The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 09, 1897, Image 6
'.2ZT Firnt Bicycle Highway woman*
A new episode Iihs been added to
the history of the bicycle. In France
the ^ther day two ladies were stopped
on the road by a bicycle woman, who
drew a revolver and forced theiu to
surrender their valuables. This is the
first authentic case 011 record of a bicycle
highway woman.
Tlie (ireek (ilrl.
I A blooming (1 reek girl is uncommon.
The girls'faees that most strike
one are the color of yellow wax, which
blazing black eyes light up as might a
devouring flame. There is something
in most of the faces that betrays liability
to fever. All feeling for beautifill
drapery is extinct. The rich women
dress in frightful imitations of
French finery; the poor in sordid I
patched raiment, too thick ami clumsy j
to admit of graceful folds. On Sundays,
however, there is a show of fancy
needlework, that, with necklaces of
coins, has a pretty efleet. The Queen
often wears a (ireek costume. ? NewYork
Press.
An \<lmiiii*t rt?l ion tilrl.
Although the present administration j
is distinguished for its many young j
people among the otlieial families, hut .
one of all the host of pretty girls lias ,
the right to stand in the receiving line 1
w ith Mrs. Melvinley when she wel
comes the ptthlie, and this is Miss,
Flora Wilson, the only daughter of the j
Secretary of Agriculture. She is
slender and graceful, and has exi'pii- j
sitely dainty coloring, with dark hair j
and hlue eves Her live brothers and '
her father unite in an effort to make
up to her for the loss ot her mother, I
who died a few years ago. All of the j
Secretary's children have received |
their education at tie- Iowa Agricultural
College, which he presided over'
us President.
Summer I'mides in l*urn*?l?.
There is no ipie^tion of keeping off j
the sun by means of the parasols with
which i nc ^iiniiner gin is lining tier ,
trunks for the coming campaign. Her ,
aim in simply to make her costume as j
fhill'y ami highly colored as possible. j
ami the parasol is ilcchlcilly ail ai'l in
accomplishing the general eflect.
One i>!' the most gnrgeousof the season
is the "sunburst'" parasol, which
is a mass of elaborate Hating. I hen
there is the parasol composed entirely
of chitl'on tt 11 <1 riillleil from centre to
edge. Only tt shade less elaborate is
the dosiu.it of. V itui'iuli 'jL 1 - j ?i - ,si? tiu npcorafed
w it It frills of ehitVon, bunches
of artificial tlowers. or now aud then a
group of ostrich t ips.
A particularly popular fancy is that ,
the morning parasols shall match the '
shirt waist with which they are worn, I
as the summer girl still clings to the
most comfortable morning costume
which she has ever known. Thus
the new para -Is are made of Chaiubray,
iineti. muslin ami mull, aud are
prettily lined with vilk of becoming
shades. The numher of these dainty
articles necessary to the summer girl's
outlit has uot vet heeu computed.
Women in Horticulture.
According tot he census of 1 sito there
M ete .'11- commercial greenhouses, or
about one in tifteen, owned aud managed
bv women. We have a personal
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v-j-v..???..* 1 U nil women w 11"
are/successful i"? * t: 111 florist* Ot!nir
women to our knowledge aro making it
stnwss of raising emulations ami other
flowers for the wholesale tra<le. These
people sooti learn that the husiness of
raising and selling (lowers is heset l?y
inueli eare and labor that does not eotne
under the head of poetry. And yet
nearly all women florists that we have
met were led into the husiness heeause
hey lirst of all loved flowers. It adds
to the delight and success of any occupation
if one has a love therefor. There
is no question that, as a rule, women
have a greater fondness than men for
lowers; why therefore should they not
engage in growing and handling them
for profit. The rougher work about
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..v... mu ii a" iin* cart* oi
greenhouse furnaces, the handling of
soil ami manure, ami the like, can
easily he ihuie 1 >v men who work for
uuuleratc wages. If women are sitecessful
as florists they are equally so as
raisers of vegetables ami small fruits,
especially strawberries; they direct the
rougher work, help to prepare the produce
for customers, ami perhaps take
in hand the selling, thus keeping
closely to touch wi'h tin) state of the
market, < leiierallv speakiug, we think
that the raising of strawberries near
our best markets is further from being
overdone than that of almost any other
kind of produce. The consumption
is enormous, ami fresh fruit brought
quickly from the ib id", w itlmut a large
distanft\ intervening, always will sell
<1 , ably higher ihan fruit long j
fr?{ "'.'Vines that lias been shipped.
Much of the work of pmkingand hand |
ling small fruits is well suited to be
done by women. Vick's ."Magazine.
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fjuecti Victoria i" kind to her poor ;
relations.
The servant girls are organizing j
unions about the eoiintry.
Kx-Kiupress Kugeuie soon "tarts on
a tour to Constantinople and the Jilaek j
Hea country.
Huroness Hnrdett-Coutts, who mar , |
ried at sixty-seven, is now eighty ,
four, and in good health ' ,
f Club women have been rejoicing i
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over the appointment of Miss Mary
lied field us Postmaster at West Point,
N. Y.
Miss Mary Isabella Potter, who was
ordained as an Episcopal deaconess in (
New Haven last Sunday, is the tirsl
woman to take orders in the diocese of
Connecticut.
The recent, death of Elizabeth,
nf lUilforil it) tfncrlmiil
makes tho Duchess of Cleveland and
Lady Jane Ellice the last survivors of
Queen Victoria's bridesmaids.
Tho Michigau Legislature has enacted
a law to allow all people who
own assessed property to vote at
school elections, thus admitting some
of the women to a limited franchise.
Mine. Her Hot Ibsen, daughter of
Bjornson, and daughter-in-law of tho
dramatist, lias just made her public
debut as a vocalist of Christiauia. She
intends to adopt music as a profession.
Miss Mary M. Bartelme, of Chicago,
who has been appointed public
guardian by Governor Tanner, is the
first woman to hold the position. Her
duty is to look after the estates of
friendless children.
Queen's University, at Kingston,
Canada, has conferred the degree of
doctor of laws on the Countess of
Aberdeen. Lady Aberdeen is the first
woman in tho Dominion who has received
this distinction.
In Denmark women who foresee a
life of single blessedness can make
provision whereby they can at the ago
of forty be put in the spinster class for
good aud receive a weekly stipend for
their support.
Next to Queen Victoria, Queen
Louisa of Denmark is the oldest Queen
in Europe. Princess Louise of HessoCussel
was born in 1822 and was married
at tho age of twenty to Prince
Christian of Denmark, now King
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V. IiriM lllll I A.
The St. Paul (rlobe .says: "A picturesque
figure in the lobby of the
Ryan Hotel recently ?us Miss Carrie
Ihicnn. who is ont in the wild West in
the interest of a mainnioth chewing
gum establishment which has its headquarters
in Ohio."
The custom of wearing the engagement
ring on the fourth linger of the
left hand is traced to an old pagan
superstition which claimed that a vein
connected this finger directly with the
heart. It litis also become a matter of
convenience, as that is the linger least
u"'t'tVeai interest is manifested 111 Herman
medical circles with regard to an
American lady student who, after having
taken her degree at the University
of Wisconsin, lias been admitted to h
post-graduate course under Professoi
Dr. Veisser at the University of Ureslull,
Silesia. Hers is the first ease of
a female student's admission to u
Prussian state clinic.
i'ltxliloii Note*.
Flowered grenadines appear to be
among the leaders in summer fabrics.
(irenndine, both plain and fancy,
takes high place among summer diesfabrics.
Lilacs, white and purple,have taken
the place of violets with the tlowei
1 vendors.
The Parisian pompadour is the style
of coill'ure which necessitates a "rat'
to give its proper height.
The mushroom bunches of riblacn
wired to stand high above the hat
crown are deemed essentially chic it
summer inilIinei-v
Canvas is still very popular ami
seems stoutly to resist the invasion of
double-faced enshiuere ami mohair two
rivals of canvas now in the tichl.
Senora, the new bright simile ot
Spanish red, is slightly less vivid than
cherry color, hut more brilliant than
either the geranium or Danish dyes.
(iray silks ami poplins are trimmed
with corselet and collars of yellow
satin; bolero of the gray lined witl
yellow, ami full vest of white cliitlbu
and yellow lace.
Silk blouses are made with tight
sleeves, buttoning from wrist to tin
scant pulVnn the shoulders, and small
gold, not brass, buttons are lavishly
used for trimming.
(riav embroidered tulle, orange vel
vet, Venetian lace, a cluster of Mermet
roses, and a very uuiqiie buckle of
French brilliants form a lovely model
for an evening hat made by Virot.
Foulards and all soft silks will be
warn during the summer. They are
printed in dainty designs and come m
soft colors ami in such a variety of
patterns that they mav serve for any
pill-pose.
('rope de-Chine is to be very much
worn this season, especially for evening
dresses ami in combination with
other materials, ami there is a new
Kind, ribbed like iionlm. which is verv
delicate Ulltl soft
The turn-over stock collar of linen
has boon a favorite for tailor made
costumes ami silk shirt waists for some
time, but i* has now made its appearance
in dainty embroidered lawn ami
is even carried out in velvet an I lace.
The English tailor-made coat has ko
gathers at the top of the sleeves. It
ias a little fullness, which is arranged
n sniall dart seams covered with fancy
lu'uidiiiK Many of the coats are
daborately braided, and several dilVer*
nt kinds of braid arc used on one
garment.
MEN CROPHEPORT.'
Hot Winds and Drought Has Given
Crops a Set Back.
FURTHERIMPROVMENTIN CORN
Local Storms Have Caused Injury to
Crops In Kentucky and Mlsssurl,
Hut Damage Comparatively Light.
The Department of Agriculture, iu
its weekly crop bulletin issued last
Tuesday, sayB in part: While some
what too cool for tho best results over
the morn northerly districts, with
excessive heat in tho Southern States,
the woek has, upon tho whole, been
favorable for tho growth aud cultivation
of crops in harvesting of grain.
Local storms have caused injury to
crops in portious of New Jersey, Alabama,
Kentucky and Missouri, but the
naiuago has boon comparatively light,
l'ortious of tho ()hio valley, (lalf States,
Western Kansas and Colorado are needing
rain.
Cotton has made rapid growth in Oklahoma
and Texas and a gonerel improvement
is reported olsowhero. In
tho central and eastern portions of the
cotton bolt, however, tho reports generally
indicate that tlio plaut in small
and backward. A general rain is much
needed over the central and western
portions of the cotton belt.
Corn has made further improvement
during the week in the principal corn
States, having made rapid growth in
Illiuois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas
and Oklahoma In the more northerly
sections tho crop has generally improved,
but continues backward.
Tn tho Southern States the general
outlook is less favorable than previously
reported, having been damaged by
hot winds in Texas, and by drought iu
Arkansas, and in tho I'.ast Oulf States,
liains have retarded cultivation in portions
of Iowa, where the crop has made
fair growth, but its condition and tho
stand are viu iablo.
The winter wheat harvest has continued
under generally favorable conditions.
Kast of tho Mississippi harvesting
is now in progress as far north as
tho southern portions of Illiuois, Indiana
ami Ohio, ami tlm rrnii is lmitur
ing rapidly in trie more northerly sections.
Some damage hits been done by
excessive rains to wheat in shock in
Missouri. Harvesting in t 'alifornia has
been somewhat retarded by cool weather
ami showers over the northern part
of the State. Uains in Oregon ami
Washington have been beneficial.
Spring wheat lias generally made favorable
progress, The early sown is heading
and the reports generally indicate
that the straw is short.
Tobacco is more promising than previously
reported in Virginia. Tennessee
nud Kentucky, and the crop is growing
nicely in Imliana, and Maryland.
Some lias been cut in Florida and it is
ripening in South <'arolina In (ieorgia
o.i)'J..(_\Le,v V,.rk it is sull'eriug from
IJI'SIN KSS liMX li 11 LOW N ll?.
Terrific Fx plosion of Dynamite at
South Scranton, I'a.
An explosion of dynamite Tuesday in
-'outU Scranton, Fa . seriously damaged
the business block of I.eon < Hchet'oski. a
double dwelling block and single
houses. The hussiness block w as blown
to pieces, 'n twenty one houses all the
windows were blown out and the plaster
shaken from the walls. I he shock was
felt all over the city.
bulla's Yellow Fever Scotirss.
The reports received from Cuba by
Surgeon (icnernl Wyinan, of the Marine
Hospital Service at Washington
show that yellow fever is spreading.
The I nited States sanitary inspector at
Havana report-- that during the week
there were in that city deaths front
yellow fever with approximately '.Til
now cases, and MO lieu cases of smallpox.
with three deaths The I nited
States t'onsul at Sagua l.atirunde reports
that during the week there were
n that eitv -1 new eases reported from
yellow fever and v: eases from smallpox
\ ^liiiiilii'i'iil <'outrllmtion.
dames ('. Carter, the New York lawyer,
has coiilribute.t to the Kan
I < >11 >11 flicker Memorial Hall to be
crccteil at Washington anil l.cc ITiiver
>lt>. ! cxiu^tou, \ a . at a cost of
" mi, tor the uccoinmodat ion of the law
school.
riirninj? ol' t lie I':ile.
After liein^ i?ile for some weeks, t o
tulie department ami the -beet mill of
'.he Heading I'a Iron Works has resumed
operation. I he former tfives
employment to over !'"n haiols, wlulo
the latter will tfive work to '.' "id.
I)el?s' Scheme AIiji niloneil.
Kimeiie V I )elis socialist colony J
scheme has heeti ahaioloiie I ami there I
will he a mitral i< >n of iinem pi >;. e I tnen |
to the Mate of Washington in its st?*a>l
I lie ex pew-e of their trail poi latioii will |
lie |-aii| thr< iijli a per capiia tax of 1 "> J
cents a month on members of the ":o I
cial Democracy. 1'ehs new party.
I'w o ol n I\ i11<I
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IIcpreseiitan\e Ixiiu. of I tah, has j
introduced hi the 111 iii-e a l>ill iiletit ieal t
with that intI'm!ueeiI by Senator Moi |
"an in the Senate, proviilim/ for the an
nexation of Hawaii under the conditions
of Ihi' treaty negotiate! by the
1 resnlent.
A lliij x 1111 > lints Down.
The Massachusetts Cotton Mills have i
been closed at l.owill, Mass.. and will '
not be re-opened until duly I Jth I he
mills employ l.hOO men ! lie shutdow n
was decided upon because of the lov
price which Moods are selling at. ami
the poor demand.
Dpotriicllvi' in Kiissiii.
Floods in Kussia have destroyed
many houses anil bridges. Hundreds j
aro homeless, then homes having been
carried away with tin* rn?-h of the waters.
hctttii'ii Kolomeu and Inrkna
train went through a bridge and it is
behaved tliut many perilous have been
drowned
THIS WORLD OF BUSINESS*
Messrs. R; (J. Dun & Co.'i Weekly
Report of TrMnsuotlons.
Messrs. R. O. Dun & Co.'s Weekly
Review of Trade for the week ending
Saturday^ July 8d, says: Midsummer
vacations have oommenoed in many
works, with a decrease of orders usual
lit tit in RAHnnn Tliin Diiu^nmafv vana.
tiou is called a strike wliere agreements
regarding wages for the coming
year have not been reached, and the
extensive strike of the Amalgamated
Iron Workers announced July 1 is of
this nature, but the Btrike of coal
miners in Illinois and other Central
Wosterit Hiatus is not, and mAy |>rove
costly. Jii some iron and cotton works
wages have been reduced, owing to low
prices, one cotton mill in Virginia
closing because the reduction was
not accepted. With a bottor demand
the employers will seek agreement. The
situation is distinctly of a midsummer
character; Large hopes ave built on the
prospective demand after the taritt'bill
lias passed, but the pressure in the market
of largo importing stocks may defer
it. The general belief is that a removal
of uncertainty will in auy case increase
business.
Since much of the future depends on
crops the brightening prospects are of
the highest importance. Kstimates by
persons usually most pessimistic now far
exceed au%\ made a mouth ago, on the
promise of 350,000,000 bushels of wheat,
of lowor condition, but a largely increased
ncrea-je of corn, Cotton prospects
are brighter as the crop uppcars
to be rather early, rather than later
in tho regions which were not
flooded. Tho movement of wheat is
small. Western receipts for the week
being only l,(jjt(),770 bushels against
'',041,710 last year, and Atlantic exports
2.004,173, Hour included, against 2,102,172
last year, but a strong eft'ort to
lift prices failed, and the close is ljj
cents lower for the week, with corn half
a ceut lower. Cotton rose with small
sales. The iron and steel industry
halts at midsummer, although tho demand
for finished products still increases
and disappointment is duo only
to the fact that the increase is not yet
enough to keep all mills at work and
thus to bring better prices, which now
averago slightly lower than ever before.
though not 1 per cent, below those of
March, lSDo. 1 ho export trade is increasing,
and a large order for India
has just been taken at a price said to
be below British bids. Coke production
is increasing again, as more
iron furnaces ai o going into blast, ami
an addition of cents has been ordered
in anthrneite coal. Tin is higher,
with larger consumption, and copper at
to} for Lake, with heavy exports, while
lead has advanced to 0 cents. Aniercan
makers are o ling tin plate largely
at .<}. 20 for full weight against jsl.NU
for foreign.
Textile manufacturers are waiting
and cottou mills curtailing production,
with largo stocks on hand, and prices
scarcely changed, while woolen mills
are gradually increasing work with
better orders, and prices incline to advance
n shade. Enormous buying of
wool, 2>0,000,000 pounds this year,
against 102,000,000 last vear, reflects
speculation mainlv, and some larger
lots have been sold three to live times
?.lP?9^PfrA\?l,.?.ea.X>^?s
high in the interior that dealings in
domestics are restricted, amounting for
two mouths to less than 21,000,000
pounds, against 000,000 pounds
foreign.
Failures for the week have been 2-11
in the I'nitcd States, against 2~>? last
year, and :$0 in Canada, against 22 last
year.
Change In Freight Transportation.
An important ehatigo in the freight
transportation service between New
York. Philadelphia and the South has
been made by traflic agreement arranged
between the Baltimore and
Philadelphia Steamboat Company and
the I Salt iinore Stenni Packet Company
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A < litnt Sewing >1 hi-hino.
A giant sewing machine has been finislioil
nt Leeds, Kngland. The mnoliino,
which is to bo used for attaching cotton
bolting, weighs five and a quarter tons.
Indians I>1?? From I>rlnking.
I'ive Indians are dead and several
others are expected to die at Alalone's
I'oint, Alir.n , as the result of excessive
inking of pain-killer, hair oil r.nd
i :l.< i partitions containing alcohol.
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Ilit; \\ i-cokei Sentenc* ...
Louis I .a lot, the convicted (Anion
Itank wrci ii r, of New Orleans, has
been seiitein ed bv .fudge I'arlange to
eight years in the penitentiary at hard
labor. I he case will bo appealed.
NEWS ITEMS.
&Outlicru Pencil Pointers.
A tramp census is being taken by tho
authorities throughout Indiana.
Mormon missionaries have been exI>elled
from Meridian, Miss.
Thero is talk of the Virginia Prohibitionists
holding a State convention at
Lynchburg August 20th.
The total paid attendance at tho
Nashville Imposition for the iirst two
months id very near 500,000.
Afore than 100,000 people passed
through tho gates of the Tennessee Exposition
last week.
Government engineers srty all immediate
appropriation of 8500*000 is need
ed for Cumberland Hound, Pin.
A cloudburst in the vicinity of Henderson,
Ky., washed away about a mile
and a half of railroad track.
Tho Federal and State officials will
uuito to protect the Florida coast from
importation of infectious diseases.
Sliurht earthuuake thocks wero felt in
Charlotte, X. , and neighboring
towns on tho night of the 58th of Juno.
Several people were awakened from
their sleep by tho disturbance.
The Cirand View, ouo of the leading
hotels at Tallulah Falls, (in., has been
burned. Miss llattie Higgins and her
mother, of Atlanta, bearly escaped with
their livos from the burning structure.
IJ08S, $55,000.
Muck damage was dono by a wind
and rain storiu throughout Centra!
Georgia. A great deal of timber was
blown down, ami tho telephone wires
are all down. There was some hail, but
it did very little damage.
At Tampa, Fla., .Tames Davis, colored.
entered the house of Airs, ttipard
lvnowles, white, and assaulted her. He
was frightened away by her screams
and tied without hat, coat or shoes, lie
was captured and jailed without any demonstration
of violence.
Governor F.llerbe, of South Carolina,
has issued an order 011 the basis of the
finding of the Court of Inquiry upon
the recent riot among students and police
and militia on South Carolina campus.
He did not have anything to say
as to Watts, as he will report his case
to the General Assembly.
The Tennessee F.xposition which is
attracting so much attention throughout
the country, and which is being attended
by thousands from both the
Northern ami Southern States, is
beautifully illustrated in the duly
number of the Oriole, which is published
monthly by the llaltiiuorc Steam
Packet Company. The illustrations
were sent the Oriole specially by the
hoard of managers of the exposition.
Tho same number also contains maps
of the famous dames river route of the
Haltimore Steam Packet Company between
Haltimoro and Kichinoud, and a
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ihi*^o uiiiuiuii ui uuifi liiinriiiiiiurn *'i
value to the general public as well as
travelers.
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All About the North.
Arthur (latdiner. of Chicago. broke
the world's one nii'e hieyele handicap
record, hi time being
tion of play-goers ns "Old itoss," died
at his home 1:1 New York w it li acute
paralysis.
Four armed rubbers looted an (>maha,
fNeli. ) bank, and were pursued and
captured. The caslrer and one of the
robbers were shot.
Tho Pan-Amorican I x position Com
pauy, just incorporated at \lbany. .1
arranged for a six months' e\hi' r
Cayuga Island, N. Y., in,
Congressman Edward I ' un 4 oi,o,
of Chicago, was found dead in ti- loom
at the ('oehran Hotel, \Yu ...ngtou,
from a clot 011 the heart.
Tlie jury in the conspiracy ease of the
American Tobacco Company, 011 trial
New York, has fai ed to agree,
n were for conviction and two for aeittal.
I'ho publishers of the city directory
Chicago, now in press and to he isod
-0011, have made what tliey claim
a conservative estimate of the popu:ion
of the city. Thev put the iiges
at one million, eigut hundred ami
euty-eight thousand.
>1 Iseellaneous.
Nine children killed and many others
jured by the collapse of a church in
e province of Cludad Ileal, Spain.
I'he decree of Id,. I >. has been con!'red
011 President McKiuley by the
estern Heserve ITiiversity.
Seveu hundred and sixty soldiers j
re returned from Havana. Cuba, to I
>nin June JfOth, who wore on the inlid
list.
Many of the passengers ami crew of
e steamer (* it v of I'aris. Panama for
m Francisco, ilie<! of yellow fever on
e voyage.
Yellow fever is reported hv the Ma*
ne Hossital at Washington to be at
era Cruiz, Mexico, and tube epidemic
I'anama, Columbia.
A severance of fraternal relations
iioiio ISoyal Arch Masons of Virginia
i<1 I "ennsylnnnia has been ordored by
ie authorities of the former.
\ cablegram from London says the
to of the Pacific steamer "Aden,"
liieh left Yokohoma .1 line 1st for L011m.
is at last a certainty, and it is
ioiioht that ion have been drowned.
Short Stop Jennings of Ifaltimorc,
ho was hit 011 the head by a ball
inrowii by Pitcher iSusie in a baseball
game. is said to be siilVerino from conCUBHlOll
of 1 lie bi ll i II.
The susoc isiou of work in the steel
nuns, with iii?* j i i < i it ion of tin- coining
lijo coal strike, will In; the Invest suspension
of business at one time tor vein s
JlftSt.
WHRhlngtoii Helloes.
Col. \V. .1. Calhoun has decided to
doeline tho jiosition of eonii troller of
the treasury.
The Secretary of the Interior \\ ill Iih
tribute 81,101,(inn moony tho State agricultural
colleges.
The Senate comiuittee on liuaneo has
lixeil the ilutv on coal at r>7 cents per
ton. Tho rate applies only to co.il
shipped from countries which do not
impose a hiy'ier rate on American coal.
It therefore affects only Canada.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONORK88. *
Report of the Proceedings from Day 0
to t>aj< ti
SENATE. b
Jt'NK 28tii. The Senate made koo<1 p
progress on the tariff bill today, die- JH
posing of the paragraph* relating to
hides, which have been the source of {
much controversy. As finally agreed
on, the duty on hides is placed at 20 |
per cent, ad valorem, in place of 1J per
ceut. per pound, as originally rejiorted
by the finance committee. The discussion
was protracted, drifting into a *
general debate on trusts, and from that e
back to tlio sugar trust. Mr. Smith, of ^
New Jersey, sj>oke at length against
the duty on hides, whilo Mr. Allen,
of Nebraska, supported the du- t
ty. The new paragraph was agreed to, t1
HO to 20, one Democrat, Mr. llawlins.
voting with the Kepilblicaus in tue ui- j
finnativo. Tlio incidental debate on f
trusts led to a severe arraignment of ,
the sugdr trust by Messrs. Caffery and fi
Lindsay, and a general discussion of v
the menus to deal with the trusts, by j
Mr. Hoar. Among other paragraphs
disposed of during tlio day were all (
those relutitig to gloves, a substitute j
for the paragraph on live animals, iron j
ore and stained glass windows. .
Jr.NK 'J!)tii?After tedious consider*- .
tion of the tariff bill throughout the
day, the Senate wound up with a half
hour of lively and amusing colloquy be- ,
tween Senators Tillman and Chandler. .
The former had proposed an amendment
to tho tariff bill, providing a 8100
head tax on immigrants, nud a restric- .
tion against all those not coming to the
United States to becouio citizens. During
tho day tho Senate disposed of tho '
lend paragraph, tho committee rate of
IA cent per pound on lead oro boing
agreed to. Tluvother paragraphs considered
were comparatively of minor
importance.
Jpnu 80th. Tho Senate did rapid
work on tho tariff bill. Tho close of j
the long debate in tho Senate and the j
final voto on the bill is felt to be very ,
near at hand. Two of the most important
provisions those relating to I
tho Hnwaiian treaty of reciprocity aud ]
the duty on coal were perfected, whilo ;
another source of much conflict, the J
reciprocity section, was matured by ,
tho finance committee and presented ,
to tho Senate. Aside from these j
large items a groat many minor (
ones which have caused more or ,
less conflict, wore disposed of. The Ha- ,
waiian provision of tho bill was restored ,
after brief debate, and without tho formality
of a vote. This has the effect of
leaving the Hawaiian treaty of reciprocity
in full force and effect. Turpie, of (
Indiana, spoko in support of thenmondnient
for a two per cent, tax on inheri
tanees. It was agreed upon in the canons
that cotton hairpin?; and burlaps
were to go on the dutiable list.
.Tn.v 1st. - Cotton bagging and cotton
ties wore placed on the free list in the 1
Senate bv a vote of 2!f to 2:1. The duty
on white* pine lumber was reduced from
; ? to SI per l.iHK) by a vote of 112 to 111.
The bill is now completed with the exception
of the reciprocity section ami
some comparatively minor paragraphs.
Much progress was made in clearing i
up detached paragraphs heretofore
passed over. Only three of these, coal
tar. potash and tea, remain, so that
these items, the reciprocity section ami
the brief internal revenue and administrative
provisions, areull that is left of
Un *1 l?ouo?1 of llofoVO tlld 1
final vote is taken.
I?'i.Y 2i>. Keciprosity and retalia
tion were the two phases of the tariff
1 ?il 1 to occupy the attention of the
Senate, to the exclusion of all other
subjects. Both provisions wore agreed
to, although the debate on the reciprocity
clause was protracted toho'oloek.
' he reciprocity clause empowers the
osident, with tho advice and cohsent
i the Senate, to make reciprocity
treaties jiving 20 percent, reduction in
duties on designated articles, or placing
articles on the free list. Tho retaliatory
clause provides that whenever
any country bestows an export bouuty
on any article, then upon the importation
of such article into the ITiited
States, there shall he levied, in addition
to the duties provided by the act, an
additional duty equal to the amount of
the bounty.
Ii'i.v :in. In the Senate all effort to
fix the time for a final vote on the tariff
bill proved futile, but during tho day
the bill was brotiirht to a state of practical
complct ion. Mills, of Texas, !
brought forward a new amendment for
a tax of 20 cents a pack on playing cards '
which was agreed to by a unanimous ;
vote, amid much amusement and sur- i
prise, as Mills had not expected that j
result. All of the administrative sections
of the bill, and that repcalim/ the
Wilson not. wero disposed of during tho
lay, ami the paragraph proposing a
tax on boor was withdrwn l?y the coin- 1
inittee. The Seiiato adjourned till tho I
*?th. no dibit hein^ made to observe the 1
national holiday. ,
IIOUSK. 1
JrNK 'JStii. The session of the ]
House lasted only lon^ enough to call
the roll on Mr. Din^ley's motion to '
adjourn. The next session will bo i
hold Thursday,. <
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July isf.-^The message of the I'resient
recommending an appropiiation of "
f $000,000 for rebuilding the immigrnon
station on at Ellis Island, was laid
efore the House. A bill pi local imortauco
was passed, and at 1:80 the
louse adjourned until the Oth.
iUILDINU AM) 1A>AN FAIIdHlFS.
'owr Louisville Associations (io to
the Wnll.
Four building and loan associations,
?l?osc estimated assets and liabilities
aeli foot up over n million and a qtiarer
of dollars have gone to the wall in
jouisvillo, Ky., finding it imi>oHsiblo
o conduct business under the recent
lecision of the Court of Appeals in regard
to the legal rate of interest.
'resident Fred lloertz said that booro
the constitutionality of the laws,
imler which the building and loan nsociatious
operated were attacked, they
core prospering, but since the Appol
ate Court had decided that all intorcst
harmed or collected over ti per cent,
onstituted usury, that it was iiupossi>Io
toortrry on business only at u lo.s.
livery such corporation in the Stato
hat did businoss would go under. At
,ho offices of all the building aud loan
:ompauies in the State the greatest uneasiness
prevails aud stockholders aro
lourly giving notice of withdrawals. It
.8 the general opinion anions local finuiciers
that tho building and loan business
has suffered its death blow in Kentucky
aud tliousnn Is, perhaps millions
A dollars, will be lost to the sliarehohl3iR
in theso institutions.
THE STRIKE T\ TKWKSSKK.
Two Hundred Thousand Men Idle in
the Jclllco District.
The situation in the East Tennesseo
uid Southern Kentucky coal mining
ields is rapidly becoming very serious.
There are '-'OO.OOO idle men in the Jclico
district and nearly tho same uum[>er
along the line of tho Cincinnati
Southern Railroad. These men struck
?n May 1, and have done no work
?ince. Few of them had any money
laved up and tho majority are now suffering
for t'm necessities of life. All
efforts to si lo the strike have proved
unavailing and it is now admitted that,
none of tho mines can be operated for
several mouths. Tho strikers have so
far made no attempts at violence, but.
as the sufforing among them increases,
it is feared that soino trouble will
coiuo.
A GENERAL STRIKE ORDERED.
A general strike of miners of tho
United Mine Workers of America haH
been ordered for July 4th by tho national
executive board, whose headquarters
are in Columbus, O., and also
by tho district officials at a meeting
*?nld recently.
Isinglass.
The name isinglass is supposed by
Edwards to lie derived from a corrupted
form of the Herman name of the
sturgeon, hauseiiblas. Ii lias probably
received its English name from some
improper association with the word
icing and the French glare, lee. The
mi list ii iico itself is tin* ?I rii m 1 membranes
of certain kinds of lish. formerly only
tIn* air bladder <>f tin* sturgeon was
used, but in the last few years it was
discovered that many other port ions of
the body of the lish yiehh d isinglass of
as good quality as the air bladder, and
now isinglass is proettred from ninny
different quarters instead of. as fornierly.
solely from the Russian fisheries
of the Italtie Sea. Isinglass is nearly
pure gelatine, the ease w ith which
this stibstanee is separated from tit"
membranes of the lish constituting the
value of the material in the arts and
sciences. The most remarkable varie1y
of isinglass conns front the mouths
of the Amazon, r<semb!'iig" redd'-It
brown grapes growing from a thick,
apparently woody, stem, tins variety
being the dried eggs of the Stabs gigas,
a lish abuudani. in tin- Amazon,
Italy's \e\t (Juccii.
Italy's next queen will be the most
-cinarkahlc woman ruler in tin- modern
History of the world. Sin- has the eolirtge
of a lion, the pliy.-iqtte of an Autumn.
the spirit of .loan d'Are. She is
[terfeetlv at home in the saddle, and is
in expert with the title. The princess,
moreover, takes a keen delight in shooting
birds with a revolver, ami so great
is Iter skill with that weapon that even
I he smallest animal falls tin easy prey
lo her unerring aim. The number of
languages with which she is thoroughly
conversant is half a dozen, ami she
knows tin- political intricacies 0f Mttrope
as well as a prime minister.
Though a lover of the wild ami fero lons.
she has enough intelligence and
training to make her it finished woman
>f the world.
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