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irl 7 a uor i - - 1 it I HIES EM IN I Mi. TROUBLESOME COLONISTS. lighting in India ia Which Many Katives are Killed. MOW Monaequenee or tne rapid spread of " j.yvolt at Simla, India, from 12.000 CO natives now being under arms, ovcrnment has ordered the re 4 Parrot brigade to assemble under the Anlmnana f Col. Wodehouse. The rnrpish regiments will await events at nmlral Pindl and the native regiments , , dardan. The staff will remain for To time at Nowsbera. Ft. Chakdara von hitrong enough to resist any attack. stnild It lias a Rood supply of ammunl T1 v The only fenr Is that the garrison 1 y beeiine exhausted by constant Mra'htnp. xhe tribesmen are sending art, rward fiesh relays continually. A kiuwin"'r'nT column a few days ago Und the enemy in great force block ding the road to Chakdara. During livne fighting a hundred of the enemy anelvere kill, d and the British had four h,een wounded, among them Capt. Bald- ... win, who was severely wounded and T.1..111 KfVi'j. who received a slight at "wound. Vlie enemy followed up the re fa' tiring column and attacked the camp . InA hnlf-hurted manner, being easily . repulsed bv the panb-on. tien. Blood, """vlth cvtry available man, storted for of the relief of Ft. Chakdara, and the gnr JhV tsnn lies ben not i tied of his intention , ;'v heliograph. Heavy lighting is es- ' rtd ut Amandara. "ut r V-'-' 300 Eebeli Killed. I Offleal dispatches nt Lisbon from Lourcuzo Marque.. South Africa, con firm th" reports of recent lighting be tween the government troops and the itl.cllii us natives In Giizaland. The battle to k place July 21 near Chlm butu. the capital of Gnzaland. The governor of Portuguese F.ast Africa, Col lbuuer(iie, with a small Portu guese force routed T.wki rebels. The portugucfc losses were two killed and ten wounded. The natives lost 300. At Cur"' Town the government troop have captured all the enemy's positions north of Twalskloof. Among the Hritbli losses were SeTgts. Mall and Mrcer. who were killed. Chief I.uknjantt'S. who led the rebels, was 'killed with ninny of hlH followers. A prncrnl surrender of the rebels is cx pectejlX , Fighting in Egypt. The Egyptian intelligence depart ment has received word of heavy tribal fighting tip the Nile between the Der vishes and the Jaallns. The Dervishes, tinder one of the generals of the khal ifa defeated the Jaalons In ft pitched battle and occupied Metemneh on July 1 The losses on both sides were very large. The Jaallns are said to have lost 2,000 killed. FOUR LIVES LOST. V' ru Coupling Pin Placed in an Open Switch by m Train Wreckers. I i'l Train wreckers got In their fiendish work at Thornton, Ind., last Friday, , U when the Chicago express on the l.lg ItV Tour ran Into an open switch, which if' had been plugged by ft coupling pin. 5V and was ditched, four lives being sac r riflced. The dead nre Engineer Setll Wlnslow of Greensburg. Ind.; Fireman B Crtrkmore of Indianapolis, and two tramps, names unknown. The Injured arc Henry Pljbe. Cleveland, (., who was badlv scalded and will die, and Charles Cavenir, Cleveland. .. who waa prtd.ahly fatally scalded and crushed. The escape of the seven mall clerks Is miraculous. None of them sur v,:;flrig '"ore than slight lrulses. Lx ? 171 list s jlssenger John Edmonds of .Jiinn.ii..., Wv hn il charce ol me es- ' I W?8s car and was thrown violently f .fftlnst the head end of the car. hut y '!f caped with a few insignificant ::-n.riI.hr.a Tlie passengers The escaped I''.... .w . .... i,niii.iir nt. Those In the 'll-IOi severe shaking up. 'tP'. - .. - ,.I.IU.I ileepers were noi rwn ,,n. ....... '!' Tube and Cavenir were discovered Tlving under the front platform of the !mall car. Doth were badly scalded and terribly crushed, ."scunor win n-i -. They reside in Cleveland, and from their position it is thought they were stealing their passage. The tramps were stealing a ride on the front end of the baggage car. It was a deliberate plot to wreck the train, as a. coupling pin had been driven into tho switch so as to hold it open and throw the train. The engine and tender, the mall, ex press and baggage cars were thrown from the track and wrecked. The coaches and Wagner sleeping ears re- nint nn the track, and none of the passengers were seriously hurt, al though they had a lively shake up. There is a strong suspicion that these Interested In the mining situation had something to do with the train wreck ing. The opinion Is entertained at the headquarters of the Hlg Four road that the train wreckers had hoped to de stroy a coal train about due. General Manager Sehaff has offered ft reward of $r.00 for the arrest and conviction ot the wreckers. GREATER THAN NIAGARA. Jfater Being Harnessed Capable of Developing a Tremendous Horse Power. The sreatest water power plant in r the world I to bo In operation within a few months, If the plans or the corpora tion controlling it meet with no ob htructlon. It Is Intended to take power lrom the t. Lawrence river and, by means of a system of turbines of r.,0O0 liorso power each, operate an electric plant of almost Incalculable strength. The plant is in an immense building iicar Massenn, X. Y., on the United States side of the St. Lawrence. The St. Lawrence, in the neighborhood of Massena, has a fall of 56 feet in a dis tance f.i about seven miles, and the Grass river at Massena is CO feet lower than the St. Lawrence. The plant Is to be even greater than that at Niagara Falls, because with all tho force of the long rapids of the St. Lawrence behind it there is to be practically no limit to its potency. As showing the general confidence in the enterprise. J.l.ouo.nih) worth of bonds have been underwritten by an English company to build the plant. Claims Against Spain. A prominent Wnshlngton official, when asked for an estimate as to the aggregate value of the claims already filed by Americans against the Gov ernment of Spain as a result of tho In surrection In Cuba, said the amount Is in excess f Ji5.0n0.0tW, and Is steadily growing. A large proportion of this sum is represented by demnnds for in demnification because of property de stroyed or Injured by Spanish soldiers. An Inventor's Profits. A decision was filed In the United States eoui t nt New Haven. Conn., by E. E. Marvin of Hartford, w ho was ap pointed by Judge V. K. Townsend aa master to take an account of damages and profit in the case of Mrs. Harriet H. Welles of Chicago, formerly of Va terbury, against the Waterbury Manu facturing (ompnny. It was alleged that the Waterbury concern was in- frlnfrlnr. r.n n tintent hnrkti Tho niMS- t l..r xtw fln.lii thnt thr cnniTihi I nn n t lm i'.i'.''i.-!u ' v : 1 t sweet " . 'bona anil au.uuie. .uHieijt house has beeu connected wi.u Val others in the town, and the . . I , A....L.-1 .i..:i.,a a tt&cJe a nrsi uiuso cuumuw TXUX TXLIOIAJU. CoL Fred Grant baa resigned bis po sition as Commissioner of the New York Police Force. The President has appointed Major Moses Handy, of Illinois, Special Com mlssioner of the United States to the Paris International Exposition of 1900. Thomas Renberger and William But ler were drowned In the Mississippi J river about twelve miles southeast of Wabash. Ind.. when seining for fish. I Ex-United States Senator Poollttle. of Wisconsin, died Tuesday at the home of his daughter at Edgewood. near i Providence. K. I., of Brlght's disease. He was i years old. A non-union Iron worker was killed during a riot at Scottdale, Ta.. Satur day. Ills name waa William T. Cum min gs. and he was a recognized leader of non-union workmen. Thomas W. Zimmerman, one of tho best known hotel men In the country, died at Cincinnati Saturday. He was 5i years old. For years he was mana ger of the Hurnet house. Samuel Lewis, aged 92, said to be the oldest Iron master In the United States, Is dead. He founded the Allentown (Pa.) Iron works In 1S64. Mayor F. E. Lewis of Allentown Is his grandson. During a test for speed on a trolley road, operated by the Pennsylvania railroad, between Burlington and Mt. Holly, one mile of the aeven-mile run was made In the unprecedented time of 48 seconds. Adolph Wise of Union Hill, N. J.. while walking In the streets the other day touched a telephone wire that had been blown down by the storm and had become crossed with an electric light wire. He was roasted to death. Keports have reached Juneau from Prince Lungl's St. Ellas expedition. The reports come from Yakutat and say that all preliminary arrangements had bceen made for the climb and that the party had already made good progress. Paskuclle Dadarlo was hanged In the county prison at Philadelphia Tuesday for the murder of Modestlno Moffo. The victim of the murder waa a three-year-old child. The crime was one of the most brutal In the police records of Philadelphia, The 10-year-old son of Illchard F"al lon was found In a dark room at his father's homo in New York with a heavy ball and chain attached to his leg. The parent had adopted this means to keep the lad away from evil associations. The president has commissioned T. V. Powdcrly as commissioner of Immi gration. Powderly's nomination had been sent to the Senate, but was not acted on, and the President, therefore, has tilled the office by a recess appoint ment. The Metropolitan Electric Company of Chicago failed the other day. The liabilities amount to about $35,000; as sets, JlOft.OOO. The concern is capital ized at 1300,000. Poor collections are said to have been the cause of the as signment. The members of the administration believe that Judge Day. Assistant Sec retary of State, Is much more likely than Mr. Held to become Secretary of State In the event that Mr. Sherman should find it necessary to relinquish the duties of olllce on account of ill health. Leslie 01. Niblnck. editor of the Dally Leader, of Guthrie, Okla., fell from a street car In Cleveland, alighting on his head. He died shortly after. He was major on the staff of former Gov. Ren frew, of that territory. He was en route to Washington. United States Minister Baker has cabled the State Department that United States Consul Otto Munch meyer, at San Salvador, committed sui cide there a few days ago. Mr. Haker says that he will appoint a. Vice Con sul to take cJiarge of the office. Tho President and Secretary of War have decided to' establish a military' pest in Alaska, to be garrisoned by a tympany of troops. It will probably be placed at Circle City, ami the govern ment Is nn.xJoi4S,tn, establish it before the winter begins In thnt region. Max Grugo, a blacksmith, of Pitts burg, was at his forge the other day, when the bellows burst und tho hot c als were thrown Into his face, badly burning him. He was sent to Mercy Hcspltal, where It was discovered that one of his eyes had been burned out. A dispatch from Constantinople says that, as the result of the Initiative of Germany, backed by Austria, and Italy, a clause has been drafted for embodi ment In the peace treaty whereby Eu ropean financial control will be estab lished at Athens. The various foreign offices are now considering the clause. While postal employees were trans ferring mail from one cart to another I at Herlln recently, In front of the post- otllce one of the parcels exploded, in juring on employee severely. Tho nd press on the package could not be de ciphered from the fragments. The po lice nre making investigations. A curious misdemeanor has been es tablished by a criminal court nt Uerlin. A professional marksman was arraign ed before the court for mortally wound ing his fiancee with a pistol while per forminir the William Tell trick. Tne ' judge sentenced him to six months' Im prisonment tor paniieriiiB 10 inu iioiiu lnr lust for excitement." Snow fell nt Middletown, N. Y. Wed nesday, while several persons were prostrated by the heat at St. Joseph, Mo. Representatives of Enstern hop buy ing linns have been In Chohalls. Wash., several days and displayed great eager ness to make contracts for the lKfi crop. Last week the b"st iuallty sold for T cents, but now Ji'i and even 10 cents a pound Is offered, and the latter figure has been refused by several par ties. The prospects for the growing crop are exceedingly good. There Is a growing sentiment nt El Paso, Tex., against consumptives Hock ing to the southwest, and the desire for sanitary measures against persons with that disease Is rapidly gaining ground. Thousands of consumptives from the north and east come to tho mild and dry climate of the southwest every win ter and since their disease Is known to be infectious the people are In dread of It. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that at least 150 persons have perished In the recent Moods at Kertch, In the Crimea. Kertch Is a fortified town on a tongue of land forming a peninsula of the same name, noted ror Us mud volcanoes, on the Strait of Yenlkale, connecting the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea. Its site Is that of the an cient Pnntlcapaeum, the residence of the celebrated Mlthrldates. The modern town is of recent origin. In 1827 it was declared a free port. The government has established a mwal yard there. A daring hold-up took place near Ocean Port, N. J.. Tuesday. Lillian nnd Louise Blackmur, sisters of Henry n Blackmur. a real estate agent, whos ofllee is at New York, were dragged from a wagon, beaten and robbed. Their assailants, two In number, were In bicycle costume nnd rode wheels. Thev secured about $j0 and some jewelry. The Ward line steamer Seguranca, which arrived at Havana from New York on Sunday, brought a consign ment of 150 hollow logs, about 15 feet In length with the ends, although closoa showing clearly that they had been painted red for the purpose o disguise. a $69 forged note, bearli . . , . Ceorce Hagele, Natrona, fa. Mrs. Mary Alleman was fatally Jured by a gasoline stove exploding Steelton. . ik mi of m mm. THE COLD FEYER. Casital Xakiag PrtparatioBS to Develop the Kickes of the aUondyke. , ,,-.',,. either the prospect of suffering; the hardships of a trip to Alaska nor the shortage of a supply of provisions Is deterring the adventurous gold hunter , ... .i. . hi. fortunes In the Klondyke. The mills at Seattle are running day and night fill ing orders for supplies. Some men who had purchased their tickets for pas sage on board of steamers going north from San Francisco for 500 were able to resell them for $1,500, so great Is the demand for accommodatlona In order to teach the gold fields. Expeditions are being fitted out all over this country and In Canada; Great Britain Is very much Interested, and Australian gold hunters are already ap proaching the land of unknown wealth. That great Interest Is shown by American capital in the development of the newly dlse-overed gold field Is shown by the organization of various compa nies which are asking the public for subscriptions to their stock. The following companies are located In New York: The Alaska-Klondyke Yukon-Caribou British Columtda gold mining developing company, $5,000,000; the Philadelphia and Alaska gold min ing syndicate, $500,000; the Exploration syndicate, $100,000; the Kootenay-Cart-bou mining and Investment company, limited, $2,500,000; the Yukon-Klondyke gold mining and trading company, lJo.OOO; the Acme development com pany, $150,000; total, $13,375,000. From all reports, the Immense amount of gold which Is being found on the Klondyke warrants the Investment of American capital. James R. Keene, the well-known Wall street operator, has declared that the principal obstacle to be overcome In this new mining dis trict Is that of transportation. This fact has become apparent to all practi cal men who have studied the situa tion. . LEADER ARRESTED. A. Warrant Served on Patrick Dolan While Leading a Band of Btrikari. The miners' strike took a sensational turn Monday morning, when Patrick Dolan while leading BOO strikers through Turtle Creek. Tft., on their way to the Plum Creek miners, waa ar rested by Constable R. B. Speer, who served a, warrant, charging Dolan with riot and unlawful assembly. The war rant was sworn out by Operator De Armlt. Dolan was soon released on $000 ball, furnished by Nicholas Oehm. A Mnnonenh. W. Va.. the wives of the Polish and Italian strikers attacked , some of the colored men who are in me mines with sticks and attempted to keep them from going to work, but when thev were threatened wnn arrest. they desisted and returned to their. homes. The mining situation in tne Fairmont region is not materially changed. The mines at Hutchinson are running about one-half their full force, those at Pritchard about one-third their force, and seventy-live men are working at Mononeah. Monongah and O'Donnell men say they will dig no cool until the strike is settled. J. A. rlck Inger, superintendent of tho Monongah mines, posted bills notifying the strik ing miners to vacate the company's houses, claiming that new men would be here to go to work at once. The miners think that this Is an attempt to force them to return to work, and claim If the houses have to bo vacated that they will camp out before they will re turn to work. At Pittsburg a uniformity agreement was drafted by coal operators Wednes day. It contains 21 sections, and when signed may speedily settle tne miners strike. Oppose Negro Office-Holdor. The appointment of Harry A. Rucker, a negri". barber, ror tne internal ioi lectorshlp of the State of Georgia has brought something less than l.uoo.uoK applications for the deputy collector ship. The entire staff of his Atlanta barber shop has been included in the list. In Athens, where Pink Morton, a ne'gro, has been named for Postmaster, the citizens have arranged a system eif boycotting which will be unbiue, even if it Is not effective. Judson Lyon, an other negro, has been promised the Postofllcp at Augusta, hut a large dele gation of citizens, headed by ex-Sena tor W alsh. will pronably appear berore the Senate to oppose his confirmation. Cycling Note. Hteycling Is attaining marked popularity In .Mexico. Jlllnn, Italy, is to hnvo a blcyclo exhibi tion next April. Homo bicyclist of Portland, Oregon, wear pneumatic shoes. (Jiieen Mnrghareta of Italy Is the latest royal convert to cycling. It is now generally agreed that the chain-les-s bicycle will bo on tlm market for 1H!)7. Frenchmen are pi paring a monster petition in favor of tho reduction of tho tux on bicycles. The Greek cyclist who wontlio Marathon race at tlm Olympic games last year died recently from a wound received In tho war with tho Turks. f.'nses of exhaustion consequent on long and hard riding arise now ami then, gen erally superinduced by heart trouble or some other weakness on tho part of tho rider, but as far as being prostrated by the heat goes wheelmen seem very rarely sub ject to It. When tho cyclist gets into netive work again hii frequently becomes tbirsty on the first few rides. Some cyclists advise tlinlr friends not to drink at all, but to endure, feelings similar to those experienced by Tantiilu ot old. The temptation to drink something Is too strong for the average man, who Is not disposed to become a mar tyr to anything. Tho course prescribed by nature is to drink when ono is thirsty. Drink moderately, and sluko your thirst with non-lntoxie'Htiiig beverages. In proportion to its population, Johan nesburg, Hon til Afrleau ltepubllc, Is the see ond cycling city In the world. The Board of Aldermen of New York City passed ordinances, which the Acting Mayor approves, regulating traffic on the city streets. Uieyoleg are classed with other vehicles. Tho rate of travel Is fixed, and riding on the sidewalks Is prohibited. A suit for tCOOO Is just be-gun by Mrs, Sylvester M. Seott, of New Brunswick, N. J., against Clarence II. Shinn, of Lake wood, in the Huprotne Court. Mrs. Scott claims tho damugrs for injuries In falling off a bicycle which she was learning to rido under Hhinu's Instruction. bb alleges a blood vessel was burst by a header she took, three ligaments were ruptured, a h'g was broken, und he-sides, sho wus "bruised, hurt, cut, wounded, maimed, sick, sore, lame, and disordered" by tho uuoldunt. Hyde Park, the most distinctive of London Parks, covers 400 acres. The Hois de Boulogne, the most distinctive of Paris parks, cover" 2 200 nores. Cen tral Park, tho most distinctive of New York paks, covers 840 acres. The first envelope ever made is In the possession of the British Museum. iml'9. . . . . . . pod lambs. IP. - I JJ M (eal calves 0 00 THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. th Caal aa Xim ladaitria Fraarat lorna DificultiM. J.'O. Dun A Co.'a weekly review ot trade reports: Dispatches from almost every north ern city of Importance report without exception Improvement In business and from Detroit to Seattle and Portland splendid crop prospects. The task of adjusting the business and industries ot the country to conditions created by a new law has progressed with gratify ing rapidity and ease. Even the in creasing strength of striking coal min ers probably forwards the adoption of the uniformity plan, which promises to remove most of the causes of such struggles. Some confusion Is caused by events seemingly contradictory: by closing ot large cotton mills when many other works are smarting and by decline In some prices when others are advancing, but the balance Is unmis takably on the right side. The most important event sine' the passage of the new tariff, which waa generally anticipated a week ago, has been the marked Increase In foreign demand and advance In price fo wheat, the latter has risen 4c during the week, with western receipts for the first time exceeding last year's and western railroads besieged for cars and with Atlantic exports of 1.718.738 bush els, flour Included, for the week and 6.351.178 bushels In four weeks, against 6,917,865 bushels last year. With heavy contracts for shipment exceeding 1.200, 000 bushels on a single day, Liverpool reports of a shipment, from America to Northern Rohemla and with French markets excited, speculative sales here have little Influence. With crop news still favorable producers may realise something like $S0,0O0,OOO more than last year on wheat, which means a great difference in purchases by agri cultural states. The industrial sky Is partly over clouded by coal and Iron difficulties and by the closing of some large cotton mllla. Having run for months far ahead of consuming demand on cotton bought at comparatively high prices the mills see ahead a large crop and cheap cot ton, and it is but the rational way to halt production, dear off accumulated stocks at the season when vacations are common and begin the new year on Its own basis. Selling of wool at Boston, where the speculation has been most active, Is suggestive, amounting to 8,848,000 pounds for the week and at three chief markets to 11.984.500 pounds. Sales for four weeks have been 46.109,200 pounds, 22,538,500 pounds being domestic, against 7.211.350 pounds In all Inst year. Delay In the Iron Industry Is partly because wages have not been settled at all works, though at many, and partly because steadily rising demand does not yet raise prices. In some products prices are a shade lower, notwithstand ing a larger demand, owing to competi tion between works, but bessemer is a shade higher. In structural work, plates, sheets and bars for the enor mous operations of agricultural imple ment works, the demand Increases, and for rolling stock owing to the abund ance of crops. Failures for the week have been 236 In the United States, against 281 last year, and 28 In Canada, against 40 last year. ADVICE TO NEGROES. A Southern Judge Telle Them That This ii a White Han't Country. The special term of court recently called at Decatur to try the negroes, Lewis Thompson and Walter Neville, charged with assaulting Nellie Law ton, a 12-year-old white girl, and Rosa Burford, their alleged accessory, con vened the other day, Judge J. J. Hanks presiding. The crime eiccurred five weeks ago and a lynching was only averted by the removal of the accused . 1 , Ml.. I H ,1 .. . . .. 1 .. .J " ui lluillHYllie, wucit? iney uric kuuiuuu by troops. Judge Hanks told the Jury thnt the county must be cleared of all semblance of delny In the administra tion of Justice. Turning to the specta tors, he told the whites he would al low no demonstration of violence, lie then warned the negroes not to' gather around the Jail, saying that If their aid is needed to protect the prisoners they would be sent for; but that they would be Imprisoned If they Inflamed the whites by going armed or making threats. "Now you negroes go home, and stay there," concluded the Judge, "or you will get Into trouble. This Is a white man's country, and a white man's court, nnd you negroes must keep In your places." Crushing Woight of Office-Seokeri. Rome Idea of the size of the vast throng of office-seekers that has called upon the president since the 4th of March was conveyed to the visitors at the White House the other day when they saw a number of workmen lifting up and strengthening the floor of the large lobby Just outside the president's office. Thjs floor had sunk no less than lour Inches from the weights Imposed upon it. It lies directly above the vast Kast room, and so e-annot he supported from beneath without disfiguring that splendid apartment. A plan has been prepared by Ceil. Illngham .the super intendent of public buildings und grounds, for suspending the lloor froia the heavy roof beams above. Orover Signe a Fotition. Grover Clevelnnd, by signing his name to a paper, has provided Prince ton University with a saloon. Twelve names were neeessary to keep open the saloon, tho license of which expired on the first day of May, and Mr. Cleve land was the twelfth. "The Princeton Inn," the resort so fortunnte to get one of the surviving former Presidents, Is about 1,200 feet from the corner of the college campus and is In the center of college life at Princeton. "Princeton Inn" was opened six years ago by a stock company consisting of wealthy university alumni. It has been run aa headquarters for visiting friends of the university. United Statoi ii Backward. Charles 11. Cramp, the Philadelphia ship-builder, returned from Kurope on the St. Paul Saturday. Mr. Cramp went to London mainly to attend the session of the British Institute of Naval architects. He said he found great eagerness on the part of every coun try to build a navy, except Russia and the United States. Japan is making ef fects to build a new navy. She Is now having 14 large battleships and several small crafts constructed In England. Abnndance of Hay. Reports received from the New Eng land, Middle and Western States by the Hay Trade Journal show the condition al average of the hay crop to be .91; that of tho whole country .92V4, with 1 pe-r cent. Increased acreage. Indicating the largest crop grown In many years. On this account It Is thought there will be a large attendance at the national hay convention, to be held at Pittsburg on tho 10th, lllh and 12th of this month. Seriom Bunaway. Ex-Postmaster James S. McKean of Pittsburg had what was probably thj most exciting ride of his life in Atlan tic City, Sunday, and saw his driver killed before his eyes, while he himself and the party of friends who accom panied were burled benetlh the debris of the wrecked carriage and more or leas severely shaken and bruUcd up. Ii u, C. for tbou .,- - iiiiiiiisiaoiiEU RESENTS ABUSE. Aa American Citiies Drafted ia to the Army ia riaced U Friaea. Ambassador White' at Berlin Is just now giving close attention to a matter which promises to involve some diplo matic complications. It is the case ot Alfred Weasllng, son of a naturalised American citixen of New York. Young Wessllng, while visiting Germany last spring, was drafted Into the German army. He protested that he had made a formal declaration of his intention to become a citizen of the United States, although his naturalization had not been perfected. His protest was abso lutely ignored and he was enrolled In the Seventy-fourth regiment, stationed In Hanover. Recently, for the petty offense of chaffing, he waa struck a violent blow by his sergeant. Enraged at the Injustice, young Wessllng felled his tormentor to the ground and fled. Late at night he reached the United States Consulate at Hanover, com pletely fagged out and half Btarved. United States Consul Crane persuaded him to surrender to the authorities, and he Is now awaiting trial on a charge of assaulting his superior. This offense Is punishable in wartime by summary ex ecution after courtmartial and in time of peace by several years' imprison ment. Ambassador While is endeavor ing to secure his release. JAPAN IS ACTIVE. Will Bend Fifteen Hnndred Well-Drilled Emigrant! to the Hawaiian Itlanda. A letter written by an Intelligent Japanese official In Japan to a former Japanese officer at Los Angeles con veys the information that the Japanese government will forward to Honolulu In the latter part of July 1,500 emi grants. Those Individuals are now In the garrison at Neegata, being soldiers In tho Japanese service, and will go on shore In Honolulu as simple citizens but drilled and ready for military duty at once. In addition three large men of war are already prepared to leave Yokohoma to arrive at Honolulu at ubout the time of the landing of the so-called emigrants. It Is an open secret on the Asiatic coast that the ad miral in charge of the English fleet there will find it convenient to order some of his ships to cruise in the vicin ity of the Hawaiian Islands about that time and the game of bluff to be played by Japan will be backed by the English blue jackets if necessary. Hawaii and Japan to Arbitrate. The Japanese government has ac cepted the offer made by Hawaii to ar bitrate the dispute between the two countries. The state department has been informed of the Offer and the ac ceptance. The subject of arbitration will include not only the difficulty over the landing of the Japanese Immi grants, but also will include other dis agreements between the two countries, the most important of which Is the sale tax imposed upon a Japanese li quor largely Imported and consumed by the Japanese In Hawaii. J7R0M ACROSS THE SEA. Recent experiments In Paris with the Roentgen rays have been successful In detecting food adulteration, and espe cially in tea, coffee and pepper. The commercial treaty between Great Britain and the German Zollvereln, which has been In force since May 30, 1865, was denounced by Great Britain, and ceases to be operative a year hence. A dispatch from Lisbon says that the situation of Oporto is alarming. Min isters fear an attempt at revolution. The Governor of the town has been dlfl rissed and replaced by Augusto de Castllho, a naval officer. The British Foreign Office notified Ambassador Hay that Great Britain accepted the proposition of the United States for an International conference on the question of pelagic sealing In the Hehrlng Sea, to be held In Washington during the coming autumn. Severe shocks of earthquake disturb ed the West Indies recently. In some cases the vibrations continued a full minute. Great damage is reported to have been done at the Islands of Anti gua. St. Christopher and Guadeloupe, in the Leeward group. FULL OF WOBMS. T onng Man'i 8tomach Aboundi with Slimy Reptile! and Lizard Eggi. Howard Overly, a young farmer of Providence township, Pa., has been ail ing for several mouths nnd his ense was a puzzle to the physicians. Dr. Frew, of Paradise, who has lately been attending him decided to give him an anthelmlnic the other day, and a few hours Inter Overly comenmced to vom it with astonishing results. There were 24 lizards, ranging in size from two to three and a half Inches long, many of them dead; 40 lizards eggs and many worms thrown from his stomach. On the farm on which Overly resides Is a large spring from which he has been (.(customed to drink for years, by ly ing Hat on bis stomach, and it Is sup posed thnt he In that way swallowed the lizards and their eggs. Weyler and the Bobeli. Captain General Weyler, It Is an nounced, will take the field in a few days to direct personally military or ganization in Havana Province against several bands of Insurgents from 50 to 200 strong. This step Is due to an attempt on the part of these bands to reunite. Orders have been Issued that Major Justo OJeda and the Prefect of the Ranch El Portuguese shall be shot for trying to prevent the surrender of Major Juan Calangas, the insurgent chief, and a number of cavalrymen who recently gave themselves up to the authorities. It Is reported that Ma jor Calangcs, after his surrender, took the field with his forces and surprised an Insurgent camp, mochetlng several members of the force stationed there. Forming a Beer Trait A new form of trust, more compre hensive than the Standard oil monop oly, and Involving a capitalization fully twice as large, is now going through the preliminaries of organization In Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Detroit, Mil waukee, St. Louis, Rochester and Bal timore, and other large cities of the country. The projectors of the new trust are working the country by states and making their propositions to all brewers and maltsters having a well established business In the main cen ters of population. Had no Vie for a Brake. Daniel Meehan, aged 19 years, met death In a strange manner while coast ing on his bicycle down a steep hill at Philadelphia Friday. At the foot of the hill, a low stone fence marks the boundary of the Wlssahlcken creek, which, at that spot, is ten feet deep, Meehan lost control of his wheel, crashed against the wall, plunged headlong over it into the creek, and waa drowned.. l j -U.. i J,.l-.-.-M(.iA,4lit1i,fc.1 JOHN P. LOYEl' Foaader of Fara o-a 1 cam be to Paraly The venerable John P. Lorel the arms company btm rUuMiU pany kaowa all over the wof died at his summer home. C Mau. Ha aaffered a DaralvtieV which It was hoped for a time h.' tfcld cover, but a vigorous eonatitutloc tM not a match for the encroachments ot ad ran o tng yean. John Prince Lovell was bora In East Braintree on July 23. 18. and waa therefore In his 78th year. H was an Instance ot a rolling atone gath ering no moss, for he tried seVfral trade before Anally settling dowa cunsmlthine. at which he became one o tne most expert and finished work world. II apprenticed himself to rkmen In thsV to A.B. Fair in 1840 gave ban as, a Boston gunsmitn. who TBI LATC JOHN T. LOVILb Mr. Lovell a half Interact In the business. Mr. Fairbanks died the following year. Mr. Lovell took another partner, but in 1841 bought out the latter. He later added sport ing goods ot all descriptions to his stock, and the company has steadly grown to its present mammoth proportions, Mr. Lovell success fully weathered every panic., never tailed and never was sued. As bis sons beoame ot age to enter business they were taken Into the Arm. Mr. Lovell was connected with numberless secret and charitable organizations. He was the first man to buy a ticket on the South Shore (later the Old Colony) railroad when it was built, aud bad been a continuous ticket holder ever since. He has long been the only survivor of tho original ticket holders. Mr. Lovell, at the completion of his 60 yoars in business, was given a golden business jubilee anniversary which was one of the notable events, of East Weymouth where be has lived for moro than halt a century. Mr. Lovell leaves a widow and five sons, threo ot whom are members of the company PROTECTION FB0M PIRATES. The Government Aiked to Provide Safety te Shipi Laden With Gold. I The Treasury department has been asked to detail a cutter to hfead oft a piratical expedition which is supposed to have been organized in Astatic ports to plunder returning Alaskan treasure ships. The request for protection comes from P. B. Wearc. President of the Alaska Transportation Com pany. with which concern Ell Qage.i Secretary Gage's son, is associated. Trie stnamers of that company leave tit. Mlcheals August 5 and 15 and Septenliber 15, and a special convoy is deslrefd for tha steamer Portland, which will bring a large amount of gokf to f the United States. If Herlous conditions prevail, such as are indicated tnj the auYlcfes whlch have reached Washington, It may be necessary- to retain; the Concord for Bervlce in the Eastern! Pacific aa a protection to steamers cArrying Alas kan gold. The revenue gutter service Is competent for protection for the ' present. J. TOO MUCH SP01RT. An Effort to be Made to Ce lebrate Memoria Day on the Sabbath. The members of the (Rrand Army of the Republic, In Jev oY rk, are protnot-' lng a movement for t;he change of, Memorial Day from Majy 30 to the last Sunday In May. The subject is to be submitted to the national encampment In Buffalo, August 23 next. If the en campment acts favorably upon It It Is believed that the change will be made. "The day," said a vel'teran, "Is rapid ly becoming one for tlhe enjoyment of outdoor sports, excursions and picnics. It Is, in fuct, becoming; like an ordinary holiday, and there Is danger that the true meaning of the i day may be lost. There seems to me t be Inconsistency In decorating graveci of the nation's dead and hurrying W a ball ground or a horse race." American Looomot.ives in Demand. The Baldwin Loce"imotlve Works of Philadelphia recentl y booked an order for 20 kicomotlves fdr Japan. This, with orders already received, makes a teita! of 60 for that orlen.tal empire. Thirty, have Just been sh Ipped. Of these 18 were for the Goveinment roads and 12 for a private rallro ad corporation. The order Just received! Is for the Japanese Government. j It Is stated by the officials of the Baldwin Works th at there Is practical ly no serious European competition In this trade; that I prices can be made much lower than (those offered by Eng lish, German or F'rench manufacturers. Tho reputation o'f American locomo tives In some countries, especially In China and Japan), has brought about a competition therje among manufactur ers so strong trat the priced are even closer than on lJcomotlves for domestic markets. I : Internal Kevenue Receipt!. The preliminary report f the Commissioner-of Inlternal Revenue for the year ended June 30 shows tmat the total receipts durlnw that period were $146, 619.508, a decrease of $211,jl06. The re ceipts from the several sources of rev enue are aa fallows: Spirits $82,008,558, Increase $1,338; tobacco $30,710,27, de crease $1,311; fermented llhuors $32,472, 162, decrease $1,312,073; Oleomargarine $1,034,129, decrease $185.3021: Riled cheese $18,992 (law not In force in 18U6); mis cellaneous $357,283, decrease $09,829; banks and bankers $85, Vlecrease $49. Planning a Big Strike. Local union No. 1 f the Unite brotherhood of cloakmqikers met at New York a few days ago to complete arrangements for the big strike of the organization scheduled! for August 15 next.. All present werelln favor of the ordering out of the 12. W00 cloakmakers of tho city. Jacob Silverman stated that he received $1.35 fjor a full week's wages. The operators (who were form erly paid (5 cents for (Jackets now get 18 cents, nd operators on capes are paid 7 certs, while trley formerly got 35 cents. The 2,300 krlee-pants makers on strike are hopeful! of returning to work next Monday o!n the terms de manded by thm. Tlie manufacturers seem anxbus for a settlement. Chnrch Wrecked. An explosion of gafa took piace In SU learn methodlst episcopal church, Phila delphia a few days afco damaging to the extent of $6,000 and Injuring the pasto$ f .a.'j-JV v , ; . p. ; : ;-j ' ''V J