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THE LATEST NEWS HI SHORT ORDER.

Mr* Gr»rr Taylor .hid three j-ounj mni arrrated in New Vork on the chart* ol atlcmpUnj to rob her of a char-

■rwrU She admitted hitiut taken . dnnk with the men. and wa» hcr»r!I fined (3 for intoxication, a policeman naving made that charge again*! Iter. Dr. Thotnaa Berrehill. U. S. N, >urgeoo of the enfber Baltitnote. ha* cured hituaey of tubermloM* by camping ont I and living in tent* on ranche* in In* : dtan Territory and Somhwen Teaav

Roanoke. \'a.. < Special).—By the- ex- j Cooniel for George W. Beatrer*. form- -

pltatow of a Urge quantity of dynamite < cr chief of the Dtviaion of Salaries nnd Z\; le “t

... ....dw aord in . nw | AIIomto. ol tilt Po.tolfa Onunmnnl .. . _ . I declared that he * * «•—•*— *—”

cine ■■ t.ile* county, two mat were JUJtjfa

killed outright, ifi were more or lest in- h( , ^ # -)riUh , y rfre,^ wo ntM iwred and ahrmt too other* seterely j wa4 K ashed ashore at Port Stanley, Ont. shocked Westbound passenger train } A wound on the temple aroused *u*pi-

N® i on the mam line of the Norfolk j «f f°“! pi*>

-d \V™,ro R„!n«d ... l..»t >t lull , i* 1 ”'' "’S'?*,,’,?'

, . . I loon in Brooklyn, was shot and killed by

speed pw't the raaganne, wbteh wat lo- | Haggertv. his companion, rated joo yard* from the tracks, when j Hr|n , Olion o( Montevideo. Minn., is the explosMtn occurred. The window s <»f expected to die as the result of

ISLANDS ARE UNCLE SAI’S Secretary ef Slate Hey Cm SatoUHi*

alt HI* Claim.

CONSIDERED OF STRATEGICAL VALtr. >e State Departarat Keaf? to Answer laeg Lfastftwae'i lagMy Wie» It Art*:* nJ Justify Um RslsUt el tbr Ane .era Fieg Orer the Seres laiacd* Cft tb: Casst af Torart—Haw They Caau I.ta Oar Patstslaa No Ci ramnnication ha* yet reached the

item from the British gov-

—- — i a! «ct several i»Und* ofl the not a fugitive fro«t» | a ^ >t 0 { irf Tiossestion of the

United States, which some member* of the House of Commons seem to think

belong to Great Britain.

The State Department, however, is prepared to give a prompt and conclusive answer when L/ird Lantdownc'a inquiry reaches here. Before leaving Washington Secretary Hay looked per-

NATTONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.

u.™«s REFUSE ON AIERICAN SHIP

Ope* Dmt.

ere broken and the coaches i tack made upon her by a negro intruder sonally into the matter and satisfied hiron other ways damaged, and not a single i The Mercantile Trust Company ol | self that the British government had not pw.ob uii the tram escaped injury or ^ c * • p f, ' <, ® n in Newark. 1 |hc ^,^3* 0 f , claim on the islands in shook The earth was shaken for mile* ^e'o? the United'sute* Shipbuild i < ne * tioa ,bc * n< l oir y teache* around and people at a distance thought , nR Company. | Acting Secretary Loomis, m reply- .. k.d . ! The Immuionl Bel.il Clerk,' Can- »« "B "« .f I ■ZZ, killed were l.hoe,*,. „d , ^"^^"fhog ihe^ et X \ their mangied bodies were found nf * r ] \ t tn\on in Galveston. Tex. Spain, by which the l»*t-named nation

the wrecked maganne

A tperial tsaia with surgeons on board conveyed the wounded to Blue-

e they „eee |.l,eed k, . ho.!,,.

isi-naincu iiaiw*.. ,

^ oii. . . » was u* nave title over all the island* Secretary Hay left Washington for ouui|fc „ m>nnf ]f ut t d.sunce of the h,s summer home on Lake Satrap**. c m tht lTtztJ | : New Hampshire, where he will remain ,his gmemment negotiated with ]

field .

tat. ItHs not known what caused the c

SLEEP THAT EAOS lit DTATIt

U* Lytai

The Cuban Congress passed an appropriation of JHo.000 for expenses of a Cuban exhibit at the St. Louis Ex-

position.

Mr*. Annie Mull and her child died

the Saltan of Jolo for the purchase of | certain islands belonging to him. a , dragnet c'ausr wa* inserted, claiming for j the United States ail those islands which j had been ceded to Spain by the treaty of | Kf*5 On file in the office of Rear Ad

from poisoning in Seattle. Wash., and , ntiral Bradford, chief of the Bureau of i F. C- Connell was arrested on suspi- Equipment, are the charts and maps . cion. , showing the location of the seven islands Sccrrtarie* Root and Moody i**ucd in controversy. Bagnan. Taganac. Bakrder* for the formation of a |Oint kungaan. Luhiman. Boaam. Siboung and * 1 jngkayan The islands are dearly out-

ide of the marine league of the Borneo

jncf navy board. i Patterson died i

s shot

Eternity.

Rome i By Cable).—The Pope lies

stale of coma, and there arc grave M* in the mind* of his doctors her he will ever completely emerge. HLs immediate dissolution sei

only -verted by the reliability of the action of his heart. His pulse, though weak, continue* steady. Shortly aft

tnidmebl Dr. I.apponi said:

“The Pope at the present moment i* in a state of coma, which may be called a condition preceding the la*t agony,

the duration of which it i« i

to‘forecast, although everything lead 1

to the belief that this condition cannot Company.

Ia»t To be more exact, he is still in a ‘ Enrico Canapa and his wife fought in

•<'“P"-«■*«<— -wo.

Willia:

I roo. Mich., from excessive use nt 10

bacco.

Frank Will a tramp who raped tin l year-old daughter id John M Bar'

• ey. a farmer of Indiana. Pa., by Barkley and then arrested.

Twelve Chinese miner*, were kfijed and eight injured m aw explosion cuto fire damn that occurred .m a coal

nunc near Nenairoo. B. C.

The Chicago City Council granted the : franchise to construct parrel* tunnel* * o «hc Illinois Telephone and Telegraph

Coast, and. therefore, under the term* of the two treaties, belong to the United

States.

It is said at the Navy Department that fad*, rerently sent one of the Philippine gunboat* to the islands to survey than and mark them as American temIt is explained that the islands have strategical importance, and for this reason the United States under no circumstances would part with than. USED DESPERATE MEANS

The open door in China i* assured. After year* of hard work Secretary Hay’* effort* have been crowned with Micceis. and what threatened for a time to be a serious difficulty jurl h Rnlxia i* straightened out in a most amicable manner. The State Department received official assurancesfrom the Chinese government that in the near future it would open to the world's trade several new ports in Manchuria, two. and possibly three, are now being considered in this connection Not only ha* the Chinese government given thi* notification. .but Russia has offi.iilly conveyed tne formal assurance to the United State* that ie will not oppose in any way the opening ol these port*. Thi* mean* that the detail* which will undoubtedly include the making of a treaty are to be arranged by the representhtives of the power* at Peking, and until thi* i* done the particular port* to be thrown open will not be knowm. but it i* understood that they will be Mukden, the mo*t important internal port of Manchuria, and Ta Tung Kao. on the Yula River Although in the official communication* received no t*me i* set for the opening of theae port*, it i* understood that the promulK ition will be i(*ued toon atter the u**ian evacuation in September. It was -tiled that before Count Cattin* left Wathington, and daring the call of Secretary Hay uprtn the Russian Ambassador at the embassy on June iff. the intimation was given by the Russian Ambassador that hr wa* authorired bv hit government to vtate that the pledge* given by hi* government that Russia would not interfere with China’* granting of the open door in Manchuria were then in a process of realization. It i* stated that he further assured the Secretary of State that before he reached his home the formal announcement of the open door would be made Later Mr. Hansen, the charge of the Russian embawy. during his call at the State Department, reiterated these pledges and reduced them to the form of written promise*, intimating that hr would be able within a few days to add final approvement of the government to

his undertaking.

It now remains for Mr. Conger to define the treaty jvhich he i« negotiating with China the terms and conditions under which the new ports are to be

i occasionally when

M hear- sharp sounds a*, for instance, the iBMstrnt voice of one of his familiars calling loudly tor him Left alone he relapses immediately into a condition of torpor. At intervals he mur-

sleep. continuing

forebodings that he i» being abandoned

verely injured.

Ten per»ons were tnturet. mrei 10.1*!). in a wreck on the Mis sour sifiv. near Kansas city. Missouri Th* Mountain Inn Hotel Hill N. Y.. was de

guests fleeing m their night clothes. Allred Knapp, the self-confessed

by his valet. Centra, and myself. These are the symptoms cl mcipent cerebral

anemia and general exhaustion.

“He can no longer turn in his bn! without assistance, and is being kept alive by artificial stimulants. During

the last jj hours he has had tk>ni of camphorated oil. thi

(eine and two hypodermic* of salt wa-

■ ter. besides drinking stimulants..”

lajart* By Dta sable.

Trenton. N. J. t Special).—An unu(oally peculiar accident made neces*ary the killing nt a horse belonging to Jas. II. Romanic, the proprietor of the hotel m th:* city, while Mr. Romaincand the other ncsTipant* of the carnage to which the horse was attached liad a nan row escape from personal miurr. The horse, which wasone of a team'that was bang driven along the road near Ew-

the firt degree ii

i«

In consequence of the Ki'bcneff outrages many Jewish families left that section and sailed in other village*, contrary t° the law The police commissaries have, accordingly, been notifies! to

ijec- expel "*nch Jews from localities where

caf- thcr have no n**ht to live."

aad Bttk MatBaM t* Forge EvMrsce.

Kansas City (Special).—The last of the suits brought bv W. C. Priddy and other heirs of Nancy Priddy to secure possession of residence property on In-

,ycJ by fire, thr dependence Boulevard in this city s-al- “*■" ued at fi .000,000 was decided against

the complainants by Judge James Gibson in the Circuit Court. Nancv Priddy died in Oregon in 1892 at the age of 66. A tombstone placed over her grave was put in evidence by the defendants. who asserted that the figures had been changed to "60” in an effort to prove that the woman, when «he transferred her -ronerty years ago. had not been of a«»e. It wa* shown also that the family Bible containing the date of

The Odet river, in Germany, has over- hirth had been mutilated. 4* deciding mber of towns, causing loss 'n favor of the defendants liho inc.ude

vaie of the most prominent -men of Kansas City. Judge Gibson *aid: “I , believe the tombstone w»* desecrated and the family Bible mutilated for the

purpose of this suit.”

.TUNNED WITH ROCK THEN HANGED,

Ciudad Bolivar Given Protection. 10 ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN FORCES. Haay Women aad CMMrad Board Awtrkaa Stesaer* «rf lb* Orinoco Coapony, Wfck*. Under Escort ol U S. Onaboot Bancroil, Soil Away Froa lb* Be*W|«d VcacMtUa

Chy.

Soledad. Venezuela (By Cable)—No*withstanding that the irimttice terminated at midnight, no engagement between the government force* and the rebel* had taken (dace up to 9 o'clock *. m. General (iomer ha* completed the im estnMit of Ciudad Bolivar, and none can now leave the city. Lieutenant Commander Cuhrer. commanding the United State* gunbott Ban .rroft, after a long conference with the tommanding officer of the Venezuelan •quadron. decided to take under hi* protection *11 the river stcameri belonging to the American Orinoco Stcam^ip Company, which were recently seiagd by the revolutionist* at Ciudad Bolivar He also requested the women and tbildren of the American and «hei ioreigu colonics at Cindac! Bolivar to take refuge on the steamers in order tr escape the danger* of the seige. the shell ing of the town »nd a possible battle In accordance with Lieutenant Com nander Culver’* invitation many womet. rod children, a number of whom «err >f German nationality, embarked earl, roday on the American steamer*, whirl lying the American flag and escorted bv ] the Bancroft, left in the direction of San Felix, probably on the way to the Island of Trindad. Meat. Milk and other proyipons art ] dread) ucarcv in the besieged tow n. Tin 1 British CoodMil paid $ty> for a cow j The swift current running in the Orin 1 aco River, a* the re*ult of heavy rains , srevents direct communication betweer j >oledad and Ciudad Bolivar. The re j rolutionist* have also destroyed thi 1 means of transport between the twe (own* Chief Arthar Drop* D-ai. Winnipeg. Men. (Special).—P. .M Arthur, grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer* dropped dead at midnight while speak ng at the bawinct closing the annual tnion convention 1 of the Brotherhood o! Locomotive Engineers, which has been «i session for the pasj few days. Mr Arthur had just arisen to respond to a .oast and repeated the WprtU: 'It may he my parting word* to many of you.” when he fell backward and expired a Jew minute* afterward.

ob Was Tired af Th«^ Law * (May. Mayivilk. Ky. fSpecial).—Enraged it the tardiness of the courts, a mob >roke into the Plar.ingsburg Jad, and tanged William 1 hanker, a white man, *ho had been given a life sentence for he murder of John Gordon two year*

«go

Tharkw in p quarrel with Gordon at Foxport Idiot and killed him and then ial on the body with a Winchester rifle n hand while he smoked hit pipe and lared anyone to attempt to arrest Mm At the time Thacker rsotped. hut wa* later arrested and lodged in jail, at F'lemingsbur". He was given two trial* and finally got a life sentence Gordon wa* a go-d citizen and an inoffensive man. After Iwing sentenced Thacker appealed to the Court of Ap peals and pas waiting for another trial Thacker had some money and wa* able to command the support of some influential men. and it was feared that he might escape punishment ahogether The mob collected at Mount Carmel, wdirre Gordon once lived, and came into Klemingsburg by two* and three* in order not to arouse suspicion They advanced upon the 'ail shortly after midnight The jailer refusal to *urrender the keys. He was oveypowered and the key* taken from him Thacker

. burr

r the

Refuel I* Receive I’.

The State Department ha* received ■ reply from Russia stating that it neither would receive nor consider the matter of the Jewish petition on the subject of the Kiaheneff outrage*. Thi* information came in the form of a cablegram from Mr. Riddle, the American charge at St. Petersburg, to whom was committed the delicate task of inquiring of the Russian government as to its attidude with respect to the presenta-

tion of the petition.

It is believed that thi* will end the „ — matter and that no further step* will be I cen miles west r.f Kansav City, taken by thi* government to bring the . Roger*, steward, lost hi* •" view* of the petitioner* to the *“ — ~

tion of Russia, although as yet no con

Fmt Burst* t* Dtalh.

Bonner Spring*. Kan. (Special).— Four persons lort their live* in a fire xhich destroyed Bonner Springs Samarium at Bonner Springs. Kan.

of life and of property. The entire «»>n of Glcvgan. in the vicinity o: tne

cathedral, is submerged.

The French Chamber and Senate

have suspended their sittings on account of the government * announce- D«t Swallow* S)M mem of a ministerial ensts. .. .. , . ,, ... _ j, r- . , New Vork (Special)-•-Miss Bessie Tne Russian Foreign Office ttates ' , , . 1 ■ *r

that the Manchurian question has r-t Hardcnburgh. stamp clerk tn the Taryet reached a stage'justifying a formal rytown post office, own* a Skye terrier statement. worth $100 more now than formerly.

The steamer Peter, plying on the , Miss Hardcnburgh «ay*: “I drew from

River Voga. *ra* burned and 60 of the bank two$50 bills- 1 put an elastic

tepned on a stick of dvnamitr j those on board were-drowned- band around them and tucked them The dynamite exploded and blew off : The United States gunboat Bancroft j ? w *!' in ray dress. I went to my home one of the horse's hoof*. The vehicle ! took under American protection at - m New York, and never thought ot my was partly shattered by the explosion, 1 Ciudad Bolivar, the besieged city of "J’"'?, ""J 1 * ® n m Y **5' 10 f •» T >'t 0,r, Jbut the occupants were not hurt. Venezuela, the steamers of the Atneri- • Then I telephoned home and a search jcan-Onnoco Company. Upon -inv.ti- , w*. made for tbe money. In one corPaltsa Plea** Wnfc Treaty. ] tion of the commander of the Ban- ner of my bedroom a few piece, of the na fSno-ial) —F’rrvident Palma ! croi’t. all women and children of the htH* were found. My Skye terrier wa* na (Special) Prcident Palma ^ ^ colonics continually coughmg and durmg one hx- vent a letter to President Roosc- | a( Cilldad Bolivar took refuge on the j «i his spell* he coughed up the elastic velt expressing hi- personal gratifica- J strainers. band that was around the money. 1 lion for the consideration shown by, [he battleship Kearsarge started would cough up t unthe United State* throughout the ne- j irom Portsmouth. England, on her , crca - gotiati"n of the treaties with Cuba and speed trip across the Atlantic to i nniintn tn- Triiat

also his pleasure over the satisfactor) Frenchmans B»y. Maine. Admiral Cot- j

conclusion regarding naval stations and ' ton transferred hts flag from the Kear- | New Y'/irk (Special).—Antitoxin the Isle of Pines. 1 be Cuban Admtnis- | sa rge to the Chicago and the ship* *ep- 1 proved efficacious in the .treatment of tration is greatly plcwsed over the ac- . arated. | ,eunus at the Harlem r Ho*pital in the tion of the Senate on the treaties; Concerning the raising of the Amcr- Carrie White, aged 17 year* which, it believes, relieve* what might j ^an flag on seven small islands off the I —u cu. ,.... ,i.^, ■« tftm t,*n^ with

fcase developed into an embarrassing ] northeakl COM , of Borneo, it is exsitoation both ior tlie United States and 1 piaj ntd ,hat the Sulun of Jolo exer-

Caba. | cises power over those island*. Hawaii to KU Mssasitac* Ambassador Choate communicated tii-.m. . , to the British Foreign Office the assurHonolula (Special).—The Board of ; xnce giycf , by china and Russia lo the

Rrulth, having becom^^onvinced that •• ' • ** — •*" -t—

Havai

sideration has been given by tHw President to the course to be pursued in the light of Russia's response to our in' qnjry- , The reply that Russia would make to an suggestions on the subject of the Kisheneff massacre was forecasted some weeks ago in an authorized statemOU. when the public was definitely informed that Russia regarded the affair as an internal matter, a* to which she, in the exercise of her own sovereignty, must refuse to receive suggestions irom any other government or outside

' nurce.

Cast SZ4.RSI I* Collect SMM. The feature of the annual report of the Auditor of the Truesurv Department is the table showing the receipts and. expenses of the several customs districts, which, in some cases, seem to be altogether disproportionate. In aff districts, embracing the East, -AVest and South, the aggregate average receipts per annum for the last five ye*rs was $1006. The expense of collecting these revenues for the year tpcu amounted to $3*051. ■pie auditor recommends such legislation as will remove existing complications and establish for each oort a -definite compensation commensurate with its volume of business.

Hawaii la Kin

the perm of the dengue, a disease nowepidemic in the island*, is spread by mosquitoes, has planned a war on those in-ecti. Other interests will aid the board and it is hoped eventually to exterminate the mosquito in the islands. It has been announced that the Chi- ; neve here will hold a mass-meeting to - make an emphatic protest against their exclusion from the United States

a toy pistol on the Fourth. On Sunday tetanus developed, her jaws lockinc tightly. She was led through a tube, and every six hours JO cubic centimeters of the antitoxin solution was

ance given uy «_mna um ivu.jv. ... ...» injected into her spinal column. FriUnited States respecting the opening < day brought the first signs of recov-

Martaraatf

Salinas. Cala. (Special).—Charles Craven, the too of a local rancher, killed Sadie Block, a .young woman, and committed suicide.* Their bodies were found with their throats cut. It is said the girl was the daughter of the president of the Block Manufacturing Compway of Virgins. Fmt KgfeS By Train Cincinnati. O. (Special).—Four person - were killed near the Avondale Suburban Station, on the Cincinnati. Lebanon and Northern division of the Pctmsylrania Railroad, while walking on the tracks. They were Louis and William Mure, messenger 11071. ij and 11 years, and. two nntdemiied young men. While walking through a a deep cut on a curve they got ont of the way of an outgoing excursion train

of .the ports in Maadhuria.

A number ol Portuguese army officers have been arrested on the charge of conspiring against King Charic*. and thev will be tried bv conrt-tr-'rtial. The American and Mcx-csn International Stiver Exchange Oitn-riisi'ni met the representatives of the G*'tniu government at Berlin. It it uti erstood that the British and French government* have refused toobliga’e themselves to the .purchase of a fixed amount of silver yearly for Indian-and colonial

coinage.

The interchange Of courtesies be tween King Edward and President Lou bet are taken as an indication that Gre u Britain is seeking to maintain su:b relations with France as will prevent the

porting a

b Japan.

ery. The jaws began to lose their rigidity. and the patient was able to open them with a little effort. It i» expected the core 'will' be thorough

within a few day*. Ekctrtciaa SfeockH la Death.

New Y'ork (Special).—James Martin, jo years of age, electrician in charge ol the transforming station ol the Edison'Electric Light Company, in Hudson Park, arms shocked to death while on duty. A current estimated at 7000 volts passed through th<p man's body. Martin was alone when the fatality occurred. It is sunoosed he was 1 testing out," when his right hand came in contact with one of the wires. The

hand was nearly burned off. Fir* Per**** Killed by Taraada.

Streator, I1L (Special).—A tornado killed five persons, injured a score of others and caused a property lot* -

and were struck on the other track by acreage of Texas this year of «« per

as» ie coming passenger tram. rent

The director* of the Boston & Mon-

tana have declared the regular quar-

terlv dividend ol $a per share. Tne weakne** of Amalagamated is

due to the expectation of a cut in Lake _ ■ . , copper to tJ i-4 cents this areek. Company 1 plant suffered heavy loss. Amalagamated directors have dedar- Purcell was killed there. The Indiana, •d the regular quarterly dividend of I Hunt* and Iowa bn dg*, costing li/wv one-half of one per sent., jo cents per 030._ is nearly^half gone. Tbe^hoisting

The Galveston "News’’ estimates

that there is a decrease in the cotton

(Special) — The Vukain Western ompany’s plant suffered be*— *— Purcell was killed there. The

Iniimti and Iowa hri'

coo. it nearly half — — K works and buildmgs at Spring H3I shaft were ruined. Many baitflfngs in Kaog- * ur miles west c» T*'

down and aerm>

Dr

s. steward, lost his life in an at- ! icmpt to save a woman patient. They ' »ere thirty inmates in the building, but •li escaped except four. Los*. $jo.oao.

Ts last Sahwsrlat Best*.

Washington. D. Ci. (Special).—Secretary Moody intends that exhaustive experiments shall be made with all the submarine boat* that the govemm.-nt tas on its hand* as soon as the summer maneuvers are over. If not found is factory he will'recommend to Contress that no more money be appro

iriaud for this type of craft. KHU Old; aad Then HhsselL

Baker City. Ore.. (Special).- To avoid arrest on the charge of eloping ith a 15-year-old girl known as "Blohnom.’’ A. A. Earl, of Coldwell Idab-i. shot and killed the girt and then himtrll. Ear! wa* .35 years old aad ieft a r.ilc and two children.

SPARKS FRO* THE WIRES.

Acting Commissioner Williams, of the Internal Revenue Bureau, by direction of Secretary Shaw, has issued a circular letter to collectors of internal revenue calling attention to President Roosevelt’s order of January 17. 1902. directing that preference shall be given alike in appointments and retention in the public service to honorably discharged soldiers of the Civil War. Collectors are instructed to carefully observe this order m making assignments to the work of gauging and recommending assignments to the work of storekeeper and storekeeper ganger. Col. Thomas H. Barry, adjutant general’s department, has been selected fot brigadier general in the •'ermsneot service to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of Gen. Leonard Wood. Treasure experts fix the shortage ol. James A. Watson, the defaulting clerk hi the auditor's office, at $7JJ97The President has directed that commissions be made out for Gen. Young at lieutenant general, and for Brigadier Generals Sumner and Wood as major generals, and for a number of colonels to be retired as brigadiers. The University of North America was * In Wi *

of the salafy and allowance of the Postoffice Department, was in- “ ' * by the federal grand jure in yn. A bench warrant has been ior his arrest. 1 of Agriculture Wilson, upon-hi* return from the West, said the abnormally cool weather and tbs rain had traroed the corn crop.

■I^hhHIbSBUbSUbS

A number of Rhode Island cotton nills shut down on account of the coalition of the market. Four person* lost their live* in a ire at the Bonner Springs Sanitarium, leaf" Kansas City. Benedict Hjmmel. a farmer living tear Erie. Pa. shot and killed his rife and himself. Dr. Barnett, the acting chief of the lanitary department, announce* that wily three cases of yellow fever hare tntered Havand harimr this year. Five workmen were injured by the parting of the cable of an elevator tn the »ew Hotel Stratford, in Philadelphia. The sale of the Clarton Steel Coroiany to the United Slates Steel Corporaion ha* been consummated. Hudson Samson, a well-known nbilanihropist in Methodist Episcopal Church riretes. died in Pittsburg. The strike of the employes of the Connecticut Railway and IJghting Company has been declared off. William Thacker, white man, was lynched at Flrmingsburg, Ky. The steamer Nadjeka. plyinc on the Volga, has been ^destroyed by fire near Nianniy-Novgorod- Twelve person' were burned to death. According .to a decision of the Utah Supreme Court, a man is under moral but not legal obligations to support hi*

plural wives.

War Secretary Brodrick announce' in the British House of Commons that it had been deeded to keep a force ol 15000 men pemanrotly in South Africa W. E_ Ashton, calling himself an American aathor, was committed for iria) in London, charged with forging thecks for $1,600 in the name of Laird. Schoks It CoTof Philadelphia The British Foreign Office has no laloftnatkxi of the reported seizure'of some Jo islands off the coast of Borneo by American warships, and not mpeh k—ortanca is attached to the report. The United Stales International Exchange Commission was received in Berlin by Dr. von Muehlberg. the undersecretary for foreign affairs. Several persons were killed and JO or yo injured in the wrack of the Soothnear Liverpool. - nad by religious _ J*m herself to ol the Golf of Fin_*vo Monastery.

was given time in which to -ay his prayers, which he refused to 'lo. b*t begged for hi* life. To hush hi* crie*. he wa* hit on the head with a rock and his unconscious body strung up until life had become ■ BENT DOWN THREE HUNDRED FEET. Mr*. A. E Jokes, ef New York. Pteme* late Crevasse ia Vest mite Valley. Yosemite Valley. Cala. (Special).—. Mrs. A. R John*, of New York city, who has been staying in the valley for a few days, was found Tuesday momtr.g in a steep ern assc lack of the Sentinel Dome Monday Mr* John- started from Glacier Point Hotel to walk to th« fi*surc«. located some two mile* fror the hotel, and did not return a: aight. Early Tuewiay morning searchtm parties Started out. and one of them made a discos cry that filled the spectators with horror. Far down the Sentinel fissure, whose crevasses <lr-~p in some place* for thousands of feet. su« pended on a ledge that jutted out from the steep side, the almost lifeless form of Mr? Johns was found by Mr. Patter. a hotel clerk She was too weak to speak, but w as able by -feeble sign* to make Mr. Potter know that she sti!!

lived.

After trying in vain to work hi» way down the mountain side to her, Mr Potter was forced to go to the hotel for Kelp. Provided with plenty »f rope* and carrying a stretcher, a party cf eight made its way hack to the crevasse, where the work was commenced of trying to extricate Mrs. Johns from bet dangerous situation. Mrs. Johns is suffering mu-li from nervous shock, but as no bor.es was fractured she will recover.

HRS. JMIES 6 BLAINE DEA8. * Wow of the Fs soos Leader Passes Ana Fran Old Age. Augusta. Maine (Special).—Mrs. Ja« G. Blame, widow of the noted states man. who wras the Republican candidate for President in 1884. died a^ the Blaine homestead here. Mrs. Blaine was 76 years o,‘ age From Washington, a short time ago. she came to the old family residence, on State street She was in an enfeebled condition and had been under almost constant medical attention since. During the past week she tailed rapidly. Her condition wa* due to a general breakdopii of the system. Mrs. Blaine'S maiden name was Harriet Stanwood. daughter of a leading ritizen of the Sjatc of Maine. She met her husband while both of them were teachers in a school in Kentucky. They were married at Pittsburg, and later tame to Augusta, where Mr. Blaine became editor of the Kennebec Journal. She left one son. latars G Blame, and two daughters, Mrs. Harriet Beale and Mrs. Walter Damrosh of New York.

Lctaaaa Coaricted. St. Louis (Special).—The jury in the case of Julius Lehmann, former member of the House of Delegate*, charged whh bribery in connection with the passage of the City Lighting Bill, returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty. His punishment was fixed a: seven year* in the penitentiary—the longest term yet inflicted in any of th* boOdle cases. The sentence is also tbr maximum punishment under the law for the crime of which he was convicted: It took- the jury jnst seven minutes to reach its verdict.

Washington (Special).—General Cor bin has approved the recoomendatior of General Bates in the case o( Lieut William K. McCue, First Infantry, ant the officer is now on his way to St Elizabeth's Hospital for the Insane, it this chy. ' The papers in the Case have been re reived at the War^ Department, ant ♦how that surgeons who have exsmiu rd McCue pronounce him inaana Among the papers is one tendering hi: resignation as an officer while in thi Philippines.

Dublin.4U>d. (Special).—In the cast of Mrs. Kendall again*, her husband Alfred Kendall, a wealthy fanner. th< rotnplaint salt forth a unique groom 'or divorce. Mrs. Kendall ia AS. vfaO. ■fier husband is 65- Mrs. Kendall a) lege* that it waa a frequent occurraao lor Kendall to come to bed with bt boots on. and that she has been dam aged to the extent of $5000, which ah demands in her suit. ,