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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, AUGUST 4,-10)6.'

the thrco consuls sitting as a consular board, and even this appointment does not givo satisfaction, as it is generally believed that though the consuls havo tho power to make appointment they have no power to enforce the payment of duties. Tho German trading firm, the largest commercial organization in tho islands, already pays its duties under protest. The native chiefs say that in deference to a request of the consuls they assented to tho treaty after a consideration of only twenty-four hours, and they complain bitterly that no appointments have been made since then and that nothing has apparently been done toward the establishment of the new government. The government by consular board is regarded here as the most undesirable form that could bo devised. . Uwing to the present unsettled condition of affairs in Samoa and the apparently slight probability of any immediate action on the part of the threo powers, it is believed hero that trouble is imminent. Whether or not this trouble will reach the proportions of another civil war, similar to the one which was experienced two years ago, it is at present diOicult to state, but the same indications are given now that were manifested before tho last war. It is believed that the trouble at this time would come from the Mataafa party, which has been gaining . in strength recently, the failure of any action on the part of th a three powers having tended to shake tho faith of many of Malietoa's supporters. Mataafa himself went to Savaii, the largest island of the group, a short time ago. and since his return it has been learned that at least one-half of the chiefs there are in his favor. Malietoa's followers are. of course, stronger, and, in the event of anotherwar.it is thought they would be ultimately successful, bat the mere prospect of another conflict is dreaded by all the foreign residents. Tamasese, who was supported by the Qermans two years ago, is apparently not engaged in any strife, rnd he is said to bo enlisting sympathy not only of tho white people, but also of the most intelligent portion of Malietoa's party. Unsuccessful overtures are believed to have been made to him by Mataafa's followers. King Malietoa and his chiefs Yegard the situation as so serious that ther have decided to request the three consuls to appoint an ndriser to tho King, and they havo selected William lilackstock, who was the American consul, a representative here dnrin" the last war, as the adviser whom they desire. It is his intention to bringtbo matter before tho consular board in a few days. The only man-of-war at Apia now is the United States ship Mohican. The trade on the islands is utterly stagnant. The natives have eaten nearly all thecocoanut, and the copra crop, which is the chief resource of the country, is likely to prove a' failure. CZAIl AND EMPEROR.

Their Coming Meeting Giving Rife to the Usual Amount of War, Gossip. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. London, Aug. 8. The time approaches for the manoeuvres of tho Russian army and concurrent visit by the Emperor of Germany to his illustrious brother, the Czar, As was to have been expected, British and continental journalists alike, as well as others who are wont to speak with an assumption of authority whenever that kaleidoscopic problem, the "Eastern question," is np, or, what amounts to the same thing with them, they fancy it is up, have, donned the mantle of mystery and are whispering strange 6ayings as to what the. outcome for Europe -will be of the meeting. When the rough-handed Bulgarian Premier, Stambulott, declined to bend to treason in the person of the late Major Panitza, these same journals and these same more or less reliable prophets had day dreams which were all of instant war and dire desolation. Although their sloomy forebodings havo, happily, not yet been realized they are now none the less readily to the front with portentous outgivings as to what will happen as a consequence of the imperial visit. Briefly, they intimate that the Czar will seek to win from the Kaiser his consent that Ferdinand may be superseded as ruler of Bulgaria by one who will in all things be the docile creature of Russia. As the control by her of Bulgaria, either directly or indirectly, means to Russia the practical possession of the Balkan peninsula, ana before long would mean direct access to the waters of the Mediterranean sea, it will readily bo seen how remote is the possibility that the interests at stake will be in any way aflected by the coming together of the Emperors. -Other journals and other men in every way competent to speak intelligently upon European allairs know and say that a Russian advance to the southward may mean an absolute chango in the map of the continent, a change by which Austria would be the first to suff er. As Austria is the second of the threo gTeat powers which make up the alliance led by Germany, it is most unlikely that her Emperor will become a party to the advancement of Russian aspirations in the direction outlined. Plot to HIow William Up. Paris, Aug. 3. The Siecle has receiyed a cipher dispatch from St. Petersburg, saying that a dynamite mine was discovered under the railroad station at Rasik. This place is on the route to be taken by Emperor William, of Germany, on his coming Russian trip. . GENERAL, FOREIGN NEWS. English Peers Very Loath to Part with 4 FroQtabl Perquisite. Special to the Indiana poll Journal. London, Aug. 8. The House of Lords leems determined to smother the directors' liability bill, which passed the House cf Commons by an emphatic majority. The bill seeks to hold to strict accountability for fraud and deception those titled gentlemen who have been enabled to make a living by lending their names to doubtful schemes, the stock of which is unloaded on the British public. It was with difficulty that the Lords were restrained from immediately rejecting it. As it is the measure will probably be pigeon-holed in committee. Worklngmen In Politics. Gpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. London, Aug. a The Radical Federation, which influences tho actions of hundreds of thousands of the people of Great Britain, has issued a most important manifesto. It is addressed more especially to the laboring classes; and calls upon the workmen to take an active and persistent interest in each and every election, whether local or national. The federation urges upon those whom it addresses to support only such candidates as will pledge themgelves to do all in their power to secure for wage-earners employed on public works a working week of forty-eight hours. , Turkish. Atrocities. Athens, Aug. 8. Sinco martial law has been proclaimed in the Turkish town of Alassona the Christian inhabitants have been brutally treated. Twenty notables at Siatista were seized and beaten on tho pretext of compelling them to reveal the names of harborers of brigands. A gend'armo thrust a red-hot bayonet into the nose of one Nicholas. Doukao, who is now reported to be dying from the effects of the brutal treatment he received. Two hundred inhabitants of Anaselitza have beeu seized and tortured for the purpose of extorting money; Argentine Press Gagged. Buenos Ayres, Aug. 3,At a meeting of Celmanite Senators and Deputies, to-day. It was decided to continue to give the President a firm support. It is reported that the Cabinet has decided in favor of a forced currency, and that an endeavor will be made to terminate gambling in gold by. ? noting exchange in currency. Major 'alma, whom President Celinan denounced as an informer and military conspirator, is dead. It is asserted that ho was poisoned. The prsss is completely gagged. Argentine Payments. Brussels. Aug. 3. Tho Argentine legation here has published a note stating that order has been completely restored at the capital of the Republic, and that tho provinces are tranquil. The Argentine tovernment. it is atntd. never intended so suspend treasury payments, but merepoaiponeu comiacrciai payments uniu

Aug. CI. Tho note denies the reports that England and France have demanded indemnity. The Czar on Peace. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. The Czar, in a letter to General Van Noski, the Minister of War. on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his entrance into the army, emphasizes the fact that Russia . requires a strong military organization, not for aggressive purposes, but to maintain the honor and integrity of the empire and to protect the invaluable blessings of peace, which, he hopes, will be long preserved. 1'cklng Under Water. Peking, Aug. S. This city and Lung Chowand,Tien8tin are submerged and business is paralj-zed. The officials are helpless. The government has ordered the immediate opening of Shun King to foreign trade. This city is inaccessible to steamers, and business will be restricted on mainly transit trade. Peru's New President. Lima, Aug. 3. Col. Morales Bermudcz has been proclaimed President of the Republic, vice General Caceres, whose tenure of office has expired. Colonel Bermudez will be decorated with the insignia of office and take his seat on Aug. 10.

Terrible Scocurcre of Cholei Mecca, Aug. 3. Five hundred deaths from cholera were reported here to-day. Cable Notes. Turkey has summoned her reserves to reinforce the garrisons in Armenia. Emperor Francis Joseph has arrived at Gratz, where ho will open an exhibition of Styriau products. A decree has been promulgated establishing the National Mortgage Bank, with a canital of 100,000 centos of reis, gold. Emperor William and Prince Henry sailed for England yesterday on the Ilohenzollern. Their departure from Ostend was witnessed by enthusiastic crowds. v The Emperor William has ordered a recast of the entire issue of coins intended for the African trade, owing to the wrong helmet being depicted in the.present cast. The suffering from the rice famine in Japan is upon the increase. The government, has come to the assistance of the people, however, and is importing large cargoes of rice from Siara, Cochin China and Burmah. Tho Grashdanin. of St. Petersburg, adverting to tho auirer of Russia arising from the Anglo-German agreement, advises Russia to reinforce her troops in the vicinity of Afghanistan, in order to render England more prudent. At Hyde Park, yesterday, the friends of the lately dismissed members of tho municipal police held a meeting, which became disorderly, and finally dispersed in a row. A number of Socialist orators addressed tho assemblage. A bust of tho late John Bright, purchased by two thousand of the work, people employed in the various establishments founded by the great statesman, was yesterday formally presented to the town of Rochdale. The Earl of Ripon made the oration of tho occasion. The Russian Socialist Slavinsky, who has been in prison at Berlin three years, has beeu handed over to .the Russian police. While he was being escorted to the frontier a number of Russian Socialists made an unsuccessful attempt to rescue tho prisoner. One was arrested. KEMMLER'S ELECTROCUTION. When It Is Likely to Take riace Still Another Technical Point Raised, Auburn, N. Y.f Aug. 3. No invitations have been yet given to tho witnesses who are to attend the execution of Kemmler, the murderer, and so there can bo no certainty about tho date of the execution except that it will be later than Tuesday. The law requires that three days notice shall be given the witnesses. There are indications that the invitations will be issued to-morrow, and that tho execution will take place Thursday. All stories concerning the possibility of postponement on account of the mental condition of the condemned man, or a possible injunction to be got out against the warden, are of doubtful origin. . A delicate point of law, yet one which seems, even to the lay mind, as plain as a Eikestaff. has to-day been suggested hero y a gentleman deep in legal lore. Here is the point raised: That the week beginning Aug. 4 ends with Sunday. The warden has arbitrary power to defer the execution until Sunday, Autr. 10. On Sunday it is held that the general law would intervene to prevent tho killing on that day. upon the ground that the execution of legal processes upon Sunday is not legal. Directly at this point tho case is touched by that general principle of law, that if the eentence under which Kemmler is expected to be killed is void in part, it must be wholly void. Brought to a close application. the- premises warrant the assumption that if it is illegal to kill Kemmler on the seventh day of the week designated, then it would be illegal to kill him on any other day of the week designated. The situation, it is held, would be differont if Sunday intervened as part of seven days, because it would then run with the wsek and be a part of the seven days constituting the week. As the case stands, the week in which the sentence is to be executed will not be legally complete, because tho week ends with a day void in law. Unless there Is some general law which may bridge this point which is raised, the entire sentence, it is thought, will be null and void. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Philip fsteinmetz. a clerk in the cottonmills at Louisville, was drowned while out boating. At Harrison, Miss., Horace Crawford, a negro porter at the Gales Hotel, was shot by uuknown parties. A strong English company has just completed the purchase of the Elkhorn mine, in Jefferson county, Montana. The price is $150,000. At Learenworth, Kan., Company F, Tenth Infantry, received marching orders to proceed to the Fox and Sac Indian reservation to expel intruders. In a moment of ungovernable race Henry Keying, a Chicago hardware clerk, nineteen vears old. shot and almost instantly killed Fred Pock, the ten-year-old eon of a widow. At San Antonio, Tex., T. T. Harris and his brother-in-law murdered George Tuttle. After his arrest Harris stated that Tattle had ruined his family, and consequently he shot him. The State election in Alabama will take place to-day. There is very little opposition to the regular Democratic.ticket. The Legislature to be chosen will elect a successor to United States Senator Pugh. Wm. Chandler, the ex-managor of tho Erie Transfer Company, who was arrested at New, York, charged with the embezzlement of about $10,000 ot the company's funds, has been held in $0,000 bonds for trial. The new cruiser San Francisco made her first preliminary trial trip on San Francisco bay yesterday afternoon. She steamed for live hours at nn easy rate of speed, and according to the statements of her builders the trip was thoroughly successful. While four-year-old Johnny Cruder was playing with matches in his father's barn, in tho rear of So. 42S North street, Chicago, he set lire to the hay and like a Hash the barn was turned into a flaming furnace. Johnnv attempted to escape, but stumbled ami fell, and the liames burned him to a cinder. Mrs. Mary Leonard, a sister of John L. Sullivan, the pugilist, wa9 found insensible on the lloor in her house, in Boston, Saturday evening. In a few minutes after the physicians arrived Mrs. Leonard was dead. As the body was moved from the spotwhere the woman had fallen tho body of her infant was discovered. It had been suffocated while nursiug. Obituary. Louisville, Ky., Aug. a Very Iter. George McCloskey died here to-day. He was a brother of Bishop McCloskey. Every tissue of the body, every nerve, bouo and musclo is made stronger and more healthful by taking Hooa's Sarsapa rilla.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

Brutal and Bloody Prize-Fight of FortyOne Kounds Fought at Tliayer. Lncky Investments of Crawfordsville Feople Damage by Storm at Ellettsvllle Suicide's Skull for a Flower Pot . INDIANA. rrlze-FIght Where the JUng Resembled a Slaughter-Pen. Chicago, Aug. 3. A prize-fight, of fortyone rounds, tookplace at Thayer, Ind., today, between light-weights Tommy White, of Chicago, and George Siddons, of Grand Kapids. Two-ounce gloves were used, and tho stake was a purse of $."00. Siddons won. The first twentj rounds were marked by furious slugging on both sides, with the advantage on the side of the Chicagoan; but after that he gradually weakened, aud was only kept to the scratch by liberal and frequent gulps of brandy. In the fortyfirst round White was knocked down six times before his seconds threw up tho sponge. Tho ring at the close of tho fight looked light a slaughter pen. Struck It Rich in Missouri Lead Mines. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, Aug. 3. About twenty Crawfordsville people are now interested in lead mines near Joplin, Mo. 'Israel Pattern, of this county, owned 00 acres there, and he traded 100 acres to Fisher Doherty and John K. Kobb, of this city, for $10,000. The other 100 acres was sold to George W. Allen, who deeded it to his wifo. Allen and his wife were afterward divorced, and Mrs. Allen went to Joplin to. develop tho mines. About a year ago Doherty leased forty acres to the Diamond Mining Company, of Kansas City, and the land proved to be rich in lead ore. This caused Mrs. Allen to lease her laud to Snyder Brothers, who pay her a royalty equal to $S00 per week. Doherty and Kobb have also made leases of twenty acres each to tho following persons of this city: Henry Wasson, 1. C. JSomerville and F. M. Dice; Jonas Miller, Louis Bishof, Jake Joel and I. A. Dotehon; I. N. Van Sickle, J. W. Cumberland, Charles Miller. Koy Miller and Will Kobb. Zach Mahorney, D. J. Woodward and W. T. Miller are trying to mako a lease. Tho ore is taken to the smelters at Pittsburg, Kau. Fisher Doherty has refused $3,000 per acre for his land. Damage by Storm. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Ellettsvillk, Aug, 3. During the heavy rain and thunder-storm, yesterday afternoon, a large barn on F. E. Worley's farm, two and one-half miles south of this place, was struck by lightning, setting fire thereto and destroying the building and contents, consisting of a large amount of hay, corn aud farming implements. No insurance. The rain fell in torrents, and the almost dry streams were soon converted into rivers, washing out fencing and destroying to some extent the growing corn. Quite a number of trees were struck by lightning within a radius of a few miles and literally torn to splinters. Started for Camp. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Greenfield, Aug. 3,At 0:20 to-night the Greenfield Light Infantry, under command of Capt E. P. Thayer, jr., and Lieutenants W. O. Bragg and Ps'oble Warrum, jr., left on the Panhandle train for South Bend, where the Indiana Legion will be in camp for one week. The company was escorted to the train by the Cornet Band, and one thousand citizens saw them off. The company is a crack one and is au honor to our city. Minor Notes. The Tipton county teachers' institute convenes in Tipton on Monday " Bert, the eight-year-old son 'of 'Adam Bowers, living north of BraJ, fell from an apple tree, breaking hisvarm and receiving injuries that may prove fatal. James Briggs, an employe of tho Brazil rolling-mill, had his arm caught in the largo shears, mangling it terribly. He came near bleeding to death before 'a physician arrived. John . Wolndge, who lives about four miles west of Tipton, had his right hand caught in a tile-mill. It was crushed so badly that it was necessary to amputate it just above the wrist. Tho annual temperance rally will oocur at Liberty on Saturday next. These meetings have been held regularly each year for thirty-six years, and are tho largest meetings of tho kind in tho Stato. Among the speakers this year are Joseph Cook, of Boston, and Mrs. Hoffman, of Missouri. The mail route from 'Crawfordsville to Alamo is to be changed. Heretofore it has been by railroad to Troutmau's station, thence to Yountsville, from where it was forwarded to Alamo. The Alamo people objected to their mail coming through the Yountsville postotfice, and now it is to be sent by a hack line direct between tho firstnamed points. Steps are boing taken to bring suit in the United States Court against the receiver of the Crawfordsville Water-works Company on account of an alleged failure ot tho company to keep a sutiicient supply and pressure of water in case of fires. Crabbs &. Keynolds want $3,000, being their loss, above insurance received, in the burning of their elevator, and the insurance companies want $4,000 on account of the burning of Martin's ice-house. ILLINOIS. The Skull of a Suicide Used as a Flower Pot at Paris A Gruesome Ornament. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fakis. Aug. 3. W. TVVan Buskirk, the master mechanic of the Terro Haute & Peoria railroad shops in this city, has a peculiar llower-pot hanging in his dooryard. This gruesome relic is made out of a human skull, and is suspended with slender chains. The brain cavity is filled with earth, and a beautiful growth of vines creep from the empty sockets and grinning jaws. Across the forehead is printed the inscription: "To what base uses may we come at last;" and the beholder, as he gazes upon this ghastly, burlesquo on human greatness, cannot rofrain from involuntarily echoing the sentiment. The skull has something of a history, being that of a theological student who committed suicide Ho was iuterred in a email grave-yard which afterward fell into disuse and decay and was finally sold tor building purposes. In making an excavation the skeleton was exhumed, and tho skull came into Mr. Van Buskirk'a possession. Killed in a Runaway. Special to the ImlianaitoUs Journal. Bloomingtox, Aug. 3. Vincent Oberr, a wealthy farmer. near Flanagan. 111., was thrown from his huggy yesterday, in a runaway accident, and instantly kitted. Brief Mention. In honor of Emancipation day tho colored people of Dixon held a barbecue and ball Saturday. Bert Head and Thomas Smyzer were horribly burned by the accidental explosion of blasting-powder, while at work in a clay mine near Macomb. The Kov. X. C. Mallory, pastor of the Park-place Baptist Chnrch, at Aurora, has tondered his resignation, and will probably accept a call to Chicago. Ffty laborers, who have been at work for the Illinois Central company, on the Portage track, near Galena, struck for an advance in wages from 1.25 to $1.50 per day. Farmers living west of Galesburg report that cattle are dying from the effect of the excessively hot, dry weather. The pastures are unusually bare, and water is getting scarce. A child, aged twelve months, of August Schutz. of Galena, fell out of a bed in which it was sleeping with its parents, and fractured its skull, dying a short time after the accident. rinrrUnn Wriffht. one. of th DnWitt county pioneer settlers, died on Friday night. Af week sinco Mr. Wright was violently tnrowu iroin xus t cart uy a run

away horse, his skull being fractured in the fall. He was a citizen of DeWitt for sixty years, and was eighty years of age. A wedding on the stase, botween the acts of a theatrical performance, occured at Petersburg on Friday night, the principals being Mr. Line Kib'bey and Miss Ella V. Browne, members of a traveling company. N. D. Travis, a prominent resident of Fairbury, attempted to commit suicide on Friday bv taking poison, and it is doubtful if he will recover. Travis was prominent in the Fairbury Medicine Company, which failed a short time ago. The original package house in Salem having been run so successfully the past month, has created an interest in surrounding towns in the business. During the past week parties from Kinrnundy, Farina, Od in and other towns havo been at Salem to consult the proprietor with a view of getting pointers as to the proper way to deal in original packages. Mr. Higgs has also received letters from a distance on the same subject. WHITE CAPS OF NEW MEXICO.

Benton Destruction of Property and MurderMilitia Likely to Be Called'Out. Santa Fe, N. M., Aug. 3. The White Cap organization near Las Vegas, N. M., to whose outrages was recently called the attention of tho Secretary of the Interior, have become so bold in their depredations that Governor Prince has been compelled to issue a proclamation calling upon them to disband, and declaring that if they do not do so he will order out the Territorial militia, and, if necessary, call upon the United States troops. This band of regulators stylo themselves Knights of Labor, and have organized lodges through San Miguel county, until they nov have a membership of tif teen hundred. They have, without any legal causo, destroyed hundreds of miles of fences, turned herds of cattle loose, burned thousands of tons of hay and destroyed other property, -while several men who have opposed them have been severely wounded ny some unseen assassin, or have mysteriously disappeared. m Striker Killed in an Assault. San Francisco. Ancr. 2. For several months the iron-molders' union here has been on a strike acainst a number of foun dries, of which the City iron-works is one. This afternoon Walter Kidout, a young married man, one of the non-union apprentices. in tne uity iron-works, on leaving the foundry, found a number of strikers seemingly awaiting him. .With the aid of a policeman he succeeded m cettincr awav on a cable-car, and, believing himself safe, went to sleep. Two strikers, 11. L. Siebert and an unknown man, got on the car, however, without Kidout seeing them. Siebert suddenly gave the sleeping man a terrible blow in tho face. Kidout, awaking, drew a revolver, which Siebert tried to take from him. The other man came to Siebert's aid. In the strusule the'mstol was dis charged, the ball passing through Siebert's leit breast, tie was taken to the receiving hospital, and is thought to be dying. Kidout is under arrest. H. L. Siebert, the wounded molder, died at 1 o'clock to-night. The molders are much excited, and extra policeman aro stationed at all "struck" foundries to prevent disorder. Considerably Married. Chicago, Aug. 3. Chas. Loring, an electrician thirty years old, handsome, and of excellent family, is in jail here accused of having live living wives. The prisoner's father is a prominent citizen of Boston. Esther Bastasco, a beautiful English Jewes, is tho complainant, and asserts that she is Mrs. Loring No. 1, having married the electrician at Brighton in 18i. Loring, she says, remresented himself as worth 150.000, but after bringing her to this country and living with her a time left her penniless. She traced him over the country, but has only now caught np with him. Meantime, it is alleged, Loring married and deserted a girl in four dillerent cities Chicaf o. Wheeling, Helena, Mont, and Brighton, England. Rather Tall Hail-Storm Story. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug.- a A New Richland, Minn., special to the Tribune 6ays: "The most terrifio wind and hailstorm ever experienced here visited this section about 11:C0 this forenoon. The windows on the west and north side of every building in tho village and for miles on either side in the country aro broken. The hail, in some instances as large as hen's eggs, covered the ground for several inches. The loss is estimated at from $75,000 to $150,000. Hogs were killed and hundreds of chickens perished. In some instances the pieces of ice were driven with such, force as to pierce through the roofs of buildings.,, Heavy Wind-Storm. Des Moines, la., Ausr. 3. A disastrous storm swept over the central part of Webster county, unroofing houses and. blowing down coal-chutes this afternoon. The storm was preceded by a slight wind, and its arrival was unannounced by any of the usual phenomena which precede a storm. At Otho, a small mining town on the Minneapolis & St. Louis road, coal-chutes and roofs were blown down and trees uprooted. Telegraphic communication with Otho is very poor, and it is impossible, to get full particulars. At Kalo the minos were leveled to the ground and cars blown from the track. The President ana Ills Guest. Cirr. May Point. N. J., Aug. a The President remained at home all day with his guest. Secretary Blaine. This morning Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. l)immck attended services at St. John's P. E. Church, where Bight Rev. Bishop Scarborough, of the diocese of New Jersey, officiated. Citizens of Cape May and visitors have tendered President Harrison, his guests and family, a public reception at the Stockton Hotel to-morrow evening. The President has accepted the invitation, and expects to be present with Secretary Blaine. Losses by Fire. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 3. A firobrokoout In what is known as Cheapside Block, this evening, at 8 o'clock, and soon spread to half a dozen houses. Loss on buildings and stock about $30,000, fully insured. Danville, N. Y., Aug. 3. The largo twostory Building belonging to the Whitman Paper Company was burned to the ground. Loss, $150,000; insurance, $118,000. It is believed the lire was of incendiary origin. Bridge Jumper Killed. Boston, Aug. aThis afternoon Charles McCaffrey, tho Canadian bridge jumper, lumped from the shears at tho Atlantic works. East Boston, into the water, a distance of 150 feet. Ho struck onhis stomach, and was killed. Kansas Heat. New York Tress. Persons who came from Kansas recently describe the heat as having been intense thero this summer. A New Yorker who spent July in a small town near Kansas City said to me yesterday: For live davs in succession tho thermometer stood at 103 in the shade or over. For nine days it stood at over one hundred. The heat was simply overpowering. Of course, it gives rise to all sorts of stories and jokes, one of which is that a Kansas man who died and went to hades sent back to his friends asking for blankets, as he wasn't accustomed to such cool weather and couldn't stand it." Ordinarily a Safe Place. The Epoch. 'Did you hear of that woman who was arrested for trying to smuggle a bathing suit!" Xo, did she have it m her trunk!" "Oh, no, indeed! She had secreted it in one of her teeth that had lost the filling." Retribution. Hew York Bun. First Cherub Who was that man that St Peter just told to go below! He seemed to mo good enough to enter. Second ChcrubSb! That's the chap who has been writing dialogues about him. Enlisted Bloghamton Leader. "I understand you are engaged to Miss Long!" . Yes; my first engagement." Your first!" Yes; I never smelled powder before." Strangers are reoonnuended to Marcy's for watches, diamond and line Jewelry.

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MR. BEECKINBIDGE'S SEAT Clings to It, Though It Is Stained bj the Blood of Four Political Murders. Majority Report on the Clayton ContestNothing in the Hooper Story Anything Like a Confession Meant Death, Washington, Aug. a Tho majority report of the House committee on elections on tho ClaytonBreckinridgo contested case and the murder of the Republican contestant is completed and ready for submission to tho House. No earnest attempt, the report says, to aid in bringing Clay ton's murderers to justice was ever made by the local authorities. Referring to the killing of the negro detective, Smith, who was investigating tho ballot-box theft, and of George Beutley, a brother of O. T." Bentley, who was suspected of being one of the thieves, it "says George Bentley, at tho time, was negotiating with the Pinkertons to give evidence and expose the guilty parties, when he was said to havo been accidentally shot by his brother. While there was no direct evidence of crime in tho killing of Bentley; it was unfortunate, the report says, that these two killings occurred wliile the victims were about to givo evidence to Pmkerton's detectives. The theory that Clayton's murder was due to the enmity of one Hooper is taken up, and the report says it clearly appears that Hooper was not only iu California when the murder occurred, but ill with dropsy. "This theory," says the majority, "was naturally pleasing to the contestee (Breckinridge), though the friends of Col. Clayton very naturally complained that so important a clew should have been con cealed for ten months from them, and only made known when the congressional investigation began. No reasonable explanation of the murder appears, except that some of the ballot-box thieves, finding the taking of testimony progressing, killed CoL Clayton to suppress the investigation. No other motive is possible." Tho necessity, the report says, for tbe enactment of some laws which will prevent ballot-box stealing and murder from conferring a nrima facie title to a seat in Congress is evident from the result in this contest. "Had such laws been in force." the report say 8, "as would hayo prevented the contestee from taking his seat with such a title, no ono would have attempted to confer such a title by stealing the ballot-box. Evidently ballot-box stealing was looked upon as a joke in that community until the awful consequences that have resulted have appalled tho good people Of tho country. No doubt some of these men would havo been deterred from taking the first step in tho crime if they had realized that murder would be the end. But they crossed their Rubicon. Breckinridge got the seat in Congress, and one enmo iollowed in tne footsteps of the other. The least guilty of the criminals dare not expose the more guilty, lust the fate of Clayton should over take them. 'The murderers of Benjamin, a wellknown Little Rock Republican, who was killed near Morrilltou. while conferring with local Republicans with regard to bringing tho ballot-box thieves to justice, must bo well known, for a large number of persons were present, but they are not indicted. No indictments have been found nnder the State election laws for the ballotbox crime; the murderer of Smith is dis charged without trial: thekillins of Bent ley is not investigated, and the only man whose crime is punished is Wahl, tbe fed eral supervisor, who was indicted for play ing cards when he was shot." The contention of Breckinridge and his counsel that the acquittal of the judges aud others charged with frauds in this election should bind tho House, and that this adjudication should be accepted by Congress as proof that frauds did not exist. the report says, is surprising, and the ma jority decline to be, bound by the action of an Arkansas jury in a criminal case. The report also disagrees with other legal propositions brought forward by counsel. In Cleveland county one Uansbv ap peared," says the report, "and, bringing two sUotguns, announced his intention of taking an active interest in the proceedings, lie was under the influence of liquor. Dansby is a strong Democrat and a partisan of the contestee. - His high connections, instead of being treated as an aggravation of his gross violation of both State and federal law, is rather urged as an excuse for shielding him from punishment. For this oOense Dansby was lined $o00, a portion of whicn, fine was paid by the contesteo. , "That the nominee of a great political party should accept a certificate of election to a seat to which he was clearly not elected, and at the same time aid in the payment of a fiue imposed upon another violator of the law, and that such conduct should not be met with anything but commendation and approval by his followers, shows a state of disregard for the principles of popular government which may well make the future of the country bo looked upon with apprehension. That men may be found lawless enough to commit these crimes is to be deplored: but when men of high character and standing complacently avail themselves of the fruits of such crime, and the control of tho national House of Representatives is made to turn upon such methods, it no longer remains a mere matter of local concern, but arises to the magnitude of a national calamity." "Tho present case," the report says, "has attracted attention, not because it stands alone as a striking and startling incident of dangers ahead to our form of government, hut because it appears to be one of a very bad kind. In the old days of the code of honor political antagonists often met face to face and eve to eye, and sought their adversary's life. This method of settling political differences has become ausolete, and we frequently congratulate ourselves upon the improved moral tone of our day and generation. But never before has a contest for a seat in Congress been terminated by the bullet of an assassin. If such methods are submitted to in silence, the party benefited by tho crime of his partisans quietly and withont dispute retaining the benefits of the death of his competitor, a new element would be introduced into our form of government." A resolution will accompany the report declaring the seat now neld by Mr. Breckinridge vacant. Brave Bishop AlacDougalL London Spectator. During the Chinese insurrection the Bishop, whose fame as a doctor was widely spread in thoso regions, was sent for to the rebel camp, and commanded to attend to tho Chinese wounded. He refused to do so unless an English lady, who had been left desperately wounded on the ground outside, and whom the Chinese would sot allow to be brought in or tended, was given np into his care. The Chinese poised their spears and ran at him he was quite unarmedhoping to intimidate him. He simply remarked, "You can kill mo if you like, out if you do you won't get your wounded attended to," and carried his point. When Mrs. MacDougall told mo this story she said: "Frank never told me anything about this till I wormed it out of him by questioning him. I was proud of my husband!" -m They're Used to 'Em. Washington Post. ' A Kentucky paper declares that none of the daughters of the blue-grass State would marry mere titles. Oor Kentucky exchange is probably correct Titles aro too common in that State to be very attractive

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KNIGHT A JILLdON, 7d 77 S.Pennsylvaniast A RECOHD TO BE PROUD OF. How the Administration Has Managed the Country's Important Affairs. Peru Republican, "Something attempted, something done' was the measure of buccees in Longfellow's honest blacksmith. Accomplishment is tho unit of measure in estimating all things from the blacksmith to the President. The administration of Benjamin Harrison has won admiration from all who consider work better than talk. At its outset it was met with the unsettled Samoan question, an inheritance from the Cleveland admin istration. This was arbitrated to tho satisfaction of En eland. Germany and this country. Thenf came the pan-Apericaa congress, which won the good will of LatinAmerican countries and promises an immense increase of oar commerce with oar South American neighbors. This was fol lowed by a new extradition treaty with Canada, largely increasing tho list of crimes for whicn absconding criminals may bo returned to either country. The fishery qnestion has been settled, which was in tho last administration a source of irritation. The seal fishery question has been ably discussed in tbe correspondence recently published, which causes the London Spectator to remark that Mr. Blaine has decidedly the advantage of Lord Salisbury in the argument. Six new States have been admitted into the Union, a larger number than ever came in during any one administration einco the adoption of the Constitution. The silver bill, increasing the currency 70,000,000 a year, is now a law and was passed by Republican votes exclusively. Four years ago Cleveland recommended to Congress the discontinuance of silver coinage. This, then, taken with tho solid Democratic vote against tho silver bill, commits that party squarely with the cold sharks of Wall street against silver money. The pension billis oue of the great measures passed by the present Congress and signed by Mr. Harrison. Four j'eara ago his predecessor vetoed a less liberal measure. Under the present administration the soldiers are receiving $lfV,000,000 a year, fully one-third of the entire receipts of the government from all sources. Where is the old soldier who can complain that this administration m not a friend of the men who saved the Union? The House has passed and the Senate ia considering a tariil bill which will supply revenue, ana at the sumo time protect home industries, a L411 whose merits may be judged. by tho outcry against it by tha manufacturers of England and their friends in this country who declare that it will destroy the market in this country for English fabrics by stimulating their manufacture on this side the Atlantic. Last, but not least, tlio Houso has passed and tho Senate is considering a national election; law that will secure an honest vote from every voter, white or black, in every State in the Union. Tbe man who is dissatisfied with tbo work done by this administration is certainly hard to please. Tbe man who is not proud of its achievements does not belong to the Kepublican party. now Gordon Quelled a Mutiny. London Letter in New York World. There is a story told of Chinese Gordon, one of the most striking which centers ia his romantic personality. While he was ia China there was some mutiny in the army over bad rations or stopped pay. It was Gordon's duty to crush that mutiny, and this, as he ufed to toll tho story himself, is how he did it He had the men drawn up, and went and stood a few paces in front of them. At his elbow were half a dozen trusty fellows with loaded rilles. "Now," he said, 'you must have some leaders; let them stand out, and I'll speak to them." There was a moment's pause. "Come, fall out!" said Gordon again, in a cool, everyday voice, as if he were ordering dinner. Tho xnon looked at one another, and stirred in their places as his keen eye ran along tho ranks. Then two men stepped forward. Gordon quietly gave u signal to his half dozen men with loaded rillrs, and the next moment the two ring-leaders were shot dead. So ended tho inutinv. "But 1 always think." Gordon used to say, meditatively, after telling tho itory, "1 always think I murdered those men."

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