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PEARY’S SHIPSTARTED,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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* 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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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SUNDAY'S ATTENDANCE AT THE FAIR.
The raid admissions at the World's Fair
cn Sunday, numbered only 43,523.
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—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.
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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
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BIG ENDENOR MEETINGS
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A MAMMOTH DRILL HALL
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Unable to Accommodate the Crowd.
Growth ofthe Great Christian
Society.
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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.
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LATE TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGS
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BOTH FROM HOME AND AEROAD.
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What is Going On the World Over.
Important Events Briefly Chronicled.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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