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BEWARE OF VlDDERS."
Attention to Mr.. Tony WellerS Caution Will
Ruin This Business.

MEADvILLE, Aug. Am advertisement
has appeared in many Western papers at
different periods for year or more read
ing this way:
wanted-A widow of thirt y-five desires to cor
respond with West ern gentleman with a view
70 matr1mony. Ad dress Mrs. Sarah A. Hitch
cock.
The advertisement was a scheme of Sey-
mour Hitchcock and his wife. who were ar
rested in this city last evening. and are now
In Jail for using the mail for purposes of
fraud. Their plan was to get as many cor
respondents as possible. send their dupes
the portrait of a handsome woman, get an
engagement of marriage or other under
standing, which often brought valuable
presents, and. as a last stroke. a remittance
of money to enable the bride-elect to go
West TO meet the sender. In cases of cash
remittances the victim received a receipt
signed Sarah A. Hitchcock, per Seymour
Hitchcock" as his eye-opener.
The husband and wife have operated in
and Meadyille. Pa, and now have letters
lying in all of the latter three Offices, in
Meadville and Ashtabula fourteen each
Between March and July they received
through the Oneonta postoffice money or
ders To the amount of 500, besides nineteen
are not known. They came to Meadville
IN May, and both joined the State-street
Methodist Church, Hitchcock rendering
valuable services in the choir.
lie sent boy for his mail tins evening
and the lad was turned over to the police,
10 whom he gave the necessary lnforma-
ton, and an hour later Postoffice Inspector
Nash had the couple in Jail. Hitcock adj
!e hi!e MS guilt and says he has no defense,
adding that his wife often demonstrated
with hin, and said he would get into
trouble. Inspector Nash figured their earn
ihgs by the scheme at 1925 a month.
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Narrow Escape of the Boston.

NEWPORT. r. l.. Aug. 4.-The navy has
Just escaped losing one of the finest of its
new ships. The Boston was this evening
run on rock in the southern end of Rose
island, in this harbor The Boston had
just completed the last of q series of most
important speed and maneuvering trials in
Narragansett bay and was returning to her
anchorage off Goat island when the accident
occurred. No sooner did the cruiser strike
than Oft she slid. In an instant all the
water-tight compartments were banged
tight shut, but not before the compart-
ments of the double-bottom under the en-
gine-room were completely flooded. The
Boston was at once headed close in shore,
and now, with all her compartments tightly
shut, she appears to keep the water con-
fined. If nothing worse develops by morn
ing, she Will be able 10 reach New York by
steaming slowly. AS soon as she makes the
navy-yard. not moment will be lost in
getting her into the dry-dock. and until
this is done no idea can be formed of the
extent of her injuries. No one doubts that
she has knocked hole in her bottom
somewhere amidship. Had she been going
at little higher rate of speed, she would
have torn hole in her side large enough to
have driven a team through.
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DEED OF A FIEND.
Young Girl ChOked to Death, and Her Little
Sister Terrorized Into Silence.

BECKvILLE. Tex, Aug. 4.-Mamie E. Alli-
son, young girl of fifteen, was found dead
in her bed Tuesday morning by her sister,
nine years of age, who failed to notify the
neighbors of the fact, although friends
were living not thousand feet away. The
young lady's parents were gone from home,
having left Sunday not to return until
Wednesday. Tuesday morning the girl
found her sister dead. Wednesday a
neighbor called to get Allison to do some
work for him, and the younger girl told
him her father was not at home, and would
return that day, but he could not do any
work as her sister was dead, adding: "But
don't tell any one until papa gets home"
The physicians who examined the body
found that the most terrible crime had
been first committed, and that the fiend
had added murder by deliberately choking
his victim with both hands, claspipg her
throat until death ensued. Great clots of
blood were found under the skin, which
was blackened and disfgured terribly from
her throat down over her breast and shoul-
ders. From the testimony it developed
that the younger sister was threatened
with death il she gave the alarm, and was
terror-stricken. Officers are working on q
clew with little chance of success.
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NOT BEGGING FOR WIVES.
Mayor Wheelwright, of Tacoma, Denies the
Authorship of the Boston Letter.

TACOMA, w. T., Aug. 4.-Mayor Wheel
wright, in his own handwriting, and over
his own signature, makes the following
answer in reference to the statement of
Mayor Hart, of Boston, that he had written
him letter setting forth the advantages
OF Tacoma and Washington Territory for
marriageable young women. Mayor Wheel
wright declared that, although the city of
Tacoma and Washington Territory at large
offers special attractions to attractive and
well-to-do worthy young women. yet the
letter purported to have been written by
him to Mayor Hart, of Boston, is an absc-
Lutte, forgery. While there are enough
single men in the Territory to give cordial
welcome to large number of bright, in
tellgent, good young women, yet the in
fiux OF some of the best of the fair sex
iron dMd al hnrogaa quarters of 9th, the country country
ing the difficulty by equalizing the
proportion of the two sexes. and the in
crease of native-b0rn citizens corresponds
to the sturdy character of the population.
ana the healthfuiness and salubrity OF the
climate. de says there is room here for
both sexes, but does not recommend that
the surplus of the female population of
Massachusetts, or any other State migrate
here in body; But, he says. if some of the
choicest spirits" who are able to return in
case of disappointment, will come and look
over the field, he has no apprehension that
they will ever wish to GO back.
By choicest spirits" he wishes it under
stood lhaving lived and married in BOston)
that they should be sterling women, who
are not ambitious to be suffra gists, and who
are willing to look upon matrimony rs an
incident rather than the main object of
their lives. Teachers, housekeepers. house
servants and those who know how to- take
care of themselves, if they do not find any
one to take care of them, will find WASH
ington Territory place where virtue and
energies will yield better results than in
the older communities, as our soil produces
larger crops than any State or Territory In
the Union.
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Neco,iatinv With the Cherokees.

TAHLEQUAH, Ind. T.. Aug. 4.-The Chero-
kee commission, in a communication TO
Chief Mavs. of the Cherokee Nation, has
rendered its formal offer for the purchase of
the Cherokee strip at Sl.25 per acre. The
chief, in acknowledging the offer, informed
the commission that he had adjourned the
session of the executive council until next
Thursday. ut which time he will present
the commissions communication TO it. The
mode of procedure in purchasing the lands
is as follows: The executive council may
accept the offer and then present their ac-
tlon TO the Legislature in extra session for
ratification. or il may refer the matter tn
the Legislature without action and request
1t 10 take direct action, with the recon-
incubation that the offer be accepted or de-
Hartranft. one of the commission, left last
evening for home. he is i'll, and will not
return for at least two weeks.
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BEHRrNG SEA NEGOTIATIONS.

A Tripartite Arrangement Between the
United States, Russia and England.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-There is reason to
believe that the negotiations to be soon set
on foot for settlement of the Behring sea
controversy will be tripartite arrange
ment. instead of simple conference be-
tween England and the United States.
The fact that the sea in question is bound
ed on the west by Russian territory brings
the Muscovite government into the matter.
and will result, in all probability, in an ar
rangemert between the United States,
Russia and England for joint control OF
the sealing grounds. 1t is the
belief in well-informed diplomatic
circles here that the State Depart
ment, anticipating some controversy
over the right TO control Behring sea. has
already communicated with the Russian
authorities through the legation here. and
that by the time Sir Julian Psuncefoto re
turns TO Washington arrangements VIII be
perfected for a meeting of the three most
interested governments in which an agree
ment will be suggested for division OF the
responsibility of protecting the breeding
grounds of the seals. lt Ia we'll under
stood that England is as much interested
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TIE PERSIAN MONARCH.


How the Shah Disports Himself In Paris
Socialist Papers Indignant
LONDON, Aug 4.-The Parisians are in
the same state of excitement about the
Shah as England was, only rather more so.
1t is needless to say they have discovered
eli tirely new tales about him, and that
these are told with a cheerful frankness
and disregard of newspaper readers moral
welfare which cannot be successfully emu
lated in an Anglo-Saxon community. What
seems to have Mortified the wise-eating
Frenchman most is the Shah's immortality
IN gastronomic sense. When he eats
TO suit himself he has all put on
the table at once. He often begins with q
lot of peaches swimming in sauce largely
composed of vinegar and pepper He eats
grapes with his roast, and has an entiro
lamb cut up TO be boiled into soup for him
with lots of onions. peas. etc. The Shah
has proven that be is MT proud. tits quite
touching TO read how he met King Dinah,
another quaint potentatc. who at home
rules the Senegalese. but who on this oc-
casion happened to be kicking his heels in
the ante-room of the Minister of Commerce.
The African King was unusally gorgeously
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attired in sword and the secondhand and
very highly-embroidered raiment of a
Catholic bishop. which he had bought at
auction. The Shah invited the King home,
got MIN to point out his kingdom on the
map. traded photographs with him and
asked him great many questions.
=, 1he Socialist papers are full of indigna-
Ion at the French authorities for bowling
down to despot, who at home has no re-
spect at all for the workingman or any
otner KIND of man, and even some of the
more conservative papers have cried out
against the excess of civility lavished on
MS Perslan Majesty by Carnot and his Cab
met. Carnot is just the sort of man to en-
tertain the Shah, and he had the start in
winning that monarch's favor, having
been named Sadi, after the Persian poet.
There is real diplomatic object back of
al this fuss made in the Shah's honor by
Ihe French government, namely. a desire to
please Russia by following suit and doing
as much as possible to make the important
PERSIAN happy. The SHAH during the chan
mel frp. was fearfully i'll. and so was the
small favorite who goes about with him
wearing saber as long as himself.
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New Gas and Oil Field.

PORTLAND. Mich, Aug. 4.-For some time
past the presence of q considerable guam
tlty OF oil has been noticed in Grand river.
has thrown the town into excitement. The
source OF the oil ha, been found near the
head OF the creek. where it oozes forth in
considerable quantities from the rocks.
An expert was summoned early in the
week, and yesterday made his report. He
says the oil Is equal TO the finest Ohio prod
net. and that gas exists in large uuanti-
ties IN the rocks, and that it can be had for
the boring. seam was opened, yesterday
afternoon; in the rock. and the oil gushed
out literally. The work of developing the
find will be pushed vigorously.
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The Shah's Visit . Success.

special to the Indianapolis Journal
LONDON. Aug. 4.-The Shah's visit to
England has been completely successful.
though the total sum expended in his en-
tcrtainment has been less than the cost of
the city ball at the Guild Hall on the occa-
sion OF his visit in 1873. No one has enjoyed
the visit more than the Persian sovereign
himself, whose knowledge of English ways
has certainly improved. But the Shah
speaks no English. and far less French than
reports have given him credit for. He
rarely gets through a sentence in French
with even tolerable accuracy. The condi-
tion OF Buckingham Palace, to-day, gives
no color to reports of damage done during
the Persian occupation. In the Oriental
fashion, the Shah has great deal of lug
gage. In Persia the loan of q palace means
merely the use of empty rooms, in which
the visitor places his pillows. carpets and
the simple furniture of his everyday life.
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

Queen Victoria Made a Colonel Of the First
Berlin Dragon Guards.
LONDON. Aug. 4.-Emperor William has
conferred upon the Queen the command of
the First Dragon Guards of Berlin, and
upon'the Duke of Cambridge the honorary
colonelcy of a regiment of infantry. The
document comforting the appointment
upon the Queen begins: Most illustrIous
grandmother: 1t is special honor for me
to be able to enroll you In an army in which
your sons, and grandsOns, and other rela-
tives have filled honorable positions for
many years." The Queen. in return, has
made the Emperor an honorary admiral Of
the British navy. This rank has been con-
ferred upon no other German prince since
the time of Frederick the Great.
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New YORK, Aug. 4.-For the first time
there was special delivery of letters here
to-day. Postmaster Van Cott holds that so
long as fee of 10 cents for special delivery
is collected. the special service should be
week. The general postofice was open to-
day from until IL A. NJ. during which
hours quito number of letters for special
delivery were received. This Sunday de-
livery will be continued.
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Last Of the Sutro Tunnel Bubble

ecuted yesterday by tho United States
marshal. conveying TO the Union Trust
Company. of New York. all property of the
Sutro tunnel included in the sale of prop
erty Jan. IA. 1889. The sale was made to
mont and others. A suit for foreclosure
was called in the United States Circuit
Court at Carson Oct J.. 1883. resulting in a
decree ordering the sale of the property.
The property was bid in by agents of the
Union Trust Company for 81 ,625.oOO.
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Cable Notes.

Wilkie Collins, the novelist. who has
been i'll for some time, has had relapse.
There is n rumor at Madrid that Emperor
William. on leaving England, will visit the
Queen Regent Christian ut San Sebastian.
Heavy rains fell in certain districts of
Japan last month. At Anagi and neigh
borhOod. on the 10th, 565 houses were either
washed away or knocked down and twenty
people drowned. At Hlta, same date, 200
houses were washed away and nine people
drowned.
Second ballots for members of the French
COuncils-general were taken yesterday in
the cantons where no definite result was
obtained last week. The returns show the
election of twelve Republicans and thirty
Conservatives. M. Laguerre, the Boulang-
ist leader was elected at La Rochelle.
The remains of Carnot Marceau, D'Au-
vernge and Baudin were deposited in the
Pantheon, at Paris yesterday with i'm
pressive ceremonies President Carnot,
the members of the Cabinet, and most Of
the prominent state officials were present.
Premier Tirard delivered an Grafton. Be-
fore leaving the Pantheon the troops form
ing the escort defiled before the catafalque
on which the bodies rested.
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Double killing In the Indian Territory.

vERDIGRIs, /. T., Aug 4-John Glib 8,
formerly of Missouri, and David Erwin,
formerly of Illinois, rented farm near here
a year ago. Yesterday they quarreled over
the division of crops. Erwin found Gibbs
later in the day working in the tield aud
fired a charge from shotgun into his body,
killing him instantly. Charles Gibbs a
son of the murdered man, ran to wagon
near by, where he had q gun concealed.
With it he avenged his fathers murder by
shooting and killing Erwin.
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and attempted to drive the friendly Indians
from the council, but he was soon sup
pressed. and the Indians under tho three
chiefs named followed them In signing.
terday. and the commissioners are elated
over the prospect of success. Cher Gall Is
still hesitating but it is believed he Will
consent within few days. There Is now
safe to predict that the 100000 acres of
land viii be opened for settlement.
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bpeciaI 10 tho InttianapoHs Journai
STANDING Rock, Dak., Aug. 4.-Much to
the surprise of everybody at the agency.
John Grass. Mad Bear. Big Head and their
bands yesterday signed the treaty. and
now six hundred names are all that are
necessary for the opening of the reserva-
tion. There was wild scene when Sitting
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Warlibe Story from winnipeg.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WINNIPEG. Man., Aug. A government
officer named Bunting arrived here to-day
from Esquimault, b. G. He says that FIVE
ships and two torpedo boats, of the British
Pacific squadron, have gone north
to Behring sea, with open orders. Two
more ships were ordered to Victoria. and
are now on the way. Bunting says the cap
tain of the ship who first brought the
news of the seizure of the sealer Black
Diamond, by the United States cutter
Rush. made a statement 10 Admiral
Heneage. after which telegrames were
sent to Ottawa. and cablegrams
to London, the answers TO
which were received the same day. and the
next day the squadron left for the north.
Great excitement prevails in Victoria, and
the people are clamoring for the vernment
to take active measures to prevent any
further interference with British ships In
the open sea. Bunting states that some of
the sealers will fight before they will sub
init to seizure, they being well armed for
such an emergency
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HALIFAX, Aug. A dispatch to the
American consul-general announces the
seizure, at Guysboro, of the American
schooner Vidette. No further particulars
are gwen.
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SURGICAL Instruments & Appliances

Trusses supporters. Deformity Braces. Clutches
AtomiSers Optical Goods Artificial Eyes, and ever
thingin Surgical Instruments and Appliances.
WM. II. ARMSTRONG q CO.'S
surgical Instrument House,
Y2 South Illinois street
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=. WASHINGTON. ID. c., Aug. 4.-Charles H..
layior: an employe of the Washington
Market Company, fell down the elevator
shaft of the market building late last mi ght
and was instantly killed.
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Catholic Convention Postponed.

BALTIMORE. Nd. Aug. THE fifteenth an
nnai convention of the Catholic ioung
Mems National Union. which was set down
Tor August. has been postponed until Sept.
and 4. 1t viii DO held at Providence, X. L.
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Crowds for the Naval Review.

Special to the Indianapolis JOurnaL
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The rush from London,
and. in fact, from all over the kingdom. for
Portsmouth, is something unprecedented,
and railway officials are in despair. To-
morrow morning, when. of course, the
crowds going to witness the naval review
will be greater yet, it will be doubtful if
half the intending sight-seers will be able
to secure transportation. Every available
coach and locomotive in England has been
pressed into the service. but it is doubtful
it all combined will be sufficient to meet
the demand, and thousands of disappointed
ones will be compelled to remain at home.
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William Inspects English Iron-Clads.

Special 70 the IhdianapoIs Journal.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-Emperor William and
the Prince of Wales visited many of the
English war vessels yesterday, and. after
inspecting the monster iron-clads, went on
board the torpedo boat commanded by
Prince George of Wales. The latter, who,
in conformity with the rigid discipline of
the service, had remained on board his ves-
sci all night, was highly complimented by
bis cousin the Emperor on the effectiveness
Of all the appliances on board the unique
little craft
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THE LAST CUT

Owing to an overstock in Lightweight
Suits, we have determined to lose from
s3 to So on each suit rather than carry
them over. We will, therefore, for the
next Two Weeks, sell our 80, S12 and
s15 Suits at the nominal sum of
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Murdered His COMPANION.

LONDON. Aug. 5.-Edwin Rose, an En-
glish tourist, left hotel at Brodick bay,
Scotland, on July II, to ascend the Goalfell.
He was accompanied by man named An
hotel alone and took Roses bag A search
was made. and the corpse of Rose was
found hidden beneath pile of stones. He
had evidently been thrown from a cliff.
No trace of the murderer has been found.
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ARS Hair Vigor gives vitality, gloss
ana FRESHNESS to the hair, and restores its
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CHEAP RATES.


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line.
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Our ONCE with the addition OF the Beeline and /.
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makes the largest and most complete ticketofce in
the city. IT il hard 10 find point in the East. West
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