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Spring Place Jimplecute.
CARTER & HEARTSELL, Proprietors.
VOLUME XI.
WEAR TREASURY VAULTS
A DANGER THAI THREATENS THE
MILLIONS OF THE UNITED STATFS.
Mr. Huston’. Odd Experiment— How Be
Wee Hustled Along tbe Corridor et e
Pistol’s Point—A Way Skillful Sate
Burglars Might Become Worth Mil¬
lions—A Carefully Guarded Secret
Pear of the Officiate.
Six hundred and ninety-o*,e millions
ofatollara!
^ sum sufficient to abash a Monte
eLito and to make King Midaa turn
green with envy.
This is the amount, within a few pal¬
try-hut drt-ds of thousands, one wa, or
the other, for which United States Treas
,urer Netoker will sign a receipt to his
■Medecessor, CoL Huston. Treasurer
■ebeker is already in office, but ex
^■asurt-i Btuni, fnisiou is still rei-pon, ihl,, tor
and he will continue to (« re
m>silile ■8 until every dollar of it has
counted and .ound to to correct.
"7l large force of men have toeu at work
in the vaults of the United States IT ear
‘ury for three weeks, aud their Huge task
tv ill keep them busy for at least a month
t.
startling fact about the pnbw.ee
of this glittering mass of wealth in tin
United States Treasury is that it is in
daily and nightly danger from burglars.
The danger is so real that special vig¬
ilance is exemised by the armed Tres.s
watch, who patrol its corridors and
watch its portal* every moment of every
hour iu ihe twenty.four. The danger is
so real iluston was unable to
sleep fccauBe of his nervous sense of re
The danger is so r< al that
officials of tho Treasury Department
dread to have it made known, lest the
attention of expert cracksmen be direct¬
ed to the opportunity that invites their
skill. The danger is so real that the
count of the money now going on is con¬
ducted under the scrutiny of specially
appointed watchmen and sentinels, and
with a caution against the admission of
visitors never equalled.
WHERE THE MONEY IS HELD.
These hundreds of millions of dollars
in the keeping of the Treasurer of the
United States are held in eight principal
vaults. One, known as the great silver
vault, contains about $91,000,000 in sil
ver dollars and fractional silver. An¬
other, adjoining it, contains 59,600,000
silver dolters, and *26,000,000. Another
vault contains $220,000,000 of bonds held
as security for national bank circulation.
Another, known as the “reserve” vault,
contains *290,000,000 in paper money,
held aa a reserve to replace worn and
mutilated notes. Besides these, three
other vaults hold respectively, *3,000,
000 in national bank Lotes received for
redemption ; *5,000,000 or so of mixed
moneys received day by day for redemp¬
tion, and *2,000,000 in mixed money
used in the daily business of the depart¬
ment.
Glittering figuresthese. And now for
the dangers that menace them.
THE VAULTS COULD BE OPENED.
During the long session of the last
Congress Treasurer Huston became un¬
easy about the condition of these eight
vaults, and he eent to New York for an
expert to examine them. The expert
looked the vaults over and smiled.
“Why,” he said, “the best of these
vaults can be opened in a jiffy.” To
prove his startling assertion, the expert
locked Treasurer Huston and two of his
clerks in one of the best and strongest
vaults in tbe department. The Treas¬
urer and his companion sat there shiver¬
ing and half stifled in the darkness
amidst the miliums, but not for long.
In fourteen minutes the great door
swung open ai d let in upon them a flood
of light. The expert had pried back tbe
lock with ease. The marks of the jim¬
my that he used in this experiment are
still to foe seen at the edge of the door of
the vault, although they have been cov¬
ered with black paint.
Then the expert led Treasurer Huston
to another of his strong boxes, This
vault is built of masonry and steel. The
expert produced a drill such as would be
used by a mere apprentice in the art of
safe-cracking, and in just eight seconds
had perforated the wall of the vault near
the lock of the door, so that a small
charge of powder, such as would make
tcarcely any detonation at all, would
have blown it open.
THE TREASURER’S EXPERIMENT.
At these revelations Treasurer Huston
turned pale. He had the hole drilled
into the wall of the safe by the expert
filled with steel, and then he applied to
Congress for an appropriation to provide
the old-fashioned vaults with modern
protection. He made his application to
the House committee on appropriations.
The committee heard his statement in
secret session and were so impressed by
the facts as he set them forth as prompt¬
ly to report an appropriation which was
discreetly pushed through the House
without debate. The
failed, however, to pass the Senate be¬
cause it was hinted at the time of the
jealousy of rival safe manufacturers.
Meantime, Treasurer Huston grew
more and more nervouB. The thought
of the millions thus in danger of attack
caused him one night to get out of lied,
dreps and go to the gloomy Treasury
building. The armed watchman pa< ing
up and down before the entrance recog¬
nised him and let him pass.
Col. Huston hurried atong the echoing
corridor and climbed the interior stair
cawj to his office There he substituted
a pair of slio(>ers for his shoes and crept
back into the corridor for a tour of .n
speclion. He feared that even then
some pupil of Jimmy Hope might beat
tacking Uncle Sam’s vaults.
Stealthily, warily, Mr. Huston c ent
along the corridor His slippered feet
made no echo, and he fsneied himself
unobserved. He said to himself : “I will
put inis haunting danger to a practical
test. 1 wilt see w hether 1 can react,a
vault and stay there tong enough to open
it as the expert did, undetected.”
The ex-Treaaurer, who is a man of
slender build, and wirey, elastic frame,
came to a corner of the corridor and
turned it. As he did so a stalw art fig¬
ure confronted him. “Who are you !
Stand!” weie the startling words that
met Mr. Huston’s ears, while at the
same time the cold muzzle of a revolver
was pressed nvainst his forehead.
AT THE POINT OF A PISTOL.
The nervous Treasurer, startled by the
sudden apparition and thrilled by the
touch of the cold steel, sprang backward
as far as a long Indiana leap could carry
him. Then, seeing the level pistol trained
upon him, and recognizing that his
questioner wore a watchman's i edge,he
recovered his dignity and said haughtily;
‘‘I am tl.e Treasurer of the United
States.”
The watchman was at his aids in an
instant, and again the muzzle of the re¬
volver Was pressed to Huston’s skull.
“You are tho Treasuier, are you?’said
the incredulous watchman. “Well,
■-you, I’ll soon find out who you
are.” With that tho watchman led the
unresisting captive, who feared every
second that the pistol might end his anx¬
iety with a bullet through the brain, to
the side of the corridor, and touched an
electric button.
Far, far away could to heard the ring
of the answering toll, and speedily the
watchman and tho frightened Treasurer
were surrounded by other men, all
armed with big revolvers, ldt ntilication
and release followed. The Treasurer
continued his stroll in slippered feet,
only again to bo “held up” at the muzzle
of another watchman’s revolver. Then
Treasurer Huston returned to his tod
and slept. He could find no fault with
the watchman who had arrested him,
and bis mind was easier.
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS
The Fierce County Ravi# her Lynched at
Blackshear.
Brunswick, Ca., July 8.—Tied tea
tree and riddled with bullets—that was
the program of a lynching at Blackshear
last night. Robert Browne, colored, was
tbe subject acted upon. The story of
Brown’s assault on the persons of Mrs.
O’Barry and her daughter of Race Pond,
a small hamlet ne ar Blackshear, lias
been published, and those who read the
tale were convinced that justice would
never be meted out to him by law, nor
would the lawyers get an opportunity
of pleading his innocence or guilt before
a jury.
When Sheriff Davis secured Brown
after his capture, he was several Jmes
threatened with violence by desperate
men, unless he turned bis prisoner over
to their care. Sheriff Davis and his charge
had to pass through Waycioss, and
here, by a fine piece of stategy, the sher¬
iff eluded the crowd, and passed on his
way unroticed. Locking Brown se¬
curely in his cell, the sheriff returned
to his home and, worn out.with his ride,
was soon asleep.
Baffled at their attempt to get Brown
at Way cross, the angry people of Race
Pond and the surrounding country
formed into a silent mob and started fer
Blackshear. Arriving there, fifty of
the mob crept up to the sheriff’s home,
effected an entrance to his room, and,
with a grand push, nailed his prostrate
form to the bed. The sheriff fought for
his keys, but was overpowered, and
while some still held him others made
for the jail, unlocked the outer and cell
doors and dragged the doomed negro
forth.
His piteous cries for mercy wei e
drowned in the louder cries for ven¬
geance that issued from the throats of
the mob, and in a few minutes he was
bound tightly to ^convenient tree near
the jail. Stepping >ack from the tree
the mob leaders ga J the word to fire,
and a volley of big ets poured out of
Winchester rifles, shotguns and revol¬
vers, and soon ended the life of their
victim. Blackshear is excited and the
better class of people condemn the mob’s
action in strong terms.
THE TRUTH. ”
SPRING PLACE, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1891.
HE CUT A DASH.
W niter S. B rppfonl,» SappoAed Lorrt Bor¬
rows Money aud Stupa Out.
Rome, Ga., July 9.—During Feb¬
ruary last Waller S. Beresford, of
Herefordshire, England, as he claim¬
ed, arrived in Rome. He made it
known that he was a second son of
a certain Lord Beresford, of Here¬
fordshire, England, who was sent lo
invest £50,000, and consequently he
cut quite a dash. He was gay and
debonair, with a business liearing
and dignified air, and he carried a
high hand among society people,
tie was wined and dined by the best
people here and in Atlanta he was
entertained by the Adairs.
The Hamiitons, one of the first
families in this part of the country,
gave credence to his claims as a
gentleman because he had letters
from a Mr. So del ton, formerly of
Atlanta, but at the time of Loudon.
The Hoi.. Mr. Beresford, as he called
himself, weeded quite a big row
lieie and purchased options largely
on certain real estate in the neighs
horhood.
After forming the acquaintance of
the Hamiitons, he became or tried to
become, a particular friend of
Harper Hamilton, and on one occa
sion he mentioned that he was short
nf change and had the firm of Ham¬
ilton A. Co., to honor his drafts on
the Westminster Bank of Loudon,
England, for £200- Immediately
after securing the amount in Ameri¬
can money he disappeared anti the
Hamiitons put detectives and officers
til the law on the trail.
Sunday night Sheriff Moore re
ceived a telegram from Inspector
Byrnes of New York lo the effect
that the Hon. Mr. Beresford was in
custody. This morning at 7 o’clock,
wish proper papers, Harper Hamil¬
ton and Deputy Sheriff Dallas Tur¬
ner left for New York, and they will
bring the young man back.
This afternoon about 5:30 A. S.
Hamilton received a telegram from
New York, saying:
“Beresford got a habeas corpus this
morning. Hearing to-morrow at 10.
Requisition papers here tor him.
Wire at once the hour sheriff leaves
Rome. T. J. McGuire.
T. J. McGuire is the utan who
came here with Beresford, so Col. S.
B. Hamilton said.
Beresford weeded a big row
through Georgia, and if reports are
to lie believed other states have suf¬
fered’ Beresford personally is a nice
fellow, and would be apt to deceive
one, and his course through Georgia
aud teverai other states proves that.
He will find a warm welcome when
he comes back to Rome.
Ownership of Ihe Exchange.
Atlanta. Ga., July 9—A prominent
alliance mem her of the legislature here
to-nignt is responsible for a statement
that the Georgia Farmers’Alliance Ex¬
change is owned now by a party of
northern capitalists. He is convinced
(urther that this is. true of other and
pei haps all the state exc hanges of th
Southern Stares, the same party con
tro ling all of them. This statemen
cannot to verified to-night, but the au¬
thority quoted is reliable.
The Servia in Fort.
New York, July 9.—The Cunard
steamer Servia, which was reported
disabled yesterday, reached this port
to-niglit, having been towed in by the
oil tank steamship Chester, assisted
by several tugs. a
She came to anchor below Bedlow’s
Island, and such of the passengers as
desired to go ashore were taken off.
Among those who did not was
Prince George, of Greece. He and his
suite remaining on board. .To-noorrow
morning he will be transferred to tbe
Inman liner City of New York. There
was no panic aboard tbe Servia at the
time of the accident.
Ride of Hie Life Guards.
London, July 7.— After a late break¬
fast with Queen Victoria, Emperor
William drove to the park where he
critically watched the musical ride of
the Life Guards, a most skillful eques¬
trian performance. The Prince of
Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, the
Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, the Duke of
Connaught and Prince Henry of Bat
tenberg, all in brilliant uniforms, and
the Princess of W ales, Princess Bea¬
trice, Princess Victoria of Wales and
the Duchess of Fife joined tbe young
emperor in watching the ride. The
exhibition provoked the greatest ad¬
miration on the part of the emperor,
v ho was very enthusiastic over it, say¬
ing that it was one of the finest milita¬
ry spectacles that he had ever seen.
RETURN OF THE ITAT
Tho Liliol Aif-itimt the Robert aud Minute
lll*mlin<i,
Los Angelks, Cal., July ".—Judge
Ross, of the United States circuit court,
yesterday dismissed the libel on the
schooner Robert and Minnie, which was
seized in connection with the Itata ep¬
isode. The schooner loaded at San
Francisco with ammunition for the
Chilean instmrents, which was trans¬
ferred at San Clemente to the steamer
Itata and taken to Iquique. Judge
Ross in his decision says thatwliilethe
fact alleged may be good reason for
confiscating the Itata, there is nothing
to show that the schooner was fitted
out for the purposes of war, and hence
the libel is dismissed. Commander
Miguel Tetnad, of the Itata, to-day offi¬
cially no; itied tne federal autuorities
that through the agency of Admiral
McCann, of the United States navy, he
bad returned to be tried for leaving
the port of San Diego, March 0, with¬
out the necessary permission.
DISAPPOINTMENT AT WASHINGTON.
Washington, July 7. —The decision
of Judge Ross’ court yesterday, dis¬
missing the libel against the schooner
Robert and Minnie, which vessel sup¬
plied arms to the Itata, was a great
surprise to the officials in Washington.
It was generally believed that the case
against her was much stronger than
that which could be made out. against
the Itata, and notwithstanding the
reservation made by Judge Ross in his
decision, it is felt that his action will
cause the failure of the original libel
lodged against the Chilean vessel,
although she may 7 still be held on
some technical charge connected with
her escape while under legal deten¬
tion. This outcome would be a severe
disappointment to the state and navy
department officials after an expendi¬
ture, direct aud indirect, in the chase
of the Data, that is estimated to run
up closely in the neighborhood of
* 100 , 000 .
THE ITATA ORDERED LIBELED.
A telegram was received at the de¬
partment of justice to-day from Unit¬
ed States Marshal Gard at San Diego,
Cal., asking instructions as to his course
in regard to the seized Chilean steamer
Itata. The acting Attorney General
telegraphed United States Attorney
Cole, at Sail Diego, to libel the vessel
at once and turn her over to the Unit¬
ed States marshal by due process of
law. By special arrangement with the
navy department the vessel was trans¬
ferred to the custody of the civil au¬
thorities to-day.
LOOKING AT TERMINALS
FrvairiMkt H, It. Plant oft tlio Plant Sys¬
tem a*Re.
Bavannah, July 8,—President H.
B. Plant, the head of the great rail¬
road system that, bears his name, is
in the city. He arrived in his spec
iai car from Charleston at 3:30 o’clock
yesterday afternoon. A visit from
him in midsummer is something
unusual arid all kinds of rumors are
afloat as to the cause of his coming.
Mr. Pi.'tnf. however, never tells his
business, hut that he is not on pleas¬
ure bent is quite evident.
Doubtless Mr. Plant’s real reason
for Illssouthern trip is to take steps
to meet the extraordinary demand
that has all of a sudden been made
upon the resources of the Plant sys¬
tem by the rapidly developing phos¬
phate industries. Two steamships
are now loading at this port with
Florida phosphates, and doubtless
more are expected. Mr. Plant, soo
after his arrival yesterday, In corns
pany with Capt. R. G. Fleming,
supermtendant of the Savannah
Florida and Western railway; C. S.
Gadsden, superintendent of the
Charleston and Savannah railway;
and Mr. C. D. Owens, traffic man¬
ager of the Plant system; visited the
extensive wharves of the company,
to look into matters incident to mak¬
ing improvements to accommodate
this new source of wealth—the phos¬
phates of Florida.
Mr. Plant was called on by Mayor
McDonough and Col. J. H. Estil.
The mayor invited him to be the
city’s guest on Thursday and go
down the liver with himself, the
aldermen, Capt. O. M. Carter of the
Uuifed States engineer corps, and
other gentlemen, to see what is be¬
ing done in improving the harbor.
Mr. Plant said he would be very
glad to go and accepted the invita¬
tion without hesitation. He ex¬
pressed himself very strongly in the
matter of getting a large appropria¬
tion so as to give Savannah all the
water her growing importance de¬
mands, He was particularly anx¬
ious to know what the people are
doing to secure an additional appro¬
priation, something like that given
to Galveston. He thought if all
pulled together the city eouhl get
everything it asked for.
Though Mr. Plant has been identi¬
fied with one of Savannah’s great
railways for many years, this is the
first opportunity he has had of ao
ceptingany attentions from the city’s
people. He has always been too
busily engaged in business.
Florida’s Capital City.
Tallahassee, July 10. —Governor
Fleming has made the following ap¬
pointments ;
Thomas J. Beatty, of Keysville, to
be notary public for the State at large.
J. F. Dunn, of Ocala, to be member
of the board of education of East Flor¬
ida Seminary, vice W. A. Hoeker, re¬
signed.
Hon. William B, Lamar, Attorney
General, left yesterday morning to ac¬
company Hon. E. B. Bafley to Europe,
where he goes to perfect contracts for
delivering phosphates.
The Methodists of Tallahassee are
going to build a *20,000 brick church.
*5,000 has already been subscribed and
the work is but just inaugurated.
G. A. Choate, resident agent of the
Florida Colonization, Mining and Com¬
mercial Company, has gone to Jack
sonville on a business trip. The com¬
pany proposes to take up and prose¬
cute, at its own expense, the work in¬
augurated by the bureau of immigra¬
tion.
Gov. Fleming has appointed the fol¬
lowing city commissioners for Key
Wist: C. B. Pendleton, R. Alfred
Monsalvage, H. E. Ms so and R. Al¬
varez.
GEORGIA’S CHOP AVERAGES
Southeast Georgia Hits rite Best aud Middle
Georgia th ■ Poorest
Atlanta. June i The figures of
Die crop report show tbe cotton per
centage to be 82, as against 94 last year.
The best average is 00 per cent, for
Southeast Georgia, while the percent
age for Middle Georgia is only 77.
The corn crop averages 95 per cent.,
and in this again Southeast Georgia
shows the hest percentage and Middle
Georgia the poorest.
The wheat percentage is 85 and oats
75. The average wheat yield is 8 bush
els, which is exceptionally large, and
the oat crop averages 14 bushels.
The grape crop will be a very fine
one with a percentage of 90, The ap¬
ple percentage is 58, and peaches 38.
NEGROES AT THE FAIR.
They Present a Candidate to Take Charge
off Their Exhibit.
Washington, July 9. —The colored
members of the bar, of the press, of the
Equal Rights League, and various
other colored men’s r rgauizations of
the District of Columbia, held meet¬
ings to-day and at each of them the
following resolutions, offered by Judge
R. A. Dawson, were adopted for pres¬
entation to the board of control of the
World’s Fair to-morrow:
“The election of Hon. James M.
Townsend, at present recorder of the
general land office, as chief of the bu¬
reau for the collection of exhibits on
behalf of the Afro-Americans of the
United States, showing their progress
since emancipation, twenty-five years
ago, in arts, science, mechanical and
industrial pursuits, would meet not
only the approval of the colored citi¬
zens of the District of Columbia, but
In our judgment the entire country.
“We ask that this recommendation
be immediately acted on favoiably, in
order that ‘the present unrest among
the people of our race may be satisfied
and assured that in the great world’s
exposition recognition will be given to
the 8,000,000 negroes in an official aud
proper way.”
Meeting at the Editors.
St. Louis, July 9.—A special to the
Republic from Columbia, Mo., save the
program for the next meeting of the
National Editorial Association has just
been sent out from Columbia. The as¬
sociation will meet July 14 in St. Paul,
Minn. Every state and territory will
he represented and the convention prom¬
ises to be ihe largest assemblage of
newspaper men ever held in America.
Seven hundred delegates have already
been appointed. The programme is
thoroughly practical and of exceptional
interest. During the session of the as¬
sociation the. first public exhibition of
typesetting machines will take place.
A Deleat tor Baimaceda.
Washington, July 9.— Represents
tives of the Chilean congressional party
her© late to-night received a cablegram
from Iquiqu, signed Senor Errazuriz,
minister of fortign affairs, saying in ef¬
fect that the army of President Baima¬
ceda, which was advancing from Co
quimbo to the valley of Hunsco, was
met by the constitutionals army at a
point four leagees south of Vollenar,
where an engagement took place to¬
day. Tbe constitutional army, the dis¬
patch says, obtained a brilliant triumph.
One Dollar a Year.
NO 25
tornado at baton rouge.
The Walts ot the Femtentary Blow fn.
llust »ens places and Residences Wrecked.
Baton Rough, La., July 8.—A cyc’one
passed over the lower portion of the
town this morning, unroofing houses,
tearing up immense trees, and carrying
missiles along in the air for many blocks.
The governor’s mansion was directly in
the path of the hurricane, which made
a clean sweep of every _ nney and
cleared the front of its large trees. The
roof of the handsome residence belong¬
ing to Mr. Marshall was carried away,
and large damage done to his place. The
boulevard is one mass of trees that have
been torn up by the wind, and the street
is filled with pieces of house tops and
other timbers of almost every descrip¬
tion. The penitentary walls were blown
down, ten persons killed and thirty
wounded. The loss is very great. The
factory building was demolished and
the hospital of the penitentiary is a
mass of debris.
New Orleans, La., July 8.—The
Picayune’s Baton Rouge special says:
“A terrible cyclone struck this city a
little after 6 o’clock this morning, pass¬
ing from southwest to northeast. It en¬
tered the city at the Craig brick yard,
passed up through Catfish town, and
struck the hill just to the east of John
Johnson’s residence. Its path continued
i» a northeasterly direction,crossing the
north boulevard 100 yards to the east of
the governor’s mansion. It then went
north, striking the penitentiary building
and J. A. Dougherty’s residence on
North street and then beyond the city.
The cyclone was 300 yards wide and
ricochetted along its course like a cannon
ball, devastating as it went.
In the city no one was killed, though
several persons were seriously injured.
The state p nitentiary is partially
wrecked. Ten convicts were killed and
thirty-five injured. Five of these are
dangerously hurt
The’convicts were at work in the
trousers factory in third story of the
‘
novth wmK> wh en the storm 8(nK , k tbe
building aud entirely demolished tire
second and third stories. There were
others in the hospital on the second
story and it- is a miracle that an> escap d
with their lives.
John R. Hodus, one of the guards,
was sitting in the third story window
opening to the south, when he was
biown out Into the yard along with
bricks and other debris. He escaped un¬
hurt.
Ex-Judge E. T. Ford was in the com¬
missary on the first floor when the build¬
ing collapsed. He says he got near the
Wall and stood still, muttering a prayer,
as he felt his hour had come. When the
materials quit falling he saw an opening
and escaped on his hands and knees into
the yard uninjured. He immediately
went to work to save and to assist the
others less fortunate. In addition to the
north wing the cell building was un¬
roofed and partially destroyed.
The woman’s ward was also unroofed.
It is ini possible to form any estimate
of tbe damage to buildings, as all th»
property is more or less damaged. In
the city fifty houses at least were un¬
roofed or destroyed.
Renting Reside Her Father.
Lexington, Va., July 8.—It has just
been learned that the body of Mrs. Julia
Jackson-Christian, daughter of Stone¬
wall Jackson, was on Friday night at
10 o’clock, secretly removed from its
resting place in the city cemetery and
placed in the crypt in the vault beside
her distinguished father, whose remains
will be placed under the Jackson Btatue.
Her husband on Friday gave his per¬
mission for the removal of the body.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
London, July 8. —The condition of
Dr. Spurgeon is now very critical and
unless there should to a speedy change
for the better, the end must come soon
to his brilliant eaithly career.— Later.—
Rov. Charles B. Spurgeon is reported as
being worse to-night. He is considera¬
bly weaker than he was this morning.
Louisville, July 8.— Henry Watter
son, in an editorial in the Courier-Jour¬
nal this morning, advocates the nomi¬
nation of John G. Carlisle for presi¬
dent.
Paris, July 8.— The change of t he
Chilian minister here, it is thought, will
lead to fresh trouble over the Chilian
vessels recently built in French ports.
Paris, July 8.— Dr. Lannelogne has
laid before the French Academy the de¬
tails of the new treatment for tubercu¬
losis, in which chloride of zinc is the
principal agent in changing tissues. Dr.
Lannelogne, who has used the treat¬
ment in his practice, asserts that he has
effected many cures and met with no
failures.
Washington, July 8.— The navy de¬
partment fears that trouble is likely to
occur in Samoa, between the followers
of the rival chiefs,and instructions have
been issued to the Iroquois to proceed
from Honolulu to Apia. The Charles¬
ton, it is thought, will be sent to Hono¬
lulu in the place of the Iroquois.