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The Job department of the Pitt'.ss is complete at:', .iir ids fit litics f"r doing the best class of * rW. I' A m ICfLAK * ITM I tOK PAID TO LAW P HINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear t,<i s are paid, except at the option of tho pub lisher. i-apers sent tut of the county must be paid fc r ,n advance. in IPO2 no fewer than 40,401 eons emigrated from Ireland, all of wiiom except 211 were natives. Sine© ! 1851 nearly 4,000,000 have left their i Irish homes for the colonies or United States. The Thomas Jefferson bronze med als, designed under the direction of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial asso ciation. and intended to be given to subscribers to the memorial fund, ara coined at the Philadelphia mint. The General Electrical Co., of Pitts burg nd Schenectady, made one fourth of the electrical apparatus sold in the United States this year, and, as shown by its annual report, its sales were $30,685,000, of which $lO,- 000,000 was net prolit. A section of cable in the Caribbean sea was recently raised from 1,350 fathoms of water, where it had lain for thirty years. Tests showed its core to be in perfect electrical con dition and the rubber Insulation un injured. The fertile brain of Thomas A. Edi son continues to be the source of the greatest amazement to the clerks and officials of the patent office who haves in charge the work of looking after the applications placed on file by this Inventor. On the last day of June Mr. Edison obtained 791 patents from the patent office on as many inventions, a larger number by several hundred than any other individual has received in the history of the office. Arthur Barclay, the newly elected president of Liberia, is of pure Afri can stock, born in Jamaica, whenoo his parents emigrated to the African republic when he was still a child. He has already held several promi nent positions there, among them postmaster-general and secretary of the treasury. At" his inauguration, which takes place in December, Mr. Barclay will become the 13th president since Liberia became independent in 18+7. King Edward has given orders for the disbandment of his private band, one of the ancient features of his court. In its present form it was es tablished by Charles 11., and some au thorities assert that a "state" band existed in the days of Queen Elizabeth. It Is composed of 34 musicians, under the direction of Sir Walter Parratt, "master of the musick." Its members are the best that can be secured in England, and this Is the real cause of Its dissolution. What Turkey has already sold to the world in breadstuffs is as nothing compared with what she can produce when her enormous agricultural re sources have been developed. Of ail agricultural states, Turkey is perhaps the only one which may be able soma day to compete successfully with Am erica in England and on the continent of Europe in this respect. Especially Is this the case in the production of cotton, which is such an important fac tor in the textile industries of Ger many. Rr. Adm. Schley is back from Mexi co and enthusiastic. "Why," he says, "the mineral wealth of that country has not even been scratched. I con sider Mexico one of the greatest min ing countries of the world." He had a nice time with President Diaz and came away admiring him more than ever. As to himself, the rear admiral reports that he sleeps nine hours a night, wakes up "as fresh as a baby," hopes the country will have 30 years of unbroken peace and hasn't a politic al ambition. Three learned New York supremo court justices, sitting in appellat? term, have decided that there are "no rules of etiquette that require a man, while eating in a so-called quick lunch restauiant, to take off his overcoat and hat." This decision was the out come of an appeal from the judgment of the municipal court for $44.40 in favor of Lewi* Harris, who alleged his overcoat was stolen while eating In a lunchroom. The court held that ho hail not used proper care In hanging up his coat. Pro*pet-tors the other day discover ed by accident that l'ii> squaio miles if the t!ri it Salt Lake has In en trans form-d Into a fro di water lake by means tif tie great fill which Is a part of the Lucia Cutoff A workman on the cuti ft went bathing in the lako uiul to bis surprint- disco vereil that til* water, witi< h before was briny, hail lit t-n trunsformed Into fit ah water. li>- made known hla oh ervation lo oili er work inn. wlm investigated met made a trip of five or »i* utiles alou-j shorv of, lake, THE REPUBLICAN MANAGER. 'f*here \\ ill lip Mi 112 ull for u (ircnl Ainon n< of Kkill In till' I'iiiii- Ints I'll iiiiiii Ikii. The question as to who will be at the head of the republican national committtee in the campaign of 1904 is troubling the democrats a good deal more than it is the republicans, al though the republicans are beginning ♦o give a little attention to it. Every tew days a report comes that Senator Hanna is to retire from the head of that committee. The name of the per sonage who is to succeed him varies with the successive stories of the re tirement of the present head. The latest person to be mentioned in that connection is Senator Lodge. Senator Quay was previously mentioned with considerable prominence. Postmaster General Payne was an earlier proba bility, according to the stories which j appeared at the time. The latest | guess may be no better than the j others. The question of the selection I can, however, be dismissed from se- j rious consideration for many months : yet. says the St. Louis Globe-Demo- j crat. It is altogether possible that Mr. ! Hanna will want to step down from the post of chairman of the national j committee in 1904. lie will he G7 years of age at that time, and even under the present overwhelming preponder ance »112 the republican party among the voters of the United States, the management of a great national can vass is a task of some magnitude for a man of that age. It is known that the senator wanted to retire from the chairmanship in 1900, but that he was persauded by his friend McKinley to hold it until the campaign ended. He did this as a personal favor to the prosident. Possibly he will be per- 1 suaded to continue the chairmanship j for another canvass. This is a matter [ which cannot be determined officially j until the committee meets to select officers for the campaign. While there is a likelihood that Mr. Hanna will retire, nobody except the senator him self can say positively whether he will j or not The senator, in the two cam paigns which he manaued, showed himself to be a party manager of rare skill P. is probable that his superior in that field does not live. Yet the republican campaign of 1904 will be ably managed, even if the pres ent capable head of the committee de clines to serve through another can-j vass. The republican party has many j men who are able to meet all the de- j mands of leadership or management I in any sort of a campaign. Nobody j supposes that the republicans will J have any such formidable opposition in the canvass of 1904 as they had in i that of lS9f>. No matte? what may be thought of Bryan in other respects, it will be conceded that he put up a very resolute and effective fight ih his first campaign. Even in his second canvass i the result could not have been foretold , with any great amount of confidence, j So far as the country can see. there is nobody in the democratic ranks who could arouse anything like the en thusiasm which Bryan evoked in 189 C, or even in 1900. This much of a con cession will have to be made to the hypnotic powers of the recent candi date of the democracy. It must be re membered that that party, in those two campaigns, polled a far larger vote than it had ever previously rolled < up. In 1904 there is a reasonable cer tainty that a large section of the j strictly Bryan element will be in oppo sition to the democratic candidate, who will almost certainly be selected from what is called the Cleveland sec tion of the party. The outlook is that not a very great amount of skill will be needed to manage the repub lican campaign successfully next. year. Whether, however, the republican dif- j Acuities in the canvass should turn out to be formidable or not, there- ! publican party has many men who will be able to cope successfully with j the situation. CURRENT COMMENT. tr?"lt is stated that the democrats and populists of Nebraska will again fuse. They have such a close resemblance to each other —particularly in that state — that it would probably be impossible to sort them out, anyway.—Philadel phia Press. ir~The only matter of consequence In the action of the lowa democratic convention is the ignoring and virtual repudiation of free silver. Two years ago it reaffirmed the Kansas City plat form in whole and in every part. Its present action shows a feeble sort of attempt at reformation. The demand that "the integrity of the money of the nation be guarded with zealous care" might be construed as demanding a new burglar-proof safe in the treasury de- '• pnrtment.—lndianapolis Journal. tr"The same dispatches that bring the news that Mr. Bryan bitterly denounces the action of the lowa democrats also ! brings the news that the outcome in lowa has greatly stimulated the Cleve- I land movement in the east. In spite of thf protestations of Mr. Cleveland's friends that he does not want the nom ination and of his enemies that he can not have tin nomination, Mr. Cleveland is more and more becoming the Inevl- I table candidate of the conservative de mo'-racy Dos Moines Iteglster-Leader. t A considerable part of the demo- 1 [ oratle partv Is booming Senator Oor ; man's presidential ambitions with no i little vigor One politician has openly declared that "capital him no confidence in Bryan." Mad the same politician af firmed that the <vrth was round he i would have been no r afer In hlndeelnra- : ; tion. Indeed, it looks very nilli'li as If, the pilots on Hie democratic r.hlp had ! lost their bearings, throußh lael> of prac- ; tlee, and were nmn« u wring among the j : stnml*. but now and then venturing to' > ca»t anchor In *om»> xafe upot from ' wlili h they mttsht vl« « the np«i M-a and ' wait for culm watber Tro> Times. I CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY. JULY 16 1903 THE POST OFFICE AFFAIR. Thorough lll veatlKnllon \\ ill He Mail* tinier Direction of (lie President. There have been no great steals in the postoflice department, but it would ap pear that a liu - ge number of prominent officials have assisted in grafting onto the pay roll persons who had no busi ness there, and one late official has been indicted for receiving a substantial sum as a bribe for awarding contracts. Two assistant attorney generals for the post olfice department are found by Assistant Postmaster General Bristow to have been connected with irregularities, and ol' these both have been removed and one has been arrested. All have been | for a long time connected with the de j partment, and all but the assistant at | torneys general were apparently civil j service appointees who had been pro j moted on what was deemed "merit." All j those under fire have powerful friends j and every possible influence has been j exerted to save them from punishment, | .says the San Francisco Chronicle, j The American people are fortunate in | knowing that they have a president whom nothing can deter from probing : i his scandal to the bottom, no matter ! who is hit. He does not, of course, carry jon the investigation. That is the duty of the postmaster general, but the power of the president is behind everything which is of sufficient importance to claim his attention. The postmaster general, in turn, does not deal directly with the investigating officials, or with i hose who are accused. His proper place is that of an official to review, and to direct action on the facts as they come before him. His action has been so prompt and so stern as to satisfy the | most exacting critic, and he lias placed ill the facts before the public as fast as they have been properly authenticat | ed. The 'real work of the investigation lias been in charge of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, and the result shows that he is sparing nobody. I Whether we have yet seen the end is uncertain. Attention having been drawn I to scandals in the civil service, all de | partments are doubtless now being qui- I etly examined. It is certain that the en ! tire administration is thoroughly i aroused. None of these derelict officials 1 are recent appointees. Some of them date | back to Cleveland's administration or before. All must have borne good repu j tations and gone wrong under the temp i tatiijns of extravagant Washington life. | The greater part of the irregularities ; are in petty things. The most common ! offense was in getting some one irregu j larly on the pay rolls at the behest of ' some influential person. The public has j the right to know the names of the con j pressmen or other high officials to whose demand these officials yielded. They may be beyond the reach of the law, and probably are, hut the public would like j ' o know their names just the same. WYOMING WANTS HANNA. Senator Warren Snys tile People of That Stale Would Xomiaute Kooscvclt by Acclamation. "Senator Hanna should serve as ! chairman of the national republican ! committee and manage the campaign For ltoosevelt, who will be nominated by acclamation," said Senator Warren, • of Wyoming. "I hope lie will serve in this capacity and so do the people of ■ my state. The republicans of Wyoming are all for Roosevelt. They also believe the relations between the president and Senator Hanna are as pleasant, whether they are as intimate or not, as were the relations between President McKinley j and the Ohio senator. "Our people believe that Mr. Roose velt is a broad man and one in whose I care the interests of the country, of j all kinds, are perfectly safe. They are interested in having capital come to our state and wish to do nothing that ; in any way could make capital timid in I seeking investment. "We believe that while protecting la j bor President Roosevelt is also a thor ough friend of capital in whatever form it may be found, and that he will pro tect it under the laws of the land and encourage Its use and increase. "In the Rocky mountain region," con tinued Senator Warren, "we do not con | sider it worthy of making an issue of any plan for the revision of the tariff. It may be there are cases in which the tariff is not just what we should like ! to see it. but we believe about it as did Tom Reed when he said: 'lt is not ' what you want; it is what you can get in comparison with what you have got.' When we get into a tariff revision it is not what we want that we will get. "At the present time we think we are better off without any revision. The ! country generally is prosperous and the | people are doing well. A revision of the | tariff will bring with It uncertainty, which would result in untold loss from i the stoppage of business. Our Rocky mountain country has few items of the tariff In which we are interested direct ly, but we are looking to the general effect of the tariff rather than to our ! interest In specific terms. "We are for the tariff just as we are for a good navy. It is a national Issue with us. There are perhaps but three or four items of the tarlfT that v'c are directly Interested In." o - \ government that can afford to r move taxes to the amount of nearly $4n.000,000. as was done In the repeal of the |j»ei of the internal revenue war taxes, and still come out at ihe end i of the ,iar with a surplus of about ' fSrt.OOO.ODft, has reason to concratul.ite i it 'elf on the prosperity of Its people,— Indianapolis Journal. { c Col lir%an's favorite plant. wa» j completely Ignored hv the lowa demo cratic eon vent lon. A more unuchhhor- Iv or timhristtanlllie act could hardly I have bct-n conceived,--4t, Louis Ulobt i Democrat. CONCILIATORY BOARD. Coal ."Hitler* Tell Their <• rlc vaiiee* ta II at a tlrrtlnii Held In H likcobitrrr, B'a. Ili-rlkiont to lie .llaile S'lililie ul Next Sitting* Wiikesbnrre, Pa., July 10.—The board of conciliation held au import ant meeting at Glen Summit yester day and reached an agreement as to n number of grievances submitted from the Seventh district. The de cisions will not be made public until after both sides have been notified. A few of the grievances which in volve questions of fact could not be settled by the conciliation board and both sides will be heard on the dis puted points at the next meeting, which will be held at l'ottsville, July 24. Chairman W. L. Connell presided. The other members present were Secretary T. 1). Nicliolls, !{. ('. Luther, S. I). Warriner, John Fahcy and Will iam Dettrey. The first business was the consid ering of the answer of the coal com panies to the list of grievances of the miners submitted by Mr. Dettrey at the last meeting held in this city. Mr. Dettrey then handed over a list covering grievances at nearly every colliery in the llazleton and Lehigh region. These grievances in a gen eral way covered alleged discrimina tion, refusal of some companies to permit of a check docking boss, ne glect to pay the advance on the new sliding scale, hours of labor, etc. The answers of the operators to these were received and considered by the board in detail. Some of the ques tions concerned the interpretation of the coal commission's award, and au agreement was reached by 1 lie con ciliators on those questions. The obstacles encountered by the conciliators were in regard to ques tions of fact where operator and miner disagreed, and these questions could not be decided until both sides are heard. It was therefore decided to have a hearing of both sides to the disputes at the next meeting in l'otts ville. John Fahcy. representing the min ers from the Schuylkill region, then presented to the board a list of 32 grievances.covering all the complaints of employes in collieries in that re gion. These grievances are about the same as those from the llazleton and Lehigh region, with the addition of the trouble about the nine-hour work day on Saturday and the ques tion of payment of the 10 per cent, advance decreed by the commission on gross earnings of the miners. The miners claim they should be paid on the gross earnings ard al lege that the plan of the companies to pay on the net earnings lowers the percentage. This list of grievances is to be in the hands of the secretary before the Pottsville meeting. After some further routine business the meeting adjourned. It is understood that harmony and good feeling prevailed during the ses sions. DELEHANTY DROWNED. Corpse Fonnd in Niagara lElvcr Iden* tilii-d as That of Hie Famullx ISall I'layer. Buffalo, N. Y., July 10. —The body found in the river below the falls yesterday was identified us that of lid Delelianty, the famous outfielder of the Washington American league team. The body was mangled. vine leg was torn off, presumably by the pro pellor of the Maid of the Mist, near whose landing the body was found. M. A. Green, a stockholder in the Washington team, identified the body by the teeth, two crippled fingers and the elothfiig. The body will be shipped to Washington. Frank Delehanty, of the Syracuse team, and ii. J. McGuire, a brwther in-law, from Cleveland, are here in vestigating the death of the player. They do not believe that Delehanty committed suicide, or that lie had been on a spree in Detroit. in the sleeper on the Michigan Central train on the way down from Detroit Dele hanty had five drinks of whisky, says, Conductor Cole, and lie became so ob streperous that he had to lie put (10L the train at Bridgeburg, at the Cana dian end of the bridge. Cole says Delehanty had an open razor and was terrifying others in the sleeper. After the train had disappeared | across the bridge Delehanty started j to walk across, which is against the I rules. The night watchman attempt : ed to stop him. but Delehanty pushed the man to one side. The draw of the | bridge hail been opened for a boat I and the player plunged into the < Niagara river. Delehanty's relatives hint at foul play, but there is nothing in the case, ' apparently, to bear out such a the- I orv. To Prevent Interference. Washington, July 10.—The navy de partment has taken steps to prevent further interference with American shipping in t lie Orinoco by either gov i eminent or rebel forces. This action was taken upon the advice of Mr. Russell, I'nited States charge at Car acas, to the effect that the govern ment forces had detained two ships belonging to the Orinoco Steam Navi gation Co. at San Fernando and the insurgents had detained ami were l likely to destroy three other ships ' belonging to the same company at < iudad I'olivar. Orders were cabled to the steamship Bancroft at Port of Spain to proceed at once up the Orinoco and release the detained ves- I sclh. Convicted of.1! iirdcr. New York, .1 illy 10. ■ William Spen cer. the negro who shot and in tantly killed Superintendent Charles ('. \fc- Karlanil, of the \nti Po I icy widely, on June IS, in a corridor off the court of gene nil . ion-, w.i-, ye tcrdav i found giiili.v of murder in the first i degree. ll' plea of insanity win, un- I availing. Spencer vviik Indicted Im inedhi lelv lifter the murder. The i trial be'jiiii last Monday, The jury vv.is out jut J.I niflUltes. Spencer % ill Imi electrocuted duriiiff Ihe third v%cek iii or jut Ihii moil lbs after ihe commission of his crime. FOUrt PERSONS KILLED. I I!* prom Train MriieU a W | Nfiir Cincinnati—.4ll Nino of lt« Or riMtiniU lli'l IJi'tilb or ItlnHiln*. Cincinnati, July 10. —A westbound Pennsylvania Iriiin struck a wagoe containing nine people at a ero iujs eigjht miles east of this city last night, killing four, fatally injuring three ami seriously injuring' two 01 the occupants of the wagon. Robert Copenhagen, with his wife and two children, were going from the Junction to Madisonville. A daughter of a neighbor and four of their boarders, William Uooth.Charlew Johnson. William I'oole and another man whose name was not learned, ac companied them. They did not ob serve the train, which was coming al high speed. 'When the engineer saw them he blew his whistle, but it was too late to reverse or stop the train. The mules on hearing the whistles stopped and could not be moved. The animals were across the track and es caped unhurt, while the wagon was wrecked and all the occupants either killed or injured. The train brought the victims to this city. The dead were taken to the morgue and the injured to the hospital. Robert Copenhagen and two of his children, a girl and a boy, and William I'oole were killed. Mrs. Copenhagen, William Booth and the unknown man were fatally injured. 'Charles Johnson and the 2-year-old child of Copenhagen may recover. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS. I'lr<il Session of tin- Society'" Animal Convention Is !lclil at Denver* Denver, Col., July 10.—Thousands of Christian Fndeavorers from all parts of the United States and Can ada, with a few from abroad, arrived Thursday. More than 10,000 persons attended the opening mass meeting ! of the convention in the large tent ! erected for the occasion. A rousing i song service preceded the opening of | the convention, which was called to ! order by Presdent Francis E. Clark, father of the Christian Endeavor I movement. After devotional exercises I a welcoming song was sung by a I chorus of 000 voices. Welcoming ad i dresses followed. At the annual huisness meeting, of the United Society of Christian En deavor all the old officers were re elected as follows: President, Rer. Francis E. Clark, D. I).; treasurer, William A. Shaw; clerk, George 15. j Graff; auditor, Fred H. Kidder. The retiring trustees also were re elected and presidents were named for the various state, territorial and provincial societies. | Treasurer Shaw's annual report showed receipts for the year ended June 1 to have been $9,5911, cash on hand June 1, SSS. Th" publishing de partment's expenditures the past year were ,$G:2,.i10: cash on hand June 1, $3,042. Its total assets are $44,160; liabilities $7,413. W.'LL NOT RESIGN. Deputy Auditor of Dintrlct «»l" Colum bia Disposes of Stock ill Order to Kc« tain Position. Washington, July 10.—The commis sioners of the District of Columbia took action yesterday concerning the proposed exchange of places between Auditor Petty and Alexander McKen zie, a member of the board of per sonal tax appraisers. The fact hav ing becn*discovercd that Mr. McKen zie, while holding the position of dep uty auditor, approved vouchers for the payment of large amounts of money to the Washington Asphalt Hloek and Tile Co., of which he was secretary, the commissioners con | eluded not to appoint him to the of | lice of auditor. Mr. McKenzie was given the alter j native of severing his connection with | the company or resigning from the ' district service. He chose the for mer and soon announced that he had disposed of his entire holdings. Mr. McKenzie while deputy auditor trans | acted the business of his company ' md of the district on the same desk : used by him in the district govern -1 ment building. Unless some official j pan be found who wll exchange places with Auditor Petty, the latter officer, j it is stated, will be requested to re sign. _ AIIIP«» Appeal I* Denied. St. Paul, July 10. —The supreme court yesterday disposed of the ap j peal of ex-Superintendent of Police i Ames, of Minneapolis. Superintend j cut Ames is the brother of ex-Mayor | Ames, of Minneapolis, and was placed ; in charge of the police of that city, j lie was indicted and convicted on the i charge of receiving money from I women for "protection." The sen | tence imposed was six and a half years in the state penitentiary. Ames appealed to the supreme court and several important questions were in volved. These have been brushed j aside bv the supreme court and the j sentence is declared to be perfectly ; proper. To I'ltflit Organized l.abor. Indianapolis, .lulv 10. —If the pur pose of the committee on constitu tion of Ihe National Manufacturers' • association shall be approved by the I executive committee and ratified by a 'vote of the members, the organiza -1 tiou will enlarge its scope and be ] come the propaganda of aggressive 1 methods in restraint of organized labor, backed by a fund of *1,.100.000. The executive committee finished a 'two days' session here last evening ; after going over a new constitution I for the association, Tcrrllilv l''atul (Seal, | New York. .Inly 11. There were six •leath from heat yesterday ill New York, ~iv in Brooklyn and fully two score <>f prostrations. |i was th* • hotte-i day since .luly 2, not, which was the hottest day in the hottest month since the local weather bureau opened in I*7l. The official record if that day. two yearn ago, wax Ml de gree--. Yesterday it ran to 04 de grei I low it in the street- Immunity nutfered terribly. In the tenement ilstiict the heat seemed t • In un bearable. I.it tie eliildi*t*it m: lie red tlipecially. THE J „ WS' PLT.I ION II I* Vol Yet In Sli:ii»c to f»o I > the • I7.ur I'rcnldiMit ICuoM lflt »!• j-ri H < On It-ri'»;<•!» Iloltf ii( Sn^ttinorc 111(1. Oyster May, X. Y., JuTy 9.—Presi dent Roost-volt and Secretary Hay concluded llieir conference at a lute hour Tuesday night. The secretary left Sagamore Hill yesterday morning and took the train for New York, in tending to proceed tlienee to Wash ington. It is understood tlint tlie exact method of procedure relative to thw B'nai B'ritli petition to the Russian, {government, has not been determined. The petition itself has not been com pleted and it can be said that the president deeply regrets the delay in i the placing of the document in his hands. Next week, probably on Tuesday, the president expects to have a conference at Sagamore Hill with three of the Jewish citizens who have promoted the idett of forward ing a petition to the Russian govern ment.. On that day Simon "-Volf, of Massa chusetts, and Oscar SttVuss and Leon X. Levy, of New York, will take luncheon with the president. It is expected that the petition, which has "been revised carefully by its authors, will be handed to the president at that time. In any event, the subject, in all its phases will be considered thoroughly. . It is expected that the Jewish citi zens who have been insistent in their advocacy of the sending of the peti tion desire that matters relating to it should be considered entirely apart from the Manchurian question. This, it is pointed out by state department officials, is scarcely possible, as the tv.o matters are inseparably connect ed in the manifold ramifications of the United States diplomatic rela tions with Russia. Whether the petition, when com pleted, will be sent immediately to the Russian government, or whether the Russian foreign officials will l>o asked first whether it will receive such a presentation, has not been de termined definitely. The result would he the same, in effect, whether the one method were adopted or the other, as, naturally, Russia would be cognizant of the nature of the peti tion before she declined or agreed tc receive it. A SCHOOL ENDOWMENT. M ill of Tiro, llurrii'l Lano .1 oiliison Given BSOO.OOO to l'ound an Insti tution lor Hoyft. Washington, July 9.—The will of the late Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson, the niece of President Buchanan, was filed for probate yesterday. The fol lowing bequests are made: Three hundred thousand dollars to the cor poration of the Protestant Episcopal cathedral foundation of the District of Columbia, in memory of the sons' of the testatrix, and to be known as the "Lane-Johnson fund." It il - that not more than $150,000 shall be used for the erection of a building as a school for boys, the re mainder togo for its maintenance. The wish is expressed that the school be conducted for the free mainte nance, education and training of choir boys. Sixty thousand dollars are left to Johns Hopkins university for tlx' en dowment of three scholarships to be awarded to poor youths. One hun dred thousand dollars are left in trust as the "James Buchanan monu ment fund" for the erection of a suit able monument to the memory of President Buchanan at his birthplace near Mercersburg, Pa. Several other bequests are made, including a large Bum for the Harriet Lane Home for- Invalid Children, of Baltimore. OPIUM MON6POLY. ( luircliiiieii nutl Clilneoo I uitr in Op» poMlng tlie Grunting of One by Ilic I'll 111 t>l>l nc CoinmlKMlou. Manila, July 9.—Representatives of the Chinese chamber of commerce and the Evangelical union argued for six hours yesterday in opposing the opium bill at the public discussion of that measure on tlie occasion of its third reading. The Chinese advo cated that there be no change in tlie present indiscriminate sale of opium with additional government super vision over its importation. The Evangelical union delegates urged the prohibition of the sale of opium by the United States commission and ex posed the most sensational conditions prevailing, alleging that, the Chinese are tampering with the newspapers and raising a fund destined to be used in bringing about the defeat of the bill. The object of the opium bill is ti;» create an opium monopoly in the archipelago and selling to the high est bidder. II is based on the theory that it will restrict the use of tlie drug to Chinese who have used it all their lives'and prevent its indiscrim inate sale to American and Filipinos,, many of whom are falling victims to the use of opium. I><-atlly llrnl In Ci lemc• Chicago, July 9. —Six deaths and a number of prostrations were re ported to the police yesterday as a result of the heat. \t 2:30 p. m.the mercury registered (i.'t degrees, wlncii is the highest so far this year. Lons»lrr(>t'» Kye to be ICcmoretl. Gainesville, (in., July 9.—Gen., j. James Longstreet, now in his 'list year, will submit today to an opera tion for the removal of his left eye, destroyed by cancer. 4 Victory lor Mcttluer*, St. Louis. July !•. St. I.i uis ticket, brokers will be able to continue ! doing business until n--\t October, ! despite the injunctions recently is , mied against them by the judges i,f the Si. Louis circuit court. Judge , Yaiiliant, "I the supreme court «.f Missouri, has made this possible by j directing writs of prohibit it to it I Bile, restraining the circuit judge* from enforcing their in inn-lions and ordering them at well as the ra Iru. ti corporations aterested to show sail e at the October term why the niit of prohibition should lint be permanent.
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