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VOL. IX. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 5,1900. NO. 25.
ARPFAVORS A WALL
He Says Northerners Hate the South
Any Way.
NEORO QUESTION NOT IN IT
Recent Race Riots North of Mason
and Dixon's Line Discussed by
Bill.
We thought that maybe the late New
York and Akron riots would even up
j things, and the south haters up in
God's country would call off the dogs,
but they are still l?lowing4the same old
/ horn. They are hard up. however.
Some of the hounds have lost the trail,
and all are scattered and there is no
keynote to rally them?the buglers
don't harmonize. Some said that the
riot in New York was owing to that,
city. The Akron horror called for another
solution, and now they boast that
they saved the nigger, but if it had
Lbern down south he would have been
lynched with Sam Ho.se tortures. A late
m ill IUV nn n uimnril iUll.V tiiys
that southern mobocnacy has crossed
the line and is afTerting the lower
classes up north, just as a lontagipu
spreads In unhealthy regions. It a'l
comes from the south, and there is no
* ?|iiarantinr to arrest its progress
That's bad and sad. Let's build a
wall.
But seriously we must warn our pood
negroes noi to cross the line. It is dan
porous. Keep away from Pana anil
New York. Stay at home and cultiI
vate our cotton and corn and let polij
tics alone and yotl are in no danger.
I Idleneps is your curse. If I had mv
I way 1 would raestablish the old pair
I rol sy-!rm and make every tramp neR
pro carry a pass or take a whipping. I
lS would empower the town marshals and
ft the country constables to arrest every
vagabond on the highway and if he
I (ouldent give a pood account of him
rself he should bo tied up and dres?ed
down. We old men know that one
good whipping has. more effect on% a
bad negro than five years in ihe chain
Kane. Even a hanging is glory, for
they are going straight to heaven. Ktst
Saturday night a tramp negyo cut the
slat from the blind of Mr. Cary a hons?
end opened It and crawled in and stole
his pucrnal gold watch and hi- pocket
bcok within three feet of his hornl,
while he was sleeping. No doubt he
woe armed, and would have shot Mr.
t.'ary had he waked tip and resisted.
The negro took a night freight and
>-as arrested at Kingston, and the
watch .was recove.rcd. but he got
away. We have got to do something
with the?* tramps. Our chain gingnie
full enough. I repeat It. Ihat no gord
Industrious negro ie In any danger in
tne south, and tliey knew it. .lint
Smith is the highest farmer in the
State, and he says there is no labor in
"the world equal to that of well-regulated
negroes, and he knows.
But the spirit of mobocraoy is not
eon fin id to the race problem up north.
The lynching !a?t Saturday at Glllman.
in Illinois, was ngninst an old defenseless
white woman?a doctress who
was suppei ted of causing a yoing
girl's death by malpractice, but who
had nyt.htd a trial, nor had a y intention
(o "harm the erring girl. A
moljr^of 'iAo'hien at"tn!oked htV house in
the night, and she defended' herse f
tnnd Jher .honjc and, filled an<t,woundr d
?s many as she epn^d. They mortally
Iwoiinded her and burned her house.
ftVhat kind of civilization is that? Why
tlident they hutyKaip the man who
ruined the girl?' Gilr civilization down
out-h has always? protected women,
?o matter what they did. We will not
lang them for murder, for even old
>r?. Nobles was sent to the chain
g'ng. Our wonun must have prote-thn
from white briite^ and black
flfllftc ,'inil HP 11 niiM lirn-a If
rotichody had have given that s<oiindre.
Or. Wilkerson. who ran away
witi his wife's sister. a hundred
la-hrs before he wa? turned lo >se in
Atlanta. That was a good (.use fjr a
little mob law. If the law eould not
reach him the lash would. Poor, helpless.
| it I fill woman! How you have to
suffer sn alienee frnd live arid die with
your tironR-i unavenrred. How many
heartB.'ire breaking now he a use of a
husbands tyranny or his fUthfulness
to h's tt'^Wriage vows. For her children's
Vake she keeps silent, and
buries h^r secret in her boscm. I
know of m~n who made fame while
living; at\d on whose monument9 fulsome
epitaphs a-e chiseled who disgraced
and dishonored the name of
husband. I know sime who are not
dead who are doing the same thing
now A woman chain d to an nnprincipalcd
man is (he most helpless creature
unon caifli. Promethius, bound
to the roe.k and the eagles eating his
heart, was not worse off. Rlackstone
says there is no wrong but has a remr
fly. Mo was mistaken. Women have
a thousand wiongs that are remediless.
What kind of remedy is dlvorcs or
eepsration or alimony? It is the heart
that is broken. It is love and honor
that woman wants, and that wee
prQmised her at. the altar. If, as a
la-rt report, she leaves him. he stmts
sr;und and claims the rhildren. "The
euiiuiou <tir uiiiir, n?' ?dyr?. 10c man
who says that is a conceited fool. In
the first place he does not know for
certain that he is their father, and if
he is. he made'no sacrifice to be so. All
the pain of motherhood is hers. All
the tender care and mirslug and night
- watching and generally all the prayers
* for their safety and good conduct are
hers, while he is at his bank or store
or office or shop or maybe at his club
or billiard tabic. There a time
when the wife was the husband's
slave, according to the law. al>l the
children were his property. ar>l it is
hard to eradicate that idea from some
men's minds in our day. Woman has
been called the weaker vessel, and
men the lords of creation so long that
it won't obliterate. Girls, be careful to
whom you chain yourself for life. Better
sew or he a shop girl or a typewriter
or a school teacher or live with
kindred or friends and do housework
than take any risks. Marry a young
man who has good principals and good
hahht,, and not much money. The love
of money is still the same old curse,
and most of the young men want to
make it by short cuts and dishonest
practices. "Get. money, get it honestly.
If thou canst, but at all events, get
money," is still their motto. The c.agfr.
grasping pursuit of money is the
curse of this age and generation. Hunt
ington is dead, and left his millions
hehind. and his boast was that all men
were purcha?ab'e, and whpn it was to
his interest he bought them, whether
they were legislators' or congressmen,
or judges of the courts. He spent millions
that way.
Some of our office seekers are doing
the same thing on a small scale?buying
votes?yes. buying negro votes.
The white primary dident nominate
them, and they have renlgged and reniggered.
A little whiskey and a f.;w
dollars will secure the darkies, and the
fear is that the white primaries will
prove a failure. There are men running
for office as independents who
rely mainly on the negro vote, and
can't he He-t^d without it. Such men
ought to have tho contempt of every
good citizen. They ought to have
contempt for themselves and I
reckon they do. The negro who sells
his vote is not half nfe depraved as tho
white man who buys it- Hut we will
know by watting. aim ir me primary
proves a failure, then let us have the
Hard wick bill or something hette*. and
may the I-ord prote-t us from unprineipled
office-seeker?.?Dill Arp in
Atlanta Constitution.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
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' "" r*p> HE man who is not
I honest in his rellg**
ion is not to he
-w fQ trusted in a horse
w>ji^ trade.
* Religion that is
ir not uBe<^ every day
y A short prayer
) J) vvill get to heaven
iflWN^ | quicker than a
long one.
*- God has promised
that the man who will give mercy
shall receive it.
Whenever we are willing to do good.
God will see that we have a chance.
God alone knows how much heaven
loses when a young man takes his
first drink.
The scaffold of creed may fall when
the building of God's purpose .s eom^
plete.
No man can love his neighbor as
himself until he first loves God with
his whole heart.
The higher a man gets up in spiritual
life the lower he is willing to go
down for Christ.
God weighs our words with oui
works.
Quick thinkers are never hasty in
speech.
A timetable is not a transportation
ticket.
The desired things are not always
the desirable ones.
The car of works lies dead without
the trolley of faith.
Tampa I'ullre to Wear Sltirt IViiiat?.
Tho City Council of Tampa. Fin.
has passctl a resolution instructing the
Mayor to have the entire police force
uniformed in shin waists and straw
hats. The men are greatly pleased
at the proposed change.
Population of Hoaton.The
census of Boston, announced l?y
the Census Bureau, ut Washington,
Is 560,801.'. a^biiusi 148,477 in 1800. Thif
is un increase of 112.415, or 25.07 pet
cent.
N?wty (Ufitiinici.
A celluloid collar worn by Nathan
Clausen, of lieuipstead. L. 1.. caught
tire from a cigar and terribly burned
him.
Cholera is prevalent throughout ir.
derabud and in Bombay, in India,
There are 0,688,000 persons receiving
relief.
The tax rate of Boston. Mass.. has
been fixed at $11.70, as against S13.10
last year. Tula is the largest rate
hi nee 18S0.
Public land in Northern Net. Mexico
was withdrawn from sale, iu or.der
to save the cliff dwellings from
destruction
Trxlr Omtb or Johnstown Hero.
George H. Lingg, who saved twentyfour
lives at Johnstown. Penn.. when
that town was devastated by n flood
eleven years ago, was killed by being
thrown off n train while rounding a
curve near the Calumet River, in
South Chicago. He fell under the |
wneeis 01 a rreignt train going in the
opposite direction.
Duke of Mmicli?it?r m llankrupt.
The Duku of Manchester has heeu
adjudicated a bankrupt, entailing
resignation frotu all his clubs ^
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THE 6. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
Leo Rassieur, of St. Louis, the New
Commander-in-Chief.
STATISTICS AS TO MEMBERSHIP.
Thf? Tlilrt jr-fourth Anniml Knrampinent
IIe1<l in CIiIchko?Ocnernt Slmit, in
III* Sprprl), I'rorntK Flgui'M KrtnriiIng;
IVnilon*?Conil 11 Ion of O. A. 1!.
flu Shown l?y Ri>|>nrli of Officer*.
Chicago (Specinl).?With the seleetion
of officers and the choice of Denver
for the National encampment of
1001. the thirty-fourth National encampment
of the Grand Army of the
Republic prncticnll.v came to a close
Thursday. The list of officers is as
follows: Commander-in-Chief, I.eo
Itnssieur, St. Louis: Senior Vice-Commander.
K. C. Milllken. Cortland. Me.:
Junior Vice-Commander. Frank Sea
moil.- Knoxville. Tenn.: Surpeon-Couernl,
John A. Wilklhs. Delta. Ohio, and
Chaplain - in - Chief. tlio Rev. A.
Drahpts, Sun Qucntin. Cal.
The following officers were elected
hy tho Woman's Relief Corps for the
ensuing yoar:
National President. Mrs. Mary L
Carr, Ponpinont. Col.: National Senior
Vice-President, Mrs. Belle M. Satterlee.
St. .ottis. Mo.; Xafionnl Junior
Vice-President, Mrs. Ahhic 11 Flapg.
Battlo Crook, Mich.: National Treasurer.
Mrs. Sarah K. Phillips. Syracuse.
N. V.
Commander-in-Chief Shaw, in ill's
annual address. presented tunny statistics
regarding the |>ension situation.
i ney snowed that styi.nlO pensioners
were on tlie rolls on July 1. ISO!*, and
that 43.33S new names were addeil
during the year ending July 1. 1900.
making a total of 1,030.8* >3. During
the year there were 43,334 names
dropped froui deaths, remarriages and
other causes, leaving the roll at present
0D3..VJ0. This is a net gain of
'JO.OKi during the last year. At present
there are 437.104 claims pending.
The Committee on Resolutions made
a report on the subject of service pensions.
Over tni, question the commit- j
tno n'nm J-..!..- -.-J . I
... ...... uuu iii.it>! <> .urn minority
reports wore presented. The
majority report, which was adopted
after a somewhat lengthy discussion,
recommended that the whole matter
lie referred to the Committee on Pensions.
thus practically burying it until
the next annual encampment. The minority
report, presented by Past Commander
Hurst, of Ohio, recommended
the passage v the encampment of a
resolution favoring service.
The report of Adjutant - General
Thomas J. Stewart said that the total
membership of the Grand Army of the
Uepuldtc in good standing on June
.">0. 1801), was <1005 posts, with a membership
of 287.081, while on June 30.
1000. it was 0778 posts, with a membership
of 270.002. The report of the
Adjutant-General shows Illinois to be
fourth In the list of Sintes from 'he
point of numbers of veterans. The
four largest i.enartments are: New
York, 32,100: Pennsylvania. 20.8\0:
Ohio, 23.807: Illinois. 23.037. The hitrh
water mark was reached in 1800 with
400,480 members. The present in rubers
number 270,002. During the last
year $120,270.20 was expended for the
relief of veterans.
The report of Surgeon-General Wni.
II. Baker contained a number of interesting
statistics showing the rare
nt wlileh the old soldiers are dying.
During the last year 7857 deaths occurred,
303 of them from wounds received
while In service and 221)0 from
disease contracted in service.
Judge Knssienr was born in Alsace.
Germany. In 1844. His people came to
this country in 1840. settling in St.
Louis. When seventeen years old. in
1801. he enlisted as a private in the
First Missouri. At the end of the* war
ho hold a major's brevet.
EGGS HAVE FRUITY FLAVOR.
Forty Thousand In ltoiitnii Foiind to Itavo
? Novel Taft'to.
llostnn (Specinlt. ? There are a I tout
lo.ooo eggs in llit* coltl storage **lui ?nliers
of the Qniney Market fold Storage
Company, anil it hns I iron discovered
that some of thoiu have n forelrn
tlavor suggestive of fruit. Whether
all are affected cannot lie dotorniined.
hut even If they are the loss will not
exceed 810,000, and probably will In*
much less.
Several theories are advanced to explain
the cause of the flavor. The
cold storage company believes that it.
was becnufte of the proximity of the
eggs to fruit which is stored in an adjoining
chamber, yet a brick wall
vnrying in width from sixteen to
twenty-four inches separates the egg
chamber from other apartments.
SEARCHLIGHT BLINDS SAILORS.
Crewi of Torpeilo HokIi lltl|ilrim \\ .'ill*
l.lslit Wan on Them.
Newport. H. I. (Special).?A test was
made a few days ago with the sonrclilight
of the tori>e<lo station tipon ilie
crews of the torpedo boats Morris.
Craven and Rodgors. The searchlight
war constantly thrown on the crew*.
ann its effect was so great that uut
Ce of the members of the three crews
\'as able to assist In working his boat,
lu fact, the men reported on their return
thnt they were completely blinded
and helpless walk* the light was on
theni. and for some tliue after Its re- |
moral they were unable to work their
boats
SAVED BY HYPNOTISM
The Rev. G. B. Cutten's Remarkable
Cure For Inebriates
lU n^itnrrii SeTprnl Snfl?trlnc From Alculiollmit
In Normal llonltli
and Sare? Oiift Llf?
New Haven, Conn. (Special).?TT.vpnntism
as n cure for the liquor and tobacco
habit is being put to practical
and scientific use by . the Uov. Cleorge
15. Cutten. pastor of the Howard Avenue
Baptist Church in this city, and
formerly centre rush on the Yale football
eleven. A series of experiments
which he has conducted promises to
Iaii'vii ?!.? 1 1 I- i
restoring to physical nnd mental
soundness the inebrinte nnd the victim
of overindulgence in smoking.
'1 lie Rev. Mr. Cutten has become nn
ItTluxl linnnnllst 1. .. 1
inn l?is summer vacation in the Yale
Psychological Laboratory, making export
mints scientifically on subjects
sent to him by the organized charities
of this city. He has had n subject in
the hypnotist clialr at least once a day
all summer.
Indications are that he saved at i
least c ne man's life, that of Thomas
Dick, ".lint the Penman.' as he is j
known about town. Pick had hern '
drunk for a month, and was ait incip- j
lent delirium tremens case. Opiates ]
bad failed to produce sleep, his pulse j
stooil at 112 heats to the minute an 1
his heart indicated that a stroke of I
apoplexy might result at any time.
Sleep he must have within a few ,
hours or death was inevitable. Cutten
administered hypnotic sleep, and
in an hour Pick's heart was heating
regularly and his pulse was almost
norma!. Pick was able to resume his
work the next day.
Half a dozen eases of simple nlcn- ;
holism, which apparently had wrecked
the lives of the subjects, have heen
cured by Mr. Cutten. and. although
the patients had been treated less
tlum a month in each ease. no* one
has shown a desire 'or Honor or tobacco
since the treatment began.
t'uttcn practically has cttroti one j
ease of stuttering, which resulted
front a fall down stairs forty years
ago. '''lie patient was Arthur llennett,
one of the Rev. Mr. Cutten's parishioners
ir.e lias received only four
treatments from Mr. Cutten. but.
everything nawj points to an early
cure. Mr. Cutten paid, iu speaking of
Ids treatment4
"Mv evper'.inerrtif are aimed at the
moral rat iter than the physical re- I
generation of the patients*. When the 1
moral steadiness is aeeotnplisheil the !
physical well being will soon follow." '
The experiments are yet far from i
complete. Not a quarter of what Mr. j
Cutten proposes to accomplish lias j
been completed, lie will continue his j
experiment until next June, when ho
proposes to submit a remarkable the- I
sis on the subject.
SAVED HIS LIFE BY HIS TEETH. |
Fainter Kittling; From Churcli Spirt
Cntrlir* ltnpx In IIIn Month.
Chicago (Special!.?A. Alizewski, n ;
painter. Raved his iitV l?y his tooth. TIr t
lia?1 boon engaged in painting the
spiros of St. Hyacinth's Polish Cathalie
Cburcli. The spiros nre ICo foot
high.
The work on 0110 had boen com plotod.
and In gilding the cross on the
other lie -was landing on a small platform
suspended by ropes. In some
manner bo became overbalanced, falling
backward. A rope was dangling
\>elow the platform, which ho grasped
with his tooth. Thus ho hung for several
seconds, iintII lie was ahle to j
grasp the rope with his hands, when '
ho again nulled himself to the plat- |
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liis lofty perch. Then. realizing wium i
had happened. ho fainted and was j
taken to his home.
A physician was summoned ami
found the mnn to bo suffering from ;
an internal rupture, which was no I
doubt caused by his grasping the topibetween
his jaws.
BRITISH TAKE MACHAD0D0RP.1 |
I'-iern l(?llr? Nort 1iivnril Itpforr the Ail* j
viinf? of General Robert*.
T.ondon (By Cable).?(Jeneral Hob
oris reports front Belfast as follows: i
Bullet's advance occupied Macbadodorp
Tuesday afternoon. The onotny
made a very poor stand and re
utiiiunmu, niuonni ipv I MIIUIOIInld'a
mounted troops. who could not ;
proceed beyond Helvetia on accouut i
?f the difficult nature of the country i
and the enemy taking up a position '
too strong to he dislodged l>y the i
mounted troops.
"French continued the movement
Tuesday as far as Elamlafoutcin,
from which he turned the enemy out
with no difficulty. The latter retired
very rapidly, leaving cooked food be- I
hind.
"fSenernl Buller'a casualties were: i
Killed, one officer and thirteen men;
wounded, seven officers and fiftysevon
men."
Man 1)I?M Qfcrmn X-llay Kllect*.
According to the physician who is- ,
sued tlie death certificate, the death
of August Kittman, at Sr. Paul. Minn. '
was due to burns received during an
X-ray treatment. Kittman met with :
a street car aivirtflnt laci
it is said desired to bare X-ray photographs
taken of his Injrnes.
I in pein'ti intuit of Atlitiitn'i Mit vr i<rorr?>l
The City Council of Atlanta. Ca..
has ordered inipenehiueut proceedings
against Mayor Woodward, who is accused
of gross neglect of duty.
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PLEA FOR PEACE IN CHINA:
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United States and Russia Have En- '
tered Into an Alliance. ;
REMOVAL OF TROOPS SUGGESTED '
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In a Iteply In Itimala'a rrnpnaltlnn For
Ilia Set I lrm.Mil of Hie Chiur.n Our*. J
lion tliw United SUtea Oo.rmmfnl I
! l'ropoaea Neeotlullona to Urine Abnol
I'mre? An Appeal to the Fowera.
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Washington. I>. ('. (Special).? Tho j
T'nltod States and Russia huvo formed
n compact for the settlement of the
existing Chinese question. The fact
of the agreement has been communicated
to all the Powers.
If France. Italy. Germany and Japan
agree to the main propositions in
the Kussn-Amcrirnn agreement tlte
United States and Russia will immediately
withdraw their troops from
Pekiii, inasmuch as tltere remain in
that city no foreign interests.
The mailt features of the oral convention
between Russia and America
are: i
First?That, although accomplished ]
by force of arms, the rescue of the >
Ministers and foreign residents lias
l>e< n effected, for which nnrnose side
ly the allied army seized the Chinese
capital.
Second The Kmpcror Kwanesit is
the de facto and do jure ruler of
China.
Third That l.i IIone Chant; is the
duly accredited envoy for peace .of the
Chinese tJoverument.
Fourth?The Powers are requested
to co-operate with Li Hung Chans
and his (lovernnient for the restoration
of order throughout the empire.
Fifth- That this restoration of order
and the status quo as to lite open dnm
and the arrancetnent of all proper indemnity
can he secured hy the accredited
envoys of all the nations bavins
grievances asninst China hy reason
of the recent outbreak.
Sixth That the integrity of the empire
l?e preserved ami that no territorial
compensations he demanded.
BRESCI CETS LIFE SENTENCE.
Trlnl of Kinc Humbert'* Annnanln Tnkn
l'liice ut M Hun.
Milan. Italy (By Cable).?The trial
of Brcsei. the Anarchist who on
Jtt'y "h shot and killed Klnp
Humbert of Italy, at Motr/.a, resulted
in his eonvletloti. lie was sentenced
to life Imprisonment. An immense
crowd was present. The hearing began
tit nine o'clock. Itrcscl sat in tlif
dock, calm and almost inditTcrcnt. Hit
counsel. Signer Martclli, head of tin
Milan bar. and tile Anarchist writer
Signor Merlino. made requests on vari
ous grounds for nil adjournment
which were refused.
The indictment, which was very
long. showed Unit the assassin inn':
penetIced much pt target shooting. am
that he prepared loillets s<> as to ren*
dor them move dangerous. Tiie wit
nesses were tlien introduced. There
were eleven for the prosecution and
five for the defense.
TMiring tlie examination of Rresei
tlie assassin declared that he decided
to kill King Huinhert after lite eventin
Milan and Sicily, "to avenge the
misery of the people and niv own."
He added: "1 acted without ndvicf
or accomplices."
The prisoner admitted the target
practice and the preparation of bullets.
He spoke in a low. firm voire,
and said that he tired three shots at
three yards with his revolver. Twt:
wooden targets were here placed on
lie talde before the judges.
A brigadier of gendarmes. Salvatort
recapitulated the story of the assassination
of the King. He said he saved
ltresci front the crowd, who nearly
lynched the assassin.
i iii- icsinnony <ii witnesses fJnliin
bert and Oliviers did not adduce any
new facts.
At 1 lio close of the trial Hresoi was
pronounced guilty and was sentenced
to imprisonment for life.
BROOM CORN INJURED.
tlol tVimla >in<t lt?in? !>?? Dntnnic* ol
W300.000 In tlliiiola.
Areola. III. (Special!.?Three linn
fired thousand dollars' worth of hrnoin
corn is rotting and worthless in tlx
tields of this?the greatest hroom corn
district of the world. Profit to that
amount belonging to the farmers of
the hroom corn holt has hcon d(?strayed
hy blasting winds,terrific heat, 1
showers of hail and scalding rnins.
livery woman who u?cs a hroom is Interested
in the sit nation, Itrooms that
sell in Areola for twenty-five and thir l
tV cent ? m r.? ^elliixv In ill.. ...h-I.i. <-il 1
.... . ....... 111 i wtitnaiiv* ? IM HJ
at from forty to sixty cents, a prict
unknown for years.
'I u.? Klltol in ? Street Duet.
A fatal duel occurred at Belf, N. M ,
David K. Baca made some remarks i
jiliout a youu^ woman friend of Mel- <
(piiades liaca. which the latter resented
'the men met later, two six shoot- t
ers were raised simultaneously, threi i
shots from each ran;, out and bot'j
men f"II mortally wounded. \
Spain'. I.oit Slilp lteH<ly For Itepwlri, 1
The cruiser Iicina Mercedes, the 1
Spanish vessel which was suuk during
the war with Spain, arrived lit
Portsmouth. X. II.. from Norfolk. Va. ,
rHE NEWS [ERrroMiZErr
TT*iMnctnn'ii?i..
It was announred after a meeting
>f the Cahluet that tills Government
tind adopted n waiting attitude in re.:ard
to the situation in China.
The United States Government will
raise the plague quarantine against
Smyrna sj^cty days after the Government.
therf* officially announces Stnyrtia
free from bubonic plague.
It is said that the State Department
proposes to send all our Consuls back
to tbeir posts in China at the earliest
possible moment.
ilaviug reached the age limit. Trorossor
H. T. Todd, U. S. N.. director of
the Nautical Almanac, retired from
netire sclentitie work at ?h*? JUgad of
ihe Naval Observatoryy
Onr A<lopt*t1 lalonda
ltepresentatlvos of nine political partics
in Culm met In Havana and
lirafted n dispatch to President McKinley
regarding constitutional questions
and tin* relations of Culia nn<J
the T'nited States. '
During the month of August there
were 20-1 cases of yellow f? wr reported
at Havana, Cuba, and thirtyfour
deaths. Manj' of the cases were
very mild. ;
Commander Tllley. iu charge of the
American portion of the Sainoau Islntids.
has Issued stringent regulations
prohibiting the Importation of intoxicating
liquors.
All the persons accused of compile! ?,
it, iiio iinvtiii'i rMiKtnms frauds were
acquitted.
Coventor Allen, of Porto llico. started
on a tour of the Interior. The object
if the trip i-s to learn the true conditions
ninouc the natives of the djstrlets
In which extreme poverty, if
said to exist.
llnin*atlc. ,i ' j
The lowt red price of cotton ts lar^cly
due to the arrival of needed rains
in the South Atlantic States.
According to the National Apple
Shippers' Association, the crop of >;.iipies
tliis year in the Pulled Stju-s.
Panada and Nova Seotia "will he)he
largest of any crop in the histor/ of
the country."
Attorney <Jeneral Smyth, of N't/rnska.
lie can an Inquiry in New )l'ork
Pity into tin* affairs of the Stnnlard
oil Pompnny, preliminary to tin prosecution
of the company under tl? auti
trust Inn* of his State.
The oue hundred and liftieh anniversary
of the incorporation tf New
Ipswich, N. II.. was celebrated by a
military and eivie parade. i i
IVter Leroy and Fellclto, /lis wife
aged eighty-six and eighty-tvo years,
respeetivel.v, of Oswego, N/ Y.. died
vvitliin two hours of each otler. The*
were horn In Canada.
Mayor C'npdevllle. of No* Orleans,
La., has decided to suspend/1 '1 private
watchmen as a result of,the iuetlicioney
of the police force i| the re<vut
riots. 4
11 train Kliarpe. white, wio last winter
murdered his wife. Avas hanged
at Decatur. (Sn.. repeatedSoses of morphine
giving him the Inergy with
which to meet death gn-.ily.
Deputy Sheriff Louis 'leino report*
another ltaby ar his lane. Lackland.
Ohio, the seventeenth, ft wo girls and
seven boys are living.
Mrs. Dr. Wright, talen to Watseko
from Oilman. III., nfbr the posses
fatal attempt to arrot her for mal
practice, died from tie effects of her
wounds. I
T. II. Illrgchfleld, "oniier President
of tlio Merchants' National Bank of
Helena, Mont., was icqultted of mnk
Ins fnlso reports to the Controller of
the Currency.
II. C. Ilrinker. n heatrlcal ma mi so r,
was killed nt the Cnnil Hotel, in New
York City, by filling six siories
tbrooch an air shift.
The wife and sVen-year old soli of
Samuel SheppnnV of Cliznlietli. \V.
Vn., were tn.vster,ously slain with an
axe. There is n> elew.
Oeneral Randal, commanding troops
in Alaska, has icon ordered to send
home sick and restitute miners.
iij number, frorl Cape Nome.
vDuring a stoiai at Havana. 111., an
electric light, tire fell upon seven
horses, hitched/under some trees, and
killed them a).
Thieves stop $oOOO worth of gold,
while It was red hot. from the assay
office of the ay Could cyanide plant,
at Helena. Aont.
' ' I
Foreign.
'1 nroe casta of hulionlc plague rt
Glasgow, Scotland, have been takm
In charge 1>' the medical authorities.
Itrescl, wao killed King Ilunihert of
Italy, has if tempted suicide. He shows
signs of It sanity.
The Ma k I.nnc Express, of London,
in its we kly review of the crop situation.
so-h: "The Italian wheat hnr.ost
is odcially estimated at 1 000
riuarters so 4,.'500,Oho quarters lln'ports
will lie required. The crop# III Central
Europe are up to expectation.
Russia i reports an average wheat
crop." /
Prosjretors have discovered a mountain
of/copper at llowe j?ound, within
thirty miles of Vancouver. B. C. The
are riiis five per cent.
A rfneral advance on Kumassi. African/Gold
Coast, under Colonel Willcock
1 has been ordered.
ip* uauy Mail, of London, says it
has /he highest authority for thoasser
tlon/ that Lord Roberta has already
turaeeded Ixml WoIspIpjt as Oonilunhder
lu-L'hk'f of the RriM-h nrrnV.
' here are oul> twenty one yea sola ?
>v r 100 tons Id .i'^ the Siamese uavy.
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