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ONE r?AN AND A MOB. And IIU Only Weapon Was a MlTcr Hpoon. ThU Is atory of how one nmn did what a beriti', jrolh e force, citizen and Ore department failed to do. Unarmed, auve for a silver apoon, and uiumslHt ed, he dinpeiwd a blood-thirsty mob tx-ut on inurdiT and nrsn. It during the Chinese riots In Dnrer iu the year lsxo, the bloodiest lu iut hUtory. An angry mob filled the street and made the air blue with Its winterings. When thiiik's had reached this Hinge a gigantic cowboy iu a red Annuel shirt drove into the crowd waring bin lariat over his head and shouting, "Let's buru the rats out of their hoh'8." This wan ail sutllHciit to inflame the crowd to rlolence am to the Chinese quarter of the town they went. There were probably fiOO Chinamen and Chinese women huddled together lu a lot of dens corering an area of half a block. The different apartments were conuiH'ted by narrow secret passage. These were typical dens of Chinese rice and crime, and 1 lie funics of opium tilled the air for a block away It was a plague aixtt. and a menace to every self-respecting citizen. As tin officers of the law fattened on it Its denizens remained unmolested. A u IJiirt I'ldi (- ( II., ill'" I iinui t i" i big and civing for the "rats" to be burned out. Soon they w( re beyond ihe control of the police, and Mie chief appealed to tlie siici'iff. Three hundred citizens wen sworn in and armed with revolvers and Winchesters. The sheriff tried to dl perse the crowd by threats, persuasion and by reading the riot act. but they only hissed and hooted. The Chinamen larricndcd their doors, and not a sound came from with in save the occasional erv of a woman. The mob fired at the doors ami the sheriff threatened to fin- into the crowd, but a dozen Winchoters were pointed in bis face and be subsided. Finally some one set tire to the old frame buildings and in a moment the entire Chinese quarter was In Haines. Tie mob, maddened by the sight, yelled and howled. They made a rush on the doors ami wit h some heavy lum ber broke them lu ami rushed through. There were a few shots, a few cries, and a few supplications. They tdiot down the men as they rushed from the burning buildings, and then dragged them out by the queues. They (licked the little Chinese women tip in their arms and carried them out. Quantities of silverware, cigars, liquor and opium were found and confiscated by the rioters. W hat they could not carry away with them was scattered on the sidewalks. The tiro department came and turned the water on the crowd, but some one cut ihe hose and destroyed It useful ness for extinguishing th (lames and the ardor of the mob. The plaintive cries of the women and children wei'e distinctly heard by the armed oilieers of the law, but they (stood paralyzed and did nothing. The mob was drinking their fill of blood and whisky, carrying home rich booty, or the shapely little Chines.1 wo men, when four nidi came out of the building, dragging a Chinaman by the queue. Cries of " shoot him!" went up from the throaty of a hundred men, when a man. coal less and ha tiers, rushed Into the midst of the rioters. "Von cowardly dogs!" he roared, with a voice that resounded far above the yells ami din of ihe crowd. lie reached (mo ills hip pocket - but, no it was empty. lie saw something glis tening In the firelight tit his feet and picked It up unnoticed, lie put it into his hip pocket and dashed up to t 1m? four men. pulling it from his xxket tie raced mem. "iict out oi here, you , or 1 will kill every coward or you: said be, wailug it in their faces. The men stood back aghast. "I'll kill the lirsl that lays a linger on another Chinaman. Now get, every coward of you." lie still waved his hand high In the air, and its contents glistened lu the fire light. "It's .lim Moon," said one. No soon er had the crowd recognized hlm than they threw down their weapons and -Mill, leaving Mm splinting alone against background of burning buildings ami cowering Chinamen, still waving his hand Hiid the silver sMon-for it was only a poon-over Ids head. When the olflccrs of the law came out of their trance they realized that the blood-thirsty mob had been scat tered by one man with an ounce of de termination and n silver Kjtoon. Jim then threw down his improvised pistol, had u hearty laugh at the lire department and jsilh-e, then went up towu and took a drink. Hmoke aa a I'rcserviT of llenllb. Fogs are aid to luive a very bene ficial effect on the health of district where they arc icrvnlcni. as they are great purl Hers of the atmosphere, and eveu the sulphur which make the Loudon fog so pungent and Irritating. Is credited with effecting quite all ap preciable limitation of prevalent Infec tious diseases. Prof. Manr Is now of the opinion that smoke may In turned Into n hygienic ally, and, under some ctrciitnstaiHvs, Is made capable of prwiervlng the health t,o u degree little Imagined. The dust collected from the smoke of some I,lege furnaces burning col raised from I lie neigh Itort rift in I new, produces, when dissolved In hydrochloric acid, n solution from which considerable quantities of ar senic and several other metallic salts may l preHpllnted. It Is now sus pected that thlH hrwilhlrnr of rsenlc and other minerals In a finely divided State may account 'for the singular Immunity from epidemics enjoyed by certain Industrial district, such h tbat of St F.tleiiw, and nwdlcnl nu tborttlen In thorn- region and elsewhere are aaked to throw ummi the subject What lfet tney no. It la auggtwtttl that the ventilating effect of t!w nu merous chimneys u iron-making and other Industrial centers has its duo share in constantly driving off the viti ated air and replacing it by fresh quan tities of pure air. It was noted that when pestilence was raging In the En glish town of Clifton, an elevated and. apparently salubrious residential dis trict, its inhabitants migrated to a low lying and murky parish iu the adjacent town of Bristol, where the air wan black from the smoke of numerous chimneys, while the mortality was lower than that of the fashionable quarter overlooking It Thomas Wentworth Illgginson Is now in England and is writing a series of articles on foreign travel. "Susan Escort and Others," a collec tion of short stories by Edward Ever ett. Hale, will shortly be issued. K. X. Stephens will soon bring out the historical romance, "An Enemy to the King." based upon his drama of the same name which was presented with such success by E. II. Sotheru. The long-expected new volume of Justin .McCarthy, "History of Our Own Times," which brings the story down from ls,sn to the diamond Jubilee, mak ing the third volume ill the compiled work, is announced for publication. Edward Itellimy's new lxmk. "Equal ity," is now promised to appear In a few days. The slight delay is due to the necessity for the book to apitear simultaneously in the I'uitcd States, Great P.ritain. France, Germany, Switzerland, Helginin, Italy and other countries. It N of interest to recall that over -fiHi.iiiio copies of "Looking Pack ward" have been sold In this country alone. That fatuous mart of books, pictures and other treasures, known 1o more 1 1 i ii ii one generation as "Christie's," Is to be celebrated in a volume by W. Uobcrts. who is Just the man in all London qualified to write It. It is called "Memorials of Christie's," and besides traversing the nnuals of the great house of iuictioners it will gath er together stories of many famous sales and record prices. Miss Jeanuef.te L. Gilder. In her "Lounger" columns of the Critic, takes ti rather discouraging view of the e cuniary benefits of fiction writing. She says: "There are not many men, or women either, in this country making even $:!.(hmi a year out of fiction.. The person who makes $10.0mi a year out of that branch of literary work may count himself fortunate. I do not be lieve there are live writers of fiction lu this country who make as much by their js'iis alone." Home Idle Among; the Indians. Mrs, Alice C. Fletcher contributes a paper with this title, one of a series on similar subjects, to the Century. Mrs. Fletcher says: One would hardly kuj pose that there could lie particular j rules as ti. the manner of sitting ujto-u ! the grouiHl: but lure, as in every other part of Indian life, there is a rigid ol- I servanee oi custom. .Men may prop erly sit upon their heels or cross-legged, but no woman may assume these atti tudes. She must sll sidewise. gather ing her feci well under her, and make a iirrnu, xniootn tap. w hen working she may knel or squat, and when resting she, as well as the men, may sit with legs extended; but at all other times nw-u aiwl women must oliserve the etiquette of posture distinctive of .sex. To rise without touching the. ground with the hand, springing up lightly and easily to the feet, is a bit of good breeding very ditticult to mo lnt to the ma liner born. Careful twit ch's are particular to train their chil dren in these niceties of behavior. Among the Winix bagos the little girlw are drilled in the proper way of stand- j iiitf when under observation on dress occasions. Their posit Ion of hands and ! fq is also the proH'r one for the worn-j en in certain religious dances. W Idle ; among the Sioux, a mother with a good-sized family of Isiys ami girls pro pounded to me the question whether white women did not tire their dailglu tcrs more trouble than their sous; she' was sure she did. "Isik at Ihosrel girls," wild the; "1 have their clothe to make, their hair to braid, and lo see that they ham how to behave. Now, my boys are no trouble." As I glanced nt the group of children, the glossy braids of f he girls falling over their Min gle Hiiiock. and the I toys), naked -but for the breech-clout, their miniature HCHlp-hs-k ornsunented with a brans sleigh-bell suriuountlnig n snarl of frowsy hair. I recognized the kluHhlw of maternal pcrplcxitl8 the world over, HIC Locomotive. The heaviest loomnollve linnvv irn Ue are the mountain hs-omoitlves of tine Mcxlcam 'etitrciJ Ka.llwa.v, which weigh lnl tons without tlte tejatoT, aud the eighl dnlvliitf wheels of wihlch 1enr a combined weight of eAghty-eight touH, or twenty-two toils p-r nxle and eleven tons per wheel. The grcn weight permitted on Kll rosnn railroads Is seveai torw ir wheel. The next largest locuniot.l vcn nre those iwed In the St. ("In tr tuiKucl, nt l("tro!.t, wihlch weitjrh clghty-nlue tons without the itemler, ami the quin tuple cikiniMiuud fmgiht Iocoiimi-Uvc of the Erie Itiillwny. wh4-li wHgh elgWy. eight ton. A Rardonlc ftMggeatlon. "I'm nwre," mki he girt who a en gnod,."thit IlerlKjrt im a prla." "Yea." r.iaVed MImh diymriA, "but lu a cium of thl ktnd It's no difficult to tl wt milter you've won a flmt prlae or a I rooty imIm." WMhiriaTtou Mar. r X? 4 Wild Bush to the Hew Gold of Alaska. Field! THE STEAMSHIP OFFICES OVERRUN Steamer Cm till SuiU Uirei-t to l'ort Towownd, 8tt-amr 'lupeka and George W, Klcier lo li-i' reaitia ha More l'mroirt now Thau It Allowed lf Law. San Fkan it-co, Cal.t July 27. The iesire of the gold-struck throng to reach the diggings in the Klondyke dietri resembles for all the world the craze of westerners to reach California in the "days of old and the land of gold." Theie is little or no method in this long ing of the mahfes to reach the Eldorado in the great unknown territory of the not th west. People who have had no experience in mining or have undergone none of the hardships incident to such a journey as will follow a trip to the Yukon country are clamoring for past-age and straining every nerve to secure funds necessary on which to miike the trip. Many aie making SHcrilices in order V) vieit the l inn that promises bo much. livery steamship othce in this city is literally overrun with people seeking in formation concerning the Klondyke country. Those who have tio money do not hesitate to j ay the passage, trust ing in many in-tancea to co:al luck to give tlieui funds to subf-ist. en during the coming wit ter. The steamer which leaves on Wednesday next has a full pi8reuger list, I ut big b nuso.i are be ing offered eery day for a bertii on the vessel. The steamer Umattilla left yes terday morning ior the north with 20 t assengers and a lull cargo of provisions She goi s to Port Townheml, w here she connects with the City ol Topeka, sail ing direct to Juneau. I lie owners of the Umattilla have applied to the inspector.! of hulls and boilers for permission to carry all the passengers that vessels owned by the company will hold. The Topeka, which is scheduled to leave Seattle early next week, has already more passengers than is permitted by law. The same is true of the George W. Elder, whicn iB scheduled to leave Ju'y 30. The steamer Cleveland, chartered as an extra vtssel by the Northwestern Trading company, sailed late last night ior Seattle where she will discharge part of her cargo and take on supplies and passengers for Alaska. About half of her passenger list from this city is booked for Alaska. It is probable that she will carry 500 passengers. More people are anxious to go to Alas ka and the Yukon country than can possibly be accommodated at the present time. It is believed by many that the vi s-els now lilting at San Francisco and destined for Dawson City by way of St. Michaels, will never reach the former place. The river begins to freeze aliout September 10 and it is not possible for vessels leaving San Francisco after Aug ust to reach Dawson City for at least five or six days after the extreme cold has set in. Powl-rly Denounced Nkw Yoiik, July 27. District assem bly No. 49 of the Knights of Labor to day passed a strong resolution condemn ing the nominations of T, V. Powderly as commissioner of immigration. Pow derly was denounced as a renegade and traitor foi turning to gold aft r speaking lor years in favor of free silver. A l'.wn Deserted. Port Townhsmi, Wash., July 27. The steamer City of Topeka arrived yesterday morning from Alaska. She brings news that the Klondyke fever is on the incrra-'P ut Juncu, where every able-bodied man has gone or is prepar ing to go. Keporla from Dyea are that there is now as much freiuht piled up at the head of the inlet as the Indians can pack over the divide in the next three inontliH. This amount of freight will be more than doubled when the steam ers (Jut'en and Mexico, now en route, arrive. This condition of affairs practi cally precludes all pos-ibility of hun dreds of gold Beckers reaching to the mining region this year. I Jo in G. llradv has taken l,innt.hnf ollit and id now Alaska's governor. Inituranra Fight lleiin. TorKK a, July 27. A movement is on fool among the insurance superinten dents of the western stales to join hands in a wholesale investigation of the financial condition of the various eastern fire and life insurance compan ies. It is said that already tilings have progressed to such a point that an in vestigation is assured. Superintendent Nepali of the Kansas insurance depart ment, whose fight on the eastern insur ance companies has brought him into prominence is one of the prime mov ers, and it was through him that the la formation became public. The object ist,.ofold. One is for the protection of the western policyholders and the oth er is to try and find some irregularity in the management of tbe big eastern con cerns. A Tiekrt Hrnkar Shot 8t. Louia, July 27. Geo. Hermann, alio has charge af a ticket b-oken' of fice oppoait the union station, was fatal ly shot Sunday night by a rioro named Matthew Hancock. The lattr went in to the ticket office and demanded money and when it was refused shot Hermann Ave times with a revolver. A crowd of cabbies an 1 other hangers-on about th tatlon cIihmkI the negro with tbe in tention of lynchinu him. hat b was fin ally rescued by th" police a.id locked ap THE KLONDYI kMOLtVHfci tHA MULL OS. trtaaportaikia nipaule do Dot Have tlieShlpi to CarrAll. 1ja Fkakcimco, Ji.iy 28. The throngs about every shipp g office that has evei the remotest A.aska relat.ons havt, y no means diminished. It would eu that the only circumstance which rum uie wnoiecoe uepopuiau. u Cit Sau rranoisco is the limit in the tranE portatiou facilities. Not only strong men, whose broad backr, bronzed faces, and work worn hands tell of previous ex perience with the labor that literally sweats the Irjw, but clerks and prcfeg- stonal men and women in hundreds are eeking, eome of them for information, but most of tuem for transportation to the land where nuggets are to be had, they think, for the picking up. Every day sees some new scheme for overcoming the difficulties in the way of ed and adopted section by section, reaching the Klondyke ai.d the fleet of j Tne conference appointed a commit steamers and schooners pressed into the tee of five to gecure the gigniture of the service is growing rapidly. The latest .... . of the Klondyke transportation schemes is being engineered by Captain Herri mann of the lirm of the Herrimann & MiliH. lie has been approached by a number of persons anxious to go to Klondyke, and in response to numerous requests has mapped out a plan for reaching the diggings by the middle of September, fie will charter a large soling vessel and the party will consist oi sixty men, each of whom will take one ton of provisions. No one will be permitted to go unless he takea this quantity. Each one will be chargtd $-25 for the trip and Captain Herri mann tiiinka that for this sum lie can land tuem in Dawson City before S -ptember 20. The sh-ip will carry a large lighter and a steam launch will lie used to tow the lighter from St Michaels to the Klondyke. After reaching St Michaels cargo and passengers will be transferred to the lighter. Captain Ili-rrimaiin will return to San Francisco in the vessel and the party will be con d cted to their journey's end by an agent of the firm who is thoroughly ac quainted with the river. The Alaska Commercial company's steamer Excelsior, which left, here yester day, will not make another trip to Alas ka before June of next year. All the accommodations to be disposed of for tills trip have been sold and the fact well advertised, but the would-be pas sengers continue to throng the coni pany'sollice. The commercial company not only declines to sell more tickets, but its representatives do all in their power to dissuade the applicants from making the trip until next year, Some twenty or thirty have endeavored to ee cine accommodations for the first trip next June. Tne company declines to bind itself so far ahead, although a number of the applicants were willing to put up a forfeit and agree to abide by any terms tne c myany might make for the next year's trip. Ditiiger of 1 amine. Denied. Ciiicaoo, July 2H. Mrs. Eli Gage, uaughter-in-law of the secretary of the treasury, reached her home in this city after a three months' stay in Alaska with her husband, who represents the Forth American Trading company at Dawson. Mrs. (inge says the reports of the rich harvest oi gold are not exag ge ated. While admitting that hard ships are to be encountered, she de clares that there is no danger of a fam ine during the coming winter. Confer-in; to Knd the Strike, Wheeling, VV. Va., July 28 What is declared to be the most important and largest gathering of the heads of labor organizations of America ever held is now in session in thia city. It is the conference of labor leaders called last week by President Ratchford of the united mine workers and approved by President Gompers of the American federation of labor, of which the miners' organization is a part. The purpose of the confederation is to aid in the spce.iy termination of the strike. r-essioiis of the conference were held during the day and night, hut until the in bt session was held little hail been a :eouip!ished. The tensions were held behind closed doors. A committee of five had been appointed to devise nvnus to raise funds for the miners. Tel grams pledging financial aid for the miners, wcrj received from nearly all of the heads of organized labor that had been unable to att'itul. Mr. Morrison 81)8 that the chief action of the confer ence is to cause a suspension of work in West Virginia. The conference has no!1 yet come to the point of believing it necessary to ask the firemen, conduct ors and brakemen to refuse to haul West Virginia coal. I'rrHldmit Standi by l'owprly Washington, July 28 The presiden today announced the following recess appointments : T. V. i'owderly, commissioner gener al of immigration ; Robert J. Tracewell, comptroller of the treasury; Hugh Hod man, lieutenant in the navy; Alexan der L. Morrison, collector of internal revon6e for the district of New Mexico; Joseph N. Stripling, attorney for the United States for the southern district of Florida; Mack A Montgomery, district attorney for the northern distric t of Mississippi; Mosei P. Kandy, special commissioner of ths United states for the Paris exposition. Shot by a Woman. Ki.dora, la., July 28. Mrs. T. J. Rick of Ahlen was arrested last night bt Sheriff Mitterer and brought to Eldora on a charge of attempted murder, and has been released on u00 bail. Judga Park, living near Alden, charges the defendant with shooting at him with a revolver, hitting him in the leg, front which he came near bleeding to death. Defendant adtnita the shooting, but al. lays plaintiff waa trying to gain admit tance to her houaa In the, night during Ihsahtenceof her hoaband. i OWNERS AGREE Mine Operators Close Their ''Uniformi ty" Conference Successfully. AN UNIFORMITY AGREEMENT ADOPTED I rweutj-one Sertifius are Adopted Fro vido for lah 1'i.jnientof Wages, 8,000 1'ouoda to tbe Ton aud Abolition of Compaity Store. Pittsburg, Pa., July 29. The "trm uniformity" conference of coal operatora of the Pittsburg district concluded it work last night at 9:10, altera two days' session of close and persistent work. The twenty-one sections of the unifcr- n'tv agieement were thoroughly discuss- mittee will begin its work today. I Speeches were made by De Armitt. Dempster, Little, Seerber, and others, all expressing satisfaction over the re sult of the meeting and predicting the success of the organization. The agreement provides for cash pay ment of wages, 2,000 pounds to the ton, check weight men on the tipple, miners to be credited with the full quantity of coal contained in the mine car, abolition of company stores, semi-monthly pay d.-.ys, uniform price for pick mining in the thin and thick vein districts and screens not exceeding one-half inch. It also provides that in case of the violation of the provisions and terms of the agreement a penalty of 10 cents per per ton on the output of coal minea by the violator will be charged, to be paid a commission subject to the riht of further arbitration or appeal. The com mission shall also be empowered to sub jeuna witnesses with the same force and effort as a board of arbitrators duly appointed under the act of assembly of the state of Pennsylvania relating to compulsory arbitration. The agreement shall not become effective unless it has been signed by 95 per cent, of the opera tors on or before January 1, 1898. After 90 per cent have signed if any of the operators shall be of the opinion that enough have signed to render it effec tive, a meeting shall be called in Pitta burg to declare it in force. The operators, with a few exceptions, want it distinctly understood that tbe passage of an agreement whereby all operators are to adopt a similar system and are to pay the same relative price bus nothing to do with the great strug gle. The operators have also shut out the miners' leaders from taking any part in the conferences that may take place through questions arising between the operators and miners by inserting a clause in the agreement stating that the commission Biiall be compo?edof work men employed by the subscribers. Heretofore the miners' officials have re pi esented the miners, but now the miners are to grapple with tlj questions in dispute alone. ' Hammer stroke. Oi.i-an, N. Y., July 29. The stroke of a hammer upon a nail caused a $40,000 fire Wednesday and eleven men narrow ly escaped being burned to death. The men were roofing a 35,000 barrel oil tank which viiB tilled with crude oil, when it was discovered that the oil had ignited from a spark catiHed as stated. Telrgrapli lo the Klondyke San Fkancisco July 20. The Klon dyke in promised close communication t with the rest of the world in a short time. At least a telegraph com ' pany has been incorporated which will get to work immediately, its promotor says, "tringing the wires. Articles of incorporation of the Alaska Telegraph and Telephone company have been filbd with the county clerk of San Francisco. The directors of Hie new company are C. W. Wright, Theodore Keichert, D, E. Bohannon, J. V. Wright and J. F. Fasset. The capital stock of the organ ization is $250,000, of which $100,000 h.ls been subbci ibed by the directors. The pr ipoiition is to construct teleirraph lines which will connect Lryea with the town of DawBon and branch lines con necting Dyea with Juneau and Daw son with Circle City. The estimated length of the proposed line is 10,000 I miles. The plan of construction will I be alter the style of military systems used in war tinier. A wire a quarter of an inch thick covered with kerite insulation will be used. Tiie wire will be laid along the ground instead of be ing stretched on poles. Trees or poles will be used only when it is necessary to cross a gulch. The promoters of the nuvel enterprise ex(ect to get to work laying the wires in three weeks and have it laid six weeks later. The com pany does not intend to have any tele g'apii communication south from Juneau unless some of the larger com panies construct a line north from Pugct Sound. Coal doing- Kat. Kansas City, Mo., July 29. A local paper says: "If the shipments of coal from tin mines of Missouri and Kansas to east ern points increase aa rapidly as they have in tbe past few days there will bt no immediate danger of any factorial having to close for want of fuel. It ii claimed and understood that car loads of coal are being transferred here and sent to nil orders to eastern atatea." WKYLJ-K TO TtkKTHK riKLtt. paaiaa. Newspapeia aro Talk lug A gala. Hatana, via Key West, July 30. Captain General Weyler, it is announc ed, will take the field in a few days to personally direct military operations in the Havana province against several bands of insurgents from fifty to two hundred strong. This step is due to an attempt on the part of thes bands to reunite. M . ....... T..1-. o , . . """"'"i "iy several prominent newspapers say that the Carlists are preparing to receive General Woodford with hostile demonstrations. The min eral organs advise the public to keep ool, and "EI Correo." Liberal, savs in ' ffect that the loyal people of Spain will see that the new American minister re ceives good treatment. "Besides," the newspaper adds, "Our situation is criti cal and it is not to our interest to go looking for adventures. It stems that too uiuc, confidence rh mid not be placed iu utterance of some of the liberal po.it.cians and newspapers of Spain. La la Dominiciles del Libre Pen-am ento, t':e , r.rn of the Spanish free-thinkers. f'r instance, whs supposed to side with those who would vote for Cuban inde pendence if by so doing the happiness of 8))an a i.l CuIm were promoted. All of a sudden Las Domiuicales learns that Senor Gonzales Alcorta, the editor ol La Paz, who was for moutl s confined in orison oecause he advocated Cubn au tommy, lias gone to New York to em brace tt.e cause of the Cuban insurrec tion, compares Alcortt with Don Opas, the traitor who delivered Spain to th i ors." llclii vi h in i'rospi'i ily. Washington, Ju y 3d.--Comptroller ol the Currency Eckels is a believer in the return of prosperity. He thinks it is now at hand. In a statement given oiit by him he says : "I am confident that whatever charge now occurs in the business conditions of the country will be lor the better. Some lime ago we reached a point in ou: finan cial depression where further decline set rued impossible. Then came a period oi r.t.;.,l eve', and now, however slow the prot ress made, it is certainly on the up grade. At long as ii wi.s determined by those io-t ousible for government affairs that, there should be a complete revision of the tariff, 1 think it wns wise to have a session of congress to make that revis ion at the eardest, practicable moment.' ' i aiever may be the meritsor demerits of the new act, the fact that its passage 'stah:is;ties the law upon the subject is sett.td, which at this time is really an important thing to the business world. U ah the basis upon which manufactur ing and trade can be carried on settled, taere will be necessity for a revival in many branches, the effect of which will ba felt in all. The;;, too, the evidences of unusual croi.8, niih apparently guaranteed good prices, and ma; kets, must tend to i?.id in an improvement of financial condi tions, 'the agiicu.turi-t here is given an additional mar: et by the fa:Hue of the wheat crop abroad. Such a slate of improvement is reflected in the increas ed earnings of the granger' raihoads in the west. All thia of course, means something to all who are connected, e:- er directly or indirectly, with these great interests. Auk for Troops. " Bloo.viington, III., July 30. At Roan oke the sheriff has wired Governor Tanner asking for troops to protect the mines and miners. The sheriff is not in a position lo withstand an attack of a foice of a thousand men. He has sworn in fifty deputies and has some special police, but he is unable to procure a sufficient force to resist the force march, ing litre from six or eight mining tewns. Great excitement, prevails. Si'itiNtiKiEi.n, ill., July 30. Governor Tanner late Thursday night received a telegram from Roanoke asking for stale troops. The governor telegraphed that as no overt acts had been committed the circumstances did not. warrant send ing any troops and none would be sent, aud for the siier If to telegrapli him the condition of affairs. Matamoha, 111., July 30. Twenty deputy sheriffs were sworn it to go im mediately to Roanoke, where an inva sion of coal miners is expected from Minonk, Streator, Kangley. Wenona and Rutland for tne purpose of forcing miners to join the strike. Marching miners are carrying provisions. The visitors will be at Roanoke by daylight. Serious trouble is greatly feared. Work of Hiiatico. Rio Da Janeiro, July 30. More than 3,000 soldiers have been killed in a big battle near the site of Cauudor. The fanatics, numbering more than 10,000 men, all well armed, attacked the gov ernment troops. Whole brigades were swept down and destroyed, and the soldiers were compelled to flee, leaving their 'dead on tne field. The president and ministry have de cided to send the minister of war to the scane next wi ok with 4.000 men. Fighting has been In progress Ht Canu dor lor -t veral weeks. While the fan atics fought apparenily with little heart they had been gathering their forcea from all dirictions for this final attack. Kllixdata I'olliloiil Maotliif. Miami, 1. T July 30. News has just reached here to the effect that a free f r an .ighi, In which two negroes and one iii.liau were killed, occurred at a picnic on Horse creek in the Ouerokee nil ion. The trouble occurred at a poli tical gathering of the followers of the ns-ioiml snd Downing parties. The regular off year political canvass if now on in the Cherokee country and p)liti eal matters have reached a white id much more trouble it looked for.