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II TEA LAND
The Chen-Yuen, China's Most Formidable
Battle Ship, Is Destroyed.
STORIES OF BRUTALITY ARE DENIED
The Japanese Claim That Inhumanity
in Warfare Is Not the Policy of That
Country Reports Received from
Shanghai Have Been Distorted by
English Correspondents The Chin
ese Said to Have Opened the Battle
Which Resulted So Disastrously
from Their Standpoint.
Shanguai, Jnly St.
EWS has jast teen received here
of a desperate battle b.-tweon
the fleets of China and Japan,
in wbich the Chinese were de-
tented and th Chen-Yuen, the largest
battleship but one in tun Cbiueseser
vice, was cui.k and two other larue Chi
nese ves'els, 8 lid to b first-class crui
sers, captured or destroyed.
The battle was hotly contested, but
the Japanese seem to have handled
their kuus aud torpedoes with more
skill than the Chine.'. The Chinese
fleet engaged carried nearly a thousand
men, and a larjje number of them are
reported to have Dee in killed or
drowned.
Later dispatches say that few, if any,
of the Chinese engaged in the battle
escaped. Two Gorman oflicers.iu com
mand of the Cbeu-Yueh, are reported
to have met death with the crew of
that vessel.
The news of the battle was received
here by private telegrams from Tien
Tsin, and it is admitted that if the re
port is true it means that China's
power, us fur as sea fighting is con
cerned, bxs been Clashed. NYt one of
the remaining ships of China will dare
to show itself out of port if it is true
that the first-class battleship Chen
Yuen has been sunk by the Japanese. .
HISTORY OF THE SHIPS
The Chen Yur-n must have started
out from Tuliu after leaving the
Chinese transports there. The two
Chinese cruisers supposed to have been
captured or destroyed daring the en
gagement which ended so fatally for
the Cben-Yaen.are the Chin-Yuan and
the JJ'oo Chitig. The Chin Youn was a
protected cruiser, built nt Elswick,
England. She had a displacament of
2.300 tons and attained au average
speed in ber trial trips, with all
w-iuh's, batteries and orew aboard, of
18i knots. Her armament consisted of
three 8-inch Krnppi and two G-inch
Armstrongs, protected by splinter roof
shields. She also carried eight ex
pounder rapid fire Ilotvhkiss gnns, six
Catlings aud fonr torpedo tubes.
The Foo-Cbing wns also an English
built protected cruiser, very much
similar to the CliinYuan. She bad a
displacement of 3,G0() tons, was built of
steel in 1800, and carried ten guns of
about the same calibre as those carried
by the Chin-Yuan,
The Chinese fl-et carried about 1,000
men most of whom were drowned.
Among the killed here two G-rraan
officers a:t':ched to the Chen Yuen.
Tiie Coco Yuen was a battleship of
7,400 tons displacement, and was the
most powerful warship in the Cnineae
navy with the exception of Ting Yuen.
japan's official btoky.
Yokohoma, July 31 Tim following
official statement of the difficulties be
tween China and Japan, wbich led to
the outbreak of hostilities between
those two countries, has been iasned
by the Japanese government.
Japan aud China were approaching a
settlement of their difficulties when
China suddenly requested Japan to
wittidraw ner fleet from Korea, and to
give a formal compliance with the
Chinese demands by the twentieth,
otherwise the whole Chinese forces
were to land and a sea advance upon
the part of China was to be made. Tho
Japanese regarded this as an ultima
tum, but, acting under the advices of
the friendly powers, they agreed to the
proposals, in principle, in amended.
form, at the same time declaring that
u tne threatened Chinese advance was
made on the twentieth it would be re
garded as a monace to Japan.
It is conjectured that the Japanese
naval commanders were instructed to
be on the quivive for the Chinese war
ships and, seeing the latter advancing
on July 27. they opened fire. The Jap
anese do not believe that tho Kow
Suung, the Chinese transport snnk by
the Japanese cruiser, was flying the
British flag; but, In any casu, they re
garded it, if true, asarnse da cmarra.
The Japaneie indignantly riant thn
chargps of brutality brought against
tbe omcers and orew of the crnleer
wuicti sanK tbe transport. No cffkial
report has been received at Yokohoma
oi tnis engagement.
OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RECEIVED.
Washington, July 21. The Japa
nese legation tits just received from
tbe Japanese government full tnln
graphic reports of tbe first great naval
fight off the Korean eoast between
Japanese ana Chinese men-of-war. It
is positively itataa tbat the Chinese
gsve tne tirst provocation, and tbat the
(Whitman iron-clad HhI Van nhlnh -
IB
fone or tbe convoy and which is the
most powerful vessel in Chinese
. -I ""iwu va
I northern squadron, nad after tbe ex
change of a few shots.
1 Tbe Japanese minister expresses his
1 . emphatio aisDaiier in tbe statement
1 contained io a Shanghai dispatch pub-
I lished yesterday of inhuman conduct
1 on the part of the crews of the Japan
I tie vessels. Sucb action is entirely
1 foreign to Jnpaness methods and tbe
1 minister regards tbe report as another
1 one or tne grossly distorted rumors
V which have come so, frequently from
Chinese sources at Shaugbal and other
1PI
L places since the present troubles began.
BATTERSHALl DENOUNCED.
laaator Camden UeoUrea That There
Wn No Sugar la "Hlea."
AsniNOTON, Jnly 81. Senator Cam-
(W, Vs.), whose name hat been
uoned in the publio press in eon
m
One Chinese man-of-war was cap
tured and oue transport was sunk, as
Iihs already been stated, but none of
tbe Japanese vessels were injured, as
reported in telegrams from Pekin and
Shanghai.
neetion with sugar speculation, wns
More the investigating couiniittea this
afternoon. It is understood that he
uiudo a formal statement.
Senator Smith (Dein.,N. J.) has been
summoned before the committee.
Senator Camden denied tnat he had
peculated in sugar slock during the
pending of the tariff bill and de
nounced as a liar the miss'.ug witness,
Buttersbtill, who uiide uccusations
against him in the newspapers.
KILLED BY WHISKEY.
A Quart Bottle of the Stuff Finishes a
Young- Boy.
Pottsville. July 31. Two yonng
sons of Edward Monaghan, resid
ing near Girardsvillc, last eveninz
obtained possession of a quart bottle of
whiskey, which was in tne bouse, and
between them drank its contents. The
mother found the two boys laying on
tbe floor unconscious.
Medical aid was quickly summoned,
but James, aged 7 years, died a few
hours later. The other boy, Eddie,
aged S years, is still lu a critical jondi
tion. COKA AND KYliLE.
They Receive a Merciless Roasting;
from Dr. George Wallace, a
Portland Minister.
Portland, Ore.. July 31. Among
those who heard a sermonette delivered
Sunday evening by Rev. George R.
Wallace, pastor of the First Couereica-
tionul church, were Eyrie Bellew and
Cora Urqnhart Potter. The announce
ment that Dr. Wallace would, as a
prelude, speak of "An Insult to Port
land at Marquam Grand' drew more
than tho usual large audience. Dr.
Wallace begun with tbe statement thut
he desired to emphasize thfact that a
mass ot impurity had been poured out
upon this fair city during the past
week.
"Who are Kvrle Eellew and Mrs.
Potter!" asked the dostor. "Tbera is,
perhaps, no question that they have
same talent; at least, I will give them
credit for it; but tbey have taken that
talent and linked it with all that is
vile and abominabl- in the production
of a class of French plays tbat
is an insult to the American stage
and the American people. Eyrie B'-l-lew
has been associated in tbe
press with things none to bis credit.
There is in Chicago a husband
without a wife, a motherless ehild
Leslie Carter and his daughter
whose home was broken no through
the machinations ot Eyrie Bellew and
others whose namjs are connected with
tbat disgraceful scandal. Mrs. Potter
is a woman whose plays have been
condemned throughout the east as im
moral, and in many cities tLe moral
sentiment of decent people is Moused
in indignation against tnoir presenta
tion. Tbey are a disgrace to America,
and I raise my voice in protest against
such actor. "
When Dr. Wallace had registered
bis extraordinary protest against them
there was a momentary pause. Mr.
Bellew nervously drew ont bis watch.
slapp-d and shut it again with a con
vulsive movement, then, hurriodly
whispering to Mrs. Potter, both arose
and started down the center aiBle to
tbe door.
BROWN WAS COOL.
Norfolk'e First Hanging- Entertainment
Id Fifty Yeara Was a Succaaa.
Norfolk, Julv 31. The first exacn
tion in Norfolk for fifty yeira took
place at noon today, when JUadisrm
Brown, colored, was hanged for the
mnrdor of John Dollard while commit
ting a burglary at tbe latter s store.
The execution was witnessed by
sixty persons and went off without a
hitch. Brown was decidedly the cool
est mag In the erowd. Religions cere
monies were conducted by a Catholic
priest at tbe close of which the drop
lull.
Death was caused by strangulation.
The condemned man made no confes
sion on tbe scaffold.
IN OUR OWN COMMONWEALTH.
The output of coal from tho Clearfield
region is Increasing dally.
The State Sunday School convention
will be help at Huntingdon on October 9.
Murderer James E. Iell. at Harrisbnrir.
has little hope of clemency at the bands of
tne supreme court in Uctober.
The body of a suicide, Minnie Clark, of
Coolbaugh, daughter of a justice of the
peace was found iu Echo lake, near
sirouusDurg.
John Hackott rode on borsebnek over
young Harry ' Miller, at Nnwville, and
brcke Miller's collar bone and otherwise
iujured him.
Dr. F, II. Oppelt, widely known as the
proprietor ot tn uetbleuem Water com
pany, died, aged 67 years, lie was a pupil
oi anions xiuuueniann.
The overcrowded population of the
Btato lunatic nospitai, at iiumabure, was
relieved somewhat yesterday by tbe re
moval of eighty patients to the hospital
tor tne curomo insane at Yvoroersville.
Three brothers named O'Noill. while
bathing yesterday in the. Lehigh, at
Botmeuom, got into tne switt current,
una ana Harry were rescued by boatmen,
wbue Charles, aged is years, was drowned,
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Tbe official report of the trial of the
Minneapolis was delivered to tne secre
tary of the navy yesterday. It coinnli'
ments the designers and builders of the
vessel in tbe bigbnst terms and notes all
tbe details ot ber marvellous speed nud
general periormance.
The consul general of tho United State
at Parana baa ronorted the enactment of
a law by the legislature of the state of
Parana, Columbia, levying a 10 per cent,
ins on an imports into mat statu.
Consul Downes, of Amsterdam, reports
mat tun cnamDer or commerce of tnat
city, dissatisfied with the present steam
ship facilities, baa recommended the es-
tHDiisnment or a new line of steamers di
rect from Amsterdam to New York.
Representative Pickler is preparing a
Din i or me reimonrsemant or tne state or
South Dakota by tbe United States srov
ernment for the sum expended by the
state to Bupnress tbe Sioux uprising in
1801. A similar bill for reimbursing Ne-
orasaa reoontiy passed tne nouse.
MILLIONAIRE
Remarkable Story of Real Lift That Reads
Like Fiction.
DARK YILLiAN AND DETECTIVES
A Pittsburg Iron Manufacturer Hus
tled Out of the Country After a
Search of Two Years Duration De
tectives in the Employ of His Wife
Locate the Missing Man in Japan.
A Brother Figures as the Scheming
Heavy Villian in the Case.
San Francisco, July 31.
n MONG tbe passengers who ar
A rived on the Gaelic yesterday
n w'18 - M B-Vers' a rich iron
u U manufacturer of Pittsburg, who
rims In company with Dr. Samuel A.
uoyd, a physician who lias lately been
traveling with him. According to the
stories circulated. Dyers bad for a time
been abroad on account of ill health,
ome sav because lie was not in his
right mind, but another story has it
that Byor's brother who is his partnor
in the irou business in Pittsburg, is
anxious to keep him n brood, there be
ing a couple of million dollars con
cerned in it.
According to the story Byers was
"shanghaied" from bis home two years
ago. ills wife was in great gnot nnd
besought the brother to give some clew
as to her husband's whereabouts. This
he would not do. She then engaged
detectives, supplied them plentifully
with money and urged them to use
every endeavor to find bira. They
searched throughout the United States
without avail. .
located in japan.
A year ago they succeeded in locat-
him in Japan. Whoa th' detectives ar
rived there, however, Byers was gone.
Tbe detectives sent to bring him home
followed him to Australia, China and
the Hawaiian Islands. The sick man
was filially followed back to Japan.
Tbe wife's detectives discovered by
this time that Byers' brother bad
ben using detectives, and fur
thermore that he had a doctor en
gaged to travel with tho missing man.
Necessary legal p irjers were procured,
and Mrs. Byera' detectives "took the
invalid in charge and started back
with bun. All went well till tbey
reached Honolulu. There the detec
tives employed by the brother at
tempted to prevent them from coming
any further. They succeeded in get
ting away, nnd there was no more
trouble nutil Byers and tbe detectives
arrived here yesterday.
After stme trouble tel ween detec
tives representing the different inter
ests, Byers was taken east on last
nignt overland, tnwarting tbe ettortu
of his brother, who was trying to get
out a habeas cornus. E. M. Byers, fas
kidnapped man, who has been so long
abroad, is said to be worth between
$1,000,000 una $2,000,000.
11 f is mtorested in extensive iron
works at both Pittsburg nud Philadel
phia and is tne possessor of muah other
property.
GLIMPSES AT CONGRESS.
Considarable Business Transacted In tU9
Bouse.
Washington. July 31 The houso
transacted considerable business iu
three and a half hours that it was in
session today, bnt little of it was im
portant. Most of the bills passed were
reported from tho committee on naval
affairs and one only was of general in
terest. It authorized tbe secretary of
the navy, under proper regulations, to
loan to the states applying for them
such ships as can be spared for that
DurpoBo, to be used for the instruction
and improvement of tbe naval militia
of tbe states.
Mr. Hatch (Dem., Mo.) reported the
result of the conference on the agrtcnl
tural appropriation bill agreement on
all items except the one appropriating
$1,000,000 for the extirpation of the
RusM&n thistle in the nortnwest, put
on the bill In tho somite. By an over
whelming vote the house determined to
adhere to its disagreement and to fur
ther confer about the amendment, as
the senate requested.
BUFFALOR J:S.
Nothing of Sensational Characlar Mark'
f d tho Opening Day.
Buffalo, July 31 Nothing of a sen
Rational character ninrlcd the opening
day of the local grand circuit metim?.
This was in the opening event, the 2,30
trot. New Cnstl took the first heat
very handily in 2 15jj, but lost tho next
to Sixty-Six in muuu Blower time.
Ruhenstoin kept up hla excellent
record and captured tbe 2 21 pnoe off
the reel, by goi ig three good miles iu
2 13.
Tho 2 veer-old event was easy for
Marie D, a stout hearted daughter of
Patron, and she went the two miles
nereaaarv well within herself.
Tomorrow's card includes the special
race between Robert J., 2.05, and
Mascot. 2.04. and the boreem-m are
wondering if General Turner la due to
cut a watermelon with tbe gelding.
Summaries:
2.30 class, trottin?, nurse $2,000 Sixty
ix, b. g., by Chimes dam Joraey Lily
((ienp), first; Mew uastio, D. g., second,
Time. 3.15?.
.S4 class, pacing, purao f2,(!00 RoUen-
stelu, b. 8., by iiaron wiiKes dam uuttipa
(Lalrde), nrst: Ulaynontas, c. a., socoud.
Time. St 13.
8.40 class, trotting, 2-year-olils, purse
f 1,1100 Marie L, g. r. r., dv Matron dam
Cleopatra (Jamison), first; Miss Kate B,
f., second. Time,
TIIE 400 FOOLED.
Montreal Society Taken In by a Smooth
Tongued Young Stan.
Montreal, July 80. Hundreds of
society people mourned tbe disappear
nnce of a dashing young fraud, named
Clarence Wilmot, who came bere sev
eral weeks ago. He reoeivei the en
tree into the best circles and soon ont a
dasljlng figure. He spent money lav
isMy, and gave out that his mother was
a millionaire half adozn times over.
Recently be announced that he in
tended to marry Miss Marlar, of Three
Riven, in grand style. He chartered
a big steamer and issued over 300 invi
tations for the trip down the river,
which was to have taken place this
evening. Yesterday there was wailing
arna gunsbiug of tewiu wben it was
found that Wilmot bad disappeared
and that the festivities were declared
off. Miss Marler Is unknown in Three
Rivers.
MR. SMITH'S RIDE.
Starillnx Exparltno ft a Norrlatown
Councilman in Fast Company.
Philadelphia, July 31. The woman
who was thrown from a carriage and
killed wbile driving in Fairmount
park last night with Joseph D. Smith,
of Norriatown, was identified at
the morgue tine evening. The woman
came here about six weeks ago from
New York and took furnished
odgings at 1515 Spring Garden street
and gave the name of Mrs. Kittie Co-
ville. A man whom sbe said was her
husbnnd lived with her. It was this
man who i.luntifiud the woman's body
tonight at the morgue. He gave the
name of Coville, but did not claim the
body or give any further information
about himself or the woman. Tho
name of Coville is believed to be fic
ticods. Smith, who was arrested and de
tained as a witness, was brought be
fore a magistrate this morning, It was
shown that at tbe time tho accident
occurred tne woman wns driving and
the horse wns going fast. Smith said
that he did not know tbe woman's
name and that he had met her at a
river resort, and thut she had asked
him to take ber driving aud he bad
consented. After the hearing Smith
was discharged.
The news of the acaidont and Smith s
connection with it created great sur
prise in Norrlstown. Smith is a coun
cilmau there and tins a wife aud two
children and has always borne a good
reputation for morality, and is a regu
lar church attendant.
STRIKE THEORY.
Governor Pattison Gives His Opinion
of the Situation in Pennsyl
vania Coal Fields.
Chicago. July 31 Governor Robert
Pattison, of Pennsylvania, departed
for tbe east today by water route. IS
fore taking boat he was asked how the
recent eoal miners' strike bad affected
his state. The governor, in course of
nversatiou,, said:
'We have a peculiar condition of af
fairs in our mining district at the pros
ent time. Y-u see tbe miners are
working for 40 cents a ton. They can
get out about three tonn a day, but they
have to pay probably 14 cents a day for
oil, lamps, etc., so that they make on
an average about $1.05 per day. The
operators have to compete with the
miners in tbe Pocahontas district in
Virginia where the men work for 40
cents a ton. The companies, of course, are
engaged in deadly competition. Some or
the Virginia miners to work for 30
cents get up into the Pennsylvania dis
triettand aro willing to work at the
same rate. I hey are mostly men with
out families and can afford to do bo.
while oar miners, outside of ignorant
foreigners, aro mostly married, and
have families to take oara of. As a
rule they assimilate well with the gen
eral population. They are the primary
causes of labor causes a nd strikes that
have occurred the past year.
"People talk about our immigration
laws and the influx of foreigners who
come here aud work for little or noth
ing, but they do not oonsider tbe busi
ness side of tbe question. Ths steam
ship companies have placarded
Europ9 with their announcements
to carry passengers to tbe United
States, and tbe agents are working
indnstrionaly to drum up trade, Wben
the mau who makes tbe trip arrives iu
New York the railroads are ready to
carry him to any part of the United
State, and the newspapers lend aid to
the transaction by publishing the rates
and time cards of both steauisbip and
railroad lines. All these concerns are
counected with tbe immigration of for
signers for tbe bnsiueas there Is in it and
tbe only way we can keep out people
who don t come bore witn the expecta
tion of making good citizens of thorn'
selves is to impose flues and penalties
upon tbe corporations wblcb make
money out of the passenger tralho.
TICKS FROM THE TELEGRAPH.
Tho beef-killers at tho South Omnha
packing houses have struck tor the 18U3
rate.
Tuberculois hi twenty-four cows of
.TatneB II. tJearles' Jersey herd, at Rome.
N. Y., has been tbe cause of their killing.
Henry E. Perrine, of Buffalo. Mrs.
Cleveland's stepfather, who has been
seriously ill, is considered out or danger.
Dr. Harold' .Graffs, of St. Paul. 31 inn
after being examined for insanity and dis
charged, committed suicide Dy stabbing.
Proprietor Pnlitzor, of the New York
World, is a pavseugor on tue steamer
Spree, destined to this country, and issaid
to De very in.
The twenty-fifth annual convention of
the insurance commissioners of the United
States will be held at Alexandria liny, N
Y,, on Sept. fi.
An increase from SO cents to (2 per car
in switching charges, at the Union stock
yards, Chicago, may drive the.packers to
(hiiotor and leas expensive western citios.
Jlayor Schieren, of Brooklyn, has re
ceived from tun mayor or LUiDlin an op
poal for aid for the families of the drowned
Aolull Harvesters.
Will Robinson, charged with assaulting
and murdering Emma llondrix, of Chester
county, Tenn., has been captured near
Waterloo, Ala.
Daring a quarrel near Gainesville, Tex.
on Saturday night, 14-year-old Willis A.
M unlock shot anil Killed neory iiiutz,
farm hautt.
Curtis Bayson, one of the seven men
who held nn the 'Frisco train at Red Fork.
X. T. has been captured aud ooufessed the
names of his accomplices.
In a qnarrel ovor a drink, and while
drung, rniup m. obckiov, a commercial
agent lor tue Missouri racino company,
snot ana Kiueu v. u won, a oartenaer,
The will of thn late James D. Ward.
owner of tbe Ward Line steamers, of New
York, bequeaths his estate ot over
H,iHW,uw to nis aauguior, noreuce a.
Alker. .
THE SENATORS
WILL BE FIRM
Ho Signs of Weakening on the Tariff Bill
Di
EW CONCESSIONS WILL BE MADE.
A Line of Reciprocity May be Adopted
Admitting Canadian Coal Free if
the Dominion Will Return the
Favor Sugar, However, Will Con
tinue to Be a Bone of Contention
and no Concessions Will Impair the
Dignity of the Senate.
Washington, Ju'.y 31.
ENATOR JONES, in common
r witn otuer senators, today ue
rv nied the accuracy of tbe story
Zy sent out last night to tbe effect
that the senate was weakening on the
tariff bill.
"Any man who understands the sit
uation in the Ren.ite," said Mr. Jones,
'will see that it is utterly impossible
for the senate to yield in this matter.
Of course there will be concessions as
there always are; but in three items
referred to, over which there has been
so much contention, it docs not appear
clear to ine at least, bow the senate can
give way and then expect to pass the
bill.
'It ia known that the house has
practically agreed on every disagree
ment that bavo blocked their pathway
to suoce.is. Those agreements are in
line with the concessions heretofore
mentioned in thaso dispatches. It ia
further said they have about settled
the matter of Iron ore and coal. Iron
ore will remain as fixed by the senate.
uncertain as to coal.
Coal will also be kept on the dutia
ble list without any change in the r.ito
of duty, bnt it may be that tbe senate
will permit an amendmont, which will
be In the line of reciprocity, admitting
Canadian coal free it the dominion ad
mits the coal of this country free. It
is within tbe range of possibility tbat
the senate may yield five per cent, on
the duty on their two articles.
Sugar still continues the bone of con
tention, the houso conferroes maintain
ing that tbey must have some conces
sions there, Tbis tbe senate refused
to yield. Several propositions have
some from the house side, bnt as all of
them look to tho elimination of differ
ential of refined 8u;ar tbey have been
ignored by the senate members of the
conference.
HUNTING A LEPER.
Hawaii Determined to Capture the Lib
erty Loving Desperado.
Honolulu, July 8. The new Hawai
ian government will Boon make another
earnest effort to capture Koolau, the
leper King, who is supposed to b.i prowl
iug through the wilds of the Kauai
mountains An experienced omcr is
to be detailed with a party of picked
men, who it is intended shall be both
brave and dixcreet, and it is hnpsd that
on this expedition no lives will b for
feited through Koolan's determined
stand for liberty.
Tbe authorities, represented by Sher
iff Stolz, of Kuu.ii, undertook to re
move a colony of lepers to the famous
Molokai settlement. Tbe lepers,
headed by Koolan, refused to go and
when Sheriff Stolz threatened them
Koolan shot him through the heart.
Then tbe provisional governmnt sent
a force of forty men to capture Koolan.
but from bis naturally fortified re
treats iu the mountains he killed sev
eral of his pursuers as thoy attempted
to aoale tue heiguts, and when tney
foroed his sistor to seek his hiding
place ehe found that he and his wife,
who is bis companion and also a lepsr,
bad ned.
FRATERNITY FOR ALL.
All Sceret SoctoUca to Hold a Great
Iilas Meeting.
The members of the various secret
and fraternal societies of the Knights
of the Golden L.igle, Knights of
Pythina, Independent Order of Red
Men, ileptasopiis, Knights of the My s
lio Chaiti, Junior Order American
Mechanics, Ancient Order of United
Workmen, Independent Order of Good
Templars, Sons of Veterans, Grand
Army of the Republic, Union Veteran
Legion. Royal Arcanum and many
similar societies are deeply interested
in a movement In Johnstown, the like
of wbich has never been attempted be
fore. It is regarded by those who are
familiar with it ns tbe most remark.i
ble fraternal step ever proposed In the
world.
The purpose is to have miss meet
ings of all secret and fraternal societies
at wbich addresses will be mane, a
parade arrangod and all tbe orders
named in tbat section will participate.
One of the notable features of the
great parade, Wednesday, Aug. 15
will be that ouly one badge, that of
red, white and blue ribbon, upon which
tbe word ''Fraternity" will be printed,
will be worn in p irade. All regalias
will be excluded, but in the burner
division colors nnd banners may be
shown.
MR. EVANS' STATEMENT.
divas His Version of the Reaaon Why
He Is Attaoked.
Some excitement has been caused iu
Providence by a sweeping charge
against Thomas B. Lvane, mine fore
man at tbe Clark vein in the Von
Stnrnh shaft Last cvenlncp Mr.
F.Tina annr a TnilltlMR rennrter. to
whom be made tbe following state
ment:
"Several friends have ndvised me to
nrnaail atruinat thn writer nt tlm ar
ticle in the Times, but as he has no
funds is not worth pursuing. The
vhnlA atnrv ia an issue of falsehoods. I
huarA nt tha mattsr owinir to a com
plaint made to ma that Peter Maloney
bad assaulted a Polish laborer
and when, with Fire Boss Henry
Miller, I investigated the matter
I found tbat a charge was made
against Peter Maloney oi changing
numbers on the cars, After the in-
utitigati'in I toll Maloney that there
was no pi-oof, and that the Polander,
who made tho i.eca ition, had been dis
charged by me. Maloncy however, wag
so cautaniforoimh.it to insuro the work
to go on all right I hud to dismiss him
also, and it appar that his brother
has taken up th m itter. I luve, how
ever, decided not to take any notice of
it.
SUICIDE OF A FAMILY.
Locksmith, HU Wife and Two Children
Moot Death by Hanging.
Berlin, July 31. The dead bodies of
a locksmith named Patschowki, bis
wife and their two children were found
banging by ropes from the door frames
n their boms iu bwinemunde itrasse
this morning.
PatBchoweki was afdictel with an
ncunible disease and it is prenumod
tbat his condition caused a feeling of
despondency throughout his family
wbicu resulted in their suicide.
SWIFT RETRIBUTION.
It Came to a Hoodlum Who Insulted a
Girl with na Eicort.
FosTOitiA, July 31. Andy Erminle
shot and killed John Deal, ot Bloom-
ugdale. Deal wa a hoodlum and had
neultud a girl Erminle was escorting
home.
When Ermiuie resented the insult
Deal attacked him and was shot dead.
LIL WANTS MONEY.
The Dusky Queen Desires to Secure
Damages for the Loss of
Her Kingdom.
Washington. July 31. The Ha-
waiian Royalist commission, now on
its way to Washington, will be com
pelled to depend ou its own resources
to seenre an audience with the officers
of the government. No assistance in
that direction will be givan by tbe of
ficers of the legation of tha Republic
here, who point ont that it would be
manifestly improper for them to inter
cede in behalf of nny one who is op
posed to tne nxuting government.
i' raulc Jf. iinstinus seerotary of tbe
legation and charge d'affaires during
the absence of Minister Thurston, said
today be bad not received onicially any
information conenrninz tbe commis
sion and has no idea what its mission
is, unless it be to protest against the
recognition ot the present form of
government and to Intercede for the
restoration of the qnen. Mr. Hastings
has had letters from friends at honn
which referred to the fact that
the commission is coming to Washing
ton, lint tbey are entirely unofficial.
Mr. Hastings is'personally ncqnainted
with the members and says tbey ere
all proninent royalists. It is believed
bore tbat tho real object of the com
mission's visit to Washington is to ob
tain from the government some com
pensation for Queen Lilioukalani,
whom the royulisis esy was unseated
vritu American ni l.
EXCELLENT MUSIC.
An Elab irate Programme In repara
tion for Mha Kitaor'a Bentfit.
The programme for the ooncert to
be given for Miss Sadie Kaiser's bene
fit iu the armory next Thursday night
is nearly complete and includes the
best singers in Luzerne and Lcka-
wnuna counties. Tue Concordia Male
chorus at its last meeting decided to
partioipate and will do all they can to
muko the affair a complete anocess.
The tickets are selling rapidly, but
there Hre good seats left yet Everv
one who admires artistic tnuslo shou'd
nttend. Aside from the objct, tbe
concert itself will be by far tbe finest
ever held here.
The f ffort to secure for Miss Kaiser
an opportunity to study for a year at
the London conservatory should re
ceive the hearty support of all. Her
voice has been adjudged by the best
critics to be lraiu-ut with great possi
bilities, and it would be little less than
a crime against art to deny it the cul
tivation necessary to bring it out. In
tbe near f uturo, unless all signs fail,
tbe city will have reason to feel still
more proud ot her vocalists, and her
people will be amply repaid for what
ever they may do to encourage the
most promising of them all. Tho ar
mory should be crowded to tho doors.
Wilkes-Barre Record.
N00NANJN TOILS.
Officer Fluhc-r;y Yesterday Tut Hiin
Whore ha Belongs,
Micky Noonan, tbe South Side ama
teur desperado, whuBo record was par
tially given a few days ago iu connec
tion with the report of his asaault upon
an iuoffousive negro on Cedar uveinn
and npou Frank Leutbner, foreman at
tbe South works foundry, who inter
posed as a pencemnker, was yesterday
arrested by Officer Martin Flaherty ou
a warrant sworn out by Mr. Leuthnur.
Noonan kept out of the way of the
law nud managed to elude the police
uutil yesterday. Officer Flaherty ur
rested him in Kaue'a saloon, Minookn,
and brought him to police headquartots
where he was givn a hearing at S
o'clock yesterday evening.
In default of $300 bail Alderman
Fiiziimmoiis seut him to the county
jail.
HEARO OVER TNE CABLE.
Princess Bip.uiarck, who sustained a
shock by falling from her bod laslSuuduy,
has recovered,
A dispatch to Paris from Calogarau, on
tbe island of Mindanao of the Philliiiiue
group, says that the Spanish troops hnve
attacked aud completely : routed tho Ma
lay Mussulmans, killing 250 of them,
A dispatch to the London Standard from
The Hague says: "There were eight new
cases ot cholera at Maastricht yesterday
and sevou deaths. At Iiottoruam there
wero two deaths from cholera yesterday.
No new cases."
WF.ATHER FORECASI.
, Washington. July 81. Forecast
for eastern Pennsylvania, show-
portion, tmiiheast winds. For western
Pennsylvania, fair in northern portton;
cooler in uuuthern portion, southeast
wind.
1 WARM
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