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HARRISON AND RED] dominated by the Republican National Convention, Harrison Chosen on First Ballot and Reidby Acclamation. WHITKLAW REID. After a struggle lasting four days the Republican National Convention at Minneapolis nominated Benjamin Harrison for President an 1 Whitelaw Reid, editor of the New york Tribune, for Vice-President. The second day's proceedings of the Conven mention were occupied inperfectmg its or ganizition, Governor McKinley b ing made Permanent Chairman. On the bird day the platform was presented, and a tsst rot? on the adoption of a portion of the Committee on Credentials' report showed Harrison in the lead by 476 votes to 365 for Blaine. The fourth and last day's work of the Convention is given below: Governor McKinley called the fourth day of the convention to order at 11:30 o'clock, and prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. Wayland Hoyt, of the First Baptist Church of Minneapolis. The members o( the Republican National Committee from several States were announced, and then the Chairman made known the fact that opposition to the adoption of the majority report in the Alabama case had been withdrawn. Cheers greeted the unanimous vote in favor of this report. Routine business was next disposed of, and soon nerves were at high tension at the formal beginning of the real work of the convention. Governor McKinley ordered n call of the States for the nomination of candidates for the leadership of the party in November. When Colorado was called. Senator Wolcott arose from his seat and mounted the platform to present the name of Blaine. He made an effective address, and again and a^ain his mention of the man whose candidacy be supporte i called forth prolonged applause from bands, feet * and mouths. ludiana was the next _State that had a favorite son to present. He was rresiaenc Benjamin Harrison. The honor was conferred on old Uncle Dick Thompson, who celebrated his eighty-third birth lay the day before. He was Secretary of the Navy in President Grant's Cabinet. The venerable octogenarian is quite vigorous, and his brief speech was strong, fuu of point and well received. Michigan was called and no one got up to put Alger in the field. This was a surprise to many; for General Alger had been talked of as a very likely dark horse. It was when Minnesota was called that Blaine got bis great ovation. Delegate W. H. Eustis, of Minneapolis, ascended the platform to second the Blaine nomination, and as on a preconcerted signal, tha applause raged in the maddest style for hulf an liour. As Eustis descended from the platform there occurred one of the most remarkable happenings in the history of National Conventions. The cbeerin? for Blaine had not lasted quite fifty seconds, and was dying out when a cright-faced, pretty women, sitting in the next row behind the platform, stood up, and with a white parasol closed and like an orchestra leader's baton began to motion the delegates to warm with tbeir cheering. Sne bad a prominent position in the hall, and was in front of and in full sight of all the delegates. They all saw her, and slowly be^aa to rise and recommence cheering. They stood op in bunches of half a dozen at a time, and the pretty young woman never faltered, but kept beckoning more and more of them to get up, until the whole body of the delegates was on its feet. Even than she was not satisfied, but with the same firm and masterful motion of her parasol kept inciting them to Increase and strengthen their cheers. The woman was Mrs. Carson Lake, of New York City, the wife of a newspaper correspondent Never, perhaps, has a woman so completely mastered 12,003 persons at one gathering in this country. She led that multitude as a bandmaster leads an orchestra, up and down with herjjaraso!. McK.ualey kept nammeruig. xuo uunu tired of fighting him down with noise, and presently, after twenty-six minutes of cheering, order was restored. At last a semblance of quiet was reached, and W. ?. Mollison, a colored delegate from Mississippi, was allowed to second Blaine's nomination. The oratorical treat of the day came when Chaunoey I-i. Depew, representing New York, arc:-d to recount the services of President Harrison, and to enforce his claim to the nomination. The fame of the speaker led all to expect a matchless piece of eloquence, and Mr. Depew did the tallest justice to his own reputation and to "his ardor for the President's cause. Every good point he made was keenly appreciated,and most warmly commended with boisterous applause. \VheD he had flnisbeJ, there was a repetition of the scenes earlier in the afternoon. Harrison and Blaine banners were carried about the hall, and noise was made in every way that the ingenuity ol the delegates supplied. When Mr. Depew spoke Harrison's name the friends of the President ha i their innings, and when he mentioned McKm.ey the whole convention cheered lor thirty seconds. At the conclusion of bis syeecii ciders for Har rison ani counter cheers for Blaine were I kept up for anotht-r twenty-five minutes. Another son of New Voric then ai*os3, exSenator Warner Miller. He seconded the nomination of Blaine. Next, Congress nan Cheathim, of North Carolina, dirt a similar service for Harrison. J. Q. Boyd, a colored delegate from Teunssacs, spo'.ce for Blaine, and cx-?enator Spooner for Harrison, an 1 Delegate Dowling, of Wyoming, also seconded Blaine's nomination. On motion of General Sewell, of New Jersey, a: 3:17 r. M., the taking o: ih* first ballot *as made the next hu-sinoss. Alas.ca m I the Indian Territory we?v aliowa I r-> vite Their rieie_'at?s brought the totil to'J JO. an i 454 necessary to nominate. Then tiifro)l of the States was cill"i amil the most intense excitsmenr. Alaska 1e<! off t th two for Harrison. Mrs Km ?*'s ni'iienmp to th? frinr with votes from Aiabama ant it wasaoparent tnat tbe anti-administration m"n liai decide 1 to divide their forces on the first ballot. When the vote of Ner Hampshire was announced it became evident that Harrison would be renominated. Whan Ohio was reachsd, Chairman Mc* Kinley demanded a poll of the deleeates. A vote of forty-four for McKinlev and two for Harrison was announced. Ex-Governor Foraker raised the point that the Chairman was no longer a delegate from Ohio. Chairman McKinley ruled against Foraker, and a poll was taken. In this McKinley received forty-five vote3 to one for Harrison. When Texas voted twenty-two for rfarrison, his nomination was secure, and the convention went wild. TUB BILLOT BV STATES. Harri- HcKiv ?fin. Blaine, leu. Reel. Aiabnma IS 0 T <> ArknriH.ig 15 " 1 0 California 9 9 1 0 Colorado.................. 0 9 0 0 Connecticut 4 0 8 0 Pe'nwnrc . 4 11 0 Florida 8 0 0 0 <ieonna. 26 0 0 0 Idaho ,,... 0 6 0 0 niinoin 34 14 0 0 Indiana 30 0 0 0 Iowa 20 5 1 0 Kan?a*..... 11 0 9 0 Kentucky 23 2 1 0 Loiv?'ana 8 8 0 n Maine 0 12 0 0 Maryland 14 0 2 0 MaamachnsetU 18 1 11 0 Michigan 7 2 19 0 Minnesota S 9 1 0 Mississippi....,,.,..,,,... 13Jf iX Q 0 Mii??onri 23 4 2 0 Mon'*na.................. 5 10 0 N<"Sra?ka.................. 15 0 1 0 Nevada 0 S 0 0 N<*w TTanioshlre 4 2 0 1 Nnw .T<*raoy............... 18 2 0 0 New York 27 35 10 0 North <"arolina 172-3 22-8 1 0 North Dakota 2 4 0 0 Ohio 1 0 45 0 Orejon 1 0 7 0 Pennsylvania 19 3 42 0 rtnooe man<i ? l ; 1 Sonth Carolina 13 3 2 0 Sonth Dakota 4 0 0 0 Tennessee 17 4 3 0 Texas 22 6 0 2 Vermont 8 0 0 0 Virginia 9 13 8 0 Waahinrrfnn 16 1 0 West VireinU 12 0 0 0 Wisconsin 19 2 3 0 Wvomin^ 4 2 0 0 Arizona 110 0 Dlntrict of Colombia 0 9 0 0 ?r?iw Mexico 6 0 0 0 Oklahoma 2 0 0 3 Vtah 2 0 0 0 Alaska 2 0 0 0 Indian Territory 110 0 Total %35 1-6182 1-* ISi 4 R. T. Lincoln, one rote from New Hampshire. Whole nnmher of 'lele^ites 908 Necessary to a choice 454 McKinley then called Colonsi Elliott P. Shepard to the chair, and taking the floor moved that the nomination be made unanimous. The Chairman said: "President Harrison having received a majority of the votes cast, has received the nomination of this convention. Shall it be unanimous?" After a tumultuous yell of "Ayes," he added: "The nomination is made unanimous." A motion to take a recess to 8 P. M. was immediately offered and agreed to, and the heated ana excited assemblage disp9rs3d. The evening session of the convention was little more than a ratification meeting. The nominee for the Vice-Presidency was selected in a meeting of tin New York dilegation, held an hour before the convention was called to order. By tacit consant the naming of the Vice-Presidential candidate was left to the New York delegation. The convention was called to order at8:50 o'clock, and the roll of States called for presentation of candidates for Vice-President. When New York State was reached Senator O'Connor nominated Whitelaw Reid, and General Horace Porter seconded the nomine tion. Governor Bulkeley, of Connecticut, and others also spoke in favor of Mr. Reid, A motion was made that the nomination of Mr. Reid be made by acclamation, but Delegate Settle, of Tennessee, objecte t and nominated ex-Speaker Toomas B. Reed, which evoked great applause. Arkansas seconded the nomination, as did also Mr. Loudon, of Virginia. The Maine delegates asked the convention not to vote for the exSpeaker, as he was not a candidate and wonld not accept. The nomination of White" > * ? j- w ? law neia was iaan maun uj au.i9iuu?uu. The usual resolutions of thanks were thoa adopted, and with band playing, the convention, at 10 p. if., adjourned sin a die. REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. The Careers ot Benjamin Harrison and Wliitelaw Keid. Benjamin Harrison is a grandson of William Henry Harrison, who was elected President of the United States in 1840, but died before his term was out. He was born at North Bend, Hamilton Connty, Ohio, August 80,1833, and,aftor graduating at Miami University, moved to Indiauaoolis in 1851, where he practiced law. In 1"84 he was made Reporter of the Supreme Court of Indiana. When the war broke out he raised a company of volunteers, and served successively a* Second Lieutenant, Captain, Colonel and finally Brigadier-General, When peace was declared he was mastered out of service, and thereupon returned to his home in Indianapolis, and resumed the position of Reporter of the Supreme Court. Gradually he became a more active participant in political affairs, always heartily espousing the Republican cause. Attorney-General Muller was his partner in the practice of law. He was not a candidate for any office, however, until ISTti, when he ran for Governor of Indiana, out was defeated. In 1370 he was appointed a member of the Mississippi River Commission, and in the I following year he was elected as the successor of Joseph E. McDonald to the United ? L States Senate. His term expired in aiarcn, ISsT. and in 1S8S he defeated Grover Cleveland! or President WHITKLAW REID. Whitelaw Reid, the nominee for the second place on the Rspublican ticket, was born at Ceiarville, Oftio, about two miles above Xenia, fifty-five years ago. His father was a minister, and gave his son a good education. His newspaper career began on the X?nia Torchlight. Later he went to the Cincinnati Gaz2tt-?, and during the Civil War acted as correspondent in the field. He wrote a volume entitled "Ohio in the War." It was while he was acting as war correspondent that his letters attracted the attention of Horace Greeley. After his descrip- I tion of the battle of Gettysburg, Greeley I made him an offer to oome to the New York j Tribune, and at the close of the war he accepted the invitation. Atter the campaign of 1372 Mr. Reid succeeded Mr. Greeley iu the editorship of the Tribune. In 1830 he married the daughter of the millionaire, D. Q. Mills, who purchased the control of the Tribune for his son-in-law. President Harrison appointed Mr. Rjid United States Minister to France, whicn office he recently resigned and returned to America. ddt?c?tnr\rrr tjht v nra"n x iiijOX-uu-Li x x \jus\. uun.u, The Leader of the Farmers' Alliance Expires in Washington. President L. L. Polk, of the Farmers' Aliance, diad a few days ago at the Garfield Hospital in Washington. The immediate sause of his death was blood poisoning irousjhton by stomach trouble. The patient had been lying seriously ill at his resiience for tea days. The result of the coniultation of the physicians was his removal to the Garfield Hospital, where an eperation Vas deemed the only means of saving Mr. Polk's life. He became unconscious an I never rallied. PVhen the end came Mrs. Polk, who had just krived in toe city, was at his bedside. Colonel Leonidas L. Polk was born in Anbn County, N. C., in April, 1837, and was brought up on a farm. He was elected to the Lower House of the North Carolina Central Assembly in ISO); entered the Confederate Army in 18-iI. and served with distinction during the War. He was againelectei io the North Carolina General Assembly in tS65, and soon thereafter was elected as a Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of North Carolina. In 1877 Colonel Polk was appointed State Commissioner of Azriculture. He be^an ;he publication of the Progressive Farmer 1336, and commenced or janizin? farmers' ilubs in his State. In 18S7 he joined the Far jiera Alliance, and was elected Secretory of the Farmers' State Alliance of North Carolina at its first organization. He ira.s electei First Vice-President of the National Farmers' Alliance and Co-operative Union in America in 1837, and rejected in 1833. At the National Convention, held at St. Louip, December 1389, he was elected President of the National Farmers' Alliance ind Industjial Uuion, vhich position he held at his death. Colonel Polk move i to Washinjton from ^llei^h a few veRrs aa;o in order to be better bcate-i to promote the objects of the Farriers' Alliance. He was a man of fine ap peiraiNV, with n Itrga heart, a kindly nature an 1 a irauk disposition tuat ma la a trien 1 at' ov-ry one he met. Tne People's pirty m-M-w at Omaha oa July 4. wtien it was expire i th it Colonel folk would havj l>een nut on the ticket for President or Vicerresi lent. He leaves a wire and three 2Uildi*?in. Thrf funeral took place in Raleigh, N. C., and \va.; the largest ever known there. Ithe Grady Hospital lias thrown open doors in Atlanta, (ia., for the reception of patienvs. This institution owes its establishment to a division of sentiment which 3?rung up at the occasion of Henry W. rady's death as to the best means of honoring his memory. One idea was to erect a statue of heroic size, which came to a successful issue at an expenditure of 120,000. The hospital was erected under the direction of the city government, which paid *15,000 of its cost. The remainder was made up by citizens. THE PLATFORM. The Declaration ot Principles ot the Republican Party. The following is the full text of the platform adopted by the Republican party at the National Convention in Minneapolis The representatives of the Republicans of the United States, assembled in general convention on the shores of the Mississippi River, the everlasting bond of an indestructible Republic, whose most glorious chapter of history is the record of the Republican party, congratulate their countrymen on the majestic march of the Nation under the banners inscribed with the principles of our platform of 1888, vindicated by victory at the polls and prosperity in our fields, workshops and mines, and make the following declaration of principles: We reaffirm the American doctrine of protection. We call attention to its growth abroad. We maintain that the prosperous condition of our country is largely due to the wise revenue legislation of the "Republican Congress. \xr~ ail artfrln* which cannot be produced in the United State?, except Juxuries, should be admitted free of duty, aud that on all imports coming into competition with the products of American laoor there should be levied duties equal to the difforence between wages abroail and at home. "We assert that the prices of manufactured articles of general consumption have been reduced under the operations of the tariff act of 189'J. We denounce the efforts of the Democratic majority of the House of Representatives to destroy our tariff laws piecemeal, as is manifested by their attacks uoon wool, lead and lead ores, the chief products of a number of States, and we ask the people for their judgment thereon. We point to the success of the Republi can policy of reciprocity, under which our export trade has vastlv increased and new and enlarged markets have been opened for the products of our farms and workshops. We remind the people of the bitter opposition of the Democratic party to tEis practical business measure, and claim that executed by a Republican administration our present laws will eventually give us control of the trade of the world. The American people, from tradition and interest, favor bi-metallism, and the Republican party demands the use of both gold and silver as standard money, with such restrictions and under such provisions, to be determined by legislation, as will secure the maintenance of the parity of values of the two metah, so that the purchasing and debt-paying power of the dollar, whether of silver, gold or paper shall be at all times equal. The interests of the producers of the country, its farmers and its workingmen, demand that every dollar, paper or coin, issued by the Government, snail be as good as any other. We recommend the wise ana patriotic steps already taken by our Government to secure an international conference, to adopt such measures as will insure a parity of value between gold and silver for use as money throughout the world. We demand that every citizen of the United States shall be allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot in all public elections, and that such ballot shall be counted and returned as cast: that such lairs shall be enacted and enforced as will < secure to every citizan, be ha rich or poor, native or foreign' born, white or black, this sovereign right guaranteed by the Con- ' stitution. The free and honest popular ballot, the just and equal representation of all the people, as well as their just and equal protec- 1 tion under the laws, are the foundation of 1 our republican institutions, and the party will never relent its efforts until the integri- i ty of the ballot ani the purity of elections shall be fully guaranteed and protected in every State. ] We denounce the continued inhuman i outrages perpetrated upon American citi- I sens for political reasons in certain Southern j States of the Union. We favor the extension of our foreign i commerce, the restoration of our mercantile marine by home built ship3 and the creation ( of a navy for the protection of our National | J?tna hnnnr of our flair: the lUbVlosio QUU maintenance of the most friendly relations with all foreign powers, entangling alliances with none and tne protection of the rights of , our fishermen. We reaffirm oar approval of the Monroe doctrine and believe in the achievement of j the manifest destiny of the Repablio in its broadest Be rise. We favor the enactment of more stringent laws for the restriction of criminal, pauper and contract immigration. We favor efficient legislation by Congress tc protect the life and limbs of em- ; ployes of transportation companies engaged in carrying on interestate commerce, and recommend legislation by the respective States that will protect pmploye3 engaged j in State commerce, i? mining and manufacturing. The Republican party has always beon the champion of the oppressed, and recognizes tne dignity of manhood, irrespective of faith, color or nationality: it sympathizes with the cause of home rule in Ire- i land, and protests against the persecution of the Jews in Russia. The ultimate reliance of free popular i government is the intelligence of the people, I and the maintenance of freedom among men. We therefore declare anew our devotion to ( liberty of thought and conscience, of speech and press, and approve all agencies and instrumentalities which contribute to the education of the children of the land; but, while insisting upon the fullest measure of religious liberty, we are opposed to any union of 1 Church and State. "rrr- nnnAaifmn ^0/?l Q ' vr e raiiuiiu \jui v^^iv?whi mww>m?v? the Republican platform of 1889, to all combinations of capital organized in trusts or otherwise, to control arbitrarily the condi- i tion of trade among our citizens. We heartily indorse the action already i taken upon this subject and ask for such further legislation as may be required to remedy any defects in existing laws and to , render their enforcement more complete and effective. < We approve the policy of extending to towns, villages and rural communities the advantages of the free delivery sevrice now enjoved by the larger cities of the country, reaffirm the declaration contained in the Republican platform of 1888, pledging the reduction of letter postage to one cent at the earnest possible moment consistent with the maintenance of the Postofflca Department and the highest class of postal service. We commend the spirit and evidence of reform in the civil service and the wisa an J consistent enforcement by the Republican party of the laws regulating the same. The construction of the Nicaragua Canal is of the highest importance to thfl American people, but as a measure of National defence and to build up and maintain American commerce it should be controlled by the United States Government. We favor the admission of the remaining Territories at the earliest practical date, hav- | ing due regard to the interests of the people of the Territories and of the United States. All the Federal officers appointed for the Territories should be selected from bona fide residents theirjof, and the right of self-government should be accorded as tar as practicable. We favor cession, subject to the Homestead law, of the arid public lands to the States and Territories in which they lie, under Congressional restrictions as to disposition, reclamation and occupancy by settlers as will secure the maximum benefits to the people. The World'? Columbian Exposition is a great National undertaking and Congress should promptly enact such reasonable legislation in aid thereof as will insure a discharging of the expense and obligations incident thereto an i the attainment of results commensurate with the dignity and progress of the Nation. We sympathize with all wise and legitimate efforts to lessen an i prevent the evils of intemperance an 1 promote morality. Ever mindful o: the serv.ces an I sacrifices of tha men who saved tiie life of the Nation, we pleige anew to t;ia veteran soldiers of the Republic a watchc'u! cire&ui recognition of their just claim* upon a grateful people. We commend th<5 nob, patriotic and thoroughly American administration of President Harrisou. UnJer it the country has enjoyed remarkable prosperity, and the dignity and honor of the Nation, at home and abroad, have been faithfully maintained, au 1 we offer the record of pledges kept as a guarantee of faithful performance in the future. Signal Tallky Flag, 31.035. of Huntsville, Ala., is the queen jersey cow of the worli, closing her year's record a few nights ago with a product of 1047 pounds, 6314 ounces of butter, beating Besson's Belle eighteen pounds and seventy* three and une-eighth ounces. \ THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eutem and Middle States. Buffalo, N. Y., was visited by the bls:Sst rainstorm of which it has any record. nch damage was done. The Coroner's Jary at Port Jervis, N. Y., decided that the colored man Lewis was hanged by a person or persons unknown to it. William K. Vandkbbilt's yacht, the Alva, ran her sharp bow into a rowboat in New York Harbor in which were a vonng French saloonkeeper, Nicholas Michels, and and a woman named Mary Simonin. The boat was cut in two^ and they were both drowned. Two thousand dollabs were forwarded from Johnstown, Penn.. to the sufferers of Oil City and TitusviUe. New York City experienced the hottest T"?a 19 aKa kao niTQr bnnwn Thu tnircnrv I registered 97% degrees at three o'clock in the afternoon. Many people were overcome by the heat in New York, Brooklyn and other towns in the Eastern States. Fully 10,000 people ascended the steep sides of Mount Troy in Allegheny, Penn., to attend mass in honor of St. Anthony's Day. Two-thirds of this number were sick or crippled, who sought health through the healing power of Fattier S. GK Mollinger and by venerating the relics of St. Anthony. Mrs. Jales Leroy at Imperial, Penn., poure l kerosene on the kitchen fire. Result, one child killed and mother and another child fatally injured. Ay Italian life convict in the Eastern (Penn.) Penitentiary, after a vain attempt to kill his keeper, piur-.ged a knife into the stomach of.' a fellow convict and then killed himself by cutting his throat. The fire burned one hundred buildings situated between Slippery Rock and Main streets in Chicora, renn. The water supply gave out almost immediately, and on account of the intense dry weather the buildings burned like tinder. South and West. Alexatdeh Whitlet wa3 taken frona the jail in Albemarle, Stanley County, N. C., and lynched for the murder of D. D. Tucker. Burglars broke into the office of the Bodeau Lumber Company, at Genese, Ark., and cracked the safe. They secured 152,100 in cash and securities. Mrs. Levi M. Vilas, mother of United States Senator Vilas, died suddenly a few nights since at Madison, Wis. The Mississippi River reached the highest point known in Louisiana for the past fortyfive years, and in consequence New Orleans was, literally speaking, an island. Crevasses above, crevasses below, the racing river in front and the rapidly rising Lake Pontchartrain in the rear hemmed the city in, and traffic on three roads was suspended. Chicago, III., was visited by one of the most severe storms known there for years. It lasted only a short time, but during that time two parsons were killed, saveral fatally injured, and much damage done to proparty. The great wigwam on the lake front built for the Democratic National Convention was badly wrecked, the roof being blown off. Steamer El Norte, belonging to the Southern Pacific Company, was launched at Newport News, Va. Mrs. Georoe Beaudry, of South Bay City, Mich., jumped into the river with her two children. JIl were drowned. She was insane. The town of Galva, Henry Countv, 111.. \ place of 2000 inhabitants, has been wrecked by a tornado. Only one Derson was killed. Many were injured, and the damage to property was widespread. Later reports show that eight persons wera killed and many injured ana much damage done to property by the storm in Chicago, III. A trestle 183 feet high on the KnoxvIIle, Cumberland Gap and Louisville road, near Lone Mountain, Tenn., gave way while a coal train was passing over it. The entire train's crew, consisting of six men, were kill ed. The Arkansas Democratic State ConvenL-*?? T.ifflA TT^ttrtr nftnn f.r in uiuu u1uu uu uivwo akwmi ?. ? *++J VVUH wj ?* the State was represented. William M.Fishback, of Fort Smith, was nominated for Governor. Delegates to the National Convention at Chicago were elected. They were unin&tructed, but favored Cleveland's nomination. The largest Are that has ever occurred on the water front of Baltimore, Mi., destroyed the extensive wharves and freight-houses of the Bay Line Steamboat Company, two large schooners, the offices ot James Corner & Son, dealers in naval stores, and other property. The total I033 is estimated at 11,003,000. The fire was caused by intense heat, inducing spontaneous combustion. Washington. The Department of State has been informed that a ukase was issued by the Bus* sian Government authorizing the free exportation of the stock of oats in store at Archangel, Libau, Reval and Riga. This is understood to indicate that the famine is drawing to a close. The Austro-Hungarian Government has decided to accept the invitation of the United States to unite with other Governments in the silver conference. The Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department reports that during May the exports of tne principal articles of domestio provisions were valued at $11,099,977; for the lame month last year, $7,410,469. The forty-fifth session of the American Institute of Homeopathy was held at Washington, Dr. Theodore Y. Kinne, of Paterson, N. J., presiding. There were about 100 members of the institute present. The Pension Appropriation bill was reported to the Senate from the Committee on Appropriations. It carries a total of 814(5,757,350, which is an increase of $11,912,284 over the House bill, and is $327,2uQ less than the estimate. All the European Governments except Russia have accepted th9 President's invitation to a monetary conference. L. W. Habercom, fifth auditor of the Treasury, called at the White House aad tendered his resignation to tha President. He resigns to enter the practice of law in Washington and to resume his newspaper work. General Eli T. Stackhouss, Member of Congress from the Sixth District of South Carolina, and a prominent membar of the Farmers' Alliance, died in Washington a few mornings ago of hoart failure. He was one of tlie party that accompanied the re? mains of the late Colonel L. L. Polk, President of the Farmars' Alliance to Raleigh, N. C. Mr. Staekhouse was born in Marion, S. C., March 27, 1824. Foreign. The loss by the recent flood at Matanzas, Cuba, is estimated at $1,500,003. The United States Minister to France, T. Jefferson Coolidge, wa? presented to Presi* " * *" ? * trrAAfivl. Q0HE U&TQOL, rai I3| auu ntMuoj n* Cholkba. continues tc? rage in the province of Khorassan, Persia, ani the deaths number about 25i) every day. The Argentine Electoral College bas nominated Saenz Pena for the Presidency of the Republic. EIGHT PERSONS DEOWNED. A Steam Launch Upset by tfco Wind, at Bangor, Me. A tornado passed over the southern end ot Bangor, Me., late the other afternoon, crossed over the river an 1 went through the City of Brewer. It tore off half a oiile of the race course fence, destroyed mil moved several buildings, leveled horse sheds and did other damages. Then it took houses an 1 chimneys on the river oanlf, after which it descended on the river. Here was the steam launch Annie, that plys between Bangor and Hampden. It bad just ieft the dock. On board were twenty persons. Rain was falling and the canvas sides were buttoned down. The wind tore these in. The boat was overturned and sank. On the opposite side of the river lay the four-masted schooner Maria 0. Teel of Boston, Captain Johnson. Mate Norman McLoud lowered away his boat, and with four of the crew rescued six men and three women. In all twelve persons were saved and eight drowned. The boiv of Miss Hattie Adams, daughter of James Adams, a rich lumberman, i bas been recovered. . AN OIL STEAMER BLOWN UP. Struck by Lightning in a French Harbor. An Appalling Accident by Which Fifteen Persons Were Killed. An appalling accident, by which fifteen persons logt their lives, occurred a few days ago just outside the harbor of Blaye, on the River Gironde, twenty-four miles northeast of Bordeaux, France. Lving off the harbor was the British steamer Petrolia, Captain Hubback, which had Just arrived at the port with petroleum from Philadelphia, P?nn A thiindnr Rtn-m wna racincr The usual routine work was being performed on board, when suddenly there was a flash, a tremendous roar was beard, and the vessel was blown to pieces. She had been struck by lightning. Huge fragments of the deck and deckhouses were carried upward to a great height. The shock of the explosion alarmed the town, and hundreds of persons rushed to the wharves to discover the cause of the noise, it being thought by many that the magazine of one of the forts defending Blaye had blown up. The river was strewn with the wreckage from the Petrolia. Burning oil was floating on the water. This drifted with the tide ana I floating against several vessels lying at anchor near by, set them on fire. Two or thi-e? other vessels were ignited by burning oil that fell on their decks or tarred rigging. The Petrolia was burning furiously and the heat was so intense that it was dangerous for the many small boats that were launched to approach near her. Dense volumns of smoke hung over the burning steamer. Some of the boatmen heard cries for help and rowed as closely as possible to the Petrolia. They succeeded in picking up sixteen of her crew, three of her engineers and the second officer. Some of the rescued men were severely burned. They said that there were a dozan others on board the vessel when the explosion occurred, and an unavailing search was made in the vicinity of the steamer for them. The crews of the other vessels that caught fire did their utmost to quench the flame?, but their efforts were fruitless, and some of the craft, mostly vessels engaged in the river and coasting trade, were burned to the water's edge. The ! liehters that were near the Petrolia sans j in a few minutes after the explosion, and three men who were aboard of them were drowned- The lire was communicated by the burning oil to the landing staje, which was soon a mass of flames. The woods along the banks of the river Gironde were also sat on fire and a large quantity of valuable timber was burned. Tne damage done is extensive. The tank steamship Petrolia, sailed from Philadelphia with a full cargo of 937,523 gallons of crude petroleum, valued at mora than *22,0(X). Most of the officers and men were shipped in England. On the vessel's arrival at Philadelphia, however, eight of the crew deserted and local seamen were hipped in their places. WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. Canada will make a remarkable display of her mineral resources at the World's Fair. Gexat Britain's building at the World's Fair is now in process of erection. The structures of a number of other foreign nations will be begun soon. Thk Commercial Association of Oporto has decided to furnish money for an exhibit from Portugal at the World's Fair. About twenty-five wine merchants have made arrangements to send exhibits. A cablegram from London says that the original Dortrait of Pocahontas, painted in 16$, has" been secured for exhibition at the World's Fair. The portrait is owned byEustace Neville Rolfa, of Leacbam Hall, Norfolk, who is a descendant of Rolfe, whom Pocahontas marriei. Chief Samuels, of the Horticultural department, has already received donations of plants and flowers for the Exposition valued at more than loO, 000. All preparations for the care of tender plants have been made, and large consignments are expected soon from tropical countries. Rounseville Wildmax, United States Consul at Singapore. Straits Settlements, has written that be hopes to have one of the best colonial exhibitions ever sent out by that colony. His highness, the Sultan of Jahore, has signified his intention to take interest in the representation to be made at the Fair. Pope Leo XIII has shown the daep interest he feels in the World's Fair and in America by deciding to exhibit at the Fair soma of the rare treasures of art, literature and history which the Vatican contains. Archbishop Ireland, now in Rome, has cabled this information and asked for space for the exhibit. A miniature model of a typical Western farm, complete in every detail, will be exhibited in the Washington State building at toe worm's rair. Among oilier exuiuius will be a collection of specimens of all the species of birds, fish and animals to be found in the Stat*. The interior of the building will be decorated in large part by the women of the State. The postal facilities, and service at the World's Fair will constitute a part of the linited States Government exhibit and, naturally, will be made as hear perfection as possible. The expense estimated to be necessary to accomplished this is $163,047. Postmaster-General Wanamaker has asked that an appropriation of thac sum be made by the Government. George Wilson, Secretary of the World'i Fair bureau of music, has returned from a two months' tour of Europe in tbe interests of the bureau. He visited leading musicians at London, Paris, Munich, Milan, Genoa, Rome, Vienna, Prague, Dresden, Brussels and a number of other placas. Mr. Wilson received assurances from musicians in all these places of cordial co-operation at the Fair Thirty-five of the forty-nine States and !t " ? ? - ? - TTviJ?? nAA-tnfa,^ fha i?rntunt/5 111 uuo uuiuu uavo wua building sites assigned them on the Exposition grounds, and have submitted to the construction bureau for approval the plana of the buildings they propose to erect. Nearly all the others, it is known, are about ready to take like action. Every State and Territory, with perhaps three exceptions, will erect a building. Quite a number of these buildings will be reproductions of historic structures such as Independence Hall, Washington's Mt. Vernon home, old Fort Marion, etc. They will occupy the northern portion of the Exposition grounds, and will be surrounded by" walks, lawns, shrubbery and flowers. They will be used as headquarters for State boards and visitors, and as receptacles for exhiibits showing State resource*, etc. CHILDEEN_SL4IN, Canadian Schoolhouses Blown Down on the Pupil*. * 4.?.ui? ot-.ructf Montreal, I n. oci iiuio wi ??__ Canada, anidida great amount of darniga to life anl proparty. The tornaio was most disastrous in country plaies. At St. Rasa, St. Jeans Lachute an I Ottawa Valley tin damage saans to hava baan m:>st savara. St. Rosa is a summer resort on tha lina ol the Canalian Pacific Railway, twenty miles from Montreal. Taare the 3t\i:>;>lhou3a was blown down while thirty chilJran wera inside, who wera buried in thi rains. Fro.u six to tea of the children ware killel outright and most of the others receive J S9riom injuries. The school mistress was injurai fatally. At St. Tharasj, another town on the Canadian Pacific Railway, the schoolhousa wa? blown down on forty children, t.va bain^ killed outrigbtaa 1 others fatally inj;iro 1. ?x-tfayo?-MsElroy, of Tenplatoa, Ontario, was killed. His rasidenoa was hurlal ana dashel into t'rag-naats white tha faintly were seated at tea. Two children were killoi naar Biloail while playingin tha straet. Many awi lenCi are reportel fro.n every pare of tna province and great loss of life was feara J. Hundreds of houses have baan d9ai >lishad an i the daaiage am) ints to hundreds ot thousands of dollars, while many fanilies wera left homeless. This was tha worst stor.n ever known in that part of taa country. Th? wind blew with terrific force and the rait fell in torrents, accompanied by thunder au lightning. .FIFTY-SECONDCON (Jii?SS, In the Senate. 112th Day.?During the hour and a half fcho Senate was in session it passed, without discussion, the Urgency Deficiency bill, appropriating nearly 13,000,000; referred the Legislative and Agricultural Appropriation* bills to the Appropriations Committee; referred to the Committee on Territories the bills to admic Arizona an i New Mexico, and heard Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, ani Mr. Jonas, of Arkansas, make incidental speeches on silver. 113th Day.?T&e Pension bill was r<jported The bill introduced by Mr. Peffer "to lncrea.se th9 currency and provide for its circulation, to reduce the rates of interest, and to establish a bureau of loans'"' was taken from the table, an I Mr. Peffer addressed the Senate in explanation and advocacy of it. At the close of his speech the bill went over without action. 114th Dat.?The session was only long enough to receive a message from the Home announcing the death of one of its members. Mr. Stackhouse, of South Carolina, and to adopt resolutions (offered by Mr. Butler) expressing profound sorrow at tne intelligence and providing for a committee oi five Senators to escort the body to its place of burial. The Senators so apDOintei were Butler, Kyle, White, Gallinger and Allen. 114th Dat.?Tha bill to provide for tlie free coinage of gold and silver was taken up and discussed by Messrs. Morgan and Palmer Mr. Peffer presented a petition from Riley County, Kansas, asking tha" measure be taken toward tho suppression of lynch law. In the Moose. 123th Dat.?The floor was accorJei to the Committee on Juiiciary, aol various measure j were passad amanding tho statutes, inclu iing tha kill to dispensa with proof of loyalty during the Civil War as a requisite to being restored or admitted to tho pension roll (applying to a few survivors of tae War of 1812), and tha bill defining murder and manslaughter in placan anl on waters under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United Stat as. 130th Day.?TneComnittaaonCommerco reported in favor of instituting an investigation of the Reading daal. 130ts Day.?The Speaker laid before the House a letter from "tae Secretary of the Treasury asking for an appropriation oi $259,000 for adequate presiutioas at the World's Fair ior taa protection of revenu3 from cu3tom3 and for th9 supervision of importations. Referred? bill was passed providing tnic Indian children shall be declared to be citizens wnen they have reacaad tna a*a oi twenty-one years, and shall theraafter racaiva no support trom theGovernment, provided taat they hatro hn.-i tan xrt*\r* r\t infiiiaf.rial tPAiniflff ? The House then weal iatj Committee of tha Whole (Mr. McCreary, ot Kentucky, ill the chair) ou the Fortifications bill. After dispensing with the first reading of the bill the committee rose witbnv"; further action? A bill was passed *0 prevent cruelty to children and animals ia th? District o{ Columbia. 131st Day.?The House noa-occurred ia the Senate amendments to the Diplomatic and Consular bill, and Messrs. Blount, McCreary an J Hitt were appointed contereas Immediately thereafter, Mr. Tillman, uf South Carolina, announce 1 the sudden death of hU colleague General Eli T. Stackhouse. Resolutions of sorrow wero adopted, the customary committed was ap| poiutei and the House adjourned as a marls of respect to the memory of the deal. 132d Day.?The Fortification bill was passod?-Discusiioo of tne Tin Piafii bill was begun. A BIG^HAUL, Bobbers Relieve Two Wen ia a Car ot $16,000 ia Coin. A bold robbery occurred u few mornings since, across the bay from San Francisco, Cal? in Oakland, when two men in a crowded car were robbed of $16,000 in coin which they were taking to the Judson Iron Works aAF iAO wnrtmon. IU I/O; UU IWV nrvtMM.vM. The coin was in the possession of Secretary Gilson and Bookkeeper Mortenson of the company, who started with it from San Francisco on the 11 o'clock boat. They occupied a seat in a car on the Berkeley train next to the baggage car. As the train slowed ud at B street two men entered the front door, walked down the aisle, stopped suddenly before Gilson and Mortenson, presented pistols, and demanded the bags. Gilson and Mortenson had thrown over the seat in front of them and laid the sacks containing the coin on the seat before them. The two men occupied one seat, and the coin wa3 perhaps two feet from them. There were other passengers in the car. Gilson was reading a newspaper, ani was taken completely by surprise. The two men had the pistols pointad in their facaa simultaneously with the demand for the coin. The train started almost immediately, and the two train robbers backed out of the car, covering Gilson and Mortenson with their pistols as they escaped. The money taken was $15,000 in gold and 11000 in silver. It represented a fortnight's wage3 of 400 men. ITie robbers had provided themselves with a buggy drawn by a bay hct-se in which to escape. Into this they steppod and drove ranidlv awav. flie' buggy was found later hitched ra Oakland. The sides had been covered with sheet iron so as to guard against bullets is case the men were fired upon, WEST POINTERS Q-E^DUATE, Secretary Elkins Presents Diplomas to the Yonnjy Soldiers. The graduating exercises of the class of '92 were held at 11 o'clock a. sr.. at \Ve3t Point Military Academy. Secretary of War Elkins arrived from New York by a steam yacht in time to attend the ceremonies on the green in front of t le library. The cadets occupied seats in front of the platiorm containing the Board of Visitor*, the Superintendent and the Academic staff. The exercises opened with prayer by Chaplain Postlethwaite. Addresses werj made oy Congressman Oathwaite, of Ohio, Secretary Elkins and Major-jreneral Scho.ieW. The graduates then received their diplomas from the hands of the Secretary, an I Colonel Wilson wished thetn G-odsoeei. At noon the cidets marchei to th9 front of the barracks, where orders were read making a new set of officers t) replacj thosj vacated by the graiuatiaj: class ani the furlough men. Immediately after dis n\issal tha graduates donnei civilian* clothes and took the 1:2:53 train for New York. A FAMOUS PBIE3T. Death of Father Mollinsjer. the Faith (Jurist, at Pittsburg. Rev. Fathar Molliager, tha reaowaal faith cure priest, dial a fa.v aftaraoom ago al Pittsburg, Pean. Ha was prostrata I oa St. Anthony's Day, acian operation waa performs! on a rapture of tha stonia?h. Father Mollin:?.-?r w? born in Hollanl r>f well-to-io pirent*. who sant him to St. Vincent's College, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to be educate 1 for the priesthood He was ordainei at St. Vincent's. He aisc studied medicine at tais cohega In lS'V) he w.'nt to Mount Troy and has ueen there ev?ai since, and became widely Knoivn for p;rforming miny niirainlou* curej, bot'a by madicin* and by a relt: of Si Antnoay. The Feist of St. Antaxiyo* Paiai hu lonj Dean tna day wiiic i tiuprieji-pi^sionn set apart for tha reepption oi his patiaati from all ov?r tie couatry. iiac'.i yair tiaii* nunber ba3 iniraaiei. Taay rai:ti iati cuj tea taousiud*. Thay caii9 from all poinisoJ tha ciuim ?!ro.n Arizona^ an 1 Miiua, California an 1 Conn?c:icui;, Washington ani Wyoming, Florida ani Minnesjti. Queer Bank. A man in Milbridge, Mc., was building a small schooner, and was about to cut down a tree for the stem piece wnen ne was approacuea oy uu elderly French-Canadian, who asked: "You cut down that tree?" "Yes," the shipbuilder replied. "Well, he my safe?I keep my money in there," the Acadian responded. Pulling out a carefully concealed plug at the base, he brought forth a tin box filled with coins ... . 1 DOM WITH THE BRIDGE. A False Structure Falls in Ken* tucky With Fatal Results. Fifty Workman Plunged into a Eiver and Many Drowned. 4 7 H Two spans of tba nevr bridge being bailb over the L'cking River, iu Kentucky, between Covington and Newport, collapsed a few mornings since. The bridge is being oonstructei for the Kenton and Campbell County Land Company by the King Iron Bridge Company. It was bagun last fall, and two spans, each 103 feat long, bad been completed. Fifty-two men were on the false bridge putting in the iron braes5 for the floor, when at 10:25 o'clock the entire structure gave way, carrying th3 men down with it. Only sevent eea men escaped death, and some of these were fatally injured. -Not a attcK 01 cue ran3 wjr.:, rrora pier 10 pier remained. The river was filled with timbers and iron work and with men straggling for life. Besides the fifty-two men employed on the bridge at the time of the accident, several spectators ware on tha spans that fell, and a dozsa or more boys bathing beneath the bridge were also carried away. The numbar of daad beneath tha 150 tons of debris could not be told until it was removed. The stemtug Carroll immediately began this wor e. There was, on the day after the accidentia discrepancy in the death list, doe to the fact that the majority of the dead and missing were single men and strangers, and also because the dead were taken to a common morgue. Some werj in Newport, some in Covmgtou, some in private houses, others in undertaking establisumauts. The workmen had no chanca for escape. The bridge seemed to crumble into the water beneath. Both members of the firm building the bridge were drownad. A fe.v idle men were sitting on the river banks watching the tall "traveler" at it slowly worked out upon tha apparently solid trestle. One man sat within fifty feet of the great machine, watching Contractor Baird and Inspector Wilson as they stood talking on the trestle. The timbers toppled toward the north.and the piling sn the down-stream side of the structure began to settle. Than the traveler careened ana the corner of the Newport pier split with a crackling noise. Almost instantly the false work descended to the river fifty teet. As it went down ser ; t M tnT. eral men were saeu ruamug uuiuwuj ?.?? a few steps and were then thrown violently into the stream. Tho workmen were seen to leap far ont from the bridge, with arms extended. Both were struck by fallins; piece* of the debris and injured, but not sufficiently to prevent them from attempting; to swim ashore on the Covington side. They kept together until within about ten feet of the shore, when both threw up their hands and sank. ft! After the crash came It was only a fewmoments until both banks were lined with people. Those of the wounded who could free themselves from the tangled network of timber straggle! to the surface of the water and tried to get as lore. One after another gave up and sank into the muddy, water. Although the banks were crowded no one could get beats so as to go to the rescue of the wounded, in a few minutes the police arrived, and one of the first to be taken out was one of the BairJ brothers, the contractors. All of the dead as they were taken oat showed signs of great suffering. Business in both Newport and Covington was almost wholly suspended. It was not until 2 o'clock that tne steam tug Carroll arrived on the scene and began pulling oat the heavy timbers aud irons. The floods of the past month are, however, the remote caus6 of tho accident. The high water prevented the proper bracing of the piling, which was forty feet long, thirty feet in water and ten in tin bed of the river. The l--*. " * an i fch* WAl?ht of iron proved too much for the false woric. The bridge has had aa unfortunate history. The work has been greatly delayed at times by aitv ordinances, and several men bare been injnrad by falling from the treatlewori. The very bast information oa the day after toe tragedy was tnat twenty-eight dead bodies had beea recovered, that from , | five to seven persoas were marUlly hart, * and a score, mora or leas, seriously injured. . It was thoajhjr the death list when finally completed would reach at least forty. AU the men ware insured by the contractor J for H500 eacn. LATER HEWS. Senator Aldbics was officially declared , elected by th9 Governor of Riiole Islani. 1 Republicans of Providence fired a salute o? twenty-one guns in his honor. General Hoea.ce Porter was elected President of the Society of the Army of the Potomac at the reunion in Scran ton, Pano. f General Horatio C. King and General Truesdale were re-alec ted Secretary and Treasurer. A terrific tornado was general through- < out Maine, doing much damage at Calais, ' Saco, Biddeford, Farmington, Oroao, East* port, Lubecand other towns. Farmington rAnoptaf! hailstontw an inch in diameter. The Democrats of Ohio assembled in State Convention at Columbus. They adopted a platform, nominate! several State officers and elected an uninstructei delegation to the Rational Convention at Chicago. Floods and washouts cause 1 a temporary adjournment of the People's Party State / Convention at Butte, Montana. / A freight engine, with sixteen loalei box cara, want through a bridgo spanning Lonesome Hollow, in Teanossee, and fell a distance of 230 feet. Four persons were killed and six injured. The north-bound p&9sen ger train, with over a hundred passengers, was only saved by being behind its schedule time. Mr. Barber, third party candidate, wai defeated by B. L. Anthony, Democrat, in the election to fill th 3 uaexpir&i torxn of ex* Congressman Rojer Q. Mills, now United States Senator from Tex is. The State Conventions of the Fostorani McEnery factious of th? Democratic party in Louisiana mat at Bitoa Rra;j an I H patched up a truoa in Conference Commit- I tee which wa3 ratiftel by the two cj-avjri- B tions. Each convention elected one-half of H the delegates to Chic *50 a ad Prdiideatial I electors. I The oonferrees on the Rivjr an 1 Harbor flj bill attar being in con?erea3J threj days, H failed to agree. I The House of Rapresentatives pa3sai thj S Fortification Appropriation bill without division. The measure appropriate 12,413,- fl 3?6. or $1,362,427 less than wai appropriate! fl by the last CoajfTdiS. Authority is given to make contracts for certain vrorks involving a further expenditure o? -8L.-JT United States cowjr. Willard at Guaymas, Sonora, Mjxico, die! there a faw days ajo of paralysis, a^il sixty-sevenyeirs. He was a native of Connecticut ani had been in the Consular service for about thirty years. Qlteex Victoria, has appointed Lor J Hannen, ex-President of the divorce court, and Sir John Thompson, to represent Great Britain in the Bering Sea arbitration. Fifty thousand workmen are on striko in and aroun I Barcelona, Spain. The employers have offered to raise wijm to seventy-five cents a day, but the terms have been rejected by the strikers. Thirteen mills have been started in Germany as the result of the Indian corn propaganda, and a great increase has occurred in the importation of the American product, " 1 ,V - t-.A.