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Files was in such horrible condition
that he could scarcely stand alone. The
first time Chandler hit him he fell against
the ropes and hung there In limp condi.
tion, being unable to either move or de.
lend himself. Swash went Chandlcr's fist
IN his face, and when this had occurred
three times the life seemed to go out Of
Files body aud he sank unconscious to
the floor. "1ime" was loudly called, but
the man under the ropes lay like Il corpse,
the red blood flowing from his nose and
mouth In stcams. "Chandler wins the
fight, shouted Referee Dunn when ten
seconds hud elapsed, and the friends OF
Files picked up and carried away their
man. 1t was MS fast and furious Il five.
round battle as ever was fought, and the
hundred men who paid $40 each to see II
felt that they had received full value for
their money,
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SEANLI \ DISASTER.
Atonnier Hun Down In Boston lihrbor-CrcN
.rD- and Pnss0nEcrs Esehpc. ---


BosToS, August 2S.-rhc steamer Rose
standish, of the Boston anl lIingham
Steamboat Company, plying between Los.
toh'tndtfic Downer landing and bingham,
was sunk in the harbor this evening with.
IN sight OF the whnri IRON whicl, she sailed
Mt 5:ll5r.M. Thelarbor was full of sailing
craft, and Captain InyrahHm says he was
feeling his way among the boats to get
into clear water and was Just rounding the
stern OF large schooner when lie deserted
inc Commercial Company's tug, Wesley
ooVe,, very powerful boat, bearing down
upon nm. There was no time to even
blow II whistle before the propelIcr
was upon him. The standish struck one
loot abalt the forward port gangway OF the
prov OF the tug, forcing its way clear
through the deck and planking into the
engine room, scatterir. lighted Goals
~ every direction, and ignitinr
all the wood work in the vicinity.
and MS the officer OF the boat said, "she
would hayc burned up il she hadn't sunk
so quick" There were one huadlrd and
onp lMsseNsarS on board, and for II mo-
meHt there was great excitement.
III IN instant Captain Ingralan,
saw his veSs'l must sink. lie bcwu
distress signal on the steam whislcd. This
called five tugs and the steamer Viii
liam Harrison from the adjacent wharvcs
to the aasis,uhcc Of the disabled
steamer, and 50 excellent was the ,liscip.
line Of the crew of the Stanlish and abil.
ity OF I he aiding boats that every passen.
gerand sailor was taken from the sinking
steamer without even getting their feet
wet, ..
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A PLEASING FEATURE,
TIE PROCEEDINGS.

III, :. :. ,..,,,,, ,v,.,t - H., r,., -r,,a
~a",,"a,i,~ S,nn,,,,.. a,,,, ,,.,'.n I" ,,'.,,,
Th, c,r,n,,;o, ,r,s c.,,l.,a o.,n.a,,1
o,rlork Nv g w Atkinson Cn,;un,n n
,bo cororos .;ouot cor,,ittno w,,n s,;a u
b,l heon .,lod I, n,mo III, nox+ (,n,.
yr,ssm,n from thc First District ur Al,
liuson nomed rs temnor,rv ch,irm,, Mr.
A. r. Taylor, of Braxton county. Mr..
Taylor thanked the Convention ior the
hohof conferred upon n'm. u. VI; flana'
s'lh, Oh lla'lroek county, r. was maze ZEN,
p9Elry secretary, anu u ,. !io"el,, OF
Vllo county, asS,Sulh, secretary; Key
,lr. heyholoS' Oh inc hc'honlst th'irct',
Soii,h' opened thc exercises WIN prayer.
Inc usual committees were then constl'
titcd us follows; :,
Creden'@is-iiancock, .. ). Marshall
l;rokc,,,J. =. MONTGOMERY ONO, u. .,
Caldwell; Marshall, ). II. Cooper. "ctzcI,
v. VI. Gorhey; TyserH \; Martin; Wod'
drldge, John Il. l'onahoo; llarris9n, !. 5.
Spates; Lewis, a. Greelsteln; BraXton,
\. !. Taylor,
BASIS OF iicpresentatlon-llancock j.
Z: CRAWFORD; brooke, Dr. Y. Shrver,;
Ohio, ": j. W; Cowden, MarShall,
John !: PARSONS; c'zcl, Enoch st. Car;
ry,er, DR.. =. stathers; l'9ddrldgc, John
sullivan; Harrison, j. NJ. Je!sers; Lewis,
a.. u. 'aMacr'or1; Nf"S'oh' Johh u LII
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NEWS BY THE CABLE.
THE FRANCO CHINESE CONFLICT.
Tho Latest Intelligence From tho Ser I OF
"nr-Frnncc Succcessful su Fnr-Tho
Attack On Linn by u Rebel chief.
tain, who IL Kapulscd with Loss. IVY

LONDON, August ga dispatch Just re-
csived from Foo Chow states thut the
french ironclads again resumed the attack
on the forts on The Min river, between its
mouth and the arsenal, ut IN carly hour
inns morning. The forts ut the kinpai
lass offered determined Resistance, but
the superiority Of the French ruuners
soon began TO tell on the works. Gun
after gun wus ,iislodgcd and she'll after
shell entered the forts, until finally
the Chinese became dcmoralizcd ut tho
sight of the destruction going on, nI
fed from the fortrcsscs, leaving Gscry-
thing behind them. Admiral Courbet then
directed his attention to the forts higher
up the river, and madeshort work OF them,
ns the Chinese garrison had become panic
stricken Mt the sight Of the French and
hastily abandoned the deicnscs, leaving
the French masters OF the whole line OF
tortIftcations on the Min river up 70 the
arsenal.
;, A Times dispatch dated ut Foo Chow ut
2nr',M Monday says the Kin pai forts were
all destroyed.
a later dispatch from the Foo Chow
corresponding, to the Times says: 81 have
lust arrived from kinwr. All the DC
lenses along the Min river are gone. The
Chinese troops bolted. French fleet calit
holnbard. hnt occupation Of the mainland
is impossible" ,''Y'' :.
=. \ Shanghai dispatch says: Chang ST
Inng, Il Tartar General in the province Of
kians sn, has been appointed High Com
missioner for the North and South Ii
Hung. Chang retains the Govcrnslip Of
Pee Chi Ii only. Tso Tsung Tang takes
command OF the troops in the South
Minister Ferry has no intention ut pres
ent OF summoning Parliament. lie saws
TINT owing TO Chinas trcarhcry it lsas
been impossible to treat her like civilix-
ed nation. .ga.l'l F."
The British man.oi-war Canada has been
ordered TO be ready 10 sail for China on
September .. The Drcadnausht is COM
mlssloned for the Mediterranean. Several
other ironela,!s can proceed on short mo-
ticr to Egypt or China.
Admiral Courbet has been ordered to
Occupy liainan after takin" kcclung.
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4 MISERABLE FAILURE.
rha,,as and .Iay. .Eyc.sec Fall to Improve tho

Record.
New fonK, August 2s.-Thc long ex-
pected trial OF Jay -Eyc-Sce and Phallus to
beat the record OF 2:o9f and 2:!3a rcspcc
lively took place to-day on Prospect Park
track, Brooklyn. The weather was delight
full The track had been diligently worked
upon, and was iast, still Bithers thought il
was not quite as good as Monday, the last
day prior to the one originally set for the
trial. w
At 3 o'clock Phalas came out for Il
warming up mile. After two or three
logs around the track Bithcrs gave
him the warming up mile which
he went in 2:25t going the quarter i'll 80 j,
the half in l:7lI, accompanied by the
thoroughbred Dave Gideon. Bithcrs nod
.lcd for the wordand phillias went uilin the
stretch Bithe,S did not force him and ai-
ter lie finished the judges hung out 2:1S2
in the first trial heat. The first quarter
was made in 30 seconds, the half i'll :0I3
and the thjr! quarter in l:4l.
y-Evc-Scc was now brought out. lie
went his warmins'up in.2::2 J, max
ing his quarter in 31!, the half in l :l3l
and the thrce.uuarteN In 1:i73. lie was
taken back to the stable. PhallaS and
Dave Gideon were brought out for Il scc-
ond attempt. lie went to the quarter
mole in .sS9, but broke three times before
The end OF the heat. which was made in
.:20l.
Juy.Eyc.Sce was now brought ont for
the iirs, attempt at beating the record.
Dave Gideon was taken out to accompany
her, Alter three attempts Bithcrs nodded
and got the word, the gelding going to
;hc quarter polc in 81. But at the upper
tu,l;, however, the breeze webt wrong
with him and lie seemed to labor. The
time OF The heat wss 2:l2l. The quarter
wns made III S3,,, the hall i'll | :04! and the
,hrec.quartcrs III |: :31!.
: phallas was then brought out for the
third attempt. tic went TO the quarter in
343, but improved in tho next quarter,
then he ielf off,. and although be was
urged for all he was WORTH, the horse tired
in tho stretch and broke. Time, 2:l74. X
Jav.Eyc.Scc's second attempt was worse
than the first. The time for the mile was
.:i4l; quarter, 3si; half, l:S3; three
quarters, | :l0l. ~ '..
Dithcrs was much disappointed After
weighing he said to IN Associated Pres.
correspondents: "T'his is terrible. I die
not think il would turn out rs bad rs this
hut the track, was without elasticity. J.
was absolutely dead and it cuppcd badly
Phallas particularly suffered from the lat
ter defect. Besides, the wind was deat
against us" !.
sSNtr. Busby when asked about Bonner
,sbuyins Jay -Eye-Sce said: "Thnt Is, o
Acoursc, all over the present now. Mau'
s., however, will be kept in trimming. ai'
even il Jay-Eye-Sce falls to beat her re
cord she will in two or three weeks henc
bcSent TO beat herow record" Jay-Eye
4 See and Phallas leave New York, for Min
neapohs tomorrow. s}5 "
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RANDALL'S COMMITTEE
Responsible for the SuE"ring> Of the Indians
on the Reservations.

WASHINGTON, D. G., August est is
no fault Of the Democrats OF the House,
especially Mr.. Randall's Committee on
Appropriations. ,hat some Of the savage
Indian tribes in the Northwest are not
only giving the Government but the ci,i.
zens great deal OF trouble at the present
time. The Government has succeeded in
avoiding costly and bloody wars by III
luclng the Indians to go upon the rcscrya.
tons, and promising to feed them. This
promise has been sacredly kept by the
Secretary OF the Interior and tho Indian
Oilieer 50 iar rs they eould keep il. Las,
year neutrality-suspicious. were made by
Republican Congress to feed the Indians
during the fiscal year ending on the "0th of
June, by which time new supplies should
have been on hand The Democratic
leaders were, however, so engrOssed in try
ipg TO manipulate the tariff bill that the
appropriation bills were neglected until
the fiscal year had practically ended, The
Indian Office catered upon new fiscal
year without appropriations for supplies,
and sucl, ms were on hand at the several
agencies were doled ont in small quant.
ties to keep the Indians from starving.
The procr,stination Of Mr.. Randall's COM
mittee delayed the purchase OF annual
supplies ut least six weeks this year, fore
ing many agents to almost entirely SITS
lend the issue OF food to the Indians under
their charge. This is the, score, OF the
reports constantly coming here from the
West regarding the starving Indians. 1t
is Il matter OF surprise here that some OF
the most savage tribes have not taken the
mat,erin their own handSand gone on the
war path, aud the, iact that they have not
only shows the eilicicncyoi the Indian
service rs managed under the direction OF
Secretary Teller. lad the Indians for
sakcn their reservation when pressed io,
food and begun committing Icpre'lutlons
the responsibility would hare rested witt,
the Democrats oi the House for delaying.
the Indian appropriation bill till alter the
new fiscal year had begun. As soon as
the money was available tic Interior De-
rrlmcnt was prompt 10 act, and used the
telegraph freely to authorize the purchase
OF supplies in open market for such In
dians ,ls were on short rations.
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MlSSEAroLls, August oS.-Thc Journals
Winncpes special says: A terrible cyclone
passed over this city lust night, doing
great damage, blowing down many build
inss and stripping roofs front massive
blocks. The provincial towns also suffered
severely. The damage tocrops was heavy.
At Portage and Prairie the Canadian Pa
ciiic sheds were razeA to the ground.
Telegraph lines were pros,ratcd in every
direction. -.ai
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ST. loris, August .S.-Thc Trades
Display Association are maxim. great pro-
paratlons for the pascnn, which will ap-
pear on the streets next Wednesday rs
one OF the features Of the opening Of the
Exposition. There are naw ,hirty.iour
beautiful llonts,. many complete, aud the re-
'i'aihuor swiftly coming to perfection
under the brush and hammer OF an army
Of carpenters and artists who lave bcrn
engaged for the work. The floats arc
constructed on larger and better scale
than last year, and the details are wrought
out in II iar more artistic and elaborate
manner. Each tablcau is scharningIv con.
ceivcd and splcndidly executed Will, II
view to being Us effective rs possible in
the Hood OF light That will be thrown
H.,
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NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that the
Richmond Dispatch has no fear that West
Virginia will 50 Republican it is still
'harping on my daughter" Worse than
that 1t quotes Col. Fred AIussey to show
that Ohio is in Il fearful state OF anxiety.
The Dispatch would better attend to home
affairs than pay 50 much attention to
States that that paper. already considers
safe to the. Democracyt?) The Di1pa'"l,
like the ), Eastern Dcmocr:.tsic paper
hows its anxiety by too much talk.
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CACEIsERES CAUSE.
iic ATTACKS Lima, hut IL Put to Flight by
Regular TrOOps, -. ,.,

Regular Troops. rs '.'-
CHiElLLoS, lEnu, August 2S, VIA GAL
vEsroS.-ln Lima yesterday there was Il
storm OF bullets for over six hours. Il Ca
cercrs' entered the city with his rabblc
yelling and firing. The night before all
the Government troops were Withdrawn
into the citadel and palace. The
entry OF Cacrercrs, although rot un-
expected, was somewhat Of It surprise. His
men captured the citadc! and churches OF
Merccde and San Augustine, from which,
they kept upa fusiladc. They also attack
ed the Gua,laloupe railroad station. About
$50 persons were killed in Mcrcaderes and
Ho'legoncs streets, ncaf the palace square,
where the tire WAS hottest. Finally the
Government troops made sortie and
drove out the mob. -
Caccrcrcs WAS accompanied by about
ninety lorscmen. They appeared 10 have
been travelling all night and were not in
condition 10 fight with troops well icd nntl
fresh from their beds Three Hundred
prisoners were taken. Caccreres escaped.
\ German proprietor OF Il cigar store was
killed while looking on from the balcony.
All telegraph wires were cut for
miles out Of the city, and no
trains were run. Nothin. occurred ut
Chaullos. Heavy guns were heard for
some hours, but no news rs to the locality
OF the firing have been rcceivc,lup to g:30
\. NJ. All is diiie, this morning in Linn,
the dead men bcingrcmovcl and the.pools
OF blood cleaned mp. The fight III the San
Augustine Church was proceeded with
closed doors. C:,ccrcrcS is said to have
1900 disciplined troops, who were to have
attacked Cal!ao. these may return, Last
night there were no guards IN the streets;
all were in the palace.
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\ BOLD DEED.
Passenger Chlnrofnrmod and Robbed In !,
.s'r Hallway DcDot, E.


PEORIA, Ill.,, August 2S.-J. T. Pence,
passing through this city on his way 10
Whitley, Ind, sat down in the depot to
read n paper while waiting for his train
He had not been there very long when he
noticed man enter who walked aroun,
the room looking Mt the posters, and
gradually drawing nearer to himself.
Finally, as he Approached within 4
couple Of feet oi him, he drew
from his pocket handkerchief sa.ur-
ated with some kind OF drug, and threw
the same over his face. He was unable 10
cry out, and for few moments was un-
conscious. When he came to he found
the fellow had relieved him Of his purse.
which contained about so in currency and
some coin. lie reported the matter at
once to the police, describing the mnn nj
being Of medium size, with li.ltt airatid
mnstachc, wearing n black coat and vest,
light trousers and a dark stiirhat.
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Fatal EtlniiIcR.

MlSSEAroLls, August 2S.-A fire, oc-
Cured in the old frame tenement, on the
East Side, by which james Curran, one Of
the occupants, was probably fatally Bum
cd. Two families occupied the upper
apartments. All the children and Two
men escaped from the windows with, but
slight injuries. Curran rushed back think
ing a child was still missing, and was
burned Us stated
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CANADA LOTTERY SWISDl.E.
p'nini"n Government Without Power Ia
...r, Suppress II.

Dominion Government without Power to
....7,. Suppress It.
OTTAWA, OSr., August .aS,-lor some
time past the, Dominion Government has
been in communication witt, Postmaster
General Gresham with Il view to deyisin.
some means by which the lottery swindlc
which for several years has been carried
on at st. Stephen, n. H., could be Stopped,
as their field of operations is almost en-.
tiiely limited 10 the United States, where
millions Of ciMnlarS have been sen, within
the past year. As the Canadian act onlv
provides that illegal lotteries ran he sup
pressed tits difficult TO taieaction, as there
appears 10 DC no evidence vet TO prove
that the st. Stephen affair is illegal, though
illo PQstanstcrtiencrl here has vet 10
learn Of their eyer hayin. given prizes.
When it was proposed to bring in Il bill
making all lotteries illegal, representatives
from Quebec opposed ii, as the Catholic
thurctl Of that province derives large
revenue from Church lotteries. Consc-
lucntly, the bill did not la,ts. The DO
in'h'hh Government do not appear to have
power to open either letters sent out or
received by the.conccrn, which is Il .iuln-
swind!c. 'ftigocs by the name OF '.|Thc
Royal New brunswick Distribution oi
Cash Gifts, and occasionally replies are
addressed 9to 81. Goldsmith & CO.." In
the nealtilne, the Government is deriving
revenue Of $iW,U0O from the concern on
account Of the sale OF postage s:um,,s.
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Nh. W.P. HUBBARD boro himself hand
s,mely. In q manly speech he asked to
have the nomination made unanimous,
and urged every Republican in the district
to the front for GoH and victory. Mr..
Hubbard showed himself in strong light
to great advantage and made host OF
friends. They will see him later.
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PRIVATE DAiZELL hitS been nr..tI lrul. lie Is for
Blaine. Sow let the Republican funeral pro-
ccSs!0n move 0n.--Rchh'DHi DMpdich.
1t is difficult to imagine how Mr.. Dal-
zcll could he for any one else. Mr.. Blaine
was Il friend OF Garfield, and Mr.. Dazcii
and Mr. Garfield were friends. The Re
publican procession will move on--and it
will not stop short OF victory.
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Emperor William Thrown from n IInrs,

'T'F'7'"' EF6H'7 1FtTUWH RTUI1t II IETJNtN, ~
BERLIN, August 2S.-1lie' Emperor wls
thrown from his horse today, willie riding
in the park of the Imperial Palace at Bal
belbury. lis muscles were slightly
strained aud he will be prevented from
taking activccXcrcise for Il few days. The
Emperor will attend the n,antnuyres o;
the troops in Il carriage instead Of On
horseback, MS has been his custom.
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At Boston-Detroit, 0; Boston, 3. l-t
AtNewYork-C Clevcl'd,o; New York, TO-.
AT tRichmond-Nirginia, 0; AllcghGny,5 5
AZ Atlndianp'Fs-Louisville,7 !; Indian'ls,4 A
At Balto-Met'p'rn, 8; Balto., 3. 4
At New fork-Athletic, 5; Brooklyn, 4.
At Phila-Buf!alo, Z; phila, 0,
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FARMER FRANCIS, rKOrnI.ES
He Sues Ills Father for stealth: His Wife
Atfcctious-i Our.r Casa


JAMAICA, III, August 2S.--In MAY last
Samuel Francis, 4 small farmer, OF Sprn;:
field, commenced suit against Ills father,
Wm. J. Francis, ior alternating his wiie's
affections, claiming $4,000 damages.
Samneps wife had confessed that IN in::.
macy had existed between herself and her
iathcrin-l law. \ few weeks after the
iather had Samuel and his vile examined
as to tl:.ir sanity under IN order OF the
court. The doctors who made the cxami-
nation declared both insane, and on their
certificates they were committed to the
Queens county asylum at Nlincola on June
2ad.' Samuel employed counsel and com.
mcnced proceedings to have rc.eyamina-
ton, and the matter was heard BY County
Judge Armstrong yesterday, who reserved
his decision. In the meantime, however,
DR.. Bosart, the medical attendau, Mt the
asylum, made M examination Of boil,
man and wife, and found they were sane,
Yesterday they were discharged from the
asylum, and the son has commenced n
new suit against Ills father, asking So. .OOO
for detaining himself and wife in the asy.
lum under falsepretenccs. .is.E
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II there ever was a convention that
knew what it wanted and intended to
have it, the New Martnsvillc. Convention
of the notablcs was that kind of an affair.
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They wercbohnll to have Golr or blood,
and they got him BY 4 large majority.
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We havcn'thcard anything OF windy"
Wilson for some time, II cannot be that
he is sleeping. .A
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Nopopy will ask where General -Gotl
: stands ongthtN tariff question. On TINT
supreme isstio. he is the solitlcst Of Solid
MulaoOns.
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CHAfRMAs SrArEs filled the bill. 4
good-humored Chairman with level head
is "likc apples OF gold in pictures OF silver"
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SHALL We make it u round 1000 this
year? The First District grows.
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ICDGE BnASSoS, didn't you have fair
notice that we were about. to. shoot?
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BAnnrG will barbecue Gibson. Stick u
knife in that. 49,,
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FORWARD Hmt District Republicans.
No struggling. ."u
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Now Col, BrS will appreciate his good
luck. .tM" 'l