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n|§ I liy-rfi'-yt i ^ -11/ , .ft V J, VAN SLVKE, Editor *nd Pi McHENftY. TLLIJ DEATH® THE STORl Ilecisio'h Invalidates $50,( 00,000 in Bonds -- Murdered for a Waiter's "Tip"--American Petroleum Trade Threatened--Indian War Threatened* Three Lives Lost. Dispatches from different parts of Ohio arid Kentucky report severe storms Sun­ day night. These storms seined to visit certain sections^ while -adjacent districts are as dry as ever. Other points report cone-shaped bursts like the one nerir Zariosville Which killed Mrs. Clem Wilson and George Deselm in the camp-meeting. At Howard's Mill, "i'letfr MourifIjierling, Ivy., Green Garrett was struck by a cloud burst while riding along the high­ way. He and his horse were killed. Throughout The Ohio Valley Monday the heat was intense. . Grave Trouble in Wyoming. On July 13 thirty meti left Jackson's Hole, Wyoming, to arrest all Indians breaking.the game laws of Wyoming. In Hoback Canon they surprised a camp of ; seventeen Indians and took them alt- pris- oners and started with them for Jack­ son's. Hole.: In the canon the Indians tried Jo (escape arid all the Indians Were killed except OHe papoose; John N. Games, a squaw man and the oldest set­ tler in; Jackson's Hole, has gone over into Idaho and says every settler, in Jackson's" will be biithchered. There were 300 Ban­ nock warriors on Hoback River when Carnes was there, and he says all squaws have been sent away and that the bucks are daily joining the main baud. Waiters ' Qnarrel lvnds in Murder. William s Buford shot and instantly killed^ Gordon Ewing at the Southern Hotel, Chicago, Monday evening. Both men were employed as waiters at the hotel and are colored. The men had quarreled in the kitchen and coming to blows Buford chased Ewing from the room. The basis of their quarrel was strife between them as to who should serve a guest of the house known to be liberal with his tips. Loses His Life in a Bicycle Fall. George Lacy Stranahan. son of Dr. Charles W, Stranahan, a prominent Erie, Pa., surgeon, died Monday night in con­ sequence of a fall received in a bicycle accident. The young man was in his last ycat's studies in the Buffalo Medical Col­ lege, and had already acquired a reputa­ tion as a surgical operator. He received his fatal blow in a sacrifice fall to avoid a collision with a young woman cycler Wright Law Not Constitutional. At Los Angeles, Cal.. Judge Ross, in the United States District Court, declared the Wright irrigation law unconstitu­ tional. Under the Wright act bonds have been issued to the extent of $50,000,000. and are held all over the Fnited States and Europe. The decision invalidates $50,000,000 of bonds of irrigation dis­ tricts in which confirmation proceedings have been taken. OHIO AND KENTUCKY REPORT FATALITIES. BREVITIES. ^ Won Kee, a Chinaman, was mysterious­ ly murdered in Montreal. Que. • The sloop Restless of Santa Barbara is reported Jost off Santa Cruz Island with sixteen persons on board. At Bruex, Bohemia, a remarkable sink­ ing of the earth caused the collapse of eighteen houses and has done damage to the amount of 'a million and a half crowns. At Cleveland 400 men. employed at the Lake Shore foundry went on strike Mon­ day. They demand a restoration of the wages paid previous to a reduction, which took place about two years ago. Two hundred and fifty of the men are laborers, wlyle the remaining 150 are cupola men. i A treaty has been concluded between Greece and Russia by which a fixed im­ port duty has been determined upon for Russian cereals, and by which Russia is given the monopoly of the kerosene trade in Greece. It is expected that this will have the effect of driving American petro-' lev.m from the Greek market. It has been learned that Frank L. Hart, a notorious bunko-steerer. who broke jail at Seattle, Wash., last March with the desperado Tom Blanck, made his escape by being sent in a box to Pasco, on the Northern Pacific. When the box was de- tv livered the hour was midnight and escape from the lonely freight house was easy, Nine skeletons have been found -in one of the prehistoric mounds near Frankfort, Ohio. The bones were those of short, heavy, muscular men. The skulls are. thick and rather round and the facial ajjgle is low. Several sl^yHs give evidence of artificial flattening of the base during infancy. No skeletons found in Ohio pre­ sent a more inferior tribe physically. is Angeles, Cal., John G. Luck ?%$s wife's room at the Westmin- DteFand finding her in bed cut her i;HPer screams aroused other and Luck jumped to the ground rindow in the second story, sever- !tis own wind pipe before he leaped. Both are still alive. Luck is said to be the son of a wealthy family in Nashville, Tenn. 1 Peter Belleque, an old fisherman liv­ ing at Woods, Ore., on the Neucesta River, has received notice that he has fallen heir, with three other relatives, to the snug sum of $200,000 in Canada. Belleque is about 60 years old, and for years has lived alone in the mountains. He lost track of all his relatives and never communicated with any of them. Since the news of his good luck has been actually confirmed he has had numerous offers of marriage. Dr. P. J. Gibbons, of Rochester, N. Y., who was present at the electrocution of the negro, Johnson, at Auburn, declares that the condemned man was partly re­ suscitated after being taken from the chair, when tjie warden prevented fur­ ther i attempts to restore consciousness. Shortly after an autopsy was performed on the body. The new addition of the American tin- plate factory at Elwood, Ind., was opened, 250 men being employed. All labor and industrial organizations of Texas have been invited to meet in 1 joint session at Lampasas Aug. 20. lie would under no cjfcumstaifees be a candidate for the Presidency. M*j. 'J*W1« irrimde abbo-' lutclv out of whole cloth.- Mr. Harrison never spoke or ev.en hinted at such1 a matter. Tift; truth, is . that he did not speak upon tlitr matter' directly or iiidi- rectly. You erfffriot s'aV 'too strongly that not 'one word was»3aid by Mr. Harrison that could be construed into an allusion in any way ,t(o his, pq^ijiop in regard to his possible candidacy for President." The 250th anniversary of tlie founda­ tion of. Manchepter-Jay-the-Sea,. Mass., was celebrated Thursday.; Cyowdsof peo­ ple thronged the streets. The feature of the day was the 1-ei\resentatio'n of the landiiig of Governor-'Whitllrop and party in 1645. The ship Arabella was seen coming up the harbor; and was greeted by a salute by the Walt ha m battery. As­ sembled at the landing place1 were 150 people dressed in Indian casthme. Gov­ ernor Winthrop was impersonated by'R. H. Dana. The party was conducted to the arena, where the "pipe of peace' was smoked. A war dance followed. A repre­ sentation of the Boston tea party was a feature of the historical parade in the afternoon. The entire celebration was a great success. • Maria Barheri. Who murdered her lov­ er, Doniinico Catatdo, at New York, be­ cause he abandoned her, was found guilty of murder, in the first degree,- and will, if the verdict is allowed to-stand, be the first woman., condemned to death since the passage of the law making electrocu­ tion the death penalty. The ease will be taken to the Court of Appeals, and if that court does no* order a hew trial the Gov­ ernor will be appealed to to commute the' sentence to jmpraonment. The .Record­ er's charge was mi favorable to the, de­ fendant. He. said in conclusion: "You -must exemplify, justice by your verdict. A jury has nothing to do With mercy. The la w knows no distinction of persons. The law does not hold woman less.responsible than man. The female sex is sometimes used as""a cloak for most horrible crimes." every degree.of-authority: "The. conces­ sion granted several years-ago to th« Mnfftmie' Canal Company by the Nic: araguan Government for the construction of the Nicaragua n Canal is for the sec­ ond time in great danger of. .being can­ celled, and if annulled will be pthei'Wise disposed of. ' This second trouble is caused by the promise to build a canal at a point called Tipitapa, which Would con­ nect Lake Nicaragua with Lake Mana­ gua. When the concession was granted it was agreed that in return for the con­ cession a canal would be built at this point within three years after the begin­ ning of the work on the main line of the Nicaraguan Canal. The time limit placed upon the completion of this waterway expired in October, 1S92. As the com­ pany lias made no steps toward carrying out its contract the Nicaraguan Govern­ ment threatens to annul the concession, and the threats come in the fornwof a resolution on the part of the President and his Cabinet, which to all appearance is final:" ARMIES OF THE LORD. BRIGADE OF BAPTISTS MASSED : AT BALTIMORE. Fifteen Thousand Young Crusaders Tajte Possession of the Monuniental City--Fifth International CoriVention 1 -Pan-Amcricun Religious Congress. FOREIGN, WESTERN. H. D. Smith, a condemned murderer confined in the Spokane (Wash.) jail, made an ineffectual attempt to escape, and, being Overtaken, committed suicide in sight of his pursuers. At Cincinnati, Ohio, two firemen were killed aud fifteen injured in a fire in the extensive feed store of Hermeseh & Co. at Water and Walnut streets. It started from some unknown cause. The aggre­ gate loss of property will not exceed $150,000 The fire burned steadily and fiercely for two hours Without serious ac­ cident to any7 one. It progressed north­ wardly and at the northeast corner met the walls of the new Simmons Norris commission house. The firemen were warned but rushed under it to save the property of Nelson Morris <& Co. of Chi­ cago. This had been saved and the fire­ men were turning to retreat when the wall fell across the street, burying the men beneath the ruins. For a month a gang has been at work rebuilding a bridge 'on the Santa Fe at Monument, Colo. Wednesday morning the east-bound passenger train, heavily loaded, passed over the bridge. The vi­ brations caused by the train had not ceased when a freight train of twenty- four cars followed. The train passed in safety until within three spans of the end. when suddenly, with lightning swiftness, a trestle, gave way and the whole train fell through the opening, piling up in a most frightful manner, grinding the cars into kindling wood and heaping the im­ mense weight on the body of Mrs. Albert Cooper, who had just brought her hus­ band's luncheon and was sitting under the bridge. J. C. Childers, of Kansas City, and a tramp were also killed. There is a general belief at Butte. Neb., that a party of rustlers captured by the vigilantes Sunday have been lynched. The men captured were: Louis Zouad- land. a resident of Spencer, Neb.; S. C. Clark. C. S. Murphy and C. II. Jackson, who lived west of Spring View. Nearly one hundred head of cattle were found. But few citizens think the rusllers reach­ ed Spring View, as the vigilantes are old ranchers and seldom bring a rustler back when they have a good chance to make away with him. Others believe that be­ cause of the publicity given to the affair the men in charge will not dare to make away with them, but will turn them over to the authorities at Spring View, when other parties will take them from the offi­ cers, and they will likely share the usual fate of rustlers; Gov. Richards, at Cheyenne. Wyo., re­ ceived a telegram signed by the justice of the peace and constable of Maryville, in the Jackson Hole district, saying: "Nine Indians arrested; one killed; oth­ ers escaped. Many Indians reported here threatening lives and property. Settlers are moving miles away. Want projec­ tion immediately. Action on your part absolutely necessary." Gov. Richards forwarded the message to the Secretary of the Interior and asked him to take im­ mediate action. The Governor , says the entire trouble can be stopped by the Sec­ retary of the Interior instructing the In­ dian agent at Fort Hall, Idaho, to send out his Indian police to call in all hunt­ ing parties of the Indians who are in Wyoming. If it becomes necessary to send State troops to the region compa­ nies will be sent from Evanston and Lander. Nine imprisoned miners at the I'ewabic mine, at Iron Mountain, Mich., were re­ leased about midnight Thursday. Not one of them was injured in any manner and none suffered any great inconve­ nience from the thirty-six hours' confine­ ment. Ayri heard the crash of the break­ ing timlfers in time to make their way to a dry drift on the first level. Their mir­ aculous escape is considered one of the most remarkable in the history of mining. It was a most difficult task for the hys­ terical wives and children of the impris­ oned miners to fuliy comprehend the joy­ ful shouts of the rescuing party When the last mass of debris and timber .had been pulled aside, ^disclosing the nine miners who had but a few hours pre­ vious been given up as lost. For an in­ stant the rescued men were staggered by the influx of fresh air and light, and then their haggard faces were lighted by the smiles that only humanity and love of the dear ones at home can produce. The meeting of the miners and their families renewed the hysterical joy of the women. Children hugged the big, brawny limbs of their fathers and cried their joy. Miners who had labored all night in the rescuing relays, with pick, shovel and tamping rod, smiled grimly and endeav­ ored to disparage their own heroic work by remarking; "We knowed that the boys was all right in the first level air chamber, and a blast or two would ht^Ip us dig 'em out." ! . • * M. Stambouloff died at Sofia, Bulgaria, Thursday morning, not having uttered a word since the death struggle -began? Symptoms of cerebral affection developed at that time and lie rapidly sunk into Comatose state., The ex-premier was at­ tacked by assassins Monday evening, while returning from the Union Club. He received several knife wounds about the head and both of his arms were so badly cut that amputation was necessary. His left eye was gouged out and his'.,right one so severely injured that he was blinded. The British bark Florence, which left Newcastle; Australia, on Jan: 20 for Panama, has not yet reached her des­ tination, and she has' been given up as lost. Nothing has been heard of her since she sailed from the colonial port arid a. month ago reinsurance was freely offered at 00 per cent. She was a stanch iron vessel of about 1,500 tons burden and was in command of Capf. Higgins. She should have made the voyage by the last of April and now she is p6sted as three months overdue. She was loaded with Australian coal. Prof. Garner will be sent back into the wilds of Africa with his iron cage to learn more of the language of apes. A company including Prof. S. II. Peabody, of»the.University of Chicago, will donate the funds necessary to the expedition in the interest of science. Prof. Garner will take his departure for the jungles as soon as preparations which are in progress have been effected. A luncheon was giv­ en in his honor at the Union League Club, when he took the opportunity of ^peaking of. his plans before those who are inter­ ested and backing the trip. It is said that $12,000 has been subscribed and that unlimited support will be afforded the Pro­ fessor. IN GENERAL The claim of~Capt. Lamothe, of Alton 111., to the site of the city of Londou, Gnt., which he says was leased in 1708 by an ancestor, only excites ridicule there. There is no such lease as he speaks of in the local archives. The first one on rec­ ord dates back only to 1S20. The affairs of La Banque du Peuple, at Montreal. Que., came to a crisis Mon­ day when the directors decided to sus­ pend payment for ninety days. ,T. S. Bosquei, who. until two weeks ago, was cashier, is said to be largely responsible for the bank's difficulties, having permit­ ted heavy overdrafts, principally by com­ panies in which lie was personally inter­ ested. Mrs. Ilattie Wills, a Tacoma woman who went to Alaska last winter, writes from Circle City, in the interior on the \ ukon, that the Country has been over- boouied and many prospectors will leave this fail. Provisions are running short and what can be had are verv high- priced. The steam schooner/>Exeelsior has arrived at Seattle with the first news direct from the Yukon this summer, after having had a perilous experience in the great ice floe in Behring Sea. The Ex­ celsior was delayed fourteen days on the way north by a large field of ice, one mass being fully 400 miles long and 100 miles wide. In the opinion of Capt. Hig­ gins Behring Sea Was entirely frozen, over last winter and the ice was broken up in the spring by the winds. The following is the standing of the cldfts in the National League: Baptists in Baltimore. On the heels of the great gathering of Christian'Endeavorers at Boston, and al­ most before their peans of praise had ceased to echo through the land, came the assembling in Baltimore of the hosts of the' Baptist Young People's Union of America. It was the fifth international convention of the organization, and the 15,000 delegates, who brought with them nearly as many of their kindred, came from every section of every State in the Union, as well as from Canada and from Mexico. Owing to tlie fact that Balti­ more hasno hall large enough to nccpnimo- 1) 2 OFFICERS OF THE BAPTIST UNIOX. John II. Chapman. Rev. R. E-» Y. Pieree. Rev. 0. I'. Gifford. Miss Ella F. Ilaigh. Rev. J. B. Cranlill. J. o. Staples. Rev. F. L. Wilkins, I). D. date so great a gathering, a mammoth tent was erected at the Madison street entrance to Druid Ilill Park, which is said to have been the largest stretch -of tanvass ever put up in the world. It afford­ ed space for 12,000 chairs, covered a tract of land 32o by 10»> feet, and was support­ ed by poles fifty feet in height. I nder the shelter of this great canvas 10,000 delegates assembled on the open­ ing morning at 10 o'clock, when the con­ vention was called to order by President Chapman, of Chicago. The' devotional exercises, which were characterized by great enthusiasm and fervor, were led by Rev. Dr. C. A. Hoobs, of Delavan, Wis. Praise and prayer occupied nearly half an hour, and welcoming addresses were then in order. Eugene Levering, of the Eutaw Place Church, spoke for the churches of Baltimore; Rev. II. W. Whar­ ton, of the Brantlv Memorial Church, peacefully settled. There is no threaten­ ing question to cause anxiety--nothing that will-not be adjusted by quiet diplo rtiacy. 4, £AN-AMEftlGAN CONGRESS. Notable Religions Gathering iji To­ ronto--Objects of the Meeting. 'g Religion and education, the supreme Torces of moral and intellectual progress, were- the , themes discussed before ,the Pan-American Congress of Religion and* Education, which assembled at Toronto. This congress may be considered as the legitimate fruitage of the great parlia­ ment of religions of 1893, which set in motion and gave powerful impetus .to those fdrees which-make for unity among the people of the earth. The object of the Pali-American congress is to bring all who are interested!in the spread of the true gospel into a closer association, one with another, and into sympathetic rela­ tionship in all the great educational, philanthropic and reform movements of modern Christianity. The inaugural session of the congress opened at the Horticultural Pavilion in the presence of several thousand citizens and delegates. On the platform, which was handsomely decorated, sat Lieut, Gov. Kirkpatrick, the Rev. S. G. Smith of St. Paul, President of the congress; Mayor Kennedy, and many other dis­ tinguished persons," The chair was occu­ pied by W. B. McMurrich, Q. C.. of tile Joint Local Committee. Appropriate nd-: dresses of welcome were delivered by the Lieutenant Governor, Mayor Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Thomas, after which the President of the congress and several other noted delegates made'suitable re-1 plies.- • 7 ; •; . " '" •< The Rev. Dr. Samuel G. Smith, Presi­ dent of the congress,.returning thanks for the generous welcome tendered them';'; re­ ferred in graceful terms to the way in which the British and American .flags were intertwined in the decorations, and amid applause expressed his hope that not until the crack of doom would the two be rent asunder. The Rev. Father Ryan of Toronto delivered a short and abl^e speech. Archbishop Walsh had commissioned him to express his welcome and tender the hospitality of St. Michaels' palace to the delegates. Mrs. Charles Henrotin, of Chicago. President of the Federation of Women's Clubs of America, then addressed the meeting. Rabbi Elzas spoke on behalf of the Jewish delegates. The Rev. Dr. H. V . Bennett. Akron, Ohio, spoke brief­ ly. Mrs. Lydia von Finkelstein-Mount- ford, a native of Jerusalem, closed the speaking. At the evening session C. C.. Botuiey was the first speaker, his topic being "The New Movement for the Unity and Peace of the World." DIE BEFORE TAKING OFFICE. Five Members of the Fifty-fourth Congress Claimed by the Reaper. 1 he Fifty-fourth Congress is but a few days more than four months old, and only seven months have elapsed since the election of its members, and yet there nave been seven casualties in tlie ranks of the House of Representatives chosen last November, five by death and two by resignation. Those who have died in­ clude, besides Representative Frederick Reniann, whose funeral occurred Wed­ nesday in the Eighth Illinois District, the following: Myron B. Wright (Rep.) of the Fif­ teenth Pennsylvania District, Nov. 13, Per P. W. I j. cent. Baltimore .. . (57 40 27 .597 Cleveland .... .. . 78 40 32 .590 Pittsburg .... . 72 42 30 .583 Boston .. .07 38 2!) .507 Cincinnati .. .73 41 32 .502 Chicago .. .7!) 43 30 .544 Philadelphia . . ..00 37 32 .530 Brooklyn .... . . .71 38 33 .535 New York. ... .. .70 37 33 .529 Washington . .. .03 24 39 .381 St. Louis .. .75 27 48 .300 Louisville . .. .. .70 14 56 .200 WESTERN LEAGUE. The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: • Per P. w. L. cent. Indianapolis .,. .08 42 20 .018 Kansas City. .. .09 39 30 .505 Milwaukee ... .73 40 33 .548 St. Paul .09 37 32 .530 Detroit .70 37 33 .529 Grand Rapids. Minneapolis . .. . 72 30 30 .500 Grand Rapids. Minneapolis . .. .OS 31 37 .450 Terre Haute. .. .09 27 42 .391 MARKET REPORTS. EASTERN. • Harry Bowden, a Pennsylvania opera­ tor, was killed by tramps at Bueyrus, Ohio, and his body placed upon the tracks, where'it jvas struck by hn engine and de- capitated. Bowden had deceived his monthly pay a few hours before the mur­ der, and it is believed that the crime was committed for the purpose of robbery. The deceased was 25 years old and un­ married. His parents reside in Crestline, where the remains will be taken for'burial after the coroner has held an inquest: t • At Syracuse,' N. Y.t Maj. T. L. Poole denied the report that Gen. Harrison had said to Joseph T. Sayles and himself) that- SOUTHERN. The steamer Ariel, reported sunk in the James River with a crowd of colored ex­ cursionists, arrived safely at Petersburg, \ a. It was delayed by the storm. Judge Nathan Goff, of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, at .Mar- tinsburg, W, Va.,. decided that the law of the State of West Virginia, imposing a tax of $500 a year on every dealer selling cigarettes, contravened the interstate commerce law when the cigarettes were imported from another State into West Virginia,1 and was, therefore, inoperative. This decision will affect similar laws in other States unless reversed by the higher court. - A'private letter to a New Orleans gen­ tleman from Managua, Nicaragua, con­ tains the following, which is given with CNTr.ANCt A /SL t PLAN OF THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION TEVT. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $(5.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.50', sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 05c to 66c; corn, .No. 2, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2, 23c to 24c; rye. No. 2, 40c to 4Sc; butter, choice creamery, 16c to 18c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 13c; potatoes, new, per barrel, $1.50 to $2.25;. broom corn, common growth to fine brush, 4c to O^c per lb. 1 Indianapolis--Cattie, -shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $^.00 to $5.25; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2, 03c to 05c; corn, No. 1 white, 44c to 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c. St. Louis--Cattle. $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $3.50°to $5.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 04c to 65c; corn, No. 2 yellow. 40c to 41c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; rye, No. 2, 43c to 45c-.. Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 07c to 08c; corn, No. 2, mixed, 43c to 45c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 26c to 28c; rye, No. 2, 44c to 40c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.50; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red, OUc to 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 44c to 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; rye. 47c to 49c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 69e to 71t", corn,.No. 2 mixed. 40c to 47c; oats, No. 2 white. 23c to 25c; rye. No. 2. 48c to 50c; clover seed, prime, $5.70 to $5.75. Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 1 hard. 70c to 72c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 51c to jj2c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 67c to 68c; co^, No. 3, 47c to 48c; oats, No. 2 white, 2oc to 27c; barley, No. 2, 47c to 48c; rye, No. 1. 53c to 54c; pork, mess, $'<5.50 to $11,007 NeW York--Cattle, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, $4.00 to $6.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2, 49c to 50c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; butter, creamery, 15c to 18c; eggs, West­ ern, 13c to 14c. spoke for the Young People's Society of Baltimore; and response on behalf of the , board of managers of the international union and the delegates was made by Rev. Dr. A. C. Dixoii, of Brooklyn. The latter laid special stress upon the fact that this was the first time that Mexico had sent delegates to the convention, and gave an especial greeting to those from the prov­ inces of Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. A rousing reception was given to the Indefatigable general secretary, Dr. Frank L. Williams, when he took the platform for the purpose of reading the ̂ general re­ port of the general managers, and after this document had been disposed of with­ out discussion two brief } Idresses were delivered, one upon culture for service, by Rev. Dr. Wallace, of Toronto, and the other upon the Junior Society as the hope Qf the movement, by Rev. Dr. R. D. Grant, of Portland, CVregon. The afternoon session was prefaced by a praise service led by Rev. L. B. Thomas, of Colorado Springs, and the convention resolved itself into an open parliament at which systematic and proportionate giving was discussed by a number of speakers. A feature of the great gathering was the attendance of Pearly 600 young Baptist wheelmen from New York and Philadel­ phia, who rode from those cities to Balti­ more on their wheels. Nearly 1,500 more wheelmen came* from Virginia, West Virginia, and points in Maryland. 1894; James II. Codding elected to fill (he vacancy. Philip S. Post (Rep.) of the Tenth Illi­ nois District, Jan. 0, 1895; place will bo filled by George AN'. Prince. Andrew J. Campbell (Rep.) of the Tenth New York District, Dec. 6, 1S94. William Cogswell (Rep.), Sixth Massa­ chusetts, May 22. Mr. Campbell was elected in Gen. Dan Sickles' old district in New York, and his successor is likely to be a Democrat. In the other two cases there is no change expected in the political bias of the new representatives. LIBERALS WIPED OUT. Sustained Crushing Defeats in Recent British Elections. At the close of the polls throughout Great Britain Wednesday the returns showed that 408 members, out of a total of 650, had been elected. The results so far are decisive, and all that shall occur hereafter will merely enlarge the propor­ tions of the liberal defeat. Of the mem­ bers already chosen 290 are tories and "unionists." Only 112 members of all shades of the opposition have been elected. Of this number but 70 are regular liberals of the Gladstone school. This is not a mere revolution. The liberal party .is wiped out. It is not possible that out o.f the 240 or 250 members yet to be elected that party will secure enough to make a formidable opposition to any measure which the tory government n^ay propose. It is probable that the Irish party of all-factions will have at least half as many members as the.liberal party, count­ ing those distinctly so classed. Tlifs Ts all that is left of the splendid, aggressive, jubilating, disciplined and formidable host of voters that followed the grand old man time and again to victory. It disap­ peared when he abandoned its leadership. So far as this country is concerned, none of its interests will be affected by the tri­ umph or defeat of either party in Great Britain. Irish-American sympathizers with the cause of home rule will regret its probable.permanent defeat. But there is no ground to suppose that any different future would have been before Irehvad had the liberal ^arty won. Home rule had been virtually burled as a party issue. The few questions at issue between the United States and Great Britain will not cause serious controversy and will be WILL KEEP OUT YELLOW FEVER. Thorough Work to Be Done by the Na­ tional Government. I.nder the direction and supervision of Surgeon General Wvinan, of the Marine Hospital service, extensive preparations are being made to protect this country against an invasion of yellow fev-er or other contagious disease this year. The four revenue cutters, Winona, Morrill, I oi \\ ard, and McLane, have been ordered to duty off the Florida coast. Each eut- i ter will be -supplied with a steam launch, and these launches will be used for pene­ trating the lagoons and small streams \5 Inch exist in numbers along the coast of Florida. Usually about Aug. 1 the fish­ ing smacks of Cuba come over to our coast in considerable numbers, under the pretense of fishing in the waters of Flori­ da, but their real object is to smuggle in intoxicating liquors from Mexico and to­ bacco from Cuba. The men who bring over these smacks are familiar with the coast and know all the hiding places afforded by lagoons, bays and rivers. The purpose of Surgeon General Wyman is to so equip the United States cutters that they may hunt down these smacks and dine them away, no matter how far they may seek the interior. At the re­ quest of the Florida State Board of Health the national government will take entire charge of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of that State. Whenever vessels from infected points are discovered they will be taken, by force, if necessary, to the nearest quarantine station and "thor­ oughly cleansed and fumigated. News of Minor Note. Baron Schenck was accidentally killed at a race meeting at Darmstadt. ' Frank Kabatchnik, the Cleveland fire­ bug, was given nineteen years in prison. Fire destroyed business aud residence property at Oswego, N. Y., valued at $100,000. Congressman "Tom" Reed is riding a bicycle at Washington, but has not ap­ peared in public. R. N. Taylor, an Ohio ex-Congressman; has deserted liis wife and fled to the Sandwich Islands. ^ Two negro arclight trimmers were killed by coming in contact with a live Wire at Augusta, Ga. * \ ' A toy balloon caused the destruction of the Santa Rita copper and ;ron mill at Silver City, N. M. The loss was $100,- ooa • GREAT ORATORICAL BATTLE ON : THE MONEY QUESTION. Contestants to Argue for Three Hours Every Afternoon Until They Run Out of Facts-Weekly Report of Weather and Crops--News Notes. Kight Days of Talk. Roswell G. Horr and W. H. Harvey, whose prominence in financial discussions makes extended Introduction of them un­ necessary, began their long-heralded and much-advertised debate at 2 o'clock Tues­ day afternoon in the assembly room of tlie Illinois Club, Chicago. The room had been fitted ^jp as an amphitheater with seats for only 200 persons. Admission is by card, but all the seats were taken at the opening of the contest, and it is un­ likely that any cards will go begging at any time during the eight days of the friendly dispute. For the benefit of all concerned the talk is divided into blocks if about 1,000 words from each disputant, tnd when each has had a say both are ;pen to questions from the auditors. Roswell G. Horr is a statesman from llichigan. now engaged in writing on J nance for the New York Tribune. He jias as his referee Lyman J. Gage, of the. First Nationali-Ba.uk, of Chicago, and as bis judge. Charles. II. Aldrich, also of Chicago. W. H. Harvey is known to .syerybody as the author of "Coin's Finan­ cial School." His referee is II. S. Taylor, if Chicago, and his judge is Henry Miller, also a Chicagoaii. The issne is "Gold or Silver for a Na­ tional Currency," .with Mr. Harvey of coiirse in favor of the white metal, and the debate is founded on chapters in the silver champion's noted "school" book. Mr. Horr made the opening statement. The fight opened with a spar for points. Neither combatant wished to commit him­ self until he had "tried the wind" and "felt the reach" of his adversary. The Gotham man caused ail impression that his first purpose Was to castigate Harvey for his literary license in making wfeM^ known persons per force attend his financial school." Hardly had this point been touched upon when Mr^Gage, whose name is linked with every lesson, got up and went out. He did not resume his 6eat. The silver sympathizers laughed loud­ est and cheered hardest. Mr. Horr's con­ stituency eased itself with suppressed tit­ ters and significant nods. As the debate proceeded the applause grew harder. At the reading of the terms "gold and silver" from the Constitution by Mr. Harvey there was an outburst. "Who-oy!" shout­ ed the delegate from Indiana. He follow­ ed it with deafening hand-claps. A mo­ ment after Judge Vincent requested that demonstrations be omitted. "Let them talk," said Mr. Harvey. "I have no feeling on the subject-- let them talk if they choose," seconded Mr. Horr. The gold champion early tried to get his opponent to commit himself on the mean­ ing of primary money. Mr. Harvey shied from the trap which he suspected, saying he would discuss that detail in its right­ ful place. Later, when Mr. Horr was asked to answer point blank if silver was not made the standard in 1792, lie in turn dodged, offering Mr. Harvey's refusal to answer him in a word as precedent against minute cross-examination. Dr.xThomas, president of the Illinois Club, called the gathering to order and welcomed the guests who were to share the discussions. He was followed by Judge Miller, who read the rules adopted by the speakers. INDIANA LAW IS DEFEATED. Legislative Apportionment Act Is De­ clared Unconstitutional. A suit to lest the constitutionality of the Indiana legislative apportionment act passed by the last General Assembly was brought in the Circuit Court at Sullivan and argument in support of the proposi­ tions advanced by plaintiffs were made by Senator Turpie, ex-Congressman Brown and ex-Representative Beasley, It was claimed that under article 4, sec­ tions 4 and 5, of the Constitution, the General Assembly had no power to enact a law either by repealing valid and exist­ ing laws or by passing new laws upon the subject; that the law was passed at an un­ constitutional period and not at a session immediately following an enumeration of voters, as provided by the Constitution. It was also claimed that the new law de­ prived the counties of Vigo, Vermillion and Sullivan of one joint representative. A writ of date was asked, restraining the Auditor, Sheriff and Clerk of Sullivan County from acting under it. Judge Mof- fett ruled that the new law was unconsti­ tutional and granted the writ. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court. JM Cf Gov. Morrill, of Kansas, is removing Populists from the penitentiary board. Labor leaders in Washington grieve over the defeat of Congressman McGann. The Missouri Democratic monetary convention will be held at Pertle Springs Aug. 0. ? Tammany II^ul has been reorganized in accordance with the new arrangement of assembly districts. J. K. Vardaman, free silver candidate for Governor of Mississippi,' has with­ drawn from the race. John II. Thomas, Republican, was elected Mayor of Annapolis. Five of eight Aldermen elected are Democrats. Ex-Attorney General Gflrland says there will be seven national tickets in the field in the next Presidential campaign. Southern Democratic editors are at work to secure the nomination of Steven-1 son and Crisp as the Presidential candi­ dates. Dr. J. P. Cowan, ex-member of Con­ gress from the Fourteenth Ohio District and member of the Ohio Legislature in 1855, died at Ashland, aged 72. Significance is attached to the visit of W. O. Bradley, Republican Gubernato­ rial nominee of Kentucky, to ex-Gov. Foraker, of Ohio. It confirms former rumors of, an interstate combine. r .Mary Ellen Lease lost in her appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court to be rein­ stated on the State Board of Charities, but her prosecution of Housliolder and Waite, Populist members of 'he board, has resulted in their conviction on charges of gross irregularities. Frank Reeves, aged 10, climbed a tree at Birmingham, Ala., to get a better view of a funeral procession. He fell and was killed. His grandfather, apon hearing of the accident, expired. ps xal ion, ;tors services Condition of Grain p Western and'Ce The reports as to throughout the eoun influence of weather growth and harvest of the different State . throughout the country and telc«raphed to Chicago are as follows: . f , Illinois--Week generally favorable, ex­ cept dry in northei^ 'section; haying ana oat harvest being completed; wheat and rye thrashing continues; corn doing well, many fields tasseling; pastures, potatoes; and gardens improved by rains in cen­ tral and southern sections. Wisconsin--Drouth partially broken by local showers on Sunday; pastures, corn and potatoes suffering; haying completed, except on marshes; rye and barley mostly cut and oats nearly ripe; barley and oats Show heavy yields; frost ou Tuesday did slight damage. Minnesota Warm days, cool nights very favorable; haying well advanced; barley harvest progressing, grade uneven, yield big; oat cutting just begun; corn im-^ proving; drouth in south half partially broken by Sunday's showers., North Dakota--Temperature and sun­ shine normal* rainfall deficient; some slight damage to grain by hail and hot weather at scattered places; rye and bar­ ley being harvested; haying commenced; corn doing well. South Dakota--Continued drouth un­ favorable to all efops; wheat, .oats' aad grass injured some in a number of coun­ ties and in localities seriously; .barley harvest general and oat harvest begun; corn; flax, millet and gardens need rairt. Nebraska--Week c-ool, with . less than normal rainfall, except in south: central part of the State, wh&re more than an inch "fell; harvest of suiall grains prog­ ressed rapidly; corn has grown felowly and the leaves have generally rolled some during the day, but while the crop is not as yet damaged rain is needed. Iowa--The dry and cool weather of past week has been favorable for harvesting; Saturday night and Sunday widely^scat- tered showers afforded relief from drouth, which was becoming serious; oat harvest in progress, and crops are generally doing well. Indiana--Rain beginning and local showers at end of week beneficial to corn and potatoes; fair weather during the week favorable to harvesting; corn tas- seling and shooting, but needs rain in northern portion; wheat and rye thrash­ ing continues; haying in progress. Kansas Cool, damp and cloudy week, viith abundant rains except in northeast and north counties, very beneficial to growing crops, but sprouting grain in shock and stack in south and interfering with harvest in the west. Ohio--Rains fell on 8th and 15th, but it is generally drouthy; weather favored haying and harvesting; yields light; oats ripening, some cut; corn fair; all crops need soaking rains; pastures poor and water scarce. Michigan--Y ery beneficial showers over northern portion of the State, but over southern half practically no rain lias fall­ en and the drouth continues with sever­ ity and everything is suffering; consider­ able corn is curling: wheat harvest in progress and is very light in yield. MISS KEY NEARLY PENNILESS. The Granddaughter of "Star Spangled; Banner's" Author. "V e will be without a penny in the world next Monday we-ek," was the way her condition and that of her aged and blind mother was described to a Wash­ ington correspondent by Miss Elizabeth Key, granddaughter of Francis Scott Key, the author of "T^e St.ir Spangled Banner." This affectionate daughter has had a hard time since she was dropped lrom the roll of clerks^ in (he pension office. She held a clerkship since the Hayes administration. When the mis­ fortune of ."\iiss Key and her mother was made known to Secretary Sinith, of the Witt1 V. * WfT fi'W K Vv /,;• \ -M. • GRAVE OF FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. Interior Department, he tried to secure her reinstatement, but was msuccessfuL Friends have intervened with the pen­ sion office authorities fo^ the reinstate­ ment of Miss Key, but without avail. Secretary of Agriculture Morton called at the office to investigate the case, but was informed that Miss Key >\as dis­ missed for "inefficiency." A movement is on foot to erect a suit­ able monument to the memory of Francis Scott Key. The Key Moiuun?nt Associa­ tion was organized in June, 1894. It has raised so far about $2,000 for the ob­ ject it has in view, and now appeals to- the country at large for funds. GOLD CERTIFICATE REVIVED. Treasury Resumes u Practice in Vogue Before the Reserve Drooped. The Treasury Department has revived the issue of gold certificates, which have been suspended during the period when the treasury gold reserve was below $100,000,000. Since June 25 last, when the gold reserve again became intact, the treasury has issued about $2<)0,000 gold certificates on gold presented mostly at United States mints. There are now outstanding $48,370,000 in gold certifi­ cates. Gold certificates are regarded as the most convenient form of gold money and most of these certificates are held by national banks as part of their lawful reserve. Silver certificates are in circu­ lation to the almost complete exclusion of the silver dollars, as the general public appears to prefer coin representatives to the coin itself. Only $5,000,000 of silver dollars are in circulation, whereas more than eight times that amount of silver cer­ tificates are in daily use, the silver in bul­ lion being stored in the vaults of the treasury. " ... • • OUTPULLS TWO STEAM ENGINES New Hectic Locomotive Denis strates Its Strejagth. All possible question ojf the ability of electric locomotive No. 1 of the Balti­ more and Ohio Railroad to pull the heav­ iest trains through the Baltic tunnel have been disposed of. With the tre­ mendous load of twenty-six -freight Cars, aR laden to their utmost, and two large locomotives, the electric motor pulled through the tunnel with not nearly all power on. This test of the locomotive was the most important that has yet been made. The load pulled Was at least 2,800,000 pou ihTs. ~Th'e two. steam en­ gines, which were attached to the train, joined their fences when the^electric loco­ motive was detached to take the train on its journey east. M William Mooney, a tailor at Rothsay, Can., has discovered that Lorettq Addis,' now Lady SWto Douglas* is his daugh­ ter. ̂