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A PANIC IN WALL STREET. Emttv Scenes WMsa Recall tte Nacl May ol 72. Heavy Failures Arnon? the Stock Oper? ators- Tfce Worst is Oren A New Tort special of Friday says : This was the worst day Wall street has seen in this week of woe. . Hopes in , dulged in Thursday evening that the panic had ran its course were prema? ture. The stock market opened amid great excitement and with prices about the same as Thursday's closing. It was very soon apparent that many stocks must be sold out regardless of price. The discrimination of the banks against certain stocks, espec? ially Industrials as collaterals in loans, has compelled their holders to throw them overboard. The slaughter of industries was aw? ful, and it was very quickly seen that there must be more failures. No house largely interested in these stocks could be expected to remain solvent. A PANIC IN THE AIR. By 9:30 o'clock the galleries of the stock exchange began to fill. Thurs? day's exciting events had attracted everyone's attention, and the public had awakened to the fact that a panic was in the air. On the floor at 9:50 o'clock, a broker yelled: "What will tne price of cordage be?" and the cry echoed back and forth through the galleries. Everybody was aroused and some were in danger of tumbling over th? railing to the floor beneath in their endeavor to get a view of the cordage crowd, which was swelling in numbers every second. Pandemonium was im? minent, when, at 10 o'clock a wooden mallet fell and with it three sharp blows upon the chairman's desk, the market opened. EVERYBODY GONE CRAZY. "Nineteen for cordage," came on the instant, and the sale of 5,000 shares at that figure was, in a moment, re? corded on the tickers. The sugar crowd, St. Paul crowd and Chicago gas crowd were having a high old time. For spectators, their interests lay with the cordage crowd, which was most con? spicuous in point of numbers, and on account of greater demonstrations with voice and pads waved aloft. There were many more ladies pres? ent in the galleries than on the day before, and wild pushing and yelling of the brokers below stirred them up to such a high state of excitement that many of them cried out in very sym? pathy. THE PANIC COMES. The panic already foreshadowed at last last dropped out full-fledged, The sight became indescribable. The crowd swayed backward and forward and it looked for a moment as though the rush below was to be reprodaced above. "DEACON" WHITE'S FAILURE. The excitement on the stock ex? change was most intense, and prices f?? so rapidly that it was a difficult matter to keep track of them. The announcement of the suspension of S. V. White added to the general demon stations which seemed to have set in. BIG DROPS IN PRICES. American sugar which opened at 85 had dropped to 63 at ll o'clock. Chi? cago gas fell from 74 to 65, general electric from 86 to 66. National Cor? dage 19 to 18 1-4. Whiskey trust from 22 1-4 to 211-4 ; lead from 33 to 28. United States rubber from 45 to 40. Western Union from 83 to 81 1-4 and Manhattan from 126 to 120. The appointment cf receivers for National Cordage at a late hour Thursday night was the occasion for further break in the preferred stock Friday morning at 45. The common opened at 9 to 21, live thousand shares changing hands at this price. General electric was another weak spot, and in the first few minutes of business the stock broke five points to seventy-five. The fact that certain people have thought it necessary to issue a statement that the company is all right is viewed with suspicion in some quarters. At 10:15 a. m. stock was selling at 69. Sugar was also at? tacked and broke to 76, while Chicago gas dropped to 60. Manhattan sold down 5 1-2 to 1.21. Considering the panic in the industrial group, the general list held fairly well. DEACON WHITE FAILS AGAIN. S. V. White & Co. announced their suspension at 10:45 o'clock on account of the terrific drop in Cordage and Chicago gas. The failure of Ferris & Kimball wag announced on stock exchange shortly after 12 o'clock. At that hour the nervous tension in financial circles showed no signs of relaxing. The failure of S. V. White caused a fresh outbreak of the selling fever. Rarely, if ever, in the history of the stock ex? change were there such wild fluctua? tions witnesse J.. LONDON BUYING HEAVILY. Seen at a distance of 3,000 miles, the disposition had a different aspect. While our own brokers were in a dazed condition and throwing over their stocks regardless of prices, foreign houses were quietly at work picking up the dividend payers. Their pur? chases were heavy enough to demoral? ize the foreigD exchanges. It was es? timated that up to noon London's purchases of securities in the local market aggregated fully sixty thousand shares, consisting of St. Paul, Louis? ville and Nashville, Wabash preferred and other interior national favorites. Money at this time was close and stock exchange borrowers were paying ll and 12 per cent. At 1 o'clock the battle had been on three hours and many of those in the early engagement had gone outside to the sutler's camp for food. They heard how London and other centers were lying back in comparative safety and absorbing the fruits of their sacrifices. A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. The result was a change for the bet? ter in the stock market and a steadier tone characterized the next dealings. The foreign buying was felt inside to have been on a heavv scale and the New Yorkers saw that European pur? chasers had certainly picked up some very cheap stocks. The example set by the foreigners and the confidence they displayed in our securities re? vived the drooping courage of home operators and a great rally resulted. At 1:30 o'clock p. m. money sold off to 18 to 20 per cent and thc pressure against the market was lifted and just previous to 2 o'clock money on call fell to 6 per cent, owing to the heavy offerings of funds by r-<>!?> mission j houses. As a result, the market for I stocks became comparatively cairn and I brokers enjoyed the <>nly real resting j spell they have had during the week, j Indication pointed then to the fact ? that considerable amounts of stock had been taken up and paid for. Up to 2 o'clock Friday evening the salts of listed st.n hs were 444,970 shares and of unlisted stocks 201,851 shares. At that hour the market was somewhat feverish, although some stocks were actually above Thursday night's closing. At the office of Ferris & Kimbill, .whose failure was announced at 12:45 o'clock, it was stated that no statement of the condition of the firm -would be given out until later in the afternoon. The shrinkage in Industrials carried down the concern. A feature of the market for railway and miscellaneous bonds was a break in security corporation 6's to 82. The last previously reported sale was 96. This is the collateral company that was organized to finance for the National Cordage. The failure of B. L. Smith & Co. Thursday brought out these bonds, The following stocks Were sold out under the rule at the New York ex? change Friday presumably for S. V. White : 2,100'American sugar, 700 At chison, 300 Cordage, 100 Lead, 100 Erie, 200 New York and New England and fifty Western Union, AFTER THE BATTLE. After the gavel had fallen end the battle was over for the day the m? went away into quieter spots and looked the situation over from a dis? tance. In well-informed financial quarters, the feeling grew that the worst has been seen in Wall street, and from this time on matters will im? prove. On this theory, which had, to some extent, obtained before the close, and on the fact that certain houses whose names had been named as being in the storm of the early part of the day, pulled through all right, it was seen that there had been a revolution in sentiment and prices bounded up almost as rapidly as they had dropped early in the day. WHITE EXPECTS TO RESUME. Mr. White says that he expects to resume payments at once. It is stated that the Havemeyers, the- wealthy sugar men, have but up money enough -$1,000,000-to place Mr. White on his feet again. His losses, it is said, are in sugar and Manhattan Elevated stocks. He has a large amount of sugar privileges out on which the losses are heavy. THE WEEK'S BUSINESS. According to Beport of Dun & Co'* Agency. K. G. Bun & Co.'s review of trade for the past week says : Had business in Wall street been unsound the col? lapse of prices during the past week might have caused a panic" Nearly all stocks fell, but the Industrials -were more seriously depressed an?j while the average decline in all stocks was about $6 per share for the week, Cord? age fell 43 points, Sugar 40 and Man? hattan 26. Several failures occurred without general disturbance and the appointment of receivers for the Cord? age Company was in some sense a re? lief. Other speculative-markets are, on the whole, rather stronger than a week ago. At nearly ail points the backward season and bad weather with slow collections give cause of com? plaints. At Pittsburg the iron trade is still more depressed, but business in glas3 is fairly good. Trade at Cincinnati is quiet, collections are very slow and money in active demand. At Cleve? land business is fair to quiet and at Detroit the backward season causes a shrinkage of 10 to 15 pence in orders. At Fort Wayne slow collections are reported and at Indianapolis money is close. Chicago reports a shrinking trade, slow collections, money compar? atively tight, a decrease of 15 per cent on eastward shipments, but an increase in real estate and building. Trade improves at Milwaukee. At Minneap? olis and St. Paul trade is dull and col? lections are slow. At St. Louis busi? ness is active aid collections heavy. Grain receipts are large and the rivei i export trade unusually heavy. Money ? is in healthy demand and country ad- 1 vices are good. Kansas City reports better trade and at Omaha groceries are in active demand and dry goods are in fair demand. Afc St. Joseph better trade is reported, but at Salt ( Lake collections are slow and money close. At most southern points trade is im- ] proving, though at Louisville money is dose. At Nashville the financial situ? ation is quiet. At Little Kock collec? tions are slow. At Macon trade is < good and at Knoxville and Columbus somewhat improved. At Augusta bus? iness is dull, but collections fair, and i at Savannah trade improves, especially in naval stores. Business is .vining at New Orleans, though crop 3 rospects are less favorable on account of th? storms. The iron trade shows no improve? ment. There is pressure to sell from the west. Southern No. 2 is sold at $8.50. Birmingham and Bessemer has fallen to $13.40 at Pittsburg. Bar is sut again and structural iron is slow. Sales of 15,000,000 pounds of lake copper to American consumers at ll cents are reported. Tin and lead are weak and coal dull. In the boot and shoe trade there has rarely been such dullness. Receipts of cattle at the west are slightlv lower than a year ago. Wool sales at Boston, Philadelphia and New York for the year are 2,500,000 pounds less than last year to date. Trade in woolens is narrow and disappointing and in cot? tons waiting and ?meertain. Speculative markets have been rather strong ; w heat has advanced 1 cent; corn 1 3-8 cents and pork 75 cents per barrel, with scarcely any discoverable reason, though western reports regarding the coming crops run satisfactorily. Oil has dropped nearly ?) ?crits per barrel, but cotton is unchanged. Prices of commod? ities average 4-10 of 1 per cent, lower than a week ugo, and the tendency is downward a? monetary difiieulties in? crease. Exports from New York wore very small last week and for the past four weeks have been about $4,000,000 be? low those of last year. So that imports for the past month were probably $10, 000,000 or more greater xh?m exports. Among th?- failures of the week only one is reported of ruting above $200, 000; only one between $125,000 and $200,000; two between $40,000 and $75,000 ; and eight between $30,000 and $40,000; and in all only fifteen of rating exceeding $10.000 out of 24? in all tlie United Stntes and Canada. PAY AND MARCH. The President of World's Fair Decides a Knotty Problem. A Chicago dispatch of Friday says: Those who were afraid that Chief Burn ham's Guards would raise a row if at? tempts were '.".ade to parade through tie- fair grounds, were relieved yester day when President Higginbotham . '..?vc it out that anv body of men, no matter hov.- large, would be permitted to inarch inside the big fence, provided th y had paid their entrance fee. Consequently the commercial travel? ers, who intend to bring one hundred thousand men to the fair, and the Cath? olic Knights of America, together with the foreign countries and vari? ous states can proceed with their cele? brations. f HIT?CAPISM PARALYZED. TeraiMon of Hie Famous Fiwig WMte Cap Trials. Governor Stone Upholds Jm'ge Chris man in Enforcing- the i aw. A special from Brookharen, Miss., says : Whitecapism recie^ed its death blow in south Mississippi Monday. Since the mob came to to-tfn last Thurs? day for the purpose of liberating the indicted white caps in jaii, and an at? tempt to assaissnate the judge of the court when he threw himself in the breach, the community has been in a fever of excitement and a fresh assault was expected at any moment. The sheriff deemed it best to reinJbrce the citizen soldiery by telegraphing Governor Stone, for two companies of state troops. As Monday tas the day for which the white cap? trials had been set, it was expected on all sides that things would reach a crisis. Numer? ous reports had be?n received that the attack would be renewed just before daylight or during the day. Governor Stone who hurried to the scene of the trouble when thenrst outbreak occur? red, had promised to return and ad? dress the peoph in support of law and order. Contrary to general expectation, no outbreak occirred during the night and at an eajly hour, people began to arrive from tie country in large num? bers. The urban population were al? ready up and on the alert, and by 9 o'clock one of the largest crowds ever seen in town was assembled. The courthouse and jail were heavily guard? ed until tie hour of opening court and no one was allowed to pass pickets ex? cept persans connected with the court and the military. At 10:30 o'clock the order was given to allow the crowd to enter the court? house, and in a little while, all availa? ble sitting room was completely filled, vhile hundreds had to remain on the outside. A picked guard of half a dozen men with Winchesters and big revolvers stood at the right of the judge's bench facing the audience. Judge Chrisman, who has .been the central figure of the occasion all the way through, stood near the entrance to the courtroom and with easy grace and calm demeanor helped the sheriff to direct the crowd to the seats. At length, Judge Chrisman announced that before the regular business of the court wa6 proceeded with, Governor Stone, who had come during the night, would deliver his address. GOVERNOR STONE TALES. The governor said he had come as the chief executive officer of the com? monwealth to render whatever assist? ance he could by his presence and counsel in vindicating and upholding the majesty of the law. This he was determined to do at cost. He wanted the lawless element of Lincoln county to understand that he, the governor, and the whole law abiding element of Mississippi, stood at Judge Chrisman's back and would render him all needed assistance in bringing the guilty to justice. He expressed the utmost con? fidence in Judge Chrisman's integrity, judgment and mercy, and would give bim all needed support in the discharge of his official duties. At the conclusion of Governor stone's speech Judge Chrisman ascended the bench and called the white cap cases. About two hundred witnesses had been summoned, principally for the defense and most of them were found to be pre? sent. The counsel for the defense were loth to go to trial and first made a motion for a change of venue on the ground of undue prejudice against the accused, but this was also a motion for a continuance of the cases until next term. PLEAS OP GUILTY AND SENTENCES. But few realized the sensation that was about to follow. The attorney for the defense came forward and announc ed to the judge that six of the nine* prisoners who had been placed on trial wished to plead guilty. The state's attorneys stepped forward and said that be was willing to accept the pleas and would enter nol pros as to? the remaining three, as the testimony did not justify their further prosecu? tion. Judge Chrisman called the men before him who had plead guilty and said that he would not accept their plea unless it was made in entire good faith and not under the idea that thev could not get justice if the trial pro? ceeded. Each one declared that he was acting in perfect sincerity and good faith, and begged for the mercy of the court. Judge Chrisman then pronounced the sentence of two years on each in i the penitentiary, but promised that if j their friends would desist from other lawlessness and conducted themselves i properly he would use his influence* ! with the governor to have the sentence j shortened .after they had served one j year. The full limit of the law would have been ten vears. All the convicted 1 i men have families except one and are j poor. Their wives and children were ' in court and the sobs and scenes which ; followed were heartrending and moved many stern men to tears. This breaks the back of whitecapism in Lincoln county. Many members of the mob have already signified their intention of coming in next Friday and pleading guilty and throwing themselves on the mercy of the court. All troops were withdrawn Monday evening and things have assumed their normal condition. SUNDAY AT THE FAIR. The Gates Were Closed Except to Those Having Passes. A Chicago dispatch says : Thc rule to close the gates of the world's fair on the seventh day was rigidly enforced Sunday, so far as the ticket-pur? chasing public wah concerned. The fortunate hands who held passes, were admitted, however, and allowed to wander about thegrounds at their will. It was a beautiful day and hundreds of workingmen, some of them with fami? lies, went to the fair grounds under the apprehension that th?* gates were to be open, and when these toilers were turned away, they were left in any? thing but a good humor. It was high? ly aggravating to them to ree the fa? vored hands, even thousands enter the grounds on passes, while they who worked all the week were excluded. The validity of the law of congress closing the gates is to be tested in the courts. A Nen Counterfeit Fire. The chief of the secret service of the treasury department has issued a circular describing a new counterfeit $-7> silver certificate said to be in cir? culation, Jt is of the series of 1886, check letter 13 B, bearing thc signa? ture of W. S. Rosecrans, register, and E. H. Nebeker, treasurer, and has a small, scalloped seal. The portrait of Grant is poorly engraved, having a scratched appearance, and some of the lettering is irregular. EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE. Joint Meeting at Nashville of Baptist Societies. A Nashville, Tenn., special of Thurs? day says : A thousand delegates are here ready for the Southern Baptist convention. The session bids fair to be the greatest as well as the largest in the history of the body. THE EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE. Thursday morning the American Bap? tist Educational Society and the South? ern Baptist Educational conference met ih joint session at the First Baptist church, and were called to order by Dr. AV. B. Bothwell, of William Jewell col? lege, Missouri, president of the South? ern Baptist Educational conference. After prayer by Dr. George Cooper, Kev. C. S. Gardner, of the Edgeneld Baptist church, of Nashville, welcom? ed the visitors. Dr. Kothwell respond? ed to their address, felicitating him se!" and his brethren that they had met in Nashville. The delegates were then enrolled. Dr. A. J. Emerson, president of Howard Payne college, Texas, read an able paper on ' 'Higher Education in Texas," and officers were elected for the ensuing year. The Southern Bap? tist re-elected Dr. Rothweil president unanimously. Dr. Thomas Hume, of the University of North Carolina, was selected secretary. Dr. H. H. Harris, of Richmond col? lege, Richmond, Ya., read a paper on college examinations and degrees which was heard with great interest. In the afternoon the American Bap? tist Educational Society met, Dr. Ed? ward Johnson j>residing. After a hymn and a prayer by Dr. M. M. Ri? ley, of Kentucky, the delegates were read and Treasurer Joshua Levering made his report. The report of Corresponding Secre? tary Rev. F. T. Gates, of Brooklyn, proved a paper of special interest. The objects and policy of the society were outlined. Only eleven colleges out of sixty-seven white colleges in the south were endowed and only seven had en? dowments over $100,000. The so? ciety raised last year $331,000. below the average of the first three years. He spoke of the university of Chicago, which had an endowment of $7,000,000 and was constantly adding to this vast sum. Resolutions in memory of Dr. R. L. Dudley, of Georgetown, Ky., president of the American Baptist Educational Society were adopted by a rising vote. Officers were elected as follows: President, Dr. Edward Judson, of New York ; vice presidents, W. B. Roth? well, of Missouri, and W. J. Northen, of Georgia ; recording secre? tary, H. M. Wharton, of Maryland ; acting corresponding secretary, H. L. Moorehouse, of New York ; treasu? rer, Joshua Levering, of Baltimore; auditor, William M. Isaac, of New York. To fill vacancies in the execu? tive board : G. W. Murry, New York ; Eugene Levering, Maryland ; J. Poll? ard, Maryland; E. L. Hedstrom, New York; H. M. Porter, Pennsylvania; Joshua Levering, Maryland; L. B. ! Ely, Missouri ; J. A. Hoyle, South i Carolina; F. T. Gates? New York; H. M. McDonald, Georgia ; W. C. Belt? ing, New York ; J. B. Cambell, Missis? sippi. Papers were read by Professor A. F. Williams, of Bethel college, Ky., on ' 'Loyal Relation of Baptist Schools to the Denomination," by Secretary Hume, for Dr. Noah K. Daves, of the University of Virginia, on "Interme? diate Education in Baptist Colleges." THE MG HT SESSION. At the night session President Will? iam R. Harper, of the University of Chicago, read a paper on "The Re? quirements of Collegiate Education and College Professors." He referred to the necessity of specialists which had grown up in the past fifty years, and said its only danger was in the outgrowth of narrow-minded men. Dr. J. L. M. Curry, ex-minister to Spain and agent of the Peabody edu? cational fund, made a speech that might be taken to be political, but said it was not done in apolitical way. He only wanted to defend the south. The finger of *corn was pointed at the south for its poorly endowed schools. He would point to the fact that more money went back to the north? ern states than they paid for taxes. Illinois, for example paid $3,885,000 received $9,445,000; Michigan paid $2,000,000 and got back $7,400,000. Colleges, he said, would never roach their highest developments until there is co-education. BIG BLAZE IN PITTSBURG. Six People Rescued From a Burning Building-Firemen Injured. Thursday morning fire started in the basement of B. F. Glockler's six story stone building at Pittsburg, Pa., and in a short time the entire structure was in flames, and the adjoining build? ing belonging to the Glocklers, and occupied by Abram Arnfeld, cloth? ing dealer, was burning fiercely. Glockler's stock of hardware, valued at $50,000, was a total loss, on which there was $6,000 insurance. His loss on the buildings is $70,000, insurance $20,000. Ar nf eld's loss on stock, $50,000, fully insured. Two firemen were seriously injured by the falling walls. Six members of Glockler's family, Frederick Greyer, the janitor of the building, with his wife and two children, were all rescued by the fire? men. Their means of exit were cut off by the flames. They had a narrow escape. GERMAN ARMY BILL Defeated and Hie Reichstag Dissolved. Great Excitement. A special cable dispatch from Berlin eays: The army bill was rejected in the Reichstag Saturday by a vote of 210 against 162 in favor of the bill. The rescript signed by the Kais? r dis? solving the Reichstag was immediately promulgated and the Rcichsing was dissolved. Immediately uj>on the re? sult of the vote being Announced, Chancellor Caprivi read the imperial mes ng * decreeing tho dissolution of Reichbtag. The social democrat ic members of the Reichstag displayed wildest enthusiasm over the lvsult. They hurrahed repeatedly, following cheer with cheer. Great confusion an?l uproar prevailed in the house, ami public excitement is at the highest pitch in Berlin. A Circulation Law. Gov. Flower, of New York, has signed the bli] introduced at the re? quest of the World which makes it a misdemeanor for the proprietor or publisher of a newspaper to misrepre? sent his paper's circulation for tho purpose of securing advertising pat? ronage. Snowstorms in thc Orient. A heavy snow storm began at noon Saturday in Vienna, Austria. There was a preat snowfall throughout Hun? gary Friday, and railway truflie is blocked by the snowdrift. Always keep posfed ?">n nil ptiM'c nat? ters, to be able to do this subscribe now. , i FRIGHTFUL WRECK On tie Bis Fonr Roafl Caused oy Meet ive Air Brakes. Ten Men Crushed to Death and Manj Others Badly Iujured. One of the most horrible wrecks ?D the history of railroading occurred on the Big Four road in Lafayette, Ind., at 1:15 o'clock Sunday morning, as a result of which ten men are now dead and many more injured. The trai? was the east-bound passenger, leaving Chicago at 9 o'clock p. m. The acci? dent was caused by the failure of the airbreakes to work. The engineer un? doubtedly discovered this before reaching the cut beyond the Wabash river, as vigorous whistling for brakes could be heard when the train was still a mile west of the city. The en? gineer's desperate effort to stop the train was shown by the large amount of sand thrown by him on the bridge through which the train came just before the fatal crash. The en? gine dashed out of the bridge over the Wabash river at a speed not less than sixty miles an hour, crashing into the depot building, carrying off a portion of the depot and train sheds several hundred feet, the engine when it left the track being followed by the bag? gage car. two postal cars and express car and piled in one promiscouus mass, a total and complete wreck, burying a score or more of victims in the awful pile of debris. The trucks of the first day coach were drrg^ed out and the side of the car knocked into fragments, but no passengers in this car were in? jured. The chair car and two PulJ man sleepers remained on the track. The wreck was a most complete one, the engine and cars bein?' torn to pieces and piled up together with their contents. A large crowd of citizens <; a hered very quickly at the scene of tue dis? aster and assisted in rescuing the vic? tims, and a large force of local phj'sic ians gave the necessary attention to the wounded. Several victims of the wreck were persons standing in the depot waiting for the train. A hack man, a mail cart driver and passengers were struck. LIST OF DEAD. Michael Welch, engineer, Indian? apolis, frightfully mangled, head crushed, limb torn from body, found under the engine ; fireman Mclnnis, of Indianapolis; E. D. Myres, of Lo gansport, mail clerk ; Mr. McMahon, of Cincinnati, express messenger ; A. K. Chadwick, of Cincinnati, mail clerk ; Charles Meyers, of LaFayette, hackman ; John Lennon, of LaFayette, mail cart driver ; Jesse H. Long of Lebannon, Ind., mail clerk; Charles S. Cahill, passenger, had just bought a ticket to Indianapolis. ; Otto Gessel son, Alhamhra hotel, Chicago. Passengers going to the train were frightfully crushed and mangled, limbs being severed iu several instances and heads and bodies terribly injured. The list of injured is a large one and sev? eral more people may die. The wreck was caused by the failure of the airbrakes to work properly. High bluffs rise on the west banks of the Wabash, just opposite the city, and there is a long and steep grade at that point. The ill-fated train must have been a mile up grade from the river when the engineer made the discovery that there was something wrong with the airbrakes, for he began to shrilly blow the whistle for handbrakes. The speed had by that time increased so terrifically, however, that its control was beyond human agency. With almost lightning like speed the engine dashed around the curves and across the long bridge, although the man at the throttle had reversed the machinery and immense streams of fire were being dashed off from the driving wheels running in an opposite direction to that of the swiftly flying cars that followed. Just after leaving the east end of the long "bridge over tho Wabash, the tracks describe a semi-circle at the midway point of which the union station is lo? cated. When the engine struck that sharp curve, it left the track, followed by the cars in an awful swirl, and they piled upon each other 100 feet away, after crashing through the train sheds and bringing down tons of structural iron to add to the terror of the situa? tion. _ WILL OPEN ON SUNDAY. The World's Fair Gates Will Not Close on That Bay. A Chicago special of Friday says: Jackson park will be open on next Sunday, and the payment of 50 cents will entitle any member of the great public to enter just as it has for the past six months. There will be no formal action taken and there will be no official announcement made, but the gates will be open. Superintendent Tucker, of the bu? reau of admissions, understands that his force is expected to work Sunday and has made arrangements according ing?y. It has been the rule in the past to have the gates open on Sunday, and as there has been no order to make a change, Tucker will continue as usual. THE SAME AS ANY OTHER DAY. One gentleman, intimately con? nected with the government of the fair, said: "Yes, the grounds will be opened next Sunday. I just had a talk with Superintendent Tucker, and I know that he expects to have his ticket sell? ers and gate-keepers on duty that day. "He has had no instruction to close the gates on Sunday, and his last or? ders given several weeks ago, were to admit the public on Sunday the same as any other day." ALL EXCEPT MACHINERY II ALL. He holds, and of course he will be upheld in his opinion, that he has no authority to close the gates until he is officially instructed to do so. The entire force of gunrds will ho on duty and the public will not he al? lowed to enter any of the buildings but the horticultural hall and green houses, and will then wait for developments. The parks will be open every Sun? day during the period of tin- exist? ence of the fair, ?md in a few weeks exhibit buildings will be open, but i he machinery will never be turned on Sunday. EIGHT PEOPLE CREMATED A Town in Poland Visited hy a De s : niedre Fire. A cable dispatch of Friday from Vi? enna, Austria, says: The town of Ivo woai, in Poland, about eighty miles south of Warsaw, has been visited bv a destructive conflagration, resulting in the loss of many lives. The town has a population of between three or four thousand. Five hoke ont. and spread rapidly, consuming llG houses, including the infirmary and asylum. No less than eighty persons perished in the calamitous visitation and three hundred families made homeless as well as destitute, CARLYLE HARRIS EXECUTED. End of a Most Unusual Murder Case at New York. Carlyle W. Harris was executed by electricity in the death house of the prison at Sing Sing, N. Y., at 12.40 o'clock Monday afternoon. The exe? cution was a perfect success. The death warrant was formally read to Harris at 8.30. He displayed indifference and its reading did not noticeably affect him. He showed no signs of breaking down and appeared cheerful after tiie reading of the death warrant. At ll o'clock the witness assembled in the worden's office. There were twenty-seven-seven phy? sicians and twenty newspaper men, state officials and friends of the warden. Worden Durbin, at 12.16, announced that everything was ready, and invited the witnesses down stairs. Harris was brought in looking pale. He paused an instant on the threshold and looked over the assembled wit? nesses. He walked entirely alone, and when the guard pointed to the chair, without even a look of curiosity at the thing which was to end his career, he dropped into the seat. As he did so he said he had a word to say if the warden would permit. The warden asked what he wished to say. Harris, in a weak voice, as though each word cost him a powerful effort, said: "I have no further reservation to make. I desire to say that I am absolutely in? nocent." These were Iiis last words. After uttering them he seemed reliev? ed and settled back in the chair to which his legs had already been strap? ped by the two guards. The electrode was placed on his head and the wires attached to the two electrodes. There was an instant's pause, while every man in the room held his breath. A sharp click from the lever, and the form in the chair straightened up till the straps creaked, and the death deal? ing current of 1,760 volts passed through the body of Carlyle W. Har? ris. THE CRIME OF HARRIS. Mary Helen Neilson Potts was a beautiful girl of seventeen years, re? siding with her parents, who were peo? ple of wealth, at Ashburry Park, New York city. At the time of her death she was attending the Comstock Fin? ishing school, on Forty-first street. She was considered the belle of the school, and had that light heart and charming nature which won the affect? ion of teachers and schoolmates alike. On Saturday night, January 31, 1891, she was invited to attend an evening concert, to which other scholars in? tended going. She agreed to make one of the party, but at dinner time complained that she was so tired that she thought she would go to her room and rest rather than accompany the others. She kissed them all good night, and that was the last time any of them saw her again clothed in her right mind. BEAUTIFUL DREAMS. At 10:30 p. m., two of the girls, who occupied the same room with Miss Potts, returned from the concert and, bursting into the room, aroused the sleepy Helen from what they thought was a deep sleep to tell her of the good time they had enjoyed. She aroused herself drowsily from her sleep, and stretched forth her hand as if still in the land of dreams, said to them : "Oh, I have had such beautiful dreams ! such beautiful dreams ! I could .dream on forever!" Then she sank back upon her pillow and let her eyes close slowly, dropping again into the blissful dreams of death. Her companions gave her a good night kiss and gently folded the arm extend? ed over tue edge of the bed, and then proceeded to prepare for bed. It was half an hour before they were ready to turn off the light, and just as the room was plunged in darkness they were startled by moans, which came from the corner where Helen's bed was. A light was struck, and the two frightened girls bent over their com? panion's bushed face. She was toss? ing on her pillow and nervously fin? gering the lace edges like one who is preparing for death. Thoroughly frightened, the girls rushed down the hall to where Miss Bay, the principal, slept and aroused her. Miss Day im? mediately rang for messengers, and in a short time three physicians, Drs. Fowler, Baur and Kerr, were striving with all their skill and might to save the young life. For eleven hours they worked upon the dying girl, while her companions looked on with frightened looks and streaming eyes, but to no purpose, as the rosy cheeks paled into gray, and finally took on the grim, blue tinge with eyes that shrunk into the head as if the child had suddenly added a century to her age ; at last they gave up in despair and sadly watched her pass away into the sleep that knows no awakening. The suspicion that Harris had killed the girl did not arise immediately, their relations being unknown at the time. The fact soon developed that they had become secretly married, that Harris had grown weary of her, and being a medical student with some knowledge of drugs had administered poison to her under the pretense that it was a harmless medicine. CARLYLE HARRIS' STATEMENT. The remains of Carlyle Harris were buried in the Bural cemetery at Albany, N. Y., Tuesday afternoon. The lot was purchased several days ago, but by whom it could not be ascertained. After the burial-Harris's last statement sent by the warden to the prison de? partment of the state was given out. Harris in this, his last writing, opened with a reference to the review of his case by the governor. Harris canvas? ses the review, refers to his giving himself up when he learned of a war? rant for his arrest, recurs to his re? fusal of proffered means of escape from Sing Sing and then says: So, lmw is tlia\ iu a case where so many fac!s and the retire behavior of the defendant all invite < xcentive clemence, together with tho petition of over 50,000 citizens, among them many who are prominent in the nation and state, such clemency should be denier"' Because the action of she court was not jus? tified by the facts in the case, and henee pub? lic outcry must be s?eneed np by a seeming justification of the court outside of the facts, ? hen there was i:o doubt of guilt Governor Flower has not hesitate 1 to interfer?, as in the case of Janies Minnaugh. about a year ago. but in that c. se the facts justified the court, and lhere was no Recorder Smyth clamoring to b . Up!:. 1 I. Garble Harris, living, would b? a daily menace to the cart rr of Smy h, Wellman und others'. Deal, he was soon forgotten and their affairs may go on as before. Tuero is an>idea in the mindi of many that at the timo of wv wife's death I desired mar? riage with some other woman. Such a pet son has never boon found, nordics she exi-t. ir lias been reported in the newspapers that during my stay ht re m Sing Sing I have sc fled at the devotions of niy fellow prisoners and indulge 1 in irreverent jokes. This is cruelly false. 1 still en j >y the hopes of my childhood's ? faith and believe that 1 fdiall not be misjudged ! through all eternity. No one had so many reasons-all sentiment or ?ove a^ide-for desiring my wife to live as I had. she would hive brought me money and professional success; s-he would have graced my home, and hau 1 known of her sad habit it would have been my happiness to shield and cure her. 1 have now to die. The manner of my death is of small moment to me- I have waited patiently so long as there was the te mote-t dance of obtaining justice, refusing to run away even under sentence of death. May God in His mercy bless and guard those I leave behind and <:ivo diem peace. And now, face to face wjrh the greatest myf> tery known lo man-knowing that no conceal* ment or untruth cm mitigate my end I do solemnly d< clare that I am inno? cent of the crime for which I am condemned to die. I beg that those who think or sreik or write of me in years to come wi 1 do so as kindly as they can, not forgetting: that, when mach proof of my innocence was found, it was inhumanely thrust aside. Tni* statement to be copied for publication and the original giren to my mother. CARLYLE W. HABITS. Sinz Sin*. May 6. 1893. WASHINGTON ?IP. Happenings iran Day to Day in tie National Capital Appointments in the Varions Depart? ments-Other Notes of Interest. ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTS. The secretary of the navy has ap? pointed Medical Inspector J. Rufus Tryon surgeon general of the navy to eux-ceed General John Mills Brown, who retires. Judge Loehran, the newly appointed commissioner of pensions, look formal charge of his office Tuesday. The two thousand clerks of the bureau formed in line and each in turn was presented to the new commissioner. The following Georgia postmasters were appointed Tuesday : Beach, Ware county, W. C. Swain ; Sylvania, Screven county, J. M. Bazmore; Pyle, Wayne county, B. J. Madray ; Recovery, De? catur county, J. H. Emanuel ; Vienna, Dooly county, W. J. Harvard. The gold reserve, which has for the past two weeks been below the limit, was made intact by the west. Secre? tary Carlisle accepted the gold offered from St. Louis, $2,000,000, which, with the gold in the treasurv, makes the total $100,196,000, or $196,000 free gold. As a result of the discussion in the cabinet Tuesday of the serious condi? tion of affairs existing in Nicaragua, arising out of their revolution, the United States war steamship, Atlanta, Captain Higgins, has been ordered to proceed immediately to Greytown on the East coast of Nicaragua to protect American interests in that country, es? pecially in connection with the work on the canal. The following Georgia postmasters were appointed Thursday: Butler, Taylor county, Sarah L. Neisler, vice Mary E. Wallace, removed ; Conyers, Roclidale county, G. W. Weaver, vice J. T. Adair, removed; Oglethorpe, Macon county, Nettie Gilmore, vice Sallie Oliver, removed; Seville, Wil? cox county, G. W. Brown, vice J. W. Stevens, resigned; Wellston, Houston county, G. W. Watson, vice H. S. Teagin, removed. The president announced thc follow? ing appointments Monday: H. W. Smith, of Utah, associate justice of the supreme court of the territory of Utah ; Everett E. Ellinwood, of Arizona, at? torney of the United States for the territory of Arizona. Marshals of the United States-John S. McNeilly, of Mississippi, for the southern district of Mississippi ; Nat M. Brigham, of Utah, for the territory of Utah ; Wil? liam K. Meade, of Arizona, for the ter? ritory of Arizona. On Wednesday the president ap? pointed Frank H. Jones, of Springfield, 111., first assistant postmaster general, vice H. Clay Evans resigned ; Stephen PT Condon, of Tennessee, to be mar? shal of the United States for the east? ern district of Tennessee ; Edward C. Russell, of Oregon, to be appraiser of merchandise, district of Williamette in the states of Oregon and Washing? ton ; Erastus D. Fenner, of Louisana, to be special examiner of drugs, medi? cines and chemicals in the district of New Orleans ; Edwin Myers Gilkson, of West Virginia, to be collector of internal revenue for the district of West Virginia. The announcement has been made at the state department that Mr. Blount will act as minister to Hawaii. This, however, does not mean that Mr. Blount is to hold the office throughout the term of the present administra? tion. He would probably not accept it under those considerations, but he will remain there until the present complications have been settled. It was decided at the cabinet meeting Wednesday that it would be best to make Mr. Blount minister in order that he could better handle the ques? tions with which he must deal in Ha? waii. He will, therefore, be required to accept the place just vacated by Minister Stevens until the complica? tions have been smoothed out. Secretary Herbert has authorized the statement that he will decline to extend the leaves of absence of any officer of the navy who is engaged in private business. He will not inter? fere with the orders of his predeces? sors, but will grant no new leaves of this kind, and will call in all those al? ready granted at the expiration of the terms assigned them. The secretary says that he does not think it right that an officer educated by the govern? ment should be permitted for his own private advantage to utilize his knowl? edge and experience against the gov? ernment, and at the same time to re? main on its pay roll. This decision refers to officers on leave who are em? ployed by private firms, those on lect? uring tours and those employed in private capacities at the world's fair. THE FLEET DISBANDING. The Xaval Review War Vessels Leave Kew York Harbor. The first break in the naval fleet oc? curred at New York harbor Wednesday morning when the British flagship Blake and her associates, the Mage cienne and the Tartar hoisted their anchors out of the North river and steamed through the Narrows for Ber? muda, whence, after a ten days' stay, the three vessels will proceed to Hali? fax. The Australia, on account of her being put ont of commission in a couple of months, goes straight to the latter port. A few hours after the departure of the Britishers the grim Jean Bart started for the French: port of Rochefort. Another loss to * the line will be the caravels, which start for the world's fair at Chicago. The tiny Pinta will be towed to Hali? fax by the United States steamer Chi? cago, and the Nina by the Bennington. The Santa Maria will attempt to carry her lumbering and odd-shaped hull by means of her own canvas. From Hali? fax the caravels will proceed through the canal and lake system to their des? tination at Chicago._ Specie Movements. The imports of specie at the port of New York for the past week were 842,411, of which $33,265 were gold and $9.146 silver. The exports of specie from the port of New York for the week $1,237,471,of which $528,184 was gold and $709,2S7 silver. Of this amount $508,102 gold, and $686,698, silver, went to Europe, and $20,082 gold, and $22,589 silver weut to South America The Resolutions that Other Jiotes of the Meet A Louisville, Ky., special says: The convention of the National Bepublican league adjourned Thursday to mee? again on the second Wednesday of next May, in Denver. William W. Tracy, of Springfield, 111., was elected president for thees-' suing year on the first ballot. There has been a good deal of ad? verse criticism made upon republican leaders of national reputation for ig? noring the convention. It was an? nounced before the convention that General B. Alger, J. Sloat Fassett, John C. Spooner, Governor William McKinley, John M. Thurston and a dozen others of equal prominence would Attend and address the conven? tion, but not one of them carn?. ?An*^ other thing which caused the member? - ; of the the legue to complain wa? the^ fact that the members of the national republican committee, with perhaps two or three exceptions, left the city :i as soon as it had adjourned^ It was after 10 o'clock Thu?sday"... morning when President Clarkson Vg?gi ped for the convention to come lo order. The exercises were opened prayer by the Bev. Dr. J> ?L Hajfc . wood. The president suggested?fl? the convention had not adopted par- ~ liamentary rules for its government,'^ whereupon President Burke, of tt?>? College League, moved that the rules^ of the fifty-first congress be adopted. | **It is moved that the rules of fifty-first congress be adopted as ftev governing rules of this convention^ said President Clarkson. Applause^ and cheers greeted the manner of put- J ting the motion and a unanimous vote ^ resulted. Upon calling for the report^ of the committee on creden^Sais^^e^l chairman stepped to the platform and>* reported that the committee reco?|?j mend as many votes for each state an? t| the College League as are pennrtted^J by the constitution of the league. ''~f|?i The committee on place of meetings reported Denver as the place for m? convention in 1894 and the report waar3 adopted amid cheers for the western^ city. The committee on league W?MBB was not ready to repc??tr^anfjBHj^B| mittee on resolutions was cg THE RESOLUTIONS ADO^B Chairman Goodnow, of the^ tee, reported the followin J We, the representatives of the ? league cubs of the United States ifl convention assembled, reaffirm onJf?^H to the principles of the repubhcaufca^M enunciated in 1892. f- .^WJgk We desire the passage of a geneaAkvjTg. " 1 the safety of fife and limb of raiiway?Bplo?^ ."m upon recommendation of President -HairM by a republican cc egress and in co^orS?T fl with the expressed pledge of the na?ona?^^? publican convention. %S We declare that we are in hearty i^mig? ? with every legislative enactment whidfly ~ fl promote the interests of the wage-esra^^ fl tend to equalize conditions and haOKHKjjr fl relations between labor and capital, v fl regarding the moral and m?XetiuBi?^?iee^J^m the great body of the people as ?? primary ? object to be obtained and the m???e?et?xre means to attain this end, the esUU?hment of a system of arbitration for the adjustment . of differences arising between lab? ?ad capi? tal We declare our faith in genuine secret ballot .?. laws, fortified by efficient acts for the supptes- S? sion of corrupt practices in elections. . We demand the enforcement of anting kw*--j!? by the duly constituted officew of ti? 2sw ?ni demand the abohtion of the syst? of pros tate armed forces, represented by the Piakeiv^? ton and like detective agencies. '-?v ^ We demand tho suppression ot all publie " 3 gambling, whether in food piotocts or fejr* y means of lottery ticket.-. ? j % We h artily iiirge an amendmantio ihr cot- ; stitution, making the president iw?gibli second successive term. The foreign policy of Benjamin Harriwnrnd James G. Blame deserves and iccei?s~$b.a commendation of all Americans ?fcc b St? in 4 preserriug the rights and dignity*f th? Unit- ? ed States and in extending the scope osfi in? fluence. In accordance with thu pen we reaffirm our determination to mconrnT the enforcement of the "Monroe loctriw* not only as it applies to North and1 Soaulnim ca. but also tc those islands .nJhe^injjb^ - and Pacific, vhich are or may beer nie ne?KS|H ry to the prjtec ion of our coast Une audoqfl trade. When the American flag cuvera .&>ritfl ican interests and honor, it may never brifryMB ered. *tffll Whereas. The dem^craThsj^ty, ^TJ^ first time in thirty-two years, 'S^fflflfiQnQI to power in both the executive and ?9 depar-ment or the government, we ?H attention to fie tact Th it it should ettrrj?| the people a fair trial of th1 policies Imrg&?^? in its initial platform, or admit th?? $aineB supremecy by gress misrenresentatMi^jQy^^H pocrisy. 1 ' ;.- fl Chairman Goodnow expla?e?* ?haifl the resolutions adoptingthe ?P'MfaaaBU platform included,of course^e-c?^l denouncing outrages ' 'in ?e toufl^jfl About the only resolution ^^^g^^HB rious objection was that r&err?ig ?j^Zg woman's suffrage. It wfS r^kttP adversely by the committee on ^3^8 tions. The resolution was put ii vote, but the ayes and nays we^ jp lB| equally divided that a ribing V0HP*ifiji called for, and, in fact, was EecewS The result of the vote ?377 yegi The result of the first ballot foll ident TOS as follows: WJS-rjM fl Hastings, 401. A recess*was takoj til 2 :30 in the afternoo?T At President-elect Tracy called ifee M vention to order. The electio#?|^^^H secretary and treasurer was vtm fl "to the executive committe?^ I league then adjourned to meet Um ver next May. After the adjoisfl each of the delegates was agfl minded of Kentucky's hospitafl the receipt of a souvenirjMfl whisky labeled: ' 4fl B made Kentucky ^amdl I distrfll THREE Chicago, Wilmington and ??i olis Furnish the Sensat The announcement of the fei P. K. Bobinson & Co., bank* brokers of Wilmington, DeLy day, created a profound Kumors of the failure _^ firm had been on the street for sei days and business circles were excited. Th* liabilities of the are estimated at $300,000, whiie ii sets would not exceed $100,000. J sheriff has seized all the properq the bankrupt firm. I FAILURE IX INDIANAPOLIS. "/I -he Capitol National bankT^f dianapolis, suspended Thursd&Jg statement was made that the " the bank's doors was made by the failure of the Chemi< Bank of Chicago last week, stitution owed the Capital The bank also carried a lars of th* Premier Ste*l Wc The latter concern was hands of the r?TR?r^fcrF'i? ANOTHER CHICAGO BASK The Columbia i Chicago closed .ts The condition ol *ts ties are as vet unkno Ix East Prussia a usual is being cultiva .wing to the Tow price of