IHBT Ml U WASHINGTON.
GUNS AND PROJECTILES,
Penneylvsnla
Compante Com
Larg Bhr.
ia for
Secretary Lamont directed the award of
contract! under the proposals received by
the wur department fur towing, gun ami
mortar carriages, etc. The award for 31 et
of 10-Inch steel gun forging and fur one net
forglngs for a Id-Inch gun was made to the
Bethlehem Iron company, of Pennsylvania,
the MMviilu Steel company receiving the
award for 21 "t of l'J-lii'h forglngs.
I'nder the comparatively favorable terms
offered by these eoinpanli-s thn department
It enabled to obtain nit powerful modern
teel gun above thn number Hint thn appro,
prlntloii wag estimated to procure. The
(ami two companies receive contract for
respectively Ti ami 14 set of steel forglngs
for the 12-luch breech-loading mortar. For
finishing am) assembling lin set of lliwo
forging a contract Is awarded th Builders'
Iron foumlry, of Providence, H. the p
tnainlng 14 sets goln to th government gun
factory nt Wntcrlllct. A contract for .10
finished motar Is awarded to the liethle
limn Iron compnny. Distend of no motnrs
the comparatively low prices nskcl enable
the war department to procure tin, all of
which are for use In the cobsI defenses w ith
in two yearn. The MMivh disappearing gun
earrtngin arc distributed an follow: Ten to
the Houthwark Foumlry anil Machine eom-
mny. to be delivered In 111 month; eight to
ho Nile Tool Work company, to bo l"llv-t-rcil
In IB month, anil li to the llcthlehem
Iron company, to be delivered In 15 month.
The favoraiile bhl received for the l j-lm h
mortar carriages enable the department to
procure 67 of these carriage., or 11 more
than It was supposed the appropriation
would provide, of thl numlier 57 are award
ed to Robert l'oolo A Hon eompriny.of Haiti
more, th lnt one to be delivered within l'S'tf
month, while 10 go to the Houthwnrk Foun
dry and Machine compnny, the last one to
be delivered within W month. To the Mid
vain steel company Is awarded a contract
for nearly 2,000 armor piercing allot and
deck piercing and toriedo shell.
A LARGE FAILURE.
Th Diamond Batch and New York Bit
cuit Btook Dsal Ha Fallen Through.
Speculative deals in Diamond Match and
New York lllscult itock ha come to nn
end. The Mooro Brothers have fulled. The
greatest speculation ever known in Chicago
has culminated in the failure of the poople
Who were behind the deal.
The speculative deal of which tho failure
I tho culmination Is by nil odds the mot
Important In the history of the Chicago stock
exchange afTaJr. It began early In this
year. The stock of the Diamond Match
company had been selling all along nt 130
fur quite a time, and there had boen special
activity In the msrket. Junt prior to the
Venezuelan incident the tip had gone out on
Inside circles thnr there were to be some lin-
fiortnnt European divelopments In connee
Ion with Dliimond Match affairs and the
buying of the stock commcneed by strong
people.
The Venezuelan nanlo Interfered with the
speculation and the stock dropped during
the general decline nt that time to 113.
From then the rise started which 1 the most
remarkable In tho history of the exchange.
A strong group of speculators bended by
James H. Mooro and William 11. Mooro be
gun buying the stock. It moved up with
scarcely n halt, Thn stock sold us high
as 248.
A break came, nnd the Moore's became
embarrassed .tor large amount. To prevent
a panic, the Chicago Htock Exchange ad
journed. It is estimated by those In position to
know thnt the Diamond Match failure will
caiibe a loss of almost 15,500,000 to the
Moore Bros. It Is said that they will be
peiiuiless when the affairs are a ralghtened
out.
AN IMPORTANT LINK.
Vs- -'
Th Panhandle and Cleveland and Pitts
burg to be Conneoted.
Home facts are leaking out about the ulti
mate object of the C. A. P. railway lu con
structing a six mile branch from tho Now
Philadelphia terminus Into the Denver Dam
valley to develop the coal Itelda there
abouts. Railroad surveyors and officials
who have been In tho vicinity give out that
the extension is lu renHty the first move to
ward linking together the main line of the C.
ft P. and the Panhandle, which will make a
direct connection and trunk line from Cleve
land to Clnolunutl, Columbus and Panhandle
point via Canal Dover and New I'hlladel-
Khia, something the Pennsylvania Company
as never had, having carried freight and
passengers over the C, A. h C. It. It., with
' which it has a traffic arrangement.
When this link Is forged it will give a route
shorter by 16 miles than any Hue between
Canal Dover and Pittsburg and It Is said
that lu time the Pennsylvania Company will
have a double track route through Canal
Dover and New Philadelphia on which will
be run solid vestibule trains. Claim Agent
Appel, of Wellsuurg, who has been here se
curing right of way says that the six mile
branch into the Beaver Dam coal Held will
be In operation this fall
TWO TBAINKER TILLED.
A Car Lead of Powder Exploded la a Blad
ing Wrsok
A disastrous freight wrock and powdor
explosion occurred on the Philadelphia and
Beading railroad, at Weldys siding, seven
mbes west ot tthamokln, Pa. Engineer
Michael Hmock and conductor Alex. Haiitb
were killed, and Fireman Henry Dreisbback
wa seriously scalded.
The train is known as fast freight No. 55
and one of the li cars, loaded with explo
sives, struck a door that bad dropped from
a freight car and lodged acres the track.
'J La locomotive was derailed, and the dozen
ot cars plied up In a heap. The powder was
exploded with a loud report and set lire to
the train, all of the cars being destroyed,
Several barns In the vicinity of the wreck
were Ignited and burned to the ground. The
body of Eugiaeer Hmock wa terribly burned
before It could be extricated from beneath
the eugiue. The victims lived at Tamaiua.
High Tmpratnr.
Reports from Missouri, Arkansas, Eastern
Kansa and Moulhern Iowa, Houthern Illin
ois and Indiana state that the present hot
111 Ik the hlgli, si reoorded in many years.
HdVeral towns In Kansas and Arkansas are
sutterlug loom . lee famine. At Eureka
Springs, Ark., ice Is.selllnz at MO per ton.
Ou P.ldav, at Bprlngtteld, Mo., und Mem
phis, the thermometer was highest at 100 de
gree. Bismarck, Dak., the birthplace ot
blizzards, bad on Its bands "sizzard,"
which shoved the mercury to 08 degrees.
U ileus, Mont,, was the coolest place In the
'Uniry, dtf degrees, and Dulutb, -ilun., was
bu. sligaily warmer, with 70 degrees,
Ht Louis wa the hottest city iu the United
Btalca. llaliaole thermometer at 1 o'clock
i'riduy afternoon showed 103 deg.-ues on the
stteet level, while the government liistru
ineuts In the Observatory recorded loo de
grees, Demtnd. for Ira Pips.
Th Iron and steel mills are gradually
tartlug up In all departments. The increas
ed demand tor puddled 1 said to be in re
sponse to tiis demand for wrought Iron pip
lit place of Bessemer s eel pl'ie tor oil and
fa well, oaued by development In West
iMlnla. la Hutiar county, Pa., around Mart,
m la to upper oil regions.
PENNSYLVANIA POPULISTS.
Bryan Endorsed J. T. Allman and t. P.
Correll for Congresemtn-at-Larg.
Thn Pennsylvania Populist State conven
tion was cnllod to order shortly after 10 o'
clock Wednesday In Curry University ball,
Pittsburg, by Chairman It. A. Thompson, of
Indian. Although about 200 delegates were
expected to attend, there weie only about AO
present when the meeting was called to
order.
A. C. Hammof Bradford was chosed tern-
S ovary chairman. A. II, Floyd of Irwin and
. P., Leslie, of McKeesport were named as
seeretnrlea The following committee on
resolution was appointed: D. C. Kennedy,
F.rlei J. 11. Maxwell, Mercers Dr. O. O.
Moore, Clarion: J. II. Stevenson, Plttsburgi
and Thomas I.owry, Hrndilock. The com
mittee on order of business wa composed of
It. A. Thompson, Indiana; J. II. Htevenson,
Pittsburg. George O. Burrow, Pitts
burg. .1. T. Allrnnn, of .lunlata county, nnd J. P.
Correll, editor nf the F.aston ( nil, were nomi
nated f ir Coiigrissman-at-lnrge after n
uittion to fus with tlm Democrats on one
candidate had been rejected.
J. K, I,"ile, of McKeesport, was unani
mously elected state chairman. A motion
wns made thnt the convention elect nn Ex
ecutive committee of four, but this wa left
to the Htate election. The latter will also
select bis secretary. Thn executive; com
mittee will select ttit) electoral candidates.
the i'i.tronM.
"The People's party of Pennsylvania, In
convention assembled, realllrtns Its fealty to
the principles enunciated In the platform
adopted by the national convention, In
Omaha, July 4, 1WU, and essentially nt Ht.
Louts, July 22, HI").
"We hereby concur In the work of the
People s party 111 Ht. Louis in their selection
of I'llam J. llrynn of Nebraska a a candi
date for president, nnd Thomas K. Watson
of Georgia for vice president of the United
Htates, as the standanl-benrers of the down
trodden people. And In order to secure
more fully their election, we advocate fusion
with the Democratic electors of this state.
Provided that, In tho event of Democrats
repudiating the People's party advances on
the presidential elector, the executive com
mittee to b" clothed with plenary power to
appoint chvtors known to be true Populists
to cany out the wlshe nf the national con
vention at Ht. Louis for the nomination of
Dryan and Watson.
"We demand thnt all public, question be
submitted to the people direct, through the
Initiative and referendum. Wo condemn tho
legislature for passing the net of assembly
whl''h alms at, and is Intended to crush and
destroy, the independent pipe line and m
tlnerles and the act favoring the consolida
tion of the street car lints, as they both are
Instrumental In creating monopolies, which
the People's party unequivocally condemn;
and we also condemn the Issue of Interest
bearing bonds fur the milking ot publlo
road or ,or any other purpose, and the call
ing together of the several county commis
sioner o( this state, at Its expense, to further
this purpose.
"We hereby condemn the repeal of tho
Hherman act without the sulistltutlon of a
free coinage law, and point out to the peo
ple that whatever prosperity we enjoyed
Irom 170 until lH'.i.l was owing to the Issue
of ijJ'.i.OOO.OOO of sliver and treasury notes
during the period of the lllnnd nnd Hherman
acts, resulting In the Importation of tM,000,.
000 of gold in excess of imports; also the In
crease in the circulation of the national
banks from about i00,000,000 during the
llrst live years of the llluud act, thereby In
creasing the circulation and keeping up
Vnlues.and that the panic of lsi:)wa brought
about oy a conspiracy of bankers to force
the repeal of the Hherman act and the lssuo
of bonds."
"We demand that If the Democracy of
Pennsylvania desire the support of tho Peo
ple's party In the coming election, they must
at once proceed to get rid of the traitor to
free sliver among the leaders of the party,"
OVER JO0 KILLED,
A Battl Between Engllih Troop and
Matabele.
Details havo been received of 'ho decisive
victory won on Wednesday by the 700 Brit
ish troops, composing Col. I'lumer' oolumu
over a native force estimated to have num.
uere 8,000 to 7,000 men. The latter fought
desperately nnd bravely, charging up to
wltliln a few yards of the British rapid lire
guns. About 500 of the MatnU'le warriors
were slain during the engagement, which
lasted several hours and the loss ot the Brit
ish Included MnJ. Kershaw, Lieut. Ilervey.
four sergnauts, and aliout DO men killed and
six officers, several non-cominissloued oillc
era nud about CO men wouudnd according to
unofficial figure
The Matabele and their allies were com
manded tiy big chiefs, Hokombeo and L'm
lugulus, ami were divided Info Ave tmpla, or
regiment each ot over 1,000 men, well sup
plied with arms and ammunition.
NEW YORK'S STRIKE GB0WS.
Han and Girl Join th Army ot Employe
Who Ar Alresdy Oat
Another branch ot tbs clothing Industry
went on strike, Tuesday, when 3,500 vest
makers stopped work. Two thousand three
hundred men and girls In 131 shop in New
York, and 200 In nina shop In Biownsvllle,
went on strike.
The men and girl have been working 14
hour a day. For unbastnd work the operp-
tors have lecn getting and tlO a week.
The hasten havo been getting (8 and 7 a
week, nnd prcrsers have been getting (rj and
t9 a week. The busters are girls. For
basted work the operators, busters and
v-.. V..i.r.. i. ..i.
i I'ltro. i a uaiv vt-iu !".,' ti ci m ww
than the workers on unbasted goods.
I The strike wa ordered with the utmost
secrecy, Thore was no disturbance of any
I kind among the strikers. They walked out
of their shops by two and threes, and went
I straight to their home. There were a few
noisy outbreaks strong the striking tailor
today, but no arrests were made.
8,500 Idle.
A the remit of a cut of 25 cents In the
wage of 100 boys, the Chicago shipbuilding
company, employing 3,500 persons, llnds Its
works tied up. due thousand men, riveters
went nut voluntarily, in spmpathy with the
boys, aud the remaining 1,100 are unable to
work without the eo-opeiatlon of the other
even If they o desired.
MINOR MENTI05.
The Kansaa Populist convention nominat
ed J. W. Leady for governor.
Electrtu wire set fire to Mclntyre A Wil
son' mill at Osksloosa, la. The stock was
valued at (7000, and the damage Is almost
total. Insurance C9.0C0.
Fireman Charles Wood wa killed In the
burning ot Bowman' terra eotta work In
Trenton, N. J., and John Htielbold, Harry
H. Kuip and Alexander Cougan were badly
sun.
Itev. J, C. Hall, a Methodist minister, wa
arrested in Ht. Paul on the charge ot ad
, minlsieriug poisuu to his wife, who Is lu a
very critical couuiuon.
Private Terklrs, of Company B. Fifth
regiment, O. N. U., doing duly at the Brown
works, at Cleveland, was shot In the middle
of the right thigh some time Monday,
The court at Leadville appointed W. H.
Griffith receiver ot the Weldon mine, which
action may end the long strike ot the miners,
whose wages were also fixed by the court.
Because the preacher at prayer meeting
In ltandolpb county, Ark., said that any one
who would vote for free silver "ought to be
pitched Into hell beadforeniost"tne worship
er Indulged In a disgraceful riot In which
many were more or la seriously Injured.
u of coin mm.
IT WAS A BAD WEEK.
Th Co'.lapi) In Chicago Kid Invjstcn
Timid and Wary.
n. O. Dun A Co.' Weekly Review of Trade
says:
The sensntlonnl collapse of speculator at
Chicago who controlled Diamond Match and
New York Ilulsctilt stock and had hoisted
them to fancy prices, with the consequent
closing of the t'nlcngo Htock Exchange for a
period yet Indellnlte, though followed by re
markably few failures, brings a sudden
change In monetary condition throughout
the country.
At least a month earlier than bad boen ex-
tie-ted Chicago has drawn heavily upon the
lllnols bank balance In New York, aud with
drawals of other western funds may naturally
result. Europe was also moved to sell
American stock rHther freely, no that the
average of tiO most active railroad stock fell
about fi. 1H per share and the average of
trust stocks about tl.fH
The Instant co-operation of money Interest
wltn Chicago to restrict disturbance deserv
ed praise llnd did much good.
It I not possible, however, to avoid some
shock to public confidence, nnd a quick
tightening of f-iistern money markets follow
ed, which already shuts oil commercial loans
nltriost entirely. The collapse also Increased
the cautlou of bankers and other lenders re
garding loans on securities of a similar char
acter. It Is important thnt the Increase ot mer
chandise exports, 1 SUO.OOO, or l'l per cent,
over Inst year for the week, aud the decrease
of Imports, t700,000 or 7.7 per cent, still con
tinues to limit the sum payable abroad.
In live weeks tho Increase of exports has
been I,MOO,000 or 10 per cent and the de
crease of Imports rf,2oo,000, or 1H per cent,
which helps to balance amounts.
The movement of wheat Is ngnln largo,
Atlantic exports being 1,1701,0:13 bushels for
the week, Hour Included, against 753,3:10 last
year, and since July 1, H,M3S.70t bushels,
against i,i1,nfl Inst year. ConllicUng crop
reports are as numerous and noisy as ever,
but the morn reliable mark up wiuter wheat
to ROO.Of'O.OOO bushels.
The situation as to cotton I doubtless
critical for many producers. Extremely dry
and hot weather has done serious harm, but
It must Indeed be an extraordinary condition
that reduces the yield 20 per cent in August.
Labor Is more disturbed than usual. The
great strike of garment workers hero hns
much extended: thn strike at Cleveland has
broken out again, and Involve several other
branches of labor; the Iron I u mace men of
the Hhnnnngo Valley resist a reduction of
wages, though Main ning Valley worker do
not. ,The Iron wurks throughout the country
nre striving to cut duwnnost In order to keep
in operation! the iron mines of the (iogebiu
range nre stopping; the suspension of cotton
mid hns become more genera! and over
4.000,000 spindles are said to lie Idle nt Fall
lliver alone, and probably three-eights or
more of thn entire producing capacity in the
country: the rubber works havo mostly stop
ped, and, notwithstanding the light weight
opening, a number of woolen mills also.
Evidently, both the working force and their
wages have been reduced.
The Iron markets grow less demoralized In
tone, because all the associations decided to
maintain prices for this month, but the mark
ets are not stronger In volume ot orders or
purchase. Pressure to sell, even at conces
sions, is thn prevailing rule, aud prices are
utmost nominal. (
WILL NOT FUSE.
Th PopuUiit In Wait Virginia Nam a
Straight Tloket
When the TopulUt stuto convention met
Wednesday nftcruoon in Purkersburg al
as uncertain as to whether the efforts of
the Democrats to luduco the leaders to form
a fusion would succeed or not. Thn middle-of-the-road
faction wa violently assertive
and declared that nothing but a straight
Populist stuto ticket would satisfy them, but
fusiouists seemed to have matters well in
baud. There were only about 000 dolegates
present, but so far as noise was concerned
there might have been a thousand. Lending
llepiiblicniis were on hand to help along the
mlddle-of-the-rond movement. Tho greater
part ot the afternoon was spent In wrangling,
during which Delegate iiaddox, who llgurcd
prominently in the national convention
last week In Ht, Louis, was charged by
Delegate Z, M. Cochran, of Taylor county,
with being n McKinley man. Iiaddox called
Cochran a liar, and threatened light, nnd
for a time It looked as If there would be a
riot. When the convention got down to
business a middle-of-the-road electoral
ticket was named, but tbu stato committee
was granted plenary powers to negotiate
with the Democrats. A similar resolution
vesting the same power In the committee as
to a state ticket was laid on the table. The
national Populist ticket, Bryan and Watson,
was Indorsed.
At the night session a resolution looking
to fusion with the Democrats raised a storm
and was withdrawn, after which I. C. Ralph
snyder, ot Preston county, was nominated
for governor, and W. C. Miller tor auditor.
Ralphsnyder ba been making a canvass tor
me uemocratio nomination, ana mis in
dorsement of the Populists Is likely to lose
him the Democratic nomination, in view of
the action of the Populist convention In vot
ing down fusion. I. H. Offner, of Mineral,
was nominated as state treasurer; I. li.
Lynch as attorney general; 11. '. Martin, ot
Hummers, as state superintendent ot publlo
schools, and A. W. (Jonley, ot Braxton, as
Judge of theHupreme Court by acclamation.
ALMOST LYNCHED.
A Boyish Qiarrsl Bad In an Atroelom
Murder.
At Find lay, Ohio, Amo Docker, a boy ot
10, (hot and killed George Miles, of the same
age. The boy quarrelled over a Joke which
uue ot the boys lu the neighborhood bad
playod upon a butcher and also over the
butcher's daughter, to whom both were
paying attention.
Young Decker ran to hi home a block
away for hi revolver, while Mllcn was de
tained by Decker's futber. When Decker
returned he rushed up to Miles and II red bis
gun. which was held within few Inches ot
the boy's breast. The ball went into the
able aud luto the stomach aud the boy ex
pired in two hours.
As soon as the shooting wa done young
Decker, aided by bis lather, ran to the edgt
of the ciiy, while a mob of 200 men, armed
with shotguns, revolver aud pitchforks.
started after blin. The mob took along a
rope.
Old man Decker suooeeded In getting bold
of a Llg gray horse tor hi sou and upon thl
the boy rode rapidly away.
Jesse Decker, father of the murderer, with
his eon, Calvlu, have been arruated by the
folloe, and are now under a strong guard at
is county Jail. They are charged with
complicity In the murder aud with aiding
the murderer to escape.
Prlos of Armor Flat.
It Is understood thnt Hecrutary Herbert,
during bis coming visit to Europe, Intends
to combine busiunks with pleasure. He ex-
iects to lusjiect the European sblpyanla, gun
aotories aud armor plate works. He will
esiw. lally make luiUlrlte relative to the
prlue that the forelgu governments pay for
the armor plate used on their men-of-war.
The secretary f perfectly satisfied that thl
goverumeut I now seeurlug the best armor
plate in the world at a fair price, but as con
gress ba ordered bun to make a thorough
Investigation ot the subject, be Is doiug so.
While lu Europe be will have the aid of the
naval attache now ou duty at Pari, Berlin
atd London, In conjunction with th em
ba. !.,
THE FILLED CHEESE LAW.
Provision for Carrying th Aot Into
Zflaot
Mr, Miller, commissioner ot Internal revs
uue, with the approval of the secretary ot
the treasury, has Issued a series ot regula
tions for tho enforcement of the provisions
of the act defining cheese and also Imposing
a tax upon and regulating the manufacture,
sale, Importation and exportation of "filled
cheese.''
The regulations prescribe that on the day
when the act gsss Into effect, Hcptemher 4,
lADO, all lllled cheese In the hand of dealer
must be in wooded packages nf not jess than
ten pounds each, and every denier must
make, under ontti, a written Inventory of all
packages on hand on thnt date containing
ten pounds or more of lllled cheese.
The name of the person holding thn pack
age Heptember 4, must be marked thereon,
Immediately following the dnt. The regu
lation further prescribe as follows among
other things:
"The dealer will also procure from theeol
Inctor of Internal revenue and affix to each
package thn proper tax-paid stamp. The
dealer will then cancel thn stamp by so
stenciling or dtnwlug five line parallel wave
lines across the face thereof, so that the lines
will extend over on to the wood nt each end
of the stamp. In the cancelation, tho words
nnd figures on the atnmp must not be de
faced. "It Is expected that the coupon stamp
representing the pound tax on lllled cheese
will be lu tho hands of collectors of Internal
revenue for sain as early a August 15, lxitl,
and that blank forma used by manufacturers
and dealers will also be ready for distribu
tion by that dale."
SPECTATORS HORRIFIED.
Terrible Death of a Little Child at Hsgen
bach' Wild Animal Show.
A horrible tragedy occured at Chllllcothn,
0., August 5, nt llagonbnck's wild animal
how, which was giving exhibitions at the
fair grounds. The tent was crowded with a
large audience ami the performance was
progreeslng when the Hon turner, a man
named J. F. Kurd, but who travels under
the cognomen ot Bronce Boccaccio, walked
across thn space In fron of the audience
with his little year and a half sou In his arms
anil sat down on the ground close to a large
lioness lying chained outside her cng. The
next moment thn audience wns horrilled by
seeing the beast reach out and grab tho
child with its claws and drawing it quickly
back crushed tho Infantile skull In its capa
cious Jaw.
Hevernl showmen rushed to the spot where
the lioness, snarling and growling, wns de
vouring the child. It was with the greatest
difficulty that the animal wns driven hack
and compelled to relinquish its prey. The
other animals scenting blood, set up a hl.bv
ous snarling and growling, nnd a little 5-year-old
girl, performing In a cage of wild
beasts, wo rescued only by the greates diffi
culty. The child' mother is a snake charm
er and was a witness to thn terrible scene.
She rushed forward with scream of agony
and was only prevented from throwing her
self in front of thn Hones. The act of the
father was purely a matter of carelessness
and he Is nearly insane nt the terrible death
ot his child.
SITUATION IN CRETE.
Hanam Psiha, Governor of Hersklion,
Dragged From HI Bon.
Hossnin Pasha bos been reinstated ns Gov
ernor of Hernkllon, In tho Island of Crete, as
being the only man nbln to capo with the
situation. On his refusing to admit to the
town a mob of Mussulmans who were bring
ing In tbo bodh's of two Mussulmans shot by
liiMirgciits, be was torn from bis horso and
severely maltreated.
The situation Is critical nnd thousands of
Mussulman, armed to the teeth, are throng
ing to Hernkllon unchecked. 1 he Christian
residents nre in a state of panic and Turkish
troops have been scut from C am a to restore
order.
Herlous fighting Is reported from Mace
donia. Two hundred Insurgents Inflicted severe
losses on three Hundred Turkish troops at
Harnntoporos Pass near Elassona.
Two bodies of Insurgents at Kritrahltsa
nfter two day' hot siege by 1,200 Turks cut
their way through towards Horovitsovo.
CHANO AT OSBORNE.
Th Chine Vioeroy Visit Queen Vio
torl. LI Hung Chang and bis suite went by
special train to Portsmouth nn the Oth to
cross the Holeut to thn Isle of Wight aud visit
the queen at Osborne. He was received at
Portsmouth by a number ot distinguished
naval officers and others nnd A salute ot 10
guns wa fired when he boarded the royal
yacht Alberta, which was in waiting. I'pon
leaving Portsmoth the yacht made a detour
aud gave the distinguished traveler a view ot
the large fleet of warships assembled in those
waters and also permitted blm to see about
a large aud attractive a fleet of pleasure
crafts as ever assembled In the solnut The
Chinese statesman wa saluted by the fleet
and continued on his way to Trinity wharf,
Cowes, where be was received by the Prince
of Wales, who escorted blm to Osborne. The
Marquis of Hailsbury, who presented I.i
Hung Chang to ber majesty, had preceded
the Chinese envoy to the Isle ot Wight.
WILL BE A THIRD TICKET.
Oold Demoorst Resolve en Convention to
Held September 9.
The National Provisional committee ot the
ound money Democrat held session at
Indianapolis, Ind., August 7. Thirty-three
States were represented by the members ot
tne committee or iy proxies, a committee
of Ave consisting of Mr. Outhwalte, of Ohio:
Mr. Tracey, of New York; Mr. Falkner, of
Alabama; Mr. Krauthoff, of Missouri, and
Mr, McCutcheon, of Minnesota, submitted at
the evening session a report in favor ot a
Nntiouul convention, to be held at Indiana
polls, on Heptember 2,to nominate candidate
lor President aud Vice President.
IELEOBAPHI0 TICKS.
Watson opeued his vice presidential cam
paign Thursday night at Atlauta,
Robert E. Wright, chairman ot the Penn
sylvania Democratlo atate oommittoe, ba
resigncu.
The American National bank, Sow Orleans,
elosed Its doors and the. directors have de-
elded to go Into liqulduiluu.
All the whisky d 1st I Hoes In Kentucky have
eonseuted to an almost total suspension of
production for 18 month.
Near Clay, Ky., Thomas Brown attacked
his tnotter-iu-law.wlte and baby with an axe
and cut them so thnt they will probably die.
Then he went to a neighbor and asked to be
shot.
Hauta Fe passenger train No. 1 collided
with an east-bound passenger train near
Dean Lake, Mo. Engineer Fred Herdy of
No. 1 was killed nud eight passengers raore
or less injured.
Maynard Covunuls and Miss Doyle Proctor
were killed aud Miss Delia Bishop was fatal
ly Injured by the collapse of a building In
which they bad sought shelter at Columbus
City, Ala.
Speaker Thomas B. Beed wa renominated
tor Congress by the Republican eonveutlon
ot the First district In Maine. He was pres
ent In the convention and made a speech ot
K'eptanee.
Lightning trnok the Bohemian Cathollo
ohurch in Oinaba.k(iltnf Mtsa Joseph Kepyra
and Injuring three other women.
UIESf FOREIGN lOTEUHL
THE PEACE OF EUROPE.
British Fleet Being Mtned In th Kediter.
rsneaa
The dnrk clouds of war loom once more
ovnr Europe In a more serious aspect than at
any time since Oermany espoiisod the cause
ot the Transvaal last January.' The peace ot
Europe hang but by a thread and at any
moment the whole of the Europcnn nntlons
may be engaged In a was that may surpass
any of tho great combats since the downfall
of Napoleon nt Waterloo,
The cause of this threatened outbreak Is
the Island of Crete and the Kingdom of the
Hunan of turkey in general. From present
Indications it appears that thn empire of the
Turkish Htiltan I about to be divided pelct..
meal among the foreign powers. Tho "Hick
man" ot Europe I now nigh unto death, and
nothing abort of a miracle can savo bis do
main. (rent Britain Is now massing a fleet nt
Olbrn.ter such as she line not possessed In
the Mediterranean writers for years. Eng
land, by tills great naval arriiy.Booms to fully
realize that grave emergencies arc about to
take place In the Turkish Km pirn nt any
moment, u was tne ueaire ol the British
Government that tho powers ought to try
and pacify tho Cretans by compelling the
Porte to give Its consent to reasonable de
mands for the betterment of the condition of
the Christians on the Island of Crete. The
Marquis Di Ruilinl aided with Lord Sails,
bury s views, but tho other powers felt that
action had twon delnyed for too long n period
and that It was now time to bring the terrible
condition which have existed for some time
past In the Turkish Empire to nn end.
After mature deliberation, (l'-rmany,Frnnco
and Russia favor the dismemberment of the
domain of the Turks, With this end in view
these powers nre now preparing tor a naval
display which outclasses allot their previous
demonstrations. ,
lCiiglutid has abandoned her policy ol con
ciliation, nnd now has her wnohlps at
Olbrnlter ready to demand her share of the
spoils.
The remnrfcs of Lord Wolelcy, Chief Com.
mriuder ot the British nrmy, has had a won
derful significance lu army and naval circles.
His opinion is that war with Knylimd and
Russia Is Inevitable, and when such an oc
currence takes place ho would not advise
placing the Indian troops In front of the
British. Ills opinion Is that Russia will In
vade India, and in thnt event the East India
troops would not prove loyal to the the Brit
ish cause. It Is true that a large number of
the Hindoos are ready for a revolt, and
Englishmen who hnve resided In India for
year regret very much the remarks of Lord
Wolseley, fearing that such an opinion may
cause dissatisfaction among the Indian
troop.
F'rom nil Indications, it seem thnt some
secret agreement has been reached between
France, Germany nnd Russia. Those who
are In a position to weigh the diplomatic re
lations of the various powers express their
belief that Russia, In the dismemberment of
Turkey, wdll Invade India, while France will
be aided In recapturing her lost territory In
Egypt. One thing Is certain, history is being
rapidly nindn lu Europe, nnd the wisest of
men cannot tell what changes will bn made
lu the map of the world iu the near future.
Grim war bang over nil, and the first shot,
which will precipitate the European nations
In the bloodiest war of the world, way be
II red at any moment.
TWENTY LIVES LOST.
Nioaraguan Floods do Hsavy Damag
Along Two Rivera.
A special dispatch from El Rama, Nicara
gua, says heavy ruins caused the rivers
Rama and Klqula lu thnt neighborhood to
riso rapidly ou July 20, last The panic
stricken Inhabitants found refugn on the
blgh ground nnd on board the steamers iu
the river Rama. Two of these steamers, the
.Milton aud the Horrock, were carried by the
force of the current far down the stream,
their crews being powerless to stop them.
The governor of Bluellelds organised a
relief corps and put provisions ou board a
steamer fur those who had been carried
dowu the river. The police and a commit
tee of citizens distributed relief Only llf
teen buildings were left standing by the
flood In Li Rama. The plantations near the
town are destroyed, and the los is estimat
ed Mt more than tl.bOO.COU. Many of the
refugees have fouud shelter lu Bluellelds.
Twenty live were lost.
FOREST F1BES IN MICHIOAIJ.
No Bain Ha Fallen There for Many
Weeks.
Much damage I being done by forest fires
about Hault Hte. Marie, Midi. Gladls,
station on the South Shore road, was wiped
out and its residents had to flee for their
live. Brimley was tbrenteued with destruc
tion also, and may have been wiped out by
this time. Hcoras of farmers have lost their
homes and have barely escaped with tbeir
lives.
The regular South Shore passenger train
was compelled to return owing to the intense
heat and smoke. Heveral of the passengers
fainted before the train got out of the tire
belt. No rain bas fallen for weeks and ev
erything on the ground is dry as tinder. Un
lets it rains soon there will be a vast amonut
of timber destroyed nnd much damage
done.
CRISIS IMMINENT IN HAITL
Intrigue Against th Oovtrnment Oiv
Promise of a Bevolution.
Alarming reports are current In Kingston,
Jamaica, as to the political aud financial sit
uatlon In Haiti. The premium on gold ha
risen to a prohibitive rate, 83 per cent being
the latest quotation and trade is almost at a
standstill. Many of the large mercantile
bouses have announced tbeir Intention of
closiug down, some have gone Into bank
ruptcy, and universal ruin seems almost In
evitable. The tlnuuce minister, M. Clistbene
Fouchard, bas beeu charged with the em
bezzlement of public moneys and is under
going an examination by a committee ot the
Chambers. Already political intrigues against
the government are the order ot the day and
a revolution seems imminent.
Stuck la Th Io
frof. R. 8. Tarr, ot Cornell university,
who started with Lieut. Peary on an Arctio
expedition In the steamer Hope, bas written
his family In Gloucester, Mass., that tbey
are stuck lu the floes of loe off the Greniand
coast. The letter was evidently hurriedly
written and dot not give details. The last
previously beard of the Hope was whin she
wa spoken off the Labrador coast. Prot
Tarr'a letter doe not intimate that the vessel
was In any Immediate danger.
Fiv7 Killed in" a Wrsok.
Five men were killed in a wreck nn the
Chicago, Rock Ltlaud ami Pacille railroad.
They were all resident of Dn Moines,
Iowa, trying to steal a ride to Chicago,
Tbey are: Wilbur Kucbner, Edward Garry,
Robert Garry, William Hhea and an un
known man. Tbey were all young men out
ol work aud trying to get to Chicago.
Bin Ar Dead.
A disastrous Ore occurred In a gilding
factory at Cbriatiania, Norway, and before it
was extinguished several buildings were de
stroyed. A falling wall killed six mea and
thirteen others were seriously hurt, ot whom
three have since died. It is believed that
tbnea children have nertshad la tUa tlamee.
FLOOD IN INDIANA.
1100,000 Worth ef Property DtroyJ
Near Blchmond.
A storm and flood occurred In Wayn
county, Indiana, Friday, that will Infllcl
100,000 damage. Five honsos were atraou
by lightning, The great stone dam at th!
Nixon naner mill has been awent it
Thirty house In the lower nart nf iflehmnnd
were flooded. The Nixon paper mill was
loiimieryeu except me top tory and a largi
stock of paper Is ruined, The Richmond
Light and Power Company' plant suffered
?tf),0fl0 loss and dnmann. The Rtsrr IMsn.i
Company and Hoosler drill works are great)
suiierers. ina city is in onrKncss, ,a(
Hagerstowd, where the eountr fair Is In
progress, the grounds were flooded by the,
ureaklng of the canal levee. There Is a haill
washout on the Panhandle six miles east oil
nere. i he totnl rainfall In tweilty-fnnt
inmrs tanning tonignt u uve Inches. White
river Is booming.
A cloudburst nenr Mbtrty, Ind., caused
such a flood In the White Water River and
Its tributaries as to cause a loss estimated at
a quarter ot a million dollars. Thn loss Is
largely In the destruction of standing corn,
but mill and other structures that have
sioon storms for sixty year have been
washed away. Jnmes KnllHr is missing from
Brownsville and Is believed to be drowned.
James Htlnson was wnshed from the road
and drowned. The following barn wtre
destroyed bv llirhtnlnir: John McCarav'a.
Robnrt Hcnrlett s, Henry Bess' and Walter
nuiirerys, aggregate loss 1S,000 tiy eleo
trlual lire.
RIOTS IN SPAIN.
Serlone Dietnrbanae Hsvs Oeonrrtd in
Valencia.
Trouble of a serious nature Is being
fomented In Spain, particularly In the prov
Ince of Valencia, tiy agents of the Cuban In
surgent. Tho minister of the Interior,
Scnor Cos-tlnyon, replying to a question In
the Chamber of Deputies, admitted that a
number of riots had occurred in Valencia.
and when asked to xplaln the cause of the
disturbances, said that they were caused by
friend of the Cuban Insurgents who hoped
thereby to prevent tho departure ot further
reinforcements of trooiis to Cuba. Hither
to the populnr demonstrations have
been attributed to protest against
thn Imposition of new tnxes, a
step made neeessnry by the financial strain
tho government bus been subjneted to
through can ylng on thn campaign ng.tlnst
the Insurgents of Cuba. But. while the govt
ernment Is only willing to admit that the
rtots nave been instigated tiy the agent of
the Cuban revolutionists, it Is generally ad
mitted that the roots of the trouble are much
deeper and that it Is being nourished by the
natural feeling of alarm and dismay at the
apparent Inability of the government to cope
with thn situation In Cuba, That the large
Spanish army In Cuba must be still further
and heavily reinforced is looked upon here
as being it confession of weakness upon the
pan oi tne administration, nud ns an admis
sion of the growing strength of the Cubans.
ALABAMA'S ELECTION.
Latter Batnrn do not Leeeen Johnitsn't
Majority.
The returns In o far show conclusively
thnt Johnston nnd the entire Democratlo
ticket win by n majority of about 40,000. The
lowest estimated inajorltv Is 85,000, nnd the
highest is 00,000. Tne legislature U Demo
cratic by nt least two-thirds. The heavy
Democratic gains were made In the white
counties of North Alabama. In this portion
Goo Iwyn, Populist, rnu behind Kolb'e vote
In
The Populist lender In Birmingham are
beginning to cry fraud, claiming that thous
ands of lletlous votes were cast in the black
belt, and they threaten that If Goodwyn Is
not elected they will organize the Populist
oi tne suite against llrynn aud curry Alabama
lor .H'-iviuiey 111 .soveniiier. V
Nothing like official returns cnVi be had
from the counties until Inter, but tlfera is no
doubt that tbern Is thn irrcttest Tlemimmtle
victory in state politics since 1S00. A large'?
ticmocratiu negro vote was cast than ever
before.
The silver question wa not o much the
issue iu thn Alabama campaign a was the
question ot nonest elections, captain John
ston, the Democratic nominee, was a candi
date in the convention of 1'.4. but was de
feated. This year Johnston captured the
pnrty, securea tne nomination for governor
uij'l lino tne party pledged to the free coin
age of silver,
B0BERT J. IS KINO.
Th Fstnoae Pacer Defeat Frank Agan ia
Great Bsc.
Robert J. ngaln demonstrated at Columbus,
Aug. S, thnt he Is the greatest pacer ever
harness to a sulky. Frank Agan wa the
favorite in tne rree-for-all pace, and, relying
upon bis remarkable performance at Cleve
land, nearly every lorseman on the track
backed blm to win. Previous to the second
beut, Robert J. bail few backers outside ot
Hamlin and the attache of the Village Farm
stable. When Robert J. took the eoond
heat, however, bv a line spurt at the finish.
the big crowd became enthused, and he at
once became a hot favorite. It was the great
est race of the year, the fastest four consecu
tive heats, and the fastest fourth heat ever
paced or trotted on any track being made
In the first heat, paced in 3:03 3-4. Agan
lowered his record naif a second, aud broke
the track record. The second and third
heats, in 3 .01 1-2, were considered phenomen
al, but the crowd was not prepared for the
great surprise, when the fastest fourth neat
ever paced or trotted was made, the time
neiug i.m
Hawaii Oat For Governor.
Hon. A. Newall, of Washington, ba an
nounced himself a candidate for the Populist
nomination for governor. Mr. Newall wa a
member of congress from New Jersey from
1H17 to lsil. He is a physician and was on
the door of the bouse when John Qulncy
Adams was stricken with his fatal Illness.
February 3, 14S, and attended the dying
statesman. Newall was elected governor of
New Jersey in ISM, wa beaten for governor
of that stats by Gen. Geo. B. McClellnn In
lni7 and was appointed governor ol wasn-
iuiitou territory iy President Hayes In 100.
NEWS NOTES,
The residence of Lucy Parsout,wlfe of the
Anarchist banged nt Chicago, wa burned In
Avondole, a Ihicago suburb.
The little town of Halem Center, northwest
of Waterloo, Ind., was visited by a disastrous
nre Monday that totally destroyed the prin
cipal part of the town, including the Odd
Fellows building and Its contents. The loss
Is heavy; liisurance not known.
Tbe Mussulmans have burned 200 Christ.
Ian bouses In the village of Kakodike In the
province of Hellno, island of Crete, and It is
feared that the l hr 1st tuns as a reprisal are
burning the Mussultuau village. Hostllllie
nave been resumed In various part of Hellno.
Cheney and Cldwell. members ot the Dal-
ton gang in Arkansas, who were tent to the
government insane asylum al Washington on
tbe supposition that lueir minds ware alteut
od. escaped from the asvluiu on Sunday.
Cheney was recaptured, but Cldwell has not
been found.
Tbe formal letters of acceptance of the.
aa,iouai party oauui.iiujs tor president aud
vlce-preshleut, Uou. Charles H. Beutiey, ot
Lincoln, iseu., ami rtou. iaine it. Boutn-
gate, of Durham, N. !., were given to the
press Tuesday from the nations! headquar
ters of the party al Alliance. O.
Tbe rlpnuiah press iu Havana' urge the
Ddke of I'etuan, minister of foreign affairs.
to demand the extradition ol the Cuban re-
volu-.ljcbt.