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DRASTIC MEASURES ADOPTED BY BRI?1SI. Boers to be Permanently Banished and Property Confiscated. GRANTED UNTIL SEPTEMBER I5TH TO SURRENDER. London, Aug. 9.-A parliamentary paper has been issued containing the proclamtion issued by Lord Kitchener Aug. 7th in accordance with instruc? tions from the imperial government, the government of Cape Colony and Natal concurring. The proclamation says: ''All com? mandants, field cornets and leaders of armed bands being burghers of the late republics and still engaged in resisting his majesty's forces, whether in the Orange Colony, the Transvaal or other portion of his majesty's South African dominions, and all members of the governments of the late Orange Free State and Transvaal shall, unless they surrender before September lo, be permanently banished from South Africa. The cos*: of the maintenance of the families of ail burghers in the field who have not surrendered by Sept. 15 shall be re? coverable from such burghers aiid shall be a charge upon their property, removable and immovable, in the two colonies." The preliminary correspondence shows that the proclamation is based upon suggestions which the govern? ment of Natal forwarded to Colonial Secretary Chamberlain July 24, and that the'date Sept. 15 was recommend? ed by Lord Milner. The reasons of the government for the proclamation of Lord Kitchener of Aug. 7th are set forth in a preamble to the proclamation, as follows : "Whereas, the late Orange Free State and South African republic have been annexed to his majesty's domin? ions, and: "Whereas, his majesty's forces are and have been for some considerable time in complete possession of the seats of government of both the afore? said territories, with their public offi? ces and the whole machinery of ad? ministration, as weil as of all the principal towns and the whole of the railways; and "Whereas, a great majority of the burghers of the two late republics to the number of 35,000 exclusive of those who have fallen in the war, are now either prisoners or have submitted tc his majesty's government and are liv? ing peaceably in towns under the con? trol of his majesty's forces ? and "Whereas, the burghers of the late republics still in arms are not only few in number, but have lost almost all their guns and munitions of war and are devoid of regular military or? ganization, and are therefore unable to carry on regular warfare or to offer any organized resistance to his majes? ty's forces in any part of the country ; and "Whereas, those burghers who are still in arms, though unble to earn on regular warfare, continue to make isolated attacks upon small posts and detachments of his majesty's forces, to plunder or destroy property and to damage railway and telegraph lines : and "Whereas, the country is thus kept in a state of disturbance, checking the resumption of agricultural and in? dustrial pursuits; ard "Whereas, his majesty's government is determined to put an end to a state of things which is aimlessly prolong? ing bloodshed and destruction and inflicting ruin upon a great majority of the inhabitnts, who are anxious to live in peace and earn a livelihood for themselves and their families; and "^Whereas, it is just to proceed against these still resisting and espe? cially against those persons who, be? ing in a position of authority are re? sponsible for the continuance of their present state of lawlessness and are instigating their fellow burghers to continue their hopeless resistance to his majesty's government." Then follows the proclamation as given above. Senator McLa?r?n Speaks at Westminster. Special to The State. Westminster, Aug. 9.-Yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock Senator John L. McLaurin arrived at Westminster and was entertained at the Westmins? ter inn and later in the evening went to the residence of W. P. Anderson for the night. The people of Westminster turned out en mass at 8:30 o'clock and called on Senator McLaurin for a speech. He spoke on a high plane and did not refer tc Senator Tillman. or any one else. He went back to the revolution of 1S90, and gave the causes leading up to it, which he said was a fight against bossism and ring rule. Early this morning many good peo? ple throughout the county began to wend their way to Oak way where Hickory Camp No. 104, Woodmen of the World, gave a picnic. M. C. Barton, council commander, made an address welcoming the people, mostly farmers. At ll o'clock Jos. W. She lar of Walhalla, introduced Senator McLaurin, who was invited by the ^Woodmen to speak upon the ^issues of the day. Fully 2,0vX) people were present and gave the senator their closest attention. He was frequently applauded and from the many express? ions afterwards, it was evident that his speech made a profound impres? sion. Willemstadt, Island of Curacoa, Aug. 9,-The Venezuelan government announces that a new Colombian inva? sion occurred yesterday morning near Colon. The invading force is com? manded by the Colombian minister of "war. Paris, Aug. S.-M. Santos Dumont, the areonaut, this morning again at? tempted to encircle the Eiffel tower. He succeeded in rounding the tower with difficulty. The balloon was then nuable to make headway against strong winds and fell near a house in the vicinity remaining suspended for some time." 31. Santos Dumont was not injured. Washington, Aug. 9.-The following fourth class postoftices will be raised to the presidential class October 1st : Manning, S. C., Conyers, Ga-^s&?i SENATOR TILLMAN THE DRAWING GARD. John Gary Evans, George John? stone, Jasper Talbert and Stanyarne^Wiison Speak. Union, S. C., -Aug. 9.-The crowd today was nearly twice the size of that of the first day. It was equally^ as orderly but more demonstrative. The seats 'immediately in front of the stand were reserved for and occupied by the large nnmber of ladies present. Senator Tillman came to the grounds in a buggy and before the meeting sat therein for a while. The buggy was completely surrounded by the crowd, and the senator held quite a handshak? ing reception. Quite a number of persons came in from as far down as Fairfield county. Ben Tillman was of course the draw? ing card today and he proved to be such judging from the crowd. Ex Gov. Evans spoke with great energy and was listened to intently. Congressman Talbert spoke for an hour and -a quarter and pleased his audience. John Gary Evans handled the Com? mercial Democrats without gloves and referred to the delusion of the people that had made them turn him down, and take up a man who had not stood to them. He intimated plainly his candidacy for the senate and told his hearers that they would have the op? portunity to correct the mistake. His speech was well received. Col. George Johnstone made what many considered the ablest and most patriotic speech of the meeting. It was a fine effort. He touched on lines not covered by any other speaker en? tirely and presented facts with telling effect. The crowd listened to him with the most marked attention and when he concluded he not only re cieved hearty cheers, but these upon the stand clapped their hands in ap? plause. Ex-Congressman "Wilson was earnest and forceful dealing with purely na? tional issues in a very plain-spoken manner. When Senator Tillman was finally presented he got a regular old-time reception and the audiene had grown to over a thousand people. Tillman made one of his strongest speeches this afternoon and he raked the commercialism ship fore and aft and went for those manning it with his eye flaming and his body quivering with excitement. It would be hard to picture the intense sarcasm of his voice and the force lent his words by his facial expressions when referring to McLaurin. He denied most emphatically McLaurin* s recent charge as to his receiving rebates and said the charge 4'would have to come froin one of more character and responsibility be? fore the people would believe such a damnable slander.?r The crowd which had constantly cheered him rose and gave rousing cheers when he finished. In his hand primary not a hand was raised in sup? port of commercialism, though on the other side a number did not vote. So far as this educational rally is concerned it may be said that it has certainly not redounded to the benefit of Commercial Democracy. Indeed many who know the effect of snch things in politics say that the meeting has done much to check the growth of the new doctrine and ideas in South Carolina. Perhaps it has, perhaps it hasn't. Certainly the people know a great deal more about expansion, im? perialism, the ship subsidy, the tariff and Democracy itself. BATTLE IN THE PHILIPPINES. Cavalry and Infantry Caught in Ambush. Manila, Aug. S.-Captain Brown, of the First United States cavalry, with troops L and M of that regiment and a company of the Twenty-first in? fantry, had ao-hours fight in Batangas province yesterday with an insurgent force command by Malvar. Two cav? alrymen were killed. The insurgents escaped. The insurgents were in considerable force and allowed the advance guard to pass. Before attacking. Captain Brown ordered the cavalry to dis? mount. The troops drove the enemy from several positions and burned a number of quarters. The report says the ene? my is believed to have lost several men. but no dead were found. Washington, August 9.- The State department makes public the follow? ing: "A cablegram received from Mr. Rockhill late yesterday reports that the delay in signing the final pro? tocol of agreement between the powers and China is due to objections raised by Great Britian against the inter? national commission for the revision of the tariff. The nature of British objections is not stated. It also appears that the British government asks the reconsideration of some clauses as to which no agreement had been heretofore reached owing to the opposition of several powers. There was no rough feed for stock in town for several days last week. At least one citizen, who was compelled to use his horse, telegraphed to Sum? ter for a supply. There is a good opening here for some one who will keep a supply of rough feed, grain, etc.. on hand all the time.-Darling? ton Messenger. Five wagons from Sumter county reached Darlington late yesterday af? ternoon. They were loaded with wheat for the Roller Mill-Darling? ton Messenger. Bennettsville, Aug. 9.-In the jail yard here at noon today Jim Harris paid the death penalty for the murder of Cap?. Carter, the chaingang guard, last winter. "Viv oaoy w*s terribly 3:fk -xy.h tbe diar rice ," saya J H Donk, of Wihiatae, Ore? gon :iWe were unab:e to care bim with tbe docer = assistance, ard c.s a last resort we tried Cbaccfr;-jir.;s Co! c. Cholera ?nd Diar r:oet Rf&edy. I aro bippy to say it gave icacaedi&te relief and a comilete cure." For j sale by A J Cbioa. THE GREAT The Federation of Labor Stands by Steel Strikers. Pittsburg. Aug. 9.-There were gravely important developments in the strike situation today. The United States steel corporation moved decis? ively in its strike campaign with a peremptory order directing that the great Dewees Wood plant at McKees .port be dismantled and removed to the Kiskimenetas valley. President Gomp? ers of the American Federation of La? bor, after a two days* conference with President Shaffer and his associates, issued a formal statement tonight specifically pledging the Federation to the moral and financial support of the Amalgamated. His written review of the train of events leading up to the industrial quarrel sustains the course of the Amalgamated associa? tions ; and declares that nothing re? mains for labor but to battle for the cause of unionism. The official announcement of the or? der to dismantle the Dewees Wood plant came this afternoon toward the close of an otherwise uneventful day. and its importance was such that it claimed the serious consideration of the men on either side of the great in? dustrial conflict now being waged here. Persifer F. Smith, district manager for the American Sheet-Steel company, made the formal announce? ment in the following brief statement : "I have orders from President Mc Murtry of the?* American Sheet*Steel company to at once tear down the Dewees Wood plant at McKeesport and remove same to Kiskimenetas val? ley. This I shall proceed to do im? mediately. " The publication of the order was a great surprise and McKeesport receiv? ed it at first with doubt. Actual preparations were made later in the day for the dismantling of the mill and there is little room for doubt that it will be torn down and taken apart piece by piece. The strikers heard the order in a spirit of defiance. They simply said that it showed that the steel corporation was convinced that it could not reopen the plant in the face of the opposition of the Amalga? mated association. The steel officials decline to give any reason for the order, but it is openly stated here that the pronounced sympathy of citizens and city officials at McKeesport with the strikers is responsible for it. It is also said that the plant of the Na? tional 'Tube company at McKeesport will be abandoned and the old Carne? gie plan for a tube plant at Conneaut, 0., revived. The Dewees Wood plant was founded about 40 years ago and is one of the best Known works in Pennsylvnia. Its yard and buildings cover between 12 and 14 acres. It has employed 1.200 men at its busiest times and its cost is placed at 85.000,000 by officials of the steel corporation. Prophetic Punishment. A man is more likely to remember what he sees than what he hears. The Magazine of American History tells how General Scott taught temperance to his soldiers by an impressive object lesson. When the cholera broke out in his camp, at Rock Island, he gave various orders of a preventive nature and then continued : "In addition to the foregoing, the senior surgeon present recommends the use of flannel underclothing and woolen stockings : but the command? ing general, who has seen much of the disease, knows that it is intemperance which, in the present state of the atmosphere, generates and spreads the calamity, and that, when once spread, good and temperate men are likely to take infection. "He therefore peremptorily com? mands that every soldier or ranger who shall be found drunk or sensibly intoxicated after the publication of this order, be compelled, as soon as his strength will permit, to dig a grave at a suitable burying place, large enough for his own reception, as such grave cannot fail soon to be wanted for the drunken man himself, or some drunken companion. The order is given as well to serve for the punishment of drunkenness as to spare good and temperate men the labor of digging graves for their worthless companions. " Stranded in England. Rock Hill Herald : Tom Steele, 'a Rock Hill darkey, who was once in the employ of The Herald and later a porter at the Carolina Hotel.- is stranded in Manchester, England, where he must have gone on some tramp vessel. He is a good reliable boy, and wants to return to his old home, but the following extract from a letter received from him by Mr. G. H. Greene, will explain why he can? not : "Manchester, England, July 26. Mr. Green. Dear Sir: I am in Eng? land, where there is no colored people and I have a very hard time to earn a living. If you will write a letter to me I can be sent back home. I mean by the consul. I have no birth papers to show where I come from and the consul will not send me home. I was in London last April. I tried to find Rev. Sprunt's brother, but the place is so large I couldn't find him. I can't make money enough to come home if I stay here 50 years. Indeed, a black man is treated just the same as a white one. We all are the same, but I reached England on March 23d, 1S99, and I only saw two colored men. Washington, Aug. 8.-Just before the navy department closed today an order was sent to Capt. George C. Reitre of the battleship Wisconsin, now at Anacortes, near the Puget Sound station, to proceed from San Francisco, from which point the bat? tleship will be dispatched to Panama in case the state department rei j nests a warship on the Pacific side <>f the Is: hmus. Berlin, August 9.- -German papers, commenting upon Lord Kitchener's proclamation, condemn it in the severest terms, dedaring that it is against international law. Havana. August 10. The Discussion says that the order for th?' enrollment of a Cuban artillery corps by only permitting whites to be enrolled will sow germs of discord between the whites and blacks and establish a pre? cedent botn dangerous and unjust. Hosiery Yarn Production Gut Down. The Mills to Shut Down Twelve Days of This Month. Charlotte. X. C., Aug. 3. - J. F. Taylor, of Kinston. secretary of the Southern Hosiery Spinners" associa? tion, writes the Observer, under date of August 7th : " Since the meeting of our associa? tion in your city on the 11th ultimo. Ve have been at work on our proposi? tion of curtailing production by 200, 000 or more spindles on hosiery yarn in the south .for two weeks. We have at last succeeded in securing the pledges, and the curtailment will go into effect on 12th instant, and will embrace something over 200.000 spin? dles, which will be idle for twelve days during the reminder of this month.?? COLLETON'S CANDIDATES. The first of the meetings ordered by the State Democratic executive com? mittee for the Seventh Congressional District took nlace at Sumter on yes? terday. There are quite a large num? ber of candidates in the field and the result will be awaited with much in? terest. Colleton is fortunate in having but one candidate, most of the other coun? ties having two. This gives Major Howell an advantage in the contest which will likely count for much in the result. He will receive, as he deserves, the hearty and active sup? port of the Democratic voters of this County and will likewise poll a very heavy vote in Dorchester and other counties. > His past services to the Democratic party, "and the sacrifices which he bas made, entitle him to a large measure of favor in this contest. When a very young man in 1878 he be? came the County chairman of the Democratic party in this County and for many years thereafter served the people most faithfully and fearlessly in that position. His service at the time to which we have referred ought never to be forgotten. White suprem? acy, which had been secured as the re? sult of the mighty struggle of 1876, was still in jeopardy and had to be maintained in the face of dangers and difficulties. But the service which he rendered showed that the white people of the County had made no mistake in selecting him to fill so important a position. In 1SS2 Major Howell, with other citizens of the County, was indicted in the United States Court and car? ried to Charleston for trial before a partisan Judge and a packed jury. Who can ever forget those troublous and exciting times ! The recollection of all that was suffered and endured is with us still. The days of suspense and trial, while the result hung trem? bling in the balance, made the heart grow sick. But the end was finally reached and the last hope of the alien and the carpet-bagger was dashed to the ground. In 1882 Major Howell was elected to the State Senate and for eight years he served oar people faithfully and efficiently in that important office. He was elected a member of the Con? stitutional Convention of 1895 and rendered valuable service in that dis? tinguished body. Since his retirement from the Constitutional Convention he has not been a candidate for any office until now. What the result of this contest is going to be we cannot say, but we hope and believe that he will win. We do not intend to disparage the claims of any one of his compet?t tors, but we feel no hesitation in say? ing that there is no candidate in the field more deserving of the office, nor is there any who would render more efficient and faithful service. In conclusion, we call upon our peo pleto go out to the polls on election day and vote for him as one man, thus testifying our appreciation of his dast service and our good will for a man who has spent his life among us anp has shown himself worthy of con? fidence and support.- Waiterboro Press and Standard. Norfolk, Va., August 9.-Gen. Rich? ard L. Page, of this city, died at his 1 summer home at Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., to-day. in the 94th year of his age. He became midshipman in the United States navy in 1824 and was on the frigate Brandywine under Commo? dore Morris, when it conveyed Gen. Lafayette back to France in 1825. In 1861 he resigned his commission as commander in the United States navy j and joined the Confederate service. He was commisisoned brigadier gen? eral in 1863. Re commanded the outer defences of Mobile Bay at Fort Morgan and with four hundred men held Farragut's fleet at bay for two weeks. Queenstown, Aug. 8.-The White Star line steamer Oceanic. Capt. Cameron, which sailed from Liverpool yesterday for New York, via Queens? town, arrived this morning and report? ed having been in collision last night in the Irish channel with the steamer Kincora of Waterford, Ireland. The Kincora sank. Seven persons were drowned. New York. Aug. IL-Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht. Shamrock II, anchor? ed off the*bar at 11.30 p. m. S Spartanburg, August 10.-Dave Linder, a gunsmith, was accidental? ly shot and* dangerously wounded to? day in the repair shop of Bomar Brothers. Linder was examining a pistol and handed it to Frank Bomar. saying it would not work: Bomar took hold of it, when it was suddenly dis? charged, the ball entering Linders body a little below the heart. He died Sunday night. A Kingston, Jamaica, newspaper dis? patch announces that British experts have just made a test of British and American locomotives on the railroad at Kingston, with the result that under the same coalitions and over a diffi? cult line the old American engine brat the new British engine, which cost twice as much, by (?vcr seven minutes. Tho railroad officials who advocated the importation of American engines say the result \vijl always be the same. London. August 10.-A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated from Pre? toria today, says: **A block house, near Brandfort, Orange River Colony, was rushed and captured by the Hoers after severe fighting on the night of August 7. "Elliott has captured sev enty prisoners and large quantiles of stock and wagons, which he is send? ing in. No details have been re? ceived." ! Politisai Rally io Spartanburg. I Senatorial Candidates to Discuss National Issues August 27. _ WILL MCLAURIN MEET TILLMAN? - j ? Spartanburg, Aug. ll.-There will be j a big political meetiong here on Aug. 27. At the request of many citizens who desire to hear the national issues discussed County Chairman Wilson and Secretary Gentry have issued a call for a monster Democratic rally Tuesday, Aug. 27. Spartanbrug is the banner Democratic county in the State and has the largest number of voters and those who are candidates for political honors are always glad to come here. ''Invitations have been extexnded to United States Senators Tillman and McLaurin and the follownig who are candidtes for United States senator: J. J. Hemphill of Chester, ex-conrgess man from the fifth district: D. S. Henderson, senator from Aiken coun? ty: A. C. Latimer, congressman from the third disrtict: ex-Gov. John Gary Evans of this city, George Johnstone, ex-congressman from the third dis? trict, and Col. Wilie Jones of Colum? bi. State chairman. "Each speaker will be allowed one hour in which to pre^nt his views. On account of the limited time no can? didate for State offices will be invited. It is expected that the people of this city, the county towns, factories and farms will turn out in immense numbers to hear the forensic clash on national issues. The country people have laid by their farm work and there is a great demand for discussion on these issues. The people want clear and definite information on the subjects thev hear and read so much of. "Chas. H. Henry, W. K Billing? ham and O. L. Johnson have been ap? pointed a committee on arrangements. CHESTER'S POLITICAL MEETING. A Thousand People Gather to Hear McLaurin Roasted. Chester, August 10.-It is marvel? lous that a thousand or more people should leave their avocations, as was done here today, to listen to hours of campaign argument. It shows a pecu? liar and laudable trait of Carolinians, and those who listened to the speaking here never heard five men who will average a higher standard of ability, for the speakers were Henderson, Johnstone, Hemphill, Latimer and Tillman. Today's meeting wound up the pres? ent series of euducational gatherings. They have proven to be against Mc? Laurin and his doctrines, but with the qualifying statement that McLaurin remains unheard. Unless McLaurin attends some of these meetings and meets Tillman or some of his real op? ponents, talking at him is merely bat? tering a man of straw. Today McLaurin and his policies were more severely criticised than they have yet been. Tillman urged that McLaruinbe not denied the right of entering the primary. He does not believe McLaurin will ever make the race and he does not want McLaurin to have the excuse that he could not run. If McLaurin runs, Tillmaan does not believe he will carry a county, but he said he did not believe McLaurin would dare face the music with oppos? ing candidates on the same platform with him. In eloquent terms Col Johnstone called down curses on the man who would see his party downed in order to strike a malignant blow at a per? sonal enemy. It was a dashing perora? tion to a speech bearing on the era of peace and the burial of factional lines in South Carolina. Then came Tillman, who also praised the spirit of brotherly Jove, and rejoiced that factional lines had been obliterated and that all were now working to? wards one end, and he said that crowning evidence of it ail was that he and Col. Hemphill and Gonzales were all in one crowd fighting a com? mon, enemy. Senator Tillman has always been prone to hold hand primaries. Yester? day he held one and it was rather tame, but today he held another that went off with decided gusto. He want? ed to know how many approved of the action of the State Democratic com? mittee and how many thought McLau? rin ought to resign, and how many were willing to have the campaign this summer and not wait, and there was a good vote for a fight to the fin? ish now and by means of a resignation, and none voted that they did not want a campaign or resignation this summer. Every speaker rasped McLaurin, beginning with Henderson and wind? ing up with Tillman, but the chief i roasters were Latimer and Tillman, with Hendreson well up the line. A striking feature of the meeting was Tillman's statement of how he had stuck to and captured the Deomcratic party machinery and had stood by Cleveland when it was a bitter pill, and had never allowed the party affili? ation to go outside of the Deomcracy, although the tendencies were decidedly to organize a new party. The speeches were pretty much upon the same lines as those at Union, g Senator Henderosn devoted himself largely to the subject of expansion and subsidy, and he handled the issues forcibly and vigorously, and made a hightoned and effective argument, which was heartily applauded. Mr. Geo Johnstone kept up his high standard of argument and reasoning, and made a decided impression. That former Congressman John J. Hemphill is popular among his own people, and that he knows how to get down among the boys with his argu? ment, was shown today in his really capital speech. Mr. Latimer. although he stated that he owns 610,000 worth of cotton ? stock, reiterated the note of warning sounded by Tillman against the cotton j mills if they led their operatives into i the Republican party through the chan nels of Commercial Democracy. Mr. \ Latimer went into this speech with ! gloves otf and. landed blows thick ard : fast. News and Courier. A bad complexion generally resume from nactive liver and bowels. In allsucb cases, j DeWitt's Early Risers produce gratifying re- j suits. J S Hugbsoc & Co. Many Onion Men Refuse to Obey Striking Order. Nothing Definite Will be Developed Until it is Known How Many Will Obey. Pitstburg, Pa., Aug. IL-The iron masters are tonight claiming victory in the great steel strike. They base their claims npon the refusal of the Amalgamated men at South Chicago, Joliet and Bay View to obey the gen? eral strike order of President Shaffer and the success in maintaining opera? tions in other plants where it was an? ticipated there would be serious trou? ble. The strike leaders meet the claims of victory with the assertion that their cause is making satisfactory progress and that they will show themselves masters of the situation before the contest has progressed much further. They do not conceal their disappointment at the refusal of their western brethren to join with them in the strike, but none of the leaders would discuss the defection. President Shaffer refused to meet the newspaper men who sought him, and kept within the seclusion of his home. The other leaders who were seen in? timated that there would be develop? ments tomorrow and throughout the day that would change the situation. They would not say, however, what they had in miEd or how their cause was to gain in strength. It ws?s said they were counting upon strong aid from the American Federation of La? bor and other organizations of union labor, though those bodies have not yet given any public indication how they will act. The Amalgamated association has developed great strength in the "Wheeling district and has made gains in some of the Pennsylvania districts, but it will be tomorrow before the lines of cleavage will be worked with sufficient clearness for a count of the men. The strike headquarters were closed today and tonight and it was claimed that no reports were being received from the outlying districts as to the progress of the strike except in a general way. Tile steel officers were in communi ction with their supporters and at ll o'clock made public the result of their reports. The latter showed that South Chicago. Joliet and Bay View at Mil? waukee had voted to stay in : that the hoop iron works of the National Steel company at Youngstown and the King, Gilbert and Warner plant of the Na? tional Steel company at Columbus had resumed work without trouble: that the Homestead, Edgar Thompson, Duquest upper and lower union and Howard Axle works of the Carnegie group, employing more than 15,000 men, had resumed without trouble: that the converting and blooming mills of the National Tube company at McKeesport had started work and the Bellaire had been only partially crippled. They were advised also that the men cf the Boston Rolling mills at McKeesport had notified the National Tube company that they would go out tomorrow and that while the National Tube plant at McKeesport would be started in the morning it was certain that many men would go out when they were notified that their Wheeling plants were crippled and that it was uncertain what would be done there. Their advices also said that the Clark mill here which has been running non? union for several days, would be start? ed up as usual tomorrow and that there was no doubt about its success? ful operation. The steel officers were elected over their showing at the Car? negie plants and in Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin, and expressed confidence in speedy victory over the Amalgamated association. Fightinng Bob Evans Called Down. Washington, Aguust 10.-The navy department has acted upon the com? plaint made by the Hon. William E. Chandler against Rear Admiral Rob? ley D. Evans. It has reprimanded the Admiral and the following letter has been addressed to him: "Xaw Department, Washington, August 7, 1901.-Sir: The Hon. Wi 1 ilam E. Chandler, president of the Spanish treaty claims commissioni lately a Senator of the United States and formerely Secretary of the Navy, has complained to the department, as you are aware, of certain strictures upon himself in your book entitled 'A Sailor's Log. ' "The strictures in question are in the nature of aspersions upon the offi? cial conduct of the then (1884) Secre ta ry of the Navy. "The text of your book is not neces? sary here to recite. Nor is it needful to ask of you an explanation why you felt yourself justified in publishing what you have. It is obvious to any reader that you speak offensively of Secretary Chandler's action : that you impugn his motives and otherwise traduce him in respect to orders given you by the Secretary in the discharge of the duties of his office. "You are informed that this delibe? rate publication of yours has justly incurred the displeasure of the depart? ment. For an officer to thus attack a former head of the navy department because cf orders given to him by that officials is to abandon the courtesy that should always characterize an officer of the navy. If tolerated it would unquestionably prove subversive of discipline. It would tend to bring the office itself into disrepute. The act is tho more reprehensible in this instance because of your long experi? ence in the service. "It has become my duty, therefore, to censure you for this breach of the obligation imposed upon you as a commissioned officer of the navy of the United States, which I according? ly do. "A copy of this letter will be fur? nished to the Hon. William E. Chan? dler. Respectfully, F. W. Hackett/ ' ' Acting Secretary. ' * .*R'>ar Admiral Robley D. Evans, U. S. X.. Washington, D. C." The pi?e? that aoooy you so Trill be quick? ly aa fi .?erin trie-.riv fcenled if you use DeWitt's Witch Hazel S*>e Beware of worthless counterfeit J S Buchsen & Co.