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The RuGGLES LYNCHEU.
Too Much Sentiment snd tho Lins o4 ID
fensa Led tn It.

Too Much Sentiment And the Lino u De-
fensa Led tn 1t. $
REDDYNa, Cal, July M.--John y. ana
Charles RuRgles the brothers Who robbed
the Rsddiug stage near here several wesks
ago and killed Express Messenger Mont
gomsry and wounded tbs driver and paa-
ssngsr. were taken from jail BY about forty
armed and masked men 1:3O O'Clock this
morning and hanged. The recent senti-.
mental attitude Of . number Of women
towards the prisoners. ~ we'll % ths line Or
defense adopted by their council! Who hAs
been evidently andeavoFing TO implicAt0
Messenger Montgomery a. 4 party to the
crime, had been denounced by number oS
persons in ths county. and II IL believed the
iyncbing was due 30 these esuses. About
one O'clock this morning a body Of fofty
men who had evidently had a rendezvous
some distance from town. marched through
the quiet streets to the court house. The
sheriff and his deputy were asleep at home,
but the men aroused the isilsr and com-
PEELED him to accompany them TO the shsr-
IFS oftice and forced him TO divuige the
fact that the keys OF tbs iail were IL she
sheriff's safe. The nsn then spsns nearly
An hour in opening The safe. Finally they
secured the keys and went to that part 0f
cells OF the two msn ssrs opened and the
elder one, John KugRles, asked the crowd
to be lenient to his brother. saying he was
innocent. The brothers were handcuhed
and their hands tied behind their back, and
then were led from the jail. The party
walked several blocks aud stopped
near the railroad sompany's wood
shed. The ends OF the ropes whirh
had been placed around the necks OF lho
two men were thrown across beam, Au1
the men we're told they fould make state
ment. The brothers had little to say,
IT. = A. a.
one was innocent. in another moment, on
a signal from the leaders. they wsre sus-
pended about four teet from tho ground.
After securing the ropes the o. owd dis
persed and ths bodies were left there until
cut down by the coroner about 8 O'Clock,
from the car windows dangling in The
morning sun.
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THE IMMIGR ALTON PROBLEM.
Report Of ths Congressional Com mittes or
The subject.

Report Of the Congressional Com m ittes on
Tho Subject.
WARRINGTON. July "a. Tho report of the
congressional committee which inyesti-
gated ths immigration question contains
some interesting figures and facts. The
number Of immigrants arrived in the United
States from April l, 1891. to January /,
1892, WAS 47G,Gb6. Returned ~ panpers or
tract laborers returned, 713. Immigrants
landed, 44942. OF these, 2.4Ol persona
were admitted under bond. The percent
ago OF rejected immigrants coming under
the provisions Of tbs law in regard to paup-
ers, persons liable TO become a public
tract laborers. ETC., is only three ont of
1000, or one third of per cent The TO-
port finds fault with tho com IN Missioner of
imm ipration at New York for adnittin Y
immigrants under bond. which ia constr nc d
~ \ violation of the spirit and letter OF the
law. " emphasizes the policy Of a welcome
TO desirable immigrants and a check to the
Objectionable i'm migration. The commit
tss repeats the recommendation made II
Senator Chandler's preliminary report,
providing for an inspection OF immigrants
by four persons, instead OF by one, as is
now the case. and that there shall be- rigid
inquiries made at the ports of departure.
which are to he entered on tho ships books
and sworn to by the ships surgeon and the
ships captain.
The committee had BEEN convinced, from
the statements of the Representatives OF the
leading OCEAN steamship companies. that,
80 far from objscting to this proposition,
they would heartily cooperate by inst uct-
inR their agents at the points Of departure
to rigidly question every intending pur-
chaser Of An immigrant ticket before selling
It rather than risk the loss of carrying
back at their own expense sicket holders
who are rejected on this side. There would
thus be three inspections--one BY the
| ticket agent for the company, one by the
ships surgeon and captain, and one BY the
immigration officials on landing. The
! committee believes that the steamship
companies should be held legally response
BILE for the immigrants they carry. Many
Immigrants are attracted solely by the rep
| resentations OF the compauy's agents. II
the law holds the company responsible and
the latter will look to their agents, the
majority Of the poor and undesirable i'm mi
grants would be no longer tempted by the
soents, In fact, the committee suggests
that these agents would make excellent
inspectors.
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I. P. Connor Gives q Forecast Of
What the Administration
Will Be Like
The Homo Rule Question, He
Says, Must Not Be
Put OF
II There IL Any Delay the Irish Party
a Will De Found against the
Government"

LONDON, July N.-T. P. O'Conuor, writ
ing In bis paper. the Sunday Sun, gives tho
following forecast of the new administra-
sion: Premier and first lord OF the treas
ury, VIM. +. Gladstone; chancellor of the
txchequer. Sir VIM. Vernon Harcourt;
president of the council, Earl Spencer; chief
secretary for ireland. John Morley; sscre-
tary Of foreign affairs, earl of Rossbsrry;
secretary of war, Right Hon. Hy Campbell
Bannsrman; secretary for India, Earl KIM
berly; lord lieutenant of Ireland. earl Of
Aberdeen. O'Counor says: 1.-THE Office Of
lord chancellor wss offered Lord Hsrschsll,
but it il reported that Colrsdge ID
ready to take the chancslIorship,
and thus enable Sir Charles
Russell to take the chief justiceship. whom
Herschell will take non-legal cabinet
office. Sir George Trevelyan will probably
be first lord of the admiralty, Right Hon.
by Il. Fowler home recretary, ]. RiQley
attorney general or solicitor-c general, Henry
Lnbouchers postmaster general, Right
Hon. Arthur Peel speaker Of the commons,
and Herbert Gladstone financial secretary
of the treasury. Edward Major Banks can
have the office of chief ministerial whip if
he chooses. Sydney Buxton and Richard
knight Causton are sure of places. The
latter will probably be made baronet." r"
OConner does not believe Arnold Morley
will be elected to the peerage, but will prob
ably make higher place and eventually
become speaker. Referring to the
conservative movement in favor of
postponinR the home rule bill
gaining strength among the radicals,
OConnor says he assumes the assertion ID
founded on articles in some liberal organs,
and adds: II cannot answer the liberals
and liberal Journalists. but can interpret
the views of Irishmen. and my answer ia
that It will not do. Home rule must be the
first and chief business of tho new govern
nent. Any faltering postponement Of home
rule will compel the Irish party to oppose
the government"
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1T Is NOT BANKRUPT,

The Worlds Fair Has Not Yet Used It's
Last Postage Stamp.
CHICAGO. July 24.-Some ignorant or MIA
licious person started the report that tho
Worlds fair is bankrupt; that it had drawn
it's last cent and used its last postage stamp.
And this false report has been published in
hun dreds and probably thousands OF news.
papers. II il still spreading, and naturally
il doing the fair harm. The fact ID that
the exposition now has 81. 500 900 cash in
bank and about million more in sight. II
has not had, at any time for year an d q
half, less than million dollars to jtf
credit in cash. and has had as much as
$8. 900 ut one time. curing the last six
months the money has necessarily been ex-
pended rapidly for constructing the great
exposition buildings About three quarters
of million month has bean paid out for
this purpose. like expenditure will be
necessary for several months to come and
more money will be needed by October.
The bulk of the receipts of the .air from
of course, until the fair opens. 1t il in or
der to tide the enterprise over until that
time that the government was asked to ad-
vance S., 900, 900. The most conservative
estimate of the fairs receipts and expsndi-
turss places the former about 81, 600, 900 in
excess of the latter. Th ere need be not tho
slightest fear of the fair being bankrupt. or
even of its becoming hard up." Though
the government has refused the aid asked.
the public can rest assured that Chicago
itself. though it has raised almost $11.-
100000 and ought not to be expected to
do more, will put its hand deeper into
its pocket and will provide enough
grand success which it is determined it
shall be and which il certainly will be-
The fair is not bankrupt and will not be
bankrupt. The only foundation for the
injurious report referred to ia the fact that
the national com mmission, or supervising
body. has expended all the money which
the government appropriated for its ex-
penses for the current year. That body
does not provide the money for construct
OF osherwiss tho p9stns the tais sis in oompiess
condition for the inspection of the public.
This ID done by the Worlds Columbian
exposition" or local Chicago corporation.
The fair will be dedicated and opened on
time, and all bills will DO paid.
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Butte Won the Game.

BUTTE. July A.-[speoial. Butte turned
the tables on Missoula to-day, defeating
the visitors with ease. About 1000 enthus-
iastlo people saw the match. After the first
inning only three hits were made off Cap
linger's mastery pitching. Catcher Mul-
green, of Missoula, was very slow, and the
Butte boys several times stole bases while
the ball was being passed from pitcher to
catcher or vice versa. The features Of the
game were Caplinger's pitching, Rutte's
base running Powell's brilliant work at first,
and Osborne's batting, he making triple
and home run in three times at bat. Score
Butte e..................0 0 2 2 4 0 2-ll
MlssoulR R..............2 OO12 200 6
Hits. Butte l3, Missoula 6; errors. Butte
6. Miasoula 4; batteries, Caplin ger and
Munyan, Horton and Mulgreen.
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DkUMMED OUT OF CAMP.
Punishment of q Soldier Who Hurrahe
for the Assassin,

Punishment of a Soldier Who Hurrahed
for the Assassin.
HOMESTEAD, July M.-When the news of
the shooting of Frick reached camp yester-
day. Private Iams, Of Company X, tenth
regiment. shouted ont, ''three cheers for
the assassin Colonel Streeter heard ii
and Immediately ordered the rRiment
paraded. Then he rscited to the soldiers
what he had heard and ordered the man
who made the remark to step forward. say
ing he thought he had recognized the voice.
Iams stepped to the front trembling like
an aspen. He acknowledged he had made
the remark. was taken to the guard
house and hung up by the thumbs
thirty minutes, surgeon Watching
the pulse aud heart. When cut
down he was limp and almost unconscious.
The severity OF his prnishment was dus to
his failure to retract CT apologize for tho
expression. To-day one side of his head
was shaved, his uniform .aken from him,
he was given I suit of east off clothing and
d. ummed out of camp.
At the Catholic church here to-day, In
the presence Of an audience largely COM
posed of strikers and militiamen Rev.
Father Bullion denounced anarchy and the
attack upon Friok, and urged she strikers
to hold themselves in readiness for an open
ing toward what WAS tho only peacsRble
means OF Observation-Disclosures
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AT THE CARNEGIE WORKS.


a "
PIr1snuna, Jn!y .4.--sscrAsasy Lovsioy
anthorizss the ststamsns that there sra nov
between four and fvs huadssd gnsn In sho
Homestead mill. aud ~ n,suy mora will eU
In tomorrow. Ha says tho company II noe
worrying about tho s.rike ip ths union
mills Of this city and At Beaver Falls. 1is
says moat Of the people wish 10 rstIrn u
work, and this stsiks vii! nat lass long.
Tho Carnegie COMPANY viii cost ! notice
TO- morrow morning stating that men enter
Ing th0ir employ now will not b. removed
to make room for others and that they viii
be retained ~ long ~ thay conduct sham.
selves properly. This notice ID Sxpectcd ID
have considerable stfsct. ~ Aon,s nf tbo
company men think many Of the strikers
.re deferred from returning " ,work ior
fear they Will be thrown nut by The unloa
in Gass The strike - dsclarsd oh,
-Four 0f thu non-union men shut up Ia
the 1aill inclosurs made their assaps ts.day
into town, whsts shey wsro t.ksn lii hand
BY the ndyisory coH.fnittee Ascending 10
their testimony ~ total nuabsr Of msn
they did not andarssApd they wers "a bs
shut up from the world sud that mere vii
desert tonight or to.mnrrov.
Lhe train nmsn of ths Pitssburg, Virgins
h Charleston road which runs through
Homestead. are undecided whsthsr or NOS
Rie's products. They reported 10 their
superintendent to-day that slsy had been
thl leateued with annihilAsion unless they
side with the strikers ana that ths advisory
committee gave them No satisfaction.
A delegation " employees Of ths Psnnsyl-
vania railroad bad 4 conferences with the
advisory committee to-day AZ 10 handling
the product Of ths Carnegie mills operated
by non union men. No decision was reached.
but the members of the advisory COMMITTEES
say delegation vii! probably
soon serve notice on the Penn.
sylvania company OF their IN
tsntion to strike il they have 10 handle
Homestead products.
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VANDERAILT'S YACHT SUNK.

The Alva Run Into bv Steamer During
Thick Fog.
Boston. July 24.-The steamer H. f.
Dimock. of the Metropolitan Steamship
company, arrived this evening, having on
board the people taken from W. K. Wander
bilt's yacht Alvs, which the steamer ran
down this morning. The Alva. under COM
mand OF Capt. Morrison, left Bar Harbor
at four O'Clock Saturday evening, bound
for Newport, II. l.. having on board the
owner and his guests, Frank W. Vanderbilt.
George Dc Forest, Louis Webb, Winfield
Scott White, and Frank Riggs. all of whom
are summering at Newport. Early this
morning thick fog set in and Capt. Nor
rison decided it imprudent to run further,
a. the yacht was in the track of coasting
vessels. After making Pollock Rip lightship
anchor was dropped. and whistles and horns
eight a. m. the guests we're aroused by q
heavy crash, aooomp panied by the tearing of
plates of the vessel.
William Vanderbilt was the first on deck.
Looming through the log they could see
tho dark hull of large steamer backing
the steamer and informed the captain that
the yacht must sink. The steam launch,
four row boats and the naphtha launch
were lowered from the Alva, which was
rapidly sinking. and tho owner and the
passengers with the crew of ffty-two men
were soon rapidly pulling away from the
doomed craft. but none too soon. for when
they were about a cables length from the
vessel she plunged down bow first and
nothing but the tons of the three masts
remained out Of water,
The Dimock was going at greatly reduced
speed at the time of the collision. Other
wise she would probably have run right
over the Alya, and frightful loss of life
would have been the result, owing to the
fact that eleven passengers and half of the
Grew were asleep at tho time of the acci-
dent. None OF the passengers or the crew
saved thing except their clothing.
The .Alva was ono of the finest pleasure
steamers afloat. and cost nearly half mil
lion dollars. Efforts will be made to raise
her,
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DEATH AND DISORDER.

Tho Terrible Effects of the Chole era Epi-
demic In Russia.
81. PETERSBURG, July A.-Advices from
saratot are to the effect shat the town ia
garriscned with troops to suppress the dis
order due to the intense sxoitement in con-
nection with the cholera epidemic, which
continues to grow worse there. Disorders
of similar nature occurred in other ohol-
era affected places owing to the lower
classes not understanding the sanitary reg
ulations. In two places hospitals were do
stroyed by mobs. Several passengers on a
steamer having died of cholera, the captain
refused to allow any one to land here. The
passengers rsvoltsd. The captain got near
shore. and q launch filed with armed
soldiers was sent out. The troops fired
upon the mutinssrs aud compelled the ves-
ael TO proceed.
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Swelteriny East of Here,

CHICAGO, July "A. The hot wave still pre-
walls in this vicinity. Twenty-Five pros
trations, with two deaths. ia the official
record for to-day. and there is no apparent
prospect af a cool spell very soon. Dis
patches from various points In the middle
states report ths hot wave general and CON
suffering. At Detroit il was
hotter to-day than for tvs years. Al 81.
Paul there were two fatal prostrRtions. At
J Jetfsrsonville there were u dozen prostra-
tions, with two fatalities
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Smuggling In Nhin.,nsu.

San FRAso1sco, July A.--Collector Phelps
has received a letter from John brown,
keeper Of the life saving station OH 6hoal
Water bay. Ia which Brown states that last
Tuesday morning small boat landed four
teen chinese and two white men, who im-
mediately took to the woods. Brown aAw
the boat coming and gave chase In life
boat, but: the men landed before he could
catch them, abandoning their boat. The
Chinese were taken from a Victoria
schooner the night before outside tho bar,
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May he the Mon Who RObhcl M offntt

DENVER, July ga sensation has been
created BY the arrest of J. II. Gross and j.
MoDaniels, charged with the robbery of
President Motfatt. of the First National
bank, three years ago. Moffatt was forced
to give up $4,000 at the point OF re-
volver. McDaniels asserts Cross WAS the
1obbsr, but the latter denies all knowledge
OF the crime. Motfatt visited the Jail this
afternoon but declined to say whether or not
he was sure Gross was the man who robbed
him. Local police officials ridicule the idea
that either Gross or McDaniels were con-
nsoted with the affair. Private Detective
Sawyer, who made the arrests is confident
however, he has made no mistake.
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Beats Nitro-Sslycerins.

Hsroulite 10 the invention of French
man. ami owing to its qualities of slow
oom mbuston and safety. is claimed to be gu
perior M an explosive TO nitro gly cerine.
II IL a yellowish gray powder, aud il COM
posed of sawdust, oamphor, nitrate Of pot
ash and several other ingredients. Exnsri-
ments conducted III a quarry showed that Z
shot could not be fred from sparks, flame
or detonation. a special igniter being re-
Quired. 1t ia said to be possessed OF trs-
mendous power. while ito cost il only about
six osnts pouad.-PAyis Figaro.
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BOHEMIAN BEATEN AGAIN.

Phtltpsburg Holds tho Leading Position
With Two Victories.
BOHEMIAN, July A.-lSpecial. l-Bozeman
was again defeated to-day in rather one
sided game by Philipsburg. The visitors
are heavy hittsrs and began scoring in the
first inning. The only SCORE Bozeman got
was in tho eighth, Dillon making 4 home
run. The following is tho score:
Bozeman ......O @ 0 O 0 90 O. |
Philipsburg. ...1 l 6 0 0 2 0 Ill
Bateries-Adams, Dillon and Visner;
Lohman and Hill. Umpire-Mullen. At
tendance, 400.
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Three Inches Of Rainfall.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July A.-'rhe most ter
ritic thunder storm Of the season struck
Cleveland about seven O'Clock this evening,
after an intensely hot day. Horse and
electric street cars we're stopped and the
passengers huddled together in alarm. The
rainfall was nearly three inches and che
streets were flooded. Lightning played
havoc with telephone and telegraph wires.
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An Ill-FAtod EXpedittoa,

LONDON, July N.-The Times says Mar
quis dc Bauohamp, colleague of Capt.
Stairs and Capt. Bodson in the ill-fated
Catanga expedition, has landed at Mar
settles. He describes how the Meiris At
tackled the expedition. and how Stairs sent
Bodson to King Meiri to parley with him
Meiri was about to kill Capt. Bodson, when
the latter In self-defense, shot Msiri. Bod
son was then killed himself by the natives.
The expedition was for twenty-six days
without food except ants and loousts.
Capt. Stairs died at Shinde. One hundred
and ninety natives attached to the expedi-
tion also persisted.
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A Wound That Was Overlook cd.

PrTrsBuRa, July 24.-H. G. Frick slept
we'll during the night and rssted easily to-
day. curious thing was another cat dis
covered to-day which was missed in the ex-
animation yesterday. II 10 in the left leg
just below the calf and almost severed the
sendons. He complained of pains in his
leg, but the attendants imagined il was of
the other wounds he spoke. As soon as
discovered it WAS carefully dressed. The
patient passed the day listening to letters
and teleQrams and debating replies. He
Insists on continuing his work. There il
much anxiety in the family over Mrs.
Fri0k's condition. She became \ mother
twelve days ago and in her weak and nerv-
GUS condition the effect of yesterdays af
fair has been very bad
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Arrested In Chicago for a Jersey Murder.

Arrested In Chicago for a Jersey Murder.
. CHICAGO, July A.-Morris Berg was ar
rested here late last night for the murder of
Mary Anderston. a Danish girl who was
found dead in the woods near Perth Amboy,
N. j.. last month. Johnny Bursel, ono OF
the small boys chased from the scene of the
murder by two men Just before the crime
WAS committed. has identified Berg as one
Of the men who chased him. Berg ve-
hemently protests his innocence aud says
he WAS never near Perth Amboy.
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Me Shot From an Upper story.

NAsuvlLLE. Tenn, July 24.---JAmss Fl.
Ballineer. United stasas storsksepsr and
gauger, was shot aud fatally wounded By
Frank Sloan, a desperate character, about
daylight yesterday. Iiallingsr aceompa-.
MED by Deputy Marshals Brown and Tiliy,
went TO HloAp's house TO arrest him on !
charge of robbnR the mAils while postmaa.
ter at Dry Valley, Putnam county. sloan
Hallinper.
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WORK OF THE FLAMES

New Town on che Northern Pacific Line
Nearly Wiped Out.
MILWAUKEE July, 2i.-Dispstches from
Ashland tonight report the entire business
district and many residences in the new
town of Iron River, on the Northern Pa
cfo line. destroyed by fire. the loss being
fully 100000. Five hundred people are
sleeping in cars furnished by the railroad.
Details cannot be had, rs teleQraphio com-
munication is interrupted by the burning
of the Offices.
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Tho Conspiracy WIdesprea nd

KANSAS CIry, July 2-Detectives at work
on the suspected conspiracy between tho
conductors and train agents nov believe
the conspiracy extends to each and every
rond leading out of the city In all direo.
sions. While 1t 10 impossible 40 yet to got
few days there will be q number Of ar
Ssstss
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- ANS &
~ hLEIk
TX.

II lH1s Is The DAY dedicated
70 St. James, the patron saint Of
ISpain.
When the tide Of battle at
1Ciavijo was going against the
fopanlards, he is said to have
appeared upon the field, armed
with a sword Of dazzling splen-
dor and mounted on a white
horse. Tradition credits him
with having slain 60, 900 infidels
nnd Spanish faith in the legend
lis mistaken.
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O'Connor and Hanlou Winners.

WASHINGTON, July 4.~OConnor defeated
Hosmer to-day IN 1926. Hanlon won from
Ross in 194S. Both were easy easy VIC
tories The course was three miles with
three turns.