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s„ : ' v, # % ̂ m A VOID. 'fit Latest bteilipMt) Domestic sad i, Transmittal Over the Electric Wira. Political, Railroad, and Commercial Hewip Accidents, Fins, Orimev •JS&s Etc., Eto., im titter DisPATcatR f \ t .. ; ST. LOUIS WANTS CLEVELAND. f '• Fifty Citizens to Be Sent to Ask Him to Visit v the City--Gen. Tnttlc Has His Say. ,*%$• "THERE is a manifest determination K|-, among prominent business men to secure ;y.- the presence in St. Louis of the President jp* - this fall, and to give him a rousing teoep- f . lion," says a dispatch from that city. "At jr,•!, a mass meeting of citizens at the Mer- r; • chants' Exchange, it was decided to send ,y:, % *" another committee of fifty to Washington, tf'{*-* ' aimed with an invitation to the Ihiet 4? V Magistrate to visit the city in the fall/' 'S- v /• t'Gen. Tuttle, Commander of the Iowa De- ,paitment of the Grand Army o£ the Re- ^public, was asked, at Des Moines, what he 4 thought of Mr. Cleveland's refusal to visit ^ the ht. Louis encampment. He said: "Cleveland's back-down is so complete that ; •£.' we don't feel Jiko exulting, but it was the wisest land best thing he could do. I see he attempts ^ to pet sympathy by insinuating that threats of tS'V •' 'violence had been made against him. lean say that uo threats of violence were made or even .dreamed of. The old soldiers do not mean to tt!* throw bricks in order to show their contempt. I - have had letters by the bushel from all ft,*" Vparts of the United States and I' be- lieve that ninety-nine per cent, of the old ^ t v soldiers were opposed to having him review /" " tuem at their encampment. As to the sugges- - ,'tion from St. Louis that the citizens will treat n«- tha Grand Army with incivility, I can say that &* 4T " the old M'ldiojrs ask no favors"of St. Louis and - 'do not co there for that purpose. They are riot -'a set of politicians, apd they will tind all the V , .'entertainment they want in renewing and |VP stmngtbening the ties of fraternal association." te . ROBBED UNCLE SAM. " Oscar J. Harvey, Chief of a Treasury Bureau, I* 5;1 •, Confesses to Stealing $9,200. I , ' ' * , S E C R E T A R Y F A I R C H I L D , says a WasE- *$ '< < ington dispatch, has ordered the dismissal |,t from the Treasury Department of Oscar 0.t'r. • J- Harvev, who has confessed to de fraud- gj^vT'-ing the Government oat of $9,-00. Har- Ijj" vey held the position of chief of the horse M' claims division of the Third Auditor's flgp' Office from June, 18+3, till Jane "2, 1887, when he was transferred to the head |*v , of a division in the Second Comptroller's ||l', •' , , ioffiee. His successor in the horse claims division discovered something wrong, and <au investigation was ordered, which de- ' •• Jveloped the fact that Harvey had secured h\ the passage of forty-three fraudulent claims y f°r horses, aggregating ?5>,200, and had 1^- \ prepared many additional cases of a simi­ lar nature which were under considera­ tion in the office. The work in­ volved a very large number of forgeries •of the signatures of officials and others and the stealing of numerous in­ criminating papers from the tiles of the department. For instance, in thirteen claims it was found that the signa­ tures, involving the names of thirty-eight officers, were forgeries. In addition to the forty-three cases passed there have been : 130 similar cases adjusted, aggregating $30,000, and there are still pending and unadjusted sixty-eight cases, amounting to $l3,ti00, making a total of 161 frandnlent , cases which might have eventually been paid bat for the discovery. Harvey was arrested, confronted with the evidence against him, and made a fall confession. aw Trade Prospects. , ^ . Bt their weekly trade review B. ft, .Dun ,./<& Co. say the business of the week was on Js* the whole encouraging. Crop prospects jf' are generally favorable, the export demaud SjJil y " for wheat continues satisfactory, and the ppfinancial situation at New York is improv- v: ing. Money is tight at some important Jry) Western and Southern cities cn account of & the large demand for building enterprises and real estate operations. The specnla- tive markets are in a somewhat unsettled l-f» .condition. The business failures in the - /United States and Canada during the last f, (even days numbered 154, as against 17y i during the corresponding. period of last year. Four New Bishops. A CABLE dispatch from Rome say3: "The following Bishops have been appointed: The Bev. James O'Reilly, of Wichita, Kan.; the Bev. Richard Scannell, of Concordia, Kan.; the Bev. Thomas Bonacom, of Lin­ coln Neb.; and the Bev. Maurice Bouike, of '.'heyenne, Wy. T." Crop Item. THE increased acreage of wheat in Da­ kota and Minnesota will not, it is now thought, compensate for the damage wrought by hot weather and insects. The aggregate yield last year was about 90,(H)0,- 000 bushels; conservative estimates put the crop of '87 at from 80 to 95 per cent, of this amount. An Ancient Document. : will of Thaddeus Kosciusko Eat been unearthed in the office of the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia. Thbmas Jefferson, the executor, is authorized to Use the entire property in purchasing and free­ ing negroes and giving them an education. Bulgarian Throne. - A TIBNOVA dispatch says: "Prince Fer- dinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha has been elected Prince of Bnlgaria by the ̂ ebrauje. The announcement was received with great enthusiasm." >;• _ •J#r i ft A. , The Drama. ^ THE Palmer company are still delight fa* Chicago playgoers by their artistic Sra matic representations on the stage of II'c Ticker's Theater. This week Mr. W. D. Howells' play, "A Foregone Conclusion, in the hands of a strong cast, holds the boards, and next week "Our Society" will be ftiven, with that charming atttfegg Miff Annie Russell, as Sylvia. piBU light was pi gon,fiftv-c alwa.# BevMitSMPve Joi dalisti ten •red peak is 12,720 feet high, and before midnight on the.-Fourth illuminated the innacle with lOPfeounds of red ftThe in Portland^ Ore- es in a straight lin% and 0*egon for * dintattolB of * .tdpio4%« IWiede it so- f-bbt HA mortally wounded Dr. Korth, a promihent citizen of Peru, Ind., on Wednesday, for which he was summaiily hanged by infuriated citizens. A dispatch from the scene of the double tragedy furnishes the following par;ieulars of the affair: Christiansen held a grudge against bis daugh­ ter-in-law. who was married and whose money Be desired to possess. He cnlled her out of the house into the back yard and brutally assaulted her until assistance arrived, when he took to a shed close by, whence several shots were heard by passers. Among them -was Dr. North, who, thinking the man had shot him­ self, opened the door, when the man tired, the ball penetrating in the region of I>r. North's heart, inflicting a mortal wound. The Swede was arrested at once. An angry crowd soon gathered, and loud threats were made, but the man was put in jail safely. As news of the shooting spread great crowds assembled, and the utmost excitement prevailed. This was in- flamod at a la to hour when it was reported from Dr. North's bedside that the injured man could not live. A little before mid- liij-'ht twenty-two masked men came on a ran to the jail door through the large crowd gathered there and in a thorough and syste­ matic manner proceeded to batter down the wooden, then the two large iron doors leadina to his cell, and thi n with a yell and a hurrah started down Broadway. It was exnctf>- thirty minutes from the time they commenced until the wretch was dangling in mi l-air The first attempt he clutched the rope with both hands and raised himself up. He was then lowered and his hands tied. He was swung op atnia>the yells of the people assembled, of whom , there were fully 1,000. The only words he uttered w«re nurses upon his avengers. A TERRIBLE mine disaster occurred in the Sturgeon Biver mine at Metropolitan, Mich., on Thursday. A number of miners had got a Wast ready, when water rushed into the mine so fast that many could not escape. Eight Italians were drowned. The cause of the disaster was the failure of the pump which relieved the mine of water to act. A JEPFERSOJT CITY*(Mo.) telegram says the Supreme Court has denied a rehearing to Brooks, alias Maxwell, sentenced to be hanged at St. Louis, Ang. 12, for the mur­ der of C. Arthur Preller. A reprieve until Aug. 20 was granted to1 the defendant to allow of an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. WWMB*t STATI8TI08. wmmD White Stoclgngs Dettttt M tk* Before the Pacific .Railroad Ilk Committee at Xieaventv orth. Xfcrribta Destruction Canted fkttlient Attend S. nftdoM in the Last I wo Centuries SOUTH. • 5 ^ !i THfr-eonditien of growing^Wton li toe Memphis district has been, greatly im­ proved by recent rains, and the prospects are now largely favorable. There will be., an average crop of corn in the district, which embraces western Tennessee, north­ ern Mississippi, northern Arkansas! and northern Alabama. A FORT WORTH (Texas) special says An attempt was made to rob the through Kansas express on the Santa Fe Bailway between Pendleton and Temple. The hour was 3 a. m. The telegraph operator at Pendleton suspected that something was wrong from the strange action of eight men around the depot He wired the train - dispatcher at Temple just in time to stop the express train. An armed posse was speedily raised and the train ; woceeded northward. Half-way between Pendleton and Temple the train was flagged and an obstruction was noticed on the track. No sooner had the train stopped than six men attempted to board the engine and cars. The posse opened tire on them and one of the robbers fell and the others fled. The wounded man was carried off by his companions into a dense thicket eeer by, leaving a trail of blood behind.* EAST. IFFDQE POLAND, ex-Senator ex Congressman from Vermont, died last week at his boose in Waterville, in that State. SL'Gov, MOBRIH died at his home in Augusta, Me., on the 4th of July. He was unconscious at the time of death, and had been for several davs. Mr. Morrill was 84 years of age. THE introduction of the armed Pinker- ton detectives into the coke region has create! great excitement among the strikers. It is 6a'.d that they were im­ ported to evict the men from the tenements owned by the coke companies. Serious ^ isapprehended. WASHINGTON. POSTMASTER-GENERAL VILAS has ap­ pointed a commission to visit the principal post-offices throughout the country with the view of gathering information as to a more equitable adjustment of the salaries paid to clerks The Comptroller of the Currency has received the report of the condition of the burst Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati on the date of its suspension, but refues to make it public. It is known that the books of the concern were kept so loosely that the present examination will show them to be nearly $500,000 out of the way. A WASHINGTON dispatch says it Is prac­ tically settled that the President will n6t visit (he West at all during the present year. The abandonment of his proposed visit to St. Louis has resulted in wholly changing whatever plans be had made for visiting Western cities. Following is the text of his letter to the St. Louis commit­ tee declining to visit that city: While I have hitherto made no formal re­ sponse to your invitation given in February last to myself and Mrs. Cleveland to attend the na­ tional encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in St. Louis from the 27th to the auth of September next, I have verbally indicated my purpese to accept it If X should find it possible then to be absent from Wash­ ington. The statements contained in your letter that the organization was never In so flourishing a condition as now, nor its membership half so large; that no effort is being spared by the citi­ zens cf St. Ij0ui% t0 insure a welcome of nnusual warmth at this, the first encampment of that body ever held in a Southern State, and your suggestion "that no compliment more fitting could be bestowed upon the valiant defenders of a common country by the chief executive of a restored Union, and none would be more highly appreciated * than that conferred by his presence at such a time and place, " en­ listed my faeling and interest More recently indications have been disclosed that, however correctly you expressed the prevailing senti­ ment in the Grand Army, there are members of some posts of that body entertaining different feelings in respect to my acceptance, and that my acceptance of your invitation would lead to discord in the organization, as well as an inter­ ruption of cordiality at the coming encampment. Without entering into a discussion of these opinions, and unmoved by any feeling, al­ though I deeply regret the condition, I can but regard it nay duty to refrain from contributing by my action to so undesirable result. Nothing5 can be of greater importance in connection with the encampment than the free and unre­ strained manifestation by its participants of that patriotic fraternity of feeling suggested by the selection of the place of holding it and which is at once the proof of the complete suc­ cess of their arms and the highest glory of our veteran soldiers. I am constrained, therefore, to withhold my jroposed acceptance oi your invitation. In do- ng sol assure you of my unfeigned hope antt- sincere wish that in the agreeable entertain­ ment prepared for them by the hospitable m>o- ple of St. Louis, the veterans of the Grand Army may enjoy the most pleasant, profitable, tory. VerytsoJy iia Cl , . P<e tutd UAeiuif«uuiGn in their his yours, GROVKB CLEVELAND. Lake on Tuesday submitted and providin *e*n< nses, _ """ ~ A content *f the Naifcrn^cingr** The» is said to be no doubt # the adoptten ct these provisions by the convention. FATHER MCGLYNN has been elected a a delegate to the National Labor Oenven tion to be held at Syracuse, N. Y., iq August. It is said in Catholic circles in New York that the edict bt fcxcommunioa • tion against him will go into effeet without any formal ceremonies. COL. WM. B. MORRISON ic alleged to have grown weary of his place on the Inter­ state Commerce Commission, and to sigh for his old seat in Congress. He thinks he could beat Jehu Baker next year. A SALT LAKS dispatch says the Utah (Mormon) Constitutional Conveptiori has completed and adopted a constitution. Provisions for the entire separation of church and state, nonsectarian education, no employment or rejection of school teachers on account of- faith or nonbelief in any doctrine or sect, forbidding bigamy and polygamy and providing penalties therefor, and apportioning representation so as to favor the minority, were adopted in their entirety, and the convention ad­ journed subject to the call of the Presi­ dent. The constitute will be submitted to the people August 1, and the Utah com­ mission will allow the votes to be counted. • "GENERAL" . THIRTT-^IX THOUSAND people attended the three base-ball games in Chicago on the 4th and 5th of July--two games being played on Independence day--between the representative clubs of New York and Chi­ cago. The latter, by winning all three of them, jumped from fonrth to second place in the race for the League pennant. De­ troit still occupies first position, and the champions will have hard work to over­ came the lead of the Wolverine*. Follow­ ing is the standing of the (dubs in the League on the 8th inst.: •" > * '• Percent- ; Played. Wont Lost. Detroit 53 38 IS C h i c a g o . . . 4 . . . S ! S i 20 Boston 54 81. 23 New York.. S7 S3 "" 23 Philadelphia...v....,.64 2a 81K Pittsburg .....49 20 29 Washington'.... .48 18 30 Indianapolis 51 14 4D St- Louis has a good lead in the race for the American Association pennant, ab will be seen by tbe schedule: Percent- Played. Won. Lost jU|M trS# ftnmimlty to trd by Forests--(fathering ' the Statistics. 'i 'V i:. . *•' age. .716 .<WT .561 .455 .408 .378 .23!) % .600 .538 .532 .500 .«W .20? St. Louis..............61 45 16 Baltimore 56 37 19 Cincinnati.^.,........65 . ,&> SO Louisville......68 39 29 Brooklyn ...,S4 29 27 Athletic .61 m 81 Metropolitan. 56 15 41 Cleveland ....... ii.... 58 1» 13 THE National Association of Music Teachers has been holding its annual ses­ sion at Indianapolis, between three and four hnndred delegates being present. Among the distinguished musical lights present were William H. Sherwood, H. S. Perkins, Clarence Eddy and Mme. Cap- piaui. The report of tbe Secretary and Treasurer, Theodore Presser, of Philadel­ phia, shows that the association has over a thousand members, and includes the high­ est talent in the musical profession. The sessions were largely devoted to the read­ ing and discussion of papers. THE surprising intelligence of the death of Peter Barli, a participant in the revolu­ tion under Gen. Washington, at the age of 130,JIOB|P from St. Thomas, WflMftiiefe FOREIGN,- A CABLE dispatch from Berne, Switzer­ land, says: "Half the new quays at Zug fell into the lake Tuesday night. Forty houses, a crowded inn, and the Hotel Zurich, a four- story structure, full of visitors, vanished entirely, The occnpants of the buildings were engulfed while they slept, and at least 100 perished, including M. Collin, Presi­ dent of the Canton. Men are now at work trying to recover the bodies of the vic­ tims. An infant was found alive in a float­ ing cradle." * FURTHBR particulars of the terrible ca­ lamity at Zug, in Switzerland, are fur­ nished by the ocean cable: For several days crevices had been observed in the new quay at Zug. At'2:30 Tuesday af­ ternoon the lake in front ot the stonework be­ gan to bubble. The quay cracked and eighty feet of it fell in'o the lake. A dozen persons who rushed from an adjoining cafewere precip- tated into the water and drowned. After a short interval another slip dragged several houses into the water. The landing stage followed, and the steamer which had just arrived was hurled 100 yards forward. At <• 4 O'CIOCK two boats going to the rescue were ingulfed, only one boatman rising again to the surface. At the same moment a boatman's hut, in which there were three chil­ dren, fell into the water. Furniture and cattle were hurriedly removed from the threatened quarter. At 7 o'clock the landslips i egan again. Several carts removing property sunk into the lake. Fifteen houses and ten huts disappeared within a few minutes, including the Hotel Zurich, the roof of which is still vis­ ible above the surface of the lake. A cafe in which there were ten customers was next ingulfed, and 150 meters of a neighboring street then slowly vanished, people jumping from the windows of houses to escape being drowned. A party of officers returning from Lucerne as­ sisted the fire brigade in rescuing imperile l persons; but, the danger increasing, troops were summoned from Baar. The third land­ slip occurred at 11 o'clock p. m., Carrying five houses into the lake and damaging many oth­ ers. The municipal treasure was removed from the Town Hall to the postoflice. There are seventy persons missing and 000 homeless. The damage is estimated at *250,000. People are souring into Zug from all points to, IUMS. the scene. ^ POLITICS. THE Ohio fstate Convention of the Union Labor party, in session at Columbus on the 4th and 5th inst., nominated this ticket For Governor, John Seitz, of Tiffin ; for Lieu­ tenant Governor. J. F. Ucbonald, of Springfield; for Supreme Judge (long termi, Tim O'Connor, of Cincinnati; for Supreme Judge (short term), (r. N. Tuttle, of Paineaville ; for Auditor, O. J. Sutton, of Akron; for Treasurer, K. N. Harter, of Alliance; for Attorney General, William Baker, of Newark; for member of Board of Public Works, Carl A. Haider, of Cleveland Most of the nominees were present and made short speeches of thanks. John Seitz, the candidate for Governor, is a man welt known in the State. In 1870 he was sent to the Legislature by the Democratic partv. There he served four terms, going out in 1870. Since 1880 he has affiliated with the Greenback Labor party. Mr. McDonald of Springfield, nominee for Lieutenant-Gov WEST. LUPOX DEALT, of the United States Court, at Portland, Oregon, has decided that under tbe interstate commerce act a railroad is authorized to make a less charge for a long haul than for a short one when His necessary to meet cs*bpetition. He also roles that the families of railway em- ptoywean not be legally given free trans- A FABTT of explorers made the ascent of ernor, acquired prominence in his party by his activeness in the Whitely-Knight of Labor fight in the spring of last year. A platform was adopted by the convention denouncing gambling in stocks and pro duce and the courts of Ohio for not en forcing the laws to suppress such transac tions; demanding that discrimination b employers against labor associations sha be declared a felony: demanding tbe rigid enforcement of the laws to prevent force and intimidation in politics, and demand ing the enactment of laws making free lunches and drinks on election day bribery; and compelling banks to give security to the State for the average amount of their deposits. * IN the Constitutional Convention at Salt 4.80 3.50 3.00 .72 £ .18 .12 .OS .09 & «9 0 & & & .11)4® 2.00 14.00 .70 .as .31 .55 14.26 MARKET REPORTS, YOBflu CATTLB « 4.60 Hoos 6.50 WHEAT--No. 1 Bard 85) No. Sited.. s..L.* .K> CORN--No, 2 White., 45 OATs-wnite .as POKK--New Me if. * 15.76 CHICAGO. CATTW*--Choice to Ptrlmo Utters x Medium...... v Common HOGS--Shipping Grades......... FLOUR--Winter Wheat WEUSAT--No. 2 lied Winter.v.'... CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 8 BETTER--Choice Creamery...... Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, Cheddars. Full Cream, new EGOS--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, new, per brl Poaa--Mesa MILWAUKEE. wan AT--Cash CO**--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White KYE--No. 1 I'OHK--Mess t BT. LOUIS. WnEAT--No. 2 CORN--Mixed OATS--Mixed PORK--New Mess TOLEDO. WHKAT--NO. 2 COB*--NO. 2 OATS DE'iuOif. BEEP CATTLB Hoos SHEEP WHEAT--Michigan Red......... CORK--No. a OATS--White CINCINNATI. WHEAT--Ko. A Red CORN--No. 2. OATS--No. 2 PORK--Mess LIVK Hoos, ....it... BUFFALO. WH*AT--NO. 1 Hard CORN--No. 2 Yellow CATTLE INDIAN AVOL1S. BEEF CATTLE HOGS. SIIEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Red........ COB*. CATXU--Prima................. 4.8S Far 4.25 Common 3.so Hoos. 5.00 SHEEP.. 4.00 5.25 6.00 .87 « M «S? .46 © .42 09 e co @ 4.25 @ 3.50 & 5.50 & 4.50 .72^ .36 .25& .19 .14 .08 .09 to .12 2.75 «*i.00 & .71 0 Mli & .32 e .so *14.75 7»!4® .32 a» .26 15.26 .W a7 .74 .33 & .26to «15.76 Van Haltren Well Liked in Chi cago--Other News of the ^ Diamond. .88 .34 8.75 <$ 4.50 3.75 <A> 4.75 3 25 i® 4.25 .TC*@ .79to M «* .89 .82 <31 .33 .?8H» .74H . 2 . 3 0 14.75 ta 15.25 4.00 @ 5.25 .81* .4$ A .4 8.50 & 5.25 8.25 FT 4.76 4.75 FT 6.2) 2.00 .73 & 4.01 #• .7#U .M & .*7 M & .28* # 4l?B ** 4.M et 4.00 & 5.50 g 4^0 Y*> "r'i. (Washington special,J The terrible destruction of life and property by tornadoes at this season causes mnch fear in several States. Be- cent investigations by Lieut. John P. Finley, Signal Service United States army, reveal to some extent the danger in each region, which will do much to allay unncessaty alarm in tho Fastern Statei. At the same time other re­ gions before thought to be compara­ tively safe are found to be more dan­ gerous than had been supposed. . The firat striking result of the exam­ ination of Lieut l iuley's map showing tho geographical distribution of 1,867 tornadoes from 1082 to 1886, in­ clusive, is that they uniformly avoid extended mountain ranges. The Bocky Mountains present so insurmountable a barrier that the country lying west of this great range is almost entirely free from the long violent tornado tracts seen in Kan­ sas and Missouri. It is known that storm-centers which form west of the Rocky Mountains are imperfectly de­ veloped, and are not persistent or vio­ lent in the recourse until the Missis­ sippi valley is reached. Tornadoes form at an average distance of 453 miles southeast of the main storm- center, as shown in 41 oases c'ted by Prof. H. A. Hazen, of the signal ser­ vice. It follows that the cold air from the foot of the l\o -ky Mountains, com­ ing in the wake of an eastwardly mov­ ing storm, manifesting unusually low barometer, causes sharp contrasts of temperaturo in Kansas and Mis­ souri, and these contrasts, sometimes as much as . 0 degrees, result in great tornadoes frequently in Northwestern Missouri and Northern Kansas. It is further shown by the distribution of tornado tracts that the average of severity and dt str notion steadily lessens as the storm ccnters move eastward from the Mississippi Valley. This wan­ ing of tornado power is gradual, but the danger does not entirely cease as the Atlantic coast is approached. The coast lines of the Gulf of Mexico and of the Atlantic Ocean are nearly free from tornadoes, because great contrasts accompanying storm centers can not develop, owing to the equalizing effect of _ the . ocean temperature and moisture. Pf the total number of tornadoes. reported, nearly one-half occur in the Mississippi Valley, which is the region of greatest violence. The lapse of time must rnak* this even more marked, because the records of the Eastern States cover a much long­ er period, while the number of torna­ does is le£j. X-he region of greatest frequency is along the north and west boundary lines of Missouri, increasing toward the point of intersection. Then comes Northwestern Georgia, extend­ ing into Alabama. A very solid and compact region of tornado develop­ ment is in Soulier^ Michigan, tending toward the lower part of Lake Michi­ gan. For a distance of about 200 miles square this region nearly equals that of Kansas in frequency, though it has not more than one-tenth its extent, and its average severity far less. In the Eastern States the most remarkable region next to Western New York is in the Connecticut River valley, which seems to be persistently followed by tornadoes through Connecticut and Massachusetts into New Hampshire. The open country here favors the de­ velopment of a small tornado with a track about a mile or half a mile long and from two to Jive hundred feet in width. Western Connecticut and Massa­ chusetts favor the accumulation of warm air from the Southwest, which moves steadily northward, while Pennsylvania, Virginia and Western Delaware remain cool, this causing sharp contrasts «f temperature. In southeastern Penn­ sylvania near the bend of the Del­ aware Biver there is a group of torna­ does centering near Trenton, N. J. Southeast of Lakes Erie and Ontario there is also a lively region which is an extension due to the still higher con­ trasts of temperature common in the Mississippi Valley and southern Mich­ igan. In northeastern Mississippi there is a very marked extension of the Georgia and Alabama region, though not equaling it in frequency. The value of property reported to the Signal Service as destroyed in 205 years was about $28,000,000. Lieu­ tenant Finley estimates this to be about one-tenth the actual value, making the total losses about $800,000,000. The number of deaths reported was 3,165, and the injured, 5,040. These figures are doubtless much below the actual damage, because tornado reports in­ clude the main facts only. The trans­ mission of news is partly obstructed, and isolated regions escape report. The1 comparison of a number of tor­ nadoes with the amount of forest land by Sates, according to the United States census, indicates that these storms are not appreciably influenced j by the presence or absence of forests. Tornadoes are caused by the persist­ ent movement and accumulation of air masses on an immense scale. Forests and other local features of landscape have little effect. The signal service reported 280 tor­ nadoes for 1886, 136 for 1885,' 200 for 1884, 101 for li-83, and from that time back to 1870 the number diminishes to 9. This does not represent a change in the actual number, but only indi­ cates additional facilities for observa­ tion, due to the steadily increasing in­ terest taken by the press and people, as well as to the organization of a large staff of voluntary tornado reporters in 1884 under the supervision of Lieut. Finler. In 1885 the number of re­ porters had increased to 1,500, and in 1886 to 2,500. This large work­ ing force sent in an immense mass of valuable information, due to the good-will of ,the people. These reports are used in estimating averages which will serve as foundations upon which the work can and will be carried forward for centuries. By this means the danger for given regions will be so well known that tornado insurance pre­ miums can be estimated justly, and in that manner mnch expenditure saved. There is every reason to believe that if the tornado records were carried for­ ward for several hnndred years an as- toniihing regularity would be discov­ ered. The statistics Already show great advance in this direction 4i &,«. A .y$Ue At this writing the Chicago Club has passed New York and Boston in the race for the League pennant, which places the White Stockings in second place and next to the leaders in what has now become the most remarkable fight for championship honors the League has known during its history as an organisation. Where Chi­ cago may be at the. end of an­ other month it is not difficult to conjecture, provided the team continues to play at its present rate of speed, and while it is stili t3o early to predict that the pennant of this season will be added to those of seasons past, now held by the Whites, it may safely be stated that the race will be very apt to lie between Chi­ cago and some other city, probably Detroit or New York, with the indications strongly in favor of the former. Following Boston s departure, and after Kelly's men had dropped thiea games out of four played to Chicago, Washing­ ton dropped aown upon us, and, strange to say, gave the champions one of the tough­ est series we have had dnring the past home Reason. Anson's boys weic tho vic­ tors in two out of the three games, but the scores were decidedly too close for comfort. On July 4 two of the most memorable ^ames of the year were played--those ngainst New York--and the scoreB of 5 to 1 in the morning game and 4 to 2 in the afternoon indicate the stub­ born character of tho contests. There was a total of 29,000 people at the two games, and the enthusiasm, as is always the case when a good game is played in Chicago, was very grt-at. t larkson pitched in the morn- ing and Baldwin in the afternoon game, and both did themselves much credit. In the fourth inning of .the morning game Clarkson and Burns made a play that fairly took the breath from Capt. John Ward of the "Giants." Ward had pounded out a single, and had got around to third on a steal and a passed ball, when O'Bourke was sent to his base by being hit by a pitched ball. "Watch the ball, now," shouted Ward to his colleague on first, "and when he pitches it get down to second. I'm looking at yon; n-o-w you're off!" ' Clarkson was not at all disturbed by the Captain's speech. He caressed the white flannel letters ou his breast for a moment, made a feint to throw to first, and then, turning like a flash, shot the ball to Burns, who caught the Captain napping off his base. Ward's face was a study. He looked like a man who, having been approached by a street-car conductor, had suddenly discov­ ered that he had left all his mouev at home. His jaw fell down on his collar^ and his eyes hung on the biidge of his nose. Then he kicked. Clarkson's feint was a balk, he said, and he should not have been declared out. Umpire Pierce was not disposed to argue the case, and the Captain and his team went out into the field in the dumps. After that the victory was an easy one for Chicago, aud ten visitors perished one by one on easy in­ field hits until the ninth inning, when Ward, who had led off with a two-bagger, was brought home on Gore's rattling single to center. The score of the morning game was Chi­ cago, 5; New York, 1. Sixteen thousand people crowded through the gates for the afternoon game, which was even closer and more interesting than that of the forenoon. The prettiest play of the game was made in the eighth in­ ning. After llichardsOn had been retired Welch was given his base on balls. Ewing struck out and then Ward made another clean hit, sending Welch to third. The Captain now started to steal second in the hope that Daly would attempt to throw him out and thus give Welch a chance to scoie before the ball could be returned to the plate. Strange as it may appear, Ward timed everything to a T with the ex­ ception of the margin left Welch to get home afcer the ball was sent to second. Pfeffer, who was playing deep in the dia­ mond, received Daly's swift throw and without paying any heed to Ward returned the ball to the plate with such speed that Welch was nipped five feet away. The visitors did nothing in the ninth and lelt for their hotel sorely disgusted with their Fourth of July. The score of the after­ noon game stood 4 to 2 in favor of Chicago. On Tuesday the Chicago and New York teams met for tho third contest in the presence of an a'sembla^e of 7,000 people, and Anson's boys again devoured the "giants" (?) from Gotham. The result of the game was due to the phenomenal pitching of Van Haltren. His work was so splendid th it for eight innings the New York boys never knocked a ball out of the diamond. Capt. Ward, of the New York club, one of the best base stealers in the country, was nipped twice by Daly, and Keefe, who pitched for the New Yorks, was knocked out of the box. Then they put Tiernan in and the Chicago boys had an easy time with him. The Chicago club scored 15 runs, while the so-called "giants" got only 3, and would have been shut out only for Willi imson's ridiculous muff of an easy fly in the eighth inning. Detroit still has a comfortable lead in tbe race for the pennant, with Chicago second, Boston third, New York fourth, and Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Washington, and Indianupolis trailing along in the order named. St. Louis still maintains a go6d lead in tbe Association race, closely followed by Baltimore, which occupies a good second. Cincinnati is third, Louis- vil!e fourth, Brooklyn fifth, Athletic sixth, Metropolitan seventh, and Cleve­ land last. NOTES OF THE OAMB. Captain Anson's prediction that the Chicngos would yet forge to the front in tbe League pennant race is being verified. Burdock, of the Bostons, is still quite lame, but he is getting better rapidly. He has his ankle in a plaster cast. He um- {tired an association game on Staten Island ast week. Billy Sunday of the White Stocking team is nursing his sprained ankle nt bis home in Mnrshalltown, Iowa. He will not be able to play for several weeks. There will be a big scramble for Jerry Denny next season. Reports say that In­ dianapolis enthusiasts have twice showered money upon him on the field while yelling themselves hoarse over his great slugging feats. John Flynn, Anson's young New En­ gland pitcher, has left for a three-weeks rest at his home in Massachusetts, his arm still being too sore to admit of his playing. Van Haltren is aheady one of the pet* of the public among the Chicago players, and, Anson predicts, will, within thirty days' time, become one of the greatest pitchers in the League. His former record BS a bali- er is an interesting and creditable one. e'began playing ball about three years ago with an amateur club at San Francisco. About fourteen months ago he entered the California League, and in his first game the opposing club only scored three hits off bis pitching. In his career George Van Hal­ tren has struck out nineteen men in a sin­ gle game, and three men were mowed down on nine consecutive balls. Ho is the fourth in the batting list and has a percentage of .450, and as a pitcher he heads the list. He is a slim young man, about the build of Sunday, and looks why and full of vim. He is fleet of foot and can make the bases as swift as Sunday can. But his forte is In his pitching and that's what he is signed to do. He at one time retired the Pioneer Club of San Franefsco without a hit and out seventeen men. . Start" ng Dhetoiam >4 to the Manser 1» Which a Bailway Bill Passed Congress. [Aisoctated Press telegram mm Leavenworth, Kan.] Tho Pacific Railroad Investigating Committee arrived lere this morning, and held a jrablic session in the Board of Trade rooms, at which they exam­ ined a number of witnesses. Among the parties examined were Shaw F. Neely, Mayor of Leavenworth; Alex­ ander Caldwell, President, atid H. Miies NoQirejBkiretarv of the Board Of Trade; Henjrjnseh:ndier, correspondent of the Kanftas City Titnt-s; -Edward Stilling, a lawyer; W. M. Todd, a wholesale grocer; Leonard T. Smith, and General James C. Stone. Sev­ eral of the witnesses testified that the people of Leavenworth were placed at a d sadvantage for busi­ ness by the manner in which the Union Pacific was running the Kansas Central and other branches, the citizens claiming that the business of the branches was made subordinate to that of the main line, which operat­ ed practically as a discrimination against Leavenworth in favor of Kan­ sas City. This they held to involve a breach of an understanding entered into by the city of Leavenworth with the builders of the Kansas Central, bv which, in consideration of $250,000 aid given to that road by Leavenworth County, that branch was to be run and operated as the main line was. Gen. J ames C. Stone testified that he was one of the promoters and organ­ izers of the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Railroad, which subsequently became the Kansas Pacific. It was through his activity that the original perfect railroad bill was passed through Congress. The difficulty previously had been that each point on the Mis­ souri River which it had been propos­ ed to make a starting point for a trans­ continental line had jealous rivals in all other river points, and be conceived the idea of having a road from each point, such as Kansas City, Leaven­ worth, Omaha, and Sionx City. By such a combination the rival interests had been adjusted, and the bill went through. While giving his testimony he was shown a copy of a memorandum found among Gen. John C. Fremont's papers at the time the General went into bank­ ruptcy, Hallett and Fremont having bought out Stone. This memorandum purported to account for the disposi­ tion of about $4,000,000 of the stock of the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad by Gen. J. C. Stone and Gen. Thomas Ewing, Jr., to secure the passage of the Pacific Railroad bill. It gives the names of parties to whom its stock purported to have been issued, the original of the memorandum con­ taining running comments in the hand­ writing of this witness on the several items. When asked as to those com­ ments he testified that he wrote them as the expression not of himself, but of Sam Hallett or others who were in­ terested. In this memorandum opposite the item R. W. McBratney, 2,000 shares, vtls the remark, "Supposed to be for Pomeroy." -- (Pomeroy was Senator from Kansas then.; Opposite the item "Henry Bennett, Elmira, N. Y., 2,000 shares, $100,000," was the comment "Supposed to be for H. Bennett, J. P. Usher, Caleb Smith, and R. W. Thompson," and the addi­ tional comment, "Usher and Bennett right, let Smith and Thompson slide." Opposite the item "E. W. Chase, Cliaseville, N. Y.," was the comment: "But little service; mostly blackmail." Opposite the item "J. F. Cowan, 3,800 shares, $195,000," was the re­ mark : "Supposed to be for T. Stevens," and,the additional remark: "If any of this stock, or land, or money promised this man is really for Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, that part ought to be re­ spected. " Opposite tho item "Mrs. Willis, of New York Herald, 400 shares,$20,000," was the word "Right." Opposite the item "Dewey, New York, M)0 shares, $40,000," was the word "Blackmail." Opposite the item "Wilson, New York Times, 200 shares, $10,000," was the word "Right." Opposite the item "R. F. Camp, New York City, and others, $20,000," was the comment: >"Cat came to the red; supposed to be for Carlisle,.of Vir­ ginia." Opposite the item "Jones, 100 shares $5,0 )0," was the comment, "Supposed to be Forney's friend." Opposite the item "Ross, Fletcher, Holliday and Stinson, Kansas, 2,400 shares, $120,000," was the account, "Hold over them in terror." The witness disclaimed any personal knowledge as to whom the stock event­ ually got. He did not know practically that any of it had been for the purposes of corrupting legislation. The R. W. Thompson alluded to was the "Dick Thompson," according to the testimony of this witness, who was afterward Sec­ retary of the United States Navy, and the Smith referred to was at one time Secretary of the Interior. The services rendered by the Mr. Usher alluded to had been to explain the bill to mem­ bers of Congress. Being a Western man he had had t onsiderable influence. Telegraphic Brevities. GERMANY, Austria, and Italy are ne­ gotiating for a still closer alliance. COWHICK & WHITCOMB'S dry goods store, at Cheyenne, W. T., was burned. The total loss is $140,000, with insur­ ance aggregating $121,000. CHINCH bugs are said to be causing great damage to the wheat crops in Southern Minnesota. The drought is also proving a great enemy to the farm­ ers. Everywhere in Dakota the crops are doing well. Miss ELIZABETH MAUD JEROME, a New Haven heiress, was married the other day to Yan Phon Lee, the young Chinaman who recently graduated with high honors at Yale. The groom in­ tends to enter the journalistic field. AN escaped lunatio stepped from a train at Jonesboro, Ark., walked up to a crowd of people and emptied his re­ volver in their midst. One man was instantly killed, and another fatally wounded. The murderer was captured. AT San Francisco, last week, a new American party was born in a secret session of Californians. Among other things called for in the platform are: Unconditional repeal of the naturaliza­ tion laws, modification of immigration laws, prohibiten of alien land holding and no interference by any church with the school Why m the Rational Betuioii.! .«"•; . I Iftt ef His tetter to tie Chairman of the St. Leais ... Committee* fAMoefated *r«M Telegram ftom The following letter, addressed to the Mayor of St. Louis, who was the chair­ man of the committee of representative citizens of St. Louis who verbally in­ cited the President to visit the city during the holding of the encampment Of the Grand Army of the Republic next September, explains itself without further comment: 1 EXECUTIVE MANIIOIT, WASHINGTON, D.C,»| 'J^man^n David B, Francis, Mayor and^hatjt MY I>EAR SIR--When I received the extreme- ly cordial and gratifyinK invitation from tha citizens of ht. Louis, tendered by a number ot her representatixo men, to visit that city dnr­ ing the national encampment of tho Grand Aimy of the hepur lic, I had been contemplat- ing tor some time the acceptance cf nn invita- tion from that organization to the same efToct. and had considered tbe pleasure which It would afford me, li ft thould be possible, to meet not only members of the Grand Army but the people of St. Louis and other cities in the West which the occasion would giv® me an opportunity to viol* Ihe exactions of my public duties I felt to be so uncertain, however, that when first conlroiited by the delegation of which yon wore tho head 1 expected to do no more'at iW tune than to promise the consideration of the double imitution tendered uie and express the pi ensure it would give me to accept the tame thereafter if possible. But the cordiality and sincerity of your presentation, re-enforced by the heartiness of the people who surroundea you, so impressed me that! could not resist the feeling which prompted me to assure you on the spot that I would be with you and the Grand Army of the Hepublic at the tim» designated, if nothing happened in the mean­ time to absolutely prevent my leavine Wash­ ington. 6 Immediately upon the public announcement of this conclusion expressions emanating from certain important members of the Grand Army of the ltepublic, and increasing in volume and virulence, constrained me to review my accept- ance of these invitations. The expressions re­ ferred to go to tbe extent of declaring that I would be an unwelcome guest at the time and place of the national encampment. This state­ ment is based, as well as I can judge, upon certain official acts of mine, involving import­ ant public interests, done under the restraints, and obligations of my oath of office, which do not appear to accord with the wishes of some mem­ bers of the Grand Army of tlia Republic. I re­ fuse to believe that this organization, founded upon patriotic ideas, composed very largely of meu entitled to lasting honcr and consideration and whose crowning glory it should be they are American citizens as wall as veteran soldiers, deems it a part of its mission to com­ pass any object or purpose bv attempting to In­ timidate the executive or coerce those charged with making and executing the laws. And vet the expressions to which I iiave referred indi­ cate such a prevalence of unfriendly feeling and such a menace to an occasion which should be harmonious, peaceful, and cordial that they cannot be ignored. I beg you to un­ derstand that 1 am not conscious, of any act of iriino which should make ine fear to meet the Grand Army of the Republic, or auv other assemblage of my fellow-citizens. ILe account of my official stewardship is al­ ways ready for presentation to my countrymen. I should not be frunk if I failed to confess, while disclaiming all resentment, that 1 have been hurt by unworthy and wanton attacks up­ on me growing out < f this matter, &nd the reckless manner in which my act ons and mo­ tives have been misrepresented, both publicly end privately, for which, however, tho Grand Army of the Republic, as a bedv, is by no means responsible. The threats of personal violence and harm in case I undertake the trip in ouestion, whioh scores of misguided, unbalanced men under the stimulation of excited feeling have wade, are not even considered. Rather than'abandon my visit to the W est, and disappoint your citi­ zens, I might, if I alone were concerned, sub­ mit to the Insult to which it is quite openly asserted I would be helplessly subjected it present at the encampment; but I should bear with me there the people's highest office, the dignity of w hich I must protect • and I believe that neither the Grand Army of the Republio as an organization, nor anything like a ma­ jority of its members, would ever encourage any scandalous attack upon it. If, however, among the membership of this body there are some, as certainly seems to be the case, determined to denounce me and my official acts at the national encampment, I be­ lieve they should be p; rmitted to do so unre­ strained by my presence as a guest of their orgaiMzation, or as a guest of the hospitable city in which their meeting is held. A num­ ber of the Grand Army posts have signified their intention. I am informed, to remain away from the encampment in case I -\isit the city at that time. Without considering the merit of such an excuse, 1 feel that I ought not to be the cause of such non-attendance. The time and place of the encampment were fixed long before my iuvitations were received. Those desiring to participate in its proceedings should, be tirst regarded, and nothing should be per­ mitted to interfere with their intentions. Another consideration of more importance than all others remains to be noticed. The fact was referred to by you when you verbally pre­ sented the invitation of the c tizensof St, Louis that the coming encampment or the Grand Army of the Republic would be the lirst held in a : outhern State. I suppose .his fact was men­ tioned as a pleasing indication of the fraternal feeling fast gaining ground throjghout the en­ tire land, and hailed by every patriotic citizen as an earnest that the Union has really and in fact been saved in sentiment and spirit, with all the benefits it vouchsafes to a united people. I can not rid myself of the belief that the least diecord on this pr< pltious occa­ sion might retard the progress of the sentiment of common brotherhood which the Grand Army of the Hej ubl c has so good an opportunity ta increase and foster. I cartainly ought not to be the cause c f such disci rd in any event or u}>on any pretext. It seems to me that ycu and the c.tizens of Kt. Louis are entitled to this unreserved statement of thj conditions which have constrained me to forego my con­ templated visit and to withdraw my acceptance cf vcur invitation. My presence in yi ur city at the time you have indicated can I e of but little moment compared with the importance of the cordial and harmonious entertainment of your other guests. I assure you that I abandon my plan without the leabt personal feeling except regret, constrained thereto by a sense of duty; actuated by a desire to save any embarrass­ ment to the people of St. Louis or their ex­ pected guests, and with a heart full of grateful appreciation of the sincere and unaffeetsd kindness of your citizens. Hoping the encamp­ ment may be an occasion of much i.eetiilness, and that its proceedings may idustrate the - highest patriotism of American citizenship^;!! am yours, very sincerely, * GBOVEB CLEVELAND, * The President's letter has stirred up a hot and diversifed expression of opinion. The committee that took the invitation to the President feel that their labor has been in vain, and are strong in their denunciation of tbe men who were instrumental in the defeat of their plan. Their friends are equally dis­ pleased, espec'ally so as the citi­ zens generally of St. Louis had made ' a great effort to induce the President to make the visit. The chagrin of many was so great that they wished to organize im­ mediately to invite the Grand Army to find another place for their encamp*, ment, and some promised a very icy reception to tbe gallant soldiers. WILL POWDERLY RESITIR! <fohn Swlnton on the Knights--He Thln|W the Order Is Going to Piroes. [New York telegram.j Leading Knights of Labor in this city place no reliance on the statement that General Master Workman Pow- derlv is to resign his office in the Knights of Labor. John Swiuton, in speaking about the matter to-day, said: "As long' as I can remember Mr. Powderlv has been re­ signing. The * real trouble is, the job is too big for Mr. Powderly, and every year he is made to see it more and more. The vast or­ ganization of the Knighta of Labor ia going to pieces. The labor movement will go on without Powderly or George, and the wrongs worjeingmen suffer will be remedied, no matter whether tbe present leaders go by the board or not." Mr. Swinton thought that S. M. Wheat, of Iowa, waa a good man for Powderly's shoes, but there seem to be some technical objections to hi--.