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ML DONGAN KILLED. Sad Fate of a Sumter Boy. John Richardson Duncan. Soi? of Co!. D. P. Duncan, Fails While Oiling the En? gine of the Asheville Train. About Six Miles From Columbia, and is Horribly Wangled and Killed. Columbia, Aug. 20.-Jnst six miles from here, near Bookter's trestle, while oiling the valves on passenger engine No 1,004 of the Sonthern Rail? way, Mr. John R. Dnncan, son of Col. D. P. Dnncan, secretary of the railroad commission, lost his footing and was v instantly hurled under the engine and his body was run over by thirteen passenger coaches. P Mr. Duncan left Asheville this morn? ing at 7 o'clock on the regular pas? senger train No. 14. He had been put on this run on Angnst 12 as fireman, and was ender Engineer J. R. Hunter, ? ; who says that younga Duncan was in his usual good spirits all the morning. As the train was nearing Bookter's trestle the speed of the train was slacked to sis miles an hour and Dun can went ou* on the left of the engine ?jj to oil the valves on his side of the engine. This is not an unusual thing for a fireman to do, Dnncan having oiled the engine at Skyland when the train was going at a speed of thiry-five miles an hour. After a short while Engineer Bunter thought that his fireman was taking an unusually long time and asked Engineer Will Green, who was on the engine with him, if he saw Duncan on the other side. When*it was found that the young fire? man was missing the engine was stop? ped and three hundred yards up the road his prostrate body was seen lying across the track. The entire train had passed over him and death was in? stan tano os, the top of his skull being crashed and both feet badly mangled. Young Duncan had been working on the railroad about three years and his ambition was to become an engineer. In addition to liking the practical experience of running on the engine he had been working hard for months with a correspondence course. Just ten days ago he had been promoted from a freight run, and before be was SI years old had been given a posi? tion as fireman on the Asheville train. The body will be taken to Sumter tomorrow, by Coi. D. P. Duncan for burial. The Snmter Telephone Co., has a force of linemen steadily at work, and in the course of time Sumter will hare a first class system it is promised. The pool room at the Sumter Light Infantry Club room is a popular resort and Sumter seem? destined to hare a j number of expert pool players. Kennedy Bros. are patting ap a large building to accommodate the growing business of their sash and blind factory. A few petty criminals and vagrants were sent to the chain gang last week, bat there is room for many more, and the , supply of vagrants around town is large. Not. only are probable candidates for Mayor of Sumter being discussed, but there are said to be several candidates for county officers quietly at work get? ting their ducks in a row for the cam? paign next summer. It's the early bird that catches the worm-sometimes. If Florence can secure a redaction of insurance rates why cannot Sumter obtain the same consideration. At present the rates on certain classes of risks are excessive, while all rates ase too high. * It i? predicted that North" Main street, both within and without the city limits will build ap, as soon as the clay turnpike is completed, inst as Broad street did, when the road way was improved two years ago. Land suitable for building lots will be a good investment until owners begin asking fancy prices for it. It goes without saying that the farmers will rush their cotton to mar? ket as rapidly as possible this season, and they will display wisdom tn doing so, for it is predicted that the speculat? or will begin depressing the price as soon as the receipts of new cotton get heavy. It may be that later in the season it will pay to hold cotton, but as long as the price remains above ten cents the best informed men say it is wise to selL 2 The phenomenal success of tho furni? ture factories in a number of North Carolina towns and those at Laurens and Abbeville in this State should en? courage some one to establish a furni? ture factory in Sumter. There is practically an inexhaustible supply of hardwood timber, suitable for making the finest furniture within easy reach of this city. The Wateree swamp, Lynches river swamp- and Black river swamp and tri tua ry swamps contain enough hardwood timber to supply a big factory tor many years to come. JJIn the near future the Postoflice Department will be forced by the needs of the service to give Sumter more additional mail carriers. The three carriers now have all and more than they can do, and another carrier seems to be badly needed at once. It would have been to the interest of the service if four carriers had been appointed when the free delivery system was estab? lished for the city is spread ont over too wide a territory to be fully covered by three carriers. With a carrier to each ward the work would be easier and the service could be extended. The trial of Spain Kelley for the killing of W. F. Creech will positive? ly be had at the approaching term of court in Bishopviile. The defense is ready to go to trial and Kelley's lawyers will place no obstacle in the way of an immediate trial. The defendant will be represented by A. B. Stuckey, of this city, M. L. Smith, of Camden, J. H. Hudson, of Bennettsville and B. Frank Kelley, of Bishopviile. Solicitor Wilson will be assisted in tfle prosecu? tion by J. B. McLauchlin, of Bishop? viile. The trial is only a few weeks off and there is great interest in it throughout Lee and Sumter counties. Kelley, the defendant, has been con? fined in the jail in this city since his surrender, no effort having been made to procure his release on bond. He has stood the confinement well and is in good health and spirits. Bill Arp is Dead. Atlanta, Charles H. sight Ga., Aug. 24.-Major Smith (Bill Arp) died to REVOLUTION IN M?ED0M1 Bangeraas Outbreak Near the Bul? garian Frontier. Insurgents Capture Turkish Offi? ciais and Carry Them Over the Line Into Bulgaria. Killing of Three Hundred Bulgarians by Turks at Krushevo. Sofia. Aug. 21.-All the dispatches' received here today indicate that the revolution in Macedonia is spread? ing. The situation is causing intense anxiety in official circles. The most alarming news relates to an outbreak covering a considerable area in the eastern part of the Adrianople vilayet, where the insurgents have captured the town of Vasiliko. They took the chief Turkish ofi&cials prisoners and brought them to the Bulagrian frontier, where they liberated them The Turkish officials, fearing the return to Vasiliko, sought refuge of the Bulgarian au? thorities, who sent them' to a hotel in Burgas, where they are at liberty to remain or depart. The insurgents burned the villages behind Vasiliko and attacked a Turkish military post at the monastery of Elijah, south of Tirnovo. The eatsern part of the Adrianople vilayet is a mountainous region and the villages are few and scattered. The strength of the insurgents is un? known. It is though that the out? break is not an organized movement, but' is intended as a diversion to draw the Turkish troops from the other districts. The peculiar danger of the latest outbreak lies in its proximity to the Bulgarian frontier, thus creating aa situation long foreseen and dreaded by the Sofia Government. The Turks are now certain to send a considerable force to this territory to suppress the outbreak, which will necessitate the strengthening of the Bulgarian troops along the frontier. With the two armies close to each other under the present strained relations, the situation be? comes extremely delicate. The Bul? garian Government is taking every possible step to prevent a calamity, but the officials express the greatest concern. The insurgents completely burned j Vasiliko and also twelves villages in the neighborhood. The Bulgarian officials arrested the insurgents who brought the Turkish officials at Vasiliko to the Bulgarian frontier. Severe fighting is reported to be pro? ceeding near Gehgele with heavy loss res on both sides. The Sofia Dnevjnjk declares that j all the Turkish vilayets in Macedonia i will be in full revolt Aug. 28, and that the revolution is spreading from Sal?nica into the districts towards Seres. FRIGHTFUL TURKISH ATROCI? TIES. Sal?nica, European Turkey, Aug. *2L-The correspondent of the As? sociated Press at Monastir sends the following dispatch under yesterday's date: When the Bulgarian bands entered Krushevo they occupied the Greek quarter, hoisting their fla}? over a (jrreek house. The Turkish troops arrived August 12. All the Komitajis had already gone, except tibout 400 local men. Although no shot was fired j from the town the Turks commenced ? a bombardment, which was continued throughout August 13. The shells de? stroyed 360 houses, 215 shops and all the fine, large Greek and Vlach {Wal lachian) houses. The Greek church and school were destroyed. The Bul? garian quarter escaped. The Turks entered the town August 14, pillaged all the houses, assaulted many of the women, stripped many persons naked and killed about 300 local Bulgarians, and also some ?0 in? nocent Greeks and Vlachs. About 8,000 people are homeless and starving. The material damage dooe 'amounts to several million francs. The Turks August 19 massacred 200 Bulgarians, who surrendered at a village near Monastir. RUSSIAN WARSHIPS MAY LEAVE Paris, Aug. 21.-Official adviecs say the Russian squadron off Iniada is likely to leave Turkish waters within the next few days, as the Turkish Government has given adequate assur? ances that it will meet ali the Russian demands. The withdrawalof the war? ships will be due chiefly to Turkey's assurances, but also to Russia's desire to avoid a step which might appear antagonistic to Bulgaria. ALARM AT SOFIA INCREASING. Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 21.-The cur? rent rumors of the approaching mob? ilization^ of the Bulagrian army are semi-officially denied. ' Russia's naval demonstration in Tur? kish waters is declared here to be an encouragement of the revolutionists in Macedonia. There is increasing alarm in regard to the situation. Sal?nica, European Turkey, Auer. 21. - (Fridayj -The villages of Boufi, Rakoro and Armesko, near Florina, have been bombarded and their insur? gent garrisons annihilated. At Bonn* alone 500 Bulgarians are reported to iiave been killed. The women and children escaped to the mountains. In an engagement at Ostro rot, Aug. 19, 14 Komitajis were killed and 37 were wounded. During another fight near Okrida, 217 Bulgarians were killed. An important action is proceeding near Florina. The commandant there demands im? mediate reinforcements. Twelve battalions have started for Florina from Monastir. HORRRIBLE CRUELTIES. Rome, Aug. 22.-Private news from the Balkans contains horrible descrip? tions of massacres committed by Turk? ish troops in repressing the insurrec? tion. Whole villages were set on fire and sacked and men tortured in the worst manner before being killed. Not only women, but even children of both sexes were brutally violated by bashi bazouks and other shameful cruelties committed, so repugnant that they cannot be described. To remonstrances from the consuls the Pachas have answered pledging themselves to be able within two weeks to announce to the whole world that order has been restablished in the Balkans. St. Petersburg, Aug. 23.- The Rus? sian Black sea squadron, which was or? dered to Turkish waters and which ar? rived at Iniada, eastern European Turkey Aug. 19, in order to support Russia's demands on the sultan grow? ing out of the assassination of M. Rostkowski, the Russian consul at Monastir, has been recalled to the squadron's point of departure. The recall folowled on a notification from the porte that the sultan had or derd all the Russian demands to be complied with. The dispatch received from M. Zinovieff, Russian ambassador at Constantinople, announcing that the sultan had yielded completely to Rus? sia's demands, was as follows : "The porte has taken the following measures to fulfill the demands of the Russian government. In addition to the condemnation and execution of M. Rostkowski's murderers and the punishment of their accomplices, those officers who made disrepectful allusions to M. Rostkowski are dismissed from the service. A careful search is being made for the persons who fired at the consul's carriage. All the officials, 24 in number, whose names were handed to the porte as objects of un? favorable comment, by the Russian ambassador, are relieved of their posts and handed over to justice. All pri? vate persons mentioned in the same list as guilty of various offenses like? wise will be tried. "Ismail Haki Pasha, the chief of police at Palanka, province of Uskub, is restored to his post. The persons under arrest for accusing Mussulmans et outrage and abuse are liberated. "Hussein Hilmi, inspector general of Macedonia, is reprimanded. The chiefs of gendarmerie and police at Sal?nica are replaced. "The porte has ordered the appoint? ment in the gendarmerie of several foreign officers whose names will be announcd later and finally all the military, civil and judicial authorities have received the strictest orders to take measures to secure order and tranquility." - The news has reached St. Petersburg from Brussels that the porte has re? quested Belgium to nominate four officers for the Turkish gendarmerie. THE SQUADRON SAILS. Constantinople, Aug. 23.-The Rus? sian squadron has sailed from Turk? ish waters. UNUSUAL PROMPTITUDE. Constantinople, Aug. 23.-The porte's reply accepting the Russian demands was delivered 12 hours after the presentation of the Russian note a promptitude most unusual in the history of Turkish diplomacy. Tewfik Pasha, the foreign minister, and Nanni Pasha, thereupon called on M. Zinovieff, tin Russian ambassador, and requested the withdrawal of the Rus? sian squadron from Turkish waters on the ground that its presence tended to encourage the insurrection. On the receipt of a favorable reply from St. Petersburg. M. Zinovieff tele? graphed the order of withdrawal to Admiral Krieger, commanding the Russian squadron at Iniada. A rumor has been current that the sultan appealed to the German em? peror to use his good offices at St. Pe? tersburg in favor of the recall of the Russian squadron. An extraordinary council of ministers assembled at Yiidiz Kiosk yesterday to consider the situation in the in? terior and discuss the military meas? ures rendered necessary by it. The sultan on friday had sought the ad? vice of the French ambassador. News from Adrianople represents the situation in that villayet as verging on a panic. The insurgents have destroyed telegraphic communi? cation at several points between Adrianople and Kirk-Kilise, 35 miles to the northeast and have burned and pillaged several Greek' and Mussulman villages, including Kavakli and Kizilji.. Troops have been dispatched to the environs of Adrianople. Two sailing vessels crowded with Mussulman refugees from villages on the Black sea have arrived at Ka vak, at the entrance to the Bosphorus. At Monastir a Mussulman called the Italian consul a "Giaour." A strong feeling prevails among the Mussulmans at Sal?nica and Monastir on account of the execution of M. Rostkowski's murderers. The remains of the mur? dered consul were shipped to Sal?nica yesterady with great pomp on board the Russian embassy guardship Teritz. The Turkish civil and military au? thorities attended the ceremony. The Teritz sailed for Odessa. PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION. Sofia, Aug. 3.-From eastern Ad? rianople come reports of more fight? ing, which thus far seems to be re? sulting chiefly in favor of the revolu? tionists. Many villages have been burned and their inhabitants have taken refuge across the Bulgarian frontier. After a long fight at Stoiloro, the insurgents defeated a detachment of Turkish troops which lost 20 killed and wounded. At Chanagasko, near Surovicovo, the insurgents ar6 reported to have annihilated an entire Turkish regi? ment. At Bulanlkzera, 7? revolutionists are credited with defeating a Turkish battalion/ The villages of Andermis and Enrik have been burned to ashes. The Turks have bombarded and de? stroyed the monastery of Constantein near Losengrad, where 50 insurgents had fortified themselves. The villages of Bakdgik, Konakara, Dingisco, Evren and Brushevak have all been burned and all the inhabitants have fled. The large village of Drumbeg lem near Losengrad, has been burned by bashi bazouks. The villages of Buch, with 300 houses, and Rakoro, 200 houses, situated in the villayet of Monastir, also have bben burned by Turkish troops. Two hundred women and children from these places are begging in the streets of Monastir. The Turkish government has organ? ized a special court at Monastir to try the captured insurgents. The tribunal is composed of a Turkish president, three other Turks, two Greeks and one Albanian. It will partake of the character of a criminal court and not a court martial. THE GRAND VIZIER TO INSPECT. Sal?nica, Turkey, Aug. 23.-Ferid Pasha, the grand vizier, is coming to Macedonia to inspect the villayets. It is stated that the palace has tele? graphed strict orders to the Turkish commanders to avoid excesses. It is further reported that the military commission at Constantinople has de cided to call oui 60 fresh battalions of reliefs from Asia Minor. PREPARING FOR MOBILIZATION. Bucharest, Ronmania, Aug. 23. The Bulgarian and Greek subjects residing in Roumania have been or? dered by their respective governments to return to their homes without de? lay in order to be ready for mobiliza? tion. Sofia. Aug. 24.-Reports from Mon? astic authenticated by the Russian and Austrian consuls, give horrifying details of the massaces and atrocities. At the village of Armensko the Turks destroyed 150 houses out of a total of 157, and massacred every man, woman and child. The women were subjected to the most terrible atrocities by the soldiers. Eighty revolutionaries, cap? tured at Krushevo, who were sent ia the direction of Monastir in chains, were slaughtered by their guards. The sanitary conditions of Krashevo are described as revolting. The dead are lying in the streets, stripped of every garment, the Turks even taking the vestments off the body of a priest. BULGARIANS VERSUS TURKS. Sal?nica, Aug 23.-An insurgent movement is afoot in the vilayet of Sal?nica It is feared that it threa? tens Vodena, (forty-six miles from here, ) Sal?nica and other towns. Well informed persons here share in the general disquietude. Large bands are reported to have been organized by Bulgarians, who, it is expected, at a given signal, may resort to general in? cendiarism. The Turkish population is resolved should great disturbances occur to exterminate all the Bulgarians in this city. Consequently a number of Bulgarian residents are leaving Sal?nica. With the rumors of massacres and the murder of prisoners in Monastir now authenticated, the general situa? tion is considerd fast becoming in? tolerable. Official and diplomatic cir? cles alike are concerned, having every reason to fear that only a part of the horrors enacted in the interior of Macedonia have come to ligjit as yet. The revolutionary committee are do? ing their utmost to force the hands of the Bulgarian Government, and the immediate outlook is exceedingly seri? ous. It appears that the Turks have ob? tained the upper hand in the vilayet of Monastir, and the insurgents are planning to remove the centre of their activity close to the Bulgarian frontiers. Dispatches arriving today from the disturbed area are exceed inly gloomy. From Adrianople comes the news of a Turkish defeat and the extension of the revolutionry out? break; from Monastir the news of Turkish victories, accompanied by barbarous excesses. While many of the reports remain without confirmation, sufficient auth? entic details are forthcoming to cause the authorities the greatest anxiety. According to the Sofia Dnevnlk the Turks committed unspeakable atroci? ties at Krushevo. ^The mutilated corpses of ninety we? men and children were found in one building ; pieces of the bodies had been thrown into the street. Fifteen of ?the principal merchants of the town were killed and their heads exhibited on poles at Monastir. At Monastir the churches were de? molished, the houses sacked and the town is now in a heap of ashes. The populace fled to the hills, where they are in a starving condition The Dnevnik also asserts that a gen? eral massacre has taken place in the whole vilayet of Monastir. Nearly all of the villages have been destroyd. The treacherous murder of eighty insur? gents prisoners by their guards near Monastir has made an especially bad impression here. Many rumors are current of mas? sacres in the city of Adrianople, but confirmation is lacking. The situation there, however, undoubtedly is seri? ous The population is afraid to leave the houses. The prisons are full and the vali has taken private houses to be used as-jails. When the Russian consul protested at the situation the vali is reported to have answered that he was powerless against the fanatical population. BULGARIANS BLOW UP INI A DA. Vienna, Aug. 24.-The Neue Freie Press's Constantinople correspondent telegraphs that a band of tBulgarians has attacked the Turkish town of Urgas, south of Iniada, on the east of Turkey, and have blown up the Gov? ernment buildings with dynamite. It is reported that two hundred persons were killed. MASSACRES IN 22 VILLAGES. Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 24.-The Turks are reported to have massacred ail the women and chidren in twenty-two villages of the districts of Florina and Monastir, .and to have afterwards burned the villages. They are also alleged to have killed a number of prisoners. MASSACRE IN ADRIANOPLE. Sofia, Aug. 24.-Travellers who ar? rived here this evening from Adrian? ople, state that a massacre of Chris? tians occurred there Sunday morning. One version says the guns of the forts opened fire on an insurgent band which had attacked a military outpost. A panic followed inside the town and the Mahometan population fell, upon the Christians. Tfcte blind tiger war lias broken ont in Charleston again which shows that neither the lapse of time nor the change of administration reconciles the liquor sellers of Charleston to the en? forcement of the dispensary law. It seems that the best that can be hoped for is to make a truce with the tigers and permit them to sell liquors if they will buy their supplies from the dis j pensary. It is said that man}- of them are now the most liberal patrons of the State gin mill. ONLY $1.75 TO WILMINGTON. Last Excursion of the Season to Wil? mington, N. C. The Atlantic Coast Line will operate a special train excursion from Sumter and intermediate points to Wilmington, N. C., on Monday, Sept. 14th. The train leaves Sumter at 8.85 a. m. and, leturning. leaves Wilmington at 11 p. m. The fare for the round trip is $1.7/? from Sumter, with cor? responding rates from intermediate points : children half fare. On payment of 50 cents additional passengers may re? main in Wilmington until regular train leaving 3.45 p. m. next day, Tuesday, Sept. 15th. For further information apply to J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent, Aug 27-Sept. 12. Sumter, S, C. TWO MINOTE TROTTER. i i - Lou Dillon Lowers World's Trot? ting Record. iceadville, Mass., Aug. 24.-Before a great crowd of specators at Read ville today, and with track and weather conditions perfect, Lou Dil? lon trotted a mile in two minutes, a new world's record. So that no breezes might interfere, Millard Sanders, driver of the great mare, brought out the daughter of Sidney Dillon for the attempt early in the day. For pacemakers there were two run? ning horses hitched to road carts, Peggy from Paris, driven by "Doc" Tanner, aL 1 Carrie Nation, driven by Scott McCoy. The first score was fruitless, Lou Dillon making a break just before reachinfg the wire. On the second attempt, however, the word was given, though Starting Judge Walker rang his bell, but Tanner nodded for him to say "go" and turning to San? ders called to him to come along. Tanner kept Peggy from Paris direct? ly in front of the peerless chestnut trotter while McCoy lay at her wheel. In this way the trio went to the quar tre pole in 30^ seconds. With never a skip Lou Dillon went on smooth gaited down the back stretch as to lead those not timing the mile to be? lieve that her speed was not alarming? ly fast. The half was clicked in 1:00?%. Around the turn to the three quarters pole the clip quickened, the third quarter being in 30^ : making that part of heir- journey in 1:31. Faster and faster came Tanner with the runner and right with him trotted the handsome California-bred mare. Sanders was sitting perfectly still, but McCoy was crying aloud to his runner to cheer on Lou Dillon. To the amazement of all the quarter was driven in 29 seconds, thus making the mile in the wonderful time of two minutes. Pulitzer, the Product of Environ? ment. Joseph Pulitzer was born in the very heart of the masses, in poverty and obscurity. He was born under the flag of oppression, born of a sav? agely oppressed, race, born into condi? tions which could not fail to stir a good mind of generous instincts to a passionate hatred of injustice, a pas? sionate longing for equality and free? dom. He came'to this country a mere boy, and, several years before he was of age, served in the Union Army in one of the German regiments. At the end of the war, he was mustered out into poverty, but with some knowl? edge of the English language and some acquaintance with the politics and people of this country. Perhaps the most amazing instance of his tri? umph over difficulties is his learning of the English language-learning to speak and write and think it with per? fect fluency, with an accent so slight that it is never noticeable unless one listens for it-with a knowledge of synonyms and shades of meaning that would excite the wonder and the envy of a student of English to whom it was the mother-tongue. For a few years he had a romantic but cruelly hard career as day-laborer, politician in the German quarter of St. Louis, German newspap?r report? er. By incessant toil, by a marvellous exhibition of mental and physical ca? pacity, mental and physical courage, he became a politician in a larger way, a recognized public speaker both in German and in English, earned a small competence in German journal? ism before he was thirty, and retired to devote himself to economics and politics. Then he became proprietor of a bankrupt, rusted-out, worse than dead St. Louis English paper-what? ever else it then was, it was not a newspaper. In about five years he transformed it from the deadest newspaper in the United States to the most alive. How? By making it the same sort of paper that he was of man-nervous, keen, inquisitive, furious against class and caste and privilege, against corruption in public ^office, against injustice everywhere, against that favoritism in the publication of news which wins the approval of the "better class," by publishing none of its wrong-doings but everything of an interesting na? ture in the doings and misdoings of the humble. His was a newspaper full of personalities of all kinds. His was a newspaper that printed the startling happenings, thus appealing to the uni? versal human hankering for that which sways the great emotions-love and hate, money and power.-Every? body's Magazine. First Hank of Government Silk. Washington, Aug. 21.-Secretary Wilson exhibited on his desk "in the agricultural department to'day the first hank of silk reeled from the silk reeling machines recently purchased by the department. There are three of these machines, though only one of them has been put in operation, the intention being to send one of the two remaining machines to Tuskegee and the other to some other place where sufficient interest may be shown to learn how to operate it. Cocoons have been purchased from all over the country and two expert female French operatives have been brought to Washington to teach the operation of the machines. It is Secretary Wil? son's desire to have the people of the South, and especially colored persons, learn the business, because of the comparative cheapness of that labor. Arrangements already have been made to have some girls come to Washing? ton to learn the machines and they are expected daily. Secretary Wilson says that the department is prepared to do everything possible to encourage the industry, and that silk worm eggs as well as young mulberry trees will be supplied to persons de? siring to engage in the business. The department at present is buying co? coons whenever offered, but reeling centres will be established as fast as possible and each of these will be a cocoon market. The silk produced is of very fine quality. The department is prepared at present to turn out abont twelve hanks per day. "We hope soon to have enough to " make a flag for the President," said Secretary Wilson. The United States imports $70,000,000 worth of silk annually and it behooves us to do all we can to es? tablish the industry." 1 REP?BLIC?H'S G?K'T ?OREE. Financial Legislation 'hs Bone of Contention-Labor Unions to Fight Roosevelt-High Offi? cials Defraud Indians. Washington, Aug. 24.-President Roosevelt's plan for a non-partisan financial bill has suffered a humiliat? ing defeat and its impracticability has compelled its abandonment. There was to be a political symposium. Gor? man and Bailey were to agree amica? bly with Aldrich and Allison. The democratic Donkey was to hob neb with the Elephant. But the latest and most authoritative news from Oyster Bay and Providence, the home of Senator Aldrich, is to the effect that hope of drafting a financial bill cn which even the republican leaders of both houses can agree has been all but abandoned and the President has been forced to give up the idea of making any specific recommendations affecting financial legislation in his message to the Congress which will be called ic special session on November 9. The failure is charged to the rapacity of Aldrich and the interest-it would be ludicrous to say the State-he repre? sents. Be that as it may, the repub? lican leaders of the Senate and the House are even farther apart in their views than they %ere when Congress adjourned last March. Some of the shrewdest republican politicians are beginning to believe that there are breakers ahead for the President because of his relations with the labor unions. His advocacy of the cause of the laboring men at the time o? the anthrcite coal strike embittered the capitalistic classes in the East* while his recent stand against discri? mination between union and non-union labor in the Government service is having its effect with the labor unionsr one of which the stationary engineers* has pledged itself to oppose Roosevelt's nomination in the convention and his election if nominated. Regardless cf the ethics or justice of the President's position, his friends admit that if organized labor once determines on his defeat the republicans will be afraid to nominate him and they are doing all in their power to disabuse the labor mind of the idea that the President is antagonistic to their in? terests. On the other hand, the op? position press is working to the op? posite end and with no small show of success. Conflicting reports continue to come from Bogota regarding the Panama canal treaty but the only authoritative news thus far received has been the cablegram from Minister Beaupre who wired that the Senate had rejected the treaty. On the other hand, it is still believed that the Senate may recon? sider its action and the Administra? tion remains hopeful of the eventual ratification of the convention. Grave scandals effecting the allot? ment of the lands of the Indian Terri? tory to the Five Civilized tribes of Indians have this week been brought to public notice. It has been showir that several members of the Dawes Commssion, charged with the allot? ment, are stockholders in land com? panies which are making enormous? profits at the expense, of the Indians and it is disclosed that during Presi? dent McKinley's administration Secre? tary Hitchcock made representations to the President of the incompatibility of Tams Bixby (the Chairman of the Commission), holding his position as such and at the same time using his knowledge and influence as a director of a land invest? ment company. At that timev Bixby brought such strong political in? fluences to bear that no action wast taken on Mr. Hitchcock's representa? tions. It is also shown that Secretary Hitchcock has himself been neglectful of the rights of the Indians, in that be? bas omitted certain precautions against fraud and that he has failed to pursue men charged with swindling the wards of the nation to the last ditch. The Attorney General is also in? volved in the scandal, as one of his district attorneys has been charged with malfeasance by Secretary Hitch? cock and Mr. Knox has taken no ac? tion in the premises. A scheme whereby General Leonard Wood will be defeated from attaining his ambition, that of becoming lieu? tenant general, is being seriously dis? cussed by prominent members of Congress, both democratic and republi? can. lt is proposed to enact a law abolishing the grade of lieutenant general, this law to take effect whee the last Civil War veteran eligible to that office shall have retired, which would briig it to the date when Wood will become the ranking major Geri - eral. The opposition to Wood is based on the fact that,,within five years he has risen from the position of surgeon, with tlie rank of captain, to that cf brigadier general, although he has seen but thirty days war service, and under ordinary circumstances he would have but the rank of a major today. The Director of the Census has just made public a " discussion of increase; in population" in which is shown that, during the period from 1390 to 1900 the increase of population in the United States exclusive of Alaska and tho insular possessions, was 13.04.tV S61, or 20.7 per cent., an increase ly double that of European countries and exceeded by but ose nation., Argentina. lt is further shown that, aithougf: during the century ending with increase in population in the Northern States had far exceeded that in the Southern States, during the decade ending with 19C0, that condition was reversed: east of the Mississippi the increase lias been almost two and one half times that in the Northern States, Death of Lord Salisbury. London, Aug. 22.-Lord Salisbury died at Hatheld at 9.05 p. m. The end of the distinguished statesman was a peaceful one, without the slightest evi? dence of pain. When death became im? minent, the attending physician sum? moned the waiting members of the family, who gathered at the bedside and took farewell of the dying man, who, however, was unconscious of their presence. Within a few minutes after the death a brief announcement was handed t& the newspaper men, and si multan ess! T the death knell from the tower of the church, of which the Rev. Lord Wil? liam Cecil, a nephew frf Lord Salis? bury, is pastor, told the people of tie little village of Hatfield that the lone struggle was over.