ins m indignities. STUDENTS RESPONSIBLE. Jewish Synagogttea Attacked and Four Per toni Injured During a Disturbance. The disturbances begun on Friday t Pllsen, Bohemia, by the opponents of the Hebrews, wore resumed Sunday. They nrose from a qunrrel of a Her man Hebrew student nnmed Hart mnnn and a Bohemian student named Schmidt. While the police were escort ing Hnrtmann from the town hall an anti-Hebrew mob attacked them and then smashed all the windows In the synagogue, the Hebrew schools and the houses of the best known Heb rews. The authorities railed out the mili tary to suppress the riots, and the troops paraded the town until 11 In the evening, when a regular sys tem of military patrol was established. An order has been Issued forr.idding public meetings of any kind, t . reetlng all householders to close their houses at 9 nclock In the evening and warning the heads of families to keep their apprentices and assistants In doors after 7:30 P. M. The police have made 29 arrests. The town Is quiet this evening, but there are disturbances at Sachsen, a suburb of rilscn, and at Asch, which require the presence of the military. Thus far only five persons have been Injured In the riots. It Is expected that many additional arrests will be made. BOMB FOR FAURE. Attempt to Assassinate the French Preildent, Not Successful. President Faure of France had a Marrow escape from death or serious Injury to-day, presumably at the hands of anarchists. A leaden tube, ten Inch es long, filled with gun powder and nails, was placed under a tlower stall on the route which the president was following. Fortunately the engine of destruction did not explode until five minutes after M. Faure had passed the point at which It was placed. The ex plosion caused material damage and (treat excitement prevailed when It was learned hat the president had been In danger. The explosion took place at the corner of the Boulevard j"e Magenta and the Rue do Lafayette. The president was on his way to the Gare Du Nord when the bomb was ex ploded, evidently by some person or persons who had learned of his route beforehand. It was learned later that the presidents train had left the sta tion at the Oare du Nord before the ex plosion took place. A previous attempt to assassinate President Faure by means of a bomb was made on June 13 last while the president was on his way to the race meeting at Long ChampB. Expemive Strike in London. The great strike and lockout In the engineering trades at London Is now entering its seventh week and the dif ficulty is more serious than ever. The number of operatives who have achieved their purpose owing to the smaller employers yielding is insig nificant, compared with the growing aggregate of the unemployed Many workers In the allied trades have al ready beeen rendered Idle by the strike and the conflict Is rapidly approach ing a stage when the Independent In dustries will be at a complete stand still. The strike is costing the Amal gamated Society 17.000 pounds weekly, rnly half of which is met by a special levy. Newspapers are beginning to urge. the Hoard of Trade to use Its power under the conciliation act. MANY APPLICANTS. fourteen Thousand Candidates for Govern j meat Positions File Papers. The civil service commission is over whelmed with papers of examlnatlonc for government offices and the corps of examiners is working overtime to whelmed with papers of examination Thus far during the administration, more persons have been examined by the commission throughout the coun try than In any previous year, largely the result of anticipated changes In the rules because of the change of administration. Over 14,700 papers are now on file pending action, covering all kinds of examinations. Probably 4,000 of these are for positions in postofflces. About 1,600 were filed by candidates for the customs service, while 6,000 of the pa pers belong to the last spring exam inations conducted by the commis sions. In addition to these examinations-have Just been held In 63 of the largest postofflcea of the country which are expected to Increase the number of cases by not less than S.000. Chief Examiner Severn says all this Immense increase has been developed without material Increase In the cleri cal force of the commission, exoept for temporary details. Since March there has been almost treble the amount of business as compared with similar pe riods in the past. Handouffl Won't Hold Him. James Carey, a notorious criminal, made a daring attempt to escape from Jail at Little Roqk, Ark., the other day. He broke the iron manacles from his legs, twisted off the big Iron lock to his cell door and entered the corridor of the Jail. When the Jailer appeared Carey felled him to the floor with the broken manacles and was scaling thu Jail yard wall when he was recaptured. Carey Is but 23 years old and has been In Jail In 22 States. He Is said to be the only criminal In the United States who cannot be held with handcuffs. He has big powerful bony wrists and hands so small and flexible that hand cuffs slip over them easy. Ordered All Dogi Killed. A big black dog was found In the northern part of Qulntman, Oa the other day, with every syptom of hydrophobia. It ran the full length of the town and bit many dogs before be ing killed. By the time the dog reached tho center of town 100 people were after him with pistols, guns and sticks. Mayor Bennett Im mediately Issued an order to the police to kill every dog found In the streets during the next sixty days. The town Is full of dogs, and if the mayor's order are followed an extra car will be needed to haul them away. million of Postal!. . Bids for supplying the Government with postal cards during the four years beginning December 1 next were open ed at the Postoffloe Department a few days ago. The estimated quantity re quired during that period Is 1,800,000,000 of the ordinary or single large sixe cards; 20,000,000 of the double or reply cards, and 250,000,000 of the single small sixe. Albert Daggett, of Washington, filed the lowest bid. of 23. US cents per thousand for the ordinary cards, though the lowest bids on the other two classes 40 and 11 cents per thousand respec tively, were by Russell Lodewlcli, of elacr, JM. T. TEHBB TILEORAKS, Tenry reached Turnavlck, Labrador, July 28. It Is said reciprocal duties with France may be arranged. The assignee of F. n. Cordley A Co. of tloston, finds unsecured liabilities of $;ir5,423. President McKlnley visited the collar factory at Troy, N. Y., last week where 2,000 women and girls are employed. Henry Hammett, aged 62, of Dan ville, HI., committed suicide and his wife died of grief a few hours after. The Joseph Ladue Gold Mining and Development Company was organized in Trenton, N. J., with a capital of $5,000,000. The saw and planing mills of the Tuiis Lumber Co., of Baltimore, were destroyed by fire Sunday. Loss, $500,- 000. While running at full speed, a Fltts burg trolley car crushed out the life of 9-year-old Willie Hoffman a few days ago. An attempt to arrest a negro charged with murder resulted In a riot In which three men were killed at Little Hock, Ark. Slmnn Barents, an aged citizen of Allegheny, Pa., committed suicide by hanging Wednesday. Harents was 65 years of age. Miss Hemming, the negro girl W'ho graduated from Vassar last com mencement, will be employed In the Boston public library. One man was Instantly killed and another seriously hurt In the elevator shaft of the Hotel Waldorf at New York a few days ago. Saying that he would swim ashore, Fred Nord, of Pittsburg, Jumped from a boat In Ashtabula Harbor the other day and was drowned. The fastest battleship afloat was launched in England the other day. The Yashlma Is owned by Japan, and at the trial trip made 19.46 knots an hour. A mosquito with a deadly sting bit Otto Miller's 18-months'-nld child on the cheek at Union Hill, N. J a few days ago. The child died from the re sults of the bite. The man In whose arms Garfield died at Klberon, N. J 16 years ago next month, Brigadier-General David G. Swalm, in 8. A., retired, died at Washington Tuesday. Three men, armed with Winchesters, went Into the Plnevllle bank, at Springfield, Mo., Tuesday, forced he cashier to hold up his hands and se cured about $600, mostly silver. Having missed a train Andrew Her nltz, of Wllklnsburg, Pa., flew Into such a rage that he adjusted a rope around his neck and allowed himself to be strangled to death last Sunday. A carrier-pigeon message to the Stockholm "Aftonblatt" announces that Herr Andree, who went to the North Pole In a balloon, has passed 82 degrees, and thus far had a good Jour ney. The government of Peru has ordered Its postage stamps made In the United States. The first order Is for 1.000,000 B-cent stamps and another for 2,000,000 stamps of other denominations will fol low, John E. Nowlln, a revenue informer, who had been arrested for breaking Into a sprlnghouse at Richmond, Va., waB taken from the officers In Runney bng, Franklin county, the other night, and shot to death. A son chopped at his father's neck with an ax until the head was severed from the body. The act was commit ted at Winnipeg, Man., by Adam Guga as the result of a quarrel over the ownership of some chickens. Johnson M. Murdy, the sculptor, died In a sanitarium at Geneva, N. Y., the other day, aged 64 years. One of tho best known of his works Is a marblo bust of Frederick Douglass in the ca pital at Washington. He also made a statue of Washington Irving that in considered a masterpiece. A passenger train on the Santa Fe was held up the other day between Oklahoma and Edmund by a half dozen masked highwaymen. The rob bers secured between $.100 and $600 from valuable packages In the safe and escaped. The passengers were not molested. Albert Blal of Koster & Dial, music hall proprietors, died Saturday night at New York of nervous trouble, from which he had suffered since February last. When stricken with his fatal Ill ness Mr. Rial had Just returned from England. He was born In Berlin, Ger many, f4 years ago, and came to the United States when 21 years old. On entering Russian waters the steamer Ohio met the German squad ron accompanying Emperor William of Germany, who has been visiting the Csar. The Ohio saluted and tho ban8 of the German Imperial yacht Hohenxollern replied by playing "Yankee Doodle," which was greeted with frantic cheers from the tourists. There Is great excitement over a most extraordinary state of affairs on board the British battleship Royal Sovereign, which Is about to sail for three years' service with the Mediter ranean squadron. Fifty men have de serted, all the cells on board ship are full, OJid the supply of Irons is not sufficient for the large number under going punishment. With elaborate and solemn ceremo nies the new chimes of St. Patrick's Cathedral, in New York, were blessed Sunday by Archbishop Corrlgan, as sisted by a number of priests and two score acolytes, in the presence of BOO persons. The chimes, which are 19 In number, were made In Savoy, and in weight vary frorri 300 to 700 pounds. They cost $50,000, and are said to be the finest in tho United States. J. Sergeant Price, of Philadelphia, president of the Land, Title and Trust Company, of that city, was taken from the surf at Cape May, N, J., the other day. The lifeguards who rescued Mr. Price carried him to his cottage, where several physicians, by resorting to ar tificial respiration, succeeded In restor ing him to consciousness, but he soon lapsed Into unconsciousness and died. At the close of the Christian Alliance Convention at Cleveland Sunday, a collection for missions was taken. Eleven thousand dollars was contrib uted within a few minutes, making $14,000 In all. Several ladles threw diamond tings Into the collection boxes, and many men did tho same with their gold watches and Jewelry. Two thousand cloakmakers at New York, employed by Bauman & Sper ling, Wendorff & Co.. the Syndicate Cloak Co., Bernstein & Newman, Ru bin & Well and Bloom Bros., are on strike for an increase of wages. Gen. W. H. McAlpIn, the millionaire tobacco man, who Is spending the summer with his family at Crest View, Conn., has lost his coachman, Henry Carlson, who has recently come Into a fortune by the death of his parents In Russia. On hearing the news Carl son Immediately gave notice that he would quit at the end of the month. The property is worth $70,000, of which he has already received $18,000. With several millions more In sight the principal Treadwell mine on Doug lass island, Alaska. Is soon to have the largest stamp mill In the world. It has been decided to double the capacity of the plant, making the number of stamps, 800. E GROW! FOUR MEN SHOT, An Endeavor to Influence the Men to Work, Terminates in a Riot. While non-union men were trying to Influence some of tho striking miners to return to work, a riot ensued at Turtle Creek, Ta., Sunday. Four Italians were shot, though not seri ously wounded. It is said that between twenty and thirty shots were fired. Both sides are sold to have Joined In the use of powder and ball. The first lusted but a short time, but, it was long enough to wound several of the strikers. The coal operators, who have many large contracts on hand which they are unable to fill, held a conference nt Cleveland Tuesday, at which three fourths of the tonnage of the Pittsburg district was represented, and all are ngreed to resume operations forcibly. If neeessnry, with the exception of M. A. Kanna & Co, It was determined nt the conference that mines in the Pittsburg district should be started and operated with out further delay on the grounds that the miners have tnken a high-handed position; that nothing but an unrea sonable price for mining will sntlsfy their demands, and that they have been unwilling to treat with the oper ators on any fair grounds; also, that there is no other course left open to the operators at this time. It was determined that all coal sold at the fit-cent basis of mining this year must be mined at that price. No change In the price of mining will be considered until the contracts made at the 64-cent basis of mining are lllled and the uniformity agreement Is com plete. Twenty-five hundred miners of the Lehigh and Wllkesbarre collieries, In the Honeybrook district. Pa., went on strike Monday, and at a meeting re solved In a body to stand together. This Is the first defection among the miners of Eastern Pennsylvania. Apart from the wage question, the men demand the discharge or transfer of Superintendent Jones, and the feel ing against him is so strong that he moves about with an armed escort, and his house Is guarded day and night. Frank Andeison, of Pittsburg, who was acting as chief deputy sheriff at the Plum Creek mines, snot Robert Kerr, another deputy, Monday, Inflict ing a wound that the doctors pro nounce fatal. The killing was the re sult of a personal quarrel between the men, caused by the alleged bad treat ment of Kerr by Anderson. Tho striking minora have been en Joined from marching at Pittsburg by the courts. Their wives will now march about the mines and endeavor to influence those miners to quit who still remain at work. An Injunction of the court, restrain ing the Fairmont, W. Va., miners from marching, such marching being re garded as an effort to intimidate the working, miners, was disregarded. As a result 200 miners were arrest ed, and 27 placed In Jail at Clarksburg. There were no accommodations for the remainder. The trial was postponed until necessary papers could be secur ed. ASSASSIN GARR0TED. Murderer of Canovai Exeonted-Refusod (Spiritual Advice of a Priest. Michael Antfolillo, who shot and kill ed Benor Canovas del Castillo, the prlmo minister of Spain, nt the baths of Banta Angueda August 8, was exe cuted Friday morning at San Sebastian according to tho sentence of the court martial Imposed upon him Monday Inst after his trial on the previous Sun day, which sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Council of war. Anglolll lo heard calmly tho news that he was to be executed, but he appeared to be surprised, at and bitterly complained of the frequent visits of the priests, de claring they would obtain nothing from him. He declined to enter the chapel, saying he was comfortable enough in his cell. An executioner from Purges performed the garrotlng Just prior to which a priest exhorted the anarchist to repent, to which Angioltllo responded "Since you cannot get me out of prison, leave me In peace. I, myself, will settle with God." SPANIARDS DEFEATED. Thirty-thousand ofWeyler's Soldiers Sick in Cnban Hospitals. The ravages made around the prin cipal towns near Havana by the in surgent Colonel Raoul Arango, his continual raids upon the towns and the many challenges sent by him to Gen. Weyler and all the other com manders of Spanish troops In Havana province, led to a combined attack upon him by the Spanish forces of Gen. Morote and Col. Arguelles Agutl era. Arango was fortilled with GOO men In the hills of El Grillo near Mad ruga and repelled three attacks of the Spaniards. The Spanish loss, is is said, was very heavy. Arango's loss during the three fights was almost in significant because of his excellent system of trenches. In Matanzas pro vince the Spanish Battalion of Guada laja Is also said to have Incurred con siderable loss in an engagement with the Cubans near Bolondron, Tho Spanish soldiers now sick In tho differ ent hospitals ot the island number over 30,000 men,' INNOCENT ITALIANS LYNCHED. Negro Murderer Confesses to Crimea for which Others are Punished. Richard Creole, the negro arrested on the Wilmington plantation In St. Charles parish, near New Orleans, charged with the robbery and murder of Louis Sciegler, is staggering the authorities with the extent of his con fessions. Creole admitted five more murders, erne of which was the murder of Alexis, a Spaniard, last June, which was attlbuted to two Italians, who were lynched. The United States De partment of State paid damages to the Italian government only tho other day for these lynched Italians, whom, Creoje now declares, were innocent, he being the murderer. Including the other two crimes, he confesses in all to seven murders, all being committed with the Idea of robbing his victims. Must Pay a License. When Mayor Rice heard that Schlat ter, the "Divine Healer" would expect pay from all comers in the future he sent him word that If he' Intended to carry on his business longer on the streets of Canton, O., he would have to take out a permit, costing $5 a day, the same as any other street vender. His manager made the announcement that he would not pay the fee, and that he will close up his "healing" establish ment. The mayor says he has been making enough money to pay for the keeping of two managers and wants a lie lor the city. REIGN OF TERROR. Invadori Belie Bank and Oendarmef art Shot Down in the Attack Having suffered Innumerable Injur ies and Injustices at the hands of the Turks, the Armenians have at last Undertaken to assert themselves. A dispatch to the New York World states that the wildest excitement reigned In Constantinople Wednesday, and that the people were panic-stricken over a series of bomb explosions and an Invasion of the Imperial Otto man Bank. Many were killed and many others Injured. The explosions nre attributed to the Armenians, A bomb was thrown Just outside the police headquarters In the Pera district. It failed to explode. Al most at the same moment an Armen ian, whose name, It Is believed, is Oar aveliet, was arrested at the Imperial ottoman Bank, In the Galata district. He was carrying a package of explos ives, which he was trying to Ignite. A second bomb was exploded In a private road between the olllce of the Grand Visiter and the State Council House. One man was killed arid sev eral others were severely Injured. The Armenian who was arrested at the Im perial ottoman Bank was trying, it la reported, to place the bundle of ex plosives near one of the main entranc es. The crowd who saw him delivered by the bank oltlclnls to the police would have mnde short work of him It they had not prevented. Then the riot became general. Shops were sacked, bazaars looted and the wildest excitement prevailed. The movement, which was revolutionary, was started by the Hulntchadlsts, u secret society of Armenians. There were riots In the Galata quar ter, and the Turks killed many Ar menians. The street between Dolma begtche and Tophanes resembled a field of battle. Fifty bodies were counted there. Hundreds of Musselmen armed with cudgels and led by the softas (students) overran the quarter and killed or battered all the Armenians they met. Many shops In Galata were plunder ed and the panic spread over the whole city, especially In the Pera quarter, where the two bombs were thrown in to a group of soldiers, several of whom were wounded. Bombs, bullets and other missiles rained upon passers-by, A bomb thrown from a hank roof killed four Turkish women driving past In a carriage. Sir Edgar Vincent, Governor of the bank, went to the Ylldlz Kiosk for an audience with the Sultan on the sub Jtet, and while he was there the Sul tan received n message from the riot ers announcing thnt they were willing to surrender if allowed to leave the. ccuntry. He then returned to the bank and parleyed with tho leaders through the open windows. The Armenians declared that they had seized the bank to make a demon stration against the Powers which had abandoned the Armenian cause. They flnnlly surrendered nnd were sent away on Sir Edgar's yacht Gulnar guardeil by the British gunrdshlp Imogenc and two British gunboats. COMPETING WITH EUROPE. Amerioan Engine Builders to Receive Quite a Number of Ordera from Japan, A statement prepared by the treasury department shows that for the first time In the history of trade relations with Japan the United States Is en titled to be considered as a. serloun competitor with Europe. In the supply of machinery, rails, nails and pig Iron the United States assumed a leading place. The British representative nt Toklo has pointed out thnt American railway engine builders nre likely to receive a great number of orders dur ing the present year. An unusual de mand for metals, textiles and raw ma terials Is noted. Our own official statis tics show thnt our exports to Jnpan have risen from $:.2K8,282. to $1.1.233,970 for the fiscal year Just closed. This In crease was mainly In cotton and manu factures of cotton, manufactures of Iron and steel, including machinery, mineral oil refined, manufactured to bacco, lumber and wheat flour. The Increase In our manufactures of Iron and steel and In raw cotton la especial ly notlcenble. During tho year Just ended the value of Japanese goods brought Into tho United States was $24,009,7(18, a decrease of $1,500,000 com pared with last year. Of the 113.343.175 pounds of tea Imported by the United States during the fiscal year 1897, Japan supplied 45,465,161 pounds and China 68,483,924 pounds. Japanese teas have decreased ono-half in price In IB years. The Import of chief value, raw silk, was last year valued at $10,010,835. Boys Find a Fortune. The Btenmer George Starr arrived at Seattle a few days ago from Dyea bringing three passengers fresh from the Klondike gold fields, who bring out with them about $3.",000. The lucky ones nre Edward M. Thoma.q, of Seattle a boy Just passed 19; John Stewart, aged 20, of Sumner, Washington, and Scotty Wlnterhome. It had been an nounced that the Starr would have seme passengers aboard from the gold fields, and when she arrived a thous and people were on the dock to wel come hor; FROM ACROSS THE SEA. A six-weeks' strike of 19,000 coal min ers In Belgium failed. Indications point to Senor Sagasta to be the new Spanish premier. The Armenians have become wearied waiting for the Powers to do something In their behalf and are now advocating revolution, A bomb explosion In a suburb of Con stantinople. Several Americans were arrested, and It is said incriminating documents were found. ak The queen regent of Spain Friday conferred the premiership upon Gen. Azcarraga, who is also minister of war. The cabinet will not be modified. Prince Henri of Orleans, who was wounded on Sunday morning In a duel with swords fought with the Count of Turin, near Paris, has passed all dan ger of a serious outcome from his wound. The Czar a few days ago received at the Poterhof palace a number of distinguished physicians, Including the American delegates, Messrs. Steven son, Kayer and Terma, who are on their way to the International congress of medicine, which Is to be held at Moscow, A convention Is to be agreed upon between Spain and the United States for the settlement of all claims on ac count of wrongs and Injuries commit ted In Cuba. The result of this com mission will be the appointment of a claims commission. After the sentence of death had been passed on Michel Anglollllo, the Anar chist assassin of Premier Canovas, he thanked Lieutenant Gorrla, who de fended him, for his efforts, and denied that he, had any accomplices, or that he was an accomplice of those who committed the bomb-throwing outrage at Barcelona, or that he had par ticipated In secret gatherings of the Anarchists. WHEAT ADVANCES 10 ONE DOLIKR CHEERING IN NEW YORK, Every Market In the World Notes an Increase Except Farii, Just before the regular closing Satur day at New York wheat branched out Into exeted trading, with an attendant rise to the highest point of the market, $1.0.' for September. Later on the curb It held very strongly at that figure on light offerings. Corn was also very active and strong at 86V4 cents for Sep tember, it was reported that nearly a million bushels of corn had been mark ed for export. Wheat scored 'ft sensational advance Friday at every market In the world with the exception of Paris. During the regular session of the Chicago board of trade September vhea,t gained 6'Ae nnd December C-ldn. On the curb, after regular hours, another advance of 3c was made, September selling freely at 06c. The advance was by no means merely a Chicago bulge. Liverpool started It, the English markets showing a gain equivalent to 4 ffi ic per bushel. Every American market followed the example. New York gaining 6c, St. Louis 4c and the northwestern markets 6c. The strength of the English mar kets was attributed to unsettled weather and covering by shorts. The ofllclnl report of the Hungarian crop, showing it the smallest In ten years, might have had some Influence. Beer bohm, the noted English statlstlcan, estimated European necessities at 384, 000,000 bushels, with 181,000,000 bushels of thnt amount required from America, September wheat In the New York market reached the long-talked-of goal of $1 per bushel. Naturally enough the Incident created a tremendous sen sation on the floor of the exchange and was greeted with prolonged cheers from half a thousand throats, being re-echoed from the crowded galleries. Cash wheat Friday sold at a dollar In Minneapolis, the first time since the summer of 1890. The price of cash wheat had Just passed the dollar point when from down the hallway came the sound of martial music. There was a rush for the door and the crowd broke Into n cheer as up the corridor came C. A. Plllsbury at the head of a band of music which was pounding out a dol lar memorial march. Mr. Plllsbury led his band through the doorway and on to the floor, while hats went up and cheers proclaimed the entire satisfac tion with which a majority received the news of dollar wheat. Cash wheat sold for $1 a bushel on sample at St. Louis last week. The on ly carload sold at that price came from Sedgwick county, Kan. It was choice grade and was bought for seeding pur poses. Word has been received at Philadel phia that the Russian government is meditating the promulgation of a de cree prohibiting the export of wheat, owing to the small crops In Southern Russia, and this report Is causing some uncaslnesa to those Interested. SORROW FOR JOHN P. L0VELL. A General Expression of Sympathy Called Out by His Death. Spldom has there been such a general expression of sympathy over the loss of one whose life has been devoted to business pursuits, as has been called forth by the recent death at Cottage City, Mass.', of that venerable land mark of the business world, the late John P. Lovell, founder and President of tho John P. Lovell Arms Company of Boston. Almost numberless mes sages and letters of condolence, on the death of his honored father, have been received by Colonel Benjamin S. Lovell treasurer of the Lovell Anns Company. The wide scope covered by these com munications Is In Itself evidence of the great regard In which he "was held by the leaders in business and public life. These expressions of sympathy have not been confined to New England, hut they have come from every prominent business centre of the North, East, West and South In fact, from every portion of the Union; because the name of John P. Lovell, and the corporation created by him, have been for more than a half century the synonym of honest dealing and business integrity. Even from England, from firms with whom Mr. Lovell had enjoyed the plcasantest business relations for more thnn fifty years, Colonel Lovell has re ceived messages of sympathy, CRUELTIES IN CUBA. Spain Fears that Atrocities will Frovent Far ther Loans Being Oranted. Tho correspondent of the London Dally Chronicle In a letter from Cuba tells of further cruelty and distress In that Island. Ho says the paclfleos are dying by the hundreds, their bodies tainting the air close to a Spanish fort. Tho Cbroniclo correspondent continu ing remarks that a private letter has been received at Havana from Senor Sagasta the Liberal leader In Spain, in which he says: "The atrocities are rais ing a thrill of horror In Europe and I fear It is impossible to raise fresh loans, without which wo cannot retain Cuba," The correspondent further says: "German syndicates) aro buying the devastated estates at nominal sums and Intend to go extensively Into coffee planting, abandoning sugar. This will directly concern the United States and French sugar trusts and will probably lead to extensive sugar growing in Georgia and Florida." Performer killed. Walter A. Allen, of Waterloo, Ia an employee of Howe's London Circus, was killed the other night at Chicago while making a ballon ascension at Electric Park. A crowd of 1,000 watch ed the attempt and was horror-stricken when Allen was observed to become entangled In the ropes when the ballon bad reached a height ot 200 feet. The guy rope became wound around his neck, and as the big balloon arose the aeronaut was pulled from the perform ing bar and fell to the ground. lyes Put Out By Hat Fine. Owing to the fact that there have been two cases recently of persons having their sight destroyed by the enormous hatpins now worn by women In London, the newspapers have started a crusade against the fashion. A man who was riding recently in an omnibus had one of his eyes pierced by a pin In the hat of a woman Bitting near him. In the other case a girl was blinded by a pin in the hat of a com panion with whom she was playing. Squeesed and Jumped to Liberty. William Malone, a patient In the Hudson River State Hospital at Poughkeepsle, N. Y., made his escape In a daring manner Saturday. He managed to break the grating, of the window to his room. He squeesed himself through the heavy Irons and leaped over $0 feet to tho ground. It is supposed that he was injured by the TRADE IMPR0YIN0, Agriculture Shows Great Gains, with ' Marked Advance in Wheat. It. O. Dun & Co"., In their weekly re View of tho trade, reports as follows; Not for several years have the tele graphic reports from various cities In all parts of the country been as en couraging or shown as uniform Im provement as this week. The markets are called crazy by some, but fairly re present the people whose confidence In the future Is strong and Increasing. Nothing appears to check It. Rumors of Injury to crops are not sufficiently supported to have much Influence. The one temporary hindrance Is the strike of bituminous coal miners, which In terferes as yet little with Industries, and seems likely to terminate within a week. The demand for money Improves, taking from New York to the Interior about $500,000 more than was received during the week, and offerings of com mercial loans are much larger. Includ ing considerable Iron and steel paper, and the course of foreign exchange Is generally Interpreted as an Indication that specie Imports cannot be long de layed. The greatest gain has been for agri culture. Corn has advanced a little in price, but Is moving very largely, so that the last year's surplus may soon be marked, unless the new crop turns out better thnn many now expect. Cot ton declined because of an estimate promise the largest crop ever grown, but the goods market la decidedly Im proving, and some of the large mills, after a few weeks of suspension, have resumed work. Other farm products are doing -well also, but wheat has advanced llo for the week on actual transactions, with heavy purchases for export. The official estimate of the yield is entirely disre garded, except as an admission that the crop will be larger than that of last year, and Is commonly assumed that tho yield will be 650,000,000 bushels or more, though recent reports of In jury Indicating the possibility of a somewhat smaller outcome, have helped the advance In prices. Western receipts for the week were 8,844,654 bushels, against 3,974,176 last year, and for three weeks, 11,340,267 bushels, against 10.697,137 last year, while At lantic exports are about double last year's 8,705,287 bushels, against 1.808,347 last year, and for three weeks, 9,810.818 bushels, against 6,102,660 last year, flour Included for both years. It Is well to notice that corn exports continue more than double last year's, also In three weeks, 8,516,544 bushels, against 4,119,241 Inst year. The Iron and steel Industry In spite of the still unsettled strike of the bi tuminous coal miners, and the enorm ous purchases of ore at Cleveland and also of billets nt Pittsburg, show, the utmost confidence In the future. Many additional establishments have begun work during the past week and, while no material change In prices has oc curred, the reports Indicate fewer con cessions to secure business and a much steadier tone. Failures for the week have been 223 In the United States, against 280 last year, and 30 In Canada, against 27 last year. . SCHOOL REPORT. Education Given to 16,000,000 Persona In In stitutions Throughout the United States. The report of the United States Com missioner of Education, Dr. William T. Harris, for the year ended' July 1, li;P0, has just been completed. It brings the educational progress of the coun try up to thnt date and embraces the latest statistics the bureau has gath ered. The report shows a total en rollment In that year In the schools and colleges, both public and private, of 15,997,197 pupils. This was an in crease of 308,675. The number in pub lic Institutions was 14.465,371, and In private Institutions 1,531,826. In addition to all these there were 418,000 pupils In the various special schools and Institutions, Including business colleges, music conservato ries, Indian and reform schools, mak ing the grand total enrollment for the whole country 16,415,197. The report says the 178 schools for secondary and higher education of the colored race had slightly over 40,000 students en rolled, an Increase of over 3.000 for the year. The schools Increased by six teen in number, mostly high schools. There were 25,092 pupils In the ele mentary grades, 13,663 In the second ary grades and 1,4.",B in the collegiate departments. There were 4,762 color ed students studying for teachers. Industrial training Is a prominent feature in nearly all of these schools. CAPITAL OLEANINOS. Available cash balances' In treasury $220,916,183; gold reserve, $143,052,321, The commission of Ethan A. Hitch cock of Missouri as minister to Russia was made out at the White House Fri day. The appointment dates from Aug. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury has awarded to MuArthur Bros. Company, of Chicago, the contract for the foun dation work for the new postofflce) building at their bid of $208,453. The State Department has received a report concerning the condition of Lawrence M. Cottrell, an American cltzen, reported to be in ill health and destitute circumstances at Madras, near Calcutta. Through the Consul General at London it was found that the condition of Cottrell was as repres ented, and he was brought to London. He was offered transportation ' home, but refused it, even going so far as to deny his Identity. The Ordinance Bureau of the War Department awarded the contract for building Ave disappearing gun car riages to the Bethlehem Iron Compa ny, of Bethlehem, Pa., at $28,560 each. This was the lowest bid and the quick est time offered. The first carriage to be ready in four months, and one Is to be completed every five weeks thereafter. These carriages are to be not only disappearing, but they are to be set on a swivel for all-around firing. They will mount twelve-Inch guns. Comptroller James H, Eckels will soon take up the duties of the pre sidency of the recently-formed Col onial Trust Co., of which Roswell P. Flower is the acting president. Mr. Eckels has had an offer In conjunc tion with that of the presidency of a Chicago bank under consideration for some time. He has finally accepted the New York offer and will relieve Mr. Flower early in the fall, immediately after he has finished his annual re port as comptroller of the treasury. Mr. Eckels' salary In the new position will be $15,000 per year. Boy Blown Up. Pasquale Palmlere, a 3-yar-old Italian boy, was Instantly killed by the explosion of some unknown substance at Newark, N. J., the other day. He was playing In the street, and was noticed to pick up something and chbw on It. There win a terrible ex plosion, and the boy's head was blown from his body. The Italians have been celebrating the feast of St. Rocco, and it la supposed the boy picked up a piece of fireworks that had failed to xplooa.
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