-'A.i.f- i El PLANS OF THE GATHERING. They Ioo:ud Methods Hot Used at Othtr Plc. It "cms to lip assure! tlmt the Christian F.nde-ivor convention. wlil.li Is to l.e held In Washington rity within two month, will In1, o far as human preparation can make It, the BP-at'-st gathering if tin' kind over hi'l.l. Tll- OuliVi liti'ifl Will lie notable fur thi niunU-r i f in- f-ntiirc In th- programme, mill the ihiihIkt, extent nml character uf the- enlargement iir- ri'tnnrkiilili" They wlil have ii lnr,:i part In lullm-ii'-lug 1 1 1 character of the convention nnt In deepen I ii If It spiritual ff'-i-t. Mor-than ho been Hih rivii nt nil rlnr annual hrlstian F.n dcavor uitth'Tiritfx, everything possible will he dole- this ymir to so-uro a spiritual prnilt from tht convention niiil to -x t 111 1 trft t l'u t evangelist).' effort, 'lhcse twin thoughts, I'lntunlity nml evangelism, will be manifest ed fr in tin' vtry beginning of tli" rn''t For tho i r 1 1 :n I urirv hthI preparatory service Wo.iic.,iv evening, .I'll)- , tli" general sub-ji'i-t k "The D -cpcnllig if Spiritual Life," and concluding each mooting will lit) held what Is '(ili i ii "iinl t hour." It l proposed iiIko to ji.iy jinrtli'iilnr atti-n-tloii to evangelistic wurK during Hi'' coming convention. I In- delegate will ifo forth n th"v 'II I nt Iin-tn'i to tlii' missions tin 1 1 other evangeilstl outpost mill h.-M s--rvl - in th" fmi'ti' mi I t'lirk 'nriuTK n tin' i-ity, n well as In pul-li" places wh'T men congregate. Tin' unrivaled linMlltii'K of tli- tvntriil I nlou Mission wlil I " utilized in this work. Tor tli" lift time l:i th" history of the" iiniiiml gatherings g- -spi I wagoti will Ii" used lyth" del"gal. -s. An "iiiifly ii"W feature of tli" programme will I..- d.iiiv lilil" readings In mi" of fli large church", '"ti liii.'t" I I some stub lit of r 1 . i . I ability. Denominational mill"- will I. i'i'liili't".'l i ll ImproV'-d llli".s: two of th.-m iir" in I." Ic-ld Instead of mi" u here tof ,ic. I ii'lor tli" ni'W iirninii"iii"iit iii" of rnliliK will I i"vot ! to th" consideration if gcl-ril Kill J". tK w Ml" til" f i mi" wili bo titir-iy nivi'ti up to iiiI-kI' Iik thus Insur ing, it Ik believe, I, it more tlioroim'h mi l nmriii'il iuiiun:iry "iithu-lii'm iiinotii th" youiu pl". J In- liuilor Wi rk'Tt' rnlly KrMiiy inoriilm; of til" I'ollVi'lltloll .- IIKull, "ollli l"llt Willi til" tiir""-t"iil hi'-kIhiik, Ik on" ni ir" "iilirK'"!ii' iit, M thl-. tlni" '..iik1i"i;i'I" iitt' iitloii will In-glvi-n uUo to th" Kil','-i't of liit'-rtiii'iliiit" iioi'I lli'i. On" uiii'i'i" f' litur" will 1'" mi "i"ii nlr i'iiioii'tnitiiii nt th" foot of th" WiiKhliiK'tnii moiiiini"iit. Hut" Ik room nt thiK iln"" fur t"n.i of Iioiixiiii'Ik uf i"u." to I'otitfr'V'iti. A(t"r thlK MTvi"" it Ik .roiiiK". thnt Hi" I'.n- lIl'UVuriT.l llllllill lloWll l''llllylVHIllll IIV"- tiii" to tli" i'iiit'il, nhiT", with ii'l'I'M kIi; liilli'itii ", th" k'uixl I'ltl.i'ii-hiii .. ni'iii-trn- tion will I' htmii'M. N"t to th" l"'iit of i ilniuin, iinr In "ii'li'ii''" w Ith htriiln--nf mar- tml tli n -I . will th Ik iniiri'h mil I". Imt to th" not' K uf pi. nt from Urn li n of thoK" in I 1 1 ii". (if nil th" I'liiti'iiiiM nml liiiniKiiii , oi-ri'in 'iii"H th:it th" woril-f.nii"il I'i-iilkvI- I viinlii ;iv''iiii" Iiiik w It 1. ".""i, proliiil ly imim : ran i'oni iir" In novi lty with th" vk i-.'H'il j nr.ili'ol th" t'hrl-tliui r.nili'iivnr lio-tK. j Tln ro will uliiil'i' a Snliluitli oli"rviin"" 1 rnlly, ninl th" l:i.-t iioM'lty, iik W"U ilk hi," ,( , th" Kri'iiti'vt, w ill Ihi tho' tlr.t i'oiiV"tition of tli" Worl'1'n t 'liri-.tliin l.mli uvor L'lilon. Niitnr.illy It Ik i X l"il thnt tho IihT'II.k.'iI , ntti'iiilmi"" nml nitnu'tlvi' novl f"iitiin' ; whli'h linv" I ti introilii I In th" To'riim will linv th" i lli'i't of hHi'llini.' th mi; f tho I'otivi'iitluii ni""tltii;i, yi t irovl-on Ilh li""ii tiiii'l" for Ih.iioii tliiK'". till of whl"li "1111 1." . Ut!ll:(i'il MIimlt;ili".iu.-l v. 'Ill" till"" t"iitH : Hltuiit" 1 on th" Whit" Lot, a 'iirk rtoiitli of1 tli" KM'ciitlvii Miiii-Ioii, will Hi-lit iiliont H, onu : i"ro:. "iii'li, mill will Ii" the in"lnil lllH"tiflh' lu In ll.llllt'ot. Hull ati'l I'.V" down-to - i nJy for ", c,ii. QUAY AT CANTON. Th Btnttor 8pst Two Hoon la Conftraao With Molial.y. Thmii',h tnlknl of confaronee lot w-n b"nntor Qnny ami Governor MoKiiilcy took pliino on the 22.1. Qtny nrrlvixl nt Canton at 10:2 on the Ft U'ayne roail. Hi won arnniianiil hr J. liny lirown, a roniln"iit Httotm-y of Lnn-oiuti-r. l)y a provlous nrr.'tiiiri'mi'nt, the (JoTi'rnor'n rnrnu" awalti'd him at tho Htntlon, and th" Ohio aspirant for the I'n'cl l"n"y was tlii-rn In i"rnn to nmi-t him. Tln-lr Kri'i'tliiif wi-rn very onrlial, and, after the vlKltltiir etiiti'smnn wn I'oinfortatily oit"i In th" "onvi'viitii'i', the party vra.ilrivon rapidly to the Mi'Klnl"y ri-fldi hoe, North Marki-t ."tr-i't. Tim vl-lt of Quay wan rfar l"d an of mu"li Imiiortniii'o. and oon a lm nlluht.'.l from the train an army of luti rvlrwi-r w-re aft"r lilm, trying t have him explain Ms mtsKlon li"r". II" ri'fusi'd to sav what hroiiKiit tilra to the hot-hi d of M. Kliili'vlKm, ami, with a wtiiit-to-t'p-li't-iilon" nppiaraii"i, onill" I find Jiimpi'd Into the wnltiiiK "nrrliie. Hnr liy had h" iirrlv.l nt the M 'Klnl. y homo whi'ti niiothor atti-mpt was made to have hltn talk, hut the ni'WHk'ikthi'ri'rs were nifiiln lii)''ked hy word that H"tiator tnav wns i'HKnK'"d in "oiivi-rs-itlon with Mi Klnli-y and could not Ii" S""ti. M 'Kliilry uNo n-fusod to say a word. 'l'h" two statesmen were closetm! toifetlwr for several hours, th" only Interruption lie. Iiii; to partake of a hineheoti. which hud been prepared nl the M K I ii li-y home. Hi'tuitor yimy and Mr. Drown left on the I 21 Kort Wayne train. Senator Quay for his home In l(i aer and Mr. lirown for Lancas ter. It Is understood that the visit of S"ii ator (,iriy wa of the friendliest character. 'Ihelr S' j iintl. hi nt th" station would indl i.'at" th" ino-t cordial and henrtv relntlons, nnd clearly nuiiilfcnted to the oniuokers that the visit had I n of the most iik'teeable and satisfactory nature. While on the lVntisyU vanln train the correspondeiit nsked Senator t.'uay If ,e had niiythfiiit to say for piibllca- tloli iik to the object of Ills visit.' to Which th" Senator iiil"tly observed that th" potato crop teemed to lie looking very well, as the express sped on Its way toward Alliance. THE SHREWD YANKEES. Foresaw th Bicycle Craia and Put th English in th Lurch. I' tilted States t'onsul 1'arker at I'.lrmliii? Imin, Linilaiiil, has contributed to the state department a Kpecinl report on remarkable development ol th" huslness of makinif st""l tubiim' at that phi '" cnus"d by th" cri'at In crease III til" Use o th" blcycl". 1 11 i 1 1 " 1 1 1 II 1 1 y h" t"IN of a slirc-.V'l Yankee business transac tion which has pin 1 the Uritlsli bicycle makers In bad plight. The American manufacturers, forscelnif a ureat deiiiand (or wheels, not only purchasisl nil of th" stock of ste till intf on hand In I'.tiL'laiid but ifiive or li-rs that elo;iii,'e. the output of many of the fact irle for u Iouk tllll" to colli". And so It happened that when the "or.tze" struck rimlaint, th" Uritlsli blcycl'i iniikeM found that tli"v ha 1 Is'i-n caught inipplm; and W'T" short of material. Imtti",iately there was a rush to start up new steel tube plant-i and so many have been projected that over produ tloii Is feared in ttie end, but meanwhile then' is a triuucu"y. To show th" i xteiit of the Increased export of tnls tiibini; to the I'liltc! states the consul says that while t"" entire export for 1 H!4 was sj.s'.'.i, that for the llrst niiarlcr of this year It amounts already to tll.jnil. Meanwhile there has been n if rent decrease In the rx porta of Finished Uritlsli bicycles to the fiilfd States, mid their value lias fallen from 4TH, M 10 in tin- Urst six months ol 1h!I3 to !H),1HH for so much of the current your as hixit ix-pln'd. SEVERAL HARD FOUGHT BATTLES WON BY THE CUBANS. An FIREWORKS AND R Ohio Evangahit Con IGI05. Revival - . .,'-"11 The ltev. Syndicate lis jo, an e. n ., r-incrs.rw - - Mr Tt noons have le eii kepi InrK'cly rree from otln r llt c.ullipolls. Ohio, for a week, Introduced Importaiit convention eiiiK'aifeiiieiits. so that UensatloiiHl novelties. First, a brasa blind most ilelcitates mav avail themselves of the wt, ibiwini,' banners niardied through the 'eurs!oiK provi'led by the committee of i. I street. Thed there was the boomln of nu Thcs" wlli iiicliide the various places of In- viis, which brought out thnintt of curlouH erest hu-'Ii as the invernmeiit departments. ,1(,,e. Itonllres were built around the Hie White House. ..I blch llliiiiilliated the town. lien the iiioiiiimeiit. Mt. Vernon, Arlington, tli" th,. hour came for nucllnif Soldiers' Home. Hariiers Ferry, I en-Mar, ic'tvsburr, Alexandria, ami un" hut f i of interest in and near the city. S lai i'xciir-.i.s, with redu 1 rat-s. have been i. lamied to nil tlie" 1. luces, under til" Kill I- lllll't' I ll th" niembi'ts id th" cotiv cursloii I'oinmlttc". cnlloli I N- INDIAN MOUNDS OPENED. Bevera'. Skeletons Found in On. Pcoplo With Smnll Erna. Warren K. Mo'Tehi ii'l ninl W. V. O Kate', curators of the Ohio An hcolol"iil Society, have spent several days in th" vl 'tnity of Coshocton, seiirchliuf for relics of u prehls- torical race, whose mounds dot the Mil irutn Vallev and lis tributaries, mound on th" farm olielied and il"V"bi ill- Oil" lat";e of John I'oiiteus was I a ouaiitlty ol . hiircial iiudal'oiie. In n Miinllcr niounii live skele tons were found. ' The skeletons iiiiearthed idiow that these pcopl" were shorter In stature and of a heavier and more muscular build than tli" avenue I pi" i f to-day. Th" skull Is even thicker liiaii that of th" li"Kro, low fiwinl mules, prominent Jaws, imunlllecut tenth, but mtv small bniiii capacity. A small mound In the vicinity of Wnl hondliu was "pi i"d and her" was found th" skeleton of a man. Ju-t above him in the soil wit" found about 7U Hint arrow heads artistically wrought. A in, .uii,l mi the Johnson farm about nine ...'. I.I.I. hIk.i lied and h"r" WT" f.cni.l nrt'ovv 111 Hi Is. Hint scnli, inif knives and n stone w hich It is thought was used lor pliiyini; rumes. FOUR BURNED TO DEATH. A Father tnd three Children Perish by a Gasoline Fxplosion. .pi" WiT" I'Ullied to llc'ltll fill ' I d for Ii!'1 I'.v a III" nt Hi lown- t. t'hlciu'o, where Otlo Malm, a carpenter, w.lli his wife and three children lived. Mrs. Malm was preparing, breakfast on a gasoline st. .V" when th" Kilsoliii" exploded an I s"t I'.r" to tli" bulldiiu, which was of wood. I'll" fanillv were all on the second lloor in le-d with tlie exception of Mrs. Main.. The lire spread rapidly and In-fore aid could reach th'-iii, Otto Malm, the father.WMs burn ed to death. J he children, Otto, aged M; Allen 11; II vlia, ii; were taken out alive, but were so badly burned they will Ulu. Sirs, jlulm w ill recover. Mrs. Anna llohn-nbcck and her two-ycar-ole baby baby w re fntatlly hurned by a ko oloii" ex plosion in t'olutnbiis, O. the church was in tl..,. u I,, i, sum 1 to hol.l tlie crown, i ncre wer" 40 converts. F.verv time a sinner an nounced his chaiiife of heart, a youiu man stationed in front of the church shot off a sky-rocket. F.vaiu"ltst Wilson declares that he' will convert every Soul here before Ii" leaves, and as the pyrotechnic dlsplavs will continue th" tn.'rcliiints have ordered u uew i-upply of llreworks. MORE CYCLONE VICTIMS. Gl Bodies Hav Boen Burled tt Sherman, Texas. Ad Htloiis to th" lon list of cyclone vic tim" an- bcliu made hourly as news from re mote districts arrives. Mrs. J. J. Johnson, I wife of a fanner, and John Tildcn, n farmer, were killed at Nemo. At the same place, a littl" irl naiiied Unvis was blown lunlnsl a barbed wire fence and almost cut m two. Her mother and another child were killed In the wreck of tln-lr house Although there are appalliiu evldetn'cs about Sherman, of the storm's fury, some no,... lib,, order is lieiim restored. '1 here are HO patients still In the liosidtals, and in many more In private houses, tp to the present i time, t.l bodies have been l.urien uere. BRIEF MENTION. Insurgent How Sem to Be Fairly Well Supplied With Cannon. A lloody enicnment took plac on tho !th Inst, on the siuar estate Tritinfo, near Honiro, heloniflnK t Mr. Whitln, au Anerlcan cltl- r.en, between Colonel He.-as, at th head of ('no reifulars ami twoifuerrllln i-oib panics and MK) rebi-U -.uider Jose Maceo, The Span- lauls wre In the hous" and wer" unaware of the proximity of the rebels, who wer- hidden in the machiii" liousc ami In the bushes nearby. llie Insurgents, after the fiifht, continued on tl.eir wav. aud. the defeated Si, finish fores, in revenue, e. som peaceful la borer and threw thern Into the molasses tanks, whl-h w-re all tilled and bolllnif. i" insurants lia-t fur killed and 10 wounded. J' in. Hpanlards had two cat'tains. three lint"iiaiits and 14 soldiers serlouslu wounded, f',7 sllhtlv wounded and one coiii. mnnderand l'J sohli"rs killed. Ih" comlilii.-'l Siuiiilsh coluiiiiK of flenernl Sandoval and Colonel Zaldlvar, l,oi) men In ail, met tie Insure. ntK, ihk) stronif. under Ilonn and Caz"au, in Hcrmltiuc. Tnteral. on the th Inst. The light last"d seven hours. The relelK had a cannon mnmiifed bv an American artilleryman named rlini.ieiiu 1 he Spanish were definted, leavitii; on tlie Held nil killed and ls.-j w.iuiid-d. a:n..:iif the former being Commander (iarcia. Thev t, besld.-s, 2ilmul'-s loaded w ith provision. and 2s horse, killed. Th" nU-ls hud -21 killed and 4.1 Wollud.-d. I h" Harrison of Vent i de Casanova win attack".! on th" th Inst, by l.i.U'l insurifcnts. under ( i.lonel luiiei, with one piece, of ar ttllery. Th" Spanish garrison wa eompoKi-d of ii captain and 120 soldiers. They made a good def"lse, but Were obliged to surrender. Afterwards they wer" .llarm.-. and s.-t at liberty. '1 he captain, who is said to be a Cuban by birth, and th sol Hers asked the rebels to allow them to Join t hi-lr band, t he captain saying that he Is convinced of the liiiposslbllny of Spain .Ui'!llng the revolution. In a bull ll::lit at .Monterey. M xh-o, Joseph Mata, it picador, was gored to denth. and four other performers, Including sllver.i lilco, the matador, dangerously woii'id".) by a vi -Ioim bull. The same bud also dis membered and kill". I six horse. VICTORIA'S GIFT. The Ctar Gives an A'ldieno to th Ameri cans. The duke of Coiitiamjht, representing; Queen Victoria at th" coronation festivities. La presented to the czarina the grand cross of the Victorian ord-r, which has l.""n U'-wly founded by (.nil-en Victoria, ami nl.-o an orna ment, ii vase ,,f tlie Armada pattern, Th" czar on Friday ri Iv-I in private audience th" I'nlted states Minister, Mr. )ln-'klnrl lg", ami then received the special 1-IIVoy of tlie I'nlted States sent to represent the goveriiMieiit of the l ull" I states at the coronation, together. Tli--" include I lien. A. 1. Mo'ook and hi brother Anl-de-Cauip Scriveii, Command. -r liroiison, and .Mai. J. W. I'ntzkl of tin- special eiiiba-sy ami It-iir Admiral Selfridge, In command of tlie M"d it"rraii".iii squadron, who brought Ills Hag ship, th" Minneapolis, to Cronstadt to attend the coronation a th" naval representative of tlie I' lilted Slates. Mr. Urcckluri lge, the I'nlted States Minister; Mr. 11. II. 1'i-lrce e cretnry of the t'nite.1 state legation, ami the other civil representative were for tlie llrst time in the Itiisslan e uirl the full civil (Ires prescribed for those who are not al lowed to wear the ollli-lal uniform. Tim dress consisted of an evening coat with plain metal buttons, a white vest, kn.-e breeches ami black bilu stockings and no or glveu khe I(ulan loreltfu ,ii .... .oa Lobon ilT-Hostovsky. Mr. Iln-cklnrldge will clve a dinner to dis tinguished American visitor to tlie corona tlop. and later, probably June 3, will give a reception, Inviting the Kussiau brliicc and foreign prince. attendant upon the corona, ti.m and the foreign ambassador aud about a thousand others. The special embassies to the coronation of Franco, Spain, Japan and Corea were also received in audience by the c.nr and czarina in th" gr-at pala"" of tlie Kremlin. A gilded six-horse coach and sever al four-horse carriage Acre sent to bring each embassy and suite. F.u -h embassy was escorted hv i.O ) mount."! grooms and was re ceived by guards of honor at Kremlin where they wer iduct'-d with gn at ceremony to the Alexander salon, and thence to the F.ka ternia hall wln-re they were received In aud-Ince. ATTACKED BY A MOB. Four- p.- oil" inj.ire sclid st li the legls- have adjourned TREACHEROUS WEYLER. The trensury di-lb-il for the month to date ex.-cc.lK q-.i.ouw.iioi'. lloth the diet and the n-i'-listag, lativ" lodl. s of tieruiauy until Jut." 1. John N"wUrk, Marshal of Jud-on. Ind., was assassinated Thursday night and Harney l.oberts has been arn sp-d i hiirb"-d with tho crime. (icorge Weaver, engineer, nnd Wallaeo xp.ult tlreinan of a work train, were In stantly kill-d in a head-end collision ut Two Harbors, Minn., Saturday night. Tli,. 1'ro.bvtcrliin general assembly Is con sidering a resolution providing for uniform ilv ll the modes ol worship 111 i hur. lies of the I'resbyterlau Arthur C. lleaeli, of Columbus, ()., is this year's winner of the Shooker Fellowship of the Yale liivlnity School It Is an annual In come f tiuiu for two years after jraduntioii, v. President Careers, of l'cru. has tele graphed to l'resident I'lcro, offering, lit. own and uls party a services w r- i'i. i" insurrectionary movement in mo i.oreio ui- trt"t. Thirteen citizen ol Astoria, wro., navo been iudlcted by the Federal grand jury on a charge of falsely witnessing affidavits, de claring that certain Chlm-so were entitled to admission a ini-rchuuta who had previously reaiilcd there. A natural gas explosion at i oiieyvuie, Kim., wrecked two business block. Two English Mlnioaanes Stoned Whit In a Boat. The steamer Altmore. arriving from the Orient ut Victoria, 11. C, brought advices of ... 'i.. i t i an nnll-tiilssioiiury oiunigu in i n, China. Two l'.nelish mlsslninries naiue.l Ferguson and Walker, were the victims. I'rocee.ling by bout from Shanghai to Clu-n Klang, thev arrived at Till Chau on April 13. While awaiting the return of a messenger, ..I,...,, thev had sent with their cards aud passports to the residence of the chief local ollleial, '.hey were attacked by a tliob, which bombarded th"in vigorously with stone. The two missionaries, lludlng the situation Intolerable, left the shelter of a eiiblu ami at tempted to pull their anchor and shove their boat in the stream, the cn-w huvliu lied be yond the range ol the missile. Hurlug the operation the sloiio throwing became more vigorous than ever, and a shot was llre.1, tho 1...11..1 .iissitur through Mr. Ferguson's left hand. At last the boat was got off. and, be ing rcjoiii.-d I'V the crew dropped down the stream. The hunt became ng:ilu the target for a cloud of mUlles as It passed a narrow CZAR NICHOLAS CROWNED. Th Most Oorgeoos Display th AnoUat Capital Ever Witnessed. The formal ceremony of tho coronation of Czar Nicholas II. and th Cf.arln. ooourred at Moscow, May 21, amid all the wealth and plendor that civilize 1 and S"ml-brbano nation could hrlng- together. The display of the latter, furnished by the Inhabitant of the minor kingdom under the Czar' ruin, was a novel and pictures, pie feature at the great military and clvlo tmrade that tm. ceded the religion exercises ol tho coronation. Moscow wa a ma of life, movement anil color nnd at nUht a oa of light, In a tempest of nmsl and revelry. The route of march, which was guarded by closi Hues of soldiery, was encompassed by dense masse of Ueoide from all nan of me iiussiaii empire ann ncr tlepeiiileucle. The utmost liberty, consistent wlih the er discipline nnd onl"r, was allowed, and tho faithful Muscovites and Russian had the luiiest privilege of witnessing the official en try of tln-lr Czar Into hi ancient capital. The ejueiu oi uecor.tiior.i witii nags, flowers, Venetian mast ami bunting in the national color was only limited ty tho apace avail able for It. The Kmperor, who looked very well, con ttantly bowed hi salutation to tho cheering multitude. The Tsar rode a pure white horse, ami wa Immediately followed by varlou male member of the llusslnn Im perial famliy.forelgn aoverelgu or their rep resentative., generals nm.l officer of the SUite. I'rceeded by a reglmei f of grenadier came the Empress In a mngnlll-'ent gilded state carriage.drawii by four pair of cream-colored horses. Princesses mid Indie of the court, th" court chaiuberlaliia aud gentlemen In waiting followed. Then came detachment of military, nn I llnaily many mounted masters of "cretnoiiic. Att'-r Li'liig r ive.l by th" Oovernor Gen eral of Mo -ow and various civic delegation the Kmperor and Kmpn-s worshipped suc cessively In th" cath.'iirals of the Assumption the Archangel Michael and tlie Annuncia tion, where t" d"iims were sung, while a snlvo of 71 great guns was llre.l outside. The royal couple were given the benediction of the nr.-h prl -si of the cathedral and then r-tireil to th" hall of M. Catherine, where none but thine Intimately connected with the Imperial household were pormittMl to cuter, ami tho ceremony wa ended. TRADE HOLDS ITS OWN. i While There Aro No Gain. Neither At There Losses. j I!. . Iniii A Co. say: Failure for the week have been 2L'7 In the I'nlted Stat.- against 207 last y.-nr, aud !M in Canada, against 2:1 last year. There Is nothing like reaction In buslne, though the volume Is small. Manufacturer are not gaining on the whole but very few are losing. Hallroad stocks average a shade higher than a week ago. nnd there Is abund ant evidence that men of money are watching f..r the right moment to buy nt the bottom, certain that good crops and' dellutte political pro ts wlil bring Improvement In the fall. The business world look hopefully forward to dellnite Improvement as on u political uncertainties are out of the way. The waiting condition which seems to come to some people nothing better than stagnation still continue. Hut tin-re I a difference. Thousand of order ami con tract are merely defej-rcl because they can lie more safi'ly given a Utter later. The European ami American mill auppllea, with commercial stocks, still exceed maxi mum consumption for the crop year, and the promise for the coining crop 1 decidedly good. If the output of pig iron were always a reliable barometer of business condition, a aoine suppose, the returns of furnace in blast May 1, accorditig to ihe "Iron Age" Jxs.UlDton ngninst 17.451 April 1, would I m convincing. jut the increase of stock mold sluctf January 1 ha been 24H,lli ton wh. sumption, . steel com piinie arc incut. THE TOBACCO EMBARGO. It i Purely a Measure to Proteot Cigar maker in Havana. H'-nor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish Minis ter, declare that th" order by Oen. W'eyler prohibiting the export of tobacco from Cuba Is misrepresented in being characterized a a retaliatory measure against Insurgent svinpHlhlzer In thl country. He say the K,,i.,,lsh coveri.iiieiit 1 driven to the step by fad that without It over 15,000 cigar maker in Havana would soon l thrown out . of work for lack of raw material ninl 50,000 to 00,000 women and children dependent on them would be In danger of starvation. The minister snvs the tobacco crop ha I. ,l.uir,,vH,l l.v Ma ' forces; that the royal troops have injured no property aud that the Indiscriminate destruction of tho ....... u t.. be laid wholly at the door of the . i lnurg"lits. M-iiin, ii" says, IMS. NEWS FROM WjHGM OUR GOLD IN RUSSIA. ' V Cor Than $30,000,000 of It la It Peters burg at On Tim. Th Btnte Iiepartmcnt ha received a re port from United State Consul General Bare I, at Ht, Petersburg, la relation to the amount of American gold luld tiy the Iiussl a Oovernment. The Consul General Hav tk.it h ha en do l-s than :)0,7tf9,ll!t In good l'nlt"d State gold coin III the coffer of the Husslan Oovernment. That wa on tlie first day of Inst January. ifhe Consul General wan invited with the consul of other countries nt St. I'ctershurg to witness the transfer of a sum of 00,000.000 rablc In gold from the llusslnn treasury to the exchange fund of the Oovernment bank, where It wa needed for the redemption of piper rouble. Included in this store of gold he nw 1 1,371,730 rouble In value of United fttate half eagle. While the coinage of all the nation nt the world wa represented in thl particular pile of gold, no other nation ave ltula itself came anywhere near the toro contributed by the L ult.-l State to the llusslnn coffer. Japan came next, with only rl.rd7,6l rouble worth of yen, while if llrltish gold In tnl pile of huesian nvn-y, there were pounds sterling to the siuall amount of let than 1,000,000 rouble. Afterwards, to make the Impression strong er, our Consul General wa taken Into the bank' vaults, and permitted to look upon the balance of the bank' fund held on that particular day, and he saw some more Cult. d State gold half eagle, amounting lu value to i42,H2;l rouble, so that the ll ie ian bank had lu It pocslon of our gold coin t-10. 7 s'j, in, 'Jheiihe asked how that amount of t lilted State gold came Into the powio of the llusslnn bank, and the Uov- ni"-l Mr. han-l, that the ilusslati ' Finance had purchased It at dlf- in llcrlin, I'arl uu 1 London. ernor Inl Minister for ci it tl BC ING RATE ADVANCED. Th A Igainat Convention Adopts th Seal. fanizexl Iron nnd steel worker ol try have decided to make anaggrc ve. Next Tuesday or Wednesday wewntntlve will meet with themau ers of the Mahoning valley and de- Th tho co slve 'their than rate, sicale rad 1 ton Fc 11-10- It' le n thai er le Ste h ui U ot am i 2 in c u Ire t h- b "i' l t ni Ol af di hat the base of the boiler s scale be I from a a ton rl.'O on a l-lls- card lie convention so decreed and the at will le demanded lu conference follow, based on actual sale of bar ier conference agreement: 'llliig. per ton of 2,210 pounds, 1 Iron, it 50; 1 2-10c bar Inm, 4 ":; ar Iron, 3; I 4-10c bar Iron, 3 2.': tr iron, 5 50, e charge for boiling furnaces shall lows: Single furnaces, not more e hundred ami llfty (550) pounds -. double furnaces, not more than hundred 1 1100) pound per heat; furnace, not more than fifteen I and fifty ( 1,650 pounds per heat; iiriiaces.n.it more than two thousand In I lid red 2,200 ) pounds per ln-ilt. order to Insure uniformity ot Iron ig furnace and avoid the increasing of running In strong for cumin on .s Increasing the hours and work of er, the limit of tlmo for each heat i s follows: I single furnace one hour and forty i; for a double furnace one hour and uutes; forSlcini-n' furnace, om hour y-llve minute, and for a double fur w o hour. The time shall be re.-k-rom the time tho door I dropped harglng until the heat I ready to lileiit and unavoidable d.-ten- i... ..,.ir, ,,.,! win n a CONGRESSIONAL lammary of th Most Important MuiJ l . . J f . . L riming IB aoia nosuw. 131T DAT. The senate to-day by a vote of yen... nays, defeated a motion by Mr. Aiken Neb ) to proceed with the consldirrn'i the resolution to Investigate alleged Vl. Irregularities In Alabama, occurlng , time Governor Gate wa elected ov.-r ; Kolb, I'opulist. Fonr llepubllcan Sitv Chandler, Frye, Galllnger and Morri;. J iwo popuusts Alien ana rener rci ine amrinntive vote. 1:1Jd tT. The Bennte passed the Mstrl'-t of C bin approrrlatlon bill, carrying approj, ly 7,:t00.6oo. Debate on t'lie iiest, n proprlation for sectarian purpose. ... out on the paragraph making npprn : for charlllrs In the district. Gn a'v Senate siistnined the committee In t r, stiecllle appropriations tor the n.i: inariianH' uisiiiuuons, some ol t:i. ;L a sectarian character. A furtlier pr wa adopted for an Investigation! charity system of the district with a, ascertaining what, If any, part ot th., appropriations are used for church pig The House to-day entered upon day' debate of the Immigration I ported from the Immigration coniimti, A. Stone, of I'eriusylvatiin, and Mr. well, of Indiana, argued for a r,.--measure; Mr. Corliss, of Michigan,, bill d.-slgio-d U put an end toCanu-li , petition with American labor, a; Morse, of Masmchusctt, nnd Mr. l'ir Missouri, for the educational Indli.. Dllll LAY. On the m..t loo to substitute C'olc: W, A. Stone's cousular inspection I.;;, M. -Call bill, only 7.1 inemls-rs vot- l umrmiitlve ami Ul ngninst. All i vanla member except General 1, st-x.d bv the stone bill. The l'lartholdt-McCall bill a fa-- to the classes of alien excluded '. mission to the l ulled state all m.i, between the n t". ot HI and 110 year ('X'-pt pnrciits t person living In try i who cannot Loth rend and v.t ILsh or some otle-r language. The Corliss ami'iidiii.-nt. aimed ig exclude alien who come across t!.. year ait-r year to i.erf irm labor t State with no Intention of s.-ttli: I 4 It declare. all lul.or contru-ts Void, and make parties thereto f . jurisdiction of the lultcd States . j f by u line of 1.000 or imprisouu;-!.'. f f ccedlug one year. k 114n vkx. (j senator iuav called up in th- - lay ami passed the bill nuth r bridge flint the l.utl-r aiiJ l ilt-: , road Company desire to constru, i Alleglieny river at some point In couutv, northeast of the eastern -line of l'lttsburg. ily a vote of I'M ti7 the h..i. over the l'resident' veto the bill n; pension of in) a mouth to lr, 11. lover, Into of the Tweuty-tlurl Volunteer. nVrn dat. The riillllps labor commission 1." wa to have come to a vote lu tic L i nay unuer me ei-nu or-ler was crowded out by Ihe conference t the river and hariior and sundry -, The bill will now go over until l-: The conference report on the r iiUi.,. i.oi lo.. i. .:. ..... .n,foi mil, nuiru .'.i.(l . UU HUT" I t all th" items save that relating I : If b f Monica and San l'edro harbors. ' Sxr l"lrx was made the basie of a very l itt- r . the bill by Messr. Hepburn and I' The dm prohibiting the L-su- ' hearing bond ciuis.nl another it . ytl i in me senate to-.lay. mil u. i k speech against It. I'Mrn dat. Tlie time of the house again v wholly to the cmldorutiouo tli rcporta. The HiiiiI n.tiort of tli- ; ii amor run carrying me compr.-n. s tlon relative t.i the rival Santa )l Wun Pwilpn i.fL.m l'nllf.....i.. u without division. The bill now k-- "resilient. As llmillv pnssed It .-n: J ( has lieen fro. ou.-iitly Importuned for the past year to stop the tobac-o export, which gave employment to the chief contributors in thl country to the Insurgents but the petitions were stcad fiudly refused. The prohibition lie contend Is exactly of the same nature a If the Lulled States wi-re compelled to stop the export of iiri, uls from this country In time ot famlue orgreut industrial depression. DR. WITHEROW. MODERATOR. The Presbyterian Oenoral Assembly Down to Business. The on" hundred and eighth geucrol as sembly of the l'r -sbytcrliiu church In the United States of America opened Its session In the First l'rcsbvterlan church toga. N. time -ejolii, Ul" - considered a grievance. 3. One dollar ( 41.00 J per ton extra for de phosphorized Iron. 4. When Hefsemer pig Iron Is worked alone, one dollar vtl.00 per ton extra shall b pal'L . ,, 5, Gne dollar per ton extra for all castings nnd runner over seventy-live pound In on" pliH'e, and for ull scrap pig metal, twenty-live pounds and under, when worked alone. 0. Gun dollar per tou extra for hot ore nX7. For cast Iron swarth worked on cinder bottom, the price, per tou, shall be the same a boiling. , , 8 For half wrought Iron turning, and half cast Iron swarth. worked on cinder bottom, the price to bo geveii-elghth tho price of boiling. Gther foot tiot'-s remain unchanged. WHITER WHEAT PROSPECTS Th. Hessian Flv Has flavea uavoa in A GIFT OF $10,000 at Sara- wiili the usual sermon from the retiring 'moderator, lr. Hubert H. liooth, of New York. Nearly 7tK) commissioners, half minister and half" el b rs. occupied seat. The llrst Important business transact"! part of th" channel, but no serious injury , Wns th i election of a moderator. Hr. I ran was Inlliete.l. An olilc-r and ten soldiers : ,. Moiitfort. of Cincinnati; I'r. lavld It. wio i, iiim oiiirii'e was ii..,..,i ,.r i-iiisiiiiri.'. nii'i ur jouu i.. ih.ii- ,1 t--l v.i.l oil 111" s, going on, but their pr. sen.-o had littio if uny i-ITcct lu iiuicting in'.- rioicr.i, the creed. various Who H is Said to Be Executing Rebsls Take th Oath. The New York Herald's Havana corro, spotidciit savs that according to private Madrid advice received by a well-known Havana banker, the bulk of the Cuban debt belil bv Snaln banking Institution aud per ,.i. of wealth ha i.een unloaded in 1'arU during the lnt six or eight week, bought up by Freuoh capitalists. Upward of 27,000,. OiHl lu .Cuban bonds have thin changed band. Thy French propose to have repre. aeotatlve lu custom poru to prevent iraun A FAIR LIiIEER CATJOHT. Mm Brede of Newport Gets into th Jaok sou Caso Deep. Mrs. Gtto Jired", of Newport, who has been iuite attentive to Ja-kson and Walling by wudlng them dcllcn.-les, was overheard by otlicers who were hidden lu alllngford saloon to offer Walllugford 50 If ho would change his testimony lu me waning vum as to tnakii it appear that It wa some other than Friday rilgnt wnen l ean jiryuu wiw his saloon witu niiiiuiK ouo '-uu. Sheriff l'luiumer recogni.cn in woman and took her to Newport. She lia.l pre viously gone to Allen Jackson and mtido him aslmlliar offer, and ho had arranger, to meet her nt Wtlliugford ana tticu uoiincu mo police. luivld t art'ir wa killed and Matthew Atkinson aud F.llsha l'ursely, colored, were probably fatal ly Injured. The Irish National party In the House of Common ha decided to call a national con vention i A representative Irishmen from all parts of the world, to meet In Dublin In Bop. li.l.Mr lliehard Little shot and killed his wife at 1...1. i, ,,.,,. in chlcauo Saturday night aud then committed sulddo by tiring u bullet through hi own neck. He U supposed to have been tumporarily iusane. Frank lladger, a young farmer, wa ahot dead and bulrother-Ulysse badly wouadeil fromambMsli nearAvllla, Ind., tjaturiiar evening. Editor Elected. The M. F., general conferi-nce election for editor resulted a follows: W. V. Kelly, editor ot the Methodist Ito vlew and J. M. Uuckley, editor of the New York Christian Advocate, were re-elected to those olllce. David It. Moom was re-eleet-ed editor of tho Wester u Christian Advocate at Cincinnati, and Arthur Edwards, of the Hock ltiver conference was re-eloeted editor of the Northwestern Advocate at Chicago. Dr. Jce llowman Young wa re-elected ed itor of the Central Advocate at St. Louis. Nominations were made and a ballot takeu for the editorship ot the l'lttsburg Christian advocate. C. W. Smith, of l'lttsburg; Levy Gilbert and Dt II. Miller, of Cleveland, were uoinlnatudL row. the im-'nu n u'u.r vi in- " nominated. 'Ihe result of tlw ballot wo Wltlu-row. 315. llreed 10:1 lilid Moiitfort SL The election was then made unanimous. Tlie tiewly-i'locted moderator wa thcu con .i i., tli, i i.liitforin and liidu.-tcl into office by the retiring moderator, I'r- Ik)""1- NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR RUSSELL. Gold Standard Declared for and th Admin istration Indorsed. Tho fUato Democrat lu convention -met at Concord and elected the following delcgates-at-large to the Chicago convention: Frank Jones, Alvnh W. Hulloway, Irving A. Drew, Charle A. Sinclair. Tb delegate are for William K. ltusaell, Ex-Govcruor of Massa- ..V .... II-.. -I, ll. Ill The platform declares for the gold tnd .i i.. i . .. l.-..Ml,l,..,f Cleveland s admluls- tratlou, favor "lnciaeuiai proiecnou u condemn the A. 1'. A. Hurry Illngliam, of Littleton, wa chair man of tlie convention. ,!,., a. ii.- ,,.., I I'oiiL'resHional district I)cm i n..v..ii,,.. held after the adjournment .,(. I... soi.ti convention delegate to the Na- .i...,si nonveiitlou lu favor of ltussell for president were chosen. Biz Oil Land La . Tho Thocnlx Oil Company, of Weat Vir ginia has secured a long lease on 1,800.000 acre ot laud in the Osage Iudlan rcwrya .. ... un.i u.iu will lie sunk at r nce. The Indian aro to gt-a royalty on any oil that i... uirnck. The oresidunt of the com pany U Albert T. Funcher, of lluffaloithe ViJ .....i.lei.t N. G. ltead. of Huston, and .,.ur. Elvln 11. Foster, ot New York. V..- , Fly Has Played Bote States. The grain llrm of C. A. King A Co., of nv.i...b. I) , during the past four days have received 4.HH' crop reports. Frospect for winter wheat Is very favorable In Kansas and most of Michigan. Missouri aud Illinois fair. ludlana becoming worse aud promts". les than three-ijuartcrs of an average crop owing mostly to Hessian Hie. Ohio will yield a trifle over half a crop, prospects in six stale average a trille worse than two weeks ago. Hcci nt ruins have been bene llclal. Kansa and Missouri show slight Illinois and Ohio tiler" Is no change. Indiauu suffend materially from Hessian lib's and drought. Michlgai. had excellent prospects, but some section are said to have I ecu badly damaged by llesslau flic. The harvest will average ten days earner than last year. in the Hooded counties of Minnesota aim North Dakota, bordering on tho lied Live; conditions aro very unfavorable for wheat crop. MOKE UtAllLI inaaniui , 154lo ... -ii. iiislsteu i it- Ill the latter bill relating to s.-. ta- Eleven llei.ubllciins. lu Dctn-., w r.ii.ullst voted against Inststiiu.'. iir.1, I'opulist of Alabamy, off-r. lion lo tmpcn.-ii i resiueiii c House uiinnliiiously declined t. Howard to uiuke a speech on t-t ft 2f. mad By n. J. nein io ia , i University . iur. Cjirl... One of the most f.-lleltioii J8011 aU ver session of the Methodist l'rot-' W of euce ut Kansas City, Mo., was! meiit of the unconditional d"iw' ll.-iii, pi.-kle manufacturer, l'a., of f 10,000 to the Kansas l.: tbecorner stone of which wa- ii Citv, Kas., Tuesday aflerii" t moiiy was postponed, howv'-r of rain. , The "woman question vi eonf'Tenee during n long ai.-t .i ... !... .1... ...... f..r., ...... nr.. Biuii; i.iiw vie- '" -''-- i- - s.'ttle deiinltely the much di-pTi Finally, by a vote to remand the wh, district eonferi'lic matter to be tiltlmnt i of 6J to 57. k L, nolo ouestl L L f c t.'r ii'i,f; r lllltely Si'ttl'-l- JBf n: jitii. I. 'toana; P-V e.llcl f ' w'il P- emon Jotlrn! f. fahul f ft tlm f iUH. 1 iis'redli ialp PDos, lien coulcrence four years bene NOTES OF THE Dl Oklahoma Again Devastotod oy aif a Wind. , A mi's-mgo from Guthrl.', Oklu., say' a disastrous tornado and waterspout pa "1 over Thursday night, causing great dame. At Edinoud, 20 house were di-niollslie.L iu.l two person. Harvy Uich and his dnug ter, were allied. , At White Lagle, au miles norm, hict .or- nadoe formed within au nour ami v epV toward tho Osage country. Twelve b- ise were demolUUed and 10 or SO lu ad of, .ock were killed In the vicinity oi n ui . -. At black Ucar Jonn uouger uu iv "" killed by tailing timbers, Willie a i rmer named White wa killed and all the mi l ibers of hi family injured by their hou -wing blown aownou mem. At rushing, live persons were aunw. iwy Harris Mclntvre and daughte Julia, Jennie Wllmer, l'cter Davis aud oi Frank Davis. , i , , v i, ,io ,, rim, Iocs have occurred I' thin a radlu of CO mile of this section wli lu live days. . j Jaokson Park Again. Tb wreckers who have for noarf three voars been removlug the remain of ( io great Vorld' fair, have turned the grou Is over totheJuckson park commissioned . The only thing which remain as a roi uder of the grandeur are the art palne, and La llablda couvcut. both of which are well pre served, tha dilapidated German bull lng and I the badly olled statuo ot Liberty. Imrlng debate on the "ilil. . the Senate many effort w--r--tariff amendment to it, but At the opening of the N it exposition, in New York, a i; urouud tho world in exactly I'opulist Haward, of AU' ri-solutiotis of Impen.-tini. i.t but they were voted n. wi Imously. John S. Johnson, the li beeu chllUellge.l to a UUd 11 -j,. Uf.ii -Hirer of wheel Wilobc L l son had Insulted. John Uutherfor.l, hi s.ci. -Mt (ioodsoll wer" hanged lit b" . tlie -JiUh in the .re..-ii .1 rli j. the murder of Thomas Dwy jj The Hoard of Directors ;,,. Mining stock Fxchaiign "' ."lied three broKer, i.or' i- t rentice aud W. W. lloag. of having conspired to d.-fn of the r.xeuange oy ttivuis to the Gregory gold stock. Advice received from Illinois, and Iowa point river lu tuoe ectlous aud pouring au luimeiis' into the Mississippi. Old that the flood of four y "r cceded by the preseut rise. A burglar who broke hit Holtz. York county, 1'"' stautiy killed by Gour." whose Btore the nostoff. burgiur alarm awoke Mr. 1 The bodies of Alva L. L. K. llevelng were room ot 205 Seventh Thursday night. Mr. murdered by Hhephi ' suicide. The finding of upp' and trinket in the naliet Halt Lake, coupled Ulssapearance last winter men. ha led to tho awe'; runt for the arrest ol 1 i maun uu tbo charge of ' la t.. t e foutt h stri'l Mr. 1 1 herd, V r 1 nr ' 1 I I i' x if IA IICl I. .. ' "ailsa. I I !- 31. V
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