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rg |Hatu(lealtt I. VAN tuna. Editor M* FSMMMT. Sf># cHENBY, ft*'"'1 ILLlNOia e ELECTRIC FLASHY. «AT*ST TXIXORAPHIC NEWS FROM AXX PARTS OF THE WORLD. ftattftleal Gosstp, Railroad Rumblings, Per- i Kuitl Mention, Conflagration*, Accidents, Crimes Md . Crlmiatll) THE TRADE REVIEW* h- is ^ I >: h *** *fWM by Foreign Rank* Cause* tiiaM • * . o f » M o n e t a r y P r e s s u r e . ̂ B. G. DUN A Co.'s -weekly review of ̂ '"We says: Tho Government crop report was encourag- , ! ; '•"••lUlf, but the loss of gold by the great foreign .banks--over Sl.l'W.OlK) by England, ey.u00.000 by ®;/4i Germany, ami $4.3J0,0Ui> by trance-- was large W. "> • • SBough to increa*e apprehension of monetary ft'- . . Measure, ljirge shipments went from IaiihIoii 'to Brazil and Egypt. These two opposing influ- «aws ruled tiic markets during the week. Crops J?,-;?, fkfe large and basiness heavy, and tho commer- •> «ial ouU<k>k most favorable, but money is com- *' Miativoly close, and there is a possibility that *£ "• it may tie closer yet. X. ports do not indi- <£?' 5 Oato increasing pressure in the iu- ' tenor money markets, and the demand is ||L»» Active at all cities reporting. The volume of ¥*••> ' " t»de is increasing at nearly all interior points t,„ < seporUmr, and this involves a larger demand i for money. This demand indicates a greater H" < , volume of legitimate l>u»ine>-r xhati has ever IpJSibeen recorded at this season in any previous ye*1-. Bn" the ht avy railroad earnings -10 per # .C; «eot. above last year for KepU'iubt-r -tell the ' Pg<-" - * l»rie story. The government crop report was g^g:* • rather a surprise, as it shifted -wheat estimates ; from "a fraction over 12" to 12.t> bu»nels j>er i ijjv..'. acre, making the probable yield not nilieh be- ) low 5(K>.lKK),(M) bushels. The corn report indi- 1 l|k,... cates the largest crop ever raised, ] • and the same may be said of cotton, j at" With heavy croj s business in all departments j •tT' i. Will be stimulated and at the same time the de- ! ~ maud for money will be increased. Pork prod- j |sfj» - acts are not much changed, coffee and sugar a ! little weaker, oil and the minor metals substan- | i „ tially unchanged. Another indication of the s adh. It is (bought that some one poi­ soned the wine, as arsenic was found scattered on the tabie and on the altar. The priest is seriously ill. A NEW YOKK dispatch says: At the annual meeting of the Western Union Telegraph Company the old Board of Directors was re-elected without opposi­ tion. The statement for the dscal year ending June 30 shows gross earnings of f20,783,194; operating expenses, $ 14 - 565,152; and net earning, $6,218,041, an increase of $1,147,470 over the net earn­ ings of the previous year. After pay­ ments of dividends and all charges there was a surplus from the year's business of $1,072,86b, making tho total surplus on June 30 $8,611,401. THE official test of the pneumatio guns of the cruiser Vesuvius has been made at Philadelphia. The test consisted of the firing of five shots from each of the three gttns in ten minutes, and throwing a shell weighing 480 pounds a distance of I one nile. The test was satisfactory. W. A. ROBINSON «fc Co., oil dealers, at • Providence, R. I„ have failed, with lia­ bilities of about $400,000. THE sentence condemning "Handsome Harry* Carlton to be hanged for killing a New York City policeman has been af- I firmed by the New York Court of Appeals, J SAMUEL J. CRESSWELL, aged about ' 48, a well-known manufacturer of build­ ing iron and machinery, was stricken with apoplexy while sitting in a dentist's chair at Philadelphia and died a few hours afterward. wich oast 67'J for the amendment and ! A GRAND PROCESSION. \ SEVERE RAJAH BROOKE. ME BALL SEASON 0VEK.; Betteral prosperity it. seen in the large sules of boots and shoes, though prices were never so low at any previous time, and leafMier, just now Jnoted firm, ve vears. is as low as at any time in thirty-The business failures during the last "seven 'ays number 214, as compared with 906 last week, and 1!<2 the week previous to the tost. For the corresponding week last year the i figures were iU7. AXTELL BREAKS THE RECORD. ||l Trots a Mile in 2:12, and Is Sold for $105,000. ' AT Terre Haute, Ind., Axtell, the famous 3-year-old stallion, broke the world's record, going a mile in 2:12. The little bay went with a running mate and was driven by his owner, Williams. Ax­ tell came down to the stand at a tremen­ dous speed, got the word and went up the chute at a 2:10 gait, reached the half-mile in 1:05^, and came tinder the wire without a break. Axtell's record is 1| seconds better than any former 3-year-old record. After the race Axtell was pur­ chased by a syndicate for §103,000, and •mm be taken to Chicago. ? , ;I R -; THE NATIONAL, GAME. |f •* Qtan of the Learue Season--New York Win* f. f ; > the Pennant. *V , THE base-ball season of the National has closed, New York winning the i"'t ,pennant. The following tables show the Hiding of the other clubs: Kational. W. Mew Vork.,.83 Boston 83 Chicago 67 Pbilad'a 68 Pittsburg....61 Cleveland.. .62 ' Indianap a. .59 Washingt'n.41 f)c' American. W. .UBBrooklyn. ...91 •648|St. Louis....86 .508 Cincinnati...75 .496; Atnletic 68 .462) Baltimore.. .70 .462 Columbus.. .60 .441/ K'na's City..53 .21fc|LouiBville.. .25 109 *0 .07!) .666 .551 .559 .534 .441 .414 .165 MASSACRE OF MEXlCAk D1EBS. SOL- lawn Indians Reported to Have Slaughtered 3 Two Companies of Troops. ;*f A HOBBIBIIE story comes from Sonora, f:. Mexico. Two companies of Mexican soldiers were caught in swimming by a > band of Yaqui Indians and all of them slaughtered. The Mexican Government < has sent 2,000 soldiers after the Indians, : who are supposed to be retreating toward Azizona. Sllver in the Treasury. . A STATEMENT prepared at the Treasury Department shows that the total amount of standard silver dollars in the Treasury against which certificates may be issued Is $5,070,171. Of the total coinage of $341 ,199,(io0 silver dollars there is in the . treasury $282,sza,333, against which there ] . is in circulation $277,733,162 of certifi­ cates. The amount of standartl dollars in circulation is $58,370,317 and the amount of silver certificates in the Treas- }•*& to $2,582,205. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. AN Englishman named Parkinson, liv­ ing at Grand Forks, N. D., has been not! fied that he has fallen heir to property that will net him $45,000 a year. ONE of the biggest, mining deals yet made' at St. Louis, involving $2,000,000 cash and taking in New York and Lon­ don, has just been closed by Judge IT. F. X. Leary, of that city. The property is lo­ cated in Mexico, and includes all of the mines located on the Yegonia vein and a 100,0( 0-acre grant containing numerous gold, silver, and copper ledges of nntoid riches. • N „ FIRE at St. Lonis destroyed Beaumont Medical College and Hospital, causing a loss of $20,000. EX-SENA*OR JAMES G. FAIR has re­ signed from the positions of President and Director of the Nevada Bank of San Francisco on the ground of press of other business. The stockholders accepted his resignation and elected James L. Flood President of the bank. W. H. CRANE, the comedian, has in­ vested $67,500 in real estate at St. Panl. LEVEBETT M. KELLY, of Illinois, a chief of division iii the Pension Office, has resigned. -- ~ •---- THE mansion of Mr. dement Stude- baker at South Bend, Ind., has been de­ stroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $300,- 000, with but $25,000 insurance. Mrs. Stndebaker saved her little grandson at the risk of her own life, and sustained burns and wounds of a dangerous charac­ ter. Mr. Stndebaker, who is with the Pan-American excursionists, received news of the disaster at Worcester, Mass., and at once started homeward. It was his intention to give the distinguished travelers a dinner in the honse that has just been ruined by the flames. THE Woman's Congress, in session at Denver, Col., elected Julia Ward Howe, of Rhode Island, President. THE north-bound freight train on the Hichmond and Danville Road broke in two soon after leaving Danville, and the rear section collided with the cars in front. Brakeman Farley, of Manchester, was killed and Brakeman Owing badly injured. . SOUTHERN INCIDENT'S.' AT Winona, Miss., R. E. Lotts' two- story restaurant building was burned, and four out of the nine men who occupied sleeping apartments in the upper story were burned to death. The dead are: A. Thomas, merchant, of Cumberland, Miss.; J. Lawthry, merchant, of Hohen- linden, Miss.; Lon Crouch, merchant, of Hohenlinden. Miss.; Paul Williams, farmer, of Sun Creek, Miss. They were all prominent citizens in their respective communities, and were on their way home from Memphis, where they had been purchasing goods. The other five occupants of the upper story escaped by climbing down the awning or jumping. A. J. Cook and W. L. Alford, who jumped, were badly injured. The pe­ cuniary loss was not large. A-RALEIGH, N. C., dispatch reports a singular case of drowning in Albemarle Sound near Edentown. Two men on the steamer of the Norfolk and Southern Railway were wrestling and fell over­ board. Before the steamer could be stopped both were drowned. One was the engineer and the other a fireman. THE large fertillizer factory of G. Ober, Sons 4 Co., established in 1857 at LocuBt Point, Baltimore, has been de­ stroyed by fire. It consisted of three ' A Big Steamer's Mishap. WHILE entering the lower bay at New fork the steamer City of New York stack in the mud, and all efforts to release her proved futile, and the work of reliev­ ing her of her cargo by meanB of steam lighters was made necessary. Experts are of the opinion that the hauling and straining of the tugs have resulted in - considerable damage to the great ocean lar8® Gildings which cost $250,000. The racer. ; fire started in the acid storage room, per- ' i. ~T~ „ | hapB by spontaneous combustion, and , v;, James Woltcomb Riley Prostrated. ! soon every fire-engine in the city was at AT Akron, O., where he had made ar- ! the scene. The first building, in which rangements to lecture, James Whitcomb 100 men were at w°rki soon burned to the Biley, the Hoosier poet, was prostrated ?°°.nd' andJth® flame?> dri,ven b7 « high i,_ mi -.j , . . ' . wind, spread to another large building if Phy81cia5BaJ'8 he « suf- completely gutting it. The buildings a a e»s« of nervous pros- will be almost a total loss, while $60,000 fering from a bad case tration and serious consequences may follow. He will be obliged to cancel his lecture dates indefinitely. Gov. Mellette's First Proclamation. ^ Gov. MELLETTE of South Dakota has ,,iJpRied a proclamation summoning the legislature of South Dakota to meet at Pierre on the 15th inst., to elect two United btntes Senators. worth of stock was destroyed. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. PRIVATE SECRETARY HARFORD is ly- ing at the White House, where a surgical operation has been performed on him by Dr. Sowers. It was successful, and the doctor says that with a few weeks' rest he' will have entirely recovered from the tenesmic condition of the bowels from which he has suffered at times for a num. Belle Hamlin Beats Harry Wilkes. A* Fleetwood Park, New York, in the b®r of years. great race between Belle Hamlin and ' UNITED STATER DISTRICT ATTORNEY ®'n3r Wilkes, the former shut the latter GALVIN, of Boston, has sent his resigna- a»d 2*1 T"*8 two Btraight heats in 2:16J tion to the President. Galvin is a Dem- . «* | ocrat and was appointed in 1887. The * Mr. Cleveland Declines a Nomination ' on^ reason gives is that he desires to BoritKE COCKBAN, Charles Steckler, i retUm to private -Photic®. Edward Cahill, representing Tam- ' THE Grand Encampment Knights Tem- fany Hall, some days ago asked ex- P*ar8 °' United States in seeret ses-resident Cleveland to be a candidate to sion at Washington elected the following RstrS 1 p°?in toe Ninth officers to serve during th^ next three J * - a 1 9 ^ ! e l a a d d e c l i n e d . Y e a r s : % )iBtrict. Mr believed that Amos J. Cummines ^, Will be elected. gB t j V Rumored Cabinet Quarrel Over Natalie ' 4, IT is rumored that the Servian cabinet ^ Jfcas resigned, owing to dissension among te members in regard to the attitude of « government toward ex-Queen Natalie. | , ^ EASTERN OCCURRENCES. • SC' DB. MARTIK of Philadelphia, Con- Jfressman Randall's physician, Bays that llis patient's condition is not such as to {ive his friends cause for serious appre-ension. V AT Oneida, N. Y., while the Rev. James fcelly waB celebrating mass he partook of •front two teaspoonfuls of the wine, when \ ke was at once seized with great pain and • • burning sensation in the stomach. He Quickly retired from the altar and sent to * *. drug store for an antidote, which had 1,8<>4 against, while license received 1,;K)9 votes to 694 against. New Haven polled 6,(>81 votes, 5,068 being against prohibition, which carried but one of the fifteen, wards. A HELENA, Mont., dispatch says: The eloction of Joseph K. Toole (Dem.) for Governor is now conceded by a majority of from 300 to 600. Carter (Rep.) for Congress with 1,000 majority. The Dem­ ocrats claim the Legislature by 7. The Republicans will not concede as much, but say that on the face of the returns it is Democratic, but claim fraud in Silver Bow and Deer Lodge Counties. The gen< eral opinion is that there will be no con­ test, and the Democrats will have the Governorship and Legislature, while the Republicans elect a Congressman and a large majority of the State ticket. THE Indianapolis city eleotion has been carried by the Democrats for tho first time since 1873, the Republicans be­ ing defeated by majorities of 500 to 1,200. The Democrats elect the Mayor, City Clerk, and a majority of the Common Council, giving them complete control on joint ballot and securing the election of all incumbents of city offices. A MUNICIPAL election watt held in Chattanooga, Tenn., under the Australian system, which proved a great success. John A. Hart, Republican, was electod Mayor by 428 majority. OFFICIAL returns of the Indianapolis election give Sullivan (Dem.) 11,795 major­ ity over Coburn (Rep.) for Mayor. Swift (Dem.), for City Clerk, has a majority over Taffe (Rep.) of 1,253. The Board of Alderman comprises five Republicans and five Democrats and the Council £ten Re­ publicans and fifteen Democrats. THE full official returns of the recent election in North Dakota show a total vote of 39,500. Hans borough (Rep.) for Congress received a majority of 15,000, while Miller (Rep.) for Governor, ha6 12,000 majority. The majority in favor of prohibition is 1,100. Eighty per cent, of the total vote was in favor of the con­ stitution, and 70 per cent, was 4h« tt»er- age Republican vote. ACROSS TI*E OCEAN. THB demands of the striking gas- stokers at Bristol have been conceded and the men have resumed work. * GEN. BOTTLANGER has taken a villa near St. Helier, Jersey. He is preparing a work on Euiopean military science. ADRIEN ALBERT TAILHAND, formerly a member of the Senate and Minister of Justice of France, is dead, aged 79 years. EX-QUEEN NATALIE has ordered a complete new outfit of furnivure for her residence, all of which is to be adorned w ith the royal arms of Servia. THE German Minister to the Vatican, Herr von Schloezer, has had a second conference with the Pope. It is believed that among the subjects discussed was the attitude of Germany towaid the Pope in the 'event of his finding it necessary to take his departure from Rome. FRESH AND NEWSY. IT is reported that at a piivate meeting of members of the old French colony at Montreal, it was deoided to invite Gen­ eral Boulinger to take up his residence in Canada for the present. THE General Council of the Evangeli­ cal Lutheran Church of North America waB held at Pittsburg, with 100 delegates from all parts of the country in attend­ ance. The Rev. G. F. Krotel, of Phila­ delphia, was elected President. AT Scranton, Pa., the Grand Jury has l-eturned indictments for embezzlement •nd larceny against Cashier Jessup, who wrecked the Scranton City Bank by mis­ appropriating $120,000 of its funds. WILL SERVE THEIR COUNTRY. Beeent Appointments to Positions in the Gov­ ernment, S<>rvlCP." THE following appointments hare been announced: Edward O. Leech, director of the mint; M. Hummel, gauger, and William H. H. Carry, storekeeper for the First Ohio District, and Henry Siebers, gaugor for the First Wisconsin iJistrict. Edward O. Leech, who has been ap- gointed director of the mint, was born in Wash-lgton in 1850, graduated from Columbia Col­ lege in 1869, taking the second honor in his class. He also graduated in law from the National University of the District and was admitted to the bar in 1886. Upon the death of his father he was apjJoinlea in tho Treasury Department. He entered at the low­ est grade of clerkship in 1869, and was trans­ ferred to the mint bureau in 1873, where he has served continuously, passing through all the grades of clerkship up to his late position, Com­ puter of Bullion, the salary of which was In­ creased by Congress on account of his efficiency. Besides possessing a thorough knowledge of the business of tho mints, Mr. Letch has had es­ pecial charge of the preparation of the money statistics which have emanated from that bu­ reau, and is considered the best posted man In the United States on the coinage systems of this and foreign countries. His appointment meets with general favor in the Treasury De­ partment, being regarded as in the true line of civil service reform, "promotion for merit," and in general one of the best appointments by the present administration. Cyrus Anderson of Kansas, to be Register of the Land Office at Oberlin, Kan.; Alfred Lund- vall of Nebraska, to be Receiver of Publio Moneys at Neligh, Neb.; Charles R. Drake of Arizona, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Tucson, A. T.; John S. Murphy of Dakota, to be agent for the Indians of the Fort Berthold agency in Dakota. George H. Large, Collector of Internal Reve­ nue for the Fifth District of New'Jersey; Calvin G. Brewster, Collector of Customs for tfti* Dis­ trict of Corpus Christ!, Tex. Very Eminent Sir J. P. 8. Gobln of Pennsvl- vanla, Veiy Eminent Grand Master; Very Eml- nent Bir Hug^McCurdy of Michigan, Deputy brand Master; Very Eminent Bir Warren La Bue of Kentucky, Grand Generalissimo ; Very Eminent Sir Reuben Hedley Lloyd of Califor­ nia, Grand Captain-General ; Very Eminent Sir Henry Bates stoduard of Texas, Grand Senior Warden ; Very Eminent Sir Nicholas Van Slyck of Rhode Island, Grand Junior Warden ; Very Eminent Sir H. Wales Linns of Connecticut Grand Treasurer ; Very Eminent Sir William B. Isaacs of Virginia, Grand Recorder. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. BETTJBNS from Connecticut, which voted on the question of prohibition, in­ dicate that the vote on the prohibitory amendment is about 3 to 1 against it, the majority being about 30,000 in a total vote of tiO.OOO. The new secret ballot law received its first trial. There was no excitement at the polls, and in a general way the plan worked exceedingly well. One hundred and three townships and the cities of Waterbury and New Haven give •torn- • *najoritjr of 24.0C0 against the vro- MABSET REPORTS. CHICAGO. CAnut---Prime Good Common "... Hoos--Shipping Grades, SHEEP WHEAT--No. & Bed CoitN--No. 2. OATS--No 2 *" liYE-- No. 2 BUTTER--Choice Creamery CHEESE--Full Cream, flats EGGS--Fresh POTATOES--Choice new, per bu'.! POHK--Mess MILWAUKEE.' WHEAT--Cash CORN--No. 8 OATS--Nd. 2 White RYE--No. 1 BARLEY--No. 2 PORK--Mess DETROIT. CATTLE Hoos KHKKP 4 WHEIT--Ho. SBed CORN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White _ TOLEDO. WtaEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--Cash OATS--No. 2 White NEW YORK. CATIX* HOGS.., SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 OATS--Mixed Western PORK--Prime Mess ST. LOUIH CATTLB Hoos WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2. ....t......... OATS RYS--No. 2. INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping Steers Hoos--Choice Light SHEEP--Common to Prime...... WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBS--No. 1 White OATS--No. 2 White „ CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORK--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed RTE--No. 2 . „ , KANSAS CITY. CATTUt--Good Medium Butchers' Boos.. ••••••» •.SO @ 6.00 4.C0 & 5.00 4.00 6.50 .86 ® .87 .90K& .40^ .24 (4 .28 12.50 012.7* 8.60 & 4.50 9JK & 4.28 .TO!£i8> .7® .as & ta .17^^ .18 .89 & .40 2.50 4.00 2.60 .78 (9 4.25 <9 4.50 & 4.60 & .79 & .84 .*2h& .28* .78 @ .85'/j<a» .44 9 .78 .36* .22!* .45 4.00 8.00 » 4.50 4.00 2.00 0 8.00 CTB PAR4DI OV THE KNIGHTS TKM- WAM AT WASHINGTON. m 8Mb • 4.50 (.« 3.25 ® 4.50 8.00 .81 .30 .18 41 .21 18 & & 4.25 (910.50 (410 50 & 4.75 84!4<f9 AIMBUIBI of THS Triennial Conclave - Th* Capital City Gorgeously DMorstod •--Fifteen Thousand Uniformed Men te Une- A Notable Masonic Gathering. A Washington dispatch says: A brisk northwest wind, which fluttered the flags and streamers decorating the buildings along the line of march, proved rather a cold welcome to the visiting commanderiee whim they arrived in this city; bat tho warm reception which they received from the crowds on the streets acted as an offset to the inclemency of the weather. The organisations , already comfortably en- sconced in their hotels and other hostelriee, together with the ladies accompanying them, were engaged in viewing the public buildings and other points of interest. The district commanderies, resplendent in ostrich plumes and bright uniforms, were busily engaged in escorting the arriving guests .0 their headquarters. The roll of drums end the blare of trumpets every­ where filled the air as commandery after commar.dery filed up the wide avenue. The city is a city of waving plumes, flaunt­ ing flags, and glittering costumes. Pennsylvania avenue was crowded dur­ ing the whole day with the soldiers of the eross, with swords at their sides and their coat fronts resplendent with many badges and emblems. The crowd grew larger as j the day grew older, and at night the j main avenues and hotel lobbies were | thronged with visiting Templars and their | friends. Receptions and serenades were ! the order of the evening, and good music and good fellowship abounded. The drill corps of the Masonic Widows and Orphans' home of Louisville, Ky., a<K companied by a large number of ladies, and escorted by the De Molay commandery of Louisville and members of the grand commandery of Kentucky, Monday after­ noon paid their respects to Gen. Albert Pike, sovereign grand comnTander of tho Southern jurisdiction, Scottish rite. The General received them kindly, made a brief address, and presented each of them with a book. The northwestern States have sent a finely representative body ol men here. Dakota makes a good impression with five commanderies. Washington sends only eleven members of the grand commandery, the recent severe fires in the State com­ pelling the sir knights to remain at home. Montana sends two commanderies. Damas­ cus of St. Paul and Zion of Minneapolis are representative Minnesota organiza­ tions. Wyoming has only one com­ mandery. Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia are the only southern States which sends a good representation to the conclave. The banner States in the number of knights and commanderies here are Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York. and Massachusetts. Kentucky only sends three^ommanderiea^- but two of tbem, Louisville No. 1 and De Molay No. 12 of Louisville, are (Sttck organizations. The triennial conclave proper began Tuesday. The army commandaries and grand commanderies have been mar­ shaling for the last two days, and nights and day there has been beating of drums and marching and countermarching of com­ manderies in showy uniforms, while the local knights have been busy showing attention to their visiting brethren. By 9 o'clock Tuesday r-orning the Com­ manderies were astir, each preparing for a place in the division of the grand par ad q of which it was to form a part. A short time after this hour the first division of the parade met, and, forming on F street, marched to the Ebbitt house, where it was to form the escort for the grand encamp­ ment. Shortly after^iP o'clock the grand en- aampment, escorted by this division, moved to the capitol. The other eleven divisions of the parade were formed near the capitol at 11 o'clock, ready to fall into line and march past the White House, to be reviewed bO the President, and past the reviewing stand of the eminent grand master. A grand stand had been erected in front of the White House for the use of the President and invited guests, and the eminent grand master reviewed the pro­ cession from the stand at the corner of Thirteenth and K streets. The line of march was from the capitol up Pennsyl­ vania avenue, and past the White House to K street, and down K street to Thir­ teenth. . When the procession moved there were 15,000 knights in line. There were n<S carriages, except those conveying the of­ ficers of the Grand Encampment, and no mounted companies, only commanding of­ ficers of divisions being mounted. The members wore their full uniform of Knight Templar with swords, and hats decorated with flowing plumes and all the details of the handsome regalia of the Sir Knights. Each division was preceded by ' a band in brilliant uniforms which, with the officers mounted on richly caparisoned horses, gave to the spectacle a most strik­ ing and impressive appearance. Stands had been erected at various points along the aventie from which the citizens and visitors viewed the pageant, and the roofs, I windows, doors and sidewalks were crowd- ! ed for miles along the line. j The procession consisted of twelve divia- 1 ions, headed by Eminent Sir M. M. Par­ ker, chief marshal, with chief of staff and aides. Alter the parade passed the reviewing stand it proceeded to the Masonic temple as the escort to the grand encampment, which began its secret session immediately on the arrival at the temple. When the grand encampment convened in the temple Commissioner Douglass de­ livered the address of welcome on behalf of the citizens of the Dhp trict of Columbia, and Grand Mar­ shal Parker welcomed them oa behalf of the Knights Templar of the dis­ trict. Grand M^?ter Roome responded, after which all the knights not members of the grand encampment retired and the address and report of the grand master were read. The report is voluminous. In the afternoon there was an excursion on the Potomac river. In the evening receptions were given to the visiting knights by the local grand and subordinate visiting commanderies at the respective headquarters. BSKOXO UASIIBEg USED AOlBKTA LAWLESS OBDIB. mw tone AGAIN wnriTBi JUKAOTNS rXNNAHT. iKemhers of a Mnrderons Chinese Society A|jBxe|ttag Contest stthsHslA-^riau- Sultfeeted to Flogging, Banishment, Branding, and Execution In an Effort to Break Up thm Unholy Brotherhood. S A Canadian Pacific steamer which has st reached Vancouver brings mail in- lligenoe from Sarawak, a British colony in Borneo, that summary vengeance had been meted out to a Chinese seeret so­ ciety which rsoently decreed death to all non- members. The societv was the Ghae Sin, no­ torious in China for lawless deeds. It gained great strength within the last few years in Sarawak, and all arrangements had been -made to take vengeance on Chinese who refused to recognize its au­ thority. Luckily, Kajah Brooke, a son of the famous Rajah who es­ tablished British supremacy in the Straits, learned of the conspiracy, and, in a sudden attack upon the so­ ciety's quarters, secured documents that led to the arrest of about fifty lead- «lal Resume of the Season's Business--In tho Minor Leagues--The League and the Brotherhood. The National league championship season of 1889 has ended and never before In the history of baseball championship contests has the race been so close or so des­ perate On the last Saturday noon Boston and N. /. York were each confident of win­ ning the pennant, while Chicago and Phila­ delphia w6re each as equally sure that the third place in the race was theirs. As the result of the last day's games New York steps over Boston's head and carries off the pennant; Chicago wrests third place from Philadelphia; Cleveland and Pitts­ burg stand tied for fifth place. Without doubt the disappointment felt by lov«»r3 of the eame and admirers of the team in Boston is bitter. With the highest salaried team in the circuit, and one of ing members. Six were condemned to 1 the m08t successful team managers in the death and eleven to be flogged, and, after imprisonment, permanently exiled. Aug. 12 the six condemned to death were taken out in a small steamer, blindfolded, I bound, and shot, their bodies being sunk ; in the river. About a score of prisoners i will be exiled after the flogging and ! branding if they will reveal further the ; secrets of the order. This is the same 1 society which almost compassed the muT- f der of the first Kajah, Brooke, and all j foreigners in Sarawak a generation ago. Several hundred were then hanged or shot and the society was wiped out. A branch of this society exists in San Fran­ cisco and its members are among the.fBO"* desperate of highbinders. HUNDREDS PERISH. Reports From Japan Tell of Floods end FuiMlne. Advices received from Japan state, according to the latest reports published in the Osoka Asahi Shimbun, that 288 houses have beeu destroyed and 217 per­ sons killed or drowned by the floods at Totsukawa. Several thousand people* are destitute of food. A telegram from the chief police in­ spector of the Wakeyama prefecture, dated Aug. 30, announced that 1,079 per­ sons were drowned by the late floods, 125 crushed to .death, 143 injured severely, 5,243 houses swept away and demolished, ?6,386 buildings submerged, and many bridges and embankments damaged. The Tokyo Koron, under date of Sept. 11, 6tates that on the afternoon of Sept, ll, at the dock yard at Tokio. one of the boilers of the steamer Yeija Maru ex­ ploded, killing eight engineers and a fire­ man and blowing up the vessel. THE CONTRACT-LABOR LAW. Rigidly Unforced by the United Stntes District Court in Texas. The treasury department has been ed vised that the United States Dis­ trict Court in Texas has sustained the law prohibiting the importa­ tion of contract labor. Proceedings were instituted against the Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway Company, and W. L. Oiddens, contractor for bringing Mexi­ cans across the boundary under contract to work in the San Antonio coal mines. Pending the trial stroug pressure was used by the defendants to get the Mexicans out of the country, but the district attorney prevented this,and at the trial the defend­ ants were found guilty and fined $],000 for each Mexican thus imported. VESSELS_WRECKED. Many Ships of Yarions Nations Destroyed in the Recent Mexican Storm. A City of Mexico dispatch says: The wires to Carmen are down and information of the damage done in that region by the recent storm can not be obtained oy telegraph. Mail advices note the following list of wrecks of brigs of divers nationalities: Flora Woodhouse, American; Alisha, Eliza, and Morning Star, English; Maria Aghos- tint, French; Nuevo Curruataca, Spanish; Louisla, Italian; Haabet, Norwegian; Bro- drene and Barbaro, Danish, S. E. E. Nymphe, German, and Enrique, Mexican. Two Mexican steamers, the Laguna and the Asturias, besides a large number of Mexican coasters, have also been lost, bringing the number Of wrecks to thirty- four. . -- O B I T U A R Y . Gen. Ate P. Blunt, Department Comman­ der of the United States Army. Gen. Asa P. Blunt died at Man­ chester, N. H., aged «2. He was born in Danville, Vt, served through the rebellion as an adjutant-general of the Third Vermont volunteers. From 1877 to 1888 he was in charge of the military sta­ tion at Fort LeavenwoJth, and was de­ partment commander at Boston at the time of his death. He received his ctftn- mission as major-general, United States ermy, last Saturday. DEATH TO THEPREACHERS. Mysterious Attempt to Poison Several Ministers at 8t. John, N. B. Mrs. MacRae, wife of a Presbyterian minister at St. John, N. B., has been poisoned by strychnin*, which was in candy that had been sent to her hus­ band by mail. Two other ministers here received poisoned candy In the same way. The case, which is most case, which is most mysterious, is r .. , similar to the one at Gait, Ont., where lit- i have cleared close upon $20,000, country, Boston has made a strong effort to carry off champion honors. That the team was looked upon as a winner by nine out of ten baseball enthusiasts throughout the country is probably true, and none were more confident of victory than Man­ ager Hart and his players The sudden and unexplainable letdown of its strongest hitters, at a time when they should have been doing their best stick work, has be­ yond question hurt the team more than arything else, and is probably the princi­ pal cause of its defeat. As between Boston and New York thb greater credit is due the latter. Boston has at no time this season played ball under such disadvantages as the Giants have faced. Had Hart's aggregation been located on Manhattan island and the Giants at the Hub it is quite likely that Boston would not have been in the race during the last two weeks'. There is little room for question as to which is the better team. In one point of play only has Bos­ ton been the equal of the Giants--its bat­ ting. When it comes to fielding, running bases, team work, and infield strength, the Gothamites are greatly the superiors of the Bostonlans. It is safe to say that while Boston will to a great extent have the sympathy of baseball lovers every­ where, there are few who are not glad to see the Giants win their Becond successive league pennant. Chicago is to be congratulated upon its brilliant finish. Without its team captain, and with its infield broken, the home team has played ball which would have won the pennant had it been begun during the first half of the season. There are many who at different stages of the race, when the outlook was anything but rosy for the Blacks, considered them out of the fight entirely, yet it is unlikely that these same prophets ever saw a cleaner game of base­ ball than the Chicago team put up during the last week of the championship season. While the season has been a bright one from an artistic standpoint, it has been a disappointment financially to all but two clubs in the league circuit. Boston has fnade a great deal of money during the last six months, and Philadelphia has done well, but Washington, Indianapolis, and Pittsburg have lost, and neither New York nor Chicago, in the- vernacular of the baseball magnate, "has made a dol­ lar." This statement may, of course, be taken with a grain of allowance. Chicago may find itself with a few thousand dol­ lars on the rights side of the ledger, but such a gain as this is not looked upon as worth the season's trouble by baseball club magnates. Had New York been able to play the season through upon the old polo grounds it would have made money this season, as it did last, but the expense of fitting up new grounds and the loss of patronage sustained during the weeks the team played upon Staten Island have more than offset the receipts of the season. The poor showing Chicago made at the outset has had much to do with the com* paratively light attendance at the hom4 grounds, but the inclement weather has also eaten a big slice out of the Chicago receipts, as well as those of every other team in the circuit ' « With Pittsburg's misfortunes the public is familiar, and the fact that Indianapolis and Washington, though at times playing brilliant ball, have been unable to make anything better of themselves than "tail enders," has been the cause of their poor attendance. Cleveland, as a result of its brilliant worK in the first half ot the season, proved a drawing card, and before it began to take a tumble had guar tin teed itself against loss, although it will probably not now de­ clare any large dividends. From present indications the Winter will not lack activity in baseball circles. Be­ yond question a determined effort will be made by league players during the coming months to complete und strengthen a cir­ cuit composed of brotheraood clubs which will next season compete for patronage with the clubs of the National league. If they are successful, next season will in­ augurate a baseball war which can only end with the ruin of either the league or the brotherhood. Meantime the league will have much important legislation to carry through. A not improbable change will be discussed in the league circuit by which Cincinnati and Brooklyn may take the places of Washington and Indian­ apolis in the league next season. Of the minor organizations of the country the International and Western associations have been fairly successful. In the circuit of the latter, Minneapolis, which last year lost $*r',000 and dropped out of the race, has proved a phenomenon, and is said to St. Paul tie Meta Cherry was murdered and ' is said to have cleared Jfb.OOO, Milwaukee poisoned by candy sent to' the family of j $4,000, and Omaha $1,000. But for the the Rev. John Ridley. An investigation I sale of Crooks to Columbus, however, the is in progress. PANIC IN A BIG HOTEL. at indlanap* Flames In the Bates House oils. At Indianapolis, Ind., fire bioke out at •!£»!? AS FCTH:R^W<>YEM' as though the entire building was doomed. Report From Admiral Klmberlv. Admiral Kimberly bas reported to the navy department his arrival at Honolulu from Apia. In his report he describes his parting from the natives and the gifts received from them. He states that the work that was necessary to be done on the Nlpsic has been finished, ana thet if sne bed her armament she would be ready for e three-years' cruise. They Met by Chance. "Hello, Sam!" " "Why, Maud, how do you-do?" 'f Oh, pretty brisk; and you?" • *'Oh, I'm all right." 'Funny we should meet Santa Cruz again, isn't it?" "Yes--rather. What a time we did hfere 'fk The fire originated in the basement and soon dense volumes of smoke were pene­ trating every part of the hoteL When the alarm was sounded there were over 200 guests in the house, the majority of whom wore at dinner. A great panic im­ mediately ensued and the guests began running pell-mell down stairs. Before two-thirds of them were out the smoke became so dense that a 1 means rf egress were shut off. Women and men then crowded out on the balconies and their calls for help were distressing. In a room on the fourth floor was H. C. Par­ ker, traffic manager of the Lake Erie 8c Western, who was confined to his bed by sickness. He and his nurse were imprison­ ed, and for a time it looked as though they would surely suffocate. Finally an exten­ sion ladder was hoisted and both men re­ moved in safety. Ladders were then put to the balconies and the imprisoned men and women brought down unhurt By dint of hard work the fire was cos^ fined to the basement and first floor, al­ though the furnishings throughout the liouse were badly damaged. The total loss "Yes, indeed." "And funny I should hate lost sight of you after going back to San Fran­ cisco 1" "Yes." ^"How spooney we got here--tor we did love each other so dearly I" "Certainly. I nearly died of ,a broken heart when vou never tried to find me after we both left here so sud­ denly." • t - / "And I was just crazy with despair. I went East and " "And I went South and-- "But I am so glad I have found you again. Now " ' "Hush! Some one is coming. - Be careful what you say. There are two of them--a lady and gentleman." "Ah 1 I am glad tliey have got by.* ou know them ?*' "Did you "Yes--the lady. And you?' "Yes--the gentleman." "Who was it?" ^ "My husband. The ladrf* , ^ JWttoo IT^.' *»• *«•? «**•• pennant winners would have been losers. Denver quits with $2,000 in pocket, while Des Moines loses $4,000, .Sioux City $6,000, and St, Joseph $6,00if. The International association champion­ ship season has ended. Detroit won the pennant rather easily. The Minneapolis story about the brotherhood wanting St Paul and Minne­ apolis to take the plaoes of Washington and Indianapolis in the United Business Association league of 18J0 is not true. Brooklyn and Buffalo have been selected for the vacancies to be created. There was never any idea of putting a brotherhood team in Detroit, although "Buck" Ewinj did propose a descent ou Cincinnati. If a northern team should be taken io St Paul would be preferred, but Buffalo is. a certainty and so almost is Brooklyn. Some of the Brooklyn club players are likely to join the brotherhotd and repudi­ ate Brooklyn's reserve this fall. Some of the St. Louis men will certainly do so. There Is no longer any doubt that the brotherhood's revolt will spread to the as- sociation &nd that a despetate Lasa ball war will result The brotherhood can only avert it by retractiug its steps and resolv­ ing upon a policy of strict non-interfer­ ence and respect for American association contracts. The better element is beg .- ning to favor this idea. It the associa­ tion is raided there is a strong probability that the ttronger clubs in it will combine with the stronger clubs in the league for a fight against the brotherhood and that but one league will oppose the brotherhood next season, with a 25--cent admission fee to games, and clubs in New York, Phila­ delphia, Brooklyn, Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, Pittsburg, and either Cleveland or St Louis. The players of the St Louis team are so sore at this time that the first break in their ranks may result in all the men throwing off the ties of reservation. The league policy at this time is that of filling the brotherhood men's places with the best young pi ay en to be obtained and playing at cheaper rates so as to diminish or wipe out all possible profits for the brotherhood teams and thus bring dissen A BOTA1IT BAY BOMAUCB. TRAVELING WIOmM Hasmy to Recover Us Convict Father'M Kstate. Among the arrivals on the Zealandia was Charles Hermanage, a young m.n 24 years of age, and the son of Philip Hermanage and Isabella Love, of Sydney. His story ^is a romantic one. * "My father," said he, "was a native of Hertfordshire, England. He was a subaltern officer in a rfegiment of the line. Lizzie Loye, my mother, was the belle of the town where the regiment was quartered. Among her principal admirers was my father and a superior officer in the same regiment, Lieut. Wdter Landers. The latter's inten­ tions were, however, thought to have been far from honorable, besides which mother preferred father, and when he proposed she accepted him. The Lieu­ tenant told father he was a cur or he would never have consented to marry her, and father killed him. "He was transported for life to the Australian Colonies. Mother joined him, and as his sentence prevented a marriage th,ey lived together in Au­ stralia without having been legally tied. When I reached the age of 16 father, by good behavior, had obtained a par­ don on condition that he stay in the colonies. He then married my mother and I went to live with them. "I guess evety thing would have gone all right had not father taken it into his head to make a trip to England, wheie he expected to obtain possession of some property. Of course he was discovered when he got home, and while in prison died. Mother died six weeks ago, and almost with her, last breath told me the story; and now I am on the way to England for the purpose of trying to obtain possession of father's property. I am without money, but I have a promise from the Pacific Mail Steamship petfple of a 'working passage' to New York, from which port I do not expect to have any trouble getting further." Hermange stated farther that his father had been the only son of an En­ glish 'Squire, who had a very large estate when ho died. Having received information that his son was dead, his property went to the relatives. It was this property which prompted tho con­ vict to .cross the seas, and is now"the cause of the young man's journeying so far from home.--San Francisco aminer. Peculiar Force of Habit. "Company," quietly remarked a well dressed lady to the conductor of the Shore express a few minutes after the train had left the Park Square depot. The knight of the punch gave her a quick, searching glance and passed on. Beaching the door he paused and looked back. "Company," lie mutered, half to himself and half to the train boy> who was endeavoring to sell a de­ tective story to a person whose outward appearance proclaimed him a minister. "I don't believe there's a oompany. on the train," he continued. "She doii't look like one trying to beat her fare. However, the troupe may be in the next car, although it's lather late in the season for show folks." "Do von know who that is?" asked a gentleman noildidg his head in the di­ rection of the lady who was the uncon­ scious object of she conductor's doubts. "No," laconically answered his com­ panion, wiping his glasses and looking at the person indicated. "That's Mrs. ----, the actress, and there's going to be some fun presently. She's either very absent-minded or deeply interested in her novel, for she gave the conductor the pass-word in­ stead of a ticket just now." "The pass-word?" interrogated ' the other. * "Yes; instead of producing a ticket she said 'company/ Ayl"0*1 implies that she is with a theatrical troupe and the treasurer has the tickets for the party. Now, I happen to know her company closed two months ago, and don't open again for as many more, f and I have rea­ son to believe the conductor imagines she is trying to be&t the road." At that moment the conductor re­ turned. "Beg pardon, madam, he ex­ claimed, instinctively touching her cap as the lady raised her eyes from the novel and gazed into his face with well-bred surprise. "Beg pardon, madam, but there is no company, on board this train." "Well, sir, I'm aware of that. I--Oh! it's my fault; I'm" very sorry," she cried, making a frantic reach for her satchel. "Force of habit," she explained, blush­ ing furiously as she saw the attention that was attracted toward her. After considerable search she found what she was after, and, taking her ticket from a well filled pocked-book, handed it to the smiling official. "Force of habit, eh?" muttered the latter, as he made his way forward to the baggage car. "Funny that even the richest people make no bones of doing up a corporation if they can." To |hia day the receiver of fares is not aware how, in his thoughts, he wronged a pub­ lio favorite ^ Hits and Misses. (V "I like your new hat very mtwh,* ! said, "its chic; there's a sudden sort of abandon--" "There isn't any sort of a band on it," she said, pouting; "it's a real ostrich feather." The most renowned woman who sprang from the lowliest state was Jeanne d'Aro, who fed swine. An observant man of the world re­ marks that when a young widow re­ sumes tight corsets, it is to show her admirers that she is so laced. The electric light bids fair to become a great reformer. A woman catfnot possiBly look more like a corpse, even when she is dead, then she does with an artificial complexion in the glare of an electric light. It is the mother who moulds the character and fixes the destiny of the child. Beeswax and salt will make flat-irons as clean and smooth as glass. Tie a piece of wax in a rag, and when the irons are hot rub with the wax rag, and scour with a paper or rag wiui salt sprinkled on it. A father, in consoling a daughter who had lost her husband, said, "I don't wonder you grieve for him, my child; you will never find his equal." "I don't know as I can." responded the sobbing widow, "but I'll do my bestP The fathe? went home oomforted. -- SL Louis Magazine. Things Were 1)liferent. Mr. Benedict--You'd better put the baby to bed, if Mr. and Mrs. Sissy are coming in this evening. Mrs. Benedict--Why, don't you re­ member how they admired it and how fond of it they used to be. Mr. Benedict--Yes, but they hadn't any of their own then.--Grip. "ALL'S well that ends weli,* is the motto of the artesian borer.--aBotfon Gasetto. ill w. "" a- f f <?f- -«£ ..i' ;