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K.-'sBft* & Deshyf m4I • ethers, Mttuam en (ho MSOtnl gHHjajl Hii panda the Pwdltot at (he ceatesalal celebration, devoted mainly to »esBinisoence« of hi* school day* in -- - 'IltorMtaad Importance Mmr ^wrter of % Hafcftable €%*& ;* Xm Relating to Politics, Religion, Commerce, Industry, Labor, Iff andOtherTopiw. ', LATEST DISPA' STATE OF TRADE. ?I. ft. D»n i Co.*i Review of the Industrial |tv'and Financial Outlook. Vr THE commercial agetrcvof R. G. Dun A l ; Ce.» in their weekly review, say: " * Xa spits cf railroad earnings, which gained U |«r «tati in June, and encouraging assur- «BHih|paniMitin«B and oontiuued proof ttnttM interstate act ia not to be io construed hy tfwnita aa todo all the harm apprehended, aricNot stocks havo been lower. From all in­ ferior point* trade reports are favorable, con- •fdeMttg the aaawm, and collections lair. Moo*y is a trifle easier at Nashville, iu good •ltd at Cleveland, and plenty at Kansas and Detroit Unusual activity in tobacco tad at Cincinnati; a syndicate is said to have bought 0,0UU,<»W pounds, a tliird of Ken- taaky*S "blue-grass" crop. Iron is stronger. The' 'Haw York Statement of iron pro- ductloa la Su,000 tons less for half-year than the Pittsburg account, which would make the half-v*ar'i consumption of do. mestto and imported iron and steel 1,258,. 000 tons, against 3,3:8,900 for the first half ot IMS. Home stringency at Western points af- fpetS prices Of wool. Wool tricots are much depressed, a sale of li.POd pieces being noted at 48^ cent*. against 55 cent* last year; and one teasC ojMltB light weight cheviots at $1.25, Which were reduced to $1.37 la*t year. • In thtf i branch drygoods prices are well main- business failures during the week were: lor the United States, 1*0; for Cana- total, 170; compared with 154 last week 1&3 tor the corresponding week ot last k2£ BURNED TO A CRISP. Trunk Excursion Train Wrecked and Many Lives Lost. A DISPATCH from St Thomas, Chtario, "A terrible accident occurred at the of the Grand Trunk and the Central Railways in this city, excursion train on the Grand Trunk Port Stanley ran into a passing train cn the Michigan Central, p of a number of cars laden with ne engne crashed into one of an, when the oil instantly took burned with great fierceness. 1 Donnelly, of the excursion train, buried in the wreck. B» fireman jaaptd and escaped with slight injnries. The forward ear of the excursion train was with passengers, who made frantic efforts to escape, bat notwithstanding hun­ dreds of brave and willing hands were im­ mediately at work to assist in their rescue, • number of lives were lost. Ten charred have already been taken from the II 's a- -- *- - - ---VOVlTIKn DOQMC BIT« MM ftwu fln kiiis of tte Alcazar dwattr at Hurley, Wisconsin, all so badly charred as to be beyond identification. The number of lives lost was seventeen. Seventy build­ ings were destroyed, with an aggregate loss of $460,000 snd an insnranoe or $50,- 000. THE committee appointed to investigate the alleged irregularities in the Sheriff's offioe of Sangamon County, Illinois, rec­ ommended that suits be commenced at onoe against the present Sheriff and all ex-Sheriffs, with their bondsmen, as far back as the statute of limitations will per­ mit, to recover moneys charged lor by them on account of work done by prison­ ers. The state of affairs developed by the committee and the recommendation have caused a great sensation at the capital of Illinois. ' A TRAIN robber entered the private car flit-General Manager Charles H. Hayes, of the Wabash and Western Road, between St Louis and Chicago, and relieved As­ sistant General Passenger Agent Crane of his money and jewelry. WJ.DITERDXT the police and fire depart- ment of Youngstown, Ohio, headed by the Marshal, attacked a force of men em­ ployed by the Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Company, who were laying a track actofes Mill street, compelled them to desist, and tote up the track. Clubs were freely used, and many of the combatants were wounded. The railway people threaten to sae the eity for heavy damages. SOUTH. INTERSTATE COMMISSION. 1, A Wt to the Northwest to Be Made About August 1. THE Interstate Commerce Commission fcasdeeided that any railroad lying wholly within one State, but which makes-rates aad iasues bills to points in another State, is SO far as that traffic is concerned subject tothe provisions of tha interstate law. The Commission expects to be able to con- elade all public hearings which parties de-* •ire to brag forward before the close of this month. About Aug. 1 a recess will be taken se far aa public hearings are con- > earned. the bureau work being carried on aiWashiagton air usual, while the com- aagatat expects to visit various portions of the Northern States, where public sessions will be hold. The dressed beef cases will probably be heard at Chicago, and other qnestions relating to Northwestern roads taken op at Minneapolis. BASE-BALL. HH.Contest Iter the Championship to the League and Association. THE following tables show the standing of the elate in the two "g assoda- A*rEl Paso, Texas, Sheriff James H. While, having been challenged to fight a duel by E. R. Fox, a contractor, responded by administering a sound thrashing to his adversaiy on a public street, thus indi­ cating his courage and his good sense at a single stroke. A NASHVILLE (Tenn.) special says: The Bev. Lewis Burch,the Rev. Sherd Guthrie, the Rev. Samuel Orr, the Rev. George Hannah, Mrs. Lewis Burch, Hencer Terry and two daughters, and Thomas Rogers, all colored, were struck by lightning and in­ stantly killed at Mount Pleasant, Maury County. They had attended the funeral of Harriet Terry, a neighbor, and were return­ ing from the grave when they met their fate. The weather was cloudy and there were oc­ casional flashes of lightning, causing them to hastily conclude the funeral services. They sought shelter froip the rain under a large oak tree, which was struck by the electric current, and all fell lifeless. Three other negroes who were in the immediate vicinity were severely shocked. A DISPATCH from Opelika, Ala., says that during the progress of a heavy thun­ derstorm the family of John Bankliead, • consisting of his wife and three children, who were standing on the veranda of their home watching the cloud, were struck by lightning and fell unconscious to the floor. When Bankhead reached home he found that two of the children were already dead, while the other child and his wife were so' paralyzed that they oan hardlv recover. IK a joint discussion at Wellborn, Texas, between a Prohibitionist and an anti-pro- hibitionist, the latter responded to the ar- Siment of his adversary with a bullet. As e ball missed its mark, the honors of the evening rested entirely with the cold-water lad that tie . mooy subsaltted WM taken withsnt N<i> to flffanflant end withoot tunttyto ones-examine commission, after a Iwiat stated to Mr. Burdetttfcat there eeenaedto be no reason for hfii farther atteadenee, and that its decision would be -atafe a nat­ ter of record. The decision amounts prac­ tically to * dismissal of the eeeer - ; ABOUT eight hundred woiknM at the Black Diamond steel works struck because the firm refused to reinstate a number of union men recently discharged. The mill was operated by non-union men until a few weeks ago, when an assembly of the Knights of Labor was formed and about two-thirds of the employes joined. The leaders in the movement were dis charged and the strike followed The iron and Bteel workers of the Knights of Labor, who recently applied for a chaster for a national trade district, have requested Master Workman Conklin, of Harnsburg, Pa., to'Call a meeting to take action on the failure of the general officers to issue the charter. They number 60,000, and threaten to leave the order unless the charter is granted The Matter House Painters' National Association, in session at New York, elected Titus Berger President. WASHINGTON. I XittOHAI, LUSV& as so 84 Sd St 81 18 Clubs. Played, Won. Mfcoft...; ......GO 41 CMiago...4.. . ..68 Boutin................61 New York 64 Philadelphia *«a Pittsburg ....58 Washington so Indianapolis. 61 umcyi ASSOCIATIOX. ^Clubs. Played. Woo. BtUwds.. •...» so BaWnsore. ;..u u Sa^llto*.t*.".*.*!"*.ll70 88 Brooklvn. 68 « Athletic 69 as Matettpcditan^ «5 18 Cleveland M is Lost 19 21 its Percent­ age. .wa .«*) .590 .531 .483 ^L3 Jtli .296 Lost Id 25 10 Peieent- S .478 .276 .248 Edneators In CouneiL &'•? • Tax National Educational Association, : eft Oiieago, at their third and last day's session, discussed "The Place Manual Training Should Occupy in a System of Public Schools" and "What Can Be Done by Educators to Enlighten and Arouse the ftnd Excite Public Seiiiiment in Favor of Education?" A number of thoughtful papers were read on both topi<*. The resolutions adopted rec­ ommend various measures to the State legislatures and C'ongret-s in the inter- •a of popular education, declare that there i* **n urgent necessity for temporary Federal aid in the education of the illiter­ ate mosses of the South," "commend the National Bureau of Education as an agency of increasing value and worthy of awn liberal support," and specily differ, eat methods by which the efficacy of our school system can be increased. Ton Der Ahe Victorious. TH* trial of Von der Ahe, the St. Louis base-ball man, for violation of the Sun- nay law, resulted in his acquittal. Sun­ day base-ball playing in St. Louis will therefore continue, and all the theaters and other places of entertainment will, it is ex­ pected, resume their Sunday ^7'^, «i« ' , A si* *?OBK dispatch reports that the doep Mystery, with a party of excursion- iste on board, was capsized off Barren Jslsnd. The tide was tearing out m»re miidlythan a millrace, and a land breeze *hat was almost a gale gave a wild curl to ifcewaves. The sloop had started to come aeeeLbut the bigness of her load--there •hmy-seyen persons on her--caused struck her. Over women, and children water. Ten were res- the remaining twenty-seven were by the water. new directory of New York City 324,81 a names, indicating a popu- of about 1,600,000. A PwUDEMHIs telegram says that MeDade, a light-haired, blue-eyed ft 15 jreaw, the crack catcher of the Teroon Base-ball Club, was play- bohhtd the home-plate, when a swift from the bat of young Mickey of the liberty Club, struck him in Ic and broke his windpipe. He died honrs later. dday. Then a squall Me Went, and men, w pose thrown into the -w PBBSISENT CLEVKLAKB, Mrs. Cleve- and CoL Lament left Washington on the lith inst for Holland Patent, N. Y. A WASHINGTON telegram says the Gov­ ernment reoeipts so far this month amount to $10,693,567, and the expenditures (in­ cluding nearly $12,000,000 pension pay­ ments) to $18,561,102, making an excess of expenditures of $7,837,535. It is estimated that the receipts during the remain­ der of the month will average $1,000,000 a day, snd that the expenditures will be cor­ respondingly large. The total amount of bonds redeemed under the call which ma­ tured on the 1st inst. is $18,000,250, leav­ ing still outstanding of that call $1,626,656. The total amovnt of called bonds outstand­ ing is $5,300,450. The demand for notes of small denominations continues heavy, and the Treasury Department is una­ ble as yet to meet it. Arrange­ ments have been made, however, to secure an increased supply of silver certificates from the Bureau of Engraving and Print­ ing, and they will be issued as soon as possible. The net gold in the treasury in­ creased from $168,938,005 Julv 1, 1886, to $186,375,860 July 1. 1887. Since the 1st mot the gold holdings have decreased $5,602,122, while the circulation of gold oertifieatos has increased $5,263,770. The circulation of standard silver dollars has increased $768,016 since the 1st inst AT Washington City, on Wednesday evening, Joseph C. Kennedy, an attorney, one of the oldest residents and a personal acquaintance of many prominent men, was stabbed to death by John Daily, a laborer, who claims, in extenuation, that years ago Kennedy defrauded his (the murderers) father. • ~ POLITICS. THB Iowa third party Prohibitionists met in convention at Des Moines and nom­ inated the following State ticket: For Governor, Y. G. Farnham, of Plymouth County; Lieutenant Governor, W. C. Cald­ well, Harrison County; Supreme Judge, C. H. Lewis, of Cherokee County; Super­ intendent of Public Instruction, Professor S. N. Fellows, of Johnson County. The platform declares lor separate political action in dealing with the liquor traffic; favors a reduction of passenger rates to 2 cents a mile: favors the establishment of postal sav­ ings banks; declares that public lands should be reserved for actual settlement; favors woman suffrage; insists upon the enforcement on all schools of the law providing for teach­ ing the effects ot alcoholic liquors upon the human system ; and advocates further amend­ ment of the present prohibitory law to it s enforcement more stringent. A. W. THURMAN, son of Judge Allen G. Thmman, who is now in Boston, has received a letter from his father, in which the latter says relative to the Democratic State Convention to be held at Cleveland: "I am firmly resolved not to accept a nomina­ tion for the governorship, aud I look to you, Outhwaite, and otoier friends to prevent xnv name from going before the convention. A nomination would place me in a very awkward position and would compel me to disappoint many well-meaning and true friends ; tor, not­ withstanding my warm appreciation of th«-ir friendship and th© kind expressions of confi­ dence and good-will from all, I should, in my health, be compelled to dec ine, and that would injure me and perhaps the party. Therefore I repeat, do not let my name be brought before the convention." THE convention of divisionists at Huron. Dakota, has adjourned after passing reso­ lutions expressing unalterable opposition to the admission of Dakota as a whole, and declaring for division on the seventh standard parallel. THE Union Labor and Greenback State Central Committee of Iowa have called a State convention, to meet in Des Moines in August, to lake action on the Marabou. town convent:on. INTERSTATE COMMERCE. <>. RAILWAYS. Two RAliiBOAD companies have been chartered at Harrisburg, Fa., with a capi tal stock of $28,000,000, to construct links in the proposed Baltimore and Ohio and Lehigh Valley line from New York to Pittsburg. GENERAL. THS annual convention of the National Educational Association opened at the Ex­ position building Chicago, on Tuesday evening, July 12, when addresses of wel­ come were made by Mayor Roche, Presi­ dent Story, of the Chioago Board of Edu­ cation, and others. William E. Sheldon, President of the association, responded on its Dehalf, and a paper entitled "The Problem of To-Day" was read by Profes­ sor Edwards, State Superintendent of Schools. The attendance was unprece- dentedly large, embracing representatives of every State and Territory in the country. THB Pacific squadron of United States men-of-war has been ordered to rendez­ vous at Honolulu. The Asiatic sauadron will also be ordered to Hawaii if necessary. Queen Kapiolani and suite arrived in New York the other day. The Queen was in­ clined to tears when she first heard the news of the Hawaiian revolution, but later grew more cheerful. THE National Educational Association at Chicago, at the second day's session, lis­ tened to a number of papers upon educa­ tional topics. The standing committees were appointed, and a resolution indorsing the Blair bill was offered by a Boston dele­ gate, and referred to the appropriate com­ mittee. The attendance at Central Music Hall was so great that "overflow" sessiond were held at the Madison Street Theater, where the proceedings of the principal meeting were duplicated. THE American Educational Association, at its third day's session in Chicago, elect* ed Aaron Gove, of Colorado, by a unani. mous vote, President for the ensuing yea**> "The Relation of the University, College, and Higher Technological Schools to the Public System of Instruction" was the sub­ ject of the morning's deliberations. At the evening session papers were read and dis­ cussed upon "The Means and the Ends of Culture to Be Provided for the American People Beyond the Ordinary School Period." ^ FOREIGNL~ fn Hawaiian revolution has taken plaoe according to advertisement. The populace of Honolulu and the surrounding country forced the King to dismiss the Gibson Min­ istry under menace of dethronement. Kalakaua yielded, and a new Government was created, with William M. Green as Premier. The King remains in nominal possession of his prerogatives, although he is practically divested of all power. Ho has promised to accede to a new constitu­ tion and to abide by the popular wiH. At the height of the crisis he offered to trans­ fer his kingly powers temporarily to the diplomatic corps at Honolulu, but the offer was declined. The fallen Premier, Gib­ son, and his Bon-in-law are under arrest M. SCHMAKBBLES, who became notori­ ous by his arrest by German officials on the Franco- German border several months ago, has been promoted to a higher post by the French Government This will hardly have a soothing effect at Berlin... .A testi­ monial, consisting of a massiva pieoe of silver, was presented to Mr, Gladstone at Hawarden Castle, on behalf ofllhis Ameri­ can admirers, by Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, of The New York World. Mr. Gladstone accepted the tribute in a few graceful re­ marks A maniac attacked a party of hay­ makers in a field in County Down, Ire­ land, with t bill-hook, lulling four men and wounding two. M. CABO, the French philosopher, is dead The Pope is suffering: from an at­ tack of stomach trouble and neuralgia Bills have been passed by the Freneh Chamber for the reorganization and strengthening of the army, M. Floquet has consented to retain the presidency of the French Chamber In a skirmish*be­ tween Albanians and? Montenegrins near Mokra Pianino, ten of the former and two of the latter were killed. JOCE SHARP SENTENCED Tka Pvcbaaer of New York Aldar- fototoened j > * V « "» hhment „< * „ Doomed to Poor Tears' Imprisonmsnt and Bequired to Faj a Fine «r r;. YORK EPACLITL Jacob Sharp, chief of the New York "boodlers," has been sentenced to Sing Sing for a term of four years with hud labor, and a fine of $5,000 was imposed upon him. The clock was indicating almost noon when Sharp was almost carried into tfte court-room. His suffering wife and son-in- law were close behind him, and deep lines of weariness and sorrow overspread their faoes as they seated themselves beside the convicted man and fanned his livid face without bringing anything like a semblance of color back to it. Sharp sat with clasped hands and bowed head at the foot of the table, facing the bench. His face, aimos" buried in his chest, was flushed and sickly looking under the riv­ eted gaze of all present, who were silently siaring at the convicted railroad king. Mrs. Sharp and the rest of the family, like the prisoner himself, were silent There was applause in the court-room when Judge Barrett delivered the sentence, and outside the announcement was greet­ ed with cheers. Sharp's lawyer moved for a new trial, but it was denied. The Court, in pro­ nouncing sentence, said the task he had to perform was the most delicate in his whole {>rofessional career. He had received many etters from many people, pleading for mercy for Sharp. But a court was not appointed to be merciful any more than was dictated by the laws of justice. "A judge is appointed to award penalty according to the offense, when ail the circumstances connected with the commission of the offense have been duly weighed and considered. The de­ fendant herein asking for mercy can give nothing as a plea for clemency but age and sickness. On the merits of the case he certainly is entitled to none. It is absurd to state that he was not guilty of giving the bribes, as he was unmistakably the leader of the whole affair. There is not here, as in the case of the nldermen. any attempt to prove the defendant's good character. The crime itself was an enormous one--the raising of $500,000 to corrupt half a legis­ lature." ,r Judge Barrett reviewed the corrupt ac­ tion of the defendant in forming a bogus company to-contract with the Seventh Av­ enue Railway, of which he is a director, and alluded to the defendant's receiving $1,000,000 of profit aa» sheer laroeny, for which he conld have neen indicted just as well as for bribery. The Judge continued: "What is there to excite pity or mercy except the age and ill-health of the pris­ oner and the mourning condition of his family? With over $1,000,000 in his pocket he clamors for mercy without offering to pay back a penny of the money stolen, so that, should he* die in prison, his family has a vast fortune to fall pack upon." At tbis Mrs. Sharp buried her face in her handkerchief and wept silently, while the prisoner himself did not lift his face from the table. "The Legislature does not allow us to go below the minim nm penalty in such a grave offense as the present is," continued Judge Barrett. "All cannot be satisfied; those who clamor for the prisoner's receiving the full penalty of the law and those calling for a reprimand. All things have been consid­ ered, and the judgment of this court is that the prisoner be confined four years at hard labor and that he pay a fine of $5,000." Sharp was sent back to spend the night in Ludlow Street Jail. Application was made to Judge Potter, of the Supreme Court, for a stay of proceedings. N'GLYNN DEFENDS HIMSELF. He Writes In Yindlcstien ef His s--A Libel Suit Threat­ ened. MARKET REPORT^ ..•4.25 S.S0 .86 -.64 .45 .89 :8k 26 4.25 *.50 *00 #.00 @ 5,00 0 6.0U <t» .iff & .85 <9 & .43 016.76 ® 4.75 @ 440 <3 3.60 <& 5.60 4.00 4.50 . ;74 M .74)4 .35 © .88 .98 & .86* .18 @ .19 .13 «* .14* .08*1 .09 .09 & .09* 18.78 «17.98 .73 « .73* .36 & .38* W31* <St .33 .......54 <0 .66 LL«.25 * 14.76 .73 .32 8. S. BCBDETT, attorney for tb« Bt. CiJEVEXiAKD and party went 'l Paul» Minneapolis and Manitoba B-ailway Patent to Clinton, New York, J Company, appeared, befoce the Interstate , VWodfiesday, stopping for a few moments I Commission Wednesday and submitted mo- I lift IMos, when they had a oordtal reoep- « the complaints of Holbrook, MEW YORK. OATH*...... Hooo.. WSKM--So. 1 Hard........ Ho. 2 Bed COKM--KA T OATS--Wtite.. POHK--NKW If ess. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Choice to Prime Steers Medium ...... < „ Common Boos--Shipping Grades Ftoua--winter Wheat.......... WBEAT--No. t Ked Winter....... 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CATTXB--Prime 4.25 Fa r 8.30 Common 3.35 Boos............ ; #.15 BBEST.. ......... - 4.00 .74 .SB 15.75 «16.11 .37 <0 .26 .76 .as .27 4.00 S.7J 8 50 .70 _ .80 .33 .74 .4S .30 15.75 4.TJ 0 4.75 0 4.75 ** 4.50 & .76* « .39* & M 0 .IB 2 -iV* D .31 <016.25 <0 6.60 , (Kew York telegram.] ' " S^TOCGiJyiin's first replytb tiieSiftrotei) of bis excommunication appears in this week's' StaiuJard. There is a manifest effort throughout what he says to justify his course from the beginning. He gives to the public, for the first thne, his final sum­ mons to Borne, which was sent him in Mav; denounces the way in which he was ad­ dressed in it by the Cardinal Prefect of the Propaganda, but tStributes that prelate's feeling toward him to the one-sided and numerous letters sent to Rome against the Doctor by Archbishop Corrigan." He also attempts to prove that which he and his friends have again, and again asserted, that his case was prejudged at Rome, and that he was called there to be disciplined rather than for trial, as Mgr. Preston declared. Speaking of his having partaken of the holy communion last Sunday, Dr. McGlynn says he did so because he holds that he has not been legally excommunicated; that he would not enter any church and raise a disturbance in order to partake of the holy eucharist; that he would receive it from any friendly priest who believes as he does. A paper called Truth publishes the statement that Dr. McGlynn has con­ sulted three eminent jurists with a view to testing his case in the courts on a plea that the authorities have boycotted him and are guilty, moreover, of defamation of charac­ ter and libel. If this position is legally tenable, Trvth asserts, Archbishop Corri­ gan can bo indicted. What the l'ope Says. A dispatch from Bome says the Pope, conversing with an American Archbishop, said: "Dr. McGlynn loBt his best oppor­ tunity by not coming to Bome while Car­ dinal Gibbons was here. He would have Been that the church, by not condemning the Knights of Labor, was a supporter of the many against the feudal system, whether feudality was represented by slavery, terri­ torial right, or modern capital." The Formal Notification of Excommuni­ cation. .The formal notification of his excom­ munication by name was received by Dr. McGlynn on Thursday. It was contained in a registered letter, which had been de­ tained at the Brooklvn postoffioe since July 5. It reads as follows: Bev. Kdward MeOlynn, I). D.: RKVERENI> DOCTOR--In accordance with the instructions of the Holy Bee, it is my painful duty to notify you that the term of forty days from the date of delivery to you of the monitoriuin of May 4 from the Car­ dinal Prefect of the Propaganda, within which you were required, under pain of excom> municatlon, to be Incurred ipso facto and nom­ inating to appear at Home before the £acred Congregation of the Propaganda, has elapsed, and to delare that, as you have failed to appear before the Sacred College of the Propaganda within the time specified, vou have incurred by your act of contumacy the said penalty of excom­ munication nominatim. I am, reverend sir, sorrowfully yours. M. A. CORKIOAK, ISeal.] Archbishop of New York. .87*9 .88* .43 A .44 4.00. 0 6.00 8.00 #.03 8.00 .71 .36 .30 9 4JS0 «» 6.50 @ 4.00 » .71* @ .87 & .80)6 «» 4.00 8.80 *! ' Pickled Paragraphs, A fcAlB of slippers--Two eels. ' •' A TBIM creature--The milliner. ALWAYS prepared for death--The under­ taker. How TO make a Maltose cross--By stepping on his tail. * AN author exclaims: "But the charming Venus of Milo is dead." Yes, stone dead. BOBH HAS named his dog Wellington because of the animal's proficiency rending a bone apart TOT, who is takeu to the seaside and sees a steamer for the first time, exclaims: " Look, ma! There's a railway engine hav­ ing a bathe." "HE that loves noise must buy a pig, says a Spanish proverb. In most cases, however, a baby will answer just as well. Ha Baaa far tin Ckaaipl«siUy- * .11% Cftieaire. CMft 8p«rt An Interesting Chut witfc President ^ Raiding--Why the Obsmptas Flaying Good Ball *! [CHICAGO CORRESPONDKNCK.J For the past two weeks the fight for the League pennant has bean narrowibg down to the three present leaders in the race, De­ troit, Chicago and Boston, and the pros­ pects for last season's great struggle be­ tween Detroit and the White Stockings be­ ing fought over again are improving with almost each day that passes. No one seemi more strongly convinced than President Spalding that such will be the result, and when asked Saturday how he thought it would all end, he said; "Nothing that I know of now can stop us. We shall win the pennant in a gallop if our men continue to play the ball they are playing now, and even though we should meet with misfortune of any kind, such as the disabling of our players, post­ poned games through unfavorable weath­ er, or any of the other ills a ball club is heir to, we shall, I think, beat Boston and New York out at the finish, and take a good second plaoe. We usually have a pretty fair share of luCk, • however, and by the 15th day of August I expect to see Anson's men in the lead. I predicted before the team returned to Cbicaso on June 9 that, before it left on its next Eastern trip, we should be in seoond place. You see that the pre­ diction has been verified. As for Detroit, the team is playing a strong and winning game ju^t at present. It may continue to do so. As you see by the result of last week's games, however, the team is not too strong to be beaten by New York. There is an element of grit and nerve in the New York team that one cannot help admiring, and if they should steadily improve irom now until the end of the season, it would not sun>rl8e me in the least. On the con­ trary, I rather anticipate that such will be the case." "Is there any prospect that the Associa­ tion or League will consolidate thife fall; that Indianapolis will drop out; or, that in the event of the failure of the two big or­ ganizations to become one, that the St. Louis Browns will be admitted to the League circuit?" "Well, it is as yet a little early to discuss such matters, and yet I am free to confess that I have thought of all of them. In the first place, the matter of consolidation is in exactly the same state it has been in for six months past save that the demonstrated superiority of the St. Louis and Baltimore clubs has made it pretty clearly apparent, that they are out of their class in the association. At no time since the matter of consolidation has been consid­ ered or proposed has the time for it been so propitious. I can not say on the whole, though, that I am as anxiojis for it as many newspaper correspondents have rep­ resented me to be. The League is without question the greatest athletic and amuse­ ment organization of its kind in the world to-day. Look where you will and find any organization if you can, with aggregate salary lists of $300,000 a year, and ex- fenses of fully three-quarters of a million, oint out any enterprise that can draw 158,000 people to its performances in a single day, and I will grant that it is a greater organization than the National League of American Ball Clubs. There is no comparison that I can see between the League and the Association. "is there any position in the Chicago club that could be strengthened?" "Not one that I know of. Chicago has a team to-day that excels in playing strength and effectiveness in team work that of any team in the country. We can play ball to-day with any base-ball organization that exists and win a majority of the games we play them. That is my per­ sonal opinion, you understand. And let me say that, while I credit much of the team's success to its ability, I believe that our steady and unbroken iine of successes during the past month is due as much to the temperate habits of the men as to any* thing else. A great many people seem to think that the team is abstaining this year because of written contracts to that effect. That is all wrong. There are absolutely no ruleB existing in connection with the per­ sonal habits of our men." 'Von der Ahe or Von der Ahe's friends in St. Louis have been saying through the newspapers that a money consideration of $2 ),000 or $50,000 had been held out to him to bring his team into the League. To the devil with such talk. It is cut abso­ lutely from whole cloth. If any such con­ sideration has been mentioned it has been fiom Mr. Yon der Ahe to the League, and not from the League to Mr. Von der Ahe. The privilege of entering the League is worth big money to a man like Von der Ahe, and do you suppose for a moment that the League has foiled to understand that fact?" " Would the League make any concessions to Von der Ahe, such as the privilege of playing Sunday games, or of selling liquor upon his own grounds, in the event of his being admitted?" "No, sir; not a concession of any kind. If Mr. Von der Ahe wants to enter the League circuit next year, he may be able, in the event of the unanimous agreement of the League Presidents, to do so, but if he comes in he must do so under exactly the same rules that govern as all, land no others." THB GOOD EFFECT OF TOTAL ABSTI­ NENCE. In speaking further upon the good effect of total abstinence as practiced by the White Stockings this season President Spalding said: "I am no prohibition crank, but I am a believer in temperate, careful living on the part of men whose business is to entertain the public as athletes. I felt that it was my duty and that it would be to our interest to have a squad of players who would challenge admi- tion because of their good habits on ana off the field. But thefe is another side to the question, and I am not ashamed to discuss it There is a man in our team upon whom this new order of living has worked a wonderful change. A home that was not as happv as it should have been because of overindul­ gence has been completely reorganized, and on what 1 believe to be an enduring basis. A more overjoyed little lady than this player's wife is not to be found in this city. They are saving money, and were never before so contented. If the result of the temperance plan had been only to reform this player I should hate been quite satisfied. But it has had other splendid results. We have younsr men in the club-- mere boys, some of them--who take as much pride in their temperance record as they do in their ball-playing record. That is sayiug a good deal, but it is only the truth, and I know what I am talking about. %Vhen I asked the boys not to drink anything until the close of the season, and they promised me that they wouldn't, I said we should adopt any plan we thought best to discover whether they were keeping their pledges to us. It gives me a good deal of satisfaction to say that no man has violated his pledge. There is a rivalry among them not only to keep liquor away, but to so conduct them­ selves that there shall not be the slightest grounds on which to rest a suspicion. The White Stockings are now upon their second Eastern trip, which they opened last week by defeating the Philadelphia team three straight games. They play Washing­ ton, New York, Boston, and Detroit three games' each before returning bome for a gsae in Chicago, en July 28, with Boston. CON CBXGAN. Oelebratftea of tfti Hnndretfc of the GUntan, XT. T. The Prsslieal Makes a Speech Fill ef Reatla (sconces mat . «i**t. [Clinton (N. Y.) telegram. 1 President Cleveland and party reached "Clinton, from Holland Patent, at 10 a. m. Wednesday, to attend the centennial ex­ ercises of the town. A great crowd greeted the Presidential party upon its arrival. The patty was escorted by the Jacksonians to Mrs. O. S. Will­ iams' residence, where it was greeted by prominent members of the Centen­ nial Committee and many venerable citi­ zens, while the parade of six divisions was going over its route. After the parade the President spent an hour in receiving callers at Mrs. William home, and over thrse thousand people were presented. The exercises in th» park began at S o'clock, the Hev. Henry Darling, President of Hamilton College, offering the opening prayer. The Rev. E. P. Powell then an address of welcome, to which the Pres­ ident responded as follows: "I am by no means certain of my standing here among those who celebrate the oentecninl of Clinton s existence as a village. My recol­ lections of the place reach backward but about thirty-six years, aad my reside noo here cov­ ered a very brief period. But those recollec- t.ons are fresh aad distinet to-day, and pleas, ant, too, though not entirely free from somber coloring. It was here in the school at the foot of College Hill that I began my prep­ aration for college life and enjoyed the antici­ pation of collegiate education We had two teaehers in our school. One became att*r- ward a Judge in Chicago and the other passed through the legal profession to the ministry, and within the la»t two years waa liv­ ing farther west I read a little Latin with two otuer boys in the class, I think 1 floundered through lour books of the, JinekL The other boys had lar^e, nice modern editions of Virgil, with big print and plenty of notes to help one over hard places. Mine was a little, old-fash- ioued copy, which my father used before me. with no notes, and which was only translated by hard knocks. I believe I have forgiven thfuit other boys for their persistent refusal to allow me the use of their fates in their books. 'AS any rate they do not seem to have been over­ taken by any dire retribution, as one of them iS now a rich and prosperous lawyer in Buifalo anc the other is a professor in your college and orator of today's celebration. 'Struggles with ten line a of Virgil, which at first made up my daily task, are amusing as remembered now; but with them I am also forced to remember that instead of being the beginning of higher education for which fhon- estly longed, they occurred near the end of my school advantages. This suggests disappoint­ ment which no lapse or time can alleviate, and a deprivation I have sadly felt with every pass­ ing year. I remember benonl Butler and his story. I don't know whether he was an habitual poet or not but I heard him recite one poem of his own manufacture, which embodied an ac­ count ot a travel to or from Clinton in the early days. I can recall but two lines of the poem, as follows: " 'Paris Hill next came in sight And there we tarried over night.' "I remember the next-door neighbors, firs. Bissell and SooHard, and good, kind neighbors they were, too; not your cross, crabbed kind,' who couid not bear to see a boy about. It al­ ways seemed to me that they drove very flue horses, and for that reason I thought they must be extremely rich. I don't know that I should indulge in further recollections that must seem very little like a centennial history, but I want to establish as well as I can my right to be here. I might have spoken of the college faculty, who cast such a pleasing though sober shade of dignity over the plaoe, and who, with other educated and substantial citizens, made up the best of social life. I was a boy then; but, notwithstanding, I believe I absorbed a lasting appreciation of the intelligence, of the refinement, which made this a delightful home. "I know that you will bear with me, my friends, if I yield to - the impulse which the mention of home creates and speak of my own home here, and how through the memories wnloh cluster about It I may claim a tender re­ lationship to your village. Here it was that our family circle entire, parents and children, lived lay after day in loving, affectionate converse; tiid here, for the last time, we met around the lauiily altar and thanked God that our household was unbroksu by death cr separation. We never met together in any other home after leaving this, and death followed closely our departure. Ana thus it is that as, with advancing years, I sur­ vey the havoc death has made and the thoughts of my early home become more and more sa­ cred, the remembrance of this pleasant spot so related is revived and chastened. I oan only add my thanks for the privilege of being with you to-day. and wish for the village ot Clinton in the future a continuation and increase of the blessings of the past." Prof. A. C. Hopkins delivered the his­ torical Address, Prof. Boot the oration, and Clinton ficollard the poem. The «£terary exercises were followed by a banquet. To the toast "The President of the I'mtedStateB," Mr. Cleveland respond­ ed as follows'. "Iam inclined to content myself on this oc­ casion with an acknowledgment on behalf of the people of the United states of the compli­ ment which you have paid to the office which represents their sovereignty. But such an ac­ knowledgment suggests an idea which I can not refrain from dwelling upon for a moment. That theoflice of President of the United States does represent the sovereignty ot b0,00j,000 of people is to my mind a statement lull of sol- emnlty; for this sovereignty I conceive to be the working out or enforcement of the divine gift of man to govern himself, aad a manifes­ tation of God's plans concerning the human raoe. "Though the struggle of political parties to secure the incumbency of this office and the questionable methods sometimes resorted to for its possession may not be in keeping with this idea, and though the deceit practiced to mislead the people in their choice and its too frequent influence on their suffrage may Sur­ prise us, these things should never lead us astray in our estimate of this exalted position and its value and dignity; and though yoUr f llow-citlsens who may be chosen to perform for a time the duties of this highest place should be badly selected, and, though the D«fllt attain­ able results may not be reached by his admin­ istration, yet the watchfulness of the peopleu freed from the disturbing turmoil of political excitement, ought to prevent mischance to the office which represents their sovereignty, and should reduce to minimum the danger of harm tothe state. "I by no means underestimate the Importance of the'utmost care and circumspection in the selection of the Incumbent On the contrary, t believe there is no obligation cf citizenship that demands more thought and conscientious deliberation than this. But I am speaking of the citizen's duty to the office and its selected incumbent This duty is only performed when, in the interest of the entire people, the full exercise of the powers of the Chief Magistrate is insisted on, and whfn, for the people's safety, a due regard for the limitations placed upon the office is exacted. These things should be enforced by the manifestation of a calm and enlightened public opinion. But this Should act be Simula tea by the mad clamor of disap­ pointed interest which, without regard for the general good or allowance for the exercise of official judgment would degrade the office by forcing compliance with selfish demands. "If your President should not be of the peo­ ple and one of your fellow-citizens he would be utterly unfit for the position, incapable of understanding the people's wants and careless of their desires, Tbat he is one of the people implies that he is subject to human frailty and error, but he should be permitted to claim but lit­ tle toleration for mistakes. The generosity ot his fellow-citizens should alone decree bow far good intention* should excuse his shortcom­ ings. Watch well, then, th'a high office, the most precious possession of American citisen- sh|p. Domand for it the most oomplete devo­ tions on the part of him to whose custody it may be intrusted, and protec t it not less violently from unworthy assaults from without Thus will you perform a sacred duty to yourselves and to those who may follow you in the enjoy­ ment of the freest institutions which Heaven has ever vouchsafed to man." Jagged Jokes. A SPINSTER says old bachelors ere fros- en-out old gardeners in the flower-bed of love. A MAN with a wheelbarrow on the side­ walk is not very popular, but he generally carries everything before him. COMPLIMENTS are the coin that people pay a man to his face; sarcasm, what they pay him out with behind his back. "HAVE you read ' Half Hours with In­ sects?'" asked Bromley. "No," sadly replied Pompano, with a retrospective gleam in his eye, " but I know what it means." IRATE old gentleman--Mary, what was that noise 1 heard in the kitchen? Maxy --Faith! an' HUle Oi know, unless yes heard Mike's countenance dhrop when Oi refused him a kiss at partiu'. -Vermflio* County paid «ofc last year. --DenviUe women have not yet oigndseii 4 Champaign, ' T --William ttdbaon and Joseph Tioatanl two constables to Bdle|flle. -A temperance eas^-meetlng win b4, r held at Pontiao this summer. J -wf - --Champaign is now enjoying the a44;: - vantages of a free delivery of mlaila. " ' --Bobert Ashcroft, of _ now an inmate of an insane asylum. --Lily Lake is the latest name given to ' i. the pojtoffice at Campion, Kane County. ? --The dilapidated courthouse at Paris ^ '5 was sold at auetion for $81 the other day« • --It has been discovered that a Henr£ ^ . - County bullhead mill live two days out ot£ water. / --A horned snake measuring four feet iajF' r, length is said to have been killed near Danif ^ vfllereoently. r<; ff --Lpgan County's prospects for a largd potato crop are unusually good. He* pota­ toes are already coming in. --Decatur has conferred a great favo^ifv"? npon its citizens by putting the names of the streets at the street corners. --George Miller, a farm hand, was ar­ rested at Lawndale for attempting to assault the 8-year-old daughter of bin. employer. --At Jacksonville the pastors of the vari-it ©us churches are holding ministerial con-S ferences, in which they give their.reasonjp for their denominational preferences. --The wheat crop in St. Clair County in fair. Farmers will begin harvesting this> week. The corn crop is poor; hay crop .fine; potatoes below the average; apples and peaches poor. --The Farmer City fair will be held Aug. 28, 31, and Sept. 1 end 2. A log cabin that was erected near Farmer City over fifty years ago has been bought and will be moved to the fair ground. --A sharp little controversy has been progress between the Christian an< Methodist societies of Franklin, growinj out of the fact that both recently church festivals on the same evening. --N. B. Kinsey, Superintendent of the County Poor Farm, was discovered lying: on his face in the road near Fremont, dead. He was subject to heart and brain trouble, and his death is attributed to a stroke of apoplexy. His hone, buggy, and watch were found a short distance from the body. • --A large force of men is at work on the college building at Highland. The top, Story is being finished, ipaking ten ne' students' rooms and onC society hall. Hardwood floors will be laid in all th#: halls and every room freshly papered. New buildings are'contemplated, but the plans are not yet decided on. --Seven laborers employed on. the Northwestern Railway at Lombard weire at work repairing a broken bridge at that place, when a derrick fell upon them. One man was instantly killed, and two others so badly injured that they were brought to the city for medical treatment, one of them dying on the road. The other, Alberb Boyers, was taken to the County Hospital, where he lies in a critical condition, both legs being broken and his back severely in­ jured. --On the branch of the Illinois Centrat Railroad now in course of construction near Wheaton, a trestle across the river gave way, and Joseph Fox, a sub-contractor from Owego, N. Y., was killed. His son Eddie, 18 years old, was injured obout Jhe head, but it is thought that his injuries will not prove serious. Albert Coyer, of Chioago, a foreman, had both legs broken, and re­ ceived internal injuries. Charles Clark, of Cincinnati, a laborer, had both legs crushed. besides receiving internal injuries. He has since died of his injuries, Physieinas from Wheaton, Lombsrd, and Blooming- dale wen soon in attendance on the injured men... --Gov. Oglesby issued a proclamation scheduling for quarantine the district of Chicago wh:oh is already under quarantine restrictions, for the purpose of putting in­ to effect the pn» isions of the new law en­ acted by the Thirty-fifth General Assem­ bly. A new feature of this quarantine is tbat the Governor prohibits: "All domes­ tic animals of the bovine species within said district from being moved from one premises to another, or over any public highway, or any unfenced lot or piece of ground, or from being brought into or taken from said district, except upon ob­ taining a special permit signed by the Board of Live-Stock Commissioners or some member thereof, or agent or officer of the Board, authoiized to issue such per­ mits." --Governor Oglesby issued a proclama­ tion scheduling for quarantine • district in" Chicago which is already under quarantine restrictious for the purpose of putting into effect provisions of the new law enacted by, the Thirty-fifth General Assembly. .The new feature of this quarantine is that the Government prohibits all. domestic ani­ mals of the bovine 6pecies within said dis­ trict from being moved from one premises to another, or over any public highway or any unfenced lot or piece of ground, or, from being brought into or taken from any district, except upon obtaining a special permit signed by tbe Board of Live Stock Commissioners or some member thereof or agent or officer of the board authorized to issue such permit. --Mary Schoenfeldt, the 8-year-old daughter of Officer Schoenfeldt, of the Central Detail, in company wi'h several other girls, went to Lincoln Park. When . the party came to return she could not be found. Her father was notified, and ao- companied by several friends kept up a vain search the entire night. Various theories were advanced to acoount for the miBsing girl. Some thought she had fallen into one of the lakes in the park, while others of a romantic turn of mind held that she had been stolen by gypsies. These theories, together with several other ones advanced* were scouted at by those of more practical ideas, »ho held that the child had simply lost her way and wandered out of the park and into some portion of the city which was unfamiliar to her. This theory was proven to be the correct one by the £.« ding of the child curled up under a sidewalk in Lake View, fast asleep. Her father was notified, and he took her to her home at 3597 Went- worth avenue. . - ' a , > , ^ * . < ,<•. .;>,V /-