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A WAR SCARE. REPORT THAT OBNEY HAS SENT AN ULTIMATUM Ami that England Must Fighter Back down. Washington enjoyed a genuine war scare Saturday as a result of a sensa tional story printed in the Washington Post, to the effect that the apministra tion had practically delivered an nlti rmBiun to the British government which left that goverament no alter native except to hack down or fight. According to the Post, which some times gets some very valuable inside information, the administration has taken a stalwart American posi tion relative to Venezuela. Until quite recently the administration was, to say the least, unfortunate in the ex ecution of its foreign policy. Its atti tude toward Hawaii when its minister secretly conspired with a dissolute and profligate queen to restore her to a disgraced throne, naturally failed to strike a responsive chord in the hearts of a people whose ancestors had re¬ volted against the tyranny of George Ilf. The affair at Corinto was another chapter which the American people read with a burning sense of indigna tion. For the present purposes of the au vanceministration thesituation inYVen ezuela is most opportune. It is hard lynecessary to repeat that in that small and practically defenfeless republic Great Britain Las continued to ad tho boundary line of British Guiana until less than one-half of Voneznela now remains as undisputed territory. Not long ago the Venezuelan gov¬ ernment granted to American capital ists a most valuable concession to de¬ velop a vast tract of land rich in min¬ erals and hard woods. Upon these commercial treasures England) al¬ ready cast her envious eye. She had, in fact, already set liter foot upon the soil. Her counter claim to the terri tery as against the grant issued by Venezuela brought affairs to a crisis. It afforded this government the oppor¬ tunity of sounding a note of defiance in the ears of England—a note as start¬ ling in its suddenness and significance as was the certain rattle of musketry on the Lexington road one fine morn¬ ing in 1775. This is not overstating the case. Secretary Oluoy’a note to Lord Halisbury lias not yet been made pub¬ lic, but when its ringing sentences be¬ come known, as they will in due time, it is said they will arouse an echo in every patriotic heart. Despite the de¬ nials which have been diplomatically made, there is no doubt that Lord Balisliury baa protested that the United States is carrying the principle of the Monroe doctrine to an extout hitherto undreamed of. There is ground for such a protest. Mr. Olnoy has placed England in a position where she must either abandon her claim or sustain it with a show of force. There is no alternative. It can be positively asserted that the administration is sublimely indifferent to the course which Great Britain in¬ tends to pursue. There would be glory enough, of course, if as the sequence to the firm position the United States has asserted England should quietly yield and recognize the dominant power upon the western hemisphere. But if, on the other hand, England proposes to loave the question to the arbitrament of war, then the adminis¬ tration will bo ready to meet the issue. It is for this that tho work upon the ships is being hastened iii all the navy yards, that armor is being forged and guns completed with unusual rapidity. More than this, there will lie, in due oonrso of time, an array of American war vessels under the shadow of the Venezuelan coast* ostensibly maneu vering, but in reality emphasizing by their presence the new, stalwart policy of the administration. TROOPS FIRE ON A MOB. Would-be Lynchers Stopped by Bul¬ lets—Two Men Killed. In an attempt early Sunday morn¬ ing to avenge the murder of August Schultz, the oity marshal of Tiffin, O., who was shot down in cold blood by Leander J. Martin, alias Williams, a farmer of Hopewell township, a few days ago, two more victims were added to the trigie nffair. At 1:30 o’clock a mob of 150 infuriated men, many of whom were under the influence of liquor, attacked the jail iu au effort to secure Martin and hang him. A volley from a half dozen Winchesters met them aud two of the mob were killed. At daylight crowds began to gather in the vicinity of the jail and Sheriff Vau Nest, fearing further troubie, called out company C, of the Sixteenth regimeut, Ohio national guards, to maintain order. Will Increase Their Wages, l’he proprietors of the foundries at Lawrence, Mass., have agreed to grant the request of the local iron aud brass molders for an increase in wages, in¬ cluding the establishment of $2.50 as tha maximum day’s pay, the abolition of piece work and recognition of the union. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Condition as Reported for the Fast Week. The reports as to industrial condi tions all over the south, received for the past week, show that temporary changes in prices do not have any de¬ cided effect on the volume of business which steadily increases, Iron is not in as active demand as a month ago, but deliveries on contracts keep the stock from accumulating in the yards, and inquiries show that a very large trade is not yet supplied. Pipe makers and structural iron manufactures re port a heavy business at firm prices. Lumber men report encouragingly as to the situation from their standpoint, and quote higher prices and activity in making shipments, which in some places is greater than the ability of the railroads to bupply the cars, A good deal of attention has been attracted to southern textile mills by visits from many of the lar gest cotton mill operators in the Northeastern States, who have been ft t the Atlanla meeting of the North eastern Cotton Manufacturers’ Asso ciation. Mills in operation have been worked to their full capacity, and more are in active work than at any previous time. Some complaint is made that the margin of profits is so narrow, but as a whole, the southern cotton mill men are doing well, and ne w mills continue to be organized, Fluctuations in the cotton market do not materially affect the manufactur erB 0 r growers, as purchases are saado B t prices which gives a profit to man¬ ufacturers, and cotton growers have all sold at a fair profit this year. Among the new industries established or incorporated during the past week, is the People’s Cotton Factory, Mont¬ gomery, Ala., capital $200,000; Broad River Cotton Mills, of Columbia, S. C., with $150,000 capital, mills at An¬ niston, and Dadeville, Ala., and Lithonia, Ga., and a knitting mill at Valdosta, Ga. There is also reported the charter at Moundsville, W. Va., of the Moumls ville Sand Co., capital $500,000; the Hunter Automatic Co., of Hunting ton, W. Va., with $200,000 capital and the Josserand Lumber Co., of Josse rand, Texas, with $100,000 capital. The Central Peninsular Mining & Muck Co., capital $50,000, has been incorporated at Inverness, Fla., a $30,000 cotton oil mill is to be built at Denton, Texas, and the Beary Manufacturing Co., capital $25,000 has been chartered at Roanoke, Va. An electric lighting company is re¬ ported at Lafayette, La., a fertilizer factory at Valdosta, Ga., flouring mills at Danville, Kv., and Graysville, Va., and foundries and machine shops at Palatka, Fla., Greensboro, N. C., and Huutington, W. Va. A large soap factory is to be built at Louisville, Ky,, and woodworking plants at Way cross, Ga., Moss Point, Miss., Char¬ lotte, N. C., Ethridge, Tenn., and Frost, Texas. The enlargements for the week in¬ clude a $25,000 addition to a brewery at Houston, Texas, a $50,000 addition to a cotton mill at Charlotte, N. C., a tannery at Sanford, Fla., and flouring mills at Kline, W. Va. Among the new buildings are a $.>0,000 bank building at Georgetown, Ky., and one to cost $17,000 at Newport News, Va., a $12,000 church at Macon, Ga,, u $200,000 hoted building at Macon,Ga,, a large office building at Louisville, Ky.,and a $22,000 warehouse at Ports¬ mouth, Va. SPENCER AT SAVANNAH. Making Preparations for Transferring the Central to New Owners. President Samuel Spencer, of the Southern railway, arrived in Savannah Tuesday night to confer with Receiver Comer with regard to the transfer of the Central railroad system to its new owners. The transfer will take place, according to the order of the conrt, at 12 o’clook on the night of Oc tober 31st. The necessary circulars will be issued in accordance with that order. The receivers will issue a circular announcing the transfer and stating that they have discharged every person in their employ, aud the new company will issue a circular announc¬ ing that it has taken charge of tho property and re-employing everybody that the receivers discharge. RIOT AMONG NEGROES. Two Participants Were Killed and a Number Injured. A bloody riot occurred amotig a crowd of negroes in Bossier Parish, La., fifteen miles from Shreveport, in which two were killed and several in¬ jured. A negro implicated in the killing has been arrested. He stated that his name was Albert Hicks, and that he shot one of the negtoes in self-defense. The shooting occured at a negro cabin at a plantation near Houghton, La. Tho cause of the trouble was a family row which ended in a general riot iu which pistole were freely used. Mrs. Noble’s Case. A Macon, Ga., special says: The hearing of argument on the extraor¬ dinary motion for new trials in the cases of Mrs. Elizabeth Nobles and Gus Fambles has been postponed to November 6th. The hearing will take place at McRae on that date before Judge Smith. A WARLIKE MOVE. _ RUSSIA SENDS FIFTEEN BAT TLESHIPS TO CHINA. At the Same Time British Men of War are Ordered to Formosa. A dispatch from Shanghai has been received at London announcing the departure of a fleet of 15 Russian war eh j ps from Viadivostock for Chemulpo and Fusan, Corea, and the London Times’dispatch from Hone Konc- an pouncing that Russia has obtained the rigllt to anchor jier fleet at Port Ar tbur, and construct railroads on the Liao Tung peninsula, have both caused intense excitement in London official circles as well as in those cir¬ cles having commercial relations with the far east. These most important statements are looked upon generally ns being a sud¬ den re-opening in an unexpected quarter of the far eastern question in its widest sense. The Shanghai dispatch added that the Japanese fleet in Formosan waters had been recalled, that several British warships had been ordered to Corea and that preparations for a struggle were visible on all sides. The Hong Kong cable message to the Times caused that paper to say ed¬ itorially: “Russia cannot possibly imagine that the great powers will view with indifference such a destruction of the. balance of power, which is almost un¬ paralleled in its audacity. China’s option to purchase the railways is a jest almost too cynical to find a place in any serious diplomatic transaction. Under the indicated conditions Man ahuria would practically become a Russian province, while Pekin would be within Russia’s grip.’* It is admitted on all sides that the situation presented is so grave, that should the news prove true, it would make war in which several nations will take part, more than probable. It should be added that there is every reason to believe that the story from Hong Kong is authentic and ali sources of information agree that the powers interested in the far east will find themselves confronted by a con¬ dition of seriousness which cannot be over-estimated. DURRANT’S SEALED STATEMENT A Revelation to His Attorneys When They Read It. The San Franoisco Examiner says the mysterious statement which Theo¬ dore Durrant addressed to his attor neys, and over which there has been so much speculation, was placed in the hands of the attorneys for the de¬ fense before Mr. Deuprey made his opening statement to the jury. Every effort has been made to keep these facts secret, but they have leaked out at last and denials are without effect. In giving his sealed statement to his attorneys, Durrant made a special written request that it was not to be opened until after the trial and then only after conviction, If the jury brought in a verdict of acquittal or if there was a disagreement, then the document, with seals unbroken, was to be returned. The attorneys did not know quite what to do. They sought the advice of others and finally determined to open the letter, and did so, notwithstanding the injunction which the student had placed upon them. What they read was a revelation. Their client had told them nothing of what he wrote in his letter. If what he said were true he should be tho leading witness ior the state in a case against a brace of murderers instead of a man defendiDgbis own life against tremendous odds. He told his attor¬ neys that he knew the murderers of Blanche Lament, for there were more than one. Ho informed his lawyers that when he ascended to the upper galleries of Emanuel church ha saw the last details of a murder. He says he saw Rev. George Gibson and a young man, prominent in the affairs of the church, bending over the body of Blanche Lament. How the attorneys accepted this statement is best judged by their ac¬ tions. They deny that they received this statement, lorgetting that they did not keep their own secret. Their client denies that he sent it, forget¬ ting that he had gone so far in his original and sensational plan. OWNED TOO MUCH LAND. Thorpe Bought 1,400 Acres and the Enraged People Burn His Houses. William Thorpe, a wealthy railroad contractor, with au office at 45 Broad¬ way, New York, recently purchased fourteen hundred acres of land in the lower part of Luzurne county, Pa. He erected a number of buildings, planted trees and built fences. Tho buildings have been destroyed by in¬ cendiaries, the trees torn np, and the fences destroyed. Detectives are now at work on the case. It is alleged that some people living in the vicinity said after Mr. Thorpe had made his purchase that fourteen hundred acres of land was too much for one man to own. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. Electricity seals cans. No insulator of magnetism is known. Some of the Japanese soldiers weai paper clothing. Eggs are being hatched by electri city in Germany. To make one ounce of attar of roses requires 10,000 roses. The Agricultural Department’s re port shows that all milk contains germs. Pittsburg manufacturers hope fahs to get electric power from Niagara be¬ fore long. It is said that electric lamps rnn by storage batteries last twice as long as lamps operated directly from dynamos. Fremont is the first city of Nebraska to take advantage of the new law per¬ mitting municipal ownership of elec¬ tric lighting plants. Quicksilver poured in a glass will not fill it to the brim, as it forms a convex surface, and is higher in the center than at the brim. England has a lighthouse to every fourteen miles of coast, Ireland to every thirty-five and Scotland one to every thirty-seven miles. The Hawaiian government has granted to an American an exclusive franchise and an annual subsidy of $40,000 for laying a cable from San Francisco to Honolulu. The most powerful telescope now in use magnifies two thousand diameters. As the moon is 240,000 miles from the earth, it is thus, to all intents and purposes, brought within 120 miles of our world. In the recent Chinese war it was found that vibration caused by the firing of the heavy guns disarranged some of the electrical devices on the warships-and broke the electric wires used for igniting charges. A new German veneering material is composed principally of infusorial earth and various binding and color¬ ing ingredients spread in layers over a wooden core. When dry the mass is cut into sheets or blocks, which re¬ semble figured wood. Intense cold, as is well known, burns—if we may use the term—like heat. If a “drop” of air at a tempera¬ ture of 180 degrees below zero were placed upon the hand, it would have the same effect as would the same quantity of molten steel or lead. Every one who has had the care of horses ought to know the pain in¬ flicted by placing a frosted bit in a horse’s mouth. It burns like hot iron. A Lawyer From Boyhood, There is a story told of the late Judge Strong’s boyhood, which shows that from the beginning his mind had a legal bent. Young Strong, it seems purloined a piece of cake from the table spread for some festival occasion. No one discovered it until the family and guests were seated at the table, and then nothing was said, W hen everyone had gone and the father was alone with the youthful epicure he said to him, “Don’t you know, my son,. that in taking that cake, you broke one of Gcfcl’s commandments?" “Question 82," responded the boy, who had his catechism at his tongue’s end. “Is any man .vble perfectly to keep the commandments of God? Answer 82. No mere man since the fall is able in this life perfectly to keep the commandments of God, but doth daily break them in thought, word, and deed.” It is not re¬ corded what the reverend father said, but it must be admitted that the boy won his first case. —Boston Transcript. New York’s River Tunnel. There is a big hole under North River. Some day it will be a tunnel connecting New York city an l Hobo¬ ken. No work has been done for four years, hut the owners of the hole are now trying to raise money in London to complete their tunnel before a bridge can be built over North River. Only 1,230 feet remain to connect the two holes bored from either shore, each of which is now full of water. This water has simply soaked through since w ork was abandoned on the death of the principal backer. So far $3, 000,000 has been poured into the hole and only $500,000 will be required to Complete it Cl Rio us f ACT8 ] The population of Lond ed the in city 1891 at its greatest^? d Dt ° D ’ ; to 4,766,661 ’ It has been noticed attending pans in wirt/' that have cholera, salt ka smallpox ‘ or influenza. s °arlefl France has 7,8^2 have^b! u which more than half ?q2 o94 a f feet e ?i long, theP0t08i 50 leet * is broad a draught of 25 feet, and a car A pacity of 6,150 tons - 11 Dove is Blind. “George, I fear you are m mo just because my uncle ] f| a fortune.” e -V o, my precious! 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