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t. Cl. 8T k<*Y, Pi'osiiiuat. 0. Waiui’.aw. Vlcv- I"' oxidant THE NATIONAL BANK OF GaFFNEY. Capital $50,000.00. buy county 1*1:11111!*, rocoivc deposit fcii'l niuke lilH‘t ul louiis on upproved paper r" D. 0. lu»HW. Cashier. Che Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE Tiic- Kcaability of Every Advei tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People jf Cherokee County. ESTAUMSILKJ) FEU. 1G, 1894. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., FKJDA1, JUNE .30, 1899. $1.0<i A YEA li. CA p *• ?* f. • HARVARD STUDENTS Trench Ambassador Speaks at an Alumni Dinner. PEEK’S CROWNING EVENT £timl nil 8;ii JIJIFO II and Geiicrul Ijron- aril Wood . \ 140 r it*si*ii(, Botli Deilv- Clin g S’lor: t Tul !:• ■* on Matti*rs ! n Con- li< <*t Ion W. th Is if c Spanish W.i ir. Ca [RniDGI M s , June 29. — Tho Crn\v: : iug eVi :11L o Harvard com: neuee- ment was tin j aia in ni tliuiier whit :h took place in Men tori.ii i i Rill after the gratlu- atiin exerciw •s yt ierday. The glleStS inciml led Pit side! it Eiiot, Ambn ■8 idor Jab s Garni) M A lerander Ag assize, Gen or Ml Loo:; :ard 1 A nod,Governor Roger Wo'.ct ut and Ad mi rai \7. T. Sampson. Fr*.- ddent E iot ( ripened the s pecch- Oiakir: ig by rt M;>l'tl in g gifts of $1,* >50,r')3 to tho college i dun n i .r the year. Governor Wolcott feii' ■ \ • • i i: : a brief r.uurc s; and Air. Ll* seador Cam l u j:\ was th 'ii intro- duceii The Freu t*h i ll iba.-sudor spn he in Frem h ami i iHik i. )(*i casion to reter to the part li e had i a ken it ii rest* ring p . tee be twteu the Ui * l%*(j rates and tq;a lli aud to tk<i UK 11:. r V :V ? 1 u n* conterring t m him the di gree of LL L) i He said: “i 1 cel un i ble i o < express to you how deeply 1 apureciuie tiiw liouor Haivuid THiiversity has done mo by conLiriuy upon me tli i dim ity of doctor of law*, lam proud to be :«m;f hereafter to your university, the oldest in America, and I em touched when 1 reahi.-; that the thought the promptud the b sniwiii <.f this honor upon me, po s.bly liad in View a higher aim t.'ian any ]>ersoiial 1 onor to me. “1 er.nnot forget that a very Ion;' time rro ono of my predfce-sors, the I-larttulij de la Luzerne, who in iTdi rop* resented in this country iciti^ Louis JCVI, was also made by Harvard an honorary doctor of Jaws. At that time Ihe United fctati-H had hardly einerpod irom the her 'tic struKrlo which insured jour indepeudeuce. Franco intd then lent yon her assistance and your uni* versity inscribed the name of her repre sentative aiiin!*.^ those of your honored ones. That was over a century atto. “Last year Providct^ce designated France to take the hand of your auvor- Eiry of yesterday, to place it in yours and to clasp both in tier own. i was the chosen ins rument of the humanita rian idea which m-pired this act. Hy (heso feoiinp's alone was I guided. Al- 1 tw mo to thank you for the personal honor yon have shown me as you did in tarly days to Maiquis de ia Luzerne, because yon thereby testify ont o more to the traditional Iriemiship of our two nations. whoso pinlescion 'As tor i'M* hrinjre me duly in con'act with the realities of nnbco iife, it is a ran Rood fortune to find uiy*elf m tuts iitmos- j here of ktirniii^ and < ulturo. 1 am a ton of the University of Paris, a eon of that glorious ••?.* of learning, tlio Sar- Lonuo. Tin to i r was that D.mt', in the middle ayc.s. le.viu;r Fiorence, came to tmrrue ins studi ;•>. Jn those days no lroiitit‘r.s circumscribed the domain of Urt and sci- nce. “Aud may v.e not liope that my pres ence at th.s distniKUislied ki-herin^ fu^^csts that there coiitinnes to exist the same uurramineled spirit which tnakes the wee d of art and letters some* thiiur nit re tnaii ihe hiritagc of any otie Country?” Admiral .Sampson and General Wood flso spoke, talking on war topics. TINPLATE MILLS TO CLOSE. Nearly Fifty Tliniiauuri Men Will lie Thrown Out of Work. Prnsiu i:c, June ili).—As a result of the failure to settle the tinplate wage ecale at the Chicago conference all the tinplate iniiH in the country are pre paring to <• o.s * down, and tomorrow at midnight there will 1 * a general sus pension. Nearly fiJ.OOO men will be thrown idle by the shutdown. II.>w long it will last is a matter of specuhition. Circulars have been sent out to all the lodges, notifying them of the non- f access of the Gun ugo conference, and t is sa d m ntiiu nt cf the men on tjie Question will reach the local officials’ bfficcs Monday next. There are some rumors that amass- meeting is to i o In id .Saturday, but tiio local ohiciala would not talk on the sub- Sect. ho AGREEMENT ON SCALE. fera uml <);• *r.itoi ■ in Unable to Settle 111.* <>ii«*.->lPtli. jila , June cb —The mi- Lye so far failed to place of tlio The SURGEON BOYD RETURNS. lie Talks of the Recent Tuberculosis Congress In Uerlln. Washington, Juno kO.—Surgeon J. 0. Boyd of tlio navy, on ) of the United Slates delegates to the recent tubercu losis congress in Berlin, has returned to Washington and is preparing a report for the department on the work of the congress. Dr. Boyd thinks the results of ihe congress will ho important. The cbiot question now interesting the profession is the preparation of ef fective scram to combat the disease. The most promising work in this con nection is that of Dr. Behring, one of the most prominent of the European specialists. The results obtained by Dr. Behring have attracted the attention of the medical world and are being rapid ly pushed us is consistent with careful scientific work The profession sees no reason why the development of a tuberculosis serum should not revolutioniz*) the mortality rate in consumption as much us has the development of the antitoxino of diph theria. Tue development of consumptive sanitariums in Europe is auolhor mat ter that has Attracted much interest among the profession on this side of the Atlantic. It is now assured that the disease in its earlier stages can bo chocked. With the building up of the patient’s general condition he is less liable to a recur rence of the disease after leaving the in stitution, even if the lung tissue already de stroyed fan not ho replaced. Even in advanced stages the disease can be so checked that an individual may, with care and good climate, live out Ins allotted span with only a frac tion of the lung area possessed by a normal subject. A NOVEL STREET PARADE. Hurlet-qoo l*ng'*ufit (iotten Up by Uinciiiiiuti N wspaper M<*n. Cl>ctxnATI, June ‘id.—While the vis itors to the North American Saouger- bund jubilee did the marching yester day, they were the spectators today for a novel street parade, gotten up by the press committee assisted by citizens. This parane was a burlesque on street pageants and was enjoyed more thau any other demonstration of the week. Duo division represented Governor “Teddy” Roosevelt and the rough riders, as an escort to the war corre spondent float. All the war corre spondents were impersonated; also of the different writers on papers, es pecially tlio musical editor Sousa was impersonated on top of one of the tally- hos with his baton and there were mu sical floats without number, also inspi ration floats in charge of Gambrinus. The impersonations were mostly of the heroes of the war aud of well known musicians. Everything was in bur lesque. including the distinguished citi zens in a long line of carriages that were occupied by those capable of all sorbs of antics. Foil'c.viug the burlesque parade, there were various local meetings of musical societies. The election oi officers will not fake place until the city is selected for Ihe next s&eugorfesr. FIVE WORKMEN DROWNED. Miiil Overt urns In t be M isslssippi Near Clarksville, Mo. Cb.vr.Ksvii.bK, Mo, Juno £'J.—Five men were drowned today in the Missis sippi river 1 mile above here by the overturning of a skiff. They were la borers engaged in the river improve ment work now going forward in this district under the direction of the United ?t ueg assistant engineer, Cap tain & Edwards. The men lost are: William Hodge, residence unknown. Henry Howland of Clarksville, Mo. J. W. Lhillips. Arnold Phillips. W. J. Jamison of Hamburg, Ills. Captain Edwards is dragging the river for the bodies. Young Filipinos to Resist. Vktokia, B. C., Juno 29.—Advices from Hakodate state that Captain Sa- kiebi of the steamer Hokaku Maru, just returned from the Philippines, reports that m the southern islands, the young Filipinos are constructing fortifications against emergencies. Every port is gar risoned by l,bUD or so volunteers, whose weapons, however, are very crude, only about 20 per cent being armed with rifles, (Remingtons). They are, how ever, full of patriotism and state that they will not yield to the Americans, though the whole of the islands are destroyed. Victims of Black I’I ague V San Fkancisco, Juno 29.—The bacte riologist, who is examining the glands taken from the bodies of the two Japa nese who jumped overboard from the steamer Nippon Marn, is expected to make his report today. The tact that the glands of one of the men were found to be above the normal size gave ri.-o to the suspicion that the Japanese may have been afflicted with the bubo nic plague, but the facts will not 1)6 known until the expert has finished in vestigation. cured a $.“,000,000 Contract. (Vk-ton, June 29. — Edgar K. if the firm of O’Connor <t Smoot r esterday from the City of Mex- Swoot had in his pocket a itraet properly executed and president Diaz and the imu- |Jic works for the improve- leepening of the harbor of in the state of Colima. Case Before McKinley. iitbiiANS, Juno 29.—John B. aud W. H. Harris, the two ^n miners w ho were forcibly de- Guatemala lust week, leave [on this morning to luy the of the outrage before pley. p a Carnival. io 29. — Governor jfork attended the L* tendered an cu tter an informal REINFORCEMENTS TO GO '.CROSS SHORTLY Enlistment of Recruits For Otis Decided Upon. SEN. S0E9EL FINALLY NAMED IN KENTUCKY Candidate For Governor Put Up by Democrats. SOLDIERS AT MANILA REST BECKHAM AS LIEUTENANT When the Wet Season Closes tbe Troops Already There and Those to Be Sent In the Meantime Will Beal tbe Ka- i 1 emy a Crushing Blow. Washington, Juno 28.—Secretary Al ger, Adjutant General Corbin aud Col onel Bird, assistant quartermaster gen eral in charge of transportation, had an hour’s consultation with the president today relative to the question of rein forcements for General Otis. A definite decision Las been reached to continue recruiting men at all the recruiting stations for service in the Philippines and Secretary Alger said when he left the White House, after the conference, that General Otis would have 40,000 men when the rainy season closed for a resumption of active opera tions. There are 70 recruiting stations in the United States and enlistments are to be taken ui all of these stations. The enlistments are to bo fer service in the regular army and recruits are to be organized in the regiments or as signed to regiments already formed af* j ter enlistment. No organizations as j such are to be accepted if sufficient re- j emits can be obtained by regular en- 1 listment. j General Corbin raid the enlistments ! would ho for three years, although the law for the creation of the provisional i army of So,000 in excess of the regular army of (15.0U0 provides for such a force until 1901. Arrangements are to be made at once for increasing the transportation facili ties necessary to get these additional troops to the Philippines. The decision to reinforce General Otis by the end of the rainy season is inter preted to mean that aggressive cam paigning will cease until the bad weather ends. Until that time our op erations will probably lie confined to occasional excursions to places in close vicinity to our lines where the insur gents may have congregated in force. By remaining quiescent under good shelter during the rainy season it is hoped the health of our troops will be conserved and the danger from climatic fcveis reduced to a minimum. General Otis has cabled the war de partment that ho has the nkeletou or ganizations of two or threo regiments which it is proposed to raise in the Phil ippines. At the war department this is said to mean that General Otis has the officers for these regiments selected, and that they are ready to bo filled with en listed men. How many of these can be secured from the volunteer regiments now in the Philippines is not known. It is stated at the war department that the recruits now being enlisted at the rare of 1,900 a week cannot be used for the volunteers provided for in the act of March 8, providing for So.OoO men, although it would be an easy mat ter to transfer these men with their own consent to the volunteer service if it should be determined to raise addi tional troops. MAYOR TO ADMIT HIS GUILT. Atlanta’s Executive Will Throw Him self on tin* Mercy of the Council. Atlanta, Juno 28.—The special coun cil investigating committee, Council man Park, chairman, held its first meet ing at the city hull yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock. All the members were present, as well as Mayor Woodward, and the session was secret. Although the committee will proba bly hold reveral .other sessions before the meeting of the council next Mon day, when it will be requested to re port, the plan of the work has been mapped out. A member of the committee stated last night that the committee would make no recommendation either for im peachment or for mercy to the council, but that the committeemen would pre sent a statement con tain ing the facts of the case as regards the charges, and let the council do as it thinks best with the chief executive. Mayor Woodward will bo allowed to present a statement to the committee in writing, in which, it is said, he will ac knowledge that he has indulged a little too freely in strong drink, but will give his word that he will mend his way in the future. Dr. Broughton, who brought the charges, has withdrawn from the case entirely. He considers that his duty was done when ho brought the matter to the attention of the public and the council. Blue and Gray to Unite. Griensboko, N. C., June 28. —Itisan- nounced that Senior Lieutenant Archie Scales, U. S. N., will marry Miss Har riet Graham of Brooklyn, ut Bay Ridge, mi July 11. Lieuteu’ant .Scales is from Greensboro and is a nephew of A. M. Scales, who was governor of North Car olina from 1880 to 1884 and brigadier general in the confederate service. Miss Graham is the daughter of Major Gen eral William Graham, U. S. A., who was brigadier general on the Union side. Seaboard to Enter Columbia. Columbia, S. 0., June 28 —The city council has let the Seaboard Air Line I road into Sidney park in the heart of the city. The project was not seriously opposed when it cuino to a final test, I but there was difficulty in getting a j method of doing it that would stand a I legal test and avoid an injunction. Vice President St. John was present aud ! thanked council for its action, proiuis- ; Ing to show his appreciation in the fu ture. After Disposing of the Main Contest the Convention at Louisville Pro- ceedsWlth Work of Completing State Ticket. Louisville, Juno 28.—The climax of fhe most sensational convention in the history of Kentucky was reached at 24 minutes past 10 o’clock last night, when State Senator William Goebel was de clared the Democratic nominee for gov ernor. After one week’s continuous session, marked at times by outbreaks whose intensity seemed to augur riots in the immediate present and the split up of the party as a natural consequence, the nomination of Goebel was finally accomplished with harmony aud the best of good feeling. The final ballot stood: Goebel, 560; Hardin, 531. Stone’s name had been previously dropped by agreement. The nominee was escorted to the plat form amid wild shouts and cheers. He £aid among other things: "I shall enter this campaign with all the energy I possess and slay in it until November. No man would have given more earnest support to either of my opponents hud he been nominated. 1 have the right to expect the samo from them, and I believe I will got it.” After this there was a love least, with short speeches from all the leaders, and the great contest was over. With the star attraction off the boards, the convention did not draw so well this morning. Everybody seemed anxious to get through with business and this was shown by the unanimous adoption of a resolution providing that after the second ballot for minor offices the hindmost candidate be dropped aud that nominating speeches bo limited to 2 minutes. Nominating speeches were then begun. For lieutenant governor, J. W. 0. Beckham of Nelson; William W. Thorne of Henry, Major Thomas H. Hays of Louisville, Judge Edward Kelly mid J. M. Kendall were placed in nom ination. Tbe first ballot resulted: Beckham, 364; Thorne, 268; Kelly, 226; Hays, 201; Kendall, 30. 'Ihe dropping resolution wasamended so as to take effect after tbe first ballot for each minor officer, instead of the second. Major Hays withdrew and a second ballot for lieutenant governor was taken. Beckbam had a slight ad vantage when the rolicall was finished end changes to him of the votes of sev eral counties soon gave him enough votes for a nomination. Then Kelly and Them in turn withdrew and the nomination was made unanimous. DOG WIPES OUT A FAMILY. List of lb*- Hydrophobia Victims, an 11-Year-Old Boy, Dead. Raleigh, June 28.—Preston Oglesby, aged 11, has just died at Wildwood, Carteret county, of hydrophobia. He was bitten by a dog ten weeks ago. The «anie dog bit a horse, hog and ox at the same time and these died within three weeks. The horse was bitten through the nose aud chickens which ate out of his trough had spasms uud died. A chicken owned by negroes was killed by the dog. The family ignorantly saved the chicken by cooking it aud the entire family died frem eating it. Young Oglesby was bitten on the face. The wound had healed and the boy was thought to bo out of danger. Diiiuimer In Serious Trouble. Greensboro, N. C , Jonc 28.—C. E. Radge, 25 years old, and prominently connected in Randolph county, has been arrested and jailed in Asheboro for forging county pay warrants. He is said to have forged the •ignature of the registrar of deeds of Randolph county to orders on the county treasurer for fl 43 and obtained cash from Stedman & Co. of Asheboro for the amount. He is also said to have received money on forged drafts from other firms in the county and from the bank of Randolph. Radge Is a drummer for A. T. Morris, tobacconist of Cincinnati r Dead. i John W. Niuincut citi- , is dead at ” near Dns- After a Itigbt <>f Way, Savannah, June 28.—The Georgia and Alabama Railway company bus be gun condemnation prooeodiugs in the superior court against preperty owners with whom they cannot agree us to the price to U: paid for rights of way into fhe city of Luvjuuuh. Meetze Is on Trial Again. Columbia, S. C., June 28.—The trial of Willie H. Meetze for murder began here today. There was a mistrial at the last term, aud the defendant has been refused bail. The father of the defendant is u livery stable man, and some years ago he shot W. H. Clark to death on the streets of Columbia, and was acquitted. East winter Meetzeaud Alec Cartlidge, both of whom had been in the First South Carolina volunteers, had some words on tho streets one night ami Meetze killed him. The effort of the defense is to show that Cartlidge was armed. Sent Up a Year For P.*ijnry. Columbia, S. C., June 28. — J. H. Short has been sent to the penitentiary a year for perjury. At the last term of court Short was indicted for forgery. He made bis own defense and did It very cleverly. Among other things he bwi re that he could neither read nor write. He was acquitted. Since then evidence was secured of Short’s ability to write and bis indictment for perjury and conviction followed. Fatal Full of a Sailor. Mobile, June £8.—Gustave Inginau, • sailor, fell from the rigging to the deck of the Russian bark Chieftain in the harbor here this morning and re ceived such injuries that he died in the marine hospital 30 minutes later. lug- man was 2% years old and a native of Kwnito, Fiinaud. One \V< mull Kills Another. Bloomington, Ills., Juno 28.—Mrs. W. K. Martin, wife of a railroad man, today shot Miss Ida Oglesby four times, iulhcting fatal wounds. Jealousy was the cause. OS, E, Y. MULLINS IS ELEGTED PRESIDENT Kississippian at the Head cf Baptist Seminary. SUCCEEDS J. E. WII1TSITT Board of Trustees of the Louisville Theological Insl II iil ion Meets In At lanta und Fills tho Vacancy Caused by a Recent K-slgnatlon. Atlanta, June 29.—Rev. Dr. E. Y. Mullins was today chosen president of the Southern Baptist Theological semi nary. Dr. Mullins Is a southerner by birth, having been boru in Copiah county, near Crystal Springs, Miss. He was educated in Texas and afterwards at the Southern Baptist Theological semi nary, where he graduated. He lias hold a pastorate in Baltimore and was form erly associate secretory of tho foreign mission board. Ho is at present pastor of the Central Baptist church, Newton, Mass., and is hold In high esteem by bis defiouiiua- tioh throughout tho country. His elec tion was unanimous. Tho Baptist Theological seminarv is tho largest institution of its denomina tion in the worki, and it is tho only uni versity under tho control of tho south ern Baptist convention. It numbers over 800 students, all of whom aro col lege graduates, and has an exception ally able faculty, composed of the most v istlngulshed Baptist ministers in tho south. Some months ago President Whitsitt resigned on account of the fact that cer tain criticisms had been made ''ti his Biblical teaching. A meeting of the board of trustees was held soou after and Rev. Dr John P. Green was unan imously chosen to fill the place. Some weeks later, however, he notified the trustees that he could net accept the position. Since that time the seminary has been without a head, and tho present meet ing was called for the purpose of elect ing a president. The board of trustees of tho Southern Baptist Theological seminary is com posed of 35 members, each southern state having representation, according to wealth. Kentucky, Georgia ami South Carolina have the largest repre sentation. The presidency of tho Baptist Theo logical seminary’s a lucrative position, aside from being the highest honor that can lie bestowed upon a minister by the Southern Baptist convention. The sal ary and perquisites amouu.' to $3,500 a year, together with a handsome resi dence in one oi the prettiest parts of Louisville. A CIVIL TRIAL FOR ARNOLD. SttvamiHii Jury to Invustlgitto tho Keiituoky Private’s Caso. Savannah, June 29.—A grand jury of the superior court is to have another Investigation into the facts of a United States volunteer sold'er killing another in the service. Solicitor General Os borne has received a letter from Adju tant General Corbin notifying him that H. James Arnold, who was a member of Company I of the Third Kentucky regiment when that command was in camp here, will lie sent to Savannah for trial before a civil court. Arnold is charged with the killing of Hiram Hunt in Savannah May 5 of this year. Arnold, it was claimed, was trying to put a Spanish cartridge into an old Remington rifle, when the gun fired and the bullet struck two men. One of them was Edward Allen. He was in jured but slightly. The other was Hi ram Hunt. He was shot through the small of the back and died later m the day. Arnold was taken In custody and when the regiment left here after being mustered ctu nothing had been done about his case. He has been confined in prison since the killing. Tbe letter from the adjutant general states be is in the Morgantown (Ky.) jail and that he is to be delivered to tho authorities of Chatham county ut Sa vannah uud that they mast disposo of the case. Governor Candler has writ ten tbe solicitor to take charge of the case aud investigate it. Arnold will be presented to the grand jury and if there is evidence to warrant it he will be indicted and tried for tho killing of Hont. A FRIENDLY^ SUIT ENTERED. Penitentiary Debt C.tse to llo Decided Without Appntl. Raleigh, Juno 29.—Ex Judge James C. MacRae called on State Treusuror Worth to arrange about a friendly suit to fcrco the treasurer to pay tho debt warrants. The idea is to have the suit heard at chambers here before the judge at the July term of Wake court, and also to let his opinion settle tbe matter, wiih- out appeal to the supreme court, thus ending quickly the controversy between the executive board mid the treasurer. The papers in F. B. Arendeil’s suit against the treasurer for payment of the penitentiary debt has been served and the §oi vice accepted. The executive board is here. It savs it will have nothing to do with the suit, as it has done its entire duty in the matter. Hud Storm In North Goorgln. Chattanooga. June 29.—One death and considerable damage to property are reported as the result of an elec trical storm that passed over North Georgia yesterday evening. Leo Booker of Menlo, Ga., near this city, while lying under a big tree on his premises, was Rilled by iigntuing. Indefinite re ports are received of destruction of barns, fences and other property in that vicinity. Young Lnriy Kills llerselr. Thom anton, Ga., Juno 29.—Miss Louisa Butler, aged 22 years, drunk an ounce of laudanum with suicidal intent aud died from its effects. She lived with her sister, Mrs. McHargue, about 7 miles north of Tbouiaston. Despond euoy, produced by recent sickness, is probably tbe tauie of the tragedy. INDICTMENT WAS FAULTY. August Bi*ck«*i*s Trial at Chicago Uurxp *oti*illy Plopped. Chicago, June 29.—The trial of Au- | gust Becker, the South Side butcher, ! charged with having murdered and then dismembered and boiled the remains of j his wife in order to leave him free to marry Edna Sutterlin, a 17-year-old girl ; with whom he became infatuated, came to a sudden end today w1k<u it was found that the indictment named Mrs. ; Becker as Elizabeth, when it should have been Theresa. The court at unco uolle prossod the indictment. The jury had bean sworn in and the defense asked for a bisebargo of the prisoner on the ground that Becker had been placed in jeopardy and j therefore he could not be tried again. The court denied the request, how- ! ever, and a bench warrant was i-meid and Becker reurro:'ted. A new indict- I meat will at once be drawn up. ihe discovery that tho indictment ; was faulty created somewhat of a sen- | sation in the courtroom. LETTED F80M AfIDRE 111 A SEALED BOTTLE (li CHINA IN A VERY BAD WAY. Jung Lu Planning to Usurp the Olcstiui Throne. Port Townsend, Wash., June 29.— According to advices brought from tho Orient by the steamshipGienogiey China stiil continues in a state of uncertainty which borders on revolution. The China Discussion says' the empress dowager has pinned her faith in Jung Lu, who for many years has had his mind and heart centered ou usurping tho throne. He has a iiieud at court in the person of one of the chief eunuchs, through whom he bus succeeded in flattering the empress dowager to such an extent that troops nave been increased aud lie h is been placed in command Ha now be lieves himself invulnerable. The empress dowager has been his tcol and the general feeling now pre v.tils that his next move will be to cact her aside and place him-elf cn the throne. A NEW EXPLOSIVE TESTED. Thorite Muy Prove to Be What tho Army Hus Been Seckiug. Washington, June 29. — Important tests with therite, a new high explo sive, are being conducted by the board of ordnance and fortifications at the Sandy Hook proving grounds. Little is known in the Avar department of tho characteristics of the new explosive. If is the invention of Professor Tuttle of Oregon, who asserts that it le per fectly safe, and was willing some weeks ago to put a redbot poker in a charge of thorite, declaring it could be dene with out causiug it to explode. It Is believed to have picric acid as iia ba;c. Tests of the explosive by tho in ventor are said to have been very saus- fact >ry and it may prove to be tho ma terial tho army hnc been seeking. Cruiser Detroit lu Port. New York, June 20.—The United States cruiser Detroit, Commander Day- ton, arrived during tho night and an chored off Tompkinsvillo. The Detroit was at BluefieWs taking care of the American merchants there, whosa lives and property were endangered by the unsettled state of Nicaragua’s politics. Tho Detroit brought from Bluefields the body of General Daniel McCieary of In diana, who died at Managua, Nica ragua, several years ago. Commander Dayton is to go on waiting orders, be ing replaced by Commander J. N. Hemphill, now ia command of the Buffalo. A Battle With Highbinders. San Jose, Cal., June 29.—In a battle with highbinders in Chinatown last night, Deputy Sheriff F. L. Bach was shot in the side and badly wounded. Sheriff Langford received word that six highbinders were coming from San Francisco to kill Loo On Boon, president cl the Hip Sing Tong, and with several .deputies, was ou tho watch, when a gang of Chinese appeared and opened lire, which was returned by the officers. Deputy Back was hit at the first volley and it is thought that one of the Chinese was killed. Four of tho highbinders wore arrested. I am Leaving the Balloon and * Provisions,” He Wrote. NOW THOUGHT TO EE LOST Information Jiirt Rfce’vcd nt M’ran ge), Alaska,'Which Seem:) to Confirm thn Opinion That thn Daring Arctic Explorer Has i’erished. San Francisco, Juno 29.—11. J. Baron, formerly an eastern newspaper man, has sent the following to tho As sociated Pres? from Wraugei, Alaska, under date of Juno 24: Information was received hero several days ago which seemingly confirms tho story bndre, toe arctic* explorer, is dead. A Norwegian who was a pas senger on the Rosalie, a Seattle boat bound for Skagwny, showed a letter supposed to have been written by Andre. The lat.er. in a sealed botilo, had teen washed ashore off tho Norwegian coast aud dated May 4. The latitude was given as 14 north and the balloon was somewhere to the eastward of Ice land. "I am leaving balloon and provisions —Andre” were the words written. A Wife Min*d<*r«*r Executed. Harrisburg, June 29. — James S. Bollinger was hauged today in the Dauphin county jail for the murder of his wife. Hollinger was an ignorant farmer about 50 years old and was sep arated from his wife for several months. Last August he visited her at tho home of a neighbor aud tried to persuade her to return home. .She refused, wbeie- upon he knocked her down und cut her throat with a pocketknife. Ho took fright at his crime and au hour later surrendered to a justice of the peace at Hammelstowii. His trial aud convic tion followed. (’as<* of Kiigbind Presented. Paris, June 28.—Tho Venezuelan ar bitration commission was again in ses sion today and tho leading counsel for Great Britain, Sir Richard Webster, the British attorney general, continued his presentation of his side of the case. Princess of Wales’ Stakes. London, Juno 29.—The Piiucess of Wales’ stakes, run at Newmarket to day, were won by Flying Fox. Royal Emblem was second and Minus third, in a field of nine. Tod Sioan rode Birkenhead, but was unplaced. $20,000 For Towing u Ship. London, June 29. — Tho British steamer Balmoral has been awarded 14,000 for towing tho British steamer Lokoja into Fayal in May, with pro- poller gone, while ^ouud from Galves ton for liavro. Hi.tmrork Off the Kind. Bjuthamuton, June 29. — Tho cup challenger ishamrock, which at low wa ter lato yesterday evening was agrouud with a list to port of IB degrees, was safely got off tho mud today. Two More Die of Injuries. St. Louis June 29.—Two more of the victims of tho explosion on board the i,t amer t3t. Paul, near Elnab, Ills., Tues day night, have died ut the city hot- puaL A CUDAN MAJOR ARRESTED. Just'ph Acosta Accused of Complicity In tin* Marlel Bobbery. Havana, June £9.—Advices rccoived from Guaaajay today say Major Joseph Acosta of tho Cuban army, accused of complicity ia the recent safe robbery at Mari"l, a', first succeeded in escaping the rural police, but wa- pursued to a small country house, vvnich ho reached alter dark. (m the approach of the guards Acosta, who was at a well drinking, attempted to rcich his kerne, but tho guards fired and Acosta dropped on his knees aud begged them to spare his life. Ko was taken to Guaiiajuy jail, and was afraid the guards would kill him cn the way there. On tho promise of his life being spared ho said his party numbered 29, among '"hum, ho claimed, was Colonel Curillo Doiz, who was appointed last week chief of tho Gaanajay rural po lice. Ac.-rta recoived v300 as his share of the Marie! robbery. A MAYOR !S_ ASSASSINATED. Disappointed Office aeeker Commits Murder and t-uicido. iiiw.vLGO.v, Mich., Juno 29.—Mayor Janies Baltiruic was assassinated at no; it today by J. \V. Taycr, a disap pointed office seeker. Tayer shot tho mayor while the latter was standing in the doorway of his store. The ball en tered bis left breast above tho nipple. After the shooting Balbiruio turned and ran upstairs to his living rooms and dropped in the hall. lie expired 15 minutes later. Tayer swallowed some carbolic acid and then turned the re volver upon bims-elf and fired. The bull entered his left breast. He died at 1 o’clock. Tne double tragedy created the great* est excitement, a largo crowd quickly gathering, and if Tayer had not ended his own existence it is likely ho would have been lynched. Shot His Father’s Assailant. Clinton, S. 0., Juno 29.—John Fer guson, a negro plowman for James M. Neighbors, near Clinton, refused to go to work until it rained. He had some words with his employer, then shot him down, and jumping on him began to choke him. Edgar Neighbors ran into the house for a pistol und came to his father's revue. Ferguson shot at him us he advuaced, but missed. Edgar at tempted to pull the uagro off his father but tailed. His fother called on bin to kill Ferguson and he put his pistol to the negro's err and blew out his brains. Tho eider Neighbors will die. From Charleston to Augusta. Columbia, S. 0., June 29.—The mys tery, if tkiro was any, us to the survey ing party now at work between Au gusta and Charleston has been settled by au announcement just made hero. It is the surveying party of tho Sea board Air Line. The surveying is be ing made under orders to get an air line between Charleston aud Augusta, and the statement is further mad*) that when the surveys are completed the facts and figures will all be duly consid ered, and ihe probabilities are that ti e line will Le constructed into Charleston. Burrows Calls on SIcKliiley. Washington, Juno 29.—Senator Bor rows of Michigan was among the presi dent’s callers today. Mnch interest attached to his visit. Upon leaving ti.e White House Senator Burrows said the Michigan situation had not bacn men tioned. “You can tay, however,” said ho, “that Michigan is undeniably for the administration, and that any man who is opposed to the administration, directly or indirectly, will go down in that state. *’ Heavy liatufall In Texas. Gai.vlston, June 29. —Tremondoua rains aro reported through tho agri cultural district today. Tho greateat precipitation was at Breuham, where there was a rainfall of 8.70 inches. The Brazos, Trinity and Colorado rivers, which are already full by reason of re cent rains, will probably bo far out of their banks aud much damage is likely to crops In tbe lowlands. Killed by u bwltok Engine. Macon, June 29.—Joe Durden, night foreman of the Central of Georgia yards, was run over by a switch engine this morning and died a few hours late* as u result of his injuries, He was standing ou the main line when straok und did not hoar the approaching train, us tk* e wrre several trains moving near bun. He leaves a wifo and sev eral children.