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SPEARED, NOT SPARED.
Defe useless Women Butchered
While Begging for Life.
Horrors of the Recent Massacre of Mis-
sionaries In Chlna-Corrected List
of the Victims Indignation
Meeting In Shanghai.

LONDON, Aug. 6.-The correspondent
of the Times at Shanghai says the mis-
sionaries killed at Ku Cheng were muir
dered by an organized band of eighty
OF the vegetarians. The correspond
ent says the women begged for their
lives, promising to yield their property
and valuables, but the leader of the
band shouted out his orders to kill
them outright A corrected list of the
victims is as follows:
Gordon Miss. speared in the head
Irish, Miss Lena, burned In the head.
Marshall, Miss. throat cut
Newcombe. Miss Stellie, speared and thrown
down a preclpiee
Saunders, Miss Nellie.
Saunders, Miss Topsy. speared on the train.
Stewart Master Herbert, skull fractured
and Drained
Stewart. Miss Lena. died from shock
Stewart, Rev. Mr.. and Mrs.
The correspondent says four other
Stewart children and Miss Codrington
were seriously wounded.
The Chinese magistrate at Ku Cheng
waited for the completion of the mas
sacre before awe ring upon the scene.
There are l. lJJ soiIiers at Ku Cheng.
! II is Therefore absurd to say that the
authorities could not have stopped the
massacre, which was evidently care
/ fully and secretly organized.
| The American mission at Shashino
near Hanlow, has been destroyed anc
the missionaries are fugitives. The
/ American consul has advised the mis-
/ sionaries in adjacent provinces to re
tire.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 6.-At a crowded
meeting Monday of the European resi-
dents of this city speeches condemnins
the action of the Chinese authorities
/ in the case of the massacr,
! of missionaries at Whai-Han neai
/ Ku Cheng, on Thursday last, were
made and resolution was adopted Il
| appeal directly to the European gov
ernments against the outrage. The
resolution also referred to the made
| quate manner in which China has dealt
with the perpetrators of the former
| outrages.
Some of the speakers at the meeting
| declared they have lost confidence in
| the diplomats at PeSin. United State.
| Minister DENLY and British Minister
n. Il. 0'Connor are being especially de
nounced. The Americans desire spe
ciai commission under United State:
Consul Jernigan to inquire into the
outrages in Ku Cheng. Minister O'Con
nor has assented to this.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-The statement
from United States Minister DENLY
and Consul-General Jernigan that nc
Americans were injured in the attack
| by the Chinese mob upon the missions
at Ku Cheng relieves the navy depart
ment from the necessity of ordering
some of the american naval forces tC
the scene of trouble, although this in
cident will undoubtedly form the sub
| ject of another demand upon the
Chinese government for reparation and
indemnity for the outrage upon the
property rights of the American mis-
ein
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THE EAST.

The famous architect, Richard NJ.
/ Hunt, of New YORK, died at Newport.
Z. l.. aged 90 years.
FLAMES among shipping in New York
caused a loss of Sl50,OOO.
ORDERS were issued by Bishop Phelan,
OF the Roman Catholic diocese of Pitts
burgh, Pa. to the clergy to prohibit
round dances by Catholics in that
diocese.
On Long Island thirty life-saving
stations were opened a month earlier
than usual
AT Pittsburgh papers were signed
which increased the wages of 100000
in Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois and put stop to the contem-
plated strike.
The failure was announced of Frank
A. Mcgowan. Trenton N. j. million
aire, and president of several big cor
porations, for $685. 600
BY making the run from Southamp-
ton to New York in days % hours and
% minutes the United States cruiser
Columbia broke all records for war
ships.
PERCENTAGES of the baseball clubs in
the National league for the week ended
on the Sd were: Cleveland. $50; Pitts
burgh. sos; Baltimore, $50; Chicago,
500; Boston, .577; Cincinnati, .543;
brooklyn. .543; Philadelphia, .53s;
New York, .5l3; Washington, 800;
II. Louis. .32l; Louisville. .262.
IL tornado along the New Jersey
coast houses were wrecked and five
persons were drowned by The capsizing
of boats
TIMOTHY SWEENEY and Thomas But
Ter were caught in storm on Niagara
river and were carried over the falls.
AT Sing Sing, \. Y, Richard LeacA
was electrocuted for the murder of his
wife. Mary 5. Leach, on December IL,
1871
THE death of the wife of Rev. T. De
Witt Talmage occurred at Evansville,
y. Y, of nervous prostration.
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The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE statement of the public debt
issued on the LIST showed that the debt
increased s33. 135. 93s during the month
of July. The cash balance in the
treasury was $751;, lf9.!30 The total
debt, less the cash balance in the treas
ury. amounts TO si.l27, 25s, f35.
The comptroller of the currency saJs
the amount of national bank notes
outstanding July 81 was S2ll PSI ,90s,
an increase for the year of S3.sS6.4i9.
The amount of circulation based on
United States bonds was sis6, SO, 433,
an increase for the year of 8. So, 499.
TIE director of the mint shows IN
his monthly statement that during
July the total coinage of the United
States minis amounted TO s3.235, 500, as
follows: Gold, s2,eIa.OCO; silver, s977,-
600; minor coins, S4s. 500.
The government receipts during the
month Of July were s29.O69. 81, against
s24. 500. 3s9 for July, 1894. disburse-
ments, s3s. SIS, Dos, against sac, $50
for July, 1894
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the I'd aggregated
S9l5. SAT 80, against S726,665, go the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1894, was Is6.
IL tile United States there were 26l
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 2d, against 2Oe the week
previous and 23O in the corresponding
time in 1894
IL the United States the corn crop
this year was estimated at $500. OO0, 900
bushels, the largest ever known.
IL the United States the visible sup
ply of grain ON the 5th was: Wheat,
3. 5I7. 600 bushels; corn, 4.65i, 900 bush
600 bushels; varley. 2s,OOO bushels.
The secret service bureau discovered
a new $40 national bank note on the
First national bank of Detroit. The
notes are Photographic productions Of
brown backs, series of lss2, check let
ter SC" ''B X. Bruce, registrar;
James Gilfillan. treasurer"
Is the United States and Canada the
fire loss for the month of July shows a
total of S9,Os5, 600, against Sl6, 800, 900
for the same period in 1894.
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LATER NEWS,


THE Rocky Mountain Savings bank
at Denver, Colo, assigned the 9th. A
demand was made on the bank for S2s,-
900 of county funds on deposit and it
was unable to make the payment.
THE Democratic monetary convention
assembled at Pertle Springs, Mo-, the
9th. Ex-Congressman Bland was chosen
as chairman.
JUDGE TULEY, of Chicago. the 9th,
decided that speculation on change
was legitimate and could not be classed
as gambling. The case decided was
one where Lorenzo Williams sued 5.
b. Chaplin, broker, to recover money
lost in the stock exchange.
The celebrated Kent murder case at
Fargo, n. D.. was ended the 9Th by the
jury bringing in verdict of guilty OF
murder in the first degree.
THE Grand Commandery of Minnesota
escorted by Paladin Commandery of
st. Paul and Duluth Commandery have
selected THE Northwestern Line as
their route to the Trienual Conclave at
Boston. A special train of Pullman's
finest sleeping cars and dining cars
will leave Minneapolis and ST. Paul
Friday evening Aug. esd and will run
through to Boston. Tickets will be on
sale at one fare for round trip from,
Aug. 10Th. to cath. For detailed in.
formation as to these rates and this
special train please call on agents Cor
ner Robert and Sixth Streets, St Paul;
Is Nieollet House Block. Minneapolis;
Union Depots in both citi :, 405 Messa-
ba Block, Duluth or aauress T. w.
Teasdale, General Passenger Agent,
St Paul, Mimi.
A RIOT broke out at Marinette, Wis.
the 9th, in that part of town known as
Shantytown. over a piece of land occu-
pied by 200 squatters and claimed by
the Nenominee River Lumber COM
panv. John Lundberg. foreman of the
lumber company, was seriously hurt.
JOCKEY SABINE, while exercising the
horse Livingston at St Louis, the 9th,
was thrown and killed.
IT was arranged the 9th that Presi-
dent Cleveland should press the cleo
trio button which will Start the ma
chinery of the Atlanta exposition in
motion Sept. Is.
Ann bAANish AAAhASNCf VT.
0Connor. has made a demand upon the
Chinese foreign Office for military es.
cort from the British consulate at Foo
Chow in order TO enable him to visi.
the scene of the Ku-Cheng massacre
and hold the inquiry demanded. The
Chinese government has assented with
out demur to the demands of the Brit
ssh minister.
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PITH AND POINT.

The wounds made by friend never
heal.-Ram's Horn.
You were embarrassed when you
proposed to me. George, were you
not?" "Yes, l owed over $4,000. -
Life.
Il love to swing upon the gate,
say. just at eventide;
That is. IL 1t will bear the weight
OF some one else beside
N Y Herald.
-''Cholly shows a great lack of self.
confidence" said oae friend. Yes.
And right there he shows great
abundance of good Judgment. Wash
ington Star.
Hello. Ringley. how did the doc
tor succeed in breaking up your fever?"
BIngley-"oh. easy enough: he pre-
scented his bill, and had chill in IF
cen minutes.
-Magistrate--"The evidence shows
that you threw a stone at the man. +"
Mrs. McDuff-"An' it shows more than
that, yer honor. 1t shows that hit
him. "-Tit-Bits
How does Maud like life in the
country?" First rate. She's trim
ming grape vines this week" Really
What with - ribbon?' - Illustrated
Fashion Review.
-Smallwort-"Well, / have to hunt
up another cook. Our latest one left
yesterday" Ford--"Did she basely
desert you for gold?" mo. Copper. ="
Pittsburgh acknowledgement
My expenditures never exceed
my receipts said Hawkins. mine
do" sighed Wilkins. I'm fact, am
very much afraid / shall never have
any receipts for some of my last years
expenditures" -Harper's Bazaar.
"A little girl heard that people We're
made of dust, and, after watching
heaps and columns of it eddying aboat
the street. exclaimed: "Oh. mamma,
just thought there was going to be an
other little girl. "-Boston Transcript.
why. father" cried the young
man, earnestly. shes worth her weight
in gold" That may be" the million
aire carefully returned. but even in
that case you will bear in mind she
wouldn't foot up above thirtv-five or
forty thousand dollars. "-Rockland
Tribune.
In the Dark.-Clara-''I met Mr..
Tutter on the train the other day. just
before we got to long tunnel" Maude
Yes. so he told me-" Clara-"Oh,
did hep What did the dear boy say
about itP" Maude-''He said he would
rather kiss You in tunnel than any
where else. N. Y. Herald.
Easily Remedied. say" said the
city editor, lit seems to me that this
/ expression of yours about showing a
clean pair of heels is not just the thing
in a bicycle race" "All right" an
swered the lazy reporter. Just stick
In a w and make it a clean pair of
wheels. "-Cincinnati Tribune.
An Aquarelle. They were IN a
little boat on the great Mississippi.
The river is rising" she said. as she
looked at the water. Yes" he re-
sponded. as he mopped his brow, and
it is going down at the same time. I"
lie then stopped trying to row up
| stream and 1T the boat iOat.
I Free Press.
Sometimes, John" said BRASIL
xinS' wife, Il do get little disccur-
aged. and think you are rather hard to
please" You don't say sou was the
sstonished rejoinder. yes. But
must admit there is one thing you
never found fault with" What is
that?" THE way look when | wear
my last years clothes, Washington
/ Star
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WILLING TO WORK.
How the Tramp Dfssrmed Suspicion and
Cor n Square Neal.

How the Tramp Disarmed Suspicion and
Cor n Square Neal
The tramp was very humble when
he asked for something TO eat
Please, num-" he said, I'm starv-
in; won't you give poor Teller as has
lost all his family bite to eatr'
Bat there was something cold and
suspicious in her manner. She was IL
clined to doubt his honesty from the
start
Want pie, I'spose," she said sharp
ly.
mo. num-" he answered meekly,
'T'm afeared pied be too rich for me
now
"Doughnuts, mebbe." she suggested.
mo, num-" he replied. Dough-.
nuts is all right. but l amt expectin'
'em. A poor lone mau that's down on
his luck can't afford TO be partickler.
Some old victuals that's left over'n do
hungry man plenty good enough.
Amt you got little stale bread that
the dog don't want?
Poor man." she said, considerably
modified. II believe you really ars
hungry"
''Yes. mum, starvin' regularly stsrv-
in"
Then she tried the last test of sim
certify.
''See here" she said. "a man that's
real hungry will work to get some
thing TO eat"
IN work" he replied promptly.
I'm a workin' man. I've worked fer
the city. Give me suthin' to eat an
I'll work fer Won
''rn try you," she exclaimed: and
then, after he had eaten enough for
two men she said:
II s'pose you can use hammer and
saw"
NO. num-" he returned apologetio-
ally.
We'll. you can handle shovel, any
way"
NO. nan"
Her first suspicious returned and she
eyed him sharply.
You said you'd work for your din
ner," she exclaimed.
Yes, num-" he replied. But I
amt used to workin' except on the
municipal sewer pipe extension plan"
whats that?" she asked.
IVY, mum, all Teller has to do is
Jest TO step up an draw his pay. I've
drawn mine now, an l eheerfullv GER
tify that the cooLin was good. Good
day, mum."-Chicago Times-Herald.
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EFFrE POWERS and Pestora Wilkes.
in trial of speed at Decatur, H.,
paced a mile as a team in 2:l5 fiat. This
beats the worlds record one and-half
seconds
The death of Mrs. Minnie Murray
occurred at Olneysville, n. J. She
claimed to have been 1l6 years old. 1t
is known she was alive los years ago.
LIGHTNING struck the Methodist
church at Quakertown, n. j., during
! services and score of people were in
jured. several of them probably fatally.
SAN FRANCISCO advices expose an al
leged plot to restore Queen LiliuolSa-
luni and loot Honolulu. Rudolph
! Sl'reekels. the youngest son of Claus
Spreckeis, was said to be backing the
s heme.
MANY persons from Ohio and adjoln-
I ing states met at Greenville, o., to
celebrate the centennial of Gen. An
thony Wayne's treaty of peace with
the Indians
Ind, aged los years.
NEAR Spring Valley, Ill, settle
ment of 200 negroes was attacked by
500 Italian miners, many shots were
fired, and forty of the negroes were
wounded, some fatally.
FLAMES burned over six acres at Ber-
] lin, Md. The total number of houses
destroyed was seventy-fve, and the loss
vas 100000.
The death of Andrew Franklin, an
old soldier of the wars OF 1912 and
| Mexico and the late rebellion, oc
Cured at his home in North Burling-
ton, Kan, aged lO3 years : months and
4 days.
ADyICEs from Charlevoix. Mich, say
the report that Beaver island had been
devastated 10y a fire was hoax.
AT Sprague, Wash. the Northern
Pacific railroad was the heaviest loser
| by fire, which swept over 320 acres of
territory and destroyed property val
ued at over 81 100000.
ham were killed by poisonous gases
while digging a well at South Per-
ry. %.
In Cincinnati the levee was visited
by S2O0, 900 fire in which one half of
the Laidley river steamboat line was
destroyed.
THE governor of Wisconsin appointed
r. ID. Marshall, of Chippewa Falls,
| judge of the supreme court.
DUCY PERRY and VIII Sims, sweet
hearts, quarreled at Paducah, KY,
| and Sims started to leave when the
woman shot him dead and then killed
/ herself
In Wisconsin the total assessed valu-
alton for taxation this year will be
about s6O5, 900, 900, which is about S.
900, 900 more than last year.
Is drunken debauch William New
ton Lane shot and instantly killed
James Roder baugh and MORALLY
wounded the young mans father, ii. c.
Rodenbaugh, at Versailles. Ky. All
were prominent citizens.
IN Delta county, Tex, every negro
was notified that he must leave at once
or he would be hanged.
AFTER an adventurous journey of
l,2OO miles on a bicycle John NJ. Trend
| ley, of st. Louis, arrived at Denver,
| Col
The doors of the Citizens state bank
at South Sioux City, Neb.. were closed
with liabilities of $50. goo and assets of
sea, 900.
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1T WAS MARES MIRROR.
And She Got 1t Back as Her weddir
Present.

And She Got 1t Back Her Wedding
] Present.
Young Mr.. Smithers. having eaten
an excellent dinner, sat down to smoke
good cigar while his wife ran up
stairs to make her toilette for the
/ theater.
/ So peaceful was his state of mind
\ that he did not even look accusingly
at his watch when, after the promised
minute" dropped into sixty, she en-
!ered the room
''Seems to me that you are looking
rery nice tonight, my dear" he re-
marked.
81 am so glad you think so. my dar-
| ing. OF course / care more for your
admiration than that of anyone else.
Besides, the SINNERS sit right behind
rs this evening, and this dress will
give her bad headache before the
second act is half over"
Mr.. Smithers looked anxious. $50
this is new, is it? Wasn't the old one
good enough?'
"N-not quite, nv dear. Besides, I
| earned the money for this one my
self"
But how did you earn -"
"Oh, after you left, fell to think
ing what lot of money twenty five
dollars was to spend upon wedding
present for Marie when Ireally needed
so many things. Then an idea struck
me. / remembered all those pretty
things | found in your big trunk after
we were married-the ones that hOrrid
girl. whoever she was. sent back when
the engagement was broken. ] wouldn't
have one of them myself, but It seemed
a pity for them to lie there, 50 ] went
up stairs and looked them all over. i
selected that lovely silver-backed mir
ror and cleaned it up until it looked
just like new; and then | -"
"Sold il to buy the dress. see!"
"Nothing of the kind. ] bought the
dress with the money you gave me.
The mirror | sent to Marie with our
best wishes. Won't she be surprised
why, Freddie. are you ill?"
Not at all, my dear. You are quite
right: Marie will. no doubt, be much
surprised, for. you see, she herself was
the girl who returned those presents
that is all. Baltimore Herald.
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DEATH OF MRS. TALMAGE.
Never Recovered from the Shock Caused
by the Burning of the tabernacle.

by the Burning of the Tabernacle.
DANsvILLE, n. Y, Aug. 6.-Mrs. T..
De Witt Talnage died here at $50
o'clock Mon1ay morning. DIR. Tai
mage, his three married daughters,
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Mangam and
Mrs. brennan, together with
the family physician, DIR. J. E.
Richardson, and DIR. Gregory were
present when she passed away. The
funeral services will be held at 2
o'clock Thursday, August S, in Brook
Iyn. Since the burning of the Brook
lyn tabernacle last year Mrs. Talmage
has suffered from nervous prostration
and she has never fully recovered from
the shock sustained then.
The deceased was the second wife of
DIR. Talmage. His first wife was
drowned while boating in 1862, leaving
a daughter, Miss Jessie, and son, who
has since died. Within two years aft
erward the doctor married Miss Susie
Whittemore, of Brooklyn. She became
the mother OF five children.
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Look Out for It.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-The secret
service of the treasury has discovered
In circulation a new counterfeit $40
national bank note of the First ma
tional bank of Detroit, Mich. The
notes are Photographic productions Of
brown backs. series of 1ss2, printed
on two pieces of paper pasted together
and silk threads placed between The
numbering and seals have been colored
by brush. The officials say: The
character of the notes should be de-
termined by their tints rather than by
the lines in the engraving, as they are
photographs of genuine work.
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senator stewart to Have Charge of a Free
Coinage Organ.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Senator Will
liam NJ Stewart, of Nevada, as soon as
he RECEIVERS from the injury to his
knee cap, sustained last week by
jumping off street car, will,
according to an announcement in a
local newspaper, enter the field of
Journalism. He will be at the head of
the editorial staff of a weekly paper to
be known as the Silver Knight, pub
lished by the order of Silver Knights
OF America, recently Incorporated,
with headquarters in this city. 1t Will
advocate the free coinage of silver.
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''fHE cart-wheel hat. the inflated
cabbage garden bonnet, the basket-of-
roses head gear, hideOus and Obstruct-
i've" Is the description given by the
London Queen To the new feminine
millinery now 50 much in evidence at
matinees, and shutting out all view Of
the stage as effectually As would two
vegetable or floral-covered gardens or
the headgear of a regiment of hus-
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
WISCONSIN CITIES.
Figures Showing Their Approximate
Population.

Population.
Enough census returns have been
completed to show that the population
of the state viii not be less than 2, O0o,-
600. II will be seen that the average
rate of increase in the cities of the
state which have reported is about Is
per cent. Reports from the rural dis
tricts are expected to reduce this per-
centage materially.
The Milwaukee census is as yet in
complete, but il is expected to give the
city about eco. 900 population, an in
crease of about So, 000 La Crosse, as in
1890. is still the second city of the state,
while Oshkosh and Racine occupy
third and fourth places. Eau Claire
yields fifth place to Sheboygan, and is
closely pressed by Green Bay, which,
since she has added Fort Howard to
her corporate limits, is making a strong
bid for metropolitan recognition. The
following table shows the population
and percentage of increase over 1890.
emitting fractions, of the principal
cities of the state:
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Two Men Overcome by Poisonous Gases
at south Perry. %.

CHnLIcoTHE, o., Aug. 6.-Joseph
Bingham and his brother-in-law. Oliver
Benway, lost their lives while digging
a well at South Perry. bingham had
entered the well. Not hearing him
at work Benway called to him. Re-
ceiving no answer he had his wife
and another woman lower him into the
well, where he found Bingham dead,
having been killed by poisonous gases.
Finding himself being overcome, he
signaled the women to pull him up.
but before reaching the top he fell
from the bucket and was killed. Both
leave LARGE families
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A Heavy Failure.

Under Sheriff Armour took posses
sion of the dry goods stock in Milwau-
ken of the Jacob Katz company on
four executions aggregating $4,000
which were filed by the Marshall &
Illsley bank The firm is one of the
Oldest in that city and did a large re-
tail business. The firm was said to
have carried stock of $3.50. 900, and it
was thought the total Liabilities would
amount to 5000. OO0