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TRYING TO END STRIKE.
Representatives of Steel Trust
and Strikers Will Negotiate
This Week.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 27.-The
strike of the steel and tin workers of
the Amalgamated association against
the United States Steel corporation
probably will be settled this week.
The conference held in New York
Saturday between the officials of the
"United States Steel corporation and
"President T. J. Shaffer and Secretary
John Williams of the workers' organ?
ization has lesulted in paving the way
ior renewal of negotiations between
the two conflicting interests. It is
said that a basis for such a conference
has been arrived at. This basis is
still locked up in the minds of the offi?
cials of the two organiztions and will
not be divulged until later this week.
If the basis is satisafactory to the
general executive committee of the
Amalgamated ssociation the conference
between the associaion nnd the manu?
facturers will proceed at once. If, on
the other hand, the basis is not what
the Amalgamated association will per?
mit to be considered as negotiable
grounds, the strike will be continued
with the same vigor as at present and
with indefinite time for its ending.
President Shaffer and Secretry Wil?
liams of the Amalgated association re?
turned from New York this morning.
They left the metropolis at 8:30
o'clock Saturday night, after an event?
ful day. They had spent many hours I
iu conference with the leading officials
of the steel trust, had evaded all of
the New York reporters, and came
home with hopes for an early ending
of the present contest. In Pittsburg
little was known of the conference,
but the greatest interest in the out?
come was shown among the manufac?
turers.
Secretary Williams was found at his
.home this evening. Mr. Williams
was courteous and promptly admitted
that he had been with President
Shaffer in New York and had seen J.
P. Morgan, but as to what had taken
place there he said with firmness that
he was pledged to secrecy and could
not talk. If there was anything to
be given ont it would come from Presi?
dent Shaffer, bul" he was positive
President Shaffer would not be at lib?
erty to talk for some days. When ask?
ed if he regarded the situation hope- ,
ful for a settlement he declined even
to offer an opinion.
Additionai information regarding
the New York meeting of the indus?
trial leaders was afterward picked up
from reliable sources. " It was stated
that the two Amalgamated officials [
left Pittsburg late on Friday night and
when they arrived in New York went i
direct to the private office of Mr. Ivlor- \
gan in the banking house in Wall ,
street. The meeting between the \
-Pittsburg men and Mr. Mo rage, lasted
from about ll o'clock in the morning :
until 4 in the afternoon. At no time .
did the conlenee adjourn to the Em- <
piie building, where the head offices ,
nf the United States Steel corporation :
are located. During the conference ?
Presidnt C. M. Schwab and Jugde ,
E. H. Gary were present most of the
time. Another conferee was Mr. Daw- |
kins, one of Mr. Morgan's partners. ,
The Amalgamated officials directed ,
their attention almost entirely zo Mr. 1
Morgan and President Schwab. They j
went over the grounds on which the (
strike began and discussed a settle (
ment basis. After getting the views of j
the steel officials and giving theirs in ,
Teturn, Mr. Shaffer and Mr. Williams )
left the office and spent their time ?
away from public places, avoiding ?
hotels and taking their meals in (
restaurants. . j
In explanation of the hurried trip
that the two officres made to New
York on Friday night, it was said
that until nearly 5 o'clock in the after?
noon, neither of the officers knew that
they would be required to leave Pitts?
burg and had made plans for entirely ]
different purposes. Prit>r to that time ].
CoL GeDrge B. M Harvey, manager ]
of Harper Bros., the publishers, of ^
3iew York, was a caller at the office ]
of President Shafer. When Col. Har- (
vey left the invitation to go to New (
York had been extended and had been *
accepted. It was positively stated 1
today that the meeting between the (.
heads of the Amalgamated association ]
and the United States Steel corpora? 1
tion was due to no other person or per- ]
.sons than Col. Harvey and that there '
were no others present at any time ]
before or after the visit of Col. Harvey '
to help the cause along. '
It is believed that before the end of ;
the we^k the milis will all be ready to
?5>3 run again providing repairs are
completed that have been undertaken ;
since the strike began. Should the ]
whole project fail of coming to an am?
icable end, however, the ?ght promis- '
es to be more bitter than ever. .
Por this reason those back of the pre- ]
sent negotiations are extremely anxi- !
ous to have everything as quiet as pos- ;
si ble and that nothing should be made '
public regarding the basis for a con?
ference until it had been accepted by
both sides.
The Weather Situation.
Wasnhington. July 26.-The past 24
hours probably have been the most
favorable to the States of the :orn
belt since the existing hot wave began
nearly 40 days ago. Rains, generally
light in amount, have fallen in west?
ern Kanssas, western Nebraska, south?
west Missouri, central Iowa, Arkansas
and a little in Oklahoma and the
prospect seems to Jut favorable for a
continuation of more numerous showers
in the section covered by these State s
and territories. On Sunday showers
were looked for in northern Illinois
and northern Indiana. Still, there
has been no general rain of which the
crops stand in so much need and there
are no immediate prospects of any.
On the whole the weather bureau offi?
cials here regard the situation as
.somewhat improved. Incidental to
the rains the temperatures officially
reported today were somewhat lower
than on yesterdy. However, they
range from 92 to 100 in the corn belt.
Conditions will remin practically the
-*same in the drought section during
Saturday and Sunday, and the weath?
er will continue very hot with the
possibility of relief from scattered
thunder showers.
Gouroek, July 27.-The Shamrock
"H., accompaniedd by the Erin, sailed
act 10:20 o'clock this morning for New
York.
RIVALS THE KLONDIKE.
A Great Gold Discovery in
Georgia.
Atlanta. July 27.-There are material
indications in existence that a mining
company, composed in the majority of
I Atlanta" men, has struck vein of gold
bearing soil, rivaling in richness
and purity the best that California
showed in "the days of '49 or the Klon?
dike revealed in later days. This
modern El Dorado is located in the
State of Georgia, in Wilkes county,
and the Atlanta owners of the property
are L H. Oppenheim, Monroe Bick
hart and A. Bluthenthal. These gen ?
tlemen, with William D. Storey, a
mine prospector and W.H . Fluker of
McDuffie county, constitute what is
termed the Columbia Mining com?
pany, by which is owned the land
upon which the lead of gold is dis?
covered.
From a single ton of earth taken
from this newly discovered mine,
which is known as the Latimer mine,
gold to the amount of $22,640 was re?
cently gotten. This, it is claimed by
owners of the mine, is the richest yield
ever known to be taken from a single
ton of earth, the nearest approach to
it bsing the celebrated Coomstock
mine of Colorado, which assyed $10,
000 to a ton of the gold-bearing soil.
The correctness of these figuresg is at?
tested by the affidavits of those by
whom the figures were obtained.
There are in sight so far in the
vein just unearthed, which can be
panned out into pure gold for a mere
nominal cost, about ll tons of earth.
Whee, the gold is taken from the ore
it will approximate very close to $300,
000 in value. This is but the first
step in the work of unearthing: the full
deposit. The mine's wealth, of
course, is but a conjecture, but from
early evidence it is not improbable
that it may be the beginning of a
flood of treasure from the bosom of
Georgia, rivaling in extent and qual?
ity some of the gifts the west has
made to the enrichment of the
world's treasury.
ACustom House Outrage.
New York, July 28.- The steamship
Ponce from San Juan, Porto Rico,
July 23, docked in Brooklyn this after?
noon. As she steamed np the bay the
customs* tug came alongside and two
officers boarded the Ponce and took the
passengers' declarations. As soon as
the Ponce docked custom house inspec?
tors examined the baggage of the pas?
sengers, eighty in number. All cigars
ana cigarettes were seized and the
owners were told to "come back to?
morrow for them." Among the pas?
sengers was J. R. Garrison, auditor
of Porto Rico. He informed the in?
spectors that, according to the Presi?
dent's proclamation, free trade now ex?
ists between the United States and
Porto Rico. The inspectors claimed
that they had no official information
to that effect and Mr. Garrison com?
plied with the order to dump the con?
tents of his dozen trunks on the pier.
The baggage of all the other passengers
was similarly inspected.
After this general overhauling of
baggage a telephone message was re?
ceived to seize only cigars in lots of
over 400. Passengers who did not have
that quantity were let out. One,
however, who had 450 cigars, was re?
quired to turn them over and told to
come around Monday and pay for the
internal revenue stamps. The inspec?
tors claim that they know free trade
low exists between tMs country and
Porto Rico, but they do not know it
officially and that it will be several
days before the new order can be put
into effect.
RAINS IN THE WEST.
Kansas City, July 27.-General
rains which have fallen over the great
part of western Missouri and Kansas
?n the past 24 hours have given this
portion of the southwest temporary
relief from the drought. Reports re?
ceived at the railroad headquarters in?
dicate that the rains fell in the west?
ern half of Missouri and in nearly
ill parts of Kansas with the exception
pf a few northwestern counties. The
tali was heaviest between Kansas City
md Maple Hill, Kas. In some places
in eastern Kansas, the Tall measured
11-2 inches. Good rains are also re?
ported ii long the Memphis railroad,
is far south as Arkansas and as far
?ast as the Mississippi river. Rain
Fell at different points all day today
?ind is still coming down tonight.
Frederick Wellhouse. the largest ap?
ple grower in Kansas is authority for
the statement that apples in that State
will make almost a full crop. Peaches
and grapes and late varieties of fri ut
will make an average crop, it is be?
lieved, if conditions continue favor?
able. Oats and potatoes in Kansas at
least were beyond help two weeks be?
fore the rains came.
Topeka, Kas.. July 27.--Kansas has
biren redeemed from the ravage.- of the
drought. Thc rain which started in
numerous portions of the State last
night has been continued during the
clay ?and reports received hen* tonight
say that the rain is stilll failing in
several places in the State. Every?
thing points to a rainy spell which will
be of inestimable value to Kansas.
New York. July 27.-The winn ni g
colors of Harry Elkes, the Glens Falls
middle distance bicycle rider, were
lowered this afternoon on th*' Man- j
hattan Beach cycle track. After riding !
37 miles in a four-cornered 50-mile j
motor paced race. Elkes abandoned the I
contest and went to his dressing room,
thoroughly beaten. Bobby Waithour,
of Atlanta, won the race in one hour.
22 minutes and 2^ 3-5 >rv>>ni]s. finish?
ing five and three-quarter laps, almost
two miles, ahead of Jimmy Moran, of
Chelsea, who was three miles in front
of Arthur Ross, of Newark, N. J,,
who finished third.
, Philahelphia, July !27. The battle?
ship Maine designed to be bigger,
stronger and faster than lier namesake
whose shapeless mass lies in the har?
bor of Habana, was launched from the
yards of the Wm. Cramps Ship and
Engine Building Company. The great
hull's initial dip into the waters of
the Delaware river was a success in
every way. One of the largest crowds
that has ever seen a warship leave the
ways at Cramp's yard was on hand and
patriotism ran wild as the ship left
her cradle.
CUBA'S ELECTORAL BILL
Public Servants Must be Cubans
by Birth or Have Been Natural?
ized Eight Years.
Habana, July 29.--There was a good
attendance at today's session of the
Cuban Constitutional convention,
when the electoral bill, as drafted by
the electoral commission, was submit?
ted. The measures provides for uni?
versal suffrage, but restrictions as to
ability to read and write are imposed
in the case of office holders. Govern?
ors of provinces and provincial legis?
lators must be of Cuban birth or have
been naturalized for a period of eight
years. They must possess title by
public decree or have filled office by
popular vote. The same restrictions
regarding citizenship are laid upon
congressmen, who must be 25 years
of age. Senators must be Cuban by
birth and 35 years of age.
The president must be a Cuban by
birth or naturalized. In the latter
case, as provided by the Constitution,
he must have served in the Cuban
army for 10 years. He must be at
least 40 years of age. The same condi?
tions apply to the vice president.
Senators shall be elected by provin?
cial legislators and an equal number
of citizens. One half of the latter
must be Cuban by birth or have been
naturalized for a period of eight years.
They must be able to read and write.
They must have resided in the pro?
vince for "two years and be among the
largest taxpayers. The other half
must have professional degrees or must
have he\d public office.
Presidential electors shall be Cubans
by birth or have been naturalized for
a period of eight years and they must
be thirty years of age.
The provincial legislature minority
representation is provided for. Habana
having 20 members. Santa Clara 17,
Santiago 17, Mantanzas 15, Pinar del
Rio 12. and Puerto Principe 8.
Habana will have 17 congressmen,
Santigo 13, Santa Clara 14, Mantan?
zas 8, Pinar del Rio 7 and Puerto
Principe 3.
Four senators shall represent each
province.
Habana will have 21 ^presidential
electors, Santiago 17. Santa Clara 18.
Matanzas 12. Pinar del Rio ll and
Puerto Principe 8.
? The project provides for two elec?
tions. At the first will be elected
governors of provinces, provincial
legislators and senatorial electors. At
the second, to be held eight days later
congressmen and presidential elctors
will be chen. Thirty days after the
second election the presidential elec?
tors will meet in Santa Clara to elect
the president.
GIVING" ?W?Y"LAND.
Progress of Lottery in El Reno,
Oklahoma.
El Reno, Okla.. July 29.-Okla?
homa's great land lottery was .begun
here today in earnest, and when the
commissioners appointed by the federal
government adjourned the drawing for
the day 1.000 of the choice of the 13,
000 160-acre claims in the Kiowa
Comanche country had been awarded.
The first name drawn from the
wheels was that of Stephen A. Holcomb
of Paul's Valley, I. T., for a home- 1
stead in the El Reno district, and :
the sceond Leonard Lamb, of Augusta,
O. T. These two men select the ;
choice claims in this district. The <
capital prize winners, however, proved
to be James R. Wood of Weather?
ford. O. T.. whose name was first to .
come from the Lawton district wheel, ?
and Miss Mattie H. Beais of Wichita, i
Kas., who drew the second number in ;
that district. They will have the
privilege of making the first filings in .
the Lawton district and will undoubt- .
edly choose the two quarter sections 1
adjoining that town. These are con- :
sidered the most valuable in the terri- ,
torv and are, it is estimated, worth
from $20,000 to 840.000 each.
The day was one of keen excite- (
ment, replete with interesting scenes.
It is estimated that iully 25,000 ter- ?
sons witnessed the drawing.-The ,
State.
immense throng was wrought up to
the highest pitch. j
The drawing of the first names was ;
followed by a mighty shout.
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A Great Textile Exhibit.
Charleston. July 29.-At the meet- ;
ing of the board of directors of the
exposition company tonight Mr. D. A.
Tompkins, the well known cotton mill '
builder and expert of Charlotte. N.
C.. was elected superintendent and '
manager of the textile exhibit at the
South Carolina Inter-state and West
Indian exposition at Charleston.
Mr. Tompkins came to this city a
week or two ago at the invitation of
the exposition management and made
a thorough exami na tion of the condi- 1
tions here. He was impressed with
the great importance of the undertak- ;
ing to the commercial and industrial 1
interests of the south, and after con- ,
sidering the subject concluded to ac?
cept the service which the board has
asked him to perform. By his agree?
ment. Mr. Tompkins will undertake
to procure and cause to be installed
the exhibits for the (..orton place, and in i
order tn accomplish this work he will ?
be compelled to use a good part of his j
engineering and commercial force and j ,
son^e outside help and there is no
doubt that the textile exhibit at
Charleston will be the largest, the
best arranged and the most compre?
hensive that has ever been made in ?
this c ?uni ry.
Trying to Control Turkey.
Constantinople. Saturday. July 27.
Yesterday the Sultan agreed to com?
ply with demands made by the Russian
government for the release of th?- Ser?
vians recently arrested in Albania,
together with th<- restoration of the I
arms taken, and for the recall of Die?
mal Hey . tlie Mutessarifof Prishtina,
the instigator of the arests.
Notwithstanding this .prompt com?
pliance le arrests were continued, and
today Russia repeated her demand in
peremptory terms. All the legations
are making representations against
interference by the Porte with the
decisions of the sanitary council. The
palace officials receive these protests
with the utmost serenity, replying that
the Sultan is the sovereign of Turkey.
THE STEEL WORKERS' STRIKE.
Hope Entertained That Trouble
Will Be Adjusted by Conference.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 29.-Everybody
is on the qui vive tonight in strike
circles and the coming conference of
the leaders of the two contending
forces is looked forward to with min?
gled hope and fear. Hope, however,
and peace is confidently expected by
the majority of those interested.
The executive committee of the
Amalgamated association will meet
in the headquarters of the organiza?
tion at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
or as soon theieafter as possible and
take up the proposition for a settle?
ment of the steel workers' strike.
This statement was made by Secre?
tary Williams of the Amalgamated
association. Beyond this he declined
to discuss the strike in any form.
There was no change in the position
of the two contestants today. Both
sides held firmly to the plan of watch?
ing each other. The officials of the
Wood mill of the American Sheet
Steel company made no attempt to
start the plant and indications pointed
to their remaining inactive until the
strike negotiations are decided one
way or the other.
The first report of the day, that the
American Tin Plate Company was
making an effort to start the Dernier
plant with nonunion men and that one
set of roils was being operated, was
afterwards explained as being a rumor
that started from the fact that the
company had some men at work re?
pairing the plant, with the expecta?
tions that the strike will be settled
shortly.
The following terms of settlement of
the strike and the programme for to?
morrow come from an authoritative
source and can be relied upon in all
human probability as the outcome of
the meeting of the conferees.
Terms of probable settlement:
The Amalgamated association is to
drop contention for the signing of a
scale for all mills.
All mills are to be .'open'* mills in
the fullest sense of the term.
The company is to have the right
to place a non-union man in any plant
and keep him there.
In addition to the plants covered by
the expired scale it is to be signed
or the following:
W. Dewes Wood of McKeesport:
Painter, Lindsay & McCutcheon, and
Clark Mills of Pittsburg, and Mones
sen plants of the American Steel Hoop
company. The question of making
the Wel?esville sheet plant and the
Monessen Tin Plate plant directly
covered by the scale is to be settled by
the conferees. The Amalgamated
association is to have the privilege of
organizing the men in any of the
plants.
Georgetown, July 29.-A boiler in
the saw mill of the Winyah Lumber
company of this place, exploded last
nighty ^almost totally wrecking the
plant. Three colored hands were
killed and seven more injured. A
schooner, lying at the wharf, was
damaged by the explosion and frag?
ments of the machinery were thrown
almost into the town.
London, July 29.-In the house of
lords, today, Lord Salisbury, the pre?
mier, read a message from King Ed?
ward to the effect that inconsideration
of the eminent services of Field Mar?
shal Lord Roberts in South Africa, his
majesty recommended that parliament
grant him the sum of ?100,000 (8500,
300. i
New York. July 2?.-The Hamburg
American line steamer Alleghany,
which arrived here today, reported
that she was held in the harbor of
Cartagena, Colombia, for 12 hours.
Passengers on the Allegheny report
that Abel Murillo was arrested on the
ship Cartagena and taken ashore by
the Colombian "authorities. Murillo
protested against his arrest, claiming
that he was entitled to the protection
of the German flag.
Savannah. Ga., July 29.-The Sa?
vannah Athletic club is making a
strong effort to secure the Jeffries
Ruhlin fight, which it desires pulled
off during the State fair in October.
The club has ample financial backing
to make good all its offers. It has
offered a purse of 815,000 or will the
eighters' 70 per cent, of the receipts
and 75 per cent, of the picture privi?
lege. Indeed, the club has announced
that it will meet the legitimate offer
of any sporting club of standing in
the country, and post a substantial for?
feit tc guarantee performance of con?
tracts. AL McMurray. well known in
Xew York and northern sporting cir?
cles, is associated with the club in the
management of the affair. It is believ?
ed all legal obstacles can be removed.
Paris, July 29.-M. Santos Dumont
made another successful experiment
this afternoon with a dirigible bal?
loon, sai i lng it from St. Cloud to the
Longchamps race course, around
which he steered the balloon, and as?
cended and descended, occupying 20
minutes of time. Though asked to
go around the Eiffel tower,'the aeronaut
declined, saying his motor was not
yet working as well as he wanted. The
weather was cloudy, which may have
influenced his decision.
After looking into the law in regard
to his right to appoint a successor to
Mr. Stackhouse, who recently resign?
ed as a member of the board of trus?
tees of Clemson college. Gov. Mcswee?
ney yesterday without the filing of an
application or without recommenda?
tions from any one appointed Mr. W.
I). Evans, of .Marlboro county, to lill
the vc;i ney.
Society Hill. July 29. A wind and
seven- electric storm accompanied by
rain and hail, visited this section Sat?
urday afternoon. A colored woman,
Chloe Hill, with lier granddaughter,
was on The outskirts of town coming
in to trade. "When the storm came
up the woman stopped under a sweet
gum tree for shelter -the child was
standing nearby in a little thicket.
Lightning struck the tree, killing the
woman . The child was unhurt.
New York, July 29. The Columbia
today defeated the Constitution, boat
for boat, in a splendid race by two min?
utes and 04 seconds, and won the
81,000 cup presented by Col. John
Jacob Astor. Her victory was decis?
ive and convincing. The behavior of
the Constitution on the other hand
was disappointing in the extreme and
this evening Mr. Duncan announced
that h:-s boat would not take part in
further races until her rig had been
altered.
CONDEMNED MURDERER
DASHED FOR LIBERTY.
Simon Williams Attacks Deputy
Sheriff Kilpatrick.
Monticello. Fla., July 2S.-Simon
Williams, condemned to death for the
murder of Deputy Sheri?f Hawkins
and sentenced to hang August 8, made
a dash for liberty at 1:30 o'clock
this afternoon. Deputy Sheriff R. H
Kilpatrick with a trusty had gone to
the death cell to give "Williams dinner.
Williams having secretly removed the
shackles from his ankles with a cold
chisel furnished by unknown means,
dashed out upon the officer: siezed
his pistol and ordered him to get in
the cage. The officer sprang cn the
murderer and a tussle ensued in which
the office was shot. Both fell down
the stairway and rolled into the yard
when the deputy wrenched the pistol
away. Williams ran to the sate of ^ie
stockade but could not get over. He
then turned like a demon upon the
deputy who shot him in the chest.
Williams ran to another gate which
was opened and dasted into the street.
The deputy followed, shooting. Af?
ter a chase of one hundred yards Wil?
liams fell dead. Officer Kilpatrick re?
ceived a wound in the groin, the ball
passing between the bone and the
femora artery. He is yet alive.
The Necessity of Forest Preservation
Washington, July 28.-Stirred up by
the assertions of the agricultural de?
partment that a large part of the hot
wave now prevailing in the west is
due, directly or indirectly, to the-de?
struction of the forests in that part
of the country and to the north, it is
probable that the people there will
urge upon Congress at its next ses?
sion advanced steps to preserve what
forests are left and to plant others.
This whole subject was fought over
towards the close of President Cleve?
land's term, not on account of the
heat but on account of the floods and
droughts that have always been
harged up to the destruction of the
forests. Mr. Clevealnd realized the
danger of forest destruction and issued
an order withdrawing from entry and
sale 21,379,840 acres of timber lands
in the west and northwest. This or?
der was made upon the recommenda?
tion of the American Forestry associa?
tion and the National Association for
the advancement of Science in order
to preserve the forests from destruc?
tion and to secure a permanent supply
of water for irrigation and manufac?
turing purposes in the arid regions,.
For twenty-five or thirty years be?
fore, every secretary of the interior,
every commissioner of public lands
every forestry association, every irriga?
tion convention, and every scientist,
economist and philanthropist, who
has studied the great question of waj
ter supply has urged congress to enact
some law to spare and protect the trees
in the western mountains, but it wr.s
not until 1S91 that any attention was
paid to their appeals. Through the
influence of the American Forestry as?
sociation a new policy was then adopt?
ed authorizing the president to reserve
and set apart any portion of the pub?
lic lands as a forest cover upon slopes
and mountains to hold back the snow
and rainfalls, to prevent rapid evapora
tion and to encourage the deveoppment
of the timber supply. For many
years the cultivation of artificial
groves had been encouraged by a lib?
eral bounty in lands, but no effective
measures had been taken to protect
the vast natural forests that clothed
the mountains and sheltered the water
courses of the west. Thousands of
square miles of magnificent timber
had been destroyed by unchecked
fires, and thousands more had been
denuded by thieves, without any com?
pensation to the government or a sin?
gle thought of the consequence to fu?
ture generations.
An appropriation of $25,000 was
placed at the disposal of the Associa?
tion for the Advancement of Science
to enable experts to select the tracts
to be reserved, and upon its recom?
mendation President Harrison issued
a proclamation withdrawing from entry
and sale some 13,000,000 acres of
lands.
Shortly after President Cleveland
came into power he issued an order re?
serving the Cascade range in Wash?
ington, embracing 4,492.800 acres, and
later he issued the other order re?
ferred to above.
At once the settlers and especially
the lumber speculators of the north?
west begrm an assault on the law.
based upon short-sighted, temporary
local interest. The strongest objec?
tors were the railway companies, the
miners and local lumbermen, who
were enjoying the benefit of these tim?
ber tracts both lawfully and unlawful?
ly, and who complained that the presi?
dent's order would paralyze industry,
retard immigration, and deprive the
inhabitants of the regions adjacent to .
these reservations of the building lum?
ber and fuel that they needed. In re?
sponse to their demand Congress
adopted an amendment to the sundry
civil bill, suspending President Cleve?
land's proclamation for some nine ;
months, at the end of which time <
President McKinley was to say what <
part should be withdrawn and what j i
restored. j
When the time was up. President I
McKinley undid a -good deal of the j
work of his predecessor, although h.'' I
allowed the larger part to stand. If j
he had stood by President Cleveland's
order and extended it, instead of yield- .
ing to the demands of the men wi o
were making fortunes by cutting the
timber on which the prosperity of the
country depended, it is probable that
the present hot spell would not have
been as widespread and disastrous ;s
it has i teen.
Kock Hill, July 2S.- This afternoon
two boys were drowned in a deep pool
in Mr. V. 15. McFadden's granite
(?narry in the western part of the
city. The affair was as tragic as it*
was sad. The little fellows were
about 13 years old and were children
of operatives at the Arcade mills.
Their names were Jeff Sistare and
Robert Bishop, son of a poor widow
who came here from Spartanburg.
Aden, Arabia, July 28.-In a fight
between the Mad Mullah and the
British, July 27. the former was
routed, losing 70 killed. The Brit?
ish casualties were Lieut. Fredeiicks
and 12 men killed, and Lieut. Dickson
and 20 men wounded.
WHY SHE QUIT THE PHONE.
The young woman employed as a
stenographer had a beau named Will,
to whom she talked some twenty-five
times a day, says the Boston Record.
The lawyer who labored under the im?
pression that he was paying for the
stenographer's time was "not pleased
that Maggie should drop her work and
rush frantically to the telephone every
time the bell rang and stand there for
fifteen minutes debating whether or
not Will ought to have told Clara that
secret which he. knew well enough was
none of Clara's business. One day
the lawyer left his office and going
to another telephone in the building
called up his own office. Of course
Maggie rushed frantically to the
phone and answered.
"Hello. ' said 'the lawyer in a n.affled
voice. "This is a lineman testing
the wire. Kindly stand one foot in
front of the receiver and say hello."
Maggie obeyed.
4 4 Thank you. Now stand two feet to
one side and say hello."
Maggie complied.
4'Thank you. Now stand two feet
on the other side and say hello." it
was done.
4 4 Thank you. Now stand on your
head and say hello."
Maggie seems to be somewhat back?
ward in answering the telephone now.
Some of Bob Taylor's friends are
urging him for the presidency be?
cause he is |in favor of allowing every
man to have a hound pup and a billy?
goat, free from taxation.-Augusta
Chronicle.
Backward, tum backward, O Time,
in your flight : make me an iceberg,
all glistening white. Roll me all up
in the beautiful snow ; feed me on
charity's chillest woe: bathe me in
winter's dull, miserly tears, and rock
me to sleep in the ashes of years;
shround me in fathomless oceans of
age, with epitaph writ by an ice
hearted sage. Backward, turn back?
ward, a century or two. away from
this tormenting, vapory stew, far
back to the eons of summerless
night. Make me an iceberg, O
Time, in your flight I-Selma Times.
Raleigh, N. C., July 29.-Barney
Cain, formerly manager of the Rich?
mond team of tt?e Yirginia-Norti. kar?
olina league, now of the Darlington,
S. C., club, was arrested here today
for inducing Foster, catcher for the
Tarboro ?team, to jump his contract.
Cain was in an officer's charge all
night and until this afternoon, when
8100 was telegraphed him from Dar?
lington, which he deposited in place
of a bond for his appearance here at
court. He and Foster have gone to
Darlington.
Only a TCawyer.
When Justice Bookstaver was on the ?
supreme court bench, he had as special
officer or attendant a punctilious old
German, who always stood guard at
the door leading to the justice's private
chambers when the justice was within.
One day a prominent lawyer and two
of his clients called and asked if the
justice would receive them.
The officer threw open the door and
called out loudly to the justice:
"Shudge! Two shentlemans rjad a
lawyer vants to speak mit VOE."
The three gentlemen laughed.
44Vor vhat you luff, eh?"
''Don't you count me a gentleman?"
asked the lawyer.
"Ach. you're a lawyer only; dat's dif?
ferent."-New York Mail and Express.
A Crotrnless Coronation.
A coronation without a crown sounds
distinctly Irish, yet such was in effect
the ceremony in which Henry III took
the most prominent part at Gloucester
on Oct. 2S, 121C. On this occasion
a plain circle was used instead of a
crown, which had been lost with the
jewels and other baggage of King
John in passing the marshes of Lynn
or the Wash near Wisbeach.-London
Telegraph.
Evasion.
"See here, you sir!" cried her father..
"Didn't I tell you never to enter my
house again?"
"No, sir, you didn't," replied the per?
sistent suitor. "You said not to 4cross
your threshold,' so I climbed in the
window."-Exchange.
Sense of Touch In Surgery.
There has been of late more or less
discussion on the use of antiseptic
gloves. These articles are strongly ob?
jected to, however, by experienced sur?
geons, who claim that the surgeon ac?
quires a seuse of touch that is of very
great value to him in performing deli?
cate and complicated operations. So
acute does this become that even the
extent of disease may almost be deter?
mined by it. They believe that it is
possible to exorcise sufficient care in the
washing of hands and the application
of antiseptics to make such gloves
wholly unnecessary. Be this as it may,
the best surgeons are very reluctant to
adopt anything that interferes with the
delicacy of handling, which is their
chief pride and upon which to a great
extent the safety of the patient depends.
-New York Ledger.
Juvenile Discouragement.
Elsie-Mamma, there's a funny old
man in this Fiekwick book that's al?
ways telling his son to beware of the
widows. Why is that?
Mamma-Well, a widow is supposed
to be skillful in catching a husband.
Elsie-Gracious! I wonder if I'll have
to be a widow before I can get married.
-Philadelphia Press.
Frozen In.
Thc making of postil?les is au easy
matter in Alaska. A mass of powder
blasts out tue hole in an instant, a tele?
graph pole is inserted, water is poured
in. and the intense cold holds the pole
secure in an incasemeht < ? ice.
Sterling Remedy.
Ch? ?Hy City feller tin country, with
balky livery horse)-Beg pardon, sir,
but what do you do when ycuah horse
balks?
The Farfner-Trade him. Git up,
Bill!-Puck.