The silver lance., 1898-07-22
TELEoRAPH,c sagvlries.

tremendous floods are reported In
the vicinity of Manila.
Yousouf. the Terrible Turk" was
drowned in the sinking of La Bour-
| gogne.
The Y. p S. C. II. met Mt Nashville
on the 7th, with big crowd in at
tendance.
Large quantities of arms and am
munition have been sent over to Gen.
eral Gomez lately.
The annual convention of the Ma
tional Educational Association open
ed at Washington on the 7th.
On June 14th thu revenue cutter
Bear cleared for the north with sup
plies for the ice-bound whalers.
| The New York Legislature is in ses-
sion to provide funds for mobilizing
Toops and to amend voting laws.
General lilies has issued orders ad-
vising abstinence from drink, order
Ing investigation of the effect Of beer
and wine on soldiers in the tropics
and ordering the killing of disabled
horses in the field.
Eleven men lost their lives by a gas
explosion while they were working
in tunnel running under Lake Erie,
off Cleveland. The tunnel is to fur
nish pure water supply. Eight men
were killed in similar way once be-
fore.
Russia has notified China that il a
northern extension of the railroad
which has been conceded to a Brit
ish syndicate is built, Russia may be
| obliged to seize the province Of Ill
Chill, in which Pekin is situated, as
compensation.
Major Comte Ferdinand Walsin Es-
terhazy, the alleged author of the bor-
dereau in the Dreyfus case has been
arrested. Madame Pals, his mistress,
has also been placed under arrest. 1t
is supposed that Esterhazy is to be
charged with selling military secrets.
The celebrations in connection with
the anniversary of the battle Of the
Boyne were marked with renewal OF
the Orange conflicts. At Belfast the
police and military suppressed several
attempts at disorder. Many were in
jured. Similar disturbances took
place at Donegal.
In answer to references from the
collector of internal revenue, all bear
ing upon the question as to whether
the shipper or carrier shall pay for
and affix the required revenue stamp
to bills of lading, etc, Assistant Cen.
eral Attorney y ha~ss~'d that the
carrier shall
An electric
Heights road, ssssm- xtoa, hf1ed ..
passengers, crashed tnt0 8Nu0Ipe G.,
of the Anacosta line. An unkDoWu
man was killed and between twenty-A
five and thirty people injured, several
<f fafn nat rnr
molished and the horses of the Ana
costa car killed.
With new broom tied to the top
of her foremast and a Japanese flag
flying from her stern the Japanese
cruiser Kasagi sailed into Portsmouth
harbor Tuesday afternoon, after hav-
ing made a speed average OF 22A
knots an hour, a quarter Of knot
above the contract requirement, Tor a
distance of forty miles.
The commissioner of internal reve-
nue. has a decision in preparation In
which it will be held that the stamp
representing the tax on express mat
ter must be affixed to the bill OF lad
ing by the express company and not
by the individual shipper. This also
applies to the government when
sending express matter under its con-
| tracts.
On. the Fourth of July Mr.. Richard
Corbin cabled from Paris to Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid, secretary nurse aux
iliary Of the Red Cross, announcing
the organization of a society in aid OF
her fund among the American col
ony there. On the 9th Mrs Reid re-
ceived from John Monroe & Co. the
sum Of $S,4OO, sent on behalf Of the
Paris society.
Queen Dowager Kapiolani Of Ha-
wall has begun an action against her
nephews, David Kakananakee and
Jonah Kalanianaole, to recover prop
erty valued at many hundred thou
| sands of dollars, which she had deed
ed them, with tho understanding that
the deeds should not be recorded
without her consent. She has dis
covered that the deeds have been re-
corded, hence the suit to have the
transaction annulled.
The schooner Affair has arrived at
San Francisco direct from Kodiak
island with sixty bags of low-grade
ore from the famous mountain OF
gold which Captain Moore Of the
schooner Free Trade so glowing1y de-
scribed to II. Talbot Watson of Eng
land. The story of how Watson and
his friends were duped has been told,
but Captain Gilbert Of the Affair says
that there is considerable gold on the
island, and that If properly worked
the claims taken up there will pay.
He has located n ledge for r. p. Ho-
falling and others Of San Francisco.
The President has appointed the
limited States members Of the coin
mission provided for in the annexa-
tion resolutions, and which will roc
ommend a form of government for
the Hawaiian Islands. Illinois is to
have the honor Of furnishing two OF
the three members, in Senator Cnl-
iorn and Representative Hit The