OO TEA RUSSIA AT THE FARR. THE CZAR'S EMPIRE MAKES A GORGEOUS DISPLAY. Arts and Industries Shown in a Char- acteristic Pavilion-——The Russian Fur Exhibit Alone Insured for \ One Million Dollars — Beautiful Products of Siberian Mines. No foreign po%er makes a larger, more waluable or more interesting display in Jack- son Parl than the Empire of Russia. This was done at the particular request of the Czar, to express his gratitude to the entire republic "of America for its generous help during the late famine that earned for the snow-white country the name of ‘Starving Russia.” In that great and inexhaustible building the liberal arts, a large and imposing space Is occupied by the Russian exhibit. The pavilion in which this great display of Rus- slan arts and industries is housed, writes Catherine Cole in the New Orleans Picayune, Is made of dark, carved wood, wrought into those peculiar ornate arches and cornices that even the most casual observer recog- nizes directly as being characteristic of Rus- sian churches and Russian palaces. How- ever, only the initiated know that this gor- geous pavilion, with its richly stained glass windows in the vestibule, is a reproduction on a small scale of the facade of the palace tn which the august Peter the Great first opened his eyes to the light of the Russian sun. Entering this section through the cross- esorner opening under the high arched grand tower that surmountsthe pavilion, one pauses ja a moment to note two superb windows lustrating by figures of richly clad men and women, Russian life of the aristocratic circles. Beyond this small vestibule is a sort of ter- gace with a double flight of easy steps lead- Ing to the main floor, on which, in cases, stands and shelves and against the walls, the greasures of fur, enamel, bronze, papier mache and marbles and carvings are housed. This terrace itself is a fine display, for about it, here and there, are set enormous , vases and pedestals of lovely red porphyry. At the further end is a superb cabinet nicely decorated, of that papier mache work for which Russian artists are so famous. The Siberian mines yield malachite and jade, and lapis lazuli and rhedonite and por- phyry, each rare and precious, and quarried with infinite suffering by the exiles. were several vases, one of lapis lazuli, one of malachite, which came from the winter pal- ace of the Czar. These are valued at $4000 each, and are copies of two of finer fabric, also owned by the Czar, and worth $10,000 @®ach. The lapis lazuli is a very dark, rich blue stone mottled in blue. Here | The darker the" with gol. It has a ball cover of jade, very ¢hin, with a gold miter for a handle. A set of salt cellers were of thin lapis lazuli, mala- chite, rhodonite, a lovely pink, veined like agate with black moss, and also cne of por- phyry. These were cut into thin shells, and had sandles of twisted gold set on the edge with emeralds. Thus it is that luxury reigns supreme in the land of the Czar. A little shallow pin tray of jade hasdmandles of solid gold, and is worth £300. Among the church decorations is a virgin and child finely painted and set in a gold frame; the virgin is completely robed in pearls. This small ornament is worth sev- eral thousand dollars, and its duplicate is owned by Mrs. Potter Palmer. It is said the Russian fur exhibit is insured for £1,000,000. It includes the rarest furs known. and among the wonderful fur robes, the attendant displays with pride a cloak lining of silver fox that is marked $6000. Only one other like it has been made, and that was for the Empress. The fur rugs are trimmed with borders of eider duck breasts, and, in fact, some are made of the duck breasts entirely. There are several such in the Exposition ;a particularly fine one in the Norway fishing exhibit has had a great hole worn in it by the curious hands of visitors, who persist in touching it. The peasants take the scraps of fur of all sorts and colors, and make of it a curious ‘crazy quilt” sleigh robe. These are ex- tremely odd, very valuable and rather pretty. In the fur section is also a collection of chairs made of horns and seats of skins. These ugly things are greatly prized in Russia, and are to be found in almost every home. In the dark corners of this section are ar- ranged household goods, utensils and a set of dolls in all the National costumes. A little room is finished up with rugs, divans and low tables of Russian lacquer, of which we had so much at our own World's Fair. Moving about among these things were the black-bearded, white-faced native Cossacks, some wearing their long, full-skirted coats and around their waists narrow chains of enameled gold. In the bronzes, that are finest in the world, except the Japanese, the sculptor ranking always among the great artists, are the same designs of gaunt, beaten, starving horses, of big bears, of peasants at their domestic avo- cations, that are familiar wherever Russian bronzes are. One of the best pieces repre- sents a woman going to market in a cart, carrying geese. The horses are crossing a marsh, and here and there are still pools of shining and muddy water. It is all of bronze and is particularly effective. These bronzes tell the peasant life of Russia. water man driving an ox cart and carrying water in the skin of a big ox that retains its original shape. Here are women at work in the fleld, but always there will be a half- starved dumb beast, the lash in use, poverty everywhere, To the lovers of Tolstoi the thing Russsian of cheapest value is a huge dome-decorated carved oak bookease, holding copies of his works, and decorated with paint panels il- lustrating the grand old crank at work at his desk in his garden, with children and among Fleeces Na RR GAG i | [Ceccecd iti i] Ceeccdleccecelecececl gg ANA ins 7 v a a £ ' 8 en | i PCC blles chee | PPE oh (GE INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY-SCHOOL BUILDING. e the finer the stone. The finest piece of is lazuli in the world is a globe surmount- ing the grand high altar in the Church of Paolo in Vincoli, in Rome. It rests on a estal of gold and was given by a Russian . Malachite is a bright green. It it mottled with green curiously so that it looks if one had taken a hammer and shattered it These two famous vases have handles of gold and each vase is a trifle more than four feet high. i In a tall glass case, so clearly cut and deftly made it looked like a block of crystal, are a £>w pieces of jade and other precious stones belonging to the Czar. The jade isin two pieces. One is a punch bowl of a very large size and so clearly and thinly cut as to be almost transparent. This is the largest fece of jade ever cut and is valued at £8000. Fre other jade bowl is cut in scroll edges and is more ornate, while less imposing. A Beaniiml little shell vase with gold handles out out of a single piece of white topaz. It #8 white as milk and yet clear as water. From she department of the ministry at St. Peters- burg eomes three cabinets made of vermillion mood, a lovely fabric, and covered with a mosaic of hard stones, forming pictures of the most delicate vines, flowers, birds and trees imaginable. Their long, graceful ten- drils of bloom, as fine as the finest ferns, that wander over an exquisite surface of turquoise blue it is difficult to believe can have been done in stones. The entire fronts of these cabinets are made of this famous mosaic, and one of them to make took 14,591 working days. Each cabinet has a value of $40,000, and they are chief features of this imperial exhibit of treasures belonging tothe Russian throne and which exhibit was se- lected by the ‘little father” himself. The wvermillion wood in which these cabinets are mounted is a sort of finer and harder and pinker mahogany wood. In a case against one wall of this pavilion is hung just in long ibreadths, lengths of those famous and most gorgeous brocades that are woven nowhere ‘else in the world as they are in Russia, and which are so exceedingly valuable that only the Empress can wear them. These are used for court trains, for religious vestments and sometimes for draperies. They are stiff enough to stand alone, and are woven the same on both sides. One piece is valued at $500 an inch! The value of these brocades lies in the fact that they are the same on both sides, and that very wide, heavy gold and silver threads are used. All over the Fair one may see vases, furni- ture, jewelry, in fact, articles of all sorts marked sold. Sometimes one piece will have a dozen cards on it, showing that it is to be reproduced that many times. The pitcher and teapot and cup und saucer collections are revelling in this opportunity to buy specimens from almost every country under the sun. There are lovely things in the Rus- sian exhibit—little chocolate-brown cups. covered with gold half-moons ; plates painted to imitate cardboard embroideries, in crude blues and reds ; in fact, nearly all the pot- tery decorations imitate the designs of Rus- sian embroideries and brocades. The silversmith is a great artist in Russia, and here are cases of the most gorgeous sil- ver and enamel work. Recently the Rus- gians revived the almost lost art of enamel- ing on silver.and so great is the skill required that the smallest after-dinner coffee spoon and the simplest made is worth atleast $6. The process is to etch the spoon or article with the required design and then pour over it, so that it will run only in thelittle grooves made by the etcher’s knife, the melted enamel. If any runs over the edge, as it were, of the pattern, the piece is spoiled be- yond use. In these cases freighted with gold and sil- ver were tiny pieces of fabulous value, one a gold enameled card case, the enamel put on 80 transparent as to show the the gold be- low, was valued at $1000. A beautiful com- his peasants. These are painted by a woman of note, and the carving was the work of a great artist. The bookcase is to belong te Tolstoi when the Fair is over. We had looked at the Samoans, had en- vied the unknown owners of the enamel and silver, had priced a gold punch bowl, and found it was to be had for $5000, and just as ya were coming out we were drawn into the dainty Circassian nut wood pavilion con- taining the exhibit of the Imperial State Paper Manufactory. This exhibit was made at the request of the Czar. It shows all the various materials used in papermaking, such as hemp, ramie, cellucose, flax and cotton fibre. Here are cases of drawings by Rubens, colored photographs and copies in copper and iron electrotypes of busts. helmets and shields belonging to the Government. It is a large and curious exposition of the arts of printing, and the work will give one a little object lesson in all the phases of papermak- ing and decorating. THE KITCHEN GARDEN. “The kitchen garden” upstairs in cne cor- ner ot the Children’s Building is a place where forty little girls put on white pinafores and play at housekeeping every day to as many people as can look in. Only ideas grow in this garden. Low tables occupy the center of the room, and little beds, complete in all details, are put upon them. At the signal the little girls leave their chairs and go through the performance of bedmaking, two toa bed. They turn and punch the mat- tresses, They spread the sheets with the hem the right way. 'I'hey put on the blank- ets and the spreads. They ‘tuck in” the covers so that the lines are straight and not a wrinkle can be seen. Then they put on the pillow-slips and arrange the shams. Out of confusion these little maids create a bed that is restful to look upon. Sweeping and scrub- bing and even washing of doll clothes in small tubs tollow. The children think it is great fun, and so do the visitors who go to sec them. Yet it is educational in a direc- tion a good deal neglected these latter days. Down stairs in the Children’s Building is a gymnasium. More little girls from Turner societies swing Indian clubs, put up dumb- bells, climb poles and vault horses. When there isn't a dozen visitors in the acres of space devoted to the school and college of exhibits in Liberal Arts Building you will findgpeople standing on tip-toe, stretching their necks and worrying one another with their elbows in the efforts to see the daily periormances at the Children’s Building. I# is the life of the Fair that draws. THE UTAH GIRLS. _a the Art Hall of the Woman’s Building hangs a collection of photographs of remark- ably pretty Utah girls—all Mormons. It is much marveled at. But the interest the photographs excite is nothing to the rush to see the real live Mormon girls in another part of the same building. Utah, to the as- tonishment of some people who thought they were well informed, has been making silk for thirty years. And Mormon girls have come to the World’s Fair to show how it is done. One of them feeds mulberry leaves to hun- dreds of worms on a large tray. Another reels upon spools the silk from the cocoons. Two others manage a hand loom, and vis- itors see the silk woven while they wait. This Utah silk looks well. That it will wear is shown by the exhihit of shaws made by Mormon women twenty years ago. The first silk dress produced in Utah and worn by the favorite wife of Brigham Young, more than thirty years ago, is shown. People look once at the silk making and several times at the Mormon girls before they pass on. ——— ER —eeeeeen Tae Algerian village and theater are in the hands of the Sheriff. The seizure was made on a suit by the Exposition te collect $6130, said to be due as a percentage from munion cup is of jade. bound all around | the concession. LATE TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGS ec 80TH FROM HOME AND ABROAD. Ser What is Going On the World Over. Important Events Briefly Chronicled. —-———— Cnpital. Labor and Induatrial. The United States Glass Company's fac tory at Toledo, O., has shut down. Four hundred chair-pushers at the World’s fair have struck for an increase in wages. The striking miners at Bedford, Mo.,have given up the fight after having lost some £16,000 besides their employment. Kansas labor agitators were responsible. A circular notice was received hy every officer and employe of the Carngeie Steel Company, Limited, at Pittsburg, Pa., ex- cepting those working under wage scales, that the following reductions in salaries has been ordered to go into effect September 1, Exceeding $500 per month, 3) per cent; $40) and less than $500 per month, 25 per cent.; $200 and less than $400 per month, 20 per cent.; $70 and less than $200 per month, 15 per cent.; less than $60 per month, 10 per cent.; This notice, which was signed by H. C. Frick, chairman, by order of the board of managers, goes on to state that this action has been deferred as long as pos- sible in the hope that some improvenient in the existing trade depression might oc- car, ‘‘but as the situation is daily becoming worse, this reduction is found absolutely necessary.” The effect of this order is very wide reaching, making as it does re- ductions in all salaries from that of the chairman himself down to the watchman and other low salaried men who are paid a stated sum per month, James M. Hill, President of the Great Northern Railway, said in an interview at New York, that the reductions in salaries and wages announced on the railroad went into effect on the 5th inst. They are pot the result, he said, of the present financial and business troubles, but had been arrang- ed long ago according to a long contemp’at- ed plan. The reductions would average about $175,000 a month in the summer, and from $60,000 to $70,000 a month in winter, making a total saving of about $1,250,000 a year. Tne miners’ strike in the Southeastern Kansas district has been declared cif. The men accepted a proposition by which it 1s agreed that the new schedule of wages shall exactly equal the old. This proposition was made to the strikers at .the outset but was declined. The Buckhannon River Lumber Com- pany, on the West Virginia and Pittsburg railroad, have cut wages 15 per cent. Other operators along thisroad are expected to take similar action. West Superior, Wis., street car employes wouldn't accept a 20 per cent cut and the lines are tied up. At Philadelphia nearly 300 men employed in the boiler shops of the Baldwin Locomo- tive Works went on a strike because of reduction of wages, Tr ig Fires Matchwood, a little town of 200 inhabi- tants on the Duluth, South Shore & Atlan- tic railway, twenty five miles south of Ontonagon, Mich., was almost entirely wiped out by fire. The people saved little, being compelled to fly for their lives. The Coatsworth grain elevator in Buffalo, N. Y,, capacity 1,20)000 bushels. was de- stroyed by fire at a loss of $790,000. Two firemen were injured. ———p Cholera Advices New York—The health of the passengers detained in quarantine continues to be good. There are no new cases, Roxe—Ten fresh cascs of cholera and six deaths were reported in Naples. In Sulmona, province of Aquila, there were two deaths from cholera, but no new cases. Several cases of cholera developed in Co n- pobasso, a small city 55 miles from Na- ples. Viexsa—Seven fresh cases of cholera and 11 deaths were r-ported today in Nadworna, a town of 6,000 inhabitants in Austrian Galicia St. PETERSBURG—Official returns indicate a further increase of cholera. The epidemic is especially severe in Moscow, where 166 new cases and 97 deaths from the disease were reported from August 8 to August 12. Financial and Commercinl. The Backbone of the currency famine in Eastern cities appears to be almost broken. The First National bank, of Rico, Col, which suspended payment in June, on Thursday reopened its doors for business, The First National Bank, of Dubuque, Ia., has suspended. At Leadville, Col,,'the American National Bank, which closed July 1, opened its doors for business. pal HLA Washington Newa, The Commissioner of Pensions has de- sided to accede to the request of newspapers correspondents to publish in the daily bulletin the postoffice addresses of those to whom pension certificates are issued. Sec- retary Hoke Smith has under consideratidn {he advisability of the publication of the names of applicants for pensions, ——— Disnsiers: Accidents and Fatalities Fhe boiler of the Wellington roller mills at Lexington, Mo., exploded, instantly kill- ing Engineer Richard Johnson, aged 35 years, and a boy named Frank Albin. ein The Weather. A great drouth is prevailing inJNew Jer- sey, New York and Long Island. BEYOND OUR BORDERS. Queen Victoria is enjoying the best of nealth. She took a short cruise on the royal yacht Tuesday. French and Italian workmen fought in Aigues-Mortes, department of Card, France. The fight began in the street at noon and was carried on intermittently for nearly two hours. Ten men were Killed and 26 wounded severely, eee eerie mimi Quarantine Against Florida Raisea. At Montgomery, Ala., Governor Jones srdered the board of health to raise the guarantine against Florida, all danger being , vast, i LATER NEWS WAIFS, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The People’s National Bank, of Winston, N, C., capital $100,0.0, has suspended. Lerzars, La., was surprised bv the sus- pension of all the banks in the city. were the First National and Lemars Nu- tional, with a capital of $100,000 each, and and the Lemars State and German Savings Banks. Notices were posted on the doors that the suspensions are due to inability to realize on assets, but that all depositors will be paid. The First National Bank of Anthony, Kan., which suspended payment in July was permitted to reopen its doors to busi- ness. The Waxahachie National bank of Waxa- hachie, Tex., which suspended payment August 11, was permitted to resume busi- ness. PursLo, CoL.—Bank Examiner J. Sam Bro wn has given permission to the Central National Bank, which suspended July 15. to resume business. The American and Western national banks, which suspended the same day, have received permission from Comptroller Eckels to resume and are rapidly complying with the conditions re- quired. i CAPITAL AND LABOR. The strike of the coal miners in Southern Kansas is over, the men agreeing to eccept 50 cents a ton for mine run and 5 , cents premium when there is more than 50 per cent lump in the ton. The men have re- sumed work. The Pittsburg and Lake Angeline mine, near Ishpeming, Mich., will work two-thirds time only, but will endeavor to retain allof the 600 employed. - * The rolling mills of the Springfield, Til, Iron Company, which have been idle several weeks on account of the depression of the iron trade have resumed work. President Thomas, of the Nashville, Chat- tanooga and St. Louis Railroad, announced that the first of September the road would be forced to make a cut in wages to the ex- tent of 10 per cent on all 1eceiving less than £300 per month and 20 per cent for those receiving over that amount. The secretary of Irondale rolling mill signed the scale of the Amalgamated Asso- ciation and 160 men resumed work. The American strawboard works, with 125 men and the American file works, with 225 men. have resumed. The Keystone Watch Case Manufacturing Company of Philadeiphia has shut down until September 1, throwing 1,750 employes out of work. le DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. A freight locomotive on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad exploded while drawing a train near Rockabil, O., Ingineer Basim, Fireman Roberts and Brakeman Quinn were instantly killed. A TRAIN FALLS THROUGH A Bridge, Killing Seven Persons. The Engincer Acis Too Late to Save Them, An accident occurred at the County Line trestle, just east of Milton, Va,, on Thurs- day morning, by which two passenger coaches and a s'eeper were precipitated 60 feetinto the creek below, killing seven per- outright and wounding a number of others. The killed are: H. Morris, conductor, Portsmouth, Va.; W.K. Eruisox, Alton, Va., J. G. Davis, a farmer of Baskerville, Va; W. R. EraM, Durham. N. GC; Jams 8S, LowE. a railroad conductor from the West, who was a passenger.; THoMAs LER, colored, Winston. N. C.: Francis JENKINS, colored, Salem, N. C. Tue wounded are: Mrs. Harvey Giersch, of Salem, N. C., J. L. Sizer. Richmond, Va; J. R. Townes, colored and Davis Frank- man. The little 13 vear old daughter of Mrs. Giersch, not realizing the danger through which she had passed, said to the rescuers: “Don’t mind me; I am not hurt, but please take mamma out.” The engineer, Peyton Tunstan, feit the trestle give under the engine and opened the throttle to run quickly. Only the en- gine and one car got across, the others breaking through. MANY PLANTS RESUMING. Iron and Steel Mills in Various Sections Start Up, and Hundrsds are No Longer Idle. At Philadelphia the Reading rolling mill company has gone on double turn, giving employment, to over 530 hands. Enough orders are on hands to <eep it going 1U weeks. The Bessemer steel works of Pueblo, Col., which closed down three weeks ago, resum- ed operations and 3)) men went to work again, The wire mill of the Carnegie com- pany at Beaver Falis, Pa., went on double turn for the first time in three years. The nail mill of the same company resumed operations after a shutdown of several weeks. The Thompson Run coal works, situated up the Beaver Valley, which have been closed for six weeks, has resumed. Thre hundred men are employed there. The New Castle (Pa.) wire nail worksand steel mill will resume in a few days. In all iron works and glass factories extensive improvements are being made, thousands of dollars being thus expended. : At the Sharon (Pa.) iron works the fires were started Wednesday morning and 20 puddling turnaces and the bar and 12-inch mills put in operation. Every department is expected to be running full in a few weeks ee Congressman Chipman Dead. Hon. J. Logan Chipman, the Democratic congressman from the First Michigan dis- trict died at Detroit. He was born in Detroit June 5, 1830, and made his homie here all his life. He was educated in public schools and at the Uni- versity of Michigan, In 1846 he was engaged in the Lake Superior region as an explorer for the Montreal Mining Company; in 1851 was admitted to the bar and in that year aided in the payment of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, and participated in making the treaty of Detroit with the Ottawas and Chippewas of Michigan. He was assistant clerk of the state house of representatives of Micigan in 1853 and in 1856 Lhe was elected city attorney, and held that position till 1861; in 1863 he was elected to the Michigan legislature and in 1866 ran for congress on the Democratic ticket, but was defeated; in 1879 he was elected judge of the superior court of Detroit, and re-elected at the end of six years. He was elected the to fiftieth. fifty first and fifty second congresses as a Democratand had been re-elected to the present cougress, ree oe epee ee et Two Killed by a Nebraska Tornado. John Turnbull's house south of Pawnee City, Neb., was destroyed by a tornado. The hired girl and a baby were killed. Five inches of rain fell and many bridges have been swept away and other damage done, | Sexate—Four notable bills were They duced in the Senate to day, as follows: Mr. "EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS ee. SEVENTH DAY. . intro- Hill, Democrat, of New York, offered a very . brief bill repealing the federal election laws, . the repeal, however, not to affect any pro- ceedings or prosecutions now pending un- der said act. Mr. Butler, Democrat, of South Carolina, introduced a bill repealing the State bank tax. Mr, Peffer. Populist. of Kansas, introduced a bill providing for the further issue of £300,000,000 of fiat money, exchangeable for Government bonds at par. Mr. Chandler, Republican, of New Hamp- shire, reintroduced his bill of last Congress, establishing additional regulations concern- ing immigration to the United States. After routine business the Senate adjourned ior the day. House—After the transaction of minor business the House today resumed debate on the silver question, which continued un- til adjournment. . EIGHTH DAY. SExaTE—In the Senate a joint resolation was introduced extending for six months the bonded period for whirky in government warehouses. The debate on the silver problem occupied the remalnder of the session. House—In the House the notable silver debate continued until the hour of adjourn- ment, NINTH DAY. SENATE.—(n the senate a petition was pre. sented by Senator Voorhees ' from Cass county, Ind., against ‘‘the manifold inigui- ties of the present civil service law.” lhe senator heartily endorsed the sentiments of the petition. Mr. Manderson (Republican), of Nebraska, introduced two bills directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issu- ance of treasury notes therefor and for the appointment of a mint commission. Sena- tor Quay agreed to directing an tion at once on the Maltby building, which was declared unsafe House—The silver debate was resumed the speakers generally addressing empty seats. No action was had up to time of ad- journment. TENTH DAY. Sexate—Contrary to general’ expectation neither the bill to allow national -banks to issue notes to the par value of their bonds deposited to secure circulation, nor any oth- er financ al measure, came up in the Senate today. The only new proposition in that direction was an amendment offered by Mr. Gorman. Democrat, of Maryland, to the bank circulation bill, prohibiting national banks withdrawing circul tion without a previous 60 days’ notice to the Comptro!ler of the Currancy, and without the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and limit- ing the aggregate amount of such w.thdraw- als to §3,000,000 within any calendar month. Senator McMillan. of Michigan. introduced in the senate today a bill to provide for a more extended use of gold by the people of the United States. It amends the statutes by reducing from £20 to #5 the minimum issue of gold certificates for gold and bullion deposits. A message was received from the house announcing the death of Mr. Chip- man, representative from Michigan. As a mark of respect to the memory of the de- ceased the senate adjourned. House. —The session of the house to-day was an interesting one. No representative was more Pasonsily liked and politically respected than Judge Chipman,of Michigan, and when the news of his decease was known interest in the silver question was in a measure submerged in sorrow for his taking off, and the house then adjourned as a tribute of respect to his memory. ELEVENTH DAY. SexaTe—The silver debate was continued and without any definite action being taken the Senate adiourned un:it Monday. The fianance committee reported to the senate to-day the measure agreed upon, which is framed on the Hill billand which repeals the Sherman purchasing law but pledges the government to the policy and principles of bi-metallism. At thesame time the minority of tue committee presented a minority report recommending a substitute bill, providing for absolute free coinage of silver at a ratio of 20 to 1. The full text of the majority bill, omitting the enacting clause, is as follows: “That so much of the act approved July 14, 1890. entitied ‘An act directing the pur- chase of siiver bullion and issue of treasury notes thereon, and for other purposes,” as directs the secretary ofthe treasury to pur- so much thereof as nay be offeredin each month is hereby repealed. “And it is hereby declared use of both gold and silver as value, international agreement or by such guards of legislation as will and-in the payment of debts. and in the payment of debts.” 464.4 grains of pure silver per proportionately for minor silver coins. bill and subititute were ordered printed and placed on the calendar, and Mr. Voorhees gave notice he would call them up next Tuesday. House—The debate on the silver question continued at both the morning and evening sessions and without action the house ad- jonrned. TWELFTH DAY. SeNATE—Not in session. House—The debate in the house on the silver question was not very spirited. Mr. McCreary (Dem. Ky..) advocated the repeal of the Sherman law in a long speech. Mr. Catchings (Dem. Miss.,) then spoke for un- conditional repeal of the silver purchasing clause. Mr. Livingston (Dem. Ga.,) spoke for bi-metallism and said that the passage of the Wilson bill would commit the coun- try to asingle gold standard. Mr. Richards of Ohio spoke for repeal. In the evening Mr. Curtis (Rep. Kan.,) favored the Wilson bill in a guarded manner. He was in favor of silver coinage at a 20 to 1 ratio, and of a commission being established with power to change the ratio when necessary. Messrs. Broderich (Rep: Kan.,) and Clark (Dem, Mo.,) spoke for bi-metallism, The House hen adjourned. The National Bank Statement, The abstract of the reports made to the comptroller of the currency, Washington, showing the condition of national banks fin the United States July 1, last, has been made public. A comparison with the state- ment of May 4, last shows a decrease in individual deposits of $193,000,000; in loans and discounts of $137,000,00); in specie of $21,000,000 and in undivided profits of $13,000,000. rm Weatner Crop Bulletin. In Pennsylvania—Drouth ca%inues un- broken and has seriously shortened all early planted crops; corn and potatoes in some sections ruined; late planting may im- srove if rain comes. In West Virginia—Drouth severe on corn; growth of tobacco checked. In Ohio—Corn and tobacco suffering and injured by drouth; threshing progressing, wheat good yield; oats fair. . examina- chase from time to time silver bullion to the aggregate amount of 4,500,000 ounces or at the m-rket price thereof, not exceeding #1 for 371.55 grains of pure silver and to issue in payment for such treasury notes of the United States, be and the same to be the policy of the United States to continue the standard money and to coin both gold and gilver into money in equal intrinsic and exchangeable Such equity to be secured through safe insure the maintenance of the parity in value of the coins of the two metals and the equal pow- er of every dollar at all times in the markets And it is hereby further declared that the efforts of the government should be steadily directed to the establishment of such a safe system of bi-metalism as will maintain at all times the equal power of every dollar coined or issued by thie United States in the markets The minority substitute fixes the number of grains of silver in United States coins at dollar and The PROMINENT PEOPLE. Tre Sultan of Johore eats from a dinner service worth at 750,000. GEORGE WASHINGTON MURRAY, of South Carolina, is the only colored member of Con- gress. Ex-SENAToR J. J. INcAaLLs, of Kansas, pre- dicts a great financial upheaval and a gen- eral redistribution of wealth. ENGLISH scientists are rejoicing over the visit of Professor E. E. Barnard, of Lick Ob- servatory. They speak of him reverently as “‘the discoverer of the fifth satellite of Ju- piter.” Mz. GLADSTONE ig one of these incautious people who do not destroy letters. The ven- erable statesman is said to have a collection of 60,000 letters deposited in a strong room at Hawarden Castle. ApMIrAL HUMANN, the French naval com- mander at Bangkok, Siam, is fifty-five years old. He was promoted to his present grade in 1839. He is now third on the list for pro- motion to Vice-Admiral's rank. Miss MARTHA WASHINGTON STODDARD, of Marthatown, Ill, claims to be a relative of the first President. She is ninety-two years old, and has twenty-eight descendants, the eldest of whom is a son, seventy-four years old Tue Emperor of Germany always embraces His Royal Highness in the continental fash- ion whenever they nfeet, very much, it is said, to the discomfiture of the Prince, whoss bluff English nature revolts at being kissed by a man. THE oldest living chaplain of the war is now being sought by those curious in such matters. Rev. John Walworth, of Wisconsin, is claimed to be the man. He was chaplain of the Forty-third Wisconsin Volunteers, and is now eighty-nine years old. SaraET,. BorToN died in Indianapolis, Ind., a few nights ago, Mrs. Bolton was known as the poetess of Indiana, and has written verses that are well kdown, among them be- ing ‘Paddle Your Canoe” and ‘‘Iniiana,” a glowing tribute to that commonwealth. Tae Duke of Devonshire owns 80.00) acres in Derbyshire, but none in Devon, Lbrd Derby some 50,000 acres in Lancashire, but none in Derby ; Lord Leicester 40,000 acres in Norfolk, but none in Leicester. But one- third of the rural estates of the Duke of Bed- ford, worth $750,000 a year, are in that county. GOVERNOR McGrAw, of the State of Wash- ington, ‘‘went West” eight or ten years ago, arriving in San Francisco with $42 in his pocket. He sent $10 home to his wife, and fregan his western life as a horse car driver. {He made his way to Seattle, where he became ‘sheriff, hotel-keeper and lawyer, and finally one of the most prosperous and popular men lin the new State. He is about forty years ‘old. THE LABOR WORLD. Loxpox has a workmen’s exhibition. PHILADELPHIA is to have a labor temple. Britisa CoLUMBIA canneries employ Chi- nese, SypNEY, Australia, has hordes of unem- ployed. IT is estimated that there are 500,000 men at present out of employment in New Eng- land. PENNSYLVANIA iron millers have instructed their superintendents to employ none but Americans hereafter. Tue International Socialist Convention at Zurich, Switzerland, voted in favor of estab- lishing an eight-hour working day. PaTERsON, N. J., has 12.000 unemployed. There are over 15.000 idle men in Buffalo, N. Y. Cleveland, Ohio, reports 18,000 un- employed. CHINESE laundries are said not to flourish in London, as there is a prejudice against the Celestials as operators of the washboard snd the mangle. Tue importation of colored men to all arts « . the country to take the places of strikers has aroused considerable feeling among union men. Ix fifty-seven trades of New York City 86,177 are out of work. This representsonly a portion of the city’s unemployed. Thou- sands continue to arrive there from the West in search of jobs. CONSIDERABLE progress is being made in New South Wales in organizing labor settle- ments on public lands. The amount of land available is not sufficient for the number of persons making application. Tae Franklin Sugar Refinery, in Phila- delphia, intends putting up a neat little hos- pital for the use of any of their 1500 to 2009 employes who may be taken sick should we have a visitation of cholera. AccorpING to estimates made by labor leade=s there are 150,000 idle workingmen in Chicago, and yet every day these numbers are added to by men coming in from the panic-stricken regions of the West. STATE FacTtorY INSPECTOR CONNELLY, Of New York, has refused to grant the petition of the brick manufacturers along the Hud- son River asking to allow boys under four- teen years of age to work in and about the yards. Tae Labor party of Birmingham, Eng- land, demand the erection of dwellings by the city, free or cheap baths, a meeting hall for societies and night meeting of councils to allow the attendance of workingmen. They propose that the dwellings shall rent for $1 or $1.12 per week. ATLANTIC CITY FIRE. $75,000 Damages Done. Hotel. . Fire'at Atlantic City, N. J,, destroyed the City hall, Grand opera-house and a portion of the train sheds of the Pennsylvania -ail- road. The loss is estimated at about $75,000, with not over £5,000 insurance. The body of a man known as ‘Jimmy, the Sport,” is supposed to be in the opera-honse ruins. The fire is supposed to have been of incen- diary origin. The guests at Schanfller's and Kuehnle's hotels were aroused when the fire broke out, and many of them became panic-siricken. Some rushed half-dressed into the streets, while others hastily remov- ed their trunks, valises and other property. Fortunately there was no loss of life among the hotel guests. BANKS RESUMING. One in Kansas and Another in Missouri Start Again. The Armourdale bank at Armourdale, Kansas City, which suspended one month ago resumed business. scramble to deposit. The First National bank of Fort Scott, Kan., which suspended on July, 18, hs resumed business. Panic in a There wasa positive —_——— $150,000 FIRE IN ILLINOIS. Seven.y Buildings in Benton Burned. Only $2,300 Insurance. The most disastrous fire’ that ever visited Benton, Ill, occurred Saturday. Seventeen business buildings were burned, resulting in a loss of £150,000. The total insurance = only $2.300. One fourth of the public square is swept clean. —— ey Yhat th] Base Ball Record. 1e following table shows the standi the different base ball clubs up to a ” W. L. Pot. Ww. » Boston... 68 29 .701|Cinein’ti.. 45 4 ris Pittsburg. 59 38 .608|Baltimore 43 53 .448 ¢level’nd. 54 39 .581i8t. Loujs.. 43 53 .448 Philadel'a 55 40 .579|Chicago... 41 56 .423 New York 49 45 -521 Louisy'le. 34 56 .378 Brooklyn. 46 49 .484/Wash'n... 33 63 .344 ——— —— The O] cs Gove tion nc Thurs vania | and in and th. partici official politic: makin monw vised. 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