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• ff i vi ^,?«^v «%^r, rp ̂ ^ |j fHE PLAINDEALER •HM - .'•• • - J J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. HrHENRY. 1LLTNOT* Pa., was de troye.l by Sire. „ WXL The McKelvev homestead and 1 adjoining outbuildings of It E, Dick­ son were also destro* od Rcithmiller's manufacturing establishment on Water street was also destroyed by fire, lioss, •46,000: insured. BENJAMIN JOACHMOWITZ'S bat fac­ tory. at New York, took fire on Friday we&> T4TEN0IS 52 - * : ) ' in the furnace. The bat factory and 1 'eight frame houses adjoining and ' in the rear, were in nshe - when the firemen finally suceeedert in con­ quering the fames. Sixteen families.in- cludin^ fifty persons, lost all of their effects It was one »f the fiercest tiros MINISTER AT WASH­ INGTON ORDERED HOTFE. t2<^- I placed it in the mi Idle of the room. I the i He ignited it in Qraer tp drive out the mo quitoes, which had been abundant It seems that in carrying the handful of powder from the cask he had 'eft a train of dry powder from the middle of the floor right up to the cask. As soon as he had ignited the powder it burned along the trail and the 400 5>ounds exploded. There were three arge explosions, each within a few seconds of each other, and he was knocked down three times in trying to get out of the door. Mary Washing­ ton. his mother-in-law, who was ap­ proaching the door at th<^ time, was knocked about forty feet and badly burned *bout the face and r^F 4* OOHTANS ATTACK THE JAPAN­ ESE AND MEET DEFEAT. Hostilities B»|«n tTnd«r the Direct Insti­ gation of the Chinese--Japanese Cru'aar Sinks a Chinese Transport In an En­ gagement. 4Ma Beenll S*M to Have No Connection ,,5»»Kh the Corean Tronble--Experienced §>lplomat Swowds Him--General Hews States. Goes Hack to Jtpan. J £1GCMBO TATENO, Japanese Minister to Washington, has been recalled to japan and Mr. Kukino, an experienced diplomat, has been appointed to suc­ ceed him. Tokio advices say this change is made on account of dissatis­ faction at the manner in which Minis­ ter Tateno has conducted the negotia­ tions with the Washington Govern- tnent looking to the modification of the extra-territorial treaties. The yeason assigned for the change is said by a Washington corre -pondent to 1)3 erroneously stated. While there 1igtve been negotiations between the Oovernments Of Japan and the United States since looking to a revision of the treaties, little has been done in this respect recently and the notes that have passed contain no matter that wa> obje tionable to our government or that in the slightest degree could subject Mr. Tateno to cen- eare by bis own government. Furthermore, it can Ve positive­ ly stated on the highest authority that the change in the legation is in no way connected with the communica­ tions addressed to the Japanese Gov­ ernment by the Department of State On the Korean imbroglio. A successor to Mr. Tatento has been appointed, which would not have been the ca-:e had the Japanese Government been disposed to recent Secretary Gresham's stations. in the history of the city, and every engine except two in the city was at work. The hat shop was what is known as a "buckeye* in the trade. It took no contracts of its own, but worked up hat? for large shops. Fall­ ing embers rained on the roof of a frame extension of St. Peter's Orphan Asylum: also on the roof of a building on Livingst m street used by the asy­ lum. The sisters in charge of the asy­ lum took no chances. Although their buildings were being protected by streams of water from the private hose and by men with buckets, the lit­ tle ones were marched from the build­ ings. But the asylum buildings es­ caped with slight damage. The damage is estimated at $ 0,000. On this there was little insurance. WASHINGTON.. WESTERN. \y m-t. SWn1ter's Big Gime* . THE United States Express Company ftps been most cleverly swindled out of a considerable sum of money by a bold operator whose methods are the most ttaique an 1 fearless that could be im­ agined. Half a hundred detectives are scouring the routes over which the company dees business, hoping to apprehend the swindler, but •II efforts to arrest the fellow have so far proved futile. That he is fully ac­ quainted with every detail of the busi­ ness of the company is apparent from his operations. He has visited scores ef offices of the company, representing himself to be the route agent, an 1 in each instance the visited office has been deprived of blank money orders and the agents' remittances. For- ly-eight > blank orders, most of which were filled out at $oO and cashed, and many valuable remit­ tances are spoils that the clever op­ erator is known to have obtained so tar, and for all the officials know some of the very forged money orders may hnre been cashed at tneir Chicago Office. Until the agents who have lost blank money orders make full reports with series numbers, the full extent pf the forgeries will not ba known. Route Agent, Kerrigan, whose successor the pvrindler represented himself to be, is at the head of a force of detective i now looking for the forger and robber. Upturn Is Their Maa. ' REPUBLICANS of Wisconsin met in wnvention at Milwaukee, on Thurs­ day, and placed the following ticket in the field: rernor William H. Upham atenant Governor Emil Baeusch _ o i S t a t e H e n r y C a s s o n Treasurer Sewell A. Peterson Attorney General AV. H. Mvhea Mint. Public Instruction J. Q. Emery Railroad Commissioner. D. .T. McKenzie Inearance Commissioner. W. A. Fricke Chairman State Central Committee..H:C. Thorn FIVE skeletons have been discovered under the Dtodge street school building at Omaha THE Continental Palace Car Com­ pany, fo.' the manufacture, sale, and operation of sleeping, dining., and buffet cars, has been incorporated, with headquarters at Fast St. Louis. FIVE women went bathing in the San Joaquin River, near Fort Washingt'n, Col. One got beyond her depth and, in attempting to rescue her, three of the others were carried to an eddy and drowned. Three young men were drowned while bathirg in the. Snake River, three miles below Penewawa, Wash. One called for help and the others swam to his assistance. All th; ee grappled in the water, sinking simultaneously. A FATAL cutting affray occurred near Cataract, Ind., in which a young man named Kennedy slashed a man named Anderson across the neck with a knife. The cutting occurred at a church social, where Anderson ap­ peared in a drunken condition and be­ gan cursing1 and abusing everybody. His eye fe'l on Kennedy and be at once attached him. Kennedy drew a knife and began cutting at his antagonist, inflicting wcunds that may result fatally. AT 3 o'clock in the morning a gaso­ line stove exploded in the restaurant and lodging-he use of Wil iam Hancock, 1005 North Third street, St. Louis. Fifteen persons were asleep on the sec­ ond and third floors. Two were burned to death and three seriously injured. In Chicacro a quick lire just after 1 o'clock Monday afternoon destroyed about ten £mall frame houses on Van Horn street. Four children were burned to death, and several persons were injured. TTie excursion steamer Favorite was burned to the water's edge at her dock in New York, and two boys had a narrow escape from death. BETWEEN 1 and 2 o'clock Tuesday morning Co Teyville, Kas., experienced a subterranean disturbance strongly resembling an earthquake, which terrified the citizens for miles, around and caused much damaga. Just north of town is situated a strong natural sras I well. Ab:>ut the tim^ mentioned several successive explosions awoke the people, who jumped out of their bsds to find the town brightly illuminated and the earth t-embling, while showers of reeks could be t een bursting from the ga^ well. Thesj were hurled high in the air, and de­ scending crashed into the cottages in the neighborhood of the pit. ACCORDING to the latest advices re ceived by the Hawaiian Legation in Washington, D. C., England is the only one of tho great powers to refuse recognition of the efforts of the Hawaiians to replace a tinselled crown with the star of a Republic. This, too, in the fate of the fact that prominent Royalists like Wilcox have come to an understanding of the inev­ itable, and announce a willingness to fall in line and help build a stable gov­ ernment on the islands. Inasmuch as the election for Senators and Repre­ sentatives is to be held Sept. 5, 1694, political afiairs arc beginning to bub­ ble quite violently down in the eight islands comprising the Hawaiian Re­ public. JOHN DAGGETT, Superintendent of the, San Francisco Mint, has received orders from the Secretary of the Treasury to coin an unlimited number of silver d>-liars durin r the remaining days of July, and during the present money stringency to coin gold currency to' the full capacity of the mint. As similar instruc­ tions have also been sent to the mint officials at Carson City, New Orleans and Philadelphia, Superintendent Dag­ gett says that $3,000,000 will be turned out in a few days. The silver to be co ned first will be blanks and ingots, of which there is sufficient on hand at the local mint to coin $1,000,010. There is also on hand at San Francisco 36,- 000,01)0 ounces of standard silver al­ ready coined into dollars of 412.5 grains each, ready for circulation, and 13,000,030 standard ounces of fine sil» ver ready I or coinage. Other Nations Concerned. Oriental civilizatipn h to b3 put to the test of m.dirn warfare, and before they are through, Russia, France, • • ;{< Germany, and Englanl herself may be involved. Trade rivalry will have something to do with it, but tarrltorial extension more. A dispatch received from Nagasaki, on the southwest tide of the Island of Kioo-Sioo, Japan, says that a detachment of Corean troops, at the instigation of the Chinese resi­ dent, attacked the Japanese garrison and were defeated. A later telegram says that a Japanese cruiser and a Chinee transport have been engage!, and that the cruiser sunk the transport. The British consul ha* received a te'e- gram from the British charge d'affaires at Tokio stating that the Japanese have undertaken to regard^ Shanghai as outside of the sphere of operations. A special to Bleecher's News Agency from Yokohama states that the Core- ans and Chinese engaged in a battle with Tingsis lebels, and a large num­ ber were killed. It is reported that the Core in king has been kidnaped by the Japanese. The Chinese Consul at Nagasaki has ordered all Chinese to leave their homes. Eight Japanese FOREIGN. MB. GLADSTONE'S eye is worse, and he1 Will have to submit to another op­ eration. ^ . • f" 91 4 " [ ' t THE recent..earthquakes M Tdrkey- are now said td 'have caused the death of over a thousand persons. A. DISPATCH received in Shanghai from Naga aki, on the southwest Bide of the island of Kioo-Sioo, Japan, says that a detachment of Corean troops at the instigation of the Chinese attacked the Japanese garrison and suffered de­ feat. A later telegram s-ays that a Japane-e cruiser and a Chinese trans­ port have been engage 1 in action, and that the crui er sank the transport. The British consul has received a tele­ gram from the British charge d'affaires at Tokio statinsr that the Japane.e have undertaken to regard Shanghai as outside of the sphere of operations. The price of coal has risen40 percent, on account of the large demand made upon the supplies for use upon war­ ships, tran ports, etc. IN GENERAL* CLIFTON R. BRECKINRIDGE, of Ar­ kansas, has teen confirmed Envoy Ex­ traordinary and Minister Plenipoten­ tiary to Russia. ACCORDING to Secretary Hayes, of the Knights of Labor, workingmen are to be urged to form themselves into military companies. A RETRENCHMENT plan contemplat­ ing a reduction in wages of engineers, firemen, and conductors is to ba put in As far i operation within a few days by the re- NEW3 NUGGETS. ARKANSAS Republicans have nom­ inated H. L. Remmel for Governor. -MAYOR FITZPATRICK, of New Or­ leans, has sued the Daily States for §103,000 for criminal libel. ELI WILSON, 45 years old, was shot •nd instantly killed at Indianapolis, lad., by Ctarles Robb. They had amis- naderstanding over a trifling amount oI rent. TEN THOUSAND rounds of ammuni­ tion belonging to Company I, Third Hegiment, exploded during the burn- ~ lag of Waterman's Opera House at Waterloo. Ind. WILLIAM MELVILLE, correspond- "once clerk in the Bank of California, has confessed that during the past t&irteen years he has stolen $35,000 of tile bank's funds. I AT the annual session of the Impe- rial Council of the Order of the Mystic Shrine, held at Denver, William D. Hfelish of Cincinnati was eleeted Impe­ rial Potentate. This ends an old feud fcetweenMr. Melish and the friends of .Imperial Be.order Frank M. Luce, of, Chicago. It wag recommended that charters be granted for Aladdin Tem- at Columbus, Ohio, and Ahmed pie at Marquette, Mich. HE J^erw York Herald's London tch £ays that the Central News ncy has this dispatch from anghai, Friday: The Japan­ e.e have seized the King of Corea and hold him prisoner. Eleven Chinese steamers are on their vm,j to Corea. Most of the troops •board them are coolies, armed with bows and arrows. Some Chinese steamers which have arrived at Corea have been prevented by t'he Japanese from landing troaps. It is reported 1hat the Japanese artillery sunk sev­ eral of them. AT Perry, Ok'a, the thermomoter 8^a^e on Tuesday; at fWfJttnmwa, Iowa, 1C8; at Moline, HL, *03. . attempting to arrest two striking ; - talners at Birmingham, Ala, three ~®Puty sheriffs M ere shot and killed. fcy -A he mmere escaped. HALL WINSLOW. the p'ay- W / "ght' ofrNew York, has baen given , ? cJe® of absolute divorce at Yank- y %OQ, H. D.. the Judge setting aside the EASTERN. FWE •»t town, Pa., by a bolt of lightning which followed electric light wires into and -- exploded in a pavilion in which a largo pmrnber of people had gathered to es- < «ape a storm. AT Belle VERNON, Pa., fire destroyed ^ ?;%he Baptist Church, Lynn's general %tore, four dwellings. McLain's grist .InUi, Reeves' Hotel, and three stables. < < -'iLow, $50,000; partly insured. The |(7nion Manufacturing Company, a jnovettar plant just finished at Swissvale, as known, however, no one was hurt. Daylight disclosed a dismal ^i?ht. For thirty acres around the well the earth was torn up as if by a volcano. Huge bowlders lay about, while several holes, many of them fifteen to thirty feet deep, showed whence they came. Houses had been shattered, ba~ns top­ pled over, and masses of earth ap­ peased where before the ground was level. The phenomenon is unaccount­ able. THE business portion of Chenoa, 111., was destroyed by fire Tuesday after­ noon, entailing a loss estimated at from $500,000 to *f00,000. Fifty-four buildings and nearly all of the stock they contained were swept away in a roaring cyclone of flame that seemed to bieak out all over the business district at once and gave no time to save anything. More complete devastation cannot be imag ined. v Ttfe only business establishment* left in the town are two saloon-, Palbach s dry-goods st ire and the office of the Chenoa Gazette. The general opinion is that the fire was ignited b,- sparks from the south-bound Alton day express falling in hay at Ballin- ger s livery barn. The conflagration spread over the district that was j devastated a few years a^o, and where were many elegant two-story brick j structures. The postoffice was de­ stroyed and a large amount of mail matter burned. J. T. McKeaver. a merchant tailor, leaped from a second story and was impaled oti an iron fence. • CHICAGO A sharp picket ran half way through ' CATTLE--Common to Prime,'... $S 60 1% 1A ** A M #1 t. M • > 1 -1 - - If #1 M OLi A ji _ . .A • A . ceivers of the Santa Fe system. T«E temporary injunction recently issued again-1 John Boyd Thacher's Bureau of Awards, sued by the An­ heuser-Busch Brewing Company, has been extended until next September. THE offices of the various ocean steamship compan'es in Cleveland are besieged by large numbers of foreign­ ers who are taking advantage of the present steamship war and consequent low rates to return to their native land. It is estimated that since the hard times commenced fully 5,000 for­ eigners have left the city to return to Europe. Tnese people, who are mostly Hungarians, Bohemians. Italians anil Slavs, are leaving the country for good. THE clubs of the National and West­ ern Leagues stand as follows in the championship race: NATIONAL LEAGUE. Per, L- cent. I W. 26 .WijPittubnrjr .40 25 .6 8 Cincinnati.37 KO -OOulSt.. Louis. .33 31 .5811 Chicago ...31 Si ,5'6; Louisville.24 <;3 ,13ft; Waabhutt'n'il WESTS UN LEAOUB. Per! Jj. cent. I W. 91 .657 )nciian'p'llB37 90 .fi77;Gr<l lUpld^ti 38 .548{Detroit . ...ay 35 .517.MllwauUee.9u W. Boston #1 Baltimore. ,4« New York. 45 Cleveland. .43 Brooklyn...<0 Pbirdeip'ft.3tt Per I* cent. 3? .619 .493 .418 .413 .'*16 270 £ KOANG 10UN6 YELLOW MAP or COK1A 48 44 63 65 plied that if China wou1& not help her reform the country she would under- • take the task herse'f. It Is this new !pha:-eof Corean affairs that may lead to ugly complications, and make the 1-acilic border of Asia for awhile an object of particular attention to all the lS* ; |gmpgyg CORN IS PARCHETI m w. Blonx Cltv.46 Toledo 41 Minne*p'Us40 Kansas C'y.37 Per L. cent. »s , .4tm .487 .403 .3U0 MARKET RBPOF.TS. ftVE psrBons w^ie seriously injured' Ringing Rock^Park, near Potts- his body and he will die. SOUTHERN." A COLLISION occurred Mond ty even­ ing on the Texas and I a: itic nine miles north of Atlanta, Texas, near Forest Station. Six or seven persons were killed and several wounded. TWO NEGROES were lynched by a mob nea- Lake Cormorant, a small town in Mi-sissippi. They were fugi­ tives from Arkansas and were over­ taken by the mob, who strung them up. Their names are not known. AT Birmingham. Ala., Mason's shoe house and Stover's wholesale and re­ tail furniture company, both occupy­ ing an immense four-story structure, are in ashes from a Saturday morning fire. Loss on building and stock, *250,- 000: insurance unknown. The Cald­ well Hotel, the handsomest building in the city, five stories and supposed to be fine-proof, is also totally destroyed. It was valued with furnishings at $.i50,- 0U0, insurance $175,000. It was owned by the Caldwell Company. The first buildings ntmed are owned by J. W. Johnson, of New York, exrPresident of the Central Railroad of Georgia AN explo ion of 400 pounds of loose powder at Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Ga., at 9 o'clock Friday morning, shook the HOGS--Shipping Grades . RHEEP--Fair to Choice I WHEAT-NO. 2 Bed COBS--No.. 2^.... OATS--No. RYK--NO. 2!^.. :V.V.e.e; Hurras--Choice fjreamery.... . E<TGS--Fresh POTATOES--New, oer bu INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLF--Shipping HOGS- Choice Light . SHEEP--Common to Prime WHEAT--No. a Red COBN--No. 2 White OAT»--NO. 2 White ST. LOCia CATTLE ; HOGS . - . WHEAT-NO. 2 BED GOBN--NO. 2 ...X.: .. OATS--NO. 2 R**~NO. 2... . CINCINNATI. CATTLE Hoos... HHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 lied COBN--No. 2 Mixed OATS--No. 2 New . . RKE--No. 2.... • • DETROIT. CATTLE Hoo« Rnvvp WHEAT--N<i. 1 White.'."'".*."." COBN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBK--No. 2 Yellow............. 0*TB--No. 2 White .'i;...; R**--No. 2. » BUFFALO, WHEAT--No. 1 White No. 2 Red COBN--No. a Yellow OATS--No. 2 White MILWAUKEE. earth, fatally wounded Ordnance Ser- geant William Chinn, seriously injured c^s~So°a 2 8pilnK-----; Mary Washington, his mother-ih-law, OATS--No! 1 WHITEL^^".^'.«« and tet fire to the fort, causing inter- mittent explosions of ammunition and doing much damage. Just after break- last oergt. Chian went into the store- room. He did as he had been in the babit of doing for some time during the summer months, and took a hand­ ful of powder from one of the open casks, wet it at the pump, and the^ BABLEY--No. I RYE--NO. 1 POBK--Mesa NEW YORK. CATTLE. Hoos SHE** WHEAT-NO. 2REA COBN--NO. 2 OATS--No. 2 Whit*.......;....' BUTTEW--Creamery. ttr.M JPlMr" WUJLlJB- » »•••••••••• $ 00 X 75 and three Chinese men-of-war and 2J,- 100 troops are at J unzen. So far as the case has been present­ ed to American readers Japan has the bet er side. Corea is the cause of the prospective war, and her commercial interests in the hermit ki. gdoin are paramount. She has many of her sub­ jects there, and the trade is largely in Japaneffe hands. She ha* a further grievance in the protection given to assassination By Chinese officials. China, on her part, has the claim, cen­ turies old, of Corean vassalage She can't let her vassal be invaded and subdued by another country, even though the dependency of Corea has been a tradition rather than a condition. China is the more powerful in num­ bers. Her soldiers are well oxcered. Her people are the more warlike. But Japan has the belter navy, bhe has also the benefit of western ideas in her navy. She would b3 the auicksr to' utili e all modern inventions of war­ fare, and the opinion of military ex­ perts is that the nation.which is quicks est to av&ii itself of these inventions is sure t ) w n.^ Japan was the first of the Asiatic nations to open her doors to we item idea-. She encoutaged intercourse. China is still closed t>c3p: at a few ports. Her trade and commerce are undeveloped. The envpire is less hom­ ogeneous than Japan. But she has her great chancellor, «he Bismarck of the East, and his plan will undoubtedly be to have oUier nations fight Chinese battles. So it may be that the specs on the Oriental horizon will darken the European skies, and the lon^-postponed war, which will detei mine the sttength of the triple alliance a d place Russia and 1? ranee side by side in the battle­ field, may e\on now be rumbling in the East. CUH of the Trouble. The Corean peasant, though patient under great grievances, is quicK tem­ pered and is apt to explode without preliminary notice when adroit poli­ ticians intlame hi-i mind with the can* temptation of h's wrongs. This has occurred three times within the past fifteen years. This time, the uprising occurred in the region around the capital itself, and, of course, mo?t of the interests of the foreign element and the Government of the easy-going and generally well-meaning King were directly menaced. Then came the King s appeal to China for troops and Japan's uninvited occupancy of the pot t of Ch' mulpo with ufticient force to make her mistress of the situation , at the heart of Corea. She did the same thing in 1^8! and and exacted the most com lete reparation for injuries inflicted upon aer subjects and their property in Corea r'or centuries . he has tepeat- cdly invaded, the peninsula, and the only excuse she has recently advanced f«r such proceedings is that her peo- f ile have large fii ancial interests in he country. There was a time, Ion-? ago, when Japan asierted that Core 1 was her vassal, but ?he'has done noth­ ing lor ages to make her claim val.d. In fact, Ccrea has for hundreds of years, been one of the vassal states of i;hina, and, although Japan pretends to ignoie the relatioaship, she knows very well that it exists, jt is her present attempt to revolutionize the traditional state of things in Corea that may very easily give rise to com­ plications of a formidable kind. Japan has now come forward with entirely new demands. She says she is tirea of sending armiet into Corea for the purpose of protecting her large interests ttiere. The.e is no doubt that the is deeply concerned in the peace and prosperity of Corea. A few weeks ago Japan demanded that China join her in imposing fiscal reform upon the countvy and in the correction of political abuses, so as to do away with the reriodical insurrec­ tions that completely upset the country and indict great annoyance and dam~- age upon all foreigners engaged there. This seems to be a progressive and a laudable idea, but conservative and suspicious China declined the proposal, with than't's. Her answer was that it is her traditional policy not to inter- j fere forcibly in the internal affairs of ' »Hwpl «tate. J*p*ui re- Crops of Al' K'.nda In Need of Raln- Whemt Yield I* Goo;I. The report of the United States weather bureau on the condition of crops, harvest, etc., .throughout the country for the week showj that in many sections, l'.otablv Iowa, Minneso­ ta, tjouth Dakota North Dakota corn is eufferinr for rain, and in these and other sections [ruit and late crops have been damaged by the sam J causes. Wheat, in the main did only fairly well, except Illinois, where tho quality is good a id the yield the larg­ est in years. Toe report as sent out by the Chicago station is as follows: ludlana--Hoc uutl dry until Friday, when numerous local rains fell, benefiting corn in many fields; wheat and rye tbrash- inz; oats and hay harvest continue with gool yields. Illinois--Rainfall except In a few couo- ties below the normal and badly distrib­ uted; temperature below normal and sun­ shine normal; where rain fell crop condi­ tions improved; wheat yield and quality best In years; oats and rye harvest about over; more rain needed. Wisconsin--Drought continues though partly broken by light shower; wheat, rye and barley mo*t in stack; oats ready to cut. drop light except early sown, which will averase welf; pastures burned up and potatoes suffering severely from drought. Monday was the hottest d»y of the season, the thermometer ranging from 105 to 103 in the shade. IoWIL--Drought continues unbroken; corn in critical condition and damaged in dri­ es 1 districts; stock suffering for feed and w.iter. Minnesota--Warmer than usual, with un­ abated drought, injuring corn, potatoes and pasturage the most; wheat harvest bezun. and barley, hay and oat harvest progressing, v. ith yield rather light gene­ rally. South Dakota--Except In western and a few eastern countle> all cro is Injured, some permanently, by high temperature and dry atmosphere: some relief by show­ ers; wheat harvest advanced; berry good, yield light. Kansas--Conditions generally favorable to oorn, apples, meadows and pastures; thrashing of wheat and oats in progress, yield fair, with good berry; prairie hay being cut. quality good, yield fine. Oklahoma--Temperature and sunshine normal, with many local 9howers. which have improved most crops; corn generally very poor, but cotton magnificent; melons and vegetables in abundance; grass and pastures poor. Nebraska--Week excessively dry and all vegetation has suffered severely: corn se­ riously injured everywhere and maay fields ruined. Ohio--Corn suffered seriously from the drought, but reviving from rains; haying completed, with light yield secured in fine condition; oat harvest well advanced, but yield shortened by drought; wheat thrash­ ing out with large yield; late potatoes, tobacco and young clover and pastures damaged. Missouri--Good showers in central and southwest sections greatly benefited corn; In other sections drought Continues, pas­ tures falling, water scarce, and unless rain comes soon much corn will be ruined; hay crop light, but secured In good condi­ tion. ~Michlgan--Temperature and sunshine above normal, rainfall below; excessively dry, hot weather has injured late corn, lotatoes, garden truck and pastures; drought broken by general rain, which re­ vived vegetation somewhat, but more needed; wheat cut and thrashing bezun. Arkansas--Weather favorable in all but northwest portion, «here croi s are needing rain; cotton forming and fruiting well and have most excellent prospects; corn uiu|:i( improved and promises fair crop; swee'i potatoes fine and second crop of -Irish potatoes planted. Kentucky--Cloa-ly and cool; drought broken in most sections by showers during the week; crops generally improved and outlook for corn tine, but tobacco still b«icl<- ward; early potatoes very short: hay hnjr- ve«t completed, with very light yield; hemp doing .poorly. North Dakota--Everything suffering for rain; harvesting of rye and barley com­ menced and haying nearly finished, with light crop; corn doing very well. SENATOR HILL IS SARCASTIC. Compares the President's Opponents with Conspirator* Against Cte»»r. Another di amatic scene occurred ic the Senate Tuesday, but President Cleveland, instead of being, as on the previous day, the object of attack by the "eader of hi* party was defended with vigor and vim. Mr.' Cleveland's champion was his old political rival and enemy, Senator David Bennett Hill, of New York Tt.e New York Senator spoke for almo t two hours to breathless galleries a. d a full Senate. Several times the presiding officer was unable to restrain the enthusiasm his remarks evoked, notably when Mr. Hill deelar d that personal considerations would not prevent him from defending the President when he was un ustly attacked. He defended Mr. Cleve- la id"s lettir, his right to send it, and the sentiments it < ontained, and made a point against his adversaries when he pointed out that they c iticised the President for tiding with the House when they admitted that th?yhad used "all their influence to induce him to in­ terpose in behalf of the Senate amend­ ments to the tariff bill. He took up Mr. Gorman's argument and met it point by point in a manner satisfactory to himself, at lea.t, and i concluded with a piece of satire thatf stun? those on the floor and tickled the galleries immeasurably. Mr. Gor­ man compared Mr. Hill to lago. Mr. Hill likened tho.se who had y ined in the assault bn Mr. Cleveland to the conspirators who stabbed C*sar to death at the foot of Pompey's statue in the Roman Senate. TO INVESTIGATE THE STRIKE. The United States Commitaloner of Labor IS Chilrman of the Commission. The chairman of the commission to investigate the recent strike is Carroll D. Wright, the United States Commis­ sioner of Labor. Mr. Wright was born in Dunbart n. N. H., in 1840. He received a good edu­ cation and studied law. Before finish­ ing his stiidies he enlisted in the 14th H a m p s h i r e Inf. He was made a lieutenant at bhea- andoah Valley. In I f c 6 . - J h e r e m o v e d f r o m N e w H a m p ­ s h i r e t o B o s t o n . CARROLL D."WRIOHT. After serving in the state Senate he was appointed chief of the State bureau of statistics. While holding this office he recieved h s pre ent appointment. .In 18 Ohe pre­ pared an extensive report on the "factory System of^the United States." This commanded instant attention and made his reputation. His appointment as chief of the investigating commit* tee gives universal satisfaction. ^yELSTpjJ^ rHROUOHOUT THE^ #eiit TENSE HEAF PREVAILS. SIX MEN PERISH IN FLAMES. Conntry Searched by a Son of Tropica Flercenesa--Mercury Paaaea the Centnry Mark, a^d-ln Some Caaea COM aa High aa HO--R*1Q Sorely Needed. Lata Will Be Millions. A hot wind from the south swept all over Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and oth­ er Western States all day Wednesday, sending the mercury up-beyond all records. Jn nearly all cases the cen­ tury mark was passed, even on the conservative governmental signal ser­ vice thermometers. Private instru­ ments in some places are reported as high as 108 in the shade. The heat lasted all day and into the night. Veg­ etation was dried up and the corn crop In many districts has reached a condi­ tion where even rain will not save it. The following reports are gleaned from the press dispatches: St. Louis--98 degrees in the shade. Quincy, 111.--The thercury marked 101 degrees in the shade. Abingdon, 111.--The thermometer registered^0.) degrees in the shade. Marshalltown, Iowa--The thermom­ eter regi tered as high as 103 degrees in the shade. Omaha--Temperature was 10 > de­ grees in the shade. Great damage will be done to crops. Boscobel, Wis.--A high, scorching wind has been blowing here. The corn in this section is a total failure. New Hampton, Iowa--A hot south wind blew all day, scorching vegeta­ tion like the blast from a furnace. Holland, Mich.--Tie heat has been intense here for several days, th 3 ther­ mometer registeiing 10J decrees in the shada. Kansas City, Mo.--Intense heat pre­ vails. No rain has fallen for two weeks, and the corn crop in same places has been ruined. Dubuque, Iowa--Wednesday was the hottest day in the-year, 100 degrees in the shad& Wind, as if from a furnace, blew a gale. Waterloo, Iowa--Thermometers reg­ istered 105 degrees in the shade. A terribly hot wind prevailed, doing much damage to the corn. Minneapolis, Minn.--The Mississippi River is at present th^ lowest here it has been for many years. Thermome­ ter showed 9(5.2 degrees. Bloomingtan, I1L --Wednesday was the hottest day of all this unprece- dentedly warm summer. The mer­ cury stood above 100 most of the day. Sioux City, Iowa--The thermometer- went up to 107 decrees at the weather bureau. Hot south winds blew, and immense damage was done to the corn. Emporia, Kas.--Not a drop of rain has 1 alien here during the last thirty- one days. The result is that the corn crop in this vicinity is ruined bayond recovery. ' St. Joseph, rMo.--The thermom3ter registered 1.0K Hot winds blow a gale from, the south, withering the corn and doing immense damage to vegetables and tcither crops. Yankton, S. D--For six days Ihe temperature has been at 100 degrees. Wednesday it registered 110 degrees. The hot winds have scorched the grow­ ing crops beyond recovery. Conpord^, Ka«.--At this point the therm Dmeter reached 104 degrees, the highest since the United States Sig­ nal Office was established here in 1885. Corn is greatly damiged. Hastings, Neb.--110 degrees in the shade, 'ihe high wind prevailing has completely ruined the prospects for c3rn in Central Nebraska and no amount of rain would be of, any avail now. Independence, Towa -- A hot wave passed over this section, making it tho warmest ever known. The thermome­ ter stood 110 degrees in the shade for six hours. Crops are materially in­ jured. Des Moines, Iowa--The heat here Wednesday greatest in ten years ac­ cording to official rec >rds. Agricul­ tural Iowa is in a deplorable condition. Many farmers are unable to find feed for their cattle, as the pastures are all bare, and lor water thev haye to drive them ten and fifteen miles in places to r e a c h t h e r i v e r s , a s a l l t h e w e l l s a r j dry. It has not rained in many parts oi the State for six weeks. The corn crop is almost beyond redemption. SLAYER OF CARNOT. Firemen Lose Their Llvea at Waahlngtoi --One Hnndredf llorad* Burned. At Washington D. C., the immense stables of tt e Knox Transfer Company caught fire. Th .; bla espr ad rapidly, and soon the entir e building was de­ ist royed. A dispatch says: At least six 1 firemen lost their lives by the walls ! falling on them and crushing tiem. Several other men werj baily hurt. ; Orir li hone* were burJMHi death. Young Italian Anarchist Who Stabbed the Pre*!lent of France. Caserio Sant > Heronymo has suf­ ficiently recovered from tae blows he received at the time he murdered President Carnot, to bj recognizable and a photograph of his features has been taken by the French authorities, fie is 21 years of age and is consideied much more intelligent than the ordinary an­ archist. By birth ho is an Italian. His parents were poor and unable t> fur­ nish him with in- structors, except for c. r.. bi-uuNYMo. a 8hort time, fie was fond of reading, however, and his mind was ea ly attracted to anarchistic literature. In 189J he was sentenced to*J4 term of impri onment. at Mi an, for distributing anarchist pamphlets among the troops there. The next year he went to France, settling 1 ear Lyons. It is general y thought that he had accomplices, thpugh he insists that he a 4e i alone. ' -- " Sparks from the Wire*'1 CHO£E&A has broken out at Dantzfif,' in Northern Prussia PHIL DAK LING was drowned at Da­ vid City, Neb., while bathing. Two UNKNOWN men were struck by a train and killed at Altoona, Pa. A STATUE of Gen. John A. Logan was u iveiled at Hot Springs, S. D. A RECEIVER ha S been appointed for the Lansing (Mien.) Lumber Company. HANS TOLFSEN. aged 70, was killed at Moline, II'., by falling from a hay­ mow. FOURTEEN prisoners attempted to braak jail at Detroit, Mich. Two es­ caped. COMSTOCK'S HOTEL and five cottages at Riverside, R» I., burned. LOTS, te0,t00. CHARLE3 A. DANA and wife, of New York, have returned from their Euro­ pean trip. THE Engli >h anarchist Mowbray addressed an audienoe of .*0) people in New York. TWENTY convicts took pan in a riot ia the penitectia y at .leffferaonville, Tnd., and Robert buckner was fatally injured. CONSIDERED ACTED UPON. * 1 At flw Haifcm'B Capital--What U \ Doae by the Senate and Hooae--Old Xad| . tera Dlapoaed Of and Now Omm [ The Senate and Hooae. " | • The tcnate WHS occupied Friday In find* # \ la* oat "where it was at" on the tarl# *, question. Because of a very small attends 1 ••1-. ance by reason of greater attractions 1& . the Senate the House was able to transact, . ,1" much business in a short time. Half jgS dozen bills were passed without cp» position or debate. Most of the da# was devoted to the discussion of the * !« resolution Introduced by Mr. TuCker|? ' of Virginia, to amend the constitution by taking away from Congress authority oveV", the election of United States Senators empowering the States to prescribe th* time, place and manner of holding eleci* "*• tions for Senators. Before a vote wail.'. ' reached the House was compelled. nna«y> the regular order for Friday, to take a re# ' cess. The night session was devoted to pension business. The debate on the tariff in the Senate^ » Blondwy, attracted members of the lowe# house, which was forced to adjourn fot, lack of a Quorum. In a speech which occupied three hours in delivering Senator Gorman charged the Pre*i<i dent with duplicity in connection wU|i • 0 the tariff bill. Three of his associates tes«, tilled to the truth of his charges. Among the nominations sent to the Senate were. those of C H. Robinson fo| pension agehf^ at Des Moines and E. H. Hunter for post* • master at the same place, , The President's letter on the tariff again!' occupied the Senate on Tuesday. M Bill spoke earnestly in defense of th executive, replying to Mr. Gorman's 1 tack. In the House, a bill was passed reinstate Democratic postal clerks di missed from service by Mr. Wanamaker 1889. •££,: The debute In the Senate Wednesday wa|T rather tame. The galleries were crowded! as usual, in expectation of a renewal oifr the great struggle of the past few daysfj'5 Mr. Caffery got the floor early and re#f* Burned his speech. His remarks did nop arouse much interest, and the gallerie||;. were soon visibly thinned out. Mr. lluntor Of Virginia, and his colleague, Mr. Danie followed with short and uninterestin speeches, and at 2:33 the Senate went In executive session, and shortly aftern adjourned. In the House a bill was passe permitting fourth-class postmasters to ad minister caths to pensioners in remote ,7, districts. , *•?*ivyr. In the Fen ate Thursday only six vote* were cast for free coal and iron ore, Hill'jg motion to recede beingdefeated The day V proceedings in the House were dull extreme und one by ohe the members their desks, until by 3:30 o'clock there not half a hundred members In the chamber The conference report on the fortificationjfP bill was agreed to.. The day had been as%f signed to the committee cn Interstate an|P foreign commerce, and some twenty ol thirty bills reported from this committee were passed, among them the followlDgi To establish a lighthouse at the en> trail ce to Galvo^ton harbor, Texas, at a coat of .335,000, making Oak­ land, Cal., a port of entry; amend­ ing the act for the construction of abridge across the St. Louis River between Minne­ sota and Wisconsin; to bridge the Osage JRiver In Missouri and the Missouri River near DeVVitt, Ma, and to authorize the St. Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Rail­ way Company to bridge Bayou Des Glalses and Atchafalava River In Louisiana. At 4:52 p m. the House adjourned. il ie aay* ln ers lefwf' re weri:'::. Was the Companion of Lamartine. There died recently in Paris a woman whose sweet companionship consoled and cheered the declining yea-'s of Laraartine. Mile, de Cessia was one of the many women who are content to live for a few and who never seek no­ toriety. She wa* the nieci of the poet, a daughter of his sister, and some time after he became a widower, when he 'was the prey of financial difficulties of the most trying kind, she took up her abode with him and remained to the last his most laithful adviser, compan­ ion and nurse. Of noble family on the paternal as well as the maternal side, she solicited and obtained the dignity of chaTioinesse, which also confers the title of Comtesse, and it was as Ccm- tesse de Lamartine that she ruled her uncle s household, acting the part of hostess to the numerous friends and admirers whom Lamartine was always pleased to gather around him. Many of those of a younger generation who were admitted to the privacy of the aged poet remember with gratitude the warm welcome they received from his niece.--The Queen. Bringing Up of mothers. A young person has been writing an artic.e on the bringing up of mothers. Thirty years ago mothers were not brought up; they just grew. They wore caps early, gave up dancing when their children were in short frocks and knickerbockers, and developed all sorts of incorrect ideas about chaperons and flirtation^. Formerly the young idea was trained 1 he way it should go. Now the old tree is pruned and pared into shape. Girls have assumed the responsibility of looking after their mother?. Mothers are kept to see to a well-ordered house, coax refractory fathers and attend to bores. They must, moreover, be ornamental, look well at the head of the table, dress be­ comingly, keep up with the fashions, look nice when the girls take them out with them, and smile encouraging­ ly at the young men. Nor are their morals forgotten. Frequently one hears a girl say: "It is an interesting show, but not one I d care to take my mother to." Eats Eye Stones. The cat's eye stone, now prized as an ornament, is a very different thing from the ancient cat's eye or eye stone of India, an agate cut so as to show the eo-called eye or eyes. It is sup­ posed by some .that this latter was used as money in parts of India four cenluries ago, and specimens found to-day have an interest to numismat* iita. • 1 Revolutionary Relic. The public library of Easthampton, Mass.. has been presented with a wed­ ding dress over 100 years old. The garment is of "changeable silk," and weighs less than eight ounces. This and That. A RACTT horse c?ears from twenty, twenty-four feet at a bound. IT costs Great Britain $20,030 to scrape the barnacles off the bottom of one of its big men-o'-war and repaint it, and this has to be done twice a year in the case of nearly every vessel. BEFORE beginning to fold clothes, or even to hang them out on the line, j ut on a clean apron if you wish to have the clothes entirely clean. There ia always a chance of the damp muslin wiping something from anything soiled with which it comes in contact. A SIMPLE bat graceful and decora­ tive match safe may be made of a goose or duck egg. Break near the , smaller end, not being at all particular to make tpe edges even. Fasten a piece of £and paj er with good glue. De :orate according to fancy. EVERY once in awhile something new is reooinmended for destroying the odor of onions. The last thing ad­ vanced in this line is that parsley is a b s o l u t e l y e f f e c t i v e . W e g i v e t h e i n ­ formation to our readers for what it ie worth, as we have never tried it. This same vegetable is also strongly recomp. • mended as a remedy for tired nervesfe1 It is eaid to possess great tonic properps^. ...to ,