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# a THE WASHINGTON BEE. Ne FASHIONABLE. | shops are as yet con- mer sales, I am able to velties. ve the fullness at the and tight fitting over lers, will not as yet be adopt- ble woman. It is} hion will ever come i skirts are not advocated, as yught at first they would be, ¢ the amount of simulated s seen in the two last seasons. | ness of the skirts and sleeves the decrease, as far as can be erial for the early fall, satin ; is the broadcloth with a satin thick crepons in new effects, yollen goods and mohaireen goods mostly seen. The s will be worn as in sum- yinette ”’? and the Louis XVI. the latest shades employed, e seen especially in velvets or millinery use in the modes r winter. Gismonda gauze for evening like the ancient bayadere, but n coloring. It is a very sheer i, with one filmly stripe of gauze nother narrow one of satin of ex- des. Some have the gauze wn with litthe embroidered rse, sleeves having retained f -ss, that means capes more ackets and coats, yet some estab- ts will show some pretty speci- the latter sort. will continue to be immense, in vecially, excepting the theater which will be as light and airy fnot more so than before. s of velvet ribbon, flowers thers, also birds and wings, will main trimmings, and everything 1 10 give the broad effect re- eat many fall hats the leading ise quite a good deal of white ched, bordered with black, h they not only border ribbon but also use it sometimes as ming. Some hats are trimmed ral rows of these little ruch- have them as aigrettes, but- WS, etc. ssy wear, butter colored 1 worn jast winter. Since the I eer licht eoctumes only down to the eIbOWs, es <= loves are much in demand, and quently adorned with rich em- y at the wrist. th simple dresses for daily use rloves are mostly worn, with “band for slipping the hand lation to shoes, it must be said idies prefer the tan colored arti- summer wear, which is the most viceable against dust. They are ily wom high and either buttoned ‘or tailor-made costumes the proper is high buttoned yellow shoes, :trimmings of black patent leather. se should be worn with black stock- New red, lavender, a vigorous yel- low, fraise ecrase are the favorite col- Justice Jackson Laid at Rest. Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 18—The re- mains of Justice Howell E. Jackson Were laid to rest in a private family cemetery at Belle Meade Stock Farm vesterday. Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer were the only members of the Supreme Court who were pres- — Marblehead to Cruise Eastward. Washington, Aug. 13.—Acting Secre- lary McAdoo yesterday received a cable kom Admiral Kirkland, saying that he ould send the Marblehead into the Mediterranean. The Marblehead will | to secure the delegation to the district ; Senator Robertson for renomination. BRITISH GOLONISTS ARM SAVAGES, 500 Indians Appear on Mexican Soll to fred Indians bel on the border of Balize, have appeared on Mexican soil. all armed with Remington rifles and with abundant ammunition, purchased trom British colonists. nation, for the savages intend remote places, and, being well it will require a large number of troops to subdue them. North German Lloyd Steamer Brings the man Lloyd steamer Stuttgart arrived this morning with the bark Eleanor M. Williams in tow. The steamship ran mto the bark twenty-five miles off Da- vis South Shoal Lightship during a dense fog yesterday morning. il supersede the white ones] that the bark’s stern was cut entirel! off. Mer wheel was also carried away. The Stuttce Tat: Four Americans Accused of Making Bombs ROBERTSON 18 DEFEATED, Westchester Republicans Practically Make NOTES FROM GOTHAM. Sabewserg! Aug. 14.—One of ‘ie most| MID-SUMMER QUIET AMONG THE ieuifcant Republican caucuses ever POLITICIANS. held in the town of Cortlandt, was held cag last night. Senator George W. ‘Obertson made the battle of his life] Return of Ex-Mayor Grant, and His Atti- tude Toward Tammany—End of the New York Yacht Club Crusle—A School for Young Shipbuilders. Special New York Letter. The return of ex-Mayor Grant from his bridal tour in Europe has not thrown any light upon the existing local politi- cal situation, as it was supposed by convention which elects delegates to the Senatorial convention. His ticket was defeated b ya majority of 230 Out of a total of 766. > er This practically insures the defeat of The ticket headed by James K. Apgar, Secretary to Lieutenant-Governor Sax- | ton, was the winning one. This also| many that it would. The ex-Mayor is émsures the renomination of Assembly-| well and happy, and has been the ob- man J. W. Husted. The delegation] ject of much attention, while rumor elected to the County convention is| S3¥s that the telephone connecting with age for Corporation Counsel Leverett | his business office has been kept busy . Crumb, of Peekskill, for Coun since his return. Clerk. ay The ancient Greeks had a law that a ——————— man should not be drafted into military WHISKEY TRUST SOLD FOR $800,000. service within a year after his marriage. — Perhaps the ex-Mayor considers that Recelver McNuita Knocks It Down to the| this law should apply to the relation of Reorganization Committee. the modern American to politics, At Chicago, Aug. 14.—Under a1 least, he has denied that he intends to Federal Judge Showalter, Genalan gone take an active interest in politics, and McNulta, receiver of the Distilling and in particular has negatived all inquiries Cattle Feeding Company, sold the aoe. that he proposes to be the boss of Tam- erty of that corporation to-day to the re-organization committee for $900,000. many Hall. He stated his belief that General McNulta was accompanied | j: should be governed by the general attorney for the reorganization com-~| less the very vigorous activity of Mr. Feeding Company. the old wigwam did not need a boss, and that he considered it far better that ad United States Marshal Arnold, and| committee. So it is apparent that the alf a dozen deputies, and Levy Maher, | era of unbossed politics is upon us, un%- mittee; Attorney Allen and S. W. Rice,| Roosevelt at the head of the police de- President of the Distilling and Cattle} partment be considered in the light of ————>—_______ PRINCE YANG HO PAK A REFUG! foren’s ex-Minister of the Interior Arrives in America. Victoria, B. C., Aug. 14.—Prince Yang Ho Pak, the refugee Korean Minister of the Interior, who fied from Seuel a month ago, to avoid arrest, at the re-| = quest of the Queen, arrived on the Em- = press of Japan. He sought an asylum in Japan, but & plan was formed to cause his arrest for threatening the life of the Queen, and he was advised to leave the coun- try. Make Raids. Merida, Yucatan, Aug. 14—Five hun- Ing to savage tribes e British colony of Ex-Mayor Grant is Kept Busy. bossism. There is no doubt that many citizens so consider it, but, on the whole, our summer population has adjusted it- self to the new conditions, and we are quite as happy as we were a year agu in the throes of the great reform investi- gation. The New York Yacht Club closed its annual cruise this week at Newport in a blaze of glory. Splendid yachting Weather prevailed throughout the cruise, and, on the whole, the runs and races were unexcelled for the number of doats engaged and interest of the con-, tests. Of course, the trials of speed b tween the grand old cup defender Vigi- lant and the new Herreshoff yacht De- fender were the most interesting fea- tures of the cruise. These races were for “blood,” as the modern sporting term is, and the result Zully established the supremacy of the Defender, although uve “fia nf the victories of Defender suspicion of jockeying. Im ia ss public withdrawal of the Vigilant from any further contests with Defender, Mr. Willard, who has handled the yacht for Mr. George Gould in the ablest manner possible, has shown his disgust for the Yankee tricks of the shrewd old mariner This fact arouses the greatest indig- ‘armed, ee Sg at STUTTGART DISABLES A BARK. Vessel into Port. New York, Aug. 14.-The North Ger- The force of the collision was su: ~~ + nda ta anv ————EE PLOT IN CHINA AGAINST HAWATL. Near Canton. Victoria, B. C., ong 14—Advices from oy the orient say Hong Kong new: ssert that a plot throw of the Hawai! Government haa | Hank Haff. : 3een” isco in the Empire Some | public sympathy is with the Defender, eel ar ore ina dynamite bo ip a| as it is always apt to be with the win- ner. I have had the real merits of the ease explained to me by an old yachts- man. It is evident, he says, that when Mr. Gould offered the Vigilant to the re- gatta committee for a trial horse, he had rather a larger object in view than merely to try out the new yacht. He meant to beat her, if possible. No ex- pense was spared to improve the Vigt- lant, and she was put in the best shape and handled in the ablest manner that t has ever been in our waters. 1 Canton for the des' Binks seit oben Ye Menai, All ships ng (Genres) ops onic waa es jes, and in case i NIAGARA LOSES HER STAYSAIL. Bould’s Yacht Forced to Retire From the Race at Ryde. Ryde, Aug. 14—In the regatta of the 7 -day, In-| 22Y vac’ Royal Victoria Yacht Ciub te Mr. Willard and Capt. Charley Barr are and foe GS eae tor past masters in yachting tricks, and in ae Niagara had the lead on early races the Vigilant got the ather position and blanketed the De- fender every time that it was possible. These tactics were exceedingly annoy- ig ta the Defender people, particularly when, in leading the Vigilant In a run before the wind, that yacht persistently kep: in a position to take the wind from Defender’s sails and lower her speed. ner competitors, but when off Ryde her Pee eatl eras! carried away and she was compelled to retire from the fa) leav- ing Audrey in the lead and Isolde sec- ond. Audrey won, Inyoni third. pc HARRISON SAYS HE’S OUT. He Tells Charles E. Remick, of Oneida, “That He’s No Longer in Politics. es Ola Forge, N. ¥., Aug. 14.—Charles Remick, of Oneida, ong of the origin i Hill men, andalso are oat with Isolde second and followers of the United States tor, ation a few days a£0, same here for recre! 13% during his stay met ar Aves a while Mr. Remick seid: “General, if Gevelant end you are the nominees in 1896, I will vote for you. “T am out of polities,” was the re- sponse made by denerat Harricon. Mr. Remick told of the interview in the Forge House on Saturday afternoon to a party of friends. ———_->——_———_ TAILORS’ STRIKE SPREADING. Eight Thousand People Out, and Two New Strikes Ordered. Avg. 14.—Two new strikes casetdyts the Bast Side this morn- ing, in accordance with resotutions ‘sed last night at meetings of the cnitren's Je el = eiee sad Pants ers” seem! 4 Mavtorether there Are 1,000 or 8,000 pe sons now out of work by the strike, ear the leaders assert that it will last but Capt. Hank Haff. Capt. Hank Haff finally got his Yankee dander up, and swore that he would keep the weather position of Vigilant at BO up the sea, and be ready to proceed inywhere it is deemed necessary. Tutt’s Pills FOR TORPID LIVER A torpid liver deranges the wholesys- tem, and produces Sick Headache, matism, Sallow Skin and Piles. There is no better remedy for these Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rheu- ot | a tow ‘ any sacrifice. And 2 ie Wyaenanus ae Defaul ears. lish skipper foun imself more eas OE ed = State matched by Yankee tricks and bravado, Pierre, S. D. Avs. ey last | 224 was forced on two occasions to give Treasurer Taylor, who defen! way to Defender or risk a collision that January, was called by Judge Duffy, | wien: nave sent both yachts to the bot- in court to-day. The judge gave him Fava | | | the limit of the law, five years at hard | labor at Sioux Falls Penitentiary. tO Pettengil Dies in Washington. 14.—E. G. Petten- | | | ei, : even een years chief of the State war claims Tae 5 division of the Treas- nd horse claims and horartment, died here to-day, aged ury Department, sixty-seven. a yaron Tachintz, the Publisher, Dead. eipsic, Aug. 14.—Baron Bernhard whan Tachintz, the celebrated pub- af Greek and Latin classics, He- ; and Greek Bibles and continental wheel. {{mmon diseases than Tutt's Liver | » a8 a trial will prove. Price, Sold Everywhere. The result, however it may be viewed from the standpoint of yachting rules, has left no doubt in the minds of yachts- men that the Defender is the fastest We gton, Aug ten" | yacht ever built in this country, and a native of New York, Su nanos that she has in Hank Haff as shrewd and daring a skipper as ever held a When it comes to meeting the English yacht, we shall probably ap- plaud the tactics that so disgusted Mr, Willard. Capt. Haff sailed the Vigilant in her races in English waters last year, and he knows it is the English custom to take every possible advantage of WOMAN AND HER WaYs. DWYER AT HOME AGAIN. He Says Croker and He Hive Been Well Treated Abroad. New York, Aug. 13.—Michael F. Dwyer arrived this morning on the steamship Fulda. It is believed he wil! go to Europe again early in the fall Mr. Dwyer said that Mr. Croker would leave the other side in about a month LARGEST SAILING VESSELS. It is Nearly Four Hundred Feet Long ane Has Five Masts. Apropos of the attention which is being directed to German shipping, in connection with the opening of the Bal- tic canal, it may be mentioned that the Germans have recently launched ar and would arrive here about the middle | E7emen the largest sailing ship afloat—- of September. Mr. Dwyer said that he viz.: the five-masted Potosi, built for and Mr. Croker had been treated with | 2 Hamburg firm. Apart from ts Ch et great consideration by everyone, while jane oor ae tee germ ee in England, and taking into account z ships, 49 3-4 feet, depth amidships, thé condition of their horses he thought | 3; pos 78 se = 1-4 e gross and 3,780 tons they had done very well. tot ee, bs s A woman has just been appointed as- sistant city treasurer of Bangor, Me. There is now in the United Kingdor 177 woman doctors and 120 women mem- bers of school boards. A Maine ‘clergyman and his wife mad> sixty-four calls in four days last week. And his wife gets no salary, either. A large majority of the women whe have applied for places in the variou: departments of the municipal govern- ment within the first half of this year were unmarried. The Duchess of York is showing her- self to be a very fond and proud z net register; carrying capacity about ma, and the small baby—small only ir He also said that the English horses, 6,150 tons. The German mercantile tans pho shen ors’ Dorn) owners and turfmen are anxious to] marine has, however, previously pos- in semi-public evidence. have American competitors on the] sessed a five-master, the Marie Rick- English tracks. Se WHISKEY TRUST WILL BE SOLD. Having succeeded with “Bessie Cos- trell,” Mrs. Humphrey Ward fall: readily into the ranks of the seria’ novelist. She has a long novel pl2dgec for the Century next year. After August Ist next, any Michigar girl under eighteen years of age want- ng to get married will have to get the written consent of her parents, cr have her intended husband get it for her. Mrs. Humphrey Ward received $5,00( for the English rights of “The Story o: Bessie Costrell.” The Critic figures out that altogether she will re 315,000 for the story, or about 60 ce a word. It is said that during the termof Henry mers, though she was a steamer, with auxilary engines and never returned home after her first voyage. The colossal Potosi is built of Slem- ens-Martin steel, in accordance with the regulations of the bureau veritas and English Lloyd’s for the highest class, and under the special survey of those institutions, and with extra stiff- ening and strengthening arrangements, in view of heavy masting and enor- mous pressure of the sails. Two steel Receiver McNuita to Dispose of the Prop- erty To-Morrow. Bay View, Mich, Aug. 13— close of the arguments in the W Trust case yesterday, Receiver Nulta, Mc- y of the Whiskey Trust, imme- diately left for Chicago, and will make the formal sale on Wednesday, unless a supersedas from Judge Wood should | decks run over the whole length of the prevent him by wire. As the receiver consulted the Judge before leaving, the impression gained ground that the sale will take place. New York, Aug. 13.—Justice O’Brien, in Supreme Court chambers this morn- vessel, the upper one being lined with Yellow pine. The masts and the larger yards are also of steel, the height of the main-mast from keel to truck being 210 feet, and its diameter at the deck A. Barling as executor of the Robinson | ing, handed down a decision denying | 34 feet. The spread of canvas with all estate, of which Mrs. Hetty Green is the motion for an injunction to restrain | sail set will be about 5,000 square legatee, the latter hes changed ner law- | he reorganization committee of the] yards. Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company from purchasing or acquiring the prop- erty of the Whiskey Trust, which was advetised to be sold to-morrow. se Seas DEMOCRATS AFTER FREE COINAGE. yer seven times and filed 1,720 objeact:ons to items in the executor’s accounts. Miss Nellie Temple, who was gradu- ated from Vassar with high honors, ir 1882, has been engaged by the Univer. sity of Leipsic to assist Dr. Ratzel, its American professor of history, in the preparation of a work on the United States. Miss Laura A. C. Hughes, who has just been graduate from Tufts College. has been a noted hospital worker in Boston, and has had charge of a dis- pensary in that city. During the granc army of the republic emecampment in Boston she established an emergency hospital, one of the first in Boston. Lady Spencer Clifford, of England, has just passed with first honors the examination for a sea captain’s license: and if she desires to do so, she can now serve as a master of any ship on the high seas. But her immediate purpose is to be qualified as captain of her own yacht. In Japan every woman makes up her face with almost the same regularity that the English woman dogs her hair. The most beautiful, or,. at all events, the most valuable cat in the world be- longs to Mrs. Vanderbilt, who paid no less than $1,000 to obtain the coveted EE Geographic Names in America. Ever since Congress authorized the appointment of the Board of Geo- graphic Names, for the purpose of se- curing uniformity in the manner of writing and spelling the names of for- eign and domestic places, the familiar appearance of these names has been passing away rapidly. Under the rul- ings of this board the “h” in names of places terminating in “burgh; the “ugh” in those with “borough;” the words “city,” “centre,” “station” and Thirty States May be Represented at the Conference in Washington. Washington, Aug. 13.—Senator Harris, of Tennessee, is the only member of the committee which signed the call for a conference, of Democrats, on the silver question to take place in Washington to- morrow, who has arrived here. Senators Jones, of Arkansas, and Turpie, of In- ieee aneee nected before the opening of | «court-house,” following a distinctive The meeting will have two principal} or local name, must be elided. So, too, ed rcp ene Gee cs oo will Roe to} must all possessive forms go. It was evise a plan to ho a silver emo- crats in the Democratic party, and the| #lso ruled that when a name consisted second to insure, if possible, a declara-| Of two words, it should in general be ete for free coinage ee a next. Ieee et written as a single word. Under in- emocratic Convention. It is expecte’ ry ‘ that an organization will be perfected in structions from the Postmaster-General every State represented in the confer-| all postmasters are required to con- ence whose principal purpose shall be | form to the decision of this board. The Gy or securing OG one con; | last U. S. Official Postal Guide shows fention pledged to a sive pine wicws | how well these instructions have been carried out and what we have already come to, and indicates an illimitable to a candidate of corresponding views. Senator Harris thinks about thirty States quantity of nomenclatural monstros- ities. The following names of places will be represented at the conrerence. in the United States, once familiar in ————— the form of two or three words, but now BOTH LEGS CUT OFF BY CARS. passed almost beyond recognition in their new official dress, are here given Young Polander Falls Under the Wheels of a Train at Mohawk. Schenectady, Aug. 13.—John Mu- possession. lasky, a Polish Soy. residing on | #8 specimens of the havoc this govern- Marina, Mrs. P. T. Barnum’s hand-| Foster avenue, attempted to board ment board has wrought; Pineprairie, some residence at Bridgeport, Conn., is|2, freight train at Mohawk. In| Wareagle, Threerivers, Buffalobluff, be sold. This is thought a give so doing he missed his footing and was | Bunkerhill, Sixlakes, Belleplaine, thrown under the train. Both legs were cut off, the left one below and the right one above the knee. The boy retained his consciousness and told his name and residence. He was taken to the Ellis Hospital, where his wounds were dressed. He is twelve years old. It is said that he stands a fair chance of recovery. —_—_____—___ SEVENTEEN HIGHWAYMEN SHOT. Greenmountain, Westpoint, Groveoak, Springvalley, Goldengate, Blackhawk, Walnutgrove, and, most hideous of all Northwilkesboro. ————— The Liquor Question. Whether it be regarded merely as a chance coincidence, or whether it be taken as evidence of a widespread awakening upon the liquor question, it is certainly a noteworthy fact that both Quick Mexican Justice Meted Out to aj in England and in the United States Band of Robbers. there is at this time unusual, if not Sonora, Mex., Aug. 13.—Six weeks ago | unprecedented, interest in this problem, the private messenger of Colonel John } especially in its political aspect. True, Mexican autlsd. bye gang. CF REnW Ey In New York city the issue has not yet unrelenting chase after the robbers and | Toramea™ bev mathe question of en- finally captured them. books. But it is clear that the contest ie number, who wi over t inectiy concerned 7 the affair, ieee to the: crea katits faa ais soa ricte . among them aiamaricga eee pare i tos be zouaue over the issue let, have been imprisoned. The entire | °* Personal liberty.” The two phases band of robbers who have infested that | °f the “personal liberty” issue that will region have now all been shot or are | D€ UPpermost are, first, the question of under arrest. liberty to use Sunday as law and cus- —_—m___ tom permit any other day to be used, and secondly, the question of liberty to “ CHEROKEE BILL” TO BE HANGED. | buy, sell, and use intoxicating bever- a Three Weeks Later Six Will Die on the eee pate tate Bech aan ‘ Same Scaffold. used. And both these phases of the ia mort Smith, Ark., Aug. 13.—“Chero- | main question will be considered, as we Bee ee paiwee fete eke have heretofore pointed out, from econ- qO!* Heiiniiiows audeercee Gantencee Se ymic, social and religious standpoints. death. The Supreme Court has stayed Already the issue is beginning to take the former sentence for investigation. | Shape along these lines. Indeed, the Three weeks later, from the same | Present outlook fs that the political con- scaffold, at a single drop, Mrs, Kitten- | test will not be fought along party lines, ring. George Washington, Richard Cal- | but that both the old parties will be * z n, tlt Lueas and | split wide asunder on the question, even rank Carver are to be hanged for mur- though the split may not be clearly marked upon the surface and may not be recognized in the party platforms and the campaign discussion. be Militia in the United States, The total organized strength of the militia of the United States, according to statistics just published for the year 1894, is as follows: Alabama, 2,982; Ar- kansas, 1,079; California, 4,948; Colorado, 1,021; Connecticut, 2,765; Delaware, 421; Florida, 980; Georgia, 4,194; Idaho, 305; Illinois, 5,313; Indiana, 2,581; Iowa, 2,478; Kansas, 1,724; Kentucky, 1,371; Louisi- ana, 1,249; Maine, 1,241; Maryland, 1,907; Massachusetts, 5,530; Michigan, 2,878; Minnesota, 1,900; Mississippi, 1,760; Mis- souri, 2,106; Montana, 517; Nebraska, 1,248; Nevada, 549; New Hampshire, 1,337; New Jersey, 3,970; New York, 12,846; North Carolina, 1,512; North Da- kota, 545; Ohfo, 6,057; Oregon, 1,582; Pennsylvania, 8,703; Ri.ode Island, 1,258; South Carolina, 4,674; South Dakota, 799; Tennessee, 1,669; Texas, 3,000; Ver- mont, 787; Virginia, 3,110; Washington, 1,530; West Virginia, 838; Wisconsin, 2,571; Wyoming, 450; Arizona, 503; Dis- trict of Columbia, 1,578; New Mexico, 470; Oklahoma, 130; Utah, 1,080. Total, 114,146. The whole number of citizens in the United States liable to military duty is given at 9,945,043. ——_s—______ Organization for Free Silver. The national silver committee of one from each State and Territory, appoint- 2d at the Memphis silver convention, completed its work at Chicago last week. Judge Henry G. Miller, of Chi- cago, was selected permanent chair- man. The following executive com- mittee was named: A. J. Warner, Ohio; A. Walcott, Indiana; N. C. Blanchard, F, | Louisiana; George E. Bowen, Chicago; and Judge A. J. Rucker, Colorado. Resolutions were adopted declaring that the money question “must be decided some color of truth to the report that she is to marry a rich Englishman. Mrs. Barnum looks to be hardly 30. Be- ides Marina, which cost $300,000, and an annuity of $40,000, she has $1,000,000. Mme. Dieulfy, who has attained high rank as an authority on Persian arch- acology and antiquities, appears in the saloons of Paris in man’s attire. When she was a bride, in 1870, she went with her husband on a military expedition to the far east, and to avoid attention she appeared as a lad of 16, since when she has never. ged por. em-ee 1 RS WAN Cay (eens W .S. Gilbert, of Gilbert & Sullivan fame, will come to New York soon tc superintend the production of “His Ex- cellency.”” M. Got. who has recently retired from the Comedie Francaise, receives a surr of about $80,000, besides a pension of $2,200 a year for life. Long before George Meredith com- manded fame as a novelist he was editor of the Ipswich Journal. This was inthe late ’50s or early ’60s. '. H. Tucker, the conductor who ran th: first) train between Boston and Worcester, Mass., on July 4, 1835, is still liyng at his home, Meirose, Mass. Kipria, the rebel leader, who has beer elected president of Peru, is a hand- som) man, tall, erect and well propor- tion His hair is slightly tinged with. gra Gint Tolstoi is an enthusiastic biclist and has joined the Moscow Cying club, which numbers among its mdbers many locally famous “‘scorch- erg : fvernor Morton can pitch a decent eve at baseball and manage rather frty horses and is a fine bowler. Witt g and rod he has always been ex- pe te czar, it {s reported, is paying par- tilar attention to the Armenian ques- tii The Russian bear finds it difficul: tesist the temptation to “knock th: Sting” out of Turkey. , e heaviest bicyclist in Indiana is Hy D. Shelby. He is over six fee: taand weighs 386 pounds when ir ection. He rides a twenty-four pd wheel with hard rubber tires. * ancestors on both sides of Pro- fe: Horation William Parker of Yaave been Americans for 200 years. Thmmencement ode which he wrot- fogle this year is his forty-seconé ored work. tush was the only physician whc sig¢the Declaration of Independence Eli years ago a fund to erect a mdent to his memory was starte: in fhington. Only $3,094.39 has beer da of the $20,000 needed. ee DEATH OF A BONAPARTE. Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse, the {com | Engineer, Passes Away. Paris, Aug. 13—Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse, the celebrated French engineer and explorer, died here yester- day. aie oa ay Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse, son of Sir Thomas Wyse and of Prin- cess Letitia Bonaparte, was born in Paris in 1845. He was an officer of the French Navy and a distinguished ex- plorer of Central America when yet a young man. ——————».___ WHITE CAPS DRIVING NEGROES OUT. ao Negroes Ordered to Leave and Those Who Refuse Are Shot. Paris, Texas, Aug. 13.—An old negro woman named Stephens has arrived here from Delta county, where the White Caps are alleged to be holding high carnival. She states that her son was awakened at 4 o’clock in the morn- ing, called to the door and shot down by the White Caps. His name was Wil- Ham Stephens. He has a number of children. One White Cap notice is posted within thirty yards of his house. — eee Chess Players at Hastings. Hastings, Eng., Aug £3.—The after- noon session of the International Chess Tourt..ment, held at Brassey’s Insti- tute, has just adjourned. The follo is the score: Bardeleben beat Mieses in a Queen pawn opening after twen five mov~s; Bird beat Vergani in an irregular opening; Lasker beat Polio in an Evans gambit. Play will be sumed at 7 o’clock this evening. tier onan eee An Electric Submarine Torpedo. Oakland, Cal., Aug. 13.—Charles McDermott is perfecting an electric submarine torpedo, the invention of Dr Cross, of Chicago, which, he says, ultimately put an end to marine vy Allen is engaged in dramatizins higessful novel, “The Woman Wh Di@ company with a theatrical co!- lator. Dyee Scott. The book is nojits fourteenth edition in Eng. lar@ has also had a very large sal- in fica. Sr Manderson is said to be onc of st living authorities on prairic andes and his collection of Indiar re} claimed to be one of the fin in Quntry. His home in Omaha we ; ! by the people at the election in 1896,” au fae ae aioe fare. and recommending the organization of Ee . SR EE SLE Py EER ES free-coi. agzu GeWager Swayne in his ambition. two Mem Killed by an Exptosion: Sane Ue autealion oo tardies Maman is a lawyer, with an office Centreville, O., Aug. 13—The ex ‘6 and the appointment of a free-coinage in @street. chairman for each county of the United sion of a thresher boiler last even He lives at 126 Hasi farm killed J. Carter, the owner venth str He is about 3u a = ; | tricks in yacht racing. t tfit. Three other men were in- | 5ttes who shall organize a committee editions of British authors, is dead | sain Se eae ar Shel RGEsnie as Pees ie two fatally. Teal ccPeaecea Cart eat arte a Pa clonal committees. ee + =e eee j sur, una wen 4 goes Mabini ronervae “| wovernment respected the feeling. 4 Tre p,the Umbria carries $262,900 and eae oa ‘rave $105,000. The total of gold for the week were 92,043,100." roves - +

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