The Conway log cabin., 1901-08-13

The drawing for lands in Okla ,oma closed on the first.
 Eugene Debs has been deposed as
 eader of the new socialist demo- 'ratic party.
 The progressive democracy Is the name of new polltica party
 aunched in Ohio.
 All cable and telegraph lines in
 he Philippines have been opened for :omercial purposes.
 John Yodes. sexton at d cemetery in Cripple Creek. Col. fell dead m grave he had just finished digging.
 The cost of the war in South AT rica to the British from April 1 to July was S31.150.000 pounds. or s,250,000 d week
 The business portion of the town of Clarksyille, Mo-. was wiped out ny fire on the first. Twelve blocks burned. the loss being over $50,00O.
 The British parliament has voted the sum of $500,000 to Lord Rob- arts in consideration of his services in South Atfrica
 At second conference between officers of the Amalgamated Asso- ciaton. representing the strikers, and officers of the steel combine, no agreement or compromise could be reached, and the strike is still on,
 John \. Hinsey, former president of the Endowment Rank, Knights or Pythias, has been indicted by the Chicago grand jury for perjury in making alleged false reports to the insurance commissioner of lll- nois.
 The North China News an nounces that there has been d re- cr-udcscence of the outbreaks by the Boxers in the province of Shan Tung in consequence of the sue cess of the allied villagers in Chi li province against the troops of Ii Hung Chang.
 The preliminary report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue gives the receipts of the several state, and territories in the South west for the fiscal year ending June 1 a. follows: Alabama, S5t3.254; Arkansas, $265.999; Illinois, $55,- , 10. .024: Indiana, S23, ,466. .SS2 $23. 466,sS2; Iowa, $1,S09, 9,939; Kentucky. S25,lS1. .305; Missouri, : Slf.565.64S; Texas. Sl,6S1 ,434 Bctsie McCrary. her son, Belfeld MoCrary and daughter, Ida Me Crary, were taken from jail at Car rollton. Miss, by a mob of five hun , dred and lynched The McCrary's
 were accused of murdering Mir. and Mrs, Taliaferro, prominent white couple. It seems the McCrarys did not actually commit the murder, bat entered into the plot with other par ties. The McCrarys were servants
 at the home of the Taliaferros ) An interesting report on slave conditions in certain parts of the , Philippines. made by Major J. \. ; Morrison, of the judge advocate gen erals department, has just become public. Major Morrison says; "The slavery here has all of the essentials
 of the negro slavery formerly exist ing in the United States For in- , stance, person-man, woman or child-will be captured in war or
 kidnapped (priyately and secretly or otherwise) in time of absolute peace,
 or one person will owe another debt
 that he fails to pay and the creditor will thereupon take the debtors child--son or daughter-or his sis , ter or brother as slave. These are , the usual methods of converting free people into slaves, but not the only ones"
 The monthly comparative state ment of the government receipts and expenditures shows that the receipts for July, 1901, amounted to S52, 320, 0,340, and the expenditures $52, 301,590, which leaves a surplus for she month of $l2.150, as against d
 deficit for the month of July, 1900, of $4 100000 Receipts from same
 trial for the oifense, and when he in-
 sources of revenue are given as fol-
 lows, comparisons being made with
 July, 1900: Customs, $2l, ,263, ,963, an increase of Sl,46l ,000; internal revenue, BPS, l90, an increase of SIS, 1000 miscellaneous, S2,IS,l lS6,
 all increase of Sl26,000 EXpendi- lures during the month on account of the war department are $16,017,-
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