing the forces of
the St. Charles Coal Company. They
were charged with disturbng the peace.
Warrants were sworn out and put in the
hands of the deputies, but when the latter
attempted to serve them a fight was pre
cipitated. The miners were forced to
retreat finally and several were captured.
Thirty Pain of Teachers Married.
Carbondale, III. (Special). Of the 400
American teachers who sailed on the
transport Thomas from San F'rancisco
to Manila 60 of them on reaching Hono
lulu were married. The teachers had
been chosen from the many normal uni
versities of the country, and were strang
ers to each other. The acquaintance and
courtship extended over a period of less
than ten days. The captain of the
1 homus refused to permit their wedding
while at sea, and the 30 couples upon the
arrival of the transport at Honolulu
sought out a clcrgyivan end were married.
MANILA GUARD
TO BE INCREASED.
Four Companies to Be Added to the
Present Force.
ONE THOUSAND MEN NOW ON DUTY.
Although Oen. Chsffet Sayt the City It Now
Orderly, tad He Cm Set No Prospect of
in Uprising, Tbert It Evidently in Under
lying Feeling That the Malays May Ctutt
Trouble it Any Time.
Manila (By Cable). In the city of Ma
nila there are now less than 1000 effective
soldiers, and it has been decided to in
crease this number by four companies of
infantry. The official reason for the in
crease is that guard duty is too heavy
for the present force. As a matter of
fact, however, there is a feeling that, al
though there is no apparent prospect of
trouble nevertheless, in the event of an
uprising in the future such as is always
possible among the Malays it would be
better to have a sufficient body of troops
available for such an emergency.
General Chaffee says he considers the
city of Manila to be perfectly orderly,
and he can see no prospect of an upris
ing. Comissioner Wright thinks the peo
ple "extremely peaceable." He is satis
fied that although among a certain class
there is some discontent on account of
the land tax, which is not yet understood,
this class is not likely to foment trouble.
Many army officers express themselves
as gratified at the increase in the military
force. They think that, with the military
guard withdrawn from the prison, an
other uprising there might result in the
release of some 1800 prisoners. This
possibility is regarded as a menace to the
city by those who take that view of the
case, as they regard the white guard as
insufficient.
Civil officials look upon this contingen
cy as unlikely, inasmuch as the oo white
police could niobolize at the prison before
any of the prisoners could escape and be
come dispersed throughout Jhe disaffect
ed district.
TERRORIZED BV INFURIATED MOB.
Two Men Lynched at Pierce City, Mr.,
Without Real Csimc.
Springfield. Mo. (Special). An armed
mob rules in Pierce City, where the
lynching of two negroes for -the mur
der of Miss Wild started a race war.
Pierce City is in the hands of hun
dreds of armed men, who arc intent on
driving all negroes from town.
All negro houses in the city are be
ing fired by the enraged whites, and
one negro, Peter Hampton, has been
cremated in his home.
The mob was beyond the control of
the officers, and calls for assistance
were sent to Springfield, Aurora and
Monett.
After the double lynching the mob
broke into the amory of the local mili
tary company, seized cutis and ammu
nition, the property of the State, and
commenced a general attack on all
colored people. Many negroes resist
ed and indiscriminate firing resulted on
the streets. Lights were shot out and
the peace officers stayed at home.
Peter and Bob Hampton, negroes,
living together in a house, were at
tacked and defended themselves with
guns. The mob set fire to the house
and to four houses adjoining, occupied
by negroes. The fire department was
called out, but the mob refused to let
it quench the flames.
Peter Hampton, who was 75 years
of age, was burned to death when the
house was set afire. His wife and Rob
ert Hampton escaped through the
flames.
Another Submarine Boat.
New York (Special). The second of
the new submarine boats for the Navy
was launched at Elizabeth, N. J. The
vessel was named Moccasin by Miss
Grace Day, of Virginia, sister-in-law of
Senator Martin of that State. The boat
is 63 feet 4 inches long, 11 fe-et 9 inches
beam, and has a 160-horse-powcr engine
for traveling on the surface of the water
and a 70-horse-power dynamo for speed
ing under water. She is expected to have
a speed of eight knots while traveling on
the surface.
Stoned Boy to Death.
Kokomo. Ind. (Special). Four boys
Roy and Lester McVeta and Ray and
Freddie Marvin, ranging in age from
6 to 10 years have been arrested for
stoning another boy, Eddie McKce, to
death. Only 'one of the children was
old enough to write his name to the
bond. The children were playing on
the railroad when the McKce boy. who
was older, came along and a fight fol
lowed which resulted in his death.
Woman Killed by Negro.
Chattanooga, Tenn (Special). Mrs.
Charles Williams, wile of a farmer of
Franklin county. Tenn., was shot and
killed by Henry Noles. a negro, who at
tempted to criminally assault her.
Aiter shooting Mrs. Williams the negro
frred upon her little son, the bullet graz
ing 4 is head. Sheriff Stewart and a
possij, with two bloodhonnds, arc in
pursuit of the negro, lixcitement is
high over the crime.
Bryan Will Not Move7
Lincoln. Neb. (Special). The rumor
that W. J. Bryan will soon move to
Chicago and make that city his home is
declared to be without foundation. Mr.
Bryan is out of the city, but his brother,
Charles W. B ryan. said the report was
news to him. and he was satisfied there
was no truth in it. He said W. J. Bry
an would continue to live in Lincoln
and publish his paper there.
Children Burned to Death. .
Currie, Minn. (Special). File has de
stroyed the home of P, Byrne while the
owner and his wife were at work in the
harvest fields. Three children were
burned to death, and the fourth so badly
burned that death will result.
German Steamer Sinks.
Stettin (By Cable). News has just
been received here that the German
steamer Libau, which left Mcrel, bound
for this port, on the evening of August
21, sprang a leak during the night and
sank. Sixteen of the crew put off in
small boats. One of these boats cap
sized end eight persons which it con
tained were drowned. The other ship
wrecked men reached Franz in safety.
Lives Lost In Hurricane.
Saragossa, Spain (Special). A hurri
cane has swept over the village of Vii-lariego-Jilota.
Gen. Stewart Breaks 1 Leg.
Harrisburg, Fa. (Special). Adjt.
Gen. Thomas J. Stewart, of the Penn
sylvania National Guard, met with a
severe accident while driving with a
party of friendj on a country road near
this city. The harness on one of the
horses broke, and in attempting to
jump from the carriage the Adjutant
General fell and broke his left leg bc-locy
the knee. The remainder of the party
escaped injury. General Stewart has
been spoken of as a probable candidate
fur Commander-in-Chief of the Grand
Army oi the Republic at the coming
encampment.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Nacless of Cnbaa Army.
Cuba has begun the organization of
an army, the details of which have been
received at (he War Department. The
nucleus has already been organized and
comprises 150 Cubans, who are to be
stationed at the Cabana F'ortress.
Capt. D. E. Aultman, of the Artillery
Corps, has been in charge of the re
cruiting, discipline and training of the
men, who have now become capable
soldiers. , The requirements for the re
cruits are the same as are applied to men
enlisted for the American army, except
that the period of service is for two
years instead of three, while the chest
measurement of recruits may be lower
ed one inch on account of the smaller
stature of the Cubans. The uniform
will be of khaki, with a distinctive in
signia, such as knots on the shoulders.
The rap will be similar to that worn by
the rural guard and the leggings the
same as those in use by the police of
Havana.
The pay of these Cuban soldiers will
be the same as that of soldiers of the
Artillery Corps of the army, and pay
ments are to lie made monthly from the
island funds. The recruits will be in
tt uctrd in the school of the soldier
and. when thoroughly proficient there
in, well trained and disciplined in the
coast artillery defenses. This is the
first step toward the formation of a Cu
ban army.
Tradt In the Philippines.
A continuous incrase in both the impori
and export trade of the Philippines is
shown in a comparative statement com
piled at the War Department, giving the
commerce of the island for the seven
months ended January 31, 1001, and 1000.
The total value of merchandise imported
during the seven months ended January
3t, toot, was $17,000,167, as against $12,
674.705 for the same period in 1000, and
the merchandise exported was $12,637,
359; as against $8,305,530 for the 1900
period. This shows an increase of 42
per cent, in the value of imports and 52
per cent, in export values.
The value of imports of merchandise
from the several countries respectively
du ring the seven months ended January
31, 1901 and 1000, exclusive of quarter
masters' supplies follows: United States.
iioi, f1.4g3.4tW: 1900, $8go,oio, or 68
per cent, increase. European countries,
toot, $8,974,183; 1900, $5,270,766, or 70
percent, increase. Asia, loot, $7.327.582 :
troo $6,006,222, or 22 per cent, increase.
Oceania, 1901, $197,(183; 1900, $507,702.
or 61 per cent, decrease.
Exports of merchandise to various
countries, respectively, during these sev
en months periods follow: United States.
1901. $i477,6n; 1900, $2,037,630. Euro
pean countries, 1901, $7,083.751 ; 1900,
$3,201,658. Asia, 1901, 2,543,410: 1900.
fJ-774-4f4: Oceania, 1901, $286,805:
1900, $242,245. Other countries, 1901.
IJ45.82; 1900, $49,533.
President Issues Proclamation.
The President's proclamation on the
St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition
was issued Wednesday. After reciting
the purpose of the lixposition. he de
clares that the Exposition shall "be open
ed in the city of St. Louis, in the State
of Missouri, not later than the first daj'
of May, 1903, and will be closed not later
than the first day of December thereafter
And in the name of the Government and
of the people of the United States, I do
hereby invite all the nations of the earth
to take part in the commemoration of the
purchase of Louisiana territory, an even'
of great interest to the United States and
of abiding effect on their development,
by appointing representatives and send
ing such exhibits to the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition as will most fitly and
fully illustrate their resources, their in
dustries and their progress in civliza
tion." Receipts Show tccrette.
The monthly statement of the collec
tions of interna! revenue shows that for
July, 1901, the total receipts were $20.
343,81)0. a decrease, as compared with
July, iqoo. of $77,494. The receipts from
the several sources of revenue arc given
as follows:
Spirits $10,234,432, increase $867,472:
tobacco $3.475.d7.). decrease f 1.689.623:
fermented liquors $9,970,418, increase
$1,368,196: oleomargarine $406,002, in
crease $71,881; special taxes not else
where enumerated $3,381,598. increase
$ 11407; miscellaneous $2,055,771, de
crease $1,430,309,
Ctpital News In General.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Hacketi
received the reply of Admiral Schley to
the letter recently submitted to him by
the department declining to question
Rear Admiral Howison as to the authen
ticity of the alleged interview with him
reflecting upon Admiral Schley. The re
ply was sent to Captain Lemlcy, judge
advocate of the court of inquiry. This
means that, so far as the department is
concerned, further action on the Howi
son incident will not be taken, that be
ing left to the court.
The collector at Nogales, Ariz.. Wil
liam M. Hot-y, and Deputy and Chinese
Inspector B. F. Jossey, Frank How and
another Chinaman, who lives at Clifton.
Ariz., have been arrested on the charge
of being implicated in smuggling Chin s,
into the United States,
Striking bricklayers at the Washington
Navy Yard returned to work, their de
mand for union wages having been
granted.
The battleship Alabama has been ac-
j cepted by the Navy Department.
Important dispatches bearing upo'.
the Schley controversy are missing from
the Navy Department records. One oi
the missing documents was important,
in that it nroved dereliction on ,.,,.
j of Admiral Sampson. Acting Secretary
llackett bad a conference with Admiral
Schley's counsel.
The Census Bi reau issued a bulletin
Riving the mortality statistics during
the census year in the States and Ter
ritories and the principal registration
cities.
The President has pardoned seven
people, commuted the sentence of three
and rejected hvc applications.
Our New Possessions,
Courts-martial are to be held in
Manila on Lieut. Preston Brown and
Capt. Francis P. , Freemont, Second
Inlantry. The lieutenant is accused of
killing a native who refused to recover
the body of a soldier from the river.
Governor Taft expresses satisfaction
with the results of his recent trip
through the northern provinces to es
tablish civil government there. He
thinks the great .rivalry between the
various political factions speaks well
for the interest fell in the government.
Wherever it was possible natives were
invariably appointed governors.
Kruger Quotes Scriptures.
Amsterdam (By Cable"). Former
President Kruger recently received a
cable message from Pretoria stating
that his wile had belli buried and ask
ing what disposition should be made
ol his house.
Fix-President Kruger replied :
"Read Proverbs, seventh chapter,
verses 19 and 20."
Proverbs, seventh chapter, verses jo
and 20, reads as follows:
"J9. For the good man is not nt
home. He has pone a long journey.
"20. He has taken a bag of money
with linn and will come home at the
day appointed."
! LATEST HAPPENINGS
ALL OYER THE STATE.
Many Houses and Barns Swept Away
in the Flood at Hallstcad.
PENSIONS FOR PENNSYLVANIA'S.
Wife's Doable Game Killed Herself, But Filled
to Polsoa Her Husband Thieves llsed
Minister's Implements to Fore Door
Farmers Exposition Attended by Thousands
I Ml. Oretni Other Llvt News.
These pensions were granted Penn
ylvaninns: William Glenn, Hookstown,
fto; John H. Miller, Trent. $14; Horace
Robinson, Warren, $8; Henry Kelly,
West Lebanon, $10; Sarah M. Dobson,
Harrisville. f8; Susan A. Cole. Roches
ter, $8; Rachel Morgan, Trackville, $8;
Mary A. Black, McKeesport, $3; Eliza
beth R. Galbraith, Indiana. $8; Sarah
J. Green. Derry Station. $3; Mary A.
Rager, Dery Station. $8; Martha P.
Leinbach. Rcgelsville. $8: William Hil
mer. Sabula. $6: William I. Brown,
Pittsburg. $6; Alexander Denny, Hunt
ingdon, $8; Lewis Rideout, Johnstown,
f8; A. Hendricks, Phoenixville, $8;
ohn Barmlt. Erie, $24: Lewis Brewer,
Eric. $8; Wealthy A. Spaulding, North
Orwell. $8; Elizabeth McFeely, Ash
ville. $8; Susan Rouse, Wattsburg. $8;
Martha G. Meals, Desalo. $8; Mary B.
Hazzard, Monongahcla, $8.
A cloudburst swept the valley in which
Hallstcad is located, doing great dam
age to property and nearly drowning
several families. The cloudburst came
shortly after 10 o'clock during a heavy
thunder shower in which houses were
struck and barns destroyed and much
damage done. The waters rushed down
the hillsides and Wiley creek rose ten
feet in a few moments, flooding cellars
and imprisoning sleeping families in
their dwellings. Stock of all kinds was
washed into the torrent and drowned.
Barns were undermined, collapsed and
went down with the flood.
Mrs. Margaret Hill, aged 60 years, of
Buena Vista, purchased a box of paris
green, and carefully mixing a large dose
in a cup of .coffee, swallowed the con
tents. In another cup of coffee she
placed an equally large dose and left it
at the plate of her husband. The hus
band did not appear for dinner, but ar
rived just in time to see his wife die in
great agony.
Thieves stole a horse from the stable
of Mrs. Lizzie Kreider's farm near Lan
caster. The tools used in forcing the
stable door were stolen from the prem
ises of Rev. Benjamin Hertzler. close
by. The police found the stolen animal
in a local livery stable, where it had
been left by a stranger who said he
would call for it.
Probably the largest crowd of sight
seers ever in Mt. Gretna attended the
Mt. Gretna agricultural, mechanical and
industrial exposition' at that place. One
of the incidents of the exposition was
the entertainment of delegations from
air associations from different counties
in the State, who made notes of points
for their annual assemblies.
Henry Hunsickcr. a farmer of Sa
gcrsvillc, had a thrilling experience
luring a thunderstorm, and the fact that
he escaped death is attributed to a rub
ber coat which he wore. While driving
home lightning struck the horses and
they were both instantly killed, but Mr.
Hunsicker was uninjured.
The F'irst Defenders' Association oi the
.ild Worth Infantry Rifle Company cele
brated the 52d anniversary of its or
ganization at Dallastown, where a re
ception and banquet were given the
members and their guests. Samuel H.
Spangler presided at the banquet and
delivered an address.
"The one 'hundred and twenty-eighth
annual business meeting of the Society
for Propagating the Gospel Among the
Heathen was held in the Moravian chap
:1 at Bethlehem.
William Smith, of Lebanon, may lose
Sis sight as a result of being struck by
'lying glass in a Cornwall & Lebanon
passenger train. A boy threw a stone
hrough a ca window.
Milton M. Butz. of Schuylkill Haven,
1 painter, fell from a scaffold in Potts
,'ille and sustained injuries from which
ie died. -
These fourth-class postmasters for
Pennsylvania, were appointed: D. S.
McCurdy, I-'aunetsbnrg; R.. E. Robin
ion, Walnut'.
William Wcstman, of Lancaster, fell
Tom the third floor of a stable down an
devator shaft, sustaining fatal injuries.
Rudolph Chicock, oi Turkey Run,
.ommittcd suicide at Shenandoah by
lrowniug himself in a mine branch.
Thirty girls employed as knitters at
Dobbins' hosiery mill, South Bethle
lein, struck for higher wages. .
John A. Dottcr, -aged 74 years, and
ne of the best known millers in Leban
on county, died at his home in East
Hanover Township.
Influenza is prevalent among horses
tn Tamaqna vicinity, one veterinary stir
jcoii having fifty cases.
Joseph Rompolo, of Allentown, is suf
fering with a Jiroken back and a irac
ture of the skull, but still lives. Ram
solo was hit by a pile of bricks and wa
aken to the Allentown Hospital. His
:ase is attracting much a:tcution among
'ocal physicians.
Charles R. Reed, of Schradcr, was
ound dead with his face in a mud pud
He on the public road near Siglersville.
It is supposed be had an attack of epi
epsy. Two brothers. I.orah and Latimus
Bigony, owners and operators of a
mishroom plant in Lans.lule, died uitli
n twenty-four hours of each other from
yphoid fever.
A 5-year-old daugltier "of Mrs. Mary
Abclsky, of Shenandoah, pulled a kei
le of hot water from the stove and was
id badly scalded that she may die.
While on her way home from school,
near Hickory Swainp, Edith Howells
Aas bitten by a copperhead snake. She
is in a critical condition.
V. M.1 Allison, of Sandy Lake, was
ippointed by Governor Stone a trustee
of the Mercer Hospital, vice R. J. Zah
niser, of fycrcer. ,
Louis. Soth Koskus ' fell from the
third-story window of a dance hall in
Wilkes-Brare whilctaking a nap, but
was not seriously hurt.
Reuben Nase, of Rockhill, while on
his way to work at Quakcrtown, was
struck by a freight train and instantly
killed.
The baj.11 of Henry Horn, near Rich-,
landtown, was destroyed by fire, togeth
er with iw contents, including three
horses.,
Joseph Dngan, a driver boy at a mine
in Nanticoke, was dragged by a runa
way team and so badly injured that he .
will die. '
George Alexander, accused of robbing
a jewelry store1 at Scranton, was arrest
ed at Nanticoke.
Of the 72.265 children of the required
age in Luzerne county less than 3000
do not attend school. , j