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GOLD MINING CONVENTION.
Salt Lake City Selected 8s the Next Place of
neutrality-suspicious. Introduced.

Salt Lake City Selected rs the Next Place of
Meeting-R Introduced.
DENVER, Col, July 10.-The first
business of the last days session of the
international Gold Mining convention
was the selection of place for hold
Ing the next convention in 1898. j. o.
Buckley, of Wisconsin, withdrew Mil
waukee from the contest. After the
call of states had been finished and
before the vote was announced Mr..
Montgomery, of Nebraska, withdrew
Omaha, and moved that Salt Lake City
be declared the unanimous choice for
the convention. The motion was car
ried.
The following resolutions were in
troduced and referred: That for the
purpose of stimulating the mining in
dustry congress be memorialized to
establish in each United States land
district in the mineral producing states
government experimenting and test
ing station, where ores may be tested
free of expense to the prospectors; to
change the name of the convention
from International Gold Mining con-
vcntion to International Mining con-
grcss.
The chairman appointed a commit
tee to take the necessary steps toward
securing the passage of a constitu-
tional amendment establishing a cabi-
net department, to be known as the
department of mines and mining.
n. b. Guyet, member of the resolu-
tions committee from New Mexico,
offered a minority report declaring for
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer at the ratio of sixteen to one. On
motion it was laid on the table.
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SHE SPANKED FOR THE FAmuv
The Strangers Kind oTer WINS Tn,
diEnantiy Refused.

People never get encouragement for do;r,
the Good Samaritan act in the Interest," Z
the public, as the man decided who ofroso =,
to assist distracted woman and amelioratuI
the sufferings of lot of people on a an.
burban car.
The boy who bowls was in evidence tb0
curled darling of his only own mother anJ
the terror of everybody else, and he had
kept the car in state of wild excitement
and exhausted the patience of everybody IN.
Guiding his doting parent. '''
"Oh, il your father were only here!" sbe
had said for the fftieth time, as she tried
vainly to restrain the bowling terror.
At that he stopped bowling long enoroh
to beat the air with his small shins and A.
woman on the other side of him remark
audibly that a cage was the proper place for
savages like him.
Johnny, dear" asked his mother. "won,t
you be a good boy?"
Rpars and kicks from Master JOHNNY.
"Oh, wish your father were here to give
you good trouncing this very minute," sbo
walled, as she struggled with him.
Then it was that the philanthropist of tho
company asserted himself. He had been
trying in vain to read his morning paper ever
since he started from home.
"Allow me, madam" he said, blandlv az
am a father myself, and | will be hannv 70
chastise your cherub in behalf of his absent
parent"
ooh, no, you won't, not if | know it,o
said Johnny's mother, rising in her wrath
like a tigress. There amt that man LIVING
dare lay a finger on that boy-his own ia
ther. or. any other ugly eatamount who
thinks he knows it ALL" and she shut off
debate by going into the next car and TAX.
ing the. sweet infant with her.-Chicago
Times Herald.
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ELKS ELECT OFFICERS.
Meade ID. DetweiIer Again Grand Exaite,
Kmler-Nld Trnnhles Settled.

Meade ID. DetweiIer Again Grand Exalted
Ruler-Old Troubles Settled.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, July 10.-The
Elks' grand lodge yesterday elected
the following officers: Grand exalted
ruler, Meade d. Detweiler, of Harris
burg, Pa; grand exalted leading
knights, Il. NJ Allen, of birmingham,
Ala, Louis Houser, of Newark, N. j.,
Charles NJ. Foote, of Minneapolis,
Mimi; grand secretary, George a.
Reynolds, of Saginaw, Mich. :;
grand treasurer, L. S. Orris,
OF Meadville, Pa; grand tyler, Scott
Holmes, of Cincinnati; grand esquire,
L. A. Clarke, of st. Louis; grand inner
guard, George Meyer, Jr., of Pitts
burgh, Pa; grand chaplin, Rev. DR.. $.
d. Undertake, of New Albany, Ind;
grand trustees, Jerome Il. Fisher of
Jamestown, n. Y, Hunter A. Gray
croft of Dallas Tex, George b. Cronk
of Omaha, Neb.
Grand Exalted Ruler Detweilcr took
the floor to defend his course in the
matter of the Golden Gate lodge diff
Guilty at San Francisco and his organi
zation of d new lodge was almost
unanimously sustained A discussion
of the proposed reinstatement of Allen
o. Meyers in the Cincinnati lodge re-
suited in his expulsion from the order
by an overwhelming vote.
The grand lodge of Elks yesterday
awarded prizes as follows: Most unique
display, first prize, $500, to Tcrre iIaute,
Ind; second prize, 500, to Grand Fork,
S. d. Competitive drill, first prize,
to Tol edo; second, $75, to Louisville.
Best banner in parade, first, SIS, to
Allegheny Pa; second, $50, to Cincin-
natl. Uniformed lodge coming longest
distance, 500, to Hartford
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INTRUDERS MUST GO.
A List of Those to BE Eyicted from the
Cherokee Nation Sent to Indian Agent

A List of Those to BE Eyicted from the
Cherokee Nation Sent to Indian Agent
Wisdom.
WASHINGTON, July 1O.-A list of
intruders, containing the heads
families who are to be removed from
the Cherokee nation on the demand of
the authorities of that tribe, has
been sent to Indian Agent Wisdom,
of the Union agency at Muskogee,
l. T. The agent is directed that
great care be exercised in the
removal to prevent undue harshness
and to work the least hardship
possible. The agent is directed to per-
sonally supervise the evictions and to
turn over to the designated officer of
the Cherokee nation the improvements
from which intruders are elected, call
ing on the Cherokee authorities to APP
point representatives to assist him. A
troop of cavalry will be detailed to
support the government in the WORK.
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JAPAN'S PROTEST.
| Secretary Sherman's Note Aboct tho
Hawaiian Islands Not Accepted.

Secretary Sherman's Note Aboct tho
Hawaiian Islands Not Accepted.
WAsHINGTON, July 10.-Japan's atti-
tude toward the annexation of Hawaii
will be more fully made known to the
state department soon. The note
written by Secretary sherman in an
swer to the japanese protest against
annexation has not been accepted by
the Toxic government as a refutation
of the claims, and the reply which Mr..
Toru HoShi, the Japanese minister
here, will send to the secretary of state
will express the dissatisfaction with
which the contentious of the United
States are viewed. No inkling con-
corning the arguments advanced to
counteract Mr.. Sherman's representa-
tons will be given at the Japanese
legation, where Mr. Hoshi continues
to assure those who inquire about the
position of his government that Japan
has no designs on the Hawaiian islands.
Granting this, there is no doubt that
Japan will not allow the islands to be-
come part of the United States in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
treaty now before the senate without
a struggled purely diplomatic strug-
gle, in all proba ability, but one that
will be full of spice and perhaps some
display of feeling. The situation be-
tween the Toxic and Washington gov
ernments has not improved, and the
differences over the question at issue
may lead to a sensational rupture.
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Meridian's Pavements.

The municipal boards of Meridian last
week settled the street pa wing question
on which the councilman and aldermen
have been divided SO long by agreeing
to proposition to use one-half the
money now on hand for paving in put
ting down vitrifled brick aud one-half
in ebert. Bids for the work have been
received by tho boards already and the
contracts will be awarded in few days.
1t is therefore assured that the streets
in tho business portion of Meridian will
be paved before winter.
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Found Dead In the Woods.

About two weeks ago negro man
about p years old, living four miles
soath of Forest, made an infamous as
sault upon white lady living in the
Same vicinity. The lady had been Wis
iting a neighhor and was returning
homo, whom suddenly tho negro made
accomplish his purpose. lie was fright
cned away by the lady pretending that
her husband was nearby and calling
him. The negro had presumably been
at largo since until one morning last
week, when he was found in tho woods
about mile from Forest, dead He was
securely tied to a tree, with about
twelve buckShot holes in his head
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TRADE REPORT.
Only Moderate Volume of Business Be-
Cause OF the Excessive Heaf.
New YORK, July 10.-Bradstreet's re-

New YORK, July 10.-Bradstreet's re-
port says:
There is only moderate volume of trade
throughout the country, the more noteworthy
changes being a checked demand west and
northwest due to the excessive heat and to
storms, continued favorable reports as to the
cereal and other crop prospects and diturbanCe
in industrial lines Cue to the strike Of about
10000 bituminOuS coal miners. The reluctance
of West Virginia operatives to join in the
strike complexities the situation.
The prospects of an early settlement Of tho
tariff has strengthened the widespread feeling
of hopefulness that the autumn win bring q re-
Yival Of Consumptive demand. Orders for
clothing, shoes and hardware for fall delivery
are already more frequent at Baltimore CHI
cago and Omaha Tb" movement of dry
goods is checked by midsummer stock
taking, but retail business in SeaS1nabIc
lines has been stimulated by midSum-
mcr weather There is no improves
ment in demand for cotton or wooden goods
but the latter are higher, based on the cost OF
wool Prices show an advance of one fifth OF
one per cent during June, and mark the begin
ming OF a turn in the outward flow Of the tide
of prices which continued from January to
June |.
There arc 2l5 business failures reported
throughout the United States this week, COM
pared with 2!5 last week, 2l9 in the week last
year, go two years ago. 229 three years ago
and as compared with sos in the first week Of
Univ 1891
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

THE national conference of the mid
dle-of-the-road populists at Nashville,
Tenn, on the 9th adopted a lengthy
address to the people, declaring against
fusion, rcaffirming the platform of the
peoples party, especially the initiative
and referendum, and calling upon all
to join in the contest it is waging. A
plan for recognizing the party was
also adopted.
JOHN REYNOLDS, for 3oyears publish
err of the Odd Fellows Talisman and
one of the best known odd fellows in
the United States, died at Indianapolis,
Ind, on the eth of fatty degeneration
of the heart, aged 20 years.
SENATOR IsHAM G. HARRIS, of Ten
nessee, died at Washington on the Sth,
in his sOth year.
THE gold mining convention at Den.
yer, Col, selected Salt Lake City for
holding the next meeting. A minority
report on the 9th declaring for the free
coinage of silver at sixteen to one was
laid on the table.
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whats the NATTER" inquired the fore
man, as he entered the sanctum for copy
and noted the editors bleeding nose swof
len forehead, pulled, red eye and tattered,
dusty coat. Fall downstairs" "No-only
that" replied the editor, pointing with his
finger to a paragraph in the paper before
him. ''Its in our account of the Crapley.
Smith wedding. 1t ought to read: Miss
Smiths dimpled, shining face formed
pleasing contrast with Mr.. Crapley's strong,
bold physiognomy.' But see how it was
printed And the foreman read: Miss
Smiths pimpled, skinny face formed
bald physiognomy "Crapley was just in
here" continued the editor, throwing one
blood-streaked handkerchief in the waste
basket and feeling in his pockets for clean
one, "and he-but just send that fool of
proof reader in here! There's fight left in
me yet!"-Typographical Journal.
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HOW 1t Is Done.

Cup against it again." gloomily remarked
the man who pronounces athletic in four
syllables.
Flows that" asked the woman who
wears white gloves with black stitching
Thought had sure thing the other
day, and was thrown as usual. Was in a
bicycle store when young fellow came in
to buy a cyclometer. Said his had given out
for season. record and '' hated to o. be@n s
over again. Salesman said he could fix it,
Took new cyclometer, fixed it on wheel, up
ended the thing in the store and began to
turn. Reeled off $50 miles in no time.
Thought | saw my graft. Went to guy
know and bet him | could ride more miles
in week than he could. 1t was to be de-
cided by our cyclometers. Bought new cy-
clometer, went up in the attic and began to
turn. Struck hot box at the two hundred
and eighty-seventh mile and stuck fast
Never happened to cyclometer before
just my luck. Buffalo Express.
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VICTIMS OF The HEAT.
Five People Lose Their Lives at Kansas
City from the Hot wave-Deaths at Other
Places

Five People Lose Their Lives at Kansas
City from the Hot wave-Deaths at Other
Places.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, July 10.-The ex.
cessive heat of yesterday was more
than local visitation. The heated
area includes oil of Missouri and Kan
sas. In Kansas City five deaths and
20 or moro prostrations were recorded.
Those who lost their lives in Kansas
City by the heat were: Michael
Doughcrty, bother, 9ls Cherry street;
Patrick White, laborcr, 7l2 East Eight
zenith street; Emil Dahl, unknown,
died in St Margaret's hospital, Kan
sas City, Kan; Amos bowl, laborer, %
South Second street, Kansas City,
Kan, and Mrs. Sophia Hammersberg,
23iO Summit. In st. Louis the
death list reached nine. The heat
found two victims in st. Joseph and
one in Atchison. other cities report
fatalities in proportion. Besides do
ing much damage to corn, dispatches
indicate that heat has been even a
greater hardship to dumb beasts, es-
pecially fatal to horses and cattle.
OF all the hot days at Chicago that
lldNC maui iA4N a Jul tAtil olAlNt tAit W 81 ~
weather of 1897 began yesterday was
the worst. There were more deaths OF
human beings and of animals, and the
number of prostrations was greater
than upon any other day of the long
hot spell that has hung over Chicago.
Sixteen people are dead from the heat;
two are insane, and out of large
number of prostrations, ten cases are
critical.
At Cincinnati the number of heat
deaths yesterday was six. Thirty pros
trations were also reported. At Lafay-
cite, Ind, three deaths occurred yes
terday from the effects of the heat,
and another victim was dying. At
New York the police reported
IL prostrations, and in one of
the cases a laborer, who was
crazcd by the rays of the sun,
leaped into the Harlem river and was
drowned. Seven sudden deaths yester-
day were indirectly due to the heat.
At indianapolis, Ind, yesterday was
the hottest day of the year. Oscar +.
Mayhem, a bookleeper, and Daniel J.
Small, laborer, died from the heat.
Three other cases were considered
fatal. Besides these, the hospital at
tended to at least 20 prostrations.
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STUNNING PARTIES.
A Tour Of Chinatown Made by the Chris
tIan Endcavorers-


SAN Francisco, July i0.-Slumming
parties through Chinatown arc being
organized and are proving a source OF
peculiar attraction to the Christian
Endeavorers. Yesterday seems to have
almost touched the high water mark
of religious fcrvor. but it is predicted
that by Sunday a wave of even greater
excitement will sweep over the city.
Withal, much hard, earnest work is be-
ing done, and the practical results of the
convention will be surprising when the
full record is written. Yesterdays
proceedings and the incidents of the
great convention have fully demon
strated the fact that never before in
the history of this organization of phc-
nomenal growth has any of its annual
gatherings been crowned with such
success. 1t has required the efforts Of
big squad of police to keep people
away from the monster halls in which
the meetings are being held. For
more than an hour before the time
set for the opening of the serv-
ices in the evening the streets
near Woodward's and Mechanics
pavilion were literally packed
with men, women and children, eager
for admission, and almost before sun
down the buildings capable of accom-
modating 10000 were SO crowded that
the fire authorities positively refused
to admit any more of the endeavorers
or their friends. IL is to the credit of
the police that admirable order was
maintained, and no casualty married
the enthusiastic religious demonstra-
tions. Thousands of people from the
east poured into town yesterday, and
il is estimated that not less than 80. 900
visitors have already arrived, although
several trains are still delayed. The
arrangements for the convention made
by General Secretary Baer, aided by
the local committees, are admirable,
10 Il
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To Mako Chenper Steel.

MOBILE, Ala, July 1O,-Thcre has
been shown here during the past few
days block of steel made here from
red hematite ore, from the Birming-
ham district of Alabama. The steel
has been made at one run, avoiding
the costly and laborious processes
hitherto in vogue. The Mobile steel
is the first run that has been made
without admixture of Cuban magnetic
ores, or the use of expensive machin-
cry. Tests made show that it is fine
grade steel. The invention is that of
c. w. Stanton, a well-lnown grain
man of this city.
The leader., 1897-07-14
Death of Judge j. NJ. Arnold

Judge James NJ. Arnold, ono of Mis-
sissippi's most gifted sons and most dis
tinguished jurists, died at Birmingham,
Ala, last week. Judge Arnold was the
circuit judge OF the First judicial dis
trict for number of years, and bore the
reputation of being one of tho best the
State ever had. On his appointment to
the supreme court bench by Gov. Lowry
on Jan. I, 1885, he resigned the circuit
judgcship. lie was appointed to succeed
Judge II. ii. Chalmers. On October l,
1889, Judge Arnold resigned from the
supreme court and went to Birmingham.
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A Protest Against Gov. Leedy's Polio

TOPEKA Kan, July 10.-Thc populist
league of Shawnee county has made a
formal protest against the policy of
the state administration in making APP
pointments. This action had l0Sg
been threatened by the members of the
organization and to those conversant
with the affairs OF the party in Shaw
nee county caused little surprise. The
trouble has been brewing since Gov.
Leedy's appointment of Topella's police
commissioners, and seems to have been
brought to an open revolt by the APP
pointments made by some of the state
boards
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OMAHA, Neb., July 1O.-Iestcrday
Miss Title Larsen tried to commit SUI
eide by tearing open the arteries of
her left wrist with a hairpin. When
she was found in the weeds near
Thirtieth and Webster streets at noon
the blood was flowing from these arte-
ries in stream. She was unconscious
from the loss of blood, and only prompt
action on the part of those who discoy-
cred her saved her life. Il wanted to
go to Heaven, and that is why did
it," she said. The authorities cannot
understand her case. She is not in
sane
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
SUPRNIE COURT,
This day personally appeared before
me, the undersigned clerk Of tho Su-
preme Court of the State of Mississippi,
A. Q. May, State treasurer of said State,
who makes oath that the foregoing is a
true and correct statement OF the con-
dition of tho treasury OF tho State OF
Mississippi on the first day of July, 1897.
A. q. MAY, State Treasurer.
Witness my hand and seal Of office at
Jackson, Miss, on this, the 9th day OF
July, 1897. T. w. Brown, Clerk.
Executive once, jackson, Miss.
hereby certify that | have verified
the count of the funds in tho treasury
and found the balance stated by the
treasurer actually in tho vaults OF the
treasury.
Given under my hand and seal this,
the 9th day of July, 1897.
A. j. MCLAURIN, Governor.
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The New Navy Rife.

The strongest shooting gun in the world
is the new Lee rifle made by the Winches.
ter Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Ct,
is pressure on the breech of co., 900 pounds
to the square inch. To build gun that
would withstand such tremendous strain
was a great undertaking, but the Wnches.
tiers, with their vast and varied experience
and wonderful plant, succeeded in turning
out gun entirely satisfactory in every way
to the Navy. Like all Winchester rifles
they shoot to perfection. work smoothly
and easily and are strong serviccable arms
The, Winchesters send large illustrated
catalogue free upon request
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w. H. PREECE, the chief electrician
Of the English post Office, has at last
succeeded in telegraphing without
wires, sending messages with rapidity
and certainty distance of seven miles.
His method of telegraphing consists in
exciting series of ethereal waves in
a given spot, from which they radiate
In every direction. He then detects
them by a receiver. The dots and
1ashes of the Geographic code are rep
resented by the long and short series
of waves. This wireless telegraphing
is designed for use principally between
ships in midocean or between light
houses and the shore.
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Compress Problem at Columbus.

There is a movement on foot at Co.
lumbus, headed by four of tho princ pal
cotton buyers of the city, to erect a new
compress. Some of tho buyers own
stock in tho present company, which is
ali old established enterprise and yields
handsome dividend. The buyers VINO
are not interested in the company are
dissatisfied and say that they must have
press of their own. There is wide
difference of opinion in regard to tho
establ shmcnt OF second press A
large number of business men believe
that it would be a prof ia BILE investment,
while others aver that it. would result
in financial ruin for both companies.
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Four negroes on a recent excursion
to Atlanta, Ga, were offered all the
watermelons they could eat if they
would contest in voracity, the winner
to receive so cents besides, In five
minutes three had eaten four melons
each and were satisfied, but the fourth
ate seven in as many minutes and re-
ceived the reward. He died afterwards
from the effects.
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AT the great meeting of the endcav-
orers at San Francisco the banner for
the greatest proportional gain in the
number of societies in the last ~
months went to Ireland and the junior
banner for the same increase went to
EpaiY
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LEXINGTON, Ky, July 10.-While
gang of workmen were excavating on
the line OF street railway one of them
struck what appeared to be a piece of
pipe, but which proved to be a 64-pound
dynamite cartridge. A fearful explo-
sion followed, and five of the six ne
groes in the gang were blown to atoms.
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SEVERAL months ago the French
government began a series of expert
nents with the y rays with the object
Of learning whether or not these could
be employed to advantage in the GUS
toms particularly in the ex-
animation of small parcels coming into
France through the packet post. These
experiments have proved SO satisfac-
tory that more are to be tried soon on
more extensive scale in the regular
working of the service, and, should
they be found practical, all travellers
baggage and imports of general mer-
ehandise coming into France will be
examined this way.
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THE fire loss in the United States
and Canada, according to the New
York journal of Commerce, has
amounted to S5I $40, $50 during this
years first half, against a loss of $685.
$50. $50 in the same time last year, and
over Set, 200, 900 in the first six months
of 1895
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SENT TO Jackson for Safety,

William Brooks and Joe Lee, the two
negroes who have been in Jail at Column
bus for some time past, charged with
being implicated in the murder of John
Roberts at Artesia last December, have
been taken to jackson for safe keeping,
Sheriff IIcaron fearing that an attempt
would be made to lynch them.
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Railway Building In the South


Says the New Orleans Picayune: With
a view of bearing public and lasting
testimonial to the memory of the late
Arch bishop Janssens, number of
ladies have determined to erect bust
or statue to the distinguished prelate
in St Anthony's place, the pretty little
garden spot in the rear of the st. Louis
cathedral.