North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. 11. PRAYING FOR RAIN Ike tapk rf liu«ri Sad Op Pfc I* MTfEST SITOAY M BCKt «iiii| Olkani ia 11* Placaaat Winh» H hajei Fas A Saaday Special fraa S* Lsak Y- tWa. tfcc day that OOVBM tartar* iiolgaatat Bar fis:tag aai Wsrer to Ood that tbe preaeat «ro«ht ■afchft be hrotaa la Miaaoart. aU ra> *«■* teafcee. tba weather barm thar ■Wtoatar aa tbe castas hoaae lagjaf tog 1W degrees. Oa the atraeta aad la toaay degrees higher. The ncard bro ke* was that of 1M made ia the aarty "tW" Aa Wf»ai TIE the day At that ttoe the thiaminHi legiater- H M fcpus. aad froaa tbea oa aatil ** g the mertaiy steadily cUab apward aader the la pa lee of t lene Ma ahtoiag fram a cloadlesa sky. Hardly a breath of air stir Ted all ky Tho Governors procUmatioa was aery gt anally heeded, pearly every charrh to the dtp holding well atteadad aer gliM ap to prayer that the *ooght which baa prevailed aeveral —stba. aad tbreateas the dastiai tlua of an vegetalioa. might he brokea. TWa la the aecoai proclamatiaa «f the character ever aaade la Mtosoart la US. a time of droaght aad graaa happer peat. Govsraor Cbarlea H Har dia railed apoa tbe people at the State JJJWfhr relief- Thm call WM a!ae *■" * -** ii fftririltisafciai Washiagtoa. D. C. SpeciaL—The V-ratWr Bsnn Hstitaj Bight IIIH IV foliMiag spec al h ;ll tla "P.-K --tasßjf the esti.v coaafry was rovml I* the hot w?vi c the Imasedl- H* PacMc raut. and la the States of lowa. Mlseni I aad Illinois. |sai|j all psnhism high records were exceeded. The ■*-»!■■■ temperatare liae ot 1* dagu !■ eacirclea the great can he*. At l)ebaqae. lowa, aad at Ktatwrs »f 1W dtgroaa were twa M*reb above toe highest prulaaa re CTrt. while at St. Loate. the Bail Mn ef 1M has beea eqaaled bat •sn heft-re oa /agaat 11. int. At CUrage tW asilasa ot 1«2 fiigiiM i naals the H«riw high mw ot Jaly It of the praeeat year, la the tha darattoa ef the preaeat healed tern hi without precedent. there hav las beea practically ao iaterraptioa to .«■ tap* rat ares eft» or over stare Jo* IS. a period of *4 days. Oa II days of this period the ■avlasw tea gwvatm at Kansas City was IN ar There are aa yet ao indicatloaa of aay relief (raa the ahaormal heat. Ka raia has fallen la the cora belt for the past three days aad aoae la la Mght. It Is ef coarse probable that scattered local thaaderatonsa which are always accompaniments of pro tracud periods of heat, saay fall at tlan. hat mm hope caa be eatertala ad at this tiat of aay general ralas ar fwwaMst iHhf. S«aadj -H. C FRANKBNFIEI-O. "Forecast OBrLal ' TV aaachlaists strike k of ll Srraatoa. Pa. At a ayerial aaeetla* Balarday afterwooa the artloa of tlx ■stlaa to retara to work oa Mas day ■aaalag passed uaiiaoasly Oatrtiir McMillan of Teaaeaae* positively asserts that he will art fea • caadidaie for a third tens aa govern or. It Is aadersto~d that the govern* will he a raadidate to sscceed I'aiteJ States Seaator W B. Bate la INL The aatlaaa teaaperatarr for Sat wrday at LJarola. Neb., was 1W aaj far Are hoars It waa IM. A hick hot wiad troa tke soath Maw steadily. Might lag rara probeWy son tkaa aav day stars the drouth began. k'aiaa of tke scsewtlr* hmrd m tke raltod Gameat Workers Met la Hew Task Satarday nlgkt aad ordered a- nanal atrike. Tho strike will Is rwtve Bora tkaa MM* nea aad •» aaea aad aaes lata eCsrt to- asot row. Twatydfkt Iwlii coal .-ar« vers plaagi I lata a ravlae oa the Brrs» oa "'Mia of tke Ontario & We ten Railroad Saaday by the breaking of a car wheel aear Haarorh Jaactioa. X T. - MM m tm IMr Wrt'iwly. Washington D. C.. Special—Mr. Onpnl Ikr Italian charge r ml (dm, called upon Acting Secretary of Slate Hill 9ndv to prepare a mat* as ta tke progfeas Mac Into tke killiag at tke Italiaas at Bnru. Ml— . rectaUj. Tke chaise de afaiirl kaa mat yet beta a hie to secare «vi liaia ta establish tke ut'«ulßr of tka am, adtkowgh tke itallaa aarbori ties «VnT* report Ml otksewiae. aai ■ttaa this ttall he forthcoming mad It than ha I»«1 that they were aot Mtoalind ta tke Vsited StXlcUkrr> ■U ha mm farther prpcaiTfrg! U the rasa. aa far aa the State is Cotaabas. Oa. Specs! —4 itrott ran. «ial nl kail stars pauad aver kaaajt' iiaad wan aa the pH Owr|m H -me tot was tbn ton. f|lati 'slnM state'were aabel Uo la Aa ari m Mala hoy were were la tka w ui£? mm ; THE ENTERPRISE Mill STAR CUTS. TM Mac* UUK4 Crop* to H« MUTtt ti tiro| eorrtopondenta fjr tW wetk |M pw( ll* pHTtlly l*t HfUanUt. ud indicate con ■Hi irtli tapary to crops by exceaalve wMm. Ml oaijr iU|kt lapronnMt bt Ikfgni tocaliilc*. Tfce chief ob- JtilliiMlili (dim van the large MMt of nia. occarrtag about the IStt Mi IMb. thoagh at many potato ■lwui M oa ererj daj of the week. PIIIH hardly had aa opportunity to caMrale eropa. which have agate b» iiai very foal; aad i*Waa the wash -4 Mito IMKI raiaa bottom hpta hm beaa faoiu afcalg, ttecoa the prml abaadoameot of bahaf etOM thro, rhout aaaay coon tha. Tba temperature averaged a ear the am aal or slightly below, aad then were aa i itiaaiaa; the aaooat CMpa hare hara vary generally in- Jarad by the abaadaat raiafall which tatkrl} pna»H4 plowing. aad obUg aa aaaay laaaa to lay by trap* mhile vary graaaj. Oa uplands aad cm atUT. Impel ihai day soils some what setter coadltioaa prevail, and a hare nl)|vatad aach erapa look wall aad prwiaiae fair yields. The advan tage* of no! tanas which are mora •astir Wept clear appear under such adverse oallilM as bava prevailed di-rtag tje preaeat season. In a few aortheastera \ eoaatiea tHertlort, Gates) aad gaasially la the valleya west ef the Blae Ridge mountains the i nadltlnas have beea favorable, though raia la atadud la Swain. Cherokee and adjotaiag eoaatiea The geaeral condition of cotton Is aat prnsalslag aaywhere la the State aad the ahaadoameat of grassy fields roatlaoes. however, where properly calflvated cotton is doing fairly well, thnagh geaeralty making too much weed, aad not fruiting rapidly; cotton la shedding forms badly la many lo ralltiee; la anate counties oa the east era ships of the Blae Ridge the crop *eeaas to be hhmailag and tormlng frwit anre treaty: hat for the State at large the coaaeaana of opinion ia that the crop la very Inferior. Mwch cora oa bottom lands waa de stroyed by freshets; oa uplands the crop looks fairly well, though some la taralng yellow; the weather has beea too wet t4 falsh laying by In good order. Crfttlag aad curing to hare a la progdsaslag slowly, with soaae gnd cam reported: it is large eaowgh >» cif in ceatral countira which will he done aa 8008 as the raias cease: >oae tobacco ia pAM aad has started aecoad growth. Wheat aad sprtag oats la shock have been lalared by raias. and much of the crop which was housed while damp baa aaoaUrd considerably Sweet po tatoes peaaata. field peaa and rite are still doing well. oough the growth ot giasi aad weeds la threatening. MeMBBs aad otcaasbera are rating. Soase water aselaas are ripe. Fralt la also decaylag. aa pec tally grapes. Hay laablac has beea Interrupted, and May meadows need cutting. Trans ptaattag strawherrlea ia underway. far Itesl Notes. ' Mr. Geo. F. Moorefleld. who Is em phaeat store, waa badly hart at the depot laat Wednesday about Boon. Mr. Moore-geld aad several other parljcs were eagagad la ualoading a large threahlag saacbißc from a flat car. In rolliag It over the car the machine bo aase aamaaageable aad ran partly oitr Mr. Mui-iefleld. inflicting paln- M. lu but fatal Injarlfs The llmkff *u a k«trr ow. weighing two or tkm thousand pound* One of Ike wkfHi partly passed over Mr. HoarHkMi ahoaMrr and aide of tha bod jr. tearing the fleah and badly braising him. The machine narrowly ■i— i 1 his neck. —liavldson Ills patrk. L'ader the law the State will aid as ■any as six free libraries In a coun ty at raral public schools. The State Supertn trades! of Pablic Instruction tm lafanw* that so far. tka fallawlbg rocs ties hare provided for the six libraries: Bertie. Wake. Anson, Q-iil ford. I'aioa. Nash. Beaufort. Durham. Iredell and Rutherford. Durhsni his provided for I*, but under the law the State cannot aid more than 6. Wilscn and Warren bare each provided fir 4, M-waa J. Gaatoa. Onslow aad Orecne 2 eark. Bua-ombe Watauga. Bran* srlek. iMplia. Uacoln. Columbus, flisagr PVaaklla. Mecklenburg. Cald well. Blades aad Henderson 1 each AO tkia of course I* a mere beginning. Tke total which the State la called oa to aid la H Trtsgrapkic Btlefs. - Tke 'Umgshoremen's Nation *" I'aioa. la staloa at Toledo. 0-. has rt v elected P»*adeat O J. Keefer Fifteea mlUioaa were added Satur day to the capital of the Colorado Fuc aad Iroa Company, of Dearer. Col. A round whit* pearl, weighing 101 gralaa. -was takes from a Misstn pp* Birer clam aear Prairie du Chlen. W a Wkea naked for a match by James Bsrkley. L*ri Brandaw. colored. sh3l htm fatally at Hudsoa. N. T. Saturday's temperature was the hot test ever wtrted la July la Mllwau hae. Tke govern meat thermometer at Milwaakee skua ad 102. Tka torpedo boat Stringham left misriatfsa. DtL. for Newport, R 1., for a trial trip under Government dl rectio«L A patrdoa has beea granted former State Treasurer Joaeph Hartley, of Nebtaafca, after aerviag C months o.' his » year tens of easheastesaent Tka lateraatiomal Epworth League Itoifstlia waa opened la Baa Fran ctoM. with akowt 25,900 delegates In at After atx weeks' idleness because o' a strike. the Colorado Smelter, at Battt. Moat, starts up. tke men get tiag aa eight kai day with It hours' pay. Tka steel strike la expected soon to ctoee tke last remaining mail of the ■ ■■Hraa Steel Hoop Company. Ik* United Miae Worker* decided aat tm aappart tke atrtdag stationary laglwets la Owasylvaala Horn. William I. Bryan, in an article la tke finaasali. says that If a can didate Cor Fraallaat la ckoaea from the True to Oureelzm, Our Neighbors, Our Country an* Our God. WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 26.1901. EPWORTB LEAGUERS loUiif a Great Meetii; oo tbe P» cifk Coast, MANY GATIEK AT SAN FIANCISCO Congratulatory Messages Read From The President, tbe Vice Presided and Msay Oovernors. to Frhßdwo, Cat., Special.—The tftH (nteroat'onal convention of UK Kl worth I.PAguo was tilted Thais day under the moat auspicious condi tion. The waather waa ideal and tho attendance equalled the most sanguine expectation of all. Tks loeno at tho Mechanic*' Pavilion, where the prin cipal exercises ot the day were held, W M on* not toon to be forgotten. Never la Its history has the spacious Interior of the pavilion presented a more Impressive spectacle. Every un sightly. Inch of wall was hidden by tasteful decorations. Oreat volume* of music from human throats and the accompaniment of the Stanford organ Inspired a feeling of reverential ad miration and homage. The railroads had virtually fulfilled their promises and landed tho last of the Eastern delegates here in time for the intro ductory services. The grest army o1 Invasion of 30,000 men and women in the rank and file had been provided for la a manner most gratifying to all. The entire city Is taking an active In terest in securing the success of tho gathering. The first services in connection with the convention were held this morning In the First Congregational.the Cen tral Methodist and the Howard Street churches, in each ot which communion waa celebrated. Bishop Joyce, pca*V dent of the League, conducted tho ser \ lev's in the First Congregational t'.'irch. At the Ceatral Methodist • Lurch, Rev. John J. Tigert, of Nash Vile, Tenti., presided, and Rov. A. C. Crowe, of Toronto, Canada, led tho congregation at the Howard Street church. By n«oa the vast Interior of the Mechanics' Pavilion, capable of containing over 15,000 people, waa filled viitb a mass of humanity. When the convention proper was railed to order at 2: SO o'clock by Rev. Thomas Filben, of Pacific Grove, not a vacant place jraa to be seen from the grand organ to the farthest gal lery of chairs. After a service of song, led by Robert Husband and par ticipated In by the chorus of tho 2,000 voices, tho general secretary. Rev. Joa. F. Berry, read a number of con gratulatory messages from prominent men throughout the Union. Pifesl McKinley, In bis message, said: "I have much pleasure In sending to the International Epworth I.eague Convention, assembled at San Fran cisco, my hearty congratulations upon the t,oud work the great body of Chris tian men and women, which It repie fc.uia, has accomplished In tho past, any my earnoat wish that even greater fuccesa will crown the future efforts of the League." Vlco Prealtfcnt Roosevelt worded hit ueaaage aa followa: "My heartiest greetings, and may gftod luck attend the Epworth league In Its efforts for social and civic right eousness." Other communications were from Oovcrnori Mci..illln, of Tennessee; Sbaw, of Iowa; Durbln, of Indiana; Paten, of Illinois; llllan. of Michigan; Dockery, of Missouri; Stanley, of Kansas, and Vap Sant. of Minnesota. All were received with beers, those from th« President and Vice Presi dent a.-oimlni; the audience to great enthusiasm. Tho «vealD| exercises at the Me chanic.! 'Pavilion, vere presided over t.y hollo Watt. .Tiio flrst address was by Rev. CtUUL Pujuid Mitchell, who ppoke on ''The Y'liiir Peoplo's Movo raent in the Nineteenth Century." "The YounK People's Movement In the Twentieth Century" was dis cussed by Rev. G. W. Kirby, of Mon treal, Canada. T. B, Hutchison, of Napa, Cat., spoke on "Methodism In the Twentieth Century." At the Alhamhra Theatre tonight, Rev. A. C. Crews, of Toronto, Canada, presided. The young people'* movement was Cixcussod l >v Rev. Alonzo Monk, of Xnoxville. Tenn., and Rev. M. 8. UuKhoa, of Kansas City. Rev. E. K. Scott, of Vancouver. B. C„ spoke on "The Methodist In tha Twentieth Century." Rev. T. N. Ivey, of Raleigh, N. C., waa chairman ut the Metropolitan Temple meeting. Addresses were de livered by Rev. W. C. Millard, of Yonkera, N. Y.; Rev. John H. Cleman, of Olen Falls, N. Y., and Prof. Collins Denny, of Nashville, Tenn. There will be aaornlng, afternoon and evening gatherings to-morrow at each, of the four meeting places of tha league. stata nu«t Pay Liquor Tax. Philadelphia, Special.—A Washlng ton special to The Record says: The Commissioner of Internal JUvenue is expected to decide that the State of South Carolina is wrong in Its conten tion against the tight of the Federal government to tax South Carolina State liquor diapensary. Commissioner Yerkers will hold, it la understood, after several conferences with Attor aey General Knox, that South Carolina baa no power under the constitution to exempt dispensaries from the opera tion of the Federal internal revenue taw. Disease Killing Georgia Cotton. Valdosta, Oa., Special.—W. A. Or ion, an assistant patrol of the Depart ment of Agriculture, at Washington, *ho has been here for a week inreatl gating a disease which if as been kill ing cotton, says ths dlaeaae Is caused by fungus In tke soil which clogs the /esaels In the stalk and causes the Sunt ta wilt.- He says when tbe fungus >nce gets into the soil it will lire as long aa cotton la planted upon that soil. * LYNCHING IN W. VA. Chief ef Polce-Mirdcr* d ly Despcr- T ate Negri. NEGRO LVNCHED IN CITY PARK. rtob at too People Took Him From tha Haada of the Sborlff- Was a Dangerous Character. Klkins, W. Va., Special.— Monday Hlght the dead body of Wm. Brook* colored, swung from the limb ot a tree in the city park her*, and Chief ol Police Lilly lay dying In a Cumber land, Md.. hoapltal, from the aßecta of a bullet worn. J Inflicted by the col ored man. In the afternoon word waa aught to the police »UUaa that Wm. Brooks, a well-kaowu ooloreti man, waa creating trouble In the lower end of town, and asaing for the aid of an officer to lubdue him. Chief of Police Lilly Mid he would go hlmaelf and bring the man 10. When Brooka aaw the officer coming, he atarted to run for tho house end by the time Lilly came up to the houar. which had a good siiod crowd surrounding it, apd ordered the man to come out. Brooks came to the window of a front room, armed with a gun. Officer Lilly or dered him to surrender and come peaceably to the lockup. Brooks aald he would not go peaceably, or any other wayr Lilly irn Into the house for the black man. The crowd out side made no uifoiv to help, and the officer fared the dc»i«rate negro alone. Sounds of a fierce struggle could ba heard and the crowd that had gath ered ran to the bouse to help. When tho room waa gained both men were found on the floor In mortal combat. The negro wak shouting that he would never bo taken alive and the officer, silent and grim, held him with a death grip. >• Suddenly the negro worked his light arm free from the grasp of the officer snd catching up a revolver that had fallen to the tloor In the struggle, flied point blank at the officer. Mlly tpll to the floor shot through the bowels. When the officer released the negro he broke from the room and ran. lollowed by a big crowd. For sev eral squares he kept ahea>. of the crowd. Finally after a chase of half a mile, Brooks was overtaken and cap tured. He fought desperately, but could not get away. Other officers came to the rescue and with nmali ceremony Hrooks was handed over to the sheriff to be taken to the county jail. JUBI »« chcrllT reached the prls on doors and orncien tk. r >u nn rr to walk into the Jail, a mob of men, at least 400 strong. Hurrounded the of fleer and demanded the prisoner. The sheriff and guards refused and made desperate resistance, but to no avail. Brooks was Belied, rushed through the atreeta, half walking and half fall ing towards the city park. When the park was reached the men who were leading Brooks told him to walk up under a lilg shade tree In the centre of the park and pwpare to die. The negro could not speak and seemed almost Insensible to what was going on. " The rope was drawn up and In a few minutes the body of Wra. Brooks swung from the tree lifeless. Then the mob dispersed. Officer Lilly's wounds are fatal. He Is unable to talk and can give but small explana tlon of the trouble that led to the shooting. The body of Brooks, up to a late hour In the evpning, still .hung In the park. Hay or Shot By a Touftl. Hants Paul, Cal., Special.—Mayor Hugh O'Hara", of this place, was shot and probably fatally pounded Bunds) by Charles Waxsmlth, an employe ol the Union Oil Well Supply Company Since the shooting the (own has b er. in a state of turmoil and for a tlm? there was a prospecj of a lynch'ng There was a meptlng of 300 angry citi zens and the greatest excitement prr Vailed, the crime was vigorously de nounced and measures were taken tc rid the town of objectionable charac ters. Cause of the Deadlock. I.ondon, By Cable.—ln the House ol Commons, the Parliamentary Secretary of the foreign Office. i>ord Craaborne Informed a questioner that the diffi culty which cauaed the deadlock amonr the ministers of the foreign powers at Pekln had reference to the collection of revenue, ear-marked for the pur pose of the Indemnity, and that the ne gotiations at Pekln were still In pro. grcss.' Railroad Authorised. Jackson, Miss., Special.—Governor Longlno has Issued his proclamation authorizing the organisation of the Vicksburg k Southeastern aßilroad Company. The proposed new road Is balleved to be a continuation of the Mobile. Jackson * Kansas Clty t whkh would be Completed from Mobile to Hattiesburg and running rla Haale burst and Utlca. The toUl length will be about 125 miles. TeLBOR APHIC TER SITIF.S. A St. Petersburg cablegram to the London Dally Express says the Rus elans have acquired practical possea sion of Mongolia. Floods threaten the city of Hankow, China. ■*-; Emperor William congratulated the Hamburg-American Steamship Com pany on the Peutsckland's record breaking trip. A sensation wss cauaed at Valparai so. Chi la, by the amaslnatlon of A. Arias Banshee, the Ecuadorian Consul there. - "yfi, : r Engineer Clark and Fireman Dam - .wood were run over on the Chesapeake and Ohio road at Harvey. W. Va., and j )01to«. I . TINMNUT TK CMMItY. Tha Soatk. Aa unknown colored man waa lynch ed at Crowley, La., being suspected of murder. All but two breweries In New Or leans, La., anapended work due to « strike for recognition of the union. It la believed fully 160.000 persons will have registered by next Friday tor the 11,000 clalma In the Kiowa Comaache laada. Jaaae Phllipa. the negro who killed Lactaa Reed, aear Cleveland. Miss, waa lynched. Oood rains are reported ta Southeast, era Kansaa and Waatern Mlaaourl. For (tabbing her love to death, Julia Trabee. colored, haa been asn tenced to death at Loulavllle. Ky. Halted Statea Boundary Commis sioner Cunningham was drowned In the Alt Oraad River, nesr El Pas?, Tel. Three companies of Virginia's Na tional Ouard have gone Into camp at the Pan-American Bapoa'.tlon, at Buf. fak>., N. Y. Tba North. Machinists at Peoria. 111., have de rlared their strlhe off. • Dying at the age of 101. Mra. Mary Burroughs, of Maryavllle, 0., left 285 desrendsnts. In New York 30.000 garment work ere went on strike. A head-on colllalon on the Bg Four road near Crawfordavllle. 111., killing one man and Injured two. Francis Schlatter. "Divine Healer." wu flned flO In Washington, D. C., for vagrancy. An Injunction agalnat strikers was ukfd by the Variety trcn Workers, of Cleveland. 0. For spanking a monkey whrn It b:t a child, Tony Roalana. of Newtown, U 1., was flned for cruelly. The First National Rank and ' tho National Dank of the Republic, both of New York, will probably consolidate. Governor Odeil. of New York, will Inspect sll the Slate's canals an 1 waterways before rccammnding legis lation. A deadlock In the Roard of Educa tion of Mount Verno. N. Y„ has been caused by attempts to And a site for ths Carnegie library. A man claiming to be Senator Han na's son, but who is an Impostor, wf.s arrested In Wasbingtcn, U. C., for swlnldlng jewelers! Mr. snd Mrs. Harry Lehr eaile 1 from Paris for New York. ' M. Fournler. who won the Pars- Renin race, will tout tn Ruffalo. N. Y. Efforts are being made to extend the steel strike to the tube works at Pennsylvania. Kundav wsirHlie hottest dav ever re corded In nccuvns of the Middle West, the thermometer registering as high «a IIS decree* In places. The steamer Humboldt has resche I Beattle. Wash., with $250,000 In gold from the Klondike. Foreign. The man under arrest at St. Anna des Monti*, Quebec, believed to be Blandln. the murderer is some other person. The strike situation In the mining dlatrlct at Roaaland. B. C„ affecting 1200 men, if unchanged. The cause of the recent Are In Sul tan Abdul Hamid's harem, at Constan tinople. is found to have been due to an Intrigue against one of the ladles there. Admiral Count Leguln Heyden, whs served nesrly CO years In the Russian Navy. Is dead. Count Leo Tolstoi has rallied rrom his attack of fever. Dismounted British Infsntry officers will hereafter carry carbines instead of swords. Cxar Nicholas has relaxed the rigor of some of the Russian press restric tions. Ministerialist gains marked the French elections to the councils-gen eral. Mme. Schmahl. of Paris. t>as start ed a crusade for abolishing the kitch en In homes. niscellaMous. At the age of four-score years Philip Dietrich Is to be tried for murder at Nome. Gold «nd silver Jewelry vilued at £221,41! was imported Into the Philip pines during I*oo, Floating on her back. Miss Cora Beckwltb. of Buffalo. N. Y., will try to ptM through the Whirlpool Rapids of Niagara River. A stamp duty of 1260.000 wss paid to tbe British Treaaury on Carnegie's #10:000.000 gift to the Scottish univer sities. The Window Glsss Trust is worried by tbe organisation of many co-op erative plants. it 1« sa'U The city of Chicago faces bankruptcy because It is conducted urder an antiquated charter. frnator Har.ua. It is reported, has c>r.fo'idated IS pr.i;H-rtles In the Maall. lon bituminous coal district. It Is estimated that the estate of Jacob S. Rogers will loae its Identity under the management of the Metro politan Museum of Art. The bodies of the Misses Colburn, who. with their father and two oth ers, were drowned By t|se capsizing of a yacht have been recovered. Mrs. Robert Foaburgh enacted a pathetic scene at the grave of her daughter, whom her son la accused of shooting ~—*■ ——— i — - Mrs. Kruger, wife of President Paul Kruger. died of pneumonia at Pre toria. MINISTERS TO AGREE (Jpoa Ike LispsitiM «f the Proviicc •f Aaaduria. » SETTLING CIIMSE QUFSTIOXS, The Part Which Russia Claim* Now Ara Ukely to Result. - Washington. D. C„ Specil.—lt to un derstood to ha the desire of some cf the great powera that tha disposition of Manchuria should go before the m'nuteis at Pekia and be finally de termined by a Joint agreement amons tha powera. Although no definite itep tu l«n taken lu that direction. It Is befog omei »red by foreign repro aentatlvea sutloned here, who fully expect that the plaa will be adopted. Russia. It to expected, will be reluc tant to agree to It. Attention haa been directed to the Batter by reporta that Rusala had re •umed direct negotiations with China concerning Manchuria. a_'d also by yesterday's cablegram stating that a Russian proclamation was about to to mo establishing Nu Chwang as a Rus sian port. As to the lepoi t that Rus sia will proclaim Nu Cu -ang to be'a Kusalan port, it. to reived out In of ficial diplomatic Quarters that Nu Chwang to a treaty port, and as such Is open to the commerce of the world, under the existing tar iff regulations with China, and foreign merchants have tha right to trade and to conduct efclAl'UKlinicn i there These rights of trade could not be Alrested. in the Opinion of diplomatic officials, by a Russian proclamation unless the pow ers had previously given assent. Thus For there hss been no request from Russia or China ror any change In the statu# of Nu Chwang as ohe of the treaty porta. In a spirit which has aroused tho keenest admiration of the State De partment, the Japanese government has met the difficulty growing out of the preference of her request for an Increase of bur Indemnity, owing to depreciation in selling prices of Ja panese bonds, by withdrawing that re quest. The result Is a substantial loss to Japan. She asked ojstojnslly for $23,000,0( v ft. This figure was nore moderate than any of the powera' which took any* prominent part In the Chinese campaign and represi n.eJ the barest expense of the undertak ing. It was fixed upon the idea that th« payment was to be made in cash by China, wirn ttj» payment the Japanese asked,that the allowance be Increased to fJT.OOO.otO In bonds to make good tlie loss she would suffer through the sale of the bonds. As soon as some of the other nations found that the allotment as originally fixed was in danger of be Ing disturbed they came in with increased demands and thus It is thai Japan, finding that Insistence up m her demand would blockade the ne gotiations at this phase, has with drawn her request for the present at least. It is rafc to assume that the United States government will do what It can to secure compensation for Japan. ' Mr. Rockhlll, our special commis sioner at Pekin, has been instructed to givo the assent of the |!nit«d Stale* to the proposition to increase the Chinese customs dues in order to pro vide means for the payment of the international Indemnity. Our govc-n merit is still opposed to this proj t and the Instruction is sent only in deference to the universal wish for a speedy conclusion of- the tions at Pekin. It Is learned that the hltcfi" In these negotiations, the inst baffling that has yet occurred, Is due entirely to the issue raised as to tbu increase of customs. Demands (Irantrd. Rochester, N. Y., Special —Af or nearly nine weeks of idleness .he striking laborers engaged In mun -1 pal contract work resumed Thurs ' t -. Nine bosses signed the ngreem- :it. only two contractors remaining ou\ The men are granted 20 cents an hn'ir for an eight-hour day work and tire and a half for over time nnd doab'e time on holldaya. Killed By Lightning. * Tallahassee, Fla., Special.—Advice* received here state that In the coun try near this city a heavy storm pre vailed and loss of lite and prope v resulted. Lightning struck the hoaso of Capt. A. C. Spiller, and did con siderable damage. Jobn Henderson, colored, who was near, was knocke I senseless, his shoes being torn from kis feet. He will probably recove*. A house occupied by a colored family near this plac«s was completely wiecU ed. One of the girl children was in Ktantly 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 Oeneral Patrick Houaton. two colored women In. the house of on» of the ten ants were Instantly killed. The Pry Goods .lirket New York, Special.—A quiet m#-':e: /a all departments has been reported Heavy brown sheetings and drills are Brm In price In ail Bleached cottons rule ateady through out. Coarse colored goods are In gen erglly light supply and firm. IVln' cloth?, are dull and unchanged. Prints an] ginshama are q«let. Men's wear woolens and worsteds are quiet an i little shown for spring. Dress goo'Js are dull and irregular. n NO. 14. LABOR WORUX A strike of 1000 men hu Ml qp building operation® at Port Worth. Texas. The Window Gtosp Trust to wwM by ihr organisation of many co-opera tive plant*. «»vcr 100 workmen hare beea laid off •t the Charlestown Nary Yard owing (o lark of fawto The strike Kit oat ton ia Ike Blalatf district at Rossland. It. C, afrrtlai 1-SKI men. Is whangnL The longshoremen's NationaUlinhm. in session at Toledo. Ohio, has re elected President I>. J. Keefe. There hare been 2100 explosions la coal mines daring the fast Iflj yean, Involving a loss of SOW Uvea. The New York Court of Appeal! his derided that the eight-hour pro vision in the labor law ia constitu tional. Sawmill employes at Topper Lake. N. Y.. went on strike for a n durttoa of hours from eleven to nine kom a day. The railroad strike for locressed wages, which completely tied op the i -ads of Western Australia, has been settled. Japanese workmen bathe the whale l>ody once a day. and some of tkeaa twice. l*ubllc baths arc provided I* every street. After six weeks' idleness., beraw 4 a strike, the Colorado Smelter, at Untie. Mont., has resnmcd. the men getting an elglit-hour day with tea hours' pay. Tlie Retail Clerks* International Pro t -olive Association. In session at Buff' falo. X. Y., voted to send sl3lO to Ike International Association of Mschic- Ikih to aid Its strike. > Machinists employed In Ibe Trigs sliipyards at Richmond. Va.. haw ended their strike and all tboae ftr whom there were places returned tl work on? the old t-rtns. About 30 West Point cartels were |.ro?trated by haat«aud fatigue while attending General Butterficld'a fua c.al. The collateral inheritance tax on Tlerre I>orillard's bequeet of Raacocas farm to Mrs. l.lly 1 tomes Allien may h-.vell New Jersey's treaaury to tke ex tent of 180.000. Dr. Gllles de la Tourette. a noted Preach specialist on mental diseases, has been sent to sn insane asylum. Two hundred girls are out of work by closing of the package coffee de partment of the Woolson Spice Co., at Toledo, 0. Hunt flay Succeed A Res. Washington. Speclsl.—Ootrernor Al i?n; Xi Port Rico, sirived 'here Mon day from Canton, where he saw the President and advised his concerning the action of the ljeg-slsttire of Par to lUoo. upon which the President a free trade proHamatlah will be bss;d. It Ss Iclleved Allen will reiln «."ißh his omce »*— that la) Issued, in wuicn ik« n >mina- •..in of Wm. H. Hunt, of Msn a-ia. at pirscnt secretary of th« isaid to lbs government, is believed to bj p.-rbibto- kel.se to Release Prisoners. Washington. D. C.. Special.—la re .jponj? 'to the repres-ntations to tha S-tate Department the .British govern ment has declined to release may of the Americans who were captured While serving In the Boer army The only exceptions-will be In the rase of pri imers whose health is fuh as io make their confinement dangerous. ? >me Americans are amorg the mllltl iy- prisoners in Cavion' and the State department lias special reference to their cases in addressing the British -nv. rnnient in this matter. ~ A Uoitlc TIMI. Wheeling. W. Va.. Special.— The lat combination to b? formed ia of Ant Kl.iss l>nrllo-in4k»rs. There are abmt "0 ;i'«kers of glass bittles in the Unit ed- Plates, and every one waa brought into (tie combination held at a meeting in Chicago. July 11. The capitalization is The officer* elected are: K. (!. Park, of th:a city; O. W. Yoat. of Belialro; F. W. Breen, of Indiana, treasurer; J O. M. Porter, of Chicago. rr retary. The fact of the combination las bien kept a profound secret. Tb* immcillate effect of the combination aas an advance of price*. 1 he Nicaragua ficaty. Ix'adon. By Cable. —l>ord .'ate, British ambassador to the l altei states, made the following atatemeat to a representative of the Associate*! Itrcsn: "I am having a conference Willi the Mnrquia of lansdowne not cnlv about N caragua. but alao with regard to half a dozen treaties pend ing between Ureal Britain and tk I I'nited SUUes. These are chiefly con fined with Went Indian reciprocity arrangements.' Lord Pauncefote a aid he ho;eJ an agreement regarding the Xicaraguaa Cannl could b« arrived at •-cfore Cong.caa meets. ITtra I'a fit for IVa«M HvMVfttlw. An article of Prof. Edward 8. Hol den in McClure's Magazine knocks a irood deal of the romance out of tha lonjfitures tegarding the inhabitant 1 of the planet Mars. He says that spec troscopic observation made at th?a Lick Observatory, far more complete and thorough than those made at other stations, lead to the conclusion - that the atmosphere of Mars is cer tain >y lego in amonnt than that sur rounding the summits of the highest Himalayan peaks. It is by no anaaa certain that what air there ia is of the right kind for human beings to breathe, All telescopic observation leads to the conclusion that there are no clouds on Mars. If there were air and water elands waaid certainly Bar*. The sky of Maiy is absolutely Many. It ia safe to say that, speaking gen erally, Mars Is a planet without water, air in many marked quantity, and totally unfit for the abode «t k«- man beings.