QUEEN VICTORIA'S DIG JUBILEE.
LONDON JAMMED.
Millions issuable to Honor Britaiat lu
oassfnl later.
Sixty years of successful reign on the
part of yueen Victoria, lias brought to
gether such a vast concourse of people
numbered by the millions, a gathering
of celebrities represent I iir every nation
on the globe and a display of naval and
military power which will make the ju
bilee the most Inspiring celebration in
the history of the wiirtd.
Sunday, the first day of the Jubilee,
was observed In all the churches
throughout the realm of tireat Hritoln
and also in many cities throughout the
I'nited States.
The Queen, with the member of the
royal family, attended divine worship
at St. tfeoige'a Chapel, Windsor, where
her majesty offered solemn thanks to
Hod. The services consisted of special
prayers for the epieen. Knipres Frede
rick of Cermnny occupied a seat to the
right of the Queen, while the Puke of
I'onnaught was seated at her left. The
scene at th? church was most Impres
sive and the service simple. The queen
was dressed in black except for a while
tuft In hi-r bonnet. At the conclusion
of the service the queen, with bowed
head, continued in silent prayer. Tli-n
followed a touching scene which will
ever linger in the memory of those w ho
witnessed It. Summoning Empress Fre
derick, who bowed low at her side, the
queen kissed her on both cheeks. The
Duke of Connaught and the others of
the family followed, receiving on bend
ed knees a similar token of affection. !n
many cases the recipient was kissed
several times. The queen was profound
ly moved and tears rolled down her
cheeks. At last, and evidently with
great reluctance, she beckoned her In
dian attendant, and leaning on her
arm. passed slowly out of the chapel,
the entire congregation standing, the
soft light falling through the multi
colored windows, ai.d the exquisite
strains of the organ rising and swell
ing beneath the gothic-banncred roof.
It was a scene never to be fnrgotl"ii
and thrilled all present with strong
emotion.
On Monday the Queen came from
Wlndson to London, and at the Huol;
Inghnm Palace she received the for
eign envoys. In the evening she enter
tained 90 of her distinguished visitors
at dinner. In all the streets through
which the royal carriage passed to the
palace there were many thousands oi
people, who cheered enthusiastically.
Decorations covered all buildings and
over the road were numerous gorgeous
arches. The station and adjacent ways
were guarded by long lines of gaily
uniformed soldiers.
The Q ieen was dressed In black and
bowed slowly to the right and left to
the greetings of the millions of her
subjects.
At the reception were present I'nited
States Special Knvoys, Hon. Whltelaw
Keid. I Sonera) Nelson A. Miles. I'. S.
A.: Kent- Admiral J. N. Miller. I'. S. N
and the members of the I'nited States
Special Kmbassy. The envoys wore
evening dress, with the exception of
the American officers, mid the republi
can simplicity of their attire whs m
startling contrast with the brilliancy
of the uniforms around them.
TO THE QUEEN'S HEALTH.
Notable Gathering Presided Over by the
Prino) of Walts.
The prince of Wales, 'as president of
the Imperial Institute, presided over a
banquet given by the institu'te ' to Mie
colonial premiers. Everybody wore a
decoration of some sort. Stars, ribbons
and various orders, together with (he
splendor of oriental costumes worn by
the eastern potentates, made a brilliant
scene. The guests numbered hundreds
and represented every branch of nation
al and colonial life. After dinner the
prince of Wales proposed "the health
of the queen." In a felicitous speech be
referred to the approaching jubilee
celebration, adding that he had no
doubt they would receive the familiar
toasts with more Declamation even than
was usually the case. This was fol
lowed by prolonged cheering, waving of
handkerchiefs and cries of "tSnod, Hod
bless her." the entire company standing.
"I beg you," he said, "to drink with me
her health, congratulating her not onlv
upon her diamond Jubilee, but upon
her recoid reign." This was followed by
renewed outbursts of cheering, the band
repeating the music of the national nn
them. Amid the enthusiasm the prin.-o
called for "one cheer more." This was
given, only to he followed by another,
and that by a third.
Destroy d Jubilee Decorations.
At a meeting held near College cjreen
Dublin, In connection with the Jubilee,
a black banner was displayed, bearing
the statement:
'During Victoria's reign one nnd a
half millions of people have starved In
thbt island: three millions have been
evicted, and four millions have been
compelled to emigrate."
A body of undergraduates who
marched out from the grounds of Trin
ity College, carrying a union Jack,
ante Into collision with the crowd and
there was considerable lighting. Only
with dltticulty did the police restore
older. Th" cause of the trouble war
rivalry in singing national ulrs. After
the rumpus the crowd paraded the
streets ami destroyed the decorations.
Yankees won't Bite.
ltecauso of the unwillingness of
Americans to pay exorbitant prices for
seats at the Queen's Jubilee pioees
slon. London speculators ure said to
have lost JJ.OOO.OOO.
Predicted Her Own Death.
Mrs. Abby A. Darling, 63 years old, a
clairvoyant and medium, of Provi
dence, was found dead in the hallway
of her home. She was lying In a pool
of blood, and when the body was dis
covered by her son. It was thought
that her death had been the result of
foul play. Medical aid was called, and
after an investigation. It was decided
that the woman had expired from a
hemorrhage of the lungs. It Is said
that she prophesied a few dys ago
that she would be found dead before
the Queen's Jubilee.
Captured Twenty Women.
Advices from ofllclal sources at Sag
ua la Grande, province of Santa Clara,
announce that a detachment of Span
ish guerillas has raided Insurgent
camps at Gustavo andZayas. near Man-
aeas, capturing an Insurgent chiefs
"harem," where 20 women are said to t
have been found. The women are de- j
talned in custody.
CAnntavfaita In SjAfa !
On the Atlas line hteamer Alen,
which arrived at New York from Costa
Rica, there came a sofa guarded by
two United States secret service, detec-tfvei.
HIS BOY ABDUCTED.
Daata : tht Fatkor of Italaa Ckarley Eou
ia Phlladalphia.
Christian K. Ross, father of Charley
Koss, died at his home In Germantown,
Pa. He was In his 74th year. Heart
disease was the cause of death. Up to
his last Illness Mr. Koss never gave up
the search for the missing boy, whose
abduction startled Philadelphia July 1.
1H74, and became an unsolved mystery
of world-wide Interest.
On July 1. 1874. little Charley Ross. 4
years of age. was taken from his hom
in Uertuantown by two men in a wagon.
I A second child, Walter, was taken, but
j abandoned by the men alter driving
eight miles. Three days afterward a
; badly spelled letter In a disguised hand
writing was received by the father,
stating that the child would not be re
turned without a large ransom and
would be killed if any proceedings tend
ing to the arrest of the abductors took
place. The police believe that the boy
was murdered goon after the abduction.
TEESE TELEGRAMS.
A Glucose Trust has been formed in
Chicago.
Austin Smith, of Saratoga, N. Y., was
killed by a baseball.
Kx-Queen Lllloukalanl. of Hawaii, Is
not in favor of annexation.
An Italian boot-black was driven to
insanity by a mosquito's bite.
Walter Foley's two children were
killed by a rnttlesnake at Joliet, III.
The great tailors' strike In New York
City has ended with a victory for the
men.
The library of the Iowa State Univer
sity was struck by lightning. Loss,
Jino.ooo.
Louisville, Ky., experienced an earth
quake shock, followed oy a terrific
rain storm.
A school devoted exclusively to the
Hebrew language has been opened in
Chicago.
Frank Karns, of Pittsburg, fatally
shot his wife, of whom he was jealous
and then committed suicide.
Mike Warsell and Fetw Cokshow
were killed near Pittsburg by a fall of
slate in the Panhandle mines.
Twenty head of cattle standing be
side a wire fence during a storm were
killed by lightning at Nevada, Mo.
Charles Spalding, ex-treasurer of the
State ('diversity of Illinois, was ac
quitted on a chaige of embezzlement.
Miss Fonter, of Lagrange, Ind., was
carried half a mile by the wind during
a cyclone and received slight Injuries.
Two earthquake shocks were felt in
San Francisco. Clocks were stopped
and suspended lamps and decorations
broken.
Four men were playing cards nt
Mlnesvllle, Ga. They quarreled and
John Dillon and Thomas Clark were
shot dead.
Frank It. Campbell, once a prominent
operator on the Chicago Board of
Trade, committed suicide in a hospital
In that (ity.
Dainnge to the extent of $75,000 was
ilone to the untural history building of
the University of Illinois at Cham
paign by lightning.
Willie Schneider, a 6-year old boy. In
an ugly mood, set tire to the clothing of
s-year old Josle Miller at Evergreen,
New York. The girl is chad.
one hundred and ten members of the
Sprlngtleld, Mo., bar have petitioned
Gov. Stephenson to pardon Amos Jones
and William Stanley, two murderers.
Walter Norris. aged 16 years, was
killed by lightning at (tognrt, Ga. He
was standing rtn his front porch nnd
had a baby in his arms at the time. The
baby was nut Injured.
'Fire destrftyed the home of Joseph
Melenskl, in East Huffalo. His daugh
ter Sophia, aged 10, died from her
burns; four younger children may die,
and he Is frightfully burned.
The steam yacht Elllda, built for K.
Hurgess Warren, .of New York, In Its
trial trip over a measured course of a
mile, made the mile in I minute and 30
miles an hour, the fastest time on re-
con 1.
The bronze figure of Winged Victory, !
the gift of Massachusetts to the battle- j
ship named for the State, whs present- i
ed on board the ship yesterday by Gov. ,
Woleott and accepted by Sccrctar
Long.
Having lost her situation, despondent
Julia Tolill, of New York. Jumped into
the river. William Kohinson, an un
miployed workman, without money or
friends rescued her.
Isaac Norton, cashier of the United ,
States interim! revenue oflice In San i
Francisco, committed suicide when
notilled that his accounts were to be j
examined. The limit of his shortage is
placed at $6,000.
The annual report of the state geolo
gist states that the average gas pres
sure of Indiana has decreased about ;o
lounds in the past 12 months. The
state geologist says that the supply of
natural gas is slowly but surely, fail
ing. Capt. lioyeott died In London at the
age of I'ii. He was an Irish land owner
and displeased the people with his
harsh methods. They determined to
ignore him in nil matters nnd thus
came the term now generally used,
"boycott."
During a thunderstorm at Spring
Held. III.. Christian Gonalt. alias Chris
Mlnenkin, was killed by lightning
while plowing In a field near Farmers
vllle. It was discovered on searching
'lis person that he had about $'5,000 in
ash. He had been living a miser's
life.
John H. Miller, counsel for Alonza l.
(towers, of California, and K Itrown,
of Illinois, riled a petlticn In the Court
of Claims demanding judgment against
the I'nited States fur f,OO,OO0 for the
use by the Government of a patented
dredging machine owned by the
claimants.
Lewis Henderson arrived at Shelbv
vllle from Cincinnati to visit Miss Min
nie Sampson, who was at the depot to
meet her lover. Henderson Jumped
from the train before it stopped. He
was thrown under the wheels and his
head severed before the eyes of the
young woman whom he was to marry
July 4.
John Gugenhelmer of Davenport. Ia.,
has murdered his wife by mixing
strychnine with an eggnog and giving
her the drink. He then committed sui
cide In the same manner. Neighbors
round his body In the kitchen and that
of his wife in the cellar. Gugenhelnv-r
was a farmer and had formerly been
nsane.
Nelson's flagship, the Foudroyant,
which is now touring the coast as a
show ship, has been driven ashore In
the llerce storm thnt ravaged the
north of England and Scotland, and Is
expected to be lost. Liverpool and
Glasgow Buffered severely.
President John W. Thomas, of the
Nashville Exposition, has received
from President McKlnley a letter ex
pressing the pleasure resulting from
his recent visit and congratulating:
him upon the beauty, scope, perfoct
ness and success of the Exposition,
and the thanks of the President and
party for the pleasures afforded and
courtesies shown by officials and citizens.
Mf.ll READY M HOI
WAITING ON THE SENATE.
Soera'.ary Bhermaa Places His llf aatsrt to
the Treaty. -
After years of debate and agitation
over the annexation of Hawaii a treaty
has at last been drawn up and signed
by the proper authorities of the United
States and those of Hawaii.
Hefore the final signature of the do
cument the secretary of State waa pre
sented a formal protest by the Japanese
government through its legation here,
against the consummation of the agree
ment. Tha protest Is understood to be
based on apprehension that the special
treaties now existing between Japan
and Hawaii, under which the Japanese
enjoy advantages, will be affected In
juriously by annexation.
The treaty provides that the govern
ment of the Hawaiian Islands cede to
the United States absolutely and for
ever all rights of sovereignity In and
over the Hawaiian islands and Its de
pendencies, and that these islands shall
become an integral part of the territory
of the United States. The government
of Hawaii also cedes to the ITnitsd
States all public lands, public buildings
and public property of every descript
ion. Congress shall enact special laws
to govern the disposition of the lands
in the Hawaiian islands. All revenue
from these lands shall be used solely
for the benefit of the inhabitants of the
Hawaiian islands for educational and
other public purposes.
The Hawaiian islands shall be ad
mitted Into the Union as a territory of
the United States, local laws to be
passed by a local legislature, but sub
ject to the approval of the President.
Until Congress shall apply the laws of
the United States to the islands the
present laws of Hawaii are to govern
the islands.
The present treaties and laws govern
ing Hawaii's commercial relations with
foreign nations shall remain In force
until Congress shall take action.
Further immigration of Chlnepe labor
ers is prohibited pending congressional
action and the entry of Chinese from
Hawaii Into the United States, likewise,
Is prohibited. The United States as
sumes the public debt of Hawaii, but
with a stipulation that this liability
shall not exceed I4.000.0efl. The treaty,
before It becomes effective, shall be
ratified by the proper authorities of the
l'nlt"d States and of Hawaii. No ment
ion is made of any gratuity to Llliuo
kalanl or Kalulani.
Should Ibis treaty be ratified by the
senate the Island will become part of
territory of the United States.
HAWAII MUST WAIT.
Bo Action to be Taken on the Itland this
Session.
Senator Davis, chairman of the sen
ate committee on foreign relations,
said that he would not make an effort
to press the Hawaiiun treaty to final
consideration during the present ses
sion of congress. "While," he said,
"the opposition to the ratification of
the treaty Is not formidable us to num
bers. It has already been made evident
that it will be determined, and this
fact, coupled with the Impossibility of
holding a quorum for any length of
lime after the passnge of the tariff bill
has already forced the conclusion that
an effort to secure Immediate action
would be futile; hence It will not lie
made. He said, however, that there
would be no difficulty In getting a rati
fication resolution through the com
mittee at the present session. He said
also that he woid be disposed to give
ex-Queen Lllluokalanl a verbal hear
ing. Frivileg-d newspaper Men.
John S. Shrlver, the correspondent of
the New York "Mall and Express" was
declared not guilty of contempt In re
fusing to answer question of the sen
ate committee in relation to the sugar
trust Investigation. The counsel for
the defense now hold that a precedent
Is established which virtually brings
newspaper witnesses within the privil
eged class. E. J. Edwards. New York
correspondent of the Philadelphia
"Press," was also acquitted.
Presidential Nominations.
The following nominations have been
made by the President, Charles L. Cole,
of Pennsylvania, to be consul general
nt Dresden, Saxony; George F. Lincoln,
of Connecticut, consul at Antwerp. Hel
ITlum: Walter Schumann, of New York,
consul at Mayence, Germany; Charles
K. Turner, of Connecticut, consul gen
eral at Ottawa. Canada; Hector D. Cas
tro, of New York, consul general at
Home. Italy; Hilary S. I'runot, of Penn
sylvania, consul at St. Etlenne, France.
American Seamen Only,
Secretary Long of the navy has n
plan to Americanize the navy. A large
portion of the seamen now enlisted on
American men-of-war are of foreign
birth. In case the United States should
get Into war with any foreign power
the fact that our vessels are manned
by foreigners would give rise to serious
apprehension.
Onr Minister to Epiin.
The President has nominated Oen.
Stewart 8. Woodford, of New York, to
be ndnlstcr to Spain.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Secretary Long took part In the Bun
kos Hill celebration at Boston.
The President will be present at the
unveiling of the Logan monument at
Chicago, July 22.
A new treaty of general arbitration
between the United States and Great
Ilrlt.iin Is being prepared by President
McKlnley and Secretary Sherman.
The blind chaplain of the Senate
Ilev. W. H. Mllburn, is attracting a
good deal of attention In London at
(iresent, the jubilee notwithstanding.
Representatives of the mint have
gone west to superintend the annual
settlement at the San Francisco and
Carson, New, mints. $60,000,000 will be
counted.
Filled with Shot
Jack Johnson, who, in company with
Ren Haney. took the 13-year-old daugh
ter of J. M. Kirkland from Mayfteid.
Ky., for unlawful purposes, was filled
with 47 buckshot by the father of the
abducted girl. No trace can be found
of the girl. Johnson was on his
way home when Kirkland waylaid him
and shot him full of holes, Kirkland
surrendered and waa held over to the
grand Jury.
A Brara Girt.
M. D. Robinson, engineer of the Fall
Brook railroad, says his train was saved
from a terrible wreck a few days ago
by Miss Mabel Gamble, of Cedar Run,
Pa. The girt saw a large saw log come
down the mountain side and land on
the track just around a curve. Seeing
Robinson's train approaching she un
fastened her red petticoat and swung
It over her head, bringing the train to
a stop.
MONET DICTATES.
CalUff ItssUsat But Clasp HU Vltws
r 000.00 Will U Wltai.l.
Brown university, at Providence, R.
I., may lose President Andrews, mainly
because John D. Rockfeller objects to
his free silver views, and withholds a
contemplated Rift of tl.000.000 to the unl
versity on that acount. President An
drews says he will resign rather than
give In. Representative Walker at a
meeting of the trustees vigorously at
tacked President Andrew's free trade
and silver view, and a committee was
appointed to ask him not to teach these
doctrines. He Is now in Europe.
A son of John D. Rockefeller gradu
ated from Brown and it was reported
that the young man's father would have
given something handsome to the uni
versity but for his dislike to President
Andrew's radical views. It Is not he
lleved that President Andrews' will ac
cept dictation from the trustees. An
drews has done much for Brown, rais
ing If from a boarding school to a col
lege of the first grade. The committee
appointed to notify Andrews consists of
( hancellor Goddard. of the college,
Judge Durfee and Francis Wayland.
DECREASE IN IMPORTS.
Business With tht Island Daolinea Mora
Than Oat-Fifth.
A significant report on our trade
with Cuba from 1S87 to 1897, prepared
by Chief Hitchcock, of the foreign
markets section of the agricultural de
partment, has been promulgated by
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. The
statistics show clearly the effect of
present hostilities In Cuba upon the
commercial intercourse of the United
States with that island.
During the last fiscal year. 1896, the
total value of our Cuban trade amount
ed to only $47,648,610, as compared
with $10864,204 in 1833, the year pre
ceding the breaking out of the war.
This was a falling off of more than 50
per cent. In three years. Returns al
ready available for the current fiscal
year Indicate a still further decline,
the records for the nine months ending
March 31, 1897, placing the total value
of the trade for that period as low as
$14,926,817. At this rate the figures for
the fiscal year 18!7 will hardly reach
$20,000,000, or less than one-fifth tin
value recorded lor 1883. I p until the
breaking out of the war our trade was
constantly on the Increase.
Our Imports from Cuba have gener
ally been much In excess of our ex
ports to that Island, the balance of
trade being decidedly against the
i'nited States. During the 10 years
1887-1SS6 the value of the merchandise
Imported averaged Jf.'9.16S.6ri6 per an
num, nnd that of the merchandise ex
ported only $li.017,i.72 per annum. In
18'jC the Imports fell to $40,017,730, ex
ports to $7.:3U.8SO. The remarkable de
cline In our trade with Cuba from July
1. lWMi. to March SI. 1SH7. occurred
chiefly In the case of Imports. Of the
merchandise Imported Into the United
States from Cuba, fully 90 per cent, is
agricultural.
Sugar, the most Important of the
products Imported frcni Cuba, amount
ed In value to more than "." per cent,
of the entire Imports for the decade.
The heaviest shipments on record were
In ISM. reaching In that year as high
as 2,127,ro2.;tJ,.l pounds, valued at $163.-
14i,i45. Importations or sugar were
much smaller In the two succeeding
years, amounting In 1SH6 to only l.OiiU,-
171.312 pounds, valued at $24,102.83u.
Returns for the nine months ending
March 31 of the present year exhibit
n still greater falling off. Molasses
imports also fell off greatly.
BE ON TOUR GUARD.
Cunning Swindlers Imposing on Ameri
can with a' New Bait
A gang of ' French and Spanish
swindlers, with headquarters ai Val
encia, Spain, are now prosecuting In
the United States a gigantic scheme
of fraud which for skillful planning is
ahead of anything heretofore attempt
ed In the confidence line. The Valen
cia rogues have evolved a plan which
appeals not to the man whose latent
dishonesty Is aroused by a promise of
fabulous profits, but to tne prudent
business man of n speculative turn.
and so specious are the arguments
that they seldom fall to find a victim
nt $1,600 a find. The patience with
which these fellows pursue their pur
pose Is something extraordinary. They
began In August, ix'.Hi, in one instance.
and are only now concluding negatla
tions. An American agent is employ
ed In. New York to secure the names
and addresses of well-to-do merchants
and farmers In New York and interior
cities throughout the Union. Thcsfc
are sent In batches to the hendquarters
in Valencia, where a staff ot experts
are employed as translators and cor
respondents. Letters signed by a priest
and backed up by documents that are
apparently ofllclal tell about a secret
i f treasure burled by a convict nnd the
money is wanted for expenses. So com
plete and clreunistantlul are the de
tails that many have swallowed the
bait.
Illegal Bonds.
Judge Cantrlll of Frankfort, Ky., has
decided Illegal and void the act of the
legislature for the Issue of $500,000 of
bonds for state purposes. The decision
was rendered In a case brought for the
purpose of testing the validity of the
issue. The decision will be appealed at
once to the court of appeals, which will
pass upon the matter If possible before
the Bummer vacation, which begins next
Saturday. Should Judge Cantrlll be
sustained the entire revenue legislation
of the late general assembly for 1898
will be defeated.
Father Kills Hit Son.
Robert R. Soley, aged 32 years, shot
and instantly killed his 2-year-old son,
Herbert, and then commlted suicide
by shooting himself. Soley and his wife
have not been living together since lust
February, and the child has been with
the parents of his wife on North Fifth
street. Soley called, as was his custom,
and was playing with his son. During
the temporary absence of one of the
family from the room, he committed the
double crime.
Work for tht Unemployed.
Fully 10.000 blackberry pickers have
already arrived at Liberty, Mo.,' and
hundreds of others are coming In on
every train, by wagon and on foot for
the season, which will open now In full
blast and last for a month. The crop
Is estimated at 60.000 crates, and will be
the largest ever known here. Never In
the history of blackberry picking In
this section has there been such a crush
of humanity. Gambling devices of all
descriptions are running without Inter
ruption. Snloidt Afttr Prayer.
. Immediately after family prayer,
Miss Amelia Daer of Covington, Ky.,
aged 22 years, went Into the parlor and
cut her throat from ear to ear with
her brother's rasor. There was no
known cause for the culclde. She was
wealthy, popular and educated. The
coroner's verdict was temporary Insanity.
oiiiEiopiTiro'niun.
HIS CHURCH CLOSED.
Stella la jVttaaiaatt) Iaiaett Ut Trtuatr
tt laka a YatatUa. .
While ex-President Cleveland an
wife attended the First Presbyterian
church in Washington, of which Dr.
Talmagc is pastor, it was necessary for
policemen, to keep the great crowds in
order who desired to attend that church
on the Sabbath. Rut since the de
pa rture of the ex-President there has
been a great falling off in attendance,
most of the visitors in Washington go
ing to the Methodist church, where
President McKlnley attends.
At a special meeting of the trustees
of the First Presbyterian church it was
decided to close the church for the rest
of the summer. There was much debate
over the matter but all objections were
overruled by the statement that Dr.
Talmage would not remain In the city
during the heated term, and that he
hnd already completed arrangements to
spend the summer at his home on Long
Island. Dr. Sunderland with whom
Talmage is associated in the church
work said that his associate. Dr. Tal
mage, had not received a single cent of
salary for the past four months, and he
also added that there was little pros
pect of Ills getting any for the next
three months, as the church is to be
closed during that time. The fact is that
the attendance at the First Presbyterian
church has taken a big slump since the
withdrawal from It of ex-President and
Mrs. Cleveland. The collections and pew
rents have fallen off In proportion, and
as Dr. Talmage's salary Is contingent
upon the receipts of the church, his
preaching for the past few months has
Deen unprotltaule from a nnanciai
standpoint. When It Vas decided to
bring the celebrated Brooklyn divine to
Washington, the question of the salary
to be paid to him was left open, as
there was some friction In the church.
Dr. Talmage submitted a proposition on
this subject which was finally accepted.
He agreed that with the receipts from
pew rents and the collections, all the
expenses of the church should first be
paid, including the salaries of Dr. Sun
derland, the choir and the sexton and
the bills for Jlght, fuel. etc. He was to
take the balance as his salary. This
v.as satisfactory to the trustees and
was also agreeable to the new pastor.
There was a big boom In the church
immediately after Dr. Talmage's advent
and at every service hundreds of people
were turned away from the doors. One
of the members said that the income of
the church was then averaging $r.O0 a
week. The attendance gradually drop
ped off however, and since March 4 the
church has had no more than ordinary
slxed congregations. As a result of this
lack of interest In the First Presbyter
Ian church, the receipts have greatly
decreased, and for the past four
months they have been barely sufficient
td pay the current expenses, the inter
est on the debt and the salaries of Dr.
Sunderland, the sexton and the choir.
According to the salary agreement, Dr.
Talmage has received nothing.
DISEASE, NOT WAR
It Mowing Down the Soldiers in tht Cu
ban War.
The rains In Cuba have turned the
ditches Into mires of pestilence, and
thousands of soldiers are dying of con
tagion. The soldiers are suffering
from fever and dysentry. An attack
was made upon Fort Mogotes by a
band of insurgents, and most of the
fiarrlsin died defending the fort. All
the ammunition waa captured, and all
the survlvers .of the garrison, except
ing th"ninelves, were taken prisoners
by the Insurgents. Captain General
Weyler will go to Santiago de Cuba by
the end of the present month to as
sume control of military operations.
He will take with him 40.000 men.
The Insurgents have recently de
stroyed with dynamite two culverts on
the railroad to Glbara at the Chapman
crossing.
There are actually 16,000 sick sol
diers now In Government hospitals and
the authorities have been compelled to
reopen the Itegla sugar warehouse for
the purpose of receiving the suffering
troops. Dysentery Is making havoc
among the troops In Santiago de Cuba.
Medic al Inspector Dr. Pusto Martinez
will shortly sail for Santiago with 800
beds.
What the Greeks Mutt Fay.
The draft of the treaty of peace be
tween Greece and Turkey Is likely to
be submitted to the powers In a few
days. The amount of the Indemnity
which Greece will pay, It Is believed,
will be 5,000,000 Turkish pounds, the
largest amount the Greeks could pay.
It has also been generally conceded for
gome time past that the Turkish gov
ernment has given up the idea of re
tention of Thessaly and It is understood
thnt the changes In the frontier line will
be slight.
Cannot Lay their Cable.
The President has refused permis
sion to the Compagnle Francals Cable
Telegraphlque to land the new cable of
that company at Cape Cod, or, Indeed,
anywhere upon the United States
coist. The question that was raised
through the French Ambassador as to
the power of the Federal Government
to deny admission to the cable will be
referred to the Attorney General for
an opinion, but meanwhile the execu
tive branch of the Government holds to
the doctrine that such landing can be
only by express authorization of Con
gress. Haw Sugar Aeflntry.
Claus Spreckels, the sugar king, has
decided to erect a $200,000 coffee refinery
In Brooklyn. The plans for the new re
finery have already been drawn. It will
consist of a warehouse four stories high
and a coffee roastlnp building five
stories high. Henry O. Havemeyer and
John E. Searles, the sugar magnates,
are president and secretary respective
ly of the new refinery.
FROM ACROSS TBI BXA.
Father Knelpp, of water-cure fame,
died In Berlin.
One hundred Spanish aollders were
killed In an engagement with rebels in
the Philippine Islands.
Four more bodies of supposed sui
cides have been found In the Thames,
making twenty-one bodies found In
the river during the laat three weeks.
The report Is current that Emperor
William of Germany has ordered the
Sultan to leave Thessaly. -
The "Oaulols" of Paris says that 20
people were killed and 80 Injured In the
cyclone which swept over the villages of
Beions, Colombes and Asnleres.
A serious bread riot has occured at
Matanzas, Cuba. Two thousand de
concentrados, men, women and chil
dren, made desperate by hunger, parad
ed the streets demanding bread. Private
residences were broken Into, and groc
ery stores looted before the local Span
Ish police, with awords drawn, succeed
ed in quelling the riot
'.TltAXEECCOSGmG,
Rrif ht FrOTBMta far aa Ipr,. ,
, . ' luiat-
New Jerk, June IS. R. Q. w
o.'a f eekly review of trade rtponl
The rrdln influence nf :
unseasonable weather haa paM
gain In business in spite of 1 1 V,
a week ago and haa become clLlf
all. As no genuine Iniprvvetnnu
begins with an uplifting of phoL!
fore the producing force has uJLt
fairly employed, this does not
buying of 7.000 bales Australian .,h
by one Roston house and loo.M
pig Iron by a Wall street ODet1
and advancing prices for stol
the only proof that the actual iL
tlona are understood by some r? '
men. There Is evidence of
enlarging business in every lniuo f
department, more establishment. iT
Deen set at work and more hands
ployed, and while prudence
clem sneculatlv .yi'u,.a u
l hl.
toward better things is unchecked'
porta from the various cities thia '!!
show a very generous prigrPs,
continuing large distribution thro,,.J
retail trade. l"roum
The proof la clearer, as It shoui.i k.
In the Industrial tXian in the tr,ii
Held. Contracts providing fr
sumption of 7.000.000 tons Iron or- h,
already been made. 2.00o,oo within .1'
past fortnight. It Is believed, th!.!
last year's contracts only termin.,13
about two months ago. Kos,m l
Is selling lower by 20 to 30 cents th. I?
the outseY Blwablk at $225 aj.
Xi 56. but the heavy demand puts add!
tlonal mines at work. The specui.ti,.
purchase of 100,000 tons southern di.
at $5 75 clears the deck for a lart
business at better figures and aalei .t
Chicago luO.OOO tons have boon th.
largest for eighteen months. Roartlai,
after the sudden purchase of wow
tons Bessemer at Pittsburg leave th.
price $9 50 per ton, but heavy orders f
bars there and for 50.000 tons o cwV
cago, mainly from Implement maker.
" 1.11 "iut- i.-m iiiouj ccrw uutiaingg II
the West, one of magnitude at Phiu
delphla and several at New York the
larger demand for plates and shWu.
the order for 12 miles nf nine onj
purchases of steel rails which h....
started the new Juliet works with rood
orders are far more Important than tbt
speculation In materials.
Coke production has Increased
tons, nearlv 2 1-2 ncr cent
cnunge. in price. 1 in is stronger at II
3-4 cents, and the copper output in
May, larger than In any other month
this year, has not yet lowered nu
ations, while lead Is stronger.
In produce markets the year drans f
a close with slightly stronger prices for
antt in cotton, owing to a better fonirn
demand, notwithstanding more enomir.
nglns crop reports. Nobody can court
l. 1 . I I 1 . . . I .
ume?. it nt'iti ictiti mnsieci nei; riy ' cut.,
favorable that few make large wntum
against the yield exceeding 9MiWi
bales. Wheat has nearly hoisted 2 cti.
but fell about as much, closing M o,
higher for the week. In spite of rwlu'-sl
CL-nuCiii'n ffir'aliit j an.1 Alia.,!.. .. .
..v.v.., a ,.i. iiiiaiilll '"JriS.
Except reports from winter nneit
rpcrinnH wort or c inin nitic inm h im..
ence, but still more the great hut nil-
1.. 1 . .. : . ...
niTeage with exceptional prospects thus
far. In two weeks of June Atlantic n
ports of wheat and flour have 1W1
equal to 4.9!)7.6u3 bushels, against (,-
-io.hi Dusneis mat year.
i-aiiures tor tne week nave iien 1H
in the I'nited States, against list
year, and in 3G in Canada, acainfl J)
last year.
A. SOCIALISTIC COMMUNITY.
ring Humanity.
the once powerful American railway
union, lias completed plans f or the
colonization of the unemployed work
men of America In the state nf Wai
IOKIMII. I iiuuiiuicon UL HI IMIICII !IKt?
movement. The constitution of th
"Social Democracy" favors the public
ownershln of n.11 Industries control!
by monopolies, trusts and combine),
such as railroads, telegraphs, ttlt-
.. .. .1 .. 1 .. 1 .. 11 1. . . . 1 .. . .. r . .1.
f , IU1 ,, .Idllll. UhllL piiiiii... -w
favors public proprietary control cf ail
mines, oil and gas wells. It favnn t;
ductlon of the hours of labor in pro
portion to tne progress or urouurm
nentri iw me unt. nijuoj' t-w in (.uv7l...
In the undertakinK of public wirti
B ImtMnttnmaa-ir-l 4rh- r.tlhllf I'ttHt
to be lined for the purpose.
Killed by a EUotrio Wire.
Daniel Kennedy, a iincniitn,
shocked to death at Philadelphia on i
UIIH Bireei emu uiruru meum- vj vu
a .1 ...! ll.W
an,, -I v. v ia 1 civ v (run v. 1 --
wire, xienneuy nam u-vn scm u
- .1 1 1 .tt t. 1
I'vit s,v v. ' wa 1 "uiiui
an,rl fnll Vtna il .fnr-nuiut flfrnHH fill 1 1
been instantaneous, as, aside from
olUhr utltiihlno rtt t Via m MSf-iPR 01
mi 1 i. . Un if I rem frtf
A IIC UVIU V IIUIIH Ull illt
tne assistance ot a ure uuis,
. . .. i ...,. In hail
roasted.
Sheep Eeab Exliti.
xii ttivuiuaiji;. win n-
among- domestic animals Secretin
1 T linuil, Jl - II lajnv utiui J
ment. has Issued to the manager! 1
agents of railroads ana transporwn
companies, stocKmen ana cium
Atf..lw that thf CODtl'
tUIBC UUII1JIIIH mvill
Kious disease known as sheep araj j
scabies of sheep, exists anion
ill tiiv 11 1, it va iai.D, - ..---
violation of the law to receive 1
transportation of transport any stl
affected wltn mat uisease 1 1 ' -i
Slate or Territory to anotner.
Three People Killed.
Joseph McFarland. a potter,
n i...ni. r ho fiit her of I"1
V.1IIOIVBVCOC, V., Oil 1
children, waa overcome by neat w
died. Charles M. Watts, the uiW
taker, and David MiUer, the vliw
Daroer, were urestuuB
when lightning struck the rrtloWJ
. . ... a - i hia hand, 14
the act of shaving the dead man.
. ... . - r n,.. nnnl 1T1
Instantly Killed, ana aicrw-"--
year-old son suffered a nw'
ivi T.-Ial.tora
Tne special session of the Llttl
Ark., legislature nas aujuu.
the house ahortly before adjournmtjji
was witnessed a riotous scenr. -
rona dih was up ror n.'...
oers jumpea on loy 01 u -
like wild men. The speaker ana f
geant-at-arms were powerlM 1
several members thratened to is i
while one dared the sP'Ker ;,;,..
sonal combat, on the .floor l
T.mnortrll InaaSS
On the arrival of the Uritlsh it
ship Scot at Southampton ',B th:
body of the late Barney ubih-- h(li
coroner a omcera wem "-- r gt
an Inquest. The Inquest "!'d.ati
the Jury returned a vero lni
from drowning wmw wii
sane.