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A HOIK MS! Swept Destructively Over New Jersey Harlem and Long Island, SEVERAL VILLAGES WRECKED, Many Cainaltie* in the Wake of the Storm ^ ? n:ii V ?- a urctJ juivch LOHl in turn* ????m **? J., and One In Womlhaven, I?. I.? Long Island ami Hudson Uivor Towns In the Path of the Cyclone. A. tornado that, it seems, originated ir New Jersey, east of Trenton, passed over the upper part of New York City at 4 p. m. swept over Long Isiand, passing through the town of Woodhaven, and then went out into the sea via Jamaica Bay. It carried death and destruction in it? path, The first fatal result of the terrific windstorm was the almost total destruction of the town of Cherry Hill, near Hackensack, N. J. Three persons were killed there, and the homes of twenty families blown into kindling wood. At Asbury Park, Long Branch and other seaside resorts the effects of the storm were disastrous. In the Harlem part of New York City no fatalities occurred. The air was black and thick. Hailstones as large ns walnuts fell, smashing many panes of class, and the wind Dlew away awnings and signs. Bicyclists were blown from their machines, and a panic prevailed among the women. Horses took to flight, and trees that had stood for years were uprooted by the blast. The tornado visited Long Island, scattering destruction in many places, hut worst of all at Wood haven, where fifty houses were demolished. One woman was killed and twenty persons wi?re iojured. The force of the wind then passed out to sea. and its last manifestation was a waterspout in Jamaica Bay. About twenty minutes elapsed from the time -when the tornado made its appearance until it went out to sea. Thet)rnado first visited Cherry Hill, N. J., a small village two miles north of Hnckensack, and it was almost completely oblit erated. Not an entire building remained standing after the storm had spent its fury. At this place three persons were killed and tweutv badly hurt by flying timbers, crashing houses or uprooted trees. The wind currents were violent enough to raise nuste nouses anu wrrv mcin nviLi i uuinuvr. One man was drawn through a window and hurled to the ground. and the railroad station, with the agent in it, was movea one hundred feet up the track. Its inmate was uninjured. Many aver that the cloud was funnel shaped; others add interesting variations in the way of red spots flickering like jack o' lanterns in the centre of it. Still others say that it was a simple blow, and that there was nothing cyclonic about it. However it was. the result is the same. The killed in Cherry Hill were Baby Ahrens, eight months old, torn from its mother's arms and found dead in the road; killed by the hail and the flying debris of wrecked buildings. Conrai Friedman, hotel keeper, drawn by the wind from a second-story window; he fell on his head, fracturing his skull and died almost instantly. Anton Boleski, employed as a hostler by August Mund, crushed to death when the barn '.d which he was at work collapsed. The most seriously injured are: Eugene Chinook, skull fractured and otherwise injured; Charles Cole, of Paterson. N. J., severely wounded on the head, and eyes so badly hurt by hail that he will probably lose the sieht of one eye. William Ely, Squire of the village: several ribs fractured. Antonio Hosfman. several rib^ fractured and internally injured. William Suttle. nose, arm and one Jeg broken and injured internally. Andrew Santei, one firm. ieg aau nose uruncu. Between forty and fifty thousand persons visited the scene of the ruin and devastation at Cherry Hill on the day after the storm. Some of "the unfortunate people whose homes were wrecked sat around during the day wondering what was in store for them". Nearly every visitor contributed toward the relief fund and several thousand dollars were raised. Hacfcensack and the other towns responded promptly to the call for aid. At i , Cherry Hill the Rev. A. Duryea, pastor of theRsformed Church, conducted services In the lot back of the dama^d ohurch. He used the ruins of the rear porch as the pulpit platform. Three thousand oeople were present. Tho choir was sealea under an apple tree. An organ had Dean obtained and a young lady played it. After the tornado had completed its work at Cherry Hill it swept on toward the Hudeon River. Fences and crops were cut down for three miles more until Teaneck, the magnificent estate of Willian Walter Phelps, was struck. A hundred trees ware blown down and part of the greenhouses wrecked, but none of the buildings was damaged. Th? tornado sailed over the Palisades and passed above Harlem, just touching Now xork City with its lower stratum. In the northern part of New York City,next visited by the storm, considerable damage resulted from the fierce shower of hail, and a number of accidents were reported. The hailstone feature of it was so severe that it is ' difficult to remember a worse on:?. The damage it caused will run into many thousands of dollars. Considerable damage was done to the upper end of Central Park and neighboring streets. Leaving Harlem, straight over Cypress Hill. Long Island, swept the storm, wreckIng the numberless gravestones in the cemetery and tearing down trees by the dozen. At Crescent street the fury of the gale seemed to veer along Jamaica avenue for half a mile or so, and in this distance there were but few telephone, telegraph and trolley wires left standing. Per3)ns. frightened out of their wits, ran hither and thither, shrieking and seeking places of shelter. Two cars of the Brooklyn and Suburban Railroad were derailed. They wore filled with passengers at the time, but nobody was seriously hurt. The cars were * Baved from the full fury of the gale by the surrounding houses. "Woodhaven. Long Island, was directly in . the path of the tempest, and here a great J ? - \r.,r.,. deal 01 aaraas;e was uuuc iu were badly tipped and twisted, and here again the scene of fright and confusion were re-enacted. A heavy hailfuli added to the general dismay. The approximate dimensions of the cloud at this time was about that of two city blocks. The wind did not seem to have a whirl, a<* is the case with true cyclones, but hit right straight out in the direction it was traveling. Many residents of Woodhaven and its vicinity were injured by flying missiles and falling objects. The air was full of them, and almost everybody caught in the blow sustained a bruise or contusion. The only perBon'killed at Woodhaven was lira Louine Petroguien. Seventeen persons were badJy Injured. The storm swept with terrible force over a strip of country about twelve miles wide in the tobacco-growing region of Connecticut. Tho hail riddled the plants ahd the entire crop of the Suffleid region is reported ruined, causing a loss to Connecticut farmers of not less than 5200,003. At Asbury Park. N. J., the race track was flooded and drenched with hail, and the bicycle raoes wero abandoned. The storm evidently spent a great deal o) its force before it struck Sandy Hook. It - ^ 1- i oIaik* 800013 to Dave iriivonw uuutuj coast, taking in everything fram Atlantic Highlands to Cape May. After practically wrecking Woodhaven, the cyclone turned off toward the southern coast of Lon^ Island, where it passed out to sea. o.j Her Trial Trip. The yacht Arctic, built at South Haven, Mich., by Coates A Stillson, for H. S. Titsworth, started for Saugatuck with the ownei and builders on board. About two miles oul the little vessel capsized and sank at once with the three men. The lifesaving crew pul out at onee on a mission ot' rescue, but found only a cap. All three ot the men drowned have families. On Fire In Mlil-Ocean. Fire was discovered in the hold o! th< steamship Normandie, of the French line while in mid-ocean en-route for New York It was extinguished after a desperate tlghi of fifteen hours, although many tons of cargc were destroyed. One seaman was killed b} ! an explosion oi coal gas. HELPED TO HANG HER LOVER; 1 A Texas Fanner and HI* T)aaghtei Mnrder the letter's Suitor. The body of Albert Blaekman. a well-to-dr f younsr man, was found near Los?arto, Liv. Oak County, Texas, a week ago. Arc vine his neck was a rope, and it was evident thai he had been hanijod to the limb of a treiunder whi<*h the body lay. He had lasi i been seen alive in the company of Bessi< Harris, the daughter of a farmer of that locality. At the Coroner's inquest Bessie testifled that Blaekman committed suicide b^ han^intr, and that she witnessed the deed, and after he was dead she cut his bod] . down. SusDicion was aroused, and warrants wer? 1 issued for the arrest of the Harris crirl an I her father and mother. The preliminary examination of the prisoners has just "beet: i beld, and through the confession of Bessie i Harris on the witness stand the full details of the crime came out. She said that Blackman had been courtinfl her for some time ucrainst the wishes of het t parents, and that the latter, through their talk, caused her to become insanely jealous of the young man. Her father flnalh arranged with her to put Blackman out ol the way. On the nicht cf the killing she met Blackman, and they went for a walk. She do' tained her lover in a lonely place until hei L father arrived with a rope, and they then i told Blackman that they were poind to han , him. She wanted him to submit as a test ol his love, and promising to cut him downaf 1 once. The pirl states thnl Blackman did not offer any resistance while the rope was beint? placed about his neck, and that she tied the knot with her own hands. ' Then, at the command of her father i Blackman climbed a tree and swung himsell ; off. "He died very easily." concluded thf . girl. "After he was quiet I cut the rope and let his body down to the ground." 1 The girl and her parents are held, charged with murder." WOMAN'S SHARE IN BANKS. It Is Ext?neive TlirmiRhoat the Country and Yields l.arso Incomes. 1 The women of this country plav a more important part in its banking affairs than they perhaps realize. They have a large interest in the bank capital, and figure as employes, shareholders, directors and officers. James H. Eckels. Comptroller of the Currency, has compiled some interesting figures showing in Daft tho interest of women in banking. The statistics cover both the National and State banks, and were obtained in response to circular letters of inquiry. According to the showing, the number of shares of National banks is 7.099.413. representing a total valuation of *638,6 l2.S7t>. Of these women own 1.733.772 shares, of a value of $130,681,492. The percentage of shares is 24.4 and of capital 18,9. The number of individual women hollers of National bank stock is 70,697. It is rather curious to note that the women apparently have greater confidence in National than in State banks. The total shares and capital of the latter clas* of institutions is $3,618,804 and S3 '7,151,716. respectively. Of this number, 481,093 shares. representing I $33,074,712 stand in the namP3 ot women, I The percentages are respectively 13.3 and 12,4. and the individual holders numbers 2S.146. The women employes in tin National b*nks of the country are 333. and in the State banks 534. They receive a total compensation from " National basks, $185,797. and from State banks 82ftJ.847. The averaze annual compensation of women in the former institutions is 8135.11 and in the latter 8150.42. Estimating the average dividends from banik stock at six per cent, the women of the couuiry for a yeat would receive an aggregate annual return from their investments in banks of more than 810,000,0!K). CHINESE COME IN BY ROPE. John's In^eTi'ioris Methyl of Crr>ssln;j the St. Lawrence After Dark. The wily Chinese have lately been adopting new tactics for gaining a Imission into the United States from Canada. In the neighborhood of Iroquois, Ontario, on the Canadian side, and Hogansburg, N. Y., a new method for smuggling Chinese is in vogue. The plan is a clever one. A long rope has been stretched across the St. Law rence, whion is narrow at this point, ana firmly secured to large stake? on either side of th9 river. Oa this, and aided by darkness, the Celestial manages to cro3s the lines by swimming and holding on to the rope. The method is not as dangerous as it appears; in fact it is quite easy to deport the Chinese across the Hues without much risk to any on-) but the unhappy traveler himself, perhaps, and the expeu3J Is trivial, while those who manipulate the trick pet all the way from $75 to $153 for every Chinese smuggled by them. There are reports that t'i333 liass aw in use in several places. Thrae minor arrests have already b3on made. BRITISH CROPS SHORT Drousht Did Groit Oi'.n i';e to All Foo.l Plant*. The first report of British crops for this season, printed in the London Times, shows that the wheat acreage is some twenty per cent, smaller than in 1891. The drought did enormous damage to all the fool crops. Wheat and oats mark an even lower percentage of condition than in the dry season of 189 J, wheat being three per cent, and oats four per cent, worse. Taking 100 as the normal the following figures represent the present condition of the different crops: Wheat. 79; barley, 83; oats, 76; beaus, 77; peaj, 79; potatoes, 90; roots and grass. 68; hops, 93. Taking 100 as representing the area ot crops for 1391 the acreage for 1895 is approximately a3 follows: Wheat, 8J; barley, potatoes and hops, 101; oats, 104; bean3, 91; pe:i3, 91; roots, 98, and grass, 103. WHEAT BAOLY INJURED, The Crop Damped One-Thir.l in West Minnesota and South Dakota. Reports from half a dozen counties ot Western Miunesota and as many more South Dakota border counties are to the effect that there is a protracted drought in that region, and wheat ha3 already been damaged at least thirty-three per cent. In-many places, wfuca a rew wants ago proousaj enormous yields, there will not be more than Ave to six bushels of wheat to the acr.3. Charles A. Pdlsbury said that two week* ago he placed the wheat yield of Minnesota and the Dakotasat 140.000.001 bushels. He now places it at not over 123.000,000 bushels, an l said that he would not be surprise I ii the yield wad not more than 115,000,00) bushels?the same as last year. Part of tuis, . however, he said, was due to a shortage in the acreage. A Novelty in MU*loas. A novalty in religious missions in the East End of London is free sm iking services. The invitations to these services run. "If you want a free smoke, coma Sunday to Chris: Church." A free cup of tea and tobacco an; given, and as a general thing the recipients , of the invitations accept thaai. lticyclea Forty .'Miles a l>?y. Thomas Longstretch, residing at Bristol, Ponn., is employed in a big offirc building in Philadelphia. Hi rides to and from the 1 ofllee evwy day on his wheel, a distance ol ' fortv miles. I - It is a Marvelous Iiox. The casket that Xasrulla Khun presented . to Queeu Victoria, from the Ameer of Af: ghanistau, is a marvel of art. It is eighteen : inches long by tlfteen inches high. It Is cut i from a block of lapis lazuli ana is incrusted : with large diamonds, rubies und emeralds. I From the four top corners spring stars conl taiuing 612 orilli.uits. The value of the whole is * 85,000. The Queen In return senS a gold plate service ana otner presents of etjual value. , Bismarck Endows the Agrarian League, j Trince Bismarck has endowed the Berlic > Home of the Agrarian League with tht ' money collected on the anniversary of his eightieth birthday. AMbKlCAN Yi Tlio Defender, designed by America's fore fend the America's Cup in the"race with Greai a wonder. In hor trial race with the fast yael won easily. Her dimensions are approximai inehos: length on load water-line. 89 feet 7 inc ENDEATOREBS' RALLY. Immense Meetings at the Annua! Convention in Boston. CAMPED ON THE COMMON. The Remarkable Growth of the Society Shown by the Secretary'^ Report?Denominational Gathering* In the Afternoon?The President's Report?The Next Meeting Place. Tho moss meetings of the great Christian Endeavor Convention, at Boston, Mass., began at 0.30 o'clock a. m. in Mechanics' Hall and Tents Endeavor and Willston. Thousands of people thronged the avenue, unubie to gain admission. President Francis E. Clark occupied the chair. Tho Rev. Dr. Smith Baker, of Boston, conducted devotional exercises, including tho singing of a hymn of welcome, written for the convention by the Rev. Dr. 3. F. Smith, author of "America." Governor Greenhalge was greeted with cheers and waving of handkerohiefs when he delivered the welcome of the Commnnwealth of MnssaehnnettA. Tho re sponse in behalf of the Board of Trustees of the United Society of Christian Endeavor was delivered by the Rev. Dr. E. R. Dille, of San Francisco. * The meeting closed with the reading of the report of General Secretary John W. Baer. He said in part: "Each year the Christian Endeavor wheel widens; each year thousands of spokes are added. Last y?ar our wheel was strengthened by 7750 new societies or spokes, if you please. This is the largest increase of any one year since the wheel commenced revolving, fourteen years ago. Spoke after spoke passed our vision rapidly, in all 41,229. Of the<*e, 4712 are from other lands. "Pennsylvania still leads, with 4139: New York next, with 3822; Ohio. 2787; Illinois, 2446; Indiana, 1762; Iowa, 1563; Massachusetts, 1309; Kansas, 1247; Missouri, 1133; Michigan. 1082; New Jersey, 1045, etc. In all, from the United States', 33,412, against 28,696 last year. And now we have an individual membership from every clime, and every Nation, with skins or varying color, of which 480 are red, 20,300 are yellow, 109,400 are black, and 2,343,560 are white: in all, a great interracial brotherhood of 2,473,740. "In the United States the denominational representation is as follows: The Presbyterians still lead, with 5233 Young People's Societies and 2269 Junior Societies; the Congregationalists have 3990 Young People's Societies and 1908 Junior Societies; the Disciples of Christ and Christians, 2687 Young People's Societies and 862 Junior Societies; the Baptists, 268G Young People's Societies and 801 Junior Societies; Methodist Eplsco- ! fal, 931 Yoang People's Societies and 391 unior Societies; Methodist Protestants, 853 Young People's Societies and 247 Junior Societies; Lutherans, 798 Young People's Societies and 245 Junior Societies; Cumberland Presbyterians, 699 Young People's Societies and 231 Junior Societies, and so on through a long list.'' Tent Endeavor, on Boston Common, was I filled to its utmost capacity during the forej noon. There were nearly eleven thousand persons present. The Rev. Dr. John T. ' I Beokley, of New York, one of the Trustees, 1 presided, and George C. Stebbins, of Brook- j j lyn, was director of the large chorous. j Lieutenant-Governor Roger Wolcott delivarfiii n stirrincr address, renlete with natri- 1 otic genttment. .. * l The books of the Registration Committoo j showed the total number of Christian En- i deavorere in Boston to be about 70,009. Of 1 this number 20,000 were from towns and ! 1 oities within easy reach of Boston. New Hampshire came next with 3100. Then came New York, with 3000; Pennsylvania, 2609; Illinois, 2200; Connecticut, 2100. New Jersey and Ohio sent 1000 each. 1 Jersey City was selected as the place for next year's convention. The banner for greatost sain in number of sooleties was then presented to England's representatives. The Rev. W. Knight Chap- ' lin, of London, England, responded, and invited all present to London to a World's Christian Endeavor Convention in 1900. 1 "God Save the Queen" was sung at the close ( of Mr. Chaplin's speech. It was followed by ( "America. It was unanimously voted to form a World's t Christian Endeavor Union, and a committee 1 of Ave was appointed, with Rev. Mr. Closs < Chairman, with power to formulate a constitution on the lines of the one read to the , meeting. Rev. Dr. Clark was elected Presi- . dent. Brought In Hia Dead. Peter Wintter, a farmer living near Bridgeport, Conn., having in a dispute killed Will- ' if n..n? nln/ia] fhn I Willi Dllliur, UUtf Ul UIO tu?|*ui99 ^iuv.^u 4 ***- 1 corpse in a carriage, and, accompanied by j the dead man's mother and brothers, drove to the city and surrendered himself to the j police. * Philanthropic Patriot*. 1 Several Western towns dispensed with ( their intended Fourth of July celebration , this year and devoted the money which 1 would have liet'n spent to assisting the des- i titute of their respective vicinities. I)le?l of a Pin Prick. The Rev. S. II. Phillips, of Durham, Penn^ \ aged thirty-one, died at St. Luke's Hospital, ( Bethlehem, of blood poisoning. Six weeks i oefore Miss Cope, one of his parishioners, 1 for a jest pricked him with a hat pin in the 'eg. Blood poisoning followed, and to save j tils life the leg was amputated. He failed to J 1 jurvive the ordeal. The young woman who ] ? a used the preacher's death is almost crazed ( ivith grief. Mr. Phillips was one of the best ( mown Reformed clergymen in Eastern Pennsylvania. ( Burglars Held Cltliena at Bay. 1 Four armed burglars held at bay residents : * of Norfolk, Conn,, and, robbing a safe, made J i ilieir escape. __ J, *CHT DEFENDER. ii/ x., ) j most expert. Nat IlerreshoJT. and built to do l uniiiin ? uuiimpiou una mil, is prououiiccu it Colonia in Narragansett Bay the Defendei :ely us follow: Length over all, 123 feet 1( hes; extreme beam, 24 feet; draught, 19 feet THE JULY CROP RETURNS. Corn Heads the List Both In Acrcage anc Condition. The July returns, to the Statistician of th? Department of Agriculture by the corre spondenta thereof, make the following aver ages of condition: Corn, 99.3; winter wheat 65.8; spring wheat, 102.2: oats. 83.2; wintei rye, 82.2; spring rye. 77: all rye. 80.7; barley 91.9; rice, 84.4; potatoes, 91.5; tobacco, 85.9 Acreage of potatoes compared with 1894 107.9, and of tobacco, 84.8 per cent. The report on acreage of corn, which ii preliminary, shows 107.8 as compared witt the area planted in 1894, which was a llttW over 76,00 >.000 acres, being an increase o! 6.000,000 acres, and aggregating in round Tin mhan HO 1 A'lH The averages lor the principal corn State! are: Ohio. 104; Michigan. 104: Indiana, 104 Illinois. 1<:5: Wisconsin. 10.5; Minnesota, 112 Iowa, IOC: Missouri, 107, Kansas, 117; Nebras ka, 107; Texa", 112; Tennessee, 107; Ken tucky, 10*2. The average condition of corn is 99.3 against 95 in July last year and 93.S in 1893. The average condition of -winter wheat if C5.8. against 71.1 in June and 83.2 last July. The percentages of the principal States are New York. 78; Pennsylvania. 88; Kentucky, 85; Ohio, 60: Michigan. 69; Indiana. 52; Illi nois, 50; Missouri, 68; Kansas. 42; California, 82; Oregon. 95, and Washington, 93. The condition of spring wheat is 102.2, against 97.? iu June and 68.4 in July, 1894. State averages are; Minnesota. 112; Wisconsin. 98 Iowa, 109, Kansas, 46: Nebraska. 80; South Dakota, 112; North Dakota, 102; Washington, 94; Oregon. 90. The average condition of all wheat for the country is 76.2. The condition of oats is 83.2, as against 84.3 on June 1 and 77.7 on July 1, 1391. The condition of winter rye is 82.2, of 9|<nu? i jc 11, nuu an rye ov. /. The average condition of barley is 91.9, atjainst 90.3 in June, an increaso of 1.6 points. A FAMILY OF FIVE DROWNED. One Child In the Slother'n Arin? and One Kntangled In a Toy Boat. Peny TufTts, forty-five years old, the owner of a small vineyard near Gibson's Landing, his wife and three children were drowned near Sanderson's dock on Blufl Point, Lake Kenka, N. Y. Two of the children were girls, and all were under ten years of age. TufTts started out in a small boat with his family at 9 o'clock a. m. He intended to gc to Bluff Point to pick currants and take a day's outing. The boat had a small sail, which probably was too heavy for it in the high wind. Nobody witnessed the accident, which is supposed to have occurred at about 11 o'clock, as Tuflts's watch stopped at that hour. People near Sanderson's dock noticed in the water an object which proved to be the toy boat that one of the children had been towing. The string of the boat was soon seen to bo tangled round the body of Ihe child. A boat was procured, and the bodies of the family were taken from the water. One of the children was in the mother's arms. The water was about sixteen feet deec where the bodies were found. The boat was found afterward floating bottom up. One Thousand Persons Fell. The second floor of the Casino, at Atlantic 1 City. N. J., gave way. precipitating 1000 of the assemblage of 2500 persons who were in attendance on the social session of the Grand Lodge of Elks to the floor below. Frederick Kleoproth, a member of Jennings's Band, which was giving the music for the exercises, was killed. Many were injured. One report had it that between sixty tnd seventy who wore hurt were taken to hotels and homes of friends. Twelve were taken to the City Hospital. The Labor World. Chicago claims 25,000 male barbers and ane female one. Wages are about to be increased in the woolen mills throughout Rhode Island. The Saphite Iron Company, of Florence, A.la., employing 200 men, has advanced wages ten per cent. j The number of new woolen mills has insreasod from seventeen last year to thirtyBight this year, an increase of over 100 per :ent. Sheepshearers at Pondera. Montana, get seven cents a head when the weather will let ! them work, and pay 81 a day for board, rain ] or shine. j The railroads have actively entered the 1 market as buyers, and the demand from this J source bids fair to exert an important influence in the future. ! JV L(U1> n9o Ul UUUA > lilU Ullllb ikiiU factories shows an increase of forty per cent. In business over a .year ago. Over one thousand more employes are at work. It really seems as if a muchr better feeling lias developed of late between employers aud employed. They are inclined to meet each Dther in a piore friendly spirit, and tz adjust differences on a better basis than the mere application of force or the power of endurance. It is safe to say that from 500,000 to 750.300 wage-earners in various branches of industry have had their pay advanced since 1 the early part of the yew. No better evi- f rtenee than this is needed to demonstrate the f reviving prosperity of the country. c A new Massachusetts statute makes it unlawful for any railroad company to use any 2iir :n interstate commerce wlnca is not pro- s vided with grab-arms or hand-holds in the *" suds and sides for greater security to brakemec. in coupling and uncoupling care. The men employed on the Long Island I Railroad are now joining the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in large numbers, as by a ' change of tho constitution the local lodges J have been compelled to reduce their initia- t tion fees, which, in Long Island City, n amounted to $15. Conscienceless employment agencies 3 throughout the oountry are sending men to ^ Minneapolis, Minn., to work on the Missis- a slppi dam, now In process of construction c near that city. Mr. Powers says that while | there are places for 250 men only there are ' ibove 3000 applicants. ^ AN AMERICAN COMPANY" HONORED. Lord Mayor of London Entertains Ansrustln Duly at Lunch. The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Joseph Renals, entertained Augustin Daly's New York company at lunch in the Mansion House. ?Amon?thosepresent were Thomas F. Bayard, United States Ambassador, and Mr. Carter, his Private Secretary; Mr. Patrick A. Collins, Judge Daly, Mr. and Mrs. Beerbohm Tree, Charles Wyndham and Ellen Terry. The Lord Mavor escorted Ada Belran and Mr. Bayafd led Lady Benals to her After toasting the AUOUSTn. dalt. Queen the Lord Mavor Dr0D0sed the health of the President of the United States, sayine that it was then given for the first time in the history of the Mansion House. Sir Joseph also thanked Americans generally for the hearty welcome they have always "icrfven to English actors. Mr. Daly made a brief response, and gave way to Mr. Bayard, who said that the center of the world's hospitality was the Manson House, and the chief host of the world was the Lord Mayor. He referred to his recent visit to Denmark, where he had seen the grave of Hamlet, One of the greatest heritages of England was Shakespeare, The honest and honorable occupation of Mr. Daly's company was to interpret Shakespeare, and their faithful interpretation was hardly less notable than their conception of his great plays. Mr. Bayard toasted the Lord Mayor and Lady Renals. TRAPPED COINERS FIGHT. A Girl With Them Tackles the Detectlvea Furloutly. The United States Secret Service men made four arrests in New York City which they regard as important, as the three men ana one woman whom they took into custody have been engaged in counterfeiting United States silver coin for nine months past at the rate OT tsw per aay. Bella Curr, a good-looking jrirl, twenty-five years old, and three more of the coiners gave five of the Secret Service agents the liveliest fight that they have had in a long time. The fight was on the stairs and in a little room on the third floor in the apartment house at 95 Fourth avenue. Carr, one of the counterfeiters, broke both legs trying to escape. All were captured, but it wasn't the girl's fault. She has red hair, is about Ave feet four inches tall, and is slen 'er but wiryThe prisoners were the girl, Frank, alias Conkey Carr, said to be the girl's husband. Albert Brown, alias Bill the Brute, and|Harrj Kingden, twenty-two years old. The latter said he was a bartender of 1867 Third avenue. The Secret Service men believed he gave an assumed name. They say that Ms father is well to do. A complete counterfeitingplant was seized. The fifty silver counterfeit dollars found by the Secret Service men are almost a perfect Imitation of the genuine coins. HEAVY HAILSTORM IN JERSEY. Ten Inches of Water In the Streets of Anbury Park and Ocean Grove. A black cloud came up from the southwest, and within the next fifteen minutes the rainfall was heavier at Asbury Park, N. J. than any the oldest inhabitant remembers. The square in front of the Postoffico wa/ flooded to the depth of ten inches. In th? business part of the town dry goods boxes on the curb were floated, and were carried down the streets by the wind. The roofs o: the Hotels Gladstone and Orosvenor were blown off, and a house in West Park, owned, by a man named Moran, was razed. In Ocean Grove, N. J., there was a panic among the tents. Trees were blown down, and hailstones as big as hickory nuts fell. Children got empty boxes and paddled up and down Broadway. Wesley Lnlco overflowed its banks. At Freehold lightning struck a tree- nea) the railroad tracks as a train was passiug, and two passengers were made unconscious by the shoek. ISSUINC GOLD CERTIFICATES. The Public Prefers to Use Paper Instead oi Either of the Metals. The United States Treasury Dapartmenl has resumed the issue of gold certificates which was suspended while the gold reserve was below $100,00),000. Since June 25 last when the gold reserve again became intact. the Treasury has issued aoout ^'uil certificates "on gold presented mostly at United States mints. There are now outstanding 349,376,000 ir gold certificates, with '5172.930 in the Treasury. the remainder being in circulation. Gold certificates are regarded as the mosl convenient form of gold money, and most ol these cortiflcates are held by National bankas part of their lawful reserve. Silver certificates are in circulation in preference to the silver dollars. Only 52,1)00,000 silver dollars are in circulation, whereas more than eight times that amount of silver certificates are in daily use. tha silver in bullion being stored in the vaults of the Treasury. MILITIA WERE COWARDLY. They Sat In the Court House and Let a Mob Lynch a Man. The Grand Jury will take cognizances oJ the mob that took the colored man, Bot Haggard, from the jail at Winchester, Ky., and hanged him to a railroad trestle at thf edge of town. None of the mob was masked and identification will ^e an easy matter. The leader was an ex-Confederate soldier o) Morgan's command and one of the most de termined men in Eastern hentucity. nis commands were obeyed by the mob, whict was orderly in every respect Company A, Second Regiment, Kentuck} State Guard, Captain Henry Strother, had been ordered out by Sheriff Hodgins, and when the mob went to the jail and demanded the prisoner they sat in the Court House adjoining and allowed the lynching to take place. Haggard was accused of an attempted assault upon Myrtle Elkln, niece of the mac for whom he worked. Bohemian Priest Arretted. Among the Czechs who recently went ovei from the United States to visit the Prague Exhibition was a Bohemian priest, who has just been arrested by the Austrian military Authorities at Pisek upon the charge ol lesertion and handed over to his regiment. The priest forwarded a protest to the United 3tates Consul at Viunna. Michigan Miner* on Strike. Every iron mine in Ishpuming and Negauiee, Mich.,shut down because t lire a thousand neu went on strike. It was decided to re nain out until the mining companies adraneed the pay of the miners to a day, ind that of laborers to ?1.75. The l'ostinaster Embezzled $7000. William F. Weeks, Postmaster at Hartsmu TniHifi Tnrt-itorv. h-is been arrested or embezzling about 57000 of money order unds. Ho failed to make returns oi money >rders for a long period. GREATER THAN STEAVI. Successful Trial of tbe IIis Electric Motor in Baltimore. The officials of the B3lt Line Railroad, Jaltimore, Md., are jubilant over the successful teat of their giant electric motor, .'he rosult loads the authorites to believe hat the days of the steam locomotive are lumbered. The electric motor left the Camden (Md.) tation and entered the tunnel tlrawing 13,'00 tons in the shape of twenty-three cars ind two banked engines, and the trip waa nade in five minutes, or at the rate of seveneeu miles an hour. It required two steam ocornotivea to draw the same train afterrards. \ LEWISTON'S BIC FIRE. One Life Lost With the Lake .Steamer Cibola. The most disastrous Are that ever visited >E I.ewiston, N. Y., occurred early a few morn- V. ings ago. At 1 o'clock (Ire broke out on n the steamer Cibola, which plies between . Lewiston and Toronto. Canada, and by ;0 daylight the splendid vessel was a smoulder- ^ ing wreck, burned to the water's odgo, a) and her third engineer had died a lingering ji death in the pent-up hold. The American Hotel and the Custom House, which caught q Are from the blazing boat, were destroyed. It was just one o'clock when the watchman of the Cibola discovered Are in the oilroom and shouted the alarm. Meanwhile on the doomed boat (here was ra the wildest confusion. In two minutes after fVtA J: 1 i.l_ ? /"I . 1 1 .. I rs buv iiio WUH uucoveruume lauuiu. >\tvs ituiaz.c | ic from stern to how. The majority of tbe 0 crew, thirty-eight in number, slept forward, ol and had no great difficulty in escaping, ai although some of the men were scorched. Down below slept Chief Engineer Walsh, Sec- jj ond Engineer Woodward and Third Engineer ix William Hammond. They awoke in flame and smoke. Walsh and Woodward escaped . after a terrible struggle, being just able to P break through the cordon of Are and leap n overboard. Both were badly burned. Hammond failed to reach the deck, whence he g could leap into the water, and fled below, b< where he could be heard crying for help. While he was still alive the boat nurned from g, its moorings, drifted slowly out into w the river, and lighted the broad ex- ti panse of water until it seemed as bright as ei noonday. The Canadian hills wer?illumin- I ir ated by the glow, and high up on the mountain the statue of Brock stood out in striking 0l relief against the darkness. It was an im- ej pressive sight. John Wilson, a fisherman, p rowed after the burning steamer. He could hear Hammond faintly calling for help for fully fifteen minutes, then his voice was stilled, and he was heard no more. From the Cibola the flames spread to the I piles aod thence to the American House, kept 1 by Henry Cornell. Despite the efforts of 100 men the flre slowly pained on the building, P and by sunrise it wa3 in ashes. Much of the B furniture was saved. The Custom House U also caught lire and was burned with all its C records. B The steel uull of the Cibola drifted two C miles down the river and ran aground. Hammond's charred body was found in the L boat It was removed to Lewiston and an h inquest held. Hammond was thirty years F old and unmarried. He lived in Toronto. b Nothing is left of the Cibola, but the iron hull, one smokestack and one paddlebox. Tho hull will be towed to Niagara, Ont. The ^ loss on the vessel is fully 4225,000. The American Hotel was one of the oldest hostelries in Western New York, havinz been built ^ in 184G by Ezra Cornell, grandfather of the '3 fjresent owner. Mr. Cornell estimates his oss at $40,000. The Ball Telephone sta- ii tion was destroyed. ? M. SI AMBULOFF SYA3BED, SI Bulgaria's Former Premier Murderously Set Upon In Sofia. ll While ex-Primo Minister Staaibuloff. ac- ^ companied by M. Petkoff, was walking home ^ from the Union Club. Sofia. Bulgaria, he was attacked by four unknown men. Two of j. them shot him with revolvers, while the other two stabbed him. SL Stadlbuloff fell H to uio ground groaning. lie was removed n t<> his residence anil physicians were e summonn.i. A.fter an examination of tbn wounds the doctore announced that there was little hope of M. 0 Stambuloff's recovery. M. Stambuloff was ? wounded in more than twenty places. He J raised his hands to guard his head, and his 11 wrists were nearly severed. Both hands had ? to be amputated. M. Petkoff was slightly * wounded. The iirst report that all four of the assassins escaped was erroneous. Oneol g them was arrested. s 8 Stanislaus Stambuloff several times within b recent years narrowly escaped assassination, n He was once shot at by a young girl in revenge for the execution of Major Paniza, for tl which Stambuloff. as Premier, was held re- si sponsible. On another occasion he was stoned for an alleged insult to Prince Ferdinand. In 18^4 Stambuloff first came into the public eye as President of the Sobranje. He has been for years the leading statesman of v Bulgaria, in fact, he was often alluded to as the Bismarck of the small autonomy. It was through his indefatigable and shrewd diplo- J' macy that Bulgaria was emancipated 11 from the oppressive regime of Russia. The raising of Prince Ferdinand of Coburg a upon tho throne was also the work of Stambuloff. No Bulgarian is more hated by the 0 Russians than he, and the Russian element ^ in his owu country never failed to show their enmity on every favorable occasion. , When, a year ago, Prince Ferdinand ac- ? cepted his resignation from the head of the i1 Bulgarian Cabinet, it was with the object of seeking to effect a reconciliation with Bus- ^ aia, but the enemies of Stambuloff were nver on the alert and havo harassed Bulgaria's ruler continually of late, as the friend of 3 Stambuloff sought to place him back to power. Ii was considered possible that ti Russian influence had caused the ex-Prime fi Minister's assassination. HENRY M. STANLEY ELECTED! f. The African Explorer Returned a Member ^ of the British Parliament. The British Parliamentary elections show s Unionist gains. Among tne Unionist candi- fi dates to be elected was Henry M. Stanley, r the African explorer, who defeated Mr. Trevelyan, the Liberal candidate in the north ^ division of Lambeth. In tho last general election Mr. Stauiey was a candidate, ^ but was rather badly defeated. The vote \vi3~ v< \J ol nzSEt M. 3T.VXI.ET. tr was: Henry M. Stanley, Uniouist, 2378: C. . P. Treviilyn, Liberal. 2473. Unionist ma- .' joritv, 405; gain, 535. The bulletin announe- :i ing Henry M. Stanley's election \v;is re- < ceived in London with hisses and cries of "Professional politician." John Burns was the only Labor candidate ?' elected: und that. too. with a f.tUin? off nf tfc more than a thousand votes. Keir Hardie, *D the notorious labor agitator, lailed to b? returned from the South Division of West Haai. ei The National Game. B; Miller is playing great ball for St. Louis in m spite of bis broken finger. The game by electric light at Chattanooga, Tenn.. resulted in failure. re Heeler, of Baltimore, has twice made live hits in one game this year. 'j! The Philadelphia outlluld is made up en- je tirely of left handed batsmen. Io Baltimore is looked upon as the model- tr managed team in the League. ar The position of tbo Now Yorks affords one moro striking illustration of the fact that al championship* an. not won on jrap??r in 112c zo winter. pu The r.ttslmrg Club has purchased Titeher ' ?< John Foreman from Petersburg. Twenty pitchers took part in the six League games on July 2. This is a new record. w Harry Wright considers Arthur Clarkson, of Baltimore, one of the best pitchers in the P" business. th Piteher McLaughlin, of Carboadale, Ponn. in one week pitched in live games and won 'a them all. th Kenned}*, ef Brooklyn, struck out only sixteen meu in sixteen games, yet he has done great work. at Ex-Manager Farrington, of Harrisburg, Penn., has a daughter who can throw anil catch a ball as well a a great many ball players. _ _ |a > let /V r ''id '% fi v; ========= THE NEWS EPITOMIZED 1?: WMhinjrton Item*. The President appointed Lieutenant-Collel W. R. King, Corps of Engineers, U. 8. , a member of the Missouri River ComIaaion. The Secretary of the Interior issued an or)r disbarring Mrs. Mary E. Hansee, an atrney of Ellenville. N. Y.. from practising >forethe Interior Department because of alawful conduct in the execution of pen- fc on vouchers. I The coinage for the last fiscal year was: old, $43,933,475; silver, $9,069,480; minor J >lns, $712,594. Total, $53,715,549. The Interstate Commerce Commission has sclded to extend the time for equipping lilroad cars with grabirons. H General Superintendent Kimball has se- 9 cted sites for two new life saving stations. W ne is on Rocky Point, near Orient, and the . 1 :her about half way between Far Rockaway 8j id Long Reach. . It was reported In Washington that Spain's 1 .inisters have agreed to pay the long stand- I ig Mora claim of 81,500,000. l The annual settlements at the Philadel- I hia. San Francisco and New Orleans Mints 1 ave been complete3. 1 Bids for the construction of the six new unboats ordered by the last Congress have 3en asked for. Benjamin Harrison Milliken. Private ecretary to Senator Harris, of Tennessee, as indicted by the Grand Jury of the Dis^ ict of Columbia on the charge of feloniously atering the dwelling of Samuel F. Phillip?, i Washington. Caesar Celso Moreno, once Prime Minister f Hawaii, was arrested in Washington larged with criminally libelling Baron ava, the Italian Amb?ssabor. ' jag Domestic. BECOBD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS. Per Per Clnbs. Won. T/iit. rt Club''. Won. I.ut ot. lttsburg.,40 23 .588 Brooklyn..37 80 .552 allimore. 37 26 . 587 Phila.lel.. .35 30 .538 ' levekind. 43 31 .581 New York.34 32 .515 inclnnati40 29 .580 Washlncr'n 24 36 .400 oston. ..36 28 . 563St. Louis..24 48 .333 hicago.. .42 33 .560 Louisville. 12 53 .185 At San Francisco, Cal.. Kurd Martens, ex leutenant in the Germany army and an H eir lo an estate valued at $3,000,000 in the 1 atherland, killed himself while on a de- l auch. /m Louis Hermann, convict, just released ,j rom the penitentiary, killed his girl wife in ew York City, because he was jealous. A man said to be Magistrate Newsman, of ?. 'rinidad, West Indies, was arrested In Brookm for the theft of $250,000 trust funds. There was an uprising of Bannock Indians . t i Wyoming; the settlers were said to be in srious danger. At Amesbury, Mass., the 400 Hamilton Mill trikers voted to return to work at the old rages. ' Five men were badly scalded by the buret- M ig of a cylinder on the United 8tates torpedo oat Ericsson at 8aybrook, Conn. . 'k'-.'M California peaches are selling for $20 a ton , ,J5 i the orchards. In a riot at Learned, Miss., two men were llled and several injured. President Roosevelt, of the Police Board. ave out statistics, showing that crime haa ot increased in New York City, bat had dereased recently. The United States Grand Jory presentment * >n the escape ia New York City of the Po3tfflce robbers blames SherifT Tamsen, says he management of Ludlow Street Jail was udicrous and censures ex-Warden Raabe for upidity and ex-Keepers Schneer and Shoen or 'stupidity and carelessness. Mrs. Mary 8pivey was arrested at Montomery. Ala., charge.! with having poioned her husband, W. H. Splvey. Mr. piveyhad 37000 life insurance in favor of is wife, for $5000 of whioh she paid preliums without his knowledge. The Rev. Arthur Brooks. D. D., brother of be late Phillips Brooks, died on the steamhln Fnda on her vovaare to Now York. At La Platn, Md.. Mr?. Belle Farrell was cqaltted by the jury which tried her on the harge of poisoning her husband. The jury ras out only an hour, and arrived at a erdict after but little discussion. t Deaf mutes celebrated in New York City lie golden wedding anniversary of Dr. Galindet, their benefactor. Five thousand miners voted to go on strike t Ishpeming, Mich. Mary Taylor, eight years, granddaughter f General John P. Taylor, was gored to eath by a mad bull at Reedaville, Penn. Jacob Rothschild was instantly killed at rem phis. Tenu., by Dr. John D. White, a, jading physician. The tragedy occurred in Iain street, in front of the music store in rhich Rothschild was chief salesman. ealousy was the cause. Congressman Frederick Remann, of the lYIIIth Illinois District, died at Vandalia. The Defender and the Vigilant had a short rial race off Newport, R. L, in which the armer proved her superiority. Dfeming, New Mexico, reports the heaviest ains for years. Much damage has been done o railroads by washouts. At Fort Smith, irk., rain fell steadily for three day3. Westrn Texas was also deluged. Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania, igued a proclamation calling on ail citizens to urnish their full quota toward the State's epresentation at the Atlanta Exposition. 4 John Hoch shot and killed Minnie Ingeroil, near Utica, N. Y.. because she would ot accept bis attentions. It was his second Imilar offence. He vjas pardoned for the rst offence. 1 , Daniel Ackerman, a laborer, killed his rife on the railroad track at Smith's Hill, [. J., and tut his own throat. Jealousy was ie inspiring cause of the crime. Cashier C. 0. Davis, of Peru, Iowa, is ilsaing with $10,000 in cash. Zimmerman made a mile on a bicycle in 57 4-5 at Asbary Park, N. J., breaking the SUWJtU. The entire Spanish Legation was transited from Washington to Boston to be ear President Cleveland and Secretary lney. $3 ' ~M Foreign Note*. There was great ex :itement in the Belgian hatnber of Deputies over an attack on the oyal family by M. Demblon, a Socialist ember. The Italian Senate, by a large majority. )ted to make September22. the anniversary E the evacuation of Rome by the Pope's oops, a day of general fete. The People's Bank, of Montreal, Canada. ;cided to suspend payment, and many largo istitutions in that city are likely to be recked. Five million dollars are involved i the suspension. General Arminara defeated a combination rebel leaders in Vista Hermosa, Cuba, and le insurgents met with a heavy loss. The isurgents burned the town of Clara, Cuba. 1 one part of the island a provisional gov nment has been established. The 106th anniversary of the fall of tho nstlle was celebrated in Paris, France, with ore than usual fervor. English election results showed Conservave gains. Sir William Harcourt was deated at Derbv. In the final heat at Henley, England, tor e Grand Challenge Cup, the Trinity Hall Jambrldge) Rowing Club crew, which deI hoo f fKo VrtU' rd)Boat Club crew, and thus captured the opny representing the blue ribbon of [uatics. The bodies of Nellie and Alice Pitezel, au leged body of whose father, Benjamin Pite1, was palmed off on an insurance cominy by Herman Mudgett, were found in >ronto, Canada. In a collision which has occurred between to immigrant trains at San Pablo, Province Corrientes, Argentina,, fifteen persons ere killed and thirty injured. Nicolas Plerola, head of the revolutionary irty in Peru, ha? been elected President of e Republic. The President of the Republic of Switzernd has been chosen to bouud the limits of ' e Amapa territory In Brazil, disputed for ree centuries by France aud Brazil. Cornell University crew won the first heat the Henley regatta in England owing to e failure of the Leander crew, their strongt rivals, to finish the race. Fire destroyed 230 houses in the town of .mbrow, Government of Lomsha, Poland. vo thousand people were renderai homase. . ... / . . ^