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MISSION FIELDS STATUS NORMAL
REPORT OF CFFICIALS.
American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions, Finances
Make Good Showing.
The ninety-third annual meeting of
the American Board of Commission-
ers for Foreign Missions began its
sessions at Oberlin, O., Tuesday,
President Samuel B. Capen, LL. D.,!
cf Boston, presiding. The report of]
the Home Department was present- |
ed by Secretary Charles H. Davids, !
D. D., of Boston. The report states]
that during the year 37 new mission-
aries were sent out to the various |
fields. The large number of work-
ers who left China on account of the |
uprising have returned to the Far
East and normal conditions - have]
been resumed. The twentieth cen-|
tury fund, which it is proposed shall |
reach $250,000, now amounts to $115,-
796.52. The total receipts from all |
sources last year amounted to $845,-
105.85. The so-called regular dona-
tions unconditioned by the donors,
from individuals, churches and so-
cieties, were $504,935.36, a loss from
last year of $4,262.52. Of this sum
the several woman's’ boards con-
tributed $124,710.61, an increase over
the previous year of $16,054.99. The
contributions to the distinctive work
of the American board have de-
creased by a little over $20,000, as
compared with one year ago. As
compared with last year the legacies
show an increase of $49,810.03. In
special gifts $42,717.42 was received.
The expenses of the year were larger
than the previous year by $24,222.23,
the total expenditures being $741,
303.35. The financial prospects for
the ensuing year are said to be as|
good as in any year of the board’s
history. A summary of the report
of the treasurer, Frank H. Wiggin,
was presented as follows: Expendi-
tures—Cost of missions, $685,465.54;
cost of agencies, $18,486.54; cost of |
publications, $9,782.48; cost of admin-
istration, $27,568.79; balance for
which the board was in debt Septem-
ber 1, 1901, $102,341.38; total, $345
105.85. Receipts—Donations, $651,-
304.24. legacies, $174,437.58; interest
on general permanent fund, $19,
364.03; total, $845,105,885.
WESTERN MARYLAND FUNDS.
Stockholders Meeting Issues Call for
$15,000,000.
The first stockholders’ meeting of
the Western Maryland Railroad com-
pany, since control passed to the
Gould interests was held in Baltimore.
The annual report was delayed owing
to the large amount of detail work in
connection with the transfer of the
property. The directors elected were
Winslow S. Pierce, A. H. Calef, H. C.
Deming, F. S. Landstreet, John W.
Gates, Edwin Gould, George J. Gould,
Lawrence Greer, Henry B. Henson, W.
H. McIntyre, of New York; John M.
Hood, Charles W. Slagle, S. Davies |
Warfield, of Baltimore. A call was is-
sued to the underwriters of the $25-
000,000 of bonds that are to be sold |
immediately, to pay 60 per cent. of |
to their subscription. The pro-
ceeds will be applied to the exten- |
sion plans of the company.
Passenger Trains Collide. i
A fast west-bound passenger train
and the Terre Haute and Indianapolis
accommodation train, on the Vandalia,
collided at Reelsville, Ind., killing Fred |
H. Hemson, mail clerk, and seriously !
injuring three others. The wreck was |
due to the failure of the agent at Hai |
mony to deliver an order.
What Peary Discovered.
At a meeting in New York of the
Peary Arctic club a letter from Peary |
was read, in which he expressed re-
gret at his failure to attain the pole
and pointed out that among the dis-
coveries made was unquestionably the
most northerly land on the globe.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Lieut. Col. Randlett, in charge of
the Klowa Indian reservation in Okla-
homa, in his annual report vigorously
assails the Indian Rights association
and the government board of Indian
commissioners.
Secretary of the Treasury Shay fa-
vors the ship subsidy scheme, saying
its. drain on the treasury would be
infinitesimal.
Commissioner W.
been appointed naval governor of
Guam, Philippine Islands, relieving
Commander Seaton Schroeder.
A dispatch from Minister
dated at Caracas, Venezuela, says:
“Fighting continues at La Victoria.
No communication is to be had with
Velencia.”
Col. A. L. Mills, superintendent of
the United States Military academy,
in his annual report, says that the dis.
cipline of the cadets has been very
satisfactory throughout the year. |
The conditional acceptance by Presi-
dent Mitchell of the amended offer of |
the anthracite operators to arbitrate |
the questions at issue was made pub-
lic at the White House Thursday.
The Supply sailed from New York
for Guam, to remain as a station |
ship. Commander William E. Sewell,
a passenger, has been assigned
naval governor of Guam, reliey
Commander Seaton Schroeder.
Secretary Root will recommend in |
his forthcoming annual report to Con-
gress that the United States purchase |
arms and equipment suflicient for a
force of 250,000 men. He believes |
this number of troops will be neces- |
sary to resist invasion by ga foreign |
army in time of war.
These changes In the diplomatic |
corps have been announced: Henry |
L. Wilson, now minister to Chile, to
be minister to Greece, in place of!
Charles S. Francis, resigned; John B. |
Jackson, now first secretary at Ber-|
lin,” to be minister to Chile; H. Per- |
cival Dodge, now second secretary at |
Berlin, to take the place of Mr. Jack- |
gon: R. F. Reynolds Hitt, now secre-
tary at Paris, to take place of Mr. |
Dodge. t
E. Sewell has
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| miners,
| effectually eradicate the evils.
| conspiracies.
| greatest interests.
| stantly killed Albert
FRIEND OF UNIONS.
President Mitchell Denies
Pierpont Morgan Was Forced to
Favor Strike Settiement.
President Mitchell was asked what
he knew of the report cabled from
New York to England that J. Pierpont
Morgan was forced to
the coal strike and in reply he said:
“To my personal knowledge Mr. Mor-
gan has been trying to settle the coal
strike ever since he came back from
Europe two months ago. If others had
been as fair and reasonable as Mr.
Morgan was, the strike would have
been settled a long time ago. I know |
nothing about Mr. Morgan's financial
interests compelling him to seek set-
tlement of the strike, but I am in-
formed that he has keenly felt his re-
sponsibility to the public in connec-
tion with the fuel famine, and has
done his best to bring about the end.
Both Mr. Morgan and Mr. Cassatt, of
the Pennsylvania railroad, were work-
ing for a settlement when President
Roosevelt made his last and success-
ful move. Mr. Morgan could not very
well have heen forced to do some-
thing which he had been trying to
achieve for several weeks. I make
this statement in justice to Mr. Mor-
gan. We have had no quarrel with
him, and we wish none. We do not
fear him, but prefer his friendship if
he is willing to give it to us. I am
credibly informed that he is friendly
to organized labor. As an organizer
of capital he concedes the right of
labor to organize also, and when la-
bor organizations are fair and con-
servative he believes in dealing di-
rectly with them for the advantage of
beth employer and employe. It is
this relationship which the United
Mine Workers seek in the anthracite
field, and we invite Mr. Morgan to co-
operate with us in securing a per-
manent and scientific solution of the
labor problem in this region.” Car-
roll D. Wright, recorder of the arbi-
tration commission, appointed by the
President to consider the differences
between the mine operators and the
spent a half hour at the
White House Saturday discussing in
a general way with President Roose-
velt the work of the commission and
the existing condition of affairs. BE.
E. Clark, of Cedar Rapids, Ia., grand
chief of the Order of Railway Conduc-
tors, who was chosen as one of the
arbitrators of the miners’ strike - dis-
putes, said he would certainly ac-
cept if for no other reason than to
avoid the complication and delay that
might result from one of the commis-
sioners declining. District Attorney
McLaughlin, at Pottsville, Pa., decid-
ed to institute habeas corpus pro-
ceedings to secure the custody of
Private Walter Wadsworth, of the
Eighteenth regiment. Wadsworth
shot William Durham, a striker, on
October 9, and a warrant is out for
his arrest en the charge of murder,
but the military authorities refuse to
surrender him.
EVILS OF MONOPOLIES.
How the Trust Problem Appears to
Attorney General Knox.
In an address delivered before the
chamber of commerce, Pittsburg, |
| Attorney General P. C. Knox made
| the following deductions: If trusts,
so-called, are being illegally conduct-
(ed Congress, has the power to enact
laws, the enforcement of which will
A law
which would cover contracts and
| combinations in restraint of trade, as
i defined by the common law, would ex-
i clude all
hurtful combinations and
Congress can, if it sees
fit, adopt that law. 1 challenge the
proposition that we are hopelessly
helpless under our system of govern-
ment, to deal with serious problems
which confront us in respect to our
Public sentiment
| is sufficiently aroused and the situa-
| tion sufficiently grave to call for the
, effcrts the President is making to se-
cure an authoritative exposition of
existing laws and suggesting addi-
tional ones. Every constitutional
question is an open one until it is de-
cided by the supreme court. May not
Congress, under the commerce
clause, effectively amend and extend
the law to deal with the trust ques-
tion? Who shall say that the power
of Congress does not extend so far?
I think it does. I am quite sure no
one can now say it does not.
MASONS WILL CELEBRATE.
Lodge to Observe 150th Anniversary
of Washington’s Initiation.
Invitations have been issued for
the celebration by the grand lodge of
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia of the
sesqui-centennial of the initiation of
George Washington into the Masonic
fraternity, which took place in Fred-
ericksburg, Va., on November 4, 1752.
Prezident Roosevelt, who is a mem-
ber of Oyster Bay lodge, is expected
to make an address. General Stew-
art L. Wcodford, minister to Spain,
will deliver an oration on “Washing-
ion as a Citiden,” and
Lamberton, of Harrisburg, Pa.
on “Washington as a Frce Mason.”
Revolver Instead of Check.
When pressed for settlement, Wil-
{liam C. Turner, formerly president of
the Climax Bottle Manufacturing
Company, of New York, shot and in-
Hamilton, of
Pittsburg, and W. J. Mallard, of New
York city. He then put a bullet
through his own brain, and the three
men died together in a little room not
more than 10 by 15 feet in area.
Admiral Selfridge Dead.
Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge,
Sr.,, U. S. N,, retired, died at the Mec-
Lean asylum in Waverly, Mass. He
was the oldest admiral in the world,
and his son, Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr.,
is a retired rear admiral in the navy.
Convicted on Cld Murder Charge.
Albert Brown, a negro, was convict-
ed at Evergreen, Ala. of killing Levi
Brown in 1871 and sentenced to pris-
on for life.
That J.
intervene i#®
James M. [duction in 1901 exceeding
: one!
END OF VERELUELAN WAR IN SIGHT
CASTRO'S ARMY DEFEATED.
Government Forces Compelled to Re-
treat After Desperate Fighting
and Heavy Losses.
News has been received from Cara-
cas that the battle near La Victoria,
Venezuela, between forces of Presi-
dent Castro, numbering 4,100 men,
with 15 guns, and the Venezuelan rev-
| olutionists,, has so far been without
definite result. General Matos, leader
of the revolution, and General Men-
doza were not present. The only
rebel Generals engaged were Gueva-
ra, Torres, Crespo and Antonio Fer-
nandez, who had with them about 3,-
100 men, representing the advance
guard of the revolutionists. President
Castro twice led a charge in person
and showed great courage and cool-
ness. His Lieutenant, General Alcan-
tara, who was at one time at the
West Point Military Academy, was
mortally wounded. The Government
forces had 247 men killed, while the
revolutionists lost 310 men. Among
the latter was General Guevara. The
arrival at the scene of battle at 5
o’clock Monday afternoon of Vice
President Gomez with 800 men and a
large amount of ammunition saved the
situation for the Government. At that
time the odds were greatly against
President Castro, but the arrival of
reinforcements improved his position.
Monday night the revolutionists still
retained their positions. The fight
started again Tuesday, and at 10
o'clock in the morning Castro retired
to La Victoria. At 1 o'clock the fight-
ing ceased on both sides. News of
the engagement having reached Gen-
| erals Matos and Mendoza, they has-
tened toc the scene and arrived at a
point near La Victoria with the rest
ofthe revolutionary army, which now
numbers about 8,000 men. The rein-
forcements under Matos and Mendo-
za intended to take part in the renewal
of hestilities. Those who were wound-
ed in the fighting are still without
medical assistance or care. They lie
on the battlefield as they fell, and the
scene there is one of great horror.
MINERS’ STRIKE ENDED.
President Roosevelt Names a Com-
mission of Six.
After a consultation with President
Mitchell at the temporary White
House at Washington, Wednesday,
President Roosevelt named the fol-
lowing commission, who are to deter-
| mine the points at issue between the
{ mine operators and United Mine Work-
ers’ Union: Brigadier General John
M. Wilson, United States army re-
tired; late chief of engineers. E. W.
Parker, Washington, as an expert
mining expert engineer; chief statis-
tician of the coal division of the
United States geological survey.
George Gray, Wilmington, Del, as a
judge of United States court. E. E.
Clark, Cedar Rapids, Ia., grand chief
of the Order of Railway Conductors,
as a sociologist. Thomas H. Watkins,
Scranton, Pa., as a man practically ac-
quainted with the mining and selling
of coal. Bishop John L. Spalding, of
Peoria, Ill. The President has added
Bishop Spalding’s name to the com-
mission. Carroll D. Wright, United
States commissioner of labor, is ap-
pointed recorder of the commission.”
! The naming of this commission is the
| result of a mutual agreement on the
| terms of compromise between the
i Union and the operators."
THE TREATY WITH CUBA.
Tariff Schedule of Cuba Favors the
United States.
It is reported in Havana that the
proposed treaty with the United States
is based on tariffs that were prepared
| by Col. Bliss, ex-collector of customs
| According to these the United States
| will give Cuba concessions amounting
! to 20 per cent. The United States will
i pay about the same duties as at pres-
| ent, but the duties for imports from
| other nations will be increased from
{ about 20 to 70 per cent. It is said that
this excludes the trade of all nations
: but the United States.
UNITED STATES LEADS IN COAL
Enormous Output in 1901 Exceeds
That of British Empire.
The United States Geological Sur-
| vey estimates the world’s production
|of coal in 1901 at 866,165,540 short
i tons. The three great coal producing
{ countries of the world are the United
States, Great Britain and Germany
| Prior to 1899 Great Britain led among
the world’s coal producers, but during
| 1899, 1901 the United States has made
i such remarkable increases due to the
activity in the metal trades, that it
| now stands far in the lead, with a pro-
that of
Great Britain by 47,965,938 short tons.
Up to the close of 1Y00 the coal pro-
duction of Great Britain and her colo-
nies, if taken together, still exceeded
that of the United States, but the
output of the mines of this country
last year exceeded by about 26,000,000
short tons, the entire output of Great
Britain and her dependencies, includ-
ing India and the Transvaal. Of the
output of coal in 1901, the United
States produced 33.86 per cent, Great
Britain and her - dependencies, 30.86
per cent, and Germany, 19.42 per cent,
or combined 84.14 per cent of the total
production.
Richest Nation on Earth
The Osage Indians of Oklahoma,
are said to have $8,000,000 cash on
deposit in Washington and to own
1,500,000 acres of land, worth another
$8,000,000. Their realty holdings give
a per capita wealth of $4,000 for every
brave, squaw and papoose in the tribe.
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LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Two men were killed by accident to
an airship in France.
Coal cars are being bunched in stor-
age yards ready to rush coal to mar-
ket.
Father Pic Mayer, a German, has
been elected general of the Carmelite
order.
The Vermont Legislature re-elect-
ed W. P. Dillingham United States
senator.
The city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, has
been officially declared infected with
yellow fever.
Rev. Dr. Francis L. Patton was
elected president of Princeton The-
ological seminary.
The town of Klamartron, Cal, was
nearly wiped out by fire, which caused
a loss of $350,000. .
Cholera is spreading fast in Pales-
tine and at Gaza the daily death record
is from 30. to 40.
Winslow S. Pierce has been elect-
ed president of the Westerland
Maryland railroads.
Archbishop Chapelle has reached
Genoa from the United States and
proceeded to Rome.
A dispatch from Tangler, Morocco,
declares that all Europeans have been
expelled from Fez.
The seven daysi battle in Vene-
zuela is without permanent result,
according to Minister Bowen.
Gilman, Son & Co., bankers and
dealers in Western mortgages in New
York, have failed for $200,000.
There were two Inches of snow at
Cadillac and a two hours’ snowstorm
at Marquette, Michigan, Tuesday.
Consular reports show that Russia
produces more petroleum than the
United States, but the grade is in-
ferior.
Mrs. W. A. Kierl, 17 years years
old, was placed under arrest at Syra-
cuse, N. Y. charged with poisoning
her husband,
The sailing of two ocean steam-
ships from New York was delayed
through the late arrival of their sup-
plies of coal.
Motorman and conductor were held
responsible for death of President
Roosevelt's bodyguard, William Craig,
at Pittsfield, Mass.
The Grand hotel at Point Chautau-
qua, N. Y., owned by a Beaver Falls
and Buffalo sypdicate, was destoyed
by fire. Loss, $200,000.
The Tillamook stage was held up
by three masked men five miles from
North Yamhill, Ore. The robbers se-
cured $200 and escaped.
It is announced in Rome that the
emperor and empress of Russia will
come to Italy next December, escorted
by a Russian squadron. :
Thomas Lipton’s third challenge for
the American cup, sent by the Royal
Ulster - Yacht club, was made public
by the New York Yacht club.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Chas.
S. Fairchild was painfully but not
dangerously hurt by being knocked
down by a trolley car in New York.
The National Association of Retail
Liquor Dealers, in session in Washing-
ton, resolved to endeavor to induce
Congress to reduce the tax on whisky.
A box containing bank notes valued
at $50,000 in gold was stolen from ‘the
treasure room of the steamer Zafiro
on her voyage from Hong Kong to
Manila.
The crown prince of Siam devoted
the greater portion of cne day in-
specting Cramps’ shipyard and the
Baldwin locomotive works at Phila-
delphia.
The Golden Eagle Knights, at Port-
land, Me., elected Jenkin Hill, Read-
ing, Pa., supreme chief, and F. A.
Williams, Youngstown, O., supreme
first guardsman.
Governor Hunn refuses to call an
extra session of the Delaware Legis-
lature to elect two United States
senators before the regular session
soon to convene. .
Russell Sage, the New York finan-
cier, makes two of his clerks trus-
tees so that in case of his death col-
lateral for loans may not be tied up
in estate settlement.
President Roosevelt issued an or-
der endorsing the opinion of Attorney
General Knox incorporated therein,
touching the soliciting of political
moneys, from government officials and
by them.
Andrew Carnegie will be installed
as rector of St. Andrew’s University,
England, October 22, and Ambassadors
White and Choate will receive the de-
gree of Doctor of Laws.
Simon Yondes, of Indianapolis, has
given $12,000 to the Presbyterian
home mission board, which makes
$87,000 that he has contributed to the
missionary work within six months.
A strong effort is being made in
Arkansas to organize every sawmill
firm of importance into the Hardware
Manufacturers’ Association of the
United States.
The immediate acceptance of the
President Roosevelt commission by
the anthracite operators and by Pres-
ident John Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers, caused a big drop in
the wholesale prices on both hard and
soft coal in New York.
Prof. Adolph Lorenz, the Vienna,
Austrian surgeon who made a special
| trip to operate upon the daughter of
J. Ogden Armour, was cited before
the state board of health on the
charge of practicing without a license.
He took out a license.
A petition will be forwarded to
Rome for a coadjutor in the Cincin-
nati archdiocese for Archbishop Wil-
liam Henry Elder. He has been in
the priesthood 56 years and is the old-
est member of the American hier-
'| archy. .
Ida C. Craddock, known as priestess
and pastor of the Church of Yoga,
who was to have been sentenced in
the United States court in New York
for sending objectionable literature
through the mails, was found dead in
her room.
Tuesday was the first registration
Telegraph Operators Organize.
There was organized in New York |
city a lodge of the International
Union of Commercial Operators.
day of the coming election in Porto
Rico. Few serious conflicts have
thus far been reported,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and’
HERY VIOLENGE AT SOUFRIERE.
A TERIFFIC ERUPTION.
Matter Thrown Forth Sparkles in
Dark Air—Incessant Roar Accom-
panies Outbreak.
A terrific eruption of the Soufriere
volcano at St. Vincent, commenced
again Wednesday. During the preced-
ing day earth tremors, apparently too
slight to be considered important,
were experienced in the central and
northern parts of the island. At 8
o'clock Wednesday night there were
indubitable indications of an etup-
tion. Rumbling noises were heard,
and they increased until 9 o'clock,
when the roaring volcanic giant belch-
ed out its deadly contents. This erup-
tion was followed by a brief lull. Then,
from 10 o’clock until 4 o’cock Thurs-
day morning the upheaval continued.
The outhreak was accompanied by an
incessant and confused canonading.
There were incandescent clouds and
sparkling matter was ejected. After
4 o’clock the disturbance gradually de-
creased, but the ncise of the boilng
caldron was still audible in the dis-
tricts near the volcano. Both craters
of the Soufriere were apparently ac-
tive. Sand fell heavily everywhere
from 1:30 until 2:30 o'clock Thurs-
day morning. At Southern points the
sand was half an inch deep, the depth
gradually increasing toward the vol-
canic cone, where there were showers
of large stones, pebbles and cinders.
Kingstown and other southern points
of the island have not been damaged.
This eruption caused darkness at
Bridgetown, Island of Barbados.
Tnere was a fall of volcanic dust
there. The sand ejected during this
eruption has a stronger sulphurous
odor than any previously thrown out,
and one superficial square foot of it
weighs exactly one pound. The pub-
lic meeting held at Kingstown to dis-
cuss alleged maladministration of re-
lief funds was enthusiastic and or-
derly. Thousands of persons of all
classes, including Carib Indians and
other sufferers from the recent vol-
canic eruptions were present. A reso-
lution was adopted asking Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain to recall Gov-
ernor Llewellyn. It charges diversion
of supplies contributed by the United
States, and that Llewellyn falsely an-
nounced that no land was left and that
sufferers must emigrate to Jamaica.
DEFENDS GEN. SMITH.
Gen. Grant Says That He Is Not Sc
Bad as Painted.
General Jacob H. Smith is not so
bad as he is painted. This is the
opinion which General Frederick
Grant expressed when he arrived in
Chicago from the Philippines. “Gen-
eral Smith is a man who does a good
deal of talking, but -I do not believe
he is as violent as he seems to make
the public believe,” said General
Grant. “I succceded him in com-
mand of the district where he was sup-
posed to have done so much burning
and killing. But J could not find
that he had destroyed so vastly as I
had supposed. The buildings which
General Smith did burn were thoze
shelters which stood a half mile or so
from the towns, and which offered
cover for the people who came down
from the mountains and rushed in at
night to attack the American soldiers
who were stationed in the towns. He
ordered all of these buildings burned,
which was just as it should have
been.”
RELIC OF THE REVOLUTION.
Hulk of the British Ship Jersey Found
at Brooklyn.
After lying buried for over a cen-
tury the English prison ship Jersey,
in which several hundred Americans
were martyred while the British held
New York in the Revolution, has been
discovered at the Brooklyn navy
yard by the workmen putting up the
launching stays for the battleship
Connecticut. Historicai associations
have been searching for the Jersey
fcr 50 years. The half-buried hull of
tre ship is lying under 12 or 14 feet
of dirt and water and is in perfect
condition.
ARRESTED FOR FRAUD.
Officers of Correspondence
Taken Into Custody.
Postoffice Inspector Hugh J. Gor-
man caused the arrest of the four
principal officers of the Alt F. Clark
Company, of Scranton, Pa., which con-
ducts what is known as the Corres-
pondence Institute of America. The
men arrested are Alt F. Clark, presi-
dent; Conrad Lotz, vice president and
treasurer; Louis Conrad, secretary,
and William M. Bingham, general man-
ager. The warrant charges them with
using the mails for the purpose of de-
frauding.
School
Fifteen Hurt in a Wreck.
A passenger train on the Northern
Pacific road collided with an engine
six miles west of Brainerd, Minn. ana
ingineer Carlson, Fireman Leonard
and Baggagemaster Jones and a dozen
passengers were injured.
United States Consul Lost,
Vice Consul J. F. Kimball, at Neuvo
Laredo, Tex., reports that a message
bad been received from the United
States Consul General at Monterey,
Mexico, stating that no news had been
heard of United States Consul Gar-
rett, who went into the Sierra Madre
range, on a hunting expedition Sep-
tember 9.
Labor Organizer Sent to Jail.
Edward Gurrant, a labor organizer
from Indianapolis, was sentenced to
eight months’ imprisonment by the
Federal court at Abingdon, Va., for
contempt in disregarding the order of
the court not to trespass on the lands
of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke
Company while they were in a receiv-
er’'s hands.
ALABAMA RACE RIOT.
Three White Men and Eight Negroes
Fall in a Fierce Fight Near
Birmingham.
A terrific race riot broke out at
Littleton, 22 miles west of Birming-
ham, Ala. Three white men and cight
negroes are dead. The negroes in
the place outnumber the whites ten
to one, and are in complete posses-
sion of the town. The negroes have
captured a powder magazine belong-
ing to a coal company. A reizn of
terror existed Sunday. The operators
at Littleton at 10 o’cleck p. m. Sun-
day wired Birmingham that 40 armed
white men were in his office waiting
for a sheriff’s posse, and if the offi-
cers were not there befere morning
there was going to be very serious
trouble in the place. The riot started
in the afternoon, when a white wom-
an was shoved off a trestle by a negro
man and woman. The woman told
her friends and five white men went
after the negroes. A pitched battle
followed, and the white men were
worsted. The white men were forced
to retire, but succor scon arrived and
the negroes were put to flight. Re-
inforcements for them arrived also.
Shooting continued all night. James
Thompson, white, is shot in the
abdomen and will die. Another man
shot and killed instantly worked for
the Sloss-Sheffield Company. His
pame is not known. One white man
is missing. The reports from Little-
ton say there is great excitement and
everybody is armed. Sheriff Burgin
and 10 deputies left Birmingham for
the scene of the riot.
THE WORLD'S COFFEE SUPPLY.
Three-Fourths of All That
Comes From Brazil.
Is Used
Coffee was originally indigenous to
Abyssinia, from whence it was intro-
duced in Ceylon and Java, but since
its introduction into the West Indies
and South America its original hab-
itat kas almost been forgotten. Its
cultivation in its native home has
been completely neglected. Brazil is
now the most important coffee pro-
ducing country of the world, produc-
ing, according to the “Government
Crop Reporter,” almost three-fourths
of the annual crop. Brazil’s position
with reference to the coffee market
is much like that which this country
occupies as regards corn. Similarly,
while Chicago is the chief corn mart
of the world, Santos, in the State of
San Paulo, Brazil, is the chief coffee
mart. From this point about one-third
of the world’s coffee commerce orig-
inates. ~
Strikers Ordered Back.
The Chicago Federation of Labor
Irv an almost unanimous vote ordered
the striking members of the Whoie-
sale Grocers’ Employes’ Union to re.
turn to work pending the settlement
of their troubles by arbitration. Five
large establishments had been tied up
and two more were threatened.
CABLE FLASHES.
Rear Admiral Charles Beresford
25 been promoted to the rank of
vice admiral in the British navy.
The Spanish Cabinet has agreed to
the renewal of the literary copyright
treaty between the United States and
Spain.
Rachel Elizabeth Hurd, the Ameri-
can woman accused in London of
complicity with Henry Conrad in at-
tempting to obtain a wax impression
of a postoffice box, was discharged.
General Zinzar Marovics has form-
ed a new cabinet in Servia in suec-
cession to.the ministry, which resign-
ed October 13. It is composed of In-
dependent Radicals, with himself as
premier.
The Hague tribunal awarded the
payment of $1,420,000 to the United
States by Mexico as the adjudicated
ameunt due in the Pious fund, and
further an annual payment of $43,-
050 in Mexican currency. The de-
cision was unanimous.
Gen. Perdomo, minister of state
and commander of the Columbian
army, has been invested with presi-
dential power, on his. arrival at Pana-
ma. A guard of American marines
presented arms, and he was escorted
to the center of the city by Colum-
kbian troops amid wild cheering.
Pope IL.eo paid $500,000 for the
library of Prince Barberini, founded
by Urban VIII. It will be established
in a special hall in the vatican at
Rome, and open to the scientists of
all countries.
The rolled steel syndicate at Ber-
lin reduced prices in Germany by
$1.25 a ton, as a concession to public
opinion. There has been much agita-
tion recently over the high domestic
and low export prices.
The British punitive expedition un-
der Colonel Swayne sent to Somali-
land, Arabia, fought a heavy engage-
ment with the forces of Mad Mullah.
Major Phillips and Captain Angus
were killed. Colonel Cobh wounded.
Word has been received confirming
previous reports that the provisional
government of Haiti has crushed the
Firminist revolution, and adding that
| the election of Senoque Pierre to the
| presidency is assured. Hundreds of
refugees are expected at Kingston,
Jamaica.
The new Chinese—Portuguese treaty
authorizes a supplementary conven-
tion to fix the customs regulations for
the new station to be established un-
i der the treaty, and making Lappa, op-
| posite Macao, where a large trafic in
opium is carried on, equivalent to a
treaty port.
It is reported that during the re-
cent visit of Grand Duke Nicholas of
Russia to the Sultan of Turkey, a
treaty was concluded. Under its terms
the porte undertakes to exclude in
time of war, all foreign warships from
the Black Sea, while Russia agrees
at Turkey’s request, to furnish aid by
land and sea forces.
At Fehrbellin, Brandenburg, Ger-
many, a monument was unveiled in
the presence of Emperor William to
the memory of the great elector and
his defeat of the Swedes there in
1675.
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