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/ M SILTEB DEBATE! .OPENING ADDRESSES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE QUESTION. 3Ir. TV'.laon Introduces a Bill for the Kepcal of the Sherman Law?>Ir. ISiaud Proposes a Free Coinage Substitute?Speeches of 3Iessrs. iCayncr and bland. The discussion of tho silver question at the Special session of Congress is attracting tho attention of the country. The debate bc^un in the House as soon as Mr. Wilson, of W<!3t Yirginia, offered a bill to repeal the silver purchase clause of the Sherman law. It provides for the repeal of that portion of the act of July 14, 1890, which authorizes the purchase of silver bullion by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that ''thisact shall not impair or in any manner affect thelcgal-tender qualities ot the standard silver dollars heretefore coined, and it is declared that the United States shall main, tain the parity of the two metals, gold and silver, at the established or sueh other ratio as shall be established by law." Mr. Bland, of Missouri, offered as a substitute his bill providing for the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, and Mr. Rayner. of Maryland, opened, the great debate In support of Mr. Wilson's bill. Mr. Rayner said he was in favor of the unqualified repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman bill without any condition or proviso whatsoever. He was not in favor of purchasing another ounce of silver or the coining of it at the present ratio orany other ratio. He desired to add that he had no hostility whatever to the use of silver on a proper basis as a circulating medium, but, after earnest consideration, he was convinced be yond all doubt ana question mat us recognition as a circulating medium, without international agreement, was a financial under taking utterly impossible of accomplishment, except at the risk of ruin and disaster. In his opinion the present ratio was unjust and arbitrary. It lay not in the power of the Government to purchase the silver product of the roinef, 10 impress upon it a fictitious value, nn l hy legislative decree compal the people to take it at a price in utter disproportion to the price which it commanded in every commercial centre of the world. If the Puited States continued in this mad attempt to equalize that which was unequal, if this -desperate system of finance was to prevail then nothing but disaster and ruin would follow in its track. If this system were to prevail the United States might as well retreat from its lofty position as one of the great Nations of the world and lock hands with bankrupt Nations of the earth which believed in broken promises and repudiated debts, and be banished from the field of honor. It might be tr?e that the free coinage of silver would tend for a while to keep up the fictitious standard of the coin, fcut the value of tho bullion would always be controlled by th?? market price. It would fluctuate like every other commodity; it would be governed by the laws of supply and <i*>n;ana. ana eventually, awurum^ to every cardinal and accepted axiom of political economy, the coinage pricf; would become the bullion price; the unit o! value would be the market value; the mon-y basis would be the basis of the cheaper tnrt.i:; the dearer metal would leave the avenues of trade; inflation would give way 1<? panic ; private obligations would be nullif *i; public obligations would be discredited, ?md the honor of the Nation would be im3>?ired. It was claimed that we required in this country a system of bimetallism, but we w >uid never have this until the commercial Iv.tf.ons of the earth agreed upon a proper r ttio ; and just so long as the Sherman act remained upon the statute books, so lohg wis an international ratio a financial impossibility. So long as we purchased silver and parted with gold, so long would monetary conferences result in failure. When we ceased purchasing silver, and pro-claimed to the world that the gold dollar was the standard and the unit of American value, then we could bring our rivals to terms, because there was not a sufficient amount of gold in existence to supply the ylunsonrlo a* nAmmuw/iA and fha nanacaltioo af UCUiaUUd VI V/V1U1UVIV.U WUU IUV V? the world's circulation. Every dollar of the "Nation's coin must be a dollar everywhere nud in every commonwealth. Let not the United States stamp a lie upon its coin in order to gratify the greed or avarice of any ; section of the country. A few months ago the Democracy of the Union in convention x assembled denounced in the most vehement terms the Sherman bill, and pledged itself t? its repeal. He was in favor of keeping that : pledge. A member inquired whether Sir. Rayner was in favor of keeping the other pledges :m.ide in that platform. Mr. Rayner replied that he knew that the declarations of that document had been construed in various ways, according to the views of the gentlemen interpreting them, t*it there whs no ambiguity about the platform, and there was no 'escape from the landing obligations it imposed upon the Democratic party, except by a base betrayal of the people. If the Democratic party betrayed the people now it might be a long time before it had another opportunity to ixstray them. As far as he was concerned, Krtitr ha waa nrtf in f V?? IIU llijn VllllVUi UU>U( MV ItM/ UVt M ???v tloast degree disturbed by the glittering patch word of political convention?. He was , guided by a higher and purer faith. Ho believed in forever striking from the tenets of . our creed the superstition that a Nation grew >r.ch in proportion to the worthlessness of the money it could issue. In place of that sud eretition he would substitute the inscription -that we cherish our honor as much as our liberty. nr.. blaxd pleads fob free coinage. Mr. Bland (Dem., Mo.), the great silver advocate, expressed his regret that a numl>er of gentlemen had changed their opinion on this silver question. The Sherman law was the only law on the statute books that looked to the use of silver as a money of the country. The repeal of the Sherman act was apart of the Chicago platform. Another part was a declaratioh for the use of tooth gold and silver as the money of the oountry. Speaking for tho people be represented, he understood that the free coinage of silver in accordance with the platform .noiiocaqrllr rnnoale?A Hia Qhormo n luar Thft two laws could not exist together. They were inconsistent. Members were now asked ito repeal tae Sherman act aui take their chances of securing something in its place which would meet the pledge o? the platform to coin both gold and silver. Mr. Bland then reviewed recent silver and financial legislation, and contended that it was the fight on silver which bad precipitated the panic. It has been brought about designedly and for a purpose. There was no doubt about that. The panic had begun and was alarming the country; but ho declared that if the demands of the bimetallists were not <*omplied with the panic would become one ia earnest. He appealed to members to stand by bimetallism and not to obey the demands of the Sbvlocks. France had afforded k medium of exchange for all the world during seventy years at a ratio of 15of silver to 1 of gold. At that ratio France had been able to maintain the Daritv of the two metals all over the world. That was a prooi that the Government of the United States could do so at a ratio of 16 to 1. If Europe refused to accept that ratio, the effect would be to divert from Europe the trade of every silver producing country in tne worm. ?v<->uiu England withstand this withdrawal of trade; Certainly not. It was bimetallism tbat made tha manufacturers of England so 5trofi~ and prosperous. Western Europe would have to come to the American standard. or abandon the commerce with the United States and with all civilized countries. Mr. Llfind here sent to the clerk's desk and bad read an extract Irom the report of tin* J?rit'sh Parliamentary Committee on Indian currency, to the effect that, in its opinion, a repeal o! the Sherman purchasing act would lie tallowed by a lurtner depreciation, in tiic price of silver. "And yet we are deliberately asked here." he said, "to vote to brin^ about a decrease of 15 cents au ounce in the price of silver befora providing for the restoration of its coinage. No man can uerend that vote before his constituency which is in favor of free coinage." Mr. Bland declared that the money requirements of the United States, with the vast wealth, industry and energy of its people, were equal to those of England. France and Oerruany combined, and that the whole civilized world would have to look to this country for its future monetary supply. "And yet," said he, with vehemence, 4iwe are asked here to-day to lay the bloody hand of confiscation on millions of onr population in order to satisfy the greed of England. Will Congress do it? ' Will yoa trample down tha in threats of your own people and destroy the T value of one of the precious metals, simply |j to gratify the greed o! Wall street, a mere * agent of Lombard street? It cannot; It shall not be done. Speaking for the groat mass nof the people of the Mississippi Valley and of 1 the people west of it, I say you shall not do it. (Renewed applause.) And anybody or any party that undertakes to do it will, in God's name, be trampled, as it ought to be. in the dust of condemnation, now and in the A future." Coming back to the question of the ratio between gold and silver, and repeating the statement that Franco had been able to maintain the parity of the two metal3 all over the world at 15>? to 1. Mr. Bland asserted that there was no raason why the American ratio of lfi to 1 should be changed. The average v: production of the two metal3 for twenty gc years (up to some four vears ago) was 15J-* or 16 to 1; and that was, therefore, the w natural coinage ratio. But if that ratio C: could not be fixed the friends of silver had re another proposition. The ratio was a fair subject of discussion. 9B In closing his argument, Mr. Bland de- ?, ??* -? * .i? l-J " eiarea cuai too time uuu cuuid *v vto_?v?<= whether the country was to go to bimetallism. He thought it the duty of the House jg (especially of hi3 Democratic associates) to D? settle the money question and io settle it on correct lines. It would not do to demonetize silver and then to undertake to restore it afterward. There was time enough now to arrange it according to the principles of bi- tj. metallism, and in a manner conformably to ni the promises of the Democratic party. "If." * he said in conclusion, addressing his words particularly to Eastern Democrats, "you do not do it, yours in the responsibility, not 5L ours." ot in FIFTY-THIRD CONQBESS. ? CO The Senate. [0 4th Dat.?Immediately after the reading Jjj of the Journal Mr. Gorman moved that when the Senate adjourn it be for throe days. w' The motion was on the point of being doclared agreed to, when a demand for the ra yeas and nays came simultaneously from tn Messrs. Lodge and Chandler. The vote was 8t' taken by yoas and nays and resulted : Yeas. 'ri forty; nays, sixteen. As soon as the result mi was announced a motion that the Senate do now adjourn was made by Mr. Cockrell, and the yeas and nays were demanded by Mr. ba Chandler. The vote resulted: Yeas, thirty- P? ' * '?* r* i-U ? ..4. (in nine: nays, eignteen. me fwiuw men, ui ? 12.20. adjourned for three days. ^ 5th D/.y.?When the Journal was read the *a House joint resolution for the appropriate commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of the laying of the corner stone of the P* Capitol of the United States on September 18, wi 1793.was received from the House and passed. Wl ?Many petitions were presented and referred for the repeal of the purchase clause of the 10 Sherman law. some conditionally and some 08 unconditionally: quite as many against the repeal. Mr. Perkins preesnted various 68 memorials from the San Francisco Chamber of bl' Commerce for the enactment of a substitnte ? for the purchasing clauses of the Sherman act; for the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, and in favor of the Nicaragua Canal. Mr. Voorhees introduced a bill to provide for the issue of circulating nctes of National banks. Mr. Mitchell introduced a resolution in the nature of an amendment to the resolution offered by Mr. Vest, to maintain tho parity of gold and silver. Mr. Hill offered a bill repealing the Federal election laws. Mr. Butler introduced a bill repealing the State bank tax. Mr. Hill offered a resolution declaring it to be the sense of the Senate that no legislation, other than legislation pertaining to the finances, shall be considered at the present extraordinary session of Congress. He asked that the resolution lie on the"table ior the present. Mr. Vest made a long speech in favor of free coinage of silvor. At the close of his speech Mr. Hoar obtained the floor, and then, after a short executive session for the reference to committees of the nominations received, the Senate adjourned. 6th Day.?Mr. Hoar spoke on Mr. Vest's ?nflAtn^An \f ODDM T.nH tvt* lire vvjua.^o icov/iunuut uvu^v and Wolcott on Mr. Lodge's resolution. Mr. Yoorhees's bill to increase bank issues was laid on the table. 7th Day,?Mr. Vest's bill, appropriating $300,000 for a site and building in Washington to be known as the "Hall of Records," '? was pass ad. Mr. Frye reintroduced the bill of the last Congress providing for the bli refunding of the Pacific Railroad debt. la Mr. Berry then addressed the Senate in in' favor of the double standard of gold and si!- Pt ver. Mr. Gallinger then discussed the pe Lodge resolution. Ct mi The House. j^3 Sd Day. ?After the reading and approval go of the Journal Mr. Bailey moved that the fei House take a recess until 1 o'clook. After the recess Mr. Sprinifer moved that the House de adjourn. Mr. Reed demanded the yeas and ar nays, which were ordered. At 1.30 o'olock gt< the House adjourned. The Committee on tw Rules was appointed as follows: The ia] Speaker. Catchings, Outhwaite* Reed, Bur- )>? rows. Mr. Outhwaite displaces Mr. McMll- pj( lin. t 5't 4th Day.?Immediately after the reading aii of the Journal. Mr.* Wilson offered for bo present consideration a bill to repeal the j8 silver purchase clause of the Sherman act. fa Mr. Bland moved a bill providing for a ratio th of sixteen to one as a substitute, and the ^ debate b?gan. It was participated in by w< Messrs. ttaynor. urowu, ciana, rence. m, At the close of the debate the proposition th offered by the anti-silver men was accepted tr< by their opponents, and an order was adopted dr by the House providing that the vote shall th be taken on August 26, first on the amend- tu ments offered by the free coinage men, and, h:i if these are defeated, then on the original 0; bill repealing the Sherman act. 5th Dat.?The general debate on the sil- Wj eer question was continued. Mr. Wheeler $4 jontinued his speech against repeal. He was followed by Messrs. Morse. Harter, Hen- r, drix. Bowers and Rawlins. At the conclusion of Mr. Rawlins's remurks the House at 4.50 ve idjourned. m 6th Day.?The speaker announced the fol- pj lowing committee appointments: Enrolled or Bills-Messrs. Pearson (Chairman), Russell jj, (Ga.), Latimer. Eines, Hager, Adams and ?*c Gillet (N. Y.). Accounts?Messrs. RuVk ^1, (Chairman), Paynter, Tate, Much- w ler. Ikert. Wells, Post, Wright (Mass.) iindMarvin. Mileage?Messrs. Lynch f0 (Chairman). Strait. Pendleton (Tex.is) and s0 Manon.?-The debate on the Wilson bill eE was continued by Messrs. Boatner, Layton, sa Patterson. Warner and others. 7th Day.?After prayer and the reading ^ and approval of the Journal, Mr. Burrows be offered a resolution giving Charles E. Belk- ^ nap the right to contest the seat of George F. Itichardson, rrom tne mitn uistnct 01 xnicne (u gan. The silver debate was then resumed, m Mr. Hutchesdn concluding his remarks in a favor of the free coinage of silver. Messrs. re Blanchard, Grosvenor and Snodgrass also ai gave expression to their views. 8th Day.?After adopting a resolution call- . 8, ing on the Secretary of the Treasury for information respecting silver purchases, the j debate on the Wilson bill was resumed. Mr. fl( McCall speakinj? tor the bill. Other speeches were made by Messrs. Coombs, Bryan, Hen- u derson and Moses. te SHOT DOWN BY TROOPS. VI Hioting In Bombay and Maoy Natives si Killed. ic All the available troops anl volunteers ai were called out in Bombay, India, to battle T with rioters in the Chi&chpoogly district. w The troops charged and fired upon the mob, J* killing eight and wouDding about 10D. P1 Two hundred rioters were taken prisoners. w The Hindoo mill workers, who are well V( armed, continued to attack Moslems where ever tliey let them. The riots were over the religious differ- r| onces between the Mohammedans and the ? Hindoos. Six persona who were injureU ui the rioting have died in the hospitals, and many others are still under the doctors' care. 11 So desperate was the fighting between the , riotere that the officers commanding the war ships in tho harbor were appealed to to aid of tl-e police and military in restoring order. ^ Sailors armed with cutlasses were landed _ from the ships, and they did good service in ' j stopping actual hostilities. [j Up to the present time more than fifty persons are known to have been killed and fully liOO have been arrested. Burial parties were ^ accompanied by strong pickets, in spite of which they were frequently attacked by reUgious o pponents. ,ir * fr Thbeb sailing-vessels laden with oil have just started on an ocean raoe from Philadel- e( phia to Caloutto. A purse of 46000 in gold 01 has been made up for the winning vassal. The race should take about four months. to tUSSIA AT THE FAIR 'HE CZAR'S EMPIRE MAKES A GORGEOUS DISPLAY. rts and Industries Sbown In a Characteristic Pavilion?Tho Russian Fur Exhibit Alone Insured for One Million Dollars ? Beautiful Products of Siberian Mines. No foreign power makes a larger, more iluabie or more interesting display in Jackin Park than the Empire of Russia. This as done at the particular request .of tho zar, to express his gratitude to the entire public of America for its generous help jjing tho late famine that earned for the ow-whlte country the name of "Starving ussia." In that great and inexhaustible building e liberal arts, a large and imposing space AAAimiari Ktf fKa Pucalon urhlhlf Thfl ivllion in which this groat display of Rusin arts and industries is housed, writes itherine Cole in the New Orleans Picayune, made of dark, carved wood, wrought into ose peculiar ornate arches and cornices at even the most casual observer recogzes directly as being characteristic of Busin churches and Russian palaces. Hower, only the initiated know that this gor (ous pavilion, with its richly stained glass indows in tho vestibule, is a reproduction l a small scale of the faoade of the palace which the august Peter the Great first >ened his eyes to the light of tho Russian n. Entering this seotion through the crossrner opening under the high arched grand wer that surmounts tho pavilion, one pauses st a moment to note two superb windows ustrating by figures of richly clad men and >men. Russian life of the aristocratic circles, jyond this small vestibule is a sort of teroe with a double flight of easy steps leadg to the main floor, on which, in cases, mds and shelves and against the walls, the aasures of fur, enamel, bronze, papier ache and marbles and carvings are housed. This terrace itself is 3 fine display, for a\n+ Jiawi onH fKurn flAfr AnOrmOUS isins, vaaes and pedestals of lovely red >rpbyry. At the further end 1s a superb binet nicely decorated, of that papier aohe work for which Russian artists are so mous. The Siberian mines yield malachite and de, and lapis lazuli and rhodonite and porlyry, each rare and precious, and quarried > !th infinite sufferintc by the exiles. Here ire several vases, one of lapis lazuli, one of alachite, which came from the winter pale of the Czar. These are valued at $4000 ,ch, and are eoDies of two ^of finer fabric, so owned by the Czar, and worth $10,000 oh. The lapis lazuli is a very dark, rich ae stone mottled in blue. The darker the r I . esJi flui T ' pimM 1^1 rWTEBNATIOSAL SUNDJ : a ne tbe flnor the stone. The finest piece, or pis lazuli in .the world is a globe surmountg the grand high altar in tho Church of 10I0 in Vincoli, in Ro&e. It rests on a idestal of gold and was given by a Russian :ar. Malachite is a bright green. It it attled with green curiously so that it looks if one had taken a hammer and shattered Theao two famous vases have bandies of ild and aach vaso is a trifle more than four 9t high. In a' tall glasa case, so clearly cut and itly made it looked like a block of crystal, e a fjw pieces of jade and other precious >nes belonging to the Czar. The jade is in "'""M Ann ib a nnnch lwiwl of A verv rgo size and so clearly and thinly cnt as to almost transparent. This is the largest Bee of jade ever cut and is valued at 58000. i? other jade bowl is cut in scroll odges id is more ornate, while less imposing. A autiful little shell vase with gold handles cut out of a single piece of white topaz. It white as milk and yet cloaras water. From e department of the ministry at St. Petereirg comes three cabinets made of vermilllon >od, a lovely fabric, and covered with a osaie of hard stones, forming pictures of e most delicate vines, flowers, birds and jes imaginable. Their long, graceful teniis of bloom, as flct> na the finest ferns, at wander ov?r An exquisite surface of rquoisQ blue it is difficult to believe can ive been done in stones. The entire fronts these cabinets are made of this famous osaic, and one of them to make took 14,591 irking days. Each cabinet has a value of i0,000, and they are chief features of this iperiai exhibit of treasures belonging to the isslan throne and which exhibit was seated by the "little fnther" himself. The irmiiUon wood in which these cabinets aro ounted is n sort of liner and harder and nker mahogany wood. In a. case against i le wall of this pavilion is hung just in lonx 1 eadths, lengths of those famous ana most (rgeoua brocades that are woven nowhere 30 in the world as they are In-Russia, and hich are so exceedingly valuable that only 0 Empress can wear them. These are used r court trains, for religious vestments and metimes for draperies. They are stiff lough to stand alone, and are woven the me on both sides. One piece is vaiued at >00 an inch! Tho value of those brocades js in the fact that they are the^ame on >th sides, and that very wide, heavy gold id silver threads are used. All over tho Fair one may see vaao3, furni,re, jewelry, in fact, articles of all sorts arked sold. Sometimes one piece will have dozen cards on it, showing that it is to be iproduced that many times. The pitcher id teapot and cup und saucer collections e revelling in this opportunity to buy ecimens from almost every country under ie sun. There are lovely things In tho Rusan exhibit?little chocolate-brown cups, >verod with gold half-moons; plates painted 1 imitate cardboard embroideries, in orudo ues and reds ; in fact, nearly all the potiry decorations imitate the designs of Rusan embroideries and brocades. The silversmith is a great artist in Russia, ill hero aro cases ot tno most gorgeous ?u>r and onamel work. Recently the llusans revived the .almost lost art of enameiig on stiver, and so great is the skill required lat the smallest atter-dinner coffee spoon id the simplest made is worth at least 3G. he process is to etch the spoon or article ith the required design and then pour over , so that it will run only in the little grooves inde by the etoher's knife, tho melted uatnel. If any runs over the edge, is it ere, of the pattern, the piece is spoiled bejnd use. In these cases freighted with gold and sili>r wore tiny pieces of fabulous value, oue n old enameled ^ard case, tho snamel put on > transparent ;is to show the the gold hr>w, was valtiod at it 1000. A beautiful com-, nniion cud is of iade. lound all around itb gold. It has a ball cover of jade, v^ry in. with a gold miter for :i handle. A set salt c.ollers were of thin lapis lazuli, malalite, rhodonite, i lovely pink, veined liko rate with black moss, and also one of porlyry. These were cut into thin shells, and ul sandles of inflated gold set on the edgo ith emeralds. Thus it is that luxury reigns ipreme in the lund of the Czar. A little allow pin tray of jade has handles of solid >ld, and is worth $300. Among the ohuroh decorations is a virgin id child finely painted and set in a gold ame; tho virgin Is completely robed in M?rls. This small ornament is worth seval thousHnd dollars, and its duplicate is ?nad.by Mrs. Potter Palmer. It Is said the Russian fur exhibit is insured r $1,000,008. It includes the rarest furs known, and amonK the wonderful far robes, t6e attendant displays with pride a cloak lining of silver fox that is marked 86000. Only one other like it has besn made, and thut was for the Empress. The fur rugs are trimmed with borders of eider duck breasts, and, in fact, some ore made of the duolc breasts entirely. There are several such in the Exposition ;a particularly flne one in the Norway fishing exhibit has had a great hole worn in it by the curious hands of visitors, who persist in touching it. The peasants take the scraps of fur of all sorts and colors, and make of it a curious "crazy quilt" sleigh robe. These . arc extremely odd, very valuable and rather pretty. In the fur section is also a collection of chairs made of horns and seats of skins. These ugly things are greatly prized in Russia, and are to be found in almost every home. In the dark corners of this section are arranged household goods, utensils and a set of dolls in all the National costumes. A little room is finished up with rugs, divans and low tables of Russian lacquer, of which we had so much at our own World's Fair. Moving about among these things were the black-bearded, white-faced native Cossacks, some wearing their long, full-skirted coats and around their waists narrow chains of enameled gold.. In the bronzes, that are finest in the world, except the Japanese, the sculptor ranking always among the great artists, are the same designs of gaunt, beaten, starving horses, of big bears, of peasants at their domestio avocations, that are familiar wherever Russian bronzes are. One of the best pieces represents a woman going to market in a cart, carrying geese. The horses are crossing a mareh, and hero and there are still pools of shining and muddy water. It is all of bronze and is particularly affective. These bronzes tell the peasant life of Ruteia'. Here is a water man driving an ox oart and tarrying water in the skin of a big ox that retains its original shape. Here are women at work in the field, but always there will be a halfstarved dumb beast, the lash in use, poverty everywhere. To the lovers of Tolstoi the thing Russsiai of cheapest value is a huge dome-decoratod carved oak bookoase, holding copies of his works, and decorated with painted panels illustrating the grand old crank at work at his desk in his garden, with children and among his peasants. These are painted by a woman of note, and the carving was the work of a great artist. The bookcase is to belong to 'P/ilut/ii tvrVinn thp. Pair IB OVfir. We had looked at the Samoans, had envied the unknown owners of the enamel and silver, had priced a gold punch bowl, and iound it was to be had for $5000, and just as we were coming out we were drawn into the dainty Circassian nut wood pavilion oontaining the exhibit of the Imperial State Paper Manufactory. This exhibit was made at tho request of the Czar. It shows all the various materials used in papermaklng, suoh as hemp, ramie, cellucose, flax and oottoa fibre. Here are oases of drawings by Rubens, colored photographs and copies in copper and iron electrotypes of busts, helmets and shields belonging to the Government.. It is P ff.11 IPSWM ?r I y j IY-8CHOOL BUILDINQ. a large and curious exposition o( the arls of printing, and the work will give one a little object lesson in all tbo phases of papermaking and decorating. THE KITCHKN GABDKK. "The kltohen garden" upstairs in ono corner ot the Children's Building is a place where forty little girls put on white pinafores and play at housekeeping every day to as many people as can look in. Only ideas grow in this garden Low tables occupy the center of the room, and little beds, complete in all details, are put upon them. At the signal the little girls leave their chairs and go through the performance of bedmaking. two to a bed. They turn and punoh the mattresses. They Spread the sheets with the hem the right way. They put on the blankets and the spreads. They 'tuck in" the covers so that the lines :ire straight and not a wrinkle can be seen. Then they put on the pillow-slips and arrange the shams. Out of confusion these little maids create a bed that is restful to look upon. Sweeping and scrubbing and even washing of doll clothes in small tubs tollow. The children think it is great fun, and so do the visitors whp go to seo them. Yet it Is educational in a direction a good deal neglected these latter days. Down stairs in the Children's Building is a gymnasium. More little girls from Turner societies swing Indian clubs, put up dumbbells, climb poles and vault horses. When there isn't a dozen visitors in the acres of space devoted to the school and college of exhibits in Liberal Arts Building you will find people standing on tip-toe, stretching theii; necks and worrying one another with their elbows In the efforts to see the daily per ormanees at the Children's Building. IX is the life of the Pair that draws. 1 ______ THE UTAH GIRLS. Tn tho Art Hull of the Woman's Building hangs a collection of photographs of remarkably pretty Utah girls?all Mormons. It is muoh marveled at. But the interest the photographs excite ig nothing to the rush to see the real live Mormon girls in another part of the same building. Utah, to the astonishment of some people who thought they were well informed, has been maklngsilk for thirty years. And Mormon girls have come to tho World's Fair to show how it Is done. One of them feeds mulberry leaves to hundreds of worms on a large tray. Another reels upon spools the silk from the cocoons. Two others manage a hand loom, and visitors see the silk woven while they wait. This Utah silk looks well. That it will wear is shown by tho exhihit of shaws made by Mormon women twenty years ago. The first silk dress produced in Utah and worn by the favorite wife of Brlgham Young, more than thirty years ago, iB shown. People look once at the silk making and several times at the Mormon girls before they pass on. EXCURSIONISTS DROWNED. An Accident in a Bay Formed by the River Shannon in Ireland. An excursion party left Kilkea, in tho southwestern part of County Clare, intending to cross the river Shannon, which in that vicinity is quite wide, forming what is knowu as Carrlgaholt Bay. When the party warn a considerable distance friai the s>hora thuir boat capsized, and everybody on board was thrown into the water. The accident was witnessed Ifom the shore, and several boats put oft to the rescue. Other boats in the bay bore down on the capsized boat, but before any of tho rescuing partie^ could get to the place wht?rs the overturned boat wnslying, seventeen of tho excursionists had been drowned, Some people who w?r.-? clinsin;* to the keel of the boat, and several who had kaptthemselv>"? afloat, were rescued. FATAL EXPLOSION. A Steamer on Snake River Blown to ricci'H iicur italic ? dai . The Union Pacific steamer Annie Fallon, plying in Snake River, between Riperia, Washington, andLewiston, Idaho, was blown up off White's Bar, four miles below Almota. Seven persons were killed, and all the rest injured. The vessel was blown to pieoes. The names of the killed are t Thomas Mcintosh and brother, passengers ; Mrs. Toppen, purser's wife; George Farweli, waiter; Joseph Bush, deck hand; William Kidd, deck hand, and a fireman, whose Christian name is PauL ~ TWO MILLIONS IH ASHES. FIEE DEVASTATES THE EAST SIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS. Hundreds of Houses Destroyed and Fifteen Hundred Persons Made Homeless ? Many Factories and Lumber "Yards Burned?Sparks Carried Half a Mile. Two million dollars' worth of propertywent up in flakes a few afternoons 3go, at Minneapolis, Minn. More than 203 houses were burned and at least 1500 Dersons were made homeless. A change of wind saved the greater part of the manufacturing and residence section of the East side. The flr<? started in J. B. Clark <fc Co.'s box factory, on the south end of Nicollet Island, at thshead of St. Anthony's Falls. An alarm, quickly followed by a second and third, was turned In, but by the time the department had arrived the flames, fanned by a furious south wind, had gained suoh headway that all the firemen could do was to turn their attention to adjoining property. Nearly all the structures in that vicinity were of wood, dry as tinder, and made splendid fuel for the flames. Clark's box factory wa3 doomed before even a stream of water was thrown upon it. Next to it, north, Lenhart's wagon works and the Cedar Lake loe houses were wiped out of existence. Further north are Lintjes A ConneU's boiler works,' and here the heaviest loss on the islafrdtcfaik'' place. This firm had a stock valued at over $50,009 and not a cent of insurance. The other losers are fairly well insured. While this fire was at its height a spark, carried high In the air, alighted on Boom Island, nearly half a mile above the flre on Nicollet Island. This. island is occupied as a wood yard by the lnmber firm of Nelson, Tanney & Co. The whole island was soou ablaze. Quickly jumping across the small stretch of water separating the island from the main land, the flames gained a footing in Nelson, Tonney k Company's lumber yard, where tb?re was piled some 10,000,000 feet of lumber. The flre fairly walked through the yard and into that of E. W. Bachus <fc Co. adjoining. By this time it was impossible to stop it, even had the whole Fire Department been on hand. Great" embers flew through the air and started fires many blocks beyond the places where the flremen were at work. The . flames were simply irresistible. Brick and stone structures fell as easily as the merest shells. Beyond the lumber yard were the two mills belonging to E. W. Backus & Co. 01 these nothing remains except the smokestacks and a mass ot twisted machinery and charred timbers, J. B. Chattenton's post mill went the wey ot the others, as did the sash and door faotorles of Fulton & Libbey and J. W. Wilcox <fc Co. At Marshall street and Thirteenth avenue, northeast, is the mammoth brewery of the Minneapolis Brewing Company. This, it seemed, muse surely go, but the wind changed, and although the brewery was surrounded by wooden buildings it was saved, and it is the only structure between the river and Marshall street, a distance of three blocks, that escaped the Are. Most otthe residences burned yere framebuildings, occupied by the employes of the mills and laboring men. Large numbers saved their household goods. All the available Are apparatus in tbepity was in use, and St. Paul sent two engine companies la response to calls for assistance. OFFICIAL CROP EEPOBT. Condition of All Cereals, Potatoes, Tobacco and Fruit. The August report of the Statistician of the Department of Agriculture shows that the condition of corn has declined a little over six points during the past month, the average for the entire breadth being 87 as against 93.2 for the month of Jaly. This decline is due in the main to the drought, which has proved both extensive and persistent. While in some parts of the couhtrj the continued dry weather has injured the crop beyond recovery, it is nevertheless true, as to the larger portion of the area devoted thereto, that improvement is not^only.posnlhln hut with a anfflniflnf- rainfall throiiffhthe month of August, will be assured. The averages In the principal States are: Ohio, 851 Indiana. 79; Illinois, 81; tbwu. 102; Missouri, 95; Kansas, 82; Nebraska, 84. There has been a considerable, tailing off in the condition of spring wheat since last month, amounting to something over 1C points, the average condition the present month being 67, as against 77.4 for the montb of July. The condition by States is as follows: Wisconsin, 70: Minnesota, 67; Iowa, 87 ; Nebraska. 78 ; South Dakota. 63; North Dakota, 66. This decline of 10 points is the result of the too high temperature and deficient rainfall in the spring wheat States. The condition of spring rye in August is 78.5 as against 89 in the month of July. The condition of oats has falleif 10 points since the July report, being 78.3 as compared with 88.8 last month, while in August, 1892. ii stood at 86.2. It is the lowest condition reported in August for, many yeare, and is due to a cold, wet spring, succeeded by continuous dry. hot weather, during the latter part of June and the whole of July. The August returns for barley show a slight decline in condition from that of last monrn, oeing 04.0 agamst ou.j in o uiy, ana precisely the same us it was in the .month of Jane. The acreage of buckwheat is reported at 96.3 a3 compared with 1892, and condition at 83.8. The condition of potatoes has declined nearly nine points in the last month, and now stands at 86. Condition in August has only been lower twice in the last decade. The general drought has been the cause of this falling off, and rain is .needed badly to prevent further disastrous losses. The condition of the timothy crop is 89.6, as compared with 93.2 in 1892. The hay crop on the whole is large, and has generally been secured in good condition, although in some important regions unfavorable condition caused a reduction of the crop. The general average of tobacco fell from 93 on July 1 to 82.2 on August 1. A still further decline in th? condition of apples is made evident by the returns of August. The indication that the commercial crop would be very light is confirmed at this date. In many of the States a complete failure is reported. The drought has done some damage to peaches in the Atlantic peach belt. Complaints are frequent of premature ripening. The conditions still point to a large crop in this section, however, and local showers have benefited some localities. A further decline is noted in Michigan, where trait has dropped merely. California nas a gooa crop of excellent quality. \n abundant crop of grapes is promised at this date. Tho percentages of July hare been generally well maintained. Dry weather has tended to check the, spread of roc and mil* dew. KIOT IN" BOMBAY. Fury of Religions Hatred Beyond Military Control. The religious race rioting was resumed in Bombay, India, and for several hours th<> streets were thosconesof desperate conflicts. The fighting was of the most sanguinary na? ture, and a large number of persons were killed and wounded. The dav beini; a Hindoo holiday, the authorities anticipated a renewal of the recent disturbances, and wer.i in a measure prepared to suppress .in outbreak ; but the police and the force of troops in the garrison j were inadequate to cover the whole city, and before quiet hart been restored in one uistriei fresh outbreaks would occur in other parts of the city. The rage of the Hindoos was directed especially against the mosques, several of which were sacked and burned. All the public buildings aro now Ruardod by troops, and the gunboats in the harbor have been cleared for action and brought into position to cover the native quarters. The local authorities are confident of being able ultimately to quell the rising. Europeans sought protection In the public buildings under military guard. After tub Honeymoon. ? She (sweetly)? What would be living without me? Ha (gloomily)?Cheaper.?-Tld-Bits. \ THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Patrick Eqaw, Minister to Chile under President Harrison, arrived at New York. He remained in the city for a few days and then went to his home in Nebraska. Edith Flat, Lizzie Pond and Ella Johnson, ten, eleven and seventeen years old, were drowned in Newark Bay, at Bayonne, N. J., while bathing. The body of Vincanzo Cagliostro. a passenger on the Karamanis, and first known to bave died from Asiatic cholera at the Port of New York this year, was cremated at Swinburne Island, wherw he had been, isolated. Two new cases were reported in the lower bay. At Patersoa, N. J., Mrs. Elmer Schipammer, aged twenty-five years, ended the life of her two months old baby by throwing it into the Passaic River and then committed suicide by drowning. The long drouth has done great damage to crops in New York State. The doors of the Commercial Bank of Brooklyn . *t?re unexpectedly closed. Withdrawal nt rjorwilfa nnH a l?<mr>vof Overdrafts from a previous administration were the causes. The Supreme Court decided in favor of the Republicans in the Rhode Island legislative controversy. South and West. , The resignation of Theodore Thomas as musical director of the World's Pair, which was tendered the Board of Directors a few days ago, has been accepted.-The American National Bank of Nashville, Tenn..-suspended payment. Lawbskcb T. Nx\l was nominated far Governor by the Democrats of Ohio. Soldiebs at Coal Creek, Tean., lynched two men suspected of murdering one of their comrades. Foub passenger ooaches, nearly filled with refugees from the yellow fever scare at Pensacola, Fla., passed through Cullman, Ala., , ttrand north. Cullman's rigid quarantine prevented any stop there. A tor*ado near Lamed, Kan,, destroyed many farm buildings. Seth Hassiks and Harry Creaston, while cleaning out an old well five miles south of Chlllicothe, Mo., were overcome by poisonous gas, resulting Jrom exploding ^dynamite In the well, and died bOfore Assistance could be rendered them. * The World's Pair Jury of Sculpture has oompleted its work and has announced its selections for prizes. . . Taz loss by the Minneapolis fire, according to later details, will reaoh $1,036,500. The great disparity between the number of men out of employment and the amount of work to be had was stril^ngly illustrated at Denver, CoL, when 2000 unemployed men gathered at the plaoe where work on the new sewers was to begin, 'mere was wort tor only forty men. Fibe caused a loss of more than $200,000 1 in Steubenvllle, Ohio. A block and a half in the business part of the eity was destroyed. The Peace Congress opened its session at the World's Fair. Josiah Qulncy made an address. Washington. The President has granted a pardon to Peter J. Claassen, theNew York banker, who was sentenced to six years' imprisonment in March, 1801, He was1 the wrecker of the Sixth National Bank of New York City, of which he was the President. The Government took action to stamp out yellow fever at Pensacola, Fla. President Cleveland left Washington over the Pennsylvania Railroad, accompanied by Secretary Lamont Colonel Lamont left him at New York, and the President went direct to Gray Gables, Buzzard's Bay, Mass. The Commissioner of Pensions decided to accede to the request of newspaper correspondents to publish in the daily bulletin in the Postofflce addresses of those to whom pension certificates are issued. Ohdebs have been issued for the employes of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to work up to 6; o'clock every working day until iurther notice. This was made necessary by the Increased demand for National bank notes. The President made the following norpina-. t tions: Edward C. Butler, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Legation to Mexico; Otto H. Boyesen, of North Dakota, United States Consul at Gothenberg, Sweden; Bradley B. 3rnalley, Collector of Customs for the District of Vermont; George W. Skinner, Pension Agent at Pittsburg. The Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint has received instructions irom Washington to posh the oolnage.of small gold and subsidiary silver as rapidly as possible, and if need be to have the mint worked alter hours to get the spade out. Foreign. General E. Calleja, Inspector-General of Artillery and Engineering for Spain, has been appointed Governor-General o( Cuba, to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death in office of General Alejandro Arias. The Frenoh steamer Octeville wiia sunk la collision with the transport Drome, and five persons were drowned. The Campania made the voyage from Sandy Hook, N. J., to Browhead, Ireland, in five days, sixteen hours and thirty minutes. This breaks the record. A cloudburst made haroc in the Eperies district, in Hungary Fifty persons and many h^wul of cattle were drownod. One Hundred houses and several railway 3nd other bridjres were demolished, and much of the harvested crops was destroyed. A cable despatch from Zanzibar, Africa, reports that the town of Witter has been captured and burned by a landing party from British warships. Most of the survivdre. of the Victoria's crew arrived at Portsmouth, England, on the battleship Triumph. Latest despatches from. Italy show that the cholera epidemic, while stationary at Naples, is spreading to the other coast towns. FATAL HOTEL FIRE. The Senate Hotel In Chicago Totally Destroyed. Five persons lost their lives in a Are tn the Senate Hotel at 182 Madison street, Chicago, at 7 o'clock a few mornings ago. Four others were mortally hurt, and many received serious injuries in their baste to estfape. Terrible scenes followed the- explosion of a lamp that caused the fire. Thirty persons were roused from sleep only to find themselves facing death. The rooms of the hotel were black with smoke. Those nearest the windows sought escape through them. Others raced down the narrow stairway to the street. The building is a three-story brick structure east of the tall Security building on the southeast corner of Fifth avenue. The first floor was occupied by the Royal Lunch room, of which Richard Ahren is proprietor. The two floors above constituted the Senate Hotel. It was a cheap lodging house managed by Gooch A Grotzner. This part of the building was divided into small box-like bedrooms arranged in nopj-Aur nnpHHnrq. Thirtv of the I apartments were rented, and tew of the lodgers were awake when the flames were discovered. The flre started in the office on the second floor at the head of the stairway leading from Madison street. No one was in the office at the lime. It was the smoke that ended the lives of most of the victims. Joseph Wilson, a street fakir, grasped a water pipe, and was sliding safely to the ground when a falling man struck him on the ?houlder and they tell to the pavement together. Wilson escaped serious injury, but j the other man, James Taylor,of New York, being very stout, received injuries which caused j his death. Miss Fanny Reed, of New York, and Miss Ida Woodcox, of Edgerton, Ohio, occupied adjoining rooms on the third floor. Eaoh broke a window and climbed out on the ledge, where they hung with bleeding lingers cut by the glass, until a ladder was raised and they were brought down. Miss Heed was so overcome by the ! smoke that she died almost immediately. | Fbok reliable advioes In regar d to the coming apple orop, it looks now as if the Eastern States, New York. Northern Ohio, Illinois and i Michigan would nave a short crop this year. The yield In the South seems to be up to tha average. : V LATEB NEWS. At ljew York City T. F. Oake?, Henry C. Payne and Henry C. Boose were appointed rec3iver3 of the Northern Paciflo BailroadL This action wi3 due to the remarkable falli-igcfrin trafflc and consequently in earning?, its troubljsomo floating debt of $11,000,(00 and the general financial stringency throughout the country. .... At a meeting of twenty-five persons who / have been attending the Moody conference in NorthQeld, Mass., 835,000 was pledged in thirty-five minutes low-ird the erection of a $50,000 auditorium. Foob hundred chair pushers at the World's Fair have struck for higher wages. It is reported from Rifle, Col., that war has broken out between cattle men and sheep men and three cattle men have been killed. Jams H. Blount. United 8tatee Minister to Hawaii, returned if San Francisco on his way to Washington. Kb reported affairs in Hawaii very quiet. Yunq Yu, the new Chinese minister to the United States, arrived in San Francisco. Matchwood, a Michigan town of 200 inhabitants.has been almost entirely Wiped out by fire. The people saved little, being compelled to fly for their lives. Bruoe Crossing, Mich., a small town, was totally destroyed by fire. The wife and child of a lumberman were supposed to have beert btrrneSJ Tux President nominated Charles H. Page Collector of Customs for the District of Oregon. Owen J. H. Simmons United States Attorney /or the Northern District of Florida. Jefferson A. Huff Judge or Probate in the County of Grand. Utah. Thb number of suspensions of pensions under the recent act of Congress which provides that no pensions shall be paid to a nonresident who is not a citizen of the United States, except for actual disabilities incurred in the service, is 24G3. The total number of foreign pensioners originally on tne rolls wa8 about 4.),000. Coifaz8VA"iv*8 have won the seat in the British Parliament recently vacated by Mr. Grenfell, a Liberal, who resigned because he declined to support Mr. Gladstone's Home v Rule policy. Thbee deaths from cholera have occurred in Berlin, Germany. Mabtial law prevails in Buenos Ayres, Argentina. Federal troops hare been stationed at all advantageous points for suppressing uprisings. A rxsHnro fleet was overhauled by a storm in the Baltic off Hapsal, Russia. Many boats foundered. Seventeen fishermen were ; drowned.-. Receevebs w? -"pointed for the Gilbert' Car Manufactui ; Company and the Troy ? (N. Y.) Steel and Irou Company. Mobe than a thousand hungry unemployed i * men engaged in a spontaneously arranged parade in New York City without bands or ' leaders and afterward held a mass meeting,' at which they demanded "work, not charity." A destructive tornado passed diagonally across Pawnee County, Nebraska. Farm buildings were destroyed, stock killei and crops seriously damaged. 5 n* The Iowa Republican State Convention at Des Moines nominated for Governor F. D. Jackson, of Des Moines. , ' "~ Repobts from the Texas notion belt-.oro favorable for a heavy yield. The first picking will be delayed by rains in some parts of the State. Planters say the fibre is equal to the best ever raised, and factors are prepar- ' ing to handle a large yield. Assistaht Secbetabt Retxolos, in a decision just issued, held that attorneys in pension cases-might hereafter demand a fee of $2 in increase claims under the act of June 27, 1890. At the request of Representative Bland, Mi- Proafnn thn Acting Director of the Mint. sent to the House a statement showing the number of grains of standard silver in the dollar at the following ratios: Seventeen to one, 438.60; eighteen to one, 464.10; nineteen to one, 490.20. and at twenty to one, 516. Martial law has been extended to all parts of Argentina. The stato of sie*a will be continued for sixty days and the National Guard will be mobilized. Cholsba is reported to be spreading in Aastria. Doctob CaAncoT, the eminent French physician, is dead. m fJiUMUNljJNT riLUriuL, Thz Sultan of Johore eats from a dinner service worth at $750,000. Gzoboe Washington Mubbat, of South Carolina, is the only colored member of Congress. ? . Ex-Senator J. J. Inoalls, of Kansas, predicts a ?reat financial upheaval and a general redistribution of wealth. English scientists are rejoicing over the visit of Professor E. E. Barnard, of Lick Observatory. The>- speak of him reverently as "the discoverer "of the fifth satellite of Jupiter." Mb. Gladstone is one of these incautious people who do not destroy letters. The venerable statesman is said to have a collection * of 60,000 letters deposited in a strong room at Hiiwarden Castle. Admiral Huhanx, the French naval commander at Bangkok, Siam, is flfty-flve years . old. He was promoted to his present ^rade in 1889. He is now third on the list for promotion to Vice-Admiral's rank. Miss Mabtha Washington Stoddard, ot Marthatown, III., claims to be a relr ive of the first President. She is ninety-two years old. and has twenty-eight descendants, tha eldest of whom is a son, seventy-four years old. The Emperor of Germanynlways embrao?9 -? -? His Royal Highness in the continental fashion whenever they meet, very much, it is 3aid. to the discomfiture of the Prince, whosa bluff English nature revolts at Deing kissea by a man. Thk oldest living chaplain of the war is now being sought by those curious in such matters. Rev. Joha Walworth, of Wisconsin, is claimed to be the man. He was chaphiin of the Forty-third Wisconsin Volunteers, and ts now eighty-nine yeurs old. SabahT. BoLToxdiedlnlndianapoJis, lad., a few nights ago, Mrs. Bolton was known ' as the poetess of Indiana, and has written verses uiat are well kdown, among them being "Paddle Your Canoe" and "Indiana," a glowing tribute to that commonwealth. The Duke of Devonshire owns 80,003 acr* in Derbyshire, but none in Devon; Lord Derby some 50,000 a^res in Lancashire, but uone in Derby; Lord Leicester 40,000 acres in Norfolk, but none in Leicester. But onethird of the rural estates of the Duke of Bedford. worth $750,000 a year, are in that county. Governor McGbaw, of the State of Washington, "went West" eight or ten years ago, arriving in San Francisco with $42 in hia pocket. He sent $10 home to his wife, and began his western life as a horse car driver. He made his way to Seattle, where he became sneriff, hotel-keeper and lawyer, and finally one of the most prosperous and popular men in the new State, lie is about forty years old. A max who sent a carload of. watermelons North from Washington County, Georgia, received a live-dollar check for It. This was less than half a cent a pteoe for the melons.