ctoria Cleghorn, is said to be a very charming girl, highly educated
and amiable. She is said to be quite pretty, and to look like a Spaniard
or Cuban.

She is passing through this country on her way to Honolulu.

Because of the fact which we told you a little while ago that
Liliuokalani was talking of abdicating in favor of Kaiulani, every one
was anxious to find out from the young princess whether her visit to the
Sandwich Islands had anything to do with the proposed annexation.

The young lady refused to speak on the subject. She said that she was
simply going there to visit some old friends.

Her father, Mr. Cleghorn, who was taking her to Honolulu, declared
himself opposed to annexation, but stated positively that the trip to
Hawaii was merely a return home for his daughter, who had been finishing
her education abroad.

* * * * *

Affairs in Guatemala continue in an unsettled condition.

While the Government continues to gain the upper hand, and the insurgent
leaders are being defeated and obliged to flee the country, the
condition of affairs is most distressing.

The rebel cause was so strong that none doubted that it would succeed.
Numbers of the best people in the country sided with the rebels, and
felt so sure of their ultimate success that they did not scruple to let
it be known where their sympathies lay.

Now that the Government and Barrios have gained the victory, there is a
panic throughout the country.

It is felt that the dictator will deal out a heavy punishment to all who
have revolted against his rule, and in all parts of the country people
are fleeing from his wrath, leaving their houses and plantations to go
to rack and ruin.

Our Government fears that the lives and property of our citizens in
Guatemala may be endangered in the general confusion, and therefore the
cruiser _Detroit_ has been sent down to the Gulf coast of Guatemala to
protect the interests of our citizens.

* * * * *

We are sorry to tell you that the forest fires are still increasing in
New York State.

Half of the people of the town of Huron have been engaged for three
weeks in fighting the fires, but have made little or no headway.

Forest fires are also raging on the Alleghany Mountains, and word comes
that the town of Altoona, Pa., is so shrouded in smoke from the fires
that the sun at noonday is almost invisible.

Better news, however, comes from