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I. VAN SLYKE, f ffltw «ntf PsMMtsr. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. FHE WORLD OVER.' A natROR OF THK IStPORTAira oo. CCKItENCES OF A WEEK. ; |Map Ttot Do Happen--A Complete V Scoard of IntoreiUns Kve*U th« World , Over -- Shocking Acoideats, Ste(tUn( , Crime*. Other Topic*. & HORROR AT A BALI# " . People If jared In ft Panic it Fort Worth. fe ' A DISPATCH from Fort Worth, Ter., Just after the grand march had fceen completed aad dweiag had begua '••I 10:3') o'clock in the Texas Spring Pali ; H , »ce here flames were discovered iu the 4 r *nammoth structure, and in a short time it was in rnins. The main floor was ; thronged almost to suffoc .tion with the tslite of the State's society circles, and in ' the panic-stricken rush which ensaed as the dreaded cry of fire spread from inouth to month many people were ; ; injuie 1, but loss of life was averted al- tnoit by a miracle. Men, women, f- *nd children rashed with the frenzy V** born of fear to the places of exit, and the weaker went down in the suffocating [-• erush Contractor A1 Hayues received f j* v Injuries which will unioubtedly cause ^ death. Several children are missing. *1/ Others injured are: Mrs. Volney Hall, "'• injured intsmallv; Gip Hollingsworth, l>adiy crushed; Judge L. N. Cooper, both legs broken; George Losttler, seriously •I- ! injured; M. R. Cruice, of New Orleans, J,' fcadly hurt; James Davis, jumped from the . Upper story, badly crippled; Bissell Wil- %:[. moa, railway clerk, of St. Louis, feet * fcurned. Many others were slightly hurt, j&s The loss is estimated at $ lOU.UOO. \ BASE-BALL. M>- Belatlve Positions of the Various Clubs in the Leading: Organizations. $75,000. ThompBon's speculations cattted the failure of the bank. JOBK HANXJOS, a laborer confined in i the Tombs for drunkenness and disor­ derly conduct, honged himself with his aiispenders to a water-pipo in his cell. THE Astors have contracted to build a hotel in New York City for George C. Boldt, of Philadelphiti, which will cost from $2,000,000 to $;<.000.000. It will be on the European plan, will be the finest hostelry in this country, and will be 1,0« oatcd at Thirty-third "street and Fifth avenue. A 15 AX con (Ife.) dispatch says: A rescript has leen received from the Court fitting in Augusta, settling for ail t me tbe famous case of the State against Michael Burns for sell, hag liquor iu this city in unbroken packages. Tbe case h<iR been before the courts for two years. The decision sus­ tains Burns' position. Tbe opinion was drawn by Chief Justice Peters and is concurred in by all the other Judges. S5SST&-£SKL2*E£& S | WAS IT THE ANARCHISTS . DEATH-DEALING State; and John G. Perry, of Kinsfstown General Treasurer. The proclamations were made from the balcony of the State Souse. A call for a National Greenback Con ference, to meet at Indiwasipolis, Aug. 27, has been issued by George O. Jones, Chairman of the National Greenback Committee, PRESBYftl National. W. Plii!u(i'pbial9 Brooklyn ..17 Cincinnati.17 "Chicago 15 Mew \ oik. .16 Boston 15 Cleveland.. 10 JPittsburg.. 8 Jj . f c . Players'. W. 12 .612 Bostoii 20 .586jBrooklvn.. .21 .586' rhiladrphial7 .535 New York..16 .516] Chicago 14 .483 Cleveland. .11 .384 Buffalo .... 9 .i475> Pittsburg. .10 •' American. W. I», Athletic... .21 9 Rochester. .21 iouisville. .16 fit. Louis...16 ©olumbus..l4 f jracuse....l3 oledo 12 rooklyn... 8 111.-Iowa. W. Dubuque.. .16 ltonuiouth.15 Ottumwa.. 14 Ottawa 14 Cdr KapidsU Aurora 10 jbliet 5 Sterling-- 5 ^ c.| Western.. W. ,70o|Miunapolisl9 .656, Denver 15 <533;Sioux City. 15 .SOOjDes Moines 15 .4381 Mil waukee. 12 .433 Kan 'as Cityll .428|St. Paul.... 10 .245! Omaha 11 f) c. Interstate. W. .727 Burlington .21 .681 Evansville . 17 .583 Terre Hn'te.14 .583 Peoria .10 .565 Quincy 9 .434 (ialesburg.. f .227| .208; $ c. .645 .636 .548 .533 .500 .407 .346 .357 V C. .633 .576 .535 .517 .480 .440 .400 V e . .750 .t>29 .537 .416 .833 356 BINDING TWINE MACHINE. Ihs § Senator Keller Sells His Invention to llcCormicks. A ST. CLOUD, Minn., dispatch sajs: '^Th® Keller binding-twine machine has leen sold to the McCormicks. Senator Keller came down from Sauk Center pre- Cired to meet Col. Westerman from the cCormick Company, of Chicago, and consummate the sale of his machine. Both the McCormick and Deering people have made him an offer of $100,000 in cold cash for the machine, and he has Imally decided to let the former company h .ve It. The instrument is of apparently sim­ ple construction and seems to do its vork to perfection. A loll of over one thousand feet in one piece, made from •lough grass, was exhibited, and it is put Bp at a cost of oue-quarter of a cent a Eund. Those who have seen it say it is stined to revolutionize the hinding ^Iwine business in the Northwest. / NOW A CRATRER TRUST. if rack r Manufacturers Form a Combination. A MINNEAPOLIS paper prints the par­ ticulars of the formation of a big cracker trust with a capital of $10,000,000, and including nearly every prominent cracker- maker in the country. The negotia­ tions have been conducted very qui­ etly, and the facts have been so well concealed that very few per­ sons outside of those directlv inter* ested know of it. There has 'been a C»ol in operation for some time, profits ing divided on an agreed percentage, fcut this has proved unsatisfactory and the trust is the result. It is to conduct the entire business of the various con­ cerns interested, stock to the amount of •10,0011,00S) being issued in return for the transferring of the individual properties, v $ goodly share of this $10,000,000 is water. INDIANS WANT A LOTTERY. They Like to Be Like the White Meet. - / IT is announced that the Choctaw Lot- tfey Company is about to begin business With a capital of $900,000. The charter was obtained from the last Legislature of the Choctaw Nation on condition that a large share of the profits be turned over to the Choctaw Orphan Asylum. Bans War in Arkansai. '/-.A. L'-TTLE ROCK dispatch says: The vrhite citizens of Cameron have declared war upon the blacks because of an as- aault made upon a lady by a negro three weeks ago. Notices h«ve been posted to the effect that no colored man will be permitted to live in that section. Word reached this city that Robert Weaver had been shot down in cold blood at Cameron decause his skin was black. His assassin is unknown. Burned Alive. THEODOBB C. WIKDENMTTT.T.BP A wealthy merchant and ranchman, was waylaid near Corpus Christi, Texas, tied Ifith a rope, taken to a brush, covered %ith turpentine, and burned alive. The Citizens of Duval County offer $ 2,000 re­ ward for the capture of the murderers. Xexican smugglers are suspected, as Wiedenmuller was disliked in their circles. . Borderer Williamson Appears in Court with Strange Evidence of His Crime. ; THOMAS WILLIAMSON, the triple mur­ derer, was arraigned before a Sedalia (Mo.) justice of the peace, charged with the murder of Jeff Moore. He being , Without an attorney, the case went over. "Williamson wore from his cell to the court-room an old hat which several parties instantly recognized as having velonged to Charles Moore and worn by ' him just before hi* disappearance. This hat had in its Bide a dint to correspond % with a wound found in the skull of the murdered man. THE NATIONAL CAPLTAT. A WASHINGTON dispatch says: At the cession of the convontion of State ltail road Commissioners a resolution was adopted that the public interests will best be siib^erved by the adoption of a classi, fication which shall be uniform for tht whole country. " "••• • WESTERN HAPPENINGS. THE shortage in the city treasury of Kansas City is reported to be $19,026 Beside? Treasurer Peake, Clref Clerk Horace McKern has been relieved ircm duty until the investigation is com­ pleted. : 6 THE San (Joaquin and Kinis rivers in California are higher than ever before. Much damage has resulted to crops, hun­ dreds of acres of wheat being inundated. FIKE in the storage house of the Ban­ ner Brewing Compan-, at Cincinnati. caused damage amounting to $40,00u; fully insured. OFFICIAL news of the murder of At­ torney Henry Hardie by hostile Indians near Tombstone has been received at army headquarters, and Gen. Miles has issued an order to pursue the Indians and to use tbe same tactics as in pursuit of Geronimo. He will place troops at Low­ ell, Grant and Huachuca, Arizona, and Fort Bayard, N. M., who will close in on them. The hostile band consists of Kid and his party, who were sentenced to ten years in military prison, but after serving a few years were pardoned bv the Presi­ dent. AT the meeting of the Ohio Grand Lodge of Enights of Pythias, held at Cleveland, Ohio, the constitution of the order was amended, to provido that no person shall be initiated into a lodf?e un­ less he be a white male person of gobd moral character, sound in health, mind, limb, and body, a believer in the Su­ preme Being, and not engaged in the trafficking iu spirituous, vinous, malt, or any intoxicating liquors. INFORMATION has been received at Kansas City, Mo., at the office of the AuEtin Investment Company, that Elba Allen, the confidential clerk who ran away with $20,000 of the company's money, has been captured at Marquette, Mioh., whence he will be taken back for trial. A MINNEAPOLIS dispatch says: Repre­ sentatives f: om about sixty of the most prominent lumber firms of the Missis- sippi Valley and Northern Wisconsin met at Minneapolis to form a combination to raise the price of lumber. Capital tc the amount of more than _$ 150,000,000 j MichkiLT"" was represented. The me'eHng resolved-; Wisconsin."!, to call their traveling men off the j Iowa.........!". road for sixty days from the time I ^"neaota the agreement shall be signed by three- i Kansas11"." fourths of the lumbermen of the section, j Nebraska.....*/. A committee was appointed to draw up a ' Nevada *1 price list. This committee is to report at | a meeting to be held at the same place * " the second Wednesday in July. In the meantime an energetic effort will be made to secure the consent of as many manu­ facturers as possible to an agreement on a higher price. FRANK KCHN, proprietor of Kuhn'S Garden on Milwaukee avenue, Chicago, and his entire family, consisting of his wife and two 40ns, besides two servants, were poisoned by eating a pie thattwas afterward fouqa to oontain arsenic. The man servant John, 32 years old, died. The others are all out of danger, as a re­ sult of prompt medicai attention. RAILWAY GOSSIP. A NEW YOBK dispatch sirs: At the annual meetingof the Pacific Mail George and Jay Gould retired from the direc tory. The change of management bringi into control n directory in harmony with tnA X*V. _ the Canadian Pacific and Great Northern li&ilroads. The new Directors aro: C B. Houstou, who WdS once before Prasi dent and was re-elected, Caivin S. Brice, Samuel Thomas, C. M. McGhee. Olivei H. Payne, Henry Hart, Edward Lauter- bach, C. P. Huntington and I. E. Gates, , ACROSS THE OCEAN. THE Armenian village of Bepahie haa 1 been destroyed by an earthquake. THE Spanish Cabinet has decided to give an English syndicate the contract for the Cuban Central railway because it offers better security than the American syndicate, but will stipulate that Ameri­ can firms shall supply a portion of the material. AN Oberammergau cable says: The number of those who wished to attend the first performance of the Passion Play wa( so great that many had to be turned away. Fully a thousand English and American tourists attended the first per­ formance. Splendid weather favored the occasion and the play was agreat success THE Nile at Assouan is lower than foi years. It is hoped that improved irriga­ tion will mitigate the failure of the crops. THE weavers in tbe large mills in Pres- nitz, Sternberg and Zwillau, Moravia, have struck work to enforce a demand made upon their employers for an in­ crease of 100 per cent, in their wages. fre¥h~andnewaftr. THE Indians of northern British Co­ lumbia threaten an outbreak because white hunters set fire to aud burned woods in which 300 bodies of their dead were suspended from trees, that being their mode of burial. THE bonded indebtedness of the West­ ern States in 1880 was in round numbers $36,000,000. The following estimates of the indebtedness of the same States in 1890 show a decrease of $10,000,000: States, Ohio Indiana... 1880. .« 6,476,805 . "4,988,178 481,055 9,149 '2,000 800,000 4,833,000 15,359,00) 1,181,975 49»,2B7 435,004 611,376 613,000 1690. « 3,796,06!: 8,540,01; 23,1G( ISS.-tWr Nont Nont 4,365,UK 8,883, (XX 814,00C Nont 662,(XX 42,975 ?89,50C SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. THE New Orleans Cotton Exchange issues a statement embracing the thirty- eight weeks of the season from Sept. 1 to Ma? 23, inclusive, this and last year, showing that 7,063,086 bales of the crop of l<S8'J-30 have come into sight at the Etorts, overland points of crossing, and eading Southern interior centers, in- eluding takings by the Southern mills. The statement shows that of the supply for this season 2,184,848 bales have been tnken by American and Canadian mills, including 422,230 south of tbe Potomac, and 4,157,578 bales have been exported to foreign ports. Ben Meyers, catcher of the Colorada Base-Ball Club, while playing at Mont­ gomery, Ga., was struck in the mouth by a ball thrown by the pitcher and instantly killed. GEOBOIA and Carolina melon growers, representing nearly all of the 20,000 acres of land planted in melon*, have organized. They will purchase the en­ tire crop, and sell it through agent s in the various c ties. The amount to be disposed of in each city will be regu­ lated, so that no market will be over­ stocked. This year's crop is estimated at 10,000 cars. A TELEPHONE message received nit Austin, Texas, from Liberty Hill, about twenty miles west of Austin in a rugged section of country, states that a desper­ ate encounter on horseback occurred be­ tween a gang of horse thieves and officers pursuing them, resulting in the killing of outi of the thieves and the oftptoro of several others. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. THE President has sent to the Senate the following nominations: t r f e t ° o f ' M T a r B h a l f o r t h e W e s t e r n D I s - Interual^wi^111 A' Collector of u Hevenuo for New Mexico; B. H. Sulli- Gon('ral °f South Dakota: T P. M^hrUc'h A«efnt" Concord. N. H.; Anton City Colo \fnd °ffice at Corral AS -Aauilla l' T Mlvss"uri. at Melbourne. Con aula §&e • cwuec^iur^v^Ma88^huB<stt'- California...... i. Total ......«S5,825,211 $36,606,845 THE President and his family contem­ plate spending a portion of the summer season by the seaside, although no defi­ nite arrangements have been made. THE Nortkxctutern Miller Bays: "The flour output last week was 107,350 barrels, averaging 17,870 daily, against 129,740 the week befdfcre, 105,000 for the corres­ ponding time in 1889, and 162,000 in 1888. Under the influence of the present life­ less flour market there is a growing ten­ dency to curtail the output. This is true of the country as well as of Minneapolis. Middlemen appear to have no confi­ dence in present values, and even if concessions are made it is doubtful if any considerable increase in sales could be effected. Millers ore therefore maintaining prices pretty well, asking perhaps 5(«10 cents less than a week ago. The direct export shipments for the week were 27,230 barrels against 29,- 940 the preceding week. Saturday 284,- 000 barrels of flour were reported in store at Dulutb, against 127,000 a year ago. Wheat received for the week end­ ing May 27, 433,940 bushels. Shipments --Wheat, 101,260 bushels; flour, 113,498 barrels; millstuff, 3,029 tons." A LINCC LV (Neb.) dispatch says: President John Fitzgerald, of the Irish National League, received the following cablegram: "Tour action postponins convention has my entire approval, and if cablegram had reached me in time I should have advised recent meeting of council. PABNELL." BEAD STREET'S says: The opinion gains ground that we are to carry over nearly 40,001),000 bushels of wheat July 1 next in excess of the quantity carried over one year ago.' Believers in higher prioes point to reported prospects for a crop oi only 412,000,000 bushels of wheat this year, ns compared with 49u,000,000 bush­ els m 1889 a* an offset, with • tendency to favor holders of grain. " HABKET REPORTS. AH ATTEMPT TO BLOW Vf TBH tlAY- - MA&KliX J)31{,& JJ3 M & M & JB0 & *12 <0 .40 EASTERN OCCURRENCE#. The steamship La Gascognt •nd Thingvalla have reached Havre and Jfew York respectively, in a leaking "con­ dition, but with all well on board La „ "Crascogne struck a -rock on one of the bciily islands, while the Thingvalla had fceen in collision with an iceberg. JOHN KEENAN, the New York boodle Alderman, has surrendered himself to the .authorities. He gave bail for $4,000. THE accounts of C. A. Thompson, «ashier of the insolvent Owego (N. Y.) ifetioul Bank, «r« said to be short about •vs.. 8.60 8.00 *00 (j„.„ „ • Chiua. Withdrawn Uracey, Consul at Cardiff. -Samuel W,. V H'S j'"'"* M: •,'S- °f^he lJnItod States-Byron O. England • liton KSt«°1 oI Colu,"lj'». at Hull, £ngianu, ijaton b. Hunt, of New Ynrk *.r ; t l6aac *£ Hall» of Massachusetts at Gharlottestown, Prince Edward's Inland* Joseph O. Kerbev, of Pennsylvania at P«a Brazil; Alfred B. Keevil, ot Tenneag^ at nh!2Uf t lVeSt \lUiKV JarneB *"• McCagkey, of Ohio, at Acapulco, Mexico. THE Senate has tonfimed the following nominations: Oooi-Bo Chirst,, Collector of Customs for Ari- ^V r - Vu,t€d States Attorney for Maine; D. E. Bryant. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas , Hamuel L Grac.fv of Massachusetts, Consul at Foo Chow, China! THE Nebraska Legislature, which meets in extra session June 5, will consider the Australian ballot and disensa coinage. A NEWPORT (H. I.) dispatch says: Af­ ter the usual preliminary exercises the two houses of the State Legislature as­ sembled in joint session, and after organi­ sation John W. Davis was elected Gov­ ernor; W. C. T. Ward well, of Bristol, Lieutenant Governor; Ziba O. Slosnm CHICAGO. ' Cattue--Prime .....if 475 Fair to Good. 4.00 Common 8.00 Hooe--Shipping Grades 8.50 BHKEP «25 WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2. OATS--No. 2 KTB--No. 2 BITTEB--Choice Creamery. CHKESK--Full Cream/flats KGGS--Fresh POTATOES--Choice new, per Int.. POBK--Mess „r MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring , COBN--No. 3 ! OATS-TNO. 2 White. RYE--No. 1 BAUI.EY--No. 2. ! L'OBK--MM* DJETBOIT; J CATTIJI Hoos BHKKP » . - ....I II III* ! WHEAT--No. 2 Ked ". ..".I ; COBN--No. 2 Yellow ; OATS--No. 2 White „ TOLEDO. ! WHEAT COBN--Cash... ., OATS--No. 2 Whit* * * NEW YOliK. CATTLE HOGS BHEEP WHEAT--No. 9BED... ...III! COBN--No. 2 OATS--NO. 2 White ...II POBK--New Meas I ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Hogs 1*1" WHEAT--No. 2 Bed........I, Cons'--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 BXK--NO. 2 INDIAN APOLI8. CATTLE--Shipping Steers 8.00 HOGS--Choice Light 8.00 SHEEP--Common toPWmt,..,,, 8.00 WHEAT--No. 2 Ked .97 CORN--No. 2 White 3A OATS--No. 2 White. .31 „ CINCINNATI. Boas 8 50 WHEAT--No. 2 Bed .'94 COBN--No. 2. .37 OATS--No. 2 Mixed .81 BYE--No. 2 JU BUFFALO. CATTLE--Good to Prime. 450 HOOB--Mediurn and Heavy...... 4.00 WHEAT--No. 1 Hard ........ .99 COBN--No. 2 @ 5.50 & 4.75 & 4.00 & 4.00 & 5.50 ,U4 .33)6 •28 .55 .14 .09 .18 .82 ia.su <s»i3.as M e .90 ..33 .84 ® .30 .55 AV,$@ .48)4 1SLT5 013.25 J* & JB1 0 460 425 475 .sw .40 .35 18.75 425 8.50 « 4.53 & 4.00 <9 5.25 .96li .son .32 .94)6 .88 .30 @ 5.25 4.75 VS G.25 & .97 & .41 V .0i 314.25 & 5.00 & 40) .9.3 W .30 c<? .31 .28 ^3 & .533^ & 5.00 «? 4.00 <9 5.00 & .93 @ .37 it» .31)4 @ 4.00 & .96 0 .38 & .six <a .so & 025 0 4.98 <9> 1.00 MX® .87 "4^ ¥ ' ' 4tk *>- Chicago BtcitMl Over What Appears t* B* the Work of the "Reils"--Ten Pounds ot Dynamite with a Lighted Fane Placed Where Feari'ul Results Would Follow an Kxplosion. Chicago dispatch: An unsuccessful attempt was made.to blow up the Hay market monument, erected in memory of the DO]ieomen who were killed by the bomb thrown May i, 1886. The failure or the plans was due solely to the lidavy rainfall. Tho discovery of the plot was made by Officer SHnger of tho Desplalnes street station. His attention was at tracted to the bundle of cloth, which was lyiiTjr on the west fa.-e of the base of tho monument. He scalod the iron fence and made an examination of the cloth. The well-known desire of the anarch ists to destroy this reminder of the bravery of the police caused Officer Slinjror to fear tfcat the cloth concealed an infernal machinc, which jostling might cause to be exploded, and lie handled the find very cautiously. He slowly unwrapped the articles, which were apparently two old dresses, and found within them a four-quart can. From one end of the tin protr.udcd a large fulminating cap. and from this ex­ tended three inches of a fuse. The offi cer grabbed the fu«teand pulled It out of the cap. He quickly made sure that the fuse was out. It was wet. He next looked at the stone base and saw the mark of burned powderextehdlng about three feet, which marked the original length of the fuse. Officer SI inger carrlcd the can to the Desplaines street station, but half a block away, and turned it over to Capt. Hayes. An examination was com­ menced. The can was found to contain ten pounds of dynamite, enough to blow the monument to atoms, and destroy half the buildings within a radius of a square. It is believed that the explosive was placed on the monument during the darkness preceding the storm, and that the rain coming up immediately the burning fuse was extinguished. The police have no clue as yet to the perpetrators of the deed. Extraordin­ ary efforts will be made to find the insti­ gators, who are undoubtedly in tlie ranks of the Anarchists. After the can had been placed In a safe corner at the station Inspector Hathaway took a portion of the powder that was In the unlighted fuse and ig- ited it on a piece of paper. The ex­ periment showed that the powder was genuine and in good condition, as it flashed at the least approach of fire. It was decided to take"the can and fuse to dynamite expert for examination. That an attempt was made to blow up the monument is questioned by none of the officers. If the can had contained dynamite, and if it had exploded the re­ sult can not be comprehended. That It would have been terrible in Its ioss of life and destruction of property is cer­ tain. PENNSYLVANIA VISITED BY SETEBl! BJLEMKNTAI. MSTUIVBANCES, HEAVY_FAILURE. Firm at Quebec cutties. Quebec dispatch: In consequence of overspeculatlon in timber and of a de­ cline in prices in England the firm of Smith, Wade & Co., lead­ ing dealers In lumbers in this city, are in financial difficulties. Their liabilities are about $2,000,000. Their principal creditors aro Bryant, Powis & Bryant of London for $300,000; Quebec bank, $175,000; Bank of Montreal, $130.- 001: Merchants' bank, $125,000; Bank of British North America, $7S,000; Union bank, $25,000; and Western Lumber­ men, 8700,000. If no settlement jam be arranged be­ tween the firm' Mid • its creditors the most serious blow experienced by the Quebec lumber ^ trade In the ist quarter of a century will have been struck. Millions of dol­ lars' worth of timber in rafts purchased by the firm will be thrown on the mar­ ket, and on arrival here will be less in value, on an average, by six cents than the rates at which it was purchased, while some sixtv ships are expected here on charters made by the firm. Lumbermen and bankers are wearing long faces, and much anxiety is experienced as to the course that the creditors will adopt. One failure in this trade a. the cresent time would be rap- Idly followed by another. WANTS TO MAKKY MARY Albert Victor Wo*.Ul Bather Marry Bli Couiin Than Sit on tho Throne. London cable: It Is whispered about in well-informed circles that the domestic difficulties in the royal family are approaching a climax. Prince Albert Victor of Wales has returned from India, and finding that no estab­ lishment had been provided for him In his absence he has not been at all backward in expressing his discontent All suggestions of hl« marriage with anyone except his cousin. Princess Mary of Teck, are scouted by him, and he has informed his intimates that he not only corresponded with the Princess regularly during his Indian tour but loyally carved both their names, in lover like fashion, on the Temple of Delhi. He has made an offer to waive his rights to the throne as his father's eldest son in con­ sideration that he be allowed to marry the girl of his choice and have settled upon him an ample allowance. His brother. Prince George, who will be 25 on the 3d proximo, would In that case become the heir and in all probability the next King of England. This ar­ rangement is considered the more desir- sablo as-Prince Albert Victor Is both physically and mentally weak, while his brother is of sound constitution. DUN'S WEEKLY REVI^T. Immense Volume of Hnalneu, with an Encouraging Outlook. New York dispatch: R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review or trade says: "All ordinary business Indications grow more favorable. While specula­ tion In some lines is active, possibly nearlng the point of danger, It is undn- niab'e that the volume of legitimate business is on the whole greater than it has been at this season in any previous, year. "In speculative markets wheat has been stronger, rising two cents on sales of 33,000,000 bushels here, and the exports continue fair. Corn has declined nearly a cent, and oats risen as much: pork products are all a shade lower, coffee unchanged, but oil has risen over five cents, and cotton seven-sixteenths. In general prices of products are lower than a weOk ago, and will naturally decline as new crops approach. "The business failures during the last seven days number 222. as com pared with 212 last week. For the corres­ ponding time last year the figures were 229." LAST week a traveling salesman for B. F. Norris <fe Co.'s Jewelry house in Chicago was robbed of sevgfrvl hundred dollars worth ot samples at Waverly, Iovra. Tbe LaCrosse, Wis., pollca have arreted a mail who had $700 worth of the stolen property in his possession. Ufhtnlnt. WInd and^Raln Combiae, Oni- IngT Ifavoc and Destruction to Life, Crops and Property--Iteports from the Afflicted Secticn«. Pittsburg (Pa.) dispatch: Great dam­ age was done to property by the stdrm in western Pennsylvania, It was tho severest rain and electrical storm In many years. Several lives were lost. The storm struck Pittsburg about 4 o'clock, but no serious damage was done in the old city. In the east end, however, the wind played havoc. Houses were blown down, trees uprooted, aud small buildings demolished. On Winebiddle avenue five new frame houses were lift­ ed from their foundations and com­ pletely destroyed. Another house on Black Horpe Hill, occupied by John Miller, was lifted bodily from the foun­ dation and blown a considerable dis­ tance. The family were in the sitting room at the time but were not injured. At McKeesport hailstones large as walnuts fell, while tho rain poured down in sheets for a full half-hour. The heavy ice striking horses caused a num­ ber of runaways, but no serious damage was done. The lightning struck several buildings In this vicinity and consider­ able damage was done. At Greensburg William Fry, the gard- ncr at St. Joseph's academy, was struck by lightning aud instantly killed. Near Washington, Pa., lightning struck a derrick in the course of erection on Col. Robert Miller's farm, shattering it and killing William Furman, serious- ly inuring William Gates, and stunning two others. . In Fayette County the° rainfall was extensive and did iriuch damage to the railroad. In the Third ward swamps the Southwest Pennsylvania railroad tracks were flooded several feet deep, and the trains were held several hours. At Oil City the ground floors of the lower portion of the town are flooded. At Wheeling, W. Va., about two and a half inches of rain fell in twenty min­ utes. Travel on the Elm railroad was stopped for several hours by alieavy landslide. In Pittsburg the heavy rain is likely to swell the rivers to flood proportions. At all points alonar the Allegheny, Youghlogbeny, and Monougahela rivers the rainfall was unusual. The stage of water here this evening was thirteen feet and rising. A cloud burst at North East covered the Lake Shore and Nickel Plate tracks and stopped all trains. A west-bound freight on the Nickel Plate went through a bridge near Cray ton, in tLis State. Engineer Daniel Ellis is badly hurt and may not recover. At Corry streets were converted Into rivers In some places two feet deep. The valley from Corvln to Irvlntown, a dis­ tance of twenty miles, is a complete lake from one to three miles in width. HADES FOR THE HEATHEN. ITS REVISION DEt/tm ANOTHER YISAit BY THE ASaKMJBLJT. , Stirring Address Made at the Meeting ot the Baptist Missionary Union. Chicago dispatch: The American Baptist Missionary union opened its ses sion with devotional exercises, conduct ed by Rev. A. J. Gordon of Boatn iv. Mr. Tuttle of Kansas. The opening address was made by Rev. George W. Northrup, the presi­ dent. He had no doubt of the ultimate fate of tlie heathen, saying that without the gospel their souls would go down to an eternal death as surely as their bodies would go down to a physical death. Mr. Northrup made a strong plea for organized mission work, and was listen­ ed to with deep attention. He closed with a suggestion that 200 pastors, under 40 years of age, should- come for­ ward and say to the Board of the Missionary Unto*: "Send us to Africa, Japan--anywhere." Such an act. he said, wjbuld stir tho denomination to its center and move the heart of the world. Young men from the seminaries were not the best mis­ sionaries. Men of training, age and ex­ perience were wanted in the field, , At tho close of the address Dr. North­ rup announced the committees. The report of the executive commit­ tee showed that the union was In excel­ lent condition, and that an advance of $50,000 in the annual expenditures with in the last two years had been fully provided for. The committee reported that the proper ideas of the duty of sys­ tematic giving were gaining ground. In regard to the colored Baptists, concern­ ing whom there has been so much dis­ cussion, the committee said that it had been for several years In negotia­ tions with the general convention for foreign missions of the colored Baptists in reference to co-operation with the union. After full consideration, however, the convention had declined to co-operate, though the general asso­ ciation of the United States had united with tbe union In supporting two mis­ sionaries in tho Congo. It was stated that the former method of paying mis­ sionaries, $i,000 annually for the first three years and $1,200 after that, was inadequate, and the committee had de­ termined upon a sliding scale ranging from $800 to $1,500 a year. During the year thirty-throe new missionaries had been sent out and three new mission stations had been established. The report of tho Treasurer, E. P. Coleman, showed that tho receipts for the year had boon $559,527, of which rent expenses and $11S,733 had boen added to the permanent fund. F A letter was read from Rev. Dr^Ash- more, of Singapore, and a shortTaddfess was made by Rev. A; A. Bonnet, of Hong Kong. THE SCH00LB00K TRUST, It Practically Controls the (School Book Business of the' Country. New York dispatch: The school book trust has triumphed at last and at con­ siderable cost. When the plan to con­ trol the sale of the text-books that edu­ cate millions of American children was laid before the publishers last winter the Harper Bros, of New York came out sturdily against it. They refused to en­ ter tho combine. They would ueither be bought nor driven into it, and as they are immensely rich their opposition threatened to crush tho "enterprise." The trust gave up threats when they seemed useless and resorted to diploma­ tic methods, Its promoters were skill­ ful, and in the last few days have been rewarded. They have landed tho Har­ per Bros. The school-book department of tho famous Franklin Square Publish­ ing house has gono over bodily to tho enemy. Tlie price paid is said to have been between S750,000 and $1,000,000. An overestimation of the importance ot tho deal is impossible. It gives to the trust command of 5)0 per cont of the J?hool-book sales of tho cpuntry. Against Democratic Contestants. Washington dispatch: Tho House election committee has decided the report winch favors tho unseating of Mr. Venable, Democrat, from the Fourth Virginia district, and seating Langston, colored, Republican; and to unseat Eliott, Democrat, from the Seventh South Carolina district, and seating Miller, colored. Republican. They unani­ mously determine to report adversely on the claim of Gen. Chalmers, Republi­ can contestant for the seat in the Second Mississippi district, and favor Morgan, the Democratic occupant of tt;e seat. Plktten's Besolutlons Providing Coir a Committee on Revision and Limiting It W thin Certain Bounds Adopted by the Oatherdd Cluirclimon. Saratoga dispatch: In' the Pres­ byterian Assembly tho report of the committee to which the several resolutions relative to the appoint­ ment of a committee on revision wore referred was presented, containing tho following resolutions: "Resolved, l. That a committee of one member of the assembly from each synod, to-wit: Nineteen ministers and ten elders be appointed by tho modera­ tor to nominate to this assembly a com­ mittee, consisting of fifteen ministers and ten elders, which shall bo called 'the assembly's committee on revision of the confession of faith,' which com­ mittee, when constituted by the geheral assembly, shall consider the suggestions made by the presbyteries in their an­ swers to the second of the above ques­ tions, and formulate and report to the general assembly of 1891 such altera­ tions and amendments to the confession of faith as in their Judgment may be deemed desirable. "2. This committee on revision shall moot at tho call of a temporary chairman to be named by the moderator and shall upon meeting appoint their own perma­ nent Chairman and shall have power to fill vacancies. "3. This committee Is instructed to meet at an early date, not later than Oct. 31, 1890, and diligently pursue its work, that it may promptly report at the meeting of the general assembly of 1891. "Resolved, That this committee on revision be, and hereby are, instructed that they shall not propose any altera­ tions or amendments that will in any way impair the integrity of the reformed or Calvinistic system of doctrine taught in the confession of faith." Great appiauso followed the reading of the report. Dr. McCracken heartily seconded the paper and Dr^Ersklne proceeded to address tho assembly in its support. He was interrupted by cries of "Question," and soon yielded to the assembly's Impatience to get to a vote. The report was unanimously adopted and the assembly sang "Praise God From Whom All Blessings FIQW." The moderator announced the com­ mittee which will nominate the actual committee on revision, and among the names were the following: William C. Roberts, temporary chairman, Illinois; Henry B. Saylor, Indiana; G. Donnan, Iowa; John T. Oxtoby, Michigan; Dan­ iel R. Noyes, Minnesota; Everett C. Eastman, Wisconsin. The committee at once went into session. The committee on bills and overtures reported in favor of a consensus creed. The question was put and tho report adopted by an almost unanimous vote This finishes-the important business of the assembly of 1890. CROPS IMPROVED. Grate la All the Northwestern States Oreatly Benefited. Washington dispatch: Following is the weather crop bulletin for 'tho week just ended furnished by the War de partment; * About the normal temperature has prevailed In tho Southern States, tho Ohio Valley, and on the New England coast during the past week, while the cold weather has continued in the lake regions and the Northwest, the average temperature in the upper lake region and the Upper Mississippi Valley rang­ ing from 5 to 10 degrees below the normal. There has been more rain than usual during the week in Southern Minnesota, Southeast Dakota, and portions of Iowa, Missouri and Illinois. Well-distributod showers occurred throughout the South­ ern States and generally from Texas northward to Dakota. Over the grain regions of Southern Minnesota and Southeast Dakota rainfall exceeded one and one-half inches, while in the north­ ern portions of these States about one half inch ay of rain is reported. The recent rains in the Northwest have greatly improved tho crop condi­ tions in that section, Including the States of Minnesota, Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa, although droughts aro re­ ported in North Dakota aud Northwest Minnesota. While the •I'ains have been favorable for small grain it has. been too cool for corn, which is being replanted In some sections of Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. MANYJPERISH. Many Chinamen Lost In u Wreck Off tho Coast of Alaska. San Francisco (Cal.) dispatch: Apri the ship Oneida, from San Francisco to Aleutain Canneries, was shipwrecke'd on the rocks at Sanak islands, Alaska, aud seventy-seven Chinamen were drowned. The total number of persons on board when the ship went to pieces was 155. Forty-five were .white men, and they, with thirty-three Chinaman, were saved. The destruction of the vessei was due to the carelessness of the cap­ tain. He was intoxicated at the time the ship struck the rocks. After ho was landed safely on the beach the infuriated seamen as­ saulted him, and tho Injuries he re­ ceived resulted in his death. The men, it is said, did not Intend to murder him, but they expressed no regret when they learned that he was dead. #•' Kh » yV V/a.V' * " -i . ;• ^ j<r 4 % ~ C: ' J., <V, 'IT , ft1" THE CARPENTER'S STRIKE. * Cities That Have Acceded to the Oomandi of the Men. ^^Philadelphia dispatch: The Carpen- Tfifr, tho organ of tho United Brother­ hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, In its issue of this week will say that up to date the eight-hour day has been secured this season for tho carpenters in twenty-seven cities and towns, affecting 23,355 men in the trade. Nine cities aro still out for the eight- hour day and six compromised on nine hours. The nine-hour day has been established in seventy-two cities and towns, with the agreement for eight hours a day Saturday in many instances. This concession affects 14,180 carpentors, while gains have been made in the shape of increased wages in eighteen other cities, affecting 2,662 men. ? WILL HAVE_A PALACE. The Vanderbllts Preparing to Bnlld One' Near Aslievllln, N. C. Ashevllle (N. C.) jlispatch: George Vanderbilt, his mother, and a party of friends have been here recently looking over "lfiltmcre," a 5,000 acre estate on which Mr. Vanderbilt Intends to build a palace, from plans drawn by Rich­ ard M. Hunt. Tlie entire co9t of tho buildings and improvements will bo $,5,0'10,000. A railway has been con­ structed from the main line of the West­ ern North Carolina railroad to the Van­ derbilt grounds at a cost of S10,000. The machinery for making brick and tiles is ordered and 25.000 brick can be made daily. A large rock quarry is to be opened and much of the material needed for the construction of the build­ ings Is to be taken from the grounds. IMPORTANT MEASURES COKBTOEKED • <• AND ACTED UFOSG, ^ \ At «»• Xation'e Capitol--What Is Beffcf* , N '1,. Done bjr the Senate and House -- Matters Disposed Of and New Ones Con- : Sj; aldered. _ ' In the Senate, on the 26th Ins*, Immediately * after the reading of the journal, the oath or ofitee was administered by the Vice President, hfc v,laT';8le«, aBr,^ ®ator 'rom the State aft «%' Kentucky for Mr. Beck s unexpired term. Mr.<v "3: Plumb introduced a bill to provide for the tmr-s ' ^ BVler 1,86 RB lawful money, and said. ' ' that !t bad been prepaml by Banker St. Joline, . R mft "'8 own approval. \ The benute then resumed consideration of tb©» naval appropriation bill, the pending question; being on Mr. CoekrelUs amendment to 6trim . "'7 out the provision for the construction of three- heavily armed battle-ships at a coat of ^t,00i) 000».- '. ' each. Mr. ro.krell e amendment was not.",- JS<"' agreed to--yeas, 18; nays, 33. The bill then * passfed. Mr. Mitchell then offered a resolution . I A'I ( w h i c h w a s a g r e e d t o ) i n s t r u c t i n g t h e C o m m i t - ' " tee on Pensions to report an amendment to then.*' '-' pension laws so as to provide in a more liberal V , manner for the -widows, minor children, and dependent relatives of deceased soldiers. The* , , Senate then adjourned. The House wast "w called to order by Clerk McPherson, and on. *€»'& motion of Mr. McKinley Mr. Burrows (Mich.u , . was elected Speaker pro tem. and took the chair4" " "• amid applause. On motion of Mr. McKinley - ' / . the Senate bill was passed for the erection of a. •>'; Vjj' public building at Canton, Ohio, at a cost of $100,000. The floor was then accorded to the* " Committee on District of Columbia, and Mr. • i Atkinson (Mo.) called up the Bock Creek Park; y-.\ bill, and the vote by which it was recently de- * 4 ' % feated was reconsideredimd the bil! was passed. »< After the passage of several other District bUl*&-£$fe£« toe House adjourned. - THE session of the Senate on the 27th Inst. ", was occupied principally In a discussion on Sen--' ator Wilson's bill subjecting imported liquors/ ^ to the provisions of the laws of the several • States. In the House Mr. McKinley of Ohio, submitted the conference report upon the cue-' "1-r'Ji' i toms-adjinnistrative bill. The conference rt*- ' * Al­ port was adopted--yeas, 127; nays, 13: tho* Wpeaker pro tem. counting a quorum. The-. '-4 - Democrats as a rule refrained from voting. The- House then went into committee of the wholo ' (Mr. Allen of Michigan in tho chair) on tho-v.;:\ river and harbor appropriation bill. ' An amendment calling lor S5.0U0 for ini-s ^ proveinents at Cedar Islands, Iowa, was -t. '- defeated, as was that of Mr. Stoue, of Kentucky,' '| r; 1 asking for an appropriation for Hickman, Ky. Ihis was followed by the defeat of an amend- '•/ "• ment calling for JO,o>)0 for levees at Natchcz, (,'"" >;, S- Miss. A long debate followed an amendment I - offered by Mr. l.oatuer of Louisiana, as to the - S*.#' imirovenientB at the mouth of the Ked and that head of the Atchafalaya Kivers, which was de- & feated. An amendment was offered by the ' Chairman of the Kiver and Harbor Committee j. *' • providing that $50,000 of the amount allotted to the Missouri Kiver shall be expended between' v v I . bioux City and Eoath Dakota, and #50,00jii above South Dakota. Agrted to. Mr. McCreary X V made a point ot order against tho'feature of'v v the bill which imposes a fine for obstruction of S navigable waters or dumping into btreams such articles as may become an obstruction, holding.i%; •' ; : that the committee had no power to inflict fincfT; < and imprisonment. Pending discussion, tlifr c o m m i t t i e r o s e a n d t h e H o u e e a d j o u r n e d . « ^ . In the Senate on the 28th, the Senate bill «nb- J Jeotlng imported liquors to the laws of the sev- eral States occupie 1 the attention of the Sena­ tors all day. In the House Mr. Vaux, Mr. Bandall's successor, presented his credentials ,,, was <luaI'fied as a Representative. A • bill was passed appropriating $125,000 for " , < ,3 the establishment of the national military park at the battlefield at Chickamauga. A 1 .1 conference wftB ordered on the naval appro- ';•> priation bill, and then the House went ?• into committee of the whole (Mr. Burrows of ;: Michigan in the chair) on the river and harbor bill. On motion of Mr. Dunnell of Minnesota, section 8, providing that it shall not bo lawful to build bridges over navigable waterways without first securing the approval of the- Secretary of War to the proposed plans, an& providing a fine and imprisonment as penalty for violation of said act, was so amended as to peunit the cases to bo brought before tne Unite.! Scates courts Instead of / the Secretary of War. On motion of Mr, Com- stock, of Minnesota, all the paragraph calling >'*i < for the survey and the estimated cost of cutting a new channel to the Bay of Superior, opposite the opening between Kite's Point and Connors i Point, was stricken out. A motion to recom- j mit tho bill, *ith instructions to the committer to cut out the I'aragrapli making an appropria- ^ tion for beginning work upon tho Hennepin- Canal, was defeated--nays, 128; yeas, 01. The S bill then passed, and the House adjourned. IN the Senate, on the 29th, moet of the day was spent in tbe consideration of the bill sub­ jecting imported liquors to the provisions of • the laws of the several States, and after a dis~ ' * ."sit cussion participated in by nearly all the Sena- > tors present finally succeeded in securing a voto^ upon the bill, which resulted: Yeas, 34; nays, 10. Those voting iu tne affirmative were: Allen, ,, .v. Allison. Blair, Call, Casey, Colquitt, Cul- lom, Davis, Dawes, Dixon. Dolph, Ed­ munds, George, Hawley, Hiscoek. Hoar, Ingalls, Jones of Nevada, ILcMillan, Mitchell, Moody, Morrill, Paddock. Piatt, Plumb, Power, Pugh, fa>vyer, Hpoonor, IStewart, Stockbridge, Waltliall, Washburne, Wilson of Iowa. Tnose voting in the negative were Bate, Blodgett, Cockrell, Coke, Karris, Jones of Arkansas, Turpie, Vance, Vest, an<l Voorhees. The title of the bill was> then amend­ ed so as to read, "A bill to limit the effect of the regulation of commerce between the several States and foreign countries in certain cases." The House spent the entire day in the con­ sideration of bills making appropriations for public buildings. At five o clock the committee of tne whole rose, having passed in committee. bills providing for public buildings at tlOrly- 11 ve places, at a total cost of $4,425,000. W- Morsels of Gastronomy. American Ringer in Chinese jars is a- new gastronomic humbug. Lamb has fallen a little in price, bat not enough to injure Mary's pet. There are some hotel soups so thia a- blind man can see through them. Fashiona ble families' prejudice against hash is only shown away from hom& It is denied that Boston yachtsmen use their city's brown bread for ballast. Clams are once more seasonable, and their indigestive qualties just as good at* ever There is one peach crop that never 1* a failure, and that is the preserved1 kind. A man who puts sugar on lettuce will eat ice cream and drink coffee simulta­ neously. t The trouble with hotel waffles is that, they appear to put too much OanncI in them. There ought to be some way to compel the boiling of cabbage and turnips out­ doors. Those who delight in the good things of life are charmed just now to go to market. The edict referring to the Chinese now 1 applierro the sausages--^they, too, "must- go." Disraeli used to say the test of gen­ tility was to see women eat oranges and grapes. Shad rop aud lime juice fs the ap­ proved breakfast of the effeminate cluix man. It is believed that the last gun nas fired, for tea , and it is "meat and right" to let it alone. When scrapple disappears from the Philadelphia breakfast table, spring has actually come. In many people tho eating of oniony means a period of Intended Isolation from society. All the old literature about the efficacy, of lettuce for insomnia has beeh started) on its travels again. A man found a $10 gold piece in cus­ tard pie he was eating; no doubt a re­ ward for his courage. A dull knife will make even a fillet seem tough, but a sharp one makes im­ pounded steak seem a tenderloin. People who have been across the ocean will seldom touch "stewed prune* with rice" after they have safely landed. Tho fondness of tho tribe of parvenus and upstarts of the fashionable world can be apprei-'fresh mushrooms" for ated •There are people *ocn eating lamb chops who look disconsolate because they c&nnot cat the boue as weil as tho meat. Nobody ever hears of codfish balls. In these days when old-fashioned food Is! voted very vulgar.,' even by descendants from the farm. Threc-qunrters of tho published r<>- clpes for this. u,ut.f and the other aro of as much practical use as a top without a cord or a set of harness without ahorse. '->* I1*' ft* - * & #