A PLEASURE ACK? SUNK A FATAL DISASTER ON LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. The Rachel Sherman Ran Upon a Sunken Pierand Went to the Bot- tom With Al Board gers Battle for Life in the Ness, on Passen Dark- ‘clock, a few nights About 9 o ura A230, a pleas. arty, while ing to a dance at the I lower end of Lak WOr2o, Y.. met with a terrible accident The steam yach Sherman, prop: two Visage JGSO, Wos carrving o lake, The little the One Hundred was gliding toward the passe rs were thrown f« DUN. In the dark the vessel sunken pier, and bef om the shore it sank with all nly a few minutes after the sh caraened me n in cighteen f water The shrieking, « ng tied for life in the up their arms and Wh of heroisn When was I oxen] As 50 bodies the i The nine people u was turnad Island Hq landing had ra nasistay i | n br arne er LATER NEWS, Nia Humann, RROX by Admira ————— EXPLOSION OF A GRENADE, Two German Lieutenants and Seven Seamen Blown Up, A disastrous explosion irrad on bos the Gorman armor-olad stear Kiel, and seven seamen were killed ship Baden nt Zoembach and seventesn Lieutenants Oelansr and persons wero wounded, Some of the men had just removed fro the magazine a grenade measuring twenty Six centimetres in diameter Tuorough some cause not yet explained the grenade ex ploded, killing or wounding nearly overy person in the immediate vicinity, The Baden fs a vessel of 5500 tons, was launched In 18%, re large puns. and her thick at the water lige, Prins He nry., o Prussia, Emperor William's brother, oa i Vico-Admiral Schronder wera stan ling to Rether on the bridge at the time of the “x plosion. They ran to the sesns of the asei- dent and Prines Henry Md mush to assist in relieving the wounded, mounts ten Arn in - Ce ——— . Wanted a Chance to Tell the Truth. The remark of the hardened crim. inal who was brought up before Wickham in the Beaver Courts re. cently, when the oath was given him might sccm excusab’'e in the mind ofa man who watches the juggle of words that lawyers in our courts use in cross-examination After the clerk had read the oath and had asked him if he would tell ‘the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,” he replied: “1 will it they will let me.” He had evi dently been In court befors "Pitts. | city has experienced in years, It | and { ments of burgh Dispateh, THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. James Hanvyey, one of the oldest and most | experienced detectives on the Syracuse | (N. Y.) police foree, was shot and fnstantly killed while areesting two de sperate crim. { Inals, The murderer, who was soon under arrest, gave himself ns George M. Barnes, Maxy mills and factories in the Eastern States, including the big Amoskeag Mills at | Manchester, N. H., have shut down Tur United States cruiser New York placed in commission at Philadelphia, Bavixos banks generally throughout New England and New York gave notios that the was | time rule would be enforead, Yoxxens, N. Y., had the worst fire thatthe was fn the heart of the business esction, and before it was checked it had destroyed eight build ings, damaged two dozen more and burned ut fourteen stores, The total loss was about £100,000, Appmox Beene and his wife wero struck by a train on a crossing at Panama, N. Y.. instantly killed, WAS a promi- nent farmer, Boebe Lievrexaxrt Sproex OC. Crosmipag. of the Fourteenth eg National Guard, State of New York, was arrested upon the aharge of complicity in the rebate frauds in the Tax Department of Brooklvn Canviste laft New York City Buzzard's Bay, Mass, , after Custom House Investi with ial Treasury Chinese admissions and with He avoided all SECRETARY or Lrray L£ shies, consulting with tt! gating Commissi woents about Assistant Treasurer . Apa thar Her 3 married Miss Chl rx City South and West, nd Wining st INOUE Minister ppointed want Reventl & Danish Petopaty heen apt Count de Sponneek in Ww ogra as NE CARLIAL red ting Director of Mint to noti wer] Le { wil ver bullion that from and after this 4 le liveries on sales to the G apieted within five days eptance, The time herotofors ATV, RETARY nment mast he 1 dat iA has heen ten statement of States shows an increase cinsses of money in circulation on over July 1 of $17,872.608, Owixa to the disinclinstion of the National banks of the country to part with their cur reney at this time it fs probable the pension era who are to be paid this quarter will ex perien a slight delay in receiving their the United fn all August | lation lreasury Tee cire Ooney Mixisrer Brovsr's long ¢ xpocted Hawaiian affairs was received Secretary of State, on by the Foreign. OrriciaL returns show a marked inereass in the ravages of cholera in the parts of the Empire where the disease is ep) The epidemic exists in the Govern Viatka, Kazan, Oofa, Simbeersk Orel, Podolin and Toola, Fraxce decided not to raise the Lis adn | of Siam until all her demands were with, I'ax American yacht Nawahos won the race of the Royal Southamptels (England Club ; Emperor William's yacht, the Meteor won the Queen's Cup on time allowance, the Valkyrie, which finished first, being disquali- fled, Tur Slamese Government gave the guar omplind | antes demanded by France for fulfilment of | the terms of ultimatum, : Tun blockade of Bangkok and Franoe and Siam have settled the dim. culties bet ween them, Republie, has sarrenderad to the or Rebels, Tur cholera has existed in epidemio form | but the | at Marsollien for three months paat, local authorities have succeeded in conceal. Ing the fact even from the Frensh Govern. ment, The condition of things at Naplos, Italy, is also stated to be very sarious, there being now as many as fifty new cases o day, RUSSIAN TOWN BURNED. Seven Persons Killed and 180 Bald. logs Destroyed, The town of liek, in the Government of Orenburyg, Russia, has been visited by a most aastrous conflagration, One hundred and eighty houses wore burned, Seven and persons were killed Inrge number ay Among v: » iidings wore Hall an Coalio- le Churah, report | Yacht | | Counetl | the closing of all the Departmental Bullding« has hoon raisnl | | other, which shall be Tun Government of Santa Fe, Argentine | Radicals | , | Ing, | Midway Plalsanos, THE FAIRIN PARAGRAPHS PEN AND PENCIL PICTURES OF THE GREAT EXPOSITION. Plalsance- cations—Educational ~Other Notes of Interest. Situated in the most this truly wonderful street, and #tretch of ground only equaled by people from the Eastern dally travel over the white road. moters of the enter had two view when theyaccepted the (nvitati United States Government to exhibit nt World's Fair the resouress of the Islan the and manners of the pe The first was to make Af vigorons eff Introduce into the Unit States 1) Helous and 1 ; grown uj oy ne The pr ris motives customs other m of other cous toms and island of Java preparing the village ipment of manners Thy Javanese Village in the Midway | Receptions and Dedl- Congresses In Session in Exposition Grounds | Java village in Midway Plaisance has heen | rightfully classed among the meritorious en- | terprises and exhibits at the World's Fair. prominent section of overing o one other concessionaire, the bulldings of the little ! Archipelago have for months attracted the attention and ad miration of the thousands of peopls who | in n ofthe | cinlmed the attent! +h { The National tho | Lady Managers, Hoard of Commission, of 4 represcptatives foreign | Nations at the Palsy ron all members of the Btute Boards wers the guests of lilnois at her building the other afternoon. The POCO tion wna given hy the State Board in honor | of those conne Ted with the Exposition in an official capacity, and the invitation included all the Exp #ition, aity, and State officials, I The Counsell of Administration held a final { conference with Collector Ciark and the foreign commissioners in re gard to selling duplicates of exhibits The council bas Isstied order fortddding any « xhibitor | from selling any merchandis ut the Fair Orders may bo taken, but they cannot be | illed at Jackson Park r the close of the Exposition nn until aft Turners’ day at the Fair inoly of the Bray sulted athlets pre sition grounds and a Rgymnas drill in the stock pavilion at 2 o'elo k. A great many i People congregated in the pavilion t post rinanes and welrome the athletes with ond cheers us they marched inside, Over | 3000 Turners t the « xbibitions of athietio sojenes \ La parnds thr the Fx- nastio ign ) Bee the OK part in VE) 108 separate fucat] on the other any fyers CONZEreRR | the Art Institute, rs considered tary eduoati 7 = — om iittle Sand. ma The od to tod wich Island ‘aby makes fis } other evening this sams die away from its grasscovered abode, like ohilidren often d began t That touch of nature which makes the whole w kin are aroused within & mother's breast a desire to sooth the innocent and gently taking it in her arms she in pressed upon Copper lored infant a soft and tender Kiss, Nar and, ry rid the ry bet the business-like tather was not far away, Bor was he slow to take advantage of the op portuzity “Tena sens, volo nize kizz. dre fur quardaw.” and the lady fainted In the Transportation Building there isa heap of discolored boards inclosed by a wire netting. The wood of the timbers is brown Gnd scarred, but In fairly good condition otherwise. The boards are part of an old roadway, and the fnseription over the pik) tells the story “Plankway : by Tacitus aamed ‘Poutes Longl.' Laid att the yoar § A Chr. by Domitius, as a Homan military road, 10; miles long over the fen Dieven moor, near Osnabruck, Now overgrown With 16 ft, thick moss covering. FExosvatod in 1893 At the dedication of the North Days Building, Plenty Horses, the Indian who kilisd Lieutenant Casy at Pine Ridge Agency two yoars ago, and William H Bterling, the then Prosecuting Attorney, who labored for his conviction, took part,” The red man and his foe met on friendly terme. It was held by the court that It was in war and that if Plenty Horses had not killed Lirutegant Casey he would himself have been killed and hence the ast was justifiable and Plenty Horses was released Director-General Davis sent a letter to the of Administration, re commending At 6 o'clock every evening, exoopt the Elec. tricity and Machinery Buildings and one determined upon ister and which shall be alternated each evening, Every evening is to be made a ‘apocial even. buliding, whore a programme of features will be arranged for their amusement, Mra. Potter Palmer dodioated the “Wish. Ing Chair” at tle Donegal Irish village inthe The chair is made of the basalt of the Gisot's Causaway, the centre of many interesting Irish stories, Those who #it in the chair in the light of the moon and register their wishes are said to be always wure to have them gratified, There was das. Ing and bagpipe music, and the goests wer privilege] {0 use the wishing chair after the dedication was over, Home enthusiastic stamp colleator made an Mtempt to steal a sot of ten stamp, valued at #500 each, irom the Government exhibit in the Federal Building. The exhiing In in the gallery, and Is made by the Na- tional Philatetse Association, the crowds being concentrated in age | none do it #0 forably as a little erystal locket BB owas | Waely than the great dis riginal monaste Ty i# situated near the "throm w a New World, an ’ Krvmls find history vl to the wayw n, Meg the 1 tradition, it was first arectad Proserpina during the reign i Trajan. Inthe Eleventh Century it was occupied by the Knights Templar, and later, after the expulsion of the Moors from Anda usin, it passod into the hands of the Fran MSCAN monks After the time of Columbus considerably enlarged, but reo ntly panish Government has had it restored to the condition in which he found ft on the ocasion of his Ore visit It was after an unsy i HF journey to the Court of Portugal, and while Columbus, pen hiless and disheartened, was making his fda bl way to Cordova to seek the ald of ‘erdinand and Isabella that he was sheltered by the kind Franciscans, Father Pores, Prior of La Rabida, himself a man learned in the science of geography, became greatly interestod in Columbus and his theories, and having been at one time confessor to Isabella, was Abie to give him letters and advices which ware, no doubt, indirectly instrumental in hie suraoss The interest attaching to this facsimile of La Rabida is many times multiplied by the prieviess coliaction of relies which have been gathersd here within its walls by the indus. try of Mr. William Eleroy Cartis, and which reinte Immediately to Columbus and his voyages, The Vatican, the Epanish Htata Department, the Duchess of Berwick and Alba, and the Duke of Veragua have opened their stores, and, In fact, the earth has been ransacked until nearly every obijest of his torte (nterest connected with the great marie ner has bean amassed for the pleasure and instruction of those who dwell in the world the 8 | which he discoversd, Of all the objests which reonil the great Ravigator Dom out the dim past, perhaps which, it is believed, contains some of his {vary nebes. Before 1977 it was supposed | that the bones of Columbus were interred In the cathedral at Havana, having been re. moved thither from Bante Domingo with great pomp in 1705, when that colony was transferred from Kpaln to France but in 1877 A cskot was discoversd In the cathedral of Santo Bomingo, which makes it probable that a mistake was made in 1795 and that the real remains were not removed. It is from the latter now oarefully guarded casket that the nshes tn the locket wore originally taken, One of the most interesting relies i the actual commission from Ferdinand and Isa bolls, under their hands, given Columbus at his departure upon his frst age. Ttis dated wt Granada, April 30, 149%, and in it Columbus is namsd Grand Admizal of the Oovan Beas, Vioa-King and Governor-General of all the lands he should diseover or cons quer, and Asuorally given largn rights, powors and | Gullty of Contempt for Closing { and ¢ | be fined $1000 anch | bestia | was held less direct y rosponsitie | pa { Inbotnam were regarded { ors ruling, and were | Eddy, representing the Fair C | SHE PAYS FRANCE A HEAVY PRICE FOR PEACE. The Original Ultimatum in Full Sub. mitted To—Vast Ferrvitory Yielded and Indemnity Guaranteed—The French Ministry Accepts Slam’s Concession of France's Demands, Blam has yielded, andthe incident is there. fore at an end, and thus ends the prospect of fighting in Asia, with the nlmost sult of war and finally drawing It has material consequences, the increasing of France's o Wl power in Asia and still fur ther stralning the relations France with Engiand, A cablegram Coy he Fron certain re plunging Frans England into Airops in the struggle, had, ns § practical and MINER ern Biamese oon and that Fra: y Groat Brita inet Co } r t all the made King Minist I hours HOB Darts 4 party uncil at 4 demand wns the ( mah t not be square miles ‘ wich the Freach have mover FAIR DIRECTORS FINED. MiVan i tle Falr on Sunday. Judge Rteir {the Ruperior ( urt of « sdde’ that the W Ue Fair Direct Moers who had been Airset y respons for elosing the Ft ton gates Sunday July 23, had violated the in lngman petit jaentiy guiity of contempt He ordered that Directors Gage, Hut son, Henrotin, McNally and Kerfoot and stand inti RR grant : i the ( and wera omm Jail until the Ane was paid | ; in the the case of Direetor Vitor FP Court held that the Miear had voted in *f that the Injunction had lapeed and was not intentionally gutity. In view of this miti ganng circumstance a fine of #100 was fw Director General George 1. Davis aod was rovision regarding 4 posed, fned £250 with the same ment Messrs, Massey, Forbes, 81, lair and Hig by Judge Stein as ration of the Dirst. discharged. Attorney mpany, moved for un appeal from the Court's ruling, which Judge Stein gran‘esd. The Directors and “hor officers were all in court C———— BIG BARNS BURNED. Ex«Vico«President Morton Suflers a Great Loss at Rhinebeck. neiru nts for the ex The large bam on ex- Veer President Lovi P. Morton's plas at Ellerslie, near Rinne book, N. Y., was bummed at 4 o'clock a m., with the chicken house, carpenter shop and other “buildings. Nine horses, siethty head of Guernsey cattle, several hundred tons of bay, a number of reapers and mows ing machines, nnd other valuable property were consumed. The total loss will be pens ly $200,000, The barn was one of the largest in the country, helng 300 feet long. It was a new one, having been completed but & few months ago. The old burn was burnnd about a year ago. The fire started 1 the large bars. The Cause in not known, but It is thought 10 have have bean been of incend origin, veal inoendiars fre teiy in Dutchess orp REAL TERS, | Squnis A FRIGHTFUL CALAMITY, Forty Miles Square of Asiatic 1 urkey Torn Up by an Earthquake. Milo A United States Consul Bivas, Turkey, reports to the Btate ment that he had just returned from a Jewett, at Depart visit to the almost inaccessible district in Asiatio Turkey which devant y quake three mon fering almost The effects were confined about forty mil and Adisman Two thousand he 3000 others were ren tion, ! greater numibse wo horses, sheep and goats perished Weeks of severe suff ring have 15 the catastrophe, sgeray in that ininou ninlry Ly sno rain of the exposure ha y death number of children The Turkis An osrthe LIL reser of the to Malatis villages were entirely rained, iered slits i unfit for } G41” na 1 ord g ER —— - ITH AN AXE. Willlam Nonemacher Kills and Three Children His Wife RKETS, of Country York. THE MA Pri “8 New ale Quoted in Late Wholes Produce Fowise-J¢ Western ¥ Chickens, loon), P I» Western, #0 Roosters, old, # Turkeys, ¥ 0 ‘ Ducks NX. J.. N Y ¥ Dar Western. ¥ pair Geese, Westgrn, ¥ pair Pigeons, # pair DRESSED § Turkeys, ¥ 1 . Chickens, Phila, ¥ Western, 0 ; Fowls St, and West, 00 Ducks «Fair 10 fan 5. ¥D Eastern, ¥ 0 cn nans Spring. L.L.¥® “anne Western, ¥8........ Park ¥ dos White, ¥ dos . YEARTARLER Potatoes — State, ¥ bi Virginia, Rose, ¥ bid. ... N.C, Rose P00. ...... L. L, in bulk, ¥ bid Cabbage, I. 1.9% 100 . Onions Eastern, yellow, bbl, Maryland, ¥ bbl ’ State, €OM......cc...... Poss, L. IL, #00. .....c.0. Cucumbers, L. 1, ¥ 190, String beans, IL. 1, ¥ tag , don. bunches... Tomatoes, near by, # crate GRAIN, BT, Extra. .... Wheat, No. 2 16d... «coun son Rye. State Nate ” reey it WLTRY FREER (roman = n gl ad gi1188 Plour—Otty Mill Patents. . Ne I TT y— Two rowed S990 e0e 299200989 LET ET Hap--Goad to Choice wo Long RENE LTR STOCK, IBSRI1I1g8I22 28 RARER Aidt EEE 100 Bl. cvnns. 00 aa A
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