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KOTIER ?ND HOTTER. i Hundred Degress Was Common and ill Records Broken. " THERE IS NO RELIEF IN SIGHT. St Louis July 21.-On this day, the day that Governor Dockery designated for fasting and prayer to God that the present drought might be broken in Missouri, all records for hot weather in St. Louis we re broken. The weather bureau thermometer on the custom house registered 108 degrees. On the streets and exposed places the mercury "went many degrees higher. The record broken was that of 106, made in the early eighties. As early as 7 a. m., the day gave promise of being unusually warm. At that time the thermometer registered 90 degrees, and from then on until 3.30 p. m. the mercury steadily climbed upward under the impulse of a fierce sim shining from a cloudless sky. Hardly a breath of a air stirred ali day. The Governor's proclamation was Terr generally heeded, nearly every chnrch in the city holding well attend? ed services given up to prayer that the drought, whfeh has prevailed several j months and threatens, the destruction of all vegetation, might be broken. This is the second proclamation of the character ever made in the history of Missouri. In 1875, a time of drought and grasshopper, pest, Gov? ernor Charles H. Raming called upon the people of the State to pray for re? lief. This call was also generally observed. Sioux City, Iowa, July 21.-The maximum temperature here today was 106. For six hours the mercury stood at 102 or higher. SPECIAL BULLETIN OF THE WEATHER BUREAU. Washington, July 21.-The weather bureau tonight issued the following special bulletin : Practically the entire country was covered by the hot wave today, except the immediate Pacific coast, and?in the States of Iowa. Missouri and Illi? nois, and nearly all previous high re? cords were exceeded. The maximum temperature line of 1C0 degrees en? circles the entire great corn belt. At Davenport and Dubuque, Iowa, and at Springfield, 111., the maximum tem? perature of 106 degrees were 2 degrees .above the highest previous record while at St. Louis the maximum of 106 has been equalled but once before, on August 12, ISSI. At Chicago the maximum of 102 degrees equals the previous high record of July 10 of the present year. In the State's of Iowa, Missouri and Kansas the duration of the present heated term is without precedent, there having been practi? cally no interruption to temperature of 90 degrees or * over since June 18, a period of 34 days. On IS days of this period the maximum temperature at Kansas City was 100 or more. There are as yet no indications of any relief from the abnormal heat. No rain has fallen in the corn belt for the past three days and none is in sight. It is, of course, probable that scatter? ed local thunder storms, which are always accompaniments of protracted periods of heat, may fall at times, but no hope can be entertained at this time of any general rains or permanent relief. H. C. Frankenfield, Forecast Official. {; INTENSE HEAT IN ILLINOIS. Chicago, ,111., July 21.-All heat records since the establishment of the ?weather bureau in Chicago, thirty years ago, were broken today, the gov? ernment thermometer registering 103 degrees. Down on the' street it was from 3 to 5 degrees hotter, and to add to the suffering a hot, stifling wind, like a blast from a furnace blew all day from the southwest. From 5 o'clock in the morning, when the thermometer Tegistered 77, a gradual rise followed until at 4.30 this afternoon the top notch had teen reached. Shortly after 'that time the wind veered around to? ward toward the lake ind caused a drop to 95 at 8.30 o'clock tonight. Prostrations were numerous and police ambulances were kept busy taking care of persons who were over? come on the streets. Decatur, UL, July 21.-This was the j iottest day ever known here. The goTernment thermometer registered I 106. Freeport 111.. July 21.-The heat was a record-breaker today, from 110 to 115 in the shade being reported. EFFECTS OF HEAT IN MISSOURI. St Louis, July 21.-Norman J. Coleman, former secretary of agricul? ture, who has been receiving for the past week full reports on the hay crop from all the agricultural sections of Missouri and Kansas, asserts that this is the most disastrous time that has ?visited the country for a generation. He has advised the various farmers associations of this state to begin sow? ing at once a second grass crop, which, it is recognized, will be dependent on the drenchings of a long rain. The advice carnes with it the significance of his statement that the first crop has been totally eliminated. Farmers of Missouri are feeding wheat to their stock in some of the most parched sections of the state. They say that they have found this cheaper than resorting to the supply of oats in the present extremity. Large stock owners in Missouri have been shipping their horses and cattle across the river in parts of Illinois, which have escaped the worst of the wave of heat. REPORTS FROM OTHER PLACES. Kansas City,Mo., July 2L-Reports from numerous places in the heat stricken district tell of record-break? ing temperatures today., resulting in prostrations and in some cases death. In this city the heat broke all records, the temperature at 4 o'clock being 104. Three deaths from the heat were re? ported. Kansas City, July 22.-A veritable hot blast literally scorched the south? -west today, breaking all heat records in the history of the local weather j bareaus. Yesterday Kansas City ex- ! ; perienced the hottest weather ever known here, the government thermom? eter registering 104 and remaining above the 100 mark for seven consecu? tive hours. Two dozen prostrations, nine of which resulted fatally, were reported. The bureau thermometer, at the highest point in the city, showed 106 I degrees today, while thermometers on the streets reached as high as 12S. Hardly'a breath of air stirred. The suffering was intense especially among persons compelled to work out doors and among the poor districts in the bottoms. Seven deaths from prostra? tions were reported during the day in Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kansas, and over 30 people overcome by heat were treated. This makes a total of death for the two days of 16. Most of the victims were elderly peo? ple. Today is the S2d in succession on which "the temperature has averaged above 90 degrees, and the 50th in that time that the thermometer .has gone above 100. At Lawrence, Kas., the State uni? versity reported the heat recorded for Kansas again broken, with the mer? cury at 106.5 degrees, the highest in 34 years. Farmers are still rushing their live stock to market because of the scarcity of water. Today the local receipts, of cattle were the heaviest on record, amounting: to 25,000 head. There was also a big advance in the price of grain, attributed to the heat. Sin? gle carlots of corn sold as high as 63 cents a bushels to go back to the conn try. There was liberal receipts. Heavy showers fell this afternoon in southwestern Missouri, in the vicin? ity, of the Joplin mining district and in southeastern Kansas around Fort Scott. There is no prospect for a heavy rainfall, the only thing that will cause a permanent break in the unprecedented drought. PRAYER NOT ANSWERED. St. Louis, Mo., July 22.-The terri? ble heat which broke all records in the State of Missouri Sunday was unbrok? en today. According to dispatches re? ceived tonight higher temperatures were recorded in every section of the State today than were ever known in Missouri before. A thermometer reading of 100 was considered comparatively low, so fierce was the heat over the State. Prostrations were reported from many towns and villages in the State. In St. Louis hundreds of men and women spent the early hours of the morning in the parks, b?ing unable to find rest in their homes. Six deaths have resulted from the heat in the past 24 hours in St. Louis, and 25 prostra? tions have been recorded. ? - - Leavenwoth, Kas.. July 22.-At Fort Leavenworth the weather bureau ther? mometer registered 10S degrees. Capt. R. H. Allen, post adjutant, was pros? trated by the heat while at his desk this afternoon, and was taken to his home. $ Five other prostrations were report? ed. Cincinnati, O., July 22.-All pre? vious heat records here were eclipsed today when the official government thermometer reached 105 at 2:3 this afternoon and remained there for about an hour. There were 25 pros? trations and one death reported. Indianapolis, Ind.. July 22.-This was the hottest day on record in In : dianapolis. T?he official record was 106 at 2 o'clock this afternoon. At the same hour thermometers on the streets recorded 110 and 112. Two deaths and three prostrations were reported. OPENING OF INDIAN LANDS. Fort Sill, O. T., July 21.-Disorder and distress, it is feared, will follow the actual opening of the Kiowa-Co manche lands on Aug. 6. It is now estimated that fuily 150,000 people will have registered for a chance to secure one of the 13,000 claims to be awarded by lottery when the registra? tion booths close on Jilly 26. Thou? sands of persons now on the reserva? tion, who are neither ^mechanics . nor artisans, and who have little or no money, announce their intention of locating around Lawton if they shall fail to win a claim. Campers, who came in private schooners by the thou? sand, generally brought with them provisions sufficient to last only from five to ten days. Drought causecL the water to be restricted, and for days a hot wind has blown over the prairies and the temperature has averaged above the hundred mark. With these conditions before them, many are al ready beginning to grumble, and when this will be followed by disap? pointment in failure to draw a lucky number the hopes of many doubtless will give way to more serious condi? tions. RACE TROUBLES IN"MISSISSIPPI Cleveland. Miss., July 21.-A band of armed negroes, none of whom was known, rode into Cleveland at half past one this morning and stopped a party of three white men on the main street. The negroes made a threaten? ing demonstration. Being called upon to identify themselves they answered by bringing their rifles into play. One of the negroes was quickely, killed by the white men, another was wounded and is reported to have been found this morning on the outskirts of the town, and the other escaped, although it is supposed that more than three were hurt. They were all armed, with Winchester rifles and were well mount? ed. Excitement was at fever heat during the remainder of the night, squads of armed men patrolling the streets until daylight. Thc trouble grew out of the lynch? ing of Jessie Phillips, a negro, in the earlier part of the night. The negroes in this section are organized into "lodges." 'secret orders" and *4pro? tective societies." and as Phillips was a leader among them, it was feared that an attempt would be made to avenge his death. The fact was developed that tho killing of young Reed, the planter, a few days ago, was a studied schein?' on the part of the ne<rro?-s. The excitement of last night has en? tirely abated. It has be<-n decided that the breaking up <>f tix-se negro organizations is neecssrv and there is no doubt that, this decision will be en? forced. The town is more quiet than is usually the case even on Sunday. SAMPSON-SGHLEY A6A?N. Sampson Makes Statements That Demand a Court of Inquiry. Charges Admiral Schley With Lying. Boston, July 22.-Ref erring to Mac lay's naval history which has been criticized by Secretary Long on ac? count of statements considered objec? tionable, Rear Admiral Sampson, in an interview published in The Transcript today, said : "In one way, possibly, I was re? sponsible for the statements made in the history. I was commander-in chief of the squadron and was respon? sible, so far as reading the proofs goes. If the historian has taken facts from my official reports to the navy department that is aU well and good. I stand by first reports and official communications. **1 would welcome an investigation of this whole matter by congress or by the navy departmnt, ' ' he said, ' ' but I see no hope of its being taken up." " Schley's first statements regarding the battle of Santiago," continued the admiral, "were moderately cor? rect." "The interviews given out some time afterward were not at all correct. They were entirely different from his first accounts, and were written in a different spirit, I think. An interview purporting to have come from Admiral Schley published, I believe, on Jan. 6, was entirely incorrect. Soon after this statement appeared in print he came aboard my ship and told me that he had been incorrectly quoted. The reporter to whom the interview was granted was a friend of mine and he afterward told me that he had publish? ed Schiey's words practically as they had been spoken." MORE ABOUT MACLAY'S HIS? TORY. Washington, July 22.-Commander Wainwright, commander of the United States Naval Academy, under date of July 20, has made the following reply to the navy department's inquiry con? cerning the use of Maclay's history : "Having seen so much in -the papers in regard to the third volume of Mac lay's history of the navy and having received also an official letter from you on the subject, I think it right to put you in possession of a full knowl? edge of the case as existing at the na? val academy. " There has been no proposition to adopt this third volume as a text book or refernce book, either from the head of the department of English, the academic board or any preson within my knowledge. "There is no intention here of re? quiring the cadets to study history of such recent events in the Spanish American war and their time is too limited to require them to supply a full volume in any one war. "Maclay's naval history was adopted with the consent of the department in 1S99, when the English course here was extended beyond its former limits. "This intention not to adopt the third volume of Maclay's history is entirely apart from any consideration of its value as a history of the war, or of the knowledge of the facts and criti? cisms contained therein. I do not know of a copy of the third volume at the naval academy." Secretary Long this afternoon indi? cated to the newspaper men who called upon him that he did not desire to dis? cuss further the revival of the Samp son-Schley controversy He said, how? ever, that he had received a letter from Mr. Maclay in which the author of the naval history of the United States agreed to his (the secretary's) statement that only the third chap? ter of his book (that relating to mob? ilization? had beeon placed in the sec? retary's hands before the publication of his work. WILL LEAVE ?T TO CONSTABLES. The State Authorities Will be Allowed to Enforce the Dispensary Law to Suit Themselves. Acting upon instructions received I from Mayor Smyth Saturday afternoon Chief Police Boyle yesterday withdrew his regular dispensary raiding squad, which has heretofore consisted of a sergeant and two privates, and assign? ed the men to routine police* duty on the streets of Charleston. This, being interpreted, would seem to mean that the city has accepted the action of the board of directors in withdrawing all dispensary profits from Charleston, and that in future the State authori? ties will be allowed to enforce the dis? pensary law here in their own way and and at their own expense. It conld scarcely have been expected that the city would go on paying out the money of its taxpayers to have the law en? forced when it wTas to get none of the profits of the liquor traffic. It is un? derstood that the efforts made to en? force the law here have been costing the city several thousands of dollars annually. This was to be expected when the city was receiving her share of the dispensary profits, but now that the State board is going to withhold the profits the city will withdraw the men that have heretofore been assigned to dispensary duty. Chief Boyle was seen by a reporter for The News and Courier last night and asked if he had received any in? structions on the subject from Mayor Smyth. He said that he had, and that, acting upon them, he had issued orders to the force accordingly yester? day. The raidi ni: squad, he said, had been withdrawn and assigned to reg? ular duty on the streets. Chief Boyle said }hat if the Stat?* constables called upon his department for aid at any time he supposed it would be given promptly, but as far as raiding was concerned that would be left ex? clusively to th?* State authorities, who had taken charge of it. This puts a new phase on the situa? tion beare. The action taken by the municipal authorities will scarcely oc? casion any great surprise. In view of the action of the State board of direc? tors there was little else left for them to do. Time alone will show how much better, if any. the Stat?' consta? bles succeed in enforcing the law than the local polier have done. IT is safe to presume, however."; that there will li" great rejoicing among Chief Boyle's men over the orders which withdrew them from onerous dispensary duties. ---News and Courier. STEALING INDIAN LANDS. President McKinley a Party to a Scheme of Fraud Denounced by Cleveland. "Washington, July 20.-Undeterred by the protests that would, in equity at least, result in delay in doing what seems likely to be an irreparable wrong and supported by a judical de? cision that the courts have no right to interfere with the political acts of the United States Government, Presi? dent McKinley has issued his procla? mation throwing open to entry the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache reserva? tion in Oklahoma, despite almost con? clusive proof that has been submitted to him, showing that the whole pro? ject was conceived in fraud and born in iniquity. The action of the President is based on the same identical bogus treaty without a word changed-which "led President Cleveland, in 1893, to de? nounce the fraud, perjury and forge? ries of those who had negotiated it and to announce that the reservation should not be opened to settlement as long as he was in the White House. President Cleveland gave this assur? ance to the representatives of the In? dians, and those at the time included Professor James Mooney of the Bureau of Ethnology and Captain Hugh L. Scott, Seventh Cavalry, then a Lieu tennt of that regimment at Fort Sill, Ind T., and now General Leonard Wood's Adjutant General at Havana. Lieutenant Scott took a keen interest in the Inddians of the reservation, with whom he had lived, whose lan? guage he understood, and with whose habits and traditions he was intimate? ly familiar. That officer discovered that the three tribes whose lands were about to be given over to the public were the victims of an adroit plot, which had resulted in the misrepre? sentation to the majority of them of the contents of a document which was presented for their signature in Octo? ber, 1892. These Indians were led to believe that the paper was an agree? ment merely to consider a sale of the reservation on the basis of 82.50. Not only was there a misrepresenta? tion of the terms of the paper, but the signature of many of the Indians . were found to be forgeries. A number of them, including the chief of the Kiowas, Lone Wolf, stated that they had not applied their mark to the pa? per, and that the names of a number of white men had been added to pad out the list, among them that of Thomas F. Woodward, a white man, and official interpreter. Those who discovered the fraud at once reported to Washintgon, and General Miles became interested in the matter. The Indian office refused to listen to the complaints, while the Indian committees of both House and Senate declined to interfere. It was at this time (May, lS93i that the In djns selected a delegation to go to Washington, and the services of Lieu? tenant Scott, who was commanding the Indian troop at the time, were engaged in behalf of the Indians making the protest. This protest was reduced to writing and signed by the Indians, who believed they were be? ing cheated out of their rights. President Cleveland listened to the protest and was forcible in his com? ments on the methods pursued to swindle the three Indian tribes out of their possessions. He blocked the whole scheme for a number of years. Finally last year the land specula? tors mustered up courage enough to again attempt the fraud that had been prevented. They dug up the same forged document-eight years old-and introduced it into Congress, where some one slipped it in as a rider of an entirly different bill dealing with an entirely different tribe of Indians, and secured its ratification by Congress without the knowledge of theTndians concerned. The records show that no report on the matter was ever made to either House, contrary to the invaria? ble custom in such matters. Acting under it, the Interior De? partment has proceded to allot the lands and the President has issued his proclamation for their distribution by lot. The Indians, finding out too late what had been done, sent repre? sentatives here to protest bitterly. Laughed at by the Indian Bureau, they went into court where it was held that no jurisdiction existed, "though," said the judge, "it is not to be supposed that so grave a wrong will be done by the Government with? out due deliberation." Scarcely had the court adjourned when the Presi? dent's proclamation was issued, fixing the date when one more piece of spoliation of our helpless wards will be consummated. The whole business reeks of corruption. MRS. KRUGER DEAD. Pretoria, July 21.-Mrs. Kruger, wife of former President Kruger, of the South African republic, died yes? terday of pneumonia after an illness of three days. She ws 67 years old. Pretoria, July 21.-Mrs. Kruger's long separation from her husband, com? bined with the death of her favorite daughter, Mrs. Smith, last week, had completely broken her spirit. Mr. Eloff, and many other members of the Kruger family were at her bed? side when she passed aawy. London. July 22.-"Owing to the ; Sunday telegraphed hours in Hol? land, " says a dispatch to The Daily Mail from Hilve rsum. "Mr. Kruger was not informed of his wife's death until the evening. The news was broken to him by Dr. Heymans and Secretary Boeschoten. Mr. Kruger, who had just returned from Hilver sum church, burst into tears and ask? ed to be left alone. "He exclaimed. 'She was a good wife. We quarreled only one time, and that was six months after we were married. He prayed for a long time, and is now calmnly sleeping with his Bible beside his bed. "The Transvaal and Orange Free State flags Hying alto ve the villa were draped and half masted." " Amsterdam, July 22. Former Presi? dent Kruger of the South African re? public is very depressed as the result of the death of his wife, buthishealth is unaffected. On the contrary he has thrown himself into his work with more than his usual energy. HIGH PRICE GRAIN. How the Hot Weather Affected the Corn and Wheat Markets. New York. July 2L-The crowd which surrounded the corn ring was larger than usual this morning. Bro? kers with their hands full of buying orders were constantly besieged by messenger boys bringing dispatches that told of continued hot, dry weath? er all over the corn belt. The bell at 10.30 o'clock transformed this nervous crowd of brokers into a crowd of ex? cited men. To the gallery it looked like a veritable bedlam. News com? ing in from the West told of advances in price and only added fuel to the ex? citement. There being few sellers the price jumped ap rapidly. Even wheat was affected and before the day was out robbed corn of its leaidng place, and absorbed mo?t of the speculative interest itself. This double market was something new on 'Chnge and attracted the attention of the whole floor. The bulls claimed that spring wheat was being ruined by excessive heat and the public, evidently believ? ing the reports to a considerable ex? tent, sent in a stream of buying or? ders. September, which closed Satur? day at 73^ opened at 14.% nand by noon was up to 76. The strain was heavy but as orders kept coming prices kept risong until before the close 77% was touched . Then a reac? tion to 7714 followed,with a later curb rise to 77%L Foreign houses bought freely for French account and cables were generally higher and strong. Corn , although opening 2 cents high? er, kept right on jumping through? out the day until 62*? was reached, or 4 cents rise for the day, against 3a3*4 cents net advance for wheat. The close left traders unsettled. ECONOMY IN THE PHILIPPINES. lt is Said Army Expenses Can be Reduced More Than Half. Mania, July 22.-The conferences between Adjt Gen Corbin and Gen Chaffee, recently held here, will prob? ably result in radical economical and administrative reforms in the army of occupation. It is estimated, that the total cost of maintaining the American army in the Philippines can be reduced by 60 per cent in the course of a year. The principal change will be the reduction of the present army to between 20.000 and 30,000 men. The abolishment of the present army districts is contem? plated and three brigades, with per? manent headquarters at Manila, Dagn pan and Hoi lo or Cebu, will be insti? tuted in their stead. The troops will be concentrated at three points select? ed, abandoning all minor points. These changes wilLresult in an enor? mous saving in the transportation of the supplies and the paying of rentals of barrack for the soldiers. At present in most towns the troops are quarter? ed in the churches, convents and pub? lic buildings, for the use of which considerable rentals are paid. In the majority of other cases, where the troops do not occupy public buildings, it is believed rental should be paid for the soldiers' quarters if their occu? pancy is continued, since these regions are pacified and their inhabitants have sworn allegience to the United States. Adtj. Gen. Corbin and Gen. Chaffee have decided upon the construction of barracks at the Dumping station, about six miles from Manila at the source of the city's water supply, to accommo? date three regiments of infantry, one of cavalry and eight batteries of artil? lery as well as a general commissary and quartermaster's store house, to cost 8100,000. The erection of this lat? ter building will reduce expenses by 820,000 a month, being the rentals paid for the commissary for quarter? master store houses in Manila alone. An electric railroad connecting the docks on the Pasig River and the new store houses will be constructed. Gens Corbin and Chaffee have also decided upon one general military hos? pital to replace the seven military hos? pitals in Manila and vicinity: one of the latter buildings will be converted into a public hospital. The reduction of the great fleet.. of Government launches and small Gov? ernment steamers has already begun. The insular constabulary is now be? ing organized. It will be maintained by the insular Government, and is ex? pected to be amply able to preserve peace and enforce the law. The telegraph system throughout the archipelago, established by the signal corps, has been taken over by the civil Government. Banished From the State. Columbia, July 23.-Yesterday Gov. McSweeney, at the request of the city council of Florence, granted a pardon to R. H. "Wilke, white, of Florence, on condition that he leave the State and not return within twen? ty years. If he should violate the con? ditions of the pardon and return to the State he will be re-arrested and returned to the chain gang, to which he was recently sentenced for 90 days for violation of the dispensay law. "Wilkes comes of good family but is an incorrigible. Habana, July 20.-The report that the United States intends to hold Morro Castle and fortify it does not cause much adverse comment here. The public generally expected that Morro Castle and the Cabaness for? tress would be taken for a naval sta? tion. "Washington. July 20.-Gen. Young at San Francisco has ntoified Acting Adjutant General Ward that the com? manding officer at Honolulu reports that two more deaths from bubonic plague at that point, one a native and the other a Japanese, also a third case under suspicion. Washington. July 22.-The state de? partment received a dispatch today from Commissioner Kockhill at Pekin announcing that plan lor the payment of the indemnity to the powers by the Chinese government finally had been adopted. The authorization of the bonds lo !>?. issued will begin in 1902 and the plan contemplates thelentire liquidation of both principal and in? terest bv 1940. It is expected that China will raise 823,000.000 annually. This sum is to be used to pay the in? terest on the bonds and to form a sinking fund for the ultimate liquida? tion of the principal. New York Will Erect Building at Charleston Exposition. Albany, N. Y., Jnly 20.- The New York State commission to the South Carolina exposition has decided to erect a splendid building on one of the most favorable sites in the exhibition grounds. The plans accepted call for a structure 200 feet long by 60 feet wide. The main entrance "will face upon the river and the huge porch will extend out over the water. The architecture is in keeping with the general design of the exposition, the plans for the new State building being designed by Bradford Gilbert, the su? pervising architect. The style is old Spanish. The commission, at its last meeting, decided to devote the greater portion of its time to the obtaining of New York State exhibits for the general exposition. More Hunger and Less Rheuma? tism. A well-known physician writing in the Medical Record declares that the most prolific cause of rheumatism is indigestion. "If only such food," he says, '4 as can be easily digested were put in the stomach there would be little heard of jheumatisrm" It fol? lows, as a matter of course, that one of the most effective methods of treat? ment for rheumatism is through the dietary. "Thde longer I can stand hunger the less rheumatism I have," says this writer, * ' but in many cases: the remedy '.is worse than the disease. In other cases, however, a perpetual hungry condition is the lesser evil. I have taken this cure partially, but never have been quite able to do so fully. It is not a popuiar treatment. In acute attacks, active elimination by brisk cathartics, and restricted diet,, along with decided constitutional seda? tion, shorten an attack two-thirds." Leslie's Weekly. Durban, Natal, July 20.-In conse? quence of the Boer raids into Natal and the support given the raiders by the republicans the military authori? ties have ordered all white men, with their live stock, foodstuffs and cloth? ing, to evacuate all farms between the Tug?ela and Sunday Rivers. Any white man remaining in this section, of the country after July 31 will be subject to martial law. Houston, Tex., July 21.-During the past three days reports of good rains have been received from about 150 counties in Texas, about one-half of them in the cotton growing section. A group of large cotton-producing coun? ties in the central portion of the State have had no rain, but elsewhere the fall has been snfficeint. for the imme? diate needs of the crop. Shedding is reported by some correspondents ; and' that the plant is small and heavy laden with bolls. Picking will begin in southwestern Texas, during the com? ing week, and the cotton is beginning to open freely in south central Texas. Today's rain extended well over south. Texas. London, July 20.-The casualty lists received tonight at the war office in? dicate that a party of South African constabulary was ambushed near Pet? rusburg, July 16, and that two mem? bers of the party were killed, one was dangerously wounded and 17 are miss? ing and are believed to have been taken prisoners by the Boers. New York, July 21.-The. tailors in the sweat shops all over the east side were called out on strike today in ac cordnce with the decision of the Gar? ment Workers Trade Council. It was estimted that 30.000 workers quit to? day, and that tomorrow 20,000 more would refuse to work. This estimate includes the Brooklyn and the New? ark, N. J., shops. They seek shorter hours and a better wage schedule. New York, July 22.-It was announc ced at the strikers headquarters that 67,000 garment workers were now on strike in New York, Brooklyn, Browns? ville and Newark. The demands of the strikers are that they work no longer than 59 hours a week, receive a 30 per cent, increase in wages and that the contractors or middlemen be re? quired to give a bond assuring the pay of the workers. Roanoke, Va., July 22.-In a fight yesterday evening, Robert Craddock hit Luther Austin on the head with a rock. Austin died early this morning. Craddock is in jail. It is alleged that Austin was advancine on Craddock" with a knife when the latter threw the stone. Both are well known young men. * Jamestown, Tenn.. July 22.-A tele? gram message from Sunnybrook, Ky.r says: Another oil well has been struck. Oil flows at the rate of 10O barrels per hour according to the re? port. Elkins, W. Va.. July 22.-Tonight the dead body of Wm. Brooks, color? ed, s wings from the limb of a tree in the city park here and the Chief of Police * Robert Lilly lies dying in a Cumberland, Md., hospital from the effects of a wound inflicted by the colored man. Lilly was shot when at? tempting Brooks arrest and a crowd of citizens took the man from the sheriff and hung him in the park. Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 22.-The strike of the stationary firemen was officially declared off tonight at a joint meeting of the strikers and legislative boards of United Mine Workers. Boston, Mass., July 21.-At the threshold of her own apartments, in the Hotel Rexford, on Bulfich street, Mrs. Alice R. ICrowell was tonight shot and killed by Benjamin H. Brown, colored, who gave himself up and confessed the crime. Mrs. Cro well was the wife of a member of the fire department, but Brown ?claims that he was on terms of intimacy with her and that he killed her on account of a quarrel. So great was the man's rage he fired six shots, more than once pressing the revolver against her neck as he sent bullet after bullet into her head. Governor McSweeney had something to say today about the report in The News and Courier that the special raiding squad of the Charleston police force had been returned to regular duty. He gave out the following statement : Well. I do not think that that will help Charleston. I really believe that the course adopted by the State board of control was with the hope that the City of Charleston would use more earnest efforts in the enforcement of the dispensary law. t