FILLE
Terms 2.00 A Yeawr,in Advance
‘Bellefonte, Pa., May 5, 1893,
P. GRAY MEEK, - - =
Epiror
State Banks of Issue.
Misconception and unfavorable com-
ment were excited in last year’s Presi
dential campaign by the declaration in
the Democratic national platform rec.
ommending the removal of the govern
ment tax of ten. per cent on the issueg
of State Banks. It was denounced by
the Republicans as an intention to
break down the national banking sys- |
tem, and there was much foolishness
indulged in about the Democratic de-
sire to restore the old method of con-
ducting the banking business on the
“wild cat” plan. Of course this clam-
or had no other purpose than: to pro-
duce a campaign effect. i
It cannot be denied that banks differ-
ent from ‘those established on the na-
tional system will soon be required ' to
meet the business necessities of the
country, for ‘the national banks will
eventually go out of existence in conse-
quence of the payment of the govern.
ment bonds upon which they are based.
It was to meet such an emergency that
the proposition of the’ Democratic, plat-
form was made, Following upon this
suggestion it is seen that the Legisla-
ture of Tennessee has passed a law au-
thorizing the establishment of State
banks within the borders of that State.
The law has been drawn in a way that
avoids every “wild ¢at”’ feature, its pro-
visions making the note holders as se-
cure as they are under the national
banking system. This is doue by re-
quiring the deposit of Federal State or
county bonds as security for the bank
notes, the same as government bonds
are used to eecure the nation bank
notes, and there is a requirement in the
law that these State bank issues shall
be redeemed in gold or silver. . Provis-
ion is also made for rigid bank exami
nations, and for the security of deposi-
iors. In theseregulations are embraced
all the elements of security which have
constituted the safety of the banking
system under the control and resolu.
tion of the general government. The
Tennessee law is a copy of that system
with all its recommending features.
While the government tax of 10 per
cent on State bank issues still exists, it
is questionable whether banks under
the Tennessee law could make any
money, but it is likely that the law has
been passed in anticipation of the abol-
ishment of that tax. In that event it
is probable that other States will pass
banking laws, but it should be required
by act of Congress, that all such State
laws should be uniform in their pro-
visions and should afford the most
thorough security to the people through
whose hands the notes of these State
banks may circulate. Nothing short
of the security of the national bank
notes should be allowed.
Public Extrayvagance.
The custodians of public funds are
gradually bringing themselves forward
as a clase of reckless, extravagant peo
ple: who seem to have no care: what-
ever as to how they expend the hard
earnings of others. By this statement
noone person or particular set of persons
is meant, bat they are all taken as a
whale.
The idea that public funds come
from a source whence no labor or sac-
rifices were required to put them, seems
to pervade the generalty of people who
have them in trust. Public money is
a sort of free booty for all, and when it
is spent no one suffers. The peoples
pocket ig always open for the game of
grab.
The junkets, paroles, various com-
missions of investigation, etc., are all
made grand jambourees for their mem-
bers at public expense. Every means
for squandering the public money is
taken, no matter what the result may
be,
As illustrations of how it goes we
need but lock at our own Legislature
where it has cost the State $36,000 to
unseat two Democratic officials simply
to. inake room for two Republicans
whom their own people had turned
down. To the Common Pleas courts
all over the State where suits are
brought for the most trifling things,
entailing expenses upon counties often
reaching into thousands of dollars,
The case of Dr. BucHaNaw, the New
York wife poisoner, is fresh in our
minds and it cost the State over one
hundred thousand dollars.
Allsuch extravagance hasa tendency
to corrupt men and many of them
when once placed as guardians of mon-
ey, which no work of their own was re-
quired to accumulate, lose their
economic habits of private life and at
once become unfit for reputable busi-
“ness affairs.
The sudden death of Mr. Go
W. Robgers, in Altoona, on ‘Wednes-
day night, seems particularly sad as
bringing to an abrupt close a career
which had just awakened on the dawn
of a day which promised an illustrious
eventide. Among the many men who
Lave brought fame and laurels to our |
town from the varied avocations of |
life he promised one of the most noted.
From the brain of the poor engineer
many useful inventions had already
sprung into life, but only to be stolen
by others, and his last days were being
spent in the consummation of a work
which would undoubtedly have placed
him among the the eminent inventors
of the age.
Revolution in Cuba.
A General Uprising Has Taken Place Through-
out the Eastern Portion of the Island.
HAVANA, |
Cuba is again 1n the throes of revolu-
tion. A general uprising has taken
place throughout the eastern portion of |!
the island. The movement, which has
been kept from the public by the au-
thorities, was started near Holquin,
April 24, when two brothers named Sar-
torus raised’ the war cry, and, with
twenty followers, marched out of the
little town of Purnio. They were re-
inforced thd following day by eighty
men from the town of Velasco. They
continued in the. direction of Milas,
near the northern coast, where they
were strongly reinforced and where
they expected to meat expeditions from
the United States. Reports of uprisings
throughout the districts of Manzanillo,
Honquin, Guantanamo and Lastunas
are being received.
A council of war was called by the
captain general on the night of April
27, and yesterday he issued an order de-
claring the province of Santiago de
Cuba in a state of seige. Orders have
been issued detaching troops from every
available point. They are being sent
eastward to check the uprising which is
now becoming general, apparently in
keeping with the previous arrangement
of the leaders. Throughout Havana,
Matanzas and the neighboring cities re-
gular troops are marching through the
streets und drilling constantly. Troops
which have been following bandits in
this vicinity have been ordered to Man-
zanilio. The situation is con sidered by
the authorities and the press as serious,
and all available government forcés are
being centered in the Vuelta Arriba.
The Sartorus brothers are young men
of good family and were born in Gibara.
Their father is a retired captain or the
Spanish army, a man of wealth and
highly respected. The two sons, how-
ever, have been prominently identified
with revolutionary movements and un-
der Spanish surveillance for several
months.
SPAIN’S FORCES HARD PRESSED, *
Havanna, May 2.—The latest news
in regard to the insurrection is that the
rebels are now between Puerto del Pa-
dre, a harbor on the northeast coast of
Cuba, and Manati. Seven columns are
in pursuit, the troops being supported
by two Spanish ships of war off the
coast. Up todate not a single encoun-
ter has taken place between the govern-
ment troops and the rebels propose to
surrender if they are guaranteed that
their lives will be spared.
New York, May 2—Benjamin
Guerra, the secretary of the United Cu-
ban societies in this city, said to-day
that he supposed Sartorus, the present
leader of the Cuban insurrection, ac-
cording to the cable messages received
here, who was expected to surrender
the command to a well known Cuban
general had been compelled to show
his hand sooner than he anticipated
by reason of his plans becoming known
to the Spanish authorities. Mr. Guer-
ra thought he had a large and well
armed force.
The departure of the Spanish men
of war from this post to-day indicated,
he felt sure, that they had been ordered
to Caba on account of the revolution.
Spain maintains a standing army of
about 25,000 men in Cuba, according
to Mr. Guerras figures, while the pres:
ent force opposed to them is eaid to be
no larger than 4,000 The secretary
thinks that with 10,000 well acquaint.
ed with the island, the Spanish forces
will be hard pressed. He declared
that the revolution sentiment is spread-
ing in Cuba.
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Cuban Rebels Surrender.
Havana, May 3.—A dispatch from
Holguin says that all of the rebels, in-
cluding the two Sartorio brothers, have
surrendered themselves at Cuatro
Veredas. The party consisted of only
thirty men.
I TE ST——
A Colossus Among Trusts.
The Great Leather Combine to Have $130,000,
000 Capital.
New York, May 1.—Final details
in organizing the leather trust, compos-
ed of the leading dealers in sole leather
in New York, Boston, Baltimore and
other places, and the owners of large
tanneries, which is to be called the
United States Leather Company, are
now being carried out, and it is expect-
ed that a public statement of the trust’s
finances will be made public Wednes-
day. i
It was said to-day that the company
would be capitalized at $180,000,000 ;
$60,000,000 preferred, $60,000,000 com-
mon-and $10,000,000 in debenture bonds.
The officers of the trust are not known,
but it is reported that T. C. Proctor, of
Boston, is to be president ; Josiah T.
Tnbby, of New York, secretary, and
James R. Plum, of New York, treasur-
er. Itissaid that Heidelbach, Ickel-
heimer & Co., are to finance the trust
Veragua’s Doings.
Cuicaco, May 2,—The Duke of Ver-
agua at 10.30 this morning paid a vis-
it of ceremony to Mayor Harrison. He
then drove to the World's fair grounds
and called on the officials there. This
evening he attended a tea party given
by Madam De Lome, and to-night at
tended a banquet at the Metroplaus.
May 1.—The island of
An Immense Crowd Witnessed the
Opening Exercises.
Nearly Half a Million.— Four Hundred and For-
ty Thousand Visitors Registered. —4 Calamity
Narrowly Averted.—The Crowd About the
Platform Where the Opening Exercises Took
Place, in Pressing Forward for Better Posi-
tion, Causes a Score of Spectators to be Carried
Away in a Fainting Condition—The Presi-
dent's Address.
CHIcAGo, May 2.-—It was 10 o'clock
lust night when the Columbian guards
chased the last straggler from the
World’s fair grounds, and the White
| City, which all day bad been the scene
, of great activity, haunted by myriads
of pecple and honored by the presence
of the chief executive of the nation, was
left to silence and solitude. It was ga
| great day—big with the fulfillment of
many hopes and aspirations—which be-
gun under lowering skies, culminated
{ in the opening of the exposition by the
| president of the United States and end-
| ed in the scintillating glare of myriads
| of electric lights, which flashed = from
the mighty buildings along the lagoons.
There was no hitch in the program.
The distinguished descendant of the
great admiral in whose honor the spec-
tacle was inaugurated, was escorted
from the Auditorium hotel to the Lex-
ington, where prosident Cleveland and
his suite were in waiting, and the two
parties combined were taken in proces-
sion through miles of streets lined with
cheering thousands to the grounds of
the exposition. There the formal exer-
cises were gone through with. The
blind chaplain of the national congress
invoked the blessing of God upon the
undertaking about to be consummated ;
a poem celebrating the voyage of Col-
umbus was read in a manner fitting the
time and place; Director General Davis
presented the completed buildings to
the president of the United States, and
that officer, representing the power and
majesty of sixty millions of American
citizens, after a brief but singularly apt
and happy speech, declared the World's
Columbian exposition fully opened.
The president spoke as follows:
i
THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH.
“I am here to join my fellow citizens
in the congratulations which befit this
occasion. Surrounded by the stupen-
dous results of American enterprise and
activity, and in view of magnificent
evidences of American skill and intelli-
gence. we need not fear that these con-
gratulations will be exaggerated. We
stand to-day in the presence of the old-
est nations of the world, point to the
great achievements we here exhibit,
asking no allowance on the score of
youth. The enthusiasm with which
we contemplate our work intensifies the
warmth of the greeting we extend to
those who have come from foreign lands
to illustrate with us the growth and pro-
gress of human endeavor in the direc-
tion of a higher civilization,
“We who believe that popular edu-
cation and the stimulation of the best
impulses of our citizens lead the way to
a realization of the national destiny
come the opportunity here afforded us
to see the results accomplished by efforts
which have been exerted longer than
ours in the field of man’s improvement,
while in appreciative return we exhibit
the unparalleled advancement and won-
derful accomplishments of a young na-
tion, and present the triumphs of a vig-
orous, self reliant and independent peo-
ple. We have built these splendid edi-
ficus, but we have also built the mag-
nificent fabric of a popular governmént,
‘whose grand proportions are seen
throughout the world. We have made
and here gathered together objects of
use and beauty, the products of “A meri-
can skill and invention ; we have also
made men whe rule themsel ves.
“It is an exalted mission in which we
and our guests trom other lands are en-
gaged, as we co-operate in the inaugura-
tion of an enterprise devoted to human
enlightenment ; and in the undertaking
we here enter upon we exemplify in the
noblest sense the brotherhood of nations.
Let us hold fast to the meaning that un-
derlies this ceremony, and let us not lose
the impressiveness of this moment. As
by a touch the machinery that gives life
to this vast enterprise is now set in mo-
tion, so at the same moment let our
hopes and aspirations awaken forces
which in all time to come shall influence
the welfare, and dignity and the free-
dom of mankind.”
A BRILLIANT TRANSFORMAT ION.
When the president finished he touch-
ed the button which was to start the ma-
chinery and open the exposition. The
touching of the button was the signal
for the audience to burst into a thunder-
ous shout. The - orchestra played the
hallelujah chorus, the wheels of the
great Allis engine in Machinery hall be-
gan to revolve, the fountains in the la-
goon threw up their jets of water, a
flood of water gushed from the McMon-
nies fountain and fell into the basin,
and the thunder of artillery came from
the vessels in the lake. At the same
time chimes in Manufacturers’ hall and
on the German building rang out a
merry peal, and overhead the flags at
the tops of the poles in front of the plat-
form fell apart and revealed two gilded
models of the ships in which Columbus
first sailed to American shores.
Hurdreds of flags of all nations and
all eolors were also unfurled within
sight of the platform, and an immense
United States flag fell out from the top
of the central staff in front of the stand,
The roof of the Manufacturers’ building
was gorgeous in red gonfalons, while
the Agricultural building was dressed
in banners of orange and white. It
was a wonderful and brilliant scene of
transformation, and while it was taking
place the cannon coutinued to thunder
and the crowd to cheer. When the
demonstration bad spent its force, the
band played “America,” and the exer-
cises were at an end.
THE PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION.
The greeting to the president was
hearty and vociferous. It came first
when his genial face was seen above the
heads of the diplomats and commission-
ers in the grand stand. It was repeated
when he stepped forward to make his
modest address, and for the third time it
rose when the signal was sent and the
great achievement of the part of the
century was inaugurated. But only
part of this honor was Cleveland's, the
i rest was in acknowledgement of the
event which that roar from Machinery
hall, that sudden outflow of flags as if a
which our faith promises, gladly wel- |
rainbow had been splintered above the
buildings, that booming of cannon and
that triumphal chorus gignalized.
It was unfortunate that this part of
the day’s proceedings should have been
marred by what might have been a
serious panic. Always anxious to see
and hear, as American crowds are, some
of those in the rear began to push in
hopes of gaining more advantageous
positions from which to witness the
proceedings on the platform, The move-
ment attracted the attention of those
on the platform and orders were given
to the police to clear away the jam that
began to threaten the platform. Offi-
cers sprang into the crow, but it was
some minutes before their efforts were
successful and when the dense mass of
people had been in some degree separat-
ed twenty persons had been taken out
in a fainting condition. Fortunately,
however, no one was seriously hurt and
a great calamity was avoided.
Of course, it was a big crowd to
handle, for Director of Works Burnham
declared that 440,000 people had passed
the turnstiies since daylight—a number
far in excess of the most sanguine ex-
pectations. To take care of such a
multitude with only one accident that
could be called serious—for all the other
casualties of the day were trivial —was
therefore a matter for congratulation
among the officers of the exposition.
When the crowd that had choked up
the entrance to the Administration
Plaza had dispersed after the c¢ermonies
there was more room to move about
with freedom, The president and other
distinguished guests entered the Admin-
istration building.
After dinner the president wearily
took up the line of march for the
Manufactures building, where he did
the courtesies to a throng of foreigners
and officials. Then he was hurried to
the Women’s building, where he listen-
ed to the dedication speeches of Mrs.
Potter Palmer and others. The Irish
village next claimed his attention, and af-
ter that he boarded a naptha launch and
made a flying trip through the lagoons.
Having thus made the grand tour of
the exposition he was thoroughly tired
out, and the rest of the time until his
special train started fer Washington
was spant in his car chatting with
friends and visitors.
Meanwhile the great American public
was baving the full run of the grounds
for the first time, and was enjoying it-
self thoroughly. It was cloudy all af-
ternoon, but no rain fell, and the side-
walks and streets, while they were by no
means models of cleanliness so far as
absence of mud was concerned, weré in
good condition for active pedestrains.
The crowd did not mind the mud any-
how and from noon till the last gate was
closed the broad avenues were alive with
throngs moving from one to another of
the big buildings and every one saw all
the sights possible, and at last, when
the hour for departure arrived, went
away with the flrm resolution to come
again.
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Carlisle’s Gold Hunt.
Said to Have Got Some Here and Expects to Get
More in Chicago.
WasuiNgToN, May 1. — Secretary
Carlisle will return Tuesday night and
be at the Treasury Wednesday. It is,
expected that he will then put into mo-
tion the machinery to build up the
Treasury gold, as it is understood here
that he has made arrangements as the
result of his New York conference to
secure a considerable block of gold
there. His Chicago conference is look-
ed forward to with interest and it is be-
lieved that the Chicago banks will
supply some of their $20,000,000 gold as
the New York banks will some of their
$57,000,000 gold.
In the mean time Acting Secretary
Hamlin is receiving daily small offers
of gold, three being accepted this morn-
ing.
But little of the gold accepted, espe-
cially that from Boston, has yet appeared
upon the Treasury books, and the debt
statement to be issued this afternoon
will not show it all, but will in point of
fact show less than $98,000,000. Suffi-
cient has been accepted to make the net
gold about $1,125,000 but it is stated
unofficially that $500,000 has already
been engaged for export to-morrow, and
during the week past $200,000 in gold
was taken for shipment to Canada, so
that the margin of free gold is thin.
Thousands of Ymmigrants Coming.
New York, May 2.—~There is a big
rush of immigrants headed for New
York. Thousands of immigrants are
now on the ocean bound for America,
and the reason for the exceptionally
large influx of future citizens is that
the new immigration law goes into effect
to-morrow. Steerage passengers on all
steamships leaving foreign ports on and
after May 3 will be subjected to a new
system of questions at Ellis island and
will come under the control of the new
board of inspectors... To forestall this
many have already taken passage and
they will be here in swarms next week.
Ten thousand Italians have left Mar-
seilles on the eleven steamships which
have just sailed from the port, the Bel-
gravia bringing 1,140. There are 13,-
000 bound from Bremen and there is a
migration from other ports equally as
large.
Anxious About Mrs. Cleveland.
Her Reported Illness in this City Causes Her to
be Annoyed With Inquiries.
WasHINGTON. May, 1—The errone-
ous reports telegraphed from New York
on Thursday that Mrs. Cleveland had
been taken suddenly ill on board the
Dolphin and had started immediately
for Washington, have had an annoying
sequence to Mrs. Cleveland in the shape
of the receipt of numerous telegrams
and letters from friends in all parts of
the country inquiring as to her condition
and tendering sympathy. Numerous
personal friends of the Clevelands in
Washington have also left their cards.
All have been informed of the inaccu-
racy of the story.
Six Millions 11 the State's Strongbox.
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 1.—State
| Treasurer Morrison reports that at the
| close of business April 28 he had $6,520, -
835,39 in the general fund of the Treas-
ury deposited in forty-four
throughout the State.
Pennoyer on his Dignity.
He Will Attend to His Business and Wants the
President to Attend to His.
PortrAND, Ore., May 3.—The fol-
lowing telegraphic correspondence to-
day passed between Secretary of State
Gresham and Governor Pencoyer :
WasniNgron, D. C., May 3.—Gov-
ernor Sylvester Pennoyer, Salem, Oregon
—Apparently reliable reports indicate
danger of violence to Chinese when ex-
clusion act takes effect and the presi-
dent earnestly request you will employ
all lawful means for their protection in
Oregon. (Signed) W. Q. GresHAM.
Governor Pennoyer immediately
sent the following reply :
SaLey, Ore., May 3.—W. Q. Gresh-
am, Washington, D. C.: I will attend
to my business, let the president at-
tend to his.
[Signed.] Syrvester PENNOYER.
Governor.
Governor Pennoyer, speaking to a
reporter, said: ‘The Gresham tele-
gram is an insult to Oregon. I will en-
force the laws of the state, and the
president should enforce the laws of
congress. It comes ‘with poor grace
for the president to ack me to enforce
the state law, while he, without war-
rant suspends the exclusion law.’—
The Pairiot.
EEE ETE ——C———
Praise for Mr. Harrity.
Cumberland Democrats Laud the Chairman
and Elect Delegates.
CARLISLE, Pa. April 29.—The Demo-
cratic County Committee met here to-
day and elected as delegates to the State
Convention Jesse Hettrick, Edward
Manning, W. H. Dougherty, R. M:
Stuart, J. L. Barnes, and H. D. Com-
fort. The unit rule was adopted.
The resolutions adopted indorse Ray-
mond E. Shearer for Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue for the Ninth district.
President Cleveland, Governor Pat-
tison and other party leaders were heart-
ily indorsed, and the following tribute
was paid in the resolutions to National
Chairman W. F. Harrity.
“We point with pride to the fact that
our State furnished the Democracy of
the nation with the great captain whose
genius triumphed over every obstacle,
and who led the hosts of Democracy
to an unparalleled victory. Wherever
the name of Democracy is revered, there
will the name of W. F. Harrity be
cherished as one of the greatest leaders
ever vouchsafed our party, and in the
name of the United Democracy of Cum-
berland County we extend to him our
most sincere thanks.”
I I TSR ACT,
Broke Wiltse’s Heart,
Hauling Down the American Flag at Honolulu.
Hastened Death.
WasnINGTON, D. C., May 1.—The
funeral of Captain Gilbert C. Wiltse, of’
the Navy, the officer who hoisted the
'| United States flag over Honolulu, took
place [rom his late residence in this city
this morning.
“Taking down the American flag at
Honolulu broke Captain Wiltse’s heart
and brought on the third attack of apo-
plexy, hastening his death,” said a gen-
tleman who was one of his most inti-
mate friends and who was talking with
him a short time before he died.
‘What makes you think so ?’’ he was
asked.
“I don’t think so, I know itto be a
fact,” he answered.
‘He told me it was a shock to him
and that he could never get over it, and
he never did.”
Was Not Dedicated,
WorLD’S FAIR GROUNDS, GHICAGO,
May 2.—The Pennsylvanians did not
dedicate their maguificent building to-
day as was intended. That event will
take place probably in July ona day
set apart by joint action of the state
board and exposition officials as Penn-
sylvania Day. The general desire is to
make it July 4. Lieutenant Governor
Waters, of the Keystone state, is here
and he joined the state and national
commissioners to-day in a thorough in-
spection of the state exhibits in the big
buildings, They found the installation
nearly completed. The Liberty bell
was half hidden by floral offerings from
the original state to-day, and it was sur-
rounded all the time by visitors to the
state building.
Would-Be Murderer Townsend’s At-
tempt on Gladstone’s Life.
Lonpon, April; 8.—With reference
to the attempted assasination of Glad-
stone yesterday, the Pall Mall Gazette
says that Townsend lay in wait at
Gladstone’s residence for the purpose
of murder. The close resemblance of
Gladstone to Townsend's father un-
oerved the villain, causing the revol-
ver to drop from his hands. Town-
send then fled from the park.
Wiman's Creditors’ Trust.
New York, May 1.—Erastus Wiman
declines to say whether he knew any-
thing or not of the alleged intention of
some creditors to organize a trust to
carry on the many enterprises with
which he is connected. He protests
against the assumption that be made a
general assignment. R.G. Dunn & Co.,
state that Wiman owes the firm $250,-
000 to $300,000.
No Trouble in Vienna.
ViexNa, May 1.—May day is being
observed in this city in a quiet and or-
derly manner. The authorities recent-
ly issued an order forbidding the hold-
ing of processions and the workingmen
are celebrating the day by the holding
of numerous meetings, at which the
equalization of the franchise and an
eight-hour day were demanded.
Perfect Peace in Brussels,
Brussers, May 1.—May Day here
has go far been attended with no disor-
der. More than five thousand Social-
ists marched out to Molenbok Saint-
Jean this afternoon and held a meet-
ing. After lictening to speeches for
three hours they returned to the city
banks | without making any disorderly demon-
stration.
Ars a]
Warm, Sunny Weather is Yet Absent
from the Exposition.
Work is Now Being Pushedi— The World's Fair
Officials and the Contractors Are Happy Be-
cause There Is an Absence of Rain—The Atten-
dance at the Exposition So Far Has Been Sat-
isfactory. High Price Listsat he Restaurants
and They Are Not Stationary.
WorLp’s Far Grouxps, Chicaco,
May 3.—Sun and clouds alternated at
the exposition to-day in a most tantal-
1zing manner for the visitors, but no
rain fell and old Sol gained the end.
With a persistence deserving cf a bet-
ter cause the clouds have hung over
the World's fair for nearly three weeks.
in succession, and warm, sunny weath-
er, such as everybody wants to enjoy
who come, to see the wonders of the
White city, seems as far away as it
would be in November, Still, the
World's fair officials and contractors
were happy for the absence of rain, as
they were able to push the work on
the roadway and buildings which re-
main in an unfinished state.
The indications this morning were
that yesterday's crowd will be largely
increased. Over 14,000 people paid 50
cents to see as much of the fair as they
could yesterday, and the exposition
grounds are so extensive that at no
time did there appear to be more than
5,000 sight-seeiag people within the
gates. The executive officers of the
exposition are well satisfied with the
attendance so far, considering the
threatening weather, the dislike of the
people to trample through the mud
and the unfinished state of several de-
partments and foreign buildings.
Actual costly experience with the
restaurant monopolists in the park
have induced the visiting thousands to
devise ways and means to defeat the
schemes of the caterers. Lunch bas-
kets and hand bags are carried by hun-
dreds of people and in that way they
are able to spend the whole day at the
fair without being famished or parting
with a goodly amount for a frail lunch.
The price lists of the restaurants are
Eifel tower in their proportions but not
stationary Itke that. The prices vary
according to the willingness of the pat-
rons to pay. Waiters collect for every-
thing served and collect what they
please.
THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION WILL NOT BE
OPEN ON THE SABBATH.
WorrLp’s Fair Grounps, CHicaco,
May 3.—Unless the national commis-
sion of the United States shall make a
new law or choose to amend the exist-
ing statute, the gates of the World's
fair will not be opened on Sunday.
Just before the adjournment of to-day’s
session of the national commission.
Commissioner St. Clair, of West Vir-
ginia ; submitted the report of the ju-
diciary committee on the subject and it
was placed on the clerk’s desk to be
read in the moraing.
EE EPI —
Two of the Naronic Victims,
They Were Escaped Convicts From the Massa-
chusetts State Prison.
LoypoN, May 1.—Two of the men
who ‘were on the Naronic were com-
panions of convict Lynch in the escape
from the Massachusetts State prison last
summer. Lynch says these two men,
Mullen and Cannors, had spent most of
the time since their escape on cattle
boats. He intended to sai! with them
on the Naronic. Mullen aud Connors
got aboard at the last moment. Lynch
was a little later and the steamer had
started.
Lynch will leave on the Majestic on
Wednesday in charge of Detective
Rhodes, of Boston. The other two men
were the last of a party of nine who
have not been recaptured.
Reports Were Exaggerated.
WasHINGTON, May 1. — General
Schofield received a telegram from Gen-
eral McCook, commanding the depart-
ment of Arizona, last night, stating
that he thought that the reports regard-
ing the Navajo out break were exag-
gerated. All steps he said, had been
taken to protect the people and the In-
dians.
Thousands of Chinese Drowned.
San Francisco, May 3.—News from
China per steamship Peru says the
river Hoaucghohs overflowed its banks
and 400 villages were flooded late in
March with great loss of life. The
river also broke its banks at Son Katoo,
doing still greater damage.
Sicily Shaken by an Earthquake.
Roue, May 3.—The whole of Scicily
was shaken by an earthquake to-day.
Telegraphic communication with the
island is partly interrupted. It is
feared that great damage to property
and some loss of life was caused by the:
earthquake.
Drowned 125 Slaves.
Loxpoy, May 1.—A dispatch from
Zanzibar brings news of the drowning
of 125 slaves by the capsizing of an
Arab boat in which the captives were
being conveyed south of Madagasear.
The Flvod in Ohio.
Cincinnati, O., May 3.—The flood
in the Ohio at this point at midnight
shows a tendency to stop at forty-eight
feet, owing to the outpour of the Scioto
river.
No Celebration in Rome.
Rome, May 1.—The working people
here did not celebrate May Day by ab-
staining from work and the day has
been without special incident.
Philadelphia's New ‘Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, May 3.—The presi-
dent to-day appointed W. Wilkens
Carr, postmaster at Philadelphia.
Paid to See the World’s Fair.
Cuicaco, May 3.—The number of
paid admissions to the World's Fair
to-day was 15,976.