Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 24, Petersburg, Pike County, 21 October 1898 — Page 2

8ht pitgtowtsgfwomt FSTBR^RURU. : INDIANA. The situation in Paris is regarded In woU-informed quarters in London being more serious than at sny dim the «wm»niM>The governor generU of the Dutch Indies has issued a proclamation all American yachts haring war ' ents on board will be treatas privateers. Galvin Fairbanks, the abolitionist, died at his home in Angelica, N. Y„ on the 14th, aged 81. He was twice sentenced to prison in Kentucky lor violation of the slave laws. The finding of the court-martial trying Chaplain McIntyre was, guilty under the three charges, and he was sentenced to be dismissed from the nsval service oi the United States. Mrs. John Sherman, wife of the exsecretary of state, was stricken with paralysis in Washington on the 13th. Doctors Johnson and Hyatt were summoned. The nature of her illness was wot disclosed.

Gen. 7. D. Grant has signified his Intention of being a guest of the Army of the Tennessee at its annual reunion In Toledo, O., on the 37th and 28th Inst. He will be accompanied by his mother, Mrs. U. & Grant. The annual report of Commissioner Hermann of the general land office estimate* that over 11,000,000,000 feet of public timber have been destroyed by fires in the past 35 years, representing in value many millions of dollars. Advices just received from Samoa say the German war ship Bussard has taken Chief Mataafa and other exiles to Apia. Mataafa, it is added, promised to be loyal to the government, and to observe the Berlin convention. Bed Cross Agent Barnes cabled Stephen E. Barton, of the executive committee, on the 12th, that all volunteers in Porto Rico had been ordered home, and 10,000 regulars will be sent from the United States to take their Henry Paget, fourth marquis of Anglesey, died suddenly in London on the 13th. He was born in 1835, and succeeded his half-brother in 1880. Hl» heir is his son, the earl of Uxbridge, who was born in 1875, and is unmarried. On the 18th Maj.-Gen. Brooke will assume absolute control of the island of Porto Rico. It is possible that all of the Spanish will not have left Porto Rico at that time; if so, they will be quartered in barracks until they can be taken away. W. E. P. Schreiner, the Afrikander leader, and former attorney-general of Gape Colony, wboae motion of want of confidence in the government recently overthrew the Gordon-Sprigg ministry, has succeeded in forming a new cabinet, which is regarded as being a strong Afrikander combination. A desperate battle between striking coal miners at Vird^n, 111., and the authorities took place, on the 12th, in which .six miners and five deputies were shot to death and a large number were injured, some of whom will die. The governor sent troops to the scene, and martial law was declared. The Atlantic Transport Co.'s steamer Mohegan, formerly the Cleopatra. Of the Wilson and Furness-Leyland line, which left London for New York, on the 13th, with 50 passengers and a crew of 150, went ashore off The Lizsurd, between the Manacles and the Lowlands, and it is reported that 169 of those on board were drowned. Maj. S. B. Beebe, ordnance officer, U. S. V„ died, on the 11th, of yellow fever at Havana. He was a resident of j Thomson, Conn., where his widow j lives. Maj. Beebe was a graduate of West Point, and was made major in the ordnance bureau early in the year. Among army officers who knew him he is spoken of in the highest terms.

The war department is constantly in receipt of requests from soldiers •akin; to be mustered out, stating that the war has closed, and they wish to go home. The war department officials say that the war will not be •ver until the treaty is ratified by the United States senate, and that the soldiers may be needed for further duty. The ambassadors of the powers hare transmitted to the Turkish authorities the decision of their governments on the subject of Mussulman evacuatiop of Crete, which seta forth that, wKfle adhering etrictly to their ultimatum, Turkey may possibly, later, be permitted to maintain a small force on the Island as an emblem of Turkish authority. In accordance with the general order of the military governor all the Spanish civil courts within Philippine j territory, now subject to American control, have resumed the exercise of their jurisdiction, subject to the supervision of the American military government, which reserves the exclusive right to exercise criminal jurisdiction. | The will of George D. Saxton was found on the 13th. It bequeaths all his estate, valued at $300,000, to Mrs. 11. A. Barber, sister of deceased, ss entailed property. After her death the estate is to be divided among the five children of the beneficiary, George, Mary, James, John and Ida Barber. Mrs. McKinley, therefore, re

. ”■■■■..1 -...■—*! CURRENT TOPICS. THE IEWB H HIET. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The Lafayette monument commit* tee of Paris has received a dispatch from President McKinley highly approving the project to erect a monument to Lafayette in connection with the Paris exposition of 1900. Mr. McKinley says the project ought to be “realised with grandeur.** Samuel Ensign, an engineer of the old-time Racine 4k Mississippi railroad, and a resident of Rockford, 111., many years, has returned, old and broken in health, with a sad story of imprisonment and suffering in Cuba. The 8L Petersburg newspapers urge that the question of the possession of Fsshods, on the Nile, in dispute between Great Britain and France, be settled by arbitration. The Cape Colony ministry hss resigned, the assembly having adopted a vote of want of oonfldenCe in the government. Howard Gould has the dearest wife; in America. He married Viola Katherine Clemmons, in New York, on the 12th, without the consent of other members of the family, and the latter, under the terms of Jay Gould’s will, have It la their power to deprive him of $5,000,000 of his fortune, in which case he would have only $5,000,000 left.

President McKinley probably never! received a more enthusiastic greeting than that which awaited him at the Transmississfppi exposition grounds at Omaha on the 12th. He delivered a brief address, in which he spoke of the new duties and responsibilities imposed upon us by the war, and paid a glowing tribute to the patriotism and valor of our soldiers and sailors. Gen. Graham continued his testimony before the war investigating commission on the 12th. He placed the blame for the suffering of troops on volunteer officers principally. Gen. Graham said some of the officer* from civil life had proved efficient, but that others were incorrigible. Some of them, he said, were too old to learn. The German emperor and empress started, on the 12th, on their journey to the Holy Land. They will go direct to Constantinople and thence to Palestine. The imperial couple were accompanied by a brilliant entourage. At Lansing, Mich., on the 12th, in the presence of a great multitude, composed for the most part of veterans of the civil war, there was unveiled a beautiful monument to Austin Blair, Michigan's famous war governor. The monument is placed in a conspicuous position on the state capitol grounds. Mrs. Anne E. George is in Stark county <0.) jail, where she will remain until January, when the grand jury will pass on her case as to whether she is the slayer of George D. Saxton. She was committed without bail, by Justice Reigner after the conclusion of the testimony and argument at the preliminary examination on the 12th. More sheep and lambs are being shipped out of New Mexico than in any previous year. Sheep men estimate that there will be in the neighborhood of 500,000 lambs shipped to pastures in Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri this fall. The battleships Oregon and Iowa sailed for the Pacific on the 12th. The officers and crews are not altogether the same men who navigated and fought these famous ships through the war. About half of the complements on the Iowa and Oregon have been changed. The rumors which have been published in Madrid as to the attitude of the United States peace commissioners are described as having caused a painful impression, especially the reported decision of the American commissioners not to recognize the Cuban and Porto Rican debts.

la reply to the American commasioners’a contention that there can be no discussion of the principles upon which the protocol was based the Spaniards say that the protocol was signed at a critical time, and in the face of sfcch imperious necessity that it can not be regarded as sanctioned by the sovereign free will of the Spanish nation. Two elegantly dressed ladies entered Assistant Secretary Vanderlip's office at the treasury department in Washington, on the 12th, and informed Mr. Vanderlip they wished to make a contribution to the conscience fund. They deposited on his desk four 250 hills and departed. Thousands of people blocked the streets of Burlington, la, on the 12th, to witness the great peace carnival. In the afternoon a flower parade was given, participated In by Burlington I society people. At night a represeni tation of the battle of Santiago was given on the river, followed by fireworks and a street masque carnival. A partial report by the expert who has been examining the books of exi Tax Collector Keogh, of Holyoke, Mass., shows a probable shortage of $118,000. The Spanish council has decided to release the Cuban prisoners confined in the Biscaya prisons, and to permit them to return to Cuba. Gen. Julio A. Boca was inaugurated president of the Argentine Republic | on the 11th. Alcorta remains minister for foreign affairs. Four men were instantly killed and a dozen others more or less seriously injured by an explosion of gas in colliery 8 of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Go., at Coledale, Fa, on the 13th. Gen. Nelson A. Miles was the central figure In the reception tendered to army heroes at the Omaha exposition on the 13th.

The London board of trade hai rendered a decision censoring the commander of the British steamer Milwaukee, Capt. Williams, tor the accident which happened to her on September 16, and has suspended his certificate tor three months. San Francisco has been deh^.telj selected as the next meeting place of the Episcopal triennial council. It is stated on good authority that the Northern Pacific Steamship Co. is arranging to pot under the American | flag six British steamers which it is operating to China and Japan from Tacoma, Wash. An earthquake felt at Visalia, Cal., on the 14th, rocked the houses on their foundations, broke crockery and aroused many people. The door of a heavy safe was dosed by the force of the shock. The condition of Mrs. Sherman, wife of ex-Secretary of State John Sherman, was reported, on the 14th, to be slightly improved; still hear condition was critical.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. Tile Insurgent* at La Gaspi, Philippine islands, have prevented the American steamer Bermanos from loading or unloading, on the ground that there are Spaniards on board. They also refused to allow an officer of the United States cruiser Raleigh to land without permission from Gen. Aguinaldo. The American Lamp Chimney Co^ composed of eastern and local capital amounting to $750,000, has been organized in Toledo, Q., to start a lamp chimney factory. L D. Libbey is president of the new organization. Others factories will be put up as business progresses. Ismael Bey, the Turkish military governor, on the 16th informed the admirals of the foreign war ships that the sultan had ordered the withdrawal of all the Turkish troops in Crete, in compliance with the Joint note from Great Britain, Russia, Italy and France. The Southern Pacific, together with the other overland routes, have put into effect reduced fares for the benefit of soldiers travelling between San Francisco and Chicago. They will be given a first-class rate of $30 to the Missouri river, and a second-class rote of $25. According to advices brought by the steamship Tacoma from China and Japan, the oriental press is still in an excited state concerning the triumph of the dowager empress over the emperor of China. The press is unable to solve the riddle of the transfer of power. The steamer Aztec arrived at San Francisco, on the 15th, from Hong Kong and Yokohama, via Honolulu. The steamer landed 723 Japanese laborers at Honolulu, and her purser says that 1,200 more are en route, and will arrive there shortly. Doctors Lane and O’Rilly have made a report to the surgeon-general insisting upon the immediate establishment of an American fever hospital in Havana. The existing hospitals do not isolate yellow fever patients. The total registration in Greater New York for the first two days was 305,869. For Manhattan and the Bronx and Brooklyn the registration was 1,033 larger than on the first two days of last year. Viola Grignon, wife of Ned Grignon, a wealthy Yukoner, died in Seattle, Wash., on the 16th. Mrs. Grignon was the first white woman in the Klondike. _ CURRENT NEWS NOTES. Three tramps were killed in a wreck on the Pittsburgh & Gulf road in Kansas. Nine mismated couples were divorced at Clayton, Mo., St. Louis’ gretna green, Friday. Evidence is being gathered to show Jesse James* connection with the Kansas City train robbery. There are indications that the peace conference at Paris may end in a

rupture of negotiations. Charles Maxwell, conductor of a Toledo, Peoria &. Western freight, was killed in a wreck of his train. The Knights Templar conclave at j Pittsburgh, Pa_ came to a close with the installation of the new’ officers. The duchessof Marlborough, formerly Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, of New York city, has given birth to a son. Two men are in custody, suspected of complicity in a mysterious murder committed in Bay Bend, Arlc., a year ago. The whaling bark Wanderer, one of the vessels frozen in last winter, has arrived at San Francisco in good shape. A severe wind and snow storm at Valparaiso, Ind., caused the mercury to drop over 30 degrees. Late crops were damaged. ° Fire at Rich Hill, Mo., destroyed the, opera house, drug store and a shoe store. Loss, <15,000; fully covered by insurance. The body of the man found floating in a skiff near St. Joe warn that of William H. Coons, of Slater, Mo^ formerly of Bloomington, 111. Railroad men In France refused to obey the call of their national committee for a general strike. They may yet go out, however. Joseph Evans, who escaped last July from the jail at Carthage, Mo., where he was held on the charge of burglary, has been recaptured. It is reported that Sagasta insists upon the United States assuming the Cuban debt, and refuses to yield sovereignty over the Philippines. A large stove at the furnace of the Mahoning Valley Iron Ok, at Cincinnati, exploded, fatally injuring one man and badly injuring three others. Three miners, near Danville. BL, have been arrested charged with complicity in the murder of William Sirank, who waa killed September 13

HOOSIER HAPPENINGS Told in Brief by Dispatches from Various Localities. Baraed to KOnr. Anderson. Ind., Oct. 15. — Investigating the charges against William Hawk, who is under arrest, officers unearthed a rather out of the ordinary demonstration of family infelicity. The wife gave vent to her bitter feeling against her husband by burning him in effigy at her home in Orestes, in the north part of the county. The act was witnessed by a number of her neighbors, who were invited to enjoy the ceremony. She promises to give him a strong welcome when he gets out of jail and returns home. HoM Vf s Btgasl Caipaay. Indianapolis. Ind„ Oct. 15.—Gov. Mount sent a Message to the war department asking for a suspension of the order mustering out McIntyre’s signal service company until some points could be looked into in regard to the status of th? organization and the desires of the men. As matters stand the officers want to remain in the service and the men are anxious to be mustered out. Glass Factories Beopea. Marion, Ind., Oct 15. — All the win-dow-glass factories of Marion have begun to blow glass regardless of the fact that the manufacturers have not settled the wage scale with the flatteners and cutters.- The scale has been settled with the blowers and gatherers, and they will go to work. The re- j sumption of the industry here gives employment to about 1,000 men at large wages.

Sot Gollty. Brasil. Ind., Oct. 15. — The trial of Alexander Owens, charged with the murder of Alexander Lawrence in Hy$ land Lawn cemetery November 30 lastj was closed here, the jury acquitting the defendant. Lawrence was superintendent of the cemetery and Owens was placing a monument at the head of a grave when the quarrel arose which resulted in the killing of Lawrence. A Mnrderoai Aaaoolt. Decatur. Ind.. Oct. 15.—Some one murderously assaulted Mrs. J. Q. Neptune. wife of a prominent citizen. Mrs. Neptune was in her back yard, when her assailant leaped from behind a surrey and dealt her a terrible blow on the head, which felled her to the ground. The villain then fled. It in thought her condition is not serious. Not to Be Moved. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 15. — Hugh L. Marsh and Edgar A. Perkins, the Indianapolis delegates to the convention of the International Typographical union, held at Syracuse. N. Y., send word that it has been decided to allow the headquarters of the union to Remain in this cjty. Deed la a Coradeld. Knightstown, Ind.. Oct. 15.—Benny Vance, aged 50, was found dead in a cornfield at Eennard with his throat cut. He had wandered away from his home and committed suicide. Mr. Vance had a severe attack of fever last winter, which left him mentally unbalanced. Shot a Robber. Columbus, Ind.. Oct. 15. — John Powell, an alleged housebreaker and thief, was shot while fleeing from the police. At first it was thought that his wound would prove serious, but the doctors think he will live. He is accused of a number of petty robberies. New Lodge Hall. Albany, Ind., Oct. 15. — Heart and Hand lodge, No. 361. of this place, dedicated its new home assisted by odd fellows from Muncie, Dunkirk. Redkey, Farmland and Winchester. The new home has been built to replace the buildings destroyed by fire a year ago.

District Ofllccr* Elected. Richmond, Ind., Oct. 15. — The district convention here of the Woman’s Relief Corps, which includes seven counties—Wayne, Henry, Umon. Fayette, Franklin. Shelby and Rush— elected as district president Mrs, Susan Lemon, of Knightstown. Knocked Ost. Portland, Ind., Oct. 15.—For the second time within two weeks Patsey Norton, of Evansville, and “Spider" Kelley, of California, met in the prize ring a short distance from this city and Kelley was knocked out in tho seventh round. Mode Blind. Brazil, Ind., Oct. 15.—Fred Speyer, the young son of H. E. Speyer, while riding his wheel collided with a team and was badly injured. When he recovered consciousness It was discovered that he was totally blind., Tfcc Democrats Win. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 15.—The supreme court holds that the election commissioners shall place the names of the democratic candidates for appellate judgeships on the state ballots, reversing the lower court. School Superintendent*. Indianapolis. Ind., Oct. 15. — The ninth annual meeting of the town and city school superintendents of the state will be held in the statehouae Thursday. Friday and Saturday, November 10, 11 and It. Lived One Handed Tear*. New Albany, Ind., Oct. 15. — Mrs. Julia Wilson, of this city. Is dead. She was in her 100th year and was a pioneer. Blase nt Tipton. Tipton, Ind.. Oct. 15.—Fire here destroyed several business houses, the total loss being *30.(100.

I UN ML A Statement Regarding the Fate «f tiie Passengers and Crew of the Steamer. CAUSE OF TIE DISASTER A MYSTERY. f l> Uwwlag tk* BwU, Ofilag to High Balia end Rm Cw4< ag«k auto la Ogaalag tka taakara la taUia AawUaa Stonily Laak London. Oct. 17.—The Atlantic Transport Co. issued the following statement last evening regarding the fate of the passengers and crew of I the steamer Moheg&n, which was wrecked last Friday evening off The Lisard, between the Manacles and the Lowlands. Tka Sand, Sccavarad auto Mlaalag. “Of the passengers, 11 have been saved, 10 bodies have been recovered and 33 are missing. “Of the crew and cattlemen. 39 have been saved, 14 bodies have been recovered and 51 are missing.** Since this statement was issued, j nine'other bodies have been picked! up, including two that have been identified as those of passengers. The= reports of the various corre- ! spondents differ widely as to the res- i cues and losses, though none has been j able to obtain the exact number of j those saved or of the bodies recov- j ered. Bodies Recovered, Identified end Ve

The latest advices from Falmouth say that 33 bodies have been identified, mostly the bodies of sailors. Four are as yet unidentified, including those of two elderly ladies. One appears to be a German. She wore a watch and a wedding ring, both en- j graved . “1S71.W The other wore a sil- | ver brooch, with the letter “D” in pearls. This is probably the body of Mrs. Charles Duncan. Nine of the bodies have been brought to Falmouth, the other to the village church at St. Keverine. TH« CaaM mt th* Oltutw a Mjntwr* The cause of the disaster remains the profoundest mystery. Nobody attempts to explain how the Mohegan got so far north of her true course— from six to seven miles. There was no fog at the time, while the wind was on her port, and was not sufficient to prevent answering the helm. It has been suggested that her compass was faulty, but daylight lasted long after Eddy stone light was passed. The sailors say the fact that the Lizard Light was not visible should have served to give the alarm. The masts of the Mohegan, which art above water, show that her stern if landward, causing a theory that the navigating officer, on discovering that he was in the bay, suddenly turned seaward. Two engineers, who were saved, declare, however, that they never slackened speed. R*BMrfcabl« StorlM of KtMOM. Robert Barrow, a seaman, performer the feat of swimming unaided through the roughest water to Cove Back Point, a distance of two and a hall miles. He climbed up the rugged cliff, where a searching party found him early the next morning complete-. ly exhausted. A. €. L. Smith, of Oregon, a passen- ‘ ger, surrendered to a woman in the water wreckage that was supporting him and swam ashore unaided. The woman was saved. Her name is reported as Miss Webb, but no Such name appears in the company’s list. | Dkflicaltj Experienced to Lauurbtaf U>« Boots. Messrs. Smith and W. J. Bloomingdale say there was the greatest difficulty in launching the boats. The ropes were new and stiff and the blocks would not work. Four or five times as many sailors as should haveo been necessary struggled to lowei each boat. The lockers were bard tc open. The crew in a chivalrous effort to save the women made the mistake of undermanning the boats. There were only four sailors in one boat, which capsized as soon as it wai launched. Messrs. Smith and Bloomingdale say that Capt. Griffiths ap peared ill all day.

Aa American Family Wiped Out. The death of T. W. King, who waa ■ newspaper proprietor at Nantucket, Mass., and of his family, including Mrs. King, her mother, Mrs. Weller, and his sons, Bufus, aged 11 years, and Anthony, aged seven years, has caused deep sorrow at Penzance, where the family had a summer cottage and were very popular. Joseph O’Rorke, King’s valet, who was saved, says he was on deck when the crash came. The lights went out immediately. Bushing to the saloon he heard Mr. King exhorting his fami- ] ]y to keep cool. O’Borke, with seven others, clung to the rigging-until 6 a ra, when a lifeboat took him off. He identified the bodies of the Kings and Mrs. Weller, and will have them embalmed and taken to the United States, in accordance with cabled Instructions from the relatives of the family at Nantucket. PsIatasO la MtOacsaa tar Iwa Hoars. New York, Oct. 17.—The Cunard line steamer Umbria, Capt. Dutton, which arrived yesterday morning from Liverpool and Queenstown, was delayed on the voyage on Monday, October 10, for seven tours, owing to a broken bolt of the eccentric strap. The accident happened at 6:35, when one day out from Queenstown Among the Umbria’s passengers were August Belmont, David B. lapham, J. Sergeant Cram, Melvil Dewey, Lewis C. Ledyard, Contessa MaccioU and Charles Van Alatine and

THE WAR mVBSTIGATION. y«Mrtm m a i 'Washington, Oct. 17.—The war in* vesti gating commission left for tha south at 4:30 p. m. yesterday, going' over the Pennsylvania and Atlantic coast line roads. The party comprised Si persons, including the nine commissioners, their recorder and commissary official, other employes and a representative of the press. It is the expectation of the party topractically live in their train during the absence from Washington. It is a. special furnished by the Pennsylvania, railroad company, and it has been fitted out with the view of rendering tho party comfortable, and at the sametime making it possible for its members to pursue their labors very muds, as if they ware in their quarters in Washington. It consists of a combination baggage and parlor smoker, a> Pullman dining car, a sleeper composed exclusively of drawing rooms forth© members of the commission, a 12section double drawing room sleeper and the private car of Gen. Dodgerchairman of the commission. The party win be personally conducted, and the train will be in charge of one of the Pennsylvania company’s tourist agents through the trip. The train will reach Jacksonville-to-day and will remain there until theparty is prepared to move to another point w

COL. RAWLES INDIGNANT. DMlam IMm the PublUhed StetnaMlConcern lag Sleknm of Troopa on SatllTM’i lalmad. Charleston, S. C., Oct. 17.—A state* ment having appeared in several parpen, under date of Charleston, October 13, in which it was said that the health of the army post at Sullivan’s island was causing the commandant much concern, and that 400 men were sick in quarters. Col. J. B. Kawles, in command, was shown the article and made a signed statement in whfoh he emphatically denied the truthfulness of the assertions. He said: “The sanitary features of the post nor the sickness throughout the command have never been nor are they nowsuch as to cause apprehension, for the ailments have not generally been of % nature to occasion much concrn. Out of a strength present of 550 officers and men, the sick book this morning shows. 75 ailing, while but 16 of these are in the hospital. Nine are virtually well men, who vrill be discharged therefrom at an early date. Of the 59 sick men in quarters, not a great number considering the strength of the com* stand, none are seriously ill. WOULD SERVE NO PURPOSETh« Proporod Appeal to European Qav«ernmenU la the Philippine Islands Controversy. Madrid, Oct. 17.—La Epoca, the conservative organ, renews the suggestion, of La Correspondencia (independent, and semi-official) regarding arbitration between the United States and Spain. It says: “The negotiations at present are going on without touching the question of the Philippines, which is most obscure and which lends itself to the gravest dissensions. Owing to the vagueness and lack of clearness of the protocol, the commissioners are meeting with serious difficulties. It hasbeen said that if our adversaries are obstinate in their exaggerated demands, Senor Sagasta should addressthe European governments, asking arbitration at least upon the points towhich an agreement could not be reached; but, in view of the electoral struggle now in full vigor in the United States, and of the declarationa of the jingo press which affirms without limits the rights of conqueror, it is safe to assume that a request for arbitration would be without avail and serve no other purpose than loss of Mme.”

LATEST FROM THE ORIENT, Reform* la China—Robbers Capture Gold Min**— A ns erlean Missionaries Want Protaetion—Doatrnetiro Kiosds. Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 17.—Accordingto advices brought by the steamshipTacoma from China and Japan, tho oriental press is still in an excited state over ‘the triumph of the dowager empress over the emperor of China. The press is unable to solve the ri<|dlfr of the transfer of power, fcaforms Widespread aad Not All SatisThe emperor’s proposed reforma were widespread and'not at all satisfactory to the masses. His last and mo radical change was contained in. an indictment which proposes thatthe annual budget should be issued*, which should set forth the annual expenses, so the people could suggest reforms and means of economising. The emperor advised the gentry to embark in the newspaper business for the purpose of educating the people. His edict confiscating temples and other places of worship for educational purposes was opposed from all quarters. Tuku fumilw of th A band of desperadoes, unmbering 2,000, with 4,000 disbanded Mansu soldiers, took possession of the gold mines north of Kirin, China, and axe> hindering Russian railroad developments. An uprising has occurred in Hainan*. Chins, and the American consul haw been besought to protect the American missionaries. The uprising waw fomented by a band of pirates known as the Tried society, and the local military joined the hand of thieve*. Sol*