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The Weather To-day: CLOUDY The News and Observer. VOL.XLVI. NO. 88. LEADS ALL IB HU DAILIES IK NEWS AKD aKUU.OON. SURGEON OK OTIS' STUFF KT HOME Made a Close Study of Phil ippine Conditions. COMMISSION A FAILURE SC HU It MANN KNEW THIS. AND IS COMING HOME. OUR MEN CANNOT STAND THE CLIMATE One Hundred and fifty Thousand Necessary to Subdue the Filipinis. They Will be Driven Back into Manila if not Heavily Reinforced San Francisco, Cal., June 21 .--Doitor Charles A. MoQnestimi, who was on the staff of General E. S. Otis, and who was health officer at Manila, i.as re turned home invalided by the climate. Captain McQuestien made a close study of the conditions of tlu* Philip pine situation. He is of the opinion that, it will take from lOO.dOO t<* 150,- 000 sohliers to properly subdue and hold the islands. He also say's that ihe peace commission was an absolute fail ure am? that its work from the srait was without effect, lie strongly sup ports the military government cf the islands, except that lie thinks more nun will be necessary than has been minia ted. Dr. Schnrmann knows that the com mission is-a failure anil is coming home in .Inly, added Captain M< Que-.tii a. “Unless troops, thousands of them, are sent to the aid of our men there tiny will In* driven hack into Manila in :he course of the next few months, during the rainy season. Our men simply can not stand the climate. Fifty per cent of them will In* inenpacita: *d by sick ness, ami the territory over-run will have to he abandoned, and Manila will he in a state of siege again. “Our officers and soldiers have nc eomjdished wtinders and have j rovt \ themselves the best soldiers in the world. Nothing decisive has cone* of it. because our men were not in great enough force.” PURCHASE OF DONS’ ISLANDS. Von Buelow Defends the Act n tic Reichstag. Berlin. June 21.—During a discussion in the Reichstag of the supplementary credits for the protectorates mid the loan therefor, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Baron Von Buelow, again de fended the acquisition of fn<» Spanish Islands, which, he said, the Govern ment had long entertained, as it would lend to the development of Germany's old possessions. He added ‘liar no was no builder of castles in the air. Init proceeded quietly, soberly and advisedly, as in the ease of Kiao Cl'iou. and as serted lie was justified in assuming *h.it the new poss*-ssions would prove most valuable, commercially, for Genna.t in dustry and German enterprise in these regions, which henceforth would be able to advance under much more fa vorable conditions. The islands, he explained, were admirably suited for cultivation and might in time become the liases of commercial intercourse be tween Asia. SV nth America and Ger many. From the out set, flu* Minislo” also said. Germany .could disneyse with the costly military establishments of Spain. The Reichstag subsequently passed the second reading of the credit for the purchase of the islands, with the loan bill and the commercial convention wi'h Spain atiailud. THE LILLIE IS LAID UP. The State's Doughty Warship Declared Unsenworthy—No New Ferry. Eliza la th City, N. C„ June 21.—(Spe cial.)—After a hot contest the board of county commissioners declined to give a charter to the proprietors of the new ferry. At the last session of the Legis lature the introduction of a bill granting a charter for same, wrought up con siderable feeling and the matter was referred to the county commissioners of Uumdi ti and Pasquotank. Mr. E. F. Limb, th** defendant, has very much improved his ferry road recently. At a called meeting of the Board of Shell Fish ('< mmisdoners (without any cost to tin* Slate) it condemned the Slat * Police steamer Lillie, as tin sea worthy in her present condition. Admi ral White's report to the Governor, to the contrary notwithstanding. Auditor Ayer declining to pay any and till hills, she is laid up as a monument of the* nvariciousness of a member of the Fu sion Pie Brigade, which is an impedi ment to the oyster industry as well as to good government. Four years ago the Democratic Ward of city aldernn n relinquished their of fice and the finance report showed an indebtedness of $1,337. Four years of Fusion municipal rule shows an indebt edness of over $<5,000 for current ex penses. besides the canal debt of SIO,OOO a I'd left nothing but a depleted treasury and no permanent iim rovemant, besides two years ago. the Fusion Legislature allowed them to collect ten cents on (lie SIOO additional in the fate of a strung opposition of the tax-payers. SHOT HER HUSBAND. While He Was Instructing Her How to Use a Pistol. Edenton, N. C., June 21— Mr. Ed ward Spruill, a progressive farmer who lives on the Perkin’s farm, about one mile east of Edenton, came very near being killed Saturday night by a pistol, which was in the hands of his wife. The weapon was discharged twice, both halls taking effect, one on the cheek and the other just over the heart. It was one of Smith & Wesson’s make of guns, No. 38. It was a new gun. Mr. Spruill had bought it. while in town and took it home for a protection. I*«* was showing his wife how to use it. when she pulled on the trigger too hard, causing it to shoot, the ball striking her husband on the cheek. This frightened 1 Mrs. Spruill so badly that she jerked the gun again, the second ball taking effect just over the heart. Dr. J. 11. McMullen was sent for and dressed the wounds, but did not probe for the bullet that bulged over the heart, thinking the operation might prove fatal. Mr. Spruill is up this morning and is doing as well as could be expected. SILVER SERVICE FOR SCHLEY. Present From Ladies Auxiliary of Schley Testimonial Committee. Baltimore, Mil.. June 21.—Rear Ad miral Schley was the recipient this moruing of a handsome silver tea ser vice, at the hands of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Schley Testimonial Committee. The service consists of six pieces— water, coffee and tea urns, bowl, cream pitcher and sugar bowl; is elabor ately chased with a floral design and each piece is inscribed with the letter “S.” Accompanying it is a Handsome album containing the autographs of all the 500 subscribers to the fund. BOURGEOIS DECLINES TASK. Believed Delcasse 'Will Now be Asked to Form a Cabinet. Paris, June 21. —It is announced late in the day that M. Bourgeois, who ar rived here this morning from The Hague, had declined the task of form ing a Cabinet. M. Delcasse, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Dupiiy Cabinet, will now probably be asked to form a Ministry. M. Bourgeois returns to The Hague to morrow. where he considers the peace conference is progressing in an excel lent manner. SANFORD’S CORON MILL HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR M'LLIOBf BUILT. Eighty Uiousird Dollars Alr.ady Subscribed- Mill to be Operated by Electric Power from Locksville. Sanford, N. C., June 21. —(Special.)— A one hundred and fifty thousand dol lar cotton mill at Sanford is an assured fact. Messrs. W. H. Watkins and T. L. Chisholm, of Ramseur. and Mr. S. 11. Gotten, of Hope Mills, met our peo ple today and organized a company for this purpose. Eighty thousand dollars are already subscribed. These gentle men seem well pleased with out town, particularly with the artesian well which affords an ample supply of pure water. The mill will be operated by electric fiower furnished by the Locksville Elec tric Company ten miles distant. DIDN’T ESTABLISH THE FERRY. Elizabeth City, N. C., June 21.—Mr. C. 11. Robinson and others filed a peti tion before the Board of County Com missioners asking to be granted the right to establish a ferry across Pas quotank river m front of Elizabeth City, some where between the ice house and the foot of Main street. A counter pe tition was filed by Mr. E. F. Lamb, asking the board not to grant the peti tion. The first mentioned were repre sented by Messrs. E. F. Aydlett and I’. 11. Williams, and Mr, Lamb and Mr. Heyward Sawyer. After hearing the evidence and the argument of counsel the board dismissed the petitions and re fused to grant their prayer. WORK OF NEGRO DETECTIVE. lie Forced a Confession from Chancy Davis and Then Arrested Him. Rocky Mount, N. June 21.—(Spe cial.)—it is learned that the name of the negro arrested at Leak’s Store in Bertie county for the arson of the Bat tle residence near here is Chancy Davis. A negro detective Dennis Rowe was sent for from Richmond soon after the arson was committed. Rowe secured work on the same farm with Davis and got a confession of the crime from him. He was arrested but (isoaped and was rearrested in Bertie. He was not brought here for fear of trouble, but will have a preliminary hearing at Tar boro, where he is now in jail. There seems to be a little doubt of his guilt. COMMANDER BADGER DEAD. Concord, Mass., June 2L —Commodore Oscar C. Badger, U. S. N., retired, is dead, aged 70 years. YIELD EIGHTEEN MILLION. San Francisco, Cal., June 21. —A let ter from Dawson, dated May 20th, I says the clean tip for the present sea-1 son will amount to at least $18,000,000, | more than twice last year’s yield. | RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 18!)!). SAMOANS YIELD TOTHE POWERS Mataafa and the Loyalists Surrender Arms. TANU RECOGNIZED KING HE THEN ABDICATES IN FAVOR (IF THE COMMISSIONERS. CHIEF JUSTICE CHAMBERS IN OFFICE Commissioners, Who Will Leave Las'of June, Atk him to Remain. They Recommend Ab li'ion of Kingship and Ap* poin’mert of Governor. Apia, Samoan Islands, June 14. via Auckland, N. Z., June 21—Mataafa has surrendered 1,850 rifles, and the loyal ists have given up 2,000. After June 20th, a heavy penalty will be enforced upon natives found with rifles in their possession. Mataafa promises to turn iu more weapons. The natives have returned to their homes. Malietoa Tanu was recognized as King by the commissioners of the three powers, and the decision of Chief Justice Chambers in the matter of the kingship was proclaimed valid and binding. Malietoa Tanu then abdicated iu favor of the commissioners, who ap pointed a provisional government con sisting of the consuls of the three pow ers, empowering a majority to act in all cast's where unanimity is not required by the Berlin treaty. Chief Justice Chambers continues to hold office, and the various municipal j officials are confirmed. Doctor Wil helm Self has been authorized to act as | President of the Munieipality of Apia. The commissioners expect to leave <>n | June 28th. but they have requested I Chief Justice Chambers to remain. I Their report recommends the abolition | of the kingship and the presidency of I Apia and the appointment of a governor. : with a legislative council, consisting of three nominees of the interested pow ers. assisted by n native house. I’nder this scheme the governor would I have a veto over general .and municipal | laws; the nominees would be the «b - partment heads; consular, diplomatic and judicial functions would be abolish ed; revenues would be raised by an in crease of duties and -a diminution of the poll tax, the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court would be increased; the munici pality. under a mayor and council, would be extended and the postoffice would lie under the general government. Apia and the country round about «”*» resuming normal conditions. Ameri cans and British express satisfaction at the decision of the commissioners Among the Germans it is rumored that Dr. Sell’ will he tin* administrator in the new native government. TREACHEROUSLY MURDERED. Went to Filipino Camp to Intervene for Spanish Prisoners. Madrid, June 21. —A dispatch to the Impartial from Manila says Baron Du Marais, a Frenchman, who went to the rebel camp to intervene in behalf of the Spanish prisoners in the bauds of the Filipinos, bias been treacherously mur dered. The first report of the murder of Baron Du Marias was received in New York from Manila, under date of May 11th and May Kith. It was announced that T. B. Du Marais, of Philadelphia, it brother of Baron lMi Marais, was seek ing information concerning the fate of the Baron. Adjutant General Corbin telegraphed to Major General Otis, who replied as follows; “A committee of citizens sent Du Marais to the insurgent authorities to in tercede for tin* release of the Spanish prisoners. The last information regard ing him was tbat he was with Luna’s fonts at ( ’ ’ 1 ivi ll j; : t. In*fore tin* town was captured. It is the belief of many citi zens here that Du Marais was murdered. Others believe that lit* is held a prison er.” Cl 11111 STI'A X EI) DC AT IO N. Second Annual Conference a. Capon Springs. West Virginia. Capon Springs. W. V.. .Tune 21.--The second annual confer *nce o i Christian Education iu the South was opened here today. I)r. J. M. L. Currie, of YY’asn ington. ex-Mini.ter to Spain, presided, liu tin- unavoidable absence of the Presi dent. Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky. The patters presented and discuss.*d were “The Duty of Higher Instil muons to the Public Schools." '-V | i*> WVnf V I*l *l’- man, of the State T'nivarsity for Young Men at Chapel Hill. N. C; “The Kind cf Education X* <*d ■.! ;n Mm South To day,” bv C. W. Dame;.', President of tin* University of roti’iessoo; ’The < blest ion of Co-operation,’’ by Dr. D. ti. Tlickermatt. of New York; ’ndustria! Work for N- - " ’ ’ Bald win. Jr.. President of tin* '.one Island Railroad: “Work Among the Mountain Whites.” by Rev. C. J. Ryder, of New York, anil “Capital and Labor in Co operative Farming” by Alexander Pur v'is, of Hampton, Va. DEWEY IS AT CEYLON. Colombo. Island of Ceylon, dune 21. — (t! A. .YO Tin* United States (tailser Ol- ni V e-it l. Admiral Dewey, has just arrived from Singapore. THE ASSEMBLY’S SECOND DAY. Adddresses on Various Religious Sub jects Delivered by the Delegates. Charlotte. N. June 21.—The South ern Biblical Assembly continued today. The pastors’ conference in the morn ing was addressed l>,v Rev. \\ . -V. Lutz, of Winston; Rev. M. P. \\ atson, of Summerville. S. <*.. and Rev. Dr. A. M. C. Heitzhecg. of Summerville, S. (’.. also, the subject discussed being “t he Bible in tin* Minister's Private Life." The adult school was con dm ted by Rev. Dr. Henry Alexander White, of Wash ington and Lee University, his subject being "The First Thirty Years iu Mm l.ife of Christ." A meeting of the as sembly's council was addressed by Rev. J. E. Gilbert. Washington. D. ('.. an I Rev. Dr. A. J. Stokes. Charleston, S. ('.; subject “Postulates of Religions Education." Mr. J. YV. Bailey, editor of the Biblical Recorder of Raleigh, ad dressed the Young People’s Conference on “The Y'ictories of the Bible. Rev. E. B. Pollard. Columbian University, Washington, addressed the school of Bible doctrines:-; subject “Conviction of Sin.” A lecture by Professor J. J. Lowe and wife, of Philadelphia. Pa., at night on "The Life of Chnist in Song and Picture.” THE PRESIDENT AT ADAMS. Adams, Mass., June 21. — President Mi Kin ley and party reaehul this city .at (5:30 o’clock this evening, to be guests of vr. j?. Plunkett until next Wednesday. TYLER WILL FIGHT TRUSTS. He Writes to Governor Sayers Endors ing Anti-Trust Crusade. Austin. Texas. June 21.—Governor Sayers has received a letter from Gov ernor J. Hog** Tyler, of Y'irginia. en dorsing the proposed anti-trust confer ence of Governors and Attorney Gen erals. He writes: “If will give me pleasure to co-oper ate in any measure that will have a tendency to cheek the evils of trusts and combinations and to keep trusts aid cci'per.-ite po.v'r win in In ids. I hope it will he in the power of Attor ney General Mointagle or myself to be present.” Secretary Hitchcock lias certified to the Treasury that the annual payments of $5,000 each to all the States and Territories, except for Alaska, for en couraging the State Agricultural col leges under the Morrill Act. are now i dne. The payments will he made shortly. BREAK JAIL AT HALIFAX p i our; ass*U!t tht jailer and M s KF TUI »R f SCAPE. Neither tin* Jai'er Nor a Man YA lio Came to H*s Rescue S rou ly * J urL Blood hound* Sent f*v, Norfolk, Y’n., .Tune 21. —The prisoners in jail at Halifax, N. assaulted the jailor this morning and made their es cape, taking the jail keys with them. A man came to the jailor’s rescue, but got the worst of it. Neither the jailor nor his friend is seriously hurt. Bloodhounds have been sent from the State farm to hunt the prisoners down. MADE DOCTORS OF LAW. Oxford. England. June 21.—The hon orary degree of Doctor of Civil Law, was conferred today upon General Lord Kitchener, of Khartoum, Cecil Rhodes, the Earl of Elgin and others. There was opjMisitimi to conferring a degree upon Mr. Rhodes, on account of his connection with tin* Jameson rqid into the Transvaal. COMPLAINS OF CRITICISM. San Francisco, Cal.. June 21. —Tin* United States cruiser Philadelphia arriv ed here to-day from Apia via Honolulu. On lnwird the cruiser are the bodies of Lieutenant Lansd'ah* and Ensign Mona ghan, who lost their lives in the tight be tween the Mataafans and the combined forces of the British and American sea men. Admiral Kautz is in command of the cruiser, and he reiterates that he has done his duty in the matter of the Samoan trouble, and he believes that he has been subjected to much unjust criticism in certain quarters. He is ful ly convinced that he will be able to set himself right. THE SPANISH PRISONERS. Madrid. June 21. —The Minister for YYar, Lieutenant General Polavieja. says that, according to advices received by the Government, the Filipinos, on b an big that tin* United States had un dertaken! to negotiate the liberation of the Spanish prisoners, decided to regard the latter as Wimrieans. with a view of extracting greater advantage from the negotiations. MINERS FIX A WAGE SCALE. Birmingham. Ala., dune 21.—The Ala bama coal miners in session here de cided on a wage scale today, fixing the minimum price at 45c per ten when iron is -oiling at $7.(50 per ton and un der. For every increase of fifty cents per ton in price of iron there will be an increase of 2V» cents per ton in the min ors’ wages. The operators were noti fied of this action and were asked to be present at the meeting tomorrow. It was also decided that the drivers am? laborers about the mines should re ceive an increase, although the figures were not made public. FLY TO THE HILLS AND THE SWAMPS Filipinos Now Fight Only Un der Best Conditions. WHEATON BACK IN IMUS n ~ FILIPINO WOMEN READY TO FIGHT THE AMERICANS. SO HiEY DECLARE IN A LETTER TO OTIS Copies of the Independenc'a, it is Said, Show that the Filipinos’ Hopes (f Success are Kept Alive by Political Movements in America* Manila, June 21. —0 p. m. —The in surgent army has taken to the swamps i anil hills beyond linos. The largest j force is sup|x>sed to be in the neighbor hood of San Francisco de Malabou, hold ing a position more toward the lake or toward the coast, according as exigen cies demand. General Wheaton returned to Imus to day, bringing three men who were wounded iu yesterday’s lighting. The heavy rains that fall nightly make campaigning uncomfortable. The roads are still good, but the rice fields j adjoining them are pools of water. The Filipinos will not fight unless they can meet our troops iu positions most advantageous to themselves or take our , | reconnoitering bodies in anxbust. It is impossible to learn what effect j ' the recent defeat has had upon their leaders. This should be disheartening. 1 for they had boasted that the Ameri- j ; cans could never conquer the Province | of Cavite, Aguinaldo*S home country, where he always worsted the Spaniards. General Otis recently received a letter signed by native women of the province declaring that, if all the men were kill j ed, the women would still keep up the fight against the Americans. Copies of the insurgent organ. Inde- I pendencia, show that the Filipinos’ hopes of success are kept aflame by po- , I litieal movements in America. The In- : I dependeucia prints reports of alleged 1 speeches made at alleged meetings in the j ! United States denouncing the war, and j it asserts that these represent the j dominant American sentiment. It de- j i dares also that the Filipinos will con i tinue the war until the next Presi i dential campaign, which is “sure to re : suit in a decision to withdraw the Amer ican troops from the Philippines.” It is reported that the Spanish gar-, | risen at Baler, in the Province of Principe, on the east coast of Luzon, ; j which had become reduced to 3) men, i finally surrendered to the Filipinos after i holding out for a year. The Filipinos imprisoned two English men at Taohlobon, on the Island of Samar, southeast of Luzon. The Brit i ish first-class cruiser Crafton steamed to that ix>int from Cebu and her com- | mander demanded their release. YY’hcn this was refused, lie landed a force of marines and cleared his ship for action, whereupon the Englishmen were hand ed over. THE FEVER AT SANTIAGO. Fourteen Cases and Four Deaths Are Reported. t j Washington, June 21. —Surgeon Gen eral Wyman, of the Marine Hospital Service, to-day received a cable from Dr. Parks, the quarantine officer at Santiago, reporting the existence at that port of fourteen cases of yellow fever and four deaths from that cause. This is not the first report the Marine Hos pital Service has received of the exist- 1 euco of the scourge at Santiago. Five days ago came tin* first report of the appearance of the fever. On that day live cases were reported. There has not been time for a man report since the outbreak. In addition to the number of cases and deaths Dr. Parks’ cable to- i day conveyed the information that the i American troops had evacuated the bar- j racks, and that their 1 tedding and bag- j gage were being disinfected aboard the marine hospital bark "Rough Rider.” which is fitted with a complete disinfect ing plant. The fact that the season had advanced thus far with the appearance only of a few sporadic eases of yellow fever led to the general hope that the improved sanitary conditions of Saniia- | go, Havana and other Cuban cities j since the American occupation might result in preventing an outbreak. The following regulations have been issued by the Treasury Department con cerning tin* disinfection of baggage from Cuba: 1. Hereafter all baggage and per sonal effects, including hand baggage, of i passengers leaving the Island of Cuba j shall be labelled by the quarantine offi- j cer at the port from which the vessel i sails. The label shall hear either the word “Disinfected” or the words “In spected and Passed,” or "Inspected and Passed to Northern Territory.” 2. All said baggage or personal effects destined for ports in the United States South of the Southern boundary of Maryland shall be disinfected and bear the “Disinfected” label. Baggage shipped through a Southern port, but checked to a point north of the Southern boundary of Maryland, with such pre cautions as may be hereafter required to prevent its being opened en route, Uiay he labeled “Inspected and Passed PRICE 37E CENTS. for Northern Territory.” But any such baggage presumably infected or concern ing which the quarantine officer at the Cuban port may feel in doubt, shall be disinfected. 3. All baggage, as above described, destined to ports in the United States north of the Southern boundary of j Maryland, shall bear the label “Inspect ! ed and Passed,” or “Disinfected,” as the j case may be. Baggage or personal effects bound for ports in the United States north of the Southern boundary of Maryland, and whose ultimate des tination is proven to the satisfaction of said quarantine officer to be a point north of the Southern boundary of ! Maryland, and not intended thereafter | to be shipped to a point south of the I Southern boundary of Maryland, may be labeled “Inspected and Passed.” But if any such baggage is presumably infected, then, though bound to a north ern port, it shall be disinfected, and any baggage bound for a northern port, concerning which the* quarantine officer may feel in doubt, may in his discretion be disinfected. 4. It is further ordered that any baggage or personal effects from the Island of Cuba arriving at any port in the United States during the season of • lose quarantine, April Ist to November 15th, not labeled with either the * In spected” or “Disinfected” label, shall he disinfected at the quarantine st.iriou at the port of arrival. The foregoing regulations will apply also to any port in Porto Rico should yellow fever appear in said port. The quarantine officers in Cuba and Porto Rico charged with the labeling of , the baggage as above, shall exercise care and their discretion as to disinfecting all baggage coming from other ports or interior places. The regulations are to he in force un til November 15th. Y. M. ('. A. OUT IN FORCE. Charlotte. N. (’., June 21. —A special to the Observer from Asheville, V. C„ j says: The Summer Conference of the Sou'h ern Y. M. C. A., is more' largeiy at ' tended than for some years. The speak : ers are men of great strength, inelud ing Rev. Drs. \Y\ YV. Muon. A. I. Dil lingham, \Y - . It. Lambeth and .1. Wiih<*r Chapman and John R. Mott and Rob . ert E. Spear. The foreign field i-. np ■ resented h.v General Secretary Nirra. of i Tokio. Japan. The Bible sluiy 7 ■*»;.• rt meat is under the can* of U. B. Sh *r i man. of New Y’ork. ami A. C. flu-P *. ifi I Mobile. The life work conferences arc held each * veiling on the heights over looking the eity Pit 1 river. HUGE TRUST IN SPIRITS THE DISTILLING COMPANY CF AMFRICA JUST ORGANIZ'D. It is Copitaliz d at One Hundred and Twenty- Five Mi’lion Dollar, Concerns it Has Absorbed. New York, June 21. —A merger of the American Spirits Manufacturing Com pany, consisting of eighty-five separate Concerns; the Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse Company, consisting of ffity six concerns: the Standard Distilling and Distributing Company, consisting of fif teen concerns; the Spirits Distributing Company, and a number of the most im portant rye whiskey concerns, into one central company, has been affected by organization of a new concern called the Distilling Company of America, with a capitalization of $125,000,000, of which $55,000,000 is seven per cent cumulative preferred stock and $7,000,000 common stock. CHARTER FOR NEW RAILROAD. Atlanta*, Ga., June 21. The Secre tary of State today issued a clui'iT to Mu* Offerman and YY’cstern K:t* road Company with a capital stock of $200.- 000 to build a line from Offc.i.i n in l Pierce county through Appling and into Coffee county, to a terminus mar the bonmliary line between Coffee and Ap pling. giving the district connection with the Savannah. Florida and Western s-vs tem. j LOOK FOR IMPORTANT RESULTS The Hague, .Tune 21. Tin* liest in- I formed circles hen* do not share the gloomy views of the European press re garding the peace conference. After a week adjournment the arbitration com mittee met for a short time today. The Russians, it is said, intend to introduce fresh proposals, and it is not doubted that the conference will reach j important proposals on the last four j paragraphs of the circular, supplement ! ing the Geneva convention and Iln* Brussels conference and providing for mediation and arbitration. MASTER MECHANICS ADJOURN. Newport News. Y’a.. June 21.—The thirty-second annual convention of the Railway Master Mechanics' Associa tion. adjourned sine die after a three days’ session. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President. J. H. McConnell, of the Union Pacific Railway. First Vice-President. YV. s. Morris, of the ««•■**nr-aVe and Ohio Paib>av. Second \’ie**-President, A. 11. YY’iatt. of ♦>*** xw Y’nrk Central PniK'-sy. Third Vice-President. J. N. Barr, of the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Railway. Secretary. .1. YY\ Tavlor. ( re-elected). Treasurer, George YY\ YYV'-'t. New York, Ontario and Western Railway.
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