ALLIES MCE Hi PH.
STARTED THURSDAY.
Imperial Edict Direct Free Communication
iand Departure From Peking Hellel
Column Comprises 48.000 Men.
The war department Tuesday even
ing received two ttpntt-tirs from Cliin.i.
The first read: "Clip Foo, (undated.)
Tien Tin, Friday. Message jnit re
ceived from Conger M)' since Kitli, by
agreement, no firing. Have provisions
several weeks, liille nmmmtition, nil
safe, well. 1 (Daggett) report allied
forces soon advance. Practically no
looting liy Americans, no unnecessary
killing. Indiana arrived Jntll. Order
MacCann. Sladen, both Aliens, Mitchell,
llrycc join regiment here. (Signed)
"D.lggCtt."
"Che I'no, Tim Tsin, Momlnv. Flint
shire arrived 1'ridav. Two hundred and
fifty-seven Xinlli infantry sick, lo doc
tors, loo hixpital i-orp nun. lii iKttal
men needed. Unavoidable delay un
loading transmits. Foreign troops ar
riving. (Signed) "Daggett"
The allies lieRan the advance from
Tien Tsin tins tnoriiinK, announces a
bulletin dated at Shanghai at 11:10 n.
in., Wednesday. They are M miles from
Tien Tsitt .-.ml should reach I'ekin in
eight davs. All the Fiiropcan have
taken refute in the inner inclosnre of
the itnpi rial city. It is assumed that
the A ni en cans. Utitisli and Japanese
lite taking part in this forward movc
inctit, whether other nationalities arc
or not. An advance hasp wilt prohatdy
he established .11 or ,v miles nearer I'e
kin, mill supplies will he nsscmhlcd
prepnratoiy to a direct stroke at the cap
ital. Of the ki.ooo allies deharked at
Ptiliili ports, Fnglish military ohservers
consider that 30.000 are available for an
advance lieyottd Tien Tsin.
China practically declared war again -l
the civilized world l-idav throng!)
Shcng, tin- director of railroads and tele
graphs, and I .in-Kim-Yi. the viceroy of
Nanking. They have notified the Pow
ers that the ministers are held as host
ages and that thev will In- killed if the
allies march to Peking.
This inf. rinaiion coim-s through iress
dispatches. The official inf.vrtnation wis
contained in a message from Consul
Fowler, of Chefoo. to Washington, who
reported that Li 1 1 ling Chang had told
the Ircivh consul that no more mes
sages will he delivered to the ministers
because the allies are advancing on Pe
king. The viceroy was evideiillv mine
cautious than his friends the viceroy of
Nanking and the director of r.r1way
an.) telcRranhs.
Slung, director general of railway
and telegraphs, has just communicated
to the consols at Shanghai, according,'
to a special dispatch from Paris, dated
Jv'iidav, ;:n imm-rial decree, dated
I hnrsihiy. luithoriiitR the foreii:n min
isters in Peking to communicate with
out restriction with their Rovernments
and ordering their departure for Tien
1 sin under a Rood escort.
The American ami I'.iilish forces he
Ran the adimce on Peking last Thurs-
day. accordiiiR to a dispatch from Tien
Ism to London. "Tu. main v ,,f
the allies." continues the correspondent,
"marcheil July . General Chalice
was delayed by difficulties (f discnihark
ation. (ietieral Dorward, the Itritish
commander, had no such ohMaclcs, and
his delay is inexplicahle.
"The other foreign troops are now
half way to Lofa. The force includes
20.000 Japanese under General Ynma
chuchi ami to.ooo Russians. The Itrit
ish force totals o.ooo, and the other for
eign troops are 7,000. Wc are weak in
artillery.
f TEN THOUSAND SLAIN.
A Christian Chine Town Annihilated by Im
perial Troops From Pekin.
Telegram from London, dated
Thursday, say: Cahlc dispatches from
Chcfn announce that the imperial Chi
nese troops advanciiiR to oppose the re
lief force have completely wiped out a
Christian town near IVkinR, killiiiR live
foreign priests ami 10,000 native Chris
tians. Gen. Gasclec was strongly opposed to
an immediate advance of the allied
army, but he was overruled by the other
commanders and inlhu-nccd by Wash
ington's order to Gen. Chaffee to "Pro
ceed without an instant's delay."
From Shanghai, the Daily Express
has received confirmation of the report
ed murder of 50 missionaries in the
province of Shan Si, with the additional
confirmation that eight F.iiRlish wo
men were dragged out of the mission
buihhnRs by a Chinese mob, who be
headed them in the streets of Chit Chou.
Gat Near Wil'iamtport.
Natural gas in paying quantities has
been struck within 20 miles of W'i'.l
iamsport, Pa., and Rreat excitement pre
vails in that section. The Pint Creek
Oil and Gas Company is drilling for oil
at Watcrville and Saturday at a depth
of 700 feet a Rreat Rasser was struck.
The gas is now under control and the
drill is being driven deeper into the
ground. The farmers in the vicinity of
Watcrville who did not have the capi
tal to spend in drilling are highly elated
and will soon be made independently
rich.-The gas will be piped to W'ill
iamsport as soon ns another well of
equal pressure is drilled. Drilling for
oil at Muncy and in Sullivan county will
be started at once.
Feud Clainn Four Lives.
Four men killed and one fatally
wounded is the outcome of a shooting
affair between William Doolcy and his
four sons.011 one side, and the four Har
ris brothers on the other, as a result of
a feud, at Doe Run, one of the mining
towns of St. Francois countv Mo.
A few davs ago the Harris boys sent
word to the Dooleys that they would be
at a picnic at Doc Run. and intended to
run the Dooleys off the grounds. Just
how the shooting began is not clear, but
once begun, it was deadly.
All the Harris boys except one. Bill,
were shot. One was killed instantly.
Three of the Dooley boys, wdio were
unhurt, gave themselves up. They are
in jaiL
' Bought Half of Ertlih Loan.
At New York it was reported in Wall
street Friday after business hours, that
half the entire issue of 10,000,000 of
the British war loan had been underwrit
ten in this country. Of the entire
amount it was announced that 7,000,
000 will be used to defray South African
war expenses and the balance toward
the cost of the campaign in China.
LATEST NEWS N0TE3.
Severe storm raging over the united
kingdom.
Honduras decline to settle for the
killing of Frank Pears.
South -Africnn ndvices sny Baden
Powell's situation nt Kusteiiherg is crit
ical. Paris police discover the shah's assail
ant to he one Francois Salson, a French
workiiiRinan.
Three persons are dead and four se
riously j fn.nt rating toadstools, near
Chicago, III,
Kaiser W'ithelm nnd Count von fltrr
jow are at variance over Germany's pol
icy in China.
Col. Henry ('. Cochrane has hern ap
pointed commander of United States
marines in I lima.
I'.xtraordinary precautions are taken
Mist now to guard President McKinlcy
against anarchists.
Alexander Jester, on trial in Missouri
for the murder of liilbcrt Gates 311 years
ago, was acipiitled.
Four thousand cab diivers in Paris
have struck for a lower late of rent lor
the vehicles they diive.
In a lite lit ItulTaht two firemen wvr-
injured and seven buildings destroyed,
entailing a loss oi $150,0110.
Bishop Ignatius F. Ilorstnian. of the
Cleveland Catholic diocese is seriously
ill at his home in Cleveland.
A telegram V0111 Cane N'otnc states
that health conditions are improving
anil smallpox is on the decrease.
Driver boys employed in a mine near
Wilkesbarre. Pa., struck because one
of their number was discharged.
The main grievance of Westmoreland
county. Pa., Italian anarchists is said
to he the closing of their speak -casics.
Saturday a baseball struck William
M. Snyder, catcher of the llomewood,
Pa., team, over the heart and killed him.
I'.dward Jarvis Gave, a building con
tractor of London, has failed with $J.
.soo.ixx) liabilities and only Jj.l.vooo as
sets.
t hie man was killed and another se
riously injined by an explosion in tils'
.Alpha cement woils near I hillipslmtg,
N. I.
I'.dward I.. Dwyer. once a millionaire
and financial promoter, enli-ted at llar
rilniig, Pa., as a private in the marine
service.-
Consul Fowler at Chcfn verified the
l!f iiuinciifss nt the Conger message of
July IS by securing the original copy
from Pckintr.
Rear Admiral Schley is likely to bl
ent to Honduras with a gunboat to col
lect the $id,ixk). the Pears claim, from
that goxerniueiit.
)odi.''s '.ion disciples from Chicago
wire prevented by 1110I1 and police from
lauding at Mau-lield. ( Ihio, and returned
lo the Wittily Ci'y.
A Russian consul is authority for the
statement that the empress dowager had
ordered the extermination of all Rus
sians in the north.
A Mifilin county squatter was jailed
in llarrishunr. Pa., for making threats
agai'i-t the life of State Forestry Com
missioner Rothrock.
Fxpcrt Fdgar's audit of the books of
lilcvins. the murdered city treasurer of
New Castle, is completed and shows a
shortage of $70.0 jo. 10.
Karl Trontinan, an Akron, ()., boy,
was shot while picking up apples in an
orchard. William Cirmichael, owner of
the place, was arrested.
At a meeting Wednesday night of
miners and laborers at l.eggetts Creek
shaft, near Scranton, Pa., it was de
cided to return to work.
The F.arl of Minto, governor general
of Canada, with I.ady Minto, are re
ceiving marked honors in their journey
through British Columbia.
Joseph Toad, wdio was injured in the
explosion at the Alpha Portland Cement
Works at Kastoit Thursday, died Friday
making the second victim.
Citizens of Armstrong, III., detected
burglars blowing up the sale of 111.
town's only bank and a pitched battle
ensued, in which the thieves escaped.
Near Providence, K. I., workmen
found the body of a man pinned by lum
ber jn a ear, and he is supposed to be
Arthur McCleary, of Atlantic City.
Three persons were seriously injured
and six others hurt when five heavy
pieces of structural iron -fell from the
top of a u-story building in New York.
Tcte dc Boide, an Indian ot Lake
Barrierc, is being sought by Ottawa,
Can., authorities because of the news
which has just reached there of his
brutal murder of his uncle, his wife and
baby.
A hitch has occurred in the million
dollar coal deal in Washington nnd
Greene counties, Pa., validity of the op
tions being questioned.
Maj. Smith, who was dismissed from
the Seventy-first New York regiment
for cowardice nt San Juan hill, is seek
ing a review of the evidence against
him.
Union coal miners in Missouri, out
side the mines controlled by the "l!ig
Four" Company, will, beginning Sep
tember 1, receive an advance in wages
of 10 per cent.
In the Goebel murder trial Wednes
day Rev. John Stamper said his brother-in-law,
Golden, had said he was to get
$5,000 for his confession and $J.ooo for
each conviction.
Noble Drum, a 12-year-old boy of
Frascyburg, O., hanged himself in a
smoke house because his separated pit
rents hal each remarried and his home
was with neither.
It has developed that the three mem
bers of the Norris family of Harvey, III.,
who . died Thursday, were poisoned by
mushrooms, which had been inoculated
by a small black bug.
A train bearing United States Consul
Stowe was derailed and burned by the
Boers near Kroonstad. No one was
injured. Some prisoners were taken,
but afterward released.
Michael Bonning, of Connellsville,
Pa., is the champion raw egg eater of
Fayette county. His latest achievement
was to swallow two dozen uncooked
eggs in eight minutes.
When David McNamara attempted to
strike his widowed sister with a stone,
near Worcester, Mass., the woman pull
ed a revolver from her handbag and
shot her brother dead.
' Colonel I.nch, of the Irish brigade,
interviewed in Paris, says the Boers are
still full of fight and may continue the
war for months. Over j.ooo Boers have
surrendered to the British lately.
TWENTY-FIVE INJURED.
Windy City Anarchists In Collision With Sorry
Results lo Themselves- Lucy Parsons
and Four Others Arrested.
At Chicago nn nnarehist riot occurred
Sunday afternoon, In which 35 people
were bruised in a struggle with 45 police
summoned to quell the disturbance.
Five persons were arrested, among them
being Mrs. Lucy Parsons, widow l
Alexander R. Parsons, who was exe
cuted November II, iWj, in Chicago for
aiding nnd abetting the bomb throwing
in the I lay market riot. She was charg
ed with disorderly conduct, obstructing
the street and resisting an officer. Her
bail was fixed at $1,100.
A mass meeting has been called nt
Wrstside Turner hall at which speeches
were to In- made by Mrs. Parsons nnd
others on the topic "Tin- l-xecutiou of
the King of Italy." The call concluded:
"Workmen, come in crowds and show
that the feeling of brotherhood is strong
among you."
After the affray numerous small cards
were found on the street ami in the vi
cinity containing two verses of poetry,
nt King the woi kingman to be free, to
throw otT the yoke of bondage nnd fight
(or liberty, and to lay down their lives,
if necessary, to overthrow the govern
ment and attain freedom. The card
bore the heading: "Woikiiigmen!
I'.inaneipate yourselves."
A large quantity of literature advo
cating nnarchv, nnd a hook containing
the names and addresses of several hun
dred anarchist sympathizers, were se
cured by the police.
COMMISSION READY.
lurtgo Tail and Colleagues Will Soon Begin
Legislation In Philippines.
On September I the commission
headed by Judge Taft will become the
legislative body of the Philippines, with
power to take anil appropriate insular
inonevs, to suldidi judicial and educa
tional systems, i,ud to make nnd pass all
l.i
No money will be permitted to be
drawn from the insular iuiuls except by
authorization of the commission. Jndg'-'
Taft and his colleagues will also exercise
certain executive function. For In
stance, they will appoint judges, officials
in the educational department, and offi
cers of municipalities, which the coin
mission will establish pending elections.
General MacArthur will be the execu
tive head to enforce the laws of the com
mission and he will conduct the govern
ment in accordance with the same un
til the commission recommends to Pres
ident McKinlcy the appointment of a
civil governor.
The only three banks in Manila have
formed a ring to reduce, arbitrarily hud
without justification, the rate of ex
change for American gold. This has
caused widespread indignation and many
difficulties for commerce and minor bus
iness. The banks, however, are obdu
rate. RUIN BY A TORNADO.
Crops Destroyed and Cattle Killed In North
Dakota.
A tornado, accompanied by a terrific
hail and rainstorm, started near Thomp
son, N. I)., 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 Ijikc
Indian Reservation.
A strip of country varying from eight
to ten miles in width and too miles in
length was torn bv the furious winds.
Houses were partially wrecked and hun
dreds of barns were torn to pieces. The
remainder of the wdieat and oat crops,
which were about half harvested, was
pounded into the ground by the hail.
Fortunately no persons were killed
outright, although many received in
juries which will undoubtedly result in
death. No estimate of the financial loss
is possible.
Kil ed by Rough Riders.
At Marion, Ky C. C. Wheeler, of a
prominent Kentucky family, was shot
and clubbed to death by the rough rid
ers of Buckskin Bill's Wild West show
Saturday. During the day there had
been trouble between the showmen and
the townspeople. Wheeler startd out to
see about it. At the depot lie met 20 of
the rough riders.
Words were followed by blows, and
then guns began to play. A rescuing
party found Wheeler 50 yards from the
station with three gunshot wounds
through his body and a cracked sku',1.
His pocket were empty. Seven of the
showmen have been arrested.
Mine Wages Reduced.
The coal miners of Alabama have ac
cepted a reduction of 2'i cents a ton
from August 1. Under the contract that
went into effect July I the maximum
price to be paid for digging coal is to
be ss cents a ton with No. I foundry
iron selling nt $11 per ton. With each
reduction of 50 cents a ton in the price
of iron the miners are to accept a re
duction of 2! 1 cents a ton. The coal
millers' committee Saturday recom
mended the reduction.
Japanese Minister Recolvtd.
The new Japanese minister, Kogoro
Takahira, laid his credentials before the
President Friday. Secretary Hay es
corted him to the White House, where
he was received by the President. The
speeches did not contain any references
to affairs in China. The President dwelt
upon the splendid material progress
making by Japan, while the minister
spoke for an enlargement of the grow
ing interests of the two Countries.
Bold Train Robbery.
Union Pacific passenger train No. 4,
which left Denver Saturday night, was
held up about l a. m. by two men several
miles west of Hugo, Col. The passen
gers in the Pullman sleepers were rob
bed of their money and valuables. An
old man, Win. J. Fay, a resident of
California, refused to surrender his val
uables and fired a shot at one of the
robbers, but missed. Thereupon the
robbers fired, killing Fay instantly. The
robbers st.pped the train, jumped off
an I escaped.
REBELS MORE ACTIVE.
Filipinos Captur Two Small Ametlean Do-
tachmenls and Cause Trouble Na
"" livt Police Captain Killed.
There ha been nn Increase of insur
gent nctivily during the last three weeks,
especially in the way ol ambushes nnd
attacks upon small parties. First Lieu
tenant Alstaelter, of the engineer rorps,
with an escort 01 fifteen men, was taken
in ambush in the province ol Nueva
Fcijn, Luzon, by a large force. The
American fought until their ammuni
tion was gone; and, as they were sur
rounded, there was nothing to do but
surrender. ( nc man was killed and
three were wounded.
Lieutenant lloeton Ilnledierg was
ambushed nnd killed near Santa Cruz,
province of l.aguna. Five men of the
Twenty fourth infantry were captured 111
Nueva I'.ciia; but Seigeant Schmidt, of
the Twelfth infantry, with seven men,
trailed the captors nnd killed five.
Captain Lara, of the Manila native po
lice was dangerously shot by nil tin
known assailant while on the street, lie
had been effectively enforcing regula
tions and had made enemies among the
Filipinos, some of whom have long
threatened vengeance. Lara had been
generally accused of gross corruption
in office and specific charge were filed
against him by nn American officer.
TWENTY-SEVEN INJURED.
A Oas Explosion Causes Heavy Damage In
Scranton, Pa.
Twenty-seven people were injured by
a terrific explosion which destroyed
$J5,ooo worth of property on the princi
pal business street of Scranton, Pa.,
Saturday night. How many nrc 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 wis
responsible for the explosion. The jan-
uor iictcctecl the oilor of gas when he
returned front sutnier. and after tele
phoning for a plumber thought to make
an investigation, and, going into the
cellar, struck a match, lie was pick.-d
up unconscious in the alley in the rear
of the bank.
hen the crash came the avenue was
crowded and a number of the injured
were walking try, while others were
caught while passing up Lackawanna
avenue in an open car bound for Pitts-
ton. How those who were caught
wdiile passing in front of the bnildini
escaped instant death is beyond compre
hensions, ns the street was a heap of
debris. The whole city was shaken by
ine explosion, which was terrilic, the
force of the concussion being heard
many miles nway.
All the ambulances were ken! o 1, 11-1
that stretchers were utilized and the vic
tims of the horrible explosion were
placed in the fire wagons ami removed
to ttie hospital, tnrriages were also
used to remove some who had escaped
serious injury and the set wn one
of the busiest Scranton has ever seen.
Not a few of the rescuers were overcome
by escaping gas and 11s quickly a they
collapsed they were taken to the hospi-
lais,
ISLANDS CEDED TO UNCLE SAM.
Twenty-Two Samoan Chiefs Sign the Papers
ana Become u. 8. Officers.
Commander Beniamin V. Tillev. in
charge of the United Slate naval sta
tion on the istnnil i.f T,il,,!U C.......
transmits in a recent report to the navv
department an "instrument of cession,1'
cxccuicfi uy 1 ne cluels ot lunula and
the Iflliteil Sst:ilf ,f.-.rn ,.,.. 1'l.
t --- fs - ' ,,v
cession was signed by the marks of 21
mieis, npru 17, immcuiateiy prior to the
raising of the stars nnd stripes over
the naval station at Pago-Pago,
The chiefs arc entitled to retain their
individual control of the separate towns,
provided the same shall be in accord
ance with the law of the United States
concerning Tutuilu. It also provides
that this government shall respect ami
firotrrt the iniliviilii:,! riulila tlm .r.-
pie to their land nnd property, and that
milium 110; Kovei iiiiieui require IHCIT
lands, it shall take the same on pay
ment of a fair consideration.
Yellow Fever In Tampa.
T")r T V. Purler T'lni-Mn Qi-iin l..,1it.
officer, has received from Dr. Wecdon,
at Tampa, a message announcing two
cases of yellow fever in that city, and
inai nc uciicvcs 111c mieciion to ue gen
eral. It is believed the disease can be
confined to Tampa.
BIO DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.
Their Majority In North Carolina is Nearly
tu,uuu-WIII control Legislature.
Democratic majorities in North Caro
lina's election aggregate 64.078 and the
fusion nmiriril n-A e t-- ,V-,' il,
" .--....vi, ,-,,a.(s, iiiuisimk I'l
net Democratic majority 59.55.1. There
win uc contests in several counties, ir
regularities being charged in Randolph,
11.11 iieu, tviiKes ami Liiainani counties.
III till Inltl.r r.,llntt. P,-,rrr..cu.,.-.n A.-
water's precinct, the f'usionists nrc charg
ed U'itll ll.ivintr hum,,, I 1, t,all,.u 1'.
the Senate, there were elected 38 Demo
crats anu nine tusionists, with throe
seats doubtful, nnd to the House 95
Democrats and 13 fusiouisjg, while 1
scats are in doubt. There will be only
two Populists in the Legislature, both
from Senator Butler's county.
Town Gultod by Fir.
A l.irie nnrt of the till cinnc a Alt!nl. ,t
Convoy, O., 20 miles east of Fort
Wayne, Ind was destroyed by fire
Weilnpsdav mnrninir Tim 1. - ...:ii u
. J r' .-,s win uc
from $80,000 to Sioo.ooo. The burned
buildings include the postoffice, the town
nan, tnc Columbian hotel, six store
buildings and a number of residences.
The fire started in a M.ii-L-stn,.!. d. .
and spread with great rapidity.
Balance of 95.71 2,846.82.
The balance in the general fund of
the Pennsylvania State treasury at the
close of business Tuesday was $5,713,
846.81. The amount in the sinking fund
was $3,387,140.84. The receipts of the
treasury for July were $1,545,144 01. The
total receipts from all sources from No
vember 30, the close of the last fiscal
year, until Wednesday amount to $13,
.163,01 3-38- There is due the common
wealth on settlements from corporations
auoui 9000,000,
CONCESSION PERPETUAL.
Eyre-Crsnln Syndicate of New York Will
Construct the Nicaragua Waterway.
Right lo Police Country.
John D. Crimmin, of the syndicate
formed to construct nn Inter-oceanic
canal through Nicaragua under the con
cession given by that government lo
Fdward Fyre and I'.dward F. Cragin,
the existence of which wa proclaimed
Friday by President Zehiyn, say that
the company to construct the canal, or
ganized under the laws of New Jersey,
would proceed to c.lrry out the terms 01
its contract without delay.
The capital needed has been secured,
anil if the estimate of cost made for
this government is correct the canal can
be built (or the same money, and prob
ably for less. This estimate is about
$i,o,ixio,ixk). Mr. Criinmins said that
the company would prefer to have the
government leave the matter in the com
pany's hands, so ns to permit a private
construction and operation of the canal
for the benefit of the whole world. He
added that the syndicate had no desire,
however, to embarrass the government
and would defer to its conception ol
policy.
The route ha not been selected nnd
(he company ha 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. Critiimiii.s
said:
"Our concession is perpetual. It give
us the right to police the country for ten
miles on either side of the canal, where
as by the maritime companj U- ernices
sion policing was to be done by the
Nicaragua government."
RACE WAR ENDS FATALLY.
Troublo Has Been Brtwlng for Some Time.
Police Kill a Negro.
Fo'r sevrral days past trouble has been
brewing between the white and colored
miners in Keystone, W. Va.. and a
number ol conflicts have occurred as a
result. Thursday half a dozen wdiites
attacked a number of colored men and
clubs were used freely for a time. Po
liceman Harry Messer attempted lo
ipiell a disturbance when John Lowrey,
a burly negro, tried to slash the officer
with a razor. The official opened lire
on Lowrey and put a bullet through his
heart. He also slightly injured two
other negroes.
'1 he killing of Lowrey enraged the
colored population more than ever, and
soon more than ion ncgny had formed
for the purpose of doing Messer bodily
harm; in fact, lynching was threatened.
Messer was taken to a boarding house
and a dozen sturdy wdiite citizens armed
themselves with rifles and served notice
on the maddened negroes that a volley
would be fired at the first man win
crossed the street toward Messer's quar
ters. Friday morning the trouble had sub
sided very materially, but another out
break is feared. More than half the
population of Keystone is colored, the
town treasurer's anil clerk's offices be
ing occupied by negroes. A race war
is threatened.
OVER A BILLION IN GOLD.
Mint Director Roberts' Estimate ol Ihe Amount
In This Country.
Director of the Mint Roberts said
Friday, regarding the present stock oi
gold in this country, that the estimate
on May 1 was $1,045,5.15.1 17, of which
$4JO,ooo,ooo was supposed to be held
iy tne banks and trust companies and
in private hoards. It is estimated that
$000,000 to $800,000 is carried abroad
by traveler each year, and $3,500,001)
used in the industrial arts annually. Mr.
nonerts sam:
"A country on the cold b.isi ireu tbp
share of the world's gold which its pro
portion of the world's business brings
to it. That share is controlled bv the
laws of trade, not by governmental reg
ulation. Our great gain in gold in re
cent year has come because we could
use it, and our position in the world's
trade has enabled us to command it."
Prohibition Leaders Denounced.
The Atlantic City Ministerial Union
has severely condemned John (j. Wool
ley, Prohibition candidate for President;
Kev. Dr. Swallow, of Harrisbtirg, and
Homer Castle, of Pittsburg, for holdinir
a political meeting last Sunday on the
ocean pier and charging admission.
Plague in London.
The Marine hospital service has re
ceived the following telegram from
Past Assistant Surgeon Thomas an
nouncing the outbreak of the bubonic
plague in London:
"There have been four cases of nlacru?.
and two deaths from plague, in Lon
don. Diagnosis confirmed by bacterio
logical examination. Do not think
there will be further spread.
The dispatch from Surgeon Thomas
gives no details as to the origin of th?
cases, nor whether thev were on shin-
board or within the city itself. The ma
rine hospital service authorities say the
instructions already given to miarantinc
officers are nmp'c, and they express con-
nuencc mat tnc disease is not likely to
reach this country.
Train Caught by a Flood.
Redmond, Orangeburg county, S. C.
reports the extraordinary rainfall of one
foot in a few hours. About Redmond
Mills bridges were washed away, as well
as a large section of the Southern rail
way track. A passenger train bound fur
Columbia was caught in the tlood. the
water rising to the car floors. The high
embankment before and bc'iind the
train was washed away and the passen
gers were in peril for eight hours until
rescued.
Fanitlct In Peru.
The celebrated convent of Ocopa, at
Lima, Peru, which had been partially
destroyed by two fires, believed to be of
incendiary origin, was completely de
stroyed Wednesday by a third. As all
three are attributed by the ignorant
peasantry to the propaganda of Ameri
can missionaries, there is great excite
ment among the more fanatical, who are
beyond the control of the local authori
ties. Government troops have been
sent to the scene of disturbance to main
tain order.
NEGROES DISFRANCHISED.
Their Vole No Longer Valid In North Cart.
Una 8om Voled Against Them
selves Election Quiet.
After one of the most bitterly contest
ed campaigns ever known in the old
North Stale, the Democrat and "white
supremacy" won Thursday by a major
ity of about 40.000. Thursday's election
disfranchised the negro and changed the
Slate Legislature from its combination
majority ol Keptiblirnn and Poimlists
to straight Democratic, practically In
suring the defeat of Marion Duller lor
re-election nt United States senator.
I he negroes, n a general thing, re
mained away front the polls, The elec
tion, unexpectedly, passed off without
any (rouble, excepting at a little town
named Faison. A fire thfre, which
started in a drug store, wherein wa kept
the registration book, destroyed the
apothecary' shop, the work being at
tributed by the Democrat to those op
posed to white rule. lUoodhounds were
called out, but failed to find nny trace
of the alleged Incendiary.
The flection wa for Stale officers,
members of the Legislature mid county
offices and for an amendment to thi
State Constitution looking to a practical
elimination of the negro from politics,
as its adoption disfranchise the bulk
of the negro vote. Hy far the greatest
interest centered in the fight over the
amendment. Many negroes voted for
the amendment. The faculty of Living
stone College at Salisbury, one of the
most prominent negro educational in
stitutions in the South, voted for it.
Spencer It. Adams, fusion nominee
for governor, was defeated by Charles
R. Aycock, Democrat, and all other
Democratic candidates were elected.
The Legislature is Democratic in both
branches.
PRISONERS ALL KILLED.
Wounded Chinamen Dispatched by Allied
Soldiers With Ihe Bayonet.
Lieutenant von Krohn, of the Gernun
army, who arrived nt Yokohama,
Wednesday in company with 300 wound
ed and incapacitated Germans and oth
ers on the steamer Korn, just before
the Glcnoglc sailed, told of his ex
periences with Admiral Seymour in his
nlternpt to rea'-h Peking.
Asked what the Chinese did with their
women and old men, Lieutenant von
Krohn said they emigrated with all
sliced, but if this was not possible, as in
the case of one village taken by the
allies, they cut off the heads of the wo
men and rtiihlr..n n,i,l tl,r,.u. l,,.m in
the river.
Lieutenant von Krohn wa asked
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the Russians had dispatched the wound-
iu nun me onus oi ineir rules. tie
said it was not rpiitc so bad as that, but
under the circumstance they had been
and probably would in the future be
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with the bayonet. They found out that
i"nx s ,1 man was nine to raise a
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,,,,, 11 y 1,1 sijiij me iiircign
ers. 'I he allies soon gave orders to kill
every v-iiincse who count stand.
A DECADE'S DEVELOPMENT.
Growth of the Manufacturing Industries in the
United Statos.
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 decade, is il
lustrated by the completed figures of
the treasury bureau of statistics snowing
the imports of manufacturers' materials
and exports of finished manufacture in
the fiscal year 1K00, 1805 and 190a
From 1800 to 1805. imtiortations of man
ufacturers' materials increased $9,047,231,
anu irom IB05 to 1900, they increased
$114,781,363. from 1800 to 1805, the
exjiorts of manufactures increased $..
403,367; from 1895 to 10x10, they increas-
en tj4.V1XH.b33. Manufacturers ma
terials formed in 1890 23.06 per cent,
of the total imports, in 1805, 25.64 per
cent., and in 1900, 35-57 per cent.; fin
ished manufactures Formed in 1890 17.87
per cent, of the exports, in 1895, 23.14
per cent., and in 1900, 31.54 per cent.
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
aim mat tne rebels nave been forcel
to abandon several of their stronger
positions adjacent to the city of Sad
ta Cruz, where they have their head
rinarters and tribal government.
The Indians were taken bv suroriael
several d;.ys ago by a force of about
2.000 government troops commanded by
iien. uravo, coming upon their right
uaiiK. Alter hring a lew volleys the In
dians retreated a short distance and then '
made a determined stand which they
have held with persistence and great
bravery.
Coal Crashes Into a Car.
F.arly Thursday morning, while the
Stcubenvillc express, on the Panhandle
railroad, wa 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 crashing 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 s.lid to have heen Hiiv t
I breaking of the machinery used in hoist
ing it.
United States Consul Dead.
Telegrams 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.
caIiTflashes.
Italian police discover a plot to assas
sinate several monarch!.
Italian ministry issues a manifesto to
Italian people asking loyalty to the new
king.
Bressi, the assassin of King Humbert,
says he didn't kill Humbert; he killed
the king.
Unknown man, believed to be an
anarchist, attempts to assassinate thar"
shall oi Persia. -