it-
llfe''yifl''','' "'-
g?: 8,000 I
THE LEATHER
SHOJVERS
ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY OIININO, SEPTEMBER 6, 1911
; vol. xxvn., no. 320
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PTfB
GQTTONGROPuETS
MORE THAN IT EVER
E
Secretaiy Hesters Report
Shows Total Value of Crop
. Was Sl.OOO.000.000
AVERAGE OF 1460
CENTS PER POUND
Though Much Smaller Than
Bumper Crop of 1908
Brought Greater Figure
NBW ORLEANS. 8ept. 5WNo
American cotton crop ever grown ha
sold for a much at the on just
marketed, the total value, Including
th sed, having been tl,0s0,000,000.'
This remarkable statement Is con
tajned in the-dttalled statistics of last
season's cotton crop, Issued today by
Colonel Henry O. Heater, secretary of
the New Orleans cotton exchange.
With 1.700.U00 balea lee than con
BROUGHT
BEFDR
tained In' the Dumptr crop 01 os
fit, the crop lust marketed netted the
south $254,000,000 more. The 1J,
i 611,000 balea crop of H08-07 brought
, $211,000,000 leu than the past ea
on'e crop, '
As a whole the crop averaged with
in a shade of strict middling and the
farmer was tald so average of 14.S0
cent per pound. '. . - -
Regarding the consumption of cot
ton the report save: ;
In the United States, the mills
north and south have consumed near
ly as much as last ytar, in addition
to "which they naive Imported the
" ' greatest quantlt yof foreign cotton
ever brought to tola country in any
one season, amounting to an equiva
lent in this year's American weight e
lf,m.0 bnles.,"Thus far the use
of foreign cotton in this country to
, trifling compared with the total oon
umed but its increase, ) significant"
t?A'OiirtaiImeot' eneral
"A continued interesting feature is
' the ' widening of differences . between
, A the Quantity of American cotton eon-
rNumed north and south, the excess of
JL$he latter having increased this season
- Tina. tft; .nnlatv excess now
amotintin gta .'$70,000 bales,'-'. Con
serving the north a heavy curtail
ment of production was Quite general
during the later, months of the, sea
son. The situation recently has im
proved and there Is an underlying
.Impression that matters will read
Just themselves on a more satisfac
tory oasis in the near future."
RESCUED MEN SAVE ONLY
CLOTHES THEY WORE WHEN
I
Crew of Schooner James
Davidson Tells Interest
ing Story of Storm
SIX IN NUMBER
NEW YORK, Sept. 5. The story
of the hurricane which strewed the
Georgia ' and South Carolina coast
with wrecks a week ago was told
again today when the crew of the
(American schooner James Davidson
arrived from Havanna. Six in num
ber, they were rescued from their
inking ship on August 18 by the
tank steamer Northwestern and
take nio Havana from where the
American consul sent them home
aboard the steamer Saratoga.
The James Davidson sailed from
Charlseton, 8. C, on August 25 bound
for Norwich, Conn., with a cargo of
hard pine. The hurricane struck her
on Sunday morning, August 27, and in
twenty-four hours swept her decks
clean and Oiled her hold with water.
When the Northwestern came along,
bound from Claymont to Havana, on
ly the schooner's buoyant cargo kept
er afloat
The wind had subsided but the
ves were still gigantic and the first
boat lowered from the steamer stove
and filled before It could be manned,
a second boat succeeded In taking
Captain Chae. Ollmore and his Ave
men off the dismantled schooner. The
rescued men saved nothing but the
clothe they wore.
One man was left behind la a
Havana hosptital. He was at the
wheel during the height of the storm
when a giant comber swept away the
wheel house and threw the aieer
man to leeward, breaking two ribs
and i. collar bone. The lest chentr
was built at Nsw London. Conn., la
1S91 and owned in New Haven. ' Her
net tonnage was 431..
WIIX MEET JTEW DEACOXXES8
; The Woman's Horn Missionary so
ciety of - the Haywood Methodist
church will meet this afternoon at
the residence of Mrs. X. Buckner. T
Aston place. The new deaconness.
Miss Marshall,, will be present and
all the members of the church are
'Invited to be present and meet her.
TESTIMONY COMES
TO ABRUPT ENDING
I N BEATTIE CASE
Judge Watson-With Sigh of Relief
Announced That Court Would
Adjourn Until Tomorrow Com
monwealth Afraid ofBinford Girl
CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE.
Va., Sept t. With unexpected brev
ity both the commonwealth and the
defense in the trial of Henry Clay
Beattle, Jr., indicted for the murder
of his wife, oloed - the evidence In
the case shortly after o'clock to
night. Judge Watson strfchsd his
arms wearily, yawned audibly and with
a sigh of relief announced that court
would adjourn until Thursday morn
Ing, tomorrow, to te devoted to ar
gument of counsel with the court as
to the instructions to be given the
iurv before the argument proper Is
begun on Thursday. When court ad
journed tonight Beule-h Blnf ord, the
so-called "girl in the case," alleged by
th nrosecutlon to have been the mo
tive for the murder by Beattle of his
young wife, still was in Jail without
having uttered a sings word of teeti
ony. Scarcely an hear had passed In
the eleven days of testimony when her
name was not on the Hps of witnesses
or counsel for either side,
; " Afraid of Beulah.
Admittedly fearing that she would
scrupulously avoid injuring the ease
of her former companion at any cost,
though statements and interviews ga
lore had fortified the prosecution1 with
what It regarded :as all necessary In
formation the commonwealth did not
put .her bit the stand. "We -: have
proved- that she was the motive for
the crime,": said Prosecutor Wenden
burg tonight "without hearing her
testimony as our witness and the ad
missions of the prisoner himself have
told the Jury enough.'.
Another - figure Paul Boattle,
cousin of the accused, whose contest
slon concerning the purchase of a
shotgun for Henry four days before
the homicide led to the building of
the case for the prosecution,' likewise
was kept In Jail but both he and- the
Blnf ord girl are likely to be released
tomorrow. Judge : Watson explained
his attitude toward her continued Im
prisonment by saying in the court
room yesterday that unless ' the girl
was nut on the witness stand he wish.
' ri" Sodden. Close ' '
The closing of tXe case was suddenl
Attorneys Harry M. Smith and Hill
Carter for the defense, first announc
ed that they, had a few witnesses for
the sur-rebuttal, but It the common
wealth would agree to rest Its case
they would do likewise. The agree
ment was accepted and Judge Watson
DF HUGE
COM WE BIDS
Oil OCEHIl SERVICE
Atlantic & Pacific Transport
Oo. Organized With
$15,000,000 Capital
EXTENSIVE PLANS
TRENTON, N. J., Sept (.An
nouncement was made today of the
incorporation of the Atlantic A Pacific
Transport company of New 'Jersey,
with an authorised capital of $16,000,
000. The headquarters of the pro
posed company are to be at Baltimore
with branch offices at the prlnolpal
seaboard cities on the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts and the gulf.
The incorporators are B. N.' Baker,
Jas. S. Whlteley, C, O. Helm,.T. B.
Harrison, of Baltimore, former presi
dent vleep resident treasurer and
secretary, respectively, of the Atlan
tic Transport company, and Adrian H.
Boolev of Washington, formerly of the
Wilson Steamship line of Hull, Eng
land. The terms of the announcement
given out by the company state:
'The company has been formed te
bid on the ocean, mall service now be
ing advertised for by the postmaster
general which calls for weekly service
between New Tork and Colon, New
Orleans and Colon, San Francisco and
Panama and forthnightly between '
Seattle and Panama, and It t pro
posed to establish and maintain these
routes through ' the Panama csnal
from coast to coast"
.The company, according to -Its an
nouncement Is planning the construc
tion for th projected service of fif
teen speedy steamer that will em
brace the latest developments In ocean
comfort and luxury and -comply with
all requlrcmnts of th "ocan mall act"
According to the terms ef the Incor
poration "no person shall be eligible
as a director who shall be a director
in or an officer or agent of any cor
poration or association engaged In any
competitive" transportation bnsin."
The announcement says further that
the extension of Its operations will In
clude a service from Portland (Ma),
Boston, Philadelphia. Baltimore. Nor
folk. Jacksonville, Key West Mobile
and Galveston through the csnal to
the Pacific coast ports and vie versa,
agreed to' meet counsel for both sides
in Richmond tomorrow In a confer
ence concerning instructions . to i be
given, to the Jury. The prisoner Will be
kept in confinement in 'the jail' at
ChesterfleM and the . Jury , also will
remain In .that hamlet
Beattle on the Rack.
The taking of evidence today was
along no well connected line, the
prosecution after completing its short
cross-examination of - the prisoner
taking up scattered points In the evi
dence,. From one feature of the -case
to another the prosecution skimmed
In its' effort to corroborate certain
points In the case It had built up pre
vtously but most conspicuous was the
direct attack oh the testimony of the
prisoner,
The single question of Importance
that the prosecution put to the ac
cused in Its brief cross-examination
early today, was the one on which the
commonwealth has been basing prae
tlcally its whole case against him. The
prosecution wanted to know how it
happened that a gun admittedly pur
chased by a cousin of Henry C. Beat
tie, Jr., and corroborated by witnesses
tor the defense as having' been pur
chased on the Saturday before the
murder, came to be in the hands of
the very highwayman who killed Mm.
Beattle on the Midlothian , turnpike
four days later. .. .
To Discredit Testimony,
The prisoner answered simply that
he knew nothing of the purchase of
any gun by Paul and did not see the
weapon till It was raised y the lone
highwayman. The prosecution here
rested, the cross-examination .' and
thereupon , began the Introduction of
witnesses to discredit testimony of
the accused. The attack, it was evi
dent, was conducted by the prosecu
tion on the theory that If one or two
Important points in the story of the
prisoner could be discredited the case
would be established.
The coritmonwealth Introduced sev
eral Witnesses Including members of
Paul Beattle's family; to prove that
thtwer usla Heftu-y if and Jaui,
war together en TSursday night as
well as on Saturday night preceding
the murder which contention was de
nied by the prisoner on the stand, ft
was on Thursday night that Paul de
clared his cousin first asked him to
buy a shotgun. Not only were . wit
nessss brought to the stand who tes-
WWAsiWwwVW
(Continued on Page Five
L
III OHIO FEATURED BY
10S01MT VOTE
Liquor Question Issue at
Many Places, Both Sides
Getting Nominees
VERY BTD WEATHER
COLUMBUS, p., Sept. 6. Weather
condtlons In Ohio today were miser
able for the municipal primaries and
what ptimlsed to be a thrilling bat
tle of ballots In most of the cities of
the state, dwindled to almost nothing.
The vote was perhaps the lightest
ever cast in the state:
The liquor question was the princi
pal Issue Ip the larger) cities.
The "drys"- won 'gut, -In some of the
cities whlc-V had bien under control
of a "wet" mayor and the "wets"
were victorious fh several of the "dry"
cities.
In Columbus Mayor George Mar
shall, a conservative, won over .two
other republican candidate who were
liberals. The democrats nominated
George J. Karb, a literal.
In Cleveland, Newton Baker, pro
tege of the late Tom L. Johnson, was
nominated by the democrats and
Frank C: Hogan kaa named to head
th republican ticket
In Cincinnati Henry T. Hunt dem
ocrat, and Louis Schwab, the present
republican mayor, were named. Th
liquor question' was not Involved in
Cleveland or Cincinnati.
"In Toledo early returns Indicated
V"1 AJv1" C ,OB ,he "dry.-candl-
date, bad won; complete returns re
verse) that forecast and State Senator
Cart H. Keller, the "wet" candidate,
won the republican nomination for
mayor.
The liquor fight was more severe in
some leeser cities. Springfiell. a "dry"
town, will have J. J. Miller, demo
crat, "wet" candidate, opposing W, A.
Martin, republican, and a "dry.
In Newark, the scene of the lynch
Ing of a white man a year ago, Her
bert. Atherton, mayor at the time of
th crime, and wbo was Impeached by
the jrovemoT, attempted to get vindi
cation at the Pol's and was defeated
by a big majority by F. M. Ech warts
In the democratic primary,
f Mayor A. - R. Turnbull, a liberal,
was Boralnatel If th democrats In
Caeiton by a narrow ma-gin. Msver
Sawyer, of Akron, liberal, was t-
ed for renominetlon by Samuel Cro-
sen, also liberal. '
?Looks Like a Big Week This Week:
- "
1 . "' " i- in- i r i iS'ii'H"' ' 1
. '".-... . . -.,'
CUMMINS COMES OUT FLATFOOTED
AGAINST RENOMINATION OF TAFT
In Rather Warm Statement 'SRiptTaftupThe Back" For "Defemelesa" Cour$g as
ji , - i
- to Various Tariff Revision Vetoes "Old Leadership Can Find no Better '
Nominee
CHICAGO, Sept J. Senator A, B.
Cummins, in a signed statement given
out her today, declares In unqualified
terms his opposition to th renotnlna
tlon of President Taft After a dis
cussion of th main' Issues in the Tafl
administration whlijh are -presented In
a "bill of particulars," the low sena
tor summarises his opposition to these
terms! -' , ' i , , ?
"My general conclusion Is, there
fore, that In every itruggle which has
taken place sine . Mr. . Taft became
president upon" vital things his allies
and supporter have, been the. sens-
tdfs arid membrf.4h-4oue who,
however : honest 'they Kinay . be, are
known from on border of the country
to the other as reactionaries or stand
patters and not progressives.
"If the voters of the republican
party believe that the old leadership
should be perpetuated' they can have
bo better nominee than Mr. Taft, I
do no believe It ought to be contin
ued, ana, tnereiore, without any per
sona disparagement of the, president,
t am nopmg tnat a progressive re
publican will be nominated and elect
ed next year,"
Farne-Aldrlch Bill.
First in the bll of particulars Is the
Payne-Aldrlch tariff law, of which
he declared to be the best ever passed
Important Feature is Can
ada Dropping Out, Caus
ing Change of Name
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. g. with
twenty-five states and Canada repre
sented the international conference on
state taxation met hero today and was
called to order by President Allen II.
Foot of the ftorlfitloTi. Governor
Mann and Mayor Rlehardson made
welcoming addrrwen. Governor Noel,
of Mississippi, r"!ponded for the
south. Lieutenant Oovernor Slack, of
Vermont, for the north, and Gover
nor Cruoe, of Oklahoma, for the west.
The conferenn- organized with Gov
ernor Mann as chairman.
Governor D!k of Sew Tork, was
unable to be prnsent. and his address
on "State Comity arul Taxation," was
read by Lawsnn Purdy, president of
the New Tork tax department.
An Important feature for the pres
ent conference will be the elimination
of Canada and a change of name
from the "International" to the "Na
tional" tax association. Canada Is
withdrawing voluntarily. It has been
found that the systems and methods
of Canada and the United States are
so different that the two- countries
cannot work together.'
Governors who are expected to ar
rive for the conference tonight are the
chief executives of Pennsylvania,
South Carolina end West Virginia.
Governor and Mrs. Mann entertained
the visitors tonight st a reception at
th executive msnfion. . -
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(SHOWERS v!
WASHINGTON-, Sept (.-Fore
cast: ' North Carolina Local showers
Wednesday and probably Thursday;
light t moderat variable wind. -
: ' r yyi
Than Tat" Wont a "Progressive.'
upon th suhjnet, were Mr, Aldrleh
and his followers In tf senate; Mr.
Payne. Mr. Dalsell, Mr. Cannon and
their follower In th house. It seems
to me 1 am Justified in the conclusion
that he did not take 'the progressive
view, with respect to this measure. .'
"It's hard for m to think of the
Canadian bill as progressive, believ
ing, as I do, that its passag was th
result of an understanding between
the president and . th, reactionaries,
Penrose, pf Pennsylvania, and Lodge,
T Vusemchusetts, that they would e
n tnrougjv iM senate If alt other 1uMff
bill reducing duties Should be vetoed."
After damning th peace treaties with
faint praise Senator Cummins take
up the woolen and th fre list bills,
of which he says:
Prttgresslvrs Ko Rpjolrlng. i.
"I haven't heard of any progres
sives njolcing over the vetoes which
killed them. They were both pre
pared with th greatest car and In
the full light of abundant Informs,
tion, and both amply Justified by the
Standard of protection. , "1 predict
that these bills gav the president th
only chanc he will ever have to sign
acts of congress reducing the Inlqul.
tou( duties of the Payne-Aldrlch law
but preserving the system of protec
tion. In waiting for his tarlft report
i
Congressman Hob3on and
Ex-Governor Glenn Aid
ing Prohis With Addresses
PORTLAND. Me., Sept. t The
forces for and against constitutional
prohibition In Maine entered on the
closing week of the campaign yester
day. Activity on both sides wilt be
at highwater mark for the remainder
of the struggle. '
The prohibitionists will continue
their meetings with (.heir corps of
speakers from outside the state, aug
mented by former Govv Olenq, of
North Carolina, and Congressman
ttlcnmond P. Ilobson, of Alabama.
The repeal movement workers will
adhere to their orginal plan of ths
leglslsture rather than publa meet
ings. I ho amendment' to the constitution
which the electorate will vote on a
week from Monday, prohibits the leg
islature from passing any law allow
ing the sale of liquor In the state for
other than medicinal purpose. There
Is an old statutory law which prohibits
the sale of liquor for any purpose
other than those already allowed and
In the event the present constitutional
amendment should be repealed by the
people. It would be necessary for the
legislature to repeal the prohibition
statute and enact a new liquor law.
The ballots for this election will
contain two other constitutional ques
tions and one referendum on a direct
primary statute law. a -
The constitutional amendments pro
posed are one permitting Portland to
Int rf-aee the oebt limit 1 t-llowed to
other cities and declaring Afgusta
perpetually the capital of. the. state. -
STOLEN' ARTICLES FOCXD.
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept 6. Following
the frreet last night of Private Ayers,
of the Hovlta! Corps at Fort Mc
pherson, on the 'charge of theft- up
wards of It.flOO worth of dental sup
plies and tools which have disappear,
d recently from the poet dental
office, were recovered todays from
several pam shops In this city. .Vers
has been acting, as assistant to the
post dentist. He Is being held In the
ot guard nous. "
h lost an opportunity which demo
orats will not glv him again..
Passing to a oonsldsration ot th la -
tersuu commerce law. to luwan u
. .. .... . ... . .
ciare tnat tl tn Dili naa passea as
Insisted upon the president, "the work
of nearly a quarter of century
would hav bin swept away and we
would hav taken a long tp back-
ward In th regulation of our rail
ways. ,,,' .
' "Many parts of th committee bill
were.au In a that they found no de
fenders and such effort as were mad
to defend tli administration bill was
led by Mr. Aldrtch and My. Elklns.
--.''It we rens4retd upon th Boor
vt th esnate by progressives against
the violent opposition of tT reac
tionaries, ' who were acting - for, th
president I bsltev that people gen
erally will agree with m that with
respect to this matter Mr. Taft did
not take 'th progressives' view' of
th subje." " ' - ' ,
Mr, Cummin further aver that
President Taft I "out of harmony
with those who were recognised be
fore his advent Into oiflc as the best
exponents of the conservation poloy,"
and taking up th Canadian reciproc
ity bill, he says: . -
"It is a false pretense from begin
ning to end," and "will not reduce the
cost of living or enlarge our markets
for manufacture In Canada," -
E
OFI
Missouri Conference Sec'y
. Sends Message Saying,
"God Knows My Sin"
COLUMBIA. Mo., Sept. I. Mem
bers of the Missouri Methodist confe
encs departed for their homes today
stunned and saddened try th sudden
disappearance of the Itev. H. H,
Johnson, of Clarence, Mo., secretary
of th board of church extension, and
one of the leading Methodist minister
In Missouri.
Dr. Johnson left here Saturday n
later a masware wss received from
him In Mexico, Mo. The minister re-
signeo irom the board, from the eon
forence and from the ministry. He
ended his socage with th senttmc;
"God k ef s' my sin." '
The Rev. Johnsons letter, which
came to O. A. Lenhoff. of Mscon.
Mo., presiding elder of the So-ithem
Missouri Methodist conference under
-,vmt uvifery vamp, aeciaras! .
"1 have dishonored the ministry by
..,wnoniii . t nave not neen gull-
-r ni immorsiuy, nut I have been
guilty of Injurious conduct throiirh
been 1
correspondence
Dslcuselng the 'mysterious missive,
the presiding elder disclaimed any
knowledge ef what th elf-erfaced
minister's "sin consisted, of.
Dr. Johnson built a fin church In
Clarence, where he has a family.
BBUTALJaSSAUeANT OF
WOMAN IS SOUGHT
MBDFORD, Mass. Sept. 6,Pollc
of this and surrounding cities - and
towns are searching diligently tor an
unidentified man who assaulted Mrs.
John T, Durant of ! Myrtle street
late lost evening. Mrs. Durant was
returning heme from- a marketing
tour and had just alighted from as
electric car when she was grabbed
from behind, knocked down and gag.
ged snd her hands tied behind her
back. She was then dragged Into the
bushes, fifty yards from her home.
She was left in a dated condition,
but h managed to drag herself out
on th slctawalk. where . eh . was
found n hour Itr r neighbors.
CANDIDATES MAKE
FULL STATEMENTS
OF THEIR EXPENSE
' '.-1'i '. y . '
Secretary Bennett Instructs
His Office to Give Item- .
Ized Statements''
'''' MssMeMBswsss ' . ) -ir-
MARTIN AND SWANSON ,
SPEND ABOUT SAME
Martin Says Amount Is too
Small to Have Been Paid -to
Procure Nomination
WASHINGTON. Sept Th flrsi
campaign publicity statement, those -of
Senator Martin and Swanson, of
Virginia, riled In accordance with the
campaign publicity law passed at the
recent session of congress, were mad
public tcdsy, Although th report
hav been In th office of th secre
tary of th senate here for the past
week, they were kept stcret until to
day because the act contains no re
qulrement for publicity of Individual '
statements filed by candidate fur th
Senate and house. , ;
According to th law r ports of
campaign committee expenses "shall
b a prt of th public reoord,' but It
was Utt apparently to the discretion
of th secretary of th senate or clerk
of th house respectively as to wheth
er Individual reports were to be opi-n
to publio inspection. Secretary of th
Senate Bennett, who Is In New Tork.
today instructed his office here to
give publicity to the Martin and
Swanson reports. Both candidates
showsd that on the day their reports
' wr which was exactly ten days
,' - "!.n0'a,nr "'f1 7" '
V" . ""","""uc nional primary
democratic
eiet
lection in Virginia, thy were fjir bo.
tow trie 110,000 which Is the limit
plsced by the law as the amount
which a tnstoral. candidate mny
spend to secure his election. Each of
thtm had spent up to that time only
about M.sOO. Of this amount 13, nod
was required of each candidate t'
help defray th expenses of the ela
tion; "and this amount," says S nator
Martin In bis report, "can hardly be
sttld to have been ps.14 to procure t'
nomination,"
No rvnortg hove been ret ch-d tn.
lther Represent!- Cu.s or Kepr--aentatlv
Jones,4 contestants against
the two senator seeking re-eeetion.
Senator Martin report declared jhet
ha had spent Mtl for space In and
subscriptions to various newspapers,
while Senator Swanson, for a like pur.
pose, spent lilt. In addition earli
aid h expected to Incur a furthir ex
pens of ''several hundred doners" for
space and editorials. They declare
that other smalt, amount: doubtless
will be spent by friends for publicity
In ether newspapers, and jhst they
will ir.set any t asonabl expense of
this sort, ...
"I do not now knew th facts not
the, amounts n such cte,' xt. w.,i
tor Martin. The only other Item of
expense they mention t for head
quarters at a Richmond hotel Sen.
tor Martin say his expense on this
cor will be "small, whtl Senator
Swanson report h has engaged
room at f SS a week; Of excepted ex
penses, upon which no report la re
qulrd by the law, s'lh as travel, sta-.
tlonarr, telegraph and telephone serv.
lee, Senator Martin reports that 'hi
"hav been considerable," although
he gives no figures, even approxl-
Ml SIE K16 RIVER
700 MILES BY BIG FLOOD
Believed That Thousands of
Persons Have Drowned,
May be More ,
SERIOUS FAMINES
PBKINO, Sept S.-Th flood which
la devastating a part of the Chines
extend from Ichang In th provlnc
Of Hupeh to Shanghai on th coast m
distance of about TOO miles. Th
nks of th Tanw St Klang hav
been obliterated', except In th high. '
land and around- th walled cities
and towns. So far th loss of life can"
only b estimated, but It Is believed,
that thousands of persons hav been
drowned. Farm houses and . brush
nuts have been submerged throughout
the entire district, and aT floating ,
down the river. The loss to foreign
property Is extensive, -i-'. vf vj
Shanghai trade ha been seriously
affected and th cotton and rice crops
tn the Tang St Klang e alley hav
been completely destroyed. The con
sequent famine will doubtles b
more severe even than that ol'-sast
year.. Th Liao river, In Manchuria. 1 ,
also flooded. Many have been drown
ed ted a sriou famine, in that sec
tion I certain. '''.'' , " . . :
( DIAMOND ROBBERS WAXTED
? NEW TORK. Sept . Upon the re
quest of Scotland Tard, every steamer
that arrive here from England for
th next few days will be watched n
hop ef catching five men involved In
London diamond robbery --hei
gems worth 25,000 wr stolen.