a i Twer- :rsr ilin :ar of I wr oft rest wo lm in t I of I ;p A , Tl It H, th. .hi an " XJD Kir Til few rr w c! .1 TICKINGS OF THE TELEGRAPH FOREIGN AND DCKKBTIC. - - - TOrat la ticnc On the World Over, ln.portant Eventa Briefly Chronicled. t'tanaierai itrrUrnt tat I aiallttr Mrs. .limes hilehead and Per daughter, wlu.t on a ciaim in t lie ( heriket rrip, Fan., were overtaken by a prarie lir. Tht moiler ;ml her daughter on pony to flee. Pefore Mrs. Whitehead could mount l i r r u horse the flames reached her and . tu burned to death. 1 he daughter ra-ca-ed. Two children tfi burned todeath in fire en Soho street. Pittsburg. Fa. They were Flit, aped it yearn, and llosn, aged 4 sears, daughters ( John Cannon. Sis men were horribly bi-ncd by mid arid steam at the Ashland, V,-ls, Sul bate Fiber Company's plant. Ib burned are: Joseph Heron. ( harles F.unlick, F. Velil. Jim b llmni r, S'cn. Perdick end 'teorge distance I lie recovery of at y of the Vic- lllll is dollhtf.ll. Fnginrer Peatilein. l'i rem an Aider ami Ptukenian Miiliigsn were killed and the lasi.es of i he two former completely con tinued in an ai i.lent on th Toledo, Ann Arbor ami N'o'tiir'n Michigan near Ham burg Mull , Thursday hgU, rime anil reaattle. At layton. Mo., the tr al wa tailed of Tram Nohbi rs I iitiioi k. Hay nnd Nobert eon, w bo held up the Frisco train near Lactic. Norertson pleaded not guilty and wa held under bond fiO.Ooo. Fintnxk and Nay entered pleas of g.tilly and were eai b sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. A terrible and filial battle with knives t mtii r red at irlando. Ark., bet ween Janet Trammel and a peacemaker, name tinktiown in which Irani inel'a wife beat to death the Wile f Doc T rammel. The victim pave prtmature birth to twins before dying. The screams of the woman attracteiia neighbor who in turn was attacked with a knife by the huiband ol the inurdcrtss, fur nitarOr irp. - a Mr. Unas, republican, of I 'entity Ivanui, ff ted in the house a bill providing thai no i.aion cl.iini heretofore ir lien-ufter nih d slm'I bt' ntinnlled. 'il4'i)ded or tot aii!e. ttn!r it i shown thai the pension waa ibtiiit;-d by fraud or perj iry. Uev. Mr. Ilnddnway, ihaplaln ft the ini nee f rt'ir'etilati . 'ted riinrday in rii tii;. he house adapted ami able reto lul.onj of rcipeit. - - I aetinl. I.atinr mm4 lnitnirlnl. At 4 'oiuinbii. "., between .' and ;") rtreet car emploNeTti the trei t i ur linra in Dial city Mruck Tm-adny inornins and not a wheel aturncd. T be rike wn canned by the ditcliaige of twoif the union men. .. - I tnanrlal anal f 'vniiiirrplnl. The I'UK'ft Sotind National Kank of Kv erelt. Waah., and the l irnt National Hank, t Klli'iittnrR, AVaah,, which clo-cd their tfoort rivetilly have teopened. . atrial. 1 l'.;i.n' lis ?. , na court In a abort opinion written by Juatirt J. I. Miope, de clare the weekly pay law paired by the laft flute legislature iuv.Mtnlltitiuual. - -llarellnaeona, Tlniidore Voit w ai piven iMdnya in jail, Cu e i f Jim and posts un I orJeicJ to 've a Iim?) bond not to ri pvat the ofTeti-e for ilinK a bo'tlc of beer nt l'.niioria Kut. Juil'i llnudolph, who iinpoMd tin1 si'titcm e la an villi iiutic l'rohiliti nit. Vot purd'ii mil r aked for. 1 l.i tu t of the l.tt Michigan I.t -lature r:ii.tt:i!H woir.cn to vote nt tuiitiii ipal tlerticiis litis been dtiiared iiniviiaiitiitionnl by t!'e Mate .i.pienitj ' onrt. The dead bodies o t he follow iti; addition al cMnaof 1 riduy'a wreck on the tirand 'Jr'.ink railroad at Hn't'.e t riek, Mich .have been idcntilied: lieorge Man -on, lissex, fnKinl; Kol.eit I inlay, llamiiton, "int.: a n:nn named Wend, l.oiiivi'.le Ky ; .1 S. Htnile. ii Miilor.riitleiui' unknown. Albert Alibink, al the St I .milt t'mb lloi p:tal. iaa 'fferini; from a d"cne vailed an i bv lototi:i:iu dodrtidiile the effn t of which to letiiier him h white as mnrhlc.liven bis torpi.e, c,uin and linger naila are devoid of ail color. Fl'VOND OUH UOlinKK!), Ktr.ile l.enoe'.vicc prekideni oftne Krench mi a e. is dead. Senator l.enoel was born in IrJ" and entered (Kiltlics before he was X,. He was elected to the senate in IH70, I ubliu i snfferinn f rotn such n drouth that the great breweries and d.ttilieriei have t ii forced toclo down. TH11 I'HOPHU M.fcTIN. l aiorolile lor Wheal in I'ennsyl van ia Ohio ami West iikiiuh. TTie October i top bulletin isud at AVa-h ii.ctoii contains the following fiuiu tu!c aeenta rp ctiiii; their loralities: I eiinsy Iviuiia-Hualil v of wheat "fair " rM alioi.l the same uud otx ' eicelleiit." I.nr.ev, a pool yield of inferior ipialily. Inli potiitoea latliei scarce, but of truod sua ami rry pmil ipmlity. I.nte tobaeci has lt'U beiirtiled liKliti.V by the lull railia. Wet ' i rn hi ia In yield and ipiaiity wheat, rye me I oats are all verv Kood. Averau toiiitiui.n ol buck n heal rathei I'Oor. owinu lo tl. e eitreiuu Otolith at litne of sowitij;. In i.iol caaea it Neenia to have tilled very well, but the straw i no li..n tlml in many places it w ill be ditbeiili or impossible to nave the rrcp. I he heuvy Ktorm ol August :'"i blew down corn all over Die state, damaging both torn and fodder to a itreat extent. Ohio Wheat rrop a. I that could be ei iwcied. both in nuality and iiiantity. lie liirtx from threshing indicate it crop ahovo iverae in bushels per acre. I'onpled w ith this is a lipht acieaire. Barley was ilauiaved by rams. Corn light and miicli will not ha 'lasted as merchantable. I'otnioes Mte lit tle, if any. more tliau a half crop In many localities the late pUnted were a total (ail ere. and in no place is lull crop found. To tceo not lioused prior to the 'J Kb of Shi -Itmber was ilaniaKml sume bv the local frosts. Horsham lias declined ." per rem. in te and the product of inar and syrup in fnl or even ttrettur proportion since IHku The maple iudiiiire has ;rou uud an important one in munv counties. - IfT. I'M A Ml II (AKTiiR, Ugcd K". )'art, f Norfolk, Va , who had during hit life time Detn married eight timet and who wai H. father of :t i htidieii, died Monday ingbl. All of llit children tie living. orn CRACK WARH1P- Tbt Oreton. the Most Powerful Vessel In the American Nary la I.tunehad. Miortly liefore lioon the battleship Oregon first Tes-el of her clan cotitructed on the I'aritic slope, wat laiindied from the wayt at tht I'nion Iron Work. San Francisco, in the presence of one of the ftreatet crowdt of i-eoplc that ever atsembltd there to wit- nets a similar event. T be la. mi h was entirely succeasfuj, and the new battleship now lies in a little lagoon in front ol the 1 iiion iron works awaiting her completion, which will be pushed as rapidly as toshle. Ihe ttrefTon is what Is technically known as n aea-ftomr coast line battleship, anil it the most powerf il ship in the I'nited States Navy. Her dimensiona are: I njrth overall, Ms teet; ..1 aier line. Hid feet; breadth. Rt fret : incht. draught. l!4 feet; displace nieiit.ln. jT's ton: maximum horse power (KJ. she will bavea maxtniiini speed of ltl.J knots and will carry a crew ot 400 men. HcrcoM, exclusive of armament, itll.ono,- JUIV T he armament consists of four I.T-inch. eii:ht f inch and four Odnch breech loadine; ri ties: also a lerondary battery of one Im pounder and i t 1 m. under rapid liriiiK (tutu, two gstliiig e..iis and six torpedo tubes. The 1 l inen and H inch guns art mounted In turrets. The Oregon armor l verv beavy. There Is a belt of Heel from ;t feet abort the load water line to li feet l-elow it. extending l!sS feet amidshipa. protecting the einines and boilers. AlMive thit belt it another, rive Inches thick extending to the main dock. From ihe ends ot the IH inch belt, to tht extremities of the ship iaa protectirt dtck three ttii'be thick, ami another armored deck '.'J inches thick. T he turrets for the IS-inch puns art in two pans, under a redoubt 17 inches thick, and aliove tins is an inclined armor of tht tame linckiiets. Ihe X inch turrets are imilarlr built with inclined armor vary itiK from Si to i. inches in thickness. There is tilrn a complete system of coal protection, cellular, sub division and gun shields.t'nder Iheengines mid lioilers are four bottoms and dm. tile bottoms elewhere. 'Ihe coal capacity iittbe designed drautht ia 400 tons but the b'inl r capacity is I, mil tons. a BALUTJ-DTHE WHO NO FI.AO. Commodore Stanton Deposed 'for He ccgnu r.g Icturgents 'Ihe navy iepirt ment al W'avliing'oii learned by ni)!t;o:.ly on Wednesday by tt egram from Hear-Admiral Stanton. in com mand of the I.nited Staie naval forces nt llio de Janeiro, thit this ollicerhad nluted the f'ag of Admiral Mello coinniandini; the insurgent tleet. This salute wasunanthorie I by any iiilrucii.itis the Admiral had re -e ve I. It was an unfriend ly act toward a fr.cndly nwer and the ec- returj of the navy, after i lilting with the president and secretary of s'nte. issued an onb r detie hint-.'.dm. rai Stanton from cominiiud of ,.s s.(ti.iiiron nod turiiiin,' it over lo i apt. I'lCrin, the next otlicer in rank. I'hia was ,n t ply to a telegram of in iuity. ommoilore Stni.toii' reco'd as a naval oflircr is mii exiei.ent one. Corn in Sx Harbor. N. . . . I . i i y J. s:;(, he entered t he navy us acting tnnish.pniaii in l4'i. tinJu lv. Iiij, he was om missioned Lieutenant I oiiiin.-iii.ler. I'nor tothe war lie bad serv ed on the ieamer Memphis, on the Para guay expedition, and hud also ni'dc cruises to Hie African roast and veith the I'acitic sipnidrori. He sn placed in churge of tht atcatner lioga in ihe special West India ex liedition ul iMi.'-ii.'t ami in Iik; t;. com manded Ihe steamer I'anolaon the Westert. gulf blockading Miiiidi-on, pol l ions of great nsyntisibility. I roiu I ri to 171, when he was transferred to the Atlantic, ( vi mo ur anton c. inniande i the teceiving ship at 1'oV. mouth N. M and the steamer Menu; mcI on the Atlantic station. In November, ISM, he went on Unty at the Navul Asylum at iTiiladelpliiii, w licre he remained until November. lHsi. when he wat assigned to the command of ti e i t uu Irigale leutics se. I a:diip of the Nor.li Atlaniic Sintiou. lie ws assigned to duty us coin Hlituder in chief of the South Atlantic station, short:; aftei the. t ..ii.iuh.aii naval review of lal Sprinu'. Naval i.llli era vv 1-. k'nw i'miiiiiiiiIok Stanton u.e i.i t ly al a loss to utnleistant how hi' came in make sncti a senoui mis take, if such it can be called. - aaa HOPKH 1'OH B1UUHT UUSINGSS The Promise of the Early Passage of tht bilver Hepeal Dill Injects Fresh l-.ife Into Trade. I!, ii. Pun iV. ai'o.'a Weekly lli-view d l'rade says: Port is in sight after a long and tto' ny voyage, and the prospect of a speedy end of the struggle over silver repeal has brought bright hopes to business. Stocks climbed rapidly lor three ('ays, banks relaxed re straint!, commercial loans are more freely sou-lit and made, and teports from all quar ters show the prevalence of a more liopeluk feeling. This of itself tends to product soma revival of consumption and of industry, whi'di, nevertheless, lias made bui moder ate progress as yet. It is still too soon to expect much effort in trade and mauufactuie, und tlioiijjli mone tary obstacles are to a large extent removed, there still remain other legislative ucst.ons s Inch cieatH uiiceriuiiity. A fact of real eiicoiiraetnent is that rails nav eutnings I or the third week of k'tober how' increase of H Jierceiit. over lltl year, the liit increase lor a Jong time Notwiihl standing the large rules, tne markets con tinued unusually strong. As yet tlier.' i seen only n coiititiuance of the faint and slow increase in distribution of products Ml. n il has bei u iiot.ie.l tor somewieks Nor does i veil ibis gradual revival in ili inand extend to ail branches The New York biiuUs still accumtt.ato money, and commercial lotus are more largely iiske.l mid obtained. This enables merchants to take goods out of bond and tuny increase customs riveipts, which have i.niounlcd in :'' duvs of October to 1 1 '.'.". "'M. auiust ii,'Jiiii,.i,V.i for the full inonili lii-t year. Apparently the month's de crease will be atioitt J per cent. Internal revenue has been lulter maintained lit the same lime. 111. uVJ,.i.'S. against ll..")J,s!i lor the lull moutli last year. The number uud niauitudt of failures derri used los than ha i i.ei'ii expected, the 1 a In I ii lea in three weeks of October a mount iuir to tl".i7J ttju. against about t7.uuu.iail f r the same weeks Inst year. 'Thit wesk iheni have been H.c lailuies in the I'nited Sia e , icaiiist 187 last year, and 4t in t an adu against J1 1 last year. THE LI Ml TtlD WHtlCKED, Ont Passe igtr Hurt and Four Tramps Killtd. The second section ot the (Tiicag i Limit td. bound l'.al ran into a freight train nea Trenton, N. J. Tht freight hail Jumped tht westbound track almost directly in front of tht Dyer and belore tht latter could be stopped the collision oocured. laniel Manoney, the engineer, and Henry Mat thews, lireman of the Limited, wtrt badly injured. Four deed tramps were hauled nut from beneath tht I'rtlght cars. Twenty or twenty-five tramps, it is said, were on th freight train and mora bodiet may bt dis covered. No passengera weit hurt. A cHaNOi la tht channel of Hit Missouri Hlver hat compelled twenty fa ml Una In East Atchison, Mo., to abandon Uiejr homos. THE MAYOR MURDERED. CARTER HARRISON, OFCHICAQO -4- Shot in His Home. Crlmt of a Crank A Disappointtd Applicant for Office tht Atstatin. - f'o:ti a 11 vrsisos, world's fair mayor ol Chicago, lies dead in his palatial bomt In that city killtd by an assassin's bullet Just ts the great exposition, In which he look tc much pride, wit doting. Ha wat killed by disappointed applicant for office. At 7:15 Saturday even ng a map. ran np the steps of Slayor Harnson't residence, 211 Mould Ashland boulevard and rang the bell. A woman servant answered the bell, and the man asked for Mr. Harrison, She said tht would call him. Flit passed back through Hit hall leaving tht outside diHir open. A moment later Mr Harrison stepped from the parlor Into Hit hall. In an Instant the man had drawn a revolver and f 1 red. Ihe shot entering tht ad dotnen Just above the navel. Two more shots rang out, tht lirsl entered Mr. Harri son's body just under tht lett arm sud pen etrated the heart. When thelirl shot was fired Mr.llarrison had started Inward the door and waswithlt a few feet of his assassin when the second shot struck him. He was so close when the bullet left the gun that the leaden m s-lit hat'eted on tht knuckles of Hit left hand and the powder hurtled the llesh. A fieri he last shot was fired tht mavot stepied Inlo tht parlor and started towards thediiiing room. He had taken but a few ste, however, when he fell inlo the but ler's arms. The servant led him to the real of the house. His son, Preston Harrison, who was upstairs at the time of tht shooting, ran down and was at Ins father's sidt In an In stant. Mr. Harr son said: "1 am shot, Preston, and cannot live." The assassin was soon caught and gave his name at Patrick Ktigene Prttidergast. He i- probably insane. He was employed as newsboy for the evening W and o. e., i and lives at H Jane street with bis mother and brother John. When asked whv he killed he niavor. be replied; !caue my consciem: sodlctaled I le i-romtsed to make tue coi tHiration coun sel, but kept putting me oft afier he lound cut Hint I was in fuvor of elevating the railroad tracks. Harrison stands in with the lailrnnils, and 1 nmsidered it to be my duly to remove bint before auv more people were slntigbteied by tnu railroads." Mayor Harrison was conscious to the last. His death occurred I.S minutes alter tlio shois were lired His last words were fare well to Ins children and a nieasaire to Misa Annie Howard, the young ladv who was to have been Ins bride on November lrt. At ni'dnight the popi-e removed Prender gM over on the North Side to the country jail under a heavy guard. Miss Howard was m thelinustat thelime the fatal shot was Hied. In accordance with the wounded man's request the was at once summoned lo hit s.de and was present when the end cHine. When it became evi dent that Mr Harrison c;m!d not survive bis injuries and could not live but a few min utes at most. Miss Howaid's grief was piti able She wssconiplelelv overcome and was le t away by Ir ei ds who feaied for the effect upon her oi her grief. She was taki n in atosed carriage to the home of Carter H. Harrison, Jr .w here, she siient the night. Thj.onesiioti of .M .i unison's m;"i.jo to the mayoralty is in some doubt although accntding to the law the corporation coun sel will undoubtedly take charge for the preen. Kurly Sunday morning a coroner's Jury was summoned and an inquest held at the Harrison res denco. The jury found that death resulted from shock mid hemorrhage catt-ed Ironi bullets bred liom a revolver in the hands of Patrick Kiigcne Prendergsst. The verdict tecum mend. d thai J'rciidergasl be heM for mutder. During the inquest IVputv Coroner Kel ler asked Prelidi-rgatt if a bu liad a slute iceni to make, but the prisoaer relueed to -peak. n. n ol II l ALU n. CsmihIIkmiv HviuttsoN was lmrn in Pavette county. Ken'tickr. February la, lS-", pin nated nt ale in "v4, lead law, engaged iu farm:nir. traveled lor two ycara in loteign cii es, and after reieiving his d'-gree I'om 1 ransvl vania law ho u. Lex ington. K v.. settled iu Chicago, where lit engaged in real estate. After the great lire of js. l be served as county commissioner f.i- three years. lie: inning fiem n second Kuropcan Jour ney in l74, he was elected to congress as a Democrat by so cloe a vote that his com petitor, who had defeated hi in in the pre ceding iontet gave notice of a contest, lis was re elected and in livVtt was chosen ixayot ol Chicago, which ollice he lilted for lour terms. Ho left the office to take a trip around Hie world accompanied by his two sons, 1,111 as soon as he returned I e again began to dabble in polities and in lxiil ran for mayor as an independent agamsi Dt Witt C. Creiger, the regular Democratic nominee, who was standing lor ra-elfciiomnd Hempstead Washburne, Re publican. T be three cornered tight resulted in I tie election of Washburne. Again lie ir.i d for Ihe mayoralty thisyear, his great ntiibiuoii being to be the world's fair mayor. In preparation for the cam paign be purchased tho 1 lncao Timet and backed by this journal and the iiiacnmery, secured Hie nomination. Sam W.AIIenon, a respectable real est a' o dealer, was rut up as the citizen a candidate, but Harrison was triumphantly eleited by u majority oi nearly 6u,uoo. l ast summer his engagement to Miss Annie Howard, u wealthy New Orleant belle, belonging to a prominent southern family, was announced aud their wedding day bad just been lixod. Mie is the daughter of the late Charles Howard, one of the organizers of the Lou isiana lottery, lie died a few years ago, leaving Miss Annie over $4,(MKi,00U. She wat born at ltiloxi, a watering place iu Missis sippi, toward the close of the civil war. bhe received a careful education al her father a home on the Hudson, has traveled exten sively, and it an altogether charming, cul tured and attractive young woman. sue nas given over I .WM.twu to charltv. Through Mrs. Harrison, Jr., who was girlhood Irieud she lirst met Mr. Harrison, and last spring shortly after the fair opened she was wooed and won by his hi nor. and accepted. The wedding was to have taken place in New Orleans, and would have been imeof the most brilliant affairs ever held in the south. All arrangements had beeu made to takt t large party of political and personal friends south by a special train and return after the ceremony. An extended wedding (rip had been planned. thr Mt RtiSRta raoMrri Y isdii ikii. Patrick Kugeue Prtndergasl's indictment for the murder of MayorCarttr H. Harrison aturday evening followed quickly after his crime. Police Inspector Shea was call ed into the (fraud Jury txim at Chicago, shortly before noon Monday. He testihed briefly to the circum st snces in the cae and the (iraud Jury promptly returned a true bill against Pat rick Kuneiie I'rendergast for murder. A Kr.TTi.s (VdslO Chinese merchant has tpplied for naturalisation. The Six Co-n-okiiies Intend lo bring the. matter belore the Colt jd btatet Uuvreiue Court LATUM ) svAira. rises. Tht Chtetaiiqiia lake let Conpaay'a bnllding, titending from Twelfth ttrttt to TTilrteenlh street, and from Tike street to Mulberry alley, Pittsburg, Pa., was de stroyed by fire. The great tiructurt wat wrtcktd and warned, and wts prtctictlly etttn up by tht fames. Tht 1'itttburg Storage Cempsny, a ttnant of tba lit com pany's building, suffered severely by the fire. In the rare of the Storage Company were valuable goods stored there for ttfety by Individuals and merchants in the city. The fire was the largrst and most stubborn thtt has visited Pittsburg within many years. Tht lirt caused a loss of over ir00, ). . . . amis a n rssAtnss. Taylor, tht murderer of tht Mullint ftm dy, was hsngsil at Moiton, Va. He preach td his own funeral ssrmon, according to progrt mme. Six members of the Dalion gang rode up !o the store of (itorge Hall at Cushing.O.T., while the store was lull of (eople and Mmielled the proprietor to handover some l.srt Tb'er farm liandjou of work made a lespera'e attempt Saturday to rob the Citi rens Hunk at London. N. D. They seized a few dollars on the counter and fired at the tashier, but the latter drove the gang out jf the bank w :lh a revolver, shot and kill ed one of them. 'I he others escspel in a buggy. Monday afternoou in New Yotk City, a irazy man, emulating the example of tht ma n who on Satttiday night shot down and killed Mayor Harrison, oft hicago, lired two fhots from a six-barreled revolver Into the stornai li of a man whom lie.in his insanity, imagined had itotie him a wrong. Tht man wbownsshot was Frederick Matthews The man who did the snooting Is said to be named Thomus Hiad'ey. Matthews ia miierintendent of coin: ruction of the new Postal te cgraph b. i. hling ,at Murray street and Itroadway. a lUslsTI'M, i III'! Sl AMI rs rst irtrs. In a boiler ex illusion in Itooue loH'ily.W. Vs., James Huffman, engineer, ami I harles McI ur nioii were instautiy killed and Charles Harker was la'aliy hurt. -roKru.v. T be State I nnetal of M.i.oi.tiod. the com- icser, oci'iured in I'ar.s on Friday. A monument will be erected lo his memory. A terrible disaster is reported from Heme land, a port in the i.u.f of (to lin a, V)J miles north of Siockholni. T he Norwegian bark Norsjernen i.in into a small boat and auk it, dvown ng t-n je -o us. Ccti. Matgailo, commander-in-chief ot the Spanish troops at Me, ilia, w as shot dead Saturday w bile leading a sortie against the Itiftlans. Seventy of his men were killed and 1J.' others were wounded. i m.im siivr. I he ceorgia House of representatives passed a bill prohibiting the sale of cigarets in tlieSlulc. CAriTVI. AMI I.ASOR. Tho 1'arniitn cotton mills at Lancaster Pa., employing l.'-'UO hands, will run only on alternate weeks until trader improves. The railway strike at St. Paul has failed, owing to the fact that there were ",00 Idle men lit the city. - a - lo; V;V. Fx Judge William McKeniian of the I'nited States circuit court: but for several years on the retired list, died nt the resi dence of h's soil-in-. aw, Pittsburg, !'a. His death was devoid of any signs of suffer ing, and he pasted quietly and peacefully away. -a- .- v:s. ri I. a tors. At Hrutiswii k, (.a., one white man and live negroes were stricken with yellow fevet on Friday, the smallest total for any day since the epidemic got under headway. Two white patients died Rersie Firth and llelda Paulsen. A MEMORIAL, DAY AT THE FAIR. On Account of the Trsgedy the Colum bian Exposition Was Cloaed Monday Without the Intended Demonstrations. There was nothing of gladness and con gratulation iu the bite City at its official closing on Monday. It was to have been Colunilitis Day and the I 'i position was to have gone out of olricial existence in a Maze of pyrotechnic glory by day and night Rut it was not so. T rie tiuiteaii of the World's Pair city had changed every plau which could be construed into otllcial re juicing and everything was subdued, be cause id the great affliction which had come upon the host of the world t hicago. Mouiiay in reality will be known in the annuls o I hicago history as "Mayor Harri son s Memorial Day." The program of closing ceremonies, which were to have been held in the Festival Hall were turned lino a memorial meeting Prayer was offered bv llev. John Henry llurrows ami Pies deiil Palmer made a formal ant iiicement of the closing and an xplaiuitiuii of the grievous reason for abandoning the original program. I he act ot Congre-s directed that the F.lK)sitjnu close October IU). The reception in honor of the Hoard of Lady Managers to have been given by the National Commissioners, in the New ' York building. Monday evening, was postponed indehiiitelv on account ol the tratredy. All the festivities arranged lor Die closing ceremonies were omittted, with the excep tion of the tiring of an appropriate salute and the lowering of the I'nited States flag at sunset. The ll igs ,,lon buildings within the grounds were al I alf-mtsl until the closing of the ex position. The Midway Piaisance has ceased to ex ist as part of the Fair, Director (ieneral Daris having made an order doting the doors ol every attraction. The paid admissions Monday were 'JuA, 1711. I he attendance bv months has been; May, l.U.V),u ;7; June. 2.67.V1I.1; July. ' 7rtU, JU; August. :t,.'-'i,'Jivi: September. 4,'iM.KiH; October tup to date), ii,tWJ, !."; grand total, '.'1,47'J JGtl. TUB HklPBlAI. BILL PASSED. .Tho Great Bilver Etrugglt Ended in tht Senttt. Ti e F. M. St nait on Monday evening a! 7. 1!U o'c'ock passed the Vourhees bill for the repeal ot the purchasing clause of the Sher man act by a vote of CI yeas lo il.' nays. There was no exultation or excitement in the Senate over the passage of the' Voorhees bill repealing the silver purchasing clause of the bhermau ikM, but thwra was a fueling of rvliefon both solstitial lu end of the struggle had been reached. Soon ts tht volt was aiinounceilMr. Voor hees m ad t motion to adjourn and the Senate at 7:"u p m. ail.ounitd until to morrow at liuuu. filTRASESSION OF CONGRESS stxTt-tioM'Ttr rT. PsssTt The dilatory debatt on the silver reveal bill wascontinued and after a bntf lesaion the Senttt look another recess until -morrow. Hnrss In the House tfter some routine outinesa, the debate on the bankrnpiry bill was resumed and Ihe house adjourned without tlnal act ! on on It. SIXTY-RISrM) I'SV. 8rsATt The Senate to day relapsed Into 'rs usual drowsy, semi-corn at ore condition, 'enator Jones, of Nevada, finished bis retl 'y able arguinent for silver. He is arknow edged to be the best informed statesman )n that question in the world and his leech in the Senate. while it spread over cans of rive days, was listened to as no nber effort on 'that sidt of the question baa lee a. Senator Stewart continued bit re marks sad was followed by other, after hich tlie Sena'e went Into executive sta tion and later look a recess until II o'clock fl-morrow in or nine. Hot sr. I be dehste on tht bankruptcy sill was conl miied in tht house to day. Mr. ooinbs, Denux-rat. of New York advocated tud Mr. Lane. Democrat of lilin0it, aud Mr. K I Igire. Democrat, of Texas, opposed bt measure. T he house adjourn td with ut final action. svriTiTa hav. SrvurTlie Senate spent nearly seven bouts in session to-dav. b"t did not reach the end of the legislative day of Tuesday, Hctober lit. AiniO'ttbe whole time wat :onsumed in discussing the silver piirchsse repeal bill. 1 he House bill authorizing Hie Must ruction of a bridge across the Hudson river between New York and New Jersey, was i.rttd from the committee on Coin sir res and pared on the calendar. The raencv Del'.r encv appropriation bill was reported back fro u Ihe Committee on A Im propriations and ordered printed At .Y4' 'he senate look a recess until 11 o'clock town-row. Hoi T he bankruptcy bill was again the prim pal feature of the proceedings in tfce llo ise to- ay. hut no action was had w hen adjournment came. in i i v-1 insr i v. SrsATr Voting on the amemlment to the repeal bill baa ai last begun. 1 be Pellet tree coinage amendment, the pending one, was laid lo rest by a vote ol to H. I poti motion of Senator NiHirbees. the substitute reported bv the majority of the Committee on I- liiaiue was adopted instead of what is known as the Wilson bill, or House bill. No. I, by a vote of. 'it ton. which, ol course, was a meie formality. I he amendment of Perkinsof California orov dmir. for the free coinage of the American silver product and ihe retirement of the smaller denomina tions of paper currency, was then taken up and short sieeciies were made bv While, Alien aud Teller and Wolcott had risen to say a few words, when it was thought best si .i V) to tnkea teres nul l II o'clock to morrow when Wolcott will have the floor. Hoi sr. Mr. Wcadock. Democrat, ol introducing u memorial Iron' Henry i oiimsns, a n.eintier or the l nt v -scoml Congress Irom the Fighth Michigan it'strict snd a candidate lor ic election, praying that the bouse invest ignte the circumstances alien ling the election of the present repre sentative 1 10m t tin' district. The memor ial alleged that the e.eclioti was "trough! sbotn by the maciiiiiatiotia of the American Protertuiit A-s. iciali in, 'a politico -el, iious nrgaiiiatioti iiiMn Ingati nnd other Western States, and went on to a-raign the society in very severe terms. A healed discussion lollowcd, bnt without die.ing the matter the house ut 'J p. m. adjourned until Mou iiay. sn INTV-Sl i OMl i vv. Si sai'f. N oting on the various amend ments to the silver repeal lull was carried on to-day. aud one after the other were re jected, making it apparent that the tit jo--uy bad detero-ined to vote down any and ail aiiicndinen's to the bill. All the amend ments were voted upon except that of Sen stor Harris, who concluded he would not press it. for a vote. On the other amend ments the majority against them stood just about the same as the Vote on previous amendments, the vote iu their favor rang ing from -J to while the vote against them ranged from 4U to 4J. 'The last vote taken was upon one of Senator Coffer's siiiendmcnis. after which the committee amendment lo the bill was voted upon iu senate and an adjournment was bad leav ing Ihe amended bill the regular order for filial action. Hot at.. Not i;i session. siv MV-iiiiiin nsv. "rs.vi r. Debate and voting on the repeat bill Hinendnieii's w as cotitiu ueil nil day, all of which amendments weie rejected At 7 .'HI p. in. lite senate liuallv passed ihe un conditional silver repeal bill iy a majority of 1 1, and i lien ad, out ned for the day. Hoi s Hunter. Democrat, oi' Illinois. Introduced in the House a isolirioti, which was adopted, expressing the sonow of the House at the violent death of Mayor Cartel Hai'r;oii. of Chicago. Mr. Moise, liepubli tan of Massachusetts. ,n l bis . onnrctioti vailed attention to the fact that l lie assassin was probub'y a foreigner and poss.biy in sane when he landed in this l OJiitry. He though' I he occurrence of such a tingedy showed the necessity of enforcing luote rig orously the laws cic'nding insane. palip r and Id ot alieus and lor the a-iiHctmeul of nure scinreit laas for thocrntrol ot these dangerous classes Hint are now cm ployed iu th s country. Mr. Oates. Demo crat of Alabama. called up b s biil lo amend the liatmal utioii lais. which wem ovet without action. I he bankruptcy bi 1 wus debated until the Home adjourned. A UIO RTKAMSU1P WRECKED. The City ol New York Htruok the Rocks at Point Bonita. T he Pacific Mail steamship City of New Yor. which sailed from San Francisco, T nits lay afternoon, went on the rocks at 1' lint llutiiirt iu a dense fug. She will ,.iola lv be a total wreck. Point I'.oiiila is .it il eut auct of tun tiolden tiate on the nor h. io ide. T ie l ity of New York sailed at 3; Ml in the at icr noon on her Voyage to '. lima and .luiau. About .'i o'cluo the booming ot her cannon could lie heard, and distress signal rockets cou'U be seen as they buist aoove ihe log. Soon every tug in ihe bay wus lac.ng lor Point ISouliu. on arriving there it was loutnl that the steamer was hard aud last on the rock', having gone on them under e lull bead of sU-ain, The ves sel iinisi have got close in shore us she was pass ng out, and the tide carrying her out Lf her course thri w li ton ihe rocks and turned Hie magniln-vni ship into u wreck. 'I belt is eight, feet of water in her hold and the lugs cannot move her. All ihe passen gers have beeu taken off and safely lauded. I he luoal ol the i argo will be a total loss, I'ttimntes place Ihe value of the vessel and ner cargo al over f 'llxi.tsju. The vessel car ' ted no inturance. 1 a Women Cannot Vote In New York. At Syracuse, X. Y JnsiceP. C. Williame handed down hit decision in tbu nutter of women'e right to regitter and vott for school cnmmisMoneis. He decided that tht act of 1MJ2 which gave her the right to rote la unconstitutional; that the office of school t wimissioner is elecliveand not appointive, snd therefort not within the rule of the -.ontiitutlon. I'pon this decision an order wts entered lo remove the names of fe inales from the registry lists. Fntlre f'amlliea Dit. A dispatch from Harllord City. Ind..tsys. Typhoid faver is creating awful havoc in .his section of tht Stste. It is more deadly than smsllpox. In several instance! en tire families hsvt been annihilated. The eatu rate it ftigblful. 'Jbt sthoolt foi uiilts around art ilottd. TROMINENT PEOPLE. J Jn aa Taast. perhaps, has strtiM s.. ' by hie pen than any other living author. A. J. Patin.. Ja.. eon rd the late mlllioR. sire banker, has withdrawn from thethiw banking firms with which bit fath.r !. IdentlflHd. H OiosotW. Wraxw. for twenty-five secretary or charge d'affaires of the I nilM Stales legatlona at Rome. Madrid tad 7 Petersburg, has returned to this country. J. A. Dtniatt, the founder of the KaixVts ft Honor, and for many years one of ths leading i.frlfers of the Order, died smhlsnlt of a hemorrhage, at his home in Louitvllit, Ry. MisaHat.Ms: Rsru. who was recently c. Gained a deaenneet by PKbop Ntebo's In sit Stephen a Protestant Fplseopal Church. FraniMaco, Is Ihe first lady to reeelve' thai order In California. Kisatob Htswamt. of Nevada. Is the lnrt est consumer of colTee in the Senate. WhJ, he Is nnder full headway on one of his thirtt day addressee he absorbs ttireeeups an bnt,f black as your hat and strong enough to fiosi an egg. " Var Duke of Tork fins become a tenant farmer upon the estate of his father, tb. Prince of Wales, and. according to Pres'iiiaM Shaw, of the Cheshire Agricultural Society Ihe first thing Ihe Duk did aflertaklng pril aesslon was to ask for a reduction of rent to as lo keep in touch with his fellow sirril eulturisls. 8 Fatrsana William, of rterrjiany. reeeBtlf od veiled in Hnriien a statu lo 'his grs. father. In bis address at the liampiet ha claimed that to his grandfather alone was due the present condition of tJernian ui.it, that whllo others assisted him most ably i u, initiative nd suci.-esslul aoeompiisbmvt rettrsl with him. Aai antsnor Itrnwoon, of New Zealsnd. is an accomplished aud enthuaiaatbi vlolltiiat He eurrlet with him on bit travels an v violin of celebrated make, and during a visit to Baltimore, recently, took t his highly prlrH Instrument from its easn lo entertain Car dinal (llbbons with "Home, Hweet Hon,'' and other melodies. Children Ptrlah in Prairie Fires. Prairie llres have been committing grrti havoc in the Winnipeg (Man.) district f..r the past few days. Many farmers havt Imi thtir crops. Two children, ton and dsuch ter of a farmer named Watson, w-a caught by tht flames while following thtir brother plowing in a field and burned lo death MAHKfcTS. riTrsiu no. Till! wuoi roi.r. l'l:li I s Aki: uvrx HRI.OW. OHM, HOI H s Nil I II II. WHP.AT-No. t lied $ til! rV$ $ No. - Hid lit (1I!N No. J Yellow car... 4t! High Mixed ear 41 No. J Yellow Shelled 4' Sliellisl Mixed 41 OATS No. I White a. No. J White HI No. II White X Mixed .'f.' IIYK-No. 1 :i( No. ' Western. New "s! FLOP KFancy winter pal 4 4 h aiiey Spring" patents 4 '.'" 4 Fancy Straight winter.. .. .-t .VI .'I X.W' Makers am It Nye r lour 3 'J Ituck beiit Hour. '-.' HAY Unlcil No. I T'im'y.. 11 .Ml 14 Haled No. '.'Timothy 1J uu I I . Mixed Clover II "si 1 Timothy from country. r. lsi trt tt ffi:d No. i wii Md v t m :) No. i! White Middlings... m 17 t . Hrown Middlings 15 00 il Bran, bulk l'i UU ,' SI If AW Wheat J .a I Oal.s it .M, iivirv i iiotuns. M'TTKI! Klgin Creamery 32 Fancy Creamery i'l Fancy country roll HA Low grade A: cooking.... id CHKKSK Ohio, new II New York, new 12 i-consiii Swiss II I.imbtngi-r t Fall mawei... Id 21 ir :i I HflT AMI VI(.l.rAIII..s. APPI.r.S I ulicy, V bid... .'(Ill 3 2'i I air to choice. bbl.... I in .'1 IU liliAPKM-t oncord.ii'iiiy b'sk !l II Delaware, por.y bii-ket... In U Catuw b:i, siuy basket ... . 12 15 Niugara. ponv basket bt 12 PK.M HK. tier crate 1 2." 1 -Ml PFANS per iibl 2 oi il ( IN'i ps - I ei lm 7.'i I : liKANS- X Y A M liew)P.eiiiisf,bbl 1 !l."i .' m Lima Pcaiis 4 ik POIA TOF.s Fancy 'f' bn 7d T.'i Sweet. ier bbl 2 0) 3 hi 'A UN AC v r bund nil . . 2 m .". ' lus YellowtiUibeVbti .Ml Mixed Country 4U : Spanisli. per crate I nu 1 2"i IT N NIPS - purple tops 4t roriiKV no. Live chickens V pr .'x ''' l ive Ducks t pr 40 i") Live T urkevs filb ! I1' Dressed chickens tH lb.... 10 11 Dressed ducks yrt 10 11 Dresed turkeys It. 1.) Ill f.t.liS Pa A uliio lresli. .. 21 li r FA I II PI'S l.xtia livelieese "e D M r No I Fxtru live geese alfn 4i Mixed 2i Hi Ml Ki t SMnls, TALLOW Country, yiU... i i il,v 4i fcKKfiS-i lover 0 Hi 7 fi Hiitothv prime 1 7S I M llliie grass 1 40 1 TO K A I oiiolry mixed ... i U ION FY White clover.. . . 17 It llnckwiieai in 12 MAI I F. SYNIIP. new crop .') 1 m I'll FN coui'trv sweet bhl Midi .' ilM I v (I. FLOP II 2 75r.i VI W II KAT No. 2 Ned til ii NYF-No. 2 .M) .'2 CONN Mixed 40 4t'J )ATS 2i ."ij Fees pi 17 lil'TTKN HI Hl 1'iiii.Aiir.i rut a. FLOI'll- fi WIIKA T-No. 2. Ned f(iSo. 2, Mixed OATS No. 2. White nOifil.l 75 tlri, 7U 4t, 4s: itti : HI I 1 Ml Creamery Fxtra. 22 FijliS J'a.. Firsts i'2 2 2JJ NW VollK. FLOP If Patents 2 m 4 K WHFAT-No JP,ed fll i!'i KYK Westeri 4 W coNN So. J 7 ,7) OATS Mixed Western 3;J S4 fit T'TFK Creamery l 2S FCliS -Male and Perm ' it l.MM-snsk KM'okr. I at i ii riav, I'lrrsHiMu siock vamds. I A1U I. Prime Steers t liood butcher Common H Hulls ami dry cows Veal Calves 1 nsli cows, per head snt ir. Prime fiS to 100-Bi shee I tiood mixed Common 7u to 76 lb sheep.. ' boice Ijinibs Hot, a. . 4 m to 4 8 ) to 3 80 lo 2 00 to ft 2S 4 . 3 1 3 2 6 UU 4 onto 20 00 to 45 09 3 25 to 3 W 2 75 to 3 Of) 1 00 to 1 75 8 00 to 4 60 ' a 75 to 0 01 6 ll'i to 6 Mi 0 60 to 60 4 1)0 to 25 Selected Priiue Yorkers.. Heavy Kot.ghi I 'v
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