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A cablegram from London to tho
Now York American says that condi
tions in the cotton manufacturing dis
tricts of Lancashire and adjacent
counties have reachod an acute stage
in a poriod of depression precipitated
by American speculators of the cot
ton market In dozens of towns in
tho cotton districts of England, thou
sands of men loiter workless in the
streets, while women and children un
complainingly suffer hunger.
An Associated press dispatch under
date of San Francisco, Cal., Septem
ber 19, says: Some time ago tho store
of a prominent merchant in Chinatown
was robbod. Two of tho robbers word
caught and were convicted. Three
others were identified, but escaped.
Tho Six Companies offered a reward
for their capture, and one has just been
caught In Portland and brought back
here. Now comes the Chinese Six
Companies w?h tho following proc
lamation, si" "d and sealed by each
of them and individually: "No mat
tgr of what te'e r he is, who ho is, or
what ho is, wq, forbid any party or par
ties, openly or secretly, to aid, or em
ploy attorneys to defend the defend
ant, or in any way assist in clearing
him. We regard the parties who de
fend tho defendant as robbers them
selves, and we will endeavor to prose
cute the parties who aid tho defendant
for tho same offense. Be it known to
you all."
Speaking to tho Russian ambassa
dor, the sultan of Turkey expresses
regret at the offenses committed by the
Turkish troops, and said that orders
had been sent to the authorities con
cerned to prevent repetition of these
oftensos. Tho sultan .also promised
that tho guilty parties would be pun
ished. Similar promises were made' to
tiie German ambassador. Tho Ger
man, ambassador is reported to be
quite optimistic, but little general con
fidence is manifested in the promises
of the sultan.
condemning tho republican state ad
ministration and also denouncing the
democratic convention because it
failed to condemn tho uso of tho mili
tary at Cripple Creek, wero adopted.
An Associated press cablegram un
der date of London, September 21,
says: Attorney General Finlay at to
day's session of the Alaskan boundary
commission, continued his argument in
behalf of Canada, citing tho utter
ances of American officials and pas
sages in the American case, which ho
claimed upheld tho Canadian conten
tion. Tho attorney general claimed
that tho Inleta of Alaska must be con
sidered territorial, waters. In this
connection Lord Chief Justice Alver
stono called tho attorney general's at
tention to the contention of the Nor
wegian commissioners in the Bering
sea arbitration, that tho waters of
the fjords of Norwal were territorial
and that the coast of that peninsula
consequently represented a lino drawn
from headland to headland. Tho at
torney general claimed that this prin
ciple should bo applied to Alaska.
Lord Alverstone apparently was un
willing to bind himself to such a
sweeping application and suggested
that owing to geographical peculiari
ties it was impossible to apply to Alas
ka a principle applicable elsewhere.
Tho attorney general quoted tho con
tention of the Canadian view of the
territorial waters, but as the American
contention did not prevail on that oc
Great Britain, $2,600,000; Germany.
11,417,300; Holland, $1,046,450; Spain,
$600,000; Mexico, $500,000; Norway
and Sweden, $200,000. The sessions of
the French and Belgian tribunals have
closed.
At the convention of the interna
tional association of bridge and struc
tural iron workers at Kansas City,
Sam Parks and other delegates from
local union No. 2 of New York wero
seated. Sam Parks is the man who is
on trial charged with soliciting money
ftom employes in return for a settle
ment of the strike.
Tho twenty-third annual reunion of
tho Old-time Telegraphers was held
at Milwaukee, September 23. ' Atlan
ta, Ga., was choson as tho next place
of meeting. Charles C. Adams of At
lanta was elected president R. G.
Corse of Salt Lako City was chosen as
a member of the executive committee.
Tho secretary's report showed that
during tno year 96 new members were
enrolled, 17 died, 5 resigned, and 84
wero stricken from the rolls. The
United States military telegraphers
corps, which also met at Milwaukee the writ of habeas corpus was con
men's attorneys withdrew from tho
case because of the presence of tho
military. Tho men had boon hold
prisoners by the military for about
two weeks without warrants and with
no formal charges against them.
While tho case was pending, General
Chase announced that whatever the
decision of .the court might be nn
-would not release tho men other than
by tne governor's orders. Tho court.
Judge William Seeds presiding, decid
ed against the military authorities and
ordered the release of the prisoners on
September 24. General Chase declined
to recognize tho authority of the court
until ordered by the governor to do
so. General Chase maintained that
though martial' law had not been for
mally declared, -it was really put in
force by the order l3suod by tho gov
ernor directing the troops to main
tain order and that therefore the civil
court had no jurisdiction. The coun
ty commissioners and sheriff invitpd
former Governor Thomas and United
States Senator Patterson into consul
tation. Messrs. Thomas . and Patter
son advised them that the civil au
thorities had full authority so far as
on the same date, chose Atlanta, Ga., ,
as the next placo of meeting,- and
elected Col. W. B. Wilson of Phila
delphia as president.
The state convention of league of
republican clubs of ' Pennsylvania
meeting" September .25, indorsed the
Rcosovelt administration.
Several weeks ago a strike of the
union miners was ordered at Cripple
Creek. The mine owners alleging
that a large number of tho men want
ed to work called upon Governor Pea
body for troops. The civil authorities
insisted that they wero able to pre
casion, Lord Alverstone said it could ry0 law and order, but the governor
not be used in favor of Canada. decided to send troops, and the entire
national guara or tne Biaie, unaer
A skirmish between Turkish and
Bulgarian troops occurred Saturday,
September 19, on the Turko-Bulgarian
frontier. It is reported that Turkey is
massingO.OOO men in and around Pa
lonta, ten miles from the Bulgarian
frontier, against which force the Bul
garians have only 4,000 men at Kos-tenvil.
An Associated press cablegram under
date of London, September 22, says:
The Times correspondent at Belgrade
sends a review of the situation in Ser
via. in which he says the military con
spiracy at Nish, directed against the
regicides, is far graver than the gov
ernment dare acknowledge. Of a total
'of 1,500 officers, 1,000 are said to be
concerned Jn it, and probably the bulk
of tho nation secretly sympathizes
with thorn. Tho clique of assassins,
.however, hold all the chief civil and
military offices, the keys of the ar
senal and the treasury, and any one
crossing their path is doomed. The
king is surrounded and under tho rule
of tho assassins, and many doubt if he
will ever shako himself free. Minister
Gontchltch, in lose house the regi
cide plot was hatched, and who con
ducted the secret negotiations with
King Peter, is alleged to possess an
incriminating-, letter", which is lcept
hanging over tho royal head. Lately,
however, the regicides, are beginning
to realize that they have gono too far
and must modorate their attitude. Tho
elections are anticipated with con
siderable interest
Under date of Sofia, Bulgaria, Sep
tember 21, it was reported that a seri
ous engagement occurred at Pekin,
near -Melnik, in which the Turksare
said to have lost 500 men killed, in
cluding two colonels.
The officials of the United States
state department report that they are
in receipt of many appeals from
American citize1i3, urging this govern
ment to take some action with respect
to the Turkish brutalities.
The farmers' national congress met
at Niagara Falls, September 22, Ad
dresses were dt.-.vered by Governor
Odell, Mayor J. D. Purse of Savannah,
Ga., Secretary Cortelyou and O. P.
Austin. Tho body declared cgainst the
ship subsidy and is opposed to Cuban
reciprocity.
The officials of Hawaii have applied
to President Roosevelt for a commis
sion to secure a loan in the sum of
$j ,229,000, for various public improvements.
the
command of Brigadier General Chase,
was ordered to Cripple Creek. By
General Ghase's orders a number of
prominent members of the miners'
union, including all the members of
the executive committee, who had the
Strike in charge, were arrested with
out warrant, and held in the guard
house. Habeas corpus proceedings
were commenced in behalf of tho men
under arrests General Chase respond
ed to the habeas corpus writ by send
ing tho prisoners to tho court room in
charge of a detail of thirty soldiers.
The" soldiers remained in the court
room in spite of the protest
made by attorneys for the work
ingmen. Two of the working-
cerned and that should the court de
cide against the military authorities it
would be the duty of those authorities
to surrender the prisoners according
to the court's order. At the same timo
Messrs. Thomas and Patterson said
that if the military refused to obey the
court's order they would advise
against any physical effort being made
to enforce that order on the ground
that it would mean a clash between
tho military and the sheriff's posso,
bloodshed would ensue, and with tbpir
their stronger force the military prob
ably -would prevail. The situation was
subsequently simplified by an order is
sued by Governor Peabody directing
General Chase to release the prisoner
according to Judge Seeds' order.
Premier Balfour has .written a let
ter to the Bishop of Canterbury dis
cussing the Macedonian situation. Mr.
Ealfour says that the problem is a
groat one, and that,, the instrument
whereby the situation may be dealt
with is the concert of Europe. But,
oven were they all in harmony, it is
necessarily slow and must be inef
fective if the problem is complex.
A dispatch under date of London,
September . 25, saysv The Associated
press is able to state definitely that
Lord Milner, the British high com
missioner in South Africa, who is now
at Carlsbad, has been offered and has
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Dispatches from Monterey, Mex.,
report that in tho city of LJnlres there
are 200 cases of- yellow' lover, while
fully 2,000 people are sick with various
ailments. Yellow fever prevails in
many other Mexican towns.
On September 21 the" populist state
convention of Colorado nominated Dis
trict Judge Frank Powers for justice
""of the supreme court Resolutions
Tho president of the Macedonian
organization in an interview sent from
Sofia, Bulgaria, September's, savs
that the talk by the Turkish authori-
tlfis on fh a 'linen nf nonnn in vnl-Ssn miD
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n-OIt SALE A GOOD FARM CONTAINING
x 147 acres, ad Joining a prosperous town In
tho best part ot Oklahoma. For particulars
write J. H. VanDeventer, Morrison, O. T.
T?OR 8ALE-BLACK DRAFT STALLION FOUR
- years old. Price S300.00. For particulars ad
dress J. W. Holmes, Melvln, Ills.
WATCHES 16 JEWELED ELGIN 20 YEARS
TT case,J9.28. Bend for catalogue. G. H.
Goodwin Co., Tracy, Minn;"
TORSALE A VALUABLE FARM IN HAR-
Ian county, N LraBka. Mrs. A. M. Benedict.
Lincoln, Nob.
ITTNEQUALLED CURE FOR CONSTIPATION--
Mail twenty-flvo cents to (Physician) Box 90
xiuyuruiuiu, rn.
. An Associated press cablegram un
der date of Caracas, Venezuela, Sepr
ft ANADA 50,000 ACRES AT 7, EASY TERM8,
y with homestead adjoining freo In Northeast
Assinboia, Richest soil of Golden West, good
fr-ml-mi 93 onvo mh flntr.i i .,.. water cxcollcnt markets, no drouths nn omn
nf v.X iniLn iTj "" "buie failures. Also choice tracts and improved farms
of, the claims presented by foreign na- in Winnepeg, Brandon. Moose Jaw and $25
tlons to tho mixed tribunals now sit- bc9t districts. Improved farm bargains in-Red
ting in Caracas are! Franco $16- Rir y&ll$Y Mum- ftnd N. Dak. .Write Now
Mnnnn TTtfna elM iamaa'aa' or Come. I can save you monoy. See and you
040,000; United States, $10,900,000; buy. C.H. Day, 837 Endicott Bldg., St. Paul
Italy, $8,300,000; Belgium, $3,093,360; I Minn. x ' lftuI
"PRODUCTION THE INDEX OF VALUE- OR
x sale a farm of 800 acres which averaged 80
bushels of corn on 400 acres In first-class season
and samo land mado40 buBhels in 1001 the poor
est season. Finely located in Lnyfayctto
county, Missouri, adjoins railroad station, iw
acres rich ridgo land and C50 acres dry valley
land. 40 acres wintor applo orchard and otner
fruit: 8ir.,000.00 in common sense improvements.
Tho coal under it is worth $100.00 an acre, win
grow corn, wheat, oats, timothy, clover, ai au
and blue grass in greatest abundance, lme
S77.RO an aere. other fancv farms. J. H. W
scomb, 610 Nelson Bldg., Kansas City, Mo.
TTNIVER8AL KEEN EDGE RAZOR STROP,
u Sharpons. dull razors without honing. Read
fnr iiba Vrv Hnrohlo Vrio.o. Rfifi. fiOC. 75C. JiU-
'cry
ward Storn, 4244 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
OTOCK FOR SALE-COCKERELS, PULU-Tfl
and hens. All leading varieties. Frees lower
now than later. Wrlto today and state J .our
wants. Mt. Blanco Poultry Farm, Mt. Blanco,
Ohio. '
WATER PROBLEM SOLVED. THE KOUKR
Well Drilling Machino gets it. Cheapest uy
hair, most practical of any. Catalogue ireo.
Kogor & Sous, Mooresburg, Tenn.
TARGE FUD MIXED OXALIS, D04 w.
M. Bradford, 11, Wth St.ifttnta Ana, Cal.
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