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ALLIES ADVANCE TOWARD PEKING.|
STARTED THURSDAY.
Imperial Edict Directs Free Communication
and Departure From Peking — Relief
Column Comprises 46,060 Men.
Severe storm
kingdom.
Honduras declines to
killing of Frank Pears
South an ¢ ces
Powell's sttertion at
ical.
ant to be one F
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
raging over the unite
settle
say
ii tenberg 1s crit-
Paris police discover the shah’s assail-
ncois Salson,
The war department Tuesday even- workingmar
ing received two dispatches from China. Three persons are dead and
The first read: “Che Foo, (undated.) riously ill from eating toadsto
Tien Tsin, Friday. Message just re- Chicago, Ill :
ceived from Conger says since 16th, by ais
g : Kaiser Wilhelm and Cc
agreement, no firing. Have provision
several weeks, little ammunition, al
safe, well. I (Daggett) report allie:
forces soon advance. Practically nc
looting by Americans, no
killing. Indiana arrived 26th.
MacCann, Sladen, both Allens,
unnecessary
Order
Mitchell, E
s
1 |low are at variance over
1] icy in China.
> Col. Henry C. Cochrane
pointed commander of
marines in China
precauti
nn, e 01
Bryce join regiment here. (Signed) {just now rd Presid
Dagee : against 1 S
[+ > 1 , Tlint
he Foo, n Tsin, Monday. Flint in ]
yunt von Bue-
Germany's pol-
on trial in Missouri
a French
TWENTY-FIVE INJURED.
for the
Baden- | Windy City Anarchists in Collision With Sorry
Results to Themselves —Lucy Parsons
and Four Gihers Arrested.
At Chicago an anarchist riot occurred
four se- | Sunday
near
afternoon, in which 25 people
were bruised in a struggle with 45 police
summoned to quell the disturbance.
Five persons were arrested, among them
ols,
being Mrs. Lucy Parsons, widow of
Alexander R. Parsons, who was exc-
cuted November 11, 1887, in Chicago for
aiding and abetting the bomb-throwing
in the Haymarket riot. She was charg-
ns are taken}ed with disorderly conduct, obstructing
ent McKinley | the street and resisting an officer. Her
bail was fixed at $1.100.
A mass meeting has been called at
shire arrived Friday. Two hundred and |; the niarde ilbert Gates 30 years | Westside Turner hall at which speeches
fifty-seven Ninth infantry sick, 10 doc- ago, was acqn were to be made by Mrs. Parsons anc
tors, 100 hospital corps men, 20 signal °F . ah drivers in on the topic “The Execution of
men needed. Unavoidabie delay un-|, our thousand « th driy 1 rent for | the King of Italy.” The call concluded:
loading transports. < reign troops ar- aye A I o ower Tie oy 7e “Workmen, come in crowds and show
riving. (Signed) “Daggett.” the vehicles they gnve that the feeling of brotherhood is strong
The allies began the advance from In a fire at Buffalo two firemen were | ong vou.”
Tien Tsin this morning, announces a injure and seven buildings destroyed, After the affray numerous small cards
bulletin dated at Shanghai at 11:10 a. entailing 0ss Ot $150,000. were found on the street and in the vi-
m., Wednesday They are 18 miles from Bishop Ignatius ¥. Horstman, of the cinity containing two verses of poetry,
Tien Tsin and should reach Pekin in| Cleveland Catholic dioc is seriously urging the workingman to be free, to
cight day 3, All the Europeans have {ill at his home in Ci i throw off the yoke of bondage and fight
taken refuge in the inner inclosure of A telegram from Cape Nome states | for liberty, and to lay down their lives,
the imperial city. It is assumed that that health conditions. are improving | if neccessary, to overthrow the govern-
the Americans, British and Japanese and smallpox is on the decrease. | ment and attain freedom. The card
are taking part in this forward move re .r i bore the heading: “Workingmen!
ment, whether other nationalities are Driver boys employed in a mine nea Emancipate yourselves.”
or not An advance base will probably Wilkesbarre, Pa., struck because one large quantity of literature advo-
be established 20 or 30 miles nearer Pe- | ©f their number was discharged cating Ai and Dorr inate
kin, and supplies will be assembled The main grievance of W Setmorciand the names and addresses of several hun-
preparatory to a direct stroke at the cap- | county, Pa. lt: a 15 Stil dred anarchist sympathizers, were se-
ital. Of the 60,000 allies debarked at {to be the closing of their spc ak-easics. cured by the police
Pechili.ports, English mi tary observer Saturd a baseball struck William ee
Sorsidss i Soom Se Sallie for an M. Snyder, catcher of the Homewood, COMMISSION READY.
Chi lo : a., team, over the heart and killed him. CRE
« ar agains 2 : orgs
the A a To 7 is n Bawa jous Gore, 3 fed wit 5 Judge Taft and Colleagues Will Soon Begin
A - Factor o LOndon, 1as 1auec =~
Sheng, the director of railroads and tele 500,000 liabilities and only $235,000 as- Legislation in Phi‘ippines.
graphs, and Lin-Kun-Yi. the
Nanking. They
ers that the ministers are held as host
ages and that they will be killed if the
allies march to Peking.
viceroy
This information comes thre ugh press
dispatches. The official information was
have notified the Pow-
sets.
riously injured by
Edward L. Dwyer,
One man was killed and another se-
an explosion in the
Alpha cement works ncar Phillipsburg,
i. 1
once a millionaire
On September 1 the commission
Judge Taft will become the
legislative body of the Philippines, with
power to take and appropriate insular
moneys, to establish judicial and educa-
stems,
headed by
tional sy «nd to make and pass all
contained in a message from Consul and financial promoter , enlisted at Har- faws
Fowler, of Chefoo. to Washington, who risburg, Pa. as a private in the marine No money will be permitted to be
reported that Li-Hung-Chang had toid | service. drawn from the inswlar finds except by
TL ue men ne Te Consul Fowler at Chefu verified the jauthorization of the commission. Judge
because the allies are adv ancing oy Pe genuineness of the Conger message of | Tat and his colleagues will also exercise
king. The vicero i ident! July 18 by securing the original copy jcertain executive functions, For
ceroy was evidently more |. 0 Peking. stance, they will appoint judges, official
cautious than his friends. the viceroy of £ : . th C 1d nd offi
Nanking and the director of railways Rear Admiral Schley is likely to be a the Se aise paring nh Tk
and telegrapl 3 ent to Honduras with a gunboat to col- cers of Bei ; in 5 1ch Jat com-
heng, director general of railw: lect the $10,000, the Pears claim, from 5 sion ni Sst 4 1 pe ndings ections.
and telegraphs, has just communicat: that government. zenera acArthur will be the execu-
to the consnls at Shanghai. ac
to a special dispatch from Paris, date
Sunday, an imverial decree, date
T hursday, authorizing the foreign min
1sters in Peking to communicate with
out restriction with their governments
and ordering their departure for Tier
Tsin under a good escort
The American and British forces be
gan the advance on >cking last Thurs
oe according to a dispatch from Tien
Tsin to London. “The main body ©
the allies,” continues the corres
“marched July 30. General “paffec
was delayed by difficulties of disemdark-
ation. General Dorward, the Britis!
commander, had no stich obstacles , anc
his delay is inexplicable.
“The other foreign troops are now
half way to Lofa. The force include
20,000 Japanese under General Yama
chuchi and 10,000 Russians. The Brit
ish force totals 0,000, and the other for
cign troops are 7,000.
artillery.
A DECADE’S DEVELOPMENT.
Growth of the Manufacturing Industries in the
United States.
The development of the manufactur
ing industries of the United States dur
ing the past decade, and especially dur-
ing the second half of the dec: ade, is il-
lustrated by the completed figures o
the treasury bureau of statistics showing
the imports of manufacturers’ material.
and exports of finished manufactures i
cording
pondent,
We are weak in
Dodie’s Zion disciples from Ch
tive head to enforce the laws of the com-
1 mission and he wil ndu 1e goveri-
1| were prevented by mob and police from ind he ill cond ct the g i
) x 3 Se ment im accordance with the same un
1 j landing at Mansfield, Ohio, and returned 1 . ;
to the Windy Ci til the commission recommends to Pres-
o the indy > :
we . . s ident McKin the appointment of a
A Russian consul is authority for the | (ivi governor.
statement that the empress dowager had
The only three banks in Manila have
all Rus
11 ordered the extermination of formed a ring to reduce, arbitrarily and
sians in the north without justification, the rate of ex-
A Mifflin county squatter was jailed | change for American gold. This has
in Harrisburg, Pa.. for making threats | can d widespread indignation and many
1 {against the life of State Forestry Com- | difficulties for commerce and minor bus
'f| missioner Rothrock. iness. The banks, however, are obdu-
Expert Edgar's audit of the books of | rate.
Blevins, the murdered city treasurer of rT
New Castle, is completed and shows a PRISONERS ALL KILLED.
1 ' :
1 | shortage of
Earl Troutman, an Ak
was shot while t
s jorchard. William Carmic
arrested.
$70,020.10.
ron,
picking up apples in an
hael,
GS. hoe Wounded Chinamen Dispatched by Allied
o a Soldiers With the Bayonet.
owner of Lieutenant von Krohn, of the German
2 the plrce, was : 5 army, who arrived at Yokohama,
T Hy ee 2 Wear Ne ag Creek W ednesday in company with 300 wound-
shaft, near Scranton, Pa, it was de-|¢d and incapacitated Germans and oth-
cided to return to work. crs on the stea mer Korn, just before
The Earl of Minto, governor general the Glenogle sailed, told of his ex-
of C 2 Ba ith Lady Minto, pe jehices n Seymour in his
ceiving marked honors in their journey Attempt to co : :
through British Columbia : : Asked why y e did with their
women and old men, Lieutenant von
Joseph Toad, who Was rohn said they emigrated with all
- | explosion at the Alpha Portland speed, but if this was not possible, as in
_| Works at Easton Thursday, di e case of one village taken by the
making the second victim. i; allies, they cut off the heads of the wo-
Citizens of Armstrong, Il, det ind dren and threw them in
i burglars blowing up the safe of the the ver.
town's only bank and a pitched battle Lieutenant von Krohn was asked
ensued, in which the thieves escaped. about the statement of a German that
Nc
1 Providence, R.
1,
workmen | the
s had dispatched the wound-
the fiscal rs 1890, 1805 and 1900, | found the body of a man pinned by lum- | ed with the butts of their rifles. He
From 1890 to 1803, importations of man ber in a « and he is supposed to be f said it was not quite so bad as that, but
ufacturers’ materials increased $0.04 Arthur McCleary, of Atlantic City | under the circumstances they had been
and from 1895 (0 1900, they inc Three persons were seriously injured | probably would in the future be
$114,781,363. From 1300 to 1805, and six others hurt when five heavy | d to kill wounded prisoners
exports of manufactures increased $ pieces of structural iron fell from the | ¢ bayonet. They found ou thal
493,367; from 1805 to 1900, they a top of a 12-story building in New York. as a man was able to raise a
ed $248.688,623. Manufacturers’ ma- A hitch has occurred in the million fan he ®oud iy to sta ab the foreign-
terials formed in 1800 23.06 per cent. | dollar coal deal in Washington and crs. 1¢ allies soon gave orders to kill
of the total imports, in 1805, 23.64 per] Greene counties, Pa., validity of the ha Syew Chinese whe cold stand.
cent., and in 1900, 57 per cent; fin- {tions Being gue stoned.
ished manufactures formed in 1800 17.87
per cent. of the exports, in 1895, 23.14
per cent, and in 1900, 31.54 per cent.
TEN THOUSAND SLAIN. Jug » review of the ey}
A Christian Chinese Town Annihilated by Im- | Union coal miners in
: i side the mines controlled
perial Troops From Pekin. Four” Company, will,
Telegrams from London, dated | tember 1, receive an advance in
Thursday, say: Cable dispatches from | of 10 per cent.
Chefu announce that the imperial Chi-}
nese troops advancing to oppose the re-
lief force have completely
tians.
Gen. Gaselee was strongly opposed to
an immediate advance of the allied
army, but he was overruled by the other
commanders and influe
wiped out a
Christian town near Peking, killing five
foreign priests and 10,000 native Chris-
Maj. Smith,
the Seventy-first
Jew Y
Goeb
In the
day Rev !
in-law, Golden, had said
each conviction.
Noble Drum," a 12-yea
Fraseyburg, O., hanged
rents had each remarried
who was dismissed from
regiment
for cowardice at San Juan hill, is seek-
ork
RUIN BY A TORNADO.
Crops Destroyed and Cattle Killed in North
Dakota.
dence against
A tornado, accompanied by a terrific
Mino out- hail and rainstorm, started near Thomp-
by the
beginning Sep
murder trial Wednes-
Ao Stamper said his brother-
he we
$5,000 for his confession and $2,000 for
r-old
himself in a
smoke house because his separated pa-
and 1
Big son, N. D,, at 7 o'clock Saturday morn-
ing and swept to the northwest through
a rich farming country and many thriv-
ing settlements, across into Minnesota,
where it spent its fury in the Red Lake
- Indian Reservation.
1S to get A strip of country v arying from eight
to ten miles in width and 100 miles in
length was torn by the furious winds.
Houses were partially wrecked and hun-
dreds of barns were torn to pieces. The
remainder of the wheat and oat crops,
which were about half harvested,
wa
boy of
1is home
REDS RIOT WITH CHICAGO POLICE!
REBELS MORE ACTIVE.
Filipinos Capture Two Small Ameriean De-
tachments and Cause Trouble—Na-
tive Police Captain Killed.
There has been an increase of insur-
gent activity during the last three weeks,
especially in the w
attacks upon small parties.
»f ambushes and
First Lien
tenant Alstaetter, of the engincer corps.
with an escort of fifteen men, was taken
in ambush in the province of Nueva
“cija, Luzon, by a large force. The
Americans fought until their ammuni-
tion was gone; and, as they were sur-
rounded, there was nothing to do but
surrender. One man was killed 1
three were wounded.
Lieutenant Bocton Hulesberg was
ambushed and kiiled near es Cruz,
province of Laguna. Five men of the
fourth infantry ‘were captured in
N “cija; but Sergeant Schmidt, of
the Twelfth infantry, v men,
teafied the captors and kill
Captain Lara, of the Manila native po-
lice was dangerously shot by an 1
He
enforcing regula-
known assailant while on the street.
had been effectively
tions and had made enemies among the
Filipinos. some of whom ave long
threatened vengeance. Lara had been
generally accused of ruption
in office and specific ch s were filed
gainst him by an officer.
TWENTY- SEVEN INJURED.
A Gas Explosion Tatses Heavy Damage in
Scranton, Pa.
Twenty-seven people were injured by
a terrific which
$250,000 worth of property on the princi-
explosion destroyed
pal business street of Scranton, Pa.,
Saturday night. How many are killed
and buried beneath thousands of tons
of debris cannot be stated at this time.
Three buildings on Lackawanna ave-
nue are demolished, and fully twenty
more are badly wrecked. A leak in a
gas pipe in the cellar of the bank was
responsible for the explosion. The jan-
itor detected the odor of gas when he
returned from supper, and after tele-
phoning for a plumber thought to make
an investigation, and, going into the
cellar, struck a match. He was picket
up unconscious in the alley in the rear
of the bank.
When the crash came the avenue was
crowded and a number of the injured
were walking by, while others were
caught while passing up Lackaw: mana
avenue in an open car bound for Pitts-
ton. How those who were canght
while passing in front of the building
escaped instant death is beyond compre
hensions, as the street was a heap of
debri
The whole city was shaken by
the explosion, which was terrific, the
force of the concussion being heard
many miles away.
All the ambulances were kept so busy
that stretchers were utilized and the vie
tims of the horrible explosion were
placed in the fire wagons and removed
to the hospital. Carriages were also
used to remove some who had esc: aped
serious injury and the scene was one
of the busiest Scranton has ever seen
Not a few of the rc SCuers were overcome
WW aping gas and as quickly as they
collapsed they were taken to the hos spi-
tals.
ISLANDS CEDED TO UNCLE SAM.
Twenty-Two Samoan Chiefs Sign the Papers
and Become U. S. Gfficers.
Commander Benjamin FT. Tilley, in
charge of the United States naval sta-
tion on the island of Tutuila, Samoa,
transmits in a recent report to the navy
department an “instrument of ce
executed by the chiefs of Tutuila and
the United States government. The
cession was signed by the
chiefs, April 17, immediately prior to the
sion,
raising of the stars and stripes over
the naval station at Pago-Pago.
The chiefs are entitled to retain their
individual control of the separate towns,
provided the same shall be in accord-
ance with the laws of the United States
concerning Tutuila. It provides
that this government shall re spect
protect the individual rights of the peo
ple to their land and property, and that
should the government require their
lands, it shall take the same on pay-
ment of a fair consideration.
BIG DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.
Is
also
Their Majority in North Carolina is Nearly
60,000—Will Control Legislature.
Democratic majorities in North Caro-
lina’s election aggregate 64,678 and the
fusion majoriti making the
net Democratic major: 50,553. The
will be contests in several counties,
regularities being charged in R: andolph,
Harnett, Wilkes and Chatham counties
n the latter county, Congressman At.
water's precinct, the fusionists are charg-
To
ed with having burned the ballots.
the Senate, there were elected 38 De mo
crats and nine Te with three
seats doubtful, and to the House 0
Democrats and 13 fusionists. while 13
seats are in donbt. There will | se only
two Populists in ii Legislature, both
from Senator Butler's county.
——"
Strikers Blow Up a House.
a
There w
ed OF Wash ! > 2 was re desertions from the ranks
) : ‘as w 1either. c . 2 5 :
ing! orders Gen. Chaffee to “Pro. | 2 vith 1 : pounded into the ground by the hail. of the striking coal miners in the
u hout an instant's delay.” It has developed th at the three mem- Fortunately no persons were killed G Crock distil A os
0 2 res Creek distric rsdav
- fom Shanghai, the Daily Express bers of the Jorris family of Harvey, Ill. | outright, although many received in- on feo 7 istrict, Md., Thursday,
has reccived confirmation of the Teport- who died Thursday, were poisoned by [juries which will undoubtedly résult in |? ie a0 Je ying ee to work
ed murder of 50 missionaries in the | Mushrooms, which had been inoculated | death. No estimate of the financial loss in the vario b punes _Soveral tases of
tS a by 2 small hlack bag. is possible. minor disturbances hay e taken place,
province o 1an Si, with the additional | P) - Virited 5 asl Se the most scrions being in Frostburg
confirmation that eight English wo A train bearing United States Consul % J ! c La Sr by
: : | : i where the house of an anti-stril 1
men were dragged out of the mission | Stowe was derailed and burned by the Kit od by Rough Riders. named Powell, was blown up ie Ei
| ; > 3 . J ‘ , was a-
buildings by a Chinese mob. who be- Boers near Kroonstad. No one was At Marion, Ky., C. C. Wheeler, of a mite. None of his family was injured
headed them in the streets of Chu Chou. | injured. Some prisoners were ta prominent Kentucky family, was shot | The temper of the miners who are till
= but afterward released. oy Ne 1 i
ar : : in jand clubbed to death by the rough rid-| out is growing steadily uglier, and a
Gas Near Williamsport. Michael Bonning, of Connellsville, | E f 2 ho: f serious outbreak mi: at any min-
Natural gas in .paying quantities has | Pa., is the champion raw egg eater of [ers of Buckskin Bill's Wild West show { ute, though Martin is ‘taking
been struck within 20 miles of Will- | Fayette county. His latest achievement | Saturday. During the day there had every precaution to guard against it. 2
iamsport, Pa., and great excitement pre- | was to swallow two doz n uncooked |Peen trouble between the showmen and ’ Ltd E
vails in that section. The Pint Creek |cggs in eight minutes. J ole ped oni ig Balance of $5.712.846.82.
Oil and Gas Company is drilling for oil When David MeN attempted (0 | OC" aay it i t the depot he met 20 of The balance in the ly
8 Waterville and Saturday at a depth | strike his widowed with ene posh oh oe 1 ] by bl 114 : P i Sta ee
of 700 eet a great gasser was struck. | near Worcester, Mass., the wom { were 1ollowed by blows, and |(he Pennsylvania State tre: it the
| near y ' 1
The gas is now under control and the | : Iver fir her hand! |v began to pl A rescuing | f 1 Tu y
1 3 1 a led a revolver from her handbag and | " 4 S close of business Tuesday was
drill Ts being drtes deeper one el ot Ls Deore: ad { par tv fc nd Wheeler 50 yards from the The sruit 1a the sett
ground. The farmers in the vicini fi : . . { on with three gunshot wound Bein e sit 12 fund
! 1c farmers 1 1€ vicinity of! oionel 1. ynch, of the Irish brig: } ' 0.8 The « 1 f
Waterville who did not have the capi ne 5h of fish RB h his body and a cked skull } 140.54 he io cipt Ss of the
? : : t have the capi-|;, a viewed in Paris, says the Boer ol : reasury for July were $1.5 :
intervt yockets - ore asur Th
tal to spend in drilling are highly elated | Og els were empty. cven of the 1
£ still full of fight and may continue wmen 1 1 + al yecelnts from all sources from No
and will soon be made independent! yi e } men have been arrested. | f :
he li I \ VY war for months. Over 3.000 Boers | ids — , the c of the last fiscal
fick port ¢ Bas > 2 be d to a I- urrendered to the British lately Bo'd Train Robbery. Wednesday amomnt to $12.
Spo soon as another we OF oii: : wv re 1s due the c¢
] = ot : ; ale 3 ; . a ¢ h ommon-
equal pressure is drilled. Drilling for | Fete dc Bi ule, an Indian or < Tiion Pacific oF
oil at 3 and in Sullivan cou ii : i | Barriere, is being sought by Ot | { Dion Pacific Dassens h on settlements from corporations
be started } mHivan county Will | Can. authorities because of the { which Ie ’ Denver Satur { about $800.000
e shart once on | which has just reached there of Id up about 1 a. m. by two men severa EE
Feud Claims F i brutal murder of his uncle, his wife anc d | miles west of Hugo, Col. The passen Fanatics in Peru.
F led ur ves. | baby gers in the Pullman sleepers w zal The celebrated convent of Ocopa, at
our men killed and one fatally | — bed of their money and valuable An | P hic : ! 1
wounded the outcome of a shooting | [ol toon We TT iL dima, Peru, which had been partially
affair be en William Dooley and his | CABLE FLASHES. | California refused to Sarrend ler his val- ae Jao d by i370 fives, balioved in he ot
four sons on one side | a bis re S Vi mcendiary ongm com letely de-
oy W n one j ide, and the four Har- | uables and fired a shot at one of the |. d We a re i :
om ro! ievs on fe other, as 2 result of | Italian police discover a plot to assas- | robbers, but missed. The reupon the| oe are the
2ud, 2 Oe u » + 1 Et « >
3 oud, 4 63 Fran n, Sus of t 3 mining { 5inate several monarchs. robbers fired, killing y instantly. The peasantry to the propaganda of
s cois county o. ; : bed the 0h A : as: 3 « ganda of
A few day o the Horris boys sont | Italian ministry issues a manifesto to | hers 3 1 ed the train, jumped off | cap missionaries, there is great
word to the Poot vs that they would be 2 Filling eople asking loyalty to the new | a" aped.. 0 ment among the more fanatic
1 yond the control ) or
at a picnic at Doe Run, and intended to | he . oo Mine Yeon: Aednced. beyon 2 ihe nie! of the Jy cal authori
run the Doolevs off the grounds. Just | Bressi, the assassin of King Humbert Tho conl Alal i ties. sovernment troops have been
how the shooting began is no {says he didn't kill Humbert; he killed he coal miners of Alabama have ac- | sent to the scene of dist irbance to main-
not clear, but 15 1 1 1 i f 2! ts t t ler.
once begun, it 1 deadly. he king cepted a reduction of 212 cents a ton |tain orde
All the Harris 1 except one, Bi 4% ; Yio e ani from August 1. Under the contract that ae
4 a ¢ ) ill Unknown man, believed to be an 1 i
aT 1, = { Town Guited by Fire.
were shot. One killed instantly. | anarchist, attempts to assassinate the | Went into effect July 1 the maximum ah y
Three of the Dooley boys. who were fshah of Persia price to be paid for digging coal is to A large part of the business section of
unhurt, gave themselves up. They arc : be 55 cents a ton with No. 1 foundry | Convoy, O., 20 mile of Fort
: y as 1 disce ( a 7: ? g 3
in jail. | ha been discovered that the plot iron selling at $11 per ton. With each | Wayne, Ind, was oyed by fire
—_— ! l Se Humbert of Italy originat- reduction of 50 cents a ton in the price | Wednesday morning. The loss will be
New Oil Field Bowing. i biersca: : of iron the miners are to accept a re-|from $80,000 to $100.000. The burned
Thorough development | I'he kaise speed hes hereafter are duc tion of 215 cents 2 ton. The coal buildings inc Ide the postoffice, the town
for the Sandy A a » be edited at the foreign office Sot €{miners’ committee Saturday recom-}hall, the Columbian hotel, six store
so many prominent oil it can be published mended the > reducti 100 buildings and a numbe residences
daily. Indications point io Ea he Order of the Crown has been Ere The fire started in a blacksmith shop
tensive operations oo week, and th conferred by Emperor William upon Japanese Minister Received. and spread with great r: pidity.
long hoped for oil boom seems to | DT eee German ambassador} The new Japanese minister, Kogoro B ght L
rch Ra to the 11t¢ States. ns . 5 . :
EE ma Na Severn) I't : oo : ” is Jor : I'akahira, laid his credentials before the Sug t Hai of Brilish Loan.
wells are now pumping from 10 to 20 : i Nic Eagan govern has Suit, President Friday. Secretary Hay es At New York it was reported in Wall
barrels cach daily and many more are - the on intime Canal | corted him to White House, where | street Friday, - business hours, that
drilling. Territory is hardly available | Opey 10: concession having ex-|fe was received by President. The | half the entire ue of £10,000000 of
at any price. I rominent among thei pire more than two years ago. speeches did not contain any references [the British war loan had been underwrit
operators are the Bricken - Oil Com- Fhe he ot commons in London to affairs in China. The President dwelt | ten in this country Of entire
pany, of Cadiz, O., the Florence Oil has sanctioned a proposal to borrow] upon he Shimla material progress amount it was announced the it
Company, West Virginia, and the) £ 13,000,000 as a war loan, or by means making Japan, while the minister !ooo will be used to defray
Standard Oil Company, together with | of treasury or exchequer bonds for the spoke for an enlargement of the grow- | war expenses and the Pra Fini
many companies of local origin. nation. ing interests of the two countries. the cost of the campaign in China.
marks of 22g
and |
14
to it.
AMERICANS 0 ) GONTROL THE CANAL.
CONCESSION PER PERPETUAL.
Eyre-Cragin Syndicate of New York Will
Construct the Nicaragua Waterway.
Right to Police Country.
John D. Crimmins, of the syndicate
formed to construct an inter-oceanic
canal through Nicaragua under the con-
cession given by that government to
Edward Eyre and Edward F. Cragin,
the exis tence of which was proclaimed
Friday by President Zelaya, says that
he Sompany to construct the canal, or-
ganized under the laws of New Jersey,
ic proceed to carry out the terms of
its contract without delay.
The capital needed has been secured,
and if the estimate of cost made for
ils government is correct the canal can
be built for the same money. and prob-
ably for less. This estimate is about
$130,000,000. Mr. Crimmins said that
the company would prefer to have the
government leave the matter in the goa
pany’s hands, so as to permit a priva
constructi n and operation of the cana al
for the benefit of the whole world. He
added that the syndicate had no desir
wever, to embarrass the go svernment
1d would defér to its conception of
policy.
The route has not been selected and
the company has liberty to choose any
within the domain of Nicaragua. That
preferred by this government would cer-
tainly have preference. The probability
is that the route will be that hitherto
called the Nicaragua. Mr. Crimmins
said:
"Our concession is perpetual. It gives
us the right to police the country for ten
miles on either side of the cana fl, where-
as by the maritime company’ S conc
sion policing was to be done by
Nicaragua government.”
5
the
RACE WAR ENDS FATALLY.
Trouble Has Been Brewing for Some Time.
Police Kill a Negro.
For several days past trouble has been
brewing between the white and colored
miners in Keystone, W. Va. and a
number 2 conflicts have occurred as a
result. Thursday half a dozen whites
attacked a number of colored men and
clubs were used freely for a time. Po-
liceman Harry Messer attempted to
quell a disturbance when John Lowrey,
a burly negro, tried to slash the officer
with a razor. The official opened fire
on Lowrey and FY a bullet through his
heart. le alse slightly injured two
other negroes.
The killing of Lowrey enraged the
colored population more than ever, and
oes had formed
of doing Messer bodily
harm lynching was threatened.
Mess taken to a boarding house
and a one n sturdy white citizens armed
themselves with rifles and served notice
on the dad negroes that a volley
than 100 neg
purpose
in fact,
Wa
SOOn more
for the
SE be fired at the first man who
crossed the street toward Messer's quar-
ters.
Friday morning the trouble had sub-
sided very materially, but another out-
break feared. More than half the
population of Keystone is colored, the
town treasurer's and clerk's offices be-
ing occupied by negroes. A race war
s thre atened.
OVER Ai B! LLION nN GOLD.
in This Country.
the Mint
egarding
gold in this country,
Director of Robertz said
that the estimate
‘A country on the gold basis gets the
share of the world’s gold which its pro-
portion of the world’s business brings
That share is controlled by the
i of trade, not by governmental reg-
lation. Our great gain in gold in re-
ent years has come because we could
use it, and our position in the world's
trade has en: nabl ed us to command it.”
Plague in London.
The Marine hospital service has re-
ceived the following
Past Assistant
nouncing the outbreak of
plag ue in London:
here have been four cases of plague,
two deaths from plague, in Lon-
don. Diagnosis confirmed by bacterio-
logical examination. Do not think |
there will be further spread.”
telegram from
Thomas an-
the bubonic
Surgeon
and
gives no details as to the origin of the
nor whether they were on ship-
board or within the city itself. The ma-
rine hospital service authorities say the
cas
ers are ample, and they express con-
CE that the disease is not likely to
reach this countr
Fought a Deadly Duel.
Husband and wife fought a duel to the
| death. That is the theory of the police
{ who found their dead bodies.
W. Sinclair, aged 51 years, a fruit com-
mission merchant, and his wife, Annie
IZ., aged 32 years, were both found dead
Robert
Saturday night in the garden in front
of their summer home at Green Tree
station .on the Pennsylvania railroad,
near Philadelphia, Pa.,
in each of their heads.
The couple had frequently quarreled,
and some time ago scparated. Las
week the wife returned to her husband's
house. Sinclair and his wife each car
ried istol, for what reason no
could out.
with a bullet hole
Train Caught by a Flood.
Redmond, Orangeburg county, S. C.
reports the extraordinary rainfall of one
A passenger train het for
was caught in the flood, the
to the car floors. The high
before and behind
washed away and the
ers were in peril for
escued.
passen-
Fatal Political Dhpute.
t. Michael Prince, of the Norfoik
department, shot and" killed
Charles Cannon, an oyster inspector, at
Norfolk, Va., Friday morning in the
custom house vard. Five shots were
fired. A political quarrel caused the
shooting, both being ln: Demo-
crats, but of different factions.
Prohibition Leaders Denounced.
Atlantic
conde
The
has severely
y Ministerial
med John G.
Union
Wool-
1c Prohibition candidate for President:
Rev. Ds Swallow, of Harrisburg, and
Homer Castle, of Pittsburg, for holding
a political meeting last Sunday on ihe
ocean pier and charging admission.
Great Increase o Immigration.
the increase in
immigration at the New York port just
tabulated show that in the fiscal year
ended June 30 there arrived 341.711 im-
migrants, which is the greatest number
sin 1893. The greatest increase has
been during the last three months.
Figures concerning
Yellow Fever in Tampa.
Dr. J. Y. Porter, Florida .State health
icer, has received from Dr. Weedon,
at Tampa, a me Ye announcing two
cases of yellow fever in that city, and
hat he believes the infection to be gen-
eral. It is believed the disease can he
ronfined to Tampa.
Mint Director Roberts’ Estimate of the Amount |
the present stock of |
on May 1 was $1,045,525,117. of which |
420,000,000 was supposed to be held |
by the banks and trust companies and |
in prevate hoards. It is estimated that
$600,000 to $800,000 is carried abroad
by travelers each year, and $3.500,000 |
used in the industrial arts annually. Mr.
Roberts said:
|
The dispatch from Surgeon Thomas |
ins structions alre ady given to quarantine !
one |
s |
foot in a few hours. About Redmond |
Mills bridges were washed away, as well
as a large section of the Southern rail-
the |
eight hours until |
NEGROES DISFRANCHISED.
! Their Vote No Longer Valid in North Caro-
lina—Some Voted Against Them-
selves—Electien Quiet.
After one of the most bitterly contest
ed campaigns ever known in the old
North State, the Democrats and
by
“white
supremacy” won Thursday a major-
ity of about 40,000. Thursday's election
disfranchised the negro and changed the
State Legislature from its combination
majority of Republicans and Popalins
to straight Democratic, practically in-
suring the defeat of Marion Butler for
re-election as United States senator.
The negroes, as a general thing, re-
mained away from the polls. The elec-
tion, unexpectedly, passed off without
any trouble, excepting at a little town
named Eaison. A fire there, which
started in a drug store, wherein was kept
the registration boo destroyed the
apothecary’s shop, the work being .at-
tributed by the Democrats to those op-
posed to white rule. Bloodhounds were
called out, but failed to find any trace
of the alleged incendi ary.
‘he clection was for State officers,
members of the Legislature and county
offices and for an amendment to the
State Constitution looking to a practical
climination of the negro from politics,
as its adoption disfranchises the bulk
of the negro vote. By the greatest
interest centered in the it over the
amendment. Many ne Rroes s voted for
the amendment.
stone College at
The faculty of Living-
Salisbury, one of the
most prominent negro educational in-
stitutions in the South, voted for it.
Spencer B. Adams, fusion nominee
for governor, was dc by Charles
R. Aycock, Democrat, and ‘all other
Democratic candidates were elected.
The Legislature is Democratic in both
branches,
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
A Weekly Review of the Hanpenings Throughe
out the World of Labor in This and
Other Counties.
The mines of South Africa give work
to between 60,000 and 70,000 men.
North Carolina got along ail of last
year, ending May 31, withont a strike.
Nearly ail the striking fishermen on
the Frazer river, B. C., have returned
to work.
Carroll D. Wright estimates 1,808,300
wage workers in labor or tions
in the United Stat
Employes of th vy Central Rail
road ha asked for an increase
wages of from five to fifteen per cent
lwo hundred women a emplo
as feeders in the press rooms of
Government printing office at W
ington
The coal mines through
Virginia are running at their illest
capacity and still are unable to keep
up with orders
Is’ Union has bem
vant Gi
Association of Workingwome
| the eight-hour system has beer
| duced into the dry goods stores of
| Boston.
| Offcers oi
| eration of 1.
Colorado State
are arranging to |
amount of
the
bor
{ from the State a large
and mineral land on which mines will
| be opened on the co-operative plan
Mortimer D Shaw nducied
the telegrapl strike id
| who was once « ne « of the nent la
bor leaders of America, was buried in
i Potter's Field in St. Louis, Mo, un
| der the assumed name of Martin
{ Shaw.
From an industrial point of view the
i Flemish city of Ghent ranks first among
| the communities of Belgium. Aros
ling to the recent industrial census, pub
[ lished by the ministry of industry and
labor, Ghent has 42,338 workers, in
cluding bosses, directors, employes
i mechanics and laborers. After Ghent
| comes Antwerp, with 40.416, followed vy
| Liege, with 37.018, and Brussels Cente
with 26.817
MINES AND MINERS.
Five Thousand Tons of Ameri an Coai for
Germany —Refrigeraling Machines
in Deep Mines.
| One of the unexpected uses of the re
frigerating machine is found in mining
Ar great depths or at comparative
shallow depths in some mines w ary on
| valuable veins of metal or coal | een
ees because of the heat. But
| engineers declare that with the use of
modern refrigerating apparatus to cool
| the air it will be possible to go several
thousand feet lower in case a rich vein
| of precious metal or even co anted
the additional e
pense
i
E Lawrence, of Philadelphia, I
| eine of the largest individ ual bituminc
| coal mine owners in the central par
{ the State, has just shipped from P}
| delphia a cargo of 5.000 tons of
coal to Germany and | couple
| large contracts for Europe consumyp-
| tion. In speaking of the growth of the
| coal shipments from this country to
urope he said: “Our trade with Eu
rope in soit coal is no longer in the
experimental stage. It has been proved
within a few months that there is a
rand future for it. On of the
andi is the lack of American ships
the coal nearly every-
i wing to go in foreign botton
ee I think the expanding coal
| trade will do more th: almost any
| other particular line to encourage the
| building of more merchant freight ca
American yards. The busine
| can be relied on to constantly increase,
| and as an cvidence of the need of on
| coal on the other side many English
| syndicates are now buying all tl
| coal lands in the south they can get
| hold of. Notwithstanding the high
freight expense we
can put
the European markets at $1
than the home article.”
The Ben Franklin Coal (
| which has begun operations at
Pa., is pushing work as rapid}
ble. Coal wo in proce
tion on the 1
driving a coal
across,
riers in
up
ton lc
per
ompany,
Fre
S possi
port,
ss of erec
and worl
nad
The men are kept en day
A tramway to connect with the Butler
branch has already been completed.
When the coal works are finished the
company will employ 50 men The
concern is capitalized at $100,000.
amples of Japanese ih have been
sted by order of the war department,
rd it is announced that the tests
lemonstrated that this
ER with the prodnct of
mines, Japan being so near
is probable that the quarter:
partment in China and the I
coal
will find it cheaper to use Japanese coal
than to import American so many thew
sands miles across the Pacific oce
The Hanna Coal Company is opening
new mines on Jug Ri near the W
E. R. R, in the lower end of Jeffer-
son county, O., and will employ 500
miners.
The worst tamin f modern times
were the famine in Ireland mn 1846- 7
in which 1.000.000 1
Indian famine in 1
1.450,000 victims; the
1877, in which 500.000 people peris
and the great famine in China in
in which 9.886.000 died.
On one of the Japanese r ways ter-
racotta sleej are used. They are
| far mere durable than those of wood.
formed in Watertown, N. on a ba
sis of hours from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m., and
wages $1 to $5 week
There are several furnaces in Scot-
land that consume 100 to 150 tons of
coal per week, waiting for striking
| hands to return to work i
| The iron and steel trust announces |
| through President Gary, at Chicago,
who speal $700,000,000, that big
mills maj soon, making 150,000
men idle
As a result of the efforts of the
our coal in |
aht. §
OR. TALMAGE'S SUNDRY SERMON.
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE.
Bubject: The Kind of Religion That the
World Needs—Only That Which Comes
Straight Down From ileaven Can Be
of Benefit to Humanity. ;
[Copyright 1800.1
Ww D. C.— From Norway,
ASHINGTON,
whe Jr. Talmage is now staying, he
sends the following discourse, in which he
shows that the world can never be bene-
fited by a religion of human manufacture,
which easily vields to onc’s surroundings,
but must have a religion let down from
heaven; text, Amos vii, 8: “And the Lord
said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And
I said, A plumb line.”
The solid masonry of the world has for
me a fascination. Walk about ‘some of the
triumphal arches and the cathedrals, 400
or 600 years old, and see them stand as
erect as when they were builded. walls of
great height, for centuries vot bending a
quarter of an inch this way or that. “So
greatly honored were the masons who
builded these walls that they were free
om taxation and called “free” masons.
The trowel gets most of the credit for
these buildings, and its clear ringing on
stone and brick has sounded across the
ages. But there is another implement of
just as much importance as the trowel.
and my recognizes it. Pricklayers
and stonemasons and carpenters in the
building otf walls use an instrument made
of a cord, at the end of which a lump of
lead is fastened. They drop it over the
side of the wall, and. as the plummet nat-
urally seeks the centre o vity in the
earth, the workman discove where th:
wall recedes and where it bulges out and
just what is the perpendicular. Our text
represents God as standing on the wall
of character. which the Israelites had
built, and in that way testing it. “An
the Lord said unto me. Amos. what seest
thou? And I said, A plumb line.”
What the world wants is straight up
and down religion. Much of the so-called
piety of the day bends this way and that
to suit the times. It is oblique, with a
low Ji
state of sentiment and morals. We
have all been building a wall of character,
and it is glaringly imperfect and needs re.
construction. How shall it be brought into
perpenc.cular? Only by the divine meas-
urement. And the Lord said unto me,
mos, w hat seest thou? And I said, A
Fi line.’
The whole tendency of the times is to
make us act by the standard of what oth-
ers do. “e throw over the wall of our
character the tangled plumb line of other
lives and reject the infallible test which
Amos saw. The question for me should
not be what you think is right, but what
God thinks is right. This perpetual refer-
ence to the behavior of others, as though
it decided anything but human fallibility,
is a mistake as wide as the world. There
| are 10,000 plamb lines in use, but only one
| is true and exact, and that is the line of
| God's eternal right. There is a mighty at-
tempt being made to reconstruct and fix
up the Ten Commandments. To many they
seem too rigid. The tower of Pisa leans
over ahent thirteen feet from the per pen-
dicular, and people go thousands of mi
its graceful inclination and to a
by extra braces and various architec-
fond contrivances, it is kept leaning from
century to century. Why not have the ten
granite blocks of Sinai set a little aslant?
Why not have the pillar of gruth a lean-
ing Lower? iv is not an ellij as good
ware? Why is not an Da
ol as straight up and down?
| friends, we 1 ust have a standard.
it be God's or man's?
The divine plumb line needs to be thrown
over all merchandise. Thousands of years
ago Solomon discovered the tendency of
buyers to depreciate goods. He saw a
man beating down an article lower and
lower, and saying it was not worth the
price ‘asked, and when he had purchased
| at the lowest point he told eve body
| what a sharp bargain he had struck, and
how he had outwitted the merchant. “It
is naught, saith the buyer, but w hen he is
gone hi s way, then he boasteth” (Prov-
xx, 14). Society is so utterly askew
in this matter that vou seldom find a sell-
er asking the price that he expects to get,
He puts on a or value than he expects
to receive, knowing that he will have to
drop. And when he wants fifty he says
se venty five, and is he wants 2000 he asks
2500. “It 1s naught,” saith the buyer.
1s defective, the style of goods
|
SC
ne
Shall
1 “The fabric
is poor. can get elsewhere a better ar-
| ticle at a smaller pr 1t is out of fash-
for, it 1s damaged, it will fade, it will not
ear well.” After awhile the merchant,
in overpersuasion or from desire to dis:
pose of that particular stock of Sods, says,
| “Well, take 1t at your own ie, the
g | Dyer gocs home with light step and
calls into his private office his confidential
| friends and chuckles while he tells how
| for half price he got the g00ds. In other
| words, he lied and was proud of it
| Nothing would make times so good and
the earning of a livelihood so easy as the
universal adoption of the law of right.
Suspicion strikes through all bargain mak-
ing. Men who sell know not whether they
will ever get the money. Purchasers know
| not whether the goods shipped will be ac-
| cording to the sample. And what, with
i the large number 0 clerks who are mak-
| ing false entries and then abse onding and
| the explosion of firms that fail for mill-
| ions of dollars, honest men are at their
wits’ ends to make a living. He who
stands up amid all the pressure and does
| rigat is accomplishing something toward
the establishment of a high commercial
prosperity.
The pressure to do wrong is stronger
from the fact that in our day the large
business houses are swallowing u the
smaller, the whales dining on Beton and
minnows. The arge houses undersell the
small ones because they buy in greater
| quantities and at lower figures from the
| producer. They can afford to make noth-
ling or actually lose on some styles of
| goods assured they can make it up on oth-
rs. So a great dry goods joa roes out-
side of its regular line and sells books at
ost or less than cost, and 5 swamps
| the bookseller, or the dry goods house
sells bric-abrac at lowest figures, and that
swamps the small dealer in bric-a-brac.
| And the same thing goes on in other
styles of merchandise, and the consequence
is that all along the business streets of all
our cities there are merchants of small
Sn who are in terrific struggle to keep
their heads above ater The ocean liners
run down the New foundland fishing
smacks. This i nothing against the man
who has the big store, for every man has
as large a store and as great a business as
he can manage.
o feel right and do right under
pressure requires martyr grace,
civine support, requires celestial re-en-
forcement. Yet there are tens of thou-
sands of such men getting splendily
the ough. They sce others going up and
| themselves going down, but they keep
their patience and courage and their Ch
| tian consistency, and after awhile their
success will come. There is generally re-
tribution in some form for greedine The
owners of the big business will Te, and
their boys will get possession of the busi-
ness, and v th a cigar in their mouths and
| full to the a with the best liquor and
behind a pair of spanking bays they will
| pass everything on the turnpike road to
temporal and eter perdition. Then the
busin will break a and the smaller
dealers will have fair opportunity, or the
| spirit of contentment and right feeling will
take possession of the large firm, as re-
| cently with a famous business honse, and
rm will s “We have enough money
all this
requires
| for all our needs and the nc of our
children. Now let us dissolve business
and make v for other men in the same
nstead of being startled nt a soli-
tary instance of magnimity it a cd
a commen thing. I know of scores of
great busin houses that have had their
opportunity of vast accumulation and who
| ought to quit. But perhaps for a
of this generation the struggle of small
| houses to keep alive under the overshadow-
ing pressure of great houses will continue.
| Therefore, taking things as they are,
| will be wise to preserve your equilibrium
| and your honesty and your faith and throw
over all the counters and shelves and casks
| the measuring line of divine right. “And
| tae Tord said pis me. Amos, what seest
thou? And I s A plumb line.”
way we need to rectify our
All sorts of religions are put-
1z forth their pretension. Some have a
ritualistic religion, and their chief work
with ghosts, and others a religion of
political economy, proposing to put an end
you
< | to human misery by a new stvle of taxa-
tion, and there is a humanitarian religion
| that looks after the bodies of men and
5 soul look after itself, and there is
ive religion that proposes to rec-
hy enactment of better
there is an aesthetic religion
a y rules of exquisite taste would lift
1e heart out of its deformities, and reli-
ms of ali sorts, religions by the peck, re-
ons by the square foot and religions
| the ton, all of them devices of {he des
we ould take the heart away from
*
c |
' nan race, a “that is the
up and down itfen in |
which begins nesis and |
| ends ith Yevelation. the reli ion of the
skies, the old religion. the (God eiven reli-
gion, the everlasting religion. which says,
“Love God above all and your neighbor as
=e
yourself.” All reli ions hut one begin at
Je wrong end of in the wrong place.
he Bible religion, demands that we first
get. right with God. It begins at the ton
gr measures Boa while the other reli-
gions begin at the bottom and try to
measure u
I want you to notice this fact, that
when a man gives up the straight up and
down religion of the Bible for any new-
fangled religion it is generally to suit his
sins. ou first hear of his change of reli-
gon, and then vou hear of some swindle
he has practiced in a special mining stock.
telling some one if he will put in $10,000
he can take out $100,000, or he has sacri-
ficed his integrity or plunged into irremed-
jable worldliness. His sins are so broad
he has to broaden his religion, and he be-
comes a3 broad as temptation, as broad as
the soul's darkness, as broad as hell. They
want a religiyn that will allow them to
keep their VE and then “at death say to
them. “Well done. good and faithful ser-
vant.” and that tells them. “All is well,
— there in no hell.” What a glorious
heaven they hold before us! Come, let us
go in and see it. There are Herod and all
the babes he massacred. There are
Charles Guiteau and Robespierre. the
feeder of the French guillotine, and all the
liars. thieves, * house burne garroters,
pickpockets and libertines of all the centu-
ries. ev have all got crowns and
thrones and harps and scepters. and when
they chant they sing, “Thanksgiving and
uwonor and glory and power to “the broad
religion that lets us all into heaven with-
out repentance and without faith in those
humiliating dogmas of ecclesiastical old
fogvism.” ’
My text gives me a grand opportunity
of saying a useful word to all voung men
who are now forming habits for a lifetime.
Of what use to a stcnemason or a brick-
laver is a plumb line? Why not build the
wall by the unaided eye and hand? Be-
cause they are insufficient. because if there
be a deflection in the wall it cannot fur-
ther on be corrected. Because, by the
law of gravitation. a wall must be straight
in order to be symmetrical and safe. /
young man is in danger of getting a defect
in his wall of character that may never be
corrected.
Hear it, men and bovs, women and girls,
all the fun is on the side of right. Sin may
seem attractive, but it is deathful, and like
the manchineel, a tree whose dews are
poisonous. The only genuine happiness is
mn a Christian life.
here they co, two brothers. The one
was converted a vear ago in church one
Sunday morning during prayer or sermon
or hymn. No one knew it at the time.
he persons on either side of him sus-
pected nothing, but in that young
man’s soul this process went on:“Lord,
here I am. a voung man amid the tempta-
tions of city life, and T am afraid to risk
them alone. Come and be my pardon and
my help. Save me from making the mis-
take some of my comrades are making, and
save me now.” And quicker than a flash
God rolled heaven into his soul. le is
just as jolly as he used to be, is jus! as
brilliant as he used to be. He can sirike
a ball or catch one as easily as before he
was converted. With gun or fishing rod in
this summer vacation he is just is skillful
as before. The world is brighter to him
than ever. He appreciates pictures. music,
innocent hilarity. social life, good jokes
and has plenty ‘of fun, glorious fun. But
his brother is going down hill. In the
morning his head aches from the ep
pagne debauch. ¥verybody sees he is
rapid descent. What cares he for oh
or decency or the honor of his family
name? Turned out of employment, de-
pleted in health. cast down in spirits, the
typhoid fever stril him in the smallest
room on the fourth story of a fifth-rate
hoarding house, cursing God and calling
for his mother and fighting back demons
from his dying pillow, which is besweated
and torn to rags. He plunges out of this
world, with the shriek of a destroyed
spirit.
God is now throwing that plumb line
over this republic, and it is a solemn time
with this nation, and whether we keep
His Sabbaths or dishonor them, whether
righteousness or iniquity dominate, whether
we are Christian or infidel, whether we
fulfill our mission or refuse, whether we
are for God or against Him, will decide
whether we Wl as a nation go on in
higher and higher c: areer or go down in the
same grave where Jabvlon and Nineveh
and Thebes are sepulchered.
“But.” say you, ‘if there be nothing but
a plumb line, what can any of us do, for
there is an old proverb which truthfully
declares, ‘If the best man’s faults were
written on his forehead, it would make
him pull his hat over his eyes.” What shall
we do when, according to Isaiah, ‘God
shall lay judgment to the line and right-
eousness the plummet? ”
Ah, here is where the gospel comes in
with a Saviour’'s righteousness to make up
for our deficits. And while I see hanging
on the wall a plumb line, I see also hang-
ing there a cross. And while the one con-
demns us, the other saves us, if only we
will hold to it.
nd here and now you may be set free
with a more glorious liberty than Hamp-
den or Sidney or Kosciusko ever fought
or. Not out yonder or down there or 1
here, but just where you are you may get
it.
The invalid proprietress of a wealthy
estate in Scotland visited the continent of
Surope to get rid of her maladies, an
she went to Baden-Baden, and tried those
waters, and went to Carlsbad and tried
those waters, and went to Homburg and
“mw
tried those waters, and instead of getting
etter, she got worse, and in despair she
said to a phys cian, ty At shall T do
is Foply was: “Medicine can do Le
You have only one chance, an
that is ‘the waters of Pit Keathly, ‘Scot
and.” s it possible?’ she replied.
“Why, those waters are on my own es-
tate.” She returned and drank of the
fountain at her own gate, and in two
months completely recovered. Oh
aud diseased and sinning and dying,
go trudging all the world ove
ing her» and there relief for y
aged spirit when close by and at your very
feet and at the door of your heart, aye,
within the ve estate of your own con-
sciousness, the healing waters of eternal
life may te had and Sh this very hour,
this very minute? Blessed be God that
over against the plumb line that Amos
saw is the . through the emancipating
power of which yor and 1 may live an
liwe forever!
On the Warpath.
The military authorities at Oaxaca,
Mexico, have received information that
there has been fighting between the
Maya Indians and the government
troops in Yucatan for the last five days
and that the rebels have been forced
to abandon several of their strongest
positions adjacent to the city of San-
ta Cruz, where they have their head-
quarters and tribal government.
The Indians were taken by surprise
several d ago by a force of about
our discour-
2,000 government troops commanded by
Gen. Brav 0, coming upon their right
flank. After firing a few volleys the In-
and then
which they
and great
dians retreated a short distanc
made a determined stand
have held with persistence
bravery.
Coal Crashes Into a Car.
Early Thursday morning, while the
Steubenville express, on the Panhandle
railroad, was passing Walkers Mills,
three miles west of Carnegie, Pa., on its
way to Pittsburg, a large quantity of
coal broke loose from Boyd's tipple, on
a bank high above the railroad, and
came cr rashing down upon the rear car
of the train. The windows of the car
were smashed and the seats and aisles!
filled with coal. Quite a number of
passengers were injured. The fall of the
coal is said to have been due to the
breaking of the machinery used in hoist-
ing it.
United States Consul Dead.
Teleerams from Caracas, Venezuela,
say: Information has reached this place
of the death of the United States consul
at Barranquilla, Colombia, from cholera.
The United States consular list gives the
name of W. Irvin Shaw, of Pennsyl-
vania, as consul at Barranquilla.
Stuck to His Post.
When it comes to a battle, a horse
shows no fear of death, no sign of be-
ing overcome by panic, in all the wild
tumult of the battle’s roar. A horse in
one of our batteries in the Murfrees-
boro fight was hit by a piece of shell,
which split his sknll so that one sida
was loosened. The driver turned him
loose, but when he saw the team he
had worked with being driven back for
ammunition he ran to his old place and
galloped back with the rest. \V hen an
officer pu shed him aside to have another
horse put in, he gazed at the new one
with a most sorrowful expression in his
eyes. Then he seemed to re alize that
the battle was no more for him, and ha
walked awav ar 1 ay down and died.
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