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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-26
CHEAPER COMMUNICATION.
This Subject is Advocated by John Heaton,
Member Of the British Parliament.

London, June 24.-(Sunday)-In the
Sunday Special, John Henniker Heaton.
Conservative member of Parliament fer
Canterbury, devotes a long article to the
advocacy Of cheaper postal and cable
communication between Great Britain
and the United States. Starting with the
statement that Great Britain ana "our
trusty, well beloved Cousins" apparently
are destined together to shape the futare
of mankind and control the Atlantic
Ocean, he urges a reduction of trans
Atlantic postage to a penny, and a CORE
spending reduction in cable charges. He
argues that the war for American indie
pendence was due to misundersta landing.
and that misunderst landing must occa-
sionally crop up between the two branches
Of the Anglo Saxon race until reforms al
lowing an interchange of thought at a
minimum rate are carried into effect. Mr..
Heaton insists that the present methods
of electrical communication be-
tween Europe and the Ameri-
can continent are useless to all
but the wealthy, although electrical trans
mission should be cheaper than postal
rates He add that two cables can prac-
tically do the work of transmitting TWEEN
ty million words annually, but ten ca
bles are kept idle while the public is pay
ing a million dollars annually He thinks
that the two Governments, Great Britain
and the United States could lay the ca
bles and do the work charging the public
13O, COO pounds sterling annually with q.
profit Of so 00O pounds sterling in the in
vestment in the cables. If the two Gov
ernments hang back he trusts and be-
lieves that the genius Of Marconi will yet
succeed in getting penny kilograms to
America.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-26
TROOPS REMOVED FROM CUBA.
This Fact Inspires Cubans With Feeling
Contentment
washington Messenger.)

Havana, June 23.-NOw that the
elections are sat :sfactorily over. Gen:
Wood will recommend the removal OF
an infantry from the island, probaoiv
the Second. Cavalry are needed III
the event of any trouble occurring
which is unlikely, but Gen. Wood feeis
as he has for over year. that !he
troops could be reduced by removing
almost the entire infantry except III
places where they can be used mount
ed, as in the Santiago province me
removal of the troops inspires the
Cubans with a feeling Of contentment
and confidence in the joint resolution
of Congress. They appear to nelieNe
that each removal means another step
towards Cuba'S freedom.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-26
THE ST. LOUIS TROUBLE.
The Posse Will be Re luced to Five Hun dret
Men.
(By the Associated Press J

4
St. Louis, June 23-Sherff Pohman to-
day began arranging to reduce his posse
TO 500 in pursuance of the orders issued
yesterday by the Board of Police Commits
sioners. The men not needed ere being
given furloughs until July 4th, when the
whole force will be on duty again. The
posse now numbers ,226 men and 70 Off
GERS.
Dan Halpin and Pat Powers. both form
er employees of the East ST. Louis electric
street railway are under arrest charged
with attempting to blow UP car on
that road.
Ora F. Havill, an employe of the Tran
sit Company, who is under arrest on SuS
picion of having caused an explosion on
that system, today admitted to Chlet Q!
detectives Desmond that he got the
dynamite found in his possession at the
time of his arrest from an old negro VINO
going to put it under the brldSe'
and then tell the Transit Company apous
it in order to make his position good.
He said he did not intend to blow any
thing up.
Havill is said to have furnished the
Transit Company with many or the re-
Gently exploded tips about dynamite plots.
His ambition to shine detective IS
believed to be responsible for his present
trouble.
The st. Louis Transit Company is aug
menting his force of employees and ITS
TRANSFORMATION facilities to such an ex-
tent that all semblance of a strike prom
ises to disappear in the near future.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-26

BEE KEEPING
Bv HARVEY JORDAN.


sectS would have not hing, to do with
oroihary persons except to use them
Tor singing purposes whenever they
came near the hive. 1t is. however.
a fact that any one with fairly steady
nerves and some patience can soon
1t IS the action of the person rather
than any personal dislike, which caus-
es the favor or diSfavOr of the bees
2 to be exhibited when approaching
their hive. Bees always keep guards
on the lookout, and when a visitor
approaches the hive these guards fly
out at once to see whether harm is
meant or not. If the person should
show fear and knock at the bees or
dodge about their anger or suspicion
Will be at once aroused and Il sting,
likely to result. Be quiet and fear
less, the bees are not likely to sting
| unless angered or their suspicious are
aroused by quick, nervous jerks of
ones head or hands. The best plan,
however. to avoid stings is to keep
gentle bees. The common black bees
or crosses of that race are naturally
vicious and at certain seasons of the
| year will sting anybody without any
apparent provocation. The Carnio-
lans are the gentlest of all bees, the
| pure Italians coming next. \ cross
| of the Italian and common black
| bees produces Il strain quite as vicious,
! and even harder to subdue than the
common blacks. The beginner should
always have a good smoker at hand
| whenever the bees are to be handled
| and a veil made of white bobinet to
cover the head, drawing it on over the
hat.
! THE BEST HIVE.
There are many kinds of bee hives
! some of which have proven better
than others. The fashioned home
made hive. with two boxes for honey
and a cap to fit tightly over the top is
K good enough. The hive should be
i constructed SO that only one small
i e;,.nsHss~ vvi'tsb~ left = that az ,ettoH
of the hive and only large enough te
permit the entrance of half dOZeI
bees at a time. When this is done
and the hives properly swung OF
frames. there will be no trouble Will
! insects which might otherwise get il
! and prey upon the bees and honey
| hope that our farmers will more
! generally appreciate the value of bees
and that every farm, large or small
may in the near future undertake the
i care and maintenance of at least
few colonies for supporting the home
and local market with the best o
pure. unadulterated honey.
HARNIE JORDAN.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-26
TURNER IN CHATHAM.
Chatham Is Going to Repudiats Fusionism in
August.
(SnaciaI To News and Ohcary


Pittsboro, n. c., June 23.-Ion. w. -.
Turner has spoken at four appointments
in this county to five crowds and made a
profound impression. He spoke vester-
day at Merry Oaks and last night at By
mum. He is easily one of the best cam
paign speakers in the State and made
votes for the cause.
At Merry Oaks, after Mr. Turner ana
Maj H. A. London had spoken, Mr.. w ii,
Meares, who lives in louisiana and who
is now visiting relatives near Monroe, was
called upon and he explained the WORK
ings Of the law in his State. He showed
that under it no white man was disfran-
chised and then egro vote had been re-
duced to about 5000.
Chatham will go Democratic this year
or bust biler." The people are aroused
as they have not been in twenty years.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-26
MARTIAL LAW IN BULGARIA.
Ninety People Killed in Conflict Between
TrOops and Peasants,

Sofia Bulgaria, June 23.-It tranSpires
that ninety persons were killed and ~
wounded in the recent conflict between
the troops and peasants in the Varna
district.
A state of siege has been proclaimed
in the districts of Varna, Shum:a. TirnO,
RaSgrad Ruslichuk and RslovatZ The
Government is anxious to limit the mum
ber of newspapers and has issued strin-
gent regulations as to the quai.ira-
tions which must be possessed by edi-
tors.
The Forrest City times., 1900-09-07
ST CITY, ARK. FRIDAY AFTERNOON SEPTEMBER !, 1900
UNANIMOUS OPPOSITION,
rorsieners ~ the Chinese Treaty Porn
Opposed to the Allied Forces
Evacuating Pekin.

Shanghai, Sept. 5.-Reports re-
ceived here from the treaty ports
show that the opposition to the allied
forces evacuating Pekin before final
settlement with the Chinese is arrived
at is universal and intense among the
foreigners. The commercial and mis-
sionary bodies are cabling protests to
their governments. The diplomatic
and military officers, except the Rus
slams, share this feeling.
Lii Hung Chang, since his under
standing with Russia, has changed
front towards the representatives OF
the other powers and has been inso-
lent and almost insulting in his inter-
views with them. Ii Hung Chang
has recommended the dowager en-
press TO appoint the two southern
viceroys who made the agreement
with the consuls to keep order in
their territories, the president of the
tsung Ii yamen and himself, as COM
mission to treat with the powers. Ii
starts for Tien Tsin in a week on a
Chinese ship conveyed by Japanese
war ship.
The American association, whose
membership includes all the foremost
business men at Shanghai, met yes
terday and adopted a protest against
the evacuation of Pekin until final
settlement has been reached. The
meeting also resolved to urge Presi-
dent Mckinley to insist on the ap-
pointment of satisfactory commits
sioners and recognition of the en-
peror as sovereign.
Mr.. w. w. Rockhill, the United
States special commissioner, starts
for Pekin Thursday.
The Forrest City times., 1900-09-07
FROM SHANGHAI TO CHEZ FOO.
Cable Now Being Lafd-To Ascertain
the Dates of Messages Sent
and Received.

Washington, Sept. 5.-The war de.
partment yesterday received informa-
ton that the work of laying a cable
from Shanghai to Che Foo had COM
meneed. 1t is believed that unless
some accident is encountered, the ca
bic will be completed ard in opera
ton within a week. This ought to
make communication between WASH
ington and our officials in China much
more expeditions.
In order to ascertain what mes
sages have been received by Gen Chat
fee, the department yesterday in
structed him to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of all dispatches sent him, CIV
ing the date on which they left here.
II is stated that as the Pekin date
seems to be cut from all dispatches
received from Gen. Chaffee, there is
a possibility that the Washington
date has been removed from dis
patches sent him. The department
intends to get accurate informa lion
on this point.
The Forrest City times., 1900-09-07
WELL BELOW THE NORMAL.
Failures for August Compare TavOr.
ably Wnh the August Record
of Past Years.

New York, Sept. 5.-Failures in the
United States for the calendar month
of August, as reported by telegraph
to Bradstreets, number 705, with ag
gregated liabilities of $6,255,092, and
assets of $2,936,047. In number the
failures are the fewest reported in
any month for IL months past, and
the same is true of the liabilities.
Comparisons of the number of fail
ures and the liabilities with August
year ago are not so favorable, there
being 80, or "A per cent. more failures
than a year ago in August, while lia
bilities are 3s per cent. larger, and
assets are 36.2 per cent. greater. If
the record for last August is omit
ted, however, and comparison is made
with the same month of preceding
years, the business mortality of Au-
gust this year will be seen to have
been well below the normal.
The Forrest City times., 1900-09-07
ALLEGED CHINESE EDICT.
REPORT of the Appointment of Peace
Commissioners Not Confirmed
in Washington.

Washington, Sept. 5.-The report.
ed edict of the Chinese government
said to have been issued from Tai
Yung Lu, Hsu Tung and Princes
YungYung Lu, Hau Tung and Prince
Ching as commissioners to negotiate
peace has not been communicated to
the state department thus far, nor.
so far as can be learned, have the Chi
nese authorities here received such an
edict. 1t is probable, however, that
some such communication is in course
of transmission, with the two vice.
roys of Nanking and Wu Chow, in
place of Yung Lu and Hsu Ting. The
latter belong to the Peldn regime
which has been identified against the
foreigners, while the two viceroys
mentioned are regarded as friendly
70 the foreigners.
The Forrest City times., 1900-09-07
VALUE OF A COOL HEAD.
William j. Bryan, by Means of
Joke and Timely Smile,
Prevented n Panic.

Chicago, Sept. 4.-By trite little
joke, sprung with cool but effective
defamation, w. j. Bryan, Monday,
arrested stampede of frantic men
and women in the speakers stand at
Electric park.
The Nebraskan had just fought his
way through the crowd, and had TAX
en- his place in front of the orators
platform when the overcrowded floor
of the small stand creaked and began
to waver. A section of the worn floor
gave way, women shrieked in terror
and men tried to jump over the rail-
ing on the heads of the packed throng
at the rear of the stand.
Hello" laughed Mr.. Bryan, turn
ing a smiling face upon the scared
people. THE can't be democratic
platform. There are no bad planks
in that. Come now, stand still, won't
you? If you stand together where
you are you will be all right. If you
stampede, the thing will fall on YOU"
And he laughed as if it was an every
day occurrence.
His self-assurance had quieting eff
feet on the crowd, and a threatened
panic was averted.
The Forrest City times., 1900-09-07
AFFAIRS IN HAWAII.
Military Strength to be Increasea.
Hawaiian Finances-The
Leper 1sland.

Honolulu, Aug. 2s, via San Francis
co.-The events of the past few weeks
resulted in a movement to increase
the military strength of the Hawaiian
islands and arrangements are being
made to add to the forces now here.
There are plenty of men and eight
companies are now in existence. The
members of the old citizens guard
will make up two more.
Electric wires.
IL Is found that under the new con.
ditions ofAmerican government Homo
lulu is very heavy exporter of gold
TO the United States, and local finan-
ciers are thinking of means to stop
such shipments. The expectations are
due to the customhouse collections.
Honolulu has no money except what
comes from the mainland. and the
heavy drain, 1t is thought, will have
bad effects upon the local money mar
ket.
To Prevent Expectation of Gold.
Efforts have been made to take adj
vantage of a United States law which
allows for the depositing with assist
ant treasurers of moneys for duties to
be collected in such cases, vouchers
for the cash to be taken by the col
lector here instead of money. AS the
cash on deposit at San Francisco
would put an end to heavy gold ex-
portations from Hawaii by the GUS
toms department.
The army transport Siam arrived
hxt.
cisco en- route from the Philippines
via Guam. She took coal here and
left to-day.
The Lepers ON MaIadai Island.
The board of health has decided
that hereafter the lepers in the set
tlement on the island Of Molokai will
have to be fed on canned beef instead
of fresh, owing to the enormous cost
of fresh meat here. All the lepers. in
settlements draw their rations from
the government.
Ex-Queen LIS Lawsuit.
The suit of ex-Queen Liliuokalant
against c. Il. Wilson, her one-time con-
fidential adviser, for $1,000 damages
and to eject him from the premises in
this city claimed by both parties to
the suit, has been answered by Wilson
with cross-complaint in which he
claims remuneration for 20 years.
service as adviser to her majesty up
to 1895. Circuit Judge Humphreys has
granted an injunction restraining tho
queen from selling or dispossing Of
property until the suit is settled.
The British ship earned LlewelIyn,
Capt. Griffith, arrived here from Ham,
burg, Germany, on August 80, after an
exciting trip around the horn. Five
members of the crew were frostbit.
ten
The Forrest City times., 1900-09-07
SPLENDID NAVAL DISPLAY.
American and British War Shius
Exchange salutes at Bar Har-
bor-Mutual Visits.

Bar Harbor, Me-, Sept. 5.-There
was a splendid naval display here YES
terday when five British war ships
steamed into the inner harbor and
bred national salute, which was
returned by the United States ship
New York. The British ships were
ii. NJ. ). Crescent, flying the hag of
Vice-Admiral Bedford, the Psyche,
Tribune, 1ndefatigable and the tor
pedoboat destroyer Quail.
After the exchange of salutes, Rear
Admiral Farquhar, with his staff,
made formal visit to Vice-Admiral
Bedford on the Crescent, and at its
conclusion return call was made by
the British officers, headed by thei-
vice eadmiral
Yesterday afternoon a reception
was given to the officers of both
squadrons.
just after the British ships dropped
anchor in the harbor an incident of
more than ordinary interest occurred.
Near the shore path Edward Van
Ness swung to the breeze from a staff
on his lawn a large Boer flag and ad-
dressed his friends in denunciation of
The British. The flag-raising made the
people angry and dozen volunteered
to cut the pole down without further
ceremony. Rear-Admiral Upshur, re-
tired. was particularly vexed.
Charles II. Wood, chairman of the
board of selectmen, called on Mr.. Van
Ness and politely requested that the
flag be taken down, but Mr.. Van Ness
refused to grant the request.
Chairman Wood, together with DR..
J. Madison Taylor, representing the
board of trade, and two police officers
afterwards renewed the request to
have the flag removed. Again the
owner of the flag refused and defied
the officers to remove it. Mr.. Wood
thereupon applied knife to the
halyards and the Boer standard float
ed to earth amid the cheers of those
assembled.
Mr.. Van Ness was one of the COM
mittee to receive the Boer commits
| sioners when they visited this coun-
try. He has been requested to resign
from the Gentlemen's club.
The Forrest City times., 1900-09-07
GEN. CHAFFEE's DISPATCH.
Text of Dispatch Received From
Maj.-Gen. Ch86ee.

Washington, Sept. 5.-The follow
ing is the dispatch received by the
war department. from Gen. Chaffee:
"Taku (No date)-Adjutant Gener-
al, Washington: Written report of
operations up to relief of legations
will be forwarded as soon as possible.
Present conditions are that hostili-
ties have practically ceased, only oc-
casional shots fired from cover; small
foraging. No considerable body of
Chinese troops (Boxers) discovered
here or along line of communica-
tion. ~
We hear Ii Hung Chang has full
power, but he is not here. win Unit
ed States keep military force here un-
til terms of peace are arranged? Now
in China about 5000 electives; Sixth
cavalry, Light Battery f, Fifth artil-
lery, batteries of Third, Ninth in
fantry, Fourteenth infantry, 1000
marines. / think ample force for
United States unless political reason,
not apparent to me, demands larger
force Shall take 5000 as basis of my
requirement for supplies. If troops
remain must winter in tents, and
conical wall tents will be required,
one tent for ten men. Escort wagons
mentioned in of 18th will be re-
quired Immediately. Have mules for
same shipped. No more pack trains
required, wagon transportation best.
Water falling in river rapidly, must
soon haul supplies forty miles. Salts
fed railroad will not be repaired be-
fore river freezes. CHAFFEE.
All the transportation and tentage
asked for by Gen. Chaffee has been
anticipated by the department and
has been shipped. Much of ii is at
Taku and the balance il due there
very soon.
The Forrest City times., 1900-09-07
LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE.
Horse Thieves Make . Desperate
Effort to Escape From q Dep
uty Sheriff.

Sturgis. S. d., Sept. ed. Dittman
and Harris Hanson, horse thieves, whose
capture was one of the most exciting
in the state'A criminal history, as
saulted Deputy Sheriff Frank Smith,
while he was locking up the cells for
the night. They nearly overpowered
him, captured his keys and tried to
in life and death struggle, and the
officer managed to Get his arm free,
firing his revolver a..I fatally wound
ing Dittman. The OF GER then regained
control and kept his prisoners quiet
until help arrived. Dittman was just
out of bed from the wounds received
when he was captured.
The Forrest City times., 1900-09-07
WAS A FRIEND OF DOUGLAS.
Death of James Mix, One of the
Prominant Men of Illinois In
Days Gone BY.

Chicago, Sept. 4.-James Mix,
brother-in-law of Mrs. John b. Drake,
intimate friend of Stephen A. Doug
las, and associate of many of the
prominent men of Chicago and state
politicians of his day, is dead at his
home in this city.
Mr.. Mix, who was so years of age,
had been in. feeble health for some
time. He was prominently identified
period between 1850 and 1870. He laid
out and founded the towns of
Momence, Paxton and Loda, i'll.
The Forrest City times., 1900-09-07
TO WINTER TROOPS IN CHINA.
The Regulations of Gen. Chafres
Fully and Promptly Com
piled with.

Washington, Sept. SIN a cable re-
ceived from Gen. Chaffee, some days
ago, he said he needed eight escort
wagons for each battalion of infan-
try and ten for each squadron of
cavalry. The escort wagons were
four-mule wagons and somewhat
lighter than the siS-nule wagons.
There are now on the way to Gen
Chaffee 1877 of these teams, and 30
were sent over from Manila. The
tents and equippage asked for are
now on the way, and lumber in srrii-
cient quantities for the army in China
will be sent in ships that sail in n
few days. Preparations are going
forward for wintering the troops in
China
The Forrest City times., 1900-09-07
POLICEMEN ELEcTR0cUTED.
Two Dead and Eleven other Persons
Severely Injured BY Crossed
Wires.

st. Louis, Sept. 4.--Two policemen
were killed last night by electric
shocks, sustained while they were
using the police telephone. and II 9TH
er persons were injured in the same
manner.
All of those hurt, except one, are
connected with the police department.
and that one is an inspector in tho
city lighting department.
The shocks were due to the contact
of an electric light wire with a police
telephone wire. Each one of the in
jured was shocked while in the dis.
charge of his duty.
The dead are Nicholas Beckman, IS
years old, unmarried, of No. 4420A
Easton avenue; John T.. Looney, II
years old, married, of No. 1921 Easton
avenue.
The injured are: James Edwards,
policeman, hands burned; Pat Noonan,
policeman, hands burned; Andrew
Dwyer, policeman, hands burned;
John Killoren, policeman, hands
burned; Pat Lardner, policeman,
hands burned and internal injuries
from shock; John Dineen, signal off,
GER, hands burned and internal in
juries from shock; NJ. j. Burke, police-
man, suffering from shock, Andrew
Barry, policeman, suffering from
shock; Barney Reagan. policeman.
shock; George Lyman, inspector Of
lighting, shock; Oliver Miller, opera
tor at Fourth district station, shock.
In all cases the injuries resulted
from shocks received either at police
patrol boxes or at police stations.