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Disasters, Accidents and Fatalities,
Fire at 4 o'clock yesterday. morning de-
So siroyed the residence of Frederick Smith, of
‘Windsor, Ont, In their efforts: to escape,
- Mr, and Mrs. Smith, their sister-in-law, Mrs..
‘E. F. Smith, were seriously, if not fatally
‘burned, and Mrs. C. R. Greer was badly in-
jured by jumping from a window. = The
women received their injuries while trying
to save some money they had forgotten
when the fire broke out.
Two men, Frank Snowden and George
Linkhauer, were run over and killed on the
Pennsylvania Railroad near Wilmerding,
Pa.
The east pound passenger train on the
Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati and St. Louis
Railroad ran into a freight train near Ed-
wardsville crossing, eight miles from Alton.
The engineer and fireman were killed and’
amany of the passengers seriously injured.
An express train on the Big Four road
Tan into an open switch at Edwardsville
Junction, Ill, and collided with a freight
Mrain. Edward Hoffman, engineer, and
‘William Barrett, fireman, both of Mattoon,
d11., were killed, and Samuel Coswell, a
tramp, was fatally injured.
‘ During a terrific wind and rain storm at
“Phoenix, Ariz., many frail houses were de-
_ molished and two Indians were killed by
lightning. :
A dynamite cartridge toncealed in a sheaf
of wheat tore a thrashing machine to pieces
near Ogden, Utah, and scattered the farm
hands in every direction. Two are believed
10 be fatally injured.
A collision at Erie, Pa., of the east-bound
Chicago and Boston special on the Lake
Shore with a freight, caused the instant
death of Engineer William Welsh and Fire-
man Jacob Berkner, both of Buffalo.
“Btephen Perry, of Cleveland, a passenger,
was seriously hurt but may recover.
Capital, Labor and Industrial, _
At Marquette, Mich., operations at the
Champion Iron Mine were suspended for an
ndefinite period and the entire force of 600
employes discharged. The suspension is
due, it is said, to the fact, that the company
is unable to market its ore.
At Chicago, an agreement between the
officials of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy and representatives of the employes
of the road, by the terms of which a sub-
stantial general advance in wages was grant-
ed the employes, went into effect Wednes-
day. 5
The American District messenger boys
went out on a strike at New York.
Every department of the’ Phoenix Iron
Company, Phoenixville, Pa., was started up
Tuesday night for the first time in = years.
The firm has received 2 number of orders
from Homestead, and the works will run
double turn.
Cleveland messenger boys are on strike
Advices from Australia say the miners in
the silver mines at Brikenhill have struck.
All mines are idle, and about 6,000 men are
out of work. The mine owners decided
that getting out ore shall be let by contract.
The men refuse to agree to this, and ask
that it be paid for by the day, as at present.
The members of Typographical Union
No. 13, Boston, Mass., by a vote of 205 to
$882, declared against paying an assessment
of 10 cents per week for further support of
#he printers on strike in Pittsburg, Pa-
Typographical Union No. 6, of New York
City, took the same action a few days since:
John L. Miller of a Quincy (Mass.) granite
firm, whose workmen are on a strike, has
received a threatening letter signed, “‘Re-
member Frick.”
The Carpenters’ Union of South Bend,
Ind. served notice on all contractors of the
city employing union men that it would re-
fuse to use Carnegie material hereafter.
The Watt Mining Car Wheel Works at
“Barnesville, O.. 1s idle on account of the
strike at Homestead, Pa.,
Eighty-seven iron and steel companies
have now signed the new Amalgamated
scale.
The Wheeling (W. Va,) Iron and Steel
Company, a combine composed of the Bel-
amnont, Benwood and Top Mill companies,
has organized by the election of Russell
Hubbard, President. The'concern will have
a capital of over $8,000,000 and will be the
largest iron and steel concern after the Car- -
imegie's in the Ohio Valley. | The projectors
of the company state that the combine was
made necessary by the efforts of the Car-
megie Steel Company to crush outits smaller
oompetitors. :
A compromise nas peen emected between
the strikers and mill owners at Stevens’
Point, Wis. The mills have started.
The reported trouble at the Studebaker
wagon works, at South Bend, Ind., between
the firm and the workmen is denied by the
management.
A large number of the quarrymen at the
Millstone granite quarries at Niantic, Ont,,
have gone back to work regardiess of the
qinion, and it is expected the remainder will
doso as soon as places are offered them.
The granite cutters, it is thought, will soon
follow suit. The men have been out since
May 1. i ie
Five hundred miners employed in the
Montana, (W. Va.) mines gnit' work on a
strike, which promises to be one of the most
bitterly contested ever in the State. The
strike is in order to force recognition of the
Miners’ Union; . The miners at Beechwood
and Opekiska are already out and 1,500
miners at Monongha will ‘probably go ou
next week. All the miners in the Wheeling
district are getting ready to go ut on a strike
for the State scale.
Washington Nows.
After the passage by the House and Sen- |
: the nominated Hon. R.J. Pearson for Con-
—
The President has approved the bill mak-
ing eight hours a legal day's work on all
public works.
. The condition of Senator Colquitt has not
improved. His right side is paraiyzed and
his articulation is imperfect. His wife will
have him removed from Washington to
some health resort immediately.
The joint resolution continuing the appro-
priations of last year's sunday bill up to the
10th inst., was approved by the President.
The President signed the following bills:
Joint resolution authorizing foreign exhibi-
tors at the World’s Columbian Exposition
the purpose of preparing for and making
their exhibits; joint resolution extending an
invitation to the King and Queen, of Spain,
and the descendants of Columbus to parti-
cipate in the World's Columbian Exposition;
the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, and
several other measures.
Smith A. Whitfield, first assistant post-
master general, announces that he will ten-
der his resignation to take effect September
1, and engage in business. He has been in
public service for over 30 years.
According to a census bulletin just issued,
the whole number of males in the United
States in 1890 was 32,067,880, and the whole
uumber of females 30,554,370. The females
exceeded the males in 1890 toa greater ex-
tent than 5 per cent. in the District of Col-
nmbia, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Secretary Noble left Washington for his
summer vacation.
Pursuant to a resolution passed = by the
House, Speaker Crisp has appointed a sub
committee of the committee on Pensions
and Invalid Pensioners to codify the pension
laws, consisting of Representatives Pearson,
of Ohio; Martin, of Indiana; Wilson, of
Missouri; Flick, of Iowa, and Waugh, of
Indiana. The first three are Democrats, the
other two Republicans. The committee will
sit during recess.
Mr. Harrison will not issue his letter ac.
cepting the nomination before August 20
He will return to Washington in. time for
the Grand Army of the Republic conclave.
Miscellaneous,
Beginning Wednesday, the circular price
of coal for Philadelphia is advanced 15 cents
at the mines by the Reading and Penn-
sylvania roads, making the rates as follows:
Egg, $2,65; stove, 2,75; chestnut, $2,565. This
makes an increase of about 50 cents since the
first of the year. = The retail dealers are ex-
pected to add about 50 cents to present quota-
tions.
A number of informations were made at
Pittsburg, Pa., by Pinkerton detectives, who
were so abused at Homestead on July 6,
charging women and steel workers with ag-
gravated felonious assault and battery,
highway robbery, larceny and pocket
picking.
Two hundred G. A. R. men defied the
school directors of Franklin, Ill., by raising
1 flag over the schoolhouse after they had
refused the school ma’am permission todo
she same. The directors have been asked
to resign.
The inquest in the Homestead (Pa.) cases
was concluded at Pittsburg. The jury was
sut about an hour. The essence of the ver-
dict was that there was an unlawful assem-
blage of men on the river bank at Home-
stead, July 6, through which murder was
;ommitted, and the jury recommends that
the members of thé unlawful assemblage be
sertified to the September sessions of the
grand jury. No attempt was made’ by the
jury in any of the ten cases to designate the
persons by whom the fatal shots were fired.
As the supply of seal skins is very short,
and the probability that no Russian skins
will be allowed to leave that country for
fear of cholera germs, there is likely to be a
rise in prices of furs from 50 to 100 per cent
Col. A. L. Hawkins and Assisiance Sur-
geon William Simpson Grim, of the Tenth
Regiment, went to Alderman P. B. Reilly's
office, Pittsburg, and entered bail to answer
at court for their connection with the case
of ex-Private W. L. Iams,
Political.
The People's Party State convention at
Jackson, Mich., nominated J. W. Ewing, of
Eaton county, for Governor.
incomplete
Complete and returns re-
i ceived from 49 out of the 68 counties in the
State of Alabama, indicate a majority rang-
ing between 15.000 and 20,000 for Governor
Jonesand the regular Democratic = State
ticket.
Thomas Elmer Davis was nominated by
the Republicans of W. Va., for Governor,
after an exciting session of the convention
at Huntington. Hon. 8. B. Elkins repeat-
edly deciined the honor, even after he was
nominated by acclamation.
Daniel W. Lawlor was nominated by the
Democrats of Minnesota for Governor.
The People’s party state convention at
Kearney, Neb., nominated ex-Senator C. H.
Vanwyck for Governor. :
The Democratic National Campaign Com-
mittee met at New York end elected Don,
M. Dickson, of Michigan, cha:rman, and B.
B. Smalley, Secretary.
The conferees of the People's party of the
Twenty-first (Pa.) district nominated George
W. Rumbaugh, of Westmoreland county;
for Congress.
The Nebraska Republican State conven-
tion nominated Lorenzo Crounse for gov-
ernor.
Congressional Nominations,
C. T. Caldwell, of Parkersburg, was nomi-
nated by the Republicans of the Fourth W.
Va. district for Congress.
The People's party convention of the
Pifth Georgia district nominated 8. M. Tali-
aferro of Fulton county, for Congress, S8am
Small who had received the Prohibition
nomination‘and was an active candidate
before the convention, being ' beaten by
three-quarters of a vote.
Qongressman Allan C. Durborow was re-
pominated by acclamation by the Demo
erats of the Third fllinois district.
. The North Dakota Republican convention
named M. M. Johnson, the sitting member,
for Congress. Gov. Burke was renominated
for Governor.
The Democrats of the 16th Ohio district
gress,
Joel Heatwole wos nominated for Oon-
to bring to this country foreign laborers for |
ls
gress by the Republicans of the Third (Minn)
district, 5
At the Waynesburg, Pa., Prohibition con-
vention, A. K, Williamson, of McKeesport,
Pa., was nominated for Congress.
John O. Pendleton was re-nominated for
Congress by the First W. Va., District Demo-
cratic convention. :
The Weather.
At Kansas City the thermometer on Thurs.
day reached 96° in the Government Weather
Bureau. Down on the streets many ther-
mometers marked 100° and 102°. In Western
Kansas it is hotter still, the official tem-
perature in some places being 96° and 100°.
Friday was the hottest day of the season °
at Kansas City. The temperature at 4
o'clock reached 99°. Ordinary theremom-
eters on the street registered 102° to 104° in
the shade. Several prostrations from the
heat occurred, but no fatalities have been
reported. A hot wind was blowing all day,
and grave fears for the safety of Kansas
corn are entertained. -
Creps.
The wheat yield in Illinois is not quite up
to expectations. The oats yield is also dis-
appointing. The froit outlook has im-
proved.
Nearly all Missouri crops are harvested.
The wheat yield is a little below the average.
Oats are poor. Corn is progressing well,
Fruits is light.
Itary's wheat crops will be short, but
grapes are abundant.
Tar hot weather put North Dakota crops
in excellent condition. 5
Fires
At Wheatland, Ia., the store of A Lillie
and considerable adjoining property was
burned. Loss, $75,000; insurance, $50,000.
Mrs. John Snyder was burned to death.
At Alliance, Neb., the. postoffice, the
building of the Alliance Témes, the Norton
block ane five other business buildings were
burned. I.oss, $50,000, fully insured.
At Joplin, Mo., the Joplin White Lead
Works, the largest concern of the kind in
Missouri were burned. Loss, $200,000, part-
ly injured.
Legislative.
Governor Winans issued a proclamation
calling a special session of the legislature of
Michigan to meet Friday, forthe purpose of
rearranging the senate districts and apport
ioning anew the representatives among the
counties and districts, and for the trans-
action of such other business as may be
laid before it.
Crime and Penalties.
At Dannemora, N. Y., Joseph, known as
“Call’’ Wood, was executed by electricity.
Death was apparently painless and 'instan-
taneous. :
Turf News
The great stallion Sultan, sire of Stamboal
and 26 others in the 2:30 list, dropped dead
at Abdallah park, Ky., after being driven a
mile. He was the property of W. T. Handy
and the estate of W. H. Wilson. His owners
recently refused $40,000 for him,
Personal.
Chief Justice Jos. R. Comegys is very ill
at Dover, Del. :
President Harrison arrived at Loon Lake
as unostentatiously as do the other guests
who visit Loon Lake. Mrs. Harrison is still
quite ill althongh she is declared to have
improved in a wonderful degree since her
arrival here.
BEYOND OUR BORDERS,
Ten cases of © cholera and eight deaths
have occurred in the prison at Tomsk, one
of the depots for Siberian exiles.
An apology from the United States was
received by the Swiss Government for the
arrest by mistake of a member of the Swiss
Legation in Washington.
What remains of the wreck of the Inman
line steamer, City of Chicago, which ran
ashore some time ago near the Old Head of
Kinsale, has been sold privately for £420,
after a public auction had failed to elicita
higher bid than £20.
There was an alarming renewal Sunday
of the activity of Mt. Etna. : Loud and con-
tinuous subterranean rumblings are heard,
and the streams of lava flowing down the
slopes are steadily increasing.
Because Prince Nicholas Susslovifch, an
officer in the Czar’s body hussars, dined with
the affianced of Lieutenant ivan Rattovitch:
at a ball in Moscow, Saturday, the lieuten-
ant shot the prince while the waltz was go-
ing on, killing him instantly, and then com-
mitted suicide.
Nine persons were drowned by the cap-
sizing of a ferryboat on the Mejorda river,
at Tunis.
The cholera returns for ali Russia for the
8rd and 4th, show a total of 6,741 new cases
and 3.496 deaths. A circular issued by the
ministry of interior, calls upon all Russians,
male and female, who have studied medi
cine abroad to place themselves at the dis-
posal of the authorities to combat cholera.
Saturday's returns from various metro-
politan hospitals show that 3,245 patients
were heing treated, and that that there are
no fewer than 2,860 cases of scarlet fever
and 297 of diphtheria.
TWO MEN KILLED.
A Bad Wreck on the Baltimore & Ohio
ear Connellsville, Pa.
CoNNELSVILLE, PA. Aug. 7.—Two freight
trains collided on the Baltimore & Ohio on
a curve four miles east of Connellsville, Pa.,
by which apout seventy cars were piled in a
mass. brakeman White was killed instant-
ly and Fireman Beltz was brought to the
hospital here so badly injured that he lived
but a short time. = Fireman Miller of Glen-
wood had a leg so badly mangled that it
was believed ampu'ation would be unavoid-
able, but it is thought the limb can be
saved.
The Lengue Record.
The following table shows the standing of
the various base ball clubs:
Post- Per
Lost. poned. Cent.
Brooklyn
Baltimore......., 1
Philadelphia... . 1
Cincinnati.......
‘Chicago...
Washingto
Figsbursh Sv
Louisville.........
Bt. Lonis.........
INFORMATIONS FOR MURDER
AGAINST CARNEGIE OFFICIALS.
——
Fifteen People Included in the Informa
tion Made by Hugh Ross. Defend-
ants Bailad,
Information against the Carnegie Steel
Company officials and prominent Pinkerton
detectives were made at Pittsbarg, Pa., but
the men whom the Homestead strikers
were most anxious should spend a night or
two in jail did not go there. Attorneys Rren-
nen and Cox and Hugh Ross, who is him-
self charged with murder, went to the office
of Alderman Festus M. King, and Ross
swore to the Jong. threatened information
for murder. Constable Wall went to the
offices of the Carnegie Company to find
some of the men wanted, and not finding
them waited a long time fg them to appear.
The three men expacted to be found there,
Messrs. Leishman, Curry and Lovejoy,
meanwhile had gone to the court house, and
Judge Ewing and District Attorney Burleigh
sent for Alderman King and his records,and
they were committed and gave bail. Judge
Ewing took occasion to indicate that he
thought the persecution had a = very poor
ease and to rap the attorneys who _encour-
aged the bringing of it.
The information made by Hugh Ross
reads as follows: :
‘‘Before me. the’ subscriber, Iestns M.
King, an Alderman in and for the said City
of Pittsburgh, personaliy came Hugh Ross,
who, upon ath administered according te
w, deposes and says that in Mufflin town-
ship, in the county of Allegheuy, and State
of Penrsylvania, on the 6th day of July,
/1892, H. C. Frick, F. T. KF. Lovejoy, Robert
Pinkerton. William Pinkerton, J. A, Potter,
. A. Corey, J. G. A. Leishman, H, M
Curry, C. WV. Bedell; Fred Primer, W. H.
Burt, Nevin McConnell, james Dovey John
Cooper and Fred W. Hinde, did of their
malice aforethought felohiousiy and riotous-
I¥, with force and arms and deadly weapons,
Kilt'and murder and did cause feloniously to
killed and murderes John I. Morris,
George W. Rutter, Silas Waine and Joseph
Sotax, then and there being in the: peace of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Thic
information is made upon informatioa re-
ceived and believed to
nent.” ¢
Constable Charles H. Stewart came from
Homestead with Ross, when the latter came
down to make the information, and, assoon
as it was made; returned with warrants for
the arrest of those of the accused who were
supbased to be atthe steel mill. He didn’t
get them all, and those he did get received
norude treatmeut. They had a guard of
deputy sheriffs to see that strikers didn’t
molest them, and when a few hundred of
e true by this de-
the latter tendered them a demonstration
at Muophall station they were dispersed
with fixed bayonets inthe hunds of the
militia.
Constable Wall, who went afier Messrs.
Lovejoy, Leishman and Curry, expected to
bring then: to the Alderman's office and
thence escort them'to jail. It was the de-
sire of the prosecution that Chairman Frick
should not be disturbed while he is ill, The
three other leading Carnegie officials did not
wait to be arrested at their office, but went
before Judge Ewing in Common Pleas Court
0. 2 and asked to surrender themselves.
Attorneys D. F. Patterson, KE. ¥Y, Breck and
. C. Knox, of their counsel, were with
them and the attorneys for the prosecution
were there when they arrived. Judge Ewing
said he cou'd not receive the prisoners and
sent for Alderman King to issue commit-
ments for them, The alderman was not at
his office when. Judge Ewing's messenger
arrived, but came in answer to a note left for
him about an hour later. The discussion
became warm soon after the alderman came *
in, but it was rather between Judge Ewing
and Attorneys Cox and Brennen than be
tween opposing counsel.
As soon as Alderman King
Messrs. Lovejoy, Curry and Leishman
went through the form of surrenderin
themselves to him, waiving a hearing an
being committed for court. Applicition to
admit them to bail was then made, and
after some discussion, Attorneys Cox and
Brennen agreed that they be allowed bail.
It was also agreed that Mr. Frick be’ admit-
ted to bail. but the attorneys served notice
that admission to bail would be resisted in
the case of all the others. The bond of
Messrs. Frick, Leishman, Curry and Love:
joy, in the sum of $10,000 each, with R. B.
and A. W. Mellon as sureties, was then
made out and signed.
SHARP WORDS FROM THE BENCH.
News reached the court room that Messrs,
McConnell and Dovey had been arrested at
Homestead, and the attorneys of the steel
company wished to have them included in
the agreement for release on bail. Attorneys
Cox and Brennen would not = consent, and
this led to Judge Ewing making some very
pointed remarks. He expressed the opinion
that the position of the rioters was very
different from that of the Pinkertons.
When he called the dead men named in the
information members of a mob Mr. Bren-
nen said the Pink=rtons were a mob too.
Judge Ewing fla ly contradicted this, and
spoke rather dispai-usingly of lawyers who
encouraged riot. Messrs. Brennen and Cox
looked somewhat uncomfortable at this,but
rsisted in their refusal to consent to
Porthos bail bonds being taken without a
hearing. After they bad had a consultation
with District Attorney Burleigh, Judge
Ewing fixed a hearing for 9:30 o'clock next
morning. y
Just before the court next day opened
Clerk McGu negle announced that Judge
Ewing had ordered that Mr. Frick be ad-
mitted to bail in the sum of $10,000 and that
the bail had been given at the chairman’s
house at Homewood, R. B. and A. W. Mellon
appearing on the bond. ;
RELEASED ON BAilL.
Judge Eaving asked on taking his seat on
the bench if the defendants were present.
He was told that McConnell and Dovey
were there and that Potter and Corey would
be mm court in a few minutes. District At-
torney Burleigh then mude the following
statement:
After acareful cxamination of the facts in this
Ihave come to th: conclusion, after consulta
tion with the private counsel, that there will be no
objection to these defendants. being released on
bail. In view of Your Honor’s view of the law in
this case, and your ruling as to the rights of tue re
spective parties in this case, we feel constrained to
make no objection to their release on bait,
Attorney Knox sucgested that as the
prosecution had made a great blow: of
trumpets about what it was going to show,
he felt curious to hear its case. Mr. Cox re-
plied there was no use of a hearing when
the offence was admitted to be bailable.
Judge Ewing ordered that they give bail in
$10,000 each and Messrs, Mellon were offered
as bail and accepted. ‘
At this point Messrs. Potter and Corey
came in and bail was given for them along
with the others, which concluded the pro-
© edings. !
. The Hale Statue Unveiled.
At Concord, N. H., the statue of John P
Hale was unveiled Thursday in the presence
of a great throng. The statue, which was
presented to the State by Senator Chandler.
stands in thie State House yard. Governor
came in,
Tuttle, on behalf of the State, accepted the -
gift. Daniel Hall, of Dover, was the'orator
of the day, and Frederick Douglas, Galusha
A. Grow, George 8. Boutwell and others also
spoke.
at Conflagration in Russia.
"Warsaw papers report. that the town ot
Rzecze; in Volhynia, was set on fire in four
388 corners the other night and completely
destroped, 14 persons being killed, 16 "seri:
ously injured, and 2,000 rendered homeless,
»
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FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Moxpay—In the Senate the joint resolu-
tion extending til} next Thursday last year s
appropriations for the governmeiit bureaus
covered by and #xcluded in the sundry civil
appropriation bill, still © pending in the
ouse, was pasced without a word of re-
marx; and without any division. Almost
all that occupied the attention of the Senate
were Speaches on the tariff question, Ad-
journed. ; .
In the House a spicy half hour's debate
receeded the ge to-day of a jount reso-
ution extending until August 4 thre appro-
priations embodied in the sundry civi bill
of last vear.. The World's Fair appropris-
tion did not come up, but a bill was pas-ed
STIR the date of the dedicatory ceremo-
nies from the 12th to the 21st of October.
Nothing further wasidone, and the House
adjourned. 5
rspay—After am interesting debate of
more than two hours to-day, during which
the Pinkerton employment question was
discussed in all its phases, the Senate adopt
ed a resolution to investigate the Finkertons,
and, although the resolution does not speci-
fically state it, itis known thatthe labor
troubles at Homestead (Pa.) and Shoshone
county, Idaho, will also be inquired into,
The resolution adopted was as fol lows :
“That a select cummittee of seven Sena-
tors he appointed by the President "of the
Senate, si duty it shall be to investigate
and report to the Senate the facts in relation
to the employment for private purposes of
armed bodies of men or detectives in con-
nection with differences between workmen
land employers, such investigation to in-
clude the Tacts in relation to the existence
and employment generally of such or simi-
lar armed bodies of men or detectives in the
United States since their first organization
or appearance therein. The investigation
shall extend to and embrace the reasons for
the creation of such. organized bodies of
armed men, their character and uses; also
as to where, when. how and by whom such
men have been employed and paid for any
services they may have rendered, and under
what authority of law, if any, they have
been so employed and paid. in addition to
committee will consider and report by bill
or otherwise what legislation, if any, is
necessary to prevent further unlawful use
or employment of such armed bodies of men
or other similar armed bodies for -private
‘purposes. “Said committee either as a full
committee or through sub-committees there-
of shall have authority to sead for persons
and papers,administer oaths to witnesses and
take testimony in Washington or elsewhere,
according to its discretion, during the pre-
sent session or the approaching recess of
congress; and to employ a clerk. messenger
and stenographer, the expenses of the in-
vestigation to be paid from the contingent
fund of the Senate.” Adjourned.
In the House the speaker sent the follow-
ing telearam to each of the absentees: “I
figenily Jequest your immediate attendance
here. e cannot break the deadlock with-
out a full attendance, and we cannot ad-
{oun without disposing of the sundry civil
ill. Allleaves or absence are revoked.”
The House then adjourned.
WepxEspAY—Afier transacting some rou-
tine business the Senate, at 1:38 p. M., ad-
journed until t»- morrow. }
TaurspAY—The Senate to-day transacted
no business of its own, except to concur in
the House resolution extending appropria-
tions to August 10, but took a recess await
ing a Fepiort from the House on the Sundry
Civil bill. ‘When that report was received
indicating that the House insisted on dis-
agreeing to the World's Fair amendment;
an adjournment was taken until to-morrow.
When the House convened a resolution
was reported from the Committee on Rules
and passed making th's suspension day.
The resolution extending appropriations
under the Sundry Civil bill six days was
passed.” Mr. Holman, Dem., of Indiana,
offered a resolution that the Hovse should
reconsider. the vote -by which the Senate
amendments to the World's Fair were con-
curred in, insist. upon a further disagree-
ment and again send the bill to conference.
This was adopted after some debate by a
vote of 141 to 50. This released the House
from its parliamentary entanglement. Mr,
Reilly, (Dem.) of Pennsylvania, who re
ported the recommendation of the Advisory
Committee yesterday, then offered the reso-
lution that the House should proceed to
consider the substitute for the Durborrow
bill and vote upon it to-morrow at 1 o'clock.
This was adopted nnder suspension of the
rules. The House then, in Committee of
the Whole, devoted the day to the measure,
various amendments being submitted there-
to, but not adopted, and the debate took a
wide range, embracing the tariff, silver and
Prohibition ixsues. At5 P.M. the commitiee
rose and the House adjourned. :
Fripay—After an executive session the
Senate received a message from the House
with the World's Fair bill SDpropristng
$2,500,000 to the Fair, and the bill was pass-
ed. Unimportant and routine business
then followed.
When the House met to-day it resumed
in committee of the whole consideration of
the Darborow world’s fair bill. Mr. Cum-
mings of New York, opened the opposition
with a bitterspeech against a proposition
which he characterized as one which was in-
tended to lget the treasury, Mr. Fellows of
New York, spoke in favor of the bill The
discussion on the bill was. concluded at 1
o'clock. when the committee rose and re-
ported the Durborow bill and = substitute to
the house. Mr. McMillin, Democrat, of
Tennessee, demanded the yeas and nays on
the De Armond substitute allowin the
managers of the fair to coin bullion for sou-
venir coins at government mints to the ex-
tent of : 5,000,000, the fair to receive the ben-
efits of seiniorage (estimated at $2,000,000)
and the premiums on the coins as souvenirs.
‘The De Armond substitute was lost—76 to
139—and a vote was then ordered on the
Durborow bill. The bill was adopted by a
vote of 131 ayes to 83 noes.
CLOSING SCENES IN THE SENATE.
It was 9:25 p. m. when Chief Clerk Towle
of the House announced the House agree-
ment on the Sundry Civil bill. Mr. Allison,
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ap-
propuations, was immediately recognized
y the Vice President to report the Senate
conference report.
mously agreed to.
Mr. Allison said the principal increase for
the present session was found in the appro-
priations for pensions and i ostoffice
demartment. There were sofne diminua-
tions, notably in deficiencies which were
$5,000,000 less this congress than two years
ago, and in miscellaneous expenses. Not a
single public building bill has been passed
by this Congress. :
Mr. Allison disclaimed making these re.
marks in a partisan sense, and stated
that the Appropriation Committee had not
divided on party lines. He ‘admitted that
the increased appropriations were made
necessary by the growth of the country.
Mr. Gorman, Maryland, a member of the
Committee on Appropriations. ¢haracterized
Mr. Allison's statement as fair and correct,
The report was unani-
Congress and the country to the necessity of
action on the part of both houses of Con-
gress, and by the executive ‘to return to an
economical basis of fixed expenditure. Be:
fore this Congress adjourned, unless he
(Gorman) very much mistook the figures of
the Secretary of Treasnry, Congress would
be required to levy additional taxes to meet
the requirements now upen the statute
Mr. Cockrell (Dem., Mo.,) said in his
judgment the House had done its best to
keep down appropriations; that they had
“been: larger than'many expected, he did not
doubt,
The Vice President then declared the
Senate adc jurned without day
Meetet—— 4 1
LAST HOURS IN THE HOUSE.
When the evening session of the House
convened, Mr. Holman explained the
| in dispute and the compromises effected in
the Bunary Civil bill. He said the bill, as
goally reed te, carried $27,837,428, being
3 1289 less (1 an the bill as it passed the
n
‘gate when it passe] the House.
the testimony and conclusions of fact. the
‘but again earnestly called: the attention of |
nature of the agreement, detailing the items |.
and $2,014 246 more than its ‘aggre
¢ Concerning
accept the substitute snbmitted on the part.
of the Senate. ‘The Senate had nted a.
committee to investigate the matter. The
House had done likewise, and it was for
these committees to investigate and m :
a report before action should be taken.
tion on the adoption of the conference re-—
port, and shies Some debate * was adopted
a standing vote ol 014.
er nd Democrat, of Ohio, offered a.
concurrent resolution providing for the ap—
intment of a committee of two mem :
Ror the House ana a similar number fromy
the Senate to simplify existing pensions
laws during the recess of Congress, and after-
some verbal changes had been «made, the-
resolution was agreed Ef 5
1t lacked five seconds of th
hour when a dozen niembers shi
for recognition, waving papers iz
but they were too late
Fifty-second Congress adjourned. LN
BUSINESS IS IMPROVING.
#
Crop Prospects Clearer and Manufact—
urers Doing Well. «©
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly Review of Trade
says: In every respect save one the busi.
prospects are clearer and it is certain that:
the supplies of leading staples will be abund~
ant. Manufacturers are doing finely, evens
in the iron branch. Domestic trade is of
enormous volume, and decidedly the larg--
est ever known for the season. Money is»
still abundant, and a somewhnt general im--
provement in demand causes no pressure.
But the heavy sales of American stocks by~
by foreign holders continue and draw large-
amounts of gold from the country, indica
ting foreign distrust of American finances.
At Boston trade i of i
in boots ele fy or aly
fair. © Rubber factories are well employed,
the fall € in dry goods is: excellent an
the outlook promising for -woolens, the:
receipts of wool are large and prices d
the manufacturers doing a good business.
Increase is seen jn dry goods buyers andi
country stocks ars small. Trade in paintss
cals active and in tobacco
dealers holding small stocks, a:
mand for money increases. At Cini
trade is quiet, but wholesale drug
ceed last year's. At Cleveland trades
iron, and orders for rolled iron are large,.
and 1n dry goods business is fairly active
At Detroit crops lok well, and trade is full
equal to that of last July, ; :
The volume of trade in July is fully 15-
per cent. larger than last year, and greater
cline of 5 per cent. in prices since a year ago...
Imports are enormous, Tne oni
years over 19 per cent. the past month,.
manufactures and consumption.
reparts show no gain in comparison wi
the remarkably large movement last vear
one per cent. appears in value for five weeks,
the business is really larger than usual.
Railroad earnings show & gain of nearly 6+
per cent. in July, and catt e. receipts at Ch
gain of 5 per cent. over last year.
Speculation has made higher prices for-
at the West exceeding 1,000,000 bushels per:
aa with exports of 800,000 bushels in three
on small sales, and oats 24c: Western 5
ed #c on sale of, 596,000 bales for the
crop reports being more favorable.
is # stronger and oil $c lower.
The business failures during the last sevens
days number, for the United States. 160:
Canada, 24; total, 184, as compared with 193%
last week; 187 the week previous to the last
k,.
year.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND STRIKERS:
tory of the New York Building
Trades.
Never in the history of labor unions con--
nected with the building trades of New York
City has a fight more general or niore de--
termined than that which is now being:
waged by the board of walking delegates in
Handlers’ union, taken place. On account:
of it over 18,000 men quit work at variouss
times during the last few months. Some-
have been successful in obtaining employ-
ment in other places, but those are in the-
minority. It would not be an overestimate:
to say there are fully 15,000 men idle on ac
count of the struggle. :
The fight commenced originally througha
an attempt of the Iron league to eon the:
Housesmiths' union, The union houses:
smiths were locked out and being beatens
applied to the Federated Building trades for
assistance. It was quickly given and tie-ups®
were ordered in a large number of buildings:
in course of erection throughout the city for=
which theiron firm of J, B, & J. M. Cornell
and the Jackson Architectural iron-works~
the Iron league.
The building material dealers of the city
who were informed that no building ma--
terial would be permicted to be supplied toe
the blacklisted buildings, strenuously ob-:
jected and said they wonid not recugnize~
the order of the board. The fight with the-
Iron league was ncne of their quarrel and.
they were in the business to make money.
ihe drivers then refused to litndle build—
ing material for use upon the boycotteds
buildings, and the dealers in the city in re-
taliation started a new organization of driv--
ers and handlers.
This action enlarged tlie scope of the fight..
The Federated union made the cause of thes
drivers and handlers their own and boycot-
d the yards of the members of the dealers’
ssociation, As a result, every building to-
which material was sent from these yards:
was ordered to be tied up and business ins
——— ee reer
Parliament Opened,
has convened. Michael Davitt secured the
seat formerly occupied by Parnell, « The~
to any &
Gladstone start for the House of 'Commons«
' and greeted his appearance with roars of ap--
plause, which were repeated when he enters
ed the House. Mr. Balfour, the Goverement :
leader, also received an ovation. Johns
‘Burns, the labor leader, had a’ mingled re--
ception of cheers and groans. wd
Sir Matthew Ridley, Conservative, moved, ,
and Mr. Gladstone seconded the re-election
of Speaker Peel. Mr. Peel was unanimously -
re-elected Speaker and the House adjourned. .
ne el AA i 4d
A Wave of Death and Destruction.
St. Paul, Aug. 6-—By the breaking of as
Of their occupants Mrs.
ed, Paul Keuk. Henry Ludwig and John
Willey fatally injured and a dozen otherss
severely injured. en
Mr. Holman called for the previous ques—
. Speaker Crisp an--
nounced that the hourof 11 o'clock had
arrived, and declared the first session of thes
ness outlook distinctly improves. | Crop
¢ leather trade iss
works having large orders. At thiladelpiin, 1
firm,
and glass is moderate and liquors and chemi=-
ull. At Balti--
more the fall trade opens favorably, countrg-
In groceries, shoes, hardware and structural
thartin any previous year, in spite of a de.
exceeding last.
which is proof of great activity in domestic:
v ‘ho a
although at New York a decline ‘of half ok: 5
cago were never exceeded in Julyy ex
slightly in 1890. Though fhe coal trade 8
dull, shipments for seven’ months x: :
breadstutls, #c for wheat in spite of receiptss
rn has been advanced nearly 5c-
favor shorter estimates. Cotton has 2 Se
Co:
ees
and 281 for the corresponding week of lasts
b :
The Most Determined Fight in the His—~
the interests of the Building drivers and!
held contracts. The:e firms are the head of:
the yards is paralyzed. -
Loxpox, Aug. 6.—The new Parliament:
Conservatives talk of questioning his right=
at, on the ground of his record asa.
wd at Carlton Terrace watched Mr... :
dam last night thyee houses were wrecked.
August Williams,
Fred Kroeger and Mrs. J. Horne were kill--
open SH fs
; Pris Complete $4.00
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