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British Crowns.

What has beceme of Charles IFS
crown? He expressed in characteris-
tic phrase his unwillingness to risk
again the loss of a crown that had
been recovered for him. As his pre-
decessor's actual crown disappeared
in the commonwealth, q new one was
made for him, at cost of Ell, ,976 9s.
Id, (S109, 1872. 45) and this served for
the coronstions OF himself and subse-
quent kings until George the Tvs ac-
cession. 1t was known as st. "Ed-
wards" or the "memoriar' crown. At
recent heraldical exhibition at the
Society of Antiquaries, Lord Amherst,
of Hackney, exhibited the skeleton OF
crown as being that made by Sir
Robert Vyner for Charles II, and
stolen by Colonel Blood. We under,
stand, however, that Lord Amherst
bought his relic of Rundel & Bridge.
He purchased, it seems, one of the
three crowns whose stones, with many
mores were used for Queen Victoris's.
But it also seems that the old crown
sod to him was George Tvs, and not
Charles IFS.
A "St. Edwards" or memorial
CROWN" mounted with false stones, is
kept in the Tower. The imitation
jewels may be accounted for by the
fact that at the Queens accession
Messrs. Rundel & Bridge were sup
piled with three old crowns and some
iewelry, with directions to use their
stoners for a new crown in readiness
for her Maiesty's coronation. That
was done, and the new crown, or dia-
dem, weighing under three pounds,
may be seen among our regalia, re-
splendent with sapphire and the
rubby given to Edward, the Black
Prince, by John of Portugal, and
worn, it is said, by Edward at Crecy,
and Henry V at Agincourt. For
George ~, Rundell & Bridge had
made fresh and very large crown, six
and one-half pounds in weight and
fifteen inches high. its arches rising
to point. London News.
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BIcyclers Race Against Horsemen.

Messrs. Allen and Sachtleben, the
wo young American students who
made a bicycle tour around the world,
were compelled to give many exhibi.
tions of fancy riding before the Curl
GUS nomads of Central Asia. The fol-
lowing, from the Century, is an ac-
count of one of their experiences in
the Chinese city of Kuldja:
Although built by the Chinese, who
call it Nin-yuan, Kuldia, with i.a
houses of beaten earth, strongly re.
sembles the towns of Russian Turkes-
tan. Since the evacuation by the
Russians the Chinese have built around
the city the usual quadrangular wall,
thirty feet in height and twenty feet
in width, with parapets still in the
course of construction. But the rows
of poplars, the whitewash, and the
telegas were still left to remind US of
the temporary Russian occupation
For several days we were objects Of
excited interest to the mixed popula-
ton. The doors and windows of our
Russian quarters were besieged by
crowds. In defense of our host, we
gave public exhibition, and with
the consent of the Tatai made the cir
cult on the top of the city walls. Fully
5000 people lined the streets and
housetops to witness the race to which
we had been challenged BY four Dun
gan horsepen, riding below on the
encircling roadway. The distance
around was two miles. The horsemen
started with rush, and at the end of
the first mile were ahead. At the
third turning we overlook them, and
came to the finish two hundred yards
ahead, amid great excitement. Even
the commander of the Kuldja forces
was brushed aside by the chasing rab-
b1o
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THE LABOR WORLD.
BARRIERS have 100 unions.

JAPAN reports cotton strike.
TIE Cramp ship yard employs 5000.
DETROIT, Mich, hos 1000 carpenters.
CHICAGO painters get s2,f cents an hour.
TORONTO, Canada, has Building Labor.
ers' Union.
PoL1oEmEN IN Austria must understand
telegraphy.
MASSACHUSETTS plumbers have State
association.
ToRosro (Canada) city laoorers get fifteen
cents an hour.
TEXAS K. OF L. District Assembly has
5000 members.
MASSACHUSETTS, E. Of L. recently held q
State convention.
LEApwoRKISa Is the most disastrous Of
all trades to the health.
PRoopaEADERs' Union has been organ
lied in Indianapolis, Ind.
A UNION OF shirt ironers and laundry
workers hae been organised.
THE New York State Worklnsmen's As
sembly condemned prison labor.
WHEELING and Lake Erie rairoaders have
had the 331a per cent. cut restored.
A UNION OF working was organized
lately in the Brooklyn Labor Lyccum.
TACOMA (Wash.) unions are opposed to
the abollshment OF the manual labor school.
TIE Chicago Printers Union has In four
months distributed $500 to Idle members.
ASr. PAUL striker was fined $50 for turn
Ing off air brakes and attempting lntimida-
tion."
LosasHonEMEN's National association re-
Gently held It's annual convention IN San
dusky, Ohio.
TIE annual convention OF tho Harness
and Saddle Makers Intern sttonal Assooia-
ton was held In Peru. Ind,
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LATER NEWS.

OCEAN GROVE, N. T., celebrated tho TWEEN.
ty-lsth anniversary OF Its birth.
THE Michigan Republicans placed full
State ticket in the field, headed by Governor
Rich, who was renominated on the first BAL
lot.
THREE mon were killed and several hurt,
two of them fatally. by an explosion OF dyna-
mite in a Chicago stone yard. A railroad
station 1900 feet away was damaged and
car wrecked.
ATTORNEY GENERAL OLSEy decided to In
vestigate grave charges against United
States Judge Kicks, of Cleveland, Ohio,
upon which impeachment proceeding may
be based.
The Strike Commissioners met in Wash
ington and decided to begin their public In
quiry at Chicago August 15.
SPANISH troops defeated the Ma!ays al
Mipdanao, killing 25O Of them.
TIE annual camp meeting Of the National
Temperance Society began at Ocean Grove,
N. ].
THE Armor Plate Investigating Commit
tee OF the House OF Representatives visited
the Carnegie weeks at Homestead, Penn.
STATE dispensaries in South Carolina
opened. Local authorities In two towns ar
rested the dispensers.
TIE North Dakota Prohibition State Con-
vention named for Governor Roger Allin, OF
Park River.
JUDGE JOSEPH Holt, who was Judge Ad-
cate-General OF the Army, and at one time
acted as Secretary Of War, died at bis resi-
dence in Washington. His death was due
indirectly to fall sustained few days be-
fore, but to which he paid little attention.
Joseph Holt was born In Breckenridge
County, Kentucky, on January 6, 1907.
EVIDENCE taken by the Senate Sugar
Scandal Investigating Committee was made
public.
COMMODORE MEADE was ordered to com.
mand the North Atlantic Station with the
rank OF Rear-Admiral.
SECRETARY CARLISLE accepted the Sixteenth
and Spring Garden streets site as the loca-
ton for the new Philadelphia Mint Building.
The consideration agreed on Is S3o5,o 600.
The White Star steamer Majestic ran down
and sunk the fishing schooner Antelope In a
fog off the Grand Banks, New Foundland.
One member Of the schooner's crew was
drowned and another died from exhaustion.
TIE keg containing $4,000 in gold that
was stolen while In transit from New York
to Pnris, but not its contents, was found at
q railway station near Pagis.
THREE THOUSAND insurgent troops are
marching upon Porto Allegro. This city Is
the capital OF the State Of Rio Grande dc
Sui, Brazil.
TnE Spanish Government purchased three
cruisers from English firms to protect her
Philippine possessions against the Japanese,
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Invalid Burned Alive.

George W. Dee, farmer, living eight
mics west OF Burlington. Iowa. was burned
to ,l.ath in his house. He was eignty-sevsn
years OF age an weighed 300 pounds, and
had been confined to his bed. When the fire
was discovered the flames were all around
Des's bed. His son-in-law. Scott Devault,
attempted to assist him out Of the house, but
the sick man was unable to walk.
Dsyault partly carried and partly dragged
him as far as the door. when the flames
swept upon them and Devaut was COM
pelled to abandon the invalid to his fate.
The flames soon reduced his form to black
ened mass in full view Q: the ehorror-strl"Ken
spectators. His aged wife was terribly
burned. CO..
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lat Home and ABROAD.
LATE DOMESTIC AND FOR
EIGN TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

John Craig Killed His Wife, Mother
in-Law, Father-in-Law, Brother
in-Law. and Then Tried to Kill
Himself Murderers Hanged -
Rumors OF War.
J, bn Craig, Los Angeles, CAL, shot and
killed his father-in-.aw, William Hunter !;
his mother-'n-law, Mary Hunter; his
brother-.n-law, George Hunter. and MS
wife, Emily Hunter Craig.
Craig drove to Glendale, five miles from
Los Angeles, where his wife. from whom he
was divorced three months ago, was stopping
with her brother. George, and deliberately
shot and killed them both. He then returned
to Los Angeles and went to the home OF his
father-in-law. William Hunter. and killed
him, after which. stepping over the oody. ne
walked to the dining room. where ne snot
and killed his mother-in~law.
Hethen turned the pistol against his fore
head and fred two shots, both OF which
failed to kill him. He was taken to the po-
lice receiving hospital and will recover.
he states that he was bounded by his
wife's relatives AMI wanted revenge, but was
sorry he had not succeeded in killing h1mselt
to complete the whole business.
Craig was prominent In politics. The kill
ing grew out Of trouble over the settlement
OF community property. Craig has borne
the character OF desperate man, and had
few friends.
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A BIG BLAZE.
Half Million Dollars Worth Of Lum-
Der and Railroad Property Burned.

Half Million Dollars Worth Of Lum-
Der and Railroad Property Burned.
The third disastrous FIRE in the history Of
Minneapolis, Minn., broke out about $50 p.
m. in the lumber yards OF the shevliu-Car-
penter Company, on the bank OF the Mssis-
sippl, at the foot OF Eighth avenue. North.
1t spread with remarkable rapldity and
burned 20.000,000 feet OF lumber, the gEs
manufacturing plan; OF the Omaha Railroad
Company, with its round-house. tool-house.
sand-house and turntables, nearly forty
freight cars. some Of them loaded, and the
office building OF the Sherlin-Carpenter
Company.
The saw-mill, the planins-mill, drying
kilns and store-house for moulding and pre-
pared wood, although in the very heart OF
the fire district, were saved by fortuitou5
change in the wind. Help was summoned
from St. Paul aud seven engines with full
crews were sent over from that city. The
loss is nearly s5O0,00o and insurance about
$3.50, 900.
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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
The Senate.

1s1sr DAY.-Mr. Villas defended President
Cleyeland's letter to Chairman wilson IN
long speech, and Mr.. Stewart criticised the
President Mr. Hills motions for free coal
and iron ore were voted down.
162p DAY.-After long parliamentary
debate the Senate sent the Tariff bill back to
the Conference Committee without 1nstruc-
tions, as agreed upon in the Democratic
caucus.
163D DAY.-Tbe Agricultural Approprla-
tion bill was sent back to another confer
ence.-Mr. Allen introduced a bill for the
relief of the States. s.-The Senate passed
number OF bills. including the House bill e1-
tending the annual term OF the Life saving
Service and the House resolution extending
the appropriations OF the last fiscal year.
The Sundry Civil bill was reported with
amendments increasing by $2,53s,3ol Inc
House appropriation.
164rH DAY.-The Senate voted to buy the
Malone lot tor the Government Printing
Ofice.-The conference report on the
Indian Appropriation bill showed agree
ments and disagreements, and further
conference was ordered. General
Deficiency bill was placed on the calendar,
and so was the House Bankruptcy blll--
Some half dozen unimportant bills were
passed.
165rH DAY.-Mr. Chandler introduced
resolution for the investigation Of the Nova
Scotia coal syndicate by the Sugar Trust In
vestigating COMMITTEES. conference
report on the Agricultural Appropriation
bill was agreed to. The Senate receueu
from Its Russian thistle milllon-doiiar
amendment. Of the day was occ9-
pied In the consideration OF the amend
ments offered by Senators to the SunorS
Civil bill.
The House.
1s4TH DAY.-A bill providing that life-sav-
ing stations shall be kept open ten months
instead OF eight was passed.
1S5TH DAY.-The day was devoted to the
consideration Of routine business o. no pub
lie interest
1s6rH DAY.-The House passed resolu-
tion extending the appropriations OF the last
fiscal year until August IA, and discussed
without action the bill to punish those VINO
pirate piays.-A large number OF prlVate
pension bills were passed.
18TH DAY.-Mr. Boutelle presented res
olution for recognition Of the Hawaiian ne
public. 1t was referred to the Foreign Al
fairs Committee.
1}3TH DAY.-The House transacted con-
siderable business In the three and a halt
hours that 1t WIS in session, but little OF 1t
YVES important. Most of the bills passed
were reported from the Committee on Naval
Affairs. Mr.. Hatch reported the result OF
theconference on the Agricultural Appropria.
ton bill-ar agra9mant on all items except
tie one approprlating 81, ,Ooo, 900 for tho ex-
tirpstion Of the Russian thistle In the North
west, put on the bill by the Senate. By an
overwhelming vote the House determined to
adhere to its disagreement, and to further
confer about the amendment, as the Senate
requested.
18TH DAY.-The Agricultural Appropria-
tion bin was passed, the Senate having with
drawn its amendment regarding the Russian
thistle. The Funston-Moore contested
election case was considered.
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HEAT IN GERMANY.

Many Soldiers Have Died From Sun
stroke-Killed by Lightning.
Although tropical heat prevailed through
out the German Empire, the summer mill
tary drills were carried on without any ap-
preclable alteration OF programme. The
troops suffered intensely. Fifteen soldiers
died OF sunstroke at the garrison manoeu-
vres round Bautaen, Zttau and Leisnig.
Scores OF others who were prostrated by the
heat are convalesclng slowly. From oil
parts OF the Empire where the soldiers are
In the field come daily stories OF sunstrokes
md prostrations from the heat. Many
soldiers OF the Berlin garrison have been
incapacitated for duty for the last three
days and have been sent to tho hospitals.
In heavy thunderstorm at Essen, Ger
many, lightning struck three electric cars.
One person was killed and twelve others
were stunned. Eight persons were killed
By lightning In Almanfeld.
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Half Breed Indian Hanged.

At two minutes past II o'clock a. m. Wal
lace Burt paid the penalty at Dvlestown,
Penn. for the murder OF Mr.. an Mrs. Sam
uel L. Rightly. He caused no SO me at the
gallows. Burt was asked by the sheriff II he
had anything to say. He replied. saying his
late vas a warning to all wrong 3oers, In
about twenty minutes after the drop fell
Bur; WIS pronounced dead.
R':.atly and his wife were over eighty
gears OF age and lived near Richboro, Bucks
County, Penn. They were murdered for
tsair money. Burt was half-5reed Indian.
Who had worked for them. The first clue to
the murder was piece OF tobacco dropped
neqr the dead man, which neighhor recog.
niz. as the kind used by Burt. The fellow
afterwards confessed.
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treatment to replace the muscles was
really effective, and was accompanied
by prayers nnd by signs of the cross.
common method of treatment among
the lower class of Russians. In one
instance cure was supposed to be ef-
fected by writing prayer on a piece
of buttered bread to be eaten by the
natientn
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COST OF THE STRIKE.
One Railroad Alone Presents Chicago
With a Bill for $3.50, 900.

Bulls for damages to railroad property by
the strike rioters are now coming into the
City Hall, Chicago, III. J. T. Brooks, Sec
ond vice-President OF the Pittsburg, Cincln-
natl i St. Louis Railroad. has presented a
bill which aggregares S449,6 Tho largest
item is s401, ,691 for 729 freight cars destroyed
and forty-two damaged. The PittsburS,
Fort Wayne & Chicago has presented bill
OF $2l SAT. The largest item is Tor fourteen
freight cars destroyed and hfty-eiShr
damaged.
Mayor Hopkins smiled when he saw the
bills, and remarked: swat until We get
through with them"
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WEIGHED 500 POUNDS.

Mrs. Walters Lost $50 Pounds In
Three Weeks.
"Big Alice, museum freak, whose name
was Mrs. Hattie Walters, died at Camden,
N. j., Of blood poisoning. Mrs. Walters
scratched her finger on rusty nall three
weeks before.
When in good health Mrs. Walters weighed
$50 pounds. Her intense suffering reduced
her weight until she only weighed 800
pounds at the time Of her death. The door
ofthe house In which she live was too small
TO allow the coffin to enter. An l the body
had to be carried to the hesrse on cooling
board.
Mrs: Walters had been dime museum
freak for long while. and had been exhib-
tied all over the world.
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Rumor Of War Declared.

The Central News OF London has this
despatch from Shanghai.
s..War has been declared between Japan
and China. The Japanese have seized the
King of Korea and hold him prisoner.
Eleven Chinese steamers are on their way to
Korea. Most Of the troops aboard them are
coolies, armed with bows and arrows.
b. "Some Chinese steamers which have ar
rived at Korea have been prevented By the
japanese from landing troops. 1t Is report.
ed that the Japanese artillery sank several
OF them"
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A COMMA SAVED HIM.

Jones Was to Be Hanged, But There
Was Flaw In the Judges Charge.
Jesse q. Jones, nineteen years old, owes
his escape from the gallows at Little Rock.
Ark, 10 the use OF Il conmr in the Judges
charge. Jones was charged with the murder
OF two brothers named Hibdon, with whom
he travelled through Arkansas. They camped
one night In an unoccupied house. The next
morning the charred bones OF the Hi6dons
were found. Jones's trial was hurried ior-
ward, aud On April 9th no was sentenced TO
death. A stay was secured pending an ap-
peal.
The opinion Of the Supreme Court points
out that by the displacement OF comm" 10
the Judges charge the Judge appears 10
have made an error.
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GOVERNMENT FINANCES.
A Cash Balance of $119, ,O65, ,352-
Gold Reserve $45, ,O24, 1913 Short.

"A CdSu DdIdhCC Va
Gold Reserve $45, ,O24, 1913 Short.
The regular monthly statement OF the
public debt, just issued by the United States
Treasury Department, shows that the aggre-
gate on July 81, 1894. was s1,644, ,sO6, ,24O, as
against 81, ,632 25S, ,696 on June 80, 1894. This
apparent increase is owing to the increase in
the issue OF certificates and Treasury notes,
which, however, are Offset by an equal
amount Of cash in the Treasury. The in
terest bearing debt amounted to 1886. .042, $50,
an increase for the month OF 800. The debt
bearing no interest was SS79, $50. .476. a de-
crease of $54 ,2l5. The increase in certificates
and Treasury notes. which, however, are
Offset by an equal amount Of cash in the
Treasury. was from S6l5 1855, ,S2O on June 80,
1894, to S616, 972 1929 on July 81, 1894.
The cash in the Troasury is S774.201. 76G.
against which there are demand liabilities
amounting to $685.. .196, Ala, leaving Il cash
balance Of $119, ,065, 1882 Of which $54 ,975,6 ,6O7
was gold reserve. The increase in the cash
balance during the month WAS 81, ,4S0,91
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Down a Shaft to Death.

Lshigh Coal Company officials went on a
tour OF inspection OF Exeter mine. one OF
the company's collieries ut West Pittston,
Penn. The party comprised Colonel A.
Mason, OF Pttston, the superintendent Rob
ert M,rcur. OF the Lshigh Valley Engineer
Corps Professor Burrell, Of Lehigh uni
versitv. and Inside Foreman William VIII.
fon. With the party was the foreman. JACOB
Gates.
White going up the old air shaft. which: Is
second opening for the Exeter shaft, The bot
tom o. the carriage gave way and preclpi-
tatsi the men to the bottom. Gates, the
for4man. when he felt the timber giving
way. grasped the side OF the bunting and
held on until rescued.
Colonel Mason was killed by the shock.
Inside Foreman Wilson was fatally injured
and died at 8 o'clock. Mr.. Mercur was
badly and Professor Burrell slightly in
}nred
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The salmon run at the Cascades, Oregon,
is something unprecedented In the history
of the State. Wheels catch tons every day,
and the facilities for transportation over the
portage are sorely taxed to afford means Of
Shipmans
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TIN PLATE PRODUCTION.
Report Of Special Agent Aver to Sec,
retary Carlisle.

1kCPO1t UI SPcC1HI z1X6ut ny OF % SeC-
retary Carlisle.
Special Agent Aver, OF the Treasury De-
partment, detailed, in connection with the
rin plate industry reports, to Secretary Car
hstle that during the quarter ended March
81 LAST thirty-six firms produced 39,26O, All
pounds oitin and terne plate proper, against
1850, AL pounds BY thirty-nine firms In the
previous year.
OF the tin plate seventy-two per cent. was
rolled In the United States. All classes OF
tin and terne plate produced aggregated 49,
as, 800 pounds, OF which 0,070, ,60l pounds
were blank plate produced In the United
States. Ofthe thirty-sIx firms making for
NAL returns, nineteen used American plate
wholly, three foreign plates wholly and fe1r-
teen firms used both,
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Two Girls Drowned.

Katie johnson ami Sadie Johnson, aged
fourteen and twelve years respectively, were
drowned in a little pond OF one acre in ex-
tent, at Bay View Heights, West Chapel Hill,
Il. j.. while bathing. The children with
nearly one hundred others from St. Chrysos-
3om Chapel, New York, were having two
1eeks' recreation.
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SIXTY BUILDINGS BURNED.

The Business Section or BcIIe fIaln,
Iowa, Destroyed by Fire.
The entire business section OF Belle Plain,
Iowa, with the exception OF three buildings,
was destroyed before the fire which de-
vastated it had burned itself out. More
than sixty buildings, business houses AMI
dwellings were burned. The loss is esti-
mated at s5OO,OOO, whilethers is only $780,
900 insurance on the property consumed:
The flames originated in livery stable,
and, leaping across the street. were soon
communicated to several buildings.
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IT Is claimed that enormous defalcations
have been found in Ezsla's administration
Of Salvador's affairs. as much az $40, ,OO0,-
600 being distracted from one d-N->Sneat.