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i urn mm Wiia tlia Commnudor at San Gero nluio. In Cuba. REPOSED THE INSURGENT DEMAND To Surrender, Alter Tniu-ltie Go rn-2'a Nr>to to Ploco*. CAPTURE AND BURNING OF T01YN Iljr tho Cuban ltrboU Unit lt? |?m. tnatlo Features?Tho Womnn nnd Children Permitted to Leavo n?. lore the Attack Wit* Made?After the Surrender Wan Forced tho ICebM Leader Km beared the Gal. Unt Commander ?r tho Spaniards ?nd l-:nln?lzod Ills Hsrol?m, Whllo tho Soldiers Wept?Tho Town In Ituln*. Havana, Juno IIS.?Tho facts about tho raid and tho bmuing of 8an Qor onimo, now* of whicl was cabled on \\ odnesday to the Associated Pros*, at they aro learned In more detail, ara found to ho of importance. San Gorooitao is the moat flourishing villsgo in tho province of Puerto Prin cipe, and possoisoa aoveral vrarohouaos. It id flitnatoJ about twenty-live uiiles from the town of Puerto Principe. About o o'clock iu tiie evening Max imo Gome: appeared near San Geroni* ' moat tho head of fifteen hundred inon. I He sent to tho commander of the vll- j la^e saying that he must surrender or 1 run tho risk of being killed, either by I bullets or tiro. Tho Spanish command er. Lieut. LaBourdo tore tho noto to pieces, roplying: 'Toll him to come at once and do what ho pleases; that a a Spaniard will never surrender." Addressing hi* men, he said: "Sol diers, get ready." Through trie night the?o men waitod to be attacked. The families of the cit izens. aware of Gomez's presence in tho neighborhood, left tho town, seeking shelter in tho Guajumal Hacienda, at u distance of three miles. Meanwhile the ram was Calling in torrents. The in surgents allowed tho women and child ren of tho families to ohms out of the city, but held tho men inside. At sun rise Gomez ordered tho mayor of the town to tell tho Spanish liouteuant that he had tho town eurrounded and that ' he mustaurrouder immediately. After wards the mayor returned, gaying: j "Under no circumstances will ho aur- ' rendor." Gomez then gave an ordor for four I hundred of hit cavalry to dismount nnd j attack the place. At the eauia timn | they advanced toward tho town and ; ordered their prisoners to act tire to tho nearest houses. Gomez was heard to sav: "l hat officer is a bravo man. He will ' not surrender in spite of shooting and I liro." I He then commanded that tho whole town should be burnod. The fire in-I creased rapidly through tho town, and j the fort in which tho garrison was | quartered was already burning. Tho j troopa kopt firing until suffocated bv ! the smoke, when tho mayor lifted a ' white flag, and 'he insurgent's bugle rave tho signal to stop tiring. Lieuten ant LaBourdo, a lioutent of guerilla^, fifty soldiers of the garrisonjand twen ty-two guerillas came forward, and j r..Toeing with Gomez as to tho terms of I tho eurrendor, delivered their arms and ammunition. Tho marquis of Santa | Lucia and .Maximo Goiupz embraced Lieutenant La Board a, Haying: "Von can shout *\ ive Kipann,* becauso vou an* a worthy defender of hor." fho officers and sohliors. with tonra 1 in their eyoa, revealed in their faces tho an*ui*h they felt at their aurronder. to which they c maented, although qnito haughtily, lint it would have boon a inn-i onterpriae to attempt to defend themselves. , ** hours afterwards nothing was left of San Geronimo but smouldering aaucs. I'rob.ibljr It t?. Tampa, Fla., Juno 23.?C'ol. Euriquez C'ollago was callol auddonly to Now York bv wire to-day. He loft to-night. His brother Thorn.v accompaniod him. Tiieir mission Is unknown, but it isnun nosed to bo in connection with their contemplated oxpoditiou to Cuba. TIIE J'lfi.lltljV* o IV NEK. A U?Milent or dm Culioil Slnt?? but n .Native or Ilfiytl. K:.\t,sto.v, Jamaica, Juno 28.?It has been nscortainod that tho Cuban lili bniter vessel Pearl, which was vainly Marched by tho British warship Tartar, ??area days boforo hor soizuro by tho minorities of Port Maria, for carrying arms and ammunition to tho insurgonts, is owned by Charles Love, a Native of llayti, nnd a roii '''?fit of Nassau, S. II. Revela tion* in connection with tho Holzuro '?? the Pearl itnplicnto Lasccllos and I'omorcado, anrl also Levy, a Jamaica .?r^'isln.ior. ^,0 Cuban passengers of t <?? r. p.rl o?capo I, but the captain is iu ' custody. The customs ollleinl* have a ?l??w to thoao intoroitod in tho ex-i rnJition iu tho shape of ten mnrked t.IPOf. llio ovidenco was discovorod in tho sccrot repository on tho coast. *?'?? Truth In ii. Havana, July 28,?Fnrthor inquiries I n udo horo by the representatives of tho ?"socintod Pruts show that thoro is no truth in tho story of tho capture of tho An orican yBCjlt N^hthia by a .Spanish war?hip and tho imprisoninoiit of thoso on uoard her. I Marti'* .Sui'cr>i?<ior. T'lfn.Anr.i.i'iiiA, Pa., Juno 29.?Word received in this city to-day from I '?:>a lo the effect Licit Gen. Bartliolo* i ?" v Mam in nil probability has boon ' ""ctsd provisional presldentof tho ro* Cuna in filaco of the late Pros-1 Marti. Imporlnur ir J ru.-. , i^.n)S(:,rc'}' Juno 23.? f/ird and I Miolto Douglass are living at "uedii incognito nt a family Ooardlog {!'"/ intond lo remain iu eoclua*1 COUIlUPr GOVJtllXMKXr ( Of Omaha AroiMnn tlm Indignation of tho HimiohL CltlmiK, Omaha, Neil, Juno 28.?Tho demand for municipal rolorin in Omaha bocaino to pronounced to-day that Uio busluass I inon and citizens, regardless of party I fooling*, havo unitod In tlio puhlica* | tion of ft proclamation calling for the organization of u liiovomont looking to tho introduction of business method* in tho city government. Tho embers of public indignation liavo boon fanned for eovoral months by tlio alleged cor* motion now existing in local inunlclpnl allalrs. Months n?o it was noticod that city monoy was boing used by specula tori, contractors and others with politi cal lulluonco. Tho rnattor bocaino so llagrant two wooks since, that tho school board do* I tnnudod an investigation as to its funds. Tho next day City Troasuror Dolln Hod I from tho city, leaving a noto that ho I had gono to commit luicido, Ollicors , located him in hiding. ? Development* showed that many. , members of tho city council and otlior j politicians owed tho city from $100 to I $2,000 oach. Tho only eocurity the treasurer had was a slip in this cash i drawer indicating tho amount duo tho I city on tho i. o. u. Cash win missing to j tho amount of $30,000. Since thon this | lias bona rod u cod two-thirds by tho i. o. u's. being takou uo. The council, in tho face of tho ?itua tion. refusod to doposo liolln, though many cttizons trero domanding hit! ar rest. A woolc aftor hi* defalcations woro mado public, Bolln resigned. The mayor ropeatodly sent natno* of citizens to tho council to sticcood liolln. luu that body rotusod to con firm the nominations, in tho meantime leaviug Dolln in office. After turning down many of tho mo?t reliablo citizens of Omaha, tho council, at 10 o'clock, alter a week's delay confirmed J. II. Du uiotit city treaeurer. Tho developments contributed so powerfully to tho gen eral demand for roform, that a procla mation signod by 1,000 of tlio most prominent citizons of Omaha, repre senting all political parties, was published to-day, calling upon citi zens generally "to join with them in a vigorous non-sec:nrian and non-parti-an citizens' movoment for municipal reform. too MVt Ki:r?;isiNO. A McMongrr ll??r l? llmMnl" I)?*?:trtiiiout Wlt? VVnun't Sall?llc<l Willi IIU Salary. Washington, Juno 28.?For sotno time past tho head of tho passport bureau of tlio otato department has boen mystified by receiving demand* from persons in various towns and citios for a prompt reply to their applications for passports, or the return of the money which had sent to the department. In each case investigation failed to show that any such application hail been re ceived. It was ccrtain that stealing was going on aocnowhero, and aftor closo watching suspicion fettled upon a hoy named Kirk McMurtie.a raessomjor whoso duty it was to cot tlio mail irom tho mail clerk and carry it to tho passport bu reau. It was found that he had boon indulging in lavish expenditure*, talcing other boy* on excursions dowu the river and generally showing that he had much monoy to spend. Tho amoont of money taken is not yet known, but it is certain to run up well into the hun dreds of dollar*, from the number of complaints that havo beon received, and it is said one day, last Saturday, oighteon letters, each enclosing a dollar for n pa*sport. woro abstrantyd from tho mail. McMurtio has boen discharged. V1>U>1? :!?? OV-rii:il-4 Aro the Trwwry OHlciaM Itrgnnlmc tlio Komi Contrnct. Washington*, D. C., June 23.?Tho treasury officials now in tiie city still maintain pujfoct silonco ai to what, it any modifications havo bi>en made in tho bond contract, or what, if any, basis there is for the rumor that tho syndicate will no longor use its inlluonco to pro tect tho government from gold with drawals for export. i'lie rumor, how ever, is given nocro lence here by per sons having any knowledge of tho sltua I tion. It is more than probable, it is said, that tlio syniiicato has obtaine I permission from tho secretary to make temporary denosits for domestic gold which is subsequently to bo replaced by importations from London. The exact facts in tho case, howevor, cannot in tho absenco of Secretary Carlisle be learned here. Inquiry among the treasury officials to-night elicited tho information that no uncaHinosS whatsoever was felt over tlio present situation ns to the bond contract. FICUIUliL' AGKSL'rt i'ONDISll Ami Heolilo Tlilit Tholr nupwrlors Actml WlKPlr ami Well. Chicago, Juno 28?Tho general freight ngonts of tho lino3 in tho Con tralTralfic Association mot to-day and pondered over the action taken by tlio trunk line presidents and the oxocutivo ollicors of some of tlio central tralli: linos in Xow York yesterday, when rate* woro ordered to he restored, l iio pondering of tho freight airents torm - nated in tho conclusion that thoir supe rior ollicors had done widely and well, and a resolution was passed ratifying tho action taken in New York. No othor action wai taken at tho mooting, and it adjourned aftor everybody had promised'ovorybodv elso tiiat lioroaftor rates will bo strictly maintained. wws.vi its. coitunrr. fjoinelinily Is Vornoiialliig (tho I'ucllUi's WlTo In llnliom. New Yonic. Juno 28.?Lawyer A. II. llummol to-day rocoivcd tho following telegram: "Do you not think it bost to wire Dakota contradictingtologram in World that I urn there. IMea^o send up clerk. (Signed) "Om.ik CoitiiKrr." ??All tlio stories about Mr*. Corbett being in Dakota aro ridiculous." said Mr. llummol. "She is a property own er hero, ha* brought suit horo, thocaso will bo triod bore and hIio is horo now. 'i bis is not tho llrit tlmo a woman has imporHonnted Mr* Corbett, and thore may bo nti lutoroating suqual to this last episodo in DaUotu." Mr*. Corbett I* said to bo quilo ill. Ivirrcll CouvlCt nl. OR.vvrcR. Cor,, Juno 2S.?Lawrencn l'iirro'1, l-lio pugilist, was found guilty this alternoon of highway robberv. Uo took. Mrs. J. J. Ilobaril, a divorcod woman for a driving, aftor having ar ranged with another man to hold thorn up on tlio rond and atonl hor diamonds. ON LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. Thoumndi of Epworth Luigmrs II >U1 n Sunrlao Qorvleo. CHftlTflHOOGIl 13 MOV/ CROWDED Willi Twolvu TllOllsailll I) ?Hg.nei, but llii? N'i? Troiililn to I2ii(nri;tln 'litem All?Tito llity Glton Up to Methodism?A Coloroil Dnlr^nlo'ii Appoitranuo Creates a Hoimittluii lit That Nuittlinrit City?Tlio I'm gramme of tint Day mill rl?o M;;lit. ClIATTANOOOA, Te.VN'., 111110 28.?To day's session of (bo Kpworth Loaguo conforenco was opotiod with a "auuriso prayer mooting'' on tlioblut! of Lookout Mountain iu front of Lmkout Inn. Wlion tho sun (lrjt mado ita appoaranco from behind tlio mountains in tho ilia* 1 taneo tlioro woro congrogatol on tho bluir ami mountniiifliiio 2,-00 detonates from Maine to California. Tho oxor cisos woro loJ by Its v. Goorgo It. Stew art, who id associated with .Sam Jones, tho ovniitfolift. Following tho oxorciiot a wonderful exporionco mooting wm held, iu wiiictt delog.ttoi from noarly overy statu in tho uuioti participated. During tho rocital of tho experience* several of tho delegates bncam ?sa im proved with tlio fervor of tho occasion that llioy shouted. It is estimated that thoro aro 12.000 Languors in tlio city to day. In A|)ito of tho vast crowd now Itoro, Chattanooga was so woll prepared for tho coining and ontortairimout of tlio visitor! that not ono-iifth of lior enter taining capacity lias beon o.-chaintoil. Tho-residents report that thoy nro not crowded iu tho least. This fact will Do j of interest in view of tho approaching j date for tho nark dedication. Tho topic for to-day was "Methodism; ! ItsLifo and Mode ot Expression," Tlio conloronco ;usembiel at 9:o0 I o'clock this miming in noonl day's session, Judgo Kite", of Momplti*. pro aiding. Tho splendid chorus choir lea l , a short service of songs, aftor which tlte j morning topics woro taken up, in ton j utintiio pDouches by delegated. "Lifoin tho Local Church?Intellect- j ual Do ties." was tho lirst subject, by Uev. W. E. Kay, of .Macon, Ga. Itav.W. E. ilcCleinan, of Berwyn, 111., dolivere 1 an addroas along tins lino, oinnhasizing tlio idea of what to read. Under tho I heal of "Educational Opportunities" j Rev. S. C. Koyal, of Cincinnati, Ohio, Uev. J. \V. E. Bowen, oi Atlanta. Ua, and Itov. 1L J. Cooke, I). I)., of Athens Tenci.. spoko. I to v. Bowen is a colored preacher and hi* appoaranco on tho platform was tho occasion of a wild demonstration. Ho started out with the proportion that thirtv years ago il would not liavo boon Ihoiiilir~p? for n man of his color to stand before such an audiouco an.I discuss tho ques tion of education. Ho said ho waa not concornod in his ancestry or whore he came from, hut was most cmctfrnod in where ho wai going. Tho nddro<s pro duced n tremendous eonsation. .Social duties and attain moot a was tho topic assigned .to Miss Clara Grant, of Winona, .Minn., the lint lady to appear nr\ tho conference programme, and II. N. Holt), of Evin?ton, III., both of whom creatod great applause by thoir sugges tions for higher . clans attainment in the churches Other topics of tho morning woro as follows: Visiting?liar. John A. Nelson, Georgetown, T'osa*. OlUciai Dutios of Ciiurch O .Hears? Oar Duties lo Them ?Kov. W. Ifc Il'dcm, Georgetown. Texas. i?pworth Lsairtic Ollh-ers?Our Duties to Them?Itov. E. I). Taylor, S. 1". 15., Boston, .Moss. Financial Stewardship?tho Privilogo of Giving?J. IC. Elwell, Boone, Iowa. 1 ho Diuv of Giving?X. B. Jackton, A. 13. Moxin, Texas. ^ Proper Oojects of Benevolence?Itov. Frank Silas, St. Jo*unht Mo.; Itov*. o. IL W. lt"os, 1)1)., Cincinnati, Ohio. Tho programme for this aftornoon bo ginning at 2:ot) o'clock wa3 ai follow , the prcsidiug olficor being Itov. It. X. Burn*, of Toronto, Canada: Devotions?Itov, 11. .M. llenilorgon, A. M. Winchester, Ivy. Pililantropici?The Lost in our Citio*. Socular Help?F. 1). Fuller, LLI)., Topolca, Kas. ;John D. VVaJkor, Sparta, Co. ; Itov. II. C, Weakly, DD., Cincinna ti, Ohio. Brotlierhood?Uov. L E. l'ronti^s, DI>., Davton, Ohio; Itov. E. II. itawl* ingu, 15. I). Norfolk, Vn. .Spiritual ministry?Kov. Goorgo-W. Korby, B. A., Sr. Catherine, Out.; Iluv. John \V. Ncwir.au, I). D., Taila.le-a, Alabama. .Municipal government ? Address, "Christian Citizousliip," It:v. Carlos Martvii, I). I)., Chicaijj, Ills. Itov. J. T. Borry, D. D., of Chicago, presided to-night. An addrosi was to be delivered l?y Bishop Tiiobnrn, ui India, butowinir to his inability to bo prosotit, ho will bo represented by Kov. Homer C. Stunt.'., of Naina Till, India. Tho programme lor to-night it? as lol Iowb: Gospel in Itural Xtiigliborlioods? Helps?Miss .Stella Utile, Iviioxville Tennossoo; Kov. W. It. 1*. Lovejoy, a! M? Athens, Ga. Hindrances?Kov. F. U Lovolatid, CIItxtori, Iowa. Disciplining the Nations?(by nroxy) ?Itov. Ed inn n. I .M. Mills, I). 1).', I :| mira. New York; Kov. 1). C. ICelley, D. 1)., Bellobuckle, 1'onn.; Kov. Goorgo BoikI, Halifax, N. S,; (in person)-Kov. C. C.' McC'abo, 1). I)., Now York; Kov. W. K. Lnuibutli, I). U, Nashville, Touu.; Kov! Homer C. Stunlz, India. ' Tin: scr.s'i: o.?; *rni: moitntaiv. Tlio aCL'iiu on tho Lookout mountain tliis mornini; at thu sunriao aorvico will long bo rotnouiborcil. At linlf-piHtu'clocl: n. m. tlio atroot cara bo^uii to movo tlio tliotianmi. of yountf .Mulbodiata townnh tlio nioitu> tuina. An tlio o.ir i run tliron^ii tlio city nml aobnrlM tboir ocuuimnta inndo tlio alrroaounilwitli Iboobl iiialiionoil cuiiin. inoolinjj music. UnrltnoM civoroil tlio fKen of tbo iiiountaiiia iia limy ro:ti;boil ila b.no. but Unit ilbl nut dotur tliuiit fr.iin tlmir purnoto. With vbuUnino Homr nnil hourly about tlio mm win llOKtm. On tliny wont until u otnacly iilron ii waa fcaliui! tlio ablo of tlio bia toric obi inountnin. Jtwm iiKmixl acpnn tlmt liuioro b? liold n? tlio iiuiitiuit wna foacliuil. Tlio gror of tho Burly down bail put in ita iimioitritiicn, nuil one ooulil catoli nooil Kltui|isos of tho eurrouuiluJ litudaciijiu. Great clouds of mint hung over tho city and tho vitlloy. Tim fnlnt outihm of tlio Tonnoifloo river could bo trucod ui it KracoKnlly mnilo its turn on tlio mocrnin bond. Tlio at Mtnblnd band of Wojlovnti pilgrims, representing almost ovory atuto in tlio union, ami also tlio Dominion of Can ada, rovorontly uncovered tlioir lii?ad? and hogan lliolr devotion*. Itnv. G io. It. Stewart, tlio colubratod ovungnlht, who nssiitsBnm Jones In his mooting*, lodtlio mooting. Ah ho stood nod talked to the poopln of tlio tovo of God nod of tho power of tho gospel of Joiui Christ, And as olio looknd noon tlio peculiar HUtrotindtngM of tlio nsnombly Inn mind run back to tliat notod mooting of near ly nineteen hundred vouran^MYlion n gro.it nsiotiibly of pooplo lioar?i too ironpel prnelnlmmi by its groat founder upon a mount ol Palestine. Tlio worshippers stand ns if lost in dovotion mid adora tion. 'l liolr hearts aro brought close to tlio God of nature, who ia so beautiful ly and majestically rovoaling his pow.>r to thorn. Thoy stand silent, and then, as tboro poops ovor tlio distant horizon tlio tlr-?t beams o( the groat King of Day, tlioy nil, an if inovoii by a common Hpiijt, broalc forth with tlio Ion# motor doxology: "I'ruUo Go 1 from wUo:u rII blcuhui flow." A good Methodist could stand it no longor. Their pent-up fooling* hocatno exuberant and lou-l shouts woro Riven and hand?huke\ woro oxchnnuod on all ?i.les. It was a acano novor to bo forgot tou. CHRISTIAN i:NI>l.\VOUi:itS. Tlio Mftlindlat i'rolrmunt Contingent In HflMlnn (it lMttobtir^'li. Pirrsnnr.an, Juno 28.?Tlio fourth denominational mooting of tlio Chris* tinn Kndeavor Union of tho Mothodiat Protostant church oponod in this city this afternoon. Ovor GOO delogatos from all ports of tho country aro orpoctod. Tho convention will closo Sunday ovon ing, and ia held preliminary to tho Christian Kndoavor in tor-denomina tional convention which moots in Bos ton noxt month. This afternoon's pro gramme included an addresa on "tarry ing for Powor" by Kov. I. A. LJarne?, of Grafton. W. Va., words of'greeting by ll??v. J. r. Cowan and others, of Pitta burgh, and unaddres? on "Convention Power Home"," by Rev. It. 15. White head, of Bait Livoroool, Ohio. Another session will ho held to-night. Tlio evening session was dovotod on tirc'.v to addresses by President Paul M. Straycr, ot Ualtimor<\ and Kov. F. T. Tazg, eJitor of the Motiiodist Protes tant. TIGHT Wll'II MnoXS JUNE IIS. Tito of the Onili?w? Hllleil nnil Two Onttnbli" Fntully 1\"?nnilml. Columbia, S. C.t Juno 28.?In a fight, early this morning near Spartanburg, between State Constnblss I'ettigrow, Tolaud, $tovou4on and jlJoyco and a party of moonshiners, two of the latter, named Fisher nn<i Domain, wore killed, nnd Constablo.3 Pettigrowr and TolKriU wore fatally wounded. Tho constable* had information that from one to two hundro t gallons of whisky a week were bom;: brought into Spartanburg and have boon on tho watch for tho contra band goods for several days. hist niisht, while watching in tho woods, n wa:on drovo op, and the driver was ordered to stop The reply was a volly from the occupants of the wagon. The stable* returned*tho tire and tlio battle rased for several minutes in the dark. Jack.Fishor, one ot the moon shiners, waskilloditi tho first fnsilade. William Durham, his companion, after wounding Constable* Pottiirrow and Tolard, recoivod a mortal wound, and died in nn hour. Tho constables came to Spartanburg, where they were placed under arrest. There is grout excite ment here and talk ot lynching by Fisher's frionds. Pettigrow, who is in j :il, will not live, and Into to-night it is said that Tolard's condition is critical. Tho constables sav that Fisher and l>nr hnm lire?i first, but Fishor's friends dis pute this. WHY IT VVA *5 l)JNIi Tlio Iloc'tlnc ValUjr 11 .it4'? Einbirrn?. m?iu l?r?ol|?ltatoil h?r ? l'lirpntn. Coi.uwnu.s, Juno 23.?President W. H, Guerin, oi tho Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking Railroad Company, Htated to night that tho application for a receiv ership was inton'led to intorfero with a private plan for the reorganization of the company which is on foot. Ho does not think, however, that it will hnvo thoeflcct intended, a9 tho reorganiza tion ia well under way. The application for it receiver was made by J. II. Roger, of Fitidlay, who holds four bonds of $1,000 each, on which thoro isS3W inter est due. lie is represented by Judge lii-is, of Sandusky, and James I/jni/.v, ol Sow Vork. Just who is back of the move cannot bo learnod. Tno Colum bus, Sandusky i\: Hocking has a caoital fliock of S7,u9J,Ul and a funded dobt of rJ.f-'0,C'J3. wmsivV i>KiMti:ss?:D. Dflornanpil Cin?iiimjiti??ii 1'orr.o* DUlll. IrrlOK to (!lo<? fur Awhile. PiTranuiuHi, June 2S.?lioloro July 10 all tho distilleries in tlio Pittiburgh dis trict will bo shut down for poriods of from two to six monthn. Thoro ia a deproflsioii in tho whisky buaiuosa and tho fluspenaion will bo one of unusual duration. Thoro aro fortv-oight dia tillorios in the Pittsburgh district, and all of these will bo closcd before the ditto montionod. About ton will start up in September and the rest will Htart hot ween that time and tho first of the yoar. At tho preaout timo tliero is a greater amount of whisky in tho ware houses ami ntoro rooms oi the distil leries than wan over before known. Tho cause given by the distillers for tho de crease in confliimptioa is that they aro now fooling the hard times that tho country has just rocovored from. ATnrrlliln Kxplonlon. llosrr.s.vu, Juno 23.?Seven porsons wore killed and several wouudod to-day by tlio oxplooiou of a boiler of a steam launch belonging to tho German war Hiiio Iturfilerst Frlodrich iVlihohn. The United StatoB and other witrshipa here have tlioir Hags at half mast us tho ro bult of the accident. win i;? lulu iiliiHi, Lt xinotos, Va.. July 28.?Tho two hnndrod ton furuc.co at Huena Vista and Victoria furnace, a'; Goslion, both in this (Itockbriilgo) county, will go into blant in a few ilays, after a shut down ol ueverul year*. THE SALISBURY (MET. I'oraontirl of tlia Jiuw ISrltinli Ooveriimeiit t<'iiriu<i(i l?r tlm AI.?r?|iil? of rmlUhury. London, Juri(3 23.?Tho uurquia of Snliflbury hua complotod the work of forming a now citbiuot. Tito now minis try in as follows: Proinior nilil secretary of ntato for for oign affairs, tho iiinrqttiu of Salisbury. President of tlio council, tlio duko of Devonshire. Lord high cliancollor, Viscount Crosa. Cliancollor of tho exchequer, Sir Micliaol Ulcks-Uouch. Secretary of statu for homo affairs, tlio (tight lion. Matthew White Itidloy. Firat ford of tlio treasury, tho Might lion. A. J. Balfour. Secretary ol state for tlio colonial, tho Itight Hon. Joseph Ghuniborloin. Secretary of stnto for war, tho mar quis of Lansdowno. i'irit lord of tlio admiralty, tho Bight Hon. (jeorgo J, Goschen. Secretary of stato for India, Lord Goorge Hamilton. Preaidout of tho hoard of trado, tho Right Hon. C. T. ftitchlo. Proiident of the local government board, tho Bight Hon. Henry Chaplin, i Lord lioutonuut of Iroland, J^url Cadogan. I/)rd cliancollor of Iroland, Baron Ashbourne. Socrotary for Scotland, Baron Bal four, of Burleigh. Cliancollor ot tlio duchy of Lancaster, tho Bight lion. Sir Heury James. Thoothorappointmnntsaroatf followa: Mnanclal secrotnry of tlio treuiury, Mr. Robert William llanbury. Undor secretary for foroigh affairs, tho Right lion. Goorgo N. Curzon. EMILY II ALL'S I)HATII. Tim Trlnl ?r l?r. S.-amaii for III* Alleged Complicity la tlio Vnno. Dentoir, Micir., Juno 23.?All tho testimony for tho defenao wa? sub mittod during to-day's proceedings of tho trial of Dr. Seaman for manslaugh ter. Acquaintances oi tho doctor testi fied to his previous good character, and physicians testified regarding alleged difficulties in tlio way of determin ing tho exact causo of death, tho various possible reasons for nromature birth and ad to tho deforciant's general roputatiou. Tho lottora shown to havo beou written by tho Itov. Jonathan Bell wero finally admitted in evidence. Both aides then routed anil tho argu ments began, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Li tint opening for tho state. MUito.:it .MYsruitv. Iloilr of mi Unknown Mnn Wlfh Two Stab WouihU Of or tlio lleArt. LnwrsTOW.v, N. V., Juno 23.-?Tlio body of a man pix feet tall, weighing about two hundred pounds, was found in tho river here Ja9t evening: It is en tirely nude and evidently is a relic of tho winter, for it has be^n in the water for a long time. Both le^s arc torn from the knee andonoarm Una sloughed olf. The unper part of the skull is miss ins:, so that identification is almost im possible. Whatappoar to bo two stab wounds over the heart suggest tho grewrfomo suspicion that tho body is that of a man murdered in Buffalo and thrown into tho river, which found its way down here over Niagara Falls. It.lLCIUU COCMTY TIt.AGISD V. JoliuSinltli Kills IIU Wife for Llrini; With Another 32nn. Charlcston*. W. Va., Juno23.?A spe cial from Raleigh Court Houbo, this state, aays that John Smith, living near there, went to the houso of John Cadlo while tho latter was away and allot Mrs. Smith no badly that she died the next day. The pair had boon illicitly iuti mate while Smith was confined in tho siato prison, and upon his return a fow davsogo hi* wife refused to give up her relations with Cadle and was shutting the door in Smith's faco when he firod, killing her. A Frightful DcRtlu fptcfal Dlrmlch to Iht InU'Uqtncer. IId.vti.nv.tox, W. Va., Juno 2S.?A frightful accident occarrodat Blackfork, twelve niilos south of this city, this evening. Mellvillo Shanley, a youug man, was riding hor?o back, when tho horse became frightened and throw him violently to the ground, and then stopped on his skull, crushing tho bono structure and producing death. (V Itfij'n llorrililo Death. Cadiz, 0., Juno 28.?Wesloj* Birnoy, a farmer, loft his fivo-ycar-old boy toattond to a horao to-day while ho pickod a fow cliorrios. The boy tied tho hitching strap about his waist, The horao rati oil. draaging tho boy under its hoofs through three fences. Ilia body caught in the rails of ono fenco and pulled through, crushing it almost to a jolly. On roaching tho barn yard tho other horaesf gathered around tho runaway aiul tho dead boy's body was roacuod with groat difficulty. Cntliollc* Won't Witlutraw. Mmavaukke, Wis., Juno 28.? Sinco tho edict issued at Home for Catholics to withdraw from tho ICnightaof Pythias fow havocoinpHod with tho order. There aro ffvo hundred ICnighta of Pythias in Milwaukee and about ono thousand in tho state, but the number of withdrawals from tlio order has not increased. It is announced that sovoral Catholics havo openly doclarod they will not with draw from tho order. Charged Wl.h llobhury. Dksvrk, Coi,., Juno 2S.?Kx-Marahal C. A. Carpontor, ol Colfax, and hia brother Oscar woro arrostod.nt Como to-day on thocharge of havingassaultod and robbed William .Mlddloton, tho ngod markot gardener, Monday night. Of the $G(X) Htolen from Middloton, $3 lo was found in the ponaoaiion <?f Carpen ter, his brothers and their fainilios. It Wit9 idontilloii by markn of tho stitches with which it had boon sowed in .Mid dleton'a clothing. tfhiimplon .Hiiohlim Typo-Setter. Boston, Mass., Juno 2S.?'Tho Stand ard will to-morrow claim for (i. W. Green, a compositor on tho paper, tho championship recird for typo-Motting on tho Mergoutlialer machine, Mating that UiiH afternoon Mr. Ciroon not oiim solid agate in ono hour. There woro only twenty-nino typographical orrors in tho lot. IN HOT WATER. Boos Orokor's Mia 81mnil Drovo a Horao to D.iatU in London. THE ROYAL S. P. C. A. TAKES ACTION And an Ifivmtlgitloii la c<? Bo Mudo to Hoo If tho (Jru.it Tutuiiiniiy Olilot llliiiioir Wiii a I'urty to tlio Act ol lirutnllty?Mr. Ijabouolioro ami fJoroino K. Joromo Ilittorly Do timinoo Crokor nu a loader of a "Gang of Itunallty." London, Jaao 23.?It cortain report* turn out to bo correct, and thoro aoomi to bo no good reason for doubting thorn, Mr. Richard Crokor's colored jockoy, Willio Simms, in liable to (lad hliniolf in tho hottost kind of hot weathar. Ai cabin I to tho Associated I'roas ou Salur* day last, Simma has boon amusing hiru sulf considerably at Nevrinarkot and on Monday, Jano 17, (as tlio Aaaoclatod Preaa diapatcii also oxclusivoly an* nouncod) ho wajorod ho would drivo a trottor from Nowmarkot to Cambridge and return within nn hour, a total dis tance of ubout 20 mile I. Klmms startod iu a sulky vrith a com panion and made Cambridge in quick timo. But when noaring Newmarket on tho roturn trip tho horao dropped doad and it la probable that Siratns will bo arrested and inoit severely punished as a ronult of an investigation into tho af fair which tho olllcersof tho lloyal too cioty for tho Prevention oi Cruelty to Animals began to-day. A apociul olH* car of the aocioty was dispntchod to Xowiuarkct this aftornoon with instructions to thoroughly investigate tho story of Simma' drivo to Caiubridze, and if the story of cruelty to tho trottor id proven, a warrant for tlio jockey's ar rest will be iaaned. Tho officer has also boon instructed to lind out if tho coin panion of Simms in his drivo was Mr. Crokor himsolf, and if this should provo to bo tho case tlioro inav bo aeriona troublo in atoro for Mr. Croker, as well as for Simraa. 1 ho action of the It. 8. P. C. A. was duo to Joromo lv. Jorumo and Mr. La bouchere. Tho latter says iu Troth: "After reading au account of tho per formance, I expected to annouaco that Simtns had brought an action for libel or had been lined the hoaviost ponalty' for such diabolical conduct. No pun ishment is too bad for a man who wonld flog a horso to death, and 1 would cheerfully see fcsimrm flogged alone: the high roa l and made to run until ho dropped dead. Mr. Laboachere'a article concludes with calling upon tlio R S. P. C. A. to thoroughly investigate tho mattor. Mr. Joromo in a nowspapcr to-day writes that ho had sent tho dotails of tho aflftir to tho It. S. P. C. A., adding: "Simin* is a half-cast who has come to England for a puro gambling specula tion. lie is employed by Messrs. Croker nnd Dwvor. concerning whom it iu Buf licient to remark that Mr. Crokor was onco prominently connected with that gaug of rascality, Tammany Hall." FltCAK OP LIGHTNING. Stran^o Exp?rlonco of a Uojr and a Xarrow from l)rnt!i. Lancaster, Pa., Juno 23.?Dr. E. 0. Lyte, principal of tho Milleraville Nor mal school, and his two Bona, Loaia M. and Joshua, aged eight and four res pectively, had a narrow escape from death by lightning during tho storm of last evening. They were standing in a hallway in a draught, close together, whon there was a fla#h of lightning. Tho older boy putting hia hand to hii faco said: "Pop, I am burnod." Tho lightning struck tho boy at the baso oi the lower lip, ran to tho turn of tho chin, and making a jump of an inch struck him on the throat, dividing into two branches, from which countleas minor lines diverged. Each of tho main stems was about au inch long and tlioy appoar to linvo been broken up by tho numerous radiations. Tho fleah was scorched, but not blistered or burned, nnd to-day tho boy is appar ently nono tho worso for hia experience. Physicians and eloctriciaua who have boon spoken to are unablo to explain tho retnarkablo freak of tho lightning. COaiMKUCiAlj TRAVELERS. Tlio Supreme Council In Session at Coluu bill*, Ohio. Co li\m lies, 0., June 23.?The ail promo council of tho United Commorcial Travelers of America couvonod this morning for its two days' annual aos aion. Tho report of tho secretary allows that thoro havo boon fourteen doatha during tho past year, and that the prosont membership is 5,0oG, a gain over last year of 40 per cent. Tho recoipta for tho year were $27,000, tho disbursements $21,000 and the prea cnt resources are $24,000. It ia .not bo llovod that thoro will bo any tnatorial changes in tho constitution oi tho or dor, and tho bnalncaa will bo largely of n routine uaturo. Tho pa^t year has boon the most prosperous in tho liiatory of tho ordor. Advance at Cleveland. Cleveland, .Tuno, 2S.?The Cloveland Stool Company to-day posted a notice notifying their employoa that owing to incroaaml business and bolter prices for products, on and after Jutv 1, 1805, tho prosont tonnage rates ou the plate mill and plato mill furnaces will be ad vancod 10 per coat. Common laborers also roeoivo an advance in wages. About 150 men aro benefited. ^ ? 1,nuking for ti K mm way. Kansas City, Mo., Juno 23.?Mra. Lizzie llonsloy, of Paris, Ills., called on Chief of Pollen Irwin this aftornoon tor help to find lior daughtor, Alico llons loy, oightcou years old. who alio nava ran away from their homo in llliuoiq with n man named James llatcholl. Tho daughtor. alio aaya, graduated laut yoar in an custom seminary. \Vnntl???r lr?r?i'a*l fur T?>iUr. For WiMt Virginia, inrroailns cloudlnof: cooler: itorilnv.,<i\-|r wlinK for WMiorn iVans.vlruuln. Incrcntln^clondl IUM-; C'X'lor: iitirtlierlf wlu.ls. I'orOiilo. Inctk'iHlug clitiidiutn; coylcr; north ircMorlv wiiuli. tiii: jr.nrEiUTirr.w vr.*r?:nn\>\ m furuUbi.l by ?\ >'r;isnrK. Urusjht. cornar Market utul l-ourtcimtli Kireet*. 7n. in 711 :ip. <ii '?"? >n M 7 }>. ill 87 l.'u. in. t>7l Wcniiior?I'aU. i