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ft WV.; BREEZY BRIEFIETS; WTEIXIGENOE GATHERED BY WI8X FROM FAB AND NEAR. < Aa. Entertaining >nd Instructive Summary «f theDointa la the Old and New World, Btnbracing Politic*, Uteft AteMraU, G r i m e . I n d u s t r y , K t t a . " - i t t PL' $P W- ' §£,'• j# RIVERS AND HARBORS. ; T Tbe House Disposed to Fe Liberal--The jfbllet Amendment Vot»»rt Down. THK Senate ppent tbe 23d inst. in the consid­ eration of the naval appropriation'bilL 'Pend­ ing the discus siou, the Senate bill for a public building at Canton, Ohio, the cost not to exceed $100,000, was taken from the calendar and passed. Hy unanimous consent Mr. Stanford addressed the Senate briefly in advocacy of the bill introduced by him some days ago providing for loans by the Government on agricultural lands. Senator • Dolph then addressed the Senate at length upon the naval appropri­ ation bill. Mr. Dolph concluded at 5 o'clock, and after a brief executive session tie Senpte adjourned. The House spent the entire day in the consideration of the river and harbor bill. The appropriations for all harbors were considered paragraph by paragraph, and were all passed by the committee of the whole without change. Mr. Post, of Illinois, offered an amendment to the paragraph relating to the Illinois Hi ver providing for a survey from Joliet to the mouth of the river to determine the • cost of deepening tbe river to such a depth as will enable the largest Mississippi boats to run from the Mississippi River and up the Illinois to Joliet, at which point, he said, the State of Illinois would connect the ship canal and enable the steamers to run on from that point to Ijake Michigan at Chicago. Tbe Hen­ nepin Calial clause was then taken up and a point of order was made against it. Mr. Hen­ derson, of Illinois, and others argued against the point of order, the argument occupying the remainder of the afternoon. The House ad­ journed without a decision upon a point of order. No changes of importance were made in the bill, and no oppo sit ion ot an y importance was developed aside from that relai ing to the IJen- nepiu Canal.- Among the paragraphs passed were those making appropriations for the im­ provement of the harbors at Chicago and other Illinois points, as well as in Wisconsin and Michigan. The House adopted Mr. Hitt's amendment allowing the people of Galena to improve tbe channel connecting that city with the Mississippi, and engaging to refund $100,000 Of the cost in case the -work is successful. BASE-BALL. Belatlr* Positions of the Various Clubs In tbe Leading Organisations. Players. W. L. c.; National. W. .015 Philad'phiaU .576 Chicago... .12 ,545|Brooklyn . .12 .300.New York. .13 .500] Cincinnati. .12 .450 Boston 11 .3S0 Cleveland.. 8 .368 Pittsburg.. 8 Botton 16 Brooklyn... 15 New York. .IS Philad'phial2 Chicago 11 Cleveland.. 9 Pittsburg.. 8 Buffalo -- 7 L. fe. 10 .383 9 10 11 11 14 11 14 .571 .545 .541 .521 .440 .421 .362 American. W. L. Athletic... 16 8 Rochester. .18 St. Liouis.. .14 Louisville. .13 Columbus. .12 Syracuse.. .11 Toledo 9 Brooklyn... 5 f> c.! Western.. W., L. ,666|Sioux City. 14 9 .060 Denver 13 9 .537.Minn'apolisl4 10 .5'211)es Moines 13 12 .401'MilwrrUkee.il 12 .456jKan'as CitylO 12 .409 St. Paul.... 8 13 .227 Omaha 9 16 PT'." III.-Iowa. W. Dubuque.. .14 Monmouth. 11 Ottumwa .. 12 Ottawa*. ...10 C'dr Bapids 9 Aurora 7. Sterling-- 3 <Mwt 2 p c. Interstate. W. .875 Burlington .14 .687 Peoria 11 .066 Terre Ha'telO .555 Evansville. 8 ,52tl Quiucy 8 .406 Ualesburg.. 6 .166 .125 IP C. .609 .590 .583 .520 .478 .454 .380 .380 f>c. .666 .578 .555 .533 .363 .313 If#? 8? it';,;,; It?*' • •fe A MONTANA EARTHQUAKE. Severe Shocks Reported a". Billing --Houses Wrecked. A BILLINGS (Mont.) dispatch reports the occurrence of a very severe earth­ quake shock. Three distinct shocks were felt, accompanied by a deep rumbling noise. Two brick houses were shaken down and a third Was cracked from roof to base, the building seeming to open and •hat like a gigantic mouth. Chan, deliers, dishes and pictures were shak­ en down, and people aroused from sleep poured into the streets amid intense excitement. In Billings Hall a dance was in progress, and the severity of the Bhock threw many dancers to the floor and broke up the party in wild terror. In Yellowstone National Park all the gey- Mrs are in an abnormal state of activity. i Disappearance of an Ex-County Treasurer. \ ELDORADO, Kan., is much exercised over the disappearance of Milton Brad- ex-County Treasurer of Butler Coun­ ty. Ho left there April 19 on a pleasure trip through Southern Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri. He was alone in a buggy, carrying a camp outfit, fishing tackle, En and dog. ISothinghas been heard of m since. He was a large, broad- shouldered man, with full beard slightly tinged with gray. He .was an Odd Fel­ low of rank. ' * Confirmation*. THE Senate in executive session has eonfirmed the following nominations: William C. Brace, Appraiser of Merchandise, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Ke«jisters of Land Offices- Joseph Tracey, HunAioldt, Cal.; John F. Khee- ban, San irancisco. Receivers of Puolic Moneys--Alfred D. Campbell, Miles City, Hon- tana; Robert C. Heydlauff, Ashland, Wis.; Jay B. Sanborn, Coeur d'Aleiie,.Idaho. William H. Davis of San Francisco, Supervisor of Census Sint California District. Must Keep Off the Strip. i f ^HE President, having received informa­ tion that cattlemen are invading the Cherokee strip in violation of his recent proclamation, has instructed Brigadier General Merritt, commanding at Bt. Louis, to rigidly enforce the provisions of the proclamation against all persons found violating the same. . K'mmler's Do m Is Sealed. THE Supreme Court of the United States has denied the application for a •Wit of error in the case of Kemmler, Wider sentence of death by electricity. For an Inter-Conttnpntil Railway. REPBESENTATIVEMCCBEABY (Ky.)has Introduced a bill to provide for the survey . an intercontinental railway to connect Uorth and South America. D( uble Tragedy from a Charivari _AT Alexandria, La., Jeff Hunt and Claude Stewart were shot and killed by John Bolon and Jim Johnson. The trou­ ble arose out of a charivari. Sale of Seized Sealskins. MABSHAL O. S. POBTEB of Alaska feas sold in San Francisco at auction 4,680 sealskins seized in Behring Sea last year by the revenue cutter Rush from illegal 6ealers. The aggregate amount realized was $24,256. borhood of Wilkesbarre the storm was even more desti active, and all the rail­ roads are blocked and bridges a*e down. At Edwnrdsville, Pa., a boy was blown into the river and drowned. ROBERT TEAMON, a colored reporter, has been unanimously elected a member of the Boston PreBS Club. AT a meeting at New York the direc-1 tors of the Richmond Terminal Company decided to increase the capital stock to $70,000,000. J. W. MILLER, recently found dead in JFairmount Park, Philadelphia, is said to have committed suicide, fearing arrest at the hand? of C. T. Humph & Son, from whom he embezzled thousands of dol­ lars, > v WESTERN HAPPENINGS. ' A ' CONTRACTOR named Collin, of the Omahu firm of Collin & Kilpatrick, was killed near Pioche, Nev., by two laborers for a refusal to pay them their wages. A..Cleveland dispatch says: Before the c isket containing the remains of ex- President Garfield were removed lo the memorial structure, it was opened in order to quiet forever the rumors about the bodv not being in , the casket. The body was found to tw in a good state of preservation. It could te easily reco,j?mzod. Th6 hair had somewhat fal­ len off from the forehead, but the beard had grown fully two inches. The ey«s and mouth were closed, %nd the features shrunken, but perfqctlji white. They looked as though a 1 glit frost had fallen unon them. The two sons of tbe late President, Harry and James R., did not care to look at their father's remains and the cover of the casket was replaced and refastened forever. NEAR Monon, Ind., a young woman on a vestibuled train tied a rope about her neck, fastened the other end to the rail­ ing of the car, and threw herself off. As soon as the act was discovered the train stopped, an engine sent back, and the re­ mains found in a pool of water. No one knew her. A ticket from Duluth, Minn., to Cincinnati was found on her person. A SAN FBANCISCO paper reports an al­ leged scheme to capture Lower California, interested capitalists being at the bottom of the plot. After wresting independ­ ence from Mexico, it was planned to se­ cure annexation to the United States. JOHN L. BOWDEN, of Chillicothe, Mo., tried to shoot his wife but, the bullet struck and fatally injured Mr. Rainey, who was trying to protect her. Bowden then committed suicide. A LEADtiLLE, Col., dispatch says: Winnie Burton, a woman who came West to die from consumption, has suddenly become wealthy, the death of her father in Mansfield, Ohio, leaving her heir to $150,uuu. Of late she has been an object of charity, living in a hovel, and deserted by her husband, whom she married under strong opposition from her relatives. It is very doubtful if she will live long enough to enjoy her good fortune, al­ though she has started East. \ CALUMET (Mich.) dispatch says: Five miners, named Michael Beacher* Mat Scholar, Joseph Genesarch (Aus- trians), and Dominick and Ciuglia (Ital- i«ns \ were killed by a rock which fell on them in No. 11 shaft, South Heclabranch of the Calumet and Hecla mine. ELZO ALLEN, confidential clerk of the Austin Investment Company, with headqunrters in Kansas City, Mo., has disappeared with $20,000 of the company's money. Mr. Austin, the head of the com­ pany, went to England May 12, leaving a large sum of money subject to the joint check of Allen and William Austin, the company's attorney. Allen is alleged to have forged Mr. Austin's name tov»rious ch$cks, aggregating $25,COO, and to have gone to Canada with it. H. N. OTIS, cashier of th<) Denver bank that was robbed of $21,000 a year ago Ly a lone robber, went to Clayton, Mo., for the purpose of taking a look at Mans­ field King, the BU6pected robber. King, who is held on a charge of murder, has confessed that be is the man. AT Trinidad, Col., J. Pratt shot and instantly killed his Mexican mistress, Kate Garcia, and then put a bullet through his own head, dying a few hours afterward, jealousy is supposed to be the cause. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. A ©BEAT mass meeting of citizens at New Orleans the other night decided tjiat the Louisiana lottery steal must termin­ ate with the present chartor. MRS. JEFF DAVIS writes thit she can­ not attend the unveiling of the Lee statue at Richmond, Va. A SPECIAL dispatch from Frederick County, Maryland, reports the severest storm for years. Whole orchards were uprooted and growing crops destroyed. The storm started at Rneils* Mills, on the Ba< .more and Ohio Railroad, and 'swept over a tract two miles wide going north, and leaving destruction in its path. Buildings were blown down and hundreds of panels of fencing. The loss is diffi­ cult to estimate. Hail-stones fell as large as hens' eggs, breaking many win­ dows, injuring stock and frightening the people. A CATLETTSBUBG (Ky.) dispatch says: Ike Brewer, Jr., and James Brewer met at the store-house of George Waller, on Pigeon Creek, about one mile from Tug River. The two men were>related. They quarreled and Jim Brewer shot and killed Ike and fled. He was. overtaken near a railroad camp several miles from the scene of his dastardly work of the evening before. A formal demand of sur­ render was made. The reply was a bul­ let, which killed one member of the posse. Another one of the posse received a bttll through the heel. Brewer was captured alter a desperate fight. The posse started to Logan Court House with their prisoner. When the news of the cspture reached Pigeon Creek a brother of Ike Brewer started to intercept the posse having Brewer in chargo, with the avowed intention of killing him. The whole section is in an intense state of ex­ citement over the killing, and more trouble is expected. A LEBANON , Tenn., dispatch says: The Bank of Middle Tennessee has made an assignment. Liabilities, $100,000; as­ sets, between $60,000 and $70,000. SSL' • tej'ft'" 'K; Will Trust to Arbitration. THE six thousand enployes of the National Tube Works Company at Mc- Keesport, Pa., have resumed work. The 'difference between the employes and the company will be adjusted by an arbitra­ tion committee. V-". - EASTERN OCCURRENCES. A BILL has been presented in the New Jersey Legislature forbidding horse-rac- fog in the winter months. LAWLEB CLINTON G. REYNOLDS, who pas shot in New York by Alphouse J. f&ephanie, has died of his injuries. | Stephanie was committed to the city prison without bail. A STOBM at Susquehanna, Pa., washed opt streets and railroads, flooded build- jiUgs, and destroyed much property, in- ,«}uding a shoe tmcMtj. In the neigh- 982,825 for sthe same period in the pre-r vious year, an increase of $2,490,220. The road is being operated for-about 60 {>er cent, of the gross earnings, which eaves about $9,000,000 net. THE TWAIN MADE ONE. WKDDINO OF THE UACGHTB* OI TBLE SECRETARY OF 8TATI. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. RAILWAY GOSSIP. IT is officially announced that tbe Mis- souri, Kansas & Texas Railroad has leased the Kansas City & Pacific lines for a term of ninety-nine years. DR. NORVIN GREEN, President of the Western Lnion Telegraph Company, ap­ peared tbe other day before the House Committee on Postoffices and Postroads and was questioned respecting the pro­ posed Government telegraph bill advo­ cated by Postmaster General Wanamaker. Dr. Green said that the rates specified in the bill would be about 60 per cent, of the present rates, and that it would be impossible for any company to do , the Government's business at that figure, as it would entail an actual lost) on the com­ pany. THE Canada & St. Louis Railroad has been purchased by the Lake Shore and Michigan Central Railway Companies. THE gross earnings of the Northern Pacific Railroad for the fiscal year to May 10 w«re $19,473^i5,. s«ainst $16, Hon. Richard Vaux (Dett.) fcias been chosen as Mr. Randall's successor, a Prohibition candidate only appearing against him. The Piohibitionist received 47 votes out of 8,591. Mr. Vaux was tyorn in 1819, and before the v*r prominent in Pennsylvania political cir­ cles. He was once Mayor of Philadel- S'aia. In 1862 be was debated for the emocratic nominat on for Cougre""* by the lute Mr. Randall when the lfttlej was first a candidate. In 18<i(i he was c-Jected Grand Master of the Masonie Pennsylvania. THE confirmation of J. P. -J California, to be Assistant T: the United States at San Fra been officially announced by tary of the Senate. THE Senate'has conflmed the nominations: John Waugh, Ind'an Agentat Per Agency. Receivers l*ublic Mon'oyS-- Baldwin, at North Platte, Neb.; David K. Bom- gardner, at McCook, Neb. Registers of ijaiitl Offices--WiUiatn T. Uiley, Hailey, Idaho; JO1<M I. Nesbitt, North Tlatte, J^eb. \ = i • k - ACROSS THE OCEAN. ^ A, XONDON oable says: The steamer Harold, bound from Bilboa to Glasgow, bas foundered off the Irish coast. Six persons were drowned. A Boston, Mass., dispatch reports that the steamer City of Macon, from Savannah, brings Cook Pp- laski of the schooner Hattie Clark of Gloucester, he having been found drift­ ing in an open boat. Polaski says the schooner capsized in a squall Thursday, and he believes all on board except him­ self were lost. The crew consisted of Capt. Lane and five men besides Polaski. EX-EMPRESS EUGENIE, who is living at Wiesbaden under the name of Count­ ess de Pierrefond, is suffering terribly from rheumatism, which does not yield to the effects of the waters nor to skillful medical treatment. The once beautiful Eugenie, who has recently passed bet sixtv-fourth birthday, is completely wrecked in body and spirits. THE installation of the Turkish Gov­ ernor Karehman at Laisehe was resisted by the Albanians. Turkish soldiers at­ tempted to quell the Albanians and were routed, many being killed. THE villnge ot St. Mahlen, near Hil- desbeim, Germany, has been visited re­ cently by severe hailstorms, which Rave done a great deal of damage. While the people were gathered in a church to pray for a cessation oH the storms a thunder­ storm came up and the church was struck by lightning. Four persons were in­ stantly killed and twenty were injured, four beini? rendered completely blind. The people were pan'c-strieken and in the rush for the doore two children were crushed to death. FRESH AND NEWSY. THOMAS MCCHEANF, United State; consular agent at Portsmouth, England, committed suicide. THE Reparation of Gilbert and Sul­ livan, it is said, was e&used by a pettj row over a carpet. THE United States Supreme Court has rendered a decision m the im­ portant catie of Minnesota againsi Henry B rber, known as "the dressed- beef case." The Court affirms thf decision of the lower court deblarinf the dressed-beef law unconstitutional, and discharging the appellee from cus­ tody on the ground thst the act prac­ tically ignoresKthe rights of citizens oi other States, ns wdll RS Minnesota, to engage in interstate commerce. Barbel was convicted of selling fresh beel slaughtered in Illinois, and which had not been inspected before slaughter, at required by the law of Minnesota. Ht alleged that the law was «n unconstitu­ tional interference with interstate com­ merce. THE President has sent to the Senate a letter from the Secretary of State sub­ mitting the plan for a preliminary sur­ vey for a railway line to connect the principal cities of the American hemis­ phere in accordance with the recommen­ dations of the Pan-American Conference. The share of the United States in, the cost of survey will be $05,000. A NEW compefltor foe the Standard Oil Company in the "Manhattan Oil Com­ pany" has been formed at Lima. The company owns several thousand acres oi territory and has contracted for 500 tank oars. * AN application for authority to organ­ ize the United States National Bank, oi Holdredge, Neb., has been filed with the Comptroller of the Currency. THE Comptroller of the Currency has issued a call for the condition of- na­ tional banks at the close of businesc May 17. THE House Committee on Patents has ordered a favorable report on a bill in­ troduced by Representative Simonds, of Connecticut, which is identical with the international copvright bill already acted upon adversely by the House, with the addition of anew section which provide^ tbat it shall be in effect only where re­ ciprocal advantages are granted by foreign countries to American authors. MABKET RErOKTS. CHICAGO. CATTXA--Prime Fair to Good... Common Hoos--Shipping Grades SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 BYE--No. 2 HCTI ER--Choice Creamery CHEESE--Full Cream, {lata KOGM--Fresh ROTATORS--Choice new, per bu. PORK--Mesa ' MILWAUKEE. HF.AT--No. Spring CORN--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White..*." BYE--No. 1 BABI.KY--No. 2. PORK--Mess HOOH BHEKP WHEAT--^o. 9 Bed!" CORN--No. 2 Yellow. OATS--No.2 White ...' TOLEDO."' WHEAT COBN--Cagh..... OATS--No. 2 White. CATTLE. . Hoos KHKEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. CORN--No. 2 OATS--Mixed Western.. " POBK--New Mesa 8T. LOUIS." CATTXK Hoos ' WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. CORN --NO. 2 OATS--No. 2 "I' BYE--No. 2 *' INDIANA I'OLli CATTLE--Shipping btearg...... Hoos--Choice Light ' HHEEP--Common to l'limo! '*" WHEAT--No.2 Bed " CORN--No. 2 White " OATS--No. 2 White........ Hoos CIN^KA*1 WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CoitN--No. 2 J OATS--No. 2 Mixed... '""j BYE--No. 2 BUFFALO*' CATTLK--Good to Prime Hoos--Medium and Heavv' WN*AT--No. 1 HARD •] Coax--No. S cere $ 5.00 m 5.50 4.50 m, 5.00 . 3.00 C4 4.50 3.75 & 4.25 3.25 m 4.oo .94 <81 .*.(5 .aev.® .34}o .28 <<$ .2!) .52 (£9 .52}$ 13 (£$ .15 .OS t<S .0J .12; 2(3) .13'4 .50 & AW 12.75 4*13.25 .01 & .93. .34 & .33 .29 (HI .30 .63! .54-6 .40 (<5 .51 12.75 8 09 4.50 3.00 H 4.25 3.U0 •3 5.25 .94 « .95 .36**10 .37 .31 & .31!$ .mm .!»M .as'atgi JG>4 .ap & .30 4.45 ® 5.50 4J15 *!*• Xaptlil Ceremonies Attrad*d.fef the , l^etldsnt uid His Cabinet--Toilet the Bride--The Weddlnfc Gift* Numerous and grant--To Tatte m Trip to Europe. aWashington dispatch: The marriage* garefc Isabella Blaine, the ^ etary Blaine, to Walter York, occurred at the on Saturday, the 17th. uld have been a church or the recent bereave of the family, unwilling of the break in thdjfam- ild bring a shadow |o the aside the mournii|g for aine appearing in A suit 'laine wearing a fcand- toilet, and Miss mons Blaine In jvliHo my was performed iqj the ^-roont jta&e second ' floor beneajth a e odc^ision. to^he al tar, sompanied by --j - Yorli. The ceremony was performed i by the Rev. Dr. Douglass, rector of St.' John's Episcopal church. The Rev. Dr. Ham­ lin of the Church of the Covenant, where the Blaiue family have*a pev, was also present. Several hundred invitations had been issued, many to persons abroad and at distant points, and the attend­ ance was very larsre. Among those present were President and Mrs. Har­ rison. the members of .the cabinet with their families, the Maine delegation in Congress, representatives of the diplo­ matic corps, and many others of promi­ nence. The president led the bride from the drawing-rooni to, the wedding breakfast, after which the bride" and groom left for New York. The bride wore a toilet of heavy white silk, draped with crepe de chine. The wedding trousseau is elaborate in every detail, as Mrs. Blaine has the New Eng­ land ideas of starting a bride on her new journey with a fine supply of house­ hold as well as personal linen. The housekeeping linen has all been woven on special hand-looms by a firm in France. The table linens bear the new­ est designs, prominent among them be­ ing the fleur de lis. The bride's mono­ gram is embroidered in white silk upon each piece. Miss Blaine has been well trained in housewifery pursuits during the last season. She has done all the family marketing this winter. The presents were very numerous and costly, including great quantities of sil­ ver and gold and table furniture; a solid silver tea set from the diplomatic corps, a set of twenty gold goblets set with rubies from the cabinet officers, a string of diamonds for the neck from the groom, a Madison avenue (New York) residence from Mr. Blaine, and its fur­ niture from Mrs. Damrosch; solid gold carving-knives, forks, spoons, ladles, etc., from Senator and Mrs. Stanford. The value of the wedding presents, aside from the New York residence and furniture, is put at $25,00'). In a few davs Mr. and Mrs. Dam­ rosch will sail for Europe and t le young folks will be under the guardianship of Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie and the honey­ moon will be prolonged under their hos­ pitable roof in Scotland. The weading Kift of Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie was a handsome suggestion of Mr. Damrosch's profession. Tiie silver tea service, the gift of the diplomatic corps, is the handsomest present ever given on "joint account" In this city. : m 4.7.1 sjso m e.oo L01 & 1.03 .40 & .41 014.25 25 & 5.00 S ^?C|ATE OF TRADE. • • -t? K ( • • ••• v » -.-.'J NotoMt features In General Business Durlnar the Last Week New York dispatch: Bradstreet's "State of Trade," says: Special telegrams Indicate a rea sonabty active trade movement through­ out the country, with improvement over the preceding week in Louisiana and elsewhere in the recently flooded dis­ tricts, which, it is reported, will be free from water in time for a crop this sea­ son. Elsewhere in the South crop pros­ pects are excellent. The industrial situation Is rather less disturbed than last week, there having been reported only thirty-seven strikes, ' Involving 4,690 employes. The strike of 3,000 tube-workers was the largest sin­ gle disturbance reported. " For the past fortnight our record of strikes exceeds all records for any single «nonth, these including 182 striKes, involving 57,916 strikers. There is no gain in anthracite, and pig-iron is as heavy as before, and southern irons are pressing northern with undiminished vigor. Steel rails have been cut $2.50 per tons and billets are reported at bed-rock as to prices. Nails and structural iron are relatively most active. Raw sugar is off % cent, with refined shaded. There is no material change In coffee, which Is SUD- ported mainly >y active speculation. Lard and cut meats are irregular in price and weaker. Live cattle are off 10 to 30 cents per hundred on heavy re­ ceipts. The week has been one of reaction. In prices of breadstuffs, on a varying inter­ pretation of the government crop re­ ports. Exports of wheat (and flour as wheat), both coasts, this week aggre­ gate 1,715,0'5G bushels, against 1,051,413 bushels in the like week, last year and 1,873,370 bushels last week. The total shipped July 1 to date Js 94,110,954 bushels, against 77,309,213 bushels in a like portion of 1888-89. The business failures reported num­ ber 151 in the United States this week, against 152 last week and 199 this week last year. The total number of failures in the United States Jan. 1 to date is 4,421, against 4,769 in a like portion of 1889. Fatal Beeult of an Avalanche Near Scranton, Pa. Scranton, Pa., dispatch: There was imich excitement caused throughout the valley recently, over a report that thirty-five Italian laborers had been buried alive by a culm dump at Olyph- ant, six miles from Scranton. The ac­ cident, however, was not so serious, but three men having been killed. The men were employed on a con­ struction train on the Ontario, Carbon- dale & Scranton railroad. They were filling the cars from .a dump 200 feet high. The train had just backed In. As five men had clambered over the cars and reached the loading platform an avalanche occurred. Three of the men were driven against the cars, covered up, and smothered. The other two were thrown upon the cars and badly hurt. Wind, Rain and Hail. Columbia, 8 C., dispatch: A destruct­ ive storm of wind, rain and hail has passed over the northwestern part of this State At Central the amount of rain and hail that fell was unprecedent­ ed. The haijstones were not large, but the' quantity was so large that they drifted down in one basin above the railroad embankment to a depth of from three to four feet Tbe crops were killed in some fields, fruit was almost entirely destroyed, and gardens were completely wiped out. Windows were broken, trees blown down, and birds and poultry killed. The damage to erops can hardly be estimated. SIBERIAN HORRORS. IA SCORE OF MEN KILLED FURTHER TALES OF CKPELTI TO DX8TBKSSING ACCIDENT TS A VSMH. RUSSIAN EXILES. SYLVANIA COLLIERY. A Consumptive Woman Taken from Her Bett In the Prison at Kara^and Com­ pelled to Undergo a Sledee Journey la Midwinter, Which Proved Fatal Belore the Trip Was Ended. London cable: Recent reports of outrages in prisons of Siberia have had the effect ,of increasing the severity \yith which the national prisoners are treated, for "to them the reports are at­ tributed. A gentleman who has just returned from Siberia brings the report of an­ other horrible outrage, of which he says he was an eye-witness. It took place in the prison at Kara, where the previous outrages occurred which have aroused Europe. In this case the victim was also a woman. The governor visited the prison, found her among those suspected of having given information, and ordered her instant removal to Virkniondusk. The poor creature was wasted by consumption and unable to rise from her bed. By the orders of the Governor she was dragged, half-naked, by the soldiers into the court-yard of the prison, thrust into a sledge, and driven off .it a gallop in the dead of winter. The woman died before arriving at her destination. A demand h: i been made for the removal of Inspector Be- drolskey for wantonly shooting political prisoners under convoy.' " DR. BYF0RI) DEAK One of Chicago's Ablest Physicians I* Called Suddenly. ' Chicago dispatch: A certificate of Dr. Bvford's death prepared by his son, also a physician, has been forwarded to the health department. Dr. By ford's name is given in full as William Heath Byford, aged 73 years and 2 months. He was born in Eaton, O., and had been a resi­ dent of this city thirty-three years. The interment will be in (Jraceland cemetery at a time yet to be fixed. Dr. Byford was at the time of his death the professor of gynecology In the Rush medical college. In this branch of medicine and surgery he was con­ sidered the first in the profession in this country. He was the author of many text-books on the subjects that havo al­ ways been accepted as the standard works both In this country and Europe and quoted by medical writers every­ where. Formerly he was instructor in the same branch in the Chicago Medical college. Ho was an active member and has frequently been an officer at all local, state, and national associations and on two occasions has been selected to represent American physicians at in­ ternational congresses in Berlin, London, and Edinburg. Besides being a professor of gynecol­ ogy at the Rush Medical college Dr. By­ ford was president of the Woman's Medical college, at which place he was also professor of gyuecology; he was lecturer on surgery at the woman's hos­ pital training-school, consulting gyne­ cology physician at the Chicago hospital for women and children, consulting gynecology physician at Wesley hospital,' .acting gynecologist at the Woman's hospital, consulting physician at the Erring Woman's Ref­ uge, attending gynecologist at St. Luke's hospital, consulting gynecologist at the Central free dispensary, and at­ tending physician at the Oak Woods Spring sanitarium. Of many of these he was the founder. The largo and magnificently appointed woman's hospi­ tal at Thirty-second street and Indiana avenue is seldom called by any other name than Bvford's hospital. Dr. Byford leaves a Wife and several children. One of his sons is Dr. H. T. Byfopd, rttnd Mrs. Leonard, • who is a factory commissioner and a member of Health Commissioner Wickersham's force, is a daughter. ORIGINALJPACKAGES. Judge Illndman Charge* a Grand Jury to Indict All Dealers. Nevada, Iowa, dispatch: At the opening of court Judge Hindman, In his charge to the grand jury, gave the orginal package busi­ ness a black eye in this sec­ tion. He changed them that notwith­ standing the late decision of the United States Supreme court no person has a right in this State to keep a place for the sale of intoxicating liquors of any kind, either in original packages or otherwise, and said It was the sworn duty of the jurors to report to the court by indictment any person engaged in the keeping of •ch a place, without regard to where .cli liquors came from. He takes the ground that the State has the inherent right to prohibit and abate nuisances and punish persons engaged in maintaining a nuisance within its borders and that the question of inter-State commerce has nothing to do with It. That the keep­ ing of a place for the sale of liquors as a beverage Is a nuisance, whether dealt out in original package or some other way, and that the late decision Is not in conflict with this view. EYHAUD ̂ CA PTUUKD. The Slayer of. Notary Qouffe Taken at Havana. Havana cable: The -police here have captured the Frenchman, Miguel Evraud, who during the month of July last murdered Notary Gouffe in Paris. Eyraud registered at the Hotel Roma under the name of Miguel Doskl. He claimed to be a native of Poland. When he was placed in jail he attempted to commit suicide by cutting fche veins in his legs and arms with a piece of glass. He lost a great deal of blood before med­ ical assistance could be obtained, but the doctors attending him say he will recover. In his trunk were found sev­ eral French newsnapers containing an account of his crime. A pistol and a dagger were also found in the trunk. TO FIGHT THE STANDARD. Strong' Independent Oil Company Formed at Lima. Ohio. Lima, Ohio, dispatch: The strongest independent oil company ever organized in the Ohio oil fields has been perfect­ ed, and will be known as the Manhat­ tan Oil Company. The capital stock is 52,000,000. The company has quietly secured over 1,000 acres of choice terri­ tory, contracted for 1,000 tank-line cars and Is negotiating for the purchase of ground for a refinery. Told I n a Few Words. NKAB Kingfisher, I. T., two negroes fought a duel with Winchester rifles. One received a bullet in the heart. A FIKK at Chris Mueller's sawmill at Davenport, Iowa., destroyed 870,000 worth of lumber. COXSIDKUABI.k damage has been done by the breaking of the levees along the St. John's river in California. JAMK.S Mn.r.KIT of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has mysteriously disappeared. He has a wife and five children. Lou Buixixo was convicted of mur­ der In the first degree at St. Joseph, Mo., having slain his wife two years ago. THK United States steamer Charleston has left the port of San Francisco under sealed orders, her ostensible destination being Honolulu. isr , fLtXtfrihM&'.-slZfV j&rSt. t-<«*/» rwenty-seren Men Entombed in the Bow­ els of (he Earth, Few of Whom Ever Haw Daylight Again -- Heartrending Scenes About the Month of the Shaft. Wilkesbarre, Pa., dispatch: The long series of awful mine disasters that bave visited this valley within the last year has just reached a climax In the entombing of twenty-seven men In the Hartford mine of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company at Ashley, three miles from this city. When the awful news began to spread thousands rushed to the scene of the disaster and found that the surface al­ most as far as the eye could reach was seamed and cracked with long circular fissures, some of which were over twe feet wide. The sorrow of the people became intensified when it was known that twenty-seven of their friends who had gone down the pit in the morning were In the portion that had caved and in all probability were entombed for­ ever In a-mass of coal and rock. The official list of those imprisoned is as fol­ lows: ELMS B WILLIAKS, aced 00, married, seven children: resides at Hanover township. HARKV PARKY, aged 80, five children; re­ sides In Newpoit township. OWEN PARRY, his son, aged 17. MICHAEL HENRV, aged 32, married, two sons; residence Ashley ^ > THOMAS C. DAVIS, aged 60, married, eight children; residence Ashley. JOHN SCAIJ.Y, aged 30, the supporter of a widowed mother: residence Ashley. MICHAEL SCALLV, brother of John, aged 17; residence Ashley. DANIEL SULLIVAN, aged 4*5. seven children, one invalid; residence Willkesbarre. JOHN HANSON, aged 25, single; residence, Moffelt's Patch. JOHN ALLEN, mine boss; residence Ashley; aged 35. married, three children; taken out seriously bruised. KOUEUT W. KOBENTS, aged 37. married, no children, residence Ashley (brought to sur­ face fatally burned.) HARRY J. JONES, laborer of former, aged 30, married, three children residence New­ ton. KOBERT X. PRITCHARD, aged 30, married and one child, residence Hanover. CHARLES JAMES, aged 52. married, five children, resides at Hanover. ANTHONY FROYNE, married, one child, re­ sides at Ashley Plane,rescued badly burned. JOHN JAMES, aged 36, married, two chil­ dren; resided in Ashley. JOHN WILLIAMS! aged 35, married, six chil­ dren; residence Newtown. JONATHAN WILLIAMS, aged 30, married, two children; residence Newtown. RICHARD JONES, aged 01, married, six children; residence Newton. WILLIAM EDWARDS, aged 28, married, two children; residence Wilkesbarre. THOMAS J. WILLIAMS, aged 30, married, one child; residence Ashley. THOMAS CLAUSS, aged 35. married, no children; residence Newton. OWEN WILLIAMS, aged 49, married; resi­ dence Ashley; one adopted child. JOHN DEMPSEY, aged 48,^ single; residence Moffet's Patch. FRANK GALLAGHER, single; residence Ash­ ley. JOHN KENNING, single, aged 38. Two;Hungarian8 named BUTTS. The scenes around the mouth of the pit beggar description. The people crowd close up to the opening and peer as if their eyes would rend the darlniess of the fatal depths, while the cries of the little ones calling for their fathers make the heart sick with pity. The men who form the rescuing parties aro strangers to fear, and if it is within the bounds of possibility to reach the men inside they will be rescued alive or their dead bodies restored to their families. John Allen, the fire boss, and Anthony Froyne were rescued but the latter's in­ juries are such that he cannot live and the recovery of the former is not cer­ tain. . JUDGE DRUMM0ND DEAD. The Venerable Jurist Fassee Away at His Home. Chicago dispatch: Judge Thomas Drummond, the venerable jurist, died at hisMiome at Wheaton, 111., and a long and useful career was thereby brought to a close. It was not knovtrn by the old gentle­ man's Chicago friends that he was 111, and the announcement of his demise was something of a surprise to them. Judge Drummond presided over the United States Circuit court, and In 1884 he voluntarily resigned tho position he he had filled so long and so faithfully and Judge Walter Q. Gresham was made his successor.. The last time the 'judge's voice was heard in public was at the Fuller ban­ quet in 183$. At that gathering Judge Drummond presided, and he thrilled those present with a five-minute extem­ poraneous SDeech. The name of Thomas Drummond has for nearly forty years been prominent in Illinois, as ho was among the oldest and most respected of tho judiciary in tho State. He was born at Bristol Mills, Lincoln county, Maine, where his grand­ father, a native of Scotland, had settled sometime prior to the revolutionary war. His father, the Hon. James Drummond, had been both a farmer and a seafaring man, and was for some years a member of the State Legislature. His death oc­ curred In 1837, his wife having died long before, when Thomas was very young. Thomas' early education was received at the village school-house near his home, but he afterward attended various acade­ mies in the State--at Now Castle, Mon­ mouth, Farmingham and Gorham--and at the age of 17 he entered Bowdoln col­ lege at Brunswick, Me., from which he graduated after the usual course, being then 31 years old. As soon as lie was out of college he went to Philadelphia and began the study pf law in the office of William T. Dwight, a son of Presi­ dent Dwight of Yale college. When this gentlemen, soon afterward, left. tho bar to enter the ministry Mr. Drummond continued his studies with Thomas Bradford, Jr., until March, 1833, when he was ad­ mitted to pratice at tho bar. He re­ mained in Philadelphia two years longer and in May, 1834, attracted by the op­ portunities of the new West, he cahie to Illinois and established a law office at Geneva, where ho continued in his pro­ fession for fifteen years. His ability and accurate knowledge of tho law soon brought him into favorable notice, and his advance to the front ranks of his profession was rapid and sure Upon the death of of Judge Pope in February, 1850, Mr. Drummond was appointed by General Tavlor to succeed him as judge of the United States District court for the district of Illinois December 1»5, 1869, he was appointed by General Grant tojjhe bench of the Circuit court Xowsy Paragraphs. MRS. H. C. NELSON of Oshkosh, Wis., rendered despondent by financial troubles, hanged herself. MABTIN MAYFIEI.T), of Ligonler, Ind., killed himself because his sweetheart, Ida Maggart, had rejected his addresses. WILLIAM BHOOKEH, convicted of mur* dering W. Combs in Pine county, Minn., has been sentenced to be hanged June 87. Louis ENGF., who was found dead be­ side the Burlington road near Eau Claire, Wis., is believed to have been murdered and robbed. ADDITIONAL Instructions have Just been sent to the Russian ministers in all the foreign capitals, as well as at Wash- Inaton, to the effect that every effort must be put forth to stifle publication reports of Siberian outrages. THE SENATE AND HOUSE. WATIOHAX LAW-MAKERS AND WHAT THEX ABE DOING. Froneertlngs of the Ssnstc airti Beww er Representatives -- Important Measure* Discussed and Acted On--Gist af th» Business. IK the Feu ate, on tho 19th Inst., Mr. Hal*, from the Committee on 'Appropriations, re­ ported back the vmQal naval appropriation ,B"ver, was taken up, anil Mr. i>,"rTt1ad,llrt58eed i f, At tbe close of Mr. Dolph s speech, Mr. Teller critfoiapil mna rrm'nihi v'" Mr Mitch®a expressed his dissen* V£WS e*I're8Bed by big colleague (Mr. Dolph). After an executive session the Senate- adjourned. In the House Mr. Bayne made ntk apology for his conduct in introducing the letter of Mr. Campbell, a Pittsburg glass manufact­ urer, and also for his insinuation t hat he would, not believe Mr. Bynurn under oath. Mr. Wilsoi* Baia that, ill view of Mr. Baynd's state­ ment, he had nothing more to pav There* was some applauee on the Democratic side, and the House then resumed conBideiation. of the tariff bill. The amendments previously offered by Mr. McKinley to the internal revenue clause of the bill were adopted. They provide that upon sample boxes oi cigars, containing twelve or thirteen cigars, the tax shall be 4 cents ; amend the administrative features of tlw law and provide that wholesale dealers in oleo­ margarine shall keep such books and reft- dei such returns &6 the Commissioner of internal Kevenue may require. The iaU lowing amendments were also agreed to> on motion of Mr. McKinley: "Providing that- tli© Internal taxes on smoking and manufactured tobacco, and on snuff, shall be 4 cents a pouni) after the 1st of October, 1#£K), or within Pixty davs from the approval of the act. Making ax» Indefinite appropriation for the payment of draw-hacks. Reducing the bond of oiAr mail* ufacturars from to $100. Idiuitmg to a minimum of the amount of drawback s In original packages -when tho law takes effect." Mr. Henderson, of North Carolina, advocator the entire abolition of the internal revenue tax on tobacco. Mr. Henderson, of Iow&. •poke in favor of restoring the present internal tax on tobacco, and offered an amendment to that effect. Mr. Tucker offered an amendment aboliEhing the tax on tobacco. Mr. Tucker's amendment was rojectcd-G'2 to 118--ana Mr. Henderson's amendment was rejected--30 to llfl. Mr. Henderson then offered an amendment re- stoiing the present rate of duty on wool and woolens, but pending a vote tbe House ad­ journed. THE Seiftite spent the greater part of the 20th' Inst. In the consideration of the bill reported from the Judiciary Committee subjecting im­ ported liquors to the provisions of ths law of , the several States. Tbe bill provides that "No State shall be held to be limited or restrained i» its powor to prohibit, regulate, control or tax the sale, keeping for sale or the transportation as an article of commerce or otherwise, to be de­ livered within its own limits, of any fermented, distilled or other intoxicating liquids or liquors by reason of the fact that th£ same have been ' imported into such a State from boyoud its limits, whether there shall or shall not have been paid thereon any tax, duty, impost or excise to tbe United States." Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, wtao introduced the bill, 6poke in its l'avor, and Mr. Vest replied, saytnt; that io would hifve tbo effect to virtually destroy the interstate com­ merce law. The rest of the session was devoted to eulogies on the late Congressman W. IX Kol- ley, of Pennsylvania. The speakers were: Hen- ators Cameron, Morrill, lleagan, Sherman, Hampton, Hawiey and Daniel. In the House the day was spent in committee of the whole on the tariff bill, and many amend­ ment B were offered to it, the only ones agrend to being certain ones by Mr. McKinley reducing from 14 to 11 cenis per cubic foot tbe duty on unmanufactured or undressed free- Stone, granite, sandstone, or other building or ' monumental Btonc, except marble, not other­ wise provided for, and from 50 to 40 per cent, oa hewn, dressed or polished stone of the same character ; fixing the duty on sweetened choco­ late at 3 centa a pound; changing the duty on steel ingots, etc., valued above 1G centa per pound, from 45 per cent, ad valorem to 7 cents a pound; fixing a duty of 15 per cent, ad valorem on white paper for photographers; placing on the free list, ftsh, the product of American fisheries, an<t . fresh or frozen fish caught in fresh waters, e*-! cept salmon; fixing the duty on shot guns valued at no more than $12 at 33 per cent.; valued at more than $12, 40 per cent.; pistol#" and revolving pistols, 35 per cent.; taking bristles from the free list and fixing the duty upon them at ten cents per pound. The com­ mittee then rose and the House adjourned. IN the Senate on the 21st inst. the resignation of Sergeant-at-Arms Canaday was received auS laid on the table. It is to take effect June 30. Mr. Stewart then addressed the Sen(*t3 on the silver bill. At the conclusion of Mr. Stewart's >eecb the "original package" bill was again ten up. The purpose of tbe bill is to nullify effect of the recent decision of the United ~*ates Supreme Court. Its importance is fully realized by the Senate, and the various provi8- ions embraced in it were debated quite fully. Senator Evaits ppoke at considerable length urging its passage.. No final action was bad, however, on the bill and this Senate adjourned after a brief executive session. The House weoafc into committee of tho whole immediately upon assembling, Mr. Grosveuor, of Ohio in the chair. After some debate, Mr. McKiuley de­ manded tho previous question on the bill and amendments, and the previous question was or­ dered--yeas 101, nays 143. The amendments were then read in detail. The first amendment on which a separate vote was demanded waa one changing the phraseology of «the tin-plate clause. It was adopted --yeas 150, navs 148. The amendment which increases the duty on jute yarn from 30 per cent, as fixed in the bill to 35 per cent, was rejected by a vote of 144 to 143, leaving the duty at 30 per cent. An amendment in the section relating to the duty on wool and worsted yarn which pro­ vides that the duty shall be two aud one-hall times the price of first-class unwashed wool per pound and 35 per cent, ad valorem was re- . jected by a vote of 148 to 137, leaving the duty fixed by the bill at twice the price of unwashed wool or tho first class and 35 percent, ad valorem. The paragraph which fixed the duty on woolen and worsted cloths at three times the value of unwashed wool per pound and 35 per cent, ad valorem was rejected, leaving the duty fixed by the bill at twice the value of wool, with 35 per cent, ad valcrem. All other amendments adopted in the commit­ tee of the whole were passed by the House, and the bill was then passed by a vote of lt5'2 to 1^2. all the republicans present except Mr. Col, man, of Ljuisiaua. and Mr. Featherstone, > i Arkansas, voting for it, and all tho Democrats against it. The announcement of its passage was greeted with applause on both sides of the House. The House then adjourned. IN the Senate, on tho 22d inst., the credentials of Caltin S. Brice, as Senator from the Btate of Ohio for six years, commencing March 4,1891, were presented by Mr. Payne, read and place<l on flle. Senator Daniel addressed the Senate on the silver bill, speaking in favor of silver cur­ rency. The naval appropriation bill was then taken up and discussed until adjournment. In the House, Mr. Dunnell, of Minnesota, from the Committee on Census, reported a bill amenda- , tory of the census act, which WHS passed. It prescribes a penalty upon any supervisor or enumerator who t-lia.ll receive or any person who shall pay any fee or other consideration ilk ^ addition to the compensation of such super- viBor or enumerator. The afternoon waa spent on the river and harbor appropriation bill., Messrd. Blancbard, Catchings, Grosvenor, Hen­ derson and other members of the com­ mittee spoke in support of the bill. Mr. Kerr, of Iowa, spoke in opposition to the passage of a bill for $21,000,000 on th» ' small amount of information which the corn-. mittee had included in their report. Mr., Grosvenor replied that the reports of the engi­ neers were accessiblo to every member who de- - sired to consult them, and gave the fullest in­ formation on the subject. Mr. Boatner, of Louisiana, made an argument in favor of tho nse of Government funds for the oonoiructioik ot levees. " -yJ'M Old Chocolate's Chat. * r - Yo' doan1 alius lose w'en ?o' trus' W t'ief. - A lock offeu makes a t'ief de mo* - t'evish. ^ De longah de fox wslts de h«n*rior htt ^ am. lie car'ful in yo' deal wid de man ceremony. Hit or hahd to tell w'ose chicken dem fedders belong toe. ^ Dc man dat sows thistles wid his mus'n't hahvest bahfooted. V ^ W'en yo' grease de w'eels yo' he'p cattle ez well ez save w'ar an' t'aiv De man dat yo' helped toe stove-woo4| In Decembah done fowgit hit by July. Ef yo' kfiow a man toe be a lia.li yo* ' kin trade mules wid um unilahstan'in'lY. ^ J Toe de lazy man a cool place tmdah. a tree offahs ez pood lishia' ez do brook ! ; undah de sun. • V'f, De man dat has de bes' fawchune wl«t kyards In de lonjr run am de one dat» looks on wMle odd ah* play.--Judge.* ;t»"j •Sentencesfrom "Judfre." - .* For pat ent waiting commend mo toi*., woman or to God. . ? The incomprehensible are tho thing^ ^/jj most admired iind desired. • • One half of tho world is steeped ill sentiment and the other half lauguisheQ> in a dull respectability. ,t^| A perfect gentleman Is the. noblest?* work of society. The perfect man ^ longs to an order of things not yet. ' , ' It is a law that all bread cast upon thfr waters shall return; butj, 6xpectatioii»r^ often grows weary waiting for the tida. • <• vr-- ,Tf. •