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THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, Nominated For President. Levi P, Morton, of New York, For Vice-PresidentT K \ >\ / VAV. OF INDIANA. The National Republican Convention at Chicago was in session six days, and ended by nominating General Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, for President, and Levi P. Morton, of New York, for Vice President. The Convention lasted one week, | ?nd it took eight ballots to decide the contest for President. On the tilth day, before the sixth ballot was taken, two cable dispatches from Mr. Blaine, ! who was on a coaching tour in Scotland, I were read. The first earnestly requested his j friends to respect his Paris letter (the letter j in which he declined to be a candidate), and j the second asked his friends to respect his wishes and refrain from voting for him. Two ballots were then taken, each howing gains for Harrison, and then, on the third ballot of the day and eighth of the series, Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, was nominated for President, receiving 544 votes out of 832 votes cast. The nomination was then made unanimous amid great cheering. RSCORD or ALL THE BALLOTS. Candidatet. Numerical Order of Balloting. 1234 5878 Harrison.... 79 ?1 94 217 213 231 27S 544 Sherman... 229 249 244 235 224 244 231 118 Alger 84 116 122 135 142 137 120 100 j Gresham.... 114 103 123 iW ?7 yi yi oj ( Allison 72 75 88 88 99 73 7o ? J Blaine 38 33 35 4i 43 40 15 5 McKinley.. 2 3 S 11 14 ... 16 4 Depew. 99 99 91 Phelps. 25 18 5 Ingalls. 28 16 Rusk 25 20 16 Fitler 24 Hawley 13 Lincoln.... 3*2 2 1 2 ? .Miller 2 Foraker.... ? 1 1 ? Douglass.. ? 1 F. Grant.. ? 1 I Haymond. ? 1 ? , Total number of votes. S32 Necessary to a choice. 417 In the evening Levi P. Morton, of New York, was selected as the party's nominee for Vice-President on, the first ballot, receiving 519 votes to 119 for William w "Walter Phelps, of New Jersey, and 103 votes for William 0. Bradley, of Kentucky. Before adjourning Mr. Boutelle, of Maine, had read the following resolution, which he desired embodied in the platform: - "The first concern of all goo J governments I is the virtue and sobriety of the people and J the purity of their homes. The Republican L ' party cordially sympathizes with all wise I and well directed efforts for the promotion I of temperance and morality." The motion to make the" resolution a part of the platform was carried by a rising vote, and then the Convention adjourned witnoui day. General Harrison's Career. General Benjamin Harrison is the son of Senator John Scott Harrison. He was born in North' B?nd, Ohio, on August 2'J, 1833. He is the grandson of William H. Harrison, the ninth Pre?ident of the United .States. Until he was fifteen years of age he attended the district school, then he entered the Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, where he graduated at the age of eighteen years. In1 1853 he studied law in the office of Judge i Bellamy Storer of Cincinnati. He was ad-1 'mitted to the bar and tra Tied before he was I twenty-one years of age and although be had I a Jaw practice in prospective, be was pract:- j cally without means, only possessing between $200 and $390, which was advanced to him by his father. The same year that he was graduated he went to Indianapolis and began to practice law. In 1860 he was elected reporter of the State Supreme Court. When the war broke out he was elected Second Lieutenant of the Indiana Volunteers. In 1862, at the request of Gov. Morton, he raised a company and was commissioned a Second j Lieutenant, then Captain and afterwards Colonel of the Seventieth In diana regiment With that regiment he went to the front, but had little opportun Ity to aistingiusn mmseu, ur? cumiuauu only having guard or garrison duty to do. An opportunity soon came, however, and at Resaca he achieved renown. Shortly afterward Colonel Harrison was brevetted a Brigadier-General. General Harrison served with credit and without injury until the end of the war. Alter the war he entered the field of politics when he returned to his practice of law. He had taken the stump for Fremont and Lincoln and supported the then new party with enthusiasm. While he was in the battle field the office of Reporter of __ the Supreme Court was declared vacant by the Legislature. In 1831 Harrison was reelected and served until ISttS. In 1870 the Central Committee named him for Governor. He made a vigorous fight, but was beaten. In I860 General Harrison's party rewarded him by electing him to the Senate, where he served six years. The Legislature which was to elect his successor was elected in the fall of 18S8. The Republicans carried the State, but lost the Legislature and General Harrison was not therefore re elected. His Senatorial term expired March 4, 1887, and he then returned to the practice of his profes- i sion. General Harrison is not a rich man. He owns a handsome house in Indianapolis where he lives. He married a daughter of Professor Scott, of Oxford, ar.d has a son and daughter. The son is prominent in the politics of Montana Territory. General Harrison is a member of tbe First Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis and many years ago Wftfln RnnHpr-cohnnl fpnohfir Mr. Morton's Record. Levi Parsons Morton is a native of Vermont, having been born in Shoreham, May 10,1834. When very young he became clerk v dfSr LEVI r. MOIBW in ? country store and soon developed sucn aptitude for business t\at he rapidly rose in position. In 1850 he was made a mem- i ber of the firm of Beebe, Morgan & Co., i merchants of Boston, and in 1854 he moved to New York, where he established the firm i of Morton & Grinnell. In 1863 he founded the j banking house of Morton, Bliss & Co. in New j York with that of Morton, Rose & Co. in ; London as correspondents. The London firm acted as the fiscal agents of : the United States Government from j 1873 to 1884. These two firms were active ! in the syndicates that negotiated United ' Statei bonds is the payment of the Genera 1 'V' - * . awards ot fia,auo,ww ana trie Halifax fish in s awards of So,500,000. In 1878 Mr. Morton was appointed honorary commissioner to the Farig Exposition. In the same year he was elected to ConcreSh and was re-elected in 1880. In the latter year he declined the nomination for VicePresident. President Garfield o.Tererl him the Secretaryship of the Navy or Minister to France. He chose the latter position and filled it from 1881 to 1885. Through his intercession the restrictions upon the importation of American pork were removed, and American corporations obtained a legal status in France. He was American Commissionergeneral to the Paris Electrical Exposition, the rewesentative of the United States at the Submarine Cable Convention, and publicly received in the name of the people of the United States, the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty enlightening the world- In 1887 Mr. Morton purchased "Ellerslie," the estate of William Kelley, at Rhinebeck, on the Hudson. LATER NEWS, William Hen.ying, a wealthy man of Hoboken, N. J., committed suicide, being crazed by the recent hot weather. George Wilson has been hanged in Albion, N. Y., for the murder of his wife in 18S7. The Vermont Republican Stata Convention assembled at Montpelier and nominated a State ticket, headed by W. P. Dillingham for Governor. The National Republican platform was indorsed. The New York Prohibitionists have nominated W. Martin Jongs for Governor and G. R. Powell for Lieutenant-Governor, Presidential Electors have also been nominated. Tho platform is in conformity with the principles of the party. Silas Robinson, of Minneapolis, Minn., murdered his wife and a young man who was escorting her from church, and then committed suicide. John Rishee and Wylie Lee, two colored men who murdered Town Marshal Bently at Chetopa, Kan., were taken from jail and hanged by a mob. A passenger train crushed through a bridge at Tensas, Ala., killing six men and injuring five. J. W. Mitchell, the murderer of Oscw Johnson, was taken from jail at Syracuse, Kan., by a mob of 150 men, and hanged to a telegraph pole. He was given time to pray, and kneeling?the mob followed his example _>io r>rnv<vl xlnnrl fnr ne&rlv an hour, callintr for forgiveness. The Prohibitionists of Michigan have placed a full State ticket in the field, headed by A. B. Cheney, for Governor. The platform invites workingmen to co-operate against the saloon, declares for woman suffrage, demands a revision of the tariff to reduce the revenue to meet expenses while at the same time affording reasonable protection, and condemns local option. Postmaster-General Dickinson has ordered the removal of twenty Post Office Inspectors in various parts of the country. This was made necessary by the reduced appropriation for this service for the fiscal year beginning July 1. About ten others will be removed soon. President Cleveland, accompanied by Secretaries Bayard and Vilas, attended the closing exercises of the University of Virginia, at Charlottesville. The English House of Commons rejected Via P.Vionnftl Tnnnel bill bv 307 to 165. The Prussian Landtag has been opened by } King "William amid imposing ceremonies,and I his speech was of the same peaceful tenor as that delivered at the convocation of the Reichstag. Nine Government officials at Seoul, Corea, have been beheaded in the streets by the populace. Foreigners took refuge at the Con sulates. The outbraak was attributed U Chinese instigation. PUBLIC LAND BILL. Provisions of the Measure Which Has Passed the House. The provisions of the Public Land Bill which has just passed the lower Hous9 ol Congress, are as follows: The first section classifies all of the public lands as agricultural, timber.mineral,aesert, and reserved. Section 2 authorizes mineral lands to be disposed of under existing law Section 3 allows every United States citizen or person who has declared his intention to become a citizen to enter 1G0 acres of iron or coal lands at a price of $10 per acre. Sections 4, 5, C, 7, 8. and 9 relate to timber lands. They forbid such lands tc I be sold, but allow the timber to be disposea I of under proposal?. Settlers are to be allowed to take timber not commercially valuable for domestic use. The Secretary ol the Interior is required to reserve shadt trees on the lines of legal subdivisions, and the resident! of the Western Territories art permitted to cut timber under existing laws for six months, after the passage of the act. The timber cut is to De removed wiinin uvb years. n uimonu ? discovered on tracts where th? timber has been scAd, such lands may be entered as mineral lands. The President is authorized to set apart tracts of forest lands as public reservations. Section 10 permits stone lands to be entered under the terms ol existing law. Section 11 provides for the sale at not less than $1.25 per acre of isolated tracts of less size than lbO acres. Section." 12 to 17 inclusive relate to desert land. They authorize any person to enter a 320 acre tracl of such land upon affidavit that it is for his own benefit and not for a corporation, and that he intends to cultivate it by irrigation, and upon a payment of from $5 to $-0, according to the size of the entry. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC., Sarte, the musician, compo?ed only in darkness. They are still giving "Pinafore'' in San Francisco. Julia Marlowe will probably play "Amy Robsart'' next season. The Russian troupe which plays on twentyfour pianos at once is going to London. Ashland, Wis., is building a $100,000 opera house on the model of the Broadway Theatre, New York. Sarah Bernhardt is now playing in Madrid. She is making a tour of the world and will reach America in 1.S9U. Nilsson's farewell series at Albert Hall, London, began with great success. Her voice is said to be a3 fine as ever. Adelina Patti is said to believe in the superstition of the "evil eye," and will not sing where there is a cross-eyed conductor. Mme. Janauscheck, the well-known tragedienne, is to go out next season positively for the last time, and is only to appear as, Meg Merrilles. Mlle. Columbia, formerly Miss Scanlan of Chicago, has made a great hit as Selika in uL'Africaine" in the Covent Garden Italian Opera, London. Pauline Ldcca, the great prima donna, has been engaged by Manager Amberg for ! twenty represent itious to begin at his new | theatre in New York. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is to be playel in open air on the grounds of Mr. and Mrs. Schoeffel's cottage at Manchester-bythe-Sea, on the 30th o? July. Paul Fechter, a son of Fechter, the actor, was fencing in Paris with his brother-inlaw, and the button of his antagonist's foil chanced to be forced into his eye through to the brain, killing bim. Realism attains its climax in Mr. Henry Irving's performance of Robert Macaire in London. Real water is now an old feature, but Irving jumps through a window of real glass. The fifty or sixty small panes have to be reset every night. It is said that since the comedians, Robson auh Cran?, have been in partnership?a period of thirteen years?their n9fc profits have never fallen below *:j0,000 a year. This season they have made $11,9(W out of "The Henrietta" without counting the profits of their Chicago engagement. ; .r./ TIE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Three men were killed by a railway colli sion at Schuylkill Haven, Penn. Four boys were drowned while bathing in the canal at Roxborough, Penn. A terrific storm swept over the Wyoming Valley, Penn., killing two persons and destroying a large amount of property. The wife of Dr. Pollinger, a prominent physician of Mount Holly, Penn., drank by mistake a cup of carbolic acid and died in fifteen minutes. Saturday and Sunday were two of the hottest days ever experienced in New York city. There were twenty-three deaths from sunstroke and aver a hundred prostrations from heat. Some fiends opened a switch near Olean, N. Y., and the lightning express train was thrown from the track and badly wrecked. The engineer was killed, and two persons were painfully hurt. The cigar manufactory of Foster & Hilson, in New York, was destroyed by fire. The loss was estimated at $400,000. Charles A. Pitcher, teller of the Union Bank of Providence, R. L, has fled to parts unknown, taking with him the entire funds of the institution, some $500,000. A railroad wreck at Cable City. Penn., resulted in the death of six men and the fatal injury of five others. The names of the victims will never be known as they all were Hungarian laborers who were designated I only by numbers. A jealous hall-boy in a New York hotel shot to death a cook who had refused to marry him, and then killed himself. Daniel Lyons, who killed James Quinn, and Chiari Cignarali, the Italian woman who murdered her husband, have been sentenced to be hung in the New York Tombs on August 17. I Sonth and West. The steamer Bertha sprung a leak off the California coast, and a gale coming up at the same time fourteen out of the crew of nineteen perished. Wm. H. Crain was renominated for Con gress by the Democratic Convention of the Seventh Texas district The engineer, fireman and conductor of a freight train were killed at Cumberland, Md., by the explosion of the locomotive. William Patterson, colored, has been hanged at Louisville, Ky., for the murder of Jennie Bowman, a servant girl, who resisted his attempt at robbery. George Prichett who murdered Henry Fushee near Fort Clinch in February last has been hanged at Fernandina, Fla. A young school teacher waa frightened to death by her brother and some other boys at Birdseye, Ind. The town of Holbrook, Arizona Territory, was almost entirely destroyed by fire. Charles Gross, a wealthy farmer of Belaski county. Mo., was dragged from his house and whipped to death by members of an organization whose secrets he had di* I ?i?J mi? 1 I vul^jui xiio vi^uiu n cw uubuiuij uaj cm alive. Judge Trunxey, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, died on Sunday in London of fever. A broken rone in a coal mine at Belleville, 111., precipitated three men eighty feet, killing them instan ;!y. Grant Johnson, a boy eight years old, deliberately murdered his twin brother, Garfield, at Fredericksburg, Va, Indianapolis, the home of General Harrison, was bedecked in flags and bunting in honor of his nomination for President. Washington. The President has vetoed five minor pension bills. The Controller of the Currency has authorized the organization of the American National Bank of Waco, Texas; capital, $2o0,000. Dr. Benjamin King, one of the oldest officers on the retired lists of the United States Army, died recently at his country residence in Anne Arundel County, Md., age ninety-two. He was a graduate of West Point in the class of 1S07, and served through the War of 1812, the Seminole vvaranatne Mexican War. John F. Phillips, of St. Louis, has been nominated for Judge of the United States Court for the Western District of Missouri Mrs. Folsom, mother of the President's wife, has arrived in New York from Europe and was met at the steamer by Mrs. Cleveland. General Sheridan has approached convalescence so near that he has been removed to his summer cottage at Nanquit, Buzzard's Bay, on the southeastern coast of Massachusetts. Foreign. Both France and Austria-Hungary hava secured large war credits for immediate use. France voted 57,500,000 for the artillery and engineer services, and Austria made a war credit of $23,500,000. Six men lost their lives in a gale off the Mi3cou Fishing Banks of Canada. The French Senate, on being informed by M de Freycinet.Minister of War, that France must boldly face the possibilities that the future has in store,passed a credit of $94,000,000 for war preparation. The formal entry of Emperor William IL and the Empress into Berlin from Potsdam was witnessed by an immense throng. The royal couple drove' in state in a carriage i to the Berlin palace. A thief entered the Crown Prince of Sweden's apartments in the hotd at Fran zensoaa, trermany, uuu bocui cu johduj worth $100,000, with which he escaped. The German Reichstag has been opened by Emperor Wilhelm with great pomp and ceremony. His address was of a peaceful nature. While reading his speech he was supported on either side by the King of Saxony and the Prince Regent of Bavaria. During the voyage of the bark Don Enrique from Italy to Quebec, Cauada. the carpenter put all his tools together, tiei the bag around bis neck, and committed suicide by jumping into the sea. The motion of the Gladstone part}' censuring the British Government for its administration of the Irish Crimes Act was rejected in Parliament by a vote of 36G to 273. Teller Pitcher, who robbed the Provipence (R. L) Bank of $500,000 and fled, has been captured in Montreal, Canada. The stolen funds were recovered. The towns of Sundsvall and Umea. on the Gulf of Bothnia, the centre of the timber trade of Sweden, have been almost destroyed by fira The damage will reach $5,000,000. Immense tracts of forest land have been burned over. While service was being held In a church at Brezezie, Austria, the building was struck by lightning and almost entirely destroyed. Three persons were killed and one hundred injured. A vessel supposed to have been an emigrant ship foundered in a storm off the Cape of Good Hope. All hands were lost. THE CROP OUTLOOK, ? *- * ? Oawia T.nnalJ tlAl Too inncn t\am oviuo and Not Enough In Others. The latest Government crop report says; The weath?r in the grain regions of the Northwest has been generally favorable to growing crop3,and conditions have improved in the Upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys and in Michigan, although heavy local rains in Mia ouri are reported to have injured wheat and delayed harvesting. An excess of rain is reported from ArkauFds, Louisiana and Mississippi, which has lx>en unfavorable to the cotton crop3. In the west portion of the cotton region less rain and clear weather would, doubtless benefit the growing crops, while in the east portion of the cotton region, including Alabama and North and South Carolina, the weather has been favorable for ail crops. . In Ohio, Indiana and Connecticut more rain is needed, while generally throughout the Middle Atlantic and New England States the weather of the past week has improved the crop conditions. Harvesting is in progress in Tennessee and Kentucky, where the weather conditions have been tavorable for wheat and corn, but unfavorable for crass. The centenary of the emancipation of the peasants in Denmark has been celebrated at Copenhagen. The city was appropriately decorated and was crowded with visitors. There was a prooetsion in which 20,0J0 perMas took part. DEATH IN THE FLOODS. ' More Than Seven Hundred Per- f sons Perish in Mexico. ] t Many Cities and Towns Inundated, * and 2000 Houses Swept Away, t \ A. special despatch from the City of Mexico t says: Telegraphic communication, which 4 has been interrupted for several days by the j floods, has been restored and details of the i terrible disaster on the line of the Mexican s Central railway, particularly at Leon and . Silao, are obtained. During the past ten * days the table lands between here and Zaca- J tecas have been visited by unprecedented 1 rains. Every mountain rivulet along the c Central railway for more than two hundred f miles has been converted into a destructive ( torrent and the valleys present the appear- 1 race of lakes. Many cities and towns have r been inundated and Leon and Silao have J been partially destroyed. 1 The first intimation received in this city of 1 the disaster in the North was a telegram from 1 Silao dated the 18th instant. It said: "It . commenced raining heavily here yesterday * afternoon and continued all night. The 1 Silao river overflowed its banks and rushed 8 through the streets with irresistible force. Most houses here being of adobe, as soon as they were saturated with water they began t to fall. About 525 houses have been destroyed. s The station buildings are occupied by home- ? less people, who are unable to obtain any- 8 thing to eat except watermelons and fruit 8 found floating In the water. The rain has J been general, and the whole country round ? Silao is flooded. Several dykes have given 1 away. It still continues raining. On the 20th it was learned that the floods I had "been more destructive in Leon than in c Silao. It seems that on Monday, the 18th, c the river broke over its dykes, and, notwith- s aII affnwff f/\ oVinnlr ifo r?r\tirco ifi * owtiiuiuij ait cuutbo iv v-uv.vn. am vvu4 av) ?v made rapid headway and finally flooded the city. As the rain fell the river rose rapidly, its volume of water flowing into the town, gradually wearing away the foundations of buildings, which commenced to fall as night came on. Monday night brought to that city one of the most terrible scenes ever witnessed in any country. People, believing themselves secure from the flood, went to bed in those parts of the town , where the water had not found its way. The steady downfall of rain in the extensive watershed of the outlayiog country increased the flow of the river, and rapidly spread its channel until over half of Leon was under water. Houses tumbled in rapidly, having been worn away by the water, and the loss of life commenced. As the buildings fell the unfortunate sleepers were either crushed to death or drowned. One whole night of terror followed. Men, women and children fled to the streets in their night clothes, some to find shelter on higher ground ana others to be swept away by the flood. On Tuesday morning rain was still falling, and there had been no perceptible decrease In the? stream of water. A mammoth lake extended its length and breadth to all points of the compass. Its monotonous appearance was occasionally broken by halt-submerged houses and high lands cropping above its surface. Where the houses had stood the night previous water was surging in its course to lower ground. Groups of people, who had been forced by impending danger to seek flight without clothes, were standing about in the rain crying and deploring their losses. All houses which the flood left intact were opened to the unfortunates, who were provided with everything that was available at the time. All night the rain poured, until Wednesday morning saw the lake surrounding the city undiminished in size, with steady rain disturbing its surface. In the afternoon, however, it ceased raining and the waters commenced to recede. The people recovered from their fright, though water was still covering a portion of the city. It is estimated that more than 703 persons perished. There is a strong stench from heaps of rubbish that once formed the houses, and it is believed that bodies are buried under them. There are also bodies still floating in the water. One hundred and eleven bodies have been recovered without ? ? ?I moving any rums ui uuusca, nuao uuuuaww of bodies are supposed to be burled. The houses destroyed are estimated at 2000 and the loss at $2.000.000. OUR POWDER SUPPLY The First Appropriation for Saltpetre Made Sincc the War. The $30,030 recently voted by the House for firing morning and evening salutes to the flag brought out a curious fact. The powder left over from the war lasted exactly twentythree years. The last barrel was used on April 1. Since then no salutes have been | fired at any military posts except West Point, Fort Monroe, and Fort Riley. No appropria- , tion had ever been asked for tho purpose he< fore, and none of the Senators and memben knew where the powder for these salutes > came from. However, when the matter was explained, the House very willingly agreed < to give the $30,000. Ml. 1 NEWSY GLEANINGS. Gold has been discovered at Ishpaming, 1 Mich. ^The Connecticut tobacco crop is very small e Mil" JCOU* Mushrooms cost $1.25 a pound in New York City. The Dowager Empress Victoria is going to leave Berlin. The faculty of Cornell College awarded Bight fellowships this year. Ice cream was responsible for the death of over 300 people last season. There are six colored candidates in the race for sheriff of Volusia County, Fla. Colorado has had an extraordinary rainfall, the greatest ever known in the State. The largest cotton mill in the world is in Russia. It gives employment to 7000 hands. A new institution at Memphis, Tenn., has been named ''The Jay (iould Medical College." Mr. Parnell has given a dinner to the Irish members of Parliament who have been in prison. An English grocer has been fined $25 for selling American lard adulterated with cottonseed oil. The once famous Holmden oil farm in Pennsylvania, has been sold for less than $100 to pay taxes. The ravages of a new green bug are caus-* ing a steady and increasing decline in coffee production in Ceylon. Seals are reported to be creatine sad havoc among the salmon at the mouth of the Penobscot River in Maine. A TfrrcsiAV at-ncvlihinn is nhonfcto hfi nre'an ized for the ascent of Mount Ararat to search for the remnanta of Noah's ark. There are now seventeen city officials, or f ex-officials, doing time at King-Sing, N. Y., t for crimes and misdemeanors. b The Fish Commissioners are going to F stock the Pacific Ocean with lobsters, and a have already sent ont a car-load. c At least 4000 lady teachers from the v country east of the Rocky mountains are expected at the coming convention at Ban F Francisco. p An expedition it be sent to Salamanca, ' Costa Rica, to put a quietus on the Indians 1 of thut region who claim the throne for their 8 King, Santiago. |j Thk report comes from Marion, Mass., that g the old yellow house ou the point opposite the old landing in Marion Harbor, is being refitted for occupancy by Mrs. Cleveland this u mmer. ! Logs estimated to contain 400,000,000 feet of lumber are just now jammed in the Menominee River in Michigan, and in places the piles are from twenty-five to thirty feet above the surface of the watar. r OR me iw,uuu Buuuers in mo uruiy ol mo United States there are only thirty-four chaplains. Several of theso chaplains are disabled, thus a large majority of the 124 army posts are without any religious instruction. Sknator Chandler introduced, by request, in the United States Senate, a bill appropriating $150,000 for the development and encouragement of silk culture in the United Statas. It creates a division of silk culture in the Department of Agriculture, and authorizes the establishment of experimental silk culture stations throughout the country. It provides for the free distribution to the farmers and others of mulberry 1 seed and silk worm eggs. 1 SUMMABY OF OQyflBE33, Senate Proceedings. 117th Day.?The Committee on Approbations, reported back the Legislative. Excutiveand Judicial Appropriation bill.... The conference report on the bill for an Inernational Marine Conference to secure greater safety for life and property at sea va; agreed to.... Resolutions calling on the Secretary of the Navy for statements as to he full complements of officers and men that vill be required for the Chicago, Puritan and ither vessels; and as to the investigation for esting the practicability of the deflective urrets designed by Chief Engineer Clarke, rere agreed to.... After an executive session ilr. Harris addressed the Senate on the resoution to refer the President's annual mesage. a 118th Day.?An amendmentto the Sundry 3ivil bill providing that there shall not be >urchased for the use of National Soldiers' lomes any material or supplies the result of :onvict labor was introduced.... The Senate jassed the Legislative, Executive and Judical Appropriation bill, with several unim> jortant amendments?The question as to enting huildings in Washington for Govern neat purposes "was discussed A message rom the President returning without his apjroval a> bill giving a pension to the widow >f John A Turley was presented. 119th Day.?"the Senate considered the liver and Harbor Appropriation bill, and tumorous amendments were reported and igreed to, Honse Proceedings. 144th Day.?The House considered the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. The paragraph in akin 2: an appropriation for special .ssistants to District Attorneys was discussed it great length. Mr. Oates moved to in:rease the appropriation from $10,000 to !40,000. Defeated?Yeas, 37; nays, 83. The ill was then adoped as a whole Mr. Johnton offered as an amendment to the clause iroviding fees for the Commissioners, the dause in the Tariff bill forbidding the issue if warrants in revenue cases unless upon worn complaint. Adopted....The Naval Appropriation bill was passed Changes vere made in the Marine Conference bill, mreasing the appropriation and the number if delegates to represent the United States ...The evening session was devoted to the onsideration or private pension bills, thirtye?en of which were passed. H5th Day.?The Speaker laid before the louse messages from the President returning without his approval live pension bills.... The conference report on the International Maritime Conference bill was agreed to. The onferees recommended an increase of the lumber of delegates from five to seven?two o be naval officers, one an officer of the Life saving Service, two captains of the meribant marine and two citizens skilled in hipping and admiralty practice The Committee on Foreign Affairs reported the )ill to give effect to the Chinese treaty. The inly amendments are provisions taken from he Morrow bill, making the bill take effect ipon the ratification of the treaty, and wipng out the section allowing six months durng which Chinese may return upon lertificates.... The Senate bill appropriating 5500,000 for a building in Portland, Oregon, ras reduced in amount to $200,000 and | >asseA 146th Day.?Several local bills from the District of Columbia were passed....The louse then took up the bill to secure to ictual settlers the public domain, eta The emainder of the aay was spent in the deailed consideration of the large number ofamendments. A long discussion was had ipon a proposition to retain in the United states title to coal or mineral lands within he limits of lands granted to railroad comjanieg. An amendment restricting the issue >f patents to mineral lands to citizens of the Tnited States was, however, adopted. The ivening session was devoted to further conideration of the amendments to the bilL 147th Day.?The House considered the Public Land bill by sections for amendment, rhere was a long discussion over an amendnent offered by Mr. Weaver, of Iowa, reierving title in the Government to alternate ttrip? of public land along the water course md the seashore. It was finally rejected. ....Mr. Holman offered an amendment, which was passed, declaring that the United States expressly reserves from sale all coa] leposits. , 148th Day.?The House went into Comn it tee of the Whole and the debate over th? Hills Tariff bill was resumed. Bone black, vdry, drop black, and bone char were gtrickm from the list, and essential oils were put )n the free list, together with un wrought jlass used in optical instruments. There wa? :onsiderable discussion on the advisability ol ;aking a final vote, speeches being made bj Messrs. Kellev, Heed, Breekenridge andMiljf .... The Public Land bill was passed.... Ob notion of Mr. Scott, a resolution was passed rranting leave to Government employes win participated in the battle of Gettysburg tc ittend the anniversary of that battle. THE NATIONAL GAME, LtFT-mLDER Gore is no longer popular [n New York. Mack, Washington's catcher, stands 6 feet I inches in his hose. Citfcurc*ATI has never yet made a successful first trip to the East. Thomas, of the Caban ^ants, a colored ;lub, is over six feet in height. Pitcher Clarksow will go to Australia vith the Spalding aggregation. Clarkson has pitched in more championihip games than any League pitcher. Manager Spauldino, of the Chicagos, ias decided to keep all his new material. Pitcher Kilroy, of Baltimore, has been ipplying electric treatment to his lame arm. Burdock, of Boston, is the only regular league player who has not made a long lit. "tt 4 ?t tt * puirtowa {fl ati a y ACT JLlAUlXUiilf bUO vuiua^u uiwuvi) ? ??-" >f the finest all-round ball players in the League. It is a singular fact that the tail-ender, Louisville, actually leads the Association in >atting. Ddn lap, of Pittsburg, has played seveneen consecutive games this season without in error. Mark Twain is an enthusiast regarding )aseball, and attends all the games played at lartford, Conn. Fen'elly, Cincinnati's short stop, can hrow the ball to first base quicker than any ither man in the profession. One-armed Daily and Louis Say, the well:nown profess'onals, are playing with a semiirofessional club at Norfolk, Va. It is estimated that there are over COO imateur ball clubs in Chicago, with a mem>ership of between 7000 and 8000. Pitcher Roach, of Wilkesbarre, Penn., vith seventeen strike-cuts, for the present eads the season's strike-out record. The first player to give his catcher and utfielders signs as to the kind of ball he was bout to pi ten was Harry Wright, when he vas change pitcher for the famous Red Stockings of Cincinnati, in 1870. Harry forked the fast and slow ball, and would J ways let his catcher and outfielders know ehen he was going to toss a good one over he plate. Shock, of the Washingtons, ha? accomtlished the feat twice this season of hitting or a home run when there were three men on LflOAQ TPatv hnhman nncofl5Q fhfl fft/Ml ItV of eping cool and of having the patience to tick out a good ball at such times, and. on ccount of bfling over anxious, very few suceed in hitting the ball even for one base rhen the bases are full. The crowd at a ball match is almost as im ortant a factor in winninggnmes as are the layers. The nine that can depend on the pectators to back them through thick and hin and stand by them in weal and woe are Jways rolling up their sleeves and stepping ip to the plate iu a confidential manner with . wink or two, maybe, for the crowd, even hould the score be ten to one against them. national league record. K&Ttl? o * (Jlub, W01%. //OV, Chicago 34 15 Detroit 32 18 Boston 31 *23 New York 28 23 Philadelphia 25 Zi Washington 17 32 PitUburg 16 31 Indianapolis 16 33 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION RECORD. ft'amr of Club. Won. Lost Bt. Louis 33 15 Brooklyn 37 17 Athletic 3J 19 Cincinnati! 30 21 Baltimore 24 20 Cleveland 17 33 Kansas City 14 33 Louisville 15 36 The Kusaian Government will permit ivomen to become pharmaceutists if they pass the same examination to which men are lubjected- Apothecaries receiving female pupils will not De allowed to receive males, J ' . I..:-.;. , . ' REPUBLICAN PLATFOBM. Its Pall Text as Adopted by thfl Chicago National Convention. The Republicans of the United States assembled by their delegates in National Convention pause on the threshold of their proceedings to honor the memory of their first great leader, the immortal champion of lih. erty and the rights of the people?Abraham Lincoln^-and to cover also with wreaths of imperishable remembrance and gratitude the heroic names of our later leaders vcho have more recently been called away from our councils?Grant, Garfield, Arthur, Losan, Conk ling. May their memories be faithfully cherished! We elso recall, with our greetings and with prayer for his safe recovery, the name of one of our living heroes who*o memory will be treasured in tne history both of Republicans and of the Republic?the name of that noble soldier and favorite child of victory, Philip H. Sheridan. In the spirit of those great leaders, and of our own devotion to human liberty, and with that hostility to all lorms of depotism and oppression which is the fundamental idea of the Republican party, we send fraternal congratulation to our fellow-Americans of Brazil upon their great act of emancipation, whicn completed the abolition of slavery throughout the two American continents. We earnestly hope that we may soon congratulate our fellow-citizens of Irish birth upon the peaceful recovery of home rule for Ireland. We reaffirm our unswerving devotion to the national Constitution and to the indissoluble union of the States; to the autonomy reserved to the States under the Constitution, ** ? ??? ?on/1 /?f rtltivono lu buu ptu auuai uguu) auu uudiuiuul in all the States and Territories in the Union, and especially to the supreme and sovereign right of every lawful citizen, rich or poor, native or foreign born, white or black, to cast one free ballot in public elections, and to have that ballot duly counted. We hold the free and honest popular ballot, and the just and equal representation of all the people to be the foundation of. our Republican Government, and demand effective legislation to secure the iutegrity and parity of elections which ore the fountains of all public authority. We charge that the present Administration and the Democratic majority in Congress, owe their existence to the suppr ession of the ballot by a criminal nullification of the Constitution and laws of the United States. We are uncompromisingly in favor of the American system of protection; we protest against its destruction as proposed by the President and his party. They serve the interests*of Europe; we will support the interests of America. We accept the issue, and confidently appeal to the people for their judgment The protective system must be maintained. Its abandonment has always been followed by general disaster to all interests except those of the Treasurer and the Sheriff. We denounce the Mills bill as destructive to the general business, the labor and the farming interests of the couitry, and we heartily endorse the consistent and patriotic action of the Republican representatives in Congress in opposing its passage. We condemn the proposition of the Demooratic party to plaoe wool on the free list, and we insist that the duties thereon shall be adjusted and maintained so n3 to fumi-h full and adequate protection to that industry. mi_- n Vi:_ k? all XQtJ MDUUXlUtUi pcuujr nuuiu ouwv mm needed reduction of the national revenue, by repealing the taxes upon tobacco, which are an annoyance and borden to agriculture, and the tax upon spirits used in the arts/and for mechanical purposes, and by such revision of the tariff laws as will tend to check imports of sach articles as are produced by our people, the production of which gives employment to our labor, and release from import duties those articles of foreign production (except luxuries) the like of which cannot be produced at home. If there shall still remain a larger revenue than is requisite for the wants of the Government, we favor the entire repeal of internal taxes, rather than the surrender of any part of our protective system at the joint behest of the whisky trusts and the agents of foreism manufacturers. We declare our hostility to the introduction into this country of foreign contract labor, and of Cbinese labor, alien to our civilization and our Constitution; and we demand the rigid enforcement of the existing laws against It, and favor such immediate legislation as will exclude such labor from our shores. We declare our opposition to all 'combinaMnna r>f nrcrAniTpd in trusts or other wise, to control arbitrarily the condition of trade among our citizens, and we recommend to Congress and the State Legislatures in their respective jurisdictions sucfi legislation as will prevent the execution of all schemes to oppress the people by undue charges on their supplies, or by unjust rates for the transportation of their products to market. We approve the legislation by Congress to prevent alike unjust burdens and unfair discrimination between the States. We reaffirm the policy of appropriating the public lands of tne United States to be homesteads for American citizens and settlers, not aliens, which the Republican party established in 1832 against the persistent opposition of the Democrats in Congress, and which has I rought our great Western domain into such magnificent development. The restoration of unearned railroad land grants to the public domain for the use of actual settlers, which was begun under the Administration of President Arthur should be continued.. We deny that the Democratic party has ever restored one acre to the people, but declare that by the joint action of Republicans and Democrats about 50,000,000 of acres of unearned lands originally granted for the construction of railroads have been restored to the public domain, in pursuance nf t.tiB r?ondition9 inserted bv the Republican party in the original grants." We charge the Democratic Administration with failure t/i execute tne laws securing to settlers titles to their homesteads, and with using appropriations made for that purpose to harrass innocent settlers with spies and prosecutions under the false pretence of exposing frauds and vindicating the law. The government by Congress of the Territories is based upon necessity only, to the end that they become States in the Union; therefore, whenever the conditions of population, material resources, public intelligence and morality are such as to insure a stable local government therein, the people of such Territories should be permitted, as a right inherent in them, the right to form for themselves constitutions and State Governments and be admitted into the Union. Pending the preparation for Statehood, all officers thereof should be selected from tho- bona fide residents and citizens of the Territory wherein they are to serv& South kota should of right be immediatel; admitted as a State in the Union, un.ler the Constitution framed and adopted byherpeople, and we heartily endorse the action of the Republican Senate in twice passing bills for her admission. The refusal of the Democratic House of Representatives, for partisan purposes, to favorbhly consider these Dills,is a wilful violation of the sacred American principle of local self-government and merits the condemnation of all just men.The pending bills in the Senate for acts to enable the people of Washington, North Dakota, and Montana Territories to form constitutions and establish State Governments.should be passed without unnecessary delay. The Re?t? rv!i.rlifoal# fall in iffl pUUUUttll p-11 \iJ piCUj^OO 1VOD1I. IA> V4V (All iu IV? power to facilitate the admission of the Territories of New Mexico, Wyoming:, Idaho, and Arizona to the enioymentot sell-government as States,such of them as are now qualified, as soon as possible, and the others as soon as they may become so. The political power of the Mormon Church in the Territories, as exercised in the past, is a menace to free institutions, a danger no longer to be suffered. Therefore we pie Ige the Republican party to appropriate legisla* tion asserting the sovereignty of the nation in all Territories where the same is questioned, and in furtherance of that end tG place upon the statute books legislation stringent enough to divorce the political from the ecclesiastical power, and thus stamp out the attendant wickedness of polygamy. The Republican party is in favor of the | use of both gold and silver as money, anc ; condemns the policy of the Democratic Ad j ministration in its efforts to demonetize I silver. We demand the reduction of letter postage to one cent per ounce. In a republic like ours, where the citizen is the sovereign and the official the servant, where no power is exercised except by the will of the peoplo, it is important that the sovereign?the people?should possess intelligence. The free school is the promoter of that intelligence which is to preserve us a free nation; therefore the State or nation, or both combined, should support free institutions of learning sufficient to afford to everj child growing up in the land the opportunity of a good common-school education. We earnestly recommend that prompt action be taken by Congress in the enactment of such legislation as will best secure the rehabilitation of our American merchant marine, and we protest against the passage by Congress of a Free-ship bill, as calculated 1 ' r - , to work injustice to labor by lessening the wages of those engaged in preparing materials as well as those directly employed in our ship-yards. We demand appropriations . >; for the early rebuilding of our nary; for .i the construction of coast fortifications and, modern ordnance and other approved; modern means of defence for the protection of our defenceless harbors and cities; for the| payment of just pensions to our soldiers;1 for necessary works of national importance ' in the improvem?nt of harbors and the chan*, nels of internal, coastwise and foreign com-, merce: the encouragement of the snipping-interests of the Atlantic Gnlf, and Padfiq ^ States, as well as for the payment at th% ' maturing public debt. This policy will giv% employment to our labor, activity to our va-, rious industries, increase the security of oar oountrv. promote trade, ooen new and direct markets for our produce, and cheapen to# cost of transportation. We affirm this to bSfar better for our country than the Demoj cratic policy of loaning the Government's money without interest to '*pet banks." l^g The conduct of foreign affairs by thepw#*V ent Administration has been distinguished^^; . its inefficiency and its cowardice. Havin? withdrawn from the Senate all pending treaties effected by Republican administra-t t ion for the removal of foreign burdens And . restrictions *apon our commerce, and tor it# extension into better markets, it has neither effected nor proposed any others in tbetf stead. Professing adherence to the Monro*' doctrine, it has seen with idle complacoacjj-. 3 the extension of foreign influence in Central America and of foreign trade everywhere among onr neigh- \ bora. It has refused to charter, sanction, ofencourage any American organization tot constructing the Nicaragua Canal, a work off , , vital importance to the maintenance Of th? Monroe doctrine, and of our national inftsH . ; . once in Central and South America, anil . necessary for the development of .trade trith! our Pacific territory, with South America^ f/.~k and with the islands and further coasts of the Pacific Ocean. We arraign cue present Democratic Ad-| ministration for its weak and unpatriotic; treatment of the fisheries question, and it* Susillanimous surrender of tne essential priv-j eges to which our fishing vessels are entitled) in Canadian ports under the Treaty of 131% : ' the reciprocal maritime legislation of 183Gt and the comity of nations, and which Cana-j dian fishing vessels receive in the ports of tbr United 8tates, We condemn the policy ofthrf-J present Administration and the Democrattoj.^ 5# majority in Congress toward'our fisheries fl?>: unfriendly and conspicuously unpatriotic.;. and as tending to destroy a valuable national industry and an indispensable resource of defence against a foreign enemy. " _1 * The name of American applies alike to all! citizens of the republic, and imposes upon a4 ; ; alike the same obligation of obedience to thv v: laws. At the same time that citizenship if \ -p and must be the panoply and safeguard or' */2 him who wears it and protect him whethei*' ,v, high or low, rich or poor, in all his civilrighto, it should and must afford hmt protection at home and follow and protect him! ?1 ?? - ?* - ' * _ _ _ ? aoroaain waasever iauaub way wuua ful errand. . The men who abandoned the Republican J party in 18S5 and continue to adhere to the Democratic party^ have deserted not onlyjthe of freedom or purity of the ballot, but espe-< '[ dally have deserted the cause of reform in. the civil service. We will not faij to keep . ?> our pledges because they have broken theirs of . S because their candidate has broken hi*. Wo therefore repeat our declaration of 18&i, to ;j wit: "The reform of the civil senric#:'-* auspiciously begun under the Republican Administration should be completed by tha;.. further extension of the ruiorm system already established by law to till the gradw of the servioe to which it Is applicable. The spirit and purpose of the reform should observed in all executive appointmants, and- . all laws at variance with the object of extefr* ing reform legislation should be repealed, to j-i the end that the dangers to free InstitqtloaaL ..SB which lurk in the power of offiriaLpatronage may be wisely and. effectively avoided." The gratitude of the nation to the defender* ", of the Union cannot be measured by Jaw*>v- ' * The legislation of Congress should conform ' : "v to the pledge made by a loyal people, and be so enlarged and extended as u> provide against the possibility that any man wha'tfSS honorably wore the Federal uniform shall become an inmate of an almshouse or de? A pendent upon private charity. In the pre?- . ence of an overflowing treasury it wOuld be a public scandal to. do le3s for tho?# ,f .^ whose valorous service preserved the Gow ernment We denounce the hostile spirit'^ shown by Fresident Cleveland in his nunwrs ous vetoes of measures for pension relief, and the action of the Democratic .House; of Representatives in refusing even a consideration . of general pension legislation. < In support of the .principles herewith enun- dated, we invited the co-operation of patri^ otic men of all parties, and especially of all workingmen, whose prosperity is. serfoosly threatened bv the free-trade policy Of the present Administration. ; * STANLEY AT BAY. the Famous Explorer Wounded and Surrounded by Hostile Native*.' ' A despatch from St. Paul de Loan do, AM- J ca, says: "Several deserters from Stanley's expedition of relief to Emin Pacha, here reached Camp Yambunga. They state tb&i ^ after traversing the Upper Aruwhimi Stan- v ley struck into a rough mountainous country covered with dense forests. Thenatfves, >;:who were excited by reports spread by the Arabs, disputed the passage of tneexpeditioa, . and there was continuous fighting. Stanley .t, was severely wounded by an arrow. - He w*M j compelled several times to construct camps in ' order to repel attacks, and was obliged to usa .. w the reserve provisions that were intended for Emin Pacha. The Soudanese attached to the force had all died or disappeared. The ..! deserters estimate that the caravan had kit * > one-third of its men, and they say that many of those remaining were ill, including tha v, Europeans. . "Stanlev was encamped nursing bis wound when the deserters left He was surrounaea / g by hostiles and was unable to goad new* to - I Emin or directly to Yambunga. Major I Barttelot had returned to Yambunea, where I be was awaiting the men. that Mr. Ward waa I collecting to form a powerful expedition to I go to the relief of Stanley." I Mrs. Ear ah Celdix Mitchell, who baa 3 just died at Corpus Chrlsti, Texas, aged 91 I years, was in youtn Fulton's guest on his first I steamboat, and among the dancers at th? I ball and banquet wherewith De Witt Clinton, I then Governor of New York, celebrated tbs I completion of the Erie CanaL 5 THE .MARKETS, I 26 yzw YOKE. 1 Beef. City Dressed 6 <? 7 I Calves. common to prime.... 7^(3 9 I Sheep 6 @ 9U Lambs 10 <9 19% Hogs?Live 5 7-5 <? 5 90 flj Dressed JH Flour?City Mill Extra. 4 t) @ 4 60 B Patents 4 25 @ 5 00 I Wheat-No. 2 Red. &X? 88}$ Rye?State 56 @ 58 . Barley?State 82 @ 85 Corn?Ungraded Mixed.... 5jV@ 58 I Oata?No. 1 White ? <3 48 Mixed Western 82 @ 39. Hay?Choice Timothy ' HO @ 95 H T Vrr. 95 @ 1 00 | ?3l?ruw AA/UK, v....... - _ AA Lard?City Steam ? @ 8 00 ^ I Butter?State Creamery.... 1"%@ *0}% B Dairy @ 1? West Im. Creamery 14K(<3 17 , B Factory 13 @ 16 H Cheese?State Factory. 1)i<& ? fl Skims 2 @ 7 g Western 7 @ 8 Eggs?State and Penn ? ? 1?3^ tfl BUFFALO. Steers?Western 4 OJ @ 4 75 8 Sheep?Good to Choice 5 00 (g) 6 00 H Lain OS?Western 6 5) (a> S 25 H Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 5 85 @ 5 95 H Flour?Family 4 85 <g 5 35 B Wheat?No. 1 Northern 83$? " Corn?No. 2, Mixed 57 ($ 57% H Oats?No. 2, Mixed ? @ 34^ H Barley?State 88 (& 91^' M BOSTOK. H Beef?Good to choice. 9~.r@ 10 H Hogs?Live 56 Northern Dressed.... 6^<g 7 Flour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 5 25 (g, 5 66 H Corn?Steamer Yellow. til @ 63 H Oats?No. 1 White 4fii47W H Rye-State 60 '& 65% WATIRTOW.V (MAS3.) CATTLE *ARK*r B Beer-Dressed weight ^<9 8 Be Sheep?Live weight 3 @ 4$f Lambs 5 @ 6U^H Hogs?Northern 7 @ 7^ K PHILADELPHIA. H Flour?Penn.extra family... 3 85 @ 4 00 -'"M Wheat-No. 2, Red 93^? Corn?No. 2, Mixed 64H Oats?Mixed...., ? @42 Rye?No. 2 ? @ 78 H Butter?Creamery Extra... ? (? Cheese?N. Y. Fall Cream.. a