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Fisherman and Farmer. ELIZABETH CITY', N. C, THURSDAY, JIT. V 25, 1901 RAYING FOR RAIN lie People of Missouri Send Up Pe titions, riJE HOTTEST SUNDAY ON RECORD People Generally Gathered in Their Places or Worship and Prayed For Ra:n SLjflay special from St. Louis says: On this, the day that Governor f ockery designated for fasting and praj r to Cod that the present drought might bo broken in Missouri, all rec ords for hot weather in at. Louis were brok n. the weather bureau ther mometer on the custom house register ing 108 degn es. On the streets and in exposed plac; 3, the mercury went many degrees higher. The record bro ken was that of V G made in the early ighties. As early as 7 a. m. the day Save promise of being unusually warm. i thai time the thermometer register- rl !-! degrees, and from then on until 1:'I0 p. m., the mercury st a lily cl mb- I upward under the Impulse or a fierce sun shining from a cloudless sky. Hardly a breath of air stirred all day. The Govemoi's proclamation was very i-nerally heeded, nearly every chur b in the city holding well attended ser vices, given ap tu prayer thai the brought which has prevail) d sev ral months, and threatens tit- destruction of all vegetation, might be broken. This is the Becond proclamation or the character over made in Missouri. !n 1875, a time of drought and grass hopper pest, Governor Charles H. Har din called upon the people of the State to pray for relief. Tins call was also uenerally obsei ved. Another Record Breaker. Washington, 1). C., Special. The '.'rather Bureau Sunday night issued ' following specal bUl.lin: "1.h: ii ':!! Hie rati.".' country was covered I the hot v'r'' ; ccecpt the immedi ate Pacific coast, and in the States of Iowa, Missouri and Illinois, nearly all previous high records were exceeded. The maximum temperature lino of 1 00 degrees encircles the groat corn holt. At Dubuque, Iowa, and at Kpringficld, 111., the maximum tern 1 statu ;.-;? t ((j degrees were two i above ti." highest previous re- ml, While at. St. Louis, the max! nl lOtl has been equaled but , a. . l,ef( re ou iifeuat 1.2, 1881. At ( hioago the maximum of iOj degrees equals tho previous high record of 3uly lr of the present year. In the ;-.;:( oi fowa, Missouri and. Kansas tho duration of the present boated term is without precedent, there hav ing been practically no interruption ( temperatures of 90 or over since June 18. a period of ?,' days. Ox 18 days of this period the maximum tem I'orature at Kansas City was 100 or IU rc. 'There arc as yet no indications of an1 relief from the abnormal heat. No rain has fallen in the corn belt for the past three days and none is in i ;ht it is of course probable that . . altered lycal thunderstorms which are ilvays accompaniments of pro tiacied periods of heat, mi'ty fall at l hi .. but no hope a:i be entertain- ; -.1 this time of any general rains or p !ri'tlU( nt relief. : .;,. ,; "H. ('.. FRANKENFIELD., 'forecast Official." Brief riention The machinists strike is off in Scranton, Pa. At a sp- cial meeting Saturday afternoon the action of tho ni ;ht before was recon i lered and a motion to return to work on Monday morning passed unanimously. Governor McMillan, of Tennessee, positively asserts that he will n-t be a candidate for a third term as govern or. J. ; understood that the governor will be a candidate to succeed Unite 1 States Senator IV. D. Bate in 1205. The maximum temperature for S.it i" iay at Lincoln, Neb., was 102 anJ foi live hours it was 100. A high hot wind from the south blew steadily, blighting corn probably more than any day since the drouth- b'.'gan. Members of the executive Irani ol Hi" United Garment Workers met in Now York Saturday night a :d ordered a general strike. Thr strike will in volve more than 53,000 men and wo men and goes into effect to-morrow. Twenty-eight loaded coal oars were plunged int a ravine on the ScTanroj division of the Ontario & We t-rn Railroad Sunday by the breaking of a car wheel near Hancock Junction. N Y. Doubt as to Tb:ir Nat'onallty. Washington. D. C, Special. Mr. f'arajiaanl the Italian charge de af faires, called upon Acting Secretary of state Hill Sunday to prepare a not-? as to the progress being made in o the killing of the Italians at Erwin, Miss., recently. The charge de affaires has not yet been able to secure evi dence to establish the ..naPonality of the men. although the Italian authori tics orlgV&aUy reported otherwise, and unless this snail be forthcoming and it shall be shown that they were not naturalized to the United Statesthere will be no further proceedings in the case, as far as the State Department b concerned. Refuse to Release Prisoners. Washington, D. C, Special In re sponse to the representations to ths State Department the British govern ment has declined to release any of the Americans who were captured while serving in the Boer army. The only exceptions will be in the case of prisoners whose health is such as to make their confinement, dangerous. Home Americans are among the milita ry prisoners in Caylon and the State Department has special reference to their cases in addressing the British government in this matter. Crushed By Falling Wall. Columbus, Ga., Special. A strong "Sin, wind and hail storm passed over Columbus Saturday afternoon. A heavy dead wall on the old Georgia House lot was blown down, complete demolishings trpes. Billings' Plumbing shop, Hamms' bakery and a Va"a:it store were crushed. Two la ,;! and a little boy were were in tho bakery, and one of them was badly Jurt Several persons were saocked 'v7 Ushtnlng, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. The South. An order has been received for 10) 000 tons of Tennessee and Kentucky coal to be shipped to Venice. Thp Alabama Constitutional Conven tion voted not to change the present jury system. Senator Bacon, of Georgia, and a number of members of Congress sailed from Brooklyn for Manila. The North. The portrait of Lady Louisa Manners by Hoppner was sola in London f r 170,250 to B. Altman, of New York. El Reno, Okla.. will be unable to ac commodate the expected army of home seekers on the reservation land3. It is said Rev. John Keller, of Ar lington. N. J., will sesk vindication of the charges made bv Mrs. T. G. Mar ker. Two persons were killed in a Lake Shore railroad collision near Cleveland, Ohio. Another demonstration was mad--against the pay chairs in Madison Square Park, New York. Twenty passengers were injured by a shifting engine "sidewiping" a P n a sylvanla express train at Columb s. Ohio. For the week ending July n thre were 980 deaths in Greater New York due to heat. Stockholders of the Cambridge Steel Company voted unan motisly to sell their property and ass -ts to the Sone maugh Steel Company. Attorney Frederick D. White. s"n o! Ambassador to Germany Andrey l . White, committed suicide at. Syracuse, N. Y. Secretary of the Treasury Gage 1 ist week bought $289,050 short-term bonds. Secretary of State Hay returned ta Washington, I). C, for a brief stsy. Massachusetts Republicans Will re nominate Governor Craft:- for a third term. Presbyterian in Mexico have organ ized independently of the Church in the United States. The Pardon Board of Minnesota will aet on the case--, of Cole and James Yuungen Retail grocers of New York St.re are in session at Buffalo to organizs a prot sctive association, An exploding tank af the Williams-bin-. N. Y branch of the Standard Gil Company injured live man. Importations of precious stones f r the past year at New York amounted to $21,939,053, over fl,COO,000 more than in any other year. Foreign. A hot wave has been prevailing In London. Prominent English Liberals at a con ference voted to sustain S!r 11 n y Campbell-Bannerman as leader. Prince Christian of Denmark will visit the United States in the coming spring. The Duke of Tetuan stale 1 in the Senate at Madrid that Spain ha 1 r -fused several times to s.'d Cuba to the United States. Riots at Seville. Spain, were, sup pressed by cavalry. The Argentine Government has re quested the Chamber of Deputies to re ject the debt unification scheme. The storms in Haiti have ru n -d crops in the southern part o!' the island. It 18 rumored at San Juan that Dr. J. H .Hollander, secretary of Porto Rico, will resign. The Cuban Constitutional Conven tion rejected the preliminary draft ft: an election law for the is and. A Cape Town dispatch states that Boers have burned the public buildings at Murraysburg, Cape Colon. Fire at the Glasgow Exhibition de stroyed R block of tea rooms. A special embassy from Morocco has arrived in Berlin. Count Stanislaus do Castellane brother of fr.mt B ni de Castellane, was married in Paris to Miss Terry. Plague in Virulent form has broken out at Amoy .China. Rear-Admiral Crowninshield comes forward with the claim that he wrote the order to Dew v to capture oi de stroy the Spanish jieet at Manila. rtiscellaneoiis. Andrew D. White, United States Am bassador to Germany, will resign next year. It is said Andrew Carnrg'e still Has $2S0,000,000 to give away in public ben efactions. The National Council o: Educators adopted the report of the National Uni versity Committee that no bill yet of: fered in Congress is practicable. Carl Jansen. supposed to b; ies n?, murdered a woman and is said to hive horribly mutilated a little g.rl in Den ver, Col. What is believed to have been Father Marquette's crucifix was unearthed at Frankfort, Mich. President 1. J Shaer. of the Ama'ga mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, says the strikes at the trust mills will accept no comprcm.te. Speculation was caused in London by a visit which Lord Roseb-ry, who ;'s hailed as the coming leader of the Im perialistic Liberals, paid to King Bi ward VII. The ship Laos, which has arrived at Marseilles from Yokahama, has 15 cases of plague on board. Many simultaneous meetings marked the sessions of the International Cinis tian Endeavor Society in C ncinnati. Four trainloads of Epworth Lcagve members left Philadelphia for San Francisco. The government contract recently referred to as given to the Bibb Manu facturing Co.. of Macon. Ga.. for ful fillment at its Columbus (Ga.) branca. now building, amounts to about Sljv 'C00. The contract calls for 80,03 pounds of twine such as ii used by the postal service In tying package; ct letters together. The supply is tit one year from July 1. The Clermont Mills of New Berns, N. C, P. H. Pelle-U-er, proprietor. La tends to reorganize as asoi comp3n and enlarge and improve ti e plant fo knitting. It is proposed to inve2t ' least 150.000 additional capit.l. MINISTERS TO AGREE Ipon the Lisposiiioa of the Province of Manchurh. SEfTUNG CHINESE QUESTIONS, The Part W hich Russia Claims Now Open Complications Are Likely to Result. Washington. D. ('., Specil. it la un derstood to be the desire of some of the great powers that the disposition of Manchuria should go before the m'aieteis at Pekin sod be finally de termined by a joint agreement among the powers. Although no definite Step boon taken in that direction, it is heiitg o.Koitt'od by foreign repre sentatives stationed hero, who fully expect that the plan will be adopte i. Russia, it is expected, will be reluc tant to agree to it. Attention has been directed to the matter by reports that Russia had re sumed direct negotiations with China concerning Manchuria, and also by yesterday s cablegram stating that a Russian proclamation was about to is sue establishing Nu Chwang as a Rus sian port. As to the lepoit that Rus sia will proclaim Nu Chwang to be a Russian port, LI is rcin-ed out. in of ficial diplomatic quarters that Nu Chwang is a treaty port end as such is open to the commerce of the world, under the existing 1 ar iff regulations With China, and foreign merchants have the right to trade and to conduct os'aio'.shn en there These lights of trade could not be divested, in the opinion of diplomatic officials, by a Russian proclamation unless the pow ers had previously given assent. Thus far there has been no request from Russia or China for any change in the status of Nu Chwang as one of the treaty ports. Hi a spirit winch has aroused the keenest admiration of the State De partment, the Japanese governm it has met the difficulty growing out of the preference of her request for an increase of her indemnity, owing to depreciation in selling prices of Ja panese bo-nds, by withdrawing that re quest. The result i.-; a substantial loss to Japan. She asked originally for $23,000,000. This figure was more moderate than any of the powers which took any prominent part in the Chinese campaign and represented the barest expense of the undertak ing. It was fixed upon the idea that the payment was to bo made in cash by China. Confederated with the bond payment the Japanese asked that the allowance be Increased to 827,000,01 0 in bonds to make good the loss she would suffer through the sale of the bonds. " oon as some of the other nations found that the allotment as originally fixed was in danger of be ing uisturbed they came in .with increased demands and thus it is that Japan, finding that Insistence upon her demand would blockade the ne gotiations at this phase, has with drawn her request for the present at least. It is safe to assume that the United Htates government Will dd what It can to secure compensation for Japan. Mr. Rockhill, our special commis sioner at Pekin, has been instructed to give the assent of the United States to the proposition to increase the Chinese customs dues in Order to pro vide means for the payment of the international indemnity. Our govern ment is still opposed to this, project and the instruction is sent only in deference tei the universal wish for a speedy conclusion of the negotia tions at Pekin. It is learned that the hitch in these negotiations, the most baffling that has yet occurred, is due entirely to the issue raised as to the increase of customs. Killed By Lightning. Tallahassee. Fla., Special. Advices received here state that in the conn try near this city a heavy storm pre vailed and loss of life and property resulted. Lightning struck tho house of Capt. A. C. Spiller, and did con siderable damage. John Henderson, colored, who was near, was knocked senseless, his shoes being torn from his feet. He will probably recover. A house occupied by a colored family near this place was completely wreck ed. One of the girl children was in stantly killed while lowering the win dow, and one of the male inmates was also badly shocked that he died dur ing the night. On the plantation of General Patrick Houston, two colored women in the house of ono of the ten ants were instantly killed. The Nicaragua Treaty. London, By Cable. Lord Paunee fbte. British ambassador to the United States, made the following statement to a representative of the Associated Press: "I am having a conference with the Marquis of Lansdowue not only about Nicaragua, but also with regard to half a dozen treaties pend ing between Great Britain and the United States. These are chiefly con cerned with West Indian reciprocity arrangements." Lord Paunceiote said ae hoped an agreement regarding the Xiearaguan Canal could be arrived at before Congress meets. The Dry Goods Jlarket New York, Special. A quiet market m all departments has been reported Heavy brown sheetings and drills are firm in price in all leading makes. Bleached cottons rule steady through out. Coarse colored goods are in gen erally light supply and firm. Print tdoths are dull and unchanged. Prjnts and ginghams are quiet. Men's wear woolens and worsteds are quiet and little shown for spring. Dress goods are dull and irregular. Demands Granted. Rochester, N. Y., Special. After nearly nine weeks of idleness the striking laborers engaged in munici pal contract work resumed Thursday. Nine bosses signed the agreement, only two contractors remaining out. The men are granted 20 cents an hour for an eight-hour day work and time and a half for over lime and double time on holidays- SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Southern Furnl ure Manufacturing. A recent paper on the furniture ma';. Bfacturing in the South, by Mr E. M. Armstrong, of High Point, N C. fur bishes the following interesting infor mation: "Permit me to give a few facts in r gard to the manufacture of furui'ure In II ga Point, N. C. as I am mo e familu,- with the factories of thit place, and as it is a representative Southern manufacturing town. Tho first factory there the High Point Fur niture Company, began work in 1 s Si. They first made cheap chamber sui:s. Now there are 33 factories, one f r every 150 people. Thc-masvil-p, ceven miles from High Point, fcM 12 which taanuacture every article of furniture which man needs from the time he lieh in his cradle until he sleeps at Irs, in his coffin within his windowlesa pal ace. It would be ted! ens to mention the name of the different f2e-orio3 and their manager.? and the various articles of furniture manufactured, which include everything that is need ed for use and ornament in a modern dwelling, business hous or office. Th"?e goods are shipped to every State of the Union and to some foreign been uniformly 3sful. R gular remarRai dividends ranging from iO to P r cent, per annum have been paid in nearly all cases. Stock sells at a to d premium without exception. Not ?b 000 worth Qjf stock is owned out of town and none outside of the Sta e. Many stockholders are young men a:d boys now at work at the bench s. All labor employed is white wi;h the ex ception of a few negroes who drive drays and handle lumber about the yards. An air cf thrift, cleanliness and prosperity pervades the :re town. There is nothing about th s work that is degrading mentally, mar ally or physically. It is no uncom mon thing for the sons of the richest mfn In 'he town to begin by turning a lathe- by the side of men who support their families on $1 a day or less. T..e furniture factory has made High Point what it is to-day, and already it :s widely known as a furniture manu facturing town. Limestone Hosiery Mill. The. Limestone Hosiery Mil's is the cerrect title of the new knitting plant announced last week as contracted for at Athens, Ala. This company has ef fected permanent organization with J. W. Frost, president: Robert L. Hen dricks, sect etary-treasurer, and P. W. Hendricks, manager. The building contracted for will be 30x60 feet in size, of brick, two storks h'gh, and will cost about $2300. The daily ca pacity of the plant will be 200 dozea pairs of children's and missed hose, em ploy: s will number fifty, and tho Investment of capital will be $15,000. Oil Mill For Jacksonville. Plans are on foot to have a cotton ell raiil running in this city by about October 15. The mill which is to be built by Tennessee capitalists, will be known as the Florida Cotton Oil Mill. It will be a Very large plant, wi'.h th' capacity of crushing 100 tons of seed a day. It will give employment io be tween 75 and 100 heads of families. Later on cottages for these mill hands will probably be built. The stock ii $ 1 00,060. J a cksnville Met ropolis. Industrial Miscellany. It ie stated that a paper mill for utilizing the liber from eottonse d hulls is about to be located at Hons ton, Texas. Parties from Mississippi have visited that city, and are looking over the ground, and are well pleased with the situation for such an entc -prise. A plant with capaci-f "ity tons' a day may be established at a cost of ?35.f00. On the Chattahoochee and tributary livers during the year ending June 30 steamboats carried 120,000 tons of freight, an increase of 30. 000 tons com pared with the preceding year. Textile Notes. The first bale of Texas cotton was sold in N'tw York at nine cents a pound. Col. J. T.. Powrr is endeavoring to organize a $100,000 cotton factory com pany at Jackson. Mis-. The Itasca (Texas) Cotton Manufac turing Co.. row building mi'l, has in creased capital from SiOJ.OCO to $150, 600. it is reported that the Vx'oo.'s 0"k Cotton Mills, Annlston. Ala., ha; pla ced orders for additional machinery. This plant was completed recently, b ing built for 5,00$ swindles. Messrs. Hudson & Awtrey cf La Grange, Ga., hare received contract to guild the forty-lour five-room cjttae.; annaunccd last week as to be erected by the Unity Cotton Mills. Messrs. J. A. Yates, Louis Minor and J. H. Fowls, mentioned last we.k" as organizing knitting mill in Bir mingham, Ala., have asked for cha fer for the Birmingham Hosiery Md's. The La Grange (Texas) CoUon anl Oil Manufacturing. Company has been incorporated, with capital Stock o: 550 000, for the manufacture of cotton, cottonseed oil, flax, flaxseed, soap and soap stock. The incorporators are Messrs. John Schumacher. H nry C. Schumacher, C. J. von Rosenberg. H Ambeag and F. J. Reynolds. The Spalding Cotton Mill cf Griffin, Ga.. has declared an annual dividend of 7 per cent. This company has just closed its first year of operations: it operates 9.000 ring spindles and 3C0 bread rooms. The Rossvills, (Ga.) Hosiery Mills intends making some decided improve ments. Adjacent lands have fce;n bought and additional buildings wflB be contracted for scon. It is believed that considerable new machinery will be installed, and that seme new pro ducts will be introduced. The Norwegian bark Hnna was wrecked off Newfoundland by the steamer Cambrian, all of her crew b ing saved. After being reprimanded by his father for betting on horse races, Eu gene Beuning. 16 years old, of St. Lou is, Mo., killed himself. Captain C. D. Sigsbee. chief intelli gence officer of the navy, Buffering from erysipelas, is not sd daugorous.y ill as at first thought. The feat of a French sabmarine Inat in attaching a torpedo to the hull cf a warship is 4iscounted by HeaAamiraj Melviiie. EPWORTH LEAGUERS Holding a Great Meeting on the Pa cific Coast, MANY G4THER AT SAN FRANCISCO - . Congratulatory .Messages ReaJ from The President, the Vice President ar.d Many Governors. San Francisco. Oak, Special. The Mth international convention of the i.'pworth League was evened Thai s :ay under the most auspicious condi tions. The weather was ideal ami Co attendance equalled the most sangub.e expectations of all. The scene at the ileeh.-.aics Pavilion. Where the prin dpal exercises oi the day were held was one not soon to be forgottei . Never in its history has the spacious interior of the pavilion presented a more impressive spectacle. Every un sightly inch (l w: was hi J i tasteful decorations. Great volumes of music from human throats and the accompaniment ot the Stanford organ inspired a feeling of reverential ad miration anil homage. The railroads had virtually fulfilled their prom;.-' -and landed the last oi the Eastern delegates here in time for the intro ductory services. The great army of invasion of 30,000 men anil women in the rank and file had been provided for in a manner most gratifying to all. The entire c ity Is taking an active in ierest in securing the success of the gathering. The first services in connection with the convention were held this morning la the First Congregational, the Cen tral Methodist and the Howard Street churches, in each of which communion was celebrated. Rishop Joyce, presi dent of the League, conduc ted the ser- ices in the First Congregational L'-'uch. At the Central Methodist (Lurch. Rev. John J. Tigert, of Nash v?lie, Tenu., presided, and Rev. A. C. Crowe, of Toronto, Canada, led the congregation at the Howard Street c-hurch. By noon the vast interior of the Mechanics' Pavilion, capable of Containing over 15,000 people, was filled v, 1th a mass of humanity. When the convention proper was called to order at 2:lh o'clock by Rev. Thomas Filben, of Pacific drove, not a vacant place was to be seen from the grand organ to the farthest gal lery of chairs. After a servh e of song, led by Robert Husband and par ticipated in by the chorus of the 2,000 voices, the general secretary. Rev. Jos. F. Berry, read a number of con gratulatory messages from prominent tnea throughout the Union. Presi dent Mckinley, in his message, eaid : "I have much pleasure in sending to the International Epworth League Convention, assembled at San Fran cisco, my hearty congratulations upon the Lood work the great body ol Chris tian men and women, which it repie Ecnts, has accompiisneu in tne past, any my earnest wish that even greater success will crown the future efforts of the League." Vice President Roosevelt Worded his taessage as follows: "My heartiest greetings, and may good luck attend the Epworth League in its efforts for social and civic right eousness." Other communications were from Governors Mctuillin, of Tennessee; Shaw, of Iowa; Durbin, of Indiana; Pates, of Illinois; Bliss, of Michigan; Dockery, of Missouri; Stanley, of Kansas, and Van Sant, of Minnesota. All were received with cheers, those irom thi President and Vice Presi dent- arousing the audience to great enthusiasm. The evening exorcises at the Me chanics 'Pavilion were presided over by Kollo Watt. The first, address was bv Rev. Chas. lajard Mitchell, who .-poke ou "The Y ung People's Move ment in the Nineteenth Century." "The Young People's Movement in the Twentieth Century" was dis cussed by Rev. G. V. Kirby, id' Mon treal, Canada. T. 13. Hutchison, of Napa, Cab. spoke on "Methodism in the Twentieth Century." At the Alhambra Theatre tonight. Rev. A. C. Crews, of Toronto, Canada, presided. The young people's movement was discussed by Rev. Alonzo Monk, cf Xnoxviile, Tenn., and Rev. M. S. Hushes, of Kansas City. Rev. E. E. Scott, of Vancouver, B. C. spoKe on -The Methodist in the Twentieth Century." . Rev. T. N. Ivey, ot Raa-igh, N. C, was chairman oi the Metropolitan Temple meeting. Addresses were de livered bv Rev. W. C. Millard, of Yonkcrs, N. Y.; Rev. John H. Cleman, o" Glen Falls. N. Y., and Prof. Collins Uennv. of Nashville. Tenn. There will be morning, afternoon and evening gatherings to-morrow at each of the four meeting places of the League. State flust Pay Liquor Tax. Philadelphia, Special A Washing ton special to The Record says: The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is expected to decide that the State of South Carolina is wrong in its conten tion against the right of the Federal government to tax South Carolina State liquor dispensary. Commissioner Yorkers will hold, it is understood, after several conferences with Attor ney General Knox, that South Carolina has no power under the constitution to exempt dispensaries from the opera tion of the Federal internal revenue law. Disease Killing Georgia Cotton. Valdosta. Ga., Special W. A. Or ion, an assistant patrol of the Depart ment of Agriculture, at Washington, who has been here for a week investi gating a disease which has been kill ing cotton, says the disease is caused bv fungus invthe soil which clogs the vessels in the stalk and causes the plant to wilt. He says when the fungus once gets into the soil it will live as long as cotton is planted upon mat il. A Bottle Trust. W'heeling. W. Va.. Special. The lat est combination to be formed is of fl nt glass bottle-makers. There are about 50 makers of glass bottles in the Unit ed States, and every one was brought into the combination held at a Meeting in Chicago. July 11. The capitalization : SCO 000 000. The officeis eleeted are: F G Park, of this city; G. W. Yost, of Bellaire- F. W Breen. of Indiana, treasurer; J. G. M. Porter, of Chicago, secretary. The fact of the combination has been kept a profound secret. The immediate effect of the combination was an advance of prices. CROP BULLETIN, Conditions Hae Been Favorable In Most Section The weather during the past week was favorable for crops throughout a le.rge portion of the western dis triet. and along the northern border ol the State until Saturday. The most important feature was the develop ment of two storms on the North Carolina coast. The first was con fined to the immediate coast an I caused heavy rains in the east en the 8th, and some damage to crops by high northeast wind. A local very heavy an 1 damaging rain also occur red on that date ovtr several WSStetS counties. chiefly Pavi Lincoln Mecklenburg Catawba and IredclL The second storm started car Vii mington fTriday 12th, and the 1 kin area gradual 1 spread over the entire State, bringing on the average about tfirt tnchp f nre location, an i - fretJti in 5e H'-TS. Tim , teajj tature during ee trt about normal, and no extr-mcly high maxim were reported. The amount of sunshine was deficient. In many west rn and northern conn tb 5 crops ma le favorable progress, but in the east and south too much rain interfered again with farm work. 1 nd has Btarted grass in most all crops Bottom Ian .. arc iu very bad con dition, and hi rdl an-, results are ex pec ted f m them. The weather has seen a little coed for cotton, and the rainy damp condition since the 12th is causing it to develop too much weed. Corn on uplands Is doing well, end in all sections where it was suf f. ring fnun drought the crop was im proved by rain. Chinch bugs are do ing some damage in a few counties. Tobacco Is growing fast, and there Is some fear of its taking on a seoon 1 growth. Cutting and curing are pro tied ing slowly in the east: and top lung is general in the central portion. Peanuts and sweet potatoes are good. Threshihg wheat continues; a litd wheat left in shock was damaged by excessive moisture. Field peas are growing nicely. Some hay was sav. d timing the week, and meadows are In fine condition, but the work now awaits drier weather. Grapes appear to be rotting badly, and the rainfall has been too much for melons; melons are ripening and some are coming into market. The general outlook for crops continue unpromising. Six Drowned in the Surf. Savannah, Ga.. Special. -The Hebrew Ramahl Haaad held its annual picnic at Daufski Beach Sunday. Between '! and i o'clock in the afternoon a number of the picnickers went Into the oc an f r a surf bath. A strong southeast wind was blowing and the tide wis at fiocd. Fifty yards off shore is a shoal. B e tween the shoal a- 1 shore is a si &a, The party was bathing OS the shoal. Finding the tide getting rather high, the bathers concluded to go nea-ei shore. Almost at oftea they fovn themselves in the sluice, over the 1 beads with mountainous waves pound ing an l a sweeping current runn'ng. Rr i .'. started somas, and b'x we e Drowned, r'he dotfd Mi .! 22. - b- FJ; '.: itein, aged 'SS; Ann!'1 Kronstadt, a ei 10; Ida Kronstadt, aged 16; Leah 31 rerstein, aged 17; Ann e H ;rnw t: aged 13, and Isaac Zacht, aged 22. The todies of the unfortunates w 're swerl ant to sa. Mis. Dicksteia's corpse was found lioatin? In the surf an hour af:er the tragedy, but fie others are m S3 ing. Lieut. Ramsay Dead. Manila, By Cable. Lieutenant Charles R. Ramsay, of the Twenty first Infantry, who was wounded In tin engagement near Llpa, province of lb tangas early last month, is dead. T e death is also announced of Sdomor Massey, formerly a lieutenant of ar.ii lery. who was recently appointed p or chasing agent of the insular govern ment. Negroes Hans a Negro. Montgomery, Ala.. Special. A mob of negroes at Courtland. Monday, hanged Alex Herman, a nKro. who was charged with killing Saflle Swoope. When the officers took Her man to the train on the way to Tu cumbia to be placed in jail for safe keeping, the negroes h Id the train took the prisoner off and banged him. afterwards riddling his body with ind icts. Herman made a confession. TELEGRAPHIC TERSI TILS. A Sheffield dispatch says: "The shareholders of Wm. Jessop & Sons, limited, steel manufac turers at a meeting, approved a scheme for the establishment of steel works at Wash ington, Pa., and the formation Of a subsidiar y company under the laws of Pennsylvania." Chekib Bey, the n-w Turkish Min ister, has arrived in Washington. The Charleston, S. C, Mining and Manufacturing Company, of Charles ton, a large fertilizer concern, has filed notice- with the Secretary of the State of ap , increase in its capital stock from $V006,060 to $3,000,000. it is said the fencilizer trust has a hare! in this move. There is said to be a deficit of $225. 267 in the funds of the endowment Tank, Knights of Pythias. The International Christian En deavor Convention at Cincinnati end ed. A violent storm-is raging in Haiti and Santo Domingo. Young Fook, a Chinaman, supposed to have been crazy, was lynched in California, alter running amuck with a knife. It Is reported that Lord Rosebery will marry the Duchess of Albany. Lord Roberts has decided to dis pense with sword, lance and bayonet exercises for British Army recruits. A mass meeting in Guild Hall, Ixrn don. indorsed the government's war policy. Commandant Marais. a "Cap rebel,'' was hanged at Middleburg. Transvaal. The British cruisers Minerva an! Hvacinth. which are testing types of naval boilers, arrived at Gibraltar. Through trains rrom Moscow to Stretensk, Siberia, are now running. French miners voted in iavor of a general strike. rab stokers on a plague ship at Marseilles refused to -submit to in oculation with virus. The Federal party in the Philippines has indorsed demonstrations against the friars. Governor Allen, of Porto Rico, will confer with President McKinlcy before deciding alout resigning. Representative De Armond may trv to secure the minority nomination as" Speaker of the House. ENGINEERS GO OUT. Serious Trouble in the Pennsylvania Mining Regions. STRIKE CF STATIONARY FIRFMEN. Thirty Thousand People Are Thrown Out ot Employment -Eight hour Day Dcmsnded. 'i!k- -barre. Pa.. Special.- Th Strike order of President Mullahy. of tm Stationary Firemen's AssociatioU of Pennsylvania, directing the men to strike for an t ight hour day. was obeyed by the men. Nine hundred members of th organization in this section of tin- state refnaod to go to work. Most of the strikers ar. em ptoysd r-s firemen at the coal milt 61 Sj d their failure to report lor duty cp. ised nearly ail the collieries in the no tl 1 1 anthracite region to ins pen 1 operations', throwing, out of world it is estimated, 30,000 men and boys. Borne of the individual coal operators conceded the demands of their em ploys on condition thai the short hour ddy was not to hold if the men employed by the Uk covpantes did not ta t the same concemtofis. The l b; coal companies, however, refuaad to make any concessions. The oflb ials claimed that the demands of the tire nun were unresa nable; that they had received a 10 per cc-ut. Increase when the wages of the minors were raised, and that their demands made upon the companies was equal to a 20 per cent, advance. The strikers held a meeting iii this 1 ity shortly before noon. Reports w re received from all the distrU t and th-y showed that the strike from PIttston o Shlckshlnnjr In this iLuzerm 1 county w-re general, and that the coal companies were unable to secure new men to tak" the places of the strikers, although it was claim ed they had made desperate efforts to do so. The best the could do. it was raid, waa to press the firemen anil fire bosses into the service. This was done at a meat many of the mines. Somebody bad to do It. because there was danger of groat damage being done by wat r and the accumulation of gas." Most of the large companies were successful In Retting a sufficient number of men to keep the pumps running. Other small companies were not so fortunate. They v. e left en tircly hc-lpless when the fir- men quiet For Cumbe; land kier. Washington, D. C. Special. The United States army engineers aro transmitting th ir annual reports to th War Department. Lieutenant Colonel M. B. Adams, who is in (barge of tne river and harbor work In the Nashville, Tenn.. district, In his i t to 'he- St-cretjuy of War recommends an appropriation t 1, 714,500 for the Cumberland river below Nashville. He estimate thai this am nt (which Is suffic enl to com plete the existing project) can be prof itably expended dining the ft seal year ending June ::. 1903. For the Cum berland river above Nashville be re commend an appropriation of f 1,20J 710. A French Mtnisler Shot At. Paris. By Cable. P. Baud n, Minis ter of Public Wor..s. was shot at while driving to a cabinet meeting al the Elysee Palace by-a woman, who waft accompanied by a ten-year-o:o child. M. Bandin wis not hit and pro eeded to the Elysee Palace. Th- woman was arrested and gave her name as Olzcws ky, and said sh lived at Nanterre. Mme. Olzewsky appears, according to Later accounts, to have fired her p stol in the air when M. Baudln l carr ag was passing. She said she thought M. Delcasse, Min ster of Foreign Affairs was in the c.airiai'e and fired It to call attention to a grievance. Hr grievan-t was based upon the fact that IJ9 her husband, Count Olzwsky, was Inv g -1 from Nice across the frontier to the It'-Uan territory, where be was arr ited in false denuc at'on. as a spy. North Carolinian Murdered. Cleveland, M:ss., Special. Lonclus Reed, manager of the W. L. Pea mm plantation, was shot and killed Tues day by Charles Phillips, a negro em ployed on the farm. Reed met Philllpi eating at a lunch stand durinj the morning and told him he should be at work. Words passed between them anl Phillips shot Reed twice, one ball pa -lng through the heart. Phillips escaped and it is believed he is in hiding in the can brakes mar here. The citizens are highly wrought up over the murder and if the negro is captured, it is believed he will be lynched. Posaei with b .0 1 hoands are searching for the- fugitive Reed came here from North Carol. ni and stood well in the eoaaaaunity. Seven Killed By a Mob. St. Louis, Special. A special to the Globe-Democrat from Cordova, Mex co. aays: A train on the V-ra Cms & Pacific Railroad was attacked re ent by a larg force of armel men at Tierrablanca, a small station. Bevea men on the train were killed. As on as the news of the attack reached Cordova a force of rural waB s at to the scene and is now in pursuit r the mob The cause of the attack is DOt known here. It is said to have b ea made by men who were fjrmerly eg ployed in the construction of. the r ad. 7,000.000 Pounds Meat Burned. Wichita. Kan.. Sp cial.-Fire Tu rlav destroved thf parking plant cf J-i-cob DoU & Sons, in this city. Foar large buildings ".ere burned. I B thc with about 7.000.0'.'0 poundi of inea'. in process of preparation. Four mi-3 were severely hurt by falling walls. Th loss is placed at 11.001.000. em ploye numbering 350 are throwu out , I work .but it is said the plant will te rebuilt at once. Spontaneous BOBS baa Hon is supposed to have started th fire, which originated in the lird house. Moulders Qain Victory. Chicago, Special. Important vic tories were gained by members of the Iron Moulders' Union, eight firms signing the agreement. One of the eight concerns was the American Tin Can Company, known as the "tin can trust." Of tb 12.000 moulders who struck Monday over 300 have already retimed to work at the advance de mand rs: when tie striks was ordered. . NEWSY CLE ANINCS. 1 'Anif-rlonn gold miners tn Korea r,r proHjH-rutis. There I a goed market for American SlkBOS In Kouih Africa. The elm beetle i devaMntiug many sections of Cinuet lent. a twelve-theatre eaodevHIe cosdpLh has been formed iu the We-t a Marconi wireless telegraphy plant may W establtsbt d at Cape Race, N P. Tool wells are being sunk near Hart s-'lle, Ala., in a s. art b for aspliattui.i. The batter output of Minnesota this year will ex eed thai of any previous yea r. It Is ttated U it nu American milk company will esfsMlsa branch iu Loudon. A eombin.it ion of soft eonl Interests was said to he just 00 the point of completion. Various. SSSOClations in New 1 City have planted -S1 trees ea the streets in six months, Andrew Carnegie lias offered Johns, n. f . f i,oou for a Uhrarj an d. r Hi usv. il coo Utns. A history oi las Patent OnVe In Washington, D C, is to ha compiled by Chh'' Clerk Sbepanl. Nssrraganoett Bay. Norfolk, vn . and Charleston. S C . have Ih-ou web. i ns torpedo flotilla stations. The movement of moles from iiu Bonth and Mid. lb- West to Booth Afri ca for the British Government con tinues. The Society for the Prevention of Crime In Ithaca. N. Y . bus discon tinued us labors because there is noth ing to do. King Edward bus established new decoration, the Conaplcooos Bervlee Silver Cross, for warrant ofllcers and subordinste officers In the navy. The expc ition io Patagonia la search of the giant aloth has returned to Knaiand without having discovered it. although home remains of it were found. w PROMINENT PEOPLE". Andrew Carnegie has ottered Lead rllle, Col . $100,000 for a library. The salary of the young King of Spain is 1750,000 I year. Senor Morel lias been elected Pre I dent of the Spanish Chamber ol Depu tics. The Khedive of Egypt, Abbas Itllnl, has ju-t "aid a visit to the Sultan of 'I'm key. Miss Helen Gould bus given Jsink) to Mount rtolyok.. Seminary. In Massa chusetts. King Edward VII. is going Io rlsll William Waldorf Aetor at Cliveden, say the English papers f. . Conger, United States Minis I- r to china, has sailed fross Ban Francisco, Cat, for Pekin. Jules Verne, who has passed bis sev enty third birthday, Is said to be en caged upon bis ninety ninth novel Governor LaFollette, f Wisconsin, is quite ill. end has cancelled nil ins engagements en the advice of Inn physic tans General Palmer, ('otununulcr in chief In India, is physical giant, with Iron n. hi Ir -nd taufttuche, eloquent eyes and 0 cherry smile The Emperor of Japan has an allow ance of about .()' kmmn 1 a year In k ,. up the Imperial establishment, lie I n 1 also the Income from a large prlvnlo fort one. General Leonard Wood una 1. u made a meniler of Ibe Academy of Science of Havana, most exclusive society limited to forty members, all elected for life. There me thirty greenhouses on Mr. Chamberlain's estate, Highbury. Tbu Secretary's own bobby is exerclard Is the line of orchids, but Mrs. C ha mis 1 lain is a lover of many flowers. Sir Martin Conway, well known ns a mounts toeer, who bus Just been elected Blade professor o fine arta at Cambridge, made ale firsl mountain ascent when be was seven years old. LABOR WORLO. A strike of 1000 men hSfl held Bp building operations at Fort Worth, Texas. The Window ;hiss Trust is worried by the organization of many co-operative plants. Over 100 workmen have been laid ;f ,it the Charlestown Navy Yard owing IO bu b of funds The strike situation in the mining district at Rossis nd, B. C, affecting 1200 men. Is unchanged. The Longshoremen's National Union, In session nt Toledo, Ohio, has 11 elected President D. J Kcefe. There have been lo explosions In coal mines during the past fifty years, Involving a loss of 'i"" Uvea. The New York Court of Appeal has deckled thai the eight-hour pro vision ! the labor aw i coostltu t loueL Sawmill employ ea nt Topper Lake, N Y went on strike for a redaction of boon from eleven to nine hours n day. ' The railroad strike for Increat 1 wages, which completely tied up ihc roads Of Western Australia, hai been let tied. Japanese workmen bathe the whole body one- a day. and some of them twice. Public backs are provided M every street. After six weeks' idleness, becnga of a strike, the Colorado Buielter, Si Unite. Mont., bus resumed, b- mag getting an etbt hour day With tea boors' pay. Tho Retail cb rks' International Pro teetrre Aaaorlstlnn in session nt Buf falo, N. Y . voted to send v to Ihe International Association of Maeb.n iKTM to nbl its strike. Machinist employed In Ihe Ti-A shipyards st Richmond, Va., hare ended their strike nnd nil those Tat whose there wen- places returned t work on the old b . jis. A tu .tf.O Rtncitr. Rev. Dr. Hillib, pastor of Plymouth church, Brooklyn. Is evidently not a fiiircess In maintaining the conejrega tin that Henry Ward Peechor so long ministered to. If he were he would not be going 'around the coun try lecturing on the decadence of re ligion as reflected in the absenteeism from church Services. One of the rea sons he gives for non-attendance at church on the part of the people li "that tired feeling." The American young man, after a hard week's work, is too weary to arise on Sunday morn ing and sleep? until noon. That keeps him from church To overcome this Mr. Hlllls would have a half holiday on Saturday so that the young man could go to bed early In the evening and get sufficient rest to be up Sunday In time for religious services.
Fisherman & Farmer (Edenton, N.C.)
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