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jLmmm mm m mimi He Says He Wants to "Let the Mew Lights Shine." Chicago, Sept 2L?Lavid B. Hend erson, speaker of the national house of .representatives, passed librongh Chi cago today on his way to Atlantic City, where he will join Mrs. Hender son. Before leaving for the east, Speaker Henderson reiterated his de cision to retire from the congressional race in Iowa, denied any intention of ''abdicating" his present position un til his term of office shall have expired, and declared himself in perfect accord with the tariff views of President Roosevelt, as enunciated in his Cin cinnati speech. "I have spent 20 years of my life fighting , for protection for American industries and American labor, and I shall not be ? party to any higgling at this late day," the speaker said. ''President Roosevelt's tariff views set dorthin his*Cincinnati speech coincide with my own. There is no difference in our belief. Eis speech was a strong one and it has my hearty endorse ment" * ' Then the differences are confined to your own State?" was asked. "Yes, largely. Let the new lights shine." The speaker -smiled broadly as he used this phrase. " Is there any chance of your f ri >nds pr?aviiing on yon to reconsider your action?" "Absoltnely none. I cannot see my way clear to gatify their wishes. It grieves me to remain firm with them, but it is a matter of principle. The pressure brought to bear on me has heeen strong. Senator Allison and a host of my old friends came to the sta tion this morning to make a final as sault on me. I had to say no." "Will yon resign from congress and give np the speakership before the end of yonr term?" "I shall not, " was the prompt reply. "My declination of a noimnation is cne thing, and a resignation from con gress is another thing. I shell s?rve ont my term in congress and I shall continue to fill the office of speaker. I have had no other intention," The suggestion was advanced that v "ideas, " and *1 policies" in Mr. Hend erson's home State might change after a brief period. "Let the new lights shine," again camej&e answer. When told that. Secretary Shaw and Congressman Babcock were understood to be awaiting his arrival at Chicago with a view of adding their efforts to those already made to induce him to recede from his position, Mr. Hender son's reply was : "I ana on my way to Atlanti? City and shall arrive there tomorow night ' ' When it was suggested that certain leaders nad'intimated that, he was-not loyal to his party by resigning, a shade of regret passed over the speak er's face, bnt he quickly said : -m "The retirement of one man or ten ' men from an office cannot affect the : future of the party. When one steps aside another takes his place and the work goes on." , Trusts Must be Protected. Chicago, Sept 20.?As an opponent j of tariff revision and as an advocate of reciprocity, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw spoke to a great crowd in Mason park tonights Thcsecretary { was the magnet which drew thousands to the Repbnlican rally and, though 1 he disappointed many in that he did not in any manner refer to the Hen derson incident, he evoked applause in his treatment of the issues which are , so closely connected with the resigna tion of the speaker of the house. A point which seemed to find favor 1 with the crowd was that offered by 1 Secretary Shaw, when he quoted from the last speech of President McKinley and defied any one to find in the entire speech any thing that would indicate that Mr. McKinley had the faintest leaning toward tariff revision. Secretary Shaw defended the policy of selling goods cheaper abroad than at home in order to build up trade and favored reciprocity with Cuba. FAMILY F?ED AT DEATH BED. Brussels, Sebptember 2L-?By Quesn Marie Henriette's own desire her re-, mains will not be embalmed, and an amulet, a gift of her dead son, which she always wore, will not be removed. When Princess Stephanie arrived at Spa the King .ordered her away. There are various versions of the quar rel between King Leopold and Princess Stephanie, his daughter, the most re liable of which is to the effect that the Princess was in the death chamber when his Majesty arrived at the pal ace. He refused to enter until she had left the room. Princess Clemen tine, the King's third daughter, came and took Princess Stephanie- away. King Leopold then entered the death chamber and prayed before the coffin for twenty-five minutes. The example of France in the de velopment of internal waterways is ^worthy of the study of other nations, "says the Pittsburg Dispatch. Starting . in 1880 with a canal system more in clusive than any other nation of her size, she has spent $120,000,000 in ex tending and improving her cheap water transportation ; and she will expend $100,000,000 more in completing pro jects already begun. The result of these improvements is a cheapness of internal transportation that consti tutes one of the chief causes of her industrial stability. France has no waterways of such magnificent possi bilities as the Ohio. Yet the contrast is afforded that while France long ca nalized her rivers and connected them by artificial canals, the United States prepares to put hundreds of millions into a foreign canal, while it has let the utilization of its internal streams drag on without any definite plan for completion. The movement to secure the full and prompt improvement of the Ohio river is in favor of reversing this political stupidity. It is easily evident from the French course that if such a stream as the Ohio had exist ed in France, it would already have been developed to its highest freight carrying capacity. The effort to get ! that done in this country will?especi- ; ally if perfected by a large canal con- ? nection with the lakes?add more to the wealth of the country than any other possible expenditure. 6ET OUR STATE (HIT OF GEBT ! A Suggestion to the Members of the Legislature. Columbia, September 21.?The dis position of the Genearl Assembly is usually to avoid unpleasant issues. That has been the habit in previous sessions, and it is unfortunately likely to occur again this year. For many years the financial! statue of South Carolina has been pressing, but it has been put? off from time to time. The State is not embarrassed and promptly meets all of its obligations, but it does seem ridiculous for a great and rich- Stiate to go about hawking its paper at various banks and, above all, paying interest charges. Of course the notes of the State are giltedge in the financial world, but there Is no busi ness sense in a State borrowing money and paying interest charges when it can and ought to be operating on a cash basis. A State government, like a mercantile establishment or a farm, ought to be as nearly upon a cash basis as is feasible, and when it is kr own that the State Treasurer has to borrow $300,000 for the l?gitimai te ex penses of the State Government it will be seen how far from a cash basis the State government is being conducted. State Treasurer Jennings has already borrowed more than half of the 8300,^ 0O0, which is the maximum amount h? is authorized to borrow by law. The State will either have to increase the levy, increase assessments or find some new scheme of taxation. There is talk of a tax on occupations, as in Texas, to raise this shortage. There is apprently no business sense in the State borrowing $300,000 a year, and the ways and means and finance com mittees oaght to foresee the troubles that are ahead by simple mathematical calculations and arrange such matters and not leave it to the State Treasurer. Last session Mr. Sanders, of ? Spar tanbuig, presented .a bill relative to the deposits of tne State and county funds in the banks of thte State. The bill was exactly on the right line from a business standpoint, .but it was killed. The measure ought to. be re vived at the next session and the banks of the State at large have a right to press pucn legislation as was proposed by Mr. Sanders and bring about a more general distribution of the State and county funds among the solvent banks of the State. ?' The" General Assembly is likely to appoint special committees and special commissions, but none would have more difficult nor - more important work than to staighten out the finances of the State, get the State on a cash basis and not a borrowing basis and equalize the basis of axation and not have certain counties and certan class es of property continue .for all time bo bear an unjust proportion of the burden of the (State's taxes. It will pay the State and the legisla tors far better to buckle down to such plain and hard facts Khan to waste time chasing political dreams, but un fortunately it is often difficult to show there is more good in hard work than there is in ta cluster of demagogic speeches upon some new fangled issue. ?A. K. in ??ews and Courier. Why They Are Lynched. \ Recently a negro was indicted for the "usual crime'* in Greensboro, N. C, and put on trial for his life. The court house in which the trial took place was crowded with negroes of all sizes, sexes and conditions, and mor bidly curious white men. Not a white woman was in the audience, of course. The victim of the outrage, a modest young white woman, was, of course, the principal witness. Before this motley crowd this young woman was compelled to sii and go into all the details of her horrible experience with the miserable, heartless "brute who assaulted her. This is always the case when a j brutal negro criminally .assaults a woman and escapes the lynchers, and this is a feature in the history of the usual crime which has somehow escaped the notice of those who are so prompt to condemn lynching in the South, and condemn it in a manner as to leave the impression that lynching is peculiar to the South. We could mention another case sim iliar to this, in which the unfortunate witness was subjected to a rigid cross examination of the brute who had as saulted her. It is true that his cross examination made it all the worse for him, but a hundred men or more left the court room declaring that if they could have foreseen the terrible ordeal through which the young lady passed on the witness stand, that negro's case would never have come to trial. In other words, he would have been lynched to save her from that experi ence.' The Times does not favor lynching, and has always stood for the majesty of the law, but we cannot wonder that men's minds turn to lynching when they contemplate that the victim of a brutal ravisher must of necessity be the leading witness when the case comes before a jury. "We venture the assertion that this has caused more lynchings for the usual" crime than any other feature of it.?Richmond Times. Water Supply Poisoned. A special from-San Antonio, Texas, says that reliable information has reached there of trouble and destruc tion of life at Mapimi, Mexico, by the breaking forth of arsenic springs in the mountains near the city. The waters of the springs have united with those of the springs which supply { the city with drinking water and the distributing reservoir is thoroughly | impregnated with arsenic. As a result, thirty are dead and over four hundred are seriously ill. Those nearest the reservoir seemed to get the full benefit of the deadly poison and lived only a short time, this is the first information officially received of the matter and it was some time before the correct source of the poison was ascertained. By that time hundreds were ill all over the city, as if the place was stricken by a plague, and physicians were wired for from the surrounding mining camps and towns. Even when the source of poisoning was discovered, some time was re quired to ascertain the exact cause, as | such a thing as natural spring arsenic was never dreamed of before. The citizens are now suffering for want of water. * CONDITIONS IN MARTINIQUE. A Steamship Company's West In dian Agent Says Lower Part of Island is Flourishing. /_ New York, Sept. 21.?The Quebec Steamship company's steamer Korona arrived today f rom* the West Indies Among her passengers was Capt Walker McKay, agent for the Steam ship company in the West Indies Capt. McKay said : 4iI was at Fort de France, Martini qne, Aug. 30, the day of the most re cent eruption of Mont Pelee. The ex plosion was terrific and the rumblings and detonations were continuous for long time. This eruption,, it is es timated, caused the death of 2,000 peo pie and covered an extent of territory 10 times greater than did the great eruption of May last. This time the track of the disaster was beyond the mountain ridge and spread out over the interior. I saw the mountain in erup tion. There*appeared to be numerous ruptures below the edge of the crater from which the steam is ejected The great cone is truncated, and has changed considerably in appearance The natives were.abandoning large sec tions of the country in proximity to the mountain. The government has warned the people to remove their effects to high ground in the interior, in anticipation of a possible tidal wave. "Martinique in the northern part is greatly devastated, but the south is in full blossom and is thriving. We are shipping more freight now than before the eruption. It is a mistake to say that the people are starving and are crowding the fertile parts of the island. The fact is that, considering so many have been victims of the eruptions, the fugitives are comparatively few in number. There is no need of food supplies. The natives will not go to work as long as they can obtain food for nothing. There is room for all and empoymeni is easily obtainead." SOUFRIERE AGAIN ACTIVE. Kingstown, B. W. L, Thursday, Sept 18.?There was an eruption of La Soufri?re at midnight last night but no loss of life. A peculiarity of this eruption is found in the fact "that no dust nor scoriae were emitted by the volcano. Flames were seen flicker ign above the crater and the sight was accompanied by internal and thunder like explosions. Quincy, Mass., Sept. 20.?The cruiser Des Moines was launched from the yards of the Fore River Ship and Engine company shortly after noon today. Miss Elsie Macomber of Des Moines with Go v. Cummins of Iowa and Mayor Bren ton of Des Moines standing by the side, smashed the traditional bottle of campagne against the steel prp'V of the cruiser, while Miss Clara ?. Carleton of Haverhill, Mass., cut the ropes which held the last keel block and started the ship down the ways. The Des Moines was planned to combine a fair rate of speed, a moderate but still formidable armament, good seagoing qualities and a coal endurance rate above that aver age. All of these qualities have been gotten in a vessel of 3,200 tons dis placement, ^308 feet 9 inches long, 44 feet beam, and 15 feet 9 inches draft, and a speed of 163?> knots. London, Sept. 21.?The Daily Mail this morning says the government has decided that the new South African colonies are to be required to pay 850, 000,000 towards the cost of th? South African war. The colonies are, how ever, to be allowed ample time in which to make this payment; it will not be collected until the extension of trade and expansion of revenue permit. Consequently the loan will not be floated for two or three years. Mining profits will probably be taxed 10 per cent, more than they were before the war and money will also be obtained by granting all kinds of concessions and mineral rights. Washington, Sept. 20.?Secretary Moody has finally decided to augment the Uniteci States naval forces on the isthmus by the addition of 600 ma rines, if Commander McLean's advices indicate that they are needed He has given orders to Capt. Pillsbr.ry of the U. S. S. Prairie, now at Boston, to proceed with his ship to Norfolk. At that point 600 maries will be gathered ready to take ship when Secretary Moody's advices indicate the necessity for their presence on the isthmus. Norfolk is the most available point for the congregation of marine force as in addition to its southern location it has excellent camping grounds for marines. Washington, September 21.?Attor ney General Knox returned to Wash ington tody after his trip to Paris, where he conferred with officials re garding the sale of the Panama Canal property to the United States. Mr. Knox devoted his time to questions affecting the title of the company and its right to dispose of the same and has considerable data on the subject. From this he will prepare an opinion for the President and, pending that, declines to make any statement on the matter for the press. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 20.?The negro population of Birmingham is in mourning and a gloom has been cast over the entire city as the people begin to realize the immensity of last night's appalling disaster at Shi loh Baptist Church. Up to 10 o'clock tonight the number of dead had reached 110, and 90 of these have been identified. A large majority of the victims of the stampede were residents of Birming ham and as fast as the undertakers can prepare their bodies for inspection they are being identified. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 20.?The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen today appropriated $1,000 to aid the anthracite miners and an official tele gram was sent to President Mitchell announcing the fact. Bronson, Fla, September 21.?At 1 o'clock this morning, after being out seven hours, the jury returned a ver dict, of murder in the first degree against Thomas Faircloth and Theo dore Smith, two young white men, who were charged with the murder of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Lewis, three weeks ago," and Judge Bullock at once sentenced them both to be hanged as soon as the Governor shall issue the death warrants. While the sheriff was placing handcuffs on the prisoners to take them from the Court room, they asked that the execution take place as soon as possible. METHODIST MINISTER'S DRAMATIC WITHDRAWAL. Could Not Get Along With His Wife, and Quit the Church. Keokuk, la., Sept. 21.?The case of Rev. P. J. f?enness, before the Iowa conference of the Methodist Episcopal Ghnrch, came very dramatically to an end early today. After the trial committee, appointed by Bishop Ham ilton and composed of 133 prominent divines, had been in session far into the night, Mr. Henness himself took the stand. He said ihat it was evident to him self and to his attorneys that he was not to have a fair trial, and he handed the parchments of his ordination to the committee, following his with his resignation from memebrship of the church as well as the ministry. Turn ing to his. wife, who was present, the self-unfrocked minister exclaimed : ' ' Woman, behold the wreck of a man you have made !' ' > His. wife broke down at this drama tic exhibition. The committee for the trial of Mr. Henness immediately closed its session, having lost its juris diction of the case by his action in placing himself outside the pale of the church. Mr. Henness, after maintaining since stubbornly for a year, said to day that the reason he left his wife was because of her continued "nag ging, "which broke down bis health and rendered it impossible for him to do ministerial work. The charge against him before the conference was his sep aration from his wife', whom he agreed to support but refused to live with. No question of immorlaity was in: volved, the claims of the prosecution* being that M. Henness' conduct was unclerical and that a minister so sep arated from his wife, should not be sent out as a pastor over a church by the bishop. Mr. Henness wi-11 go to North Dakota to engage in mining business. His friends say that a move ment will be started from his case to have the general quadriennial confer ence of the Methodist church take action against one of the oldest and most prominent bishops, who also sep arated from his wife under similar conditions. chop REPORTS* di S?R?dT? e d. Department of Agriculture Look ing for the Cause. Washington, Sept. 21.?The bureau of statistics of the departmenht of agriculture, disturbed by complaints of discrepancies between the depart ment's crop reports and various com mercial estimates, has determined to make an investigation with the view of insuring absolute accuracy in future reports. The subject has been thoroughly considered in the department, and Secretary Wilson, has authorized Satistician John Hyde to use every available means to ascertain wherein the differences lie. It has been deter- J mined to send at once into the cotton belt 10 experts who will visit every cotton shipping point and make the closest possible investigation, taking into account every pound of cotton, and its origin, whether of this year's crop or of that of another season. The effort of the department will be to insure the greatest possible accuracy in estimates as to cotton on hand, as well as to gleaning information which will tend to absolute reliability in the department's estimates of crops. The contractor of - Hotel Kirkwood, the large tourist hotel being built in Camden by northern*capitalists, has placed the order for all the trimmings,, <fcc, with the Cheraw Door and Sash Factory. The State Senate will consist o? 26 old members and 15 new ones. Of the old ones nine were reelected. In the House there are 48 old members and 76 new ones. MillL CARRIERS IN POLITICS. Rural and City Men in Combina tions May be Formidable. Washington, Sept. 21.?Speaker Hen derson has been quoted at a rural mail carriers' association convention in the West as saying that he would see that the interests of these faithful public servants were taken care of by Con gress, and that the service was placed on an equal footing with the city car rier service. It is hard to believe that Speaker Henderson has been ac curately quoted in this, especially if the equal footing is meant to imply equality of compensation. The rural carriers now receive-8600 a year, which is just double what they were paid during the experimental period when official computations were made as to the cost of this service. The depart ment then told Congress that this would be a fine job for the farmers' boys, with a farm full of horses and cheap hay?something to fill in the spare time, and turn a little ready money. On this basis Congress went into it. The cost in a few short years has doubled and the rural carriers are more than ever eager for more. In stead of being obscure farmers' boys, they have become political magnates of considerable consequence and feel that they should be compensated in proportion. The union of rural and city carriers, in all future movements for increased compensation, may produce some in teresting results. Heretofore the weak ness of the city carriers' claim has j been, that so many Congressmen had J no cities, and did not care what be came of this interest. But all will bave city or rural routes in their dis- ? tricts. and the two classes of carriers, j by merging their political strength, ' will set in operation forces which ! can not safely be resisted. Roumanians Defiant. London, Sept. 23.?In a dispatch from Vienna the correspondent of The Times says he fears there is little doubt that the Koumanians have re solved to accept the consequences of setting at defiance the signatory pow ers and the public opinion of the civil ized world and to continue the perse cution of the Jews in order to compel them to seek asylum abroad. LAWLESSNESS IN STRIKE SESION. Broke Out Windows and After wards Exchanged a Few Shots With Deputies. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 2.?The mining town of Edwardsville, near here, was the scene of mnch lawless ness last night and early this morning. A crowd of men, said to be strikers, went in search of a man named James McGuire, who had gone to work in the mines last week. They fired stones at several honses, broke down the. door in the dwelling where McGuire was supposed to live, and committed other depredations. The mob also fired on the deputies at the Woodward mine. The officers returned the fire, but no one was wounded. Early this morning three men were arrested, charged with being the ringleaders who threatened the life of McGuire. They gave the names of John Sheerbemah, George Streiker and Michael Mone. In de fault of SI, 000 bail each they were committed to jail. WILL TRAINMEN STRIKE? Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 21.?The Brotherhod of Railway Trainmen em ployed on all railroads centering in Wilkesbarre held a secret meeting at Kingston today. The object of .the meeting was to take some action on the question of brotherhood men haul ing coal from the mines where non union men are employed. It is understood there was a long dis cussion over the matter. The only information that would be given out, however, was that a resolution had been adopted requesting the secretary of each local division to write a letter to Grand Master P. H. Morrissey, requesting him to come here at once. Morrissey was in the strike region some time ago and looked over the situation. He is said to have come to the conclusion then that the time we s not opportune for the railroad men to do anything. GOAL STRIKE STILL UNSETTLED. Nineteenth Week of Miners' Strike ?Both Sides Believe Battle Must be Fought to Finish. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 20.?The nineteenth week of the miners' strike ended today and still there is no settle ment in sight. Disinterested parties nowjDelieve the miners' strike will re peat'itself and that the present struggle will go the six months' limit, the same as the big strike of 1877. At the pre sent both sides are evidently determin ed as ever and all the prophesies as to the duration of the strike having fail ed, the people are settling down to the belief that the battle must be fought to a finish. In court today Judge Wheaton ad ministered a sharp rebuke to those who have been guilty of calling peo pie scabs. He says the intimidation and lawlessness that have been prevail ing of late must stop and those guilty of calling other people scabs will be punished. The local operators in answer to the statement alleged to have been made by President Mitchell that there was only one mine in operation in the strike region?the Oxford at Scranton ?state that there are a dozen mines and washeries in operation in the Wyoming and Lackawanna and Schuyl kiil regions and that the output of coal is increasing daily. MASS MEETING IN NEW YORK. New York, Sept. 20.?Ten thousand persons attended an open air mass meeting in Madison Square - Garden tonight organized by the Central Fed erated union in sympathy for the striking coal miners in Pennsylvania. Resolutions were passed which read, in part: "The time has come when no in dividual or corporation may longer be allowed to remain in sole ownership of a prime necessity of life, for the whole people. We declare in favor of col lective ownership and operation by the people of the coal mines and rail ways dependent on them. ' ' UNIONS BOYCOTT CIRCUS. Sells Bros. Will Exhibit in Street Railway Park. Chattanooga, Sept. 22.?A sensation has been created by the boycott of Sells Brothers and Forepaugh's cir cus by the union men of this city. There has been a boycott on for some time against the Chattanoonga Elec tric Railway Company for their refusal to employ union men on their cars, and when it was learned today that the circus would show at Olympia Park, which is owned by the Chattanooga Electric Railway Company and only accessible by their cars, the Central Labor Council appointed representa tives to visit the merchants and have the bills torn from their windows. The merchants did this generally, though there were exceptions, and the labor council declares that no union men will go to the show. On account of the fact that Main's show is here a few days before Sells,' the union men will patronize that organi zation exclusively. Fairmont, W. Va., Sept. 22.?By an explosion of gas in the Stafford mines of the Now Central Coal com pany near here today, four men were killed, six badly wounded and several others slightly liurt. The explosion was caused by the firing of a charge of dynamite. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 22.?Announce ment was made at the general offices of tht> Seaboard Air Line Railway today that W. F. Mundee lias been appoint ed traveling freight agent of that road, with headquarters at Tampa, Fla. The ippointment is effective Oct. 1. London, Sept. 22.?In a dispatch from St. Petersburg the correspondent there of The D.aily Express reports an attempt to derail the train upon which the czar traveled from Kursk. Rails were removed on the two routes which the czar might travel: in one instance the plot was discovered and in the other the train '.was wrecked. The czar reached St. Petersburg safely. STRIKERS 6R0W DESPERATE. A General Outbreak of Violence in Lackawanna. Scranton, Pa., September 22.? Sheriff Schadt, of Lackawanna Coun ty, tonight at 7.30 o'clock telegraphed Governor Stone to send troops to his assistance. The sheriff had just given to the news paper men a proclamation announc ing that he would call troops if the lawlessness did not cease, when he re ceived a series of telephone calls to quell disturbances up the valley. He found on investigation that the situa tion was such that he could not cope with it and sent a call for troops. Adjt. Gen. Stevens called the sheriff by 'phone at 9 o'clock and had a long conference with him. The adjutant general suggested that a posse of mem bers of the Citizens' Alliance be called upon for assistance. While the sheriff was preparing to act on this suggestion he received more reports of violence up and down the valley and at once sent another urgent telegram to the.Govern or calling for immediate assistance. The worst of tonight's outbreaks oc curred at Archibald. A crowd of two hundred strikers, mostly foreigners, ransacked the quarters occupied by the forty men employed at the Raymond Washery, of the Ontario and Western Comp?ny, while the men were at work, and then, meeting with the men as they were returning, drove them back to the refuge of the washery. The mob then returned to the colliery proper, drove out the engineers, firemen, pump men and guards, and took possession of the breaker. The plant of the Crescent Electric Light Company, which is supplied by a team from the breaker, had to shut down and the whole region around was left in total darkness. In the attack on the break er, two men were shot, one a striker ? and the other a workman. Their ; names or condition could not be learn ed. Chief Deputy Sheriff Miles McAn drew was attacked and shot at by a mob at Olyphant. The steam pipes of the Pennsylvania Coal Company's col liery at Old Forge were blown up with dynamite tonight. Two colored cooks at the Wm. A. Colliery were rescued by deputy sheriffs from a crowd which was threatening to lynch them. Prior to the call for State troops to night Sheriff Schadt, of Lackawanna County, issued a proclamation in which he said in part : "I am informed that since the miners' strike began numberless acts of violence intimidation and terrorism have been, and are still being, mmiited in the county, having for their object intim idation of men who wish to work for the support of themselves and their families and the punishment of those who are at work. These acts consist in part of stoppage of men by crowds upon the public highways, stoning, clubbing and otherwise assaulting individuals at their homes and on the .highways and assaults by riotous mobs on the houses of workmen and on buildings connected with the collier ies; the use of violent, abusive and threatening language and other similar acts. "Now, therefore, I, Charles H. Schadt, sheriff of Lackawanna Coun ty, do hereby direct and order that all persons who shall be dispose in any manner to intimidate, threaten and try to prevent by force any person or persons from exercising their right to work shall immediately desist and abstain therefrom. , "In case this proclamation shall not be effective and prevent all or any acts of lawlessness it shall be my duty to call for such assistance as the proper officers of this Commonwealth are re quired to give and the laws of the State provide." Another day of 'innumerable petty outbreaks in all parts of the county moved the sheriff to issue his proclam ation. ENeLiHQ??Tv?NEZUEU AT ODDS. ?- -! Diplomatic Relations May be Sev ered Any Minute and Repre sentatives May Get Their Passports. London, Sept. 22.?The Associated Press is in a position to announce that diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Venezuela are on the verge of being severed. Any day, al most any hour, may bring the an nouncement that the British minister at Caracas has been given his passport, with corresponding action towards the Venezuelan representative in London. The cause of the crisis does not seem to be confined to any particular inci dent, but consists in various differ ences which culminated in Venezuela assuming such an angry attitude as to leave Downing street fully impressed with the belief that the Venezuelan government intends to force matters to a crucial test issue. That a diplo matic rupture would result in hostili ties, is a contingency thus far scarcely contemplated. The present diplomatic relations are so strained that to quote a responsible British official, it would make very little difference if the fact became public property by the absence of the diplomatic representatives from Cara cas and London. The view of the foreign office is that affairs have reached a stage where it is impossible to _ deal satis factorily with Venezuela in any mat ter which may come up. In proof of this contention the foreign office in stances the report of the United States minister at Caracas, Herbert W. Bowen, announcing that the Venezue lan government has protested against the British flag being raised over Patos (or Goose island, over which the Venezuelan government claimed sovereignty. According to the British government's understanding Patos island belongs to Great Britain just as much as Trinidad, and so far as known no question as to its ownership has ever arisen. Inhabitants of the island have recently been shot or oth erwise endangered through the action of Venezuelans?whether government or revolutionary partisans is not known. For purposes of protection, the local West Indian authorities or dered the British Mag to be displayed on the island, hence the protest which the foreign office says is only one of many. * Floral crepe paper: the newest designs, 15 cants per roll, at Osteen's Book Store. Sept. 2:3?3t.