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The Semi-Weekly Tribune. 1KA U HA UK, 1'foirlrlor. TEUMS: $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE NEBBA8KA. NEBRASKA Contrary to explanations, wheat in Folk county 1b turning out well. Tho thirteenth minimi reunion of tho Northwest Nebraska Soldiers' and Sailors' association nt Bordeaux was the most successful In Its history. William Drady of Davey, the aeven tenn year-old son of Mlko Brady, had his eye burned tho Fourth of July and did nothing for It. Now tho doctor nays he mny lose tho sight of the ye. On tho charge of attempted rape on tho person of tho ten-year-old child of Mitt Allen, Tom Bottorff of Wash ington count, was bound over to the district court. Ills ball was fixed at $2,000. Tho little daughter of Engineer George Orny of Wymoro waa bitten by a rabid dog and when the madstono was applied It stuck. The dog t'Icd during tho night. The mayor Issued an edict that all dogs found without muzzles would bo shot on the spot, entlsts It Is said they did not doctor her nor nllow kur to do doctored, but Bimply offered ip prnyorn during tho day and thus tried to save her life by faith cure. It Is further claimed that the chief promoter of Christian Sci ence In Hastings was called to attend tho sick girl and did so, but that wan tho only effort mado to save tho pa tient's life. The railroad officials about Ilcatrlro arc hot on tho trail of tho follown who have been stealing brass from freight cars, and havo enlisted the services of every pollco olllccr In that part of tho state. It Is thought tho thieves wcro in Ilentrlco one day recently and that thoy left with a wagon load of plun der. Warrants were Issued for their nrrcst, but as yet they havo not been apprehended. Tho postofflcc nt Fnrnnm was brok en into, tho safo blown open, and rob bed of Its contents. Tho burglars drilled a hole In tho top of tho i-afo, put In a chargo of dynamite and blow tho door of tho saro on. Tho tools wcro stolen from M. Morgcnscn'H blacksmith shop. Tho work was evi dently dono by experts, ns they did n clean Job nnd loft no clow. Post master Dradshaw reports n loss of $431. Fred Vcagor of Holdrcge was shot and his Ufa iu despaired of. Mr. Yeag er, a young man of about twenty-ftvo years, was at Mr. Gtrohm's house vis iting nnd wna about to depart when Anna Strohm, pointing a revolver at him, telling him to throw up his hands. He mado some Joking answer and sho snnppcd tho trigger. Tho ro volvor wns loaded and tho ball en tered below tho tenth rib on tho right sldo. Tho wounded man 1b likely to dlo. Mrs. F. C. Colnr of Cedar Haplds la Buffering tho most Intense pain, whllo her faco Is so badly swollen that sho can scarcely seo from cither eye, tho right ono being closed entirely. It In supposed to havo been caused by tho Btlng of a kissing bug. Whllo milking her cow sho wns stung undor tho right eyo. Her faco began swelling rnpldly, nnd by 10 o'clock tho right eyo wns closed. Homo romedles did no good nnd she consulted a physician, who wns complotoly puzzled, A communication waa rccplyod by Deputy Commissioner Drynnt protest ing against the Tontlno Savings asso ciation of Lincoln, which It is clnlmcd Is doing business Illegally. Ah tho protest was not drawn up In a formal mannor Mr. Ilryant replied stating that no action could bo taken until certain charges wcro preferred. This company sells a contract for $5, tho conditions bolng thnt thcro shall bo sixty subsequent weekly payments of $1.25 each, making n total of $80. Tho Nobraaka Telephone rumpnny has reduced tho monthly rental on business telephones in Kearney from $3.50 to $2.00, and rcsldcnco telephones from $2.50 to 75 conts. This reduction was brought about by tho organlza tlon of tho Homo Tolophono company by citizens of Kearney, assisted by Con Lloyd of Gothenburg, who nro putting In n completo telephone ox change nnd mnklng flve-yenr contracts with tho pcoplo for business tolo phones nt $2.50 per month and real denco nt $1.50. Following la tho mortgage record of Johnson county for tho six months ending Juno 30: Number of farm mortgages filed, 147, amounting to $188,000. Number of farm mortgages released, 170, amounting to $213,438, Excess of releases, $24,778, Number of c.ty mortgages filed, 38, amounting to $14,202. Number of city mortgages released, 33, amounting to $15,905 Excess of releases, $1,730. Number of chattel mortgages filed, 375, amounting to $120,511. Number of chnttlo mort gages released, 125, amounting to $50,- 092. Excess of HllngB, $70,419. Arrangements havo been complotcd nt Nelson as far ub possible for tho cntcrtnlnmont of Company II when it returns homo. Tho tiny Is to bo ush ered in with a cannon salute. grand review will bo had nt 10:30 This will constat of delegations from tho several precincts throughout tho county, all civic and secret societies Sunday schools, etc., of Nuckolls and adjoining counties nnd n variety of flouts. Immediately following this a banquet will bo oorved by tho citizens of tho county to tho cx-soldlorH with tho hoys of Company II as tho guests of honor. Considerable excitement prevails among tho farmers living on the Phut north of Hastings and there 1b talk of holding an indignation meeting Tho 7-year-old daughtor of n promt nent farmer died, Tho little girl had been sick with tho croup for some time and as hor parents are Christian Set Hastings is to havo a street fair in September. Tho Chicago hide houso has com menced work on a now $5,000 render Ing establishment in Orand Island, to employ from twenty to fifty hands, and bo completed aa rapidly as possl blc. ATE INSTANCE LAVS Tho Claim that It Imposes Hardship on on Provident Citizens. OLIGYIlOLDER PAYS THE TAX. Mrnsnro CntMlng the I'riiplo In Think gulto n I.lttlo About Tiixstlon Whnt Ilia I.atr Provide I,i-Kllllon In Which Them In Nuld to Ilo n Oood Drnl of Injustice. Tho Wcnver Inmiruticn r.uw. Tho Weaver insurance law, says a .Incoln correspondent, which went nto effect July 1. Is cnuslng pcoplo to think quite a little about tho taxation of tho premiums or gross rccelptB of old line Insurance companies. This law provides for a tax of 2 per cent on tho gross premiums paid to this class of Insurance companies in Nebraska. Some policy holders aro Inclined to think that It Is a system of double taxation. Nearly all of the old line compnnles, It Is nssertcd, aro on a mutual basis and return to the policy holders every cent above the actual expotiBCB of innnngemont nnd the pay ment of mortality losses. These sav ings In expense nro called profits or dividends. "A policy holder In n mutual old lino Insurance company Is nt the same time n stockholder or a member of tho company and recelvcB each year or at tho end of a period of years his share of tho profits, thereby reducing tho net amount ho pays tho company to tho acutal cost of carrying Insurance," said a policy holder In ono of the old linn compnnles who Ihih mado a study of Insurance, ."Hence legislation that ncrenses the expenso of a company merely lessens tho amount of a pre mium to be returned to the insured, thereby Increasing tho cost of Insur ance. Supposo nil the states should exact a chargo of 2 per cent, It would mean that the cost of Insurance would bo Increased by 2 per cent of tho total premiums. The annual premium on a twenty-payment Hfo policy for $10,000 Is $300. A tax of 2 per cent would ho $7.20, which represents tho additional cost to tho policy holder, as this amount would be returned to him as an unused portion of the premium. "To aliow tho Injustlco of this kind of legislation, supposo In the case of two men of equal incomo ono should mnko no provision ior his family nnd eavo them to bo dependent upon tho community; this man escapes the tax and his provident neighbor, whoso In como Is no lnrgor, but who, feeling tho responsibility to his family and aocl- ty, appropriates each year a portion of his Incomo In providing for their future In case they should bo doprlvcd of his earning capacity, would bo pun ished for so ding nnd his punishment would bo graded according to tho do- grco of his philanthropy. "Many policy holders aro beginning to Inquire if this sort of taxation la fair and equitable. They aro coming to tho conclusion that tho taxing of premiums docs affect tho management expense of an Insurance company and merely mnkes an additional burden for tho policy holders to enrry. It Bcems to mo that tho policy holders ought to protest ngalnst a system of taxation which discriminates against tho industrious and provident citizen in favor of the spendthrift nnd com pels tho former not only to pay for tho prlvllego of being honest to his family, but in nddltlon to pay his share to maintain an Institution for keeping In later years tho family of his Irre sponsible neighbor. KcBrniitnr Allen Mitkr l)enlnl. Lincoln dispatch: Judge Allen, who Ib temporarily In tho city, wns asked by n Heo reporter concerning tho re port printed In tho Now York Tribune thnt ho had cntorcd government laud under tho reservoir net. Judge Allen emphatically denied tho charges mado by tho Tribune and tho commissioner of tho general land of fice Ho said that ho never entered a foot of government land in his life. That what land ho did own, and that was very Uttlo, had been purchased, not entered. Tho Judgo said that n man named William F. Allen, n citizen of Omaha, It Is alleged, c nto rod .and in tho O'Neill land district under tho reservoir net, which was probably tho foundation for tho story connecting his nnmo with tho deal. Judgo Allen showed tho reporter two dispatches which he had Just written for transmission from Mndl son, his homo. Tho dispatches aro as follows: MADISON, Nob. Hon. Illngor Her man, Commissioner Gonornl Land Of llco, Washington, D. C: Your Btato ment thnt I havo entered government land undor tho reservoir or any other act Is n fnlsohood and I demand thnt you retract It. I never entered a foot of government hind In my llfo. WILLIAM V. ALLEN. MADISON, Nob. Tho New York Tribune, Now York: Your statement that I havo entered public lands under tlio rcsorvolr act Is a Hat falsehood I novor ontorod n foot of governmen land In my life. I ask you to retract tho statement. WILLIAM V. ALLEN. l'tttnl Mlatuke In Untile. By mlstnklng a hottlo containing rnrnoiio aciu for n hottlo of poppor mint, John E. PrendorgaBt, of Omaha, aged 22 years, drank a poisonous po lion wiucn resuitoii in almost Immed into death last evening. Tho young man left his homo In tho evening and remained out nil night returning Bhortly nfter C o'clock next evening. Ho had been Imbibing some what freely during his absence, and his first thought, doubtless, upon reaching IiIb homo was to allay tho otTccta or tho dissipation. Ho went dl reetly to tho pantry and thero grasped tuo bottlo which he supposed con tnlned tho peppermint. Ho had mado a intstnko, however, and drank halt tho contents of nn ounco bottlo con talnlng carbolic acid. Ho waa thrown Into convulsions immediately nnd dtd not regain consciousness. Death came na a relief within an hour. rinc Crop Pronprcti. A Beatrice correspondent of the Lincoln Journal writes: Farmers are busy harvesting their oatB, n crop which this year will bo the largest ever raised in the county. The acre ngo Is unusually largo and the yield will be enormous, thousands of acres producing an average of fifty to sixty bushels per acre. At this time of tho year Interest centers In the corn crop, which never 'gave better promise than nt present. The winter wheat crop proving n failure a great deal of wheat land was plowed tip and put In corn. so thnt the acreage In corn In this county will reach nearly If not quite, CO acres. To Bay that It looks mag nificent is no exaggeration. The most of the corn Is in tassel and a great deal of it Is beginning to shoot tho ears out. The Btand Is unusually per fect and a bumper crop Is almost as good as assured. At present there nro scarcely any fat cattle In the county, hut several herds of fine heifers nnd Btock cattle were Been. As n rule the farms passed wore not only In n high stnto of cultivation, but wcro kept neat and clean. Ono farm, that of Harvey Mason, which wns passed, was ti model, 'mo largo lawn about tho house and barn was mowed close and in comparison with many yards to bo seen In town, would put the owners of tho latter to Bbamo. Tho writer has made an estl- mnto based partly on reports of as sessors of tho crop In acres, nnd finds that there will bo approximately 250,- 000 acres of corn, 10,000 acres of wheat and 60,000 acres of oats. Pota toes havo this year also dono excep tionally well and thcro Is a largo acre age. Gage county Is now smllllng hci sweetest thnnks to dnmo nature. Condition nt the Cropf. Tho past week has been cool, with showers In nearly all parts of the utato. Tho averago dally temperature deficiency whs about 1 degree. The maximum temperatures the flrHt days of tho week slightly exceeded 90 de grees, but tho last part of the week wore about or below 85 degrees. The ralnfnll has been above normnl In most counttcB touching the Platte river anil, with n few exceptions, bo low normnl In other counties. The heaviest rainfalls occurred in Gosper, Buffalo and Plntto counties, whero be tween two nnd two and ono-Tinlf Inehoa fell. Tho pnst week has been another ex cellent growing week. In most parts of tho state it haB been u good week for harvesting. Most of tho rye nnd winter wheat In central and southern counties has been cut. Threshing has commenced iu southern counties. A fow yields of winter wheat aro report ed, but thoy vary from five to thirty bushels per acre. Tho oat harvest has commenced In tho central and 1b Hear ing completion In tho southern coun ties. Corn has continued to grow rnpldly In all parts of tho state. Tassels be gin to show In most fields In the cen tral counties, and tho silk Is appear ing and cars aro forming In southern counties. G. A. LOVELAND, Section Dlroctor. Now IJao for Ntilirimkn Noll. Chadron dispatch: A new and In teresting discovery has been mado for the use of Nebraska dirt. A woman In this county, has discovered a method for rectifying Indian maize or corn oil, making It n valuable substitute for olive oil. It Is not generally known thnt under tho now milling process tho kernel la degcrmed before manufacture Into flour or other food products. This little germ containing tho life prop erties of tho corn kernel also contnlns n rancid oil thnt taints and gives an unwholesome flavor to corn food pro ducts when not removed. The crudo oil Is thus thrown onto the corn mill ers In large quantities, nnd until this dl8covery thoy havo had no method for successfully treating, hence it was valueless becauso of Ub rancid nature. Mrs. Emma C. Sickles, now attend ing tho Domestic Sctcnco Laboratory In Washington City, discovered tho way to treat It with tho soil off her farm in this county. After severnl months' time sho applied for a patent, which was granted n few days ago, since which sho has closed contracts with several eastern corn milling con cerns for tho uso of tho soil in car lots, to bo used In tho treatment of tho crudo oil. Tho pntentco Bays tho oil can bo used quite as successfully in tho boot sugar and other food pro ducts, Sho will be here In a few days to personally oversee tho shipping of tho oil. Hers Is tho only method ills covered In America for treatment of corn oil, nnd nil former corn oils used on American tables wcro rectified In Austria. She has found that no other part of America furnishes soli thnt will successfully treat tho oil. IIvri'iiIh In Solon. Tho board of regents wcro In ses ston for two days nnd tho rcBlgnn tlon of Chancellor MacLcan was ac cepted and a committee appointed to look nfter employing his successor. This committee consists of ltegcnta Weston, Gould, Kenowor and Itawllns. A member of tho committee said that no spoclal man was being considered by the committee nnd ho knew of none who hnd been mentioned. Tho board also accepted tho resignation of Prof. Ausloy, who Intends to engage In the practice of law In Illinois. Tho ro gents had their tlnio occupied with tho task of selecting an acting chnncollor to fill tho plnco until the successor of Dr. MneLean Is named. Tho board named Dean Charles F. Bcssoy as act ing chancellor. Nehriiakn In llrlef. Judgo J. L. Edwards died at his home In Pawuoo City last week, agod 64 years, 1 month and G days. Judge Edwards was bom June 10, 1835. In Sullivan county, Tennessee Ho was ramlllnrly known to all the old real dents of Pawneo county, whero ho lo catcd In 18G0 and had since mndo that city his homo. Ho was prominent in nil affairs of a public nnturo which looked to tho welfaro of tho commun. Ity. Ho sorved with ability In numer ous public positions. He was sheriff of tho county In nn early day and later served as county judge. 3 The News Briefly Told.l Mr a - Wednesday. A family feud occurred nt Mlleavllle, Monongnhela, Pa., n result of which Is that two women nnd one man are dead. Nine thousand tin workers have re turned to work nt Anderson, Ind., for another year nt advanced wages, the Ekilled workers getting 15 per cent In crease. Tho Btenmer City of Seattle, from Alaska, brought nbout 200 passengers and $GOO,000 or $700,000 In drafts and dust. Most of the 130 miners aboard were in comfortable circumstances. General D. S. Stanley, acting presi dent of the society of the American Army of the Cumberland, announces the next annual reunion of the bocI ety ut Detroit, September 20 and 27. Tho largo plant of Sommcrs Broth ers, manufacturers of horse collars and leggings, In St. Louis, wan totally dc Htroycd by fire. The damage Is esti mated at $75,000 and covered by Insur ance. Ralph Shelly, eight years old, lies dead at his home at Montpeller, Indl ann, as the result of a vicious attack on him by four of his playmates. The boys were all playing together when somo difficulty nrose resulting ns stated. Hoy Sutton, the man who murdered Leona Elmore near the cemetery at Mason City, 111., nnd then shot him self, died today. Sutton steadfastly refused to make any statement con cerning tho murder of his sweethenrt, except to say thnt he had agreed with tho girl that they should dlo together. Mayor Jones of Toledo, Ohio, Is pre paring to turn his Acme Biicker-rod plant Into a co-operatlvo concern, In which each man will be a Bhnrer In the profits. Tho details will not be known for some time, ns the mayor iias been unable to settle on n plan to give each man the proper repre sentation In the concern. TttrdnT. Snntor While of California Is being boomed for the presidency on the democratic ticket. Railroads this year show an Increase In earnlngB greater than any previous year by $125,235,818. Kansas City has thus far raised $40,- 000 toward securing tho Democratic national convention. Governor Gngo of California has Is sued n commission to Mrn. Pnoebo Henrst as regent of tho Btato uni versity. President McKlnley bought r team of driving horses of Georgo Wnrrcn & Sons at Fox Lnke. Wis. Tho were shipped yesterday. Colonel Charles H. Brown, assistant chief of tho division of loans and cur rency of the treasury department, is dead nt Plttsfleld, Mass. Mrs. John C. Allen, tho wife of a prominent dry goods merchant of Monmouth, 111., committed sulehla oy Inhaling illuminating gas. A resolution in support of tho strik ing glass-blowers at Brldgcton, N J., which were ndopted by tho bottle blowers' nssoclatlon of America, de clares that the strike Is Justified. Wllllnm Simpson of Wichita, Kas., who was arrested last March for coun terfeiting, hns brought suit against Sheriff Simmons, of that place for $3, 000 damages for false imprisonment. All tho churches nnd Sunday jchools of Frankfort, Ky., nro cloaed and no sort of religious services or other pub- He gatherings will be held In tho Btate capital for ten days on account of smallpox. Commissioner of Pntents Ducll has submitted his annual report for the fiscal year Just closed. It shevs that during tho year thoro were received 35,352 applications for pntents and that thero wcro 25,404 granted. Walbrldgo Abncr Felld, chief Jus tice of the supremo Judicial couit of Massachusetts, died at his home, aged C6 years. Ho had served a term in congress from the Third MnssachusttH district. Judgo Field was the father of Mrs. A. F. Plllsbury of Minneapolis Admiral Georgo Dowoy has fllod In the court of claims, through his attor neys, his claim for naval bounty grow ing out of the bnttle of Manll.i bay, May 1, 1898. This Is tho first of this class of claims filed In this court, and It Is anticipated that there will bo between 4,000 or 5,000 of them alto gether. Mnnilitjr. General Joe Wheoler has arrived In San Francisco en route to tho Philip pines. Governor Itenfrow of MUsourl has made another big deal In zinc mining properties for tho American zinc, lend and smelting companies. Tho big Texns cattle syndicate being formed for tho purpose of controlling tho cattle market In Texas is not sail Ing In smooth water nt present. Five hundred Chlcngo members of tho brotherhood of boiler makers and Iron ship bulldera of America will present u demand to tholr employers for nn eight hour working day and a minimum wngo scalo of 30 cents an hour. W. W. Bass, tho well known guldo, nnd another man havo started from AbIi York, Arizona, to search for W. F. Russell of Syracuse, Neb., who was lost In tho Grand ennyon nenr the foot of Bright Angel trail whllo attempting to cross tho swollen river In a mere cockshell boat of canvas. Tho separatists uprising In tho southern province of Peru Is spreading and the government has sent 500 in fnntrymcn Into tho rebellious district. Tho Bnldwln locomotive works has received an order for thirteen consoli dation engines from the state railways of Finland. These locomotives are to be ready for delivery by January 1, 1900. William Jennings Bryon will apeak on the results of Industrial and finan cial combinations at the conference on trusts to be held In Chicago Sep tember 13 to 1G Inclusive undor tho auspices of tho civic federation. -?:- Snturduf. Today's statement of the condition of tho treasury shows: Available cash balance, $280,253,400; gold reBnrvo, $240,023,234. Colonel A. B. Jones cf Annlston, Ala., United States consul to Tuxpnn, Mexico, died at Tuxpan. The naturo of his Illness Is not known. The reports from tho recruiting fcta Hons show that 313 men were enlisted for tho new regiments yeiterdny, mak ing n total of 1,124 since tho recruiting began. Tho Illinois stato boar-1 of pardons continued for ono year the application of a parole for Charles W. Spauldlng. tho Chicago banker, who Is serving a term In Jollct for embezzlement. Tho plnn and scope committee of tho Dewey celebration committee hns received word from Charles Dewey, brother of the admiral, that the admi ral will arrive In New York about Oc tober 1. A special to tho Chicago Record from Anderson, Ind., Bays: Tho $80,000,000 Blcyclo trust, which has been all but completed, went to pieces today, ac cording to Information received hero. The oaBtern bankers floating the con cern withdrew because of n hitch in tho final consolidation. Brigadier General Russell Fnrnham Lord, whoso hnlf sister Is the wife of cx-Presldent Benjamin Harrison, Is dead at his home In New York, aged Gl yenrB. Ho was brigadier goneral of Pennsylvania voluntcern during tho civil war and served. as an organizer of roglrnentB. Then he went west and engaged In mining engineering. A special to the Herald from Wash- Ingto says: While President McKln loy will tako all ntocssary steps for the protection of Americans and their Interests In China, there Is no likeli hood that he will Join with Great Britain in coercing the Pckin govern ment to give extraordinary concession! to American and British citizens. 1 rlilitjr. At a meeting of tho republican stnto committee held at Boston It was de cided to hold the stato convention In that city on October C. Samuel Kenney, sr., father of United States Senator Kenney, died suddenly at Wilmington, Del., from nn attack of paralysis, aged 05 years. Attorney General Orcn of Michigan advised Auditor General Dix that tho 1-cent per pound beet sugar bounty law of 1897 Is unconstitutional. It Is undorBtood that Captain Wil liam P. Duvall, First artillery, haB been selected ns lieutenant colonel of tho new Thirty-first vo'untccr in fantry. Germany's exports to tho United States for tho quarter ended with Juno Inst wero $21,000,000, as compared with $24,500,000 for tho corresponding quarter last year. Former United States Senator Ar thur P. Gormnn, who is stnylng nt Magnolia, Mass., and who has teen somewhat Indisposed, owing, It Is said, to tho change from his accustomed surroundings, was greatly Improved. His Illness was not serious. Tho cecrctary of tho navy has re ceived a request from an American citizen, who Is building a chapel In Mexico, for 100 pounds of metal from tho battleship Maine's fcrll to cast a boll for the chapel. The request will be granted If found to be expedient. Tho pension committee of the Grand Army of the Republic finished its work by a call at tho Whlto Houso, whero It spent some time In confer ence with the president. Later it mado a final visit to the pension bureau, whero It examined about thirty cases as the result of published reports and other complaints. A dispatch has been received from General Otis requesting that there bo sent to the Philippines 2,500 horses, in order that a brigade of cavalry may be organized for use at the end of the rnlny senson. General Oils hns tried the horces of Manila and rcarby coun tries, but none of them seem to bo nvallablo for cavalry. Adjutant General Corbln said that no ono hnd been authorized to enlist any of the three Rough Rider regi ments provided for In the volunteer net. It would require the president's express direction beforo any Ptep could bo taken towurd raising theso regiments. The Impression given by General Corbln's remnrks was that there Is llttlo likelihood of the organi zation of theso regiments, even in tho future. 1 ImrnlH.T Knnsas City democrats, backed by members of their pa y In other parts of Missouri, have raised $50,000, which they intend offering to the democratic national committee, If tho committee will send the democratic national con vention to Kansas City. Tho Capo Town correspondent of tho Dnlly Telegraph says: Thero aro persistent rumors In Capo Town that Sir Alfred Mllner contemplates a rtep to bring nbout the dismissal of tho Capo ministry, headed by Mr. W. P. Schrolncr nnd the recall of Sir John Gordon Sprlgg, former premier, to form nn Imperialist government. The Cnpo Town correspondent of tho Dally Mall saya: "Tho Transvaal field cornets are refusing to register Amerlcnn citizens unlesr they tako oath to bear arms for tho republic In tho event of war. Tho Americans, thereforo, threaten to hecomo British subjects to as to avoid commnnder ing. Tho Transvaal government la making representations to Washington on tho subject." Tho Unltel States minister nt Con stantinople, Oscar B. Straus, has ur gently Invited Admiral Dewey to visit him. In tho event of his acceptance tho British special service steamer Im ogeno will proceed to ths Mediterran ean to escort tho admiral to that port Almost completo returns to the bu reau of Immigration of tho treasury department of immigrants arriving in tho United States for th9 fiscal year onded Juno 30, 1899, show an increase of 82,570 over the fiscal year ended June 30, 1898. The returns yet to bo received will not chango tho figures materially. SUE'S A SPEEDY CRAFT Shamrock Comes Out Easy Winner in tho First Trial Eace, THE RACK STARTED AT NOON. Tho Triumphant Yncht In Bomo Parts ot the Unco Did Eleven nnd n llnlf Knot! Tho I'rlnce of Wales unil Hon. Philip Pcrclvul Witness tho Contest. SOUTHAMPTON, July 19. (New York World Cablegram.) Tho first of the Shamrock-Britannia trial races wns run yestcrdny on tho Solent of tho lnsldo off the Isle of Wight. Tho wind was easterly and blew from ten to fourteen knots. It was fairly steady. The course was from Rydo to tho Neb Lightship, then to tho Bnny buov. flnlshlnir oft tho Royal Yacht Squadron's houso nt Cowes. On board the Britannia were tlio prince vt Wales, tho Hon. Philip Pcrclval and the principal racing men of tho squa dron. Carter sailed Britannia; Wruyo Ho garth sailed the Shamrock. Tho raco was started nt noon with n Bevcn-mlle beat to the Neb lightship. The ynchta were a long time starting. Shamrock was lato In crossing tho lino. Brlt tnnnln wns half a mllo to tho wlnd ward. Britannia, in reaching off, stay ed on Shamrock's weather bow. Tho latter head reaching with extraordi nary speed went through Brltnnnln's lee as though tho trial horso waa anch ored. When nearly clear Shamrock throw around, passing clear to wind ward, lying closer and sailing faster than any nnythlng ever before seen on this sldo of the water. In tho first twenty minutes of sailing tho Sham rock was four minutes ahead. It wns never pushed, but wns often distinctly held back. After a seven-mile stretch to windward the yachta turned, Sham rock, 12:55:30; Britannia, 12:59:30. Spinnaker was then set for n run ot fourteen miles, then a reach of four miles to the solont bank buoy, which was turned: Shnmrock, 3:15:45; Bri tannia, 3:25:03. , In some parts fit tho run Shamrock did eleven nnd a half knots. Homo from Solent bank was a four-mllo reach. One mllo windward Shamrock was let out again. In half an hour's sail it gained four minutes. Tho fin ish: Shamrock, 3:45:17; BWtannln, 3:55:20. Britannia's tlmo allowance was estimated at six minutes. As tho first gun went off at 11:15 o'clock there waB a smart breezo south east by south. Tho Shamrock was under hor whole mainsail, Jib-headed topsail, second Jib, smnll staysail and Jlbtopsall. Owing to shallow water off Ryde pier our pilot would not tako her Inside Mother bank buoy, so that wo could get nowhere near tho line and tho Britannia hnd all the best of tho start. Captnln Carter and Willie Jam eson used all tholr noted skill to avail to, the utmost this advnntngo nnd showed off the Britannia's points to tho utmost ob It kept romping from ono side of tho line to tho other under mainsail, Jackyard topsail, first Jib and second staysail, her leo rail all awash, whllo tho Shamrock was hovering nbout outside the line standing up to her bigger spread of canvas well. Within one minute of tho start tho Britannia came out on the Shamrock's weather and hove about right on top of us, both bolng thou on tho port tack, standing In for Rydo sands. Tho Shamrock gradually grew closer to tho Britannia, so Mr. Flfo, who was aboard, with Mr. Ratsey, tho sail maker, had to hall the royal yacht for water. Wo could havo claimed u foul, as both yachts wero coming up to bent to windward at tho same Ins tant, the Shamrock's bowsprit being over the Britannia's taffrall. But as we were trying tho boats on their merits, wo kept the Shamrock hard to tho wind a little longer nnd so pre vented a foul. Streachlng on tho starboard tack, tho Shamrock soon drew up level nnd passed tho Britan nia, and at the outer spit buoy wo were n hundred ynrds ahead on his wenther. The Britannia hovo round first and wo came on top of her, hut Carter wns not having any weather bowing, so hovo round ugaln on tho starboard tack. We continued on tho port tnck, fetching Warner lightship In fine style. Word From (n, Oils. WASHINGTON, July 19. The fol lowing cablegram has been received from General Otis: MANILA, July 19. Adjutant Gener nl, Washington: Continued heavy rains nnd cyclonic storms Impedo pro gress In hnrbor. Coloradoes sailed on tho transport Wnrrcn yesterday; Privates Homo and Wilder. Company G, left behind sick. In nddltlon 130 discharged men of various organiza tions took passage. Tho Callfornlans on transport Sherman arrived from Ncgros; vessel must be coaled; await subsidence of typhoon now preen ing. OTIS. tin Attention to tho "llonnd Itohtn." WASHINGTON, July 19. It waB stated officially at tho war department thnt no nttentlon whatever would be paid to tho "round robin" of tho Ma nila correspondents. Tho protest wns not sent to General Otis and It Is said ho will not bo called upon for an ex planation. In addition to this It was Intlmnted that very encouraging news hnd been received from the Philip pines nnd thnt the situation was much better than had been generally be lieved. Yesterday's Cabinet Hclon. WASHINGTON, July 19. The cab inet meeting yesterday was longer than ordlnnry and tho membnrs, uftor It adjourned, were more reticent than usual. Secretaries Gage. Wilson, Alger and Attorney General Griggs are out of tho city. It was admitted that there wns some discussion of tho "round robin" Bent by tho American newspaper correspondents from Ma nila via Hong Kong yesterdny. but all Information regarding the character of tho dlBCUBBlon or the nnturo of tho decision, if one was reached, wc3 refused.