NOR UG HELD IS HOSTAGES
A NEW EDICT.
Chinese Threaten to KIM Envoys It the Power
March Upon Pekln Viceroys Ordered
' lo Guard Their Prisoners.
Telegram Irom Shanghai, dated
Thursday, say! Active preparations In
the Yang-tse region fr war are in
Iirogre nut fur war against the rVbcls.
itt against foreign powers. Junk loads
of Chinese soldiers and Utixc-rs. disguis
ed ns riuilif, nrr nrriving here daily.
The arsenal it full of arms, and supplies
nre constantly routing in. The
Nankin and Kwu-King garrisons
nrc being i-oiistant'y reinforced, and the
viceroy admit that they cannot much
longer withstand the pressure brought
to bear ly Shciig and l.i 1 limit Chang
upon thrin to join force with Prince
Tuan. It i hoped that the arrival of
Admiral Seymour hrrc may stiffen the
backs of 1 1 1 - southern viceroy and re
More the security of the port.
The Chinese minister in London, Sir
Chill Chen I efonir I .nil. Friday received
a telegram from Slictig, director of rail
ways and telegraphs, to the effect that
nn' imperial decree in the following
term wa issued on Tucsdav: "It is
fortunate that all the foreign representa
tive, except llaroii von Kelteter, are
found in afety and unharmed. Pro
vision in the shape of foodslulTs, vege
tahles ami fruit will le upilieil to the
legation in order to show our cour
tesy." It is reported that a large section of
the lloxers ha revolted against Prince
Tuan, alleging that he i making tool
of them for hi own ends. A desperate
rontlict took place outside of Peking
Sunday. Prince Tuan personally led his
follower, two of his generals having de
serted him. The battle lasted several
hour and l'rince Tuan wa defeated and
killed.
Telegrams from Shanghai, dated Sun
day, say: "A new imperial edict pro
mulgated this evening urgently order"!
all viceroys and provincial coventors 'o
endeavor to negotiate peace witn t lie (
i'owers whose minister are 'held as
Mistakes pending the result of the over
tures for the abandonment of hostilities
against China. '
"The viceroy are also commanded to
ptiard their territories vigilantly against
ttack, and to prevent, by all means in
their power, the advance of the foreign
troo s, especially along the Yang Tse
Kiang. The 'ecree says that the offi
cials will answer with their live for
any failure to execute these order..
Command are also given that not a
single foreigner shall be allowed to es
cape from the interior, where there are
Mill fully J,im Kuropeans, connected
with millenary work, in isolated situa
tion"." "When the governor of Shan Tung
communicated to the consuls the im
perial decree of July 24. he omitted
these important passage addressed to
l.i Hung Chang: 'It is admittedly in
advisable to kill all the ministers, but
it is equally unwise to scud them to
Tien Tsin. It will be much wiser lo
keep the survivors at l'ekin as hostages.
You are commanded to h.l'tcti to l'ekin.
You have been appointed viceroy of Chi
l.i because, with your military experi
ence, you will successfully lead the im
perial armies against the foreigners in
Chi l.i, which You I. it, the present
viceroy, is unable to do, owing to his
ignorance 01 military affairs.
"l.i Hung Chang replied to this edict
asking to be allowed to retire on ac
count of his age."
FILIPINOS SULKED.
Amnesty Commemoration Festival Watt Fail
lire Results of the Week Fighting.
Telegrams (edited by the censor)
dated Sunday, say: The two days' ficsti
in Manila organized by Senor Fatcrno
and his political followers to commemo
rate tlic amnesty, resulted in a fiasco,
The people were passive, iinenthusiastic
and not even interested. railing to
petccivc any tangible, effective results
of amnesty, they say they can sec no
reason for celebrating.
Judge Taft and his colleagues of the
commission felt constrained to decline
to attend the banmict. as thev had been
informed that the speeches would favor
independence under American protec
tion and they could not paikivcly lend
their acquiescence by being present.
Senor Patcrno, foreseeing the suspen
sion ot tlic banquet without the Amen
cans, frantically appealed to them to at
tenu, promising tliere should be no
speeches.
The provost'g precautions were ex
trcme. The guards were doubled both
days and the authorities forbade the dis
play of Filipino flags and of pictures of
iTcsutent lUcMniey and Agmnaldo fra
ternally framed. The fiesta is generally
considered to have been premature and
unfortunate.
During last week's scouting 10 Amer
icans were killed and 14 wounded. One
hundred and eighty Filipinos were kill
ed ana 00 taken prisoners. I'orty in
surgent ritles were captured.
WILL LEAVE FOR CHINA.
Rockhlll Will Sail Fiom Seattle Destination
Tien Tsin.
W. W. Rockhill, who has been ap
pointed a special envoy to proceed to
China for the purpose of reporting as
to the real situation of affairs there,
will sail August 3 on the Bteamer
American Marti, of the Japanese line
from Seattle. He will take Mrs. Rock
hill with him as far as Japan.
His first stopping place in China will
be at Shanghai, from which port he will
proceed north to Tien Tsin. He is un
certain as to how long he will be absent
from this country. During his absence
Chief Clerk V. C. Fox will be in charge
of the bureau of American republics.
Wood Goes Back to Cuba.
Cen. Leonard Wood, military gor
ernor of Cuba, who has been in the
United States for about a fortnight, sail
ed on the Mexico Saturday for Ha
vana. He said of the military status in
Cuba: "The withdrawal of the United
States troops from Cuba will end wkh
the embarkation of the remaining bat
talions of the First and Fifth infantry.
That will leave only about 5.000 soldiers
on the island, merely enough for gam
eon duty.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
The war department has ordered the
arrest of Hathbone.
All missionaries at Taoting are re
ported to be massacred.
In two years $65,000,000 has been ex
pended in famine relief in India.
During the week 200 Filipinos were
killed, the Americans losing 10 men.
The big Pittsburg steamer Rensselaer
was launched at Cleveland Thursday.
Janet Rude. 12 rears old. was fatally
gored by a cow at Morganlown, V. Va.
The nrrivals of immigrants at New
York Friday from Furope numbered
.1.153.
An ex-legislator of Kentucky. Insane
ovrr his pretty girl ward, attempted to
kill tier.
Webb C. Have, son of the et-Presi-denl,
ha stalled for China on a sight
seeing tour.
An international army of 50.000 men
is expected lo start from 'lien Tsin for
l'ekin Wednesday.
Yee Chill, the wealthiest Chinaman
in Pittsburg. Pa., has left for his old
home in Tien Tsin.
Thirty live nrc believed to have hern
lost in a lire in the l.a Pa mine, near
Monterey, Mexico.
The Middlc-of-the-ftoad Ohio rein
vention at Columbus wa a fizzle. No
ticket wa nominated.
Consul Wilde cable from Kure, Ja
pan, that the battleship Oregon's struc
tural stiength is intact.
After n desperate battle at Panama, in
which the insurgents were defeated, a
treaty of peace was signed.
Panama is in mourning over it many
prominent men, who were killed in the
recent battles about the city.
The body of a stranger who had been
shot in the abdomen was found hang
ing 011 a fence near Warwick, O.
l'.stes II. Hathbone, former director
general of posts in Cuba, was arrested
charged with misappropriating funds.
The Peary relief steamer Windward
sailed Thursday from Channel, on the
west coast of Newfoundland, for the far
North.
Mrs. James (iadsen. of Schuyler. Neb.,
who is laboring under mental troubles,
shot her ij-year-old daughter, Alice
fatally.
The postiiffne department announces
the establishment ot I he tirst railway
mail service in Hawaii on the island of
Oali'i.
United mine workers have railed a
convention lo meet at Clearfield. I a
August 5, to aid striking Maryland
miners.
Howard Dve. a bov. is in lad at
Kbeiisburg, Pa., charged with arson and
long list of crimes against railroad
property.
Mai. Gen. Charles Miller announce!
that the division headquarters, N. (1. P.
would be located in Franklin, and no!
in Pittsburg.
Presence of the militia has taken all
the fight out of the fishermen strikers
at Steveston, It. C, and the trouble :s
practically settled.
our thousand men and boys are af
fected by a strike of the runners and
drivers in the Delaware and Hudson
mines at Scranton.
Rioting has been resumed in the
Cumberland, Md coal region, one man,
who undertook to go lo work, beiliif.
mortally wounded.
During a quarrel over a woman in the
new Masontown coke field George Fox
shot and killed William Kimmel, both
men being negroes.
Agnes Wilson, a prominent McKecs
Rocks, Pa., young lady, may lose an eye
on account of an explosion of a bottle
containing root beer.
The Russian admiral has been ordered
to bombard Chinese coast towns inline
diately on receipt of confirmation of the
t eking massacre report.
This government has positively refin
ed to suspend the campaign against
Peking on the promise of the Chinese to
deliver up the ministers.
"Red shirts" have inaugurated
reign of terror in North Carolina in an
endeavor to pass an amendment dis
franchising a majority ot the negro
vote.
Lord Roberts reports that Gen,
French, in pursuit of retreating Boers
saw their rear guard seven miles away.
but was unable to advance, owing to the
ram.
At the ccntennary banquet of the
Royal College of Surgeons, in London,
Lord Salisbury declared he knew noth
ing about the date of the dissolution of
parliament.
All missionaries in China have been
ordered to seek refuge, as a general
Chinese uprising is regarded as certain
Louis B. Scott, a Hamilton. Ont
law student, who two years ago saved
Miss Ncrschoylc, of California, from
drowning, was left $7,000 by that lady.
who died recently.
The plant of the Waco Ice & Re
frigcrating Company, at Waco, Tex
was Thursday demolished by the cxplo.
sum of a boiler, and two men were kill
cd and several badly hurt.
At Durango and Chihuahua, Mexico,
there are several thousand Chinese who
want to ship into the United States to
take advantage of the exclusion act and
get free transportation home.
Four children of Mr. nnd Mr
Charles McConncll, of Millidgeviif
Mercer couniv. have been bitten by
mad dog. The children were taken to
the New ork Tasteur institute.
Prince Tuan, leader of the anti-foreign
forces 111 China, is said to have so 1
tense hatred of all western ways that
he will not permit the use of glass in
Ins windows or matches 111 Ins house.
A plot to assassinate the governor of
Santiago, aati uomingo, Kamon cacc
res, has been discovered and 25 of the
conspirators have been imprisoned
Several military officers are involved.
Gen. Stone has commissioned Gen.
Charles Miller major general N. G. P,
to succeed Gen. Snowden.
A Chester. Pa., machinist shot him
self dead in the midst of a crowd before
the mill in which his daughter was
working.
President Castro Tuesday officially
declared Venezuela to be ot peace, it be
ing tho anniversary of Simon Bolivar,
the liberator.
A great gang of railroad robbers in
Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern
New York is being broken up by whole
ale arrests.
TliLY'S Klr;6 SLfliN BY UK RSSKSSINT
SHOT THREE TIMES.
Murderer Arrested and, Barely Escaped the
Fury of the Crowd An Anarchist
Does the Deed.
Telegrams dated Monza, Italy, Moo-
day, say!
Kimr Humbert was shot here last
evening by Angrlo Ilressi and died in a
w minute. 1 he king had been at
tending a distribution of prizes in con
nection with a gymnastic competition.
He had Just entered hi carriage, with
hi aide-de-camp, amid the cheers of the
crowd, when he was struck by three re-
olver shots fired 111 quick succession.
tie pierced the heart id the king, who
I back and expired in a lew minutes.
The assassin was immediately arrest
ed and was with some difficulty saved
from the fury of the populace. lie
live hi name as Angelo Ilressi, de
scribing himself a of Prato, in Tus-
any.
King Humbert wa the oldest son ot
King Victor Fminatiticl II. and of Ado-
pile, archduchess of limn, lie was
lorn in Turin 011 March 11, 1K44, an I
is christened Keiuer Charles
"inmanitel Jean Marie Fcrdi
aiul I'.ugrne. ( )n ascending the throne
in 1H7H he took the title of Humbert I.,
in Italian Umbrrt.
BOERS PENNED IN PASSES.
Lalost Telegrams Say That If Boers are Beat'
en Kruger Will Flee.
A dispatch from Fottriesbtirg. dated
Saturday, shows that the capture of
ouriesburg was preceded by heavy
fiuhting to force a passage, which was
stubbornly contested for two clays
jen. Hunters forces had the hardest
work in forcing Reliefs Nek. his casu
alties amounting to about loo.
Upwards of fi.cxx) itocrs, with a very
true number of wagons, a large quail
tity of stores and many cattle, have
now been driven into the mountain
lasses, where they arc watched by Unt
il troop. I heir escape Irom that
point will be very difficult.
A dispatch Irom l.onrenzo Marques
says that I'rcsidcnt Kruger is now at
Watervalonder. lie add that a bu
fight is expected and that if the Boers
ire beaten rrcsidctu Kruger will trek
through Swaziland to Delagoa bay and
then lake a steamer for r.urope.
FAMINE COSTLY.
Lord George Hamilton Says Fiffoon Million
Pounds Have Been Expended.
In introducing the Indian budget in
the house of commons 1 htirsday the
secretary for India, Lord George Ham
ilton, commended the patience, resigna
tion, courage and abstcnation from
crime with which 52.000.000 of people
in the stricken area have faced famine.
The latest reports from India, his lord
ship said, were anything but satisfac
tory. I here was. he said, a substantial credit
lalance of 2,870,000, but the famine ex
penditure and remission of taxation
would turn this into a deficit of 826,-
000. 1 he government proposed to ap
lily the unexpended balance of .-Erooo,
nix) of the former loan toward relief.
This would, he hoped, meet all demands,
II not an appeal would be made to the
imperial exchequer.
In the last two years. Lord George
Hamilton said, 1.1,000,000 had been
expended in famine relief.
HOME RULE FOR VIGAN.
New American Municipal Government In the
Philippines.
Gen. MacArthur has cabled the war
department an announcement of the
successful erection of another munici
pal government in the Philippines under
the terms laid down by the Philippine
commission. 1 Ins particular govern
mcnt is established at Vigan, on the
northwest coast of the island of Luzon,
at a poirt made memorable bv the land
ing 01 1 oung s lorces during the pur
suit of Aguinaldo. The "alcalada" re.
fcrrcd to in Gen. MacArthur's dispatch,
corresponds to the Spanish alcadc, or
American mayor. The message reads
as follows:
"Following telegram from alcalada of
recently formed municipal government
at vigan, i.uzon, is transmitted: "Trcsi
dent. Washington: Alcalada and munici
pal council at Vigan installed under
Gen. Young s supervision. Salute vou
ami tender nrm aucgiance. Kivcro, al
caiaua.
Took Sanguinary Revenge.
Telegrams from Manila, dated Tlntr.
day, say: At Oroijiicta, in northern
Mindanao, two soldiers entered a native
store to buy food. One was killed by a
boloman and his head severed from his
body. The other escaped and gave the
alarm, a company 01 the 1-ortieth regi
mcnt Killed bo natives, 30 ot them in
single nousc. subsequently tlic gun
boat Callao. commanded bv Lieu?
George B. Ilradshaw, shelled Orbqueta,
burning the warehouses. One of the
crew was killed.
A force of the enemy, estimated to
number .500, under the leaderslno of Al
varez, is persistently troubling northern
Mindanao. A marine at the outpost of
l.sabela de Hasilan was boloed bv na
tives and so badly wounded that he died,
Clark Gave a Fortune.
Senator Clark, the multi-millionaire
mine owner of Montana, before he sail
cd for Europe Saturday on the Lu
cania, gave $100,000 to the Bryan cam
paign fund. Besides giving his check
for that sum Mr. Clark agreed to fur
nish all the Democratic campaign money
required in Montana. His friends say
he will spend at least $500,000 rather
than see the electoral vote of Mon
tana cast for McKinley.
CALLED TO SHANGHAI.
Missionaries Art Ordered to Seek Safety,
. Situation Growing Worse,
A cablegram was received Wednesday
by the I rotestant Lpiscopal Missionary
Society in New Y'ork, from Bishop
Frederick R. Graves, at Shanghai,
was as follows: "Situation growing
worse. Clergy, native, toreign, recall
cd Shanghai.
The bishop had previously cabled
that the women missionaries had gone
to Japan, and the men had been order
ed to treaty ports.
CUBA BENEFITS MOST.
Sixty Millions Spent Yearly In Cuba, Porto
Rico, Hawaii and Philippines Enor
mous Sugar Purchases.
The Imports info the United States
from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and
the Philippine and Satnoan islands for
the fiscal year Just cndeil amount to
over $60,000,000. Over $40,000,000 of
this is sugar and molasses, $10,000,000
tobacco, $5,000,000 vegetable fibers, $t,
000,000 iron, copper and manganese
and the remainder such miscellaneous
tropical products as coffee, cocoa,
sponges, tropical fruits, vegetables,
hides and skins and cabinet woods.
The total importations of sugar dur
ing the year from Cuba were 705,450.352
miinds, valued at ?l,24.v5'li those
rom Hawaii, 504.711,105 pounds, valued
at $jo,.V)2,15o. Puerto Rico occupies
the third place in quantity and value 01
sugar imported from the island, the
total for the year exceeding ho.ooo.ooo
pounds, while from the Philippines the
total for the year is in round terms 50,-
000,000 pound.
Ihe second item ot imports irom me
island, considering them in the order
of magnitude, is tobacco, amounting tn
round terms to $10,000,000 in value,
which represents about two-thirds of the
total importations of tobacco into the
United States. The total value
manufactured and unmanufac
tured tobacco imported during the
fiscal year is about $16,000,000 and that
from the four islands slightly above
10.000,000. Of this the very large
proportion comes from Cuba, the total
value tit tobacco imported Irom 1 itcrto
Rico during the year being about $250,
noo. from the Philippines but about St.-
000 and from Hawaii less than $100.
The third item of imports from the
islands, considering them in the order
of magnitude, is manila hemp, which
romes, as the name indicates, from the
'hilipliine islands, the total value of the
importation of this article being for the
year $7,172,368, of which $5,024,770 came
direct from the Philippines,
GREAT FLOODS IN CHILE.
Many Persons Lost Their Homes and Rail
roads are Destroyed.
Telegrams from Valparaiso, Chile,
say: lhe latest rains inundated the out
skirts of Santiago, Twelve persons
were drowned and more than 3,000 per
sons rendered homeless. The cost oi
repairing the railway linen of Chile is
estimated at 14.000.000 pesos. There is
no railway communication between this
city and Santiago, The Masonic lodges
are collecting money to relieve dis
tressed and suffering persons.
A ncde lias been addressed to th?
United States government by Chile in
reference to the Pan-American Con
gress, to the effect that Chile will take
part provided no disagreeable questions
arc raised.
PEKIN'S FOREIGNERS.
Census Last Year Showed There Were 6,774
In the Cily.
Consul General Goodnow, at Shang
hai, has transmitted a statement of the
foreign population of that city on May
26 last, exclusive of those living in the
French settlement. At that date ther-;
were 2,601 British, 078 Portuguese, 7)6
Japanese, 562 Americans. 525 German,
170 I rench and ill Spanish citizens m
Shanghai. The other representation
of foreigners range from 276 Indian and
157 Malays to two from Greece and two
(rom 1 ersia. I he total number of for
eitrn subiects in the eitv at that time
was 6.774. Of the British subjects 1,12
were men, 721 women and 7K0 children.
Of the Americans 231 were men, irfj
women and l.jn children.
A FIERCE TORNADO.
Swept Through North Dakota Doing Much
Damage Wind and Hall.
A tornado did great damage in North
Dakota Saturday. One life is known to
have been lost. The storm originated
near Portland and destroyed all means
of communication, so that it is unknown
what happened there. It passed across
Traill county, destroying everything in
its path, which was 37 miles long and
miles wide.
Several inches of hail destroyed the
grain, which had been ready for the
reaper. After traversing Traill county,
sweeping everything in its path and
wrecking hundreds of farm houses, gran
aries and barns, the storm passed Kea
river into Minnesota and split up.
MINERS PROTEST.
Survoy Between Alaska and Northwest Cana
da Destroys Mining Claims.
The international surveyors have lo.
cated the boundary line between Alaska
and northwest Canada, in accord with
the terms of the modus vivendi.
The completion of the work cedes to
the British the northern half of the
American Porcupine mining district.
The demarkation of the line leaves only
one-half of the Porcupine gold mines in
tnc lintisn territory. It lias been the
general opinion for a long time that the
mines were on the American side. Great
indignation prevails in Southeastern
Alaska. A protest has been forwarded
to the president, in which the petition
ers represent that the modus vivendi
has permitted the British to seize acres
of the public domain, consisting of river
beds and benches, containing rich de
posits of gold. All of Klaheen river
and Glacier and Bowder creeks, upon
which Americans have spent thousands
of dollars in prospecting, is taken awiy
from its rightful proprietors. The iron
posts demarking the boundary are
crowded up to the Dalton toll road, thus
cutting off the entrance to and exit
from our mining camps.
Immigrants Arrested.
Seventy Russian and Italian immi
grants and several hundred Chinese are
at Juarez, Mex., across the river from
El Paso, Tex., seeking a favorable op
portunity to smuggle themselves in, and
Sunday night two custom guards cap
tured 15 of the Italians at Ysleta, Tex.,
13 mites east of El Paso, who had suc
ceeded in crossing the border. They
were taken back to Mexico. The im
migrants were recently denied admission.
TRANSPORTS SAIL.
8oldlers Bound for China are Told to Takt no
Prisoners and Spare None A Mis
sion of Revenge.
Tart of the German expeditionary
force for China sailed Friday on board
three transports. F.mperor William,
who was accompanied by two of his
sons and the Imperial chancellor, Prince
Hohculohr, witnessed the embarkation
of the expedition and delivered a fare
well address to the troops.
"Kvrry German has been filled with
pride," said the emperor, "to learn that
praise bestowed upon German warriors
lias come from the months of foreign
leaders. The task before you is it threat
one. I hat a people like the Chinese
should cast to the winds international
rights a thousand years old, and treat
with scorn the sanctity of nn ambassa
dor nnd the rights of hospitality in a
manner so horrible, is unprecedented in
the history of the world. Kvery civiliz
ation not founded on Christianity is sure
to be brought to naught.
So I send you out. May you all
prove your German efficiency, devotion
and bravery, bear joyfully all discomfort
and uphold tlic honor nnd glory 01 our
arms. 1011 must set an example of dis
cipline, self-domination and self-control.
"If you close with the enemy, remem
ber this: Spare nobody. Make no pris
oners. Use your weapons so that for a
thousand years hence no Chinaman will
dare look askance at any German.
Open the way for civilization once for
all.
'The prayers of the whole people will
accompany you in all your ways. My
best wishes for yourselve. and for the
success of your arms, will ever follow
you. Give proof of your courage, no
matter where. May the blessing 01
God rest on your banner, and may
He vouchsafe to you to find a path
for Christianity in that far off country.
ror this you have pledged yourselves
to me with your oath to the colors.
1 wish you Godspeed. Adieu, my com
rades." AMERICA'S REPLY.
The President Annoi nces the Terms on Which
He Will Act as Media'.or-China Must
Show Good Faith.
After having appealed in vain to the
French government to use its good
offices in adjusting the difficulties now
menacing the Chinese empire, the em
peror of the latter, Kwang Su, turned
to the United States, asking President
McKinley to act as mediator between his
government and the allied forces, flic
communication from the emperor came
from Governor Yuan, of Shantung,
through Minister Wu. resident at Wash
ington, and was at once telegraphed to
the 1'rcsident at Canton. 1 he executive,
after careful consideration, has accepted
the office of mediator contingent upon
the full consent of the powers interest
ed, upon the safety of the legations im
prisoned in Pekin and upon the deter
mination of the Chinese government to
maintain order and guarantee liberty ot
life and limb to all foreigners found
within its confines.
RATHBONE IN JAIL.
Formor Director of Cuban 'Pests Arretted on
Criminal Charges.
Kstcs G. Rathbonc, former director
of posts at Havana, was arrested Sat
urday on an indictment that he paid his
coachman, footman and gardener from
the postal funds; that he drew an un
authorized daily allowance of $5 and
that he unlawfully drew $2,500 for his
personal use. Bail in $25,000 was de
manded, and Francisco Gamba, a rich
Spanish merchant, offered himself as
security, but the judge refused to ac
cept him without the consent of his
partner. -This could not be obtained
Saturday and Rathbonc spent the night
in the guardhouse.
The judge Sunday morning ordered
that Rathbonc be removed to the Car
ccl, but Lieut. Col. Scott, acting gov
ernor general, advised that he be allow
ed to remain in the Vivac until it wiJ
known whether the bail would be secur
ed. His attorneys are confident of get
ting a satisfactory bondsman. Many
persons called upon Mr. Rathbone to
express their sympathy. Among then
was Gen. Lee.
Has Sued Pittston.
Rtv. Vincent Dil'.ionnis, of Pittsburg,
has brought suit against the city of
Pittston, Pa., Thomas F. Corcoran,
mayor of the city, ?nd Joseph Loftus,
chief of police, for $40,000 damages.
Dilhonis is a Lithuanian and went to
Pittston to address his countrymen on
religious and other matters.
The pastor of the Lithuanian Church
in the town told Mayor Corcoran that
if the man attempted to speak a riot
would likely follow. The mayor for
bade the clergyman to speak. He in
sisted. Chief of Police Loftus place i
him under arrest. Later he was re
leased from custody at a habeas corpus
hearing. Rev. Mr. Dillionis claims
that the authorities went beyond the law
and that he is entitled to damages for
the humiliation sv.lfered.
Eleven People Injured.
At Toledo, O., eleven peop'e were in
jured in a street car accident late Sun
day night, one fatally and two others
seriously. The accident wa peculiar.
One of the long belt cars had just reach
ed Twenty-second street, when there
was a blinding tlash of electricity, fol
lowed by a cloud of smoke and cries of
injured passengers as they were tum
bled into the street.
Oil Boom at Sandy Lake.
Sandy Lake, Pa., is excited over the
oil boom, and property is being gobbled
at a great rate. Last week several new
wells were completed and all are pump
ing oil, not in any great quantities, but
in sufficient amount to net the owners
good profits. Oil derricks are spring
ing up all over the section. One well
iust shot is doing 25 barrels a day. Sev
eral dry holes have been bored, but as
a general rule producing wells are
found wherever the drill is used in that
, termarv.
A DARINQ SCHEME.
Tunnel Bored Beneath the Western Penl!a
tlary Walls Conspiracy Discovered In .
Time Plotters Escape.
The most desperate and prolonged
attempt at wholesale prison delivery
ever known in Pittsburg was unearthed
at the Western Penitentiary Thursday
morning by Warden Edward S. Wright.
It was found that two men and one wo
man for over two months had been per
sistently tunneling beneath the great
walls of the prison from a house on
Sterling street, Allegheny, Pa., and
nothing but the suspicions and clever
reasoning of a woman prevented the
conspirators from continuing their work
without discovery. A deep mytery
completely surrounds the whole affair.
Warden Wright is alrnot positive
that the conspirators are anarchists and
that Alexander Bcrkmann, who is serv
ing a 22-ycar term in the prison for
trying to kill H. C. Friek, then chair
man of the Carnegie Steel Company.
Limited, was the object of the rescuers
efforts. He is almost firmly of the be
lief that one of the men was killed in
the end of the tunnel by some accident
and that his theory will either be ex
ploded or confirmed in a few days.
MILITIA CALLED OUT.
Mobs Torrorlie New Orleans Business
Suspended for a Time.
Telegrams from New Orleans, dated
Thursday, say: This has been a bad day
for the negro population of this city as
a result of the intense feeling engender
ed by the murder on Monday night of
Captain Day and Patrolman I.amh and
the wounding of Officer Mora by
negro desperado, Charles. In conse
quence of the rioting of the day and of
that of last night two negroes were
beaten to death, six were so badly
wounded that their lives are despaired
of, nnd about a score of people, whilJ
and black, male and female, were seri
ously wounded.
The mayor swore in 500 special po
licemen and Governor Heard ordered
out 1,500 of the State militia, but not
until the negroes had been completely
chased from the streets. The disorders
put a practical stop to business in the
wholesale districts and on the river front
and, as this meant a serious crippling of
the trade of the port, hundreds of the
most prominent men of the city respond
ed to the appeal of the mayor for as
sistance in preserving order. Colonel
Wood, who commanded the First Louis
iana regiment in the Spanish war, was
placed at the head of the special police.
Killed, on Friday, 7; fatally wound
ed, 6; others wounded, 10 (estimated);
deaths previously, 7 (police officers, a,
colored men and women, 5); wounded,
I officer, fatally, and scores of ne
groes. This is the record of four days of
bloodshed and riot, precipitated by
Robert Charles, the negro desperado,
when he resisted arrest Monday night,
and who paid the penalty for five mur
ders Friday afternoon when he was lo
cated hiding in the heart of the resi
dence district of New Orleans, was
smoked out and literally shot to pieces
by infuriated police officers and citi
zens, in the presence of 20,000 persons.
Armed with a magazine rifle, Charles re
sisted the utmost efforts to dislodge
him for nearly three hours, and when
he finally was driven into the open he
died rillc in hand.
RAIN A BOON TO INDIA.
Lord Northcote Reports a Fall Sufficient for
Agricultural Purposes.
The governor of Bombay presidency,
Lord Northcote of Exeter, reports a
general rainfall, "sufficient for agricul
tural purposes," in Surat and Southern
Gujarat. He says that two and a half
inches of rain have fallen since Tuesday
in Godhra and Panch Mahals, an inch
in several parts of Abmedabad, over
half an inch in parts of Kaira, and suf
ficient in the portions of Baroda adjoin
ing Surat.
In the remainder of Baroda no rain
has fallen, and an extensive failure of
crops is inevitable unless there is im
mediate relief. In Okhamandal the
rainfall has been insufficient and culti
vation is at a standstill in almost the
entire province of Kathiawar, where
cattle are dyi'ig of starvation and scar
city of water. ,
There have been good rains in Bom
bay. Khandeish and the Deccan, where.
prospects are greatly improved.
The death rate in Gujarat has decrea
ed nearly half as compared with that
May.
MAY LOSE THEIR VOTE.
No Effort So Far to Secure the Ballot!
Soldiers in Foreign Lands.
There are 100,000 soldiers serving the
government in various parts of the
world who will not vote this year. Gov
ernment officers say they have nothing
to do with the voting of the fighters.
So far as can be learned, the National
committees are taking no interest in the
matter. Whether these men vote or not
depend on the laws of the States in
which they claim residence.
To vote it is necessary that the laws
of their States do not disqualify them
on account of their absence in the ser
vice oi L'ncle Sam and that provision
be made to have them cast their ballots
while in the field. Some of the big
States have several thousand men in the
ranks, and it is said that these votes
might have an important bearing on the
result. They will not figure in the elec
tion, however, unless State officials hav
ing authority bestir themselves and ar
range to send commissioners to the mil
itary stations. If that should be done,
votes tor the presidency would for the
first time, be cast in Cuba, Puerto Rico,
Alaska, Hawaii. Guam, the Philippines
and probably China as well as in this
country.
While they are not required by law to
do so, military officers would probably,
as they did during the war with Spain,
cause registers to be made, showing the
legal residences of the men servicg un
der their command.
Boers Waiting oa America.
Te'egrami from Balmoral, South
Africa, say: The Boers state that their
plan of campaign is to keep up guer
rilla warfare until November, when
the Democrats in the United States, if
successful in the elections there, have
promued. intervention iu South Africa.