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NINE WERE KILLED. Systematic Murder of Missionaries in China. CONSULS ASK FOR PROTECTION. V lhe Situation in China Is Alarming and Will Tax to the Utmost the Re? sources of That (iovernmont, ? ? ? , ? ? Washington. 1). C.. Special.? Such advices as havCreachod hero indicate that tl?? situation in China has as sumed a very critical phase, and ouo calculated lo tax the ej^l re resources v>f the Chinese government. The State Department has heon in close com mujilo^lon with Mj fy Conger, our minister at Pekln, and the Navy De partment in doing its share, having placed the flagship Newark as far up the river as the Takn forts, which is the nearest point to Pekin that the ""V "WW ?xvn . rue oprrarinna oT tlie Boxers" are increasing in magnitude. Their demonstrations are no longer local, and they appear to be governed in their movements by some well set tled designs. They have murdered nine Methodist missionaries In one province, at the town of Paehow, and have closed in on Pekln. Meanwhile, the Chinese army is suspected of dis loyalty, this belief being strengthened hy wholesale desertions of tho soldiers to the "Boxers." Minister Conger has appealed to the State Department for the protection of ft marine guard for his legation. The Department lias promptly cabled him an authorization to call upon the near est United States naval vessels for as sistance. It is not known yet whether he has availed himself of tho perrnis , nlon. The embarrassing feature of the . situation is the cutting of ihe com* inunicatlon "by rail between Taku and Tien Tsln, and the rapital. for the Box era have burned the railroad bridges, aud there aro probably only two courses open to the marines who wish to reach Pekin ? a long overland march througn a hostile country away , from supports, or a tedious voyage up the swift and shallow Pel Ho in shorn boats in tow of steam launches. According to report, tho ChinesV government has done every tiling in its power to meet the demands of the dip lomatic body at Pekin for the disper sion of the Boxers, but it appears that the uprising Is far more serious than was at first apprehended', and even the resident 'ministers at Pekin are in clined to admit that the ,i*sk is not an easy one for the Chinese govern ment dS^o far all of the measures taken by tHe State Department look to the simple protection of the American legalon at Pekln, the American con sulates In the vicinity and the lives of such Americans as may be obliged to take refuge therein, in til event of general rioting. The Stat/ Depart ment is closely adhering to the prac tice it has always observed of non-in terference in these Chinese disturb ances, and it i3 not contemplated that our naval forces shall take any part in the contest between the Chinese government and the Boxers, though it is assumed that Rear Admiral Remey, the c?Vmander-In-chief of the Asiatic .station, will . take steps to supply Rear Admiral Rempff, the senior squadron commander, with such naval force as he may need for safe* girding American Interests at the treaty ports. For Associate Justices. Washington. I). C.. Special. ? The President sent the following: nomina tions to the Senate: Brigadier Gen eral Otis to be major general, June l?j, 1900, vice Merritt, to he retired on that day. Court of Private Land Claims Jos. B. Fed, of Iowa, to he chief jus-' tire. To he associate Justice, -Thomas C. Fuller, of North Carolina; Win. W^* Murray, of Tennessee; Henry C. Sluss, of Kansas; Wilbur F. ?tone, of Colo rado; Thomas H. Norton, of Ohio, be "consul at Harput, Turkey. A The War In the I'hilipplnes. . Manila. By Gable. ? Major Henry T. j Alien, of the Forty-third Infantry, 0 while scouting from Catbalogairf; Island of Samar, May 9. drove a prty of insurgents from the vnllcys. Vour Americans^ #verc killed, including lieutenant W. H.~ Evans fjohn fT. Evans), Wlio was slain while gallently leading a charge against the entrench ments. -Eleven of the enemy were killed and four were wounded. IpMUl/ The uwiauitou the fottowla* mUkmt, W. D. 6rill?h Army's Advance. London, by Cable. ? The effective ness of the British invasion of the Transvaal is furtiior emphasized by the news from Pretoria of the occupation of Zeerust and the advance on Lich ten burg. Apparently the British drag net will be drawn through the ^K-ansvaaL as It wm in a similar manner hauled ttmmffh the Free State. The fighting at the Klip river Sunday, reported from from Pretoris, was presumably done hy qwals Frwch and Mammon in forcing their way round to the north ward of Johannesburg. THROUGHOUT Tllfi COUNTRY. ,j r 1 he South. Tha Tenth annual reunion of tho Prilled Confederate Veterans began In Louisville, Ky,, on Wednesday, with t ho largest attendance of any mooting yet held. A few days ago. John iioyd, a fanner In Darlington eounty, S. C., had a quar rel with a negro on bis place mid tied him up and whipped bin) Jloyd was at supper when he was dhot dead. A crowd of men with blood hounds are on the track /of the murderer. The ne gro who was whipped i.s supposed to have done the killing. A number of Friends i'i mi llaltimotv held services in the old Quaker Mett ing Houso at York, Pa., the site for which was donated by a son of Wil liam Pen n. A dtiel to the death was fought by Emmet Coy and Honlfacio Perez, cowboys, in Hidalgo County, Texas, with rifles, both men fulllng^n their tracks. Chief Justice Hazelrigg. of Ken tucky, has given out a statement pos!. tlvely declining to enter the race lor t!i? Demwrntjc nominat-ion fur tw?v ernor, leaving Governor Heckhnm as the only candidate. ) The North. Strong expansion sentiment was shown at a mass-meeting In Detroit, Mich., in connection with the Ameri can Haptlst missionary anniversaries. James Fitzharrls and Joseph Mullet, Irish I inducibles, were excluded from this country by New York Immigra tion officials and will he deported. It is reported that former Senator David R Hill will exert every Influence tc turn New York against Bryan In convention. Kansas necda 20.000 men to gather its record-breaking wheat crop. Ii ving Johnson, colored, and Devy Parsons, white, arc supposed to have been drowned in Whist Pond, at Tor rington, Conn. An indictment, charging Faith a f!il liam, a domestic In the family of Dr. M. J: Ambrose, with having put poison in their food, has been reported by tho Grand Jury, at Cincinnati, O. A contract for the construction of a breakwater at San Peuro, California, has been awarded to the California Cwiif traction Company at $2,37.r?,000. The original contract was annulled. I Foreixn* The Boers in Northern Natal show signs of active opposition to General Btiller. A British foici.- is reported- to nave lost heavily in an effort to break the siege lines at Comasslc, Ashantl. Hocialists observed the anniver sary of the Commune by a parade in Paris. A state almost of anarchy, clue to (lie agitation by the "Boxers," prevails in parts of China. Army officials in Havana deny the. charge of having lived extravagantly. The Socialist candidate, lierr Suedekum, was re-elected to the Reichstag at Nuremberg. The (lerman East Africa Steamship Company will Increase Its capital by >1,000,000 for new ships. The Gorman torpedo flotilla Is now proceeding slowly down the Rhine, and will arrive at Rotterdam June 9. Wholesale exportation of coollc3 from China to German colonies Is ad veated by Ilerr Eugene Wolf, the great explorer. Miscellaneous! v The Postofflcp Department denies the truth of the reports that postal em ployes sent from Washington to Porto Rico drew salaries from both offices. Twelve contract surgeons now with the army In the field are to be trans ferred to tho regular army with' the rank of first lieutenant. Tho French Panama Canal Com pany has received orders from Paris to reeumo work on a largp scale. Tho new Philippine Commission has arrived In Hongkong on Its way to Manila. Representative Lents proposes to print 30,000 eople? of the testimony in the Cocur d'Alene investigation. F. R. Stackablo has been appointed by the President Collector of Customs for the dlstjifl of Hawaii. LI Hung Cfcfcng has been confirmed In the Vice Royalty in Canton. Charles Moore, clerk of the Senate District of Columbia Committee, has been made a Ph. D., Columbia Uni versity, for a book entitled "Tho Northwest Under Three Flags." Robbers got f 10,000 worth of Jewelry from M. Perrot's shop, in Ihe Palais Royal, Paris, on Friday night. Lemons and oranges from Tax* An geles, Cal., were kept perfectly fresh In a cold storage voyage of 8,000 miles to Paris. The Dukes of Fife and Argyll and Earls of Hopetoun and Jersey are men tioned for F/rlernted Australia's Vice royalty. After three years of married life Kn, Lina Rogers, years old, sifts for divorce at St. Louis, Mo. F?aring aanatattoft In Eastern twil*? KIbi Alexander hsa given up hi* tow of cofccflttUo? The Batten of Morocco has dopoctd IN TOTAL ECLIPSE. Gorgeous Spectacle Witnessed By the I Scientists. PERFECT DAY FOR OBSERVATION. I l.*** | Many Interesting P?s?:urei Discover ed by Astrua mors ?Sudden Tcm? | perAture Changes. Wadsboiy, N. C., Spe lal.-Tho cdlp c of tho sun, uh observed in \Vado>boro, j Monday, was of a very satisfactory character, _all conditions helmi as Ono ; n? could have been desired by the most j enthusiastic scientist; The condition?) I wore absolutely perfect and the astron- ? omors and scientific men had only one ! thinf; to complain of, and that was by i some slip of moon calculations ihey i Were cheated out of about seven see- | onds of tho eclipse. In other worn*. ; the period of totality was about soven , seconds less than had been calculated upon. Prof. J. 11. Colt, ono of the pro- j Cvwnxmm cvnsnrvers, explains that thl < ] fact is neither Important or surprising, because ns?rom>irfcrs are not suro of all j tho elements of tho moon. It demon strates that the ?mo' ions of the p'anets j can bo computed with a higher aceura- j cy than the moon. Tho town was full of professional and amateur observers and telescopes j of all sorts and slzefl. Cameras and ko- j daks were to bo scon on all side*. Con- j Kress appropriated $5,000 for tho ox- j penso alone of the Smithsonian obscr- J vation station. This station occupied ' a depression to tho southeast of tho I town, and as perhaps the most finely j equipped station in tho belt of the j ellipse. It was made up of tho regular I apparatus of the Smithsonian Iustitu- ! lion, flie only new addition being tho i great telescope*135 foot in length, car- j rying a plate ono yard squaro, making | a picture 16 inches square. The plates oo?t $85 per dozen. During the few mo ments of totality the operator of tho telepcopo secured six pictures. Tho Smithsonian station was in charge of Professor Jvangley, ami -he had 40 assistants, among them Prof. C. G. Smith, who had charge of the instru ments; Prof. Smille, chief photograph er of tho National Museum; Mr. R C. Child, Mr. DeL. Gill, Prof. C-. G. Men denhall and Mr. A. Graomer. On tho Smithsonian grounds was tho observa tion station of tho Yorkes observatory, in charge of Profs. Barneno, Hale, Hitchey, Ellcrman, Flint, Frost, and Dr. Isham. Their equipment was al most as fine as that of the SiniMisonlsn. Princeton had .a well equipped station, in charge of Profs. Young, Llbbey, Bracket and Magee; Mrs. Magee, j Messrs. Peed, McClenuhan, ltussell and Fisher. Nearby was an observation j station profusely decoatod with Arac- j lean flags. It was In oh ago of Rev. j John M. Paeon and daughter, of New- ! berry, ling., and Ncvll Markelyne, of ' tvondon. Each of the party wore small American flags in their hat?. They had a very expensive sot of instruments. ? In addition to theso big tolrsroplc bat- ' teries, there were many private plants i of more or less Importance. Mr. Tliomae Lindsay, of Canada, so- [ cured many valuable photographs. ! Prof. J. A. Holmes, North Carolina j Stato geologist, had a well .equipped., station on one of the buildings in town j and the results of his observations arc considered among the most valuable j of the day, especially in the photo- i graphing of the shadow belt. Dr. (I. M. Philips, principal of tho State Nor mal school*, Westchester. Pa., had a well equipped observatory on Corr's Mountain, where the Charleston cadets under Captains IlOnd and Coleman, were also stationed. The individual professors and amateurs wilh tele scopes and cameras of their own were met on every hand. Words cannot describe the solemn grandeur of the scene at the moment of total eclipse. The. chattering crowds had been awed into silence .as the wlered, mysterious darkness leading up to totality had progressed. The color effects of sky and horizon Ave rc sur passingly beautiful. Above/ the blue, deepened to almost blackiu$s and nlr around the horizon rose1 rings of orange ; and purple. Just before totality it j it looked as a rainbow ringing tho j horizon, but the moment the last ray j of the sun was obscured all this chang ed and the coloring of the horizon was that which shortly follows a summer sunset. Around the sun tho corona nhone forth with great brilliancy and in a beautiful form. There woro two brilliant splotchcs of light. One flamed j out from the first point of contact It I was shaped like a fish -tail and was j about three timns the diameter of thf j moon in length. The other flashed out below in an opposito direction, j while circling the shadow was a nar row belt of light of extreme brlliancy. The planet Mercury beamed just a lit tlo beyend the end of the first arm of the corona, and well down towards tho corona, Venus sparkled like a dia mond. -The shadow of tho total eclipse produced an effcct something liko moonlight, yet with a softened bril liancy. One could distinguish faces in, tho near neighborhood, yet it; was as If through a yellowish haze. Observers differ as to the exact time of the dura tion of the totality, but It was about 76 aeoonda. The moat dazzling effect of the entire spectacle -was at the first .moment of the sun emerging. It was "99 If a mighty arc light more power fatly and brilliantly penetrating than MrtUng artr imagined on earth had bean auddenljr lighted In the akiea. It _ and oaxziing In th# snd denneas and. splendor of aVv lj*ht Hu to disappear wd twy moam t he afeado m J"Ul ,0 W4 w ? f jinct a streak of clrru* in the north. At vlVtUtt cumulus were visible in '? ti?v northwest and the tows In tho I pasture around tho observatory were i iteaftj lowing. Tho blue purply effect ; was first noted in tho south and west | at 8:33 and I pair ornngt) li^ht in : tho skies' at 8:31. At S : ;17 Hurt' was a palo whito gray in Iho cast, ami at 1 8: 39 palo whito gray in tho west, Tho (loop purplish gray in tho tonith. like a deep purpl'3 how inverted en-mo oh j i?t 8:41. At totality. 8:45, there waa u deep pink on a streak of clrrui I cumulus in tho south, also hands ot purple nncl pink in tho west. A few seconds before totality, shadow bauds, five Inches apart, wero recorded by Prof Clayton. Tho drop in temperature during the eelipso was sufficient to maho itself felt by all observers, notwithstanding their "intorcvt in Iho eclipse itself. Tho duty of recording the temperature changes was assigned lo Prof. 11. n Clayton, from Mlue Hills Mcterologbal ObsorVAtory, near Hoston. Prof. Clay ton's report shows that at tho begin ning of the eclipse, tho temperature was. 71 degrees. Just after contact it was 05. For llvo to ton seconds after totality it was C3 dogreoa. As the eclipse passed off tho temperaturo Ik CM11 til riHti 1/i.niil 1 v ii in I u? HI' art was 7S degrees. This record shows a fall of 8 degrees and a rise of 15. Prof. Clayton's roccwxl shows that tho wind increased as tho eclipse came on, and decreased as it passed off. but at no ti-mo did tho direction of tho wind change. Prof. J. R. Coit, of Boston, had a sta tion on the Smithsonian mounds for tho especial purpose of observing tho ooronn. Ono fact which ho sayu Is settled is that in this eclipse there was no whito prominence, U jnattor of con siderable importance to astronomers. He says that the conditions for observ ing the eclipse wero perfect, and tho j results to be anticipated will bo a het | tor knowledge yjt. tbQ corona uuid boat : radiations from tho different parts of I the corona. Astronomers will learn j more of the form and direction of tho ! curvature of corona dreamers. Ho ' expefds very satisfactory results from ? Oho development of hiB plates. now a city is ncsinanD. Attacking Army Often From Three Jo Tea Miles Away. ^ Aii explanation of list what besieg ing a city means should to the aver age layman prove interesting. To begin at the" Tieglnning, then, the first purpose oC besieging a city, nat urally, is to cap{ure it; the purpose of capturing it is to hold it; and. the purpose of holding It? for the capture of a city (hat cannot afterward he held, may he looked upon as a useless under taking and a waste of so much time and energy as have heen expended up on the task- may resolve itself into many reasons. In the tirst place, it is a blow to the enemy; with the city as a base, unless iie is in force, the soldiers occnpiug it rati keep the enemy from suecisAfully operating in that territory; if retained until the end of the war, it plays a great part in the dictation of jnvt what the terms of peace shall he; and then last, hut not least, the reader may rest assured (Tin I a city or town thai is con sidered of sufficient importance by one army to defend to the last, and by the opposing army to capture, is a place of peculiar strategical position, and this reason of itself would be enough for an attacking army to come and re main before it. Of co.ur.ce, the prin cipal place to besiege. is the capital -<?f the enemy's country, afuf to this ulti-~ mate obcct all other sieges teljd. When a city is besieged, the ^attack ing army is often from three to ten miles away from it. Tlui* nearer, 'of coarse, the attacking par/y can get to the place the better they can operate against it. and they are continually straining every muscle and conceiv able strategy to advance as close as possible, or as circumstances appear to them advisable; whiletfthe opposite side is always going through the same strain with the object of keeping tliem oh*. To do this, trenches are dug miles out to cover the roads by which the enemy may .approach llie city, and these nre called 'outworks.' ltchind Ihcse are other trenches, some little way back, and behind these are often others; while ust on the outskirts of the town a re generally erected rude forts? that !f. If the city has Hoi mas sive strongholds already built, and hero the last stand I* taken, with re doubts about them, and defended so long as they arc found tenable. Then, not only making 11 defensive stand, the besieged party resorts to little skirmishes and guerilla attack's for the purpose of the more effectually keeping the enemy oft or driving liiin back. The first Idea of nn attacking force when ft siege Is begun Is to cut ofT the town it Is surrounding from the out side world. It need not necessarily maintain ft blockade, but In order to make the town subsist entirely upon stteh sup plies as it has on haml, so that pos sibly the garrison may th? sooner Ik* starrer! Into fnbmlsslon? If this course Is neccs?ary-iii careful guard Is main tained so that nothing may bc?hrought Into the place: and thetr, to further de Jay and hamper 'anyx*^l.?vlng force that may come to the garrison'* aid, all surrounding railways are * destroyed tr^th the exception powrfbTy of one run? 1 nla'g Into the besiegers! own territory. And this hag to be carffnlly guarded. ALwJPfpftCfittfi. :_?usz ?? ttltB# I Ufet HMftf froor <M?r ?wy ?>?*&, Tnw*. gfcllJiHg '--?LXr . FOOT ?m. 8*7. Mh r f - kf. 2 . ; Children Under II Slnnld Not be Employed in Factories. ? INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION RKPORT. Congress Has No I'owcr to Legislate Diroctly la tl?e .Mutter of Regulation ] of Hours of 1 abor. I * Washington, 1>. C., Special.? The in. dustrlal commi-nlon on its report to Congress on labor legislation recom mends Improved legislation to tin) State legislatures, ralhor than t.? <\>u ! gross directly. The subject of greatest i public interest today, {-ays tin* report, 'la perh tips that of tho regulation of tCie hours of lalMi' permitted in Indus trial occupations and imperially In fac tories. " As C ngreas has not piwer t>> legislate direct ly In 1 1?1 -? matter the commission recommends thai a simple Uatuto l?o ? nue ?*d by all the States log* latlng the length <>f t lio working ?:ayi. r i fi.ll UAJ'-^>ua )>j*i ~'f ' J ? I 21 years. who work in factories, h'l'e j report in lui? f 4 T e cmployme: t of children below (In* ages of I t shou d be prohibited in factories. The length of the working day in all public em ployment should b" llxed at eight 'hours The same time should bo llxed for : workmen in underground mines, ex ! oopt l'i eases of emergency Employ \ ment in the mines tif children less than M years df age nnd of all women and girls should be forbidden. Congress might well enact that no person under IS should be employed as a telegraph operator upon railroads, and that nil engineers and switchmen should sub mit to an oxnTninati.m foT color blind ness; aiftf that, it be made a misdemea nor -for -an entrlnoer nr switchman lobe Intoxicated while up duty. A simple 1 and liberal law reflating tho payment ( of labor should l?u adopted by all the i States, providing that all laborers shall be paid in ca.sh orders without dis count, not in gotwis or due bills, and that no compulsion, direct <>r Indirect, should bu used to make them puroha-o goods at particular stores. Provision for the fair weighing of coal at mines should be made, and the miners should have tho privilege of employing a check welghman at their own expense." It is suggested that it might be well to limit punishment for contempt of court Imprisonment for a brief period for disobedience of Injunctions, but equity courts mu t not be deprived of the power to protect themselves and to make their decrees respected. '1 he process of awarding blanket. Injunc tions against all the world. oV against unnamed defendants, as well as the practice of indirectly enforcing tho con tract for .personal sorvicc by enjoining i employes from quitting work, should bo discouraged not only by popular sentiment, but by Intelligent judicial opinion. Congress should adopt a con sistent code of laws regulating all mat ters concerning railroad employment such as hours of labor, limitation of continuous runs by engineers or con tinuous -service by telegraph operators or switchmen;. -the enactment of a con sistent employers liability code; the liability of the employer or corporation for defective appliances, etc. The sta tutes already adopted In the scveiu.1 States, dlscrimlna: lug as<l e ween union and non-union labor by making it a penal offense for an employer to ex clude union labor only seen) to the commission to be unconstitutional, be ing class legislation. 'I he statiUQ^ should apply to non-union as wclW union labor alike if It Is to be enacted at all. The right to be employed and protected without belonging to a un'on f-Jiould be preserved, but every facility should be given labor to organize, if it (ttfsires, and the last vestige of the no tion that trade unions are criminal use f prl.agoo shrdlu cnifwy vbgkqi conspiracy should bo swept away. 1 ho use of private police detective* or oth er hired ljfwJies of men to bo used In connection with labor 1 roubles has nrousod considerable attention, and. Congress probably has the power to( enact reasonable legislation to prevent; abuses in fchls direction. In a general way tho commission reports that con-' dilatory lawj havo been effective, but that strict arbitration machinery rare ly works well. It is snugGMed that la bor bureau# or commlsHlons bo estab lished in all the States. Compulsory Insurance Rejected. I3orno, Spcclal.? *A bill whl^h tho Ab snmbly had adopted, making commil POTy Insurance against accldcnt and Ill ness of all prrponw not earning their living, the roiifodoratiou contributing toward (ho cxpenso was, upon being ru bm It ted to (be people, according to Rwirs law, defeated May 20 by a ma jority of 170,000, the vote standing 220.- J 000 against the measure and 150,000 in j Its favor. ntntetars mm not Clwsw or Smdke. Atlantic City, Special.?1 The prtncl* pie features of today's cession of th*? ya^^alseorion ot ibf Methodist sdOyOun bf a two-thlrdsrote of an imalant to the ch?K* discipline nenlriac aU candidates .for the mlats To Pay for the Mor e. Charleston,' S. C., Special. ? A North Carolinian stole a horae five wfteks ago from Kdward Dean, of Spartan-' burg, S. C. Dean went to "Marshall, tho county scat of Madison county, found his borne and Idendfled the thief. He secured a requisition from Governor McSweeney which Governor Rusftell would not honor. But the daughter of the man ^rho stole the horse wrote Dean that she had raised fc>0 ahd would turn the horse and the money over to (he sheriff at Aahevllle if be would drop the matter, and these terms wefe accepted. mSimi KUNS ADJOURN. A Number of Committee* Have Been Appointed <> Atlanta, (la., Special ? Tho (lenoral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church concluded ila labors Saturday. Thero was much out liuslastn dipl.iyol during the morning hours over the decision lo raise a million dollar Twentieth Cen tury Kund for the benefit of Church e l nratlon. The central committee la thi.s great work eoiulftts of Chairman l>r. \\\ W. Moore, of I'nlon Seminary, and Vice-President 1 M\ Charles 11. Hemp* hill, of Kentucky. with one minister and one elder or doieon from each Sy nod of the (liurch. lis membership in part1 is as follows: Synod of Virginia: Rev. K. r, Kerr, D. D., Richmond: tleoige 1*2. (\ukio, Lynchburg. Synod of North Carolina: Rev. .1. W. Stagg. D. l'-' Charlotte: (Joorgo \V. Watts, Durham. Synod of South Carolina: Rev. \V. (?. Neville, \orl; vllle* C. C Craham, Greenville. Many Important matters were con sidered by the Assembly up to .11:30 vf in., when Stated Clerk Alevander an nounced that his docket was clear ami the bust i\e.<s before the body was fin ished. A vote of thanks win extended to all those who have contributed to the Kticces-; of t lie soNxirn and the he'tr tv appreciation of the Assembly was expressed in many ways to the workers on the committees and clsewaere. D ;r lug the morning Moderator Martin up pointed two important coininlttees. One was to form h new Sunday school les son series. It Is composed of Hev. 1<J. C. Murray, chairman, Newborn, _N. C 1 Rev. 0. 1/. I *Sll lip ??, Hev. Charles Cvhlse Un, Hev. .1. K. llazen ami Major Joseph llardle. A committee on Negto ISvangeliza tlon was named as follows: Dr. H. 11. Hlce, Dr. Hobert I?\ Camp hell, Asheville, N. C, and Elder \V. J. McKlnney, Decatur, (?a. Plague Among Teamsters. Manila, Ry Cable. ? The government corral at Manila has been quarantine, I. There are four suspected casoa of bu bonic plague among the toamstovB who arc living fv flit by dwelling.0 r hlcli will be burned. \ Slnc.o the murder^ on board the s4Wmer 101 Cino by Hie na tive crew, coastwise c ipt iins have be *n fearful of repetitions of the tragedy and ha\*e robller guards for their steanfers, which ha.j been deel n (1. Three commercial ?? earners are now in the bay, their Spanish captains refus ing to null unprotected, and other in tern! Imitating them. The authorities have returned to the captains their re volvers. of which they were recently deprived. Col. Padllla, the rebel gover nor pf Nneva ICcltrt. was captured dur ing tho recent fighting nt Neuva Eoja and Is now in Jail Mere. Vqal River CroSAed. Ixmdon, By Cable. ? Tho War Ofllco has received the following dispatch from Ix?rd Roberts: "Wolvechock, Oiango I-'rc^ State. May 20. ? An advanced portion of this force crossed the Vaal river on the Queen's birthday, near Paris. Hamil ton*' column Is at Hoschoank. Oi:r iconts aie now at Vlljocns D. If. on tho front north of Wo! v: hoc';. The l^cal mines are uninjured ami work I? get ting on as Usual. There is no enemy I h if? sldo of the riv-M*. H liner readied V'lybnrg May 21."' Cnra Carry Three Down To I)ea:h. Akron, Ohio, Special. ? Three men, lame.s MacMalr n, Michael Rentiers ami K. Welkor, were killed ami a number of other seriously injured a? a resul' of an accident to a work train early Saturday on the Akron and Cuyhoga Kails Rapid Transit (electric) subnri.an line. The brakes on two cars loaded with gravel, and carrying about a doz en workmen became disabled at tho top of a steep grad". The cars rushed down the Incline at a terrific speed. Nine of the workmen Jumped from tho ?ars as they sped along, and wero eor ?otMly Injured. Unknown Vessel Rescued. Capo Henry, Va., Special. ? W. L, f to! I. Weather Iluiva : ollkial at Curri tuck Inlet. N. report? that tho un known schooner whMi has been an chored during th? Ktorni off YVh.ilos I lord, N. (*., was iak-n from "her <lan gcrf.ua pnsltln-i 'iy ;'iie wi e ?Hi?^ ateatn er Coley. at 1:15 p. 1 1. .Saturday, '( hi (?'olo>> with *ho V08<?:1 in tow, is now steaming norlhwarl and will pa?j in the Cains about midnight. Brcvlt'es. In I ho recent storm* off the Oregon coast eleven fishermen wore drowned. Kdward R. Poor liaa rojlguttil a* pres. Ident of the National l'ark Hank, of New York. C. M. Davij has (i:i.v;!ia.'e.l tho woolen mill of the late Joseph Gould, cf North fbild, Vt. x Ohio Phobitionists have nominated a State ticket headed by J. Knox Mont gomery for Secretary of State. The introduction of a vested choir into the Methodist Episcopal Ohuroh on One Hundred and 8eventy-elghth Rtreet, New York, has aroused vigor* oufl opposition among the older mem* bers. Henry M. Flagler, the Standard Oil magnate, haa been permitted hy the New York -Supreme Court to resign 01 committf e or the person and estate of bis wife, Ada A. Kligler. confined in a unitarian) at Flesseptvllle, N. Y. Twenty thousand workmen' In the oullding trades were locked out at Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday. Frank Borne, sitae Trueedale, a gro boy. If yearn old, is *m tbe Floreeer jail, charged with attempting a crflfcl Waesanl* Mies Keggte K?akMV Omt mwffSH. ? ?. ? >r . . SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS. Harvest Time Approaching -- Crop* Advancing Nicely. The week ending # a. in., Mondiy, May ?sth, was slightly cooler than un u 1 1 . with unusually low night tempera lures and cool wlndd during tho 1 At tor part of tho week. Haiti foil on the 2Hrd and 24th, which waa general over tho Stato and wa* heaviest over tho northwostern c mil ties, whoro it was moat needed. At a few points slight dnmogo wftfj d>ne by lands betng washod, but tho shower.) wore generally bonoflcial. Tho auil ia now well supplied with moteturo. The weather was favorable for cultl vatl >n, and crops are well worked with little complaint of grassy fields, but. the nighta havo been too cool fop rap id growth, especially of cotton,, which remains Hui.il 1 . with, however, qutio full k lands, alth ugh irregular lu size. I'lantiiiK is tluished. l,ko havo mado their appearance over largo aroaa. Clipping Is well under way or nearlng "lFlrtnQ coll^ll loO^ well, hut owing to e> >ol nights is email. (\iiii is doing fairly well and baa go <1 color and good stands on up'ar.da, but on bottom lands worms are doing serious injury, and havo already nmdn much repluiting necessary. Planting is not. finished in tho western prr.lflfefs Tobac 'o Is ut.t uniform in con iitlon, and in places Is quite poor, w'.iilo In other localities l>oih atnnda and growth are satisfactory. Oats harvest has begun and yields ore good. although the straw Is short In many places, General Improvement Is nolo I in this <-rop. Wheat Is ripen* lug, and with few oxecptlons the crop Is above the average In condition. There has been somo doterloratlcu caused by rust. / . . . ... lllce is backward and growing slow ly, although otherwLo doing well. Buga ?havo done damoge to whlto potatoes. ttwoet potato slips being sot. Trucks gardens, melons, <j,\no, and pasture i growing nicely. J Berries plentiful; poaches Aiibf grapes unusually promis ing, but other fruits scarcely up to tho average. - ct Pot*tofflce Robbed. ? Ashoville, N. C., Special.? News has reached horo of tlio robbery Saturday night Into of the robbery of thepostof llco at Mai shall. Tho safe was blown open and $4,000 lp - ^?h and stamps were taken. Part of tho money .belong- h ed to fhe county, Postmaatol- Rector be ing a 1*0 deputy county treasurer. Two tnen have been arreetod on suspicion. . Hopeful of Filipino Surrender. " Washington, D. C., Special. ? Tho War Department has received tiho fol lowing cablegram from -Comiral Mae Arthur at Manila*, dated Monday: "Three officers, 50 men. with 46 rifle*, surrendered unconditionally at Cuypa go yesterday. Three officers, 46 men, 65 rifle*, surrendered unconditionally today at Tarlac. These spontaneous surrenders are very encouraging." Nrws Items. Right Rev. John Moore, the aged bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of St Augustine, Fla., was stricken with paralysis while delivering a eer mon In the pulpit of St. Mary's c'uirch, Allegheny, Pa., Sunday. His condition is serious. It was publlshod Monday in .Wall Btrept that ?t a meetltvg of the Norfolk and Western directors, to Im* lield oq June 6, three and possibly, four mem hers of the board would resign. Their places will be taken Itjs said by Vice Presidents Provost, Pugh and Rea, of tho Pennsylvania. There Is t>me talk of electing James McCrae, first vice President of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, a member of the Norfolk end Western board. The Comptroller of tho Currnocy baa declared a 20 per cent, dividend in fa vqr of creditors of tfio insolvent First National Bank of Orlando, Fla. The United States Supreme C^urt de? cided Admiral Dewey's bojinty claim against the admiral's contention. The effect is to deprivo the admiral and the men engageu with him at Manila of half the amount claimed by them. ? The Free Haptist Assembly will be. gin at Ocean Park, Old Orchard, Mo., on July 1, to <o?tlnune until September 1, and the Chautauqua Assembly will be in session theVe 'from August 1 tc 15. The btiRiness.comnrnnIt/ aro espe cially interested in the reports sent out from Philadelphia relative to the early organization ry o^mimiy Hi operate a line of steamers between t*at port mid Charleston. Charleston formerly scipported It, but It was dis continued because the owners of the vessels foimrl a more profitable use for' 'their steamships. The establishment of the lino will be a good thing for both ports. People in England and mdjtt^gf Eu rope wore furs the past The iw^riplfcir'to . cip&t/ stock of th\ South Carolina Inter- ; state and Waft iarflaa exposition co*w finite to come. The fond ta gradually growing and the organisation ot the company Will SbOttlf take plAC* * Thf Hiitln Virf'hss ap; ? ao capital stock, na Uutt I g _ under the law. liiw M, .w. ftpgkrfiBtt ft b. - ^n-pmaVont. , The Otenn-Lowry appltof.4