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A MONSTER RAFT. !
Launching a Huge Timber Ship
in the Bay of Fundy.
Thirty Thousand Logs Worth $50,000
Bound for .New York.
The monster log raft, or, rather, "log
ship," that has been completed for Jam9S D.
Leary, of New York city, has been successfully
launched into the Bay of Fundy at Joggins,
Nova Scotia.
The monster fabric has been ready for
launching during the past three weeks, but
the builders were awaiting the big midsummer
tide, which at that point every year
reaches a height of over sixty feet. When
the tide was at its highest point at noon,
launching day, over one hundred feet of the
raft was floating in the water.
At a given signal a hundred heavy check
blocks were knocked away, a few pieces
of timber cut away, and then the fate of the
raft depended upon a few strokes of the
ram about midships, where the shores were
so arranged that it was only necessary
to knock out one of them. After
the first two strokes the raf
started. The descent was not rapid. When
it struck the water the raft kept head up and
skimmed along gracefully. The speed decreased
perceptibly as the la>t 200 feet lefttho
launchways. Clouds of smoke caused by.friction
almost obscured the last half of the raftj
from view, but it soon cleared o!f. The impe*
tus given it sent the monster about an eighth
of a mile out to sea and thus the 20,000 ton?
of logs slid gracefully into the water. The
ocean tug Morse, which is the largest and
strongest tug in those waters, was in readiness
to make fast to the raft, and it was
towed out into the bay. The Morse started
at once for New York with the unwieldy
tow.
Two of the employes, Harding Parsons
and Jack Carter, stood on top of the raft
when it was launched. The raft has been in
course of construction since last March, work
having been begun on it immediately after
tha loss of the big raft that the steamer
Miranda let go adrift.
Three hundred men were constantly
employed upon it under the direction of
H. R." Robertson, who has tne structure
of the raft patented. It was built upon
an enormous cradle, 35,000 sticks of timber
and seventy-five tons of steel wire
rope being used in its construction,
but with a certain number of logs stuck upright
in the fashion of masts, and secured
with wire ligging.
The present structure is larger than the
raft which went to pieces off Nantucket
last winter. The first raft was 540
feet long. The present structure is nearly
700 feet long sixty feet in width, thirty five
feat deep and will draw
twenty-two feet of water. It contains nearly
o0,000 sticks of timber, varying in length
from twenty-five to 175 feet, bolted together,
besides being lashed with wire
rope, which was imported into Canada
fr?e of duty on tr>e ground of being
used as ship's rigging. The timbers cost
$liS,00X The towage contract to New York
by the big tug B. W. Morse, of Maine, will
be $100 per day.
The value of the logs in New York will be
about $50,000. If sawed into lumber a fleet
of 100 schooners or fifty railroad trains of
fifty cars each would be needed to transport
them.
It is designed to tow the raft through
Long Island sound an 1 the East river to the
Erie basin where the craft will be broken up
and the logs sold. The structure of the craft
has been patented by H. R. Robertson, a
contractor, who if this time successful, will
continue to ship lumber in this fashion.
Vessel owners are opj>osed to the scheme,
and the Provincial Legislature at its next session
will be appealed to for the purpose of
having a law enacted to prohibit the building
and sailine of such rafts; fcr, if successful.
such a traffic will destroy the shipowners1 |
trade. Dealers who depend on tho railroads
will also be utterly unable to compete with
the lumber brought by the raft.
Should the present "timber ship" go to |
pieces the United States government will !
probably be asked to prevent such ventures
in future. Meanwhile the course of the unwieldy
raft will be watched with mucb. interest.
The raft as it now floats is about twothirds
submerged. Two tow chains are
securely fastened through the timbers of the
raft. The ends are planted, and an anchor
is attached forward.
UNITED STATES MINT.
Interesting Figures From tho Director's
Annual ReportThe
Director of the United States Mint al
Washington has submitted to Congress a report
on the production of precious metals in I
the United States during the calendar year '
18S7.
The product of gold amounted to 1,596,500
fine ounces, of the value of $33,000,000. The
product of silver amounted to 41,2C9,240 fine
ounces, of commercial value about $40,450,- '
000, and of the coining value of $53,357,000.
The gold product fell off about $2,000,000 !
from that of the preceding year. The product j
oi silver increasea aoous i, coming j
value, over that of tbe preceding year. The j
principal gold product was in California, and j
the principal silver product in Montana and
Colorado.
The value of the gold deposited at the mints
was $34,667,712, of which S32.444.C67 was of
domestic production, and $3J,01(2,051 consisted
of foreign gold bullion and coin imported
into the United States. The deposits
and purchases of silver at the mints
amounted, at coining rate, to $40,1*47,71)2.
Nearly all of the silver bullion imported was
from Mexico, and nearly all of the silver coin ]
consisted in Mexican dollars. Silver ores !
were also imported, principally from Mexico, ;
of the value of $4,242,133.
There was a gain in gold to the United |
States imports over exports of $3 >,671,297,
and a loss of silver by exports of $7,159,637?
a net gain to this country of bullion and coin ;
of $28,511,630. The coinage of the mints j
during the calendar year was 112,851,488 \
pieces of the value of $60,579,151. In a ldi- j
tion to the c inage bars of gold and silver i
were manufactured of the value of $65,338,595.
An inquiry as V the value of the gold and !
silver used in thb mdustrial arts of the Uni- j
ted States during the year 1887 shows a consumption
of gold of *11.672,006, and of sil- i
ver, $5,241,998; total, $16,914,604. Including !
the melting down of United States gold coin,
the Director estimates the value of the gold
used in the United States in tbe industrial
arts during 18S7 at about $14,000,00.), and of
silver, $5,280,000. This is an increase over the
consumption of prior years. The amount of
?iiver purcnasea ior me surer dollar coinage
was 24,71)7,279 fine ounces, costing $24,221,257,
the average cost to the Government being
$0.9768 per ounce fine.
The coinage of tho world during the calendar
year 1837 was S 124,993,797 in gold and
$133,502,066 in silver. The reported consumption
of gold in thejindustrial arts in the world
for 1830 was $46,0j0,000 in gold and S22.0U0,000
in silver. The production of gold and
silver in the world in 188.) was $98,7U1,2J5 in
gold and $126,457,500 in silver.
RUNNING AMUCK.
Ike Lambert, an Alabama Desperado.
Wantonly Kills Three Men.
Ike Lambert, a well-known white man,
after several weeks of heavy drinking,
reached a conclusion to kill
a number of people in Mount
Fleasait neighborhood, Monroe County,
Ala He made out a list of those he nad
condemned to death, and arming him- 1
self with a Winchester rifle, a shotgun,
and three revolvers started out
on horseback. He was cra/.y drunk,
but able to move. Near Dixie he met
a colored man, William Jackson, in the road,
anu witiiuut tx wwu auui uuu uoau in m*j
tracks. The first residence he came to was that
of T. D. Hestie, a wealthy citizen. Calling
Mr. Hestle, the lat er came out in hi
shirt sleeves and saii: "Ho-v are you. lkef'
For reply Lambert said: "My business
here to-day is to kill you." VVith that
he fired his Winchester, shooting Mr.
Hestle through the heart. Pursuing his
way, he met a colored man, named
Casey in the road and killed him with a shot
from his pistol. Pursuit was now organized
by the people, and in half an hour they found
the murderer lying asleep in tue roadway,
having fallen from his horse. The guns and
pistols wei-o lying by his side. He was put
in jail at Monroeville. (
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j THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.
j The Rev. E. P. Roe. the popular and
prolific novelist, died suddenly at his home
j in Cornwall, N. Y., of neuralgia of the heart.
| At White Ilock station, Penn., Viola and
Victor Ramsey, twins, aged nine years, fell
' into the Allegheny River while fishing and
| were drowned.
I Mrs. Mary Schooxmaker and her
! nephew, James Berrian, while crossing the
track at Singling. N. Y., were killed by a
! train on the New York Central and Hudson
j River Railroad.
! Michael Coffee, an United States artili
leryman from West Point, fell overboard
| from a rowboat near Cold Spring, N. Y.,and
| was drowned.
The body of an infant child of Mr. and
I Mrs. Charles Blinn, awaiting burial in
1 UavtamIm'11 wtn f V?n f a o nn'cn V?v
the drapery about the bier taking fire
| from candles.
i
South and West.
I Nine steamboat hands were scalded to
| death while asleep in the cabin by the exj
plosion of a steam pipe on the towboat
i "Canary" at West Fomt, Ky.
| Hicks Carmichael was hanged at Knoxville,
Tenn., for the murder of Deputy Sheriff
j Shipe.
I General Thomas L. Young, ex-Governor
: of Ohio, and a member of the Forty-sixth
i and Forty-seventh Congresses, died recently
at Cincinnati
C. J. brchannan, of Kentucky, and W.
Brewer were drowned in the Platte River, at
Bellewood, Neb., while bathing.
The Kansas Prohibition State Convention
has nominated for Governor the Rev. J. D.
Botkin, and also put in the field a full State
ticket.
Ckoss and White, the Raleigh. (N. C.)
bank officers who fled to Canada with the
| fuudsof their institution, havo been tried and
! convicted. Cross was sentenced to seven
years' imprisonment and White to fivo years.
Sabina Vitualla, a young Italian girl,
fn+nlUr /?nt Uaf fhrnof. in Ohio. I
I at tli0J|)ouse of the mother of Giovanni Mangino,
fl ho was soon to become her husband.
R. W. Henry," a prominent politician of i
| Hopkinsville, Ky,, committed suicide by
shooting himself threa times in the breast,
i Four men were killed by a boiler explosion
in a coal mine at Zion, K3r.
Joseph Mason*, treasurer of a Redding,
(Cal.) mining company, committed suicide
by blowing himself into atoms wiih fifty
pounds of giant powder.
A severe storm struck Sandusky, Ohio, a
few days ago. The wind blew a gale, and
rain and hail fell in torrents. Trees were uprooted,
corn and other crops were damaged,
I while fruit was literally stripped from the
trees. The damage is estimated at $100,000.
Chari.es Soons and William Berry, of
Little Rock, Ark., went to the cellar of a
friend to get some wine. There were two
J kegs, one containing wine and arsenic for fly
! poison and the other pure wine. They drank
j freely from the wrong keg and died within
I an hour.
j General -William C. Wickham, VicePresident
and Receiver of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad, and a distinguished Confederate
General, died suddenly in his office at
Richmond, Va., from heart disease.
The ninety-second birthday of Cleveland,
Ohio, was celebrated by the unveiling of a
bronze statue nine feet high of General Moses
Cleaveland, of Connecticut, the surveyor of
the Western Reserve, and the founder of the
place which bears his name.
A. Lund, his brother and four friends were
rlrowned while fishinz near San Pedro, Cal I
| Fire destroyed the coal mining town of
( Roslyn, Washington Territory, rendering tho
entire population of 1500 homeless. Nothing
! was saved. The loss is $500,000.
The six-story shoe factory of Krippendorf,
Dittman & Co., Cincinnati, has been burned;
loss, $310,000.
Wisconsin's Labor party has been in ses- i
i sion at Oshkosh, and Dr. William Powell, of
La Crosse, better known by his title of
[ "White Beaver." formerly an Indian scout,
was nominated for Governor.
A difficulty occurred between Aaron
and David Cunningham, brothers, of Lancaster
County, Soutli Carolina, in which
Aaron was shot dead by David. The latter
had been drinking and* was trying to shoot a
neighbor's dog, when Aaron interfered.
Washington.
The Senate has confirmed Hugh W. Weir,
of Pennsylvania, to be Chief Justice of tho
Supreme Court of Idaho; Elliott Sandford,
of New York, Chief Justice of Utah,and Edn j
mond Mallet, of New York, to be Indian In
jpector.
The New York Seventy-first Regiment! |
celebrated the twenty-seventh anniversary o! |
[ Bull Run on the battle field, and then visited
Washington, where it was reviewed by President
Cleveland.
Foreign.
The British ship Star of Greece, Captain |
Harrower. from London, was wrecked in [
Aldinger Bay, Australia, and twenty persons |
drowned.
Fourteen* drunkeu half-breed lumbermen j
made a foolhardy attempt to shoot the Mattawan
Maelstrom, in Canada, and were all I
! dashed to pieces on the rocks.
A disastrous wreck of a construction !
train occurred on the Mexican National Rail- j
road, in which fifteen men were killed. A |
relief train was sent out from Saltillo.
J*Four hundrkd rebels attacked a villa^q j
near Wady Haifa, Egypt. Colonel VVode- j
house, of the British Army, after severe
fighting, repulsed the rebels, inflicting a (
severe loss. Twenty villagers were killed or j
wounded.
Emperor William, of Germany, reviewed .
the Russian troops at St. Petersburg, and
was heartily cheered by the soldiers.
Three boats loaded with native fugitives,
who left Wailv Haifa, Egypt, during the re
cent attacn ot me aervisnessanic in tne river,
and 150 persons were drowned.
Disastrous fires have occurred in the lumber
regions of Northern Sweden, destroying
the town of Sunaesvall and two neighboring:
villages. The ioss is estimated at $!t,000,000,
and as the majority of tho inhabitants are
very poor, great suffering was thereby entailed.
General Boclanger was defeated in his
candidacy for a vacancy in the French Chamj
her of Deputies. His opponent, M. Tailliferj
received 47,630 votes, aud Boulanger only
K545.
Seven thousand colliers at Pont-y-Pridd,
Wale3, have struck for an increase in wages.
Seven men have been suffocated by n fire
in a coal pit at Montceau les Mines, I* ranee.
An extradition treaty with this country
has been sanctioned by the National Legislative
Council of Colombia. South America.
CHIEF JUSHOFFULLER,
The President's Nominee Confirmed i
by the United States Senate.
Tho United States Senate has confirmed I
the nomination of Mr. Melville W. Fuller of J
Illinois to be Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court Tho vote was 41 yeas to 20 nays.
The vote by which Mr. Fuller was confirmed
was taken in executive session, and is !
under the injunction of secrecy, but it is
understood that ten Republican Senators
voted for confirmation, and that they were
as follows: Messrs. Cameron, Cullom, Davis,
Farwell, Frye, Hale, Jones of Nevada, I
Mitchell, Quay and Kiddleberger.
All of the thirty-one Democrats present :
voted for confirmation. Those voting in the I
negative were all Republicans, and were |
as follows: Blair, Howen, Chandler, i
Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds, &vart3, Hawley, |
Hoar, Ingalls, Manderson, Palmer, !
Piatt, Sabin, Sawyer, Sherman, Stewart,
Stockbridge, Teller and Wilson, of Iowa,
making in all twenty voting in the negative
and sixty-one altogether voting on the subject,
leaving fifteen absent, or paired as follows
:
Messrs. Call. Saulsbury, Harris, Eustis
Kenna, Colquitt?six Democrats; and Messrs.
Aldrich, Allison, Chace, Morrill, Paddock,
Spooner,Stanford, Hiscock and Plumb?nine
Republicans. This accounts for the whole j
membership of the Senate?70.
Messrs. Edmunds, Evarts and other Republican
Senators spoke against confirmation,an
1 Messrs Cullom and Farwell, also Republicans,
spoke in Mr. Fuller's favor.
Active steps are to be taken by the Iowa
State Board of Health to prevent immigration
of persons tainted with leprosy. Our
Consul at Christiania, Norway, has been
notified that if any more victims of the disease
come from the district of Stavanger
they will be sent back. I
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FATAL CLOUD BURST.
cWest
Virginia Devastated by a
Furious Rainstorm.
Many Lives Lost and a Vast
Amount of Property Destroyed,
Never since the disastrous flood of August,
18G0, has Wheeling, W. Va., been visited by
such a trcmsndous rainfall as occurred on
Friday evening. The storm commenced at
10 o'clock at night and ceased at S in the
morning. There were a number of deaths
from liehtnine at that time, and not less
than twenty-five drowned. Of these ten were
lost in the Caldwell Run, eight were drowned
at or near Triadeiphia and West Alexandria,
in the eastern part of the county, one near
Bridgeport, on the Ohio side of the river,
one, ex-Sheriff Kemp, of Marshall county,
near Benwood, W. Va, and two or more on
Whisky Run on the Ohio side opposite the
lower end of this city. The destruction of
property exceeded half a milion of dollars.
The limits of the storm are sharply defined,
commencing in the neighborhood of iCadiz,
Ohio, it swept in a path about twenty miles
wide in a southeasterly direction through
Mount Pleasant and St. Clairsville, on
through Bridgeport, Bellaire and Martin's
Ferry, where it crossed the Ohio to Wheeling;
on through Elm Grove, Clinton and
Triadeiphia to West Alexandria, on the
Pennsylvania line, where it spent its force.
Tbe storm broke over Wheeling, W. Va.,
about 6 o'clock, and rain came down
\n sheets. There was no let up until 7:30, fitful
showers, however, coming up afterward.
It was not long until the streets were like
rivers and the cellars of dwellings and business
houses flooded. After the storm was
over it was one swelling tide of wrecks, and
when the moon finally shone out about 10
o'clock it looked upon a terrible scene of
disaster.
The most frightful effects of the storm
were experienced on Caldwell's Run. The
narrow channel of this stream made the rushing
water an irresistible flood, sweeping
pvprvthinc before it. During the rush of the
waters the Market street iron bridge and
Main street stone bridge were crowded with
people watching the creek running out
It was an appalling sight and at the same
time fascinating. The Baltimore and Ohio
wooden bridge, just below, soon became
an object of interest as the sweeping
flood was leaping against it with terrific
force, and its timbers cracking beneath the
strain. A large crowd gathered at this
bridge, and in spite of warnings many persisted
in getting out on the trestle, and all at
once and without warning the bridge waa
swept away, and above the sullen roar of the
water and the cracln'sg of the timbers could be
heard ftpr* ior help from those who were carrLv
away with the bridge. A number who
clung to pieces of timber were swept into the
river in the twinkling of an eye, and residents
of the island opposite the mouth of the
creek plainly heard the cries of distress as
they drifted down the Ohio. More than
twenty persons perished on this structure.
The greatest disaster occurred on Caldwell's
Run, where ten persons lost their lives and a
large amount oc property destroyed. The
run is very crooked, and the flood as it swept
through the city toward the river was
churned into foam. Two bridges were swept
away and about five miles up tho run sir
houses were washed away or rather were
crushed into fragments by the terrible force
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them.
The destruction at Triodelphia wa3 more
appalling than any where else. Fifteen families
are homeless and saved nothing but what
they had on. Half this village of 000 inhabitants
was swept away, but many of the
residents escaped to the hills;
William Gaston, aged sixty years, a :
wealthy and prominent man who owned the !
famous Gaston Urchard, was drowned, as I
was his wife. Mrs. Gatson's remains were |
found near Elm Grove, two mile3 below her
ruined home, and were hanging over
a barbed wire fence when discovered.
The body of Charles Caulbell,
aged fifty, was found among some j
driftwood. Mrs. Jane Fay, wife of Moses [
Fay, and her two daughters, Alice and Belle, j
both of whom were grown up, were found i
dead near Elm Grove. The bodies of two !
brothers named Gorman, both young men, j
were recovered in a meadow where they had J
been hurled by the furious waters.
The whole farming country was denuded |
of crops, and in many cases the soil waa j
washed away over large tracts. Hundreds j
of heads of live stock were drowned, and the
desolation is general over a total area of I
about 300 square miles. The railroads, the [
Baltimore and Ohio, Cleveland, Lorain j
and Wheeling, Ohio River, St. Clairs- \
ville and Northern St. Clairsville, Southern '
Rnd Pittsburg:, Wheeling and Kentucky, lose j
heavilv. The Baltimore and Ohio, between
\Vhfelino> and West Alexander. Penn.. has
nine briJges washed away.
LATER NEWS,
A disastrous hailstorm passed over South
Richford, East Berkshire, and Montgomery,
in Vermont. Hail fell to a depth of five
inches in some places, completely destroying
growing crops and gardens. Drifts one foot
in depth were seon firmly frozen together.
The fall of a gallery in a Jsew York
printer's shop caused the death of a girl
named Maria Bagnell, who was ernp'oyed
there, and the serious injury of five others.
The Senate has passed a bill granting to all
ex-Speakers of the House the freedom of the I
Senatorial floor. The beneficiaries of this I
courtesy now living are ex-Speakers Bank; j
of Massachusetts, Grow of Pennsylvania, |
Winthrop of Massachusetts, Blaine of Maine,
Randall of Pennsylvania, and Keifer of j
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UU1U.
Colonel James Stevenson, the ethnolo- :
gist, connected with the United States Geological
Survey for many years, died sud- j
denly of heart disease in New York City. !
Rich silver quartz deposits discovered in
the blue grass valley of the Palou-e River, in
Washington Territory, have created a mining
excitement in that vicinity. Assay reports
give seventy-eight ounces of silver to
the ton.
A violent hail and wind storm which visited
McDonough, Ga., wrecked a Methodist
Church, crushing three people to death and |
injuring sevoral others.
The Minnesota State Prohibition Convention,
in session at St. Paul, adopted a platform
which includes a demand that Congress
make it a crime to ship liquor into a
prohibition State. Hugh Harrison, a wholeBale
grocer of Minneapolis, and a recent convert,
was nominated for Governor.
Tar fnn* cnns nf Mr. Vanrieville. of Bos
ton, Massachusetts, agad six, eight, ten and
twelve, were playing on so:ne logs in Lassompton
River, Canada, when the chains
holding the log6 gave way, and all four were
thrown in the water. In another moment
all the Iocs wero jammed together over the
heads of tha boys, making a roof, and they
all perished.
Ma Gladstone has just celebrated his
golden wedding.
TEN MEN KILLED,
A Freight Train and a Material
Train Collide in Virginia.
One of the most fearful wrecks in the hiatory
of the Norfolk and Western Railroad
happened tha other morning about
eight miles west of Lynchburg, Va.
Investigation into the details showed
that a freight train leaving Lyncl.burg
city about 1 o'clock p. M. collided with a ma
terial train near Forest Depot while moving
at the rate of forty miles
per hour. Both trains were completely
wrecked. Engineer Henry, a na'ive of
Philadelphia, and Harris, of Lynchburg,
were instantly killed; also Fireman Darnley,
of Philadelphia, and seven colored m?n,
attaches of the respective trains. Fireman
Mays, of Lynchburg, was fatally in jured.
Only the conductors escaped, and they were
slightly bruised The wreck was attributed
to the failure of the material tram conductor
to obey the instructions of the train
despatcber.
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THE NATIONAL GAME,
New York Is now playing the best ball In
the League.
Holyoke, Massachusetts, talks of n pro- |
fessional team for next season.
Boston's new short stop, Ray, is showing :
np well, particularly at the batr
Ovly one error has been made by Brown,
of the Bostons, in nineteen games.
* " * ? ? - ?? 5i% t ?__ ? 1? ? ?i oil uam ninA i
harvard win nave auuust/ un u? um
next year and Yale will have new men.
Umpire Doescher is accused of wreaking
his personal spite upon ball players on the
field.
Out of 219 League games played thii sea on
double figures have been scored fortyfive
times.
Bushong, of Brooklyn, Is also a believer
In hand ball practice instead of spring
Southern trips.
In sixty-two games at left field this season
Hornung, of Boston, made one error. His
average is .989.
President Spalding, of the Chicagos, has
offered Johnny Ward the Captaincy of his
Australian team.
Ewing, Bennett and Clements are running
a race to see who will catch the greatest
number of games.
After three years in the minor leagues
Monk Cline, of Louisville, is once more an
Association player.
All of Pitcher Stagg's expenses at Yale
College are paid for him. The college gets a
good pitcher out of it
Detroit scribes accuse Brouthers of waiting
too much for bases on balls, instead of
trying to hit the leather.
The Chicagos are about all sacrifice hitters,
and that accounts for their large number
of runs on so few hits.
The New England League teams are nil
playing good ball, and deserve the hearty
support of their respective cities.
There is a ball club in the City of Mexico
which has instead of hassocks on the bases
plates of beautiful native onyx.
Richard Belcher, 'S9, who has played
right field for three years, will Captain the
Amherst College nine next season.
Tim Keefe, of New York, struck out
Pfeffer, Williamson and Burns, of Chicago,
in succession during a recent game.
It is stated that Brooklyn has released
Bilchtothe Buffalo (N. Y.) Club on theloanond-return-at-the-end-of-the-soason
plan.
Umpire Gaffney considers Hamilton, of
the Worcesters, equal to either slattery, of
the New Yorks, or Ryan, of the Chicagos.
In signing Campau the Detroit Club broke
its record. He is the first Detroit boy considered
good enough to play on the Wolverine
team.
The Louisville team seem to have got their
"?econd wind." Their general playing during
the past two week* has been of a very
high order.
With Burdock's engagement by Brooklyn
his membership in the Ball Players' Brotherhood
terminated. Only League players can
be mambers.
An electric light game was attempted at
Jackson, Mich., but was not successful. The
shadows were too deep,and after five innings
play was abandoned.
The most promising amateur pitcher in
Chicago is said to be C. P. Pedros. He strikes
out from twelve to eighteen men in every
game. Buffalo is after him.
Detroit is afraid that Hardie Richardson
will not be abla to play ball again this seaion.
His sprained ankle is very lame. He
will be a great loss to the champions.
The Cleveland* are famous for their diving
slides in stealing a base. There are few
men in the team who will not risk breaking
his neck, in case of emergency, to win a
game.
Advance of years appears to have little or
no effect upon Charlie Snyder, of Cleveland,
and "Silver" Flint, of Chicago, as they play
their usual game behind the bat when given
a trial.
Captain Ewing has absolute control of
the New York team on the field. He is not
hampered in any way by either Manager
Mutrie or President Day. Ex-Captain "Ward
ia also working hard for tin success of tha
team.
After a game at Pittsburgh, as the carriage
containing the Philadelphia players
was going from the grounds, a shower of
itones were thrown at Pitcher Casey for his
partial decisions. One of tho missiles struck
Casey on the knee, tut fortunately did not
injure him.
national lea.que record.
Kamto* Club. Won. /,.?!
Detroit 4") 2<i
New York 44 27
Chicago 44 28
Philadelphia 34 86
Boston 30 38
Indianapolis 28 42
Pittsburg 26 41
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americas association" record.
Fame of Club. I fon. Ko*'..
St. Louis 47 24
Brooklyn 48 27
Cincinnati 45 27
Athletic 42 28
Baltimore 32 41
Cleveland 2(> 45
Louisville 20 4<i
Kansas City ^ 21 49
THE LABOR WORLD,
Jasper, Tenn., will soon have a rollingmill.
The Minneapolis labor temple will be finished
this year.
Key West, Fla., furnishes employment
for 9870 cigar makers.
There are 9134 jourmymen carpenters
and 2420 apprentices in Scotland.
A Natio.val Trades Assembly of Clerks
and Salesmen is in course of formation.
Never before in the history of the country
have manufacturing establishments changed
about so much as at this time.
? C1*,!/vP A pPAninf/vl Pnimontiirci f\t
QUt*lcujr ui xxaovuiaboa wc*i j/u>?^ w?
Scotland, has been in existence twenty-six
years and .reports a membership of 8S77.
In Lancaster, Penn., there are three cork
factories. The annual production is 150,000000
corks, or one-half of this country's manufacture.
The owners of the Seaconnet Mill, at Fall
River, Mass., are being prosecuted for violation
of the ten-hour law in overworking
minors.
Buck Ridge Colliehy, Shamokin, Penn.,
which has been idle since 18s:J, has resumed
operations. Employment will be given to
400 hands.
Rice & Griffin, sash and blind manufacturers
of Worcester, Mass., have just devided
?1476 among their employes as their
share of the profits of LS87.
Glassblowers' cramp, a deformity of the
fingers produced by continuous grasping, as
describe 1 by M. Poncet, is an effection of
nearly every glassblower.
An employer of 1G00 persons says: "The
best women are more faithful than the best
men, hut the average record of the men is
much above that of the women."
THE SiriKO OI [DO bUJIlo uuuois, nuitu uaa
caused so much trouble in the building trade
at Pittsburg, has terminated. The cutters accepted
the terms offered them by the masons.
Hotel-keeping on the Continent is a
trade, and like most trades learned in Europe
must require at least S3ven years' apprenticeship,
and under a most accomplished teacher
at that.
The capacity of the Findlay (Ohio) natural
gas wells spurting already is 50,000,000 feet,
and it is claimed that if ad the beds were developed
sufficient oil could be obtained to supply
the world.
All organized labor of Rock Island, 111.,
has combined for the purpose of building a
hall to be devoted to labor moet.ngs and
other uses in connection with the furtherance
of the cause.
According to the report of the Department
of Agriculture tha present average
rate of monthly waives for farm labor in the
United States is S1S.34 without board, and
$12.35 with board.
The Bethlehem (Penn.) Iron Company has j
Btarted up its ra 1 mill3 under a new scale
which reduces the wages from five to twenty
per cent., and guarantees continuous work
until January. The men accepted the reduction.
A reduction of ten p3r cent, in the wages
of the 2500 hands employed by the Reading
Iron Works, at Reading, Penn., has gone
into effect. All the employes except fifty
went to work, under protest, at the reduced
wacfR
Twenty-five employes in tho Louisville
(Kv.) office a New York life insurance
company went j?or to another company the
other day because the firm sent men from
New York to take the places of the superintendent
and his assistant instead of giving ,
the Louisville men a show.
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TEE MILLS BILL.
The Measure Passes by a Majority
of Thirteen Totes.
Scenes in Congress When the
Final Vote Was Taken.
The Mills Tariff Reduction bill was brought
up for final consideration on Saturday in the
House of Representatives, and upon a vote
being taken it was passed by a majority of
thirteen votes.
The fact that Mr. Mills would close the debate
in a speech commencing at half past
eleven o'clock was sufficient to fill the public
and private galleries long before that hour.
The vote shows that 811 of the 325 representatives
were present The fourteen absentees,
including Mr. Randall, were paired.
Punctual to the minute, Mr. Mills arose
and began to speak. He Began by offering
some slight verbal amendments, and then
launched into his speech. He had uttered
but a few sentences when the door of the
executive gallery was thrown open and
Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. Folsom entered.
Mr. Mills spoke with unusual vigor and
earnestness, and his Democratic colleagues
enthusiastically applauded him. The vote
was taken immediately at the conclusion of
his remarks, and was attended with little excitement.
The Republicans made no effort
to recommit the bill, nor did they offer a
substitute for it.
The yeas and nays were then ordered on
the final passage of the bill, when Mr. Sowden,
of Pennsylvania, obtained a recognition
and said that his distinguished colleague, Mr
Randall, who was absent from the House by
reason of severe illness, had sent him a letter
which be wished to have read at this time.
The letter was read as follows:
"July 19, 1888.
"Hon. W, H. Sowden, House of Representatives
:
"My Dear Sib?If a vote on Mr. Mills's
Tariff bill is to be taken on Saturday, the
2l8t inst.,1 fear my strength by reason of
recent illness will not permit my presence in
the House on that day, and if absent I want
you to secure me a pair with some one who
favors that bill, as I would, if present, record
my vote in opposition to it. Give this immediate
care, as I do not want to be misunderstood.
1 want it announced and distinctly
known that I am opposed to the passage of
the bill in question. Yours truly,
"Samuel J. Randall."
The letter was loudly applauded by the
Republican members of the House. The roll
call was then proceeded with, and the bill
was passed? yeas 162, nays 149.
Messrs. Sowden, of Pennsylvania, and
Greenman, Merriman and Bliss, of New
York (Democrats), voted against the bill, and
Mr. Fitch, of New York, and Mr. Nelson,
of Minnesota (Republicans), voted for it
Three of the independent members also
vntcvl von Tho fr.llnwinc nairs were
annoucced: In favor o? the billMessrs.
Hogg, Whiting, of Michigan, Belmont,
Perry, Glover and Granger. Against
the bill?Messrs. Randall, Heistand, Davenport,
Spooner, Browr,e, of Indiana, and
Woodburn.
The announcement of the result was greeted
with applause,and it was with some difficulty
that Mr. Mills succeeded in quieting his
nthusiastic colleagues long enough to enable
him to make a motion to reconsider and table,
which was carried.
During the calling of the roll intense interest
was manifested on the floor, and many
members provided themselves with roll calls
and kept tally as each vote was announced.
The first member in rogard to whose vote
there was some doubt who was reached
upon the call was Mr. Anderson, of Iowa,
who was elected as an independent with
Republican proclivities, and as he cast
his vote with the Democrats those
gentlemen vigorously applauded him,
The next gentleman whose vote gained him
? round of applause was Mr. Bliss, of New
York, and as ne cast his vote against the bill
it was the Republican side that paid him the
compliment
Mr. Fitch, of New York, when bis name
was called, replied in a vigorous affirmative
which gained him hearty greetings from the
Democratic side, which were counterbalanced
in a few moments by Republican applause
when Mr. Greenman, of New York, answered
in the negative.
Mr. Merriman, of New York, was also applauded
when he voted against the bill, but
the greatest demonstration uccorded any
gentleman was that tendered to Mr. Nelson,
of Minnesota, when he answered to his name
in the affirmative. Mr Sowden, of Pennsyl
Tama, came in ior nepuoncan appiause as
he voted "No."
After the roll had been called, but before
the announcement had been made, the
Speaker directed the clerk to call his name,
tod he voted in favor of the bill
TRIPLE_TKAGEDY,
Sad Consequences of a Tennessee
Desperado's Drunken Frenzy.
A Tennessee desperado named John Grayion,
with his uncle and two other companions,
bad been riding rough shod over the
town of Abingdon, Va. Grayson,after firing
his pistol in the air on Main street, then leveled
it in his drunken frenzy at one o'' his associates.
A peaceable citizen, named Trigg,
observing the danger of the latter, laid his
hand on Grayson's shoulder and begged hiin
not to shoot/
Grayson turned savagely on Trigg, at the
same time placing the muzzle of his pistol
against Trigs's shoulder and firing, i'rigg
staggered and fell, fatally injured, dragging
Grayson off his horse. The infuriated assassin
then turned and fled. A large crowd
who had assembled upon hearins the re- j
peated shouts pursued the rutlian witn cries
of "Stop him!" "Catchhim!" "Hanghiml"
He fired another shot, and when captured
was found to have a bullet in his left side.
Trigg was carried to his home bleeding and
apparently dead. His nged mother was so
shockod at the sight that she died the same
night. Grayson expired the following morning.
PROMINENT PEOPLE,
General Harrison smokes but never
drinks.
Queen Natalie is going to live in Florence,
Italy.
Sitting Bull is living a life of laziness at
Standing Rock Agency.
Congressman Roger Q. Mills has a passion
for the collection of odd walking sticks. ]
The father of the new Duchesa of Marlborough
is a native of Garrard County, Ky.
Victoria is said to be inordinately
M 3 - ?1- .It.'itlt eKa Viae A finn PftlleC- |
I01UI Ul (KUI iO, Ui. nu?;u sue UU-J v.
tion.
Kojiro Matsaga, one of the Yale Law
School graduates this year, is of Japanese
royal blood.
Miss Isabella Darlington*. daughter of
the Pennsylvania Congressman, has marked
oratorical ability.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland is engaged
on a new novel. At present she is residing
at Asbury Park.
Emperor William II. Is the first Russianspeaking
King of Prussia. Prince Bismarck
speaks Russian fluentlv.
Bret Harte is a social lion in London.
He rarely dines alone, and is in great demand
at receptions and soirees.
Robert Hoe. the printing press man, spent
a fortune on his library, his taste running to
rich and valuable bindings.
Oliver P. Raiime, who made $230,000 out
of the invention of the self-scratching match,
had a dream which suggested the device.
Prince Jerome Napoleon* and his son j
Victor have been reconciled. They will have i
a meeting with the Empress Eugenie very !
soon.
The Duchess of Marlborough had seven '
waiting maids and occupied five of the Au- j
rania's sLate rooms on her trip across tho At- i
I
lantic. I
Ex-Minister John M. Langston, of '
Virginia, is one of the best educated men of 1
the colored race. He was a Mahone delegate j
at Chicago.
After leaving his office in New York, Jay ;
Gould goes to bis library and studies out the 1
questions of the day from a historical and .
literary standpoint.
The King of Sweden, who has been visit- !
ing London of late, has but two subjects
upon which he cares to talk. One is music, I
the other is his dyspepsia.
Benjamin F. Shiyely, who represents the !
South Bend, Ind., district, is tne youngest
member in the Fiftieth Congress, having !
been born on March 20, 1857. ,
Some of the Navajo scouts used by the
government in chasing Geronimo are reported
to be robbing and murdering thirty miles
east of GaUus. New Mexico.
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TWO EMPERORS MEET.
The German Kaiser'n Visit to the
Czar of Russia.
The new Emperor of Germany has been
paying a visit to the Czar of Russia The
naval squadron which conveyed the German
ruler was under command of his brother,
Prince Henry. On the arrival of the German
squadron at Cronstadt, the yacht Hohenzollern,
bearing Emperor William, steamed into
position close to the United States steamer.
Enterprise, which lay at anchor, only one
vessel separating the yacht from the American
warship.
The German Emperor was first welcomed
by the Grand Duke Alexis, who was taken
to the Hohenzollern in the State barge. As
he mounted the ladder to the I
Hohenzollern's deck he was met by |
the Emperor and warmly embraced.
Emperor William and Prince Henry
then entered the barge and were rowed to
the Russian imperial yacht Alexandria, on
wnicn me v^zar awaiteu ino arrivm ui iiuj
visitor. The two Emperors met at the gangway
and embraced and kissed each other
several times.
Emperor William, accompanied by Prince
Henry, Count Herbert Bismarck, and a
small suite, sailed from Peterhoff, for St
Petersburg at 10 o'clock the next morning on
board the Alexandria
INTERNAL REVENUE,
Report of the United States Commissioner
for the Fiscal Year.
The United States Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has made a preliminary report i
of the operations of the Internal Revenue I
Bureau for the fiscal year ended June 30, |
1888. Tho total collections for the year were I
$124,336,474, as against $118,837,301 for the j
previous fiscal year, being an increase of
$5,4*9,173. Tho cost of collection for the
year was $3,983,000, exclusive of the amount
expanded for the printing of internal rev- j
enue stamps The percentage of cost of collection
is about 3.2 per cent, of the amount
collected.
The col'ections were made up as follows:
On spirits $69,306,106, an increase of $3,476,845;
on tobacco $30,602,431, an increase of
$553,304; on fermented liquors $23,321,218,an
increase of $1,402,031; on oleomargarine
$804,110, an increase of $110,192; banks and
bankers $4,205, a decrease of $50; on miscellaneous
$105,316, a decrease of $S1,172.
The collections were greatest in Illinois, New
York, Kentucky and Ohio in the order
named, and smallest in New Mexico, Ala
bama, South Carolina and Arkansas in tlie
order named. There was an increase of
278,220,900 cigarettes and 53,421,207 cigar*
manufactured during the year.
A COOL PATRICIDE,
William Rudolph Travel* a Long
Distance to Murder His Father.
"William Rudolph, a man of thirty, shot
and killed his father in the town of Shawnee,
111., in a quarrel of which his mother
was the subject The old people did not
live happily together and two years ago
there was a separation. Young Rudolph,
who has been living in Arkansas, heard that
his mother was being abused by his father,
and came all the way to settle the matter,
which he did effectually. After the tragedy
he settled the funeral expenses and gave him
sen up.
NEWSY GLEANINGS,
Cleveland, Ohio, has a plague of fish flies. {
Some Florida coast people are talking of a
turtle cannery.
There are 127 dividend paying gold and
silver mines in this country.
A mining claim on Douglass Island, Alaska,
has just been sold for $2,50;),030.
Dr. A. Y. P. Garnett, ex-Surgeon General
Df the Confederate army, is dead.
Caterpillars are doiug great harm in
Maine towns on the upper Penobscot.
Twenty-five bushels to the acre is about
the average of Kansas wheat this year.
Sir^rovo Wallis, Senior Admiral of j
Great Britian, has just completed his 100th |
year.
General Sheridan's cottage, at Nonquit,
is one of the prettiest on the Massachusetts |
coast.
Advices from Havana, Cuba, state that |
murder and pillage are running riot throughout
the island.
Thomas Perfect while eating dinner at j
Springfield, Ohio, choked to death on a |
mouthful of potatoes.
A French weather prophet has been sent I
to jail for six months for predicting a cold i
July and loss of crops.
The annual copper production of the world |
18 ^To.OUJ tons. Ana tae rrenca ?y iiuiuauo ia
Baid to control 215,000 tons of it.
Near 500,000 parcels of vegetables were :
shipped from Charleston, S. C., to New York
City between April 1 and June 1.
The Metropolitan Cattle Market, London,
is tbe largest of its kind, covering three and
one-half acres and costing $1,000,000.
David Ashlet, of Plattsville, Neb., has j
just died of hydrophobia from the bite of a i
rapid dog received twelve years ago.
Analine, placed in some lemonade by j
Joung Robert Chenault, caused the death of |
ames Gsorge, aged seven, at Leiington, |
Ky.
Glasgow, Scotland, having taken in various
outlying suburbs, is now the second city I
in Great Britain, with a population of j
730,000.
Acres and acres of melons in Georgia j
rotted on the ground on account of tbe ina- j
bility of several railroads there to transport j
the crop.
Ex-Governor Houser, of Helena, Mon- {
tana, says this year tbe Territory win pro- i
duce gold, silver, and copper to the value of
$10,000,000.
At Chicago the mercury recently dropped
from eighty-six degrees to sixty-four in five
minutes, and seersuckers were quickly exchanged
for overcoats.
Crop reports from all parts of the country
indicate recent favorable conditions and the i
promising state of all sorts of crops, North i
and South, East and West.
Iir the course of the excavations now :
going on at the Acropolis in Athens, a i
stone block, bearing an inscription of
great interest to archaeologists, has been
discovered imbedded in a comparatively j
modem -wall. It relates to the expend- j
itures made in erecting the ancient
temple known as the Erectheion. It j
gives details as to the first plans and !
divisions of the edifice, indicating its j
eastern and western gables, and also 1
helps to explain certain topographical
nnaofinna in to another still :
more ancient Greek temple, the re
mains of which were discovered two j
years ago, and which was itself de- J
etroyed by the Persians under Xerxes. !
There are 3,107 cities and towns in
the United States that possess theaters
or halls for theatrical uses. The nnm- j
ber of such theaters in the United :
States is 4,023. Their seating capacity 1
accommodates 3,164,000 spectators.
That is about one person in every !
twenty of the population. The amount
nt mnnuT mid bv the people in support
of their dramatic entertainments averages
not less than $7,423,000 per week.
As a theatrical season covers at least
thirty weeks, we may take it for granted
that more than $200,000,000 are j
paid yearly by the American people for j
their intellectual entertainment.
r Charles Selhe, of Morris Cove, '
Tenn., had the good fortune three j
years ago to save the daughter of a ;
New-York banker from drowning. The I
banker died lately, and by his will left I
$10,000 for the Tennessean.
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SUMMABY OF C0NQKE88. Jjj
Senate Proceeding
133d Day.?The nomination of Melvflla W. HEM
Fuller, of Chicago, to be Chief Juiitice of th?
Supreme Court was brought up for oonsid- .^HI
eration. Messrs. Edmunds, Evarta and^'^Hj
Stewart made speeches protesting against IRK
the appointment, while Messrs. FarweD and -HH
Cullom spoke in advocacy of it The nomK~^Hfl
nation wa* finally confirmed by a vote of
forty-one to twenty, ten Republicans voting"
with the Democrats for confirmation...
River and Harbor bill was finally reported to- - ^^9
the Senate by the conferees. As agreed upont
the total amount it appropriates is
000. The amendment appropriating
to purchase the Green and Barren River improvements
was left in the bill. To the Mf*.
sissippi River appropriation $75,000 waf- HH
added Mr. Hale reported from the Commiffnn
nn AnnrAnriftt.inna t.hA VflVfll AflWWW
priation biff'with sundry amendment*,.... ^B|
Mr. Cullom introduced a resolution directing:
the Postoffice Committee to inquire into the- Ml
advisability of the adoption of a new style
of postal card. BH
134th Day.?The Senate passed the Senatebill
appropriating $1,00J,000 to reimbttrad the H|
depositors of the Freedman's 8avings and HH
Trust Company for losses incurred DJ the'
failure of that company.
135th Day.?Mr. Dawes talked to the Sen*
ate for more than three hours about the necessity
of rejecting the fisheries treaty... Mr. fl
Stewart also addressed the Senate in oppoal^ |^HM
tion to its ratification Mr. Wilson sub*
mitted the majority report of the Judiciary Hfl
Committee on the Jackson, Misa, election HH
riots The President sent a message trans
mitting the doings of the Civil Service
mission for the last year. gBB
136th Day.?The Naval Appropriation bill M
was considered. An item of |27o,000 for the H
construction and armament of one staeE^B
1; 1 -J onn 1... t-h*
urucuue vccaoi UL UW who IUI vw u<^ v* v<w
Naval Academy at Annapolis was also
agreed to, and provision was made for th?
the construction of two steel cruiser? of
about 3000 tons displacement each, at & cost jHH
of not more than #1,100,000 each; one steeU^^Bj
cruiser of about 5300 tons displacement, to SH|
cost not more than $1,800,000, and three gunboats,
or cruisers, not to exceed in dlsplaoe-.HH
ment 2,000 tons, and in cost 1700,000 eacV^Bn
.... Mr. Hoar offered a resolution (which
referred to the Committee on ContingeriEMH
Expenses) for the appoiutment of a committee
of seven Senators to inquire into tfae-.HM
relations of business and commerce between
the Unit >d States and Canada?The amend* MM
ment to the Sundry Civil Appropriation blU-^^M
providing for the refunding of the tazesHB
collected from loyal States under the direct H9K
tax act of 1831 was reportei
137th Day. The Senate passed a re?K>I(l' HH|
tion allowing the privilege or the floor
Speakers of the House of Representative...?
Mr. Cameron introduced a Dili for the erec- H
tion of a public building at Allentown, Penn.
... The Naval Appropriation bill wa? fl
passed practically as amended b^^^H
the Committee of Appropriations..,.
Mr. Hiscock introduced tne Sefyice Pen- HH
sion bill, providing that all persons who fl
served three months or more in the mifiteiT'^HH
or naval service of the United States betwee?--flflH
April 12, 1861, and July 4, 1863, shall beadrt^^B
titled to pension at the rate per month of ont^H|
cent for each day's service The Senate de
bated some time without reaching a conclu-H^H
sion, the bill recently passed by the House
providing for the purchase of a site in; ths^^H^
Vnrlr fnr tVio nm-Hon of A
Custom House and Appraisers1 stores. .
HonM Proceedings.
167th Day.?Tne conference report on tbr-BHS
River and Harbor bill was presented. Th? |DI
Senate amendment appropriating $350.00C
for the Portage Lake Canal was stricken H
out. Of the New York appropriation^ thT^^H
following, stricken ont by the Senate, WnH
restored: Sheepshead Bay, $.5000: Caxutrsh'^^H
Bay, $10,000, and the appropriation of tbc fl
unexpected balance for Grass River, at Mao-^^H
sena. The appropriation for Buffalo Harboi flB
was reduced irom $250,000 to $225,000, and |^H
that for Dunkirk Harbor from $20,003to $15,000.
The following amendments, adopfeedfl^H
in the Senate, were agreed to: Increasing tbt
appropriation for Charlotte Harbon frooM
12.0,000 to $45,000: Gowanus Bay, from $2<V000
to $60,000; Plattsburg Harbor, frov^^D
$5000 to $7000; Glen Cove Harbor, from !JO,000
to $20,000, and the addition of the Arthnr IHJ
168th Day . ?The Hills Tariff Reform bfll ^BEj
was considered during the ent're sassion and
upon a vote being taken it passed by a vot?JB
of 162 to 149. Mr. Mills then made a" motion^^NE
to reconsider and table which was carried. ' HH
169rn Day.?The House passed the Senaitfl|H
bill to perfect the Quarantine Service of thtXBI
United States The conference report oo^^H
the bill reqiring the Pacific Railroad Com^A
panies to operate separate telegraph lineiW
was agreed to Mr. Bp/in^er introduced a
bill to tax the products of trusts It pi"ovideiSK|
that in addition to the taxes alreadyimposad
upon any proauco jnanuuuaureu uy
there shall be imposed an internal reventwBM
tax of 40 cents.... The President transmitted HH
a report showing the work accomplished byBfl
the Civil Service Commission this year.
170th Day.?The conference report on titt^wm
bill providing for an additional associate fl
justice of the Supreme Court of Dakota,'^^H
which states that the bill now provides foi MH
two additional justices, was agreed'to...?^K1H
The Senate bill was passed appropriatin|SH|
$200,000 for the erection of a public boildixif^HDy
in Chicago to be used as an appraisers' ware- H
house The resolution for the employmentBQ|
of an electrical engineer to make plans anc HH|
specifications for lighting the House aai H
(Committee rooms by electricity.and to solicit HHB
proposals for the work was adopted.. ..TheM
Senate bill was passed prohibiting the transmission
through the mails in transparent envelopes
of matter which would be prohibited HH|
if printed or written on the outside of th<jHw
envelope.... The House Committee on Com-^HH
merce reported favorably the bill to prevenf^BH
discrimination in selling of literary matter,
^?n.tnonapo m??a?inM ate*. on railwav
trains or steamships and in stations. "
171st Day.?The House is doing busings ^HE
virtually by unanimous consent, there beinj^^H
no quorum present ...A bill to establish t
United Statis land court, ami to provide
a judicial investigation nnd settlement ot I H
private land claims in New Mexico and Colo
rado was passed ? A night session
called for the purpose of considering bills re-^^BV
ported from the Committee on War Claim:
to which there was no objection. Ererj B
measure proposed was objected to, however,
and the House adjourned at 9:20 o'cloc) H
without having transacted any business. gBK
The Brewers' Organization of the Unitfed^HS
States has 698 members. The total quantity^^^H
of beer made last year was 2*2,460,335 barrels,^^H
or one barrel for every three peoplt in
country. Till:
MARKETS. I
30 >*ew tore. wm
Beef. City 1'ressei? ? %
Calves, common to prime.... ? 0 4
; 575 . 1 8 50 M
Lambs..... 0 a5 ^ 6 50 ^Kfl
""-ggT^r:?1J? <.R
Wheat?No. 2 Red
Rye?State 82 85
Barley-State.. ............. ^
Corn-Ungraded Mixed.... 56 @
Oats-No. I White ? | ^*1
Mixed Western Sj ? ?W ^B|
Hay?Choice Timothy j? ? V" PH
Straw- Vo. 1 Rye I 8 191
Lard-City Steam - ? ? MR
Butter-State Creamery.... w ?
7~)airv *4/2 (9 ^^^91
West Im* Creamery 14 @ iliflfl
Factor
Cheese-State Factory ? <g 1>W^R
Skims...., J |
Western J f
Ezcs-State and Penn 18 @
buffalo. - .1Kb
Steers?Western 4 03 @'4 75 DM
Sheep?Good to Choice 5 ?> @ 5 50 BIH
Lambs?Western 6 53 <55 8 25
Hogs?Good to Choice "iorks 5 W @ rt 05 BBS
Flour?Family 4 85 & 5 35
Wheat-No. s He 1
Corn?No. 2. Yellow 51
Oats?No. 2, Mixed ? @
Barley?State ? ?V
Beef?Good to choice. 10 S^H
Hogs?Live 6
Northern Dressed.... 7
Flour?Spring Wlieat pat's.. 4 90 (<| 5 25 I^hB|
Corn?Steam** YVliow. ? @
Oats?No. 2 White 4?
R}*e?State 60 @
WATKRTOW.f (MAS3.) CATTLE .lARKSr ^HH|
Beef- Dressed weiguL 7,1.;$
Kheep?Live weight *h@ 4)^|H|
Lam oi 5;^(j$ 7
Hogs?Northern . ? @ 7}?^^H
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Flour? Penn.ext.ra family... 3 75 <?) 3 90 ^EH|
Wheat-No. 2, Red b5 @ 8G)^^H
Coru?-No. 2, .a..veil 5 i ^ 57
Oats?Mixed...... 38 @
Rye?No. 2 ? @ 78 ^^B|H
Butter?Creamery Extra... ? <a 20 ^HH|
Cheese?N. Y. Full Cream..v 9 (2 92^^^H