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^ufjiag^f ?. * 1 v. vV - > . k;. . ?? %M - - ' ?' " ? - LasS VOL. I. NOjMV-. CAMDEN, S. C., THtTItSjDAY. JO L.Y 28.19Q4. ... li^OPEKY?AR. THE MEAT SfKUrgftEB Facfers aai Eaptejcs lanlafe as WILL SPHBT T?f AiTOATlH Settkaeat C?wi Altar Cwlmaci Batwaaa ?I Mm! Cotton' UataM aai AM Train ?SMaa A|m to AMit by Pictalaa ?( tfca ArMtradaa BmH. Chicago, (Special).?The strike of packing house employes, which began nine days ago and which has demoral ized the packing industry throughout the country, was settled here Wednes day night at- a conference between representatives of the packers, the officials of the Meat Cutters' Union and representatives of all the allied trades employed at the stockyards. The whole controversy will be sub mitted to a board of arbitrators, both sides agreeing to abide by whatever decision this board may reach. Pend ing the decision of the arbitration board the men will be taken back to work as rapidly as possible by the packers, and it is agree by the pack ers that all the old employes are to be reinstated within,45 days from the date work is resumed. If any of the former employes are still unemployed at the expiration of that tune, such persons are to have the privilege of submitting their cases to tlie arbitration board for settle ment. The strikers will return to work as soon as th^ can be notified of the peaceable adjustment of the trouble and it is expected that- by Friday morning everything will be in normal shape at all the plants in the different cities where the employes were on strike. Half an hour after the de viS,tin r? ^ ?Y;en reac'l?d to arbitrate M. J. Donnelly, the strike leader, had secured communication by long dis tance telephone with the leaders of the strikers in outsiJe cities and had notified them that a satisfactory settle-1 ment had been reached and directed the strikers to return to work as soon as possible. The settlement of the difficulty by arbitration was brought abottt Kv th* allied crafts at the stock yards/who would have become involved in the controversy had it continued much longer. The representatives of these union's, which represent about 14,000 roeJ1? 8?t together yesterday and sent a final appeal to the packers asking tor a three-sided conference between the packers, the strikers and them ve*' ?" ? final effort to get both aides of the controversy together and arrange some sort of agreement which would prevent the strike spreading *0 the affiliated unions. This appeal of the allied trades unions received a favorable response from the packers and the conference was the result. agreement entered into between the representatives of the packers and the strikers follows: "Wages and working conditions of all employes now on strike to be submitted to arbitration, each party to this agreement having the privilege of bringing before the arbitrators for decision any question of wages or conditions or any other grievance they may have, and both to abide by the decision of the arbitrators. 'The packing companies signing this agreement to retain all employes now at work who wish to remain, and will re-employ all employes now out as fast as possible, without dis crimination. Employes to return to work at the wages received when go ing on strike, pending the decision- of *he arbitrators; arbitrators to consist of three practical packing house men, to be selected as follows: "One representative of the packing companies, one representative of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of North America; ^?se two to select a third member. 7 he two first named shall meet with in 48 hours after resumption of work and proceed to elect the third mem ber and shall meet daily for that pur pose un<til this duty has been com Eleted. When the third member 4ias een selected the three shall meet daily unless adjournment be had by unanimous consent, until the final con clusron has been reached and the award made. Any former employe not re-employed within 45 days from date work is resumed to have the privilege of submitting his or her cause to arbitration^ on question of discrimination, decision of arbitrators to govern." WON'T ENLIST AUENS. PI?m Maklaf far IN Aaurkaafiiag at IIm Navy. Washington, D. ?C., (Special).?111 accordance with the Navy Department policy of americanizing the United States Navy, Captain- Pillsbury, acting chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and other officials of the Navy Depart ment are considering further restric tions on naval enlistments. A tenta tive regulation which has been pre pared for the action of the Secretary of the Navy, and is likely to be adopted, reads as follows: "Hereafter no aliens will be en listed in the naval service of the Uni ted States except those who may be entitled to re-enlist under the pro visions of law relating to continuous service, and except, aUo, Asiatics on the Asiatic Station who may be en listed on the messman branch to fill vacancies, but not to serve else where than on that station." Father aai Saa Drawaetf. Toledo, Ohio, (Special). ? Henry Yetter and his son Arthur, aged ten, were drowned in the canal near Grand Kapids, Ohip. The boy was seized with cramps while bathing, and the father jumped in to save him. The father had a cork leg, and this proved iitch an impediment that he was un able to control his own movements, and both were drowned. The father's body was recovered nearly a mile be low the scene of the drowning, where it had floated head downward. HEWS IR SMKT H9QL J. Marbourg Kennedy, formerly of Hagerstown, Md., was appointed prosecuting attorney for the Panama Canal zone. Twenty persons were injured in a crash between a work car and a trol ley car near Hempstead, L. I. Jujge Upton Aluir, of Louisville, Ky., who resided in a cottage at Cape May, was drowned in the surf. The buildings of the Philadelphia Horse Show Association, on Wissa hickon Heights, were burned. Officials of the Pennsylvania deny that there will be a strike among the trainmen at Altoona. The Parrot Mining Company has sued F. A. Heinze and others to re cover $2,200,000. Five men were injured in a powder explosion at Barton, O. Chief John Long Dog, of the Madin Sioux is dead. The long-standing claim of the San Domingo Improvement Company against the government of San Dq nnngo has been brought to a suc cessful arbitration. Adab, perhaps the ol'Jest city in World, has been discovered by tnc University of Chicago's excavat ing expedition in Babylonia. Five deaths occurred from heat in Greater New York, and there were many prostrations. The Western Federation of Miners has appealed to the Red Cross So ciety to take charge of the relief of the deported miners. The Immigration Bureau has issued a statement showing the number of inmates in the penal and reformatory institutions. General Miles says he withdrew from the contest because he did not want to cause dissension among the Prohipitionists. The State Department has begun a study of precedents relative to the stoppage of neutral ships by bel ligerents. Assistant Secretary Loomis has ac cepted the finding of the British coroncr's jury in the case of his brother. The triennial review of the Supreme Tent, Knights of Maccabees, began at Detroit. Capt, John I. Wood, grandson of President Zachary Taylor, died at Halifax. The Mexican National Pavilion at St. Louis was struck by lightning. The New England Dredging Com pany, of Boston, assigned tor the benefit of its creditors. The liabilities are given as $200,000, with assets nominally the same. B. H. Marsh, who went from Chica go to China in 1808 as a missionary and member of the faculty of the Anjjlo-Chinese College, at roochow, Daniel J. Sully & Co. made a formal, offer to compromise at 40 per cent., but would not show to the satisfac tion of the creditors' meeting the funds to pay it. The captain and crew of the steamer Aldborough, which went ashore at Fortune Island, were brought to New York on the steamer Altai. The rush to the Rosebud country increases as the time for the regis tration expires, and it is estimated that about 60,000 persons have thus far registered. The Insular Bureau of the War Department issued a circular inviting proposals for the sale of $3,000,000 Philippine 4 per cent, bonds. Charles G. Rockwood, for many years president of the National New ark (N. J.) Banking Company, is dead, at the age of 90 years. Charles D. Rogers, of Chicago, who was injured in an automobile accident Saturday, died at the Elm Tree Inn in Farmington, Ct. . Lightning struck two of the Enter prise Powder Company's mills, at, Grandale, Pa., exploding 600 kegs of! powder. The new reservoir of the Citizens* Water Company, at Scotdale, Pa., burst, destroying crops and other property. The two factions of the window f[lass-workers, in convention in Cleve and, O., agreed upon amalgamation. Henry L. Wilson, the American minister, left Santiago, Chili, on leave of absence. Three negro brothers, killed a white boy whom they held up in Hol ton, Kan. Farctga. King Peter of Servia had the blooJ staincd furniture and wardrobe oi King Alexander and Queen Draga burned in a bonfire on the palace grounds. Count Gocss, governor of Trieste, gave a dinner to the officers of the American battleship and European Squadrons. King Edward has conferred the Cross of the Victorian Order upon Captain Matthews, of Sir Thomas l.ipton's yacht Erin. Mr. Chamberlain's tariff commission recommended the putting of a tariff on iron and steel imports. The freedom of the city of London was presented to Lord Cruzou of Kedleston, viceroy of India. The negotiations for a Russo-Ger man Treaty have been succssfully con summated. Mexico is no place for a man with out capital, says Consul Conley, at Mexico City. A company has been formed at Cologne with a capital of $1,750,000, subsidized by the German and Dutch governments, to lay a cable to con nect with the Dutch settlement 011 the Island of Celebes, through the Island of Yap, in the Pelewi group, and from Shanghai to Guam, where it will link with the Commercial Cable Company's Pacific cable. In the trial of the seven German Social-Democrats, at Koenigsberg, ac cused of smuggling anarchistic litera ture into Russia the defense wanted to summons Bulgarian officials in the hope of proving Russian responsibility for the murder of King Alexander of Servia and Premier Stambuloff oi Bulgaria. John Barrett, American minister to Panama, arrived at Colon on the steamer Seguranca. A national child labor committcc has been formed in New York. Mrs. Florence Maybrick was re leased from Aylesbury Prison. LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES A Hf Battle Bgkt Ho Cast *f TatcttlM. sue maim als* at iaickm. at Matfaa Fan Naw Placc* * MM jm iipm Tyf uw t Owr 1 Rasilaa Imwi Art (Htm at 2.IM tad tfca London, (By Cable).?Simultaneous with the reports from correspondents of the battle of Motien Pass, in which it now appears that the Rus sian looses were upwards of 2,0001 and the Japanese losses over 300, come stories of severe fighting in the neighborhood of Tongschu, eight miles east of Tatchekiao. It is re ported that the Russian loss in Mon day night's engagement was 2,100 and ihe Japanese loss 1,200. The Japanese also have been in active contact with the Russians east of Haicheng, where there have been many minor actions. All along Kuropatkin's front and flank the Japanese are moving into position, but the general attafck is be ing postponed until supplies and rein forcements come to the front. Pro gress along the muddy roads and mountain passes is slow. From Chefoo comes another story, or a revival of an old one, brought by Chinese, of heavy Japanese losses at Port Arthur. The Chefoo dispatch, dated July 19, says: A junk, with 8 Russians and 50 Chinese on board, arrived here this afternoon, five days from Port Ar thur. The Russians refused to talk, but the Chinese say that on July 11 and 12 the Japanese captured and oc cupied, with 4,000 men, one of the eastern forts near Port Arthur. Before reinforcements arrived the Russians cut off the 4,000 troops in the fort and exploded mines, which resulted in the killing of every Jap anese soldier there. The Chinese report also that the night before they left Port Arthur a Russian torpedo boat sank a mer chant ship near Port Arthur, mistak ing her for a Japanese y-ansport. Many Chinese on board the merchan-. man were drowned, but the white crew of the steamer and a number of her Chinese passengers were rescued by the Russians. if this story is true the steamer in question probably is the Hipsang, be longing to the Indo-China Navigation Company, which is 48 hours overdue from Nuichwang, and which was re ftorted to have struck a mine. The ocal agents of the Hipsang say they believe the steamer to have been lost. PIERCE BATTLE ON MOTIEN HEKMTS. Oeaeral KarskTs Official Repart af Haw the Rasalaas TrM ta DliM|? . apt. Tokio, (By Cable).?The Russian attempt to retake Motien Pass July 17 was not productive of a general engagement, nor was it marked with serious loss to the Japanese. There were, however, a series of desperate encounters. The Japanese guarded their positions about the pass with a company on outposts. These men resisted stubbornly the Russian ad advance and awaited the arrival of the reinforcements; when these ar rived they joined in a general attack. The outpost detachment stationed at Hsiainatang held this position all day. It was largely outnumbered by the enemy and every commissioned and non-commissioncd officer was wounded, as was a majority of the men. The attack on Motien Pass be gan at 3 o'clock in the morning. The Russian;* engaged the outposts and the Japanese at once went into ac tion. The Japanese artillery posted on the heights to the northwest of Wufingkuan opened 011 the enemy, and the Japanese outposts retired gradually. The Russian cavalry galloped for ward and deployed along the ridges to the west of the pass. Two hours later, at 5 o'clock, the entire Japanese line was engaged. The Russians were constantly receiving reinforcements and finally they had four regiments in action. They outnumbered the Japanese. The Russians made a vain endeavor to envelop the Japanese left. At this point the Japanese oc cupied the summit of Motien Mount ain and they resisted desperately the efforts of the enemy to dislodge them. When the Russians finally re treated they were pursued by the entire Japanese line. Seven battalions of the enemy made a halt on the heights of Tawan, and with four guns checked the Japanese pursuit. Safebtawars lo Ocorgla. Calhoun, Ga., (Special).?The post oftice safe was blown open by un ktown parties and about $800 in money and stamps taken. The losses arc: One package of stamps, amounting to $500, which had been received by Postmqfter Davis the day before,, and had not been opened; about $100 in other stamps, and be tween $175 and $200 in cash. The safe crackers, who were evidently ex perts, carried off the books, so the ex ac. amount of the loss is not known. Post-oflficc inspectors arc on the scene, but the trail of the robbers is ?.c Id. Struck By Lightning. St. Louis, Mo., (Special). ? The Mexican National Pavilion was struck by lightning during a severe storm at the World's Fair grounds. The bolt of lightning which struck the Mexican Pavilion destroyed the flag >taff and cupola surmounting the pavilion, but the building did not catch fire. There was considerable ??\citcnient among those in the build 'rig, hut the visitors' fears were tuickly allayed by those in charge of t building. UTE VA9MTW Ifriflfi. The foreign Mtfitafterce of the United States in the jbeil year 1904 it the largest in it* history; the exports of manufacturers art larger than in any preceding year? and the exports of domestic products exceed those of *ny other country. This is the snb?tance, in a single sentence, of the record of the year's commerce just announced'by the De partment of Cotftmerce and Labor through its Bureau of Statistics. It shows, taking vp.^he figures in detail, that the total exports during the year ended June jo, 1964, are $1,460,829,539. against $Mao,i4l^f79 in the fiscal year 1903, an increase 'of $40,687,860; that the imports for the year are $990, 745.084, against $1,025.719,237 in 1903. a decrease of $344P4.I53. and that the excess of export* over imports is $47<Vp84^55? against $394,422.44? in 1903, an increase of $75,662,013 in the excess of exports Over imports. Comparing the figures of 1904 with those of earlier years, it may be said that the total exports are larger than in any proceding year except 1901; that tne imports are greater than in any preceding year except 1903. and that the total commerce?the imports and exports combined?in 1904 is greater than that of any preceding year. The total commerce of the year j amounts to $2,45^574,623, against $2, 445.860,916 in 1903 and $2,310,937,156 in 1901, the year in which import* and exports, respectively, made higher re cords than those of ,1904. Thus, while neither imports nor exports for 1904 reach the high record of a single earlier y^ar the total of imports and exports combined it# 1904 exceeds the total commerce of any earlier year. Nat Attawotf Citiieasblp. Japanese and Chinese women mar rying American men do not become American citizens. Such is the dictum of Secretary Hay just made public through correspondence between the Secretary of State and United States Minister Conger, at Peking, China. According to Secretary Hay's in terpretation of the statues only white women marrying United States citi zens acquire the citizenship of their husbands. This is of especial im portance at this time, when so many American soldiers and other citizens of the United States are marrying native women in the Far East. All children born of such unions, how ever, acquire the citizenship of their fathers at birth. Consequently chil dren of Chinese blood, if born of American fathers* may enter the Uni-, tad. Stuw./.. : *?-? Secretary Hay was called upon to I interpret the statute- by cases in Han- 1 kow where American men married Japanese and Chinese wives. In re plying to questions from Mr. Conger, Secretary Hay replied: "As we construc this act, it confers the privilege of citizenship upon wom en married to citizens of the United States if they are of the class of per sons for whose naturalization acts of Congress provide. The previous naturalization act existing at the time only required that persons applying far its benefits shall be a 'free white person.'" Waat Postoffice Restart*. Another chapter was added to the long controversy over the Las Vegas (New Mexico) postoffice, when man damus proceedings were instituted in the District Supreme Court to Compel the Postmaster-General to re-estab lish the former postoffice in Las Vegas. The petitioners are Margarito Ro mero, Mayor; Jesus M. Tafoya, Re corder. and Ignace Isquibel, Martin Delgado, Felipe Dclgado and Bow man M. Williams, trustees, and Elmer E. Veeder and John D. W. Veeder, residents of the town of Las Vegas. It is alleged that in violation of the law the postoffice at the town of Las Vegas March 31, was abolished and discontinued and consolidated with the postoffice in town of East Las Vegas, now called the City of Las Vegas. lacroase* Postal Receipts. The gross postal receipts for the 50 largest postoffices in the United States for last months as compared with June, 1903, were $5,467,498, an increase of more thafn 6 per cent. The highest increase was 21 per cent, at Peoria. Decreases were reported by Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Roch ester, Columbus, Worcester and St. Joseph. New York's receipts increased almost 6 per cent.; Chicago increased over 8 per cent. The receipts at St. Louis, where the Exposition has swelled the postal business, increased 17 per cent. Slaatfeter Is New Oa. O. E. Cook, who found the Guate malan boll-weevil-eating ants, has wired the Department of Agriculture from Texas that the new ants are de stroying cotton boll worms and are attacking similar injurious insects with even greater avidity than they do the boll weevils. Another important fact is that the ants do not injure at all the ladybird larvae, which are beneficial insects. Mr. Cook reports that the agricultural value of the ants now depend* chiefly upon acclimatization and rapidity of propagation. These questions are be ing investigated. Occupations of Americans. The Census Bureau has completed a volume dealing with the occupations of the people of the United States. It shows that in 303 specified occupa tions there are employed if! the Uni ted States 29.073,233 persons, of which number 10,381,765 are engaged in agricultural pursuits, 1,258,538 in pro* stonal service, 5,580,657 in domestic and personal service, 4.766.964 in trade and transportation and 7.005,*09 in manufacturing and mechanical pur suits. PAUL Ujjtt DEAD Carter rf At treat Leader ?l Ike leenb EaM. WAS SW.WE1 AHP STATES! AS. Tb# Ptuiit ley Wfce by Ills SWewieess Ww Ms Way I* B? fwM?> ?! Ikt Traasvaal Rip?klc-lli Dcvatiaa ?? His Caaatry ??< His Service I* It?Praved ? Great Sta?kBaf kiack ta Bridak Daslfaa. Clarens, Switzerland, (By Cable).? Paul Kruger, former President of the Transvaal Republic, died here at 3 o clock A. M. from pneumonia and supervening heart weakness. Mr. Kruger lost consciousness Monday. His daughter and son-in-law were with him at the time of his death. He had been out only once since his arrival, at the beginning of last month. The post-mortem examina tion showed that Mr. Kruger died of senile pneumonia, cause^ by sclero sis of the arteries, which made rapid progress during the last few weeks. The ex-President's state of health was kept a secret. The ex-Prcsident's body was em balmed and in the afternoon was place J in a vault pending funeral ar rangements. Application will be made to the British Government for au thority to transport the body to the Transvaal. In the meantime it will be temporarily interred here. On several occasions Mr. Krugct had expressed a desire to be buried beside his wife in his own country. Pathetic Figure At Mentone. Paris, (By Cable).?The death ol the ex-President of the Transvaal, Paul Kruger, at Clarens, Switzer land, aroused wide-spread regret here, owing to French sympathy fot the Boer cause and personal admira tion for the ex-President. When he recently left Mentone his health was gradually failing through old age, constitutional disorder and throat troubles, which threatened to extend to the lungs. However, his personal physician, Dr. Heymann, did not apprehend a speedy crises, and Mr. Kruger himself resisted the idea that his physical pnwrr* were failing. Mourning In Transvaal. Pretoria. (By Cable). ? The an nouncement of Mr. Kruger's death called forth general expressions of regret, especially because the ex President died among foreigners. The flags on all the Government buildings are at half mast Mr. Kruger will be buried beside former Presidents of the^ Transvaal unless his will has provided other wise. Meforial services will be held in all the Dutch churches. ...... Memorial services will be held in all the Boers shall wear mourning until after the funeral which, it is expecte.l, will be attended by representatives of every district of the Transvaal. Kruger's Lift la OatUaa. Born October to, 1823, at Coles burg, Cape Colony, of German parents. In 1836 was with his parents in the great "trek" northward from Cape Colony to found the new Dutch Re public. In the same year he killed [.is first lion. In 1838 he was fighting, with his father, against the negroes. He became a leader among the Boers early in life and at the age of 17 was made a magistrate. Taking part in the conflicts among the Boers themselves he became noted for his great strength and prowess. In i860 he headed the movement against President Schoeman. In 1863 he was chosen commandajit gencrat of the republic. He put down civil strife and defeated negro tribes. As vice-president under President Burger's administration Kruger in 1877 led the protest against annexa tion to Cape Colony. In 1880 he was chosen vice-presi dent of the reorganized republic, and was prominent in the war that fol lowed, in which the Boers won back their independence under a British suzercignty. In 1883 Kruger was elected presi dent of the Transvaal over General Joubert, being re-elected in 1888, 1891 and 1898. Kruger became practically dictator, so great was his influence over his countrymen, and stoutly opposed British Aggression. In 1895, when the Jameson raid occurred, Kruger turned over Dr. Jameson to the British for punish ment, but for four years thereafter lie was busy preparing for war with Great Britain and placed the Trans vaal in a splendid condition for de fense. In 1899 war was declared, against Great Britain. On June 5, 1900, Pretoria fell, and Kruger fled to Portuguese territory, and on October t9 sailed for Europ?. In 1901 took up his residence in Holland. . .. On July 21, 1901, the second wife of Kniger died in Pretoria In October, 1902, published a vol ume of memoirs bitterly assailing Cecil Rhorles and other Englishmen of South Africa. ' For several years past Kruger had lived at Mentone, France, where he went for his health. Died July I4> ?9<>4 Searching for Redeemer. Winnipeg, Man., (Special).?Desti tution and death for the Doukhobors is feared again, as most of the sect have started on another march 111 search of the Redeemer, arid refuse all assistance, including food. The Dominion Government will leave nothing undone to stop this second pilgrimage in search of the Messiah. There is no danger of starvation or suffering on the part of the pilgrims, who number about 60. The children are being conveyed in carts drawn by men and women. SEIZURE IA Y K MSA >? tf EH gnat Britala'a Pntnl Wtnkt tfca Caar? B?tk fmfM-im EicM. St. Petersburg, (By Cable).?Em peror Nicholas, in an interview with Count Lamsdorff, the foreign min ister, expressed his displeasure at th? turn events had taken, and at th? possibility of complications with Great Britain arising out of the detention of British ships by the Russian volunteer fleet steamers in the Red Sea. This pacific attitude, if the report be correct, will doubtless lead to an immediate and amicable adjustment of the difficulties. St. Petersburg, (By Cable).?Sir Charles Hardinge, the British ambas sador to Russia, it> behalf of his gov ernment, presented a strong protest to Russia against the seizure in the Red Sea ana detention of the Penin su.ar and Oriental steamer Malacca, which was carrying 300 tons of British government stores for the naval es tablishment at Hong Kong, each case of which marked with the broad ar row, which is the government stamp. The ambassador also presented a general protest against the action of the Russian volunteer fleet steamers in the Red Sea. The protest was in the form of a verbal note, made in conformity with telegraphic instructions from the Brit ish government. It does not raise the question' of the passage of the Dardanelles by the vessels of the volunteer fleet, it being understood that Great Britain is reluctant to re open the ouestion of the Dardanelles, and that she will not do so unless as a last resort. WAR ON WHITE PLAQUE. Western Reserve University Will EstakMsb aa Anti-tuberculosis Dispensary. Cleveland, Ohio, (Special). ? The trustees of Western Reserve Uni versity have voted to establish an anti-tuburcular dispensary in connec tion with the medical school. This is the second dispensary of the kind to be opened in the United States. In France and Germany the dispensary has already come to represent a most effective instrument in the crusade against tuberculosis. Co-operating with the medicaJ faculty in the work of the dispensary are the Association of Nurses and the Associated Charities of Cleveland. The function of the dispensary in the anti-tubercular movement is chiefly preventive. It registers those who are infected with the disease, locates houses in which tubercular feoplc live, educates the people along undamental hygienic lines; its agents also visit the homes of the sick, giv ing instruction in the care of those afflicted with the disease. Ksritd te the Oroaod. Cleveland, O., (Special).?Two hun dred persons were hurled to the ground by the collapse of a stand at Brighton Park, a suburb of this city. A ball game between amateur clubs was in progress and the stand was crowded when, without warning, the entire crowd was thrown to the ground in a heap. Other spectators and the ballplayers set to work extri cating the people from the wreckage, while calls were sent out for ambu lances. When all were Anally extri cated it was found that ten persons had sustained broken arms or legs, while a number of others were other wise bruised and cut. The General Stocam's Victims. New York, (Special).?The total dead in the destruction of the ex cursion steamer General Slocum, on June is, is given as 958 in the final report persented to Police Commis sioner McAdoo by the inspectors io charge of the investigation by the police department. Only 897 of the dead were identified, 62 were reported missing and 61 unidentified, while 180 were injured and only 235 out of nearly 1,400 on the steamer escaped uninjured. Assuming that the un identified dead are among the missing all hut one person has been thus ac counted for. Bl; Robbery in Snail ago. Santiago, Cuba, (Special).?When Cashier Tcjada went to his office here he found the Custom House safe open and $68,000 missing. The safe was uninjured. The robbery apparently was the work of an expert in safe lock combinations. Vlce-Ooveraor Killed. St. Petersburg, (By Cable).?The vice-governor of Ebabethpol was as jissanated at 7 o'clock P. M. The assas sination occurred at Adgshakcnt, a small place in the southwest corner of the government of Rlisabcthpol, close lo the Persian frontier. "financial. That bull tip last week on Norfolk & Western has turned out pretty well. Rock Island has placed on order with the United States Steel Company for 9000 tons of rails. Mexican Central's floating debt It nearly $10,000,000 and the insiders are trying to arrange a plan to fund it. Last Winter it was a question of how big Sully's profits were. Now it is a daily discussion how little his creditors will acccpt. Several Philadelphia houses were putting their customers in Rock Is land. It has not yet felt the general advancc and ought to start pretty scon, these brokers argue. The two biggest gas conccrns in the United States are the United Gas Improvement, of Philadelphia, and the Consolidated Gas Company, of of New York. The latter is a Rocke feller institution. A combination of these two has been suggested, but that contingency is so remote that it may be regarded as impossible. Street reports that J. 1'. Morgan is buying large lots of United States Steel common arc very thin tissues. The Bell Telephone Company, of Philadelphia, has now 72,762 instru ments in operation of which 762 wart installed last moniU. MAY BE A BUTTON FAMIWLtB The production of vtgHabte i during the past mm has been >wji smsll and rery heavy purchases oB the available supply have been mAa bj Germany, the result of the tmr combined Influences being that Bs price of this product has been ai? ??need from twenty-fire to thirty W* cent, during the last ninety daya. Though perhaps not one ptrsw In B thousand is aware of the fact, nearby every man and boy In the Unite* i States is daily wearing vegetable ivory, as the greater part of the osn? snd vest button supply of the wesM Is made from this product. The Mtn from which it is made grew wild Im the forests of Colombia and lTrnsil? snd sre imported into the Unite* State* in quantities varying free* 8.000.000 to 10.000.000 poundp a year* Each pound makes severs! kudrafl gross of buttons, which are dyed ts match the color of the cloth with which they are to be used. The nuts grow upon a tree somewfcaB similar to the palm, the fruit growing in a pod. larger than n cocoanut, wkktr contains a large number of nuts, ffcaan the milky inside of which Is |ii mini i il the hard substance used in maklny buttons. The nuts sre gathered by the South American Indians snd taken lac boats to the nearest trsnsportetfew point. The market price here is froim two and a half to four and a half) cents a prund. WlSc'ifbHPS. The only way to have a friend Is tai be one. Prudence is merely well trained rnmi mon sense. A day without s good deed leave* you in debt. The best talker is a man who knows when to stop. Abuse Is an indirect spccics of boo* age.?liazlett. Personal force never goes out oB fashion.?Emerson. If you would be wealthy, think ot saving as well as getting. Conceit may puff a man up, hnt neoy er prop him up.?Ruskln. Good qualities, like good steel Biives, grow dull of edge unless they ?re used. No man ever did a designed injury ts another but at the same time he did a greater to himself. No pouI is desolate as long as them Is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.?George Eliot. Make yourself an honest man, and then you may *?c sure that there is ooa rascal less In the world.?Csrlyle. Self-trust is the first secret of soo less, the belief that, if you sre hern the authorities of the universe put yon 'acre. and for cause, or with some task strictly appointed you In your constl rution, and as long as you work at thai tou are successful.?Emerson. t Franklin's Idea of N?r?. Seven-year-old Franklin is e&? ot ihose bright and alert youngster* whose fathers would like to tell all ibout them if they dsred, but wha Tear the wrath of their fellows nnB oold their peace. Franklin goes dally to a Camden (N. J.) school with his )lder sister, who Is in the eighth gradA and knows a lot about ancient history and things which make wonderful stories for the lad to hear. She wag telling him the other day all about wicked Nero, who fiddled while Rome burned, and the boy was duly im* oressed. At dinner that night. In ordes to discover whether the knowledge imparted had taken root, the states asked the boy: "Who did 1 tell yon about to-dayl** "Nero," readily replied the youay learner. "Who was he?" was the next quen? tion. There was a bit of hesitation, but finally the nubwer came out with m twinkle: "Oh, he was a bird." "Well, what did he do?' "Ate worms," was the unexpecte# reply, wliicli gave the tableful of din* ers something of a shiver.?Pliiladel* phiu ltocord. WIm Man of th* Trolley, "Yes." said the conductor, as he gavsr the motorman the double ring, "I ca? tell what day of the week It la by the size of the money these young fel* lows have. Now, there is that kid la front Just pave me a five-dollar net* nn?l made me hustle for change. That'* his salary. He'll be walking down town next Friday morning. That young woman there, who Just gave warn a dollar bill, had to look through ? pocketbook full of samples on 8atur? day morning to find a nickel.** "But this Is Monday." remarked the observant patron, "and I saw n ma or give you five cents Just now. How do> you accAmt of that?" "Ob, that's easy." said the knight of the cord; "he's marricd."-*Baltlmora News. Tti? Larieit Oil Barge* The biggest oil carrying steel baryt In the world. Standard Oil No. 94. re cently built at Shooter Inland, arrived at New York recently on her first trij* from Port Arthur, Texas, with 00.000 barrels of oil, the largest cargo that has ever come from the I?ne Star State In one bottom. The barge mado the trip In ten days, In tow of the big ocean tug Astral. f Thrto IrUh 1'rocllvltlM. Three great qualities of the Irfm language, said a delegate at the Irlsht Teachers' Congress lately, were that It was the InnguHgc In which they could pray the most fervently, curso the most bitterly and court the most sweetly.