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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TTtESDAT, JUNE 19; 1900. AT CATHOLIC MISSIONS HOW THE POSTS ARE DEFESDED FROM ATTACKS. Convert Ta-Bffht te Protect Their Village" From. Fanatics Mkb- darlas Sometimes Aid. NEW YORK,-June 18. Rev. C. Frln, or the Catholic mission at KJang Nan, where there Is now danger from the Boxers, has written an account of how the members of his community meet all attacks of the natives. He says: "Those sections of our mission which border on Southern Chang Tung: are no less infested with baqds of robbers and murderers than Chang Tung itself. These brigands organize in regular companies under a supreme chief and subordinate leaders. They live together in vlllngts and districts which become their head quarters. "At ordinary times they attend to their usual work at home and in the fields and behave, to all appearances, like use ful citizens. But suddenly an order comes to take the field and then they march forth in a body. Impose contributions on other villages, burn and even kill with out scruple. If they have a grudge against some Mandarin they assemble in sufficient numbers to form a large armj and are not afraid to fight pitched bat tles with the troops sent out against them. It is not hard to see how much' trouble such men can give, and, indeed, do give, to the missionaries. "But the missionaries, on their side, have devised a plan for protecting them selves and their Christians, which Is not the least of their successes in China. As soon as the inhabitants of some vil lage have been converted, the fathers, while attending to the duties of their apostolic ministry, see that they are thor oughly drilled and taught to watch the enemy and defend themselves in cae of necessity. The Mandarins look with favor on these measures, which are of great as slstxice to them, and they are always ready to send reinforcements when notified of a threatened attack. Thus It happens that, when the marauders fall upon a Christian village, they are greeted with a sharp fire of guns and cannon and are generally beaten back with heavy losses. "To get a true idea of one of our mission centers in the districts which the robber bands have hitherto terrorized at pleasure, picture to yourself every Chris tian village as a small stronghold, forti fied at every point of vantage. In the center of the village stands the residence of the commander, who is none other than tho missionary. This residence is a regu lar citadel, "surrounded by high walls and flanked at Its corners by four towers well fortified also. There are no doors. The going In and out Is effected by means of ladders, which, are each time drawn back within it. "During tho day the rather attends to his duties and the Chinese to the'r work. At nightfall every one is at home again and if danger has been signalled they all retire within the fort, senjrles being appointed to keep watch from the towers. At the first cry of alarm the men are up In arms, and the father directs the defense. If the enemy has been reported In larger numbers than us ual, the missionary has taken care to ask the Mandarin for additional help, and Is therefore well prepared to repulse the as sailants. "Ae a result of these measures, the brigands become little by little discouraged and leave the Christian villages unmo lested, tho missionaries win for them selves the confidence of the public au thorities and popularity among the peace fully inclined portion of the people." DEPENDS OX THE SITUATION. American Troops May Not Land la Tien Twin. NEW YORK, June 18. American troops have been ordered from the Philippines to China, sayB a "Washington special to the Herald. "Whether the men will be landed or not will depend upon the situation Tvhen they arrive. The Administration has decided that to Insure protection of Amer ican life and property throughout China, order must be re-established In Pekln, and the Empress Dowager and the Tsung 11 Tamun impressed with the necessity of acting as the powers wish in the matter of guarding foreigners and their inter ests. Japan's course In dlspatchlngJOOO men to Taku will be followed, said a well-informed diplomat last night, by Russia, -which might deem It desirable to send a large force, especially since Great Britain and Japan combined will have an over whelming force in that section of China unless she draws on her forces at Port Arthur and along the Siberian frontier. The action of this Government in sending troops to Taku, with the probability that they will be landed, will also have" influ ence upon Russia's moves, as there is al ways danger that as British and Japan ese Interests are nearly Identical with those of this country, it may undertake a policy on similar lines, inimical to Rus sia's supposed Interests. If the foreign legations In Pekln have been burned, as reported, the surc's-J Of the Boxers has probably been at fearful cost. Reports to the State Department show that on June 1 there were in Pekin about 400 sailors and marines. Great Britain. Russia and France had the largest num ber, is each, the United States 47. Japan 42. Italy 22 and Germany the remainder. In diplomatic circles It is held that if the murder of Germany's official represen tative has been permitted, practically as the remit of a movement approved by the government. China committed an act of war against the Berlin Government. This is also true of the Japanese Gov ernment, a member of whose official staff in Pekln was killed. It Is hoped, however, that neither Germany nor Japan will take radical action, but will co-operate with the powers to restore order. ntfthop Cranston's Views. CHICAGO. June IS. A special to the xriDune irom Denver, Colo., says: Bishop Earl Cranston, who recently re turned from China. dec-ared from the pulpit today that civilized nations must rule China. "It is worth any cot in money," he paid. "It is, -north any cost in bloodshed if wo can make the millions of Chinese true and intelligent Christians. I would cut all of the red tape in the world and break all the treaties ever made to place the armies of the United States In the fore next to Great Britain. The open door must be maintained for Christianity as well as commerce." Communication Re-entabllsned. NEW YORK. June IS. The Central cable office of the Western Union Tele graph Company this morning issued the following: "Telegraphic communication with Taku and Tien Tsin has been re-established Tla the Siberian and Helamoro route." Tho Commercial Cable Company also makes a similar announcement. French "Warships Ordered to China. PARIS. June IS. The French first-class cruiser Gulchen and the French armored cruiser Mlral Charner have been ordered to fit out immediately for China. Snceea and Failure. Philadelphia Public Ledger. If by success we mean the full accom plishment of an end. the actual reaping of a harvest of results, men it Is undoubt edly true that the higher and nobler the purpose the rarer will be the success. If we aim to relieve a man' hunger we con quickly succeed In the easy task; but If wc aim to inspire him with a desire to earn his own bread, the work is more difficult and the success far more prob lematical. If we would restrain a thief from robbery, the prison bars and locks insure success; but If we would make an honest man of him, our'taek la a complex one, and success may be afar oft. We undertake to teach a- child to read; with requisite effort we accomplish our task; wo are successful r but If we aspire to raise the educational standard of our community, how arduous the task, now uncertain the result, how questionable the success! "Tho low man sees a little thing to do. Sees it. and does it; The high man. with a great thing to pur sue. Dies ere he knows It la his life, then, a failure? No; let us never imagine that any high purpose, any noble thought, any generous emotion, any earnest effort, is ever lost. We may never witness Its growth, we may not live to gather Its fruit, or even to see its blos soms; but we may safely trust that some where and at some time the harvest will be abundant, and success, long hidden, shall become apparent. BELLE BOYD'S DEATH. Woman Spy Who Held Commission As Captain In Confederate Army. New York Times. The sudden death la Kllbourne, Wis., on Monday, of Belle Boyd, the noted spy of the Confederates, recalls another leaf In the history of the Civil War. It re calls the thrill, the danger, the triumphs, the reverses, the many ups and downs In the life of the most determined woman roe ihc union ever nau. juiwc nns uceu ucu , ui xeiie suu in recent jcure, uuu iu iuc present generation her name recalls noth ing; but the time was When that namo caused many a secret counc'l at army camps, and many a plan was- hatched to place its owner where she could not add to the harm she had done. Living only In her undying love for the cause of the Southern people, and debarred by her eex from carrying a musket, she dedicated to the Confederate Army the only weapons that she possessed a woman's beauty and a woman's wiles. But recently out of school when the war began, she flung to the winds every thing that was dear that she might help the flag of her choice, and her daring ex ploits and services to the Confederate Army became familiar to the whoiu world. During her career she was twice sentenced to be ehot, and for 11 months was a prisoner In the old Carroll ant. Capitol prisons In Washington. With In domitable will sho kept In the struggle, however, until 18G4, when, while trying to run the blockade with Important dis patches, she was captured and banished from the country by President Linco'n. So highly did Stonewall Jackson value her services that after his defeat of Gen eral Banks on May 23, 1SS2, he sent ner this note: "Miss Belle Boyd I thank you for myself and for the army for the Im mense service that you have rendered your country today." Her whole career was one of romance and adventure. Born In Martlnsburg. Va., now West Virginia, In May, lWe, she was related to a number of the most noted families of Virginia. The Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, Minister to France under the Buchanan Administration, father of ex-United States Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia, and Judre John Blair Hoge. United States Attorney for the District of Columbia during the Cleveland Administration, were her cous ins. She had Just flnlehed her education in Mount Washington Female College, in Baltimore, Md., when the war broke out. Her whole soul was with the Confederate cause. Her residence within the Federal 1'nea and her acquaintance with many Union officers enabled her to gain much important Information regarding the posi tion and designs of the enemy, which she regularly committed to paper, and when opportunity offered dispatched to the near est Confederate commander. In a hundred ways the 17-year-old girl was able to outwit many Federal officers, whose gallantry got the better of their dis cretion. The flowers and poetry of her many epauletted admirers in the hated blue she kept, but all the Information of value which they Indiscreetly dropped she Immediately dispatched to her country men In gray. General Shields, of the Union Arrqy, was quartered at her house, and when he held a council of war she lay on the floor of her chamber above with her ear to a hole, and, taking down every word, sent It to General Jackson, and thereby helped to win a great battle. Very soon afterward her actions were suspected by the Federal officers and she was arrested, but she soon flirted her way to liberty. Acting upon General Jackson's advice, she removed to Winchester ln the Summer of 1S62, and it was there and then that she received her commission as Cap tain and honorary aide to the General, and thenceforth enjoyed the respect paid to an officer. Upon the occasion of- the review of the troops in the presence of Lord Hartlngdon and Colonel Leslie, and again when General Wilcox's division was f inspected by Generals Lee and Longstreet, she attended on horseback and associated with the staff officers of the several com manders. Her .greatest service, however, .was that of a spy. For months and years she with stood every privation and lived constantly within the shadow of death. Her name was passed from on Federal Army . to another, and the greatest honors awaited the officer or sentry who would capture her. The man who finally accomplished the feat afterward sacrificed everything for her. Belle Boyd was captured on the block-' ade-runner Greyhound, in 1S64, by a gun boat In command of Lieutenant Samuel Harding, of Brooklyn. She and two Con federate officers were being conveyed on the gunboat to Boston, and during the trip Lieutenant Harding lost his heart to the beautiful prisoner. He proposed marriage. "So generous and noble had he heen in everything." she said. In ' telling of the romance years afterward, "that I told him, I would be his wife, 'though our politics differed. 'Woman,' -thought I, 'can sometimes work wonders, and may not even he come by degrees to love for my sake the ill-used South? " Even before this fomantlc voyage was ended, the Implacable foe of the North connived at the escape of her two Con federate fellow-prisoners. She herself was sentenced to be shot, and afterward was banished from the country. Lieutenant Harding' was arrested for allowing the two prisoners to escape, but was not con victed. Shortly afterward he deserted and followed the witching rebel to England, where he married her. the Prince of Wales attending the wedding. He returned to this country later, and following- his wife's example, became a Confederate spy. Har ding lived only four years after hlB mar riage. In 1S69 Belle Boyd, who had be come an actress, married Colonel John S. Hammond, an ex-British Army officer, m New Orleans, and went to live in Cali fornia. She was divorced from her. hus band in 1SS4, and a year later married Nathaniel R. High, son of an Episcopal clergyman of Toledo, O., with whom she lived until her death. She lectured for years, principally at Grand Army encamp ments," throughout the country, where many an old soldier rememberedher as the most daring woman in th Confeder acy." ' e i Pima Indians in Distress. PHOENIX, Ariz.. June 18. S. J. Mc Cowan, superintendent of the Phoenix Indian Industrial School, having been di rected to. investigate the condition of the Pima Indians on their reservatiftn on the Gila River, 30 miles from here, who were reported to b- suffering from famine, states that 8000 Plmas and an equal num ber of Papagoes are In great distress. Congress has appropr'ated $33,000 for the relief of the Indians and rations will soon be distributed. No ReqnlKltlon for Taylor. HARRISBURG, Pa., June lS.-K5overnor Stone has received no requisition from Governor Beckhain. of Kentucky, for the extradition of ex-Governor Taylor, who is a delegate to'the 'Republican National Convention. TRIP 0FTHF.QE0. W.ELDER (Continued from First Pace.) crater, and. although at a distance of probably 75 miles, the ene was a most Impressive one During the evening a pleasant time wort spent in the saloon, the entertainment consisting- of some In formal talks and stories by Mr. Haxen and others, music by Miss Jewell, and guitar solos by ths Judge And Mr. War riner. Sunday, June $ The day dawned fair, and a smooth sea on. During the morn ing the rocky islets of the Aleutians ap peared on the left, and the snow-capped peaks of the Alaskan Peninsula to tho right. Religious cervices were held by the Rev. Mr. Ghormley In the saloon, and afterward the passengers appeared on deck to enjoy the scenery. Whales were frequently to be seen, and all were Intent on watching for the spoutlngs of the monsters of the deep. About 6:30 we arrived at Dutch Harbor, and found about a dozen vessels of various size at anchor, including the Zealandla, Ohio, Roanoke, Oregon and Aberdeen, all told bavins about COOO passengers. Several vessels have already gone forward Into Behrinar Sea, and the revenue cutter Bear left May 30 for the north, with the un derstanding that if she did not return in Ave days the way was to be considered clear. Since our arrival here a number of other vessels have come In, Including th St. Paul. Fan Bios. Nome CUV. Santa Ana and Valencia, and the Oregon and Aberdeen have gone out. Never before have these quiet shores witnessed such scenes as have been en acted the past few days. Thousands of people, wild with the lust for gold, are thronging the otherwise peacetul littte settlements of Dutch Harbor and Una laska. These two places are about a mile apart, and soparated by a ow ridge. Dutch Harbor is headquarters for the North American Commercal Company, and Unalaska for the Alaska Commercial Company. The greater portion of the fleet Is at Dutch Harbor, it having the most commodious anchorage. During their enforced stay the passengers have amused themselves in various ways with baseball, tugs of war and rambles along the beaches. A more delightful place for rairibl.ng could not be wished. A com bination of lakes and inlets, with snow covered, mountains in the background, their lower slopes deeply carpeted with grass, form pictures of natural grandeur scarcely to be duplicated. Today (June 7) the Jeanle arrived from Nome, having landed her passengers. On arrhal, her captain posted the following bulletin: "Leaving' Unimak Pass, we steered eastward until T.e reached the passage between Nunivak Island and the main land, and encountered ice about 30 miles to the southward of the island. Fortu nately, found open water at the delta of the Yukon. Owing to the construction and build of my vessel, was able to take chances that masters of other vessels would not be justified in doing. Iron ves sels especially. Leaving Nome, found open water for IS or 20 hours. The rest of the time I had to struggle between heavy floating and drifting Ice, which reached southward to Nunivak. I would also call your attention to the fact that Norton Sound Is not yet free from Ice. I think that vussels leaving the early part of next week will make a safer and as speedy a passage as those leaving at once. C. H. MASON, "Master Steamer Jeanle." The Senator also arrived in today, after having been nine days locked in. the Ice, and was compelled to return for more provisions and coal. She reports tho following vesse-s icebound: Portland. Dora, Bear, Cleveland, PHcalrn, Cather ine Sudden, Olympian, Alaskan, Fisher Brothers, Seven Sisters, Garonne, South Portland, Tacoma, Alliance, and several others. The Catherine Sudden was crushed by ice, but her cargo of lumber keeps her afloat. Her crew was "rescued by the Fisher Brothers, which also met with a mishap, having a hole stove In afcove the water-line. . The Elder today -was moved to Una laska, and is taking on coal, a number of passengers volunteering in the work to speed her departure. Moat of the pas sengers are anxious to get on, and ths captain has flxfd the time of departure at 4 P. M Junci S, at which time the St. Paul also will leave. -Her mister Is an experienced navigator of .the northern seas, and our people feel that, with tho St Paul to guide the way, we will sooa reach the golden shores of N.ome. ED H. CODLIS. JEA.ME FROM CAPE NOME. Kevrs That Northern Fleet Is "Wait ing:, for Brealc-Up of Ice. SEATTLE, June 18. TJiq - steamer Jeanle, Captain. Mason, arrived at 11 o'clock last night. t14 days, from Cape Nome, with few.-passengers and no freight. The Jeanle brought out no. gold,, except what was In the possession of her pas sengers, as ,lt has not been pceslble, to do much work in the district during the Winter season. Tire Jeanle was; the fjrst vessel to break through, the ice .and reach Xqme this season. She. called from Se attle May $ and arrived at Nome May 23, three. days .ahead of the fiteamer Alphas although the" latter had "sailed In the mid dle, of April. The Jeanle brlngsnews of all the ves sel of the Northern-fleet.' They are wait ing tfie brealting up of the ice, soroe re maining at Duich Harbor, and the others scattered along to wlth'.n 140 mike of Cape Nome. Several of the vessels. In cluding the revenue cutter Bear, are froz en In about latitude 60.1S, within 150 rnilen of Nome. A number of mlnpr accidents to the fleet are reported, and there ha3 been some damage to freight and bag gage," but so far as learned no Injury to persons or los3 of life. Tho Jeanle left Caj?e Nomo June 3. When she reached Dutch Harbor the CIe veland'toao' Just arrived and reported the Senator, would be In at any time. The Senator came in while the Jeanle was there, and reported 13 vessels In tho Ice, the namen of which Captain Mason could not remember. The Olympla and South Portland got free and proceeded to Dutch Harbor. The Bear. Dora and Portland were stuck fast, however. Captain Mason fays there "is no danger for any of tho Ice-bound vessels, and In his opinion all are safely out by- this time. The Jeanle on her northern voyage worked eastward and cru'sed between, tho Ice and tht mainland. Four days out from Nome she passed the Alpha, and led tho way through the Ice to Nome, ar riving May 23. The Alpha, following the Jeanle. axrive-1 at Nome May 25. The Thrasher arrived at Nome May 27, Albion June'l. Cleveland June 3. On the last named date the Jeanle started for Seattle. A short distance from Nome -Captain Mason spoke the Aloha. She was then off Nunivak Island and reported all well. She was probably the next vessel to arrive- at Nome. The next vessel sighted was the Seat tle schooner, McPherson. All on board wer well, and she probably reached Nome June 5. The Roanoke and San Pe dro were at Dutch Harbor, and prepar ing to leave for Nome. The San Bias an3 St. "Paul left Dutch Harbor for Nome Just before Captain Mason started fof Se attle. Returning paeeengers report the general health, at Nome to have been good throughout the "Winter. There has been lack of accommodations, and prices for everything are high., but the situation will be relieved as soon as the Ice breaks and freight vessols get through. VIOLATED CTST03IS LAWS. British Steamer AlphoMay Be Seized nnd Forfeited. SEATTLE. June IS. .The violation of United 'Staten laws by the British steam ejr Alpha, Jn landing passengers and cargo at Cape Nom'e without entrance or pay ment iOf customs duties, may lead to seri ous results. One of the first features of 1 the affair was a stormy Interview between Captain Bucholtz, of the Alpha, and Cap tain Mason, of the American '.steamer Jeanle, while both vessels were at Nome. Mason .called Bucholtz a pirate and a. smuggler, and applied oth,er epithets to express his disgust with such, disregard of customs 'regulations. In an Interview here today, District At torney Gay expressed the, opinion from Information at band that the Alpha is liable to seizure and forfeiture whenever she may be found in American waters. Mr. Gay, however, has had no official news of the affair. TOPKUK BEACH DIGGINGS. New Field Reported tp Be ,a Rich One. SEATTLE, June 18. Captain Mason, before leaving Nome, received direct re ports from the new Topkuk Beach dig gings. About 30 of the Jennie's passen gers leffthe vessel, proceeding direct to che new field. Five or six of thea re turned to. Nome before the Jeanle sailed on her return .and every one of the party reported tho find an exceptionally rich one. Twenty or more of the men are ex perienced prospectors. One of the num ber reported that pans running- from $75 to $100 had been Taken from the diggings. Lighterage concerns are reaping a rich harvest in Nome harbor. It cost the Jeanle an average of $10 per top to land her cargo on the beach. Gold From the Klondike. VICTORIA. B. C. June IS. Tho n'Mrn-r r Danube arrived this evening- with a large uuiuuit ui .niunaiKero ana iiMi.HU in gold. Her passengers report that the Yukon River, In which the water has been very low. Is now entirely blocked by the river steamer Clifford Slfton, which ran on a tundbar. AT THE nOTELS. THE PORTLAND. f S -f .peiiccr' -cMln MI-5 Hannah .GIrdman. L R Plecfjncr. St Paul San Francisco S. P.eUrr" San Fran - Sobrce. nSX.SF ' Der-oIcr Mrs U Sebree. Fan Fr C B Calderllnd. V W J B Sebree. ban Fr iARmiHI, Vancvr F L Atkinson. M D, O W Butler. N Y J Sacramento 7 KGr?a1U- Seattle, C H rtelmer. St Paul J E Lev!. NT Jc D Bell Mr & Mrs S II Lam- U W Skinner, San Fr precht, Eranston. Ill H L Whltelock.Keadns ?a"T Uobl. X Y Charls JClosr. USA J H Gates & wf. Bur- G B Nleoll. Seattle llnston. t vr B Jenkins, Seattle Mrs Belle Oppenhclm- IP Dolcam. San Fran ntr' fn Francisco J Henry "Williams. Chg m M Kllnser. S F M 13 Frank. San Fran Colambln niver Scenery. Regulator Line steamers, from Oak street dock, daily, except Sundays, The DnllcB, Hood Hirer, Cascade Locks, and return. Call an. or 'fone Agent for further information. THE PERKINS". M W Belshaw, Parm- lngton. -Wash Mrs M W Belshaw, do Miss Belshaw, do IE Pauplei Mora, Or fty C J-aUlkner. XPRR u juaa. Bridal Veil VT D McLby, Salem A L Bedbury. Oakland. Jiaster Belshaw. do Mrs Horton. San Jose Miss Horton. San Jose L C Palmer. 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NEW YORK, June 18. Negotiations for a commercial treaty with France have been feaUsfactorily concluded by the Bra zilian Minister of Foreign Affairs at Rio Janeiro. France will grant a reduction of 30 per cent on the 'duty on Brazilian coffee. Dally Treasarr Statement. "WASHINGTON. June 1$- Today's statement of the Treasury balances In the general fund, exclusive' or the $150, 000,000 gold reserve In the division of re demption, shows: Available cash balance $149,711,771 Gold 70,479,700 MAY THEY BE TRUSTED? RELIABILITY OF AFRICAN -A5IATIC TROOPS. OR Many Instances ef Treachery at the Critical Point Loag Service ta Harmonize the Races. The recent trouble in which the Soudan ese regiments, who, save for a handful of 150 English soldiers, constitute the sole garrison of Khartoum, have mutinied against their British officers, serves to recall that the last great war In which England was Involved with a civilized power, namely, the Crimean campaign, was signalized by the mutiny of Queen Victoria's native troops In India against their white commanders, resulting In the massacre of thousands of English, men, women and- children, while It took 18 months of hard fighting and the blowing of hundreds of ringleaders of the move ment from the guns before the revolt was suppressed and order restored in India, saya "Ex-Attache" in the Pittsburg Dis patch. The matter is all the more Interesting to people on this side of the Atlantic ow ing to the proposal In certain Influential quarters to eventually entrust the military control of the Philippine Islands to a force recrultod exclusively from natives of the archipelago, and commanded, of course, by American officers. How far would It be possible to rely upon the loy alty and usefulness of such a native con tingent In the event of the United States becoming Involved In some war of suffi cient gravity to monopolize her military energies? Before going further it may be well to offer a few words of explanation on the subject of the mutiny at Khartoum. The magnificent "black regiments, and likewise their Fellaneon comrades, with whom" the battles of Atbara and Omdurman were won. were at the time In the lat year of their term of military service, and have since then returned home to their families and villages. The Soudanese reg iments now at Khartoum, and which are reported to have mutinied, are recruited almost exclusively on the spot from form er adherents and followers of the Kha lifa, under whopa rule they were permitted to loot and pillage to their hearts' content, this privilege being accorded to them In lieu of pay. Aprcnts of the Dreaded El Senoussl. They naturally find it dlfllcult to con form to the Iron discipline to which they are now subjected, and having no doubt heard all sorts of exaggerated reports on the subject of the British reverses In South Africa, reverses sufficiently serious to necessitate the withdrawal of the Eng lish regiments from the Soudan, they quite naturally consider that the moment w ould be propitious to recover their lib erty, drive out the English Invader and restore Dervish supremacy on the Upper Nile. It Is quite likely, too, that agents of the dreaded El Senoussl may have been at work Inciting them to revolt. For the English, as "well as tlw French, are thoroughly aware that In deference to secret promptings from Constantinople El Senoussl. the most blindly obeyed of all Mohammedan religious leaders, and the despotic grand master of a brother hood the membership of which extends from the Western shores of Morocco, nnd from Timbuctoo to the Pacific Coast or China, to Java and to the Philippines, Is inaugurating a great Mohammedan re vival, one of the chief objects of which Is to oust the white man and Christianity from Central Africa, and If possible from the whole of the Dark Continent. Senous sl hay viewed wlt.h the strongest kind of disapproval the establishment of an Anglo-Egyptian Government at Khartoum, and may be relied upon to do everything that Is In his power to drive the Giour from thence. Snme Condition r.s 40 Years Ago. In India there is at present a somewhat startling similarity between the condi tions which existed Just before the out break of the great mutiny and those which prevail there today. Then, as now, India was subject to the rule of a Gov ernor-General . of unusual vigor and strength, who did not hesitate to exercise his power in the most despotic fashion. In fact, there Is not one of Lord Cur zon's predecessors at Calcutta between whom and himself there exists so strik ing an analogy as with the great Lord Dalhousle. The latter was Identically the same age as Lord Curzon Is today, and a few months before the outbreak of the great Sepoy mutiny had felt himself con strained to summarily depose the Na wab, or King of Oudh, precisely In the same way that Lord Curzon Is now about to- depose the Maharajah (or King) Hol kar of Indore, on the .ground of disloyalty toward England and mlsgovernment of his dominions, which are subject to British suzerainty. Like Lord Dalhousle, Lord Curzon takes the' broad ground that rulers only exist for the good of the ruled. That Brltisn administration Is better for the Indian people than native rule follows from this axiom, as a nepessary corollary. Thus, while good faith must be kept with na tlve rulers on the thrones of India, no false sentiment, should -preserve in power Princes who have forfeited all consider ation by years of accumulated misrule. That was the keynote of Lord Dalhousie'a policy, and It Is. known to be In the same way the guiding .principle of Lord Cur zon's administration. Nor is there any one of the semi-Independent sovereign Princes of India who has not been mado to ieel by Lord Curzon that the tenure of his throne Is dependent upon his loy alty, and upon his compliance with Brit ish recommendation In connection with the government of his dominions. In 1S56, as today, India swarmed " with foreign secret agents, mostly In the pay of Russia, busy propagation far and wide stories of English defeats nnd reverses. In 1S55 the people of India were taught to believe that England had been lgnomln lonsly defeated by Russia In the Crimea, Instead of being Victorians, as she really was, and this being the case. It may readily be Imagined what capital Russia's numerous agents In India are making to day of the Boer successes in South Af rica. Stnrt of the Mutiny. The great mutiny of a little over 40 years ago was started by the circulating of an insidious and altogether groundless report to the effect that the cartridges CATARRH IS A CONSTITUTIONAL R Kim DISEASE, and far beyond the reach of mere local remedies. Those who rely upon them for a cure lose valuable time, meet with disap pointment and allow the disease to take firmer hold. Only a real blood remedy can reach this troublesome and dangerous disease. S. S. 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This Is a danger ever present in the mind of those who knov India best. If the 000,000,0 natives of the Deccan submit to English rule it Is from motives of fear, and assuredly not from gratitude, liking or sympathy. Itemove that fear, or temporarily lull It, and natives will be Just as ready to rise as they were less than half a century ago, prompted thereto by antipathy of race and of creed, and by that aversion which a people held in subjection "necessarily ea'ertaln. for their masters. Every one who has lived for any length of time in the Orient will bear me out when I assert that it 13 hopeless for white faces ever to dream of acquiring th affection of Asiatics. "What is more, it is equally useless to ever think for one mo ment of understanding the Orientals, and, although the English have been In India for more than 200 years, and might rea sonably be expected to have acquired a most profound experience of the native mind, yet no one was able to account four years ago for the mysterious daubing of the mango trees throughout Hlndoo stan with patches of clay, mingled with cow or buffalo hair. Notwithstanding all the efforts that were made, it was even found impossible to discover the perpetrators of this specimen of plas tering, which was effected with the most astonishing secrecy and rapidity, mango trees extending over an area of many hundreds of square miles being thus marked In the course of a single night. "Was a Secret Mest-afce. That It constituted some secret signal and conveyed some hidden message the most erudite students of Indian lore and experienced veterans of the Anglo-Indian administration were convinced. For they remembered that the mutiny of two score years ago was Immediately preceded by the equally mysterious dis tribution of little unleavened cakes chu patthles. as they are called among the people of India. Thejrwere passed around by unknown hands, and to this day the government has been unable to obtain any clew as to who baked and who dis seminated them. Equally at sea are tho authorities as to the precise message which they were Intended to convey, al though the simultaneous outbreak of tho mutiny immediately afterward in various parts of India far distant from one an other leads to the belief that they con stituted some kind of prearranged signal for a great rising. If I mention this it is with tho object of showing how utterly preposterous It Is for white people to ever dream of under standing the many mysteries In connec tion with the workings of the Asiatic mind or the Influences by which the lat ter Is swayed: and so long as this re mains to us a sealed book It Is out of the question for us to place any absolute reliance in OrientaL loyalty, affection or regard. This being" the- case, It Is neces sarily a dangerous experiment to place any dependence upon what are known as native troops, officered by white men; for there Is no knowing when religion, racial hatred, membership of some secret society, or a thousand and one other Influ ences unknown fo us may not lead them to turn their rifles against their com manders. Xever Korjtets or Forjslve"!. There Is one thing, however, that we Few realize what a deep-seated, obstinate disease Catarrh is, regarding it as a simple inflammation of the-nose and throat, little or no attention is given it. 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It Is doubtful whether even half a dozen generations hence the Filipinos will havo obliterated from their memories tho sup pression of the present Insurrection In the archipelago by tho United States; and . In this way a native contingent, trained and drilled by American officers, may become at a moment of international crisis a source of concern, and of even actual danger, to TJncle Sam. It Is only necessary, in order to appreciate this, that people In this country should under stand that one of the subjects cf the most profound preoccupation and anxiety to Englishmen all over the world at the present moment Is as to whether India will remain loyal, or if another mutiny will follow the war in South Africa, in the same way that tho Crimean cam paign had as an aftermath the great mutiny of 40-odd years ago. The Ensllih Force In India. England has at the present moment in India a native army of about 200,000 men, officered by Englishmen. It Is further supplemented by a force of native mili tary police, or constabulary, numbering not less than 1SO.O0O men. Besides this, the vassal and nonlndependcnt states fur nish to tho British authorities a further contingent of about 50,000 men. described as Imperial Service troops, officered by Englishmen and trained by English offi cers, In the dominions, however, of their respectlvo sovereigns. The troops thus instructed and drilled afterward serve in turn as instructors to the remainder of the armies of these vassal King3 and Princes of India. There is at the present moment in India a force of more than 800,000 native sol diers, half of which is officered by Eng lishmen. Of English troops in India there are not more than $0,000, whose equip ment and armament, according to the re ports of military experts, are Immeasur- ably Inferior to that of their comrades in South Africa, especially as regards artil lery. Sixty thousand white soldiers are at the best but a mere handful compared to 800,000 native troops, backed up by & teeming population of 300,000,000 Aslatlca. all of them at heart yearning for freedont from British rule. Repnhllcan Congressional Campalga CHICAGO, June IS. The National Re publican Congressional Commrttee opened headquarters at the Auditorium Hotel to day. Congressman Babcock, of "Wiscon sin, chairman of tho committee, is hero. In charge. Hotel-Keeper Bankrupt. NEW YORK. June 13. John P. Fife, who was a partner with 'William Petty In conducting the Metropolitan Hotel, filed a petition In bankruptcy today. Fife's liabilities are placed at $370,576, with as sets of $100. Better Outlook for the Frenclx. PARIS, June IS. A dispatch fromi tho French Congo district announces that Chief Samory. who for a long time was the most redoubtable opponent of tfce French In "West Africa, is dead. Involuntary Bankruptcy. NEW YORK, June IS. A petition to have Marks & Klein, oloakmakers, ad- judged involuntary bankrupts was file today by Albert S. Smith, creditor for $S0,9C3, and others. ' Gold Shipments. NEW YORK, June IS. It is announced that .Heldelbach, IckelhelnW & Co. will ship $2,000,000 gold to Germany this week, and tho National City Bank will ship $300,000 to Europe. SWIFT SPECIFIC C0n ATLANTA, GA. J H -