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ITALY'S FINE jlSPM THE ITALIAN SECTION OF THE WORLD'S FAIR. A Mass of Wonderful Artistic Treasures Piled Up in Her Section at Manufactures Building and a Creditable Showing Made iu Other Departments. From the Jay it was formally opened to the public until the present day Italy's section of the World's Fair in Manufactures Building?where she makes h&r principal exhibit?has been crowded almost to suffocation. It had been expected, of course, says the Chicago Herald, that the land which was the cradle and the birthplace of modern art would send us a goodly assortment of the products of her genius and skill. But nobody in this country was prepared for such a large, such a splendid, and such a varied array of Italian treasures of modern decorative art as she has actually sent. It is not too much to say that this fact has been duly, almost instantaneously, recognized by the great public, and the thousands of intelligent visitors that daily throng the Italian section are a living proof of this. In all those lines of human industry where natural taste, artistic inspiration, and a touch that is deft and delicate are required Italy shows herself the peer if not the superior of all the other Nations represented at the great Fair. There is just one drawback to the Italian display at the Fair, and that is one for which t Italy is not accountable. It is the insufficiency of the space accorded her in the various buildings?most of all in Manufactures Hall. Instead of barely 100,000 square feet, Italy ought to have at the very least 200,000 in order to show her exhibits as they deserve to be shown. As it is her wonderful artistic products are crowded into so insignificant a space, and so entirely devoid of that outward setting, have such a poor background, and are wedged in so tightly that the effect is more than half lost. In Manufactures Building. whore, of course, the main exhibit is made, the Italian exhibit is almost entirely in the dark. Light filters through so sparingly that in places one can hardly distinguish the colors and outlines of the objects ou view. , - This regretable state of things is, of course, easily explained. Italy came too late?without her fault, however. It so happened that a misunderstanding between the two countries (arising out of the well-remembered New Orleans incident) had not yet been ad{listed, and that diplomatic rotations between taly and the United States had not even been resumed when the bulk ot the preparatory and missionary work was being done by the management of the Fair in other leading oountries of Europe. When the time had finally arrived for Italy to officially proclaim her intention of participating in the great show, L e., after the VIEW OF ITALIAN SECTION, diplomatic difficulty had been satisfactorily arranged, she had to be contented with the leavings, and these, as might bo thought, were not the most desirable. The leading articles which Italy exhibits at J the Fair are furniture, especially inlaid and sculptured ; jewelry, especially filagree and coral; marble and wooden statuary, hammered iron works, damasks and other heavy silk goods, hats, both felt and straw; musical instruments, chemicals, drugs and medicines, books, photographs, engravings, wines and fruits, preserves and dainty comestibles, mosaics of every description, and paintings and statuary of the finer kind. There is not enough space available to speak fully of all the treasures for mind and eye shown by Italy. But to speak generally it may be said that her exhibits plainly demonstrate that Italy's glory has not departed?far from it. She oompels admiration in all and excels In not a few lines. Her display shows, among other notioeable facts, that Italian art is constantly reaching out into new fields, that it oonquers hitherto untilled domains, and that it shines oil in nrlcinjil tvnleal. unmistakably National and imbued with that inborn love of the beautiful and the graceful which oomes as the precious heirloom of a glorious line of artist ancestors, a gift of which centuries of National strife and foreign despotism could not rob her. Her wood sculpturing, for example, is quite novel and original. In this she excels the world. Toso, of Venice, an artist whose unfortunate death by accident sinoe the beginning of the Fair still causes deep regret, shows some remarkable samples of his skill ?as the double statue of Mephisto and Marguerite, the rear part being a caned representation of the former, while the front portion shows the pretty maiden of Goethe's poem. This statue has been sold to Potter Palmer at the price of $1200. Nelli, of Florence, has fine bronzes and Audreoni both marble and bronze statuary of the grade known as ''commercial. ' An unusually fine exhibit is a heavy ebony table made by Mariani, of Milan, elaborately inlaid with ivory, the picture thus formed being that of an antique battle soene, full of life and motion. Pogllani, of Milan, however, has a large cabinet on exhibition whloh is probably the finest thing in this line that has ever come these shores 7-e bony, incrusted with Ivory, the etchings in which are executed by anoted artiaIR quite jn the style and in the pure lines of (he renaissance. Pan diool, of the same oi:y, shows a great array *t decorative bronzes, and Cantagalli, ol fIamiim has ftfiwit nrrav c?f artifltlo cera 1 JLV4 UUW, Mou # mica, a mantelpiece?an exact reproduction of the style of four centuries ago?being above all praise./ In the same line, too, Caoclapuoti, of Naples, is worthy of mention. Then there arathe mosaics and majolicas? Rocheggianirwho shows the Roman style in all its purity; Scappini, in Florentine mosaics ; Mollica, whose large majolica picture* attract the'crowds unfailingly, and Tenea <1 Fontana, with their artistic mirrors. As in the German and in the Austrian sections, there are artistically perfect roomsdrawing rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms etc.?on exhibition. The Italian sectiot shows one which, so far as the single pieces r?f fiirninira nr? I'nni'Prnml i? fiillv tn A nm with any of the above. The carved and gil bedstead is a marvel, and someof the heavj carved chairs in it are works of art. Thefirtt which makes this shov/lng, Fratelli Mora snows embossed and gilt leather funiture o every variety. Olivotti, of Florence, on th< other hand, is great in wood inlaid witl ivory. Then there is the showing made in jow elry, While Morabito makes a specialty ii shell and coral beauties, Meiillo has line am oostly ornaments in the Potnpeiian style mostly in very heavy gold and enamel, a well as specialties in pink coral and diamonds and Piscione confines herself entirely t eoral. A fine plate of silver, about three foe in diameter and valued at $20,000, is on ex hibitlon by a Milan ttrm. The chasing i most elaborate, and the tales told by it eliost-n from the mythological lore of the ancients, are numbered by the score. Tho artist who executed this remarkably flne piece, Franzosi, was engaged upon it for ten years. An enameled silver coffee set, valued at $12,000, is also a curious creation of theartisan's fancy, lor on its pieces is portrayed the history of the world?i. e., of tho leading events since the earliest period. Among the jewelers' exhibits, too, ought to be mentioned those made by Negri & Fasoli in Roman jowelry and engraved cameos. The famous Venetian laces, here represented by Jesurun, a firm that employs some 5000 laeemakers, are stored away in a large pavilion by themselves. There you will see laces of every kind, from the choapest and coarsest up to the finest, a single dress front costing $1000. Polychrome laces, too, in different shades, are a specialty of this firm and were invented a few years ago by one of its members. In books, too, Italy is very strong, both in editions de luxe and in the cheap and small volumes that are intended for the masses. Not only does Italy show splendid editions of her own poets laureate, especially of Dante and Petrazca, of Goldoni and Mauzoni, but also of the intellectual giants of other Nations. And the print and the paper in all her books?mostly from Milan?are deserving of praise. In Agricultural Building, where Italy also fills a section of considerable size, there is - ? ? ?n*>y?ut* /\f fha rlainfioQ^ nr? H (i ?;uiuprouc:jx3i?c (iiicij vi most toothsome products of the Italian soil nnd of her dairy industry. You will find there nearly everything that tickles the palale of the connoisseur and rejoices the heart of the gourmet?olives and artichokes, truffles and preserved vegetables of every kind, the pungent cheese of Lombardy and the unctuous cheese of Parma, the genuine SaJanis and the juicy hams of the north, dried fruit of every species and nuts galore, maca roni and vermicelli, cordials and liquors, caramels and honey, besides soap and hemp, olive oil and vinegar, condiments and sauces, vermuth and Ratafia?in short, everything. In Transportation Building the Columbian caravels (made in reduced size after the original), sent as a loan exhibit by the city of Genoa, attract universal attention, and of Interest, too, are the models of merchant marine vessels, both steamers and sailing craft, as well as vehicles of sundry kinds. In Electricity Building a Milan firm shows electric lighting apparatus, such as globes, insulators, dynamos, etc. In Mining Building there is a line display of Italy's famed marbles, both rough and hewn, from the coarsest to the finest, from the marble whose texture shows veins of red and green to the snow white Carrara. There is also plenty of sulphur and quite an assortment of cement, such as used in Milan and Troviso for colored mosaic wo/k. In Maohinery Hall there ia r\n 1 nrrra Hianlav frnm Ttfllv. but the few ?v? " e- ?? j, pieces of machinery she has on exhibition such as those U3ed in the manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli, etc., manifest the same ingenuity that distinguishes Italy's exhibit elsewhere. A large number of dainty and exceedingly pretty objects, made by the deft fingers of Italian women, are on exhibition at the Woman's Building, such as miniature paint 16Til Li i I Sf { ff\i% . ft 'P b i m\U yftfe* I = J "FII MANUFACTDBE8 BCrLDINO. ings and embroideries, tapestries and dainty wood carvings, laces and sculpturing. But what attracts by far the greatest attention is the prlcelesss collection of laces sent as a loan by Queen Margherita, embracing perfect specimens from the earliest beginnings to the latest improvements in the art of lacemaking. The United States Government gave bond in the sum of 3300.000 for the safe return of the precious laces, which are unique and beyond any price. The lady who is in charge of this beautiful exhibit is herself a - J ?*? ikn recogmzeu auiuurn) Ull mura >uiu mo uu making them, a lady who has founded a very successful school for lace making In Italy, and has thus contributed very much to the earning powers of the poorer Italian women. This is the Countess dl Brazza, appointed judge on laoes by the National Commission. Lastly must be mentioned the Italian section in the Fine Arts Palaoe, where eight rftoms are filled by a fairly representative collection of the works of Italian artists of the present day. There are some 300 statues and busts, fashioned out of marble or clay or bronze, terra cotta or alabaster, silver and copper and brass. Apolloni is here with his $10,000 Carrara marble statue, and Ferraris has some tine statuary here. On the whole, though, the Italian section in fine art9 is not up to expectation, audit is, in a measure, the only disappointment one meets with inside the whole Italian section of the Fair. PAID ADMISSIONS TO THE FAIH. Paid admissions to tho Exposition from May 1 to September 1 are 10,000,906. The total paid admissions for the month of August were 3,315,493, as against 1,050,037 for May, 2,675,113 for June and 2,760,263 for July. Compared by totals, August is more thaD three times as largo as May, and almost forty per cent, larger than either June or July. The fact of most significance to the management is noted in the steady increase by weeks durlngthe month and the heavy receipts from tickets during the current week. Taking the week days of the month, and omitting Sunday, the first six days show about 540,000, the second six aWit 680,000, thn third six over 800.000 and the fourth six nearly 1.000,000, the latter including Illinois da)- with its 243,951 admissions. Among other indications of interest, the tables show that the attendance on Saturdays la the heaviest of any regular day, which fact Superintendent Tuolcer, of the Admissions Bureau, credits to Chloago and its Saturday half-holiday. The tables also show that the \ children ara coming in larger numbers. So far Illinois is the banner day for little peo' pie, with 14,962, and grocers and butchers J day next, with its 10,271 children on the ' grounds. The sale of engraved souvenir ad' mission tickets is also noted, and the department reports a satisfactory increase in ' advance sales to people who buy in lots to 1 avoid crushes at the ticket windows. world's pair xotes. A i-abqe number of Louisville workinj? girls have been sent to the World's Fair by some wealthy women in that city. [ The Germans celebrated the anniversary 5 of the battle of Sedan in their village by r music, songs and dancing. IT?rr Katwn Merger's chorus of ladies also gave a concert . in front of the German Buildiug. t THKpapor makers have been competing al , the World's Fair in the making of big f ledgers. The largest ledger exhibited has 3 pages twenty-four by thirty-eight inches in , r.nnfuins *>790 naires and weighs 28' pounds. Another interesting exhibit j'h thai . of the smallest book ever made. It can b< 1 covered with a red postage stamp. i The Pennsylvania World's Fair Commis i, sioners have resolved to present their Stat( s building to the city of Chicago after the Ex i, position. Its location, just opposite the Arl o Building, will make it useful for kindred t purposes. It is solidly built of brick witt iron girders, and is credited with being th< s handsomest building on the grounds next tc the New York building. It cost $85,000. MASSACRED BY PIRATES ACHANESECUTTHROATS CAP TURE A STEAMER. Twenty-Four of the Passengers an< Crew Slaughtered ? The Helms man Cut Down an<l the Shlf Grounded?1Two American Womei Taken Prisoners. Tho coast of Acheen, a Dutch province 01 the Island of Sumatra, has been haunted foi months by a band of native pirates, who ir frequent encounters, even with Europeans have shown themselves to have nerve as wel us cunning. Their operations reached a oil max on August 4. when the private steame of the Chinese Consul at Penang fell inti their hands, twenty-four men aboard beini murdered, fifteen seriously injured and $20, 003 falling into tho hands of the lawles horde. Particulars received by the steamship Ex press of China, which has arrived at Victoria British Columbia, are as follows : Tho Con sul'ssteamer, R. K. Atjeh, left'l'eiop bemawe July 31,at 5o'clook, and three days later on of a gang of twelve Chinamen, who embarkei as passengers, went on the bridge and oskei the man at the wheel if they were then pass ing Sim Pang Olim. Receiving an afflrmativt answer, a Chinese who was armed with t klewang instantly cut the helmsman dowi and a Mr. Alexander, of Brooklyn, standim near, shared the same fate immediately after ward. A Chinese then took the helm and turnec the ship's head toward the shore, where sh< grounded shortly afterward. A general mas sacre along the ship's decks followed, pas sengere and crew being indisoriminatel; slaughtered. Captain Wood, who had beei lying down in the cabin, came up on th< sound of the disturbance reaching him, ant was attacked and mortally wounded. Hi seems to have had just sufficient strength t< regain the cabin and lock the door. Chief Engineer Anchant, fortunately fo; him, was in the engine room when a Chinesi called for him to come up. Having hearc their ory of "Orang Amok!" he was in n< hurry to comply, but removed the engine room ladder and extinguished the lights 8econd Officer Baptist had a narrow escape He owed his salvation to his presonce ol mind. He was sleeping when the maesacn commenced and awoko to see his servant killed. He put out the light in his oabir and opened the door, keeping quiet In the dark. The Chinese afterward pushed through the saloon, killing as they went anc helping themselves to cash only, securing about $20,000 in American money. They then quitted the vessel in two of the ship's boats, taking with them some of tbt passengers?a Japanese, two Chinese and two American women. Finding the Bhip deserted Anchant came out ot the engine room and fired two rockets, and then proposed that he and some others should proceed ir J?ln?oKiVoKrtof frv uoonrrt naaiafnnnf LUU ruiuauiiu^ oui^ o uuui. ?v of men-of-war. No sooner, hpwever. wat the boat lowered than about eighteen of the passengers, who bad escaped the murderous assaults of the pirates and were afraid of being left behind, rushed into it, causing the boat to sink, with the result that all were drowned. The Dutch gunboat Madura, which had sighted signals of distress raised by the It. E. Atjeh, came up next morning and sent men to take charge of the distressed vessel. Shortly after the gunboat steamed away, having rescued the persons aboard, the Chinese returned drunk with wine to renew the work of plunder, but met with such a reception from the bluejackets that they retreated in haste with a loss of ten of their number. The steamer Graap van Bylandt, bound from Edle to Telok, 6tood by at noon on the following day and received a portion of the Atjeh's cargo, the balance of whioh is now being discharged la lighters, so that the ship may get oft with the next spring tides. The Dutch war ship is on the traok of these pirates and will inflict quick and do| alnive punishment. The Achlneee wore reI gardod with susploion when they oame aboard and were searched without result for wenpona. It la now understood that weapons were smuggled aboard by a Chinese woman, who carried a bolster and bedding which were not overhauled. Mate Alexander, coming to his Captain's rescue, was slashed with a kris and died on the spot. Captain Wood's body was found in his cabin chair when the door of bis room was forced by the gunboat'tf officers. His body and that of his mate were taken to sea and given burial by officers of the Madura. PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS. Great Gathering of the World's Different Faiths in Chicago. A i:niquo procession in which the religions of the world were represented marked the opening of the World's Parliament of Religions at the Art Institute, in Chicago. Jew marched with Gentile, and Catholic marched with Protestant. The religious beliefs of India, of China and of Japan were rflnreaented. as well as those of the English speaking Nations. All, attirod in their priestly robes and wearing the in9lgnia of their office, marched in fellowship to the platform, while the audience rose and cheered at the sight. Th? Rev. John Henry Barrows, Chairman of the Committee on Organization, said that never had such a congress been undertaken, and not long ago it would have been deemnd Impossible to carry it to successful completion. Archbishop Feehan followed, welcoming the delegates on behalf of the Catholic Church. He said that the assembly was unique in the history of the world. Learned men had come trom all countries to speak and to tell of those things that were of the greatest interest to all?of God, of His truth and justice, of His worship, of peace and of mercy. Cardinal Gibbons said that though all did not agree on matters of faith, there w/w one platform on which all ware united?that was charity, humanity and benevolence. The Archbishop of Zante (Greek Church) expressed his thanks for the invitation which enabled him to take part in the proceedings, which, he thought, would be productive of much good He prayed the Almighty, ho said, for blessings on the great enterprise. Protop Chunder Mazoombar, of India, said that that religion was grandest that joined all religions. No speaker on the programme was greeted with such applauso as was Pung Quang Yu, Secretary ot the Chinese Legation at Washington. In introducing him, Mr. Bonnej spoke of the treatment that some of his countrymen h$d received in this country, but in spite or wtucn tne iimperor oi uuma uau OOUl a delegate in a Christian 9pirit to this Congress. NearJy half the people in the hall rose and cheered and waved their handkerchiefs as the delegate advanced to the front of the platform. Prince Volhovsky, of Russia, followed witt a tribute to the Congresses. He spoke of ? ; Catholic prelate? addressing the Jews, anc said it was a magnificent scene that could b< seen only in this age. The Rev. Iteuchi Shibata, of Japan, ros while Doctor Barrows road a paper he hat prepared. He spoke briefly of religion anc of the good it had done. Thwn Z. Woguchi also of Japan, made a short response. Hi was a Buddhist, and spoke for himself anc three companions. The delegates separated into sections ant departments on the second day of th< meeting, according to their respective oreedi and faiths, and each of the various halls wen ; ; well iilled with those interested in the doc ' I trines enunciated. A neneral union meetini also opened at 10 o'clock in the Hall of Co , lumbus, With Dr. F. H. Nlccols presiding . The llrst speaker of the day was Rabbi Isaai N. Wise, who, taking as his subject the the . I olosrv o: Judaism, gave an eloquent exposi ! rion of the Jewish taith. Addresses wen a!si> made by Dr. Alfred Monerei, of Eng ; laud , Hon Justice Ameer Ali. of Calcutta I who spoke upou the faith of iBlam and others 1 I la other halls the procedings were unde i tho auspices of the Catholics, Con ; gregationalists, Universal ists and Luth : erans, and papers relating to each de nomination wore read and discussed The addresses of the delegates from Indl were translated to the delegates, and whil 5 strong in advocacy of their own faith, wer carefully worded to avoid offense to believel in other creeds. ^ J A CAT may look at a king, but sh > wants to keep both eyes open whe she looks at the family hotel janltoi Someryille Journal. THE CONDITION OF CROPS. I' 1 Report of the Department of Agriculture. Tho September report of the Statistician of ^ the Department of Agriculture shows a decline in the condition of corn to 70.7 from 87 in the month of August, and 93.2 in July, I being a decline of a little over ten points from ^ the August and over sixteen from the July report. The change is marked in nearly all y of the surplus corn States. In comparison a with the September reports of the past ten years only' three were lower?70.1 in 1890, 72.3 in 1887 and 76.G in 1886. In the same month in 1802 the condition was 79.6, or nearly three points higher than the present ' month. There has been general decline in e the condition throughout the country, which s has been caused by the widely-prevailing drouth. a The condition of the wheat, considering t both winter and spring varieties, when har- J vested was 74, against 85.8 in 1892. The t general average is the lowest since 1885. b 5 when it was 72. In Illinois, Missouri, Kansas g " and Nebraska the yield is small and of an o Inferior quality, much of it grading at No. 3 'J anrl linear n n r? in enrYin nln^oa if fa ronnrfoH A to be worthless. In the Bakotas the yield is t 'I light, while the quality is generally good. 1 * In Iowa and Wisconsin the winter variety C ? yielded well, and was ot good quality, while j the spring variety yield was poor and or in- t j ferior quality. In Minnesota the yield has v been poor and not up to expectations, the r * quality generally good, with some complaint of shrivelled grain. In California and Ore- e gon the quality of the grain is good up to an n average, and the yield ha3 been good, except s [ on low jands, where it was greatly damaged, r There has been .a further decline in the g . condition of oats during the past month, the a general average standing at 74.9, against r 78.3 in August. In September, 1892, it was n [ 78.9. The condition of rye is 82. Drouth y ' during the spring and early summer injured the crop. Barley shows a slight falling off b since last month, the general average being a j 83.8, against 84.6 in August. The returns of p , condition of tobacco on September 1 are less q ~ favorable than those for August 1, standing s< at 72.3. The general cause ot the low con- e dition is the long-continued drouth. : The cotton report of the department shows ti * a decline from the August condition of the , d orop of full 7 points, being 73.4 this month, ti as against 80.4 last month. c . P tvt i n TTTliri tvti ? t?t tt ttt/-\t1t7- r I riiii.trUJj'i5 JJJjiLUijI WUA&I ? ) p t Frightful Mortality Among Pilgrims j i to Mecca. u 1 Of the 9000 pilgrims that left Tunis and jj I other ports in May last for Mecca, only half ' have returned, the others having fallen vie- ci f tims to oholera. Fully 12.000 friends and * ! relatives met the returning pilgrims on their ? I releaso from quarantine, and there were many heartrending demonstrations of grief by the relatives of those who had succumbed ?' I to the disease. P i The survivors tell terrible tales of suffer- ,.] f ing. On June 24, 100,000 pilgrims wore I gathered on the Sacred Mount to hear a sol! emn address prior to their proceeding for ? i Mecca. Many of the multitude were starv- . ing. The Mount resembled a battlefield, i being strewn with the corpses of victims i of the pestilence, among whom were lying hundreds > ?f poor wretches 0 I who were dying' from the dread w disease. 8o frightful was the condition of b affairs that no one dared to approach the plac9. Finally a battalion of 700 Turkish _ soldies was sent to bury the dead and rescue jj i the living. Five hundred of these soldiers lost thoir lives as a resiilt of their devotion 0 to duty. Of the whole battalion only 200 men escaped the pestilence. a The ravages of cholera in Russia are in- ^ creasing. There were eighty-one fresh n cases and thirty-one deaths on September 8, S( i 9 and 10. Between the 4th and 8th there ^ were seventy-five fresh cases and thirty-five t| deaths in Moscow. In the Province of Jj Podolia there were 1722 frosh cases and 653 C( deaths between August 20 and September 2. a There were twenty-five fresh cases of jj cholera and fifteen deaths in Galicia on Sep- p tember 9,10 and 11. On the same days mere > were forty-seven fresh cases and forty-three jj deaths in Hungary. g] The Portuguese authorities have declared y New York to be a cholera-infected port. The t, diitease is abating in ail the infected districts of Ita2^. HOME EtTLE REJECTED. The House of Lords Defeats the Bill S] By a Vote of 419 to 41. g The British House of Lords rejected the Irish Home Rule bill, passed by the House ^ of Commons, by a vote of 419to 41. In the ? early part of the evening Baron Halsbury, C Baron Herschell, Baron Monkswell and ? the Bishop of Ripon spoke to half v empty benches. At 9 o'clock visitors 8 began streaming in. Conspicuously oc- ^ cupying a portion of the area of the House ^ were twenty-two bishops, attired In their tl capacious robes with lawn sleeves. Members n of the House of Commons crowded tha accesses and standing room around the throne. ri Outside of the Parliament Houses organ- a tend bands from Conservative workingmen's c clubs, formed to incite a jubilant demonstration on the rejection of the Home Rule bill, & began to assemble at 10 o'clock. Hint of 0 their intention having reached the Radical ^ workwomen's olubs and Irish societies, Y small detachments of these soon appeared on s< the scene. As a brawl was feared the police r broke up the different groups and kept them d moving. a Lord Salisbury rose at 10.30 o'clock, amid cheers, and beg?in his speech, the last of the c debate. Lord Salisbury spoke for an hour ? and a quarter against the bill. The Earl of 3 Kimberley, Lord President of the Council a and Secretary* of State for India, briefly replied to Lord Salisbury. * The House divided at midnight and the re- 8] suit was the rejection of the bill by a vote of 419to 41. I ; The Marquis of Waterford voted sitting, ? and the Earl of Galloway voted while lying a at full length on a bench. Lord Headley o returned from a hunting expedition on the h Zambesi River in order to be able to vote. a All the Bishops went with the majority. The announcement of the result was received S with laughter and some cheering. Tho House was then cleared of spectators and adjourned immediately. i t1 A10NE WITH DEATH. I I ' R, , Millionaire Amen Dies In the State- 0 room of a Sound Steamer. a i Frederick L. Ames, Vice-President of the * Old Colony Railroad, was found dead in his ^ ? stateroom on the Fall River steamboat Pil- b | grim when it arrived at New York a few u mornings ago. air. Ames wna iuuuu ijm^ t on his face in the bed, cold In death. He a was attired in his nightshirt only, his other t garments being found hinging on the hooks ? of the apartment. 41 It is supposed he died of apoplexy. He 0 was apparently well and hearty when fiowas J! at the supper table the previous nij*ht. The ? dead man was on his way to New York from Boston, to attend a meeting of Union Pacific Directors. Mr. Amos wa9 a son of Oakes Ames. He J1 was born June 8, 1835, and was graduated at " Harvard. Hi3 home legally was at Boston, n but he lived most oftho time at North Easton, Mass., where he hart a fine estate. He was ? a member of the Boston syndicate which c built tho yacht Tilgrim, which was a con- *: - xr v?_l, t . testant in tne recent rrm; riiu?? ui non iv?, I Ho had a collection of orchids valued at 1 S300.000, and wan noted for his charities. D *. Mr. Ames was married and leaves a wife, 0 three sons and two daughters. ? Mr. Ames loaves about $35,000.000 anil one j a of the widest circles of friends and busiuess " associates of any mail iu the United States. He was regarded as the richest man in New ' England. ? BURNED TO DEATH. \ L' Five Children I'erlsh at Sliver Hill, [ ai Ark. a a T. W. Whitley, residing near Silver Hill, j ? Ark., with the elder members of Ms family, attended church, leaving five of his chil- f dren, ranging from five to thirteen, in care { of the house. r Q After the services were over he returned to t r. Qnd the house had been been burned to the ? ground and all five of his children oremated. 8 BELD IIP THE EXPRESS DYNAMITE USED TO BBEA] OPEN THE SAFE. rravclers Returning From th World's Fair Have a Thrilling Ex portence at a Little Station in th Woods of Northwestern IndianaThe Engineer Shot. A number of masked men, armed wit Vincbester rifles, held up the fast Atlanti xpress on the Lake Shore Road, nile east of Kessler, Ind., shorti; ,fter midnight. With the boldnea hat characterized the operations c esso James and Ills gang whe; hey were the terrors of Missouri, the loarrled the locomotive and wounded the er ;lneer. They exploded dynamite under on if the express cars, tearing a hole in its sid< "hen the iron safe was blown open wit lynamite and packages of money amountin o many thousands of dollars were taken .'he money had been consigned to New Yor Jity. The robbers escaped in the woods. Kessler is 140 miles east of Chicago. Th rain had passed the little station ani ras in a stretch of timber land when o caching a curve the engineer slowed dowr As the engine moved around the turn th ngineer, 'James Knapp, saw a red ligh head. His hand was at the lever in an in tant, and as the train slowed up and th ed light drew nearer the engineer saw i roup of men. The train cameto a stop an dozen men sprang into the cab and levels ifles at the heads of the engineer and fire lan, and the order was given,'"Throw u] our hands!" The fireman immediately raised his arms ut the engineer paid no heed to the me; nd with a cry of warning turned toward th assenger coaches. A dozen rifles wer uicK-' turned upon him and several shot tartiav. the passengers, who had been awak ned by the sudden stopping of the oaA. As the train came to a stop there was j srrlfcle explosion. The robbers had pu ynamite under the train. The explosio: jre open one side of the express car. Th onductor and the brakeman hurried to th latforms, only to bo covered by rifles. Th ailroad men made no resistance. A guar ras put at the end of each car and the ex ress car was entered. Half a dozen of the train robbers thei )oted the express car. Dynamite was agau sed in opening the safe, and the thieve jok everything they thought worth carry icr away. The guards at the doors of the passenge oaches were called off, a few parting shot 'ere fired, and the band of robbers disap eared in the wooded stretch of land tha kirts the railroad. The Sheriff was aroused from bed, am son a posse of residents of Kendallville wer astening along the highway to the scene o ie robbery. They scoured the vicinity, bu aey found no clews. The train r?bbed was made up of tei oaches, two express cars and one baggag ar. The dynamite having wrecked onl; ne express oar. the robbers contented them slves with looting this alone and made m ffort to force an entrance to the second. When the engineer and fireman wer rdered to throw np their hands by the mei ho climbed on the engine Knap? bad on and on the throttle and he attempted ti tart the train. One of the desperadoe ushed a revolver against his shoulder an< red. The bullet passed through his body The express messenger on the train -savene safe, the smaller of the two in the car y rolling it over to the pile of express pack ges when he heard the first shot and covei Mc it with small stuff. The robbers did no otice it and the timely action of the mes anger saved the company thousands o ollara. It is not known how much was i le small safe, as the express agent did no now himself. He doe3 not even know th ombination of the safes in his car, as the re kept secret at both ends of the route. H new, however, that it contained valuabl roperty. The car that was robbed is believed t ave contained nearly $300,009, including ; tiipment of $250,000 from Chicago to a Ne\ ork bank. The booty secured by the rob era was about 320.000. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. ~ The Senate. 24th Day.?Mr. Walthall and Mr. Stewar poke in favor of free silver, tho latter end lg his three days' speech, after which thi enate went Into executive session. 25th Day.?Mr. Wolcott's resolution, call lg for information as to the bounty paid 01 laple sugar, was amended to cover all kind f sugar, and agreed to. Mr. Faulkne W. Va.) said that while ho honestly dif ired with the President he woul< ote for the repeal of the Shermai ilver law. Mr. Turpie (Ind.) wa l favor of free coinage of silvei [r. Jones (Ark.) said he would vote agains le pending bill, and would resist its enact xent into jaw as long as possible, unles were coupled with some measur seognizing stiver and providing fo n expansion of the volume of th ountry's money. Executive session. 26th Day?There was a small attendance bout twelve Senators on each side of th hamber. The resolution offered by Mr effer in relation to National banks of Ne\ ork, Boston and Philadelphia, their re srves. their refusal to pay checks in cur ency, etc.. was laid before the Senate am iscussad generally. Mr. Teller spok gainst the Repeal bill. 27th Day.?Debate on the Repeal bill wa ontinued by Messrs. Pugh and Teller.? Ir. Stewart introduced a resolution of in uiry as to the pecuniary interests of Sen tors in National banks. 28th Da?.?The debate on the Kepeai w; ras continued, Messrs. Mitchell and Telle peakinj: in opposition to it. 29th Day,?In the absence of the Vice 'resident the Senate was presided over b Ir. Harris. President pro tem. Mr. Stew rt's resolution to investigate the connectio. f Senators with National banks was debatei i the morning hour. Mr. Voorhees mad n unsuccessful attempt to have a date se sr voting on the Repeal bill. Messn houp and Dolph spoke on silver. The House. 25th Day1.? Some communications fror he Court of Clnims were laid before th louse by the Speaker and appropiateiy rt erred, and several leaves of absence wer ranted. Tho Speaker informed the Hous that as authorized by the rules e had made an order regnlatin dmission of newspaper men to the lobby o be hall. The Senate joint resolution wa assed appropriating $7500 from the contin :ent fund of the Senate for the erection of * uilding for tbe storage of documents forth se of the Senate. 26th Day.?Only a brief session was held t which no business of importance wa ransacted. Mr. Richardson, from the Com littee on Printing, reported back a resolu [on providing that all documents and book rdered by the Fifty-second Congress an emaining undistributed at this time shall b ' * " * -J mamkaki r\t fha tihftv LStriDUieu auiua^ iuc uiouiuuo v? ?mv * bird Congress. The resolution was adopted 27th Day.?Mr. Richardson (Tenn.), fror h>i Committee on Printing, reported a bil o provide for the public printing and bind ag and for the distribution of public docu lents. Ordered printed and recommitted ?The Speaker laid before the House ominunication from the Chairman of th Jommittee having in charge the conduct o he centennial celebration of the laying o he cornerstone of the Capitol, inviting th louse to be present as a body at the cere Qonies. Mr. Cogswell (Mass.) thereupoi fTered a resolution accepting the invitatio nd providing that nt two o'clook on Sep ember 18 the Housa would be present as iody. Adopted. 28th Day.?The committees wore c.ille or reports, but without result. Mr. Ricli rd?on moved that the House ?o into Com nittee of the Whole on the Printing bill ["he motion was agreed to?yeas. 158 ; nays ;6?and the House wont into commltte* The first and formal reading of the bill oc upied almost an hour and a half. Pent.' ng action upon the bill the committee rost ,nd at 4.35 p. m. the House adjourned. till was introduced to consolidate Utah am fevada. Secbetabt Hosteb. of the New Orlear /otton Exchange, in nis official annual ool on orop report snows that the total con aeroial cotton orop o! the United States fc he year ending August 31, 1803, was 6,700 165 bales, against 9,035,879 last year, on L662.W7 the year before. r "v. vy j THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. /A cbazt Italian, running through tl J streets of New York and trying to kill peop with a revolver and a knife, was shot dej by a policeman. * Pennsylvania's Day at the Chicago Fa was celebrated by an imposing parade, e | which the Governors of Pennsylvania ai New York were conspicuous, and other exe cises. Paid admissions to the Fair durii e the day were 201,044. Fob inciting to riot by making an ana chistic speech in Union Square, New Yor . Claus Zimmerman has been sentenced to s months' imprisonment. The cottage of Alfred Bragg at Milfo' a Point, Conn., was blown over by a gala, I y was killed, and several members of h B family seriously injured. * lt Geobgk P. Kegabise, a prominent Dun ard preacher, and one of the best knon a men in the county, committed suicide 1 y hanging at his home near Salemville, Pea l" He was sixty years of age. j Eioht deaths and many serious cases fro b poisoning by toadstools were reported g New York City and the suburbs. u The yacht Vigilant won the last of the tri k races off New York and was unanimous chosen to defend the America's Cup again e the Valkyrie. i n South and West. q Theee robbers killed Cashier Blaohly, < t the Farmers and Manufacturers' Bank Delta, Col., grabbed all the money in Big I ana started to ride out of town, but befo they could get away two of them were ah d dead by a citizen. i A tornado at Lockport, La., killed fl' >- persons, includlngtwo Sisters of Charit 3 and injured many others. Governor B. B. Tillman, of South Car !> lina, has issued an appeal for help for tl Q people of the islands and country ruined I 0 the recent cyclone. An official report of tl 0 storm's destruction shows 20,000 perso: 9 helpless and 1000 dead. There are fears th > an epidemic will be added to starvation. , Baldwin, Wis., has been nearly wiped o t by Are. Total loss, about $100,000. n Bboodino over family troubles unsettl< the reason of Mrs. Caroline Tegan, of E e Louis, and she refused all food for twent; a' one days, when death ensued. d Three United States Marshals became t volved in a row at Denison, Texas, and resulted in all three being shot. Oeorj 1 Slcor is dead, Frank Fare had both arc 1 1 A ln 4U ^ /^/1A A?wl + 1 urv&uii auu uao a wuuuu ui iuo oiuo, auu vj 9 third, Dave Bohannan, had a finger ah * away. The G. A. R., California and Utah eel a brated their day at the World's Fair. Mux. Wbioht, a Kansas City (Mo.) Ed ,t ployment Agent, was found murdered in h office. There are no clews to the murderei d Cabdinal Gibbons opened tne Parliame e of Bellgion in Chicago with prayer. c Washington. I How. Josiah Qdincy has resigned as A 9 sistant Secretary of State, his resignation 1 yr take effect upon the conclusion of certa . work in the State Department whioh he hi 9 on hand. t A 8TATKMENT prepared by tho Treasury D e partment shows that slnceNovember 1, 18S a National banks to the number of 154 ha e suspended. Of these fifty-four have r 9 sumed business, one has gone Into Involu s tary liquidation, fifty-eight are in the han i of receivers and flfty-on-j in the hands National Bank Examiners. II Mobe than 400 general bills, 1500 priva ? bills and fifteen joint resolutions have be< f introduced In the House. Among them a ~ bills to repeal the Internal Ilevenue at Sugar Bounty laws, to establish postal sa ~ ings banks and postal telegraph, and makii l[ cotton baling, binding twine and coal ai j iron duty free. a Secbetaby Hebbebt has given the ori y tor reconstructing the famous old wareh I Hartford, now lying at San Francisoo. Tl a cost will be $456,244. A dispatch from Bio Janeiro, Brazil, t 9 the State Department at Washington sa; 'v that martial law has been proclaimed thei r The Vice-President announced the folloi ing appointments to Senatorial Committee Mr. Perkins, Civil Service and ftetrenchmen Education and Labor; Naval Affairs; Indii Depredations; Select Committee to Invesi gate the Condition or the Potomac Hive Mr. Quay, Pensions; Mr. Carey, Pubi BuildiiiKS and Grounds. t Secretary Smith issued'an order reguh ing the movement of trains entering ti a Cherokee Strip; there is a bread fami among the boomers. The resignations of M. E. Smith, Assay 11 of the Mint at Denver, and Philip W. Hildt 9 brand, Surveyor of Customs at Indianapol: r have been called for by President Clevelan I The President has nominated Charles 1 a J. Taylor, of Kansas, to be United Stat s Minister to Bolivia; James Butcher, of Ne Jersey, for Collector or Internal Revenue f t' the First District of New Jersey; Charles Aycock. United 8tates Attorney for the Ea; a ern District of North Carolina. r ! Foreign. 0 Steiking miners in Yorkshire, Englau wrecked the offices of several collieries ai '? tore down more than 500 cottages of no 0 anionist employes. Troops were called upi to quell the disturbance, and in an encount v with them many miners were badly injure !* The big steamship Campania has beat j the Eastern record across the Atlantic, ma e ing the passage from New York to Queen town in flva days, eleven hours and flfty-fl s minutes. Moch property has been destroyed in t north of England by rioting miners. Two - the rioters were killed, and many othe wounded by the military and polioe. " Trouble has broken out in Brazil, and r rebellion against the Government is und h way" .. Letters received in England confirm t , reports of the murder of Emin Pacha, t Q explorer, by 'Arabs. d Empebob William, of Germany, has c e dered that, in view of the loyalty manifest :t by the people of Alsace and Lorraine durij i. his recent visit, all the exceptional laws e forced in the two provinces sinoe the w uhall be abolished. ^ Thkbe were further encounters betwe the rioting miners and troops in Yorksliii u England. 0 Ax alarming increase of oholera is i J ported in Nantes, France. e Loyal land forces of Brazil repulsed i \ attempt of the navy revolters to land ne; g Nlctherov, a suburb of Rio. Fifty-one of t t rebels were killed and thirty wounded. ; OUR PAPER MONEY. 9 A Total Amount of $1,112,091,1? I. la the Country. s An official statement prepared by tl i- Treasury Department shows the total ? United Stated notes, Treasury notes, N 0 iional bank notes, gold and silver certi - ioates, and curroncy cortiflcates outstandii I. to be i a One-dollar notes, #39,866,353; two-dolla II $31,100,255; live-dollar, #253,387,809; tei - I dollar, #312,034,466; twenty-dollar, $23S r 687,480; nitv-aoiiar, Sj>40,tw,igo; uu<ruui f. dred-dollar, ^75,839,170; flve-hundrod-dolla a $20,142,000; one-fhousand-dollar, $45,441 e 500 | Aye-thousand-dollar, $14,876,009; tci if thousand-dollar, $34,640,000. Total, $1,112 if 091,199. a! LOSS ON THE FAIR, $12,000,00 n i. Increased Attendance May Mako tl a \ext Ileport More Favorable. (1 According to the monthly report of Audit i- Ackorman it cost $24,532,309 to build ai [* operate the World's Fair up to August 31; The gate receipts for the same period wo >. $5,141,555; concession receipts, $1,757,06 miscellaneous receipts. $577,948; total, $1 I. 476.570. ), The bonded indebtedness has been reduct \ $889,000 and the floating debt $818,616. TJ d debts that must be paid yet are $3,555,600 bonds and $1,455,215 of floating debt. Tt will leave the enterprise over $12,000,000 lS the hole, but the additional receipts from i '* cre.ised attendance will probably reduce tt ?- somewhat. >r ? ? ! All the documents of the first fourtei <* Congresses were found In the basement the United.States Senate the. other day. f I I ? { V \ LATER NEWS. Tbk United States cruiser Colombia re> t?o turned te the yard of her builders, the Cramps,, Philadelphia, with the recordbreaking figures of "213-10" flying from: ,{r her mast, and received an ovation as aha in passed up the river. . id ; r- Govebnob McKiwlzt opened the Bepttb^ iS lican campaign in Ohio with a speeob. r_ Captaiw Conoas, acting for the Govern-' -j lc, ment of Spain, formally transferred the Coliz umbus caravels to the United States at the World's Fair. The boats were reoeived by ^ Captain Berry of the Michigan. The eerejg mony took place on the platform in front of'; "Z the Administration Building, with President k- Palmer as the presiding officer. jy Tax interesting ceremony of weighing the u. White House baby has taken place with all the eclat attending such an event The scale showed just nine pounds and a quarter, ' Repbesentatzvxs of the country's boards j, ial nf hiula mat In cnnvflnHnn In Wjuhinfftrm- 3 ^ and adopted resolutions urging the Senate to quickly pass the Silver Puroliase Repeal .. BxvonmoHisTs in Tucuman, Argentina, , ;?$ fought a desperate battle with the Governht meat troops in the streets of Cordoba and' re were victorious. . - . i 0t Hxxxr Nmnux k Co., deal era bt clothiers' supplies in New York City, wan f Y, toned to ask for an extentlon; liabilities estimated at $1,622,599, and the assets at R #2,418,185. >y Thx three French warships?Naiade, NieUy 10 and Bigault de GenouUly?arrived at Boston, ^ Mass., having previously inspected the fisheries near New Foundland. They gave and t.i at received the usual salutes. Thx worst Are that ever visited the town of j Spencer, Mass., started in the afternoon at y_ 4.45 o'clock, and resulted In a total loss that will amount to #250,003. Fully six acres of n- buildings were totally destroyed. it ?e Fntx tsr the cupola of the Corcoran Build- ' as Ing, In Washington, cut off all the Wfcstam Union circuits and greatly retarded the tele- . graphic service. e- Thx President appointed Charles Wilson t Assistant General Superintendent of the ... >^1 r" Ball way Mail Service. a. Thx Senate confirmed the following / nt nominations: Albert 8. Willis, of Kentucky, ' United States Minister to the H^WtUjan L-ands; Oharlas H. Dickinson, Sarveyor- ;4 % General of Louisiana ; Beal Gaither, Indian ' 'r-'X ^ Agent, Siletz Agency, Oregon. ,n The Austrian Government suspended some W of the rights of the citizens of Prague in or-; der to put an end to the Young Czech aglta12, tion. Thbxx lives were lost by tfie burning dt ai n. lake steamer at Leamington, Canada. , , i , PEOMIUENT PEOPLE, . rjVfT3iJT7n? : i'Tl QuXku Yictoau's eyesight is failing, . J ? the royal oculist has! frectftentljr to be called W 3 latowqnfijltioii. * ' l.m v- TH^JKhedixe. of Egypt's mother. who le '(.>& is only thirty-four,' Is stili one of toe most id beautiful prihoesaes in the far Zast. . | Conoxxsskur Siblet, the free silver' Bfeper resentotive, is a millionaire and own* toe v ip highest-priced stable of trotters In the oouale try. Axbxby Eswabd, Prince of Wales, hafl i: o seventeen brothers-in-law, sixteen unolss, ys flfty-sevan oouslns and fifty-eight nephews "e. and nieces. v- Mb. Yi, the Corerfn Minister to the United e: States, and his wife are members of the Pree- t; byterian Church. ' Tt ey wear Corean coe- .' ? m tumes on state occasions only. 'i_ Sxvatob Ai.lf?:, of Nebraska, Is six feet * 5 three Inches in height and oorreeponflingly -:3H lie heavy. He Is so large that a chair Wi to be specially constructed for him. ? T?Pa.t nf ?lu " OUrSAlUa Ul/u* 11 liiiii/in vv<iua*f v? ua? T\ 116 new County of Madera, in California, k said ''\ 110 to be the youngest judge of any court of r?- i vS-"i] cord in the United States. He is Just twenty* -'.'V er six years old. !r" Mas. Ada M. Bittexbeitdxe has teen ^ > nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court , d* by the Nebraska Populists. She was tha Pt. S. third woman admitted to practioe before th? <f es Supreme Court, Mrs. Belva Lookwood batoff ' > s w the first. 2r Bishop Huktinqtox, of the diocese of Ceotral New York, and his wife, Hannah Dana ..'1; 5t" Sargeant Huntington, have just celebrated their golden wedding at tlfe old homestead V; In Greenfield, Mass., which has been in the family seven generations. id, If Bepresentatives William S. Holman, of ad Indiana, and Charles O'Neil, of Pennsyln vania, serve out their terms in the present an Congress, tho Fifty-third, they will each beat er the record for long-continued (not oonseouid. tlve) service in the lower House. en Axono the lions of the day in Paris Is tha ,k- rajab of Bobbili, who has arrived there from* l9. Madras with a numerous suite, comprising ai v0 priest, a doctor, a secretary, a pedicure, a manicure and several cook?v It Is said that . everything be eats and drinks is first of all' ? examined by the doctor and then blessed bfi ^ the priest. Lewis Milleb, of Akron, Ohio, who .ml chosen President of the International Arnon elation of Sunday-school Workers at St. er Louis, is sixty-six years old, and has been active in Hunaay-scnooi wore, ior lonv/wm. ? h? Mr. Miller Is President of tie Chautauqu? - I he Assembly, and Is a Mothcdist. He has the farther distinction of being the father-in?linr P >r- ot Thomaa A. Edison, the noted Inventor. fl| 2 NAMED FOE OFFICES. I The President Sends in a Batch of ? I en Nominations. e' The President sent to the Senate the fol >e. lowing nominations: , "1 J. J. Barclay, of Alabama, to be Consul- I in General of the United States at Tangier, I [*r Barbary States. | b0 N. W. Molver, of Iowa, to be Consul-Gen- ' oral of the United States at Kanagwa, Japan. 4 To be Consuls ot the United States : A. M. Clark, of Michigan, at Port Sarnia, Canada ; Isaac M. Elliott, of New York, at Manila. Philipine Islands; J. Courtney Hlx>8 son. ot Alabama, at Fuehan, China; C. B. , Hurst, of the District of Columbia, ut Crefeld, Germany; Thomas Keefe, of ie Vermont, at St. John's, Quebec ; John Ma- | I tniim of Alabama, at Tamplco. Mexico, j ? George 8. Tate, of Massachusetts, at Barbados. W. I.; E. T. Wetter, of Georgia, at 11 Tamatatire, Madagascar. ''**? ig George W. Hull, of Ohio, to be Collector v of Internal Revenue for the Tenth District of t, "Ohio. : ; * a- Captain Daniel D. Wheeler. Assistant Quartermaster, to be Major and Quart era master. J r, Thomas Smith, ot Virginia, to be Chief I [,? Justice of the Supreme Court of the Ter- i Q- ritorv of New Mexico. ' | !,- John B. H. Hemingway, of New Mexico, to be Attorney of the United States for the 1 Territory of New Mexico ; also twenty-four |Q recess appointments ot l'ostmasters. ie GEEAT FLOODS IN CHINA. Vast Regions Inundated, and Thouor sands of Lives Lost. ,t Terrible floods have devastod vast regions in the centre and north of China. Thoure - . sands of lives have been lost and whole vil* jt'. lages swept away in both HupeJ, which borders on the Yang-tse-kiang, and in Cbilili, id the metropolitan province, which is watered lie by the Peilu and its numerous tributaries. in Peking for the greater part was under lis water, while Tungchow, some fourteen miles in to the east of the capital, was similarly' n- situated. Between Tungchow and the port lis of Tientsin, some sixty miies east, the country was converted into one vast lake, and only the tops of the houses and trees were to in be seen standing, while countless dead ' ' ol bodies of men, women and children and farm animals were borne upon the waters of the floods in all direction?, .. **; '