Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 12, Petersburg, Pike County, 27 July 1900 — Page 6

Site §if» gfraoml **C. ITOOM, Bdltor Md PropH«M« PETER8BUBQ. i INDIANA. JW' * ■'» ' . — John O. Woolley, prohibition candidate for the presidency of the United States, was formally notified of his nomination at a meeting held, on the 80th, in Chicago. After a stay of two days in Washington, during which he had several consultations with his cabinet on the Chinese situation, the president started back for Canton, O., on the 19th. Judge Advticate General Lemly rendered a decision, on the l?th, to the effect that the president has gpie authority to appoint 16,more second lieutenants in the United States- marine corps. 1; A dispatch -from Si. Petersburg-, on the 17th, said there was no doubt that Chira had declared War on Russia. Heavy fighting and severe Russian reverses had already occurred in Manchuria. The statement of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division Of redemption, issued on the 20th, showed: . Available cash balances, $151,895,687; gold, $71,249,028. Gov. John Lind, in reporting to the war department the militia strength of Minnesota, on the 19th, notified the? federal government that the force was amply sufficient to protect settlers from Indians, in case there was use for the regular troops in China or elsewhere. »■

The United States army transport Sumner, bearing a detachment of troops, surgeons ajid hospital assistants, sailed from San Francisco,-on the 17th, for Nagasaki, where, it is believed, further orders will be reeeived directing the vessel to proceed to Taku, China. A Syrian woman, one of the secondclass passengers of the steamer Havana, who was detained on Hoffman Island, died suddenly, on the 18th, and the body was removed to Swinburne island for autopsy, which showed suspicious indications that the woman had died of yellow fever. Castle Crag tavern, a fashionable nummer resort in ,the Sierra mountains of California, was, destroyed by fire, together with its contents, on the 20th. There were 80 guests in the hotel. All escaped without injury. The Bre originated in the laundry. The totals loss is estimated at $200,000. Mr. Roberts, the director of the mint, received information, on the 19th, that $2,500,000 in gold is on the way from Australia to the United States mint ajt San Francisco, and that there will be'monthly shipments of a like amount for about four months. This, gold will be paid for in eastern exchange. The quartermaster’s department has placed orders for sterilizers and distilling plants for the army in China which will furnish an aggregate of 32,500 gallons of water a day. These will be used inland where foul water is encountered. This is the most extensive water purifying plant the United States ever has attempted to send with ui army in the field. 1 The steamer Cutch arrived at Vancouver, B. C., on the 18th, from Skaguay, bringing the largest gold shipment received in Vancouver this season from the north. There was $300,000 in gold dust on board besides a large amount in drafts. The majority of the 60 passengers brought large packages of gold, some of greater weight than one could carry off the boat, unaided. ? Many thousand American Christian Endcavorers visited Windsor castle, on the 19th, hoping to see Queen Victoria. When the latter appeared, dressed in white, and accompanied by Princess Henry of Battenburg, thousands of voices joined in singing “God Save the Queen,” followed by the Christian Endeavor anthem. As her majesty drove down the ranks, she acknowledged, the plaudits, bowing and smiling. The beard of management of the missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church, at its monthly meet* ing in New York, on the 17th, passed a resolution giving full authority to the secretary, acting with the China committee, to recall all missionaries of the society now in China,if they should at any time deem it wise to do so. The resolution authorizes the expenditure of any sums necessary to effect the purpose.

Capt. Charles J. Holmes, the mastei of the schooner yacht Idler, which capsized off Avon Point, O., with all her standing canvas set, on the 7th, drowning five women and a babe, was arrested at Cleveland, on the 18th, by the United States marshal, on the charge of manslaughter. Bail was fixed at $1,000, which was furnished. It seems that Holmes refused to shorten sail when advised that the squall was approaching. The navy department has completed the circular calling for bids for Contracting armored cruisers of the first class. These will be the largest ship* in the navy, the tonnage running over fourteen thousand. The ships will be enlarged New Yorks, a type found to be better than any of the cruisers, and lacking only in size, a defect which it is proposed to make good in the hew designs. The circular calls for bids to be opened December 8. - V \

I HI 11 HEN 1. It Came Within an Ace of Being a Disastrous Defeat for the Allies, OUE TO APPARENT LACK OF COHESION. Che Attack Made I'ader Adverse Conditions, but With the Utmost Gallantry on the Part of the Americans and Japanese—The Casualties. New* York. July 22.—The Evening World publishes the following front its Tien Tsin correspondent, under date uf Che Foo, July 19, vie, Shanghai, July 21: “The attack on the native city of Tien Tsin, on July 13, resulted in the narrowest escape from what seemed, up to midnight, would be a terrible disaster for the allies. The Russians, swinging north, and the other' allies south, at daybreak, the Russians were to take the forts neer the native city wall, and other allies the eity itself. Made a Hash Promise. Gen. Fukushina, the Japanese commander, promised that the Japanese engineers, after three hours’ shell fire from all guns, would cross the bridge over the moat before the wall and, blowing up the great south gate, make the breach for the infantry 10 enter, t’pon this depended everything. Gen. Fukushima had not scouted the ground over whieh the chaige on the bridge had.to be made.

Chinme Slreteny. The Chinese destroyed the bridge and flooded the land around it. The nilies’ shell lire in nowise subdued the Chinese rifle fire from the loop-holed wall, which avis 3b feet high, with a moat 20 feet in depth around it. An outer wall, of mud, made it impossible for the infantry and marines coming on the field to reply to the. Chinese fire. They lost 50 men in ten minutes, then rushed back from the mud wall, which they had reachtS. British Hastened Forward. Gen. Dorward, the British commander, hastened forward with a fragmentary instead of an integral skirmish line. The American marines and the Welsh fusiliers, together, under command of Waller/were on the extreme left. Then the British marines and the French advanced with the Japanese along the road toward the gate in the mud wall. Dorward's plan for the Americans to support the Japanese was not made clear to Col. Liscum of the Ninth United States infantry. The Illume For the Blander. forward lays the blame for the blunder and sacrifice of life on Liscum, but Dorward’s chief-of-staff was heard to say when Liscum moved: “Get in down the road anywhere, quickly.” Col. Liscum hurriedly led his men through the gate in as open order as possible. They were immediately under lire. Into a Cul de Sac. The staff saw them pass over the biidge leading to a field which proved to be a eul de sac. Before the two battalions of Americans, numbering 426 men, could extend themselves, they were subjected, besides the fire from the loopholes in the forts, to a fierce fire from the embrasures in a line of fortified mud houses on fheir Hank. * Three thousand rifles probably, were turned on them with an accuracy which has amazed every officer among the allies. Bine Shirts a Mark. The blue shirts of the American troops made them distinct marks, where the khaki uniforms of the other allies could not be seen. Col. Liscum, guiding his men, walked up and down the line, not even ducking his head while the bullets fell around. The Americans charged into the flank fire with rushes. The ground over which they charged was marshy and lined with ditches. Where LUeum Fell. It was evidently Col. Liscum’s intention to rush the houses from which the flank fire was coming, and thus get a position for flanking the wall. At 12:30 the line had just reached the shore of the canal, and 30 yards separated them from the houses, when the color bearer fell. Col. Liscum picked up the colors, nut! stood looking around apparently for a ford. “Better get down or theyTl hit you,” shouted Maj. Began.

Col. Llicniu'i Latest Words. “I guess not,” was Liscum’s reply. The next instant a sharpshooter’s bullet went through the colonel’s abdomen. “I’ve got it,” he said, as he fell. “Get at them if you can, the dying office!' said, and added as his last words: “Don’t retreat, boys; keep on firing.” Then Mnj. Regun was Hit. Regan was hit immediately afterward. All day long the allies’ line lay under any cover the men could find, running out of ammunition. The July sun was beating down on them, and they had nothing to drink but the salty marsh water. Meanwhile the wounded came stn ggling and crawling through the gate in the mud wall. There Was No Order. There was no order. They were sent anywhere without men to tarry the litters. The doctors were hit by the sharpshooters while trying to attend ’he wounded. T|>«g could not attempt to carry oft

-— - _ the wounded from the bleedy Held. Maj. Began, Capt. Bookmiller and Capt. Noyes were all hit twice. Adjutnat More* Woanded. Noyes, who was adjutant, was hit In the arm before going into the field, and then hit in the leg. He crawled back through the ditch, with the water to his neck to report the situation to Col. Dorward. & •' At one o’clock Gen. Fukushina reported in writing to Dorward that the Japanese were in the city. I could see the loopholes blazing bullets and lyddite shells. No infantry could charge U. the face of this fire from two o’clock until five.- * Worked la the Dark. Though acting conjointly, neither Dorward nor Fukushina knew each other’s whereabouts. Under cover of the darkness the men of the Ninth crept back from their dangerous position bearing their wounded. They executed this movement with a loss of one man killed. The casualties were 91 men and 5 oftieers out of 420. The Murines’ Losses. The marines lost 30, including Capt. Davis, who was shot through the heart while talking to Col". Meade on the night of July 13. It was decided to withdraw, when news came that- the Chinese were evacuating. The Russians were not so si’^-essful ns hoped during the day, ard the total loss of the allies was 700. Jaiinnese Losses Severe.

The Japanese losses were severe. The Japanese were most gallant in the fight. But for the Americans stopping the flank fire the Japanese loss would have been much heavier. The French. Japanese, American and British entered the city at .two o’clock on the morning of July 14. Their entry was unopposed. Old'Glory at Half-Mast. The American flag at half-mast was hoisted over the south gate. The walls were strewn with the corpses of Chinese soldiers killed by the shell fire which caused their flight. None, apparently, was .hit by bullets. the damage being done by lyddite 'shells. Halted a Terrible Row, There is a terrible row over the burning of the town. Several foreign ollieers are reported lost. The tired soldiers remained on the walls. The natives went, looting through the Chinese town. The bank and the arsenal were heavy sufferers. No Immediate Advance on Pekin. An advance movement on Pekin is not contemplated soon. The American wounded crowd the hospital, but all are doing well. The flags of the allied armies are all half-masted. Col. Liscum was buried at Tongku. TWO IMPORTANT Tit LEG RAMS. Dispatches Communicated to Secretary Hay by Minister Wu. Washington, July 22.—The Chinese minister, Wu Ting Fang, communicated to the secretary- of state two important telegrams. The first is from Sheng, the director of posts and telegraphs in Shanghai: “Fortunate that Minister Conger’s telegraphic reply has come. Imperial decree of the 22d, this moon (corresponding to July 18) stated that all ministers were safe. Insurgents are fighting and killing each other. Li Hung Chang in proceeding northward to suppress riot, will find it difficult to go:1 The second telegram is from Li Kui Yi, viceroy of Nanking, dated the 21st of July, and received by Minister Wu at 10 o’clock: “According to edict of 22d of this moon (July 18) with the exception of the German minister who was killed by anarchists, in regard to which rigorous measures are taken to investigate and punish the guilty parties, all the other ministers for whom strenuous efforts are being made for their protection, are fortunately, unharmed.” Li Kiu Yi, the viceroy of Nanking, is one of the great officers of China, and stands next in fank among the diplomats to Li Hung Chang. All Safe and Sound oa the 18th. Paris, July 22.—Yu Keng, the Chinese minister her.;, handed to the minister of foreign affairs, M. Delcasse, an imperial edict, dated July 18, giving the assurance that all the foreign ministers in Pekin, except Baron Yon Ketteler, the German minister, were then safe and sound, under the protection of the imperial court. Chinese Have Left. London, July 22.—The admiralty has received the following telegram from Admiral Seymour: “Tien Tsin and neighborhood entirely evacuated by Chinese,”

Admiral Remy’i Dianateh. Washington, July 22—The navy department has received the following cablegram from Admiral Remev, dated Taku, Jivly 20: “Tien Tsin quiet. Latest report, Russian sources, July 13, legations Pekin still holding out. Reliability of this infonnation uncertain. Maj. Regan, Captains Noyes and Bookmiller,' First Lieutenants Lawton and Schoffel wounded, Ninth Infantry officers, and Second Lieutenant Jolly, marine corps, sick now aboard Solace. Expect about 30 wounded men. Will then send all to Yokohama hospital.” The Lieut. Schoffel, who is given among the wounded for the first time by Admiral Remey, is Francis H. Scboeffel. He was bom in New York, and was appointed to West Point from that, state June 16, 1887. He was appointed second lieutenant of the Seventeenth infantry June 12, 1891; was transferred to the Ninth infantry June 10, 1892. He was made first liuetenant September 16, 1897, and assigned to the Fifth infantry, but later was transferred to the Ninth, and was with that regiment in the Pliilippines, when it was ordered to China.

ALL OYER THE STATE Brent* in Various Portions of Iu* diana Told by Wire. Ca»«d a S«BMttoa. Marion, Ind., July 20.—A panic waa caused on one of the principal streets by Miss Hazel Reid, the 17-year-old daughter of Hal Reid, the actor. A horse had fallen on the pavement and was badly injured. Miss Reid insisted that the horse be killed and drew a revolver from her bosom and stated that she would shoot. The owner of the horse remonstrated, and Miss Reid became excited and flourished the revolver in the faces of a crowd that had congregated. The police succeeded in disarming her and took her to the police station. Victims Bqried. Shelbyville, Ind.. July 20.—The funeral of the three railway crossing victims, Mary Wheeler, Josie Zoble aud Katie Schoeff, was. perhaps, the saddest sight ever witnessed in the county. The three families live in the same neighborhood, almost two miles from St. Vincent’s church, where the interment took place. The girls had .been leaders in the Young Ladies’ society, and their associates. 18 in number acted as pallbearers.

Spiritualist Campmertlng. Mune^e, Ind., July 20.—The annual meeting of the Indiana Spiritualists’ association, which continues for six weeks, has begun at Chesterville. Several hundred are present and the executive officers haVe all constructed cottages and will be in attendance throughout the extended session. Several thousand people will attend the meetings on Sunday, when a number of special features will be held. Leads to Arrests. Marion, Ind., July 20. — Edward Hines and Volney Treep. young men of Marion, were arrested on charges of impersonating officers. Hines is the man who was recently joined to Miss Marie Wise by a false marriage ceremony and Treep. is the man who impersonated Justice Holman and performed the ceremony. Hines was always known to Miss Wise as Edward Smith. lttK Oil Strike. Medaryville, Ind., July 20.—The Byrd syndicate has completed a well here that produced oil at the rate of 240 barrels a day until shut off. This is one of 100 wells drilled-here during the past six months, all of which are good producers, but this well opens up new possibilities for this field, which is only 75 miles from Chicago. Paid at Once. Terre Haute, Ind., July 20.—A judgment for $2,500 against the Vandalia Railroad company was rendered in the damage suit brought by the adminis* trator of Charles McKenzie, a brakeman, who was killed at Wolf creek, on the Michigan division, by the fall of a bridge, four years ago. The judgment was paid immediately. Knocked Oat. Jeffersonville, Ind:, July 20.—Much damage to crops and buildings is reported from the surrounding country by a wind and electrical storm that passed over this section. At Howard Park nine cows, belonging to Dow White, were killed by lightning. Charged with Murder. Crawfordsville, Ind., July 20.—Coroner Keegan rendered his verdict in the case of Howard Ellis, who was killed at a road house, near here. The coroner finds that he came to his death as a result of blows on the head struck by James B. Osborn. Had a Premonition. Evansville, Ind., July 2Q.—James Duncan, aged 31, was killed by falling slate in the Ingle coal mine in Pike county. He took out an insurance policy the day before, remarking then to his wife that he was afraid he was going to die soon. Killed Himself. Decatur, Ind., July ‘20.—John W. McIntosh, employed in a tile mill at Hoaglund, committed suicide by blowing out his brains with a shotgun. The night previous he was in this cfity and was initiated in the Red Men’s lodge. * Seriously Burned. Elkhart, Ind., July 20.—Etta, the 13-year-old daughter of Mrs. Jennie Bowers, a widow, was seriously but not necessarily fatally burned at her home, her dress igniting from a short-legged gasoline stove placed on the floor. Prospecta Are Bright. Montpelier, Ind., July 20.—Everything looks bright for the oil men of the Indiana field. The market is strong, and as long as the product brings the good figure that it is now bringing the drill will be kept busyi Lived Over a Century. etreencastle, Ind., July 20.—Michael Aim. phy died at the hoine of his son, Timothy Murphy, at the age of 104 years. He was the oldest man in this county and probably in the state.

Not to forget the dog, it is well to remember that his only- way of perspiring is by lolling; so when his tongue is hanging out of his open mouth there’s’ no cause for alarm, nf> matter if it is ‘'awful recV’ as one youthful alarmist put it.—Philadelphia Record. • -;- Rabbi Max Heller, of New Orleans, has startred a museum for the collection and preservation of articles used in ancient Jewish worship. The collection will be kept in Sinai temple and will be used in teaching the children the Old Testament.

MINISTER WU GIVEN A TASK, ▲ Crucial TnI of th« Good Faith of thu CMum UoTtrumcut PrMBribwl and Arc*pt«d. Washington, duly 23.—There is rea* ton to believe that Secretary Hay hats no-.ifled Minister Wu that aa a condition precedent to mediation by this government to end the war in Chinn, Minuter Conger, as well as his staff must be delivered safely ipto the hand& of Admiral Kemey within a period limited to the time necessary for the journey from Pekin to the seaboard. Moreover, it is understood that tiie secretary of state has informed Minister Wu that it will be impossible for this government to make any progress in negotiations witfr other powers; until all foreigners in Pekin are similarly delivered into the custody of the admirals at Taku. This demand is the supreme test China's good faith in appealing to the United States to intercede with tho powers. Failure to deliver Mr. Conger, his arsociates and all other foreigners now in Pekin will render abortive any efforts which may be made by this government to restore peace, and unless the American demand is complied with within th,e period specified, the powers will redouble their efforts to reach PeWni and the policy of the United States may undergo a radical change.

«ti Acfe|»li the Task. New York, July 23.—A Washington fc|>ee>al to the Press says: ‘Minister Wu places such confidence in the genuineness of Mr. Conger's d;spatch and such faith that the Chinese government is protecting the foreign ministers in Pekin, that he hi.* agreed to try another plan to demonstrate absolutely to this government that the American minister is alive. "U is nothing short of delivermjf Mbrster Conger into the hands of .Admiral Remey at Taku, that he may iu* his own person speak for the integrity of ’lie imperial government and teil the world the truth regarding the situation in Pekin. The state department has been so won over that it now l as confidence in Minister Wu and life friends that they can accomplish what ordinarily appears to be impossible.? FOREIGNERS ARE MURDERED. Belief of One Who Knows the Calueite—ExnwKernted Itleus of Chinese l-'iahtina Strength. Chicago, July 23.—John P. Roberta, of Shanghai, an American civil engineer who has spent 38 years in China, and who left Shanghai last May. passed through Chicago yesterday, an his way to New York, to visit his >1J home. “Knowing1 the Chinese as I do,“ said Mr. Roberts, “I have little doubt but 'hat all the foreigners in Pekin wj-re murdgred long ago. The governm -nt is weak, and the mob undoubtedly got the upper hana. “An army of 40,000 regular troops is all that is necessary to take Pekin,”* he continued. “The stories to the effect that the Chinese have an army cd 950,000 nic-n are ridiculous. There are not more than 20,000 drilled troops in China. The rest are poorly organ zed and poorly armed. If they had modern arms they would not know how to use them, and they do not constitute an effective fighting force.” THE EIGHTH U. s7lNFANTRY. Welting Together Preparatory t« Starting for China—Delayed .. by a Storm. New York, July 23.—Companies B and I of the Eighth United State;; infantry, moved off the transport McClelland yesterday morning, and started for Fort Snelling, Miun., over the New York Central railroad. The men s will wait for the members of the regiment who are coming north on another transport, and, after the recruiting of the organization to its full dumber, will be sent to China. The two companies number about 240 men and officers. The men have been in Cuba 18 months, but theji looked to be in fine condition. About two thousand five hundred persons were at the dock to meet the sotfliers and the Young Men’s Christian asso^ ciation provided coffee and other refreshments for them. It was said that the other eighi companies of the regiment, which ar* coming north on a transport, were delayed" by a storm off Cape Ha teras. These men are expected to-day. They will at once follow their comra lea to Fort Snelling. RUSH ORDERS RECEIVID. The Seventh United States Battery to Proceed la Haste for China, Via Kawasaki. Fort Riley, Kas.i, July 23.—Rt sh orders have come for the Seventh fJnited States battery, a£ Fort Riley, o proceed with all haste to the oriet t, calling for orders at Nagasaki. Ge. i. Merriarn promulgated the order in i)enver. The battery was organized during the Spanish war, and since th; t time has been idle. The equipmei t embraces the heaviest caliber gum in the service, with a full complement of morttrs, attended by 250 men end ten officers.

Train Wreckers Foiled. Three Lakes, Wis., July 23.- -Sometime during' Saturday night i.8 ties were piled on the railroad tra cks five miles south of this station. Ale: :. Swan, a laborer, coming to town early yesterday, removed the obstruct: on just in time to prevent passenger tirin No. 2, due here at 4:29 a. m., from striking it. Swan also removed a nu Aber of large rocks from a bridge a s3 iort distance north, his action possibl, saving the lives of 30 "members of tt e Three Lakes Rod and Gun club, wao were on the train. * . ■ '

CUT IN TWAIN AMIDSHIPS. The Bark BnMetor Han Dowa fa tki Irish Channel—Eleven Men Supposed to he Drowned. London, July 23.—A dense fog hung over the Irish channel Saturday morning. and the Cunard line steamer .Cam* pai ia, en route from New York fot Liverpool, struck the Liverpool bark KinbK ton, bound for New Zealand, . amidships, cutting her in twain. The Kmbleton sank immediately. Seven of the crew were rescued, but it is believed the other It members ol the ship’s company, including the captain, were drowned. The Campania had her bows stove in, but arrived safely at Liverpool five and a half hours late. The Campania was little injured, but had a narrow escape from a serious disaster. The fog had delayed her passage since Friday noon, and a tender -ye^kout from Queenstown four miles, as Capt. Walker would not take the liner neai shore. At Tuskar light the fog was becoming denser every moment. When the Campania was about thirty miles northeast of the li^ht a phantom ship rose suddenly, without warning, directly across her bows. Thirty seconds Inter the phantom had become a solid sailing vessel into which the liner crashed, her steel fore foot going 4__l 4i_ _kiA4An i_ 4i_ „ t_

cut of a sword, and dividing h*r just abaft the mainmast. The forward hall sank instantly. The stern swung vicious* iy round, and the mast and yards, for a moment, tore at the Campania. A lump of wreckage came down on her decks. Then the stern of the bark also disapp» ared, and the face of the sea was litlered with splintered timbers, boxes, barrels—the whole upper work and lighter cargo, the deckhouses and such things.* Then there was nothing. From ti e instant the phantom came into view from th^ bridge of the Campania until the last vestige of the vessel vanished only sixty or eighty seconds hau elapsedAccording to the Emberton’s survivors, tor nearly half an hour before the collision the captain and Tirst officer were below at breakfast, and, although the fog whistle of a large steamer could be heard every minute, the bark never shifted her course. When, at*$:25 a. m., the second officer, to use his own phrase, “'heard the rush of a steamer’s bows,” he shouted down to the captain, who rushed on deck, but was too late to give an order. The Campania was under one-third steam. The captain, first officer and pilot were on the bridge. The engines were instantly reversed and the helm put hard down. No precaution was emitted. Some of her passengers had even grumbled at what they called superfluous caution. After the crash and the sudden cries the boats were quickly got out. There weie no signs of panic, the crew were everywhere at their stations, the best discipline was maintained, the bulkheads were closed and everything possible was done to save life. Some ox the Campania’s plates were bent by the collision; her forepeak filled with water; her foretopmast was broken shot off, and her steel rigging torn and twisted. The passengers held a meeting, adopted resolutions of thanks to the captain and crew, and subscribed £700 for the relief of the survivors and the families of the lost. / THE YAQUI INDIAN UPRISING. The Indians Scattered and „ No) Troublesome—Mild Policy of the Mextess Government. City of Mexico, July 23.—Geu. Luis Torres, governor of Sonora, and com-mander-in-chief of the forces against the Yaquis, has come to this city tc make a detailed report of the progress of tjie campaign to President Diaz and Minister of War Reis. Frcm an interview mith him it is gathered that the Yaquis have been pretty well scattered and broken up into small bodies, and are not seriously troublesome at presr ent. Several batches of prisoners have been sent to Guadalajara, Irapuate and other places with the view of making useful citizens out of them. The general has followed strictly the policy of the government in dealing with them, which is to give them every reasonable inducement to return tie tlieir farms or get them employment elsewhere without being ary more severe than absolutely necessary: The Yaquis are really superior people. The large coanpanies operating in Sonora say they make the best workmen, bufi there are turbulent spirits among them, who, whenever they can get a fight, are ready to make trouble. The last rising before the present one was expected to end the difficulty between the government and the Indians, and very generous concession^ were made by the government; but the Indians had kept their part of the arrangement less than two years when they were persuaded, just after an extensive fiesta, to take up arms again. The Yaquis are splendid fighters, and, of course, know the country well and have, in some cases, ambushed th« jt^oeps, doing damage. The whole affair hgs been nothing but a series of guerilla skirmishes.

Holding for an Advance. Houston, Tei., July 23.—The Post prints reports from various points in Texas showing- that 2,000,000 pounds oi wool are being held in that state beeai se the growers refuse to accept cur* rent prices^ and there is as much more held at -uncounted points and on ranches. Tbe^growers have held a conference at Lampasas and agreed to hold the entire clip indefinitely. They have come to the conclusion that there is a shortage, and that the manufacturers will come to their term* rather than import. \ 1