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LUZERNE ilS
MR. LEISENRING
Kominated for Congress by Iho Republicans
on the First Billot.
VERY LIVELY BUT HAHKUS
Captain Alfred Darte, of Kingston.
Captures the Orphan's Court
Judgeship Nomination on the Sec-
' ond Ballot, Defeating George S.
Ferris Scenes and Incidents of the
Most fcxeiting Republican County
Convention in the His'ory of the
Mother County Candidates and
Platform.
THE I.VZEItSE TICKET
For Congro8s,.IniiN Lkiskn niNU, of Upper Lo-
liiu'li.
For J edge of the Orphan's Court, C.vrr. Al-
fiikii Kahi i:. of Kingstou
For District Atlornoy, L A. l'nx, of Wilkes-
BaiTO.
For l'mthonot iry. JAMi-a Lj Kwi;i.l.li., of
West Iittf-c-in.
Clerk of tho Courts, D. W.Ui.vnu, of Ply-
mouth.
For .liny Commissioner, S. W ..VYl.ou, of
lhirvoyvillc.
Special lo the Scnttitun Tfihit.ir.
!t.Ki:-r,AHi:i:, Am. 7.
V 70UNG Wood wmi t "by in the re
W nwak-ned It public ini-iiu of Ltt
1 1 zerue ; but not until ttiut seasoned
U veteran, Morgan B. Williams,
ml tiia t-ff -dive lie utenunts, Jam -s it.
Morris and tx-Sieriif ltitiinsm hail
tiiveii it one of tip liv dieit tussles ex
perience I iu many a day. When it is
considered tiiut John Leisenriug, of
Upper Lehigh, had been making rapid
headway wii.li his candidacy for con
gress for montii" before the doughty
ex senator hud definitely uVciilJd to en
tor tho rice; and that the active
period of the Williams cam
paign ba been confine i practically
within the lust uiontli, the fact
that the former came under the wire a
winner by so narrow a insrgiu w is al
most u victory for the shrewd man
tiger of his opponent. Wm u the con
vention orgutnzjd in tlio ni rtiiuK :v nl
c!ioo-e vx-Ccngri-ssuiau Gurge W.
Shonk, of Plymouth, t m:ior.irv chair
man over Gains L. lltli-y, of White
Haven, Mr. L-isi-nring's attorney an 1
one of his intimate political advisors,
there were many wtio hailed it us a
token that the veterans had really won
despite the coufidebt claiuia ol the so
called "amnteti; s "
A SHORT LIVED TlilOIPII
C.nt this victorv wis short-live 1.
With the noon udj inrnmetit cant" a
grand rally of the lower enders. H
serve fore s were trotted out und nen t
on donble quick to r-1n force the wav
ering; and when fit 2. JO in the after
noon, after an agonizing wait outside
the convention hall in a temperature
strongly sn-igeative of sheol, tno doors
were at'iiin thrown op.-n and thepr
Bpiring delegates were a second ti in
permitted to surge in, it soon became
apparent, from the complacency nuinng
whom was Field Marshal Keck, th it
the lines had all been sirengtnened and
that some of tho "amateur" scouting
parties had captured a number of Strug
glers from the enemy's camp.
And then happened a thing that il
lustrates vividly the superior chivalry
and liberality of the Republican party.
While tue sweltering convention was
waiting for the report of belated com
mittees, speakers were culled uuon,
and among them were two Democrats,
who frankly proclaimed their political
eccentricity and yet were npulau led to
the echo when (successful in witticism
or r partee. Indeed, had they been
Republicans of national renown, they
could not have received a more hospit
able welcome; and even when one
-went somewhat to an extreme in op
position to the partisan ciinplexion of
the convention, he was permitted to
complete his daring sally and cordially
applauded when he concluded.
TWO OKATOI'JCAu DEMOCRATS.
The first of these speakers was Dis
trict Attorney John M. Gurinm. of
Nunticoko. When asked wuut he
could say about the Republican party
he promptly retorted tuat he could say
nothing ubont it except that if be were
running ngainst it, the convention's
nominee lor congress would not be in
eight. Later on, Playwright Daniel
L. Hurt, just returned from un outing
in the Catskills, was solicited to amuso
the nssemhlage, and he did it to per
fection, He began by quoting David
B Hiil's famous purasa, "I uiu a Demo
cratl" and declared that if Luzerne
Republicans didn't want to hear him
make a D. mocratic speech they should
not have culled upon him. This
was the preface to t spirited expjsi
tion of Democracy, mainly humor
oua iu its character, but sufficiently
rabid to exhibit in conspicuotm relief
the Republican liberality which toler
ated it. Mr. Hart might have added
another famous speech to the list of
great partisan orations had he not in
advertently ucensed General Grant ol
having been a Democrat "befouh do
wnh." This excited the ire of a vener
able delegate in one of the rear seats
and, with capillary portiorros vibrating
in indignation, he aroso and launched
forth a vehement denial. A verbal duel
at long range ensued, to the infinite
amusement of tho onlookers; aud altor
a vaiu effort to withstand the rural
veteran's wrath Mr. Hart grucefully
subsided.
FCLLEIt's MASTERLY EFFORT.
Following the permanent orgnnizi
tion, which wsg affected by Temporal
Chairman Sliouk's retirement in fav r
of Dr. W. G. Weaver, nominating
speeches were called for. 1'hnt of H.
H. Fuller, plucinir in nomination the
of Morgan li. Williams, was the ora
torlcul gem of the convention, keen,
witty, lustrous and exquisitely
phrased. When he likened Congress
man Hires to that useless aud infiuiits-
mill run n a nt o( a former bowel culled
the vermiform appendix, which, wh-n
swollen into the disease called political
appendicitis, had once before called
for surgical excision of the man he
would name, and wnicb now needed a
a repetition of that treatment, the con
vention fairly rose to its feet wi h
laughter ana cheering. In the inor"
seri uis phns 'S of his Uress, Mr. Ful
ler referred most i ff ctively to th
spurious claims of Iliim to the friend
ship of the laboring classes, aud said
that the kind of d.-inago-ism which,
for political t ff 'ct, lauded poverty as a
virtue aud lir.nded property as a
crime, aud which, instead of men of
sagacity, intelligence an 1 merit, tilled
the halls of legislation with P apulists,
socialists, annrchis sand tramps, hal,
n was happy to believe, had its day in
Luz-rue county and in th nation
Gains b Halsey. of White Haven,
presented John Leisenring's nam in a
strong speech, during which he occa
sioned much amusement by repeatedly
addressing the 'goiithnum of the con
vention" as "geutlemen of the jury.''
Mr. llnlsey's oration was larg dy a sta
tistical argument proiug the cost of
Democratic supremacy to the business
Interests of tho country. Th applause
elicited by his mention of John L dsen
ring's iinino showed conclusively that
the majority of the delegates and a
very large mnj irity of the persons who
were not delegates wore iavunible in
clined towsrd the candidacy of tho
man from Upp-r Lehigh.
THE DECISIVE HALLOT.
There were no other nominations,
and only one ballot was require I to
establish tho result. As the polling of
the delegates proceed, the intense
closeness of tho fight became newly ap
parent; ami each new rote.asit added to
or lessened tiioch mces of Ur. Leisen
ring's nomination, was awaited with
almost a painful tension of feeling. In
Wilkes-Darre 14 votes were secured
tor L"iseuriug, wuureas the Williams
people had conceded him not more tnau
0. Th Fourth district gave Williams
only 3 votes, another loss for the ex
senator. But it w is in the Sixtn dis
trict tliat tho greatest slump occurred.
Here the Williams managers had
counted on splitting practically even
with the L-l.s-uriug forces; hut instead
oily pallet) l'J voles to the other man's
23, That settle 1 it. Hats went up;
coairs were thumped until the ceilings
shook, men from down liazletou way
embraced e ioti other iu repeats l pir
oxysms ol jubilation and Chairman
Weaver wav -d for order to no more
ell ct than King Canute wuvj I tor tin
rising tide of the se i to desist from
wetting his royal feet. Finally, a pre
tence was made of ordering uniformed
. fibers to clear the aisl"S and forcibly
seat the more demonstrative delegates,
ind aft"r a time this treat Inlusdi
sir' d ell' ct. T.iB vote win th;u an-uouiic-
d as follows;
For Leisenrinj, Lia.'J.
For WiliuwslU-j.
CAPTAIN HAUTE FOR ,JL'DJ2
Tho battle for orphan's conrc judge
followed, the candidates mimed using
Catitain Alfred D.irte, of Jxiuidtoii ;
George .S Ferris, of West Piitst ni u:id
Isaac P, Hand, of Wilkes-B arre. From
the outset the iiht was beiweoa Dirt.)
and Ferris, Hand dropping out after
I ne first b . 1 lot. Uiptaiu Dane's
8 irewd andii.s duous cauipuigniiuyom-
blued with his wi ie personal acqu .nu
ance in the lower end. gave him the
victory, his plurality over Mr. Ferris
being o0 votes. Upon all sides it was
admitted that Mr. Ferris had made
an excellent impression. From the b-i-ginuiug
of his cuivmshe demeaiie 1
himself iu excellent taste, steadily re
fusing to uo anything or sanction tne
.oiug of anything by others widen
might make an unpleasant rouiinis-i-ence
in tue event of his elevation to
the bench. While defeated in t u iu, his
lirst aspiration to olli:e, he ei;j ivs tne
increased personal respect of nh tils oid
friends, aud has beside won many new
friends, who, should he ever be a can
didate again, would work incessantly
iu bis behalf.
The convention, reviewed as n whole,
was txciting but good tempered. There
are no wonn Is to heal und no grudg- s
to nourse. Iti a fair Ibid after a suar.i
tight the victors wjiij and they have
every assurance ot tne indefatigable
loyalty of every delegate in it, an J of
the masses behind those deleg it js.
L s. R.
SKETCH OF THt NOMINEE.
Who J. hn Leisenring la and How Ha In
Generally R aarded.
fi-pecial to the Hcranton Tribitn.
IIazletox. Pa., Aug. 7. Few men
are so well known in lower Luzerne hs
is John Leisenring. Of a family m ule
illustrious many years ago through the
sagacity, business keenness and sterling
luwgrity of John Leisenring s father,
who settled in Kckley forty years ago,
tlie fniure congressman from this dis
trict was born forty-one years ago the
'bird day of lust June, iu L wisford,
Carbon county. The early year ot
Joun Leisenring's life were passed iu
goou, tiaru work. Although his lather
had already laid the foundation of an
ample fortune, the son was never an
idler, either by disposition or from
choice. In fact, the prudent discirillue
of the parent would soon have put a
stop to uny juvenile inclinaiiou on
John's part to smrk work, had there
been such. The ambition of Mr. L I-
senring, sr., was to rear a family pos-
seseu ot ail uis own sturdy virtues; and
among the traits he wished developed
idleness or indifference) to the real
Value of tilings was not present.
Young Leisenring entered Princeton
college in the latter bulf of the eix'i"",
but never graduated, having, in 1870,
been called to the management of his
father's extensive gold mining interests
In the west. Th ess he put iu first-class
shape and later returned east to accept
a position as civil and mining engineer
on the Central Railroad of Now Jorsy,
with the management of which hid
brother, S. B. Leisenring, is honorably
affiliated. In 1873 Mr. Leisenring
moved to Andeuried to take charge
of the mines iu that place. Two years
Inter be located iu his present home in
Upper Lehigh, where for nearly twenty
years he and hiB brother, E. B. Leisen
ring, have been engaged in extensive
coal mining operations. In ibU'i lie
went to Colorado and 8 ime time super
intending the development of valuable
properties. He now lias a largo stock
much there. He was married to Miss
Mary Simpson, a Mauch Chunk lady,
iu 1885, and has n' beautiful homo in
the town whore his mines are located.
In personal characteristic!, Mr. Lds
luring la the embo liin mt of diguilied
ge iaiity and gentility.' He bus a
Irank, open manner of creetiniz one.
looking his guest straight in the eye as
he grasps bis hand and makes shim at
Continued on Page 8.
Gil Of BLUFF
MM SENATE
Mr. Coopjr Declares tlie Body to Be the Pill
ory or Public Opinion.
BYNilETS PEACEFUL RESGLDTIQ3
Proceedings of the House Caucus
Love Feast Yesterday Afternoon.
Many of the Representatives Willing
to Vote on the Senate Bill Others
Contend That the Country Is Clam
oring for Wilson's Unaltered Freak
Originally Sanctioned by the House.
Wasiiinutov, Aug 7.
FIFTFKN' minutes utter toe house
a !j o'.rue 1 this afternoon, that is
to say at II o'clock, the Demo
crat members began behind
closed doors tho consideration of the
present critical state of the tariff bill.
The galieries and 11 iors had been
cleared of all outsiders and till tho en
trances w re guard 'd by employes.
Naturally, the interest outside wan
something intense in view of tho im
portant matters which might or
might not be decided by those within ;
but waiting was unsatisfactory, and
gradually th? crow I dwindled away
iu the beliof that the caucus would be
prolonged.
Promptly at 3 o'clock, Mr, Ilolman,
of Iipiiane, fie chairman of tUo caucus,
called it to ordi r. One hundred and
sixty-eight numbers were present.
Messrs. Wilson and Mcllillin, two of
the holism conferrei-s. as well us Speaker
Crisp, were present.
MR uyntm's; resolution.
Mr. Lyunui oll'ured the following
resolution and proceeded to ud iress the
caucus upon u j
Wlierea-', ilouso Ml' -1N1 for '.he reduc
tion of taxation and to provide revenue
lor i lie government, passed tue liouv on
t Up llrst day ot February ami the senate on
the third day ot July, and was sent to c u
fereuce on tue seventh day of July last;
and,
Whereas, The coniniprcial interest of the
count rv has b on held iu suspense await
ing a tinul settlement of the (jiie.stiou; and,
Whereas, lue people ol the wbole conn
try have, through tne public press anil by
petitions and memorials iu both hou-es of
congress, deuianib d a speedy decision
that the i.idnsi ries may, lews. -on as pos-
aiblo, oe adjusted to the proposed clnuges;
and,
Whereas, Conferees appointed by the
;wo bouses to huld a t ii 1 1 a id tree confor-
enc.i ov. r tiio disaga-eiug v.'tes of the two
iloll es have bad the matters in dispuli
uuibr consideration for one mouth aud
have failed to coino to nuy agreement
wli itever; and,
whereas, 1 he house or rpve-entntives,
which, under thecousiliutiou of theUnitod
States, is clothed wiih tho ixehisiva power
to originate nu.s nosing revenue, and is
thi-retoro clothed with tne right to pa-s
upon all amen iinent.s prop ped Dy the ben
ate freely unit wi::. out, restraint; and
Whereas, Fho members of the houo of
representatives have not availed them
selves of an opportunity to consider said
senate amendment', or auv of them, which
nghi, under parliamentary law, is superior
to all otin rs; ami
Whereas, It is iiirnn'lv believed that
said cnuleives uro unab.o to areo; there
fore, b" it
HeKolveil, That it is the sense of this
caucus that the jjenioeratic i-oiirere.ts of
the house and senate should meet in u
spirit ol lib 'rulily, to t he end that the
two Houses by mutual concessions in ay
agree upon a measure which will meet the
approval ot emu.
(Second Tout this caucus stands ad
journed until 3 o'clock Friday, the loth
nisiant, at whieli linv, in case no agree
ment has been reached, it, shall re-couveno
to take such fanner actum iu the prein
ises as ic may deem noeessiiry and appro
priate; auil the chairman of the bouse
caucus is hereby uutnoi ized and directed
to invite too Democratic senators to meet
with tip) jJ-inoc. ats of the house at that
time m joint caucus.
country demands; settlement.
Mr. Byntim atitir o.iched the subi jet,
ho said, in no spirit of partisanship
or uniri'Mi illness to tno conrerroes.
Tho country deminl" ! a speedy set
tleineutof the tai l if question ; and he
spoke for thep'ople ot the west and
northwest, lie s u I ho would vote for
uny bill that might be reported, and
thought the senate bill much better
than no bill.
He was followed by Mr. Wilson
chairman of th w.ivs and menus com
mittee, Mr. Wilson's remarks were of
the most' general character. He spok
of the tuibarrnssmotiiH under which
the conferees had labored. He said the
house members realize! tho position of
tho senatorial representatives, and that
botn sides were meeting in a spirit of
harmony. He disappointed the caucus,
however, by remaining silent as to
what the ennfore-s bad done or what
they were liable to do.
Mr. Livingston, of Georgia, then of
fored a substitute to Uih Bynum reso
lution expressing confidence in tho
wisdom and patriotism of the conferees
and rolegatiug the whole subject to
thm.
Mr. Bynum made n point of order
against the substitute. Mr, Bynum in
sist.'d that he also had the fullest con
Udeiice iu the conferees, but he bad
talked with 8 nators in the last
twenty-four hours, who had assured
him that no bill cutild puss that body
but the senate bill. What he wanted
was action of some sort
SENATE'S GAME OF BLUFF.
This started a storm of protests from
every part of the chamber. During
the excitement Mr. Cooper, of Indiana
obtained the ilocr aud iu a heuted man
nor said that the senatorial body was
playing a game of bluff; that the th
pi'oplo were behind the Wilson bill,
und that the senate was now In the pu
lory of public opinion.
The cualr dechb d against tho point
of order made by Mr. Bynum against
the Livingston substitute; aud Mr.
Livingston thou took tne n oor.
The characterization of this declnra
tion by Mr. Cooper, of Indiana, as a
"bluff1 seemed HKeiy, lor a moment
to result in an acrimonious debate. It
did not, however, ho result, and the
entire proceedings were characterize!
by a spirit of harmony and good feel
ing.
Bjfore the serious work of the cau
cus began a telegram was read from
thecbrk s de-k announcing that Col-
oni 1 Gates I ad carried Alabama by a
majority of 25 bbO. This was greeted
with loud appiuuse and put everybody
in a good humor.
MRS. CLEVELAND'S GUARDS.
Secret Ssrvic Detectives Are on Duty
a' Gray Gables.
Buzzekd's Bay, .Mass., Aug. 7 Tho
report tout Detectives llazins, Welch
and Grilliu, of the S .'eret Service, were
on duty at Gray Gables, detailed to
guard Mrs. Cleveland and chil
dren, was received with some sur
prise here, lor the matter had
been kept sicret tor nearly two
weelis. So carefully- have those
idlicers conducted tnom.selves and their
work, thut the true nature of tli-ir
nsiui-ss could not be ascertained.
While some were Etispicious, the peo
ple generally took them for summer
boarders. These ofibers keep u walcn
lul eye on Gray Gaoies day and night.
They do not follow JUrs. Cleveland or
the children wherever they gu, but are
here simply to apprehend any suspic
ious cti racter that may come to Buz
zard's Bay or iu any way disturb
Mrs. Cleveland and family. Per
sonally, Mrs. Cleveland says,
what sho has said before, that
sue was not the least irigntened or
alarmed. The arrival at Onset of lute
f some people may huve led the presi
dent to order the mon here. The cui
us quite generally are pleHsed, for
t.ioy claim that this protection is justly
due tie in as well us the president
When he arrives.
SHXATE WITS.
Business Transacted at the Two
Hours Session Yesterday Bills
Passed and Other Matters On.
Washington, . D. C, Aug. 7. The
Senate was in session today tor only
two hours and did not take tip anything
' of general interest and importance.
There were, however, Some half dozen
bids passed, of which oue was to facili
tate tue collection of state, comity and
municipal taxes from corporations in
i be bauds of receivers under orders of a
United States court. The house bank
ruptcy bill was reported buck 'from the
judiciary committee with amendments;
additional aim niMiieuts were iltered
on behalf of Iho minority of tho com
mittee ami the bill was placed on the
calendar.
A resolution which hail been offered
some weeks ago by Senator Call (Drill.,
Fia.), and referred to the committee, on
foreign relations, was reported back to
lay aud was, with some modiincaiions,
agr ed to it n-qtl i'is the president to
:..l;e in eisures to secure tne release of
American citizens held as prisoners iu
Cuoi on the charge of complicity with
or aid to rebellion In that i.- l ind, where
such persons are held, without trial on
suspicion merely, or to procure for
them a speedy trial where there is
evidence against til 111.
In connection with a motion to dis
pense witii the reading of tho journal
at the opening of to lavs' session, Mr.
C'uiiiiUt (itep., X. U.) said: "It is a'
year ago today since we were assmu bled
in this chain h r to do the business ol
the country ; and I hop" that we may
ie aide to depart within a very few
days."
S-iiale bill for the payment of accrued
pensions on certain c ises WHS paBS 'd."
This bill provides thut the accrued
pension on the death of any pensioner
or applicant for u pension shall be paid ;
first, to his widow; second, if no wid
ow, to his childniu under the ago of
10; and third, in case of uo widow, her
minor children nmbr 10 Such accrue i
pension is not to be considered a v irt
of the assets of the deceased pensioner,
nor bo helil liable for his debts
A WMlTi SLAVE.
An Indiana Man Imprisoned Twalve
Years and Enilnv-d Nine in Cuba.
Valparaiso, Ind.. Aug. 7. Twenty
one years ago Sam Ensign was a resi
dent of V.upiraiso. He was married
and bad a little house here. Finally
Sun, who was an engineer, got a posi
tion ou an ocean liner. Hesild good
ly to the little woman who awaited bis
homo coming iu the dzy little cottage
aud left with the boat for Cuba,
There it became involved iu trouble
with the local authorities, and the crew
was seized by the Spanish authorities,
aud Eisigu tiirowu iuto prison. He
was kept u pruotiar for twelve years,
when he was lioerutd I and given to a
prominent Catholic clergyman und for
nine years he was a slave.
About a mouth ago the priest, with
Ensign as his valet, arrived nt New
Orleans, when Easign fi d, coming
north, reaching Miuhig in City yester
day. He catno here und went to the
home of his nephew, James Prentice, n
prominent farmer, where ho found his
wife, who had waited these long years
for some tidings of him towhom.be
told this story.
BULLET PriOCF JACKET.
Horr Dawe Desires to Clothe Amorioan
Scddinra with His Garment.
Washington, Aug. 7. Herr Dowo.
the German tailor who invented the
bullet proof coat whioh has been so
successfully tested in his country, has
mad i overture to the United States
government through hi agent toward
supplying our army with bis protector.
An answer has been sent by the war
department asking for terms, eto , to
ward conducting a test in this country,
but no reply has been received,
Ordinance ollbers, who give suah
matters much study, say that there is
uo immediate future for the coat be
cause or.its weight, but it is not unlikely
that its principle may be adopted as a
guu scroen.
THE AMERICAN WINS.
Harry Wheeler, Bloyollst, Sucurei First
l'rizt at Birmingham.
Birmingham, Englnnd, Aug. 7.
Harry Wheeler, the American, won
the 1 mile professional handicap bicy
cle race here today. Wheeler started
from the thirty five yard mark ami won
by four yards in two miuutes aud
twenty-six seconds.
lisrry liunKer, or rutsuurg, was
beaten in hiB heat. Arthur A. Zim
merman, the champion, did not compete.
If! CHOLERA'S
i
The Numbjr of Deaths Gradually Increasing
in Russia.
GENERAL NEWS CP OLD WORLD
New Premier Is Selected to Take the
Place of Broennum Scavinious Est
rup, Resigned Carnot's Assassin
Makes No Appeal for a New Trial.
Accident in tho Alps Suicide of a
Librarian.
St. Peterspuro, Aug. 7.
FROM July 2-1 to Aug. 4, old new
oases ot cholera arid 210 deaths
from that diseao wore reported
here. In the city of Warsaw
troin July 22 to July 23, lolt new c ihs
of cholera and H'i deaths Wore reported.
Iu the province of Warsaw during tin
same period oil I fresh cases of cholera
w-.-B r 'ported a id 213 deaths.
London, Aug. 7. The steamship 11 il
moral arrived at (ir ivosend this morn
ing from St. Petersburg, and reported
that one of her seamen died yesterday
of cholera.
A dispatch to the Standard from
Vienna says that sixteen districts iu
Galicia are affected with cholera. Dur
ing the last two days there have been
127 new cases and 83 deaths in these
districts,
Amsterdam, An;;. 7. Two doaths
from cholera and no fresh cases were
reported hero tod,.y. At Dordrecht
there was ulso ouo death from cnolera
aud no fresh cas-s were reported.
TO EXAMINE EMIGRANTS FROM RUSSIA.
Contracts havs been entered into by
the North G .rm m L'y 1 Steamship
company and oy the H uuburg- Am e
icuu line for the construction of build
ings lo he erected on the Hns.dan front
ier of G;i many for the control und ex
amination of intending st-eragd p is-
seugers Jrom KUssi.i. Ibese con
trol stations are to be es
tablished at lUo.vo, Trost-
ken, Eydtkuhui'ii, Ottlolschin. and B
johren. Tho stations lire to srvo for
tho disinfect! ui und examination of
passengers coming from Itussia mid in-
leiidial tor transportation on the steam
-ra of tno two titeumsbip lines, and for
sitting such emigrants as tin not
answer to tho ri quireuients of the
United States laws.
Tno stations will contain elaborate
disinfection apparatus for bagga;;o and
clothes, u large number of showtr baths
and baths for tde passengers, and ex
animation rooms for the d otor to be iu
charge of each of the control stations.
carnot's assassin
Lyons, Aug. 7. dsserio Santo
Geroaimo, the assassin of President
C.irnot, who was convicted and Sl'U
tence l to death last Friday, has per
sisted Hi his refnsd to make an appeal
to the c .urt of cassation, an I, the ap
peal time having elapsed, tho papers
were sent to i ana tod iy for the signa
ture of President Cosimir-Perier, tix-
iug his execution for ten davs hence,
OXFORD, England, Aug. 7. Mr. J.
L. G. Mowat, libraiian ot tue i'l-m
broke college, Oxford, committed sui
cid by hanging himself tome time
luring last tu 'lit. lie had just r.
turned lrom a vacation in order to
bep entertain the meL.bers of the
British association.
Berne, Aug. 7. A French Abbe,
Elie Large, has Ueeu killed by a fall
from a pneipice on Mount S.ilvator,
near Liiigauo. A clergyman ol th
name of Davidson and his daughter.
who were ascetiding St. Luc ou mules,
were surprised by a fall of rock, and
the daughter was killed.
A NEW DANISH PREMIER.
Copenhagen, Aug. 7. King Chris
tian has accepted tl.e resignation of
Premier Jacob Broennum Scuviuius
K.trup, and has appointed Barou
Reedtz-Tsott, minister of foreign af
fairs, to he president of the council of
miuistera in his place. Iho premier
was also minister of h lance.
Commander N. F. R ivn retains the
portfolio of minister of marine; M. J,
M. V. Nellematiu continues to till the
office ot minister of jnsiico for Iceland
the portfolio of minister of public
works is retained by M. II. P. Iuger
slev, and tne minister of the interior
will still bo M. Hoerring
O.i tho other hand, M. Luttichmi be
comes minister of finance in place of
M. Estrup; General lliompsoti sue.
coeds General J, J. Bahnsen as minis
ter of war, and M. Bardnfl.'th takes
the place of M, A. II. Goos us minister
of public worship mid instruction,
coitN islam
EzclUment in Speculative Circles Caused
by Yci6trduy'H Eie
Chicago, Aug. 7. Tim board of
trade was the scene of a wild buying
panic today, corn showing up at
dizzy gait and carrying wheat with it
The drought in tlio corn belt was nn
checked, tho weather bureau showed
uo signs of relief from the blistering
winds that ore sweeping over western
corn lie i s. withering tne grnwtu and
destroying tho crop, and excited brok
ers clustered about the corn pit sage
to buy.
At the tap of ths bell a wild strngglo
for holdings began. Shorts were Iran
tic, aud at every jump in thn price,
with its consiiiueut losses to them
fought more fiercely for cover. !!
fore 10 o'clock corn had gone np '
cents, in a long aud sensational
iuuiD. and wheat, with its hervy load
of bearish iiiflueuces, had struggled 2
cents up the scale. The visitors' gal
lerv was soon filled with spectators.
who climbed upon the seats and leaned
over the railings, watching the yelling,
howling mob of speculators on the
iioor.
Uoldors. with visious of suddon
wealth, held on to their grain until
ollerinirs were hs scaroe as rainstorms.
and shorts, with visions of equally sud
den disaster, grew wilder as the sessiou
advanced. The market, which n few
weeks ago apparently hud no bottom,
now seemingly had no top, and, pass
lug wheat, corn continued in an ud
vance that has seldom been equalled on
DEADLY PATH
the Chicago board for sensational feat
ures.
Tho bullish features, of course, were
tho hot, dry winds, swooping across
the already parched corn fields; the
tiblished official reports that cover a
irge section of Nsoraskt that the
tnuers would not raise enough corn
to keep them from starving; tho ex
tremely bullish Iowa crop report, put
ting the crop prospects even lower
than the speculators had guessed it.
and the fact that corn iu Liverpool
was reported twopence higher.
Tno trading in corn from the start
was of the wildest description, the
shorts struggling to snap up whatever
was iltert'd that could bo got at, re-
gurdli.HS of previous prioe, or prices in
other purls of tlii pit, from that iu
which each was endeavoring with
might apd main lo lilt himself out of
the financial hole into wniuh his pre
vious sales lift'1 plunged him.
As a consi quetice, the opening price
r Septeinb-r corn was anywnere
between 01;. and 0S3. in dillereut
parts of toe pit, against ni'i'J. at
tho close yester .ay, and by jumps of
halves und cents the prute
quickly advanced to COj. or C; j.
above yesterday last hgures. Itiou it
as suddenly plunged down to 53 cents,
old b'J cents, then to OU cents again.
Tins gain, of course, could not last in-
ib finitely, and tne most urgent of the
shorts having wa led ashore the strain
cased somewhat.
WAR OVJTt KOREA.
Li Hunp; Reviews Troops Withont
His Yellow Vest-Englnnd Will
Ee Asked to Pay Indemnity
London, Aug. 7 The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Times telegraphs:
Li Hung Chang expects that England
wid cbiini compensation for the relatives
of the Kow bhing victims and for the
owners ol tiie vessel and cargo. He esti
mates the indemnity duo China for the
.sinking ot the Koiv .Suing at i l,0ei),uUl).
Tho B rlin coieesnoudeut of tho Daily
News savs:
The Japanese .Major Ando, director of
the military school 111 Tokio, who has beeu
sojourning hero since Fcuruuty studying
. 1. 1. . I . I... 1 . 1...I
in in' January soo .ois, nas ueeu iuimiioi
to Japan. Twelve oilier Japanese officers,
who were delegated lo htudv 111 military
insulations in Uermauy aud Austria, huve
returned home.
A dispatch to the Central News from
Tien Tsin savs:
"Li Bung Chang continues to direst tho
war ptcpurutiuns of the Chinese. Vesti r-
l.iy ho reviewed I lit) newly arrived troops.
Ihe oiiseiice ol bis yellow Jacket wus the
subject of much mmark.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Central News lel.-eraphs as follows:
Sunday's report that there hud been an
other engagement oil the Korean coast 111
which the 1 inueso warships bad been cap
tured by the Japanese is not credited here.
The Chinese north. tu tl n:t remains at
Weihai-W'ei. and no C'biuesu transports
have recently ventured to sea. The
lliissiau troops north of the Tru-
men river nave oeen reiutorced.
Several Japanese transports esorte.l by
warships have been sigutd in the Yellow
sea. It is pro-uno d tint they were bound
for Chemulpo. Belters from llan Kow,
where there are only eighty Europeans,
say that great anxiety prevails among
the foreigners lest unaichy break out.
among the natives in the eveut of a (lis
ter to tue l hmt'SH lorces, All IiialO
Europeans Lave enrolled as Volunteers.
I'ueu'sii.css is felt also in Chin Kiung, Bu
Liu, Tehali;:, aud other places.
KOUBI'S FOILED.
Thiilliuir Expui 'no with Bandits on a
Ieike Fhrre Flyer.
Cleveland, Aug. 7. Lake Shore
express train No. 12, arriving from the
wt st, came into the Union statiou here
this morning after undergoing a thrill
ing experience on the plaitis of In
diana. Au attempt was made late last
night to bold up the train at K ssler,
Ind., upon the s one spot that tuo train
was held up lust f all,
Tho train was just approaching a
split switch nt Kessler when the engi
neer noticed that the switch was turned
so 11s to ruu the train on the siding. A
big obstruction of lies and lumber wus
placed upon tho' siding a few rods
ahead of his engine. It did not appear
to be impassable uud the engineer put
on all steam una leaped inrougu me
pile, passing safely on to the main
tr, ok through the split switch at a high
rate of speed.
' As the train passed the obstruction,
the engineer saw a group of masked
men, and as tho engine cleared the
track of the obstacles the highwaymen
fired several snots at the train, uoou oi
which, however, took ett'oct.
A United States car was attached to
the train, and had on board a large
amount of money. It is thought that
this was known to brigands who at
tempted to hold up the train. Their
disappointment iu currying out their
plans was nhown in their firing tho
shots when they Paw that their plans
had been foiled by the boldness of the
engineer.
BLUEFIELOS IS TAKEN.
Official Announcement of ths Victory of
thn Nicarafruane. .
Washisuton, Aug. 7 Dr. Guzman J
tho minister of Nicaragua, has received
a telegram from Managua officially an
nouncing that the towu of B ujfields,
011 the Mosquito coast, hud beeu taken
by the Nic.iraguuu army. Ths tele
gram contained uo particulars ot the
nil' dr.
From other sources it is learned that
Chief Clarence retired from Bluefields
yesterday, not waiting to dispute the
post, with General Cubezas, although
t ven Morquito Indians were killed in
a preliminary skirmish.
RESERVES INSPEGTED.
Pennsylvania's Navy Viwed by Govern
or Patllaon and Staff
Philadelphia, Aug. 7. Governor
ruttison with Adjutant General Green
laud Inspected tne Philadelphia and
Pittsburg naval reserves at the League
Island navy yard this afternoon.
The sailors are now quartered on
board the receiving alii p St. Louis, Int
in a few days will lake a five days'
cruis ou the United States cruiser.
WEATHER FORECAST.
runs' .
I I WAhuinoton. Aug. 7. Forecast
H for eastern 'ennsyrain'a, fair,
sliiH chanyes in temperature,
southwest uia tin.
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