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own inw wniiwiTPn uiiiii uun uuuiiiuiiuu. Citizens' Union Names Him For Mayor of Greater New York, OPENING GUN OF THE CAMPAIGN. ! I Action Taken at a Meeting After the ; Brooklyn Committee of Fifty Hart A* keel For Delay?Anti-Tammany Organizations Recommended September 2S as the Date For a Convention. New York City (Special).?Seth Low, former Mayor of Brooklyn and President of Columbia University, was nominated for Vatrnr. nf rSraofnr Vow Vrtrlf hv the Citizens' Union. The nomination was made by a Joint committee representing the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens and Richmond. The Low Committee of Fifty of Brookijn, which constitutes the Low organiza- I tion in that borough, did not participate in I 'W/P 8ETH LOW. (The Citizens' nominee in his gown and mortar board as President of ; ? Columbia College.) t ? ? the nomination. In fact, at the very time Ihe nomination was being made the Brooklyn Committee of Fifty was represented in the conference of anti-Tammany organizations, which by a unanimous vote decided, In the interests of union on a common ticket, to have the nominating conventions of all the anti-Tammany organizations held on Kepremoer zs. The nomination was made in direct opposition to the wishes of the Republican leaders, who were seeking delay. Chairman Quigg's Conference Committee of antiTammany organizations met at the Astor House at 11 o'clock, heard the report of the eonferrees from the Committee of Fifty of Brooklyn, which had voted in favor of delay. and further discussed candidates. After agreeing that all anti-Tammany * nominating conventions should be held on September 28 the conference adjourned. The Brooklyn Committee then went to the meeting of the Citizens' conferrees, reported upon the action of the Committee of Fifty, and withdrew, after stating that Mr. Quigg had sent word that the nomination of Mr. Low at this time would be dangerous. Thn Pftnn Kllnun m o Vi i r> r? lan^ai>c Hanloru ' that they will not support Mr. Low under any circumstances. This determination was reached at a conference between Senator Piatt, Chairman Quigg, and Lieutenant Governor Woodruff. John' C. Clark, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Union, started for Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert, Me.,-with tho letter notifying Mr. Low of the nomination. The letter states the facts briefly and requests his acceptance. It is signed by the eonferrees from the four boroughs. With It Mr. Clark took a letter showing the result of the canvass in Mr. Low's interest. This letter shows that the number of those who favor his nomination is 127,903. Seth Low is a well-bred, wealthy descendant of an old Brooklyn family and the President of Columbia University. Though born rich he has succeeded, in his forty seven years or life, in establishing his right to riches. Seth Low was born in Brooklyn on Jannary 18, 1850. His grandfather, after whom he "was named, was the first Mayor of Brooklyn. His father was Abiel Abbott Low, a famous merchant, who advocated tho consolidation of New York and Brooklyn when 8eth was a little boy. During the war Seth was captain of a company of cadets in Brooklyn, composed of youths much older than him9elf. He graduated from Columbia in 1870,and at once entered the store of his father. Working from the bottom it took him but five years to win a partnership in the con eern on his merits. Seth Low entered politics in 1877 as a member of the Young Republican Organiaatlon. He started in as a worker. In 18S1 a reform wave swept over Brooklyn, and Seth Low was nominated for the office of Mayor by the Republican Conven* ?iuu u^uuisc uenerai ti. w. Mocum, me Democratic candidate. He was a compromise candidate. In 1883 he wa3 re-elected, and he did not spoil the good impression ho made during bis first term. At the close of his secopd term he went i abroad, upon his return devoting himself again to mercantile pursuits. 3Tr. Low was elected President of Columbia College in 1889. He h?.s made that institution ontfof the foremost universities iD [ the country and its future is secure. He ' has given it a library building at a cost oi j 61,000,000. It was a gift in. memory of his ] father, "a merchant who taught his son the value of the things for which the college stands!" Mr. Low was ti member of thf Greater New York Comminsion. OVER 300 JAPANESE DROWNED. floods Destroyed Thousands of Houses lr the Mikado's Empire. By floods in a prefecture of Japan, ovei 100 houses were destroyed and five or six lives lost in the Nishima district. All | bridges on tho Oshima ltailway in Higashi I Kabiki district were broken down by j floods, and the roads also damaged U I many places. Over forty houses and twenty go-downs ' were swept away by water, and twentyfour lives lost in the village of Matsucraski, Bado district. By theswelling of the Aganc River, 1300 houses in Sanjo .dachi andVOC houses in the village of Ichinikido were Bubmerged. At Izitnukais one shrine, two go-downs, four temples and a half a score of dwellings wera crushed by landslides from the mountains, and five lives lost and ten persons severely wounded. A dispatch from Maootsu ?ays that the houses Hooded numbered 1600, and the killed and wounded BOO, while 600 persons were saved from drowning. Steel Floating Dock For Havana. An ImnnrHHvn nniiil nf ftnnnlcili Vnvt will shortly be satisfied. A steel floating, graving dock, built during the last eight months, wa3 launched at Wallsend, Germany. It will be towed to Havaua, and is lar?e enough to dock the largest Spanish battleship. German Exhibits at the 1'avU Show. The Lurgoinaster of Stuttgart recently proposed that twenty-six Gorman towns ol over 100,000 inhabitants should participate collectively in the Paris Exhibition of l'JUO. Twenty-four of the towns havo approved the proposal. Cycling; Notes. Prince Christian of Denmark is an accom- | plished cyclist, as well as buiug a splendid j equestrian. Waterproof road maps are now to be obtained and if one is caught in a sudden Bhower they make a good protection for one's head. Pilgrims to the shrine of Maria Radna, at lemesvar in Hungary, have received per mission from tue iiisnop to mince tue journey on bicycles. A six-hour bioycle race for a gold vase was run at Catford, England, and was won by Walters, who covered 162 miles. Stocks, who previously held the trophy, covered 161 miles V FOUR KILLED BY MOONSHINERS rontain Tavlnr and TIitaa of TTIa I7r?m. jmnlons Shot From Ambush. Captain B. F. Taylor, one of the best known men in Arkansas; Joe Dodson, Deputy United States Marshal, and two othei deputies,believed to bo tho Renfro brothers, lie dead in the mountains of Pope County, the home of the moonshiners and counterfeiters. They were killed by this lawless element, and two members of th'J posse who were captured are believed to have shared tho same fate. Captain Taylor was one of the wealthiest citizens of Searcy County. In an effort to wipe out the moonshine element he secured a Deputy United States Marshal's commission and organized a raid in the vicinity ol Witts Mill. Pone Countv. The Dosse locat ed a largo moonshine party and decided tc paid it. When day broke the officers started to scatter through the woods to surround the still; hut before they had gone fifty yards Captain Taylor and Dodson were shot down from ambush. The two Renfro brothers were killed a moment later, and the bandits had little trouble in capturing the other two members of the party. Captain Taylor had twice represented Searcy County in the Legislature and served throughout the war in the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteers. The Government and tho State will offer big rewards for the capturo of the bandits. BANK BURGLARS CET $32,000. Dominion Branch Bank at Napanee, On* tarlo, Kobbeil by Experts. The branch of the Dominion Bank at Napanee, Canada was entered by burglars, who took $32,000 in checks and cash from he vault. So oleverly did tho burglars do their work that when the officials opened the bank next day there was no visible ovidence of anything wrong. That this was so was due to the fact that the burglars had knowledge of the combination of the vault. When the officials tried the vault they could not work it. This, however, was thought to be the fault of the man who locked the vault, and no suspicion of its having been tampered with was felt. After several fruitless efforts by the bank officials to open the vault, an expert was sent for. It was not until 7 o'clock that night that the expert got through his work and the discovery was then made of the robbery. By that time the burglars had a good start. SURNED HIS HOUSE AND HIMSELF. Horrible Suicide of a Jealous Man In Torrlnjton, Conn. Ferdinand Woghen, master brass roller at the Coe Brass Works, In Torrlngton, Conn., crazed with unfounded jealousy of bis wife, poured kerosene over his clothes and furniture, set fire to the place, and cut his throat. His body was found after the Are, hanging over one of the charred attic rafters. Woghen wns one of Torrington's respected citizens up to two years ago. His wife went on a visit to Germany, and on her return they had many fierce quarrels. He had threatened her life many times. On Saturday night they had the last quarrel. Woghen was prepared to chop his wife's head off. She escaped to her daughter's house, and he was driven away. Several hours later the Are was discovered In hi9 house. Tortured by Three Robbers. xnree roooers tonurea ijouis oiuiuus, ? aailk dealer living at 3744 La Salle street, Chicago, shortly after midnight, until he revealed the hiding place of his life-time savings of ?1000. After sejurlng the money the men gagged Simons, bound his hands and feet, and rolled him into a closet In his kitchen. Ten minutes after the robbery Matthew Porn, employed by Simons entered the house and discovered his employer. Porn summoned i physician, who revived the unconscious Simons and then notified the police. There Is no clew to the robbers. J Ameer Favors Holy War. . The Ameer of Afganistan has ordered the I faithful to hold themselves in readiness ' for a holy war, and a meeting of mullahs j has been convened at Cabul to discuss the . situation. Advices from India are that the ' hill forts In the Khyber Pass fell into the , hands of the Afridis through treachery on ] ihe part of the garrisons. An attack on a British station in the Samana Mountains ( pras repulsed and a column of native troops ] was sent to force the Kohat Pass. An up- ( rising on an enormous scale is feared un- t less the Afridis are subdued promptly. J Extent of Klondike Gold Fields. 2 William Ogilvie, Dominion Surveyor for J che Northwest Territory, thinks the Klon like gold fields will extend over 500 miles t af territory. Over 5000 miners are on the ^ Skaguay trail, Detween the landing and the t summit" and all traffic is suspended while the work of improvement goes on. On account of low water in the Yukon, boats uoming down the river have been unable to reach St. Michael's. Uncle Sam In a Triple Alliance. M. Gaston Gervllle-Reaehe, who represents the First district of the Island of Guadeloupe in the French Chamber of Deputies, favors an alliance between France, Russia and the United States. He contends that tho adhesion of the United States to such an alliance would Ifo mrol afpan rrt h CUUlLLLUUaiY lU^.l CUJV ibj . The United States, he says, has no reasor | to quarrel with France or Russia. Three Colored Naval Cadets. B. C. Bundy, the colored appointee from Cincinnati, has arrived at the United States ' Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Md. R. F. Smith, colored, from Chicago, is expected soon, and another colored youth has been appointed from North Carolina, making three in all. This seems to indicate settled plans to get one or more colored youths into the school. Dea^l Official's Accounts Short. The expert accountant employed to investigate the books of ex-County Treasurer John A. Doran, deceased, of Wichita, Kan., j during his two terms of office, made a report, showing a shortage of ='32,178.09. The strange feature of the case is that no ' shortage during Doran's torin was sus- , pected. j Met Death AVhile Driving to Church. 1 At Huntsdale, Penn., while the Rev. < Daniel Keller, a well-known Dunkard min- | J ister, and Philip Foust, a prominent citizen, were driving to church, a Philadelphia and Reading freight train struck their carriage. Both men were so badly injured that they died next day. Young Farmer Aaaaaglnated. Bertrand L. Hotchklss,- a young farmerliving twolve miles from Middletown,Conn., was shot and killed by two unknown assassius, who fired at him through a window as he sat on a sofa playing with his littl* daughter. An Alabama Collector S-10,000 Short. According to the report of Stat') Examiners Purifoy and Cowan, Tax Collector E. B. Lott, of Mobile County, Alabama, Is $40,000 short in his accounts for the tax year 18U6. 27,000 More Troops for Cuba. At the lust Spanish Cabinet council it was decided to summon the next class of j 80,000 reserves, 27,000 of whom will bo sent to Cuba and 13,000 to tho Philippine Islands. To IJuy I'i?lo?tlne. The Zion Congress in Basle, Switzerland unanimously approved with enthusiasm Dr. Horn's project to buy Palestino and organize a Hebrew state. Afrldls Close a I'us*. A strong forco of Afridis has closed tho Kohat Pass in India, and tho proposed advance of a column of British native troops has been countermanded. KHYBER PMCAf Rritlch I ncp Pnssesslnn nf India1 Northern Gateway, REBEL TRIBESMEN VICTORIOUS Lundl-Kotal, the Most Remote of th Forts in tho Hills, Falls Before th Afridis?300 Men Driven Out an the Fortification Destroyed?TIi Fight Lasted About Twenty-four Houi Simla, India (By Cable).?Fort Lund Kotal, a British outpost, situated at th extreme end of the Khyber Pass, and gai risoned by 300 men of the Khyber Rifle: has been attacked and burned by the ir surgent Afridis. Tho Afridis attacked For Lundi-Kotal Tuesday. Tho garrison he] li- -.HI flohHno 1 ll>3 V>YU UUkill, uikOi outu^/ ? which the native commander of the garri son was killed while gallantly leading hi men, the enemy gained an entrance. The fight was continued two hours insid the fortification by the Khyber Rifles in th towers at the angles of the fort, whic were strongly built of stone. The Afridi lost heavily before they finally capture the place. They looted the fort, capturin a quantity of supplies, and then burner the structure. The famous Khyber Pass, leading frot Afghanistan into India, has now fallen int the hands of the rebel tribesmen, who hav risen against the British oppressor. Th - V tr~ * iy mam rpUTl? XTtr A. AULA UXA (The principal pass from Afghanistan in hitherto loyal to the British in many an ot posts In the Kurran Valley are threatened Dy the powerful tribe of the Orakzais, th< Mohmand tribesmen are preparing for i renewal of hostilities around Fort Shab icadr, thonsands of British troops are en ?aged in crushing the revolt in the Swal Galley and two brigades of British troopi ire holding the Tochi Valley, where th< tfahsud-Mazl are again restless. Tho British authorities are gratified al ;he fact that all the men on leave from th< Fortieth Regiment, of Pathans, composed )f Mohmanas, Swatls and Bonerwals,whose ,i'?? ?4Ua{I> /I/\1 Arc riDos are revolting, rejuiu?ju mcu )n tho outbreak of the present disturb inees. In addition, many members of th< reserve forces of this body of men have roluntarlly applied for enrollment. A ma ority of the garrison of Fort Ali-Musjid vhich was also captured and burned b] he enemy, have arrived safely at Jamrood" Che surviving defenders of the fort mad< erms with the Afridis previous to thelj A5IEEE OF AFGHANISTAN. surrender. The fidelity of the levies, whosi Agreement stipulated that thev must resis Attacks without British aid, is mucl praised. The weekly Cabul caravan happened t< be halting at Fort Lundi Kotal when the at tack was made, and sought refuge in c neighboring village. It was captured. It is currently reported that the Britist Government has sent a second letter o warning to the Ameer of Afghanistan, wh< Is believed to be tho instigator of the re volt. The news is confirmed that the Oralczai have risen and cut telegraphic commualca tlon with all of the garrisons and posts o Kurran Valley. Killed by Falling wans. Edmundson & Perrine's live-story f:irni ture house at Pittsburg, Penn., was burned causing a loss of $105,000. After the fir had boon subdued and the llremen wen coupling up their hose, the alley wall c !th building fell, burying under the debris tw< flremen, Zeke Glover and Harry Holt. rw< boys who were watching tho firemen worl wore also killed by tho fallen wall. Connecticut's I?ar(;o Peach Crop. The Connecticut peach crop will bo ver large this year. The fruit is unusually firm Throughout tho State it is estimated t:her will be upward of 100,000 baskets gathjred Labor "World. Japan has 300,000 unionists. Cincinnati, Ohio, is to have a labor tem plo. Indianapolis, Ind., has a non-union s::on< mason. Tho big Lynn (Mass.) shoo factories ar all booming. Cape Town (South Africa) carpe.itei work eight hours per day. The rate of wages of tho Now York Ger man Fraraers' Union Is forty-flve cents a hour. ? Laboring men have 312 workdays a yea In Hungary. 308 in the United States, 278 i England. 267 in Russia. | NEW C. A. R. HEAD. I |( General J. P. S. Gobln Elected Comman< ; der-ln-Chief. The business session of the thirty-flrst 'g nnnunl encampment of tlie Grand Army of ^ the Ropubiic was formally opened in the \ Music Hall, Buffalo, N. Y., when Cincinnati i was selected as the place of reunion in 1898. General J. P. S. Gobin, of Lebanon j ; ! h 1 ^ ? g 0ENE3AL J. P. 8. GOBIN. d (The New Commander-in-Chief of the g Grand Army of the Republic.) Penn., was then elected CommandeMna Chief on the second ballot. His chief opo ponents were J. F. Mack, of Sandusky, ' e Ohio, and John G. Llnehan, of New Hampe shire. 1 aj |! FBEB PASS."' ' to India, through which the powerful Afrldla, ltbreak, marched upon their fortaer friends.) ] I The following reports were read: Gen- i 2 eral Clarkron, Commander-in-Chief; John ^ H. Mullin, Vloe-Commander-ln-Chlef; 0. * W. Buckley, Junior Vice-Commander; A. E. J Johnson, Surgeon-General; M. B. Taylor, Chapliiln-in-Chlef; C. B. Burnester, Adjnt- [ ant-General; A. J. Burbank. Quartermaster- : General; C. A. Suydam, Inspe#or-Gelijral; . General Clark, Judge-Advocate; Cory . Winans, Senior Aid-de-Camp and Chief of Staff; H. L. Zalinski, Chief Aid-de-Camp on , Military Instruction in Fublic 8chools. ; The report of Adjutant-General Charles . E. Burnester showed that the total mem- ( bershlp of the order in good standing June 30, 1896, was 7302 posts, with 340,610 mem- < bers; on December 31,1896,7276 posts, with 327,412 members; on June 30, 1897,7108 posts, with 319,456 members, and that during the past ten years the Grand Army of . the Republic had expended for charity the magnificent sum of $2,100,617.67. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTIONS. 1 ( Meetings Held In Penn*ylvantaf Mary* < lanu ana j>enra8Ka. < The Pennsylvania Republican State Convention nominated James 8. Beacom fox State Treasurer and Levi G. McCauley foi Auditor-General, and adopted a platform indorsing the McKInley Administration and the Dingley bill and denouncing the'clvil service policy of Mr. Cleveland. In the Republican State Convention held in Maryland the faction headed by United States Senator Wellington was defeated. The recent primaries in Baltimore were declared null and void for irregularity and > new ones were ordered. The convention adjourned until September 15. j . The Republicans of Nebraska renominated A. M. Post for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and named C. W. Kaley and J.N. Drydenfor Regents. The plat- ] m ?- -A.* II._ ? ?vr? A# f Kfl flf iorm is practically u reuciuuuu ul ???? v?. j Louis declarations of last year. Weyler Will Remain in Cuba. ] At the last Spanish Cabinet Council held t the new Prime Minister, Gonoral Azcarraga, [ . announced that Captain General Weyler j 3 would remain in Cuba and that he would ( t be strenuously supported by tho Govern- ( ! ment. General Azcarraga also announced < that the Government would unreservedly j 3 adhere to the late Senor Canovas's reform J . scheme in its entirety. ( Killed by Lightning Wliilo Thrashing. ' Lightning struck a thrashing machine at which sixteen men were working on Brush I . Creek, in Montgomory County, Virginia. 1 Wiley Simmons and Frank Dobyns were i s killed outright. Cabell Dobyns and Helms i . Lester wore fatally Injured, one of them i f havingsince died. Ten others were severely i shocked and two escaped unhurt. Tax on Aliens Doesn't Go. The Alien Tax law, passed by the last l' Pennsylvania Legislature, was decided un- 1 ? constitutional by Judge Acheson, of the i United States Court. The law imposed a ' tax of three cents a day upon adult male < aliens residing in the State, and its passage 1 caused a rush of foreigners to the naturall- 1 zation courts. 1 I Prince Luigl's Discovery. y The ascent of Mount St. Elias by Prince i. Luigi, of Savoy, determines its altitudo at e 18,120 feet, and also that it was not a vol- < |, caao. Bunk* Open Nigiits to riutiRe Fanner*, In the great wheat bolt of Kansas bankers have agreed to keep open to 9 p. in. for the , - accommodation of farmers who desire to , make deposits after selling their wheat. ( Last week several banks inaugurated this | scheme, and now, uatil the wheat is sont to market, others will follow the example 0 and keep open ovonings. S Government's Loss on Silver. The total loss to the Government of the , * United states on account or mo uoprouiaa tion in the value of silver since the purchases made under the Bland-Allison law ,r of 1878 and the Sherman law of 1890 n amounts to the enormous sum of $221,588,178.07. LOVERS LEAP TO DEATH TOCETHER. Forbidden to Marey. Carl French and Helen Hunt Jump From a HI eh Cliff. About three months ago Carl French, wealthy and young, arrived at Bon Air, renn., from Indianapolis, Ind., to spend a racatlon. Soon after his arrival he met and fell In love with Miss Helen Hunt, the daughter sf Allen Hunt, a well-to-do miner. She won accepted him and a secrot marriage was arranged, French's father learned of his son's Intention, and arriving at Bon Air, entered >erious protests against the match. Mr. French arranged to take his son back home at onoe, and refused to allow him to see Miss Hunt except in his presence. Th& lovers met, however, and went out to 8unset Park, ? ?- i..!.. J 1 T1 X. ? |A1 Closely wiuoneu uy jit. nouuu, nuu j.uilowed them at a distance of about fifteen yards. The north side of the park ends in an abrupt precipice about 160 feet high. Just as the lovers reached this spot they stopped a moment, looked back at Mr. French, locked their arm9 in a last embrace, and leaped from the cliff. Mr. French was within fifteen feet of them when they made the fatal leap, but was powerless to do anything. When they were picked up it was found that young French's neck wa9 broken. Miss Hunt's head was crushed and nearly all tier bones were broken. Death was instantaneous in both cases. CZAR SPEAKS THE WORD. He at Last Declares His Alliance With France. The alliance between France and Russia, for so many years conceded to exist in a secret manner, has been openly acknowledged under strange and moving circumstances. On board a French war vesseb under French colors, surrounded by French officers, and in the presence of the President of Fjench Republic, the Czar, in responalnj? to' a Toast, made u&e of the slg nlfl'cant words: "Two united and allied nations." That it was no slip of the tongue on the part of the Czar was made clear when, later, President Faure made use of the identical words with an emphasis that left no doubt of his meaning. Thus was heralded the news of the greatest military combination of the end of the century. There is much rejoicing over the alliance among Bussians, and dispatches from Paris declare that the city Is In a frenzy of delight. President Faure had the Czar and Czarina as his guests at lunch on the French sruiser Pothuau. The President afterward jailed for France. FAMINE IN KLONDIKE IMMINENT. Dver 2000 Idle Mei) In Dawson and the Suppllea Insufficient. There Is gravo danger of a famine on the Klondike this winter. According to all reports received from the upper country, It will be Impossible to land sufflolent food at Dawson to support the population already dependent upon that base of supplies. B. T. Lyng. local agent of the Alaskan Commercial Company at St. Michael's declares that there are already over 2000 idle men in Dawson, and new parties arriving every day via Chilkoot Pass, while the total amount of freight landed there thiayear will not exceed 4000 tons, of which not more than three-fourths is provisions. Miners returning from the Klondike who left there In July report that the food was running very low,then, and it was disposed of as fast as discharged from the steamers. Did timers realize the situation, and preJict distress and death as a result of the Klondike craze. SHOOTINC MEXICANS DOWN. The Police Attack an Orderly Crowd at BCerlda. Merlda, Mexico,was the theatre of bloody icenes on the night of August 11, news oj rhich has just been received. Friends ol general Francisco Canton, candidate of tht Opposition for Governor of the State of Yutatan, had organized a publlo demonstra;IOn in honor of the General, and as the >rocession was passing the Plaza de la Inlependencin the police and National guards, following the Instructions, it is (aid, of Alvino Manzanillo, a favorite with he Governor, fire* upon the people, killng eleven persons and wounding twenty- I lve. The local authorities made every effort to | suppress all news concerning the affair un:il, in obedience to orders received from he capital, Manzanilla and other persons )f high standing were placed under arrest ind the newspapers were authorized to reer to the events of the terrible night. WORLD'S HARVEST VERY LICHT. There Will Be a Shortage of Fifty Million Hundredweights. The Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture ias Issued its annual estimate, in which it Jescribes the world's harvest as extrajrdinarily light. The total yield of wheat s placed at 573,760,000 metric hundredweights, while the present annual retirements are estimated at 655,150,000 metric hundredweights. It is jalculated for 1897 and, 1898 there vill be a shortase of 50,800,000 huniredwelghts. The stocks remaining on land from 1896 are approximately estimatsd at somewhere between 33,000,000 and 45,100,000. The total supply for the year, eckoning both the present stocks and the rnrvest, is estimated at from 61U,000,000 to !S1 flflfl nflfl m?Hi> hiindraflwafehts. FOUR MINERS DROWNED. Tate of a Party Which Started by Sal) Boat From Juneaa. J. Peterson, an Alaska trader, who left Dawson City on July 22, with his partner, Jradbury Cole, has arrived at Victoria, British Columbia, on the steamer Islander hey having come out to the coast over the Lowelton trail. Peterson says that on the rip down the Islander picked up four nen. They were clinging to a capsized fail boat, in which they and four other jold miners had left Juneau for 8haguay >n August 1. On the morning of the 23d, it 4 a. m., the boat capsized, and James Armstrong, of Seattle; W. McDonald, of tfanalmo; Thomas Trevylan, of Naniamo, ind Hugh McLaren, of Naniamo, were Irowned. Star Pointer's Marvellous Mile. At Readville, Mass., Star Pointer, the racing stallion, hauled down the much 1 ~ .1 4 ? - knnnoo n r* A Ananld/) o I 1UUULCU LW U-UlillUbO UUUUCI, UUU Vl&otuu a lew world's harness record of 1.59# for the nile, with the aid of a running pacemaker, In a trial against time. The performance s the sensation of the year in the racing tvorld. Sexton Murdered In His Church. In the vestibul<j,of Holy Trinity Church, Montrose and Graham avenues, in the Willamsburg adistrict of Brooklyn, the dead i lody of George Stulz, the assistant sexton it the church, was found lying in a pool of slood at 1 o'clock a. m. The man's head I lad been battered in by a bluat weapon. Robbery is supposed to have been the mo:lvo. Gns Supply of Larce Cities. Tho Standard Oil Company has obtained 'ontrol of the gas supply of nearly all the large cities of the country. Prominent People. Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, who is one of the best athletes in public life, recently made a record of eighty-two fish and sixtyseven woodcock in one day's sport near Skanee Station, Mich. President Barrios, of Guatemala, was educated in this country, and is a graduate of Yale. He declared himself dictator to protect tho interests of foreigners in his country, and Is anxious to have American capital develop it. Estrada Talma, the head of tho Cuban Junta in this country, has sent a machete to Senator Mason, of Illinois, to be given to hi9 little daughter, Winifred. Mr. Palma makes this present in recognition of Senator Mason's services for free Cuba. -V- ..- V- m THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. TVanhlngton Items. According to semi-official advices received !in Washington, Japan is secretly negotiating with the Diet of the Greater Republic of Central America for control of the Nicaraguan canal project in defiance of the United States. The armor plate board appointed to investigate the cost of manufacture and of establishing a Government plant has finished its tour and will draw plans for a possible factory. Herman W. Van Senden, Private Secretary to Secretary Carlisle in the last Administration, and Dennis J. Canty, formerly a clerk in the office of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, were arrested in Washington on warrants charging them with the embezzlement of 84887 from WI1klns & Co., a brokerage firm. The question whether the discriminating duty in the new Tariff law applies to goods , imported in vessels of all countries not expressly exempted by treaties is giving much , concern to Treasury officials. It is reported that Germany and Spain are trying to induce the United States, Great Britain, and Switzerland to join in the European measures concerning Anarchists. Domestic. BECOBD OF THE LEAODE CLUBS. Per Per Won T.naf p.KI Wnn Lost. Ct. Bait.."....73 32 .6951 Phiiad'a. .49 61" .445 Boston ...75 34 .638 Loulsv'le 48 62 .436 N'w York.67 38 .638;Brooklyn 47 61 .435 Cincin'atl62 43 .590 Plttsb'g ..46 60 .434 Clevel'd..54 51 .514 Wash'n.. 46 60 .434 Chicago .50 59 .459 8t. Louls.26 82 .241 The corporation of Brown University voted to request President E. Benjamin Andrews to withdraw his resignation. Advices concerning the coal mlnere' , strike around Hazleton. Penn., point to a | prolonged struggle. The ultimatum of | the Lehigh and Wllkesbarre Coal Com- ( pany was handed to the strikers. The company declines to make any conces- j slons, except to advance laborers from \ ninety cents to $1 |>er day. I Democratic primaries were held In 8outh ' Carolina to name a candidate for United States 8enator to fill the vacancy caused I by the death of Senator Earle. From re- I turns received Senator McLaurin will be < nominated by a considerable majority over | Evans and Irby. Evans will have twice as < many votes as irby. ) Edward B. Cuthbert, In the banking and brokerage business at New York City, un- 1 der the firm name of E. B. Cuthbert & Co., 1 made an assignment. The liabilities are ' between $300,000 and $500,000. William F. Harrlty was retired as Na- , tlonal Committeeman by the Pennsylvania , Democratic State Convention at Reading. The Chicago platform was reaffirmed. , waiter C. itucer was nominawu tor auuhoi General and 31. E. Brown for State Treasurer. Mrs. Croker, wife of the blacksmith at Cedar Junction, Kan., and her nine-yearold son were run down and killed by a passenger train near Cedar Junction. Mrs. John Drew, the oldest of American actresses, died at Larchmont, N. Y. Ton saloons in Kansas City, Kan., were raided and 83000 worth of liquor was poured into gutters. Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, resisted the kisses and embraces of the wife of Perry, who killed Lanier, and refused to interfere with the death penalty. It was reported in Columbus, Ohio, that an agreement to settle the coal miners' strike had practically been reached. A general row took place at a baseball game at Newberne, Ala. One man was 'killed and two others dangerously shot. A dispute arose about a play between Richard Lee, Jr., and Sid. Gooden. During the quarrel Lee's father offered to take a hand. Richard Bennett, Marshal at Newberne, arrested Lee, Sr., and a few minutes later Gooden rushed up and struck Lee over the t head, inflicting a fatal injury. ' Former Surrogate Daniel G. Rollins, o- J New York City, died at Summerworth, N. H 1 The Democratic State% Committee of . Pennsylvania declared vacant the place on . the National Committee held by William F. . Harrity. J Considerable stir was caused in Chicago t I by the report that two hundred men and ? I three carloads of ammunition were to be e sent to Cuba. t Robert F. Straine, President of the United t j Telegram Company, was arrested in Bos- t ton, accused of conspiracy to defraud the c company out of a surplus of over 873,000. < j Forest fires have caused great destruc- J tlon in Montana. i Erastus Corning, prominent in financial r I and manufacturing circles, who inherited | the big iron interests and the fortune of I Erastus Corning, Sr., died at Albany, N. Y. He was driving with his son when hd was stricken with apoplexy, which terminated fatally. Mme. Fraser, a professional aeronaut, while making an ascension at Benson, 111., fell from a height of 100 feet, alighting on a lot of telegraph wires, sixteen of which cut gashes in her back and legs. She fell t on a board walk. Eoth legs were broken, i 8he will recover, the physicians think. 8enator Tillman, of South Carolina, spoke | I at the Albany (N. Y.) Fair Groi^nds, at- 3 tacking Cleveland, Whitney and Hill, and B eulogizing Bryan and the" Chicago plat- a form. Q John Landon drove a heavy two-horse t milk wagon amuck through Harlem streets, 6 New York City, and crushed the life out oI a | three-year-old Martha Berllnger. fc The Master appointed by the United [ 8tates District Court to look Into the af- ' fairs of the Eagle and Phenlx Cotton Com- c pany has found President Bigby, of Atlan- e ? * ? *? ?i 1 i- iv. inn on/i J ta, ua., to ue suuri 111 tun suut ui Bigby was a man of large social pretensions c In Atlanta. ? After being a widower two months, l John Eckhardt, seventy-two years old, oi a Elizabeth, N. J., surprised his friends and a relatives by announcing that he had mar- j ried Miss Maggie Grnnle, who is only twentytwo. The ceremony was performed at the parsonage of the Moravian Church by the Rev. Samuel Gappaud. A decision of the Supreme Court ol Georgia deprives that State of the right tc | hire out person? convicted of misdemeanors, jj and will probably cause the release of many . such persons whose services have been sold * and paid for in advance. j It is estimated that from thirty to flftj i million dollars' worth of trade has been | ? brought to New York through the effects of a the Merchants' Association thus far. i Richard Rider, of Whltefield,. N. Y., while 5 attempting to hive bees, was stung until he f died. I At Atlanta, Ga., George W. Parrott, Jr., twenty-three years old, well known in Atlanta society, committed suicide. He was r caught short on sugar and wheat and pre- t ferred death to poverty. Parrott was the son of a banker and contractor, and worth half a million dollars. President McKinley gave a public recep- - ^ tion in Cleveland, Ohio. C ForelfiTi. Hawaii's Senate has been called to meet r in extra session to ratify the treaty of an- . nexation with tho United States. Sir Wilfrid Laurler, Premier of Canada, T received a public welcome on his return to r Ottawa from the Queen's Jubilee. 0 A passenger train was derailed at May- t field, Sussex, England. Four persons were I killed and many injured. d The Indian tribesmen who blocked the j: Kohat Pass were dispersed, and the pass ? was retaken by the British forces. S A demonstration headed by the Mayor e took place in Marseilles, France, in favor t of the ab ^lition of the duty on corn. j, Tho British Secretary of State for India, in council, has given notice that the sale of bills of ev^hange on Calcutta, Bombay, andMadra. . > been suspended for a period I <1 of not less than ten weeks. | t The Turkish Government has issued ft ! '' statement intimating that Persians are be- ! 1 hind the Armenians who make incursions ) "J over the border. | * President Faure, of France, landed at j v Dunkirk from Russia and proceeded to I g Paris, where the people received him with J t acclaims of "Vive 1r France!" "Vive la j t Bussiel" "Vive 1'Alliance!" The Chamber n of Commerce and Industry of the city, v through a committee, presented him with an address on a platform in the Place de _ l'Opera. A bomb was exploded during the _ procession but no harm was dona n A TEMPERANCE COLUMN, 1 THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST ? IN MANY WAYS. ^ ' 1 Beware of the Cnp? Bishop Newman on Temperance?Personal Example and Self-Denlal the Solution of the Liqaoi ' i Question ? Some Striking: Statistics I ?he tumbler lay full and enticing, Inviting the mirthful to sup; fet something amid our rejoicing Had whispered, "Beware of the cup." , MB Beware of that idol so cherished? That siren so tempting?and think Of the thousands and thousands who perished, The awful, sad victims of drink! Then on with our banner before us? On, on to the combat in mags, Till we free the fair country that bore us From the evils that flow from the glass. I BISHOP NEWMAN ON TEMPERANCE. The New York State Temperance Societj recently celebrated its anniversary in thl First Presbyterian Church at Saratoga, Bishop John P. Newman, of the Methodist Church, delivered a discourse on *Th? Waste of Intemperance." He said thai while the United States should be the pur? est, happiest and richest nation on the faci of the globe, yet the waste of materia^ mental and moral power, through the un< m wise and inordinate use of wine and liquor, B was tremendous. He cited a multitude ol 1 faots and figures in proof of this view o 1 the subject. These statistics show that while twenty leading necessaries of life, j including articles of food, clothing and transportation, cost the people of thia country annually a billion of dollars, in tin the manufacture or preparation of which there are employed 374,000 persons, whos? aggregate wages amount to $164,000,000, yet the liquor bill of the Nation equalled the same grand total?a billion dollar*? this traffic requiring the employment of i $000 persons, who received over $50,000,000, \ rhe statisticians, he said, estimated that t svhile the churches of all denominations in ?d this country cost for all purposes only 1 5150,000,000, the drink habit, including the axpenses and results, such as crime and 1 pauperism, amounted to the colossal sum >f $1,800,000,000, a ratio of twelve to one? 312 for drink and 61 for religion. The Bishop, In considering the eradlca- J :ion of the evil, counseled wisdom and i noderation instead of inconsiderate and mcompromising denunciation. There werf :hree concessions, he said, which temper-' ince advocates were bound to make? lamely, that while wines and liquors were lot indispensable in the welfare of mankind, they, nevertheless, had their legitlnnte uses; that the occasional drinking o< ivlnes and liquors was not drunkenness as lenounced in the Bible, and that while it ,vas true that all confirmed drunkards Were )nce moderate drinkers, yet all moderate Irinkers did not become confirmed drunk. irds. In conclusion, the Bishop said that I yhllesome people favored high licenses, '{ lome local option and others prohibition, 1 le believed that what was most needed in j ill classes, from the highest to the lowest, * 70S magnanimity born of self-denial. which would create an apprehension 01 langer that would make the custom oi Irinkinsr unfashionable and cause thd Iquor habit to be less profitable. Thi4 vould Increase the power on the part of he magnanimous to persuade others to ollow their example and would contribute! ;o economy, industry, education, prtrlotlsm; religion, home and heaven. Remembered For What He Had Done* i A poor victim of'.intemperance in his last i noments was visited by a neighbor of hi? J vho had furnished him the rum which >rought him to ruin and a drunkard's jrave, who asked him whether he remem? >ered him. The dying man, forgetting his itruggle with the king of terrors, said,' " 'Yes, I remember you, and I remembel rour store, where I formed the habit which las ruined me for this world and the next, s Lad when I am dead and gone, and yon \ I jome and take from my widow and father* V I ess children the shattered remains of my J )roperty to pajuny drink debts, they, too, 1 vlll remember fou." And he added, as J hey both attended the same church, "Yes. ...JJ >rother, we shall all remember you, to all .'* 1 iternity." And he might have added, "You, oo, will remember them, and will remem* >er what you did for the sake of money, to ring their husband and father to the Irunkard's grave, and to take from the' vidow and fatherless not merely property, >ut that which no wealth can purohase and/' vhich when taken no power on earth can estore." And, we might add, he will reaember himself as the author, the guilty, wretched author of misohief whlah iternity cannot repair, and which may each him, in deeper and deeper waillng9,j hat it profits the man nothing to gain the nw*A Kin tviiu auu iuoc uio ovui, \jl uo auwcoovij bu he loss of the souls of others. A Sin to G?t Drank. . J It is a sin to get drank. It Is a sin igainst self, against the family, against the J State and the Nation. It Is a sin against ' | >od. "No drunkard shall inherit the king* loin of God." The Word of God says so. !t is a sin to get drunk; but, more, it is a in not to say so. We fail if we do not take idvantage of everv opportunity offered to ay so. Thousands of our fellow-men are aking this question every day. It Is a vial one, and its answer will hare much to lo toward making chose who ask it better ?r worse. There ought not, therefore, to ie any uncertain sound in our replies. I Svery man who indulges in intoxicating iquors is fully persuaded in his own mlna hat its effect on him as an individual is ivll, and only evil. He is not fully peruaded that he is injuring his family or his leighbor. He cannot, however, quiet his lonscience as to his God, and so after each ndulgence that deprives him of his senses, he question forces itself upon him, "Is it i sin to get drunk?" What a day of thanksliving there would be in manv hearts it he answer would be a strong, cfear "Yes!" -Presbyterian Banner. | Lamb on the Poisonous Cap. Could the youth to whom the flavor of fl lis first wine is delicious look into my deso- V ation, and be made to understand what a . l Ireary thing it is when a man feels himseli j joing down a precipice with open eyes and J i passive will?to see bis destruction and o have no power to stop it, and yet to feej t, all the way emanating from himself; to (erceive all goodness emptied out of him; md yet not to be able to forget a time when1 t was otherwise; to hear about the piteous peciauiu ui s?ui-ruiu, uo wuuiu ucyexragam. utthe poisonous cup to his lip.?Charles ,amb. A Dangerous Companion. Intomperance Is a dangerous companion, t throws people off their guard, betrays hem to a great many indecencies, to ruinius passions, to disadvantages in fortunes; nakes them discover secrets, drive foolish iargains, engage in play, and often to stagier from the tavern to the stews.?Jeremy !ollier. Ill Health Dae to Alcohol. The late.Sir Andrew Clark, the eminent English physician, said: "Now let me sajfhat I am speaking solemnly and carefully rhen I tell you that I am considerably rithin the mark in saying that within the ounds of ray hospital wards to-day seven iut of every ten that lie there in u _ i ill * ~ ueir ufus biirrii in ucauu t\j aicuuux. do not say that seventy in every 100 are Irunkards. I do not know that one of them i, but they use alcohol. So soon as a man >egins to take one drop then the desire be;otton in him becomes a part of his nature, ,nd that nature, formed by his acts,inflicts urses inexpressible when handed down to he generations that are to follow him as >art and parcel of their being." An Ancient Antl-Socinl Criifte. Professor A. F. Chamberlain says that .runkenness was an unti-social crime even he ancient Egyptians nnd Mexicans in the e.^innings of "their civilizations failed not V u recognize, and the general taboo to wov ion of the more innocent intoxicating bev^ % rages among primitive races previous to he introduction of rum and whisky by the rliites shows that they, even as we our< tuvcs iiri3Ui)iUK to-uuj , luruuuc suuu luiugs o their nearest and dearest. Woman,from he very beginning a social creature, has iever taken kindly to alcohol and never rill. Women alcoholics there may be in ur present state of civilization, but wouan, the queen of the household, the nother^of the ;amlly, rejeata the polsonou* iraughl.