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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-05
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

An official rat catcher has been ap-
pointed 10y the Liverpool city council
4 JAPANESE brides playthings are
burned ON her wedding day typlfylng
the end of her childhood
THERE are not more than twenty-five
Chinese women IN New York They
carefully avoid the public gaze
GAME WARDEN ATWOOD, Of Maine
thinks he has a great disease 1 he
doctors diagnosed it as 'dacryoeysto-
Observation-Disclosures
Tn bvgienic congress at Buda PeNth
brought out the fact that thereare four
times as many men who Stammer as
there arr. women who are 80 afflicted
IT i claimed that the use OF bicycles
in Toledo. O. has deprecated the
value of electric street railway plants
in that city one million five hundred
| thousand dollars during the past two
years
| TUF thrown-ayvay carbons Of elee-
tric lirhts in Williamsburg are eagerly
/ gathered up 10y sufferers from rheuma-
/ tis1n. who believe that IN carrying
| around pieces OF the carbon the pain Il
leSsened-
Two NFN in Mississippi had a fight IN
| a roon. One threw the other out oi
the window. and. thinking that he had
killed him. jumped himself They teI
a distance OF thirty feet and neither
| was hurt.
Is Siam each year i named after al
animal and people born IN CERTAIN
wears are forbidden to lnterInarrE
Thus. an elephant baby can't marry
tiger. nor a lion lamb And Their
are heavy penalties for lying anou
| nne'S aye.
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

THE architect of the Woman's build
inc of the Cotton States exposition, 10
he held in Atlanta. Ga. next year, Is 10
he Miss Elise Mercur. of Pittsburgh
TIE presidents of the colleges IN
Indiana. at meeting held at lndlanaP-
oils. decided to prohibit intercollegiate
f,otbaI1 games henceforth. Exhibition
sports of any kind only will be allowed
THERE are forty-five survivors OF the
war of 1872 on the roll of the pension
office. of whom fifteen are one hundred
or more years old. There are twelve
pensioners of the revolutionary war
but they are all widows
THE pope recently gave orders Tor the
construction of his tomb. Prof. Luc-
chetti is to attend to the architectural
mart. and Eugenio Maccagni will be the
sculptor. The tomb will be IN the
basilica. Santa Maria Maggiore. flus
vi. was the last pope buried there
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FINANCE ITEMS

THE Iron Age estimates that steel
billets cost Sl4-75 to make with pes
semer pig iron at SO per ton
THE sales of wool at Boston for 1894,
according 70 the Wool and Cotton Re
porter. amount to 142, 2,73s.Os5 pounds
against l24.I7l 200 pounds in le"S-
TIE Journal of Commerce. baSlng Its
calculation on the estimate of conserva-
tive underwriters. fixes the annual ilre
loss from incendiarism in the Inlted
States and Canada at SS9, 600, or .
per cent. of the whole.
SOUTHERN spinners. according to the
Manufacturers Record have about Slo',-
| ooo. 600 invested in cotton mills, contain
| ing 10000. 900 looms and S-OOO-ooo
| spindles. and are sending the mills To
! the cotton instead of the cotton To the
mills
ACCORDING to the figures published
| by the bureau of statistics. the lmnl-
grafton into the United States for eleven
months of the year 1894 has been less
than half as great as for the same period
of IsqS-or 233. .SgI compared with is6,-
216.
A shin canal from bordeaux to
Narbonne. connecting the Atlantic and
the Mediterranean. Is one OF the com
ing public enterprises The distance l:
32O miles. Boats viii Toe towed 10y fixed
engines The cost OF the canal Is estl
mated at $3.50. .OOO, 900.
NINETEEN ships. OF an estimated value
of -. SO. 900. are said To be now elthe
under contract in the shipyards Of tn
great lakes. or negotiations for thel
construction are so far advanced tina
lit is quite probable they will be hull
to go into commission as early as pos
sible next season
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CulED HERE AND THERE.

ONLY one book on aluminium has been
1mLIishcd in the United States and that
- now out of print.
ONE hundred years ago coal oil was
unknown 1t was first made use OF as
=lr ointrrcnt for rheumatism.
AnoUr sixty thousand acres have been
reclaimed in ireland during the past
-ve:,r from bog and marsh lands
NEW ORLEANS has a vestibuled tram
tn san Francisco that covers the dis
tarce in less than sevcnty-cight hours
II has not been many years since
.,rr,,nr1tations were performed with the
-Datient IN full possession of all his fac
ulticS.
THE one hundred and first half-yearly
-rpe,tiuq OF the shareholders of the
North British railway was recently held
in Essia burgh-
FTxAI patents on the basic steel proc.
.css viii soon expire The owners OF
the original made more than seven
hundred and fifty thousand dollars In
,t;rc.it Britain alone.
THE cap Of the Washington monu-
-mcrt Is pyramidal mass OF ALUMINIUM
yuciehi,,r one hundred ounces. Nheu
-.sis was made aluminium was eight dol
l;rs pound.
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soR AND ABOUT woMtE.

TTGuTY-Tyyo women We're SuceSsNlui
in gaining the Il. a degree from '"S
London university at the last eNaiiliiia
ton.
CHARLOTTE FOWLER WELLS was 'he
first woman publisher. She has been
in business since Is44, and i still at II
in New York.
4 WOMAN who wanted to play Lady
Macbeth in a Topeka amateur show re-
fus.d to 90 on because she eouldnt
bav, big sleeves for her sleeP-walklng
gown
FoR the first time a woman has re-
eaived the degree OF doctor of llIerd-
ture from London university IN the
narson of Miss Dawes, graduate OF
Girton.
HTNr. CAsINER-PERIER has kept up
the charitable custom of helping wv"
hundred poor widows at christmas
time This good work was started oN
Mime. Carnot.
Miss BESSIE l.. HACKETT, a New
England girl. has received the nrS'
priz,. "a watch for writing the best ad-
ycrtisement of the merits Of newly
introduced paint.
Born of the legs of Miss Eva Dooley'
of Boston. were amputated at the knee
recently to save her life. They were
poisoned bv the dye in red stockings
which she had been wearing
NRs. Nat COLLINS, widely known
as the Montana Cattle Queen. Will
soon issue a volume Of "reminiscences.
irving a history OF over forty years oi
| life in the camp and ON the pralrle-
/ AT Gardiner. Me. there Is good
looking and spry young woman Wh'
iraws q grocery wagon No fear o
ner wasting her time fooling with tbs
servant girls unless they have got new
bOnnetS.
Mrs. ORNIsToS CHANT. the Engllsl
rcformer says that She has been "i
fered five thousand pounds To be silen
and to cease carrying on the erusad
against the music halls and simlla
| places of amusement
Mrs. HENRIETTA NJ KING. OF Oorpu
Christi. Tex. owns eighteen hundre
and seventy-five square miles OF land
Texas. or about million and q quartz
of acres. She inherited this vast IL
main from her husband. Richard HIM
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IN 1895

\ NAH. CARRIER was sent out from
Boston. Philadelphia or New York to
country town only when there was
enough mail to pay him for the trip
WHEN a Virginian started on Jour
nev to New York. he made his VIII ana
bade farewell to his friends aS though
ne expected never to see them agaln-
OTARREIs between the boxes ana the
pit in the thcaterS were common, and
the people in the former sometimes Spat
down on the heads of the crowd below
BrsINEss men and politicians gener-
ally used a cipher in their correspond
cnce. lest their communications become
public property, by being read 10y 'he
postmasters.
PAINTED signs representing red dogs
blue monkeys and other remarka hle
animals appeared over the doors OF dry
goods stores and other mercantile es
tablishmentS-
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u Cr,.niSAep DOCUMENT.
The AIs.,t.an of French Sympathies a"o
the German Official.

a
the German OniciaI
The simple people of Alsace, who re-
m, in their hearts a strong love for
France. at the same time that they arc
i,.>irous not to offend their German
7.ul.rs too much, have Il hard time OF II
when they are brought to the ballot
,ox To vote for representatives IN tho
German parliament In one electloh
II, = certain Alsatiau district the TWO
candidates were Kable, an AisatIan o,
French sympat thies, who had proteste"
AGAINST the annexation after the war
OF 1870. ami German.
Ga elect on day peasant came TO
the polling place, which was preSlue"
,,v,., by a German official The peas
ant had in one hand a ticket on whlch
tirr,. was printed the name OF habie'
and in the other Il ticket bearing the
name Of the German candidate.
..N,ciu Herr" he said to the German
election oilici al, will you tell me
which of these two tickets is the bet
Ter one?"
The officer looked at them.
..Wnv. this is much more prefer
able" said he, indicating the German S
ticket
.Ah. thank your' answered the
peasant i will keep it next my
ncurt."
lie folded it carefully and put 1T IL
his inside coat pocket
As for this other then, said ne
with an air of putting it away from
HIM as an unworthy thing, Il Wi
leave il here
And he put the Kable ticket IN tn
Dallot-box. Youths Companion
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CURRENT HUMOR.

A MAN Is known by the company he
refuses to Galveston News.
A. BErwEEN the government support
ing him or laboring for himself give
the Indian his pick. and he Il never take
To the shovel Philadelphia Times
Hr---I received tremendous ova-
tion a. l went behind the scenes last
NIGHT She--And 1t was your first dis
appearance. too. Philadelphia Times
CoIIEcroR-.Is your father in. my
boy2- Son OF the Father-'lf You
could have seen the hands he held last
uicrht You wouldn't aN me that ques-
ton. Syracuse Post.
..YoU never accept any more OF my
Jokes about lady shoppers who never
buv.~ said Smokers to the edltor-
No. I'm married now was the salts
factory response.-Detroit Free Press
TuyNKER-.-Of conr~e YOU have some
idea as to whom we are indebted fol
the origination Of language? oldhaci
Woman. doubtless Ewes actions
at least. have created more or les
talk Buffalo Courier
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How is it. Uncle Nose, that you
never married? Amt you an admIrer
of the fair seX?"
..Oh. Wis: l fo't er duel wunce erbout
er gal, sab
"A duel?''
YES. sab; yeahs and yeahs ago
sam Johnsing an mysef, we oofe
dubbed de same gal; we was bofe bonn
ter hab dat gal. and de bizness climax
ated in er duel wild pistils- We oote
xah er trife narvous, sab, and de bull
lets went sorter wild, an nobody was
hit but mewel in de mex field.
And did you fire again?
No. sab. dat was er VERY vallyble
mewel. an we bofe got kinder skear'
like. so we entered into an america
BILE arrangement"
How did YOU settle it?''
.sSam tuck de gal an l greed tel
paw 70 de mewel. As lar as lub goe'
| dat cured dis dog oh sucGin' a'gs- L
wah VERY vallyble mewel
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ALWAYS.

Use your handkerchief unObtrusively-
KEEP on learning something TO the
day of your death
p,sr when ladies leave the room, and
stand till they are out
COVER the mouth with hand or nap
kin when obliged to remove anything
from it
WHEN burdens press hard think OF
some one more unfortunate, and count
ND Your blessings
RrNF>fnER that the patient bearing
and overcoming of little trials day by
dav. Is more heroic and causes more
Growth of character than some great
deed that the world admires- s--Oood
| Housekeeping -
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LIGHT.

IL 1874 a down easter invented d
.-r,acies of candle which he claimed ana
not need smiling
THE people Of large districts IN Fer-
- no other artificial light than
,rat obtained from petroleum.
.-r,1r oil wells Of Baizu cover district
.of country twenty-five miles long py
oyer half mile in breadth
ONE horsepower conFerteu hi'o 60
.cquass twelve candle-Power' INTO III el1e
.tricity- equals sixteen hundred eahuie
power
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CYCLING PROVERBS

Po1IrENEss is like n pneumatic tire.
as it eases many jolt in the journey OF
life.
THE world. like bicycle, would soon
come to a stop, if it were not Tor the
cranlls.
OUR lives are like roads. Some are
smooth and even from beginning to end
and some are all ups and downs
A PLEASANT disposition like the OIL
in a bicycle bearing, reduces friction
and prevents world of wear and tear
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IoxDov. April 3.-A dispatch to The
e.-,,5,rd from Berlin SAYS that the EN-
- ~ china has instructed Ii hung
Pptang pl to ask am audience of the mlkado
and to thank him for granting the
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-05
NEW YORK. April ,
An Old Editor Dead.

NEW YORK. April 3.-David ID, stone,
who for "A years was editor OF the New
work Journal Of Commerce, mas dlSoi iO
bis home in Brooklyn hls deaIh re. re.
suited from a complication oL y
troubles. after an illness Vi
month
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NEW CASTLE, Colo, April b" me
Mrs. Thomas Jones was preparing hEl SI
ballot at the polls, she tainted ana er1lt, ieLt,
bursting a blood vessel, from 1tle elie"''
80 xrbicb She died in a few hours
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-05
THE MARKETS.
PrrrsBURG. April ?.

PITTsBURG, April ,
wHEAT-No: red, 80 eGJc; No. red, 5S9
CORN-No. 2vellow ear, 49d5Oc; mixed ear.
&c y &c. No > yellow sheiled. 4gGJOc.
OATS-No l white, a2j-g g}'c. No : do, ""H
8s g: extra No , white, 55G3ji4c; mixed, 5i@
HAY-Choice timothy, sI2OOGl2-5); No.
timothy. $lI .25GII.JO: No. timothy, SlO.5gN
II %. mixed clover and timothy, SlloJ 10,
packing s. p G75O; No. feeding PRAIRIE % %
CagUJ: wagon hay, Sl4UOgl6Ol |
BJTTER-EIgin creamery, 2i"29c; ONO |
fancy creamery 2Oa 22s; fancy country, roll |
lea lSc; low grades and cooking. 9dlO
CHEESE-Ohio, mild, lUHlUl@c, New YORK I
fan make 1IIgGl2c: Imberger, fall make, lag /
l3lsc; Wisconsin Swiss. lSg i3'2c; ONO SWISS
IOIyGllI6r-
EGGS-Strictly fresh PennsylVama ana
Ohio cases, I3l9ql4c; goose eggs. 6'e'2c' duck
POIITRY-Large live chickens 70d75s per
pair: live chickens, small. 6o9d9c: ducks % %
55c u.r nair as to size: dressed chickens, ll.b
IL. Ter 10: turkeys. I5Gl6c per lb, ducks, I9H
Ice: live turkeys, uGI2c per ib' live geese 'Oc
CGSlUO per pair.
EAST LIBERTY. Pa, April ,
CATTLE-Receipts only fair and consisting
mostly of common and light grades very ie"
good prime cattle on Ii' "'aI '' re-
rood grades Will sell at stronger prio'7'
,,-bils others will sell at tul quar-
ter lower than last week. Prime - .2do .
cod - 25d575: good butchers, S4i5952o;
a
S20JG3OO; fresh cows and spFhger7. SI0 V'S
HOGs-Receipts only fair, consisting mostly
of light hogs The demand l. steady
and the market shade stronger lhiii
Last week : prices PhIladelphlaS. Solo a. .
Ie,t mixed 500 q5IO; best Workers - 10 a3O0
f,ir Workers and pigs. s4.GOG4SJ; roushS' - W
SHFEP-Receipt5 light and the demand only
e. market opruing slow and prices about
| steady on both sheep and lambs Export
,,..+bgrs S5UOG5l5: extra, Sitpd ~, snol
/ :, r1gI 5o- fair = gyU3-6J: common >l.5Od
! . m hist lambs 5000 $50: good lambs ct-e5 Z
/ an common to fair lambs, s2.OG ~ YEA
/ ,,lyr- S4UUdI75: heavy and thin calves. s-V
/ e5UJ
CINCINNATI. April ,
HOGS-MarIlet active at S435G5-25: receipts
! I 30 head: shipments, I,5gJ head
CATTLE Market steady at $50 ,H'-'9' II
! ,..I.,r- .pJ head shipments 300 head
GFIEFP AND I.ASIBS-Sheep, market stead
a. - 0Ia45O: receipts, 400 head; shipments
none. Lambs. market steady at S5VJa9.o1
NEW York, April
vHEAT-Spot market steady. No : re
- and elevator GOlsc; atioat. SIC; f o. b
/ ~. aaoat, No. / hard. 6g&Sc delivered
CORN-Spot market quiet Steamer mlNe'
5Is.c delivered; No 3, sic delivered .,.
0ATS-Spot market steady No . - Z
No delivered, $50; No D. sc, ~. W u, -
| g-l..- No white. 5654c track White' o'.a Il
EAT-TI E-Eurupean cables quote Anerlci
steers at I2I IqGl3i5c per pound dressed y" "eisT
, / refrigerator beef at lOl4t9lc per pouiiu-
| ,,.rrs today. 394 beeves. l.435 sheep anu -
/ quarters Of beef - -t-. 4,
! SHEEP AND LAMBS-Sheep, market U al
- s-..,liy- sheen, poor 70 good, $500 go--
no lambs changed hands; half the STOCK
HOGS-Marlet firm at S50Od5 b
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EAST LIBERTY. Pa, April ,


CINCINSATI. ApTll :
HOGS-Market active at si-j5@5--0: receipts
I 30 head shipments, l,1ut head
CATTLE-NIarket steady at $50 100 re-
- an head: shipments. 3lJ head
SHEEP AND LASlBS-Sheep, market STEADY
o. - T,1nbs market steady AT S3OJd56l
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Rusfuess items. nrst insertion, loc- Per iiHe
subsenuent Insertions Sc per lioe -
- 1aSn1st-sfo-,s apc Executors Notices g -
Auditors Notices . -
So sDa similar Notices s---------------- W
s.-kesolutIons or proceedings OF snE sf q =
tioD or society and comuunicstions oss sS
yIdusI Interest must be pAid tor as J.
~ and Lob PrintinS Of all kinds neaut AZ
exe5tousIy executed 1t the lowest prices Aho
don'tycu forget IT.
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Advertising Rates.

n. large and reliable circulation of the CAN-
-. FprxM.S eommenSs IL 10 the faFolsnle
rsTiou of advertisers whose iAFors VIII %
insrrfet AZ the following Low rAtee- q
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-10
THE BUSINESS SITUATION.
remarkable Increase In Manufactures
Especially of Iron and Steel.

Remarkable Increase In Manufactures,
Especially of Iron and Steel.
NEW YORK, August 9.-BrHdstreet's
Tomorrow will say; The features of
the business week are continued with
remarkable strength for demand, in
crease In the production OF and the ed-
vance In prices OF steel and from. Strik.
Ing as WAS the demand for en- increase
In the price Of wheat, leather, cotton
end other staples for month or two
following March / last. no rebounds
since the depression OF 1894 has been
stronger or more surprising than that in
iron and steel
OF the came nature is the evidence of
improved business conditions shown by
the activity In almost all manufacturing
lines. More particularly, OF course,
those In which iron and steel are en-
ployed. The center OF commercial &C
tivity at the West follows q line drawn
from 81. Louis through Chicago, st. Paul
and Minneapolis with Oh improving de-
mand also shown along the Ohio river
valley.
Wholesalers st Chicago and St. Louis
report receipt OF good orders for dress
goo1s, has, caps, clothing and shoes, to
. large degree, the result. of personal Sc.
lection by interior merchants.
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Sale of a Raiir Dad Ordered.

CHARLESTON. s. C, August 9.-In the
suit Of Charles Phinizy and Alfred Bal
seress against Port Royal and Western
Carolina railroad, Central Trust Com
pany OF ais United States Circuit JudRe
Simonton to-day filed decree ordering
the sale Of the road by Special Master
Theodore G.. Barker, at Greenwood, s.
c.. October II proximo. The road is
now in the hands Of John Cleveland,
OF Sparsanburg, S. G i. and includes the
Augusta and Knoxville road from
Augusta to Greenwood, 8. c. The
Savannah Valley, from Mccormick, 8
o., to Anderson. the Greenwood and
Spsrtanburg, from Greenwood to Spar
tenburg and Greenville and Lsurene
between Greenville and Laurens, about
2OS miles.
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High Toned Countrv O,nh

DoBBs FRRRY. N Y, August "a
syndicate composed of wealthy New
Workers, including Cornelius Vsnder-
bilt, j. Pierpont Morgan, General
Samuel Thomas. William and John D.
Rockefeller, Chsuncey NJ. Depew, j. G..
McComb and u. Archibald have pur-
chased about 23G acres OF land at this
place and intend to establish 3 country
club. The land pure hased is valued sc
100000 and includeA 107 acres Of the
Cyrus Field estate. a large hotel and
casino, eimilar TO that OF Newport will
be erected and these and other build.
ings which will be put up on the prop
erty will cost about $1,000. 600 10 ore
The club will charge an initiation fee
OF $3.50 and the annual dues will be $3.50.
A private dock will be built, which will
cos. abou. $4,000
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-10
RAILROAD Dlsantera

PHILApELrHIA. Pa, August o.-Three
persons were killed and two seriouslv
injured on the rail in this city this
morning. wagon driven by VIM. Has
son was struck by Pennsylvanis loco.
motive on the outskirts OF the city, at a
grade crossing. The vehicle was
smashed and Hasson WAS instantly
killed. Edward Miskell and John Has.
son, ayounger brother Of William, who
were also in the wagon, were seriously
injured internally. About the same
time In another section OF the CITY,
Martin Erwin, while crossing the tracks
OF the baltimore and Ohio railroad, WAS
struck by locomotive and instantly
killed. Willie H. Stanley. years old,
was ground to pieces under the wheels
OF fast flying trolley car at 0 a. m,
near his home in West Philadelphia.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-10
More of Holmes' viilain,es.

CHICAGO. August 9.-The pick of q
workman In Holmes castle uncovered a
strange construction last night which
carries more terrible suggestion of the
conspirators' work. In the close. room
on the second floor where Holmes used
to sleep there Ia gas pipe running
over the floor. Where the pieces meet
In the wall they turn down into the
door, and beneath the boards is cut of.
The pipe runs directly to the window
less room where 1t Is believed Mrs.
Conner was murdered The cutoff IL
believed to be one OF Holmes !nstru-
ments Of death. Sitting in his room he
could turn on the current that would
MI the dark sleeping apartment with
deadly gas. asphyxiatiDg the occupants.
The cue-of was secre,; 1t was reached
simply by lifting q board in the closet.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-10
THE oUrRaGEs IN CHINA.
The government Urged to Take vigorous
Measures to Protect Amer loans

The government Urged to Take Vigorous
Measures to Protect Amer leans.
WASHINGTON. August 9.-No Official
adyaoes have reached the State Depart
mSnt concerning the reported destruc-
ton OF American missionary property at
dnhok, China. 1t is believed at the
State Department that the place re-
ferred to Is identical with Suihing,
where troubles were reported two days
ago and this second dispatch really re-
lstes to the same incident,
Acting Secretary Nc Adoo has received
telegram from Nashville, signed
jointly BY the Southern Methodist and
Presbyterian missionary society officials,
confirming the report Of the outrageous
character of the Kusheng massacre, and
urging the State Department to protec t
the American missions in China.
Mr.. mcAdoo has responded by tele-
graph that United States Minister
DENLY had already taken the most
vigorous measures to secure the safety
OF Americans, and that renewed instruc-
tions to that end had already been
cebled to the minister. A high official
OF the navy to-day, commenting on the
criticisms that have been made because
American gunboats have done nothing
to protec. the missionaries in China.
said that the situation Is not understood
by these critics.
The places where the riots have &C :
Cured are many hundred miles inland
where 1t is impossible for ships to 60
He also believed that 1t would be use.
less to attempt to send force from the
ships by land, and drew as q comparison
supposed riot In Utah, where British
subjects were killed, and said 1t would
be aa reasonable to expect British war
ships TO reach Salt Lake. or to send an
armed force from New York as to ex-
pect the United States to reach the in
terror points in China by gunboats or by
land force.