KRESS OF THE STRIKE.
Tie Steel Workers Obeyed Presi
dent's Shaffer's Order.
SEVENTY-FOUR THOUSAND MEN
ARE NOW IDLE.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 13.-After a
three days' session the conference be?
tween representatives of the American
Sheet Steel, American Steel Hoop
company and American Tin Plate com
paay, subsidiary compames of the
United States Steel corporation, and
Iii? general executive board of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, adjourned
finally at 6 o'clock this evening with?
out reaching an agreement. In less
than an hour later President Snaffer
of the Amalgamated associaation had
wired the following order to all the
amalgamated lodges in the tin plate,
steel hoop and sheet steel mills of the j
country:
"Notify your men that the mill is
on a strike and will not work on Mon?
day, July 15."
For the present, President Shaffer
says, onlyf the three companies named
will be affected, but later all the union
men in the Federal Steel Company, Na?
tional Steel Company and the Natoinal
Tube company may be called out if it
shall be found necessary to resort to
extreme measures to win the fight.
At the start, it is claimed, 45,000 skill?
ed workmen, 30, COO nn-skiiled men,
and indirectly many thousands more
will be affected.
After the adjournment of the confer?
ence the following statement was given
out by theofficials of the companies in?
terested:
"The conference between the Amal?
gamated association and Sheet, Hoop
and Tin Plate companies failed to
come to an agreement because the
Amalgamated association did not re?
cede from its original positions. The
manufacturers did not refuse their
lights to organize, but have got many
men in the mills not in the Amalgamat?
ed association who do not wish to be?
come association men, and claimed
they must respect these men in their
wishes as well as those who are mem?
bers of the associaaion. In order to
effect a compromise, the manufactur?
ers offered to sign for several mills
which have always in the^ past been
. ont of the association. No compro?
mise was offered by the Amalgamated
association. The American Tin Plate
company have only one non-union
mill. They required the privilege to
make a special scale for this mill and
sign the same. This was refused and
the company was given to understand
that men in all the tin mills would be
called out, even though the scale has
been signed for all the tin mills. The
privilege requested above would settle
all differences between the Tin Plate
company and the Amalgamated asso?
ciation. ' '
Pittsburg, Pa., July 15.-Reports
received from ail sources connected
with the great strike of the steel
workers today that the members of the
Amalgamated association had matters
well in hand and that the strike order
was generally obeyed, Reports from
Tarions points where the American
Tin Plate company, the American
Steel Hoop and the American Sheet
Steel company are located, told of a
shutting down of these plants. In
many cases the plants had been shut
down by the first strike order, which
affected the Sheet Steel and the Steel
Hoop companies only. The last order
brought out all of .the union plants of
the American Tin Plate company.
At the Amalgamated association head?
quarters it was said that the figures
given ont Saturday night regarding
the number of men who would be ac?
tually idle in the mills of the three
copanies had been proven correct.
This number was placed at 75,000.
The strike, although one of the
gi ea test that has been declared in re?
tient years, will affect Pittsburg but
sHght.y. Of the 74,000 men idle, 2,500
are in Pittsbnrg, 800 in Allegheny and
1,500 in McKeesport. President
Shaffer has it in his power to close
may more Pittsburg mills, but it is
-not thought that he will do anything
<rf a radical nature until he is compel?
led to.
The American Steel Hoop company's
supposedly non-union mill, known as
the Painter mill, in West Carson
street, was closed this morning in all
its branches. The tie up at this mill
s was said to have been a surprise to the
mill owners and officials in charge of
it. The other plant, known as the
lindsay and Mccutcheon mill in Alle?
gheny was shut down completely in
tiie puddling and bar mills. All the
skilled workmen refused to enter the
mill this morning and the compny did
not even operate the five furnaces.
The finishing department of the mill
was working during the day, as the
men are not in the union, but it is
claimed by the workers that the em?
ployes in that department will not go
to work in the morning.
The American Steel Hoop Co. mill
st Monessen was closed today. It has
been non-union since it was built two
years ago and the company thought the
men would remain loyal. The Amal?
gamated people would not discuss the
situation in "that mill at present.
While all the mills of the United
States corporation are included in the
general conflict, the three companies
are the first attacked. What the next
move would be the workers would not,
say. It is announced tonight that the
circular letter, which was expected to
be sent out today calling on the men
in the mills of the Federal Steel com?
pany, the National Steel company and
the National Tube company would not
be issued at present.
The most interesting report to the
Amalgamated m?*n today was the des?
patch from New York which said that
a conference of the manufacturers was
ID be held in New York tomorrow at
which Warner Arms, vice president of
the American Tin Plate company, was
to present a detailed account of the
experiences of the association commt
tee that met the Amalgamated com?
mittee in this city last week.
It is said the question of again ex?
tending the olive branch to the strik?
ers or of crushing the strike would
be discussed. Respecting the strikers,
from President Shaffer down, they
seem to be looking for some sort of
ort
The Race For Congress in Seventh.
Seuator Brantley, of Orangeburg,
Tells Why He is a Candidate
and Hopes to Win.
Thursday of next week the State ?
Democartic executive committee will [
meet to arrnge for a primary election
and campaign to select a Democratic
nominee for the office of congressman
of the Seventh district to succeed the
late Dr. J. Wm. Stokes. The interest
in the contest is steadilygrowing and
the crop of possible candidates is rap?
idly growing. The latest mentioned
in connection with the race are Col.
G. T. Graham of Lexington county,
and Mr..E. D. Smith, of Sumter.
Yesterday Col. Thomas F. Brantly,
of Orangeburg, who was in the race
three years ago, and whose friends
have strongly urged him to run this
time, was in the city. When asked
about the race he spoke of the loss
that the district had sustained in the
death cf Dr. Stokes, and when asked
about his own candidacy he said :
"Yes, I will be a candidate. As is
! well known by many people of my dis?
trict I have been intimately and ac?
tively associated with the principles of
the "national Democracy for some
years past. At the request of the na?
tional Democratic executive commit?
tee I have twice been actively engaged
in canvassing and speaking in doubtful
States for Democracy. I have once
made a canvass of my district on na?
tional issues, and since then have
been elected to the legislature and the
State senate from my country. For
these and other reasons my friends
urge that I am entitled to considera?
tion, and that 'logically' 1 must run.
Yet I approach the coming canvass
with some hesitation, knowing that
should I succeed I am to follow one who
has been entirely satisfactory to his
constituents. I know that it will re?
quire hard and persistent work to car?
ry on the duties devolving upon the
office with the march and progress of
the times, but as it has been my ambi?
tion in life to represent my people in
the national affairs of our government,
and as I have worked faithfully and
persistently to that end, I see no rea?
son now when the time seems so op?
portune that I should not make the
race. To measure up to the high
standard of the requirements of this
exalted position and win the 'well
done' of a grateful constituency is the
sum of my ambition."
When asked as to who could likely
be his opponents Senator Brantly said :
" I do not know : they seem too nu?
merous to mention.'' Asked as to
his chance he modestly said 'good. ' Did
you ever see a candidate who did not
have 'good chances?"'-The State.
" DROUHGT ENDED. ~
The Stricken Southwest Has Been
Relieved by Rain.
Kansas City, July 15.-A portion cf
the drought, stricken southwest has
been relieved by rain during the past
24 hours. Much good has already re?
sulted to crops and, as there are pros?
pects tonight of more rain, it is be?
lieved many thousand of dollars will
be saved farmers on stock and crops.
Nevertheless much greater quantities
of rain must come before a lasting
benefit can be done. In the portions
of central and western Missouri, west?
ern Kansas and the territories, still
untouched by rain, conditions remain
unchanged, the temperature ranging
from 98 to 105, the latter at Hutchin?
son, Kans.
The rains, which come at the end of
a drought of from four to eight weeks'
duration, covered southwestern Mis?
souri, and taking in the southeast?
ern corner of Kansas. These rains
while good, were not sufficient to place
the burned crops out of- danger. Dur?
ing the dy a heavy rain fall in the vi?
cinity of Coffeyville, Eldorado and
Wichita, Kans. At Coffeyville the
people held a jubilee on the streets
during the rain.
In Kansas City today Mrs. Martha
C. Mullett, wife of a prominent busi?
ness man, died of heat prostration,
and Edward B. Shillito, contracting
agent for the Traders Dispatch fast
freight line, was overcome and is in
a critical condition. Near Leaven?
worth, Kns., on his farm, last night,
Oliver S. Hiatt, a well known Kansas
politician, died from the effects of the
heat.
Little Rock, Ark., July 15.-Good
rains fell over the larger portion of
Arkansas today. At Texarkana and
Hot Springs wind and lightning did
considerable damage.
The War in South Africa.
London. Julyl 4.-The war office has
received the following dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated at Pretoria:
"Broadwood's brigade surprised
Reitz, capturing Steyn's brother and
others. Steyn himself escaped in his
shirt sleeves, with one other man only.
The so-called 'Orange River Govern?
ment' and papers were captured,"
Lord Kitchener also reports that
Scheeper's commando (as announced
in the Associated Press dispatches
early last week; burned the public
buildings in Murraysburg, Cape Colo?
ny, and some farm houses in the vi?
cinity.
According to further advices from
Lord Kitchener the columns under
Col. Featherstone and Col. Dixon
have reached Zeerust, western Trans?
vaal. They met with opposition and
made some captures. The British cas?
ualties were one officer killed and
three officers and 24 men wounded.
London. July 15.-4'Gen. Broad?
wood" says a dispatch to The Daily
News fn?m Bloemfontein, "surprised
Hertz, due cast of Lindley, last Thurs?
day Y July ll), lie took 29 prisoners,
including Gen. A. P. Clowne, and
Gen. Wessels. Coramndant Dwall,
First Cornet Piet Steyn (President
Steyn's brother?, Thomas Brain, sec?
retary of government, and Roches de
Villiers, secretary to the council.
Steyn himself fled without coat or
boots. Gen. DeWet is believed to
have been present.
Cradock. Cape Colony, Friday. July
12.-Johannes Coetzee, caught with
Marais, the rebel who was hanged July
10 at Middleburg, was publicly ex?
ecuted today for treason in Cradock.
Henry Spears Shot by Charles Wat
ford-Whole Load Entered Left Side
Both Are Prominent Men-Spears
May Recover-Watford Fled
and Has Not Been Captured.
Darlington, July 13.-Henry Spears
was painfully shot by Charlie Watford
at Lamar yesterdafy evening, a shot
gun being used. They had had some
words in the morning and Watford
remarked to Spears that he would see
him later and left. In the evening
while Spears was standing in the
back of the store talking to the Rev.
Mr. Ruff, a Methodist minister, Wat?
ford appeared at the front of the store
and remarked to Spears that he had
come to settle with him and immedi?
ately pulled his gun through the win?
dow* and fired. The load took effect
in the left side. Spears is thought
to be dangerously shot. Watford
made his"escape.
GREAT DROUGHT IN SOUTHWEST
No Relief From the Merciless Tropical
Heat.
Kansas City, Mo., July 14.-No re?
lief came today to the almost unprece?
dented drought in the southwest. The
day was a repetition of the past two
weeks,'with reports from many places
in western Missouri, Kansas and the
territories of temperatures over the
100 mark. At most places the sun
shone mercilessly, with not a cloud
nor a breeze to break its rays. In
Kansas City, last night proved more
bearable, a breeze from the north alle?
viating the conditions, but a day of
intense heat followed.
There is a prospect of rain tonight
in Oklahoma, but there are no indica?
tions of a change in any other portion
of the southwest.
With no'relief in sight, the fears for
the crops are fast becoming realities,
and the scarcity of water and general?
ly dry conditions make the element of
fire a serious one. What the real dam?
age to corn, the crop most affectd,will
be is problematical, but it is probably
safe to say that half the crop will be
lost. The supply of water is short in
almost every direction, and the ship?
ment of cattle and hogs to the market
to save them must continue.
In Kansas City today the govern?
ment thermometer reached 102, and at
Marysville. Kansas, 104, was record?
ed, against 100 yesterday. There were
three prostrations at Marysville.
Burlington, Iowa, July 14.-Today
was the sixth day in succression that
the mercury went to 100 and over.
The humidity in the atmosphere makes
it very oppressive. There are no in?
dications of rain.
RAIN IN TEXAS.
Denison. Texas. July 14.-The
worst drought ever experienced in
this section was broken this afternoon
by a terrific rainfall of over two hours
duration, the volume of rain being al?
most equal to a cloud burst. The
storm was accompanied by a wind of
almost tornado ^force. Reports indi?
cate that the rain is general in this
vicinity. It came just in time to save
the:cotton crop. It will benefit the
fruit crop and furnish stock water
which had entirely failed causing
much distress. It will also benefit low?
land corn.
The Southern M. E. church recent?
ly erected at a cost of $15,000 was par?
tially demolished, and a number of
small houses in the north portion of
the city were blown over and wreck?
ed. Shade trees and window glasses
all over the city were demolished. A
tornado is reported to have passed
over the Chickasaw Nation.
DROUGHT IN MISSISSIPPI
Jackson, Mass., July 14.-From all
over the State come reports that corn,
cotton and other farm crops have been
seriously damaged because of the long
continued drought. Very little rain
has fallen since April and none at all
except in a few spots, since the first
of June. Mississippi made no corn
last year because of continuous rains
during June and July and to fail two
years in succession is a serious matter
to thousands of farmers. The weather
has been blisteringly hot fora week.
Lincoln, Neb., July 14.-Nebraska
sweltered in the heat today. The sun
beat down on the parched earth with
unusual fierceness. The highest tem?
perature reported by the weather bu?
reau was 102 at 4:30 p. m., but ther?
mometers in the business districts re?
corded 109. The mean temperature
was 90, the highest of the year. Re?
ports show that no rain has fallen in
the State in the past 24 hours.
Reports that reach Lincoln tonight
indicate that rain falling within two
days will save the corn crop, although
injury to the plant began today and
another day of heat and drought will
work considerable damage to the crop.
The wind shifted from the Southwest
to the Southeast this evening and the
atmosphere is somewhat cooler.
THE SCOURGE OF CHARBON.
Memphis, Tenn., July 13.-The
scourge of charbon is creating a reign
of^terror throughout the counties of
Bolivar. Madison and Ceahoma in
Mississippi, and it is reported there
are not enough animals that have es?
caped the dread disease to work the
crops for the remainder of the year.
The disease is so virulent that it is
affecting all ff ?rms of animal life.
Seven negroes have died in the vicin?
ity of Beniah. Bolivar county, from
the disease, and it has created such
dread among other negroes that they
are refusing To continue work.
Heartburn.
Wn^n th^ quantity of food taken is too
iftr^e or the quality too rich, heartburn is
likely ;o follow ?na especially po if rhe di
gestion b?8 Ofen wvtkened by constipation.
Kit slow y .ir.d not too freely of easily diges?
ted food Masticate the food thorouenly.
Let eix bcurs elapse between rreals and when
you fee! a fullness and weigbt ii the region
of the stomach after eaiing, indicating that
you bave eaten too much, take one of Cham?
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and tbe
heartburn may be avoided. For eale by Dr
A J China.
SAVING THE EMPEROR'S F?CE.
t
-
; Chinese Regard For the Dignity of the
Monarch.
Pekin, July 14.-The Chinese offi
cils are making elaborate preparations
to save the Emperor's face when he
re-enters Pekin. All evidence of the
destruction wrought by the war along
the streets to be traversed by the Em
peror^will be temporarily disguised.
Great pagodas will be erected. The
Chen Mun gate, which was nearly
demolished by the bombardment, will
be repaird with wood and plaster,
painted to resemble stone, and the
damage to the walls and outer build?
ings will be similarly masked.
Li Hung Chang has requested the
withdrawal of the foreign troops from
the temples not later than August 15.
The ministers of the Powers have
acquiesced, and have notified the var?
ious commanders of their decision.
The Americans and British will prob?
ably camp near the summer resi?
dences of the legations in the western
hills until their barracks are complet?
ed.
Guards of honor of Americans, Ger?
mans and Japanese escorted Gen.
Gaselee, the British commander, to
the railway station on his departure.
The members of the United States
legation awaited him at the station,
together with representatives of all
the other legations except the Russian.
Meeting of State Democratic Com?
mittee.
The time for the meeting of the
State Democratic Executive Commit?
tee has been changed from Tuesday of
next week to the Thursday following
-the 25th instant. This change has
been made in order to' accommodate
some of the members of the commit?
tee. This is the meeting called for
the purpose of arranging for the cam?
paign and primary election for the offi?
ce of congressman in the Seventh dis?
trict.
Rev. Paul Kistler Dead.
Denmark. July 15.-Rev. Paul F.
Kistler. a superanuated minister of the
Methodist conference, peacefully
breathed his last Saturday afternoon
at 5 o'clock. His death was not un?
expected for he had outlived his three
score and ten, and those who watched
by his bedside the last few days of his
illness knew full-well that the end was
near.
Judge Buchanan Reversed.
Charlotte. N. C.. July 14.-The
South Carolina supreme court has ren
dereda a deccision in favor of a Spar
tanburg merchant, holding that a
telephone company cannot deny the
use of itt instruments to an applicant
because he persists in using the lines
of a rival company. The case grew out
of a fight between the Bell Telephone
company and the Citizens' Telephone
Company. J. B. Gwynn used the
'phones of both companies but the
home concern ordered him to discon?
tinue the Bell and on his refusal it re?
moved its instrument from his store.
Gwynn applied to Judge Buchanan for
a writ of mandamus to restore the tel?
ephone. This was refused. The case
then went to the supreme court and
was decided to favor of the plaintiff.
Unveiling the Perry Monument.
Yokohama, July 14.-The ceremony
of unveiling at Kurihma the monu?
ment to commenorate the landing
there of Commodore Perry, July 14,
1853, was performed today by Rear
Admiral Rodgers, commanding the
United States visiting squadron.
Viscount Katsura, the Japanese pre?
mier, delivered the memorial address,
and a number of other Japanese offi?
cials of high r*nk were present.
Three American ?nd five Japanese
warships saluted. Various Jspeecb.es
were made by Americans and J ap??ese,
all dwelling upon the close relations
between the two powers.
KILLED BY "VOLCANO.
Tacoma, Wash., July 15.-Oriental
advices gives details of a terrible de?
struction of human life in Northern
Java last month by a sudden and ter?
rific out brust of the volcano Kloet.
For 50 miles around all the coffee
plantations and other estates were de?
stroyed by showers of ashes and
stones, together with great streams of
lava and hot mud.
Ways of Committing Suicide.
Some people shoot themselves or
take carbolic acid this kind of weath?
er. Others drink copiously of ice wa?
tery while overheated. There are va?
rious methods.-Kansas City Journal.
Montgomery, Ala., July 15.-A mob
of negroes it Courtland today hanged
Alex Herman, a negro, who was charg?
ed with killing Sallie Swoope. When
the officers took Herman to the train
on the way to Tuscumbia to be placed
in jail for safe keeping the negroes
held the train, took the prisoner off
and hanged him, afterwards riddling
his body with bullets. Herman made
a confession.
The highest telegraph poles in the
United States have just been put up
in Beaumont, Texas. So far as known
they are the highest of any in the
world, the top being 150 feet above the
ground. They were erected on the op?
posite banks of th*- Neches River by |
the Western Union Telegraph Compa- j
ny in order to string its cable across
thc stream. The span is 144 feet in
length. This height is necessary to
admit the passiige of ships through the
draw-bridge, their masts being 1W
feet tall and more. This aerial span
was preferred to laying a submarine,
cable, for it is expected that Congress
may at some future day have the
Neches River dredgd, and this would
ruin the cable. It is also much cheap
er.
" London. July 1(5. "A great Belgian
Russian and French syndicate is form?
ing here,'" says the Brussels corres?
pondent of the Standard, "to construct
railways in China. It will have a
capital of 1,000,000,000 francs. "
FROM THE WIRES.
Eagle Pass. Texas. July 14.-The
engineers and firemen on the Interna?
tional Railroad have resigned and bus?
iness on that road is suspended. The
trainmen requested an advance in
wages and it was refused, which is
the cause of their action. There is
no concerted strike, but ail the men
are out. The road is a Southern Paci
firc property, but the men are paid in
Mexican money, and this had depre?
ciated in value, cutting down their
wages.
Governor McSweeney has received a
letter from Mr. D. M. Vam, at Wie
mer, Coileton County, in which he
says: "A disease peculiar to this sec?
tion of country is prevalent and is de?
stroying whole herds of hogs. Our
people have suffered greatly from the
heavy rains and will scarcely make 30
per cent of their crops, and now to
have all their hogs taken from them
will be a severe hardship."
Graff Reinet, Cape Colony, July 15.
-Col. Scopbels' column surprised and
captured Scheepers laager at Camde
boo July 14, taking 31 prisoners and
capturing a quantity of ammunition
and. stores. Scheeper with the bulk
of his commando, escaped. There
were no British casualties. Most of
the prisoners are rebels.
Anderson, S. C., July 15.-The
Blue Ridge railroad was sold at auc?
tion here today to Fairfax Harrison,
of Washington, D. C.. and B. L. Ab?
ney, of Columbia, S. C., for 8100,000,
the upset price. The purchasers are
directors of the Southern ?railway but
they declare the road will be organiz?
ed as a separate system.
The Charleston Mining and Manu?
facturing company of Charleston, a
large fertilizer concern has filed notice
with the secretary of state of the in?
crease of its capital stock from one
million to three million dollars. This
is the largest increase in capital made
by any concern this year, and the
fertilizer trust perhaps has something
to do with it.
Memphis. Tenn., July 13.-The
Commercial Appeal tomorow will open
a popular subscription for the pur?
pose of procuring a medal to be pre?
sented to Rear Admiral W. S. Schley.
"In recognition of his distinguished
services in the sea fight off Santigo
de Cuba in the recent war with
Spain."
St. Joseph. Mo., July 13.-State
Senator A. W. Brewster received a
draft today for 8250 sent to him by
"Pat" Crowe from Johannesburg,
South Africa, to pay an attorney fee
which Crowe had been owing a num?
ber of years. Crowe's name has been
connected by allegation with the kid?
napping, in Omaha, of the young son
of Edward Cudahy, the packer, who
paid a ransom of 825,000 to recover his
son. Years ago Crowe was under
arrest in St. Joseph, on the charge of
train robbery. He employed Brews?
ter to defend him. The charge was j
finally dismissed, as. the case was not
a strong one.
New York, July ll.-A few months
after Neely took charge of the post
office at Havana he sent to New York a
large quanity o*f gold coin in mail
pouches to the Seventh National bank.
The sum amounted to 8964.000. So far
the investigation into the affairs of
the Serventh National shows that the
sum mysteriously disappeared and no
record of it has been found.
/The people of western Missouri and
eastern Knasas are holding daily
meetings in every church and pray?
ing for rain. A surer way would1
simply be to hold a Sunday school pic- j
nie; as a rain producer it seldom fails, j
85ooo MILES"TO*WAKE A MAN.
I Out among the beautiful green
groves of Northampton. Mass., savs
The Boston Globe, lives Dr. C. H.
Crosby, who was once the champion
telegraph operator of America. He
is a M. D. with a large practice, a
member of two or three clubs and a
prominent secret society man, who has
quite outlived the days when the
"key" was hi6 constant companion.
Once in a while, however, of an j
evening when cigars are lit and the
company is of the right order he can
be induced to tell a good story. Per?
haps the rarest of the lot, one that has
never been printed, although lots of
them have found their way about, is
about the time when the French cable
people telegraphed 8,000 miles to have"
him waked up when he was asleep in
the next room, not 20 feet away from
the operator who received the mes?
sage.
The French line from this country
stretched from Duxbury, by way of
Newfoundland to Brest, in France.
Dr. Crosby was the responsible night
man in the lookout at Duxbury. It
was a night in October and the future
disciple of Galen had taken his usual
station at the key. Between the hours
of 8 to 1, when the foreign news
known in those days as Renter's cable?
grams, used to come over the wires,
there was usually very little doing,
and he dropped off in a doze.
At 9 o'clock the New York office
called him. They had a private mes?
sage for transmission.
"Tick" went the little tormentor
under his noise, but the operator
heard it not. After hammering away
in vain for several minutes the New
York operator gave it up and thought
a minute. There was but one way out
of it. The receiving end of the line
was in the next room to that of the
missing operator, and there was a
man in charge who could undoubted?
ly tell what was wrong. To reach him
an inquiry would have to be sent
the whole length of the company' cir?
cuit, a matter of $.000 miles or so.
So calling up North Sydney at Cape
Breton he began his task.
From Cape Breton the inquiry was
flashed to Heart's Contention the
bleak cost of Newfoundland, thence
across the English channel to Bresi.
From the end of tile route it was dou?
bled back to St. Pierre et Miquelon,
and so slanted down to Duxbury.
Tile whole matter took only about 15
minutes.
At about -Jo mniutes past o'clock
tlir man in charge of the French end
of the wire, whose table was not more
than?20 feet from the sleepnig opera?
tor in tlie next room, began to get in?
telligence, lie, in a few seconds, liad
recorded this somewhat surprising
message: "(io into the next room and
wake tlie man there."
Crosby was roused at once and the
position explained to him, when he
picked up his key and the business
of two hemispheres was resumed
again.
Zariesville, Ohio. July 14.-Zanes
. ville is almost in darkness tonight as
a result of the visitation of June bugs
in countless numbers. Electric light
! globes are filled and the lights are com
\ pletely smothered by the ashes of the
burned bugs. The hotel offices are
infested with such swarms that it was
necessary to close the doors notwith?
standing the intense heat. In several
instances chruch services were interfer?
ed with. The river bridges are almost
impassable to pedestrians. The at?
mosphere about the electric lights is.
i filled with clouds of live insect and
j floors are covered to a depth of several
inches by dead ones.
Washington, July 13.-The board of
naval officers, headed by Rear Admiral
Henry C. Taylor, which was charged
with formulating plans for the new
naval stations at Olongapo, in Subig
Bay, Philippine Islands and at
Charleston, S. C., has completed its
labors and its report is now at the
navy department.
Manilla, July 13.-Col. Santos, with
forty men and thirty rifles has surren?
dered at Ligao, in Albay Province.
The insurrection in North Camarines
is practically ended.
Indianapolis, Ind., July 13.-Capt.
C. F. Allen, o? Frankfort, command?
ing Company I, 38th United States
volunteers, which returned home a
few days, ago ,said yesterday that he
believes that the United States will
eventually have to withdraw from the
Philippines. The insurrection is not
broken, he says. If the Filipinos;
could shoot straight it would be im?
possible for the United States troops
to withstand their attacks. Capt. Al?
len believes Aguinaldo will take the?
il rst opportunity to make his escape
and get into the mountains, and that
he is just as much an insurgent a&
ever.
Fads in he public schools are very
costtly and, being costly, they divert
money that should be expended for
the essential branches of education in
preference to the superfluous. By rob
bing a large number of school patrons
of the opportunity for acquirng useful
and almost indispensable knowledge
for the benefit of the few , they be?
come harmful if not dangerous.-Oma?
ha Bee.
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
North-Eastern R. R. of S. C
: CONDENSED SCHEDULE
TRAINS GOING SOUTH
Dated No. No. No No.
Jao 14, 1901 35? 23? 53? 51?
a ra
Le Florence 2 34
Le Kingstree
Ar Lanea 3 38
Le Lanes" 3 38
Ar Charleston 5 04
pm an
7 45 9 40
846
9 04 pm 1120
9 30 6 45 U 20
10 55 8 31 i 00
TRAINS GOING NORTH
No. No. No. Nc
78* 32* 52* 50*
am pm a ra pm
Le Charleston 6 33 4 49 7 00 4 0O
Ar Lanes 8 16 6 15 8 32 5 3?
Le Lanes 8 16 6 15 b 3>
Le Eing8t;ee S 32
Ar Florence 9 25 7 25 7 Of
am pm am pm
?Daily. fDaily except Sunday.
No. 52 runs through to Colnmhio vies Oso
irai R. R. of S. C.
Trains Nos. 78 and 32 mn via Wilson soc
Fayetteville-8hort Line-and make dose
connection for ail points North.
Trains on 0. k D R. R. leave Florence
daiiv except Sunday 9 50 a m, arr?ve Darling?
ton 10 15 a rn, Harisviile 9 15 am, Cheraw
ll 30 a rn, Wadesboro 2 25 pm. Leave
Florence daily except Sunday 7 55 p rn, ar?
rive Darlington S 20 p rn, Benuettsville 9 17
p rn, Gibaoo 9 45 p m. Leave Florence
Sunday ooly 9 30 am. arrive Darlington
10 05 a m
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 600
a m, Benoettsville 7 00 & rn, arrive Darling*
toa 8 00 a m, leav* Darlington 8 50 a a, ar
rive Florence 9 15 am. Leave Wadesboro
daily except Sunday 3 00 pm, Cberaw 4 45
p rn, Harttville 7 00 a rn, Darlington 6 2S
o m, arrive Florence T 00 p m. Leave Dar
lington Sunday only 8 50 a rn, arrive Flor
?noe 9 15 a m.
J. R. KENLEY, JNO. F. DIYINK.
Geo'l Manager. Gen'l Sup'
H. H. KHERSON, Traffic Manager
T. U BMSRSON. Gen'l Pam. Ac*n'
Atlantic Coast Line
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND ai
GUSTA RAILROAD
Condensed Schedule.
Dated April 8, 1901.
TRAINS GOING duUTi-..
MO. OO Au.
p. m
Leave Wilmington *3 45
Leave Marion 6 40
Arrive Florene? 7 25
p. m. a.
Leave Florence f8 00 ?3 fO
Arrive Sumter 9 15 4 02
No. 52
Leave Sumter 9 15 *9 23
Arrive Columbia 10 40 10 56
So. 52 runs through from Char?eete.? r>fr
Jentrsl R.R., leaving Charlestor 6.25?. m
banes 8 02 a rn, Manning 8 50 a m
TRA1N8 GOING NOKTh
9o. &4 ho. oe
a. m. p. c
Leave Colnmoio ?6 40 *3 0
Arrive Sumter 3 05 4 ?3
Sd 3>
4 ta. p' a
Leave Sumter 9 05 *C li
Arrive Floren:? 9 20 7 35
a. m.
Leave Florence 10 00
Leave Marion 10 35
irrive WilmingtOD 1 25
.Diily. t^aiij ereep? Sunda?.
No 5S mos through io Charleston, S. C
ria Ce;i:r?i? R. tv., arriving Mann.ng 6 04 p
aa ,Lanes 6-43 p u>, Cbar.estoo 8 30 p m.
Trains on Conwav Branch leave Cbadbourn
li 50 a tn, srrive Conway 1 30 p m, return
lng ieftve Cjnwav 3 40 pm, anive Chad?
Douro *> 20 r? rn, leave Chfdbouru 5.35 p rn?
?rnve E.'rod 8 !0cm, returning leav Eirod
S 10 a ra, arrive Cba<?bo?rn ll 2*, a m Dail*
except Sunday.
J. R. KEN LY, Gen'l Manager.
T. M. &MER>ON, Traffic Manager..
3. M. EMERSON Gen'l Pass. Agen