St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 23, Number 4, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 14 August 1897 — Page 2

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■ * —— j—s —■■ J' ^Jz •^i. <•' t ~ - . - APTER IX. atterin g. Ailsn. At the same ■time I hope the child will not consent. ' Peter Lennox held a most impassioned •letter a letter asking permission for his •highness the Prince tie Ferros to make I the offer of his hand to his niece, Miss Lennox. He spoke in rapturous terms of his love—there had never been any love jaince the world began like his; as for setklements, for one so beautiful ami so fair [he would offer all that he had if she would •but take it. i Peter Lennox was touched as he read I the prince's letter the millionaire, the great unbeliever in the love of women or the friendship of men, was ton hed. In isome vague way it seemed to him that the held a living human heart in his halid. lit was a noble offer. To be Princess de (Ferros, to be queen of a large Italian Llomain, meant much. But if Beatrix be [came Princess de Ferros, farewell to all Ibis dreams of Ereeldean'. “Do you care for him, Beatrix?" was the first question that Lady Lennox asked. There was an expression of unwonted weariness in the proud, dark eyes of (the girl as she replied: “No, mamma in fact, I care for no nnan." 1 “If you do not love him, Beatrix, and tare not ambitious of shining as Princess Ide Ferros," said Peter Lennox, "say, {‘No’ to him, raj' dear. Yon could not look (after the interests of Erceldean in Italy." The young beauty bent down and kissed [her uncle’s gray, grim face. “I am glad to please you, uncle," she •tried —“I am glad to do something that Hvill show that 1 am grateful for your (goodness, that I share your interests, that (the honor and glory of Ereeldean are far idearer to me than any earthly honor that could befall myself. 1 am pleased to remounce my princely lover, with his nn•eient title, his handsome face, his chivalrous manner and his vast possessions, for [the welfare of Erceldean." And Peter iLennox, in his gratitude, kissed his u ■ ■ . inore fervently than he had kissed anyone iyet. So the prince received the kindest loiter that could be written under the circuni{stances. Kind as it was. it almost drove Aim mad. He could not bear the thought »f losing the stately young beauty on •whom he had fixed his whole heart. He anet her that same evening at a soiree given by one of the leaders of fashion. She •was about to pass him with a bow and a Smile, when something in the expression his face, so wistful, so full of longing ' main, seemed to strike her. She stopped and spoke to him; and then, encouraged 'by her kindness, he asked her to walk ■ with him through the brilliantly lighted zooms. "There is a piece of sculpture here. Miss ILennox,” be said, as they found themselves in a deserted room leading out of the picture gallery, “that I should like to show’ JCU. It was the result of years i of long study anil hard labor, and is the ' only work the young sculptor ever produced. Can you sympathize with a life that seems to empty itself, to pour itself out in one grand effort, and then ceases to ex 1st?” “I think not.” she replied slowly. "I would rather husband my resources than exhaust my life in a single effort.” “Still there is something very grand in St. If Leonardo da Vinci had died after painting only ‘The Last Supper,' if Haydn had succumbed after writing nothing but the ‘Creation,’ if Canova’s artistic career had ended with the production of his ‘Venus,’ we should have loved such Bien perhaps better for seeming to have given their lives in one grand effort. You would find it still more difficult, Miss Lennox, to believe in any man's expending his life in one great love," he concluded, as they stood in an alcove embowered with exotics. “I do not believe in love at all. prince. All that I have seen of it since I have hved in a world that never ceases talking it has been a caricature.” “You never speak untruthfully," he said —“of that I am quite sure. And you tell i me that you do not believe in love?” “I have seen none that I believe in ’•

yet,” she replied. ‘‘l have heard the word : applied to every kind of meanness, to I every caprice, to whims of all kinds, even I to sin; but of real love I have seen noth- i Sn K .” “Great haevens; he cried, "I stand be-| lore you, ready to die for you; praying I you to accept my life, my love, my for- | ■tune, my name, to take all that I am or I have, and you tell me you do not believe | in love.” “I will hope it is a fancy, prince; I 1 should not like to think that you had thrown all the strength and energy of i your life into a pursuit which can never . lie successful.” “Why should it not be successful?” he I asked, gently, bending his face so that he could look into hers—few women could have resisted the musical voice or the handsome face. “Miss Lennox, you are ■beautiful as a dream. I can make you queen of a splendid domain. Ferros is «ue of the loveliest parts of Italy. I love you so well that 1 would devote every moment of my life to you—l would forestall your every wish —every desire of your heart should be fulfilled. Will you 3>ut my love to the test?” “I cannot, prince,” replied Beatrix. “I believe there are some exceptions. I will he more lenient for the future. I will judge less harshly. There may—it is just possible—be a few cases where love is indeed genuine. I will admit that yours is so. Even then I cannot accept it.” “Miss Lennox,” he said, “I shall not ■lake your ‘nay.’ I will not give up the idea of winning you; to lose the hope of ihat would be to lose my life. Mine may

I be the madness of love —the madness of despair I cannot help it. I shall never ’ I give up the liojw of winning you, Miss ' Lennox, until you marry another or I 1 die.” 1 "Then lam sorry for you," she said. “It will be a wasted love.” { “You are so young and so beautiful,” ho said, looking sadly nt her. "The roses ' of life lie at your feet, and you trainpie on them. Some day remember, 1 proph esy to you who are cold and proud with your heart steeled against love yo i will love, and that love will be your crown of suffering. If that day and Im ir d < conic- as 1 believe they w ill. Miss Iwi.ni ■< — think of me, and i promise, if I can hi Ip you then, 1 will.' But she smiled as he left her. “Those Italians are all so ardent nnd impetuous,” she said; and yet a shudder i like that of cold or fear came over her i as she smi'ed. Prince de Feiros kept his word. He | would not take "Nay” for an answer. 1 Not that he said any more about lore to Miss Lennox; he Regan to have far too , I keen a comprehension of Miss Lennox - • . character to venture upon that. She was I ■ quite unlike other girls. 11 -w few would j have icfswd tn share his prinroß do- ; ! nutin! How few won' I have asked them- | : selves or cared whether they love 1 him ■ ■or not! “She is proueb r and cold.’ tb.i . others," he said to hi itself, "but she .- i { thousand times nobler.' Society amused itself by wntJ. ng the i i struggle. Who would win. the Italian | I prince or the English duke? It could iwt decide. Miss Lennox *ecw> d to like <iw just as well as sho did the Htlwr. She never made the b ast di-aiun between j them. Beatrix herself found two such ' devoted lovers almost b n mm h for 1 • r. ! they were like shadows; never away fmu { i her'. i She was very i ar< ful. \\ ben she en tered a ball room they both, is a rnh . approaches her nt ..u< < . to one she gave j the lirst waltz, to the .über the first ■ quadrille; if the i ran clnd le o , • the Duke of iiealliluiul in d hi fun I Both lovers hoped against hope; th. » hn.l ' been refused in the plainest of words, yet i i neither could believe in his rejeetioii. The Duchess of Eltnslie -poke very scri I ously to Beatrix about them. “Shall you marry cither of them, Trix ie?" she asked. And Beatrix aswered { I “No!" "T^en,' said her kucst, "bo cautious. ! They are madly jealous of each other, i and the first sign of prefetence that y"U ' make will he a signal for murder that is, murder in the shape of a duel. \ >u , I understand?" "I can show no preference," returned Beatrix, "for 1 feel none." The dueh< ss laid her hand on the girl's arm. "Beatrix," she said eunnstly. "I tn to I believe you, but I cannot. it is im re ; ble i ‘ to me that yon sb- uld dclibe: itely throw j । away two such chain es. You must be ! ■ the Duchess of Heathland. 1 should pot i i like yon to go to Italy, but 1 should like ■ to see you Duchess of Heathland." Peter Lennox came home early ono > evening and, not knowing that his niece • was at home, he went to his study and ■ fell asleep in the comfortable easy .hair that was his favorite resting pla. •. When Beatrix heard that he had t. turned, she went nt once to see him. She never neg ' looted him nor left him aione. She went I to his study, anti, opening the door, saw i that he hail fallen asleep in his chair. She | did not awaken him, but went up to b in i very gently. How tired and worn the tine . face looked! And there was the se- ret, ■ thought Beatrix, revealing itself in great { piteous lines round his mouth. Het uncle suddenly turned round! "1 did not mean it," she heard him say —“I never thought of it." Then with a sudden cry he awoke from his sleep. “Grace, Grace!" he called. For a moment he looked wildly around him. "Grace, Grace!” he repeated. “Uncle,” said Beatrix, "I came to see ■f -• n wanted anything.” Au expression of fear ero^. J his face. • followed by one of great relief. ! "Is that you, Trixie? I was asleep I

•• 1' dreaming. I am glad yon are at homo, | my dear. I felt very dull to-night.” And all night, while the gay world ; moved along, she remembered that one cry of “Grace, Grace!” and wondered J what it meant. CHAFTER X. , A cozy little party sat in the beautiful ! boudoir that I’eter Lennox had furnish- ■ ed for his niece. The Duchess of Elmslm - who v. as just as devoted to the millioni aire's niece as she had been inattentive । to the poor outcasts at Strathnam had driven over io Lady Lennox who had , forgotten in her present happiness all her I past pain, and who delighted in the gos- | siping conversation of the duchess in ! company with Lady Dutton, one of the duchess' dearest friends, who kept her well supplied with news. These two ladies with Beatrix and her mother forme ] a friendly little party—they had partaken of'lun meon, and now sat at ease discussing the events of the day. On this morning the conversation amazed her more than it generally did. There had been a great scandal, and the duchess | appeared to delight in discussing it. Then i she had many anecdotes of Lady Seales jto relate. Lady Scales was one of her ; pet subjects. Beatrix turned away tired at last. How shallow all this seemed to the high soul and noble nature formed amid the glorious solitudes of Loch Nam! Lady Lennox saw her daughter's look and understood it. The Morning Post lay upon the table, and, anxious to divert Beatrix’s attention, she pointed to it and said: “Beatrix, will you look through that

and tell me when the Botanical fete la to be held?" Beatrix gladly took up the newspaper, while tie' three ladies resumed their <ll ß . cussion. The duchess continued: "1 have always told her so. I have warned her a hundred times, even Lady Otho ” The clear, sweet voice of the y<*nug girl checked the speaker by n rapturous “That is something like a nun!” she said. "Now I believe in heroes! They are not all dead; there are chivalry anil honor and kindness left in the world. I shonM like to see the man who did that glorious deed." "What is it?” asked the duchess, “M ill it tire you if I read it?” she asked. "Mamma, it is so wonderful,” "Read it by all means, my dear,” said the duchess, wondering what it could be that interested the girl so deeply. "A Noble Deed,” the paragraph was headed; and this was how it ran: "<>ur leaders will probably remember that a short time since a servant girl of the name of Mary Hanson was broug^ up at the Chester Assizes on a charge murder. The case was both interestlh> and painful. The girl Hiiihm... lUm 1 in the service of n gentleman nameit IJ& land Itoby, who resided in a villa Chester. Mr. Roby was a married majTj his w ife a lady of coiisidernlde personal i attractions; they lived alone, had no children, and kept two servants. But in six weeks after Mary Hanson went to live! with the Robys the cook left, and her j place was not tilhsl. Mary Hanson gave | every satisfaction to her employers, she I was honest, industrious and amiable; no ; suspicion was ever entertained about her ; until M . Roby, after drinking some bis'f , tea w hich she had prepared for him, was i taken suddenly and seriously ill. The { doctor was sent for, and he de<dared that the master of the house had been poi- i Boned. Alter somv time the unfortunate gentleman died in dreadful agony; and at the inquest it was proved that he had met • his death through the adiuhiistrntion of arsenic. Ei idence was given that Mary 11 । o ■-n bad two dayti priwiouaty purchnsed atM nic. saying that she wanted to poison mice. The testimony agninat her was strong; she had purchased the poison; he had made the beef tell, and the poison was found in it." | "<»h. tit -sr terrible, lower orders!" exclainicd the du' hc«s, ' W nt." s t id B-ntr . . "j. । have not | heard all." M , Leg- .y re.mmd. "The girl hmenod to the verdict of guilty, . nd then, mb ng a white, m ated fa. <• io the ji;dg‘. said. Mi lord. I Isiught the p0.... n nn mistre.s told n>. to do so ' I m rer gave it to n„ master 1 swear ' ! that 1 teivr gave it to my raster I swear th it lam a- inn ul ns a child. I dvr.’ I here was agn at n<nt»on, and n r omi 'tion of the girl's mp •>mc. Khc wjim n pretty, i»'»'Ht-tkn.it । gin of cigHh’un. v a* hating th** dur k she . ned. I pray n to help me, { for man rntiu n.' Bm man did. Sit Una i in the court was a ><n:ng lawyer already : farotatd. known, Mr p. • ■ ■ n <>row. Jle 1 ' ) " m. nt d.-v. icsl hi» tune lu iu< A ' flu i;. ue wrthi of praise. a» Mr. ♦ .» i h:id no ho|M> of any reward the pool*,, t! was petini'vss and f;.eiidlc.», H< soansl neither time, lab r nor n-e. IL m et with and over, ano at .h’tl, ult;. s. he sifted the < Gdcnvr. and k at!mre.| more; the re sult cfiarly pmv<-d that the imhon had Uxm administered by the wife' her- . self, and that -he w mad had bi co mad killing binls, fowls, cats, dug*, enryj thing living that -he omld kill without I obseti Hiou. The widow was ordered to I be kept in prison nt he: Mn) sty‘» picas ure, and Mary Ha i .a was rebased. The I joy <>f the |x»or girl wan pitiful to witness. ; It see: is to us that the thanks of the I Whole community are due to Mr. Carew.” “Now, Mid lb ‘That is « man after my ow a h. art.” "My dear child," . ri^l Lady U*unox, "what a very st' mg ex pi. t -am "1 mean it. mamma. He is n hero, the | man w ho drliberntcly and willingly aacrij ticed his time to save the life of a POOF i servant girl. In all England who reiucm- ! ben d that miv. ent girl in her cell, cx- ; ec'pt the judge who condemned her and : the one tndde, chivalrous nian who saved her?” "My dear Beatrix," said the duchess, "the in ideal dot's not deserve so much eonsiderntion. The young lawyer did । right, of course; but there is really not so I much to be excited about.” "If you had read mrh a story in Gre- ' < inn or R- man history, if you had read it i in the second volume <>f a novel, you would think it very affecting; but. living n story of real life, with a living hero, it is hardly worth notice. To me it s'ems that in all England, in all this wide world, there can be no nobler man than this young law yer, Beltran Carew." j (To be continued.) Elephants as a I,ion on an Estate. Seventy-six big dirty eh'plum us are up w hat Is left of a < ntt- 1 * I aide estate of an AuieHt'uu in b'eaiukl । The' herd can't be sold, leascK or ■ I pawned. Nothing can be doneTjyjth ( । them bm lot them cat. And "'hiltfejjey i <-at the Slate Department at Wal^ajjg. ton is trying to see w hat it can dt t o { the Siamese Government. 1 >r. Marion A. < hcek, "the teak ki ” defaulted in the interest on the loJ : had obtained from Siam. The got ern . I nient seized bis properly and at , nce ' set to work to make it valueless. । [r j ve ; hundred thousand dollars' wortlj pf ■ logs were loft to rot in the streams! and when it came to a settlement the^ pro . from the sale were not eyjJ auHj to meet the claims of the. goverii^f ien t ; ’'' Then Siam seized the hi rd of elephants which w- te used in getting the hj.^ to the water ways. In the meantiinf V] ); . Cheek died in Siam and bis whlo^m 1 ..E turiu d to California. J® The Siam government w.ll no^ nt. low Ilie herd to be sold, rented 6 x gaged or any use made of them o lin h’ teed and care are charged tin • 1 the esta.e. So successful has b W) the <•our.se of the King of Siam that. 1,2.! is not enough mmray in the esta®*,. to pay for counsel when the case h™ initted to the arbitrator, Sir Rf 1 j .1. Hannon, chief justice and general of England at Hong Ko H ,’6-< ‘ It is proposed now to get the pse niiccl States to hire expert counsel an<» -t a i-p a hen on any judgment to cove r ‘l2 expense.-New York Press.

jM’KINLEY TAKES REST PRESIDENT IS indulging in a VACATION. Chief Executive of the Nation and Mra. McKinley at a Lake Champlain Kcort-Hot Weather Outing (>f °tlicr I’reahlenta. A* Bluff Point. UK Hme) Champlain in the mum-.-qa,. Lake ( hamphiin resort, Bluff Point where he will pass his summer vacation’ free from the wearisome importunities of office seekers. Those who accompnun d the I resident and Mrs. MeKinlev to their summer resting place were Secretary and .Mrs. Alger, Secretary Porter, Assistant Secretary A. L. Pruden, Executive ci.-i k Corteljou, Mrs. McKinley's maid. th>> White Douse steward and several h the .White House employes. In a short time l several other wendiers of the cabinet, together with Doir families, will join the party at the hike. So will \ ice President Hobart and his family. A son and daugh- , ter of Secretary Alger nre already at the lake. 'lbero ore live cottages in the grounds surrounding the hotel, but all of them j were taken, and the President and his ' party have rooms in the hotel annex. A I corner room and the one adjoining were prepared fur the Pn sidi nt. When the j manager , ns in Washington be learned ; of Mrs, McKiiih y's liking for decorations i in blue, so h< st nt to New York for a j paper in n delicate robin's egg blue, light- | t‘d tip by n mi.iill pattern in pink. W ith । this pni>er the room was decorated. A! I though the i'lesident's suite of rooms is j tiot private, they nre cut off from the other { rooms In the anuej by hanging portieres , along the hall. For furtL-T privacy a j boy is stationed nt each entrance to the j annex. IL? has orders tn keep any but the guests of the hotel away from the hallway. 1 lie President does not haw a . private ditdng n-m. The puldie dining . hail has four rows <>f L<b';s ft UI one . to the olh r. On en- h side ■ f t!:*- L ,11 extends the I rend hotel piazza. At one rml. cutting off the piazza on the lake « de. is a circular room containing alsuit t> n |

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tabic*. At oisv of thew the i’i.*iibnt ami hi* Mrty «at K • n-Un r rter .m I While the PrtM.htlt i* away fr-m Wn»hmg’ 'i :i pobh- |,.^..m will I- , trama. I- I. . - u«»al. thn-mh th.- White V .huh t ..f mail wdl b- *. nt N-tv a W.:*hmgt..n and Bluff Point o.l.'nming cv-ntiw pap.;* u-l announce m t t». Th.- Pi. .uhnt 'mv :1 at g ■ * ;. • ,\> • ! t h .. t Bi point. II ■ om> he t* tin.l lit nd pr- ■ i I Fomt. aside from 1 .asking and L-.mg. I■M M K bis hand at the sport. In fullowmg the tish as a simmer’* diver«wa the Pr.-i dent is doit 4 wh it many f the I'n-c dents of other day* have done during the heated term. In Washington * tin, -, how over, the Pr *ident did not have UHich leisure for tithing >r any other pleasure. Wash ng’ m s . nt !.;s hrst pr - hmtml summer in t. uring the N- w England States ind healing ’he many iT'eal i dissensions which e.v-ted at that time. Traveling about in those days was 1 very tedious mutter, and the journey from New to Boston in a small carriage over the lough New England mid* mi sumed a week. At every small town ho i stopped to make a speech, and he returnicd to New York by a circuitous r ui>. s > Ins to cover a new district f dis..';. > d . places. 1 Later, when the nation’s cnpitol had * been established at Philadelphia, h? un — _ ■ I a i win ’"7~' - ' ■ > I MR. M’KIXLEY AS AN iXOb«». 1 dertook a longer journey through the South. This was in the summer ot li- . 1 and he went as far as Savannah. he 5 country was very wild in those dais am I the dangers of the trip were many. Be returned by an inland route and reached iiouut Vernon in the latter part of Sep-

•< n her, after covering 1,887 miles, some u K on horsiback, but. most of it in the ^•»e carriage that he used in his New trip. °!* n I N«‘nt much Os his time on luladelplnn. As soon ns Congress adJomned he would get into his carriage, and the i ong j ourney wou ] ( j | )e ni . l( j,, j n i very fast time for the lays. In 1799, when Pres.deut Adams was summering •it Quincy, yellow fever became epidemic in I hi! Mh lphia, :in<| th<» capital was removed tenqx nirilj- to Trenton. Urgent public business made it necessary to recall the President, but it was a good week before lhe messenger reached him, and anotb-'r week had passed before the I lesident could reach Ilie scene of action. •leffers»>n never ventured further away than his Monticello home, in \'irginin. He was a splendid horseman, and when there was a hurry call from the capital he could make the journey by many ■ banges us horses in a very short lime. President Polk made a record by sti« king to the White House winter and sutnm> r. and the hottest weather »sHild never drive him into the country. Not mneli was known about sanitary matters in teiCST-t;' Tin m'kim i vs’ rAi:t.on. those days, but it was known that the White House reeked with malaria in the simimer n nths. This had no effect upon Polk, uid ns a result, when his term expired lie v as the next thing to a physical wreck. Right here it should I e stated that the eu>tum of the President leaving the enp- . ital during the summer did not originate for legation purposes, but for the pres ertation of life. All of the American citi-s n century ago were anything but I healthy. 1>..c.'0 of their lack of sanita

tem, Epidemic* were of frequent iwcuri' e e, md the danger to life and health wa* ‘enfold computed with the present d Every . ne who could manage to do it live | j.i the country, simply as a matter P> -.but B hauan never stayed In " ■ hingb.n no.re than he could help, and ■ u-' (• nt with the adjournment of Con- *' ' • '' lid start for Bedford Springs ■1 enjoy life surrounded by the belles • f the eriod. Sometimes he would leave B ’d Springs while Congp -s was ’. I tn ■ -mm, and his political enemies _ ’ __ MR*. M KIM.EY’3 ROOM. never tired of berating him for this, charging him with the m gl-. t of public duties. The war kept Limuln in Washington wit.t.-r and summer. The instiffe:al.ly hot: day s he spent in a cottage on the gr muds of the S dd.. is IL me, on the outskirts of the city, but a prolonged stay at any place , disitint from the capital was out of the I’he first hot weather during f.'.-m ■'l ; 'o ■ r-> Id*. roa.ls aim a splendid* : • enjoy his favorite sport, that of driv.ng a pair of fast horses. The 1 ocean, mi which his house fronted, also 1 gave him immense pleasure. Like Bu chanan, his political adversaries took ad- , vantage < f Ids prolonged stays at his sum- । mer home and charged him with all kinds J of misdemeanors in regard to his duty to I ' the nation. I’resid -nt Hayes consumed his summers , in touring the country on the finest trains . that had iwr been seen up to those times. : In the summer of I^7l be journeyed . throm'h Now England in a vain effort to | I the feeling which had been arous- | I cd by the events of the ek non the pio..11s year. I Torn New England Mr. I ■, ? ~s ' v( nt to the Middle States and! ’ then to the South as far as Atlanta. Com- ; ing luu-k, he stopped at all of the impm- 1 , taut towns before reaching Washington. : Strangely enough, the Southern people 1 ■ were more cordial to him than those of 1 the North, and the pleasantest part of the j trip was the Southern end ci n. S c -■ ■> I 1 ing summers for the most part were spent j I.v Mr. Hayes in traveling to different seej lions of the country to open State fairs, ' preside nt monument dedications and sim’ ilar functions. In this resp-eet he was the record .’’resident. Carfield would probably have been a i Ul . l)n 3 f ihe seashore, as he was going to i Long Branch when he was shot. 1 resti pent"' Arthur made the longest trips of any : President in vacation times. . : Charles S. Newhall, head bookkeeper : of the Agricultural Insurance < ompany of ’ Boston, and treasurer of the Melrose 1 i 1 Mass 1 Co-operative Bank and the M -IP i rose Highlands Congregational Church, 1 : is under arrest at Bar Harbor, Me., on >- ! ‘ harges of embezzling $15,000.

f)IE IN MOLTEN LAVA. the great crater at mayon BELCHES DEATH. Thousands of rhilijipinc Native* Azo Victims to the Volcano’s Fury - Cities anil Villages Overwhelmed* and Fertile Plantations l.aid Waste. Nature’s Awful Fp.sm, Advices received at T^ oma, Wash bv Kteamer say that five hundred reported killed up to July 1 is the record of the terrible outbreak of the great volcano of Mayon, on the island of Luzon, eue of tin,' Philippine group. The night of June 2d this volcano began throwing up ashes and lava in inai.i use quantities and Hames were thrown upward considerably over 100 feet above the crater. The next da” fifty-six bodies were r»'coverevl at a considerable distance and the most recent •Lspatches n, Hong Kong up to July ■st-ated i bat nut Um than I, i » were lumvv to be killed. It was probable, said the dispatches, that the los- of life would reach into the thousands, depending on the length '?^*- eruption. On that date lava streams and ashes had reached the cities of Bacaeay, Malipot and Lil> ( »y, and their destruction was certain. Fifteen smaller towns between these ami the volcano had been destroyed and scores of the agricultural population bad been overwhelmed while attempting to escape. The imputation about the mountains is stated to be very large, because of the tine hemp plantations in the valleys radiating from it, where hemp of the best quality’ known to commerce is produced. '1 he natives live in deadly fear of an eruption, and hastened away as soon as the flniiK's began to appear. In case of hundreds it was then too late, for the lava streams overflowed into the valley below’ like a rushing river. Many villages and tine plantations have been completely buried in lava und ashes. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC DEBT. — Report for July Fhowa an Increase of Over $(J,t;OO,OOO. The monthly statwnent of the public ' debt issued Monday shows that the debt ■ less cash in the treasury at the close of business on July 111 was S'jyff.dddjrlti. an increase during the month of •$0,790,360, [ which rsacti.unted for by a eorrestxmding i de< reuse In the <-nsh in the treasury. This i die-rea-e is in ci.useqnence of exeeptioninlly heavy disbursements. The debt, independent ul the cash, was decreased by ijiio. The b '»t is recapitulated as follows: Ini teri-t beating debt. •5''47,363,320; debt I on whi h inteiost has ceased since maI turity, s1 debt b aring no inter- { . st, x:;77.76’.H2. Total. $1,226,463,102. Th how ever, do- s not include ^oNS.-oi;!,-9A3 in ccitTcat s ami treasury notes ' uu:-tan ling, which is < ffset by an equal no oi>nt •.* ■ . !i in the treasury. The cash if .lii-sU..I follows: Gold, $178,024,t 777: -H .‘r, .>521,7:‘. I,13t« ; paper. $149,g {awes. Ct. . MX,7A:>22. T-ml, $867,AgamM which there are demand •i -'■■■■:. '-ding amounting to $G34.- { 015.47 G. whi h haves the net cash balance in the treasury .<233.016.456. The moi:>hiy statement issued by the dii rector of the mint shows that during July, IN>7, the < oil.: go ex. ■ tiled at the Unitcif Slates mints ;mount, d to $670.550. as ! follows; Gold .S177.OOO; silver, S2<U),OOO; : minor coins, $;:3,S5y. During the month I of August the large accumulation of gold | bullion at San Francisco, which now I ntii"unis to .s4.r?**jxMt, will be worked off n - rapidly as the capacity of the mint will ■ permit. The coinage of standard silver dollars p: . J . bly will be re- lined about I Sept. 1. The monthly comparative state- ! merit of the Government receipts and expenditures for the month of .July show the total roeeqits to have been $39,027,3'H and the disbursements $30,100,908, leaving the excess of expenditures over receipts SI I,< 173.544. This deficit is ac coiinteil sot bj abnormally’ heavj- expetv { ditures incident to the beginning of the i new fis.-al year. As compared with Jun* i the receip - wore increased $2,442,656, and the disbursements were increased by j $27,166,214. During last month the reI eeipts from cr.st ms amounted to $16.i 9<><’».si>L an in./ease as compared with I July, ls'l6, of about SSJMiO,(H>O. The in- ! ternal revenue during July last yielded '519,767,831, ; - ■■■mpared with $14,302,i 532 for July. D 96. 1 ' 'J-Y? 'o^/ M /J , . .., cnojooore o anta to try his -k.II ng;.hist anj i::."> I»ound man. Tommy Ryan has already begun active training for his coming fight with "Kid McCoy. If any of the 110-pounders want an en gagement. Joe Bateman of Jersey City i is willing to fight them. The annouw ement made about a month I ago that Peter Maher awl Tom Sharkey { would fight under the auspices of Dan { Stuart has been verified. Casper Leon says^that if “Spike” SullL ; van will post a forfeit f >r his “unknown. ' he will light him or anybody else for the J 103 pound championship of the world. Owing to the fact that Solsv Smith has i been matched to box "Pedlar Palmer in London, the proposed encounter between I himself and Johnny Grillin, which was to have been decided at San Francisco, has i been declared off. The latest information which has been received from Peter Jackson was brought । by a sporting man who arrivc'd here from j London the other day. He said that | Jackson is in fine health, and doing very well with a school for boxing, which is located in London. i Homer SelLy ("Kid” McCoy’s brother) i aspires to la come the welter-weight cham- ; pion of the world, and as a starter has challenge! Con Doyle of Chicago. Once more there is talk of a fight between Jack McAuliffe and Lavigne. This talk is just about as important as the talk about a finish between John L. Sullivan and Fitzsimmons was. Jack Madden, the Brooklyn bantam-, weight, wants to meet Jimmy Anthony before on*' of the clubs in San Francisco. Madden is ready to put a forfeit for a. side bet of SSOO to SI,OOO. The contest to take place within the next six weeks.