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'.. VI THE RED CLOUD CHIEF. ) I t Admiral Htiwison Forwards Encour , aging Reports to Washington. WARSHIP NOT NEEDED T.HERE, To tlf Hindi of the AdmtnWtrallon There I No Danger at War Adrhrat RiMvltnn Hhown UnpreoeJeato Ull .taction by ttia nrltlih. Waiiiniton, July 17. Ths Boer rovernment has tninsmtttud to tho United States a copy of a petition ad dressed to It by 0,00 J Ultlanders, de nying that the present government In the Transvaal Is tyrannical, as de clared by oilier Ultlanders, supported by Great Ilrllaln. The feeling prevailing In adminis tration circles Is shown by tho In structton scntlo-rtny to Ilcnr Admiral Ilowlson, directing him to contlnuo his cruise. Tho admiral reported his arrival at Capetown from Pretoria and that the Chicago was ready to sail and the fact that he mmlo no mention of the situation and fallud to recommend that a warship bo sent to Dclagoa bay .how conclusively to tho minds of tho officials that he Is satis lied the situation Ih calm and that there is no danger of war. CArit Town, Ju y 17. lly the Invi tation of Hit Alfred Mllner, Hear Ad miral IIowlsou and tho officers of tho United States cruder Chtcugo occu pied seals on the lloor of tho throne room at the opening of parliament. This is an unprecedented distinction for foreigners. They woro greeted with the greatest enthusiasm. NEARLY 700 DEAD IN THE WAR, i Of the rhlllpplae Fatalltlei 378 Wero Free Illneii-1,401 Wounded. 8t. Louis. Mo , July 17. A dispatch to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat from Washington gives this Htatoment of the losses to the American troops hi (he Philippine: Full records of tho losses by death, wounds, sickness nnd otherwise, since the beginning of operations thsre early In the summer of ISM, show that the MlnResota regiment was most sus tptlble to the Influences of the tropical climate, thirty-four of those volunteers having died hi the hospit als up to the Fourth of July. Oregon was'next with twenty-four and Ne braska, third, losing twenty-one men from sickness. The Nebraska regi ment ht more men killed in action than any other organization engaged, except tho Fourteenth Infantry, twenty-six members losing their lives at the front from that state, ugaiunt twenty-eight of the regulars. V A comparative showhyr, of, thcriyjl: from the official reports;-! as follows: Killed Fourteenth infantry S8, Ne braska l!o, Kansas 8,i,South Dakota 1!5, Washington 10, Third artillery 10, Oregon 14, Pennsylvania 13, Eigh teenth Infantry 13, Montana 11, Twenty-secoud Infantry 0. Woundod Nebraska 18a, Montana 1B3, Kansas . 124, Washington loo, Third urtlllcry 03, South Dakota 67, Minnesota 80, Oregon 70, Pennsylvania 00, Twenty-second infautry 07, Cali fornia 50. Exclusive of the deaths on tho trans ports, tho total number of men to loco their lives in the Phllipplno war was 603. Of this number 050 were killed or succumbed to wounds or disease. Tho number wounded In action was 1,501. Five committed suicide; one, colouel of the Tennessee- regiment, died of apoplexy In an engagement, and nlnotccn were accidentally drownod. Tho report from June 30, 1808, when the first military expedition lauded at Cavlte, to Jnly 4, 1800, shows the fol lowing casualties: Killed in action 2M, drowned 10, accidental doiths 14. suicides 6, apoplexy 1, sickness 275, wounds 02; total deuths 08P; wounded 1,591, missing 4; total casualties L',264. Nearly twice as many volunteers as regulars were killed, although tho volunteer regiments wcro on'y ouo third more numerous than the regu lars. The volunteers wcro, however, engagod for a longer period than the regulars. BECAUSE SHEJEFUSED HIM, A Toan Men Kllli llrl and Hhoots lllmioir. Lincoln,. III., July 17. Roy Sutton Is under arrest, charged with murder ing his sweetheart, Leoaa Elmore, of Mason City, last night. Sutton, it is alleged, shot tho girl twice and then fired a ball through his own bo ly be low the heart. Ho will probably die. Miss Etmere's parents objected to Sut ton as a prospective son-in-law. Last night ho took tho girl out driving. lie came back alone at midnight and reported having shot himself. A party soon aflorward found Miss Elmero's body In a cemetery west of tho city. A pistol was found near tho body, It Is generally beliovod that Tie killed the girl because sho refused to marry him. Sutton served in tho army dur ing the war with Spuln. typhoons"h7ndeF"troops, Soldiers Delayed In Itsaohlnx the Trans port! at Mjiilla by Ht.mtn. Washington, July 17. Tho War de partment has received the following cable from General Otis; "Twenty Inches of ruin July, attondod by ty. phoons, mado leaving of transports Impossible, At Negros impossible to unload Sixth infantry until last day or two. California Ih now loading; Idaho -North Dakota, And, Wyoming will load next week, soon a) trans port Grant can be coaled." reports on railways. Interstate Commerce Ooinmlnloa Civet Oat tnCerettlne; Ft in ret. Wabiiinoton, July 17. The report of railway statistics for tho year 180H, compiled by the interstate commerce commission, shown that eleven roads went Into tho hands of receivers, against forty-live taken out, whllo the ralleago of receivership roads was re duced by 0,110 miles operated and 5,133 miles owned. The total of railway employes was 874,55!), nn Increase of 51,08?. They were paid in wages 8405,055,018, nn Increase- for tho year of 820,454,037. This sum represented 03.53 per cent of tho total oporating expenses. Tho total amount of railway capital outstanding on June 30, 1808, not In cluding current liabilities, was 810, 618,554,031. Of the outstanding stock CO 25 paid no dividends. The total in dividends paid wan $0,152,880, being on average of 5.20 per cent on all stock on which a dividend was de clared. The total number of passengers car ried was ftdl, 000,081, an hicrense of 11.011,429. The gross earnings of tho whole mileage was 81,217,825,021, an Increase of 8I25,2.5,8IS. Tho total number of casualties,, for Iho yenr was 47,71 1. Thp nggregato killed tvusJ,BM, und injured 40,882. Of railway employes 053 were killed nnd 37,701 injured. The passengers killed wero 211, and Injured 2,015. The total number of persons killed other than passengers and employes was 4,3JO, and Injured 0,170. One pas senger was killed for every 2,307,870 carried, nnd ono Injured for every 170,140. Ono out of every 417 em ployes -was killed, and ono out of every 2d Injured texans 'usethe7rpistols. fun Over nsrbed Wire Peace Knit In ratal Fight TKTATtKANA, Texas, July 17. At New Boston, Texan, tho county seat of this (Howie) county, yesterday oc curred one of tho wildest and most desperate street battles that has yet been recorded hi tho fighting history of that town. The trouble emanated from n fuss over a barbed wire fence which separ ated tho farms of Ira Smith and W. V. Hays. Tho two men met at a prayer meeting last Sunday, when their case was talked over between themselves, resulting in a fight, In which Iluyn was bested. Tho dlfficuty was brought before tho pcaco officers aid the men were arrested. At their trial yesterday and while a recess was on, tho difficulty was reopened. Smith went into a saloon, W. D, Hays and his brothers, Hall and 3. J. Hays, followed him. Shooting be gan at once. Smith, who is said to have been unarmed, was killed out right. His friends came upon tho scene and took a part in the' conflict They were Jack Frlx, John Frix jwjaUII.ii Mfc.. A..rwq"oU)A.t.Ue Wis a emptied the participants used the butt ends of their weapons with deadly effect, W. 1). Hayes was mortally wounded; S; J. Hayes received a crushed skull and will die. Hall Hayes was shot In tho nrm. J. 11. Manning, ex-county attorney and not a partici pant, was shot twice, ono ball passing through his body. Two other by standors were nlso wounded, ono, a merchant named W. II. liar, having his arm shot off. Hull Hays, tho least wounded of any of tho participants, was arrested and placed In jail aud other arrests will follow. None of tho Frlx brothers woro hurt, Ira Smith and tho Hays boys were cousins. QUEEN REGENT WEPT AT IT. New of Condition ot Hpanhh rrlionert Aruuies Mptln Agatmt America. London, July 17. A private letter from Madrid says tho fcellug thero against Americans Is growing very bitter on account of tho Philippines prisoners and tho position of Amer icans at Madrid is very unpleasant. When Mrs. Bellamy Storer, wife of the United States minister, recently saw tho queen rogeut, tho latter, with tears in her eyes Bald : "What is past is past and wo can bear that, but tho Americans ought to help us liberate our people who are cm prisoucrs. The uncertainty as to their fate and sufferings is torturing their relatives and my whole unhappy country." All classes nro now taking tho mat ter up. Some letters from tho prison ers havo reached Madrid aavlnir thnv number 7.033 and nrs in tho most mist erablo condition, without sufficient clothing or food. National subscrip tions are being organized to help thsm. Tho Spaniards say tho Ameri cans would uot allow them to remain on the Island and rescue the prisoners and that tho Americans do not or can not llberato them. Jailor's Old Attorney Heee II I m. Mexico, Mo., July 17. Ono of Alex ander Jester's old attornoys, Judgo T. 1L Ilashaw, of St. Louis, was here yesterday, but he would not admit that tho aged prisoner was his old client, neither would he deny it. lie says: "If it Is the right Jester, and the state bus no stronger case than it had in 1871, it Is very weak." HE IS A MILLIONAIRE'S SON, Louie Ilolladay ot Ht. tout. It Shot by HI. Wife In Self-Uafeme. St. Louis, Ma, July l. Louis W. Ilolladay, the son of a Chicago mil lionaire, was shot by his wifo here last night uud is now In tho llapttst Sanitarium. Mrs. Ilolladay was ar retted and locked up at tho pollco station. Sho says that sho did the shooting iu self-defence. Young Uolladay.tnet-Mra. Holladay in Houston, Texas, lu 1807. She was Anulo Brewster, a trick bicycle rider. ABUSE HHtJL DBETHB Ronnes Shopkeepers Refuse to Sell to the Captain's Family, HE IS TO BE TRIED AUGUST 3. Iloji Wit "Down With the Jewa" Bo rlnoi lllnturbnnoei ICipectad When tho New Trial lleRlnt Knemtei Will Try Anything to Secure Conviction. IIknnf.s, France, July 18. Hen tics h abusive to tho Droyfus family. A friend of Mmo. Droyfus went to a flor ist and ordered flowers sent her. When tho florist heard that tltey woro for Mine. Dreyfus ho refused to sell thctn, ns, ho Haid, ho would lose all customers if ho sold tho (lowers to a Jew. Sho went all over llcnncs, but could not buy iho flower. Tho Dreyfus family has great diffi culty In securing provisions, or per Ishablo food, tho shopt refusing to sell. Ihoroforo most of tho market ing has to bo dono under another name. Tho merchants nro not much to bo blamed, as their customers threaten to boycott the shops soiling to Mine. Dreyfus. A group of women nssomblcd in front of tho prison yes terday us Mine. Droyfus loft after an hour's visit to her husband, and they saluted her and showed other marks of sympathy, which Mine. Dreyfus gracefully acknowledged. The poor woman feels tho persecution keenly. Last night bands ot boys hooted and howled "Down with the Jews;" "Wo want tho Jew's head on our plat tcrl" Tho pollco fenr no serious trouble, however. M. Hennlon, the chief war den of the prison, acting prefect of tho police, nays the greatest danger is passed for the present, aud will not occur again until towards the time of tho trial. General Pclltcux has sent an insult ing letter to Senator Dclpecho on ac count of tho postponement of their duel until after tho court-martial ver dict shall bo known, saying tho sen ator know how to glvo an insult, but not how to fight. The latest date ot tho trial has been scml-ofllclatly given out as August 3. Mattro Demango left for Paris at noon yesterday to study homo intri cate points in his cUout'n caso In tho capital. Ho is pleased that Quesnny de llcauropatro is uot to be heard un til the convening of the court-martial. This 1b duo to Minister of War Do Galllfot's influence. Tho present cab inet knows how to meet difficulties, nnd has tho courago to act. What is a favorable sign of tho huppy termina tion of tho caso Is tho fact, as assert ed, that Major Carrlcre will accept tho cvldenco as given before tho court of cassation ns complete, aud uot call tho samo witnesses. This leaves the hn- VQfkVli C6,,VWe,"litohJrfvtYAdeflea fu' tho trial. CASHIER TO PLEAD GUILTY. No Dafeixa for Defaulting New Joriey Olllper l'coplo Illaine the Hank. NkwYohk, July 18. George M. Val entino who wrecked tho Middlesex County bank, at Perth Ainboy, N. J., says he will plead guilty uud take tho consequences of his crime. Tho bank's depositors will meet to morrow to consider what notion is best for them to take. The feeling of tho depositors against tho batik's offi cers becomes stronger as new facts are brought out. They say that tho bank officials must havo known Mon day, when thoy found that 87,030 miss ing, that trouble was ahead. Tho Perth Amboy city council will meet to-night to take action. Ono hundred and twenty-nino thousand dollars of tho city's money is tied up in the bank, and tho city is left vriit out ready monoy to pay its bills. Of tho $120,000 in tho bank, $(0,000 is from tho salo ot bonds for the High school. S.&S, MEN NOT WORKING YET. The Illc Packing Home Did Not no open ai Kxpecte I. Kansas Citv, Mo., July 18. Tho Schwarzschlld & Sulzberger packing house, which was shut down Thurs day morning becauso of discontent among tho butchers over wages, did not resume operations at noon to-day as expected und tho management is unablo to say when it will start. Tho disaffection his extended to tho firemen, engineers, carpontcrs and tho employes of other departments of tho houso, who object to signing tho contract which the company demands ns tho result ot tho trouble with tho men in tho killing department. A number ot tho latter also refuse to sign tho agreement. S.ile of ths Carbondate Ho id roatponed. Lavtrknoe, Kan., July 18. Tho sale of tho Lawronco & Emporia rail road, known ns tho Carboudnlo branch and running from Lawrence to Car bondalo, to have been held MiIb morn ing, waspostponod until July 31. Tho salo is under an order of tho United States court to II. P. Dillon, master In chancery. Cloted n BL l'aul Hank. Rt. Paul, Minn., July 18. The Gcr tnunla State bank, capitalized at 8200, 000, was olossd to-day by tho board of directors. After sustaining a heavy run two and a half years ago tho bank was closed in January, 1807. How ever, with tho now capital tho Insti tution was reorganlzad and has beou doing business for nearly two years. Tho closing ot tho bank to-day was n surprise to the gonor'dl pn bile. i The last statement showed deposits 3409, 000, cash on hand 801.003, total assets 8831.400.23. JAPAN STEPS TO THE FRONT. T!axr Treattw 1'lace iter on Now Foot In r With the World. Wabiiinoton, July is. A now treaty between tho United States and Japan went into effect to-day, nt which timo nlso new treaties between Japan nnd nearly all of the countries of Europe and some of the South American re publics nlso went into effect. It is an ovont ot far reaching Importance in the rotations between Jaoan aud tho United Stntcs, as it docs away with the treaty methods which havo been In vogue for nearly fifty years and substitutes nn entirely now method of procedure. The same is truo in the relations of Japan with tho countries of Europe, nnd some of tho many now treaties which go into effect place Ja pan on nn entirely now footing with tho world at large, as sho is recog nized, for tho first time, as an equal in cvory respect. Tho treaty with this country was mado November 22, lbDI, in Washing ton between Secretary Greslintri and Minister Kurenp, who then repre sented Jnpan here. The changes It mado tvero so far reaching that It was determined tho treaty should not go into opcintion until July 17, 1800. Mr. Jutaro Komura, tho present Jnpaucso minister in Washington, gives nn interehtlng outline of tho tuoro important features of this ar rangement. Ho said: "To understand tho change it is neccssnry to look at tho system under tho old treaties. This was essentially based on two principles: First, that foreign residents in Japan shall enjoy tho privileges of extra-tcrrltoriallty, that is, they should be amenable to tho laws and jurisdiction of tho consul of their own country and not to Japanese jurisdiction; und, second, that foreign residents In Japan shall be confined to certain open ports, outside of which foreigners could not rcsldo, own prop erty or engage In trade. Tho result was, in c fleet, about fifteen or sixteen systems of courts iu Japan, for tho purpose of trying foreigners who com mit offenses in Japan. Furthermore, most of the powers claimed that Jap anese laws wcro not binding upon foteigneis. For iMitauce, take our quarantine law. While it protected us ns ngainst our own people, yet thero was no protection in the case of an infected foreign ship. Tho only exception to this refusal to recognize Japanese laws was tho United States, which recognized from tho first tho binding force of tho Japanese law. "Ono ot tho bad effects of this sys tem was that foreign residents had en tiro immunity from taxation. Tho Japanese paid all tho taxes. All this has now disappeared, and foreigners havo the samo privileges as well us tho samo obligations ns tho Japanese citizens, no moro and no less. The first step In the new system Is to put nn end to the old Action of extra-tor-ritorlally by which foreign citizens wero judgod by different standard "Tho second essential thing Is tho opening of tho entire interior of Japan to foroign residents nnd trade. Until now there have been only flvo treaty ports Yokohama, Nagasaki, Kobe, Kakoduto nnd Nlgata. Iu those places foreigners had boon ablo to live, to purchase property and to trade, but outside- of thero thoy could not oven travol without n special permit. These flvo places oro an insignificant part of Japan. Henceforth the cntiro interior of tho empire, with its populous cities nnd inviting fields of Industry is thrown open to foreigners. Thoy may live nnywhero, engage in any kind of business nnd will bo assured of tho samo protection to llfo and property that is given to the Jap Marshal Fatally Woundod. KitruFiBHKH, Okla., July 18. About e o'clock Saturday evening Assistant City Marshal Hitchcock was shot twice by John Brown, an ex-convict and a negro, whom ho hai arrested for street fighting. As they started to tho lockup the prlsonor snatched tho officer's pistol and fired two shots. One ball passed through tho marshal's left leg near tho body, shattering the boucs. Tho second entered back ot tho loft hip and, ranging forward, passed through tho body. Tho negro was arrested immediately and jailed, Hitchcock lies In a very dangerous condition at his home. Sheepmen Will Organise. Sioux Falls, a D., July 18. Tho sheep rnlsing industry iu tho lands ceded by the Sioux ludlans between the Missouri river nnd tho Black Hills has nowroachod such proportions that the owner's havo decided to form an association similar to tho associations of tho cattlemen. A meeting has been called for October 2 next at Fort Pierre, when tho shoepmon's associa tion will bo organlzod. Fire nt Fort Duchesne. PniCR, Utah, July 18. The second fire within a week occurred at Fort Duchesne la3t night, when tho quar termaster's stables and contents were entirely connuracd. Nineteen mules wcro burned to death. Tho loss also Includes twenty warons, besides a number of ambulances, light spring wagons, buckboarda pack saddles, harness and hay and' oats. fount I'opocatepctl for 300,000. ivitv of .hkxico, fuiy la. xue no' gotlations for the silo of tho Popocat epetl volcano have been concluded, and 8503,000 gold, tiio purchaso price, has been paid overto General Gaspar Sanchcze, who has; owned and oper ated tho sulphur deposits in the crater pf tho volcano for iho past twouty-flvo years. Tho now ojvner is nn American syndicate of witch United States Senator Clark of Montana, J a mora ber. A cog wheel railroad will bo Immediately bulk to the summit and tne suipnur Herein mined on an ex icnsivo scale. TO JOOENEY ALONE. PADEREWSK! WILL NOT BE TEMPTED BY ,UPID. The Ittimnr Ilcrrntly Circulated Founded on Divorce Cm Hn I Mum In terented In Agriculture Than Ho I In Marriage The latest rumor of Ignnce Padcrew ekl'B marringo had ns little foundation as tho various reports of hiB engage ment to the American women ho met on hiB visit to this country three years ago. His relations with tho Gorakl family have long been well known. His Invalid son lived with the Polish vio linist and his wifo during tho years that followed the death of his mother, nnd he haB been their intimate friend, nt times ranking his home with them when in Frnncc. When Mmo. Gorsltl nnd her husband were divorced, thero was no change In tho famous pianist's relations with the family, nnd his son has lived with Mmo. Gorskl recently, and her life has been in a large measure devoted to tho care of him. It Is not believed by nny of tho pianist's friends In Now York that he has been married secretly or In any other way to Mmo. Gorskl, who PADEItKWSKI. fs somewhat older than he. The rumor of his engagement to n New York woman was so persistently reported three years ago that her father had to mnko a formal denial of It, says tho New York Sun. As a matter of fact, the acquaintance between the two was slight. The pian ist has little more taste for society than the average musician of his em inence. His only nppearnnces in that way during tho recent visit to London wero In the drawing room of a man of wealth, when he received ?5,000 for his contribution to tho program of a musl cuhj nnd at tpp farm of a titlcdagrlcul- Ho Is more Interested in agriculture thnn in anything else save his profes sion. Ono of tho mistaken reports con cerning his American tour is tho state ment that he is to receive ?J50,000 from a mannger hero for 40 concerts. Ever sinco his first tour here tho pianist has come on his own responsibility, and will contlnuo to do so in tho future. Pnderewskl Is now nt his Poland es tate. Ho was hastily summoned thero by his lawyer ns n consequence of tho defalcations of ono of his principal clerks, whoso books show a deficit of several thousand pounds. CARDINALS. rope Leo line Hecu 124 Ulo In l( rontlllcato. Rome Correspondence London Lead er: The Romans havo a popular tra dition which, curiously enough, ie often confirmed by facts, that when a mom her of the Sacred College dies two of his colleagues quickly follow him. 'At a few days' distance two Cardinals, Bausa, Archbishop of Florence, and Krementz, Archbishop of Cologne", havo departed this life, ant! now good Romans nro quite in a flutter of ex Dectatlon sneculatlnc with rimorfni resignation ns to which Torporato will uo inird. Apropos of tho death of Car dinals, it is a curious fact that tho most iiKciy candidate to the tiara, such as tho late Monaco la Valletta, Galim bertl, Dl Rende, Sanfollce, appear to havo been specially singled out by death during tho pontificate of Leo Alii., no rewer tnnn 124 Cardinals hr.v ing died during tho 21 years of his reign. Indeed only four of tho Car dinals created by Plus IX. survive, and should they precede tho aged Pontiff Into the tomb, Leo XIII. will ho ablo to say to his Cardinals, as Urban VIII. did: "Non vos eleglstls mo, sed ego olegl voa." (It Is not you who chose me, hut I who choso you.) There are now 1G vacancies In tho Sacred College Aluminum In tho Kitchen. A recent Investigation In Germany of the suitability of aluminum for cooing utensils raises the question whether any danger attends tho use of such vessels. While aluminum is out slightly alTected by weak acids when they are pure, it Is rapidly at tacked In tho presence of sodium chloride by sulphur dioxide, acetic acid, and even alum. But says Sci ence, It remains a mooted question whether the amount dissolved would do Injury to tho system. Experiments Indicate that aluminum salts have a somewhat detrimental effect on diges tion; yet on the other hauu, alum wa ter Is often beneficial to healtli. A CIoo Qumtlon. Diek-hm't.lt always, good Jo have a close friend? Jack Not "hi ways,' Sup pose you want a loan for a few days. Do you think a close friend would bo Uie ono to approach? GTRONQ DRINK Saved tho Life nt n Woman railing Silly FcoL New York Tribune: Falling n dis tance of five floors, fully 60 feet or more, and through a skylight scarce ly wide enough to admit her body, Mrs. Kato Hayes, 35 years old, of No. 235 East Sixty-seventh street, landed on tho ground last night, receiving only some minor scratches to show for her trip. But tho whole neighborhood knew what happened within a short time. Tho woman's screams In part, the craphlng of breaking glass and tho shouts of tho rescuers broko the silence of tho Sunday nftcrnoon and a large crowd gathered quickly to assist In tho rescue. Mrs. IlnycL, her husband, a small child nnd n boarder live on tho fifth floor of No. 235. Between their tenement houso and No. 237 thero is an open space of six feet or there abouts, In this latter space Theodore Cowos, a real cstnto man, has con structed n temporary office building of corrugated iron, not moro than 5x16 and only n story high. The office is lighted by n.skyllght 2x7 feet In length, a mcro slit of glass in tho iron roof. All thnt is positively known is that Mrs. Hayes enrao through that'- sky light, nnd came fast, as if sho had a long start. Sho was found lying on the floor screaming nt the top of her voice, and the door of the real cstnto offico had to bo smnslied In beforo sho could bo tnken out. She was cut about tho head, and has a gash lu her left leg, hut moro than that sho escaped. She was taken to Flower hospital. Tho doctors say her injuries nro trivial They say Mrs. Hayes had evidently been drinking, and tho relaxation of tho muscles Incidental to Indulgence in stlmulntit3, they declaro, Is responsi ble for her cheapo from Instant death STATUE OF GEN. ARTHUR. The stntuo of the late President Chester A. Arthur, whlchTias just been unveiled In New York, Is ono ot tho best creations ot Sculptor George E. Blssell. Tho monument Is, in Its ex tremo measurement, seventeen feet eight inches high. The bronzo figure Itself Is nine feet high. Mr. Blssell portrays Arthur standing and in nn at tltudo as If he were about to begin a speech. Behind the figure is a Greek chair, from which the president has apparently JUBt arisen. Over ono arm of tho chair is a drapery suggesting tho toga which, as president of the senate, Mr. Arthur might havo worn. The pedestal Is of gray marblo highly polished and devoid of ornament savo for bronzo wreaths on tho sides. On the front block is this inscription: "Chester Alan Arthur, Twenty-first President of tho United States of America." The donors of the monu ment are eminent New York citizens, among whom are Cornelius Bliss nnd Levi P. Morton. The stntuo Is nt tho northeast corner of Madison Square, and faces south. The pedestal was de signed by James Brown Lord. Tho dedication Tuesday was attended by a largo number of persons, including Mrs. John E. McElroy, a sister of President Arthur, who presided at tho Whlto Houso during his term; Gen. and Mrs. Howard Carroll, Miss Mnsten, President Arthur's niece; former Mayor William L. Strong, Gen. G. II. Sharpc, Charles E. Tiffany, Warner Miller, Elihu Root, Cornelius N, Bliss nnd George W. Lyons. Mr. Bliss pre sided. Tho statue was formally pre sented to the city by Mr. Root, who mado nn eloquent address eulogistic of President Arthur. At tho conclusion of tho address all. in tho inclosuro arose, McElroy unveiled tho statue by drawing a cord and loosing tho Amer ican flag, whose folds had hidden tho hnndsomo pile. Tho statuo wns accept ed on behalf of the city by Randolph Gugenhelmer, president of the council. In a brief nddress. Mlllllllllliffl The Main Thing to Learn. "To mnko a success at this bus!- noss," said tho experienced traveling salesman, "thero Is one particular fea ture at which you should strlvo to be como an oxpert," "And what Is that?" anxiously asked tho young drummer. "It Is to bo ablo to explain satisfac torily to the firm when you como in off of a had trip Juat why you haven't sold moro goods." Ohio Journal. Overdoing It. "They 'say that Perkins loved his , neighbor as ho did himself." "He did moro than that. Ho loved his neigh bor wjfo and got n horsewhipping." S ?