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FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC,
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What is Going On the World Over.
Important Events Briefly Chronicled.
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Caviral. Labor and Industrial,
The American Wire Nail mills at Ander-
son, Ind., have resumed with 600 men on a
aon-union basis. All but three of the old
Amalgamated Association men went to
work.
The Whittenton mills at Tauton, Mass,
started up giving employment to more than
1.000 persons.
The nailers employed at the Laughlin
works, Martins Ferry, O., agreed to accept
a 15 per cent. reduction. Work will resume
at once.
The entire plant of the Cumberland Glass
Company at Bridgeton, N. J., has resumed
operations,
Judge Reed, of Wichita, Kas., declared
the 8 hour Jaw unconstitutional. Claims
aggregating hundreds of , thousands of dol-
lars, for overtime under this act are pend-
ing against every county a:.1 city in the
State.
The miners in the Jackson, O., coal dis-
trict have refused the operator's proposition
to pay monthly, and nearly 3,500 men are
idle.
The Bellaire, O., steel plant closed down
indefinitely owing to iack of orders. About
600 men are out of employment.
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DNisnrtera, Accidents and Fatalities
Bly the collision of two trains on the
Grand trun railroad at Bellevue, Mich.,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Newland were killed,
and Cashier Meredith, of the road, and his
wife badly hurt. Mr. Newland was a
wealthy ‘merchant of Detroit, Mich.
An Erie train struck a hearse at North
Olean, N.Y., and smashed it to pieces. Un-
dertaker Woodward was, perhaps, fatally
injured and James Goodale was instantly
killed.
For three days a prairie fire has been
burning in the western part of the Cherokee
Strip. John Baker, Henry Thomas and
family, two children named Harrison, and
Mrs Thompson and two childrea perished
in the flames.
The Mattress factory of W. K. Foster, at
New Orleans, was destroyed, and Foster
and Noah Alexander burned to death. Loss
$25,000.
A collision occurred on the Chicazo,Bur-
hngton and Quincy near Streator, Ili. Wil-
liam Gribble was kil ed and 10 others seri-
ously injured.
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Crime and Penalties,
Henry Coleman, Jr., colored who ate
tempted to assassinate Capt. Thomas Lyles,
was taken from jail at Benton, La., by 8C
men and lynched.
At Chicago, after shooting and seriously
wounding three men, James McGrath, a
notorious West side character, was shot
twice and killed by the Maxw:ll street offi-
cers while resisting arrest. The injured are:
Officer Michael Flemming, shot in the lef
leg; Thomas Beeham,shot twice through the
head by McGrath, will die; Edward Jack-
son, shot in the bridge of the nose.
Sanitary,
At Brunswick, Ga., there was one death
from vel'ow fever on Tuesday, that of Mrs
Stokes. Six patients were discharged. There
are now under treatment 14 cases, the
smallest number at any one time since the
epidemic was declared. The outlook is
favorable for the continued decrease of
malignant cases and a low rate of mortali
ty.
Thirteen new cases of yellow fever were
reported at Brunswick. Ga., on Friday, five
whites and eight blacks, The situation i:
exceedingly distressing.
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Financial and Commercial.
A list of banks in Southern States whict
have suspended since January 1 shows tha
out of suspensions aggrezating in rounc
numbers $16,980,000 in capital, banks
representing $12,500,000 have or are abou
to resume.
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Washington Newa,
A staternent prepared by the Treasury
department shows the collections from in.
ternal revenue for July and August of this
wear to have been $25,092,834, as compared
with receipts of $28 577,641 during July
and Augnst of 1892,
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Cholera Advices ‘
In Hamburg o1 Friday, there were 5 new
cholera cases and 1 death; in Bilbao 58 cases
and 20 deaths, and in Rawley, Eng., 4 cases
and 1 death,
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Fires
A fire at Coral, Mich., Monday night, de
stroyed the greater portion of that town
and left about 600 people homeless, *
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The Weather.
There was a fall of snow Friday through-
out the Schuykill, Pa.,, mining region. Ii
also snowed at Pittsfield, Mass.
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Miscellaneous,
The Roanoke (Va.) Coroner's jury ren-
dered a verdict that the men came to their
death by weapons in the hands of men or
soldiers of the Roanoke Light Infantry and
that the evidence showed that Bierd was
acting under instructions from Mayo:
Trout.
At Boston, John E. Russell was nomina-
ted for governor by the Democratic conven-:
tion of Massachusetts. For lieutenat gov-
ernor James B. Carroll was named. Both
nominations were made by acclamation.
The ticiet was completed as follows: Secre-
tary of state, J. W, McDonald of Marlbor-
ough; attorneyv-generai, Charles, S. Lillie,
or Dudley; auditor, john D. Wheelwright,
of Boston.
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BEYOND OUR BORDERS.
The Belgain coal miners’ strike is spread
ing and 10,000 men are now out.
The striking English miners remain firm
and refuse to confer with the employers,
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Three Children Drink Strychnine.
Three children named Bolduc, of St.
Evarieste Beauce, Canada, aged 5, 6 and 8
years, were left alone on Tuesday. They
found some strychnine and drank it. Two
are dead and the other child is in a pre-
carious condition.
THE YACHT RACE.
{American and English Contestants
for the America’s Cup.
‘the water, the American yacht Vigilant and
the British yacht Valkyrie were chosen as
THE VIGILANT.
:contestants in an international race for the
{America’s cup. The Vigilant is owned by a
syndicate of New York yachtsmen, and the
Valkyrie by Lord Dunraven.
Forty-two years ago the famous old
schooner America won the cup that is now
.the emblem of the yachting championship of
ithe world. The cup is now held by the New
York Yacht Club, and since the America’s
'victory has been successfully defended by
‘American yachts in sixteen races. The last
race for the cup was in 1887, when the
"Thistle, now called the Meteor, and owned
by the Emperor of Germany, came over only
‘to be defeated by General Paine's yacht,
the Volunteer,
THE VALKYRIE.
The much-coveted cup was originally
offered as a prize for a race around the Isle
of Wight, open to yachts of all Nations.
The prize was offered by the Royal Yacht
‘Squadron. The cup is of solid silver. It is
lewer-shaped and elaborately ornamented. It
stands a little over two feet in height and
weighs one hundred ounces. Around the
centre, the broadest part, are medallions
‘bearing different inscriptions. The first
reads as follows: *
\ “One hundred guinea cup, won August 22
11851, at Cowes, England, by Yacht ‘America,’
jat Royal Yacht Squadron regatta, open to all
{Nations, beating Beatrice, Volante, Arrow,
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THE AMERICA'S CUP.
Wyvern, Ione, Constance, Gypsy Queen,
Alarm, Mona, Brilliant, Bacchante, Freak,
Eclipse and Aurora.”
Another medallion bears this inscription :
¢‘Schooner America, 170 tons, Commodore
John C. Stevens: built by George Steers,
‘New York, 1851.” : :
' On other spaces are inscriptions record-
ing the results of the races with the schoon-
ers Cambria, Livonia and Countess of Duf=
ferin, and the sloops Atalanta, Genesta, Gal
atea and Thistle.
INDIANA DAY AT THE FAIR.
Ex-President Harrison Stops a Panic in
the Indiana State Building,
Indiana’s celebration at the world’s fair,
Chicago, was nearly marred by a serious
accident Wednesday afternoon and to the
cool-headedness of "ex-president Harrison
isdue in large measure the fact that it was
averted.
General Harrison's presence at the Indi-
apa building drew a large number who were
curious tosee him. When he had been
speaking but a few minutes the people
surged forward in their eagerness to hear
his words,
Suddenly there was a scream from a por-
tion of the crowd, A panic was threatened.
The ex-vresident realizing the danger, ceas-
ed speaking and wilh pertect coolness urged
the people to remain quiet, at the same time
motioning them back. A fainting woman
was assisted by General Harrison and Com-
missioner Havento the platform, and the
2x-president mounted a chair so the people
could see him and continued his speech.
The crowd soon ceased struggling two other
women who were on the point of fainting
were carried out and cared for by ambul-
ance surgeons and the panic which had
threatened to assume serious proportions
was over.
In point of enthusiasm and possibly in
numbers. Indiana can lay claim to the most
successful state day at the Fair. When
Governor Claude ;Matthews and staff, ex-
President Benjamin Harrison, James Whit-
comb Riley and others were escorted to the
Indiana bui ding at 11 o'clock by Commis-
sioners Havens. Studebaker and others,
zuards were compelled to force bacz the
sreat mass of humanity which was packed
together in front ot the State building.
General Lew Wellace and ex-Secretary of
the Navy R. W. Thompson were to have
made addresses but both were detained at
ome.
:Japan’s Awful Floods.
By the recent floods in Gifu, Japan
682 houses were swept away, 14,025 houses
flooded, 338 people killed and 30,205 people
rendered hemeless,
; After aseries of trial races on both sides of !
''WENTY-EIGH! DROWNED
DEATH INSTANTANEOUS.
An Awful Accidentin (he Lake Super-
ior Mining Region.
A mine casualty without parallel in tbe
innals in the minin; industry in this eann-
i «ry if notthe worid, occured at Mansfi «Id
he only producer of Bessemer ore 1a the
Crystal Falls mining district, and located
six miles from Crystal Falls City, Mich., at
J o'clock Friday night. The mine caved in
from the top to the bottom, burying 28
workmen and entailing a loss of #6.0,000.
The Mansfield shafts are located on the
west bank of the Michigamme river and the
working levels of the mine ran directly un-
der the stream and parailel with it for a
distance of several hundred feet. The first
level was 35 feet relow the bottom of the
river, and the lower levels, five in number,
ran parallel to the first, the bottom being
128 feet below the surface of the water. The
five upper levels have been sloped out in
the progress of the work, leaving only tim-
bers and pi lars of ore to bear the mighty
weight of the floors of ore above,
The accident is supposed to have been
caused by the giving way of the timbers on
the fifth level, allowing those above to!
follow, and au last the river to pour in upon
the men.
After the cave in the river bed
the mine was dry for an hour
minutes.
The names of the drowned miners are:
Samuel Peters, James Strongman, W. H,
Pierce, Charles Pople, Ole Carlson and Joe |
Kola, all married men, and Swan Johnson, |
Mike Harrington, Frank Rocko, Al Torresa- |
ni, Frank Johnson, Samuel Johnston, Shel- |
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limo Zadra, Peier Turrey. Nicolo Fontani,
John Regula, John Holmstram, Ross Fort-
mato, John Kirshe, John Randala, John
Randala, John Warner, Oscar Lundquist, |
John Arcanmelo, Anto Stefano, August Co- |
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logna. O. Constanti, Vigilis Zadra and Celes-
ti Negri.
None of the bodies have been recovered,
and it is believed it wili be necessary to di-
vert the channel of the river before they '
can be secured. 1t is believed to have been
| the worst disaster that ever occurred in the
Lake Superior iron region.
There were 46 men 1n the mine when the
accident occurred, but 18 of them who were .
working in the lower levels managed to
escape.
The Mansfield was developed about six
years ago and hus been worked continually
since. It was a producer of highgrade
Bessemer ore, and it is estimated to have
contained 200,000 tons when the accident
occurred. To-day itis a worthless pit,only
marked by a small bay sunk from the nat-
ural bed of the Michigamme by the cave-in.
THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT.
Pastures Improved Generally. Fall
Plowing and Seeding Under Way.
The weekly crop report of the Weather
Bureau says: Cotton is opening rapidly, and
picking has continued under generally fav-
orable conditions, although picking was
somewhat checked in Texas and Oklahoma
by rains during the latter part of the week.
Pasturage has continued in good condition
in New England and in the Middle Atlantic
States and has greatly improved in the Ohio
valley. :
Corn cutting, where not completed, is be-
ing rapidly pushed, and the crop is now re-
garded as practically securec,
Tobacco cutting is also being rapidly
pushed in Maryland, Virginia. Tennessee
and Kentucky. In Pennsylvania auch
tobacco remains still in the field.
The week has been generally favorabls
for 1all plowing and seeding,and this work,
waich has been much retarded by previous
drouth conditions, is being rapidly caught
up and has been completed in = some sec
tions. In Nebraska, however, the drought
remains unbroken, and fall plowing and.
seeding have been suspended and 1m Wis-
consin while beneficial rains have fallen,
the ground is + till to dry for seeding.
In Tennessee the weather has been fav-
orable for plowing and saving tobacco and
fodder; tobacco in northeast portion is being
cut and is curing rapidly; wheat seeding
commenced in some localities and some
winter oats being sown; cotton injured by
dirt on open bolls.
In Kentucky corn and tobacco cutting and
fallowing progressing; general improve-
ment in crops,
In Indianathe corn and wheat seeding
are finished in mostlocalities; corn is safe
froin frost; husking continues; clover yield-
ing much seed.
In Pennsylvania the corn crop has been
nearly ruined by the continued drouth, and
additional damage was done by the severe
storm of the last week of August. Insome
portions of the State the crop was blown
entirely down. Potatoes were nearly ruin-
ed by the drouth. Fruit crop. weie ma-
terially shortened by the wind storms, great
quantities being blown from the trees.
In West Virginia the severe drouth,
which was not broken until the last of Au-
gust, has reduced the corn aimost toa half
crop for the entire state, yet there are cer-
taiu sections where the crop will be almost
an average. The conditions of wheat at
harvesting was good. The quality was ex-
cellent. Buckwheat will be .short. The
drouth retarded planting and caused much
of the grain to perish in the earth before
sprouting. Fruit will be a poor yield. Many
apples were blown from the trees by the re-
cent severe storm. Fully half of the winter
apples were destroyed in this way. The
clover seed crop is very short.
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HOW THEY FINISHED.
End of the Greatest Season in Baseball
History.
For the sixth time since 1876 the Boston
team has been voted the champion baseball
playets of the country, which puts them on
an equality with the Chicagos, who have
also won the penant on six occasions in
that time. The finish of the first six clubs
in the race is very interesting, being equally
divided between the East and the West.
Cincinnati crept into the first division at
the last wag of the hammer on a miserable
fluke. The Brooklyns had fought for and
won their place in the first division, but
when they came to Chicago, where they
would haveundoubtedly have clinched
| matters, the rain knocked them out of the
games until Cincinnati tied them. To make
| it allthe easier for Cincinnati, on Saturday
Washington did not show up at the grounds
and so the game was given to the pork:
eaters without lifting a hair. They line up
as follows at the close of the season of 1893:
W, 1. Plot. Ww. L. Pet.
Boston.... 86 43 .667 Brooklyn. 65 63 .508
Pittsburg. 81 48 .628 Baltimore 60 70 .462
Clevel'nd. 73 55 .570/Chicago... 56 71 .441
Philadel’a 72 57 .5588t. Louis.. 57 75 .432
New York 68 64 .515 Louisv’le. 50 75 .410
Cincin’ti.. 66 63 512 Wash’n... 40 90 .508
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WORLD’S FAIR ATTENDANCE.
The following are the official figures for
the paid admissions to the fair:
May (month)...................... 1
June (month)....
July (month). .ccv..ua.iivesnes.
August (month).....
September (month) ...............
Jctober (to date)..... Veh evar eede a,
LATER NEWS WAIFS3,
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
The steel plant of the Riverside company,
at Wheeling, W. Va., and additional de-
artments at the Aetna Standardy, Works, at
Pridgeport, O., hae been put in operation.
About 1,000 men are thus given employ-
ment.
Of the 30.000 workmen usually employed
in the textile mills of Philade!phia, 24,000
are idle.
At Pottsville, Pa.. the committee of the
Schuylkill Coal Exchange has fixed the
rate of wages for last half of September and
first half of October at 5 per cent above the
£2.50 basis, or 6 per cent. increase over
wages paid last month.
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DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
An open slope which lies between Char-
leston, S. C., and Jump Island was capsiz-
ed in Ashley river and three persons out of
a passenger list of seventeen were drowned.
Fourteen were rescued by the tug Otto, Cap-
tain John Joanell. All {he passengers and
crew were negroes from James island. The
names of the drowned are Samuel Gour-
din, Morris Lemon and Thomas Davis.
At "ort Edward N. Y., Mrs. Daniel Grif-
fithof Sandy Hill, N. Y., and her daughter
: inlaw, Mrs. L. L. Griffith, of Tempicoe, Ill,
were instantly killed by being struck by a
locomotive of a Delaware and Hudson
t.ain,
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WASHINGTON.
A decision has been rendered by As-istant
Secretary of the Interior Reynolds, holding
that a certificate of discharge is the most val-
uable evidence in pension cases.
The salaries of the government officials at
Washington aggregate $13,364,196,
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CHOLERA ADVICES
Three fresh cases of ¢holera and one
death wore reported at mamburg during
the 24 hours ending at noon Saturday.
Since Sept.15 there has been 119 cases here
and 58 deaths. The epidemic is now losing
ground rapidly,
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CRIMES AND PENALTIES.
IIenry Coleman, Jr., the negro who at-
tempted to assassinate Captain Thomas
Lyles, was taken from jail at Benton, La.
and lynched. He confessed.
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SANITARY.
The Michigan Board of Health has de-
creed that conswmption is a communicative
disease and will hereafter treat it as such.
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FOREIGN.
There are 12,000 miners on strike in the
department of Hainawalt in Belgium.
A PRESIDENTIAL LETTER.
President Cleveland’s Views on
Monetary Situation.
In reply to a letter from Governor North-
en, of Atlanta, Ga., asking the president to
give his position on tinancial matters, Mr.
Cleveland sent the following reply:
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Executive MANSION
WasHINETON, D. }
‘Hon. W. J. Northen:
“My Dear Sir—I hardly know how to
reply to your letter of the 15th inst, It
seems to me that I am quite plainly on rec-
ord concerning the financial question. My
letter accepting the nomination to the pres-
dency, when read in connection with the
message lately sent to Congress in extraor-
dinary session, appears to me to be very
explicit. [ want a currency that is stable
and safe in the hands of our people. I will
not knowingly be implicated 1n a condi ion
that will justly make me in the least de-
gree answerable to any laborer or farmer in
the United States for a shrinkage in the
purchasing power of the dollar he has re-
ceived for a good dollar's worth of work, or
for a good dollar's worth of the product of
his toil. I notonly want our currency to
be of such a character that all kinds of dol-
lars will be of equal purchasing power at
home, but I want it to be of such a charact-
er as will demonstrate abroad our wi dom
nd good faith, thus placing upon a firm
foundation our credit among the nations of
the earth. T want our financial conditions
and the laws relating to our currency so
safeand reassuring that those who have
money will spend and invest it in business
and new enterprises instead of hoarding it.
‘You cannot cure fright by calling it fool-
ish and unreasonable, and you cannot pre-
vent the frightened man from hoarding his
money.
“I want good, sound and stable money,
and a condition of confidence that will keep
it in use,
“Within the limits of what I have written
Iam a friend of silver, but I believe its
proper place in our currency can only be
fixed by a readjustment of our financial
legis lation and the inauguration of a con-
sistent and comprehensive financial scheme
I think such a thing can only be entered
upon profitably and hopefully after tbe re-
peal of the law which is charged with all
our financial woes. In the present state of
the public mind this law cannot be built
upon or patched in such a way as to relieve
the situation,
“I am therefore opposed to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver by this country
alone and independently; and I amin favor
of the immediate and uncondi ional repeal
of the purchasing clause of the so-called
Sherman law.
' “I confess I am astonished by the oppo-
sition in the senate to such prompt action
as would relieve the present unfortunate
situation.
‘My daily prayer is that the delay occa-
sioned|by such opposition may not be the
cause of plunging the country into deeper
depression than it has yet known.'and that
the Democratic party may not he justly
held responsible for such a catastrophe.
Yours very truly,
*'‘GRO7ER CLEVELAND,”
YELLOW FEVER’S PROGRESS.
The Situation in Georgia Notla Cheering
One.
At Brunswick. Ga., twelve cases of yel-
low fever were reported Saturday, 10 white
tnd two colored. Sixty-five patients are
iow under treatment.
No cheering words can be
written on the situation. The scourage is
ture to stay until frost. Four-fiths of the
1,000 people at Brunswick, Ga., will have
‘ne fever before frost comes. This is no
i ile statement, but the result of careful con-
truthfully
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$2ltation with physicians.
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
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FORTY-THIRD DAY.
SENATE. —President Cleveland was the
object of a prolonged personal attack in the
senate to-day on the part of Senator Stewart,
silver Rep., of Nevada, who spoke for near-
ly three hours on the resolution he offered
last Saturday as tothe relativeindependence
of the three co-ordinate branches of the
Government. That independence he charg-
ed the president with disregarding, jin not
causing the silver purchase law and the
Chinese exclusion law to be faithfully exe-
cuted. put worse than the non-execution
of these laws appeared to be.in Mr. Stewart's
opinion, the contemptuous allusions tc
Congress which he found in some of Mr.
Cleveland's letters and interviews, He was
particularly embittered at the President's
allusion in one of his letters to ‘having
Congress on his hands,” This was an indig:
nity beyond endurance. Without conclug-
ing his speeh, Mr. Stewart yielded for an
executive session, after which the senate
adjourned.
Hovsk—The House held an indifferent
session today and devoted it aimost entirely
tothe consideration of the printing bill.
The only interesting matter in connection
with this bill were the efforts of Mr.
Meikeijohn, of Nebraska. a new champion
of the printers, who failed to secure an in-
crease of the rates on composition.
FORTY-FOURTH DAY,
SexaTeE—The debate on the silver repeal
bill was continued until adjournment.
House—The debate upon the Federal
election repeal bill was inaugurated to-day
Mr. Curtis, of Kansas, introduced a bill to
further revulate immigration. It provides
that a male immigrant unmarried must
possess $300, a single woman $10), and the
ead of a family $500, or they shall not be
entitled toland. ‘A favorable report was
made on Congressman Beltzhoover's bill
appropriating $3,400,000 for the payment of
damages sustained by citizens of Pennsyl-
vania from Union and Confederate troops,
the House then adjourned.
FORTY-FIFTH DAY.
SENATE. —In the senate to-day the discus-
sion was on the re~olution offered yesterday
by Mr. Dubois (Rep.), of luaho, to postpone
segislation on federal election laws, finance
and tariff until January 15, 1804, because
of the vacancies in the senatorial represen-
tation of Washington. Montana, and Wyom-
ing, but no final action was had, The re-
peal bill was then taken up and Mr. Pasco,
(Dem.), of Florida addressed the senate.
He said the Sherman law ought never to
have been enacted and should be repealed.
Mr. Teller, (Rep.), of Colorado, then ad-
dressed the senate on the repeal bi:l, Before
he ¢oncluded his remarks the senate went
into executive session and soon afterward
adjourned.
House.—The Federal election debate, and
routine business occupied the time of the
house until adjournment.
FORTY-SIXTH DAY.
SexaTe—The debate on the silver repeal
bill consumed all the time up to adjourn-
ment.
House—Nothing of importance was done,
and after routine business the House ad-
journed.
FORTY-SEVENTH DAY. .
SexaTE—In the Senate to-day two of the
most distinguished Senators on the Demo-
cratic side, Hurris, ot Tennessee, and Mor-
gan, of Alabama, made vigorous attacks on
the silver purchase repeal bill. After fur-
ther discussion of the bili the Senate
adjourned
Hovse— Little interest was manifested in
the House as the debate on the Federal
elections repeal bill was continued to-day,
and after a brief session the House adjourn-
ed.
FORTY-EIGHTH DAY.
House.—The house resumed the consider-
ation of the federal election repeal bill, the
passage of which was advocated by Mr.
Patterson (Dem.) of Tennessee. Representa-
tive S. B. Cooper, of Texas, presented a reso-
lution, which was referred to the ways and
means committee, calling on the governors
of the different states to hold elections so
that the popular will on the question of free
coinage muy be obtained.
SENAaTE.—The day in the Senate closed
the eighth week of the extra ordinary ses-
ston and the fitth week of debate on the vil!
to repeal the purchasing clauses of the act
of 1890, commonly called the Sherman law.
There was to-day one speech on each side
of the pending question, Senator Camden,
of West Virginia. in advocacy of repeal, and
Senator Pefler, of Kansas, in opposition to
repeal and favoring the free coinage of sil-
ver at the conclusion "of which the senate
adjourned.
NOT UP TO EXPECTATIONS.
Dun’s Busi:ess Review Doss Not Make
the Brightest of Showings and Offe. s
Much Food For Reflect on.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of
Trade, N. Y., says: A complete statement
of failures for the quarter now closing
is
not possible, but the number thus far re
ported is about 4,000 and the aggregate of
liabilities about $150,000,000, greatly surpass:
the past week the failures have been 329 in
the United States, aginst 177 last year, and
in Canada 34 against 31 last year,
Business has not entirely answered ex-
pectations, Many works which have re-
sumed operations do not find orders as large
or the demand as vigorous as they antici-
pated, and with some it is a question whetl-
er they will not close again. While mcney
on call has been abundant and cheap, and
about $4,500,000 Clearing House certificates
have been retired, there is perceptible great-
er caution in making commercial loans
here and at some Western points.
Railroad earnings for September show a
decline of 13 per cent. co npared with last
year, which is not better than the August
teport. Eastbound shipments from Chicago
soy a decrease of 14 per cent, for. the last
week.
The cotton manufacture is gaining more
than any other and there isa stronger =siar-
ket for print cloths and prints. Sales of
wool last week were 4,629,450 pounds, again-
St 6,648.600 last year, and for four weeks
14,474,275 pounds, against 31,080,500 last
year, but it is believed that many purchzses
are for investment rather than for manu-
facture
While 78 manufacturing concerns are re-
ported asstarting wholly or in part, against
20 closing or reducing force, more than a
third of the increase has been in cotton
mills and another third in machine shops,
nail mills, manufacturers of stoves and
hardware, tools and cars, while in the iron
manufacture proper only seven concerns
have started, against three that have stop-
ped, and the outlook does not seem brignt
er.
In foreign trade exports again exceed last
vear's anda for the month about 24.6 per
cent. while imports show a decrease for the
wonth of about 3) per cent, The return ot
money from the interior continues large,
und plainly reflects less activity than usual
at this season in domestic trade and indus.
ry.
The total clearings of the United States
were $772,068,725, a decrease of 27 per cent:
the clearings. exclusive of those of New
York were $358,187,192, a decrease of 23 per
cent,
To Make It Warm For Train Robbers.
Orders have been issued by the Michigan
Central railroad at Chicago that every man
on trains hauling express or mail cars be
armed with a couple of revolvers and a
Winchester rifle. The Pennsylvania system
will take similar action and would-be rob-
bers will be given a warm reception.
—IRIsH DAY at the World's Fair was gaily
celebrated on faturday in spite of the rain,
After a Jong altercation between various of-
ficials the Irish flag was displayed on the
fair buildings.
int,
A MANIAC AND HIS PISTOL:
A Terrible Occurrence in the Chicage
Board of Trade.
Cassius Belden, an insane carriage painter,
entered the south gallery of the Chicage
Board of trade about noon Wednesday, and
drawing a revolver, deliberately fired twice
toward the ceiling and thiee tinves into the
crowded pits of the floor below, and the op
posite gallery.
A panic immediately ensued, everybody
seeking safety in flight or concealing them-
selves behind bulletin boards and other
objects on the floor. -
‘I'nree persons were struck by flying bul.
lets. They were: Amri M. Bennett, Board
of Trade operator, shot through the neck;
Charles W. Rosewell, assistan chief opera-
tor of the Board of Trade telegraph, jaw
vroken by buailet; Mrs. Wo W. = Lewis, ~ of
Titusville, Pa., World's Fair visitor, a se-
vere flesh wound. ;
The man who did the shooting refused to
give any name but ‘Chicago’ at first but
subsequently he said he was Cassius Beld-
en, a carriage painter, living at 365 La Salle
avenue. His incoherenttalk and apparent
indifference to the deed made it evident that
he was insane.
RAILROAD STRIKERS,
ing the record of any previous quarter. For
Chesapeake and Ohio Men Tie Up the
Road at Many Points,
Trainmen, switchmen, yardmen and coal
heavers on the Chesapeake and Ohio went
out on a strike at Fulton, Ky., against a
reduction in wages. Work in the railroad
yards has suspended and nothing except
passenger trains are moving.
At Covington, Tenn., All the employes of
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad except
the station agent and the telegraph opera-
tors, went out on a strike. This action was
taken as a result of the recent order reduc-
ing salaries 10 per cent. No trains, except
passengers are moving. i
At Dyersbnrg, Tenn., the Chesapeake and
Ohio was tied up Saturday bv strike of all
trainn en and switchmen. Passen zertrains
carrying the mails are alloweu to run.
Five Hanged on One Scaffold.
Five negroes were legally hanged for
murder at Mt. Vernon, Ga, on ong
| scaffold. Their names were Hirman Jacobs,
Hiram Brewington, Lucian Manuel, Weldon
Gordon and Pearse Strickland.
A West Vira N1A father told his little
girl that chestnuts were poison, to keep he)
from eating too meny. The child became
irightened and in her efforts to vomit those
~he had eaten a blood vessel was burst, and
<he died a few minutes later.
—ArTSan Francisco Mrs. Louis Worth-
ington was sentenced to 25 years in the
penitentiary for the murder of Harry
| Bradley.
MARKRLTS.
PITTSBURG.
THE WHOLESALE PRICES ARE GIVEN BELOW,
GRAIN, FLOUR AND FEED.
WHEAT—No. 1 Red..... . 67 @ $ 68
No.2 Red.........: esece 66 67
JORN—No. 2 Yellow ear... 54 55
High Mixed ear....... se 52 53
No. 2 Yellow Shelled....,. 48 49
Shelled Mixed........... 47 48
ATS—No. 1 White... 36 36%
No.2 White.........| 35% 36
No. 3 White 34 35%
Mixed........ 31% 32
BYE—No. 1 .........0.0-0 54 55
No. 2 Western, New ...... 53 54
FLOUR—I"ancy winter pat 4 25 4 50
Fancy Spring putents..... 4 40 4 65
Fancy Straight winter.... 3 65 3 90
AXA Bakers........... .s 825 3 50
RyeXlonr.............. « 895 3 50
HAY—Baled No. 1 Tim'y.. 14 00 14 25
Baled No. 2 Timothy..... 12 50 13 00
Mixed Clover. .......... +» Y150 1280
Timothy from country... 18 00 20 00
FEED—No.1 Wh Md ®# T 1800 18 50
\ No. 2 White Middhings..... 17 00 17 50
{Brown Middlings 1500 16 00
[ Bran. bulk 1550 16 00
STRAW — Wheat. 5 50 6 00
ALS, hn 6 50 7 00
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
BUTTER—EIgin Creamery 32 3
Fancy Creamery......... 23 29
Fancy country roll. ..... . 24 25
Low grade & cooking.... 10 15
CHEESE—Ohio, new....... 10} 103
New York, new... en 11 113
Wisconsin Swiss. . 14 144
Limburger (Fall nn 113 12
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE
APPLES—Fuancy, ® bbl... 350 4 50
Fair to choice, # bbl.... 250 3 00
PEACHES, per crate—..... 75 1 00
PEARS perbbl........... “3.00 5 00
BEANS— 3
N Y & M(new)Beans@bbl 1 95 205
Lima Beauns,..... raed = 41 43
POTATORS—
Paney 4 bn...... 67 70
Ordinary 8 bu., ........... 60 65
Sweet, per bbl.... 2 00 3 50
7 POULTRY ETC.
Live chickens ® Pleevsrs. 65 70
Live Ducks @ pr......... 40 65
Live Turkeys ®th........ 6 7
Dressed chickens 2 1b... 12 13
Dressed ducks @1....... 10 11
Dressed turkeys ® 1h..... 15 16
EGGS—Pa & Ohio fresh... 20 21
FEATHERS
Extra live Geese @ B..... 55 60
No 1 Extra live geese th 48 50
Mixed.,.....ohe ns ae 25 35
TALLOW—Country, #1... 4 43
Cy... 4} 5
SEEDS—Clover.............. 7 00 72
Timothy prime... 175 1 85
Blue grass. ..... oe 140 170
RAGS —Country mixed 3 1%
AONEY—White clover... 17 18
Buekwhent..,...... 10 12
MAPLE SYRUP, new crop. 50 1 00
CIDER—country sweet® bbl 5 00) 5 50
CINCINNATI
BlOUR~ = EY 5
WHEAT $2 T5@$3 2
L —No.
CORN—Mix oh 5
OATS 29% 30
EGGS...... 127 912
BUTTER .. 2
ii $1 90@$3 75
69% 70
8 4
ne 2 White ..... “ ak 4
J L1HKR—Creamery Extra. 25 :
EGGS—Pa., Firsts. > 19 2
NEW YORK. > ;
FIL,OUR—Patents....... een 200 460
WHEAT—No 2 Red. . seis. 7l rig
EYE—Western.........oons 50 55
CORN-Ng 2. [0 es Sma iE
JATS—Mixed Western. .... 331 354
BUT "ER—Creamery . 18° 97
EG —State aud Penn... ... 17 18
LIVE-STock mwpoRs.
EAST LIBERTY, PITTSBURG STOCK YARDS,
: CATTLE
Prime Steers... .. apa 5 (
Good butcher .. Trond : > 2 : x
Common,...., 3 20 to 3 50
Bulls and dry cows a 00 to 3 25.
eal Calves... . 5 50 to 6 9.
Fresh COWS, per hex 20 00 to 45 D0
: E SHEEP, = or
Prime 95 to 100-1 sheep....8§
Good mixed :
x fed. Ln. 22to 275
Common 70 to 75 1 sheep... 1 50to 2 00
~Loice lamby,... 0000 3 75to 4 00
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Good Yorkers........ o... 6 40to 6 o>
Mediom 10 6 20 to 6 35
leavy teetecietsnnceseees. 5 80to 5 92
oughs.......... ves «eee 400to 5 00
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