XTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS MKKTgRSTIff IMT. rtrtt. Th winif today by vote ol 32u2. decided that Mr Mantle, or Mon tana ami Mr. A Urn, of Washington. are not entitled to seat, and that a governor of a mat hat not th right to aptioint a senator lo till a vacancy caused br tin- expiration of a regular term, not hpwning br reinitia tion or othrrwire. Mr. Mill re'rted from 1h Judiciary committee a bijl for th re lafof tli Federal election law. and it went on the calendar. The house bill to re eal the Sherman act was lail liefor the senate and referre I to the committee on finance Mr. Voorhees. chairman of that committee. announcing there would be prompt action bv the committer to-nmr-row. The bill allowing the national banks to increase tUeir circulation up to the pin valu of th bond deposited bv them was then taken up and without final action on it the renate proceeded to executive busl news and soon adjourned. Hotsi: When the speaker commanded order, at 12 o cluck, nearly every sent in the ball was tilled. Chaplain lladdaway praved briefly and in a voire Inaudible at distance of more than lo feet from thede, for an special Rift of wisdom and tin gment tnrigh y settle the great question before the II e. After the reading of the Jour nal. Mr. Weaver, of New York, appeared at the bar of the House on the arm of his col lea ue. lien. Tracy, and wai awom in by the speaker. the snrnvM t,4w niFKAi.rn isth norsr. The House passed ttie Wilson bill, pro viding for the unconditional reeal of the Sherman law, providing fur the purchase of sV.Viu.uoj ounce of tine silver monthly. The vote was 230 ayes to 110 nays. - Previous to its passage, all the proposed amendments for the coinage of silver at vario s ratios providing for there-ensctnipnt of the Rland Allison act and for free coinage of silver were defeated. lllaud'a Itl to 1 free coinage proposition was the first one defeated; yeas. 12-i. nays, 22A. The 17 to 1 amendment was then defeated; yeas. 100: nays. 210 The 1H to 1 free coinage amendment was rejected; yeas, 102; nays, 2W. The amendment to re-enact the Wand-Allison net was defeated; yeas, I); navs, 21.1. The free coinnpe auieiidinent was defeated; yeas. 14; nays 22.'. All auiendmetits being tejected.the repeal bill was read third time and ordered engrossed. The final vote on the passage of the bill was then taken and it was passed. The House then adjourned lit 3 3D p. in., the voting having occupied the time front 12 12 p. m. TWKKTtrTII pr. HsXATg. 'n tlie eunte Mr. Voorhees. chairman of the linunce couimitte, reported back the house bill repealing part of the Sherman act with an amcmlnieTit in the nature of a substitute. He asked that the bill be placed on the calendar, ami he gave notice that he should ns the senate to take it up and consider, it immediately after the morning business from this time on tnl linal action tie taken. The aiihstilute. lie sad, was exactly the bill heretofore, report ed from the liuatice committee. The reso lution offered yesterday by Mr. Stewart was then laid before the senate. It dine the secretary of the ticasury to inform the sen ate whether there i danger of a delii-icncy in the revenues of the government during the current year, and it so, what it the probable, amount of such deficiency and whether legislation is lictcessary to "supply such deficiency. The resolution gave rise lo a long discuoaion, the scnute adjourning without action. Hot'sr. lu the house to-day Mr. Altken oflered a resolution p-oviding for a speciul committee of live to investi gate the "Ford's theater disusaster" and to tletcrtuino what action should ba taken for tlie relief oi the families of the vlct mm. Inferred to committee on rules. Mr. Catching then tailed op the report of ' o.nniittefl on rules, reporting the rules for the present Jjouseaiui af t " a liv - b - euin bear I debute t)"" ' "vt i? "' ftrf coiiihg- oriu elgnolrle Inlver "Wly , , .r,,, . jr. ik da rviurreu ami iu nouse adjourned. TWKNTY-KlrmT PAY. Sknatr Senator John Sherman held the close intention of the Semite mid a large audience in the galleries for over two hours to day, as he set forth tu terse ami vigorous language the recmn why be supported the lull lo icpeul the purchasing clauses of tlie net ol Juiy, l.S'.l i, mid why it stnnild ho paail wnli as little de ay ai possible. The Mfiiator concluded In fp'eech folnus: ' I do hift lliti:!- that the !oj life ol silver coinage means the end of Miver. Instead of aiding i.i-tnke down Silver 1 would like to build it up; and Htiy tueiiNiire that will do so and not demonetize gold, will meet my approval and supiNirt. I his is not a ques tion of mere interest to Nevada or Colorado. Jt is not a quit-lion of what Wall Ktrecl will do. Tlie iiestion is n hat should be done for thii people of tlie Tinted States in all lis. leni'th and breidth; and. therefore, if tVr. press will snv that in it" opinion it is ml wine now to continue Hie purchase of-ilver bullion, there will be no injustice done to Colorado or Nevada." On suggestion of iitithori.ing the issue of boiids, Mr. Mierniun said; "I am willing to hum to your executive oflieers. If you are not it Is a string i alti tule in political HfTuirs. 1 would give them power to protect inu credit ol thu tiovern null I aaii-t nil enemies at home and uhroiul. Jf the fight must he fur the pos.-e-hioii ol gold. 1 uoulii use our cotton and our corn and our wheal; and I would protect our credit against ail mankind. As tosiUer, I would say that we prefer to wa.t awhile, until we see thu ellei t of the suspension of Mixer coinage in India, uud see what ar rMiigetucii s can be maoo tor another inter national monetary conference. "In the meantime let the I'nited Ststrs stand mi it strength and credit. 1 think that soon all these cl MMs will be disputed, Hid that we in a y go home to our friend witli the conviction ihat we have done u good Morn lor our country at large." Alter mine routine 1'ti-nn-i.x the senate then went into executive Sis-Ion Hlid when the door were reopened, adjourned. HotsK. Hie house lo day discused the proposed coite of rules without i vault, uud tnen udjourued Ttt I STY smiMi I'AV fSrxATr. The speech of Mr. Wolcolt, of Colorado, against the hi1! to repeal the pur chasing clause of the Sherman act was de livered to-day in t'' present e of almost all I he Senator M d u lik'ge uudieiice Hi the gaiter, e. Attr Mr Wolcott k h-eeili a motion wi. Hindi) by Mr. Teller to take tip the ie-o!u' on huieto ore oflered by til 111 as to i a i mil billion ft f ising to pay depositors' etui ka ill cum ncy, tlie loriu of motion was diMiged by the unti-silver men tliat the ie etl n. II should lie informally luid at-utu Hint i ne resolution us to national banks taken up The iiioiioii win then uereed to uud then the motion mudu by Mr Voorhees that the revolution be relvrrvd lo the Com mittee on kitiuuce was carried yeus X, naya 21; The resolution ol tlie House on tlie dentil of lie preseulalive Mulcliler of reniisylvania. was laid before the Senate, and resolutions expressive of the sorrow of i lie Senate with ottered by Mr. Cuiueron, (epuhlicn. of I'eiiusylvunia, and ngteed to, soil the t-mute s I ur ther evidence of re spect to the memory of the ileceued, ad journed. Hot sr. Nothing of importance was ac complished in the H"iise to day. T SNTY-Tlllhli Pay. Svnatk The House bill to repeal the piiic ns ng clauses of the Slierniau act was del. uled in th Seiiute unn1 a I) nirument. lint sK In the liouse Mr. Weailis.k. l'ein kthi, of Michiguii. oil -red a reso uuoii MiMining until Sep) inh-r 1- the deiin ry of euiogiis upon Hie late J. l.ogau t'li piiiiiu, ;d Mii higun. w hich wn ngteeil in. I i.e de bute on tlie proiosel Cod ol r iles Was Jem mined. Ailjonn inent wu lukvii bvluro tiuul vol was reach d. TW ff NTY 'l'l'I.TII IA Y. Ssat The ily was nieiit In rieb'.C aver lb bill introduced by .dr. )u!ph, oi Oregon, appropriating tJflO.OnO to ensbl th secretary of the treasury to enforce the Chinese exclusion act. At th conclusion of the debate the bill was referred to tb committee on foreign r. lattons, and tb Senate adjourned. Hocsr. Tlie hone to-day look a feces without action until Monday with tb rules till pending- TwrTT rtmi pat. SrnATr The Senate had long and wear Isome session to-day with little of interest o enliven the proceedings. The House bil! for the repeal of the, silver purchasing clause of tlie Sherman ncr was kept steadily In the front, and it was still before the sen ate at I he time of adjournment. Hot Not in session. A PENSION ORDER BiTOKFD. Commissioner Loch re n Recall th Ra In of Cases Under th AotJ f Jun J7.'1B0. HI Reason Given. Coniniisdoiier I-ocliren, of the Pension Office at Washington has issued the follow ing: "The circular of June 12, mi In re spect to rating enses under the act of June 2, lM, is withdrawn. Hereafter iniitllt ing rates under this net, the medical ref eree or the medical otllcer In the Hoard of Revision shall weigh each disability, and determine the degree that each disability, or the combined disabilities, disables, th claimant from earning a supnort by man ual labor mid a rat corresNjnding to ibis devrcc shall be allowed. Incases in which tlie pensioner lias reached the age of . his rate shall not be disturbed if he is receiving the maximum, and if ho is not a pensioner, be shall re ceive the maximum for senility alone if there are no special pensionable disabilities show n." In speaking of this order, Commissioner l-ochri n said thnt it , hail been found im practicable to make m hedule rates in nil cases. A soldier might have half adoen disabilities, no one of which would be pen sionable, yet taken together the soldier would be in a degree disabled from per forming manual labor. The order is in tended to reach such cases. THREE MEN ROB A TRAIN. Bhey Kill "the Express Messenger and Oet About 600 and 40 Watch from th Passengers. The tastbotiud passenger train on the Frisco road was held up by highwaymen at Mound Valley, Kan. The train had stop ped to take on a passenger, when three men sprang on the tender and ordered th en gineer to pull out until told to stop. Th engineer ami fireman wore covered with Winchester nnd obeyed. Oneofthe high way men looked around the side of th far and haw Fxpr-s Messenger C. A. Chapman standing in the door of his rar. The robber tired uud the messenger fell out of the car. When the train had gone ab stiff, two miles the engineer was ordered to stop and th engine crew were locked in the baggage, enr with the baggageman. The rubber" entered the express car b'lt found tbej-at'e locked, the key beitnr in the pocket of the ilend messenger. They bat tered the lock but could not open the safe. T'e three robbers then entered the ear and r. bed men and women alike. They got about f-Vm and 4t watches. T he robbers wr-e maks. T ney were on the train oniy abi tit lft minute nnd when they left it start ed 'vward Indian territory, oillccrs are in put uit. MONEY MAliKETB HEALTUIElt. An Instant Improvement Follows the ;n un the Repeal Bill. Th Im .ustrial Situation About th - 1 -. im. Vr v- - . " . Instant Improvement In th stock mar ket followed the passage of the reeal bill in fiic House,,the average of price rising over f.' per share, and there was also a rise in wheat, cotton and pork. Money markets throughout the country are more healthy, failure diminishing in number and re- impli'Mi by a number of hank and other establishments i'lustrate the general tend ency toward revival of confidence. The indiistrul situation mend but litll". The signs of improvement observe I n week ngo are scurcclv ni-lniued, for w hi' 1 textlic and lit Heel concerns have resumed lifter stoppage. .Vi textile and 21 steel con cerns have slot ped. In addition l-'l others baie redii ed ivoiking time. sveral other rediie'd working lone mid a large nuniher of he works have reduced wages from 1 to 111 percent. A more cheerful tone i seen in iron and steel markets, l ilt prices lire Hot uthVieul to encourage reumiuion. Tlie output ha been tit ti using at I he rati1 of l.'i noo tons weekly for the a-t lour week". T lie decrease in 'import ul New Yoi k in August was itli Hit I'l is-r cent , whilt in ex ports from tins t itv there was ail increase of .'I per cent. Thus far the usual tes's of the condition of htisiiie s shown dcliue in cotiip irisoii with l:it yeat. The number ot failure reportid tluring the pi-H un k in the I lilted State is .'l.'rfi against 11 lor the sain.' ec k of lust year n ii. I in I'.Miuda 21 ngaiu-t 'Js lnl year In the Kastern Suites i he failures iiiitunere I I !. in the Western 1 l.'i, in the Southern .", show ing improvement in e n h secnon. A CAR'S FRIGHTFUL FLIQIIT It Dashes Down a Sleep Orads Into a Balcun. Two Killed and Six Fatally Wounded. At Cincinnati an Avundulo electric car w ith half it hundred people on board, be c inie iiumanugeahlo on a long, steep grnde by the brake" refusing to act, unit dashed down with frightful speed. At Hunt and I'.roadway it left the track, crushed throug.li a telegraph pole into (ieorge Schmidt's saloon. Two people were killed. G fafally and 40 bailiy wounded. The killed are: Marie Maloney, aged 12; Mrs. Sarih Ihib lin. aoil 3-. The fatally wounded are: Lizzie John ston, Clara Jiccklcy, Mrs. Mury Pecklcy, Kilna Koiid, Louisa Uest and Allan Best. HOME RULE'S MAJORITY. It Passes Finally in the Commons by a Vote of 301 to 107. Read in the Houae of Lords. After a warm debito tha motion for the limit passage of the Irish Home Hule bill was put in the House of Common ut Iou don. The vote resulted: For the motion, :i)l; against, 2ti7. The Irish member cheered wildly, while the opposition members raised counter cheers nnd shout of "resign," "resign." The House then udjourued. Immediately after the sitting of the House of Lord4 was resume J, uud live minutes later the Home Kule bill passed thu first reading, WORLD'S FAIR ATTENDANCE. Th following ure the oHlciul figures for the puid udmisaions to th fair : May ('I ontbl 1,0.10 fC!7 June (month) 2.ti7.VllH July (month) 2.7iki,2t;;) August (luonih) 3,')2U.'.'(vil September (to date) 4tJ",42ri Total. .10,478,137 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION JACKSON AND FELL, Ti Republican Stat Tiokt Selected by Acclama ton. It took th Republican convention at Hsrrisburg on Wednesday but 1 hour and 60 minutes to complete it work, Wbtn State Chairman Frank Iteeder rapped fur order there were 2&3 of tb20 delegate present. Only preliminary work was uon at the morning session. Ther ws larger attandano at the after noon ession and of course a great deal mora life in the proce ding. Kx Stnt Penator Horace H. Tncker of Tioga, was made tr manent chairman. After the platform had been read and adopted and th convention bad pasd resolution thanking -cn. Frank Reeiler and Frank Willing Leach for their "distinj. nislied services" as chairman and aecretary Of the Stat Committee, Chairman Tacker failed forth naming of candidate for Su preme Justice. District Attorney tJcorg H. tUahatn, of I'liiladclpbia, nominated David Newlin Fell, of Philadelphia. U. a East burn, of Rucks, in behalf of Judg Fall' native county, seconded the nomination. Judge Fell' nomination was mad by acclamation. The nomination of Col. Samuel M. Jsck (on, of Armstrong, for State Treasurer, waa 'so by acclamation. He was formally named by ex-Judge J. B. Neale. of Kittan ning. William ft. Ieds, 'of Philadelphia, seconded the nomination. Col. Jackson was by acclamation mad th nomine for St.it Treasurer and the convention adjourn ed to the tune of "Th (Star Spangled Ban ner." The platform read a follows: The Republican of IVi tisvlvanla. In con vention assemb ed, reaffirming their adhes ion to the declaration of principle adopted jy the Kcpublicuti National convention of l'2, reolv: That we demand their mediate and un conditional repeal of the purchasing clans of the act of C.mgre-s entitled "An act di recting the purchase of silver bullion and the issuing of treasury notes thereon," ap proved Jnlv 14, 1 We congratulate the country upon there rent prompt and patriotic action of the House of Representative, ami request th Senutor irotn Pennsylvania, to suport aim ilur legislation now pn-iding in th Senate. We tnvor the expansion of Ilia circulating medium of the country until tb same shall umount to lid per capita of our population, Mill approve the proposition to issue to na tional banks notes to tlie par valu of the bonds deposited to secure their circula tion. In this connection w repeat tlie following declaration ot the last Repunlican Nationnl Convention: "The Auiciicau ueop , from tradition ami Interest, favor t.) nietuiiisin, and th Hfpub licsn party detnaud th u of both gold and silver as standard money, with such restrictions anil under such provisions, to be determined by legislation, as will secure the maintenance of the parity of vnluea of th two metals so that the purchasing and debt paying power of a dollar, whether of ailver, gold or paper, Shall be at all times equal. T he ihteraits of the producers of the country, ita farmer and its workmen, demand that every dol 'ar, paper or coin, Issuod by the government 1-nll be as good a any other.' ' -- Further, we .leclsreljAJv -"'igatfins I ' mZ ' vtVw- iu w Id b i ....-arged iti 'money approved and current1' In all civi lised nations, and to mat enu mat a largely increased reserve of gold snould be gradual ly accumulated and maintained. Swiftly ii fMiti the heels of th success ol the Democratic party in 1H'J2 hat followed unprecedented national distress. A ruinous fall in the price of farm and other product ami maniilai tures;the closing of workshops, factories and mills; the reduction of tb wages of luhtir; the discharge of working men from employment; th cessation of railroad extension and diminution of traflia bankruptcy and the suspension of banks, are to dav the only monuments of its tri umph. The present condition of the coun try is mainly dus to the conviction that a vital attack will be made upon the Ameri can svstetn of protection. W reiterate the belief wu hive often 'expressed that th maintenance of sn adequate and atable system ol protective duties is essential to t tie well lieing of the Nation and the pros p rity of labor and catital and protest Hguiiiat any amenduientsto th Mckinley bill until it shall huva been fairly tested and judged by its practical operation. The heroic sacrilices and unfettering patri otism of the I'nion soldiers "and sailors in the great War of the Rebellion created a debt of gratitude that the Nation can never pav, and the Republican p.iriv, ever mind ful of their loyal service, and grateful for their heorisui, renews ita declaration ol friendship for the surviving veterans, and Us atlvocacy of hbernljpens.ons. and so fat as possible will not only contribute to theii comfort in their declining years, hut will hold in sacred memory their priceless ami distinguished services on th field of battle. The National Democratic Administration in the npointmetit of officer in charge of the Interior Department nt Washington, wh( are hostile to these surviving veterans, tie serves the condemnation of everv loyal cit izen in the Nation, and the Republican party of Pennsylvania emphatically d-. uouiices the act bv which the heroes of tin republic are being arbitrarily deprived ol their pensions as unworthy of the patriotic American people and us reflecting discredit upon the great Republic- made perpetual bj the loyal services of th I'llion toldiera an sudor. We demand the enactment and enforce ment of immigration law which shall etlectually prohibit the importation of ig norant and undesirable immigrants. Our intelligent workmen should not be obliged to compete with such luhor. We recommend thut the representation It) the Republican National Convention fot lrl'.H) be based upon the Kcpurtlicaii vat at tlie prcsidentnl election or 1;I2. ami thut tho Republicn National Committee in future State conventions shall be based upon the vote cast ut the presidential oi gubernatorial election immediately pre ceding, one delegate being allotted to each legislative district for every 2.0X) Republi can votos, and an additional dolegte tor a fraction exceeding 1.000 votes, each district to have at least on delegat-. We commend th action of tb last Leg islature in this State in setting anart from the revenue of the Commonwealth an additional cl.'KlO.OJU to defray tb coat .ol public schools, thus increasing th appro priation for thut purpose to fS.iVKI.OOu pel annum, and lelieving the burdcu of local taxation to that extent. This act again for cibly illustrates the integrity of the llepub liran party in redeeming ita pledga forth reduction of taxation. SKETCH OK THE CANDIDATES, a nrvir.w or the cakkkks or judoe n.tvit KCWMN FELL AND COL. SAM I' Kb M. JACKS0X. David Nbwi.ih Fxt, waa Jborn In Buck Ingham township. Rucks county.iu Novem ber 1810. His father was su( erintendent of the Rucks county schools and conducted his early education. H attended and graduated from the MllIervillHtateNorinal fcchool. In August, 1S(I2. immediately altar leaving school, lie enlisted in tb army, and rosa from th rank of iieuivnant to major or th On Hundred and Twenty-second l'tuusvlvanla Yoluntera. At tb clos of th war h studied lav In Philadelphia with bit brother, th 1st W. W. Fell, and was admitted to th bsr on March 17, On May 7. 1877. Ma). Fell was appointed by Gov, Hart ran ft to a vacancy on th bencn of th l'biladelphia Court ot Common pleas No. 2. Tlie same year he was elected with out opposition for th full term of 10 years, and in 187 was unanimously re-elected. Cor.. Hamitkl M. Ja rro was born on farm near Apollo, Armstrong comity, on September 24. 18.13. He attended for achil th Jacksonville academy, in Indian county, but wa nnabl to finish his course by rrasons of bis father's dsstb. H Joined th militia as drummer boy when 13 years of age. Subsequently he became a captain. When th war broke out b recruited Co. O. of the Kleventh 1'ennsylvania Reserve", of which h was chosen captain. On July 2 1X61, h was promoted to major, October 2S the same year ba wa made lieutenant colonel and on April 10, DM12, became colonel. He served for three years. At tb doe of th war Col. Jackson en gaged In th o'.l business in Venango coun ty, but subsequently returned to Armstrong couuty. In 1WI he was elected to the Lower llou- of tb legislature and in 1871 wa re-elected. Four years later he wa elected to th State Senate. In 1871 b became cashier of th AikiIIo Saving Rank and served as such until April.lMiJ, when h was mad collector of internal revenue for the Twenty-third district, and served until Jul 1. l&iV In September, 1885, b was chosen president of tb A poll Saving Rank, an time b still bold. LATER NEWS WAIFS. CATtTAL AND I.ASOR. tirorgo W. Chllds. of I'hiladelplila, la th printer's Idol no longer. For years he 'paid his printers on th "Ledger" A cents jr I. ooo ems more than the union rales. Last wee the price was cut down to the rat of th other offices. The WlRiara Clark thread mill of West erly, It. L, lias resumed operations in full after a shut down of a mouth. Th wnge of th shop employes of Die H T. Allis company, nt Millwatikee.have been cut 10, and those of the olllce men 20 per cent. The Rultimore ami Ohio Railroad Com pany has made a 10 er cent re diction of salaries of all employes receiving more than II. Vla month. The Falcon Iron Company at Nile, O., employing l.ooo men, resumed work. The Rogers Iiconiotive Co., 1'nterson, N. J., Saturday reduced the wnges of its 1.2JJ employes from 5 to 23 r cent. The Oliver Iron and Steel Co.. I'ittsburg. ra.. started two of its plant, the l'l-inch initial Soutli Tenth street ami- the Hains worth sfeel mill at Twenty-sixth street. These works are being only partially oper ated on single turn with non-union men. A few o'd workers went back, 1'ulicemoii were on guard U both mills. All the departments of the Homestead, I'a .plant of the Carnegie, Steel Company were put in o(ieratioti after an idleness of on week. Some of the mills were put on single turn, but most of them arc on double turn. The Rrnddock wire works were also slorted. No reduction In wages was offer ed. Mill No. 2. of the Nat'onal Rolling Mill, McKeesport, was also aturtcd. McKee, Fuller k Co., of Allcntown, I'a., have received an order for 0,000 box car for Cuba. Their mills ntJ.j:slpt wm starud up lo fill ctj orurr, gnting;. erjaoUiy-, raeiit to SOO men. Labor Day parade were bad Monday in New York, Hellaire, ()., St. Joweph, Mo.. Kansas City, Uultlmore.Topeka, Milwaukee and Omuliu. The tube works and the plate and skelp mills of the Riverside Iron Works ut lleu wood, W. Va., returned 0crntions after being idle since June l.r. They give em I loynient to 400 men. The rod mills at the Carnegie Conipuny's plant in Reaver Falls, I'a., resume I opera tion again after a two months' shut down, putting about 2nd men buck to work again. WASH I KOTO. The comparative statement of the receipts and expenditures of the I'nited stales shows a decrease in the item of ensiom for Au gust, w hich were (I OOXn.) less than were the payments under this hciil in July. The treasury department has resumed payment over its counters of pa- er money. or the pui-t ten days only gold bus been paid for treasury checks. The gold balance which by the heavy payments ha been reduced lo U7.0U0.000 will now be built up until the reserve of 100,ooo,tx)J become again intact. Mr. Cleveland on Saturday evening at tended tho theatre at Washington. He looked surprisingly well. There wit no hole in his cheek, not even a dimple. - s DISASTERS, ACCUIKNTH AMI fATAMTlfS, Three small children of A. C. jllair, of 1'etershiiui, Mass., were struck by llghtniiii; mid instantly killed. Jacob Clayborn, living about 12 miles from Null hex, Miss., fustcucd his three children in the house while he and his wife went ofT a short distance to fish. In their absence th children nccidently set lire to u lot of loose seed cotton. The house wu en tire')' consumed and tho children burned to death in the building. rOHKltlN. In css'ern Reniiul Hoods have inundated several towns, niaJe thousands homeless and ruined the rice crop.! A party of disbanded troops in Nicarugua captured the convoy of government fund to pay the regular troops. They killed all ot Ike escort, seized th money, IK'J.000 and Hed to Honduras. rtXAKCIAL AND C'OMMKUCIAU The following nutional bunks, which re cently suspended payment, Lav been per mitted to resume business: American of Nusliville; First, of Grundy Center, lu ; mid the First, of Hurrisonville, Mo. CIIOLKHA ADVICr Another death from cholera occurred In Hull. England. Sunday, and two lu Grims by, Scotland, Ther are four new cases in Rurllti. riKBH. At Depattw, Ind., nearly the whale of tb town business portion; lots, 140,000; partly Insured, Tb Death bwpi a Islands. Mayor i'ric of Fort Royal. S. C. an nounce that no live wer lost there during the storm, but thatth Bea Islands at a sceuu of death and desolation. OUR BALLOT LAW. FUSION AND ALLIANCE MAT HAVB SEPARATE COLUMNS. Only Political Pant Entitled to th Big Clrol For a Straight Tloket. Th Volar Must Hsv Clear Opportunity to Pesignat Hi Chcte of Candidates, and th Nam of All Who Bav Been Duly Nominated Muat B Printed est tb Fa cof tb Ballot. The Raker ballot seems to be as welt un derstood this year as it was last and I th subject of apparently endless controversy. Th trouble Just now is in regard to nlsc Ing of tb name ot th Fusion and Alliance candidates upon th official ticket, Som claim tbev will l printed In party columns if certified by nominating convention and some go so far the other way as to claim th names will not b printed at all, but mast b written in blank spac left for them. Ret ween the two are shades of opinion born of varying Imagination. Th Pittsburg "Commercial Gaxette," in order to set tne question at rest hail a num ber of lawyer and politicans. who ar thoroughly familiar with theoriglnal Raker art of 1WU ahd th amendments of 1803, nlervlewed. Ther is no disagreement among these. They say It I self evident from a rest! lug of the law that tbe lotion ists, not having pnlle l any vote at the las! county election must go npon tb official ballot by means of nomi nation pn-rs. Th Alliance candidate must goon th ticket in the same insurer. At the last I'ittsburg City election the Citi tens' Industrial Alliance po'led a sufficient number of vote to entitle it to a p'ty column by certificate t the next ctly elec tion, but that doe not emit: it to a party column on the ballot for the coming stale and county election In November Th Republican, Democratic and Prohibition parties may have partr column ant) a cross mirrk (X) In tlie largeiinl at the top of thes columns wl'l vote every nome in tha column, on the other hamitbe Fusionist and Alliance men must put a cross mark (X l In the square to the right of each c in dulge to be voted for. The changes made in the ballot law, which affect the appearance ol the ticket, are.fi rsf, thut all group are abolished uml single mark in the large circleat the top of a party ticket will vote the straight ticket; second, that the addresses of canttitlatesar omitted These are the only scilic rhanges that affect the appearance of th official ballot. In all other respects it should b printed the ssme a last pear. The change affecting parties is that which reduce th vote necessary to entitle such party to nominate by certificate and have a party column, from' 3 per rent to 2 per cent of the highest number of voles enst at tb bext preceding election. For nomination bv nomination papers the number of signa tures for state office must equal one-half of 1 per centum of the highest vote cast fot any cm lidaie at the Inst precediuv election and for the offices in any electoral division of the state, such as county, city, borough township, legislative, tenatorial. congress ional or Judicial district tlie signature must number as much us 2 atr cent of the high est entire vo cast in the last preceding election in Jsuch division or dirtnet. All nomination papers must specify th party or policy which ;th candidate represents, expressed in not more than three words. These words must not belli same nor simi lar to those used by any party entitled to nomination by certificate Any objection to a nomination on aocount of th party or political appellation shall be decided bj th court of common pleas on hearing. . Section 14 o,1 th metaled Ipw governs th printing of th ballots. Tbe first para graph says: "Th face of every ballot which shall be printed in accordance with the pro visions of this act shall contain the name of nil candidates whose nomination for any office specified in the ballot shall bave been duly made, except such as may bave died or withdrawn." This should set at rest tbe contention (bat namesof candidates bv nomination paprrs may not be printed. Tim act says on the lace of the ballot mti't tic ptinted the names of nil candidates whose nomination bav been duly made. The second section pro videsthat "the names of tho candidates of each political party, or body of el-ctors, shall be arranged tinder the title of th office for which they are noml.iated in pur ailel column with the parly or podtical ap pellation at the head of each column, and shall bo printed in the order, as nearly ns possible of the votes obtained in the suite at the la-t sute election by the parties or bodies which obtained the highest vote for the candidate nt the head of its column at such election." The luwof 1801 provided Hist candidates by nomination papers should be arranged alphabetically to the right of the party columns. This rovision is new omitted. The law of 1S01. however, used nearly the same langtiaue in arranging the candidates by certificate, of nomination a i now used (or arranging "all candidate " This amend ment was propo-ed by the Rallot Reform association for the purpos of grouping candidates bv nomination papers under their political appellations, in separa'e col umns, the more easily to determine their status when making nominations for sub sequent elections. They may not bav tb Urge circle for a straight ticket nt tho head of their column. The form of ballot recently sent out bv th secretary ot the commonwealth hud three party columns for the Republican, Demo cratic and Prohibition parties and a fourth column for writing nann- of persons not printed on the ballot. This was taken by some to indicate the const ruction of the new law by the secretary to be that only of tbe names of ttftliticul parties entitled to certificate of nomination should be printed This would be contrary to the language, of the lirst paragraph of section 14. which ex pressly coniniandsthe printing of the names of "ail candidates" whose "nomination has been duly made" either by certificate or by nomination paper. Tbe language of the second psrngraph dia tinguisliiiig between u "politics! purtv" and a "body of ele tors'" and in directing ar rangement of ti rimes "a nearly as possible" according to the vote obtnined at the pre ceding election and ''beginning with the Tarty or body which obtained tbe highest vote for the candidate at the head of its rol iitiiii at such election," is all construed to mean that candidates by nomination papers hall be given r-etmrate columns. In regard to the three parties entitled lo nominate br certificates, they can as easily be arranged by their vote as ihe party lor the first col umn may h designated. Sn tha "as nearly a possib'e" provision evidently refer to "bodies'1 having an Indefinite political landing. It is the opinion of nearly all those con versant with tha law of l&IH and 1H03 that the f itsionists and Alliance will be en'itled to "body" column on the official ballot or such oilier arrangement a shall in tbe language or th sixth parser.,.. iu four teenth section, "give lo each voter a clear onrortunlty to designate hi choice of can didate by a cross mark (X) In squar of snfflcient size at the right of th nam of each candidal and inside th lin Inclosing th column." Th same paragraph con tain wo provisos. First, that th voter tny designat hi choice of an entir gronn of presidential electors by one cross mark in larger square which shall be placed at th right of th surnames of th candidates for president and vie president at th head of snch group." such mark to b equivalent to a mark against every name in thegroup. Second. 'That voter nay designate bis choice of all th candidate of a political party by on cross In th circle above such column." Tb circl is thus anade to anoU only to "political par ie." ii; . designation are at! mH to spnii Candidate of any "political Pari Of elector. " .; TL. 1. . I..I. 1 k. , a iiw iiiikcii u iirrn ciesrer Ik I to the anangement of column. ..'I Iffill wa. Rut the omission 'ftli rl'l V . ""7" ""'news, lul date bv nomination paper in t,, ment of column ran nniv 1 '' mean ther shall b no dlstincii-.'"! Mnlltll-.l ..,!. llm.ll I. ' " 9 column. " KEYSTONE STATE COltf M0RB CASH TH AN' 13 REQCIK 1BIAIISKS MlOtHlsns; -) J ASOVT Tilt STATIC RANKS, HastnrRo Stat Treasurer Vt ha been Investigstin th bnVi state on bis own account and ffl nd a m. lory yet ecullar condition of alTain. ticipatlon of th existing strinrtnc! banks bave been swelling their caih J ar in excrss oi in reqnirenienti ... ....... n...T, .,,,,.. ...r uiBIlce th treasury, h says, will show a of over f S,0-0,000 ou September 1 fcni of this does not belong to the State. th Royer act three fourths of (be tJj property tax must be returned to the J ties, and when certain large approp-u-J to educational and charitable I rut -J bav been jssld the surplus will k J right. In 20 0 the stnt treasurer t; permitted to open letter on file in (artmetit stating a mm on (lr.i , Girard trust ccniiny's vuults in x phia to th credit of th state. pRot-Tii ij rAtrrri!. rjctoxTowji. With lb exceptinn , few isolated fields the corn crop of ht- u ill .. I . . I - I i r J win iiui us iiiurv limn iiii'i ine fi yield. Th mountain districts prri, fared a Jittl better than the farmsintbi Ian , but even from Henry Cay, WtJ and Stewart and the other mountain', ships t he rcxirts are enoou raging Tlii is perhaps severest along the valley be this place and Smitlilield. rotato-J buckwheat also hav suffered and v.. light yields. Tiir sgw Rrrt'M.ii-) STAtr ciiAin, llARKIStlt'RO. Judg fell, Cnl. JkJ and Chairman Packer bad a conV. and selected Col. R. F. Gilkcsoii, of J" county a chairman of the li. State Committee. John A. McDomiJ 1). Fettcrolf and Jere Rex will i secretaries. rrt.isnitn im a raiix rti:r. C'abmslk, The burn of Thntinu Ah' Rolling Springs was struck by nnd bunted and George I.u'z tho tr:,t: the farm, was burned to death. STANPtNU OF THE STATS' I I 0 t . w. f.. p. t.; w. l; York lit Knstnii.... 211 Johnstonrii Id Allcntown 10 i .tl. Srrnnfon II H 11 .tit.') Harrisb g is w Rl .rV. Altoona.. 1'c Hi i 14 ,!M Reading.. 4li Mi:. CoxrtAn Jacob, of Penn tc AVestmoreland county, while psihrirl Ciicuinbers. whs bilteu by either a niutl spider in the hand, she is old at.d 1 wound may prove fatal, CciiiHTrRrt'.-vtVAWi. b.eUvH.lo r..iijrJ tllig in Millie SrfCluileiJ spot near tlie ir-J ring road. ounterfeit doltnrs and luiN lam have been turning tip daily it 14 licllsvillc. . 1 Farmi:! s near Crcrfrn Tolnf. skiW lot much sih;, 'Ojiinii the thief t-m around a hog i-en alid kille-lit. Itoai Jugu.ir nnd must have vscuped fioiu k circus. TnAMr robbcil Jc sepli Covnc. n Coni-I ville cokeworm-r of f -Vl as he was pi get it cliunged into foreign r-iin li-cu'i to sailing home. Tun Malioningtown postofhVe nnd road stntiou were rilled hy robbers M1: night ami several hundred dollars no.".: goods taken. .1. J. Rnonra, proprie'or of the !! House ut Oirurd wu-i killed with It is 1 1 whi.e out driving ut 1-rio. bv beiiu r-'- by a train. Al.rr.ro Asiu.rv. editor of "Amc Imlutries," was killed nt Mt. tirc'iu lieavy polo, uprooted by the wind, M upon him. FtvBHcxnRr.n miners at Malion A ron near (ireenstnirg went out on i 1 ugainst a 10 per cent reduction in f Iti initl that Favotle county's corn rl will hardly be inoie than half the w:i now, owing to the continued droiitli. On Wednesday about 200 Slav left 1 nellsville for I ttrope. Tho will rt: when the coke trudu improves. John McPiiarland and Murk Kultna miners, near tireensburg were kilM t work by tailing slate. A 4-YKAit-oi.n daughter of Michael ki, of Krudenville, fell into a welt r4 night and was drowned. Jamks McGtxxts wns thrown fn'ffl : buggy livur Templcton and killed, MAS8ACRE OF klMIN PASUA lie and Hla Followers Slaughtered Revengeful Arabs and The tVoi - Devoured by Cannibals A dis utcli "from London say--A Swanii, a missionary ut L'iijl, coii!inn reiiort of the slaughter of the noted AI' explorer. I'.inin Pushu anil hi lim Nubian warrior, by revengeful Arabs With a baud of UUchoson men l- i"" traversing thu Ruanda country, ti" river thut Hows into the Cjngo, bunl the coast. The hostile bands follosrl nartv unlil thev bail them surroundi greatly stiierior numbers, w hen tluvt in on lb explorers. '1 he Arabs were led bv a man f'l stature, who, after dramatically uuio: "It is you, Kmln, who killed our leil'"" Victor Nvunza. and so I kill vou. cut Km iu's head with one sweep of sclnieler. His followers were then ni edand the warm and bloody bead' bodies turned over to tbe Maiiyeinii 1,1 ruunibalH, w ho devoured them, "' Arabs iluuted uud shouted with dfitiu- giee. A Civil bervlce Fension Bill In both senate and House nimuliuti"" bill will be intioduced granting bility pension to government empl.t(,1 tor 20 yeurs' houorabl service and V" J cotiipeiiKiition for Injuries received ' line of duty. Widows and minor cki! of employe killed while In theguveri:j service ar also to be pension-d. Tb Grand Army Encampment At Indianapolis the National G. A Encampment was opeusd Saturday M! tiaval veterans' parade, 40,000 vetersui in th grand paradu.
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