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In prices, the close of the season,
sUH continues with ruthless and
unsparing hand to set early summer
figures all topsy-turvey, and lucky
la the buyer who comes In these
latter days to - purchase warm
weather comforts, for the buying
power of their dollars has expanded
.111 It la all but t to 1 aa compared
with early June figures.
Have got to go, no natter what
they'll bring. We're no overload
ed with thera by any means, so price
slaughtering don't toother us much
as we've already got the cream of
the trade.
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and a variety of qualities, sises, 38
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mixed In quality. Colorings good,
styles top notch. Fineness surprli-
Your Pick 31c.
- Very choice print cambrlo waists,
all high grade, but limited to 36, 38
and 40 In sixes. For the very poor
eat of them you wouldn't think of
Bering less than 11.00. '
Your Pick 50c.
Zxtra handsome waists In small
checks, and polka dots, blue and
- white, red and white, and Mack and
Vfelte.
: Your Pick 85c.
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Of very fine elaborately trimmed
white lawn Waists (embroidery.
Hamburg edgings, eta.) , All sices,
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CLEVELAND HEN DEFEATED
They Sto4 No Show for Reoegaitioa at
Baltimore Coaventioa-Plstform
Adoptcd-Ta senstor'
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Baltimore, July 31. John E. Hurst,
senior member of the big dry goods
firm of Hurst. Purnell and company,
was this afternoon nominated for gov
ernor by the Democratic state conven
tion on the first ballot. Senator Gor
man and I. Freeman Rastn thereby
scored a decisive victory over .their op
ponents, the Cleveland Democrats.
The aurprise of the convention was
the almost total desertion of the reas
sessment advocaU. - State Senator
Thomaa Q. Hayes.- He received but
two votes on the roll. call. A stormy
scene is said to have , taken place be
tween 'Mr. Hayes and Senator Gorman
Just before the convention met which
undoubtedly accounts for' Mr. Hayes'
lack of votes.- It Is creditably stated
that Mr. Hayes accdsed Mr. Gorman
of base deceit and double dealing, and
ended up his tirade by charging the
senior senator with having sold him
OUt. ..:'".'
The platform adopted by the con
vention contains a strong Indorsement
of both the national aiid state admin
istrations, reaffirms the Democratic na
tional platform of 1S92; favors reas
sessment of all the property In the
state, and says the best tariff law the
country has had In thirty-five years
Is restoring confidence and renewing
prosperity in alt branches of industry.
There was no allusion whatever In
the platform to Senator Gorman. It
was stated this was his desire, and he
gave as a reason, that his course at
Washington was not an Issue In this
cmpaign. The piatrorm was unani
mously adopted.
RACE RIOTERS ARRESTED.
Ten Nofirocs Narrowly Escape Lynching.
The Whites Cherish Bitter tooling.
Birmingham. Ala., July 31 The sher
iffs tosse that wer.it to Brookslde, the
sceneAf the race riot, last night, re
turned this morning w4th ten. negro
rioters under arrest, two of Whom were
taken frtm the enraged populace after
rot had been placed about ' their
necks. (So work whatever Is going on
at the Brookalde mines today, as the
people are too much excited over the
events of last night -to do anything.
Ncirroea gathered about to groups ois-
cujtflng the situation, while the whStes
feel very bitter towards 4!ht- negroes.
Half a dozen deputies are etiu on cue
ground, And succeeded about noon to
day la arresting JUa Bridges, one of
the leaders among the negro rioters.
Hte trtexi to use hiia rifle, but was over-
ipowere'd.-
It seems that l uat night's fight the
negroes were Intrenched In a dltdh
wihen the officers attempted to arrest
them, amd were able to fire from cover,
thus shooting down Deputies Wood and
Baxter. iHaK a dozen women were
among the negro rioters, one of whom
4s In Jail. Bob films, - colored, found
wounded In a caibln rear the scene of
last night's battle, today, will die.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Four Persons Receive Painful Injuries
at Johnson Works.
Cleveland, O., July 31. A special to
the Press from 'Lorraine, O., says: A
serious accident occurred at the John-i-m
steel plant at 4 o'clock this morn
tag. Four blacksmith were heating a
hollow Uilbe, which had been filled with
water and plugged An explosion took
place. Pieces of the debris and rhe
forge were hurled through the roof. The
workmen were an seriously hurt. An
8-ipenny nail waa driven Into the
stomadt of one of the blacksmiths and
he win die. The Injured are George
Wilcott, neck and shoulders burned and
lacerated; Fred Fetlhler, nail driven
through afomaOh; S. W. Douglass,
burned; and Robert Stall, right arm
mangled.
The men dM not know the tube con
tained waiter.
STOLE WHILE HYPNOTIZED.
Such Will He the Defense of Holly Ax n ew
Arrested at Portland, Ore.
Portland, Ore., July SI. Dolly Agnew,
the young woman confined In the
county Jail on a Charge of larceny,, has
made the claim that she Is subject to
hypnotic influence. She claims that
William Woodard foraex her to steal.
- When she Is released here she Is to be
taken to Tacoma to answer charges
of - wholesale thievery from lodging
houses and hotels and her friends will
endeavor to show In defense that the
young woman's criminal career of two
years Is due to the" peculiar power ex
ercised over her by Wdodard.- She Is
Intelligent and claims that her father,
whose name Is unknown, la a banker
and ex-alderman of Chicago. Her steal
ings here and on Puget Bound aggre
gate thousands of dollars.
SCHULZE DRANK THE WINE.
Defaulting Northern Paetfle agent's
: Estate Rued by Panl P. Mohr.
Taootna, Wseh., July 31.-The estate
of 'Ube late defaulting general land
agenA of the 'Northern) Paolflo railroad, '
Paul fJcOvulse, who waa accused of In
volving the Armours, qf Chicago, to
their loss, In Tacotn street railway,
has been sued by Paul F. fJiohr, a New
York capita Hit, for wines which he al
leges Schulsepuriolned and drank wvttle
Mohr was) absent from the Vnkm club,
of this ctty. ' ;-' , . i-
i Mohr laid In choice stock of old
wlnva while Setwise was cutting wide
swaths a few. years ago,, and going
away to eastern cities he gave Schulse
the key to his wine cellar tier. Schulse
was to take only a sample now and
then, but lie visited the cellar sad mad
off wfch everything. - , -..- v
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' Hoted Architect Oead. '
. Newport, B. 1 July' C-Rlchard U.
Hunt, the architect of tha administration
building at the World's fair, st the nsw
Cornelius Vsnderblli villa here and many
other prominent bulldogs cf high class
architecture, uied at sis auaunsr residence
here this MC -
TRACKED WITH HOUNDS. '
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Vision Robbers Are Parsaed by as In
furiated Mob of CitUcam.
Jeffersonvllle, Ind.. July SI. Keporta
bave reacrwd here from Crawford coun
ty that the residence of John. King, a
wealthy farmer, was robbed and then
burned to the ground last eight, ithe
family narrowly escaping cremation.
Friday night h residence of Couoty
Commlsdhnvr Willis Harvey was f hin
dered. 'Bloodhounds were sent from
Seymour and turned loose and Im
mediately took the itrail. A mob of rn
furlated neighbors followed the bounds
for several miles, when two men were
caught.
M-m'bers of the gurty wtio returned
raid Ahat the robbers had been captured
several miles out In the country.-but
refused to give 'their name e;wl also
refused to tetl what had 'been done with
them. On account of the failure of the
o fftcers to return after the men were'
caiptured a lynching Is thought to have
taken place.
SHE WORE REDBL00MERS.
Miss Ada Coleman, as Ohio Chares Or
ganist, Shocks the Congregation by
Appearlag at Prayer Meeting Is s
Bloyele Suit.
Mason, O., July 31. For several
weeks an nltlml nf tilmmm mnA
baseball has ennulfed this ordinarily
quiet little town. A few days ago Miss
i-oieman, wno is a leader and general
favorite imom tha aoclotv twlloa of
the town, appeared on a wheel in the
main streets, sne wore bloomers of the
most pronounced type t d In color and
i rimmea gorgeously.
They were the first nalr at hlnnmera
the residents bad ever seen, and the
whole town turned out ta mim
Coleman ride. The fever spread and
Saturday at least ten young women ap
peared In COmnanv. attired In different
colored bloomers. They rode to the
Kiie-snapea iracK, took several spins
and then went to the baseball game.
Rev. John Wordsworth, the pastor of
the Methodist church. WAS at t hi. tram a
and saw the young women, who are all
memoers ot nis congregation. He
thought they were very sensible and
applauded rather than chlded them.
He 13 a great baseball enthusiast.
Saturday night a committee selected
by the congregation called at his house
and requested that he denounce the ac
tion of the young women from the pul
pit. He listened to them and said noth
ing. Sunday's services came and Rev.
Mr. Wordsworth never referred to
bloomers. The members or the con
gregation waited - anxiously for the
grand denouncement hut .
- ' . tauw UUl,
and bloomers triumphed.
mere it no end of gossip over the
pastor's Stand, and iat nih .....
body turned out to prayer meeting,
peciing mat something would hap
pen, and It did.
When 7.30 o'clock arrived the church
was crowded. In rw num.. uu.
Coleman rode to the church on her
wheel, weating tttoee red bloomers.- As
She strode down the center Isle of churn
murmurs or "Oh, myl how shocking!"
and "Mercy on us!" come from everv
quarter.
There was no prayer meeting for the
congregation. They could nnt toiro
their eyes off Misa Coleman's red
bloomers. While the old nennle nhnnlr
their heads and sighed, and young ones
giggiea.
Soon many of the old people com
menced to leave the church, and others
soon followed. The meeting was ended
abruptly, and a sort or gloom settled
down over the members, with the ex-
ronHftn nf T loa PnUman YTap wnrlr
finished, she mounted her wheel and
rode ore as u notnmg naa Happened.
The girls are with Miss Coleman, and
they say It's "Bloomers even if they
have to leave the church." Rev. Words
vnrlh will undoubtedly UDhold the
young women In their action.
WANT TO LYNCH PESTER.
Montgomery County Farmers Are After
the Highwayman.
(Philaderphta, July 31. William Pes
ter, a farm hand, was -arrested last
night a4 Tacony, a suburb of this crty,
on the charge of being the highway
man who yesterday robbed and brutal
ly aisauKed Mrs. Mary McKensle, near
the Simpson Grove camp meeting
ground.
Pester Identified by fnia victim.
He was given a "hearing today by
Magistrate Smith, but as Mrs. MoKen
ile is suffering from nervous prostra
tion and waa unable to appear, he was
held for another hearing tomorrow.
A porse of Montgomery county farm
ers, who threatened lynching, sesmched
all of yesterday for the assailant, but
the polico eluded them after capturing
Pester.
MAFIA ATTEMPT MURDER.
Saves Italians Seek to Kill as Inter,
prefer In St. Loals.
St. Louis, July 31. Seven members of
the Mafia, who recently came to this
city from New Orleans, attempted to
murder Michael Deelo, an Italian In
terpreter, at 11 o'clock Sunday night.
The natural cunning of the Intended
victim, together with the faot that the
would-be assassins made several sus
picious moves which put Deelo and bis
wife on their guard, Is all that prevent
ed the crime.
The police arrested two of the Italians
who are supposed to be the leaders of
the gang. The others escaped. .
STATE GLEANINGS. ;
Falling sixty feet down an embankment,
near Dubois, Mrs. Fred Marshall was
killed.
Black diphtheria Is still raging at Beaver
Meadow, four victims baring already
died. . " ' .'... .
J. M. Thompson was appointed fourth
class postmaster at Trinket.' Bradford
county..-' '
Allsntown has a coal war and the price
to consumers has dropped considerably
within a few days. .
The Hasleton Water company will con
struct a new reservoir to supply the grow
ing demand for water. , i
' The commissioners' attorney Is) Lehtbh
county has decided there Is no law com
pelling a prisoner to submit to the photog
rapher.,. ' --, ; , !:,.-
Jonathan Kramer, as aged resident of
Summit Station, Schuylkill county, was
run down by a bicycle rider and seriously
Injured. . : . -A '- -
The fir la No. 10 slops, of the Lehigh
Coal sad Navigation company, at Coal
dale, M gaining headway, and baffles the
Sorts f the firs fighters. '
THE HYSIEBY DEEPENS
Sipposea Mythical Hatch Actully
Tuns I'p.
N6W PHASE OP HOLMES CASE
The Accomplice of the Murderer Is
Located la s Pesiteatiary Oat st
Little Rock. Arkaaaas-New
Lias of Proaecatlos.
- Philadelphia. July Sl.-The finding In
the Little Hock, Ark., penitenitary of
the mysterious Individual, Hatch, who
has figured so prominently In the cele
brated Holmes case, has apparently
upset the plans of the prosecution of
the self-confessed conspirator and al
leged multi-murderer, H. H. Holmes.
If It can be proven that the man
Hatch Is the Individual whom Holmes
has dragged Into the case as the cus
todian of the Pietsel girls, whose bodies
were found In Toronto, a new line of
work will have to be started upon.
From the start Hatch was considered
by the police here to be a myth. Su
peritnendent Linden has all along de
clared that "Hatch" Is "Holmes." but
now that the alleged confederate of the
accused is said to be located the au
thorities seem to have experienced a
change of opinion.
District Attorney Graham when seen
today was not prepared to discuss this
new turn In the case, and reiterated
that until the result of the search for
young Howard Pietsel Is known, and
Detective Oeyer shall return to Phila
delphia, the status of the case would be
unchanged.
Lawyer Shoemaker, who represents
Holmes, stated today that he was as
tonished that one or a dosen men
named Hatch had not previously come
to the surface. He said that his client
adheres to the statement, that the two
Pietsel girls were left In the charge of
Hatch, and that the whereabouts of the
latter were unknown.
Chicago. July 31. That Mrs. Quln
lan, the wife of the Janitor, who U sup
posed to know so much about the mis
deeds of H. H. Holmes, made a partial
confession to the police this morning
is almost certain, although Chief Bade
noch and Inspector Fltspatrlck refuse
to say whether or not this was the
case.
Holmes Talks of Miss Clgrand.
Philadelphia, July 31.-Holmes, the
much-accused murderer, has an ex
planation for the disappearance ot Miss
Bmllle Clgnand, one of his alleged vic
tim. Holmes' explanation of Miss Cl
grand's disappearance, like all the fel
lows' explanations. Is clever, but like
all of Ws tales It is lacking In easentlat
particulars. In an interview today
Holmes said that he had led Muss Cl
vmnd astray. According to Holmes,
the girt had resisted him persistently
and he only accomplished her ruin by
inducing her to make an excursion with
him on one of the Lake Michigan
etcamers. Mlae Oigrand was a Cath
olic, and in her confession to her priest
she told him of her downfall. The
priest visited Holmes and Insisted upon
him righting the wrong n naa aone
the girl by marrying her. Holmes pre
tended to be willing to marry Mies Cl
grand and so lulled the priest's suspi
cions. .
To satisfy Miss Clgrand, Holmes went
through the ceremony of marriage with
her, but unknown to the girl the man
who officiated was not an ordained
clergyman, but only a complaisant
friend of Hcilmes, who ihad consented
to play the part of a priest. 'Holmes
and the girl lived together as man and
wife for a short time, and then Miss
Clgrand learned that she had been
twice deceived and was cot a legal wife.
Upon learning this the girl was over
whelmed with shame and remorse, and
rhs left home and entered' a convent.
Where this convent Is Holmes failed to
state.
SEEK BURIED TREASURE.
Trsla Bobber Brady to Oo to Maryvllle
with Two Detectives.
Sacramento, Cel., July 31. John
Brady, the train robber, will go to
Maryvllle with two detectives and en
deavor to show them where Browning,
his companion, - (burled S&3,000, which
they stole from the Wells-Fargo Ex
prer company a few months ago.
Brady says he does not believe the
money will ever toe found, as he has
but a faint recollection of where It was
burled, and Browning was killed, while
trying to commit another train rob
bery, by Sheriff Bogard.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
yesterday to find the hidden treasure
box. '
' WILL PAY MORA CLAIM.
Spals Preparing to Bottle the Claims
With Cash.
Washington, July 31. There Is no In
formation at the stat department that
the Spanish council of ministers has
"accepted" the amount demanded by
the United States as payment for the
Mora claim.
The Information Is considered to be
reliable there and Is taken to mean
that Spain will pay the Indemnity,
amounting to $1,600,000, to the United
States without delay.
. ATTACKED BY A HOG.
A Six Year-Old Boy la Pstslty InJarsd
by the Brate.
Wllhsvmsport, Pa., July It Raymond
Vain, the t-year-old son of Mrs. Lem
uel Vain, of Baltimore, was almost fa
tally mangled; by hog at Antes Fort,
this county, a few days ago. The mo
ther is summering there, and the boy
was attacked on the road by the vicious
brute. ..' ,
His body was covered with outs mad
by the Clog's tusks and hoofs.
' v ' . Wllllsm Sloans III. ' ; ' '"'
Southampton, N. T July .-William
Sloan, , vice president of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad, who
baa been spending the season In a cottage
In this village, was taken suddenly 111
Sunday. Softening of the brain is eal4 I
be the trouble. "', - . ,.' ; ; ; ; . . .
' .'' Tss Osrsst lary. .; -aa
Franolsoo, . July n.-Th work of
obtaining a Jury to try Durant was re
sumed In Judge Murphy's oourt this morn
ing. Adotph M. Kilns was accepted, mak
ing three thus far secured. Kiss is a eoal
dealer.
FORTY PERSONS POISONED.
Iowa Fanners Eat Pressed Beef and Are
Made Deathly Sick.
Clinton, la., July 31. Word has Just
recched here of a case ot wholesale
poisoning at the little towa of Thom
son, eight miles north of here. In which
nearly forty persons bad a narrow es
cape from death from eating fkressed
meat. Although no fatalities have aa
yet occurred many of the victims are
not out of dat ger and three of them are
in a precarious condition.
George Grlswold. a farmer living near
the village, had ohraahers at supper
ar.4 tweiiv.y-two sat down to the table.
During the day one of the local butch
ers prepared a quantity of pressed beef,
which was served at this meal. With
in an .hour all become deathly ak-k and
suffered untold agony. Several fami
lies In the .'.own ipundhased ac.d ate the
meat, and all were' similarly effected.
One young woman was erased by the
rain ami was found '-wandering about
the fields In the middle of the night.
The butcher claims the meat was all
right and i.hat no drugs were used In
Its preparation.
BISHOP HOWE DEAD.
The Venerable Head of the Diocese of
Central Pcaasylvania Paasss Away at
Bristol, R-1.
Providence, R. I., July 31. Right
Rev. Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe,
Episcopal blshop'of central Pennsylva
nia, died thiis morning at 5 o'clock at
his summer residence, Metacom ave
nue, Bristol, after an Illness of only
a week's duration. Bishop Howe was
In his etghty-elgihth year, and waa born
at Bristol, April 5. 1808. His father, In
the early part of the century, was a
member of the Rhode Island state legis
lature. Bishop Howe had a strong lo
cal attachment for the place of his
nativity, and In late year he Invarl
albly spent each summer there and had
finally determined upon residing at his
Bristol residence durrcg the remainder
of his day. He spent his boyhood days
in Bristol, attending the publlo schools
there until he prepared for college.
Bishop Howe was married 'three times,
hie third wife surviving him. He
leaves a number ot sons and daughters,
two of whom are Dr. Herbert M. Howe
amJ Reginald Howe, who own summer
residences at Bristol. One daughter,
now dead, married Bishq Hare, mis
sionary bishop of iSauth Dakota. A
son was botw from this union. Who Is
Dr. Hcfeart Hare, a physician at Phila
delphia. The funeral services will be
at St. Michael's church, Bristol, Friday
morning.
Ma k Antony I-eWolfe Howe. S. T.
D., LL. D., first bishop ot the Episco
pal diocese of Central Pennsylvania,
was a naitlve of the town where he died
Bristol, R. I. He was born on Apiil
5, 1S08, the son of Hon. John Howe, a
distinguished Rhode Island lawyer, and
a nephew of the late Bishop Smith, of
Kentucky, presiding bishop of the Epis
copal church In the United States. Dr.
Howe graduated at Brown university
In 1S28 and at the age of 21 years he be
came head master of a Boston public
school, a position which he had subse
quently relinquished to accept that of
tutor of Latin and Greek in Brown uni
versity. . In 1S32 he was ordained dea
con by Bishop GKswold, being subse
quently ordained to the priesthood, and
served as rector of St. Matthew's
church, Boston; Christ church, Cam
bridge, and St. James' church, Rox
bury. Mass.
In 1816 he became rector of St Luke's
church, Philadelphia. In 1S50 Dr. Howe
was elected secretary of the general
convention, a post which he filled for
twelve years. In 1865 he was chosen
missionary bishop for the ecclesiastical
Jurisdiction of Nevada, but declined.
He was raised as the first bishop of the
Episcopal diocese of Central Pennsyl
vania In 187L and In 1ST2 he moved to
Reading, where he has since lived.
In 1884, Rev. Dr. Nelson Somervllle
Rulison was appointed assistant bishop
of Central Pennsylvania, and since 1889,
when Bishop Howe withdrew from ac
tive work, he has performed all the
duties of bishop'.
Dr. Rulison will now succeed to the
title as well as the duties ot bishop.
Bishop Howe was a prolific and an able
writer.
KIDNAPED GIRL IS FOUND.
Ollie Germain, Vikn Was Stolen Fiftsea
Years Ago, Is In Kansas..
Wichita. Kan., July 81. This city
was greatly excited tday when it was
discovered that Mabel Worth, a young
lady living here, was none other than
OlUe Germain, who was kidnapped fif
teen years ago, supposedly by gyp
sies, from her parents at Brown's Val
ley, Traverse county, Minn.
About two weeks ago a woman from
Brown's Valley, while visiting here,
met Maibeil Worth and her resemblance
to the m'sslng child's mother was so
striking that she 'began an Investiga
tion. Mrs. Worth became alarmed,
and with, Maibel left the city and has
not been seen since. The police are
looking Into the matter. Ollle Ger
main's father Is said to hive died of
grief after Ollle's disappearance, and
Mrs. Germain married a man named C.
D. Older. ' They have been notified.
NUGGETS OF NEWS.
.
Returning negro colonists from Mexico
brought small-pox into Eagle Pass, Tax.
When refused money by his gradnpa
rents, Charles Carrack, an orphan, shot
himself at Eustlce, Fla.
The Pioneer mine has been sold to a
Boston syndicate for 1150,000 by ex-Senator
J. G. Fair's sxscutors.
By hi own confessions, Hingy Q, Clark,
aged 17, of Chelsea, Mass., has sst flrss
that caused .$50,000 loss.
By a shut-down of the Everett mills, at
Lawrsnca, Mass., 1 100 operatives will be
without work for a month.
Bmmett Diver, colored, has eon tested
that he cut the throat of Mrs. J. W. Kaln,
near Fulton, Mo., because sh refused to
give him a ring she wore.
. Suits for tMO. 00 damages will b brought
against San Francisco by those burnsd
out In the recent big firs, who silage that
the water supply waa Inadequate. ,
A mb With bloodhounds frotn Alton,
Ind., ran dowri two burglars, who fired
John Kemp's house, nearly cremating the
family, and are believed to hav lynched
them.. . ; - . ' , ' ' , . ;
Fred Wahlfren, of Minneapolis, yester
day shot and killed Mrs. August Matland,
at Omaha, because sh had wedded, July
t after living six years with Wahlgrsn as
his mistress. . v "
RUSSIA CROWDS JAPAN
As Arbitrary Movement That Nay
Provoke 'Another War.
POSITION OP THB VICTORS
Japan Mast Fight Again la Ordsr to En
joy the Fruits of Uer Reseat Vie
tories-Coveted Pealsssls of
Uao Tang.
Washington, July 31. The announce
ment contained in a dispatch from St.
Petersburg today that Russia, Ger
many and France were determined to
force Japan to evacuate the peninsula
ot Llao Tung without waiting for the
execution of the terms of the treaty of
Shimonosekl, was received with some
surprise in diplomatic circles here and
among particular friends of Jiapan with
Incredulity.
A gentleman Who 1a perfectly fami
liar with the oriental situation, sakl
this morning: "It Js fatally poor di
plomacy, for If Russia crowds Japan In
the manner Indicated, the latter can do
nothing less than fight. She cannot
honorably yield -to such a demand, and
must prefer to go down fighting rather
tham to be disgraced. Such a policy on
Russia's part means the Investment of
Japan by an overwhelming naval force
and the presence of an army of at
least 200.000 men. Is it probable that
she can be contemplating such an ex
pensive course? I do not believe that
France and Germany have united with
Russia in the demana as Indicated.
Rather one of tihem at least would act
as mediator than persecutor."
"If Russia is really so anxious to see
Japan evacuate Llao Tung," the speak
er continued, "let her put up the
amount of money necessary to satisfy
Japan's perfeotly Just demand and the
latter1 forces -will be withdrawn at
or.ee. She has a right to expect re
muneration for relinquishing the pen
insula, and it is understood that nego
tiations are In progress between China
and Japan on this subject. Suppose
that China would conclude that, with
out the costly works at Porth Arthur,
which have been partly If not wholly
demolished by the Japanese forces,
she does not care to ipossess the penin
sula and expresses a willingness to let
Japan retain It. Would Russia then In
sist upon Japan getting out whether or
WAIL FROM "JAMES I."
Baron llardsn-HIckey Protests Af ainst
the Seizure of Ills kingdom.
Washington, July 31. The state de
partment today received a formal pro
test against the alleged seizure of the
Island of Trinidad, off the Brazilian
coast iby Great Britain on behalf of
"James I.," and signed by somebody,
whose name could not be deciphered as
"Chancellor." The protest was Issued
rjyvi Tet Fifty-fourth street, New
xorK city, and It Is assumed that
"James I." Is Baron Harden-Hlckey.
who some years ago seized the Island
for himself and established a monarch
al form of government In all Its de
tails for the territory. He did not even
omit a postal department, which has
issued a series of stamps that are the
delight of collectors.
' Mr. Adee, second aslstant secretary,
and in charge of the department, said
that Minister Thompson might be hold
ing dally conferences with the Brazil
ian minister of foreign affairs, regard
ing the island of Trinidad; he could not,
at this distance, attempt to Judge of
the correctness of the report, but if
that were the case, Mr. Thompson was
doing it without instructions from the
state department. '
PREACHES TO EMPTY CHAIRS
Pastor Hostetter In Disfavor and Ilia
Flock Deserts Him.
Canton, O., July 1. Petersburg, a
suburb of Canton, bears the unique dis
tinction of having church service reg
ularly held Sunday mornings and even
ings, by a pastor who ha a flock of
only empty chairs, but who discourses
to them eloquently. It Is the German
Reformed Baptist church, and Its min
ister Is Rev. Mr. Hostetter. Several
years ago the pastor made the startling
announcement to bis then larse' con
gregation that In a vision from heaven
he had been warned of the near ap
proach of the end of the world.
His reiteration of. this dream found
such disfavor with his flock that grad
ually they dropped off, until for the
past two Sundays be has preached to
empty benches. He observed the cus
tomary church formula, and the va
oancy by the absence of a church choir
Is fully filled by bis own melodious
tones. -
WANTED TO SPILL. BLOOD.
Richard Cooley, Insaae on Relic, ton, Tries
to Commit a Crime.
Vanceburg, Ky July 31. Richard
Cooley, of Falrvlew, Insane on religion.
yesterday attempted to cut 'hie wife's
throat, but waa overpowered. He will
be committed to an asylum. A re
vival has been In progress at Falrvlew
for some time, and, being a religious
man-or emotional temperament. Coo
ley became bereft of reason.
Added to the religion, be was greatly
grieved that his wife and children at
tended a dancing picnic a few days
ago for the benefit ot the church. Hs
went Insane once before under the
pressure of excitement.
WILL ADMIT OUR CATTLE.
Order for Conflsostloa Unauthorised by
Mexican Government.
El Paso, Texas, July Sl.-The Mexi
can government bas removed from of
fice the collector of customs at Palomos, .
opposite Deming, N. M., and appointed
Damaso Floes collector at that port
,4k new collector has rescinded the
order Issued by his predecessor for the
confiscation of all American cattle
found In the Palomos district after
Aug. i, 1886. The order was not au
thorised by the "Mexican government.
Salsld of a Blayollst.
West Chester, Pa.. July tL-Cspr Ohl,
In Jail bere on the charge of stealing a
bicycle, committed suicide today by bang
ing. .
WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania, fair weather!
little change In Umperatura, : .
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Skirts, Drawers,
Chemise, etc.
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$7.50, reduced from
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and $9.00. Ladie'
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