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The times., 1897-08-12
yveyIer's Latost Disaster.

The Cuban situation develops on the lines
from time TO time predicted III these col
rfnns, Yesterday iJ was reported that
WeyleI had been disastrously efeated and
with great loss in front OF Matanzas 1t is
not risking much to say that the end of
the war and the efinaItriumph OF the Cuban
arms is la full light.
No wonder thatit should be said privately
at the State Department, that the instruc-
tions Of Minister Woodford viii have to be
materially modified. With Gomez In Ha
vana, or likely to force an entrance within
the next few weeks, those original in
structions would signally fail to Instruct
The conditions "a Cuba, as well as in Spain,
have undergone Teinarka able change since
Mr. Mckinley retired TO the shor es Of Lake
Champlaiil so much so that it would not
surprise anybody If the holiday of His Elk
cellency should be brought to a premature
and sudden close. Events move with the
speed OF rieycles In these Latter days.
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Circulation Statement.
WASHINGTON. THURSDAY, AUGUST IL
Crushed Again.

When .'Uncle John" Sherman came home
from Amagansett, after remaining away
only tive short weeks, and began To take
tie press and public into his confidence,
We felt justified in thinking that the
country at last was TO have q foreign
policy with vertebrate characteristics, with
good old fashioned American diplomacy at
tached; full OF straight, terse Cromw Gillian
diction, modified only by the prufane but
significant vernacular aphorisms OF early
days IN the Western Reserve. This hope
ruthlessly has been crushed.
There has been something strangely and
encourasingly inspiriting during the past
week or two in the utterances OF our
prime minister. 1t is true that they have
not been supposed to represent the views
OF the Chief Magistrate or of his chief
the business manager" still there has
been a reminiscent ring about them that
was not the sound of the sugar ring, or the
tobacco Iing, or any other OF the rings
the present Administration. In some aged.
end certainly unauthorized respects, they
have been marked by the true ring.
Wien the premier has suggested for pub
lication that japan would find her war
ships in the company Of McGinty il she a E
tempted 10 interview tie Yankee naval
buzz-saw at Honolulu, we felt uplifted.
When heofserped, in effect, that he had
seaislsin ulster for the corpse of the British
Lion, We began to remember where Gen.
jackson was ION that great and glorious
occasion and, finally, when he told the
truth about the condition of Spain. and
the prospects for Cuban independence, we
exclaimed: "A Daniel come to Judgmentl''
Now, what happens? No sooner does the
premier get comfortably home, and in q
position to stir up the animals, than his
enemies, prosecutors and slanderers take
fright and send for Judge Day, to haste
him to the Capital and put the lid on
"Uncle .Tohn.'' Before this Opaque ink ia
cold the lid win be on and firmly screwed
down. Until it is so, tie Lake Champlain
court CIRCULAR informs us that Mr.. Nc
KIn!ey viii be unable TO digest the yellow
legged chicken Of the period, or enjoy the
music of the hand. No light, fantastic foot
win he sLaEe at the hotel hops, and the
mint patch viii be neglected, while his
Secretary Of State is unmuzzed and at
large.
Manifestly II is case for Judge Day
and Christian resignation until after the
Ohio election Then, and not until then.
the power Of removal for the good of the
service viii be invoked, and the Nestor
OF tic Republican party relegated to the
outer darkness Of back-nunber statesman.
ship. Oh, the ingratitude of republics, and.
especially, Of Republicans
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they want that little thing. If they have

they want that little thing, IL they have
To outrage all the laws OF the universe
to get 1t. An inch on the toe OF boot
is small thing, and SO Is an inch in
corset-lacing, and SO is pretty finger
with a diamond ring 'on IL; but health
and time and money and morals don't
always count beside one or another of
these little things. 1t is all right for
girls to want to be pretty of course, but
when they learn, as some OF them have
already learned, that prettiness comes by
other roads than those of weak health
and small souls, they will be q hundred
thousand times prettier, and one OF the
ways In which to enlarge the soul is
to learn enlightened consideration for the
rights and safety of other people. That
Is where the illustration OF the alcohol
lamp applies to this sermon
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Attractive Prices.
Our August
Special Sale of
Housekeeping
Supplies,

Begun Monday. is the house
keepers bargain opportun-
ity. While we aim to keep
the best OF everything at
prices as low as possible,
consistent with honest quail
ity, at all times, for these
August special sales we put
forth extra effort to secure
especially tempting things
in the way of Housekeeping
Supplies-Table, Bed and
Toilet Linens, Blankets,
Quilts, Sheets, Pillow and
Bolster Cases, Sheeting.
etc.
This years sale is quite
up to the usual-may be
little more interesting as to
prices because of the advan-
tage of our timely placing
of orders and large buying.
Additional attractions daily.
For today:
At S1.00 per dozen:
22-inch German DGmask Napkins
Al &. 90 Der dozen
2o-inch Full Bleached Damask Napkins.
At 15C per dozen:
1S-ineh AH-hnen White Fringsd Nap
kins, or with coloTed border.
At 42c per yard:
.72inch Cream Damask Better Qualities
at 60c and S1.oO.
At $500 per dozen:
5-s Napkins 10 match one dollar Damask.
At $3.50 pei dozen:
$500 quality of Cream Damask Napkins.
A size.
AT 61sc per yard:
A Fruit of the Loom Bleaehed Mus
lin.
AT $500 each:
\ special lot of Damask Pattern Cloths,
2 IL yards long, regularly S2-,}5. . yards
long, 81 40; regularly S2.75.
Second floor.
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THE ST. PAUL ARRIVES OUT.
Fastest Eastwa rd Run of the Aneri-
can Liner Ever Made.

New York. Aug. 11.-Cable dispatches
received at the office of the American
Line today announced the arrival or the
steamship st Paul at Southampton ut
s O'Clock this morning, after making her
fastest eastward run since she was
launched.
The ST. Paul left her dock last Wednes-
day morning. She was reported at tf.
Scilly Islands at $50 last night She
then had 207 miles to run to Southampton
The record time is taken at the Needles
hut the company's London agents did not
send tie exact hour of the vessels arriva;
off that point. It was computed that she
reached there at $40 O'Clock this morning,
which would make her new record for the
eastward voyage 6 days, ID hours, 81
minutes The distance Is 8 ,081 miles. The
Pauis best previous time for the trip was
days, 4 hours, 81 minutes. The
record is held by the Fuerst Bismarck,
which vessel made the trip on September
%, 1893, in 9 days, o hours, SO minutes
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A Timely warning.

Csually IT, happens that, when the public
rs suffering under the mental introversion
OF gold craze. or any other craze, advice
is wasted. The less people know about the
hardslllps and dangers OF an adventure that
has been thoroughly advertised as having
wealth at the cad OF It, the less they VIII
listen 10 warning. The Klondike mania
is 8 notable and may prove TO be ter
are rus.iing forward to the Alaskan gold
fields VINO are poorly equipped for the
enterprise, either In provisions, money or
experience. If they had all three, it lis
painfully evident that the demand for
transportation is greatly In excess of the
means or opportunities before the deadly
grip Of an Arctic winter comes to close the
water courses that must be trayersed to
reach the new region OF gold and Inde-
ecribable cold
We are glad that Secretary of the In
terror Bliss has taken it upon himself, in
his official capacity, to admoniEh the fool
fish ana reckless among US to halt in their
mad course. In public circular Secretary
Bliss calls attention to the fact that three
thousand persons with two thousand tons
OF baggage and freight are now waiting
mt the enratnce to White Pass in Alaska.
for an opportunity to cross the mountains
70 the Yukon River, and that many more
are preparing to Join them" He deems it
proper IL announce the further fact that
terrible ''privation, suffering and DANGER
await these people. even IL they should
succeed In crossing the mountains ITO
reach Dawson City, when over the pass.
seven hundred miles OF difficult navigation
on the Yukon River will still be before
them, and 1t is doubtful If the journey can
D. comy.etsd before the river il closed by
The times., 1897-08-12

Friends OF the national game in Wash
ingtou should meet and pass resolutions
of respect for the worthy governor of
the Choctaw nation At the same time
they ought TO order handsome tomb
stone Tor Wah-teh-nish, the eminent first
base of the Chocta W tribes baseball team,
who viii play his best and last game in
Fairmount Park, Kansas City, on Satur
day, anG Immediately afterward take
the train for Taska homa. l.. T., where
On Mon day he will undergo exec ution
Of a death sentence imposed some time a go
The governor, VINO is rooter himself,
respited and paroled Wah-teh-nish that
he might have the final satisfaction OF
helping to do up the Kansas City fellows,
ard rather than make a hole i'll the
-ribal team ON that occasion. For real
devotion to the game commend US to the
governor and Wah-teh-nish.
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Ice" Secretary Bliss closes his timely
warning with these words: Il am moved
TO draw public attention to these condi-
tIons by the gravity Of the possible con-
sequences TO people detained in the noun
famous wilderness during five or six months
Of an Arctic winter, where no relief can
reach them, however great the need.'
We sincerely hope and trust that the
words OF The Secretary will Lot lie lost
upon intending Klondike wild -goose-gold
chasers. II they mast go 10 that fea rful
region, why cannot they wait until next
spring? Suppose they should succeed in
reaching the field this season. There
would be nothing under heaven for them
to do but 10 fight death by freezing, and
eat up their stock Of provisions until the
advent of the open season, which VIII not
he until the middle of May Or the first OF
whole back country OF Alaska, along the
beds OF the small rivers and creeks, is
as rich in gold as any locality so far
developed. There is not the slightest
danger that a fraction Of the diggings
will he taken up by the crowds that have
started for the scene this summer.
Under all these circunstanc ces, and in
view OF knowledge and experience, the
man who, nevertheless, VIII start out now,
expec ting to reach the Klon dixie this
year, would be greatly wiser to borrow
n gun and blow out what may pass among
people without notice as his brains.
The times., 1897-08-12
Our August Sale of
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR,

Which was begun last week,
consists principally of manu-
facturers' samples which We
have secured so that we can
sell them at the makers
prices s-in other words, for
identically the same as they
cost us ordinarily. While
the bulk of the lot comprises
the medium and lower
grades, they are the most
carefully made and per-
feetly proportioned gar
ments we have ever shown.
You will be pleased at the
goods and the extraordina-
rily low prices,
The times., 1897-08-12
GRACE STEVENSON ALIVE.
said to Have Assumed the Name
of Tina Mcclure.

Amcsbury, Mass Aug. 11.-Mtss Grace
Stevenson, the missing daughter OF the
Boston millionaire, is alive This fact is
youched for by c. II. Beach, proprietor OF
a boarding house at Jupiter Point, a sum
mer resort near Salem Willows. About July
1 woman brought young lady Go his
house and asked for board for her. The
young woman was accommodated and the
other lady left almost Immediately. The
boarder gave the name of Ti,.a MCGUIRE
and seemed always to have plenty OF money
Some time after the story regarding Miss
Stevenson came out it suddenly occurred t.
Mr.. Beach that his lodger might be the
missing girl. He obtained a picture of the
girl, ana today declares that he readily
identified The McGuire girl as Miss Steven
son.
Mr. Beach does not know the girls pres.
ent whereabouts.
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ROW IN A CHURCH.
Miuister In Role of Prophet Inter
prets Gods Acts.

Great Bend, Kans Aug. 11.-During
harvest James Hall, a prosperous farmer,
living north of here, stacked wheat one
Sunday to avoid its destruction by hot
winds. Last week the stacks were des-
troyed by lightning. Sunday minister
In the county referred to the incident as
an exhibition Of divine wrath. Many
other farmers were obliged to do as Hall
did and the feeling over the sermon is
growing very bitter on both sides, the
Hall facticn threa tening to leave the
church unless the minister resigns.
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RATES OF Many WIVES.
Grand Scramble uf Fair Ones to
Look Upon His Face.

Chicago, Aug. 1.-Never tefore did JUS
tice Fitzgerald's courtroom at the stock
yards contain such a crowd as poured into
il early this morning to listen to the trial
of David f. Pa tes, the alleged bigamist.
Women, young and old, fair and otherwise,
fat and forty. spare and stout, pulled and
hauled each ether about in an endeavor
to get a glimpse of the now famous lady
killer. TWO of his wives gave testimony
against him. At the conclusion OF the
hearing Mamie Mccarthy, sister OF one OF
the Mrs. Rates, created a sensation by slap
ping the young bluebeard in the face and
threatening to scratch his eyes out.
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SISTER OF CHARITY ARRESTED.

Charged With Soliciting Aims on
the Public Thoroughfares.
New York, Aug. 11.-Sister Maria Rosa.
of the Roman Catholic sisters of charity, OF
Newark, was arrested today in this city
for begging. She was accompanied by
Lena McGowan, a thirteen year-old child,
also of Newark Frank Barclay, agent OF
the Children's Society, saw the two at
Twenty third street and Madison avenue
soliciting aims from passersby, and made
the arrest. A regulation of Archbishop
NCorrigan prohibits public begging in this
diocese ind there is municipal ordinances
against it.
The times., 1897-08-12
POSTAL clerks. Reply to Norfolk.

London, Aug 1.-THE committee OF tho
Postal Telegraph Clerks Association has
issued a rejoinder to the Duke of Norfolk,
the postmaster general, who on Monday
issued his reply to the petition Of the
clerks, praying for the redress of their
grievances The committee declares that
1t cannot recommend the members of the
association to accept the decision of the
postmaster general as final. It adds that
il is una BILE longer to consider the possibility
of compromise, and must carry out what
ever policy majority of the members
regard as necessary to enforce a settle
ment.
The times., 1897-08-12

Representatives Broderick and Curtis, the
only two Republican Congressman from
Kansas, are rivals for the Republican nomi-
nation from the newly-created First dis
trict of that State. The nomination and
election are yet more than year off,
but these gentlemen, who are warm per
sonal friends, are both hoping TO secure
the nomination of their party The recent
Populistic legislature created district
that includes the home counties OF both
the present members, the district taking
in Leayenworth, Broderick's city. on the
east, and Topeka, Curtis city, on the west.
incidentally it might be said that it also
includes Atclison, ex-senator ingalls, city.
on the north, and ingalls,, too, woald like
to come TO the House, now that he is salts
FLED be can't return to the Senate. The re
districters have thus made 1t impossible
for more than one OF the { wo present mem
berS to remain in Congress, while iC is quite
possible that their good natured fight for
the nomination will rasultin defeating them
both for there are others and several
others, each county of the district having
a candidate. Mr.. Broderick says he viii
not make scramble for tile nomination, but
would like 1t If the district wants his
services, while Mr.. Curtis says the district
doesn't owe him the nomination, but he
shall get Itif ne can, and will consequently
canvass the new district this year Oh the
''early bird theory.
The times., 1897-08-12
An Armor Plate offer,

Acting Secretary Roosevelt received a
dispatch yesterday from the Union Iron
Works at San Francisco in which an Of
fer was made to supply diagonal plate
armor for the battleship Wisconsin on the
terms offered by Cramp Sons. These
terms were about thirty tons OF diagonal
arnor plate for $500 per ton. Mr. Roose-
welt will communicate with the company
relative to the offer and it is probable
that it will be accepted.
The times., 1897-08-12
Dis,in.rpisbed yyoman Dead

Richmond, Va /, Aug 11,-Mrs. Mildred
Writ Gilmer died this afternoon at her
hc.ue In Charlottesville. She was the
widow of the late George Christopher GIL
mer, brother or Gov. Thomas Walker Gil.
mer. Secretary OF the Navy under Presi-
dent Tyler. She was the mother of Mrs.
Maria Cunningham, wife of the late Or
Thomas Cunningham, surgeon la the United
States Navy,
The times., 1897-08-12
A Young woman,s suicide.

Philadelphia, Aug. II Mrs. Lucilla Gard
ner, aged twenty-si years, committed sui
eide at 1900 Green street by taking car
bolio acid. Mrs. Gardner was the wife OF
Daniel Gardner, one of the Gardner trio,
musical sketch artists, who arenow in New
York. No reason is given for the act, and,
according to Mrs. Holt, her sister, with
whom Mrs Gardner was stopping, she
had everything to live for.
The times., 1897-08-12
WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Tragedy in Chicago Brought About
by Illicit Love.

Chicago, Aug. 11.-Charles Clifford. a
weighing machine agent, gave his wife
poi son, cut her throat from ear TO ear, and
then shot her in the breast, at their home,
No. 302 Rush street, at a. m. today.
Satisfied that she was dead, he shot
himself twioe in the head with fatal
effect.
Policeman Gus. Penner's attentions to
Mrs Clifford Were the cause Of the tragedy.
In CHfford's pockets We're found several
compromising letters from Penner To Mrs
Clifford
The times., 1897-08-12

The State committee OF the Ohio silver
Republicans has decided not to nominate
a ticket. and has indorsed the Democratic
platform and ticket. This action win be
painful to Mr.. Hanna who had hoped to
secure q silver Republican independent
fight for the campaign.
The times., 1897-08-12
GOLD HUNTERS IN KENTUCKY.

Rioh Claims Said to Have Been
Found in Hardin County.
Hodgeyille, KY, Aug. 11.-Reports rom
the gold mine in Hardin connty are 20 the
effect that ore has now been reached IN
extremely rich qualities. The force of
miners was doubled yesterday, and other
claims are being worked. The demand for
miners far exceeds the supply, and big
wages are offered. A conference was b eld
in Elizahetntownl last night between aeveral
gold prospectors from Louisville, Nashville
and Denver, regarding the gold mine. New
claims are being taken up every day.
The times., 1897-08-12
Shooting ARRAY at a chnrch.

Dallas, Tex, Asg. 11.-A shooting oc
Cured at country church near Kilgore
in Gregg county last Sunday night. John
b. Meadows was killed instantly and
Mcgee Watson so badly injured that he
died yesterday evening The shooting is
charged to Henry Miner and Joseph Hicks
Miner is iE custody and Hicks at large.
The men auerreled over a baptism Sun
day afternoon,
The times., 1897-08-12
sTERLoFF MUST APOLOGIZE.
Bulgarian Premier Made Remarks
About Austrian Royal Family.

Berlin, Aug. IL. The report is In free
circulation that Baron Cali Won Kuhn
tack-Rosenburg, the Austrian minister to
Bulgaria, will demand bis passports and
leave Sofia a once unless NJ. Sterloff, tue
ulgarian premier, apologies for GER
tain remarks concerning the Austrian In
perial family which he made in recent
interview with representa- tive OF the Ber-
lin TageblatJ. The Lokalanzei ger, con
mcntiug upon the affair, asserts that forty
eight hours is the limit fixed by the Aus
trian minister for the receipt of NJ. Ster-
lofts apology.
NJ. Steroff is now In Constantinople, ae-
coinpanying Prince Ferdinand on the mt
ter's visit to the Sultan.
The times., 1897-08-12
A FATHERS REVENGE.
Takes Poison on the Doorstep of
His Daughters House.

Elizabeth, n. j., Aug. 11.-F. Fl. Rlep.
per, sixty three years of age, whose esI-
dence is in New York, in an effcrt to spite
his daughter, who had married contrary to
his wishes, took carbolic acid in front Of
the house of William Robertson, his SON
in-iaw, here last night. Being unknown nj
the time, ne was carried into the house
and recognized by Mrs. Robertson as her
father III died shortly afterward at the
city hospital.
The times., 1897-08-12
EDITOR PRESTON ARRESTED.
Proprietor of Kansas City Paper
Accused of Improper hIIcations.

proprietor OF d haDSas CITY tdper
Accused of Improper Publications.
Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 11.-H. L. Pres
ton, editor aud proprietor OF the Sunday
Bee, was arrested last night on six war
rants sworn out by the prosecuting at
tCmey, ami spent the night in jail. 1t is
charged that his paper is devoted to the
publication ofintngues, scandal an the i'm
moIal conduct of persons.
Preston a year ago was publishing a
paper here called the Sunday Sun, which
grew so notorious that it was finally sup
ssed. Preston was tried for criminal
l.yei IN st. Joe a few weeks ago, and
was released He imme diately returned to
Kansas City TO Ie-establish his publication.
The prosecuting attorney has seizeh part
or his mail and papers, and says there
ia plenty of evidence for conviction.
The times., 1897-08-12
B,sbon Embry Dead.

Philadelphia, Aug. 11.-Bishop James
Crawford Embry, of the African NJ. E.
Churcf. in South Carolina, died at his home
in this city at s O'Clock this morning.
Bishop ETnbry was born in Indiana In
1884. lie was elected bishop in 1896.
The times., 1897-08-12

A Kansas lady is after chance to go
20 the Klondike to raise cows and chickens.
That VIII be very well if she has dis
covered way TO raise them under glass
and the glass doesn It break in transit
But they do not have cows and chickens
in Esquinoland and there is a good
scientific reason for it.
The times., 1897-08-12
YOUNG BOY COMMITS SUICIDE.

Gnve His Reasons in Sentences
Worthy of Spartan.
BtltiInore, Aug. 11.-william Boyer.
seventeen years old, this morning jumped
fitTp the observation tower at Patterson
Park, landing on the brick paveraent,
forty-rhree feet below, and sustained fatal
injuries.
Both he and his father have been sick.
At the hospital he regained conscious
ness for time and gave the following
reason for trying to end his life in broken
sentences:
Il want to die-unfortunate family-
three children and poor father Always
had a feYer-always sick-too much mis-
fl tune all at ouce. May be a little off
in my head
The times., 1897-08-12

There Is a report that the German En-
peror will suggest to the United States and
Great Britain the propriety of disarIn-
ing the inhabitants OF the Samoan Islands
1t might be good thing to do SO. The
disarmament of the Turks would be even
better
The times., 1897-08-12
READY FOR THE DUEL.
Gen. Alhertone and Prince Henri
Ready TO Fight.

Italian army, who has challenged Prince
Henri, of Orleans, TO duel on account
of the latter's criticisms OF the condcct
of the italian officers and soldiers in
the late campaign in Abyssinia, started
for the frontier today. His seconds are
already in Paris awaiting the arrival of
Trince Henri. who is on his way to
Paris from Alexandria.
Paris. Aug. IA dispatch from Mar
seiIles says Prince Henri OF Orleans has
arrived there from Egypt The Prince
is quoted as saying that he assumed full
responsibility for his anti-Italan affir-
nations and desired 10 give Gen Albertone
every satisfaction.
The times., 1897-08-12

Perhaps one Of the best known and
most pungent writers and paragraphers
in the South is Smith Clayton, who, for
years, has been connected with the Atlanta
journal Mr. Clayton is in i'll health and
has been sojourning In Washington the
past fortnight
4 believe said he yesterday, that
William j Bryan is the most popular
and most universally beloved man in tho
United states, and the free silver move
ment is growing with wonderful strides
One of the best beverages for Bryan and
free silver is the present Mckinley Ad-
mnistration. Every act so far win give
a fearful and pleasing momentum to the
cause which should be nearest and dearest
to the hearts Of the people, and by the
people 1 mean the toiling millions, and
not Wan streets chosen few"