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THE COONTY RECORD i ,=? _,? ... -. ! EIHG8TREE, S. C. LOUIS J. BBISTOW, Ed. & Prop'r, 10E TAEIFF BILL PASSES. ' Ten Majority in the Senate For the i | Revised Dingley Measure. * FINAL VOTE WAS 38 TO 28. t-% ' Party Llnti Broken?One Democrat, Mr. ? *,** McEnery, of Louisiana, and Two Populists Recorded in the Affirmative ' ?Seven Silver Senators Declined to Tote?In the Hands of the Conferees. Washutotox, D. C. (Special).?The long j and exciting struggle in the Senate over the Tariff bill came to a close at a quarter before 5 o'clock p. m., Wednesday, when the bill was passed by a majority of ten. During the whole day, despite the instense j heat, the galleries had been filled, and ' Then the time for the vote drew near.mem- ' hers of the House of Representatives flocked into the Senate chamber, filling the sofas, and stood ranged along the wails back of the seats of Senators. Speaker Reed and Chairman Dingley were prominent among those remained until the vote was taken. There was no sort of demonstration at the announcement of the result. The scene in the Senate during the closing hours of the debate was a remarkable -one. The most striking feature of the debate was the speeches of the Silver Republicans, who, under the lead of Senator Teller, took advantage of the occasion to eranhasize more stronelv than ever their com- i Iplete separation from the Republican organization. While professing that they were still protectionists, they declared that tike tariff was no longer a political issue of -the first importance. While they and the Populists generally refrained from voting on the bill, they called attention to the fact that their votes could have been obtained had they been needed to enable the Republicans to pass a strictly party measure. It was their contention that no tariff revision could bring prosperity, and they were determined that the Republicans should pass just such a bill as they wanted, so that the country could have an object lesson. Senator Teller warred the Republicans that they could not excuse any faults in the bill on the ground that they were forced to make conoessions, as he and his colleagues had stood ready to support them in passing any bill they might frame. This is the vote on the passage of tho bill In detail: Yeas?Republicans?Messr?. Allison. Burrows, Baker, Carter, Clark, Cullom, Davis, Deboe, Elklns, Fairbanks, Foraker, Gallinjger. Hale, Hanna, Hawlev, Lodge. McBrlde, McMillan, Mason, Morrill, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Piatt fConn.), Piatt (N. Y.), Pritchard, Proctor, Quay. Sewell, Spooner, Warren, Wellington, Wetmore and Wilson?35. Silreritee?Messrs. Jones (Nev.) and ManDemocrat? Mr. McEnery. Naya-rDemocrats?Messrs. Bacon, Bate, Berry, Caffery, Chilton, Clay, Cockrell, Faulkner. Gray. Harris (Kan.). Jones (Ark.), Xeoney, Lindsay, Mallory. Martin, Mills, Mitchell, Morgan, Pasco. Pettus. Rawlins, Bosch, Turner, Turpie, Vest, Walthall, and BUvertte?Mr. Cannon. Ktesrs. Allen and Butler, Populists; Fettigrew, Stewart, and Teller, Silverites; Kyle, Independent, and Heitfeld, Democrat, refused to vote. Pairs w?% announced between Senators Chandler and McLaurin; Frye and Gorman; G<ar and Smith; Wolcott and George; II Haosboroughand Daniel; Hoar and Harris, or Tennessee, and Thurston and Tillman. An there was some difficulty about a pair for Mr. Murphy, of New York, Mr. Aldrich withdrew his vote and announced a pair with him. Mr. Allison then made the formal motion, whioh was agreed to, that the OAeemfrA (noiof av? i+a omun/lmontc nnrl ocl* for a conference with the House. Senators Allison, Aidrich, Piatt (of Connecticut), . Borrows, Republicans; Jones (of Nevada), Sllvarite, and Vest, Jones (of Arkansas), &WV- and White, Democrats, were appointed M -conferees on the part of the Senate. An analysis of the final vote ehows that *he affirmative was cast by thirty-five Republicans, two Sliver Republicans? Jones, fc -oi Nevada, and Mantle?and one Democrat, McEnery. The negative vote was cast by twenty-five f Democrats, two Populists?Harris, of Kan: ' sas, and Turner?and one Silver Republican, i i* Cjumon. These Senators withheld their vote?Allen, Butler. Heitfeid, Kyle, Stewart. Topuiists, and Teller and Pettigrew, Silver Republicans. The measure now goes to conference, > where the disagreements between the two bouses will be adjusted. This work will devolve upon eight members of the Senate Finance Committee and eight members of the House Committee on Ways and Means. THE NORTHWEST DELUCED. Floods and Tornadoes Do Enormons Damage. . , f Reports of damage and loss of life by a storm that was general como from parts of North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. It had its origin in the Lake *T Superior region. ? 'f V The total loss oflife Is hard to estimate, however, as conflicting stories keep coming in. So far as known fully twenty-live lives have been lost. The damage to property cannot be esti}[ mated, bat it will undoubtedly be eonsiderr ably over $1,000,000. Reports received from towns along the St. Paul and Dulutk Railroad stated that all streams were rising. The tornado swept through Aiken ,. County, Minnesota, cutting a swath through tv' / the woods, leveling the trees and every!GfeV ' thing else in its path. It struck the town of Glenwood, and several people were killed there. The list of dead at that place so far as known is as follows: Toliff Lavan, Anna i Morrow, eight years old; Mrs. Samuel Morrow, Samnel Morrow, Oswald Morrow, Robert McGowan and an unknown man. William Norrls and wife were also reported killed. A one-year-old baby had a leg and arm broken. Two men, William Sargent and Charles Wilson, are known to have been killed in a wreck on the Great Northern near St. Cloud. Four others are thought to be burled under the cars. The train ran into a washout and was ditched, twenty cars ? \ and engine being piled up. Forty million logs have broken away in St. Croix Lake, and the water rose twenty * feet, flooding the entire country. People tied to higher ground. The crops are rhined. Straight River at Faribault rose fifteen feet in ten hours, and is near the danger line. Two wrecks are reporto 1 on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road and ?' four people were killed. e; < * ~ Of Course. ghe?Don't you th'.uk it is always dif9 -ficult to tell a woman's age? He?She always acts as if it was.? Itichujoml Dispatch. RiVy' " > t GBEAT STBKE OP MDIBBST The United Mine Workers Obey the Order to Quit Work. REPORTS FROM STATES AFFECTED. Folly 100,000 Men Go Oat on the First Day?In Ohio Alone It is Estimated That More Than 65,000 Quit Work ?Spring Valley Men Eager ;For the Fray, Though 111 Prepared. fV>T dhln ^SnAct.ill ?Tha craat strike inaugurated under the direction of the officers of the Uuited Mine Workers of America has begun. As far as known there has been no hostile demonstrations. The miners have been cautioned by their leaders not to use any dblawful means to secure the success of this strike for higher wages. Reports from cil parts of Ohio show that I practically all th^ mines In the State are j closed. Some of the miners in the Jackson | and Shawnee districts are still working.and will remain in the mines for a few days to await the action of the Pittsburg district. Owing to the fact that many mines have been working on very short time, some of the districts of Ohio present scenes but little different from those of the past few months. Generally speaking, the miners are in poor shape to stand a prolonged strike, and if the suspension continues for any length of time their want will result in making the situation very serious. Many of the Ohio operators express a willingness to pay the scale demanded by the miners provided the j increase in made in the Pittsburg district. | AJ1 the Ohio operators ask is that the nine- | cent differential in favor of Ohio bo maintained. Reports indicate that the strike order has been generally obeyed, except In West Virginia, northwestern Kentucky, and the Danville (111.) district. Cleveland, Ohio (Special). ? Reports from the mines operated from this point indicate that ninety per cent, of the 75,000 miners who are under direct orders from Cleveland have thrown down their tools, and that the larger part of the remaining ten per cent, have decided to quit work. Never before In the history of mining in Ohio have Cleveland operators confronted so great a strike as the present. Chicago, 111. (Special).?Despatches from various points in Illinois and Indiana indicate that the strike of coal miners is widespread. A despatch from Bloomington, 111., says that the miners of the McLean County Company decided to go out in obedienoe to the general circular calling for suspension of work. There is no dissatisfaction, and the strike will be purely sympathetic. The miners receive fifty cents per ton for dig glng second vein coal and sixty cents for thLid vein. Representat ves ofithe mines at Riverton, Barclay and Spaulding got together and unanimously decided to join the general strike. At f)awson the miners also decided to quit work, and the movement is expected to spread through the Springfield district. President Knight of the United Mine Workers for Indiana, In an interview at Terra Haute said that the Columbus report to the effect that 373,093 men will be involved In the strike Is a gross exaggeration. He estimates that the total number of miners that will be Idle will be between 110,000 and 125,000. His figures are as follows: In Pennsylvania, 22,000; in Ohio, 25,000; in Indiana, 8000; in West Virginia, 20,000, and in Illinois, 35,000. Sprixo Yallst, HI. (Special).?Good order has characterized the conduct of the striking coal miners. The leaders will use all means at their command to Induce the men to commit ncf violent acts. The men number 4000, one-half of whom are nonEnglish speaking. Apprehension of trouble comee from what the foreign miners may do toward the close of the month. There will be many families on the verge of starvation if a.'#l Is not extended them. The county authorities will give no more than $4 a month to the families of the miners, and many of them will not get any aid. If the suspension extends beyond four weeks there will be destitution among twothirds of the miners in this section. At Ladd, a village near this city, the miners are already applying for county aid. The strike sentiment is so strong that it is believed these men, masons, mechanics, blacksmiths and carpenters, will be forced to get In line. There is no section of the West which goes into the fight to a man as have the miners of the Spring Valley district, and none are so desperate. The miners of this city anticipated the general strike order three days before it was issued from Columbus, and at a mass meeting placed themselves on record to dig no more slxty-three-cent-a-ton coal after July 2. In every coal strike Spring VaLey maintains its old strike reputation of being the first out and the last in. I> diaxapolis , Ind. (Special).?The prediction of the officials of the United Mine workers ur^tiuiuuuu mm iuv v. I derod would be generally responded to in j Indiana was realized by the abandonment | of the mines in all the coal districts except | the county of Clinton and one mine in Green County where colored men are employed. At Brazil the block coal miners hac. a large mass meeting, and unanimously endorsed the action of the meeting which decided to strike. So intense was the feeling that a request by one miner that he be allowed to prop up his room, which was left without proper supports was refused. There seemed to be the heartiest accord among the miners in taking the step. The few who at first deserted were persuaded easily to join the 3trike. As a rule the strikers are not well prepared for a protracted struggle, for few of them have earnod wages of which anything could bo saved, and the majority, notably those having families, are in debt. The "mine owners believe that the strike will not be attended by any lawlessness. Pittsbcbg (Special).?Meetings of coal miners were held all over the Pittsbnrg district on July 4. Most of the men seemed to be in line for a strike. The miners in the Clfarfleld district have agreed not to strike. Senator Mark Hanna, of Ohio, is now paying the best wages in this district. He gives his men sixty cents a ton for all coal mined by them, while other operators pay only fifty-four cents a ton. The iron-clad contract, by the terms of which ten per cent, of the miners' wages is retained by the firm, and forfeited by the miners in ease they ftrike, in in vogue at the Senator's mines. A Boast of Vermont. ? - ? . - .I.Im 4k..I? Ctafa frt Ka fmAr > eriuuilicis V.AOILU U1CU UVUhV ?V MV | from tuberculosis than any other iu New j England. Well-Known Railroad Man Killed. Henry E. Stone, who had been General Manager of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and President of the Chicago Telephone Company, was killed at his summer home at Nonquitt, Mass., by an explosion of fireworks. He was setting off the fireworks for the amusement of his children. l>eatli In French Floods. The recent floods in the South of France are the worst that have occurred since 1S75, It is believed that fifty persons have been drowned in the Department of Aueh alone, although the inhabitants were v. nmed of the impending disaster. SraHKfv. >- ! J:5 Si-iiiv-i-u. r }'& ' ^ y-' T) * ' - * :V. " x > ' ! A LAD FALLS 1500 FEET. J He Went T7p With a Balloon Clutching a Sandbag and Met His Death. I An adventuresome six-year-old boy In Oakland, Cal., lost hl3 life through his desire to go up In a balloon. Charles Conlon, an amateur aeronaut, was advertised to as-1 eend In a hot-air balloon at Blair's Park ' and descend by a parachute. He had only J a trapeze bar from which his parachute was slung. On the side of the balloon were ' several sandbacs suspended by cords. Young Bertr&nd Hill, a son of Chauncey Hill, a Los Angeles architect, saw the Inflating of the balloon and other preparation. No one noticed the boy in the hurry and excitement of cutting loose the ropes; I but the crowd was horrified, as soon as the | balloon rose clear of the earth, to see a lit- j tie boy clutching one of the sand bags. He was fully thirty-five feet above the aeronaut, and there was no way of reaching him. Apparently he shouted to the child to hold tight, but it was plain the little fellow was getting bewildered and dizzy. Groans of horror came from the men and screams from the women and children as, when the balloon had reached a height of about 1500 , feet, the child was seen to fall. Women fainted and men wept as the body i came whirling down. It struck nearly a | mile from the park. It is believed the i boy was dead before the body struck the ! ground. M'KINLEYS MOTHER HURT. The Outing of the Presidential Party at Canton, Ohio. President and Mrs. McKinley, accom- i panied by Judge Day, assistant Secretary' of State, and their personal friend, Mrs. I Ella Buckingham, returned to Washington ! after a pleasant visit of forty-eight hours, | including the Fourth of July, with the j President's mother at Canton, Ohio. There was no demonstration, owing to j the request of the President, whose desire j in going to Canton was to pass a quiet period with his mother and other relatives. The pleasure of the visit was marred slightly by an accident which befell the venerable mother of the President. While walking across the front piazza Mrs. MoKiuley tripped on a piece of matting and fell forward, striking her face on a chair. The President sprang to assist her, and found that a considerable gash had been cut in her forehead. The wound was dressed and the patient is as comfortable as could be expected. She regards the accident more lightly than do any of her family, bearing her pain with the Spartan-like calmnoss of her nature. The accident was the only disagreeable feature of the trip, and it was not regarded as serious enough to interfere with the departure of the President and his wife. DEFICIT CUT DOWN. Imnnrlntlnni in Antlcloatlon of the Xew Tariff Duties Increase Kecelpta. The fiscal year of 1897, which closed June 30, left the United States Treasury in good condition to begin the new year. When Secretary Carlisle sent his annual report to Congress last December he estimated that the receipts for the year would be less than the expenditures by 661,500,000. The year closes with a deficit of little more than $20,000,000. On the books of the department on July 1 It is apparently 822,036,526, but when the official figures for the year are made up the deficit will be little if any more than 820,000,000. This condition of affairs so muoh more favorable than Secretary Carlisle had expected has been brought about almost entirely by the importations of dutiable goods since early in March in anticipation of the imposition of higher duties in the pending Tariff bill. In the month of June the excess of receipts o.ver expenditures was $10,236,595, a tremendous main compared with the large deficiencies if previous months. The available cash balance which, on the last business day in May, was $231,993,501, was rm .Tnivi #237.452.199. The withdrawals of golci for shipment abroad have been more than balanced by a gain in demand notes. Tragic Ending of a Boat Bace. At the rowing regatta on the Charles River, Boston, Mass., the most exciting race was the senior eight-oared contest, in which the Riverside crew won by six feet over the Millstreams of Chelsea. After the Millstreams had returned to the boat-house whurf, the coxwaln, H. Sadler, of Chelsea, alighted, and just as he was entering the boathouse fell to the floor and expired almost instantly, his death being due to heart disease aggravated by the excitement and heat of the day. Sixty Soldier* Drowned. Torrential rains have fallen in Roumania, causing the rivers to rise and in some cases to overflow their banks. Lake Bratisch became badly swollen, and fears were entertained that it would overflow. A temporary embankment was built to guard against this, but the waters burst out and deluged a part of Galatz. Sixty soldiers and many women and children were carried away by the torrent and drowned. Great damage was done to property. Ominous Revolt in India. The uneasiness caused by the recent killing of officials and the rioting of the natives at Chitpur, India, continues, although outwardly everything is now quiet. Spies inform the police that further outbreaks are being organized. Isolated assaults, especially upon European ladies, continue. The native casualties doling the recent riot are said to have been very 1the number of'killed* at 6O0T"* r Edhem Pasha Resigns. Edhsm Pasha, Commander of the Turkish army in Thessaly, has resigned. He gives as the reason for his action that he cannot guarantee the discipline of the army under the proposed arrangements for the conclusion of peace with Greece. His resignation is believed to be merely formal. It is thought that it is tendered in accordance with instructions he has received from the war party. , The Fourth in Europe. The Fourth of July was celebrated by Americans in the important capitals of Europe. The distinguished Americans i a London held a banquet at the Kensington Palace Hotel, wbese Colonel Hay, Mr. Reid, Bishop Potter, and others spoke. Ambassador Porter presided at a bi.nquet of the American Ciiamber of Commerce in Paris, and General Draper held a reception at Borne. Largent Congressional District. Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, represents the largest congressional district in the United States in point of population. [ Coinage for r Month. The June monthly statement of the Director ofthc Mint shows the coinage at the mints of the United States to have t een as follows: Gold, $2,110,547; silver, 61,856,754. minor coins, 6175,051. Total, 64,132,352. In addition to the domestic coinage there were coined during June 6306,140 for the Government of San Domingo. These pieces contain thirty-five per cent, of silver and sixty-live per cent, of nickel and copper. Canadian Jubilee Stamp. The Canadian jubilee postage stamp Is to be printed in >Tew York. ? " CHRISTIAN ENDEA70RERS1 I Two Mammoth Meetings Open the Convention in San Francisco. THE ATTENDANCE ENORMOUS.! The Convocation Caller, to Order WltH "The Consecrated Cobbler's" llaminei ?Welcomed by Calll'orniaua?BecauM of Large Number of DelegatV ln At' tendance Meetings Held ln Two PlacesSan* Francisco, Cal. (Special).?The great Christian Endeavor Convention opene^ Thursday in Mechanics' Pavilion an^ Woodward's Pavilion. At Mechanics' ad audience of 8000 gathered. Addresses oi welcome were made by Mayor rhelan,Lieutenant-Governor Jeter and Rolla V. Watt, Chairman of the Local Reception Committee. "Father" Clark, the founder of the movement, delivered the main address, in which he outlined the work of the year and the growth of the Endeavor movement. During the past year, he said, he had traveled 40,000 miles among more than a score ol countries in behalf of Christian Endeavor. CH11IST1AK rXDEAVOHEK OFFICERS. After his address he formally opened the convention by striking the railing in front with a shoemaker's hammer which was used by William Carey, styled by Sidnej Smith "the consecrated cobbler." Then he called upon the audience to repeat at successive strokes of the hammer tht words: "The world for Christ." "The Nation for Christ." "Myself for Christ." The annual report was then submitted K.? TrtSn Willis Woo.. no ssi.l that the organization now included 50,717 local societies and a total membership of 8,000,000 persons. Pennsylvania still led with 3113; New York, 3019; Ohio, 2333; Illinois, 2013; Ontario, 1783; Indiana, 1387; Iowa, 1336, and Michigan, 1071. These latter figures did not include the junior societies. the intermediate societies, or the senior and mothers' societies. Am ong the junior societies Pennsylvania also led, with 1397; New York, 1288; Illinois, 993; Ohio, 970; California, 551; Indiana, 519; Iowa, 518; Massachusetts, 517. this ending the list of States with more than 500 junior societies enrolled. The junior badge banner, given to the State that had made the largest gain in junior societies during the year, was first presented at Montreal to New York, and at the three annual conventions since that time to Pennsylvania,, but this year it went to Ohio. The other junior badge banner, first given to the District of Columbia at Montreal for the greatest proportionate increase in number of junior societies, and held successively by Delaware, Assiniboia and Mexico, passed "from Mexico to Spain. Commenting on this last item, the Secretary .said that he wished the banner might be carried by way of Cuba, and be a:i emblem of liberty to* the island. Among the foreign nations England had 8925 societies, Australia, 2121; Scotland, 433; Wales, 311; India, 250; Ireland, 169; Madagascar, 93; France, 68; 3Iexico, 100; Japan, 66; West Indies, 63; Turkey. 41; China, 53; Africa, 52; Germany, 32; and so on through a long list, with a total of 7910 societies. In addition, all Canada had S330 societies. The badge banner for the greatest proportionate Increase in number of societies, which Oklahoma first secured at the Minneapolis convention, which then was taker: by Manitoba, New Mevico, West Virginia, Aksiniboia, and which is now held by Scott md, fell into the hands of the loyal Endeavorers on the Emerald Isle. India was very little behind Ireland. The other banner/the one given for the largest absolute gain in total number of societies, is for the fourth consecutive year held by England. President McKinley sent this message: "My best personal wishes for the success of your convention." The message was cheered and then the benediction was pronounced by the Rev. George F. Pentecost. At Woodward's Pavilion the Rev. Howard B. Grose, of Boston, presided, and among the speakers was tho Rev, 800 Hoo Nam Art. a Chinese, who read tho opening prayer. OKLAHOMA BRUSHING UP TO COME IN. No Other Territory Ever Gained In Population So Fimt. It is probable that Oklahoma and the Indiun Territory will soon bo admitted to tho Union as one State. No other Territory ever gained population so fast, and if tho proposed new State were admitted now it ! would outrank fifteen of the present States j in point of numbers. It is believed that i there are G50.000 people In Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, and the number is increasing very rapidly. Of the 650,000 peope in these "Territories 550,000 are white peop.e. There are G0.00C individual farm owners and 40,000 persons engaged in other occupations. It is natural that this great population should clamor for Statehood, especially since Congress has conferred if upon several Territories with not one-flfth as much population as Oklahoma has. Bad Record of Failures. The report issued by Bradstreet's shows that the record of business failures throughout the United States during the past six months is not ns favorable as was antici- ' pated nt the close of the first quarter of tile current calendar year. A New Style of Hat. The Prince of Wales has started a new type of hat, based on the model of the fluffy leaver, with broad, curled brim, ol many years ago. To Rescue Fie "Word Professor. The Arkansas State Teaehers' Convention has limited the use of the title of "Professo-" to teachers in colleges and universitie Pennsyl vania's Array of Paupers. - A Legislative rtommittee puts the num- ' ber of paupers in Pennsylvania at 20;000. . ? A CASTIL1AN GOVERNOR. fflruel A. Otero, Who t? Now Chief Executive of New Mexico. Miguel A, Otero has been installed as { 5overnor of the Territory of New Mexico^ i Governor Otero is of pure Castlli&n bloody .1 - - - v?_ ?tna I Ho nrsi OI nis ract; wuo uus uu?u ^ gubernatorial chair of New Mexico. He is' horoughly American in every way. His' idjcation was obtained at the 8t. Louis i MIOCEL OTEBO, (The young Ca?tilian Governor of New ; Mexico.) Cidversity and the college of Notre Dame. 1 Governor Otero is thirty-eight years old, and the youngest of New Mexico's gov- 1 eruors. He is married, and he and his | wife and one child will occupy the oldest . ofllcial building on the Western hemisphere. j It Is a palace?300x150 feet?and was > erected 310 years ago by the King of Spain j as the palace of the viceroy of the Spanish j Empire. BROUGHT DEATH TO SCORES. |( Appalling Number of Fatalities Accom- ! pany the Hot Wave in the West. A week of terrific heat in the Central ] W sst ended in a tornado, which swept over Kontucky and Southern Illinois. The country had not had time to recover-from the terrific hot spell of the week before, and in consequence the suffering in all sections has been very great. The number of ' deaths that can be dlroctly attributed to i the heat is very large and those prostrated 1 an beyond computation. In very many caies manufacturing plants have been closed on account of the weather. I Kentucky suffered from the most intense heat wave experienced in its history. * T1 roughout Indiana the heat has been almost as great as in Kentucky. dere is a list of deaths and prostrations in various cities: Chicago?Sixteen dead, , flf:y prostrated. Louisville. Ky.?Ten dead, twenty prostrated. Indianapolis? Tiro dead, twenty prostrated. Oshkosh, W s.?Two dead, four prostrated. Ouincy, 111.?Two dead, five prostrated. Toledo, Olilo?One dead, ten prostrated. Milwaukee?Four dead, twenty prostrated. Racine, Wis.?Two dead, five prostrated. Dubuoue. Iowa?Two dead, nine prostrated. Elkhart. Ind.?One dead, five prostrated. Bloomington. HI.?Three dead, flf :een prostrated. Olney, III.?One dead, two prostrated. Elwood. Ind.?One dead, th *ee prostrated. Burlington. Iowa?Two i deid, eleven prostrated. Cedar Rapids, i Iowa?Two dead, nine prostrated. Appleton, Wis.?Three dead, eight prostrated. Fifteen other cities?Thirteen dead, seventy-four prostrated. BOSTON GlttL IS MISSING. Grace Stevenson Left Her Home on Beacon Street, on April 26. Sraee Stevenson disappeared from her heme on Beacon street, Brookline, a suburb of Boston, Mass., on April 26, and since that date her parents have received no info:*matiop concerning her. 3he is the daughter of James Stevenson, tha millionaire real estate operator and owner. She is twenty-five years of age and very pretty. i The disappearance is the most remarkable ever occurring in the city. On Monday evaning, April 26, she left her mother, brothers and sisters at her home, and was seon to board a Reservoir car bound into th 3 city. 8he said she was only going out fo:: a few minutes. No trace of her has best. found since. Prairie Fire in a City. A spectacle unique for a city was furnished at Cleveland, Ohio, when a strip of land a quarter of a mile in breadth took fire and th s flames hurried on to the lake. It looked exactly like a prairie fire. A tangled mass of underbrush extending along the Gordon es :ate, from St. Clair street to the lake, took fire and jeopardized the existence of an entire block of twenty houses. The fire department had to fight the flames as prairie fires are fought, by digging trenches ard banking up the dirt as a protecting wi Jl. Thousands went out to see the peculiar sight. Aged Couple's Strange Death. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Le Cluse, both nearly seventy years old, were found dead in their home in Bayport, Long Island. Their little granddaughter found the bodies sidle by side in kitchen. Whether it was murder, suicide or from natural causes has not been ascertained. There were two cuts on the man's face and perhaps he was stricken by heart disease while shaving ana ths shock killed his wife. Workmen Blown to Atoms. Thile a gang of workmen were excavating on the line of a street railway in Lexinjrton, Ky., one of them struck what appeared to be a piece of pipe, but which prjvedto be a sixty-four-pound dynamite cartridge. A fearful explosion followed, and five of the six colored men in the gang were blown to atojis. The other was so bally injured that ne cannot recover. Big Pennsylvania Tree Cat Down. The largest tree in Pennsylvania was cut down a few days ago. It was on the farm of Fohn Pownall, near Christiana, and close to the ruins of the famous riot house. The tree is supposed to have been 300 years old, anl measured between eight and cine feet ac -oss the stump. About three-fourths of an acre of ground were covered ly its limbs. There were twenty-seven cords of wcod secured from it. Three Killed by Lightning. During a severe storm the residence of 8. E. North, four miles east of Larimore, North Dckota, was struck by lightning, and North, his wife and three-year-old child were ?.illed. The only member of the family that escaped was a flfteen-montholcl. child. Europe Demands Turkey's Consent. Acting upon Instructions received from thoir respective Governments, the Ambassadors of the Powers presented & collective note to the Turkish Government demanding a cessation of the obstruction of the pe tee negotiations. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. ^Sg Washington Item*. Brigadier General H. C. Merriara has beea 1) assigned bv the War Department to command the Department of Columbia, head- ! quarters In Vancouver, Wash. The President decided to spend most of, I his vacation at a summer hotel on Lakdi.vigr Champlain. Several members of his official' .PL family will accompany him. . The Senate adjourned without transacting any business out of respect to the memory of the late Senator Harris. President McKinley decided to revoke the order of President Cleveland, Issued last^ ??] February, reducing the number of pension, agencies :.n the United States from eighteen1 The Tariff bill was returned to the House, * which r on-concurred in the Senate amendments, agreed to the conference & asked for by the Senate, and appointed Gunboat No. 8 was put In commission, and is now known as Helena. A change In* the commander of the monitor Terror wae In the Senate, the Deficiency Appropria-. ^ fa tlnn hill was considered, and amendment! ' "yf were agreed to providing for representation fi of the United States at the Paris Exposition of 1900. and appropriating $600,000 for the .' .v rebuilding of the immigrant station on Ellis Island, New York Harbor. The Comptroller of the Currency received 8 Information of the fallnre of the First ? -. tlonal Bank of Nason, Texas. Bank Ex- jjj amlner Johnson was pladed in charge. The bank bad a capital of $50,000. and at the date of it.-i last report its liabilities amount* .^58 ed to about 830,000. The Sar Francisco and the Raleigh have "-48 been orde red to Tangier for protection of ' f> American citizens from annoyance in Mo- i rocco. The Pemte Foreign Relations Committee renorted a resolution empowering the. i; President to "employ such means or exercise such rower as may be necessary" to 'Z force Spain to settle the claims of two naturalized Americans for arrest in Cuba. Domestic. 800E0 or THE LEiOCS CtOEJ. PC- Per omt)^ T.Mf. f no1". TCii *./???. , Jn Boston....45 16 .79* irooklvn.M 38 .468 Cinoiunati39 19 .67: ?hlladel..30 35 .461 *} Baltimore. 39 21 .650 Louisville 25 85 . .417 4 J?ew York 37 23 .617 Chicago .. 26 37 .413 Cleveland 32 29 .525 W*shing'n23 36 .390 / Pittsburg. 29 S2 .475 St. Louis.12 50 .194 Six masked men killed 150 head of sheep J : with rifleshots on the ran^h of Mrs. Kate Welch, near Canyon City. Oregon. The < 'J residents of the place threaten vengeance. Women demanded and secured the right to vote at a meeting of Wasningtonvilla CN. J.I citizens to determine upon the <}ae*> tion of building a new school house. The . new school will be built. j 7*S' Thomas H. Merritt was shot dead in Lex- $ ington. Ky., by Jacob P. Harris, while with the latter's wife. Mrs. Arthur B. Payne, of Brookline, Mass.. died In the dentist's chair of Dr. P. H. Hemenway. in the Hotel Pelham. Bo?ton. The Medical Examiner exonerated-. the dentist, saying that Mrs. Payne should _ ' have told him she had heart disease. ' The law recently passed by the Muse a- "VjJ CUUBPltS liWI9iatum UIUUIUIUUK vg Ing of birds' feathers for purposes of orna-, # raent Is likely to be enforced, accord!*? to JO Police Commissioner Martin. The miners' strike became general on the /] Wheeling fW. Va.1 division of the Baltka more and Ohio Ballroad. , The Grand Jury In New York City foandjSS na indictment against Martin Thorn amfj^H Augusta Nack for the murder of WiUlamjS -... Guldensupne. The nrinclpal witness against-~ij ' . them was John Gotha, the barber, to whom'] "'? It is alleged Thorn told the story of tbA, 3 killing at the Woodside house, and ?z* <CT;, plained how the murder was done. Judge Barnard, of the Snnreme Court, .'.^B gave Mrs. James Winnie, of Milton, jnd$-.' J ment against Dr. J. W. McCormac. of, :-| Poughkeepsle. N.Y.. for 825.000. The I attar's son, Paul, a bicyclist, collided with w?&m Winnie's horse and caused tho animal to JhB run away, throwing her out, and injuring >< her badly. Two men weH killed and several in- <i -> inred in a mine explosion near Embrew-;?! viile. Tenn. Sydney Laseelles. alias "Lord Beres--$ ford." is again In trouble. Warrants are! out for bte arrest in Fitzgerald, Ga., where ';?1 his recusations are said to amoont to about : 110.000. The Bflssissippi Fiver at Minneapolis, ^ Minn., is within six inches of the highest .sL mark reached in the unprecedented floods. of April last. Between 4000 and 5000 men are out of employment as a result of th#. necessary closing down of the saw mills, and there will be heavy losses on logs if the. yfj? rise continues. Three hundred residents of Wappingert Falls. N. Y., were poisoned by eating ham ? that had absorbed poison from a copper .< Misses Pauline Widlar and Bl&nohe Had- s son. daughters of families who move fn*|^H fashionable circles, were drowned while bathing at Maple Glen, a summer resort on Lake Erie, Just east of Cleveland, Ohio. .^3 About 200 National Democrats mef^j|^^| State Convention in Des Moines, Iowa, nominate a State ticket. A letter was read". ? from ex-President Grover Cleveland. Na- >a thaniel French, as Temporary Chairman, -jl made the principal address. " The coal-miners' strike increased, and United States deputy marshals were sent to -*j the mines in Jefferson County, Ohio., giving * rise to fears of a rioi. In New York City. John Gartha told the police that Martin Thorn confessed to him r thru he murdered William Guldensuppe, 1 butchered the body and was helped by Mrs. WjtO Nack in disposing of it. The United States torpedo boat Dapoot was speeded in the bay off Newport, B. under her three boilers, for the first tima, And her work was something marvelloua. ' ^ the stokeholes were closed, and, wire 'jl jm steam pressure of 225 pounds, she mad* 40 revolutions, driving her through the waiet y-HS at a speed of 30.83 knots. She had seventyfive men on hoard working on various parts, which added greatly to her weight. jj Two men died from excitement produced , j2 by viewing fires. Dr. L. H. Hoi brook, of Revere, Mass., was one victim, and Melvin. >38 Woodward, of Laoona, N. Y., the other. The National Educational Association ?tdj met at Milwaukee, Wis. ^^9 Nellie Burns, six years old, was killed br | a trolley cpr of the Brooklyn Heights Bail- .. road Company. The motorman became in- ' ^ sane. The Tax Commissioners of New York City : ^ filed their report with the Board of Aldermen, showing figures calling for a 2.03 tax rate this year, a reduction of nine Dolntt 'yH from 1396. Miss Louise Imogen Gulney, poet and 74 boycotted postmistress at Aunurndabv >5 Mass., has resigned her office. Foreign. A cable despatch from Lisbon, Portugal,' v/jf savs that in commemoration of the fcor hundredth anniversary of the departure of Vasco de Gama for the Indies the Geogra- . ,3 phical Society has opened the new Geographical Institute! Owing to the drought in certain parts of ' * Australia it will be necessary to/impost * thousands of tons of California wheat. The ^ colonies affected by the drought^ are New -?f South Wales and South Australia. ,'%r A cable dtepatoh from Paris p^ves the de- 2 tails of Suicide of four hiromen In 4 > crowded'quarter of the French capital. jy Lo?d Salisbury received the United Stales Monetary Commissioners, in Londog,. -! " < m