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"*t CHgvS gMglRAHT \M LOUib ffUyu M h»|& J?CB«bC'J I (JlbOWtlZ jWifi AK«*T, Mil Chicpoo Mirorouu. BKOOKUV* j.wa^Kil .lOU&YULf ^ifVfLANO COW Hi! MAlH Pittsburg JOHN T.0RU'I>N rRAwn blufl BObTOM PHIIADH.PKJ*. Lf*CO» THE, CAMPAIGN IN THE SOUDAN. N A T I O N A L S O I i O N S THE J. VAH SLYKE, Editor and Pub. Mchenry, - - - illinoi- BATTLE IN THE BUSH. ENGLISH MAKE A NIGHT SORTIE FROM BULUWAYO, One Thousand. Matabel'es Reported Killed--Indians Sell Their Famous Hot Springs--Actor Mansfield Said to Have Found a Wealthy Backer. News from Bnlnwayo. --Telegraphic communication between Cape Town, Africa, and Buluwayo was reopened for a time Friday, and then there was another break, believed, how­ ever, to be only a temporary interruption. The news is somewhat conflicting, but the main facts seem welb established--that the British made a sortie in force, encoun­ tered large numbers of Matabeles. inflict­ ed great loss upon them, suffered-in re­ turn, were at one time in danger of anni­ hilation, and finally retreated. The loss- of the enemy is said to have, been' very great. No correct estimate .could be made, but the reports-.place the number of Matab&les killed at anywhere between four hundred and one thousand. The loss of the British is not stated, but it is be- . lieved'to be more:severe .than the. cbm- . manders "at Buluwayo aj'f williug to ad- ' mil. • • Medical Reservation in Wyoming. ' ;-..>iajof. McLaughlin. of Lander. AY.yoX 'Indian 'inspectors has" suc,cessful,ly nego­ tiated the Ilbt Springs-treaty with the In- •" dians. The Indians a(eree t<> sell ten miles square, embracing the springs, for $W.>.- 000, in Hve annual installments. The first installment will be in cash and cattle and the balance is to be paid in subsist­ ence. The treaty 'was -signed by 273 In­ dia ns4 who represent the two tribes, and by Major McLaughlin 011 the part of the United States. The springs are already widely ^nown for their medical proper ties. He's Found an Angel. Richard Mansfield, who is at present playing in San Francisco, denies that he has signed a contract with Daniel Froli- man for $100,000 a year for fiw years. Mr. Mansfield, through his New York manager, John P. Slocum. received-con­ tracts', for a season of thirty weeks. with guaranties amounting to $150.<hm( for the season. His tonr will embrace all the ceivere and4 the courts until, the mystery of the disappearance of this enormous amount of *no?iey is cleared ujpT. , 'Thls statement is based upon the authority of one of the most prominent business men of Baltimore. He had the inforiiiation, he states, from one of the members of the organization committee, who went to him for advice in the premises. 1 The<? com­ mittee, he alleges, discovered that from 1888 to the date of the election of Cowan as president of the company fully $30,- 000,000 pf-the Baltimore and Ohio securi­ ties were disposed of without reports of the transaction or transactions being made to the treasurer of, the company. . There was, more liquor sold in New York Sunday than on any previous Sunday in many years. There was nio&'drunken­ ness seen upon the streets, more depravity and more dens? of vice wide open than the city knew almost in the worst days of-pro­ tected vi&iousness. Three hundred sa­ loons, which had been transferred into so-called hotels during the last week.were wide open all daj* ^ind night. The pro­ prietors gloated in the evasion of the law and greeted every one with joyous ex­ pression. Scenes of drunkenness almost universal on the Bast Side - could have been witnesed in isolated spots all over the city where the subterfuge protection of a hotel license permitted beer to flow freely over the little "saving sandwich that is called a meal. The kitchens of the hotel saloons had no stoves, no chefs, no larders. Thin board partitions had been' set Up" to make cubby holes, called rooms; and beds.were thrown injgNmt no one slept in them. • This is a fair sample .of ail, of New Yo.rk's hotel licensed saloons. In Brooklyn there was also tlie usimI.amount of drunkenness. Hotel saloons e not numerous ;i.n that city a,nd.§a!qbn .screens were drawn away from the 'windows, Showing empty interiors. But the "thirsty knew where and how to .obtain their -beer: ceal, attention is drawn to the fact that his evasions of th® truth, as it is thor­ oughly established, ifte hi? main reliance fop-- misleading Congress in his ,effort to capture the (Jentral Pacific kailwayv.af­ ter it has made him and his, three or four associates enormously rich,, on the plea that his pride impels him to save this road from bankruptcy, to which his fraudulent dealing seems to have driven* it." FOREIGN, prominent cities in thelvist and West. in- ^ eluding a four weeks' tour through the South. The season' commences early in September in Omaha. Declare for Quay. The Pennsylvania Republican State convention passed resolutions indorsing M. S. Quay for President, and adopted a platform favoring protection and interna­ tional bimetallism: until international ac­ tion upon the money question can be se­ cured, demand is made for maintenance of a gold standard. National League. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: \Y. L. W. L. -WESTERN. Edward E. Sweeney, a Chicago news-- $aper. man, mysteriously disappeared, at Pomona, Cal., five days ago. and it is fear­ ed he has been-fully dealt At Niehart, Mont., seven men were in1- stantly killed, six seriously wounded, and several others badly bruised and cut by an explosion early Saturday morning of the magazine in the Broadwater mine used for thawing powder. , Fire which started in the basement of Green & Bent ley's wholesale drug store at Oskaloosa, Iowa, Wednesday morning caused a loss of $t>O.O0O, Covered by about £30.000 insurance. The detailed losses are: Green "& Bentley. $30.04)0; insurance, $19,000; bank building, $5,000; Maj. Lacey's building. $6,(H)0; Hasberger, dry goods, 95.000; .Ju^ge Blanchard, law library, §4.000. Congressman W. S. Linton, of Michi­ gan, who has been urged by certain of the A. P. A. leaders as a possible candidate fbr President, says he "is not now, ami -Pittsburg ~ . . Philadelphia Washington Chicago Cincinnati .. Cleveland . . ~1 Brooklyn .. 1 St. Louis. .. 2 Baltimore ., 3 Boston 3 New York. 3 Louisville . Western Leagoe. Following is the standing of the clubs of the Western League: W. L. W. L. Columbus ... 2 <1 Milwaukee . . 1 1 Kansas City. 2 1 Indianapolis. 1 1 St. Paul?.... 1 1 Minneapolis.. 1 2 Detroit 1 1 Grand Itapids 0 2 BREVITIES. never has been, a candidate for the honor of nomination. He says the use of his name in connection with the Republican nomination for President 4s unauthorized, and that it will not be presented to the St. Louis convention with his consent, and that he will not be a candidate on an in­ dependent A. P. A. ticket. Mr. Linton is a candidate for renomination to Congress and is fixing up his fences in that direc­ tion. The question of the legality of what are known as "gold coin.contracts" was rais­ ed for the first time, in Omaha, Neb. It came up in the case of (,'hase against Wren, an action to collect payment of a §2,000 mortgage note 011 which a default in interest had occurred. The attorney ** The Loudon Times has a dispatch from Paris wulch says that Pere Hyacinth®,1 the distinguished protesting priest, for­ merly Abbe Charles Loys.on, will marry Laura, daughter of the late William Bueknell, an American. Pere Hyacinthe is 68. years old,. The steamer Marsden collided with the British baru Firth of Solway, Captain' Kbndrick. Sunday, near Kish lighthouse,j causing tjhe latter to sink. Thirteen men and the captain's wife and child were drowned. The Firth of Solway was built (it Glasgow in 1885, She was of 1,191 register, was 228.4 feet long, beam about 3<i feet and was 21 feet deep. Ilerr Brand, the architect of the latej °Iving Ludwig of Bavaria, has died, leav-j ing many millions. King Ludwig, the mad king of Bavaria, had bt'iilding as well as Wagner 011 the brain. He spent large sums in raising castles, palaces' and villas,' and when he died left aii enormous debt that has not yet' been paid, off. the result of'his' indulgence'to this weakness. The Cincinnati .Commercial Gazette's special correspondence from Mrs. Wood­ ward contains an interview with Dr. -Jbse Manual Delgado, tjie, American "c-itiicoii who. was shot and hacked .and Jeft ; fo£ . dea.d.by Spanish troops when they raided^ the .plantation of Dolores 111 Mainoa. Del­ gado said he w:as an American, neutral in this .contest, attending to- his farm. Mficeo' had., fired Dolores' p!anta^}qn, and retired before the Spanish troops;.. A Spanish captain-came.to Delgado's house; with twenty men,, telling the doctor and his- seven field hands "to follow. Delgado showed his passport as an American; so did his men.. The captain said he had nothing to do with the matter; he was obeying orders, but it was his opinion that] the worst thing they could do would be to show that they were Americans. Ar­ riving at Gen. Melguizo's headquarters, Delgado said they were neutrals and then showed their passports. Melguizo be­ came furious. He struck Delgadd with his machete-, exclaiming: "I will shoot you. just as I would the consul general if he were here." There were eight of them taken out and tied together with a rope and placed against a stone wall. The order was to cut the prisoners down with machetes. In attempting this the rope broke and the soldiers were ordered to fire. At the first volley Delgado fell forward, feigning; death. The second volley sent a bulllrintrrTrrsr thigh. AIT the others except one were killed. The doctor was left for dead and lost con­ sciousness. When he recovered he found himself in his dwelling. There his old father took care of him. Shortly after­ ward Spanish soldiers came searching for the two that had escaped. Delgado's father hid him in a canetield. exposed to the inclement weather. Meantime the old father, communicated with Consul General Williams and obtained a safe conduct to Havana, where Delgado now7 lies under protection of the United States. IN GENERAL, Ex-Consul Waller says the long confine­ ment in a French prison has so seriously^ An Egyptian Camel Corps* Armed Men *vitli Modern Breech-Loading Rifles, Patrolling the Hot Band* in Search of , „. . j, the Enemy. - -"• * A. K. Ward, the Memphis forger, has been granted bail in the sum of $25,000. Ward has been in the hospital for several weeks and,may never be brought to trial before an earthly court. Jeptha D. Howe, the St. Louis lawyer w o was indicteu with II. II. Holmes for swindling the Fidelity Insurance Com­ pany, held a long conference with the district attorney at Philadelphia arid the company's officials. What transpired is­ not known, but it is believed the case against him will be dropped upon hi? making some restitution to Mrs. Pitzel. The Countess.of Aberdeen had a nar­ row.escape from, death at Ottawa. While out driving 011 the road along the side of the Gatineau river, which for a short dis tance is just now covered with flood water, the horses attached to her carriage plunged into a large hole, carrying the ve­ hicle with them. The animals were drowned, but the countess escaped with a drenching. An Arab who'has reached Suakim from Osman Digna's camp at Horasab, says he saw a hundred wounded dervishes there, and he confirms the report that over one hundred of the enemy were killed in the recent fight. The dervishes . are urging upon Osman Digna to with­ draw to Thamlamkhor, owing to the scarcity of food. He has dispatched camel men to the khalifa asking for instructions. Several of the subsidized sheikhs have been disrated for failing to support the Egyptian troops. One of the richest strikes ever made in the Black Hills was made Friday in Rutabaga Gulch, about four miles from Deadwood. Assays made from the ore run from $250 to $1,000 per ton. Pros­ pectors are swarming in from all the sur : rounding camps and intense excitement prevails. It is not known yet how large the deposits are, but one bowlder of the ore has been found which weighs half a ton. The ore is refractory with fine gold depots. The American National Bank of Den­ ver failed to open Wednesday morning. A notice was posted 011 the door that the directors had decided to liquidate. The step was taken on account of internal dis­ sension. It is said all depositors will be paid in full. Zepli T. Hill is in charge of the bank on behalf of the Govern­ ment. Acting Comptroller Coffin, at Washing­ ton, received a telegram stating that the Grand Forks National Bank, of Grand Forks, N. D:. had closed its doors. Ac­ cruing to its last report, the bank had asset|.^amounting to about -$653,000 EASTERN/"- Two firemen w'ere crushed to death and several others seriously injured as the re- sult of a fire which destroyed the old depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com­ pany at Thirty-second and Market streets, Philadelphia, Saturday afternoon, and en­ tailed a loss of about $200,000. The reorganization coilimittee of the ^Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has struck a snag. The sum of $30,000,000 is missing and nobody is yet able to tell where it has gftne. The committee cannot proceed fur­ ther in the direction of getting that rail­ way system out of the hands of the re- ror the defense raised the point in the District Court as to the effect of inserting in a note or contract the words "to pay in gold c-oim" or the words "to pay in gold coin or its equivalent," and argued that in either form the note would be illegal, be­ ing in violation of the legal tender law and contrary to public policy. It was fur­ ther argued by the defense that if not violating and invalidating the note en­ tirely, the section requiring payment in gold was void. During the argument the court said it would not enforce that part of the note contracting to pay in gold; that if it came to a question of holding the note was payable in gold coin or the con­ tract was illegal and void, the.court would hold that it was illegal and void. The big piano manufacturing house of Crawford, Ebersole & Smith, of Cincin­ nati, O., formerly Smith iv Nixon, assign­ ed to Lawyer D. D. Woodmansee, whose bond is $3<M),(KM.». The failure was a sur­ prise to Cincinnati, The firm has been struggling under a load of financial trou­ ble for the last two years, but its man­ agement was so aggressive throughout its embarrassments that the real situa­ tion was unknown to the public. The hard times and recent heavy losses, bow- ever, forced a surrender. The firm had bought stock which cash or good pape- to Western and So Failure to make cull' < own Eastern account: ment of paper fallin; plains the situation. 1 to be paid for .in 1 had sold largely rn dealers on time, tions to meet their ; and the non-pay- ; due to them ex- They lost $<>O.O0O by the failure of one agent, $40,000 another, and $18,000 on another. Besides there were many smaller losses attribut­ able to the hard times, which limited sales and made casn dealings impossible. There are 110 preferences, and Assignee Woodmansetk hopes to put the firm on its feet again/"^"I place the liabilities at fully $1.000,0hlp. said Assignee Wood­ mansee. "The assets are probably $800,- 000. Of this amount $3<X),000 is quick assets. At least $252,000 is otherwise available. The failure in no way affects the Smith & Nixon Piano Manufacturing Company in Chicago." affected his eyesight that total blindness may follow. A Texas export company his submitted a proposition asking the co-operation of the farmers of Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma, on railroads running into Wi­ chita, to take stock in an elevator to be erected at Wichita, with a storage ca­ pacity of half a million or a million bush­ els. The projectors claim that the enter­ prise will be a success and willjudd several cents to the value of all grain. Galves­ ton will be the point of export. The town of Qu'Appblle, near Winni­ peg, is excited over a remarkable inci­ dent. An infidel at Qu'Appelle was dy­ ing, and two well-known men of that place were watching at his bedside. Sud­ denly those in the adjoining room heard a piercing cry, and rushing into the sick room found the two watchers insensible and the infidel dead. The men have never since been able to speak of what they saw, and cannot refer to the matter. One of them is not expected to live. It is believed they saw the Evil One. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "The sudden change from sleighing to midsummer heat, with ̂ fan- skies in most cities, has tested the preva­ lent idea that good weather only was needed to bring general improvement of business. Everywhere there has been more retail buying, and in some branches better demand at wholesale and at the works has resulted, but not as yet in most lines. There is no abatement of the al­ most universal disposition to deal with unusual conservatism, and not. to antici­ pate future wants, and this has been especially conspicuous where combina­ tions have been formed or prices advanc­ ed. The comparative infrequency of seri­ ous failures, with money less disturbed since gold exports began than might have been expected, helps to give encourage­ ment, but does not kindle speculative fires. Such improvement as appears is mainly of a healthy sort." Two Men Instantly Killed---Scores of Houses and Barns Demolished. A cyclone which proved fatal to two persons and which did damage amounting to many thousands of dollars passed across Sandusky County, Ohio, Monday afternoon. It was just 3 o'clock when 'a big, black, whirling cloud was seen in the southwest approaching at a fearful speed and apparently headed for the heart of Fremont. People on the streets er.ed out to each other in fear and,ran in search of a place of refuge. In five minutes the cloud had gone on its way, passing close to the city's western outskirts and disap­ pearing in the distance. In its wake was a path of desolation, ruin and death. William L. Greene, together with his Bon, James, and the latter's family, oecu- pied a large frame residence on a farm directly in the path of the storm. The house was crushed, W. L. Greene was killed outright -and his mangled remains carried some distance from the site of the building. Mrs. James Greene was badly injured and will probably not recover. Her in­ fant child was peacefully sleeping in a cradle when the house was struck. The cradle and its occupant were picked up like a feather and carried quite a distance in an adjoining field. When discovered the cradle was smashed, but the babe was unharmed. At the farm of Amos Hetrick John Low and Hetrick were shearing sheep in a barn. The barn was leveled to the ground. Low was blown out of .the barn across a -fortymcre field against a tree -The eyes of the. world are now fixed on the Soudan, where the Anglo-Egyptian/ expedition is marching toward Dongola to crush the power of; the Khalifa Ab­ dullah,, who succeeded the Jtfahdi, of Khartoum 'fame. The advance guard of the- expedition has reached Akasheh, be- I Nubian desert, where perils of many, kinds tween the second and third cataracts of are numerous. Dealing with the "march the Nile, without encountering any of the j"of the. expedition we print an illustration Khalifa's forces, which it is believed a?e taken frbm the Illustrated London News, Concentrated at Dongola.' The frontier of "an Egyptian camel corps patrolling the j '. marcih of the expedition is through, the | hot sands in,search of the enemy. REVIEW OF THEIR WORK AT - WASHINGTON. .Detailed Proceedings of Senate and House--Bills Passed or Introduced in Either Branch--Questions of Mo­ ment to the Country at Large. OHIO HAS A CYCLONE. and instantly killed. Hetrick escaped with light injuries. A young child of Charles Tucker's was badly injured by flying pieces of timber. Abraham Fought, a farmer, was struck and an arm and leg were broken. Ruins, scattered far and wide, are all that are now left of what were a few hours ago many ideal country houses and farms. At Muscalong creek, where the Wheel­ ing and Lake Erie Railroad lies in the path of the storm, fearful damage was done. A large tree was blowa across a freight train, striking the caboose, crush­ ing it like an egg shell. Several train­ men were in the caboose at the time, but they miraculously escaped injury. Book- town, the small hamlet, was laid waste. Not a building is left standing. The roof of the Hatfield brick school house, three miles northwest of Fostoria, was blown off and the gable ends fell in, while school was in session, breaking the arm of the teacher, Miss Belle Worrjs. Several children were injured, one little boy named Hatfield being carried several hundred feet by the wind. At New Castle, Pa., there were many narrow escapes from death. The front of Charles Earle's west, side store was blown In. Three school buildings were complete­ ly unroofed, while the Catholic Church suffered a similar fate. THOSE WORLD'S FAIR MEDALS. WASHINGTON, Henry A. Anderson, the Chicago crank who was arrested at the White House while trying to see the President, as he said, to save the country, committed sui­ cide in the police station, where he was held on a charge of insanity. Three hundred prominent ministers and educators of this country met in Wash­ ington Wednesday to formulate plans for international arbitration. There were several prominent publicists and business men conspicuous in the proceedings, but the rank and tile of the delegates were educators and clergymen. There was a notable absence of government officials. The views of Senator Morgan on the Pacific Railway refunding bill were sub­ mitted to the Senate Tuesday. The Sen­ ator began by sharply criticising the joint meetings of the sub-committees of the two houses for the formulation of the bill. He characterizes this concerted action as a breach of duty and privilege. Such action is, he says, calculated to bring the pressure of outbade influence of the most serious character to bear directly, upon the action of the Seilate and to its free judgment upon the measure before it. The added burden of the adjudication by a committee of the House is calculated to "smother out" the minority. Taking up the Viill, the Senator says the proceed­ ing proposed is one of bargain and sale in.disposing of the property and rights of the Government, and is novel because hitherto Congress has not engaged in that line of business. Senator Morgan says an examination of Mr. Huntington's tes timony before the Senate committee 011 Pacific roads "will disclose a most extrt ordinary condition of affairs relating to the Central and Southern Pacific rail roads and other roads connected with them," and continues: "Without attempt­ ing, in {his paper, to array the evidence of fraud and speculation which Hunting ton's testimony vainly attempts to con MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 62c to 63c; corn, No. 2, 20c to 30c; oats, No. 2, 18c to 10c; rye, No. 2, 36c to 38c; butter, choice creamery, 13c to 14c; eggs, fresh, 9c to 11c; potatoes, per bushel, 15c to 2oc; broom corn, $20 to $45 per ton for common to choice. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 69c to 71c; corn, No. 1 white, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. " St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; wheataNo. 2 red, 68c to 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2, 36c to 38c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3100 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 71c to 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 41c to 43c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye, 37.c to 39c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 3.0c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 21c; rye, No. 2, 38c to 39c; clover seed, $4.80 to $4.90. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 61c to 63c; corn, No. 3, 2v)c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; barley. No. 2, 30c to 33c; rye, No. 1, 38c to 39c; pork, mess, $8.25 to $8.75. Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $4.50; hogs. $3.00* to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No.. 2 red, 72c to 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 3^j to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep. $2,00' to $4.50; wheat, No. 1 hard, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 2, 38c to -iOc; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26c; butter,^creamery, 13c to 15c; eggs, West- , ern; 10c to 11c. Strange as It May ?eeni, Some* of Them Have Been -Distributed. The long-expected distribution of Co­ lumbian World's Fair diplomas and med­ als has begun at last, and Monday about 3,000 diplomas and medals, covering all of the successful German exhibitors at the fair, were turned over to Baron Thiel- mann, the German ambassador, who will ship them immediately to his Government tor distribution. Those awarded to Amer­ ican exhibitors will be ready for delivery Within the next ten days or two weeks at the farthest, and the shipments to Eng­ land, France, Russia, Spain, Italy and other foreign countries will be ready for delivery to their respective diplomatic rep­ resentatives here within the next month. A new principle will be carried out in regard, to the wild animals, that of plac­ ing native and foreign animals of the tropical, temperate and colder regions as far as possible among their natural sur­ roundings. It will be possible to do this, considering the large area that will be at the disposal of the society. The Jarger animals of North America will be shown in the free range of large inclosures, in which the rocks, forests and natural fea­ tures of the landscape will give the people an impression of the life, habits and na­ tive surroundings of these different types. It is proposed that the lion house shall open into a sandy inclosure in which palms and other tropical plants will give a perfect impression of the natural habitat of the lion. The first main feature will be the collection of native animals, manj- of which are rapidly becoming extinct. The value of exhibiting them under nat­ ural condition will be very great. BIG RAILROAD BRIDGE. New York Central's Steel Draw Over the Harlem Kiver, New York. The great engineering work of elevating the four tracks of the New York Central and Hudsop River Railroad over the Harlem rivel- in New York city is com­ pleted and trains to apd from the Grand Central station at Forty-sefond street now traverse the new steel structure and avoid the deep cut in the old roadway. The original cause "of this change of grade was the construction of the Har­ lem ship canal. To Walter Katte, chief engineer of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, is due the chief credit of the design of the new steel viaduct and draw­ bridge. The draw span, which is the only four-track railway drawbridge in the world, measures 400 feet over all and weighs 2,500 tons. The drawbridge is 58 feet 6 inches wide from center to center of the outside trusses, and is car- WAR DAYS RECALLED. Survivors of the Fir^t Troops Retrace the Old Line of March. Thirty-five years ago last'Thursday the first Union troops to respond to President Lincoln's proclamation asking for volun­ teers started on their way to the defense of the capital. One hundred and thirty- five survivors of those Pennsylvania mi­ litia companies celebrated the anniversary by following the same line of march, but their reception in Baltimore in 1896 was somewhat different from that of 1861. They represent what is known as the First Defenders Association, the living remnants of five battalions of militia, numbering nearly 700 men, as follows: The Washington artillery and national light infantry of Pottsville, the Ringgold light artillery/of Reading, the Logan guard of Lewistoa and the Allen infantry of Allentown. President Lincoln issued his proclama­ tion on the 15th of April. The same day the officers of these companies reported at Harrisburg with their men, and on Tuesday, April 16, having been mustered in, they boarded a train on the Northern Central Railway and started for Balti­ more. Therp they were compelled to change cars and march through the city* Although a platoon of police furnished them an escort, ihey were followed by a mob of several , hundred persons, who threw stones at them as tliey marched.. But only one person was wounded, and that was a colored servant of the cap­ tain of the Tottsville artillery, who was cut on the face by a brick. On the 19th of April the Sixth Massachusetts regi­ ment, which followed them, encountered an even more angry mob, and the riot which occurred 011 that day in Baltimore is a matter of history. The survivors of the First Defenders Association met at Harrisburg to begin their historic pilgrimage, which covered the entire route over which they went in END VIEW OF TITE STEEL DRAWBRIDGE ACROSS IIARLEM RIVER. THE WORLD'S GREATEST ZOO. New York Is to Hnve One That Will, Cover 30'> Acres. New York is to have a zoological garden that will surpass anything of the kind ever before known. Plans have nearly been completed by the New York Zoologi­ cal Society, which is made up of some of ried by three trusses, of which the cen­ tral one is the heaviest. Between the central and each of the two side trusses is a clear space of twenty-six feet, which permits the passage of two sets of double tracks. The floor is corrugated, like that of the viaduct, and the rails are bolted to it with only the intervention of steel tie plates. The weight of the draw span is carried by two huge steel drums, one inside the other. The diameter of the outer drum is 54 feet and of the inner 46 feet. These drums are coupled together by sixteen lattice braces. Underneath each of the drums are seventy-two cast ste^l rollers, with faces IQV2 inches wide. The seven­ ty-two wheels under the outer drum are each 24 inches in diameter, and those un­ der the in,ner drum are 20 7-16 inches in diameter. The whole weight of the bridge rests on these rollers when the draw is open. The select committee of the House of Commons 011 the rule of the road at sea, by a yote of <5 to 3, has adopted the chair­ man's report in favor of rule 3, suggested bv the Washington , conference dealing 1861. In Baltimore they were the guests of the city, and were entertained by the Grand Army of the Republic, They went to Washington Friday and remained until Saturday night. Told in a Few Lines. Prof. R. A. Fessenden, of Western Uni­ versity, Pittsburg, lias invented a meter whereby X rays can be measured. While returning from a hunting trip John Leiningor and Peter Pretzeller were killed by a train near Looneyville, N. Y. Indications are that the national head­ quarters of the Hotel Waiters' Associa­ tion will be removed from St. Louis to Chicago. Jesse White, charged with the murder of Mrs. Hester Curtis last December, was found guilty at Lafayette, Ind. He will go to prison for life. By the explosion of a barrel of gaso­ line in the Dauntless bicycle factory at Toledo the entire plant was wrecked. * Loss, $110,000. Vice-President Adlai E. Stevenson stated at Bloomington, 111., thereecwas 110 „ The Legislative Grind. The Senate continued' debate of tb» bond bill Friday, and incidentally Mr. Allen called Mr. Gear a liar. He was compelled to subside, and his words were "taken down." The net result of five hours' work on the private calendar in the House was the passage of four pen­ sion bills, one to pension the widow of Rear Admiral Foote at $50 a month; the rejection of a bill to retire a hospital steward as a second lieutenant of cavalry and the passage of a war claim loss than $600. The latter was the first war claim, brought before the House for consider­ ation and naturally provoked a general debate on the policy of paying war claims. The Senate Committee on Military Af­ fairs acted favorably Saturday upon the list of managers for the soldiers' homes, as agreed to by the House. The House paid tribute to the memory of the' late Representative Cogswell of Massachu­ setts. Gen. Cogswell was one of the most popular members of the House, His ca­ reer as a soldier and statesman and the nobility of his charactA Were eloquently and warmly portrayed.' Before the eulo­ gies 'began, •$$?'. Canhoii reported the gen-1 er.il deficiency, the iasf a])[>rop'riation bill. Mr. Talbert (Dem.) of South Carolina ob­ jected to a'pen sion..bill presented by Mr. Cannon (Rep.) of Illinois. Mir.'Cannon , made a personal appeal . to Mr. Talbart. He said it was the first time ITS twenty years that, lie had asked for unanimous consent. He reviewed the pathetic hfs-- tpry. of the soklieriwho was a constituent of his, shot to pieces and almost totally blind. Mr. Talbert withdrew his objec­ tion. The Senate Monday discusscd sectarian ' schools in debating the Indian appropria­ tion bill, but 110 action was taken. The House was entertained-by a hot tariff dis­ cussion. Several items in the general de­ ficiency bill were finally setyed. The House Tuesday put iu the time with several contested election cases, but only one was decided. Mr. Goodwin, of Alabama, was unseated, in favor of Mr. Cobb. In the Senate the bill was passed granting the abandoned Fort Marcy mil­ itary reservation. New Mexico, to the American Invalid Society for the purpose of establishing a sanitarium for the treat­ ment of pulmonary diseases. Mr. Cam. non -(-R-ep., Ft ah) was "recogTiized for a speech supporting his resolution for a huge ground map covering 025 acres, lo­ cated near Washington, showing the en­ tire topography and geography of the United States. lie explained that the map would give an object lesson of the extent, of our country.- The Indian bill was then taken up. and Mr. Pettigrew, in charge of the bill, said an immediate abandonment of the contract schools would leave a number of children without schools. Mr. Kyle (Pop., S. D.) spoke of the schools yow in operation and the jus­ tice of allowing them to surrender their work gradually. Mr. Thurston (Rep., Neb.) expressed his respect for every church of Christianity, yet he regarded it as a fundamental principle that the pub­ lic money of the people should be expend- ed only for public purposes and only hy <3 -- ~ SOME OF THE MAGNATES OF THE NATIONAL GAME. puolic officers and instrumentalities. Mr. Gray said he never learned that the foun­ dations of this Government were not broad enough for equal justice and toler­ ation to all. Protestantism was not big­ otry, he said, and Christianity was not fanaticism. Mr. Pettigrew asked that a time for a vote 011 the sectarian school amendment be fixed, but there was objec­ tion to fixing any time. The Senate Wednesday disposed of the sectarian school question by adopting a compromise framed by Senator Cockrell of Missouri. The Indian bill, as it came from the Senate, provided that no money therein appropriated shall be paid for education in sectarian schools. This pro­ vision is struck out by the Cockrell amendment, as adopted, arid it is declared to be the settled policy of the Government to make no appropriations for sectarian schools after July 1, 1898, thus giving two years for the abandonment of sec­ tarian schools, instead of an immediate abandonment. The amendment was adopted by the decisive vote of 38 to 24. The Indian bill was not completed when the Senate adjourned. The House enter­ ed upon the consideration of the general pension bill, reported from the invalid pension committee. It amends the exist­ ing pension laws in some very important respects. It makes presumption of death of an enlisted mail exist if 110 tidings have been heard from him for seven years. It provides that desertion or dishonorable discharge shall not be a bar to a pension under the act of 1890 if the enlisted man has served ninety days subsequent to such discharge. It provides that pensions al­ lowed shall date from their first applica­ tion. It fixes the maximum income of a widow entitled to a pension under the act of 1890 at $300 per annum. It provides that 110 pension shall be reduced or dis­ continued except for fraud or recovery from disability and that discontinued pen­ sions when reconsidered and reallowed shall date from their discontinuance. Several minor bilL .were passed at the opening of the Senate Thursday, includ­ ing the bill authorizing a bridge across the Missouri river at Boonville, Mo. The Indian appropriation bill was freely dis­ cussed. The i'latt amendment extending the services of the Dawes commission so as to terminate the tribal relations of the Indians, ami dividing their lands in sever­ alty, was ruled out of order as general legislation, after Senators Jones of Ar­ kansas. Bate and I'latt had denounced the prevalence of lawlessness in Indian territory. The bill was then passed, after the item of $1,000,000 for payment of the Cherouee, outlet fund, stricken out by the committee, had been restored. It will now go to conference. Bills were passed for an additional circuit judge in the Sixth judicial circuit, and appropriating. $500,000 for a public building at Salt Lake City, consideration of the Pickler general pension bill was resumed in the House. Mr. Hepburn (Rep.) of Iowa gave notice of an amendment instructing the pension office to construe the pension laws liberally. Mr. t Stewart (Rep.) of New' Jersey closed the debate for the day and the House adjourned. the representative men of the metropolis, to give that city a zoo that will be in keeping with its importance. The biggest existing zoological garden has sixty-six acres, but the one proposed will greatly exceed these figures. A site for the garden has not yet been selected, but 300 acres will be set aside somewhere in the eity for the purpose: When a suit­ able place is found buildings, etc., will be erected and the society will make a call for popular subscriptions. It is hoped by this means to raise $250,000, which the Legislature will be asked to increase to 1400,000. with Bound fog signals. This was the rule upon which centered the main objec­ tion of British ship owners and naviga­ tors to the series of rules of the road rec­ ommended by the Washington confer­ ence. A secret meeting of the steel rod manu­ facturers* of the country was h^id at Cleveland for the purpose of effecting a general pooling of interests. The meet­ ing adjourned after an all day session without havisg reached an agreement, and most of the manufacturers, left for home. truth in the statement that has been pub­ lished' to the effect tnat he and Mrs. Ste­ venson will visit Europe "the coming sum­ mer.' *; The Pillsbury "A" mill at Minneapolis has just completed a remarkable six days' run, having made during that time 61,827 barrels, an average of over 10,300 barrels a day for six days. The heaviest day's run for the week was 10,783. The high­ est record of any flour mill in the world was made by'this same mill in Decem­ ber, 1894, when it made 55,943 barrels in six days. Coreau Women. Corean women, to the Western eye, are both hideous and ungainly, where­ as the men and young boys are often handsome and picturesque. There is neither grace nor elegance in the fe­ male dress, which in some respects re­ sembles that of the Chinese, and con­ sists of a loose pair of trousers reach­ ing to the ankle, and tied round the waist with a thick cord; on the top of this is worn a short petticoat reaching to the knees, and fitted to the shoulder is a yoke or slioulder-cape, to which are attached long loose sle eves. This costume is the ordinary dress of the working-woman. " Not to Be Relieved. If you put a funny uniform on a man and let 2,000 people pay 50 cents he will saw wood as hard as he will play baseball.---Texas Siftings. . •