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MOLLY PITCHER AT THE VmfHrJL. / r ^ggfnofjp \Jomcin U/?o 1 a Rgt^plution ToasaSH5H5S]0MEN have filled no ] unimportant place in 1 U|? i* r? n] military affairs from 1 {n^* VV**f{I dajs ^oan of s ju In Arc to those of the t most modern of s '" 3cac3er3cnl HmiP-htprs of the reel- f meat. But few, how- t IsL $) ever, have had any s \ xJSSaSHSJ^ lasting memorials of c the part they played. Some have t figured In man's attire In both the t army and the navy, and for all whose i identity became disclosed there were ? doubtless many others who preserved 9 the secret of their sex, despite the proverbial tendency of feminine mem- e bers of society to make known the facts which should be most sedulous- s ly concealed. a Of the American women who have s taken part in warlike scenes, none is mnra widelv known than "Mollie Pitcher,n the heroine of Monmouth. This battle was one of the important conflicts of the Revolution, and was fought in the summer of 177S, when the British troops, retreating from Philadelphia, were overtaken and attacked in New Jersey by the Continental forces under Washington. Although no decisive result occurred from the battle, the fact that the American forces were not repulsed by the foreign foe gave heart to the colonies to continue the efforts begun two years before, and which were to last five years longer before success was attained. In the troops from Pennsylvania was John Hays, a gunner in the First Artillery, Continental line. He had been accompanied by his wife when the troops to which he belonged had been sent <-? fVio ftoM and she hiisiert herself in I diing laundry work for the officers. On that July day, when the fight raged on the New Jersey plain, the thermometer standing at ninety-six degrees In the shade, Mrs. Mary Hays busied herself in carrying water in a pitcher from a spring to the hot and wearied troops. "Here's Molly with the pitcher" was frequently heard from the thirsty Continentals, and Anally it was abbreviated to "Here, Molly Pitcher," and the sobriquet was permanently substituted for her real name when she displayed gallantry and heroism which surpassed her limitations of sex. The company In which Hays was fighting and in which he was a rammer was stationed on rising ground between the brigades commanded by Livingston and Varnum. In ? dash by British cavalry and infantry Hays was shot down, but not killed, and a call was made for some one to fill his place. No man appeared, but his wife, dropping the pitcher, picked up the rammer which her husband had held, and said she would avenge him. She served with the smoking cannon < throughout the rest of the battle, and i her courage was commended by the < -? a mi A MiU/% i (seasoned troops, xue umi ua) me Drave woman, with her garments still soiled with the smoke of battle, was summoned by General Greene, who took her to Washington, by whom her gallantry was praised and who gave her a commission as a sergeant, under which she wore a cocked hat and the insignia of her rank. J1 After her husband's death she con-! tinued to serve in the army, and she was finally placed in the list of half jpay officers. "Molly Pitcher" was born at Carlisle, Pa., in October, 1744. Her maiden name was Mary Ludwig, and her father came to this country from I Germany. She was employed as o servant in the family of General William Irvine, in Carlisle, and there in I MOLLY PITCHER'S HOME, AT C.4 OF TEARING DO BATTLE OF MONMOUTH. Vtcl)cr^^m iJaj honored ??|L^ jj? aty heroine lasap7L769 she married John Hays, who vas a barber. He became an artileryman in December, 1775. The itory is told that his wife was with lis troop at Fort Clinton, on the Hudlon, In November, 1777, when that ortification was assaulted and tal^en >y the British. The American garrllon fled in such haste that Hays Iropped a lighted match, with which le was about to touch off a cannon, md his wife picked up the match and >ut it to the touchhole of the gun, ind so fired the last shot before the mrrender. After the Revolution "Molly Pitch>r" lived at the barracks at Carlisle, loing cooking and washing for the oldiers. She was also employed as i nurse by a number of families, as he was fond of children and gentle I It :o them, although somewhat rough . in her manner and stern in matters ' 3f discipline, demanding military obedience. For a considerable period in her later years she kept a small store, and is described as having been garrulous and querulous. Several years after the death of the gunner, Hays, she remarried, her second husband being Sergeant Geo. McCauley. He is said to have abused her and to have lived on her earnings. In 1822, a year before her death, the Pennsylvania Legislature recognized her services in the War of the Revolution by voting her the sum of $40 at once and the same sum as an annuity for life, to be paid half yearly. Her death occurred at her home in Carlisle in January, 1S23, and she was buried with military honors. Her grave remained unmarked until the centennial year o? American in .RLISLE, PA., BEFORE THE WORK ;WN WAS BEGUN. / dependence. A sum of mone;* was then collected for the ourpose and a shaft erected, on which appears this inscription: r } Mollie McCauley, Renowned in history as "Molly Pitcher, The Heroine of Monmouth. Died January 22, 1823, Afted seventy-nine years. I Erected by the citizens of Cumberland County, July the Fourth, 1870. There is a bass-relief representing the battle heroine in the act of ramming a cannon on a monument on the battlefield of Monmouth. In the painting of "The Fieldof Monmouth," by George Washington Parke Curtis, "Molly Pitcher" also figures. WOMAN'S WAY. Petey (on the Fourth)?"Girls is curious critters!" Mugsv?"Dere de limit. Dere's one now?setting off a ten-cent cannoij cracker and den sticking her fingers In her ears so she won't hear it."? From Puck. The Fourth of July. Much has been written of late years upon the dangers incident to the noisy celebration of Independence Day, and attempts have been made by legislative and other enactments to abolish the gunpowder method of commemorating the national birthday. \*& 9k '~"jr*'' ' ^s' ?From Youth's Companion. Undoubtedly much suffering would be prevented and many lives would be saved were the day to be kept as fast day once was In New England, but old established customs are changed with difficulty, and it is much easier to abolish the most dangerous features of the celebration without depriving the youngsters of a chance to make noise in a safe j way. But the grown-up members of : the community should be taught ; sense, and the reckless firing of guns and pistols by hoodlums and less vicious persons should be sternly suppressed. 1^' ^ ; THE GLORIOUS FOURTH. There was a patriotic youth Who dearly loved a maiden, "Riif Koinrr Vflinr Knohftil hn Proposing kept evading? Until they went one glorious Fourth To see the men parading. The big guns boomed, the bugles blew, The Horses' footsteps clattered; While rattling drums, exploding bombs, Along the line were scattered; And noisy boys fired crackers big Till every nerve was shattered. "Oh! even-thing is popping, George!" She said with eyes that flirted. Before he knew, lie took the hint, And something to her blurted? Then heard through din of noisy Fourth A "Yes" from lips averted. >r r..i.. t "\f?,-r~ ?->iav i\.eiiy, in uuiy iii|jpiuwui'i> o zirie. Automobiles in United States. It is stated that there are 150,000 automobiles registered in twenty-five States in the United States, and there are 50,000 in the twenty-one State3 which have no laws pertaining to automobiiism.?Engineer. The Moravians in Labrador. The Settlement a Mission Church, Its Work Directed From Saxony MM rrom uuatav jioddb s "Down on trie L,aorauor" i in The Century. The first effort to found a mission on Labrador was made by a Dutah sea captain, Christian Erhardt, a member of the Moravian brotherhood, who, in July, 1752, landed at Cape Alllik in the ship Hope and named the spot Hoffenthal (Hopedale). The attempt cost him his life, j for he was murdered by the Eskimos. Nothing daunted by his fate, other Moravians visited the coast, and amicable relations with the Eskimos having been gradually established, a mission station was built at Nain in 1771. This was followed, in 1777, by Hopedale, seventy miles south of Nain and about thirty-five miles north of the first Hopedale at Cape Aillik. There are now six Moravian misssion stations on Labrador?Hopedale, the most southerly; Zoar, Nain, Okak, Hebron and Rama. The last named is not far from Cape Chudleigh, Hudson Bay. Snow falls there early in September, and the ice ofE the coast begins to break up before the middle of July. Except for one dog-sled mail in winter and the brief visit from the mission ships in summer, the stations north of Nain are completely cut off from civilization. At Hebron the gales are so fierce that no buildings more than a story high can withstand them. The Moravian brotherhood is emphatically a mission church, its work being directed from Herrenhut, Saxony. The mission on Labrador is supported by the "Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel" in London, but the missionaries are appointed by the authorities at Herrenhut. A trade with the Eskimos is carried ' on at the mission stations, provisions, clothing, guns r.nd ammunition being exchanged for furs, seal oil and salt fish, and the profits go to reimburse as far as they will the S. F. G. This seems a queer mixture of business and religion, and has cr.lled forth considerable criticism. No one, however, dislikes it more than the missionaries themselves. But, even with the trade, the mission is not self-supporting. It has been charged that, as the Eskimos are dependent upon the mission stores for their supplies, they are virtually held in slavery by the mis- ' sionaries, and that the latter are as Keen traaers as tney are preacners. But the3e charges originate with persons who are themselves anxious to establish trade with .the Eskimos, i As a matter of fact, the poor Huskies would starve were it not for the mis- 1 sion stations, for they are proverbially improvident. I was in one little Eskimo hut, perhaps ten by fifteen, the proprietor of which boasted six large kerosene lamps, and had hung ( cards of brass buttons on the walls as we would hang pictures. Lamps and ( buttons had been purchased of a trading schooner at very high rates in exchange for the fur and fl3h the hunter had captured with great labor and no little danger, and this when J he had no supply of provisions laid in for the winter Had he applied to i the mission store ior such useless ar- : tides he would have been dissuaded 1 from buying them. That branch of the United Elders' Conference of the Moravian Church j which has special charge oi mission J work has under its supervision a i school for the training of mission- I aries and a school and home for mis- ' aionaries' children. The latter is at Kleinwelcke, near Bautzen, Saxony, and thither, at the age or seven, the children from the mission stations , are sent. Here they receive instruction until their sixteenth year, and after that they are assisted in pursu- ( ing any special study for which they have shown aptitude. I Missionaries remain in harness un- i til they conscientiously feel that they I have become too infirm to be of fur- I ther service; they are then retired on 1 a pension. Each set of stations has its superintendent, the head of the 1 Labrador mission at Nain being also German Consul. Most of the missionaries are Germans, though Eng- | land is now contributing a few. The oldest missionary at each station is I usually the Hausvater, and under him conferences are held in Which the work is divided up among the "brothers." Much secular work falls to their share, for the stations are but lonely outposts. At Hopedale, for instance, one of the- missionaries is in charge of the store, and'also i brews the light beer, which is the only alcoholic beverage drunk at the station, and the missionary who officiates as principal of the Eskimo , school is also the baker, and feeds the sheep and fowl. Thg wives take turn in cooking dinner and supper, which are "found" by the S. F. G., and are served at a common table. Breakfast, which the missionaries 1 provide at their own expense, is partaken of in their own apartments. French Peasants' Odd Business. "In France, at thi3 season," said a i bird dealer, "the banks of the streams are yellow with bonfires every night. About the fire loaf peasants, men and women, smokiug chattering, spooning. "They keep the blaze going all night, and at dawn, behold! the ground is an inch or two deep with May flies, fireflies, moths?little creatures that, expecting some unknown and'divine sensation, flew out of the darkness into those clear and gemlike flames, fluttered forth again in agony, fell and died. i "The tiny corpses are sold to the French bird dealers at five or six cents a pint, and are resold for food to the owners of pet birds, finches, thrushes, canaries, nightingales and the like."?New Orleans Times-Democrat. That Mayflower Myriad. The new Adriatic of the White Star Line is described as a ninectnrv oo nc CI TlitlP-flflV WntlHpr. thus fulfilling the scriptural allusion to "they that go down in the ships." also up, via elevator. The Adriatic is 725 feet long and can accommodate 3000 passengers?nearly as many as must have come over on the famous Mayflower.?Albany Argus. 0 FAMOUS LOOT rnnm irn ninrrn i? 115 UAnttfi Honduras Company's Promoters Plead Guilty in Alabama. 34 PAY FINES GF $284,000 Agree to Surrender All Books and Paraphernalia, and This Means That the Gambling Enterprise Has Come to an End. . Mobile, Ala.?With the impositior of fines, aggregating 5284,000, in th Federal Court here, upon thirty-foui persons, the Honduras National Lottery Company, which the United ' States Government has for flfteer years been pursuing, passed out ol existence. The penalization of the principals in the company and theii agents, and an order confiscating certain property of the company situated in this country, marks the end of a stupendous and highly profitable 1 gambling venture, in which all of the 1 chances were taken by the patrons 1 The company gathered in about $4,000,000 a year, retained forty-five per cent., and divided the remainder among the prize-winners in the ! scheme. The action against the lottery pro- . moters was taken in the court for the Southern District of Alabama, before Judge Toulmin, and resulted in the entering of wholesale pleas of guilty, the charge being conspiracy to cause the interstate carriage of lottery advertisements. In pleading guilty, the defendants agreed to surrender for destruction all lottery books, plates and other paraphernalia, and, also, to dispose of the printing establishment of the company at Wilmington, Del., known as the John M. Rogers Press, where the lotterv tickets have for years been printea. Fines of $10,000 each were assessed against Dave Hennen Morria and Alfred Hennen Morris, of New Orleans and New York City; W. C. Henderson, of Brooklyn, was fined $5000; Harry W. Henderson, of Brooklyn, was fined $2500; Oscai Hauger, of Hoboken, $1500. while lines ranging from $10,000 to $500 , were assessed against the following: William H. Parkhouse, James Rea, G. W. Bredow, William P. Johnston. Louis C. Graham, Edward L. Pinac. Frank L. Howard, Albert Baldwin. Sr., Chapman Hyams, Paul Conrad, John M. Demarest and Edward J. Demarest, all o? New Orleans; John Morris Rogers, Jesse K. Baylia and Lester K. Baylis, of Wilmington; James S. Moire, Chicago; General W. L. Cabell, Dallas; Robert K. Thompson, Mobile; Joseph L. Shaw, Tom Williams and Henry L. Plum, Washington, D. C.; Herman Bruner, St. Louis; Frank E. , Johnson, Hartford; A. B. Kaufman. ( Detroit; Harry J. Schott, Baltimore; Wallace Masterson, Savannah; Fransis X. Fitzpatrick and John Hoag. The Honduras National Lottery Company was originally the Louisiana State Lottery Company, a duly legalized institution under the State Constitution, with a charter running Cor twenty-five years?to 1894. John A.. Morris, of New Orleans, was the iominant factor. At the expiration af the charter tlie State declined to renew It, although offered $1,350,000 i year. The company then began business at Puerto Cortez, Honduras, is the Honduras National. Lottery Company, having twelve drawing a pear?ten for each?of which about 52,000,000 of tickets were, sold, and :wo grand drawings, for each oi tvhich double that sum, approximately, was received for the sale of tickits, while the prizes were alsc doubled. HAMLIN KILLED IN AUTO. Vlillionaire Buffalo Horse Breedo* Was Trying to Pass Runabout. Buffalo, N. Y.?Harry Hamlin, millionaire, clubman, horeebreeder and automobile enthusiast, was instantlj killed on the Williamsville road north of this city. He was riding ii.' lis seventy horse pow^r car and was trying to pass a high-power runabout. Both cars were running at a sneed said to be in excess of fifty miles an iour. The accident to Hamlin's cai jccurred when it ran into a horse md buggy. Hamlin went out riding accompanied by his chauffeur, Peter Minhard, md a workman in bis barn, John Hanson. Minhard was driving the :ar. BOOST PRICE OF MEAT. Law Against Diseased Cattle Makes Famine at Packing Centres. Chicago.?Prices of all kinds of packing products were raised from Dno to three cents a pound by the wholesale and retail dealers. The packers have protested against purchasing cattle under the new inspection law, which makes it incumbent upon them to permit a post-mortem examination after they buy their ani nals. They have demanded a better grade of cattle, or that the farmer jtand the loss, and the farmers, "to Set even,'' have shut off the supply. As a consequence, the packers have boosted prices. Temporary Commissions Appointed. John C. Capers, of South Carolina, lias been chosen by President Roosevelt for the post of Commissioner of Internal Revenue ad interim. 200,000 Parade For Pure Wines. A gigantic demonstration of wine growers was held at Nimes, France, is a protest against the adulteration af wines. Two hundred thousand [jersons marched in the procession. rVio rlnv rvacapH without vinlenpp. New Internal Revenue Commissioner. Pearl Wight, of New Orleans, accepted the Internal Revenue Commissionership offered to him by the President, but will not assume the duties of the office until December 1. Sporting Notes. Bccause of poor work Coach Courtuey ha* again shaken up the Cornell :rew. inir/v viiMin tlio ov-nnciliet is oanc ujiiiuu, ?.i?v i'* .-3 - ?? ? low a special policeman in Someryille, Mass. Harvard's second crew decided not lo compete in the American Henley at Philadelphia. St. Louis will send thirty oarsmen co participate in the National Regatta in Philadelphia. Trinity's football schedule includes sight games. West Point will be the most formidable opponent. I ill RESCUED? WRECK" Yacht Capsized in Long Island . Sound?Crew Drowned. Edward Auth Ties Himself to the Boat When It Capsizes?Engine Breaks Down in a Storm. New Haven, Conn.?Edward Auth, of 132 Saratoga avenue, Brooklyn, was rescued from a capsized sloop by the crew of the tug Wyoming, which made port here. His four companions, Jacob Auth, his brother; August Jager, of 826 Saratoga avenue, his brother-in-law; Otto Fleger, of 154 Vorst street, and George Glazer, of Manhattan, were drowned. As the tug passed Norwalk, about ( two miles from shore in Long Island Sound, Captain McGolderlck saw a capsized boat. The Wyoming went i alongside, and In the water found Auth, who appeared to be dead. He was bound by a rope to 'the stern of the boat. The body was lifted into the tug and signs of life were detected. The crew administered strong stimulants, and the man revived slowly. "We five left Brooklyn for New Haven on the twenty-three-foot sloop the Belle, which I and my brother own," he said. "We reached New Haven, and after remaining there three or four hours went back along Long Island Sound to Bridgeport, where we spent the night. We got an early start out of Bridgeport next morning, working the auxiliary engine. "We had gone along the Sound about as far as Norwalk when a terrific wave struck us and tipped the boat over. I was able to seize a piece of rope and to fasten it to my body. I am not quite clear about what happened next, but do know that some of the party were drowned at o&ce and that others held on awhile. After awhile I became unconscious." KILLS SISTER AND HERSELF. Girl Was Worn Out With a Mother's Duties and Responsibilities. Springfield, 111.?Carrying her sister Carrie, a hopeless cripple <pnly seven years old, in her arms to a secluded spot, Cora Leaderbrand, seventeen years old, daughter of a prosperous farmer four miles south of this city, shot her little charge through the brain and then killed herself. Their bodies were found Bide by side, with evidence that in her death struggle Cora had tried to kiss her dead sister. There is no doubt-as to the motive that prompted the girl to the double tragedy. She was overcome with depression at the prospect of Having to care indefinitely for the tiny cripple. Joseph Leaderbrand, the father, said that Cora always was content until a couple of months ago when a youth came courting. Then the girl became restless because, as she explained to her father, she could not go to dances and parties like other girls, but there never was a suspicion she would resort to murder and suicide. PENSION ROLL SMALUBK. Expense of New Service Law Mucb Less Than Expected. Washington, D. C.?The pension roll and its expense to the Nation have begun to decrease, notwithstanding the service pension act of the last Congress, which temporarily added less than $15,000,000 to the expenditures. Officials of the Pension Bureau, legislators and others interested in the new law a're expressing surprise at th? remarkably small number of old soldiers applying for pensions under it who have not been drawing pensions previously. So small is the number .that the law will prove far less expensive than was expected at the time of its passage. Commissioner Warner believes that of the money \appropriated for the coming year there will be a balance turned back into the Treasury, and that he will need less money each year hereafter. FINED $1,623,000. Waters-Pierce Concern Also Expelled From Texas by Jury. Austin, Texas.?In the suit of the State against the Waters-Pierce Oil Company the jury brought in a verdict which found that branch of the Standard Oil monopoly guilty on 2521 counts of'violating the'AntiTrust law of 1903 and fixed the penalty at a fine of $1,623,000 and revocation of the license to do business in the State. It was a jury of farmers which returned this verdict, a sweeping victory for the State after a trial lasting three weeks. The defense, it is said, will appeal. SOLDIERS KILL FUGITIVE. Negro Troopers Shoot Down a White Convict, "Who Fights. Chicago.?Herman Leroy, a deserter from the artillery and a military prisoner at Fort Sheridan, escaped from his guards and sought refuge in a Hpserted barn just south of the mil itary reservation. The barn was surrounded by soldiers from the fort, and when Leroy refused to surrender and assailed his pursuers with sticks and stones, he was shot and killed by Privates MacGoodwin and John J. Sanford, negroes of Trocp N, Ninth Cavalry. Sermon For the Rich. John D. Rockefeller and John R. Hegeman were in the congregation at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, in New York City, and heard Dr. Aked say '"man shall not live by stocks and bonds alone." May Net Millions in Fines. The Government prepared to prosecute the bituminous coal trust among other great Eastern railroads in cases that may net a million in lines. Chinese Attack Germans. Chinese rebels killed all the military and civil officials at Wongkong and wrecked the German mission station at Lienchow. Former Senator Dead. William P. Sheffield, formerly j United States Senator from Rhode I Island, died at his home at Newport, j r- ' ! Rogers Will Fight Roosevelt. Interviewed in France, Henry H. Rogers said President Roosevelt's post-roads construction would be fought out by the lawyers In America. * " ? " > 2a ^lo S, WASHINGTON. 1 4 The term of the Supreme Cdurt of he United States for 1906-07 came to a close. The Court will not open again until October 14. / Secretary Taft said the United States Provisional Govei^Haent in Cuba had cost about 14,000,000 and would cost about $3,000,000 more. . Surgeon-General Rixey is endeavoring to have the hospital ship Relief put in commission for the care of the sick of the navy. Steps were taken by the Government to redress a blunt affront to the *?? uniform of American and foreign bluejackets who were barred from a dance park near the Jamestown Exposition. Army officers are much shaken up over an order issued by President Roosevelt for soldiers to engage in annual tests of horsemanship. Secretary Root took action, through the Department of Justice, for the protection of Japanese from 111 treatment in San Francisco, and also called on the State of California to perform its duty under the treaty, with Japan. >! < C Vl OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. * Honolulu, Hawaii, has had two S otf deaths from plague and one new ' ys sase of that disease. Six months' experience in Cuba has given the American soldiers there rank as the crack corps in the service. Cuba's census is expected to show, a population of 2,000,000. The Philippine military police i? now a body consisting of 6000 enlisted men, all natives, and among the officers are several Filipinos. Japanese merchants;.' and hotel keepers in Honolulu,'Hawaii, are signing a petition to President Roosevelt, asking for the rescinding of his order prohibiting the admission of Japanese to the mainland from the Insular possessions. A . DOMESTIC. President Roosevelt, accompanied by Secretaries Root, Wilson and Garfield, attended Mrs. McKinley's funeral at Canton, Ohio. Secretary Taft discussed "National Altruism" before the National Millers' Federation in convention at St. Louis. Edgar W. Meigle, seventeen years ? old, who has been on trial at Salem, Mass., charged with murdering his s father, was found not guilty. The Rev. Dr. W. J. Long, In an > op^n letter to President Roosevelt, demanded an apology for the charge \ that he is a "nature faker." James Bybee, the engine driver, and an unknown man were killed by nf a Qnnaot nvnraaa mJk^J U1UWU1U5 VI WIO UUUAUb WAJ/i V>UU train near Bradley, Cal. Statistics of Black Hand crimes showed that the New York City police are powerless to end the reign of terror of blackmailers. William J. Bryan, in an address afc the Jamestown Exposition, said the railroads were the chief gainers by the stopping of rebates and railroad passes. v j A. W. Lusen, a jeweler of large wealth, mysteriously disappeared from El Paso, Texas. Mrs. Howard Gould, wife of the New Tork millionaire, claims she has received a letter disclosing a plot to poteon her. Amos Scott Institute, an institute for young women at Decatur, Ga., has received a $50,000 gift from Samuel M. Inman, of Atlanta. -Thomas D. Jordan, formerly Controller of the Equitable Life, was indicted on charges of forgery and perjury, in New York City. General-Kuroki quailed at the sight of wholesale slaughter in the Chicago stockyards. William H. Douglas, president of the New York Produce Exchange, in his annual address charged railroads with failure to furnish adequate facilities for New York shippers. The property of the Toledo Railway and Terminal Company, sold at Toledo, unio, Dy oraer 01 me r eaerai Court, was bought in by the bondholders. ( ? * jQl FOREIGN. A report comes from Paris that Russia has decided to dismantle Vladivostok, razing the walls and removing the guns. Premier Stolypin has summoned to St. Petersburg the governors of provinces where agrarian risings are serious. . -i The famous Alhambra at Granada is bordering on collapse, due to lack of repair. A dispatch from the frontier to Mexico City said that the Guatemalans were intrenching and mounting guns opposite Ocos. A written order for the massacre of the Macdonalds. of Glencoe, was sold at auction in London for $7000. The Finnish Diet elected under the new constitution was formally opened at Helsingfors. The Georgian Bay Canal Commission has completed its survey for a twenty-one foot waterway from Fort William to Montreal; the cost is estimated at $100,000,000. Albert A. Snowden is in Berlin, representing the Carnegie Teachers' Pension Fund, inquiring into German methods. He has boon courteously received at the Ministry of Education. A number of Americans were present at the spring review of the garrison at Potsdam; Emperor William entertained the British editors at the new palace. The city of Southampton gave a hearty welcome to the steamer Adriatic, on her arrival from New York, opening tne vvnite star service uetween tie two ports. A general strike of the French Naval Reserve, comprising practically all seanfi-en, longshoremen and fishermen, b^gan at all ports; crews left ^ the transatlantic liners at Havre and"' the steamers at Marseilles. The rtussian Social Democrats in session In London decided to sever all relations with the Constitutional Democ?ats and other Liberal parties in Russia. Chinese rebels announced that the uprisicg was not directed against foreigners, the object being to murder all officials and overthrow the Government; troops near Amoy are said to have joined the revolutionists. Fire e.t Buenos Ayres, Argentina, destroyed property valued at $1,500,000. It was reported from Lisbon that Kins Charles mieht attempt to gov ern for three years without a Parlia-* ?eut... J