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earn I'UumlrnUf . . . . J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Publisher. McHENRY, - - - ILLINOIS. CIRCLING THE GLOBE. CONCISE HISTORY OP 8EVEN DAYS' DOINGS. fwM Syff" KfV, IftttmmwkT Bfectrle Wire from Bmy Quarter of tho Civilized World, Em< bracing Foreign AfT'airs and Home Bap» fwnings of an Important Nature. |* v tN SENATE AND HOUSE. A Bay's Proceedings in Both Branches of h/ J Conenti OK motion of Mr. Blair tho House bill U> khteml -'An act to prohibit the importation aud migration of foreigners and aliens mi­ ller contract. or agreement, to perform labor in the United States, its Territories, and the District of Columbia." was taken from tho calendar of the Senate on the 20th.- Mr. Plumb moved to amend the tifUi section, which provides thiit'lhe act shall not apply to professional actors, artists, etc.. by inserting before the word ••artists'* the words. . "musical > or other." The amendment was agreed to. Mr. Car­ lisle moved to substitute for the word* "regularly ordained ministers of the. gospel" the words ••regularly ordained or !•' constituted ministers of religion.* "'and said 'that without t-luit amendment the bill would exclude Jewish rabbis. The amend­ ment was, after some discussion, agreed to. ! .litr. Candler (Mass.). from the World's l-'air Committee, reported to the. House a resolu­ tion providing that a suli-e-Oumditee of 11 ve members of that committee s!i:il! he ap­ pointed by the Chairman to inquire into the progress of the details for tho holding of the proposed exhibition, to examine into the a mount "Of ̂ "Space allotted to the various displays, and nil other matters which the sub-committee may deem advisable, and to report to the Hou>~e at tho hegiuuing of lha r nest session. Adopted. IN THE BASE-BALL WORLD. Standing of the Clnb* in the Various Loajrnes. National. W. L. V <v flayers' Brooklyn... .81 *3 .(>53 Hoston 78 1,'hilad lphia76 50 .C0i Brooklyn .. .74 Chicago ....78 Boston 75 JJl Cincinnati.. 73 W New York...02 (H Cleveland... 44 84 Pittsburg ...22 lit .5',l,V New York.. .71 ..W> Chicago . ...71 .57!>; Philad'IpliiatiG .49'2 Pittsburg ...55 .:>U Cleveland. ..51 .lt>5. Buffalo. JI L. Ve. 44 .UXi S3 .sai 5:» ,f>73 61 .538 SO .548 W> .455 73 .411 L.i .-Zii Western. W. Kas. City... 76 Milwaukee. .75 Minneapolis.7(1 Denver 55 Sioux City. .55 Omaha...I ..47 Lincoln 46 St. Paul 36 i c. i American. W. .6ii7 Louisville.. .78 ,(i3> St. Louis 73 ,tio3 Columbus.. .07 ,4' 0 ' f i o c h e s t e r . . . f ! 0 < S f i . .470 'Toledo 61 .41t> Athletic. .397 Syracuse 46 .308 Baltimore.. .31 U 9 e. 40 .661 411 .593 5:< .558 .5SK .517 .455 .401 Xii PV : M'AULIFFE KNOCKED OUT. . - Aratraliau Fijrhtr Too ttach for tho . 1 * . Am-r'cai. THE long expected prize fight between ' Joe McAullffe, the American 'pugilist, and Frank Slavtn, the Australian, was fought at the Ormonde Club, London. McAuliffe was easily knocked out by iSlavin. The hall where the fight oc­ curred is about forty by twenty feet, and I the ring in the center measured nine teen feet each way, the space being in­ closed by stout ropes and sprinkled with sawdust. Two notices were posted on the walls, one cautioning gentlemen against approaching the ropes, and the second reading -seconds are cautioned against shouting during tho contest. No instructions must be given men.*. First round--The men came up smiling, particularly McAuliffe, who kept a broad grin. Joe* had a marked advantage and drew first blood by a slashing lunge on the nose, which he followed up by many of the Mine sort. Slavin seemed to haye no chance whatever and only got in an occasional body blow with per haps a few head hits. The American's chattcvs were reckoned far liettcr than those < f his opponent. Second round- The men cuiue up lively after ten seconds; interval. McAi»liffe » looked fresh, and Slav in hied over the left eye. Those who watched him closely, how­ ever, might have seen a wicked look" under liis heavy brows, and not only was there a Wickt d look but a wicke.l int ent ion back of it. In less than two minutes the tables were turned, and so was America's proud bruiser turned over on liis back, sprawling prone iu the sawdust, knocked out entirely l and so da/.ed that when heat- tempted to rise ho was so giddy that lie foil back again, and bruised and bleeding was carried back to his corner defeated. Sla- vin's terrific body blows had done their uu- perceived but deadly work, and AlcAuliffe's apparently brilliant opening had been ouljr a fictitious dash, worth Its, against the Aus­ tralian's superior grit and science. WEEKLY TRADE REVIEWS "* E fi. Ton A Co.'g Report Ree*rdlng Basinets ^ 4i the Country B. G. Dux & Co.'s weekly review ot - trade says:' '• .': Liquidation In nearly all kinds of specu­ lation comes, tothedisuppointmentof many, in connection with largely increased sup­ plies of money and prepares the way for healthier trade in all legitimate branches. With lower prices there appears the desired improvement iu exports of products, and the decrease for the last three weeks Is oow only 4.7 per cent, compared with last year. The imports are much en­ larged by the effort ti get goods Into the country before a' new tariff goes into effect, hot th.; current acc ̂ unts of such increase are exaggerated; the value of all imports for three weeks has been but 15% percent, above hist j ear's record. A con­ siderable increase appears In woolens, iiuens, silks, and oth dry goods, but thora is a fair prospect that the merchandise ex­ ports will now exceed in value the imports for the mouth. Grain does not move Jfeely as yet, but the exports of cotton exceed last year's materially, and provisions move iu , large quantities. . . An Eilltor Shot by a Woman. *, ESKIQUE CHAVAKKI, better known to jtfee reading public of Mexico tinder the bora de plume of "Juvenal," the society and dramatic editor of the Monitor Re- publicum* of the City of Mexico, was shot through the right baud by Mrs. Louisa Jauregui di Cipriani, the widow of a wealthy Italian. The shooting occurred at the Hotel Iturbide. The reason for •; the shooting is not positively known. S: Tlie Tartft Coiuprtmiine. ^ The couferreos on the tariff bill practica ily % feuched an agreement on the points in dis- »* ; ^.pllte. The compromise provided for a duty of % of a cent per pound on binding twine and put sugar below No. 1Q Dutch standard on the free list. fttcirs had committed no offense, and therefore discharged them. THE footings of tho liabilities of the Potter-Lovell Company at Tioston have been reached, and the indebtedness of all kinds is found to have been about 86.- 000.000. The direct indebtedness fo tho banks is about S3.000.000. The indirect liabilities are large, because of the guar­ antees placed upon a great deal of paper. Before anv settlement can be reached the amount of this guarantee paper that will ultimately fall within the noto brokers' liabilities must bo first ascer­ tained. Miss Dot HKXKY, a young lady who was popular and prominent In church and society circles in New Brighton, Pa., shot herself through the heart while walking in the grounds surrounding the family residence. She imagined she had to be sent to an insane asylum and pro- death. ES T ERNH APPEN IN QS. V THE first legal step toward the release of the Chicago anarchists now confined in the Joliet penitentiary has been taken in the Federal Court in the shape of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on .'behalf of Michael Schwab. The petition setting up the grounds upon which it is sought to release the anarchists has just been completed by Attorney Moses Salo­ mon,'who appeared as one of the attor­ neys for the prisoners at the time of tho Criminal Court trial. Mr. Salomon says lie has associated with him in this ease Gen. B. F. Butler, and a letter from the latter says that the prisoners arc entitled to discharge under the law. The reason Schwab appears alone in the light is because the law in his case will cover those of Oscar Neebe and Samuel Fielden, and shptild Schwab prove suc­ cessful in his application then the other prisoners will follow with similar peti­ tions. The petition sets forth that Michael Schwab is a subject of the King of Germany, and that he is unlawfully imprisoned and kept at hard labor in the penitentiary at .Toliet by A. W. Berggren, acting as Warden. The petition avers that at tho time death sentence was pronounced oil Schwab he was and had been continuously confined as a prisoner in tho County Jail and at no time appeared personally aud bodily at the Supreme Court. Therefore, it is claimed, tho recital in the sentence "on this day came again the parties" is false and untrue. He was not represented by counsel, nor was he notified to be pres­ ent. The sentence is deemed void for want of jurisdiction of the petitioner by the Supreme Court. FOUR masked robbers entered the house of John Krimm, an aged farmer living near Gibsonville, Hocking County. Ohio, struck him and his aged wife with a blunt instrument, robbed the house, and escaped. The old man died from liis injuries. No clew has been obtained .that is likely to lead to the identity of the robbers. THE city of Aurora (111.) has a queer lawsuit on its hands. Two or three years ago, by an act of Congress, the city se­ cured possession of an island in the river and located upon it the waterworks and well. . Now W. F. Jobbins has brought suit for possession, claiming a prior claim under a deed. THREE THOUSAND people poured into the corn palace at Sioux City, Iowa, when the doors were opened. Therein still much to do in the placing of the ex­ hibits as well as in putting finishing touches on the decorations. The failure to secure Secretary Blaine caused ail formality in opening the palace to be dispensed with. CAPT. TRIMBT.ETON, of the Seventh United States Cavalry, commandant at Fort Sill, says the greatest Indian up­ rising of recent times is certainly to come soon. The Indians, he says, have got the idea that the Groat Medicine Man is coining to wipe out the whites and restore to them the ownership of the country. The result is that they have entered with the fervor of fanatics upon a series of incantations and religious orgies. The 5,000 Indians about Fort Sill have renounced Chris­ tianity, and he is certain that in a short time somebody will pretend to be the expected Great Medicine Man, and then the trouble will begin. He thinks all the United States garrisons should be doubled. A NOVEL, shipment was made this week by one of the fruit preserving establish ments of Cincinnati, which illustrates the magnitude of certain branches of that business. It consisted of eighteen cars filled exclusively with bottled to­ mato catsup, sent to Chicago and St. Louis, whence it finds its way to con­ sumers. It is said that the scarcity of fruits this year has largely stimulated the canning of vegetables in their va­ rious forms. THK cattle disease that is now preva­ lent in Hancock County, 111., is thought to be black tongue, and the fatalities are increasing. The cattle become siclc, their tongues swell and become covered with black scales, the animals become stiff in the joints and are unable to eat Milch cows dry up. The State Veteri­ nary Surgeon will examine into the dis­ ease. House conferrees that they would yield the duty of three-tenths, which the Sen­ ate put on the grades between No. 13 and No. 16.They thought, however, that tho Senate inc&asc from four-tenths to six- tenths of a cent on the grades above No. 10 should stand. The meeting in the Ways and Means room also discussed the matter of free binding twine. Maj. McKinley was extremly anxious to have the Western members consent to enough of a duty to save "the protection prin­ ciple." He. thought they ought to be satisfied with their victory on sugar, particularly since there would in any event be a very largo reduction on binding twine. Tho conference report goes to tho House first, and if the Western members ratify the rate agreed on, the Senators who carried free twine may not insist on anything they won. It was figured in tho conference that a re­ duction from tho present rate, 2hi cents, to three-fourths of a cent, would afford the farmers a good deal of relief. The ^consumption of binding twine last year ...Was 55,000 tons, and the decrease pro­ posed would relieve the Western farmers of a round $2,000,000 burden. A NEW counterfeit is in circulation. It is on the issue of the $2 Silver certificates and was discovered by an employe in the United States Treasurer's office at Wash­ ington, D. C. The certificate has a small round pink seal, W. S. Rosecrans, Regis­ ter of the Treasury, C. N. Jordan, Treas­ urer of the United States. It is the closest that has appeared for years. Tho paper has no distributed fiber and no parallel silk threads. The genuine note lias both. In the counterfeit a few hairs of Gen. Hancock's mustache curl up­ ward, in the genuine the whote mus- tachc is slightly drooping. FOREIGN GOSSIP. A DISPATCH tocthe London Timet from Calcutta says that the Government is in­ quiring into the question of asre in Hin­ doo marriages and will probably legislate on the subject. EDWARD P. M. MARUM, Nationalist member of Parliament for North Kil­ kenny. died while attending service in church. The Department of State at Washing­ ton has received from the United States Legation at Pekin, China, a report rela­ tive to the recent heavy floods in that country. The report says that the floods have been the most serious ever known. It is supposed that an area of three thousand miles and a population of sev­ eral millions were affected by them. Many people have been drowned, and tens of thousands are refugees from their homes, living on charity. One result of the floods, the report says, may have far-reaching consequences. Near Lutai, which is a point on the railroad from Tongku to Tong- shan, the railway embankment has been destroyed by the people for several miles. It was alleged that the embankment dammed up the water and flooded the country. Forcible pos­ session was taken of the embankment, which was cut in many places, the trains were stopped and the employes driven away. The Tongshan colliery is stopped and 3,000 men are thrown out of em­ ployment, and the operation of the rail­ road is, of course, suspended. This de­ struction was wanton and unnecessary for letting off the water. All these pro­ ceedings indicate an anti-rallrcad excite­ ment, which may result in postponing indefinitely any further railroad enter­ prises in China. A CHUTE. • ^ K8ta<e of Samuel J. Kandall. ; J , THE Ho"n. S. J. Randall, who died at wMs Washington resideuce April 13 last, failed to execute a will, aud Register of Wills Gratz, of Philadelphia, has granted . ^tetters of administration oti his estate to Dp the widow, Fanny W. Randall. A „ C age Robbery In t'allfnrnla. " THE Redding and Cedarvilie stage was lield up by two masked men about twen- -five miles from Redding, Cal. Tho WeHs-Fargo express box and the Gov­ ernment way pouch were robbed of about / $800. f . EASTERN OCCURRENCES. ;;' WILLIAM L. Scoi^r is lying at his homo in Erie, Pa., very ill. He came homo > from New York a month ago and has ' been confined to his house ever since. His ailment is of the stomach and bowels. While he is a very sick man his family physician is hopeful. His family were tilled home two weeks ago. IN the case of Charles Arentzen and " Other peddlers of the "Kreutzer Sonata," who were arrested in Philadelphia on Hie charge of selling obscene literature, " Presiding Judge Thayer rendered an •pinion in which he decided that the rel- SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. ONE of the most terrific cyclones that have ever visited the western portion of North Carolina swept over the country in and around Greensboro. The tobacco crop in that section of the State was the finest in many years, but was almost ruined. Six distinct shocks of earthquake have been reported from Columbia, S. C. Tho last shock was noticeable for nearly a minute. A rumbling accompanied tho shocks, which appeared to come from the south. DANIEL BERRY, a carpenter of Hen­ derson, Ky., well advanced in years, has brought suit for divorce from his wife, Amelia Berry. The action is the conse­ quence of a romantic marriage contract­ ed by the old man a year since. He ad­ vertised iu a Chicago paper for a wifo, and obtained a spruce-looking, middle- aged woman. She went to Henderson after the preliminaries had been ar­ ranged by correspondence, and the two were married. The female sharper, for such she turned out to be, only lived with tho old gentleman three days. During that time she bamboozled him out of S40'3, with which amount she left the State, and has not been heard from. TIIE rainfall in South Carolina amounted to over six inches within twenty-four hours. It has extended all through the cotton and rice regions of the State, and, it is feared, lias done serious damage to both crops, which are now in the midst of the harvest season. While it will not ctjt tlie^yield of cotton short, it will damage the staple materi­ ally in gra Je." The rice farmers are in a much sadder plight, as their grain Is mostly cut and exposed to the rain, which destroys it entirely. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. THE fight for free sugar is won. TLIE tariff legislation of tlie present Congress will provide, for admitting free the grades which can be used by the consumer-- that is, the grades up to No. 16 Dutch standard, which takes in the yellow and brown grades above No. 13. Senators Aldrich and Hiscock deferred to the wishes of Senators Allison and Sherman and authorized the latter to inform the . FRESH AND NEWSY. THE prospective passage of the McKin­ ley bill has created a gr<?at demand for vessels to carry grain from Canada to United States ports. Lambs, sheep, and cattle are being hurried across the lake, and, as transportation on United States railways is impossible, farms at Cape Vincent and other, points have been leased and are being stocked. Double as much barley as ever before at this date has been placed in Oswego ware­ houses this season. INFORMATION received from an en­ tirely reliable source gives the par­ ticulars of an attempt to assassinate President Diaz, of the republic of Mexi­ co, on the night of Sept. 15. The affair has been suppressed by the Mexican Government, and not a paper there has printed a hint of It. On the night of Sept. 15 the celebration of Mexi­ can independence was in progress. Tho space in front of the Presiden­ tial Palace was thronged with excited people who were signing patriotic songs, firing rockets, etc., and making a terri­ ble noise generally. At about 9:30 o'clock President Diaz, accompanied by some friends, stepped outside tho palace to watch the sight and listen to the sing­ ing. While chatting and laughing with his staff some thirty-five men in the press of people fired on him simultane­ ously. The light was bad and the surg­ ing of the crowd rendered exact aim an impossibility. Three bul­ lets struck the wall of the palace. The President spoke a few words to his attendants and the party quickly withdrew. Tho most curious feature of the story is found in the fact that the conspirators were all Liberals, which is the President's own party. The wife of the President is an earnest Roman Cath­ olic, and in sympathy with the clericals. It has been alleged of late that Diaz has moderated his resistance to the demands of the clericals and shown a disposition to hear them with patience if not com­ plaisance. This is ascribed to the influ­ ence of his wife 3.50 3.00 8.50 .97 .to 3.60 4.95 MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prime $ 5.23 Hoos--Shipping Grades. 4.0) KHEKP... 3.00 WHEAT--No. 2 Bad .96 COBN--No. 2 47'I# OATS--No. '/ KYE--No. 2 CO & UTTTTKH--( boioe creamery .31 (9 CHEKBH--Full Cream, lists .08 EGGS-- Fresh .17 I'OTATOEB--Western, per bu 80 <& INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLR--Shipping HOGH--Choice Light KIIKKF-- Common to Prime WHKAT--No. 2 Red COUN--No. 1 White OATS--No. 2 White ST. LOUIS. CATTLK. HOGS WHKAT--No. 2 Bed COHN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 K*E--No. S CINCINNATI. CATTLK HOGH KHEKP.... WHEAT--No. 2 K«d. COBN--No. 2. OATS--No. 2 Mixed MII.WAUKER. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring COKN-- No. 3 OATS--No 2 White BAIILEY--No. 2... KXE--No. 1 DETROIT. C ATTIRE 3,00 Hoos 8.0J BHKEP..., 3.00 WHEAT--No. 2 Rod..... 97 COHN--No. 2 Yellow .51 ^ OAT»-NO. 2 White - .40 TOLEDO. WHEAT .93 <$ CORN--Cash 50 m OATS--NO. 2 Whito J# ,«A BUFFALO. CATTLE--Good to Prlmo........ 4.00 Hoos--Medium and Heavy 4.75 WHEAT--No. 1 Hard. 1.13 COKN--No. 2 02 EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Common to Prime.... 3.60 HOGS--Light 4.25 KHKKP--Medium to Good 4.25 LAMBS 4^0 NEW YORK. WRECK ON THE READING! ROAD, IN PENNSYLVANIA. ff #.50 & 4.75 & 5.00 .00* " .48 .38*6 .61 .23 .0) .18% .90 IS.00 & 4.75 0 4.75 & .98 & .50 & .40 'TWAS A LEAP FOR LIFE. WILL BE A TRIPLE SITE. & s.o> Ki 4.75 ,'J7H .47 .37 # .38 .68 <£ .68% 2 50 & 3.75 3.50 <9 4.75 3.00 rn> 5.25 .97 .98!$ .95 @ .40 .67 & .63 & ,6lh> .89 ̂ .90 .51 .401* .08 .01 & 4.53 & 4.75 <<$ 4.75 <<$ .98 CATTIiB.... HOGS tsHKEP •. WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBN--No. 2 OAT*--No. A W{dte.... v,f!" '.V/ mm. S.3S 4.60 4.0J 1.01 .» .45 m .51^ .41 .96 i.J •om .40 «« .1.00 <4 5.25 <S 1.15 & M & 4.76 & 5.00 <0 5.25 <i» 6.0> @ 6.0) Mi 5.93 @ 5.23 & l.US 0 .65 • ,« CLOSE CALL FOR STREET-CAR PASSENGERS. A Fk^Bwinlnc Kxpr«sa Trula Thiwra from tli* Track Over an Kmbankmont and Its I'MKKengera Crushed and Staa- gled Almost Beyond Recognition -- Thirty-five Dead. Reading (Pa.) dispatch: A fatal and disastrous wreck occurred on the Read­ ing railroad, seventeen miles above this place. The train which met with dis­ aster loft this city ten minutes late. It was running at the rate of thirty* eight or forty miles an hour, It had on board 125 to ISO passengers, and it consisted of engine, mail and express cars and three passenger cars. Above iShoemaUersville, about fifteeu miles above this city, there is a curve where the the railroad is from eighteen to twenty feet^htgher than the Schuyl­ kill river. Here, shortly after 6 o'clock a freight train ran into a coal train, throwing several cars of the latter train on the opposite track. Before the train hands hud timo to go back to Warn any approaching train of the danger the Pottsville express came around tne curve and ran into the wrecked coal cars on its track. The engino went down the embank­ ment, followed by the entire train with its human freight. Some of the passen­ gers managed to crawl out of the wreck and arouse the neighborhood. Word was telegraphed to this city and help summoned. Physicians and surgeons and a force of 300 workmen were taken to the spot by the company, and the work of clearing away the wreck was at once commenced. Work *vas slow ahd the dead and dy­ ing were taken out with great difficulty. Up to 2 o'clock a. m. fifteen dead and thirty wounded had been taken out. Of the latter some were brought to this city and others taken to the miners' ho'spital at Ashland. The dead so far discovered are still on the ground. The dead ta«en out and identified up to this time are as follows: WILLIAM D. S1IOME, Beading; badly muncled. JOHN WHITE, engineer, Pottsville, Pa. , JAMES TEMPLIN. fireman. Pottsville, Pa. HARRY LOGAN, conductor, • Pottsvile, Pa. DAVID AUGUSTADT. Mahon/ City; died arter being taken from.the wreck. LOGAN. banKagemaster- Shenandoah. MAIL AGENT GUEENAWALDSBERY. TWO FIREMEN. JOHN L. MILLER. The Injured so far taken oat are: HAURISON RIIIAND. Philadelphia, leg brok­ en and Internally injured. JOSKPII SOUTUWOOD. Centralla; badly ou 1 and internally injured. JAMES F. MEKKICL, Bethlehem; badly cut about head and internally injured. JOHN THOHKTON. Leesport; badly out about head and body; seriously Injured. JOSEPH NOLL. Shenandoah; cut about head and left shoulder broken. FKANK 11. IIor.1* manager of Frank Mayo's company; cut about head and body, bruised about arms and legs. JOHN CARROIX, Clair; back and Inter­ nally Injured. JOSEPH As FIELD, Mahonoy City; bruised about body and legs. WILLIAM GLASSMAYER, Port Clinton; badly cut about breast. THOMAS OOONEY. Philadelphia; head and legs injured. ROUEHT COLLING, Pottstown; Injured in­ ternally. SAMUEL SHOIILENBERQER, Hamburg; legt injured. ii. W. CITHLER, Girardville; foot and leg smashed. * JOHN OITLICK. Mount Carroll; hurt intern' ally and hand smashed. W. W.JOHNSTON, Shenandoah; head badly cut and leg broken. GEORGE SAUNDEUS, Reading; .badly hurt about back and neck. BENJAMIN FKANKLYN, Shenandoah; left hip badly cut and leg hurt. JAMES BKKNHAIIT, Shenandoah; left hit crushed and leg hurt. JOHN IIESS. Mahonoy Clty:leg badly hurt DAVID G. Youxe,Mahonoy City;head bad­ ly cut and legs Sprained. LYMAN DICK, Ilamburz; both legs broken. Dr. B. F. SAL AD it. Now Ringgold; right arm. badl hurt. JACOB ULMER, Pottsville; both legs broken SAMUEL COOMB. Mahonoy City; badly hurl about liody and legs broken. WILLIAM SIMMERS, Ashland. The wrecked train is still lying at the bottom of tho river. The exact number on the passenger list Is not known, but conservative people estimate the num­ ber killedat th rty-five. At 11 o'clock Mail Agent Green- awaldsbery was takeu out, followed by the horribly mangled bodies of two Mahanoy City lire man. Five bodies are exposed to view In the wreck. They are pinned under the timbers. The wreckers of Crossonia and Reading arrived at midnight. Prof. Mitchell of Lehigh University, Bethlehem, is among tho injured at the Reading hospital. Lawrence liarnei of Philadelphia has his arm dkdocated. The body of Johu L. Miller of Cress- ouia was taken out at midnight George B. Ivaercber, Esq., the emi­ nent railroad lawyer of Pottsville, who bad also a law office in Philadelphia, is among tho killed. Persons who were well acquainted with him have identi­ fied the Crushed body in the debris of the Pullman car. William D. Shone, one of Reading's wealth'est citizens, was a passenger on the train and was one of the first persons reported killed. He leaves a widow and two sons. At 2 o'clock Saturday morning the situation was as follows: Three hun­ dred men were still at work, but they were making slow progress. Fifteen bodies had been takeu out. 'None of the bodies have been taken from the acetic of the disaster. John McDonough, Jack Noll, and William .lohnson of Shenandoah, badly hurt, and John Strauss, Schuylkill Haven, are among the latest injured reported. It is still believed that twenty or more are underneath the wreck. Who they are is not known, because it Is not known who was on the tralo, and how many were actually killed will only be disclosecl^with the removal of the engine aud cars from the bed of the river. A gontleman who escaped from the wreck said "The train was going at a lively rate of speed. The passengers appeared a happy crowd, manv of them ladies, chatting and laughing after a day's pleasure at the Bcrkes county fair. I was viewing the country through which we were passing, when there-was a terrible crash. I was hurled from my seat, while the cars rolled down the twenty-foot embankment, and I was thrown from one side of tho car to the other. One end of the car went Into water and I was thrown against the side of tlie car with a force that partial­ ly stunned me. I quickly recover ed myself and managed to climb upon the scats on that side cf the car which lay against /the embankment. I was a prisoner in tho car, unable to get out. Around mo were human beings struggling in tho water, screaming in their fright, and some almost dragged mo back Into the water again. A few saved themselves as I did and tho remainder struggled in the water and then quietly sunlt oaiof sight." _______ FicS AND~fmSTLES. [From tho Ram's Horn,] » There are no clouds where God it. There are no blaok clothes in heaven. ! Ten minutes .in heaven will make us forget all we ever suffered on earth. The most ble a A Cfeloago Car Ptnniei Into tlie RlT#r. the Bridge Being Open and tlie Car Brakes Out of Order--A Scene of Con rn* Jon. [Chicago dispatch.] A Lfncolu avenue street car which left the North Side terminus of the line at midnight went into the river at the Clark street bridge early this morning carrying tho horses with it. The car was filled with passengers, but almost miraculously they managed to escape, tho last passenger jumping from the rear platform as the vehicle tottered and fell with a tremendous splash into the dark waters. Tho bridge had been turned to allow the passage of tho barge Howard just as the car came into sight on the viaduct nort-h of tlie bridge. The grade from the viaduct to the bridge is very steep and descends without a break! As the car reached the edge of the viaduct the driver applied the brake. It refused to work, and tho car began to slide down the grade, gaining velocity as it sped on toward the river. When within fifty foot of the river the driver with an almost hcrculcan effort threw himself against the brake, snap­ ping tho chains with, the forco of his exertions. The car could not fee stopped, and with great presence of blind the driver threw open the front door,"ex­ claiming: "I can't stop tho ' car. The bridge l:i turned. Jump for your lives." Quick to realize the situation, the con­ ductor joined in the cry and sprang into tho car, shouting to the passengers to jump and shaking the sleeping ones vig­ orously. Almost instantly the passen­ gers seemed to appreciate their danger­ ous situation and with a rush sprang to doors and windows. As the car tottered on. the brink it was seen that still one man remained inside. Ho had been asleep and awoke as tho vehicle rocked on the verge. A cry of horror went up from the people who had gathered around, and his escape from death appeared to be impossible. As the car began to slide into tho stream he made a desperate leap and gained tho rear platform just in time to jump to the street as the car toppled over. His name is George P. McAdee, and lie Is tho man­ ager of a microbe killer company, with offices in the Owings building. Mr. McAdeo was very much excited when interviewed a moment Mter the accident, and said: "I was asleep in tho car, when I felt a strange motion, and awoke suddenly to find myself sliding toward the end of the car. I can't tell how I ever managed to escape a dreadful death. I just jumped, and found myself in a big crowd without hardly knowing how I got there." The other passengers were E. D. T. Townsend of 2032 Calumet avenue, Frank Swift of 178 South Water street, James K. Johnson of 420 Oak street, and Thos. May. The driver is Henry Schnaten, and he lives at 38 Edson avenue. Tho conductor is an old employe of the North Division company, and is known as "Gus." The car runs on Lincoln avenue, and is numbered 178. Schnaten's story is as follows: "As my car came to tho edge of the viaduct, I saw that the bridge was turned and tried to set the brake, but it would not work, and, seeing that wo were bound to go into the river, I yelled to the passen­ gers to jump, and they did so, and, thank God, were saved." Mrs. James Minick, who lives on Division street, was in a cab with her husband on the north side of tho bridge as the car came down the grade. She tells about the same story as the driver, and says that he used every effort to bring the vehicle to a standstill. Many bystanders spoke of the seeming indif­ ference of the people on the barge How­ ard. The boat was not stopped, and no effort was made on the part of its crew to render any assistance whatever. Tho horses were carried to the bottom with the car and came up a moment later disengaged from the harness and from each other. One swam up-stream toward the LaSalle street tunnel and the other swam east. A tug in passing tried to rescue one of tho animals, but it took fright at the boat and swam away. Af­ ter swimming desporateiv for some time fatigue overcame them and they went to the bottom. ' ! • SOLD TO THE ENGLISHMEN. WHERE THE WORLD'S PAIR WILL BE HELD. fours for God. The Blffgeat Packing Houne In America Change* ilandx. [Chicago dispatch.] An English company has purchased the plant and good-will of the largest exclusively pork-packing and exporting establishment in Amwica. Some weeks ago it was announced that negotiations wero under way for the transfer of Fowler Bros.' Anglo-American Provision Company to a British corporation. Those negotiations have now been successfully completed. Fowler Bros.' (limited) has been incorporated in England with a capital stock of £751,000 and a debonture Issue of £150,000, which represents a total eapitalization-of $4,383,000. The Fowler Bros.' (limited) has ac­ quired and will carry ou the business of Fowler Bros.' (limited) of Liverpool, Fowler Bros, of New York, the Ander­ son-Fowler company of New York, the Anglo-American Refrigerating Car com pany, the Anglo-American Provision com­ pany of Chicago, and an interest in tho Omaha Packing company of Omaha. All of these enterprises except the An­ derson Fowler Copipany were started by the Fowler Brothers and wore the out­ growth of the business which originated in Manchester over forty years ago and which was extended to America about thirty years ago. Some of-the members of the old firm have recently died, and those deaths have Involved a rearrange ment of capital, and for that and other family reasons it was determined to unite all the enterprises and dispose of them to one corporation. It Is proposed to issue at first £300,000 of 7 per cent, cumulative preference shares, a like amount of ordinary shares, the 100 founders' shares, and £150,000 of first mortgage 5 per cent, bonds. One- third of the debentures, preference and ordinary shares, being the largest pro­ portion allowed by the rules of the Lon­ don Stock Exchange, will be taken by the venders in part payment of the pur­ chase money. The balance, amounting to £500.0.)0, will be offered for public subscription. On the basis of what tho average (profits of the last five years have been there will bo profits equal to paying tho 5 per cent, interest on tho debentures, 7 per cent, dividends on the preferred stock, 10 per ceut. 011 the common stock, with a balance of over £15,000 for annual distribution among tho 100 founders' shares. The average net income for the last five years shows earnings equal to 12 per cent, on the total capitalization. There is little wonder that Chicago packers have grown wealthy. I'ertinent I'aragrapfcut. A KKOito at Perry, Ga., is said to weigh J?00 pounds and to liaVe gainedf 100 pounds r with in a year. A MACOMB COUNTY, Michigan, farmer has harvested (504 bushels of good oats from twelve acres of ground. In 1889 Russian peasants killed captured 318 boars, 85 wolves, 503 foxes, 14,834 hares, 71,960 squirrels, 539 mar- 4ens, etc. IN the reign of Queen Elizabeth a cler­ gyman whose benefice did not exceed £30 per annum was oll£\yed to follow DOINGS OF CONGEES! MEASURES CONSIDERED AMP ACTED UPON. It In Mew fettled that the Bit Exposition Will lie Hef'i on the Lake Front, Jackson Park and Wash n^tun ParK --Action of the .Park Commi.sioiiera. [Chicago dispatch.] The $Ite for the Fair is to be Jacksdn and Washington Parks. The Lake Front will have twtf or three handsome buildings on It containing such exhibits as will bo particularly at­ tractive at night, but the commission is almost unanimous in its desire. for a major portion of tho Fair at the south­ ern end of the site. IB fact, the fear that the southern end would be discrimi­ nated against in tho interests of the Lake Front inspired some of the Com­ missioners to object to the Lake Front being made a part of tho site at all, and the assertion that the commission would havo the apportionment when deciding on plan and scope was the only thing that quieted them. Final action, however, was hamonioU". "Gentlemen," said President Palmer as he put the question, "it looks to me as though this were all going one way, so I may say that applause is in order." Tho applause came and was long con­ tinued. In the galleries thero Wats shout­ ing cVen; yet the gavel never fell. Thero was cause for applause. The site matter had been settled, after months of wrangling, to the satisfaction of all concerned- Chicago had given the best it had, £nd the Commissioners could go back to their States and say so. It had given .three parks, practically, in­ cluding that tho live-stock afld agricul­ tural interests should have the best of treatment--a pledge that was not needed, by the way. , Progress lias been rapid in the last twenty-four hours in tho site matter. The South Park Board met and agreed to give the park if tho request were made strong enough. The Board of Directors met and made its request strong. Then it passed the question on to tho Commission, which clinched it by passing a resolution introduced by Mar- tindale, of Indiana, which was passed without a dissenting vote. After reciting the decision of the South Park Board to offer Washington Park if the Commission should insist, the resolu­ tion, concludes with the following: Resolved, By the National Commission, that this commission does still insist that the space needed for the exposition.and to make the .same adequate and satisfactory to this commission, requires that Washing­ ton Park be added to the several plats of ground heretofore tendered to this commis­ sion as a site for the exposition, and that the addition of Washington Park may be made by the Chicago directory, and will be accepted by this commission with the under­ standing that only so much of the several plats as may be required for exposition pur­ poses will he used; and that tho presenta­ tion of s^aid park and it) acceptance, with tho acceptance of the Midway Plalsauca, shall be a final settlement of all questions relating t > the sit J for said exposition. And when the South Park Board meets it will be handed by its Secretary, H. W. HarmO'i,_ a polite note which that official received from Secretary Dickin­ son of the commission. This note con­ tains a copy of the resolution last men­ tioned, and a courteous request that the board take action on it at its earliest possible convenience, as the National Commission cannot adjourn until the board's reply is received. Then the whole procedure will begin all over again. The South Park Com­ mission will pass its ordinance, tho directors will pass it, and then the com­ mission will close tho matter by accept­ ing it. Then comes the question of its use--in fact, of the use of all three "portions of the site. The commission is under prac­ tical pledge, in view of what has been said and done, to avoid cutting down trees and destroying drives in Washing­ ton Park, and it is practically under pledge, in view of what was said at the conference Saturday, to mako no at­ tempt to abandon the Lake Front. Jack­ son Park seems to be the only portion of the site on which all meet on entirely neutral ground. All parties in interest are agreed that that must be used to a largo extent, in any event. BIRCHALL BEFORE A JURY. The Aliased Murderer of Benwell Placed on Trial for His Lire. [Woodstock (Ont.) dispatch.] John Birchall pleaded "not guilty" and was put on trial hero to-day for the murder of F. C. Benwell. The prisoner was neatly dressed and entirely self-pos­ sessed. Mr.'Blackstock, one of the best criminal lawyers in Canada, defended the accused, Crown Attorney Cartwright and B. B. Osier prosecuting. A jury was soon secured and Mr. Osier opened tho case for tho prosecution. Ho told how Birchall had come from England with Benwell and Doug­ las R. Pelly to teach them farming on his stock ranch in Canada; how they went to Niagara Falls Feb. 17, Birchall and his victim preceding Pelly and Mrs. Birchall; how the two former disappeared, and later how Birchall re­ turned aJono. He outlined these points in the prosecution; Birchall was the last man seen with Benwell. He was seen at Eastwood on Feb. 15 by several persons, although he denies being there. The officers found in Birchall's trunk a pair of nickel scissors with a nick in the edrffe, and the marks in the dead man's cloth­ ing indicated that the name ou his linen was cut out with tho same scissors. Tho keys of tho murdered man were found on Birchall, and these keys wero in Benwell's possession wlien^ he left Buffalo on Feb. 17. Pelly was* the chief witness of the day. Ho testi­ fied to the journey from England, and to Birchall's description of his farm, which he proved not to have. The trip of Birchall and Benwell on tho day of the murder and Birchall's reappearance alone that night wero told. Birchall said Benwell did not understand farm­ ing,"and he .sent him to two or three other addresses because he had received so much money. Birchall's heavy boots were very muddy when he returned. Aft Cha Hatlen*a Capital--What -1* Hslnjr^ ' ®or« by the Senate and BOHM-Oljfck,- M a«tors Disposed Or and Mew Ones Co*. sldored. '• TUB Senate on tho 22d resumed tho con* Bideration of the bill to define and regulate the Jurisdiction of the courts of the United States--the pending question being on Mr. Daniel's amendment extending the juris­ diction of the Supreme Court to all case* of conviction of felony, and to all caKMfe where the matter in dispute is the right t<* personal liberty ov the right to the Custody of a child. The amendment- *as rejected. The bill was then reported, from the committee of the whole to the Senate. Without disposing of the bill the Senate went Into executive session and soo& adjourned. Representative Moore, of Now Hampshire, introduced in the House ths following resolution: "That the Committee on Rules be instructed' to report an .additional rule, to wit: Rule XLVI.--^Contempt of tho House. When a call of the House discloses the presence of a quorum, any member absent­ ing himself on the succeeding roll-call for the purpose of breaking a quorum shall be arraigned at tho bar of the House and finetl in a sum not exceeding $500." There waft# no quorum present and the House ad­ journed. IN the Sefiate, on tho 23d, Mr. Hale iatro1-, duced a joint resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Public Bfilldings nnd ' (•rounds, for the erection, in the District ot Columbia, of a memorial building which) shall be a suitable monument to the mein^-, ory of U. S. Grant, which Is to contain at- • military and naval museum, etc.. and Itt the inner court of which may be placed to rest the mortal remains of distinguished Americans. (The title - indorsed orb the joint resolution reads: "In tbe- vault of which . shall be placed, tho mortal remains of Ulysses 8* Grant.") In the House a quorum: was finally secured, enough Republicans be-? ins present to take up the contested-elec­ tion case of Langston vs. V'enable and seat Langston, the Republican contestant from ' Virginia. T. E. Miller (Rop.), of Souths Carolina, was also declared electod ti the seat now filled by Elliott (Dem.). By its action in seating Mr. Langston, the liouse . ended what was probably the most, pro­ tracted and bitterly contested election case: It has ever decided. During the closing, days of the last Congress the Democrats; made a strenuous effort to unseat Feltoo. and put in Sullivan as a Representative;" from California; but they were defeated by • the refusal of the majority of the Repub­ licans to vote upon the proposition. THE conference report 011 the House joint, resolution td increase the number of the Board of Managers of the National Honfe ft r Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and to fill, vacancies in such board was presented lit the Senate 011 the 24th, explained by Mr. Hawley, and agreed to. It provides for a board of eleven members, and names the following managers: Edmund N. Morrill of Kansas (for the unexpired term of John A. Martin, deceased), Alfred L. Pearson of Pennsylvania (for the unexpired term of J. P. Hartranft, deceased), Wm. B. Franklin, of Connecticut. John C. Black of Illinois, Thomas W. Hyde of Maine (in place of Augustus B. Fai-nham, named in the bill), and George W. Steele of Indiana. The llous'3 instructed the Public Printer to ex­ clude from the Record Mr. Kennedy"® speech attacking Senator Quay. Tho Hous» then went into committee of the whole, Mr* Allen (Mich.) In .the chair, on the Senate amendments to the deficiency bill. The. French spoliation claims amendment waii non-concurred in. The committee thei* * arose and a conference was ordered. IN the Senate, on the SQth, the House bill to provide for the establishment of a port of delivery at Peoria, 111., was reported by Mr* Cullom from the Committee on Commerce and passed. Mr. Plumb reported a Senate joint resolution authorizing the extension for one year of the time of payment for land on pre-emption or homestead claims whonever, by reason of failure of crops, the settler is unable ti^ make payment within the time prescribed by law, and it was passed. In the House, after some routine business had been disposed of, Mr. Enloe (Tenn.) introduced a resolution reciting that it is alleged that the Postmaster of the- House, J. I. Wheat, whose duty it is to LET. contracts for the carrying of the mails, let a contract to one Samuel Culbertson for- 85,000 a year on the condition that Culbert--. son should pay to him (Wheat) §150 a month out of the money received from tho Govern­ ment for his services, and that Wheat did receive that sum for five months, and di­ recting the Committee on Accounts to in­ vestigate these charges. Mr. Caswell (Wis.) said that his information was that this- practice on the part of the Postmaster had obtained during several Congresses. The Postmaster had become satisfied .that this,, money was not a proper and legitimate per­ quisite. lie had therefore covered every ' dollar into the Treasury. V Interesting Items. BEKS stung four horses to death at Mayflcld, Mich., a few days ago. FOUB Norwegian vessels have arrived in New York with 4,000 .tons of ice. A MACinx* for making shoestrings ont of paper is a recent Philadelphia inven­ tion. Ox tho Riviera this season the heat has been greater than at any time for the past twenty years. THE Newport beauties have taken up tho face massage treatment. The luxu­ ry retails at tho rate of $5 a toilet. THKRE Tampa (Fla^) hunters, In tw^ days' hunting, killed two deer, four turkeys, and lOO.each of quail and squir­ rels. A colored man living in Worth Cov ty, Ga., is the owner of a little red--*feer that recently trotted twenty-two miles in four hours hitched to a cart. * TJIE Indianapolis Journal thinks the American citizen is glad to learn of the approaching extinction of the seaJ. They have caused him years of domestic warfare. A FAIR in Madison Square Garden in aid of the Grant memorial in New York City is now contemplated. It Is proposed to make it as imposing as the sanitary falrs^pld during the war. IN *A. MINER" KEY. . A limited train--a ballet dancer's. The Great American Dessert--pie. Art is long, bat money is often short. Old and full of days--an ancient al­ manac. A man at the mast-head has a tip-toi>- blrth. Even a dead duck can claim that he- died game. Worry Is a bleacher who is forever making your hair white. Spiritual manifestations cannot stand the ordeal of a spirit lamp. "fusing arms," says Virgil. Did the arms he sings teach bullets to whistle? If it be true that man and wifo ape- one, each can be only half true to the other. Quakers rarely treat,- though Penn set them the example'by treating with the Indians. Shop-keepers study to please, bat. there are lots of bmrs and girls whom, it doesn't please to study. Prometheus was greaton. the "court." People speak this day about the Prome­ thean "spark." "Misfortunes never como single," chuckles the old bacholor, when he hears a tale of married Infelicity. No use to recommend an Indian mix­ ture for bringing out the hair to a man who has once been scalped. I don't know who originated the order called Friendly Sons, but I am quite sure sure it wasn't Cain and Abel. An indignant professor . of anatomy In New York denies that there Is a. skeleton in every closet--he has pawned his. A home journal prints a number of" "Hints to Save Arm Aches," but by » singular omission falls to send out warning against a "fellor'n a gal" trying to occupy the same rocking-chair of a ounday night.--Texas Siftlugs. THE ANTI-TOBACCO CRUSADE. The Medical Brief says that opium- smoking is greatly ou the increase iu London. Cardinal Manning considers the de­ feat of the compensation clauses a tri­ umph for the teuipcranco cause in En­ gland. Tolstoi's now book, nearly completed, will treat of the effects of narcotics and intoxicating drinks upon tho human •[-system. t " The president of North Daitota'a Woman's Christian Tcmperauce union. Miss Addie M. Kinnear, has taken thfr field as a lecturer. Indiana and New Jersey are tho only ' northern States that have not a law re^ quiring scientific temperance instruc­ tion in public schools. According to tho latest estimates the- annual liquor bill of the nation is $1,~ 100,000,000 and is Increasing at Ifo r«M% of $50,000,0<H a year.' - ^ a * * € ' _._j| - 1 V*