Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 47, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 August 1889 — Page 6

MAC DUFFS BKIDE.

Th Union of a Soot fish Chiaf with a Royal Princjs. (XarrMg ef the Thane ef life nHtl Prla rn I,HHle, KhWt lfcsHKHtrr t the 1'rlHcn r H'altx-A 1'hIhh Papular with the People. Iqnrox, July 28. Th Karl of Fife was warriM yesterday to Priaeess Louise, the eldest daughter of the Prlne of Wales. The weather did wot favor the royal couple. The chapel is ouly about 75s feet, a a il it w a crowd! enough tt make people uncomfortable and cross. The wedding was fixed f r noon, but the invited guests hail to Tht Kitrtt'f fife, be in their place J by ll:3i). The Interval was profitably spent 1m criticising dresses and looking through the exiioiai'e vellum-bound copy of the Marriage service, with which each guest w supplied. The people were gratlJied to aud that the Priuciss and Kir 1 were throughout spoken of as "this man aad this woman" Just a though they were of common clay. It had been expected, apparently, that au expurgited and wore courtly edltloa would be provided. The unly persons not supplied with oaptcs were th reporters, for whom rojru lis been gratuitously found for a dozen. Theft were supposed to know all xbout the marriage serTice and suck like. They were far away, aud tbe most unhappy lat ia the chapel. They had beea coni;peled to wear evening drees a la Fraucais, leet they should be taken for gentlemen, who, of course, all wtce the usual morn 1'rinctM lmiiH. ing dress, aud they were stowed away r lit in tbe back of the worst iositiou for seeing and hearing. Owls ia sunshine would ba calm, dignified thing compare! with these unfortunate reporters in ereum; dress at aoon. But they lore the f rives with the nieekneja charteterUc)I English reporters on official oe 0e4onS. The beat-dressed weaa ia tht? chapel were the Duchess of Manchester, who were a pale lemon colored robe and a superb dtaui&nd tiara: the Dowager Marcakaes of Aylesbury, is purple velvet slacked with pink ami sprinkled all orer with diamond; Lady Randolph Churchill, ia yellow silk, and Countess Spencer, iu white satin trimmed with gold fringe. Three. fourths of the tneu wore a uniform of soaie kind, and the remainder the orthodox morning suit. The Grand Old Man was there, of coarse. He wore a privy councilor's uniform, kaeit down and prayed as soon as be reached hie seat, aud talked little. The Queea's procession, which entered the chapel five minutes later, made a brave show. It was preceded aud followed by exalted coart officials, and include!, besides Her Majesty, one King, U of Greece, and twenty princesses aud princes. The lord 3 in waiting were ia th procession, and looked gorgeous aud seat tone to the aaair. Tho Prlucess of "Vaiea, the mot popular member of the a-eyai family, walked betweea her two Aretbers. the King of Greece and the Crowa l'riace of Denmark. She wore a dre of pearl gray satin, triinaied with aik-a with V-shaped bodies, and looked as r:a? as her daughter. Tlw briile's procession was shorter. 'bt more interesting. The i'riuee of H'alesmipperted his daughter aud perspired Irtely, although the support was enly jaetnjrfwrieaU for the bride was taeea to be a well-knit, upright yeoug Veaaan. Princess Lonbto ham a flue tgure. but ker face is too long and sallew fer beaaty. Tbe bride's dress was composed of the richest white satin teekeese with a very long flowing train. The corsage, front and sidej of t5e skirt were entirely draped with most laagnlnAtart point rfe gaze, with garlaads of ornage dowers. The bodice, of the same satin, M epen V-ahaHS with a high Metdici collar and elbow sleeves of old lace. Behind the trail of orange flowers was -arraazed from the left shoulder to below the right side of the waist a wreath of range flowers. She wore au exquisite point de gaze vail. Tie bridesmaids' dresses were of a .level- shade of blush pink faile with tie mi tvainee draped with crepe de chtue, ever wkiek were arranged broad moira sab. The bodices were cat V-shaped with elbow sleeves and trimmed with -crey de ckiae with bouquets of pink .re at the throat. Each bridesmaid ml wore a bouquet ot piak rosea in the toair. It had bea eipsctwl that Iord Fife would wear a f nil Highland costume, but te tke sore disappointment ot every one be was dressed iu the uniform of the affskir Artillery Volunteers, with Irtrtteert complete. lie bore himself with qalet dignity which commanded respect, and when, after the ceremony, he had to fwlute his royal mother-in-law, he bowed Jew, but showed bo disposition to grovel. Tke bride conducted herself like auy eUter young lady; said "I will" with a delightful little tremor in her voice, Keeied a tiny tear Into one eye, and did .not faint. The Qacen, bride and bridegroom and -all tke royalties lunched together in the state dinner-room at Buckingham Palace, eating and drinking out of golden veaselt. The toast to the bride and iK-IdegrcoiH was proposed by the Kins f Oreecf, and Lord Fife made a tuauly speech, promising to do his best to make bis wife happy. Then the couple drove to Marlborough House, took tea with the Prince aad IViacess of Walet ttnd family, and started on their honeymoon at four o'clock iu nu opoa carringe for Sheen, a village tiuar Loudon, where the Comte de . it'aris uve4. Last night's supplement to Hie official London Gazette contain1 tho ofnV.at ujtouccement that Her Majesty, tile Q neca, has biea graciously pleased to direct let er jtateat to be passed under the groat Keutof the United Kingdom of Great Jtrltain and IrclaaH, grnutiug the dlgnl ties o a marquis nnd dnka of the said kiagdom auto the Hlsht Honorable Alex aader William George, Karl of Fife, K. i aau ute uirs male of ins body law fully begotten by th8 inampj, styles and titles of Mrqu. o MacDuft, in the coua ty of Banff, and Djke of Fife. There H a concensus of opinion that re is a geee leuow, ana tie has recently IH-oven tt tu a rariety ot aays. He re Cased to take presents f rem his tenants em kkt SeettkU estate eu tke gioHad

that the time wr had, bat ha ha gtrea money for their lavUk eulertainmeht, d hist a lent the ulerk ia the Ijoudou Rank, of which he is president, enjoyed a HUiui'tHous repast at ids expense. That Princes Luli is a sensible aud kind-hearted young woman is shown by the fact that most of her linen was made by her desire by poor Irish womeu, for whom work is found by the Donegal Industrial Society. Kvery garment is made of tbe finest cambric trimmed with Valaaeieaiies laee. Tue bride's presents numbered nearly four hundred and their aggregate value has been placed as high as l,(XW,tWO. The nrst .V),00') of this was made by the presents of Lord Fifd, the Hothsehilds and the 1'rinoe and lriue.ss of Wales, while a Urge nuiubsr of faney stones represeutini; great values mode the total. The estimate seems small rather than large. Lord Fife's present to the bride connisted of a tiara ami two necklaces. The tiara was a mass of diamonds, a line of large pear-shaped stones running around its eutire front, lmnv'iir aud shimmering ia pearl'Shaped opeulng. Aboac thuse, ou top, was a iiue of dlimoud points, also coabjtl8g of iur-shaped diautbud 4. The inverted pendants were surrounded by beautrful and fragile open work fronted with diamonds, the whole bolug one ot

the most artistic aud valuable pieces of its kiud in all Kuglnud. The necklaces were together in the same mt,ket. The larger was a string of purest- diamonds, th smallest being the aim of a pea and the lurt, uloug the front, ns large as a sixpence. Tho inner necklace wiis of smaller hh stones sent diamonds .o rare and so perfect that the necklace very probably vitd with the larger oue In value. The-tiira from tin l'rlacj and l'rincass of Wales wgi narrow lancv -shaped beads of dltitnonds, striking from its simplicity and its brilliancy. It cnu be turned over and beeomes a. pendant necklace. It is two inches deep in tiu coaler and is graduated off to a depth of half au inch oa each side. The ornaments are pear-shaped alternately with little splkej contituiu,' small brilliants, aud the central one contains ulna stones, while tho end ones coutaiu ouly three, and the whole is mounted ou a row of single stoned. The necklace from Mr. and Mrs. Loa and Lord Alfred Uothschild was in srv.Hll ftower patterns of diamonds aud wonder ful cabochon rubies, aud in artistic beauty surpassed nil the others. The seven other necklaces were, one of plain diamonds from 112 young lady .friends; one of rubies, diamond i aud sapphires in three straight rows from Sir Edward and Lady Guiauoss; one of magnlfioeut diamonds and sapphires from Mr. Villebois; one ot sapphires and pearls from General and Mrs. Gweu. Horace Farqtthar, Lord Fife's best man, sent a long spray of diamonds ia leaves aud ilowcrs. Beside it was aa exactly similar spray, in three pieces, from Sir Albert bassoon, Mr. aud Mrs. Arthur .Saisoou aud Mr. aud Mrs. It. D. Sassoou. There was a case of seven large dia- j mond stars from the IVluce of Wales' suite, which might be used jointly as a tiara or separately to ornament the coif fure. Baron Ferdinand Uothschild .sent a i spray of leares and lluwers iu diamonds. ' Lady Paget sent a large spray of rose ( leave and roses. 0 1 Tbe Duke and Duchess ot Manchester , sent a large eresceut five inches long, of solid dtamonfe. I Mr. andMra. Defalke neat a array of flower in white and Tose diamonds. Two ot the most rare and most miluaable siugletone in. tke collection were a lar.se ruby, from the Duke and Duchess ef Westminster, and a Btimese cat's-eye, from lord aud Lady RothscaihL Hw many thousands of guin-as eaeh cost must kve depended on the desire of the purchaser and )bs cim-scienw of the seller, as eisher weold be difilcult, it ut impossible,, to uteh. TW ruby was- set simply as n pendant, ssirrounded: by diamouds, ixid tke-big catV-eye, whiebwae a luiuinws baft of yeaowish-green ftrrt shining ct moet prominently ataong: all the geiws was the cowr to a watcblu. a watch bract IK of solid diamonds. There were many bratielets of great valae intrinsically aua as npecimens C the goldsmiths' act, and a host of otbHt beautiful wid oostly gift. The brldtmaids were Princess Victoria and Maud of Wales, Princess Iuise f chlewig-Holsttfln, Prluwss Victoria ef Uchlewig-Holstein, 1'riace.ss Victoria of. Teck, Countess Feodore Waichen, Couatess Victoria Glaicheu aud Counter Helena Glaichen. Tlie clergymea officiating were tike Archblahop of Canterbury, the Hi shop-of Loudon, the Deaujof Wiador, domesao chaplain to the Queen,, liav. F. A. n llervy, domestic chalaia to the Prince of Wales, and ltov, T. Tlcxainouthshore. A choral service was simi by the ck)ir of the Chapel Uoyal, St. James. A feature of the service wn thesingiugr of special anthem entitled: "0 Perfect Love," composted by Mr. Joseph Barna by. Many of the Ministers were present. On their arrival at Sheen Housa the newly wedded iiir were enthusiastically welcomed. They paased between files ot Venetian masts decorated witli floral festoons. Tbe pathway was covered with carpet, upon which wild flowur.s were strewn by girls dressed iu white. Last night Mortlake aud lltchmond, in the vicinity of the Earl of Fife's house, were Humiliated. The Prince ot u ales gave a reception at Marlborough House last evening, which wus attended by a thou sand gue'ts COKE-WORKERS IN EARNEST. Tlioy Will Strlko. if Tkrir llemaniis in K.'rhkI to the Wage Scale .re ti ttraiiti'it, PiTTSBURott, Pa. July 23. The several thousand coke-workers of tbe Connellsville region Kent a delegates to a convention at KveraoH, Westmoreland County, yesterday, which body resolveil upon a general strike ou the In of August, un less the demands of the men are acceedeil to. Tho convention wns had with eloaotl door, but t a reporter District Master Workman Kerfoot said: "e have timo after time sont commissioners to the operator of this regtoa to meet us and agree iitwn a scale; uuttiiey totally Ignored us. and we are determined to flKht it out. I am opposed to strikes, and have on evory occasion tried to do every thing in my power to prevent them, but if nothing clsa will satisfy lh operators. We will strike. We demand the Hcalo submitted on April 13, which calls for $1 per mi bushels for mialng room coal; jfl.HJ per hundred bUshols for mlaiug lieadiug coal aud all other narrow work; 42.10 per dy of eight hours for drivers, agcra, horsobacktrieh, timber men, trackmen and rope riders; charges, iX cents per ovph; W cents perioobuth els of coat charged for cok; drawing, 10! cents per oi ch; for leveling and nil elates ot work aet useutloaed to be pakl lit prepurlUvu.

THE TELEGRAPH KfRVKJE.

frmttleHt Oreee f the Western U-lee TrlKrMuh ('MHtwaHy trteU Ak-sIh! iU l'HtiaMterSHterst'e Kerf at .elhH Ih Kegera Ih 'lVlKr-Oi TH to le I'sta br thin (iHVOrHIMKHt. Nkw Yokk. July aW.-The following Is the sulwUnce of the protest of tke Westera Unloa Telesratdi Comiwny against the PottttKterG Mral's great out of the rates to be paid for telegraph serviee in the transmission and delivery of Gov ernment messages, giving the ttletory of the act of lSiW, aud the actions hereto fore taken under it: The rate Iu toree for the past five .Years ks not been s uniform rate of eee cent ier wwt, at many papers have juh1. ImH iNereslg en a st ale ot ttUunres above a tnousana miles, with a minimum ot tweniy cents ir mci antt a maximum ot two itt a half eeaU per word. Tfce telegraph cetupaales keU. re so legally advised, that the laaguse t the et does not give the Postmaiiter-Geuersl abwtluw iwwer to Hx oav rate he WW deew St. Tl(t oer is itttallUeil lv catitutlenal rctr.'. ttott In artk'le 3 i the lauguae; "Nor UM private property ha takou for juWlc use withaut jutt cowpenatlon." TO power oew;n. therefore, on toe nuestidn: U tmt mill per wont a jutt compenMttont After relating the circumstances lead ins to the enactment of the acts of 1 aud 1ST2, giving to the telegraph compa nies certain franchises and privileges, aud to tho "oreruuient certain advant ages aud privilege. Including priority of service at rates to be annually fixed by the Postinaster-Ueneral, the letter pro ceeds: The Hxlnsr of rates decs sot app-ar to bare been roiuiuered an Imperative duty of tbe Pixt utaster-fleneml, for no action m-chis to have i been taken by that oftteor In the direction of Hxinjf rates until July I. of 17I. when ths nci ccoslty for It was alleged to haw arisen by reaI son of the complicated character of. Ihs icrr.co In tranmlttiHg the s:j.nal weather report. The rates were then Jtxcd satisfactorily to the ttlepraph companies. They were not annually rev-.eii until .oc years later, and In almost every Instance the t ulegrapu companies were consulted a to what tucy could afford to do tho service for. in two Instances PoM nmter-Gcnerat .'swell sad Posttnaster-Onerat James, at tho Instance ot the telegraph companies recalled and moditied tlielr orders after they had been officially proclalmel. The laagain of tlie aet that mesinrc between the several deiwrtnients of the GjvI ertnent shall have priority over all other bedI nen Ht such rates as the Postmaster-General shall annually H.r. "may be construed as restemiilatlBg tlo nxins of a higher rate than Is paid by other patron, because of such prior- . Ityln trsnsiHlslon over all ethflr buslnes. Certainly tt sever eontemjdated conferring th power to Hx tbe rates below the actual cost tf the service. Such scticn Is nothiait sllort of confiscation and expropriation of the property and service of the employes! to the ae ot the Government without Just eompenatlon therefor. Twenty cent." for twenty words or le. for distancf-s ot one thousand miles or les, and one cent for each additional word, and one-tenth of a cent per word for each additional one hundred ra des or fraction thereof. i, for distant-en of auutit one thoiiinU miles a between WuDhinzton and Sew York aaJ St. Louis or Chleagor scarcely one-half the rate paid by the public on current niessfe. FordUtanccs of three hundred mile ami nileritis nlKXit three-fourths the commt-real rate. The workias expense of the cempany Wtthout any return for any part of te capital employed, coit wlfkla a fraction of seventylive per cent, of the total earnings. If. therefore, the Govcrnrsent rate average less than eventy-itve iwr treso. of th? rate to the public as It undoubiealviioes) then the Government kslness Is now done at a loss. 'The average rest to the company of handling: rnesssMfes Is 83 cents per meafle. If the (lovernwent Uintoes-i fas not pny kMwethingmore than tht average, then it ntet berfoae at a loss, for the messages, in order to yield such an average xut be considerably a!r? the average lenctk of business messiwes fabout seventeen word-?: and It is a very exacting service, having precedence overall oOht Easiness, and re((Uirinjr prompt and often inesr-dtttauce metsensji'rilfllveries orre-w-riWiwf some eases to deliver special wlr5. Tltese exhibits demonstrate that the rate as Axed for the tmst year is a trreat Injustice to tho telex raph corapanle. and net, oa a fair business basis ot living profits, awarded to railroad cotnpanies and other eeeperatioas for hervtcee renderetl. The rate outfit, therefore, to be increased rather than diminished. By the present rate the UnrernnMnt is sav-inKalar-resutn probably lO).ei annually, hy thereddi;'Jtof its telegraph service below what otherpatrons have to pay. and that saving is necessarily made up from erfeer customers. In alt Justice and fair dea!la, the exlitini rate should, therefore, be increased. To do the Gwrernment oervlee for nothing necessar ly impose heavier burdens on te people, whosust-da the telegraph. The Govwrament is able to pay, and every business conrrMeratkra 4emsnds that it shall pay a fair and reasonable consideration for whatever serviee it asiy reauirc. AS to the'rate named for the enwlner rlcal year in vow official circular to the tetegrsph company ot June 39 ultimo, which,. yea say, 'will be ne mill a word, Irrespcctt-re- of distance, foe all messages day or niiht I have only to say that it would not reimburse what thl company has to pay for the clerical service in reeetting, counting, cheeking, routing, numbering and booking the message before its transmission; that it would not reimburse what this company has to pay for She ttmeof any one ef from seven to eleven operators that would engaged in the tran-im.skn of a message from Washington to Portland, Ore ; that a meswge of the ordinary lesgth would not reimburse what we have to pay for Its delivery by messenger after it has reached Its destination, to (.ay nothlnxof any part of tho cost f maintaining the lines, battery supplies, stationery, superintending, office and other inoldeatal expenses; and, finally, H would net reimburse the cost to this eomii-.iny of gathertngnp business, making up the- accounts and making the collections. A messmte handed in at WasJilnRton is retelved.eenste'l and checked by he eterk at the wliidew. It is then sent to the operating room. where the circulating manaeer routes and num ber it. and ihiis it to the proper instmments. After its tmni-mlsslon it gee to thelKHk-kwp-er to be entered. What we Hare to pay for the time of these several employes ! certainly more than one cent, the value of a ten-ord Hiessaee. awl probably more than two cents, which woeM be the price ef a twenty-word mess'iae at the rate nanwe. We-saites from S'ew York or Wnshhigtea Ut points on the Pac tic coast pass through the hand ot from Ms to nine operators. To Oregon it renulres three more operators. Tld-. ceeipaay transmitted durinK the last aeal year 51,-Mf messages. The aversKe coAt of delivery per raeseeg'' was aimut a 13 cent. You may answer that the Government rnds letters h tlieusand miles And delivers them for two cents: but neither thcOovernment norariy other patron of the telegraph would submit ti the class of deliveries u ade by the letter-car riers. In fact the Government It-elf, In this city, charges ten tents per letter for Sfieeial deliveries, ami every telegraph tnts!: requires x special delivery. Over more lhaa half the area of this city wo puy Ho cents ptt message fer delivery. In respect i tho cost of gathering up the business and waiting ap the ncermsts for collection, at msny of nar small stations they hare tut one tSaveriinient message dwr ng n month. The Wur Department requires that tho wieaasjos themselves lie rendered as vouchers. If kit agent or employe ot say at taa department Is detntncti at a small Mation hy railroad Inter rusthm and sends a menage of Un word, the SiatiHgcref that station finds H his duty toeneh that message by wad to the aadlterof thecentpany hfrc for collection. That would eot this company a two-cent postage stamp. Then wo shall have sent the message, paid eaeh operator engaged upon It two and ecbait cents foreellvflnaglt.sad two teats hi tho Government w forward ike oricksl shswks s voucher, nttd whea tAl tSI U tawU up gel cat t est Vatk.

enueeat Is the pnnnpt-a 4 hmt msaaar tt

Mir ll t WHM-M wm Hlil V WMH A WW for ike t JorernaMMit vitaaat eaarti, gviag H the u of wire oa tpeeial oecaMoas, sad wpes tag sew ststkMt at eon'WtraWe expense fw lmat and Mtronemical uhtervatkms. We have bad our aceouaU tied up ftr a eoatdderaale portion of eur rrie upon Wfcnie tl rwlinct, npuii a hieh we hnve beea HHabh to proeare a trial aad ifcwhdea in the eeurte until tbe arrears have reached tke neighbor-heed f ilO,At tnstreHM by the exeeetive eemmlttee ef tke lltiard ot IHret'ter. I matt re-pectfully make this tke pntet or tke Western Gskm TVlseraph CompeMy, aad of th suhurdlnate telegraph e.npatie whlek it eoatrelf , ;HlHt any further tedwelhw helow the rates In operation during the iat ffw year f Ml to lx paid by theOevernwent fer tke transmission of Us mee. as a wreag al injustlee U tkfs eempany, to Its Ihlrty-s.x huaered "torkholders, snutolts mllHsHts of other customer. I have the honor to remain. wt .resyeetf ully your. lalgnedj NOKVt.v (Jhbhk, President, internal'revenue. Krpnrt r lntrHl Ki-vfHHr ComtiiU!nir Mhuih tn Hip SeiretHry f the Ir.-Hsiiry hii tli Ilpn-H tliiH. eT the llwrrau tor the lat l'Urnl Vrar, WASHt.voro.v, July ). Th drnmissioner of Iuternal R-voiuie. Ir. Mason, bus nuulo his rejmrt to th-j Secretary of the Treasury on the operntioue of tbe internal revenne ofllce for the acal year ending June If), ISjM: The total rollections for the llseal year led ended were ?!'JM.1&U!, d this um ha.s eea duly account.! for an.1 covered into the Tie.tary. l or the fiscal year ended June SJ. tho collections were tli3,:!,lVi.6 which, compared with the. collectiiHis for tke !Ucal year ended June 3 how an Increase ot tt'vJst.yn.l. The cost of collection for the tHeai year just ended will itgreitate about 1 1, ts5,o-.', ex clusive of the amount expended for the printing of internal revenue -.tamps, which is paid from the appropriation made to tho Iturenuot Knr.n:nc ami Priming, and which wilt u Miown ia wy annual report for this year. At this dale it is iiaposit'le to tate the ex act amount of tho con ot collect on, as sows accounts Ix-long ng to tbe fiscal year have not yet been received, and tho amount of such accounthas been en mated from the accounts oi previous months; hut when at) are received and adjusted I do rot th nk tbe totssl will vary much from the amount herein .stated. The per rentage- of the cost of collection is a fraction less than .tt per cent., which U exactly the same as tho per ecntaste of cost for the st eal year ended June W. l!M. Owing to the great number ot distilleries in operation during the last Hcal year, asd the increated quantity of spirits produced resulting a an Increase of the taxes collected from th.it source as compared with the receipts of the jrerlesyearef more than .5,0 ',.. As shown in the secompanlnK statements, ie expendi tures for the a aries of the store rkeepers. nsd the fees tf the gangers are largely ia excess of the amount estimated when the appropriation was made tkerefer. The result was there were aot funds eneh to pjy these ofttce? in tult for the montli ef June, 1.W, and they have been pakl up to tbe Mh ultimo ouly, leavltg their aecoents for t!e- remainder of tho month of June unpaid until an appropriation U rmde to over this tlcHcseoc- -The amount of tils denelency is about IHUorHnd has been H eluded iu the eost ot eoliestkm. as above sUtnl. 'so that ltapteai'i that the jaeresse tn tht rent of collection as compared -vtth the jtelr as jre in exact ratio with wi increase )lk?ctlons. During: the past ncal yrsr exawfnV'.sns ef the offices of the collectors f mlernal revenue . have been made as frequet( as wa iostMe its tne iimiien numoer or rereaue agents at . my command, and the report f ths ex ami- 'i itatioas inutcate a geueraity MVHrctorv eouUtttatt ef the service throwghost the country . A SYNDICATE WANT IT. Tim t:Hlmamt ?avy Yard at TaHrnar r's IsttHrt U Not lllg tfiMHigli Blic ItritUll Ot-rni wnt, hbiI an AlHr-rirnH shlpItiiUHiMg Syutllratn Have lhir Kjrs oh It. Sax Frascihco, July .28. Theodore Cramp, a memler of the Philadelphia ekip-ballding firm, left San Francisco tills afternoon for Tacoma where he will take a steamer for Alaska. Oa his return be will visit the Ilritish naval station at Esquiznault, on, Vancouver's Island. It is reported that Cramp is forming- a company of American capitalists for alie purpose of purchasing this yard from the British Government; that tbe syndicate has already been formed with a subscribed capital of l,000,000. ausl that negotiations are pending; for, a iHirchane of the Yard and' docks. The purchase price is said to be about $1,,000. The syndicate is said to iave a number ot promtuent ship-bnildmg firms, including Cramp & Sous, PbiPhdelplila; uanan cc aimingworth, and Perrry Jones, Wilmington, aud the Uuion Iron Works of this city, as its principal supporteis. A DUAL LIFE. A Cane nf Itlrnmy llrtvelnpnil a One nf Johnstown tho CoHeHrHcn of the lllatr. Johnstown, Pa., July 3). One of the startling sensations jiint brought to light by the recent flood is the fact that W. 11. Overbeck, prominent man and resident of this plawfor ten year, married here aud the father or several chihlreiu had also a wife living in Philadelphia. He was well liked by everybody, aud held a prominent position with the Cambria Iron Company. His wife was of a renpelable family, and no one suspected that he had been living a dual life. Such, however, was tbe case, as the Philadelphia wife hart fully established her identity, aad in addition has three children born to Mr. Overbeck before he left her. Just how Lu managed to keep his Philadelphia wife away from here is not known, but he regularly sent her 490 a month frost his wages. Tbe cie will likely now to taken iuto the courts ou account ot Mr. Overbeck'." insurance money, as bis family hero survived hint.. NvrinHS KUt Among ItMllaH Laherrrs at I'lttsburcli. I'tTTf.xcanH, Pa., July 30. A report rescued this city yesterday that at, ten o'clock yesterday morning a serious riot occurred among some Italian laborers eugagesl it laying a pipe Hue near fuck 2fo. 1 em the Mouougnhela river lxmt twenty-va miles south of Pittsburgh, The foremin iu charge wished to trans fer a gsMig nf fourteen men from oie part or die- work to another. The men refused t go. and a riot ensued. fTuives, pislolsv picks, shovels and other Yea pott, were freely used. OtiO Italian w4 killed nnotlter was mortally wotittdetlt and a number of others wer severely hurt. i m The ItrtlUh rliniiiir llliu-K tlaniiit Sflxeil hv Hi" OhI.it i : tcti. Sew Wkstmi.xstkr, It. C. July l. The SHsallug scho.mer Trtutaidi nnhed yesterday from liebrings 3ra bri;igiug news of the seizure, ou the 11th last., by the United Ktales revenue crnlwrKns!i, of the liritlsh schooner Wack lHamnmi sealing In llehring sea. The Triumph had 0 llxmrd. bat not having caught any in water orer which the Autericaas claim jurisdiction, was allowed to depart atwl sallasl direct for Victoria. The captain of tha Hush said he had orders to selae any vessel t found with Kehrlags sea seals alonrd. Uni are rHld very, plmtlti.

THE WEEPING CLOUDI. Thrlr Jrlrf Hmmi Im W h tbe fMt-t'p KlHtl .Sedtioalv trt Jh. l'w HpeimeH TrHrit Free VarliH. l.utMlltle, sad tht Keselta tf Their HMttUrH llrwp. ri.AiNHKt.i. 2. J,, July 31. The greatst HusmI l'liiutield haa ever kaowu followed the heavy and huhssI down-jmur of raiti yeeterday afteramxi and a number o waekouls aud broken dams are reported. At four o'clock CsHldingtoa's dam oh VHuny Brook gave way, ami the Urge body of water tmrried awuy the Coddington iee-housee and threatened the Green Valley with total desolation. The damage will prove l be heavy, for many barns aad other httlldldgs werj washed away. At twenty minutes to sk o'clock, .Seer's Dam, ou Green Ilrook.eolltipjed, precipttatiug wnter directly through tin center of this town. (Jreen ltrmk divides tbe counties of Somerset and Union, nud runuiug through the town centre, is built entirely orer. When the water in a great torrent rushed dowu the stream and blocked by buildings forced its way into the streets, Somerset street Wus completely Hooded, and many siu'ill bulldlugs were washed away and demolished. Several houses along the brook were 11 oded and "the inhabitants were coinpeled to move iu short order, French'!! mill and carriage factory are threatened, and If the rain continues the will probably go. All tllO cellar and firnt floors on Somerset street are n joded, mid the damage to prop ?rty will bi groat. Mit St-vore VI or in In Year. Xbwakk.N. J., July !. The rniu tor:n yotedayanl last-uiglit did rvat-Unin-ngo to tbe northern part of New Jersey. The Fritz d un burst aud Hooded Ron Park which had bjoit fitted up at a eott of ?4(),tW. The Delaware, I.ackawana & Western Iracke aenr XloriiHown are sub-

merged, and traffls over the roal suiHinded. Tuere is great fear .n the Orange Valley lest the reservoir will overflow. Three homes have been swept awny aud three persons are reported drowned. At Milburu the damage already done is estimated at $1300). Tne sturm is certainly the most severe that has vi.sited this locality for many 'years, la Newark many factories ware c nulled to 3but down as the cellars were tloodod, With thr Vorce r tly clone. Havkkiiili. Mass.. July 31. The severest storm which has visited this ssct ion for many years came here with th force of a cyclone yesterday afleruoott, Trees were uprooted, hoases unroofed, fauces leveled and telegraph wires blown dowu. The jmthway of the storm wau alHMit half a mile wide. Travel was delayed for several hours at KIw Corner, where a large tree was uprooted and thrown directly across the road. While tbe storm lasted btisiuess had to be almost eutlrely f.usi'uded, owing to tbe iateuse darkuess which prevailed. Trrrlrle ltaio-Storm at Klmlri . Y. Elmiha, X. "., July :W.-A terrific rain."tonn that eoiuiuenced at three o'clock aad lasted until lulf-past six this nifinikig raised the Chemung river tive feet to-day. Considerable damag has beea done along the ereeks. The bridges in Watkins Glen were 'damaged by tb Hood. The Kail Breok railroad in the Cowan ?sque Valley has been badly dimttged aud shipers here have been untitled by the Delaware, S.aikawaun & Western road that no reiglit ffor the Cowaaesipie Valley will Street-Wed until further notice. VVIh.I unit IMIn. Cascoan, N. II., July 31. A violent storm of wind and rain struck this section yesterday afternoon, and the resulting rmsaage to property amounts t' many thousands of dollars. The roof of the tati Arseu.nl was blown off and carried away, as was also the root of Cum niinsr faruitura store, which was badly damaged by raiu. THHHHtl4 of Acre of O'tton ami Corn ubmrrrnl. Nnw OKUCAN8. July 31. Tlie TimesDemocrat Duck Hill (Miss.) special says: The rate-fall Monday night and yesterday was the hardest for years in this section. All the large streams have overflowed, their banks. Thousand of acres of cotton, ami corn are submerged. Many fences ami bridges have been a wept away. Tba lndieatiousare for more rain. THE. BLACK DIAMOND. nrtniledil'Srw ot thn -ianre of thi Hrltlli Srahr Itlwrk IHitinom! for T.ikmg eaU, ia llehring Sea -Tin- KhsIi, wlira Iut Neva, wm ltHalHg All.r .Hor.t I'oaelitir. Han Fravctsco, July 31. The steamer Dora arrived from Behriiig Sea Monday night, and. hriugs the first detailed news of the capture of the British Sealer Black Diamond by the United Slates revenue cutter Richard Rush. On July 11 the Hush overtook the Black Diamond and ordered her to heave to. The captain of the lllaok Diamond refused to obey the order.- Thereupon the commander of the Rush.ordered a lowering of ports, aad the gnus were rim out. Tilts action caused the schooner to heave to. Captain Shejiard andi Weutenant Tuttle then boatde the English craft, and asked for her paperi". Ultt) oMcers of the lliack Diamond offered au armed resistance, but refused te deliver the skip's pa pers. Chptalti Sbepnrd at once liroks open the cabin and forced, tho hinges off the strong box aud the. oaptalH.'H chest, thereby securing the papers. A search of tbe vessel disclosed, 103, sealskins which had been taken, in. Bell r La: Cnptala Shepard placed a non-con missioned officer iu charge of the Black Diamond and ordered the vessel to he taken to Sitka to await further instructions. The captain of the lllaok Diamond made the statement that wlien iu Victoria hk had been ordered to iny no attention to the Hush in case she overhauled bini. He would hot have surren dered if the Rush had aid had a force-superior to hi. The Dora says on tlie way down ftrom St. Paul's Is hi ml the ltusu. was seea In close pursuit of nix sealers and thrst addltinaal captures havo uuloubtedkr Wen made by this time. l"iir-st "lr- Started ty rtsif u. flt.KNWooa Si'hiXn.H, Col., July fV). Tlie forest fin which lias beon raging In this vicinity for several days was. started over a week ago by some aporUmeu In J'o Name Canyon, whoroby Mr. J Krowu, ld4 family and a ' party of ladies narrowly escsisl death, only escaping hy wndlag a creek or noarly two miles on their hands andkuijcs. Mr. ilrown lost two valuable hor-Jt.. The Hie haa nov spread, and covers au area of ovor ten square miles. The entire air In tlt western hlupe is filled with smoke. Ttcpurts from Red Cliff, Leadvllle and other isilats say that the shh h obeared, No Name and Urla. ly taouutalaa are ae ihis of fire.

PI1CATORIAL, Th Wark f the Halted Malm FUfc CHmUslM far the l.x.l fl.aat Year MIIIImh t Varleit Hi.1m r Ike Pinny 'frlha Pra4gMtH4 and INirlhalMl ThroMKhHHt tMe Klvera hm.I l.k 4 th Ct.uHtry. WAMHixfiiuif. Aug. l.-The Uhlted titntes sh ComwUsou disiributel ia Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wiseoasln, Kea tueky. MIseiMiri and Xebraska during the past fiscal year m.W) yearllhg tish of the iadigeuoHs Hjwoies of the Mississippi Valley, consisting of oatttsh, bufalo, oroppie, white aud black bass, sun ash, pickerel, white jwreh, wall-eye pike aud aative carp. Of brook trout eggs there SwT.OOJ sent to the different mate fish eonuaissions, and a dejioslt of Sl.OfK) was made iu the public waters of Penusyl vanl.i, Alarykud aud West Virginia, a plant of lOfjj one-year-old trout was made in the waters of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan, the bulk of them being put in the waters of the two Stale laut iinmed. Duriug tbe season fW.OJu rainbow trout eggs were shipjied from th.) .N'orthville (Mirh.) siallonof the com mU,ion and lW.bJO from the Wytheville (Va.) station to the various State eomiilsi,ious for jdautiug iu suitable waters. One-year-old tish to tho number of vo,. tKX) were distributed as follows: To litliana, H.lVW; Iowa, .W0; Michigan, 11, 3CHJ; Nebraska, .lfW; Ohio, -,(); Kentucky, 4,by); Tennessee, ,VW; Georgia, l.WWj orth C'lrolltin. 3,W; Virginia. WH): West Vlrgiuia, ilaryland, i.WJ; Pennsylvania. 1U.0W. ,Lake trout to the number ,),(!) were distribjted during tlie season, 2,0W).OM going to tho State commissions and 1,000,90) of fry to lake Superior near Dnliith. Ot the yearlings of this !Sieclcs 14,000, were deposited iu tbe waters of liulianu nud 10 o in Michigan. The distribution of I.oeh Leven

I irout eggs was as follows: Nebraska, jMW0; Wlscousin, mm: Pennsylvania, ."1O.W0; Now llatnpdiire. Of Call j foruia almnu fry ."i,W);),(j0 were depositI ed iu llie Clackaidas river nud its tribuj larie-i, l,00,0 iu tliu I.ittbi Sacramento and its tributaries, aud 1,.7XM.) in tbe IMeClotitl i i"er. In the disposition of Atlantic salmon New York go. "),0W. hand-locked talmon eggs numbering tW,U)) weredistributed to the several State couiutis- ! sious Of the German carji 130,0a1) were J sup))lied for private iond culture to,00tt j applicants, representing thirty-eight States aud ten Territories. The usual number of carp furnished to individual Applicants varies from 12 to 'JO. There were also deposited iu the public waters of the country about .'t.",000 of this species, as follows-: Dakota, 3,0o0; Kansas. 1.0l); Ohio, l',im; Tennessee, Florida, W,l; Georgia, 2.W0; North Carolina, 5,50); Virgiuia, 1,000; Maryland, l.tkW. During the year there were distributed 10,000 goblfUh to 1..VM applicants in tho severul States and Territories. Redeye per cli to tbe number of ."i,0Jfwere distributed duriug the year to applicants iu Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. Off the coast of Massachusetts 3O.O),OO0 cotitish and S.tWO,00) pollock were dejKJslled during the year. The Snudusky tO.) station ot tho commission collected duriug the year l."i),ft0,0 whiteftsh eggs, and the Alalia (.Mich.) station 15,0) l,0J). Of these, :'0,W).0iJ were distributed to tbe Northwestern States bordering en tbe '.akes. The distribution, of the fry produced at the Sandusky, Alpena and Dnluth stations was as follows: Lake Hierior, 1O.OM000; i'ke Krle. 40.i).0; like Huiou, .r.. 000.000. and o.OiO.Wv) were depos!tel iu the piddle waters of Idaho, Washington Territory aud Oregou. Wall-eve nlke to the number of .7),030,OM i were deposited prlunipnlly in the public fjwaters of Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio.-Vew V org ana reuusyivnuiu. During the season. lOl.TUilKX) shad fry weredeiKisited as follows: Tributaries ef Narragansett Bay, l,2ii.0J0; tributaries of North Atlaatle coast, l.SW.OOO; 'Hudson river aud tributaries, .W.0K; kDelaware Bay aud tributaries, SS.OOO.O'JO; Chespeake Day and tributaries, ol.Oei,0. THE SEAL POACHERS. Jf i, Trouble Antlclpatnl hy the O iwra. ternt by Keavoa att the Krlxere nf the Canadian SrhaeHer ittarh Ilmmonii. Wasiii.noton, Aug. 1. The State Department has not yes received any dett.aud for the release of the Cauadiaa scaling Vessel Black Diamond, but such rv demand is expected, by some as soon as tbe British Government learns officially of the seisure. -No serious trouble with Great Britain is aptu-eheuded by Department officials, however, for the reason that it is to the interest of Great Britain and all other great tommerclal countries that these seals shrxtld be preserved from tbe slaughter of piratical sealing eraft. Tbe United States, they say, prolecls them against our own aud foreign poacu jrs alike. Assistant Secretary Bateheller, talking with a rejrorter to-day, said that tne Treasury Department bad uo part in the political or diplomatic side of the i mention. f 'l don't see liow there can be ihiicIl , trouble about it," he said; "for no nation: can afford to throw theso fisheries oa ,to destructiuu. The commercial interests. jot the world are- too seriously involvedThe protection ve give is for tbe benefit of tbe whole world. The habits of tbe seal are well known. They makathree visits to these islands. Ou the laat visit, when they are not breeding or with young, they are taken. We limit tlw number that maybe taken in any one year, and provide that tho females slmll be preserved, ouly five per cent, oft' thecatch being allowed to be of that sex. At certain times of tba year they dispH?ar. No oue knows, where they go perhaps out u the deep water. Again, they are aeeit la the en far from tho shore. That U where they are killed by these poolers, ami tho mothers with their r"S re tho ones that suffer, because they are th only cues to be got ia any numbers. By tbe killing of the females wliea with young this way. tho whole brood would noon be destroyed. England caitaot afford to have this done." Th T.'KrMtic. Service Controversy. Ni:w York:, Aug. 1. The content airalait lite present rates for telegraphic survic to the United Stated Government by tke Western UaUm Telegraph Company, which Postmaster-tJeueral Watiamaker ia urging, seems ia a fair way of Im-Ihi; decided against Mr. Wanamaker oa the gruiind tknt the demand Is unreasonable, Prssldvat Norvin Ureeii ot tbe Western Unhm said yesterday; ''Atter eottsnltu ttou with our altoraty, tlw Nestera Uuion has concluded to go right on dolag tbe Government lmstuess, and then test its claim to a fair eomiwnsathsU for It work ia the Court uf Claim) ia Washing ten, sUftald ittieU a coarse bevoaie aecea ary.