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TUEMlDDLElttJRGIirOST.
T. II. HAUTER, Editor and Tro'ii.
Miniu:nt mm, r.i., t. 4, ism.
CHINESE EXCLUDED,
Tin; rr.rsinr.Nr signs mi;
III Ma,
lilt Reason fur Approving It Matlo
ilio Subject of a Mrssago
to t'ongrcs.
Tho Preddent sent tho following messate
to Congress in relation to tli Chinese Exclu
sion tiill, which lio lia ninc I;
It ohm to mo tlwit (oiiio suggestion find
rcc immcuditliDns may Toiorly nit- inpiiny
my npprovnl f this bill. It object la to
more cflWtunlly nccomplixli ,y legislation
the exclusion fr m th country of C'tiliifso
lnl.onTs Tlio XK'riiii(Mit if blending tlio
ociid I. nb;t and mutual raco l.tirvy net (i-ltn
of tlie Chilli so lit I oring cln-ses with tlste of
the great It sly nf tho et.plo of the United
Ktnto has Iscti proved by tlio experience of
twenty Je.rs, ninl ever ninco the llurlingamo
treaty of ls;s, to I pin every sense nil" is-,
impolitic and ii jiiri'ttin to both nation. With
tho lio of time, tlio neccs ily for lis nl an
donmciit has grown in force, until tho hav
ing in rlinro the government of tho resx?c
tive countries hnvo resolved to modify and
uflloicntly abrogate nil those fintures of
prior conventional nrrniigcnicnt which fx?r
Tnitted tlio ruining of Chimsj laborers to the
United States.
In intNlillrntioii of prior convention tlio
treaty of NovemlxT 17, lso, won concluded,
tvhereby, in the first article then of, it win
greed Hint tlio United State should at will
regulate, limit, or suspend the coming of
Chiiu-m lo' orers to the United States, lint
not absolutely prohibit It; and under thin nr
ticle nn ad of Congress, approved on May
th, la (see Vol. Z, p. 5s, Stat nt large.)
atul amended July ., ism (Vol. 2.1, p. ll.,
Suites at lnrgoi, susp-nlcd for ten voir tlio
coming of Chinese laborer to tlio United
States nnd regulate tlio going ami coming of
inch Chinese Invl orers n were nt Hint time in
tlio United States. It wn, .however, soon
mndu evident that the mercenary grel of
the parties who were trading in tha InW
of this class of the Chinos jxipu'ntion, was
proving too Htrong for the just execution of
tlio law, nnd that the virtual defeat of tlio
objuotnnd in t sit of both law and treaty won
being fraudulently accomplished by false
irotense ami jxTjury, contrary to tlio ex
pressed will of Ixitli governments;
To such an extent ha the successful viol
tion of the treuty and the law enncted for
iU execution progressed that the court In
the 1'nciflo State have been for some time
pn.it overwhelmed by the examination of the
case of Chine) laborer who are charged
with having entered our port under; fraudu
lent certificate of return or neck to establish
by perjury the claim of prior residence. Such
demonstration of tlio innerfitiva and in 111
cient condition of the treaty and law ha pro
ducel deep aentrd and Increasing discontent
among the peop'e of tho United Htate, and
Wpeclally' with those resident on tho l'aciflo
coast. This ha induced me to omit no effort
to finish an effectual reme.ly for tho evil
complained of, nnd to answer tlio earnest
populnr demand forthu ubmluto ex .'luiou of
Cliine-io lnlxirers.
In August, I""'!, our MinUtr to IVklngre
civel from tlio Chinese Foreign Otllcs a
votmnuiili'iitiou a:inouucing tlmt Clilnn, of
Iier own nc'-ord, proposed to istablit-h a sys
tem of strict nnd iibvdutu prohibition of her
liilxirers, under heavy ponnlticf, from romiti
to the Uniteil stiitei, and likoH jso to proliibit
tho return t tho Unite 1 State of any Chi
nero Inboi er who had at tiny time gone back
to China, "in order," (iti tho words of tlio
coniliiiinie-itiun) ,-tlint tho Chines.) laborer
may graduilly I hi reduced in nuiiilsr nnd
ran' of dui.'T uveitoJ and live pre
nerved."' Tills view of the Cliineso fiovnrnnient,
comp'etely in hirmony with that of tho
United States, was by my direction sjx?edily
formulated in a treity draft between the na
tion, rmUxlying the projHisitionH n pi-iwnt-el
by tlie Cliinese Foreign t)llloi. Tlio deili
erutions, freipiut oral diKcusdons and enrro
pomlein'.) on the gemrnl qn tions thut en
med havo Ix-en fully coiniiiunlc itet by mo
to tlie Sen.'itu at tho pi t s tut. n'mion, and, n
contaiuel in S..riHto executive ilocument,
jxirtt 1 nnd and in Senate executive, docu
ment No. VT'J, nviy bo lnm-rly roforrol to
as oiiitaiuing n completo history of tho
trnnsictioii, It n thus eisy to leiru how f'o
j lint ihires mi l unequivocal mutual
iiudcrst'iuding of thutwo governments were
br ui;h' into ni ticulnto l form in tho treaty,
which, aft' r u mutual exhibition of plenary
xiwi'is from the riix'ctivo governments, ai
aiguiil mid ro'icludel by tlio p!enixitentia
ries of tho United States and China ut this
cnpitul on March l'Mi la-t.
Iteing su' milted for tin ndvlca and cm
Heiit of tho Semite, Its continuation, on the
noventh dny of Mny last, wu accompanied
by two itiiieiiilinouts, nhich that boiy eu
graft'd iixin it. On tho twelfth day of the
lino iiiouth the Chiiiesit L ster, tho whs
tho i leiiipoteiitiiu y of his gnvi'iiiiniit in th
negotiutlju mid tho coiielu-ion of tlio tr. aty,
in a no e t" thn Secret nry of St ito gnvo hi
npprovul of ih so aiiieiiclmuuts, 'as ti.ey did
not n ter th i terms of tli. treaty,' mi l the
amuiid ' ents "eu at onco te!ejrnphed to
Cliinn, w hither the origimil treaty ha I pros
viously U en sent immuiiiutuly alter iUsiguus
turo on March
In the course of hi message the I'rosldnt
recommt iiil that Congto by J lint roilu
tion, or In some other manner, provide Hint
Mien Cliineso luboreri a have uctii'illy em
Inrkeil on their return to thi country Iwfore
the puHWge of thin bill mny lie perml'ted to
land, llo also iccotuineniW the appropriation
of the amount numed in the rejected treaty
to indemnify certain Chinese subject for
daiiiuei sutfero I'througli violence in the re
mote ami compurutivoly unsettled porticr
of our country.
Pan per Mormon Imported.
Th tennmhip Wisconsin, from Liverpool,
lam lei VA) Mormon, moslly woinon and chil
dren at Nw York. Some men in Ike party
wero detained n aupora, and 13 children
witLuut pareuUor tuai dia i wore also held.
THK T? II FAT COnXCIl.
Ilntchlnaon Hold Out for $'J for
8-iicnilM-r and Orlrea tbe
hort Md.
Thn third and Inst of the three big dny that
concluded September contract on Chicago
'Change opened with intense feeling on thn
port of the trd and much curiosity on the
part of tho public, who crowded the galleries
arid the floor vt the Exchange. The tap of the
bell nt V: V) o'clock on the last dsy wa the
signal for a wild rush in tho wheat pit. Prices
o)ned about le over Friday night for all
future, except Nepteinttcr, which wo qnotd
nt tl.iW. HutchiiiRon nsko I 'J for SeptemlK-r
or cash whent. In the future there wn a
spurt of rolling for 30 niinu'o on tho belief
that prion wou'd break when tho 8ep
tainlxjr deal close I. An hour Inter the senti
ment cl.ange I an I price were put above thn
i piiing figure by It o'cl.ick. Before 11:3)
Dtcemberw ld from OSJictbe lowest iMnt
up tol, a id l eforo 1:15 o'clock it (truck
tl.'5. Aftir dlmg down to l7 1-3 tnrly,
O tolier bulged to l.O.rf just Isjforo the
cUsx'. May rnngeil betwen 11.00 3 8 ami
ll.M'f- A ale of Scott-mUT wa r-ported
nttl.tV)nnd Car load In ettlennnt wero
Mid nt 1 1. 'A 1.45 and Inter t.6- Up to
w ithin !M minute of tho close Ilutchln m
iu'hIo no concession nnd held cosh w he it nt
ti. Tho cke in wheat wasfensatioiinl, ami
priis-s declined sharply for future. Tlireats
of boilily harm to Hutchinson wero frequent,
but no overt act wero committed. It was
evldont that about all the local short had
sett cd, and it is unknown bow much I yet
outstanding. Tho close (how au advance
for future of from 1 7-Nc to fie. It- ceipu
were &10 cars and 1,700 bushels by cannL
It f tlx year since a 'corner' in wheat wn
(UcccHsfully carried througli to the close of
tho month, with the exception of the prec'iit
one, and little over a yer since an nttompt
to do o by Harper, of Fidelity bunk fame,
Droved a disastrous; failure.
TElMtlllM: DF.STITUTION.
Indiana Itexort to Cannlbnllain to
I'.wnpe Death by Starvation.
A terrible talo of starvation ami destitu
tion among the Indian comos from the Ala
habasca river county. It com- in tho form
of a petitionto the Minister of tho Interior
for Canada, ami is ligned by tho Anglican
Ilishop for that diots-s", six clergymen ami
niivtionaries, nnd sevt-ral Justictsi of tho
peace. It set out that, owing to tho
grent mortality of tho beaver
anl other smnll game, the
Intlinn, Ixitli last winter and th s summer,
have been in a ooiitinunl tato of starvation.
They are now in a c-ompleto state of destitu
tion, ami are unublo to provido tliemsolves
with clothing, ammunition, or fixxl for win
ter. The jietition (ays that on account of the
starvation ami conseipient cannnbnlism a
party of twenty-nine Indians was reduced to
three in the winter of lNt. In tho Macken
xie river diatrlct there wero aoveral esse of
death by starvation and one or more of can
nnmllsn. During last winter, among tho
Fort Chippewyan Indians, botween twenty
ami thirty (tar veil to death, and the do it h
of other was accelerate 1 by want
of fotxl. Many Indians Cross, Heaver and
Chippewyunii st almost all point whore
tbere are missions or trading Ksts, would
certainly have t rved to di atb but for the
help given by tbe trader ami mlssionnrlr
at thons place. Score of families, having
lost tholr heads by starvation, nre now per
feetly helpless and must starve to death or
0it one another utiles help come. Tho jxo
pie aro grently ngituUnl over the tint XHctd
fnto of these xxir p -oplo no I heart-rending
stories of MilTeriugs and cuuiiibulism contin
ua to coiuo in.
l UTY MILKS OF l LAMi;
I'rnirln 1'irc Near . a most own, Dak.,
Do un Inline inc Amount of
l'Miuaue.
From Jamestown, 1) k., it i learno I that
one of tlio most extensive prairie lire thn
ever visile I that section ha t ik 'iiplnc
there. All of the western urt of Ijimnurc
county uml much of the southern uml
wt stern pirt of Stutsumn county, were burn
ed over. The strong wind drove tho flames
before it at unprecedented velocity. Instill
ens of where the fire rnu fatter than horses
uro narrated. Many farmers will lose every
thing nnd much distress will be experience I,
Tho Ore seems to have originated in
Coteuux county, about thirty mile west.
Hun Ireds of ton of hay ami thousands of
bushels of grain wero dostroye I. Tlio fire
had lieen extinguished in m my places, t ut
Is still racing fierce' y in inany ibrection.
Tuss'ineni on tho James Kivor Valley trnui
sty the prairie from Iimoiire to within n
few miles of Jamestown, a distance of fi 'ty
miles, was all ublizo. They could see the
bur..ing birns, ilwellins, ami grain, due s
from tho car windows. Tho llro was nisi
west and n Tth of the c.ty. At yet no re
port of l ss of life have come in. IiikuIII
cient fire-breaks aro tho cause of losi in
many t a-os. The prairie gran is thick and
dry, and ordinary flre-hioik wtro in
effectual in the fjc of the gulo tlmt drovo
tho lire on.
EIIUT DOWN.
Tlio Sugar Trust Closr a He fin cry
Throwing UOO Men Out ot Work..
The Bay State Sugar Beflnery at Boston,
acting under order from the sugar trust
headquarters in Now York, has closed down
for gixd, thus throwing out of r mploymont
3X) men. Thi action of the trust w.. a com
plete surprise to tho men employed at the
Bay State, a no direct intimation had I ecu
given out until the mental roceived their
alarie, Saturday, w hen they were inform' d
that their service were la the future to be
dispensed with for goixl.
The Bay State ha been running on full
tune since the midd'e of last July, when,
after a shut down lasting sovon months, the
managers received order to start up and
continue until further notice.
Five Men Hilled.
A train on the Oregon Short Lino wnide.
railed by running into a herd of cuttle
nenr 1'oont illo, Idii'io, The following were
kl led; Daniel Hill, engineer; J. LhjiiUii.
fireman; Chsrle Walton, bruki man; tni
unknown men who were riding in a box car.
Tiiir y car Hero wrecko I, uuUiiling a loot of
150,000.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
GLEANKD I HUM ALL 80UnCE3.
The Slain Fact Itclatrtd Without Vn
nccensary Word.
A secret "Q" circntsr ha turned tip. It
begius: "A great many may think the strike
on the Q I getting to be an old tory, but
such I not the esse; the strike is Just a good
as It ever was, and the men are just as deter
mined and soli I, and the company is losing
money a fast as, if not fnstor than when tbe
strike first Iwgan. Wreck are mimorou."
The circular put on a bold front, urge
brother to be prompt with assessment and
siys the brotherhood i bound to win.
In nn action brought by a loser in large
grain sjieculntion to repudiate his order on
tho ground that dealings of thi nature were
contrary to public policy and in violation of
the law n gainst gam'iling, Judge Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr.,nt B mton, maintained
lhat the reselling of properly b?for the day
if delivery contracted by the original pur
chn t wa not prohibited by any law, and
flint sp'M'ulation wa. a legitimate transi
tion. He took tho brva I ground that (pecu
lation wn the life of commerco. -
About fifty men were at work excava
ting a trench at Little K.x-k, Ark., Tues
day, when a ba'ik twenty feet high cived
in, burying three of them, the rest
csc-piug. Men were instantly et to
work, but tho three were dead when taken
out
An artificial pond 81) feet nlove Val
paraiso, Chili, broke August 15. Torrents
13 feet high rushol through tbe street.
Fifty-sevon bodits hnve been recovered
and ninny will never bs recovered. The
loss to property i very heavy.
The storm thst was reported In the Ontf of
Mexico Suud ly hi develoxs I into a verita
ble cyclone. It broke loose into the Atlantic
Ocean, Monday, following tlio Oulf Stream
Sundsy uml sweeping up the coast at a live
ly gnit.
On SoptemW 25th the Centre of low bar
ometric pressure wo somewhere off Cajsj
Mattel as. The s. r nut In c'inrg of the
Kquituble Building predicted tint the cycloi
would reach that Intitu lb aomelim? in the nf
ternoou of tho Siith ou its way to the north
cask By granting a subsidy to a private steam
hip comsviy running between Russian Pa
ciflc port und China, Jupnn and Cores, the
Kussinn navy has been materially strength'
cut d. Tbe stosmers are lo be pi iced at th
tiisxal of tho Cs ir In cue of war.
Two unknown men successfully steered
John K. Lem m, of Allegheny, intj a room
at '.!") l'enrl street, in that city, and worked
the ''bunco" game on him, realizing f 10,000
iu cuth.
The wom-n 'ot Boston are willing to piy
something for tbe privilege of voting.
Twelve thousand of them have hat thorn
selves registered and nssew.d In order to
gain the right of suffrage.
At a meeting of the Ohio Methodist Con
ference, at Columbus yesterday, two Jewish
Kibbis, Dr. Jeaselson, of Columbus, and Dr.
Welo'ier, of Missisiippl, were pro sent and
were introdui-od to the conferonca. It is said
that this I ouo of the first, If not tbe first,
case of tho kind on recoid.
The worst feir concerning prairie fire
los-e in Dakota have boon realized- Hun
dreds of small furmeri have sustained losses
tanging from 1 100 to l,'00. Nearly oil ths
hay In tlio south part of Barn cou ity w
destroye I, ami the s line in iy also ue said of
whet . Near Moutxlior, names of a dm in
htvo bee i h' nnl whoso wheit ecaed Au
gust front only tin bum up in Sepioiujer's
lire.
Still another victim has fallen at the hands
of London' famous Whilechnpel murderer.
As in previous case, thi last bxly found wu
that of a fallen woman, and was mutilated in
the si mo fashion.
The Ohio and Wabash Valley tobacco crops
are tho largest known, as well us of tho finest
quality. The Western Kentucky farmer will
meet at I'rincetou to discuss til advisability
of suspending raising ouo year, to increase
prioui.
in tlio person who nave beon attached by
yollow fever in Jacksonville one IU ton h iv
(lied. At Memphis ami along the lower Mis
MMiippI iu ls?sj tho death wero one la four.
An underground river, supMed to bo of
large dimensions, is reported to have been
discovered nt Whiteville, the county seat of
Columbus, S. C. A roaring and rushing of
wster can Ih plainly heard, and huudre Uof
erso. s are visiting tho scene.
The Sioux Indians want tho Govmiment
to buy tho Indian reservation outright at 50
cents wr acre, which would yield them $5,
50u,lK) , on tho Interest of which they wuuld
b. a lo to live. Tlie Indian chiefs will have
n conference w ith the I'rmiduut on tho sub
ject thi week.
Snow fell throughout England Monday.
The frotU of Friday and Saturduy night
seriously dumnged tho tol aoco crop of Vlr
giuiu, of lilt h 00 x r cut. i still out.
Snow fell in spvurnl p'aces iu Southern Vor
niout ami Ntirthern New I umsliiro hntur
thiy. Corn uml fruit wereconsidoiubly darn
aged.
At Chlcngo thn price of bread lit been ad
vance I a tout pjr loaf, oivlu lo tho wheat
qUut-Zt),
Itcport of tlio I lull CoiiunlHHion.
Tbe majority rep-t of tho Uth C mmls
bIoii, signo I by 11. Ii. Godfrey, A. S. WU
bums and Arthur U Thomas, hu bem re
ceivotl by th-i Secretary of ths Interior. The
recommendation Is renewed t h it Utah should
not be I'dmltted to the Union until such time
as the Mormon xsoplo shall manifest by tholr
futuie uctsthut they have abandoned polyg
amy in good faith, and not thin until an
amen mont shall have beeu mode, to the con
ititution of tho United State prohibiting tha
practice of polygamy. Tbe report la lengthy
and dikcuhiOi the iloruiou question in all iu
phuue.
Iturned to Death.
The residence of O. S. Slater, a prominent
farmer, living Ave mile from Cauonsburg,
. a., caught llro and wo destroyed. By he
ro o effort Mr. Slater s ivod hi wife and 4
cli Itlren from tha flumes mid then rushed
again into the building to remove tho house
hold efT ct. 1 hut instant tho upper flxir
fell, mid lio was ci us .e 1 and buruod to death
with buluinily standiug by ha plos
FIVE LIVES LOST.
t
A Chicago Warchonse Burned And
Workmen Rnrlcd In the llulna.
The large furnishing warehouse of Wilkin
son & Co., nt No. IS and 17 Lake street,
Chlo igo, took Ore and wa destroyed. The
flume spread with great r pidity, and the
twenty-five employe in the building had the
greatest difficulty in reichingthe street alive.
Many of them slid down a wire to tbe second
floor and then crawled along the front of tbe
building to the window next door, thence
getting safely to the ground. It was at first
thought that all had escaped, but sub
rqueutly it wa found that five per
son were miming. The Ixxlie of two
of these have already been recovered from
Ilia debris, and it Is believed that three more
are still there. Wilkinson & Co. lose $1x0,000
on stock; Insurance 40,000. Tlie loss on the
building was a'xnit I"),(MX). The workmen
were on the upper flo-w, The back stairway
wa the only one by which this fl or could
le reached, and before the employe were
aware of their danger, esi ipe in this direc
tion wa cut off by tho Amies. All of tho
employes on this fl xir mnnaied to make
good their escajw through a trap door to the
roof and thonce to the ground, except the
foreman, Wm. Koch, who remained behind
to see ths other out in safety, a id a ly
named Bete, who wn overcome with the
moke ami fire while climbing up the la Idor
to the trnp door fell back. Both these were
burned to death.
.
MOKMON9 GOING TO MF.X1CO.
Large Purchaaca of Agrlonltnral
Land Doing Made and VII
Ingca i:talillsbcd.
The movement of the Mormnns toward
Mexico! a-suming a definite shajie and large
prop)rtlon. Special dinpttche have been
publishetl to the elTct lhat the Mexican Gov
ernment lind granted a concession of 10,000,
OX) aensof land to the Morm mi, and that
they purxb ise 1 7,000 square miles of Ziini
Indian land in Mexico. There is no found i
tion for such statem -tit. Every foot
of laul obtain I by the Mors
mon In Mexico so far bis
been by purchase f om private owners, and
the Government would no doubt utterly re
fuse to make them a concession of lsn L The
Zunl Iiidiaiis live in New Mcx.co, and not in
old Mexico, and cannot dispose of a single
acre of their reservation. The facta are that
the Mormons have quietly bought from pri
vate owner large bodies of agricultural
lands in Northern Cbihunhut, principally in
the valley of the Cusu Grande river, and
they are negotiating for more. Very flour
ishing village exist in the nelghlxjrhood, the
principal on being 1'orflrio Dial. These
colon ista are the precursor of greater bodie
in the future, ud are very quiet and unob
trusive. 9
runrosixY wreckf.d.
Three Persons Madly Injured, In
cluding J. Conway, of
Pittsburgh.
The Wabash Western passe" per train, go
ing wes', was wrecked at a point one mile
west of Mexico, Missouri. Only three per
sons were badly Injured, and none of them
fatally. They are Mrs. Kste McCarthy,
thrown through a window when tbe
car turned over, cut about the
head and face; J. F. Conway, Pittsburgh,
l a- k wrenched; T. O. Humphrey, Jerome,
Kan., shouidor dislocated ami bruised niwit
the body. Several other wero slightly In
jured. The three paetigrr named wero
;ared for at Mexico, and th remainder tmns
ferrod to another train and rent on to Kan
uis City, General Mnnnger Hay stated tha.
rail lind I ecu leinove l, and from what hid
already b s?u ascei t linetl by the company the
flemlish crime ha I Ikv-ii commitel by par
lies having unset tied c'alms ngilnst tho com
pany. An investigation is now liii made.
There was no attempt at robbery.
CANNOT KVADK IT.
Another DocInIoii Against tlio Liquor
Seller in Iowa.
At Des Moines, 'a., Ju lge Given of the Dis
trict Court has struck another blow at tho li
quor sellers of Iowa. The prohlbitary law hns
beon evaded in many count. is by sellers who
have claimed to lie agents of Chicago men
and to be rolling 'iquor in origimil jiackagts,
anil several coses gaiu-t sncn di alers nre in
the courts. Judge Given, wh(se almost uni
form correctness in question of luw give
bis opinion great weight, decided iu such
cane that the right to bring liqucr Into the
State does not curry the right to sell indis
criminately, ami that the original paeksge
must be th lined a he package of the distil
ler, with the Government stamp attscho I,
and cannot l.e co'istru i I to me in packages
put up by tie ,ler with the express intention
of evudiii t-io laws of the Stale.
Defeated iii Hat tic.
Advices from Africa ray that an expdl
tion consisting of 30 Houssas, led by E ig
lish oftlc r left Winnebuh, o i the Gold
Coast, to punish thn Togo uegrtw) for mur
deriiij Oa t. Dnlrymple. The exe I tion wu
mat by a well-urmo I force of native and a
severe engagement took place. The buttle
resulted in tho tlofont of tho native, with a
1 ss of 300 killo I. Tho Houssas at suffered
beav.ly, 54 of their nuuilter I elnj kllloi aud
niot of tlio survivors wounded.
Two Men Killed.
Two men iu the employ of ForepatigVs cir
cus wore killed in the Ft. Wayne Riilroul
yird, neir l nntylva ii avo iuo, All 'glinny.
Their'iiamo witj 'Suooiiy' M ira i, a wiiite
man, yo ,rs old, wlims borne was at C tm
den, N. J., and 'Slieky' lUn for l, a colored
man 3'J year old who live I in Now York
Bute. Ihey were oinvuiivn and loading
baggage on the an. They had wa ked up
tho track together. A locomotive on t ie west
bound track struck both mo i In the back,
knocked them Uowu and liu r illy beheaded
them.
Twenty Person Drowned.
The master, second oflleer aud survivor ot
th British ship E.rl Weniy-a, from San
Francisco for Queenstown, which was sunk
In a collision with the tddp Aniencapul wore
taken alMwrd the ship Gr enmorefrom Mun
tita for Now York on Septemlsar 0, together
with be I'es'rters from tho Ardencupol.
The master's wife ai d children and tho Hist
ofllo rs ami 19 of tho crow of tlio Earl Wvm
ys wore drowned,
HFTIETq CONGRESS.
In the Bennte, Wednesdiy. Mr. Elmnd
reportfltl from the Judiciary Committee, Sen
ate bill approving the sett foment of thelMiund
sry line (in th- water cf the s-n) tsptween
Connecticut, and Kho :e Island. It was txisa
ed. Mr. f'hanolcr from the Commute on
Naval Affair, repnrttsj tha bill authorising
th 1'resi lent to Issue a commission a R ar
Atbniral to I'll fl p C. Johnson, to be imt-xl
January a5, lx7, and to deliver the fame to
hi widow. 'I he bill wa plasd on the cnl
en lnr. I he bill reported by Mr. Honr on the
nth of February last, 'to provhte for inquest
un ler i aiioonl nnthority,' as tekn up, and
Mr. Georg" proceeied toa,ldres th S.nut
on th Suoject.
In the House Imm diately after the rend
ing of ihe journal, Mr. Forney, of Alabama,
ireiitd the conference teport on tae Snu
dry Civil Appropriation bill. Mr. Chendle,
of In llaiin, askml that the report lie over for
one day, on the ground that Sona'or Voor
hots, who was very much interested in the
Library provision, was alisent from th city,
i be rttpe st was acce tlel to ai d the report
went over until Ti.ursdny. Mr. McRic, of
Ark inias, from the Con mitten on I'uidio
Iamls, it-porUfl, ami the Hons - passe I, with
out tlo site, a bill to forfeit c-it In Inmls
viant tl to the Northuru l'aciflo llailrcal
Conipjuy.
TntheFe-'ate Wednej'ay, Hie chai wn
tx?cupie I by Mr. Mnder'ni, I v tlesigna Ion
of the pros! ling n(Tlt!er, Mr. "Ingall. The
Houve amemlment to the Senate bill, ap
propriating '(Hi,'iOO In nnl of yellow fevw
suffer having Ix-en laid lsfor the Senate
Mr. Edmunds soi l tha' he had examined Ii
an I was very much nfnitl tlmt It. missel the
point aim sl nt in the bill; that wn, the
capacity to use nny of the tiioney in aid of
thn-e who wero sick and in distress n-id In
danger nf starvation, n the newsstiers m
pert -i I from day to day so ninny to be. In
tho hope, tlierefoie. that something letter
could Isj done, he moved that theSenn'e non
co' cur in the House amendment ami nsk for
a conferenco. So ordered. Mr. Cad offered
a rslutlon instructing ihe Committee on
Epidemic Diseases to consider an I report be
fore the sojournment of this session of Con
gr ss, such a id t'onal legislation as may be
nocess try ami useful to pi event the inirts
tion of contagious or infectious di-ease from
foreign oun'ries on th" const or loundni ie
of the United Stntos, and to prevent and
suppress It In Intor-Htnte c mmerce at d for
the su' slstenee of such persons a may be
detained by tho public authorities. In con
hoetion with it ho re d a letter from Mayor
Hewitt, of New York, enconing one re
ceived by Mr. Hewitt from Mr. Vnnhook,
of Florida. Mr. Hewitt suggest to Mr. Call
that the latter should Intro luce some reo
hit ion t lint would bad to net on before Con
gress a ijouree I. Thesuuject was one (the
latter sa il) which interest I every psrt of
the United Stales, ami particularly th) City
of Now York. The city a sutstcrititng lib
erally for tlie toliof of Florida sufferers, but
was ower lean, except by local quarantine,
to prevent ttie spr ad of contnginu. The rem
edy ought to be applied iu places where the
fever existed ami on a ysteui so comprehen
sive asto assure the country that every prac
ticmle effort I mndetostnmpoutthed sose.
It was orteivd that whe i the Senute ad
journs to-day it la till Monday next.
Immediately after the reading of the jour
nal, the House, on motion of Mr. Burns, of
Missouri, adopted the conference report on
Sundiy Civil Appropriation bill.
In the consideration morning hour, Mr.
Blount, of Gtsargin, called up the bill pro
viding for u general sunerinte dent of the
Hdiway Mail Service, at. a su'ary of 4,0UO.
an assistant sux?rlntendent at a salary of
4VI.000, a chief clerk to b- employed in Wash
ington at a s tlury of 9'J.OOJ, and a many
chief clerks a may be uec.-ssaty at a salary
of 1,500 each.
Mr. VcCresry, of Kentnckv, ac'ed
speaker pro teni. of the house, Monday. Mr.
Iinham, of Texas, offered the following res
olution: That it Is thesnnse of this hou that ap
propriate legislation for tae prevention and
suppression of trusts is imperative! v demtnd
ed in behalf ot the great Ixxly of the Ameri
can people, and that the remain er of the ses
sion, or so much tb -reof ns may binecess tsy,
should be d'Voted to the xr feel ion of such
legis ation, and to that end ab other legis'a
tive business except general sppropr ution
an'l tariff bills should Isj sub irdi'iatcd until
the purixwe nf th s resolu Ion In attained
By Mr. Snowtlen, of I'ennsylvnnin For
the i ppo ittnent of a (iib-coinmittoo of the
comn. ttoe on I'uUlie bud lings nnd gnun Is
to pniciss.1 to Cliics'to for ttie purpose of in
spi ding tho ixwtoflliM building ant nscer
t lining tho uectssiiy, if any of iu enlarge
ment. The message from the presMent, an
nouncing his approval of the Chinese lull,
wus rentl aud r rro 1 to tho committee
on foreign nfl'drs. Tlio house fl tul y
aljiurned without accomplishing anything.
MANY KILLKD AT KOLWA.
Thirty-Four Live Nacriflced to the
Ferocity of Insurgent a.
A steamer from Kolwi bring tho new
that two Germans, 11 of tbolr servant, and
Ul insurgoiiU were kille I during tho fighting
nt 'bat place. Tho insurgent openly re
nounced their allegi nice to the sultan on the
ground that he ha 1 no power to trsusfer
their country to th Gorman Company.
German official from Mikind till and Lindi
have arrived horo safely. The German Com
pany is thus driven from all point exoept
Bagamnyo and D irhulaaiu, whore it people
are protected by men-of-war. Trade in the
m-auwhllo. Is ruined, an 1 failure are Im
minent. Tbe tribe are descending upon
tho coast In immense number, but they are
badly armed, the British consul having for
bidden tbe export of armsj. There
is an unconfirmed report tu.it a naval otUoer
was killed at Kolwa.
Iloih Wero Drnnlc
Louis IliMoi'rand, a stralghtener In the
Riverside bar mill, Wheeling, W, Va., shut
his wife in the bnk iu a fit of drunken rage
an I tho woman d ed from the effect of tho
wound. The trouble lietweeu tlie two grew
out of a division of tho two week' pay, just
dtawn by the hushar.d. Both ha I boon drink
ing Ittssr ami ench wu to b ani) for the alTruy
which bnd such a tra-jlo eudinj. Ths bus
baml was arrest d qu etyatr illing up town,
and Is In jail without ball to await an Indict
ment for murder.
Throe Men Drowned.
A sad accident occurred near Glasgow, Mo.,
Jam.) llolloway, a wealthy farmer b id
made arrangement to exchange a lot of
cattle with Mr. Donham, of Sitter, Mo,
The cattle were boiug transferred aero the
river in a flttboat, when they stampeded
and tho boat wa awamped. There were
(even men on board and three wore drowne I,
Hollowsy, Denham aud O. B, Brown, tbe
forrymtn. Ths four who wore saved olung
to the Ixjat,
Tamaacae'a Army Defeated.
Advice have been received from Samoa
that the partistn of th deposed King Ma
lietoa have bad an engagement with thi
army of King Tnma-ese, and that the latter'
f. rcos were totally defeated. King Taint
sese's army wo under the command of ths
Gorman ullkor, Bran ler.
V
TUB CONDI tlO V OP
Tho Crops Add $100,000,000
Country' Wealth, Despite the
fshort Wheat Crop.
R. O. Dunn Co.' weekly review of tr
sayst Doulit about toe corn crop
vanlshtd. Estimate vary either way fj,
2,015,(100 bushels, but it Is doulitlen theltr.
est crop ever raised. The lucre iss of mors
than 810,000 000 bushel In this crop far cat
welgli In vnlueany loss In the yield of b
nun aiso any pussiuin loss in me yiem of cot.
ton; but the yield of rat I also tlnlsru-.
on record, and the yield of hay and putak.
excellent. Iti sife to ssy that this
agricultural product will reprts-nt, nt leu
1100,000,000 more money than last yssr't,;
aversge pricai for both. In view of thitgrttt
gain in tb agricultural production of wta!tk
it is natural to expect increased octivitv
business and manufactures, but as yet tin
improvement ha been but motiert-
Thi I in pnrt because trade has beon chc
nl by nrtlllol 1 prices corners in who it sbJ
c itton, ami (pec-uhitive ninveniouts In wool,
print cloths and perk pro lucta.
Tho iron market is quobd stronger atflin.
ielphla, but weaker at 1'ittsbur.r, and tU
fhoinas Company continue large rales atns.
change I price. Southern No. 1 1 quoted
I IS. 10 at New Y i rk, but fear of lutcrruptiag
by yellow fever teiiisrari!y alTcots thenitrt
et. No iinproveiiuiit appvur in tenl raik
of which 18,000 ton were s Id mainly a
Westorn mills, their (.10 be tig re ntivel) low.
er than the current price, l'., at VmUti
mills. With several more furnace odd -lb
producing capicity, tbe prosjKCt of m.it
taining any advance in pig iron i not clstr.
Stocks ail vane j 1 about l pr iharo durltL-
the week, ami reports from all interior poiok
are hopeful. Tbe exces of import over n-f
Mirta continue. For tho eight month toi
ng August 31 the exe-si was 7,4',,0,li'.7.
Bu-lues failuresduring the last seven Jit,
numtier for the Uniteil Stale lSd; CaniiU,
34; total, 'i, a compared with last wi
anil 107 for the corresponding week of 1S7.
Calculations m ido by DratUtrctli a to tb
extent of commercial embarrassment for Us
first niue mouths of 1S3 a compared wiu
the same period ot each year since 133J, ,h.
that tbe number of failures In l&S h is txst
lower thtn for any of tha other year except
lt2 and 1887, while the proportion of gt
to liabilities I larger tha i In any year except
IS!, thus making a very favorable shoic(
lor th ourreut year.
OEXKRAb MAIIKI'.TA.
PITTHIIUHtlll.
BUTTER Creamery 9
Country roll
CHEESE Ohio full cream
Now York
EGOS
FRUITS Apples, U,t
Veaches bu
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1J
ii
10
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Damson plums,bu 1 00
uraies, poumt ii
POULTRY Chicken, p'r. 4)
mTATOES-Irish, l.hL 1 '.'5
Sweet. ii o"
SEEDS Clover, country, , 4 S5
Timothy . . 2 aft
Blue grass . , lot
Millet 1 50
WnEAT OU No. 1 red HH)
" a " is
New Na 2 red,
3 " l3
CORN No. 2 yellow ear, 5t
Mixe-tear, 40
S belle I mixd, 40
OATS New No. 2 white, HJ
RYE Now Na 2 Ohio m l l a.. 5!)
FLOUR Fa..cy wiut -r twir., A
r ancy spring i at , n aft
Cleir winta, 5 00
Rve Flour. 4 aft
SAY New Timothy, 14 50
Ixne, frmi wagons tti 00
MIDDLINGS White, 81 00
Bran, 15 50
Chop Fod , SO 00
BALTIUOHK.
Wheat No. 3 red,
Rye
Corn
'7 $
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50
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Egg
Huy Western
10 00
CINCINNATI.
Whe.it No. 2 rod, $ 00 $ 9T
live
txtrn
Out
Eggs
I'ork
Butter
pnti.ADEi.rniA..
Flour Family $
Wheat No. 3. Red
Corn No. 2, Mix"d
Outs Ungradel White
Rye No. 2
Itu ter Crenmerv Extra
Cheese N. Y. Full Cream
45
15
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400
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LIVE RTOCIC
Movement nnd IMdcea at the Central
Drove Yard a. I last Liberty,
R MoCall & Co., furnbh the following n
port oi tbe market at tn so yards;
CATTLE.
The supply of ca'tlo has boon lib ral srl
niost yot an inferior quality, no goo I cutis
being on ue. The market was tlie dulltst
of the season, ami 15u to &o p T ewt, lownf
oti the class of cittle fT red. A few prims
cattle would have sold up tt last week't
irice. We ctve the foilowinc n ruling
quotatiors, anil not all sold: i'rmie 1.3a'
to 1,0 'O pnun Is nominal at t-'i'i
to 0; good. 1 2 "i 1 1 1.400 llxt., ii 5n to 5.tK);
goo.1, l.OoO to 1,'JOO Ins., J 75 to 4.25; r u:li
fit, 1,100 to 1,300 llis., MoO lo 3.5 I; heifrn,
2.25 to 8.00; fiitt o. very tlud n ffj.imw
2.50, and not btlf sol I; bulls, $i 00 to 250;
frvsb cows and sprite ers, f aj to 45 pjr benl
HOOH.
The recips ef hog Monday were librsl
and the nmik tuctive. Tu ly uml
nesduy Ihe upplv was light nndtiioui rW
slow, and 10o to 15e jwr hundred lower tna
Mondy. At present I be leebiig is ett
We quote: Fair to I est Philadelphia. f'L'U
to fl.75; tiext porker. 0. 15 to tl.a5: o inuwU
to fair, IV5.1KI to U. 10; roughs, 5 U 5.7").
8IIKEP,
Tbe re eoliit of snte.i and la nil is on M"
day, about 7,000, were all s Id a". 1 st week'
prices. We quote follows : IViuie ObW
and Indiana, ail wetlers, weighing l'fr
110 to 125 pou is, 14 41 to 4.0); good, W
100 pound-, t.25 t 4 35; good liidiuua and
Missouri, 8.5 to 100 pounds, $-t 75 to 4.i;
fair to good, 75 to 60 pounds, (R25 to S.fK
common, 00 to 70 pounds, $2 25 to 2.5);
prime lambs, 65 to 81 pounds, f5.25 to 5.1
air lamb, 60 to 00 pound. $4 50 to 5.0U
Veal Cttlvoe, 110 to 1J0 pounds, 5.23U
4.75.
Wool. .
New York Wool fairly active and firm:
domestic fleece, 20 to 84c, pulled, 20 to tiWt
Texsa, 13 lo 82o,
Philadelphia, Pa. Wool quiet; pri
tea ly Mini unchanged.
St. Louis Wool quiet but steady; prio
unchanged. .
Boston There I a stand v demtnd aaa
firm uisrket tor wool, nn t holder are I""""
fereut about selling except ut extreme Prj!
Ohio and Ponnsvlvaiii i fl sjo mim sclluij
well at 32o (or XX aud 30 to Bio for X