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V-"v '* t r"iY?f ] ' ffSPf?" |l$c§leircg ^IamdeaUc J, VAN SLYKE, Editor and Publisher. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THE NEWS RECORD. •CMMAItT ©V TBOE K V K N X1 W ft* PKNIKCS OF A HAP- MWoUt Commercial, and IndotlrM Hevri from All Over the Land--lires, Ac­ cidents, and Crtnies--'The Gist of the Haws in a F«w Line*. •feSf •: AN EVENING SESSION. HOOM Spends a Day and a Kick! ML (hi 'silver QuMtton. tot the Senate on the 6th inst., after some minor business, a new conference on the de­ pendent pension bill was ordered, after which the silver bill was taken up, Mr. riumb ad­ dressing the Senate. After Mr. Plumb had fiii- niabed the silver bill was laid aside, and a mes­ sage from the President in relation to the land­ ing of an armed force from the revenue cutter Mcl^ane at Cedar Keys, Flft.. was presented, read, and referred to the Judiciary Committee. After an executive session the Semite adjourned. The silver debate wns resumed in the House, Mr. J.ind (Minn.) being the first speaker. He •poke upon' the three measures before the House and upheld the Republican caucus bill as the least^bjectionable. Mr. Flower (N. Y.) confined his remarks not to the silver question but to a constitutional amendment relegating to the people within prescribed localities the choice of such administrative officials -whose functions of office lie entirely within the pre­ scribed area, and whose clioiceis of consequence only to the people whom they immediately •erve. Mr. Laeey (Iowa) maintained that the country needed an e.xpauaion of the cur­ rency in a safe way. Mr. Walker (Mass.) said that more money meant more misery, and Mr, Perkins. (Kas.) retorted: "We all love misery." Speeches were made by Messrs. Bl<unt(6a.!, Bland (Mo.), Kerr (Iowat, Townsend (Colo.), Dorsey (Neb.t, and McRae (Ark.), and at 5 o'clock the House took a recess until y o'clock, the evening session to be devoted to a general debate on the silver bill. At the evening session Mr. Perkins (Kan.) acted aa Speaker pro tern, The orators of the evening were: Messrs. Barnes (Ga.\ Parrott (Ind.), Ellis (Ky.). Burton (Ohio), Lane (111.i, Sbively (Ind.), Wickham (Ohio). Montgomery (Ky.), Holman <Ind.l, Heard (Mo.), and Wheeler (Ala.1. The HBOie at 11 o'clock adjourned. THE NATIONAL GAME. Standing of the Clubs in the Leading: Or. ganizations of the Country. National. W. L. ** c. Players'. W. L. ,03s Boston 23 13 .<«8 Brooklyn...23 16 .57,") New York. .21 15 .55n Chicago 18 16 .49U j I'hilad'phian 19 .488 Cleveland. .14 18 .H54 Pittsburg...'13 21 ,-2j7;Buffalo 10 21 Philad'phia23 Cincinnati .'22 Chicago 19 Brooklyn.. .19 New York. .18 Boston 18 Cleveland Pittsburg .. .638 .583 .583 .529 .472 .438 .382 W:-': 'American. W. Athletic 85 Rochester.. .22 Louisville.. .19 St. Louis 19 Toledo 16 Columbus.. .17 Syracuse 12 Brooklyn 10 f! c. i Western. W. .714 Minneapolis.21 .594; Sio ux Ci ty.. 18 .54*2,Denver 16 .513 Milwaukee. .16 .470 Des Moines. 18 .459 Kansas CitylS .352;St. Paul.....10 .303i0maha 14 111.-Iowa. W. Dubuque.. .19 Monmouth. 17 Ottumwa Ottawa 17 Aurora 15 Car Rapidsl3 Galesburg. Joliet. f» c. i Interstate. W. L, .703 Burlington.23 9 .029 Evansville.19 11 .620 Terre Ha'te.17 14 .586 Quincy 14 18 .535iPeoiia li 17 .464 {Indian'p'lis 7 23 •275| .185 • *c. .635 .562 .551 .516 .513 .448 .357 .800 *C. .727 .633 .548 .438 .392 .233 ite'2 W- - ' m 'M ' bare reached * depth of twenty feet. It is impossible to give a definite statement as to the extent of the tire, as onfy part of it can be seen. The troughs which carry water to the burning banks burst above the Buck Mountain engine-house last nisht while the engineer was down tho slope and washed the coal dirt into the house, almost covering the engine. THE training stable on Miller A Sib­ ley's stock farm, adjoining Franklin, Pa., has been completely destroyed by fire. Twenty head of trotting horses, valued *t $250,000, were got out unharmed. ^ THE Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers are in annual session at Pittsburg, Pa. It is said, that, not­ withstanding the mony reports to the contrary, the wage committee will advise that no change whatever be made in the scale of prices. It bases its arguments on the present precarious condition of the iron markets. AT Buffalo (N. Y.), in the general term of the Supreme Court the decision of Judge Underwood of Anburninthe Kenm- ler habeas corpus case was confirmed. This allows the case to go at once to the Court of Appeals. The only question at issue is whether Kemmler can be legally executed by the Warden of Auburn prison THREE houses at Easton, Pat, were struck by lightning the other evening and destroyed. MANY NOMINATIONS MADE. lt» President Sends a Large Batch of Ap­ pointments to the Senate. President has sent to the Senate the following nominations: George L. Wellington of Maryland, Assistant Treasurer at Baltimore; William McMillen, Surveyor of Customs at "New Orleans ; Frank C. Patridge of Vermont. Examiner of Claims, JJtate Department, vice Walker Blaine, deceas­ ed Asbuty D. Conway, Wyoming, Associate Justice ot the Supreme Court of Wyoming; L. B. Bartlctt, Ot Vf eb, Probate Judge of Grand County, Utah; Alexander von Landberg, Col­ lector of Internal RevemJ# for the Twenty- 4irst District of New York J •?, B. Far- well, Receiver of Public Moneys at Kir- win, Kan. N. £. Peckinpaugh, of Indiana, Clerk of toe District Court for the District of Alaska. Consuls--Thomas M. Newson, of Min- nesota, at Malaga ; William A. Rublee, of Wis­ consin, at Prague. Collectors cf Customs--G. .£• I'omeroy, of RLnde IBI&UU, for the District of Providence; J. P. Tin?.-of Florida, for the Dis­ trict of Yernandina, Fla.; William A. White, of Georgia, for the District of St. Mary's, Ga.; J. E. Troth, Assistant Collector at Camden, If. 3., District, of Philadelphia. F PASSENGERS WRECKED. A Northwestern Train Derailed with Fatal Results. A BOCKFOBD (111.) dispatch says: By the breaking of a flange on the track- wheel of the engine of the Northwestern passenger train from Freeport, the train was thrown from the track just west of here. Five persons were killed, several seriously injured, and the coaches badly wrecked, i he persons killed were: E. W. Blaisdell. engineer; August Johnson, section hand; John (iustafson, section hand; Emil Anderson, section hand; Nils Anderson, section hand. Will Secor, the fireman, who lives at Freeport, was so seriously injured that it is feared he may die. Many of the passengers were badly braised and scratched, but all escaped "#erious injuries. Conflrmat'ons. , ' THE Senate has confirmed the follow­ ing nominations: • b • ' W i n . A . R u b l e e , o f W i s c o n s i n , C o n s u l a t Prague; G. P. Pomroti, Collector of Customs 3*- at Providence, K. I. Army--Capt. Clarence E. 'Sg'fVv ,* Button, ordnance department, to be Major; ? Second Lieutenant Omar Bundy, Third lnfan- ^ |rf, to be First Lieutenant. ^ An Absconding: Postmaster Caught. A* < CHIEF POSTOFFICE INSPECTOR RATH- |J|. BONE has received information of the ar- ' rest, near Fairfield, Vt., of Sidney O. :*\f Wanzer, late Postmaster at Hoxie, Kan- aas. As soon as Wanzer saw the an- ^ nouncement of the appointment of his euccessor he absconded, lie was a de- faulter to the Government in a large .. unoant. • j A Mi lion for Charity '?** ,, THE will of the late Segwaid A. Quale, ! \0t Ban Claire, bequeaths $1,000,000 for , the establishment at Madison, Wis., of » hospital for cripples and deformed por- » . boom. !v.' ' ^ f A Railroad Man's Promotion. ^ 1 KEN YON has been appointed general freight and passenger agent of the Burlington and Northern Railroad, with iMftdquarters at St. Paul. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. ALFRED T. PBRRINE died in the City Hospital at Cincinnati, of typhoid pneu­ monia, in practically destitute circum­ stances. He was the inventor of the gatling gun, for which he is said to have received $30,000. He was at one time worth $150,000, bat lost it .in specula­ tion. MICHAEL SIMMONS, operating a 200- barrel flour mill and conducting a gen­ eral store, at Shakopee, Minn., has as­ signed. The liabilities will reach $150,- 000, of which nearly half is due whole­ sale merchnnts of Chicago. The assets are estimated at $100,000, BRADSHAW, J^eb., a town of about 300 inhabitants, was struck by a cyclone and nearly the entire place was swept away. Five persons are said to have been killed and many others injured. The wires are down, and particulars are not to be had. DRY weather in Kansas has cut down the general average of wheat. THE marriage of Alfred H. Plant to Mollie Murphy has been annulled at St. Louis. Plant was crazy when the knot was tied. A DENVER, Col., dispatch says: J. H. Holt, of Wyoming, has arrived here and gives a brief account of an Indian massa­ cre which occnrred in the upper Green River country several days ago. He says that a party of indians who had become intoxicated with whis­ ky furnished by ranchmen came to the camp of the Government survey­ ors and demanded more "fire- water." It being refused, the Indians attacked the party, killing Chief Engineer i rittenden, in charge of the third division of the Government survey, and chain-bearers E. W. Timberlake, George Woods, and Henry Overmeyer. Jesse Lee, the As­ sistant Engineer, was left upon the field for dead, but recovered sufficiently to get to a neighboring ranch, wheie he lies in p precarious condition. A FLANDREAU (S. Dak.) dispatch says; A messenger has rrrived here from Blis^- mcu Township with intelligence that dtjf- ing a thunder-storm the Blissman School was struck by lightning and almost (Com­ pletely wrecked. There were forty o^d scholars in the school at the time, Of these thirteen were prostrated by the shock. When the messenger left the scene of the disaster to como here fo? medical assistance seven of the pnpils were dead and it was thought that several others prould die of their Injuries. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. A HEAVY storm passed over Lamar, Ark. The Masonic Hall and school- house were strack by lightning and de­ stroyed. F. W. MCILVAIN, cashier of the Sul­ phur Deposit Bank, of Sulphur, Ky., is missing. So is Mrs. Hattie Watkins, wife of the leading hotel-keeper of Sul­ phur, and about $10,000 of the bank's money is also missing. McIlvain left a wife behind him. tec-* Ohio's Tax Law Illegal. »'* a AT Lima, Ohio, the Circuit Court has decided the law creating the office of Tax Inquisitor to be unconstitutional. This decision was made in the case of Henry Morganthaler, the Inquisitor, against Cyrus D. Crites to compel him to place *2 ,000,000 worth of Senator-elect Brice's property on the tax duplicate. Morgan­ thaler will appeal to*the Supreme Court. Ten Thousand Confederates Meet. Sen THOU8AND»people participated in ^ v#fc* Confederate memorial services at Winchester, Va. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. e 4 Ex-Gov. FOSTER of Ohio, Attorney General Michener of Indiana, and Na­ tional Committeeman Fessenden of Con­ necticut are now talked of in Washington as successors to Mr. Clarkson in the Post- office Department. THB summary of the national debt statement is as follows: Total interest- bearing debt, $800,440,047; total debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,973,G01; debt less cash in treasury June 1, 1890, $1,008,858,899; decrease of debt during month, $6,G61,871; total cash in treasury as shown by Treasurer's gen­ eral account, §(>38,3(;2,171. THE House Committee on Public Lands has ordered a favorable report on a bill repealing the pre-emption law, re­ ducing the price of all agricultural public land to $1.25 an acre. THE Secretary of the Interior has ap­ pointed the members of four of the sev­ en boards provided for under the Okla­ homa town-site act approved May 14, 189). The boards are as follows: Board No. 1--DP.rid H. McDaid, of Sac City, Iowa; Win. H. Merriwether, of (iirard, Ivan ; John H. Shankliti, of Trenton, Mo. Board No. 2--Edgar N. Hweet, of West Point, Neb. ; Levi E. Coe, of Meriden, Conn.; David H. Hammons, of Bcvitouville, Ark. Board No. a--Joseph T. Moore, of Mar«hf1eld, Mo. ; Winflcld B. fcilver, of Bluffton, Ind. ; Michael C. Connelly, of Pe­ tersburg, 111. Board No. 4--Itoljert Joyce, of Koss, Ohio; Daniel Hay, of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory; Samuel T. Leavy, of Midway, Ky. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. THE Senate his confirmed the follow­ ing nominations: George H. Wallace, of Missouri, Consul Gen­ eral at Melbourne. United States Consuls--A J. Daugherty, of Illinois, at Callao; R. Wild- °' "aho, at Singapore; K. G. Daniels, District of Columbia, Hull, England; A. B. Keevil, of Tennesee, at Martinique. Collectors -NT1^ter"al1 Revenue--Levi A.Hughes, District l J; H" Miiu> I)i®trict of Montana. Anton Mehrlich. Itegist'-r of the Land Office at Central City, COIQ. ; Thomas D. electing the Hon. James J. Beiden, of New York, Chairman, and Schuyler 8. Olds, of Michigan, Senator Stockbridge's private secretary, Secretary. A PORTLAND (Oregon) dispatch saye: Incomplete returns from all counties in the State give Hermann (Rep.), for Con­ gress, 8,977 majority, and Pennoyer tDem.\ for Governor, 3,466 majority. It is thought these majorities wi&<to in­ creased by the official count. ^ , FOREIGN GOSSIP. INVESTIGATION in the ease of the Nihilists arrested at Paris shows that lteinphstein, the leader, manufactured the oembs and was the only one who charged the bombs with the explosive. It iB stated that several of the prisoners canuot be convicted on the charge of manufacturing explosives, but that they will be expelled from the country. M. CONSTANS, French Minister of the Interior, has ordered the release of Louise Michel from prison, the doctors having decided that she is a lunatic. PRESIDENT CARNOT has granted a pardon to the Duke of Orleans, who was Bent to a French prison in February last for violating the decree of exile issued against the members of his family. He has been conducted to the Swiss frontier. THE Czar has ordered the abandon­ ment of the anti-Jewish policy for one year. This measure is understood to havo been taken in deference to the numerous protests against wholesale expulsions of Jewish merchants, lawyers and other prominent Hebrews from Russia, Poland, Southern Russia and other parts of the empire. THE English Derby was won by Sain­ foin, against whom the odds were 7 to 1 at the post. Sure foot, the favorite, failed to get a place, causing intense ex' citement, as he had been backed to the extent of hundreds of thousands of Sounds. Titled sportsmen are said to be euvy losers. DURING the progress of a ball at Arn- stadt, Germany, a chandelier containing a number of lamps iilled with petroleum fell to the floor in the midst of a crowd of dancers. Two ladies were burned to death and thirteen others were seriously burned, and it is thought that some of them cannot survive their injuries. IN the British House of Commons the channel tunnel bill was rejected by a vote of 234 to 153. The House in committee on the tithes bill rejected by a vote of 240 to 1H7 a proposal for an equitable re­ vision of tithes in accordance with the altered conditions of husbandry. The division was taken under the cloture rule. Ax Adelaide,r South Australia, cable says: The EaTl of Kintore, Governor of the colony, opened Parliament. He congratulated the members' upon the growth of Australian un ty. He an­ nounced that the budget showed a sur­ plus; tiiat a new loan would not be needed; that the duties would be remit­ ted on tea, .coffee, sug ir, cocoa, and ker­ osene; that the railway from Port Dar­ win to Pine Creek had been completed and that a bill would be introduced far the extension of the Transcontinental Railway as far as the McDonnell range. THE police of Wiesenbach, Germany, have arrested a man named Stengleit, who recently returned to Germany from New York, where he was an ardent ad­ mirer and follower of John Most. In Ktengleit's lodgings the police found a quantity of explosives aud a supply of seditious literature. Stengleit made his appearance while his room was being searched and was promptly arrested and locked up. THE Duke of Orleans; who wa6 re­ leased from thd Clairvaux prison, in France, end conducted to the Swiss frontier, has arrived in Brussels. He was met at the railway station by one of the royal carriages and conveyed to the palace, where he took breakfast with King Leopold. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. PJIP^ABATIONS FOU THB F^EAT > PIICUVB IS UlLWAtJKKK. Thi Trtain City to Royally Entertain H«r Vint tors--Blj; Feature* to Bo Made of the Uniform Rnnk Prize Drills and Tlio Pyrotechnic Display. 1LWAUKKK, \V;s., June 2. --Tuo sixteenth session of the Supreme l odge of the Knijrht* of Pythius of the World, •ud tiie first en- curup uent of the UnUorni hanko: that flourishing se­ cret society, will, toother, torni the most attractive trather.n : of the kind to to liel I on the We-tern ton- tinent <liirinir the year 18iH>. For the week, ot -luly 7-t'J, inclusive, the hospitable people of Milwaukee will open the nates of the c.ty. and of their heurt* as well, and will give to the visiting Kniehts, uniformed and without uniform, a most royal wel­ come. They wiil also welcome the wives and daughters, the neighbors and the friends of tho noble band of citizens who comprise the order of Knlphts of Pythias throughout tho United states and Canada. Each and every citizen of Milwaukee, "the Blonde Beauty of the Lakes." will, during kins, of WifconRin. responses will be made on behalf of Suoremo Lodge by Supreme Chancellor Ward, of Newark, N, J.. und other members of the Supreme body. Following this reception, which will be an elaborate affair and will be attended by a vast iiudtence. tne Supreme Lodge Will go into session and will hold met'tinys FRESH AND NEWSY. THB Bank of Montreal has declared a dividend of 10 per cent. * THB Court of Claims has dismissed the claim of A. B. Mullett against the United States for compensation as architect of the building now occupied by the State, War and Navy departments. FOUR members of the family poiponed by eating wild parsnip near Lake George Ont., are now dead, and it is feared that the other throe will dio. THE Canadian High Commissioner in England, Sh: Charles Tupper, has left that country for Canada, to assist in tbe settlement of tbe Newfoundland fisheries trouble by advice and counsel. THE steamer City of Peking has ar­ rived at San Francisco from Hong Kong and Yokohama, fifteen days and two hours from the latter port, being the beftl time ever made by ibis steamer. She brought 102 Chinese passengers in the eteerage. Count and Countess Yamudp of Japan were among the cabin passon- gers. , / THE Secretary of State has received a dispatch from the United State* Lega­ tion at Rio de J aneiro, announcing thBt the Cabinet has passed a resolution en­ thusiastically approving the actions? the international American Congress in rec­ ommending i rbitration i/d all 'questions of difference between tbe several govern­ ments of America. ( CARNAHAN, OF UNIFORM RAVZ. that week, constitute himself a committee of one to attend to the pleasure of the thousands of strangers who will be here. From the information now in hand, and from the enthusiastic letters received from members of the order in all parts of the country, there is every reason to believe that this will bo the most successful gath­ ering the order has ever had. The Mil­ waukee conclave will mark a new-ora in the history or th« Uniform Rank, which will on tHat occasion, lor the first time, carry out the military idea to the extent of going Into camp--and a beautiful camp it will be. too. Located on the edere of a thickly populated part of the city. B. Ii. WHITE, 8up. Kef per Record and steal. ' UOWAliD BOUGI.AKS, Past Sup. Chancellor. every day until the business before it is com pleted. On Tuesday afternoon, promptly at 4 o'clock. General Carnal)an's Pytnian army will move forward on a grand parade over a line of march extending three miles through the principal parts of the city. The column will be reviewed by the Su­ preme Chancellor and Major General. There will be fully 12.000 Knights in the line, all fully equipped in their attractive uniforms. Including the officers of divis­ ion? and half a dozen or more mounted divisions, there will be nea'ly 2,000 men on horsobaek in line. This wiil be one of the most, magnificent military displays ever seen in the United (States., Following the parade of Uniform Knights will como a long procession of jtacfge members without uniforms. On Wednesday morning the competitive drill will commence and will be continued all the morning. In the afternoon the en­ tire Pythian army will be drawn up in line for inspection and review. Thursday morning will be given up to prize drills. In the afternoon the Supreme Lodge delegates will bo given a compli­ mentary drive around the city ;by tae citi­ zens of Milwaukee. At that time or some other convenient occasion during the week, it is expected that the Supreme Lodge will enjoy an excursion on Lake Michigan to Whitellsli Bay. a beautiful pleasure resort five miles north of the city. The pyrotechnic display at Cold Spring Park on Thursday evening is intended to eclipse all similar efforts so far made in the West. The bombardment will open at 8:30 o'clock, and will last an hour and fifteen minutes. Among tho pieces which will make the fireworks display so attractive a feature will be a eigantie equestrian knight in full armor, with the«hield of the order In appropriate colors, and bearing aloft an emblematic banner. The kindly feature o tho beloved and lamented founder of the or­ der. Juslus H. Rathbone. will be disDlayedin a imunillcent lire portrait. An accurate representation of Niagara Falls. 160 feet WKECKED M A STORM. PAR" DRltL -s MOUND c snow 9t P91 fl Umtin* "tiiXttoikiy" MILWAUKEE 4IWNIN ft eW, »mrv« BV*»vC Sftfrrauttttfl MflkAM#*! ' DmoUgBED. K;. • r--•' tli» State Inatlttite (tor Feeble-Minded at Olenwood Torn to Pieces by a Fierce Oale, Some of the Inmates Being Killed • and Others Injured. Des Moines (Iowa) dispatch: In a storm which burst with terrible tury over western Iowa the rain fell in torrents, the wind in some loealittos reached the forcc of tk tornado, and tne electric dis­ play was da/.zlingly brilliant and awe inspiring. The greatest damage seems to have been done* at Glcnwood. The State Institute for Feeble Minded Is located there and wa| a heavy suffer­ er. Tho boiler house and laundry were demolished; the tall chimney was blown down and came crashing through tho roof into tho dormitories where the Inmates were sleeping, killing two and injuring six others. The killed are: WILLIE CLINE, of Clark county. WESLEY EMERY, of Monroe county.' The injured are: JOHN SWALLOE. Dubuque. . WIM.IK HRATHKH. Wayne cburt|t£ < ^ Frkd WRIGIHT, Fort Dodge. ' ̂ EDDIE SWEET, Lee county. * •: Husky SxrDEK, Benton eounty.' SAM ASKINS. Council Bluffs. ' Several of the injured are not expect­ ed to recover. The flour mill at Glen- wood was wrecked and the canning fac­ tory demolished. It was the worst storm in the history of the city. At Atlantic the wind blew down the amphitheater at the fair grounds and several small dwelling houses l^n the town. A great many fruit and shade trees were blown down in the city, and a nnmber of bridges On the Xishnabotna were washed out. Three buildings were blown from their foundations at Exira and several persons had narrow escapes. At Council Bluffs cellars were flooded and culverts washod out. The contigu­ ous country is inundated and crops in general are badly damaged and in some cases destroyed. The rain about Des Moines was very heavy, but no great damage was done. Dubuque (Iowa) dispatch: One of the most violent storms that has visited this section for ~years has just passed over Dubuque. The rainfall amounted al­ most to, a flood. The Burlington & Northern track between this city and Galena was washed away for a distance of over two miles. A double-header freight belonging to the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City railroad, ^yhich operates over the Northern be­ tween Dubuque and Galena Junction, ran Into a wash-out near Menom­ inee at 3 o'clock this morning. The first engine passed safely over the ditch, but th^ second went down, sinking deep Into the mud. The freight cars teles­ coped each other. The engineer of the second engine miraculous1y|escaped, but the fireman, E. 1J. Dale received mortal injuries and died in fifteen minutes. Brakeman Williams also received injur­ ies from which he will die. Forty cars were smashed in the wreck. The storm was so severe and the lightning so In­ cessant that the engineer could not see the signal Qf the track walker who flagged the train. THE NATIONAL S0L0NS. CROP BULLETIN'. De-Jlllnoto Winter Wheat Praetleally Btroycd--Outlook In Mew York. Springfield (111.) dispatch: The J«ne crop bulletin of the State Department of Agriculture confirms previous reports as to the condition of winter wheat. The crop is practically destroyed. Corn and nearly all other field products promise well. New York dispatch: The State meteorological ImrjiaariiAaillBteiicdm1*^- r ttm* *f«i SHOWING THE LOCATION OP THE PYTHIAN CAMP. hear its western limits, the view from the proposed camp-ground taKes in on one hand the tall buildings of the manufact intr and business establishments an; numerous church spires of the ci; blue waters of I.ake Michigan s, the distance; while on th<; otl; view includes the beautiful, valley of the Menomonoj which are the fireen li­ ft. Ids of tho country. grounds of the Soldier sight and but a few minu' from the ppot. The tent) sides of Hlghlandj^^^^Hfk 4v*fhc center ot which is with numer­ ous beds camp wilt have a frontaaa^^^^^^Hni of this boulevard of 2,40) will be erected in ,000 or more symmetri- "amiiing Knights. In the mp ground will be a large be used for dress parades, ay wiil form a part of the mil- ine under which the camp will I. Gen. E. L, Brand, ot Chi­ ef of the staff forMaj. Gen. Carna- f the Uniform Bank, lia» charge of the laving out of the camp ground. He wdl assign the different divisions to their quar­ ters in tho order of seniority. While the conclave is an affair of great interest to all the members of the Knights of Pythias order, the main features of the week will be tho<u parts in whieii the Uni­ form ltank will participate. The prize drills by competing divisions will form an |d 5J feet jtwifb. will also be given, Jihe so*fcy rising from the toot of " jirtft the roar of the cataract per- ^jiterfeited. There will be more --inty large, and appropriate set ^ many of which will be erublem- „i of the Knights of Pythias order, be- 8s a largo number of novelties in mov- m EASTERN OCCURRENCES. AT New York, Benjamin Bauxnan, aged 9'ears, had his left arm torn from hie tody. While feeding a pet canary he fell from the top of a step-ladder out of a third story window and was impaled on an iron picket of the fence in front of the area way. The iron ran through his arm close up to the shoulder, and the weight Of his body tore tbe mangled member ; 'Wbm its place and left it hanging quiv- «fiug and bleeding from the picket. " AN Ashland, Pa., special says: The donation at the Bast mine is unchanged. Jfen are at work driving two shafts and 3.00 3.60 150 .91 .33^ >."9 .63 & .12 & .07!$(i5 .13 «9 2.00 12.50 ceiver of l'ublic Moneys at Marquettef Mic^u: t r i c t ^ o f \ v l f o r W e . t o r n D i - A LINCOIIN special says; The procla­ mation of Gov. Thayer revoking his call for an extra session of the Legislature has been made public. The reason as- Signed for this action is that the legality of the acts of the Legislature convened under his recent call would be ques- tioned, and mi ht bo entirely nullified by ^BtBCinrtr.Q'irThe alle?e(i ^legality con- siBtsin^caUing a session without giving Wnit**-- No. ilted. tim&to nil vancancies in the uianv legis- I COHN--No. 2.., lative districts which will be without rep- I " resentatives on account of the removal of ' lm'~ No- 2 '-YNmANAPor 18 member by their election to other offices, j CArrr.K-Khippl„« THE Hon. .John C. Tarsuev Benr«s«nt s cho'oe J>l({lit _ Iie>« iiepresent- | SBCKJ'--Common toi'rinie. MARKET fiErOKTS. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Prime 9 4 75 Fair to Good 4.00 Commoh. Hoos--Shipping Grades SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 lied CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 BYE--No. 2 lirvrKH--Choice Creamery CHKKHK - FUII Cream, flata...... Koos--Fresh POTATOES--Choice new, per bri.. POUK--Mesa ^ MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring COHN--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White KYE--No. 1 BARLEY--No. 2 I'ORK--Mesa " DETIIOIT. CATTLE Hoos SHEEP. WHEAT--No. 2 Ited. CORN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White.;. ..... TOLJEDO. WHEAT , CORN--Caith OATS-NO. it White NEW YOHK.' CATTLE HOOM HHKKP .WHEAT--No. i Ked COHN No. •! . OATS--Mixed Western.... -ftoita--New Mess , „ BT. LOUis.' ! CATTLE Hoos.. & 5.60 t<* 4.75 & 4.00 & 4.00 & 5.75 & .92 .34 .2754 .13 .08k| .13 & 2.25 <<*13.00 ative in Congress of the Fifth Missouri District, has been nominated to succeed himself. ' . ° IN the Prohibition Convention, at Nashville, Tenn., the Kev. D. C. Kelley, ot the Methodist Church South, wae nominated for Governor. THE Kepublican Congressional Com. mittee has organized at Washington by 1 W»! KAT- - No. 2 Ited... COHM- NO. 2 White . OATS-No.2 White V" CINCINNATI'. Hoos | WHEAT-No. 2 Bed .! ; CORN -No. 2 • OATS NO. 2 Mixed ItYK No. 2 utrri/Vt CATTLJS--Hood to I'rlui. HOUH Medium and II. avy J I WHEAT--No. 1 Hard... CUAM--No. 2 .89 9 .00 .» .83 .28 0 .58 0 .63 Vi .47%# .48 y. 12.50 013.04 8.00 & 4.50 3.00 & 4.25 a.oo « 4.75 .93 ® .98 .30 & .37 .83 0 -83 .35 & M .29 0 .2B>$ 8.0C & 5.00 4.00 & 4.50 4.0J O 0.00 .95 ffl» .97 .40 & .42 .82 & .86 18.75 014.25 4.25 & 5.00 3.50 (4 4.00 .WA* .94 H .38 <» .32* .07 & .28 .#1 & .51!* 8.00 @ 4.75 8.00 4.00 8.00 & 5.25 .Oi 19 ;.*S & .85% f8° Kit .80 & •tso m 4 .00 .04 <w .0V4 », <ti .33 'vj .29: it rui# .60 505 i0 4.25 W1I. V,' Supreme Chancellor. OF'). Jt. SHAW, Sup. yice-Chancellor. especially notable feature. Milwaukee cit­ izens have offered elcht prtisos for profi­ ciency in drill, which will be hotly contested for by divisions from every State in the Union. The aggregate amount of money set apart for the payment of prizes to di­ visions is $4,801). The best battalion drill will merit a prize of $400. The division traveling the longest distance from homo to Milwaukee by the shortest route will receive and an equal money prize will lie awarded to the division tuat will best tfxenn>lify the ritualistic work of the Uniform Rank be­ fore the Supreme Jvdge. Tho judges will be regular armv officers, and the gentle­ men selected will be thoroughly competent 4s© decide as to the proficiency of tho con­ testing divisions. Cold Sprint? Driving lark, which has been u-ed by the Wisconsin State Agri­ cultural Society for the State Fair for sev­ eral years past, nas been c hosen for the drill ground. It is in tine condition. The covered amphitheater will seat several thousand peoplo who will witness the drill, and the open apace within tho mile track will make a magnificent drill ground, and. at the same time, afford standing room for thousands more. The prosn nmmo for conclave week will open on Tuesday morning. July 8. although it is expecti d that the Uniform Knlehts will arrive in time to go into camp on the pre­ vious eveniit'/, and that a vast crowd of un- nnitormed lodge members and visitors, who are not members of tho order, will nave arrived in the eitvand be comfortably fixed in their quarters by that time. Officers and members of tho Supreme Lodge will rendezvous at the Plankinton House at y o'clock 'luesdav morning, and will march to th« Exposition Building, the mammoth iiudiiorium of which will be ar­ ranged for the royal welcome which will theie be tendered to the delegates. The cordial greetings of tho 8tat<< ot Wisconsin and the city of Milwaukee will be extended In a fitting nuirm'ir by Gov. W. t>. Hoard, TPeck, and Chancellor IIos-.98}$ Mayor Geo. \l ?! • ^ ' V. j- ' j MAYOR GEO. W. PECK, W. C. WILLIAMS, Milwaukee. Manager Conclave Coin. able pieces which have never before been attem pted. On Wednesday evening Schlitz Park will be the scene of a grand prize band concert, in which there will be a lively rivalry on the part of the various bands, numbering probably fllty or more, which will atteud the conclave. The prizes given to the band will aggregate $810 in value. Tne first, second, and third prizes will be offered without re!>rence to the number of mu­ sicians composing the band, lut Milwau­ kee bands will be excluded from this con­ test. The city of Milwaukee, though conserv­ ative in business and incorrectly reputed to be slow-goinir in most things, is never so much at homo as when preparing to welcome to the city some groat public gathering. Its successful management of the big Grand Army enc.impment in 1889 demonstrated beyond a doubt its ability to entertain, and royally, top. a quarter of a million strangers. Its hotel facilities are ample for all purposes. A thorough canvass of the city Is being made, and assignments to quarters will be made upon a most admirable system, the persons desiring quarters being placed In direct communication with the proprietors of hotels or the owners of private houses. The railroads a'e all making tho lowest excursion rates, and it is expected that the rate wars will reduce to a still lower point TOSTrS H. HATH HONS, rounder of the Order. JOHN A. litXSKV, Sup. Kejnvaeut&tive, Wisconsin. the cost of traveling to Milwaukee during the conclave. From lils Pen. A Western editor mot a well-educa­ ted farmer and'informed him that he would like to have something from his pen. The farmer sent him a pig and charg­ ed him $9.75 for it.-- St Louis Maga­ zine. IN 1281, a Chinese Embassy of 10 nobles and 1,000 horsemen were put to death l»y order of the King of Siani, because they insisted on appearing in the royal presence with their shoes on. INDIAN YELLOW comes from the camel. V,; " 4&..U .ti'on K'iiotTt to' spring vegetables has favorable. The tem­ perature during tho week has been too low, however, for the best growing weather. Through the Southern and Southwestern tier of counties, and those along tho Upper Genesee river, the con­ ditions have changed but little durirlg the week; a vigorous growth of grass, wheat and rye obtains on the uplands, while along tho water courses great lo­ cal damage to crops has been sustained. Several stations in tho region of heavy rainfal report that grass is turning yellow and has a tendency toward a spindling growth; but generally throughout the State this crop is very vigorous. Tho fruits have developed well during the week. Tho appie crop is exceedingly good in the western counties, and about an average yield for the State may be expected. Strawberries, grapes and small fruits have improved daring the week and promise well. iron 0® THE SENATE AKD- HOUSK. OF REPRESENTATIVES. ? 1 Our Rational Lav-Maker* and What Tliey Are Doing for (h« Good of the Country-- Various Measures Proposed, IHsctiMed' and Acted On, Ts the Senate, on th# Sid lust, a eoofniMi' ww ordered on the naval appropriation bill and* Mesara. Allison and Gorman were appointed conferrees on the part of the Senate Anion* the bilitt reported 110m committees and plaeeo on the calendar were the following: Senate bill extending the jurisdiction of the Circuit and District Courts1 of tho United States to the great 1EK69 &.11Q. thdir connecting wftt6rs • House bin to provide for a term of court lit Dauville, 111.; Senate bill for the reappraisal and tta.lt of the unsold portions of the groundn and buildings of the Dearborn arsenal, Michigan. Mr. Plumb introduced a bill (prepared bv Mr 8t. John of New York) for the purchase of silver to uae as lawful money. It wag referred to the Committee on Finance. The conference report on the military academy appropriation bill wae presented and agreed to. A lively debate fol­ lowed the taking up of the conference report 00 the army appropriation bill, the provision aa to canteens being the point under discussion. Th« conference report was agreed to--yeas, 35; naya 8. Tha silver bill was taken up and Mr. H&rne addressed the Senate. At the close ot Mr. Ha-ria' speech the silver bill went over, and after a brief executive session the Senate adjourned. In the House, among the bllla passed were the following: Providing tor an addional Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico; increasing to .f27t),W0 the limit of cost of the public building at Dulnth. Miuu-; increasing to $175,OOu thy limit of ooat of th& public biillJiug at Fort Worth, Tex.; the Senate bill for the relief of the Board of Com­ missioners of the Sinking Fund Of Louisville, rTv the Senate bill dividing tne Judicial Die- trict of Kansas into two divisions. Atijour»i©tl. Ix the Senate, on the 3d inst., the Senate Mil for preventing the adulteration of food and drugs was reported and placed on the calendar. Mr Blair, from the Committee on Education and Labor, reported the Senate bill to provide obligatory attendance at school of the pi'llor,f!I! iu Alaska. Placed on the calendar. Ihe silver uill waB taken up, and Mr. Pugh ad- dreBiiad the Senate. At tho conclusion of Mr. 1 ugh s speech the following Senate bills were taken from the calendar and passed:' To aniKnu section 3354 of the lievised Statutes in regard u» the bottling of fomented liquor. To provide for the exportation of fermented liquoi 111 bond without payment of internal revenue House bill to authorizo the President oi tne united States to cau6e certain lands, hereto­ fore withdrawn from market for reservoir pur­ poses, to be restored to th.- public domain. Th« silver bill was again taken up and Mr. FarweU addressed the Senate in Its favor. At the clos« of Mr. Far well s speech the ailver bill was again laid aside and the fortification bill taken up. The amendment to increase the ap­ propriation for rifled sea-coast mortara from 5-250,000 to $400,000 wag agreed to--yeas, 24; nays, 22. Without further action on the bill the Senate adjourned. In the House, on rnoMon of Mr. Perkins (Kan.), the Senate bill was passed changing the boundaries of the reservation of the Unacompahgre Uf.es. Tha House the i proceeded to the consideration oi the Alabama contested election case of McDuffit vs. Turpin. Mr. Comstock (Minn.) opened the discussion with an argument in favor of the claims of the contestant. Mr. Crisp (Ga.) pre- ' s< nted the claims of the contestee. Mr Bergen (N. Y.) spoke for McDuHie and Mr. Oates, ol Alabama, for Turpin. Pending further debate the House adjourned. IN the Senate, on the 4th inst., the presidln| officer announced as the aelect cotnmittee on the bill for the establishment of the Universltj of the United States: Messrs. Edwards, Sher­ man, Xngalls, Blair, Dolph, Harris, Butler, Gib- sou and Barbour. The fortifications bill was then taken up. All the amendment! recommended by tho Committee on Appropria­ tions were agreed to, and the bill was reported to the Senate. Mr. Fi ve offered a joint resolu. tion to authorize the President to form alliances with foreign countries for the suppression of the liquor traffic. Re­ ferred to the Committee on Foreign Kelations. The Senate then adjourned. In the House, Mr. Osborne, of Pt nnevlvania, pre­ sented the conference report on the army appro* priation bill. After some debate over the "Canteen" clause, the report was agreed to. The House then entered into further considera­ tion of the Alabama contested election case ol McDuflie against Turpin. Mr. Howell, of Illi­ nois, summed up the case of the contestant. The first vote was taken on the minority reso­ lution, declaring that Turpin was elected and it was rejected--yeas, 114 ; nays, 130. The ma­ jority resolution Beating McDuflie was agreed to--yeas, 130; nays, 113--and Mr. McDuffie ap­ peared at the bar of the House and took the oath of office. IN the Senate, on the 5th inst.. Senator Evartf, from tho Library Committee, reported the Senate bill appropriating ®30,0;0| for a monu­ ment in Washington City to Captain John Ericsson, inventor of the Monitor, l'lactdon the calendar. The following bills were taken from the calendar and passed: Tho Senate SANF0IN THE WINNER The English Derby Captured by Not Backed to Win. London cable: The gn at race for the Derby stalccs took place at the Epsom summer meeting. The condi­ tions of tho. race were as follows: The Dei by stakes of 5,000 sovereigns to the winner,r»00 sovereigns to the nom­ inator of the winner, 500 sovereigns to the ownor of the second horse, and 20<) soverelghs for the owner of the third. Weights--For colts, 0 stone; for lillies, 8 stone 9 pounds. Open to 3-year-olds by subscription of 50 sovereigns each; half forfeit first declared by tho lirst Tuesday in January, 18!)!), and 10 sov­ ereigns only if declared by the first Tues­ day in January, 1881). Any surplus to be paid to tho winner. Distance about 1}{ miles. * The race was won by Mr. ,T.* Porter's chestnut colt, Sainfoin, by Springfield out of Sanda. Mr. Lefevre's chestnut colt Lo Nord, by Tristan out of La Noce, was second, and the Duke of Westminster's hay colt Orwell, by Bend Or out of Lizzie Agnes third. Thero were eight starters. al and _ _ Mlt toT Kear AdmirSl rlrnlalilson, and to the J| widow of Commander \\ inslow, of the Kear- sarge; the Senate 1 ill to authorize the construc­ tion of a bridge across the Columbia Kiver by the Oregon Railway Extension Company. Mr. Blair introduced a bill to prohibit, the exporta­ tion of alcoholic liquors to Africa and the islands of the Pacific Ocean. Keferred. The S.nate then adjourned. In the House, Mr. McKinley of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, reported u resolution providing that the House shall proceed immediatelv to the consid­ eration of House bill 5381 (thejsilver bill), and that the consideration shall continue until Sat­ urday at 3 p. in., when the previous que3£ion shall be considered as ordered. The pre^Teua question having l>een ordered on the resolution, forty minutes' debate was allowed. The resolu­ tion was adopted--yeas, 12o; t'ayB, 117. The motion to reconsider was tabl -d--yeas, 124; nays, 118. The bill having been read, Mr. Congi r of Iowa offered the caucus bill as a substitute. Mr. McComae of Maryland moved tj amend the sub­ stitute by adding to .Section 6 the word* "aud tbe purchase of silver bullion shall be sus­ pended while it is being so deposited for coin­ age." Mr. Taylor, of Illinois, offered an amend­ ment to the original bill providing that if the net amount of silver bullion received shall be less than #2.0.10,000 any one month the Secretary of the Treasury shall in the succeeding month purchase a sufficient amount to supply the de­ ficiency. Mr. O'Donnell, of Michigan, moved to amend the amendment by striking out 4*2,000,000 and inseitlng &3,00J,0J0. Mr. Williams, of Illi­ nois, spoke in favor of tho freo coinage of silver. Mr. Taylor, of Illinois, spoke in lavor of the bill and Mr. Lauhaiu, of Texas, opposed it. Horse Fending further debate the House adjo arned. FIGHTING CHICAGO BEEF. The National Dutchers' Association in the Held Against Western Magnate*. Pittsburg dispatch: The National Butchers' Association is preparing to make a last desperate effort to rid itself of tho Chicago dressed beef Incubus. The move in progress has for its object the consolidation of the var­ ious butchers' organizations and all agricultural Interests, including the Farmers' Alliance. Tho consolidation proposes to drive out of the business all butchers who handle dressed beef. A committee has already been appointed, and is quietly at work. This wiil be a hnal stroke to crush the Western dressed beef magnates, and no sum will be spared to make it successful. Secretary Noble WIU Not Resign. \ .Washington dispatch: Secretary No­ ble likes public life and he isn't go­ ing to resign his position in the Cabinet. The only thing that could tempt hitn would be a place on the Supreme Bench. The attention of tho Secretary was called to-day to the rumor that he was going to resign in order to accept a position as attorney for a leading West­ ern railroad. Ho said there was no foundation whatever for the rumor, and that if he intended to resign It would not be to accept any position that v. railroad company could offer him. In "A Minor" Key. He has the nerve--a dentist, when he kills it. t A striking figure in sporting circles-- John L. Sullivan. It would be inappropriate to "tender" a benefit to a locomotive engineer. It is "Women in Medicine" r.OV* When delicate health was fashionable it was medicine in women. It is not so groat a wonder, c©me to think, that so many people are illiter­ ate. Everybody was born that way. Tho student who cannot pass an ex­ amination frequently experiences a greater difficulty in passing a saloon. Comedian Hopper says he acts to keep De Wolf from the door--of the . poor house. But Hopper rarely plays to ft poor house. A lawyer In a case in court cried "I object" so often that a young lawyer said the spectacle was valuable to bin* as an object lesson. Victor Meyer, a German scientist. Is confident that chemistry will yet enable. us to make bread ont of wood. Will this raise the price of board? A widow in France has confessed that she has cone without food fpr nin© years and doesn't care for it. She is re­ ceiving offers of marriage from frug*! widowers. "Pony" Moore, the London variety hall manager, offers to back Charley Mitchell to lift more than any living; man, and will risk $5,000 on it. Them are New York politicians who can '-lift'* more than any Mitchell that over lived, only give them a chance at thotreasuiy. Pony. Moore. Wisdom in Quaint Form. A heart that has been often tendered is tough. The dollar you take in Is a dwarf; th» one you pay out a giant. T,!' How manv men begin on cake aMl f have to finally come down to bread, i • When a man's temper gets the best of him it reveals the worst of hjm. Love is as old as the first nionient df: eternity and as new as the last moment of time. ' American girls are not fond of domes­ tic life. It is ruling their own dotneg* tics that they aspire to. w ; A writer says: "There are some things a woman doesirt know." There may be, but no man can tell her what M they are. • • <-•>. •: . •n