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THE BATESBITOG ADVOCATE. VOL I. _ BATESBURG. S C. WEI|CESDAY, JULY lO, 1901. NO. 26 ; ; TERRIBLE HEAT. Six Hundred Deaths and M*ny Prostration* HOSPITALS FILLED Tent* Being Erected on H spi nl Orr unds Horse* Are Fa Irg, and Autcmcbiiws Are Ui*d as Ambulances Rainstorms Wcdaosday, with oon^ Bcquont fall in tempera'uro, woro a jjj^^^^^GodBcnd to the balk of hweltering huYoik. As eoon as tho last storm of tho aftornoon had passed over, tho tomporaturo immediately bogan to ascend. Tho wind which blew durin tho storm al60 commenced to abate ^ ry rapidly, until it assumed tho proportions of a slight breczj only. Those atmospheric condition?, coupled with tho very considerable humidity which came as an aftermath of tho downfall of water from tho olouds, made the suffarh g almost ai intense as it was when the thermometer had reg istercd several degrees higher. Moat of tho hospitals aro already crowded to their minst capacity, and many of them have erected tonts on their grounds for the a'c jinmodaicn of tho heat victims. The death rate has icoreasol with suoh rapidity that tho morgue is being taxed as it ncv.r was beforo, acd every available foot of that institution is now occupied b7 corpses Hospital attend, ants are oollapsicg under the extraor dinary strain to which they have bocn subjdctod acd were it noi for the volunteers who have oomo to tbeir aid tho situation would bo goat'y aggravated by enforced neglect of heat patients. Although the ambulance service has been augmented by tbo addition of I automobiles whioh have been loaned for tho purpose, it is greatly inadol quate. The horses used have been I most oarefully nursed alorg to preserve I their stamina, but notwithstanding this f "* many of them havo given out. Their places are being filled from outside souroes, and so groat is tho jrvroity of available animsls, beeauso of the combination of beat and the grin with whioh New York borBos aro atll ctcd, that it has been necessary to stnd to H to t a fresh supply arei uotvnpour rain Wodnesday was ao r a c tempera humidity made the not most peodo oity, ward Harlem. Many trees, awnings and buddings were it jurcd, but up to 10 o'olook no oa<utitles had been reported. Bh~ Tiierc were 89 deaths and 107 cas ^s M of heat prostration in the boroughs of H Manhattan and the Bronx during the W hours between 2 a. m., and 10.20 p. m , f Wednesday. I At 12:30 o'olock this (Thursday) r" morning it was estimated that the total w deaths from the boat in the last six V days in Greater New York was GOO. I During Tuesday night and WcdnesI day the deaths in Newark directly at' tributcd to tho heat, numbered .'>1, the V highest number of the spoil. La Ho boken thero were 1!> deaths. Patterson, f whioh had been comparatively free from deaths, ran its number up to llt> for tho 24 hours endiog Wednteday night. Jersoy City escaped with 2. Now Brunswick tcorcd -4 fatalities and i Klizaboth 6. A dczen other places L contributed ono each to the total so that tho grand total for Now Jorsoy will bo iu the neighborhood of 100 for tho day. Tho highest tmiperaturo was 94*at 12:30 p. m. At 8 o'olock Wcdnosday night it was 80 degrees. Bryan Has Not Changed. William J. Bryan while in ltoanoko, Va., last wcok delivered a short speech on tho station platform. Mr. BryaD said the questions that several years ago dominated the Chicago platform he had stood for because he believed in them. Ho bad not ehangtd his mind vhnn ihn Ki>n?ti (Stir nl.if .rm ??? ?? larged to suit certain conditions. The Democratic party was all right whon it F oimo to additions, but not in subtriotion. No backward step wcu'd bo taken . but whether it cid or did not it would ' be the same with him. lie had said the question was not whether thoy should win but whether they should do what was right. lie would do tho right and abide tho oonscquenois. Tho Democrats' duty was to advooate principles Tho rosult would be beyond tho party. If tho blood w&h bad and a boil carnc they would keep coming until sou o thing was taken to cloanso tho blood. Ho said in conclusion. "I am fight ing on, not so much to win, for 1 would rather dio fighting for right than win fighting for something cho." Race Riot. Reports reached Danvor, Colorado f Thursday of a seri ous lace riot which has just broken out in the mountains ot Campbell country bet _ ween negro and white miners. The trouble started at a negro dance where a fight was in pregro6s ncaB Lafollotte, a mining town. '1 ho town marshal was sent for and tried to arrest the nrgrocs with a posse of five men. The negroes opened firo on the officers aud the of fleers returned to town. About 20 men returned to the soono and opened firo on the negro cabin. There wcro about 15 nogroes in iho house. They returned the firo but soon made a break for the woods, la iho ruuning fight that followod throe negroes are said to have been fatlly shotaad a number of others wounded. Aother Russian Rank Fails. In oonscouonce of tho failure of tho Kharkoff oommeroial bank, tho commcroial bank of Klkatoiiosl) IT t-us} ended payment Friday. It* liabilities aro 1,250,000 roubles. AN APPEAL TO AMERICANS. Gen Pearsons Issues an Addrtss in Behalf of the Boers. Gen. Pearsons, special agont of the Boer government, who conducted legal proceedings at New Orleans to prevent the shipping of iuules to Sooth Afrioa, has issued tho following addrosB to the American people, tho title boing "A Sia'cmotil of Faots; a Question and aa Appeal." "Tho burghers of South Africa who hsvo maintained the war with Groat Britain thoio two years j a ?fc, have in f liftif ntrii jclo n liiumrt; dtrilrinnlv nar. ailol wilh jour own. 4'Driven by English oppression they went into the wilderness and redeemed from the wild beasts and the savago a oountry for themsolves and there planted a civilization and established a free government. In the course of titno, English cupidity threamccl them. They withstood the demaud. lUids wore made upon their territory. Troops aud inuoitions of war massed upon their border and insulting demands made of them. Tho appeal to armB followed. Hundreds of Ihtu sands of British soldiers from all parts oi tho world were massed on tho soil of these two little republics containing fewer inhabitants than any S'.ito of your American union aud yet they remain uoc inquired aud will so remain if tho American people will oompel thoir government to kocp faith. 44By tho law of your land?a treaty solemnly cutoroi into and to which ycu c impelled tho a scat of tho British government it is declared that tho ports of the United States shall not be male the base of warlike operations against a nation with whom the United States are at poaoo. The attention of your oourts and your president has aeon formally called to tho oporatioos of a body of English army officers with headquarters at Now Orleans. From many parts ol the United States there army offioors gather horses and mules forth tr armies and at Now Orleans load tl.oui on ships and take the m to their armies in South Afr.ca With out these munitions of war tho war on the South African rcpublios would almost instantly end. When these republics wcDt to war with their oppressor, they did not fcelievj that they went to war with you; they Lai faith in your promiso of fair play, aud can hold and establish their freedom and keep thoir country if you keep faith. 4Tcday tho army supplies that you permit to loavo your pcrts aro used chit-fly to continue torturing and slay iag women and ohildrcn. The rove lai'ons forced to bo made in tho English parliament within tho past few weeks have not only 4shocked and staggered humanity,' but have shamed it as well. 4Tlew much of the sin and shame shall beoome your own and what wi;l you do about ?? hearts go oat to the peoplo who," as your aLcojiors did, Beck to unfurl and to uphold the dig of liborty aud to do so just as your forefathers did who engaged in tie struggle with tho same enemy. "The appeal is made to the liborty loving people of America. When I came hero 1 camo fearing that the people were hostile a9 their government has been unfriendly to the Boors L find, indeed, that tho contrary is truo. The h.ans of t c American peoplo go out to th?30 South Africans so grandly struggling with tho enormous power of England, to maintain their right to keep and to rule the land thoy rodemed?but you have not impressed tho federal administration wiih your will. Tho president docs not enforce tho treaties and his sub ordinates despite them. Tnc English government is at the end of its resources. Tho Biers have won as against them. If the American peoplo will stop tho shipment of sup plies from American ports to British armies, tho war willenl and the Weyler like atrocities at Bloomfontein and Pretoria?the murder of women and children?will end. "Ho in behalf of those sturdy burghers in arms who will part with hfo rather than liborty, in behalf of those women and littlo ones who dyiDg of starvation and in prison yot oticer their brave ones in the field, in the nauio cf yuur own history and traditions and principles and for your own sakes, at this season, 1 ujr.ke bold to pray you to kcop the faith and the law male by yours iv_s and compel your government to bo American in tho traditional and glor.ou9 sense." A Shocking Tragedy. Raymond A!hers, a 11 vear-old lad. of Albany, N. V., Friday evening shot and killed Emanuel lvoohlcr, a boy of 12, and then banged hi nut If. The boys were play mates and according to I statements of neighbors ihoy bad quarrcllcd hcino days ago. Albert is the j son of Albert Albors, a well koo vn painter, and Kocblcr is the son of lfcv. John T Koohk-r, a minister of the gospol. The shooting took piaro at ! o'olcck Friday evening. Vouug Kichlor was standing on a fence iu the rear of Albcr?' house. Ho was with his 8ytar old brother. Theodore Kochicr, who was tho only ono who saw the shootinv. Tho little follow told his father F.iday night that tho two boys had some worcb and tl at Alters raised a ritio that ho had aid, pointing it at his brother, shot him. Tho boy says that Albcrs, when ho saw Koohler fail from tho fence said: "1 am sorry I did it." Ttioriffc used was a 22 fijbort rifle. Tho ball struck K toll lor in the left breast and passed through his heart. Ho died almost instantly. When Albcrs saw what he had done ho ran int > tho house and told his mother. Tho ought rhood was quickly alarum d wi it tho news, and during the excitement Alters had ran away. It was not until the arrival of tho pulioe that, a search was made for him. Ho was found in the cellar of his homo, suspended by the neck from tho end of a r.qio tied to a beam of tho llior abovo. When he learned that Kochicr was dead, Ambers went to tho oular and taking a piece of ropo, t ed it to Abeam and standing on a cask fastened it about his cock. Ho then ] tmped from tho oask and was suspended in mid air when found. When out down ho was still alivo, but he died a few moments late.'. "revenue taxes. Or>v?rnor and Attorney Oeneral H iva Initiated Proceedings. BEFORE U.S. COMMISSIONER > Ths Question is Whetherthe Internal Revenue Laws of the U 8 Apply to Ou' Dispensary System. Tho Stato of South Carolina, antic g through tho governor and attorney genoral, havo initiated proceedings before tho commissioner of internal revenue to tost the question whether tho Stato can bo legally required to take out special tax stamps as wholcsalo and retail liquor dealers undor their State dispensary laws, and has made a domand upon tho commissioner for a re fund of all such taxes hitherto paid, amounting to #1 !>1(?. While this sum : > not largo it is realized that tho prih'uplo at issue is of groat and far reaching importance. Tho onoquostion involvod is, whether tho internal rcvoouo laws of tho United States ap ply to the dii-ponsarv system of ScutU Carolina so as tocntitle lha collector to uvuisuu i xiu jjuymoci ui iuuhc mioa l The cutiro disponsary system of South s Carolina is managed by a board ofoommiasiohers consisting of tbroo person? i selected by the State legislature with (j Columbia as its headquarters. This Stato di?ponsary distributes the sup i plies to tho county dispensaries and <j these in turn are managed by county j dispcnEerB cr agents, all beicg under 1 tho board of Stato commissioners, s Uadcr tho law no liquor oan b j sold at i night nor to bo drunk on the premises t of tho disjeoBary. The liquors soldaro d tho property of tho Stato and tho profits e accrue to the Stato. Tho ealaricsof all v tho ofiioials of the dispon*arics are fixed a by law and do not depend upon tho amouot of tbeir sales. 1 In tho brief filed with the commis- t sionor of internal revenue on bohalf of 1 tho State it is contended that there is f nothing in tho laws of tho United t States author zing tho oolleation of in 2 tcrna! revonuo taxos whioh even irn- t pliedly. authorizes the imposition of a 1 tax against a Stato or its instrumental- t itics of tho S'ato government would be t to that extent unconstitutional. \ It is oontonded further that tho prop- 1 crty of a State and tho means and in- a strumcntalitios employed by it to ca-ry c its laws into operation eanuot bo taxed 1 by the federal government and an 'J opinion of t ha late Judge Cooley on this a question is quoted. If auy internal v rcusnue law of the ILoited States re- r MA ho Spcatc and ooun- e South/Carolina each i s 11 aiiod StatoB before t nde^hat^? < *nd void, in this particular, because vho tax whic!T"t it iuii>oses is purely and simply a tax i upon tho int-trumcntalities by whioh g the Slate, through its laws, sciki to s minimize tho evils of the liquor traffic v within its bordors. Tho federal government it is held oannot oonsatuti in ally interfere with tho administration of these laws by requiring a special tax ( stamp to ho paid by its officials as a condition precedent to tbo exeroisa of their duties. Commissioner Ycikos has tho claim for refund of taxes by tho State of t South Carolina \iader consideration, but has rendered no opinion yet. While i it ie true tint this dispensary system r may be designated a Stato agcuc, aud t its maiotcnanoc upheld as constitution- i al under tho police power rosidont in c all sovereignties, yet the commissioner 1 is Inclined to the opinion that it is not I such a ncoessary State agency, or such a f needful function of tho S:ato govern \ hi cut as will exempt it from fede ral ( taxation. There arc certain agcccics ? absolutely essential to the life cf a i State, suoh as tho maintonaoo of courts, f executive oifioials, collection of taxes i for tho payment of uocossary S ato txponses and it may bo admitted that tho I national government can at no time and ( in no way, directly or indirectly, levy t a tax upon these necessary State s ogCDoiis; othcrwiic tho national gov t eroment might tax them out of exist < coco. But, the government contends, < when the State performs a wcrk aud t assumes direction of an agenoy whioh has been and can bo performed by its < citizens in their individual capacity, a i new asp* ot arises. If it is unconuitu- < tional to require tho local agents ctu- i ployed under the dispensary system of I South Carolina to pay tho government I tho sums required for retail and wholesale liquor dealers' stamps, then this i sarno State and all other S'.atoa, the I otmmissionor points out oould take con- i trot not only of the sale, bat of tin I manufacture of whiskey, boor and to * baoco, aud if so then the question i would nriso, oould the gcvornraont levy ] any tax upon tho products of plants < under ar d operated by the State and used for theso purposes'/ If so, whi'c tho States might theroby he able to pay all of thoir governmental expenses the. gcceial govoornnnt, ?t is s\id would ] lose an internal revenue inc.mio of some , '.50l),Ul)U,UtM) per year. , It is understood that if tho com mis- , nioDer'B deoisioo is against tho Stat?, as Booms probablo, tho oaso cvontually j will go to tho euprcmo oourt of tho ( United States. Fifteen Killed by Lightning. i Crowded togothor in a littlo shanty under a North Shoro pier, in Chioago last Monday It) boys and young oion ' and ono other man mot luntaot death by lightning today. They had ioft their lish linos and sought snolter from tho fioroo thu . derstorm that deluged tho northern part of the oity about 1 olcck. Ton nnnutos later their bodies lay with twisted and taoirlod limbs like a nest of suakes a< tho men who found them said. Twelve soughtsliolter and one esoapod. Twelve year old Willie Andorson was injured and ho lay many minutes beforo he could bo drawn out from under tho heap of dead bodies. Tho dead are all members of families of comparatively poor people and o >ni prised a j arty of uion socking relief from tho heat of the day, accompanied by a number of boys who had como to wado and swim on tho bcash. CAROLINIANS IN DEMAND^ ~M young Men Wanted for the Unit?^L States Navy. A special from Washington says:fl riio converted Spanish gun'oat Alva-? r.do will le&vo Norfolk Saturday forV Mcwborno, N. C., whcro headquarters a ill bo established and a ratbor exten live plan iBaugura'ed for rcoruiting V roucg uicn of iho Eouth for the navy, fl Aftor tho Spanish war (bo ceod of I ailcra bcoamo to ui^ont thai Admiral I Jrowninshicid, ohict of the bureau of I navigation, sent rcoruiting parties into I .ho interior, enlisting lusty farmer boys 1 or Bca service. Tho plan has workod I to well that six ships?tho Hartford, I >*ncaatcr, Buffalo, Dixie, Allianoeanu 1 Vlohiean?aro now engaged in training j| roucg nun for tho naval sorvioo. A Admiral Urowninshioid is now turn- r< ng his attention to tho siuth, as ho f ia-> been aavisod by lotters from that (J nntirtn ilia) Nnrth Ptrnlint and nt.hnr K outhom States aro fertile districts for u >btaiuing young mon for bcs servicj. b following this suggestion tie uavy do- o larttncnt will now sock to mako enlist- n nontf at various points in tho south. G _)no party is proceeding by land from c :\>rt Koyal and will visit tho following c lull.crn oitios: Spartanburg, Colum- S )ia and Groonvillc, S. C ; Augusta and o Atlanta, Ga ; Charlotte, Durham and tl jiicensboro, N. 0. p Tuo Alvarado which started Saturday a tili visit all tho princ pal oitios along G liosouihorn districts of Nor.h Caro- ti inn as well as the by-ways and smaller ii ottlemcnts. v la announcing the trips, tho follow- d ng official comment is aiado as an in- d lucotuent to tnose likely to enlist: h "There never was a timo wh n op- s< >ortunity for advanooment o; worthy, tl inalified men is as lavorablc as it is at tl iresont, due to tho increase in tho on- h istod force of tho navy, and the con- t! rq lent domaud for moro petty officers T all branches. It takes timo to gam b ho sea habit aid learn the intricate n iuties of a potty officer and tho ladder 0 an only bo climbed by men who are lilling to apply themselves and gradu- it .1 ly but steadily gain advancement. G "Boys between 15 and 17 will bo en It istcd as apprentices uutil they roach a hoir majority au ' young inon betwcoa tl 8 and 25 as landsmen for training for e: our year ; the former will be sent to T he training station for apprentioes at p s'owporl, K 1., and tho lattor to the d raining station for landimen at Port b loyal, 8. C. After six months at tho hi ho station, if qualified for trtDsfcr, tl hey wiil bo rem on board of a cruising h 'easel to oompicto their training all cat. V 1'ho recruiting party will also oalist si icamen, who havo had four years' sea ixperience and ordinary seamen who w avo had two years' sea cxperienoo. T fee former must bo between 21 and 35, ri ,nd tho latter botweon 18 and 30, ship c vrights (carpenters), maohiniste, foro- w uoq and coal passe.-s will also bo enlist- tl id but appiicauts for these positions G nust furnish proof that they know^|^M| rado and La\v cxporu-je and :d in tbo tradu^^^^^r^^^^^^^^y ^ "All appiiiants must bring witl, ' Fcm testimonials from people in their w mmodiate districts as to their moral aad ii ;cneral standing in tho community and u ill under 21 years of ago rnus. furnish b mtu-n consent of parents." a Hi GEN GOMEZ TC THE PUBLIC- b if ;&me to Arnei ica to Embrace His Dear ij Friend, Estrado PalmerGen, Maximo Gomez, while in New o fork last week gave out the following a itatcment. tl "In response to tho request of tho h irosa for me to make a statement in 1< cgard to Cuba, all I have to say is a hat tac aoccpianoe of tho Pia't amend uont by tho Cuban constiiuational unvcijuop has already defined tho >olitioal situation of Cuba, and as tho V Jubais are all anxious to establish self o government, they arc all working to- n vard tnis et-d Thcro is not one who o ioes not di sire t j boo the 11 ?g float froo, ti i flag which rpcresents so much suffer- o ng anusj many taerifiees forfroedoin's u lako. Tuo whole world has known this r naay years. h "Tho sole objoot of my visit has n )ocn my great desire to embrace my t >ld, true and loyal friend, Tonus Es- 1 rada Palma, whom 1 have not boon C iblo to suo siaoo peaoa wai established v inn of course, to pay a visit to Presi- 1 lent MoKinlcy, to whom wo Cubans 1 >wo so muuh, and alio to pay my re- ii tpec'.s to Secretary Hoot. t "This is not my tint visit to this ? jity, of which 1 have many pleasant y ind also sad rcoollcc .ions, for 1 have y oiico silently and unknown trod tho n ihroughfaros of a fico oountry with t hi only ardent hope of helping to t ;rt ak tno chains tha*. enslaved Cuba, t Today tvory thing is ohanged. On b igain sotting foot in this free land 1 c fool happy, for in Amcrioa 1 see t riend, who having shed his blood sido f t>y side with us for freedom has earned u ilcrnal gratitudo and ostabliahol the t mutual obligation between tho two v peoples to maintain tho pcaou and in- i lependene of tho island of Cuba. t ' (Signed) M. Gooiu." r ! i Bryan's Sentiment. \ The obsorvai:oe of Iudopondonee Pay in Njw York was more than usually 'J piict this year. Tammany Ha'l hold 1 its regular Independence Day oolebra ^ lion at whi)h tho Declaration of ludo- 1 pondcnoo was road and speeches made P by Governor Juunings of Florida and 1 other leaders of the i);mooratio party. 8 The following letter of regro. from 8 Win J. Bryan, dated Washiutoi, D. U , .June 2l>, was read; "I oongratulato Tammany upon the fido.iiy it has shown in oclobrating t each returning anniversary of tho sign- t ing of tho Doolara'.ioiof Independence. 1 I tru t that at this tliuo whon tho i K'puhlicau loaders aro denying tho i universal app'ioation of tho self cvi- i dent truths sot forth in the dcclara- 1 lioa, special emphasis will bo given i to tho assert ion that governments da- i rivo their ju l powers Irom tho consent t of the govoruod. < ' I u rci.ponno to your ropiest for a i sentiuicui appropriate for tho ooca t lion, 1 beg to suggest tho following: < 'Liberty is not safe without a written constitution, and a constitution to bo of valuo uni-t bo strong onour.h to control every publio'servant and broad | enough to includo within its protco- , lion every person who acknowledges \ all.'gianoo to the tlig ' " I 3ALLS ON M'KINLEY. !n. Oomfz, Cuba'* Qrand Old Hsro Call* on the President. ST A VI8IT OF COURTESY en Leo Pays His Rospacta to the Savior ot Cuba and Taks About Him Qon Gomez and pa'tv arrived at the :?.V department at 10 30 Wednesday, ifter a abort oonferonao with the seci.tary of war they went to tho White louse to hoo tho president. Whilo li-tn Gomez wai at tho war department e mot Gen. Miles. Although tho comlander of tho United States army ha? eon reveral times in Cuba, ho aad tho ouimi?ndcr of tho Cuban Army never lot before. Secretary l\oot escorted ten. JGomez to tho Whito House at 11 clotjk this forencoa. Tho Cuban genrai Vyas accompanied by his Bon and ana* Gonzaios, the jr vatc secretary f Gen. Wood. Tbo President reooived be'^arty very cordially in tho lied arlar. '1 ho interview lasted ab,ut half u hour and at it* conclusion Gon. omcz reiterated through his intcrpro ir; that his mission to this oountry is r? no way political lie came hero to iiit his old fiiond, Senor Palma, and ejjirod before returning to seo Prosiout MoKinloy, for whom ho has a very i?h regard, and to expross to him per onW'y the deep gratitude ho felt for b? as9i8tanc3 of tho United StateB in bfc Cuban strugglo. No political topics, vlsaid, had been touched upon during hto interview, which was purely social, mo president iavited tljn Gomez to e dijs guest at dinnir Wednesday evoing.j when he wiil meet tho members f tHc cabinet now in tho city. Sttorotarv lloot remained with Preslor/t MoKinloy for a short timo after itsi. Gonuz had departed. When he .((/the White House ho said there was bsblutely no nolitical significance in bef visit of Gen. Gomez The genrail, ho said had never before nist 'resident MoKinloy and tho call was ur/ely one of courtesy, as G jn. < imcz id( not fool that he could not return or*3 without sociog President Moiinacy and paving his respects and bankVng him for what this oountry as dome for Cuba. After the dinner ifodnenday night Gsn G ran z and his on returned to Now York. Gen. Ll'itzbueh Leo was among those 'ho callAd ou Gen. Gomez at his hotel, 'ho visit! recalled that interesting peiod whc5- Gon. Loe was tho Amorican cnsul general at Ilabana, and Gomez '< ? leadioMta|iACaban contingent in be Gold. ^for his viow ot the opinio^ aid 0*Jm States. not fighter that he* IpiiDguia^Pffnmelf for there was not .aoh lighting to do on a large scale, nt he hold on in spito of all disoourgements and with rugged honesty reistod the efforts of tho Spaniards to r-bc him or his gen; raid. Ho oven isued an order that any ofh jer seek g to corrupt tho Cuban gcntials bo hot. and while I Wl<? n? nnn n( bo Spanish officers who sought to itabiish relations with a Cubao officer otully suffered death when ho fell into bo hands of Gomez's followers. It was lis sentimental perseveranoo in a for orn hopo whioh distinguished Gomez td which won Cuba her independence Strikers Cause Kiot. News reaohed Denver, Col., late V'ednesday afternoon of an outbreak f the striking miners of tho Smuggler line near Telluride in the southweslrn part of tho State. Tho informaion was to tho cffcat that tho postffioe had been blown up with dyna lite and 15 had been killed in tho iot. All wires loading to Telluride avo been out by tho minors. Toe e*s of the riot came from Ouray, iolcrado, across tho mountains from 'ellurido and was telephoned into )aray from tho Camp Bird mine, ihloh is between Ouray and Telluride. 'ho Camp Bird is tho property of 'homas Walsh, a resident cf Washngton. It is said that miners from he Liborty Bell, Tom Boy, Kovcnuo nd Camp B.rd mines havo joined with rith the Smuggler strikers and that 00 men now surround tho Smuggler aino. Tho dispatch from Ouray stated he shooting was still going on when he dispatch was sont. Tho striko at he Smuggler mine has been on for ome lime and ouly recently a citizens ommittco was appointed at Tollurido o try to effect a settlomont of tho dif ercnoos between tho minors and tho iwncrs of tho property. Tho sheriff of ho e junty in whioh Tollurido is located rired Gov. Orman for troops to assist n supressing (ho rioters. A oall for ho militia to assomblo at their amnios at 8 o'clock Thursday niaht was bsued from the adjutant general's do uriniiat and dirootod to tho oooipaoicB X Djnvcr and Pueblo. At 10:4."> rhurdday night Gov Ormau reooivod . mcssago from Sheriff Dowtain, of I'u lcrido, saying that tho htrik or^ had iken fooiblo possession of tho Smug[ler I aiou mine and had run all tho imjloyos ovor tho rango. Tho moaago said that tho lattor made no reliatanoo. Ends His Own Life. Another director of tho Iiaipz;gcr >ank, Karl Folix Sohatffor, committed iuioido by shooting himsolf Friday, lohaeffor wan also a member of tho firm if Btrgor & Yoigt. This firm declares t is not affected by Schaoffor's death, is he sold his sharo of tho business rhurslay on favorablo terms. It is oportod that an examination of tho looounts of tho Cassol (drain Prying jompan, which assigned Friday diao'os:d a deficit of 11 500,000 marks, Thero iro serious rumors that seouritios were .wioo pledged and that tho dircotors )wa a large shm to tho company. Caused a Panic. 1 he KharkotT Commercial bank of Udcaaa, Russia, has failod with a deficit 38timatod a 5,000,000 roublos. Tho failuro has oauscd a financial pan;o in South Russia. CONDITION OF THE COTTON CROP. Lowest Average in This State Since the WarTho monthly ropoitof the statistician of tho Djpartmont of Agrioulturo at Washington will show tho averago condition cf cotton on Jnno 25 to have been 81 1, compared with 81 5 on tho 20th of the preceding month; 75 8 on July 1, 1910, ?nd a yoarly averago of 80 3. Tho condition of 81 1 is. with exoeption of tho July condition reported last year, the lowest recorded condition reported for this soason. Tho on dition in the principal Statos reported is as follows; North Carolina77, South Carolina70, Georgia 72 Florida 78, Alabama 80. Mississipp' 86, Louisiana 84. Texas 86 Arkansa* 84, Tenno^see 85, Oklahoma 91, Indian Torriiory 88 An improvement is noted during Juno or two Doints in Texas, three points in Arkansas, Oiiahotaa and In diau Turritory; four in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana and seven in Teuccssuo. Oj tho other h?nd there was a dcolino of eight points in Georgia and Piorida, and too in North Carolina and ;Jouth Carolina. With tho exception of Mississippi, where the reported avorago oonditiou is on? pont above tho mean averages reported to July 1 in that State for tho last ton yoars, not only was the condition rooordod, with tho oxception of la,t year, for tbo cotton region as a whole at this season, but in Georgia and South Carolina it was the lowest during a period of thirty five years, whilo in North Carolina it was tho lowest, with ono exception, during tho samo period. ExosBsivo rains, followed by heavy growth of grass and woods, caused inuoh damige in Alabama, Gerogia, South Carolina and Norih Carolina, whilo in Louisiana and Texas the growth was retarded by tho drought. Tho gravity of tho situation is greatly increased in North and South Carolina and Georgia, and to soma cxtont in other Sta:os by thosoaroity of labor. A Wealthy Negro. Probably tho wealthiest colored man in America is a gujst of his childtcn in lieidavillo, N. C. lie was born a slave in Henry county sixty-four years ago. By ownership his name would be Ed ward Abingdon, but ho preforred that of his s'.avo father and took tho name of Eiward Dillard. Elward Ddlard as his friends style him, he having boon a successful druggist in Chicago for several years. Ho made his escape from slavery in 1803. going to Pittsburg, wh^ro ho made I'd.50 a day shoveling pig iron and lived on 00 oonts a day until he had savod up $1,400, when he bought a horco and oart and began tho peddling of coal, working in the day and studying in tho night. Ho thon went to Chicago and opened a drug store, employing a capable drug olerk, whoso duties were to wait on custo the' propriotor the made a insurantj tho drug business, but soon sold~but~for" fdi.OOOoash. Ho then wont to Australia and embarked in the oaitle bust ncss?raising, baying and shipping cattle. Ho would buy aud ship as many as 5,000 head a month to Liverpool, making large profits on caoh snipment. u.......k i L ' iAu ujj jiuic jnuu yuara ueiore, a picoe of suburban real ea'.ato now in tho heart of tho city of Obicsgo, and for whioh ho has recently refused an offor of more than $200,000. Ho also owns a valuable estate in Australia. Tho other day ho deposited with a Danville bank two drafts on tho Mel bourne, Australia, baik for $37,000. When he took his departure a lilt'.o more than thirty-seven years ago ho loft behind him a son and a daughthor. His mission to this country was to find them. lie readily found both living in Hiidsvilld, and they are to receive a goodly share of his fortune. Mr. l)iliard eajs ho will not return to Australia, but will dispose of his holdings then and henceforth live and die in his native stato. Ho is an unasmining anl woll mannered colored man and speaks of his old owners and their relatives with voneration as "Marster" or "Mistiss." Ho says that tho greatest fault of his raeo is: "They do not know thj valuo of a dollar: they will rot save up. They oan make it, but will spend it," Dr. Dnlard is easily worth b.'.twoen a quarter and a half million of dollars. Lynched for the Usual Crime. A negro named Jim Uailoy was lynched near Smithfield, N (J., last week for assaulting a whito girl. Wednesday at noon Maud S.rickland. tho 14 year old daughtor of a farmer living near Sjaithficid, wont to tho fiold to oirry dinner to her father. When returning she saw a negro in tho path ahead, llor little sister was with her. The negro told the sistoi to go on or ho would kill her. lie caught Maud, choked hor and outraged her. Her little sistor ran back to hor fathor and told him what had happened. Strickland and his two brothers found that tho negro was .J mi Ha'ley and that ho was at work in tho field. Thoy tried to oapturo him. ldailey was armed with hoo and hatohot and escaped. Later ho mot two nogroos who disarmed him. Strickland and Charles l'owell seized Bailey and put him in a buggy to carry him to Smithfield to delivor him to Sheriff Kllington. While on their way a mob met thorn four miles from town, took tho negro ftorn them and hung him Lo a troo. l'owell wont on to Smithdold and told tho sheriff of tho lynching. Tho sheriff and ooronor weut out at midnight and brought tho body to SoiLhfiold. It is laid the lynching oo ourrea sdoui iu o oioox iursaay night. It is also said that Bailey usod a knifo upon his viotim. Kegiments About Completed. Acting Adjutant Qonoral Ward at Washington has reooivod reports from tho officers ongaaged in rcouiting the fivo now infantry regiments and the five new cavalry regiments authorized by tho army reoorganizttion act, show ing that tho regiments are all praotioaliy reoruitod exoapttho 13.h oavalry, whioh is roportod to bo 389 inon short. It if expootrd that all thoso troops will b< sent to the Philippines for tho relief ol an c<|ual number of regular troops wh< havo boon thoro two years or uioro and who are to bo brought home. ANOTHER BANK FAIL? In Buffalo Bfcause of Its Connecticn With City National. The Niagara bank of Buffalo, a State institution, has clored its doors. The following notice has been posted on the doors: I have olosod and taken possession of this bank. (Signed) F. D.' Kilburn. Superintendent of Banks. Tho Niagara bank was organized September 15, 1891 It had a capital of $100,000. The officjrs are: President, P. II. Griffin; vice president, M. M Duke; oashier, Wm. T. Hayes. Tho chairman of tho clearing houso committee, S. &1. Cloment, said Thursday morning: "It should bo distinctly understood that the closing of tho Niagara bank riu-sday has beon brought about solely by reason of its close oonneotion with iho City National bank, its president hnvinc boon vico Drasidant of thn (litv Nitioual bank, and that do other natiooal bank hero is anyway affootod. 4'As the meeting of the clearing houso committee Wednesday at tho oloso of Wednesday's business, the Niagara bank was tho only bank that applied for any assistance and arrango men's were made to givo tho assistanoo asked for, pending the report Woincs day morning by the banking department as to the Bolvenoy of tho bank. Mr Kvlburn, tho superintendent of tho banks on his arrival in town Thurs day morning beoamo satisfied that tho bank oculd not get through with the assistanoo asked for and aooordingly dircoted that the bank be oloaed in or der t j best protect all interested." Tho bank superintendent wis scon in tho Niagara bank and asked why tho bank was closed. He said: "I have closed this bank bejausi I think it insolvent. Tho main reason for tho failuro is the failuro of tho City National bank. This bank is involved t an extent not to bo announocd, but I do not doem it safo to permit this ouo to continue business any linger. As to whothor this bank bas been in trouble heretofore 1 have nothing to say." Two White Men Stabbed. At Fleetwood, park Ohio, Friday, Johu and Albert Slaughter, white, were probably fatally stabbod by Luther Page and Abner Ovens, colored. Chas. Martin and Hilev Slaughter were beaten with olubs. Tho trouble occurred over an attaok on a small white boy by a ooloacd man. A small six id riot followed. Finally tho oolored men ware arrested and placed in tho oonnty jail. After midnight an attempt was made to organize a mob to lynch tho prisoners. A oroffd gathered at the tunnel on O iv-j street, but no ono volunteered to lead tho assault on thejiil. If tho attaok had been mado a bloody battle undoubtedly would have ooourred as ,50 armed moo wero .on guard duty \ around the jail whera^heirfriendswere r| imprisoned. o mnty jail. ArrPQpiMPPIPmmilP to remove them to Portsmouth jail for safety immediately, as the authorities fearod troublo Saturday night. Tno removal of "Owens and Page, -the negro assailants of the Slaughter boys, to jail at Portsmouth has averted a crisis at Fleetwood park. The two mon wero Saturday taken to a train in a olosod carriage guardod by officers, and halted a equaro Irom tho depot. Officers formed a cordon about the prisoners as they wero led to tho train in irons. Not a dozen people were aware of tho transfer before tho train arrived. Rilnn ?nd Martin Slaughter, brothers of the wounded men, had started for the depot but the train had pulled out a minute before they arrivod. The officers disarm d the negroes Saturday afternon and arrested one who flourished a revolver. Ncgroos wero congregating and openly displaying arms. Increases Postage. A spcoial from Washington says: The cabinet was in session about two hours Friday and devoted the entire time to minor matters. Postmaster General Smith explained how the revenues of the postal scrviee were being kept at a point far bolow what they otherwise would bo but for the faot that under tho prosont clasiifloation a large class of periodicals wero boing handled at tho rate of ono cent a pound, which was a groat financial loss to tho scrvioj. It wis his purpose to modify the regulations so as to compol this class of publications to pay eight cants a pound instoad of ono as now. Those now regulations, it is said, will be issued infow days. Soorciary llitohoook stated that tho proclamation oponing to scttlo i ont tee Wichita, Kiowa and Comauoho lands in Oklahoma would be given to tho press for publication at an early date. The dato of tho oponing will not bo announced until that time. Hotel Burned. Information received at the gonoral offiies of tho Hit Springs company ltiohmond, Va , shows tho loss of the Homestead hotel Wednesday night by firo was oompleto. Tho fire started in tho bakery shortly boforo midnight. Tho blaai eproad rapidly by roason of tho poorfaoilities of tho fire department. Tho guests were promptly notified and esoaped, many in thoir night olothes most of thorn losing their jewels and trunks. There wero several narrow es otpos. Many prominent and wealthy guests wcro in the hotel at the time. The lens is about tJOO.OOO, largely ooverod by insuranoo. Woalthy oot tagors aro doing everything to assist those burned out. Tho Himostead will bo rebuilt at onco It was ono of the handsomest and most attraotivo hotels in tho south, and was for years tho summer or winter homo of many prominent people from all tho oountry. The Virginia house and the bath bouso, together with tho oottage, remain uninjured Private Bank Fails, i Sturgcs bank, of Mansfield O , a prii vato institu'ioD, closed its doors, following tho filing of a deed of assignment by lttnkor Sturgcs to Attornoy ll. H Dirlam. Sturges owned lutnboi i works, real cBtato and a controlling ini torest in tho Mansfield Machine works, ) tho latter capitalized at fltOO.OOO. I Wednesday afternoon A. I'ook was ap> pointed recoiver for tho Mansfield MaI ohino works. Sturges was a olose friend of the late John Sherman. ? BOLD ROBBERY. _____ Train Held Up by Ona Man and Rcbbad by Three. SECURES $83,000. Revolvers, Rifles and Dynamita U sad Fraaly. Wounds Several and Makss Their Escape. The Great Northern trans-oontioental train No. 3, leaving St. Paul Minn., Tnnndav mnrninv at fl n'nlnnV up at Wagaor, Mont., 190 miles east of Great Falls, at 320 Wednesday afternoon by throo masked men who blew open the express oar and wrecked the through safo with dynamite, scouring $83,000. The robbory, in daylight, was ono of the boldest that has ever ocoured intho west. Ono of tho robbers boarded the ''blin d baggage oar at Hindalo, a station about 20 miles oast of Wagner. lie appeared to bo a oommon hobo, but when the conductor diseovered him at a stop almost immediately afterward he drew a heavy Colt's revolver and ordered him to roturn to the rear of the train on ponalty of instant death. The hobo thon climbed over the looomotivo tendor, and at the point of his revolver compelled tho engineer and fireman to stop tho train at a ravine a few miles east of Wagaor, where his confederates, two iD nuaibor, both miskod, lay in wait. Tne hobo thon compelled the fireman and engineer to abandon the engine aad firing began on both sides of the train as it came to a stop. Passengers on the train began to look out of tho windows and a brakeman alighted on one side of the train while the traveling auditor, Douglas, alighted on the opposite side. Doth instantly became tho target of Winchester* in tho hands of tho robbers and were wounded. A passenger on the tourist coach who was looking out of the window was Btruck by a stray bullet and seriously injured and two other passongcrs were shot but ueither were seriously injured. To wreok the door of the express oar with dynamite, with which both the oonfoderateB who appeared from the ravino we o liberally suppled, was the work of an instant. The expressman ^ was oompelled to leave the oar at the point of a rifle, and the through safe was immediately dynamited. The first oharge did not break it opon, others in quiok suooession were neoes-^^ sary before it was forcod. The robbers hurriedly gathered in its contents, consisting of specie shipments, drafts, coin and valuable negotiable, paper, and retrna^^kr oping the train crew and oe disappeared in the ravine, and were seen later, one mounted on a . bay horse, one upon a white horse, one upon a buckskin heading southward at a farioas gait, the booty being plainly visible in a sack thrown across the Bad- ~ ~ -3 ale bows of tho rider upon the buckskin horse. As the hobo olimbed over the tonder to tho locomotive cab, he drew on a mask rendering it almost impossible to seouro a (rood desarintion. Kinh nf hie confederates was masked and the only information obtainable regarding them is that one was evidently a half breed. This was the robber upon the buokekin horse. The gang headed for the Littlo Rockies range, lying aoross the Milk river in an almost inaccessible country, consisting mainly of bad lands. Posses were immediately organiz;d in pursuit, one by a sheriff who happened to to a passenger on tho train. Married to Save the Pig. In order to save the life of a pig Hiram Johnson and Miss Matilda Parkinson, Wilkosbarro Pa , wore married last woek by Alderman Conehan, of Wilkosbarro, whoso reputation as a Solomon is thereby enhanced. Miss Parkinson appealed to him tho other day for j islioo. Sho said that Hiram Johnson, who ownod a farm next to hers at Hudson, had stolen the pig from hor. She also said that they had known each othor for years and wore always good friends. When the'squire sent for Johnson he said tho pig was his and ho could prove it. As neithar would yield Aldorman Conehan had the hearing Thursday. Each arrived with sevoral witnesses who sworo the pig belonged to one or tho other, and, as tho evidence of each sido was of equal woight, tho alderman mado a deoision worthy of his reputation. Ho said tho pig should bo killod and then dividod equally. Both Miss Parkinson and Johnson objected strenuously that tho pig was not old enough to kill, and bosides it was a doar little pig, etc. There was no settlement in sight, and the 'squire suggested smilingly: "Why don't you marry ani keep tho pig in tho familyV You aro old enough." Each is over 50. The suggestion pleasod them. They went into a corner, talked it over, and oamo out hand-in hand and blushing. Tho alderman married them and thoy took the pig homo. Sad Picnic Ending. There was quito a Bad ending to the otherwise pleasant gathoiing of oitizjns of MoCoriuick S. C. at Soarl's Mill to hold an old fashioned Fourth of July pionio. The two little boys of Mrs. P. F. Creighton, agod respectively 9 to 11, had gono in bathing some little distanoo do vn tho river away from the orowd. Thoy waded out over their depths, and when Dr. Manley Brown, who was tho first to disoover them, oamo upon tho scene, thoy wore Just sinking for tho third time. He oalled for assistance and immediately sprang into the water. A largo crowd quickly gathered and they soon suooeeded in finding tho younger ono of the boys. 1 but the elder ono was not found until ' it was too late to save him. The sympathy of .the entiro community goes out to tho bereaved mother, who now suffers this sooond bereavement so soon having quite rooently lost her husband. Tho dead boy was just reaching that I stage in lifo whon ho could be of some assistance to his mother.