| Show ACM THE m an feared in china LAM the dext to the oldest corps of the queen s service became sulky VICTORIA B C july 22 chine advises advices by the steamer empress of india state that tho whole southern portion of china ia in a state of turmoil law and order ia set at defiance and armed bands of plunderers baake busi ness almost impossible lee wing ahn n governor general of formosa is i 1 and ia not expected to live long it is believed his death will be a signal or revolts and a general uprising against chinese rule the beeline around shanghai is one of uneasiness on account of the late riots on foreign residents it is apprehended that attacks will be made upon them at any time mutiny in tha british army LONDON july 22 the truth to day prints another startling story of mutiny in the british army which it claims occurred in the tiei ond battalion of the cold stream guards quartered at wellington barrack near burlington Bui lington palace where incidentally it furnished the guard of honor during the recent visit ot emperor william it seems that extra duty wa necessitated far from pleasant to ane guardsman guardsmen guards men who long haye been pets ol 01 the british army at berthe departure of the emperor the guards expected a day oi freedom from aid for recuperation the men however were ordered on parade duty aa u ual in full marching order As a result they became sullen and unman age able the first and third companies at first bluntly refused to parade the officers of the companies held a hurried consultation not liking tho prospects I 1 ol 01 a term ut exile similar to abat the second battalion of grenadiers Grena diers puardy were subjected to at bergua As a result they argued the matter with the privates holding up to them the prospects of exile from england the privates finally sullenly consented to parade but their behavior became so glaringly insubordinate that the officers marched them back to the barracks and ordered the commands to be confined three days as punishment ten senior privates were also placed under arrest with a view to being tried by chait insubordination ninety ot the guardsman guardsmen guards men thereupon barri cadee themselves in a room at the barracks refusing to emerge until their afa comrades should be guaranteed the same treatment as others general harding was finally called in and by a judicious speech succeeded in quieting them the significant mutinous sentiment can be best judged when it is understood der stood that the guards are the oldest corps in the army with a single excel tion he was not sil LONDON july 22 the result of the post mortem examination of the remains of the late james mchenry of the erie railroad whose life is said to have been hea villy insured and who it ia supposed died from poisoning shows no grounds for suspecting mchenry had beau poisoned hay ie SING SING anly 22 barring tho interference ter ference ef governor hill micolia the twenty one year old italian will be electrocuted before the end of the present week his crime was the murder of alexander colvano on easter sunday of last year all the evidence at the trial indicated that the act was committed in self defense but the jury thought otherwise he has a sixteen year old wife and a baby residing in brooklyn and pity for their destitute condition and a strong belief in his plea of self defense have induced over avo thousand prominent italian citizens linew york and brooklyn bankers brokers merchants and professors to meca the governor in his behalf the wife of the condemned man has also sent a moat touching appeal urging the exercise of the executive prerogative american funny nu LONDON july 23 marshal P wilder americas funny man sailed on the city of new york for home today he takes back with him a bigger bag 0 english sovereigns than on any previous trip this is what he calls in the vernacular of wall street foreign exchange A hint for campers one season when I 1 was camping on lake N H night found xia in a wild cove surrounded by dank swamps and morasses and consequently infested with mosquitoes we disliked the place but the night was dark wo were on a strange shore and reluctantly we pitched our tent it proved just as we expected the little pesta swarmed upon us in clouds sleep was impossible and we devoted the first hours of the evening to fighting our small enemies we smoked cigars and pipes could scarcely breathe in the stifling air this they seemed to like and buzzed all the more merrily for it we scented ourselves and the bedding with essence of peppermint with spearmint and carbolic acid which pleased them so well that the mariada inside the tent called upon other myriads outside to come in and enjoy it the situation was getting desperate but at last I 1 thought of one more expedient ent which had been recommended but which I 1 had forgotten I 1 searched through my stores and brought out a piece of gum camphor a piece about the size of a walnut I 1 placed it on a tin plate and set fire to it it burned as readily as pitch with a bright clear flame and apparently no smoke and it acted like a charm in two minutes the noisy hum of the mosquitoes had ceased in five minutes not one of our winged persecutors remained within the walls of our tent then making everything comfortable and carefully covering our one window with mosquito netting we went to sleep and slept the sleep of the just with never a bite nor a hum from our odious foes for the rest of the night Brooklyn standard union |
