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ft *M SLYKE, E«lt»r »4 PrtHtfc*. MoUBVKT, - • - ILLINOIS. OSWEGO LIGHTED AMONO •-j .ffttHENDOUS BLAZE ... - HER ELEVATORS* •(MMrfttl I.o»* of Life by Hurricane on MSMiitlnii Ieland--Twelve Hundred I*er- .Anpy Kentucky Womou Prevent • lhnlM. niwi Falls The Liwmiken< v'"- • la the House, the 10th. in debating the •ndiy civil bill, Mr. Piokfuon's moiion to <M4iW out the'appropriation of $150,000 to enable tl*e Secretary of War to complete the establishment of the Chickamauga and ChattuiK,o;a National Park was lost Mr. Klhcore, of Texas, while paying tribute to the courage, ability, and patriotism of General Sherman, raised m point of order against the clause 1b the bill appropriating £50,000 for the preparation of a site and the erection of a pedestal for a statue of Sherman in the jetty.. of Washington Henderson of Iowa ud Breckinridge of Kentucky appealed to him to withdraw his point., but b» declined. He said: "The rules of the House should be enforced. If the statue should be erected It should Re i provided for in an orderly manner." In the Senate, after a long political discussion, the river and harbor bill was reported back t*t the House. All the amendments agreed to in committee were concurred in in gross, and the bin was passed without a division. The following bills were passed: Appro­ priating $100,000 for a public building in Joliet. 111.; to increase to 8125,000 the ap­ propriation for the public buildins at Xsacsing. Mich.; to authorize the Illinois nod Iowa Railway and Terminal Company to build a bridge across the Mississippi River at Moliue. III.; to authorize the con- •truct'on of a railroad bridge across tho Columbia River in the State of Washing- fir- • . - Oswego Elevators Are Destroyed. AT Oswego, N. Y., a great fire started ta the big Washington mills. The lum­ ber district was doomed. The fire backed vp and destroyed the Corn Exchange: And the Continental elevators on the south. The 'Merchants' elevators on the ftwiill uuiuou aad Oswego's elevator Interests were practically wiped, out. Not an elevator is left on the east side The loss is fully $500,000. Syracuse firemen attended by special train. A number of firemen who were fighting the the fire On the top of the Continental Elevator were suddenly cut off by the flames and had a narrow escape from death. They had to be rescued by means of a rope. Six elevators have been destroyed. A dozen fires were burning at once on the west side of the liver with no streams playing on them. Apatllng LOM of Life, LONDON cable: As reports come in from the recent hurricane which swept the Island of Mauritius, the devasta­ tion wrought increases in magnitude. It is known that in the City of Port Louis •lone 600 persons were killed., In the various country districts thus far heard from 300 persons lost their lives, and these figures are more than likely to be added to when news is received from the remote districts in the mountains. It is believed that when the d^ath roll is com­ pleted it will be found that over 1,200 persons were killed. Trial of Deacon Begun. v- . i f 'BB greatest interest is manifested at sice in th i trial of Edmund Parker Deacon on the charge of manslaughter (or shooting M. Abeille, owing to the latter's intimacy with Mrs. Deacon. The trial began in the Assise Court and the eourt-room was crowded. Among those present were the British Consul, Mr. Vial, the American. Vice Consul, Major Brevoort, and Mr. Deacon's brother. - BREVITIES. THE American Library Association will holds its convention next year in Chicago. ̂ ;• . • • m. ... pv .w-.. THEBE HQA been a hard snowstorm in Vorthern Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas. THIRTY saddle horses were burned to death in the Metropolitan Stables at Hot Springs, Ark. THE Spanish Government has removed tile prohibition against the importation at American pork. THEBE is some probability of removal of the Government gun-carriage factory from Watervliet to Bock Island. THIRTY-six persons are now known to have lost their lives in the floods at Shrax City, and the list is believed to be far from complete. THE New York factory inspection bill, .which has been signed by Governor Flower, is intended to wipe out the •sweating" system. MBS. AliicE BEVEBX>T CRANE, of New Tort, obtained a Sioux Falls divcrce de- . ibree on- Wednesday and on Thursday • was married to Henry T. H. Hewiston, ©f Aughnady House, County Kilkenny, Ireland. BECAUSE Mrs. Funk of Newport. Ky., wae to take a second husband after a period of widowhood extending over only three weeks, a crowd of women mobbed the house wherein the wedding ceremony was about to te performed. KEAIIT & Co., dry goods Scalers, of Haverhill, Mass., have made an assign­ ment. Their liabilities are estimated at $30 ,000; assets unknown. C. E. Apple- ton, a shoe dealer, of Boston, has gone Into insolvency, with liabilities amount­ ing to $30,000. THE Illinois State Convention of the People's party, held at Danville, nomi­ nated the following ticket: Governor, K. M. Barnett; Lieutenant Governor, O. G. Dixon; Secretary of State, Fred P. Blood; State Treasurer, J. W. McEl- yoy; Attorney General, Jesse Cox; Aud­ itor, S. C. Hills; Congressmen-at-large, Jesse Harper and Lester Hubbard. BEV. DB. WILLIAM C. Yorso, of Dan­ ville, Ky., was on Thursday elected Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, in session at Portland, Ore. SAM LEFLEBE, colored, who murdered '.'-lifc inoffensive .colored barber, Ike Wil­ kinson, in January, 1891, was hanged at Vicksburg, Miss., in the county Jail yard. • THREE villages near the fortified |»wn of Erivan, in Transcaucasia, were destroyed by earthquake recently and twenty-seven persons killed outright, n _ While many others were injured. p:' | ^EASTERNT^^ < jjfr'tV'4--'-' v.:"..:-. • •• • Vw' ' • ' ' IKTITUTE, in ^K&klyni, N. T., which contained tho 4fcollner Maen* ijjf'/i aerchor rooms, postal sub-station, etc., burned Monday, involving a loss of ; |»50,000. WILLIAM WALDOBF ASTOK has com­ pleted arrangements to build a hand" & •ome theater on the site of the Lyceum, Third avenue and Thirty-fourth street. v»ew York. f ALBERT L. STANTON, an Amp'oye of I jrew York jewely firm, suddenly became insane while traveling on a New York Central train and cut his throat with a pocket-knife. A CIIORDBRRST-caused the drowning of Loyis Bueno, Charles Andero and George Boalt, who were out in a bail* boat on the Delaware Elver at Philadel­ phia, Sunday. • • A MAD dog created a scare In the As* bury Methodist Church, West 5th street and Washington Square, New York, Sunday afternoon, by running up the aisle to the pulpit. The congregation was gotten out of the church without a panic, when the dog was killed. • ST. AIIPHONSUS' CATHOLIC CHTJRCH, Baltimore, is. to have the largest and finest set of church chimes in America. There will be fifteen bells in the chime, the largest three 900 pounds in weight, and the smallest 250 pounds. Their ag­ gregate weight will be 24,000 pounds. A" SYNDICATE of New York, Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia capitalists has been formed to acquire control of the Sanitary Ware potteries of Trenton, N. J., and agents are now engaged in examining the plants. It is understood that all the owners are willing to sell if their prices are conceded. It will take somewhere in tho neighborhood of $3,000,000 to consummate the deal. ^~T^; "WESTBRiSr* * . 'i FISHEHMAN named Belrnliolf wajs carried over the dam at Crete, Nob., and drowned. Nelson Packard and Martin Woodward, who tried to go to his assistance in another rowboat, shared his fate. Alii* the prisoners in the Lander (Wyo.) jail broke out -and fatally wounded ^Deputy Sheriff who tried to recapture them. Among the escaping prisoners were Bliss and Collins, notori- oushorse-thieves. A COLLISION of a passenger and a freight train on the Big Four lihe Oc­ curred eighteen mile? west of Cleves, Ohio. Five trainmen were killed, ahd nearly every one on the passenger train was more or less severely injured. Br the wreck of Bingling Brothers* eircus train near Concordia, Kansas, four showmen were killed and twenty head of stock drowned. The train plunged through a culvert that had been weakened by the recent heavy rains. A YOUNG child of E. D. Burgess, principal of tho Calumet, Mich., High School, died of scarlet fever, and the city health officer proceeded to fumi­ gate the rooms. The house caught fire and was wholly consumed; Loss, $3,000. " THE baggage of Countess Margery, the midget, who was the wife of "Gen­ eral Tom Thumb," has been seized for debts at Ogden, Utah. Tom Thumb and his wife were in their day great money makers; the General, however, was im­ provident, and now his widow is in her old age on the verge of penury. MRS. CLARA H. PALMER of Glenville, Minn.; died a day or two ago, the result of starvation. Several months ago her husband, the Be v. Frank W. Palmer, resolved not to eat, and in due course of time died. Shortly after his death hiB wife decided to quit eating, and could not be coaxed or cajoled into taking food. She survived this regime several weeks, but at last succumbed. THE large flouring mill of the 'Albert Lea (Minn.) Mill and Elevator Company has been burned with all its contents. The fire caught in the upper story. The mill had a capacity of ,250 barrels a day, and was crowded with orders. The loss will be $60,000, with an insurance of $40,000. It will probably be rebuilt. Fire broke out' in the wing of the Northwestern Hotel in Han­ cock, Mich., Thursday morning. Damage, $5,000. Severaf of the servants escaped in their night clothes, and four of them lost all of their personal effects. C. C. Thayer, the cook; was cut off from the third story, but was uninjured. At Hot Springs, Ark., the Metropolitan Stables have been burned, with forty head of saddle horses. Thirty had been collected for the Oakland Stables of Chicago. Loss, $25,000; insurance, $15,- 000. TOOETHEB with news of tremendous floods in different parts of the State, a dispatch from Sioux City says: The Floyd Klver rose from Its banks at Sioux City, and a wall of water three feet high swept upon the lower portions of the city. As a re-ult many regents lie dead beneath the flood, aud the city has suffered property damage of over $2,000,000. The loss of life is not definitely known, being estimated at from twenty-five to one hundred, with the strong probability that the latter fig­ ures are correct. The first note of warn­ ing was a telegram received from Hinton. twelve miles up the valley, to the effect that a fourteen-foot rise was coming. In­ telligence was sent to the police station. Chief Hawman was notified and sent at once for an engine, loaded a boat, and started up the Illinois Central track for Leeds. The wave stuck when but a short distance up, and the boat was launched at once. From one bousa three children were taken, but the mother could not be rescued and perished. The party narrowly escaped being overturned by a second wave six feet in height. The angry waves nearly made way with Ihe boat. From another house seven people wera taken who Aad crawled into the attic. Eight min­ utes after the house toppled over and swept down the stream. Five people were take:: from a tree at Spring- dale. When the warning came C'apcaln of Police Wickles and a posse made haste for the flat and warned as many as could be reached before tho flood came. Many would not listen to the words of warning, saying tbev had seen high water before, and stayed and were drowned. scalp wounds, a third bullet* passing fini* nu*p uv f nt? i?r hnnc through his cheek. The men theaiVUx illJu TLUvL'3 hammered each other with their re' volvers, Irvin bad accused Lamb&rt'a son ot cutting some harness. ••zm WASHINGTON. "Washington the Court of Claims has dismissed the petition in the case ol Elisabeth Trask, formerly postmaster at*Emporia, Kan. This was a test case involving the legal right of postmasters to recover balances of salary found to be due them under the basis of read­ justment authorized by the act of March 3, 1883, in cases where the adjustment had not been actually made by the Post­ master General. The Court held gen­ erally that the claims had no legal status, and would have none until after adjustment by the Postmaster General or his proper representative. There arc several thousand suits of this kind. BARON FAVA has reached Washington to resume his post as Italian Minister States. "y • 1 1 ff itlj . •" >w;v.- -v\ - ^ POUT1CAX*> (.' GOVERNOR FOSTER, of Louisiana, was inaugurated at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, •londay. DELAWARE Democrats send an unln- etructed delegation to Chicago, but a|l favor Cleveland, THE Democratic , Convention of the Fifteenth Illinois Congressional dis­ trict renominated Bepresentative Bussy in spite of his withdrawal from the field. TWELVE of the twenty-six delegates from G eorgia to the Democratic National Convention are favorable to the nomi­ nation of ex-President Cleveland. The North Carolina delegation is evenly di­ vided for and against Cleveland. The California delegation is instiructed for Cleveland. FOREIGUA _ • "" * • LORD SAMSBURY' S declarationsIn-his Hastings speech in favorof a retaliatory 6iffAHA*8 BIO BR IDCIB PAR­ TIALLY GONE. of the Creat Vain Pawitte Structure Washed Out-Xo Trains MOT- la* EuKVapracedenlvd Bata M»m Cawses ttreat Alaraa. . Oamacs by Htgfc Water. HE eastern approach to tho big Union Pacific bridge over the Missouri at Omaha has been washed out, and there are fears that the entire structu-e will go. The river is rising rapidly, and all the lower por­ tions of tho city are under water, while many small build­ ings situated on the river front have al- alreadv floated away. The washing away . of the approach to the bridge has put a stop to all traffic, and it may bo weeks before trains will again run from Council Bluffs to Omaha. If the river continues to rise the main portion of the big bridge will likely be carried away, as it has been greatly weakened by the washing out of the eastern approach. People are becoming greatly alarmed by the prospect of still higher waters, and residents of towns along the river are hastening to the higher ground. It has been raining furiously, with the re­ sult that the sewers and small streams have poured a flood of water into the Missouri The channel has lately switched to the western bank, and as that portion of the approach is formed by trestling filled in with earth and loose rock the current soon began to ©at it away. All day long the gnawing at the filling had kept up, and in the evening it was noticed that the ap­ proaches were beginning to totter. As a result all trains were held in Omaha. 4 0i A CDUA v CaAUO W v A v AA\j 1V4 ASA AUCIiUCSv protective policy have created a furore . xt 7:30 the bridge began to sway and SOUTHERN. in English political circles. JOHN A. ANDERSON, Consul General of the United States at Cairo, Egypt, and formerly member of Congress from Kansas, died at Liverpool, en route home, Wednesday. THE British force which is making its way into the interior of Africa from the Gold coast, for the purpose of punishing the-, native tribes that afe interfering with trade routes, burned two towns of the Jebus and put their opponents to flight. AN immense waterspout burst Friday in the neighborhood of the collieries situated in the city of Fuenfkirchen, Austria. The huge volume of water in­ undated the surrounding country and poured a great stream into the mines, flooding them in a short time and caus­ ing a terrible loss of life. It is known that twentj'-two men are dead in one pit alone, and that many more have lost their lives at other points. A. G. PORTER, the American Minister to Italy, arrived in Bome Friday. Be expressed himself as highly pleased that the dispute between the United States and Italy growing out of the New Or­ leans affair had been adjusted in a man­ ner satisfactory to both nations. In view of the great increase in the com­ mercial relations between Italy and the United States and the great interest felt in Italy in the World's Columbian Ex­ position the resumption of full diplo­ matic relations between the two nations is regarded with special favor by all classes in Italy. 0 IN GENERAL JUSTICE HARLAN and Senator Morgan have formally notified the President of their willingness to serve as arbitrators on behalf of the United States in the Behring Sea matter. PRIME'S crop report says: There is simply no comparison of the conditions of the country to-day from a crop stand­ point with those of a year ago or two years ago. We have now dragged our­ selves through another week of rain, cold weather, cloudy skies and mud; and to-day we are no nearer the goal which we are trying to reach than we were upon the first of May. I doubt very much if east of the Mississippi Biver there has been a single furrow turned during the last ten days. In a word, everything has been at a perfect standstill. BY cable from Maracaibo, Venezuela, confirmation of the capture of the. city of Bolivar by the insurgents and news of the death of the commander of the government forces, Gen. Santiago Bodil, has been received. The one thing which has delayed the prog­ ress of the revolution has been the want of arms. Thousands of the Federalists are in the field unarmed, bearing such rude weapons as they use in the sugar cane cutting season. Crespo understood the seriousness of the situation and saw that it was neces­ sary to have places open to the landing of arms at the northwestern end of the coast and in the southern section. Bol­ ivar is a large town, with landings, docks, etc., and arms far the febels can now be landed there with safety. It will be an easy matter to distribute them to the revolutionary camps throughout the country. MARKET REPORTS, crack, and a few minutes later witfi. a roar and crash one span went whirling down the river, carrying with it the fix­ tures and equipments on that side of the bridge. A large force of men was hurried to the break, and carload after carload of rock is being emptied in, in hopes of turning the current and saving the rest of the approach. The river surrounds the embankment of the Union Pacific for nearly a mile on either side, and it is feared that the swift current may break through this bank and utterly ruin the bridge and roadway. In tho city tho flood has played havo3 with the lowlands. All the squatters on the bottoms have been forced to flee for their lives. Most of their homes have been washed away and many more will go. The rainfall has been unprece­ dented and much damage is expected on all sides. No Prospect for Relief. A Washington dispatch savs: The threatening aspect of the outlook for the Lower Mississippi Valley has deep­ ened in the last forty-eight hours. As regards the prospect for intensity and duration of the impending flood with the water now in sight, matters stand about as follows: There has been a rainfall of 2.2 inches along the Missouri Biver from Kansas City to Pierre, and 2.5 inches along the Arkansas from Fort Smith to Little Bock. The rainfall in Iowa, Mis­ souri and Illinois and along the Upper WORK or THE rLCOD AT OMAHA. Xt ' v: i*. ' \ f i.u"'1 W- A drunken man placed the muzzle of his pistol against the abdomen of Police Officer Haley at Lexington Ky., and dis­ charged the weapon. Instead of killing the officer the bullet fell harmless to the gound. ETIENNE DESC&AMPS was hanged at the New Orleans, La., parish prison. DeschampB' crime was the murder of Juliet Deitsch, May 13. He gave her chloroform. Ho attempted suicide by the same agency. Deschamps was tried twice and each time convicted. AT Lexington, Ky., drunken John W. Edwards placed his revolver tightly against Officer Thomas Haley's stomach and pulled the trigger. There was a re­ port, but the bullet dropped harmlessly from the muzzle. The compressed air had formed a cushion and saved Haley from a mark. EIGHT posts of the Grand Army of the Bepublic in Louisiana and Missis­ sippi will disband this week rather than accede to the ruling of the Commander- in-chief that colored members are en­ titled to fraternization. This will leave only two posts in the States named, and they are composed of colored men. FIVE persons were shot and killed | from ambush at Pound Gap, Va. They were Ira Mullins, a notorious moon­ shiner, and his wife; William Mullins, John Chapel and a boy named Moore. The Adams family of the neighbor­ hood, with whom Mullins has had many quarrels, are suspected of the crime. Mrs. Mullins had $1,100 sewed up in her belt, and this was taken. JET IRVIN and William Lambert, two Moorefield (Ky.) farmers, fought a duel at arm's length with pistols. Both pistols were emptied. Irvin's arm was Broken, while Lambert received two ft 4.75 H 4.75 LOO $ 4.75 8.6U @ 4.75 M & .ta M % & .34 .70 9 .73 3.00 8.00 4.00 .8.1 .43 CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prims... Hoos--Shipping Grades SHEEP--1-air to Choice WHEAT--No. 2 Spring........... CORN--No. 2, new OATS--No. 2 RYE--No. 2. BCTTEB--Choice Creamery...... CHEKJK--Full Cream, flats...... EGOS-Fresh POTATOES--Choice old, per bu... INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE-Shipping... , Hoos-Choice Light SHI EP--Common to Prime...... WHEAT-No. 2 lied .66 Con*--No. 1 White #4&i OATS-- NO. A White .ta & ST. LOUIS. CATTLE M. GS HEAT--No. it Bed. COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Eva--No. ft CINCINNATI. CATTLE. Boos.. SHKKP ' WHEAT--No. J Red Cork--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed J ,, -JErnoir. CATTUL..... Hoos SHREP WHEAT--No. 2Red.. COBN--No. 2 Yellow OAIS-NO. 2 White „ TOLEDO* WHEAT--NO. 2 C. BN--NO. 2 WHI e.....:.:;:*;: OATS-NO. 2 White. RYE * BUFFALO." BEEF CATTLE LIVK HOOS WHEAT--No. 1 Hard COBN--No. 2.-. M „ MILWAUKEE. WBEAT--NO. 2 Spring...,, Con*--No. 3 . " OATS-NO. 2 White RTE--No. 1 BAKLET--NO. 2 *" POBK--Mess CATTLE HOGS SHEEP I VVHJ AT--No. tRed.....-..'.v.*.* j COBK--No 2 j OATS--Mixed Western. | BCTIEB--Creamery.. PORK--New Hess......... • 4.50 (9 6.00 5.50 & <3 .49 ^2^0 .89% 8.03 8.UU 8.00 ,90 .91 @ *45 .81 Vi 08 & 400 8.73 .91) .5 j & 4.25 0 4.73. <0 5.75 & .91 .41^ .33}* .92 MM .33 @ .03 <9 5.75 & 5.25 m .92 & .51 Mississippi averages over one inch. The present high stage of the Missouri at Kansas City--21.7 feet, a fall of a foot since Monday--rwill be maintained for Bome time, and may even increase in the nest three days. The Upper Mississippi at Dubuque, with a stage of 10.9, has risen two feet in the last live days. At St. Louis the very high stage of 35.3 feet prevails, there being a rise of five feet in the last Ave days. The rate of the rise has slackened. The prospects are that the rise will eontinue one foot more and a high stage will be maintained for some time. The Ohio has begun to rise, the stage at Cincinnati being 22.5. The present Ohio rise will not be of much importance. The Cumberland is at a low stage. At Cairo the river is at a stagei of 41.8 feet, having risen 5.3 feet in the past seven days. The rate of rise at Cairo has fallen off in the past day. It is not expected the stage will go above 43 feet in the next two days. It will continue stationary, how­ ever, at the high stage, and it remains to be seen yet what will occur with the Missouri flood. "*" llreacli in tlie leve > Widening. Wednesday mornirg the Gypsy cre­ vasse, near New Orleans, had widened out to such an extent that all nope of c-losingltwas abandoned. The water is sweeping over the plantations to within a few miles of Kenner. About eight miles of the Mississippi Valley liailroad track has been covered and traffic over the submerged portion is abandoned. The location of the break is about twenty-five miles above New Orleans and two miles above where the great Bonnet Carre crevasse occurred in 1874. FARMERS AT THE FAIR. .81 & .44 & .33V.g| .77 .54 9.50 .45 .84* .78 m .ss @10.00 8.50 8.00 8 CO ® 4.75 @5 25 <«, 7.25 .«e>4@ .5» & .55 .84 & .87 .15 0 .21 10.'5 &1A.U Tho Agricultural Exhibit Will For Exceed All Previous L»i«pl»y«. The agricultural exhibit at the World's Fair, it is believed, will be studied with gr* ater interest and by more people than will almost aty other division of the great Exposition. Millions are engaged in raising or dealing in agricultural products, and every one is a consumer of them. Recognizing this, the Exposition management has provided accommoda­ tions and facilities for this exhibit which dwarf such provision made at any pre- vious world's fair. The Agricultural Building, an impos­ ing and beautiful structure, situated across the main lagoon, southward from the great Manufactures Building, is rapidly approaching completion, and will bo finished even to all details of ornamentation before Oct. 1. It meas­ ures 500 by 800 feet, and has an annex 300 by 55p feet, and a connected assem­ bly hall, which has a seating capacity of 1,500. Close by on the souty is the Dairy Building, measuring 100 by 200 feet. * The northern porticn of the main floor of the building will be occupied by the agricultural and other food exhibits of foreign nations, which, It is already as­ sured, will be extensive. Great Britain, I Germany, France, Mexico, Austria, Sweden, Japan, Paraguay^ Canada, and a number of other ooun* trles liavo already been assigned space, ranging from 1,0«0 to lfi.OOO sqBate feet each. It is expected th&t the agrioul* tuifcl exhibits tif these countries will b« sis 'comprehensive as those of our own i counfxy, and will show some features whteh will be exceedingly instructive to Americans. • " Occupying nearly all the remainder of the main floor will be the exhibit of cereals and other farm products from the States of the Union. Every State and Territory, it is expected, will be represented by its products. Thus, upon this one vast floor, covering nearly ten acres, will be displayed in all their va­ riety and perfection the pick of the farm products of the world. It is believed that the exhibit made by this country, naturally exceeding any other in extent, will attract great attention, also, by reason of its exceptional merit, and the comprehensive information that will ac­ company it. , This great exhibit, or rather array of exhibits, will be made and arranged in such a systematic manner that the vis­ itor, almost at a glance, can tell not only the appearance of each object but what it is, where it came from, and "all about it." For, under the regulations adopted for the Department, Chief Bu­ chanan requires that euch exhibit shall be accompanied with the following data- Name of object, name of producer, where i*t nwni character of sci! date of iug, quantity of seed planted per acre, method of cultivation, date of harvest­ ing, yield per acre, weight, price of product at nearest market, average tem­ perature, and rain or snow fall by months between planting and harvest­ ing, and whether or not irrigation was employed. . On tho six acres of floor in the Annex, which is virtually an extension of that of the main building; will be shown every description of agricultural ma­ chinery, including not only the best and most improved now in use, but also such as will illustrate the progress of tho in­ dustry, from primitive times to the present. In the great galleries of the building, which are most novel in construction and perfect in point of availability, will be located on the north front, the wool exhibit; on the west end the apiary dis­ play, whioh will include working colo­ nics of bees; en the south front the dairy implements, and on the great central sections the exhibit of the browing and tobacco industries, and the wealth of magnificent exhibits of flours, meals, bread, pastry, sugars, confectionery, canned goods, oils, soaps, chocolates, etc. One of the most novel, instructive, and elaborate exhibits, and one that will un­ doubtedly attract the attention of every scientific person and scholar interested in any phase of agricultural life, will be that made by the Association of Ameri­ can Agricultural Colleges and Experi­ ment Stations. This exhibit will occupy nearly 8,000 square feet of space, and will be located in the southwest corner of the building, on the first floor. It will represent the entire work of a model Agricultural Experiment Station, covering entirely the field of experiment and research in crops, botany, horticul­ ture, entomology, feeding stuffs, ani­ mal nutrition, dairy solids, milk testing and veterinary f cience, and will include an elaborate and complete botanical, biological and chemical laboratory. In addition to this, the agricultural colleges of the United States will have, In this space, a combined exhibit graph­ ically illustrating the work and special field covered by each college. This en­ tire exhibit is not only unique, but is something that has never been accom­ plished or attempted at any previous exposition. The exhibit will be put up, and conducted by the directors of the different experiment stations and repre­ sentatives of the different agricultural colleges of the United States, each contributing some part of the exhibit, the whole to be installed in a mag­ nificent manner, at the expense of the United States Government. This will give to every visitor an opportunity to witness the methods by which the great advances in all phases of agricultural life and research are carried-on the col­ leges and experiment stations of the United States. Outside the building will be shown several magnificent exhibits, put up at a great cost, of the irrigation systems of the great West. On the lagoon just south of the Annex to the Agricultural Building will be installed traction and portable engines and a wonderfully in­ teresting exhibit of wind-mill ma­ chinery. All visitors will be interested in the agricultural exhibit, but its chief value will rest upon a much broader and more significant fact. Tho exhibit will afford a vast amount of information to many thousands to whom it will prove of in­ calculable benefit. The crops best adapted to different localities and the reason therefor, the most improved methods of cultivation that are being pursued, the best results that have been secured and the manner of their secur­ ing, and the perfection of products in every line--all these will be shown and will constitute the more important les­ sons which the agricultural exhibit will teach. Through the thousands who learn these lessons and are sure to make practical utilization of them, tho agri­ cultural industries will receive such an economic readjustment and impetus as will result in increased productiveness and merit, and general benefit to th? tfntire country. A Rag Trat n-8 tarter. There died recently at Lowestoft, England, one who is spoken of by the local press as "a very popular member of the staff of the Great Eastern Railway." He was a black and tan collie dog, and he was not appointed to the "position" which he held by the officers of the company. Although self-appointed, time and habit brought about his recognition as assistant train-starter at the Lowestoft Station. Through resi­ dence at the station he had acquired an instinct which told him the exact time at which each train should start from the terminus on its jour­ ney. As the moment drew near, the col­ lie became restless and excited. As the bell uttered its first warning sound, he would scamper down the platform, and, planting himself close to the engine, bark furiously until he saw the wheels begin to move. Having accomplished the starting of the train as he supposed, he would rush to the guard's or conductor's van, and hurry the conductor "to his post. As the train passed out of the sta-i tion he retired, and was seen ho more until the time was near for ^nothef train to start. DEATff-DEALIXG FLOOD THE SENA FEARFUL. t^LAiarry At Sioux • _ : ; CITY,. AT the end of July last there were 63,500 electric lamps--incandcscent and arc--in ueo id Paris. At the end of March, 1891, the number was 105,000, so that during a period of sixteen montha the number of lamps in use increased by 41,500. ' PAKIS is now tho best lighted city LA the world, and a model for all cities thai are bent on introducing electrib lighting on a grand scale. f A Cloud-Burst Claim" Upward «§ Thirty Victim* and Inflict* •1,000,009 Dimsg* --An XjMlgntflc»*t Stream KwaUMk «** lUghty lornat Dewttk on Its Cxwct. Wednesday morning the most fearful flood ever known in Iowa struck Sioux City. It was the result of a cloudburst in the valley of the Floyd River. The loss of life is appalling, but its exact extent is not yet known. Fifteen bodies have already been recovered, and it is feared the victims will be at least double that number. , ' ' „ Reports of the missing show fully 100 Sersons are not yet accounted for. lost of them are children, and it -is thought that the majority of them have wandered away in their terror and are being sheltered by strangers. The valley of the Floyd, from the manufacturing suburb of Leeds down to the Missouri, is from one to two miles wide, a low flat, and includes the manu­ facturing and industrial districts of the city, the railroad yard and shops, and the houses of a large part of the labor­ ing classes of the city. The water came down with a rush and in an hour the Y*li«y wttiB a iuitiiug ecu, nyiu viver io bluff. The liver continued to rise, com­ ing up. Third and fourth streets in the Missouri bottom at the rate of two blocks an hour and reaching across most of the business part of town. The people were taken by surprise and gAMA ware so struck by terror as to be unable to make a move to escape. One rider in a sulky was met by the wave as it came up Fourth Street and "was drowned. Many fled but half dressed. Others were unaware of the danger and their first warning was when they were snatched by the rescuers, placed in wagons and hurried to places of safety. There were many helpers, but most of them, having no boats, were powerless. Early In the day a woman was seen wading in the stream, holding A child above her head. A rescuing party went for her in a boat, but the current car­ ried them by, and the woman and child were seen to disappear under a mass of rubbish and v,-erc drowned. " Nellie West and a man named Polly and three chil­ dren were also drowned, and when last seen the mother was wildly waving a piece of carpet out of a second-story window as the house floated away. One old lady was found sitting astride the roof of a house up to the eaves in water and was rescued. A house containing a man, a woman, and a large family of chUdren floated down the center of the stream. It struck a bridge and went under. The rescuers made for the spot and the woman was rescued after four attempts. Cheer on cheer went up from the throats of the watchers on the road. A house with seven occupants floated down, and a barge made several unsuccessful at­ tempts and finally saved all of the^a. One man was seen swimming ashore with a woman and a child oft>-his back. The woman was chilled and frightened, and dropped the infant. One woman gave birth to a girl baby, and both will survive the terrible day. A rescuing crew of two men, whose names could not be learned, saved sev­ eral families and finally, in order to get a family out, cut into the roof of a house. They got the family of three, a man, wife, and child, and started for the shore. The boat capsized in the middle of the stream and all five were drowned. Twenty-one bodies were seen to pass under the structure of the ele­ vated railroad in a space of two hours after the flood came. To add to the horror the rising water slacked lime in the Queal & Co. lumber yards. Pieces of this huge raft of blazing lumber float­ ed down the stream, setting fire to houses in their path. - / The first note of warning was a tele­ gram received from Hlntod, twelve miles up the valley, saying that a four­ teen-foot rise was coming. Intelli­ gence was sent to the police station, and Chief Hawman was notified. He sent at once for an engine, loaded a boat, and started up the Illinois Central tracks for Leeds. The wave was struck when but a short distance up, and the boat was launched at once. From one house three children were taken, but the mother could not be res­ cued and perished. From another house seven people were taken who had crawled into the attic. Five people were removed from a tree. The debris piled up so that it would bear the weight of a man and greatly hindered the work. When the word came Captain of Police Wicks an j a posse' made haste for the fiat and warned as many as could be reached before the flood came. Many would not listen to words of warning, saying they had seen high water before. They stayed and were drowned. Others were saved, with lit­ tle of their belongings. # The water rose four feet in one honr and a half, and from 9 o'clock, continued to rise steadily, but not so rapidly. Probably 1,000 inhabitants of the city live on the low ground which is over­ flowed. So rapid was the rise of the tide that great numbers were unable to escape and the work of rescue engaged every energy of the people. At 10 o'clock the fire alarm was sound­ ed to call out more workers. All the boats from the boat houses on the Sioux River were brought in and used to save life and property. At 1 o'clock p. m. the water had .reached to Jenning's store on' Fourth street. The Hotel Fowle and the Boston Investment Company's building wero surrounded. The Union depot was cut off at 9 o'clock. It is estimated that 8,000 people have been driven from their homes. All busi­ ness Is suspended. Before noon the ladies had several soup, and lunch houses opened for the flood sufferers. At noon 375 people had registered for re­ lief and the applications had then only just been begun. The scenes along the verge of tho waters were pitiful. There was neither gaslight nor electric light, as both plants were undfer water. The water was slowly receding at night. A citizens' meeting at the court­ house organized to provide several thou­ sand people with.shelter. The damage to property will roach $4,000,000. The loss of the Sioux City and Northern Railroad will exceed $200,000. Miles of cedar block paving were washed out. Two Philanthropist*. First Philanthropist--"What have you heen doing for the past five or six years?" Second Philanthropist -- "I have been collecting moDey td assist poor negroes to emigrate to Liberia. What have you been doing?" - First Philanthropist -- "I've been collecting money to assist them back again."--Harper's Bazar. Old Acquaintance*. Waiter (as Moodles is about to leave)--Ahem! sir. It is customary, sir, for patrons to--ahem!--to re­ member the waiter, sir. Moodles--Oh, never fear! I shall not forget you in a hurry. How coiild I, when we have been together so long? It seems ten years since I gave my order.--Harper's Bazar. WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW* MAKERS. AwmAliiii ®f tU* S*nat« Mid Horn* «f X*i«rs**nti»uV«*-Important XN*oa**«kl ud A«ted Vpek-Cbt at Vm k Buiiiwii. _______ Tfj® S^atSenat . While the sundry civil bill was uader dls- • r canton, the 16th, the free silver qaestkn - J came te the front again in the »IWM of an amendment offered by Bartitae, or jfofmda, i ^ but a poiqt cf order was m&do against it and the matter went over for the preaent C w i t h o u t a d e c i s i o n . A f t e r t h e , . a p - v ; proval of the journal the 8peaker '?VV; laid before the House a communica­ tion from Vice President Morton an noun c- , J tag the death of Senator Barbour and In- y| • i t i n g t h e B o u s e t o a t t e n d i n a b o d y t h e \ f u n e r a l c e r e m o n i e s t o b e h e l d i n t h e S e n a t e ' ^ chamber. When the committee resumed > J- its session Mr. Culberson, of Texas, moved ^ ^ to strike out the appropriation of S25»0P«> ^ tor detecting persons guilty of vio- *'.4£ lation ot internal revenue laws. Agreed' / ta The clause for tho reeoinajre, reissue - , ^ and transportation of minor coins having ^ "• been reached, Mr. Tracey of New York " made a point of order &j*aiz>st it. He also i raised a point of or;ler ajraiast a free-silver amendment offered by Mr. Bartine of Jie- v&da. Both points went over for the pres ­ ent without decision. ' The Senate did no business. , v On the 17th the Senata authorized the ">V asIImgto 11 chItSJif.1 *r 1VKr«its U) nrnt:v ai ii» y, own expense a colossal bust of Baron von Steuben, a general of the revolutionary army, in one of the public parka or reser- •. rations of Waiihlngctan city. Mr. Chandler introduced a bill to authorize the regl^tra- 7s tioa of certain steamships as vessels oft ,'1- the United States, and It Vfas referred 1 to the Okimmittee on Comeierco. _ Sen- {',• ' a tor Stanford, from tho i'uDiic Build"' lngs Committee, reported a bill appro­ priating $75,000 for the erection of a public building at Battle Creek. Mich, He also ", ^ reported a bill increasing to $125,000 the ^ / limit ot cost for the public building at * lianslng, Mich., and appropriating 823,000. . i The naval appropriation bill occupied the J' balance of the time. The House devoted the entire session to the discussion of dep- «, i redatlons on public timber. In the House,the 18th, the silver question '-j*® was the feature of interest. The Speaker sustained the polnt'of order raised4 agains® / I Mr. Bartlne's free-coinage amendment tojv^^j the sundry civil bill, and the House ; * clinched the matter by upholding Mr. Crisp's decision. After the transaction of; 'il routine business the House then went into ui1t.cv; UL tliu *V'*i0l0 (Mr. IjCSfcC*, G?! .. Georgia, in the chair) on tho sundry civil bill Mr. Smith, of Arizona,: moved to increase from flOO,- 000 to $400,000 the appropriation for: surveying the public lands. After some debate a compromise was arrived at and, the appropriation fixed at $200,000. The. Senate resumed consideration of the vessel appropriation bill. Several amendments^ were agreed; the bill was passed without a division and the Senate adjourned. In the House, on the 10th, the Chairman of the committee of the whole sustained the point of order against Mr. Bland's amendment. MR Watson of Georgia sent | up to the clerk's desk and had read the terse resolution "that the Committee on : Ways and Means be requested to report the subtreasury bill." Ho asked unani­ mous consent for Its consideration, but Mr. Beltzhoover's demand for the "reg­ ular order" operated as an objection. After a fruitless call ot committees the House went into commit* e> of tbe whole- Mr- Lester, of Georgia, in the chair--on the sundry civil bllL Mr. Bland then re- offered his amendment with the proviso s attached to it, "that the cost of this coinage - shall not exgeed $95, COO. $5,000 of which : shall be for tbe coinage of subsidiary silver < and $00,000 for standard silver dollars. Re­ jected, and the House adjourned The / Senate spent much of its time in discussing - the river and harbor bill. Tbe bill author­ ing the Secretary of War to detail for. special duty in connection with the world's Columll in Exposition such army •: officers as may be required was passed. The bill exempting American coastwiso ^ vessels piloted by their licensed masters or by a United States pilot from the obligation to pay £t ite pilots for services r.ot rendered was passed without a division. The con­ ference report on the bill to provide for the disposal and sale of the Klamath Rtver In­ dian reservation was presented and agreed tow Mr. Aldrlch offered a resolution (which was agreed to.) abolishing the office of principal executive clerk of the Senate, and placing the entire clerical force of the Sen­ ate in the Secretary's office. On the Diamond. Following Is a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different as*ocia>- | tioost WWKWAIi tiiuom _ _ W. h. Ve. W. ti $9. Boston 7 .711 New York. ..U 1 .aau ' Brooklyn-•••W V I*itt8bur«....14 14 .50J Cleveland... 14 10 /83 Washtntrt*n. 11 U .440 Chicago U .577 Philadelp'*. 11 15 .433 Cincinnati...15 Id .550 fct. Louis.... ,? 90 .356 Xjoulsvllle...11 13 .538 Baltimore.. 6 13 JU0 XBB 1IXINOW-IOWA LIEAGUS. W. "U Ite. | W. L Vo. 1 Qnincy....... 6 7 ,«62 6 .OOJj'lerre Hank*..5 8 385 1 .568 Jacksonville, 5 31 .318 Jolfet 14 Peoria 9 Evansvllle... 9 Bookford.... 8 8 .50J R. I..Uoiina...4~ .250 Columbus. ..17 MHwaukee._ 11 Kanta* City. 10 Toledo 7 * wxemui jjulQxtx. W&o. 6 .773 Omaha...« 6 .«8s St Paul. .. 5 S .SSfi MinnespHs. 4 8 .4(S7i Indian'p'l's.. 1 £L *e. V ,40tl 10 .33.1 11 .287 b 412 Country Road*. THE Police Jury of St. Mary parish has made a new departure by contract­ ing with Jules Merquet to keep the pub­ lic roads of that parish in order for three years for a specific sum. The result of this experiment will be watched with some interest.--New Orleans Times- Democrat. THE road question is one of such im­ portance that the State itself should take up the matter. All classes of peo­ ple are affected and interested. The work of improvement will be vast, too large to be left to counties or townships. It must be made a State policy.--Keo­ kuk Constitution-Democrat. ON the other hand, when road-build­ ing is under State supervision, and when the State beare a portion of the expense, it will be undertaken season­ ably, will be done in the summer time, and the roadbed will have come into condition to resist the action of the ele­ ments before the autumn rains be^in to pour.--Baltim ore Herald. THE Bowen Chronicle, in referring to the matter, says: "Straw makes a road that is not muddy in wet weather. Don't burn up old hay or stray; it is just as easy to have it on the roads. There is enough straw wasted each winter to cover the roads of the country " This is a good suggestion, and our farmers would do well to do a little experimenting.-- Burlington Hawkeye. THE Northern States have only to look across the border into Canada to see, in a-much more sparsely settled country than thia, highways that are vastly bet­ ter than ours, and, as for tho mountain roads, wo might go back Ave centuries and take lessons from Montezuma and the Incas, whose half-civilized subjects constructed better passages over the Cordilleras and tho Andes than we ever made over the Alleglianies or tho Rocky mountains.--Detroit News. IT is true that tho convicts of the State of Iovra could accomplish but a small part of the work of improvement needed if they were io devote them­ selves solely and exclusively ta the work of highway improvement and repair, but they could do something in that direc­ tion, and, a3 the farmers of Missouri claim, they would then be out of compe­ tition with the labor of honest men who are offering their labor in the open mar­ ket in exchange for a living.--Davenport Democrat. . • • World's Pair Kotos. THE general tint of the "WtaM'S fifr buildings will bo-pale ivory. THE Salvation Army intends to show at the Exposition, in a complete man­ ner, its whole scheme of moral and social reform. y-S %<& ;L W i* • ' > .« - J ' ' t ' IfT-. ; *4 v•