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A TRAIN'S FATAL f LDHBE. |
IT GOES THROUGH A BRIDGE
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
The Locomotive <Jot Across Safely,
Bat Four \Vii?n? Cars Plunged
Into the Stream?Many Persons
Killed or Injured?The Scene at
the Wreck.
The Ciiio.ifro limit"!! express train for ronton
broke through a frail iron bridge on tho
Xtostoc and Albany Railroad one mile and a
half east of Chester, Mass., at noon, and
four Wagner oars were crushed, killinp fourteen
or fifteen person?, fatally injuring several
others, while at least twenty were badly
Tno tht> urr?r-5f pvor IvROWIl
on thp road. The bridge was beiogstrength(>no(i
for the hi? locomotive?, and the workinsmen
who were putting on the plates were
at dinner when the <-r.ish came. The locomotive
passed over t!ie structure, but wa?
smashed, the water tank being thrown a Ion,*
distance.
The buffet ear. two sleepers and a dining
ear were smashed to kindling wood when
they struck the stream twenty feet below,
but two day coaches and a smoker in thu
rear did not leave the track. The dead ar<?;
Miss Emma Delerty, Columbus. Ohio; M.
C. Ivof, Chicago, T. Everett Sedeewick,
? Palmer, express messenger.; James McMasters,
Springfield, brakemau ; J. H. Murray,
Oreenbush. N. Y.. baggage master. George
H. Morse, Boston, Wagner car conductor: J.
C. Staekpole, Hartford. Conn. ; R. C. Hitcheock.
Bellows Falls, Vt. J. E. De Witt
Portland, Me., President of the Union Mutual
Life Insurance Company: Thomas
Kelly. Boston, blanket manufacturer?
Miss Susie Cutting, Boston ; Mrs C. Bish ain.
Philadelphia: Mrs. J. S. Winehell,
Oneida. N. Y. ; unknown woman, plainly
dressed, apparently about twenty-live yArs
Several of the wounded were hurt so seriously
it was thought they would die.
The train was seven minutes late at Ches^r.
and the railroad hands say it was going
at the rate or twenty miles an hour when it
ftruck the first of the two spans across the
West field River. The locomotive seemed to
leap across the bridge, as the trusses colhps
*d and fell over to the south.
The bridge was built in 1874. It wa3 a
^vo-span lattice structure 221 feet long. It
wretched across the west branch of the Westfield
River.
The ill-fated train was one of the fastest
expresses on the road, stopping only at
f ittstield in its run from Albany. N. Y., to
Springfield, Mass. It carries the largest
engin? and best cars of any train running
west of Springfield.
The scene of the accident is but a short
Jistance below Chester* and is just below
fhe steep grade going up the mountain.
Word was carried to the village promptlj-,
and the people did their best to care for the
injured.
Tw 5 wrecking trains left Springfield immediately
after the accident. On the second
train were Medical Examiner Breck and Dr.
Seel? , of Springfield.
Superintendent Cone, of Chester, who has
charge of the mountain division of the road,
took charge of the wreck, and with the assistance
of the extra engines and section
hands did much toward clearing away the
wreck beforethe arrival of the wreckers from
Spr.n.'field, The physicians of Huntington
arriv *d on the scene and did much to relieve
the suterings of the injured.
Trx1 heroes of the work of rescue were Doctor
G-orge L. Wood, of CollinsviiJa, who
w?nt t<> tho trabi to meet his wife, and the
colored porters and waiters in the dining car.
Although their faces were bruised and cat
and covered with blood, they did splendid
wor!;.
The hospital was a group of apple traes in
an adjoining orchard, where scoras were
taken. Ox teams arrived with loads of
straw, cushions, bedding and food. The
wounded were soon removed to the houses
of N. A. Harwood, Washington Moore and
t /> ill tlvit remained ,m the
?j, v. V/lWliOiJ ; 1
apple-strewn ground wore thireen bodies
covered with red blankets from an adjoining
stable.
The dead were many of them horribly mutilated,
heads crushed in, limba torn, and
often only recognizable from the clotninoj.
The injured were conveyed in a special
train to Boston.
IRISH HOME RULE BILL.
It Passes the British House of Commons
by Thirty-Four Majority.
The British House of Commons has passed
the third readies? of the Home Rule bill by
thirty-four majority, the vote being 301 to
267
Mr. Gladstone was the flr3t to record hi?
vot<* and Mr. Morioy was the last. Each recived
an ovation, as also did Mr. Balfour.
^Vhen tho U^ures were announced the Irish
jn ?!Tibers sprang to their feet and cheered
wildly. wavins: hats. handkerchiefs
iiinl the like. while the Onnrwi.
tion members raised counter-cheers and
shouts of "Resign!" "Resign !" The House
then adjourned.
Immediately afterward the sitting of the
House of Lords was resumed, and Ave
minutes later the Home Rule bill passed the
flr^t reading in that body.
The objSct of the Home Rule bill is to establish
a legislative body in Dublin for the
conduct of both legislation and administration
in Irish as distinct from imperial affairs.
The bill, in detail, provides for a Legislature
for Ireland, consisting of the Queen
and of two houses ? the Legislative
Council and the Legislative
Assembly This Legislature, with
certain restrictions, is authorized to make
laws for the peace, order and good government
of Ireland in respect of matters exclusively
relating to Ireland or some part thereof.
The bill says that the powers of the Irish
Legislature shall not extend to the making
of any law respecting the establishment or
endowment of religion or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof, or imposing any disability
or conferring any privilege on account
af relicious belief, or whereby any person
may be deprived of life, liberty or property
without due process of law, or whereby private
property may be taken without just
Jompensatiou.
According to the bill the executive power
In Ireland shall continue vested in her
Majesty the Queen, an l the Lord Lieutenant.
on behalf of her Majesty, shall exercise
any prerogatives or other executive powerof
the Queen, the exorcise of which may be delabated
to him by her Majesty, and shall in
the Queen's name summon, prorogue, aud
dissolve the Legislature. An Executive
Committee of the Privy Council of Ireland is
nrovided for which "suall aid and advis:* in
the government of Ireland." The Lord Lieutenant.
with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council, is authorized to (jive or
withhold the assent of her Majesty to bills
passed by the houses of the Legislature.
The Legislative Council by the terms of
ihe bill shall consist of forty-eight t'ouneilDrs.
Every man shall be entitled to vot? for
i Councilor who owns or occupies any land
Dr tenement of a ratable valm of -?20. The
lerm of office of the Councilors is to be for
fight years, which is not to be affected
oy dissolution, but one-half of
the Councilors shall retire in every fourth
year and their seats be filled by a new eleefcou.
The Legislativa Assembly is to eon?is?
of 103 members returned by tlie Parliamentary
constituencies existing at present in
Ireland. This Assembly, unless sooner dissolved,
may exist for live year?. The bill
slso provides for eighty Irish members in the
House of Commons.
Th>- Legislature, in or ler to meet expenses
of th 3 public, service, is authorised to impose
tr.::?s other than thoss now ex'stin^ in
I re Ireland should also have charge I
up against her and !? compelled to p.iy out
Dt her own Treasury all salaries and
pensions of Judges and liabilities of
all kinds which Great Britain has assumed
for Ikt benellt. The bill further provides
(ha; appeal from courts in Ireland to the
House 01 ijoras snail cease aau m;u uu pur*ons
having the right of appeal shrill hava a
like r?tfht to appeal to tn-j Queen in council.
The term of office of the Lord Lieutenant
is Fixed at six years. Ultimately the Royal
Irish Constabulary shall cease to exist and
no forco other than the ordinary civil
police shall he permitted to be formed. The
Irish Legislature shall be summoned to
"V. meet on the llrst Tuesday in September.
N 1894. and the llrst election for members
\ shall be held at such time before that day
\as may be flxad by her Majesty in council.
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LATER NEWS.
?
Maxy closed mills and factories in various
parts of tho Eastern and Middle States are
resuming operations.
Thomas Gleason, a New York policeman,
while on duty on Broadway, was run over
and almost instantly killed by a cab.
Ex-President Haiuuson* delivered the address
of welcome at the citizens' receptiou
to the officers and delegates of the 0. A. It.
National Encitmpment at Indianapolis.
Governor McKini.kv opened tho Republican
State campaign in Ohio with a speech
at South Salem.
A Wohld's Fair express train collided
with a freight train in Indiana : one man was
killed and six injured. On the same day
fwo meu were killed and a third fatally in"
iured in a collision between two trains at
Hardin, Ohio.
Iowa Prohibitionists and Populist? held
their State Conventions on the same day at
Des Moines. The former nominated L. S,
Coffin for Governor, and the latter named
for that office E. A. Ott.
Seventeen persons were drowned by thft
capsizing of a lighter while watching a lire
at Rotterdam, Hollaud.
Many people were injured during a paniff
caused by a tire in an Ostend ^Belgium) theatre.
Lieutenant Peary's Arctic expedition has
arrived at Bowdoin Bay, Greenland, and be?un
preparations for passing the winter
there
The New York Grand Jury has indicted
Miss Emma Goldman for making anarchistic
speeches.
Mas. Yenzel Vojackk. her ten-year-old
son Wiilie, and A. Novack, a friend, died
it Newark, N. J., from the effects of eating
.oadstoolsin mistake for mushrooms.
Massachusetts Prohibitionists have nominated
a State ticket headed by Rev. Louis
Rinks, of Boston, for Governor. The
People's Party have also put a ticket in the
Held, with Gaorge H. Cary, of Lynn, tho
Gubernatorial candidate.
Thirteen men were injured by a gas explosion
in a mine at Shelburn. Ind.
W. F. Cbow was killed by J. B. Burko at
Rocky Comfort, Texas, in a dispute about a
:orneob pipe. Clint Crow fatally wounded
Curke and was killed by tho latter.
Viroixia Prohibitionists have nominated
Colonel J. R. Millar for G nvrnor.
, Thf. Maryland Republican Stato Convention,
at Baltimore, nominated Joshua Horner,
Jr., for Comptroller. The Minneapolis
platform was reaffirmed and the Harrison
Administration commended.
Ix a report to the State Department, Levi
\Y. Meyers, American Consul at Victoria. B.
C., ostimated that the total catch olseal during
the season of 1393, British and American,
and including both sides ot the Pacific, will
reach at least 109.000 skins. Tiie total sealing
fleet of this year was about ninety-two
vessais, ui vruiuu lumjinv uwcu uvm
San Francisco, six frora Seattle and flfty-.'ou:
from Victoria.
The Pan-American Medical Congress, in
session at the National Capital, adopte I a
resolution urging the suspension of immigration
from cholera-infected ports. The delegates
visited the White House, and were
presented to President Cleveland.
President Cleveland has nominated C.
H. Dickinson to be Surveyor-General of
Louisiana. He also seut to the Senate a
number of recess appointments, including
the name of Postmaster Carr, of Philadelphia.
and several army promotions.
Goverxmext receipts are running lower
at, %?uj urnv oiuw v???*...
Ik tho British Hons? of Lords the Duke of
Argyll and others spoke ia opposition to the
Irish Home Rale bill; Baron riayfair defended
it.
Achasese pirates from the Island of Sumatra
captured the private steamer of the
Chinese Consul at Penang. Twenty-four
men aboard wore murdered, fifteen were
seriously woundei a.id $20,00!) fell into the
pirates' hands.
NEW YORK'S DAY.
The Empire State Celebrates at tho
Chicago Fair.
Words of praise for the Chicago Fair and
of New York's interest in the Exposition were
spoken by Chauneey M. Depow and Governor
Flower in the Empire State Building.
The occasion was tho celebration of New
York day at the Fair. The exercises began
with the formal ceremony at 11 o'clock, and
ended late at night with a banquet and informal
ball in honor of the Governor and
the distinguished persons who accompanied
him to Chicago.
At no State fete given on the World's Fair
srounds have ther* been so many distin
guished representatives o! the State in attendance.
There was Governor Flower and
his staff, the members all brilliantly attired
in uniforms; Chauncey M. Depew, Mayor
Gilroy, of New York, and his eleven children.
Lieutenant-Governor Sheehan, Congressman
Bourke Cockran and a host of State and city
offlciais, politicians an l prominent citizens.
The address of welcome was made by Mr.
Depew, who spoke on behalf of the Board of
General Managers. Ha praised the Fair and
Chicago, not forgetting his native State.
Governor Flower responded at length. The
Governor was followed by Director-General
Davis, after which Joseph O'Connor, of the
Rochester (N\ Y.) Post-Express, read an original
poem. At the conclusion of the exarcisss
Governor Flower held a public reception,
which was very largely attended.
At 5 o'clock p. m., the Board of Lady
Managers entertained Governor Flower and
stall at tea, when a handsome silk State flag
was presented to the Governor.
The groat event of the day, however, was
the reception in the evening given to the
Governor by the New York managers. For
this occasion the magnificent State Building
was gorgeously illuminated according to
a design furnished by Pain. There
were i.000 invitations. in the illuminations
the columns were lined with
green fairy lamps, the windows with
amber, the eopini? with red, white an l blue,
and above this was a string of ruby lamps.
Japanese lanterns were strung from the
gable ends to the earth, and the exterior
lawns, flower beds, and trees were richly
decorated. There were 10,000 lamps on the
building, tne largest uumrter 01 ngius ever
placed on a building of this size.
There was also a grani display of fireworks,
tho most brilliant pyroteehnieal display
yet given at tho Fair. The aerial effects
were* particularly gorgeous and elaborate.
The special sut pieces were the facade of
the New York Stat:* Building and a portrait
of Governor Flower.
TRAIN ROBBERS AT WORK.
They Kill an Express Messenger aud
Itob the Passengers.
Three robbers boarded tho Western exnmM
nn fho st- T.ouis and San Francisco
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Itailroad at Mount Valley, K'insxs, and
while one of the men covered the engineer
und firemen, the other two tried to enter tin
express car, which the messenger, G. A.
Chapman, locked against them. Ou
his refusal to open the car, they fired the
contents of their rifles into it, killing the
mebsenger. They broke into the car, but
were unable to open the safe. Then they
went through the passenger care and compelled
the passengers to give up their
watches and money, thus securing about
$200 in money and u number of gold watches.
OUR NEIGHBOR'S EXHIBIT.
CANADA'S PRODUCTS AT THE j
' WORLD'S FAIR. ;
Natural and Developed Resources of
the Country Artistically Kxhibii- <
cd?Agricultural Products, Ores,
Coal and Manufactures From the
Atlantic to the Pacific. 1
Canada has mado a display at the World's {
Fair which admirably serves it-? purpose of ,
illustrating the natural and developed re- j
sources of her own vast territory. No de- <
partment 01 tne imposition, says tne unicaffo
Herald, has boon slighted nv Canada.
Each big building contains a comprehensive
exhibit, installed according to the
best methods that could be employed to
make it attractive. Possessed of resources
so nearly similar to those of this country
that but slight distinctions can be drawn,
Canada has been animated by the spirit of
competition more keenly, porhups. than any
other Nation represented at Jackson Park.
She has given special attention to the rtispliy
of her agricultural products, upon which she
prides herself most. She has not neglected,
either, the treasures hidden beneath her
broad domain, as can bo aeon in the Mining
Building.
Great care has been taken by the Dominion
official to properly present the display in the
Agricultural Building. A beautiful court
covering 7000 square feet and rising twentyflve
feet from the floor, stands, a model of its
kind, on the north side of the center aisle.
It is surmounted by a handsome trophy and
by a large stuffed deer from the llocky
Mountains. The curtain which surrounds
the court on four sides is made entirely of
grain and straw tastefully and artistically arranged.
DISPr.AVS BY PROVINCES.
At the west corncr of tho court, Ontario,
the banner province of the Dominiou, has a
large and tastefully arranged display. A
handsome pavilion, made entirely of cereals
and grasses from the Ontario Government
Acripnltiirii.1 Collacp .it C?elnh. is admired bv i
ail visitors. Samples of grain in glass jars j
constitute a beautiful trophy which rises to 1
a height of fully thirty-live feet. The dis- c
play of grain and cereals from the province 1
of Quebec is one of tho most beautiful in the i
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/A NAD I AN COUBT IN KAN
section. There is also a prutty showing of 1
maple sugar and syrup, which are two staple t
products of this province. The display of s
grains and cereals from the great grain- e
growing areas of the northwest show the v
splendid quality and extensive variety of d
these staples from the storehouse ot the Do- t
minion. There is also a splendid exhibit of n
furs and stuffed birds which adds largely to t
the attractiveness of the display. The maritime
provinces of the Dominion show splen- I
did exhibits of cereals and grains. Here is u
the mammoth Canadian cheese which at- e
tracts general attention. There is also a c
display of biscuits, cheese, mineral and 1
aerated waters, bacon and hams. In the an- f
nex of the Agricultural Building, Canada has o
a large display of agricultural machinery. ii
WHEBE COTTON IS BEOENT.
Canada has outdone her mother country ?
In the neat and pretty curtains she has erec- "
ted around her section in the Manufactures 0
Building. The section is on the west side of a
Columbia avenue, with Great Britain on her 9
north, Denmark on the south, and Belgium 0
on the east across the avenue. Every foot of r
16,000 square feet of space is crowded with 8
manufactured goods from all parts of Canada. 1
There are a great many lines of manufac- 1
turod products in the Canadian court which F
will compare favorably with those of the T!
older, more populous and more pretentious *
manufacturing countries. The cotton king 0
has been at work in the Dominion, and in a
two long, well-flnished native wood IJ
cases are most tastefully arranged
many of the products of the Canadian
ootton mills. Cotton fabrics of all
kind are shown, and textile goods oceupy a
prominent place. Tweeds, meltons, braids
silk thread and carpets are also extensively
exhibited. Gloves, hosiery, underwear and
ready-made clothing are tastefully arranged
In glazed cases made of Canadian elm, birch
and cherry. Two very pretty cases are
filled with specimens of women's work from
different parts of the Dominion. Thero is
also a creditable exhibit of sole and harness
leather. Scales, stoves and hollow ware,
water hoaters, horseshoes, stove polish,
screens, rivets, spades, shovels and an immense
array of lilco articles meet the eye in
every direction. An exhibit of circular and
band saws of almost every pattern has attracted
much attention, and it is doubtful
whether in this department Canada is sur
passed. A creditable display of boots and
shoes occupies a prominent position.
INDIAN EXHIBITS RY INDIANS.
At the west side of Canada's space Is a
very interesting and instructive exhibit made
by the Department of Indian Affairs at Ottawa.
Hero, with the teachers, are a number
of Indian boys and girls from the Government
Indian schools in the distant northwest
of Canada, These young people daily
pursue their routine work just as if they were
at home In their schools. All around are the
products of the civilized Indian?grain that
he has sown, tilled and harvested, (lour that
he has ground, roots and vegetables that ho j,
has planted and cared for, manufactured r
goods of many kinds that he has carefully t
put together and samples of the work of the t
school children of these Indian tribes under c
the guardianship of the Civil Government, j.
There aro also many curios of the warpath, (
the hunt and the trail. t
MINEUAI. nESOUnCEH. T
The display which (he Dominion makes in t
the Mining Building is a fair index of the
natural mineral resources of the country.
The Canadian section comprises an area of
10,000 square feet, and is on the main floor,
west of the central aisle, extending back
under the west gallery. Canadian flags and f
bunting give a gala day appearance to this i
most interesting section. Upon entering the i
largo central court the visitor is immediately t
I interested by the great pyramids of gold I
biocKS representing mo yieiuui ium [iioiiiuuj <
metal throughout C:?nad:i since it w;is first (
disco wired in the far western province of s
British Columbia. Tho tot:il yield of gold
from British Columbia alone is estimated at 1
something over 553,000,000, while a.:rosa the 1
continent the surf beaten province of Nov.: r
Scotia on the Atlantic has produced from her I t
j gold deposits since 1864 over $7,610,000. In i
tho banner province of Ontario extensive de- c
posits of gold quartz are being worked,
largely by American capitalists, and here the ]
output is estimated at nearly $1,000,000 an- s
nually.
The samples of coal from British Colum- 1
bin show the excellent quality, both anthra- (
cite and bituminous, of the inexhaustible 5
coal fields of the I'aeiflo province. Black I
diamonds are also taken out in large quanti- I
ties in the province of Nova Scotia, and the t
sparsely wooded and illimitable areas of 1
farming land in the great north wast of tho I
Dominion have a plentiful supply of excel- I
lent coal. The provinco of Novu Scotia <
makes a poor show of coal samples despite ]
the fact that she has some of the greatest
coal areas on the continent. i
The showing of nickel and nickel ore from
ihe Sudbury district of Ontario is one which
baa attracted universal attention, not only
~>l minim? experts but of naval officers. The
luality of these ores can best be indicated by
the result of the recent tests made by tne
naval departments of Great Britain, Franco,
Germany and the United States, in which
Canadian nickel was found to have the
greatest power of resistance, and was by all
moans fho most suitable for the purpose of
making armor plates for improved war vessels.
A. FINE DISPLAY OF FK0IT3.
The display which Canada makes in the
Horticultural Building is one of the most im
ponani ana attractive in mat aepanmeui ui
;he Fair. There are three Canadian courts
levoted to fruit, vegetables and wine exhibits.
An interesting feature of this splendid
lisplay of fruit is that Canada not only excels
in the variety and quality of the harder
fruits peculiar to a Northern country, but her
pears, peaches and the small fruits from
Western Ontario are of that Arm, juicy charicter
which at once places them in the first
jrade of fine fruits.
The province of Ontario has a large exhibt
of over flvj hundred plates, embracing
hirty-eigbt varieties of apples in a fresh
itatc and 1400 bottles of various kinds of prelerved
fruits. In the center of the court is a
lisplay of fruits from the Government cental
experimental farm at Ottawa. The
province of Quebec has been more successful
.han any of the of the other provinces in keepng
a display of fresh winter apples, of which
here are over seventy varieties. Nova
Scotia's display of the different varieties of
ipples from the famous Annapolis Valley is
seyond criticism. The exhibit from British
Columbia attracts much attention because of
he Immense size of the apples and pears,
rhore is also a great variety of the smaller
'ruits. Prince Edward Island, the northBrest
territories and Manitoba have all credtable
displays of the smaller fruits. In the
vegetable court in the north pavilion is a display
of last year's vegetables, contributed by
ill the Canadian provinces and* the Government
experimental farms of the Dominion.
rhis is the only exhibit of vegetables in the
lepartment of horticulture at the Exposition.
IS TRAX8POTA.TION BUILDXNO.
Canada's exhibit in Machinery Hall is located
at the east end of the center floor, immediately
opposite that of Great Britain.
SVhile this exhibit has many features of pemliar
interest to visitors, many important
ines are absent, and a number of the largest
nanufacturers are not represented at all.
LtigAoOr
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OTiCTTTBES BtJrLDINO.
?here is a good display of automatic and
raction engines, compound marine engine*,
team injectors and exhausters, high spefxl
ngines, flra engines, water wheels and
rorking machinery of all descriptions. Tho
lisplay of woodworking machinery is one of
he finest at the Fair. The exhibit of brickaaking
machines has attracted special atention.
Tho Canadian exhibit in Transportation
Suilding is on the main center floor annex
nd in the west gallery. A feature of the
xhibit consists of car couplers and chilled
ar wheels, for which Canada is noted,
'here are also semaphores and headlights
or yachts and vessels and a working model
if the Chicago Ship railway, which
3 now being constructed across the
Ifraits of Northumberland. This work when
ompleted will shorteu the ocean trip
ictween Montreal, Quebec and other ports
in the lower St. Lawrence River and Boston
nd Now York by hundreds of miles, beides
avoiding the dangerous shores ot
astern Nova Scotia. The exhibit of cariages,
wagons, carts and trucks is fairly
ood. Particular interest is manifested in
he splendid exhibit of sleighs. In one of
he courts is a beautiful model of the sleigh
resented by the women of Canada as a wedine
present to the Duke of York and the
'rincess May. It is a maguiflcent specimen
f Canadian workmanship. The display
Iso includes a large exhibit ot sporting and
ileasure oanoes, folding boats, snow shoes,
oboggans, etc., for which Canada, asthu
canadian section. fisheries butldino.
iomo of the sportsman, has a world-wide
eputation. In the annex of the Transportaioa
Building is a full standard vestibuled
rain of the Canadian Pacific Railway,
mtirely of Canadian manufacture, the cars
leing made from native Canadian woods.
)ne peculiarity about this exhibit is that
he rr.iin was not built for exhibition
urposes. but is an exact type of the regular
rainy oil the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
world's fair stock show.
The World's Fair stock 3how opened with
i fine display of animals. There were many
)onderous stallions of shaggy manes that alnost
make the earth tremble as t.hoy move,
ind along with them come the fiery-eyed,
leet-footed Arabian and Kentucky steeds,
vith shiny, satin-like coats. There are horses
rom every State in the Union, of every grade
inh v.aripfi*
Besides the 1205 head of cattlf* and 1617
lorsas, then are over 1800 head of sheep and
1500 hogs. In the south end of the grounds
iro forty stables, each 200 feet long and fortywr>
feet wide, equipped with everything to
nako a comfortable habitation for the aristocratic
competitors.
With their stalls occupied by the choicest
jossessions of thostoek raisers, the live-stock
itables have become the center of attraction.
The Czar of Russia has sent twenty-one
lorses to the Fair. Some of them have pedigrees
that run back 125 years. ind there are
Millions in the group that $100,000 can uot
my. Guard Captain of Cavalry F. M. ItnnaofT
was sent as special delegate to look after
:he horses which were from the stables of his
Highness, the Grand Duke Dimitry. The
aorses are classed as standard Orloff trotters,
leavy and light typos, and Orloff half-broods
Dr weight-earners for heavy cavalry purposes.
The Imperial stables of Germany are aU?o
represented by a number of llae horsee.
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NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.
The New York Republican State Convention
will bo held at Syracuse on October 6.
the day after the Democrats open their State
Convention in Saratoga.
The coroner's jury at Newtown. N. Y.,
fixed the blame for tho racent terrible disaster
on the Lone; Island Railroad on Robert
J. Knott, the towerman in charge of tower
No. 5.
A death from Asiatic cholera occurred at
Jersey Citv. N. J., and Suoervisinc: Surceon
General Wyman, of the Marine Hospital service,
came on from Washington to establish
National quarantine regulations for the control
of every other case that might arise.
Db. Adolf Stoecker, ex-court preacher
of Germany, founder of the German Christian
Social Party, and best known as the
leader of the anti-Semites in the German
Reichstag, arrived in New York a few days
ago, and proceeded to Chicago.
Acrufo upon orders from Secretary Carlisle
Postmaster Dayton has ousted John I.
Davenport, Chief Federal Supervisor of
Elections, from his quarters in the New York
Postofflcs.
Labor Day was extensively celebrated in
New York and other Eastern cities with large
parades, pionics and speechmaking.
The cornerstone ot a fifty-thousand dollar
Memorial Church to the late Jay Gould was
laid at Roxbury, N. Y., his early home, by
his oldest son, George Gould.
Db. Robert A. Lambebton, President of
Lehigh University, died suddenly at Bethlehen?,
Penn.
South and West.
The Ohio Wool-Growers' Association, at
its annual meeting in Columbus, adopted
resolutions in opposition to free wool.
nAWBVAn TIT t Tn^lnnn
militia to be held in readiness to stop a
contemplated prize fight at Roby, Ind.
The latest estimates of the loss of life
during the recent storm along the South
Carolina coast put the number of victims at
from 1000 to 2000, mostly colored people.
The three children of Jacob Claiborne,
living near Natchez, Miss., were burned to
death while their oarents were absent.
George P. Elliott, a cousin of ex-Congressman
Elliott, saved the lives of eleven
persons in the recent storm on tho, Carolina
coast.
Doctor T. Thacher Gbaves. awaiting his
second trial for the murder of Mrs. Josephine
Barnaby, of Providence, R. L, committed
suicide in the County Jail at Denver, Col.
Abchbibhop Ireland spoke on the relations
of the Catholic Church to labor before
the Labor Congress in Chicago.
Charities Commissioner Nolan, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., fell from the "Exposition Flyer"
near Cleveland, Ohio, and was killed.
In a fight between a United States Marshall's
posse and theDalton gang of desperadoes
in Kansas three of the former and two
of the latter were killed.
Washington.
Chauncey McKeever, the senior Assistant
Adjutant-General of the Army, has been
placed on the retired list on account of age.
The President has approved a bill in aid
of the California Midwinter international
Exposition, and a joint resolution to makethe
Oklahoma Townsite Law applicable to
the Cherokee 8trip.
Figures as to the Government's receipts
and expenditures during July and August
indicate that there will be a deficit of $50,000.000
for the fiscal year.
Confirmations by the Senate : William H.
Pugh, of Ohio. Commissioner of Customs;
Robert T. Hou?h, of Ohio, Solicitor of Internal
Revenue ; Thomas L. Thompson, of California,
United States Minister to Brazil.
Consuls-General?Victor Vifquain, of Nebraska,
at Panama ; I. B. Richman, of Iowa,
at Saint Gall; D. W. Maratta, of North Dakota.
at Melbourne; A- D. Jones, of North
Carolina, at Shanghai; j. g. Donnelly, of
Wisconsin, at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico ; W. A.
Anaerson, of Wisconsin, at Montreal.
Nominations by the President: Frank
Dale, of Oklahama, to be Chief Justice of
Oklahama ; H. W. 8cott, of Oklahama, to be
Associate Justico of Oklahama; Lorion
Miller, of New Mexico, to be Secretary of
New Mexico.
The Senate has rejected the nomination of
Henry C. Stuart, of Denver, to be Secretary
of Legation in Guatemala and Honduras and
uonsui-uenerai 10 Uliaiemaiii. air. oiunu
was oppo3ed by citizens of the countries to
which he was accredited.
Estanislao 8. 5,'eballon, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the
Argentine Republic to the United States, has
requested President Cleveland to act as
arbitrator in a territorial dispute between the
Argentine Republic and Brazil.
Foreign.
More than 60,000 miners have resumed
work in South Wales. Their return to the
mines means practically the collapse of the
strike in South Wales and Monmouthshire.
During their absence from work all but
twenty of the 204 collieries in these two districts
have been shut down.
An epidemic at Grimsby, the English seaport,
has beeD declared to be Asiatic cholera.
Many fresh cases of cholera and numerous
deaths are reported in Hungary.
Lucr M. Hoopeb, a well-known writer,
and wife of ex-Consul-General Hooper, died
in Paris.
Mexican bandits killed Jo3e Sanches, a
wealthy ranchman living near Victoria,
Mexico. A son OI aancuea tuiu uuo ui iuo
bandits were also killed.
Asiatic cholera is raging with terrible
violence in some of the Russian Provinces.
Emin Pacha is reported to huve been
killed by Arabs in the Congo State, Africa.
The Azores Islands have been devastated
by a hurricane.
Emperor William, of Germany, and the
Crown Prince of Italy attended a miliiary
field service and reviewed the troops at
Metz. The city was crowded with visitor.*
to attend the celebration of the German victories
over France in 187l\
WELCOMED ^WASHINGTON.
President Cleveland Opens the PanAmerican
Medical Congress.
a i-out 1000 doctors from all parts of American
countries and colonies were in attendance
at the opening of the Pan-American
Medical Congress, held in Albaugh's Opera
House, Washington. Dr. William Pepper,
Provost and Professor of Medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania, was President of
;ho Congress. The delegates assembled
apon the invitation of the American Medical
.Yssociatiou, seconded by an invitation from
:he President of the United States, authorized
oy joiut resolution of Congress. All of the
ountries except Chile and the Argentine
Uepublic were represented. President Cleveland
opened the Congress in the following
iddreos:
"The part assigned me on this occasion
idmits of few words. It, however, affords
;he opportunity to show how pleased I am to
oe in any way related to an assemblage such
is thin, called together in furtherance of the
aiurheut and noblest mirnoses and desires.
'I hope I muy also be permitted to add
that the protection of the public health and
he prevention of contagious diseases are objects
properly brought under consideration
it the capital of a Nation which appreciates
fully the serious importance of everything
ivhich aides in makiug intercourse between
ivilized couutries and commerce between
.hem safe and easy. (Applause.)
"It is also llttiiig that those who devote
themselves to saving human life and the allegation
of human suffering should consider
;he modes of reaching these benevolent emis
it the seat of a Government whose greatest
regard is the welfare ami happiness of tin*
Individual citizen. (Applause.* It only regains
for me to declare this Congress of the
nnmi fnr lhrt
iransactiou of busiupss whicii has called it
together."
CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED,
Two Meu Instantly Killed and Six
Others Injured.
A train conveying Sells ?fc Renfrew's circus
was wrecked a mile anil a half from Grass
Valley, Cal., shortly after midnight. Two
men were instantly killed and six were in|
jured. The train was proceeding slowly
rouad a curve when the horses in a box car
I jverbalanced the car, derailing the train.
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III fETERAM IME
THE ANNUAL' ENCAMPMENT
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
The Parade Reviewed by Ex-President
Harrison ? 25,000 Men
March Through a Double Wall of
Spectators?Features of the Parade
Applauded.
COMMANDER-IX-CHIZF A. O. WEISSERT.
The National Encampment parade of the
G. A. R. veterans at Indianapolis brought a
crowd of not less than 200,000 persons ii?to
the city. The parade began at 11 o'clock in
the morning and the last post passed the reviewing
stand at 4.15 o'clock in the afternoon.
Allowance, however, must be made for
an hour's delay about noon. The parade, as
arranged, provided for hundreds of the veterans
who did not take part because of the
long distance they would have to march in
the heat and dust. The veterans who did
not march were as many as those who did;
and the number of marchers, on
a conservative estimate, was from 20,000
to 25,000. Among the notable persons In
the line were General J. Warren Keifer, of
Ohio; General Lew Wallace, who murched
with the McPherson Post of Crawfordsville ;
General Wilder, of the famous Wilder's
Brigade, and Past Commanders R. B. Beath,
Wagner, Kountz, Vandervoort and Palmer.
It was a veritable double Chinese wall of
humanity through which the old soldiers
nnaaM in tho throfl mllefl from aturt to fln
ish. Aiong the entire route the spectators
were massed from the ropes next to the
building line, spreading over lawns, Ailing
windows and porticos of residences and
business blooks alike and in many cases preempting
the roof. There was no lack of enthusiasm,
and the special features of the
parade were cheered to the echo from square
to square.
Numerous stands were crectod at points
along the route, the official reviewing stand
being placed on the grounds of the court-,
house on East Washington. From here the
veterans were reviewed by Coxmander-inChief
Weissert.
Ex-President Harrison stood on his right,
and Generals Lucius Fairchiid, of Wisconsin,
and Law Wallace, both of whom marched
in line until the stand was reached, on his
left. Each veteran 3aluted the Commanderin-Chief
and the ex-President as they passed.
The sessions of the Encampment began on
the following day, and continued for three
days.
The Election of Ofllccrs..
At the business meeting of the Grand Army
National Encampment in Indianapolis John
G. B. Adams, of Lander Post, Lynn. Mass.,
was elected Commander in Chief by acclamation.
8. H. Hurts, of Ohio, withdrew at the
last moment and moved the election of Mr.
Adams. Colonel I. N. Walker, of Indianapolis.
had no opposition for 8enior ViceCommander
and J. C. Bigger, of Texas, was
elected Junior Yice-Commander by acclamation.
Ex-President Harrison addressed the members
of his old regiment, the Seventieth Indiana,
and shook hands with all his comrades.
He was unanimously re-elected
President of the regimental association. He
presided at tne camp are m lomumoa s
Hall and made a speech.
The next National Encampment will be
held in Pittsburg.
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
The Slate Buildings ol several States ari
only housea of public comfort where no exhibits
of their natural production liavo been
{ilaced. Here all who wish may come and
ounge and rest.
The Kansas Stato Building exhibits a variety
of the fauna, which have been so dexterously
placed that one can icnagins a time
when all lived in happy harmony ;*.nd when
the carnivoru were feeding upon the diet oi
Nebuchadnezzar.
The Women's Building may be called an
art gallery by itself. No where in all the exhibition
is ?uch astonishing progress to be
noticed as right here. The deft Anders, the
correct eye, the artistic mind o? woman are
shown everywhere.
Amoxg the wonders observed by a correspondent
at the Fair were shawls from India
marked at #10,000 ; tea from Ceylon valued
at $87 Der pound ; a diamond from the mines
valued (and sold) at $100,000 ; a nugget of
gold worth $500. and many others of virgin
gold from $1 up tj the largest one.
"Butchers' and Growers' Day" at the Fair
was celebrated by tho representatives of
those industries to the number of nearly 200 J.
They assembled In front of the Administration
Building and marehtfd to Festival Hall,
where the National Convention of Grocers
and Butchers of tho United States was held.
The Forestry Exhibit is a study for tho
naturalist, which it would take at least a full
month for an expert to analyze and longer to
describe. The loggingeamp gives one a view
of pioneer life. The simplicity of bed and
table, the few things thought necessary to
supply the daily wants of the pioneer, his
possible enjoyments and his provable deprivation
are all revealed by the utensils of
woodcraft and the ingenuity for am us 3m :nt
in his isolation.
Utah makes an exhibit in silk?. A mo3t
magnificent robe de chambre. lit for au Emperor
or an American citizen to wear, is a
notable feature of the exhibit. Raw silks in
various forms are also shown. Almost any
part of North America in the temperate zone
can produce silk. Hitherto the labor in its
production has been too expensive lo make
it profitable, but in Utah, where women and
children are numerous and obedient, the
production of silk is not only a possibility,
but a fact.
I.vtho New South Wale.? exhibit in the An
tropologicai uuiiaiQ^ is a pieiuiT / .*
cannibal who whs a most remarkable man.
It is a portrait of Mickey, the great chief of
the Ulladullahs, the most expert boamerang
thrower in Australia, a mighty warrior who
had eaten the hearts of no less nan eighty of
his foes. When he got tired of killing opposition
chiefs with his boomerang he devoted
himself to art. and six pictures of his painting
show his superiority to the general ruu
of native Australians in other Holds than
I hose of war. The missionaries, got hold of
him, and he died a Christian i couple of
years ago at the age or fourscor?.
Tun IIret thin.; to be cone c.fler entering
through the turnstile at th" Fair Grounds is
in seek tho Iutrarnur.il Kail way Station, purchase
a ticket at a cos: of ton cents and take
a rido around the grounds. This will give
one an idea of tho grandeur and exteut 01
Jackson Park as well as of the si^ > and location
of tho various buildings. More knowledge
and information can bo gained froru
one trip of thirty minutes than can be derived
by walking around thegroundsa week.
The failure to fully appreciate the buildings,
their architecture and general design, is
more often due to a lack of proper understanding
in this respect-, which only a ride
on the Intramural can give.
The number of cigarettes smosea m tne
United States is estimated at 3,01)0,000,000 a
year, on increase of 200 Der. cent ia tan vuars.
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THE PENSION OFFICE.
An Order Modifying the Rules Issued
by tho Commissioner.
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Pension Commissioner Lochren has issued
the following ordrr modifying the practloa \/
of the office as to suspensions of pensions:
In the re-elamination of all cases allowed!
under section 2 of the Act of June 27, 1890.
the practice of the Bureau is hereby changed'
and modified as follows*:
(1.) Where it appears prima facie on tho
face of the papers that the pensioner was not
entitled to any rating, the payment of the
pensioner shall be at once suspended and the
pensioner notified that he will be dropped : '
iromtne roils, alter sixty days iromsuca;
notice, unless he shall in the meantime file
competent evidence showing his right to a
pension.
(2.) Where on tho face of the papers it appears
that the peo?;oner is entitled to a legs
rate than he is now receiving, he shall be _
notified that his pension will be reduced to
such less rate unless, within sixty days from'
such notice, he shall file competent evidence
of his riRh<: 10 a higher rating. w'Jrt
(8.) Whe.-e it appears on the face of the I
papers that the pensioner had been allowed q
a pension utder a prior law, and that he is
not entitled under the Act of June 27, 1890,1
to any higher rate of pension than was so
allowed under such prior law, he shall be!
notified that his pension under the A.ct of;
June 27, 1890, will be dropped and his pen-1
sion under such prior law restored, unless,
within sixty days from such notice, he shall1
file competent evidence that he is entitled to
a larger rate than wai granted by his pension*
under such prior law.
(4.) Every notice shall Inform the pensioner
that upon his application to tha Commissioner
he will be immediately ordered for' <
examination by a local medical beard to en
able him to obtain the necessary evidences to /;
show bis right to pension.
(5.) When any pensioner shall hayei,- complied
with the requirement of suoh nptioe
and furnished evidence tending to-' support
his claim to be continued on the rolls, the
case shall at once be a "special case," and be
promptly adjudicated.' There will be no preliminary
suspension in any case hereafter,
except as provided in the first subdivision of
this order.
A CAPITAL OF $30,000,000. fJ
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Consolidation of the Lake Superior
Iron-Mining Industries.
The iron-mining industries of the Lake ,
Superior district have been consolidated
under the name of the Lake Superior Consolidated
Iron Mines, including the control
of mojre than a dozen of the ftlesaba Range
mines, at a valuatiou of $17,000,000; the
Duluth.^Meeaba and Northern Railroad and
its docks In Duluth. valued at 62.000,000; the
Rockefeller interests in the Colby mlnee in
Miohigan, and the control of a fleet of ves- ' , '
sels on the lakes. To these is added the control
of a group of mines on the east coast of
Cuba.
The corporation claims control of ninetenths
of the productive mining capacity of * ?
Bessemer ores in the United States. It ia
capitalized at $30,000,000. Among the chief
members of the syndicate are Jobn D. Rocke- ' ,
feller, of the Standard Oil Company, and "''I
William C. Whitney. f
A RUNAWAY CAR
8everal Persons Killed and -Many In,
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jurea in tincinuau. <
Two persons were killed, six fatally in- .
jured, and about forty others more or less .yi
seriously hurt by an accident to an electrio N }
car in Cincinnati, Ohio, The car left Eden
Park crowded with people at the close $3
of a concert, and, owing to an unmanage- '; '"v
able brake, ran away down the mile grade
into the business part or the city, attaining
a frightful rate of speed.
At the corner of Broadway and Hunt
streets the car left the track and struck a
telegraph pole, which it broke down, and
then plunged into a saloon. The car was
smashed into splinters, and hardly one of its
occupants escaped serious injury. Those ./T<
killed outright were Sarah Dublin and Maria ' |
Maloney.
IT OWES $19,000,000.
The Equitable Mortgage Company in
Receivers' Hands.
The Equitable Mortgage Company, one ot
he largest corporations engaged in the bnsi- V
tess of lending money on farm mortgages in
he Western and Southwestern States, has
Ticcumoea to ine enecis 01 me uuauciai
itringenoy and gone into the hands of revivers.
It was organized in 1884 under the 1' , - :
aws of the State of Missouri, and its total
labilities are estimated at $19,000,000. Its
issets are large,but they are mostly Western
mortgages and State and city bonds which
:annot be turned Into cash at present.
Receivers have been appointed in New '
i'ork, Philadelphia and other cities where the f;
jompany is represented.
SUFFOCATED IN A HOTEL.
Four.Young Women Meet an Untimely
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The hotel in Salmbach. a hamlet in the,
Wurtemberg (Germany) Black Forest, was
burned early the other morning. Sixty
ycung women from cities of Baden, who
were passing their holidays in Salmbach,!
were in the house when the Are broke out.
Most of them wero aroused by the town1 0
watchman in time to escape ciown me ata in?.
A. few saved themselves by jumping from the
second story windows. Four were suffocated
in their rooms, and their dead bodies were < 4
found in the ruin*. <
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VICTIMS OF EAT POISON.
Four Children In Indiana Lose Their
Lives.
Wilson Sayser and wife, of Clinton Township,
Indiana, attendel a celebration in Logausport,
leaving at home their four children.
the oldest fourt.'eu years of age and
Iho youngest Ave.
When they returned home in the evening
(hey fouud the children all stretched out on
the floor dead. ;
Evidence showed that they had got hold of
and eateu some rat poisonA
return made by a British Government
agent shows some peculiar
things regarding the prices of bread
and flour at different points on the
j Continent of Europe. For instance,
| flour retailed at 2 cents a pound at
Budapest and 5 cents a pound at
I Paris, Frankfort and Florence. At
I Lille, flour was 4* cents a pound, and
j white household bread 3$ cents a
pound; at Berlin these figures were
exactly reversed. Of course, quality
has much to do with price; but it is
remarkable how the price of bread
varies with different cities. In some
English cities it is almost given
away; and in some American cities it
brings two or three times tne price
that it does in England.
Little Dick?iJapa, didn't you
tell mamma we must economize?
Papa?I did, my son. Little Dick?
Well, I was thinkin' that mebby if
you'd get me a pony I wouldn't wear
uut so many shoes. ?Good News.
She?1 can't see any sense in calling
them my sailing shoes. He?
Well, I notice you make about twenty
knots an hour to keep them tied.?
Inter Ocean.
Jagsox says that the fellow who
keeps whistling "After the Ball*
ought to get it.? Emira Gazette,.. . '4
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