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fgBOHEHT AFFECTS CROPS' The Continued Dry Weather in New York and New England. SCARCITY OF FOOD FOR CATTLE. The Dron;;ht lVliicli Has Prevailed Gcn-< | ?rally in the New England Statef. New York and New Jersey Bat Had a Serious 1" fleet on Many of the Crop#? A Milk Famine Threatened. Now York City (Special).?The prolonged drought in this State hus badly affected nil crops and unless relief comes soon the r suits will be most , serious. , Dry weather lias prevailed over all the Atlantic coast States north of Florida for some time. The Government weoKl.v crop report says rain is generally needed in all these States, the drought being even more severe in New Jersey than in this State. With the single exception of hay, which has shown a better yield than expected, all produce in New York is likely to he cut short. According to the Government report, rain is especially needed for corn. Immediate effects of the drought are felt ill the drying up of pastures and the decrease in the supply of milk. In this city especially this consequence is serious. Dealers believe if general ;rains do not fall soon New* York will be face to face with a milk famine. ; In this State the hop crop is seriously "affected, and the yield will bo less than jit has been for many years: the farmers also report a great shortage in the hay crop, and scarcity of food for cattle through the coming winter is anticipated. NEW ENGLAND. The Droucht Serious and Short CropL Generally Iteported. Boston (Special). ? The continued drought in Middle and Southern New England has begun to threaten the later crops. In Massachusetts the early corn is a failure, and the potatoes. though well grown, are bedded in dust, and cannot <lo any more without rain soon. Only Maine and the northern counties in New Hampshire and Vermont report sufficient rains during j the past week. In the South there has i ;beeu steady and general complaint of j the drought. In some places the injury j to crops is already irreparable. i The condition of the crops is serious. ; There has been no rain beyond local j showers anywhere in the district for j two weeks. Where the showers have ' loccurred vegetables and fruit have made rapid growth, but by far the 1 greater part of the crops is suffering. The northern districts have not been j t .able to do much toward harvesting hay. because of rain, anomalous as it seems. In many sections of Middle j New England the pasturage is short, j and farmers are already feeding their stock in their barns.' j NOME A HOTBED OF DISEASE. Smallpox So Prevalent That Gold Seeker* Are Warned Away. Washington. D.C. (Special).?Captain , J. T. Cantwell, commanding the rev- ; enue cutter Nunivak, which operates j In the Yukon River and around j Michael. Alaska, has written a letter to Captain Shoemaker, of the Kevenue Cutter Service, in which he says that J the situation as regards disease at ' - * v NO'pfimu*' PACiriC OCEAN swrwucuco ^4. | LOCATION OF CAPE SOME OOLD FIELDS. Nome is a grave oue, and it is hoped that the true state of affairs will be kuown in the States in time to prevent more people from crowding into the camp, which is already in a condition of congestion that will have to be seen to be appreciated. The lack of sanitation, even in the crudest form, has rendered tne place a quagmire of disease-breeding filth, and the wild struggle constantly goinpr on for every foot of space renders it i Impossible to get anything done in the way of cleaning up the town. HARVESTER EMPLOYES LAID OFF. Failure of Grain Crops In Northwest tlio Cause. Chicago (Special*. ? The harvester companies of Chicago, which in the aggregate carry about 10,000 persons on tneir pay rolls, have laid off workmen by the hundreds since June 1, and there are now probably less than jue-third of tin* normal force at work. The Deering Harvester Works has reduced the force of about GOIH) employes to less tnaii 3UOO. The curtailment win last uiuii auuui nit- t'uu ui .vu trust, or until the resumption of the fall trade. The explanations offered by the managers of the harvesting concerns for the temporary reduction in working forces are uniform. They attribute an immense falling oft in the demand for harvesting machinery to the practical failure of grain crops throughout the Northwest. AMBASSADOR DRAPER RESIGNS. Basinrun Requirements Forco Him to Give Up 111* JlisHlon to Italy. Worcester. Mass. (Special).?General William F. Draper has seut his resignation to Washington as United States Ambassador to Italy. General Draper made no statement as lo tin* reasons I h<- lias for taking this step. other than | his business at Hopedale demands his j entire attention. Newny Gleanings. London is simply chock full of Americans. The kissing bug has invaded the City of Mexico. Canadian vessel men predict a revival of steel ship building. All the Santa Fe railroads operated in California are to burn oil Instead ! of coal. ( The Mexican Government has inaugurated an active campaign against I the Maya Indians. More than (51,000,000 people in India are affected by the famine. About p,000,000 are in receipt of relief. CABPAMIA SINKS A E ABI" Embleton Cut in Twain by ths Liner During a Fog. FOUNDERED IN ONE MINUTE. RISING PLANNED IN MANILA A Plot Discovered by Army Secret Sorvice Men. Insurgent Recruiting; Ofilcn Found in an Isolated Locality ? Encouraging Letters From Aguinaldo. Washington. D. C. (Special). ? The Secretary of War has been furnished with copies of some interesting documents relating to an alleged plot against the authorities in Manila, which were discovered in the- district - - > C! 1 01 sail .UIgUtM. iiic ot'ticL an i ivk Department, under Lieutenant Charles It. Trowbridge, Eleventh Cavalry, early in June, stumbled upon an insurgent recruiting othce, situated in an isolated locality, where the work might be carried on without attracting notice. One room of the house was fitted up as an oiliec, and a large quantity of blank forms, bearing the headline, "Kepubllca Filipinas." were found. In a cupboard, which bad been securely fastened, Trowbridge and his | men discovered a large quantity of j papers, all of recent date, the latest being June 7. They consisted of orders from Aguinaldo and letters of encouragement and instruction from that leader and other insurgent chiefs. A document which excited a great deal of interest was one which contained the details of a plot, arranged evidently early in June, to excite an uprising in Mdnila. The plan contemplated an attack upon the force, in the city and the seizure 'of arms and ammunition. Another paper which is of interest is translated as follows: "We will not be slaves. Let thd Filipinos stand together and battle for their liberties. Already they have laid the cornerstone of their liberties, and i it will not be long before the nations i of the world will recognize their j strength. The blood of innumerable ; martyrs bears ample testimony to the j Filipinos' love of freedom and their dc- , termlned purpose not to cease strug gling for it. "Shall they allow the Americans to i exercise uncontested sway over the j fair Filipinos? If they do, then the fate of the American redmen is theirs, < <ind eventually a reservation will be as- I flinivi Rmthorc: nnr muse is , iv uui iu. ^ ? ? iust: therefore, let us continue as a thorn in the side of our oppressors and strike where we dare, sparing neither men. women, children nor old people. Those who stay by each other in hours of adversity are sure to conquer in the end." CHINA APPEALS TO AMERICA. Asks President McKluloy to l&terTene With the 1'owera. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Presi- j dent McKinley has received what purports to be a direct appeal from the Chinese Imperial Government to use. his good offices to extricate that Government from the difficult and dangerous position in which it has been placed as a result of the Boxer uprising and the ensuing hostile attitude j >f the great Powers. Although the | exact text of the appeal made by the j Emperor of China to France has not i been made known here,' it is believed j that the address to the President ia similar in terms to that communication. The communication was made through Minister Wu to the State Do pavement. Czar Calls Oat Reserves. St. Petersburg (By Cable).?An imperial ukase orders that a state of siege be proclaimed in the military districts of Siberia, Turkestan, und Semiryeehensk. All reservists in those districts are called to the colors. REPORT ON YAQUI CAMPAICN. Mexican Government Using All Reason* able Means of Pacification. City of Mexico (Special). ? General Luis Torres, Governor of Sonora arid Cdmruander-in-Chief of' the forces against the Yaquis, has come to this city to make a detailed report of the progress 01 cue eamjaign to rresiueut | Diaz and Minister of War Reis. From j an interview with him it is gathered that the Yaquis have been pretty well scattered and broken up into small bodies, and are not seriously trouble- i some at present. The General has followed strictly i the policy of the Government in deal- j ing with them, which is to give them 1 every reasonable inducement to return i to their farms or get them employment j elsewhere without b^ing any more se- j vere than absolutely necessary. The J Yaquis are really superior people aud j ire splendid fighters. Knowing the I country well, they have iu some in- j stances ambushed the troops, doing j more or less damage. The whole af- j fair has been a series of guerrilla skirmishes. FATAL DUEL WITH PITCHFORKS. Two South Dakota Fanner* Hill Each ; Olher in a May Field. Aberdeen, S. D. (Special).?A terrible | ?ncounter lias taken place between two Russian fanners in Emmons County, resulting in the death of both men. There was no witness to the battle. It is supposed the men quarreled over a j tract of bay land and attacked each other with pitchforks. Their bodies were found in the field, where there were evidences of a fearful struggle betweeu the two men, both bodies being repeatedly pierced by the fork tines and covered with blood. To Make llruMels ft Seaport. King Leopold of Belgium has inaugurated works that are designed to make Brussels a seaport capable of accommodating ocean steamers. The nl.-m hns been discussed oft' and on for I seventy-five years. Kin? Alexander of Serrla Betrothed, King Alexander of Servia has pro- j claimed his betrothal to Mine. Vraga Maschin, a widow who was formerly :i lady in wafting to Queen Natalie, ' the King's mother. Cyrillic: Notes. In Bradford County, Pcnn., there are :)U75 bicycle owners. One veteran tire expert maintains that the plug is the best way to repair a puueture. To steer properly is to hardly steer I at all. That is to say. balancing and even pedaling are the thiuss to be learned, aud the steering then will I require no effort. ! . A bent seat post may be straightened by heating the bent piece over a gas stove until it is red hot. Then I insert a piece of Iron rod or heavy Iron wire into, the tube. i Eleven of the Bark'a Crow, Including Captain, Drowned?Boata Lowered In Time to Save Seven Sailors? Steamer Slightly Damaged?Passengers Balled 63700 For Families of the Lost Men. London (By Cable).?A dense fog hung over the Irish Channel a few days ago. and the Cunard Line steamship Campania, en route for Liverpool from New York, struck the Liverpool bark Embleton, bound for New Zealand, amidships, cutting her in 4-vt-o in " IVttliU. Tlie Emhleton sank immediately. Seven of the crew were rescued, but the other members of the ship's company, iucluding the captain, were drowned. The Campania liad her bows stove in, but arrived safely at Liverpool five and a half hours late. The Campania was little injured, but had a narrow escape from a serious disaster. When the Campania was about thirty miles northeast of Tuskar Light a phantom ship rose suddenly, without warning, directly across her bows. Thirty seconds later the phantom ship had become a sailing vessel into which j the liner crashed, her steel forefoot going through the Embleton like the clean cut of a sword, and dividiug "tier just abaft the mainmast. The forward half sank instantly. The stern swung viciously round, and the mast and yards for a moment tore at the Campania. A lump of wreckage came down on her decks. Then the stern of the bark also disappeared, and the surface of the sea was littered,1 with splintered timbers, boxes, bar-' rels, the whole upperworks and lighter, cargo,the deckhouses, and such things. Then there was nothing. From the instant when the phantom came Into view from the bridge of the Campania until the last vestige of the vessel vanished some sixty or eighty seconds had elapsed. 1 According to the Embleton's bu^ ' vivors, for nearly half an hour before) the collision the captain and first j officer were below at breakfast, and although the fog whistle of a large steamer could be heard every minute, the bark never shifted her course, the helmsman receiving no order. When at 8.25 a. m. the second officer, to use his own phrase, "heard the rush, j of a steamer's bows," he shouted down, i to the captain, who rushed on deck, j but he was too late to give an order.1 The Campania was under one-third ! steam. The captain, first officer, andi pilot were on the bridge. The engines: were ins'tantly reversed, the helm was put hard dowu. No precaution was omitted. Some of the Campania's plates were, bent by the collision; her forepeak filled with water; her foretopmast was broken short off, and her steel rigging torn and twisted. The passengers held a meeting,, adopted resolutions of thanks to 'the captain and crew, and subscribed $3500 ( for the relief of the survivors and the families of the lost. The Embleton was built in Sunderland, in 1881. by R. Thompson, Jr., and is owned by F. lredale & Porter. She is 22G.5 feet Ions, thirty-sis feet beam, and 21.6 feet deep, with a net; tonnage of HOG. Captain Murphy! commanded her. ' / , ? * Fatal Steamer Collision. Belfast, Ireland (By Cable).?In Jl. collision outside Belfast Lough, between the local passenger steamdrsj Dromedary and Alligator, Ave passen-l nr^ra trnva Ullrul nr?H iinttrfirri nf HftV more or less seriously injured. There; were 000 passengers on board the t\yo vessels, and terrible scenes followed the collision. ; , FIFTY DAW3QN MINERS LOST. Started Down the Tokon in Small Boat* and Took Wrone Coarse. Seattle, Wash. (Special).?The transport Athenian, from St. Michael's, reports the loss of fifty miners from' Dawson. They had come down the Yukon in small boats and. not being familiar with the stream, had taken the southern passage, which empties | into Bering Sea, and is exceedingly j dangerous and difficult. Revenue ! launches have been sent out from St. ! Michael's to search these waters for the missing people. Foreign Wheat Season Backward. Tim \rni-l.- T.nno Kvnrpss. nt Liondon. says the season of wheat in England is fully a fortnight backward, but If August is fine there may be a good crop of average quality. Barley is not likely to equal the average. Oats have remarkably improved since June. Continental harvests seem up to the average everywhere and safe. In France the yield may be ten per cent, below the average, but the crop in Roumania is reported the largest on record. Thief Frightens IVoman to Penth. A daring thief robbed Miss RickerIch of $13159 at a bank in Jersey City. N. J., and frightened Mrs. Fuhring to death while escaping. Gold Xucget Worth 8135,000. A nugget of gold valued at over S13.~>.000 was received by the branch of the Bauk of Montreal, in New York City. Cause of Renewed Boer Activity. The renewal of the Boer activity is probably due to the effect of the crisis in China. Mr. Kruger and Mr. Steyn have perceived in the Far East a divert Ion in their favor which they previously expected either from European diplomacy or from American politics. A Severe Drought in Arizona. Great sections of Arizona arc droughtstricken. Cattle are dying by thousands. and forest fires are devastating iniincnso nri<ns. iyie National Game. MoGaDn is the ruu getter of the St. Louis Club. The Pittsburgs have abandoned morning practice. Cooley is batting poorly for Pittsburg, but is fielding superbly. Ewlng has resigned, and Davis, the shortstop, is now the manager of the New Yorks. Magnates and players between them are slowly but surely killing professional baseball. The Brooklyns have drawn larger crowds on the road than any other I League team this season. i lElillMfftll Commandant De Wet Leads a Sue- j cessful Boer Raid.BRITISH SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES. 8erere Fighting Eetweeu the Iloers and the British ? The Boer Commandei Capture* 100 Highlanders During a Bold Bald ? Cuts Communication* bj Railway and Telegraph With l'retoiia London (By Cable).?The Daily Express has the following from Macha dodorp: "There has been severe fighting during the last three days, and the Boers have inflicted heavy losses upon the j British at Derdepoort. "Six hundred women and children i from Pretoria, including Mines. Ivru- j ger, Botha and Meyer, have arrived ! at Barberton." General De Wet has again succeeded in cutting General Roberts's communications, both by railway and telegraph, and has captured 100 of the Highlanders. The story of the federal commander's bold raid comes in the form of a telegram from General ForestierWalker, dated at Cape Town, forwarding a dispatch from General Knox, as follows: "Kroonstad?Following from Broadwood, sent by dispatch rider to Horiingspruit, wired thence to Kroonstad: 'Have followed commando since July 1G. Hard,- sharp fighting at Palm letfontein July 19. Prevented from pursuing laager by darkness. Eight dead Boers found. Our casualties are five killed and. seventy-six wounded. " 'Enemy doubled back through Paarde Kraal .In . darkness. Shall march to Roode Vaal station. Send supplies for 3000 men and horses, also any news of the enemy's movements. I believe the commando consists of 2000 men and four guns, and is accompanied by President Steyn $nd both the De Wets."' * ' " ' General Knox continues: "The wire and main line of the railway *?rth of Honingspruit have been cu?j$pd also the telegraph to Pretoria via Potchefstroom. According to my information ; De Wet has crossed the railway and is ! going north." General Kelly-Kenny telegraphs from Bloemfonteln: "The railway has been cut north of Honlngspruit, and a sup- I ply train and 100 Highlanders captured by'the enemy. A report was received i that a large "force of the enemy is mov- | ing on HoningSpruit. All communica- | tion with Pretoria is cut off. The Sec- ; ond and Third cavalry brigades are i following the enemy." Letters reaching London Jrom the British troops in Orange Rjgfer Colony ; assort that both mp^ndjKg^s are i on short supplies and tint or condition ; for hard work. If this be true there Is little cause for wonder at the failure j to capture De Wet and at the appar- i ent paralysis of operations. The London morning papers feel j compelled to recognize General De i Wet's clever strategy in baffling all ef- j forts to catch him, while constantly i harassing the British lines of commu- i nication. Only the scantiest details have been I allowed to come through. Apparently j when niphtfall stopped the engage- j ment with Colonel IJroadwood General De Wet's forces divided into small par- I Ana nf wMaIi nnf tlm roilrnoH I VUV VI ?* UiVU V.IAW LUV VUU| and captured the Highlanders, the Boers afterward reuniting at Ilhenoster River. r VA TWELVE.YEAR.QLD BURCLAR. | Dime Novel Student Rob* Ten Houses In Danbarr, Conn. Ddnbury, Cona (Special). ? By his own confession twelve-year-old Charlie Kedey, of Lee, Mass., is the worst boy tvho ever fell into the hands of the Danbury police. He broke into a house on Union street, and a girl who saw him was able to give his description to the police. He was arrested and went to the police station without resistance. When brought before the )fiicer at the desk he admitted having ;ommitted ten burglaries. The method ae followed was to watch for an opportunity when the occupants of a ^ouse were out. when he entered ^>y the most convenient means and ransacked the house at his leisure. When the boy was arrested he had a considerable amount of money in his pockets, besides the usual juvenile col- ( !ection of jack-knives, nails, chewing ' sum and dime novels. He said that he left his home in Lee, Mass., on the r uiiriu vi duty. nc i:uu uu ijiuucj, i and walked from Great Barrington to j Danbury, seventy miles, catching an jccaslonal ride on a farmer's wagon. He did not think of committing any burglaries, he said, until he became hungry. After selecting a house which appeared deserted for the time being, he walked on the piazza and knocked on the door to make sure no one was In. If the knock was answered, he asked for a drink of water and departed for more favorable fields. In this way he carried on his work in Danbury for two weeks. Chlnene Emigrate Fearing Army Duty. It is reported at Fort Worth, Texas, that hundreds of Chinamen arc beins landed in Mexico and are making their way to the border in an effort to gel into the United States. It is said thousands of Chinamen are now coming to America to escape army duty. An RropnMnn nt Slno* Sine. Joseph Mullen, who killed his wife in New York City, June 4, 1S9S, was electrocuted at Sing Sing. N. -1*. Meelint: Death in the Alps. The annual chapter of fatal accidents in the Alps has begun unusually early this season. Within a week seven citizens of Berlin, Germany, including two women, have met their death in th<? Alps. * , To Stop Export of Arms to China. M. Delcasse, the French Minister of Foreigu Affairs, has notified the; Cabinet that all the Powers had responded favorably to the proposition to pijevoutt the exportation of arms to Cliinaj. The Lnbor World. ' I Ilalf a century ago the labo r cos* in the production of 100 gold h untin? watch cases turned was $540. I a 1S9T* it was only !?S0. The weavers in the Empire > till of# the Montreal Cotton Company," ? it Valleyfield. Quebec, have gone ou^ ; on_?i strike because of the employmlMAj an Englishman. ^HR The 1200 Ironworkers emplo^^^Bl Spang, Chalfant & Co., at Piij^^^A Penn., have teen notified of tion in wages ranging from twenty per cent, to take eflB^H ODB OFFER TO Mill Text of the President's Letter Replying to the Emperor of China. SEVERAL CONDITIONS IMPOSED, First, Diplomats Must Be Pnt in Communication With Their Governments ? Second, All Danger to Their Lives Must Be Itemoved?Third, Chinese Uo??rniiient Must Aid Allies to ltestore Order J Washington, D. C. (Special). ? The J following correspondence between the President of the United States and the Emperor of Cbina has boon made public by the State Department in the form of a translation of a cable dis-'1 patch received by Minister Wu from the Taotai of Shanghai, as follows: "Have received a telegram froni Governor Yuan (of Shantung), whp* having received from the Privy Council (at Pekin) a dispatch embodying an imperial letter to the President of the United States, has instructed me to transmit it to your Excellency. The imperial message is respectfully transmitted as follows: \ " 'China has long maintained friendly relations with the United States^, and is deeply conscious that the'object. of the United States is internationalcommerce. Neither country entertains the least suspicion or distrust' toward the other. Recent outbreaks of mutual antipathy between the people and Christian missions caused the foreign Uah'opo */\ vIuto with ?nai?ifinn the DO sition of the Imperial Government atf favorable to the people and prejudicial to the missions, with the result thft't the Taku forts were iitacked and captured. Consequently ther has been clashing of the forces, with calamitous consequences. The situatlou has become more and more serious and critical. " 'We have just received a telegraphic memorial from our envoy. Wu Ting Fang, and it is highly gratifying to us to learn that the United States Government, having in vlew^the friendly relations between the two"countries, has taken a deep interest in the present situation. Now, Cliiha, driven by the irresistible course of events, hag unfortunately incurred well night universal indignation. For settling the present difficulty China places special reliance in the United States. We address this message to your Excellency In all sincerity and candor, with the hope that your Excellency will devise measures and take the initiative in bripging about a concert of the Powers for the restoration of order and peace. The favor of a kind reply is earnestly requested and awaited with the greatest anxiety.' "It is, therefore, my duty to transmit the above, with the request that your Excellency, in respectful obedience of imperial wishes, will deliver the same to its high' destination and favor me with a reply. "YU LIEN-YUEN, ' "(Taotai at snangnai.r Tlje cable message was at once communicated to the President at Canton, and the following was his reply: "I have received your Majesty's message, and am glad to know that your Majesty recognizes the fact that the Government and people of the United States desire of China nothing but what is just and equitable. The purpose for which we landed troops in China was the rescue of our legation from grave danger and the protection of lives and property of Americans, who were sojourning in China in the enjoyment of rlgnts guaranteed them by treaty and by International law. The same purposes are publicly declared by all the Powers which have landed military forces in your Majesty's empire. ? "I am to infer from your Majesty's letter that the malefactors who have disturbed the peace of China, who have murdered.' the Minister of Germany ind a member of the Japanese legation. and who now have besieged in Pekin the foreign diplomatists, who still survive, liave not only not received any favor or encouragement from your Majesty, but are actually In rebellion against the imperial au.liority. If this be the case. I most solemnly urge your Majesty's Government to give public assurance whether :he foreign Ministers are alive, and, If so. in what condition. "2. To put the diplomatic representatives of the Powers in immediate and free communication \tith their respective Governments, and to remove all danger to their lives and liberty. "3. To place the imperial authorities of China in communication with the relief expedition, so that co-operation may be secured between them for the liberation of the legations, the protection of foreigners and the restoration of order. "If these objects are accomplished, it is the belief of this Government tliat 110 obstacles will be found to exist on Hie part of the Powers to an amicable settlement of all the questions arising nut of the reeeut troubles, and the friendly good offices of this Government will, with the assent of the other Powers, be cheerfully placed at your Majesty's disposition far that purpose. -WILLIAM McKIXLEY." Tiro Killed In Yacht Explosion. Alfred Eugene Crow, his wife and their son Harold, twelve years old. witnessed the yacht races off Larehmont. X. Y.. on the naphtha launch Sasco. While they were returning to New Rochelle, where they lived, the launch blew up. and Mrs. Crow and her son wore killed by the explosion Mr. Crow was fatally injured. Brothers Fought in Doat; One Drowned. Two brothers named nenfon fought over a technical sporting question while fishing 011 Williams's mill pond near Sunbury. X. C.. and capsized the | Imnt. Ono was drowned and the' other rescued after clinging to r stump four hours. Troop* Leave For China. One battalion of the Fifteenth United States Infantry started from Now York City for San Francisco on its way to Chiun. The Political Cainpnisn. New citizens are being made at the rate of about eighty a day in New York City. The Democratic State Judicial Convention of Missouri nominated Judge J. B. Grant for re-election to the Supreme Court.. At the 1S9S election there was a Republican candidate for Cougivsn in only one of the six Congressional districts of Arkansas. The lirst Democratic National Convention was held in 1S32. It was presided over by General Lucas, of Ohio, after whom Lucas County, which includes thQ. city of Toledo, was called. \ THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY. Miners in-Forcupine District Find Themselves in British Territory. Believe That Recent Surrey* Have Host a Large Slice of' Wliat 1* Rightfully American Laud. Rkncwav. Alaska (Sneeiall.?Tlio work of delimiting the provisional boundary in the disputed Alaska-Canadian territory having been completed In tha^part cropjng the Dalton Trailand touching thA Porefpinq district, the Americans in np district find that they have lost a l&rge part of what they believed was rightfully.American territory. " The surVey^fat^ been run and the monument&hwte heen Bet within the last few wefeks By O. H, Tlttman, of Washington, and W. P. King, of Ottawa, and assistants, who have 8Imply followed- Instructions set forth in the modU8s vivei^di agteed to provisionally ?ome months ago by Secretary Hay, tafcUnlted States, and British ?pft?8enlijtVre8, after the adjournment^^ the TWfft High Commission. 'wpr The survajf and demarcation of tho line leave-nearly one-half of the Porcupine gold wnw in Britfah territory, and it htjs foeigF the, general opinion for a long tlme*that the mines?in fact, .the entlcp Porcupine district?were on S American side. Much of the Dal toll road, leading to Porcupine now lies within Canadian territory, also; that is, It is oq the Canadian side of the iron monuments set on the are being made from one end of djfewt to the other for war agah^jtite Southern Chinese troons ara&foB&y to join the main army ga^r^'to w' pose the advance of the ali|wto Pelrin: This army is said to nuiriber 300,000& The Viceroy of Wu-CtiiUtt says hej fears he will be unable to Strata troops. Viceroy Tak-Stv at CaBOT*!] has issued an imperial decres calling on all Viceroys and GovernociMoJJrepare for war. Every missionary in China had been ordered to take refuge at once either at Shanghai or Houg Kong. ci r\fCM wcroncc nonu/Mcn One of Them Koclceil tlio Slilff?-All Went Down In the Up?et That Followed. Birmingham, Ala. (Special) ? Eleven negroes working 011 a Government lock In the Warrior River, near Akron. Ala., were drowned while crossing the I river in a skiff. George Moore, one of the negroes, to "frighten the others, began rocking the skiff, and it dipped a couple of times. This really frightened the negroes. A panic followed, and the skiff upset. All the negroes were thrown into the river. They went to the bottom, and all were drown before assistance could be given them. The negroes w?>re mostly strangers in that part of the State. Their names are George Moore. Sam Anderson. Tom Benson. Tom Johnson. Abe Sanders. Ransom Smith. Louis Tones. Fred Davis, Remus Tartt and j Tod Hicks. ! . Chamberlain9* African Policy AttackedA sharp attack was made in the j House of Commons at London upon j the South African policy of Mr. Cham- j bcrlain, the Colonial Secretary, who was sustained by a large majority. A Romance Revealed by Death. The death of Mrs. Almira S. Town-' | send in San Francisco. Cal.. has revealed the fact that Mrs. Ella F. Murray, whom she called sister, was her daughter. The daughter has claimed the $o00,0U0 estate. Afraid Boxer* TViil Poison Tea. Fear that the Boxers will poison the tea which is exported from China has led several aged people at Middlotown. X. Y.. to discontinue using ! tliat beverage. Pilot Hoai Sunk hy a Whale. A largo wnaio ran nmi aim the pilot boat Bonta, at the entrance to tho Golden Gate. San Francisco, Cal. Ten men on board did all they could to save the schooner, but without avail. Georgia Peach Crop. Nearly the entire peach crop of Georgia has been moved. An expert says that the crop was 1000 cars short of the estimate made for it before the continuous rains got in their destructive work. z JMLMlElMFlfE An Alabama Mob Gets a Negro Despite Stout Resistance. HANGED VICTIM FROM A TREE. Elijah Clark Lynched lu the Outskirts of Hantsvflle ? Sheriff Protected Him From a Blob Xhut Threw DynamiteWhen Fires Wore Set About the > Jail the Sherlfl Gave in. Birmingham, Ala. (Special).?A mob of 2000 citizens of Madison County, after an exciting day's effort in surrounding the county jail at Huntsville, Aia., succeeded in getting possession of Elijah Clark, a negro, who had committed an assault on Susie Friest, a thirteen-year-old girl at Dallas, a factcry suburb of Huntsville. The negro was taken to the scene of his crime and r.here strung up, after which the mob dispersed with bitter expressions of hatred for Sheriff Fulgham, who , kept them at bay all day long. When the alarm had been given a posse of citizens went in search of ? the negro. The search was continued , J all night, and by daylight two deputy suenns overtook Clark and succeeded in getting him in the county jail at Hunt8ville, a modest, though strong, structure., Word was passed around that the negro- was in jail and a mob began forming at once. Five hundred men came from Dallas, and soon a howling mob was around the jail. Meantime Sheriff Fulghara had summoned all his deputy sheriffs and sta. tioned them Inside the jail, determined j.to defend his prisoner. The mob was | termined, however, and laid dynaPjajte charges around the jail, intent F?ra blowing It up. ^.Sheriff Fulgham, in the midst of the Ijbexcltement, made au address through window, telling the mob that its ^members must obey the law, and if ,'they would desist the negro woulQ I have a speedy trial. He also announced that Judge Speak, of the Circuit Court, would hold a special terra !'Of the court at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, but the mob hooted the sheriff. < An tliAm li rt f f li ait ni liof iucu >v?iiu*ru iiiciii iuai iiicj tuuou desist. There were a few shots fired t^iis time. No outbreak occurred, but .two men, William Vining and ^ Thomas Johnson, laborers in the cottoil factory, were carried off wounded, the first In a dangerous condition. /.The mob continued its hooting and .JnjTonnfdthc sheriff that the jail would .be- blown up and that he would be ' killed with the negro. Governor John-;; ;,B{on was notified,by wire, but nothing. could be done. Troops in and around JSuntsville were practically without > ammunition, and it would have been : useless to pall them out. jjpl noon a piece of dynamite was, tthrown on the front steps of the jail and exploded with a loud report Considerable damage was done, bnt>once .mot&Sherlff Fulgham and his dagjties . 'j^rendcr the negro, give^wh to '^rand*;back, or I'll order niy men ToJ&rains wnre rfwivrtTi hv thp Shcrfif from United States officials to protes .tbe Federal' prisoners In the ' jail.Jnrefi' lf it was necessary to releaaStliem. Finally, late in the afternoon? it- became noised about that troops wre coming to Huntsville, and woaldjnt the mob to flight. Cornbustible jptter was gathered in all di- J . rectus, and the mob Informed the ShjCft&jtbat the jail was to be burned / doynyjf.Smoke ascended all around and at last the Sheriff and ^&9fotles had to escape with their HKgprc&ft only a few ^moments to get flpia of th- negro. He was dragged joSt and i great shout rent the air. The mob waif dragged and half pulled / . J the victim along. To Dallas they headed, and once there, to a tree limb ''"the negro was?oon dangling. It was the ifost exciting day Huntsville ever saw. Women and children trembled in their homes, fearing the 'outcome Militia in Decatur. Birmingham, Florence and at other points 11 nA0fA/l ?? 4-1?aIH A *? jjiuv.kiiciiij icoit'u wu men. ui Lua, VA* pecting to be callcd out. DUEL BETWEEN STOCKMEN. Fltt Kllla One Astuilanr, 'Wounds An* otlier, and in Uulinrt. Barstow, Texas fSpocial).?Sid Pitt, H. B. Hill and Alexander Burchfield, j prominent stockmen, who have been j on bad terms lately, met at Monahan's 1 and at once proceeded to settle mati ters. | A fierce battle with pistols ensued with Pitt on one side and the others against him. Ilill was shot six times and killed. Burchfield, his stepfather, was wounded in the arm. which he will lose. Pitt was not "touched. DREAMED HIS WIFE WAS DEAD. A Former Policeman Awoke to Find Her Hanging ? "ie l?edpo?l. Camden. N. J. (Special).?Edward M. Powell, a former policeman, awoke with a start a few days ago and found i that bis wife bad risen, and was mov- ft lug about the room. Powell dozed off again and dreamed his wife was dead. He awoke two lours later and found his wife hang-' ug to the bedpost clothed in her uightIress and dead. Mrs. Powell was forty-one years old. She had been in ill-health about three mouths, but had not threatened to take her life. Three Young Women Drowned. , j Three young women, the Misses Cora and Ruby Townsend and Miss Pearl Flack, of Hamburg. Tenn., were wading in Owl Creek, when one of them stepped from a shelving rock into deep water. The others responded to her cries and tried to save her. As none could swim, the three were drowned. Scliocl Pomilut Ion of Cuba. , There are now UlOO schools and 3H00 I Poachers in Cuba. There are over 300.- B 000 children of school age in the isl- I Prominent I'eoplfl. ] Captain Dreyfus is still :rt the Villa M llauterive, at Coligny. near Geneva. || The Prince of Wales receives on an average between iiuu and UUO letters V Herbert Spencer never made any M money on 1jis books, and iK several fl cases lost some. fl President McKinley has beside his n Scotch Presbyterian blood a strain of m English Puritan blood. S David B. Henderson, Speaker of the IS House of Representatives, is spend- |fl Ing the summer with Mrs. Henderson in.the idlrtndacks. 99