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V( )|.. 15. NO. 27. .A-C3--A.I3ST! I MONTAGUE & McHUGH Announce to the people of Whatvom. San Juan and Skagit i onnties, that they have a large Stock of I>ry Cioods, Clothing, Cfti pets, Hats. Caps, Hoots and Shoep, ■ nd that the greater part of ilif eaine niu«t l>e sold in the next THIttTY DAYS, and in or der to do eo, will begin a 11 CENT DISCOUNT SALE MONDAY, JULY 20. Come and Examine What We Are Going to Offer: pees Dresden Silks, GOc, regular price. $1. s pieces Dresden Silks, 48c, regular price, 75c. IS pieces of Japanese Silk, 32c, regular price, s'^c. 15 pieces <>f Drapery S Iks, 50c, reduced from 75c and $1. 4 pien - Pongee Si ks, 30c, 3(k- ami 44c, reduced from 50c, 60c and 75c. Hack silk Moreen, 80c, regular $1.25 goods. All Wool Serge, black and navy, 24c, regular price, 35c. piwea 44-inch Serge, black and navy, 40c, regular price, 65c. 3 pieces 40-inch Storm Serge, SOc, regular price, Boc. ,; pieces Kxtra Heavy Storm Serge, navy and black, GBc, regular price, $1. ;. pieces Kxtra Heavy Figured Alpaca, 52c, regular price, 75c. is pieces French Chaiies, New Designs, 44c, regular price, 650. ■cea French Chalies, All New, "mail Figures, 40c, regular price, GOc. 8 pieces of New Plaids, reduced to 48c, regular price, 65c. es .if New Plaids, reduced to 52c, regular price. 75c. id :> etfs of English Cashmere, 18c, regular price, 25c. lar 54-inch Fine tirade Ladies' Cioth, GOc, regular price, 95c. '2 i pieces French Zephyr Ginghams, 240, reduced from 30c. 20 pieces ol Scotch Ginghams, 10c, reduced from \2%c and 15(\ 10 pieces of Domestic I>ress Ginghams, Bc, reduced from 10c and 12)aC. Special Bargains in White Goods, Checked and Plain. it \ou want anything in Embroideries. See the Line we are Offerine. Examine the Line of Corsets we are offering at 40c, GOc, 800 and $1, reduced (>oin 60c, 75c, $1 and $1.40. All oar Lii'lies' Muslin and Knit Underwear at Sale Prices. Special Bargains in Children's Muslin Bonnets, Sunshades and Umbrellas. l.aiiie?' Capes and Jackets, reduced one-third. I louse Furniphinp Goods, Table Linens. Napkins, Towels, Crash, Sheeting*, ill widths, B<d spreads, Tickings, Gating Flannels. Wool Flannels. Blankets. Comforts, Denims, brown and blue, Bird Eye Cottons, Sail Duck, all weights. Calicoes, Pen-ales, and in fact all classes of Goods at greatly reduced prices. Rpecial Bargains in Carpets and Lace Curtains. All our Men's and Boys' Clothing, Hats, Caps and Shoes at Sale Prices. Sale may close without further notice. Avail your self of this opportunity to buy goods at factory prices. 10NTAGDE & McHDGH FAIRHAVEN, WASHINGTON. Agents Butterick's Patterns SMOKELESS POWDER. Iti A<l\antag<-o and Disadvantages For the j SportMnau Described. According to a Sportsmen's Review writ' r. smokeli powder is eonfusingly j varying. If the rifle is used on a warm ; day, it shoots with smokeless powder j with flat trajectory and great penetra-1 tion, but en a cold day it seems to be | frozen stiff and shoots differently, tak- | ing a higb trajectory and giving less j penetration, and so the smokeless pow- i der r.Mi- would do well to take a ther- I &uinii t< r along marked with the varia- i tion < f inches in the trajectory. The smol less powder would be worth the .evidently, because "the bullet fired I y 30 grains of the smokeless tore '■ third larger bele tUau the bullet fired Lj" «5 grains of black powder." That tieans that a deer shot in the paunch with a 4.") caliber bullet driven by sm< k« I. ss would die in half the timo that cne shot with a black powder driv en bullet would, because the shock is so much gr» at. r with the swifter smoke less ball, which literally flies to pieces. Another thing about the smokeless powder is not inconsiderable. "It was as good a hold as ever I mado," tbe experimenter writes, "and the antelope wilted in his tracks. The band bunched up and ran in a seniieir cle at about the same distance (125 yards) frcm r 1() and I got in two more smokeless shots, and then by mistake cne ef black powder. I knew the latter diatcly, for on iiring it the 200 animals disappeared in a cloud of smoke wat only dissipated as the tail end of the lot h bl cd over the hill crest. I had «llcd even- cue that I shot at." With an smokeless powder shells, he would Have got two more shots anyhow. In thewoeds more so than on the plains the smoke of a gun is distressing, especially when the game is on the kus- Ul"? jump. Mere than cne man has Jumped sideways after each shot to get pother because cf the smoke, A boy nang a 45-70 rifle at a deer on an Adi- I , <nriaok runway jumped down a 10 foot j «*,. striking in waist deep water, that J w might get another shot at the deer. r f l^t shot killed the deer as it land- | h l, ? a T rcck rcadv for a leap into thick ! S5rS ft vas a still day. with no wind, I «* the five shots fired left a cloud of te m the air for 15 minutes after. Origin of Barber Poles. An English gentlf man of letters has recently evolved from the musty pages imrr TOrysome new and exceedingly icresung data regarding the origin cf ttin£^ barber P°- Its first Legin <wf\ u gentleman says, were in the time* , thf' barber surgeons. In early ■. the tradition goes, both medicine a.urpcrv^-ere in the hands of bar aaiiV 1i! thcy c°ntinucd to be for orr v- °PlV urif' s af tvnvaiiL The oldthe t£ vo^ atlbeffienof the razor vsere even?.^ hlest to hamlle the lancet, and the one middle afres the lancet was as blnrJ 1 lustrument of medicine, "' °* the°hiC' THE ISLANDER In the days of old, during the opera tion of bleeding the patient used to grasp a stick which the barber surg* ou kept ready for use that the puin might be lessened, in just the same way as in the days before chloroform was invent ed people undergoing a severe operation frequently chewed lead bullets. Around this stick was twined a supply of ban dages for tying up the arm of the patient. When not in use, the pole was hung at the door as a sign. In the course of time a painted staff was displayed instead of the one actually used during the opera tions. What He Would Do. She (bidding him good night as the clock strikes 12) —I hate to have you go, Fred. He—lt won't be for long, darling. She—Yes, I know, but it is so dark. He—l'm not afraid of the dark, dar ling. She —I know you are not. In fact, you seem to prefer it when you call on me. He —Well, don't you also? She —Of course I do; but, Fred, there are so many footpads on the street at night that I'm afraid something might happen to yen. He —Oh, I'm not afraid- She —Have you a pistol? He—No, uot even a cane. She —Suppose a bad man should step you while on your way home, what would you do? He (bravely)—What would I do? Well, I'll tell you what I would do, darling; I would run- Rifle Practice at Nieht. A luminous foresight for use in a bad light with guns cf various kinds has been patented in England by Mr. V\ i nans. A tiny incandescent lamp, sup plied with a current from a simple form of battery concealed in the stock, is mounted within a shield at the muzzle of the gun, and a faint ray of light, cal culated to indicate the position cf its source, is exposed in the direction of the shooter's eye, and this is sufficient to enable him to obtain the required alignment with the back sight and with the target, be it animate or otherwise. The special application of the sight is . for game shooting at night and for serv ice purposes—such, for instance, as the illumination of a machine gun used against torpedo attacks during the night—Army and Navy Journal Equal to the Occasion. The famous motto "noblesse oblige" had a striking exemplification when the Grand Duchess Sergius was presented at the court of St Petersburg. As that Russian great lady was receiving the imperial kiss from the czarina the string which confined her priceless pearl neck lace broke and the pearls rolled dowr her dress, rattling on the floor like haiL Without looking to the right or left and without noticing the loss cf her match less pearls, the grand duchess retired courtesying from the room. An ordina ry woman would have been rattled.— FRIDAY HARBOR. SAN JUAN CO.. WASH.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 'JO. 18%. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Interesting Collection of Items From the Two Hemispheres Presented in a Condensed Form. Malloh Rezza, who a«sassina*M th* shah of Persia in Mhv last, whs hau.c^d at Teheran in the preseuco of an im mense concourse. Ben Noyer, who was arrested nrcon suspicion of having robbed the Wilnoit 6tage, has been released from jail with out having been given an examination upon the charge. In a fieht at Vodena, Macedonia, be tween 150 insurgents and 500 Turkish troops, the former were reinforced after four hours and routed the Turkß, fifty of whom were killed. Frank Farnsworth Barnard, aged 42, a tenor Binger well known in theatri cal circles, committed suicide in New York by shooting himself in the right temple with a revolver. The cyclists of Olympia.Wash., have formed a club, with a membership of 150, for the vigorous prosecution of a good roads crusade. They propose to immediately begin the imorovement of the various rouds leading out of the city. The four-story mill of the Sperry Flour Company, at Paso Rubles, Oal., was burned together with three adjac ent cnbins and a blacksmith shop. The mill was valued at $35,000, and the stock of wheat and flour on hand was worth $12,000, and it was a total loss. There was $20,000 insur ance on the building. A dispatch from Egypt says: "To show the futility of any hope of nrrest ing the course of cholera at present, during the week before last fresh out breaks occurred in sixty-nine different places and last week in eighty-seven. During the seven days to August 1, 1,200 deaths were reported, and in the following six days 1,700 deaths." Judge Noble denied the application of the Brown Hoisting Company's locked-out employes for an injunction to restrain Mayor McKisson, of Cleve land, from calling additional militia into service; to restrain the Brown company from arming its employes and to compel the company to carry out the agreement made with the locked-out men on July 27. The cannery and machinery of the Auderson (Cal.) Canning & Packing Company, owned by Dan Grover and B. T. Ryan, burned. The cannery was worth |8,000. A stock of dried fruit worth $700, 300 sacks of wheat and a large quantity of tin was also de stroyed. There is no insurance. Twc adjacent cottages owned by Dan Hrover and J. T. Ryan, valued at $700, were also burned. At San Antonio de los Banos, a pro prietor named Domingo Hernandez, who was 70 years old, has been hanged by the insurgents. At the Novelty theater, London, in a stabbing scene, the spring dagger made for stage use failed to act and an actor was stabbed to the heart so that he died in a lew minutes. Senor Marcel de Azacarra, Spanish minister of war, is considering a scheme to introduce conscription in order to facilitate the recruiting of forces for the Spanish army service in Cuba. Miss Clara Barton, president of the American branch of the Red Cross So ciety, has started on her return to the United States, her mission of distribut ing relief to the Armenians having been ended. A. W. Fawoett, the recently deposed mayor of Taooma, announces that the tight for occupauoy of the office is not yet ended by any means, and that he will immediately carry the contest to the supreme court for settlement. John Thompson and Jay Leonard were killed by lightning in a violent storm at Sandusky, O. They were working on the new government pier at Cedar Point, with augers in their bands, which attracted the lightning. The body of a newly born male in faut was disoovered floating in the Willamette river near New Era one day last week. A coroner's inquest was held over the remains, but nothing was developed which would tend to throw any light upon the mystery, as to why the body of the babe was thrown into the river. The steam schooner Point Arena, bound from San Francisco to Meudo oino, went on the rocks near Point Reyes. Captain Johnson, her master, was on the bridge when she grounded. He at once began to back her, and within ten minutes she was free of the rocks. As soon as the vessel was loosened the water began to rush in through a bole in her port bow, jnst forward of the forward bold. Captain Johnson headed for San Francisco, and came up under a full head of steam, the pumps being kept in action all the while. By the time she reached the Mission slip, where she was docked, there was four feet of water in her for ward bold. A. W. Pile, of California, secretary of the national Bilver committee, was found dead at Washington. D C , un der ciroumstances which lead to a sus picion of foul play. He had been mis sing for four days. His body was found under the aqueduct bridge When last seen he had considerable money, but the money was missing when the body was discovered. A eil ver watch, however, had not been dis urbed. There ia no evidence of sui ide. Mr. Pile was the son of ex-Con grewman Pile, of California. Regulator* Sadly Net-dcd The violent demonstrations by the trsrbulent elements of Belleville, 111., against the Salvation Army which have occurred at frequent intervals on the public square for a year past, at last culminated in a riot. For over two hours the mob surged around the little band of Christians, cursing, push ing, striking and creating a perfect bedlam of discordant noises. One of the army flags, on which was the stars and stripes, was torn from its staff and trampeled upon. One of the woineu, who was struck on the head by a mis sile, was about the only one serionsly injured. They Saw a l.Hrge Met-or. E. Simmons, wife and two daughters were sitting in the yard at their home in Chicago when they saw a meteor de scending and aiming directly toward them. Terror overpowered them, bound them to their seats and prevent ed their fleeing. But fortunately while the mass of molten metal was 100 feet from them it burst, and the fragments scattered with a report like a cannon, the hissing sound which had been growing in intensity culminating in a last dying gasp. No fragments could be found. Death in the Flood. A great rain storm burst over Pitts burg and vicinity, deluging a territory several miles in extent, swelling the streams into torrents, sweeping away bridges and sending a score of human beings into eternity. The storm is attributed to the approach of a cool wave from the Northwest. Great dam age was done by water in varioua parts of the city. The streets were covered by debris, car lines tied up and tracks blockaded. At Dehaven, a small town near the Wildwood oil well, six people were drowned. A Boiler Exploded. A hundred and fifty horse-power boiler at the Lockville Brick <& Tile works, near Maximo, 0., exploded with terrific force, completely wrecking the building. Isaiah Johnson, an en gineer, had his back broken. He will die. Samuel Snider was badly injured about the head and had his breafet crushed. He cannot recover. Train Ran Into a Washout. An eastbound mail train from Chi cago on the Lake Shore road, ran into a washout seventy feet long and thirty feet deep near Otis, Ind , and the entire train, except the day coach, plunged into the big hole. The engineer, James Griffin, and the fireman, Michael Roache, were almost instantly killed. No one else was injured. Matabi-lnH lie eated. Details have been received in C ipe Town of a decisive victory won by 700 British troops composing Cjlonel Pium mer's column, over a native force esti mated at from 5,000 to 7,000. The latter fought desperately and bravely, charging within a few yards of the British rapid-firing guns. About 500 Matabele warriors were slain during the engagement, which lasted several hours. About thirty of the British soldiers and six officers were killed and 50 wounded. A WJfe-Mnrtlerer Hanged. Charles Thiede was hanged in the yard of the county jail, at Salt Lake. The execution was witnessed by a large number of people. It is the second hanging in the history of Utah. Thiede, who was a saloon keeper, was convicted of murdering his wife on the night of April 30th, 1894, by nealry severing her head from her body with a knife. He asserted his innocence to the last Will Traverse the Globe. Miss Clara Parish, the seventh and youngest W. C. T. U. round-the-world missionary, has left Paris, 111., for St. Louis, starting on her trip around the world. She will be given a big recep tion there. She will lecture at several points in the West, and will sail from San Francisco for Japan August 26. She will take about two years to make the trip. American Money Blacklisted The Montreal cnamber of comi has passed a resolution expressing ap proval of the action of the banks in that district in charging a discount of 10 per cent on all American money. It also issued a warning to merchants, farmers and the public generally not to accept American money upon any con sideration. Fatal Kansas City Fire. One man was killed outright, one perhaps fatally injured and five others sustained more or less serious injuries in a fire which started in Swift's pack ing plant in Kansas City, Mo. The property loss is nearly $ lUO, 000. Joseph Hoblowitz, a night watchman, was suffocated or burned to death. A Fatal conflagration. A disastrous fire occurred in a fac tory in Christiana, Norway, and before it was extinguished, several buildings were destroyed. A falling wall killed six men and thirteen others were seri ously hurt, of which three have since died. It is believed that three children have perished in the ruins. A Reverend I'oieoner. Rev. J. C. Hull, a preacher, was ar rested in St. Paul at the request of his wife, charged with attempting to kill her by administering poison in repeat ed small doses. Hull is prominent in St Paul church circles. "Increase of cholera in Egypt" is the piincipal feature of a report re ceived from the land of the Pharaohs by Surgeon-Genera Wyman, of the marine hospital service in Washington. "Notwithstanding the measures taken by Dr. Rogers Pasha," says the report. "the proportion of the cholera outbreak shows the disease has got beyond the control of the sanitary auth rities li is do reflection upon Rogers Pasha or the members of the staff who are assist ing biro. HIE SALMON PACK Output Not Much Affected by the Strike. PROBABLY BEACH 450,000 CASES Cannerymen Made Out Far Better Than They Kxpected -An Kxcelieut Quality of Fish Notwithstanding the fishermen's strike, which was prolonged through two of the five months' salmon season just ended, the catch this year com pares favorably with that of other years, and will not be more than 60, --000 cases short of last year's pack* The pack this year, according to the best information, will probably reach 450,000 cases, the greater portion of which was made after July I, as against 505,000 cases packed in 1895. The cannerymen made out far better than they expected, owing to the strike, and are especially congratulat ing taemselves upon the extraordinary fine quality of fish which has made up the great bulk of the catoh. If the outlook for marketing the pack was only better, there would be no regrets associated with the past season. Unfortunately, the unsettled financial condition has alfeoted the buyers, and George Taylor, of Taylor, Young & Co., stated that Eastern pur chasers who formerly placed orders for 1,000 cases are now contenting them selves with 50 and 100 ca(563. As a consequence, the pack will move rather slowly. The great bulk will go EaPt, though a considerable portion will go abroad. The British 6bip Suthorlandshire, in port at Portland, is loading salmon for England, and a good proportion of the pack is being forwarded to San Fran cisoo to be shipped from that po t. At the ruling market prices, the pack, when sold, will bring, in round figures, |2,700,000 into this section. Prices, however, are not as good as those obtained last season. The tend ency of the cannerymen this year has been toward fancy packing, ani, in the opinion of some, this has been rather overdone, and will certainly affect the prices of flats and ovaß The strike was somewhat of a benefit early in the season to the pa(ke:s at Eagle Cliff and vicinity. Through the inactivity at llwaco and Astoria they secured more than their usual propor tion of fish. That the strike was not a success while it lasted isevidenct d by the fact that in the neighborhord of 150,000 cases were packed up to June 20, when the strikers began fishing. Among the canneries that packed dur ing the strike were the Eureka and Epicure Packing Companies, Hapg >od, J. W. Cook & Co., Seaborg's cannery at Ilwaco, William Hume at Eagle Cliff, and Mc'*owan at Chinook There was no fishing on the upper river until after the strike, when F. M. Warren and MoGowan made large packs, very considerably more thsn last year. Around The Dalles, though, the catch was not as good as had been expected, and the pack was only me dium. The season has been an extraordinary one in many respects. Very few, if any, bluebacks and steelheads were caught, the salmon being all chinocks, and far finer and fatter fish, on the average than have been taken in the river in years, and as the run wis very large and steady, increasing so the last week of the season that the river was full of fish, the cannerymeu were for tunately able to make up the anticipat ed shortage. The catch proved the truth of the saying among the Colum bia river fis-hermen that more than half of the pack is to come after July 1. In fact, the fish were so plentiful the last few days of the season that the packers cut the price down to 3 % cents per pound, thereby precipitatiug a small strike. Notwithstanding its superiority, the Columbia river fish will encounter con siderable opposition from the Alaska and British Columbia Biilmon The Alaska fish is much inferior in quality, but, on account of its low price, it finds a good sale. The British Columbia fish is also affecting the market for Co lumbia river salmon in Eigland, as it is good in quality and packed by the most approved appliances, while it is sold at a lower figure. The prestige of the Columbia river pack, however, will sell it in any market. Fire in a Penitentiary, Cedar Rapids. la., Aug. 14—Fire in the Anamosa penitentiary started at 9 o'clock in the cellar of the prison dining room. In a short time the fire was beyond control, and the entry building was destroyed, including a large library of 3,000 volumfs. The loss will be $20,000. The fire was brought under control about 11 o'clock, and no difficulty with the prisoners was experienced. Arm* for Abyneinla Captnred Cairo, Aug. 14. —An Italian man of-war has captured off the coast of Erythrea the Dutch steamer Doelwyk, ■ laden with 34,000 rifles, which are supposed to be of Belgian manufacture and which were destined for Abyssinia. The steamer and cagro will be taken to 1 the prize court at Massowah. Monterey, Cal.. Aug. 14 —For the first time the stranded St. Paul has to day looked as though she was a wreck, for all the ropes, tackle, spars, etc., were removed and taken aboard the Santa Cruz. The divers having made their final report to the insurance in spector, the steamer will soon be left to her fate. Tomorrow work will be oommenced on the removal of the ma chinery. The loss to Goodall, Peikins & Co. will be between |30,000 and $40,000. ATTACKED THE TOWN Indian Raid on Nn K t»ie», Sonora -Troopi Called Out. Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 14.—About 4 o'clock this morning the citizens of Nogales on both sides of the interna tional line were aroused from sleep by a f usiiadt1 of shots. Rushing to ascer tain the cause they found that seventy five Yaqui and Temooho Indians had made an attack on Negates, Sonora, for the purpose of securing arms and money to aid in the overthrow of the Mexican government in the interest of Santa Teresa de Cabora. As the result of the attack seven In dians are dead, one badly wounded, will die, and one is prisoner. Two celadores, Mexican custom-house guards, Francisco Fernandez and Man uel Delehanty, are dead: another Jose Pena, mortally woundsd, and Crocen cio Urbmo, keeper of a little fruit stand, is dead. Intense excitement prevails on both sides of the line and business is almost at a standstill. The dead guards were highly respected, brave and efficient officers. The seven dead bandits are lying in the jail yard. A posse has been organized to follow the escaping revolutionists. A courier has returned hastily from the mountains, bringing word of an encounter in the hills with the Indians. Ponciano Sanchez, chief of police of Nogales, Sonora; Juan Fernandez, whose brother was killed this morning, and two others, Mexican guards, are killed, making seven citi zens and eight Yaquis so far dead. At 5 o'clock a posse returned, bring ing in the dead bodies of P. Sanchez and Juan Fernandez, both killed by the isurreetic nists. The special train re turned at 6 o'clock from Madre, bring ing sixty gen d'armes, who left at once on the train, as signal fires are seen burning on hills six miles away, prov ing that the insurgents are meditating another attack. A group of United States cavalry is en route from Fort Huachuca, and two companies of infantry from the same place will arrive at 10 o'clock. Citi zens on both sides of the line are guarding the town. THE NOMINEES NOTIFIED. William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewa'.l at Madlton Square New York, Aug. 14.—William Jen nings Bryan, of Nebraska, and Arthur Sewall, of Maine, were tonight form ally notified of their nominations by the Democratic party for the offices of president and vice-president, at a meet ing in the big Madison Square garden, forming a notable political event, and a remarkable climax to the remarkable tour of the presidential candidate across half the continent. An army of unnumbered thousands filled the streets and crowded about the building in the hope of securing admission. In the hall, which was like a fiery furnace, Bryan spoke to 20,000 people for nearly two hours. His address dealt almost entirely with the financial question; was more argumentative and less elo quent than his historic Chicago speech, and only in a closing appeal to the cit izens of New York did he speak in the strain in which he had captured the Chicago convention. He was surround ed by many of the silver leaders. Tho Democratic leaders, with the exception of former State Treasurer Danfortb, who presided over the meeting, and Congressman William Sulzer, who or ganized the first Bryan club in the state, were not present. Mr. Sewall spoke briefly after Bryan and was heartily cheered. Governor Stone, of Missouri, delivered the notifi cation speech, which declared that the work of the Chicago convention was the work of the plain people, and that Bryan was their candidate. After the notification meeting, Mr. Bryan was driven to the Hotel Bar tholdi, facing Madison square, where he spoke again on the balcony, with Mr. Sewall and Mrs. Bryan, who shared with her husband all the honors and attention of the day. BIG FIRE IN NEW YORK. Scenes of Horror Enacted Upon the Burning Building. New York, Aug. 13.—At least three persons and possibly others were burned to death in a fire that destroyed a six storv brick building at 465 Greenwich street today. Several persons were in jured by smoke and heat, and by jump ing, and two of them are expected to die. The dead are: William Gray, foreman 6f the electrical repair shops, and two unknown men, who were caught on a fire escape and burned to death in view of the crowd. The in jured who are expected to die are Felix Haas and an unknown man. The others hurt were taken to hospitals and their homes. Eight or ten explosions added to the excitement, but served a good purpose in aiding the firemen, as thereafter the flames were more easily got under con trol. Individual losses are not known definitely, and a total of $150,000 is estimated. V arren & Co. 's loss, as all others, was total, and it is estimated at $25,000. A new magazine rifle is in use in Italy. It contains six cartridges, can be loaded and fired in fifteen seconds, and sends a bullet through a three foot brick wall at a distance of a quar ter of a mile. Builder of the National tapltol Dome Washington, Aug. 14.—George H. Miller, builder of the capitol dome, is dead. He left behind one of the most conspicuous monuments on this conti nent, and an ample architectural skill, famous the world over. He entered the office of the architect of the capitol in 1872 and continued there until his death. He was a native of Baltimore. As first assistant to the architect to the capitol, Miller had charge of much im portant and responsible work. PRICE, 5 CENTS. FLED THE COUNTRY^ Escape ot a Woman Journal ist From Cuba. •V - "STOW AWAY" ON A STEAMSHIP Wat Surrounded by Spaniards and Ktuded Them by I>ouulug §Male Attire. New York, Ang. 10.—Miss Cecilia Cbarles, who says 6he went to Cuba several months ago for the purpose of ! obtaining material for a book, was a ! passenger by the Ward line steamship ! City of Washington, which arrived ! from Havana Wednesday, and whose I passengers were sent to Hoffman island ; for investigation. i Miss Charles says that after travel ing through the island a newspaper correspondent warned her that her lib j erty and possibly her life was in dan | ger. She acted upon the warning as { socn as it was received, and, going to ! her hotel, made preparations for leav j ing the city. ! Before the could do so the house was ; surrounded by Spaniards. Eecoming > then thoroughly alarmed, and fearing ; every moment that the would be hur | ried to prison, the decided to evade ar rest by disguise. She arrayed herself in boy's clothes, tucked her hair under an old straw hat, soiled her face and bands, and unobserved stole out by a ; back door and made her way to the ! city. The Ward line steamship City ! of Washington wcs at anchor in the ! harbor and making ready to get under I way. Miss Charles hired a small row | boat and went alongside. The gang ! way ladders had been taken in, but a I rope ladder was trailing over the side, and she succeeded in getting on board. | She "stowed away," 6he said, and : did not make her presence known until ; the ship was clear of the harbor. Then : she revealed her identity, paid her pas sage, and was given a stateroom and a stewardess fitted her out with female garb. ! THE VEIL LIFTED. Alleged FactH in the Brown-Overman Case luted by Airs. Tunuell. San Francisco, Aug. 10. — After ' many months of waiting and of eva • sion, of huriied flight from town to I town in California and across the • southern border, Mrs. M. F. Tunnell j has consented to tell the story of her relations with the Rev. C. O. Brown ■ and Mattie Overman, and to explain why she fled at the very moment when her presence was needed to dispel the shadows of scandal, or to condemn I the pastor who was seriously accused. ' Mrs. Tunnell is the last witness to 1 speak, and as far as facts are con i cerned, the testimony she gives closes ! the great oase. She explains the important points ! upon which the clerical judges of Dr. ! Brown were in doubt. She removes i the elements of uncertainty that made 1 the ecclesiastical court hesitate before pronouncing a final judgment of con ; demnation. She fled from San Fran | citco, she eaid, to shield Dr. Brown ■ from the consequences of his own guilt I She says she knew of the love between , Mattie Overman and the pastor, and ' would have revealed her knowledge if \ she had been summoned to the witness | stand. She says that Dr. Brown paid het expenses while ehe was away, and : when she returned, tried to induce her ■to go to Central America. She tells when and where she received the famous letters from Mattie Overman, and for the first time explains how they passed from her possession into the keeping of a man who allowed them to be published. She traces in detail the career of Mattie Overman and she came to know it through the confidences of her young friend. The recital lifts the veil from the home of the unfrocked pastor, and shows how he struggled to save bis pulpit and his good name. Outlook Bright for Peach Crop New York. Aug 10—Although the annual wail of the American peach growers went up early in the season about alleged short crops in eome pro lifio peach-producing sections, the pres ent outlook is for abundant receipts from most of the old and some of the new sources of supply for this market Shipments from Georgia are ended for the season, but the product of Mary land, Delaware and California ia com ing in freely. The Maryland and Delaware fruit first received was small and unsatisfac tory, but good peaches are now coming in. They are being sold at wholesale for from 350 to 90c a basket, according to quality and oondition, some extra choice lots commanding somewhat higher prices. California peaches of small sizes are quoted from $1.30 to $1.60 a box, and large ones $1.80 to $3.10 a box. Will Thin Move Kn»ib? Athena, Aug. 10.—It is rumored that the Mussulmans have invaded Herak- Uon and committed frightful excesses. Many are reported killed and wounded. The Mussulmans forced the Russian consulate and severely maltreated Vice-Consul Sarrows. The troops are powerless to check the disorder. ' Valor's Better Part. • '■ Christiana, Norway, Aug. 10.—A paper here publishes a dispatch received from Spitzbergen, saying Professor Andre declaies that unless the wind §oon changes he will pack away his balloon and postpone bis attempt to cross the Arctio regions until 1897, as there is no midnight sun after August 24. ' • ~- v * •--' -•-.*- Women medical students will, in all probability, be admitted to the nni?era ity of Budapest daring the next term.