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EMO OF MU? MANEUVERS. The Attacking Squadron Met And Captured by White Squadron. port, Mass., Aug. 24?-The search problem on the New Eng land coast was terminated at 5.40 this morning^ by the signal " surrenders demand and unconditional" from Rear Admiral Higginson's flagship, and the reply, "accept surrender'' from the fore truck of the Prairie, Commander Pilisbury's flagship. The battle be tween the Blue, or defending squad lonv and the White, or attacking squadron, was thus quickly ended eight miles south of Thatcher's isl and. The enemy had most ?ignally Jailed to make a harbor, having for its object Salem. A preponderance of lighting strength, relatively 64 points, represented by- the battleships Kear sarge, Alabama and Massachusetts, Scorpion, and a torpedo boat, had overwhelmed the 45 points represented by the auxiliary cruisers Prairie, Panther and Supply. Theoretically, the White squadron was entirely de stroyed by the guns of the defending battleships. ThW on the fourth night ^the game of naval strategy was : brought to an end, it having covered a period of unceasing toil, sleepless sights, of anxious and wearing vigil and grave uncertainty to its partici pants. The destruction of Pillsbury's ] squadron occurred at 5.40 this morn ing at a point just within the outer limit of Gloucester harbor not over eight miles south of Thatcher's island, where.the heavy ships of Admiral Higginson had been anchored since Wednesday, when the gsme was de clared opened. The surrounding and "putting out of action" of the squadron in com mand of Commander PiUsbury was the culminating incident in one of the >? interesting chapters in the peace ??stoTjof the American Eavy. For the placing in operation of the manoeuvres ' of the warships off the coast of New jland, the navy had long prepared itself, and had long looked forward to with keen anticipation. As planned by the naval authorities at Washington two squadrons were to be . put into the game, one the Blue, the defending .flees, and the other the White, to be the hostile fleet bent -apon effecting an anchorage in some unprotected harbor on the coast from Cape Elizabeth to Cape Cod, opposed / all the ti2ne by the first named fleet. This anchorage had to be maintained ' against the defenders for a period of six hours. Commander PiUsbury's White squadron consisted of the auxil iary cruisers Prairie (flagship),Panther and Supply. The two former boats were assigned 20 pointe of fighting strength, while the Supply assumed to protect 5 points. Admiral Higginsonr s fleet was. actu ally superior in the number of its members,- and by the same arrange ments made as to the PiUsbury ships, it represented , a grand total of 97 points of strength. The Alabama, the Ke&rsarge and the Massachusetts, bat tleships, were given 20,.the cruisers Brooklyn and Olympia 8 each, the . Cincinnati and Montgomery, Glouces ter, Mayflower and Scorpion 3 points each, while a number of torpedo "boats made up the remaining num bers. To win the mimic war the Blue squadron had to bring against the at tacking vessels, as it did early this morning, warshipe superior in their combination assumed fighting power. .Each side had the right to capture in dividual craft of the other fleet by overcoming them in point of strength, and under the rules of ?the game the captured vessels were to retire altogeth er from the field of action. In the defeat of -PrHsbury, the de iense, with three battleships, the Scorpion and with a single .torpedo boat, had 64 points, so that the bal ance was against the attacking squad ron. Throughout the mimic war there was placed in operation a system of coast defense which was admittedly of credit to those wiio engaged in it. The problem was so complicated that on the war vessels here tonight the week's work is viewed with satisfac tion for the one reason, if for no oth er, that the squadron has had invalu able practice. RACE RIOT IN INDIANAPOLIS. Indianapolis, Ind, August 24.?A race riot broke out at Haughville, a aaburb of this city, this afternoon between two hundred negroes and whit9s employed by the National Mal . leabie Castings Company. There jfaas been bitter race feeling between them for several years and trouble has frequently broken out. A ball game this morning between the two factions caused excitement. As the crowd left the field hostilities'commenced. Stones, bricks, clubs and other missiles were used. Two hundred persons immediately crushed together in a fighting mass. Twelve or fifteen shots were fired, and it is reported one negro was shot, but he was taken from the field before the police arrived. The whites were victorious, driving the blacks from the field and wounding a number of them. Several white people were badly injur ed. Ten arrests have been made and others will be made as soon as the per sons can be found. The police re sponded to a riot call, but on account of the distance did not arrive till the fight had been fought to a finish. Offi cers of the company fear other out breaks will follow. A Rich Charleston Boy. New York, August 23.?Mrs. Mary Whaiey Chisolm, who, with her nephew, until recently resided at Charleston, S. C, where the boy was preparing for Harvard, applied today to the Supreme Court to have the al lowance for the lad's maintenance in creased from ?7,000 to $2.0,000 a year. She says he needs a horse, valued at not Jess than $750, and a watch at cost not less than $100. The boy, Francis Marion Whaiey, is only 14 years old. He will be a millionaire when he is of age. He stands six feet and declares he cannot struggle through life in comfort on less than ten thousand. He is grandson of Nathaniel h. Mc Cready, millionaire and formerly pres ident of the Old Dominion Line of Steamships. The estate from which the boy now derives income is in the fcans of the Farmers' Loan and Trust jirj?ny, which declines to give him vcar. T?FT'S APPOINTMENTS. He Testifies to the Good Char acter of Insurgent Leader. Manila, t Aug. 24.?The defense in the freedom sedition case has called Gov. Taft as a witness to show that many former insurgent leaders who were euilty of various offenses not recognized by the laws of war have been appointed to civil positions. Gov. Taft gave testimony to the effect that many-such former insurgents had been appointed, but that they had proved honest, straighforward and earnest. He said that some of them had been guilty of murder from Amer ican standards, but that from their own standpoint they undoubtedly be lieved.their conduct of the war to have been legitimate. Gov. Taft said that he had found these appointees to be loyal and- that they were not chosen because they hap pened to be insurgent generals, but be cause they were men of infinence among their own people. He said the experience of the civil authorities with these men had been most satisfactory. GoVu Taft resumed the governorship of the archipelago, rlieving Luke E. Wright, who has been acting governor during Judge Taft's absence. Com missioner Wright is preparing to visit the United States. Accident Near Columbia. Columbia, August 24.?There was an accident on the Southern Railway five miles north of Columbia, at Crane Creek. The wreck was serious as to what might have happened, but fortu nately the only injury to person was that, of Mail Agent *B. R. Bryce, of Walhalla, who has been in the rail way mail service for many years. He was dashed against the distributing table and his leg broken. The train was coming here from ?shevill? and left Alston about ten minutes late. The schedule beteewn Alston and Columbia is very fast, but the train was running, so as to make up this lost time, and after crossing Crane Creek the speed was pretty live ly, say fifty miles or more an hour. Behind the engine there was a carload of eggs, and in some way, whether from the breaking of a truck or some thing else, the car with the eggs jump ed the track and turned a somersault. The egg car jumping the track, broke the air connection and started the fol lowing cars pn'the jump. The mail and express car, which followed imme diately after the egg car, was thrown cbmpetely off the track and down a heavy embankment. Mail Agent Bryce was thrown with such force as to break his thigh. The express agent, Mr. Sanders, held on to the stove pipe, and In that way saved himself from a blow, and the baggage master also had a narrow escape. The bag gage and express car jumped the track and went down the embankment and carried along the half of the combina tion baggage and colored coach. This coach partly left the track, but was not thrown over, and none of the pas sengers ^rere disturbed. The two first class passenger coaches jumped the track and ran along for some distance, but fortunately did not leave the em bankment. Mr. Pressley, one of the regular passengers, received a slight bruise, but otherwise not one of the passengers was injured. ? The Home Merchant and the Cata logue House. Who sympathized with you when your little girl was sick? Was it your home merchant or was it Sears, Roe buck & Co? Who carried you last win ter when you were out of a job and had no money? Was it Montgomery Ward & Co., or was it your- home merchant? When you want to raise money for the churches or some needy person in town, do you write to John Wanamaker, or do you; go to the home merchants? How much do Siege Coop?r & Co. give towards keeping up the sidewalks of the town or paying the minister's salary? When you were sick, how many nights did "Chas. A. Stevens & Co. sit up with you? When your loved one was buried was it your home merchant that dropped the tear of sympathy and uttered the cheering word, or was it Marshall Field & Co. ? Oi course it was the home merchant You can get just as good goods and just as low prices with them as in the city. Besides, they are here to right and wrong.?Ex. Disastrous Freight Wreck. St Louis, Aug: 24*?A special from New Albany, Ind., says: 'In a disastrous freight wreck on the Southern Railway near Georgetown, 10 miles west of here, early today, Engi neer Duvah Fireman B. Cox, and Brakeman Ross of one train, were killed outright and Engineer Harry Goodall and Fireman Myers of the oth er were probably fatally hurt. Fourteen box cars loaded with wheat with two locomotives were tumbled over a trestle to a ravine 40 feet below and were demolished. All the traffic on the Southern Railway between Louis ville and St. Louis has been blocked. Two sections of the through freight were coming east and the first section in charge of Conductor Walter Alvis had stopped at Duncvan's to switch, leaving a 'cut' of two cars on the main track. There i? a heavy grade at this point and by some" means the cars broke away and rolled down the track, gaining momentum at each revolu tion of the trucks. Just as the run away cars were approaching the trestle the second sction, drawn by two big mogul engines, came thundering over the hill and the crash occurred a mo ment later. The cars piled over the locomotives and all went down into the ravine in a heap. The loss to the railroad company will amount to about 875,000. Much alarm is expressed in Texas about prairie dogs, which are growing steadily and rapidly more numer?os. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, of the Govern ment Bureau of Mammals and Birds, says that there is in Texas one colony i of the litttle rodents which occupies continuously an area of about 25.000 square miles, the territory thus cover ed measuring 150 miles one way*-- by over 100 miles the other. The numher of prairie dogs in this community alone must be at least 400,000,000, afed elsewhere colonies twenty to thirty miles in length ar^pot rare. \ THE WAR AT PANAMA. _ A Colombia Gunboat Captured by the Insurgents. It Was a Rich Haul. - I Kingston, Ja., Ang. 24.? Details of the capture of the Colombian govern ment gunboat Boyaca by tho insurgents outside of Panama, have reached here. The Boyaca was captured Aug. 1 by the insurgent gunboat Padilla after a short and unequal fight. She had on board at the time nearly 300 soldiers under the command of Gens. Ferero and Enao, who were to enforce Morales Berti at Agua Dulce. The Boyaca also carried several colonels, a supply of ammunition and a considerable sum of money. An American ganner name Rose, who was serving on board the Boyaca, declined to sail on her on her last and fatal exobdition. Flying the insurgent flag the Boyaca -is now guarding the entrance to the Panama harbor, presumably with the intention of preventing steamers or other ves sels from bringing government reen forcements to Panama. Nothing definite is known on the isthmus of the situation of the govern ment. Gen. Morales Berti attigua Dulce, but many persons believe that the general, after withstanding a siege of several days, during which his forces were subjected, chiefly at night, to a severe artillery fire from the in surgents, perceived the hopelessness of receiving reenforcements and supplies from Panama and was forced to sur render his troops to the insurgents. The insurgent forces in the Agua Duele district are said to number be tween 2,000 and 3,000 men. A RIVAL EOR THE SOUTH. Great Britain Threatens to Plant Fifteen Million Acres in Egypt in Cotton. London, August 23.?The British Cotton Growing Association, which, with the hearty co-operation of the colonial secretary, Jos Chamberlain, is striving to render the British Em pire independent of the United States, so far as raw" cotton is concerned, is now paying special attention to upper Egypt, where, it is asserted, the asso ciation can develop a cotton belt dwarf ing that of the Southern States of America. Major Count Geichen, sec retary of the Sirdar of the Egyptian forces; Major Gen. Wingate, address ing the associaton at Manchester re cently, said the experiments now concluded on the banks of the Nile" sh?w the quality of the cotton grown there to be the equal of any in the world. Ther* are available 15,000,000 acres of irrigated land and the only difficulty is the labor supply, the Dervishes having depopulated the Soudan, but the completion of the Suakim-Berber Railroad i& expected to solve the problem, besides furnish ing an outlet for the crop. SOUTHERN'S FREIBHT OFFICE. To Be Moved From Washington, 0. C, to Atlanta, Ga. Washington, August 23.?It was an nounced officially today that the gen eral freight department of the South ern Railway, including the offices of E. A. Nidel, general freight agent, and oi Lincoln Green, assistant freight agent, and their respective clerical forces, would be transferred from this city to Atlanta, Ga. The department will be moved during September and will be open for business at Atlanta by October 1. Mr. Green has just re turned to Washington from Atlanta, where he engaged quarters for the freight department of the Southern system and made all arrangements for the change. The transfer, Mr. Green explained, was deemed advisable by the officials of the Southern for the reason that Atlanta is the most' cen tral point of the freight system and the location of the freight department in that city will facilitate greatly the work of the office. MARRIED A CRAZY MAN. Foolish Freak of a Sixteen-Year Oid Georgia Giri. Macon, Ga., August 23.?L. A. Roach, of Corden, Ga, father of the fifteen-year-old Agnes Roach, came to Macon and spent last night trying to find some trace of his daughter. He reported to the police that James I. Tindol, who was recently in the asylum, but who escaped, bad gone to his house on the afternoon before and at the point of a pistol forced the girl to run away with him. He said it was a clear case of kidnapping and he fear ed that his daughter would be murder ed by the insane man. It developed this afternoon, however, that it was simply a love affair in which the old folks had been blinded. The couple drove through the country to Jeffer sonville, in an adjoining county, and reaching there at daylight waited until the ordinary appeared. They got a license and were married. They have returned to the home of the groom's mother and the irate father of the girl is irreconcilable. The Manchester Cloth Market. Manchester, Aue. 24.?The cloth market last week was dull and busi ness was meager. This condition was attributed to a certain extent to the approximate exhaustion of orders at current prices, and the absence of now orders on the same basis points to increased distrust- of the maintenance of the present ran^e. Considerable business is waiting for easier terms than sellers are in a position to ac cept. The late weakness of cotton has strengthened the position of buyers. There were a few transactions last week in bleaching cottons and various classes of grays to Indin. There was occasional trade with China at low rates and rather more was done with South America. Yarns were slack and business was principally of a retail character. Now is the paper hat season. Nice assortment material at H. G. Osteen & Co. L ? GUESSING W THE VOTE. An Analysis of the Probable Result of the First Primary By One Who has had for Four Months Ex ceptional Opportunties for Feeling the Public Pulse. Columbia, August 23.?As the day of election approaches there is increas" ed figuring on the result. Interest in the Gubernatorial contest has reach ed the climax. Not only do the "wise ones" try to decide how the vote will stand in the first .primary, but they apportion to this one and that one in the second primary the votes received by those who will be dropped from the race after next Tuesday. All of the candidates are "hopeful;", all of them have received "encourag ing reports;" most of* them, in the nature of things, must be disappoint ed. As a rule they do not care to give figures. As there is so much specula tion on the race for Governor it may be of inerest to give the figures in that race prepared by a gentleman who is not a candidate, but who has had exceptional opportunities for four months of feeling the public pulse and gauging the sentiment of the people in every county of this State. "In making this estimate," h6 said, "care has been taken to weigh the evi dence?and this evidence is not that given at the public meetings, but comes from men of supposed judgment in every corner of South Carolina. The comparatively small vote accredit ed the two lowest men on the ticket is no reflection upon them, their worth or their popularity. Conditions were such that early in the campaign it was recognized that three men were in the thick of the fighting. Two worthy champions were not considerered in volved in the "mix-up" and thou sands of their friends, each having his 'second choice,' rushed in to take sides in the melee. And so it is that goo men will?not have near so many votes as they have friends. "The minimum vote given each can didate seems to be 'insight'at this time. The maximum is supposed to be what they might receive in certain Circumstances peculiarly favorable to that particular candidate. The mean average will be found to figure up 92, 500. This is about 4,000 more votes than were polled in the first primary two years ago, but the increase seems justifiable. "Well, here are the figures: Dr. Timmerman ,000 to 8,000. "Mr. Ansel 10,000 to 15,000. "Mr; T?llman 15,000 to 22,000. "Mr. Talbert 18,000 to 25,000.. "Mr. Hey ward 28,000 to 39,000." "Well, suppose this is the result, how will these votes be distributed in the second primary?" was asked the estimator. "Oh," he said, "that will be anoth er story." These figures are given for what they are worh. It may be added, how ever, that they were prepared by one who made a remarkably accurate fore cast of the result of the Senatorial and Gubernatorial campaign in 1896.? News and Courier. A TELEGRAPH COMBINE. Report That Western Union and Postal May Merge. New York, Aug. 22.?Friends of the Western Union Telegraph Company are hinting at surprises, which they intimate are in store for the market enemies of the property. There is a large short interest in Western Union. One thing that the holders of the stock urge is the possibility of consol idation of the Western Union and Pos tal Telegraph Companies into a single corporation, an authority close t? a Western Union director saying that the economies through such a combina tion would extend to savings of many millions of dollars per annum. In New York city alone, according to this same authority, there would be avail ble economies of 8200,000 yearly. "So long as John W. Mackay was alive," said this same ^official spokes man "talk of consolidation was out of the question. But his successors, we opine, will take a broad business view. They are free from personal prejudice. Their aim will be to command the best possible net income : and I look for results that will be profitable all around. By combination, dividends of from 8 to 10 per cent could be paid at once by the consolidated company." Manila, Aug .24.?Ten members of the native constabulary were ambush ed last Tuesday at a point near Magda len in the province of Sersogon, Luzno, by a band of 60 Ladrones. The latter"were armed with rifles and bolos, and a desperate fight at close range took place. One member of the constitabulary was killed, two were wounded, and three were captured. Seventy constahalury have taken the field in pursuit of the Ladrones. Augusta, Ga., August 23.?The Au gusta Chronicle was todav placed in the hands of a receiver at the instance of creditors. E. B. Hook, president of the company, was appointed receiv er and will continue the publication of the paper as usual pending the reoi ganization of the paper's affairs. Washington, Aug. 23.?Attorney General Knox returned to the city to day from his vacation, spent princi pally in Atlantic City. lie will remain, however, only until Monday, when he will leave for New York, preparatory to sailing for Paris next Wednesday on the Oceanic. He had hoped that this trip to France might be avoided, but Mr. Russell, who is now there investigating the Panama canal ques tion for this governmeent. has cabled Mr. Knox that there are some features of the case that in his opinion should receive the attorney general's personal J attention. .As to what these matters j are Mr. Knox has no information. Richmond, Va., Aug. 24.?Early this ? moning J. D. Wilson, a well known ! young man, shot and killed his friend, ' G. E. Apperson. The families of the 1 two occupied the same house. Ap- j person's family was away and Apperson ; had changed his sleeping room. Wil son hearing a noise in the room pro- : ceeded to investigate. Seeing a ormf which in the dark he supposed to be that of a burglar be challenged and receiving no answer fired with the result above. H ,? ./-/v. -- ::. . , . - > .?.; ? ' .?? . . PRICE OF GOAL GOING UP. MARK HANNA SAYS HE CAN NOT STOP THE STRIKE. I _ I Buffao, N. Y? August 24.?united States Senator M. A. Hanna arrived in Buffalo today from Niagara Falls For the first time Senator Hanna stated the abandonment finally of all efforts to end the coal strike. He said it sorrowfully-, for he believes the operators should meet the miners in arbitration. "I have exhausted my efforts," said Senator Hanna. "I have done all in my power and can do no more. I will make no further attempt, for it would be useless." He said there was no chance of arbi tration so long as only one side, the miners, were willing to arbitrate. He ! gave it as his opinion that the miners will not give in so long as they are able to fight. "It will not be a short fight," said "he. "It will be prolonged, and such prolongation will mean not only Jhadships for the miners and the women and children dependent on them, but it will have its effect on the American people. The longer this struggle continues the greater will be the increase in the price of coal." He said he considered the refusal of the operators to arbitrate as final. "I talked with Mr. Morgan before he went to Europe," said the Senator, "and before the strike was fully under way. He deplored the situation, but would take no activ? part toward a settlement. His attitude, in my opin ion, is unchanged." Emperor William has given orders to stock his game preserve near Pots dam and Berlin with American quail as an experiment. The Emperor is quoted as saying that he wants Ameri can quail because, like American citi j zens, they are satisfied with their sur I roundings, while German quail, like a I great many German citizens emigrate ! every fall. ! Mississippi's convict farms are said j to be models of humane and business management and are yielding a hand some income to the State. Under the lease system the convicts wore badly treated, so that system was recently abandoned and the State is now work ing its convicts on farms either owned by the State or leased for a term of years. The warden's report for the first six months of this year shows that the cash receipts of the system for this period have been $190,436.32, while the total expenses were $89,004.23, leaving a profit in six months of $101, 432.09. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 24.?In a head on collision betewen two car&on the Bay Shore terminal line late this after noon three people were killed and many others badly injured. NFXT GREAT MJl WAR. Army and Navy to be Pitted Against Each Other. New York, August ?5.?Major Gen eral MacArthur made public today the text of the rules agreed upon for the coming army and navy manoeuvres. The whole scheme of operation is based upon the assumption that, in anticipa tion of a declaration of hostilities, a strong hostile fleet, without, torpedo boats, must make a sudden dash on the eastern entrance of Long Island Sound to secure a naval base, in the expectation of finding the land forces, in the absence of a declaration of war, in a somewhat unprepared condition. The periods of the manoeavres are to be divided into two distinct phases ?period of preparation and period of hostilities. During the first period it is intended that there shall be a day attack and a night attack by the fleet, and if possible a bombaidment and the forcing of a passage. During the en suing period mines and obstructions may be placed, by the defence, and the conditions of war are to be followed as closely as possible. On the part of the army the infor mation to be gained relates to the gen eral efficiency, down to the smallest detail, of all that appertains to the construction and armament of the land defences and the training of the forces manning them. The navy will concern itself with the best means of obtaining ranges, the effect of mines and ob structions, formations of|attack, effi ciency of signals, the use cf search lights and the general control of artil lery fire. Umpires of both services are to be detailed to all ships and forts, and will report to a board of arbitration of five officers, whose judgment will be final. In addtion a number of ob servers will act with each of the forces as the representatives of the other. The period of preparation will be from midnight, August 29, to mid night, August 31, the period of hostil ities extending from the latter hour to noon, September 6. The defence will consist of Forts Rodman, Adams, Wetherill, Greble, Mansfield, Wright, Michie, Terry and the fort on Gard ner's Point. There will be no floating defences. The attack will consist of about fifteen ships, of which five will rank as battle ships, and the rest as cruisers and gunboats. The umpires and observers will as semble at the War College at Newport on August 27 to discuss the rules and on August 29 will be distributed to their various stations. The naval militia will embark at Newport on Augus t30, to be distributed . to the ships. At the close of the manoeuvres the attacking fleet will pass in review before the forts. Elaborate rules are laid down to estimate the value of the fire of guns of all calibres so as to determine when any ship or fort shall be considered to have been put out of action or silenced. All mines are to be fully connected and finished with dummy charges and fases, the explosion of which will be supposed to entail the destruction of any vessel passing over a miue. No communication will be held with the shore by the fleet except uner a flag of truee^and no boats will be allowed alongside the ships of the enemy. Gen. Greely, chief of the signal offi ces, arrived here today and will com mand that branch of the service. Every scheme known to the signal service, including balloons, will be employed. The latest in nne stationery just re ceived and placed on sale at H. G. Osteen & Co's book store. FINANCIAL STORM COMING. Look Out For the Collapse of the Big Trust. London, Aug. 25.?In an editorial article this morning discussing the present economic situation in the United States the Times says it con siders that, although the commercial credit of the United States is perhaps not quite so good as it was a year ago, and the actual situation, not* entirely free from disquieting features, yet, being favored with good harvests -"and a promising cotton crop, business prospects appear to be healthy for an other year. For the next few months at least the big harvests of the United States will probably secure the busi ness world against the collapse of cred it in New York, but, the paper con tinues, "unless we are to accept the new-fangled doctrine that in some mysterious way economic laws need not Jbe taken into account where Amer ica is concerned, the present state of things and the present fashion of finance cannot continue forever. Mere magnitude of resources, however, daz zling to the unthinking, will not save their owner from embarrassment, or worse, if he allows his liabilities to grow in excess of them." BLOODSHED IN jgjjj BE610N. William Sheuch Kicked and Stab bed Almost to Death. i Hazleton, Pa., Aug. 25.?August I Sheuch, aged 56 years, a special police man in the service of the Lehigh Val j ley Coal company, was assaulted and stabbed on the outskirts of the city to day while attempting to rescue his son, William Sheuch, a non-union workman employed at the company's No. 4 colliery, from a mob of about 3,000 strikers who had gathered from all parts of the Hazleton regioon on the roads leading to the mine to frus trate the plans of the company for a partial resumption of operations with a non-union force of 250 hands. A majority of the non-union enm were taken to the workings in a spe cial train with which the strikers did not attempt to interfere. Wm. Sheuch, who lives in this city, walked from his home toward the colliery and thus fell into the hands of the pickets. Most of the clothing was torn from his back in the struggle which follow ed. ?, When Sheuch's father rushed to his aid the mob set upon the elder Sheuch who was finally rescued by a mine foreman and removed to the ims'ner hospital.. Sheuch was stabbed in the breast and on each hip, kicked in the abdo me hand strack on the head with a stone. His injuries are not very seri ous. The laiife which was sunk into his breast struck a rib and that fact probably saved his life. The effort to prevent work at the mine was success ful. The report of a resumption at the Cranberry colliery of A. Pardee & Co., caused about 500 men to gather near the mine today, but no attepmt was made to start work. AMERICA's IGHOrIhTJOTE. The Amount is Increased in the North by immigrants and in the South by the Negroes. Washington, Aug. 25.?The census office today issued a preliminary report on illiteracy among men of voting age in city and country districts in the census year 1900. The report includes under the term "illiterate" those who can neither read nor write and also a small number who can read but cannot write. In the United States as a whole, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, the male population' at least 21 years of age and living in cities having at least 25,000 inhabitants was 5,885,644, of whom 339,223, or 6 per cent, were reported as " illiterate. " In the -rest of the country the number of men of voting age was 15,248,655, of whom 1,949,247, or 13 per cent, were report ed as illiterate. These figures indi cate that illiteracy among ad?lt males is less than half as prevalent in the large cities as it is the rest of the United States. The difference, the re port says, is due largely to the fact that the urban population of the coun try is massed in the northern and western States and illiteracy is less fre quent here than in other parts of the country. The reoort says : "As the difference between the large cities and the rest of the country in the northern States is affected by the presence in the. cities of large numbers of illiterate immigrants, so in the southern States the same difference may be affected by the presence of the negro population. "Among the native whites the differences between the population of large cities in the north and in the south in the matter of illiteracy are comparatively slight, but in the smaller cities and rural districts of^the south a considerable per cent, of the adult population have not acquired the elements of book education." CHARLESTON NAVAL STATION. Bids Advertised for Stone and Granite For Dry Dock. Washington, Aug. 25.?Rear Admi ral Endicott, chief of bureau of yards and docks has advertised for bids for the constraction of a stone and granite dry dock for the new naval station at Charleston, S. C. Specifications for the work will be sent out in a few days, and the bids are to be opened at the navy department on Ocotber 11. The dry dock structure proper and the entrance to the same are to built of concrete facing and coping, with a continuous water proof course of felt laid in asphalt, unless during the progress of the work it is found pre ferable to use piles under the entire bottom of the dry dock proper and entrance. The dimensions of the dock are 643x144 in length and breadth, with a greatest depth of 42 feet. The limit of the cost for the entire work, including a pumping plant and other apparatus, is $1,200,000. The amount of appropriation available for the w/ork under the specifications about to be issued is ?850,000. '