TARIFF BILL NOW A LAW. THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER. The Reasons That C.vussJ the President to Withold Hta Signature. The senate tnrlff bill which recently pass ed th house beenma a Inw on Tuesday, August 2H, without th president' signature. In a li-tPtr to Representative Catchlngs, ol Mississippi, dnled August 27, the president Mi forth the reasons which prevented his signing the bill. Ho says: "Since the conversation I ha J with Jrmi and Mr. Clarke, ot Alabama, a few days uk. In regard to roy action on Iba tariff trill Dow be fore me, t have given the subject further ami moet serious consideration. 1 he mult is I am more settled than ever ill tnjr determlna tkm to allow the bill to become a law without my signature. "W hen the formation of hfrlslallou which It wea hoavl would embody Democratic Ideas of tariff reform wax lately entered upon by the Congress, nothing wa further away Irom my anticipation than a result which I could out promptly and enthusiastically In dorse. "It I therefore, with a feeling of the lit BioKt disappointment that I ml rot to denial of thle privilege. "1 do not claim to be better then the manat of my party, nor do I wish to avoid any re sponsibility which, on accouut of the pas sage of tint law, 1 ought to bear as a mem ber of the Democratic organlr.atioa. Neither will 1 permit myself to be separated from my liarty to such an extent an might be Implied by my veto of tariff legislation which, though disappointing, I atlll chnrgeable to Demos-ratio effort. Hut there are provisions In thle bill which nrn not In line with honest tariff relorm, and It contain consistencies and crudities which ought not to appear la tariff Irwr or laws of any kind, Besides, there were, an you and I well know, lucl donts accompanying the passage of the bill through the Congress which ninde every tdmrere tariff reformer unhitppy, whllo lu (liiencca surrounded It In its latter stages and Interfered with Ita Dual construction, which ought not to be recognised or tolerated In l)emocratic tariff reform oouusels. "And yet, notwithstanding all Ita vlclssl. tilde and all the bad treatment It received nt the handa of pretended frlenda, it preaenta vat Improvement to existing Conditions. It will certainly lighten many tariff burdena that now reet heavily upon the people. It la not onlv a barrier against the return of mud protection, but It furnishes a vantage ground from which must be waged further aggree elve operation agalmtt protected monoply and governmental favoritism. "I take my place with the rank and fill of the Democratic party, who believe In tariff reform and who know what It la, who refuaa to accept the reaulta embodied in thla bill as the clone of the war.who are not blinded to the fact that the livery of Democratic tariff reform baa been atolen and worn In the service of Republican protection, and who have mark ed the plnces where the deadly light oftrea sou ha blasted the counsula of the brave in their hour of might. "The trusts and combinations the com munism of pelf whoe machination have prevented us from renching tho success we deserved, should not be forgotten but forgiv en. Wo shall recover from our astonishment at nn exhibition of power, and If then the question I forced upon us whether they shall ubmit to the free legislative will of the peo ple's representative or shall dictate the law Which the people must obey, we will acuept and settle thai Issue a one Involving the In tegrity and safety of American Institutions. "1 love the principle of true Democracy because they are founded on patriotism and upon justice and fairness toward all inter ests. I am proud of my party organization because It I conservatively sturdy and per sistent In the enforcement of Its prinolple. Therefore I do not despair of theeffort made by the House of Representatives to supple ment the bill already passed by further legis lation and to have engrafted upon It such modification as will meet the Democratic bopea and aspirations. "I cannot be mistaken a to tho necessity of free raw material as the foundation ol logical and sensible tariff reform. The ex tent to which this Is recognised In the legis lation already secured Is one of It encour aging and redeeming feature but It Is vex ation to recall that while free coal and Iron ore have been denied us, recent letter of the Secretary of the Treasury discloses the fact that both might have been made free by the annual surrender of only about 700,00J of unnecessary revenue. "I am sure that there la a common bablt of underestimating the importance of free raw materials In tariff legislation, and of re garding them as only related to concessions to be made to our manufacturers. The truth Is, their Influence la so far reaching, that if it is disregarded a complete and ben eflclent scheme of tariff reform cannot be successfully inaugurated. "When we give our manufacturers free raw materials we unshackle American enterprise and ingenuity, and these will open the door of foreign market to the reception of our ware and give opportunity for the continu ous aud remunerative employment ot Ameri can labor. "With materials cheapened by their free dom from tariff charges the cost of their pro duct must be correspondingly cheapened. Thereupon Justice and fairness to the oon aumer would demand that the manufacturer! be obliged to submit to sach readjustment and modification of the tariff upon their finished goods a would sect re to the people the benefit of the reduced cost of their manu facture and shield the eousumer against the exaction of inordinate profits. "It will thus be seen that free raw mater ials and a Just and fearless regulation and re duction of the tariff to moet the changed con dition would carry to every humble home In the land, the blessing oi increased comfort and cheaper living. "The million ot our countrymen who hava (ought bravely and well tor tariff reform shonid be exhorted to continue the struggle by challenging to open warfare and constant ly guarding against treachery and bait heart cdness In their camp. "Tariff reform will not be settled until it I boueetly and fairly settled in the Interest and to the benefit of a patient aud long-suffering peoi'le." . THOUSAND CHINESE PERISH. Fix Amoug Flower Boats on th Canton Elver Works Awful Destruction. A terrible fire ha occurred on the Canton river. A flower boat eaught fire and the flame spread until hundreds ot those craft were destroyed. The progress ot the fire was so rapid that at least 1,000 native perished in the flame. The flower boats were moored stem and stern In rows, and large numbers ot native lived upon them. The spread of the conflagration from ona boat to another was so rapid that the unfor tunate Chinese had no time to cut them from their moorings, a strong wind materially helping the lucres of the fir. Many hun dreds of the persons on board the flower boats leaped overboard and were drowned, while several hundred others remained on board tbe doomed craft aud perished in the lluuie. Dry and Bmoky. If a heavy rain does not fall soon naviga tion on the Delaware A Hudson canal must be suspended on aocouut of the scarcity of water. Smoke from fire In the wood for a week past, lu Wayne eounty, l'a have almost but out tbe rays of tbe sun. The Delaware river, from JLaokawauua west, has almost dried up, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Summarised Proceedings of Our Law Makers at Waahlnrton. , two sjt'NURitn Ann sixtr Dir. Senate. Immense crowds of Knights of Pythias filled the galleries of I he Semite. The uutn her of senators on the floor had dwindled to 2320 less than a quorum and no at tempt was made to transact any business In open session. At 12: 10 p. m. the senate went Into executive session nud Inter adjourned. HotisK. The galleries were crowded when the house met and lees than SO meinliers were present. A resolution was offered by Mr. Richardson (Dem., Tenn.) to print the tnrlff bill with ooinpariaoiis of rates between the bill as It becomes a law, the bill as It passed the house ami the present McKltiley law. Mr. Wilson, chairman of the ways and means committee pointed out the difficulty ol resolving specific Into ail valorem rates. When the vote was taken on the dementi for the previous question on the resolution, Mr. Johnson I Hem, Ohio) made the point of no quorum. While the house was waiting for a quorum the news of the destli I'uiigrxssmnu Shaw, of Wisconsin, was received, whvre upon Mr. ltlehnrdson withdrew his resolu tion. A committee consisting of Messrs Haugen. Rarwlg, Cooper. Habcock, Cousins, iiephurn, Johnsoni N. D. ) and Cannon (III.) was appointed by the speaker to attend the funeral and then, nt 1:25 p. m. as a further murk of respect, the house adinurned. two nrsumo axd ikvkxth iit. Senate -The eventful second session ol the Fifty-third congress closed In the senate without a ripple on the surface to mark the fact The greatest effort of the few senators remaining on deck was to kill time during the two hours Intervening between assemb ling and adjourning, nud this they did by a succession of recesses. The usual resolution of thnnks to the pre siding officers, lYica-Proeldent Htevenson ntiil I'reslilent Pro Tein Harris were oflered by Senators Uuay ami Manderson and were adopted unanimously. A few minute before 2 o'clock the vico r resident rapped for order and delivered Ms brief eech of farewell. At Its conclusion the grnvel fell for the Inst time this season and the second session of the Fifty-third con gress was declared adjourned. HorsK Although tbe galleries were crowd ed there was not more thnn 71 ot the 850 memoirs ou the floor. The usual committee was appointed to wait on the president and Inform him that con gress was ready to adjourn. A resolu tion to print copies of the new tariff bill, with the Wilson bill and the McKlnley Inw encountered the euniltv of Mr. Johnson ot Ohio, who did r.ot think theeom- Jinrlson iprepnied under the direction of lenntor Uormnn I revenled all the lacts, and a deadlock ensued, which forced a recess Just before 2 o'clock, after nn tinsueeessful at tempt to pass several local bills by unani mous consent, the speaker declared congress adjourned slue die. THECZAR A SICK MAN. Be Has Orown Thin and HI Complexion I of a Bad Color. The health of the czar Is causing general anxiety In ltussta. There Is no longer any doubt that his majesty Is troubled With kid ney troubles. It has been apparent for some time to thoao who have seen the crar In pnb llc that he is a sick man. He has grown thin, bis complexion Is pale and of a bad eolor.and he has the ulr of a niau who Is greatly fatigued. 1'rof. Zncehnrln, after a thorough exami nation of the patient, declared that his majesty was suffering from prouounc d albuminuria. The future movements of the Imperial family will be regulated by the progress of the emporer's disease. '1 he emporer will un doubtedly goto Copenhagen, a hi physi cians are of the opinion that the voyage and change will do him good. l'rof. Zacchnrln will be appointed inspector of medical alllalrs at the imperial court, so that he will be able to be in constant attendance upon tbe cr.ar and watch closely tbe changes in hi condi tion. Nominated for Congress. Ninth Indiana district A. O. Burkhart, Democrat. Second Nebraska district D. C, Weaver, ropullst. Second Wisconsin district E. Sauerbering, Republican. Hlxth Minnesota district C. A. Town, Re publican. Fifteenth Illinois district W. M. Barnett, Topullst. Hecond Mississippi district J. C. Kyle, Demoorut. Fifth Maryland district C. E. Coffin, Re publican. Fourth New Jersey district Johnson Cor nish, Democrat, Fourth Iowa district C. H. Marshall, Toe ulist. Fourth Minnesota district F, E. Clark, ropullst. Third Virginia dfstrlct-G. D. Molklejohn, Republican. Fifth Iowa district W. H. Daniels. Demo crat, Hecond Missouri district C. H. Loomla, Republican. First Minnesota district J. A. Tawney, Republican. Fifth Michigan district W. A. Smith, Re publican. First Maryland district A. L. Dryden, Re publican. A WEST VIRGINIA TRAGEDY. Han Killed in Hie Own Horn by a Neighbor he Suspected On arriving at bis home on Naal'i Run, near Parkersburg, on Monday night, Charles Ratcllff, who had long suspected Joe Morgan ol Intimacy with hi wife, found Morgan feigning tl iep on tbe fioor. A RataiilT stooped to awaken him Morgan sprang to bis feet, and with a hatchet be bad bidden by his a Ide struck ltatcllll a blow across the forehead. Tho blade cut it way the whole width of tbe stool through the frontal bone to tbe brain. listens fell against the wall. In a position that kept him partially erect, and Morgan standing over him dellberally struck him four times with the batchet.eucb blow cutting through the skull. Then Morgan threw the hatchet through a window and escaped to Farkersburg where be bos since been cap lured. Htrange to say, Ratcliff remained alive for some time though unuousclous. Olfloers on Tuesday arrested Mrs. Ratcllff. and have since captured Walter Hammond and hi wife, a couple who were at tbe Rat cllff house Monday night at the time Morgan attacked ItadcliS BATTLE WITH THIEVES A Fatal Affair In an Ohio Town Two. Men Fatally Shot. A battle took plaos at Ohio City, a littla town at the Junction of tbe Cincinnati, Jack ion Maeklnaw and tbe Chicago ft Eria roads, 29 mile from Lima, O., late Tuesday night. Thomus Rlsser, the night watchman, discovered thieve breaklug luto Charles Covb's storeroom. Watchiuau Risser taukied the robbers single handed aud was shot twice onee in the body and once lu the bead. The thieves then made an effort to get out of the loan, but were followed by tbe cltlseus. There was a lively exchange of shot on both tides. Heveral were wounded on both lide. Joseph Leutnan. a leading business man, was fatally wounded, and attorney Frank Lewis badly (hot. The ultbseu were finally forced to retire. With their wounded thu thieve boat a basty retreat, going south from Ohio City. Jl is probable the gang will be vor taken, . LATEST NEWS SUMMARIZED FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC What is Transpiring the World Over. Important Events Briefly Told. - - C APITAL AU t.AROR. Tollman employes, numlierlng "00 will go :o Hiawatha, Kan's., where they will assist In tnrtlng eo-oierntlvn car works. Chicago tapitalitt will furnish the capital, roar.io. Oeorge Rnrrett, comedian, brother of Wil ton llarrett, Is dead at London, An English syndicate will buy Colorado coal mine. Anarchist Lody, upon being convicted at F.ssen.rrussla.flred several shots at the Judge And attempted to commit suicide. On Hundny and Monday there were 310 new ease of cholera and 171 deaths In tlnllcla, and forty-three new o:nei nml forty two deaths Inlltikowliia. The Toronto, Ont., City Council has pasaed S at rang protest against the employment of alien labor at the exposition, 'l ilts is caused by the employment of Americans In previous years which gnve rise to much tudlguntlou among Canadians. r stars asd rtxALTirs. Two murders occurred In rhlladelpiila, Tuesday. Honors Foley'sdrunken son kick ed his mother to death, and Joseph K Hod rlgue) died frnia Injuries received ill light with toughs. t M. Ilobhs, who has been under arrest In Detroit for some time on a charge of attempt ing to secure money under false pretenses, was lilentllled Monilnv by one ot his bonds men as A. M. Van Ar.ken, who Is wanted at gulncy. III., for a 30,0U0 forgery. Considerable excitement prevails at White llluff, T'enn , over tho supposed murder of William Few, whose body was found lying on the railroad track near that place. Few bail boen engaged lu a quarrel with some other men. An unsuccessful double attempt nt suicide was made at Martins Ferry, .. Monday morning by Annie lrceny and lllrdle (liven, each nged about 20 years. Ills-Appointment lu love affairs made them despondent nud the agreed to die together. Last Friday nt the Hotel Hope. In I).nver the dead bodyof n mall who had registered ns"Mr. Thomas, of Denver," wns found In his room. A letter from F. J. Htnnton, of Cheyenne, leads tlioeorouer to believe that thesulcide was Frank Melbourne, the rain maker. Oovernor Ilrown, of Kentucky, has pardon ed Mrs. J'coples from the penitentiary on condition that she leave the state within three days anil not return a -aln. Mrs. Peoples was sent up from Louisville seven years ago to serve a sentence of IM years. Her crime was manslaughter, resulting from a criminal opemtl U on a young girl. rinrs, AtriiJixT, fatalities, itp. Forest fires have wlied out the town of Flndlnnd, Mich. There are now 05 eases of tvphus over la Elizabeth, N. J., all traced to lad water. The cave-In of a sewer at Newark,0.,bired live workmen. II. Chlseleiu was taken out dead) the othere were rescued. A bridge over n park ravine In Kansas City collapsed Hundny night, Injuring 20 per sons. A dor.cn person were hurt by an electric ear running off tbe track ut Orauge, N. J., and turning over. He didn't know it waa loaded, and Walter Lyons killed his cousin Raymond HutclilTe, While out burning, near Erie, l'a. Four houses near Lodlngton, Mich., were burned by forest lire Haturday night. Tbe occupant barely escaied. The big wooden ware factcry at Wetzel, Mich., burned on Humlnv, with two-thirds of the village. Loss about 50,000. A. B. Abbott, ex-member of the New York state assembly, was killed at (liens Fall by the accidemtni discharge of a gnn as bo was about t start ou a bunting trip. An unknown man, with an excursion ticket dated Halls, l'a., in hi pocket, foil over the cliff at Niagara Fall, and was picked up dead. Trolley car collided nt Hammond, Ind., Monday, mortally wounding Mashlne, the motorman, and a passenger named Faulkner. Eight other person were hurt. At Flora, Ind., Walter Long lumped Into a great bin of wheat, which was being loaded from an elevator Into a car on the track be low. The suction waa so great that he was drawn in and suffocated to death. At the mining camp ot Minlllo. Mexico, s dynamite explosion ooourred, killing ix per sou and several animal, beside doing great damage to the property. The roan who on Friday last committed ulclde at the Hotel Hope In Denver, Col., ha been identified as Thomas Mabouey ol Wooster, Mass. The coroner' Jury investigating the disaster In the Franklin coal mines at Keattle in which 87 men were killed, have returned verdict finding that, the Ore was started by parties unknown. It is believed the persons who fired the mine also perished. i - msc'ELLAXIOl'S. The new tariff law went into effect Tues day without tbe President's signature. There are eight new cose ot small pox in Milwaukee. The trust has advanced tbe price of whisky S cent a gallon. The CRBh balance In the I'nlted States treas ury Tuesday whs 4120,410,003, ot which 65,. 04X,720 was gold reserve. Hon. J. C. Rlbley, ot reunsylvanio, on account ot ill health, decline the noi;ilu ution tor Congress. Oeorge O. Barnes, an evangelist, delivered sermon at Lexington, Ky., and begged all Christians to vole for Colonel llacklnridga. Congressman Hhaw died at hia home al Eau Claire, Wis., ou Monday morulng afters long illness. John C. Bell refused to be a caudidnte tot governor of Colorado on a I)etnocr.tlo-Pnp ullst ticket. This leaves the way clear foi Waite. Attorney-flencral Moloney, of Illinois pro poses to contest tbe rlgbt of the Fullmar company to engage lu the saloon business or it palace car. The president has approved the report o' naval boards promoting Admirals Erbeu nnl Meade and Coinmauder Leisiuger, and retip Chief Engineer Citne. The special committee ot Congress appoint ed to investiguto the charges against Judge itioks, of tho United Hlntua Court ut Clove laud, will not begin work until the middle ot November. The duuhter of Senator (lormnn nte be trothed. Mis Daisy will marry llichurd Johosou.of Washington, aud Miss Madie will become the wile of htei heu Uuuibrill, of laurel, Md. , A farmer In tho southern part of Kansas sold 100 horses tor Wo per head, a he had nothing to foed them ou, the crop belug dried up. In some parts of the state, when) farmers had a splendid erop ot broom corn lust viur thuv uuw have uothiugto spcuk of TELEGRAPHIC TICKINGS. The HI, Dennis hotel, nt Columbus, Ind., burned Wednesday. Loss. 00,000. Heveral hundred common wealeta en route weal have stalled al Omaha without food. J The town of F.lllslon, Mont., was wiped eul by fire Wednesday. Loss, f 100,0)0. Edward H. Dean, a wealthy resident of Cleveland, commuted suicide Friday. Dunn Williams Jumped through a window ot the capltol building at Columbus, and was killed. John F. Elder,agent at Columbus for The Metropolitan Insurance Company, bos been mysteriously missing lor two week, Albert Htout ha been arrested In Wllinlng lou, Del., for the murder of Katie Dugan In October, lHU2,a servant employed In his family. James Jackson, retired Captain U. H. A. committed suicide at Glasgow, Hcotlnnd, Fri day. .Opera chorus singers were captured lu Clevelnud during raid upon a Chinese opium Joint. White racked with pain, a wealthy retired businessman ot Cleveland, Edward H. Dean, sbot himself though the benrt. The Holland Radiator Works at Bremen, Ind., will run on double time and with an In creased force. The Liberal candidate for the House of Commons were elected In Lelaester,F.tigland, Wednesday. Thltty-lwo deaths from cholera and I'M fresh ease are reported throughout (lermauy. for tbe week ending August 27. The remain of tbe late John Newell, of the Lnkfl Hhore railroad, were Interred Wednesday at Chicago. Forest fires have destroyed suburban res. denoea of New Whatcom, Wash., and the town Is threatened. The lutrenatlonnl migration society has contracted to send 6,000 colonists to Liberia annually. President lllppoljlo, of Iluytl, la reported to be seriously III, nud another insurrection is feared. ' v Holomon A. Cohn and Frederick Mllhelser, wholesale grocers at New York, hove tailed. Liabilities, tM.OOO: assets. 20,000. Tbe principal witness agnlnt several ot the accused New York police officers baa fled !o Europe to escape prosecution for perjury. Maurice Ilarrymore, the actor, was struck by an Iron bnr thrown through a car win dow at Chicago, and narrowly escaped death. Captain W. II. Goodwin, Company O., fourteenth Infantry, V. H. A., will be tried by a general court marshal on charge of intoi cation. The anthracite coal sale agents decided to flx the output for Hcptonibor nt ,2,500,000 tons. No action was tukeu as to prices or iiercent agea. Oovernor Tillman orderel out a military company nt Harlan City, H. (.'., to prevent a race riot growing out ot a violation of the cotton pickers' schedule. Morris F. Brenton, who had been a clerk at the Hhrader Hotel, Columbus, O., up to a week ago, committed sulcldu in Chicago, Wed nesd synlgh t. The Count ot Taria. head of tbe Orleans family, Is dying at hi residence at Htowe, England, where he bas lived ever since be was exiled from France. It Is believed that n wreck lighted In ni Id ocean is that of tbe little sloop Nina, In which Adolph Frletscb started from New York D August 4 to cross the Atlantic alone. An English syndicate has bought all tbe paper and pulp mills In Wisconsin. The price I 114,000,000, half in cash and halt In mort gage bonds and the transfer Is to be male March I, 1WI5. Engineer O. A. Htnrkman was killed and Fireman Edward Walker aud Brnkemau Traoey were fatally injured by a collision on the Chicago, Burlington and (Jtiincy railroad at Cleveland, la. Harry Wldemayer, agent ot the Hamburg American Steamship Company in New York, has been arrested on the charge of failing to account to the company for 11,152 wo.-lh ol tickets that he sold. George Freeman, leader of the colore! band with Primrose A West's minstrels, dropped dead in the street of Plitsfleld, Mass., Wednesday while parading with the minstrels. Tbe International Peaca Congress opened at Antwerp, Wednesday, and an Amerlcau delegate said that the growth of arbitrator wa an evidence that tbo most highly c.v. li ned nation wero preparing to abandon war. Tbe Lambert aud Bishop wire mill, at Jollut, III., will Hurt up in 10 days at a re duction ol lu per cent. In wages. Tho Illi nois steel mill, nt Joliet, will resume work next week In its rod department at a reduc tion of 15 to 20 per cent. In a lire nt No. 226 Rivlngton street, New York, Herman Egner and hi two sons were smothered to death and a fireman, Timothy Collins, was fatally injured. Eighteen fa mllie were rendered homeless by a fire in a tenement at No. 37 Ooerck street, Chicago capitalists have purchased a large tract ot land in the Flsbpot coal fields, lying in the northern corner of Washlutou county, Pa., about lour miles above Brownsville. Tbe tract comprise tbe last piece of properly on tbe field and Is about 3,000 ac jes in extent. Agnes Wabrltx, a Hoclullst leader, committ ed suicide on tbe graves of the victims of tho riot ot 1H48 In a Berlin cemetery. She bad been senteuced for inciting Socialist to violence, aud should have delivered herself to the prison authorities Wedaei day. BUSINESS RESUMPTION. Reopening of Manufacturing Plants at Various Points. . Fifteen hundred men will bo employed at the reopening ot tbe Ohio falls cor work at JcfTersouvUle, Ind. Beunett mills, Nos. I and 2 at New Bed ford, Mass., resumed Wednesday at the eld schedule. - After belug idle since March, 1803. except a few day prior to the strike, the (Jutted coal aud coke work nt Orreuaburg, Pa., started lu full Wednesday morning. All the old men there given employment. MORE THAN 300 LIVES LOSr. THREE TOWNS BURNED Awful Scenes of Deitruo Ion Nearly 1200 Bodies Recovered. The lown of Hinckley, In Pine eounty, 75 miles northwest of Minneapolis, nt the Junc tion ot the St. Paul and l.'uluth nn 1 Ornnt Northwestern Hallways, was wiped out by fire Saturday, and It Is reported that from ISO lo 200 live were lost. The place was en veloped In fire before tbe people could es cape. Tbe workmen were powerlesi to render any assistance, although they Were o close that they could hear the .people creaming as they were being cremated. The towns of Mission Creek and Poke-ama met tbe same fate. Conservative reports place the total number killed lu the fires at 800 at least, with the number of wounded at a many more, a number of whom will tile One hundred and forty-three charred bodies have been recovered at Hinekl-y and 4.1 nt Handstone. The vast valley between the Ket tle river and Cross Lake is laid waste, includ ing several vlllngesand s-ttlements. Resides the towns that were reduced to ashes, farms were swept clean by the dames. 1 be forests are still burning fiercely, and rain Is required to drown the fires that are sweeplngover a vat region. Whole families have tieen cremated. In some Instances only one or two men es caped from a neighborhood to tell of the destruction. 1 hey saved their Uvea by run ulng to small lakes or hiding In potnta fields and reached Pine City more dead thau alive. Tho dead are being pickmi up by scores and brought to Pine City, Hearchlng parties are covering the burned district, but find noth ing lut the cbarrd remains ot the Inhabi tants. 'I be people from Hinckley and Mis sion who escaped with (heir lives are desti tute having neither home nor food. Relief ent out from Ht. Paul was timely. 'I be sup ply of provisions was more welcome than even the nlnnkets sent out later, because the majority were still anxious to continue their search for the dead aud sufferers. Ho far as can be learned at this time from the devastated dlstrb-t the following town have been destroyed and the following are dead In numliers: lllm kley. Minn., 1,000 to 1.200 Inhabit ants) 2.00 to KJ dead; 600 to (KM home less. Pokegnma, Minn., next station south west ol Hiekley, W) Inhabitants; dead, 50. Mission Creek, next station south of Hinckley on the Ht. Paul and Dtilulh road, 10 ck-ad. Handstone Junction, Minn., next station north ot Hlncaley ou the Ht. Paul aud Duluth roan, w dean. Haud'tone, second station north of Hinck ley ou the Eastern Minnesota road 60 dead. Cromwell, Minn., Carlton county, dead un known. Miller, Minn., near Hinckley, off railroad line, dead uukuown. Hholl Lake, llaronette, Granite Lake Cum berland, l'ineville.Comstock and Forest C.tv, lumber towns In Wisconsin between C.ilp pewa Fall and Superior, partly destroy ed. Tbe number of dead In these Wisconsin towns and lu other pnita ot the country be tween Chippewa Falls and Superior is esti mated at 100 perrons. Poke (lama lake six miles west of Hlnck ley, on the Ht. ( loud branch, wo wiped as clean as tbe other towns, it is said about 20 live were lost at that point. Sullivan, tbe conductor of lis) Duluth trnlo that saved so many, has lost bis reason and was taken back to Dulutb. He rendered noble service In disembarking tbe passenger! throwing one little girl through tue car win dow. '1 Lis waa the last Impression left ou bis disordered brain. There Is little probability of Hlngley ever belug rebuilt to its former prosperous pro portions. The Brennan lumber company Is not expected to rebuild. Without an enter prise ol this kind there is no future for Hinck ley, except as a Junction point. - '1 hree deer and two rabbits came out of the woods at Mission Creek and took refuge among th people at the log bouss. Sunday morning one ot the deer wa killed tor food and tbe other two were allowed to go. TWO NEW RAILROAD LINES. To Penetrate Undeveloped Or Districts of West Virginia. Tbe opening ot tbe new branch to Fair mont has led to plans for penetrating further Into the Interior. Two additional lines are now projected. One line will connect with the Baltimore and Ohio at or near Point Marlon, running up the valley ot ( beat river 2f miles to Kingwood, where it will meet tbe Tunnelton, Kingwood and Falrcbance Narrow Gauge Railroad, which runs south to the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio. The other line will tap the Baltimore and Ohio somewhere between Point Marlon and Fairmont, probably at Morgantown. It will be over 40 mile long, probably terminating at Phllllpl or Grafton The country to be opened by these lines I rich in iron ore, timber, limestone, glass house sand, and the best of coal and fire clay. The first named will give to Kingwood railroad connections to the north, and give till easier access from Pittsburg to the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio. PNEUMATIC GUNTEST. A Project!', Weighing 140 Founds, Carried 3,800 Tarda. Tuesday one ot thel5-incb guns construct ed by tbe Pneumatic Torpedo Construction Company wa subjected to a test at tbe prov ing grounds at Bandy Hook, N. J., in the presence ot members of the board of ord nance aud a number of artillery officers. A gun was loaded with a six-inch "dummy" firojectlle, tbe charge of compressed air be ng 1,000 pounds to the square inch. Super intendent Crrelman elevated tbe gun to an altitude of 84 'V degrees, decided that all was clear and pulled tbe lever. Tbe "dummy" spud from tbe mouth ot tbe gun through a cloud of vapor, and could clearly be seen de scribing its course, uutll it fell into th water. Tbe projectile weighed 149 pounds aud fell at a distance of 3.B00 yards. ( apt Itapieff said tbe gun could easily be hidden by placing it in an excavatiou so that tbe barrel only would be visible, aud be added "even if that were shot away the gun would do considerable execution without lb HE MARRIED A NEGRESS- Bar. Mr. Thompson Waa Dismissed by His Church for His Course. A sensation ha been created at Fostoria, O., by the marriage ol Rev. Mr. Thompson of the Methodist church to Llbble Hawk, a mulatto. She Is an attractive young woman, educated, refined and a church worker. She wa a member of Rev. Thompson' congrega tion aud lor tbe last rive mouths he has been paying her marked attention. His congregation reinoustraed vigorously, and llually a few weeks ago be was given u indelluite leavs of absence and the church waa closed. A Wisconsin Town Destroys J. The little lumber town ot Vesper, Wiscon sin, wa destroyed by a forest fire Tuerduv. The large suw and planing mill bclouglng t tbe sherry-Cannon Lumber Company and 23 buildings, all there were lu the tuwn. were burned. Tbe only train on the Port Edward railroad ha been abandoned aud telegraph and telephone communication 1 cut off. ihe loss cannot be estimated. Do.!., N. T., Is wild ov.tr the report (hat an oil well which Is being drilled on a farm six miles south of the city bus turned out to be a "gusher," yielding 100 barrels of oil per day. The finding of oil at that point, It is believed, open up a valuable oil territory. TwKTV-rorm days after the opening- ot the new London tower bridge, no fewer than 1,273,000 persons had passed over It, nud In twelve days 70,000 vehicles. CATTLE MARKET REPORTS. CoHere mid nt thru Jlgurm Hr might, ling nrr mill nt net wight, thnt i$ 20 per cent (ynerofy) nff from tits irright. Wurp nr told grot; tfint i live vright or nothing (iff . Central Stork I'nrd Pitttburg, 1'U i. - 1 ' Extra, 1.4Wto l.f.Ootl tl 804 7I Prime, .800 to 1.4001b 4 25rS440 Good, l,W to l,0nrt 4 00M 2 Tidy, I.OMto l.lSOfb 8085 Fair. 900 to I .OOOtb 2 KOii 3 l Common, 700 to ,00tt 2 00ft 2 79 Hon a. Heavy Philadelphia., BT0(Sfif Common to lair Yorker and Dig 6 2fifS 5M Grnssera e info o w 4 00(s4 4S Hough and stags Birr. Prime, W to 1 00th Good, 5 to 900. Fair, 70 to aom Common. 65 to 701b Spring Lambs Vel Calve. Heavy calve 3 014 S 10 2 4oa 2 70 1 Mlii I 90 fiOti I 40 1 60. 4 00 4(Nlf8M) 2 out a oo Baltimore Cattle There wa rather bet. ter market, with light receipts and slightly firmer prices, the quotations being as follows t Cows I.MM2.50 per 100 ".; bulls 1 V)n2.oO rer 100 the; old oxen J.OOa'i.V) per 100 tba; fat beef cattle, voting steers 1,000 to 1,200 It,) S.7a4.00 per 100 lhss lighter wights SnS.Wl; er 100 flisj fresh cows 20. 00s W. 00 per head. Calves-Th market was pretty steady. though price were a little under last "week's closing J he quotations were as follows: Choice Veal 4'Jsfi c per lb, and rough to good 2.M)a7 per bead. Sheep and lambs Receipt were light and deniaad was fair, with pricee steady for good stock. Quotations were a followsi Spring lambs 8a3e per lb, 2a2..10 per head) sheep good to choice 2a2e per lb, and 2.50a g per bead; common to fair lal.5) per head. Chicago.--Cattle Receipts 6.000 head; market stronger: common to extra steers, tH.Htin 5.S5: stockers and feeders, t 3V, cow and bulls, tl.jrifeS.AO; calves Vo5. H'iK - Kscelpte. 14.000 head: market strong for choice grades; others neglected: heavy VSOii 5.00; common to choiue mixed, t.'i'Sj 6.05: choice assorted MS 5.70; llubt .' 5.0; pigs 8.t0i5 4fl. Sheep Receipts 5.000 head; market steadv: inferior to choice l.(Kiry 8.25; lambs 1.75'. 4.00. Cincinnati. Hogs Select butchers' 5.15rii 8.05; fair to good packers C.50k56; fair to light, 6.404 5.70; common nud roughs, 4 fififS) 5.45, Cattle Good shippers, 8.754 .40; (ood to choice, 8.654 4.15; fair to medium, 1.754.3.50; common, 24 2.65. Sheep- Extras, 13: good to choice 24 2.H5; common to fair, i41.H0. Lambs Extias, 4.2541.50: good to choice, 34 4.10; common to fair, 1.004 3.25. Petroleum Market. petroleum unchanged: September option steady at aoe tdd: National Irsusit runs, 74,652 bbls. shipments, H4.07I bbls; Buckeye runs, none; shipments, 23,702 bid. MAHKUTH. riTTxnrito. (THE WHOLESALE Mil ES AS OIVIS SELOW) Grain, Floor and Feed. WHEAT No' 1 Red f No. 2 Red CORN No. 2 Yellow, enr... High Mixed, ear No. 2 Yellow, shelled OAT8-N0. 1 White........ No. 2 White No. 3 White Mixed RYE No. I No. 2 Western, new FLOUR Fancy Winter pat. Fancy Spring pateuts Fancy ritraight Winter XXX Bakers Rye flour HAY-Italed No. 1 Tlm'y... Baled, No. 2 Timothy .... jiixed Clover 'limothv from country. . .. FEED-So. 1 W h Md. ton.. No. 2 White Middling.... Brown M ddllngs Bran, tu'k 61 KAW-Whent Oat 64 53 62 60 61 85 36 4 32 tl 41 3 50 3 OT 2 75 2 50 3 10 12 25 10 50 11 00 15 00 17 50 10 50 15 50 15 50 5 00 6 25 69 61 12 86 3A 36 33 62 50 3 75 4 15 3 MS a 78 8 2( 12 M 11 50 11 60 it; 00 IX 00 17 00 10 00 16 00 6 25 6 2& Dairy Products. BUTTER Elgin Creamery. 26 27 Fancy Creamery 22 23 Fancy Country Roll Hi 1H Low grade and cooking... H 12 CHEESE Ohio, new 10 New York, new 10?4' 11 Wisconsin Swiss 13 13( Llmburger, new make.... it 9j Fruit and Vegetables. ArrLF.S-Fancy, Vbbl.... 2 7i 5 BERRIES Blackberries A Huckleberries, palls 75 WATERMELONS Georgia, each 10 CANTELOll'ES- Aos Arundel, per sug bbl. 2 75 LEANS reen perbu 90 Lima, lb POTATOEH Fine State, on track, bbl.. 2 15 From store, bbl 2 25 CABBAGE Home grown, eratee 140 ONIONS Yellow, per bu Poultry, lite. Live Chickens. V pnir .... 50 4 Spring Chickens 25 Live Luuk, V pair 40 Dressed Kudu. V lb 10 Dressed Chickens, lb. mix 2 young select 14 Dressed Turkeys, V lb 11 EGGS Pa. and Ohio fresh.. 15 FEATHERS Extra Live Geese, lb 55 No. 1 Ex Live Oceae, V lb 40 Couutiy, large, packed.... 35 3 00 7 85 30 8 25 1 00 6 2 25 2 60 1 SO fO f.0 50 50 11 10 15 12 10 60 45 40 Miscellaneous. PEEDS Clover, 62 ib TOO 7 15 Timothy, prime 2 HO 2 M Blue Or I 40 1 60 RAGS-Couulry mixed..... i I HONEY White Clover 17 1 Bickwbeat 11 12 MAPLE SYRUP-New 50 60 CIDER -Country .weet.bbl. 6 0J 6 50 CINCINNATI. FLOUR t 2 55 4 2 65 WHEAT No. i Red 60' M r.YE-So. 2 i COKS Mixed 67 OATS s 81 EGGS BUTTER-Ohlo Creamery.. 12'i 19 26 fUlLAUlXrHIA. FLOUR 3 00 WHEAT-No. 2 Red COHN-So. 2 Mixed 62 OATS- No. 2 White BUTTER -Creamery, extra. EGGs Pa. firsts 8 t'5 60 MX 22 IS NfcW VOItK. FI.OUR-r..tut 3 64 WHEAT No. 2 Red RYE- State CORN So. 2 OATS White Wcteru Bl'TTER-Creamery EGGS -State and Penn 3 63 60 4.1 63 36 S4i X 64 3.
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