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PRICE ONE CENT.
TO ESTABLISH FREE TRADE.
The President Soon to Abolish the
Porto Rican Tariff.

Mr. Mckinley to Act when He Is Of
ficiaIIy Notified of the Declaration
by the TnxuIar LegisEature-Au-
nounced at the Cabinet Meeting.
The President notified the members Of
the Cabinet at the meeting today that he
intends to issue proclamation as pro-
vided by the Foraker law, declaring free
trade between the United States and Porto
Rico as soon as he is officially informed
Of she recent action OF the Porto Rican
Legislature. The press dispatches an
nouncing that the insUjar Legislature
had declared for free trade, and that
Governor Allen had signed the act, were
read at the meeting.
1t is expected that when Governor Allen
brings the official copy of the Porto Rican
act to the United States he viii lay It
before the President at Canton, where
Mr. Mckinley will spend the remainder
Of the summer.
Only four members of the Cabinet were
present at the meeting today, and the
session was largely devoted to the trans
action Of a number Of minor matters
which it was necessary to conclude be-
fore the Presidents departure Tor Canton
Postmaster General Smith talked upon
the subject Of the order which he proposes
to issue, more strictly enforcing the law
in regard 10 secOnd-CIass mail matter OF
late many abuses of the second-cIass mail
privileges have been tolerated which the
Postmaster General now intends to pre-
vent. This class Of matter constitutes
about thTee-fOuTths Of the bulk OF the
mail transported in the United States and
provides no more than one-thirtieth Of the
revenue The cost Of carrying IT Is about
$50, ,0J9090 more annually than the $1,000, 900
revenue it produces
The new rule Of the Postmaster Gen
eraI viii not interfere with those pubIica-
tons, especially newspapers IegitimateIy
entitled TO the privileges. but viii bar a
large number OF serial publications and
magazines which Eave been allowed to
enjoy benefits under a lax enforcement
and very broad ard altogether too liberal
Interpretation Of the law
The Presidents proclamation opening
up the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache
lands in the Indian Territory reservations
for white settlement viii be made public
on Monday The date Of the opening has
been decided upon. but VIII not be made
known until the proclamation is issued
The meeting today was the last one this
sumner Secretary Hay Secretary Gage,
Secretary Long. and Secretary Wilson
were not present.
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ENGLAND's NAVAL PLANS.
pbuI4dfng Programme Announced
in the House of Commons

IN Iht houSS Oh SoAEthApH>-
LONDON. July 5.-The shIpbuIIding pro-
gramme Tor 1871 was announced in the
House OF Commons today.
II comprises three battleships Of new
and improved class, SIX cruisers Of the
Monmouth class, and ten improved de
stroyers.
-Four ships Of what IS called the Mon
mouth class are now being built IN Eng
land-the Monmouth and Bedford at Fair
field, the Kent at Portsmouth and the Es-
sex at Pembroke They are to he 40 feet
in length, G6 feet in breadth, with a dis
placement CT $3.50 tons They are to be
armored and have a speed Of Jweaty-three
knots For ships OF their size they VIII
present some novel features II armament
Mr. Arnoiu-Forster. Parliamentary Sec
retary to the Admiralty explained that
there had been for some time some ankle
~ as TO the character Of the baJtlcships
now being built
II was generally admitted that there
had been considerable progress in the
matter Of armaments. Changes should
therefore be made IN the direction Of in
credsing offensive ard defensive battle
ships.
The programme provided for three bat
tIeships Of the London and Formidable
C1oSS ne Ll+-Fs SLs4E llE Sf.-AA '-''t-iAa a''
named King Edward, Commonwealth and
Dominion, the names for the latter two
being selected in recognition of the ser
vices Of the colonies during the the war
Each Of the new ships would show i'm
provements over the London and Formid-
able type and some novel features would
also be introduced They would have d
displacement OF 1880 tons, be 20 feet
longer than the Formidable and have en-
gines Of 1880 horsepower, with which
il was expected that they would attain q
speed Of lS12 knots
They would be protected by an ermor
belt from the lower protected deck t--
nine inches above the water-iinc and then
BY another arnoT belt TO the main deck,
the latter 10 continue along the whole
length Of the ship
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a TROLLEY WRECK AT BUFFALO
Four Persons Injured in a Collision
with Il TraIn

BUFFALO. july Shortly before I
O'Clock this morning, a Main Street troll
ley heavily loaded with passengers ran
into a coal car at the Jewett Avenue
crossing Of the New York Central Rail-
road and a number Of passengers were
injured severely Those hurt are: ,Tohn
RuSE1n- internally injured: John Herr,
arm smashed H P BIaker. badly sha-
ken up and bruised: Mrs Il P Baker,
spine injured
Physicians were summoned hUrriedIy
and the injured were attended TO. 1t is
believed all viii recover with the posi-
bic exception of Mr.. Ruskin whose con
dition IS serious The motornan escaped
without any injury. An ambulance was
summoned but all Of the injured refgsed
TO so to a hospital and were taken to
their homes
Different stories are told of the acci-
dent the gate te-fde- at the crossing say
the gates were down and the trolley car
smashed into it. The street railway Off
cials refuse 10 say anything, but their
claim IS that the Central was at fault
The trolley struck the first ear behind
the engine and with such force that the
engine was thrown partly from the track
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The MONTANA TRAIN ROBBERY.
Conflicting Reports Concerning the
whereabouts of the bandits.

Whereabouts of the Bandits
HELENA Mont. July 5--RepOrts from
Valley county. the scene Of the Great
Northern passenger train hold-up- are to
the effect that the robbers have changed
tbeir course and are now going south in
stead Of riding north A cowboy is said
g have seen the three robbers riding in a
southerIy direction about seventy miles
south Of Malta
According In the story he tells, the
highwaymen instructed him to throw on
their pIESucrs BY saving theE were So
ing in another direction Sheriff Griffith
and posse were then only q few miles be
hind the robbers
: report is current that the posse has
the men surrounded. and that surrender
or light is their only alternative Accord
ing to this report. Sheriff Griffith. with
twenty men. has surrounded them at
Buck Aliens ranch. forty miles south Of
Wagner. near edge Of the old Fort Bel
knaD reservation. on the west fork Of the
Houchette River. The posse followed the
bandits all Wednesday Afternoon
The information that reaches here IS
that the posse came IN sight Of the men
about } o'clock yesterday near the ranch,
and. driving them in, surrounded the
house. 1t is probable that they viii not be
CAPTURED until after "a severe fight and at
the latest advices Sheriff Griffith had not
made the attack The bandits are thought
to be housed in a building which offers
everv protection for siege and the posse
NAV not try To force their capture until
re-enforceInents arrive. The hjEhwaymen
are said to be green hands at holding up
trains.
on account Of the broken nature Of the
country. which is a veritable bad land.
nuTyrIfr OF the fleeing men Is extremely
difficult There is 10 clear identification
of the robbers by the authorities. Reports
are much at variance concerning the lat
est developments Reliable news IS hard
to obtain at this distance from the scene
of operations Although the latest ad-
vices received at Helena to the effect that
the posse has the robbers surrounded and
their arrest or death is matter Of 4 few
hours. there are many here who do not
believe the posse Is anywhere near the
hiEhwaymn, or that they VIII ever be
captured.
The amount of money taken by the rob
bers is not known. The express company
has made no statement, but reports still
Mace the amount IN excess of S5ec00- y
| 4 d,snatch from Great Falls states that re-
liable information there places the
amount at $70,ooo-
Auditor Douglass and Whiteside, the
brakeman, who were shot by the robbers,
VIII live, although the latter VIII lose an
arm The young woman who was shot
was not dangerously injured and she
continued on her journey west Officials
in every county in the State are on the
alert for the highWaymcn. several places
having ordered parties to pursue them if
seen
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TRIALS OF THE sHAMRoCKs.
The Old Challenger outsaiIs the New
Yucht on Rofhesay.

ROTHESAY, July 5.-There was mod
crate but steady breeze slightly north Of
west today. and the Shamrocks went out
for a windward trial. They raced from
4 point in the Firth Of clyde. three miles
into Rothesay Bay, starting at 1Z.25
clock
The challenger started on the old Sham
rocks weather quarter, but when they
went about on the next tack. after six
minutes sailing, the old boat sailed
smartIy from under the Watson boat, and
within five minutes was 100 yards ahead
Two more short tacks followed. the beat
finishing q 1850, Shamrock I leading by
$50 yards.
Shamrock II then changed her jib for a
smaller one, and the yachts went out
again for another trial Both were under
big topsaiIs and jib to9saiIs, and carried
other light weather canvas
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c. 0. PITzIPIo HEARD FROM.
The Yale OarSmun Not Drowned in II
SQuaEL. as Feared.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, July George
O Pitziaio the member OF the Yale
freshmen crew who, It was feared, had
been drowned during a sqUaH of Watch
Hill. R. /, while voyaging in sailing
dory. has been heard from He teie-
graphgd last night from jamestown, r.
/ to the IandIady Of his boarding house
here saying that he was all right and
asking that his trunk he forwarded to
jamestown. where his parents have a
summer home
PitziIsio, who is an expert handler Of
small boats sailed from New Haven last
Sunday FOR Newport 4 craft supposed
TO be his was sighted Wednesday after
noon by the captain Of Il CoastinS sloop,
V no reported it in a very dangerous pc
sftion on account Of . heavy squaH-
Pirzfpio's home is in Staten Island, \. Y,
and he is q student in the Sheffield Sci
eutiEc School here
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FAVoRs TARIFF REVISION.
Reported That Representative Lit
tIcfeId VIII Offer amendments

Information from a reliable source was
received here this morning to the effect
that Representative Littieiield Of Maine
the successor to the late Mr.. Dingiey, has
declared his intention to make a fight for
a revision. of the tariff in the next Con
gress
Mr Lfttlefcld it win be remembered,
took issue with mis- party leaders last win
ter and practically led the fight against
the Porto Rican tariff act. He is one Of
the strongest dehaters on the Republican
side Of the House. and he has 4 strong
tendency to independent thought on such
subjects as the tariff
It viii be no surprise if Mr. Iittieieid
should espouse the bill to place trust
made products on the free list His
friends say he viii introduce a tariff re
vision bill next winter that VIII receive
The support Of nearly all the Western Re
uuIlicans in the House.
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An ArtTIIeryman. Engine Driver,
Fireman Guard, and Four Natives
Also Meet Death-GrenfcII Routs
Boyer's Commando at HopevycII.
LONDON, July 5.-According to advjces
received by the War Office today from
General Lord Kitchener. the Boer forces
caused a disastrous train wreck yes:er-
day north OF Naboon Spruit. The train
came from Petersburg Although General
kitchener's advices, sent from Pretoria,
give no details of the wreck itself, it is
inferred that the ears were blown up
IS a result of the wreck a lieutenant
and nine men of the Gordon Highlanders
were instantly killed. and one artillery
man, an engine driver, a fireman.
guard, and four natives met death.
General Kitchener also reports to the
War Office that the British force under
Lieutenant Colonel Grenfeu encountered
Boyer-s commando at Hopewen on July l.
After a brisk fight, in which the British
sustained no casualties. Grenfen's men
captured So wagons, 100 rifles, and zec0
rounds OF ammunition and dispersed the
burgheTs- They also took 80 prisoners be
fore the Beers He'd
There is great deal Of discussion here
today over the tilt in the House Of Com
mons yesterday concerning the responsi-
bIIty for the continuation OF the war IN
South Africa and the revelation during
the debate that, when Mr.. Kruger and
General Botha were recently permitted 20
communicate, Dom Paul urged that he
bUrgheTs prosecute the fight and accept
nothing but independence.
The criticism Of the leaders Of the oppo-
sition for their alleged pTo-Boer attitude
ed
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College. Of oxford. beat Client, CT Bel
=ium. 10y Two lengths, in minutes,-50 80
seconds.
la the final heat of the race for the La
dies Plate. for college eights, University
College. Of Oxford beat Eton. 10y two
lengths in minutes. y seconds
For the diamond sCulls. Z. 3. Fox,
Brigade of Guards. beat St George Ashe,
of Cambridge, 10y three lengths in min
utes 4 seconds.
For the Stewards Cup for fours, Third
Trinity. beat Leander very easily IN /
minutes u seconds.
BaIioI College, oxford won the Visit
urs' Cup for fours. CaiUs College Of
Cambridge. struck a pile and Bailioi pad
died home winning easily by ~ lengths
in S minutes . seconds.
Trinity Hall, OF Cambridge, won the
Wyfcld Cup for fours, defeating Christ :
College. Of Cambridge, by IL lengths in
minutes and seconds
LONDON. July 5.-The Central News
SAYS that the race was rowed at a ter
rife pace. Both Sxews started with the
maximum number OF strokes OF which
each was capable. They slowed down
slightly later, but they kept up the strug-
gle to the very last stroke Leander had
a biz the best Of it Both crews were
pumped out IN seven minutes
The Pennsylvania led at the start. At
the top of Temple Island they were a few
feet in advance, increasing this distance
to a quarter Of a length Al the RectoTy-
Leander then began TO hold them and
gradually crept up on the Americans At
! Fawley Court the Leanders were IN front.
, At the end of the three-quarter mile the
/ Leanders were a quarter length ahead
/ and gradually increasing their lead
/ Pennsylvania then spUTted. reducing
| Lenders lead again 20 quarter length.
and the EngIishmea responded with q
( F-reI, e-l7rrt
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TO CONFER WITH MR.. MORGAN.
t. j. shafTer Hopes to- Settle the
steel Strike.

NEW YORK, July 5--President 7. J,
Shafer, of the Amalgamated Association
of Trcn, Steel, and Tin Workers. arrived
todaE from Pittsburg to confer With J. p
Morgan in the hope Of settling the strike
in the sheet steel mills Of the big Steel
Trust.
PittsbUTg dispatches say today that the
mills are stiu idle and hat even If the
union IS recognized in mills now non-un-
ion these concerns cannot be started up
for a week OF ten days
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TORE DOWN THE UNION JACK.
CIeveIandites object TO Having 1t
Residc the stnrs md Strines.

CLEVELAND, Ohio July 5--An excit-
ing incident has come t. light as result
of yesterdays Fourth - July celebration
here.
The Rev DR. Z. ] Smith. pastor Of the
Woodland Hills Methodist Church, has an
English wife. She hoisted the Union Jack
beside the Stars and Stripes yesterday
An ITishman saw the emblem and organ
lied a party 10 tear 1t down. The Work
took less than half a minute. The Eng
Iish banner was trampled under foot and
destroyed
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CARRIE NATION INJURED.
Bruised by the Fall of Platform
at CrayvfcrdsvIIIe, Ind

CRAwFORDSVILLE. Ind, July 5--Thc
platform upon which Mrs. Carrie Nation,
the temperance crusader, spoke here yes
terday afternoon, collapsed, dropping her
and a number of others about ten feet.
One OF Mrs Nations limbs was cOnSid-
erabIy bruised and others of the party
were more CT less injured, but none seTi-
ously. As soon as she had rested a shoI
time Mrs. Nation resumed PedGling her
pictures and toy hatchets-
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LEAVES THE PHILIPPINES.
General MacArthur's Last Cable
gram as Commander There

The War Department this morning re
ceived the last official despatch from Gen
eTal Macarthur as the commanding Off
Ger of the Department Of the Philippines.
The cablesram states that he transport
Meade sailed from Manila today with
three officers and 40 enlisted men Of the
Eighth Battery Field Artillery General
Macarthur is supposed to have sailed
himself on the Meade
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ANIMALS DYING BY THOUSANDS
Charbon Continues to Spread in the
MiSsissippi valley.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. July 5--Charhon
continues to spread in the Mississippi Val
ley and animals are diving by thousands
In BOsedale county alone 2.0gJ-Tnuies have
died.
Many persons have become infected. The
first death was reported this morning, one
negro dying during the night.
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MORTIMER NYE DYING.
The Indianan Stricken While DeIiv.
ering IN Grafton

La PORTE, Ind. July 5--Mortimer
Nye, ex-LieUtenant Governor of Indiana.
was stricken with paralysis yesterday
while delivering a Fourth Of July ora
ton, and is al the point OF death
Mr.. Nye was elected Lieutenant Gov
ernor in 1892. when Claude Matthews WAS
elected Governor, and was being pTorli-
nently considered as a possible Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor three years
hence
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TO AVOID a TARIFF WAR.
Assurances Given by Russia to tn
State Department


State Department
The Russian Government, through NJ
De WoIant. its Charge d Affaires here,
has given assurances to the State Depart
ment 1nat il is anxious to avoid a tariff
war with this country over the CONNER
ciaI differences growing out Of the action
Of the United States in imposing addition
al duties on Russian beet sugar and petro-
Ieum and Russia retaI5atory imposition
of the maximum duties on American ma
chinery. bicycles, and naval stores.
The assurances are very friendly, and
indicate Russia desire 10 continue those
pleasant relations that have always ex-
listed, both commercially and politically.
between the two countries.
The fullest consideration OF the Amer
lean response to Russia-s retaIiatory ac-
ton is promised
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N. PICHoN AT VANCOUVER.
The French Minister Predicts Quiet
in China.

VANCOUVER, B. c. July 5.-M Pi-
chen. the French Minister TO China has
arrived here from the Orient by the
steamer Empress of India He is accom-
panied BY Nine. Pichon and they viii
spend the summer in France.
N. Pichon wired tIfat the visit Of Count
Won WaIdersee TO Japan would do a great
doaI of good He considers that the troU-
bIes IN China are over for n long time At
least and that this summer VIII see very
little done from any point Of view
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The san Francisco Mint Robbery.

George f Roberts. Director of the
United States Mint, who Is at present at
San Francisco, investigating the theft of
money at the San Francisco Mint, tele-
graphed this morning to The Secretary Of
the Treasury asking him 20 detail an Off
Ger Of the Secret Service on the case
His request was Immediately granted
and John E. WiIkie Chief Of the Secret
Service. issued instructions accordingly.
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NEW DATE FOR RUssELL's CASE.
His TrtuI f6r Bigamy TO Begin OF
July rs.

LONDON, July Sin the House Of
Lords today. the Lord Chancellor, the
Earl Of Halsbury. announced that Earl
Russell had declined to produce aftidavits
conditional upon postponement Of his
trial for bigamy, and that the case would
be heard, therefore, on July IL, instead OF
August 6. the date set, tentatively, Jester
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MERCURY HIGH IN CHICAGO.
The Temperature Reaches - at 8
O'Clock This Morning.

CHICAGO, JuIy Chicazoans are again
sweIteriug today, and the hot wave ap-
pears to be quite Is vigorous as ever The
mercury has been rising steadily since
daybreak. and promises a record-breaking
day At s o'clock The thermometer regis
tered 81 degrees
For over three hCurs yesterday after
noon the mercury stood ~ 95 in the Au-
ditorium tower, and 100 n the streets
Fortunately, thunderstorms caused drop
% 10 degrees late in the afternoon. and
tt night was made endurabie-
Two persons died yesterday as a result
of the heat, two became insane, and
twenty-eiSht were prostrated-
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A BRITISH TRANSPORT ASHORE.
Stranded on the Isle of Wight With
1000 Troops Aboard.

NEW YORK, July "a despatch to the
Evening Journal from London says
that the British transport Monfort. with
loo troops from the Cape aboard, Is
ashore on the Isle Of Wight.
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Mr.. LoRILLARD's CONDITION.
The Patient Better Than Was Ex-
pccted Today.

NEW YORK. July 5.-Pierre Lorillard,
who was taken from the steamship
Deutschland to the Fifth Avenue Hotel
yesterday. is a very sick man. according
to his physician. DR. Kilroe, who has been
in constant Attendance DR. kIIroe said
this morning that Mr. LerfIIard had
comfortable night, and though his pa
TENTS condition was better than he ex-
pected. he was very III.
Several members Of Mr. LoriIlard's
family spent the night in the hotel Pierre
LorilIard, jr-, and his wife were there. as
we're Mrs, William Kent. Mr. LoriIlards
daughter; Pierre LoriIiard third, Mr.. Lor-
iIIard's nephew, and Mr- and Mrs T S.
Taylor, Mr. LeTiHard-s son-In-Iaw and
daughter. who came down from Tuxedo
last night on a special train Pierre Loril-
lard, jr., said this morning that his mother
had been in the hotel since his father ar
rived.
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MAX REGIS IMPRISONED.
AIEierS' Jew-Baitins Mayors Pen.
atty for Libel.

PARIS. July 5.-Max Regis, the nctori-
Gus Jew-baiting mayor Of Algiers, has
been condemned 10 a fortnight's impris-
onment and to pay a fine OF 200 francs
and 800 francs damages for HbeIiaS NJ
Nevet in the "E2ti Juif.
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A HAgCHET STUCK IN HIS HEAD
Serious Results of Quarrel Be
tween Negroes Over Bet

Thomas Jackson. coIored, a hack driver.
whose home is at 1893 II Street northwest.
was cut in the head with a hatchet this
morning. about 1880 o'clock on Twen-
tieth Street, between L and NJ Streets
northwest. in the course Of a quarrel coz
cerninE a bet His condition Is critical
Jackson's alleged aSsailant, Charles Hen
X Washington, was arrested shortly aft
er the difficulty and is III the Third pre-
cinct statiOnhOUse on a charge Of assault
with intent to Kill. Nyasniugto4 claims he
did not intend to cut Jackson
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READING STRIKE CONTINUED.
Railroad Employees Claim That the
Agreement WIS NioIa.eh

READING. Pa, July 5.-Not a man re-
turned To work this morning at the Read
ing Railroad shops. They had been on a
strike and had agreed to resume their
places in accordance with the terms Of
settlement arranged last week.
The men say, however, that the Wayne
Junction shop men were not taken back
in a body, as had been agreed upon. ana
the strike therefore is on again in full
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KICKsYwICKsY THE WINNER.
Mr.. Whitney's Horse Takes the All
aged Pinto ut NevvMarket.

LONDON July 5--WIIiam c Whit
nev-s KicksywIcksy won the AH-aged
Selling Plate Of 100 sovereigns at New
market today. Spell, FLY was second and
Archduke il third
Fourteen horses ran. The betting was
100 10 Z against the winner and 13 to and
: to : against second and third horse, re
spectiveIy L. Reif rode Mr. Whitney's
horse.