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Hm CHOP REPORT.
Facts Gathered by Agents of the Aeri/
cultural Department,
/cotton and wheat prospects,
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In Spite of the l)rv Weather In the Earlj
Sprlnc the Crops Are a Little Fnrthe:
Advanced Than Usual?There Hai
Been Some Diminution of the Wlnte:
Wheat Area.
Washington, June 11.?The consolidate!
return of reports of the Statistical Divisioi
of the Department of Agriculture for th<
month of June shows the State percentagi
of acreage of cotton, as compared with las
year, to be as follows: Virginia, 107; Nortl
Carolina, 117; South Carolina, 111; Georgia
113; Alabama, 112; Mississippi. 114: Louisi
ana. 109; Texas, 116; Arkansas. 130; Ten
nessee, 128; Indian Territory, 161; Missouri
163; Oklahoma, 1S4.
The general average is 116.2, being 1.3 pei
cent, increase over the May statement. The
averaee condition of th* crop for June 1
was: Virginia, 91; North Carolina. 90: South
Carolina. 97; Georgia, 98: Florida. 85: Alabama,
103; Miest?sippi, 104; Louisiana, 94;
Texas, 92; Arkansas, 102; Tennessee, 118;
- - - ? /V*
Missouri, irj; general average. ji.c.
In the Atlantic States, in spite of the dry
weather in early spring, the crop is a little
earlier than usual. Poor stands, on account
of droucht. are reported from two connties
in North Carolina and South Carolina
and from seven couuties in Georgia.
But the plants are in fine condition as respects
both cultivation and growth throughout
this region. In Florida the crop is late
and stands are poor on account of excessive
drought. From Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana,
Arkansas, Tennessee and Indian
Territory the reports ire unusually encouraging.
The crop is not only early, but stands
are good, the plant free from crass, and outlook
promising for all crop. In a few localities,
however, there are complaints of damage
by out worms and lice.
In Texas the conditions have been less
favorable than In the Atlantic and Gulf
States. The cold, damp weather at seeding
time not only makes the crops late, but
has resulted in infesting ma :y fields in a
large area la the southwestern part of the
State with all manner of insects that damage
the plant. A considerable improvement,
however, has been made within tho
past month. First plantings seem to be doing
much better than later ones. In many of
the heavy producing counties the stands are
good and indicate a close approximation to
a full crop.
Acreage of wheat percentages of areas
harvested last year have been obtained
from a greatly enlarged list of-correspo'ndents.
inquiries being addressed in particular
to 15,000 of the principal millers
tnrougnout tne country, 10 wuusr t-iirciui
comparison of present acreage witb that
of previous years many corrections of the
preliminary estimate of December last ore
due. There has been some diminution of
winter wheat area, owing to the total failure
of the crop in some sections, the ground
being plowed for spring wheat or oats.
These returns, reduced to acres, give for the
principal winter States: California. 3,011,000;
Kansas, 2,684.000; Ohio, 2,422 000;
Indiana, 2.294.000; Illinois, 1.906 C00; Missouri,
1.418.000; Pennsylvania, 239,030; Michigan,
1,202,000: total winter area. 22,794,000.
Spring States: Minnesota. 3.200,000; North
Dakota, 2,530,000; South Dakota, 2.463,000;
Nebraska, 1,824,000; total spring area, 11,825,000.
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS MEET.
Senator Gorman Takes Hold and the Silver
Men Are Beaten.
The attempt to commit the Democratic
oartv of Maryland to a free silver declara
tion was defeated by a vote of 87><j to 29%
in the State Convention at Baltimore. Senator
Gorman prc-sldod as Temporary and
Permanent Chairman.
After disposing of the money question,
delegates to the National Democratic Convention
and Presidential electors were
chosen. They will each have half a vote in
the convention and are uninstructcd.
The money plank as finally adopted wa?:
"Believing that the true interests of the
people require that the earnings of agriculture
and trade and the wages of labor should
be paid in money that is intrinsically worth
in all the markets of the world what it purports
to be worth, we demand the maintenance
of the existing gold standard of value,
and, further, that the Government shall keep
all its obligations at all times redeemable
and payable in money of the greatest intrinsic
value and o* the hiehest standard
adopted by the civilized Nations of the
world; and we, therefore, resolutely oppose
the free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 to 1."
CONVENTION HALL DEDICATED.
Ten Thousand People Take Part in the
Ceremonial at St. Louis.
The magnificent Auditorium at 8L Louis,
Mo., built for the Republican National Convention,
was formally dedicated with enthusiastic
ceremonies.
The interior of the building was brilliantly
illuminated for the occasion, and a crowd of
over ten thousand persons was in attendance.
Speeches were made by Mayor Walbridge,
on behalf of the city of St. Louis; President
Samuel Konnard, of the Business Men's
T flntrnn r>n/1 TT A QfnnorH An
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elaborate programme of vocal and instrumental
music was carried out.
The occasion thoroughly tested the acoustic
properties of the Auditorium, and they
were pronounced perfect. The hall seats
14,125 persons, and the chairs are so arranged
as to give every occupant an unobstructed
view of the chairman's desk.
KILLED BY A I5-YEAR.0LD BOY.
The Lad Told Mr. Lindgard He Would
Shoot If Be Came Nearer and He Did.
Thomas Lindgard, a farmer living near
Quay's Crossing, Canada, was shot and instantly
killed by a lad of fifteen years named
Prentiss, an inmate of the Bernards Home,
Toronto. Prentiss was rabbit shooting on
Llndgard's farm, and Lindgard ordered him
off his DroDertv. The bov refusing to obev.
Llndgnrd said if he did not he would put
him ofT by force, and advanced toward Prentiss.
The latter raised his gun and said:
"If you come another step I will shoot you
Jead."
Lindgard continued to advance, when the
boy fired, tbe charge taking effect in Llndgard's
neck, killing him almost instantly.
8ome farmers promptly arrested Prentiss.
i ?
A Criminal Beheaded.
A criminal namedOehlmann was beheaded
at Brunswick, Germany, for the murder of
* - ' An hia wnr tn fhP
UJ5 ItUUl auu VUUSlll. vu u.t; ?
place of execution Oehlmann attempted to
commit suicide by throwing himself over the
prison staircase, dragging with him the warden
who had him in charge The warden
was frightfully and fatally hurt.
Tlio Theater Bonnet.
The Federation of Women's Clubs, ir
3{=sion at Louisville, Kv., unanimously do
ilared against the bonnet or high hat in interior
placcs of amusement.
Prominent People.
T'<f> row Shall of Persia is said to bo a
?? l i-1
Christian XI. of Penaiark is tho oldest
King of Europe. baing seventy-nine.
Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, who is seventy
years old. has been in Congress sinco
1361.
Emperor William has volunte-ro i to act a?
godfather of Count William Bismarck's new
General Baratior!, the unsuccessful Italian
General tn Africa, It is said, has practically
lost his mind.
Charlotte Bronte's husband, tho Bev. Arthur
Bell Xicholld, is sti;l -J've, though he is
in feeble health.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED'
Washington Itrmi. J
Mr. Aldrlch, Republican contestant from
the Ninth Alabama District, was seated
by the House. i
Senator Woicott's resolution to investigate
the Sherman statue award was defeated.
Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle crave the
text of his*statement to the Senate Committee
chareed with the investigation of the sale
of bonds of the United States in the years I
1 1894-95-96.
The President sent to the Senate the nomination
of R. M. Bartleman, of Massachur
setts, to be Consul at Malaga, Spain. 1
P Secretary Smith has appointed T. D
Loach, of Texas, principal examiner and J
' F. Wooten, of Georgia, Chief of Division in
r the Bureau of Pensions.
William Dubois was appointed head usher
at the Executive Mansion in place of George
. Dexter, of Michigan, apppointed a Postoffice
Inspector. Mr. Dubois is a native of New
i York. 1
? The President nominated G. F. Smithers. *
of Delaware, now Deputy Consul at Osalcl c
t and Hioga, Japan, to be Consul at Chung Ki- j.
ansr, China.
5 The House, by a vote of 113 to 5, adopted
i the resolution giving to Martin (Pop., N. C.),
the seat occupied bv Lockbart (Dem.). Rina- \
. ker (Rep., III.) was"piven the seat ol Down- f
lng (Dem.) by a vote of 167 to 51.
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. Domestic.
! EECOBD OF THE LEAGUE CLTTBS. ^
Per Per }
Clnt*. Won. Lost, ot I Club*. Lost ct ?
Cleveland 26 13 .667 Chfcapro. .22 23 .489 b
Baltimore.27 13 .643|tirooklvn.2l 2'i .438 (
Cincinnati27 18 .600 Pittsburg.20 21 .488
Philadel.,26 19 .578 New York20 24 .455 <3
Boston....23 18 .561 St. Louls.13 29 .810 a
W'shing'n21 20 .512 Louisville..9 33 .214 *
The Legislature of Massachusetts ad- c
journed sine die.
A cyclone swept over a portion of Cocke
County, Tennessee, and laid waste a tract
of land three-quarters of a mile in length
and a quarter of a mile wide. It carried
trees, fences, telephone poles and everything
in its track.
The United States battleship Massachusetts
was placed in commission at the League
Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia.
Unscrupulous specu ators circulated falsereports
in Wall street in the vain hODe of
causing a panic. Wall str?et, at the same
time, was duped by a rumor that a warlike
message on Cuba was to be issued by the
President, and in two hours bears gathered
in about $500,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson have
made the formal announcement in New York
City of the engagement of their daughter,
Grace, to Cornelius Yanderbilt, Jr., son of
the millionaire.
By premature explosion of 180 cans of dytiAmlfo
nt T.illv Punti Afielinol St>Avmn<5ki I
was killed and live fellow workmen on the
Pennsylvania Railroad were probably fatally
injured.
Captain John G. Bonrke, of the Third
Cavalry, United States Army, a wellknown
Indian fighter and frontier soldier,
died in Philadelphia, Penn.,at the Polyclinic
Hospital, where he had been under treatment
for several weeks tor an abdominal trouble.
He was about fifty years of age.
Dwipht Steere, a life convict for murder,
and William Johnson, who had served eight
terms for various crimes, secured a key and
escaped from the State prison at Wethers
field, Conn,
Two children, eight and eleven years old
respectively, of Mull Clerk J. E. Jones, of
North Ternon, Ind., were drdwned in the
water works at that place.
Four men and tnree women of East Pittsbnrg
went fishing on the Monongahela, got
drunk and were run down by the packet
James G. Blaine. Two of them?a man and
a woman, names unknown?were drowned.
Ex-State Senator Tobias Lord, of Ste?p
Falls, Me., shot and killed himself as he was
being taken to an insane asylum.
During a heavy electrical storm at Clearfield,
Penn., Mrs. George Hess, of Stonoville,
was killed by lightning.
Fred Bush, aged seventeen, and Fred E
Smarr, about the same age, were drowned tl
In the Ohio River off Augusta, Ey., while
bathing. C<
Thomas Thompson, of Jersey, N. J., while ^
riding a bicjvle. rode over the precipice of
the Gorge, on the Palisades, falling twenty B'
feet. He received fatal injuries. .
The handsome bronze statue of B-njamln ^
Franklin, presented to the printers of Chi- a'
capo by Joseph Medill. and erected in Lin- jE
coin Park, Chicago, was unveiled. tc
Charles P. Symonds. a prominent citizen w
of Salem, Mass., was found guilty in the ri
United States Circuit Court of violating the a
contract alien labor laws by employing ac st
Englishman and bringing him to this coun- aj
try. The verdict carries with it a fine of
$1000. tc
An eight-year-old son of Henry Acklen, of
Racine, Wis., was torn to pieces by two bull* b<
logs while returning from school 63
A Long Island City jury found a verdict
for $5000 acainst Dr. Seigbert Balaban for
making a similar statement about a woman
patient as did Dr. Playfair, the London
physician.
nn/1 Tinr>1 corrflnto e\
who were arrested in London with the family cc
jewels in their possession, arrived in New jj,
York in charge of detectives.
Henry B. Hill, who for thirty years past di
was cnshier of the Catskill (N. Y.) National tt
Bank, died, aged seventy-nine. His sister, tt
widow of Dr. A. Cooke Hull, who was a
prominent New York physician, died the tt
same morning. ai
Joseph Windrath, one of the slayers of 8J
Carey B. Birch, receiver and cashier of the
West Chicago Street Railway Company, was
hanged at the county jail at Chicago, 111.
Mayor Strong, of New York City, trans- y
ferred from the exempt schedule to the com- ?
petitive list, subject to the rules of Civil 8er- c?
vice examination, 140 city offices, with
annual salaries aggregating $318,000.
At Ellsworth, Me., Burton E. Frazer, re
twenty-seven years old, died from an over- u<
dose of morphine prepared by his friend Qi
James Clouffh. and administered by Miss
Nellie Newell, his sweetheart. Frazer had g(
been suffering from acute rheumatism. g?
The Ynle erew that is to race at Henley, st
England, left New Haven, Conn., and the si
students gave the oarsmen a rousingsend-off.
Equestrian statues of Generals Meade and ^
Hancock were unveiled on the battlefield of ^
Gettysburg, Penn.
John Boylan. a lineman, was shocked to'
death on an electric-light pole in Brooklyn. ^
Antoine Nedou, aged sixty-seven, and his
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Levy Paulin, were p)
thrown from a buggy at Clinton, Mass., and gi
killed. pi
v
Forelcm Note*. ni
As a memorial of his coronation, the Czar ^
of Russia has given $75,000 to *haritie9. ^
Spanish Cabinet Ministers denied the re- H
port of negotiations with Cubans to restore w
peace. General Weyler gave a dinner to ol
General Lee.
Macfarlane's column of Britishers bad a d
sharp brush near Imguza, South Africa, with c<
a force of Maiabelts. The latter were routed, r<
with the loss of thirty killed. Two troopers ^
were wounded. * a'
The Chambers of Commerce of the Empire j!
decided to ask the British Government to
second any suggestion made by the Colonies T
for a closer commercial union." ^
s
Two British r fftct-rs were arrested at Metz tj
on suspicion of being spies engaged in obtaining
information regarding Germany's D
fortifications. {,
Discouraging reports of the condition of C
nffairs in Cuba were published in Madrid. tl
Chambers of Commerce of the British Emimnrans,!
in T..'.ndnn to con.'illL-r com- 1
IrTcinl union. ^
Tli?- Egyptian cavalry occupied an aban- ,v
dored can. p of t lie Dervishes in the Soudan J
and captured n great quantity of stores. c
The new Hungarian houses of Parliament j
| were opened with groat ceremony. f
i Mobs gathered iu Barcelona. Spain, and d
I threatened to lynch the prisoner? suspected b
! of complicity in the Anarchist outrage by a
i which eleven persons were killed: martial
| law was proclaimed by the authorities. r
| The Egyptian mixed tribunal decided ^
I against granting funds for the expenses of
! the Soudan oxpedition.
I onlohrntpristntps. .
j uif" j: riui'juiff oiuiuu, iuv v..v ?.? -~ j(
. man. life member of tho French Senate, j
: member of the French Academy, and form- r
erly Prime Minister of France, died a few j
clays ago in Paris. ^
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ma con DM
Thrown From a Carriage on His Estate
at Newport, N. H.
:AMILY WITNESS THE ACCIDENT.
Us Coachman Also Killed and His Grandson
and Dr. Kunzler Seriously Injured
?Horses, Driven for the First Time
Without Blinders, Become Frightened
?Mr. Corbln's Career.
Newport, N. Hm June 6.?Austin Corbin,
he multi-millionaire, the master spirit of
he intricate Long Island Railway system,
niei owner 01 ouannanan ueacn ana leaaer
a the restoration of the Long Island wllderiess
to beauty and attractiveness, was kllbd
1 hi? country house, two miles from this
lllage, Thursday afternoon by being thrown
rom his carriage. The accident occured at
o'clock. His fortune is estimated at $10,
00,000.
Mr, Corbin, with his wife and daughter
Lnnie, left their New York City mansion last
peek aqd took up their summer life on the
Ine New Hampshire farm known as "Coriln's
Wonderland," with its fish and game
larks and other attractions.
The accident took place at 3 o'clock yesterlay
afternoon. Mr. Corbin had made prep.rations
for a fishing trip to the pond in his
amous Blue Mountain rant, ana tne parry,
onsisting ol himself, his grandson, Corbin
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AUSTIN COBBIN. PRESIDEN
(Who was killed In a runaway aeci
dgell, and Dr. Paul Eunzler, started from
ie house.
A pair of horses which Mr. Corbin had resntly
purchased were harnessed to a light,
fo-seated open carriage. They were driven
>r the first time by Coachman John 8.
tokes.
The horses were driven without blinders
?r the first time. About half way down the
nveway from the house Mr. Oorbin raised
sun umbrella, which frightened the horses
tto a run. Coachman 8tokes was not able
> hold them, and at the end of the driveay,
where there is an abrupt turn, the carage
was dashed out of the road. It struck
tree and threw the occupants out, down a
eep embankment, about eight feet high,
gainst a stone wall.
When the injured mpn bad been removed
? the house. Mr. Corbin's condition was
t-i- -J-Ui. U~A
>en to De very serious, me ngm 10^ uau
sen broken, both above and below the knee,
id crushed in a terrible manner. A large
:alp wound, about four Inches long, was
it to the bone on his forehead, and there
as another cut nearly as long and deep on
le right side of the head. His lip and chin
ere also badly torn.
Dr. Cilley, of Boston, reached Newport at
o'clock p. m., and everything was done
> alleviate Mr. Ccrbin's sufferings until
Bath released him at 9.45 p. m.
John S. Stokes, the coachman, sustained a
suble fracture of the right leg and a fractre
of the base of the skull. He lived about
iree hours after the accident.
Mr. CorbJn's grandson had a double fracire
of the right leg, and Dr. Kunzier's left
to was broken near the wrist and his ankle
>rained.
Sketch of His Career.
Austin Corbin was at different stages of ]
is life successful as a lawyer, banker and
itlroad man, but it was as the latter he beime
most famous.
He was born in Newport, N. H., on July |
, 1827. His father was well to do, and he 1
ceived a common school and academy edition.
He studied law with Chief Justice
ushing and Governor Ralph Metcalf.
After that, he went to Harvard Law
rhool, and was admitted to the New Hamplire
bar. He was soon taken into partnertip
by Governor Metcalf and practiced
lccessfully until October, 1851.
In that year he gave up his practice In
ewport, ana moved to Davenport, la.,
here he soon became known as a successful
iwyer. In 1854 he became a partner in the
inking firm of Macklot Sc Corbin. The firm
aalt largely in Western mortgages and
arte money rapidly.
When the National Banking law was
issed he saw its advantages and at once or- I
inized the First National Bank of Davenjrt.
It began business June 29, 1863, and
as the first National bank opened for busies
in the countrv.
In 1865 he sold out his business Interests In
avenport. and came to New York Olty. Here
e established the Corbin Banking Company.
!e became interested in railroads, and was
ithin a few years known as a large holder
t stock In good properties.
In 1873, while staying with one of his chilren,
who was ill at Coney Island, he con;ived
the idea of making it the great met)politan
watering place. He bought the
est half of the island, built railroads to it
nd hotels and resorts on it. Its success was
istantaneous. find he made millions out of
scheme.
He next bought up all the rivals roads on
ions Island and consolidated tliem into one
istem, which gave him a monopoly of the
ransportation business of the entire island.
H* became even better known by the
rominent part he took in the re-organizaion
of the Reading system, aud New Jersey
eutral Railway. He took the latter out of
tie hands of a receiver and made it a divien
I paving property within throe years.
is'Mdestiie immediate members of his family
Ir. Corbin is survived by grand-children,
rho wid aimost ct-rtainly share in the euorious
wealth h'; leaves.
?.Ir. Corliin established a came preserve
ailed lit no Mountain Forest, near Newport,
i. Ii., which ha* become famous. It conains
nearly 30,OUO a"re.s, niiil in it are elk;
ear, bulYaio, wild boar, and other kinds ol
ig same. He also hau a farm of about 7l0
cres on Long Island.
In 1853. at Davenport, Mr. Corbin marled
Hannah M. Wheeler, u 'laughter of
imon Wheeler, of Newport, N. H., his native
own.
His eldest daughter, Mary, married Rene
!heronnet Champollion. Sho died in Paris
our vears ago, leaving a son, Andre, now in
his country. Champollion is also dead,
sabella Corbin is tbo wife of George S.
Idgell, 5Lr. Corbin's partner. Another
aughter Is unmarried, and Austin Corbin,
r.. Is at Harvard.
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STATE CONVENTIONS.
The Delegates Chosen and the Financial
Flanks Adopted.
Conventions to take action in regard to
the coining nominating conventions met In
various States and took action as follows:
Lexikgto>*, Ky.: The Kentucky Democratic
State Convention was in session two
days. The Committee on Permanent Organization
reported complete reorganization of
county committees, as well as State organiz- i
ation, silver men being put in charge, with
Major P. P. Johnston, of Lexington, Chairman
of both State, Executive and Central
Committees. This removes State headquar- '
ters away from Louisville to Lexington.
A long discussion followed the return of
the majority report, declaring for the free
coinage of silver and nominating Senator
Blackburn for the Presidency. The majority
report was adopted?veas, 678; nays, 214.
Blackburn, Hardin, Rhea and Ellis were
elected delegates-at-large. Next to Blackburn,
the delegates' choice for President is t
is Bland, of Missouri. t
Staustos, Va.: Virginia Democrats met
at Staunton and sent to the National Demo- *
cratic Convention twenty-four delegates in- t
structed to vote for free and unlimited coiu- .
age of silver. The Uuit rule was adopted.
The money plank approved by the convention,
which was written by Senator Daniel, r
is as follows: We hereby instruct all of the i
delegates from Virginia to the National
Democratic Convention at Chicago to vote
tor a platform declaring for the free and un- t
limited coinage of silver and gold at the
ratio of 16 to 1, and for candidates for Prest- ,
dent and Vice-President who openly advo- j
cate that prlnoiple. The convention was (
composed of 871 gold standard men and (
1276 silverites. Resolutions favoring free ?
sliver were adopted, rne nunomy kjjuh
was voted down?1276 to 371.
Jamzstoww, North Dakota: The Democratic
State Convention adopted a free sliver
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T LONG ISLAND RAILROAD.
dent on his farm In Newport, N. H.)
platform. The following, delegates to tha
Chicago Convention were elected: State Senator
Rich Williams, of Grand Forks; J. J. >
Hill, of Burleigh; R, Hartman, of Cass: Eaton,
of Ramsey; Wilson, of Pomblna. The
delegates were instructed to vote for free
coinage of botb gold and silver at the ratio t
of 16 to 1 and to vote for a candidate for :
President who would stand on that plat- !
form. t
Lswistox, Me.: The Maine Populists met J
In State Convention. After indorsing the
Omaha platform, the resolutions demanded r
Via fraa unlnacrfl nf hnth silver ftnd ffold in a
ratio of 16 to 1, without asking the consent *
of any othor Nations, and further demanded ^
that no bonds shall be issued under any clr- :
cumstances hereafter. Luther C. Bateman
was nominated for Governor.
Closing: Days of Congress. t
The 8eimte passed the Filled Cheese bill c
Without amendment. i
Senator Cullom introduced a bill for a j
peace monument at Appomattox, Va.
The United States Millers' League, at J
Cleveland, Ohio, appealed to Congress to ;
pass the Reciprocity bill.
The House Committee on Ways and Means, t
by a vote of 13 to 2. decided to report ad- c
Tersely tne Ann-jjona dui passea oy iuo c
Senate. c
In reporting n bill for the construction of *
the Nicaragua Canal, Senator Morgan asked
that December 14 next be fixed for considering
the bill.
The bills lately before Congress tor the
erection in Washington of monuments and
statues to distinguished men provided for an
expenditure of over $1,500,000.
The River and Harbor Appropriation bill,
which was passed over the President's veto,
was signed oy the presiding officers of both
Houses and sent to tne State Department for
record.
The project for a pan-American Congress
was jjiven definite form in a resolution introduced
in the House by Mr. Smith (Mich.) '
authorizing the President to call such a con
| The final conference report on the General j
! Deficiency Appropriation bill was agreed to
| by the House. The Senate amendments to the t
bill to retire Commander Quackenbush were r
adopted. ,
The 8enate rejected the nomination of
William H. Fowle, to be Collector of Internal c
j Revenue for the Sixth District o* Virginia. c
The two Senators from Virginia were not t
consulted about the appointment, besides 1
| which ttier.j were charges to the effect that j
Mr. Fowle would not make a satisfactory of- i
flclal.
In the House Mr. Phillips, Chairman of 1
the Committee on Labor, called up his bill (
to create an industrial commission of twelve J
members, three representatives each of J
labor, agriculture, manufacture and busi- j
ness, salaried at S50c0. each group to have 1
a legal adviser at $5009, the duties of :ho I
commission to be to investigate questions
pertaining to immigration. It was passed J
without opposition. j;
Senator Morrill, Chairman of the Finance j
Committee, reported a joint resolution to
authorize a scientific investigation of the fur
seal fisheries, and it was considered and
passed. It authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury to expend $5000 for the employ- ?
meut of persons to conduct ascientiflc inves- j
tigation in the fiscal years 1S'J6 and 1S97 aa t
to the fur seal herds on the Pribilof and (
other islands ana m lieiing oeu. j
The Senate adopted the conference report \
on the Indian Appropriation bill. The controversy
had l>een oi?. the proposition to impose
cit?zjnshlp on the Indian# of the five
civilized tribes. When the Indian bill shall
become a law. those Indians will have lost ?
their tribal relations aud will havo become i
citizens of the United States. Tim coi.fer- s
rees reached aa airreenvnt on the school c
question Tin* Senate refused t>? icce.le from i
its amendment continuing the coutraot
schools up to the first day of July, ISM.
The President's Family (jo to Gray Gables. C
Mrs. Cleveland and her three littlo girls, 1
Ruth, Esther, and Marion, aud her maid, left j
Washington by a sp cial car for tho Presi- \
dent's summer cottage, "Gray Oables," at r.
Buzzard's Bay, Mass. I:
^
Rewnrd for lynchers.
Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, bas offered
a reward of ?500 each for tho first ton ot the
lynehors of Jesse Slayton and Will Miles ar? 1
? f^fnl amount. i
resrea, iuus covcriuy iuo ?.?#?? --
45000, authorized by the statute to be paid ?
for such a purpose. I t
raom b? cimlm
Ths President Disapproved the General
Deficiency Measure.
ANOTHER BILL QUICKLY PASSED.
rile IJome Sustained the Veto by 172 to
40?The French Spoliation and Other
Claims Objectionable?Those Items Cut
Ont and the Measure Pat Through Without
Any Delay.
Washington. Juno 8.?The President sent
o the House of Representatives Saturday afernoon
a message vetoing the General Delciency
Appropriation bill. He replied briefly
o the criticisms of his exercise of the veto
>ower, and said he had hurried the preparaion
of the message in order that Congress
night take action in the matter without deav.
The irround for the veto was the pro
rislon for the payment of the French spoliaion
claims.
The President's veto was based upon two
pounds?flrst, that the bill was, in mmy of
ts features, far removed from a legitimate
leflclency bill, and, second, that the specific
ilalms to which he referred were not just
ind equitable claims against the United
Jtates; that their payment would amount to
he (riving of gratuities, and that they would
)e payments of grace, and not of right.
In his veto the President say*:
"This bill is in many of Its features far renoved
from a legitimate deficiency bill, and
t contain* a number of appropriations
vhlch seem to me to be exceeding'y quesJonable.
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'?ne Dm appropriates 9i,u2f,3i*.u? iui a
partial payment upon claims which oriRinnt3d
in depreciation? upon our commerce by
French cruisers and vessels during the closng
year of the last century. They have besome
quite familiar to those having Congressional
experience, as they have been
pressed for recognition and payment, with
iccasional intervals of repose, for nearly one
lundred years.
"I do not understand It to be asserted that
here exists any legul liability against the
Government on account of its relations to
:hese claims. At the term of the Supreme
3ourt just finished the Chief Justice, in an
jpinion concerning them and the action of
Congress in appropriating for their payment,
said: 'We think that payments thus pre
jcriuwu iu ue mtiuu >voro ^uipuc^ij vivu^uk
within th? catagory of payments by way of
jratuity?payments of grace and not of
right.'
"If Injustice has been done In the refusal
)f these claims. It began early In the present
sentury, and may be charged against men
;hen in public life more conversant than we
:an be with the facts involved and whose
ionesty and sense of right ought to be secure
from suspicion.
"I think it will be found that in all bills
proposed for the payment of these claims
Ihe sum to be appropriated for that purpose
iid not eicced 85,000,000. It is now estimated
lhat those already passed upon, with those
still pending for examination in the Court of
Claims, may amount to ?25,000,000. This inlicate<3
either that the actual sufferers, or
:hose nearer to them in time and blood than
:he present claimants, underestimated their
osses, or that there has been a great development
in the manner of their presentation.
"rue appropriations ro lnaemnuy a^masi
jisurance losses rest upon weaker grounds,
t seems to me, than those of owners, but in
:he light of all the facts and circumstances
surrounding these spoliation claims, as they
ire called, none of them, in my opinion,
ihould be paid by the Government."
THE HOUSE SUSTAINS THE VETO.
I. New Bill, With tho Objectionable Features
Left Out, Immediately Pasted.
Washington*, June 8.?Speaker Reea, imnedlately
after it was received, laid before
he House the President's veto of the Geniral
Deficiency bill, and it was read. From
he applause which swept over the hall at
he close of the reading it was apparent that
he message met nearly general approval.
The Committee on Appropriations had full
inowiedge of the Intention of the President,
md had already prepared a deficiency bill
ixcluding the claims objected to by Mr.
Cleveland, and also the war claims under
he Bowman act.
Representative Cannon, of Illinois, heartier
upported the veto, and gave the advocates
>f war olaims to understand very clearly
hat although their claims had not been
ibjected to by the President they would
lot be included in the new deficiency bilL
le also announced that if the Senate again
astened them on the bill he would hold Congress
in session a montb, if necessary, before
te would let the measure go to the President
rith these claims included.
"If Congress,"' said he, "refuses to pass a
>111 appropriating for the ordinary expenses
>f the Government without 700 claims fast>ned
on by the Senate, there is nothing but
l healthy, wholesome public sentiment to fall
>aefc upon."
The vote was then taken on passing the
>ill over the President's veto. It was deeated
by a vote of 40,to 149.
Mr. Cannon then moved to suspend the
ules and pass bis new General Deficiency
>111. The men interested in the discarded
ilaims filibustered all they could, but the
>ill was passed by a vote of 172 to 43.
Phe new bill appropriates, in round num>ers,
?2,000,000 less than the one vetoed.
ANARCHIST BOMBS.
Jlx Persons Killed and Twenty-four Hart I
in Barcelona, Spain.
The Anarchists have resumed their activity
n Barcelona, Spain, and much fear is enterained
that they will inaugurate another
elgn of terror similar to that which pre
mailed in 1892 and 1893.
During a relijrious procession on the feast
)f Corpus Christi a bomb was thrown in a
lust neap near the cathedral. The bomb ex>loded
when the processionists worn enterng
the Church of Santa Maria and the peo
)le were panic stricken by the explosion and
ts effects.
Six persons were killed by the explosion
ind twenty-four wounded. The CaptainJeneral
of the province of Barcelona acted
is standard bearer in the procession, while
he v^ril Governor and the city Alcalde held
he streamers of the banner. It is thought
hat the designers of the outrage contemjlatei
killiDg these officials.
Two dynamite cartridges exploded outside
>f a house occupied by a priest at Orendain,
It. Sobastain, province of Gnipuzcoa,
}pain. The house and other buildings were
>adly damaged, but nobody was hurt.
Anthrax Epidemic In the South.
Reports from Tonsas, La., say that the
mthrax is affecting all kinds of domestic an
mals from poultry up to horses, and that
hreo colored men have tiled of the disoase.
)ne man knew of 250 mules that had died.
Pne deer in the forest are said to bo dying
pith every symptom of this complaint.
Utali Democrats for Free Coinage.
Tile Democrats of Utah in convention
it Salt L-ike City adopted a platform deeiarns
lor the freo and unlimited coinage of
ilwr, the divorce of Church and S ate. and
ilected delegates to the Chicago Convention
nstructed to vote for these principles.
Showing tlie Crown llegalia.
Tho Auitro-Huuirary crowa regalia wr.s
[isplayed at li;i lapest in connection with
he celebration in honor of tho on-s thouandth
anniversary of the founding ot the
lungarian kingdom. The regalia was
iewe I by C:)0,Oi)J persons. while 503.0 K)
.tliurc nr.?rr? llll:lllhl t. I'llil: :! til tllO
>uil<ling in whioLi tiic cjibldias oi royalty
vero uisplaycd.
Hurricanes in Germany.
Violent hurricanes, aecompaniel by rain,
lave prevailed throughout Germany, eating
great damage to property. The tele;rapti
and telephone wires were prostrated,
ind communication by wire, particularly
lirmich thrt f p'ftnhnnA traj 4iifinnnr1t>i1.
CUR NAVY'S CR
The United State! Battleship Indians, 2
and Awaiting Further Ordei
'53g3|
THE BATTLE
This is the greatest fighter of the new nf
of New Tork from Hampton Boads a few d
five months.
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Governor Morton Names the Greater
New York Commission.
MEN CHOSEN FOR THE WORK,
Complete Commission Stands Politically :
Republicans, 11; Democrats, 4?All
Interests Are Protected?Seth Low,
General Tracy, John F. Dillon and
Comptroller Fltcli Named for New York.
Albasy, N. Y., June 10.?Governor Morton
yesterday named the nine Commissioners
who, with the six designated by law, will
draft a charter for Greater New York. Tney
are:
Seth Low, President of Columbia College
and formerly Mayor of Brooklyn.
General Benjamin F. Tracy, once Judge of
the Court of Appeals and Secretary of the
Navy during President Harrison's administration.
John F. Dillon, former Judge of the United
States Circuit Court
BETH LOW.
JHe heads the list of Greater City Commissioners.)
Ashbel P. Fitch, lawyer, Comptroller of
the City of New York and formerly a member
of Congress.
General Stewart L. woottiora, lawyer ana
onoe Lieutenant-Governor.
Silas B. Dutcher, banker, former State
Superintendent of Public Works.
William C. De Witt, lawyer, formerly Corporation
Counsel of Brooklyn.
George M. Pinney, Jr., District Attorney of
Richmond County.
Garrett J. Garretson, County Judge of
Queens County.
tOHPON. I CREA-rj
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COMPARATIVE AREA 0]
The first four represent New York and thts
next three Brooklyn. Richmond and Queens
Counties each have one representative. The
-1 1 1.. .U ? VnTfVn?t
six m emu era uulu"~u ui iuc uioair. *v*?.
law aro:
Andrew H. Green, PresWent of the old
Greater New York Cor' mission, formerly
Comptroller of the city of New York.
Campbell W. Adams, State Engineer.
Theodore E. Hancock, Attorney-General
of the State.
William L. Strong. Mayor of New York.
Frederick W. Wurster, Mayor of Brooklyn.
Patrick J. Gleason, Mayor of Long Island
City.
There are four Democrats on the Commission.
They are Mayor Gleason, Mr.
Green, Comptroller Fitch and Mr. De Witt.
Of the eleven Republicans District Attorney
Pinney, of Richmond County; County Judge
Garre'.soc, of Queens, State Engineer
Adams and Attorney-General Hancock
nr? nrcanization men. and General
Tracy. Sir. Dillon. Mr. Dutcher and General
Woodford are counted as friendly to the or
w it r /*" t
n !i / 1
ANDREW U. GREEN.
(Originator of the project and President of
the old Commission.)
ganization. Mirers Strong and Wur? er and
Mr. Low are considered as anti-orgauizaticn
Republicans. The appointment ot Mr. Low
is said to have beau made without tho approval
of the organization. There is no Tammany
man on the Commission. Mr. Fitch is
not a member of the Tammany Hall organization.
Nine of the Commissioners are lawyer*.
Messrs. Green, Fitch and De Witt, by th?lr
j
EATEST FIGHTER.
Wow lying in the Harbor of Xetr YoTH^H
ra From the Xavy Department.
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SHIP INDIANA.
ivy so far completed. She arrived at the Port
ays since. She has been In commission aDoutj
experience In municipal office, and Mr.
Green by his long and thorough study a
the problems of consolidation, are coo
sldered peculiarly fitted to asstst-ln mak
lng a charter for the new city. Ex-Judg
Dillon Is a recognized authority and i
writer of text books on municipal la*
while General Tracy Is a leader at the bar
The youngest member of the Commission 1
District Attorney George M. Plnney, Jr., o
St. George's. Richmond County. Mr. Piane;
came frojpi San Francisco nine or ten year
ago, and studied law with Evarts, Choate i
MATOB W. L. STEONO, OF HXW TOBS.
(A member of the Greater New York Commission
)
i
Beaman. Notwithstanding the iegal leaning
of the Commissioners, counsel?probably two;
or three?will be appointed to assist in the
preparation of the charter.
Ail of the gentlemen appointed by tha
Governor have been ardent advocates of
consolidation, although Mr. Low was op? -posed
to the present law, as he thought eon- I
solidation ought not to be effected until a J
charter was prepared. Mr. Low and Gen- 1
amI 'PwOftvr tttV*<"? om fa Vav Vnplr i
Uiw Aiavj | ?TUW (UV vtwuivvu IV Aivn
City by the Governor, have always been 1
looked on as Brooklyn men. , ]
Da ties of the Commission. |
Under the terms of the Greater New York 1
act, this Commission most prepare a charter
for the greater city, and submit it to the
Legislature by February 1, 1897, and shall t
oeaae to exist on March 1 of the same yearJ I
The Commission has power to make complete; 1
Investigation of the municipal corporation^ M
to be consolidated; to subpoena and sweat S
witnesses; to examine public records and H
documents of these municipalities, and to
make any Inquiry whioh they may deem H
necessary to the framing of a charter for th< H
greater city. The Comm ssion'mav emploj I
counsel and other persons that they maj
deem necessary for the prosecution of th? H
work. The charter which the Commission U
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P GREATER NEW YORK.
charged with framing must be one of uniformity,
drawn upon the principle of unirorm
taxation for the entire consolidated territory.
The expenses of the Commission are
Hmirofi trt .095 flflfl whlnh shall be raised bv
the cities of New York and Brooklyn. " H
HANCED IN LONDON.
Three RIarderers Die oa the Gallows In H
Newgate Prison.
William Seaman, Henry Fowler and Albert
Millsom, who were convicted of murder
after trial in London. England, were hangedfl
together in Newgate Prison. The execution
of the death sentence was private. Crowds^B
gathered in the streets and in the low-class^M
saloons in the neighborhood of the prison to^fl
watch for the signal of the black flag. There^H
was some cheering in the 'crowd when the^H
black flag was hoisted as the signal that the^H
hanging was over. m
William Seaman batted to death an old^H
Jew, John Levy, in his house in Whitechapel^H
at 2 o'clock in :fce afternoon of Saturday^H
April 4, and afterward murdered Lery'^H
. housekeeper by cutting her throat. Henn^M
1 V,-iTrior nml Alhsri Mlllsom broke into Mus^^B
J vreli Lodee, in the northwestern district o^H
I London, on the night of February 13, an<^H
' murdered its owner, Mr. Henry Smith, a re^H
I tired engineer.
Swept by a Tornado.
A small manufacturing town of Wyetl^H
City, Ala., was mowed down like grass by
tornado. Thirteen houses were nized,
barns and outbuildings swept awav, tree^H
I uprooted an-1 fences nn<l other o<>struetion^^B
lifted into the air unit set ilowu numireus ?U
yards away. Perhaps eijrhty persons rejHH
i-ided in tno track ot the stortn. but by
miracle only two were killed outright,
these were struck by lightning.
Alaska Democrats.
The steamship Willava, from Alaska, bring^H
the news that tho Democratic Temtoria^H
Convention was held at Juneau on June 1t^^|
select six delegates to the Chicago Conven^^H
finr. The delegates were Instructed to vot^^l
as a unit on all questions, in uccordanc^H
wltti the will of the majority. mm
Justice Pipe, of Colorado, has rendered
decision that the recent State law prohibltln^^H
gambling is unconstitutional. |^B
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