THE JAPANESE EXHIBIT.
OEHNTAL FARMING PROD
UCTS AT THE FAIR.
Japan Triton of th Agricultural
Hulldltig I an Interesting Place- to
Visit Various Ten KthlMH-Tha
Japan Honey Industry Io
mestlo Kowli of ihf Country.
Agriculture I thn occupationol the greater
part of the people of Japan. The mountain
Jus anil volcantu nature of the country rn
leew large, portion untillnhle. For prnlably
the Kama reason tho noil I not naturally very
sTtllo. but It can I, and l, made no by tho
tfmn lant u- of compost. Moreover, not
w half of w'.int l-t fitlrl.tr fertile: Is under
nttlvatlon i but thu nmo.int of cultivate I
and Is irnt'liiilly Im'f casing, and the harvests
o-a becoming richer. Hut it nh h-i readily
mdcrstood that If, lor nny rem.the: crops
all, .severe iifTcrnii will io widespread. Tha
rospcnty of the country dcpm-l upon the
trtMpi-rity of the farmers.
lArtNtsr. TrnrrAtiir trr'M.r.B..
The Irout entrance to Japan's piivtllim In
lio Agricultural Uuilding, say the Chicago
"tword, is tt th south end of the Japanese
eHlnn. The dooTTVay Is constm-ied ot na
ive woo Is In th style of n unlive gateway,
nth a gable roof. .lust Inside the entrance
a loth devoted t tli" xttit.tt of tea from
thlzuoka Ki'in prefecture i.
The Khizuoka tea In nf the r.pt quality. It
Inn flavor lint been developed through the.
ultureof in-iiiv years. The annual product
in J.ri.nrMi,n'jo pounds, of which .fi,0(K),ooo
roUnd arc exported to t tic litit"l Mate. A
mall sample package of tin ten If given
way. of wlii -li n tiny cup tuny Im bud lit the
lapain'xK t.'ii Iioiih".
Mr. M. Hoshli;i 4 tlm overseer of the Shlr.
Ooka rxhiliiln ; Mr. T. Watmain; is In charge
if the lifTT"iit exhibits f t".i. iimt Mr. K.
rWliri H chief ot llOttl till' llHItcrit'S mi I the
agricultural bureau. Th"Kt gent letncn nr.
always pl" i to iiiii i' e.lau.itl"ii to the
visitors. 'I'lm sample pit 'Itagc N put up in
paper dipped In tip' tanni ami ot mi unrip"
Prliii!iioii to preserve it from moisture. Mr.
VVatuuiihn ! "purveyor of tea to hi Imperial
Majesty's Court ol Japan."
Just beyond Hi" stiii-m.l.ft l.ixi'.h k tlii ox-
rax til teen to generations to nie from tha
first manufacturer or any bouse. Continuing
bout during 270 year.''
The Japaoes honey Industry It also rep
resented at tba World Fair by specimen of
A jArANUSK TIA ROCHE.
honey. Iieeewax ami hives, Tha Jat
aneas axriciilttirn bureau has publisher!
little pamphlet eiplninlntr tha Way ot lisinn
tho hive, the method of collectlntf honey and
Klvlntt tlio names of tha plants from which
the bees pet honey. It la thera stated also
tlmt ono swarm will product 13.5H2 pounds
of honey and 7497 pounds of beieswax, and
that houcy sells for nlno sn (wnts) n kin
(1. 325 pounds), and beeswas lit thirty sen
kin.
An Interesting fcaturo of thn Japanese at?
ricuitural section Is the exhibit of domestld
fowls. Ono coop contains soma bantams,
which are kept mostly as pet, thouifli thu
flesh may bi usol as fool. Another caito
c mt.iini Hiaiues Rnmn fowl, whose, flash,
lieln r almost as delicious as that of tnrker
Is Is rifely used nx food. Tho coolt exhiljItHi)
Is uiKiut two year old, weigh almost tea
point. i and tins n'Tr Iwen defeated. A Rood
tltthtcr will command from twenty to eltfhty
yen (dollars), Thn high coop holds loni;
talle.l fowls. The co.'k. four years old, has
a tail meniirinir 10' feet In lenirth. Tha
tilaxk wii, vuly two years old, has a tall flva
feet lonir.
Thu Jap.inso havn likewise on exhibition
peeimi-ns of their wild birds, botti useful
and Injurious, and of their lornife plants.
They huvo puhlishrKl deseriptivo cataioues
l I it It birds ninl pl.mtH. Tho former are
dlvidwl into thri rlassea The benetloial
birds of fonwt and far.n, twonty-ono varie
ties ; t het tiirds use I for food, thirty-five vari
eties, nn I the tiirds for niisnellaiKious uses,
fourti'Hii viiricttea, Thme arj nututx're I
consc'itivcly. and uro carefully described as
to lo'ition. I'liitrm-terislica and utility. Tha
forttfc pltiiits, siiiillnrly nuutliered, arn
niiniitcly ds.'ril)0 1 with reference to dura
tion of growth, height, flowerlntf, auml
rienini and eiittinj tinier, pro lu -e to tho
ii'-rc, compo4itioii ait I locality.
I,it, but not laiist ltitretlni", aro flvt
pii'tnrns which ban; In the south woe' corner
of tln Jiipaneeo pavilion, and represent
met ho is of hiintini'. due shows tha way of
eiiti'hlni; small hints by hanging caKe of de
coy birds inwir blrj-iimed twigs. Another
rcpr-sciits sportsmeu, in the enrly morning
or even In,' twillgbt, when the wild ducks
arc living low, entdilug them in nets at the
end n( lung t'S'iilioo poll's. The two pictures
at thn extreme portrav tho two allied
I'H'tlio! of 1'iiti'hiug wild duck on Ijtke
1'eg.i in 'hiba prcbi'ture. One is by means
of bird-limed ropes stretchivl omt the fur
(.' of the water : tlm other 1 by a number
ot large pr"ii I-net toward whi'-u the ducks
lire driven .y hunters. The remaining
picture illustrates Jap.itioeo hawking, whiou
watt wry p ipular f j'ort in former times.
I
TAr.yrr rvniriT is Tiir AOicrLTrnr, rami'i.
Iiihit of N ten. above wliH'ii i u series of
plctims lllu-t rut ivo ol the different stages
and kinds of lalor employed upon the leaves
from picking to hj..tni A group of photo-
irruphs of similar h ns may ulso be found
Just over the front entrance. lie is the name,
it a provincn Imimm lor lit traditions and
tts ton. It Is the place where, according to
Japanese history tuntort .mutely not erodi
tile). .limmu Tetilio, the .lapaiienn Itomulus,
In tit'iO, II. ('.. laid the foun littions of the
JspaiHT.i empire. It S now the most sacred
i't in nil Japan, the seat of the ancient and
popular hliruie wlo re the anceMors of the
prexent emperor are worshiped. It Is also
the place where, according to tradition, the
tea-plat was llrnt discovered mid cultivated.
Other Important agricultural products ex
hibited by the .lapiiin .o are rice, barley,
wheat, buckwheat, beans, sweet potatoes
(dried1, diiikon ih large, bitter radish, which
la a staple article of diet i and tohacco.
A great many kinds of jellies and sweet
meats arc made by the Japanese from vege
table, products and lire harmless and de
licious. Several varieties ot bottled, boxed
and canned fruit, jellies and confections are
on exhibition. The sembei is a kind of waffle,
much liked by bcth natives and foreigners.
Many kinds of lime also are exhibited. The
advertisement of one is a curiosity
"The manufacture of the Awa-Ame Is per
Itx'ted by my bouse with experiments of
many years and scicutittc principles. It con
tains more nutritive materials. J'liat tasie, is
wry sweet. l'ersoiis who have tasted it ul
Ways would taken the eheerlul let-lings.
'The. okmakau, a cake, is made of tho
Awa-Amo again. It in most delicate ill taste
and ipeclally excellent ipiality for teacako.
'J here is no slightest danger lor tho ohunge
of Its trtJ-til kept long.
Doth are so houorablo that obtained
medal at each tiii.e of National industrial ex
hibit ions.
"Original nmnulacturoj by Onugi Kuroui-tnou.
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
Eror.NE Sixor, of Forest "ity, Iowa, has
been appointed judge in the honey exhibits,
Secretary Cakuhlf. has decided that
foreign exhibitors may still thulr exhibits for
delivery after the Fair.
Oxk thing which strikes the average vis
itor with peculiar force is thenlmost total ab
sence of drunken mun at the Fair.
The Hoard of I.ady Managers voted each
memls-r an ls:lella quarter. They have con
tinued some selections forjudges on Awards.
Di-rrAi.o Is thn first city to follow the ex
iitnplo of Hrooklyn. It lias arranged for the
eelciiratlon of HulTalo I lay at tho World's
Fair. The date llxed is August 2.1.
Manaiii.rs of tho Virginia and New York
Ibiildiugs ure much trouhle.1 by the work ol
vandals, who have writteu and carved their
names all over tho walls of these splendid
structure. It may yet beoome uect'ssary to
exclude the public from portions of the build
ings if these petty outrages continue.
Tut office of V. I. Iluchnnau, Chief of the
Department of Agriculture, was thronged a
few days ago with foreign commissioners,
who came in response to uu Invitation from
the exhibitors of agricultural machinery to
to make a tour of inspection through the ma
chinery annex. At night the commissioners
were dined lit a hotel, seveuty-Uvo ot thttiu
being present, with nearly one hundred ex
hibitors. Exhiiiitorh in the pallerles and upper
floors of the largo buildings complain that
vistors will not climb the stairs to view their
displays, and they sit idly by waiting for the
crowd that never comes. Many of these
persons have gouu to great expense In fur
nishing and Mulshing uu magnillceut booths
in which to show their goods, and they do
not feel that the attention given them war.
uuts the out lav.
UTE TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGS
OTHFBOK BOMBARD ABBOAD.
What Is Going On tho World Ovar.
Important Event Briefly Cbronlolsd.
Plaaaelat aast rammerelal,
Ada, O.Th Cltitens' Bank the most
prominent In Hardin county, ha failed.
Madisos. Isd. Th Carrollton Woolen
Mill Co., has assigned with liabilltiss of I7,
000.
Tfat Nashville, Cbsttanoopa and Pt. Louis
Railway Company hat declared dividend
of 1) percent, payable August I.
The McNamara Dry Goods Company, of
Chicago has suspended. It was among the
larjest houses of It kind in the West.
Pomoica, Cai.. The People's Dank has re
opened with plenty of coin. Only 1 1 were
drawn out the Oral hoar. Deposit were lib
eral Pari to, Ka. The State Bank bat
failed.
Rtrri.iis, Col. The Rank of Sterlin bat
assigned.
IWtHAK. Most The Uoterosn National
Hank bat closed.
Yat Cuxtiir, Kan. Tbe Woodson ftale
Hank hat'tuspended.
Hcttiiisiosj, Ka. The Hutchinson Na
tional Hank Las closed Its door.
Air, Cot.. The J. B. Whee er Hanklns
Company and the Pioneer Dank have failed
Oklahoma City The Hank of Oklahoma
City and the Oklahoma National Dank have
succumbed to runt and failed.
Fort Riott, Kan. The First National
Dank the oldest financial Institution , In
(kmthtattern Kansas suspended payment.
Asm.ASfi, Kt. The Pccond National
P.ank which ruspendeil three weeks ago.
resumed business Thursday.
Ciiicaoo. The Chemical National hntik
will not resume businet. The reasons given
are the stringency of the monev market and
the inability of some kcho!dert to meet
the asscfrmenta which would be levied up
on them if the bunk resumed.
Kansas Cnv, Kan. The Citizen! bank,
the Hank of I'.ichmond and the Farmers
and Merchants bank at Oawattomie, also
of Kama, all private institution, closed
their doors.
llARUscrvtt : r., M The First National
Hank of Harrisonville, suprnrfed payment
Rnd is in the hands of the Comptroller ot
the Currency,
NAtm.t, N. IT. The focur'.ty Trust Com
(any closed its doors. It promises to pay
depositors in full.
Anthont. K a. The First National Dank
and the I imt National Dunk of CaVao City,
Col., have suspended. v..
The Dank of Dellville, republic county,
Kan., a private institution wltb 120,000 cap
ital, has failed.
National bank examiner hare recom
mended to the Comptroller that tk First
National Dan I of Pan Dernardino, , Cal.,
which rect ntly failed, be allowed to reopen
at oisre, it allairs being in good condition.
Nrw York Charles M. Treston, tt
bank examiner, report the bank of this
state to be in a good condition generally aud
be anticipate! no failures.
apiii:Ni-K tiKsroRKti at prxvrR.
DrNvri! The liiiiinriai scare here is virt
ually at an em!. A telegram from Comp
troller of the Currercy I'.ckels, saying ho
believed the closed bun ts were solvent and
(tint be would aid them to resume business,
(uused great rejoicing to-day. A few small
lailurcs occurred Friday In Colorado as a re
sult of the recent Hurry.
. . - .
f niitial. I. a bar and lniftitrtd.
The National Association of Iron -Hoofer
is in annuul convention at l'iqua, O.
Over 2,011ft workmen are out of employ,
ment at F.llwood, hid, aud many are suffer
ing for the necessiries of life.
At Toledo, ()., the Mil burn wagon work,
iniploy ingl,.rU0 men shut down.
The Cambria Iron Coinpnny'a coke works
near Ihinbur. Fa., were shut down on Moo
dily, throwing "i)0 men out of employment.
Wupes at the Norway, Mich., Iron mines
will be reduced 10 r cent.
At St. I.ouis, Mo., two hundred boiler
makers at the yards of Itohan Bios. &
WutizVr, (iurstang &. O'Drien (truck
for 10 hours' pay for C hours' work.
'l ite -Now Ciisilo (Fa ) tin plate mill have
been completed and during the first week
in August the fires will be lighted and the
machinery tested. It will give employment
to at It-aat 300 hand.
The Norway iron mine, Michigan, will
rloe and the I'enn iron Company will re
duce wages 10 r tent., August 1. The
Cleveland Cliff Company will also mnko a
reduction, and other tninea of the district
will probably follow suit.
The 1'iu.ber Watch loinpany, Canton. O,
employing 2,000 bunds, will reduce wage
from 10 to 2!) per cent.
The Weekly Crop Report. Cotton Miile Closing.
1 he weekly cropjreporthsned at Wash- The Amoskea Mills, Manchester. N. H.,
ington, 1). C. say: Pennsylvania-Alter, employing 8.0)0 hunds, will close for the
ttate shower and sunshine very beneficial month of August. It has u pay roll of 1225,.
to crops; corn and tobacco making excellent ooo cr lnon,h d ui-cs 6,000,000 pound of
.si ... I . . .. ..!...! .i..t. t.:.i... I
(.iun.il, uin ladling, uuiiuus urigiiiening ; cotton Ir week.
in dry sections. West .Virginia Having in
progress; buckwheat doing well, corn cleun,
good color; fine crop of early potatoes. Ohio
Wheat, clover, timothy and barley nearly
all harvested.
Other mill are likely to follow suit. The
Anioskeag Mill is the largest producer of
manufactured cotton In the world.
Gimkal Oudkr issued by the O. A. K.
detiartinent provides that no mitmho ni
Huhlinoton. N. J., ha a resident, Mrv 1 be allowed to parade at tha Indianapolia
Martha Post, who U more than 101 year encaiupn,ent nnlei he U in good Und
Id, and bat not tasted food for five week, ing.
t'rita.
An inch-long worm threaten the de
struction of Iowa timothy crop
Crops in part of Nova Scotia have been
ruined by hail.
Heavy rsint have fallen throughout the
Northwest and the corn crop prtwprcts
preutly improved.
Dispatches and letter from Llncoln.Neb.,
lay that the condition of corn is more per
fect than for many years, and predict a 2K),
; f 0,000 bushel crop for Nebraska tbi year.
The crop lust year was 157,000,000 and iu
! 1M1 J(iS,000,000,
The New York Produce Kxcbanee 'Week
ly estimates the crop ol tha L'uited Hate
on the basi of July percentage! at follow:
Wheat, 303.520,000 bu; corn. 1,010,056,000
bu; outs, 724.030,000 bu; rye, 20,liW,noo bu;
barley, 61,421,000 bu; and potatoes 227,050,-
000.
Waaklnilaa New.
Since March 4, 18U3, 245 pensioners have
been dropped from the rolls, and 5,000 have
been iuiiended pending further investiga
tion. Thn Navy Department formally accepted
the cruiser Detroit, and authorized the pay
uieut to the builder of reserved fuuiis
imountimr to about (225.000
The treasury reeerv on Friday was
!.7,ei2,6U; currency balance, 120,000,3 rt.
Rrllllaaa.
A call ha been limed for Catholic col
ored congress at CTiicago Beptember.
Dr. Drlgg'i new book, In which he says.
"It I evident that the assembly vo ed with
'tt ftUer'-n'""''"' tet.t -
to (uaiain tha appeal at every coat to trutn
nd right," and on tha cover of which be
bad emblazoned the phrase: "So-called
prosecuting committee." la creating quite
atlr among orthodox Presbyterian.
Crime aast Feaalilea,
Frank Von Loon, sentenced to be banged
t Columbus, August 4, has admitted that
be killed Farmer Vandermark.but elaimi it
wai accidental.
Fires
At Susanville, Cel., sixty building were
burned. IOss about 12-5,000. Five entire
blocks burned. Willi tne exception of on
restaurant, not a business bouse 1 left.
United Stale Rur aeon Young at Naple
report fonr fatal esse of cholera there Sun
day and Monday.
ftllM-ellaeeaas,
J. II. Thomas, a bank cashier at Ovid. N.
t., surprised a gang or ourgiar and opened
fire, killing one. Thorns wa also shot but
not dangerously.
fixty Chinese are being ofliclatly starved
and unofficially fed by the Oovrrnment at
Portland. A libelled iteiraship company
refuses to depart or car for them pending
legal decision.
BEYOND OUR BORDERS.
A tornado swept down suddenly on Yog
hera and Csstieggio.ln Piedmont, Italy. In
one section of Vopbera hardly a house was
left standing. Not a structure in either town
wns left intact and a number of person
were killed and hundreds Injured.
tintrioutions to tne Victoria relief fund
In Ixindon have been closed, teaching now
to i.59,000.
Oats have risen In price In Austria by
reason ef a prolonged drought, and the
Government hn ordered that army horses
bo fd on a mixture of one-third corn and
two-tbird oats, if the later get any
drarer.
The Chinese Government has refused to
make reparation for the killing of two Swed
ish missionaries by a mob lu.Maching, three
weeks ago. Trouble is promised.
A warehouse lire in the heart of the city
of London did damage estimated at 7,3X),.
0 0.
CASH WANTED AT DENVER.
Security Plentiful. But Unsatisfactory
Only a Temporary Panic.
Three national banks the Cnton
National, the Commercial National and
the National Dank of Commerce closed
their doors at Denver. Col., owing to the
heavy demands of excited depositors. The
'clamor was mostly con tl nod to small depos
itor, the larger ones expressing confidence
in the bank' ubilily to pay In full. The
Mercantile bank, a small private Institution
doing business in the Mining Kxchange
building, also suspended, owing to the close
of the Union bank, through which It
clearances were made. The liabilities are
stated at 1 100. (XX).
The suspension of three snvinirs banks on
M jndny so alnrme l the community that at
10 o'clock Tuesday morning, the hour for
oieiiiriir the hanks, crowds had gathered in
front of nearly ail of the financial institu
tions. The streets were full of people dis
cussing the sitiiHtiiin. It wns nn orderly
crowd, however, and there was much sens
ible and conservative talk.
Till-: PANIC AHOL'TOVKR.
THE IIMVll.U. rxtlTKMINT IN MVVI.li
TIIOI'OIIT TO IIS ,T AN FMl. MoM V tO'l
ISO IN AT TIIK HANKS.
The timorous leelmg niong deosilnrs in
(be Denver bank which has resulted in the
closing of n number of these institutions
within the pnt-l lew dHys rceuis to have
reached its limit and most of the people are
now stopping to think, with the result thn:
n ore money w as being deposited than is be
ing drawn. Tbetierman. State and Peoples'
National Hank eloped their doors t-itrlv
Wednesday morning, in ortler to forestall
the heavy demands that it was evident
would be made. As soon u this action had
been tn-en depositors in other banks seem
ed to take new courage, and talk on the
streets was much more conservative and
rational.
During Wednesday afternoon the live na
tional banks that are open for business
showed no signs of ftnv usual excitement
among their patrons. Indeed their banking
bouses were inetcr tbun on many tlays
during ordinary 1 1 ir r und everybody seems
to feel that I he end of the unjiistitiable ex
citement has been reached.
A number of banking ho ises nt Denver,
and small banks throughout Colorado failed
Wednesday on account of Tuesday's excite
ment at Denvrr.
Kansas t n v.Mo. A feelingof conlidenre
is growing daily in Kansas City, t'eople now
reuli.e that the flurry amone the banks is
over and at every bank on Thursday rect-iy-ing
tellers were busier than the tellers who
payout. If th wishes of the depositors m
the two nutioiiul banks which cu;emlcd,
the Dank of Kansas City and the Missouri
National were followed the door would be
iltrown oien at once.
THE SIAMESE SITUATION.
China Will Support Slam. England
bend An Ambassador to Paris. The
King Prepares to Leave Bangkok.
Information received at Ixmdon from
Pekin that China has taken treasure to
support Piant against France.
The Parliamentary Secretary of the for
elgu otlice stated that the only part of the
French ultimatum concerning Kngland is
that relating to territorial arrangement.
Lord DufTerin, Dritish Ambassador to
France, i to be tent buck to Pari to secure
an immediate exchange, of view in an am
icable rplrlt.
From Duugkok it i learned that a panic
pervades the court. French gunboat are
making warlike manifestation and the
King is pre; aring to leave the city.
Why the Treasury Pay Oold.
The Treasury policy of paying gold coin
on it current obligation i for the reason
that it is believed that an infusion of gold
into the clearing houses and other payment
will have a benelicial effect and lead to a
restoration of general confidence. Inci
dentally, it ba the advantage of (laving off
the necessity for tb isiu of gold certifl-catts.
Ohio tobacco dealers have a scheme to
circumvent the new cigarette licence
law. A cigar will be sold for ten cent and
a package of the little weed will be throwp
in.
tATXK NBWS WAIF,
riSAKrtAt AM rovvrtirtAf,
Tacdh a. Wash. The Trader' Dank ta
tpended. Au early resumption i expected.
MiLWAiKra The Commercial Dank bat
assigned.
Tnt Johnson County flsvlne Dank. Ml
sourl, suspended Thurs !ay, Iepiitor will
be paid in full.
8s Dr-RKARmno. Cai.. The First Nation
al bank reopened by permission of Comp
troller F-ckels. Tbe bank Is in flue condi
tion. Tba Farmer exchange bank will
reopen in a short time. Confidence is again
restored.
rrrrsncRo Dank Soi nd. The report of
the Comptro.lernf the Currency show that
the 2!) National banks of Pittsburg are In
found condition. The reserve held by the n
July 12 was 21 33 per cent. Tbi Comptrol
ler F-ckle regards a indicating that there is
no alarm or distrust In the community.
Tb First National Dank, of UuieIl,Kas ,
has failed.
The announcement Saturday that the First
National Dank of Vernon, Tex., bat failed
w as erroneous,
Tbe New Hampshire Trust Company, of
Manchester, N. II., one of tbe heaviest fi
nancial Institutions In the Nt ate, ha been
enjoined from continuing tusines.
The ftjnk of Grand Avenue, KansasCity,
Mo., on Saturday resumed busineee.
Tue Firat National Dank cf Fonta Ann.
Cel., which closed four week ago, reopened
it doors again Saturday.
The Kentucky National Dank. Ixmtiville,
a government dep.ieitory, usended. Lia
bilities of l.'.Tl.'.'J.'l 01, balanced by re
source. The Milwaukee National Hank of Wircon
sin and the Southside saving bank, both of
Milwaukee, closed their doors.
rartTAL and iaror.
fNt HiMiirn ami nrrr miner, emplcy
t d in the Sunday Lake mine, at Wartfield,
Michigan, controlled by the Schlesinger
syndicate, went on stri.e because they had
not received ray for last month.
Orders have been issued by thePennsyl
vanla Company to lay off 1,000 men now
doing construction work between Philadel
phia and Ilsrrisbur,, Pa.
U. S. marshals have served 40 injunctions
on the leaders of the strikers at Weir City,
Knn. The mine owneis threaten to import
1.U0 negroes from the south.
Dritish miners hnvc refoed to have their
I d. derelicts with mine owners arbitrated,
. and tliejrca.-d lie king strike it mJre
probable than ever.
Denver miners passing through- Hastings,
Neb., dercribe the suffering iu Colorado f
mining regions as something appalling.
Contractor Charles D. Mct'ormiek. ol
St.I.otns, notified his journeymen carpenters
of a reduction of 2J cents an hour fciuturdny.
and 10 struck. Tbe Carpentera' council
anticipates that other contractors will fol
low McCormick'i example, and is tuakinp
preparations for a lockout.
Tbe Aragou Mine Company of Norway,
Mich., operuled by the Schlesinger, is laid
'.o owe it employe wage lor three months
amounting to t50,000.
The Oxford iron and Nail Company of
Helvidere, N. has applied for a receiver.
Three hundred and lifty men are thrown
out of employment. The liabilitlo are
eslimuted at ?223,0)0, assets, l")0,(0).
The number of unemployed men ot St.
Paul. Minn., now 4,000 is constantly in
creased by arrivals from the tniningdistricti
The few Michigan mine. still running will
reduce wages or shut down roon. Th s will
add 14,0'JO to the unemployed in Michigan.
ivrnrii.
The heut nt Huron. S. D., was r-o interne
Sstmdtiy that work in barley and rye bar
vest fields wa abandoned. The thermometer
has ranged Irom 00 to 100 during the last five
day.
For some days ut Fort McKinney. Wyo.,
the temperature has been 112 in the shade,
at lluffalo, Wyo., the mercury in the sun
stood 1.1(1 to 1.10o. This is the hottest
wenlher recorded for eight yean. Not a
drop of rain has fallen for nine weeks.
roRrioN.
The exportation of hay, itraw or othei
fodder from A ui'.ria-Hungury is now pro
hibited. A special from Mazaltan, Mex. .states that
yellow fever has broken out there with
great virulence aud that many death occur
duily.
ciioi.rn ADVit r1
A dispatch fro;n Rome states on good
authority that there is no cholera at Naples.
There are several casts of suspicious sick
ness at Cuueo, 55 miles southwest of Turin.
The sick irons are pilgrim who are re
turning to France.
MSASTFH, ACUIiFNTS ANP FATAMTIRS.
tieorge Hickey, fireman, of Shellield, 111.,
and ICngineer Henry D. Strong, of Dine
Island, 30 horses and many hogs wore killed
in a freight wreck ut Tiskilwa, 111.
NI1CFLI.ANFOUS.
The (iovcrnor of California appointed
ex Governor tieorge C. Perkins United
(States senator, to succeed the lute Senator
Stunford.
Kxhaustive experiments have convinced
the Agricultural Department that peath
yellows cannot be prevented by feitilizatitn
of the toil.
A COSTLY FIRE.
Flames on Long Island Sweep Away
Almost 11,000,000.
Fire destroyed two blocks at Long Island
City, L. L, Friday. The new St. Mary
Roman Catholic church, just completed at a
cost of 1300,000, was totally destroyed. The
costly new parochial school was also de
stroyed. A number of business bouses,
dwellings and tenements were burned.
More than a hundred families have been
rendered homeless The loss is about flitK),.
000, only partly i nsured. Th water lasted
iintik,the tire was nearly under control and
tbeu there was a great shortage.
Hall Sweeps a Clean Path.
A bailatorm almost totally destroyed the
grain in two township iz mile east of
, Wiueaton, Minn. Information ia not tery
complete, but4indlcte that from 5,000 tc
10,000 acre were totally destroyed.
AND AGAIN HE SAYS H
PATOALLAOHER XETB.ACT,
J.ATXBT CUNI-EBSIOg
A Conscience Which HafM.i-..
Led Him to Make Retractio. j
aa tha Mama rnnmUM.. 'l
Htm to Swear That He t, '
d Himself at the Trial, !;
Dempaey and Beatts.
Patrick Gallagher, th telf-confe
oner and nerlurer. now serrln. t. ..
In the penitentiary at rittsburg. K j
iv nave an elastic conscience Btt
qnired the habit of confessing,
pands and hurt hi head every f.
makes a new statement. Th,. i '
. . " . njr
fessed that hi last statement s-Mf,,
mat in only reliable 0
that which he nit ' on the srittif,
in the trial of Hugh F. Dempsn,.
ert J. Deattv.
He say he pased a ileepless ni),t
ea iiigui aner mnsing me rworn .
t.,l.. . at. I . . . V
ciuwtv iu me iiinuceiice or lrm-l
Iieatty rn edne sdny. Thnr-dar.
he ent thl noto to Wrdn "
Wright:
"Will you see me as soon prm
have something think yon onni,.
tor I have suffered th tortures t,),,
yest-rdsy. and I don't want aruitu
an. u last mgni was. v tint I
You can tell after you see it win, u,J
er party Is to get possession of tt. i !
lit vartr rTrsT roNrin, I
Th warden visited Gallagher i 'J
etl from bint tm-n mlla nf ... '"
...... ... v n.iuir-j
Gallavber said had been prepare! ' i
and delivered by a ranee man
a convict. The first roll was rv f"
Gallagher on .M.iiidtiv. and it mnu-l?
details of the confession Deatir
Gallagher ought to swear to. i . .
sucgestions w hich the writer si4
out would liberate all implicate
IHlisininff OAltm Thai I ..i.
ered to Gallagher Thursday niorn -f
also COIltailltxi llimlrtt iirt..i... . ? fc
lagher to incorporate in his conf.
(iallaglier informed the wi-1,
evervthina be leiin.,l in n u-'
wa lalse, and tli t the testimony ,J
in pursuance of a plot whereby it,l
urn cxi'ectea in no iiiierated. ,
eaten or slept since Wednesdays,
said, and thfii he broke rtown'sMi
beiriretl tbe wurdaMi tim ,wl r... ii....
nev Ciarerce Uurleigh and Hie tiiv
had taken his statement IIsmi:!:
eo ine lesnnioiiy taken Wednetila,
ed if possible, and asserted that
circumstances would he sign it. u
informed he would be expectf.it.,
warden then drew up the follow ; j
Gallagher signed.
"The statement, under onlh, hi!
Gallagher in the interest of pt-nr-Ileal
ty was fliNe in all parts, and -the
2ith day of July, la:i:i. at Uto
m.. 1 deny and retract the same i
that my evidence given at the irj
same people is the truth, the wl.r
and nothing but the truth. Ti.ii
is made lo ease my conscience, i:
interest of justice to all.
Patrick .1. Cm,
This was witnessed by John ,;.
D. I- Wright. After taking t!iiii
telephoned for District Alioriiir .
who, wttli U K. I'orter aud a nr
iienographer, went to the prisr.n. .
VII isnrn dj..ii ,it 1. a i
..--..a vw.... u i . u .j v iv-iiiinj J
deposition of Wednesday was fw.j
vfvuKuv an-'ii. uy tuaiiT w ritieit c
sent him by lit ally. Thus gate
truction what to swear to, ami (iallan
wore literally directed. Some 'JTej,
"foiii" win, uirn iiv ai-ia
Drattv. The onlv ones h v..i-
tno roll of inunust'lipt lie gave :
Wright, lie never received any if:
I)emnee lint Imt tnllr.l w.tll 1...
they we're employed iu glazimr. I
ruy liiHi jiernpscy la.Kfil to rnniA:
Ject Tho scheme of all concern t
was that he was lo contradict
denco he had given, and then par
to have been obtained Inru'l
The testimony he gave at their.
was true in every puriiculur, ai..l
had asked him to give fiiNc e v. li
the contrary he lia l bet n m.
tell the truth. He was gniliy nt i
he said, and Dun rwev und IV.i:
guilty also, as the jury had (nui,:
cross exHiuinutioii by L. K. To:'
he was unable to tell what 1 1 s
make the st.-tement he lid an. 1 1 '
It before he was out of the lonin i
ntes. lie reiterated that all Iw L.I
Wednesday was false.
anleii v right wa sworn r.
how Gallagher's retraction cami-i
luid no one but prison otliciaNUi
laguer since up nau iiiaue iiisMj:
Wednesday. District Attorney .
who gave out the foregoing luviii
lau'her'a very lute t confession, th.
effectively disposes of the case, t.
not sav what would be donewilii' l
for his false swearing. L. K. i'onl
this will help the lease before tbt I
Doard, for it will show how utter.' I
liable and devoid of truth GuiiUh''l
EXPORTS AND IMI'OBl
Comparative Figures on Doth I
Bureau ol Btatintici.
The chief of the bureau ot t
Washington, reports that the to! j.
the exports of merchandise f nun -States
during the six and twd.t
tnded June 110, WKl, as compateJ'
ilar exports during the corrcponi
tods of the thu preceding year wrf
lows: Six months ended Junc.'.'i.l'
i:5.440; same period in le'ij. vi' C
months ended June 0, 1 -H.'S. t'
same time in HKI2, l,0in.'
value of the imiKtrts were as I"'
mouth ended June 30. ls'H. f'J
some period In last'.', 4:tl ,7i'i,:il: 1-
ended June 30, IHU2, I827,4ii2,-liii
A BREAD PILL.
ThuaTalmag Sites Up Wbst C'l
Will Do.
Dev. T. DeWltt Talmsee is st
torium in Chicugo. Speaking o.'U'
ciai situation, lie said:
"Greater crop will bo haretw
than ever before, and this nmre tt'
thing else will create a cnnddionc
Cidity. Congress will meet sni
country a bread pill, Justs"'
would administer a harmless x-i i
ticnt suffering from imsgiiiurydV
winter will, j believe, bear-e.ii"
ieiiiitiiiiie-s aim coromertmi -
prosperity always erccompauiti
action."
A Yellow Feve- Vessel at N"
Tbe schooner Nus t yth bus urn"
Vnrlr f .nrv. Uua,,. rmi'il
Greenock, seumau, die ! of yelloJ
was buried at tea. Thomas iw"
Walter Scotl. seamen, were tnUu'
the fever. Koberu died and c'co'.t '
ashore at Illo Janeiro. The
detained at quarantine for obx"
fumigation.
Si vim men attempted to bo
Loul mule car Monday night k'i
frustrated by tbt driver'! branrf j
" utivu siiiu turn a u u svm-
frcKat lb racee.
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