Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 15 July 1892 — Page 1

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VOL. VI-NO. 455.

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Warmer, rain.

Smoke OUR COMMANDERY, N.o 68, 5ctCigar. Sold by J.T.Laymon.

Sl-ND FOR ELEGANT CaTALOBUE. HHEB & OSBORN,

'W ell lv^un is half done." Hegin your cake of

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an& Contrl (Juuia rf&KrartionL ry

MAT KLINE, 105 E. MainS 0pp. Court House

V. -&&. O. -A.. Barber Sliopd Weather Repor t.

Barber

WANTED—A

by Sept. ..

Must be strictly lirst-chss in every pnrlieulai Apply In Y.M.U.A. Harbor Shop.

Fans and Baths.

BIG CUT SALE THIS WEEK!

ON OUK ENTIHK LINK OF

Flouncings Embroidery /'••£,

Kvcrvtliino in lii.it line will be sold at cost and less.

GEBHART'S BAZAR.

Cai

FOR

Ni-w Tol itres, New Cabbage, Oranges,

Lemons,.

l'ri sli Strawberries received daily. Also,

A full assortment of Staple and Fancy Groceries.

Street.

Bananas, Etc.

Rtl

THE POSITIVE CURE.

3 ELY UH0TOTCR8. 11 W»n«i Bt, Sow York. rrlceMcUB

ndiarapolisOusinesslJmversii

n- ntnu.i tiiiuti. AnnABtn tlnaiLAllVIl

ni.DHIiTAHT.'i BTHATTON. NOIIT1I rP.!lHaYI,"ANIA ST.. Wlim BLOCK. OPrOSIT* FOSJOFl'ICg. E HICH£3T CHADE BUSINESS AND SHORTHAND 8CHOOL. '.siitlili3liuil HOI OI-.II iilllticyuir ciituruny time iiiillvidiiiilliistructlon lecture* limps tin.1.1 I. tiniuiiliort c\i«'ii: csum-, iiotco lor Dlploinn: ustrictly liusinras Kcliool in on unriviilciU or.iI:: rc.iiil miter mlurseil ruul pntronlml liy milr..ml, industrial. professional anl hiwiiiosstni:.-: ncmnloy skill. .1 LI.-h.- no charge for ponttiona UTIO.MIU1.H1 111 lliu success of its gnuluatcs.

SAPOI.IO!

Sapolio is a solid cake of Scouring Soap used for all leaning pin poses. Try it.

Proprietors.

housework by lmying a

Sprrtmen COUCH.

H. II. OliiToiu, New Oasfiol, Win., wis troubled willi neuralgia ami rlieuinii-l.it-111, his Hloinneh v.as disordoied, bin liver m'iih nlViTi.'.I loan 1 liniiiiiig degree, appetite foil away ami lit* was lorribly reduced in llesh and strength. Throe bottles of electric bitters cured liiin.

Edward Shopard, llarrisburg, til., had a miming euro on bin leg of eight yours standing. Used throe bottles of electric, bittern and seven boxes of Jtueldon's arnica salvo nnd his log in now sound and well, John Speaker, Catawba, (., had live large fever soroii 011 bin leg, doctors naiil ho wan onriiblo. One bottle, of electric bitters and one box of J'uelilen'H arnica waive cured liiin.. Suit by Nyiv.fc (%., Druggists

Children Cry for

Pitcher's ^astorla.

Miles' Nerve & IAvcr Pills. Act on 11 now principle—regiilntingtho tvor Blonitche nnd bowels throui/h Ihii nerves. A new discovery. I)r .Miles' l'ills speedily euro billounoss. bail tust-o, torpid iver pi I OB, constipation. Uneqimled for men, women, children. Smallest, mililost ureet. SO douea 26 oente.

AT HOMESTEAD.

Tlio Famous Town Is Now Practically Under Martial Law.

TROOPS i:\'KUV\VIII:J{E IN CONTROL

I'rulmlilllty Tliut Xon-Vr.loii Men Will Soon He Pluced In the MUM—Strikers "WU1 Trjr Argument—Close of

the Inquiry.

Sint'CK

HI OF SYMPATHY.

IIOMKSTK.MI.

l'a., .1 uly If), 3 a. m.—

The advices this morning are that a sympathetic strike has l»oeu deelareil in all the Chfiu'^ie mills except the Kdgur Thomson sleel works at, rraddoo!c. It is claimed that the two union mills of tho l.awrenceville district in Pittsburgh, us well as the Heaver fulls iiiillK and those at Hiuinesno, will join in the fight for recognition of the union. These mills employ about :t,GOO amalgnuiated men, and with the other workmen and laborers who are expected to join in the strike tho number to go out will renoh about 8,000. l.'niler Murtllil I.ilw.

To all intents and purposes the town Is under martial law, though 110 proclamation has been issued to that effect by the governor. When the strikers retired Wednesday night many and vicious were the threats that should the militia attempt to assume tin reins of the town government, there would be trouble. Significant references were made of the Winchesters held in readiness by the strikers and vicious looking fellows talked of earn.ige and slaughter. Hut when daylight came the streets were fairly overrun with armed soldiers a sijnad of militiamen occupied position at each of the depots and at the corners of the main thoroughfares, while troops of horse and foot inarched through the streets. They wore the provost guard on the lookout for such soldiers ns might luivo left camp without a permit. It was a disagreeable surprise to Homestead, but it was well received. The guard was instructed to arrest any police otlicer who laid hands on a peaceable citizen, and to bring both the otlicer anil citizen before Col. Cireon, who would decide upon the justice of the civil otlieer's act. Incidentally the guard was told to preserve order and to arrest any soldiers who appeared on the streets without a written permit. As a consequence the streets were free from straggling soldiers and the best of order prevailed.

Found nyiiuiiiltc.

A box containing fifty pounds of dynamite In sticks was found at the City Farm station at the west end of the bulwarks at noon. The matter was at once reported to Col. Green, who sent a detachment of the provost guard, which carefully removed it under the guidance of Engineer Hailey to a safe place within the inillyards. Tho box was found partly covered with rubbish at the north side of the little railway station. It is supposed by Col. Green to have been left there by the rioters after the battle with the l'iukertons, though others adhero to the belief that it was put there to be used in case an attempt should lie made to start the mill with non-union men. The strike leaders declared they knew nothing of the dynamite or where it came from.

Wltnt Sliull H« Done tvtlli the fiutiH? Hugh O'Donnell telegraphed to the attorney general Thursday and asked what disposition should be made of the rinkerton rilles, if they could be located. This strange question was prompted by a desire to get legal opinion on the rights of the in vading l'inkerton forces. The repeated threat that the leaders of the lat battle would lie arrested has caused more than a little anxiety. Mr. O'Donnoll's apparent offer to surrender the fireams is taken as a politic move. He would have a hard time in gathering 11 titc Winv-lu'slers. however, for they are distributed and bidden away, and all tin ammunition taken from tho barges has been given out.

The Slrlke at rltt»lurKli.

So engrossed are the Homestead people with their own contest that they have paid little attention to the strike reported from the Carnegie mills of the Lawreueevilledistrictin Pittsburgh. Many say. however, that the Pittsburgh workingiuen made a mistake in striking, as they had been recognized by the steel e.onipany and were working under 'lie scale. If they stay out it will simply put a heavier burden 011 the Amalgamated association, and the treasury will soon be exhausted. The Pittsburgh workmen were not asked to strike, and have acted on their own responsibility. Their loyalty is appreciated, but the wiser heads here quietly suggest that the Pittsburgh strike will not be. of long duration, as the men are fighting for 110 definite purpose except to cripple the Carnegie interests.

Will Arjjiio with the Nowromorii. At a special meeting of the advisory committee, called late Thursday ovening. it was believed that the men would be brought in by river and patrols were strengthened 011 the banks of the Mouongahela to meet and argue with the incomers. It was urged by every one of the leaders tliat any resort to violence would be practically treason. The pickets were advised to ask the incomers if they were taking the places of straight workmen because they needed food for themselves and their families, and if they replied in the affirmative to promise them help until they could find work in some other place. Further than this the patrols were advised that tliey must not go. No man may be threatened, nor will any intimidation be resorted to. The ease of the committee is one of argument entirely, and tliey believe that the troops wjtl not prevent them from having access to the newcomers oiitside of the Carnegie works.

Tho liivi'tillKillloli l'.liclri.

Pi 1 "IT.III HOI', l'a., .luly l.".—The inquiry into the trouble at. Ilouieste'il was concluded by the congressional committee Thursday. Uuc of the com

mittee said that the present investigation would do much to help the passage of a compulsory arbitration law, and also an anti-Plnkerton measure, both of which have already been introduced. Most of the committee favor both of these measures, and the report which the committee will submit will doubtless contain favorable recommendation for both.

Among the witnesses examined during the morning was Oscar Colflesh, who said that under the scale proposed by Mr. Frick his wages won hi be reduced Sl!'.4r per month. Mr. Weilie was recalled and declared that the Amalgamated association did not foster any such resistance to employers as was now under investigation neither did it encourage violence.

Mr. Frick was recalled and said: "We asked for a reduction of wages because, on account of the reduction in price of our product., on every ton of blooms, billets and slabs wc sold this year we lost money. Our Homestead mill and the Dnquesne produce 11 per cent, of all the steel billets made in the United States, lu our i!:!-inch mill our two rollers were paid in May S2S5 and S'i 17, the six heaters each got St.'10 and the heaters' helpers S?75. In this mill wc ask no reduction. The mortgages we hold on houses of employes is only to aid tlicm in the erection of homes. Wc allow them to pay it off by the month. We have never foreclosed mortgage of this kind. We charge them 11 per cent., and allow them the same when thoy deposit with us. Our men at Homestead have about £140,000 on deposit with us, on which we pay 0 per cent., and we hold mortgages amounting to f-UJ, 000." "Could not 3'our works be continued at the old scale uud your company still make a fair profit?" "No. sir we could not. It would certainly drive us into bankruptcy if there were no adjustment of wanes." "You feel that the tariff has no place lu this trouble." "No, sir not in the least. Had the duties on the goods we manufacture been reduced it would have had a serious effect on our wages."

The investigation was then declared concluded, and the committee soon left for Washington. Its report will be submitted to congress next week, liy Special Committor.

WASHINGTON, July 15.—The committee on contingent expenses has reported a comprehensive resolution providing for the investigation, by special senate committee, of the Homestead troubles, organization and employment of I'inkertons and the naturo of the labor troubles. The resolution went over.

TROOPS IN CONTROL.

TltcTSceoc of the Idaho Mining Trouble Under Marshal Law—1'eaett iloKtorcd. WAI.I.ACB, Idaho, .July 15.—Gen. W. P. Carlin of the Fourth United States infantry, in command of tho military forces in Cimir d'Alone, is nowatWardncr, where he has established picket lines and taken charge of the town. There are now about 400 troops in Shoshone county.

The situation remains quiet. All the miners went home to the various mines Wednesday night. The Poonnan and Tiger mines, which have been deserted since Monday, started up Thursday morning also the Mammoth and Custer iniues. Work at tho Morning and Hunter mines was also resumed.

Coroner Sims has summoned a jury to investigate tho killing of five men in the Frisco mine explosion. The jury will convene Saturday morning. Tho bridges between liore and Mullen have been repaired and trains are running on time. An appeal has been made for congressional investigation of the Cceiir d'Aleno troubles.

A SH.I1 Daj* In IVkln.

PEORIA, 111., July 15.—The victims of the steamboat disaster whose bodies have boon recovered were buried Thursduy in Pekin. Tho attendance was very great and included several trainloads from this city. Eight funerals were in progress at one time and the entire population took part in tho services at Lakeside cemetery.

Tho friends of Mrs. ICate lleebe, of St. Paul, wore at the wreck all day. Thoy offer large sums of money for the recovery of the body. The body of Rev. John McMeen, of Ilonson, is still somewhere in the sunken steamer. The body of Grant Ilcpler was washed up by tho waves Thursday evening. This makes the eleventh victim of the disaster whose body has boon recovered.

Amcrlcanii I.ont HI St. Gcrvnltt. GENEVA, July 15.—It is reported that several Americans were staying at St. Ocrvais at tho time of the flood and landslide which overwhelmed the village and caused great loss of life. Tho hotel in which the American visitors are said to have been located was among the buildings demolished. The register has been found in tlio ruins, but the soaking to which it was subjected has made the writing illegible. so that the names and addresses of the guests cannot be determined.

ItUttchiiU*

Western.league- games on Thursday resulted as follows: At Kansas City— Kansas City. (I Indianapolis, t. At Omaha—Toledo, 1: Omaha, 0.

Illinois-Indiana league: At Jacksonville—Jacksonville, .V. Joliot. 1. At Hock ford—Hockford, 10 Hock Island Moline, 5.

Wisconsin-Michigan league: At Oslikosli—Green ISfty, 4: Oskosh. i. At Marinette—Marinette, 0 Marquette, 5.

NOIIIIIIAIIMI

liy tlio l't'i'sl.U'Dt.

WASHINGTON,

July 15.—Tho president

has sent to the senate the nomination of Lieut. Samuel C. l.omly. U. S. X., to be judge advocate general of the navy, with tlie rank of captain.

Drufffflxt'u Shop Mown l'j». ItElil.lN, July 15.—A druggist's shop at Worms was blown up Wednesday by the explosion of a barrel of benzine and the owner, bis wife and child were killed. lotf I nt Mttrxluil, Tel., Humeri.

MAUHIIAI.. Tex., July 15.—The 1 a[: itoi hotel has been destroyed by Lobs, S'Jd.OUO fully insured.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1802. PRICE 2 CENTS

fire.

THEY MAY DRINK.

Visitors to the World's Chance to Slake Their

THE SENATE TAKES FINAL

The

ACTION.

$5,000,000 Appropriation PassedThe Liquor Prohibition Amendment Cut Out, but Sunday Closing Made Imperative.

CONDITIONAL AID GRANTED.

WASHINGTON. July 15.—The United States senate has done its last work on the world's fair appropriation. At 6 o'clock Thursday night, after another hot skirmish over the exposition item, the sundry civil bill was passed with the $5,000,000 appropriation for souvenir coins attached. It was conditioned, however, by a cast-iron provision that the exposition should not be open to the public on Sunday. The liquor prohibition, which was inserted through the. efforts of Senator Pfeffer Wednesday, was struck out. The Sunday-closing provision as it appears in the bill as finally adopted is quite different from the Quay Sunday-closing amendment, which was in the bill up to lust night. Senator Gray (Del.) did not like the phraseology of the Quay amendment, so he drew one of his own a little more stringent than that of Senator Quay. It not only provides for Sunday closing, but directs the national commission to make rules by which the gates shall be closed on the first day of the week.

Cast - Iron Sunday-Closing Rule.

The full text of this provision as finally adopted is as follows: "And it is hereby declared that all appropriations herein made for or pertaining to the World's Columbian exposition are made upon the condition that the said exposition shall not be opened to the public on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday; and if the said appropriations be accepted by the corporation of the state of Illinois known as the World's Columbian: exposition, it shall be, and it is hereby made, the duty of the World's Columbian commission, created by act of congress of April 25, 1890,

to make such modification of the

rules of said corporation as shall require the closing of the exposition on the said first day of the week, commonly called Sunday."

Thought It Not Worth Having. Early in the day President Palmer, Gen. St. Clair, Gen. Greener, Secretary Dickinson and other world's fair officials were on the alert in the senate wing of the capitol to secure some modification of the action which the senate took Wednesday. It was the general sentiment among them that the absolute Sunday closing and the prohibition of the sale of liquor on the grounds would, taken together, entirely handicap the $5,000,000 and make it not worth accepting. They labored with the senators individually until they were satisfied beyond question that the liquor prohibition would be struck out and there was some prospect that the rigid Sunday-closing proviso would be modified to a condition that machinery would be stopped.

Action of the Senate.

Throughout the early hours of the afternoon the senate was engaged on all the minor features of the sundry civil bill, and it was not until 5 o'clock that the committee of the whole reported to the full senate on the condition of the bill This was the final stage of the measure. Senator Cullom (Ill.) at once called attention to the liquor prohibition and asked for a yea. and nay vote on the amendment.

Senator Cockrell (Mo.) got up long enough to say that he was much surprised to hear that the two Illinois senators who had voted for liquor prohibition Wednesday were now in favor of the sale of liquor on the exposition grounds. Senator Palmer Explains.

Senator Palmer (Ill.) furnished the explanation for the change. He said that when the liquor question was voted on Wednesday he was ignorant of the condition of affairs that existed. Since then he had been furnished a statement showing that the Illinois corporation had made rules by which no saloon should be operated within the exposition grounds nor within a certain distance beyond the grounds. He explained, however, that certain privileges for the sale of liquor in cafes and restaurants had been allowed. If these privileges had to bewithdrawn as a result of congressional action it would mean a loss of $600,000.

Senator Frye (Me.) remarked: "The statement from the senator from Illinois is an additional reason why congress should prohibit the sale of liquor on the fair grounds."

The Liquor Amendment Struck Out. Through the early part of the rollcall it looked as though there would be a tie, but on the last part of the call the nays were very numerious and the Peffer liquor prohibition amendment was defeated by 29 to 21.

Stood by Sunday Closing.

Senator Gray (Del.) thereupon offered his iron-clad Sunday-closing proviso, which Senator Quay accepted, and without a vote the Sunday provision was incorporated in the bill. Another slight change was made in allowing army officers detailed for work at the exposition to serve as civil engineers.

At 0 o'clock the senate had finally emerged from the tangle of amendments, and when President Pro Tom. Manderson put the sundry civil bill 011 its final passage it was adopted without a dissenting vote.

It Don't Suit. Them.

CIIICAOO, July 15.—World's fair oflielals generally deplore the Sundayclosing and no-liquor amendments to the 85.000,000 appropriation bill passed by the United States senate Wednesday. Hut while they deplore the provisions in the bill the directors seem inclined to accept the appropriation, amendments or no amendments. The. Herald strongly urges a refusal to accept tho appropriation under tho conditions imposed. nrliiith riectloUH.

LONDON, July 15.—Tho returns at midnight showed that the conservatives had 24S members, the liberals the MeCarthyitos 'Jill, the liberal unionists :iH, the Parnollites 7 and the laborists a. Ministerial total, 2t7 Gladstoniau total. 203.

Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report.

mssgm

MASKED THIEVES

Thoy "Hold Up" a PaBncuigor Tmiii In Indian Torritory.

AS'EXPRESS CAB BOBBED 01- $40,000.

A roMM! Which Vas Lying In Walt for the ICobbern Forced to Itctreat, (hie I ol Jtri Member* Itclng Wounded —llow They Worked.

ATTACKED I1V T11K

DALTON

OANO.

Gniiiiii O. T., July 15.—Tho Missonri. Kansas Texas passenger train No. 2, southbound, was held up by a gang of masked robbers at Adair. 1. T.. Thursday night. The robbers secured the contents of the safe of the Pacific Express Company and made good their esipe. It is believed that tho robbers wore the noted IJalton gang, who are responsible for a large number of similar crimes in the territory, the latest being tho robbery of the Santa Fe. express. near P.ed Rock, hardly a month ago. ,.

They Are a Hold Lot.

Four of the gang were recently captured near Guthrie, atid a posse was on the track of the others of the gang. The. capture of the four took place in the early part of this week, and it was believed that the remaining members would certainly be captured. Tliey evidently eluded their pursuers, and while yet fresh from the pursuit committed another daring robbery. It is believed that the four men captured "peached" on the gang and revealed the plot of Thursday night's robbery, for a posse was organized at Adair to protect the train robbed.

Irlvrn I'miii the I'lcld.

The method of the robbery corresponds with the methods of ail the Palton operations. The train had just left Adair when two men crawled over the tender, terrorized the engineer and fireman with drawn revolvers, and commanded the engineer to stop the train. As he did so the posse prepared for an attack, which was immediately made by the members of the (rang from the. roadside. J. W. Kennedy and two Indian policemen, members of the posse, were shot and slightly wounded. Tliey, together with the other members of the posse, retreated and left, the robbers a clear field.

Looted the Cnr.

Thu express inrssonpcr in the meantime had loeUed hissnfe and hidden the key, after having' bnrrVadcd the tlonrs of the ear. 'I lie robbers broke through tho. barriende. drilled th»» safes and blow them open with powder, wenrin^ their entire contents. The amount stolon is believed to be in the neighborhood of $-10, (KM.

JUMPED* OVER'THT FALLS.

A Young Man'* Suicide at Niagara Hern itso of a Woman-Ills Hodv Lost. NIAGARA FALLS, N. V., .Inly 15 Another ease of suicide by jumping over the American falls occurred Thursday afternoon. A yoti»«r man apparently about 10 years old walked down to Prospect park nnd made the plunge, lie was seen to stop a moment and pull out a card and pencil ami hastily write something on it. lie laid the card on the top of the stone guurtl and walked alontf t.h* river bank. He tossed his hat into the water and placing his hand on the iron rail on the top of the wall he gave a leap and sprang into the water, r,ti*ik ing at a point not

feet from

the brink, tlio whole matter not occupying a space of more than two minutes. His coolness of manner was such thi-.t he did not attract, any attention and not until he had made the leap wa any cry made. On the card was written: "Dear Father, Mother. Sister and Brothers Please pardon tne for what I have done, but it Is all for that woman.

NOIII.K KI:NNI:Y."

On the reverse side of the card was the business advertisement of a dressmaker oi HulValo. The body was seen to come out of the falls nnd float down stream, when it sank in*one of th eddies.

DEATH OF NEWTON BOOTH.

California's l-'v-tiovcrnor KsplroH Suddenly at UN Home at Sacramento. SACIIA.MKNTO, Cal., July 15. Ex-Gov. Newton 1'ooth died suddenly Thursday evening.

Newton Booth was elected governor of Cali fornia In IKri. defeating the democratic catidi date. Gov. llaighi, by a largo majority. In 1st Gov..Booth ami Senator Casstdy led a revolt against the railroad monopoly Influence whirl then dominated both political'parties In tl. slate and suecr'eded In lectins a lar^e numijei of anti-monopoly menibetH to the legislature. The i» suit was that Gov. Booth w»^ elected lo the Uutt'.'d States senate as an independent serve for six-years from March. t^T-V Previous to his election there had boon riots duo to the priseticcof Chinese, and Gov. Booth labored to secure their exclusion from the country lu 1*75. when Gov. Booth retired from th« oftU'e ol chief executive of the State, the inde jrt-mleni party which he had formed and led nominated for his place Gen. John Bidwell, now th«.-prohibition candidate for president. Bid weli secured votes, but' the democratic candidate, William Irwin, was elected. In 1KH Senator Booth wus succeeded in compress Senator .lohn F. Milh

Wants Snturies Kodnced.

WABJILVOTON, July 15.— Senator Stewart has introduced a hill to reducc all government salaries above $000, except those of the president and some few others, J5 per cent. He intimated that government olHcials were aiding in and profiting by the discrimination against •uv*»r. and ho wanted them to share iu

Baking

ABSOLUTELY PURE

the general depreciation resnlliitg/.'--therefrom. Senator Stewart ashed tl, a ftis bill be laid upon the tabic as her, wished to address the senate 011 tl.e subject-. It was su ordered.

SHOUT SI'KUUS.

Gladstone's maioritv JS inore:ise,i by. the latest election returns, chiollv fromv=: the rural districts.

Kx-Prosideut Cleveland will visit the Adriondaeks this summer, oing to Loon lake about August 1.

Charles Blackmail was hanred at fireensboro. N. C. The execution wnS'^private. Blaokmuu murdered hi* wifo^r early in the spring.

Adalbert orbes. of Columbus. (., aged 1W while watehinu an amateur bal» game was struck, in the head by ... the ball and killed.

Kx-Seeretary Wtmnev said Thursday that under no eire -s would ho accept the chairmanshipof the nat ioual democratic committee.

Haird's sawmill boiler at llaioic, I la., exploded Wcduc^iav night, killing two men and injuring.- five others, two ol of whom will probably die.

For the first time in Montreal the fall of the llawtile celebration among the French people was accompanied by the display of iiussian flags.

A negro woman named Mollie Tatum, found dead near Kldorado. Ark., is supposed to have been killed by her husband, a preacher. Tatum has hecn-ar-rested and placed in jail. The negroes threaten to lynch Tatum.

For Conyre-.M.

On Thursday the following candidates for congress were named: First Arkansas district.. P. 1. MeCulloek (dein.) First Indiana district. Arthur P. Twineham (rep.): First West Virginia district. I». IWoncr (rcp.)j Tenth Georgia district, John C. Black (dom.l: Eighth Illinois district. Nor* man lvilburn (pro, i: Sixth Iowa district. John IV Laccv (rep. 1: territory of Oklahoma. Dennis Flynn trep.).

MftJ. Overman to Br JVoseeutel.

OLKVKI.ANO,

O., July 1T».—'ihe aiVairs

ofMaj. L. C. Overman, who embezzled $111,000 and was tried by court-martial in this city, will be investigated by the United States court of this district independently of the war department Ins trict Attorney Hrinsmad** has been in* strueted by the department of justice to make a full inquiry into the mailer and report to headquarters.

I'oar Italians Fatally Injured.

NOHWALK. Conn., nly 15.— Italian laborers employed in digging as "\er at Shepar.i's leather factory in Westport Thursday afternoon were blown up by an explosion of twelve-barred tank of naphtha and four were fatally injured. One ot the men after lighting his pipe carelessly threw the burning match on the. roof of the building in which the naphtha was.stored.

Cotton .Manufacturer* MaKe Ua^r*.

FALL UIVLH, Mass.. July LA.-Tho Cotton Manufacturers' association har« voted to pay all day help employed in the mills the same wages for lifly-eight hours1 work that have heretofore been paid for sixty hours' work. All tho operatives employed on piece \*orl wore advanced per eent.-on their present wages. The new list went intO elVect ,1 uly 11.

Great Flood** lo flic south.

Momi.r, Ala., July 15.—The Warrior river is now feet above low watcrand rising an inch an hour. Some of the largest plantations arc about entirely covercd with water. The rain continues. Nearly all of the corn in the bottom lands along tin* Tonibigbcc river is drowned out. A further rise of 5 feet will drown out all the lowland cotton on that river.

Children Burned to !c:ilh.

LONDON. July 15. -A school building was destroyed by fire at Herkliam snl Wednesday. Light children perished in the flames.

No Morf .Monthly Bullion.

W AMINOTO.V, July 15.--Senator Sherman has introduced a bill repealing that part of the present silver act which provides for monthly purchases of bullion, to take etVect January 1 ncxL.

Guilty of Murder.

LoN'noN. July 15.—Thomas Xeill, an ex-Chicagoan who is charged with poisoning a woman in this city, has been found guilty of murder by the coroner's jury which investigated the case,:.

THE MARKETS.

Grain, Provision*,

1)1 C.

Fibril—Quiet

CHICAGO. ,?nlv

ar.d easy. Spring wheat put-

nuts. Jl.UHfli.W: l'tye,

fl.00fti.U0

Winter wheat

patents. 'M '-T'TM.I" Straights, Cons--Fairly active and tirm. Xo. and No. t» Yellow. X(*. UV„W,i". No. :t Yd low, •i ':'./ iKc: July. 4ftQ

49V:

August. -ts

JAd

1l»c September, 47?4 May, MTirxV. OATS-Market fairly active and HIGHER NV». 5 cash. .Sul0JW\c .Inly, :w*»(&3t)sac: Sepi.-mber.

Samp!*'* steady. No. 3, :«'«•. No

3 White,:r^:W!se: No. '.?c: No. Whli«

a."

cn3i#c. HVK—Bull aaid lower. No. 2 cash, ifl*ou1 65c July. CAc

August, *lc:

September, »»c..

BAULKY Nearly nominal. Nn. I No. 3, Uii50e: Choice, 5ftT/.(U)c, but none oiTen September, file.

Htfss PcntK—Fairly active and prices

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Cash and July, *1L7&&.!I.H7>»: September, (11.8^13.00.

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