- A TAS RNA ms are RR OFF FOR THE POLAR REGIONS PEARY’S SHIPSTARTED, —_— - The Bold Artic Explorer, Accompanied By His Wife,Sails From Brooklyn on His Second Attempt to Solve the Mystery of the North Pole. semen After laying in the New York Harbor for three days Lieutenant Peary’'s Artic ship, the Falcon, cast off her mooring and backed off into the middle of the East River from the foot of Dock street, Brooklyn, bound for the North Pole, There were fully 200 people on Excusion Dock. just under the east pier of the big bridge, as the whaler moved away and they all raised their bats and cheered the brave little craft that is to take an American expedi- tion to the nearest navigable point to LIEUTENANT PEARY. the North Pole. The Falcon was decked with buntine from head to foot, and Lieu: tenant Peary’s personal tlag hung from the taffrail. The Eskimo dogs ran about the guarter deck, and the Colorado burros stuck their big ears up over the bulwarks and wagged farewell to the cheers. After some maneuvering the bells in the engine room rang ‘Go ahead,” and the queer ship started up stream. The biz Sound steamers were just rounding the Battery, and as they passed the gayly decked Falcon they blew their whistles three times before going shead. The Falcon answered each salute, but made no attempt to keep up with the big white side wheelers. -~ MRS, PEARY. Lieutenant K. E. Peary and his North Greenland party number thirteen. Lieuten ant Peary’s yact, the Falcon, is a ship within a ship. Her timbers are double throughout and her bow is protected with iron, so that it can ram the ice, She has twe crows’ nests, one on the fore and the other on the mizzen mast. The ship is 311 tons net and 162 feet long. She has twenty-siy feet beam and draws seventeen feet of wate: when ioaded. She was considered the best of the whaling fleet at St. Johns. The Falcon will carry an interesting car- go. In the hole is a house which will form the winter quarters of the party. It will be B3x14 feet and 74 feet high. The walls which are a foot thick, will be lined on the inside with red flannel. The house will con- tain two bath rooms, as well as a separate sleeping room for Lieutenant Feary, whe will be Sopompanien by his wife. It is to be lighted with electricity, the engine supply- ing power to the dvnamo being run by oil The stores will be piled in boxes arounc the house to a height of five feet, and wil be protected by an extension of the corru- gated iron roof covering the house. There wiil be windows of thick glass in the roof, but they. will let in but little light, for the house will be entirely covered with snow during the most of the long Arctic winter. Air will be supplied by ventilators, which will extend high above the roof. The exploring jerty will consist of Lieutenant Peary, his wife and her maid; his colored servant, Matthew Henson; S. J Entreken, of Westchester, Penn., who be- longed to the party which went to Peary’s relief on his first expedition; Edward As- trap, # Norwegian, who accompanied him before; Doctor Vincent, ¥. \W. Stokes, of Phjlajelphis, artist of the expedition; George H. Carr, Chicago; J. W. Davidson, of Austen, Minn.; E. B. Baldwin, of Nash: ville, Tenn.; Hugh J. Lee, Meriden, Conn., and George H. Clark, of Brookline, Mass. The Falcon on leaving New York sailed direct to Boston and Portland, Me. Lieuten- ant Peary’s home. She will then go to St. Johns, and from there to the winder camp above Whale’s Sound, Greenland. The party will remain in the Arctic regions about two and one-half years. The expe: dition is expected to cost £25,000, which Lieutenant Peary has already raised. ASADSUNDAY IN POMEROY, IA, Mournful Relatives Deck the Graves of the Cyclone Victims With Flow- ers. The Death List Increased. Sunday was 2 sad day in Pomeroy, All day long people with flowers passed down the winding road that leads to the cemetery depositing their perfumed burdens upon the 40 odd new made graves, where lie all that is mortal of what were last Sunday happy and prosperous people. The total number of persons killed by the tornado here and elsewhere is plated at 80. The injured.so the doctors report, are do- ing as well as could be expected. but the outlook for the recovery oi many is not re- garded as favorable and it is estimated that fully 20 will be unable to survive their in- juries, Among those who are very low and for whom little hopes are entertained for their recovery are: i : Mrs. John Davy and her sister-in-law, Kate Davy; Ray Keefer, a boy; Joseph De Mars, Mike Quinlan, whose wife was killed; Mrs. Henry Guike, who lost her husband, and I'mma Spies. These people are all in- jured internally. besides having broken bones. Many complaints are made of the work of the human vultures who commenced oper- ations immediately afer the storm and who have kept busy ever since. It is estimated that £20,000 has been stolen from the ruins Money is coming from all the towns in the State. There was received up to 6 0’- clock this evening $9,000 and about as much more has been promised, LATER NEWS WAIFS, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Rep CLirF, CoL.—The Eagle County Bank pas suspended payment. Its capital is $12,- 300 and assets $40,000, The liabilities are £34,000. Lesevr, Mixx—The bank of Leseur made wn assignment. The liabilities are $225,000 ind assets the same. Bic Rarips, MicH.—The Northern Nation- il bank here, with a capital of $100,000, bas suspended. el E DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. By the capsizing of the sailing yacht “hesapeake near the life-saving sta tion, Chicago, nine people were thrown nto the water and four of them irowned. Their bodies are not yet recovered. The dead are: Themistotles Fiambolis, William B. Cornish, Ethel B. hase, Harvey Marlow. Those who were rescued are: George Gray, Edith Compton, Frederick Averv, William Avery and Wil- liam Elliott. The residence of Jacob Lohnese, a farmer living six miles south of Pekin, Ills.,burned tothe ground the result of an explosion of a zasoline can, Mrs. Lohnese, who was about to be confined, and an 18 months old child were burned to death. — ai FOREIGN. Of Skegness. a watering place on the past coast of England, a party went for a day’s sail in a yacht. They were caughtlin a heavy squall when some distance off shore, the yacht capsized and 20 men and women were drowned. When the Spanish steamer Don Juan burned in East Indian waters, 145 Chinese passengers perished. The Russian crop report indicates that the prospects of winter and summer wheat have improved greatly since the beginning of June. By the burning of the Russian steamer Altons near Somanov, July 4, nearly 50 railway builders and sailors lost their lives. re CRIMES AND FENALTIES, C. W. Mosler, President of the defunct Capital National bank,of Lincoln, Neh. has been sentenced to tive years in the peniten- tiary. It is estimated that Mosler embez- zled over $200,000. Bamberger, who murdered six members oi the Kreider family at Cando, N. D., on last Friday, was captured at Deloraine Sun- day. XK. Brightbill left Cando with the remains of the six murdered people and the four survivors of the Kreider family for Pennsylvania. et WASHINGTON. The postoffice department has prepared a comparative statement of change of post- masters from March 4 to July 3, 1893. The total number of changes of fourth class postmasters was 8,956. In the same period in the last administration the number was 11,109. There have been 3,226 removals thus far in the administration and 7,640 in the last. The presidential appointments of postmasters for this administration has been 434, as against 578 in the last. il CHOLERA ADVICES, Dr. Ke npster,the cholera expert who was sent by the government to Europe to in- vestigate the disease and its causes, has re: turned. He says: Cholera must be eaten. It cannot be absorbed or breathed. The germs must be taken into the stomach. If people realize this and govern themselves accordingly they can escape, in case the germs should reach this country. a JUDICIAL. At Columbia, 8. C., Judge Hudson in an injunction to restrain county dispensers (rom opening in Darlington, has decided against the State. He declared the law un- constitutional. SIX PERSONS SLAIN By a Farm Hand in North Dakota, Furi- ous over a Dispute in Wages. His Employer, Wife and Four Little Girls Shot or Butchered. Ed. S. Krieder. a farmer living within a mile of Cande, Towner county, N. D., his wife and four daughters were brutally mur- dered at their home by Albert Baumbergzer, a nephew of Krieder. Baumberger went direct to his unecle’s room, shot him dead; then to the kitchen, where Mrs.Krieder was preparing the morning meal, and shot her in the head. He then went upstairs, where three little children had fled, and deliber- ately shot until he brought them all down. Baumberger returned to the kitchen, took a knife from Mrs. Krieder's hand and nearly severed her head from her body. He pro- ceeded upstairs, and, finding one of the lit- tle girls yet alive, he held her in his arms and cut her throat. Baumberger then found the eldest girl, and was preparing to murder her when he remembered that he had not had any break- tast. He ordered the giri to cook him some meat and potatoes, which she did. With one foot resting on the head of the murder- ed mother, he ate his breakfast, and then pulled out his watch »nd said: “Well, I did the whole job inside of 30 minutes’ . He then carried the little girl to the barn, tied her firmly with a rope and returned to the house, where he searched until he found all the valuables the fa + ily possessed, They consisted of a gold watch and $50 in money, which he took and fled. Sheriff McCune, assisted by scores of men are after the murderer. If Baumberger is caught he will be lynched. The only mo- tive for the crimeisa slight dispute which occurred over wages. Iron Mines Closing. A dispatch from Ishpeming, Mich., "says: market has been increased stagnation and closing down of more mines, Winthrop mine let out 450 men Thursday and the Schlesinger syndicate is reducing its force at all its extensive properties. Several of the smaller Mesaba range mines have clos. ed down during the week. Detailed esti- mates show that Lake Superior iron ore mines are employing 8 000 men less than a year ago, A Year of OddeNames. It is a year of odd names for men of sud- den'fame.Here is a list that suggests itself at a second’s thought: —Zimri Dwiggins,bank- er; Dahomey Dodds, warrior; Hoke Smith, journalist and statesman; Sylvester Pen- noyer, who told the president ‘to mind his own business;’’ Stanhope Sams, poet and statesman; Col.Pod Dismuke,statesman, Col. Dink Botts, office-seeker, And the ycar + is yet young. The only change of the week in the iron ore ENGLANDS ROYAL WEDDING. PRINCE GEORGE AND PRINCESS MAY Married With All the Pomp and Cere- mony Due an Heir to the Throne. - rm * Prince George, of Wales, the Duke of York, and Princess Victoria May, of Teck, were married at noon Thursday, in St. James Palace, at London, with all the pomp and ceremony of royalty. The Most Rev- erend Edward White Benson, Archbishop of canterbury and Primate of all England, performed the ceremony, which was wit- nessed by Queen Victoria, the Prince of | ingham Palace were thronged with over 2,000,000 persons watching the processions. The royal party left Buckingham Palace in four processions. Her Majesty rode in the handsome glass c~ach used at the open- ing of Parliament and on other special occa- sions. The bride wore the veil which was worn by her mother on the occasion of her own marriage. Her wedding gown was of silver brocade, in perfect harmony with the brides- maids’ toilets of white aud silver lace. The Queen was attired in a black dress with a train. The bodice was of broche silk, with lace. On her head was a small diamond crown and around her neck a necklace of diamonds with pendant attached. After the wedding service the Duke and Duchess of York left Buckingham Palace, driving through the Mall to the citv and thence proceeded to Sandringham. The progress through the decorated and crowded street was a most triumphant one. The Duke of York's present to the bride consisted of an (pen petaled rose in pearls PRINCESS MAY AND PRINCE \ RR = Ee GEORGE. many potentates or their representatives of Europe. Among the civilian guests were Mr. and Mrs, Glalstone. All London was in holiday attire, the dec- orations in St, James street leading to the palace being especially magnificent. The streets from the Mansion House to Buck- Wales, the highest nobility of England,and | and diamonds and a five row pearl necklace The Duke and Duchess of Teck gave to their daughter a suite of jewels, comprising tiara, necklet and brooche, of turquoises and diamonds, The present of the Princes of Wales is probably the most valuable ever given on a similar occasion. It con- sisted mostly of jewelrv and precious stones the whole bein valued at $1,250,000. COLUMBIAN FAIR NEWS ITEMS hin A STORM STRIKES THE FAIR. A Largs Amout of Glass Broken. Lots of Panic Stricken People,But Nobody Injured by the Big Show. A wind storm of terrible force, followed by a heavy downpour of rain, passed over the White City shortly before 6 o'clock Sunday evening, doing considerable dam- age to the different buiidings and the exhib- i's stored within. Some damage, principally in broken glass, was done in nearly all the buildings. The greatest damage was done to the French section and the New York State exhibit. The cotton sheeting used to sub- due the glare of the sun under the gl ss roofs held a considerable amount of the broken glass, and this accounts for the total absence of injury to the visitors. Two sections of the roof of the gTranspor- tation bnildings, 17 by 10 feet. were dis- lodged by the gule and the carriage exibit of a New York and a Chicago firm was con- siderably damaged. A large amount of glass was the two domes of Machinery. hall, but no damage was sustained by the machinery. A small section of the glass roof in the northwest corner of the Electrical building was also smashed. Seat an ARRIVAL OF THE CARAVEILS. The Columbian caravels arrived at Chi- cago on Friday and were received by a fleet of government and local vessels. cannonad- ing and every possible sign of welcome. Upon the landing of Capt. Concas and his crew a reception was given them in the Administration building, where speeches were made by Senator Sherman, President Palmer, Capt. Concas, Secretary Herbert and others. broken in ea MONEY POURING INTO CHICAGO. Chicago is beginning to realize in a sub- stantial way upon its investment in the Col- umbian Exposition. Within the last 120 days ot the Fair it is estimated that a sum ranging from $120.000,000 to $150,000,000 will be brought to Chicago and left here. The city is already experiencing the receipt of liberal sums of money from all quart- ers. eid SUNDAY'S ATTENDANCE AT THE FAIR. The raid admissions at the World's Fair cn Sunday, numbered only 43,523. et —The paid admissions to the; World's Fair Wedbpesday were 79.224, WEATHER CROP BULLETIN. Fair Crops in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. The department of Agriculture at Wash- ington has issued the following: During the past week the weather was especially favorab'e to the corn crop. Reports from the cotton region indicate that the cotto. crop is improving, but that the plant is small. Reports trom the spring wheat re- gion indicate improved conditions in that section owing to recent rains. In Pennsylvania corn has good color. but fields are very uneven; hay crop generally light; wheat harvest commenced, crop aver- age; oats light; rye fair. In West Virginia most wheat is in shock, corn is growing rapidly and looking well; bay is being harvested, but the crop is light; stock is doing well; potatoes about made. In Ohio wheat, clover, rye and barley harvest in progress; corn and tobacco grow- ing rapidly; potatoes doing well;oats headed well; timothy improving. The drought is affecting the crops in the northern portion, The Visible Bupply of Grain. The statement of the visible supply of grain in store and afloat on last Saturday, as compiled at the New York produce ex- change, is as follows: Wheat, 62,317,000 bu.; decrease, 765,000 ba. Corn, 8,076, 00 bu.; in- crease, 751,000 bu.Oats, 3,360,000 bu.;increase 246,000 bu. Rye, 382,000 bu.; decrease, 15,000 bu. Barley, 401,000 bu., decrease, 44,000 bu. ——— TE roms TS, Base Ball Record. The following table shows the standing of the different base ball clubs up to date: W. 1. ret. Ww. I. Pet. Philadel’a 39 20 .661 Baltimore 27 31 .466 Boston .... 37 22 .627 New York 27 32 .458 Brooklyn. 34 25 .576!St. Louis.. 26 32 .448 Clevel’'nd. 30 23 .566 Wash’n... 25 36 .410 Pittsburg. 33 27 .550/Chicago... 5 .407 Cincin’ti.. 29 31 ,483:Louisvy’le. 321 | BIG ENDENOR MEETINGS ee A MAMMOTH DRILL HALL —_——— Unable to Accommodate the Crowd. Growth ofthe Great Christian Society. ee The Christian Endeavor Societies of the U. S.met in general convention at Montreal Canada, on Thursday. Addresses of welcome were made to the delegates by Rev. J. Macgillivary, General Secretary Budge and A. A. Ayer. Rev. Dr. 3. P. Henson of Chicago, replied. At 10 o'clock the delcgates were welcom- ed to the ciuy by representatives of Mont: real’s religious life. At 6.30 there had been prayer meetings in half a dozen of the larg- est city churches, but it was not until 1 o'clock, when the first meeting was held in Drill Hall, that Montreal had an opportuni ty of fully appreciating the great multitude that had entered the city gates within the past 2t hours, The Drill Hall isa vast structure—a regiment can maueuver with ease on its spacious flior—but it was filled to overflowing with delegates, On the plat- form were representative clergymen of all the leading cities of the continent. For a quarter of an hour the muititude sang gospel hymns with dash and spirit, and then Rev. Dr. Clarke, the father of the movement, led the audience in repeating the Twenty third Psalm after which Rev.F. B. Keene, of the Protestant Mission, Japan, offered prayer. Senator Des Jardins, the mavor of Mon- treal, wearing his chain of office. was pre- sented and got a warm welcome from the convention. After prefacine his remarks by a few words of welcome, he said: While I am a Roman Catholic myself, and while Montreal is a Ro. nau Catholic city, in that the great er portion of her citizens profess that aith, none will extend a hearti r welcome than we will. The great crowd cheered the Senator al- most into astonishment. ‘‘Itis not a battle of creeds nowadays,’’ continued the Sena- or, ‘but a battle .etween belief and un- beliaf,”” and there was another great out- burst of applause. When Mr. Des Jardines sat down Presi- dent Carr called upon the choir to sing*‘God Save the Queen.”” the audience joining in and waving their handkerchiefs and Ameri- can and Bntich flags, As they finished President Clark shouted ‘My Country ’Tis of Thee.” and again there was another out- burst of applause, THE SOCIETY'S GROWTH. At the evening meeting General Sec- retary John Willis Baer read hie report. P-~ording the growth of the society, he said: ~ew York still Jeads with 2,985 societies. Pennsylvania is a good second with 2.628, Illinois third with 1,822, Ohio fourtH with 1,766 and Iowa fifth with 1,1~6. Massachu- setts and Indiana are not tar behind, how- ever. In Canada we find 1.8482 societies. Ontario leads with 1,072 societies, Nova Scotia has 392, Quebec 135, Manitoba 94 and New Brunswick 89, and so on through the Dominion. The growth inthe South has been enormous. Maryland, Tennessee and Texas each have over 200 societies and Georgia, Florida, West Virginia and Arkan- sas each have over 100. Virginia and South Carolina are not very far behnd. ‘+f we think our growth has been re- markable, what can we say of the history of tthe movement in England, with over 600 societies, Australia over 524.india 71, Turkey poor and persecuted, still has 41. New Zea- land 39, Japan 45, Scotland 36, Mexico 22, West Indies 19, Africa 15, China 14, Ireland 10, France 9. Samo 9, Sandwich Islands 6, Bermuda 3, Brazil 2, Persia 2. and Chili, Co- lumbo. Norway and Spain each 1, in all nearly 1.000 societies 1n foreign lands, mak- ing a grand total enrollment for the world of 26,264 local societies, with a membership of 1.577,040. **I'he net gain in Jocal societies is the largest ever made in the history of the movement. More societies have been or- ganized since our New York convention than were orgamzed during seven years of the society’s egrly history. The banner for the greatest proportionste increase during the vear poes to New Mexico. ‘I'he greatest nbrolute increase was in Pennsylvania, be- ing a gain of 97 societies.” Rev Francis E. Clarke, president of the United Scereties, delivered his annual ad- dress reviewing the vear's work. He closed with predicing the eventual universal brotherhood in Christ, W hile the meetings were in progress in the Dnll Hall. overflow meetings were held in a big tent. San Francisco was chosen as the meeting place next year. | of his house. LATE TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGS il iu BOTH FROM HOME AND AEROAD. —r ee What is Going On the World Over. Important Events Briefly Chronicled. ——— Financial and Commercial. Barrtiyore, Mp.—The individual banks of this city and the Clearing House associa- tion have refused to longer assume respons- ‘bility for checks, etc., deposited with them antil after collection has been made by them. The Firat National Bank of San Diego, Cal., which suspended a month ago, has re- sumed. AinrQurerque, N. M.—The albequerque National Bank suspended and the New Mexico Savings Bank and Trust Cqiapany, an adjunct, also closed. Coro.—The Jefferson County bank in this city has made an assignment. GOLDEN, PuiLLipssrra, Mont.—The First National bank closed its doors. Ward’s bank of Fosterville, N. Y., has tailed. There were $75,000 of deposits. The body of the proprietor was found in the rear He co nmitted suicide. WINNIPEG, MaN.—The Commercial bank of Manitoba has been declared insolvent ind liquidators have been ap, ointed, The bills of the bank are” as good as gold under :he Dominion law, The American Loan and trust Company Omaha, Neb., went into the hands of a re- ceiver. The company has a paid up capital of $400,000. The cause of the failure was the failure at Houston, Tex., of the Omaha and Houston Improvement Company. The Finley county bank of Garden City, Kas., has failed. The American National bank. of Pueblo, Col., was rot opened Wednesday morning. Notices on the door stated that the bank will resume as soon as it can secure money on its paper. After the suspension of the American National banc became known, the Central National and the Western National closed. These are all sound con- terns and assets are ample. New York,—The New Jersey Sheep and Wool Company and the Gausevort Market She~) Company failed Thursday morning. (t is feared the failures will affect many small concerns. The liabilities will exceed £500,000, OxanA, Nep.—~The National bank of Ash- land clo ed its doors. The closing of the American Saving Bank of this city are sup- posed to be the cause of the failure. Nrw York.—A run started on the Jeffer- son County Savings bank. Governor Flower was present and in a speech gave assurance ;hat the bank was entirely safe. The speech had an excellent effect. Omana, Nep—The American savings bank suspended with deposits of $158,000 and as- sets of $259,000. SRI ER N Disasters: Accidents and Fatalities At Ottawa, Ont., Mrs. Paul Martin, with her 3 year old daughter, attempted to board a train while it was moving. The mother slipped and fell under the wheels, dragging the child with her. Both were instantly killed. At Buffalo, Sunday night, Danny and Myrtle McCarthy, aged respectively 13 and 10 years, children of Dennis McCarthy, a saloon keeper, burned to death through the explosion of a lamp. The house of Joseph Cross, near Gage- town, Mich., was struck by lightning and of 10 people in the house, Mr. Babcock, wife and child, of Silverwood; Mr. Frost of Fos- toria, and a 5-year old son of Mr. Roberts,a tenant, were killed. Mrs. Roberts was so badly hurt that she may die. At Little Falls, Minn., Fred Denny, wife and two children were drowned while cross- ing the river in a faulty boat. Andrew Debney, a farmer residing six miles north of Clarks, Neb., shot his wife five times, inflicting fatal wounds, and then jumped into the Loup rv r and drowned himself. In a runaway near Oregon City, Ore., M. P. Bradley, wife and four children were thrown over a precipice forty feet. Mrs, Bradley was killed and two children fatally injured. Capital. Labor and Induaatrial, The rolling and tin mills at Irondale, O. have signed the scale. The 1,500 hundred miners at Dillonvale Laurelton and Long Runs near Steuben- ville, O., who went on a strike July 1 be- cause of the discharge ofa checkweighman, returned to work, having won the strike. The joint committee on arbitration at Chicago between the Carpenters’ and Build- ers’ association and the United Carpenters’ council has declared in favor of a reduction in the minimum rate of carpenters’ wages from 40 to 35 cents an hour until October 1, on account of existing financial conditions At Cincinnati, O., the furniture lockout has ended in a victory for the manufactur ers. Several factories opened Thursday and: the rest will do so Monday. About 2,000 men were affected. The Indianapolis News denies the truth of the statements that have been published stating that there is a great industrial de- pression in that city. It says the factories ‘hat have closed have done so to make re- oails, a Washington Newa. Upon request of Secretary Hoke Smith, Governor Wilson, of Indian Territory, has respited until August 4 the nine Choctaw Indians sentenced to death for murder dur- ing election riots. Meanwhile the Interior department will investigate the case, The treasury gold has increased $700,000 juring the past two days, standing now at $96,776,943. ore Crovs. The crops throughout the province of Ontario are reported as follows: Spring and fall wheat an® barley, reduced acreage; peas damaged by spring rains, but will return a fair average; other grains above the average of last season. Hay promises the largest crop in many years. Apples almost a total failure. Cholera Advices, Since early in June over $5,000 deaths nave occurred in Mecca from cholera. i £1,503,726 411. The London Lancet says that there have been 704 deaths from cholera in the south- ern part of France since May. and during the past four weeks 138 deaths from the same dis2ase in Marseilles, 13 in Cette and 51 in Toulon. —_———— Miscellaneous, Charles Forbes, arrested at Port Huron, for robbing the mails, had 338 letters and $600 in enclosures on his person. It is tstimated that he stole 300 letiers daily for ‘he past two years. With the proceeds of his robbery he opened several bank ac tounts, one amounting to 3.000. Peary's expedition sailed from New York Sunday night. : Assistant Secretary Hamlin, in view of the repeated violation of the law as to the ale of goods on exhibition at the Worlds Fair without the payment of duty, has in- structed Collector Clark to hereafter strictly enforce the law Si BEYOND OUR BORDERS. At St. Petersburg a ukase just issued de- crees that hereafter Jews, who change their name for any purpose, especially with criminal intent, shall be punished under the criminal code. The statement of the Imperial Band of Germany shows a decrease in specie of 16,500,000 n aiks. The steamer Alfons, em ployed in tbe river trade on the Volga. was approaching Romahov when her boilers exploded, kill- ng 26 of the passengers. Among the dead is Gen. Petrushewski. The boat burned to he water's edge and then sank. While attempting to remove 28 lepers from Kalalua valley, Hawaii, Sheriff Staltz was shot and killed by the lepers. BUSINESS IS IMPROVING. The Banks Hopeful of an Early Finan- cial Settlement by Congress. The Crop Prospects Also Better. R.G. Dun & Co's ‘‘Weekly Review Trade’ says. The tone in business circles has percep- tibly improved, This ispartly because banks have been rendered more hopeful of an early financial settlement by the calling of an extra session of Congress; partly because of some recovery in prices from the sudden depression which followed the decision to close the India silver mints, and partly be- cause crop prospects have improved in spite of dismal reports from some sections. Money has grown easier but it is still hard at most points to get accommodations, as banks are preparing for larger demands. Foreign trade shows little change, exports being much below last year and imports quite large. Stocks are dull and inactive, with some signs of more disposition to buy, but prices are only a fraction higher. The mercantile failures during the week num- ber 324 in the United States against 138 last year and 23 in Canada ar ainst 18. THE BUSINESS BAROMETER. Bank clearings totals for the week ending July g, as telegraphed to Bradstrees, are as follows: of New York.............. 602,481,281 D 5.7 Boston’: 7. a. sas 93,423,786 D 16.2 Chicago. ............i8. .. 90,895,88{-D 17.5 Philadelphia . 71,723,786 1 24 8t. Loyis..... . 20,242666 D 9.5 Baltimore.... ........... 15,3J1.349 X12] San Francisco ........... 13,070,074 I 5.7 Pittsburg...... -......... ,455 D 15.6 Cincinnati. D 28.0 Cleveland ...vveoviciinsioimne D..1.0 Totals, YU. 8........ ve. $1,051402,382 D 8.2 Exclusiveof New York 448,021,164 DI 11.6 I indicates increase. D decrease. rt JUSTICE BLATCHFORD DEAD. He Dies at Newport, After a Decline of Several Weeks, of Old Age. A Review of His Life. Associate Justice Blatchford. of the Uni- ted States Supreme Court, died at Newport, R. 1, after a decline of several weeks. Old age was the cause. Samuel Blatchford, the son of Richard Milford Blatchford, a distinguished lawyer, was born in New York on March 9th, 1820. and graduated at Colu nbia college in 1837, Two years later he became private secretary to Governor William II. Seward, and was secretary on the Governors wilitary staff until 1843 He was admitted in 1842, and in 1845 was made a counsélior of the Su- preme Court of the United States. In the same year he formed a law partnership at Auburn, N. Y.. with W. H. Seward and Christopher Morgan, In 1865, while resid- ing in New York City he was appointed dis- trict judge of the United States Court for the Soutnern district of New York. In 1882 he was appointed an Asscciate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. SPOTTERS AREN'T ILLEGAL. The First Decision by the Ohio State * Board of Arbitration. The State Board of Arbitration for the set- tlement of labor disputes rendered its first decision at Columbus, O., in the grievance of the Columbus Street Railway employes’ anion against the street railway company, arising from the discharge of conductors charged with “knocking down fares.” The decision was unanimously in favor of the company. The board held that the company was warranted in employing de- lectives to ascertain the honesty and fitness of employes, and that such methods were reputable. > GUN COTTON EXPLODES: Killed and Three Seriously Injured by a Fire. A fire started at the United States torpedo tation on Goats Island, Newport, R. IL, in ‘he gun cotton factory, situated on the site of the old Fort George. An explosion oc- surred, killing two men and injuring three. Ibe killed are: Frank Loughlin, Newport, Jeremiah Harrington, Newport, The injured are: Michael Bergman, New- port; John T. Harrington, Newport; Ensign E. Capehart, attached to tve station. The factory is a wreck. Two Men A Week’s Exports and Imports. The imports of specie at the port of New York for the past week were 1,181,499 of which #1,151,515 were gold and $29 984 silver, The exports of specie of the week were $1,063,070 of which §1,061,070 were silver and $2,000 gold. All the silver went to Europe and all the gold to South America. The imports exclusive of specie for the week were $12,862,350 of which $2,612,947 were dry fonds and $10,249 403 general merchan. ise. ——— pL The Decrease in Circulation. The monthly circulation statement issued by the Treasury Department at Washington shows a net decrea e in circulation since June 1 of $2,425 490, and since July 1, 1892, of £9,346,977, making the amount of all kinds of money in circulation July 1, 1893, The amount of circulation per capita is placed at $23 86. L a A the the dis 801 of dr gle say
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