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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. ' / ,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. !
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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