COLUMBIAN FAIR NEWS ITEMS
A FLAT SUNDAY FAIR.
Hakt kxiiimt rnviutrn vr Ain iirit.nitina
CI.OSRn. TIIK WoRKINOMA"; STAYS AWAY.
Wt'h perfect Hummer weather on Sunday
the World's Fair otllrials looked for a lnrge
Mtenrinncc. hut it failed them, not over 50.
( pnid ndmislons being reentered. On
Saturday the attendance wns 12.1.000.
In the Manufactures nml Liberal Art
buildings tlie exhibits of nil foreign nation
were covered up Thin example, wns follow
ed by ninny of the American exhihitors.and
nn all aides muslin covered exhibits, barred
gates anil ropes greeted the eye. In Ma
chinery hall and Aitrlcull-.ire 'building this
rule alio applied. While a great many of
the State buildings wore closed, yet those
that were oxen tntertined quite a number
of peo 'le. A large number of people visited
the Art (inllery. Thousands of people visit
ed the (lerninn Village to drink beer. As a
whole, the people wh. visit the Fair of
Snndny are nut the class whom Sunday
opening was intended to reach. The work
ing classes have not taken advantage of it.
The F'air Directory Similar night claimed
that the paid admission for the dny were
62.02H,
WEST VIRGINIA CELEBRATES.
bfr mtinsoMt ano noMKi.txg fi'iipino at
TIIK WORI.Il' rAIR DF.Ml'ATKP.
The broad pinr.a of West Virginia'!
handsome and homelike State building
sheltered a thousand persons from the
heavy showers of the warm June afternoon
on Tuesday, while another and larger crowd
thronged the rooms of the splendid stmct
lire, anxin is to do honor to West Virginia
and her 01 mors on this, her day of dedica
tion and the anniversary of the birth of her
Statehood
W. N. Chancellor, president of (be West
Virginia Board of World's Fair rranagera,
Called the assembly to order and divine
blessing was invoked by the Kev. Paul De
Long, of l'arkcrsburg. Mr. Chancellor then
made his address, tin reviewed the work
of his board in West Virginia and compli
mented the State upon its tine representa
tion nt the Exposition.
General St. t lair, who represented Gover
nor McCorkle, who ecnld rot be present,
Piid that although We-i Virginia is a young
lute, she has performed no small part in
the great work, the result f which ar-to be
seen in Jackson I'nrk. iie then dedicated
the building.
A. W. Campbell, ot Wheeling, replied to
General St. Clair. He gave a splendid his
tory of the State, from trie time of her first
tettlers to the present day. The program
Concluded with a vocal solo by Minnie E,
Smith, a popular West Virginia songstress.
THE FERRIS WHEEL REVOLVES.
6.000 FKori.it rife Aitorxn the chute 250
VKKT IN FIAMKTKK ASP FXI'KlllF.NCE A
QI'EKII SI XSATION.
Midway I'laisnnce was a moving mass of
humanity Wednesday afternoon when the
revolving wheel creation of George Wash
ington Gale 1-Vrris. of I'ittsbnrg l a., started
first for the 5,000 invited guests and then
for thousands of Exposition visitors who
had been patiently wailing to take a rido in
the monster circle of stiwl and iron. All of
the 6,000 invited guets were elevated slow
ly to a height of 250-feet, and by a gradual
indtscribable motion lowered through
pace to the five platforms. Nobody was
f raid to get on board of the 36 cars, of 40
(eats each, hot some of the people experi
enced a disagreeable sensation in the mo
lion of the wheel. There was a peculiarly
novel, lurching rlso and fall, combined
with a forward motion, which nobody has
ever been accustomed to on land or water,
imp y because there is only on Ferris
wheel in the world.
A CRITICISM ON JUSTICE FULLER,
a FHEACHra says patax coi i.d not havb
MAIiK A IIETTEK HI NFAY FECISION.
The Methodist preachers of Chicago at
their weekly meeting the other dny decided
to keep up the tight against Sundny open
ing. The Rev. !'. 8. Hanson, although a
Maptlst, had been Invited to make an ad
dress to the meeting, during which he ad
ministered to the Chief Justice a palpable
lap in the lollowing language.
"I can imagine a personal devil squatting
like a black toad at the bur of jimtice itself,
md dictating the decision of the court; and
then after the judgment had been pro
nounced, shipping I lie judge on the shoul
der and saying: Well done, I couldn't have
written that better mysell. "
These remarks were received with enthus
iastic applause by the preachers.
FIGURING O.N A DEFICIENCY.
OIF. IUNDAV rl.OSF.KS FRESENT 0IF. MIOIITY
INTEHESTtNO FAIR STATISTICS.
Judge Jenkins granted Wanmnnker
Brown and others leave to amend their Mil
recently tiled againBt the World' Colum
bian Exposition Company. The complain
ants et up that the Fair contract ha been
violated on four Sunday, when the average
ttendnnce was 05,710 paid admission per
riav. This retted the defendant company
J32.S57 6 . while it is contended the receipt
must he tsa74 78 per iluv to realize a euro
utEcienl to repay the Government the $1..
(20.120 of souvenir coins received under the
appropriation. It is charged that the direc
or of the Fair intend to reduce the Tate of
dmission to 25 cents on Sundays,
which it is alleged would result in
Itii! further loss to complainants,
TO HE COVEKEn ON THE SAIIIIATIT.
The commission who have control of the
Methodist Episcopal Church exhibit at the
World's Fair phkshiI resolution directing
(hat the exhibit be not uncovered on lie
riahbnih. nnd calling upon nil Meihodists
who have xliihilK at the Fair to lake like
ctiou. The exhibit cannot be withdrawn.
A PECREASE IN ATTENDANCE.
The attendance at the Fair for the week
ending June 17 was 72l.7!Si For the week
end in Jnue 21 it wits "n't.nno. a dai:y aver
age ol something over loo.noo. Willi pros
peels ol reduced rate and tine weather the
coming wees the attendance is expected to
increuse.
WANT 1.000,000 FEOFI.K ON THE FOt'llTII.
Excursions on all railroads andja magnif
icent patriotic program are being arranged
for July 4. The desire is to get 1,000,(00
people on the irrnuuds that day.
CHOLEEA MAY NOT COME,
Bay Burgeon General Wymau, Though
There 1 Yet Plenty of Time.
Five persona died of cholera in Montpeiier,
France, on Saturday.
A dispatch from Washington !ay: Bur
geon General Wyman of the Marine Hos
pital servce, referring to the outlook for
cholera in the Uuited Bute during the
present summer laid:
"We have an even chance of escaping the
Cholera altogether thi year. Should it ar
rive it will certainly not become epidemic.
Ita non-appearance Ihu far prove that no
germ have lived over the winter in this
country, a it wa feared might happen.
The prospect now is much better than 1 ex
pected it would be at this time. However,
it ibould not he forgotten that the disease
did not reach the United State last yeai
nntll August. There is plenty of time foi
trouble yet. If cholera ibould get a foot
hold In thl country it would be quickly
tamped out."
Harried School Teaoher Bouneed. '
By an edict issued by the Bt. Louis choo:
commissioner all married teacher iu thl
pablic school bay been dismissed. Nearly
100 teacher war let out
LATER NEWS WAIFS.
riKAKltAt, AMI COMMERCIAL.
Comptroller Eckel has been olflclnWy In
formed of the failure of the following Nat
ional banks: The Unit National Bank of
Kendallvll'c. Ind.; the First National Bnnk
of Santa Anna. Oil.; and the First National
Bank of Whatcom, Wash. He has ordered
Bank Examiner Packard to tnke charge ol
of the Kendallsvllle bank.
At Pan Francisco the Pacific bank has
closed. The People Home Saving bank,
under the tame management, Iins also .gone
down.
At Greenville, Mich., the City National
bank has suspended,
The Cataract bnnk, Niagara Falls. N. Y
the largest bank in Niagara county, closed
its door.
The New York clearing-house committee
authorized the Inking out on Friday or 1450.
000 In clearing-house certificates. The total
now outstanding is U.3jOM,
The East Side bnnr Los Angeles, Cnl
opened Its diors again on Saturday morn
ing. This is the first of closed banks t ) re
sume. A feeling of confidence has return
ed. The other bnnk will open In a dny oi
two except the City bank, which I in the
hands of a receiver.
CAPITAL AND LAnoR.
A compromise ha been effected and the
lumber shovers' strike at Totiawanda, N.Y.,
is at an end.
Fifty contract laborers were detained al
Ellis Island, N. Y. harbor, and eight othet
immigrant who arrived on the Fnerst Bis
mnrk, and refused to answer questions, will
be sent back to Germany,
At Zanesville, )., the strike at McCoy
Thompson' mines lias been adjust d, the
miners resuming work to-dny at the old
price of 05 cents a ton.
The farm laborers of Kansas are organiz
ing a union so as to place themselves in a
position to demand better wages. They are
now receiving from 15 to 20 a month and
want their wages raised to 3 I, It is be
lieved that the Populist farmers will Indorse
the plan as a matter of course for the farm
hands comprise the poorest paid class ol
laborers in existence.
MOnTVARY.
Congressman Mutchler died on Friday,
at home in Fusion, Pa. The deceased was
a member of congress from the Eighth dis
trict, comprising Carbon, Monroe, North
hnmpton and Pike counties. He was born
in Northhampton Pa., Dec. 21, 1KI1. He
received an academic education and was
admitted to the bar. He was n member ot
the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, Fifty-first
and Fifty-second congresses, He has taken
an active part In the affairs of congress and
was prominent in State politic.'
FERSONAK
The Infanta Eulalie sailed on the La
Toil aine from New York for home Satur
day. She expect to revisit the United
State next summer.
Mm. V. 8. Grant and Mrs, Jefferson Davis
met by accident at Cranston's Hotel, West
Point, N. Y., and had a long and cordial
conversation.
FIRES.
The Murray A Nichols drug and spice
manufacturing plant, Chicago, burned. One
man perished in the flumes and four others
were badly burned and injured.
At Leonardville, Kan., one third of the
village. Loss, 130,000; partly insured.
roREION.
At Melbonrne.Goldsborough.Mortz A Co.,
bankers and merchants have suspended
payment. Their liabilities nre 2,500,000
They are expected to resume business short
ly. jrniciAL,
The State of Washington'! anti cigarette
law has been declared unconstitutional by
the United States Circuit Court.
A DEATH DEALING CYCLONE.
Fifteen Persons Killed and Many More
Fatally Injure'd.
A terrific cyclone wept over Williams
town, Jefferson coun'y, Kansas, Thursday
eight It took in a scope of country half a
mile wide and about six miles long. Not a
house, barn or tree was left standing in it
path. Eleven dead bodle have so fnr been
discovered, and it is known that at least flv,
more were killed.
Thedcad are L. F. Evans, Emery Evans,
Mrs. John Hutchinson, Samuel Kincaide
Walter Kincaide. L. M. Grim. Harry Grimes,
and two children. Eva Kincaide and Samuel
Stewart .Those fatally hurt are James
Baker, Vt illiam Goepfert aud Mr. Goep
fert. '
The deflation was awful, and the hunt
with lanterns over the wind iweptspot for
the dead and dying commenced. It was 1
o'clock Friday aMernoon betore the lust of
thedcad bodies were found. The strip of
country swept by the cyclone is left as bar
ren as a floor. In Williamstowii school
house were found the dead bodies of the
Kincaid family, consisting of father. mother
and four chluren. The voiinwur .i.m i.
without its head, it being blown or cut off
and carried away by the wind. One of the
children were lound three miles from the
house. At Arthur Evan' farm every th ing
is destroyed. Evans ran Into his basement
but was found dead three rod from the
bouse in the tie d.
At the Hutchinson farm aeven head of
horse were killed. Some of the horse were
blown a quarter of a mile away. In th
cemetery at Williamstown the monument
are all t.lown away, and some of the base
atone were blown many rod,
A MISSOURI CYCLONE,
St. Josnr-H. Mo. Reports from Hamilton
and other point bow that a cyclone passed
over the country on Thursday. At Con
ception the hoii) of John Doyle wa torn
down and Dovle and hi wife and an old
man who lived with them were killed The
dd man' head wa severed from hi body.
Senator Stanford Buried.
7he funeral service of Senator Leland
Stamford were held Saturday on the grounds
or Stanford university, at Palo Alto, Cel.,
and the remains were placed in the family
mausoleum. The service wer almple.
Bishop Nichols read th burial aervice of
the Episcopal church. Rev. Dr. Stebbins,
pastor or the First Unitarian church of Sun
Francisco delivered an address.
Base Ball Beoord.
The following table shows tb ilanding of
the dlfterent base ball club up to datei
u ret. w. l. r'et.
Phlladel'a 80 17
Boston.... 80 17
Brooklyn. 29 18
Clevel'nd. 28 19
PitUburg. 88 28
New York 24 26
.631
Baltimore 33 34
.4r
.614
.017
.54
Wash'n... 22 25
.468
.48
.422
.422
287
Cincin'ti.. 22 20
Chicago... ltt 26
.621 St. Louis.. 10 iM
iWllLouiiT'U. !
LIZZIE BORDEN NOT GUILTY.
A CELEBRATED CASS ENDS.
Tb Jury in Her Case Find Ber Inno
cent of Ber Parents' Murder.
At Nw 1) ilford, Mass., on Tuesday af
ternoon the Jury In the Bordeti murdet
case returned a verdict of not guilty. I
4.33 the Jury signaled they were ready to re
turn to th court room, and with a rush
official and eager.lntirested spectator hur
ried to t'je scene. Amid suppressed, luteins
excitement the jurors died Into the room.
Then t'je clerk, a I th custom. called upon
th prisoner to look upon the Jury and
raise her hnnd. Lizzie Borden arose tremb
ling and tottering, and it was with difficul
ty the cnlmd her feet, but when once stand
ing she appeared a firm a a rock, llei
white face was turned calmly toward the
men who held her fate in their keeping.
"Gentlemen, have you agreed upon I
verdict; what say yon Mr. Foreman?" Be
fore the Judge had finished speaking the
foreman had replied; "Not guilty."
Cheer after cheer broke nut upon the
stillness of the afternoon. The court re
f rained from any attempt at suppressing it,
and it was some minutes before all became
lilent again.
The prisoner withstood unusually well the
strain upon her, although there were many
signs of the mental anguish she suffered
preceding the announcement of the verdict.
When th words "Not guilty" were pro
nounced the tension was removed. Then the
little woman fell into a vacant chnir and
quick as lightning her face changed from
pallor to a deep red hue. Then she bent her
head on ber hands and resting on the rail
ing in iront oi ner, silently wept, ine re
action had come. When the Court ordered
ber to arise, so that ah might be discharged
without delay, she heeded not the Judge,
apparently not hearing him. Her head still
remained on the rail, to all appenranccs in
animate. Sheriff Klrhy, who sat near her,
touched her arm. When she arose it was
feared she must or on hack aeain fa Intinir
but she menaced to stand, with her face
bent low, while the clerk pronounced th
lormai word wnicn gave tier freedom.
The District Attorney then entered a
nolle prosse In the other two indictments of
Biurder against Lizzie Horden and concrntn
lated Ex-Governor Kobinson, attorney for
the prisoner, upon the result ot his labors.
Immediately upon adjournment the jury
expressed a desire to take the hand of Lizzie
Borden and Governor Kobinson was the
first to congratulate her, and even he, the
trnined attorney, could not repress his
emotion. The Bey. Mr. Buck, her pastor,
could only weep. Lizzie was led into the
Judge's room and reception was given her
by citizens of Fall Itiver and New Bedford,
who cordially shook her hand and congrnt
Dialed her.
At 8 o'clock he returned to her Fall River
home In a carriage, accompanied bv her
friend, Mrs. Holmes; her uncle, John V.
Morse; her sister Emma, and ex-Governor
Kobinson, Lizzie was the first to descend
the court house stairs to the carriage. Her
face was flushed, her Hps were trembling
nervously and ahe appeare I more excited
than at any time since her arrest. All who
wished passed by the carriage and shook
hands with Lizzie, and many kissed her
hand. There were three cheer for the uc-
?uitted girl and as the carriage disappeared
rom s'ghtthe flutter of a little white hand
kerchief was seen a a parting salute from
her.
Details or the Crime.
The eldest victim of the crime was Andrew
3. Borden, a capitalist of Fall Kiver. Mns.,
who was seventy years old. The other vic
tim was his second wife, stepmother to the
prisoner. She was eoimldernlily voting!
than hnr husbnnd, who married hiir whou
Wis Lizzie was nbout four years old.
She waa a Inrm. fleshy woman. There
were two daughter. Lizzie and F.mma,
Emma was out of town ou the day of th,
murder, which took place on Auirust 4, 1892.
Emma called her stepmother "AIiIiIb," but
Lizzie did not call bor anything to her face
or speak to her at all. She qiutrmllod with
her live year ago because her stepmother
induced tier father to clear a piece of prop
erty of UI and give it to his wife' sister.
Miss Lizzie was born In 1RR0. Hhe and her
sister hail 5000 in cash or In mill share or
in each form. This their hither had given to
them.
At the time of the murder all the momhers
of the family were ill, ami this led to thu
theory that they hud all been poisoned. A
drug elerk was snid to have sold prussie acid
to .Miss Lizzie, but It was a cane ol mistaken
identity. No ioiaon wa found in the bodiea
of the victims.
On the morning of the day of the murder
Mr. Borden had been on hia business round
and bad come back. Mrs. Borden w
dressing to go out. Bridget Sullivan waa up
stair washing window. The old man went
to sleep on a lounge in the sitting room.
The wife continued dressing, It she wa
Hot already dead, and Lizzie Borden, ac
cording to her own story, went out to th
barn in the yard and stayed there thirty
minute. She passed her father in going
out, and stopped to ctroke his heud. All this
wa between half past ten o'clock and ten
minute past eleven o'clock in the morning,
in a disagreeable aide atreot, a soml-tene-ment
neighborhood with small shop in it.
It waa in the heart of the elty, in its business
part.
The wife had sent the (srvant to wash the
down stairs dlDiiig-room windows. At four
or five minute before It the servant wont up
to her room to lie down. She bad been lying
there ten or fifteen minute when Mia Lizzie
called to her from down stairs in a volea
suggesting alarm or terror. She i reported
to nave eu Ajizzie in ine Kitnuen, wno said
either "Father' dead i go for doctor" or
'Father' hurti go for the doctor." The
servant will elear up thi eoufuaion as to
wnni waa said.
The mrvaut. Bridget Sullivan, wentandcame
book and wa sent out to get a Mrs. Busaell,
When she returned airaln Dr. Bouren wu
there and had been preceded by Mr. Church
ill, a neighbor, whose windows looked oloso
upon the Borden bouaa. Those visitors saw
the father's body. Mrs. Churchill said aomo
oua should notify Mr. Bardon. aod Uuuexas
LIZZIE A. HORPltS.
marked that she t non gnt ne fieftrd her motnOr
eome In. The neighbor nnd servant went up
and discovered the d-a-i woman. Both vic
tim had been brutnlly chopped nhout the
head and face. Llzr.l'i'ltor den was suspected
and plneed under surveillance l;oin the mo
ment the crl'iio was discovered. Finally, the
District Atto-nnv wen' h'or- t!i nr.ini Jurv
and declared tnst he had sufficient evident-
to convict her. So she was indicted.arreted,
and has been confined In jail ever since,
nntll Tuesday, when she wns acquitted of
all charges against ber, and i now a fret
wo i.an again.
THE KAISER'S PROXY.
Duke Ernst C.uenther Will Visit the
Fair In September.
Emperor William, of Germany, ha selected
to represent him nt the Columbian Exposi
tion his brother-in-law, Duke Ernst Ouen
(her, who expect to come to the United
Start In September.
DtrxR nmrrnzR, or scnLtswio-uoLSTKi.
The official title of this Imperial represen
tative are ; Ernst Gtlenther. Duke of Sehlea-wig-HolKteln,
Heir In Norway (he belongs to
the first branch of the llrst line of the Houso
of Holstcln, descended from Christian I.,
King of Denmark, Norway ami Sweden in the
Fifteenth Century), Count of Stormnrn nnd
the Ditmnrshcs, also of Oldenburg, Hn la
the only brother of the Empress ot Germany.
Just before hn stills lor America he will cele
brate, his thirtieth hlrthdny.
Tho Duke Ih Colonel ol the Rchleswlg-Ilol-stein
Hussnrs, nnd, though too young to
hnve achieved renown in war. ho dotes on
the military. Hn is not nttraeted by politics,
and court lifo has few charms for him. But
bets one of tho tlnest horsemen of Germany,
owns a fine stud, is fond of the turf nnd fre
quents the Union Club, the swell Jockey club
of Centrnl Europe. He was a close friend of
the late Archduke Victor Moritz Carl Frnnz
von ltatlhar. who was President of tho club.
He has largo estates, nnd as the brother-in-law
ot a powerful monarch rank high in the
nobility of tho Empire, yet he puts on go
haughty air. Bather, he Is noted for sim
plicity in manner ami for his democratic,
taste. He is far from being effeminate, hav
ing a robust physique developed by athletic,
training at college and army discipline. Ha
seems to enjoy what some would call the
hardships ot a soldier'! lifo, and love out
door sports,
THE COLUMBIAN BELL
The New Emblem of Liberty Success
fully Cnst at Troy.
The Columbian Liberty Bell was east at the
Clinton H. Meneely boll foundry, Troy, N.Y.,
in the presence of a large numlier of people.
It was originally intended that Mrs. Clove
land would touch a button at Gray Gables,
whereby electrical apparatus at the
foundry would be set In motion roleas
ingthe metal from tho furnace but Mrs
Cleveland was In poor health and could not
venture out in the stormy northeast gale
widen prevailed at Buzzard' Bay. The
metal waa therefore released by Miss
genla. daughter of Clinton H. Meneely. At
8.15 o'clock the molten inetnl started from
tho furnace, ami evn minutea later bub
bled up from the mouth of the mould, and
the easting wa over. The bell weighed 18,
000 pounds, and will lie rung for the first
time at Chicago on July 4. It will measure
across its mouth 7' feet. On tho broad
band nround the mouth will ho found
in raised letters this inscription i "Proclaim
Lllierty Throughout the Laud Unto All the
Inhabitants Thereof." On Ha face will be
seen i "A New Command I Give Unto You,
That Vo Love One Another." while on the
opposite side of the hell will be found the
maker' name. On its crown mav lie read
the Inscription : "Glory to God in the High,
est, and on Earth, l'oaoo, Good Will Toward
Men."
It Is estimated that 100.000 persons have do
nated somo bit of sacred or slimiflcnnt rneol Inc.
lion tothe Iwll'scomposltlon a coin, a metal
heirloom of somesort.abit of oru.atrinket.or
Rometrensnmd lovetoken. Allege nre repre
sented. Old copper kettle, buttons from tho
coat of Hessian and American officers, metal
ornaments made by Indians of Now Mexico
long before the Old World ever dreamed of n
new nnd undiscovered continent on till
ide of the water, bits of llver from Texna
nnd Mexico, gold cord from the uniform of
some gallant general, and a thousand and
one other thing we re fused Into the National
bell.
Among the many interesting things con
tributed and which are a part of the bell
are theso : The pen with which Governor
Cornell signed his name to the bill giving
women tho right to vote nt school meet
ings in the State of New York i a part of
the chain used by George Washington,
when surveying the Htiito of Virginia i a
clipping from the ailver snuff box which
he presented to Bushrod Washington upon
the hitter nppoiutnieut to the Supreme
Bench of the United Stati ; the ailver band
which encircled the gavel used by the pre
siding otlluer in the Long Boom, Frnunee'i
Tavern, April 80, 178U, at the organiza
tion of the Hons of the American
Involution, and again at the organiza
tion of the Daughter of tho Revolu
tion; the first dollar contributed to
the Russian famine relief fund i the llrst Ave
dollar received in organizing the Daughter
of the Ameriaun Revolution i the flintlock
from the musket used by Thomas Jefferson
when a boy t the eonper kettle In which hi
porridge waa cooked when a ohild part ot
the gold chain which waa worn by the
"Washington of South America" General
Bolivar ; the last Washington medal struck in
commemoration of the one hundredth
anniversary ot the inauguration of George
Washington , a medal given to a colored
soldier of the Army of Virginia for bravery
on the Held of battle aome nail from the
room in which Thomas Jefferson wrote the
Declaration ot Independence t the ailver
poon of John C. Calhoun, and a number
of ailver coin of old ami rare date.
The cost of the bell, delivered in Chicago,
Is tfiSOO i caretaker for oue year, aliout 4)&00
expeuuo ot the committee tor printing, post
age, etc., about tlfiOO total eost. HS00.
The bell will be carried to Chicago by a
peolai train.
The World Fair at Chicago 1 the present
destination of the bell. After th mission ot
the bell in Chicago ia ended it will begin Ita
travels through the world a the missionary
of freedom and liberty.
School Law Unqonstltutlonl
The school law of Massachusetts coi pel-
ling Catholics to send their children to tu
public schools wa declared unoonstltutlou
L
A MOST DREADFUL DISASTER
OVtn 400 ENOLISII BAILORS
On th Warship Victoria Find a Watery
Orave. Fatal Collision of Two Navel
Monster. Oreat Exoitement
and Borrow in England.
The English battleship Victoria, flagship
it the Mediterranean squadron nd the
bride of the British nary, wss run into oil
urlpollon Friday by the t'ainperdown,
Captain Charles .Tohni'oi.e. and .ank in
minutes. The water poured Into the Vic
toria so rapidly that the rew was not able
to cut loose the small boats.aud about 451 of
the crew of fill men were drowned. Includ
ing Vice Admiral Sir George Tryon, K. C.
B., nnd 20 other principal olllcers. Th
Camperdown was alfo seriously damaged
but there Is no inenntire to her safily.
The sntindron was maneuvering at the
lltue and the Camperdown' ram struck the
Victorlu iquarrly. Her ofnceri Instantly
ordered the collision bulk-heads close d to
confine the water to the compartment Into
which the Camperdown' ram waa shoved,
V'hlle atte i ptlng to do this the big slilo
turned over, and carried them down, ind
i nly l luxe who left the instant the collision
occurred were saved.
Bear Admiral Albert II. Mnrkhnm, of
the Trafalgar, the flagship of the Hear Ad
miral in the .Meditcrrnnesn.lms telegraphed
to the Admirality from Tripoli, Syria, a
follows:
"I regret to report thnt while maneuver
ing ofl Tripoli this nlternnon the Victoria
and Cnmperduwii collided. The Victoria
ank in lA minutes In IH fathoms of water.
She lies bottom uppermost, 'the Camper
down's rnni struck forward of the turret
on the si a i hoard side. Twenty-one olllcers
w ere drowned. Two hundred anil fifty-live
men were saved. The injury to the Camper
down has not yet been fully acerfnined.but
it is serious and will recositate her going
on dock for repairs. I propose to send the
survivors to Malta."
Of the principal olllcers of the Victoria
only Captnlti Bourse Commander Ottley
ntiil llie lleet surgeon were saved. On re
ceipt ol the new the U.UCCH Immediately
ordered a postponement of the state ball at
Buckingham I 'a lace Friday night.
'1 he Victoria was a twin screw battleship
of 10.470 Ions and l l.uno horse-power,
mounting 1.1 guns. She had on board till
olllcers und men nnd ln7 marines. Vice
Admiral Tryon, whose flagship she was,
wns one of llie oldest olllcers of the British
navy and received severul decoration for
meritorious services. He served in llie
naval brigade before Sebastotml and in the
trenches was wounded In the winter of
The squadron appears to hnve been ma
neuvering, probably within a space of thteo
miles, leaving a small area for each vetsel to
move in. misreading of signals may
uajeenmed the aedden'.
The ilreet in frdi.t of Admiralty building
at London Is crowded with an anxious
crowd who are constantly arriving on foot
and In ad sorts of vehicles, demanding de
tail of the terrible disaster, or aklng the
whereabouts of some member of the offic
ers, staffer crew. The latter were cbielly
recruited in l'lmouth und Portsmouth, but
Hie olllcers belong to good families all over
the country, and consequently thousands
ire in mourning. The latest report savs:
"The battle sliipVictoris, th ing the ensign
of Vice Admiral Sir Geo'ge Tryon, was en
gaged in naval tactics oil the coast of Syria,
with the battle ship Camperdown, also of
the Mediterranean squadron, Thursday
afternoon, when the weather was bright
and the sun shining. The two ships were
going through their maneuvers within a
distance of three miles of each other, which
gave each ship but small space considering
the reaction ol the tide.
"Suddenly the Camperdown wa carried
toward the Victoria by the tide in a rapid
way before the Victoria could steam ahead,
or the Camperdown 'commander obtained
control ot the vessel she struck IheVictorin,
the Camperdown ram striking the flag ship
In the neighborhood of the foremost "lar
board terret. At the moment of the collision
the commander of the Camperdown was
heard to give order to reverse the engine,
but the tide was so strong as to carry the
vessel further into the entrails of the Vic
toria. The big ship tore along aside of tho
other, cutting an immense hole in her that
extended over several feet.
"All this happened so unexpectedly and
with such lightning velocity as to complete
ly bailie all attempt to close the water
tight compartment on the left of the ship,
the uninjured side. Fre-witnesses report
that the vessel was nearly cut in two. and
every one below deck at the time perished.
None of them could have reached the deck
after the collision, a they were either
drowned or (tunned by the Inrushing wa
ters. The vessel sank within li minute af
ter being struck in 80 fathoms of water.
"Admiral Tryon waa on deck at the time
of the collision, but refused to leave his
hip and went with her to the bottom. The
u.onetary losa I estimated at A430.000,"
A dispatch from Windsor say that the
Queen wus completely prostrated when the
dispatch announcing the disaster was read
to lier.
MONSTFR BATTI.r. SHIPS.
The Victoria was a twin screw steel bat-lle-ahip
of 10,470 tons. 1-4, 000 horse power,
840 feet long. 70 feet beam, built nt New.
castle, completed in 1B!M, hull cost it!12.522,
machinery 1112,333, turret and barbette,
compound armor, two 111-ton guns in ttir
tet and one 10-inch mounted In a hnrhettt
aft; the turret and barbette had 1H incite ol
compound armor. Her listed speed wai
10.75 knots. She had one lofty military
mast of steel carrying gun platforms. The
Camperdown is also a hrat-class twin screw
battle-ship of 10.000 ton, ll,5u0-hor
lower and earring 10 gun.
THE VICTOKIA'S MODEL.
0N OK INHIBITION IN TUX TRANSrORTATIO!
IIVILUlhu AT TIIK WOR I ll's FAIR THAT
COST 140,000.
Worid' Fair. Chicaoo. The most eon
piciou navul exhibit In the Transportation
building ia a model of the ill-fated warship
Victoria. It occupies a commanding position
In the main aisle, and for the special con
venience of visitors a double stairway with
bras railings has been erected in front of
the model. The model cost f 40,000. i 20
feet in length and luaxnifioeut in design
Everything is shown in perfect design and
material to the great torpedo net from item
to sleru.
The flags on Victoria Home and the Can
adian and New South Wale Building
have been ut half mast in respect to the
memory of the late Australian Commis
sioner Filher. and later for Mareschal da
Oliveira, of Brar.il, but the Hags will remain
at the mourning height for many davs
nn account of the cutasirophy to th Brit
ish navy.
SHOT BY MOON BHI NIBS.
J. 8. Marshal Brown Mortally Wounded
and Deputy Oardner Killed,
few come from Memphis. Tenn., that
Oniled State Marshal J. W. Brown and a
number of deputies wer fired npon In Mc
Nalry county by th' moonshiner they were
bunting. Marsbul Brown was mortally
wounded and Deputy Marshal Gardner wai
killed. Marshal Brown i on of the lead
ing citliens of Tennessee and on of the
most popular mu in th Stat.
BUSINESS 18 FAIRLY GOOD,
tt Oreat Caution Prevails- Trading Ia
Somewhat Hampered, but Belief
I Exp eted.
II. 0. Dun A Co.'i "Wtekly Review of
Trade" nys:
The improvement expected from the Is
suance of Clearing House certificates, thus
otill.lng credits instead of cash in local deal
ings, has not yet been reallre I. The failure;
of banks nt San Francisco hn led toa h avy
demand from every quarter, 11,500,000 hav
ing been sent In a single day. Distrust of
weaker banks wns avoided by the applies-.
Hon of the Bnnk of Commerce for 11,000,
000 certificates and S.XftO.OCO were Issned
Thursday, but the pressure for rediscounts
for interior hanks Is beyond the ability of
New York to meet. The Secretary of the
Treasury has given nothe that he will an
ticipate payment ol Interest July 1. amount
ing to I7.ri00.00!) but only 1 ftuo.OOO is on
bonds held by banks, which will be Im
mediately dlabiirjed. th? volume of tnd
I certainly reduced by monetary stringen
cy. Bank clearings outside of New York are
declining materially in comparison with
Inst yenr,
In some departments of business order
for merchandise lire deferred, since thfra
is no assurance of ability to carry the goods
tin 1 1 1 they are sold, while in other depart
ments orders are not received because the
future Is di'trtislcd. The effect on the great
industries tins been lets thus far than might
have been fenrei , ns most of the works are
employed on order bt oked before the
trouble began, but many works are now re
ducing the number of hands and others
must toon suspend operations unless the
prospetts become clearer. In the Iron busi
ness no Improvement is pcrc eptible and pig
is ns low as ever and while linished pro
ducts are still in lair denia ml, prices are ex
ceedingly low.
At Cleveland trade Is fnlrly good and col
lections better, except for luautifacturcs.and
the bunks are well lortllled. but money is
close. At Cincinnati sales of boots and shoe
tor the year thus far equals last year's, and
t he dry goods trade Is tsir, but stringency
makes collections close. Chicago reports
i,o distinct improvement In trade, though
July settlements will soon release large
sums and an easier market is exacted. Col
lections are very slow, while order for
goods are fairly large lor the dull season.
The failures fnr the week number, lor the
t'nlied States 273, and for Canada 11. or a
total of 27 as compared with 347 last week
nnd 100 for the corresponding week of last
year,
TIIK tlt'MNF.SS RAROMFTF.R.
Bank cleurings totiili for the week endins
June 22, us telegraphed to Uruiltlrerx, are
ns follows :
New York ffion,2'!T.1!ffl D 4 1
Boston 8l,i.ri(l.fWl J) 01
Chicago HO.4 42, Hi!) D 1M
rhi'adelphia 7'.'.l.;"iJ,.V.'8 11131
?f. Louis 2U!l..ri7H I) 1
Baltimore 14.23.7lf I 1(1.;
Pittsburg 13,013.517 I) 10.1
San Francisco I2,n04,2)i4 D" 4.1
Cincinnati 11, rat. Too I) 20.1
Cleveland Wi,&V D 121
Totals. U. S 1.033.30!l,2i J n.
Exclusive of New York 433, 012.327 D 10.!
1. 1 indicates increase, D decrease.)
SENATOR STANFORD DEAD.
Tb End Come While Ha I in Bed and
No One IaNear.
Senator Leland Stanford died Wednesday
night at hi country sent, Palo Alto, Cal. Ha
wa In the beat of health the day beore and
took a drive around his stock farm and re
tired alter 9 o'clock. He made no complaint
during the day regarding hi health. About
midnight hi valet entered hi bed room
a- d found hi master dead. Lately hi limbs
beenme much nfTected and a week ago he
was hardly able to move about without as
sistance. He said he suffered fiom gout, but
that the hot treatment he wa undergoing
would cure him. He would have resigned
his Senntorihlp before long. The body will
be embalmed.
The lollowing 1 a condensed outline ot
(he deceased Senator's career:
Senator Stanford wss born at Wafervllef,
Albany county. March (t. 1M24; admitted to
the bar, and began practicing law at Fort
Washington, Wis. In 184S he wa married
to Jane Latbropat Albany, N. Y. In 1850 ha
removed to California and engaged in min
ing in 1H.V2. In IN00 he was a delegate to the
National Kepuhlicaii Convention ihut nom
inated for President Abraham Lincoln, of
whose nomination he was an earnest advo
cate. He was elected Governor of Califor
nia In 1WII: elected President of the Central
Facillo itiiilroad Company in IWil, and drove
the last spike of the Central TaHII Kail
road at Promontory, t'tnh, in l0ft. He was
elected I'nited States Senator from Califor
nia in 1HS-1. He laid the cornerstone of
Leland Stanford, Jr., I'niversity in 1887,
which he opened in 1X01.
Various estimates from lime to time have
been made of Senator Stanford' wealth. It
ha been placed by many as high as 120,
000,000, and even t.'M.OWi.OOO, and again
there have been those who have leaped all
barriers and placed his wealth at $70,000. 000.
In these times, and considering his interests
in the Southern I'acillo system, the great
I'alo Alto and Vina ranches, hi city and
country residences, it is difficult to arrive at
what be actually svas worth.
The residence at I'alo Alto, with Ita exten
sive ground, is undoubtedly the finest of
Its kinj in California, and perhaps there ia
no country hoiim in America in all respect
so fine, it Is here that the Senator ha
pent most of his ti i since his return from
Washington. In his residence there and in
San Francisco are pictures and statuary
that have cost hundred of thousanda of
dollars. He has lived like a king, traveled
by special car and with a whole retinue of
attendants that has astonished even th
richest men of the Old World,
Mr. Stanford maoe the beginning of hla
?reat fortune out of the Cnion anif Central
'acillc, of which he, together with C. P.
Huntington. Fred Crocker and Mark Hop
kin, were the original incorporator.
COWBOYS HUSTLI1TO.
Soma Ara Traveling Night a Wsll as
Day.
Doc Middleton, Steven and Gillespie,
three of the cowboy racer lo tho Chicago
exposition pasted through the suburbs of
ronca, Neb., on Monday. they having gain
ed a lead over the others by riding the
whole of two nights.
Poo Middleton bad the misfortun to
lose hi brat hone at Coleridge, where he
trained one of hi hind legs.
The remainder of th horses seem to be
In good condition, but are beginning to show
a loss of fleb. During lh llrst six days
they have traversed 400 miles and ara be
ginning to Increase their (peed a they ad
vance. Sievens ia endeavoring to save bis
horse by traveling half tb tim on foot.
In thi way h proceeded forty mile on Sun
dy. A woman saved au express from wreck,
en tb Illinois Central by flagging it before
th train dahed around a curve onio a
burning trestle. The passengers presented
her with a well tilled nurse.
A man Id Chicago walked through an
open window while aileep, aul falling to.
tb navtmtnt blow wu ki led.