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' GREAT COAL STRIKE ] NOW DECLARED OFF Miners' Delegates Agree to Arbitration Proposal. RETURN .TO WORK THURSDAY. They Decide to Submit All Questions at Issue Between Operators and Mine Wnrkrr. An Commission Named bV President Roosevelt. Wilkcsbarre. Pa.. Oct. 21.?The mine ; workers* convention has accepted tkp arbitration proposal, declared tno strike off and agreed to return to wjork on Thursday morning next. The vote was unanimous. The resolutions committee submitted b icport recommending that a communication he sent to President Roosevelt informing him that the convention accepts the arbitration proposal. President Mitchell is authorized to act as the mine workers' representative before the commission. The following is the report of the resolutions committee: We, the committee on resolutions, beg leave to recommend that the following communication he adopted an 1 forwarded to President Roosevelt: "Wilkcsbarre, Pa., Oct. 21.?Hon. 1 Vheod'ore Roosevelt, Washington, 1). C.?Dear Sir: We, the representatives of the employes of the various coal companies engaged in operating mines in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania, in convention assembled, having under eonside: ation your telegram of Oct. 18, 1902, addressed to , John Mitchell, president of the United ' M ine Workers of America, which reads ! cs follows: " 'I have appointed as commissioners Brigadier General John H. Wilson. ] It. H. Parker, Judge Geo: go Gray, K. , B. Clark. Thomas H. Watkins, Bishop j J. L. Spalding, with Carroll D. Wright j as recorder. These names are accept- | cd by the operators, and I now earn- | e.stly ask and urge that the miners i likewise accept this commission. It ! is a matter of vital concern to all our people, and especially to those in our great cities who are least well off, that the mining of coal should be resumod without a moment's unnecessary delay.' "We have decided to accept tho proposition therein embodied and subr.ilt all questions at issue between tho j operators and mine workers of the anthracite coal region and adjustment to j the commission which yop have named. "In pursuance of that decision we ' shall report for work on Thursday ) niorning. Oct. 23. in the positions and J working places occupied by us prior to the inauguration of the strike. "We have authorized John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers 01 America, with such assistants as he may select, to represent us in all hearings before the commission. (Signed) John Mitchell, chairman of convention; W. II. Wilson, secretary Oi convention." Many Miners Returning. i-ousvme, i'a., uct. 21.?Many mine workers who left the region during the period of the strike, have returned 11 their home. It is claimed that of the 6.OO0 strikers who secured work at the Baldwin Locomotive works. Philadelphia, 75 have quit since Saturday and have returned to the coal regions. PRICES OF COAL FALLING. Anthracite May Sell at $7 a Ton Within a Week. New York, Oct. 21.?Prices fixed last week by the retail coal dealers at their exchange have not been maintained. Some domestic sizes were sold at the schedule rate of $15 a ton, but many dealers made prices to suit customers, selling as low as $12 a ton In many cases, and advising them to get along with as little as possible until the price could ho reduced again. Most of the dealers said they believed that anthracite of all domestic sizes would be selling at $8 a ton and possibly $7 a ton within a week. Soft coal was selling at below tha scheduled price of $0.50 a ton. In1 many cases the dealers were selling : at $4.50 a ton and were not making j large sales even at that price. Tho ' dealers who were obliged to order their ! supplies of soft coal in advance are suffering from the fall in prices. The coal roads arc making prcpara- ' tions to rush anthracite to the market as soon as tho miners go back to work, j The Heading company alone already I has nearly 10,000 car3 sidetracked near the mines. Chapman Charged With Murder. Decatur, Ala., Oct. 21.?The coroner's jury, which has been in session here since Saturday investigating the mysterious murder of Richard Newman, which took place last Friday night, returned a verdict of wilful murder accusing C. M. Chapman, who was recently employed by the city as superintendent of street work, with the crime. Chapman was arrested and lodged in jail to await trial. Missionary's Life Threatened. New York, Oct. 21.?Advices rcceiv. ed from Dr. George D. Marsh, an | American board missionary at Philippopolis. Bulgaria, say he and his wifo have been threatened with death oy dynamite, unless the sum of $2,400 each was paid at an early date, according to an American dispatch from BosI. j -1 * RELATIONS ARE NOW VERY MUCH STRAINED Trouble Brewing Between Venezuela and England. RUPTURE MAY DE OUTCOME Venezuela Is Angry with Great Britain on Account of the Raising of British Flag on Island of Patos In Spite ol Protestations. Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. 4.?(Con respondenee of The Associated Press.) Diplomatic relations are very strained between Venezuela and Great Brifc ain, and should the revolution not triumph all circumstances justify a prediction of & rupture between the two countries. The Venezuelan chancellory is very angry at the hoisting el the British flag. In spite of its protesta tions, on the iBland of Palos; an I President Castro in h!s conversations with the British representatives has been very far from pleasant. In an Interview which General Castro grant, ed the correspondent a short time ago, he said, referring to the commencement of the Matos revolution and th-i incident of the revolutionary steamer Ban Righ: "It is now several months since tha Ban Righ, chartered by the Matos rev. olution, arrived at Trinidad and we protested against her presence at that island. The British minister (Mr. Haggard) immediately repaired to ths foreign office and assured General Pachano (the Venezuelan minister of foreign affairs) 'that he would do all he could to obtain from his government that the Ban Righ and all revolutionists residing at Trinidad and tho other British West Indian islands 6nouin receive orders to leave and not to return to those islands If the Venezuelan government would agree that the surtax of 30 per cent iriposed til the customs on goods coming from the British West Indies, on their entiy into Venezuela, should be repealed.' A cabinet meeting was held at which General Pachano submitted Minister Haggard's proposal. It was rejected as unworthy of consideration, and the question remained at that stage. It 6cems, therefore, from these facts that the British government through its rep. resentative here offered security against the revolutionary party in e\. change for a commercial advantage.' The president added: "These proceedings ought to be known to the civilized world," and rising and pointing to the open country, he continued: "And if tomorrow those fields are deluged with blood, it will be due only to?you understand me?" he said in conclusion, leaving his sentence uncompleted. HIS WINTER FUEL. Mark .Twain's Unique Order to the Treasury Department. Washington, Oct. 21.?The following 1 nrf tnr wa c* ronol vorl Kw a ah A .\ iwwi f?ut> ?vuvi T\.u Kfj inu nuaom j VIC"* pantment this morning: "New York City, Oct- 13.?The Hon , the Secretary of the Treasury, Washington.?Sir: Prices for the custom, ary kinds of winter fuel having reachcd the altitude which puts them out of reach of literary persons in straightened circumstances. I desire to place with you the following order: "Forty-five tons best old dry government bond*, suitable for furnace, gold 7 per cent, 1804 preferred. "Twelve tons early greenbacks,, of range size, suitable for cooking. "Light barrels seasoned< 25 and 50cent postal currency, vintage of 1866, eligible for kindlings. "Please deliver with all convenient dispatch at my home in Tiiversdale at lowest rates for spot cash and send hill to me. Your obliged servant, Mark Twain, who will be very grateful and will vote right." American Bankers' Convention. New Orleans, Oct. 21.?All arrangements for the twenty-eighth annual convention of the American Bankers' association at New Orleans. Nov. 12. 13 and 14, have been completed and the official program arranged. The meet, ing promises to he the most interesting in the history of the organization. The sessions will he held in Tulane hall, and the program contains many attractive features. The social end cf the convention has been well lookc-i after by the committee in charge of the entertainment of tho delegates and their ladles. ? Sentenced to Two Yearc. T.ondon, Oct. 21.?Henry Conrad, of Baltimore. Md.. whose real name Is believed to he Fisher, and who was ar. tested Sept. 15 on the charge of attempting to secure a wax impression of the key of a postofflco box near tho Stock Exchange by distracting the attention of a letter carrier, who ha 1 opened the box, was sentenced today in the old Bailey to two years' imprisonment at hard labor. Prosecuting counsel said Conrad has been imprisoned in Amorlca for three years for forgery. He came to London seven years ago and had been robbing le> ter boxes in connection with a number of foreign experts, HollancS'3 Injuries Prove Fatal. Rockingham, N. C., Oct. 21.?As a result of the wreek on the Seaboard here theTe has been one death, II. L. Holland, of Raleigh, flagman. It Is thought '?ho others irvjifcred will recovcr .... IL SAVANNAH'S NEW INDUSTRY. American Cigar Company to Estab- , liah Large Plant. Savannah, Ga., Oct. 21.?Nathan Weiss, of New York, representing toe American Cigar company, Is In Sa- ! vannah negotiating for tho erection j of a factocy. He met the mayor and . a number'of loading business men at the city exchange and today there will be a mass meeting, to which the company's proposition will be submit- j Mr Wnl..' - l.l 1- .1? > I i ??.. ?t viovj pi vlivsilll/u 10 uiwl : his company would establish & factory in Savannah, eventually working 2.U0U or 2,500 hands. Savannah is asked to give a lot capable of holding a well-lighted brick i building, 160x60 feet. The structure is to be four stories high. The company is to have the building rent free for five years, and afterward to pay 6 per cent on the investment for five j i years, having the option of buying the building at any time during ten years. Mr. Weiss thought that the building would cost $25,000 to $35,000 to erect It. The American Cigar company would move its machinery here, import i skilled labor, gradually teaching and I developing the other labor. He estimates that the investment of tho American Cigar company would be between $76,000 and $100,000. SMITH WHIPPED AT VALDOSTA. Taken Prom His Home and Roughly T reated. Valdcsta, Ga., Oct. 21.?J. A. Smith, a white man who came to Valdosta from Jacksonville, Fla., a few months ago, was taken from his home on Thursday night by a crowd of semimasked men, who carried him to ths edge of the city, an.d, giving him a severe whipping, warned him to leave the city at once. Smith took the first train to his former home at Jacksonville. The whipping is said to have been the outcome of the part Smith took in organizing the unions of the negro cooks and washerwomen of Valdosta. He is said to have worked up the organization, making a number of speeches to the women at some of tho negro churches and creating considerable dissatisfaction among them and their employers. The feeling against Smith he-.e is pretty strong, and he has probably left Valdosta for good. HOT TIME AT HOT SUPPER. Eight White Men Try to Take Charge of Negro Festival. Washington, Ga., Oct. 21.?Saturday night a negro "hot supper" and dance was in progress in Oglethorpe county, Just across the line of Wilkes. At a late hour, while the dance was at its height, eight white men, under the influence of whisky, came upon the scene entered the building and made efforts to dance with the negro women. This bold step aroused the anger of the negro men, who protested vigorously, but the white men gave no heed and proceeded to carry out their purpose by force. Pistols and knives flashed from all parts of the room, the women withdrew and a desperate fight er.sued between the whites and the negroes. Fifty shots were fired, two negro men were instantly killed, several were wounded, and one white man was severely cut. Strike of Tinners In Macon. Maeon, Ga., Oct. 21.?I.abor circles of Macon are concerned over the strilec of several tinners, which occurred a font /lavo n rrev ? 11 iv tv vic*j o 03v/ 1 It 111c V_>CIIII u1 rill I ruii* I shops. The trouble was caused by a demand of 50 cents extra per day and a change of the foreman for the tinners. They claimed that the present foreman was not a tinner, but a carpenter. and therefore unfit to fill the position. The demands were not granted and nine men walked out of the shops. There have been no Indications on the part of the employers of the strikers that the requests will he granted, and the men are still Idle. Tragedy In a Saloon. Tlirmingham, Ala., Oct. 21.?Coroner Paris has news of a killing at Pinkney City, in the remote end of this county on Saturday night. Joseph Watts and D. Statum, two white men, were drinking together excessively In a sa loon there, and finally went into an adjoining room and amused themselves by dancing for each other. After awhile something heavy was heard to fall, and shortly afterward Station left the place. When other partlea entered the room later on Watt's dead body wa? found with the throat cut from ear to ear. Statum escaped. Disputed Over a Law Suit. Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 21.?In a street flght growing out of a dispute over a lawsuit. W. C. O'Neal, president of the American National hank, stabbed Adolph Oreenhut, a wholesale gTocer, under the left ear, near the large artery, also in the hack and on the arm, the wound In the neck being serious. O'Neal was arrested nn o .? ? -?? (V T?m lain charged with assault with Intent to kill and was released on >500 bond. Greenhut is resting easy tonight, but Is not yet out of danger. Burglar Made His Escape. Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 21.?A burglar ateir.ptcd to effect an entrance at the residence of Mrs. Stonewall Jackson at an early hour this mcrnlng. Edward Orcsliam, who occupies rooms at the Jackson home, wan awakened by the noise made by the Intruder and fired two shots at the fleHng burglar. neither of which reached the mark. 1 ' SERVANTS IN JAPAN A LAND WHERE DOMESTIC SERVICE 13 CONSIDERED AN HONOR. The "Bora** That Walt on Table lo Hotels and How ' They Worlc. llonaeboIU Servants That Are Equal In Birth to Their Masters. They bave some curious notions nbout servnuts iu Japan. Instead of its being considered a disgrace to go into domestic service iu tbnt country It is nu honor, writes Mr. Douglus Sladen. Jinrikisba boys and grooms may not liavc tbe bonor of bclug servants at all, but are trndesmcu, which is the lowest thine of nil in Japan short of belug an eta, or member of the class of outcasts. (Jrooms are excluded as a betting, gambling, chcntiug lot (tho Japanese think it impossible for a groom to be honest) and the ricksbnw boys as rough people without any manners. There are two classes of servants, personal nnd kitchen. Kltcheu servants need have uo knowledge of etiquette. They are sometimes rough creatures from the country, uo better than rickshaw boys. They are dull, contented drudges, but Cook San (Mr. Cook) Is held in a very different estimation. In a small household he docs the catering and keeps the accounts ns well as superintends the ridiculous little bird's nest of charcoal ash which cooks the menls in Japan. The personal servants show n humility to their employers which would paralyze an Englishman with auy sense of humor, and their masters assume an etiquette nir of command. But from every one else these servants expect u considerable amount of politeness. Hotel scrvauts are male-and female. Hotels for Europeans generally have men housemaids as well as men waiters and call them nil "boys." To go to n Japanese hotel for the first time Is like going to a farce. It is impossible to keep serious. In the dining room you are surrounded by pantomime Imps dressed In indigo cotton doublets and hose, who run about shoeless and are called "boys" and look like boys until tlie day they die. Half of them know no English except the numbers. Each has a number to himself, and each dish on the menu has a number, even down to the potatoes. "No. 5," you say If you are new to It, "I'll hare some 2, and I'll take some 7 and 0 with It, please." Ho catches some numbers and brings them, but you would have a far better chance of getting what you want If you simply said 2, 7. 0. You can hardly hear yourself speak ior me 6cruir, scrufl neross the lloor. You think It Is lucky they don't wear boots. At very grand hotels they wear blue serge suits like ship's stewards and bad imitations of foreign shoes, and they don't run, and then they don't wait so well, because It is not natural for a Japanese "boy" not to run. A Japanese "boy" has one good quality. Though he cannot understand English. before you have been In the house three days he will know your tastes, and if you like the breast of a chicken belter than the leg you will get It, nnd you will have your steak to look purple or burned under when it Is cut, as you prefer. If lie saw you using a teaspoon after your wife, be would very likely bring you a used teaspoon with your next morning's ten. His motto Is that there Is no accounting for the madness of foreigners nnd the forms it will take. But your bedroom boy is a very different person, lie has Intelligence and often a fair command of English. There Is nothing that a Japanese room boy cannot do. I would trust him to mend my watch. I have tried him on such varied problems as luring a frightened canary back to Its cage, (lshlng up a small coin that had fallen through it crack in the tloor nnd mending the lock of n portmanteau. One of them even said that he could take in a felt hat which I gave him so large for him that tils ears did not stop It The Japanese like their lints to rest upon their ears. They can mend your / Inf hno nr i?n t n ",wl """ |/Ki *4 l/UUUU \J 11 iillU il It" handler than sailors. They expect you to show them all your purchases and always tell you how uiuch more or how much less you ought to have paid. In the transient life of n hotel you see the farcical side of Japanese servants. The pristine and sentimental side you only get In a private family, where the servants, like the pages of the middle ages, may he equal In birth to their masters, but willing to do service In his household because he Is a famous poet or noble or man of science, so as to gather the crumbs or education which fall from his table.?Uxchange. Economy. Fudge?Yes, Kplnks has a splendid system of economy. Judge?now so? "He goes to work and lays aside money for something he doesn't need." "No economy in that." "Isn't there? Well, by the /ime ho lias the money saved he always lints out he doesn't want the thing?and then the money Is saved."?.Baltimore Horn Irl An Amicrlng Innlnnntlon. "I don't sup|K>se he mount anything unkind." wild the young woman. "but It was n very startling coincidence." "What do you mean?" "Jnst before Unrold nnd I got married Ills friends persuaded trim to join a 'don't worry' club." ? Washington Star. One of the worst things that can happen n young man Is to get the notion that he can't have a good time without pasting his money.?Atchison Glob*. I L??? ?" . - ' i mi i in iii As we write it rains, as it i grow, as your "grass and pea vi McCORMICK I MOW Try a mower and rake in and if it is not satisfactory brinj until you are satisfied. Remei Coimick. Big lot Rock Ilill Buggies < Rmoothest best buggy on the wagon until you have *seen our GREEN < VEHICLE AND LIVE ^ DR. I. M fc ~DEN1 Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. t ? 0^^. m. m m UU YUU P Glenn Sringi Ginger I Springs Mineral 1 on the n WH Roooiico all ingredients usee DuUdUou it j3 made from Gli THE OLD RELIABLE been alleviating suffering for ov< made into most delightful carbo know that you will say, as other Drinkers of Ginger Ale wil lightful and refreshing drink, ini Water. Experts pronounce it i it and you will be convinced. 1 THE GLENN SPR Glenn Spri THE SPLASHING HOUSE. A French Yarn Tlint Waa Printed te Illdlcule Knfcllnbtnen. One of the most extraordinary tales ever Invented about Englishmen by foreigners was the "splashing house" story, given to the world by the Paris journal Patrle in 18G8. An ingenious writer in the paper gravely Informed his readers that in the suburbs of London were houses where "earth beaten up into mud is retailed." To these houses men were accustomed to resort in hunting kit for the purpose of being splashed with mud. "These curious establishments nre provided with muds of different counties, but principally of those counties where the hunting Is best. The sale of the mud is conducted in the most serious manner imaginable; the attendant inquires. 'From what ftpunty, sir, do you wisli it to bo suppos&l you have just returned?' 'From the county of Kent.' The pretended sportsman thereupon takes a seat on a wooden horse whose legs throw up the selected mud; after having been well splushed the customer pays his bill (3 shillings), casts an eye of approbation toward the mirror, takes a whip In his hand and goes to exhibit his muddy clothes in Piccadilly, Iiond street or Pall Mall, in order that it may be supposed that he has just returned from c grand hunt." , In addition to the chance of marrying an heiress which this remarkable fllsitl-iv ' v. ? ?.? iwium V.'UIIHTD Oil their wearer. says (lie French newspaper man. the i>a(ron of the "splashing house" lias another more immediate advantage. "The mud with which he is splashed affords, |f pot 1 proof, strong presumptive evidence 1 that lie Is a landed proprietor in the county whose mud bespatters |iim." Ami landed proprietors being held ip \ast esteem as solvent and desirable creditors, the man can obtain anything lie likes at any shop cu credit. One wonders whether such a wonderful tale tlmls any believers among those who read It.?Loudon Live Stock Journal. JUMPING THE DEER. A Style of flnntliiar That Looks Eaay < Till Yon Try It. "Jumping a deer" is a highly attractive phrase, quite apt to make a tin- I gllng in the hack hair of the tenderfoot I who hoars it for the llrst time. It is also intensely satisfactory to the chap who always has to shave before wooing nature. You may, indeed, get n good shot in this way, and It Is generally the only way to see the grandest of all the sights of the jrppde-tleer ?ains your grass and pea vines I ines grow we are settiug up rERS AND RAKES. ade by the McCormick people g it back. No money pa?H? d nber what we cell, the Mean hand. Come and get one. market today. Don t buy a car load of ''Old Hickoryb* Sc, BOYD. i STO' K DEALERS. .. I1AIR,' ,+h* Office Bank Building Union, S. C. RINK ALE? Lie, made with Glenn Mater, is the best larhet. [ Y ? I ore the purest and best, enn Springs Mineral Water. that, in its natural state, lins jr a hundred years is now being nated drinks. Try it and we 3 have said, that it is "the beet" 1 be dcligbtf.d to get tbis dcide with Glenn Springs Mineral the finest on the market. Try Lsk your, dealer for it. INGS COMPANY, ngs, S. C. running tnrougn a winarail. To see the glossy curves of fur curl over the lofty logs that lie piled on cncli other In boundless confusion is well worth a trip to the woods, while for liiiu who loves the rifle as 1 do, more for what cannot be done with it than for what can, there is no such target elsewhere. But for the tyro who is dying'to get that flrst deer, "Jumping a deer" generally means out of sight and out of hearing both. For the deer that goes olY to lie down after feeding does not go to sleep, but to ruiniunte and take life easy. Once in a great while one falls Into a doze, but almost always the head is well erect and all senses keen for danger. And even If one Is In a doze It may slip away without yonr suspecting Its existence, for sleep deadens little ot the senses of this wary animal. The man who "wouldn't shoot such an Innocent creature as a deer" should by all means see one getting out of a heavy windfall, while the man who loves game that can get away can here And the attraction of the woods at its climax.?"Iluuting the Virginia Deer" In Outing. The Ant's Toilet. A naturalist has been making observations ou the toilets of certain ants> and Una discovered ibnt each Insect govs through most elaborate ablutions. They are not only itcrformed by her* self, but by another, who acts for the time us lady's maid. The assistant starts by washing the face of her com* puuion, aud then goes over the whole body. The attitude of the ont that Is being washed Is one of Intense satis* faction. She lies down with all her limbs stretched loosely out; she rolls over on her side, evep h<T back, q perfect picture of ease* The pleasure the little insect evipces Ip being thus pom bed and sponged Is really cpjoynble to the observer. ? Philadelphia Press. The War of the World. We met the people going one way with their arms loaded with beautiful flowers. 'Wblther do you drift?" we asked. "We go," tbey exclaimed, "to adorn the graves of our dead heroes." Ijiter ou we met them with their arms full of bricks. *4%, "And now where7" we asked again. io mrow iiii'Be nt our living be* roes," they again explained, with pity* Ing smiles st our dumbness. Bnlfrlalird Iter. "Did Miss daddy eutertnln your proposal?" asked tho close friend. "No." was the sad answer. It seemed to work just the other way.*-* Exchange. _ ^ } . &