p. e ) ' AN EXCITING STAGE, Lois of Interest in To-day's Game Between the Chicagos and the Home Team. TO BE A FIGHT FOR FIRST PLACE. A Patron of the National Game Few Free Suggestions About Local Club. Gives a the DEATH OF THE JAP, THE WEESTLER, The New Tort and IVnnsvlranla Lcagne in Titrable General Sporting Sews of the Day. YESTERDAY'S ASSOCIATION GAMES. St. Louis 8 Cincinnati. O Lonlsille . ........11 Colainbns. .......... 5 The fact that to-day the Chicago team will begin their last series in Pittsburg this year reminds baseball patrons that the sea son is fast passing away. Aiid just at this Mage ot the National League pennant race no team's visit here could be more interest ing than that of Chicago. Two contests will be earnestly noted to-day by all ad mirers of the national game, viz: tliat be tween New York and Boston, and the game at Exposition Park this afternoon. The fact that the Chicago team are at the top of the list and the local sluggers are at the bottom is no guarantee that the taileuders will have no show for victory to-day, De causc the unexpected turns np oftener in baseball than in anything else. Our slug gel's arc just about contraryenough to brace up and knock the Western leaders from their perch. But there is one consolation lor Anson, and that is his team cannot well drop lower than second to-day because either Bostoit-or New York will lose a game if one is played. SURE TO BE INTKEKSTIXf. At any rate to-day's game at Exposition Park will be an interesting one because of the closeness of the pennant struggle. Our sluggers are home again. Manager JIcGunnigle Is far from being completely discouraged at the showing of his team. Ho confidently believes that he can make the team a winning one by making a few more changes. Sonic of these changes may be .made this week but on this point the man ager 1 mum until he has had a talk with the directors. Besides until something definite Irom Frank Ward is received tho proposed changes cannot be decided on. But Manager JIcGunnigle Is certain tbat one or two new llayen will be engaged this week. He thinks he has secured a good man in Cork hill but many people think different. There is a notion prevaling to tho effect thnt H union Is to be released. Some of the official of the club deny this, bnt If there 1 any intention at all to dispense with the cx-manager the dlreotors would do well to consider the matter carefully before taking nny action; and so would Manager McGun nigle. If each member of the team had played his part as we'l as Hanlon has played his the team would never have been near lat place and to say that he is a disturbing clement is nonsense. A VERY POPULAR PLAYER. He is a good player and a popular one, and thoe are two very important eesentials. The truth is that very many men will bo tried in the outtlold before Ilanlon's equal is found, take him all in all. But the greatest efforts of Manngcr Mc Uvnnigle and the directors are being made toward securing a third baseman. A good man is expected this week. Regarding Mayer there is nothing to add to what ap peared in yesterday'sDisrATcu on that point, and Manager MciJunnigle has nothing to add to his statement which was published in thi6 paper yesterday. He may have some thing new to report to-dav. It is likely that Galvin and Hutchinson ill be the two pitchers in the local game to day, although Manager MciJunnigle may change his mind and put King in. SATUBDAY'S BALL GAMES. The League. At rnilailclphia- Pbilailclpliia 0 000130004 Pittsburg 0 000100102 Hatterles Esper, Thornton and Clemente; Bald win and Miller. At BrooUrn Brookhn .0 010010002 Chicago 1 1000210 1 6 Batteries Lovett andDailey; Gumbertand Mer ritt. At New York New orfc I 0100000 14 Cincinnati 0 0100030 04 luttcries Busle and Buckler; lllilnes and Kee nau. The Association. St. Louis, 7: Cincinnati. 3. Washington, Athletics. 6. "Louisville. 7; Columbus, 8. To-Daj's Leagno Schedule. Chicago at Pimhurg. Boston at N cw York. Cloveland at Cincinnati. Brooklyn atPhiladelphla. Sunday Association Games. AtSt- Louis Ft. Louis 1 00040 r. 0 1 8 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 no 0 o summary Hlts-St. Louis. 13: Cincinnati 5 Batteries Hettger. Boyle and Darling; Dwyer "and Kelly. At Louisville Louisville 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 S-ll Columbus. 0 0 0 03 0 S SCMMARy-Bauerles-MtcHnand Cahl'll: Dolan and Donahue. Hits-Lcnun Ille, 14; Columbus, 7. Lrrors Louisville. 0: .-Columbus, 3. Game called on account of darkness v.uw The Association Hecord. Boston 67 M. LoulSj,;..; m Baltlnior . 55 Athletic si i r.c., 31 .swIColnmbus 37 .Wl.'Cinclnnatl ... 39 .MS Louisville ... SS ..MB1 Washington . w. t. r.c. 4S S3 .-ITS 43 57 .430 3H 9 341 30 64 .319 To-Day's Association Games. timore at Boston. Athletics at Washington. A FEW SUGGESTIONS. An Admirer of Pittsburg's Team Gives a Little Free Advice. Sporting Editor of the Dispatch: As the Western Association seems likely to giro up the ghost and as the Pittsburg team is still do ing as badly as e er, a word about some good play ers in that association n ould seem In place. Ward, ofMlnneapolis. leads that learn at the bat and has done so eter since he has been m lth the team. He is a great "get there" man and would lie an ln aluable addition to Pittsburg. As he was and is considered a far better batter than bhugart, Pltlsburgerscan havean laeaof hisnorth. liyn, of the same team, is also a great batter, and would be a good addition. His battlug average to date Is .325. Ward's Is .34i: Burkctt. of Lincoln, still keeps up his last year's record m lth tile New York team and is a very hard hitter, a fine fielder and not a poor pltcner. Batting, .321. Pickett, of Kansas City, Is also batting very hard and ou!d fill a big hole at third base to perfection. Batting. .32). t.ood pitchers are rather scarce. Inks is occa sionally good, but very wild. Klllen, of Minne apolis. ho formerly lived about Pittsburg, is one of the best, (.illiland, of Denver, formerly of Mc KeesiKirt. alsoshowsup'ttell Both are left handed. Kiilen has good pecd and good command, while Uilllland nas great speed with fair command only. Duties, of Milwaukee, is a man worth looking after. Fred bmlth. of Milwaukee. Is a good man. 1 think there are no catchers In the Western Asso- lallon that would Improve on the present staff at Pittsburg. German, of the Buflalo, N. Y., team is probably :is good a pitcher as there is in any minor league. I'uppy, oi Meadvllle. Is very promising indeed. N en ell. I think, should he given at least two w eeks' trial at third. In his league he was unapproacha ble as a batter and fielder, and his work certainly gave promise of a bright luture. Keilly has proven himself unable to fill the hole at third satlsfactor ll. so gic Newell a cliance. "I belii e that If Hanlon was off the team alto g ther that IcsJousy would soon die nut, and then, with Judicious changes, Pittsburg might hare a winning learn. Let the team be somew hat as fol lows: Catchers. Mack. Ml'lerandBerger; pitchers, lialtln. Baldwin, King. Killenand. German. Gll liland or I'uppv; first base. Beckley; second, Itierhaucr: third. Newell or Pickett; short 6top, Miugart; left lield. Miller, when not catching, and Burkett: center. Ward; right. Urn. If Carroll keeps up his good work he might be retained. Han lon has certamlv been doing good work at the bat lately, hut if harmony In the team Is the price of keeping him. he Is too dear. He cannot now and never could handle a grounder, and a single to his lield Is almost always good for two bases, as along with his fumbling he is unable to throw. Willi a team as I mentioned above, there would lie three fielders whocould occasionally keep a man from scoring on a fly to the ncld, who conld Sell, hit -thrtnll bard and run the tmses well. A a man who Is interested in tho work of the Pittsburg team, who has made a studv of baseball lui pleasure for a number of years, audwhoknuws almost every player In the League, Association. Western Association and Eastern Association, offer these suggestions. "V ours truly. New Yohk, August 13. T. B. J. ANOTHER LEAGUE IN TBOTJBLE. Tlio Xew Tork and Pennsylvania May Col lapse Before the "Week Is Ended. ISFBCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Bradford, Aug. 1C It is pretty nearly set tled tbat the Bradford baseball club is dis banded. Since Pitcher Shearon was taken tinder the National agreement by Cleveland the clnb has lost its lead in the New Tork and Pennsylvania League race. There has been considerable dissatisfaction among the players and the team is crippled generally, bain McBride, manager and proprietor, has not been making any money out of the team lately, and says he is about tired of keeping it afloat. Added to this is the fact that the Mendvllle team refuses to stay in the League, and as llii-club is scheduled to play here to-morrow, but -nill not show up, the long-looked lor orisls in the New York and Pennsylvania League has arrived. The withdrawal of these two teams will certainly result in breaking the League np. DEATH OF THE JAP. IHa'sada Sorakichi, the Well-Known Wrest ler, Dies of Consumption in New York. New York, Aug. 16. Matsada Sorakichi, the noted Japanese w restler, died suddenly in the parlor of the Nippon Club at 4 o'clock ( Saturday afternoon. For the past three months the "Jap," as he w as known all over the country, had been sufiering from con sumption. For a while he was a patient at St. Vincent's Hospital. Recently lie has lh ed in a Japanese boarding house in West T eitty-lifth street. The Japanese club, the Nippon, is directly opposite, at No. 227 West" Tu cut -fifth street Of late Matsada has ben without money, but his friends at the club saw that he did not i ant for anything. He has been in the habit of strolling about West Twenty-fifth street. Saturday nlter noon he talked out, but was too weak to go far. He crossed over to the club rooms nud Hit dow n in a chair in the pallor. In a few moments he fainted and did not recover. A doctor w as summoned, but the wrestler died before his arrival. Saturday night the body was removed to the undertaking establish ment of John Iloth, at 524 Sixth avenue. The lnneral will take place to-morrow afternoon and the remains will be interred in Wood lawn Cemetery. The "Jap" came to this country abont eight years ago. He was 32 years old at the time of his death. His birthplace was Shi nano, Japan. In appearance he was of me dium height, but of powerful build, and his suouiaers were magnmcentiy aeveiopea. Ile was intelligent in manners and didn't dissipate in any way. A few years ago tho "Jap1' married a young woman of this city, with whom he did not live happily. They did not live together very long. When Matsada was a youth in his own country he had as a teacher the celebrated Japanese wrestler, Isesagaha. In Japan Matsada was considered a third-rate wrest ler, but in this country he stood in the front ranks. He wrestled with all tho first-class men throughout the country. His friends say that ho failed in strength ever .since Evan Lewis, "The Strangler," wrestled him and broke his ankle. An Easy Victory at Cricket. The cricket match played at Pleasant Val ley on Saturday between the Gleushaw and Allegheny clubs, resulted in an easy victory for the visitors by 43 runs to2S. The chief scorers for the Gleushaw team were: J. Sansom, 11; B. Brealley, 7, and W. Hanne gin, 7. For tho home team: A. E. Vicker inan made C not out: A. Goldly, 5. and N. Broadbent, 4. Wickets were taken for Glcn shaw thu-: Sanom. S; Conley, 2, and Jones, 1. G. Broadbent took 7 wickets, II. Fowler 2 vi ickcts, and N. Broadbent 1 wicket for Allegheny. A match is being arranged between Alleghony and Brnshton and between Glenshaw and "McDonald. Broke the Record. CnicAoo, Aug. 16 The American record for ten miles was broken yesterday in the annual road race of tho Illinois 'Cycling Club. The three competitors for the time medals were Tuttle, Knisley and Gray. The two latter started together at 15 seconds from scratch, and finished with Knisley in the lead in 31:09, Gray's front wheel being less than two feet behind that of Knisley'j?, nnd both breaking the American record for ten miles, which was 30:11. Tuttle got off the course, aud thus lost all chance for third. The safeties carried off all honors. The first ten men to finish rode them. General Sporting Notes. Ayso v Is confident of his team winning the pen nant. THE Alliance team defeated the Niles team Sat urday by 13 to 2. To-day's game at Exposition Park ought to be an Interesting one. THK .1. Visncrs heat the Frankstown Echoes. Joy's to 3 Saturday. Cunningham pitched a grci.tr game for the winners. THE Our Bov play at Greensburg to-day. O'Nell and Brvee ill be the battery andSinlih and Cope land lor Greensburg. Keadeb There are tennis Courts In connection w ith the Allegheny Athletic Association. Apply to O. D. Thompson, Fourth avenue. The Our Boj s are 'jfoud In their praise of the treatment received t the hands or the Johnstown management wher; on their visit to that city. The backer of. Grant White win meet David Sheehanat this office this evening relative to the securing of a track for the White and Sheehan race. . 3liyi Cushixg, who Is lending hand each day to getJack McAulifle in condition for his fight with Austin Gibbons, Is anxious for a go himself with "any one at 125 pounds. Just whv D. D. Withers, the sage of Brookdalc, does not name his many youngsters is hard to tell. It is Insinuated that laziness is tho reason, but the proverbial tnterprise in mo-traclng matters of the Admiral Rous of the American turf hardly sus tains the allegation. The bookmakers nowadays "plug"' Father Bill Daly's horses since his trainer, Wheeler, left him. Recently the elder Lamley met Wheeler and said in dogs since vou left. I'm tralnln' a plaintive tone: uoipn, ine sudics gone to tne fn Jimmy's tralnin', 'n Bill's tralnln'." THE situation in the West is badly mixed and it may not be cleared for several days. Plot and counter plot are the order of the day. The Asso ciation is aiming at tw o things first. U strengthen Itselfand, second, to destroy the Western Associa tion, and thus to hurt the League. MK Matthew, the Junior Champion winner. Is a racj--looking brown colt by sir Modred out of Kmhroiderv. lie has a good middle piece and wonderful shoulders, but Is a irine light quartered. His action Is perfection, and be effectively snuehliei the general opinion that he is faint hearted bv standing a terrific drive for a furlong in the rare. 'Barnes rode with great vim and gotevcry ounce out ot bis mount. Jon v Daly, the trotting horse trainer, has some goodones iuhlscharge. Of hlsfouror fheAoung ones bv Alc.tntara, the most promising is'tbe3--war-old Porcelain, dam Ilka, by Smuggler, 2:15 2-5. The youngster i entered at Poughkeepsie in the Colt"--takes, to be trotted at the end of till month. The G-v car-old black mare Dark Secret, by Earlv Bird, fn Dalv's stable, looks like making a strong bid.lorthc2:30Ilst. as she Is trotting miles In her w ork close to that mark. Another good green one i-t the brown marc Rosewood. She showed a mile yesterday In 2:31. hair In 1:14. Hl'ck" Ewiko may coach from the bench, Mcdunnlgle may play solos on Ms tin whistle, and Tom Lofhis may deliver orders and dance a jig In a moment of excitement, and yet they are as angels beside that Individual who appears peri odically in the grand sland, and In aloud, parrot like volco snouts words of encouragement (r) to the home plav ers, taunts the umpire on his decisions, and, alter disgusting to an unutterable degree those around him, attempts, after the game, to Instruct the reporters what to write, and in what language to "roast" the umpire. Boston Herald. ME. WOLFE'S FUNEBAL. The Remains Will Tte Buried To-Day at His Native Town. Lr.wisr.URG, Pa., Aug. 1C The sudden death of Hon. Charles S. Wolfe has cast a deep gloom over this, his native town. He wa.s on speaking terms with every roan, woman and child in the place." The remains, dressed in a black suit, lie in a massive casket In the parlor of the pretty home. Telegrams of condolence have been received from Governor Pattison, Hon. Chauncey F. Black and others. The arrangements for the funeral are in chargs of Andrew A. Leiser, who has been Mr. "Wolfe's law partner for the past ten j ears. The funeral will take place Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The remains will lie in state at the Baptist Churoh, and after the services will be interred in the family plot in the Lewisburg cemetery, ixovernor Pattison is expected to be at the funeral. The pallbearers will be Judge J. C. Bucher, J. Merrill Linn, Hon. Alfred Haves, Hon. Horace B. Glover, D. Bright Mifler, J. Thompson Baker, George Barron Miller and John P. Duncan, all members of the Union County Bar. At 1 o'clock there will be a meeting in the Court House, at which addresses will be delivered by visit ing members of the bar. Business will be suspended here during the entire day. Ocean Steamships. Steamer Where From. Destination. Bourgogne Havre New York. British Princess Liverpool Philadelphia. Alaska Liverpool New York. Spain London New York. Arizona. ....Liverpool New -York. . THE WEDGED IAT THE ICE. The First Intelligence From American Exploring Party. the NARROW ESCAPE OF A SCIENTIST. Grip, the Fashionable Malady, Prevailing Among the Exquimaux. A DEMAND FOR TEOCSERS IN TRADE Piiiladelpata, Aug. 16. The first news from the latest American Arctic exploring expedition was made public in the shape of a newspaper letter to-day. The corre spondence is dated God Haven, Island of Biscu, Greenland, and contains the follow ing: On June 25 the Arctic exploring steamer Kite, with the Peary and Academy of Nat ural Sciences Greenland expeditions, fmind herself firmly "wedged in the field of ice at the entrance to the Straits of Belle Isle, Newfoundland. After making a fruitless effort to force the passage on the Newfound land side, Captain Pike determined to cross over to the Labrador shore and ram the ice there. Four days were spent in the ice al together. It was a period of hard work. For hours the Kite rammed the iee in a way that would have sent a craft less stout to the bottom. As we were about to start on a trip to Labrador on the date named, a white-bearded fisherman came to the Kite after medicine for his sick daughter. He told us that half the population along the straits were down with the grip. Dr. Keelygave him a pre scription and he departed, feeliug very grateful, and taking with him our last mail. We had the cold comfort of learning from him that if we had reached the straits a day sooner we could have got through perfectly well, as they were then clear of ice. So miichice as there was then is unusual for this time of year. He also said there had been no southward bound tide through the straits lor two days. A tide was due that ought to clear things. HUGE BLOCKS OF ICE. Captain Pike took all this in, hitched his trousers, pulled bis cap over his starboard eye, climbed on the bridge and gave the order to go ahead quarter speed. We soon began crunching into it. Blocks of ice as big as bouses and lots stood in in our way, white as the driven snow. What misery would be relieved by even one of them in some tenement district in Philadelphia or New York. The solid prow of the Kite, a massoi timber five feet thick, pounded into these One moment she would riseon the floe and smash through it. and the next she would hit it a glancing blow, and, stagger ing for a moment, swerve as on a pivot. After making a mile in this way the skipper varied the monotony of the work by tying fast to a good sized floe for a fresh supply of water. The watch on deck, headed bv the second mate, attacked the ice with axes, and sailors, scientists and lub bers warmed their limbs and cooled their finger tips in carrying armfuls and dump ing it over the rails on to the decks. It was then transferrrd to the tank and the steam turned on, and soon we had 700 more gallons aboard. That steam pipe seems to, hold a good deal of oil, for the ice" water bore a distinct flavor of blubber. Lookouts on the mast head agreed on the impossibility of making the passage of the straits iat present. We began to calculate tbat the Belle Isle route to Greenland wasn't what Mr. Peary had cracked.it up to be, and that if we had taken Captain Pike's advice and skirted the east coast of New foundland we should have been north of this point already. SCIENTISTS DBESSED LIKE PIRATES. Just before sunset someone sighted a seal 100 yards aft. A wild panic followed the announcement. This was the only minute during the day when the deckhadn t looked like an arsenal, and all hands made a dive below for weapons. The seal cranned ins neck and gazed at us with unfeigned aston ishment. No doubt. heJi(L never before seen a party ofThiladelphia scientists dressed 'like Malay pirates. Gibson and LiJtlghes appeared with their guns and fired simultaneously, botli exclaiming, "well match for the skin." One bullet hit the ocean north and the other south of the mark, and the seal giving what seemed to be a pitying smile vanished into the brine. He and a comrade appeared, some min utes later, well out of range, and they ridiculed us till sunset. When all was over Dr. Cooke made his appearance, armed to the teeth. He had dived below with the others, but the doctor has an idea that nothing is done well by real explorers unless they do it in costume, and he had stayed below to put on a toboggan suit, his ideal of a seal hunter's outfit. Dr. Cooke has a fine assortment of Sara toga trunks containing varieties of costume enough to clothe a comic opera company en gaged in the production of a nautical piece. When the transportation becomes a little harder it is strongly suspected that Mr. Peary will feed these clothes to the polar bears, and that a certain young physician will weep some hot weeps at the loss of his dress suits. ALL WEAR ICE GOGGLES. All hands put on their ice goggles. The effect on the face is to make it more hideous than before. Professional scarecrows weren't in it with us. But they were necessary, for the glare of the bright sun on the white sur face was more thau our eyes could stand. There was a temperature "of 60 degrees in the sun and 38 degrees in the shade, and the surface of the water (it was probably fresh on top) froze slightly over night It was noticed and put down as an interesting psy chological fact that on donning tbe glasses the wearer at once felt colder than before. This, it was agreed, was due to the mental impression of a cloudy day created by the smoked glass. As it is colder in cloudy weather than in bright, the imagination re sponded with a chill. We were on the verge of an exciting in cident to-day. Messrs. Peary and Mengel and Dr. Cook'e, armedwith boat hooks, set out over the ice for a small berg aground some three miles away. When they had made their first mile we saw them drop something on the way. It was Mr. Mengel. We made out with long-range glasses that this inexperienced aud pious youth had tumbled in. He was hauled out by the slack of the trousers and dumped on an ice cake to dry, with orders to remain where he was until the explorers returned. They would then lead him home by the hand. 1'oor Mengel, when the others got out of range, found himself adrift on an ice cake, wondering, as the preachers ex press it, what he should do to be saved. Presently a thick fog began to bank up behind the berg and move in the direction of the ship. It looked as if the two parties would be belogged. Peary and Cooke hast ened on their way back just as a Mengel re lief party, consisting of two sailors, witty ice hooks, were starting out from the ship to bring him in. , HIS FIRST SIN. Mentrcl is a well-meaning but unsophisti cated chaser of animalcule from Beading. Pa., the limits of which borough he left for the first time when he said his prayers, donned the uniform of a'brigand and hired a district messenger in Brooklyn to steer him to the good ship Kite. On his return he knelt on the deck and shouted a hymn of gratitude at his deliverance. He was next dried in the engine room and hurled in his bunk, where Dr. Keely poured hot rum punches into him. "My first sin, doctor," he murmured as he felt the warm alcohol sizzling in his veins. Tne young man was more frightened than hurt. At one stage of the proceedings Mrs. Peary was getting ready to go to his succor. A seal was sighted at daybreak Wednes day, June 17, 30 feet from the ship, but there was no one around! to shoot him. That is an experience that is begiuning to be rather a "chestnut." "When the huntsmen are around the game isn't, and when the game is there no one else is. A shark was. PITTSBURG DISPATCH, seen yesterday and Professor Heilorin, the only man on board without a gun, found some bear tracks on the floe. After turning in last night we had a good old-fashioned Christmas snowstorn that awoke recollections of yule logs and other things. We could have played snowball this morning. At 10:45 A, m. we started crashing ahead again for some imaginary clear water to the north. The Kite lurched and cavorted so that writing was hard work. Perhaps that is all the better, as it doubt less saved the public a good deal of un necessary autobiography. A fisherman takes the mail ashore, but we have been cut off from all communication for two days. Gibson has fashioned a sharp hook with the engineer's blacksmith outfit. Thresher sharks are said to abound here. NOT SO VERY COLD. Behind the line of mountains we get an occasional glimpse of the huge ice cap which covers the country. It is the weight of this mass squeezing itself out between the mountains that forms the glacier. Lit tle fleets of bergs float slowly from the Frederickshaab on their way down to the Newfoundland waters to block up the straits of Belle Isle and get in the way of the Atlantic liners. "When wedged in among the ice of Belle Isle it was very much colder than it is now in latitude 04 degrees. Overcoats are qnite unneces sary. The sun is very warm, although there are millions of tons of ice piled up on the land within ten miles of us. Captain Pie wore a straw and little else one summer and he meant to come up with the same equipment this trip, but he could find no straw hat shop in New York, he says. The bug catchers from the Academy have diverted their thoughts from birds and fish and are vigorously at work dipping up sea weed, ol winch large quantities float past us. It looks very much like the ordinary sea weed of commerce, sucli as one procures at Coney Island. Dr. Buck has his microscope on the taffrail and each inch of weed is gone over for sign of animal life. Dr. Sharp makes a specialty of tape worms and para sites and every living thing we get is yanked open for specimens. When we were catching codfish he was busy with his dissecting knife. Each cod was alive with the worms, but they did not seem to dis turb the serenity "of the fish's life. Dr. Mengel has developed a wonderful appetite lately, and this atternoon Prof. Sharp was detected looking hungrily at him withhis specimen knife ground down to a fine point. We are beginning to find a certain amount of sameness in the food. Dr. Keely laid in a stock of canned tomatoes at Sydney and are such a welcome addition to the diet list that the expedition mades a pig of itself at the table when they appear. The culinary department of the ship, which gets np about 4 o'clock in the morning, is generally stowed in its bunk by 9 at night and then three or four festive souls take forcible pos session of the cooks' galley, and hold it against all comers. THE LAST SUNSET. It is our last sunset to-night. Peary's party will not see the sun set for three months. We who stick to the Kite will have continual daylight until the end of August. It seems strange to go to bed in broad sunshine and food like Welsh rarebits feels out of place at that time. Hot toddy will lose much of its charm. All the Ksnuimaux who came aboard brought with them handkerchiefs or bags containing articles for sale. These consisted for the most part of moccasins and tobacco pouches made out of the skin of the hair seal. There were also sealskin breeches and jumpers, but not of a first-class kind. as there have been three whaling steamers from Dundee here this season which have taken nearly everything purchasable left by the Danish officials. Very attractive little kayaks are made by the Esquimaux con taining a miniature whaling and sealing outfit. These retail at about $1 ip'fn cash, or about 25 cents' wortli of wl or linen shirts. Cash is at a discount iiere, one of the tew places in the world where it is. They prefer merchandise.' Trousers are the article in greatest de mand. Skin breeches are too w arm for the summer and the natives don t get very much cloth A first they declined to take any other currency than trousers, and they JK0.2M have nothing with a hole or patch in it. It mattered not how old or shabby it was as long as it was reasouably thick and unperforated. Tobacco and knives we had always understood were invaluable here, but we could do nothing with them, as this is a trading post and is well supplied. CLEVEE C0PPEES. Thief Taken by Electricity in a Lawyer's Office. New York, Aug. 16. Some time ago John Townshend, a lawyer, whose oflice is on the third floor of the Bennett building in Nassau street, lost a key to his safe, and since then from time to time small sums of money have been missing from the outer compartment which that- key would open. He reported these facts to the police, and yesterday Detective Sergeants McCloskcy and Lyman succeeded in capturing the thief. They accomplished it by making an elec trical connection between the safe door and Block's hat store on the ground floor. About 5 o'clock last evening the alarm went off, and the waiting detectives who hurried upstairs found Otto Thunstrom, the janitor ot the building, helping himself to some marked notes that had been left on purpose for the possessor of the open sesame to the safe. Thunstrom lives at 101 Sands street, Brooklyn. He owned up to having found the'key and helped himself to money from the sate until he had got altogether about ?180. He will be taken to court to-day. HYDROPHOBIA 0B EPILEPSY 1 If George Cntter Hag Rabies It Must Be From a Cat Bite. Kingston, N. Y., Aug. 10. George Cut ter, a carpenter employed by the West Shore Railroad Company, was attacked while at work on Wednesday with what his fellow employes supposed was an epileptic fit. Dr. Van Wyck was summoned and Cutter was removed to his home, where he soon showed signs of improvement. Toward evening, however, be was seized with an other attack, and last night he had an other. He was very violent and drove his wife and other persons from the room and locked the door. An officer was summoned, and when he arrived Cutter seemed more composed. Cutter drank some water without trouble, but shortly afterward he was taken with violent convulsions. He barks like a dog, bites the pillows and bed clothing and acts as if he would bite persons .who might go near him. Many who have seen Cutter are of the opinion that he is suffering from hy drophobia. He says tbat several years ago he was bit ten by a cat, but never by a dog. A DOG THAT CHEWS GLASS. It Was Made Frantic, Being Locked Up in a Thunder Storm. Allentown, Pa, Aug. 16. Last night "Fritz," an Allentowu fire dog, chewed up a large part of two window sashes, glass and all, in his efforts to relcase himself from a saloon keeper's kitchen during a thunder storm. TEE FIEE EECOED. Saraxao Lake Club House, 17 miles from Saranac Lake Village, N. Y., burned yester day. Seventy-five guests lost nearly all their personal cnects. Origin of tho fire un known. Fire early yesterday morning, at Des Jlolnes, destroyed France Gaskell's Bot tling Works, Including all the machinery,' fixtures and six horses. Tho loss is esti mated at over $20,000. No insurance. Near Carlisle. Saturday night, fire de stroyed the barn, with all this year's crops, belonging to Samuel Kinsport, near Mt. Holly. Loss, $2,000; fully insured. The nritriri is known to have been incendlarv. owing to suspicious persons being seen run ning from tho place before the fixe broke out. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, S1LYER. nr POLITICS. Senator Stewart Tells What the Bull ion Producers "Want. A SECTIONAL, NOT A PARTY ISSUE. The Perpetual Conflict Between the Debtor and Creditor Classes, OXE COMPEOMISE THAT IS OFFERED Enoji a staff coisnKSPOXDEXT.i New York, Aug. 16. "Wall street fur nishes the sinews of war for the national Democracy," said a well-known Pennsylva nia politician and operator on the street. AVe were in the Cafe Savarin. "The bulk of all the money raised for national cam paign purposes," he continued, "comes from within 1,000 feet of where we stand. Do you realize all that means? It means that the National Democratic Convention will not' adopt a free silver plank in the platform. The silver issue will not be joined as between the two contending forces in '02. That is my judgment," Here is food for political thought. This very well informed authority further de clared that the next Democratic State Con vention in Pennsylvania would probably be satisfied with the silver plank that was re jected by the Ohio Convention, the declara tion in favor of placing gold and silver on a parity, which means an increase of the bullion value of the silver coined. There are other prominent monied men here who think it possible that both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions will accept such a compromise and thus take the whole question out of the contest. This w ould appear to be a rather roseate view of the matter. The paternity of the thought is clearly indicated. NOT AN EASY QUESTION. This financial question is not likely to be so easily disposed of. The plain truth of the matter is, shorn of all side issues, in the question of the national currency we have an irrepressible and perpetual conflict between the debtor and creditor classes. The one desires plenty and therefore cheap money, the other wants money scarce and dear. Those who have no occasion to cither borrow or lend are affected only by the un certainty as to which of the" two former classes shall prevail. There you have, gen erally speaking, the primary and principal causes underlying all financial agitation. They correspond to the fundamental differ ences between capita) and labor capital seeking labor at the lowest possible price, labor demanding the highest possible price it can obtain. From a reasonably liberal point of view there is no special honesty or dishonesty, no distinctly perceptible right or wrong in cither case, or on either side. Such charges and assumptions are of no foundation in truth. Buying as cheaply as possible and selling as dearly as possible is the mainspring of all trade. It holds as good in regard to silver and gold bullion as in potatoes and scrap iron. It has been considered legitimate from Joseph of the impregnable virtue and picturesque coat who cornered the grain market for Pharoah, down to "Old Hutch." There isn't any thing more mysterious or dishonest in the fluctuations and manipulation of the stock market and speculations in specie than there is in other branches of trade. All rest on the same foundation, namely: Put the prices as low as possible when you want to buy and put them as high as possible when you want to sell. A TILT WITH STEWART. I met Senator Stewart at the Hoffman the other day and aked him about this. The Senator holds the spokes of this silver wheel inside ot the political wheel and turns out silver sparks by the column. He said: "The people believe that the present fin ancial distress in the commercial world is caused by contraction occasioned by the destruction of one-half of the metallic money. They think that it was unjust to double the "value of the property ot the possessors of fixed capital at (he expense of the producers of wealth. They protest against the reduction of the value of farms and farm products one-half, while the obli gations of contracts arc nominally the same. but in reality increased more than 100 per cent." "But Senator," said I, recovering from this vigorous speech, "would your silver producers and speculators be satisfied with free coinage with the proviso that nothing but American silver coin shall be increased to the ratio of value of gold coin?" He re plied: SCARCITY OF MONEY. "In 1873 there were 57,500,000,000 of real money (gold and silver coin) in the world, in which all other money credits were re deemable. By the demonetization of silver fully half of that money was rejected. There is now of real money in the world, accordine to the cold standard, as reported bv the Director of the Mint, only 53,727, 000,000." "Do you people want the remonetization of silver at its present bullion value per dollar, 412)4 grains, or would it be all right brought to a parity with gold? The Sena tor answered: "The question whether the gold standard and contraction, or the restoration of silver, shall be the policy of this country must be determined before confidence can be re stored or the agitation stopped. If the pos sessors of fixed capital prefer agitation, dis cord aud final bankruptcy or repudiation to the remonetization of silver, let them be re sponsible for the consequences. The fact that there is not enough gold for use as money is undeniable. The paramount ques tion "is, how to supply the deficiency. Shall it be done by the restoration of the money 'of the Constitution in conformity with immemorial usage, or by fiat money, the volume to be regulated by law? One or the other is inevitable.- But stop the ag itation you cannot while every producer in the land is writhing under the cruel grasp of the iron hand of contraction. Themoney question will be an issue in everv political campaign and in every session of Congress until the Gold Trust is forced to yield to the demand ot the people lor a reasonable sup ply of money to meet the legitimate re quirements of business." WHERE THEY ARE INTERESTED. In other words, neither Senator Stewart nor the silver producers and silver agitators lie represents, want free coinage upon any other but the present basis. If a silver dol lar is to cost just as much as a gold dollar and each buys just the same, they care nothing specially about free coinage, be cause in that case free coinage would neither open up a high-priced market for their sil ver bullion nor materially increase the volume of the national currency. Now, there is nothing necessarily dishonest about this when you size up the situation fairly. It is only when men parade patriotism in order to cover operations in the market that they may be reasonably suspected and even then it is possible that real patriotism may run neck and neck alongside of a man's financial speculations. It is trade, gentle men, trade, remember. Now- don't be surprised before long if you find the other fellow putting up gold higher and higher and making money scarcer and dearer still. That is just wha't they who represent the creditor class are now advocating and doing, and will, continue to advocate and do by every means at their command. It is to their interest to do so. The operation is smeared all over with 'patriotic humbug about an honest dollar and a statue currency auu circulating medium of the world, and all that sort of thing; but at the bottom it is simply trade, gentlemen, trade. Your money changer hasn't materially changed in moral scruples since Christ upset his tables in the temple., Heis nomoreapttoconsider the sufferings of the indebted poor when making money ir dear than is U1U nuicn or any uiucr grain specu fW '1891. lator when putting up the price of flour. We all remember TlE FAMOUS BLACK FRIDAY and know how much patriotism had to do with putting gold up and the paper cur rency of the Government and the people down at every critical juncture of the war. Ave fenowjust how much patrioticfirejbums in the breast of the men who have squeezed 52 or S3 out of this people for every single dollar loaned the Government in its strug gle for existence. It is trade, gentlemen, trade pure and simple. Carefully and always bearing in mind these underlying motives and fundamental causes that govern the operations of the financial world it will come easier for you to arrive at correct political conclusions; at least it will soften political disappoint ments. It may not enable you to distin guish a demagogue from a statesman, or a simple trader from a wise political econ omist, but you will at least realize that all men who prate about the finances are not necessarily either statesman or wise econ omists. It doesn't matter much which side you are on just now; it is as profitable in politics as it is in other things to know upon what footing the other side stands. If you should reach the conclusion,finally, that the interests of the majority of the people of this country and therefore the general welfare of the country itselflie somewhere between these two extremes you will be pretty nearly correct. C. T. M. THE GEAVE OF MILES STAHDISH. The Bones of the Fighting; Pilcrlm He Be tween Those of His Daughters. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Miss Caroline B. Hall lives at Hall's Corner, in South Duxbury, Mass., and is a lineal descendant of Miles Standish in the seventh generation. Miss Hall related in 1887 that her mother was told by Captain Benjamin Prior at some time previous to 1858 where the bones of the fighting Pil grim laid. Mrs. Hall, a daughter of Olive Standish, felt interested and made a memorandum at the time, reading as fol lows: "Miles Standish 1660 the first was Buried in the old graueyard, too three Comer Stone to nis grave. The words"the first" leave no doubt asto which Standish is meant. The three-cornered stones marking the grave were easily found, but showed marks of resetting. This had been done a short time before by a man in charge of the cemetery. In 1887 the matter was brought before the public and interest enough excited to cause the Rural Improvement Society to get per mission to open the graves, for there were indications of -four in the neighborhood of the stones. In April, 1887, a committee, of which Fred B. Knapp, formerly of Harvard University, was chairman, made two excavations of the graves marked by the stones. Close by this was a second ancient grave on the same line as the others. When opened the bones of a man about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches in height were disclosed. He was plainly much older than the woman, as the single tooth found showed much wear. Near the skull was a small quantity of hair, rather short nnd quite white, though stained a little by the earth. Various writers speak of Standish as a short man, though by what authority is not known. On Saturday August 1, last, Mr. Fred B. Knapp, Rev. E. J. V. Hiuginn, C. B. Wheeler and others made further excava tions and found on the other side of the body of the old man the remains of a young woman, over 25 years of age and probably not over 30. The teeth were white and per fect, a little irregular, but all there, and the edges of the incisors but little worn. The hands were crossed and bound together with homespun cloth white with a very fine blue stripe. The bandage was probably to keep the limbs in place when the body was carried by the pallbearers. Some of the Coffin was still in place; the knots had de cayed, but the top, bottom and one side were comparatively whole. Finding the skeleton ot a young woman on either side of the old man's bones is a strong link in the evidence of the grave being that of Captain Standish, for his will directed that he "be laid as neare as con veniently may be to my two deare daugh ters, Lora Standish, my daughter, andMary Standish my daughter-in-law." The will refers to his "dear loving wife, Barbara,"-as still living. GEBHAN IN ENGLISH LETTEBS. The Roman Type Is Becoming Popular Even in the Fatherland. Strange to say, the agitatioa""in favor of Roman as against Gothic type is gaining ground more rapidly among the Germans in Germany than among Germans in America, says Christian Hieler in the St, Louis Globe Dcmocrat. I get several periodicals from Germany, and those of the medical and sci entific order are nearly all printed in Roman characters. After a few hours's practice the German who doesn't know a word of En glish can read "English printed German easily, and after a week or two he will ad mit that the change is a decided improve ment on the old plan. No nation on the face of the earth is so subject to myopia or short sightedness as the Teutonic, and this is because when reading in even a moderate light the bewildering fine lines of German type compel the paper or book to be held so near tne eyes. But for Bismarck's' strong opposition Gothic type would have been well nigh banished before this, and the Iron Chancel lor's opposition was dictated solely by his intense patriotism, amounting almost to idolatry. A simple instance of this may be given in the case of the German for the wofd envelope. At first a Germanized form of the French word was used, but Bismarck in sisted on a longer and more strictly German name, meaning letter coverer. A man who will prefer an awkward compound to a terse, brief name can not easily be brought to see the advantages of a change from the type his ancestors used. USE OF SEASONED FOOD. A St. Louis Doctor Says Most of the Condi ments Contain Poison. There are a great many people in StLouis who use neither salt, pepper nor any other condiment in their victuals, and the tasto for unseasoned food is growing, says Dr. Belle S. Robinson in the Fort-Dispatch. The desire for strong condiments is just as un natural as the craving for tobacco or ardent spirits, and if the results are not so pro nounced the reason must be looked for in the fact that the elements composing most spices are not so deadly as those entering into the two articles mentioned. Pepper, nutmeg and allspice all contain poisonous principles, and people would be much healthier without using these season ings. But unseasoned food, to bepalatable, must be of the best quality. A taint in flesh, age in vegetables can he concealed by the liberal use of condiments, but will be instantly detected when they are absent. AN HIST0BIC TEAPOT. In It Was Brewed the Last , Cap Which Passed Marie Antoinette's Lips. A battered and worn little teapot is highly prized by Mrs. Mary L. Washing ton, of St. Louis. From it Marie Antoin ette drank her last cup of tea. Mrs. Wash ington says: "During ihe revolution in France and San Domingo many French emigrants came to Philadelphia. 3Ime. DeVivias rented a house from my grand father and boarded a few unfortunates from France, and among them a lady who was in the temple with Marie Antoinette, and she gave the following history of the teapot. " 'On being notified of the sentence passed upon her, the Queen at once wrote a letter to some royal friend and then drank her last cup oi tea on earth and was beheaded at 6 o'clock. She gave as a remembrance the teapot and a pair of earrings to her faithful friend, Mme. DeVivias. It was presented by Mme. de Aivias during her last illness to my grandfather, aiid he in turn willed it to my mother, who left it to me.'" ' 1 - 'WfW - - THE EOYAL JIADMM. A Wild French Story Showing How the Eaiser Hurt His Knee. HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN CAPTAIN. In Trying to Throw Overboard an Officer He Met the Accident-' ' HE PREACHES A SERMON ON THE DECE Paris, Aug. 16. The Paris Eclair, which is not given to sensationalism, prints the following story as confirmed by unques tioned authority: On the night following the departure of the Imperial yacht Hohen zollcrn from England, the crew was beaten to quarters and was surprised to find the quarter deck brilliantly illumin ated. An altar had been erected on the deck bearing the Old and New Testaments, and the Kaisar stood by wearing a white chasu ble with a crozier in his hand and a black and white mitre on his head. He read the most war-like passages from the Testaments and invited the crew to re spond. He then preached a long sermon on the duty of sovereigns to their people, the whole service lasting irom 11 P. M. to 2 a. 31. The crew was then piped below. THE EJirEROR TURNS CAPTAIN. At 5 A. 31. the Kaiser appeared on the bridge in the uniform of a high admiral, looking extremely haggard and, addressing the commander, said: "Sir, retire to your cabin, I shall take charge." The commander replied: "Sire, permit me to observe that we are in a dangerous passage and that it is advisable for Your Majesty's safety, as well as for that of the crew, that a sailor remain in command." The Emperor responded, "Nevermind; God will inspire me." The commander bowed and retired. The second officer remaining, the Emperor angrily bade him retire, the officer respect fully protesting. The Emperor then said, "You resist, wretched creature; you trouble the spirit of God which is in me. This is the ven geance of God upon you," dealing the offi cer a heavy blow in the cheek. HOW HIS KNEE was hurt. The officer turned crimson, but remained until the Emperor seized him by the throat and tried to throw him overboard. In the struggle that followed the Emperor fell and broke his knee cap. The sailors 'Watched the scene, paralyzed with fear. The occurrence was one tnat can t Deiorgot ten. The Emperor howled with pain. His eyes started from their sockets. He foamed at the mouth. He swore terribly, and, in fact, displayed all the symptoms of madness. The officers, after a brief consultation, carried him into a cabin padded with mattresses. Nobody was admitted except the doctor and the Empress. Men were necessary to help re strain him until his leg was bandaged and a straightjacket was put upon him. The crisis lasted three days. THE SOCIALIST C0NGBESS BEGINS. Many Trades Union Delegations From Eng land Heady for the Fray. Brussels, Aug. 16. The International Labor Congress, or as it is now called, the International Socialist Workmen's Con gress, opened here to-day. Mrs. Aveling and numerous other trade union delegates are in attendance, despite the fact that but few English delegates were expected. The Belgain delegates, Vericken and Vol ders, delivered addresses in which they heartily welcomed all the delegates to Brus sels and urged the union 01 an tne social istic sects. GEEMANY SEDUCES THE INCOME. TAX. Distress Arising; From the llussian Ukase Prohibiting Bye Exports. Berlin, Aug. 16. It is reported that the Government will reduce the income tax on certain classes in order to alleviate the dis tress arising from the Russian rye prohibi tion. It is believed here that the ukiwc li be rescinded in October. The St. Petersburg Journal declares that the Czar for a long time resisted the advice that such an ukase should be issued. A WELSH BAILB0AD COLLISION. Fifteen Persons Injured and Some of Them "Will Die. London, Aug. 16. There was a serious railway accident in Wales last night. A passenger train crashed into a volunteer special which was stationary on the track at a point between Point-y-Pridd and Cardiff Fifteen persons were injured and some of them so seriously that they will probably die. FBENCH WHEAT CB0P DEFICIENCY. The Customs Surtax Ordered to Be Sns- pended One Year at Least. Paris, Aug. 16. The French wheat crop is estimated at 90,000,000 hectolitres, leav ing a deficit of 32,000,000 hectolitres. The customs surtax on wheat will therefore be suspended for one year. The Iloly Coat at ArgentniL Paris, Aug. 16. An examination of the Holy Coat at Argentuil to-day attracted crowds of pilgrims. 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THE WEATHEB. lor Western Pennsyl vania: Generally fair Mon day, except tJuncen are lia ble in touthaetl portion; probably fair Ttiesday. "West Virginia; Scattered thouxrs. except fair weather in Sonthicestern Tennescee Xo decided change in tem perature, variable wind. Ohio: Scattered shatters, except fair in extreme northern portions, vind generally southerly. So decided change in temperature. Comparative Temperature. PrrrsBCBO, Aug. 16. The UnitedStates Weather Bureau officer In this city furnishes the following: Aug.ie.lS03. $ Aug. IS, 1S31. $ . o $ - 8 AM ... O 8AM 63 O fr 10 AM ... O10AM ... V Ham ... Ham ... -- -- 12 x ... 12ll ... 2ra ... 03m ... $. . 5 pm , ... 3fm ... 8 pm ... SpM 75 O ,x O o TEMPERATURE AN't) BAINFALL. Mavlninm temp 60 Mean tern 63 .Minimum temp CI Rainfall Range 17 RIVER NEWS AND NOTES. LonlSTllle Items The Stage of Water and Movements of Boats. CSPECIAI. TELEGRAMS TO THE DISPATCH. LOUISVILLE. Aug. 16. Business dull. Weather cloudy. At -o'clock the river was falling, with 3 feet on the falls, 5 feet 2 inches in the canal and 9 feet below. The Blr Sandy went to Cincinnati to dav. The New Sherly will be placed In the Cincin nati and Madison trade to-morrow, and the Biff Kanawha will resume her place In the Carrollton trade. "What Upper Gauges Show. 3IOP.GANTOWX River 4 feet 4 Inches and falling. Cloudy. Thermometer 79" at 5 P. M. BROWNSVILLE River 4 feet 11 inches and rising. Clear. Thermometer 76 at 4 P. M. Wabres River 0.7 feet and falling. Clear and warm. The News From Below. Cicikkati River 8 feet 6 inches and falling. Weather cloudy and hot. MEMrms River marks II feet on gauge, a fall of 2-10 In 24 hours. Arrtved-Clty of Vicksburg. Natchez; City of Monroe, St. Louis; Buckeye State. Cincinnati ; Oakland. New Orleans: II. M. lloxle. Cairo; Kate Adams. Arkansas City. De parted City of Vicksburg. St. Louis; City of Mon roe. New Orleans: Buckeye State. Cincinnati; Oak laud, Cairo: 11. M. lloxle. New Orleans. VICKSBCHO KlTer fell 4-10 feet. Passed np Belle or Memphis, St. Louis. Arrived-Clty of Cairo. She leaves for Natchez at 1 A. M. Monilav. NewORLEASS Partly cloudy and warm. De partedHenry Lowrey. St. Louis. Wheeling Blver4 feet 3 inches and stationary. Departed Courier. Parkersburg; Batchelor. Cin cinnati; Keystone State. Pittsburg; Lizzie Bay, Pittsburg; Allen, Pittsburg. Clear. Cairo Arrived Arkansas City. Natchez. De partedArkansas City. St. Louis; Gllmore. New Orleans; Friable. Mempnls. Hirer 12.7 feet and falling. Clear and hot. Gossip of the Wharves. The water In tho harbor now stands at E feet; be low the, dam, 4 feet 3 Inches. The Keystone State was expected from Cincin nati last night, bit will return to-night. There was little niorement on the wharf yester day. The excursion boats relieved the monotony somewhat, both the Mayflower and the Gusky tak ing out large crowds of excursionists. The II. K. Bedford arrived with a fair trip from Wheeling yesterdar. about 4 o'clock. She will leave to-day, at 12 o'clock. On her up trip she was compelled to tie up at Liverpool for seven hours on account of fog. PITTSBUEG IN EIGHTH PLACE. The Weekly Statement of the Business of the Bin; Clearing Houses. Boston, Aug. 16. The following table, compiled from dispatches to the Post from the Clearing- Houses of the cities named, shows the gross exchanges for last week with rates per cent of increase or decrease as against the amounts of corresponding week in 1890. Week ending August 15, 1891: Inc. Dec. New Tork J331.4.11.87S .... 33.0 Boston 77.0H.SI7 .... 10.9 Chicago 79.730,000 4.4 .... Phil-idelphia 52.452.4i .... 10.0 St. LoltU 1,019.931 11.1 .... !?an Francisco 18,9,JG,a.18 .... 7.5 Baltimore 13.913.fVl 3.S .... Pittsburg 11.292,0) .... 16.0 Cincinnati IO.WjI.&'jO 2.8 Buffalo 7.787,604 4.7 Kansas Cltr 7.6M.5nr, .... 21.0 New Orleans 5.621,643 .... 5.2 Louisville 5.551,937 .... 20.4 Minneapolis 5,188.676 2.4 Milwaukee 5,575,000 .... 15.' Providence 4.30,000 .... 6.9 Detroit 8,u3,7X7 8.01 Cleveland 4.944.462 .... 12.3 Omaha 3.5.13.091 .... 28.6 Denver 4.044,863 .... 14.9 St. Paul 4.200,080 8.2 .... Indianapolis 3.449,574 75.5 Galveston 3.117.578 239.7 Columbus 2.781,900 14.9 Memphis 1.ZB.8U5 .... 46.3 Dnluth 1,87412 .... 13.4 Dallas....". 1.185.608 20.3 .... Hartford l.M39S .... 11.6 Richmond 2.23S.JS8 4.2 .... Nashrllle L69D.482 .... 28.6 Portland. Ore 1,790.358 7.2 Salt Lake City 1,783.900 9.9 .... Washington 1,592,7. 9.7 .... St. Joseph 1,196,493 .... 22.1 Peoria 1,314.982 .... 8.0 Rochester 1.264.033 e.8 .... New Haven 1.319,782 6.5 Worcester 1,074,549 6.8 Portland. Me 1.411.710 1.8 .... Montreal. Can 9.518.6b0 8.7 .... Halifax. N. S 1.314.0W 1.6 .... Houston 2.9-J5.300 Toronto, Can 4.82S.155 Sixty cities 940.2-a.rjO . 16.1 Outstdeof New York 403,827,330 .... 5.0 Not Included In totals. In comparison with the previous week the total exchanges increased ?.'9,98J,541, or 6 per cent, and outside of New York the exchanges increased 44,111,187, or 9.9 per cent. There is a remarkable change in prog ress in the nature of European animals in troduced into Austialia. They are learning to climb troos in their new home. you." :
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