The Conway log cabin., 1901-07-09
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

1 south Dakota, dled on the lst inSt.
 Employers of skilled laborers in the south complain of scarcity of men.
 The cashier of the United States mint at San Francisco is short S30,000.
 Alabama coal miners and employ CTS have signed wage scale to hold good for one year.
 A negro named James Baily was lynched at Smithfeld, N. C., for as- saulting white girl.
 E. NJ. King, merchant of Apple ton City, Mo, was killed by the ex plosion of a soda fountain
 The City National Bank of Buff falo, N. Y, is in charge of re- ceiver
 The statement of the public debt issued July shows that at the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1901, the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted 10 $1,044, ,139, l20, de- crease during June of Sl1,131,374 This decrease is accounted for in the main by an increase in the cash on hand
 A computation made at the inter nal revenue office shows that there was collected under the war revenue act during the fiscal year ended June 30, $301 .566. .116.sS The war revenue act went into effect July l., 1898. The collections under the war revenue act have been enormous in 1898, $110,S66.Sl in 1899, $213,- 4S4,51 in 1900. $295,3l6,107; in 1901, $301 ,566,116.
 Nearly half billion pounds of tea were consumed in the year 1900 in countries other than the sources of production The United King dom is the worlds greatest importer of this article of drink. having im- ported for consumption during the year 1900, in round numbers, 250,- 000,000 pounds of tea, as against ! 116, ,500, ,000 pounds imported for consumption by Russia. $500, 900 by the United States, ,.500,00o by the Netherlands, about 6,500,0 by Germany and nearly 2,500,0 ,000 by France
 An interesting table, compiled at the treasury department. shows the coinage executed at the hints of the United States during the fiscal year 1901, just closed, as follows Double eagles 2,640,041 pieces, value $52,- 800, ,S20: eagles 3,130,0SS, $3l ,300.- oSo; half eagles 2,972. .623. $ll,S63,- 115. quarter eagles 40,360. Sl00, 300. Total gold S,,S3,l12 pieces, value $99, ,065.,15
 Standard dollars 2i,29s $50 pieces, value S24,29s $50; half dol lars 9,sS2,S50 $4,6+l,425; quarter dollars 14,69s.514. $3,6,4.3,S.50 dimes 6.50S, ,450, $2.650.St5 To- tai silver .4,,S. ,664 pieces, value S35, ,265,49S. 50.
 Five cents 26,s82,ll3 pieces, value ! $1,344. l05.65; one cent 66, ,546, PAS, $666, ,462,43. Total minor 93,42s.- 356 pieces. value &, ,009, ,56s0S To- tai coinage l,6.999, ,132 pieces. value $l36.340,,s15s.
 Justice Bradley, in the court of equity at Washington, decided the Manila bay and Santiago bay prize cases. 'rhe decision is in favor of the claimants as te vessels captured and as to property taken from yes sels so captured, but against them as to property captured ashore. The decision holds that vessels sunk and afterward raised were captured and not destroyed that property cap tured ashore is not subject to prize that the property taken from yes sells sunk and not claimed as prize for which bounty was given is prize that the cascoes, or cargo beats. and all floating derricks that were cap iured at Manila are not prize Ac- cording to counsel. the claimants ir the Manila case receive d total o1 $?ss, 900, divided among aLont lwe thousand people. and the claimants in the Santiago case will get in the neighborhood of five hundred thous- and dollars, distributed among about three thousand persons.