SEVERAL HARD FOUGHT BATTLES WON BY THE CUBANS. Insurgents How Seem to Be Fairly Well Supplied With Cannon. A bloody engagement took place on the 9th Inst on the sugar estatoTrtunfo, near Kongo, belonging to Mr. Whiting, nn Amerlcnn cltl fcen, between Colonel Hwm, nt the head of 600 regular find two guerrilla companies and SOO rebels under Joee Sluwo. The Span (aids wore In the houso and wore unaware ol the proximity of the rebels, who wen" htM'n In the machine house ami In me bushes nearby. The lniirKi'nti, after tho fight, continued on their wiiy, nnd the defeated Spanish forced, In revenge, seized sume peaceful la borers end threw them Intu the molasses tanks, which with all filled and boiling. The Insurgents hait four kllh'd ami in wounded. The Spaniard had two captains, three lieutenants nud 14 soldiers seriously woundi'd, 67 slightly wounded aud one com mnndcr and 1U soldiers killed. The combined Spanish column of General Sandoval and Colonel Zalillvar, l.HOO men in II, met the Insurgents, i.ann strong, under Bonn and Cnzenn, In Hermitage. Tatcral, on the Kth Inst. The light lasted seven hours. The rebels hail a eannon managed by an American artilleryman named Chaplcau. The Spanish were defeated, leaving on the Held 60 killed and 1N5 wounded, among the former being Commander Garcia, l'hey lost, besides, 20 mules loaded with provisions, and 28 horses killed. The rebels had 22 killed and 40 wounded. The garrison of Venta de Casanova was attacked on the nth Inst, by 1,000 Insurgents, under Colonel Paha, with one piece of ar tillery. The Spnntsh garrison was composed of a captain and 120 soldiers. They made a good defense but were obliged to surrender. Afterwards they were disarmed and set nt liberty. T he captain, who Is said to be a Cuban by birth, and the soldiers nsked the rebels to allow them to Join their hand, the captain saying that he is convinced of the Impossibility of Spain quelling the revolution. In a bull light at Monterey, Mexico, Joseph Mata, a picador, was gored to death, nud four other performers, lucludlng Sllvero Chloo, the matador, dangerously wounded by a vicious bull. The sume bull also dis membered and killed six horses. TWO BISHOPS CHOSEN. MoCsbe and Cranston Eleoted by the M. E Conference. The M. E. general conference on Tuesday elected C. C. MeCube bishop on the 15th bal lot, with a plurality of 8 votes. Earl Cranston was elected on the six teenth ballot with a plurality of 8a Charles C MeCube, IX D., was born in Athens, Ohio, Oi-tober 11, lMSti. He was con verted when eight years of age. was educa ted at the Nhlo Wesleyan University, and en tered the Ohio conference in 1W0. His first appointment was at 1'utnam. In the fnll of 1H62 he enlisted as chaplain in the One Hun dred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Infantry, end on the battlefield of Winchester, Va,, wan taken prisoner and sent to Llbby prison, where he remained four months. When re leased he rejoined his regiment, but was pressed Into service of the Christian com mission. In whose interests he made lurge collections. At tho close of the war Chaplain McCnbe was stationed at Portsmouth, O. In 1"T8 he Was appointed agent of the Church Exten sion Society, and subsequently assistant cor responding secretary of the Board ol Church Extension. He Is now secretary of the Mis sionary Hooiety. Ho took part In preparing the "Winnowed Hymns," a book that bus had an Immense circulation. He is often re ferred to as the "singing chaplain," and Is the champion pleader for contributions in the M. K. denomination. Dr. Earl Cranston Is a gentle-spirited man, of mild manners and unpretentious bearing, with k good, wholesome face, Iron gray beard, clean shaven upper lip, and an ample dome, which glistens triumphantly through few scattering locks. He Is of medium height, with business and oratorical qualities far beyond medium, for the former have made hlra for twelve yenrs a superb book agent of the church, and the latter had pre viously sustained him in a high position us a preacher. At a previous conference he enmo near luting elected bishop, as he received at that time 200 votes. BOILING RATE ADVANCED. The Amalgamated Convention Adopts the , Boale. The organized Iron and steel workers of the country have decided to make an aggres sive move. Next Tuesday or Wednesday their representatives will meet with the man ufacturers of the Mahoning valley and de mand that the hose of the boiler's scale tie changed from (4 a ton (4.60 on a l-lOo card rate. The convention so decreed and the scale that will be demanded in conference reads as follows, based on actual sales of bar Iron as per conference agreement: For boiling, per ton of 2,240 pounds, 1 1-lOc bar iron, (4 AO; 1 9-JOo bar Iron, 4 75; 1 8-10c bar iron, (5; 1 4-10e bar iron, 5 2fi: 1 5-100 bar iron, Vt 60. 1. The charge for boiling furnaces shall be as follows: Blngle furnaces, not more than five hundred and fifty (550) pounds per bet; double furnaces, not more than eleven hundred (1100) pounds per heutt Hlemen's furnaces, not more than fifteen .MMUKru ...... -,wuv , 'W,..B c, WUB.i double furnaces, not more than two thousand and two hundred (2,200) pounds per beat. 2. In order to Insure uniformity of iron In boiling furnaces and avoid the increasing custom of running in strong for common iron, thus Increasing the hours and work of the boiler, the limit of time for each heat shall be as follow: For a single furnace one honr and forty minutes; for a double furnace one hour and flftv minutes; forHluraeu's furnace, one hour ' and fifty-live mluutes, and for a double fur nace, two noun. The time shall be reck oned from the time the door la dropped alter charging until the heat Is ready to draw, and accidents and unavoidable deten tions are not to be reckoned in. When a majority of the furnaoes in auy mill require more than the time specified to make their heats due notice shall be given to the bona in aooordanoe with article 10 of the constitu tion. By the word majority Is meant a ma- iortty of the furnaces working hard Iron, inferior ooal, which increases the working time beyond that specified above snail be onaidurod a grievance. & One dollar ((1.00) per ton extra for de phosphorized irou. 4 When Bessemer pig iron la worked alone, one dollar (,(1.00) per ton extra ahull be paid. 6. One dollar per ton extra for all castings and ruuuers over seventy-live pounds In one piece, and fur all scrap pig metal, twenty-five pounds and uuder, when worked alone. 6. One dollar per ton extra for hut ore fix. 7. For east iron swartb worked on cinder bottom, the prloe, per ton, shall be the sume as boiling. 8. For halt wrought iron turnings, and half oast iron swartb, worked on cinder bottom, the price to be seven-eighths the prloe of bolllug. Other foot notes remain unchanged. Bank Xobberi Confess, ' The men who robbed the mute Bank of Buffalo, HI., have been uupturwd .anil, have QUAY AT CANTON. The Senator I pent Two Ronrt la Conference With Molinley. The much talked of conference between Senator Quay and Governor McKlnley took place on the 22 1. Quay arrived nt Canton at 10:20 on the Ft Wayne rond. He was accompanied by J, Hny Drown, a prominent nttotney of Lan oaster. lly a previous arrangement, the Oovcrnor'a earrlngo awaited him at the station, and the Ohio aspirant for the Presi dency was there In person to meet him. Their greetings were very cordial, and, after tho visiting statesman was comfortably seated In the conveyance, the party wasdrlven rapidly to the McKlnley residence, North Market street. The visit of Quay was regarded as of much Importance, and as soon as he alighted from the train Bn army of Interviewers were after him, trying to have him explain his mission here. He refused to sny what brought him to the hot-bed of MeKlnleylsm, and, with n want-to-be-let-alone appearance, smiled and lumped Into the waiting carrlngc. Hardly had he arrived at the McKlnley home when another attempt was made to have him talk, but the newsgatherers were again blocked by word that Senator tjuay was engaged In conversation with McKlnley and could not be seen. McKlnley also refused to say a word. The two stati'smen were closeted together for several hours, the only interruption be ing to partake of a luncheon, which had been prepared at the McKlnley home. Henator yuny and Mr, Drown left on the 1:21 Fort Wayne train, Henator yuay for his home In Heaver and Mr. Hrown for Lancas ter. It Is understood thnt the visit of Hen ator Quay was of tho friendliest character. Their separation at the station would Indi cate the most cordial and hearty relations, and clearly manibwted to the onlookers that the visit had Iw of the most agreeable and satisfactory nature. While on the Pennsyl vania train the correspondent asked Henator Quay If he hail anything to say for publica tion as to the object of his visit, to which the Henator quietly observed thnt tho potato crop seemed to be looking very well, as the express sped on Its way toward Alliance. VICTORIA'S GIFT. The Crtr Give an Andlenee to the Ameri cano. The duke of Connaught, representing Queen Victoria at the coronation festivities, has presented to the czariun the grand cross of the Victorian order, which has been newly founded by Queen Vlctorln.and also an orna mental vase of the Armada pattern. The czar on Friday received In prlvnte audience the United Htntes Minister, Mr. Breckinridge, nud then received the special envoys of the l ulled Htntes sent to represent the government of the I'nited Htntes at the coronation, together. These Included Oen. A. I). McCook nud his brother Aid-dc-Cntnp Hcrlven, Commander Bronson, and Mai. J. W. Putzkl of the special embassy and Rear Admiral Helfrldge, In command of the Med iterranean squadron, who brought his flag ship, the Minneapolis, to Cronstadt to attend the coronation as the naval representative of the United Htntes. Mr. Hrccklurldge, the United Htntes Minister; Mr. H. H. Pcirco. secretary of the United Htntes legation, and the other civil representatives were for the first time In the lliisslan court the full civil dress prescribed for those who are not al lowed to wear the olllcial uniform. The dress consisted of an evening coat with plain metal buttons, n white vest, Knee breeches and black silk stockings and no ornaments. The United Htates minister and the sieclal envoys and their staff attended a reception given by the Russian foreign minister, Prince LobonofT-Hohtovsky. Mr. Hreeklnrldge will give a dinner to dis tinguished American visitors to the corona tion and Inter, probably June 8, will given reception, inviting tne ltusslan princes and foreign princes attendant upon tiie corona tion and the foreign ambassadors and about a thousand others. 1 lie special embassies to the coronation of France, Hpuln, Japan and Corea were also received in audience by tho czar and czarina In the great pnlaeo of the Kremlin. A glided six-horse coach and sever al four-horse carriages were sent to bring each embassy and suite. Each embassy was escorted by tiOO mounted grooms ami was re ceived by guards of honor at Kremlin where they were conducted with great ceremony to the Alexander salon, and thence to the Ekn ternla hall where they were received in aud luce. , i THE SHREWD YANKEES. Foresaw the Bicycle Crate and Pnt tho English in tho Lurch. United Status Consul Parker at Birming ham, England, has contributed to the state department a special report on remarkable development of the business of making steel tubing at that place caused by the great In crease in the use of the bicycle. Incidentally he tells of a shrewd Yankee business transac tion which has placed the British bicycle meteors in oaa piurni. The American manufacturers, forseelna a great demand for wheels, not only purchased all of the stock of steel tubing on baud In England but gave orders that engaged the output of many of the factories fur a long time to come. And so it happened that when the "craze" struck England, the urltntn bicycle makers found that they bud been caught napping and were short of material. Immediately there was a rush to start up new steel tube plants and so many buve been projected that over production is learea in tne ena, but meanwhile there is a stringency. To show the extent of the Increased export of this tubing to the United Htates the consul says that while tee entire export for IBM was (6.809, that for the first quurter of this year It amounts already to ;uji,20u. meanwhile there has been a great decrease in the exports of Finished British bicycles to the United Htates, and their value has fallen from (478.- 810 In the llrst six months of 1H8 to (90,868 for so much of the current year as has ex pired. FIREW0HK8 AHD HELIQIOW. An Ohio Evangelist Condueti a Eevlval With Novel Features. The Jlev. Syndicate Wilson, an evangelist, who has been conducting religious services at Qullipolls, Ohio, for a week, introduced sensational novelties. First, a brass band with Uowlng bauners marched through the street Tiled there was the booming of an vils, which brought out throngs of curious people. Bonfires were built around the ohurch, which illuminated the town. When the hour came for meeting the church was 10 time too small to hold the crowd. There were 40 oonverts. Every, time a sinner an nounced his change of heart, a young man stationed in frout of the church shot off a sky-rocket Evangelist Wilson declares that be will oonvert every soul here before he leaves, and as the pyroteehnlo displays will continue the merchants have ordered a new supply of fireworks. BHIEF MEHTI0BT. John Newklrk, Marshal of Judson. Ind., was assassinated Thursday nlghtand Barney Huberts bus been arrested charged with the crime. Arthur 0. Beach, of Columbus, O., Is this year's winner of the Hhooker Fellowship of the Vale Divinity Hchool. It Is an annual in ooin of tOOO tor two years after graduation, The schooner Hun rise was sunk by a col llon with whuieback barge 183, In tow of the stuainar Wj H. Gratwick, in mid-lake about 80 miles from Chicago. The crew were saved. AMNESTY FOR IKE OPPRESSED. PARDON FOR MANY. The Ciar'i Manifesto to Releaie Siberian Prisoners. The Berllnger Tageblatt claims that tho czar's manifesto will give amnesties, pnrtta or complete, to ltusslan prisoners In Blberla. Those sentenced to a life's penal servitude will receive mltlgntlon of the sentence, nnd offenders domiciled in Hlberln will be per mitted to return to any pnjt of European Ilussia except Ht. Petersburg nnd Moscow. The sentences of those In Jail In European Itussin for serious offenses will be reduced one yenr. A number of minor offenders will be pardoned. Numbers of those who left tho country for political reasons will be par doned on condition of their taking the oath of allegiance. The peasantry In certain poor districts will be excused from arrears of crown dues. Even the Jews will not I forgotten and the Ill-starred Hebrew agricultural colonies nt Kknterinslnv will also be excused from arrenrs. The Home correspondent of the London Chronicle hears that the Vatican has receiv ed Information that the Cznr will pardon all Catholic priests who have been imprisoned or sent to Hlberla for breach of the public worship laws and that he also promises to f;rant gradually a large measure of religious Iberty to all his subjects. Including tho Catholics. Cncdlnal Agllardi, the Vatican's representative at the coronntion at Moscow, will hand to tne t zar an autograph letter from the Pope urging an extension of relig ious liberty. ATTACKED BY A MOB. Two English Hlssionariei Stoned While in a Boat The steamer Altmoro, arriving from the Orient at Victoria, B. C, brought advices of an antl-mlsslonnry outrage nt Tal Chau, China. Two English missionaries named Ferguson and Walker, were the victims. Proceeding by boat from Hhanghai to Chen Kiang, they arrived at Tal Chau on April IS. While awaiting the return of a messenger, whom they had sent with their cards and passports to the residence of the chief's local official, they were attacked by a mob, which bombarded them vigorously with stones. The two missionaries, llndlng the situntton Intolerable, left the shelter of a cabin and at tempted to pull their anchor and shove their boat In the stream, the crew having fled be yond the range of the missiles. I Hiring the operation the stone throwing becamo more vigorous than ever, and a shot was fired, the bullet passing through Mr. Ferguson's left hand. At lust the boat was got off. nnd, be ing rejoined by the crew dropped down the stream. The boat became again the target for a cloud of missiles as It passed a narrow part of the channel, but no serious Injury was inflicted. An officer nnd ten soldiers arrived on the scene while the outrage was going on, but their presence bad little It any effect in quieting the rioters. BIG APPROPRIATIONS. Beport on tho Naval Appropriation Bill Bhows Surprises. The conference report on the naval appro priation bill presented Tuesday shows that the senate receded from Its amendment authorizing the secretary of the treasury to detail revenue cutters to protect passengers on excursion steamers nttendlng rogottas. Tho House couforrees accepted the following amendments: Appropriating (50,000 for testing methods of throwing high explosives from guns on board ships; increasing from (250,000 to (400,000 the appropriation for reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers, and authorizing the secretary of tho navy to con tract for the building of two sub-marine tor pedo boats of tho Holland type. The conferrces report a illpagreement on all the amendments concerning battleships and torpedo boats, except the aub-marine torpedo boats. AS TO SENTENCES. Some Pretoria Prisoners Will Be Released at Onoe. A dispatch has been received from Oov. Hir Hercules Itoblnson relative to the sen tences imposed upon the informers at Pre toria, which says that one portion of the prisoners will be released at once and an other portion In three months. A third por tion of the prisoners will have their cases considered and passed upon after live months, auk a fourth portion after one year. Oov. Robinson says that the death sen tence imposed upon the four leaders, lthodes, Hammond, Phillips and Farrar, have been commuted to fifteen years Im prisonment, adding, however, that the latter is only a matter of form, and that the sen tence is not likely to be carried out The further commutation of the leaders' sentence will be discussed next week. Oov. Itoblnson adds thnt the lines In the case of the other prisoners will remain, but the sentence of banishment will be suspended if the prison ers give their word of honor not to Interfere In future In the polities of the Transvaal. An official dispatch received from Pretoria gives the names of the reform prisoners who bave been liberated as follows: Messrs. Mo senthni, lloger, Dubois, King, Butters, Bro dle. Joel, Davis and Mien. Those to be liberated in three months are: Davles, Hunsun, Hellier, Mullens, Bell, Garland, Llngham, Olltllllan, Brown, Beech- a U ............ U.'lllun.- X .1 ........ IJ ... .1 ll .. .. I. loud, Goldiing, Hutchinson, Hogers, Beetle- neim, Lace ana van nuismeyer. Those who will buve their oases considered five months hence are; t'arr, Nlven, Lawley, fluFno. ... UtN.lM n...l.l .. 1 1 ii ( i .... Aurut, Dundur, Bettlugton, Hoskln, Hanger man, Iilchnrds, Leonard, Tremer, Donald son and Marshall. Those whose cases are not to be considered for a year are: Fltz patrlc k, Handtlands, Jameson and Hamilton, The following did not sign the petition to have their sentences of imprisonment oom- mutea to lines ami tneir penalties are there fore not modified: Hall, sower, Bumson and ft uvea. A FAIB BBIBEE CAUGHT. Xrs. Brodo of Newport Oott Into the Jack ion Case Daep. Mrs. Otto Brede, of Newport, who has been quite attentive to Jackson and Walling by sending them delicacies, was overheard by officers who were bidden in Walllngford's saloon to offer Walllngford (50 if he would change bis testimony lu the Wailing ease so as to make it apar that It was soma other than Friday night when Pearl Bryan was at his saloon with Walling and Jackson. Hherlfl Plummer reooguleed the woman and took her to Newport, she bad pre viously gone to Allen juexson aua made him a slmillar offer, and he bad arrangep to meet her at Wllllugford'e and then notified the police. Sensation Among Kedioal Koa. A profound sensation has been caused among medical men of Germany and France through the fatal effects attending the ad ministration of the famous autl-diphtberla serum in the case of a child of au eminent Berlin pbyslulan. A servant In the physi cian's household showing signs ef diphtheria the doetor, to prevent bin child from con tracting the dlsetue, administered an Injec tion of the uerum aud the qhlld died in a few minutes. CZAR NICHOLAS CROWNED. The Most Gorgeous Dliplay tho Anolent Capital Ever Witnessed. The formal ceremony of the coronation of Czar Nicholas It. nnd the Czarina occurred at Moscow, May 21, amid all the wealth and splendor that civilized nnd seml-barbnrio nations could bring together. T he display of the Inttor, furnlslied by the Inhabitants of the minor kingdoms under the Cznr's rule, was a novel nnd picturesque feature at the great military and civic parade thnt pre ceded the religious exercise ol the corona tion. Moscow wns a mass of life, movement nnd color and nt night a sea of light, In a tempest of music and revelry. The route of march, which wns guarded by close lines of soldiery, was encompassed by dense masses of people from nil parts of the ltusslan empire and her dependencies. The utmost liberty, consistent with tho prop er discipline nnd order, was allowed, nnd the faithful Muscovites and itussliins had the fullest privilege of witnessing the official en try of tiietr Czar Into his ancient capital. The extent oi decorations witn lings, Powers. Venetian masts and bunting In the national colors was only limited by the space avail able for It. The Emperor, who Icoked very well, con stnntly bowed his salutations to the cheering multitude, me lunr rode a pure white horse, nnd wns Immediately followed by various male members of the ltusslan im perial family, foreign sovereigns or their rep resentatives, generals amd officers of the suite. Preceded by a reglmer.t of grenadiers came the Empress In a magnificent gilded stnte carrlngc, drawn by four pairs of cream-colored horses. Princesses and ladies of the court, the court chamberlains and gentlemen In waning followed. 1 nen came autnenments of military, nnd finally many mounted masters of ceremonies. After being received by the Governor Oon ernl of Moscow nnd various clvlo delegations the Emperor nnd Empress worshipped suc cessively In the cathedrals of the Assumption the Archangel Mlchnel and the Annuncia tion, where te lieums were sung, while a salvo of 71 great guns was fired outside. i n royal couple were given the benediction of the arch priest of the cathedral and then retired to the hall of Ht. Catherine, where none but those Intimately connected with the Imperial household were permitted to entor. and the ceremony was ended. TRADE HOLDS ITS OWN. While There Are No Gains, Neither Ar There Lonoe. R. O. Dun Co. sny: Failures for the week have been 227 In tho United Htntes against 207 lost year, and 28 in Canada, against 23 last year. There is nothing like reaction In business, though the volume Is small. Manufacturers are not gaining on the whole but very few are losing. Railroad stocks average a shado higher than a week ago, and there is abund ant evidence thnt men of money are watching lor the right moment to uuy nt tne bottom, certain that good crops and definite political prospect will bring Improvement In the full. The business world looks hopefully forward to definite Improvement as soon as political uncertainties are out of the way. The waiting condition which seems to come to some people nothing bettor than stagnation still continues. But there Is a difference. Thousands of orders nnd con tracts are mendy deferred because they can be more safely given a litter later. The European and Amerlcnn mill supplies, with commercial stocks, still exceed maxi mum consumption for tho crop year, and the promise for tho coming crop Is decidedly good. If the output of pig Iron were always a reliable barometer of business conditions, assume suppose, the returns of furnaces in blast May 1, according to the "Iron Age" inn,oiii loun hkuimki ini,t.)i April i, woiiiu be convincing. But the Increase of stocks unsold since January 1 bus been 243,015 tons nnd this deducted from the output of fur naces leaves 2,076 248 tons for four months, which Is certainly In excess of the net mil con sumption, because the stocks ot the great steel companies nre not included in the stut- ment. WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE. This Question Answered By Several Foreign Countries. The foreign statistics gathered by the agricultural department nt oahlngton snow the crop communis throughout tiie year. The summary follows: Great Brltaiu The crop outlook every where is good and promises a harvest about two weeks earlier than usual. I his would diminish the Imports for the remainder of tho current cereal year by about 6,000,000 bushels. France With normal weather until har vest the wheat crop will more than suffice lor nome requirements, a surplus lor ex port is confidently predicted by French agri cultural Journals and statisticians, some ex pecting that it will amount to 40,000 000 bushels. This quantity would affect prices and especially it tne rroncn government should pav a bountv on exports. Austria-Hungary The weather has been favorable and the crops promise well. Roumania Cold weather in April retard ed the orops, out ue outlook is generally promising. Russia Excellent prospects of a crop above the average In quantity and quality are generally reported. The unfavorable March weather In the Houth is found to have done no serious damage. Hprlng sowings have been eompleted under good condi tion. 0B, WIIHEKOW, K0PEBAT0B, The Presbyterian General Assembly Down to Buolness. The one hundred and eighth general as sembly of the Presbyterian church in the United Htates ot America opened Its sessions In the First Presbyterian church, at Bara toga, N. V., with the usual sermon from the retiring moderator, Dr. Robert B. Booth, of New York. Nearly 700 commissioners, half ministers and half elders, occupied seats. The first important business transacted was the election of a moderator. Dr. Fran cis Montfort. of Cincinnati; Dr. David K. Breed, of Pittsburg, and Dr John L. With row. the liberal leader ol Chicago, were nominated. The result of the ballot was Witherow. 315. Breed 163 and Montfort 84. The election was then made unanimous. The newly-elected moderator was then con' ducted to the platform and Inducted into onioe by tne retiring moderator, vt. uooin. NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR RUSSELL. Gold Standard Seolared for and tho Admin titration Indorsed. The State Democratla oonventlon met at Conoord and elected the following delegatea- at-larga to the Chicago oonventlon: Frank Jones, Alvah W. Hulloway, Irving A. Drew, i narie a. rtinciair. ine aeieguiea are tor William E. Russell, Ex-Governor of Massa chusetts for President. The platform declares for the gold atand- I I. "l II II . ft I . .4 . . . i . . I . . III. UJUIWD. rC.IUrilk V. , LLUU MUtM.MU- trutlou, favors "Incidental protection" and condemns tbe A. P. A. Harry Bingham, ot Littleton, wae chair man of the convention. At the Heaond Congressional district Dem ocratla oonvetlon held after the adjournment of tbe Htute convention delegates to the No tional convention lu favor of Russell for president were chosen, Jaokeoa Park Asln. The wreckers who have for nearly "three years been removing1 the remains ol the great World's fair, have turned tbe grounds ojrer to the JUAiknon park (wmmUslonere. LATEST NEWS FROM WIS1GT1 OUR GOLD IN RUSSIA. More Than 130,000,000 of It la St Peters- bnrg at One Time. Tho Htnte Department has received a re port from United Htates Consul General Karol, at Ht Petersburg, In relation to the amount of Amerlcnn gold held by the Russi an Government. Tho Consul Oenernl says that he hns seen no less thun (30,700,116 In good United Htntes gold coin in the coffers of the Russian Government. Thnt was on the first ilny of Inst January. The Consul General was Invited with tho consuls of other countrbw nt Ht. Petersburg to witness the transfer of a sum of 1)0,000.000 rubles In gold from the Russian treasury to the exahnuge fund of the Government bank. where It was needed for the redemption of paper roubles. Included In this store of gold he saw 14,371,756 roubles in value of United States half engles. While the coinage of all the nations of the world wns represented In this particular pile of gold, no other nation save Russia Itself enme anywhere near tho Btoro contributed by the United Htntes to the Russian coffers. Japan came next, with only (1,017,519 roubles wortn ot yens, while ol itriusn goiu In this pile of Russian money, there were pounds sterling to the small amount ot less than 1,000,000 roubles. Afterwards, to make the Impression strong er, our Consul General was taken Into the hank's vaults, and permitted to look upon the balance of the bank's funds held on thnt particular dav. and he saw some more Unit ed Htntes gold half eagles, amounting in value to 25,402,K23 roubles, so that the Rus sian bank had In Its possession of our gold coin (80,7H'.l 115. Then he asked how thnt amount of United Htates gold came Into tho possession of the Rusilnn bank, and the Gov ernor Informed Mr. Knrel, that the Russian Minister of Finnnce hnd pnrchnsed It at dif ferent times in Berlin, Paris and London. MOUNTAINS BURNED BABE. Pennsylvania Forests Cleared for Miles by Furioue Flree. Never In the history of Central Fennsyl- vadla has this section of country experienced such a disastrous forest fire as that which raged In Center and ndjulnlng counties for three or four dnys. Thousands of acres of timber have beeii burned. The seven mouutnlnsto the south of Belle- foute have been burned fora distance of fully 25 miles, nt one time the entire mountain be ing a sheet of flnme for fully 10 miles; the Nittnuy mountain, a rnngo of only about 15 miles rns been devastated. Fully 2,000 men have worked since Hatunlny night to put out the fire, but could only keep it confined to the mountain side. In the Beech Creek region fire has com pletely swept the entire district. In Clearfield county, closely adjoining Center, the fire has done equal damage, burning a number of logging camps aim saw mills witn tnosanus of feet of sawed lumber. Tho enmps In nnd around the Bear Meadows have suffered a like fate. The Markhatn House nt Atlanta, Go., was entirely destroyed by fire Hundny night, causing a loss of (300,000. The lire started In a restaurant on Decatur street and quick ly spread to Patterson s llvj-ry stable, wnere u negro was burueu to acatn. THE TOBACCO EMBARGO. It Is Purely a Measure to Proteot Cigar- makers in Havana. Benor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish Minis ter, declares that tho order by Gen. Weyler prohibiting the export ot tobacco from Cuba Is misrepresented In being characterized as a retaliatory measure ngniust insurgent sympathizers In this country. He says the Hpanlsh government Is driven to the step by fact thnt without It over 15,000 cigar makers In Havana would soon be thrown out of work for lack ot raw material and 50,000 to 00,000 women nnd children dependent on them would be In danger ot starvation. The minister says the tobacco crop has been destroyed by Mnceo's forces; that tho royal trooim hove Injured no property nud tbiit the Indiscriminate destruction of the crop Is tube laid wholly nt the doors of the insurgents. Spain, lie says, lias been ire nuently Importuned for the past year to stop the tobacco export, which gave employment to the chief contributors In this country to the Insurgents but the petitions were stend fastly refused. The prohibition be contends Is exactly of the same nature an if the i nitcu States were compelled to stop the export of cereals from this oountry In time of famine or great Industrial depression. WINTER WHEAT PROSPECTS. Tho Hessian Fly Has Played Havoo In Some States. The grain firm ot C, A. King A Co., of Toledo, O., during the post lour dnys have received 4,808 crop reports. Prospects for winter wheat is very favorable in Kansas ami most ol Michigan, Missouri and Illinois fair. Indiana becoming worse aud promisee less than three-quarters ot an average crop owing mostly to Hessian tiles. Ohio will yield a trifle over bolt a crop. Prospects In six states average a trifle worse than two weeks ago. Recent rains have been bene ficial. Kansas and Missouri show slight Improvement. In Illinois and Ohio there Is no change. Indiana suffered materially f.jm Hessian files and drought. Michigan hnd excellent prospects, but some sections are said to have teen badly damaged by Hessian files. Tne harvest will average ton days earlier than lost year. In the flooded counties of Minnesota and North Dakota, bordering on the Red River, conditions are very unfavorable for the wheat crop. MORE BEABLT TARNAD0E1 Oklahoma Again Devastated by High Winds. A message from Guthrie, Okla., says a disastrous tornado and waterspout passed over Thursday night, causing great damage. At Edinond, 20 houses were demolished and two persons, Harvey inch and but duugnter, were killed. At White Eagle, 80 miles north, three tor nadoes formed within an hour and swept toward the Usage oountry. Twelve houses were demolished nnn 4U or do head oi stock were killed In the vicinity of White Eagle. At Black Bear John Rodgers and wife were killed by falling timbers, while a farmer .. I Cl. It .. blltu.l I all . I. . . .. of his family Injured by their bouse being blown down on them. At Cushlug, five persons were killed. They arei Harris Mclntyre and daughter, Julio, Jennie Wtlmer, Peter Davie and son, Frank Davis. Eight tornadoes bave occurred within a radius of 60 miles of this section within five days. TREACHEROUS WEYLER. Ho It Said to Be Exeoutlng Rebela Who Take tho Oath. Tbe New York Herald's Havana corre spondent says thut according to prlvato Madrid advices received by a well-known Havana banker, the bulk of the Cuban debt held by Spain banking Institutions and per sons of wealth bos been unloaded In Paris during the lust six or eight weeks, bought up by French capitalists. Upward ot (.7,000, 000 In Cuban bonds have thus cbuuged hands. The French propose tn have repre sentative in customs porta to prevent fraud. CONGRESSIONAL Summary of the Most Important Voaiirjt Presented ia Both Bootes. 190TB Piy. The house to-day occupied Itself In nasslnr 100 of the private pension bills which have been favorably acted upon. Congressman lleiner Introduced a bill appropriation 5O0.- 000 for a monument to General Grant, to bo nrectea in tins city, i ne phi provides tor a commission of Ave persons, two each to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem pore of the senate, nnd one by the secretary of war, to superintend the construction of the monument. In deciding this afternoon not to sent Mr. Dnpont. ol Delnwnre. the senate was actu ated solely by a question ot politics. The ncMioncans voted solidly in tavor or air. Dnpont They believed thnt State Renator Watson, ol Delaware, lost his vote in the Htate Henate when he became governor, and that therefore Mr. Dnpont received a ma- oruy oi tno vote cost and woe ouiy elected a I'llited Htates senator. Hnt the Republicans lack one vote of a majority In the United States senate, and this prevents justice being done Mr. Dupont. The Democrats and their Popullxtlc allies voted solidly against seating Mr. Dupont, lillsT PAT. The senate to-dnv by a vote ot 8 Teas to 41 nays, defeated a motion by Mr. Allen (Pop., Nel. ) to proceed with the consideration ot the resolution to Investigate alleged election Irregulnrltles In Alabama, oecurlng at tbe time Governor Gates was elected over R. F. Kolb, Populist. Four Republican Senators ( handler, Frye, Gnlllnger and Morrill and tarn t.l.r.llll.t. alien a .. it V.i fT.i n-.lo irt the affirmative votes. lH'iD PAT. The Senate passed the District of Colum bia appropriation bill, carrying approximate ly (7,8(K),0OO. Debate on the question of ap propriations for sei-tarian purpose cropped out on the paragraph making appropriations for charities In the district. Gn a vote tha Senate sustained the committee In providing specific appropriations for the numerous charitable Institutions, some of them of a a sectarian character. A further provision was ndnpted for an Investigation Into the cbnrlty system of tho district with a view to ascertaining what, If any, part ot thepublio appropriations are used forohurch purposes. The House to-day entered upon a two dnys' debnte of the Immigration bills re ported from the Immigration committee. W. A. Stone, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Trace well, of Indiana, argued for a restrictive measure: Mr. Corliss, of Michigan, for lit bill designed to put an end to Canadian com petition with American labor, nnd Mr. Morse, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Rartboldt, Missouri, for the educational test bill. lilHI) PAT On the motion to substitute Congress man W. A. Stone's consular Inspection bill tortbe M"( all bill, only 75 memliers voted In the affirmative and 131 against. All Pennsyl vania memliers except General Bingham stood by the stone bill. J he iinrthoidt-.Mci'ull bill as passed adds to tho classes of alien excluded from ad mission to the United States nil male persons between the age of 16 nnd 00 years of age (exept parents of persons living in this coun try) who cannot both rend and write Eng lish or some other language. Jhe Corliss amendment, aimed at t nnada; excludes aliens who come across the border year nfter year to perform labor In the United States with no intention of settling therein. It declares nil labor contracts with aliens void, nnd makes parties thereto within the Jurisdiction of the United States punishable: by a line of (1,000 or imprisonment not ex. cceding one yenr. 134th DAT. Senator Quay called up In the fiennte to day nnd passed the bill authorizing the bridge thnt the Butler and Pittsburg Rail road Company desires to construct over tbo Allegheny river nt some point In Allegheny eountv. northeast of the eastern boundary lino of Pittsburg. By a vote of 100 to 47 the house pnsscd over the President's veto tho bill granting a pension of (50 a month o Francis E. Hoover, late of the Twenty-third Indiana Volunteers. , 133th pat. ' 1 The Phillips Inbor commission bill which was to have come to a vote In the house to day underthe special order was completely crowded out by tiie conference reports oar the river and harbor nnd sundry civil bills. The bill will now go over until next week. The conference report on the river and harbor bill, which reported an agreement on all the Items save thnt relating to the Santa Monica aud Snn l'edro harbors, California, was made the basis of a very bitter attack on the bill byMessrs. Hepburn nnd Dockery. The bill prohibiting the Issue of interest benrlng bonds eausad another lively debate ill the senate to-duy. Hill made a bitter speech ugulust It. A GIFT OP 810.000 Made By H. J. Helm to tho Kaniat City University. One of tho most fcllcltious events ol tbs session ot tbe Methodist Protestant confer ence at Kansas City, Mo., wus the announce ment ot the unconditional donation by H. J. Heinz, pickle manufacturer, of Pittsburg, Pa., of (10,000 to the Kansas City University . thecorner stone of which was Inid In Kansas City, Kas., Tuesday afternoon. The cere mony was postponed, however, on account of rulu. The "woman question" was before the conference during a long and spirited ses sion; but the conference proved unable to settle definitely the much disputed question. Finally, by a vote of 69 to 57, It was agreed to remand the whole question back to the district conferences for a direct vote, tbe matter to be ultimately settled In tho general conference four years beuoe. MORE CYCLONE VICTIMS. 61 Bodies Have1 Been Burled at Shermtn, Texae. Addition to tbe long list of oyclone vic time are being mode hourly a newe from re mote districts arrives. Mrs. J. J, Johnson, wife of a farmer, aud John Tllden, a farmer, wore killed at Nemo. At the same place, a little girl named Davis was blown against a barbed wire fence and almost cut In two. Her mother and another child were killed in the wreck ot their bouse. Although there are appalling evldenoes about Sherman, of the storm's fury, some thing like order Is being restored. There are 00 patients still In the hospitals, and a many more in private hounes. I p to the present time, 61 bodies have been buried here. BUTCHERED BY THOUSANDS. Deliberately Planned Massacre of Armen ians at Urfa. Long and sensational detail of a mat sacre of Armenian at Vrfa represent it is entirely eclipsing the butcher at Sassoun. It la eatlmited that k.000 Demons vera kill. ed at Vrfa. of which number nearly 8.000 perished while seeking refuge In the cathe dral, which was set on nre by tbe Turks. It appears that the affair was deliberately planded aud wus effected with the conni vance of the officials, who were acting under orders irom l onstauunopie. NOTES OF THE DAY. Mrs. Anna Rohreubeck an d her two-yea ole buby buby were faultily burned by a ga- oleue explosion in uoiuiuuus, u. At the opening ol tho Natloual eleotrica ex poult lou, in New York, a message was send around tne worm in exactly tour miuutee. John Rutherford, hi son, Brody, nud Joel Goodson were huuged at Hrenbam, Tux., on tbe SOth lu the preeeuue ot 20,000 persons, for t the murder of iboma iiwyer on January ik i
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