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eHRQNieLE s ? SKl'TlvMBKH 21). IBM. NO. ?'>?. Ill jH lift, WHICH? Specially Significant m Transvaal Situation. RHODES CHANGES HIS VIEWS PDMiiii II nis:If fn iho Sidt of the \\>r Party? Lii*land f'.is Pro?eb!\ l eased He ?* ? tendon t-.v (jabhv - A -pociai -lis roatrh frr ::i <.**^etov. n says tho.r* \:i? ???> cxt: .1 ?! '^v?i-y ? flip in the astern ' l?iy 1 ::<! ^ d>n i.ig ( h o ijrlnte <>n 'he lOCh-tv: tf'jr I I vut-j- bill. ' c(ii who hitherto hai de? .| t;,r. pu-sibility of hostilities, tj 1 14 o e'ntem^nt ? H s * ?rver?il W nif)< j accepted monoy for ilectlt purposes. from the i ra r <? v:i ! c. : \ ? i r; ni ( n t , a j t h vc h i eh I'UT.laud j:, r>. >"w < it 1]}o vevgt? of v or." III!. ?t ??, creatM A ff I'PC.t i 111 - tress:! on l.ul'T, '-pralrin-? ol the j. run ft l?i ?1. Ms. R iioclos. i ? .< n f ?. d l y mdirftfi tha' some of the Lora were practically guilty of tiTiy that they were ' supporter? 6f a \ninisterial party who lived on 'HtqPj on c.iTai ' and were nothing nicro lt?m ppi : ? leal i-CMvensor?.'' He (t-.llf'M on t ho premier to hold these in check. Thft departure of mere officers lor the. Cape and the denial of the Portu gese minister that Britain is to tul:c Dclas:a hay only de ^ volopments in th? T r a r. ivm,, s. i t 'j t i o n The enbjnftfc ministers have left town. Thrir action Triday evokes ncthin? noteworthy in tho way of com ment. The expectation that their m noting would ho followed by a border outbreak liar, so far been unfulOll^ l though r.ews vfroni Johannesburg t"lls r.I r-nreit hr>t cot assuring. In spite of the Portugese minister's ?denial, *hrrr (rood reason to bolic'e C."*at Britain will loase Dehgoa. bar. The most notable among the officers who sailed Saturday was Mnj. General French. A number of staff officers, special officers was correspondents accompanied him. Ri?bi>:ry Near Mexico Citv. Cltj ?>' Mexico. Special. ? A senpa sional v i. 1 I: cry occurred Friday in a SiUbmb of f > \ Gaar>i>oupi Va$ vj'j ez, .in old woman. So y ea t 5 of nge. living with widowed daughter. was | the victim The v.rnn.in was alone and f *mplo><?d no r-ervantf-. which i.* un neual in this country among people hav.ing property. Every one thought ihem exceedingly poor, but this was ?only apparent, for tlioy had a great Mini of money in the house, there be ing kept in a steel box fort, 000 in bank bills, the proceeds of the tale of a liaclcdna .near 'his city. Besides this sum there were many thousands of dol lars kept in the wardrobes, in stock '-p ines or net ween the leaves of book^. In bo way r.ewf, that the women had a gr*' amount of money got to the par?, of some nun who came,- in the house, and hired a large corral at its rear, for the purpose, the old woman says, of keeping pig*. Their purpose was robbery, as now appears, an'' Fri day morning, the mother being alone fn the house the~e men came and on ? he pretoi^e of having a message to deliver let in by the old woman, whom they seized and bound with ropes., They then took Hie steel box with Jthe $30,000 and decamped, but omit fed to search for other money. The women on being interrogated by the-Tioliee said they had heard that bank clerks had been stealing money from banks and th^ttjtfrcro afraid deposit their fura?fr Many arrests have been made *'10 police are < .undent they havS'Sfscovpred the rob Two Transports Arrive at Manila. Washngton, Special. ? General Otis has informed the V.'ar Department of the arrival at Manila of the transport Ohio, with the nien from" the wrecked transport Mor gan City. She left two'sick men at Na gas'cl. The City of Sydney also reached Manila, today. There were no deaths during the voyage, and but on* man deserted, at Nagaski. Grand Lodge Adjourns. Detroit, Mich., Special. ? The 75th ''annual meeting of the Odd Fellows Sovereign Grand Lodge adjourned pine die Saturday. Action was taken provid ing for .trial and punishment of any Odd Fellow who connects himself in any mannor with any insurance con cern which conducts huslness In viola tion of Odd Fellows' rules by assuming the name of Odd Fellows or otherwise. It was voted, however, that the Odd Fellows' Relief association of Canada can retail its name. A Committee wai appointed to prepare a scheme for ex-? ercit.es annually for September 20' . which is Rebekah Day. The sorer* tak fcody or der&T cutting sll supsrSaitfct #ut of its official journal of proceed* Esttstwesfs tfjiier tni Cafe." Washington, D. C., Special.? The en listment to date of soldiers In the volunteer regiments last called out Is ?,231. of wlUdx 418 were secured Fri day. The tttk regiment at Jefferson . barraefcs li? r two reglmeate ?est nam with UTf endtl ?#0* Tki two- cowt Htl ?M #U fft&fttrr kare ?aro71?d KIMIMM I? Z2? X; ; MAKING READY FOR DEWEY , *> v* > of K 4Mafe fnn th? Ratten to j Ilar.cn. New York, Special. ? From tbe Bat f fery to Harlem street. New Yu'k rhows evidence of the .preparation tor Admiral Dewey b welcome Nearly tvery office bulldipg in the business district on Broadway and downtowu thoroughfares is ^eins decorated with tlsg* bunting, rh^fld? and streamers and great enthusiasm is. djsplayc-d. 1 he adornment of private homes is not he* hind-hand. Fifth avenue, as the main route of parade present* <? busy appear* mko Ptanrls are building all along ita '??ngth. on the >tr>p^- of churches. offices and dwellings. Vacant windows bfsir h?.'g<? pictures of the admiral, coupled with the ?lgn, To I. rt ? for liewey !'ny." *%y Thr> town ir- nlready crowded ? 1th | people All the hotels ar? full r.-ud I furc!>hrd rooms are pretty well takec 1 p. I h,e reception oomrcitve has fin* a M j d v ded upon the- ordei to bo taken i.y th" cit\ officials ai d th? guests o! :ho fit In the land parad" of n?xl .S::t ;rd:i"- It is as foil* v> ^o;;ia-3 baud, battalion ci sailors i; om OJympia , Dewey and the mayor, i De^ vy's five captainr at Manila; Dew- , ?:y's r-^s3t-3l staff; Rear Admiral Samps*.n and Randolph Guggenhoimer; Vdmir-l Sampson"? rtaff: Admiral ? bilij' commandant c? the X ? v.* Yorli ? and Prcriri~r.t Woods, c' th3 board of aldermen: staff of Admiral Philip'; junior officers of tiie Olympic; mior officers of the North Atlantic/ ';uadron That, will corsplete the naval flirroa* j ion. Then v/ill ccmo the guest* oi the city in this order: Visiting Governors not accompanied tj-oops. Major General Miles and v.dfie; Roar Admiral Schley aiul -Vp'df \dno;al Mil'ev treMrcOi; ioim eonr -.(tor of. ih" uiunb'lpal assembly ?>rur!c."n nf themK sailor? of the \-;th Atlcnt-'* ?'p:"dr*n Following ? tailor? will: be tb** soldiers of t hi ?"gulT" -T'l 'be otb?T iniH'ao o>pau /"? ' ;U11S. At a meeting < f the Fnited States h Societies nf N? v.- York to-day. solution? v to adopt"'. declaring thai Viyrr.-v:. ,*> committ*"-* of officers rcp f)i j ng 1 1;< Vo:out<o]- waih-d P'-n j <;? r (i?"tif rai Une. grand in n ? "i'iI ? ' ' *'1 "ad", and " \'"d fid w "io , ? ? il . pt;i < , , '!!?? v. ( ' : iv ; ;;pil 'A' '"i *t : ! ? ti '?? f b>f>.? it' I Ui:< fi} r.\ idi'- i- it in'i It", til' tii1 Irinli \ < ! mtters. rr:-?nt lb" siniMi-t dic* vi!Minat ion a;- i.-; : A mil* '.!:?? ircijivnl (.f 1 1 1 r- |khi i|" (i* ,i position in 1 1 > '"* line of n:ai -h a- jdni'ver:-. and fcliow-citi 7n!s ,,f Uu- b'.-rei of .d;j>iiia. \<'tniral Innsi?al is 'or Ironis Jiatc War. I.ondcn. By Cable.? A special <i i p :iatch from Pretoria sr?ys that the ncnibcrs of $ho Volkfrand. believing ;hat the British notes are intended (o ira 1 n time fnr the roc cent ration oi '.roups, urge that the government ad journ th*' Raul immediately and to ?".id Great Britain a v. (fie declaring iii.it future mabJllzHtlontVill be regard ed as an unfriendly act The forces, earthworks and sand-beg defences arc being erected in all the available ap proaches to the capital. Shai^xk in a St rmy Sea. New Vork. Special. ? l%tft stili ? ast eriy breez^ that rilrtde th? wafer -Jumpy off Sandy Hook, Sir Thomas 'Lipion's y^c'ii Shamrock sailed one r>f t lio nioet satisfactory trial spins she has yet had. There was not much windward work in 'ft. but th^ wind abeam she covered th'1 distance from Scotland lightship to a mark oJT Elberon. in one hour, eight minutes. The r?"-a< li back was made in one hour, twelve minutes, or at the' rate of nearly 12 mile* an hour. The yacht carried her cJ:ib topsaJl throughout the trial, although her lee rail was often awash ?6lh Sails for .Manila. San Francisco, Col.. Special. ? The Twenty-sixth Regiment, United States Volunteers, called Monday for Manila, on the transport Grant. In addition to Lhe Twenty-sixth the Grant carried 250 recruits of various regimen's, together with nurses and hospital corps men. >revlousty assigned to the Red. ex, which ?v ill sail fcvfM i:i the next feu- day? fren> Guam Manilla. Bombarded Olangapo. Manila." By Cable. ? The Lnitcd Slates cruiser Charleston, the naouttor Monterey, the gunboat Conec/d and the supply ship Zaflrfc, attacked Olau gapo, on Sublg bay. The warjhips, after briskly bombarding Olangap.j, landed 2 0 sailors, who destroyed the .nsurffont position. One Americar. was wounded. Woolen Mills O-s royed. . . Owenaboro. Kr.. Special. ? The plant Df the Owensboro Woolen coa[?my ss> dcat ?G?cd by fire i late baur. Lo?& $1,000; insurance, 145.000. ' Wreck ef'ffce f ic?foel?. Pervt-aeol*. FU-. Special.? The cap tnio erf # the, schooner Amy Nixon re port-. that he bar. twice recent!., pern lite wreck o? wbat he supposed i Cdwartb. * teh6oiter frem Pase* a-ftfcb wco6?tered the burr > Attfwfcl ??? baa ne.-rer been frwDjffcce THe wreckiMrepoffed U wiifce Mmibeaet T>jr "ic5t5~w5Ti?" MaUM Mtf St tvn? Idtretf ? <Jiaiore:? Mifrtcttm to ranli Mittep ?wt i# mm*** in mini More Funds Asked For Ry Telo graph THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE j lla*c So Far Contributed hut the ; Committee Asks for $50,000 To h: i Built n Waihinxton ? e ? Washington, l>. C , Special. A mni meeting of the lieucy national lion.o ' fund committee w;jp held at the ofii-^ of tli<* Secretary of t!u* Treasury V'rl clay. An account of str^k tik>n ami plans perfected for closing Uir inscriptions. hefor* the arrival in, New York of Admiral Dovev. fii*- ? commit Ipt1, coinpoaed of A^dotant Secretary of th? Tre:mn\v VandcvMp, Assistant. Po tmastcr General licatli, ' Assistant Secretary of the Navy Alien. Adjutant General Corhin and l nihil States rjcftt-tirer Ellis II. Roberta, \* ^r all present. At iln> conclusion of lite! THE RETURN OF "THE THIRD ADMIRAL." The flagship of ViroiraJ Dewy h* the l?nt ? i p nfrpe:jr<vl on li'-t boin^wir l v>y or?, with the Admiral's ftti;: flunj.: to tho brc mretinn ilio rouuuitloo reuiic.sti .1 l'.n- 1 A.sf-oclatcrt F't'-hs in publish l lie f<?!- ) lowing: "Tli?' I'f-ury national hOlllO I*.;'-. J ; commit too has j vroivcd ? yiitrilr.il i'm . : ll<<n? about 30.00l? rUlzon*. rojfkr4f>eul i hjl; I every State and territory In the liijon. ! These aggregate $27,06b, exclusive of j the contribution* rccei-wd this mom- I ins. The fund should be increased! to at least. $30,000 to enable! the committee to purefcaso a lioni<- j at the capital of tho nation, which will be a crerlit to the gi v- : ers and a, pride to to tie* hero of Man- 1 11a Bay. Admiral Dew??y has Indicai- 1 ed to tho committee a ?iesiro to make Washington his permanent home. Here as the ranking offVxr of the Unit ed states navy, he wifl f?pend the re mainder of his life. 'Wie admiral has | indicated bis grateful appreciation of the Intention of the Ajneriran people i to present him a home ami -he will a?'- J cept it in the spirit in wliich it is giv en. 'l'ho committee mutt closo. ib? subscriptions befuvo the ?mil -of tho next week, -before the jnrival of Art n::ral Dewey, ?ind will b& pleased 1o i*p- ! ceivo ami acknowledge. by the Issuing of a souvenir receipt, any contribu tion.-?. A home will be purchased with whatever funds the commit tee may ( have at the *^nd ot next week. The time 1s now ?o rhcrr. that the commit-, j t^e suggests that those who desire to; make an linmedtete success of -this; work by making liberal contributions to irdirat" tho?r tvi?hea by telpg?. n to Hon. -Kill? II Roberts. 1 r.lted Siates Treasurer, Washington, P. C. who isire?iMjrer of the fund, and to r~ mit by first mall." Simpson Hosted Off the Stajfr. Wichita. Kan*.. Special. ? Ex-Con gressman Jerry Simpson was hooted ( off th?> platform here, while addrrp.-ing a local G. ,A. B reunion. Mr. Slmpyn said: "T glory in the spunk of Aguin aldo s men.1 Th'-y are simply fighting j to regain the lann the Catholics took] from them \ Keeping the Wires Hot. Pretoria. By Cjble.? President Kru- : qer ha* been In telegraphic confcrence with President ^toyu. regarding the rituation, and th$ decision of the Haad j of tho Orange F^eo State is awaited j with Interest, barge numbers of local j Danes, Germans, Frenchmen, Holland ers and Americana have offered their , services to Commandant General Jon- j bert, In the event of hostilities. Tae elder Burghers still fail to see the ground* of a cata#^ belli. hut. if Mr. Chamberlain mams what they would ; characterize as "hnmlli&tlng demands," such as, for instance, disarmament, war woold be inevitable. Aaother Georgia Oetngc Gal nearl lie, Ga., Special. ? Two un* know? negroe* are surrounded In a j swamp near the southern end of the; county. A poeee with Winchester!. I shot gun* and blood Hounds are In , pursuit. They are charged wk* ertml- ! aally aseahltln* a daughter t>f Wm Woffcn!. a prominent- citizen of tbr j j^LPt^They ^ce^ted theyosirff to a fititi scar her aoms/aod fitc.i 71*7 Md Mtf t&f : ALL 10VHV AT JOIO. Militai * Pent* tstah.'ishcd at * Number << I 1*1 tes. MaiKi.v By Cable 'iVuoral Ba*e u turned (rem Jo lo Fiiday morning a n \ r<pcj s everything qiuot and oonditlno* satisfactory. 9c:v:x) military pa* : r: have been ee:ab!i*hqtj at diflVrf.it prints in t iie archipelago. ?Captain Stay's company of <rho 231 re^s Inter.-' w a < ??nt to the Syrs-M. an I C.jpnit^ Pap: ay's company rf t t?o jair.o : 1 niorit went to frv>ngoa, <he tnulh rninn?st part of Tawltal. The Movo> sic f.iondiy t > A nigricans. mi tho peo p! "? of ?yisj-i art! F:nboa wore glad ? ? 1 ho ?: v Cmu:h1 Fates wont to f\ k- i i n i.'io Wvktowu. W h Pit tho i:c.i;.n landed and the flu; was raised ami ; aii:tt-il. tho Chinese inhabitant^ i'??|V?mU>?l v.i.ii a g;e*t display of ilrfc work?. K.ilvJ and .lokanlne, l)atos who arf unfriendly to tho Sultan of Tolo, have r. * vol bogun th*ir threatened rebel - linn. C cn oral Mat os touched nt Zambo iMip.a. There has been n small row | : noj-o. lisit t Mr* Mon* sr? friendly wi'h I !>i;Mi Ainvili :"!!). and iu.uiHcnt . 1 Union V \JiH salii bo n, <>u(m snv|?rl? ?"<! ;v") 1 1 -towns (ti th<* PtinpaiigH ri*. or j !i?* of he." ::;>:h? and raptured a f?'\v rifU'., I h*-y ??xchmgod Fhotn i.li Mi c I'lifiiiy, hut neither e.ido unlf'Tcd 'any loss. This 4? t hp firRl action iu which the 'Maccabebe-s, who arc friend ly to the Americans, have participate 1 Hospital Burned. j Norfolk. Va.. Ppcclal. ? The main building of St. Vincent's Hospital, an instHutJ'C'ii conducted by Catholic Hit ters of St. Vincent de Paul, was burn ed Thursday moming. The bodies nf f;:ur inmates were recovered from the i ruins today. he dead are: Mrs. i White and Mrs. McKwen, both of Nor folk; -Mls-a Pippin. Tarboro. N. C\, and ; Cherry" Bazeinrre. aged three, also of Nor ill Carol Inn. T'i? Injured are: i Thcina^ Barrett. fireman; Miss Kate | Do lain, Washington, nurse: M<!ra Ter ; ? j>a <Jla.>s-, Richmond, Va., nurse-. Sev j oral others were lers severely injured I There were no tire escapes upon Mi* I building, and when 'he flames and | smoke made it impossible to ?&."cnd i the ?:airway the imperiled inmate, j weni upon the roof and cried for h'-dp F'reimn. j-olice. pnivate citizens an*' inr-:i of the t'nited States -marine corp? | r-om the Norfolk navy yard rescued ih?jm at grc.it ri.-i'. l.'i'.-s abnu* $2f"V oo?\ insurance al?o-jt $10,000. Rrc\itic?. At Cerrdo. \V. Va., Wednesday n:'; :? nr r.i the contents a cannon at a .? >:) die rs' reunion pts'ed through a cr.ic) rf a Huntington and Big Sandy t.-nn. More than a half dozen persons w-,rc injured by flying missiles and broHtn Harry Zeg'er, of Huntingt- u. and Mrs. Henry Saiith. of Central City i were badly hurt- Every window of the roac.b was broken. Tho cannon had been packed with gravel. Delegates to tl*? convention of it)" League of American Municipalities at Syracuse were late in as&sm 'tiling. Prior to the session of representatives of Charleston, S. C., Atlanta and Peoria, Hi., bucled themselves in roll citing support of the claims of tb? ir re3pcctlve cities , for the convention next year. Sedretary Gllkecou an nounced that forty mayors have regis tered. and 114 cltle3 1iavc reprsscnta t'on at titf convention. Jchn R. Gentry won the race with Jce Fatcfcen Oklahoma City O. Wednesday in tro straight heats. Tunc 2:09 an <1 2:07 The pacers were handicapped, thfc haif-<mlle track being an Inferior nffax. A crowd of 3,0fif persons witnwied the yen t. KoMtffrwi f Hater, t . Cumberland. 'Hd.. Special. ? The i#s >ldcn.*e of Afcsdom Ket1cr. & m!*&v : rkrmer, aged 84, living We Werf ! Virginia *lde ef f=he Tlrer, near P*w p?w.w? t dhwfvered <m~9r+. at I o'clock Prtdgy tnoralnr- ' Neighbor? honied to tb? aad -were borr'-fl^rt And Kester and Albert <3 row, hi# _Mred mw>, Hfelegs In iM y?r?T the nvUMknptr. Anna V ;3?*n. rru murdarw, tot km Mf coarjmr* i? a*.***, f Din irof in. Har^h'p Olympia is Now to Pori <it New York. THE AO Ml HAL A HAPPY MAN. Feci*. Uniost S.iddcne l at the Mafa tiule ol His Creeling ? Was Vol i \pctt d 1 ? I T ? o f>3\ * I al-jr. N*mv Y?? Special ? \dntirnl lieorgt lVwcy arched oft Now York fit dawi> rucMlny and !>??-? obnipi". is now anchored In American waters in tiic lljib' ff Sindy Ho;ik . lite tirst shout of welcome v ;?? from the pilots and crow of ?l. pilot " boat X >. 7. 1 r. mlbs south of the Hook lightship li hap pened to bo Pilot .loh;i Peterson turn. find at a . 3d ? m he wits put n board the Olympia and brought ? around Ihe Hook into the low or hay. the marine observers along 'be coast bad sighted the Olympia In the first light of the morning. 1 bo shore hat tf.y ip3 (!f Fort Hancock, manned by gunners railed from breakfast, lot loose seventeen puns. The flagship re plied v.'Jth twenty-one guns and lot droj> H^r anchor not far from whore tho cup challenger Shamrock is moored. Tho admiral was in bis ova. country again after 23 months ab fctnee. Tha pilot bud brought aboard Sunday papers and a reporter of tbo Associated Press was received by tin admiral in a cabin littered by the llbj.-r Lratecl Dewey edition?, which, together made hundreds In black and white and in colors, fll concerning the great ad miral and the preparations miidn i;> re ceive. him. ' It almost *addent> tuc," ho raid. M?e what my people are doing for m<\ 1 lie pride and gratification it- linnien.-e and 1 Cannot express the approbation I ford. I did not know, I did t,ol really perceive tint i I this morning, the r-pin did welcome tint' my count rytnen arc civ i ii k me Tho governors of ninny State-- o to roming to .mm- iup, ;inti troops from Honda, (rcoruin and other far avsy States aro on Hour way to lal.c pgrt in receiving nm " Admiral Dewey stroked tho head !' a eawnov-hcad dog. this Cho'.v tit.); .if a c liiif i> breed, that appears in tin illustrated inlervleM ;; with the Adioi ral. "Hob, lit ?*<"?." lie r-.;? i . > . ",i. ,in' v, .;|t, I |o vf'.ncf! t:? lie a hni'e. IH' is m- k fti yet* a little grass and to i-? ;? m - per around. 1 feci h good deal thai way myself. I am mighty glad togft Iwune. ,-lt iM not good for a man art" inore/rfnan a tier, to live on tdilphoird for' LT. monthi-." The admiral *aid thai he lelt tired, but be did not Icok to. Hi* complex ion is a clear bronze, it is hazel eye; bright, h's bearings brisk and rither aunty. Some deep linos are under lie eyes and around his month, but his *oice is singularly clear and pleasant. The admiral's whole pre-ence Ih that of h man In Ills fullest powers. His manner is gentle and kind, but he is exceedingly wary and did not permit himnelf to wander off info politiCRor to exercise those positive view's, he no doubt holds about the Philippines ttjrtfl American affairs there. His attention was brought tointerviews In whlc.h he Is described us going rather f.ully Into the character of the Filipinos nnrl their fitness for .--elf-government. "I cannot stand for any interview giving my opinions on political .subjects and the Philippine:-.. I dosown and view's ascribed to me on those subjects." A Vancouver, B. C., dispatch says. A terrible fire Is In progress at Rom laiul, B. C. High winds afce blowing flames ov?>r the whole c|ty, \ The son of General Sangullly, and the oth*?r young Cubans who recently Invaded the -fipanlsh fVjrk's ' Club, In Havana, and hauled do^i the Spanish flag, have been nrrestr*?/ and ar* now .in Jail a waiting aenten/e. fount A.rnim, a son of the famous adversary of the late T'rince Bismarck, was arrested Tuesday on hip estate at Nissenheide, rharged with s dishonest manipulation as a director of the Na tional Mortgage and Credit Company, of Stett'.n. At Dubuque, Iowa. Tuesday. Judge Shlrae established a precedent In bank ruptcy law. H<* beia that one member of a firm can file a petition and have other members declared bankrupt if good and sur'iclent cause is Riven. If the party alleged to be lyinkrupt does not centcst then the prayer of the peti tioner will b<! granted. Tho aviation In Clay county. Ky.. i very ferlbus. The trial of the Griffin*, Chadwells and Barneiio for the killing of Wash Thacker, was again postpon ed. Two bands of forty armed man caob of tho Philpcts, wont to Mnndies teiv all heavily armed. ..n unexpect edly large force of Orlflln? arc tl*jr that town well equipped win v.'Sr. carter rifle*. The Jail |r beinc fiardeV by a force. a* the Griffin? cliim that tUe J* . will be attacked and an. effort made to lynch the eight Inmate, member* of their faction. & ? ? ^ L Wrcck on C 4 0. Richmond. Va? Special. ? Cheaii pecke AvOhlo passenger (rain Xo. 1 rar into nu open switch near Whit/- Sulphur ?grlng*, Monday night, and Mru-k u freight train landing on t?re Mdit/x damaging both engfna* Hsb?rt Garri #08* % tramp, riding between the er ? wad tn4*fi wm ? MU?4 ? C'#i?p*l ? ptrnngn n? tbr$im tHm ?" . btrtti ui wiitilnetf ? broftta iff. to tottf?***# urMi w* wtJMv*' I WW#. THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, 1 he South. Th? .Morgan Jincr F"] ( id will t <? launched on October 7 at Newport V;j Congressman Amos J. C utuuiiugft f 1 1 1 ?>f* hir- bicycle along the Susquehanna Klver and fractured one of his legs . Willlaru A Franz. a professor in Ox ford College, Covington, C?a., com mitted suicide by hacking fifteen vein.* wlth a knife W illiam and Charles tioldion, broth* era, fought a duel with corn Knives near New Albany, K> . and both '? r- ? now in a precurlou* condition. M i 1 1 ?? Ki*. ?'f Tennet-soe. Alabama and Kentucky want i > effect a combination with the Now York syndicate. Ibey rlalhi present prl< are ruining them riatlnum worth #lsr> a ponnd and running live to s|\ pounds* to ihe ton haF brer discovered in the Oupple Mill gold mine, near Hot Springs. Ark. At Newport New ; Tuesday T. ft. L*wis. a carpenter working between dec'.s en tJje Morgan liner 101 Wio, lo t his balance and foil, receiving injuries whirth resulted in his death a few hours afterwards. In a no: her put of the yard a few minute? Inter, Carey Tay lor, a laborer, fell from a scalfu'd above the Morgan liner I") Cid. dying shor'ly aftonvird* from his Injuries Tltc North Two hundred tailors went on etrlk? at Detroit. Mich . for 10 per cent In crease In waces. Samuel faunn cbok**d to death while eating a sandwich at Vnnck's Hotel liurton vllle, N V. The estate of the Into Emmons Plain wa? probated at Chic niro Monday, lie \ 1' 't wcoprjty worth $:?o/ion T eil* p s* -nf or* tve -e rn iv nr ferlousi/ injured by l!ie o\ turniii,. a trolley car near Prince's Curve. C'nrthage. Me. The body of Hejto Bavliie. aged U\ was fonnd. weighted down. In Hehelani Klver . ne?r Dlllamook. ore. she loo! been a-u oi I ted Th? Pacific Coast biscuit C.unpam has pa)d $100,000 toward the |>ur? h;o? price of seven erafker and candy far. tor'.e? on the slop'v The l'nifed Hoys' Hrigadc |., holding n convention ;if Host on. Man:., with delegate: present from Pennsylvania New York, New Jersey, Connecticut Illinois, rdas-iichti etln and Maine. The third tria.l of William 11 Pou Inn fur bank robbery. at Nap, uuc, Oio . resulted In hi'., acrjn.tl'il. The widow and two f?om< of Charb. \ Pills-bury, of Minneapolis. Minn, who died intestate, have asked for :id niln) -trators of 'he ??slate ol $i;tni,0nn. Former Major Kainsdell. of l.ynn. M.k-s., has dei lined t he. Democrat I." nominal but for State Audltoi. saying the tiiket is ;i creature of t )i?- Cienrjl" Fred Williams machine. William J. Hums. A sistant Clilef i t ;h'' Culled Stales Se? let Service. Is seriously ill at Onlumbir--. () . of ;if< p'Mldif it is. Ill'' American A-K < iaiinn of I ravel ing P.ieoi;;. r A*e.|?l'? h id .1 meeting at H?;nver <"oi.. < ?',< tun*. t lie fo||o\ Iflg officer?: President, f*. W. 1 .^i^cnl.':,': vice president. W. I?. Wyaml: aecrciaty and treaeurcr, Sidney W. VauduKen. Old Point Comfort, Vn., was chosen as the next plncc of meeting. The single ponll race between .lain' ft A. Ten Ivyck of Worcester, Mass aiid John Prrnnan, of Halifax, for a side was rowed Wednesday afternoon on Halifax. N. S., n. heavy wind and rain storm prevailing, and Ten Eyk woi{ by a length. Time, 23:17. 'I he alow timo was caused by the water be ing very rough. f orcijrn. A Vancouver Ol. theatrical pro prletor bus offered Captain Dreyfurf $1,000 a day to lecturR one year in Europe and Ani'Tlea. Huron Russell. of Klllowrti, Lord Chief JusMee of Englnnd; Lord Charles Roresford. Mir Right Hon. Arnold Mor ley and Lord Mlrlo. CJovornor General of Canada, will ho gurrla of Chicago, October JV Fmallpox in th<-> Thirty-first Volun teer In ran try will prevent. tb^ regi ment's Immediate shlummit *-> MAtiib. Kaiser WIIlK-lm !:? an cry :ii <b" }Vr lln {mini .-in.ility f? r refusing to re movo r.un .harklf buildings luor the royal en<-t|?> Expcrtf from Havana dtuing A ? gust, usually ??onsidered thR pooreat month r f tli<? year. rear-hHI Strlkeis have? tied up Munlch'rt street rnr system. Keren! floods destroyed the Trinee Regent. brldrr" n* Miirfr'h. which roii Stockholm re-Qlftcttd >. 21 out of 22 Liberal vandldatos to Sueeden'a Seeor.d Chamber of rile Riksdag The Oar and Cr.arina. of Russia, are. guests of Mie Grand Duke of J7e.:fie. Max Regie, former Mayor of Algiers, and a notorious Jew-haiter, has fled from his villr for some port In Spain. H'tccilatifou* Pri\ato Holland, of the Ninth Ca% - airy, a hero of SaD Juan, wan killed?)* his horse falling on him. EnllHm^nts 'n volunteer rep.uj^Dt* to date aggregate 9 231 The Navy Department will adapt the army rifie. or what i.nowx as .the K#?r. J'^tsenK^n. ^ order sending Hittcri* N O. XT**# \rtv<rr.'. from ihc Dtois: meni.of th<* Ka*?. to Cuba, has rcTofced. v tandtrnr atitp lr?a?t t?# fw <jjhl?W*.e. nor at Manila, ^rlll depend upon military eapwlwney. which will if* flciermioed by Genera! Otis. . The United State? government has consented, In 9 friendly ?*y. to took aTter th? Interest* ft* thr WmnnTi tfcjv vir* in Vet*eru*l? dnringytba progrvir of the pending reYoiutlon. } mt Jpevwi ?f?nun?l Muni* rune if sew mm. nd % 3m tmmstm bop* (? mnr* mh ~r~ - - __ ? ? I WEEKLY CHOP BULLETIN. fathering of Crops \buuf Ov'f ? Vo More Ballet ins Vii Season. Columbia. S. C . Sort. 26. 18M. The week ending Monday. SepWm t>er 2?. 1S9P, averaged about three ae grces per day cooler than usual, with minimum temperature* low enough for light frosts In spots over the extreme western oountleo and In exposed locall* tics in a few central counties. Th? frosts were not heavy enough to do ;in\ damage There was a maximum temperature of 8S degrees at 131ack \ille and Yemaisee. and a minimum of bt degrees nt Greenville, for tho week There were frouuent light to heavy I .- bowers over the entire State on tho ISth. I'.Mh and "nth. hut tho rainfall was in ewoss of one Inch at n few points only. Ideally theiv were heavy winds wblth blew on! aomo open rot ton which in turn was muddled and stained by the heavy rains; otherwise the rains were not damaging, and they were generally beneficial, supplying enough moisture for growing crops and lining tho M>il fur plowing for small groins. Sonie oats, rye and barely have al ready been gown, but this work has only begun. Tho contemplated acre age of wheat is larger than usual. Cotton continues to open freely a-nd picking tuado favorable progress. Nearly all tho bottom and middle crop holla arc already open, uud plclLiug will be finished earlier than usual. /Cher* i? a heavily fruited growth reported from many localities, but tho unani mous opinion Ik that there bolls can not mature. Sea Inland cotton has im proved slightly since list week, and picking has bccomo active. rtome <? 1 1 was housed during the v.rei; ?nd late I'oddt r guthorcd. There 1? yei much rum thnt will rcqulro two tujijM nbf.orro of fro i t. to ma I ure. iVas have improved generally ill >ilie ;;rowt'i. but i-i pla^oa nro not frui'lng well M'.eit bay ?>f various [ Kinds rut and nicely cured during i iho v.r-fi,- Minor irups, over the en I i re J-'tate. are iiuv very promising and with I In* Mbvrn;i! if fro:t to the usual date, i her" will bo an abundance food and forage nvp; made, and it it* lint improbable lliul tin- rtapl*> erop> win jri?:n :dx?w i>"( t ?*r wnlii. than here tofore nntf- ipat'-d Xule. Tbl? nnnib'T concludes tbe i.*Hie of these bullet in" for ihe season of JSJP. correspondents will please d ireont I uue their weekly reporUv .1. VV. l|kl l3R. Section ldrcctor. Palmetto Nolo*. \ conimiEbipnCtg^ a charter ba? been i-^iKri in the/ Fork Shoalo Cotton Mill ?Company. of Folk Shoals. The cor porators named are \\". I'. Nesblt, of Piedmont; \V. A. Hoss^of Fork Shoals; Henry Brlgc;;, and .T. I. West, of Green ville, and F. M. Austin, of Fork cJhoalsNv^ The capital stork of tho company Id to be $50,000, The work on the Seaboard Air tilpe la progressing rapidly. The laying >f tho rock for the bridge over tho Qon- " gareg River has started, and now that the foundation has been placed work will go ahoad rapidly. The contracts ' for the entire route hare beon placed with sub-contractors, and the men are now 0* tho sections wjth large forco* of men. Although ft Would appear to be out of the question and among the things Impossible of accomplishment, the Seaboard Air Line people expect to have tho road between Columbia and Cheraw In operation by the first of the year. Washington, !> C , Spf*-iaI.-Tlwe? llftnrenla tiaturday number Otl, ante*. . ins * total of 5.843 for thB**q&r?zm& Imenu. The fir? leading jagajWft the thirty -t&gfctlx, Jegerasi TTiiiiiiM'^ 1.213, BOP! tfrat* ?w??k; Tfeb&diBtfc; '~ipi Tort Crook. Neb.. f,lt); Puil ?j? ijMj A Steamer Stranded. Beaufort. N. C., Special. ? The stoam . or. City of Jacksonville, Fla., stranded / on the beach six nilcs south of Ports mouth. N. C. A heavy eea is rolling ?ind KOijtliwest winds uro prevailng. Tho orerv was Paved. New Type of Battleship. Washington. D. C., Special.?Th? na val rnglneera have projected plans for the now battleships, which, if adopted, v/iil provide n n entirely novel type for ?he navy. The purpose 1? to have these ships combine in themselves the good qualities of battleship and armored cruisers. The aim will bo to'&ave the highest po'sible speed for such ships In rases 20 knots per hour. New Scale of Prices. ^ Philadelphia. Pa., SpeclaL?The cot ton Spinners' Association, whloh hae been holding meetings since laat Fri day 'has has adopted a now scale -Of prices, as follows: Two-ply warps: 8-3, 12 1-2 cents: f-2, 12 cents; 10-2; 12 1-2 cents; 12-2. 15 cents; 14-2. IS 1*3 tents: 10-2, 1 4 cents; 20-2, IS 1-2 easts; 22-2, 15 8-4 cents; 24-2, lg cents; 2f-2, 16 1-2 tknts; 30-2, 18*1-2 cents; SlSgl* warps from I cent to-il-4 csnts toss ? than this scale; two-ply jkeln, t-9 I mtm than Jh& ?c*ir>L. single., akem. i ctgi lv?& than this' sole.