THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IlcA L. HAHE, Proprietor.
TERMS: $125 IN ADVANCE.
NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA.
I THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
At tho meeting of the republican
Btato central commlttco of Iowa, It.
W. Clayton of Oskaloosa, representing
tho Sixth district, was chosen chair
man. John James James of Chicago, sec
retary of tho Commercial club, and
well known in Insuranco circles
throughout tho country, died of pneu
monia. James MndBcn of Hawkcye, la,, hns
been appointed assistant meat In
spector In tho bureau of nnlmal In
dustry, to bo located outsldo of Wash
ington. Tho comptroller of tho currency hns
approved tho Western National bank
of Now York ns a reserve ngent for
tho First National bnnk of Council
muffs, la.
Tho war department Intends'to make
n searching Inquiry Into tho catmo
nnd responsibility for tho explosion
of tho shell of a seven-Inch gun at
Fort Itllcy.
Tho cntlro town of Landesvlllc, 111.,
was destroyed by flro. Thero waB no
flro protection whatovor, Tho town
has a population of 300. No casualties
am reported.
Tho business portion of Beaton, III.,
was almost entirely destroyed by Are.
Tho loss is estimated at $50,000, about
half Insured. No Are appliance was at
hand to fight tho (lames, '
It la understood that an elevator
company In Yonkcrs, N. Y Is nt work
on two elevators for Buckingham pal
aco, England, on an order from
King Edward, Bent Indirectly to this
country.
It Is reported In Glasgow that J. R.
Ellerman, of tho Ioylnnd Lino, hns
purchased tho old established city lino
of fourteen steamers, engaged In tho
East Indian trado, the pneo being
nenrly 1,000,000.
Julhiri O. Iiolgo, president of tho St.
Louts Shovel company, confirms tho
reported consolidation of flvo of the
largest shovel mamuucturlng con
cerns In the country, with a capital
stock of $5,000,000.
Plans oro announced to sccuro tho
opening of tho Spokano Indian reserva
tion to mineral locations. Tho
reservation Is twenty-five miles north
ern of Spokano, Wash., and contains
about 200,000 acres.
United Btatca Judgo Estos, at Hon
olulu, has rendered a decision In which
ho declares that all Chlncso born In
tho Hawaiian Islands are American
citizens, no matter what government
thoy wero born under.
In a statement taken from a report
to his government, Wllllan Wyndham,
British consul In Chicago, says that
tho United Statcu will shortly bo nolo
to produce from beets tho $100,000,000
worth of sugar Imported nnnunlly.
In a report to General Glllcsplo,
Major koeoiio of tho corps of en
gineers, says that tho damage by tho
recent storm nt Fort Morgan in Mo
bile harbor was very slight nnd con
flnod wholly to a fow old buildings.
London Engineering descrlbos R. J
Hoffmann's flying muchtno, which is
nearlng completion at Berlin, as being
very similar to Professor Langloy's,
but adds it has somo essential lm
provements, Including a water tube
boiler and a compound condensing en
Sine.
A Rio Do Janeiro dispatch says:
The Royal Bteamshlp company's
steamer Nllo has brought a supply of
American coal hero in referonco to
the Cardiff coal Bold by tho company's
own agents, This la tho first Instance
of tho kind In tho history of tho com'
pany.
A dispatch from Basse Terro,
Island of Guadoloupo, says that tho
town of Grand Bourgo, Island of
Mario Galonto, in tho French Antilles,
has been destroyed by flro. Tho town
has u poulatlon of about 15,000.
A dispatch to tho Brussels Petit
Bleu from Vienna says: According
to advlcea from Qalatr twenty Rus
stan tropodo boats and several dls
patch boats, havo arrived at the
Dniester delta, nnd Russian troops
aro commencing to moblllzo along tho
Turkish frontier.
J. M. Mercer, convicted of criminal
assault, waB hanged nt Tampa, Fla
Ills neck was broken by the fall.
Potatoes are so scarco and high
that southwest Missouri pooplo aro
fearful lest thoy bo forced to llvo on
peaches and cream all winter.
The census bureau has issued a but
letia giving the population by sex, na
tlvlty and color of tho Btato of No
braaka. Tho males prcdomlnato with
a percentago of 52.9. Tho percentage
of foreign born Is 1G.G. Over 99 per
cent of tho population aro white.
a dispatch from ualtlmoro an
Bounces the death of ox-Congressman
Isaac W. Van Schalack.
Jos, H, Langcr, of Nebraska, has
been selected for consul at Solingen
Germany, and his commission will be
tawed In a few days.
n
Colombians Expect Undo Sam to Intor
fcro Sn Oaso of Trouble
ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR BOATS.
Colon Prompt to Report the Arrival of
Mm Machine Itcvolutlonary Movement
Flourlihei The Liberal! Are Well Sup
ported. COLON, Aug. 27. A report Is circu
lated horo to tho effect that tho rebels
now threatening tho town of Bocns del
Tero hall from Bluoflclds, Nicaragua.
Tho Machlas anchored today In
Colon harbor.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. Tho navy
department was advised this ovcnlng
that tho Machlns had arrived f.t Colon,
whoro it wan ordered In view of tho
threatened injury to our intorcstfl ow
ing to tho revolutionary outbreaks
near that port
COLON, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 23.
Via KlngBton, Jamaica, Aug. 20.)
Tho arrival of American warships Is
expected. Tho Impression prevails
that In caso of trouble- tho United
States will Intorforo.
The government's decrco dated July
18 revives tho talk of tho possibility
of a forced loan from tho foreigners
In Colombia. Tho decreo shows tho
government's oovoro financial extrem
ity. Tho liberal revolutionary movement
in Colombia Is well supported through
out tho country and It Is generally bc
llovcd thnt it will eventually succeed.
Tho government has about 400 soldiers
on tho lbthmus, whllo tho wholo army
amounts to from 25,000 to 35,000 men.
Tho Namounn, now called tho Gen
eral Plnzon, Is useless becauso It lacks
a crow. Tho natives scorn lncapablo
of proporly handling It.
Tho Iobb of the gunboat La Popa,
tho romalnder of whoso crow la now
reported safe, was a blow to tho; gov
ernment, which now hns only two
small gunboatB on tho Atlantic and
thrco on tho Pacific.
Interior communication, traffic nnd
transportation aro bad, especially be
tween tho Isthmus and tho rest of tho
country.
General Alban's absenco causes un
easiness in government circles. His
position gives him unrestricted power
over tho Isthmus, and tho lnck of
communication with Bogotn, tho capi
tal, renders him moro Independent of
tho government.
Tho censorship hero provents tho"
transmission of political nows or nows
unfavorable to tho government.
Tho rovolt of tho Colombian rebels,
now two yenrs old, lately assumed n
moro sorlous nspect by tho liberals'
concentration on the Isthmus. It' 1b
bollovod thoy nro contemplating ng
gresBlvo action. Consequently uneasi
ness provalls at Panama, tho liberal
objective, which was nearly captured
a year ago. It Is not believed tho
robols will molest tho railroad or In
terrupt tho traffic, Tho recent robol
raids along tho railroad amounted to
bloodless raiding and tho robbery of
Chlncso storekeepers, which tho prcs
onco of a fow government troops ap
parently Btoppcd, Thqro Is a report
thnt tho government is bringing troops
to protect tho Isthmus. This will bo
difficult, without exposing to rebel at
tacks tho points whence they aro
taken. Tho aro of tho rovolt Is exten
sive
GET SULTAN'S PROMISE TO PAY.
luterfereuce With Uu.ijr'e Contract U Ex-
penilve It Liquidated.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 27. Tho
amount of tho indemnity which tho
sultan agrees to pay tho Quays com
pany for Interference with Its rights
Is 700,000 frnncB. Tho sultan will also
pay 000,000 francs to n Frenchman
on account of tho seizing of his lands
In Albania. Tho Quays comapny re
nounces for n yenr tho clause in its
concession regarding tho transfer of
tho Quays to Turkey, only It 1b be
lieved to save appearances for tho
BUltan.
M. Constans, tho French nmbassa
dor, ntter making farewell calls on
his colleagues, left horo on board tho
Vautour, for Stnmboul, whoro ho will
talco the train.
Kpliteinlo feared at Kl Iteno.
EL RENO, O. T Aug. 27. A special
from LaWton to tho American says
that tho thermometer registered 112
degrees thero yesterday, tho hottest
of tho summer. Snnltnry conditions
aro bad nnd an outbreak of fever Is
feared.
Chun'e Illnru Onljr Feigned.
ROME, Aug. 27. Tho Illness of
Prlnco Chun, brother of tho emperor
of China, who, with a Chinese mis
sion, haB arrived at Basel, Swltxor
land, on his way to Berlin to apolo
gize for tho assassination of Baron
von Kettclor, tho German minister nt
Pokln, is, according to a dispatch re
ceived hero from Basel, a pretext for
delay, Prince Chun Having received
orders from Pckln not to proceed, a3
fresh flompllcntlonB havo arisen.
L
ONLY TALK Of SETTLEMENT.
No Evidence that Practical Attempt la
Uelng Made to Knd Strike,
PITTSBURG, Aug. 27. Develop
ments in tho steel strlko wcrp meager
this morning. Probablo renewal of
pcaco negotiations by disinterested
parties was again being discussed,
but nothing definite could bo learned.
Henry M. White of tho Garment
Makers of America nnd, Ralph M.
Easlcy of tho National Civic federa
tion, who tok part in tho conferenco
In this city lost week, left for tho east
last night and It is reported that
thoy went to Now York to make an
other attempt to havo tho negotiations
between tho contending parties re
opened. President Shaffer, however,
said that ho know nothing of tho pro
posed venture nnd his associates had
authorized no new steps for space.
Tho combine, it Is said, intends to
mako aggrcsslvo attempts to start
moro plants this wcok. They wero
successful In putting two moro mills
In operation at Painter's this morn
ing nnd now havo four mills, with a
forco of 400 men, at work. Tho mills
atartcd today wero No. 1 bar mill
and No. 7 cottontlo mill. The man
agement Bay that tho work being
turned out 1b up to tho standard nnd
Is being placed on tho market, Ono
of tho officials announced that ho had
threo moro crows, but that they
would not go to work until nil tho
men necessary to operate the six mills
had been secured nnd then that the
plant would bo run at night. Ho said
ho was almost certain tho cntlro
works would bo running nt night be
foro tho end of tho woolc. Moro men
wero taken Into tho Star plant of tho
Amorican TInplnto company and at
tho Lindsay & McCutcheon works of
tho Steel Hoop company. These nills,
tho comblno officials Bay, they ex
pect to havo In operation beforo Sat
urday. Tho strike managers assert that tho
resumption of thoso plants In full will
bo an Impossibility and any tho claims
of tho steel people aro not borno out
by tho facts. They say that they
scored n victory over tho management
of tho Star mills by preventing seven
men entering tho plnnt and that tho
plant 1b not running nt all this morn
ing. Opcrntor Plerco of tho Amalgamated
association Bald thero wero less men
working In tho locnl mills this morn
ing than for over a wcok.
Tho situation at all points Is reported
qulot and no troublo Is expected.
DISCOVER VALUABLE RELICS.
Good Itetnrne From Overhauling- Garret
and Cellar.
LONDON, Aug, 27. Tho overhaul
ing to which tho various royal paluccs
aro being subjected, by order of
King Edward Is leading to extraordi
nary dlscovorlca. Garrets and collnrs
closed over a century aro bolng
cleared nnd thrown open. Recently
a magnificent portrait of Queen Caro
line, by Lawrence, wns found, along
with other paintings in a garret at
Windsor castlo, and now an old four-
gon, or volvet-llncd van, of great slzo,
filled with splendid stiver and gilt
plate, hns been found in a cellar at
St. James palaco which has not been
used for 1C0 years. Tho silver in
question bolonged to Queen Anno nnd
wna used by her when giving grand
dlnnor parties at Kowo, Hampton
court and other suburban palaces to
which tho van wan dispatched from
St. Jnmcs. Tho silver was black, and
undoubtedly had remained in tho van
slnco tho tlmo of tho death of Qucon
Anne.
NOW COMES THE FAIR'S TEST.
Hoard of Director Arrnuge to Call for
Flrit Pujriuent.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 27. At its
meeting yesterday tho oxecutlvo com
mlttco of tho Louisiana Purchase Ex
position company authorizing tho sub
committee having the matter in chnrgo
to proceed at Its discretion with tho
proceedings for tho condemnation of
additional ground near tho world's
fair site. Tho 6C0 acres In tho Forest
park slto have bcon found Inadequate
for tho buildings plnnned, and soverni
hundred acres adjoining will be se
cured by condemnation it cqultablo
arrangements cannot bo mado with
tho owners. An opinion by General
Counsol Blair says that tho exposition
company has full power to secure by
condemnation proceedings whatovor
additional ground Is necessary for tho
world's fair.
A mooting of tho board of directors
has been called for next Friday to
arrango for a call on subscribers to
mako a 20 per cent payment on their
stock,
Ho Propniat for Settlement,
NEW YORK, Aug. 27. No propoal
tlon looking to a settlement of tho
stool strlko had been submitted up
to 11 a. m. today to tho United 8tatcs
Steel corporation as a result of tho
conferenco nt Pittsburg last week of
members of tho Amalgamated asao
elation, Industrial commission, Civic
federation and labor leaders. As far
as could bo ascertained nono of tho
pnrtlclapnts In tho conferenco had
rotua to Now York.
THE
Bcporta from Bteel Plants Indicates
Strength of Contending Forces.
CHANGE WITHIN WEEK PROMISED.
Amalgamated Official Sara Final Out
come Will He Harried Conference to
Start Thing It Hinge on the Unex
plained Project.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 24. A sum
mary of tho Bteel Btrlko situation last
night Bhows about iuo following con-
tlon:
This city: Star Mill Two mills run
ning; strikers say flvo moro men left
tho plant and Joined their ranks, bu
managqment positively denies state
ment. Pnlntcr Mill Four mills running.
Flro lighted In tho bar mill furnaces,
but failed to start na expected.
Pennsylvania Tubo Works Mill
idle; machinists say they'wlll quit to
night.
All Carncglo mills running full.
McKecsport Dclmar plant idlo nnd
no attempt will bo mado to start It bo
forco next week. Everything olso
closed.
Irondalc Mill running with Bamo
forco as yesterday; making two turns
and assurance from tho manager that
moro men will bo added to morrow.
Wellsvlllo Situation unchangod;
twclvo mills running.
Lisbon Fires started In tin plato
plant. Manager Evans says ovcrythlng
4-eady to Btnrt, with plonty of mon.
Strikers voted today to remain out
and tho mill Is strongly picketed.
Wheeling Everything tied up nnd
no apparent indications of an attempt
to start any of tho mills.
Bollalrc Tho National Steel com
pany's Idlo' plant will, it Is said, bo
started early next week by n full forco
of men.
No Into advices havo beon received
by tho Amalgamated officials from
cither Bay View or Jollet and tho sit
uation at thoso points Is considered by
them to bo unchanged.
Tho conferenco of tho labor leaders
nt tho offices of tho Amalgamated as
sociation was tho leading fcaturo to
day. Tho officials of tho organization
all seemed pleased with tho way things
woro moving and ono of them said:
"In another six days you will see a.
decided chango In tho strlko that will
tell with effect on tho trust and aid
in hurrying tho final outcomo of tho
strike." Just what thl3 chango Is to
bo was not said, but it was inferred
that tho coming ovent hinged upon
tho conferenco that waB taking place.
Two sessions woro hold by tho con
ferees behind closed doors. After
tho adjournment of tho first BC3slon,
nono of tho participants would give
out any information of tho proceedings
further than to Bay that tho leaders
had been called together for tho pur
poso of, having tho situation thorough
ly explained to them and to havo somo
action taken looking to tho nld of
tho strikers, morally and financially,
by all of tho organizations represent
ed.
SCHWAB PAYS FOUR MILLIONS.
Reported to Have Decided to Grasp the
llethlehera Steel.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24. A check
for $4,000,000 la Bald to havo been
rocolvcd by tho Glrard Trust company
to bo paid stockholders of tho Bethle
hem Steel company, on account of tho
controlling Interest in tho company
on which Charles M. Schwab holds
an option. Tho Glrard Trust com
pany Is acting as a depository for
tho stock. Officials of tho company de
cline to furnish any Information con
cerning tho reported rocoipt of tho $4,-
000,000.
At a recent meeting of tho stock
holders of tho Bethlohem Steel com
pany it wns agreed to soil to Mr.
Schwab at tho rato of $24 a share and
ho was given an option until Aug
ust 26.
Tho total amount of monoy Involved
in tho sale Is said to bo $17,000,000.
Tho regular monthly meeting of tho
directors of tho company will bo held
Tuesday and It Ib reported that VIco
Prcsldont Mcllvaln will bo elected
president.
IlaMlan Troop Mobilizing.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 24. A dispatch to
tho Petit Bleu from Vienna Bays:
According to advices from Galatz,
twenty Russian torpedo boatB and sev
eral dispatch boats havo nrrlvcd at the
Dniester doltn and Russian troops aro
commencing to moblllzo along tho
Turkish frontier.
Sovereign Ulna Together,
WILHELMSHORE, Prussia, Aug. 24
King Edward arrived horo at lunch
tlmo and was met at tho railroad sta
tion by Emperor William, In tho uni
form of a BrltlHh admiral, and tho olfl
cors of tho hondquurtor8 stiff. Tho
king of England woro tho uniform of
tho Dragoon gunrds. After cordial
greetings tno sovereigns entered an
open currlago drawn by four hnnd
sorno horses and were driven to the
castle, whoro thoy had lunpheon.
TOO FEW SOLDIERS IN MANILLA.
Force to He Increased by Four Companies
of Infantry.
MANILA, Aug. 26. In tho city of
Manila thero aro now lesa than 1,000
effective soldiers and it has been decid
ed to lncreaso this number by four
companies of infantry. Tho official
reason for tho Increase is that tho
guard duty Is too heavy for tho pres
ent force. As a matter of fact, how
ever, thero is a felling that although
thero Is no apparent prospect of trou
ble, nevertheless in tho ovent of an
uprising in tho future, such os Is al
ways posslblo among tho Malays, it
would bo better to havo a sufficient
body of troops available.
General Chaffco says ho considers
tho city of Manila to bo perfectly or
derly and ho can see no prospect of
an uprising. Commissioner Wright
thinks tho peoplo "extremely peaco
ablc." Ho Is satisfied that, although
among a certain class thero is some
discontent on account of tho land tax,
which Is not yet understood, this class
Is not likely to foment troublo.
Many army officers say they aro
gratified at tho lncreaso in tho mili
tary force. They think that with tho
military guard withdrawn from tho
prison another uprising thero might re
sult in tho release of about 1,800 pris
oners. This possibility Is regarded as
a mennco to tho city by those who
take that view of tho case, as they
regard tho whlto guard as Insufficient
WILL NOT HURT AMERICANS.
Cuban Clgnr Truile Bnld to He Unlmpor-
tuut In Size.
HAVANA, Aug. 20. Gustav Beck,
in tho courso of a report to the cigar
manufacturers' union regarding tho
outlook of tno cigar nnd tobacco in
dustry, expresses, tho opinion that
thero is no danger to bo apprehended
from American competition bo far as
Cuban cigars are concerned. Ho takes
tho ground that, oven if Cuba sent
all her cigars to tho Jnlted States
and produced 20,0.0,000 last year, this
could not Berlously affect tho Amer
ican producers and manufacturers,
who sold 5,500,000,000 cigars in tho
United States. Eyen if Cuba wero to
moro than doublo her present output
and to send all to tho United States
this would not chango tho situation.
Mr. Beck points out also that tho
tobacco soil In Quba Is limited and
that tho American grower has tho ad
vantage of tho Cuban grower in view
of tho fact that tho cost of his pro
duction of tobacco Is greater in Cuba
than In tho United States.
CUTS TO MOVE THE WHEAT.
Seven-Cent Rate to Chicago on Carload
From Knnnns City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 2C Tho
commercial agent of tho Santa Fo rail
road today announced to tho Kansas
City Board of Trado that his road
would carry all wheat on which dispo
sition orders wero received beforo eve
ning from hero to Chicago for 7 cents
por 100 pounds.
Tho abjoct of tho Santa Fo in cutting
tho rato Is to sccuro tho disposition of
loaded cars In tho local yards. There
wero 100 loaded cars of wheat In tho
Santa Fo yards today. Disposition or
ders wero recolved for tho majority of
them beforo evening) Tho commer
cial agont said that tho recoipts of
wheat tonight would decide whether
or not tho 7-cent rato would bo of
fcctlvo tomorrow. It Is posslblo that
tho Santa Fo will contlnuo to mako
this rato openly whllo shipments con
tlnuo heavy. Tho present is a cut of
3 cents under tho ngrecd rato of 10.
cents.
ARMOUR ON HIS WAY HOME.
Sick Man Leave Chicago for Kanui
City.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2C Kirk B. Ar
mour, head of the oxtenslvo Armout
enterprises in Kansas City, and who
was recently stricken with a critical
Illness at Watklna Glen, N. Y., passed
through Chicago, en route to his
Kansas City homo. Ho was In a pri
vate car and was attended by Dr.
Griffith of Kunsas City and trained
nurses. To thoso who mado inquiry
whllo tho car wns in tho railroad
yards hero as to his patient's condi
tion, Dr.' Griffith stated that Mr. Ar
mour wns resting comfortnbly.
Tho party arrived In Chicago over
tho Lake Shoro road at 4 p. m., nnd
wont. out. over tho Santa, Fe road at
G o'clock.
Uiar It to Vltlt Germany.
BERLIN, Aug. 26. It Is soml-ofll-
dally announced that tho czar, In an
autograph letter, definitely accepted
Emperor William's Invitation to at
tend the naval maneuvers at Dantzlc.
Oklahoma Line Would llulld.
TOPEK'A, Kns.,Aug. 26. The Choc
taw Northern Railway company of
Geary, O. T., hns applied to tho Kan
sas charter board for permission to
bull and operate a lino of rallroatf in
this state. Tho company has a cap
ital of $4,000,000. It will build north
from Geary, Blaine county, nnd con
nect with tho Santa Fe in Woodward
or Woods counties, and from thore to
somo town along tho southern line ot
Kansas.
more mm m
Changes in Their Oondition Promised by
tho Corporation Officials,
HAVE MEN TO INCREASE FORCE
Flantt on Single Torn Will Boon He
Working With Three Plenty of
Skilled Mechanic Exteuilve Improve
ments at the Star.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 26. Somo re
markablo changes In tho condition of
tho Btrlkc-rlddcn mills of tho United
States Steel corporation nro promised
for tho present week that will change
tho aBpcct of affairs considerably if
carried out ,It was stated on good au
thority today that, beforo tho end of
tho week thoso of tho plants thnt havo
been oporatlng on slnglo turn will
ho run with full forco nnd for tho
usual thrco full turns each day. Mon
enough havo been secured for this
purpose, tho officials Bay, in spito of
tho claims jof the strikers that the
companies could not get onough men
to opernt tholr plants, and tho man
agers of tho mills say they will bo
ready with all tho skilled men requir
ed to start up tho machinery and turn
cut a heavy tonnage.
Tho moat Interesting situation is in
the Star mill of tho American tin plato
plant here. This plant was until thla
summer considered as doomed. The
tin plato company had, It is said, de
cided to abandon tho mill and movo
tho machinery elsewhere. Slnco tho
strike has come on them and it was
demonstrated that tho operation of tho
mill with non-union men was posslblo
under tho -protection of a well equip
ped pollco forco, tho officials decided
to keep this mill,, make extensive im
provements In Its equipment and mako
it a permnnont fixture ot tho company.
Tho most significant fcaturo of thla
plan has been carried out during tho
past week. That connlsts of fitting tho
mtll in tho sarao manner as that of tho
Monessen (Pa.) plant. The former
eight mills havo been changed to four
doublo mills. Other Improvements havo
been added that will glvo tho plant a
larger capacity, increase its forco of
men nnd mako It ono of tho most mod
ern of all tho tin plants In the coun
try. With tho completion ot theso im
provements, tho company will be pre
pared to place a sufficient number of
men in tho plant to work tho four
double mills threo full turns. This Is
said to bo expected to take place dur
ing the present week. Beforo Satur
day, according to Superintendent Piper
ot the Star mills, tho plant will bo op
erated to its full oxtont.
Referring to tho present condition of
tho mills, Mr. Piper said: "Wo received
eight skilled men early this morning.
J. R. Phillips of tho company ac
companied tho men to tho mill and It
was not until after they wore in and
comfortably Bottled for tho night that
tho strikers discovered their, presence.
Thoso men are of tho best In tho trado
and will enablo us to movo tho plant
on a better basis than before."
Outsldo tho Star plant today a largo
number of strikers wero on picket
duty. Thoy wero quiet and ordorely,
but had their eyes and ears open for
any signs of newcomers. Tho pecu
liar featuro of tho strike about tho
Star plant is the good feeling display
ed between tho strikers and tho man
ager of the plant. Whon Superintend
ent Piper left tho building early this
morning he met tho strikers and laugh
ed good naturedly to them. Ho said
to tho anxious pickets: "I had moro
fun In getting thole last men Into tho
plant than at a gamo of checkers."
Cloee the Country Store.
CAPETOWN, Aug. 20. A fresh or
der' proclaiming martial law has been
Issued providing for tho closing ot all
tho country stores In tho Queenstown
district, requiring that all things like
ly to bo useful to tho enemy shall bo
taken to certain specified towns and
forbidding country residents to havo In
their possession moro than a week's
provisions.
Prince Chuan In Europe.
BERLIN, Aug. 26. Prince Chuan,
brother of tho emperor of China, and
tho members of tho Chinese mission
now on tho way to Berlin to apologize
for tho murder ot Baron von Kottolor,
German minister in Pekln, have ar
rived at Basol, Switzerland.
WlUon Will Not Keilgn.
SANTIAGO DE CHIL0, Aug. 26.
(Via Galveston, Tex.) Henry L. Wil
son, United States minister to Chill,
formally denied the report that he
would soon retire.
Kay They Will Start a Paper.
COLUMBUS, O., Aug; 26. Columbus
Typographical union at a meotlng
yesterday approved the action of the
Press-Post printers, pressmen and
stereotypers In quitting their places
and declaring a lockout nt tho estab
lishment. Tho management of the
paper announced that publication
would bo resumed at once. Inasmuch
asuo .soJement -with 'the union la
in prospect It Is tJiought an entire now
forco will bo put on. yj
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