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THE NATIONAL FUND.
A Mfnsourinn in Texas Looking After
the Collection.

A Mfssourinn in Texas Looking After
the Collections.
Dallas, Texas. July 15.--Hon F. b. Love
OF Springfield, Mo-, representative OF the
democratic National executive committed
is touring Texas In the interest of the
paTy's National organization. He has
been to Fort Worth and Is spending few
days in Dallas. He has been given Il
cheering welcome wherever he has been
Today he went out to Garland, the home
OF County Chairman Martin. in company
with County Secretary j. C. MoNealus.
The good democrats OF Garland did more
than Mr.. Love expected OF them.
Mr. Love Will visit all the principal
cities of the State and expects to be In
Houston shortly. He is soliciting funds to
be used In the National campaign next
year and is meeting with success.
Mr.. Love is 4 good old Missouri dtmo-
crat In all that the name implies. He
stands squarely upon the Chicago plat
form and believes with Mr. Bryan ard
Congressman Bailey that the present war
IN the Philippines Is crime. He thinks
Dir; Bryan's denomination, and election aa
well, are assured.
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Sheriff Munday's face and the keys were
demanded The sheriff saw what was up
and remarked. 1.-The keys are down
stairs.
well, get them quick" replied the lead
err of the crowd
Sheriff Munday hurried down the stair
way, followed by the two men. Hail
way down the steps he was brought to
sudden stop by the rattle of firearms from
the point he had just left. Wheeling
around, he bounded up the steps, until
he reached the cage in which Smith was
confined. The smell of gunpowder almost
suffocated him. Between the discharge OF
guns he heard groans OF agony and APP
peals for mercy. But all this lasted only
a second and the mob rushed by him and
had gone before he could recover from
his surprise. Upon examination he found
hat Smith had been shot six times and
was dead.
The men all wore masks and none Of
them were recognized by the sheriff,
Smith, the victim of the lynchers, was Que
Of the most prominent men in Habersham
crunty. On Sunday, April 2, he killed
William D. Bell, travelling salesman for
an Atlanta drug house. The instrument
OF death was heavy club. Smith was
said to have been intoxicated. He over
took Bell, who was riding in buggy, and
accused him of insulting a member Of his
family. Bell denied the charge and at
tempted to drive away. when Smith
Drained him with the club. Smith was
soon arrested and placed in the Hall coun-
ty jail for safe keeping, so intense was the
feeling against him in Habersham. Bell
was well known in Atlanta and at the
lime of his death was travelling for John
B. Daniels OF Atlanta
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BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE.
Morning Session Given Over to Devotional
Exercises
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS REPORTS
of d. II. Roberts I'm the Houss
Of Representatives.

Richmond, Va, July 1B.--After carly
ences in the various churches Of the city
tho members OF the Young Peoples Bap-
list Union OF America repaired to the au-
ditorium and resumed the regular ses-
sions OF their convention. the time Of the
morning session being consumed for the
most part in listening to topical addresses
by DR.. w. w. Evarts Of st. Paul and Prof.
e. M. McErlead OF Arkadelphia univer-
sity.
The first business OF The afternoon was
the presentation of the banners OF the
junior work. The Union City junior sec
ton OF Pennsylvania took the banner for
Junior Bible readers course; the Detroit
Junior union OF Michigan was awarded the
banner for the conquest missionary course;
and the banner for the sacred literature
course went to the Junior union of South
Conconia. The presentation address was
made by Rev. Ransom Harvey OF Ger
mantcwn, Pa. This address was followed
by Junior exercises. consisting OF sing
Ing, recitations and addresses which were
of very interesting character. A recess
was then taken.
At the night session the report of the
committee on resolutions was presented
and adopted. The feature of this re-
port was the following: THAT we have
cause for concern over the increasing ac-
tivity OF the agents OF the Mormon re-
liglon and we record our deep chagrn at
the election OF b. II. Roberts of Utah, an
ayowed polygamist, to the house OF rep
resentatives. and we do most earnestly
call upon each representative and sena-
tor to use his highest endeavor to pro-
mote expulsion Of B. H. Roberts, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the con-
stitution."
This protest IS to take the form OF
petition which will be extensively oircu-
lated
DR.. j. l.. white Of Macon. Ga, spoke
on the Vocation of the South" and Cen
eral I. ]. Morgan OF the Vocation OF the
Nation"
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GEORGIA WHITE MAN LYNoHEp
was shot to Death In His Cell by ar
UnknnNn Mnh

Gainesville, Ca. July 15.--si Smith, the
haoefsham county farmer who killed VIII
liam Bell, the commercial traveller from
Atlanta several months ago, was shot to
aeath In the jail here this morning.
About midnight Sheriff Munday, who
ii'es at the Jail. was awakened by n man
AZ MS door, who, when the sheriff an
swered the summons. stated that he was
.ne sheriff pf Gilmer county and that he
mao prisoner he wanted to have locked
NJ n ior the night. In the dark sheriff
on.y' seeing but three or four man
U ua,n OF the building. appeared at the
ara .a entrance to the Jail building. Gath
Al, ABOUT II were some eight or ten men.
tio, y, whom were armed, with the excep-
tool =, one or possibly two. The sheriff
INN nm tnem for deputies.
ga ne leader OF the mob stepped forward
in doss Here" using name the snir-
ned u ," not now recall. The man step-
s eve forward with his hands bound and IN
s s,snsa way he played we'll the role as-
arouns 80 MIN As he advanced. those
onas nim closed In and In a few sec.
s uns me sntirs crowd was in.,a. ~. a.,
Thsy thea threw 4 run -
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FAvoRS BRYAN.
Tennessee VIII stick to Him and
Free silver.

Free Silver.
Memphis, Tenn, July 15.-A special to
the Commercial-Appeal from Nashville
says: Hon. ]. NJ. Head, member of the
National democratic committee from Ten
nessee. will attend the meeting of the COM
mittee in Chicago next Thursday. In or
der to go fully posted as to the ideas OF
the people on questions that might come
UP. he called for a conference with the
Tennessee delegation In congress The
conference was held today at the-iaxwell
house. Those present were: Hon. j. NJ.
Head. William b. Mcmillan, Robert w.
Gaines Representative T. w. Sims, Rep
resentative K. d. Richardson, u. NJ.
Holmes, representing Senator Turley. and
Robert Cantrell. representing Senator
Bate.
The situation In the State was discussed,
also the sentiment of the people on GER
tain questions 1t was decided that II
would not be wise to fix the time and
place for holding the National convention
at this meeting Of the National committee
The matter OF raising a campaign fund
was also discussed. From talk with
some of the members It is said that the
people OF the State. in their opinion were
for Bryan for president and favored free
silver, nti-imperiaism and antitrust
platform.
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THE JOINT HIGH COMMISSION.
Conference VIII BE Held to Deter
mine Line of Action

Washington, July 15.--Ex- Secretary
John w. Foster returned to Washington
this morning and called upon Secretary
Hay to ascertain what the prospects are
for the reassembling of the joint high
Canadian commission of which he is a
member on Angus 2. Secretary Hay was
unable to assure General Foster on this
point, and it was decided that he should
remain In Washington until Senator Fair
banks arrived next week, when a confer
ence VIII be held to finally determine upon
line OF action and to frame formal no.
tice to the British government respecting
the reasons for decllnation on the part
OF our commissioners TO be in Ottawa on
August 2. The officials are rather expect
Ing counter proposal from the Canadian
contingent looking to a postponement of
the meeting until the fall.
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CLAIMS FOR NAVAL BOUNTY.
FOR SINKING Or DESTROYING vES-
Sells BELONGING TO SPAIN.
II Is Thought There VIII he Some
thing Like Four or Five Thou
sand Altogether.

Washington, July 15.-Admiral George
through his attorneys his claims for naval
bounty growing out of the battle of Ma
Mia bay May l. 1898 This Is the first
of this class OF claims filed In this court
and 1t Is anticipated that there will foe
between 1000 and 5000 of them altogether
Many of these claims were originally filed
before the navy department under the pro-
visions of section 4635 of Revised Statutes,
for sinking or otherwise destroying vessels
belonging to Spain, on various dates dur
Ing the period from April 81, when active
naval operations against that country were
entered upon, until the suspension of hos
tilities upon the signing OF the protocol
August u, 1898.
These claims involved controverted ques-
lions OF fact and law, the decision OF which
will affect n number of cases and will fur
nsh precedent for the future action OF
the navy department in the adjustment OF
this class OF cases The secretary OF the
navy. after consultation with the attorney
general and with his approval, has re-
ferred to the court OF claims a number OF
those claims in order that the matters
involved may receive judicial considera-
ton
The claims referred to the court of
claims are the following:
United States flagship New York, Span
ish fleet, Santiago. July 3, 1898,
United States ship Concord, Manila bay
May L. 1898.
United States snip Manning spanisnD
feet Santiago, Cuba, July 8, 1898.
United States torpedo boat Ericsson,
don, ,t..l.
July 3, 1898.
United States ship Yale, surrender San
tiago, Cuba. July 16, 1898.
United states battleship Massachusetts
prize money and bounty for sinking Relna
Mercedes, harbor of Santiago, July T..
1898
United States dispatch boat Mccullough.
Manila, May /, 1898.
United states battleshlp Texas, Amir
ante oquendo Infanta Teresa, vizcaya,
Crlstobal Colon. Pluton, Furor, Reina
Mercedes July and 4, 1898.
United States hattleshp Texas. vessels
taken by terms of cartulation OF Santiago
and Eastern province of Cuba
United States ship Hist, bounty for sink
ing of Estrela, disabling gunboat Cuba
and Pana and torpedo boat Degado; burn
ing armed vessel. harbor ManZanillo.
Cuba, July so. 1898.
The secretary of the navy rs gwen au-
thority TO refer these claims to the court
OF claims for discussion under the pro-
visions OF section OF thu act OF March
3, 1893, entitled AN act to afford assist
ance and relief to congress and the exec
utlye departments in the investigation of
claims and demands against the govern
ment."
The purpose of the reference of the
claims Is to get judicial determination
by the court Of the rights of all the par
ties Interested.
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NO OFFICIAL INFORMATION
British and German Embassies Have
Had No word of GuutemuIa

Washington. July 15.--The British and
German embassies here have received no
word concerning the Guatemalan affairs
and the anticipated purpose OF united
movement hy these countries to exert force
II need he to compel Guatemala to OBJ
serve her obligations TO foreign bondhold-
ers There is the same lack of official
confirmation OF the report that the German
cruiser Gier had been ordered to proceed
To Guatemala. In the absence of any in
structions TO the foreign representatives
here, there has been no step up 10 the
present time toward cooperation with
the United States authorities AS to Guat-
emala. Mr. Hunter. our minister TO Guat-
emala, has been instructed to keep a close
watch on American interests.
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PRESIDENTS APPOINTMENTS.
Officers for Service in the voiuntee
Army,

Officers for Service in the Volunteer
Army.
Washington. July 15--The following ap-
pointments have been made In the yolun-
teer army, their former service being
designated:
To be captains-Adam C. Carson, cap
tain. company +, Fourth United States
volunteer infantry; Henry A. Peed cap
tain, company l.. Fourth Missouri; VIII
liam ]. White. captain. company X, Sec
ond Ohio,
To be first lieutenants-Ch w. Bar
Der. captain, company II, Fourth New
York; Ned J. Barrows. captain, company
II. Fifteenth Minnesota Cyrus w. Gray
Bossieux, captain, volunteers OF Virginia:
II. W. Dunn. first lieutenant, First Della
ware; Il. ID. Laird, first lieutenant. Second
Massachusetts,; Frederick d. Nelson, Phil
adelphia city troop; William ]. Sewell,
Jr, captain and assistant adjutant general,
volunteers; Edward Hill, captain First
North Carolina; Edward Il. Topkins, SER
geant major, Second South Carolina; Chas.
o. Thomas. Jr.. captain, Tenth United
States volunteer infantry; George p. Whit
slit. captain. Fifth Missouri
TO DO second lieutenant. Samuel Arohi-
bald, sergeant, Fourth Virginia; George
w. Hochmeier, captain, First Illinois;
John A. .Dugan. corporal, Seventh United
states infantry; Clark r.. Elliott. second
Lieutenant. Fifteenth Minnesota; Roy L..
Fernald, company c, Seventh United
States infantry; Alfred U. Falkncr. prl-
vate. troop G, New York cavalry; France
.. Wharton Griffin. FIRST lieutenant, Third
United States Volunteer Infantry; Carl
Ward. corporal. troop !. Second United
states Volunteer infantry: Robert s,
Mhox, second lieutenant, Virginia; Louis
st. Clair Munford, second lieutenant. sec-
ond Alabama; Frederick Harvey Plummer.
second lieutenant Fourth Virginia; VIII
lam Wagner, second lieutenant, United
states Volunteer signal corps; John N.
wright second Lieutenant. Second United
states Volunteer tnfsntryi Roy a. boyle,
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FIENDIsH CRUELTY.
A HaIf-Wftted Person Nearly KuIe1
by Whitecappers

Hnif-Wltted Person Nearly Killed
by Whitecappers.
Little Rock, Ark. July 15.-A story O,
horrible cruelty by a band of whitecaps
has reached here from Montgomery county
James Irwin, half witted individual. had
incurred the displeasure Of a gang OF
toushs at Black Springs. He was stripped
rubbed with lye soap and shaven from
head to foot, being badly lacerated in the
fendish operation. He was then beaten
with pistols and finally placed in a rain
barrel and churned up and down until
consciousness left him. Several arrests
have been made.
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NEW PRESIDENTIAL Possibility
A Boom In BEING Worked Tn for
stephen ID. white

Los Angeles. Cal. July 15.-Robert p.
Troy formerly OF San Francisco and more
recently Of Washington. d. c., arrived
from the East today over the Santa Fe.
Mr.. Troy was formerly secretary of the
democratic State central committee. He
is working up boom for Senator Stephen
d. White for the democratic nomination
for tho presidency.
He said "The senator could, In my
opinion, easily secure the deniocratio presi-
dental nomination. He IL looked upon In
the East as one OF the National le.ders
OF the party and he is the single man who
could give William J. Bryan any serious
trouble In the next convention"
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YOUNG PEOPLES UNION.
Officers for the Ensuing Year Were
Elected.

Lynn. Mass, July 15.At today's session ii
the National convention OF tho Young People $
Christian Union. President Henry Fowler OF
Cleveland was reelected. other officers were
chosen as follows: General secretary, Rev.
j. IL. Cardell OF Boston; general treasurer.
Louis Ames OF New York: executive board,
J. G. Bond of Georgia. Anna e. Stevens OF
Lewiston, Maine, George #. Sears of Chicago
and Cora A. Wilder of Brooklyn.
o. J. Buckley OF Chicago presented a resolu-
ton calling upon the United States congress
10 refuse to seat Congressman elect Brigham
T. Roberts of Utah, but tho resolution was
defeated.
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raise him we'll; that no left han. !.
months ago, and that lie only met 1,,.ss
few weeks ago. 49, an
He says Arsenell is from Alabam..
know what place, but that ArsensIi ~. ~
to have an aunt. Mrs. Will Skinner 4. j.
Of drayman, who lives at mi 49,
Fourth and Ocmulgee streets, Macon sy n.
Parties who saw them at different t,u us
Arsenell was always the leader and wv ra \
in Il. He was evidently an old hans I,
business: Arsenell was In the act o. shesss
at one of the posse when shot hy ~. ~. n
and Burke had his pistol pointins ", y 4
sheriff. though he was running paftly \
ways. =" y
Officers from Americas were follov,,, \.
and arrived in an hour after the cautnrs. I
fcers from Sehley arrived last XIX, NJ NJ
found Burke too sore to move, NJ IN /
taken to Schlcy county If he recover -
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NOW A MExIoAN PRISONER.

Formal Warrant for the Surrender
of Mrs. Rich Issued.
Washington, July 15r-The state depart
ment today issued the formal warrant for
the surrender OF Mrs. Rich to the Mexican
authorities ana the papers we're forwarded
to the Mexican embassy. temporarily at
Manchester BY The Sea.
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RAIN AND TYPHooNs
Have Made 4cmb rl<ing of Volunteer
a Difilcult Matter.

Washington. July 15.-The war depart
ment has received tho following cable
gram
To the Adjutant General, Washington;
Manila, July l5.--Twenty inches OF rain
in July, attended by typhoons. made the
leaving OF the transports impossible. AT
Negros It was impossible to unload the
Sixth infantry until the last day or two
Californians are now loading The Colo
RADIO troops will leave tomorrow on the
Warren. The Idaho. North Dakota and
Wyoming troops will leave next week as
soon a. the transpert orAnt eau be cosl.d.
Otis.
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ENLISTMENT REPORT.

Two Regiments Are Being Filled
Very slowly.
Washington. July 15.-The reports from
the recruiting stations show that 3ss men
were enlisted yesterday for the new regi-
ments, making total OF 1912 for the ten
regiments. so far Colonel Seltus' regl-
ment, tho T..irty-hrst, at Fort Thomas,
KY, leads with 1922. Colonel Bells Twenty
seventh at Camp Meade coming next with
2s3 and Colonel Rice's Twenty sixth at
Plattsburgh. N. Y, with 251.
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JuNTA WILL LEAVE HONG -
American Officials Have MAJ. ~.
n Burden IN rVh ~. n


Manila, July is. Sis p. NIT Is repoa
that the Filipino junta will BE- rsuu,
from Hong Kong to the island Of lAbx
British colony six miles from The rss
west coast OF Borneo, as American i.
ficials have watched the members q d
junta SO closely at Hong Kong ths d
latter found 1t impossible to supply u i
surgents with arms.
The transport Warren sails Sunday III
the Colorado regiment, Major Bnss
Strong and Major Young Of the suphs
court, who are going to Utah for nj
ton, being on board. Prof Schurmaa Il
arrive at San Francisco on boGa D
China,
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"Apia. juno 10, 1899"

Washington. July 15,--It Is stated In
quarters intimately acquainted with the
recent conduct OF Samoan affairs that the
abolition of the hngship in Samoa has al
vanced considerably further than a pro-
ylsional arrangement by the Samoan COM
mission, and that the three governments
have so far acquiesced that this feature Is
assured as part of the permanent sys-
tenn for the government OF Samoa. 1t Is
also said that the report OF the Samoan
commission Is likely to be unanimous, so
that further action by the three govern
ments In framing treaty viii be largely
formality.
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GORAiAN'S ILLNESS.

Says that He VIII Take a Complete
Rest.
Baltimore. July lex Senator Arthur
p. German telegraphs to the Herald from
Magnolia, Mass: TOO constant applica-
ton to duties resulted In quite a Levere
spell Of sickness My physician assures
me that a COMPLETE rest Is all that Is nee
0ssary to complete recovery. have no
definite plan other than abstaining from
ell work. both political aud private, for
the time being"
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TO STAMP OUT sMALLfox.
No Public Gatherings VIII b !
lowed for Ten Days.

Frankfort. Ky. July 15.-All Of the sluFa
and Sunday schools will be closed tonce
and no sort of religious services or othr y
lie gatherings will be held in the State sia5
for ten days. This step was ordered By ?
city health officers to prevent the sprsl
smallpox. from which about forty patient ! !
now suffering and have been removed
county pesthouse. There are thousira
sore arms as result OF the wholesale "
nations which have been made compra&s
There have been no deaths, but for ~ Y
week several cases 1--WE developed can y
however in a mild form.
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TRUSTS CONFERENCES.

Bryan VIII Speak ON Industrial
and Financial Combines.
Chicago. July 15.-William J. Bryan will
speak on the results OF Industrial and
financial combines at the conference on
trusts to be held In Chicago September 10
to ~. inclusive under the auspices OF the
civic federation. He has been appointed
by the governor of Nebraska as one OF
the delegates to represent that States at
the conference.
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Surgeon. Were Not Atts.rel

Tacoma, Wash. July 15.-Ma,of 1 4
Dawson, surgeon OF the First Wuhhtll
volunteers. writing to the Ledger ta|
Fasig, Philippine islands. denies ~ ifin|
ment that the F1lipinos have sttistaI
American surgeons Of the hospital uaf]
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PITCH PINp.PU PAPER.
Dlerida Mills HAVE DeveIopes : New
Process.

(special to The Post.)
Pensacola. Fla. July l5.--The Pensacola
yopsr Mills have started In successful opera-
don. mAnufacturins high grade manila pa
~ from pitch pins pulp. The material used
IL Wasts from saw mills. heretofore burned
u slab pilss, Tbs mills have cspacltysot
0{ly nan. The pulp e made BY . secret chem
al 6roeesg. Owned ~ the company. q dis-
1o0 hocke haPo NON New Yor< has sailed
W. In1lap ports. The convorlsd yacht
=! a .s Ss's1 = J E';ss's's .sI
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RED RIDING HOOD UP TO DATE
Killed the Wolf with Music 49,
s,~I T4-Ir Hi cnaIu.

and Took His Scalp.
League City. Texas. July H-Ais M
Bradford. young lady Of sweet IL. dils'A
Of j. H. Bradford. who resides nsr "
bayou. while on her way home from ~ ri
class. discovered a wolf on the pralns, NJ
three miles east Of town and inmsaa Vi
gave chase. She was riding good l no'',s; ,r
soon overlook the wolf. knocked nll ~ III III
with her satchol of music books. w
scalp and quietly rode home.
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first lieutenant, Fifteenth Indiana; Will
liam b. Eulass, company A, First Ohio;
Thomas S. Norman, first lieutenant, Sec
ond South Carolina: James A. Simpson
first lieutenant, Fourth Kentucky.