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TROUBLE NOW OVER The Commission Appointed to Make Terms to Settle Coal Strike. % ? MITCHELL NAMED SOME OF THEM, A Meeting of the Executive Board of Mine Workers Called?Work May Be Resumed Soon. Waschington, Special.?The strike is settled. Secretary Root announced at 1 o'clock Thursday morning that a common ground of agreement has been reached. The President has named a >- commission of six persons to settle the strike. An official statement will announce tbe names of the strike settlement committee. It is believed that the sixth representative will be chosen from the ranks of labor. The President will urge the immediate resumption of work at the mines and the administration believes the request will be followed at once. President Mitchell has called a meeting of the executive board, and the otrike will be called off at once and Mining resumed in two or three days. 9ome of the members of the committee were named by Messrs. Sargent and Mitchell at the conference with the Pttident and later meetings Sargent officially represented the mine union leader. The members of the strike settlement commission are: Brigadier General John M. Wilson, EL W. Parker, of Washington, D. C? connected with the Geological Survey; Judge George Gray, of Delaware; E. E. Clarke, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Thomas H. Watkins, of Scranton, Pa.; Bishop John L. SpauldIng, of Peoria, 111.; Carroll D. Wright As named the commission is practically satisfactory t<? both miners and operators. Assent of the miners was given through President Mitchell and Mr. Sargent Commissioner of Immigration, and of the operators through Messrs. Robert Bacon and George W. Perkins, of the banking firm of J. Pierpont Morgan & Company. The final outcome followed a series of conferences beginning with two during the day with Mr. Mitchell and two during the wight with Messrs. Bacon and Perkins. Bvents moved quickly at the last, the President being determined on a ' apeedy settlement. The commission will assemble in a few days and choose a chairman, ft then will arrange for sessions and tes* tlmony. Washington, Special.?The following official statement announcing the close of the strike was Issued at the WhiCe House at 2:20 a. m. After a conference with Mr. Mitchell smd some further conferences with reprentatives of the coal operators, the President has appointed the members of the commission to inquire into, and pass upon all questions at issue between the ooerators and miners in the anthracite coal fields: Brigadier General John M. Wilson, H. 3. A., retired (late chief'of engineers U. 3. A.) Washington, D. C? as an of*cer of the engineer corps of either the military or naval service. E. W. Parker, Washington, D. C? as an expert mining engineer. Mr. Parker Is chief statistician of the coal division of the United States Geological Survey and the editor of The Engineering and Mining Journal, of New York. Hon. George Gray, Wilmington, Dei., .as a judge of a United States Court. Mr. E. E. Clarke, Cecar Rapids. Ia.. grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors, as a sociologist, the President assuming that for the purpose uf aoch a term of sociologist means a man who has thought and studied deeply on aocial questions and has practically applied his knowledge. Mr. Thomas H. Watkins, Scianton. Fa., as a man practically acquainted with the mining and selling of coal. . Bishop John L. Spaulding. of Peoria p ML The President has added Bishop Bpnulding's name to the commission. Hon. Carroll D. Wright, has been appointed recorder of the commission. Beau voir Transferred. Jackson, Miss.. Special.?The formal sale and transfer of Beauvolr, the home of Jefferson Davis, by Mrs. Davis to the Bona of Confederate Veterans, aras consummated Wednesday at the opening session of the reunion of the Mississippi Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans. The home will be used as a home for indigent Confederate Veterans. Mrs. Davis received $10,000 far the home. Quarantine Raised: Washington, Special.?The following amendment to the quarantine regulations removing quarantine restrictions against the island of Cuba, was issued from the reasury Department huraday: *To Officers of the Treasury Departanent. State and Local Quarantine Officers and Others Concerned: On account of the continued absence of any evidence of yellow fever infection in tae island or L'uoa aunog me pasi. summer, the removal of quarantine restrictions for yellow fever against said island, usually effective on November 1, is hereby to be effective on October IS. 1902. O. L. SPAULDING. "Assistant Secretary." Buchanan to Be Tried. Nacogodoches. Tex., Special.?A preliminary trial will be granted Jim Buchanan, the self-confessed murderer of the Hicks family, next Tuesday, and the negro will be brought hqre for trl&L Five hundred citizens of this county have guaranteed a fair trial protection. The concensus of cpinion, however, is that the militia ar State Bangers must be sent here to #rer?st hie execution by a mob. f SmSR*. . '/* SENATOK MORGAN'S VIEWS. He Does Not Believe the Coal Strike Settlement Permanent. Baltimore. Special.?Senator John T. Morgan, of Alabam, now visiting in this city, was interviewed on the coal strike and on the isthmian canal outlook. Speaking of President Roose velt's success in bringing about arbitration, the Senator said: "I am very glad that a modus vivendi has apparently been formed, and I should think the Republican situation would be relieved considerably. In a matter whero the comfort and prosperity of the whole people are concerned, we should not entertain any question of party advantages, but should consider the general welfare. But the strike question has only been put to sleep for a time. You will find much debate and attempted legislation in Congress and in Legislatures cf States containing minc3, which meet this winter concerning the status of mines. The so-called question of capital and labor is a broad one. Mr. Hill, in New York, has taken the wrong idea of handling the fuel question through the exe-clse of the right cf eminent domain. It is a municipal matter, the regulation of a public utility such as a ferry, turnpike, or a street railway. Attorney-General Knox expressed the right idea when he said: 'Let the common law define the wrong and then frame the statute to apply the remedy.' The common law has defined tho right of the State or municipality to make regulations for the health, comfort, convenience or protection of the public for hundreds of years. Touching on politics, the Senator " T A e?A V? o f fVi/i ?>aiu. i uu uui ocr mac vuv> have anything to gain bx controlling the next House of Representatives. 1 do not believe the Democrats of this country want to constitute themselves a clog to legislation, yet that result would naturally follow. With the two branches of Congress or opposite political faith, the government will be seriously embarrassen. There is nothing to gain by a consition of this kind. It would not be any advantage to any one." Asked what he thought of the prosrects for the construction of an isthmian canal. Senator Morgan said: "I have always felt confident that when the whole matter has been gone over the Nicaragua route will be accepted as the only practical location. The money has been appropriated, and I do not believe any commission of meu or scoundrels will be able to prevent if and cause the money to be converted back into the Treasury. Mr. McKinley, with the wisest policy which was ever exhibited by any President, was a firm friend of the plan, and Mr. Roosevelt. who is unmistakably sincere and honest, is carrying out his policy. Recent railway developments indicate that J. P. Morgan and th eother great financiers have accepted the fact that the isthmian canal must be constructed. He recognizes the fact that the canal will be built and he wishes to control the gt-eat tonnage which must be carried from all over the country east of the Mississippi and south of the St. Lawrence to Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans and Galveston. News in Brief. Senator Harris, of Kansas, one of the Democratic leaders of the Senate, who went to Europe this summer in the interest of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. said on his return here today that he had on a pair of shoes made in New England, which he had purchased abroad for 20 per cent less than the retail price in this country, and tljat he knew no better object-lesson for -the people in the cause of tariff reform. He said that he would take them off and save them for use in the campaign and that he proposed to exhibit them on the stump as a concrete example of the way the American consumer is forced to pay for the same thing ihore than the consumer abroad, through the aid cf the tariff. Washington, Special.?The annual I rpnnrf nf the commissioner of immi gration was made public Saturday. It shows that of the 648,743 immigrants who arrived in the United States during the last fiscal year were 466,369 males and 182,374 females. Of the entire number of arrivals Italy br.ppliea 178,375. an increase of 42,379 over the number for 1901; Austria-Hungary 171,989, an increase of 58.599. and Russia 107.347, an increase of 22,090. In the British House or commons John O'Donnell defied the Premier, shaking his fist in Mr. Balfour's face. The Soufriere volcano is again in eruption. A mass meeting at Kingston denounced the government of St. Vincent and opposed enforced emigration. ? President Castro is reported to be making a desperate stand at La Victoria. the battle with the insurgents still continuing. The Austrian budget of $345,265,087 was presented in the Relchsrath. Firmin, the Haitian insurgent leader, is aboard the cruiser Cincinnati, and is reported to be going into exile. Chancellor von Buelow in a speech asked the German Helchstag not to increase the duties in the new tariff kiii The steamship Germanic was in a j terrific storm off the British coast. The Boer generals were enthusiastically received in Berlin. It is expected the Anthracite Strike Arbitration Commission will hold its first meeting in Washington next week. Prof. Robert#T. Hill believes the phases of the moon have something to do with volcanic activity. The members of the Naval Construe- j tion Board differ as to the horsepower j required to maintain the' speed of the i two new armored cruisers being de signed. The United States led the world in the production of coal in 1901. i A convention of mine workers was called to meet at Wilkesbarre. P^, next Monday to consider the President's proposition to sttle the strike. It is expected that work in the mines will be returned Thursday. The failure la announced of GilSon ft Co.. bankers of New York. MITCHELL'S POSITION The U*ke Leader Makes Statement to the President IS CONFIDENT OF FINAL OUTCOME. Says That the /liners' Convention Will Agree to Abide By Award of Commission. Washington. Special.?The response of John Mitchell, president of the Uni ted Mine workers to rresiaent ttoosevelt's notification that he had appointed a commission, was made public Friday. It informs him of the action of the executive board of Districts 1, 7 and 9, in calling a convention and agreeing to recommend unanimously the resumption of work and the submission of the differences between the "operators and the mine workers of the anthracite coal fields" to the commission. The reply expresses confidence that the convention will agree to the arbitration of the "eminent and impartial men" chosen by the President and expresses gratitude to the President for his patriotic effects to bring about an honerable settlement of the strike. The reply goes at length into the grievances of the miners and concludes with the expression of the hope and belief that from this arbitration will come "a com- He. satisfactory and permanent solution of the troubles which have vexed tue anthracite field from time immemorial." The President, in his telegram to Mr. Mitchell, announced the appointment of the commission and said: "It is a matter of vital concern to all cur people and especially to those in our great cities who are least well ofl that the mining of coal should be resumed without a day of unnecessary delay." Mr. Mitchell's reply recounts the efforts of the miners to secure arbitration and goes Into a defense of the union and its demon''*. sa'Mng: "If our D'orfer of arbitration or impartial investigation had been accepted six months ago, instead of now. there need have been no strike. We have been so eager, Mr. President, to respond to the people's demand for coal, that" during the progress of the strike we have more than once offered arbitration. but we have invariably been met with the reply that 'we will not permit outsiders to dictate to U3 in the management of our affairs. We have nothing to arbitrate' "Now that the managers of the companies have been compelled by you and a thoroughly aroused public conscience to recede from this position, we are proud that the firmness and the heroic endurance of our men and women in support of their rights ana of a vital American principle have won the victory. "fbe pooi, under-paid mine workers of these coal regions, who toil hard from early morning until late at night for a livelihood, nobody supported by organized labor in this and other lands, have taught these corporation managers a useful lesson of civic and social duty. We exult over this tribute to the dignity of labor, because it is the triumph of right and of good public policy. "We do not. however, exult over our opponents; we appeal to them now.-as we have from the first, to turn their eyes to the future and to co-operate with us in an effort to establish better relations between employer and employee for the advantage of both. "We forgive them Aelr arrogant refusal to deal with us, and in this hour when they are forced to acknowledge their anability to operate their mines without our consent and co-operation, we hold out the right hand of friendship and ask them to join with us in securing amicable relations and wholesome conditions in this region. We forgive them even the false accusations trMoh thpv marip ncainat ua. The nre tense of the operators that they were unable to produce coal because Intimidation kept from work men who were willing to work, has been proven false by the fact that the protection which they demanded has decreased rather than increased the number of men mining coal. The operators declared > that they would have nothing to do with the United Mine Workers of America, but they have found it neceseary to recognize the power of the Wnitad Mine Workers of America, through you, Mr. President, and seek terms of peace which will enable them to resume their business of mining and selling coal. The recognition of our strength thus forced upon the operators by stern necessity we eyault over, not in narrow spirit, but because we believe it marks a forward step toward a new era. Upon the foundations laid through wax, we are ready to Join with | them ip building for hotter conditions I and a long lasting peace. The United Mine Workers of America, since its organization in the anthracite field, has constantly sought to establish. " 'First. To be just to both parties. We have never made demands beyond the ability of the industry to pay on a basis of equitable division of profits between labor and capital. " 'Second. Amicable relations between employers and employes, the latter speaking through their organisation and their organization aiding the companies m maintaining discipline, adjusting all difficulties by conciliatory methods, averting local strike and lockouts and securing stable and satisfactory conditions to the industry.' "Our organization by the same methods which we Lave proposed here, has secured just such relations and just such results on the coal fields of the country. Organization, like an individual, must stand upon what it has done and the life it has lived. We invite scrutiny and investigation of our record and character. In the soft coal fields we have joint conferences with the operators and with them we have Just diferences, we sign joint agreements together we preserve discipline, settle disputes and maintain harmony and stability in the trade. "Upon our past record we are willing to stand or fall. We have, time and time again, invited the anthracite operators to adopt these business methods and to deal with us on this basis. Despite repeated rebuffs, wt a I ' . persisted, but they resented any attempt upon our part to organise their employes; they refuse our overtures for amicable discussion and possible atisfactory adjustment of wage dlferences in Joint conference. "When the inevitable conflict came an tbey attempted to Justify themselves upon the false pleas that ours '3 an irresponsible organization. When ve demonstrated our responsibility .hey then asserted that we were a awless organization which was domilated by violence. When society atr.-.rtcd to interfere to settle the rike thev declared their divinely ap intra iu uc icl aiuut'. ivum reports cf national and State governments tried to mediate, they resented the 'meddling by politicians.' # Cat thanks to you, Mr. President and to the power of public opinion, they have been brought to a realization of the fact that the interests and welfare rf the American people cannot be ignored with impunity. "By the eminent tribunal which you have named we have confidence that justice will be done our people. We are glad to have a chance to appear before such a court empowered to consider and dispose of all questions at issue. First among these is the demand of the mine workers for increased wages and a reduction in the hours of labor; second, is the relations which ought to exist between the employers and the organization which the men have formed and which they authorize to speak for them." Syod in **sion Mechunlesburg. Pa., Special.?The Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church of the I'niied States is meeting in7 annual session here, North Carolina. Virginia, Maryland and central and southern Pennsylvania being represented by about 150 delegates. The Synod organized by electing Rev. John M. Schreck, of Washington, pastor oi President Roosevelt's church, president; Rev. N. H. Skiles, Woodstock, Va? vice president; Rev. H. N. Bassier, St. Thomas, corresponding secretary. I LABOR WORLD. Germany lias 995,000 trade union* lata. Warren, IL I., carpenters have organized. Toronto (Can.) lithographers will form a union. Plans are on foot to build a labor temple at Topeka, Kan. Fleetwood, England, carpenters have struck against piecework. Marine engineers on the Great Lnkes have adopted last year'6 scale of wages for next year. There are 22.~>.413 masters and men employed in the merchant marine of Great Britain. In the past twenty years in only onefifth of the coal strikes have the meu secured their demands. Messengers of the American Express Company have received a voluntary increase in salary of ten per ceut. Female factory employes at Flint, Mich., average ninety-one cents a day, aud one-half are employed by the piece. Glass bevelers at New York City have struck to enforce demand for a nine-hour day and a new scale of wages. i Day laoorers are in great oemnnu at St. Louis. Mo., and wages Lave advanced ten per cent, in tLe past two months. A movement has been inaugurated among the Northumberland, England, miners for a general strike as a protest against the coal tax. Every member of the Cigarmakers' Union at Jacksonville, Fla., contributes twenty-five cents a week toward advertising their union label. In Great Britain there are 1,903,000 trade unionists, and but 1,600,000 in the United States and Canada for about twice the population. There have been nearly 700 strikes In Great Britain during the past twelve months, sixty-eight per cent, of which have been settled in favor of the men. PROMINENT PEOPLE. , j 'Arthur Gardiner, cycling champion of 1897, is entering the automobile business. I Oxford University has conferred the degree of doctor of civil law on Ambassador White. Emperor William has bestowed a ueeoraiKm on i^apiam s>veruruy, me Arctic explorer. Sir Conan Doyle has declined to stand as a Liberal-Union candidate hi Central Edinburgh. Dr. Joseph Parker, the famous preacher, lias been ordered to give up all work for six months. Mr. Kruger, former President of the South African Republic, has just passed hi* seventy-seventh birthday. King Christian of Denmark has gazetted Anton Hegner, the American 'cellist, a Knigbt of the Danebrog Order. Dr. N. C. Morse. President of the Iowa Association of Railway Surgeons, let the heaviest physician in America, weighing 325 pounds. Count Tolstoi is said to he writing another book in his old age. It will deal with his impressions 01 the mill tary revolt in the Caucasus, 1850. Andrew Carnegie has given $50,000 to Eastbourne, Sussex, for the establishment of a library, for which the Duke of Devonshire has given the site. Bernard Moses, of California, a member of the Philippine Commission, will retire on January 1. and will make a four of Europe, afterward shaping his affairs so that he will be able to take up his college work in the University of California. Rear-Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge Is the oldest living officer of the Navy. The records show that he entered the Navy as a midshipman on January 1, i 1818, at which time he must have been at lest fifteen years old. He is, there- ] fore, probably ninety-nine. His eldest eon. Rear-Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., is sixty-six years old. The monogram fad is all right, but better let it alone. There are tlmea when positive identification might be ' embarrassing. i / / J SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL An Incentive to the South. The Galveston News makes a good point when it says that another argument in favor of cotton manufactories in the South is found in the recent scheme to grow in Africa cotton for European manufacture. There seems to be a well organized movement among ine umcaauue witon spinners with a view to securing their raw material from British territories in order that they may eventually become independent of the American product. Their recently organized British Cotton Growing association has the endorsement of Coloniel Secretary Chamberlain, it is said, and has assurance of help from all the colonial governors. Similar movements are be.ng made in both France and Germany, and extensive preparations are gciug on in Africa, South America and Mexico. It is explained that while efforts will be made by the English association to improve the quality and to increase the output of Indian cotton, the chief hopes of its management are apparently centered in Wist Africa, which is said to be capable of supplying 3,000,000 bales of cotton annually?which would be quite sufficient for the Lancashire spinners' use, and in the British Soudan the completion of the Suukim-Berber railway will, it is thought, vastly stimulate cotton culture. It is predicted that in the course of time and the progress of changes thr.t are going on a comparatively smau amount of raw cotton may be sent from the United States to Europe. Two causes will operate to this end. One of these is the growing demand of our home mills; the other is the falling off in the demand of the European mills v/hich have hitherto depended upon the American cotton producer for material. The South is manufacturing its cotton more and mere largely into the finished product, thereby increasing steadily the profits of its crop. The prospect of increased cotton production in Africa may prove a blessing in disguise by stimulating the great increase of cotton manufacturing in the South. The time has passed when the South depended mainly upon raw cotton. The South realizes that her great future in cotton lies in the manufacture of the bulk of that crop.?Atlanta Journal. Through the Indian Territory. The Muscogee Southern Railroad has been incorporated in Oklahoma to build a railroad from Arkansas City, Kan., southeast through the Indian Territory to Shreveport, La., 300 miles. The incorporators are C. N. Haskell, W. T. Hutchings, W. R. Eaton and Charles H. Roser, all of Muscogee, and they are said to be backed by Philadelphia capital. This new line might be used by either the St. Louis & San Francisco, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Company or the Rock Island system, but the backers of the project are hot yet disclosed. S. A. L. Reaches Birmingham. The Seaboard Air Line Railway Co., and the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Co. have made an agreement under which they will jointly use the Birmingham Belt Line, and the Seaboard also retains its right to lay tracks in Birmingham under franchises granted by the city council. The Seaboard thus gains access to the Birmingham district for its extension from Atlanta. Textile Notes. Excavations are now being made for the buildings for the White Oak Cotton Mills near Greensboro. N. C. The work is in charge of a builder, and the owner will do the construction work. It will be recalled that this plant wa3 announced last spring as to be built by the Proximity Manufacturing Co. of Greensboro. It will have 60,000 spindles and 2,000 Ioohu for manufacturing denims, as previously stated. About $1,250,000 will be invested. The Weatherford (Texas) Cotton Mills will install fifty knitting machines to constitute the knitting plant reported last week as to be instal'-ad by the company. This company will then use the product of the 3,500 spindles it is now installing, instead of selling yarns in the market. No contracts have been awarded for the knitting machinery required. Waco Knitting Mills of Waco, Tex., wants to buy 24s cotton yarn, also Egyptian yarns. J. B. Martin of Raleigh. N. C., will establish a knitting mill to employ about sixty operatives. He will erect building 36x90 feet to accommodate the machinery. Gecrgia Manufacturing Co.. of Gainesville, Ga., haa put in operation Its 3,300-ring-spindle yarn mill, idle for three months. Fifty-five operatives are employed. Charlottesville Woolen Bills at Charlottesville. Va? was sold at public auction last week. R. P. Valentine was the purchaser at 16.300, and intends to put the plant in operation. This plant has five sets, twenty-nine looms, and uses both water-power and electricity to operate its machinery. Its product is uniform goods. H. E. Fries of Winston-Salem, N. C., who purchased the Twin City Knittins' Mills recently, will continue the plant under the title of the Royal Mills. Mr. Fries will be president, and Ledaaux Siewers, secretary-treasurer. Columbus (Miss.) Hosiery Mills intenhds to double the output of its plant. Contract* has been awarded for the required machinery, and the additional equipment is expected to be in oosition by November 15. New York capitalists interested in the textile industry propose assisting in the establishment of small cotton mills in Mississippi. Their plan is to establish plants of from 5,000 to Id,000 spindles, and to furnish from 25 to 50 per cent, of the capital required. Local investors in each enterprise are to furnish the remainder. A. F. Parker, cotton and woolen manufacturer of Houston. Texas, has submitted a proposition to citizens at McKinney, Texas, for the establishment of a cotton and woolen mill in that towfa. A 175,000 plant is contemplated. i | 1 , -i ' 1 1 * FUBTBEK ACTIVITY V Volcanoes in West Indies Become 1 Threatening. 1 Kingstown, St. Vincent, By Cable.? ^ A terrific eruption of the Soufriere volcano commenced Wednesday night. During the preceding day (Tuesday^ the eruption was very slight. At 8 o'clock Wednesday night there ware indications of an eruption. Rumbling noises were heard and they increased * " A - -*?*- ?i?Ai-i,?(7 vrt 1? UDtll i) o ciock, wueu uic ? canic giant belched out its deauly contents. This eruption was followed by a brief lull.'Then from 10 o'clock until 4 o'clock in the morning the upheaval continued. The outbreaa was accompanied by an incessant and confused cannonading. There were incandescent clouds and sparkling matter ejected. After 4 o'clock the disturbance gradually decreased, but the noise of the boiling caldron is still audible in the districts near the volcano. Both craters of the Soufriere were apparently active, they have been steaming all day long. Stones fell everywhere. At South em points the sand is half an inch deep, the depth gradually increased towards the volcano. Kingstown and other Southern points of the island have not been damaged. Reports from the windward district are awaited. The sand ejected by this eruption has a stronger sulphuric odor than any previously thrown out. One square foot of it weighed exactly one pound. Kingstown, Island of St. Vincent.? There was a slight eruption of the Soufriere volcano between 8 and 9 o'clock Wednesday night and it increased to a full eruption at 1 o'clock Thursday morning, lasting until 4:30 a. m. It was accompanied by a fall of cost said. Kingstown was not damaged. , "A TOWN PLUNGED IN DARKNESS. Bridgetown, Island of Barbadoes? Volcanic dust from the Soufriere volcano, on the island of St. Vincent, is falling here and has caused a stoppage of business. The shop-keepers are closing their stories and are returning to their homes. It was so dark at 10 o'clock in the morning that it was necessary to light the lamps. LOUD DETONATIONS HEARD ANDGLIMMERING LIGHTS SEEN. Batte Terre, Island of Guadaloupe.? Between midnight and 3 o'clock loud: detonations were heard and glimmerins lishts were seen in thes direction. of the island of Martinique. There were two earthquakes yesterday at Lea. Saintes island, off the southern end of Goudaloupe and at Marie Galante island, southeast of Goudaloupe. The Tennessee Synod. Chattanooga, Special.?The Synod or Tennessee of the Presbyterian church, adjourned to meet next year at Asheville, N. C. It was recommended that a new Presbytery be created to be known as the Presbytery of East Tennessee. A movement was started to consolidate into one institution Washington. Greenville and Maryville. and Tuscalum Colleges, under the care of the Synod. These colleges represent property worth over half a million dbV . lars and 780 students. Washington Col lege was chartered as an academy in 1783. and is known a3 the oldest educational iastltution west of the Alleghenies. The Synod has sent 27 missionaries to the foreign field in the- , past five years. ? s Wife Murderer Insane. New York, Special.?In the case of Harry Rose, the stage manager. wh> was indicted for the murder of hiswife, Isabella, a few weeks ago. Abraham Hummell entered the special pie.* for Rcrc that his clieri is now insane and was at the time of commission of the crime. He asked that the prisoner be committed to an insane asylum. Tha court directed that the Toombs physician examine Rose and make a report to him of the subject Turkish Revolutionists. Constantinople. By Cable.?It is declared in government circles that the revolutionary bands have everywhere been defeated and that after a sharp engagement in the Krexena defile between a force of Turkish troops and insurgents the Bulgarians were dislodged and dispersed. The Porte understands that the Bulgarian govern ment has Anally decided to suppress the Macedonian committee. Negro Murderer in Jail. Rusk. Tex.. Special.?After nearly .a week of eluding mobs, Jim Buchanan, the negro murderer of the Hicka family, was safely lodged in the east Texas penitentiary. Early this morning the military company at Henderson was re-enforced by three other companies and the negro was put aboard the special train without a. j move being made by the mob. The j train came through without an efTort being made to interrupt its progress. The Governor has directed two of the companies to attend the negro to Nacogodoches for trial next week. News Briefs. The Livingstone Lumber Co. of Livingston. Texas, has been chartered. with a capital stock of <100,000.' The incorporators are Harry H. Monteith and Isaiah A. Dye of Livingston and Charles B. Kelly of Chicago. Messrs. Eugene F. Verdery, H. G. Barrett, Henry C. Perkins and others have incorporated Planters' Cotton Factorage Co., with capital stock of $6,000, and privilege of increase to $50,000. They will conduct a general cotton factorage and brokerage business, etc. *ai a