HHgMBffnHHHHHHjMHBHHHHHHHHHHH Wi i x -'A (., o THE PITTSBTJJIG. DISPATCH, MONDAY. AUGUST 1 1892. f ! OCT, 12JSTHE DAY Set by the Pope in an Ency clical for a Religions ; Celebration of the DISCOVERY OP AMERICA. Columbus' Chief Glory Is the Re ligious Motiveof His Voyage. SPAIN, ITALY AXD THE AMERICAS Enmrnoncl to Honor tha Man TThoso Achievement in 1492 Brought A COSTIXEST UXDER CHRISTIAN EXILE Rome, July 31. The following is the text of a letter addressed by Pope Leo XIII to the Arohbishops and Bishops of Spain, Italy and the two Americas on the subject of Christopher Columbus: Letter ofourveryHolv Father, Leo3TH. Pope by Divine Froi tdence upon Christopher Co'nmbus to the Archbishops and Bishops of Spain. Italy and of the two Americas. encrable Brothers. Greeting and Apostolic Bene diction: From the end of the Fifteenth century, since a man iromLlguria first landed nnder the auspices of God on tne trans Atlantic shores, humanity has been strongly inclined to celebrate with gratitude the recollection of this event. It would certainly not be an easy matter to find a more worthy caue to touch their hearts and to inflame their zeal. The event, in effect, is snch in itself that no other has seen a grander and more beautiful one accomplished by man. As to lilui who accomplished it there are few who can be compaied to him in greatness of soul and of genius. Th- Far-R-ah n: Effects of th J ls-overy. By his work a new "wprld flashed forth from the unexplored ocean, thousand' upon thousands of mortals were returned to the common society of the human race, led from their barbarous life to peacemlness and civilization, and, whtCi is or much more importance, recalltd from perdition to eternal life bv the bestowal of the gifts which Jesus Christ bi ought to the world. Europe, astonished alike by the novelty and the prodigiousness or this unexpected event, understood little by little in due course of time what she owed to Colnmbus, when, by sending colonies to America, Dy frequent communications, Dy exchange of services, by the resources confided to the sea ai.d received in return, there mas di coveied an secession or the most favorable miure possible to the knowledge or natuie, to the reciprocal abundance or riches, wltli tie lcsult that the piestige or Europe in dented enormously. Therefoie it would not be fitting, nmld the e numerous testimonials or honor and ii- tnee concerts of felicitations, that the Church should maintain complete silence, since, in accordance with her character and her institution, she willingly approves and endeavors to favor all that appears, wher ever it is to be, worthy or honor and praise. Undoubtedly she reserves particular and supreme honors to the virtues pre-eminent in regard to morality, inasmuch as they are united to the eternal salvation or souls; nevettaeless, she doe not de-plsp the rest, neither 'oes she abstain from esteeming tbem as they deserve. The Cliorch Honors All Benefactors. It Is even her habit to favor with all her power nid to always have in honor those wbohad well merited of human society and who havo pissed to posterity. Cer tatnli.God is admirable in His saints; but the v c-,ties of HU divine virtue appear as imprinted in those in whom shines a supe rior force of soul and mind; ror this eleva tion ot heart and this spark of geniu-. conld onlj couiefiom God, their authorand pro tector. It s, in uddl'.ion---rfieVittr--l-r special rea---.I'.iJIt.P V tiicn? believe we shnnld com memorate in ijraterul spirit tliis immortal event. I: Is that Colnmbus is one ot ns When me considers with what motive above all 'ie undertook the plan of explor ing the tlaik .e.i and wl'h wliat object he endea voted to realize this plan, one cannot donht that the Catholic faith superlntix ely mspiied the enterprise and its execution, so that by this title, also, humanity is not a little indebted to the chuich. Ihere ate, without doubt, many men or btrdlhood and full of experience who, be lote Christopher Colnmbus and after Him, explon-d with porea ering efforts unknown lands aciots seas still mom unknown. Their memory Is ce ebruted, and will be so, bv the renown and th recollection or their good deid-.. seeiu that they have extended the frontiers of science and or civilization, and that not at the pi ice of slight efforts, lint with a very exalted ardor of spirit, and often through extreme perils. It is not the less true tnat there ii,aerv greit differ ence between them and him of whom we speak. Tli Ctnlm of ColDmbni to Pre-Emlnence. The eminently distinctive point in Colum bus is that, in crossing the immense ex panses of the ocean, he followed an object ruore grand and more elevated than the others. This does not say, doubtless, that lie was not in any way influenced by the vcrj praiseworthy desire to be master of science, to well deserve the approval of o ciety, ortlat he despised the glory ihoe stimulant is oldinanly more sensitive to elevated minds, or that he was not at all looking to his personal interests. But, above all these human reasons, that of religion vas uppermost by a great deal in him, and it was this, without any doubt, which sus tained his spirit and his will, and which fre quently. In the midst of exticme difficulties, tilled him with consolation. He learned, in lejlity. tbit his plan, his resolution pro foundly carved in his heart, was to open ac ross to'the gospel in new lands and in new seas. . Tliis may seem hardly probtble to those n ho, concentrating all their care, all their thoughts in the present natuie of things as ptrceived by the senses, i erase to look upon greater benefits. But, on the otLer hand, it is the characteristic or eminent minds to prefer to elevate theuibelves lilzher, for they are better disposed than all others to seize the impulses and the inspira tions of the divine faith. Certainly, Columbus had united the study or nature to the study of religion, and he 'had confirmed his mind to the precepts in timately drawn from tho catholic faith. . JVIu tltudea of Heath-n In Unknown Lands. It is thus that having learned by astron omy and sjvejent documents that beyond lie limits of the known world there were in r.Uuitlon toward tae west large tracts or territory unexploicd up to that time by anybody, he considered in his mind tbe im mense multitude of thoe who were plunged in lamentable darkness, subject to insensate utes and to the superstitions or senseless divinities. He considered that they miser ably led a suvasie life, with ferocious cus toms; that, more miserably still, they wero wanting In all notion or the most important things and that they were plunged in igno rance of the only true God. Thus, in considering this in himself, be aimed, first or nil, to propagate the name or Christ and the benefits of Christian charity in tho West. As a fact, as soon as he pre sented hlmelf to the sovereigns or Sp Un, Ferdinand and Isabella, be explalnod tbe cause for which thev were not to fear taking a warm interest in the enterprise, as their uiorv would increase to the point or becom ing immortal if thev decided to carry the name and the docttltie or Jesus Christ into such distant regions. And when, not long afterward, his prayers weie granted, he called to witness that he wistiod to obtain from God the assurance that these sov ereigns, sustained by His nelp and His mercj, should persevere in causing fie Gospel to penetrate upon new shores and in i.iw lands. He conceived In the same manner tre plan o' asking Alexander VI. r Apostcilc men, by a letter in which these words are found: Co'nmbus' Jry or Achievement. T hope that it will some day be given to r-.e, wth the help of God, to propagate afar the very holy name of Jesus Christ and His gospel." Also, can one imagine him all filled with Joy when he wroto to Raphael Sanchez, tbe lirst who from the Indies had returned to Lisbon, that "Immortal actions or grate must bb rendered to God, in that Uo-had dUgned to cause to prosper th enterprise so well, and that Jesn-; Christ could rejoice rnd triumph upon earth and in heaven for the coming salvation of innumerable people who prevlouslv had been going to their ruin.'r That II Columbus also asks of Ferdl. Unand and Isabella to permit only Catholio f Christians to go to the New World, there to accelerate trade wltb the natives, he sup- i ports this motive by tbe fact that by his I enterprise and efforts he has not songbt for anything else than the glory and tbe de velopment of the Christian religion. This was what was perfectly known to xsaoeua, woo, uetcer man any omer uanuu, bad penetrated tbe mind of such a great man; much more, it appears that this same plan was fully adopted by this very pious t otnan of great heart and manly roind. She bore witness, in effect, of Colnmbus that In courteously giving him self up to the vast ocean, he realized for tho dtvlne glory a most signal enterprise, and to Columbus himself, when ho had happily re turned, she wrote that she esteemed as hav ing Dcen highly employed the resources which she had consecrated and which she would still consecrate to the expeditions in the Indies, In view or the fact that the prop agation of Catholicism would result from them. The Ilia 'Which the Dlscoveror Endured. Also, if he had not inspired himself from a. onuso snperlor to hnman interests whore, then, would he have drawn the constancy and tho strength of soul to support what he was obliged to the end to endure and to submit to that is to say, the unpropltious advice of the learned people, the repulses of princes, the tempests or the furious ocean, the continual watches during which ho moie than once risked losing his sight! To that, adding the combats sustained against the barbarians, the infidelities of Ills) friends, or his companions, tho vil lainous conspiracies, the perfldiousness of the envious, tho calumnies of tbe traducers, tho chains with which, after all, though in nocent, he was loaded. It was inevitable that a man overwhelmed with a burden of trlnls so great and so in tense, wonld have succumbed had he not sustained himself by tne consciousness of fulfilling a very noble enterpnse which he onJecturod would bo glorious for the Christian name and salutary for an infinite multitude. And the enterprise so carried out Is ad mirablv illustrated by the events of that time. In effect, Columbus discovered Amer ica at about the perio 1 when a great tem pest was going to unchain itself asainst the Church. Inasmuch as that it is permitted by the course oi events to appreciate the waysorDivino Piovideiice.it really oeems that the man Tor whom Liguria honors her seir was destined bv a special plan or God to compensate Catholicism for tho Injury which it was going to suffer in Europe. Columbus' Mission to the Indians. To call the Indian race to Christianity this was, without doubt, the mission and the work of the Church. This mission, com menced from the beginning, she continued to fulfil: with an uninterrupted course or charity, and she still continues It, having "advanced herseU recently so far as the ex tremities of Patagonia. As to Columbus, certain as be was of tracing out and of preparing the ways of the Gospel, and fullv absorbed in this thought, caused all his action to converge to it, not undertaking anything of any kindbut under the shield of leligion and with the es cort of piety. We recill this, in leality, things which are well known, bnt which are none tbe less remarkable, in order to show forth the mind and the heart or this great inin. Thus, when compelledby the Portuguese and by the Genoese to leave with out having obtained any resnlt, he went to Spain. He matured the grand plan or the tirojected discovery in the midst of the walls or a convent, with the knowledge of and with tho advice of a monk of the order of St. Francis d'As-lses. After seven j ears had revolved, when at last he goes to dare the ocean, he takes care that the exp 'ditlon shall comply with the acts of spiritual expiation. He prays to the Queen o i Heaven to assist the enterprise and to direct its comse, and before giving the order to make sail he invokes the august Divine Trinity. Then, once fairly at sea, while the waters agitate themselves, while tbe crew mur mitrs. lie maintains, under God's cai e, a calm constancy of mind. Ills omencInture reveals Ills Plans. Ills plan manifests itself in tho very names which he imposes on the new Islands, and each time that he is called upon to land upon one of them, he worships the Almighty God, and only takes possession of it In tbe name of Jesus Christ. At whatever coast he uppioiches, he has nothing more as his first idea than the planting on the shore of the sacred sl,;n of the cio-s and the divine name or the Redeemer, which he bad un,' so frequently on the open sea to the sound or the murmuring waves. He is the fit st to make it reverber ate in the new islands in the same way w hen he institutes the Spanish colony. He causes it to be commenced by the construc tion of a temple, where be first provides that the popular reies shall be celebrated by august ceremonies. n Here, then, is w hat Colnmbus aimed nl and which he accomplished when Ie went m search over so great an expanse or sea and of land, of regions up to that time unex plored and uncultivated, bnt whose civiliza tion, lenonn and riches were to rapidly at tain that immense development which we see to-day. In all this, the magnitude of the event, the effceacy and the varloty or the benefits which have lesulted irom it, tend assuredly to celebrate linn who was the author or It by a grateful remembrance and by all sorts of testimonials of honor; but, in the flist place, we must recognize and venerate par ticularly the divine, project to which the dis coverer of the New World was subservient and to which he knowingly obeyed. Octnbrl3 Mwln a Day or Calibration. In order to celebrate worthily and in a manner suitable to the truth of the lacts the sole nn anniversary of Columbus, the act edness of religion must bo united to the splendor or the civil pomp. This is why, as pieviously at the first announce ment or the event, public ac tions oi grace were rendered to the Providence or the Immortal God, upon the ex imple w nlch the Supreme Pontiff gave, the same also now, in celebrating the 1-e col lection or the auspicious event. We esteem that we must do as mi h. We decree to this effect, that the day of October II, or the following Sunday, it the re-pectiv e Diocesan Bishops Judge it to be opportune, that after the office of the day the solemn mass of the Very Holy Trinity shall be celebrated in the Cathedial and Col leglal churches or Spain, Italy and the two America. In addition to theso countries, wc hope that upon the initiative or the Bishops, as much may bo done in the others, tor it is fitting that all should concur in cele brating with piety and gratitude an event which has been profitable to all. In the meanwhile, as a pledge of the celes tial favors-and in testimony ot our fraternal good will, wo affectionately accord in the Lord the Ap stollc benediction to-you, ven erable biotheis, to jour clergy and to jour people. Given at Rome, near St. Peter's, July 16,of tho year 1E92. the 15th or our Pontificate. Lio XIII, Pope. SPAIN'S CELEBRATION BEGINS. Columbus' Old Caravel Is Saluted by Modern Giants of thn Deep. Cadiz, July 3L The Christopher Co lumbus celebration was formally begun to day by the departure for Huelva of the Columbns caravel, Santa Maria, towed by the Pie Lago and escorted by the British cruiser Scout, the French cruiser Haroidelle, several Spanish warships and a flotilla ot small steamers. The spectacle presented was a fine one. The quaint aspect of the old Columbus vessel w'as in strong contrast with tbe ap pearance of the modern vessels. An enormous crowd of people lined the quays and ramparts to witness the departure. The man-of-war Lepanto saluted the caravel as she passed out of the harbor. A brilliant company gathered at a fete given by the Minister of-Marine in honor of tbe event. A bull fight was alio held. Huge Stock Insurance Swindles. London, July 31. Lambert Baron, John Mciiattie and two grooms employed by them were to-day indicted for conspiracy to defraud foreign marine insurance com panies. The alleged swindles were per petrated in 1890 and 1891, when the men sys tematically shipped large consignments of horses from Glasgow to America. Their plan was to secure beavv insurance on the animals and then have them poisoned. Threatening Mt. Etna. " Catania, July 3L Several of the craters on Mount Etna are in a state of in tense activity, and the forward movement of the molten mass is growing more rapid and consequently more threatening to the various villages on which the streams are advancing. An Anarchist and Ills Kit Caught. The Hague, July 3L An Anarchist named Ferdinand was arrested to-day in the cellar ot a house In his possession were found a number of phials and tubes to be used In the manufacture of explosives. PBENCH B0LDIEB8 ITEM) UPON. An Incident That Has Gotten the Kongo Free State Into Trouble. Brussels, July Sl Tho central gov. ernment of the Kongo Free State, in this city, has received a remonstrance from the French Government respecting the murder of a Frenchman named Poumerac and his native escort by a force of natives whom France alleges were soldiers in the service ot the Kongo Free State. The aflair took place on the banks of the Kntto river, which forms the border of the French and Kongo Free State territory. The Government of the Kongo Free State repudiates responsibility tor the murder of the Poumerac partv, declaring that it has no soldiers in the district mentioned. The matter is viewed in a serious light here The King has had lo lg conterenees in regard to the matter with Premier Beernaert and Count Boseler, the Foreign Secretary for the Kongo Free State. IT All AH 8 LOSING OEOUHD. The Hand or Death Increasing; Foreign Tower In the Cardinal College. Rome, July 3L By the recent deaths of two of its members, the College of Cardi nals is now more nearly divided between Italians and foreigners than for a lrng time. During the pontificate of Leo XIIL, 82 Cardinals have died, of whom 50 were Ital ians and 32 foreigners. He has appointed 72 Cardinals, of whom 41 were Italians and 31 foreigners. Seventeen ot the former and 14 of the latter have died. The changes in the college during the pres ent pontificate have, in proportion to the time, been much greater than at any other period during the century. GL&DSIOffS CONVALESCENT. His Wife Vexed at Unfounded Beports of Very Serious Illness. Los'DOS. July 3L Mr. Gladstone re mained in his bedroom to-day. Sir Andrew Clarke, his physician, called at 7 this even ing. He says he found Mr. Gladstone so iar recovered that he will be able to trans act the usual tide ot business to-morrow. To-day Mr. Gladstone received Sir Will iam Harcourt, Mr. Morley and his intimate friends, Mr. Armistead and Lord Acton. Mrs. Gladstone expresses annoyance at the wanton rumors in regard to her husband's illness, seeing that full information con cerning his condition is given to accredited inquirers. EUBOFE COOL AS A CUCUMBSB, lioHot Wave There, but the Balmy Air of April Everrwh're. London, July 3L The hot wave which it was predicted wonld reach Europe at the end of the present week has failed to make its appearance. This has, so iar, been an exceptionally cool summer, and during the greater -part ot July the weather has been almost as cold as that of spring. To-day the highest points reached by the mercury were: Paris, 78; Brussels, 75; London, 73; Aix-Ies-Bains, 72; Lucerne, 71, and Baden-Baden, 67. Most of the London papers print articles commiserating New Tork on its suffering from the heat O'BEIEN UPHOLDS GLADSTONE. He Denounces Anti-Parnel!lte as JSvII Prophets t bo Blake Difficulties, London, Jnly 31. In a speech to-day in Mallow, Ireland, "William O'Brien said the Irish cause now occupied a position which their forefathers had never dreamed of. He condemned those evil prophets, the Par nellites, who, he said, are exerting them selves to throw out Mr. Gladstone and dis courage him by heaping difficulties in his path, as it he were a terrible ogre. It was not Liberal treachery that would ,defeat home rule, but dissensions among ajisumen. Fltfal Flashes From Afar. Cholera, is milder in Astrabad. while in Khorusasn the disease has disappeared, Apbominestt Italian naval engineer has been arrested in Toulon and will be ex pelled from France. A ctcxoke has caused an immense amount of destruction in Valence, France. Vine yards were completely stripped of their fruit, and many houses were badly dam aged. The report or an attempt to assassinate Count Oknno, the leader or the Progressist party of Japan, and Viscount Kono Tokano, the Japanese Minister of Justice.is supposed to have been instigated by Radical inspira tors. Suspicious-looking packages weiesent to their homes, which wero found to con tain explosives. GROVER TO THE GERMANS. He Makes a Big Bid for Their Votes in the State of New Tork. Albany, IT. Y., July 3L The following self-explanatory letter has been received by President Schrodt, of the German Young Men's Democratic Club: Gray Gables, ) Bczukd's Bat. mass., J Illy 27, 1892. ) Michael Schrodt. Esq , President of the German Yoong Men's Democratic Club: Mt Dear -Sir I received your letter of July 20, inclosing a copy of the lesolutlons passed by your clnb at Albany, and also notifying ' me that I had been elected to honorary membership in the club. I desire to return my thanks to the members of the club for the enthusiasm with which thoy indorse the action of the Chicago Con vention. They furnish by tho resolutions which they have adopted most satisfactory proor that they nre lully nlive to the im portance of the issues involved in the pres ent campaign, and that their zeal in the cause is based upon a proper appreciation or the necessity ot the supremacy or Demo cratic principles in older to subserve tbe good of the people. Tbe disposition of our German lellow citizens to supportprinclplcs which aie con servative and safe, and the correct dis criminations which they always make when aroused to thoughtfulness, are a guarantee that the action of your club, as shown In the adoption of tbe resolutions which I received, is earnest and sincere. I entirely agree with your club in the opinion expressed in your letter that upon the Gorman voters or the ;State "the success or our party will greatly depend," and certainly cause for congratulation on tbe pai t of those who be lieve in the Democratic doctrine that our German fellow-citizens are inclined to or ganize for the purpose of enforcing that doctrine. I also desire that yon express to the members or the clnb the gratification which it affords me to haVo my name placed upon .its roil oi uonorary memoersmp. lours, vertruly, rfcu UEOVEB CLEVELAND, THE CSOPS OF HEBBASK.A. Corn Above tbe Average and Wheat Also In Good Shape. Omaha, Jnly 31. The See will to-morrow print crop reports from 100 points in the State, covering BS counties. In making their estimate, the correspondents have used last year's enf rmous crop as a basis for com parison, and tbe statement that the season will yield two-thirds to three-fourths of a corn crop means that the corn will crib from 50 to 60 bushels to the acre. It is safe to say that the Nebraska corn crop will be qnite up to the average. From only one county does there come a discouraging report. Tnere is an almost unanimous sentiment in favor of winter wheat as a profitable crop. The average yield reported will be 30 bushels to the acre, and the acreage is large. Oats have suffered considerably irom the weather, but a crop is expected generally of 65 to 75 per cent of last ycar' yields, which were enormous. Bye, like w'inter wheat, has given an 'enormous yield on a largely, increased average. Barley where it is culti vated has returned a lair yield. Flax has suffered much. Dsurs Pulaski mineral -water. FEW PAGES NEEDED Upon Which to Write the History of the Fifty-Second Congress. A HUGE BODY OP v DO-NOTHINGS. Little Important Legislation Accomplished lliis Session. A EET1BW OP THE PAST FEW M0JJTII8 "Washington, July 31. The future compiler of the official history ot the laws of the United Stat:s will not need much space in which to inscribe the really im portant laws enacted by the first sesston of the Fifty-second Congress, now ready to close as soon as the World's Fair matter is out of the way. The session now drawing to a close has not been remarkable for its actual accomplishments, so far as re spectB large legislation Efforts, 'more or less vigorous, have been made to pass through both Houses of Congress bills deal ing with questions that occupy a large share of public attention, but these, with a single exception, have failed of accomplish ment. Summary of the session's work iol lows: The sole measure of the first olass In Im portance, not counting the appiopriation bills, which has become a law is tho I'hlnose exclusion bill, and political expediency had much to do with Its rapid Con gressional progress. This bill, the Inman registry bill, the Black Hawk and Seminole Indian wars pension bill, the eight-hour bill, the bill to enable the President to en force reciprocical canal arrangemenes with Catada, the army horse bill, the intermedi ate pension bill, and the bill to increase the pay of life savers are tho only measures of much general interest enacted into law. The Live Topics of the Session. Free silver, the tariff, the anti-options bill, retrenchment of approprittions and a $5,000,000 loan to the World's Fair have been the live topics of the session. The flist three subjects hue been killed at least until after the election: tho last Is still before Congress, and the fourth question, that or ap proprlatlons, cnteied largely Into the niike--up or the appropriation' bills and prevented a single public building bill from passing the House, the session being absolutely unique in this paiticulai. Many of the bills 1noldlng lor new expenditures tho omul ius lighthouse bill, for instance failed be cause of the retrenchment polio sought to be Issued. The House passed approximately 475 bills, of which 284 w ere passed by the Senate and sent to the President. Of tbe bills passed by the House 220 were public bills. Including measures i elating to the District of Colum bia; 151 private pension bills; 43 bills to le move charges of deseition, and 41 private, bills of a miscellaneous character. Tho Senate passed 691 bills, only 113 of which succeeded in running the cauntlec of the House and reaching the President. Two of this latter number the Piesldent vetoed, 1 1z: The bill to send the lainuus McGarra lian i.laim to the Court of Claims foi ad Judlc itlou, and a bill to amend the Court of Appeals acr. Three bills the President per mitted to become laws without his signa ture. outh-rn Henflclarles of Several Wars. The noteworthy feature of the private bills which became laws was the largo pei contao or them i elating to services in the Mexican war, the Indian wirs and the war of 1812 tho beneficiaries being chiefly Southern men. The Senate was not as free as usual lrom election contest contestants being unsuc cessiul. The House bad six election con tests, and lour of them have boen practi cally settled. The Bering sea trouble with Great Britain was the ugliest complication the aenate had to consider behind closed doors and a peace ful solution or it was round in its reference to an ai nitration commission. The Chilean muddle also occupied r-ome of the Senate's attention In executive session. The total numbei oi bills and joint -enolu-tions introduced in the House was 9,bS5, and in the Senate 3,0)4. In the House 2,106 leports was made on bills, and in the Senate 1,197 written roports were made, no notice being paid to unwritten reports. Aside trom the passage of the reccular annual appiopriation bills, tho most inter-- estlng leuture of the Congress has been what It did not, rather than what it did do. How Free Coinage 'vViis Laid Ou. The bill for tho free coinage of silver over shadowed all other measuies, in importance and interest. Tho Coinage Committee in tbe House was made up largely of friends of free coinage, and it leported with prompt ness a bill for free coinage, but when, after a stormy scene, it came to a test ote in the House, it was necessary for the Speaker to cast his vote In order to save the silver bill from a square defeat, and when the large anti-free coinage opposi tion begnn to filibuster, the bill was killed by a rorusal on tho part ot a majority or the Democrats In the House to sign a leqnest for a Uosmo rule, without which icquesc the Speaker announced that he would not re port a rulo lor closing debate and forcing a measure on Its passage. The Senate, which had been waiting on the House so far as regarded stiver legislation, then took hold of the subject, and in in June, by a majority of lour votes, passed tho Stewart free coinage bill. This tignin brought the House face to face w 1th the issue, and on a vote a majority of 14 was found to be opposed to silver legis lation at this time, so that the specter of free coinage -which had been hanging over many inembeLs was at last banished. The Ways and Means Committee of the House wiestled with the tariff problem, and after mature deliberation decided to attack the McKinley law by means of separate tariff bills, dealing with special items in stead of by a bill, making a general revision of tho tariff. Tbe Tariff Tackled In Installments. Prominence was given to the Springer bill, placing wool on the free list and re ducing the duties on woollen manufactures as tbe chief exponent of party policy on the tariff question, and with this measure as a basis there was a long and on tho whole, very uninteresting tariff debate. Tho bill was passed by the House and was followed by two other bills, one placing cotton bagging, cotton ties and gins and cotton bagging machinery and the other binding twine on the iree list, the olndlng twine being passed under suspension of the rules. There was then a lull in tariff matters to see what course tho Senate would take. The Senate's policy was made appaient by the action of tho Finance Committee in pigeon-holing all tin en bills, and none of tbem has yet emerged lrom the seclusion of committee, though occasionally tbelr slum bers weie disturbed by efforts of the Demo crats to have them reported. After a time other tariff bills wero reported froai the Ways and Means Committee, and passed, as follows: To make stiver-lead ores lree of duty whenever the silver in the importation exceeds in valuo the lead; to limit to $100 tho amount of personal baggage which returning tourists may bring into the United States, and to place the tin plate, terne plate and taggers' tin on the free list arter a named date. These bills met in the Senate the fate of their predecessors. A McKinley BUI Error Corrected. A bill was passed by the House and re ported from tbe Finance Committee to the Senate to correct the clerical error In the McKinley bill, by which chocolate was mado dutiable as confectionery, but It has not been acted on. Various other tariff bills were considered by the House Committee on Ways and Means, and thcie was much time given to tbe advisability of reporting bills placing refined sngai, salt, lumber and iron ores on the free list, and reducing the duty on bar ley, but the committee failed to embark on the advocacy of these measu res, there being a difference of opinion as to Its wisdom at this time. The Agricultural Committee in each Honse bad before it most important measuies of the session. A bill was reported, and nnder suspension of the rnles passed b the House, to piohtblt dealing In tuture, which, under the generic titles of the anti-options bill, now remains on the Senate calendar as tbe unfinished business at the beginning of next session. The Senate Committee on Agriculture took the lead in 1 mining an anti-adulteration bill, and passed what is generally known as the Paddock pure food bill. This bill is No. 1 lu the list or the Senate bills, having been the first measure iimodnced. It has been reporied unfavorably from the liouso Committee on Agriculture, and is now on tho Hoase calendar. ' Some Home Hills That Failed. Among other important bills which were passed by the Houso but failed of action in the Senate are tbe bills for the admission to I Statehood New of Mexico and Arizona, pro viding a local Government for Utah and requiring all railroads to provide themselves with automatio car couplers. The policy announced by tho majority party in the House, in favor of a retrench ment of appropriations, resulted in an un usually close scanning of the estimates and in the non-allowance of appropriations for nearly all new work, or for " work which existing law did not make necessary. Considerable legislation wns accomplished by tbe in cor poratlon of paragraphs in these inddispensa bio annual appropriation bills. In the naval bill provision Is made for one new cruiser and one llne-ot-battle ship, the latter being secured by the Senate as a compromise on the Senate amendment authorizing the construction of a number of new vessels. By provisions in the at my bill contracts surgeons are done away with and payments are prohib ited to be made by Government officeip ror transportation of troops over non-bounded branch lines owned by the Pacific railroads. It was decided in conference that, the pro vision should not apply to lines Ieised or operated but no owned by either tho Contral or Union Pacific Hallway Company. Sunday Clnainz of thn Fair. Mhe World's fair was closed on Snnday by a paragraph In tho sundry civil bill, not yet passed. A provision of interest to soldiers in one of the bill makes the action of the Second Auditor on all back pay and bounty claims final, except that an appeal may He within six months to the controller. Another provision abolUhes the office of marshal in the new courts of appeals. Collection of statistics relating to over expoitatlons by railroads is provided lor, no statistics except coastwise statistics being now obtainable, so that our exports to Cnnndaand Mexico aro matters of guess. In Indian bills a start is effected in a policy of supplanting civilian Indian agents by army officers. In the liver and harbor bill the polloy em barked upon In tho preceding Congress of permitting contracts to be entered Into for the completion of some of tbe largest of the public improvements was materially extended. In the legis lative bill a provision was Inserted whioh stops the gauging of liquors coining out of rectifjing houses. It is always gauged as it comes fiom the distillery, and the result or this provision Is expected to makean annual saving of $150,000. Money order reports are to be made only monthly instead of at least once a week as at present. Among the bills originated in tbe House wh'eh have become laws nio the following: To appropriate $50,000 for the preparation of a site and the erection of a pedestal for a statue to the late General Sherman; to add tho Secietary ot Agriculture to th list of officers entltlea to succession to the Presidenc ; for the opening of a part of the Co villo reservation In Washington: for the investigation of mining debris in California. In sennte's Bills Nov Laws. Among the bills originating in the Senate to become laws weio the following: To au thorize tbe day or tho lour hundredth anni versary of the discovery of America to be proclaimed a general holiday; increasing to $50 a month the pensions to persons totally incapacitated for labor but not totally help, less; to lepealthelaw requiring life saving projectiles to be carried on steamers, so far as concerns vessels navigating the lakes, bays or sounds exclusively. Among the bills in conference are the fol lowing: To pioinote the safety of national banks by lorblading loans to bank em ployes; to establish lineal promotions In the army; to give claimants the right to sue tho United States to obtain land patents, and to exclude beer and malt liquois Horn the In dian Territory. Among these bills, other than previously mentioned, which are betoie this fate are: To define the crimes of mur der tn flist and second degree, federnl law having no provision on this subject; to dis pense with proof of loyalty during the late w ar as a perquisite to belnir restored or ad mitted to the pension roll; topiotect the title of bona fide snttleis or unsuiveyed Government lands In cases where the lands subsequently piove to be within a railroad land grant. Among the bills passed by the Senate, but which have not vet finally got thiough the honse, nre the lollowlng: Tne grain classifica tion bill; to increase the pension for deaf ness, also for loss of limb; a gen eral bill for tho erection of public buildings in cities wheie the postal receipts for the thiee years preceding havo exceeded $3,000 annually; for the construc tion oi two revenue cutteis for service on the Pacific Coast and two on the great lakes; making a laige appropriation for the im provement of the Mississippi river; to de claie lands containing phosphates to be mineral lands and subject to eutiy as such. There was also a number of other import ant bills, such as the Torrey bankruptcy bill, which tailed of consideration in either branch or Congiess. THE IRON HALL'S CRISIS. A Receiver Applied ror 8200,030 Assets and Liabilities of 823,000,000 Alleged Supreme Justice Somrr y and the Offi cers Mysteriously Confer. Detroit, July 3L D. F. Somerby, Supreme Justice of the Order ot Iron Hall, suddenly arrived in the city late last night and registered at the Norniandie. Dr. J. T. Younghusband, prominently connected with the order here, joined Mr. Somerby soon after his arrival, and they were secretly closeted until early this morn ing, hen the latter left the city for Ind ian apolis, it is thought. A special from Lawrence, Mass., says in regard to the application lor a receiver, made by the order of the Iron Hall: Major George S. Merrill, Insurance Commissioner, was seen by a correspondent this cening. He state 1 that the following article, pub lished to-day in the hunday 'Telegram, of which he is proprietor, is correct: Yesterday, at Indianapolis, certificate holders in the Order Oi the lion Hall applied to the court for a leceiver to close up tho corporation, alleging that the concern had only $200,000 of assets, with liabilities within the next thiee years of $22,000,000. It is also charged that bupicmo Justico homerly has drawn $50,0u0 lor traveling expenses. We doubt if the facts prove sufficient to Insure the appointment of a receiver, but it is true that a banking Institution in Philadelphia, in which the order was heavily interested, failed a few months a,ro, and a serious loss must follow. It is enrious also that this matter of traveling expenses of Somerly was brought out forcibly foui years ago in the address of Commis sioner Merrill, who proved fiom the books that this large -nm received for this purpose by Somerly had been adioltly covered up In the accounts. Still we do not think the smash has come just yet. Major Merrill further said that in look ing over the report he found that in addi tion to the salary of Somerly, he had ap propriated from the funds cf the Order, 4,000 in a year for the expenses of a special agent, later as certained that the agent was Mr. Somerly himself, and so reported it to the Legislature. The Insurance Commissioner said that while the institution may be solv ent lor a time it was a question of doubt if it could meet its liabilities two years hence. A Close Contest at Lebanon. Lebanon, Pa., July 31. Returns from the Republican primaries are not all in. John B. McFherson, ior associate judge ship, had no opposition. Other candidates undoubtedly chosen are General J. P. S. Gobin, for the Senate, and E. M. "Woomer ior Congress. For the Assembly there were ten candidates. Welter, Iteinache and Staufler are in the lead. The two former will probably win. Colonel Frank Seltzer was nominated for District Attorney. A Bomb Plot Against Korea's King. Vancouver, B. C., July 30. The steam er Empress of India brings intelligence from Seoul, Korea, that explosive bombs were placed under the bedroom and state room of the residence of Dai In Knn, father of the King of Korea. On the night of June 16 one of the bombs exploded. The one nnder the bedroom remained intact aud the Prince escaped injury. Excursion Via ths Picturesque B. & O K.K. To Atlantio City via Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia, on Thursday, August 11. 1S92. Kate, $10 tho round trip. Tickets good lor 12 da a trom day of sale, and good to stop off at Washington City returning. Trains with Pullman parlor and sleeping cars will Ie ive B. & O. depot, Pittsburg, at d a7k. and 9 20 p.m. For detailed information address or apply to E. D. Smith. Division rassenger A.-ent, Corner Fifth avenue and wood street, Pittsburg, la. PxnrBcr action and perfeot health result from the use ot De Witt's Little Early Risers A porleot little pill. Very small; very sura GETTING INTO LINE. The Local Football Players Start to , Organize Their Teains. VERT BRIGHT PROSPECTS AHEAD. The A. 4. U. Championship Contest to Be Held in New York his Tear. SPORTING NEWSFROM ALL QUARTERS CINCINNATI 6 St. Louis. Quite an enthusiastic and well attended meeting was held at George Tann's hotel Saturday evening to organize a new local association football clnb. All the well known local players were present, and were very anxioas to have a club formed at once. There was considerable discussion on foot ball prospects generally, and judging from the tone ot the meeting the sentiment 'was against entering a team in any local league. It was argued that one of the best teams in the conntry could be organized here, and games could be secured with all the crack association teams of the United States and Canada during the season. The meeting adjourned to meet at the same place Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, when officers for the season will be chosen. During a conversation concerning foot ball prospect3 this year, Secretary John Matthews, of the Pittsbnrg club, said last evening: "It is certain that if we have any thing like good weather dnring the coming fall football will be more popular here than it has ever been. There will be at least one first-class association team, aud two or three excellent Kugby teams. "When we get our association team organized we intend to commence and secure dates at once. "We will have the Toronto?, of Canada, here and the Fall River team also. Of course, we in tend to mak a tour ourselves. It is also likely that a crack English team will visit this country for the World's Fair, "and if they do, we will have them yisit this city. Oh, yes; football will be booming here." It' is quite true that football prospects were never brighter in Pittsburg than they are now. There promises to be exceedingly great rivalry among the local Rugby teams, and the Three A's are hustling lor all they are worth to get a crack team. Already they have 34 players to select from, and some of them are among the best players in the country. The Three A's are determined to be in tbe front rank this falL The East End Gyms, under the manage ment of Mr. John Barbour, are also getting together a great team. A final selection has not been made yet, bnt there are a large nnmber of players to draw from. It is also expected that the Wilkinsburg Athletic Club will have a team, and they have some very good men to start with. The Western University boys will also be on deck again, and they will be tolerably strong. Altogether, there is promise of more football playing here this fall than we have ever had. Cincinnati, 0 St. Louis, 0. Ctkctvuati, O., July 3L Tho Reds won by heavy hitting, while St. Lonls, on the other hand, was unable to bat Dwyer. Warm. Attendance, 3,600. Score: - -, CINCINNATI B B T X ZlST. LOUIS McPhec, 2... Welch, m... Latham. 3... O'Nell. I..., II'lMar.. r.. Vaughn, c... Coinlakey, 1. fcmltli. a Renins, s.... Dwjer, p.... 0 Gorcm 0 0 ('rooks, z.... 0 1 Carroll, 1.... 0 0 Wenlen. 1... 0 0 Glasscock, s. 0 1 Brodle, r.... 0 0 Carpenter,3. 0 0,Carntliers,p. 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 12 0 2 Buckley, c. 0 'lotal 0 5 27 20 4 Tota. S 13 27 II i Clnclnn-rtl 1 0020 10 0 08 St. Louis 0 0000000 0-0 bUMMARY Karned runs Cincinnati. 4. Two base. hlt-Gtnlns. 2. Thrre-Dase lilt Welch. Stolen bisc Hollldar. Double play MePhee. Gentns and Comlsker. First hase on balls By Uwjer. 1: by Caruthers. 3. btruck out By Dwyrr. 3. Time of game Two hoars. Umpire McQuald. Saturday's League Games. At Pittsburg Pittsburg 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 iO 2 Louisville 0 0341000 8 Batteries-Baldwin and Miller; Terry and Mack; Clausen and Grain. A tCIc eland First game Cleveland 0 010110205 Chicago 3 000000003 Batteries Young and Zlmmer; Hutchinson and Schrlver. Second gnme Cleveland. .... 0 C0030003020 1 9 Chicago 0 0 01140000200-8 Bitieries-Clarkson and Zlmmer; Luby.Uutcbln son and bchrlver. At Im ew York NcwYork 0 10 0 3 2 2 1 1 '0 Brooklyn 0 200000103 Biturles Busle and Doyle; Haddock and Dally. At Boston Boston 1 7 0 1 0 10 1 0-11 Philadelphia 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 O 1 7 Batterles-htlvetu and Kelly; Keefe, Knell and Clements. At Cincinnati Cincinnati 0 43100000 8 St. Louts 4 02000000 S Batteries Chamberlain, Klilnes and Vaughn; Gleison and Moran. At Washington Washington .;2 000001025 Baltimore 0 23C0003 8 Batteries Duryea, McGnlre and Berger;Vlck ery and G union. The Lagne Record. w t re Philadelphia.. 9 5 .643 Brooklyn 9 5 .643 Cleveland 9 5 .643 New York.... 8 S .615 Baltimore 8 6 .571 Boston 8 6 .571 w r. rc Cincinnati .... 8 8 .571 calcago s 8 .429 H aihlngton .. 8 8 .429 Pittsburg 5 8 .335 IXlUISTHle 4 10 .238 31. Louis., 311 .214 To-Day's League Schedule. Pittsbnrg atCblcago, Cincinnati at Louis ville, St. Lonls at Cleveland, New York at Boston, Philadelphia at Baltimore, Wash ington at Biooklyn. Tho Brighton Beach Card. LotnsviLLB, July 3L The following pools wero sold last night lor the Brighton Beach races or to-morrow: First race, six and one-half furlongs Noonday 116. Llthbert lis, Orton 116. St. Hubert 115, (12: Jack Star 115. $8; Jay Qu El 115. Mandarin 113. Fire Fly 110. (25; Adelgasa colt 109, Tioga 107, Mountain Deer 104 Jack Batchellor 104. N uulan 10L Jeweler 103. ;3: Excellenza filly 88: field. 814. Second race, five-eights of a mile Florence Wal lace colt 118, Zariffa 118, Sam BrvantlI8, fll: Im pcratrlce fillv 115, Freeland 115, Lyrist. U2, Prince George 109, $30; field. f. Third racp. seven-eighths of a mile, selling Macintosh 109. $15: Alcalde 109. 515: Crochet 107, J); All-shaft 105, II J; Mayor B 102, 2; Casanova 102, $7; Verbena 97. 17. Fourth race, one and one-eighth miles Dicker son 103, $20; Frontenac 103, (30; Willie L 103, Lizzie 98. 823: Arnica 83. 17. Fifth race, one mile, selling India Kubber 122, 115; Long Dance 120, 5: balvlnl 118. Larchmont ii-i. io;sani'stot $10; Sani'stone 112, Knlcknack 107; John Winkle lou. iii; netu. an. Sixth race, five-eighths or a mile Dalsr Rlin 132, $10: Bob Sutherland 132Hte Strvte). $3; Men thol 132, Tattler 132, Benjamin 132. 15: Cracksman. 132. $5: Centaur 132, $5: Bob Arthur 132. Hourl 125. 35; Zampoit 125. Airtight 125. St. Mark 125, King Thomas 120, Qlorianna 115, Altha filly 108; field, (3. New Tork Gets It. New Yobs, July 81 Special It has been definitely settled that the annual A. A. U. championship are to be held in this city. A meeting of the Championship Committee, which consists of WalterStimson, of Boston; Harry McMillan, of Philadelphia, and J. K. Sullivan, of New York, was held at Saratoga a lew evenings ago, and Manhattan Field agreed upon as the best place for tne cham pionship. Mr. Sullian was not present at the meeting, but, of course, he favored New Tork. The only othet competitor was Wor cester, considering which it is difficult to see how" any other choice but New York conld be made. New Yoik would "have beon tho the wisest selection, however, no matter how many competitors there might have been. October 1 is the date of the cham pionships. CorbMt'a rians. Niw Tobk, July 31. Jim CorDett will go to New Orleans lata in Angust and will fin ish bis training at Bay St. Louis, He will be accompanied by W. A. Brady, Jim Daly, Denny Dillon aijd William Delaney. The latter wilt be the only man permitted to talk to htm during tbe battle wltli Sullivan, and even he has been requested bv Corbett to saynocning to mm unless ne snoma n r ms principal in aiatress. tfcullfl AH Right. New York, July-3L Special. Suck, Mo Auliffe came down lrom Maine yesterday and stopped off a day on his way to New Or leans. He Is said to be down to 143 pounds. Here is a Copy of a letter which President Noel, or the Olympic Club, received Irom MoAuliffe yesterday: "I am training at Hampden, Me., ten miles below Bangor, and have been there since the 1st or June. Heave berelnabont two weeks for Bay St. Louis, hoping to get there about Angust L I am at weight wlthin two pounds), which wUl easily yield to this warm weather. I am strong and ambitious to wipe out tbe North Judoon draw with Myer. I hope the latter will be at hit best when we meet. If be Is, yon and your patrnns will see a flght worthy of your big purse." WILL BE A GKEAT PIGHt John Eckhardt Talks uf the Coming Pllm- m?r and Barnett Battle. New York, July 31. Rectal. John Eck hardt, Press Agent of the Coney Island A. C, whose command of tbe English language is second only to that of Webster and Wor cester, expresses himself thus glowingly or the coming Barnett-Pllmmer match: The oantam-wetgns-contest between Billy Plimmer, the conqueror of Tommy Kelly, the "Harlem Spider," and tho redoubtable Jerry Barnett, the pride of the Downtown Athletic Club, promises to be one of the gamest and mot scientific battles ever wit nessed In this part of tbe conntry. Plimmer is the acknowledged champion of tbe world at 110 pounds, and the audacious American amateur will endeavor to wrest the laurel wreath or victory from his brow. Both lads are training faith lully. Jerry Barnett, for once In his life, is placed beyond tne pale of mixed ale, cigarettes and other dangers which menace the lite of a Sixth ward boxer. If he win, mme and comparative fortune are his. Plimmer, of course, on account of his great penormance with Tommy Kelly, Is a strong favorite. LOCAL SWIMMING TOURNEY. Excellent Contests Being Arranged to Take Place Here Thla Fall. Manager Goodwyn, of the Natatorium, and Secretary Page, of the Threo A's, have re solved to leave no stone unturned to have a great swimming tournament here early in the fall. Tbe tourney will take place in the natatorium and will be strictly under A. A. U. rules. Efforts to bave tbe best amateur swimmers in the conntry here will be made and some handsome prizes will be offered. Already Manager Goodwyn has promised one valuable prize. Among other events there will be a 100 yards contest and also one of a mile. These will be of exceedingly great Interest, as it it expected that tbe record for each distance will be broken. Chess Players Awarded Prizes. Dbzspzit, July 3L After the conclusion of the eighteenth round and tbe plaj-off of all the adjourned games, the chess tournament hero resulted as follows: First prize, 1,000 marks. Dr. S. Tarrascb. of Nuremberg, 14 won games; second prize, 700, and third Krize, 500 marks, divided ex regno between arkowltz, of Buda Pestb. and Porges, or Prague. 11 won came each; tourth prize, 300, and fifth prize, 150 marks, divided ex regno between Marco, or Vienna, and Wal brodt, of Berlin, 10 games each. A special prize or 100 marks offered by Herr von der Las for the best score agalnt the prize winners was awarded to J. 11. Blackburne, of Loudon. Road Racine at Milwaukee. MitWAtniKE, July 31. In the third annual Toad race of tbe Milwaukee wheelmen Sat urday there were 100 starters, 87 of whom finished the course or 16 mile. E.C. Hueff ner, or Racine, won the race In 59 minutes, with a handicap or 13 minute. Fred Nesel, or Chicago, won the time medal in,48 11, fin ishing fourth. Seven thousand people saw the finish. Thn Diamond. The Colts ought to be the victims of oar sluggers to-day. Pitcher Kxefe has been troubled with a sprained side. The Giants and tbe Bostons should make quite a lively gime to-day, - ,- ... ., ,. A ' rfcw" victories straightaway vuid put tbe local team all rlzht. Pat Powers Is said to be after Jim Field, of the Albany club, to play first base for New York. "Ned" Hates, catcher of the Umahas (West ern League), has signed with the Northamplons. The Cincinnati cranks are said to be mncb dis pleased over tbe substitution or Welch for Brown ing. UNCCE AnsON and bis Colts wore sponges and cabbage leaves wet with Ice witcr nnder thilr caps during the battles In tbe snn last week. Muulaxe told a Louisville man who iras visiting In Cincinnati a few aays ago that lie expected to bepllcblux ror the "Reds" lnahurt tlm. Since leaving home the Boston Athletic Associa tion ball team has played 11 games, winning 7. Games hive been arrauged at Pittsburg, Cleveland and Detroit. Oca Boys would like to meet the Climax at THE Dispatch office thla evening at 8 o'clock to arrange for a game, or the club will meet any other team that desire to play wltb them. Jimmy McQ abu, who was with Milwaukee this year, has signed to play third for Rochester. ''Chippy" played with the Bostons once, and he did fine work out West this year. JOUETT Meekin- asserts that lie refused to sign a M ashlnjcton contract because he was only offered lunch money. 1 he Senators refused to pay the fig ure Captain Comlskey gave the old Colonel. President Vov der Aiie Is greatly Incensed because of the poor showing or some of his men. Carroll is sick and Plnckney seems to be away off In his play. There will be some changes lu the club very soon unless the Browns take a brace. Drowning has arrived home. He says: "Cln clnuatl'U be sorry If they let me go and keep a man like elclu Pete's got kidney trouble. I guess. I will go down to West Baden bprlngs If comlskey saya so. I think that will help my bat ting." One or the governors or the Athletic Club or the Schuylkill Navy, rererrlng to the desertion or Pitcher Bayne to the Cape May Club, says: When our colleges take np the cause of purity In hall and fight ror It honestly, then we may expect amateur. Ism lu the national game, bnt so long as Uiey coun tenance seml-proresslonallsm and the public be lieve them the true exponents or amateur sport, so long will It be Impossible to raise tbe standard." Miscellaneous Sportinc Note. Tbe match between Anstln Gibbous and Stanton Abbott has been declared off. E. A. Ehret expect to win many races with Fairy, and la congratulating himself on bis pur chase. Billy Murphy, the Australian feather-weight, has such bad hands that his fighting days are probably over. He has opened a tailoring establishment at SanslUto. CaL Trainers at Monmouth Park agree that Isaac Murphy Is not within ten pounds or his true form just now, and are not surprised that F. A. Ehret should have released him. Ed Corrlgan has received word from his Eastern trainer. Green B. Morris, that Huron is being given a special preparation for the Omnibus Stakes to b run at Monmouth Park on Tuesday, August 16. A rang of bicycle thieves were arrested In Chi cago last week charged with larceny. They made a specialty of stealing wheels. Out of the 50 ma chines recently stolen. 30 have betn traced to this gang. They will receive their deserts. The English amateur championships were con tested July 4. They f nrulslied a surprise in the four-mtle run, J. Klbblewhlte defeating Sid Thomas in the last tune or 19 minutes 50 3-5 seconds. C. A, BTadlev. an Irlsbmau, won tbe loo-yard dash In 10 1-5 seconds. In the ball-mile run rour men did better than 2 minutes 2 seconds. Clement, tbe French crack racer, nses a lsfe pound racing wheel. Wben A. DuCros visited France recently to ride lu a tournament bis Hun: ber was seized by the authorities owing to the ban against the introduction of tnu Dunlap tires, with wnlch It was fitted. Into France. So he borrowed Clement's wheel and won ten races from the scratch. 1 hough the Yale football 11 will report ror duty at Newport on August 20. tbe management or tne team Is making every effort to Induce the candi dates to practice at their homes all summer. To this end a lootball has been sent to every member of the team and the substitutes. The backs will practice bunting and drop kicking, and the rushers Easslng and dropping on the ball, at tbelr various omes. Ocean Steamship Arrivals, Steamer. Where From. Destination. Runic .... '.Liverpool New York Ar.zoua Liverpool New York bervla Liverpool New York Alaska New York Quecnstown La Champagne... .New York Havre Kansas Boston , Liverpool LordCllve Philadelphia Queens town. Have You a Vacaut Room And wish a tenant for 117 Then do as hundreds of others have done advertise it in the To Let Rooms Cent-a-Word advertising columns of The Dispatch. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Z ABSOLUTELY PURE 1 - - 36 THE WEATHER.. yfoania, Wett Yvrgfnia andOMoi Generally I Fair, Irbbatty FdUotced (by Local Shown Jhmnff VA Afternoon or Night alt Lake Station, South .to West Winds, Slightly (Warmer in.Aorth Portion. The barometer has f altera slowly In the central valleys, the lake regions and on the Atlantio coast south ct few England. It has fallen rapidly In Mont ana and to tho northward, where a storm tif considerable! energy Is apparently movlmg eastward. The pressure has increased oVer the Da kotas and Minnesota, wltb cooleXr. northerly winds. Local showers have prevailed iantlc coast north of Virginia, in tfl Mississippi Valleys and In Iowa,' Nebraska and Minnesota. It is cq New England, New York and Pennsv, and warmer in the Ohio and Cent! souri Valleys and in tho extreme west. Comparitlvs Temperatn: Pittsburg. July 31. The Local Foi cast Official of the Weather Bureau In this city fi snes tha following: r 40F" ' JuYSl.1331. I O 8A1IJ I 72 12m Z78 zrn 79 imi 70 8M 77 Jull31 VS3L o SAM CO 1LUI . 1211 . 2TJ1 68 ru ... 8TK 08 O TEXrSKATrKK AXO RliLNrALC Maximum terno 80 OIRante . ....10.0 Minimum temp 70.0 Preffi.. ........ ........ .Qp ana tcmp...........w,).ui RIVER NEWS AND NOTES. Louisville Items The bt-ige of Water and the Slovemcntsy.of Boats. tsriCTAi, telegrams ifo TIT DISPATCnJ LomsvnxE, July SL-rWeather cloudy and threatening rain. Blver stationary, with 2 feet 4 Inches on tbe falls, 4 feet 8 Inches in the canal and 7 feet 9 Inches belcw. The Bnckeve Statu parsed np. The Ohio Is overdue np. Departures jueetwooa. ior cincinna What TJppe? Gauges Show. Bnowxsvn.LE River 5 feet and stationary. Clear. Thermometer U2 at 4 f. If. Wabbzx Blver 0.6 feet and railing. Clear and warm. The Nctts From Below. Whsilwr-Rlvffr 4 feet 4 Inches and fall!,, Departed Ben Hut Pittsbnrg: Lizzie Bay. Pitts burg; H. K. Bedfard, Pittsbnrg; Courier. Pitts burg. St. I.ocis-Blvdr IS feet 8 niches and falling. Clear and pleaaanft. Memphis Arrived Arkansas City. New Or leans: Cherokee, lew Orleans. Departed Arkan sas lty. St. Loufa. New OUSauI-Arrlved-None. Elver 18 feet Inches and faulafg. Pleasant. Plckd Up Along the River, The Elaine frill come in to-day. The Lizzie Say is expected In this morning. The H. KfBedrord Is the Ugbtest packet on th river. TrtE wattrMn the pool fen four Inches since Yes terday moftilng. Stage r water below tbe dam, 3 feet S Inches. Klverst oaary. TheI' . Eedfnrd. Cantaln Greene. la dne hern from V ellng this morning. Capt. J. M. Phillips, of the Iron Queen, ar- rlied froi luuuijai, jcvciujj. Stella boriv Is at the Advance Coal Rom. pany's docksAnd will be repaired. CAPTAnrllMxo's boats were kept busy carrying excursionlstso McKee's Rocks yesterday. The Keystossi State did not try to come In yes terday. as the I'se la tbe river was only slight. The Adam Jacobs. Captain Cox. went out at 8:30 o'clock yesteruay morning with a good Sunday trip. Tns Elizabeth. Captain Boyd. Is due from Eliza beth at 9.30 this morning. She leaves at 2:30 In the." alternoon. r The J. M. Gusky wlllhaveno excursion out to- ' day. To-morrow she takes the World's Fur Clnb to Brownsville. , The City or Pittsburg did not get in yesterday from 3IcKeesport, where she went to take an excur sion to Brownsville. IT will take a rise of 11 Inches to float the George Shlras off a sandbar upon which she la stuck. Just below the Davis Dam. The James G. Blaine. Captain Jacobs, came In from Morgantown lat evening, bhe Is ths packet out at 3 o'clock this afternoon. TnE Courier came In from Wheeling yesterday morning at 5 oTclock. She changed cargoes and gut away for her return trip at 7. There was little going on about the wharf yes terday. An occasional game of craps was appar ently the only thing that broke the monotony. The empty barges of the Advance Coal Company have all been filled and are now waiting at their docks to be dlsoosed of. The last lot was brought down the river Saturday. The rain of the last lew days bave been so heayy. that all the loose rnbblsh about the wharf has been washed In the river and as a consequence It looks better than ror a year past. ABOOT half the needles In Davis Dam have been taken out. so as to let as much water below tha pool as possible. There wa some talk of lowering some of the wickets, but It has not been done yet. TnE boats now at the wharf aret The Fred Wilson, Jos. W. Gonld. Pacific. Ironsides. Iron Age. Iron Duke, W. W. O'Nell. Acotla. John Moren. Becue. ( harleyllook. Clifton, Smoky City, Beaver, Diamond. Twilight. J. M. Bowell, C. W. Batchelor, Maggie, Joseph Walton aud John 7. W alton. There were probably between 400 and 500 men at the river early yesterday morning, all anxious to hear what the effect of tbe rains had upon the water. Wben it was learned that tnere was little prospect of a rise, many an old rlverman turned sway with disappointment stamped upon his face, and many another gave vent to uncomplimentary remarks. The Incomes of so many depend upon the water, that Its rUe and fall In watched wltb dtcp interest. ALL the rlvermcn want now Is a rise sufficient to let in tbe boats so as to afford the opportunity ror repairs. One nvenuan said yesteruavs "Barge water at thla time Is reaUy not very desirable, if it should come, though, a great many boats would go out. 1 think such a thing at this time undesir able. Let thing remain as they are for about two months so tht when a rise dees come we wUl make things llfelv on the river. There is plenty of coal in the markets to supply the present needs, and more would only overbtock it and lower the price." THE uniting of the four principal sand digging companies Into a trust, has caused much comment along tbe river. One of the direct effects has been to drive many or the old river men Interested In these enterprises away rrom the companies with which they were formerly connected, and to form a partnership on an independent basis. A company consisting or John Flcbcrt, William Keller. William Breightarlser. W lulam G. Breightarlser and N. J. Kellar. has Just been rormed. It is capitalized ror $3, 000. which will be Increased to $40.0C0 within a few months. The company will devote Itself exclusive ly to sand digging, and Is called the Pennsylvania Sand Company, limited. They have contracted for. and will Iiava completed within a few days, one of the moat complete and largest sand dlggmg boats ever built. Its tout length wlu be 13S feet, wltb a 25-fool beam. The hall will be double cribbed. Tbe floor timbers will be 10x12, and be placed only six teet apart, making it one of the strongest boats of its class ever built. There will be three captions, one steam and two Bodgers. tor digging porposes. There are rour boilers, 32 leet long and 38-lnch diameter with a five-root stroke, 'ihe digging apparatus will be 6 feet long, while the backets will hold rour bushels each. Tbe buckets for raising tho washed sand will bold three bushels each. A team frame raises the two large anchors. The paddle wheel will be 16J4X16 feet, while the shaft H 7x4 Inches aud flanged. It 111 be known as tbe Cascade, and the cost 11 $18,000. Its capacity Is 50 bushels of dean sand a tnlnutc The boat la fitted out with mauy Improve ments, patented by Mr. Keber, a member or the The same company has already built six flats, and has contracted for six more. W ;rk will oe begun within two weeks and will be chiefly conducted on the Monongahela river. . Dx Witt's "Little Early Risers. 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