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ARE TOO INDEFINITE Terras Offered Striking Miners Not At AH Satisfactory. TCO Ml'CH ROOM FOR EVASION Offer of 10 Per Cent. Increase Heans Practically Nothing to the Miners In Its Present Shape. \ "* >J Hazleton. Pa.. Special.?As was generally expected, the concessions offered to the striking miners by the individual coal operators. A. Pardet. and Co., have been without the slightest effect in inducing those of th?<r men who are on strike to return to work. The concessions are identical with those off', red by the i,ehigh Valley ana the other big coai companies and are entirely too vague and unsatisfactory from the miners' point of view. While a net increase of 10 per cent, is offered, it is not state! for what length of time or whether on a permanent or a sliding scale. The same complaint of \agueness is made against the promised reduction in the price of powder. No fixed price is promised, and the offer that powder will be sold to minus for $1.00 a keg and that the difference between this rate and the old rate of $2.75 shall be taken into account in figuring the net advame of 10 per cent., the miners say. admits of too many different interpretations and juggling to be at all satisfactory What they want and probably will get is a plain, straightforward proposition on the part of the operators and companies which cannot be misinterpreted; and which in every way definitely 1 fixes terms and dates. President Mitchell reiterated, in so ( many words, that an offer emanating from only a single firm cannot be con- i sidered and no action would or would, i be taken by him or his colleagues until all the operators and companies had -? J i Ct i 11 O 1 i?nen.?u terras v>i ociitcut^ui.. uim, ?->.though no definite declaration to this effect his been made a settlement of the strike is likely to be made very shortly. A number of local union* have already chosen delegates to the j convention which is to be held soon, ( and this is a mo3t significant step, de- , spite the fact that union officials say i that it was entirely premature. Otherwise there was no notable change in the strike situation here. Only one demonstration of violence tcok place and that occurred at an | early hour in the morning at the Lattlm.er colliery of A. Pardee and Co. This ' colliery has been working almost full ^ Jfacded. The subjugation of the men Tworking at this plant was determined ^ on several times and raids were made up. but were prevented by i..e leaders. However, the place was carried by a large display of force and strategy ' combined, which was not without its amusing features. The colliery office is situated at the extremity of a long and narrow lane, flanked by the houses occupied by the miners of the company. Down this street and directly toward i the store and office, the men marched 1 at an early hour with a band of strikers headed by "Mother" Jones. Arriving in front of the store, "Mother" JrOnes began addressing the crowd, and this attracted the deputies and police officers who left the colliery and stripping, several hundred feet back of I 1 the office, almost unguarded. While this was going on a crowd of strikers, numbering perhaps 1.000, had j quietly proceeded to a position back of ; the workings. Suddenly, while the attention of the police and deputies was attracted bv the occurrence at the of- < fice, the second crowd swooped down upon the workings and prevailed upon the men to go out. They scattered like a fiock of sheep and did not return to work, so the plan: had to close down for the day at least. Whether it will try to resume or not is not known. nay be Sent to the Bone. ( Washington. D. C . Special.?The battleship Texas is a'jout to be passed upon by a board of survey at Norfolk, to determine whether it is worth while to spend any more money on thie obsolete type of ship. If the ~ in' brought into rea v?.. ? - w sonable limits, it is probable that it will be authorized, but if the sura required is large the vessel practically will retire from service. In the Hooslcr State. Indianapolis. Ind., Special.?William J. Bryan began his day's campaign in N'oblcsville. Ind. He arrived at 8. o'clock and spoke from a stand near the depot for fifteen minutes. His audience numbered S.Gvv people. \vuo were liberal with taeir applause. Mr. Bryan rapidly traced the Democratic - position on all the issues of the camp paign. Ke said that the duty of the nation is determined by the people, and that if each man will do his full duty conscientiously next November, the country's duty in the present emergency will b? properly indicated. > ' AT WAKE FORFST. Prospect For An Exceedingly Prosperous Year. The beginning of the second month in this session of the college finds two hundred and eighty-five students registered. The rust of the summer Vacation has worn off, the new students have become acquainted with methods of coliege work and in classroom and laboratory everything moves on apace. The law school, under the j direction of Professor iiiuie>, uaa moved to Williams' Hall, where it has I "two large and convenient rooms, one of which serves as a class room, the other as reading room for the school. The law school is larger than in any previous year at this period, and although the Supreme Court now requires two years' work of candidates for licence. Professor Guilley will have a larger class for the February examinations than ever before. Shot By a Showman. Newton. Special.?At the night performance of Buckskin Bill's .. ild West show here on Thursday night, air. George Moose, of this place, got into a difficulty with one of the snowmen. Ke was knocked down and while in a stooping position, he received a wound from a pistol shot. Tne ball passed through the fleshy part of his right arm and then entered his body, went downward to the position his body was in. The doctors probed for the ball, but have been unable to find it. They traced it down to the lower edge or the liver and there lost trace 01 it. They think that it is imbedded in the inner muscles of his thigh. Dr. Menzies. of Hickory, was sent tor and will arrive with his x ray machine to Exarch for the ball. T'ne wouid is of a K.,* tho <2 rnn'f BcriUUS uaiuic, i/ui mi tell much about it until the location ot the ball is ascertained. The man who fired the shot h-s not been captured. North State Notes. Mr. R. M. Saunders, who is operating a saw mill near Cooleemee. Davitcounty, added a genuine curiosity to the Landmark's stock Saturday. In cutting a poplar log two and a half feet in diameter last week Mr Saunders' saw struck and cut into the handle of an old fashioned steei fork. The fork had been broken just at ine handle and veais and years ago the broken handle had been stuck into the tender bark of a young poplar. This had grown around and covered it. The tree was perfectly sound and the iron was found just at the heart o. the tree. One piece of the iron handle gtill had the wood covering on it when takeu out of the plank. 'Ihe ?ree was cut in the South Yadkin river bottom, near where Hunting creek empties iato the river and far from any house. ?Statesville Landmark. Mr. Woodson Daniel, who lives neat Denton, in this county, was here a few lays ago wearing a pair Oi pants which he has owned and worn a good deal every year for sixty years. He brought them in Mr. John Murphy's store in Salisbury some time during the fall of the year before the .tppecanoe campaign in 1S40. that being the fall of '29. Mr. Daniel is 82 years old and rode a mule from his home. IS miles distant, and back in t.ie arterncon. The pants are navy blue with a .-mail bronze silk check. It is yet very strong goods. He said it sold for 31 per yard.?Lexington Letter in Charlotte Observer. Chester Moore, night operator am lineman of the Oxford Telephone system, was at the top of a telephone pole on Broad street, when the pole broke off at rhe ground. Fortunately in falling the cross arms struck a fence, which saved the youth from being crushed, though he was thrown violently to the ground, rendered :mronsclotis and severely bruised by the fall. Mr. Lee Sapp. of No. ." township, presented us with a sample of his second growth peaches on Monday. 1 hey were perfect in ripening and In delicacy of flavor. Iln size they were about like partridge eggs. He says the tree bore a crop that ripened about the first of July.?Concord Standard. State Superinten lent cf Public Instruction Mebane says he wrs painfully hurt Wednesday by a fail hack wards out of a wagon. He struck on his shoulders. Judge Bowman's divorce court grant ed Mrs. J. M. Houck a divorce from her husband for abandonment. Saturday night Mrs. Houck undertook to take to her heart and home a young man 18 years of age. by the name of Green, hut the wedding was broken up in a row in which beer bottles and pistols were used. But Sundry another and more successful attempt was made and new the twain are one.?Lenoir Xev> :. '.friends in Wiknirg'ou of Judge Augustus M. Moore, of tne Eastern distird criminal court, will regret that he continues quite ill. It Is reported that he has gone to Washington. D. C., for treatment. He has held practically no court since the session hero thr^ months ago. Halifax court this wtvk had to Up abandoned on account o:' I.is '"Hne-s.?Wilmington. Smr. Mr. T. W. Russell went down to 1 i!lery Thursday, where he has a contract to construct a pear.ut factory for the State on the Caledonia farm. The State has about 1,500 acres in peanuts, and it was found nccesary to have a factory for the purpose of cleaning and preparing them for market.?Weldor News. CROPS IN THE SOUTH General Resume cf 1he Cotton Belt Situation. ' GATHERING OF THE YEAR'S CROP. All The Cotton Belt States Show a Heavy Decrease in the Yield--Gen? eral Crop Notes. The weather conditions were very favorable for gathering cotton except in the northwestern portion of the belt, where rains interfered to some extent. The continued abnormally high temperatures which prevailed over the whole belt were very favorable towards maturing the top crop, while the moisture in the ground checked the premature opening. The bulk of the crop will have been picked by the middle of October east of the Mississippi while west of that river picking is less advanced. Then, also, the crop seems to have improved prospects of a top crop. The ultimate size of the crop depends largely on ab sence of frcst. It is a fair estimate that, compared with last year's production, there will be nearly a million more bales grown west of the Mississippi this year, ar.d that east of that division about a half million fewer bales this year, making the crop from nine to nine and a half million bales. An early frost in Texas would reduce these figures, for there the crop is very late, especially in the southern por tions. In North Carolina the week was warm and dry. conditions very favorable for picking cotton, which made rapid progress. Already over threefourths of the crop has been gathered. In South Carolina cotton picking made favorable progress, and from half to seven-eights of the crop hao been gathered. Yields are estimated at from half to nearly three-fourths an average crop. Many correspondents state that picking will be practically completed by October 15th, which is unusually early, due to the continued heat and dryness. There will be no top crop of any account. Sea-island yields are also light, and half has been gathered. In Georgia the characteristic features of the past week were almost immno ciinohinp hiff'h temnera ture and absence of rain. These conditions have been most favorable fo: picking and saving cotton, the bulk of which has been saved, and picking will be practically completed during the first decade of the present month. In some sections there is complaint of cotton shedding its leaves. This precludes all possibility of any new friut. In i^orida the weather prevailing during the week enabled farmers to pick the bulk of the cotton crop and house it in an excellent condition. In Alabama warm, dry, clear weather prevailed, the temperature averaging several degrees above the normal, with practically no rainfall. These conditions were very favorable for gathering cotton and corn. Most of the cotton is open, much of it prematurely; the greater portion of it has been picked, and it is being ginned and marketed very rapidly; while scarcity of labor is retarding picking in some sections, the bulk of the crop will be saved during the next 10 days; some slight damage by boll worms, rust, and shedding is reported; the lint is of fair to good quality; there will be no top crop worthy of mention, and reports still indicate a light yield. In Mississippi cotton picking ha3 advanced rapidly as the staple is opening very fast. In some localities picking has been retaraea 011 accuum ui mc extremely warm weather, while in I other sections it has been rushed and is now nearing completion. The yield appears to grow lighter as picking progresses. In Louisiana the week was warm and dry, conditions favorable for harvesting and marketing cotton, which is opening fast and picking is being vigorously pushed.About two-thirds of the crop is open, and it is being marketed as fast as picked. Worms and caterpillars are reducing the top crop. in Tennessee the week of warm, dry weather following the rains has been very beneficial to late maturing r->h]p far gathering the CVU|l8a auu w % ... ? ripened fall products. The rains started a growth in cotton and checked the rapid opening; picking is in full progress, and the staple is being rapidly marketed in view of th? present prices: the crop will be short. In Texas only very light scattered showers were reported during the early part of the week. The greatest local rainfall was .84 of an inch at Beeville. There was no rainfall for the week at many stations. The heavy rr: ::1.3 just at the clcse of last week rela:'led cotton picking generaliy. Much cotton was damaged by these rains. Picking was rushed during the greater portion of this week and much cotton has been piekekd. Pickers are scarce in many sections, oonie cotton cn low lands over the central and northern portions of the i-tate was damaged by overflowing. Bolls had commenced rotting on the stalk in places on account of wet weather and 1 the dry weather this week was very beneficial for the crop. Worms are still reported from some sections, but the crop as a whole will be considerably below an average, particularly over the southern portion of the State, where the crop is almost a failure in some localities along the Brazos river. In Arkansas there were scattered showers, heavy in localities, which somewhat retarded cotton picking, but rapid progress was made in most sections. Rain injured cotton and it is sprouting in the bolls. The crop is nearly all open, and under favorable | conditions the bulk of it will have been gathered by the end of October. Flour Mills Shut Down. Minneapolis, Special.?Nearly onehalf of the flour mills operating in Minneapolis closed Saturday night, for an indefinite length of time. The of ficials report the cause due exclusively 1 to the late marked shortage in the demand for flour. It is contended gen- | erally that the coming election has to some extent brought the sudden de cline in demand, and it is probable ' that none of the mills will not resume operation until after it is over. ( Philippine Island Revenues. Washington, D. C., Special.?The War Department has made public a ] statement showing the revenues in the j Philippine Islands for the first seven ' months cf 1900 to have been $4,782,080, : an increase over the corresponding po- ' riod of 1899 of $2,095,335. The cus- , toms receipts for the period named in i 1900 were $3,362,245 and the internal 1 revenue receipts $336,101. The postal J receipts, beginning July 1st, were deposited in the Treasury, and for th^ month amounted to $110,845, 1 Notes. Great Britain has followed the , t'nited States in acquiescing in Ger- j rnany's new plan for a settlement with China. ] Conservative gains continue to be ] reported in the British elections. Extensive damage was done by fire ' {o Wei beck Abbey, the seat of the Dukes of Portland, near Worksop, England. \ Senor Romeroy Robledo. a prominent < Spanish statesman, predicts revolution < in Spain unless reforms are introduced. i The Fayetteville Observer notes the death of Mr. James D. Nott, a brave < Confederate soldier, aged 65. He was ' treasurer of Cumberland county a num- 1 ber of years?was honest, true and upright. Capt. W. C. Dotson. ronductor on the ( Mt. Airy and Greensboro Railroad, died on Wednesday. He had a stroke of par- ( alysis in July. He was popular and j efficient. Callaway A. Moore has been appointed postmaster at Apalachia, and Gard- 1 ner M. Garry has been appointed post- ^ master at Buena Vista. s The Roxboro Courier notes the 1 death of Caut. T. J. Stephens at his ' home in Winstead. He was one of Per- j son's best citizens, a brave soldier and \ an honest man. < Mr. J. C. Daniel was married to Miss ! Annie Scarboro. near Wilson, on Wed- ^ nesday. Elder Sylvester Hassell oiEci- i ated. Rev. C. A. G. Thomas has resigned ' the pastorate of the Thomasville Baa- (' tist church. to take effect in October. Four prisoners escaped from the New ( Hanover jail through a transom. < Serious Accusation. i Manassas, Va.. Special.?Prof. J. C. Beahm. principal of the Prince William Normal school at Brentsville, in this county, has been arrested by j Deputy Sheriff Rorabaugh and placed in jail at this place upon a warrant charging him with having committed < a felcnous assault upon a young girl 15 years of age, who was a pupil of his , school. He was taken before Justice Rice for a preliminary hearing but I ? - onrl tfQa ^?/\m ? I waived an exanimuuvu anu ?><? , mitted to Jail to await the action of the srand jury. 1 Death of f-ive Solders. Wrshingtcn. D. C.. Special.?General MacArthur reported to the war department that five soldiers died in the mountains of Laguna province after having made their escape from the insurgents by whom they had been captured. The date of their death is unknown a::d no details are furnished as to the manner of their death. It is supposed, however, rhat they perished 1 from starvation and exposure, having \ lost their way in the mountains in j their endeavor to return to their com- ; radea . ne uecrgia ciecnon. Atlanta, Ga.. Special.?Reports rere'v- | ed from ail parts of the State indicate j that the Democratic majority in Wednesday's general election for members of Congress, State House cffl .ers. members of thp genetal a'serably and local county officers, will be about 59,000. No opposition developed against the Democratic nominees, and except in a few counties where the Populist organization is strongest, i'.ttle interest w, 3 taken in the election. In counties where the Democratic strength was undoubted the vote was light 1 An Indiana pastor lias preached in favor of the shirt waist 011 the ground that if a man is comfortable it is easier for hioi to be religioua mmmmmmmmmmmmmm-mmmmmmmmrn ' ENGLAND FOLLOWS. t . Issues Instructions to Sir Mc? Donald. * , / SIMILAR TO CONGER'S ORDERS. Punishment of Chinese Ringleaders ? natter That is Apt to be Rigorously Looked After. Washington. D. C., Special.?The British government has foi'owed in the footsteps of the United State3 in the Chinese negotiations. It has authorized Sir Claude MacDonald, the Drltieh minister at Pekin. to enter into lelations with the Chinese officials, just as our government did in the ease of Mr. Conger. It has left to its ministers discretionary power to pass upon the sufficiency of the credentials of Li Hung Chang, Prince Ching and the other Chinese envoys. Although the formal response to the la3t German proposition ha3 not been returned by Lord Salisbury, the United States government has been informed that, though such answer may not te made it all. beiDg unnecessary in the light of the recent developments . yet Sir Claude MacDonald will he instructed to make the same inquiries relative to the punishment of the Chinese ringleaders, that have been committed to >lr. Longer. American Bankers. Richmond, Va., Special.?At the closing session of the American Bankers' Association the "Financial Future of :he United States;" "The Internal Revenue Law;" Public Opinion and Banks;" and, "The Education of a Banker," were discussed, the leaders in the discussion of the several topic* being respectively: Charles A. Conant Mew York Journal of Comerce; Alfred 2. Barres. President Astor Place Bank, New York; J. A. S. Pollard, Cashier Fort Madison Savings Banks, Fort Madison, Iowa, ana George Hague, General Manager Merchans* Bank of Canada, and delegate Canadian Bank?rs' Association. The association confirmed the officers ihosen by the committee as follows: President?Alvah Troybridge, President of the North American Trust Company, of New York, the present rice-president of the association. Vice-President?Myron T. Herrick, President of the Society of Savings, of Cleveland, Ohio, the present chairman Df the executive committee. Chairman of the Executive Committee?Caldwell Hardy, President of the Norfolk National Bank, of Norfolk, Va. Vice-Presidents were elected from all the States and Territories. Two cities were placed in nomination for the next itssiuu ui luc assui:ianuu. i. ucj nua Buffalo and Milwaukee, the former city aeing. represented by Colonel W. C. Corn well, and the latter by Mr. F. G. BIgelow. The question was referred to the executive council, which will decide it at the meeting to be held next spring. The executive council was requested to appropriate $5,000 to the Galveston relief fund. A resolutin declaring in favor of putting the consular service under clvi! service rules, was tabled, after long iiscussion. Through a resolution sent to the executive council for action, the association indorsed the proposition tor a Federal department of commerce and industries. The council was Instruct?d to send copies of the resolution to the President, members of the cabinet md members of Congress. After the adoption of appropriate resolutions of thanks, Mr. W. R. Trigg, who has been elected vice-president for Virginia, spoke, urging that the convention be held here next> year. After his remarks the convention ad journen sine uie. Immediately following the adjournment the executive council convened and elected Col. James R. Branch, formerly of Richmond, secretary, and Mr. George M. Reynolds, of the Continental Bank of Chicago, treasurer, both succeeding themselves. These matters being disposed of the council went into the consideration of of unfinished business. Cotton Goods Advanc;. Philadelphia, Special.?The conference between committees representing the Southern Cotton Spinners' Associ auun ituu nit; I ai u .ucuaaiuo n:ojciation with reference to a revision of prices for yarn Thursday, completed their work. An increase of 6 and T cents a pound was decided on. Following is the new schedule of pricrg for the various grades: Ply yarn numbers? 4-8, 15 3-4; 9. 10 161-4; 12. 161-2: 14. 17 1-2: 16. 18. IS 1-2; 20. 20; 22. 20 1-2: 24. 21; 26. 211-2; 2S,2 1-2; 30. 25 1-2: 36. 28; 40. 30. Slack skein numbers?8-10. 17 1-2: 12, 17 3-4: 16, IS 1-2. Warps, two-ply numbers?8 1-2, 18; 10. 161-2; 11. 17 1-2; 12,18: 16. 1S1-2; IS. 19; 20. 20 1-2; 22,21; 26,22; 30, <v> 1 o. on or. on -o 1 , OU, , iu, MV. Negroes Take Charge. Columbia, S. C.. Special.?Wednes .lay night, for the fi:st time since they were allowed to vote, the negroes took entire control of the Republican organization in the State. E. H. Deas, a negro. displaced R. R. Tolbert, white, i a chairman of the State executive committee. and General Robert Smalls, a negro, wae re-elected vice-chairmaa , over J. fl. Wheeler, a white man.