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LONDON, August 1e.-Ths case Of Shell
don, the Englishman alleged to have been
kidnapped in Kansas and TO have been
held for ransom, was brought.up in the
Commons to-day. Arthur Arnold, Liberal,
tor sa!ford, made it the subject OF inquiry.
The Under Foreign Secretary stated that
the last dispatches from the British Minia.
ter at Washington, August 6:h, brought
the intelligence that all efforts made to that
time to discover Sheldon had proven futile,
The search, however, will be vigorously
prosecuted. Sfl l55f=t-2'G's =
Mr.. Arnold then eaid that brother of
the missing man had received letters from
friends inS Kaneas which asserted that the
authorities were making no eGorts TO find
him. The Secretary replied that this was
contrary to the information the Govern
ment mad. He asked to see the letters aud
Promised to pay every attention to the
uAtI0Is ~ -rf - = ~
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l.;Locusrs,3gs
A Terrible PlaEne Devastating Portions
tE LFtEhi! u s0f Mextcn. -

f..l,HH I rs 'fs-+t fcS.sf,r r. 50 So
A Terrible Plagne Devastating Portions
!';Tgi = o + mextcr. Staj
VERA CRuzi ME1r August 12.-Locusts
have invaded the country all abou. kmat.
Ian, state Of Vera Cruz. Between twenty
and twenty-five fanegaa Of them have been
killed, but tho number seems constantly
increasing. At Comalteco, in the juriadlc.
ton of the eapinal, farmers have experien.
ced very heavy losses to their growing
crops from these pests, and have used all
efforts todestroy them. The municipal
authorities, as last reaource, have i'm.
posed upon eAph resident in the town lin.
its. as task, the presentation OF one srrobs
'poundt) Ct dead locuss. The result
hss been quite satisfactory thus far, about
ninety arroba Of locusts having been
brought n already. From Yucatau
It Is reported that .lovus,. a rave
penetrated as far as Maxcsnn and
Jicu!, continuing their work ot destruc.
ton among corn'aelds, which were the
only hope for warding Of famine and
miaery from that state. II is leared that
crest distFesa will prevail amongthe poopIs
Of Yucatan during he coming season. i 4
cloud OF locusts estimated to be fIiteau
leagues long BY ten leagues wide liphted
upon farms In the neishb ,rhood Of Oalklns
and within two days all the growing prai1
IN that region had been destroyed. ,Al
siaal another cloud OF locusts, coming from
the Ens, arrived on the 80, spreading owe,
ltsultory four leagues long BY ono lssgu'
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+ THE JULIA BAKER CASE.
Little More Light on tho Allcscd
~ = nutiDy Of the Crew. I' .It

d L1ttlo More Light on tho Allcscd
~ :. nutipy Of the Crew. i'4 4 l5
New YoRK. August l2,-Captain George
". Brown, special agent Of the Marine
Hnderwriters, has received intelligence
which throws little more light upon the
mystery surrounding the death Of John
Lewis, the captain Of the schooner Julia
Baker, owned by Wsrner & Merritt, oil
Philadelphia, which called from, New Yo,l
on June l0:h bound for Point q Pitre.
Alter the death Of the captain the course OF
the vessel WAS changed to the Bahama
Island, whence, after part OF her cargo had
been disposed Of, she proceeded to Kew
West, where she was detained until Sa,ur.
day, when she was allowed to proceed
north with new crew, the former mate
and cook being held for examination on q
charge Of murder, in having poisoned ths
captain, and the Others OF the old crew
being detained as wiinssses. >
The crew consisted OF 4 70 men bes;des
the captain. It has now been discovered
that the mates real name is Henry Walker
and not J. W. Rand, as. in the shipmen,e.
but why Walker assumed q name 80 liks
that Of A. W. Rand, late captain Of the
schooner Tropic, also owned by Messrs.
Warren 4 Merritt, is not known. The
Trepic was engaged in siege Of Hayti q
year ago, Captain. Rand being then cap
tured and thrown into jail, where be still
remains. The cooks name, it has also
been found, is Peter Gomez, instead ol Den.
Mis- Ford, aB be called hlneelf. CAPTAIN
case ia that franklin Ryder, shipping mas:
ter in the Custom House, was aware Of the
aliases in the' mites and cooks names, vet
permitted them to sail under assumed
names. Both cook and mate, 60 Ryder
states, came to him in the early part OF
june and offered him double the amount
Of the usual fees If be would secure them a
position on some fast sailing vessel with q
miscellaneous cargo, bound for the West
Indies. They did not state the motive for
their anxiety to get the per.hs. VI l'"s
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4 Tx As DUEL,
Two Young Rnn rhers hetlle a Dispute
with kevolvers. r.g' 4

A~O 2ouuS Anh Cnefh hettle UIgpute
S5 with kevolvcrs. Iii
TERR1LL. TEXAS, August lo'-Bill Dough.
erty and zAck Gray, young ranchers, 10.
siding at Sand Prairie, in the southwestern
part Of this county, were principals in a
desperate duel, fought yesterday evening,
in which both men were wounded, Gray
fatally. The trouble grew out Of feud Of
long etandine, and as the only adjustment
they agreed to adjourn to an isolated place
and usa reyolyeFs I'LL ors or both fell. At
the appointed time both were on hand and
without psIley commenced action, both
usirg a single action Colt Of As calibre,
After the frat FIRE the men changed posi-.
lions and begun at will, Doagherty re.
ceiYed one Of aray's three shota in tho arm,
while Gray, at Dougberty's filth shot, iell
with bullet in the lower part Of bis back,
This ended the battle and the wounded
men were cared for by iriendr, who from q
distance bad watched the, bloody ! en-.
counter IfSy-- tA ~ W. ) u FstS6ilE
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MORMOHs hLAUaHTERED.
4 Naked Band In Tennessee Rids the
}. = GNunlry Of Mormon Eldern .....--

4 Masked Band In Tennessee Rids the
- Country OF Mormon Elders.
NAsHvlLLE, TENN, August la.-An or.
ganizs.ion ea:abliahed by the Mormon
elders in Lswia and Hickman counties,
this State, about three years ago, was
broken up on sundaySby the killing Of all
the elders by hand Of ,naked men. Mr..
Depriest, us. mail.carrier between Ivy
Mills and Centerville, Hickman county,
gives the following account Of the mas.
sacre:; 1.itg35g 5 }} ri AZ tE5:"s5I
Three elders wers holding meeting at
Conder's farm, Cane Creek, Lewis county,
Sunday morning, when twelve masked
men, on horseback, rode up TO the house
and ordered young man named Hutson
and young Conder to surrender. They
showed fsht, when one Of the masked
men knocked Conder down, breaking bis
akull. Hutson fred at one OF the masked
men, who fell dead. and WAS afterwards
found 10 be Dave Hinson, citizen OF
Hickman county, aud lived at Brush
Fork, on { Beaver Dam. The masked
men then shot and killed two Of
the Mormon elders, The third elder
ran toward the woods, from which
firing was soon heard. The elder, not hay.
ing been seen since, is supposed also to
have been killed. It has uince been ascer.
tanned that the masked men, before going
to Conder's house, stopped at the house Of
q man named Garrett, near Qopder's house,
found a Mormon elder there, and lett
two / masked mon there, in charge Of
the. elder. Shooting was heard there
shortly atterward, and the elder has not
been seen aince. When the firing com
menced at Oonder's house, one Of the
elders hid behind Mr.. Conder, and in
shootirs at him MIS- Conder WAS wounded.
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APKINC.'S POLITICS. !.
Wolcs q Free Trnder-He Thinks the
Monarchy VIII Endure.

wales q Free Trnder-Hc Thinks the
Il Monnrchy VIII Endure.
LONDON, August l2.--Au inspired article
mas appeared in L1oyds Ntekly, the chief
organ Of the working classes, on the politics
Of the Prince Of W>les. The writer says
the Prince OF Wales has no belief in The
policy, Of the eflacement Of the empire, and
will not shrink, when necessary, from the,
assertion, or the extension Of the imperial
responsibilities, though opposed to aggres-
sion. He ia, therefore, drawn to the Rsdi-
Gals, who bad broken from the traditions
Of the Manchester Peace Party. The
article further recites that tbe heirappar-
ent to the throne Of England is q free
trader % principal; and regrets the exist.
ence Of q protective policy in other
Countries, on the ground that. !hestile
tariffs beget other. .,,iorms Of in.
ternationaI hostility. He considers
that ! many OF the ideas and plans
now identified with Socialism are thorough.
y practical. Christian and constitutional,
respecting forms Of government. He &C..
eep.s .Pope's diesum, that what Is the
beat Administered is the best constitutional
monarchy and is the most econ nomical form
Of government, because it keeps q check on
individual ambition, extravaganza and Job.
berry. Tho republican idsa in the abstract
ls very fascinating; in practice it is delu.
eve, costly through waste, and unstable, es.
pecially In its foreign policy, which should
be permeated by a f]xed principle common
70 oil pa1ties Of ths State. The Prince be.
ilevea The Eoglish monarchy will endure,
because it is the nucleus OF q real republic,
and having what other Republics need. a
center M Of gravity apart from all, yet allied
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VIZ regret 10 see that some OF the State
papers are speaking disparsgiDgly Of Gov
ernor Jackson'a administration. The Su.
preme Court has declared that the. Gov.
ernor is court. Presumably the Executive
Court may punish for contempt actual and
constructive, and that court is always in
session. This is timely warning to those
rash newspapers that are running their
heads (every newspaper is supposed to
have head) into the lions. mouth, as it
Wefe. a.t -Sa-gG.., b } g.
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PsE BLUFFS, ARK, August l2.-some
citizens Of Dorsey county were little too
Jealous in semi.lynching afAir last week.
In June widow named Barnes was rob-
bed Of $3.50. . Oliord Holloway, a negro,
was seen with good deal Of money for
one ol bis resources. "A party Of men dis
guiaed Themselves, captured Holloway and
hauled him up by a rope 10 e1tort confes.
sion, hut he would admit nothing further
thau that his little brother had found $40.
Yesterday Holloway. went to trial and was
a ~ n{ktnh -Gt 81 - q t.'r5f .
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8CAURCHILL'S5CHIN.;
AI NJ. ATTACKS 1AE GOVERNMENT,
ana Aeeasss nof faalnessity II R,sard 10 the
so'aos R.''si ssAtns-A Sssrp Rttors From
H. Chiidsr'. Chancellor Of ihs rxeA, ,s.r.
= Alleged Hidnapplas Of au Enrll.hmau.

LONDON, August 12-1u tie Commons g
this evening the appropriation bill passed
It's third reading. Lord Randolph Churchill
denounced the enormous growth OF ,he
outlay Of money and attacked The manas Q.
ment Of Hugh Childers, Chancellor Of The
E1chequer. The granite under the c, n.
n'idated fund during 1884 were, he ssid,
eS.ooo 900 oyer the outlay during tbs Is /
year the late Government was in ot,i E.
The present session Of Parliament y d
been scandalous. and Tins . "a
been ;wasted. The Government hid
introduced bills with no intention
Of 8 passing them. Especially s vap
this true In the instance Of the merchant
shipping bill, tho introduction Of which
vas low, miserable election device, en-
anstlnK from an iil.famsd CAUCUS, In re-.
gard to the mitsion Of Earl Northbrook to
Egypt, Lord Randolph Churchill pointed =
out that the G Govesnmsnt was inuus,inp 10
Two members OF the financial house Of
Barring 3 Others, Lord Northbrook and Sir Z
Evelyn Barring, the most unlimited control
pVNklEAsl AHO AAhuClhl lOtGrs (
sst in Egypt. The Government might Al
we'll send two Ro.hschilds. The Govern.
ment steps for the relief OF General Cor.
don are Obviously insincsrc, aud we're
transparent election devices. Ho warned
the Government that they were mistaken
L they expected to rivet the attention OF
parliament at the autumn session on the
franchise question: 50 2sEi=F' =
!, : Mr:, ,Chiiders replied :to. Churchill Mr.. 2
ChildsrsS said Lord Ohu.chill evidently 1.
thought he had inherited Dlsraelps q mautle.
de advised him to adopt Jest criticism and E
aoandon violent epithets and vulgar abuse,
II the House supported the policy OF econ.
omy the Government were only too willing
Q retrench. Earl Nor.hbrook had no con-
nectlon1 1withS Barring Brothers, and these !.
attacks upon him. were, utterly unworthy
Lord Churchill, whose attacks wsYs 90 ri.
golous that the House would pay no atten.
Al&4 W kuou. Isl uf-'F-l eJl 4-sl-f5 ~ wy
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AT The NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS.
EnmoEs Blaine Denies the Story Of his
Fathers LII Health.

AT THE NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS.
Emmors Blaine Denies the story Of His
Fathers LII Health. ..r9
New YoRK, August l2.-There was q
busy air 1.-THE Republican headquarters
today, and it was q busy. day thsye. En-
mons Blaine called at the headquarters in
the morning, having juat come from Maine.
he started in the evening for the west,
where he lives. He was asked-what truth
thsre was in the reports Of his father
broken down condition as printed in to.
days San. He replied with a laugh: sThe
S.n's report reads like a big fable. Father
is in excsllsnt spirits, nerve and expecta.
tion, The talk about his bsing broken
down Ia shesr nonsense, and will be in.
stantly recognized as such by. every one
who sees him. He is to be ut the great
meeting at Lake Maranacook to-day.
II the San will send corps OF twelve re-
porters there will not be even one of them
who will return confirmation OF the
feeble tale.n' :. : ~ ts.S ss,,5
William J. Gleason, OF Cleveland, was
ono OF the callers. For tweniy years he
has been chairman OF the Democratic City
Central Committee, iHa resigned his posi-
tion three weeks ago 10 come out in aup-
port Of MI. Blaine. He was on. his way 10
Boston 10 attend the Land League Con.
vention, and merely called in to pay bis
respects to the eommittee. Concerning
politics he said "sinos the announce.
ment WAC made that should support Nj.
Biaina;1 have received 800 and odd letters
from Irish Americana. Except three or
four thsy were from old Democratic friends.
Not even four OF five were abueive. All
the reat commended the nourse ! took, and
most Of them announced the intention OF
the writers to do the sans, thing. Down
at Manifold the Democratic papers assail-
cd me savsgely, and John 'McNamara, one
Of the meat IL alential Irishmen Of the
place, answered pack by indorsing me and
my position and stepping on the same
plane himeelf." $5 ri.
E"What is the situation, as you see it 7" (
t"Biaine and Logan will be elected by the
vo;ca and vote Of the people. The eitua.
ton is clear. The 1rish.American work
iugmen, the Germans, whoever are Ameri-
Cans in feeling or instinc., will vote for
them. That means they will be elected BY
q large ms joriiy. sStsE 'ss2.f I ~
/ It was seated by calla1a who have re-,
Gently been in Maine thGs Ar. Blaine will
remain in that State throughout the entire
campaign. ! I y n 81 isa' ~ J y : yi
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Wants Damages.

!, ,CISolSNATI, August Colonel John
g. Underwood, formerly manager OF the
Ntus Journal entered 2sult In the United
atates Court this afternoon against James
E Scripps, W. scripps and n. "A. McCrae
for Sc, 900. for an alleged libel printed on
August % in the Erening Post Of Cincinna.
Il. which charges Underwood with acting
dishonectly, toward the stockholders OF the
,Ntus Journal. & Underwood's attorneys are
William ~. Ramsey, JudgeiJ B. Foraker,
lawrence Maxwell and Speaker John G,
CRy|ille, =
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children Burned 70 Death,

.RCIRcIzylLLE, O.. Augus. 12-1niorma.
ton is'received here from s:uth Perry, a
village sixteen miles east, Of the burning
Of a barn and three small children on
Samuel Woods farm. LOWE D. Wood,
aged O., Katie, about the same age, and
Robbie Shaw, about Z, went into tho barn
to smoke, in order to avoid detection, and
by some means set fire. to the hay. The
FIRE occurred in the evening and the cha.red
remsina were taken from the debris three
houra Later. They were buried In on,
grave, |lfi E@E.slsTS +
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ST. PETERSBURG, August 12.-The Rus.
alan naval msneuvers Of the 15:h inst are
Of great importance, and will determine
the future type Of ironclads in the navy.
The high Admiral, the Grand Duke Alexis.
and Minister of the Navy had been super
glslDR the preliminary movements at
Cronstadt. During the exercises a torpedo
boat came into collision with sailing yes.
sel and wss disabled. Il Two other torpedo
boats were also in collision. One sunk
and the other was damaged. No lives
were los. by the accident. Z, Z !,iIy J.
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The Second B;anch OF Council, in paas.
ing the losn ordinance, was particular. to
strike cut the provision for tho Board ,,oi
Pablic Works. Members knew thai the
people would not approve the creation Of a
iurshe. debt to enabls tho Board to 90 on
with its remarkable plan Of Improvement
$ with ita own patent brick pavement. The
people know about the patent ;$they know
taat no bids for brick were invited, aud
taey know that it is good thing for the
owner or owners OF patent pavement 10
have it tested a. the public expense and
risk-a good enough thing without any
other profit. 5. s' : 't',',t. .=..5t - y
This pavement has bred an uncomfort.
able feeling in the public mind, and this
feeling is reflected in Council. II that
body had been as wise when it was asked
to authorize the Board Of Public Works to
u % ahead and run tho city in deb. as it il
nov, it would have refused TO eanction 9
cou1s.' 50 impoli.ic and unlawful. But
Coupcil was csptivsted by awell-concelv'
ed lSS.rolliug scheme, and the
Board Of ,oublicf Works had its way
In addition tn s,'his the Board worked IL
contracts not exec exceeS.n eseSSIsns $1,000 which i
may enter into ,wi.heut 1oe consent .
Council, and very little ingenu...S soiu'e' g
to make such contracts cover mulituces 9
things. This isla power which the Boa1d
ought never to have had, and which ought
to be taken from 1t now. 4. y =
With the Board Of Public Works uudel
proper control, so that 1t cannot hereafter
spend money without any; regard to whert
tits to come isom, the people will be NOR,
disposed to lot the new loan 60 through, )
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y 7prohibi,ioni.la in Indian; !; q

INDIANAPOLIS, IsD., Angus. le.- The I
meeting OF the Executive Committee Of
the Prohibition State Central Corumitte (
was held here to-day, and 1t was decidei
to put an electoral ticket in the fsld. The
ticket has not yet been named and mann
be,s Of the party will not be pledged to its !
support. The naming OF an electoral
ticket Is simply to please such prohibition
lists as 80 desire to vote for ST John -
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The arcyt con,uoner.

4 LEWISTON, Me-, August ia card from
6olon CHASE regarding his political prefer.
ences Is published by him to-day. In
closing it be says, II SHOULD be untrue to
myaelf should I, by nv silence, allow my
position on questions of vital Importance
to all Of our varied industries to be misun-
derstood. shall vote for James 9. Blaine.
He will be the first President Of the United
States, and taken from civil lie, who was
not bred q lawyer. .Ibalieve him TO be the
great American Commoner. and the friend
Of the great army Of wealth producsra, and
one in whose policy they can safely oou
tide."' lzB -5 X 3 Etsff tG95 10, tS4fi.
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NorwlrusrASD1Sa the city has already
sl52 600 Of orders aoat,the Second Branch
last night authorized So. 900 more to be
issued, and the Board Of Public Works
came up smiling with polite request for
more than half Of it. This looks like 4'the
ruling passion strong in DEATH" if''t55.7'
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AswE understand his position, the Hon.
Z. Fto,hy Wilson proposes to develop West
Virginia with anti-monopoly saddle.bsg
lines and pony express routes. This
scheme has the advantage Of requiring
very little capital and disturbing nobody g
repose. It is the iron horse that wakes
things up. ~, t'5fgFE El'@
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THERE is no State in the Union which
has greater interest in protective tariff
than West Virginia. Without protection
the industries we have would die, and no
new ones would be born. There is one
party that advocates protective tariff, and
another tha. advocates the other thing, It
ought not TO be difficult TO choose between
thau, 80 ~. ~ W ". .rIH ~ /! y ~
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Purther Suspension OF Gln.A rnctorIes.
PITTSBURGH, Angus! PA iurther sus-
pension Of work in the window glass iacto-
ries alter September lat is probable. 4 The
ufual two months summer vacation will
expire then. but as prices are very low and
the demand limited the manufacturers are
considering the advisability Of proloneipg
the shutdown until the middle OF next
month or the first Of October, when thew
hope for arevival OF trade. The table ware
factories will resume next Monday, and the
bottle houses September I. ~ ~ IA = y