IKE B 0F IlllT DEFENDED.
FOUGHT A DUEL.
Eepreeentative of two European Bations En
gage in a Hand to Hand Encounter.
The Count of Turin, of Italy, anil
Prince Henri of Orleans, a pretender
to the throne of France, fought a duel
with swords at S o'clock Sunday morn
Inn. In the Bois de Marechaux Vacres
on, Paris. M. Leontleff acted a um
pire. The fighting was most ' deter
mined and lasted twenty-six minutes.
There were five engagements, of
which two were at close quarters.
Prince Henri received two serious
wounds In the right shoulder and the
right Fide of the abdomen. The Count
of Turin was wounded In the right
hand. Prince Henri was taken to the
residence of the Due de Chartres, and
received medical attendance.
It appears that Prince Henri's sword
was bent ly a button of the Count's
trousers. Hut for this chance It seems
there Is little doubt that the Count
would have been run through, or at
least dangerously wounded. In fact,
the doctors ami the seconds thought
this had happened. When Prince Hen
ri received the wound In his abdomen
he chipped hlH hands to the spot and
sank back to hlR seat, supported by
Leontieff. He then rolled upon the
ground, exclaiming that he could do
no more. The doctors rear tnat tne
wound mny be complicated by peri
tonitis, and there is need of extreme
care for a few days.
The Count of Turin, considering the
letters of I'rlnce Henri of Orleans to
the Paris "Figaro" offensive to the
Italian army, wrote to him on July 6.
demanding a retraction. ThlB letter
could not be answered until August
11. the day of the arrival of I'rlnce
Henri In France. The Prince replied
to the Count's demand by telegram,
maintaining the right of a traveler to
record his experience.
The news of the result of the duel
has been received at Home with the
greatest enthuslnsm. Crowds 111! the
streets, cheering for the Count of
Turin and the army and railing upon
the bands In the public square to play
the royal hymn. Many of the houses
are decorated with Hags In honor of
the result, and all the newspapers have
Issued special editions giving the de
tails of the encountedr.
Extra guards have been mounted at
the French embassy and consulate.
Congratulatory telegrams are showor
ed upon the members of the royal
family from all parts of Italy, and
many have been received from Abroad.
The general belief Is thnt King
Humbert must have oequlsced In the
Count's action. It Is unlikely thnt any
diplomatic complications will ensue.
Kmperor William has telegraphed the
Count his warmest congratulations.
At the principal enfes champnge flows
freely In toasts to the Count of Turin,
whose popularity Is now boundless.
A dispatch from Home gives a new
phase to the consequence that will fol
low the duel between I'rlnce Henri and
Victor. Reports arc In circulation
In Home, according to the dispatch,
that the pope will excommunicate
both of the principals, as dueling Is
forbidden by the Catholic church.
MORE MINERS OUT.
Two Thousand Workers Quit the Hines in
Eastern Pennsylvania.
Twenty-five hundred miners (if the
Ix'high and Wllkesbarre collieries, In
the Honeybrook nllstrlct. Pa., went rtn
strike Monday, and nt a meeting re
solved in a body to stand tmgijMjer.
This is the first defection among the
miners of Eastern Pennsylvania.
Apart from the wage question, the
men demand the discharge or transfer
of Superintendent Jones, and the feel
ing against him Is so strong that he
moves about with an armed escort,
and his house is guarded day and
night.
The Injunction proceedings ngnlnst
the miners were considered In the
:ourt Monday at Pittsburg. A more
modified Injunction against the min
ers will probably be Issued, granting
them all march and camp privileges,
but restraining them from Intimidat
ing workmen.
Frank Anderson, of Pittsburg, Who
was acting as chief deputy sheriff at
the Plum Creek mines, shot Robert
Kerr, another deputy. Monday, indict
ing a wound that the doctors pro
nounce fatal. The killing was the re
sult of a personal quarrel between the
men, caused by the alleged bad treat
ment of Kerr by Anderson.
The striking miners have been en
joined from marching at Pittsburg by
the courts. Their wives will now
march about the mines and endeavor
to influence those miners to quit who
Mill remain at work.
The coal operators at Plum Creek,
near Pittsburg, have begun to evict
the striking miners. The first eviction
was made Saturday. The miners are
very Indignant and trouble may en
sue. Thousands of people attended a
meeting held In the Interest of the
striking miners Sunday at Plum
Creek. Indications are that the strike
may continue for several weeks.
It Is stated at Wheeling us a fact
that men who have gone on strike in
Ohio are now pouring Into the south
ern West Virginia fields and taking
the places of men on strike. This U
a feature of the strike that Is most
discouraging to the leaders.
Emma II ass. of Plum Creek, near
Pittsburg, was crowned as the Joun
of Arc of the Pennsylvania miners by
Mrs. Mary Jones, of Chicago. The
coronation took place at Camp Isola
tion, and the services were quite Im
pressive. Miss Huss came Into prom
inence about a week ago, when she
succeeded In getting her father to quit
working for the New York und Cleve
land Gob Coal Company.
SPANIARDS DEFEATED.
Thirty-thousand of Weyler'i Soldiers Stole in
Cuban Hospitals.
The ravages made around the prin
cipal towns near Havana by the In
surgent Colonel Haoul Arango, his
continual raids upon the towns and
the ninny challenges sent by him to
Gen. Weyler and all the other com
manders of Spanish troops In Havana
province, led to a combined attack
upon him by the Spanish forces of
Gen. Morote and Col. Arguelles Agull
era. Arango was fortified with 600
men In the hills of El Grlllo nenr Mad
ruga and repelled three attacks of the
Spaniards. The Spanish loss. Is is
said, was very heavy. Arango's loss
during the three fights was almost In
significant because of his excellent
system of trenches. In Matanzus pro
vince the Spanish Battalion of Guuda
laja Is also said to have Incurred con
siderable Iosb In an engagement with
the Cubans near Uolondron. The
Spanish soldiers now sick In the differ
ent hospitals of the Island number
over 30,000 men.
Town Destroyed by Eire.
The town of Ostrow, in the province
of Seldllce, Russia, has bee ndestroyed
by fire. Four hundred houses have
been burned down and 4.000 people are
homeless.
TIME TELEOBAJU.
It la said reciprocal ' duties with
France may be arranged.
Dr. Julius Guettner. a well known
German newspaper man of Pittsburg.
Is dead.
The saw and planing mills of the
Turls Lumber Co.. of Baltimore, were
destroyed by fire Sunday. Loss. $500.-
000.
An attempt to arrest a negro
charged with murder resulted In a
riot in which three men were killed at
Little Rock. Ark.
Saying that he would swim ashore,
Fred Nord. of Pittsburg, jumped from
a boat In Ashtabula Harbor the other
day and was drowned.
For 26 days Elsie Dick, the 13-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Thomas Dick, of
Louisville, Ky., has been asleep. a
consequence of an attack of typhoid
fever.
In the presence of ten thousand peo
ple, who were unable to rescue htm,
Thomas C. Laswell, of Princeton, Ind.,
lost his life at Atlantic City Sunday
while bathing.
The price of oil continues to decline
In the West, the best quality now sell
ing at the tanks for 60 cents, with a
prospect of a further drop to 50 cents
In the near future.
Albert Kneeland, traveling artist and
alleged bigamist, according to letters
received at St. Joseph, Mo has ten
wives, nearly all of them living. He
was first married at Columbus, O.
A carrier-pigeon message to the
Stockholm "Aftonblatt" announces
that Herr Andree, who went to the
North Pole In a balloon, has passed 83
degrees, and thus far had a good jour
ney. Anarchist Anglollllo, the assassin of
Premier Canovas of Spain, turned
deathly pale when the death sentence
was pronounced by the court at Mad
rid Sunday. He will be garroted with
in the prison.
The latest reports received at San
Francisco from the salmon canneries
of Alaska indicate that the run of fish
there has been meager. The Colum
bia river catch is said not to exceed
400,000 cases.
Henry F. Marcy. President of the
Fltchburg Railroad, was found dead in
the bathroom at his home In Delmont,
Mass.. Tuesday. Death was due to
apoplexy. He had been In falling
health for some time.
President Seth Low, of Columbia
college, has practically decided to ac
cept the nomination of the cltlien
union for Mayor of Greater New York,
whether he Is assured of the support
of the republican organisation or not.
Governor Jones and E. H. Hrady
were hung In eltlgy Sunday at Harri
son, Ark., because of the pardon of
Hrady by the governor. On August 6
Hrady was convicted and sentenced to
the penitentiary for one year for per
jury. Frnnk Stuttgen shot and instantly
killed an unknown burglar, whom he
found In his Ocean avenue saloon at
Jersey City the other day. Stuttgen
ordered the man to surrender, and
when he did not, fired. Stuttgen have
himself up to the police.
William McLean, a collector for the
Grand Trunk railway, at Detroit, has
begun suit against Joseph M. Rresler,
former chief consul of the Michigan
L. A. W., for $50,000 for alleged aliena
tion of Mrs. McLean's affections. Bres
ier was arrested and gave $10,000 bail.
Joseph Ladue, the owner of Dawson
City, In the Klondyke, the land of
which cost him but a few nuggets, an
nounced that he had sold all his pos
sessions In Dawson City and the Alas
kan gold fields to a New York syndi
cate for $."),000,000. Ladue went to
Alaska a poor man.
I In- the shadow of the Logan monu
ment, on tne L.ake rroni at umcago,
in sight of 1,000 wheelmen and pedes
trians hurrying down Michigan ave
nue, Adolph Stein, a financial agent,
llred a bullet Into his brain a few days
ago. He died without leaving a clew
to the motive of his suicide.
Another body of rich gold ore has
been uncovered In the famous Ragged
Top at Deadwood, S. D. The ore will
keep the present force of miners at
work for many months, and that It Is
one of the richest things ever struck
on the hills no one who has examined
It for a moment doubts.
Congressman Ashley H. Wrlgnt, of
Massachusetts, was found dead In the
sitting room at his home, on Summer
street, by his wife. Mrs. Wright found
her husband's body lying on the floor.
Physicians were summoned, but could
render no aid. Death resulted from
apoplexy.
Prof. Lincoln, of the State Vnlver
slty of Wisconsin, Is suffering from the
effects of an expbwlon, which occurred
while he was at work in the chemical
laboratory last week. He was thrown
across the room by an explosion, and
when found by the Janitor two hours
later was still unconscious. He will be
disfigured by the accident.
The Christian Herald, of New York,
has received a cable dispatch from
Calcutta Baying that the cargo of corn
that was shipped from San Francisco
June 13 to the famine sufferers of In
wus In good condition, and orrange
ments for distributing It were per
fected. Thousands of persons through
out the union contributed to send the
corn.
Forty chests of adulterated ten,
which had been condemned by Inspec
tor Tooney, at San Francisco, have
been burned In a large furnace? In the
basement of the Appraisers' building,
the Importer having to either appeal
from the Inspector's finding or export
the stuff at his own expense. This Is
the first destruction of tea under the
provisions of the new law.
With elaborate and solemn ceremo
nies the new chimes of St. Patrick's
Cathedral, in New York, were blessed
Sunday by Archbishop Corrlgan, as
sisted by a number of priests and two
score acolytes, In the presence of 500
persons. The chimes, which are 111
In number, were made in Savoy, and
In weight vary from 300 to 700 pounds.
They cost $50,000, and are sold to be
the "finest in the I'nlted States.
Thirty men took John H. Maxwell,
of Bowman, Gu., Into the street and
tied him to a tree, where they flogged
him with stripes of leather harness un
til he was unconscious. His wife car
ried him home after the mob had
completed their punishment and resus
citated him. The mob then returned
and hustled the two on board a train,
warning them to leave them town at
once. Maxwell was reported to be a
"Peeping Tom." He left considerable
property behind him, and the villagers
are speculating ns to whether he will
return to lay claim to it.
While the steam yacht Enquirer was
entering the harbor at Buffalo a few
days ago a small cannon on the upper
deck broke its fastenings. Edward
Smith, a sailor, took hold of it In such
a manner as to bring his stomach di
rectly in front and pressed against the
muzzle. In some manner the spring
which operates the lock was touched
and the cannon was discharged. Smith
was instantly killed.
Powers Unite Against Anarchy.
The assassination of Premier Cano
vas has led to much talk regarding a
concerted movement by the powers to
ward the suppression of anarchy by
force. , ...
onus ran ran.
CUTS FIVE OFFICERS.
Bloody Tiend Attempts to Cripple Pittsburg's
Foliee force With a Bator.
Five officers were slashed with a ra
zor at Pittsburg Sunday. Anarchist
James Elbert, of Austria, would no
doubt have continued his devilish
work had not the bullet of an officer
disabled his murderous arm.
The fiend came to Allegheny six
months ago, and by pleading and beg
ging secured work In Armstrong's
cork factory. Here he was obliged to
work, and. Imagining himself abused
and Imposed upon, he began making
charges to the superintendent con
cerning the discriminating foreman.
He became abusive to such an ex
tent that be was Saturday locked up
for being a nuisance.
Elbert had been carefully searched
when brought to the station. He had,
however, concealed a razor In his
clothes somehow. Just as Officer Mc
lntyre was about to shove Elbert into
the cell, Elbert turned and, with a
quick motion, drew the raxnr across
Mclntyre's throat. The wound begins
at the left ear and runs around
through Adam's apple. The blade
just missed the Jugular vein.
As Mclntyre staggered and fell. El
bert darted down the steps to the floor
of the cell room. At the foot of the
steps he was met by Officer George
Cole, who struck him on the head with
his handybllly. The blow produced no
effect on Elbert, and he slashed at
Cole with the raior. The keen blade
of the weapon caught Cole on the right
rorearm and cut a gash running from
the elbow to the wrist and going In
to the bone. Elbert then made a break
for the door leading from the prison
Into the court room. Officer McEvoy
was at the door and Elbert made a
lunge at him. The blade of the razor
passed across McEvoy's hand, inflict
ing a wound that rendered his hand
useless for the time.
Elbert then ran up the stairs Into
the matron's department, taking a
slash at Officer William Kinney In
passing. Kenney got back quickly and
only lost part of the sleeve of his coat.
A doxen officers started In pursuit.
headed by W. E. Corless. Corless fired
as he ran, and a bullet struck Elbert
on the forearm and passing down
lodged In the wrist.
Elbert slackened his pace when the
bullet hit him. and Officer Corless
knocked him down with his mace. El
bert was then disarmed and taken
back to the police station. He was af
terwards removed to the Jail. All of
the wounded officers will recover.
FORGAVE THE ASSASSIN.
For the Bake of Her Husband, Senori Canovas
Hade a Great Sacrifice.
The funeral at Madrid, of Senor Can
ovas del Castillo Friday was a most
touching and solemn ceremony. All
the troops of the garrison lined the
route along which the cortege moved;
the flags were lowered and the public
buildings, embassies, consulates and
clubs were heavily draped with crepe.
A poignant scene ensued as the duke
of Sotomayor, Marshal Martlner. Cam
pos, and the other pallbearers lifted the
coffin. Senora Canovas, In a clear tone,
said: "I desire that all should know
that I forgive the assassin. It Is the
greatest sacrifice I can make; but I
make It for the sake of what I know
of my husband's real heart."
All the shops In the city were closed
and a very large proportion of the pop
ulace, that thronged the streets ap
peared In mourning garb. The entire
garrison marched past the coffin and
the service lasted from 4 until 7.30 p. m.
The remains of Senor Canovas were
Interred In the family vault In the St.
Isadore cemetery, amid salvos of ar
tillery and the tolling of all the bells
of the city.
FUND EXHAUSTED.
Aid Given to Destitute Americans in Cuba by
Consul Lee.
Consul-General Lee, In a report to
the State Department, says that the
$10,000 placed to the credit of the re
lief fund on May 22 lost was equivalent
to J 10,1175 Spanish dollars. This fund,
which ho says was expended with the
greatest care and economy, is nearly
exhausted. With It about 1,400 desti
tude Americana have been fed dally
and provided with necessary medicine.
It cost 2V4 cents United States money
for each person per day, or even less,
for transportation Is taken from the
relief fund. One hundred and eleven
persons have had transportation pur
chased for them to various points in
the United States. About 95 per cent,
of the 1,400 destitute persons are nat
uralized American citizens, but who
have resided In Cuba for a long time,
and whose business is there. Many of
them, the report Bays, do not speak
English. A large number have never
been In the United States, being the
wives and children of naturalized citi
zens. CHICAGO ENTEBPBI8E.
Gold to be Scooped From the Yukon by a Large
Dredge.
Chicago prospectors will dredge the
Yukon river for gold. Arrangements
have been perfected to take a select
party of ten to the Klondyke region,
special machinery has been construct
ed, and as Boon as a few minor details
can be arranged the novel expedition
will depart for the Northwest Terri
tory. A dredge costing $015,000 has been
constructed especially for the above
purpose In Chicago. It was tested as
to its strength and feasibility at the
four-mile crib and proved satisfactory
In every particular. The machinery
will be shipped as soon as possible.
When the Yukon Is reached scows will
be built by the carpenters, after which
the actual work of dredging the bed
of the great river for gold will com
mence. Troublesome Bedskins.
Telephone reports from Homer,
Neb., tell of trouble with Indians on.
the Winnebago reservation near there.
The agent telephoned Sheriff Borops
ko, of Dakota county, to wire the
United States marshal at Omaha to
come at once with a force of deputies.
The Indians commenced a few days
ago to celebrate the sale of their wheat
crop by a spree, a war dance around
the agency buildings, volleys from
their firearms and bloody threats
against the reservation authorities.
Unless help arrives it Is feared they
may carry out their threats. About
100 are In arms.
Desperate Attempt to Esoape.
Ernest Willis, brother of Herbert E.
Willis, the Taunton murderer, confined
in the Charlestown, Mass., state's pris
on, called on his brother at the prison.
As he was leaving he handed Herbert
a revolver and they both began shoot
ing at Officer Abbott, who was alone.
Officer Darling came to the rescue and
a general snooting began. Officer
Darling was shot twice. Officer Ab
bott was slightly hurt. The Willis
brothers were both shot through the
head and will die.
BRIGHT OUTLOOK.
Heavy Experts of Orain sad Bise U Stock
and Wheat Features of the Past week.
e
R. O. Dun A Co.'s Weekly Review of
Trade reports:
Every city reporting this week notes
Increase in trade, and nearly all bright
crop prospects. The great change In
business Is emphasised by the presence
of a multitude of buyers from all parts
of the country, by their statements of
the situation at their homes, and more
forcibly yet, by the heavy purchases
thy are making. But the customary
signs or prosperity are not lacking,
The strong rise in stocks, the growth of
bank clearings and railroad earnings,
the heavy speculation In many pro
ducts, but most of all In wheat, have
made the week one. of surpassing in
terest even to those who best re mem
ber the upward rush of 1879.
At the principal clearing houses
throughout the country payments in
July were for the first time slightly
larger than in J 812. and 11 per cent,
larger than last year; in the first week
In August 7.7 per cent, larger than in
U92 and 28.4 per cent, larger than last
year, and In this second week of August
they are 17.8 per cent, larger than In
1M2 and 38.1 per cent larger than last
year.
The great crops and the haste of for
eianers to buy and ship wheat. In view
of the shortage elsewhere, have made
the week memorable. Taking of profits
by a pool lowered the price 3 cents on
Saturday, but it has since risen 5 cents
Western receipts slow in July, have
In two weeks been 7.397.713 bushels,
against 6,722.302 last year, and Atlantic
exports, flour included, have been in
the same two weeks 6.114,031 bushels,
against 3,384,313 last year. Even the
demand for corn, by greatly exceeding
last years, shows that foreign anx
iettes are serious, for 6,510.135 bushels
have been exported in two weeks from
Atlantic ports, against 2,514,428 last
year. The price has advanced 1.12
cents, notwithstanding enormous
stocks being brought over. The urg
ency of French buying of wheat, re
ports that Russia will stop exports In
order to keep supplies for Itself, and
continued shipments from the Pacific
to countries usually having a surplus,
make even the largest estimates of a
probably supply not too great for the
possible demand.
In the Iron and steel branch, starting
of many works after settlement of
wages, keeps prices low, and even de
presses some, but the fact that the de
mand Is growing leads to heavy pur
chases of Iron ore, 200,000 tons at
Cleveland In a week, and of billets, 40,-
000 tonB, while concessions recently re
ported In pig Iron have ceased. The
output of furnaces August 1 was 165,
378 tons, against 164.004 July 1, and de
crease In known stocks unsold indi
cates a consumption for two months
past averaging 181,000 tons weekly,
which Is more than in the same months
of 1892. though below the greatlv In
creased capacity of wifrks now.
Failures for the week have been 239
in the United States, against 29S last
year, and 30 In Canada, against 36 last
year.
FEW IMMIGRANTS.
Large Falling Off In the Number of Foreign
Arrivals.
The tide of immigration Is at the
lowest point since the general govern
ment assumed jurisdiction of the sub
ject In 1882. The number of all arri
vals from nil countries, according to
treasury statistics, during the last fis
cal year, was '230,832, a decrease, as
compared with the previous year, of
112,435. The lightest Immigration of
any previous year was in 1895, when
the number from all countries was
27,9,948. The year of heaviest Immigra
tion was the first of the period begin
ning with 1882, when arrivals num
bered 788.992. During the entire period
of federal supervision 7,432,016 have
entered the United States. The arri
vals of -Russian Jews for rhe past
year numbered 22,750. ns against 45.
137 for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1896.
Italy furnished the greatest number
of Immigrants, 54,4.'!2. a decrease of
8.629 from lust year. The cause of the
heavy Italian Immigration of 1896 was
assigned to the war of Italy with
Abyssinia, but the figures for the last
year are not abnormal, having been
exceeded by several years of the pe
riod. Since 1882 there has been a large
and steady decrease In German Imml
gtntion: In 1882, 250,630 entered the
United States from thnt country, while
In 1896 only 22,533 arrived. It will be
seen thnt the number of German Im
migrants during the first year of gov
ernment supervision exceeded the im
migration from all countries during
the last year. Immigrations from Aus
tria-Hungary decreased from 55,103 In
1M'6. to 9.974 In 1897; Sweden, 21.137 to
13.144; Norway, 8,155 to 6,842, and Ire
lund, 40,262 to 28,421.
Wife Murderer Punished.
Frank Conroy, the OgdenHburg wife
murderer was executed by electricity
at Clinton Prison Dannemara. N. Y.,
Tuesday. Conroy was pronounced
dead four and one-half minutes after
the first shook. He walked between
Fathers Bellinger and Cotter, unsup
ported, to the chair, his eyes upon the
crucifix and praying. He met his fate
calmly. On the morning of May 20,
1896, Conroy returned to his homo In
Ogdensburg from Montreal and ac
cused his wife of unfaithfulness. An
gered at her denials, he snatched up a
curving knife and hacked her head and
throat until Bhe was dead. Conroy
gave himself up nt once, saying he was
sutlsfi'.-d to take his punishment.
The Minister of Course Know.
During harvest Jnmes Hall, a pros
perous farmer living near Great Bend,
Kan., stueked wheat one Sunday to
avoid Its destruction by hot winds.
Last week the stacks were destroyed
by lightning. On Sunday a minister
the country referred to the Incident
as an exhibition of divine wrath.
Many other farmers were obliged to
do as Hall did, and the feeling over
the sermon Is growing very bitter on
both sides, the Hall faction threaten
ing to leave the church unless the min
ister resigned.
Assassins Barred Out
Commissioner General of Immigra
tion Powderly has requested the treas
ury department to cable to United
States consuls in Europe, and princi
pally to those in Spain, France, Italy
and Germany, requesting them to keep
a sharp lookout for anarchist emigrants
to America and to notify him by cable
when any one of them embarks for the
United States. They will be deported
as fast as they arrive If the law will
permit. '
Wanted the Insurance Money.
Fire destroyed four buildings at Iron
wood, Mich., and the family of John
Ramota narrowly escaped with their
lives. Henry Lensnn was suspected of
starting the fire and while the police
were taking him to Jail the crowd made
a rush and attempted to throw him
Into the 'burning buildings. , The fire
men turned the hose on them and Len
sot was placed In jail. He has con
fessed that he was hired by Charles
Ross, who owned the buildings, to set
them on Are in order to secure, the In
surance money.
loUERHOK
GAINS IN WEIGHT.
Many Odd Beaaesti Made by Mail-Does not
Kind the Camera.
Although absent from the seat of
government at Washington, President
McKlnley devotes a portion of each
day to the transaction of Important
public business, while he Is enjoying
nis vacation at Blufr Point. N. x.
He has reviewed numbers of com
panies of State troops and bicycle
parades, and acccepted many Invita
tions to nearby points to view the va
rious attractions which those places
anoruea.
The President has Increased In
weight, and card playing and reading
constitute nia chief relaxation. Mc
Klnley is no poker player, however,
knowing nothing of the came.
The guests of the hotel at Bluff
Point have been most considerate dur
Ing the President's stay amazingly
so, inaeeu. His approach does not
seem to be the signal for a grand gen
eral rush, nor do the guests make a
practice of standing around and star
ing, as the free-born American has
been known to do upon occasion. Only
very recent arrivals seem to find the
annex a pecularly attractive place, and
after the first few days the moBt cu
rious seem to become accustomed to
the Presldental proximity. This Is
significant as showing that one may
Decome hardened even to the sight of
Presidents.
The camera fiends are the most Ir
repressible. Nothing seems to daunt
them. Luckily, "having his picture
taken" does not annoy the President.
He takes It philosophically.
The vacation mall of the President
Increases daily. When he first arrived
at Bluff Point It was comparatively
small, the vast horde of Irresponsible
crank communications continuing to
go to Washington; but as his where
abouts became more generally known
the letters began to pile in here. By
far the greater part of these are most
Irrational. They range all the way
from confidence as to love affairs to
inquiries concerning mosquito bite
bite cures.
The page of the hotel register show
ing the words, "William McKIni -nd
wife. Canton, O.." Is pretty well
thumbed by this time. Every arrival
asks to look at it the first thing, and
there are always two or three heads
bending over It. But this form of cu
riosity Is even more harmless than the
camera, and Interferes not a whit with
the business of the President's vaca
tion. August Crop Beport
The August report of the statistician
of the Department of Agriculture
shows the following average crop con
ditions on August 1: Corn, 84.2; spring
wheat, 86.7; spring rye. 89.8; oats. 86:
barley. 87.6; buckwheat, 94.9; tobacco,
78.7; Irish potatoes, 77.9. The condi
tion of corn, 84.2, Is 1.3 points higher
than last month. 11.8 points lower than
on August 1, 1896, and 3 points lower
than the August average for the last 10
years. The condition of spring wheat.
86.7. Is 4.5 points lower than last month,
but 7.8 points higher than on August 1,
1896. and 4.5 points higher than the
August average for the last 10 years.
There Is a decline of 8 points In Minne
sota, 11 In South Dakota, 5 In North
Dakota and 1 in Nebraska.
Damages Claimed.
The William Cramp & Sons' Ship
and Engine ' Building Company of
Philadelphia brought suit against the
United States Government In the Court
of Claims to recover damages alleged
to have been Incurred by the company
in building the battleships Massachu
setts, Iowa and Indiana and the cruis
ers New York. Brooklyn and Columbia.
The complainants cite delays and de
faults of the United States In fur
nishing the armor plate and plans un
der the contracts as the basis of the
proceedings. . The amounts claimed In
the several suits aggregate $1,736,149.
CAFITAL OLEANI50S.
H. C. Hansbroug, senator from South
Dakota, will marry Miss Chapman, of
New York, on the 16th of this month.
Ethan A. Hltchock, of St. Louis, has
been offered and has accepted the
ambassadorship to Russia, and will be
appointed Immediately.
Consul-General Osborne, of London,
says the Invoices of exports filed In
his office since the new United States
tariff became a law have decreased 60
per cent.
The appointment of uaron von Thlel-
mann, the retiring German ambassa
dor to the United States, as secretary
of the Imperial treasury. In succession
to Count Pwadowsky-Wehner, Is ga
zetted.
The Stnte Department has received
through one of the United States Con
suls In Honduras the claim of an Amer
ican. James F. Helden, of Louisville,
against the Honduranian Government
for $20,000. Helden wns an engineer on
a railroad and was several times plac9d
In danger of summary execution be
cause he could not obey impossible or
ders from one of the commanders of
some troops engaged In repressing a
revolution last spring.
FB0M ACBOSB THE SEA.
Indications point to Senor Sa casta
to be the new Spanish premier.
Ex-King Milan of Servla Is so seri
ously ill that some anxiety is felt by
his friends as to his eventual recovery.
A large number of British troops has
been ordered to get ready to embark
for the east. Their destination is sup
posed to be Egypt, but the war office
refuses to furnish any Information on
the subject.
Rt. Rev. William Halstead How, D.
D.. bishop of Wakefield, died In Ire
land the other day. He was born In
1823 and consecrated bishop In 18SS.
Bishop How was the author of a ju
bilee hymn, which was widely pub
lished shortly before the queen's dia
mond jubilee. In June.
In pursuance of the British admiral
ty's policy of strengthening the tor
pedo boat and torpedo destroyer flotil
las abroad, the Virago and Thresher
have been commissioned for the Paci
fic station, and the Quail and Sparrow-
hawk have been commissioned for the
North American station. These small
vessels will be conveyed to their sta
tions by cruisers.
Captain Mortensen of the bark Ans-
gar, bound from Dublin to Onega, at
the mouth or tne unega river, on the
White Sea, reports that on July 13,
when about two days' sail east . of
North Cape, the northernmost point of
Europe, then being In Arctic waters, he
saw a collapsed balloon, which he be
lieved to be Herr Andree's.
It Is officially announced at Lisbon
that the Portuguese troops surprised
and routed the rebellious Mapulan
quenei on Tuesday last, killing twenty-
tnree enters ana rai or. tneir followers.
In addition to wounding many of the
rebels. The Portuguese had two killed
and four wounded.
NUMBERS INJURED?
1 '
iiiflValtisalaIUia.i. K
The long sta
ton and Rock iy.i. tii . V"!
of the headquarters of the MoaW
".n Vies, culminated??
"Li0 hand.-toihand fight betwi
scores of partisan!, of the wenil?
towns, in which a i,mbeV
were seriously InJureoV lroo,
The contest betweeiX the twn
dates back several yeaVg t'iZV
cent convention of the TW'flr h J
Dubuque. Ia.. it was dMMl V9
the offices and books of Head
Hawes to Rock Island. Then
was a lull, but the factions were
means reconciled. The courts
SMked for a rMtnlnlnv nlu v.
- - . . u ...... D uui;i vj
people of Fulton, and a temporar
junction wu ffrantMf
rnaay me injunction was dissolve, I
to the delight of the Rock Island PO
Tile, Unit m train ' m m I .lJW
consisting of 3 coaches, a baggage c
uu w4 i-wH, mu av cruwa was Boo
on me way to ! ulton to take the offtcla
recuras oacK. rne inhabitants of the
inner town were forewarned, however
n. ore aiann was sounded and lines
nose laid to the points where it w
tnought the Rock Islanders would
muni niteiy to aisemoark. The ar
of the SDeclAl train warn Ik. .I.,..
noauiiues to Degin. There wa
reeling on both sides, and a f
lietV of VMmmi thla rnmliln
Huuing seriously tor nrteen of M the
uuianis.
A score of others were
nore or I
bruised and cut. The fr
for an hnnr nr tnnra r..
fight lina
ke. cluia ..J
missiles of every deec.
Irtptlon
wieiaea maustriously by
forces. The Fultonites f
ithe opponjJ
"ally ot ifl
hprter nt ha flfrH n 1 T
Farley effected the arres1
torney Johnson, of the Ik
- w. . . . nni wiu ,
" neaa At.
m Wood.
men, one or tne Rock
and a number of his romna
Mr,
ilons.
The rallronft tra.lr nn ...h
le of lU
cars that hrmifrht ih
Pslandem
was torn up by the Fultonites
ter evidently aimed to cut of
t rPflf nf thnlr anamlM Th.
the lit
the rJ
m4
the flrtlftnir henra everv AvM.n,
of the
liveliest warrare, ana as there
. : r bwui
numoer or nre arms in both parAw J
nwiiuci me isiMur uiu iiui neButi
m.. . ... a.ruol mail IL UIU,
At the Antr nt thA kaad nfftA II.. Mil
lage marshal, William Bennett, stood
with drawn revolver. A brick from
one of the invaders felled him tn th.
ground. The Rock Inlander then
a rush into the office and captured the
recoras. At tne depot, which is a half
a blojck distant, the fight was renewed,
and there It took the nature of a riot,
during which 150 of the Rock Island'
jt?uiie were piaceti unuer arrest. It
was at this time a large number of
both sides were Injured.
BIBD8 HAT AD0BN HATS.
Humane Efforts of the Legislature Frnatritti
by a Judge.
The famous law which was Intended
to prohibit the wearing of feathers or
bodies of blrdB for ornamental im
poses In Massachusetts has been In
terpreted by Attorney-General Know!
ton In such a way that there Is prac
tically no prohibition at all. In an
exhaustive paper he has given tt
opinion that the bird law does not pro
hibit the bringing or birds Into the b
maie. i ne measure was an nnneic
and earnest attempt to stop the killing
of birds for ornamental purposes and
discourage the wearing of feathers la
women's bonnets. Those who havt
been earnest In fighting the cause of
the birds believe that the legislature
of the State will not let the matter
rest at its present status. A new cru
sade will probably be started Jiif
winter.
Bryan to Speak in Spanish. '
At the headquarters of the sCU
silver forces of Kansas a request f
Just been received from Hon. Willi?
J. Bryan for copies of all the aV
menu and statistical tables relating
the silver question in Mexico; and i
for all books giving the necessary'
structlone for acquiring knowieilp5'
the Spanish language. Mr. Bnan
pects to visit Mexico In Octobci ur'
preparing an address on the ir e)r
question, which he hopes to be ; u
deliver In the Spanish langun.i "
Is making a special stdudy of "('n'
anclal condition of the two court''
and will endeavor to show Vhal,lie
Mexicans are more prosperous ifl'r
the operation of free silver thaf
people of the United States ar""
the gold standard. n
Their Knowledge Is Worth Hon "
August J. Bowie, one of the ; ,"
prominent mining engineers In ' t,r
nia, and Alfred Tredldago, a ' 'l!,t
man of Nevada county, start'"
other day by rail for Portland i, "fr
they will board the steamshi'
boldt, which sails for St. .V".'ne,'
Bowie and Tregldago are baoj0 '".
New York capitalists to the nt yI
several million dollars. Bowie' " ri
ceive a salary of $25,000 a ! .J :Jnl
Tregldago Is also well pro J'""r;
They take with them $6,000 (rt'' "
supplies, and have full authorl ily
whatever Is necessary duiii their
stay In the Klondyke countrj' Hl'"''.!
Investments will bo made f1
judgment. They decline to ; rT'
men for whom they are actl-
tMf
US
Mile a Minute on a Whet
A novel and daring feat (fas
formed at Genesee. N. Y., lPT'
Mart el. a Buffalo athlete. 1"
i inf
1 )B
a wager of a hat, rode dowrthe Kiver
bill, a small mauntoin, bujf'lhe '
est In Livingston county, e, ?
geared at 84. He bet thaV'he 4
ride a mile down the mounaln sioji
the distance being a mile, in a minute,
and he made It In fifty secoitls. Mar
tel lost the pedals after golnan elgnu
and then he veritably shot down tw
steep incline. He clung toMie nana
bars and reached his delatlon
safety, although badly frlgrfejiod. TWJ
hill Is shunned by wheeln in And M
never before been descend? bj one.
Stage Coach Bobbed. ,
The first stage robbery ever report"
In the Yellowstone National Park oc
curred Saturday. Col. Young
nounced it to the Secretary of the v
terior In the following telegra
"Fort Yellowstone. Wyo.. Aug. It
Transportation stage robbed by t"
men on Sol Fuluara Plateau t
. i . irnA l I- Uni,A nrflPrS
morions. uuu ii1 v.--
out everything possible within me
at my disposal, ana aosire
to offer reward for capture." The v
tenor Jjeparimeni naa jio um"" .
offer a reward for the Apprehension
tne roDDers; i
Decrease In Post-offllee Beeeipts.
The postal reoelpts at the thW
principal postofflces tf the couu"J
during last month aaow an Increaa
only $8,118 over thosfj of July, J'
New York Is' the onljy one of the"
cities showing an inch-ease last mJ
over the same month! last year,
the receipts (at Chicago decreased l
635.. Philadelphia $12.1165. St Louis ;
96S and Boston tUi. The decreast
Pittsburg Was $4.6417, the receipts t
July, 18M. Have beeri I62.0M, and tv"
for last montn 157.415$.