esi HOHE RT I J dt HEAVY RAINFALL DAMAGES GROPS- WONDERFUL PRECIPITATION, Caused Copious Overflowings and e Considerable Harm in the West. Yeports received from the grain states most affected by the heavy June rains, indicate that the crop situa- tion is not so discouraging as it has been painted in many quarters, and there is a disposition to place much faith in the restorative effects of warmer weather, which was reported in some sections, and was believed to be on the way in other places. Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Indian Territory crops were said to be generally in a fa- vorable condition. Damage generally, it was said, would be largely repaired Ty warm weather in July. The low- lands of Illinois appear to have been the worst sufferers, while Iowa is said to have stood the weather with re- ni.arkable success. Reports from Cleveland, O., say: After nearly a week of continuous rain the skies , cleared to-day, and bright, cool weath- v er is reported throughout Northern Chic. Reports from the country dis- iriets show that while corn and po- tatoes have sutfered to some extent, geod crops may still be secured if the weather is favorable from now on. Advices from Kansas City say a heavy, soaking rain has continued for two days in Western Missouri, followed by a rising temperature. At Kansas City and vicinity 3.3 inches of water fell, while at Lexington there was a down- fall of 114 inches of rain. Following tlie coldest June in this part of the state for 20 years the indications are for warmer, which is needed by crops generally. Around St. Louis, Mo, there seems to be no cessation of the rain that has been falling heavily at intervals since Saturday morning. Re- ports of damage to crops in Illinois and Missouri continue to be received. This, it is conservatively estimated, will amount to a large sum. At Omaha, Neb. there were general rains throughout Nebraska. Potatoes are reported to be rotting in the ground, end the corn crop somewhat damaged. In Minnesota, barring strong wind and heavy rainfall in a few scattering sec- trons, crops of all kinds in the North- west are in a very satisfactory con- dition. For more than a week rain has fallen daily within a radius of 150 miles from Cincinnati, but only in a few localities has it been excessive. Low temperature has prevailed all this time. The result has been slow growth for corn, delayed ripening of wheat and some damage to early oats. RESOLVED TO SQUEEZE CHINA. Only Backed by the United States in Resisting Demand. The Taotai of Shanghai, China, has rotified the bankers’ commission that China refuses to pay the July “install- ment of the indemnity except at the April 1, 1901, rate of exchange for sil- ver. All the powers except the United States demand that payment shall be on the present gold valuation of silver, which is about the lowest figure ever known, and if China does pay on this basis the indemnity will amount to millions more than origi- nally calculated. The envoys of the European powers hope to force China to pay on their terms because she has cply the United States to support her. Nash Has Big Job. Preparatory to the special session of the Legislature of Ohio, to be called to enact new laws for the government of the cities of the state, Governor Nash is endeavoring to perfect a measure which will meet with general approval and necessitate the General Assembly being in session but a few days. Back Again in Harness. The reports that William G. Park, of New York, would soon return to the steel business prove to be true. He has become identified with the Eastern Steel Company, an independ- ent concern composed of New York capitalists. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. President Roosevelt placed the first layer of mortar upon the foundation of the new Grace Reformed church. The Senate committee on the Philip- pines has decided not to visit the archipelago during the recess, as urged by Charles Francis Adams and others. The President's proclamation of amnesty and civil government for the hilippine islands Thursday was made public. The records at the Capitol show that every bill presented to President Roosevelt was signed by him before Congress adjourned. Attorney General Knox will send lo Paris his assistant, C. H. Russell, to investigate Panama canal title, and may follow himself. Senator Bailey, Texas, assaulted Senator Beveridge, Indiana, after ad- journment of executive session, Mon- cay, but dragged away beforg much harm was done. President Roosevelt has issued a proclamation announcing the post- ponement until April 30, 1904, of the opening of th2 Louisiana Purchase ex- position at St. Louis. The navy department has received @ telegram announcing the departure of the Topeka from Barcelona for La Guaira, Venezuela, to rejoin the Cin- cinnati in her watch of affairs attend- ing the revolutionary crisis in that gublic. The deralcation of William S. Yeat- mans, formerly disbursing clerk for the war department, as far as known, amounts to $18,000. Frank E. Scales, the man who has been bothering Admiral Dewey with frequent warnings of ‘‘terrible dang- or,” has been committed to the 1in- sane asylun | 1 CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. Final Adjournment. The first session of the Fifty-seventh Ccngress adjourned finally at 5:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The con- ference report on the Philippine civil government bill, which* passed the House, was acopted by the Senate, and on the naval appropriation bill it was agreed that one of the new bat- tleships shall be constructed in a gov- ernment navy yard, and that all shall be so built if the secretary of the navy is satisfied that the contractors have combined to deprive the govern- ment of open ard unrestricted com- petition in the bids. In the House Tuesday after the bills had been passed to appropriate $50,- 000 each for status of Baron Steuben and Count Pulaski in Washington, Mr. Dalzell made the report from the special committee denying the story of bribery in the purchase of the Dan- ish West Indies. Adjourned finally. HELD UP FAST TRAIN. Robbers Secure Valuables From Ex- press Car When Near Joliet. Three men held up an express train on the Rock Island railroad near’ Du- pont, Ill, and secured some valuables from the express car. Charles Nessler, who is believed to have been forced to take part in the robbery, was ar- rested. Nessler, who is- about. 22 years old, says he went to visit a cousin at Niles Center, and being'out of money was beating his way back home. Shortly after he got on the train the robbers appeared and or- dered him at the point of a revolver to tell the engineer to stop the train. The engineer took the matter as a joke at first, but obeyed, when the robbers ordered him to stop. The robbers took the crew back with them and made a demand and Express Messenger Kane, who hesitated and was shot in the groin. The men were unable to open the big safe, but secured what was ir the small safe and departed. The passengers were not molested. TIN WAGES STILL STAND. The Present Scale Remains in Force Until April, 1903. The conference ‘committee of the tin plate workers held two consulta tions in New York Wednesday with officials of the American Tin Plate Company. President Shaffer said: “The wage scale agreed on last April will rule until April, 1903. We settled rearly all the fcotnctes, as the gen- eral conditions are called. The rest Yave been referred to the local lodges. The footnotes do not affect the gen- eral situation. There cannot be any {rouble until the wage scale expires.” ATTEMPTS TO KIDNAF A GIRL. Unknown Man Raises Window and Lifts Child From Her Bed. An unsuccessful attempt was made at Vincennes, Ind. to kidnap Ethel, the 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Paris. A man, whose description cannot be given, raised the window at the side of the child’s bed and lifted her out. She screamed, and the would-be kidnaper dropped her and ran. There is no clew to his identity. Gets Havana Franchise. Park & Hamilton, of Youngstown, 0O., have notice from Cuba announc- ing that franchises have been granted them to construct and operate electric street railway lines throughout Ha- vana. The concessions are said to be worth $25,000,000 and include all the franchises in Havana. Check to Counterfeiting. The annual report of Chief Wilkie, of the Treasury secret service, shows that there were 573 arrests during the year, of which 413 were of Amer- icans, with Italians next in number, and 63 per cent of the persons ar- rested were convicted. Only one dangerous counterfeit note a $5 silver certificate, was put into circulation. Chief Mourners Tar and Feathered. The funeral of Mrs. John Seibert, of Mount Morris, Ill, was delayed until the mourners could adjourn to a corn- field and administer a coat of tar and feathers to the husband and sister of the dead woman. Then the funeral proceeded, but the two who were to have been chief mourners were ab- gent. War College Board. Lieut. Gen. Miles, commanding the army, has issutd a general order an- nouncing the following officers as members of the war college board. Maj.-Gen. S. B. M. Young, Brig.-Gens. William H. Carter, Tasker H. Bliss, Maj. Henry A. Greene, United States infantry assistant adjutant-general, and Maj. William D. Beavh, Tenth United States cavalry. Amnesty Terms Fully Agreed On. The terms of the general amnesty proclamation to the Philippinos have been definitely agreed om, and have met the approval of Acting Governor I.uke Wright of the Philippines. The proclamation will be made public sim- ultaneously in the Philippines and in this country. Freight Handlers’ Strike Delayed. The threatened strike of 10,000 freight handlers at Chicago did not occur, their demands having been placed in the hands of the Federation of Labor. Machinists and boiler mak- ers on every railroad entering Chi- cago have begun strikes for higher wages, but are not yet serious. Paying Teller Got $80,000.» Alexander A. Robertson, paying teller of the Wells Fargo bank, re- turned to Salt Lake, Utah, and sur- rendered to the police. The bank's shortage is estimated at $80,000. Shot for Breaking Promise. Anna Hildebrand, a young and pret- ty professional nurse, surrendered herself to the police at Orange. N. J. after shooting James Bernard McCal- lam, who she says, had refused to keep his promise to marry her. Mec Calla is not expected to live. green hides and tallow. ONE HOUR FIRE DESTROYS MILLIONS TONS OF MEAT BURNED. Big Building in Chicago Stockyards Consumed by Flames—Baffled Efforts of Firemen. By a fire, which broke out In their plant at the stockyards at Chicago Saturday, Swift & Co. suffered a loss which is estimated at $1,000,000. The fire was confined to one building standing at the intersection “of Pack- ers avenue and Broadway. This struc- ture was four stories high, built of brick, and was 300 feet square. The first floor was occupied by the whole- sale meat market of the company, the second by the shipping department and the third and fourth by the gen- eral offices of the company. The lat- ter are said to have been the largest single offices in the United States, more than $09 employes working on one of the floors in a single room. The cause of the fire is not known, it was discovered ‘near the engine room, and spread to rapidly that it was impossible to save anything in the structure. The first arvivals cof ‘the fire department were unable to check the fire, and repeated calls were s2nt in ‘or assistance, but all the en- gines that the department could gather were not able to prevent the entire destruction of the building. Within an hour after the fire was discovered the building was ruined, although it continued to blaze for a long time. The burned building adjoins porticns of the plant of Armour & Co. and Libby, McNeil & Libby, and for a time the fire department had & desperate fight to keep these buildings from the flames. All the books and office rec- ords of Swift & Co. were in the burn- ed building, but they are thought to be safe, as they were in fireproof vaults. There were 3,925 beeves 1n the building, and. great quantities of The general supplies of the company were stored in the meat market and in the cellars, and everything in and about the build- ing was destroyed. THINK IT NOAH’S ARK. Indians Find Petrified Ship—Great Chest They Cannot Open. W. A. Reid, secretary of the Skag- way Y. M. C. A, has returned to Ta- coma, Wash. from the interior of Alaska, where he talked with Indians whose statements he believes fully confirm previous reports that the In- dians of Lower Yukon have discov- ered an immense petrified ship on Porcupine river, near the Arctic circle, north of Rampart, Alaska. The In- dians traced its dimensions on the ground, indicating a length of 1,200 feet. They stated that everything cennected with the boat was petrified. Among the things inside of it was a large safe or chest. The chest was hollow and could not be broken. The Indians finally became convinced that the whole contrivance was something cennected with the Holy Spirit, so they left it. Indians familiar with the Bible are convinced that the ship is none other than Noah’s ark. GENERAL MILES SPEAKS. Commander-in-Chief Was the Guest of Honor at Philadelphia. Philadelphia officially celebrated -the one hundred and twenty-sixth anni- versary of the signing of the Declara- tion of Independence in this city by holding evercises in Independence square. The celebration was of un- usual interest because of the pres- ence of Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, who delivered the oration. After the address he held a reception, which lasted about a half hour. Later in the day the general was enter- tained by a committee of city council- men at luncheon, and was also an in-| terested spectator of the regatta on the Schuylkill river. Charged to Chinaman. The police at Buffalo, N. Y., ar- rested Hung-Wing, a Chinese laun- dryman, for the murder of little Marion Murphy on the night of June 17. Wing’s laundry is just around the corner from the Murphy home, and, though it was within a few feet of the laundry that Marion was last seen, not until recently was police sus- picion directed to Wing. The child's clothing was found in the cellar. 31 KILLED; 2,649 INJURED. Casualty List for Fourth of July Com- piled From 160 Cities. From reports received from all over the country, a revised list of the casu- alties of the Fourth of July celebra- tion this year has been prepared. The list gives figures of the dead, injured and fire losses in 160 cities and towns in the United States, including Pitts- burg. The total number of the dead was 31 and the injured 2,649. The total fire losses were $250,155. Of the causes contributing to death and in- jury the following were the most im- portant: Fireworks, 731; skyrock- ects, 110; cannons, 368; firearms, 443; gunpowder, 546; toy pistols, 422; run- aways, 29. Strikers ‘Accused of Arson. The Canadian Northern station at St. Jean, Manitoba, burned with a large quantity of freight. Superin- tendent Hanna blames the strikers for setting the fire and has offered $2,000 reward for evidenge. The strike lead- ers are equally indignant and offer $50 reward. The building was valued at $22,500. Strike Settlement Looked For. President Stevens, of the Chesa- peake & Ohio railroad, held a con- ference at Handley, W. Va., with the coal operators. It is understood the advice he gave was much the same as that given to the operators at Charleston. The feeling is strong that the end of the strike is near. Gives $4,000,000. John M. Burke has given $4,000,000 to the city of New York, practically without reserve, to found a home for convalescents in or near Manhattan. ANGUINALDO FREE. Fears Revenge of Luna's Friends— Afraid to Visit the Acting Gover- nor Except at Night. As a result of the proclamation of amnesty July 4, the guard of Amer- ican soldiers has been withdrawn from the house, where Aguinaldo lived in Manila, Philippine Islands, and Lieut. Johnson, Aguinaldo’s custodian, took the Filipino on his release to see Gen. Chaffee. It was the first meeting be- tween the American general and the leader of the Filipino insurrection. Lieut. William E. McKinley, of the Ninth cavalry, acted as interpreter. Aguinaldo was told that he was free to go anywhere he pleased, and Gen. Chaffee asked him if he had any com- plaint to make of American discour- tesy or harshness. Aguinaldo replied that he had no such complaint to make. He told Gen. Chaffee he was going to visit friends at his home in Cavite Viejo, in Cavite province, and inquired what protection the Amer- ican authorities would afford him. He seemed to be afraid to venture out. Gen. Chaffee replied that Aguinaldo would get the same protection as any other citizen. The former Filipino leader then asked Gen. Chaffee to pre- vent the courts from requiring him to testify in civil suits. Gen. Chaffee replied that he had no authority to grant this request, and advised Aguin- aldo to make a social call upon Acting Civil Governor Wright. This Aguin- aldo said he would do, but that he would go at night, as he was timid about appearing on the streets in day- light. The release of the former Fili- pino leader has renewed speculation as to possible vengeance upon him by friends of Luna and his other enemies. Luna was a Filipino leader whom Aguinaldo caused to be killed in 1899. INDIANS THREATEN WAR. Cattlemen Alleged to Have Violated the Law. Grave trouble between -cattlemen and Indians in the Chocktaw nation is feared, because of the Killing of nearly 400 cattle, supposedly by the Indians. The trouble arises from the viclation by cattlemen of the law pro- viding that non-citizens of the nation shail have .no more than 10 head of catile each. It is asserted that the cattle owners have violated the law with impunity, and aroused the hos- tility of the Indians. . PLAY BALL IN SNOW. People Wore Overcoats, Players Two Sweaters, and Umpire Muffler. The novelty of a baseball game in a snow storm in July was furnished in Leadville, Col, Sunday. The weather has been very cold, and dur- ing the greater part of the game it was snowing. People in the grand stand wore overcoats and furs. The players each wore two sweaters, while ithe umpire wore an overcoat and a muffler. LATEST NEWS NOTES. Herman Kolch and John Lenkeitus were drowned by falling from the steamer Tashmoo at Detroit. The appropriations made by the first session of the Fifty-seventh Congress reach nearly a billion dollars. The largest crowd of the year wit- ressed the bicycle races at the Vails- surg track in New York July 4, fully 2,000 people being present, More than 12,000 miners at Birm- inghain struck for an eight-hour day, a two-weeks’ payday and 60 cents per ton. A steel rail authoritty points out the fallacy of the idea frequently ex- pressed that present prosperity is only transient. Ellis B. Byllsby, of Pennsylvania, kas been appointed a fourth assistant examiner in the patent office at $1,250 per annum. Sheriff A. J. Bullard and Under Sheriff Coburn, of Roger Mills county, Oklahoma, were killed in a battle with Forse thieves. Senator Foraker, who was threat ened with peritonitis, was able to at- tend the Senate during its closing hours. : Comrades of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, celebrated the Fourth in an annual re- union at Warren, O. Fallbrook, a St. Louis aeronaut, was killed by a fall from a balloon at Mt. Vernon, Ill On an electric railroad near Glovers- ville, N. Y., a collision ‘occurred be- tween two cars crowded with passen- gers by which 15 persons were killed and 29 injured. In a wreck of a westbound Texas & Pacific passenger train, near New Orleans, caused by a horse, Engineer J. Engle and Fireman George Bealer were killed. : The cruiser Brooklyn sailed from Annapolis for England with the re mains of Lord Pauncefote, late British ambassador at Washington. Snow fell for 24 hours at Evanston, Wyo., July 4, and in the mountains lay on the ground to a depth of three to six inches. The mercury fell to freezing point. The keel of the battleship Nebraska was laid in Moran & Co.'s shipyards at Seattle. Governor Savage, of Ne- braska, and Governor Henry McBride, of Washington, drove the first rivet. With the expiration of the govern- ment’s fiscal year, at midnight Mon- day the “war tax” that has been levied on hundreds of articles by means of stamps, was wiped out. Relief is still being extended to 439,000 people in India, but there is .a prospect of better crops in the famine districts. City council of Cleveland, O., adopt- ed a resolution to investigate the re- cent official acts of its members, growing out of bribery charges. The United States Steel Corpora- tion declared its regular dividends and jesued the best statement of earn- ings in its history. President Roosevelt arrived safely at Oyster Bay, where he will remain most of the summer. AUDITORS BY HUNDRED THOUSANDS ROOSEVELT MAKES HISTORY. The President in Fourth of July Ad- dress at Pittsburg Freely Dis- cussed Various Topics. Two declarations of independence were heard on the Fourth of July at Schenley park, Pittsburg. One the thought, the life-action of Revolution- ary patriots, was read. The other, the principle promulgated by William McKinley, and taken up by Theodore Roosevelt and borne in triumph by a victorious army, was sounded in vigorous language by the President himself, Roosevelt made history, and the vast audience of 250,000 people heard and applauded. It was an echo of Bunker Hill. He said in part: The great deeds of those that have gone before us must ever serve, not as a reason for inaction om our part, but as the keenest of spurs to drive us forward on the path of national great- ness and justice. We have had our tasks to do in the last four years, or rather, we have had, as every genera- tion must have, many tasks to do, tasks affecting us abroad, and one of these tasks being done as it has been, has signaled our entry into a larger wcrld. And it is most appropriate that on this Fourth of July, this an- niversary of the birth of the nation, it should be our good fortune to have promulgated~the declaration of estab- hshing peace in the Philippines and the acknowledgment to the army of the praise so richly due to our fellow Americans who wear the uniform of the United States, for all that they have done in the tropic islands during the past four years. We said Cuba should become a free republic, and we have kept our word. To have turned Cuba over.to the hands of its own people immediately after the withdrawal of the Spanish flag would have meant ruin and chaos. We es- tablished a government in the islands. ‘We established peace and order; we began to provide for the payment of the Cuban troops who had fought against the misrule of their oppres- sors; we instituted a public school system, modeled upon that which has been so potent a factor in our own national progress. And then, when in the fullness of time we felt they could walk alone we turned over the gov- ernment to them, and now the beau- tiful Queen of the Antilles has started on her course as a free republic among the nations of the earth. Cuba must occupy a peculiar relation to us in the field of international politics. She must in the larger sense be a part of the general political system in international affairs, of which this Republic stands as the head. She has assented to that view, and in return this nation is bound to give her spe: cial economic privileges not given to other nations. I regret that a meas- ure 'of reciprocity with Cuba is not already embodied in statute or in treaty, but it will be, just as sure as fate. And now a word as to the Philip- pines. There are yet troubles in the Moro country—the country of the Mo- hammedan tribes—but in the Philip- pines among the Philippines, among the people who have been in insurrec- tion, peace now reigns. Speaking broadly and generally, peace has come. Our army has received its reward. The reward of the consciousness of duty well done. Our soldiers have fought, have toiled, have struggled, have fallen, so that when victory came they might turn over the Govern- ment to the civil authorities. Victory came. Today the proclamation of peace and amnesty has been promul- gated, and at the same time our gen- erals have been notified that the civil government is supreme in the islands. Does not that speak well, oh, my brethren, for our army, for our troops, that the troops of these people should war hoping for a triumph which is to put the power into the hands of the civil authorities. Prosperous Kansas. Kansas has passed an entire year without a bank failure within its lim- its. There are 579 banks in the state, of which 413 are state banks and, 124 National banks, and 42 private banks. TO NEGOTIATE FOR TREATY. Colombia to Cede Rights to United States for Panama Canal. The negotiatiops for the treaty be- tween the United States and Colom- bia, by which we will acquire the right to build the Panama canal, will be- gin in about cne week, Minister Con- cha, of Colombia, having conferred with Secretary Hay on the prelimi. naries of the negotiations. Minister Concha has full authority to proceed with the treaty. The amount to be paid Colombia for a relinquishment of exclusive rights to the United States will be $7,000,000 in gold, pay- able on the exchange of ratifications of the treaty, and in addition Colom- bia is to receive an annuity at the end of 14 years, to be determined by mutual agreement at that time. Money Tempted Boy to Shoot. Frederick Crowell was shot four times at Atlantic City by William J. English, a lad from Philadelphia. Cro- well is in the hospital and the boy is under arrest. It developed at the hearing that English, witnessing the receipt by Crowell of $40, lured him to a lonely place on the meadows and began shooting him. NEW LAKE VESSEL. Will Have Four Decks—Accommodate 3,500 People. General Manager W. C. McMillan, of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company, after a conference with Frank E. Kirby, of the Detroit Ship- building Company, has announced that the first new boat for the D. & C. will have four decks, with the crew’s quar- ters on the upper deck. There will be sleeping accommodations for 1,000 people, and the boat will carry 3,500 people and 900 tons of freight. OPERATORS VERY RETICENT. President Mitchell Confers With Labor Leaders—Fight Inaugurated Against Coal and Iron Police Act President Mitchell, of the Miners’ union, left Wilkesbarre Monday for New York. Only two or three persons around strike headquarters knew of his departure. As he did not announce that he was going to New York, there was an element of mystery about his journey. It was learned that he went’ to the metropolis for the purpose of meeting leaders of other labor organi- zations. The purpose of the meeting was not definitely known, but it will have a direct bearing on the question of labor organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor as- sisting the Miners’ union financially. Some of these organizations, through their national officers, have expressed their willingness to help the mine workers. Mr. Mitchell while in New York may meet the officials of the rail- road union or other organizations that can assist his people by other than financial means. July 7th opened .the third month of the great strike. There have been many rumors and opinions published that certain coal companies would attempt to start up one or more collieries. The officials of the big companies who are willing to talk deny all knowledge of any attempt to their respective companies to start work. They say, however, that the rumber of men applying for work is growing larger each week. Many of them are given employment and the names of the others are placed on the waiting list. The number of min- ers amongethe applicants who are ap- plying for work is ve small, and so long as the miners themselves refrain from going to the collieries no coal can be mined. Of the 147,000 men and boys employed about the mines, approximately 36,000 are miners. Un- der the laws of the state no company can employ a man to cut coal urless he has miners’ certificates showing that he has had two years’ experience in the anthracite mines. These cer- tificates are awarded by examining boards composed of miners appointed by the county courts. ‘Therefore, if 100,000 men and boys were willing to return they could not lawiully oper- ate collieries unless the striking min- ers also went to work. The labor leaders are unanimous in the belief that the strike will still be on on Sep- tember 1 if the operators make no concessions, and the company officials cay that the price of coal during the remainder of this year will not go be- low present figures, but on the other hand, may go higher. The Central Labor union at Scran- ton inaugurated a fight on the coal and iron police act. All the central labor bodies in the state will be asked to secure from every candidate for senator or representative a pledge that he will, if elected, vote for the repeal of the law. At all three masses of St. Patrick’s Catholic church at Olyphant Sunday a letter signed by District Board Member Stephen Reap, was read, in which he made humble apology for his conduct of last Sun- day. when he led a body of strikers from the church because of the pres- ence of Fire Boss Charles Beatty, a non-union man. In his letter Reap says he was so enraged at the time that he lost his head. The coal com- panies’ superintendents emphatically deny that a canvass was being made among the strikers at the instigation of the companies to secure enough men to start up a colliery here and there throughout the district. CABLE FLASHES. _ Troops and rioters have been fight. ing fiercely at .the town of Rostov, Southern Russia. The leaders pro- claimed themselves agents of the czar and preached the destruction of all machinery which reduced the num- ber of laborers and brought the masses to starvation. A mob, in- flamed with his idea, declared for war on the factories and had wrecked many establishments when the troops were called out. The situation at Fort de France, Island of Martinique, with regard to the volcanic disturbances has become more reassuring. There are still sizght intermittent eruptions from Mount Pelee, The minister of foreign affairs for Spain, the Duke of Almodovar, has been authorized to sign a treaty of commerce with the United States. Emperor William's yacht Meteor was beaten for the fourth time by the British schooner Ciceley in the long. run from Kiel. The Clara was second and the Meteor third. . The Colonial troops, which are toc be reviewed, have been invited to remain in England for the present. This is taken as an indication that the offi- cials are contemplating the possibility of the coronation of King Edward tak- ing place earlier than hitherto antict- pated. Governor Wright, in response to the inquiry concerning teachers reported pinos in Cebu. says: ‘Have killed and captured several of the gang. Latter claim school teachers still alive as late as June 26. The names of the teach- ers are Clyde France, Ernst Heger, Louis A. Thomas and John E. Wells.” Emperor William of Germany start- ed on his voyage to Norway on board the imperial yacht Hohenzollern. The Federal government of Aus- tralia has decided to become a party of the Philippines war department’s the four school captured by Fili- i to the Brussels sugar convention. A committee of workmen who were dismissed from the State arms fac- tory at St. Etienne, France, has pub- lished a manifesto demanding the re- turn of some money which they con- tributed while employed at the faec- tory for pensions, and declarine « in the event of their d: ud being re- fused the men will march on Paris. The colonial office rep that only 36 Boer families have e ated into German Southwest Africa since the beginning of the war, and of these many won't stay beca of the pre- vailing red tape met that per- petuate German colonia possessions as howling wildernesses. A In’) colore is sO water exudi oratin conte: stand. cooler and p are Io One s Ease, : Or new Dr. R. An other: Mrs teethi tion,a An know Pisc medic Sanu: The cqnte: nr
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