Morning Oregonian., July 16, 1901, Page 2, Image 2

T-K Mm?xi.U Tnoi.AN. TrERDAV. .TTLY 16, 1001.
DROUGHT WAS BROKEN
"RATS IX A PORTION OP THE
STRICKEN' SOUTHWEST.
Jabilee Held by Enthusiastic People
The Crops Are Already
Greatly Benefited.
TOPEKA, Kan., July 15. The outlook In
drought-stricken Kansas Is much more
favorable tonight. Rain has fallen in the
state today, and a much more hopeful air
prevails. A forecast sent out covering the
entire state says that rain may now be
expected In generous quantities. Crops
have been greatly helped and distress has
"been relieved. Southern and Eastern Kan
sas received the most benefit from the
rain today. In no case was It a hard rain,
but much good resulted. In Wellington
the rain was accompanied by a high wind,
"wrecking buildings and Injuring some peo
ple. The rain was too late to rescue the
corn, but will be of great help to pastures,
alfalfa and kaffir corn. Today has been
the coolest throughout the greater part of
the stale for two weeks, and, unless all
indications fall, the drought in Kansas
will soon be broken.
Districts Thnt Were Benefited.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 15. A portion
of the drought-stricken Southwest has
been relieved by rait, during the past 24
hours. Great good has already resulted to
the crops, and as there are prospects to
night of a further downfall, It is believed
that thousands upon thousands of dol
lars will be saved to farmers on stock
and crops. Nevertheless, much greater
quantities of rain must come before a
last benefit is done. In the portions of
Central and Western Missouri, Western
Kansas and the territories still untouched
by rain, conditions remain unchanged, the
temperature ranging from 93 to 106, the
latter at Hutchinson, Kan.
The rains which came at the end of
a drought from four to eight weeks' dura
tion, covered Southwestern Missouri and
portions of Kansas, taking in the south
'easlefn corner of the. sunflower .state from
Riley and Iftxinson Counties dbwn to the
Oklahoma line. The first break came last
night, when fairly good rains fell in Bar
ton and Green Counties, Missouri, and in
Cowley and Chautaukua Counties, Kansas,
and along- the Union Pacific Railway in
"Riley County. These rains, while good,
were not sufficient to put the burned crops
out of danger. This morning, a heavy
rainfall in the vicinity of Joplln, Mo., and
traveling west, covered portions of Mont
gomery .Butler and Sedgwick Counties,
Kansas. Around. Joplln there was a heavy
fall for 10 minutes. At 1:30 o'clock a soak
ing rain fell in Cherokee County, across
the line in Kansas, preceded by hallbene
flting pastures and small grains immense
ly and bringing relief to the crushing
plants in the mining district. This after--noon
a heavy 'rain fell in the vicinity of
Coffeyville, Eldorado and Wichita, Kan.
At Coffeyville the people held a jubilee
on the streets during the rain. In Jeffer
son County, Kansas, a full Inch of rain
fell this afternoon, while in Kansas City
a temperature of 101 prevailed, and hardly
a xloud was visible.
In Kansas City today Mrs. Martha C.
Mullett, wife of a prominent business man,
died of heat prostration, and Edward B.
Shllllto, contracting agent for the Trad
ers' Dispatch Fast Freight Line, was over
come and taken to his home in a critical
condition. Near Leavenworth, Kan., on
his farm last night, Oliver S. Hitt, a well
known Kansas politician, died from the
effects of heat.
"WILSON IS KOT ALARMED.
lie Says the Western Corn Crop Is
Not Rained.
NEW YORK, July 15. Secretary of Ag
riculture Wilson hopes that the corn crop
of the Western States has not yet been
ruined by the drouth, says a Washington
dispatch to the Herald. He is disposed to
believe the reports as to the damage have
been exaggerated. He is quoted as fol
lows: "I do not regard the corn crop as ser
iously damaged, notwithstanding the press
reports from the Western States. July 1
the condition of the corn crop was more
promising than on the same date last
year and even if the press reports are not
exaggerated, although I am Inclined to
think they overstate the real conditions,
there is not as yef, cause for genuine
alarm.
"Throughout the area of the great corn
crop the drouth has not been severe
enough to damage that crop seriously.
Hot weather Is not damaging to corn at
this season, In fact, high temperature at
this season Is one of the requirements of
corn development, and so I think we had
better wait a while before we say the corn
crop is ruined.
"For myself, I think we shall have plen
ty of corn In this country. The press re
ports from Kansas and Nebraska are of
course discouraging, hut the crop in those
states is not great except In the Eastern
portions. The great corn belt of this coun
try Is east of the Missouri River and west
of the Ohio. I have not yet seen anything
to indicate that there has been a large
amount of damage in this area of country.
I am going- to wait, therefore, until I
hear whether the drouth has been disas
Ir&us In Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana,
Michigan and Wisconsin before I become
really dYanAed."
Plenty of Kaffir Corn and Alfalfa.
TOPEKA. Kan.. July 15. F. D. Coburn,
secretary of the State Board of Agricul
ture, does not share In the general opin
ion of the ruin that will come upon Kan
sas as a result of the dry spell. The
damage to hay and corn has been serious,
3jut the deficiency will be nearly made up
by the great crops of Kaffir corn and al
falfa that have been raised. Mr. Coburn
states that there are over 900.000 acres of
Kaffir corn and alfalfa In the state, which
has not, been materially affected by the.
dry weather. In addition to this there
are 40,OO.QOO bushels-of old corn In' the
hands tt;the farmers,, This" of Itself la
nearly u faurth..of the average crop. The
farmer, "Who .has stored -his corn for 'tne
last "two. years, will not 1e seriously cnp.
t RELIEF1 'IS PROMISED.
Thander Storms and Lovrer Tein
peratures Are Probable.
WASHINGTON, July 15. Relief for the
heat-stricken district of the corn belt Is
predicted by the Weather Bureau -tonight.
No general rains are -apparently yet in
sight, but thupder showers, with oonse-
fiuently lower temperatures, are probable
rC Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illi
nois, and possibly in Indiana. There is a
prospect of a continuance of these show
ers Wednesday in the Ohio and Mississippi
Valleys, and In the upper Lake regions,
bringing jcooler weather for the time-being.
Today the hot weather continued
throughout the corn belt and over the'
lower Lake region and upper Ohio Val
ley, but? the temperatures fell considera
bly during, the early evening over "the lat
ter district. Thunder storms' also'' oc
curred In South Dakota, Northern Illinois
and portions of Ohio, Missouri and Ar
kansas, and afforded some relief from the
heat.
Rain in Arkansas.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July loGood
rains fell over the larger portion of Ar
kansas today. At Texarkana and Hot
Springs wind and lightning did much
damage. "
Deaths at St. Panl.
ST. PAUL, July 15. Today's- official
maximum temperature was 94TA number
-of prostrations and two deaths are report-
ed as a result of the heat. Reports from
various points In the Northwest also show
a number of prostrations and deaths.
REGISTRATION IN OKLAHOMA
Everything: Proceeding In an Order
ly Manner.
WASHINGTON. July 15. Telegrams re
.ceiyed by the Interior Department today
from Assistant Commissioner Richards, of
the General Land Office, who is at El
Reno supervising the arrangements for
opening the lands, reports that everything
is proceeding in an orderly and expedi
tious manner. The total registrations Sat
urday, as officially reported, were 27,839, at
both El Reno and Fort Sill. No unregis
tered people were at El Reno Saturday
night desiring registration.
EL RENO, O. T. July 15. All records
were broken here today by the r-egistra-tlon
clerks under Governor Richards,
when 10.697 people were given papers en
titling them to a number in the great
drawing which wlH begin July 29. This
made a total registration of 31,015 at El
Reno. At Lawton there were 7800 persons
registered in the four days ending Satur
day. Tonight there are more than 10,000
people In El Reno, and tomorrow's crowd
will likely double this. Everything is
quiet.
Instructing Torpedo-Boat Officers.
NEW YORK, July 15. Lieutenant Lloyd
H. Chandler has received orders to pro
ceed to Newport and assume command of
the torpedo-boat Bailey, says a Wash
ington dispatch to theHerald. These or
ders carry with them the duty of training
officers and men in handling torpedo
boats and in fitting them to so operate
the vessels under their command that
they can serve as fitting auxiliaries of
squadrons of armor-clads. This ability is
of especial Importance in view of the
increased range of the torpedo-boat's
work consequent upon the reports from
France of the highly successful operations
of the submarine boat Gustav Zeede.
Lieutenant Chandler has devoted himself
especially to matters affecting torpedo
boat construction and maneuvers, and is
particularly qualified, to instruct officers
and men in this branch of their duty.
'Flotillas of torpedo-boats will be organ
ized -and statl6ned on the Atlantic Coast
at Narragansett Bay, Norfolk and
Charleston, S. C. These points have been
selected by the board, of which Captain
C. G. Converse Is president. Two re
pair stations for the boats at Narra
gansett Bay are recommended by the
board, one at the New York navy-yard
and the other at the Boston navy-yard.
Root at Jefferson Barracks.
ST.. LOUIS, July 15. Secretary of War
Root today made a thorough inspection
of Jefferson Barrlcks, the important post
of the regular Army Just south of this
city, on- the Mississippi River, and then
left for Kansas City. Fort Leavenworth
will be inspected Tuesday.
"The War Department is aware that
Jefferson Barracks may be made one of
the finest and most efficient in the coun
try," said Secretary Root. "I am not now
prepared to say what the Department will
do In the way .of Improvements, but it
expects to utilize the post to its full ca
pacity. The manner of the utilization will
be decided upon when I return to Wash
ington." Park Administration Arraigned.
WASHINGTON, July 15. Major L. C.
Andrews, superintendent of the Sequols
and General Grant National Park, In his
annual report, severely arraigns the ad
ministration of the park by his predeces
sors. He charges that the roads were im
properly constructed and says there Is
more fallen timber in the park this year
than Is usual In Ave years. It Is recom
mended that the Interior Department send
an officer (to the park, irrespective of his
army command, to organize and start the
road-making before the dry season Tias
made the roads hard.
Return of Ambassador White.
BERLIN, July 15.-0?he Klelne Journal
prints a letter from United States Ambas
sador White to the editor of that paper,
in which Mr. White says he will go to
the United tSates In September to visit
his family. Whether or not he will return
to Berlin, he writes, depends upon condi
tions, particularly the status of certain
questions between Germany and the
United States, which doubtless will oc
cupy the Reichstag at its next session.
Naval Appointments.
WASHINGTON, July 15. The President
today made the following appointments
in the Navy:
Captain, Charles T. Hutchins; Lieutenant-Commanders,
Edward Lloyd, Jr., Allen
G. Rogers, George R. Clark; Lieutenants,
Yates S. Strillng, Jr., Emmett R. Pollock,
Richard S. Douglass, John P. J. Ryan;
Warrant Machlnsts, Joel T. Biggs, Arthur
T. Percival.
Gomei at Havana Again.
HAVANA, July 15.-General Maximo
Gomez arrived here from the United
States today. General Gomez expressed
himself as pleased with the result of his
trip to the United States.
General Wood continues to improve
steadily.
Porto Rlcan Postmaster Arrested.
WASHINGTON, July 15. A cablegram
received at the Fostofflce Department to
day from San Juan announces the arrest
July 10 of Rlcardo Navarez Rivera, as
sistant postmaster at Mameyes, P. R for
embezzling letters containing valuable ln
closures. Snmner Sails From Manila.
MANILA July 15. The United States
Army transport Sumner, with convales
cent soldiers on board, has sailed for San
Francisco.
General Chaffee Is visiting various points
on the railroad to the north.
Clergymen "Will Teach Filipinos.
BOSTON, July 15. Ten New England
clergymen left Boston tonight via San
Francisco for the Philippines, where they
will become teachers. They are scheduled
to sail the 23d inst. on the transport
Thomas.
Purchase of Bonds.
WASHINGTON,, July 15. Secretary Gage
today purchased $11,0QQ 3 per cent short
term bonds at 109,162.
National bank notes received, today for
redemption, $783,648.
Fand for Disabled Veterans.
PHILADELPHIA. July 15. Under the
provision of the will of Lewis Elkln, who
was well-known In financial circles, as ad
mitted to probate today, the bulk of his
$2,000,000 fortune Is left In trust to create
a fua for the benefit of disabled female
teachers who have taught In the public
schools of the city for a period of 25 years
and have 'no means of support. The tes
tator was a memer of the Board of Edu
cation. The beneficiaries of the fund are
to receive an annuity of $400 a year.
No Change in Strike at Rossland.
ROSSLAND, B. C, July 15. Nothing
sensational in the strike situation in the
last 48 hours. Today was payday in camp
at all mines, and about a quarter of a
million was distributed. The West Koot
enay Power Company has suspended work
on a half million dollar addition to the
Bonnington Falls power plant. . Their
market for power is in Rossland. and li
conditions here are unsettled they refuse
to go ahead with work. About 100 men
are out of work there. Everything is
quiet and orderly.
Would Bay Belgian Glass Works. 4
BRUSSELS, July 15. La Gazette eaya
it is reported at Mons- that an American
manufacturer has proposed to buy up all
the Belgian glass works. ,
fiPDMANV '
ULlvlllAll I
RESULT OF THE COLLAPSE OF THE
LEIPZIGER BANK.
Ttvo Worsted Splnneries in Saxony
Go Under Pessimistic View
of the Iron Market.
BERLIN. July 15. The decline in the
London Stock Exchange today in Amer
ican railways and the shares of the
United States Steel Corporation was re
sponded to here with heavy offerings of
Canadians, which fell four points, and
then recovered two.
Failures continued In Saxony as a result
of the Lelpzlger bank collapse. The Gera
worsted splnnery failed today, and anoth
er worsted splnnery failed Saturday.
The Cologne Gazette prints a very pes
simistic report as to the iron market. "Al
though the market Is more quiet," it says,
"the outlook is discouraging, owing to
the accumulation of stocks at the works.
Confidence in an early improvement ol
conditions is waning. Throughout the en
tire domestic market there is a renewed
Indisposition to place orders. Only those
absolutely necessary are given."
FEELING AGAINST STEYN.
His Escape Caused Great Disappoint
ment In England.
NEW YORK, July 15. Returning Brit
ish officers do not speak hopefully of the
situation in South Africa, says the Trib
une's London correspondent. They assert
that the railways are securely held and
that there are small zones around Bloem
fonteln, Pretoria and Johannesburg where
it is possible for Inhabitants to settle down
and to resume their usual occupations
without fear of disturbance; but apart
from, the pacification of these small
spheres of British influence there are few
signs, of progress. The railway line from
Johannesburg to Laing's Nek Is still men
aced and the Dutch section along the
South Orange River is ravaged by guer
rillas, and broad districts of the Trans
vaal and the Orange River Colony are only
kept quiet by being emptied of their pop
ulation through repeated marches of
strong columns. In Cape Colony Scheep
ers Is giving General French considerable
trouble.
The feeling in England Is far more bit
ter against Mr. Steyn, who has just nar
rowly escaped capture by Broadwood's
column, than against Mr. Kruger, the for
mer being regarded as Interfering in a
quarrel not concerning him, and apart
from the Impression which his being made
prisoner would undoubtedly have made In
the Orange River Colony, his escape will
cause great disappointment. Lord Kitch
ener's dispatches, by referring to Mr.
Steyn's brother as among those captured,"
rather Indicates that the other prisoners
are of small Importance.
Of the Generals In South Africa Lord
Methuen Is the most highly commended
by the officers serving under him. He Is
described as one of the most energetic
and resourceful Generals at the front.
Instead of complaining of the harsh criti
cism to which he was subjected, he has
remained ln,the service and displayed un
tiring industry and gallantry.
TREATMENT OF MRS. CRONWEIGHT
Onida Protests Against the Indig
nity Offered Her.
LONDON, July 15. Mile. Loui3e de le
Ramee (Ouida) has a long letter in the
Daily News protesting against the treat
ment administered by the British In South
Africa to Mrs. Cronweight.
"It is, I think, entirely true that Mme.
Olive Schreiner has been transported to a
strange place and imprisoned within a
fence of wire netting, which is protected
by armed sentinels stationed at Intervals,
with orders to fire upon anyone attempt
ing to get through the nettitng to escape.
In this place she lives alone, with her
dog, in one small room, for which she
pays, cooking for herself, and compelled
to remain all night without any kind of
light. Her husband is refused by the
British authorities permission to visit her,
although her brother is a former Premier
of Cape Colony. What is her offense?
Merely to have espoused the cause of the
Boers during the war. ... Is it tol
erable that for this alone she should be
subjected to the indignity of Isolation and
be carried away from all she loves?"
Mortality In Concentration Camps.
LONDON, July 15. In the House of
Lords yesterday Lord Raglan, Under Sec
retary of State for War, In the course of
an announcement that Mr. Brodrlck was
selecting a committee of women to visit
the concentration camps in South Africa,
said the whites in those camps numbered
14,621 men, 27,711 women, and 43,075 chil
dren. He said also that the mortality for
the month of June was 63 men, 138 women
and 576 children. Lord Raglan deplored
the heavy mortality in some of the camps
In the early months of their establish
ment. Sprigg Against the Proposal.
CAPETOWN, July 15. In the course of
an address today to the Capetown Vigi
lance Committee, the Premier, Sir John
Gordon Sprigg, declared himself against
the proposal to suspend the constitution
of the colony. He said he was unable to
give any definite assurances on the sub
ject, but he hoped the Cape Parliament
could meet before the second week In Oc
tober, the date fixed by the constitution.
Surprised the Boers.
GRAAF REINET, Cape Colony, July 15.
Colonel Scobel's column surprised and
captured Scheeper's lager, at Camdeboo,
July 14. taking 31 prisoners and capturing
a quantity of ammunition and stores.
Scheeper, with the bulk of his command,
escaped. There were no British casual
ties. Capture of Mrs. Schalkbnrger.
LONDON, July 15. Lord Kitchener, in
a dispatch to the War Office, confirms the
report of the capture of the wife of "the
acting president, Schalkburger, and says
the prisoner has been brought intd Pre.
torla.
DEVASTATION IN JAVA.
Seven Hundred Persons Perished by.
the Volcanic Eruption.
TACOMA, July 15. Oriental advices
give details of terrible destruction of hu
man life that occurred In Northern Java
in May by the sudden and terrific out
burst of the volcano Kloet For 50 miles
around all the coffee plantations and
other estates were destroyed by showers
of ashes and stones, together with great
streams of lava and hot mud. Seven hun
dred natives and a number of Europeans
perished. The lava also consumed 'the
superintendent of the estate and about
25 coolies. Many coffee estates in the
neighborhood were destroyed. The coun
try around was strewn with corpses.
Many protests, are being made because
the Russian authorities at Port Arthur
are opening all letters to and from the
American and European residents there.
Nothing Is permitted to be sent out that
contains any allusion to Russian military
affairs or criticism of Russian methods.'
OTHERS MAY CONTRIBUTE.
One of the Clanses In Carnegie's
Offer to Scotch Universities.
EDINBURGH, July 15. The first meet
ing of the trustees of the Carnegie fund
was held in Edinburgh today. Lord
Elgin, who presided, read a letter from.
Mr. Carnegie announcing that he had
signed the order placing $10,000,000 at the
disposal of the trustees.
"Although the dividends on the stocks
1 will not be available until Autumn," says
FAILURES IN
iIr Carne In ne course of the com
siunicatlort, "T nave made arrangements
tor tne payment of the scholars ret
from the beginning of the next university
term. I believe the conditions of the
gift ensure" a sufficient standard of merit,
and I hope the honest pride by which my
countrymen are distinguished will pre
vent claims ftom those who do not need
assistance!
"To further mark my personal belief as
to this matter, I have arranged that the
trustees may receive funds from others
to be administered along with my dona
tion. I believe this to be a valuable
clause, since my experience with young
men Indicates that men are glad of the
opportunity late in life to repay advancco
thus received, although these are free
gifts. I hope the trustees will gladly re
ceive any such contributions, and this
will foster the spirit of manly Independ
ence so dear to the Scot."
SETTLING UP ACCOUNTS.
Winding Up OnrAffairs "With the
ParH Exposition.
PARIS, July 3. Benjamin D. Wood
ward, Assistant Commissioner-General of
the Paris Exposition of 1900, In the pree
ence of the commission's architect and
contractors, handed over to the officials
of the French Exposition administration
July 3 the different building sites .of the
Champ de Mars on which the United
Siates Commission had erected annex
buildings for the Department 6f Agricul
ture, Merchant Marine and Forestry and
Fisheries. There remains now to effect
the final settlement of amounts due to
contractors as well as to a score of other
creditors. A few matters are still pending
with the various French Ministries.
Some errors are yet open to correction
in the final" proof sheets of the awards
made to American exhibitors. About 50
orders for special gold and sliver medals
won by American firms are on file with
the Paris mint and ready to be filled. As
for the "reglilar engrossed diplomas and'
the accompanying bronze medals which
are distributed to exhibitors receiving
awards above an honorable mention, it
will be a matter of several months before
they can all be issued. It is probable,
however, that by the end of July the
medals for ' the first! group under the
French classification will be handed to
the Assistant Commissioner-General. The
remainder will be transmitted in time to
the recipients through the care of the
United States Embassy in Paris and the
Department of State in Washington..
Mr. Woodward is planning to sail for
home early .In August Before his de
parture he will be received in farewell
audience by President Loubet.
THREATENED WITH FAMINE.
Drought Inthe Eastern Provinces of
Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 2.-Large
parts of the empire are again threat
ened with famine. The last official
report .which has just been published was
dated June 2t. Since then not a drop of
rain has fallen in the eastern provinces,
and it Is believed the crops are now
largely beyond hope In many districts.
The Provinces of Samar and Saratoff will
probably witness a recurrence of the
dearth of two or three years ago. Crop
failure In these provinces Is particularly
dreaded on account of the ignorance and
helplessness of the Bashkirs and Tartars
who make up a. considerable part of the
population there.
The newspaper Volgar states that from
all sides reports are coming that both
Winter and Summer grain are beyond
hope of salvation, even should there be
ample rains, and no hay at all will be har
vested. Since early June the temperature
has been about 101, and no rain has fallen.
The fields are burned and brown, and the
feeding of cattle and horses has already
begun to be a problem. The same kind
of reports are coming from the Province
of Kazan. The Volga Provinces have al
ready, been visited by two severe fam
ines "during the last 10 years, and the
population has lost whatever power it
once possessed to withstand famine.
WEATHER IN EUROPE.
Berlin Suffering From Heat Deaths
and Damage by Lightning.
BERLIN, July 15. The weather today
was the hottest known In Berlin for sev
eral years. A number of people died of
sunstroke. Violent thunder-storms are re
ported In various sections of the coun
try, and there was an enormous cloud
burst at Potsdam. Two men and many
cattle were killed in the mountains by
lightning, several houses were burned and
one man killed by lightning near Nlen
burg. At Herrenbourg and Wurtemberg
the crops have been half ruined by hall,
and they have been badly damaged In
other sections.
CRACOW, July 15. Russia has been ex
periencing terrible heat, the temperature
over a wide territory reaching 100 de
grees in the shade. Fruits and vegetables
on a large scale have been destroyed.
Unemployed Demanded Work.
LEMBDRG, Gallcla, July 15. Mobs of
unemployed surrounded the government
labor bureau today, demanding work.
They were dispersed by fhe police after
several arrests had been made.
LONDON, July 16. "More tha-n 100 per
sons, including troops and police, were
wounded today (Monday) in an encounter
at Lemberg," says the Vienna correspond
ent of the Dally Express, "growing out of
an attempt by the police to stop street
parades held In a demonstration on be
half of the anemplqyed. The mob threw
up barricades and defied the police. The
troops were called In and charged again
and again, using bayonets and bullets.
Ultimately the demonstrators were dis
lodged. Lemberg Is strongly guarded by
troops, but It is reported that the mob is
preparing for another fight during the
night."
British Pacific Cable.
X.ONDON, July 15. In the House of
Commons today, J. Austen Chamberlain,
financial secretary to the treasury, de
tailing the progress of the Pacific cable,
said that several sectional cable-housea
already were being erected at the various
landing places. The survey had been sat
isfactorily completed on 1500 miles of the
proposed route, and the manufacture of
cable would begin this week. Mr. Cham
berlain said landing sites had been select
ed at Queensland, New Zealand, Norfolk
Island and at Vancouver, and that the
cable board was satisfied as to the ability'
of the contractors to complete the work
by the end of 1902.
Masonic Event in England.
NEW YORK, July 15. Wednesday, says
the Tribune's London correspondent, an
impressive Masonic function will take
place In England. This will be the Instal
lation qf the Duke of Connaught as grand
master of the United Grand Lodge of
England In succession to the King, who
presided over the craft for 26 years. The
ceremonial will be the same as when the
Prince of Wales was placed on the throne
of the Grand Lodge by John Fawcett, of
the Province of Durham, and It will be
conducted at Albert Hall In the presence
of 10,000 Masons, who are either masters
or wardens of a lodge or members of a
past or present Grand Lodge.
Actress Won Libel Suit.
LONDON, July 15. Miss Hetty Chattel,
an actress, has obtained a verdict for
2500 in the Sheriff's Court against the
Daily Mall for libel. At the time of the
marriage of Rosie Boote to the Earl of
Hearfort, the Daily Mall asserted that
Miss Chattel was the mother of Miss
Boote.
Purchase of the Diamond Match.
LONDON, July 15. At a special meeting
of the shareholders of Bryant & May,
held this afternoon, the agreement to ac
quire the business o the Diamond' Match
Company, of Liverpool, for 480,000, to. be
provided by a new issue of Bryant & (May
shares, was adopted.
A FiGHf TO A FINISH
WHAT BROUGHT ON THE
STEEL STRIKE.
GREAT
Effort of the Carnegie Company to
Stamp Out Unionism In Its
Several Plants.
CLEVELAND, O., July 15. The Leader
tomorrow will say:
"A discussion yesterday of the prevail
ing strike of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron and Steel Workers brought out the
statement that It Is due directly to an
effort of the management of the -Carnegie
Steel Company to run Its plant half union
and half non-union for the coming year,
after which it was the intontlpn to make
all the mills non-union, Including those
which have recently been absorbed.
"It is said by men of high standing that
the fight once started, it will be to a finish,
and the result will be that the United
States Steel Corporation will be union,
or that the life of the Amalgamated As
sociation will come to a violent end with
the completion of this struggle."
THE READING STRIKE.
Men Determined to Stay Ont Till
They Know What They Will Get.
PHILADELPHIA, July 15 First Vice
President Voorhees, of the Philadelphia
& Reading Railroad Company, today ad
dressed a letter to Superintendent of Mo
tive Power Prince, at Reading, where
2600 shopmen are on strike, In which he
states that It Is the desire of the com
pany to pay wages equal to the average
rate paid by railroad companies In this
territory. To that end Mr. Voorhees
writes he is having a careful comparison
made of the rates In force in the shops
of the large Eastern railroads.
The boiler-makers and their helpers
and the blacksmiths and helpers em
ployed by the Philadelphia & Reading
Railroad Company In this district went
on strike today to enforce their demands
for a betterment of existing conditions
and In sympathy with' the shopmen
already on strike at Reading. It Is
claimed that all the repair shops in this
vicinity, including Camden, N. J., are
crippled.
READING, Pa., July 15. Vice-President
Voorhees letter was received by
the striking shop hands with declara
tions of determination to stay out and
endeavor to spread the strike. They say
they went out for an Increase, and that
they will stay out until they definitely
know what they are going to get. Not
one man went back today and it is ex
pected that the 1000 machinists in the
locomotive works will be ordered by
the company on shorter working days
at once as the strikers have tied .up the
boiler-making and blacksmlthing depart
ments of that plant. Labor leaders In
sist that the strike will extend to the
trainmen of the entire Reading system.
MARCHED BACK TO WORK.
End of the Machinists Strike
at
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, July 15. The machinists'
strike was practically ended today by the
return of more than 2000 workmen to their
various shops. The strike managers have
announced their intention of concentrating
their attack upon certain plants while
permitting men to work at other places
for the purpose of obtaining funds. One
of the plants designated to be fought
against was that of Fay-Egan & Co. To
day over 600 of the Fay-Egan employes
formed in line and marched In a body to
their work, thus destroying the strongest
hope of the leaders. The manufacturers
feel assured that nothing can restrain the
remaining strikers from returning to work.
Notwithstanding the great defection to
day in the strikers' ranks, the injunc
tion proceedings set for hearing today
before Judge Clark, of the United States
District Court, were not delayed. A mo
tion by the defendants to dissolve the
temporary injunction was the form In
which the matter was presented. The de
fense denied all the allegations upon
which the injunction has been granted
and presented a large number of affidavits
in support of their denial. Some of the
affidavits asserted that intimidation and
threats had been used against the strik
ers. Counter affidavits were presented by
the plaintiffs In support of their allega
tions. The hearing is not concluded.
Iron Moldcrs Walked Out.
CHICAGO, July 15. Members of the
Iron Molders Union In Chicago went on
strike today, and many of the machinery
establishments that have been running
their molding departments despite the
strike of machinists may have to close
down, or yield to the demands of the men.
Officials of the union Intimate that be
tween 800 and 1000 men will be involved.
Last Saturday Second Vice-President M.
J. Keogh arrived in Chicago, and at a
mass meeting Informed the men that the
international officers of the union had
decided not to sanction a strike. The men
were determined that their demands
should be conceded and voted almost
unanimously to strike today unless the
minimum scale of $3 a day was granted.
This was refused when the men presented
their demands this morning, and the men
at once left the molding-rooms.
Mine Firemen Will Go Ont.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 15. Presi
dent Mullahy, of the Stationary Firemen's
Association of Pennsylvania, has given up
all hope of an amicable settlement of the
strike of the" firemen ordered to begin to
morrow. It Is expected that 600 firemen
in the Wyoming region will refuse to go
to work tomorrow, and, unless new men
can be secured to take their places, many
of the collieries will have to suspend op
erations. Situation at Wilmington.
WILMINGTON, Del., July 15. The strlk.
ing machinists of the Harlan & Holllngs
worth Company, to the number of 110,
returned to work this morning at the ad
vance In wages agreed upon. The strik
ing machinists of the J. Morton Poole
Company are still out, the firm refusing
to make the slightest concession.
Brewery Firemen Oat.
CHICAGO, July 15. The stationary fire
men employed in Chicago's largest brewer
ies struck today for recognition of the
union, an eight-hour day and 52 a day.
Six of the breweries affected signed the
union agreement tonight, but the men at
the other 28 breweries are out.
Axle Works Shut Down.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 15. The
Helder Axle Works, employing 1200 men,
posted notices tonight that work will be
suspended until further notice The fire
men were expected to go on 'strike to
morrow for an eight-hour day.
Mexican international Tied Up.
EAGLE PASS, Tex., July 15. The fire
men on the Mexican International Rail
road have all resigned with the engineers.
The transportation facilities of the road
have been tied up for two days.
End of Newark Strike.
NEW YORK, July 15. The strike of the
machinists in Newark, N. J., which has
been prolonged for many weeks, came to
an end today. All the men returned to
work at the terms offered by the bosses.
Cuba's Debt Not Large.
NEW YORK, July 15. Independent Cu
ba will begin business, says a Washington
dispatch to the Herald, with a bonded in
debtedness of only 5122,400, resulting from
the clause In the new constitution pledg
ing the Cuban Republic to the payment of
the bonds issued by authority of the rev-
l olutionary government during the war
NERVES GAVE WAY.
t
:: b-fel
Miss Asencth Brady, Cor. Sec.
IIUroIi Woman's Alliance.
If all the tired iomcn and all the nerv
ous women, and all the women that' need
ed a tonic would read and heed the words
of these two ladles who have spoken right
to the point, how many invalids would be
prevented, and how many wretched lives
be made happy.
Peruna restores health In a normal way.
Peruna puts right all the mucous mem
branes of the body, and In this way re
stores the functions of every organ.
If It is the stomach that Is out of order,
and the digestion impaired, Peruna quick
ly makes things right by restoring the
mucous membrane of the stomach.
The pelvic organs are also lined wICh
mucous membrane, which in the female
sex is especially liable to derangements.
Peruna Is an absolute specific In these
cases. j,q
with Spain. There has been considerable
doubt as to the amount of this indebted
ness, but unless some of the bonds were
Issued just before or since the Interven
tion of the United States the figures are
correct.
.Representative W. A. Smith, of Michi
gan, has just made public a letter which
he received from Senor Guerra, treasurer
of the revolutionary government Just be
fore the beginning of the war between the
United States and Spain, which has never
been communicated to any one except the
members of the foreign affairs committee
of the House of Representatives. In this
letter Senor Guerra says that the revolu-
iionary government Issued a total of
prlnted bonds amounting to 53,145.600. and
that the total of the bonds disposed of
was $122,400. leaving bonds In the amount
of $3,023,200 In his possession as treasurer.
COLOMBIAN TROOPS MUTINIED
Serious Outbreak That May Prolong
the Revolution.
KINGSTON, Jamaica. July 13. A letter
received here from a prominent merchant
In Cartegena reports a serious outbreaK
among the Colombian troops In the out
skirts of the city last week. The sol
diers were dissatisfied and threateneu io
desert. Monday they attempted to break
out from their barracks, and attackca
their guards. A bitter fight followed. In
which seven of the guards were killed
ana several wounaea on ootn siaes. xnis sail for Manna on tne transport uram
letter further says a large number of j tomorrow. The acceptance of the reslg
mutineers have escaped and It is ex- nation precludes any action by the mlll
pected they will rejoin the rebels, and ; tary authorities against Captain Strong,
the indications are that the revolution
win continue longer ana witn renewed en-
ergy on tne part or the present liberals.
Another letter received by C. Lawrence,
the refugee chief of the Mosquito Indians,
reports a collision a fortnight ago between
NJIrnrntrunn snlrtlprs nnrl Tn!miItr Tndlnn
at Haulover, in which one Indian and
three soldiers were killed. The soldiers
withdrew, leaving three wounded behind
them.
Charges Against Mello Gronndless.
RIO JANEIRO, July 13. The Brazilian
Chamber of Deputies today confirmed the
report of the committee appointed to con
sider the case of Rear-Admiral Mello,
which was handed to the Chamber July
12. and In which the accusations against
the Admiral were declared to be without
foundation. The Chamber of Deputies de
cided that Admiral Mello's accusations
against President Salles, of Brazil, by
which the officer attempted to justify his
own conduct at the time of his arrest la&t
April, were groundless.
American Capital In Peru.
NEW YORK, July 15. A dispatch to the
Herald, from Lima. Peru, says:
Resndents of Cerro de Pasco are Jubilant
because so many mines are getting in the
possession of American and European
syndicates. The latest news from Cerro
de" Pasco is that an American syndicate
has purchased many silver and copper
mines for 51,000,000. The construction of
the railroad between Oroya and Cerro de
Pasco Is now assured. Congress has com
menced its sessions. There have been
no disturbances.
Unnnn Visits McICInley.
CANTON, O., July 15. Senator Hanna
spent the afternoon with President Mc
Klntey. He arrived from Cleveland at 1:35
P. M.. and was met at the station by
Secretary Cortelyou. It is said there Is no
significance in his visit, that he had not
seen the President for a long time, and i
that he came here to pay his respects and j
to taiK over some personal mauers.
Mississippi Chnrbon Epidemic.
JACKSON, Miss.. July 13. During the
first week oi two of the charbon epidemic
In the Deltn more han 90 ner rrnt of the
No one need suffer from
Indigestion or Dyspepsia.
The Bitters is a sure cure for
these as well as for Nervous
ness, Sleeplessness, Flatu
lency, or Malaria, Fever
and Ague. All druggists
sell it.
6irrfRS
"FOOL'S HASTE IS NAE SPEED." DON'T HURRy
THE WORK UNLESS YOU USE
SAPOLIO
j Had Headache, Backache and
Serious Indigestion,
Pe-ru-na Cured,
Miss A. Brady, Corresponding Secretary
Illinois Woman's Alliance, writes from 2725
Indiana avenue, Chicago, 111.:
"Last year from continued strnln
In literary work I became very
much exhausted, my ncnei neemccl
to give Tvny and I hnil bncknche,
headache and serious indigestion.
"One of my friend nnggcHted thnt
I try Peruna. It certainly acted like
mnglc on my system.
"Within ten days I felt new life
and- health given me, and by taking
an occasional done ofT and on vrhen.
I feel extra tired, I keep my nj stein
In perfect order." Ml A. Brady.
Mrs. Fanny Klavadatscher, of Summlts
v.lle. N. Y writes as follows.
"li s not necessary to suffer when a bad.
case of pelvic catarrh can be cured with
two botfles of Peruna. From my own ex
perlence I can recommend It to every one.
"For three months I suffered with pain
in the back and in the region of the kid
neys, and a dull pressing sensation in the
abdomen, and other symptoms of pelvic
catarrh.
"But after raking two bottles of Peruna
I am ent rely well, better than I ever
was." Mrs. Fanny Klavadatscher.
Everywhere the people, especially the
women, are praising Peruna as n a rem
edy for all forms of catarrhal difficulties.
Send for "Health and Beauty." written
especially for women by Dr. S. B. Hart
man, president Hart'man Sanitarium, Co
lumbus. O. .
animals affected died, but since a supply
of the virus for inoculation was procured,
the death rae has been materially re
duced. The disease is spreading all OTcr
the vicinity.
.
TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS
Twelfth Annual Meeting Will Open
nt Cripple Creek Today.
CRIPPLE CREEK. Colo., July 15. The
twelfth annual meeting of the Trans-Mls-slsalnni
Concress will open here tomorrow.
t and about lOvO delegates from every West-
crn state and territory, as well as Ha-
wall and Alaska, will be In attendance-
Sx hundred delegates arc already In the
city. The congress will close Friday, and
Saturday the delegates will be taken on
excursions over the state. Among thosa
attending will be the Governors of Kan
sas. Nebraska. Minnesota, Idaho. Arizona
and Oklahoma. The list of delegates In
cludes many others of National reputa
tion. Many matters of Importance to the
West will be considered. The Interstate
Mississippi R',ver Association will also
meet here during fhe week.
Strong's RcHlgnntlon Accepted.
WASHINGTON, July 15. Secretary
Root has directed the War Department
to accept the resignation of Captain
Stronir. to take effect Immediately. He
will be notified by telegraph, and will not
Boiler- Worzcm Destroyed.
NEW ORLEANS, July 15. The Gardner
Mqtor Works was struck by Hgntning to-
, night and destrojed by fire. Loss. $150.-
OW.
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