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THE COUNTY RECBOP. Published Every Thursday ?? AT? KIXGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA. LOUIS J. BHISTOW, Kditor and Proprietor. Span's diplomats zsein to be hoping for an unforseen mine explosion under the peace negotiations. The value of American manufacturers sold abroad last year was $288,871,499", an increase of 109 per cent over the figures for 1888. The returns show that in the war with Spaiu twelve meu were killed in the navy not quite oue-twenty-second of the number killed on the 3J?ine in a single instaut of pea"a Maine is again to enter the list of copper-mining states. The deposits, which are numerous and valuable, were worked more than twenty-five years ago, but a sadden decline in the price of'copper made them unprofitable; hapr-atad aai method of production lm the uueel rwuBptejtt c? A San Francisco court Las just do cided that couples wedded at sea are not legally married. This ruling brings consternation to many families in that city. Some months ago a romantic pair hired a tug and steamed out on the Pacific to be united in the holy bonds. The idea caught the fancy of young people, and since then there have been forty or fifty marriages of that sort off the Golden / Gate. Here are some of the conclusions that English experts have arrived at concerning the naval features of the war: Fast battleships are everything; have big batteries aboard; teach the men to shoot well; as for personnel, the Anglo-Saxon can beat anythiug that floats. These specifications cover the ground pretty well, though it might be well to mention the importance of personal heroism, says the Boston Herald. The only significance in the small increase iu railway mileage in the United States last year is that pretty nearly every available section of the country is now fully accessible by railroad. The railway mileage will of course oontiuue to increase in the future, but not at such a rate as in the past. With improvements that have been made in engine power and carrying capacity of cars, moreover, the present lines are able to accommodate more traffic. This means that fewer railroad lines are likely to go into the bauds of receivers hereafter and at the same time that demands of traffic will be met. The pruue industry in California has had a remarkable growth in the last decade. In 1888 there were about 11,000 acres of bearing prune trees, and about 6000 acres more of young orchards. Between 1890 and 1894 about 40,000 acres of prune orchards were planted. Since then the growth has proceeded in lesser degree, but the total bearing area is now estimated at 55,000 acres, with 10,000 more to come into bearing within the next year or two. The investment in lands, trees, irrigation systems, agricultural tools, and packing bouses is estimated at ?25,000,000. This year's production of greeu fruit will amount to about 84,000 tons, and growers anticipate a crop of 100,000 tons within a few years. Of this year's yield, about one-fifth will be shipped east as green fruit; the remainder will be sIimoiI motility tritli Hip xvot^r Avonn. rated,about 24,000 tons. A writer in the Scientific American seems to have taken careful note of the lifeboats on ocean steamers. He says: "Any one who has traveled to and fro a few times can but notice the paucity of lifeboats and the fact that the davit room is not all utilized. The examination of fifteeu photographs, representing as many liners, showed an average of seven boats on each side; one ship only showing an inte^upted line of ten large boats on each side. What does this average of fourteen boats to the ship represent? The fact that only those on the lee side can be used in rough weather reduces the total to seven; two must be consid ered as sacrificed, smashed or capsized during launching. Five are left, with a capacity of about 140 persons less than the ship's crew. Lifeboats? If they are lifeboats, why do they fill and sink with such rapidity? "What use are rafts and life preservers in such calamities as that of the Elbe and the Bourgogne?" These are alarming statements, and they are evidently made by somebody with knowledge of bis topic. i NEW YORK REPUBLICAN CONVENT'ON Colonel Roosevelt Nominated For Governor and Expansion Policy Endorsed. ' Sakatooa, N. Y. (Special).?The Republican .State Convention met here Tuesday, and nominated Colonel Theodoro Roosevelt for Governor. The convention was largely attended and very enthusiastic. It was called to order hy Chairman Odell at 12.25. The Rev. Dr. Johnson, of this city, offered prayer. The IVI1 VI 1V1 OHVOHtUVVJ UUU WilVVlions was called. After the calling cf thy toW Sereno E. Payne was ths Temporary Chairman. Senator Horaco White was the Permanent Chairman. Chaur.eoy T<I. Depew pinced !n nomination Colonel IloosevoH. lie delivered an tloouenC a ldre;,s which elicited great applause. He reviewed the present situation brought about by the war with Spain, and eulogize^" th<- character and record ol Colonei Hoosoveit. Judge J. Itider Cady, of Iludson, nominated Governor Black in n telling speooh, reviewing the administration of the Governor. When the vote was taken Colonel Roosevelt received 753 votes and Governor BlR 'k 21S, which made the former the nomine*} of the convention. The other candidates nominated are: Lieutenant-Governor, Timothy L. Woodruff, of Kings; Comptroller, Wllllatn J. Morgan, of Erie; Secretary of State, John T. McDooough, of Albany; State Treasurer, John B. Jaeckei, of Cayutra; State Engineer, Edward A. Bond, of Jefferson, and Attortiey-General, John C. Davis, of Oneida. inepiauorm uuuptHu comijuuicuiea ue Sational Administration tor the conduct of the war, congratulated the army and navy apou their splendid victories, commended the annexation of Hawaii, renewed allegiance to the St. Louis platform, favored the upbuilding of a merchant marine, ana declared the position of the party upOn territorial expansion in the "followjig words: "We realize that when the necessities of war oompelled our Nation to destroy Spanish authority In the Antilles ind in the Philippines, we assumed solemn duties and obligations alike to the people of the islands we oonquered and to the civilized world. We cannot turn these islands back to Spain. We cannot leave them, unarmed for defense and untried in statecraft, to the horrors ot domestic strife 01 to partition among European powers." ' CYCLONE KILLED SIX. Hurricane Cut a Swath Through Tonavranda, N. Y., and Ontario Cities. Niaoaiia Falls, N. Y. (Special). Tho latal cyclone of Monday passed over tho (trip of land between Lakes Ontario and in'', passing uilu'js'. pittunui ivuu uo ?? ciaad Canal, outtlng a swath three hundred jeet wido through the peninsula. A por!lon of it went almost at right angles with the mnin path, and took in Tonawanda. it struck'St. Catharines, Morritoa and Srantham, Ontario, hardest. The number of lives lost is six. At least lix more were fatally injured. The dead are: Ida Moflutt, eleven years old, killed at the collapse of the ward school at Morritan; Clara O'Neill, twenty-sevep years old. killed at the fall ol the Lincoln: paper mill, Morriton; Mr. John Hickley, killed by fall of debris, of Orange Hall; Aiken, young girl, tilled at Grantham by a fall of a house; ? Aiken, her sister, killed at the same Since; unidentified woman killed at Stanford while picking grapes. The fatally injured, all of whom were crushed by the fall of Lincoln Mill, are: Keunis Nester, Marv Welch, James Macarthy, Mary O'Nell, Robert Barclay. Besides these there are a score of young ihildren hurt by the fall of the school house at Morrlton. At Tonawanda no person was killed. John Menette, an old man, had an arm and a leg broken, and is in a critical condition. A baby name Post was also seriously injured. It is now believed khat the damage by the cyclone in Tonawanda and vicinity will exceed $100,000. Many people are homeless, and several ire suffering from injuries sustained durinc the storm. DICARETTES LED BOY TO SUICIDE. Peter Crance, Fifteen Years Old, Tried in Vain to Stop Smokinjj. Middletow.v, N. Y. (Special). Thoma3 Crance, son of Peter Crance, of Liberty, Sullivan County, killed himself Tuesday in i grove after asking i?,is companions if ho ihould kill himself. Crance, who Was fifteen years old, was l continued cigarette sn.oker. He went lo the grove with several companions to ihoot at a mark. He had an old rusty rerolver, which did not appear to work well it target practice. Turning toward his companions he said: "Boys, this is no good at practice; what do fou say to my trying It on you just for ' "Oh, Tom! Don't shoot us!" cried the lads. They were much younger than Cranco. He turned the revolver away for an instant, and Anally said: "Well, then, If you don't want me to shoot you, perhaps I had better try the old thing on myself." Before the boys had an opportunity to reply Crane* placed the muzzle of the revolver between his eyes and fired. The bullet passed out at the back ot his head and he died almost instantly. The case is regarded by many acquainted with the lad as one of deliberate suicide, due to the fact that the constant use of cigarattes had weakened his mind. On several occasions Crance had attempted to abandon tbe habit of cigarette smoking, but he told his associates it seemed next to Impossible to do so. SPAIN'S DEMANDS AT PARIS. Her Peace Commissioner* Instructed to Contend For the Philippines. 1 Madbid, Spain (By Cable).?Duko Atmodovar de Rio, Minister of Foreign Affairs states that the Spanish Peace Commissioners have been instructed to contend strongly for the integrity of Spanish sovereignty in the Philippines, on the ground that the protocol between Spain and the United States was signe'd before Manila capitulated. and also to make a firm stand regarding the Cuban debt und the Philippine loan of 1393, if Luzon is ceded to'America. Should the United States prove less exacting than is expected, the Commissioners have.power to make all possible concessions, political and commercial, compatible with the reteution of Spanish sovereignty in tho Philippines, but in the event of losing a part of tho islands, they are iustucted to resist to the utmost any attempt of the United States to claim the right of preference over other Powers should Spain desire to sell or cede the remclndet of the islands. It isMnderstood, however, that all instructions are only a J referendum. Kelief Supplies May Enter Cuba. I General Blanco has ordered the free en try of relief supplies seat from the Uuitel Sta^s to Cube. Lived In the Time of Washington. One hundred and thirty years of age was what Lewi3 Washington, a colored man, who died of old age at his residence in Omaha, Neb., claimed to be. Washington had been a resident off Omaha for a great many years. There is po question that he was fa? advanced in years, for his whitened Jhead and beard were "proof of that, although he had few of the infirmities of old age. He claimed to have seen and known George Washington, and there was :i report that he was one of Washington's slaves. His wife died in February, 1890, in this city, the age of 104 years. THOMAS F. BAYABD DEAD. ~ th Passed Away Peacefully at His Daugh- [J tcr's Summer Home. FIRST AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND. E vi tc The Distinguished Statesman Dies After a Lingering Illness?Was United States j Senator, Secretary of State and Ambassador to Great Britain?A Sketch 0 C of Ills Public Career. ! DEim.or, Mass. (Special).?After an ill- 0 ness of over six weeks, Thomas F. Bayard, p the first Ambassador from this country to Great Britain, died at 4.30 o'clock Wedncs- C day afternoon at Knrlstein, tho summer 0 residence of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel D. Warren. IIis death was without pain, and the distinguished citizen merely passed a from a semi-conscious state to that of un- o consciousness, and then ceased to breathe. His wife, his two daughters?Mrs. Warren ^ and Miss Florence Bayard?and his son, Thomas F. Bayard, Jr., were at his bedside, ^ while his third daughter, the Countess j, Lauenhaupt, was on her way to Dedham. ???-- y TIT'^MAS FRANCIS EAYARD. ^ Hts body was taken back to bis native * Btate, Delaware, for interment. v Thomas Francis Bayard was a distln- ^ > guished member of an eminent family. I Since long before the ltevolutionary War J ' the Bayards have been conspicuous In the ' country's history ns patriots and states- * men, and many acquired national fame as T 1 jurists. Thomas Francis Bayard was born in Wll- 1 mingtoD, Del., on October 29, 1823,and was ? was a younger son. In his thirteenth year p ho entered school at Flushing, L. I. Hero he stayed two years, and then en- p teeed "the establishment of August r Van Courtlandt Schermerhorn. Here he , received an excellent business trnlnlng. , In 1848 his elder brother died, whereupon, at the request of his parents, he returned to Wilmington. Having a liking e for bis father's profession that of law he v became a student, and was admitted to the t bar in 1851. In 1853 ho was appointed A United States District-Attorney for Delaware. n When the Civil War began Mr. Bayard b was following hLs profession. A militia h company was organized and Thomas E. I Bayard was elected it first lieutenant. In b June, 18C1, the famous ponce meeting of h the citizens was held in Dover, and Lieu tenant Bayard was one of the principal p speakers. Meanwhile Mr. Bayard's popularity In j bis native State kept growing rapidly, and in 1868 he was elected to succeed his father inthe United States Senate, and was subsequently twice re-elected. In October, 1856, Senator Bayard married " Louisa, daughter of Josiah Lee, a Baltimore banker. Twelve children wore the re- A suit of that union. In 1877 Senator Bavard 0 received the honorary degree of Lti.D. 1; from Harvard College. f< When tho Democratic National Convention was held in 1SS0 his friends rallied in p force to procure his nomination for tho ? Presidency, and such was their strength p that on the first ballot he stood next to f, Hancock, who was elected on the second. He was made Secretary of State by . Grover Cleveland, and in March, 1893, he , was appointed Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, and served during Mr. Clevei land's second term. Mr. Baynrd's first wife died in the first " year of his term as Secretary of State. a Four years later he married Miss Mary W. Clymer, of Washington, who survives him. a o E. W. CRANE FOR COVERNOR. , New Jersey Democrats Ignore the Money C Question For State Itn?ut?. Trenton, N. J. (Special). The Demo- t cratic State Convention Wednesday after- r noon nominated Elvin W. Crane, of Essex ? County, for Governor on a platform that contains no reference to the money ques- o tion, but seeks to make the campaign on n State issues alone. The only important n reference to national questions was this at p the head of the resolutions: b "We, the representatives of the Democratic party in State Convention assembled, _ reaffirms our devotion to the great and g vital principles of the Democratic party on national issues, and believing, however, that the coming State campaign should be i( fought out on State issues," etc. _ Elvin Williamson Crane, the nominee, was s born in Brooklyn on October 20. 1*53. He . was educated in the Second Ward Public v School and the parish school of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Newark, and studied law in the office of the late Justice Joseph P.Bradley and the office of Colonel Gusta- n vus Abeel, who was Prosecutor of the Pleas n of Essex County for many years. Mr. P i Crane was acting Prosecutor during " Colonel Abeel's illness. When Oscar Keen P was appointed ,'rosecutor Mr Crane con- t tinued as his assistant. While acting Prose:utor in 18SG he was elected to the I Assembly from the Sixth District of Essex I Couuty. t n The Tremler of Queensland Dead. ^ The Hon. Thomas Joseph Byrnes, j. Premier of Queensland, is dead. He was j born at Brisbane in 18G0, and was formerly a Attorney-General and Solicitor-General of p Queensland. I Woman Begged to Be Hanged. Mrs. Amanda Jones, of Dublin, Ga.. tho negro woman who killed Frank Hamilton, c: a well-known negro politician, last fall, E was convicted and sentenced to the peni- I tentiary for ninety-nine years years at harfl E labor. The woman smiled when Judge y Bmith announced the sentence, and begged to be hanged. Confesses He Killed an Octogenarian. EdWuSrl JohnsoD, a farmer, of Akron C Ohio, bus confessed that he murdered T Oscar Osborne, an octogenarian, whose J* body was found in a manger in his baru a 1 few duvs ago. w THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.' j ^*?)ilneton It?in?. Dr. .Tose Congosto. Secretary General of ie Cuban autonomist government arrived om Havana. He said the Spaniards would c ave tho Island when they were ready to . ) so, and that the reooncentradoswere all (' >ad. e Edward Brooks, a grocer. eighty-one A jars of age. killed himself over his wife's n rave in Glenwood Cemetery by shootiog d Imself through the head. He had been n siting her grave every day since her death, >nr years ago. Part of the Third Infantry has been or- 1 ared to Fort Snelllng, Minn., to quell In- ? Ian disturbances. The Navy Department sent f20,000 worth j f air baps to Ilobson to help raise tho v olon. u Mechanical reproductions of typewritten r manuscript letters may bo mailed as li rlnted matter under a new ruling by the v ostmaster General. I Major-General William M. Graham j: nited States Volunteers, has been placed n the retired list of the regular nrmy, with te rank of Brigadier-General. ? The Navy Department has decided to snd tho big ocean-going tug Iroquois,now v t San Francisco, to Honolulu for the use ^ f the naval station to be established there. ^ The President appointed Augustine W. errin. of New York, agent for th? Indians c ? 1- ? ~ In Vnm V/lFt r i mu nuw xuriv Afciruv;/, iu Avi... The year's seal eatch on the peal islands rns reported at 18,000 skins, 3000 less than a a 1897. ? General Francis V. Greene arrived from q ranlla.aecompanied by the representatives f Aguinaldo. g The War Department instructed the comlanding officers of the military camps and t< epartments that any applications for dis- c harjres of enlisted men would not be en- c ertained except they reach it through n lilitary channels, and that the officers o lust not hold back applications for dis- d barge, but forward them promptly. t! The Attorney-General has rendered an tl pinion that the retirement of officers of '< lie regular army who have been promoted a the volunteer service does not affect heir volunteer commissions. Cl tl n Doinastlo. si The verdict on the Umpire Mine disaster, ti t Brownsville, Penn., blamed the mine of- h Icials. Great forest and prairie Area are raging n Colorado. Nearly 3090 Philadelphia carpet-weavers T iave been thrown out of work by the shut .own decided on by the manufacturers. Thomas Miller, a mailing-clerk, who has q >een employed in the Jacksonville (Fla.) -y ifflce seven years, has been arrested for heft from tho mails. A large amount of ' nail was found in his possession, and con- n iderablo money was recovered. Miller K aade a full confession. V Edward Johnson, a farm hand, hoe con- 1' essed to the murder of Oscar Osborne, a realthy farmer, whose body was found in lis barn in Akron, Ohio. ^ Medals were presented to the ofQoers and rew of the cruiser Brooklyn at a reception n the Twenty-third Regiment Armory, 0 Irooklyn, Thursday afternoon, and a sword tj ras presented to Captain Cook. t, The safo of the Farmers' Bank at Flora, ii hid., was blown open by robbers, who got U2,000. Cashier William Lennon who npleared on the scene, was fatally shot b tThe steamship Admiral Sampson wa9 t( aunchea at Cramps' shipyard at Phlladel- a >hia. f; Fifty-nine returning Klondike minors J; irought less than ?100,000 in gold dust. 1 The Piccadill Club cave a banquet a few lights ago at Cincinnati, Ohio, at which ^ ras dedicated the loving cup, raado by ^ he Rockwood Pottery, to be presented to t idmiral DowSy. \ At Edison Park, Chicago, a few days go, Joseph Pfuff was shot to death by Al- (j iert Danish, ^he-shooting followed a vlo- p ent quarrel about some trivial matter, c )anlsh disappeared and after a search his iody was found In the woods near by. lie q md committed suicide. h The body of Oscar Osborne, r? farmer who A Ived at Akron, Ohio, was found lead In r its barn. He had been murdered for money. I le was eighty years old and very wealthy. I 'here Is no clue to the murderer. * Kansas Popull?t State authorities have ' eclded flint the Socialist State ticket 9hall . ave a place on the official ballot. Richard C. Gunning, former South Town .ssessor, Chicago, has been found guilty J soliciting a bribe. Gunning was rocenty convicted and find ?200 for willful m&l- i Bnsance In omce. Henrv B. Freeman, Jr., son of Professor lenry 13. Freeman, of the State University f Wisconsin, committed suicide at Madl- u on, Wis., by taking chloroform. He was p ouud dead in his bedroom by his father. y Heavy weather'destroyed what a former torm hod left of the pier at Camp Wlkoff, _ lontauk Point, L. I. n Thomas Collins, the lost but one of the 9 lembers of the great railroad-building ti ,rm of Collins Brothers, died a few days fl go at Bellefonte, Penn. n The Carnegie Company will erect a plant ^ t Homestead, Penn., for tho manufacture h t heavy artillery. c James D. Walsh, a blacksmith, was K rowned in Housatonic Canal at Derby, !onn. While Walsh and Patrick Ryan were ? riving over Housatoi.lo avenue their * orse took fright and ran away. Ryan was ' hrown out just before the canal was ^ . . - i > TSt 1 I 5 ea;neu. me nurse ieit|wu luiu iue ettuai nd swum about 200 feet and then climbed p a bank. I A barbecue will be held on the occasion f the peace jubilee in Chicago October 17 nd 18. One or more of the big public arks will be utilized for the purpose* [undreds of head of cattle and sheep have een promised by Chicago packers. Captain Brooks, of the yacht Chispa, rhicn was anchored in the stream opposite ausalito, Cel., was murdered Saturday lorning by two bay pirates. They boardd the little vessel and had plundered the jckers when Captain Brooks and a eomtKoa nn A esperate fight ensued, during which Capaln Brooks was killed, and the other man pus wounded. The murderers made their j. scape. A. tornado visited Lima, Ohio, n few days go. The path of the storm was short and . arrow, but its force was terrific. Many t lersons were injured and over fifty resl- ^ ences wero more or less damaged, and the j, iroperty loss will be very great. Cincinnati turned out en mass Saturday 0 honor the returned Sixth Infantry, Jnited States Army, under command of iieutenant-Colonel Miner. A parade hrough the streets of the city, followed by 8 1 dinner to the regiment at the Grand f lotel, was the form of demonstration. t Tho fall rush from tho Klondike country ins commenced in earnest, and tho popuation of Dawson City is being lessened by i couple of hundred daily. There is a <; jreat deal of fever in Dawson. About five ( mndred patients ere in the hospitals. London^ New Lord Mayor8ir John Yoce Moore, an Alderman of the ity of London and senior partner of Moore ros., tea merchants, has been elected , iOrd Mayor of London to succeed Horatio avid Davies. Sir John is seventy-two j ears old. He was Sheriff of the city of , ondon in 1393-94. % I Peace Commissioner* Meet. The members of the American Feace ommission were entertained at breakfast hursdnyby XI. Delcasse, the French Min- ^ iter of Foreign Affairs, and met for the rst time their Spanish associates, trho J{ ere also guests of M. Delcasse. USTICE A. VAN WYCK NOMINATED. ^ York Democrats IIol<l State Convention Platform Devoted to State Issues. p Syracuse, N. Y. (Special), -The Demoratie State Convention met here Wedneslay and held n two days'session for the lominatiou of a State ticket-. Justice Si lugnr.tus Van Wyck, of Brooklyn, was lominated for Governor at the second lay's session on the llrst ballot, aud his lominatiou was made unanimous: The convention was harmonious through- O ut. George M. Talmer, of Schoharie, was 'emporary Chairman. He delivered an T loquent address to tho gathering. The 1'; 1st of delegates was read and approved, A nd the three Committees on Credentials, '.i.- aIm! I/M->r mii.1 D.iM?\nnArtf (\ r> rt 11 rt i n o H r\ n 4 kr.TUIUHUU.'? <W1U lClUlltUCUk J\ rere appointed. A recess was then taken II ntil 11 o'clock Thursday morning. The second day's proceedings began at a A ittle after 12. Permanent organization A ras effected by Frederick C. Scbraube, of a .owville, being made Permanent Chairlan. He addressed the cohvention. The o allowing were nominated for Governor: y ustice A. Van Wyck, of Brooklyn; Jame3 l McGnire, of Syracuse; Judge Robert C. T 'itus, of Erie, ana John B. Stauchfleld, of x ihemung. One ballot was taken. The y, otes cast for Van Wyck were 351; for tanchfleld, 41; for Titus, 3'J, and for Mc? T ruire, 19. T The rest of the ticket was unanimously y hosen. It is: For Lieutenant-Governor, llliot Dcnforth. of Chenango; for Secre- A try of State, George W. Batten, of Nigara; for Comptroller, Edward S. At- jj rater, of Dutchess; for State Treasurer, llliott B. Norris, of Wayne; for Attorney- j, leneral, Thomas F. Conway, of Clinton; jr State Engineer and Surveyor, Martin chenck, of Rensselaer. The platform adopted is devoted mainly > State Issues. The opening paragraph ongratulates the coimtry upon the sue- ei essful termination of the war with Spain, a nd glories in the patriotic devotion of e: ur brave soldiers and sailors. It con- a emns the Republican management of ci le canals and Is In favor of L is repeal of the Raines law, declares c< >r local self-government for cities, a jononay in public expenditures, opposition e a unnecessary special legislation, advo- e ntes fewer laws, demands the re-organiza- a Ion of the National Guard of the State, de- o ounces tax dodging, favors biennial ses- o Ions of the Legislature, calls for the main- a ?nance of good roads, and advocates legis- a ition in favor of labor. d h QUEEN OF DENMARK DEAD. h o 'lie "JIotlier-ln-Law of Enrope" S no- i' cumbs to Old Age In Copenhagen. j1 Copeniiaoen, Denmark (By Cable). The u [ueen of Denmark died at 5.30 o'clock p Wednesday morning, ller death was peaceul. At her bedside were tho King of Den- j, lark, the Dowager Empress of Russia, tho d ling and Queen of Greece, the Princess of fi (ales, the Dnke and Duchess of Cumber- s< ind.the Crown Prince and Crown Princess P f Denmark, and all the other members of s< lie royal family. p Tho cause of the Queen's death was debil- o :y and old age. She was eighty-one years n Id. c Telegrams of condolence from all parts C f Europe have poured in upon King Chris- u lor, Mnnrninol hiinik llflVH HtlDClirPtl On A tie public buildings, and all Hags are fly- ti ig at Lt.il! mast. a ti The late Queen Louise of Denmark was ti orn September 7, 1817. She was a daugh- n sr of Laud grave Wilhelm of Hosse-G'assel, a nd was married May 2G, 1842, to the ii >urth sou of the late Duke of Schleswig- C [olstein-Sonderburg-Gluckburg and of I 'rineess Louise of Hesse-Cassel, who was I ppointed to the succession of the crown I f Denmark by the treaty of London of c lay 8, 1852, and by the Danish law of sue- h ession of July 31, 1853. He succeeded to b he tbiono on the death of King Frederick fi II., on November 15, 18G3. tl For the last thirty years of her life tho ti fueen exercised such influence on the I olities of Eurooe that she was sometimes t! ailed the mother-in-law ot Europe. ll The children of King Christian and jueen Louise are Prince Frederick, tho eir apparent, born June 3, 1343; Princess .lexnudrla, born December 1, lS4t, maried March 10, 13G3, to the Prince of Wales; !' 'rinco Wilhelm, elected King of the " lellencs under tlio title of George I. by n ho Greek National Assembly; Princess 11 larie Dammar (Empress Maria Feidorev- 11 a), who was married to Alevander III., I' he late Czar of Itussia; Princess Thyra a nd Prince Waldemar. o BATTLE WITH STR.KINC MINERS.*' ? d nlon Coal Men and Negroes Fight in the f Streets of Phiir, 111. e Paxa, III. (Special).?Striking union coal c liners and Imported negroes engaged in a a itched battle In the main street of this city 1 iTednesday night. tl The ^rouble was precipitated by tho ar- f est of a negro who quarreled with a white c liner. The negroes assembled on Locust treet, one of the principal thoroughfares a the city, and challenged the miners to ight. The opposing forces lined up, the ecroes with Winchesters and tie miners a rith shotguns, rifles and revolvers. Neigh- ' orjng business houses wero immediately 2 losed, lights extinguished, and citizens i enerally sought their homes. 1 At the word of command firing com- 1 aenced. The llrst vollev, it is said, came ^ rom the negroes. The union men re- ^ ponded witii a volley, and heavy firing f ontfnued for live minutes. Much of the v hooting was wild and entirely harmless 1 0 the white men, who finally drove their ^ nemies in full retreat to the stockades. f ?he negroes are thought to have carried I evernl men with.them, and one is report- t id dead. c A second encounter between the miners t T,nr.rn.c m>onrr>>d twenty minutes after t he first b?ttle near the penweil stockade, I >ut the firing war mattered, and it is not < ielleved to have been a ccions engagenent. The miners had full ehargb * mslness streets at midnight. Governor ["anner has been asked to send militia to . >rotect property in this city and to remove he negroes. Killed Her Sister-ln-Law. ^ Mrs. George Ewin~ shot and instantly J ;illed Mrs. Frank Ewi.ig at Maryville, Mo. ( ?ho women were sisters-in-law. Mrs. t leorge Ewing's husband was away from 1 lomo and Mrs. Frank Ewing went to spend i ho night with her. They quarreled and t Irs. George Ewing got a pistol and shot s ler guest. She confesses the crime and is I inder arrest. t Cubans Want Money to Pay Troops. f Tt i? ronorted that General Garcia will J loon visit the United States and try to dace a Cuban loan, to pay the troops of he revolutionary army. Canada For Prohibition. Canada Rave a large majority on Thurs. lay for prohibition, returns indicate, on a imall vntu. Shot In a Soldier*' Home. Governor A. J. Smith, of the National Soldiers' Home, near Santa Monica, Cal., was shot Ave time3 by Albert G. Bradley, an inmate of the home. Bradley, who has been at the home Ave years and bears the reputation of being a troublesome crank, came up behind Smith and began firing a revolver. His injuries are not fatal. Fifteen Killed and Wounded, An explosion of dynamite fifteen m'iles J from New Whatcom, Wash., Wednesday j ifternoon, killed and wounded fifteen men, 1 tilled four horses and demolished the winlows of houses for seven miles around. iOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. RECNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS. ummer's Over-Soul Appeal to Common Snix' Prayer at Communion How Meet Your (>o<l Consecration to God's Glory A Confession of Sin. earth! thou hast not auy wind which blows hat is not music. Every weed of thine, ressed rightly, flows in aromatic wine, nd every humble hedgerow flower that grows. nd every little brown bird that doth sing, ^ .nth something greater than itself, and 1 bears loving word to every living thing lheit it holds the message unawares. 11 shapes and sounds have something which is not f them. A spirit broods amid the grass; ague outlines of the everlasting thought ie in the melting shadows as they pass; he touch of an Eternal Presence thrills he breezes of the sunset and the hills, ometimes we know not how, nor why, nor whence he twitter of the swallows 'neath the eaves, he shimmer of the light amid the leaves, i ill strike up thro' the thick roofs of our sense, nd show us things which seers and sages saw. i the gray earth's green dawn something stir, ike organ hymns within us, and both aws. liiekard ItealL Appeal to Common Sense. All who pride themselves in being govrned by good sense rather than by sentilent, influence or even example, ought specially to bo Christians. If ever any ppeal were made directly and forcibly to ommon sense, it is that of Christianity, eaving out of account at present all onsiderations of gratitude or affection, nd taking merely the lower ground 01 xpediency, has not the gespel a right to very one's serious attention, and to his ? cceptance? It appeals to every man in his wn behalf. It tells him that, whatever thers may do. he has himself to look after nd provide for. This is as true in religion s in business, and more true. Others ineed may concern themselves and may be elpful. But If he does not make effort for imself to take advautage of the offers, no tber person's zeal can do the work 1 his behalf. The gospel reminds im of this and points out to him tie risk of not looking personally fter his own interests. It deals with sirnle, plain, undeniable facts, from which here is no escape. He is h6re today. He lay be gone next year, next month, peraps even tomorrow. Whether he does or oes not believe all which he hears about a nture life his good sense tells him to live o that, if there be one, he may be prepared or it in the best manner. The same sound ense insists whoever lives tho most ure, noble, unselfish, useful life here f course is best fitted for whatever ho I'nminc hereafter. And it de lares that tbts Is just the life that Jesus Christ did live and which His gospel insists pon. The gospel does not try to deceive ny one or to beguile him. It does not presnd that to be a Christian always is easy, nd his observation teaches him better than 0 believe that. Nor does it hold out to hira he prospect of immediate perfect happiess, or of any other kind of reward, s a bait, although it does assure him that 11 the end he will rejoice in being a Christian. ' It treat3 him fairly and rankly as a man deserves to be treated, t tells him that he ought to be a Christian. ,et him do his duty, and let happiness take are of itself. It tells him that he will have a ard light against evil as long as he lives, ut that it is moro sensible to accept this act and to make his light manfully, with he heavenly aid which he wiii h:iv", j shrink from lit or refuse toi couawM^lt. n a word, in spirit, in fact ami in method he gospel appeals to common sense upon .a own ground. Prayer at Communion. 1 adore tbee, O blessed Jesus, for institutag this blessed sacrament: O let thy divin:y thus stamped upon it strike into my soul _ L. ?.. ' ~ i It' in XI IT>1Y awn lUU|/|;ivnvuiu^ it. VX le such heavenly dispositions as may make le meet to partake! Fer thy mercy's sake ardon all my stupid forgetfulness of thee nd ingratitude to thee, and create in me uch a thankful and lively remembrance f thy dying love as may incite me to ive myself up entirely to thee, as thou idst give tip thyself on the-cross for me. .et inward and visible grace accompany he outward and visible signs, that the holy lements may be bread of life and wine of onsolation to our souls, and by the strength nd comfort that we receive at this heavenly aast let us be more enabled to run the ways f thy commandments. 0 let us And that bou "hast wrought all our works in us and or us, and then not unto us. but unto thy iame shall be the glory. Amen * How Meet Your Uo<l. Some (lay the watchers will move silently ibout your home. TheshaJows will lengthen n the "twilight of your departing day. Your irms will reach up and encircle some neck n a last, clinging embrace. Your eyes will r.^L- nn to catch the last tender message inspoken because the heart is breaking, ["he heart that has served you so well rill send out its life currents with a eeble flutter. Lips always rich with rords of love will stiffen into silence beleath the parting kiss! And then!? Anna rill be folded over the quiet heart! Loving Ingers, in their last tender ministry, will mess lids over the sightless eyes! The on? hat loves you best will press a last kiss upin the pallid lips and then seal them for itirial! What then? '-The spirit will reurn to God who gave it." What then? 3rother. sister, how will you meet your lodV?Interior. Consecration to God's Glory. Xsop, in one of his fables, tells of a phil?sopher. who, while dreamily looking tovards the heavens, fell into a pit and cried ilouu for help. A shepherd who had been vatebing his flocks near by ran to his relief, 'eacbed down his ercok and saved him. 'What can I do for thee?" asked the philjsopher. "Xothing,"saidtheshepherd. "but his: give more heed to the things that ie about thy feet and less to the skiea ibove thee, and thou wilt save thyself much rouble." To live for today is in the noblest ense to live for eternity. " To be my very - - A ...v?. tho rnrv hPst for H'M III 19 nuui, kv uv vii^' .v.j hose about me, and to spend this moment n n spirit of absolute consecration to God's flory, this is the duty that confronts me.? ). J. Burreli, D. I)., in "The Golden Tasiional and Other Sermons." A Confession of Sin. Some few half hours we spend in prayer, tnd many whole days in idleness and vanity, sometimes we bestow a little on the poor ind often throw more away on our passions. Thus we confess to Thee, (3 Lord our God, tvho perfectly seest every corner of our Hearts, not that Thou inayest know us, Hut that we may know ourselves tnd Thou mayest cure us. Cure us, 0 thou great physician of our souls, of ill our sinful distempers: cure us of this mguish of intermitting piety and fix it is an " ?ven and constant holiness. 0, make us ise our relielon as our regular diet, and not jnlv as a single medieine In a pressing necessity! So shall our souls be endued with a perfect health. A humble man Is a joyous man. There is 10 worship where there is no joy. For worship is something more than either the 'ear of God or the Jove of Him. It is height in Him. F. W. Faber.