i ) LABOR DAY WORKMEN'S DEMONSTRATION. Strikes and Parades in Amer ican Cities. ALL Q'JIET IN EUROPEAN CITIES. Pittsburgh Railroad Men Satisfied With tte Settlement. HIO 1' Ml A DCS IN MANY CITIES. Tin' ( byriphio .-v-co-ints frm h!1 part of Jl and fr.ua the rih.'ipal cities . if the 1 " i: it 1 Mates, detii.ing the (- rviince nf la! rl'ay, ihdi.ate mi extraordinary c.ii ii.'i'.t. ut.r.s' among the working classes. 'I In' fur which were entertained in F.n y'.i!. !. 1 ranee. ' ria my, Aus'riu. and other U .r j.'iti v : t . t r i , were happily ti t real-I- I. Nn iii- r- than nr.lni iry dnturb.iii.:i. irr.sl ativwheie. mil where the t.m l.i i.-.'.h" i f ! I'ui r wif gr. ato-t there wa the b i-t !i- r U-r. in' f;j!it li fir movement in this country, ( fir a- the :'.r-'. day i cnnccrncl, show n ra'!..rlr. ki'ii fr lit. Tlii s-ein in lie l'iu t i .i ri'.i- .name iijiitinti m tho part nf tli" iti :n virion cities. In make vv lint tlii y nvir I . saiis.actnry csintprnmisoi N i w Y' hk I In' New York city end nf tl.c w ri I w i l-Ul . ! di'mot, strati. m wus nut ugrc.it -i.cic.s ii f ir us number who j urn led ninl who attended the I'liion ."-.iiare ::.a-s tli-"t ill! was c nii-f rin-l. Thr threat en. i. g we.ith.r tiny Lave kept many uvay. I ril'.ibly imt nwre than ! j if were nt tin' speakers' Muni) at one tinii 1 i the j riM' -xiiiii tha' pre :e.cd there urn1 about live thnuviu 1 j.iruili rs. It Wit lint the meeting that the Va lor I'M b'rs c p.-ctc 1 1 .". ni iiien Irit the rain I ir'ly ex.-u I this apparent want nf et.tli i:iin. The misting wm unler the u'.;l nf ii s, . ic labor party. The fi ;ir that there hiicht be some trouble had 1 l:..! ire I the ii.e to Illlike very careful re. I'ltioh. I.i tli.- hha.loTS a behind the j Ci tiih:li.iti'-ii entitle mi l speakers' st.ihl Were f.fry blue emit with long hil-M !-t i ks ri' i'lytn nr!i any itn i dent disturbance Several l.ut.-iri-l p .Iiccmen Wire ill thu j.ci'l.b rhn'-l Km the police hail li-i ex cise tn their vw ;i Hi-", for tin.' niurcal . str.i.h- n' the Matc,ll.tise -111 im m-ire I1 an .r l.p s iii.e enthusiasm. ii. r m hk hi.!m. lb lution wi r." a ! j -T I Ly she meeting w hi. h rn'i'e-l t lie f.i' t 'ha' the -lay ha 1 been f.te-1 l.y the A 'r.'-r i .in I'i l.-ratinii i fl.uhiir , B.-the ii.a i"ir it;, .ii nf itn eiirhthniir move- ! men'; that : In' Iir.i mat i. mill l.ahnr 'imi.'res. at l'ari !at July ha.l i.. tin-!i it rail tn ; the w. rkiiu'inen nf the w.irl l, thai the car- : Jehtt r" have nj. -n.' l the eiijlit lintir battle. I The t L'ht hniir iti inau.l is nnly n teni.rary r '.i- f i'r.'iu the wurkin nf c-ti itil inm . That I.' t hi iii hut S.,.'la im iil B.'lve the labor i '.:eti"!i. Theri l" re it win remlve.) that a I Vjj.aii 1 be urt'Lo that the h .'urn -.f ',r h. j tat'it that in the stnij-vle the ultimate nh- j jet. the .ih..!ni..n nf tlic wajte sytem, he . 1. t l"-t irht nf the trilltni li of SnciitliMU. I i ii: v.... .m.it way, witn ut itemnntra Ii n l y orjtanie.l lalmr in belmlf of un :.!. t hour work. lay. hai emnu nn.l gniie. The j-re.lit'ti'Mii nf rmtn an.! bl.H.iNhe l, an.l A.tn.t universal nr.ke by truilei have bei-n reah.'.-l. I..ihnr. imleml, win in a preat r..eai-.:re sii-li le.. Thnll'BII.N nf men ljuit w..rk f.-rtheilay tn march in the Krc.it j ara !, hut by farm. .re lhonan.1s mule a 1... "... lay, iirvsed in their Sunday rlntl.e." to view the )'mri.i..n. It wm nn orderly cr-.w.) ninl an i.rlerly iira l-'. The marchiin; Lne w nf a1'. nit f..ur mile- Inn Htul occujiiej two l.nur in .a-ii.; a i;iven pnir.t. M;iwm ki:e. Wis. The ileinan-l of the iilii- n i arpi'iiter-t for the U'lo.tion of the lnuir -y "t iu ii imt roii.leil with n demaiiil f. -r iui'ri'.i.il wv", itii-1 m the men are wihiiiil tn in cej.t e:;ht li-iuri' .ay for ciht l.mir-' work the ni iM-uu nt Unit met w ith nn !r. -t.j n 1.0MU..U on the part of their nu- '. yerii. I 'ii : I. I T i I'll I . In nreonliineo with the O'lt. .ii taken by the union carpenters nf 1'hila iel liia, uhmit l,i. Carpenter Uni' k Wnrk this nn. mini;. The cm penters ileman.l 3-"' ien!.i an hour f.r nine Imurf' work per day. The present rate is '.' rnin. St. I.ni-i!.. It in e.timii'ed thatjfully 2"i,'.J mi'li were iii line in the Krt'itt labor deinnii Kt rut i' in under the fviipicci of the American l ei'., rati-.n nf Labor. The b'.liine.i-t nf 1'itt.tburcll ii UtldiMurbi'.l t.ivid in one branch the cornice mid tin wcrk ind'itry. 'I lie Yountown merchnnt tailors lmve ftfir.-ed to the scale proenteil by their men. I.ONP. N. The j r ncesision nf wnrkinmen hich wii'lie! I in i In city fell fur short of the litiuil'i'T it a exp'c ted would take purl in the paru le. Ti e line wnn ei.mpn.i'd of nnly a few hundred men. The procession man hid to Hyde 1'tirk, where number of hpeeehes in favor of the wnrknien' ciiuie were miuie. An iiitempt w;,a made to bold uuetiiiR ut Hackney, but the tmlice would tint ruiit it and the crowd w dinj-ersed. A priK'mt (ion wa formed ut Soho S(uare, but as this was contrary to the police rculationi, which j rovided that only one procession to follow a (peel fie J route, would lie nllowe.1, it waa liroken up. Those takitiK prt in the pro cession mivie no resistance to the polioe, but iquietly dispereud when ordered. i'KHTit The labor demonstration here ha.t been marred by (cone of bloodshed, fjirly in the moniln a large number of workmen Blithered in front of one of the rolling mills. At flrst the men were orderly cnoufih but under the incitement of agita tors they became aroused and bitterly de nounced the alleged tyranny of the employ n. Finally they lout all (elf control and engaged in a riotoua demnnoatratiou which the police were x)wcrle( to quell. Military aasiatance wu summoned and body of troop promptly appeared on the ground with fixed bayoneti. The mob win ordered to 1isierse, and upon itnrir refuting lo olx-y the troop cbar)red. Tht crowd bmke and fled In nil direction, but not be fore ninny of the rioter had been pierced by the bai onets of the soldiers, 1'imrr.t m ticmka, Vkmii v. I'cspite the belief that the labor demonstration in Vienna would be attended by grave dis"rdem, there has M yet been no disturbance whatever. There have been nd street parades, but meeting were held ill various balls, which are attended by the birder i-ortinn of the workiiiKtnen In the city. The strike movent in the province i spn adinii. It Is calculated that throughout Au'trin mid Huinrsry 1,isjo,OiO men have already Mru k or threaten to strike, l!i;i i is The workmen a a body were tmt in fuvor nf milking any demonstration, and they therefore attended to their varioul callini'S.piiyitiK tin heed to the labor trouble in the various places throughout Europe The s'rikesin Valencia, are spreading. The employe in nil the trade there are joining tn the in. ivement f. r the establish ment of an eiht hour working day. Advii""! froni the principal cities of Ger many represent peace and good order ( m ry pun rally tri-served. The tarious in dii"trhil occupation are being followed a U" i il ut H eisbaden, Strausburg, Nurem burg, Metten, Dortmuud, Ncurkirchen, Spinla'i mil Ziireknu. At Ld'sic and H.ille the bulk of the workmen are at work. A great many of the minor manufacturers have Voluntarily granted their employes a holiday. A workman who had hoistod the nil I'. ig ou a telegraph pile has been ar-re.-tud. TJIOUSANDS OUT. STHIICK i'Oil AN HQIITUOUIt DAY. Several Big Btriki Inaugurated, in Chicago. Ten thousand employe in the s.ih, 1. or and blind fa.. -rnriei. planing ninl uu 1 other auch lines nf business in i hi.-ag.) went nn strike h ri.Uy ninruing for the eigln-lncir work day. I he ir-ni niold-rs in nio-t of tlm Nrfce maiiufa 'tiirin,; establishments nf Chi cae,o decline i tn g tn work at the old rates. piiinin i.riiiA tsi:r- tkh. The e. "Mid day of the carpenter' strike opened with nearly ..,)) men ref.iing ti work uiies their deiii.in I for an advance nf five cents an h our was ueceeif d to. I lu re are aim lit ' ,') l carp.-uters in the city, and n-arly a 1 of them are identified with the three organizations. These are the I'.mth crbnn i ot 'arjietiten an 1 Jnin-rs of Ameri C.. the Amiilganliite 1 Asni"ia'i"i:i of Car peti'ers. and the 'a pouters' Protective Ai snciutinn. Tlic carpenters' s' rike slt i i'inn nt it ii uiichaiKed, rave that a few small cmtrac tors have Conceded ! he eiglitdiour day and the scale of wage d inan led by the strikers. It is repnrte 1 that the planing mill owners employing carpenters will i"o:i,pro uise by oiicding thu demand of the men if they will agree to boycott m.ii ii.ue mill products made outside the city. About l,'SJ"icar)eiit. rs went out on s'rlke at I.mii.sville, Ky. They demand the r j res ent wages for eight hours' work. Almu: J i f the bosses have c nice le 1, but the other will niu.e a light, The Sprmglield, Mas . ("ir Manufa. tur lug Company will clo-o its mauiifac nry Paturduy night, thmwiiiij a large number of hands out of employment. They fnrmerly operated a non-union shop and since n-s. lin ing union prices cIhIiii they have not Uen able, to raise their jobbing rate proportion itciy. THE STRIKES. Tho Chicago Trade nn 1 labor Assembly Adopt Arbitration. The Arbitrament Committee nf the Chi fa.M Trade in, d Labor Assembly presented u n -.ilution asking that in the event nf any dispute arising betneen contrait.-rs and Woikiiigiuen ".ii the Word's Kair building the Hoard of lire, t..rs of tin' eipi siti..n be re.jui-st.d tn have S'.i h dispute settled by bitrati. .ii: and tliat tli-board also be iisln-d In in-rt in their I'niitr.i-'ts a i laue prnvid in,' that nil d.spute be arbit rati--l by a dis-iniiTi-.te I c. iiiniitte.'. The ri'Soiutioii was ado te. by the assembly, A copy nf it will be s,.nt tn the World's I'.ii- dir dors. At the Chicago district convention nf the Turners the sum of o i win voted for the I'lsl.-r.ition of Labor tn assist tin' right-hour luoveineiit. Kesolutinns were adopted re- "I'li'stiug the National cniivrntinn, w hii h mee's at New York June "JJ, tn re. n st the j World's l-'ir management tn ki'ep the fair : i. pen ou Sundays. The National coiiven- ; tioii will als i be nske l tn favor the Autral- I inn srstem of voting and se.-urethe co-oper- 1 atioii ol the members "I all the Turner sod. Vtii-s in the country to bring the movement about. Tin cn.isrs employed at the sto k y ir ls at a uiass ine'tiMg resolved tn .put work if thctr demands for an eight-hour d iy are not c iiice li'd. They also decide 1 to iuvi'e John llunn, the famous labor ivader of Lon don, to visit Chicago. ON TWO I N D'C I'M EN I S. True Bill Found acsinst Fr Treasurer Archer, of Maryland. The grand jury found two true bills of in- tin tmeiit against ex-Siate Treasurer Steven" (mi Archer. The first in lictmeiil contain four counts. The first charges the unlaw ful mid fraudulent embezzlement nf bonds, which be was bound under the statues tn ac count for and deliver tn his successor. The (econd count charges fraudulently appro priating to hi( own use of the tame bond The third count charg-si the fruduleut fin bezzlnuent of t '. f i I which came into his posessii.n in Treasurer and which he was bund to account for and iy over to his successor. The fourth count charges th unlaw ful and fraudulent appropriation to hit own use of the (ame aums. The other indictment is In two cmnts, and charges in the first count the embezzlement under the general law of I4.6TO, received by Archer as th agent of the State of Mary land. The second count charges the larceny of the (Hine sum in the usual loriu of an in dictment for embezzlement and larceny Archer is daily growing stronger and can now walk about, and as the defense have al ready aigiiilled their willingness for ipeody trial, there is no doubt but that the case will be assigned for the first of the May' term. Archer will be brought Into court some tiui Kit week to plead to the indictment. COMMERCIAL. T&V CONDITION OF BUSINESS. The Labor Trouble Fromlsf to Be Fro longed and Beriou. K. O. Dun .V Co. Wrrkty Wet-few of Tram ()'(: Prospect of silver legislation having become less distinct, some of the speculative market have reacted from the recent ad vance. At the (nine time the outlook for Industrie and legitimate trade i distinctly less favorable, owing to the damageto wheat and cotton and labor disturbance The accounts of injury to winter wheat grow more definite ninl foreshadows a lowei ollicial report than that of last month. A (peclnl cotton report from Memphis indi cate planting -T per cent, against S2 pet cent at this time last year. Unfavorable weather in 3J out of i'sj return (how ma terial injury from tu much rain and extern tiveu l"s from Hood. Galveston crop re ports are ni.) gloomy because of too much rain, and St. Louis reports unfavorable weather, while the markets at Chicago have been much iiitltienced by information of injury lo wheat, from St. 1'aul, Omaha an I Milwaukee reports of the outlook are more favorable, but short crops of winter wheat and of cotton would be felt in all tra b s 1 1 c.v t fall. It is tno't encouraging that the labor deni nntrations have thus far led In no violence, nn. I in a number nf cities the desire of em ployer to avoid strikes lues caused full ol pnrlial conce.s-ioiis. I In sc have plainly eu cuuraged striker elsewhere to ins st uj.nrt demands w hich employers say it is not p (;ble tn concede, so that there Is more pr lvct of prolonged and serious Controversy than there was a week ugn. As yet the mar ket. for materials have iM been much itlfasr-t-d, though sale of lumber are restricted in (oine citb s. Hut it is perceived Hint success of the iiiovemeut is certain to increase t e Cor-t of pPKluctinii In tunny departments, tin price of innnv ihks.;iics ami the rent o buildings; a change which not endue In blisims. nitivity. Higher wages would nt least enable wmkers tn purchase more frei ly, but (mailer production ami larger rents will imt have that tcii.ti-ncy. The immedi ate prosp. it is tn.it many industries may be ton. me cited! disturbed for weeks tn enme. The general average of price is nearly 1 tier cent, lower than a week agn, nntwith Handing a riseof i cviiM in wheat due tn report of injury. The reorts fr uu all other line are ge i erally favorable as to the volume of h i-i-e-s, and hank clearing stiow nn increase over last year of P per cent. At Host. in wool i stronger o:i Some grades that lire s.-iirce and a better demand is seen, sales reaching '.'.! o issi pounds and yet nn im provemeiit whatever is detected in the mar ket for g Is, tbire or here. I'.tlicnllies in tbe clothing trade do not nbn'e mid up prehension nf in. .re failures causes uue isiue-s in this and other citie. Money ha imt I ei n ili-lurbed this week, Ii. Ming sie elily at 4 it cent on call 1 1 ere, easier at Philadelphia and in fair supply at other cities ut the rates there usual. There is much le- cntnphiint of slow collection throughout the Northwii.t. but considerable in some lines at I'liiladelphi i, Ilostoii ami New York. CmkivI crops and lurgu sales of farm products have ma le things c.nnpura lively easy at the Weal but the etlects of two successive o, in winter ure felt in L'.i-t-t-ru market. A CALF ELECTRODAIZED. A Euccessful Test Mado of the Fatal Chair. In an Interview with Warden Pursbm nt Auburn, N. Y., he detailed the preparations he ha I made for the execution of Kemmler before the writ had been (erved npm. him. Tuesday morning at 0: U the belt was put ou the dynamo und the engine run several minute to see if the bearings, pu leys, etc., were in p roper nh r. The machinery wa found to be in perfect condition, and it wit iIk i.led to put the belt nn ngaiii ut ' :lri an I keep the Meain up a'l night. The Unry that he htul ever il.lt t.dcd to go on with the exe t ution Tuesday morning was utterly w ii In o it f. '.nidation. 11 invitutiniis to witnesses ilid not ask them tnreort until ii .'t . Tiit-s,a'.-evening. He had nucte up his mind to have the exei ut ion k cur Utwieu that hour and li Wednesday morning if the liu.il te-t proved succtoful. The lest was made at V30, after the writ had been served, for his own mtisfactii n. Ten of thu invited witnesses were present. A six-wet ks-old calf, wt ighing impound-. wa thetul ject, h w as la d on the tl..or uf the ih'iuiber of duitli with its legs tied. The electrodes were placed nt tbe head an I b.i- of the spine and the ilyiinmnstarteit. When the volt meter ngisteretl l,"oo the futal switch was thrown into position und tin calf surrendered its life with but one per cepdble tremor of one leg. HviAth was us ins (tantuneuus as by a lightning stroke. WAS DROWNED WHILE FI3UINO. Tho Ecdy of Editor Walker of the Cos m pohtun Magaz.no itccovored. The bisly of II. p. Walker of Hronklyn, N. Y., editor of tl.c Ciisiiinyoiiiii Muymint, vv h i has been missing from Wcldoti, N. C, since Saturday last, wits found by two color e 1 tueii w ho were t'.shiug in Koauoke river ut Weldoti, near the railroad bridge. Onhil er-oii were found his watih, moi- and papers and he held in his biiiidi u broken l.sliiug pole. The b dy, which wa-s but lit I'e decomposed, wu brought to Js,ro aI1J viewed by a large crowd. A coroner's in tjuest was held, the jury returiiint; a verdicl of accidental drow ning Victims rf Glycerine. A fatal accident occurred near ML Morris, (ireene county. While a 11-year-old (on of Havid Vance was cutting brier on hi father's furm he found a can that had con tained nitro-glycerine He took it to the house. He proposed exploding it by throwing a (tone against it. The boy went out into the yard, accompanied by hi mother and several little children. He threw a (tone into the cau. The boy was instant ly killed, one leg being torn from the body, his clothing torn into shreds and his body horribly cut with pieces of the can. The mother had her clothing almost entirely torn from iirr. Sh was thrown to the ground and badly cut by -the flying pieces of the can. The ether children were not hurt, txcept by being thrown violently to the ground. THE CURRBWCr CIRCULATION. Secretary Wlndom Denies That the Ad ministration Favor Contraction. Secretary Windom has w ritten a letter In reply to an nrticl in a financial new-paper on the general subject of the currency, in which he refute the nsertlon that the Ad ministration f vors a contraction of the cur rency. He gives figures in regard to the cir culation and treasury holding May 1, and make comparisons with the estimated cir culation of the principal countries of Kuroi?. According to these ligures, and estimating the preient population of the L'nited State at 64,'MV"', th amount of mcti'ln: and paper money in the Cnitel Stale, not lnclu ling any portion of the nnioiint held by the Tre.isury of the t'nited Statist, Is .h.' 3 ' .'r capita, or more than in any of the lending countries of Httrope, with the exception of France, In which the circu lation is estimated nt to HO per capita. (toMr.V !!t THE THI. VSt WV. "In regard to the money suppced to he hoarded by the United States Treasury," the Secretary sny, "asit'.e from the fund deb ited In the I reasury by National I'..inks lor the redemption of their notes which have been retired, which the (iovernment hold us a triislee.and the balanci' on deposit In the Treasury by disbursing otllcers, the only reserve which is kept by the Treasury Ih f iii.iiii, i) in old fir the redemption nf IclmI tender notes, as provided by the net o.' Wo und i.ssj. There i no disnitioti tin the pnrt of the administration of the Treasury to hoard money, and the (culled surplus, which i the eeeiof the receipts over the cjiM'nditiires, can bo iiseil under the present law only in the re tlempti. m f the bonded d"bt of the United State, which is being d me as rapidly a the bonds can be ju Lc is'y purchased. The surplus on the 1st in-t., amounted to only ( .','.i;io.'l.' I (exclusive of fractional silver Coin., of which 1 ,'! sos was on deposit in National Hanks performing the duty of a circulating medium, it is the poiiey and purpose f the department tn withdraw a large portion of this demsit and invest it in United states bonds a rapidly n it can be tl me without danger of decreasing the actu al circulation,'' iiri.n in Ti:t'T. In support of the statement the Si-eM rs says that of the ""'.M l,Jil. totul amount of money in the Treasury April I J.it, ll-i, '.' f.oTH in itold coin was deposited f r the re detupti'.il of gold CiTtitiuite. and .!"".'. :! in silver dollars for t lie redemption of silver certiticiiti s. Neither of these amount belong tn the liovcriitc.ent, but both lire held simply in trust f.r the re. leinptioll of g"!l uud silver certifi cate out-landing; t'i7.s'.'.Jii7 we h. ld a n lun. I for the redemption of Nil tionr.l bank note, consisting of money paid into the Tre.isury by Nationil banks for that purpose, while i T T I repre-etited the nioiicy to the crept of disbursing olll. cers nnd kept in the Treasury merely us n mutter of c inven ence, und which they check against; ?',oTl.'i"J consisted of silver bullion fron melted trade dollars: f l.'i.'.l,' ol silver bullion ut the mints purchased for the coinage of the silver dollar In process o' coiua.'.' SJJ.sll.Vil of fractional silver coin largely mutilated and ahralel. for which there is tin current demand, a-id 1'i,is",im was held ns a res Tve f.r the redempti"in of legul tender notes us required by law, a total of 'i.V!tl,n,!7. The Secretary closes h let ter as follows: "I have already recommend ed in my annual report uu increase of cur rency uiiioiinting ti about f.o.oM.o") per annum. It should be evident, therefore, that this letter is not Intended to express any opinion a to the sullicic ncy, but only tn correct certuin itateinents us to its tj-tantity," WORDS OF I'UAISE. Tributes to the Memory of the Lato Ken tucky Statesman. In the House Monday morning, after the transaction of some unimportant business, a message having been received from the Sen ate nnnouni-ing the ileuth of Senator Heck and inviting the House !.. be present at the funcrul service Tin-slay. Mr. Hrecken ridge, of Kentucky, tillered a re.ilutinti ac cepting the invitation and repii'stiug the S.'aker to npimint a committee of nine Ile resentatives In tnkeactiou with n committee uppointisl by the Senate to take churee nf the funeral arraiig- ineiits. The resolution were adopted unanimously. "I will imt," said Mr. lir.vk'nri.lge, ' ,,v tain the House, ex -t-pt with ihe announce. inent of the death of my prede-esor and friend. It is a ers mal s.,rr..w much more than n public sorrow to many nf us. more eiecial!v probably tn me. who bil l been Ids friend since he was a hid of lo year of age, connected with him by every' possible tie which can connect two nu n, except blond and relationship It w.i in this House he won his tirst National reputation, u re utu tinn based on the loftiest tpialilicatious of a true manhood, liis life was one of the most romantic in American politics 'I hat a poor Scotch bov should come tn the blue grass coiintrv, should rise tn the bend of the most brilliant bar west of the Allegheny moun tains, should be elecied four consecu tive times In till the scat tune tilled by Henry Clay, sumill be translated In the Senate and receive three consecutive clivlions almost without opj,.i-ition. and hnuld die with the hive, ctuilidence and es t em of his entire State: that during sixty eight years of hi manly life no one ever found a ttaw in his stainles integrity, in his lolty courage, in his pure, tender, icr.uial friendship uud uffectimi, in the noble gen erosity shown to both his friend and enemvv attest that the love kcnr.ekv cave him wu-i deserved; that the confidence she reposed in him was wisely giv.n, and is proof that the grief that some of us feel is a national grief." In accordance with the term of the reso lution tneSiieuker appointed the following committee: .Messrs. llreckiuridge. of Ken tucky; HolniMii Blount, itlnud. Hatch. Wil son, of Keiitu kv; Hank. Punnctl and Hut lerwotth. The House then, us a mark of respect to the deceused, adjourned. WASHINGTON NOTE9. The Senate on Saturday passed the Lima (0.) Public Iluilding bill. The limit of cost is fiJO.UOO, John S. Durham, of Pennsylvania, ha been appointed Consul for the United State at San Domingo. The bill for a public building at Canton, 0., va passed by the Senate on Saturday. Th limit of cost is f7 ),U0J. A centlemaa who live near Washing, ton viiltge, .Me., and oca In .ewin' machine ran up m quite a mine of wealth recently. 1 1 triDg ttv piece an old machine which had b en in h poe-iou for soma t me, ran upo a jcit cvit,' COUt.ip'flg 1) f jtf bills. nrTT-riRST coiroauasj. Ia the Penate. Thursday, Mr. Vet, from the Select Committee on Meat Products,' made a report and accompanied it with aril explanation. ' He said that the committee! had invetigat! the subject very fui.y ami) had now reported four measures) for consldv erutiou of the Senate. T e lirst was a con current resolution asking the President of tl j United States ti Inaugurate diplomatic cor re-pondenee with the authorities of (ireat Jtrituiii to bring iil-out a repeal or tundirlca Hon of the existing quarantine regulation of the United Kingdom. lhi next measure wnS one providing for a National Inspection Imw ami requiring fli.it all live cattle shall he in (s?cted when exorted, ami also cuttle In tended for exjmrtntion. or the meat of which is Intended for exportation, shall be subject to insiectioii ut the luces w here kil ed. The next measure whs Intended to prohibit the monopoly now pructiced asto the storage) capacity of steamships currying caillu I'i for igti countries. I he evidence had shown very conclusively no dispute about it that. In the port of New York, the pru lice ha l ontaincd among the s'e.imship companies belonging to foreign nations (there being in A mern aii lu es; of leasing or contracting sometimes a single vessel, sometime ull Hie" vessrls of the hue for a number of mouths in advance to one it rson. m In the House, Thursday, Mr. McKinh-y, from tin; c. mniiit-.-o mi Itules. repnr.t'd a resolution f,r tne immediate consider itimi ol hills reported from the Judiciary Commit tee in the following order: S-iuite bill rel it-j ing to trust, House lull relating to copy' rights, House hill rclutitig tn bankruptcy, nnd such o'her bills us the cninm t ee nnly tall up. this order to b in force TliMrsd.iv Hinl Friday. The previous ipi-stinti w.itnr-tlt-red yen l."i , iiavs 7 ami the re. ilmbm niloptt'if. Hi d the House pr.s e -..'U to con Miler the ."-tnate bill to prot.it trade and Commerce against utilawlul testruinUs and mnoiolie. Pen itor Cull. m on Friday submiit"' 1 to the Senate 1 1. e report of he I nter-Stale nm meree Committee in relutimi to Cautd nn and Aineri.Kii railroads, together with Ii7d page of lest. nioiiy. The rt'sirt recites the fact nf the mormon Siib-iily gra ito l the anadiau I'.e nic rail road nn.l comes to the rotit:lisini llntt iti Unpatriotic to a. low foreit'ii rotd ow 1:14 no allegiance t.i the United Male, to come into the United Stale and secure trsllicnt such rate as to seriously cripple, if lint ruin, American triinciil iiientul lines. The committee recommended the adoption of a licensi system, such us will be npi.lic.i ble lo Canadian roads, to secure their obedi ence to the iuter-Stute Conimeriss Lnw. In regard to the ihscrimiuatioii practi I in en trance and clearance fetsj in Canadian ports the committee recommends, so Imig u sucli discrimination continues, that ull Canadian Vessels ,e required to piy etilr.inee and Clearance fee of equal iiiuoiiin on ent Ting and clear. ug the p t.s of the United States, on the great lukes or their tributary naviga ble wuters. With a view of couuterai'tiiu th" unjust discrimut t.n now in vogue, whereby a re bate of s cents per tmi in tolls is allowed nil certain product sol the United state paing tlirniigh thu Well. 111 I can.i , if hnuiid to Monlreal, the committee recoinineii I lhat so long a the d'scrimination in favor of Moutn-al i ma le by the li.iminiou li .ver ermeht, a .li ri iniiMiing toll oil tin; toniia.'i) of ull 1 atliidiuu vessels be imp. .s-d on nl sip h vessels ever time tliey puss through the Sa ilt Ste. Marie canal. 1 he report wus urdere 1 J.n Ilti-sl. Mr. Vest ii.tro In :ed a bill tn amend tho Inter-State Cnmmi-rce Act, stating that It object was tn pla. e epres companies under the provisions ot tha' act. and asked the at tention of the inter Mate Commerce Coin luittee to the subject. In the House Mr. Villikeii, of Maine, r" (enleii, an.l the 1. oiie ud pled, the confer ence report nil the Ltl.ivette, Ilid., l'llb.ic Huilding loll. I he lim le I of est i i,oii. The same action wa taken 011 the confer ence remrl nn the Chester, Pa., Public Poinding Hill. The limit of cost is fixed at I'O.uuu. .Vr. Iav i..in. nf I'lni i la. pru-eiil-el a protest of citizens of K-v Wei against thet-jh.icco s he-lu e of the I'anlf bill. Re ferred. Uii motion "f ir. O'Neill, ot Penn sylvania, a resolu inn was ndoptel setting apart Saturday, June II, tor the delivery of eulogies l.pou tue late Samuel J. Kauda.l, ol Pennsylvania. The House then resumed the consideration of the Copyright bill. There wa tin unusually larire attendance of Senator present in the chamber and of (iectators in the guller.es Monday morning when the opening prayer was olle'nsl by the chaplain. M r. Heck's desk and chair were coven! with hi o k crepe, and a feel 11 g uf solemnity pervaded the chamber. A soon a the .(.lirti.i of Saturday wa read Mr. lilackhurn rose, and in a Very tremulous voice raid: " Mr. President, my colleague is dead It is not my purpose at this time In speak either of 1 11 111 or the great service which lie hits rendere 1 tn hi country. In the fresh ness of the sorrow, the love which 1 bore him would blind with itn tears Tue drat-ry of his desk furnishes a lilting type of tli" sorrow which prevades every heart in this chamber. A great Commonwealth with bowed head puts nu the weeds nf mourning At uu appropri ate time, and in the early future I will usk the Semite to atlord his friends an oppor tunity li pay thei. trih ue to his memory." ltesolutioiis win the 1 iidopted providing for the iippoitniuf iu ut u committee of seven Senators to take t burg of the funeral, for the removul ol the remains to Kentucky in charge of the Sergeaut-ut-Arms, and inviting the House, the President und his Cabinet, the Supreme ourt and tbe Ihplomatie orps lo uttend the funeral ill the Semite Cham lie:. Alter the appointment of Messrs. Ithv'ktiurii, Vance, Kenna. Hawes, Kvarta and .Mitiid-r-( .11 as the committee to superintend the funeral the S. iutc adjourned. FOREST. IN FLAMES. Orcat Destruction of Pine in the Red Lake Reservation. The vast forests of pine in the w est angle of what was until recently the Red Lake Reservation are iu flames. The lire started ulmut 'miles northwest of Fosstou last Friday, and uu Indian run tier who arrived here from the vicinity of 1. Lake n ports that a strip several miles widti lun u'.re.i ly been burned over uud that the lliiincs are sweeping Inward l! "l Lake. Millions of feet of pine have been destroyed, und unless the heavy strnw uud rain dorm Sunday check, d the tl.iuies the loss will he enormous. It 1, iu this district that Cana dian and American timber thieves have been operating, und there is a likelihood thut their extensive plants will be burned. Prayers were ottered from u thousiud churchi iu Minnesota Sunday for a con tinuance of the heavy (now storm then in progress ull over tho State. The prairie fires lu the vicinities of Hull river Osakis, lEushs ford and St. Cloud are remote from great forests, and reports thus far received nhowr that the heavy (now has practically obliter ated the tires. Ax impressive incident occurred during s recent aerniou in Atlanta. The tireaeher wa elorinent and earn est, and the audience were listening in rapt attention. Suddenly au awful jeal of thunder (mote upon all ear., and for a moment it looked as if a jiania mus imminent. Hut in an instant the minister closed the Ixsrik and said: "When Clod apeak, man should he rilent!" and tlie congregation wa im tucdiutelr calmed. LATE NEWS CONDENSED, Congressmen Fsyre. of Tt . of Missouri, hara rpfnsnl ... draft made out In their favor for th. '"M they lost through the defalnall. Ji wnd it is underatjtn.l Di.i ...1. ... PllcW "socrs will f.ill their example. Thi action I. . 01 ground that tbe House .h,,i 1 ? xh voted to repay its members for this moneV ' It Is understood that those members h,n that only the money they w.re enthu, was their pro rata (hare of what rem,inA in the afo, and that they will " urn in excess of this amount. ' The miserable failure of the .. ocia';,. iterrorize L'uropeover the shoulders of V0 workingtnen has robbed Soc alia u 0f , , all of it influence as an Ititiini.hti,,. y icy, and henceforth the power of the 4 will wane until it cease forever. The movement tor an lntern.v.iccui right law sustained another tle'c'at ia'Tf" liouse, although tbe best men on bti ,i 1 " uptKirted tbe bill. Messrs. rnysou were the only lueu of h:h atan.i,.' who opened. " A bill pr.ivi.ling f.r weekly ;vvm,mr.y employer of wage earned by etnplny passed the New York Assembly l.y u v ,tl! loiJtol. "' Iispatch. s fr.-i". i f:;ca ati'io i-i .) tut ditlereiice in reg irti to a delimPat.ou of tl. frontier has lc I ! an eneoiiii'.(r bem-ts-a Tripolitims an 1 f unisians, m, j ;),. r.j uu each si le were killed and v , m v,, - . KETSTON F. STATE CULLING. WtKi ls" refinery at Tiltisville w.i j irt 4 '. destroyed by tire. I. ahnut t . . Fiett.i Wtavi r w.i put 011 t-i 1', at !.. finite f. r the in tr ler of her father-n-',f- 4t Col'Urn last I'eb-u.iry. l ire destr ye 1 the engine In. ;s . ,,f j . llaiie y at the irac coke woi'l;. All ,., machinery wa i. irued, c.iusiu, a 1 0f I.," 0 wit 1 11 in- iram e. The ap lica'i m of the Iv-y-t .-p. I'.re v : Compauy, of l'.tt-b irgli . tor a 1 u, t , j by the origitm: p if 'sage III the ! --.:. ,,f J,u. Iiette was rel Use I by Ju le 1) it v. The situation in tbe carp.-mo-, .-r.Ke 3t Fcntt.lale remain unchanged. The Philadelphia Company : 1 -; 1 1 . . v . f. Cce at Catitioiisb'.trg, was de-tr , i v t r. All indication point tn the r :. ;, rl , l'r..f. L. M. Hcr-iiigtnii n sup.-r.'.'t.-:. 1 ;.t of shnolsin I'uyeite county Ar'ior "lay w . 'is observe 1 in 1;-. . .. ; ;.. ,v a i rmessioii nf 7 0 school !,:! I:. :i ., j . ( J. laming of trees. The milkmen "f Utiiontown b r f 11. j a union and are ulvauciiig tii : pr.ee . f luilk. A general strike of the boil I 1 : .. the nine Imur system was in 1 . .,: 1 Johiist.Jwn nn Saturday. At Tiltisville J din Cullen. the 1 .1- ' eon of J. C. Cullen. w.i instau ly li -, attempting to Jump fr mi a n. . , ; George Slater ha I Im; Ii le;s .- p ; Ing under a Ilaltituore .v: nlnoi 'ii; t- , at 1'' ush'.ngton. N. Wts'C" tt was killed by n J':i-s":ier tr.cn near l.ocuester. He was an agent f.r a nursery. L'enie slater, a well known youti man f Washington fell from u moving train ai.l wus so badly injured he died. The Imrrance uud Prospect collieries ..ftlie Lehigh Valley Coal company re- ime l ns-:-atiolis after having been idle since J.i :;u-y. Samuel l'.rittain, supjiosed to be t :.e ..1 i. -t inhabitant nf the Heaver valley. !: I at L.s home iu New Urightmi, aged ninety years. The World of Labor. Many Philadelphia contractor have c n ceded the demand of their men for an .gi.t huur day. At a m e'.ing of the llost.ui Cupentcr Count.. 1 ... I 'resilient repn-te 1 !' p'r cent f strikes are roving successful. I'.ituminous co.il operator n i l nimtrj rem bed an agree. neiit ut Terre H.i ;te In 1., the 70 cent scale being signe I. At Johnstown the strike for nine hours to constitute a day's Work bus caused a tusp :. sion 011 ull work in that city. l iver 1,0 0 carpenters ami joiners at ia Francisco huve struck for eight hours. j".:i ing the 1 00 mill worker ulreudy nut. The 7"0 men employed by the Chica,-' tja Trust were hud oil' three days .1-'. without any explanation. They vv:U strike for eight hour l.ietroit carpenters to tho number of are out, uud the non-union men are rapid .y Joining the striker. The striken are run''. ing with some succcs. An orderly mass meeting of workingmei was held nt Lisbon, at which res ilut:e:. were adopted requesting Parliament to pro vide regulations of the work iu factories. tieneral Master Workman Powderly pre sided at a labor mass meeting ut Brooklyn at which it was aiinoun -el tint a n-sr -m.e had been agreed to by home smiths : J their bos.-es. Contractor nt Youngstowii. 1 ., ref-iw ' recognize the Carpenters' Union, und r in the building trade is paraly.-d. I'i. "a ave been promised linaucia. ai l f:oni s"'" iral heiidquarters. All but M of the 3 0 contractors of Nft fork have granted the demand of t;'tf enters and joiners for eight hours' vvork.vil 10 hours' pay. The others are expected W grant the request and no strike is feared. PICTURES HfcHfROYEP. A Collection Valued at $80,000 Fall i rtj to Flames. Tbe new residence of (Jeorge W. Pramhi l. at South Orange, N. J., wa. discovered t" on fire Sunday morning. Tho lira caused loss of f.'i.O 0 on the house. The K""9' loss, however, w a In etching, of which Mr. 11 ambill, had in his house one of the tin"', collecrtlins in the country, his pictures I'"' valued at l O.'O'. The fire, which waJi c ing to a defective flue, broke througn dressing-ro an to tbe room where the port folio containing the icaster-piece of tl' collection was storetl. Mr. Hraiuhill the best collection of Whistler etchiuiT"" this country, and he owned also rare frst' proof of Seymour, llayden' and I bom- Mosuu'i pictuits. -s'V
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