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cmnArun nnoiti Hanged to a Tree in a Califor nia Logging Camp. WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN INSANE Attacked the Foremen's Wife and Little Girl With a Butcher Knife, and Was Soon Strung Up by Lumbermen. Bakersfield, Cal., July 10.—Youpg Fook, a Chinese cook employe at a boarding house at Mount Brecken ridge lumber mill, 35 miles east of Bakersfield in the mountains, was lynched yesterday afternoon by the lumbermen. Shortly before the noon hour the Chinaman attacked Mrs. Kenny, wife of the foreman of the mill, with a butcher knife, inflicting a serious wound on her face. He also struck Mrs. Kenney’s little daughter, but the wound is slight. Thescreams of the woman brought the lumbermen to the scene. Mr. Kenney was the first to reach the house. He was at tacked by the Chinaman and sus tained a severe cut on the wrist. The lumbermen knocked the China man down, placed a rope around his neck and hanged him to a tree. It is believed that the Chinaman was insane. ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION. Directors Appropriate $5,000,000 for Build ings— Other Important Meetings. St. Louis, July 11.—The commis sion of architecture, under whose sup ervision the buildings of the Louisiana Purchase exposition will be erected, met here today at the Planters’ hotel for the first time. Two other import« ant World’s Fair meetings were held today. One was that of the executive committee, of which President Fran cis says: “The commission will en deavor to prepare a definite report, to be submitted to the directors, on the scope of the fair. This matter is not to be confused with the plan of the exposition. The plan has nothing to do with the arrangement of buildings, etc. The scope determines what kind of exhibits will be made. It ■will be arranged to have exhibits from all over the world, of course, but the word scope includes the character of those exhibits.” Following this meeting was one of the board of directors. The sum of $5,000,000 was appropriated for the purpose of constructing world’s fair buildings. This action put the com pany in a position to have official an nouncement made by the government to the nations of the world that th6 fair would be held in St. Louis in 1903. WILL IGNORE THE PROPOSAL. Metal Trades Association Refuses to Accept O'Connell's Terms. Milwaukee, Wis., July 11.—No at tention will be paid to the proposition for a settlement of the machinists’ strike made by Prîsident O’Connell, of the machinists to the National Metal Trades Association. This was the statement of Edwin Reynolds,pres ident of the Association, tonight. During the day President Reynolds received a communication from Sec retary Devins, of the Association, in which he detailed Mr. O’Connell’s proposition for a settlement of the strike. Mr. Devins informed Mr. Reynolds that the administrative council of the trades association in New York is unanimously opposed to considering the proposition of Mr. O’Connell. “If the men come back to work,” said Mr. Reynolds, “they will return under the condtition of our declara tion of principles. The proposition of Mr. O’Connell is almost the same as that which we offered at first, the nine-hour day and the arbitration of the wage question locally. By strik ing the men have lost the nine-hour day and the proposition of Mr. O’Con nell has made no change whatever in the situation.” PASSENGER TRAIN DITCHED. Two Persons were Killed end Several Injured Near Cleveland. Cleveland, July 11.—One of the worst wrecks on the Lake Shore road in years occurred at 2:30 o’clock this morning in the center of Nottingham, O. 10 miles east of Cleveland. The southwestern limited on the Big Four, from St. Louis, Cincinnati and other western cities, and which goes onto the Lake Shore tracks at Cleveland, was ditched through collision with a freight train. The shock to the passenger coaches was terriffic, and although the occu pants were badly shaken up, no pas sengers were killed. Five of the men injured in the collision were brought to the Cleveland general hospital early today. One man, whose name is un known, lies at ths hospital un conscious. MUST REMAIN PRISONERS. TURKEY rAYS CLAIMS. No Immediate Release for the Americans whe Ninety-five Thoussnd Dollars Received by the Fought with Boers. New York, July 11.—Americans who fight in the Boer armies and are or have been made prisoners by the British, will have to endure their cap tivity until the close of the South African war, says the Herald’s Wash ington correeponen* Great Britain has declined to com ply with the request of this govern ment to release an American now con fined on the island of Ceylon, and this refusal will probably prove a bar to further representations by the state department in behalf on Americans captured as belligerents in South Africa. The test case was that of a natural ized American named Morgan, who claims residence in Virginia. Lord Milner, the British high commission er in South Africa, disproves of the release of foreigners who fought with the Boers. He has announced that a jierson who serves aB a belligerent with the Boer forces loses his nationality and must be treated as an enemy. This view is concurred in by the legal officers of the state department. The department is satisfied from investiga tions made by American consuls and the British authorities that all reports that the British are ill-teating their prisoners are without foundation. The only hardship that Americans captured in South Africa will have to undergo will be that of confinement until hostilities cease. THE MACHINISTS’ STRIKE. President James O'Connell Offers Terms of Settlement. New York, July 11.—Members of the National Trades Association, in this city, announce that they have receiver! the following proposition from ' James O’Connell, president of the International Association of Ma chinists, for a settlement of the strike: “The question of wages to be arbi trated by all districts; all machinists on strike to be reinstated without pre judice to their former positions, pend ing settiement by arbitration; the hours of labor shall be 54 hours ]>er week, which is not submitted to arbi trations, the award of the aribtration board to date back to the time the men return to work; articles of agree ment shall be signed by both sides, agreeing to the above basis of arbitra tion ; the above basis for a settlement of the present strike shall not apply to firms members of the National Metal Trades Association and others which have made setlements. ” It is believed that an agreement will be reached in a few days. PLAGUE AT AMOY. Appeared Earlier than Usual, and is Spreading with Rapidity. Washington, July 11.—Consul General Johnson, at Amoy, China, reports the appearance of the plague at that place two weeks earlier than usual this year. His statement is dated May 14. He says he has re fused to permit Chinese seteerage pas sengers to depart for Manila and the United States. The spread of the plague during the past the 10 days has been rapid and the fatalities most ap palling. “It is my opinion, ” he says, “based on the most reliable data from various sources, that during the week just closed there were as many as 100 deaths per day in Amoy and suburbs. The same condition of affairs exists in surrounding cities within 30 miles of Amoy.” The representative of the marine hospital service at Hong Kong also reports the earlier appearance of the disease in that city, and a more rapid spread than usual. He says that several Eurojieans have been at tacked. A West Indian Storm. State Department Big Strike Is Practically Ended In Cincinnati. STRIKE BENEFIT FUND WAS EXHAUSTED About Seven Thousand Men Will Return to Work—San Francisco Men Will Also Proceed to a Settlement Cincinnati, July 15.—The macliin- ists’strike, which was organied Muy 20,and which involved from 5,000 to 7,000 employes in this city, has prac tically been declared off. A secret mass meeting of strikers was held to day, at which a formal report was made that it had been found to be im possible to secure assistance in money from the headquarters in Washing ton, as the strike lienefit fund is ex hausted, and the strikers were advised to return to work. Already about 600 have applied for reinstatement, and many more will do so in the next two days. No official statement has l>een made by the leaders of the strikers, and they all refuse to be quoted, say ing that they do not care to do any thing that might affect the injunc tion proceedings against them, set for hearing July 16. It is said that the decision to return to work was not unanimous, and that some men will still hold out. Situation at San Francisco- San Francisco, July 15.—The Iron Trades council has received favorable reports from the nine affiliated unions on the question of giving the council authority to effect a settlement of the machinists’ strike in the city inde pendent of what is done in the East. The council has therefore appointed a committe of five, with full power to act, to meet the employers should they agree to confer. The strike of metal polishers has been declared off. MORE FIGHTING IN COREA. Trouble Between Catholic Missionaries and Pupils. Berlin July 13.—The Cologne Ga zette published a dispatch from Seoul, Corea saying that bloody conflicts extending over a period of 10 days have occurred on the Island of Quel part between Roman Catholic mis sionaries and their pupils and the pupils are reported to have lieen killed during the encounters. The gover nor of Quelpart, according to the dis patch, says the trouble was the fault of the pupils, and arose from their support of the tax collectors in levy ing illegal taxes upon the natives. Upon hearing that two French mis sionaries had been killed upon the island a French warship proceeded to Quelpart. Upon finding the mis sionaries alive, the warship Returned. The Corean government has com missioned Huan Junan and an American court official to investigate the matter, and is sending a company of Corean infantry with them to Quelpart. Quelpart is in the Yellow sea, 60 miles south of Corea, to which country it is subordinate. It is a penal colony. CORN CROP PARCHED. Kansas and Missouri Farmers Have Already Lost $50,000,000. Chicago, July 15.—Todays’ advices to the board of trade and grain com- misison firms are that the heat and drought in the Southwest are un broken. It is said that the damage outside of Kansas and Missouri is comparatively slight, but that unless there is relief within the next 10 days the corn crop situation will approach a calamity. A message from Topeka, Kansas, says the prospects are for a crop of but 50,000, IKK) bushels of corn, although last year’s crop was 163,- 000,000, and that of the previous year 237,000,000 bushels. The loss of hay .«nd potatoes is also great, second only to the loss of corn. It is estimated that the farmers of Kansas and Mis souri have already lost $50,000,000 by the torridity and drought. Port au Prince, Hayti, July 11.— Owing to the non-arrival of the regu lar French mail steamer here today from Jacmel, Les Cayes and Santo Domingo, exact details of the havoc wrought by the storm, which for four days past has swept Hayti and Santo Domingo, are still lacking. Fears are entertained for the safety of the French steamer. Telegraphic com munication through the country has not yet been established, and travel Oil Found in Oklahoma. over the roadways is still impossible. Guthrie, O. T., July 15.—The peo The entire loss of the banana and corn crop is reported from the south ple of Granite, O. T., are wild with ern part of Hayti. The destruction excitement over the discovery of oil at Byterre included the loss of a wharf. near that town. The oil was found at a depth of 107 feet, and spouted to Cuban Postal Revenue Increasing. the surfacre in great quantities. The Washington. July 10.—A statement company that sunk the well will go of the postal revenue in the island of deeper in the hojies of developing a Cuba for the nine months ended gusher. March 31, 1901, as compared with the some period of 1900, shows that the Posse of Sixty-Five. total postal revenues for the 1901 Chinook, Mont., July 15.—Sheriff period amounted to $382.271, and Benner, of Great Falls, and his jiosse for the same period of 1900 to $163.- of 11 men left here this afternoon 515. ___ ___________ for the Bear 1’aw Pool ranch, 16 miles away, where horses will be furnished. Roads for Waterville Wheat Belt. Spokane, July 11.—It is stated here The Great Falls posse will be joined that Seattle persons are planning a by the possees from other counties, The party new system of railroads to tap the making in all 65 men. famous wheat belt around Waterville, will be equipped with good horses in Douglas county. It is not yet cer and a plentiful supply of provision. tain whether the proposed lines will Sheriff Griffith apparently is absolute connect with the Great Northern or ly confident that he has the Great Northern robbers surounded on Peo Northern Pacific. ple s creek, 75 miles distant. The Outlaw« art Cornered. Living on Camel Mut Great Falls, Mont., July 11.—In a deep canyon about 60 miles south of Malta and five miles north of the Mis souri river. Sheriff Griffith has at last cornered the Great Northern train robbers. The canyon is a veritable fortress and is full of caves where the robbers can hide and hold at bay an army if need be. This news left the camp of the posse at an early hour yesterday morning. London, July 11.—The Times pub lishes the following, dated June 28, from Gerloguby, in the Somali coun try: “The Abyssinian army cam paigning against the Mad Mullah has failed to find him. Provisions have been exhausted and the troops are now eating the camels and other transport animals. Unless food is procured in a few days many must starve to detah. ” Central American Storm. San Francisco, July 15.—The Pa cific Mail company’s steamer Newport from Panama and way ports reporta severe storms on the Central Ameri can coast. At both Champerico and Ocos she was caught in a hurricane and had to put to sea on each occa sion. Her anchor and 30 fathoms of chain were loot. A number of barges and lighters were driven ashore and other damage done at both places, but no lives were lost. Washington, July 12.—The state [ department has received the amount of the American indemnity for the claims against Turkey, $95,000, through the American legation at Constantinople. The money was 1 paid by the Turkish government to i Mr. l.eishman, our minister at Con- | stantinople, and was by him placed [ The Old Kail Fenc«. in the Ottoman Imperial Bank and drafts remitted for the amount. In the merry days ot buyhood when wo never knew a care These drafts have just reached Wash ington. As is always the case, the Greater than the muuips or measles or cut of hair, claims in the aggregate considerably When a a mother's sore toe was a treasure and a exceed the amount of the indemnity stone bruise on the heel actually paid, but our government Filled the other boys with envy which has expressed itself satisfied with the they tried not to conceal. payment. It assumes full responsi There were many treasured objects on the farm we held most dear, bility for the distribution, the Turk ish government paying down a lump Orchard, fields, the creek we swam in, and the old spring cold and clear; sum of $95,000 and leaving it to the there the woods of hick’ry and of state department to distribute it Over dak deep and dense. among the claimants at its discretion Looming up so behind the outlines of the and after its own fashion. It is stated old that as soon as the department offi rail fence. cials can prepare their list they will communicate directly with the claim On its rails the quail would whistle in ants. the early summer morn. These claims are principally based on losses suffered by the American Calling to their hiding fellows in the field of waving corn. missionary and educational institu tions in Turkey, notably those at And the meadow larks and robins on the stakes would sit and sing Harpoot and Marasch, but there are Till the forest shades behind them with a number of individual claims. The their melody would ring. state department officials feel the There the catbird and the jaybird sat greatest satisfaction at the settlement and called each other names. of these claims. Secretary Hay had And the squirrels and the chipmunks played the chase-and-catch-me been told by diplomats skilled in the games, way of Oriental diplomacy and ex perienced in the poliitcal conditions And the garter snake was often in un pleasant evidence of Southern Europe that he would of the never be able tocollect them. Among In the grasses in the corners old other difficulties the state department rail had to contend with was the jealousy fence. of the great European powers, most of whom had claims against Turkey As we grew to early manhood when we vastly larger in amount than ours, thought the country girls and whose total was beyond the abil In the diadem of beauty were the very fairest pearls ity of the Turkish government to meet. For more than a decade the Oft from spellin’ school or meetin' or the shuckin' bee American claims have been pending. Down jolly the old lane we would wander Minister Terrell initiated them; Dr. with a merry little "she.” Angell went over to collect them, On the plea of being tired (just the coun expecting to be so engaged only a try lover lie!. short time, but he returned unsuc On a grassy seat we'd linger in the cessful after several years in Constan moonlight, she and I, tinople. Then Minister Strauss took And we'd plant a future picture touched with colors most intense them up, and when he resigned he passed them along to young Mr. As we sat there in the corner of the old Griscom. The latter only recently rail committed his heavy charge to Mr. fence. Leishman, and, while to the latter be —Denver Post. longs the credit of actually collecting the money, it is said at the state de Question of loo Much Land. partment that every one of the officers There are lota of land owners In ev named has contributed valuable ser ery section of the country who are vices toward the final settlement. land poor. They own and control more CONDUCTOR WAS CARELESS. Terrible Head-on Cotillion on the Chicago & Alton In Missouri. Kansas City, July 12.—The Chi cago <fc Alton’s vestibuled limited passenger train, bound from Chicago to Kansas City, collided with a fast livestock train between Marshall and Norton, Mo., shortly after 7 :30 o’clock this morning. Sixteen persons were killed and 30 are in Kansas City hos pitals. The trains collided head-on. Thé engines were pushed to either side of the track, the baggage and chair cars were piled on top of the engines, the dining car was tipped over and the forward cars of the train tele scoped. Immediately after the collision some of the cars caught fire and the wreck was a blazing mass. The steam and scalding water escaped from the engines, burning many of the passen gers frightfully and enveloping the awful scene in a cloud that made the rescue work difficult. Freight cars were piled on top of the engines and several of them were burned. The mad bellowing of the cattle was min gled with the shrieks of men and women. Many of the passengers were imprisoned in the cars while scalding steam poured in on them. They prayed aloud and pleaded with the rescuers to lend a helping hand. They were taken out as rapidly as possible, but there were not enough helpers to prevent the awful burnings which many were subjected to. The wreck occurred about two miles west of Norton. Near the tracks there stands a small clump of trees. Under the shade of these trees the dead bodies and the injured passen gers were placed, but the shade gave little relief. The heat from the burning train was added to by the terrific heat of the atmosphere, which was blown across parched meadows and fields of curling corn into the faces of those who were in pain and gasped for fresh air. For a space of several square rods the ground was j covered with pallets made of quilts, coats and garments of every descrip- | tion. As many of the bed clothes as I could lie secured from the sleeping j cars were used for 'this purpose. | After spending hours under the trees, in the almost unbearable heat, it was | necessary for the injured to undergo a trip to Kansas City- Battle in Trantvaal. London, July 12.—Severe fighting, according to a dispatch to the Daily Express from Ixnirenco Marques, has taken place between Machadodorp and Lydenburg, the Boers lieing de feated with at least 50 killed. New Boxer Movement Shanghai, July 12.—A new Boxer movement is being started, according to Chinese intelligence from Singan. Pu Chun, the heir apparent, with other members of Prince Tuan'a fam ily, has gone to join Prince Tuan on the borders of Mongolia, and there are strong indications that Prince Tuan is preparing to march against the foreigners with the tacit approval of the dowager empress. land than they can work to advantage. They hang on to It like grim death until the sheriff comes to their relief or they are fortunate enough to find some man who has a sum of money large enough to pay one-third down and a bank account good enough to take the risk of getting the balance to gether in one and two years. There are plenty of large farms throughout the country which could be made to pay for themselves within a few years if divided up properly and placed In the hands of ambitious men who would appreciate an opportunity to secure and pay for a home of their own. Another benefit would aerrue from a change of this kind. Tbe condition of society would be much benefited. As a rule, either In city or country, the best communities are those In which the people own their own homes. It pre vents that floating element from pre dominating—people who have but lit tle Interest In their surroundings, as they are here one year and somewhere else another. It Is a fact that values are higher, the moral tone better and the people more happy and prosperous In communities where there are small farms which are owned by their occu pants.—Stockman and Farmer. In 1900 this had reached $4.000.000 by the middle of June. In some farms in Marylund 80 per cent or more of the crop was destroyed. Vigorous efforts are making to control Its spread and the official bulletin gives a detailed de scription and means of fighting it. Fruit Notet. Handle fruit as if you were handling eggs. It is the duty of every farmer to plant fruit trees. Cut out from the pear tree all limb* which show blight. Most fruit growers say that clay soli is the best for the pear. Blackberries are a profitable berry to raise for the market. The best sol! for the raspberry is * rich, well-drained, deep soil. Tlie number of known species of plums runs up into the hundreds. I-and that will produce grain and vegetables will grow blackberries. l’lums should be thinned to abont six Inches apart after the June drop. l’laut different kinds of fruit trees, so as to be sure of a crop of some kind. Pears and plums are just as hardy as apples and just as valuable to raise. Strawberries will grow In every State in the Union. Have you a lied of them? Fruit trees require to be cultivated and pruned, but they will repay all care and attention. Training raspberries and blackberriea on trellises is recommended by some growers. When fruit has been thoroughly thinned It attains the largest size, great est beauty and dellclouaness of flavor. For Unloading a Hayrack. An easy way to unload a hayrack without lifting It off Is to set four posts in such a manner as to be far enough apart one way to miss the running gears of the wagon and far enough rKAMI POH TH» HAYRACK. apart the other to hold a lfi-foot rack. Top boards are nailed to tbe posts. These are pointed at one end and by driving through between the two pan els the rack Is lifted from the wagon, being gradually raised as tbe wagon pusses along.—Exchange. Quatity of Potato*». The demand for quality is by no means confined to fruit, as many farm ers think. One might say the consumer has no means of knowing if a certain variety of potato Is likely to cook up mealy or be soggy, and that is true so far as tbe appearance of the tuber goes, but here Is the way the consumer treats tha matter: He gets a small supply of potatoes from the grocer and finds them soggy and tasteless. The next time he goes to tbe grocer he tells him in unmistakable terms that no more potatoes like tbe last are wanted. Tbe grocer In turn lays down tbe law to the commission man from whom he buys, who In turn looks up the source of sup ply, and either writes the grower that no more of the variety should be sent or says nothing and sells them to whom he can at any price he can. Thus the producer puys the penalty for not tak ing quality Into consideration In potato growing. Test varieties In the »oil you intend to use, and know what you are doing. If the soil is SHndy or gravelly loam and the plot has tbe proper care, there is no trouble in producing qual ity. _______ Rnrshtuu a* Forage Crop. If sorghum Is wanted for fodder, says Orange Judd Farmer, sow June 10 or after and let it remnln In the field until the lower blades have dried up and the seed has Just passed the dough stage. Cut with a mower when the «lew Is not on and put Into shocks at once. Build shocks eight feet high and Golden Caahaw Pumpkin. The Golden Cashaw pumpkin Is one eight feet In diameter and leave In the of the best of the newer sorts, Itoth for field until want«*«]. Sorghum put up in ple-inaking and for stock-feeding. this wny will make excellent feed un When the pumpkin Is matured the skin til warm weather next spring. After is golden orange In color. The flesh thut the juice lieglns to sour and It must not be used. Some feeders con sider one acre of sorghum worth two acres of ordinary field corn. If an or dinary wheat drill is used for sowing sorghum seed, stop three of the holes an«l leave three open. The crop can be cultivated once. When cutting time comes go Into the field with a self- binder and cut as oats or millet Tbe objection to this method Is that in most of the humid States there Is danger of sorghum spoiling under the band. In N'ebraskn and Kansas and further west, where the air Is dry, this objection does not hold. The crop Is easier handled in bundles. Paatiirlnir in Sprared O-chards. The statement was recently made In an agricultural paper that several cases OOI.DRN CASHAW rUMl'KIN. of swlne-kllllng by pasturing In spray- Is fine grained, rich yellow In color, <^1 orchards were on record. There la sweet and rich in flavor. This variety certainly some mistake about this, for Is one of tbe sorts it would pay to grow tbe matter has been repeatedly tested, alone, that Is, not In the corn field, and It has been found that It would re by anyone who had a large herd of cat quire the consumption of nearly half a tle to feed. Grown alone the yield Is ton of pasture by an aulinal for It to materially Increased. — Indianapolis obtain sufficient poison from under New». sprayed trees to Injure It. Moreover, swine of all animals are the least af Green Pea Lauaa. fected by poisons of any pasturing ani The Department of Agriculture ha» mals in orchards that have been spray- Issued a report on the ravages of the ( m 1, provided only spraying has lieen green pea louse, giving warning that done, and there has been no large quan this Insect, one of the most Important tity spilled over a small area. In the of those which have ravaged the crops latter case animals would l>e likely to of tbe country during the last two sea be made quite sick.—Exchange. sons, will widen Its range geographi Vanquishing the Murdock. cally and Increase the amount of de One man claims to have freed his struction. Blnce Its first appearance in May, premises front burdock burrs by keep 1899. at Bridges, Va„ Its devastation ing them mowed and cut off all sum has steadily Increased and It has now mer, never permitting them to form become the cause of great loss In the leaves. It ended them. Another said principal pea growing regions of the ! he put a very little gasoline on each United State». The estimated loss It plant by tbe use of a small oil can, and caused along tbe Atlantic coast States ' every plant to which the oil wai ap- J Ln 1899 la estimated at $3,000,000 and i plied went the way of all tbs earth.