o i C w & . it K C c' it o n THE MIDMiEBDRGH POST. GEO. W. WAOEXSELLER, Edrtof and Proprietor MMdlcbiirgh, Pa.. August 1, 13'JS. Tury say that Japan has tbo best f ic of any country in tho world", Ilussia not execpteil. With a population about hnlf tliat of this country, Franco is getting filoiifj toward tho billion-ilulkr inurk in mi mi nl expenses. in tho tlonnnn Kmpire (exclnaivo of Tiitvaria) there wrro last year ten rail way collisions. Tho number of p-cr-conn killed was twenty-seven, tho wouuiUtl 1M. Tho eleventh sctsion of tho congress of Americanists in to bo held in tho City of Mexico froru tho 15th to the 20th of October next. Tho imbjectu to bo discussed cover a wido area in tho pre-Columbian history of the in LabitanU of thin country, especially of Central America. Tho congress will bo attended by members from all parts of tho world. Tho Miips raptured by tho Japanese from tho Chinese mnko up quite a ro "portable and powerful squadron. In all, norao twenty vessels were taken namely, ono battleship, two cruiseri nino gunboats and fight torpedo boats. The principal eapturo was, of course, tho Chen Yuen, and (die is, as wo understand tho term, the only real ironclad the Japanoso possess. Tho new women idea docs not seem to havo reached Arizona yet, and thero is still eorno advantago thcro in being of what old-faHhioncd folk call tho weaker sex, remarks tho New York 8nn. A girl was arrested at Uisbee, in that Territory, a woek or so ago, for horso stealing, nud it was a pretty clear case, but in defcrenco to her sex he is to bo tried by tho courts in stead of by Judge Lynch. Bull fighting seems to bo gaining a footing in France. Tho killing of bulls in the arena is nominally pro hibited, but tho fines inflicted are bo email that the law is frequently broken, as at Bordeaux the other day, when the people, growing weary of soeing the bulls led off after tho fight, cried loudly for tho death, on which the matador despatched the twjremain ,. -' Zu ' .4 . i.'oi). The New York Sun observes : ".Sui cide is uncommon among colorod people, and the suicide of a reputablo colored citizen of llalifax County, Virginia, which occurcd lost week, is noted as a remarkable occurrenco in Virginia. This man was sixty years old, and tho catiso of his killing him telf was believed to bo louesomencss and despondency because of the re cent death of his wife and absence nnd silence of his chi.'dreu." In tho Government of Kasnn, in Kustda, no fewer than 11,031 converted heathen, 5090 of them women, re lapsed from tho orthodox faith into their original idolatry bint year. Dur ing the name period in the hiiiuo dis trict, 12, 1SS Tartar.-, including 5707 women, gave up tho Greek church for Mohammedanism, and, according to the Washington Star, the religious au thorities believe that the greater part of the converted orthodox Christians are at heart either Mohammedans or Lea' bens'. Tho elder Salviui, the Italian trage dian, in his recent book on Amerioa, ays that ho enjoyed in tho United States a finer, tuore exhilarating, inoro oxygenized air, but why he hardly knows himself. Tho greater conveni ences of everyday life had something to do with it. Bo had "the busy peo ple, lovers of work, and the beautiful ladies seen by thouande on the street, dressed elegantly and having a free, dignified bearing." There was also the thought that tho Americans had fonght for and won their independence. Tho case ot the horso soems to tho New York Sun mournful enough now, for tho bicycle has invaded the turf and captured the turfmen. Tbe pre siding judge of the Ban Francisco Rac ing Association took to the whoel a month or so since, and now practi cally all the race track olllcials aud several of the horso owners are cyclo devotees, whilo a largo and almost daily increasing number of tho pa trons of the turf ride to and from tho track on their wheels. Uue tuau who owns a stuble of faat trotters aud hai domo ot his horses ou the track aliuont every day Las lately tukeu to tho bi cycle, and now regularly ribs to tho track ou LU wheel iubtcaJ ol buuiud Lis bcrtcs. FROM THE LABOR WORLD. LEAVINGTHE AMALGAMATED The Puddlsrs' Movement a Separate Organism Nineteen loiters ot puddl ri In tho Youngs town district hoi 1 meeting Saturday bight anil resolved lo withdraw I ora lbs Amalga muted association and fi m an exclusive puddlers' union because ot lie r-f inl ot the officers o( the association o support tlielr demand that tbe bneot thelbolllng stale be llxed at 4.50 per ton. Ay"0t to)s- adopted tortus! resolution of withdrawal. Tlia feel ing among the puddlers It 'very litter to ward the Amalgamated officials, whom tliey claim liavo tisud thulr In fin "dee lu favor ol Hie llnlsbers to tbe dotrluiont of tbe pud diets. I A Olass Boom at WeKsbrug. There Is a very decided boom In the glass business, about Wellsburg, W. Vh. The llrooks' Olass company on Hnturdny put lire In Its furnn-es and st pote preparatory to work In fulf The Ulversld Glass Company will resume In full August 6. tbe end u( the six-week' shut down enforced by tleJ Amer ican Hint Glass Workers' Union. Tbe Brill iant Glass Works, opposite Ibis city, bas pots In the furaaco for tbe first time Id four years nd will get to work wltbln two weeks. Employes to Share. The Columbus Artlflalal (las Com (any In troduced prollt sharing with Its employes. Iilvldends will be based on the amount of their pay during the period fur which the stork dividend la declared for stockholders nnd In the sumo per cent. Employes are to receive script, exchangeable for stock until tlielr holdings amount to t'KiO, when It Is optional whether they take cash or script. LABOR NOTES. A novel and sensible dressmaking rstab lUhment has been started In London by a company ol young women. They take Inst seasons dreHses and make them over lu the prevailing fashion. No entirely new materials ure taken. 'ibis maklug a specially of re modeling and renovating new drenscs bus brought a great deal of custom, and might very prolliably be Introduced everywhere. The liunbar furnace employes struck on Saturday fur a ralso of 13 cents a day They returned to work when the company offered 5 cents, but gave notice of auutber strike on August 1, for tbe remalulng 10 cents. The Maryland Steel Company has decided upon nn advance of about 700 employes, to take effect August 3. The percentage of In crease will be fur tunny of tbe men 10 per cent, and on others tbe rate In force be (ore tbe reduction. The nailers of tbe I. a llelle Iron works at Wheeling, have been granted an ndvauoe of 1') per cent. , to go Into effect August &, and s further advauce of 7 per cent. Is promised to take effect September 16. The Houlh Dend, Ind., Woolen Company has posted a notice that beginning witn August 1 the wages of employes will be ad vanced Vi per cent. The advance Is iuade without solicitation. A large majority of the women who Lave applied for places In tbe various departments ol the municipal government wltblu the first bull of tbe year were unmarried. Tbe Thomas Iron Company relighted lis No, 10 blast furnace at llellertowu, Fa., giving employment to ilOO hands. Tbs furnace bad been Idle lor nearly two years. TheBellaire Nail works eotr raoy bare ifvr -v.?tu - increase of IV per cent In wage to engineers and farnacemen, the second wltblu three moatba -Twelve hundred girls and young women In Heading, Pa., earn tO.000 by turulug out V00.000 stockings every week, tbe market value ofjwblcb U 430,000. Tbo wages of the employes of the Ameri can leutner company, at Wilmington, Del., were advanced 'J5 per cent by tbe voluntury action ot the company. Tbe shopmen and section hands of tho Ilellalre, Zauesvllle and I'luclnuntl railroad nave relased to work uu'.ll tbey are paid their June wages. Tbe 1 'unbar Ure brick plant went Into operation again on Saturday, aud tbe com pany have raised the wagea of all employes live cents a day. .The Jin tunorn Mnlleablo Iron and Steel ("ustlng Company Is arranging to double Its l imits aud capacity, at Its work In South jialtimoro. Tho Cambria Iron company contemplates the erection of au addltloual 14-Inch mill, In connection with tbe Uauliur works at Johns town. Tho Greenville, Pa., rolling mill will re sume operations In lets than two weeks aud give employment to about too tueu. AU the nailers In the Laughlin mill at Martius Terry, have been notllled of au In crease of 10 per cent la wages. At a conference of miners lu tbe I'itt.sburg district it was decided that a strike should be ordered. A BAD WEEk'fOR OIL MEN. Prices Fall Off and Dry Hole Are at Plenty as Ever From the producer's standpoint, last week was a very disastrous one In In the ol business, The decline In tbe price of crcdl balances was very marked during tbe Int three days.nud there Is a general feeling tba' there will be unoiber falling off during tb next few days. Of courso everybody Is hope ful that the prices will rise again alter tin Standard bas nouubt up tbe oil that is alwayi tbrowu ou tbu market at tbe last ot the moult at Its owu llgures. The decllue has bad tht usual effect In driving tbe small producer and boldor ol roya:tie into tbe market, and tbe receipts at the pipe Hue orlloea have been very heavy dunug tbe past two days. Toil Is particularly true of iho Butler fields. The markets closed at rl 30 for both credit credit balance aud certificate oil. This Is i falling off of 'iv cents for the week in tbi price of credit balances. There Is no reasoi for It to be found la the fluids. Taking lute consideration the number of dry boles belut brought lu, aud tbe other features ol llelc developments, It seeuis more probable thai me price win go up again. A NEW SILVER PARTY To Inolude Bland, Tillman, Marion, Butlei and Others. Congressman Latimer, of Soulh Carolina Is authoritr for tbe statement that tbe silvei leaders bave agreed to call a conveu Ion tt meet In St. Louis In September to form I national silver party. Ainuug tbn namei mentioned of llio.e who have ureed to tbe scheme are Blaud, of Missouri; Tillman, ol South Carollua, aud Mariou Butler, o. North Carolina. A large uumbitr of others huvt sigullled their assent, aud accordicg to Con gressman Latimer an agreement ha been de layed by ibe heslliiucy of Mr. Bluud, who re fused to come lu at lint. The purpose Is to form a separate party and ludepeudeut of the other two old parties, aud one that will draw as much strength from the Populist party. The bull was set In motion at the Memphis conference aud hut been (pjlutly pushed ever since. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS John W. M.ickey and the Cana liaa raelflo telegraph company will build a telegraph line to Alaska, George W. Hualley, In bis letter on English politics, says tbe Liberal party in that coun try Is dead. Tho English government majority will reach 1S4, the largest any ministry baa bad for a century. Oovernor Culberson, of Texas, has Issoed a proclamation forbidding the Corbot-I'ilz-Simmons prize fight Joseph A. lleam was banged at Washington for tbe murder of his stepdaughter, Mrs. Annie Leahy, la?t Iecembcr. by the upsetting of a boat at Otter lam, near Ilurliugton, la., Joseph Nottle, Arthur Walter and Miss Tillle Helm were drowned. Lightning struck John Semlcb s house at Altoona, Wis., killing bis duughter Clara, aged I, and fatally Injuring a son, aged 16. The will ot ThomnsO. IL 1'. Burnbam, ot Boston, bequeaths bis estate of tC0'i.Sr3 to charitable, municipal and educational organizations. Two and ono-'Snrter Inches of rain fell In tbe vicinity of Marshnlltown, la., Thurs day night, while bail did much damage to growiug crops. The bridge across the Arkansas river at Syracuse, Knn., was washed away by a sud den rise In the river. Seven men en tbe bridgo escaped on a raft. Tbe canned borse-meat Industry has as sumed such proportions at I'ortlnnd, Oregou, that a special rate to tbe East bas been made by the railroads for handling tbo pro duct, A Newspaper Sermon Association bas been organized at Boston. The projectors, des pairing of abolishing the Sunday newspaper, propose to reform It according to theli Mens. Itev. T. Hooks. Ilnptlst, was taken from bit borne In Westmoreland, tbe county seat ol Pottawatomie aounty, Knnras, and tarred and feathered and brutal'y beaten 1 7 fout mafked men. He Is charged with assaulting a young woman. FELL INTO THE SEA. A Train Loaded With Japanese Soldiers Returning From tka War. A train bearing 400 Japanese soldiers, whe landed at Hiroshima on their return from tht war while en rout to Kobe ran off tbe rails, where tbe Hue Is constructed along a sen wall. Plunging over tbe wall, a portion ol the first section of ths train was thrown Intc theses. Tbe train consisted of 21 cars aud U engines, one In front and one In the rear, A gale prevailed at the time and Immense waves washed over tbe railway track. Wbon tbe train reached the most exposed part on the morning of the accident It was very dark. A succession of beavy breakers struck the train aud cut it In two. The first engine. with 11 cars fell Into the sea. It Is slated that tbe killed number 14. Since tbe outbreak of cholera in Japan 9.0U0 persons bave been attacked with the disease, and over &00 persons bave died. in A Orsat Scheme. rovfmeui u ea foot by a number ol Pittsburg capitalists, Interested In tbe well tare ol ruianurg, to Duy up, lease or in any other manner get control of tbe idle mills ol Pittsburg and start them at once. Tbe good effects of tbe good Intentions of these gentle men are already apparent at tbe old Moor head-McCleane company plant, which they purchased recently and wnlcb Is rapidly be ing gotten into shape to operate. Plenty ol capital Is back ot the new company, which win apply for a ch irter on Auust 13, and which Is composed of tbe following well Known l llisnurgers: James Andrews, ex- Postmaster Jam- a S. MfKuau, Charles F, Stuart, Walter W. Andrews and K. E. An drews, and will be known under the nuiuo of tbu piilaburgh Steel aud Iron Co.upauy. Murderer Olves Up. Wm. J. I'rquhart, accused of murdering Joim 1.. Gray, .ovetnuer K, i7U, and wno bas been a fugitive from justice since that time, voluutnrinlly surrendered himself to tbe authorities, and bad a preliminary hearing before the mayor of Suffolk, Va., who held him for tbe grand jury without ball. Gay was found murdered bear Ills home, with plntol shot wound In his breast. l"riuhnrt left the community, aud notwithstanding efforts ot detective toward bis capture, be eluded tbetu for nearly a quarter of a cent' ury. Ho has contested tbe murder, but claims self-defense. The accused Is 67 years Old. A Frightful Discovery. William Mack and two youug women, Lata I.atbam aud Lena King, who were at teudlug a picnic at Mchee's Bocks, Pa., started out lo taken walk tnrough the woods. and alter going a short distance made a bor rlule discovery. It wrs the body of a man, apparently about 60 yeais old, hanging to tbe limb of a tree. The body bad evidently been bnuglug there for weeks, as tbe llesh beneath tbe clotbiug bad dried to tbe bones. The body bas been Ideuillled as that ot Bernard Wuuder. He lived ou Flngel street nud disappeared from borne about live or six weeks ago. Ha was drluklug heavily lor several weeks before he left home. He survived by a wife aud family. Five Children Drowned. -Tbe Ave children nt Alexander Bercb, farmer of tbe Lake liauphlu district, near Wiuiiliieg. were drowned Monday. Tbe childreu. ranging In age from 5 to 16 year. want to tbe lake shore to batho. Finding au old boat they pushed out. LA stiff breeze carried them out and a saTe sprang up, Thev bad na oars anl could not get back. Hugh wavea tilled the boat. Tbe ohlldren buug on until tbey were exhausted, when one by one. tbey let go and disappeared, in parents and several neighbors were witnesses of tbe drowning but were unable to go to their rescue. .building Anil lon Swindle. The Phoenix Ravings ft Loan association, tot Pittsburgh, Islu the bands of a temporary receiver lu me persou oi dame b. aicrteao. This is the result of au examination Into the financial condition ot tbe association, mad by tbe deputy state buuk examluers, O. I Cochran aud J. II. Nlles, Jr. Tbey Inspected tne looks oi tne company a few days ago, and reported to the superintendent ot bank' lug, who at ouce ordered the concern to be placed in the bauds ot the t'ulou Trust comp any as receiver. Burned Almost to a Crisp. John B. Shaffer, a retired farmer living Madisuuburir, about twenly-two miles from Bellelonte, Pa. weut out to the field to bring luthec-owk. While there a storm came up aud b took shelter under a tree. The tree was struck by lightning aud riddled places. Mr. HIiatTHr w.i killed Instantly, u when found bis body was buruej al:uot to a crisp He wu HI ver of aa and leaves Wife. 7hlrty-two miner were killed by an ex- I'tuDiou tu ivenipuaiin, ueruiuuy. KEYSTONE STATE COLLING AVENGED HIS SISTER. John Ouitmsn Slashes a Detractor In tl Horrible Manner. William Iiensmore wns probably fatally cut by John Gusman at Mountain View park. Both are )oung men who live In Cool Spring Holiow, aud tbe affray wis tbe serjuol to a Fourth ot Jul? squabble. Iiensmore spoke Insultingly ot Guseman's sister, and they fought, but Guseman was not satisfied, nnd rocured a big knife to settle the matter hen be next met Ueusmore. Tbey came together at a dance In the park Saturday evening, and the trouble was brought up, licBsmore bad one arm beany cut on, nno was slashed clear across tbe stomach, and nearly dlsernbowled. His condition Is criti cal. After Ins victim was carried oft by friends, Uuseman resumed dancing. rALr sot a rsBM i rom ci. Justice iJavldson. ot I'nlomown, decided tho lamous calf case ot Sturgls VS Htistead, oldtng that a ealf born on a lartn was not a farm troduct. and therefore could not I aimed by a tenant working ins farm on hares. In Cherry township, Butler county, Wilson Thompson, an aged and exceedingly wealthy farmer, was ibe victim ot an outrageous robbery. Masked men entered the bouse armed with deadly weapons. Mr. Thompson was roughly bandied, nnd notllled to tell where bis money was. ibe old farmer final ly succumbed, and as a result the whole bouse was ransacked, and tbe amount cured will reach large proportions. A good bit of Uie money was lu gold, and bad been lu poeMion of tbe luompsous for more than 70 years. Ibe wotk of converting tbe Pittsburg A Lake Erie railroad bridge over the Ohio river nt Beaver Into a double tracked structure bas begun, and plies to support It while tbe work is being doue, are uow being driven Into the bed ot tbe river. With tbe completion of the double track across the bridge, the piitsMirg t i.aae r.rie railroad will b a double-tracked hue from one end to tbe other. A big yellow dog belonging to William Crumble, of Beaver Falls, caused a big ex citement by running about the streets froth ing at tne mourn and suapping ana snarling at everybody. He attacked Mr. Henderson nnd tore part ot her clothes from her body before she escaped, fortunately ne aid not bite her. It then attacked some children, but tbey escaped Injury. Tbe attempt of tbe city of Philadelphia tc plnce a loan ot tl.UOO.OOO, with Interest at t ter cent, bas again fulled. Tbe reason li tbe low rale of Interest. When bids wert opened It was found that but ( 150,600 of tbe loan was taken, ine nrsi time uius wen asked t'JIIS.OOO was taken, and proposals for the remainder were then advertised for. At a meeting ot the joint consistory of tbi Scottdale charge ot tbe Itelormed church, tin retignallon ot ltev. J. H. Mlckley as tbe pas tor was accepted, to take effect ou tbe last Sunday In July. Itev. Mlckley bas been commissioned by tbe general mission board of tbe church to lake charge ot the congre gation at Johnstown. At New Castle Sarah Harper, tbe 12-year- old girl who eloped with ber brotber-lu- aw, Dec amtn Healum. a week ago. Das made a coniesslon that is unparalleled In Its story ol depravity. Tbe couple tramped together for several days before being arrested. Healum is awaiting trial. Scfclal offlaer Christ H. Blocb. ot Johns town, wbo has been confined lo tbe countj jail lor tbe laat three weeks, Xd -who wai ulvena bearing on writ of fas.beaa corpui was releasee, on vo.ow dodo, iu is cnargeo . , . .. .. . . V , , ( . I itb having killed a man be was about tc arrest. John Walsh was set upon by two footpnd on South Mercer street. New Castle, and rounded over tbe bead with some sharp In strument. After taking Vl) cents from bli rockets tbe highwaymen left Dun for dead. It Is thought be will recover. At Bearer Falls a colored man named llrnnv Jackson was beld for court In thi sum ot tMH) by Justice Piper on the cbargi of feloniously snooting a. u. pitiar in tht head, Inflicting au ugly wound. Thomas ( lark, formerly cmphyed as f eeellon hand by the Peunsylvsuia railroad companv at YouUk'Stown, bas sued the com pany lor $30,000 damage for Injuries receiv ed ly oeiug ruu uiri vy a irmu. The Klttannlng Iron company signed tht Amalgamated Association svule, aud will pui Us plant In operation at once, ibe mill uai beeu idle for two years. Tbo action Is duett tbe Loom In tbe Iron trade. Burton F. Wood, agent for tbe Singer Set iuu machine compauy at Huntingdon, win arrested Saturday night ou tbe charged em- beyzling tl.'JOO from the company. Temporary repairs bave been made on tht Baltimore A Ohio tracks near Unlontown re cently washed out by storms, and tbe t radii bas teen resumed. Thomas Foy, a laborer, was instantly killed nnd James Fox, a miuer, fatally hurt, bv s fall cf rock In the Keystone colliery at Wil- kesbarre. police Albert Ilodecker, of Sharon, wat beaten Into Insensibility by a crowd wbllt trying to arrest two drunken toughs Saturday Dlght. GAINED NINE SEATS. Unionists Continue Their Victories Id Oreat Britain. Tbe pollings for the parliamentary elections. so fur as returned, leave the state of the parlies as follows: Conservatives 320; Liberal-Cnloulsts CO; total I ulouui. oHu Liberals, 14U; Parnellltes, 10; McCarbyltei, 6'J; Labor, 2; total opposition H17. The net Coutervaiiye gain thus far Is 81. Tbi feature ot to-day's returns was the Conservative capture of four Scotch seats In addition to five Eugiisb seals. Ibe I'arnel lite were victorious in South Meuih aud tbe McCarthylle unsealed James Itouhufort Magulre, Parnelllte, lu the west division ot Clare, Maguire is ex-speaker Peel's son-in law. ine temperauce people are delighted at tbo fact that Sir Wlllord Lawson waa re-elected In the Cockermouih divlalou of Cumberland, but bis majority was cut dowu by 630 votes, lu spile ol tbe lact that Lawson le i ae ot tbe largeet laud owuers in the district, while bis oiiiineut was a comparatively unknown man. Price Current on Crops. The Price Current summarises the erop couauions tor ine past wee as ioiiow: "Tbroshlng returns are more dlsappolullug than otherwise in both yield and quality ol wheat. Moisture bas beeu unfavorably af feouug the grain In tbe sbock in Missouri nud elHOwhcre. There bave been more com plaints from the spring wheat region, aud tbe Indications are moderately less favorable. Corn generally Is dolug well, but a portion ot the ares is urueutly ueedlug inolstuie. Oats are maintaining fairly good return. The week's packing of bogs amounted lo 100,000, agalust 243,100 tor tbe corresponding week lust year. Home of ibe Indiana miners threaten to disrupt the statu federation ot l ulled Mlue Norkyr if President l'urcell does not ordur a guueral strike. VERDICT AGAINST HOLMES. The Pint gel Inquest Ended and a Warrant Issued. The adjourned Inquest at Toronto, Ont, on the body of Alice Pletzel was concluded Monday night. There was veajr littlo evl lence submitted and nothing of a new or itarlllog character. The coroner charged rery strongly agalast H. II. Holmes, alias Madgett, alias Howard, ot murdering Alice 'letr.el in the city cf To -onto on or about the 5tn day ol October. 1H.. After the return of tl verdict the coroner ade ont a warrant foi ue arrest of Holmes. be warrant will be cl. eed In the bands of 1. , - I .fc. ....... . ters will be made ou. demanding Holmes' iitradiilon. U. II. Holmes is now in prison In Pblladel- hla awaiting trial on the charge ot aonsplr- oy to defraud the Fidelity Mutual Life In- lurance Association of 17,000. This amount as obtained by Lawyer Jeptha I. Howe, ol t, Louis, representing ihe family ot li. F. eltzel. wbo. It Is aliened, was killed In tbe xplosion of a chemlnal, and who bad short- betore been insurea in tne riuomy wm- ianr. More startling disclosures nave been made tbe Chief of l'oli.-e of Chicago In the olmea investigation, ly Patrick yullan, the usted friend and former employ of the al ged wholesale mur.i- rer. , He gave Informs- n which eonvlnoed lue polloe that Holmei ade away with Kitty Kelly, wbo was em oyed by blm as bis elerk, at the drug store Englewood. Oulnlan gave the police a icture, which be said w.is that ot the missing 4rl. iChlef Badenoch said the ease was growing Tlore horrible and mysterious every hour.and bt was sure Holmes bad oommltted more murders than tbe world bad yet been apprls a of. In th basement ot lb Holmes house In Chicago workmen found two grave lu which Indies had been burrled In quickllmo. The bodies bad dissolved, but the outline were very distinct. A man has been lound wbo removed the flesh from thefw bodies, two of women snd one ot a man, anil articulated the skeletons for Holmes. Tbe l odtes were taken from tbe Hlxty-lhird streot bouse. CHINESJEDUPL!CITY Attacks on Missionaries to Frighten For eigners out ot tbe Country, Tbe steamer Empress ot India bos arrived at Victoria, B. C, bringing Toklo advices to July 12. The Japanese authorities are now lo possession ot Information from China giv ing a new explanation of the riot in Sr.ecbuan and directly Implicating the l'okln govern ment. Among commercial stipulations in the pence treaty with Japan that ol opening tbe remote Interior to foreign trado baa met with tbe strongest objections from tbe court and tbe tung II yamen, and It Is alleged that viceroy Liu was secretly Instructed to foment disturbances in order to prove that the upper Yang Tse provinces wsre unsnie tor strangers, uj iuis mean it was booed that alien might be prevented frem availing themselves ot the privileges; but since tbe outrages have been resented. with a wholly unexpected spirit, the gov ernment has taken fright and eudeavors to escape responsibility by degrading Liu and making blm tne scapegoat, mis is more than tbe deposed viceroy Is willing to endure, and bis followers threaten troub.e In ease he is subjected to s. pnbllo trial, as the French envoy proposes lo publish facts Inculpating some ot tne nigoesi aigniiarie ui uie em- olre. If Liu must tall be is determined that others greater than be shall go down with blm. . . PROMINENT PEOPLE, t safe's real name is Isaiah. Pa'!! has been on tho .operatic stage lor lorty-ove years. John D. Ilookefeller and William Rocke feller are both enthualnMlo bicyclists. Itev. Dr. Parkliurst's oongregntlon allows him a vacation of throe months In each year, Gladstone is reported as saying: "I hate getting up in the morning, and bate it tbo same every morning. Thomas B. Itoed Is spending the summer in the pretty cottage at urund uoacn, aiu., whtuli he has just purenaseu. Mrs. Menrv Ward Beeohor. who Is In ho eiifhtv-lhlrd vear. started from Brooklyn for tho FaeiUiJ Coast to vUit bor son, Horbert Beochcr. Prince Adolrilius. of Teck. who married tho daughter of tbo Duke ot wesimiiwicr, is re iKirted to be a cuudldate for the tbrouu of Bulgoriu. Bernard Wlno. tho most talked of poll ticlnn In New South Wale, is only thirty- lour years of age. At tho age ot twenty seven ho was Attorney-Uunural. The Emperor of Gormanv smokes cigar atiout seven Inches long, each of whluh is kopt in a hermetically sealed gloss tube to preserve tho aroma until it ut uaeu. Cantikln Otiorgo W. Counh. of th steamer Uld Dominion, is tne oideet stoninaiup cap tain In the world in length of surviue,iiiiviu(; been in commission forty-nine yearn. Tho now Duke of Hamilton, PrvMiil'it Peer of Scotland. Is almost a chroiiln invalid. 1I has never recovered from a Htroue oi iiarui' ysis a few years ago. He Is uumarrlud. Comnl roller of tho Currency Eckels wns an excellent baseball nlaver hofore h as sumed his i.rewoiit high bflloo, but now ho does not indulge lu bis londueus for the Nil' tloual Uaiue. The Biitht Hon. Walter Hume Long, tlm now President of the British Board of Agri culture, is a great sportsman, rides to hounds like a whirlwind ami is an excupuouuny skillful erii-kutur. Chlof Constructor Philip Hinhborn, of tho United States Navy, Is one of the few officer of high rank who are not gruuuuiea oi au nnpoll. He began bis career as au appreu tiue in tbe Charloaton Navy yard. " Oovernor Hustings, of Pennsylvania, is probably the handsomest Chief Executive of which any State can boast. He has a fine apiMHirance and a wiunlug manner wnicu gains blm botb admirers and i nouns. .. .. ... . Oeneral von Uannekln. the young German oftloer who pluyed an importitut part in tho recent war betweun unina ami japan, iigui lnir on the side ot the former. Is now in Berlin, and la the recipient of much ottou Hon. Bir William Hareourt, defeated In Dorbv, has been returned to the British Parliament from Wett Monmouthshire wttb no opposi tion. Henry Lalsjuohere has been returned to Parliament, although with a reduced ma jority. Queen Victoria la a pronounced Tory in her personal feelings, aud Is overjoyed at the turn in British polities. On the con trary, the Prince of Wales, while not much of a politician. Is rather friendly to Liberals Joseph Chamberlain is fifty-eight years of age. lie has not a gray hair in bla head, and his looks are as thick and glossy as iney were twentv vears auo. uue of Mr. Clium borlalu's strongest oliits is his pleasant winning conversational voice. Countess Glen not I, second lady ot honor In waiting to tbe Queen of Italy, worked In Newark, N. J., as a cigarette muger wueu ha was a child. She returned to Italy at the age ot fifteen, attracted tbe fancy of Queen, was made a sorvunt and tueu a cour favorite. Bpent $30,000 In Ten Months. Darnel Goodwin, tbe son ot thrifty peuurlous pareuts wbo left the young man about uuo when be died some leu mouths ago, ha been committed to I'anvers, Mass., insaue ayium. nnen uoouwin came possekslou ol ibe father's properly be begsn tpspeudit without regard to value. During tbe past year be bos tramped from Califor nia to Massaohusetu. WAR VESSELS. An js-xeaiuon ueparm r rem uela. SB7 cvrvuuii f? aivti. ..- , . , .a . . .-t-.i . Trr . , - lij luesuay or neunesua oi idi tnere win o in luunn waters tne largtu pedlllon from this country that ha yet ff, It will be under tne command ei Col . rlqne Collaro, wbo arrived In this couttrt preparing for the expedition. I iHjbii sympainir.ers in l nuaaeipnia t:. n Important part In the expedition. ,, . . . . . i .... . . . . . ii was there that ail tht men Were enllatitl or li, aou wriere a,i un arum ami nmmunitti were shipped. Tbe ship Is filled out u , war verrei aim niso 10 cope or run from any spauish war vessel now crulut,, ,1 Cutan waters. She is capable ot a speii 0 If auois an iiournnu nns maun iv. Aiioutt-i day ago a trial trip "as made oft Hnm, II 1. I"..!. .1 -... Vila ed for tbe four hours nearly 17!' kn7. She was at once accepted and the money p, , over. Clearance papers were obtained tj tbe vessol rat out to sen. A contingent ot about 23 loyal Cubani sklllod sbit'Wilghtf and experienced wars men, were shipped on another vh snd transferred to her on the high sen Jd, men at once went to work transforming tt to a condition suitable for the serious work ahead, liapld firing four and six-lncb guu were purchased, and these, with two gattliLf guns, were sent out out In tbe same vrtJ and by tbe time tbe boat reache t'utii waters ids win nave iiuho a lormiuaoie Ut. terv In position. What Is needed more than anything by the Insurgents Is said to be aboard th vessel, mere is sain to nave Decs loaded from tins city a, wo itemington rules 144 60.000 bounds of ammunition. Tbe rlRemr j ammunition are said to bave been shipped to Ibis city by the manufacturers, or ratUertos point near this city, and loaded on vwi, points down the river and bay. Thev mm then carried out to a point on tho hlyh t-M OS tne capes oi tne Delaware and mere tru. terred to tne veasei. r.vrytuing was cr.a. pleted for sailing on Saturday night, and tin vessel Is new believed to be on Its way to cuna. lucre ts but one Cuban In tbe turn Among those who are enrolled Is a fermw officer of the l nlted Stales navy, an nrtlcer of tbe national guard and four or live n.ei wbo served throughout tne civil war. AS soon a iue v uunun aro reeoiriuzMj u bellgerents by some forefgn government tu vessel will be purchased oy tne UiMirK-o'i, tbe Cuban flag will be raised ou her tij.tt will be named, in all probability, i In. dent Marti. mis recognition esiiectH from a South or (Central American ri j utjt in a very tew oays. Sesd Division Abolished. Tbe seed division of the agricultural de rartment will be abollsnea on October l Secretary Morton bas Issued an order lutiu that the practice ot distributing nw.lia, broadcast at government expense will tedis continued during tbe fiscal years of lh'.Juj lsyft. Tbe change Is estimated to Involn i saving ol about tiuo.ouu a year. Officers of the St. Louis street rtllsn the report ol a companies deny datlon. MAKKI3TH. PITTS III no. TUB W1I01.I8AI.S raiCBS ARE flIVRN EILUt (iraln, flour and teed. WIlEAT-No. 1 led . o. s red 75 1 u a ii a i h m i i k 80 M v s u s hi a -n- 4 r is 4 15 li aim i in is s ?i t v.i iu tt it su :j it oi i VII II si 1" Ml i i tw t m i i: i 1MI At 4 X ! t, ,Vl t l I J' I. i; j 11 .. J I 'l COHN Nu I yellow ear,....., Mixed ear No II vellow helled CATS Na 1 white......... Na 8 white ......... Extra Na I white ... Llutit mixed u BYK No 1 Na B western t LOCH Htur-patvnl blende rency epriug paienia. Faucy itralsht winter... MralKbt XXX baker'.... Clear Winter llye flour.... BAY Na 1 tlmotby Na x Mixed clover. Na 1 . Lse tlmoUir. from wasona... FEKU Na 1 WbiteMd., ton Na x White Middling Brown Middling limn, bulk STKAW Wheat Oat Dairy Product VTTEIt Elgin Creamery Fiiuey Creamery Fancy louutiy KolL Low tirade aud eoukluir Cllhhsh Utile, new New York, new '4 Ist'ouslu hwioa. M Vi-i U Lliiiburger. newiunke. lu li t ruit and Vegetables. ai'I'I.ks in n llKA.NS lland-nliked. per bu.... li X tr I. Una. in a 1 M I'O'l A'lor.S Klue, lu car. bill 1 I roiu blore, bu ' CAlibAliK Home itrowu. bbl ONH Vellow, ou 1 & I Poultry, tic. Live Chicken, fe nuir 'i' 4 Live lu ks. pall tu urerteu i.nu ai ii, y iu i- l.He 'i urkeys, j in 1! tl.OS l'a. and onto, fresh ) 1'fcAl lll.Uh-txtrallv!Uoee,iylU u. i r.x. i.ivu iieww, i in v l-uuuliy, laige pai-aed MUcelluueous. frEElm-C lover bit in. f, 40 ki ' 1 ) 1 14 ' ;o 4 W I 4 Inuolby, prime blub lirasa KAi.s t ouuiry mixed. Hn.NtY bite tlovur M AI Lt el III H, uew Cllitll Couulry, aweel, bbl 'lAl.i.nW CINCINNATI. FLl'Vlt Vt lltA I-.Nu tteu KYL No. - ; n 4i 'a Cl'U.N Mixed - OA'lfc KliO& bill l.ii uiilo . reamury fUlLAlllilLPlJ 1A. FLOP It 8 '' WlifcAl No. H hed CUIl.N Na X Mixed " UA'ISt Na x White Bl 11 tK creamery, extra lr noi.h ra. nri KL'W YOKK. FLOl'R Patent WlltAl-Nu sued Kit-Male. COHN Na 1 OA'lft White W extern bl iTbH Creamery .... ioos btale aud l eun LIVE bTOCK. ClKTOaL bTOCX YilOJ, Kast LlSSSTT, tl C1TTLX, Prbne. 1,400 to l.dOOtb 5 ! Uuod, l.Hisj to 1,400 lb & li(sd tuuner, l.vmo to l.auulba... 4 w the Tidy, 1,oij to l.iaoni rair Usnt aieer. ui to iuw u ... Couiwou, TOO tu Vuuft uoua Pblladelpbla beat Yoikeiand mixed . 6 a 6 ill and Couiujou tu lair Yorkura... suxsr. Cxtra. I to lie lb luud.a& to VH b , S 13 1 w ( IU hair, Tl to oft lb. C'oiuiuuu Hpimg Lamb tho Chicago. Cattle Common to exirs ta...umu.eu; sucker and leeiler. cow aud bull. I.Wk.lT5; t-alve. lio(( neavy, si.'.'5(fVV!.': i-oiiuima " mixed, (4 si iaft W; chulue asaorled, I1 light, f.'i.i (-. 4.; pigs, ).l.a.-' ' .f''? lorior lo choice, Siut4. 1U; lumb, and Cincllinatl Hog-- select slilpllrt ' bun bei ..K.a."i.;..u lair lo good l"" ' ' luio tos.i.'n lair lo nsui i.i.wio rollgh4.Mito5.0U I attle g a d ullll'l"'"1 ( mi.u : comiuou '.'.o"t'-V.4 i t ytsid to vbutve 4 xlo6-Wii IO4.U0 C01IIU1UUK'1'