Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 12, Petersburg, Pike County, 28 July 1899 — Page 6

®ht gilse County fJcmorcat H, MeC. STOOPS. Editor and Proprleton PETERSBURG. : : INDIANA. From John Sherman’s closest friend and former law partner, Henry C. Hedges, it was learned, on the l?th, that the venerable statesman is improving slowly from his recent illness, and hopes to be about soon again. It was rumored in Trieste, on the 21st, that Mr. Harris, the American minister to Austria-Hungary, intended to invite Admiral Dewey to be his guest in Vienna and to proceed to the Tyrol,^ passing through lschl to visit the emperor. The chief signal officer has received the official sick report for the month of April, covering all the signal companies on duty in the Philippines. It shows a total of only 4,23 per cent, sick—a remarkably favorable state of affairs for any climate. Two sharp earthquakes shocks were felt in the southern part of the state of California, on the 21st, at 4:34 p. m. .The first shock lasted several seconds, and was most severe. The vibrations were from east to west. No damage worth mentioning was experienced. It is understood in Vienna that tho United States minister to Austria-Hun-gary, Mr. Addison C. Harris, and others connected with the American legation, as well as most of the United States consuls in Austria-Hungary,are going to Trieste to greet Admiral Dewey.

On the 17th the German ambassa* dor, Baron Von llolleben, presented to the president, Herr Mu mm von Schwarzenstein, who had arrived from Germany, and who is to act as ad interim ambassador during the temporary absence of the ambassador in Germany, Post Office department officials expect to ask for an appropriation from the next session of congress for auto- ' mobiles to be used in collecting the mails at all first-class post offices. Recent tests in Buffalo have- satisfied officials in "Washington that they may •be used to advantage. Notwithstanding a rapid exchange of "telegrams during the day between Senator Fairbanks, in Washington, and Sir Wilfred Laurier, in Ottawa, at the close of office hours, on the 20th, no arrangement had been reached as to the postponement of the meeting of the joint high commission. Three hundred members of the National Editorial association arrived at ^Winnipeg, Man., on the 21st, and were entertained by the city council and the .Winnipeg press men. They visited the Brandon experimental farm, were shown over the city, and dined in the pavilion at one of the parks. In response to the recently cabled request of Gen. Otis for 4,000 horses for use in the Philippines 'during the fall campaign, the quartermaster's department has already chartered three vessels capable of carrying half that number, the first of which probably - will leave Seattle on August 10. On the 17th Mr. Frank A. Yanderlip, assistant secretary of the treasury, said: “What appears to be a conservative estimate of the amount of gold -which will come out of the Klondike this summer is $1S,000,000, a large proportion of which will go through the government assay office at Seattle.” The-Demoeratic national committee at its meeting in Chicago, on the 20th, placed ex-Gov. Stone, of Missouri, in charge of affairs during the absence of Chairman Jones. He was unanimously elected vice-chairman. New rules were •adopted, giving the vice-chairman, while acting, all the authority of the chairman. C. M. Foote, grand exalted leading knight of the grand lodge Order of Elks, died in Minneapolis, Minn., on the 16th, from heart failure, superinduced by a complication of diseases. ;Mr. Foote was one of the leading citizens of Minneapolis, and a few years since was a prominent candidate for pcstmaster. He was 50 years old. The bureau of ordnance has taken steps to relieve the coast forts of the country of the large accumulation of obsolete ordnance that has been piling tip ever since the change in ordnance construction from cast iron to steel guns. It is worth less as junk than the cost of removing it and breaking It up. A special from Aberdeen, S. D., on the 21st, said: “Yesterday was the hottest day known in this section of the state for many years, the government thermometer registering 106 in the shade at 3 p, m. Crops are damaged to some extent, a conservative estimate being 15 to 20 per cent. Business was suspended.” The board of naval chiefs decided, on the 21st, to give 30 months for building the six new protected cruisers, instead of 24 months as was first contemplated. This is due to the rush of private work at all the shipyards, which made the yards indisposed to bid on the vessels until more time was given. The extension, it is said, insures active j competition and lower figures.

The steamer Laurada arrived at Seattle, Wash,, on the l?th, from St. Michael^, with between 300 and 400 passengers. Among them were 15 discharged soldiers from Rampart City. No big amounts of gold dust were carried on the steamer. Some claim there was a half million scattered among .the passengers, while others say most of them were returning empty handed.

NEWS IN BRIEF. Ocmpiled from Various Souxoea. > PERSONAL AND GENERAL* On June 14 a great quantity of gunpowder exploded in a go-down of the military division at Shinkei-Yei, Japan, and over 300 houses surrounding the place were destroyed and SO On the 17th the city council of Columbus, O., by a vote of 13 to 3, impeached and removed from office Joseph W. Dusenbury, director of public safety. Lord Curson, viceroy of India, will stai t on a tour of central India, on October 20, accompanied by Lady Curson. On the 17th James MacGuire, cashier of the National State bank of Elisabeth, N. J., was appointed receiver for the Middlesex County Bank of Perth Amboy, N. J., recently wrecked by its cashier, George W. Valentine. The war department has chartered the steamer Siam to carry 300 cavalry horses to Manila. On the 17th ex-Secretary Foster left Washington for his summer home on Lake Ontario. • On the 17th the first and third battalions of the Ninteeuth infantry left Camp Meade, for the Philippines, via San Francisco, over the Pennsylvania railroad. There were five trains. On the 17th the contributions to the Dewey .home fund, amounted to $149, making $14,4SO in all. All Colombia celebrated the eightyninth anniversary of that country’s in

dependence on the 20th. lhe public offices in Colon were closed^ and all business was suspended in honor of the occasion. The British consul, Mr. Churchill, was the first caller on Admiral Dewey at Trieste, Austria, and was saluted in the most cordial manner. Secretary Alger, on the 20th, approved plans for a building for the refrigerator plant at Manila. The building will cost $230,000, and the plant and machinery $400,000.. An order has been issued in Manila regulating practice before the courts and substituting the American for the Spanish system in important respects. Archbishop John Ireland, of Minnesota, sailed from Queenstown for the United States on board the steamer Britannic on the 20th. The number of enlistments, on the 20th, was 451, making a total to that date .of 3,129. Enlistments for the ten new’ volunteer regiments for seryice in the Philippines are going on at a rate very gratifying to government officials. Bear-Admiral Pallizer, lately in command of the British North Pacific squadron, stationed at Esquimault.has been placed on the retired list. Active preparations are making -in Washington to give Admiral Dewey a welcome entirely unprecedented in the case of any American hero. (ius Willis, an old-Vime Philadelphia actor, died suddenly of heart disease at Salt Lake, Utah, on the 21st. A number of conventions in the interest o| good roads and public improvements are to be held in Illinois during September. Each is to be a district convention, embracing several counties, and it is expected thousands will attend. President W. II. Moore of the State and Interstate Good Bonds and Public Improvement association is arranging with railroads for special rates. o A prolonged spell of unprecedented heat, which has prevailed over the entire British isles, reached a climax, on the 20tli, when the thermometer registered 12S degrees in the sim and 87 degrees in the shade. There have been numerous easessJtoU sunstroke, many ending fatallv. Admiral Dewey told a correspondent, who boarded the/01ympia shortly after she dropped i/nchor at Trieste, Austria, that the northern air took him in its arms like an oldSfxiend, and that he had gained eight pouihls since leaving Manila. \ Capt. Byrne, with 7o\nen of the Sixteenth infantry, was surprised, at Bolong, island of Panay, oiffthe 19tli, by 450 Panayans, who wqreL, in turn, surprised by the loss o$jX\b killed and many wounded. CapUByrne Host one man killed and One wounded* The fighting was at cldsfe quarters," Judge Morrill, it SaltJ^ke, Utah, imposed a fine of felOffTIpon Angus M. Cannon, the defeiVlanWiaving, by his attorneys, pleaded WiltjSp the charge off unlawful eohabitatteHWMr. Cannon was not present in court, but was represented by his attorney. The president, on the 20th, accepted the resignation of Secretary Alger, to take effect August 1. It was understood, however, that Secretary Alger would, in reality, turn over the office to Assistant Secretary Meikeljohn, pending the naming of his successor, before the date named. After a term of rest and nearly complete idleness extending over a period of several years, the volcano of Mokuw’eoweo, Hawaii, has again broken out, and gives promise of ope of the greatest demonstrations ever furnished by the volcanoes of the islands. Taking Europe as a whole, this year’s wheat crop, according to reports received by the department of agriculture, will be considerably below that of 1898. This will enlarge the market for the United States’ produet. While the American consumer will probably not have to pay much more for his food than he did last year, the American farmer is sure of a market abroad for all his surplus. A show of American cannon in 1853 opened Japan -to the world, and 46 years later Japan was admitted to the ] full standing of a civilized nation. Un

cie sum s aemnnu max japan should-1 surrender captured American sailors who had been shipwrecked on Japan* e«e soil worked wonders in the orient, j

Elihu Boot, of New York, Is men* tioned as the probable successor of Secretary Alger. The grand jury of New York city* on the 20th, returned an indictment against Roland B. Molineux for murder in the first degree in having caused the death of Mrs. Kate J. Adams by means of poison sent through the mail. ; i Rapid progress is being made in the organization of the new volunteer regiments. Almost all of the commissioned force of 600 officers have been appointed, all the newj regiments an partly organized and there were nearly a sufficient number of men enlisted, up to the 20th, for three full regiments. The fourth biennial international convention of the Epworth league met at Indianapolis, Ind.. on the 20th, with a large attendance. The delegates were cordially welcomed at the opening meeting by representatives of the city and state and of the Methodist Epis> copal church. *

LATE NEWS ITEMS. A Filipino pnest named Gregory Agripay, with the insurgents, is trying tu lead a movement for the independence of the church in the Philippines in the Spanish priesthood. He 4ias issued a proclamation declaring himself the vicar general of all the Filipino priests in'the district outside of American control on the Island of Luzon, and is inciting the priests to disobey the regulations of the church and brotherhoods. Late arrivals from St: Michaels Alaska, report that there are at St. Michaels about 40 small river steamers for sale. They are the property of unsuccessful prospecting parties that wintered on the Koyukuk and other branches of the Yukon. In many instances their owners depend on their sale to secure means to obtain their passage home. An organization is being formed by some of the Spanish residentsof Manila with a view of securing American citizenship. The originators of the movement claim that in this way their property will secure protection. Many Spaniards are willing to pay $500 each to° become citizens of the United States. President Diaz of Mexico and his cabinet will be formally invited to attend the ceremonies of the laying of the corner-stone of the new federal building in Chicago on October 9, by a committee of representative men, who will leave the city for that purpose on the 5th. M Hon. Elihu Hoot, who is to .succeed Secretary Alger at the head of the war department, called on the president, on the 24th. Mr. ltoot desired to have a conference with the president respecting the duties of his new office before the latter left for Lake plain.<The Popoto liomano, of liome, referring to the recent lynching of Italians at Tallulah, La., say^ the United States has given assurances that it will prosecute rigorously all who wero concerned in the commission of the crime. One of the boilers of the Austrian torpedo boat Adler exploded, on the 23d, while the vessel was off the Island of Torcola, in the Adriatic sea, killing a lieutenant and four members of the crew. || Timoth^Hogan, the notorious “maiC box robber, who escaped from the Ohio penitentiary May 8, last, was returned to that institution on the 22d. CURREN1 NEWS NOTES, Capt. and Mrs. Coghlan left St. Louie Friday night for the Puget Sound navjd station. Prof. Thomas Nolan has accepted the chair o'f architecture at the Missouri university. George Cully, a negro, was hanged at Muscogee, I. T., for the murder oi vDick Carr, a white man. An autopsy revealed the fact that George O’Neal, who died at Sherman, Tex., had been poisoned with strychnine. J It is reported that the kaiser and Czar Nicholas of Rufsia are to meet at Wcisbaden during the czar’s visit tu Darmstadt. Immigration statistics for the fiscal year recently ended sho\v far more Italian immigrants t<o America than any ether nationality. The attorney general of Texas holds that sleeping ear companies have no right to permit the sale of liquor on their ears within the state. Two victims fell a prey to the kissing bug in Areola. 111., Friday, and ir, both instances the insect attacked the parties when they were asleep. J. S. Collins, agent for Hathaway A: Co., of Boston.shipped from Richmond, Ky.’ Friday, 320 fine export cattle of the average weight of 1,250 pounds. The war department has announced that none of the ten new regiments can be mobilized at Jefferson barracks, as the stations have all been assigned. Adam Schmitt, 2’9 years of age, returning from work, lay down in the Rock Island railroad yards and fell asleep. A train ground his body to pieces. y Miss Clara Levi, 18 years old, of Rushville, Ind„ ate the heads of a handful of parlor matches in an effort to end her troubles. Her condition is precarious. Mrs. Elizabeth Lilley, aged 91 years, died at St. Joseph, Mo., Friday. She was an invalid for half a century. A greater part of this time she was confined to her bed. James Tuttle, a resident-- of Logan county, 111., 93 years of age, and one of the warmest personal friends of Robert- G. Ingersoll, wept when told

ui iuc luurr s ueaili. \ The formal opening of the new suspension bridge across Niagara river, connecting Lewiston, on the American side, with Queensto’n, on the Canadian aide, took place Friday.

WITHIN OUR LOTTS, News by Telegraph from Various Towns in Indiana. A Fatal Fall. Evansville, I ml., July SO.—Joseph Mostly (colored), a carpenter, was the victim of a peculiar accident here and his death will be the result. While engaged in repairing the roof of a house he started to saw*a board for a scaffold. He carelessly sat on the outer edge, though, and sawed betw ren himself and the fastened end. As a consequence when the board broke he plunged down head foremost a distance of 18 feet and was fatally hurt SplrltaalUts Meet. Anderson, lnd., July 20.—The ninth annual state encampment of Kpiritualists opened in Chesterfield. 1 he meeting will last for six weeks, duri ag which time every phase-of medinmship will be presented to spiritualists. For the first time in thp history of the camp all mediums will be subjected to a rigid examination to ferret out the impostors and fake mediums. Those rot up to the standard will be excluded from the camp.

Wants a Parole. Huntington, Ind., July 2 ’.— Jacob Kahlenbeck, a life prisoner at- the Northern penitentiary, who was convicted on circumstantial evidence in 1S98 of the murder of a Jewish peddler, is asking a parole. He is in very poor health and the evidence was never wholly conclusive in the 'minds of the public. Forser Captured. Sullivan, Ind., July 20.—Fred* Pennis, a prominent young man of Jackson township, came to this city and sold two forged notes on Samuel Baddus, a farmer* to the Sullivan state bank for $195. The forgery was detected shortly afterwards, and Pennis was caught in Terre Haute and brought back. j Girl MUtlni. , Columbus, Ind., July 20.—Lena Arn« •holt, aged eight, a daughter of Charles Arnholt, a Bartholomew county farmer, is missing since July T. A week ago last Friday she boarded a train at Wiggs station for North Vernon and started for Louisville. Since that time her relatives have had no trace of her. Chopped Off a Toe. Miamistown, Ind., July 20,-—Elmer Roberts, living near here, chopped off the great toe of his right foot to get rid of an ingrowing nail. The toe had troubled him for years ami he frequently made threats to cu t it off if it didn’t get well, lie is now threatened lockjaw. j] s Target for Llshtnlns. Anderson, Ind., July 20.—Huntsville, the Indiana town built on alleged magnetic iron ore. has been torn to pieces *again by an electrical storm and one death—that of Mrs. James Rodgers^resulted. Every great storm is certain to center its worst bolts at that point. Wants to Go to War. Indianapolis, Ind., July 20.—Francis Murphy, the temperance lecturer, will go from here to ask President McKinley, with whopi he has enjoyed a friendship of 25 years, to send him to the Philippines as a chaplain in one of the new volunteer regiments. Finally Ran Down. Franklin, Ind., July 20.—Jefferson •I). Jordaify a former Franklin saloon keeper, who has been wanted here by the officers for the past two years for burglary, was captured at Browns town by Sheriff Brown and Deputy Lewis Sellers. To Join a Trust. Anderson, Ind., July 20.—The statement is authorized that the Clyde and Frankton window glass factories in Frankton and the Union window glass plant in Anderson will become members of the window glass trust now forming. A Woman Honored. , Vincennes, Ind., July 20.—Mrs, William A. Cullop, of this city, has been appointed by Gov. Mount an honorary commissioner to the Paris exposition to represent the women of Indiana. Mrs. Cullop has spent much time abroad. * A Soldier Suletdea. Marion, Ind„ July 20.—Henry Pugh, aged 59, a former member of the United States navy, was found dead in a ?loset at the barracks at the soldiers’ home. His home was formerly in Cincinnati, where his wife and family now reside. Elopers Married. Richmond, Ind,, July 20.—Nimrod H. Johnson and Josephine Hunt, both of this city, went to Newport, Ky., and were married by Squire Hutchinson. The groom is a son of ex-Congressman Henry U. Johnson. New Lease of Life. Huntington, Ind., July 20.—The town of Andrews, abandoned by the Wabash Railroad company as a division point, has secured a faetory to employ 100 people as a starter to make good its loss. AsbmI Reunion. Martinsville, Ind., July 20.—The Seventieth Indiana, ex-President Harrison’s regiment, held its twenty-fifth annual reunion at Bethanjr park.

Stabbed. Marengo, Ind., July 20.—Harrison Kurz was seriously stabbed near the heart by Albert Blake near Pilot Knob. Ciarge with Murder. Ellensburg, Wash., July 20.—Louis Billow has been arrested near here on a charge of murder committed atFremont O.. three years aeo.

Hon. Elihu Root, of New York, Hat Accepted the War Portfolio in the Cabinet THE NEW SECRETARY'S ANTECEDENTS, Be Is n Lawyer •(•Extraalio Prae tier and Has Held Many Posit Iona Where Wisdom and Ability Hare Been Prerequisites ot Sui cessfn) Inenmhenejr. Washington, July 23.—Elihp Root, of New York, has accepted the war portfolio i* President McKinley's cabinet. The telegram of acceptance was received shortly after noon, while Secretary Long was with the president. Secretary Alger had just left. The tender of the war portfolio was made to Mr. Root Friddk night, nfter the conference at the White House. The Announcement Stair.

The announcement of Mr. Root's appointment was made at the war department. It was stated that Senator l’latt came to Washington, Friday evening, armed with authority from Mr. Root. to accept, in his ni-me, the war port folio. It is not expected that the acceptance will make any change in the plans of Secretary Alger, and he will remain on duty until the end of the present month, being assisted by Mr. Meiklejchn. Secretary Alger had confidently expected the appointment of Mr. Koot, and was very much pleased with the president s choice. This was evinced in the following letter, which Secretary Alger addressed to his successor: “Washington, D. C., July St, 1899.— My Dear Mr. Koot: All I know is what the newspapers say, that you are to succeed me as secretary of war. Should it come to you I most urgently urge you to make the sacrifice and accept the position. With your knowledge3 of law and your excellent health, you can serve the country in a way given to few men. Sincerly yours, “R. A. ALGER.” “lion. Elihu Root, New York.” EHh« Root's Antecedents. New York, July 23.—Elihu Root was born February 15, 1845, at Clinton, Oneido county, N. Y. He graduated from HanSilton college, in the class of ’04, and entered the New York university law school. He was admitted to the bar in 1807, sinee which time he has been in the active practice of his profession in this city, lie was United States attorney for the southern district of New York, from March, 1883, to July, 1885. He was vice-president oi the liar association of the city of New York for a mimber of years; vicepresident of the New York Grant Monument association, at one time president of the Republican chib and the president, of the Union l eague club, lie has been a trustee of Hamilton college sinee 1S83, and has served as president of the New England society in the city of New York. He was one pi the most prominent members of the last New York state constitutional eenvention when he served as chair man (of the judiciary committee. To Confer with the I ‘resident. Washington, July 24.—lion. Elihu Root, who is to succeed Secretary Alger at the head of the war department, has telegraphed the president- that he will be here to-(Tmr. Mr Root desires to have a conference with the president respecting the duties of his new office, before the former leaves for Lake Champlain. MAY BE A SKRI0US~MATTER. The Italian Charge d'AtTatrea Takes Cognizance of the Louisiana Quintuple Lynching. Washington, July 23.—The lynching of five Italians in Louisiana’ Friday, promises to assume an international aspect through the action of the Italian government. Count Vinehi, the Italian charge d’affaires, called at the state department at an early hour and made representations to the officials concerning the atrocity in Louisiarftt. In order to get full information as a basis for aetion by tins government, Secretary Hay thereupo telegraphed the governor of Louisiana, 'requesting all the facts in the case. Coilht Vinchi’s aetion was predicated on reports from the Italian consular officials in Louisiana, avid by the press reports. There is reason to believe also that the Italian foreign office is already fully informed on the occurrence. It is probable, however, that the representations tbuo far made are only preliminary, with a view to calling attention to the facts reported, and pave the way to any protest or demand of reparation which may follow. The affair is considered in official Italian quarters as much like that in the Mafia cases at New Orleans, while Mr. Blaine was secretary of state, at which time the Italian minister, Baron Fava, is now in Rome on vacation, and during his absence Count Vinehi has charge of Italian affairs in this country. »

Anthrax la Gothland. Stockholm, July 25;.—The epid< uric of anthrax prevailing among the cattle on the Island of Gothland is spreading in a most alarming' manner. Forty parishes have become infected, and deaths of human beings who had contracted the disease are recorded. Special Leave't® Appeal. London, July 23.—The privy council has granted special leave to appeal against the decision of the supertiT court of Canada in the case of Hobb* against the Esquimtalt & Hansimc railway. 1

FLEET-FOOTED RETRIBUTION J, E. Ogletree, agent of the Bluut syf— ? tem at Saffold,. ThUTwJi^^pgkt, afterward binding him and assaulting hi*, wife in his presence. :-y||l§|£. — One of the negroes appeared at aiiv old darkey's hut near Brinson. (kw. and asked to be harbored The old posse returned with him and captured, the negro, who gave his name as Louis Sainti! in. XJieman was taken to Sttffold, where he was identified by Mr. Uhd Mrs. Ogletree as one of their assailants. Me said there were eight negroes in ids gang, and that they came from Augusta. He said two of the gang were not far away. One portion of the mob went in pursuit of these two, while the other hanged Sarnmin and riddled his body with bullets. ^ r^&Bjsjrg'. * ■' The other two were overtaken, shotand scalped, a party 'hanging their scalps to Saffold this evening. A hundred men with blood hounds arc after the remaining five members of the gang, and if caught they will be lynched. Since the crime- \va hunting parties have 1 search of the guilty n< imniitted,. out :tt. mau went to Brinson and informed the authorities of his presence. A.

THE CLAY COUNTS TROUBLE, The Situation a Grive Om1, and a Serloua Confliet Likely to Ocenr To-l»a). ?- London. Ky.. July 2i.--The gravity of the situation at" Mht0?hester, Ky., and generally tbspughotii.Clay county, cannot be ovexestimaf||| it is felt profoundly here, 2« miles away. Many noncombatants have left their* homes, abandoning tSwffi; crops, and as many others as can Will leave soon.. Even here in London the insecurity is . felt to such an extent that some families are leaving, 'wUr " ‘ ’ An outbreak is expected to-day, the day set for tile trial of the Plhlpots. accused of killing Aaron Morris and others. Both parties ba*e mustered armed forces for marching into Manchester this morning. The Phi!pots have 52 armed horsemen, and no ono knows how many footmen. The Morris and Griffin faction also have a large force. The 1‘hilpots say the latter includes the White-Howatyf faction. On the other hand the Morris fae- v tion say that the Bakey* have made common cause with tb^yjPhilpots. Both sides will march fully armed into Manchester, - arriving at nine o'clock, this morning to attend the trial. It is stated that Deputy Sheriff Davis, Chadwell, of the White-lloward faction, has openly espoused the causey of the Griffins. It is hard for the people to conceive how, under these circumstances, a conflict be avoided, to-day. < —--— STRANDED AT ST. MICHAELS. -- Hardship* and Sufferiujs* of « WellAppointed and Amply-Provid-ed -Minina Company. — Fort Scott. Kas., July 24.—The members of the Sunflower Mining Co., who* left this place for Alaska 18 months ago, sailing in their &$£ steamer from, San Francisco, are stranded at St. Michaels, on their why home. The company started with p^Rity of money and provisions fbif years. They spent the winter on the Koyukuk river, 2.300 miles above S<% Michaels, and 400 miles above the furthest point they could reach by: boat. The first news from them for months has been., received, and it tells of suffering and hardships. • ^\.ll their money was spent in prospecting, but no gold was found. There were from one to three deathsin all the companies in that region.. Two meg became helpless from scurvy. The doctor said only vegetable food would say&%bem. and two companions went 110 miles for potatoes. RIVER STEAMERS FOR SALE. Un*acce**fnl Pro*pce<«*r* UeslHnj*. to Raise the to Get Back Home-Vo^wand. , Seattle, Wash., July 24.—Late arrivals from St. Michaels. Alaska, report that there are at St. Michaels about 40 > small river steamers' for sale. They are the property of unsuccessful prospecting parties that wintered on thaKoyukuk and other branches of the Yukon. In many instances their owners,, depend on their sale to secure means', to obtain their passage home. The steamers are for sale at any pri6e, but there is no demand for them, and nonehave thus f^r been reported sold.. Several vessels are reported agroundR in the Koyukuk river. They will not beable to get away until the river rises. A list of their names is not obtainable— --—... , ,

A Crista In la Sight. London, July 24.--The Times’ Pretoria correspondent says the Outland— ers have been given to understand that no abatement of the demands-, made by Sir Alfred Milner, governorof Cape Colony, and British high coincommissioner for South Africa, wilt be acceptable to the imperial authorities. A crisis, therefore, is now held' to be in sight. ' -J||| The DreyfSt^&KoH-Martial. Paris, July 24.—It is announced that the Dreyfus court-martini at Ileunee-. trill open ca August ?»