The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-16

\ AAN NNhAouo DuiSaa CotiihottH tiioS the population of cities of 30,O0O o, over has increased 25 per cent the past ten years.
 The Galveston relief committee request that contributions for sui ferers be in money, as that is most needed at this time.
 F Hon. Chas. A. Collier, president of the Cotton States Exposition of 1896, was shot and killed at his resi- dence in Atlanta, Ga, by burglar.
 The central relief committee ot Galveston has published a card, ex- pressing the gratitude of citizens for the generosity of railroads, both of Texas and other parts of the country, for the liberality shown in carrying supplies to that city free of charge.
 The Amalgamated Association of Steel Workers and steel manufac- turers, at conference he'd in Gin cinnati, reached an agreement as to wages, and a scale, to go into effect immediately and hold good till July l, 1901, was signed. A settlement of this matter gives employment to 60,000 men who have been idle since June.
 A dispatch from Lourenzo Mar quez says the Boers arriving there report that collisions are occurring on the frontier between Portuguese troops and burghers, whom the for mer wish to disarm on entering Por. tuguese territory. Several have been wounded, and further fighting is feared. The Portuguese are al- most powerless until reinforced.
 The United States treasurer, dur ing the past few weeks, has sent out nearly $4,O00,000 to the western and southern sub-treasuries for use in moving the cotton crop. That off, cial says the amount required this year is much larger than in previous years which indicates that the cotton planters are receiving better prices and have better crops.
 
 The Dorothea, at League Island, and the Annapolis, at Norfolk, have been ordered by the secretary of the navy to fit out for the Asiatic station. The Wilmington has been ordered to the Asiatic station via the Mediterranean, and will be re- placed on the South Atlantic sta tion by the Atlanta The Albany, at Piraeus, has been ordered to Manila. The Kentucky has been or dered to New York to fit out for the Asiatic station, and the Vicksburg to Boston for the same purpose. These orders have been given with d view of making great naval dem onstration in the far east at an early day.
 An official communication, con- ing through diplomatic channels, has been brought"to the attention of the state department at Washing ton, giving information as to the conditions in the Yang Tse Kiang Valley, and also giving detailed and fully authenticated instances of at- rocities in China against Christian missionaries. The account is given by one of the Christian missionaries who escaped, and who makes the re- port through the officials of the gov ernment now forwarding it to Wash ington. In one case, it is stated, . missionary had his eyes burned out ; then portion of his body was cut off, and finally red-hot staff was driven through his back. In anoth- CT case missionary was wrapped in cotton, the cotton was soaked in oil, and the mass then set on fire.
 The jury at Frankfort, Ky, in the case of James Howard, charged with firing the shot that killed Vim. Goebel, returned verdict of guilty and fixed his punishment at death. The first ballot was unanimous for conviction, but the jury deliberated several hours as to the degree of punishment. Howard has the rec ord of having killed several men, being the leader of the Howard White faction ill the Baker Howard fcud in Clay county.
 A mob of miners burned the post office building, the jail and court house at Conception del Orto, Mex. Government troops had to be calle,! put to quell the rioters.
 Frances reply to Germans note making the punishment of the in- stigators of the Chinese troubles | preliminary to peace negotiations, is not entirely, though partially, in