ABRITISH WARSI SUNK AWFUL NAVAL DISASTER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. The Flagship Victoria Collides With the Camperdown and Goes to the Bottom in Fifteen Minutes Over 400 Officers and Men Thought to be Lost Gladstone's Action, The British battleship Vietoria, flagship of | the Mediterranean squadron, has been sunk and o The Victoria, which flew the flag of Viee- Admiral Sir George Tryon, K. C. DB. was run into off Tripoli by the British battleship Camperdown, also belonging to the Mediter- ranean squadron and under the command of Captain Charles Johnstone, The Victoria had rm hole made in her side, through y the water poured in torrents, She settle, and before those on ould cast loose their small p went to bottom, carrying h her 463 men, Some of the managed to get out of the suction caused the sinking vessel and were rescued, those lost is Viee-Admiral Tyron. 4 nast officers of the of the the to ver 400 lives have boen lost, an us beggar board of her boats the shi down w the officers hy “re Was lors were heads, I'he sall but the sk was makiig water allow osing the Lulkheads, the men were still trying to vessel, with her ir hamper, turned ov The first reg 1 Ores shir Anger nj or rs tried too and while shut nense go sed if the ins and | arried them Hseaster st en drownes wi that the y auxiliary ar ton guns a smaller nature she carried k-firing and i344 speed we w 1200 eight bunkers, an or radius speed, with her ful estimated at Her armored An of compound armor Ir inches in thickness, She wick. a 4 bull T000 kr belt AN INCREASED WORK. What the Young Men's Christian As- soclations Have Accomplished, The Year Book of the Young M Chr tian Ass f a has just be The Christi aggreg s|orinti O00 Their $14,208,043 the year ! The average of the associati sons, an Hh reas over the Average vious year, In their educosti associations have 30 526 students sand one hundred and f Secretaries and other paid officers loyed in the various organizati Physical Directors In the number of associations and branches in the different States, New York all others, with a record of 118 Pennsylvania is second upon tho list with 71 associations and branches, and Massachusetts third w ith 55 The contributions received by the Interna. tional Committees during 1892 for work in Americas was, from individuals, #51.914.09 from associations, $5676.80 ; from extension funds, $1503.15 ; from collections, #6640 11, Porthe work abroad, the committes rocetve i from individuals, #6060.37 ; from “in tions, $2540.37, and from extension funds, #2700.504. Individuals in New York City gave the largest amount, #18.710, and Brook lyn eftigens the second largest amount, $04. In the College Department the report shows that 434 college associations ars in ex- fstence, They are distributed in thirty eight States and six Canadian Provinces, Three hundred and sixty-six of these assoct- ations have a total membership of 25,207, of which 15.54% are active members Thirty of these associations have libraries containing S440 volumes. Of these assosintions 121 have rooms devoted to thelr exclusive use The report shows that thers are ninety six railroad branches in operation, wall distrib- uted throughout the country, Elghty-elght of these mallroad associations have a mem bership of 22.862, of which, however, only about one-fifth is active, Eighty-five asso. elations pald out last year for curreat ex $176,249, Beventy-dour associations ve Hbraries contalning 48,975 volumes, and twenty associations have gymnasiums, The average daily attendance at the rooms of these associations has been 7816, Hixty ase gociations held 383 lectures and entertain. Inily atts na elghty As A the sugar SWEET THING" rust, — pia Record. {| the furnace, and | 000 pounds, and | seen | tion tothe bell’'s composition | heirlo } | stein Hussars, and, though too THE COLUMBIAN BELL. The New Emblem of Liberty Success fully Cast at Troy. The Columbian Liberty Bell was onst nt the | Clinton H, Meneely bell foundry, Troy, N.Y. in the presence of a large number of people. It was originally intended that Mrs, Cleve land would touch n button at Gray Gables, whereby electrieal apparatus “at the foundry would be set in motion releas- ing the metal from the furnsce ; but Mrs, Cleveland was in poor health and could not venture out in the stormy northeast gale which prevailed at Bumard's Bay. The metal was therefore released by Miss Eu- genin, daughter of Clinton H, Meneely, At 8.15 o'clock the molten metal started from seven minutes later bub- bled up from the mouth of the mould, and the casting was over. The bell weighed 13, will be rung for the first time at Chicago on July 4. It will measure across its mouth T7'4 feet, On the hroad band around the mouth will be found in raised letters this inseription *'Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land Unta All the Inhabitants Thereof," On its face will be “A New Command I Give Unto You, I'bat Ye Love One Another," wl » on the opposite side of the bell will be found the maker's name, On its crown may be read the inscription : “Glory to God in the High- Peace, Good Will Toward X that 100,000 pe rsons have do- vhit of sacred orsignificant re a coin, a metal rt, a bit of ore, atrinket, wwe token, All ages are reg d. Old copper kettles, buttor of Hessian and American officers, al by Indians vow Mexico Id World ev ofa lle. mofso or ne treasure of the water, bits aud Mexico, gold o« THE KAISER'S PROXY. Duke Ernst Guenther Will Visit the Fair in September Emj eror William, of Germany, haa selects represent hin ; Expos at the Columbia tion | his brother-in-dJaw, Duke sher, who expects § me : States in September. PUKE GUENTHER, OF SCHRLEAWIGO-H The official titles of this imperial represen tative are : Ernst Guenther, Duke of Schles wig-Holstein, Heir in Norway (he belongs to the first branch of the first line of the House of Holstein, descended from Christian | King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in the Fifteenth Century), Count of Btormarn and the Ditmarshes, also of Oldenburg. He is the only brother of the Empress of Germany Just before he sails for Amerion he will cele brate his thirtieth birthday The Duke is Colonel of the Schleswig Hol young in war, he dotes on LATEIN have achieved renown the military. He is not attracted by polities and court life has few charms for him, Dat be is one of the finest horsemen of Germany, owns & fine stud, 1 foud of the turf and fre quents the Union Club, the swell jookey club of Central Europe. He was a close friend of the late Archduke Vietor Moritz Carl Franz von Ratibar, who was President of the club, He has large estates, and as the brother-in- law of a powerful monarch ranks high fn the nobility of the Empire, yet he puts on no haughty airs. Rather, he is noted for sim- plieity In manners and for his democratic tastes. He Is far from belng effeminate, hav ing a robust physique, de veloped b athletic training st college and army discipline. He seems to en what some would eall the hardships of a soldier's lite, and loves out door sports, EE —— - WRECKED BY A OYOLONE. Three Persons Killed and Many Houses Torn Down. A disastrous eyeclons oceurred at Concep- tion, Mo. sixty miles north of St. Joseph, The wind blew at the rate of eighty miles an tour, The house of John Doyle was blown down and Doyle and hix wife and an old man wers killed The solid front wall of the Abbey of New Lngleburg, being erected by the Benedictine monks, was blown down and 10,000 fest of a prick wall tumbled inside of the structure, Torrents of rain completed the destruction of the edifice, and barns to | | the military I “THE GLORIOUS FOURTH HOW INDEPENDENCE DAY HAS BEEN CELEBRATED. An Entertaining Recital of Past Ine dependence Days Notable Events Which Have the Fourth of July fing Throughout the Country. Occurred on The first celebration of the Declaration of Independence in New York, says J, Frank Clark, took place on July 9,1776. When action Was taken the docu final and imports ment was signed by the colonial representa tha 5 went wild with joy, The old Liberty bell was rung, cannon boomed, bonfires were lighted, tives assembled in Philadelphia, But in those days there were no t nor even rallroads, so that the new had taken place could neither be flashed New York City in a iple of seconds nor be sent there by rafl 11 a couple of hours, It was sent | rsemeor in Philadelphia to the other cities and town inhabtl t s ware walting in su what who pense to On July 9 the news hat eve order of Washing { the army v and vis { W re delight, earn i i had heer reached Now Declaration ton, at the he in New Yor) wit} ning tu fved nthusiastic dem bells In ey : A : i But it wiles that great vig Cincinnati dott Washingt in the limentary address i. vas ill st the time only a brief reply H incinnsty, Paul's « al i" stinguiahs Ml gathered to hear an oratl f General Nathaniel Greene, delive Alexander Hamilton Washington ot present, but Mrs, Washington, Mrs Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, Mrs. Jo s and many other ladies were there yin 1789 until 1800 the eolebrations were observed by the firing of cannon and mus kets at sunrise, the ringing of bells and the display of flags The small band of militia saraded In the morning and bonfires were Pati at night As neither firecracker nor pyrotechnios were available at that period the small Loys wero comparatively quiet, The celebration st the beginning of the present century had a fixed character, A salute was fired at dawn from the Battery in New York or from a frigate in the harbor Busiaess was discontinued, A parade of all yrees that could bo mustered out took place In the city A corporation dinner took place in the afternoon, and pa. triotic speeches wore made at different halis in the evening. In Washington the Presi dent hold a public loves at noon, at which | the Marine Band furnished the musk Abundant refreshments were served, and the | records of the time state that the latter part ofthe day was “enlivencd by the cheerful clreutation of the glass.” In 1501 the National Intelligencer reported that the day was obeerved in Washington “with patriotic and rational animation " In a threeoolumn doubledeaded editorial It urged its readers to Indulge in ‘rational rather than animal jo employing them. solves in “useful reflections” instead of “riot and intoxication.” At a public dinner at which President Jefferson presided the National anthem ‘Hall Columbia” was sung for the first time, It was composed for the peeaston, and was sung with great success by Capt, hngly, More t ordinary enthusi asm attended the celebration in Weahington in 1803, This was due to the news of the session of Louisiana, which became known on July 8, At the closg of the war of 1812 great re- jolotugs are inid on the Fourth of July, bout this time the old fashioned way tf eolonrating with salutes, bells, dinners and Times of Rejoles | In 1516 a number of ‘very beautiful rockets” Wore announced as na novelty, Independen ims heen many times ! ¢ mployed LO Innugurate gre enterprises, or | to begin works of public m nt In 1817, on July 4th, the ground was ken for { the Erie Canal I'he places WHE Boar Rome, N. XY. Amid the firing of the acclamations of thousands of the first spadeful of earth Lafayette honored the eel York City in 1525 with his pre been making a tour of the country the guest of the Nation, Work on the Canal, onnect the great ake Ohio Biver, was begun in this year The fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration was celebrated with great enthusiasm in 1826, On this day two ex Presidents—John Adams and Thomas Jeffer- son—passed away, Both men were members of the committee in the Continental Congress which prepared the Declaration of In. dependence ; both igned the immortal paper ; both represented the Nation iu Europa; Ix th had held the high om in the gift of the people ; and hoth 1 on the anniversary half a century from the birth of the { On Judy for the Ohio Rallroad f rn } Pay first bration in New He hind and wa Ohio 130% Ln 10 « with the Inia and anion onsidered uture ral but the dreams in an ar Was the newly A been In oduct was work wa water to be ehirated parade PCT TEN OF President Fillmore 1 Master of the Mason Many off 5 A MIR RDG An AS Nat) H hy (rran Meiated n's hol the taries were present fod the ¢ 1 i i atten wr en wh nls wa An rats {ow sid ham iet West the day bony befor was but twa war that the the old-time manner I'he Contennial § manner worthy of the preg arations wero made i programme Wf festivities i te fod over two days in the bulldings on the more were decorated, and inthe evening a monster parade took place I'he day's festivities onl. minated {no a grand outharst of lominations at midnight In Unlon Square On the fol lowing day celebrations were hold at Trinity | Church, at the Acadamy of Masi Tammany Hall, Irving Hall and many other pisces The day was celebrated more generally throughout the country than in any previous yoar The ocorem in Philadelphia, where the Centennial Exposition was la | progress, ware very elaborate The saddest anniversary of the day that the country ever experienced was in 1881, President Garfield had been stricken down | by the hand of an assassin two days before, and hovered between life and death, The shameful event hung lke a hoavy pall over the whole country, Every heart was sor. rowiul and all demonstrations whieh had boon planned for the day were jx wiponed, No business was done, and no celebrations held ; the country stool still, awed by the deed, and hopeful that death would not en. sue, On July 4, 1884 the Statue of Liberty was formally presented to the United States by the French Government, It was received on behalf of this country by the Hom, Levi P. Morton, who was then Minister to Franoe, In 1855 only three of the veterans of 1812 re- sponded to roll-call, In 188% the reunion of the Bine and Gray on the battlefield at Gettysburg on the ane niversary of the fight, which continued from July 1st until the th, drow a vast concourse of people to that Interesti spot. Many handsome monuments to the brave men who fell on the feild were unvelled, and the sur. vivers of the two armies shook hands whero once they fought, A —————— Tur Alaskan voloanoss arereported active after the inborate rk, and a arried out that ex- July nearly all important stress win New Ly | Ward, fielder in the THE NATIONAL GAME. Lovmsvicre has released Pitcher Bhines, Tue New England clubs are all pitchers TIERxAX, Crying of New York, never batted harder | than at present, Yarg defeated Princeton at baseball score of fourteen to seven, by a Tur light men on the New York doing all the hmvy batting, Tue Pittsburg: the ever gathered inte ten team are nro nolslest coachers On Maxioes Broxessenoes coaches the Pitts | burgs from the bench by signs, » # Morrie has been traded by Cincinnati for of Baltimore, Ward {# an outfielder Nor a professional team has yet been, un- ter the new rules, disposed of without a safe hit BosTox seems to have quits $ in one Inning. It is a tendency to lose gam the fault of i the pitcher DanLex fleld a ball of the Chicagos, can recover and at first better than nearly any in business Wan: tall this His battiz At of the New Yorks, is playing better than for some seasons past gis Im VOar mense, mbridge, Harvard the sories ennsyivania versity by beating the rteen to eight K { Harves=A {x gald to } y National League pitche i Hutchinson, {160A poed than wi t exeepting Bosie ar Ha nybody « Ww rides t Inst D8, ¥ As AD OF TRE LEAGUE CLUBS Balt im 6 Warh'ng'n 600 Chicag i 78. Louls innatl 0 Loulsvilie, 7 29 crn —— ics THE LABOR WORLD. WAL MS harged many who re seed then ith rere 172 branches of the orkers’ International Union organization has expended $100,000 in years in resisting reductions in wages x Bwirr, of Harvard College, pre to the Massachusetts State woe, Knights of Labor, which will allow working boys to attend school a half day loternstional Typographical Union, at Chicago recently, decided to demand a reduction of the ten-hour day for book and job printers to nine hours, to go into effect November | Boot and This four RRIR wo heme Tus Morexens at a Syracuse (N. Y.) funeral were obliged 10 leave their carriages and erowd into union hacks, the Iatter refusing to work should non-union hacks be sem ployed "he union charges #4 and non-union iverymen #3. The latter price Is fixed by a local ordinamon TRAGEDY IN A CHURCH. Frightful Loss of Lite During a Panie in Russia. While the ancient Chyreh of Romano, st Dorisoglebak, Russia, the Volga, was crowded with pligrima from all parts of Yaroslav, who had come to take part in the annual church procession, A pane was eansod by a false alarm of fre which had boon raisnd by flhleves in order to facilitate their operations, When the firemen arrived, in answer to the tolilng of an alarm by the sexton of the church’ they found the door locked, Breaking # in they witnessed a fearful sight. In the mad rash for the exit hun. dreads had been knocked down and stamped upon, while others bad been suffocated by the pressure of the groat throng of terror. stricken people, The bodies of 128 women and ten men was this on | Fowlia Ducks Fair to fancy, Eastern, ¥ NEWSY GLEANINGS, Cneruiy Ixpia ha Tne lates Noa Ix Euro graveyard gt He Bre. pe there are DIX United States, 168, 900 At financial « Pisears Washington the wigs is over Key res sell in thirty eents per dozen Duot Tue Legisiaturs i SORsIOn « gy | ruined wide areas of crops, in England and vering 163 days thy frat » ral year than 400 jnsnr ‘ of Illinois adjourns Franc Late Wholesale THE MARKETS. Prices of Country Produce Quoted in New York. NV estory tats fr Hal! tubs Welst Weis? 1 TW rt Wont ert Ww, It Ww. Is Western § WwW. Fan w. 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