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ASSAULT ON BR0THRR-IN-LAw.-Thism morn.
Ing, In the Police Court, Tilghman johnson Wae
Charged with having, on the ID day of juno.
assaulted Henry Han with intent to kin by
striking him on the head with an axe. Han
testned that johnson came to his house. and
they had quarrel, when johnson seized the
axe and struck him on the head. The charge
was changed to one OF assault only. For de-
was no axe used. and further, that Han ha6
some words with his wife, who is JohnsonS
half sister, and that Hall having threatened to
lock bis wife out, he and johnson had some
words, and blows followed. The court imposed
sentence OF six months in Jail, remarking
that bad the wound made by the axe resulted
fatally II would have been case OF murder
An appeal was noted.
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YELLOW FEVER N0TES.-Nfnety-ntn deaths
during the week ended July 10, being q de-
crease OF 10 as compared with the previous
week: Charles Haskell, OF the bark Shetland,
from .MatanZaS, was admitted to the Quaran-
tine hospital in New York yesterday sick with
yellow fever. There are now four patients
down with the fever in hospital. Thomas Nc
CoTmack, aged 80, was found lying sick at the
tonstan examined the man and pronounced the
disease case OF yellow fever In its frst
stages, and the sick man was removed to the
pest house. In answer to questions, McCor-
mick said he was resident OF Memphis,
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The Orangemen a, Ottawa

OTTAWA, July M.-UntverSal satisf action is
expressed throughout the city at the happy ter
mination Of the Orange demonstration. The
Montreal contingent left by the 10 O'Clock train.
A number of unionists congregated, but the
presence of the mayor and police force pre-
vented disturbance At mass meettnp of
Orangemen last night in the opera House ad-
dresses were made by Hon. Mackenzie Bowel,
N. r., W. Johnston, OF Ireland, Prof. Mackln,
OF scotland, and others. The triennial council
OF Orangemen Of the world met in Odd Fellows
Han yesterday, Hon. Mackenzie Bowel in the
G. air.: There were present representatives
from Eng ana, Scotland, Ireland and the United
S ateS. Officers were elected
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regatta began to-day. The first race, Junior.
four cared. Lurline led the first half mile.
starting with fifty stroke, but the race was
second In ISL M, Minnesotas third. The latter
broke an oarlock and rowed home leisurely.
The water was very rough. Second race for
working boats, BurlingtOns were again success.
full 10 m. 501f s.; Lurllnes second, In m % s.
The Minnesotas claimed foul, and the race Will
be rowed again tomorrow. The Junior single
shell was won by Underwood, of this city, fn 16
m. 2O24 3. Rhodes, OF Minneapolis, second. In
the senior single shells Jellson, of St. Paul, won
by two lengths, In Is m. IS s. Butler, OF ST.
Paul, second
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Two MEN AND Boy FALL FIFTY FEEr.-At
Petersburg, Va, yesterday, while TWO painters,
painting In front Of the Academy OF Music, the
Scanold on which they were standing gave way
precfpftating them 1fty feet to the ground
below. Charles had his back broken and skull
fractured, and died In q short time. Nugent
was painfully cut about the head and received
serious internal injuries. Robert Charles, q son
OF the painter who was killed, was also on the
painfully Injured
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THE REV. VOsBURGH's DrvoRcE.-The fact
that the Re3. Geo. B. Vosburgh OF Jersey CITY.
who was tried and acquitted year ago of an
attempt TO poison his wife, has obtained a di-
vorce In the courts OF Dakota territory has
aheady been reported by telegraph. A letter
TO the New York Herald states that the divorce
was granted on the ground OF the tnfiictfon of
''grievOus mental sufferingn upon the nIaintify
Dy the general conduct Of his wife, who pre-
Iended TO take poison whenever his actions
oispleased her, and especially by the criminal
chaIge she made against him. In his evidence
In the divorce suit the Rev. Vosburg CHARGED
Dr. Doremus. who was called as an expert in
the poison trial, with having himself put In the
poison which he analyZed. In granting the
divorce the court was exceedingly gracious as
10 financial terms, merely requiring him to pay
500 IN lnstalments OF $50 per year. AS the Her
dtd observes, the trial and its result will revive
the memory OF the jersey scandal but not help
Mr.. NOsburgh In public eatimatton
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= Lightning struck a sexton at Tecumseh,
Mlch., and knocked him into q grave that he
had dug.
AZ Mr.. and Mrs. Fallon, keepers OF bar
room at Liberty Ind. died OF deltrium tremens
Within an hour OF each other.
uAt recent French ball the women were
given books OF checks on which was printed
TGood for the -th dance" These were filled
out, signed, and given to Intended partners,
who presented them at the proper time for re-
demption.
~The base ball players are toiling right
through the hot weather as eagerly and patient
ly as II people were not wondering why the
poor idiots don't know enough to keep out OF
the SUM- Times Journal.
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THE JEFFERSON DAVIS BE-
QUEST.

The Will to be Contested to the End.
NEW YORK, July PA letter from Jefferson
Davis received in this city yesterday by the
brother OF Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey, who be-
queathed all her property to him, eulogiZeS very
highly the character of the deceased. He does
not speak with surprise OF the bequest. 1t is,
nevertheless stated very positively, that the
will is to be contested to the end, and that there
will be no compromise. Able lawyers In this
city and In New Orleans have already been
engaged. The grounds upon which they will
combat the viii will be undue influence or
mental inability to execute such an instrument
Mr.. Ellis, after service In the southern army
went to Panama, where he was employed In the
railroad Office. He Is now the grand representa-
tive Of the supreme council of the United States
OF Colombia to the supreme council Of the
northern and southern jurisdiction OF the U S
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WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, July N-The Battle
ford Herald Of June 30th Says The Blackfeet
and Sarces Indians, who it was supposed had
gone home returned to Battleford, being unable
10 cross south OF the Saskatchewan owing to
high water. The condition OF the Indians is
terrible In the extreme. Rations OF tea and
flour are but one remove from starvation ac-
customed as the Indians are to animal food
which has been opened and UPON which num-.
ber have been engaged. The Indians are living
partially on wild turnips and wild rhubarb,
without which their sufferings would be inten-
slIied. There are about !, 900 Indians at Battle
ford. and while everything is pacific now,
serious complications may ensue owing to the
rumors of Sitting Bulls Intentions on the
boundary"
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THE ZULU WAR.

NIHR CetyWayO'S NEW POkttiOM.
LONDON. July Especial dispatches from
South Africa show that Sir Garnet Wolseley
ordered Lord Chelmsford to fall back on Kam-
bawesa, SO as TO unite his forces with Gen
Crealock's column. Sir Garnet Wolseley HIM
self is at Fort Durnford, In the nefghborhood OF
entered Tiundi they found that everything Of
value had been removed to new kraal built by
Ktug Cetywayo when the war broke out, Is
miles north OF Ulundf, and approached only
through long and narrow ravtne. King Getty
wayo has some OF his chief regiments with
him as body guard.
Some Doubts Whether the War fs
Ovefs
TGe correspondents at the seat OF war though
all agreeing that the victory over the Zulus was
decisive, express at the same time doubts as to
whether King Cetywayo viii Immediately come
to terms
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Secret Conference Of Hebrews.

NEW YORK, July A.-Members OF the board OF
delegates or the union OF American Hebrew con-
gregat1Ons OF the United States and the repre-
sentatives Of other Jewish societies held meet
ing yesterday to consider the recent action OF
the president OF the Manhattan Beach railway
In excluding Hebrews from the road and hotel
The conference was secret, but one OF the men,
berS said afterWard that the matter was deemed
unworthy OF formal action by the board, except
In the shape OF digntf1ed protest, which will
that purpose.
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A DETERMINED BoY.-At Oakley, Charleston
county. 8. c., last Friday, notorious negro
thief, named Simon Jones, entered country
store, and, finding that the only occupant was
years old, walked behind the counter to secure
The piuDder. The boy ordered him out, and
when he continued to advance picked no gun
ana warned him back. Jones, however, Instead
OF retiring, snatched the gun barrel, and as he
did so the boy fired, wounding him SO badly that
LIE died four hours afterWard
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A Prisoner Killed hv -. mn.

CHICAGO- INV "A snec;oy dasnat as
Tribune from quincy, ILL.,, says band of deter.
mined men en,e cred the jail where Frank HohI
bles, colored, was confined on charge Of Grim
,iaa inaiiy aSsa9iti! ana nearly killing Mrs Fer
DEAD, and dragged his body riddled with bull
lets through the streets. His victim had iden-
titled Mm. -'-'> 'ASA'-
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NASHVILLE, TENN, July 24.-U. s. Collector
Woodcock has just received Intelligence OF an
attempt by eight men to release from the over
ton jail an illicit dist1ller named Thompson
Moore, the night after his arrest and incarcer-
alton. They attempted TO procure the keys OF
the jail from the jafler, who told them that the
keeper OF the hotel had them. The sherifY and
posse soon after appeared and fired volley into
them, when they decamped.
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Mr.. CoRBIN AND THE HEBREws.-The pronun.
ciamento OF Mr.. Austin Corbln, president OF the
breWs appears to have excited even greater
commotlon In New York than Judge H1ton's
action OF two years ago In excluding the race
from his Grand Union hotel at Saratoga. The
Rabbi Huebsch said he would not advise his
people to stay away from Manhattan Beach In
consequence OF this attempted exclusiveness,
and he intended to go himself and take his
received a Manhattan Beach circular inviting
him to visit the place. Said he: "Mr. CorbiI
may say ne Will sink his $4,000, 600 rather than
that he may sink his millions and Others I may nav
sink their millions before they sink the Jews.
Now IS the time for reconciliation, for all classes
OF humanity to come closer together and har-
than the time for recrimination and 1ntoler-
ance. Those who think otherwise are not the
true friends OF mankind and OF human pro-
gress." Several OF the Coney Island hotel pro-
prietOrS sustained Mr.. COrbin In his course
The RECENT FIGHT WITH THE SIoUx.-A tele-
gram from st. Paul, July %, says:-The depart
ment headquarters has received particulars of
Lieut. Clark k's fight on Beaver creek Two COM
Panies ana 81 scouts were engaged with 400
Indians. Several hostiles were killed. p. M
Hard1man, company G, I'd cavalry and George
E. Stand, OF the same company, were wounded
Three Indian scouts were killed and one wound
ed. Scouts report that Sitting Bull, with 5000
warriors, has moved over from Frenchman' 8
creek to this side OF the line.
BROWN UNIVERSITY CLASS OF lSl6.-The Prov
idence Journal giving the neurology OF Brown
University for the academic year Just closed
says: ''Dr. S. A. Arnold, OF the class of 1916,
who has died during the year, was the last Of
nve members OF that class, who were all well
known as residents OF this city, all loyal sons
OF the college, and two of them ranking among
its greatest benefactors John Carter Brown,
Robert ii. Ives, DR.. Joseph Mauran and Rev.
Thomas Vernon. These four with Dr. Arnold,
WeIe i've out OF twelve members or this ella S
who were living at the time OF the commence
ment in 1sl2; now only five remain-Rev. Avery
Briggs OF Chicago, Mr.. Ellab K1ngman of Wash
1ngtoD, RI. Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith
Samuel Stevens Warren, and Simeon Wright
SEVERE THUNDER STORMS passed over ver-
mont, New Hampshire and Maine Tuesday
night, and destroyed several buildings: At
Charlestown, n. H., the farm buildings of Wm
Barker werk struck by lightning and burned;
loss s.. 500. At ContocOOk, N. H., the house Of
Gilman J. Shaw was struck and considerably
damaged, paralyzing Mrs. Shaw. The farm
buildings OF Rufus Williams, at Wells Maine,
were burned; loss $500. At South Berwick,
Me, house occupied by Edward Butler was
badly damaged. Two barns OF David Upham,
at New Sharon, Me-, were destroyed. o. p Had
docks dwelling at North Troy was struck, and
two occupants slightly injured.
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TIE ESTATE OF THE MURDERED MRS HULL.
DR.. Alonzo G. Hull, husband OF Mrs. Jane L.
DeForest Hull, who was murdered recently ap-
piled for letters OF administration in New York
yesterday on the estate OF the deceased, she
having died tntestate. She left no children.
ana her next OF kin are two nephews and
nleceS. The personally Is sworn under Sc 900.
When the sureties qualify today letters tesla.
mentary Will be granted the DOCTOR
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AN HYsTERIA SCARE.-The members of the
Jersey City board OF health have inspected
Lorillard's tobacco factory and pronounce the
ventilation and all else perfect. greater part
OF the girls who were recently taken sick had
answers to the questions OF the physicians con-
vinced the medical men that the girls had suf-
fered mainly from hysterIa and malarial fever,
the latter disease having been contracted at
their homes.
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KILLED BY SIOUX.-Advices from Fort Peck,
Montana. state that Joseph Lambert, a we'll
known interpreter and scout, and his wife and
four children were killed by the Sioux Indians
on the goth inst. Three other persons who were
returning with him from the Yankton camp
were also killed, and one little girl was taken
prisoner
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ABDICATIoN OF PRESIDENT CANAL, OF HAYTI.
the United States, has Information by cable
from Port au- Prince July 20, via Jamaica 22d,
that President BOisrODd Canal had abdicated
and left per the royal steamer for Kingston,
Jamaica, where he had arrived. Public order
has been maintained at Port-au-P Prince and
preparations made for the election of a new
president. The candidates are MontmOrency
BENJAMIN, BOYER BaZeIafS and SalOman
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SINGULAR FLIGHT OF AN OFFICIAL.-George
Albany, N. Y, left that city quietly Monday,
mailed his resignation from Pougheeepse, and
sailed for Europe from New York Tuesday. His
whose credit, however, he left q deposit of
$4,000 In bank. His accounts are reported all
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DECIDING JENNIE SMITHS APPEAL-The mem.
gers OF the court OF errors and appeals OF New
Jersey, met In Trenton yesterday to discuss
SmlLn ana Covert ID. Bennett and to arrive at
the declslon 70 be made In the case. The result
or the conference will not be announced until
saturday. The keeper OF the Hudson county
jail denies the rumor tt at Mrs. Smith mas re-.
Gently been seriously in.-fNY. World. 2ad.
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A GAME OF CRICKET was played In phila.
delphta yesterday between the Staten Island
and Chestnut Hill Clubs. Owing to the desire
OF the New Workers to take the train for Balti-
more, but one inning was played. The contest,
Staten Islanders by score OF 90 to 81. The
visitors had made 40 In their second inning,
with but two out, when the Stumps were drawn.
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THE WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
yesterday renominated Hon. VIM. s. Smith for
governor, and adopted a "Stalwartr platform
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TIE WINNERS at the Saratoga NV, races
yesterday, after our report closed, were as foI.
lows Contissa, three quarters, in Lei n: Charlie
Gorham, mile and a-quarter, In 2.16k.
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KILLED AT THE COAL MINEs.-John Brown
was drowned yesterday by falling down the
slope OF the recently flooded Keystone colliery,
at PottsVllle, Pa Patrick Kelly was killed by
q fall OF coal at ThOmaStOn cQlliery
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Swearing In

The vacancy on the bench of the District of
Columbia has not yet been filed, but ex-Con-
he won't be able to ft into the place. II the ex-
Congressman will keep on In his profane way,
however, he may yet swear himself into some
of1ice-in warm climate, perhaps-[P Phita.
TinPS
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CAPITAL PRIZE
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
British Beat the Canadians at
Wimbledon.
LONDON, July M.-At Wimbledon, the British
defeated the Canadians In the match for the
Kolapore challenge cup.
Arrested.
BOMBAY, July A.-The leader of the poona
dacottes, (armed robbers,) has been arrested.
The Darien Canal Project.
BORDEAUX, July A.-At q crowded meeting
here, to-day, NJ. Lesseps said that American
support had been secured for the Darien canal
project. Nine OF the principal financial estab-
lishments in Paris, he said, had promised their
aid for small commission.
Russia and China.
ST. PETERSBURG, July M.-The Gazette states
that the assertion published in London, that
China Is preparing for war with Russia, Is irre-
conclliable with the fact that there Is Chinese
embassy now In st. Petersburg
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TIE GENERAL CoURT-MARTIAL ORDER OF No
vember Is, 1875, has been amended so as to
make the dismissal of Francis S. Davidson, late
first lieutenant, 9th cavalry, take effect Decem-
ber S, 1916, the date on which the order OF dis
missal was received at the post where the
officer was stationed.
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TIE NEW POST to be established near Ell Pasc,
Texas, pursuant to act of Congress approved
February 4, 1879, will, by direction OF the Secre-
Bliss, Texas.
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At Wholesale In Washington by 6TOTT &
CRONWELL. l8Q Pennayiysnia ava nv u3I-3u,
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THE ORGANIZATION OF the public lands COM
mission was completed yesterday by the elec-
ton, subject to the approval OF the Secretary
Of the Interior, OF Clarence E. Dutton as secre-
tary and disburs1ng agent. Mr.. Dutton is an
army officer, but Is at present under orders Of
the Secretary OF the Interior. The committee
adjourned to meet at Omaha on August 18th
other points, in the discharge of their duties.
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INDIAN AGENTS APPOINTED. - The President
has appointed A. T. S. Kist, Of Warsaw, Ind,
to be agent for the Indians at the Quapaw
agency. Indian Territory, vice Hiram W.
agency, Indian Territory, vice Levi Woodard
suspended,
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