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Show s I TINPI.Al K KACTOKIES. I Jtesnlt of the Clohinq; in Wnlm-Aiuerl. CHn C'mietltioii. I London, July 14. The closing of . '. the ereat Welsh tinplate factories I - . made a deep impression here. Out of j vivrhty about two-thirds suspended, but - : n trustworthy information it is said i ' the closing was the resurlt of a joint t - agreement. So much tiuptate has t)een l niKhed ver to escape the operating of 1 ' the MeKituey law that the American s. , nirktsl was overntH-iceiJ, and tlie pies- J ? V tu: movement is an eitort to relieve th ' ' market so as to raise the price. " This had the disastrous result of raiS- ing prices to a point that induced; ' Americans to build theirown factories. On tlie first of next month the owners will decide whether the factories will t lie opened or not. Many are in favor ! of il oilmg the American market and keening prices so low as to discourage i. the home elirTits at manufacturing. Several manufacturers have sent agents , t the region of Alabama to investigate : the advisaliilityot' putting up plate-tin works there. 'Thirty thousand Welsh-i Welsh-i men are thrown out of wark and are eagerly awaiting the results. To Inv'ilcat t It - Seal Filierle. Wasitington, July 14. Acting Sec-, J rotary Wharton, t he department of i state, has sent instructions to Profes- : I tvirs Mendenhall and lerri.tm, the ex- I jk i t agents appointed to go to Alaska. ! I to learn all the facts respecting the seal i ii-lm ies. These instructions are to col- . ; lect all possible informa' ion uion tlie re.ibjeet if breeding places, effects of telasrie sealing, diminution of the nura- j i 5. er of seals. . roper lines of domarka- i tion in the event that close seasons are I r. i-'ar led nec-ss-iry. and pri-r months i to he included in such seasons. The 1 1'nilc.l States steamer "Marion,''! ivlnch will convey the agents to Alas- : l.a. i- now at i'ol L Townst-nd . Washing-t Washing-t o:, and is expected to sail on the 17th. : jj I : ;r viis 1 the mereai Vruiy j I Wamunoton, July IL For the pas! ear the authorities have been at- i leiiipi-Mg to improve the quality of re-! S ! e,'ts in tlie reL'ular army ho as to ' li's-eti the ( eriviitaire of the desertion, which was srniwing alarmingly. ' Kxtra !eav'rs were nia'.e (. secure young ' men who sought the army as a pro- fi-s.-i-.ui rather than a haven of irfuire. To this end tin efforts of the officer I lmve systematically turned from the 1 i;ies in tlie counti r. The effoct of the efforts is beginning to tliow results. ; and they are more gratifving tliiin it $ was expected they would be, and the ?, officers are well satisfied that the policy is a good one. S' t'elciiratii'RlliC I"H rthe KnutUe. ; Paris. July 14. Tlie Fourteenth of ; Julv. the anniversary of the fall of the Lastile, was observed throughout !; J-'iantv with appropriate ceremonies ; and L'eneral holiday rejoicing. In this oitv there was an imposing procession oif the Alsace-L oraine societies. Enormous Enor-mous crowds of people, saluted the men in line with cfiei of "Vive la France." The procession stopped at the Stras-! Stras-! J.mrg statue aid laid memorial wreatns ;md boquei-i and lii-wdurwi Hags upon it. President Carnot held z grand re-M-ption while reviewing the troojvs, -.uii;j;i1ing a gi'irison of Paris. A Murderous Assault. Jersey City, .. J. July 14. William Wil-liam Urennan and hi wife Lizzie, were shot at their home in Jersey City Height-, e-trly ttiis morning by Police-nirtii Police-nirtii lierson. Hrennan was killed outright and his wife mortally wounded.. Ai'cer Ryerson claims be had to iitj ills' pistol to save his own life, Th f.ragei.v s-as the onto une of a murder-us murder-us assault by Hrennan upon the po-Jieeman po-Jieeman whv 'iIed him. Mrs. Brennan also took j.ait the assault upon Jlverson. Later Mis. Iirei4nii 4;e;j Jh 's evening. eve-ning. . ' Worklnjr Witho.it Pay. 'WAsndvjoN. July 14. Judge Oounse. of Sf.braska, who succeeded ien. Hatcht Her, if Xew York, as w-sitant w-sitant secretary jf tli treasury, will f.'ceive no pay for hi- ei-rvi?e unless ih Senate confirms the appojiitmtp?., J 'This in jn accordance with tlie opinio. , ..i)f the A .orney General, that anv per-ftnn per-ftnn appointed ,'j"i ing t he recess of dm-grt-ss 10 Hin olftcv which was vacant w hile tha' liodv a( in session in not entitled to any compeusaUfi? until af-ter af-ter the conlirmation. j I ' i . Two Mro ISlown to Pieces. Xkw Yokk, July 14. There was an exjilosion of dynamite on board the steamship "Gagerty," at Brooklyn thi morning, by w hich two men were killed and tlie steamer badly injured. Men were discharging a cargo when the box of dynamite cartridges blew up. Cornelius Cor-nelius Hayes and Wm. Keagen were blown to pieces, and four other men painfully injured. The explosion raised rais-ed the deck and blew a big hole in the port side of the ship. Paul Off His Old Grudge. Gardner, Me., July 14. Thomas Vachon, a French Canadian laborer, aged about 26, from St. Raymond, Quebec, Que-bec, shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Xora Landry, and then suicided. Vachon Va-chon boarded with Landry's family and when sick thev turned him 'ut when his monev was gone. The grudgp he held against them resulted last night in the shooting. Families Burned Out. Kscanaha, Mich., July 14. Forest fires yesterday (Vonday) afternoon burned the hamlet of Whitney, eigh- j teen miles west of here, on the Ft l,-h br.nch of the northwestern road. K.vrru: ig burned exempt the store :tnd c laico.-.l kilns. Stventetn farui-! farui-! -es v, ; l e l-urmtd out. |