They Deny Tyranny in an Address to the Boer Government. THE DOCUMENT IS DISCREDITED Faallng In Washington that African Sit uation Is Calm and that Thera la No Dangnr of War—What la Hot Forth In the Petition Drawn I p. NEW YORK, July 17.—A special to the Herald from Washington says: The Boer government has transmitted to the United States a copy of a peti tion addressed to it by 9,000 outlanders denying thut the present government in the Transvaal is tyrannical as de clared by other outlanders, supported by Great Britain. The petition was circulated in May and addressed to the Boer government and a copy of it has been received at the state department. Sir Alfred Miluer, the British high commissioner, in writing to Mr. Cham berlain concerning the petition, declar ed that it was generally discred led, os it is openly stated that the signa tures had been obtained through the instiumentality of government officials and railway servants, who are mostly naturalized. In diplomatic circles here the opinion is expressed that the Boer government has transmitted copies of the petition to the governments named therein in order to convince them there is little truth in the British statements and to prevent any of them from Joinoing Great Britain in en deavoring to secure better treatment for the outlanders. The feeling prevailing in adminis tration circles is shown by the instruc tions sent today to Rear Admiral How ison, directing him to continue his cruise. The admiral reported his ar rival at Capetown from Pretoria and that the Chicago was ready to tail, and the fact that he made no mention of the situation and failed to recom mend that a warship be sent to Dela goa bay shows conclusively to the minds of the officials that he is satis fied the situation is calm and that there is no danger of war. THE OUTLOOK TOR TRADE. It Is Nald to He of a Decidedly Kucouih* King Cliararter. NEW YORK, July 17.—Trade fea tures, the past week, Bays Bradstreets, were of a uniformly encouraging char acter. Statistics of past trade move ments received are certainly of an en couraging nature, foremost among these being exceptionally good railroad earnings, returns for June and the first half year and ascertained totals of an enormous export trade, practically equal to the pbenom^hal business of the preceding fiscal year. Among cur rent news features might be mention ed the quite favorable July crop report of the agricultural department, which, while confirming earlier advices of a more moderate yield of winter wheat, point to a large acreage In corn, and conditions, which, if maintained, would easily result in a crop excess of two billion bushels- The outlook seems to favor the probability that Europe will buy nearly as much wheat in America as it did in the last fiscal year, when exports exceeded the totals of the boom year 1897-98. In industrial lines the outlook Is a promising one. The settlement of the coal miners’ strike in Pennsylvania and of the tin platq. workers’ dispute, bid fair to result in nearly 60,000 men resuming work after the summer shut down. The price situation is naturally a strong one, wheat and coffee alone of all the prominent staples being lower on the week, and the former only fractionally so, owing to large receipts at the west and the check to export demand caused by reaction from the price reported some time ago. Internal Revenue Collection*. OMAHA, July 17.—J. E. Houtz, col lector of Internal revenue, lias com pleted his report of collections for the year ending June 30. The total amount collected is $3,248,079 38, which is a round million in excess of the collection of 1888 and two millions ahead of the collections oi 18*97. The cost of collection was 1',* per cent as against 1 4-5 per cent for 1888 and 8t4 per cent for 1897. This Is less than the cost of collection of any other col lector In the country, eveu where the collector had but a single state under his care. The amount was swelled this year hy the additional tax sub sequent on the war. The stamp collec tions amounted to $607,111.51, which does not Include the special tax and the levy on bankers and brokers. The ter ritory comprising Nebraska and the two Dakotas Is the largest geographi cally considered, of any collection dis trict In the United States. »lll|>ls<» Jest* Will Move. MANILA. July 17.—It Is reported that the Killplno Junta will lie moved from Hong Kong to the Island of l'rsa< is4o on board the China is. riMW.si WARHAW. lad . July if.■ The Indi ana auwstatioa of ediima held the Hrst eesstoa of Us midsummer meot tag Halurdav. A large number of the noMt promises! editors vf the stats Were present A set of resolution* wea pu.seit fully Indorsing the u iiuini.'ru lion of I* resident M Kiahry In deaitag with the rebellion agsiaul \ut*tu ta eovarsignty In the f*fculpptaaa They Indorsed the at tiua of the r.publ wau rongrssn In passing the Dtagiey lav, and the eRorta of lha administration to sorry n«t .the Saauial pothy of I ha •a. LwH platform SHOT TO DEATH IN THE JAIL. 81 Smith, • Georgia Farmer, Murdered In Hie Cell by a Mob. GAINESVILLE, Ga„ July 17.—SI 8mith, the Habersham county farmer who killed William Bell, the commer cial traveler from Atlanta, several | months ago, was shot to death In the Jail here this morning. About midnight Sheriff Munday, who lives at the jail, was awakened by a man at his door, who, when the sheriff answered the summons, stated that he was the sheriff of Gilmer county and that he had a prisoner he wanted to have locked up for the night. In the dark Sheriff Munday could see nothing but three or four men just outside the building and hurriedly dressing him self, appeared at the main entrance to the jail building. Gathered about it were some eight or ten men, all of whom were armed. The sheriff took them for deputy sheriffs. The leader of the mob Btepped for ward and said: "Here, come here,” using a name the sheriff does not now recall. The man stepped forward with his hands bound and in every way played the role assigned to him. As he advanced those around him closed in and in a few seconds the entire crowd was inside the Jail building. Then a gun was thrown in Sheriff Monday’s face and the keys were de manded. The sheriff saw what was up and remarked: "The keys are downstairs." "Well, get them quick," replied the leader. Sheriff Munday hurried down the stairway, followed by the two men. Half way down the steps he was brought to a sudden stop by the rattle of firearms in the room he had Just left. Wheeling around, he bounded up the steps until he had reached the cage in which Smith was confined. Upon examination he found that Smith had been shot six times and was dead. A WOMAN CLAIMS MILLIONS. Katherine Hitchcock I* on a limit for Illg Money. CHICAGO, July 17.—Louis A. Hitch cock, a special agent of the Orient Insurance company, is sought by of ficials, in whose hands are warrants sworn out by Katherine Hitchcock, who claims to he his wife, and who charges him with bigamy and other offenses. Behind the effort to have Hitchcock arrested is a tangled story which comes to the surface as a re sult of the litigation over the $2,000, 000 estate left by John Stetson, the Boston millionaire and theatrical man ager, who died three years ago. and the subsequent death of his widow, Katie Stokes, the once famous circus rider and stake celebrity. Mrs. Kath erine Hitchcock figures in the story as the daughter of Katie Stokes by a marriage previous to that with Stet son, and consequently claims to be tlie heir to the whole fortune. Mrs. Hitchcock’s sole purpose in desiring to place her husband in the hands of the police, she says, is to recover quit claims to the Stetson case, to which she alleges her signature was obtained by Hitchcock through intimidation. The woman formerly resided in Kan sas City, where she was known as Katherine Shirley and where she met Hitchcock. ORDERS STRICTLY ENFORCED. Q*n. Wood IJelerinlneil to Control the Yellow Fever. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 17.— The strict enforcement of General Wood’s quarantine and sanitary order seems to be repressing the yellow fe ver outbreak. One death and three new cases were officially reported to day, but there have been no new cases among the United States troops. Many American and Jamaican vagrants have been arrested and taken to the deten tion camp. Dr. Childs, an American physician, was arrested subject to the fumiga tion process, and locked up for con cealing a case of the fever at his own residence. This patient, an English employe of the North American Trust company, died today. Agu limitin'* Tint to Murder. RAN FRANCISCO, July 17.—The of ficers of the Second Oregon regiment, while very guarded iu their statements admit that the condition of the Amer ican trcops at Manila at the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and the Filipinos was very crit ical. The capture of a letter sent from inside our lines in Manila to an em issary of Aguinaldo is probably all that saved our army from a terrible disaster and possible annihilation. The letter was taken to General Otis, who found In It the plans of a plot to open the gates of Manila, sack the city, murder the guards and allow the insur gent army to pour into the American camps and surprise tha men. The United Htates troops were under aims all night to meet the expected attempt but the enemy had learnel of the cap ture of thu letter anil the outy part of the plot that wus carried out was the burning of a portion of the city of Manila. 4ta«*l In *#|f I •»(•••. CHICAGO. July 17.—A special to the Times Herald from At Ixtuls says: Uiuli W. Ilolladay, son of Jesse W. Ilolladay, a Chicago millionaire, la ly ing probably fatally wounded at the llaptlst sanitarium He was shot tale last night by his wife at their home Mrs Ilolladay waa arrested and locked up at the police station Hhe aaya that she did the ahootlag In self deleaaa Young Ilolladay met Mrs Ilolladay, nee 4nl|t* lire water, a trick bicycle rider. In Houston Teg., In lltt, Ptaa n iliot S-m'kj NKW YORK, July IT The Uhleag. platform democrat* at a meeting last night adopted a reaoiutloa providing 4 htg stiver meeting to he held In thin city or at * WlUtam J Hryaa egtjoe ernor John t* Ailgetd, George Fred h iliuou and Juige farvin at H*u tuehy Mr Wllllama has already an nounced hie wtliiagnean l« h* present and tha etrungeat efforts will ha mads In assure the other speakers named. I Another Trolley Strike On in the City of Brooklyn. A NUMBER OF ARRESTS ARE MADE Employ** of the Rapid Transit Company Have a tSrlevanre Which They Want Redressed—Striker* Slake Trouble for the I'ollc*—Non-lnlon Train Crew* Assaulted and Hall* Torn Dp. NEW YORK, July 17.—Another trolley strike Is on In Brooklyn. Near ly all the conductors and motormen of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit com pany, numbering several thousand, quit work at G o’clock this morning. Those who had cars out left them on the tracks. The company endeavored to run cars with nonunion men on all the, lines and there wan much disorder. Wires were cut, rails were torn up and at the Mercy avenue stables a crowd of 3,000 men resisted the police. Many arrests were made during the day. On some lines the company maintained a regular service and on others they failed altogether. Oars were unable to run to the ocean beaches. The tie-up has not been nearly so complete as the labor lead ers said it would be. So far this strike has not bean as effective as that of 1895, but there Is no telling how long or far-reaching it may become. Meetings have been held daily and nightly for the last week, and it was inferred by the re ports given out by the employes and their advisers since Thursday last that while a strike was imminent It would not occur for some days to come. Gen eral Master Workman Parsons and District Master Workman Pines had charge of the men's afTalrs and a strike was called at 4:30 yesterday morning. Shortly after midnight about 100 policemen from the precincts of Man hattan and the Bronx districts were sent to different barns, and many were placed along the several routes com prising the territory covered hv the Brooklyn Traction company, lip to half past 7 o’clock there were \ery few carB run over these lines and those sent out from the different barns were policed by two, three and four con stables. On the Putnam avenue line only a few men refused to work and It was notable that scarcely a half dozen of the cars on this division were policed. The Flatbush and Bergen Beach cars, the Norstrand avenue. Gates, Ralph and Myrtle avenue cars, as well as the Third avenue trolleys, had a meager service in the early hours T)f the day, but traffic on the old Nassau lines, which comprise the Fifth, Sev enth, Park and Vanderbilt avenues, and Douglas and Butler streets roads will he practically at a standstill. The men on the Nassau road were most determined and not one of the motor men or conductors went, to work. The cars remained idle for several hours, but by 10 o’clock about one-tenth of the regular rolling stock was working. These cars were manned by Inspectors and linemen, and, in fact, oilers and helpers were pressed into Bervice bo as to maintain a partial running of the system. By the middle of the afternoon over 50 per cent of the old men on the Galtes. Ralph, Broadway, Myrtle ave nue, Flushing and Third avenue roads were at work on these lines. Later in the afternoon the cars on the latter road were running at intervals of ten minutes, which meant that the service was crippled about one-third. Kxperlmpiiti with If lull FtploilTefl.v|^ WASHINGTON. July 17.—The War department has recently concluded an exhaustive aeries of experiments at Sandy Hook with high explosives and the largest field guns that promises to mark a material advance in the artil lery branch of the army. Permanent arrangements were made under the Board of Ordnance of Fortification, composed of both line and staff offi cers and of which the major general commanding the army Is chairman. The board's report is in shape to be presented to the secretary of war and if adopted will result In arming the troops in the Philippines with the most advanced type of light field guns In the world. The hoard has derhlpd on a type of field gun which can fire fifteen aimed shots per minute, which can be opornted with one man and which Its full crew can tak# to pieces in thirteen seconds for loading on mule back for transportation where ever needed. It is three-inch caliber, can carry shrapnel or a bursting charge of high explosives, which will kill by concussion In a radius of 200 feet. 'Ike Alack* llUpnlc. IiONHON, Juljr 17.—There 1* a re rrud«uence of anxiety regarding ihe Alaskan dispute In political circles, though the general public does not at tach much importance to the matter, Jingo newspaitera like the Saturday Itevlew grasped the opportunity to re alr their anil-American proclivities. The Review thinks that as the time for the presidential nominations ap proaches ('resident klelKnlsy may find the Cleveland precedent overtempnug and launch an arrogant Alaska mes sage against England, the recognition of which would be very different to the success attending Ihe Venesuelaa question." ae«« Meager tkssS ('Alt Iff. July IT.- la Hepub!b|ue Eraneabw. commenting upon the •laa ger in which the proposed Cramo Americaa ruaarr. tal lonvenlloa writ plat* our national productions says "T he project provoked legitimate tesla Th« arglculiuftata of Ala de partment hat* already r»iu> M'umi and taker* -aill tulws, aa alj parts of Ihe country will he affected " ntpMag'* !•»*•« |CH)io LDMtKJM July IT- Hudyard Kip Hags right thuwh haa keen Mtt*n by a dog sal la roaelderakly inHaiaed He cars tea bis arm ta a sling but It la a as thought the injury wit) hare serious c«iaaw|Uea»ea [ RESERVOIRS EOR LIVE STOCK. Tln'ir ThrestenrU Monopolisation Dori Not Create Apprehension. WASHINGTON, July 17.—Reports reaching the Interior department of a threatening monopolization of a num ber of points of the lands acquirable under the law relating to reservoirs for watering live stock create no appre hension on the part of the authorities. The Bay that the rules and regulations put In focse for the execution of the law have been so carefully framed that there Is no danger of Individuals get ting more than their share of the pub lic domain or the Infliction of any pos sible Injury to the common use of the areas concerned. The new code of rules, It Is stated, restrict fillings made previous to the issuance of the rules, taking from them every tendency to monopoly, these previous flllngH being now returend to the parltes with In structions that the applications for such lands must conform to the later regulations. They are also designed to prevent an exclusive right to the tract taken, giv ing tlie land the status of a commun cative property open to all seeking the water rights and furthermore, they restrict the maximum quantity of land in any section to 160 acres to each In dividual, but even this is not permis sible unless the party has built a res ervoir having a capacity of 600,000 gal lons, any less capacity reducing the area allowed proportionately. The land taken eannot he fenced or other wise enclosed and must be kept open to the free use of everyone wanting to water his animalB, any noncompliance with the law and regulations resulting in cancellation of rights. NO ONE CLAIMS AUTHORSHIP. The Pronunrlitiiieiito Kerently Issued Axulnut I'mlr Ham. HAVANA, July 17.—The pronunlela mento recently issued in the city of Matanzas, signed "Betancourt,” and callinu upon Cubans to prepare to hurl from the country the "crafty eagle," as they had removed the "haughty and hungry Spanish lion," is now believed by many to have been the production of the oivil governor of Matanzas. The reasons for this view are not very convincing, but Senor Batancourt has not positively denied the authorship and it Is notorious that he has express ed almost identical sentiments in the Havana cafes on different occasions be fore American officers. He once used language closely resembling that of the "proclamation" in the presence of an American brigadier general and an American colonel. Both officers believe it quite probable that he wrote the appeal. If not its author, then in their Judgment, he was cognizant of it and agreed to the use of his name. Many Cuban officers of high rank are satisfied that Senor Be tancourt was in some way intimately related to the publication and circula tion of the address to the people of Matanzas. General Wilson, military governor of the Matanzas-Santa Clara department will doubtless ask the civil governor for an explanation in case there is no denial from him. Investigation of Trust*. CHICAGO, July 17—The general committee on arrangements for the conference on combinations and trusts called by the Civic federation of Chi cago litis mailed circular letters to 025 trusts and combinations throughout the country, asking twenty-six ques tions, such ns the number of organiza tions included In the consolidation, the number yet outside, the original cap ital of the various concerns now merged, the present capital employed, the efTect on prices of products and the effect on labor so far as to dis placement and rate of wages. Of the labor unions In the various crafts employed in these combinations, questions are asked as to (he effect on wages, hours of work and the number thrown out of employment by the or ganization of the trusts. The Wyoming anit»e lie says that he will return to his regl meut In n few days. They !>• Wet levs I Hit Is ns. DKADWOOH. 8. U.. July 17.—Your correspondent has Just received s iu<-s sag* frum Pin* lodge agency relative to the Crow Indian case whbdi reads: “The Indian* In question are not Crows They presumably belong eith er to Pin* Midge nr Moeehud agen etee The posse baa arrived from Kdgeatuht sad an investigatum ol the Indians to la progress If it u fu md lha. they bat nog to tial« ressrva'ltm they will be arrested 1 he case to tn the hands of the government "M A Jolt CLAPP. Agent.* fl»8 *•«» W«i ttol*4t. MU Mill- Inly 17 Ml I herai. wbnh yesterday published a statement to the «ff*«t that S deg* it of J.IM.MH pesetas had been dl**.**»rsd In the as* mints of Ik* Northern Mail way company dus to embe’Sleateal*. publishes a retraction tods admitting that the Mery wa* fniss aad aaubigiaisg IS NOW JKTO EFFECT The Hew Treaty with Japan Inaugurated ou the 17th. THAT COUNTRY ON A NEW FOOTING The New Treaty of Far Reaching Import ance In It® Relation® with the United State®—I.cadlng Countrle® In the Com pact—The *y»teiu Under Old Trestle® Now Abrogated. WASHINGTON, July 17.—A new treaty between the United States and Japan goes into effect today, at which time also new treaties between Japan and nearly all the countries of Europe and some of the South Ameri can republics ulso go into effect. It is an effect of far reaching Importance in the relations between Japan and the United States, as it does away with the treaty methods which have been in vogue for nearly fifty years aud substitutes an entirely new meth od of procedure. The same is true iu tiie relations of Japan with other countries. Taken as a whole the many treaties which go into effect to morrow place Japan oil an entirely new footing with the world at large as she is recognized for tho first time as an equal in every respect. The treaty with this country was made November 22, 1894, in Washing ton, between Secretary Gresham ami Minister Kureno, who then represent ed Japan here. The changes it made were so far reaching that it was deter mined the treaty should not go into operation until July 17, 1899. Mr. Juturo Koniura, tho present Ja panese minister in Washington, was seen at the Japanese legation today and gave an interesting outline of the more important features of this ar rangement. He said: 1 lie 14 ill ui JUi/ mat no me luiumn point in the diplomatic history not only of Japan, but of the oriental coun tries in general, it will be the ilrst instance In which the western powers have recognized the full sovereignty of an oriental state. This action of the enlightened nations of Europe and America shows that if any country is ready to assume a full share in the responsibility and affairs of the world at large these old and enlightened pow ers are ready to admit such a country to full comity among nations. So we regard the advent of this treaty as a very important step not only for Japan, but for all the nations of tho east. The countries with which Japan has made new treaties are the United States, England, Germany, France, Russia, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portu gal, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Swe den and Norway, Switzerland and Pe ru. Ail of these go into effect today ex cept those with France and Austria, which are deferred until August 4. With most of these countries Japan had treaty relations before, but they were crude and unsatisfactory. To understand the change it is ne cessary to look at the system under which the old treaties existed. This was essentially based on two princi ples: First, that foreign residents in Japan shall enjoy the provisions of extraterritorialty, that is, they should tie amenable to the laws and juris diction of the consul of their own country and not to Japanese Jurisdic tion, and, second, that foreign resi dents in Japan shall be confined to certain open ports, outside of which foreigners could not reside, own prop erty or engage in trade. The result was in effect about fifteen or sixteen systems of courts in Japan for the purpose of trying foreigners who com mit offenseB in Japan. Furthermore, most of the powers claimed that Ja panese laws were not binding upon foreigners. For instance, take our Quarantine law. While it protected us as against our own people, yet there was no protection in the case of an infected foreign ship. The only exception to this refusal to recognize Japanese law was the United States, which recognized from the first the binding force for the Japanese law. One of the bad effects of this sys tem was that foreign residents bad entire immunity from taxation. The Japanese paid all the taxes. All of this has now disappeared and foreign ers are under the same provisions as well as the same obligations as the Japanese citizens, no more and no less. The first step in the new system is to put an end to the old fiction of extraterritorialty, by which foreign citizens were Judged by different stan dards from Japanese. Callerf Ntales Not Ashed. WA8HINOTON, I). C.. July 17._TTp to the present time there has been no suggestion from any foreign power that the t nltcd States should take ac tion concerning the Transvaal. When Hie recent cable dispatch from Pretoria brought the first Information that rep resentations would lie made to Wrth Ington a rumor that such representa tions would come promptly mat with a posltlvs denial that t.-rmany waa acMng in any capacity in connection with the Transvaal difficulties. At (he llrttlsh embassy it u said no lustruc llons of any kind relating to ihs ; Tranavgal have been received. Peoaclssst Klh lasrf. KINNlAltilJH, Mich., July IT —©. M Hoot. grand stalled leading knight of the grand logs. Order of Klks died la thin city tiatay from heart failure. | kuperladuced by a complication of die aaaas Mr rinds was *-ete hrnted his iwk birthday at his hums la New Jersey Me te the eldest liv ing graduate ef the I'niveretty ef Penney Ivaaie Null hie feme e«*ntla nee In rest m the ahuimdegg ef !m