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TEE FIRST MEETING OF THE j?
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. !?
Sceneson the Floors of Both Houses
on the Opening Day?Xo Business
of Importance Transacted in the '
Senate?The Keprcsentattves Or
ganizc With Crisp as Speaker. 31:
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Oniy routine business was transacted on t{j
the first day of the extraordinary session of mi
the Fifty-third Congress, called by President
Cleveland for the purpose of enacting legis- Cc
lation to relieve the alarming financial condition
of the country. The Senate ad- ,
journed very abruptly on receiving jn
the announcement of the death of ta
Senator Stanford, which occurred a
month ago, and the House spent the day in .
electing its 8peaker and choosing the seats ?
that the Representatives of the new Congress J.01
will oocopy. At the White House President p?
Cleveland awaited the coming of the usual
committees from the Senate and House to announce
to him that Congress was ready to do an
business, and was prepared to reply to them
that he would at once communicate to thetwo Sll
Houses in writing. His message was completed.
and the office carriage stood at the tu
door to convey the--private secretary to the t0
Capitol with the important document. The wt
Congressional committees did not arrive, Li
however, and the meesago was locked up in an
the White House safe. . Fr
In the 8enate, just before the stroke of Li
noon, the Vice-President's gavel "fell, and the i
Rev. Mr. Butler opened the session with
prayer. The Vice-President then directed
the Secretary to read the proclamation of f
the President convening Congress to ex- i~i
traordinary session, and the document
was read by Mr. McCook. the outgoing Secretary.
Mr. Quay, who had been absent I
during the last session of the Senate, and had Nc
therefore not taken the oath qualifying him
for his new term, had the oath now admin- po
istered to bim, as also had Mr. Pasco, re- th
Hiected by the Legislature of Florida since pii
the close of the last session. The VicePresident
laid before the Senate a comiruuicatlon
from 5Ir. Beckwith, of Wyoming,
saying that, owing to a combination of
cif.-u mstances over which he had no control,
bri had been obliged to hand in his re9igna- di
tion to Governor Osborne, of Wyoming, of
n's appointment as United States Senator. ba
The communication was placed on file. On the i
suggestion of Mr. Gorman the oath of office qz
was administered to the new Secretary of the y
Senate, Mr. Cox, who was escorted to the Wf
desk by the retiring Secretary, Mr. McCook.
Resolutions were then offered and agreed to
to inform the House of Representatives that ,
a quorum of the Senate had assembled and
was ready to proceed to business; to notify the Co
House and the President of the election of 381
w- /1 Conofa fhft r
mr. oui usocvicioij v? iuu n ,MV
daily bour of meeting at noon, and for the th.
appointment of a committee of two SeDatots bu
to join a like committee on the part of the of
Hous? to wait upon the President and in- i
form him that both Houses are in session and jja
ready to receive auy communication he /q
may be pleased to make. Messrs. Har- v ,
ris and Sherman were appointed as
such committee on the part of
th? S^Date. Mr. White then rose and said 5"a
that it was his painful duty to announce the wa
de;;tb of his late colleague, Mr. Stanford. He
should, at a date to be fixed hereafter, re- Br
qu i#t the Senate to set apart a day for such '
rriwrks in regard to Mr. Stanford's memory W<
as miyht be deemed proper, and should con- tei
tent himself now with moving, as a mark of ne:
re.- pect. that the Senate do now adjourn. The ]
nM tion was agreed to, and the Senate, at at(
12 20 adjourned.
jn the House of Representatives a quarter WJ
bi? ore 12 the floor was cleared of persons Qs
not entitled to the privilege of being present aZ(
during the session, and at noon Clerk Kerr ' ,
> ?a!led the members to order, and the extra- J
r ordinary session of the Fifty-third Congress J*
began. Then the Clerk read the President's
proclamation summoning Congress "?
to convene in extra session and im- al>
mediately afterward proceeded to call the ]
roll. Three hundred and thirty-six mem- thi
bers having responded to their naniPB, the soi
Clerk announced that there was more than a erf
quorum pa? sent, snd that the first business ?
in order was the election of a Speaker. Mr. an
Ho man. as Chairman of the Democratic cau- g1E
cue. rose and said that he haul the honor to ,
put in nomination for that high office the Hon.
James" F. Crisp, of-Georgia. The laugh- Pa
ter caused by this slip of the tongue s
had hardly abated before it was renewed,
when the Clerk fell into the same error and toi
announced that "James" F. Crisp had been gr
put in nomination. Mr. Reed, of Maine, was co
placed in nomination by Mr. Henderson, the
Chairman of the Republican caucus. Then
arose Mr. Kem and, amid general laughter,
speaking for the third party, presented the
name ol Jerry Bimpson. 01 Aunsas. rne voio ?
resulted : For Crisp, 214 ; for Reed, 122; for se
Simpson, 7. The announcement was
greeted with loud applause. Messrs. sp
Holman, Reed and Simpson were Co
appointed a committee to escort the Speaker wl
to the chair. As Mr. Crisp assumed the de
travel a sudden hush fell upon the House.
In a clear but moved voice the Speaker said: tei
"llepresentatives : Profoundly grateful for wi
this mark of your confidence, I shall try to be
be in some degree worthy of It by an honest rlj
effort to discharge the duties of the ,
office on which I am about to enter
with fidelity, with courtesy, and cr
with the strictest impartiality. (Ap- ^
plause.) I am now ready to take the
oath of office/' The oath was impressively
administered by the father of the House, Mr. mi
O'Neill, of Pennsylvania. Prayer was then M;
offered by the blind Chaplain of the last bc
House, the Rev. Doctor Milburn. The work Sf
-I- ?k? nf M >ha Cl
<J J HUUJUiJdlCilU^ mo VHiW V4 vtuvw .v ?mv -numbers-elect
was then entered upon. In 3c
squad6 of two dozen they, as their namta Di
were called, took their stand in the area in CI
front of the Speaker's desk, and with right
hand raised swore to obey the Constitution u]
and the laws of their country. Then the UI
Democratic officers were elected as follows:
James Kerr, Clerk ; H. W. Snow, Sergeant- ce
at-Arms; A. B. Hurt, Doorkeeper:
Lycurjjus Dalton, Postmaster, and 8am- .
uel W. Hadaway, Chaplain. When 10
the drawing for seats was concluded, 95
it was ordered that the daily hour for the 1x1
mee *ng of the House would be 12 m. Mr. ?r
Grosvenor announced the death of his colleague.
Mr. Enoch, of Ohio, aud as a mark &
of respect to the memory of the deceased the
House at 3.30 adjourned.
Tlic Senate.
2d Dat.?The Rev. Dr. Milburu, the new
Chaplain of the Senate, opened the proceed- !?
iri?s with prayer. The Journal was read by
the new Secretary, Mr. Cox. The croden- m
.. . t A - T? l.s ....J A.- Tf
iiHis oj ueor^w v/. roritms. imurr iwi appointment
of the Governor of California, in be
place of the late Senator Stanford, were read,
and the oath of office was administered to ti
the new Sensitor. Mr. Pruden. one of R
the resident's .secretaries then deliveredthe
message, whlcii was immediately read to the jn
Senate by Mr. Johnson, the chief clerk. It eI
was ordered to be printed immediately, and re
referred to the Finance Committee. Various
petitions for and against the repeal of the .
Sherman act were presented and referred c
to the Finance Committee. Mr. Hill, of
New York, introduced a bill to repeal 31
certain sections of the Sherman act. That al
was followed by two bills introduced
by Mr. Stewart. Mr. Lodge introduced a k
r-solution for a vote on the repe-jl of silver ^
purchases on August 22. Mr. Murphy [ir - j;
ecntela bill to bridge the Hudson Biver, be- ti
tw^en New York and Jersey Citj*. 'A long a
debate tool: place over Mr. Hale's proposition
t-> in -ri-j.se the daily working hours o!
the body t,
3i> Day. -Xo business was don", adjournment
heins; t:sken immediately after tho read- ^
iug o." the Journal.
j lie nuusc.
2d D.v'i'.?thi; Housr was callod io order
promptly .~.t noon, an-1 prayer was offered by
ttie newly-electod Chaplain, the IJev. Dr. S
Haddaway. The Journal, which was a
rather lenghty one. was then roail and approved,
and the House took a recess until
12.45. After the recess Mr. Springer, o
Chairman of the committee appointed to wait .
on ttie President, reported that the President
would .'ommunicate in writing a message to
Congress forthwith. Instantly Mr. Pruden, bi
one of the President's secretaries, made his la
bow and sent the important document to the d<
clerk's desk, where it was read by Clerk li<
Kerr. The President's message was listened
to with intense interest by the members of
the House, and the conclusion of the reading
was greeted with general applause
not confined to any section of the chamber. ?
When the reading of the messiyje TiS con- 0
clu-l-i-eiocilr- tne Fifth 8
let or Michigan was taken up, and after two
>urs" debate Richardson, the Democrat, was
ated on his prima facie title. Reilly an);m<'ed
the death of his colleague, William
utehler. and as a mark of respect to the
omory of the deceased the House at 4.35 adurned.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.
Secretary of tiik Treasure Cahlisl3 ar,ed
at Gray Gables, Buzzard's Bay. from
ashingtOD. He was met At th?' station by
rs. Cleveland and driven to Gray Gables,
lere be took breakfast with the family, and
en consulted with the President on the
>ssage to Congress.
Chief Justice Bleckley, of the Supreme
?urt. of Georgia, a widower more than
s-enty years old, married Miss Chloe Herig,
of New York City.
The farmers near Huntingdon, Penn., are
despair over the great loss they have susined
by an invasion of grasshoppers.
Pbesident Cleveland left his summer
ime at Gray Gables. Buzzard's Bay, Mass.,
r Washington, accompanied by Secretary
imont. Secretary Carlisle and Mtorneyjneral
Olney.
John Chew, a stable employe, was stabbed
d killed by "Snip" Donovan, a disoharged
liner at the Monmouth racetrack, Little
Iver, N. J. ,
A. pabty of nine men and children were turning
to Eaqt New York from a fishing trip
the old mill on JamaicA Bay, when they
>re overtaken by a severe thunderstorm,
gbtning instantly killed two of the party
d injured five others. The dead are:
ederiok Siegling, thirty-seven years old ;
zzie Topal, five years old.
Robebt H. Colemax, the "Iron King" of
) Lebanon Valley, Pennsylvania, and a
llionaire several times over, has con>sed
judgments aggregating $306,500,
lich, together with other liens previously
tered, swells the aggregate to 32,604,000.
Snowdbifts a foot deep are reported in
>rtheastern Massachusetts.
Postmaster Dayton, or new yoru uiry, apinted
General Fitz John Porter cashier in
b postofflce. He lives in New Jersey. The
ace is worth $2500.
South und West.
It was practically settlod that the prates of
e World's Fair would be opened on Sunday
iring the rest of the Exposition.
Laza3us Silverman, a well-known Chicago
nker, suspended. Liabilities, $1,000,000.
The people from the frozen land of the
;ar of all the Russias celebrated at the
orld's Fair their special day. A reception
is held throughout the day in the Russian
.vilion in Manufactures Hall. A concert
Russian music was given in Festival Hall.
Felix Poole,a notorious character of Ohio
unty, Kentucky, was lynched there for asulting
a young woman.
The exodus of Colorado miners continues
rough Kansas, and is proving a heavy
rden to the Western farmers, and a source
great annoyance to the railroads.
Pan Look, bank robber and murderer, was
nged a few nights ago in the Columbus
hio) Prison.
Walter F. Shaw, the murderer of his
>ther and aunt, was hanged in the court
rd at Houston, Texas. Joseph A. Howell
is hanged at Benton. Mo., tor the murder
Mrs. Nettie Hall and four children near
ookfleld, Mo.
The Executive Committee of the Board of
>rld's Fair Directors ordered a payment of
1 per cent, on the entire bonded indebtedis
of the corporation.
Kelson Van Kirk, a Bosrd of Trade oper>r,
shot himself to death in his office in
licago. He was seventy-five years old, and
is a member of the firm of Van Kirk <k
ten, which went bankrupt about a month
a.
Receivers were appointed for the James
Walker Company, wholesale and retail
jT goods dealers in Chicago. The liabili3
are reported to be $2,400,000, of which
out $2,000,000 is due to New York firms.
Peculations amounting to $800,000 from
- Dml. r\9 Con hv thft
9 rauiuv/ xmub
is of Doctor McDonald have been dkcovjd.
The World's Fair gates were opened,for
other Sunday, but the attendance was
tall.
These train hands wei^e killed and many
ssengpre injured in a wreck of a?Laka
ore Railroad train near Lindsay, Ohio.
Dibectob Holdkn, of the Lick Observary.
California, telegraphed that photoaphs
were taken showing objects like a
met on the sun's face.
Washington.
Ministeb Blocnt'b long expected report
: Hawaiian affaire was received by the
cretary of State.
The President appointed E. Ellery Andern,
of New York, one of the Pacific Railroad
tmmissioners in place of Mr. Dimmock,
10 was appointed by Mr. Cleveland, but
clinedthe office.
Pension Commissioner Lochben has exrwiari
until October 10. 1893. the per od
ithin which pensioners whose pensions have
en suspended may make proof of their
jht to receive them.
The Democrats, Republicans and Populists
Id caucuses at Washington. The Demoats
renominated Crl3p for Speaker, and
en selected Snow, of Illinois, for Serant-at-Arms;
Huerr, of Tennessee, for
jorkeeper, DaJton, of Indiana, for Postuster,
and ths Rev. S. W. Hadaway. of
aryland, for Chaplain. The Republicans
uninated Thomas B. "Reed, of Maine, for
leaker. The remainder of the ticket was:
erk, Edward McPherson. of Pennsylvania;
irgeant-at-Arms, A. J. Holmes, of Iowa;
aorkeeper, J. L. Hathaway, ot Montana;
laplain, the Rev. Horace Green, of New
>ri. Thirteen members attended the Ponist
caucus. Thoy decided to 'vote as a
lit to maintain the present ratio of silver
gold?sixteen to one. No ticket for offlra
of the House was nominated.
To meet the continually increasing demand
r National bank notes from banks which
e taking advantage ot the low rate of
Dvernment bonds and buying them and ineasing
their circulation. Secretary Carlisle
is ordered the force of the Bureau of En aving
and Printing to work from 8 a. m.
itll, C p. m.
Foreign.
The cholera has existed in epidemic form
Marseilles for throe months past, but the
cal authorities have succeeded in concealer
the fact even from the French Govern
ent. The condition of things at Naples,
aly. is also stated to be very sarious, there
>ing now as many as,fifty new cases a day.
A. financial panic, caused by the condion
of the silver market, prevails in Costa
ica.
Four hundred men have been killed durig
tbe siege of La Plata. Argentina, in the
liiagements between the provincial and
(volutionary troops.
The blockade of Bangkok, Siam, has been
rmally raised by Admiral Humann.
Fire in th9 timber yards adjoining the
[ersey (England) docks caused a damage of
Imost a million dollars.
The Corinth ship canal was opened by the
ing of Greece in the presence of all the
lembers of the ltoyal family, the Cabinet
tinisters, the foraign diplomatic reprasentaves,
the principal military and civil c-flcials
ad an immense crowd of citizens.
Socialists met in an international confess
in Zurich, Switzerland, sixteen coun
:ies being represented t.y delegates.
Twenty-two members of an excursion parf
were drownoJ in Swansea Bay. Wales.
RUSSIAN. TOWN BUBNED.
even Persons Killed and ISO Buidings
Destroyed.
The town of Blrsk, In the Government of
renburg, Russia, has baon visit 3d by a most
isistrous conflagration.
One hundred and eighty houses were
irned. Saven persons were killed and a
,rge number injured. Among the buildings
33troyed were the City Hall and the Cathou
Church.
It ia reported that a ton of hay recently
old In London for double the price of a ton
f o'?ts. Hay and wheat are now nearer toother
in price than ever known bofora.
A IMP B Bill
BRITISH GUIANA'S EXHIBIT
AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.
Tlie Products of Her Plantation
Clold Fields, Tangled .Jungles aii
Rich Forests?Best of All Trees
Triumphs of the Taxidermist
Art?Beautiful Feather Work.
If I had th* privilege of seeing only o;
World's Fair department, said a fjentlcraa
I would cbooso tlio agricultural. Iu uo oth
building can one come so no;ir the people
other lands. In tho Agrioulturs Buiidii
you are close to tho soil, to that which giv
sustenance. As a matter of course. tho lii
habits and customs of tho people arc show
in a moro direct way. Tho Agricuttu
Building is the place to study the world
thi world is.
The speaker m?ist have boon in tbe Britii
Guiana section of Chief Buchanan's buildii
before he spoke. In its timber-fenced arc
the products and probabilities of tbnt lai
which Columbus saw in 14D8 when lieenten
the Gulf of Para, are placed in such sha|
that an hour givesoneanintimate Icnowledi
"of the interesting country. One of tl
products is Adolphus Daniel, the Indian pil
of the gold rivers, Essoquibo, Mazarum ai
Guyuwinl. With an active brain, an intel
gent comprehension of what a visitor wan
to know and a thorough knowledge of h
subject, the little riverman, tnio to his ca
ing, pilots his guests all over British Guiaa
through sugar plantations and cold Hold
tangled jungles and grand forests, giviig ;
object lesson at every step.
Triumphs of the taxidermist's art are tl
stuffed fauna of British Guiana, which a
mounted under tho roof of the Agricultu
Building. The most conspicuous group is
tapir with a jaguar's claws and teoth in i
thick skin. Threo varieties of ant-eaters a
shown. One, a tree-climber, is no larg
than a foxtail squirrel, another is about tl
size of a dog and the ant boar, or crreac an
eater, twice as large, with bushy tail, coar
long hair and a long snout. Then there a
ocelots, wicked-looking wildcats, gracofi
slim-limbed wood deer, cougars, buire to
toise and snakes as natural as life, nlaced
attitudes of arrested motion whicn tell
the jungles and tracklcss forests tbat cxtoi
back from the towns and clearings noar tl
coast.
They are interesting, but apparently <
aot attract as muoh attention. ;ia the nil
gilded pyramids which represent the outp
of gold since 1884. People gaze wpon tl
pyramids with renewed interest when th
learn that even Sir Walter Raleigh believi
the reports of the Spaniards, ?ailed up ll
Orinoco River in 1595, and the next ye
sent Captain Keymis to hunt for tbo 'Tic
est country in the world." It. was not un
1880, howover, that placer w/ishing real
amounted to anything in British Ouiaun.
began in the Puntni River, a branch of tl
Masaruni. Pour years later the Oovern'me
took official cognizance of the gold washii
and imposed a royalty on the tfold obtainu
~T c
nnrrrsn gpiana 6ecti
which amouuted in that year to 250 ouao<
This is represented by the smallest pyrami
The next year gave 939 ouaces. In 188G t
output jumped up to 6518 ounces, and ovo
year thereafter the gold product almi
doubled, until in 1892 it amounted to 12!
615 ounces. Nuggets and dust are exhibit
from the Puruni washings, Groote Crec
the districts of Deraerara. Essoquebo at
other gold bearers. 8o rapidly in tho go
industry developing that a railroad.conittx
ing the Essequebo and Demernra ltivors is
be built for transporting tho product.
British' Guiana has but one railroad,
short coast lin9 connecting Georgetown, t
metropolis of the country, with Mahaic
twenty miles distant. Lines or steamei
however, use the rivers, and ferry steam*
are numerous. Logs and largo timbers :i
transported in a manner peculiar to t
country. Instead of being rafted down t
rivers the logs are slung in tho water <
either side of a punt, much after the mann
of loaiing a pack mule. A model of one
loc-iadea ounts is one of tho pron
nent exhibits. The punt is shaped sorr
what like an Ohio River coal bargo, oc
narrower. It is a house boat in which hai
mocks are slung, for whole Indian famili
often live on these punts. The craft is steer
by a long sweep and carries a surprisi
amount of timber. Tho logs lie ou outri
gers of wood, which extend on either 3i
twice tho width of the punt.
British Guiana is rich in woods. Tho ft
Is proved beyond peradventure by tho varit
of forest products which are shown. Hu
timbers form a gigantic fence around thess
tion, and hundreds of polished squares a
arranged in a separate exhibit. Pilot Dani
tapped tho round trunk of the eta palm
most with affection, as he recited the virtu
of the "best of all trees." Tho etapalm gn
food, shelter, clothing and drink to the i
tive Indians, and the arts of civilization ms
it a great commercial product. Its nuts a
edible, and the tender shoots or palmetl
which grow from tho crown are esteemed
delicacies and preserved in sirup and
pickles. Its ftber, originally woven ?
ropes and cloth, makes mats and hammocl
its oil is used for medicine and cooking a
its sap or milk, which flows readily whent
tree is gashocf, is caught in caiabushos, ai
after fermentation, drunk its a wine.
The woods exhibited embrace some of t
hardest and heaviest in the world. Th
vary in color from nearly black through t
browns to almost pure white. Pernapn t
most singular is the mottled "l<yter wo'oc
which resembles closely the snakewooi
East India. Its dart, markings across t
grain look like irregularly formed letters,
is the heart ot a tree, rarely exceeding .=
inches iu diameter, although the tree isso.T
times two feet across. Taking a very hi
polish, it is largely used for walking cat
and for inlaid work. The greenhoart. frt
which the quinine of British Guiana is take
is a densa, heavy timber of a greenish yeili
color, almost entirely free from knot9 a
X 4 T*. a /-v., I- .,n l fti
?V:'U K^OIU'.'J. tl L .1UR.1 niku v., ,.u.? t?
for ship building, and is used all throught
couutry for building the boxes of tho pi
pie. Mora is :i reddish-brown wood, not
heavy as gr:*onheart.' but like greenheart
procurable in logs of sixty to eighty feet lo
aad up to two feet in diameter. Wailaba
dark orimsou in color, and makes tho sh
gleso? the country. It is easily split. ant]
also used for p iling and vat staves. A-> st<
ing rain-water is a umessity in lint
Guiana, th;* wallaba is iu.lispensaolc.
fame ;is a water-carrier extends to the W
Indies, for in 1391 urvirly 5,500,009 waiia
shingles were shipped to the islands.
To the Iudiaus the cassava dominates
trees and shrubs. From its poisonous r<
the bread of the family is prepared. Then
is grated, and tho pulp, having be
squeezed dry in what is ealled the "mat
pee," is placed on the "barbacue," or sh<
over the fireplace, until all the poisonc
juioo is evaporated. It is then baked u
flat iron dish to form a kiuil of paucako
flap-jack. The cassava bread is kept fr<
envious hands in a showcase in the exhit
with several cases ot cassava starch. Caas/i
juioo is prepared in another way. 1
poison hav;ag llrat been expelled by evaj
ration the juica is turned into a darii bro
1 molasses like extract called 'cassnreep,"
^ which, with fresh peppers, forms tho basis o*
a most delicious soup. The ca3sava is cultivated
by the Indians with little trouble. Xt
M is raised in fields and grows about ten feet
b high. After the roots are cut oat the stalk is
cut into pieces from twelve to eighteen
im-hes long and stuck into the freshly plowed
land. In three or four days the cuttings
sprout and in seven or nine months are ready
3, to be rootod out again. The cassava Held is
1(i generally som<i distance from the "renal),'
or leaf-covered hut of tho native, in a clear~~
ingof the forest.
'8 Naturally sugar, which fs the principal export
of the colony, forms an important factor
in the exhibits. In lM'.H over 105,000 tons
a3 were shipped out of the country, more than
half coming to this country. With its by^
products?molasses and rum?the value of
Vi" TIIC pronil?*[S UL tUO JiUl^UC {/luumnuao
of amounted to over $0,000,000 ia 1301. The
l(? plantation.? always front the seashore or
bnuk of ft river, and are cut up by numerous
3 canals and protected from high water and
"t\ floods l>y dikes. One plantation employs
fu >V15 people. and all the machines
ery and methods aco used of the most modas
ern character. Demorarn crystals are well
known in the sugar market* of the world,
?h and it is claimed that they are of a very su>g
porior quality and rich flavor. All grades
of sugar aro. shown, with photographs of
id mills and plantations. The pre9orved fruit
id exhibit is closely connected with the sugars,
so Large glass jars containing tempting sarnie
pies of jams, preserves and marmalades are
h? arranged in tiers, showing preserved guava,
ot Seville oranges, pineapples, tamarinds,
id limes, crtisareep and Demerara pickles or
11- palmettos.
l.9 Milliners and young women addicted to
[, wearing plumage on their hats crowd around
the (Jumps containing the birds of the eountry.
Tho king hummingbird, purple-breast'
od cotinga, pompadour cotinga, firebirds
and other tropical sougless birds, with the
rainbow on their leathers, are hut a few of
J? the gorgeously tinted flyers that were stuffed
in Georgetown for the World's Fair.
a Woman's work is seen in the ne^Haces and
ts purses made from tho seeds of a gros3 called
re "Job's tears," which look like miniature
er robin's eggs, and from the flat, glossy black
,a and brown munosa seeds. In the same case
with them are boaurllul baskets and fans
3e niado from corn husks and tho llbre of tue
r0 Spanish needle plant. Beautiful feather
Ll work is shown and many women sigh with
irl | disappointment wheu they aro told that the
in j carved calabasas are not tor sale.
Of .
t j ISLAND OF JAMAICA 3 EXHIBIT.
io The priucipal products of Jamaica are
shown ia the Manufactures Building in atJo
tractive arrangoment. some of them after arne
tistic designs and all of them so as to develop
ut their valius to the Inland in its relations with
tio the commercial world. Tobacco, one of the
ay important crops, is shown in festooned ropes
fhI ot natural loaf and in fancy cases of the
he manufactured article,
ar When it comes to coffee, says the Chicago
h- News, thocommissioner grows eloquent, and,
til polutintf to a Rrout array of sampler, he says
ly "Coffee-farming lu Jamaica is fast becoming
It one of our principal Industries. We raise a
ho peculiarly duo brand ot coffee, which virturit
ally llx?8 the price of the commodity. Very
ig little, if any, of ourcoiToe tluds Its way into
(1, the American market. It is sent to the Eug
) i J
OS, AaTtlCULTCKC BCIT.OIX9.
3S. I I1?ti warehouse*. whero it commands a higher
il. prlc? than the product or anv other country.
Srt) "flerft," indicating a large case, 'is the onry
tiro history of Jamaica coffee. Tho speci)8t
mens in the case show the processes through
1).- which coffee must be put before it is ready
ed for tho markut, from the original pod, or
ilc. husk, in which the coffee bean is taken from
nd tbn tree, to the green coffee of commercc. A
Id lar^e proportion of tho country in which this
. t- cofffx: Is raised is practically unsettled, but
to uvery attraction is being offered to induce
iuimiirratiou and tho laud is rapidly being
a taken up. Before a great while we bopo to
be liuvrt It completely settled."
iu, Those who visit tho Jamaican3ection, howw.
over, linger longest over the wonderful colire
taction of dried plants loaned by the Oov,ro
eminent. Tho collection is said to bo very
ho viilu?bie. It contains every variety of ocobo
no'tnic plant indigenous to the country. Aran
ranged with rogard to color and form, the
er exhibit forms one of tho most interesting
of features of tho pavilion.
ii- Around the southeast end of the section is
arranged the sugar oxhibit. It ranges from
ily vacuum pan, or pure white granulated, to
m- muscovado, or tho dark brown, sticky stuff
Ics from which comes molasses candy. Theru
od are 32,487 acres of sugar cane under cultivnng
tion in Jamaica, and the productionoi sugar
ig- gives employment to great numbers of the
de islanders.
Oinger in ali'its forms is on exhibition in
let the southwest corner of the section. Not
sty only preserved ginger, but tho original Rinse
ger root from which the hot modiclno Is
3v:- I mailt*. Ollircu iUlii U&[IIUUU Uiauu uuiu iuu
ire cassava root, graded ami arranged with relets
eronce to quality, may l>e seen in their espoal
cial section.
ies la fruits the banana and cocoanut take the
ve place of honor. In the cocoanut section ia
ia- shown what may 1)9 done with tlie fruit,
de There is cocoanut oil made from the mil*
ire and meat, a huge flower pot made from the
:os root of the tree, brushes ot. all descriptions,
as ropes, hammocks and even a serviceableas
looking coat made from the ilber of the husk,
ito Banana flour is shown and visitors are asked
ts, to sample little cakes made of it. The cakes
ad or biscuits tuste very much like cookies and
lis | are said to be very nourishing,
id, Jamaica produces pimento, or allspice, in
large quantities. A liquor is made from the
be ripe pimento berry. It is a favorite drink ol
ey the natives. Another drink is a sort of tea
b" made from the kola nut. This nut, it is said,
tJA has wonderful nutritive qualities. A pieee
I," small enough to be carried in the vest pocket
of | will, it is said, sustain life for several days
he j
It
>ix
jo rnn oisaprotxttxa attendance.
gh | Tim Chicago Ilorald says that the tw?nies
| ty thousand citizens of Chicago who fur>m
j nished the monfty to build the Expo^i
11. | tion win nor gee fi uouar 01 muir iwjuvj
'w buck. Tho city of Chicago, which furnished
nd $5,000,003 after tho citizens had taken fully
ilk ijn;,000.0(10 trom their pockets aud contributes
ed it to the Fair, will lose all of its enormous
3?- donation. The men who bought '55,000,000
so | worth of bonds after the entire capital stock
is had been exhausted will, perhaps, be paid in
ii'.,' full. The contractors who put up the whitt
Is buildings and made Jackson Park bloom like
in- i ;i royal garden will get what is due them, but
I i-s I that is all.
J*'- J The average attendance durin ? May was
|s-? 37.503. There were two days on wiiica the
if* attendance exceeded lO J.OOi) and on oue da)
,wt ! onwlii.-ii it ox .'ceded 120.000 ?opening day.
ilia i The total attendance lor May was 1,050.037.
The June figures reached 2,675,113, ;i
all I daily average of 8!). 170, a little more tnan
jot two and one-half times the attendance foi
jot the flut mouth. There were eight days iu
(cu June when more than 100,000 visitors passed
ta- through the turnstiles, aud live days the atdf,
teudanco was beyond 120,000, the uumbei
>us that must be reached every day from uow
i a until the iron arms of tho turnstiles eeast
or pushing visitors into the gat<*?.
>ni July did not show tho desired increase
>it, over June. Exclusive of the last day the ativa
tendance for the month was 2,680,125, or uo
'he average of 00,059 a day. Eight times during
po- the month the figures exceeded 100,000 and
iva on two days went abovd 120,000.
\
THE MESSAGI
President Cleveland's Reco
mendations to Congress.
HOT A PARTY MATTE
Urging the Immediate Repe
of the Sherman Law.
Silver Legislation is Declared 1
Cause of the Present Crisis?E
Effects of the Present Law A
Asserted to be Constantly A
cumulating?Tariff Reform I
gent, But It Xnst Wait Until 1
Financial Difficulty is Overcono
President Cleveland has sent this mesa
to the special session at Congress
To the Congress "/ the United Stales:
The existenoe of an alarming and ext
ordinary business situation, involving 1
welfare and prosperity of all our people, 1
constrained me to call together an extra s
sion of the people's representatives in C<
gross, to the end that through a wise a
patriotic exercise of the legislative duty w
which they solely are charged, present e\
maybe mitigated and dangers threaten!
the future may be averted.
FINANCIAL SITUATION EXCEPTIONAL.
Our unfortunate financial plight is not t
result of untoward events nor of condltic
related to our natural resources, nor is
traceable to any of the afflictions which fi
quently check National growth and pri
perity.
With plenteous crops, with abundant pro
ise of remunerative production and mar
fncture, with unusual invitation to safe;
vestment and with satisfactory assurance
business enterprise, suddenly financial d
trust and fear have sprung up on every sit
Numerous moneyed institutions have si
pcuuou wutuso ttuuuuauk ooocus no 10 j.
immediately available to meet the deman
ot the frightened depositors.
business cbbdit weakened
Surviving corporations and individuals t
content to keep in tand the money they <
usually anxious to loan, and those engag
in legitimate business are surprised to fl
that the securities they offer for loai
thpugh heretofore satisfact >ry, are no ion#
accepted. Values supposed to be fixed t
fast becoming conjectural, and loss a
failure have involved every branch of bu
nesa.
legislation to blame.
I believe these things are principa
chargable to Congressionallegislatlon tout
ing the purchase and coinage of silver by 1
general Government.
. the 9hekxan law.
This legislation is embodied in a stati
passed on the 14th day of July, 1890, whi
was culmination of much agitation on 1
subject involved, and which may bu cons
ered a truce after a long struggle, betwe
the advocates of free silver coinage and the
intending to be more conservative.
Undouotediy the monthly purchases byt
Government of 4,500,000 ounces of silver <
forced under the statute were regarded
those interested in silver production as a o<
tain guaranty of its increase in price.
THE FAX.Z. IK SILVER.
The result, however, has been entirely d
ferent, for immediately following a sp,
modic and slight rise the price of sliver 1
gau to fall after the passage of the act, a
has since reached the lowest point ei
known. This disappointing result has 1
to renewed and persistent effort in (
direction of free silver coinage.
evu, KPrECTa or the law.
Meanwhile not onjy are the evil effects
the operation of the present law 'constan
accumulating, but the result to whioh
execution must inevitably lead is becomi
palpable to all who give the least heed
financial subjects.
ITS PROVISIONS.
The law provides that in payment for 1
four million Hnd Ave hundred thousa
ounces of silver bullion whioh the SecreU
of the Treasury is commanded to purchi
monthly, there shall be issued Treasi
notes redeemable on demand in gold or i
ver coin, at the discretion of the Secrets
of the Treasury, and that said notes may
reissued. It is. however, declared in the i
to be "the established policy of the Unit
States to maintain the two metals on a p
iHfh ou/ih Afhor unnn fhu nruconf- Iai
i ratio, or such ratio as may be provided
I law."
1 TKKASCBY HAMPBBED BY THE LAW.
This declaration so controls the action
the Secretary of the Treasury to prevent 1
exercising the discretion nominally vested
him, if by such action the parity betw<
gold ana silver may be disturoed.
Manifestly, a reiusal by the Secretary
pay these Treasury notes in gold, If
manded, would necessarily result in th
discredit and depreciation a3 obliaratii
payable only in silver, and would destroy
parity between the two metals by establi
ins: a discrimination in favor of fjold.
Up to the 15th day of July. 1893. th
! notes had been issued in payment of sil
bullion purohases to the amount of m
than il47.000.000.
i While all but a very small quantity of t
bullion remains uncoined and without. u
fulness In the Treasury, many of thu no
given in its purchase have been p3id in gc
GOLD BBSEnVE NOT STABED.
The policy necessarily adopted of pay!
1 these notes in gold has not spared the g
reserve of $100,000,000 long ago set aside
the Government for the redemption of otl
notes, for this fund has already been si
1 jectea to th<5 payment of new obligatio
amounting to about $150,000,000 on accoi
of silver purchases, and as consequence
the first time since its creation boon
1 croached upon.
OTHER NATIONS PROFITED.
Wo have thus made the depletion of <
[ gold easy, and have tempted other and m<
i appreciative Nations to add it to their stoi
That the opportunity we have offered 1
not been neglected is shown by the lai
amounts of gold which have beeu reeen
i drawn from our Treasury, and exported
[ increase the flnauoial strength of forei
i Nations. The excess of exports of gold o
its imports for the year ending June 30,18
i amounted to more than $87,500,000.
" THE SILVER DANGER.
Between July 1, 1890, and July 15, IS
the gold coin and bullion in our Tre isu
decreased more than $132,000,000, wt
during the same period the silver coin a
bullion in the Treasury increased more tt
$147,000,000. Unless Government bonds i
to by constantly issued and sold to replen
our exhausted gold, only to be again <
hausted, it is apparent that the operation
the silvnr purchase law now in force, lei
in the direction of the entire substitution
silver for the gold in the Government Tre
ury, and that this must be followed by t
payment of all Government obligations
depreciated silver.
At this stage gold and silver must p
, company and the Government must fail
uufoKlloUad f a mninfoin f nil
110 CniaUilOlKPU puuvj iv iuuiui>mu wuo v
metals on a parity with each other. Oh
, over to tho exclusive use of h curren
I greatly depreciated according to the star
' ard or tbo commercial world, we could
longer claim a place among Nations of I
first class, nor could our Government cla
i a performance of its obligations, so far
l such an obligation has been imposed up
it, to provide for the use of the people t
t best and safest money.
^ CAN'T O<> single-HANDED.
! If. as many of its friends claim, sil1
\ ought to occupy a larger place In our ?i
rency and the currency of tho world throu
general international co-operation ana agr
( ment, it is obvious that the United Sta
will not be in a position to gain a hearing
[ favor of such an arrangement so long as
, are willing to continue our attempt toacco
j plish the result single-handed.
EFFECT OF CJJ8TAPI.E MONET.
The knowledge in business circles amo
#
Eour own people that our Government cannot
make its flat equivalent to Intrinsic value,
nor keep inferior money, on a parity with
superior money by its own independent efforts
has resulted in such a lack of confidence
at home, in the stability of currency
values, that capital refuses its aid to new onterpriaes
while millions are actually withm.
drawn from the channels of trade and commerce
to become idle and unproductive in
the hands of timid owners. Foreign investors,
equally alert, not only decline to purchase
American securities, out make haste to
sacrifice those which they already have.
It does not meet tho situation to say that
apprehension in regard to the future of our
R finances is groundless and that there is no
i reason for lack of confidence In the purposes
or power of the Government in the premises.
The very existence of this apprehension and
< lack of confidence, however caused, is a
man on a r*r Antvhf
? V*?r. WVlgU?. U\SV IVl i* UlUUlOUl IU U\J
ial disregarded.
PABITT IMPOSSIBLE.
Possibly If the undertaking wo have in
hand were the maintenance of a specific
known quantity of silver as the parity with
gold, our ability to do so might be estimated
the gauged, and perhaps in view of our unvU
paralleled growth and reeouroee might be
favorably passed upon. But when our
Lre avowed endeavor is to maintain such parity
kC- in regard to an amount of silver increasing
fTm at the rate.of $50,000,000 yearly, with no
- fixed termination to such increase, it can
hardly be said that a problem is presented
le. whose solution is free from doubt.
KTJST BEQA.3D OTHEB. STATES.
ige The people of the United States are entitled
to a sound and stable currency and to
money recognized such on every exchange
and in every 'flSarketl. lit the world. Their
ra- Government has so right to injure them by
the financial experiments opposed to the policy
and practice of other oivilizad States, nor is
it justified in permitting an exaggerated and
efl* unreasonable reliance on our National
3n" strength and ability to jeopardize the aoundnd
ness of the people's money.
?? WOT A PABTT MATTXB.
[ng This matter rises above the plane of party
politics. It vitally concerns every business
and calling and enters every household in
the land. There is one important aspect of
he the,subject which especially should never be
ins overlooked. At times like the present, when
'11 ine eviis 01 uasuuuu imauca us, iuo
ro" speculator may anticipate a harvest gathered
30- from the misfortune of others, the capitalist
may protect himself by hoarding, or even
m- may find profit In the fluctuation of values,
iu- bur the wage earner?the first to be injured
in- by a depreciated currency and the last to reto
ceive the benefit of its corrections?is practiis
cally defenceless. He-relies for work upon
le. the ventures of confident and contented capiis
taL This failing him, his condition is withtot
out alleviation, for he can neither prey on
ds the misfortunes of others nor hoard his labor.
WAGE EABNEBS MOST AFFECTED.
One of the greatest statesmen our country
ire has known, speaking more than fifty years
?re ago when a derangement of the currency had
?d caused commercial distress, said:
nd "The very man of all others who has the
as, deepest interest in a sound currency and who
;er suffers most by misohlevous legislation in
ire money matters is1 the man who earns his
nd daily bread by his daily toil."
si- These words are as pertinent now as on
the day they were uttered, .-Hid ought to impressively
remind us that a failure in the
Hy discharge of our duty at this time must
3h- especially injure those of our countrymen
be who labor, and who, because of their number
and condition, are entitled to the most
watchful care of their Government.
lte COHOBKSS SHOULD ACT AT ONCS.
loh If is of the utmost importance that such
be relief that Congress can afford in the exlstid.
ing situation be afforded at once. The
i0I1 maxim, "He gives twice who gives quickly,"
)3e is directly applicable. It may be true that
the embarrassments from which the business
he of the country is suffering arise as much
!Q- from evils apprehended as from those
by actually existing. We may hope, too.
3r. that calm counsels will prevail, and
that neither the capitalists nor the wage
earners will give way to unreasoning panic
and sacrifice their property or their in
if- terests under the influence ox exaggera&su
fears. Nevertheless, every day's delay in r-emoving
one of the plain and principal causes
Qd of the present state of things enlarged the
*er mischief already done and increases the reed
sponsibility of the Government toritu exlsthe
ence. Whatever else the people have a right
to expect from Congress they may certainly
demand that legislation condemned by the
0[ ordeal of three years' disastrous experience
tJy 'shall be removed from the statute 'books as
1/ soon as their representatives can legislatively
JjJ deal with it.
tO AS TO TAB ITT BZFOBM.
It was my purpose to summon Congress In
special session early in the coming SeptemHje
ber, that we might enter promptly upon the
work of tariff reform, which the true interiry
eats of the country clearly demand, which so
^ large a majority of the people, aa shown by
iry their suffrages, dee ire and expect, and
jjj. to the accomplishment of which every
" officer of the present administration is
pledged. But while tariff reform has lost
act nothing of its immediate and permanent im'ed
portance, and must in the near future outage
' r_ the attention of Congress, it has seemed to
_a] me that the financial condition oftho country
fry should at once and before all other subjects
be considered by your honorable body.
MOMPT REPEAL RECOMMENDED.
, of I earnestly recommend the prompt repeal
hig of the provisions of the act passed July 14,
[ in* 1890, authorizing the purchase of silver bul>eu
^on, and that other legislative action inay
put beyond all doubt or mistake the intento
t-on and the Government to fulfill its peounide
ary obligations in money universally recogteir
nized by all civilized countries.
Groveb Cleveland,
mw Executive Mansion. August 7. 1993.
the ?
LshA
RESERVOIR BURSTS.
ver
ore Twenty Million Gallons of Water
Loose in Portland, inc.
his
;9e- The great reservoir of the Portland (Bfe.)
>tes Water Company, on the eastern promenade,
,ld- burst, letting loose its 20,000,000 gallons of
water in les3 than fifteen minutes. The immense
volume of water da3hed upon two
. houses occupied by the families of Michael
, * Lappln and Dennis M. Conley.
. The buildings were crushed as If they had
been made of cardboard, and four persons
lost their lives?Mrs. Dennis Conley, Mt83
. A^nes Conley, Miss Mamia Conley and James
Mossley. The buildings stood under the
walls of the reservoir, each with a small
stable or barn attached.
The Conley family was warned in time,
>ur and it seems that Mrs. Conley was already
>re up and drassed when the warning cams.
3k. The other members of the family prot up at
ins once, and supposing that tbey would surely
rge Ret out James Conley started for the barn to
itly rescue his horse.
to The younger Mrs. Conley did get out in
gn her nijiht dress, hastily folding a wrapper
ver about her ai> she went. She ran across the
93, road and fell fainting there. The elder Mrs.
Conley, with her two daughters, Agnes and
Mamie, appeared next at the door.
93 They were holding each other by the
arms. The water was already dashing
. against the door sill. Perhaps this terrified
u'e them. The fjroup of neighbors saw them
,nt' draw back and close the door.
lan Young James 3Ioseley. Jlr. ijappiu?
?re adopted sod, said that the- Couleys ware lost
'M'' unless they could be gotten out of the
9X" house. He dashed across the su Mt and
went into the house. He was never aoeu
, ali ve again.
of
5 LYNCKEKS SLAIN.
in
art Two Boys Kill Four Men and Fatally
in Wouml a Fifth.
rwo A dispatch from Corydon, Intl., says
ICV About 1 o'clock :i. m., Boouo Township, this
id- county, was mado the scene of the most terno
rible shooting affair that ever occur rod in
^ this part of the State. A large crowd of men
went to the home of William and Edward
" Conrad for the purpose of lynching the two
boys, who were suspected of killing their
father last winter.
The boys armed themselves with shotguns
and revolvers, and awaited the coming of
,-er the mob. The boys secreted themselves outur
side their house when tho crowd appeared
ch und llred into them, killing John Timberlake
ae- and William Wiseman, after which the crowd
tes dispersod, but were again llred into, and
in Edward Houston and Isaac Howe were inwe
stantly killed, and William May was fatally
m- shot. The Coarads escaped.
Many well-to-do Frenchmen now in Chi^
ti&%o intend to buy land in California and
establish there large colonies of fruit growers.
'WM YACHT, SOI
A FATAL DISASTER ON LAKE
GEORGE, N. Yr
i
The Rachel Sherman Ran Upon *
Sunken Pier.in;l Went to the Bottom
With All on Board?Passengers
Battle for Life In the Darkness.
About 9 o'clock, a few nlchte a?o, a pleasiyo
party, while ffoincr to a dance at the
lower ead of Lake Oeortje, N. Y.. mot wftj a
terrible accident.
The steam yaoht Rachel j owned by D. VP.
Sherman, proprietor of the Pearl Point
House, was carrying twenty-nine people up
the lake. The little r*wel was Utrned to
ward the One Hundred Island House ann
was gliding toward the landing when the
passengers were thrown forward by a sudden .,
hock.
In the dark the vassal hod rfto upon a
sunken pier, and before assistance arrived
from the shore it sank with all on board. It
was only a few minutes after the shook when
the yaoht careened to one side and wont
down in eighteen feet of water.
The shrieking, struggling passengers J>attled
for life in the darkness. Women threw
up their arms and sank beneath the surface.
When brought ashore they were dead. Deed*
of heroism were performed by the men.
When all in signt had reached thesfeorait was
learned, that nine persons, dft-wofti6a,"
except a boy of nineteen. iiad been drowned.
As soon as possible an attempt to recover the.
bodies was made. After strenuous efforts all '
the bodies were brought to the surface.
The dead are: Hiss Hattie Hall, Brooklyn
Bertha Benedict. Montclair. N. J.; Miss
Edith Harding, Hobolcen, N. J.; Hiss H. M.
Burton, Jersey City: Mrs. J. H. Mitchell,
F. C. Mitchell, Lizzie Corley. Clara Black,
Burlington, Vt.; Lizzie Clare, Bridgeport,
Conn.
Some of the passengers ware caught undei, *
the shade deck and weru drowned quickly.
It seemed hours before help arrived, though ,
' a dozen men were on the water in rowboats
almost before the smokestack sank out of
sight.
The rescued passengers were taken ashore
and w count of the number taken. At first it
was reported that only throe were drowned,
then the number was increased to Qve, then
seven, and finally nine.
Young Mr. Benedict', son of the Now York
jeweler, who was on the boat, is an expert
swimmer. He tried to save his sister, and
dived for her once. Frank Mitchell, aged
nineteen, of New York City, lost his life try
ing to save his mother," who was also
drowned. Robert Sims, of Glens Falls, and
others who assisted in the search for the
bodies, did not give up until they had found
them- ' .
LATER NEWS. K-:
H. L. Hotchxim & Co., bankers and
brokers, of New York City, assigned, with ^
liabilities of *800,000.
The town of Snow HQ], MdL, has been
burned. Only two stores and a few dwell-/
ings were saved. The loss is about $300,000.
The offloial list of members of the House
gives the Democrats 220 members , Republicans
126, and the Thirl Party nine. There
is one vacancy in the Tenth Ohio District,
caused by the death of Representative
Enoobe. '
j ' >>]
The contest in the Fifth Michigan Congressional
District was settled in favor of Richardson,
the Democratic candidate.
Expkbob Wnxiijf wae enthusiastically
received at Heligoland.
Mb. Gladstone announced in the British , i
House of Commons that the Government intended
to hold an autumn session of Parliament.
The announcement was received with
loud cheering by the supporters of the Government.
M. Pavxe, the French-Minister Residdht to - Slam,
has returned to his post at Bangkok.
Kobii.t H. Colkkan^ tho iron millionaire
of Lebanon, Penn., has executed a deed oi
assignment. His liabilities are between foul
' ? -a a mix? '
ana avo rmiuvaa.
Mb& Cathzbixx Gomak was caught In a . , ?
folding bed and slowly burned to death. 8he
was cleaning the article with naphtha in one
hand and a lighted can Uo in the other. A
woman and u child wore also badly burned.
John H. Miihtm shot and killed bis wife
at Brooklyn, N. Y., then shot himself and
hanged himself with a clolhee Una.
Cloudbubsts and floods did much damage
to railroads in the West, travel on sdme
roads was interrupted tot several days.
Skvbbk earthquake shocks '.cere felt in
San Francisco and other California cities. .
Beau Adhibal Thornton A. Jknkikb, U.
8. N., retired, dlod at his residence in Washington,
aged eighty-ana. Hj was born in
Orange County, Virginia, and was appointed
a midshipman from his nitive State November
1.1831.
The Democratic Senators and the silver
men in the House hold Hup:irato caucuses to
- ,f - ? ?
determine upou a una ui ncuuu n?ww
reaching any dottnito conclusion.
Eabi, Spkhceb, First Lord of tha. Admiralty,
jave a dinner in Lotvlou to Admiral Erben
ind Captain Mohan, of the United cruise*
Chicago.
The Parnelite Convention in Dublin has
ieclared that the Homo Itule bill asnmoudod
is impossible of acceptance by the Irish
people.
A xumbeu of people wore drowned by a
cloudburst near Gratz. the capital of Styria.
EXPLOSION OF A GEENADE.
Two German Lieutenants and Seven
Seamen Blown Up.
A disastrous explosion ocqjorred on board
the German armor-clad steamship Baden at
Kiel. Lieutenants Oelsner and Zembseb
and seven seamen were killed and saventeen
persons were wounded. -
Some of the men bad just removed' from
the magazine a grenade measuring twentysix
centimetres in diameter. Through some
cause not vet explained the grenade ex*
ploded, killing or" wounding nearly every
person In the immediate vicinity.
The Baden is a vessel of 5609 tons. Sho
was launched In 1SS0. She mounts eight
large guns, and her armor is ten inches
thick at the water line. Princa Henry, ol
Prussia, Emperor William's brothor, and
Vice-Admiral Sohrooder wore standing together
on the bridge at the time of the explosion.
They ran to the scone of the accident
nnd Prince Henry'did much to assist iu
rolievteu: the wounded.
BIG FIGHT IU SAMOA.
Fifteen Warriors' Heads Rrouglit In
Triumph to 31aIiploa.
War broke out in Samoa between M-ilieto:i's
and Mataafa's foroes, but war slifys of
the three powers intervened and sloppod tho
fighting. Mutaafa and liis chiela have surrendemd.
Malaafa's loss was thirty killed, twenty
wounJnd. The first outbreak of hostilities
occurred when the royal forces started their
marcu ou Malie. Mataafa's camp. They captured
an outpost and disarmed four men in
it, who were afterward set at liberty. Next
day war actually began and first blood was
shod. Fifteen heads were brought in triumph
to the King. Mataafa's forces were scattered.
Mylietoa had carefully planned his attack,
and but for the accidental discharge of a gun
which precipitated the conflict Mat&ata's
forces wouid have been oztermiuated. ;