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La BoURGoGNE's VICTIMS.
Searching for the Bodies of the Dill
Ions and Perrys

AohS anu
Halifax, n. s.. July 2S-The British
steamer Hiawatha sailed this evning on
cruise in search of bodies of a number
OF victims OF the La Bourgogne disaster.
The expedition is fitted out by Hon.
John +. Dillon, of New York, and w C.
Perry, of Kansas City Mr.. Dillon lost
his wife and daughter with their nurse
and maid. and Mr. Perry lost his wife,
three daughters and son.
The Compagnie Generate Transatlan-
tique had been asked to institute a
search for bodies, but they declined on
the ground that 1t would be impossible
without very great expense to recover
all the bodies If they could be found. and
it would not do to search for a favored
few only
On the refusal of the French company
to undertake the work Of search. Messrs.
Dillon and Perry have chartered the
Hiawatha al their own expense. and the
expedition will be confined TO a search
for the members of their own families.
The steamer has been provisioned for a
month.
Paris. July 2S.-1I IS understood that NJ
Lockroy, minister of-marine Will order q
new and stricter Investigation into the
loss of the La Bpargogne. This action is
largely due 10 the Presse and Matin.
which have printed interviews with pas
sengers who reiterate and emphasize the
charges Of brutality. NJ. Lockroy viii
also introduce ia the Chamber of DeDu-
ties a bill for the better safeguarding of
ocean navigation.
Paris, July ZS.-M. LocilJoy minister of
marine. has postponed the presenting of
awards 10 certain Of the crew OF La Bour-
gogne for bravery pending further in
vestigation into the matter.
Officials of the company suggest that
the bereavements and suffering of VI. Ha-
chard Liebree and others who allege bru-
tality on the uaT1 of the crew have un-
hinged their minds discounting their as
ssrtions. II Is stated that the accusers
have refused to sign dispositions.
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PREPARING FOR BUSINESS.
A Porto Rican Commercial Company
Per.ects Its Or,snnizntion

Trenton. n. j.. July 2S.-The first of the
Porto Rican campaign to be organized
to conduct business in Uncle Sans latest
possession was organized today.
The Porto Rico Commercial Company
flied articles Of Incorporation with the
Secretary of State, Its capital stock is
SJ0oGo0 and the incorporators are: william
d. Martin. Felix p. Ruthenberg and Isaac
w Taussig. of New York City, and Allen
NJ AicDermott, OF Jersey city. The
company will do a general shipping and
comm. .ssion business ana operate tele-
phone and telegraph lines, electric rail-
ways. build and operate grain and other
elevators. flour mills and sugar refiner-
is.
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tionists who haze heen in Washington
furnishing information, encouraged the
Administration TO believe that a landing
on the south coast would be followed at
once BY an uprising of natives to join
invaders Iiley -claimed that 20oo mea
had been enrolled in the vicinity Of Ponce
to act as guides and scouts and to fight
for the oYerthreT OF Spanish authority
These Porto kic9rs succeeded in inspir-
ing confidence in their representations to
such degree that a considerable guam
tity OF arms and ammunition is now on
one OF the transports TO be distributed
to these liberty-!oying natives. The con-
as represented TO him had much to do
with Gen, Miles's decision to land al
Guanica-
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THE ODD FELLOWS.
Twenty-Five Thousand May Attend
the Omaha Fair.

are putting forth strenuous efforts to Sc
cure a large attendance at the exposition
on odd Fellows Day. October L. They
have started 70 work early. and will pur-
sue their campaign with the aim Of land
ing not less than 25.O01 members of the
order on the exposition grounds on the day
named.
Col y. E. Helm, department Command
er of the Patriarchs Militant Of Nebras-
ka, will, in conjunction with the other
committees, call out all uniformed can
tons in Nebraska, and VIII endeavor 20
induce all Mississippi cantons to
be present. The grand masters of the
various States have been invited to be
present, and to issue dispensation to
their subordinate lodges to attend
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A POWDER MILL EXPLOSION
killing the Proprietor, E. Il. John
son, of Troy, n. v

Elmira. N Y, July 2S-While E. F.
Johnson was at work in his powder mill,
near Troy. Pa, this morning. powder
stored in the building exploded, wreeking
the mill and killing the proprietor.
The explosion shook the entire town and
was heard for miles around. Johnson was
found dying in the ditch of the mill
He had been blown through the wall and
was horribly mangled. He lived three
quarters of an hour.
The cause of the explosion is no.
known. Johnson was the only person in
the mill at the time, and his work was
not such that icareiessness on his part
could have caused the explosion He was
the paying teller in the Pomeroy &; Mitch
ell bank, of Troy,-an worked in the
powder mill before. banking hours in the
morning Tt
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sAGAsTA's THREAT is IDLE.
Gen. Miles Landed Before the Peace
Message Arrived


Message Arrived.
Sagasta's threat to appeal 10 the Pow
ers in protest against the occupation Of
Porto Rico on the ground that the cam
paign in the island was begun subsequent
TO Spain's indirect peace overtures finds
but little weight with the Administration
and It is not given serious thought.
Even though the prime minister's point
We're well taken, il would be OF no avail
owing 10 the fact that Gen Miles. with
his expedition. landed in Porto Rico sew
eral hours before Spain's message was
handed TO the President by the French
ambassador. This fact is sustained by
high military and government officials.
who in support Of their statements have
referred 10 the hour and day of landing
as reported in Gen AIiles's dispatches.
II il were the purpose Of ,he MaGrid
ministry TO anticipate the invasion Of
Porto Rico by means of an equiyocal
peace message with the end in view of
making an appeal TO the Powers on a fine
point Of international law, Jaea Spain has
been wOrsted by her own strategy. for
the proofs that Gen. Miles landed in ad-
vance Of the peace message are said by
those who hold them 10 be convincing and
Unimpe
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HAS MILES REACHED PONCE
CONTINUED from First Page.)

o'clock. bringing the rest Of the First
Battalion OF The same regiment.
Gen. Fred Grant arrived on the last
train with mis- staff The Third Battalion
of the First Kentucky left Richmond at
1880 and arrived here about 5 o clock, GO
ing into camp with the other Kentucky
troops. The Third Battalion of the Six
teenth Pennsylvania arrived this
evening and will be followed by the Third
Kentucky and One Hundred and SiXtieth
Indiana.
Batteries and C, Pennsylvania Artil-
lery. received supplementary orders from
Washington this afternoon advising them
TO prepare TO sail for Porto Rico with
Gen. Grants expedition. which will sail
from here early next week. The vanguard
OF this expedition arrived here this morn
ing from Chickamauga.
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che receipt OF the message and stated
ehet he would consult with his Cabinet.
~. cambon was invited TO return to the
White House to receive the reply and TO
discuss the contents OF the message.
The foreign minister added that the
powers had been informed Of the sending
OF the message. The government was un-
willing TO state the contents Of the note
as reserve was necessary. Moreover, the
document is now the property of Presi-
dent Mckinley.
The cabinet meeting held at the palace
this afternoon lasted three hours.
No news has been received today con-
cerning the situation at Manila
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BOUND AND GAGGED.
burglars Secure Two Clerks, Blow
Open a Safe and Escape

wilkesbarre, Pa. July 2S.-Jenkins &
Co.'S store in Pittston was robbed by
three masked burglars yesterday morn
ing The robbers gained entrance through
a third-stCry window by means of a rope
and graphing hook the kind used by
painters. They proceeded 10 the rooms
occupied by two clerks. Benjamin jerks
and Samuel Trader. VITO sleep in the
building and while one of the robbe-s
covered the men with two revOlvers the
others bound them 10 the bed and gag
ged them.
After they had secured the clerks tSe
robbers went TO the Office of the store.
and. with a large quantity of dynamite.
blew open the safe Here they obtained
$500 several watches and other jewelrv.
valued at 500. Then, opening window
on the lower floor. they made of with
their booty.
Dell Simonson. watchman at the store.
discovered the open window three-quar-
ters Of an hour later. He went 10 the
rooms of the clerks and released them
from their bonds.
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MINES NEARLY ALL UP.
New York Bnrbor VIII BE Reopened
In a EeX IJaHn.

New York. July 2s.-It is expected tha.
the work of removing the submarine
mines from the entrance to this harbOr
VIII be completed today or tomorrow.
and that the restrictions against enter
ing and leaving the harbor viii then be
removed.
All the mines IN the Swash Channel and
those in the South Channel have been
taken up, and those in the East Chan
mel were removed some days ago. The
only ones remaining are In the main ship
channel
Major Adams said yesterday that the
Restrictions VII bae promptly removed
as soon as this channel is clear. The
lights on the buoys and beacons will be
relighted. 50 that vessels can pass in and
out as they did before the harbor was
closed and 50 far as commerce with
this port is concerned, We will be on a
peace basis within day or two. The
formal reopening of the harbor viii be
done by the Secretary Of War.
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BRITISH STEAMER HELD UP.
American Cruiser Said TO Have
stopped an English Transport.

London. July 2s.-The Daily Mail this
morning prints concurrently with a re-
port Of a scare caused in san Sebastian,
Spain, by the reported arrival off that
port OF three American cruisers and two
transports. which was cabled TO the
United States last night, = story 10 the
effect that the British transport Jelunga,
which arrived at Alexandria yesterday.
was held up in the Bay OF B.scay, by an
American cruiser. The Jeiunsa was
conveying grenadier guards ID Gibraltar,
when the American warshIp stopped her
Inquiries were made last night al the
Navy Department regarding the reported
stopping Of the British transport Jelunga
in the Bay Of Biscay by an American
cruiser. as caoied from London. The
officials here deny that there are any
Americans cruisers in Eu' 4aeal waters.
except two which were purchased ar the
beginning Of the war. bur were prevented
from sailing by the neutrality laws.
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CHINAMEN COMING.
One Hundred and Forty of Them
Destined for This Country

Montreal. July 2S.-The Vancouver spe-
cial, on the Canadian Pacific Railway,
brought in5o the Windsor Station yester-
day 1iO Cinnamon, all from China and
bound for the United States. There
were a number of boys in the party For
the whole crowd. the Canadian Pacific. on
their arrival in Canada, deposited with
tde Canadian government $50 per head.
or p total sum of 5000.
This will be returned as each Chinaman
is proved to have left Canadian soil for
his destination in United States. The
Cinnamon are going to the following
cities: To Boston, SO; Baltimore, 8; Phil
adelphia, S; New York, 62. and Halifax.
s. The crowd came by the Empress of
India, and are stopping over in this city
until they get their papers prepared for
admission to the United States.
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LONG WAIT FOR REvENG.
Miss Brown Locks Up an Actor Who
Deceived Her Ten Years Ago.

New York. July 2S-After waiting ten
years for revenge Miss Kate May Brown,
of No 1S0 West SiXty-fou-th Street, has
lodged George s Miller, an actor. in the
Ludlow Street jail. The charge is breach
OF promise of marriage. and the amount
asked is $40, eco.
Miss Brown lived with her mother at
No. 436 Sixth Avenue. One of their lOdg-
ers was Miller. He proposed marriage To
Miss Brown. was accepted and the we'd
ding day was set for August 9.
Soon after they became engaged MIL
Ter, SO Miss Brown says. borrowed money
Of her mother from time 10 time until he
had been given several hundred dollars
Then he disappeared. on the day set
for the marriage Miss Brown received a
letter from a friend in Philadelphia
Hurrying there Miss Brown found Mil
lers wife and children.
She has been looking for Miller. ever
since. Tuesday night she met him in
the Teuderloin and had him arrested.
The times., 1898-07-29
AUCTION SALES
DUNCAYsoN BROS. Auetioneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPROyED
REAL EsTATE IL TRINInAD NORTHEAST

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNINPROyED
REAL ESTATE n TRINIDAD NORTHEAST
By virtue OF certain deed OF trust rec d in
liber I7s9 folio los et SEQ. 0f the land records
Of the District Of Columbia, we viii sell at pub
lie auction. on the premises. on SATURDAY the
90TH DAY OF JULY A. D.. 1895 AT 4.D
O'CLOCK p n. lot numbered eleven OI) in
block numbered thirteen (l3). OF the Washington
Brick Machine Company's subdivision cf pat Of
the tract OF land known as Trinidad. District #
Columbia, As said subdivision i duly recorded
in the ofce oi the surveyor OF the District OF Col
Umbia, in Gber county NJ. 6, folio 10
Terms Of Sale-One-thirt OF ths purchase money
70 be paid in cash, balance in two equal INSTALL
ments in one and two years secured en- the prop
erty with interest payable semi-aunuIIly, or all
cash at the option Of the purchaser dsposit
Of 500 viii oe required az time OF sale. Convey
ancinC. recording and revenue stamps AZ purcaas-
ers cost. Terms Of sale TO be complied with with
in fifteen (I5) days IRON cav OF sale. or the trus-
tees reserve the right 20 resell AZ the risk aai
cost Of defaUlting purchaser after fFe % days
previous advertisement
GEORGE J. EASTERDAY. IiI0 C ST nv.
ARTHUR :. NATTINGLY,
iF93-dEls Trustees
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A Coachmnn,s EaIL

James Bowman. a colored coachman,
fell from the loft in the stable in the
rear of No. 1lG c Street northeast. where
he was sleeping, last night, and sustained
severe injuries about the head He was
taken to the Eastern Dispensary i'm No
patrol wagon, where his wounds were
dressed.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.-we will sell you life
insurance and guarantee the premiums
to be less every year. The policies will
contain guarantees for their sale for
cash, or their pledge for loans. after
two tO years We VIII negotiate i'm
tied amount OF insurance. UP to $1,000.
on the lives of persons who have made
application to other companies and been
declined. HADDAwAY & DOUGLAS. SO
Fourteenth Street northwest. ap17-tf
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LETTER SEIZURE WAS ORDERED
EpistIe of .NcKinIcy's Secretary to
Coney Island "HcroScoper', TnI,..,..~ =


New York, July 2s.-B was on orders
from Washington. that a letter signed by
the secretary 10 the President. which has
been displayed outside the booth Of the
''horoseoper'' al Ceney Island. was seized
on Tuesday.
Prof E MatuCh cast President Mckin-
ley's horoscope some time ago and sent
it 10 him. He received a letter of thanks
from J. Addison Porter. and put II in a
frame as an advertisement Two men
took it away on Tuesday and gave him a
receipt signed wv. J. Flynn and Frank
Esquirrel. Secret Service.
Chief Hazen. OF the local Secret Serv-
ice Bureau. was asked yesterday about
the seizure
The orders came from Washington -
he said. "and any further information
must come from there. ! cannot discuss
the case"
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THE PREMIER Is HOPEFUL.
Thinks He Has Reason 10 BE San
guine About Pence

Madrid, July 2S.-After the council to-
day Prime Minister Sagasta was ques-
toned as to the progress Of the peace ne
gOtiations. He stated that he was unable
TO say anything definite. but there were
grounds for hope thar an understanding
would be reached.
Gen. Correa. minister Of war is making
arrangements for the troops who are 70
be brought back from Santiago. and es-
pecially for the prevention OF Infection.
Lazarettos are being prepared for them
al Corunna, Santander. VigO. Burgos and
Vsttoria where they Will be quarantined-
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DIED.

CROUCH-Departed this life suddenly on July
%. ls9S. at $40 a. m. CAPT DAVID CROTCH
Company F, Fourth Maryland Volunteer Infantry,
in the seventieth year of his age at his late
residence, IL Eighth Street southeast.
Funeral on Friday, July %, at O'Clock y. m.
Funeral private. Interment at Arlington Gene
te.y-
baltimore papers please copy) 1t
BERNARD-on Thursday. July IS at 500
O'Clock, ALEXANDER BERNARD. OF Roslvn.
Va
Notice of funeral hereafter It
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Hotel Clerk Commits Suicide.

Richmond, Va. July 2S.-Pat. o'Connor
for twenty-eight years clerk at the Gill
sey House, New York, shot himself at
Healing Springs. Va, early yesterday.
He was in bad health
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week-End Excursions vim n 6

From Washington to Annapolis juno
ton, Frederick. Charlestown. and inter
mediate points at greatly reduced rates
Tickets sold Saturday and Sunday dur
ing the season, valid for return until Mon
day following. je10-w&f
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Naval budget Increased

Rome. July 2S.-The naval budget will
be increased in consequence of this addi-
tions that will be made to the British
navy.
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For French Citizens

Paris. July 2S.-The government will
open a credit for the relief of French cit
izens in Cuba.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-09-19

here and be Iynched or go 70 the chain
gang than go north to the yankees or to
Africa with Bishop Turner. The good
negroes around this part OF the
country who have families are
content and those who have homes
around Cartcrsvie wouldn't sell them to
anybody They are curious people. They
don't like their northern friends, but Will
vote with them and for them at every cleo
ton. They claim General Grant as their
deIiVercr ana you can't make one of them
believe that Grant was Il slave owner UP
to the very day of Lincoln's proclamation
of freedom
But stlll we can hardly do without them.
and [ had rather have Uncle Sam and his
wife, Aunt Ann and their children to
work and cook and wash for my family
than to take my chances with white ser
wants from the north And so we are
not worrying over the negro problem. Let
it work out It's own solution.
ELL ARP.
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notable one. Crop impairment in August,
not unusual nor unexpected, proves TO nave
been less than feared, ana aVcrase t uoit-
ditions of leading crops. notably Wneht.
corn, cotton and potatoes, are pettel nan az
one year ago. Operative IN inducing inc
improved foreign demand Tor our wheat
and flour perhaps has been a tendency 10
shade early estimates of the word wheat
crop this year, some ngureS oeiIs as low
as 2,5U0,0DOOJ0 bushels, Wnlch WINE ldfSeu
than last year. is still below that OF lH9f
This, with the low state or the "ofid .
wheat supplies and the slower thah eA,
pectcd movement from American FARMERS
hands to leading markets, has Increased the
premium on cash wheat, ana nervous snort
sellers Of September delivery nave cover
ed with the result OF adNiiCIhS ptice9
The continued rise in ocean freight rates IS
taken to confirm reports OF recent large
export sales
THE quieter appearance of the iron trade
IS confirmed strictly to new business pc
cause mills are stil fully provided with
orders, and in spite of a sHght increase
er, pointing to a heavy consumptiVe De
mand. The heavy export demand t0rr
southern iron noted one week ago sun
continues. The wholesale demand for lun-
Der continues undimnished in spite OF somo
complaint from retailers. .,.,,,,a.. VOW.
export trade whole continues very
satisfactory. the August total SWelied by
larger shipments OF cotton. provisions ana
manufactured goods sehefaIly' IS lafser
than August one year ago 10y IL per cent
notwit outstanding heavy decrease III SNIP
ments of breadstuffs.
Import trade as yet SHOWS no particular
expansion. and for the eight months our
exports are 81 per cent in excess or imports.
''Unfavorable trade features are few ana
presented principally in ane tfNIs' b la,1
that the uudeniably large distribution or
dry goods this fan viii soon be reflected IN
improved demand
enlarged forcign demand for American ri, an
wheat and flour. aEGre&aiing "'bI9'Z2l
bushels, against 3.1002& h1ShelS last week
r u.Qt hlc 81 In
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MAY BE DIVORCED.
1t Is Said Hrs. LasceIles Has Had
Enough of His IordShip.

Fitzgerald Ga. September t5,-(Special)
Professor ana Mrs. Mcintosh. accompa-
MED Icy Mrs. Sidney tascelIes, the wife
of the notorious Lord Beresford," left
on Sunday for their future home in Prov
idence, r. /.
Mrs. Mcintosh is the guardian of Mrs.
Lascelles and She goes east to wind up
some Of the affairs of her ward relating
to the Pel!ley estate. 1t is reported That
Mrs La8celes Is thinking Of giving the
lord the go-by and applying for di-
vorce. It viii be remembered that she
has recently returned from Mexico; Mrs,
Mcintosh went out to the City of Mexico
about sixty days ago, and when she re-
turned brought Mrs I-asccllcs back win
her. Since that time she has been spend
ing her time here with the Mcintosh fam
Ey. Their decision to so TO Rhode Island
seems to have been reached rather sud
denly. for they began to close up Their
affairs, disposins Of all real estate ana
personal property they could in order to
leave SO far as can be aacertained, TIE
'Iord" is Keeping rather quiet since MS
recent "touch' Of the MeXicans in their
capital city.
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WHEAT WAS STEADY
Due to Heavy Expert Clerances at the
Coast Saturday.
THE CLOSING TONE WAS FIRM
Corn Was Dull, but Firm-Trading in
Oats Light-Provisions Firm
er but Quiet.

Chicago September T-Heavy clearances
at the coast today held prices steady in
the wheat pit. September closed uhchan6-
ed and December &c higher. Corn rose
&C. Oats advanced 1sDAc. Pork left of
unchanged; lard PFC higher and ribs I'M
changed.
The wheat situation had no fresh light
shed on it by early cablegrams or dis
patches, but the market started at sIlght
Improvement for December delivery. sep
tember, however showed tendency III
the opposite direction and that becom-
ing more pronounced. 1t dragged the &C
tive option in its wake. y factor which
helped the market somewhat at the start
was a report that prominent business
man of Ohio, who Is now travelling III Rus-
STA, had written to This country that he
had learned from a Russian official that
the wheat crop in the Noga district was
a failure and S00G0,000 bushels of wheat
from other parts of Russia would be re-
CURED to feed the population of that pro
vince. The rank and file Of the specuIa-
tive crowd was like the leaves of the aspen,
which CULVER even when the ar IS caim'
and that super5cnsitVencss was shown
by the nutter in the market mat attend
ed the spreading of jhe ult-tOId l1!G Ironl
the No!Sa. Chicago receipts were 40 cars
against 24G the same day laSt year. Mime
apoilS ana Duluth received LIZ cars com
pared with lib year ago. Ihe Altamil"
port CIcuTan,cS Of wheat ana hour lpf
the day amounted to a heavy aggregate
and that WAS the cause OF couaId"faole
tirmncss in the market near the close. IA
GLIDING clcarauros from New orleans. Gar
weston and Newport News, wheat ana
hour amounted to Ilo,uOo bushes. Stpltlh-
Der wheat, after opening unchanged TO
isc lower at G1lauGa.Ic and declining TO
64%sC, was again wanted in the last ten
minutes at the price ii started at, ana
closed firm at 65lic. December was sim
Harry affected ard turned from bclnG quite