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taken a vacation. They have remained at their r>osts and kept things running while the superiors were off. taking all the time they wanted, drawing their pay. and having a good time. Notwithstanding the clerks have mostly remained here. Washington is now. and has been for six weeks. extremely dull. The upper crust have all gone to the seaside resorts, or to the mountains The people generally who make a place lively are away, and there is such a lull as has not been experienced in very many years. MINOR MATTERS. A Possible Struggle Retween Randall and Morrison for Readership. Special to tlie Indianapolis Journal. Washington. Aug. 20. —“You will see a locking of horns between Kandall and Morrison for the leadership as soon as the House cet3 fairly under way this winter,” observed a Southern congressman to day. “Which will lead'/” was asked. “Neither, except where there is a special principle at issue, and then the man who shows the most strength and earnestness will lead. There will be no su'-h thine as a positive leader on the Democratic side, for there will bo many divisions, I think. Randall is the best talker and parliamentarian, has most sagacity and boldness, however, and. where there is no division, will, inmost instances, sound the bugle-call. I think tho leadership cn the Republican side lies between General Browne, of Indiana: ex Governor Long, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Reed, of Maine. They aro all exceptionally strong and popular men.” Treasurer Jordan’s Costly Economy. Wa'hmgton Special. Treasurer Jordan is said to have been somewhat annoyed by the criticism printed in these dispatches relative to his scheme to transport silver dollars from New Orleans to Washington. He has found there is much truth in that criticism, and has discoverd other things in connec tion with his proposed sea voyage that he had not counted upon. Tt was necessary to remove tho powder carried by the Swatara in order to make room for the silver cargo, and then there was a necessary expense of having about two thousand boxes made. The government owns no wharf at New Orleans, and the wharfage account of the Swarata will be no small amount. Besides, there are the risks of the voyage. All in all. tho amount Mr. Jordan will save by having tho silver carried in a government vessel to Washington, and then paying transportation rates when it is necessary to take the silver to other points where it is needed, will bo insignificant. More probably the result will be that tho government loses money by the ojieration. Fit* John Porter’s Restoration Probable. Washington Special. There is very little doubt that at the coming session of Congress Fitz John Porter will be restored to the rolls of the army. Os those who voted for him in tho last Congress there were re elected to tho House of Representatives 113 members, and there aro Democrats enough among the new membei*s added to these to constitute a majority of tho House. It is reasonable to count these Democrats in favor of Porter, because it was almost a party question in previous sessions, and very few Democrats voted against him. In the Senate thirty two members hold over, who have put themselves on record for Porter’s restoration, and ’ there are Democrats enough among the new members to give Porters bill a majority. That the bill will receive the approval of President Cloveland no ono for a moment doubts.

Mi*. Rlaine’s Plans for tlie Futui’e. Special to the Indianapolis Joti-Da!-Washington, Aug. 20. —Mr Blaine, it is said, will not return to Washington until very late this fall or early in the winter. He will, after the Ohio campaign, finish up his manuscript, get everything to press, discharge it from his mind, and come here and re-enter society and political life. It is stated in book publishers’ circles that tho sale of his political history has almost ceased in the East, but it is extending into the extreme West and keeping up magnificently. The profits from his writings have scarcely more than retrieved his outlays during the campaign. Repairs of the Indianapolis Public Building. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Aug. 29.—Bids for repairing heating apparatus in the government building at Indianapolis, under advertisement of tho sth inst., wore opened in tho office of tho supervising architect of the Treasury this afternoon,as follows: Kelly & Jones Company, of Pittsburg, $2,240: Bartlett & Hayward, of Baltimore, $3,080; S. P. Cope & Cos., of Chicago, $2,470. No check accom panied the bid of the Kelly & Jones Company, as required by law, but it is probable formalities will bo waived, and they will receive tho award of tho contract. •— 0 Will Stay Out His Te^m. Washington Special. A gentleman who enjoys inside views of men and affairs is authority for the somewhat apocryphal story that immediately after tho conclusion of the inauguration ceremonies Major McMichael tendered his resignation as marshal of the District to tho President, but withdrew it for a few days at the latter’s request. When he again approached Mr. Cleveland about the matter he was requested to continue in office until his term expired. Marshal McMichael did not see his way clear to this end. but since then has decided to retain his position. His term will expire in about fifteen months. Exports and Imports for One Tear. Washington, Aug. 29.—The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, in his first monthly statement for the current fiscal year, reports that the total value of the exports of merchandise from the United States during the twelve months ended July 31, 1885, were $733,378,429, and during the preceding twelve months, $742,242,017, h decrease of $8,803,588. The imports of merchandise during the twelve months ended July 31, 1885. amounted to $571,439,215, and during the t welve months ended July 31, 1884, to $665,842,287. a decrease of $94,403,072. Charged with Stealing a Flag. Washington, Aug. 29. Detective Block today arrested John Dickerson, formerly superintendent of the Pension Bureau, for the larceny of a flag from the government. This is ono of tho results of the recent investigation into tho late superintendent’s conduct of bureau affairs. General and Personal. Spec ial to tho Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Aug. 29. —George W. Richey and Oliver 11. Smith left here to night for their home at Muncie, via Harrisburg, Pa., and Buffalo, N. Y. Postmasters commissions were to-day issued to Ldwin Mathews, of Green Center, and John S. Lewis, at Waveland, Ind. Remnants of a number of letters were received at the dead letter office, to day, from Marion, with tho following letter from the j>os maati-r. lho inclosed package of letters came into ray office from Hackleman, Ind., with enough of other stuff made from cuttings of letters and papers to make a rat’s nest, in which was a litter of six young rats, all alive, and without a mother. They aro now perishing in this office." John L>o, of Indiana, has been appointed su poriritendent of the Forest Grove Industrial jchool, in Oregon, vice W. A. Coffin, removed

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A NEW SPECIES OP CRIME. Thff Felton Explosion the Work of a Man who Held an Accident Policy. New York, Aug. 29. —A Philadelphia special to the ITerald says: “It is now reasonably certain that a sew species of crime has been developed in this country. The explosion on tho excursion steamer S. M. Felton has been traced to tho act of a man named Adriance Spears, who carried a large line of accident insurance. His presumed intention was to disable himself seriously, so that he might enjoy the income of $l5O per week which his policies would have produced. lie was killed, however, and the loss of $35,000 on the life of an apparent day laborer has so startled the companies that they have united to fight the claim. No progress was made in fathoming the motive of the man until his previous history was inquired into. Pinkerton’s men now claim to know all about the deceased. They say that fifteen years ago he was mysteriously shot, accidentally, as it was declared. while handling a pistol, and his receipts from several accident policies sufficed to support him handsomely. On his recovery he went to San Francisco, where, it i3 alleged, he drew a comfortable income during his convalescence from a wound which he accidentally received in the street as he was passing the locality at which a row was in progress. Indeed, Spears would apppar tO'have been one of the most unfortunate of men, or one of the most industrious seekers of danger. If there was an accident anywhere in bis neighborhood he usually got it. like tho Prince in ’The Mascot.’ It is asserted that proof has been obtained by the Travelers’ Insurance Company that ho was also indemnified for a shooting accident which overtook him in New York. Os this, however, no information exists here. About ten months ago, after several years of a wandering life in Washington, California, and the West, Spears returned to this city and went to live with Frederick Morris, a jeweler, at 1804 Market street. Morris is a distant relative, and gives the incident that follows: On Christmas morning, about 4 o’clock, the jeweler was awakened by a knock at his room door, and Spears shouted, “There’s burglars in tlie house, Fred; get up.” Before Morris could reach the door, to open it, a pistol shot resounded through the houso, and, going down stairs, he found his relative lying on the floor with a’ bullet wound in his right side, just below the ribs. A self cocking English bull dog revolver, of largo caliber lay beside the wounded man. Spears was perfectly conscious and declared he had been shot by the fleeing burglar. Morris picked up the revolver and expressed astonishment that tho burglar should have thrown the weapon away. No evidenco of forcible entry couid be found any where about the place. The police were called in and heard bis story, but after considerable investigation, dismissed it as absurd and impossible. Night watchmen who had been on the street in front of tho building at the moment of the shooting, swear positively that nobody emerged frem the front door through which .Spears had delared that the would-be murderer made his escape. The accident insurance, however, yielded about $35 per week." How Tong Mr. Beecher Will Preach. Special to the Indianapolis JournalNew York, Aug. 29.—1n regard to his possible retirement from the pulpit of Plymouth Church, in consequence of waning power or popularity. Henry Ward Beecher has positively denied that there is any movement towards ousting him; but as to a voluntary abdication he says: “A man of rny ago is, of course, liable to a loss of mental ability, either sudden or gradual. Naturally, 1 have thought of it frequently. As I could hardly expect to discern the depreciation in myself, I have settled determinedly on a simple and effectual test. The aspect of my congregation, as they listen to my preaching, is fully as familiar to me as my face is to them. Any change in them would certainly be apparent to me. I know exactly bv their manifestations when they are thrilled, when they are amused, when they are careless, when they are bored; and when 1 see that they are more than temporarily put into the last two conditions by iny preaching I shall stop. Seriously, now, I shail preach just ns long as I hold the interested attention of my people, and no longer. They will inevitably let me know when my sermons become disliked.”

Yellow Fever in Mexico. Paso der North, Mexico, Aug. 20.— Reports reached here to-day which seem to confirm previous rumors that yellow fever is raging on the Pacific coast of Mexico, and has appeared both at Guaymas and Mazatlan. Late reports from Vera Cruz say that the scourge is continually spreading, notwithstanding the untiring efforts of the authorities. Many small interior cities back of Vera Cruz are suffering terribly from the deadly ravages of the fever, and the people are fleeing to higher altitudes. Travelers from the City of Mexico say that city is ripo for almost any kind of eptdemic. They declare it is filthier than usual, and that many of the wealthier residents from the gulf towns are settling in the city pending the subsidence of the epidemic on the gulf coast Mazatlin and Guaymas are represented as reeking in filth, and fearful mortality may be expected at both places. An Kxliorter Charged with Horse-Stoaling. Lawrence, Kan.. Aug. 29.—The sheriff returned yesterday from Missouri with B. F. Talbott, who was placed in the county jail for horse stealing, committed one year ago. Talbott was found in Calloway county, conducting a series of camp meetings. He is a mulatto, twenty eight years of age, is very intelligent, and attended the Methodist Episcopal University at Baldwin City, this county, for two years, up to June, 1884, when he stole a team of horses and sold them-in Warronsburg, Mo. He then stole two horses there, and returning, sold them in this county. The sheriff found Talbott holding forth in a colored church at Boydsville, and was obliged to tear him from his congregation amid great excitement, many of the sisters fainting and others tearfully beseeching the officer 4 ’not to take Brother Talbott away.” Texas Cattle Fever in Illinois. Chicago, Aug. 29.—Regarding the Texas cattle fever in the Goodwin herd at Kankakee, 111., a special dispatch from that point says that Mr. Goodwin purchased the 200 head of steers at the Chicago stockyards, where they were reported to be Michigan cattle, though it is now said that genuine Texas ticks are found on them in great numbers. Six head have died and ten more are sick. A dispatch from Chester, 111., says the State Veterinarian has discovered tbue’ presenco of Texas fever in a herd at the prison, where two head have died. The cattle ■ „*ro purchased at the East St. Louis stockyards. Stabbing at Mat toon, Ili. Special to the lrdianapoiis Journal. Mattoon, 111., Aug. 29.—A stabbing affray occurred in this city late last night. W. P. Barkley, a fireman on the I. & St. L. road, went into Bunnell's saloon, and seeing Jack Cavanaugh sitting at a table, without warning hit the latter two or three times. Cavanaugh sprung to his feet, and drawing a knife, plunged it into Barkley’s head and neck, inflicting several severe wounds. Barkley was doiug well at last reports. Serious Fire at Vincennes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vincennes. Imi, Aug. 29.—Fire broke out at 10 o’clock to-night in the rear of Moore & Harris's drug store, and partially destroyed one of the finest business houses in tho city. For a time it looked as if the entire square was in danger, but by the efforts of the firemen tho firo was soon under control. The damage cannot be estimated, hut will probably reach $33,000 or $40,000, upon which there is a small insurance. Freak of a Whisky-Crazed Man. Cincinnati, Aug. 29.—John Rossenmerer, a well to do fanner, living near Weisburg, Bearborn county. Ind.,- while in a condition border ing ou delirium tremens, yesterday, piled bed-

ding and furniture on the floor of his room, fired it. and then, mounting a chair on a table in tho mi . lie of the room and arming himself with a shotgun, bade defiance to his imaginary tormentors. When the neighbors rescued him his eyes were burned out and he was otherwise so badly burned that he cannot live. The house and contents, worth $3,000. were destroyed. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The total imports of merchandise at New York, during the past week, were valued at $4,848,660, and of dry goods at $2,285,146. During a rain-storm, yesterday afternoon, near Wahpeton, D. TANARUS., O. C. I?edman’s bam was struck by lightning, killing two men within and injuring two others. One of the men killed was George Emory. Tho names of the others are not known. Yesterday morning, two sailors, Martin Thompson, of Aipena. and Grant Carr, of Buffalo, both of the steam barge Araxes, wero drowned in the river below Port Huron, They were scuffling on the railing of the barge, when they accidentally fell overboard. A mixed train was derailed yesterday on the Indian? & Illinois Southern railroad near Newton, 111. The ears rolled down a high embankment, turning over twice in their descent. Mr. Love, of Newton, was fatally injured. Three ladtes and a child were badly hurt, and about a dozen other passengers were more or les3 injured. ■ —<r>DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department, i Office of the Chief Signal Officer. V Washington, Aug. 30, la. m. ) Special Indications for twenty-four hours from 7 a. m. for Indianapolis and Vioinity—Local rains, stationary temperature. For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Fair weatherj followed by light local rains, nearly stationary temperature, light variable winds. For the Lower Lake Region—Local rains, southerly winds, becoming variable, slight fail in temperature. For the Upper Lako Region-Local rains, followed by fair weather, nearly stationary temperature, light variable winds. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Local rains, followed by fair weather, stationary temperature, variable winds, generally northerly. For the Missouri Valley—Generally fair weather, stationary temperature, light, variable winds. Local Observations. Indianapolis. Aug. 29. Time, j Bar. ! Ther. Hum. j Wind, j Weather Rain. oa. M..i30.02i 55.0 HO |N’east Fair. 10 a. M.. 29.HH; 72.3 70 South (Clear 2p. M.. 129.941 78.3 52 IS west Cloudy 6p. M..t2H.H2j 75 8 60 S west Cloudv 10 p. m.. : 2H.HO| 60.8 81 [Calm (Fair. Maximum temperature, 79.0. Minimum temperature, 52.8, Why Dickens Left His Wife. James A. Siddons, in Chicago Tribune. The real cause of Dickens’s separation from hi3 wife has never been made public, but it was pretty well known to his intimates. Buckstone, of tho Havmarket. Theater, said: “It was all the fault of Mrs. Dickens." Chapman (the publisher of Chapman & Hall), simply observed, in reply to my inquiry, “They wero uufitted for each other.” But Mark Lemon was infuriate. He, tho closest intimate, said, “Dickens was a scoundrel, and Mrs. D. had been taken under Mrs. Lemon’s protection.’’ The secret was revealed on the publication of Dickens’s will. The first bequest is £I.OOO to Miss T (Toman.) the daughter of a worthy woman and distinguished actress. It seems that Dickens, who had sent her to Italy for musical education, be came enamored of the girl, and she bore him three children. Nothing more need be said.

The Maxwell-Preller Weariness. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 29.—The report that Preiler, the supposed victim in the St. Louis hotel murder case, had been seen in the city and written a letter from here to Maxwell, the alleged murderer, created a sensation this morning. While little reliance is placed in the story, the police and the reporters of the local papers are much exercised, and are pushing investigation in all parts of the city in an effort to trace the author of the letter. As yot, no clew has been found. Two Large Stores Burned. Yazoo Citv, Miss., Aug. 29.—This morning the large store of Holmes & Cos. was discovered to be on fire. The flames soon spread to the adjoining building, owned and occupied by Craig 6c Sons. The Holmes building and the stock in it> were destroyed, causing a loss of $23,000, on which there is $13,000 insurance. Craig <Sc Sons’ building and goods were damaged about $20,000; insured for sio,ooo. The cause of the fire is not known. — — The Sheet-Mill Scale Signed. Pittsburg, Aug. 29.—AH but two sheet-mills in this district signed ihe rollers’ scale to night, and this averted a general strike on Monday. The two firms which have not yot placed their signatures to the scale are Shoenberger & Cos. and the United States Tin-plato Company. Work in the mills where tho scale has been signed will bo continued without interruption. Tho scale is the same a3 last year. \ Challenge to Governor Hoadly. Columbus, Aug. 29.—The Prohibition .State executive committee has sent a communication to the Democratic executive committee, challenging Governor Ilnadlv to a discussion with Dr. Leonard, the Prohibition candidate, on the question of “Prohibition vs. License of the Liquor Traffic.” The committee will not reply until they receive information from Governor Hoadly, who is now in the East. Killed by a Police Officer. Louisville, Aug. 29 —Police Officer Dennis Smith shot and killed Henry Klier, a German, this afternoon, in an up town saloon. Three Klier brothers were creating a disturbance, and the officer was called in to arrest them. Henry resisted, and assaulted the officer, knocking him down. Smith fired twice, the second shot passing through Klier s heart. ■ Obituary. __ Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 29.—Ex-United States Senator Edgar S. Cowan died at his residence in Greensburg, Fa., at 11:20 this morning, after a lingering illness. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 29.—Dr. Gallery, recently appointed consul to Kingston, Jamaica, died to day, of blood-poisoning, aged thirty-eight. The Scientists Enjoying an Excursion. Detroit, Aug. 29. —This morning at 7 o’clock the members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science left Ann Arbor as the guests of the citizens of Detroit, and are now enjoying an excursion upon the river and across Lako St. Clair. A reception will be tendered them to-night in this city. \ ~ ' Steamship News. Queenstown, Aug. 29.—Arrived: Celtic, from New York for Liverpool. London. Aug. 29 Passed the Scilly islands; St. Laurent, from New York for Havre. Passed the Lizard: Schiedam, from New York for Amsterdam. How to Treat Felons. Burlington Free Praes. “Here is an item," said Mrs. Rascom, “about the ‘arrest of common telons.’ Now, I don’t be iieve there is anything that will arrest a common felon, unless it is to cut off the finger it comes out on. My advice is to just poultice the things and draw ’em to a head as soon as possible,” Mm. Wall;up dat ed In JaiL Emporia. Kan., Aug. 29. Mrs. Walk up, under suspicion of having poisoned her husband, and who has up to this time been under guard at her residence in this city, was taken to-day to the county jail and incarcerated in the prison provided for women. Cooperage Factory Rurned. Cincinnati, Aug. 29.—Tho cooperage factory of George Richardson was burned to night. Loss, $30,090; insurance, SIB,OOO,

THE SPORTING RECORD. Score* of Games Played Yesterday by Clubs of the National Rase Rail League. BUFFALO, 6; ST. LOUIS, 5. St, Louis, Aug. 29.—0n1y a small crowd witnessed tho closing contest between the buffalos and Maroons here, to-day. It resulted in the fourth successive defeat of the home team. The visitors won the game on its merits, outplaying the homo club at every point In the ninth inning the home team came very near tying the score, making two of the necessary three runs, and having one man left on base. Quinn made a couple of pretty catches in right field, and Richardson and Dunlap played fine games at second; otherwise the contest was without feature. Following is the score: ST. LOUIS. I BUFFALO. a B O A E RBOAF Dunlap, 2b... 1 0 3 6 0 Richard’n, 2b. 0 0 4 4 0 Glasscock, ss. 113 6 OBrouthers, lb 2 3 7 1 1 McKinnon, lb 1 18 0 lißowe, cf 1 2 4 0 0 Lewis, cf 0 0 4 0 0 White, 3b 112 10 Seery, If 1 0 2 0 2;Stearns, ss... 1 1 2 1 2 Broidy, c 1 1 4 0 0 Crowley, 1f... 1 2 2 0 0 Quinn, rs 0 1 2 0 2 M vers, e 0 0 3 0 0 C’askins, 3b... 0 1 0 2 I;Lillie, rs 0 3 2 0 1 Kirby, p 0 0 1 3 5 Wood, p 0 0 13 2 Total .. 5527 17 ll| Total 61227 10 6 Score by innings: St. Louis 2 0000100 2—5 Buffalo 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 I—6 Earned Runs—St. Louis. 2; Buffalo, 4. Two-base Hits—Crowley, Rowe, Briodv. Three base Hit—McKinnon. Wild Pitch —Kirby, 1. First Base on Balls—Off Kirby, 3; off Wood, 2. First Base on Errors—St. Louis, 3; Buffalo, 1. Struck Out—By Kirby, 3. Double Play—Glasscock, Dunlap and McKinnon. Umpire—Sullivan. PROVIDENCE FAILS TO MAKE A HIT. Philadelphia, Aug. 29.—Ferguson, the Philadelphia pitcher, accomplished the feat today of retiring the champion Providence team without a hit in a full nine-inning game. Eight of the visitors went out on strikes, one on a foul tip, and seven on short field flies. The attendance was 4,000. Following is the score: PHILADELPHIA. PROVIDENCE. RBOAE R B O K A Manning, rs.. 0 0 1 0 0 Radford, cf... 0 0 8 0 0 Andrews. 1f... 0 2 1 0 0 Carroll If 0 0 2 0 0 Ferguson, p.. 0 1 0 8 3 Start, lb 0 010 1 1 Mulvey, 3b... 11110 Knight, rs 0 0 0 0 0 Farrar, 1b.... 0 0 7 0 0 Irwin, ss 0 0 2 3 0 Fogarty, cf 0 13 0 0 Gillian, c 0 04 2 2 Bastian, ss... 0 0 1 1 1 Denny. 3b.... 0 0 10 1 Myers. 2b 1 0 4 3 1 Bassett, 2b... 0 0 0 3 1 Ganzel, c 0 0 9 0 1 Shaw, p 0 0 0 5 3 Total 1 5 2713 6i Total 0 027 14 8 Score by innings: Philadelphia O 0000000 I—l Providonce , 0 0000000 o—o Two-Base Hit—Andrews. Passed Bali—Ganzel, 1. Wild Pitches—Shaw, 2. First Base on Balls—Philadelphia, 1; Providence, 1: First Base on Errors—Philadelphia, 2: Providence, 2. Struck Out—Philadelphia, 5; Providence, 8. Umpire—Curry. NEW YORK, 7; fIOSTON, 1. New York, Aug. 29.—The final schedule game between the New York and Boston League clubs was played here to-day. The weather was chilly and damp, and approaching darkness caused the game to be called in the eighth inning. Tho home players won with ease, outplaying their opponents at every point. Keefe pitched in fine form, and was well supported. Whitney was batted freely. Following is the score: NEW YORK, BOSTON. RBOAE RBOAK O’Rourke.cf.. 0 110 o 'utton, 3b.... 0 10 3 0 Connor, 1b.... 1 1110 0 Wise, ss 0 0 111 Di-asley, c 0 15 0 OjMorrill, 1b.... 0 1 11 0 0 Gillespie, 1f... 4 3 1 0 OjPoorman, rs.. 0 0 2 0 0 Dorian, rs... 2 3 10 OjWhitney, p l 1 0 3 2 Richards’n, 3b 0 3 0 1 ()|Manning, cf.. 0 12 0 1 Keefe, p 0 0 0 4 1 (McCarthy, If. 0 1 1 0 0 Ward, ss 0 113 Ojßurdock. 2b.. 0 0 12 0 Gerhaidt, 2b.. 0 0 1 5 0 Gunning, C... 0 0 3 1 3 Total 713 2113 l| Totai 1 5 2110 7 Score by innings: New York 3 O 1 O 2 O I—7 805t0n....'. O 1 O O O O O—l Famed Runs—New York. 5: Boston. 1. Two-base Hits—Connor, Gillespie, Whitney. Tlnee-base Hit—Dorgan. Passed Balls—Gunning. 2. Wild Pitch —Whitney', 1 First Base on Balls—New York, 1; Boston, 1. Struck Out—New York. 1; Boston. 4. Double Plays—Gerhardt and Connor; Burdock and Morrill. Umpire—Ferguson.

The American Association. BROOKLYN, 10; BALTIMORE, 4. Baltimore, Augr. 29.—The Brooklyn club had very little difficulty in hitting Henderson safely to day, and their fielding was perfect, while the home team could not do much with Porter's curves, and their work in the field was not above the average. Following is the score: BALTIMORE. j BROOKLYN. R B O A E ÜBOAI .Sommers. If.. 0 1 0 0 0 Pinckney, 3b. 1 2 0 5 0 Burns, rs 0 0 0 0 0 McClellan.2b. 12 14 0 Muldoon 3b... 1 2 0 2 o|Swartwood. rs 0 110 0 Gardner, 2b.. 2 2 0 3 1 j Phillips, 1b... 1 217 0 0 Fields, lb 0 0 12 0 o;Terry, cf 1110 0 Greer, cf I 1 2 0 1 jM’Tamany, If. 112 0 0 Henderson, p. 0 1 0 5 o ; Smith,s3 1 12 4 1 Traffley, c— 0 0 33 0; Peoples, c 2 0 3 0 0 Macullar, ss... 0 0 l 5 2 Porter, p. 2 1 0 3 0 Total 4724 18 4 ; Total 10112710 1 Score by innings: Baltimore O 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 Brooklyn 0 5 O O 0 O 5 O * 10 Earned Runs—Baltimore, 2; Brooklyn, 7. Home Run—Phillips. Two-base Hits—Muldoon (2) and McTamany. Three-base Hit—Gardner. Passed Balls—TrafHev, 1; Peoples, 1. First Base on Balls—Off Henderson, 1; off Porter. 1. First Base on Errors—Baltimore, 1; Brooklyn, 2, Struck Out—By Henderson, 4; by Porter, 2. Double Play—Gardner, Macullar and Fields. U mpire—Connelly. WORST GAME EVER WITNESSED IN LOUISVILLE. Louisville, Aug. 29.—Three thousand people witnessed the worst came of ball ever played here this afternoon. The St. Louis offered every possible opportunity for the Louisvilles to win, but they would not. In the first Inning the visitors made four runs on one hit, and scored three times on a wild throw by Reccius. The St. Louis played even a worse fielding game, but the home club failed to take advantage. Tur.ison was sick, and Irwin umpired horribly, and was guyed and hissed throughout the game. Following is the score: LOUISVILLE. | ST. LOUIS. RBOAE EBOAK Browning, cf. 2 1 2 0 0 1 Latham, 3b... 2 2 0 3 0 Hecker, lb. .. 2 4 10 0 0 j Gleason, ss... 3 2 112 Kerins, c 1 13 1 O'Barkley, 2b.. 4 2 2 6 2 Wolf, rs 2 2 2 0 0 Robinson, lb. 1 1 10 0 1 Recoins. 3b... 0 1 2 3 2 Welch, cf 33 5 0 0 Maskrey, 1f... 0 12 0 llNicol, rs 1 0 2 0 1 M’LaugTn, 2b 0 0 2 2 2, Foutz, p 0 0 12 0 Miller, ss. 1 0 1 3 OjCaruthers, If.. 1110 1 Mays, p 1 1 0 1 0 Bushong, c.... 1 2 5 2 0 Total 9 1124 10 Total 16 13 27 14 7 Score byjinnings: Louisville 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 9 St. Louis 4 0 0 0 5 0 8 4 * —36 Earned Runs—Louisville, 8; St. Louis, 7. Home Ran —Hecker. Two-base Hits—Browning. Wolf, Barkley. Three-base Hits—Welch, 2 Passed Bails—Kerins, 2; Bushong, 2. Wild Pitches—Mays, 1. First Base on Balls—Off Mays. 2; off Foutz, 2. First Base on Errors—Louisville, 4; St. Louis, 5. Struck Out —By Mays, 8; Foutz, 2. Umpire —Irwin. Racing at Sheepshead Bay. New York, Aug. 29.—The fall meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club opened to-day, with a good track, fine weather and large attendanca First Race —All ages; five furlongs. Little Minch won by a length; Jim Renwick second, Bill Sterritt third. Time, 1:022. Second Race—For three-year-olds: winning penalties and non-winning allowances; seven furlongs. Bonanza won by half a length; Harefoot second. Elmendorf third. Time, 1:802. Third Race—Nec-winning allowances; one and three-eighths of a mile. Louisette won by a length: Dutch Roller secoud, Barney Aaron third. Time. 2:26. Fourth Race—The autumn stakes, for two-

year-olds: three-fourths of a mile. Preciosa won by a short length; Florence Fonso second. Electric third. Time, 1:172Fifth Race —The Welter stakes, for threo-year-olds and upwards; weight for age; one and threesixteenths mile. Albia won by two lengths; Sam Eirown second, Rica third. Time, 2:08£. Sixth Race —Steeple chase, for four year olds and upwards: non-winning allowances over the short course. Judge Griffith won with ease; Wellington second, Ecuador third. Time, 4:27J. Last Day at Hampden Park. Springfield, Mass., Aug. 29 —To-day closed the trotting circuit races at Hampden Park. Following is ihe summary of the 2:19 class, unfinished yesterday: Billy Button 1 2 2 11 Adele Gould 3 1 1 O 5 Mambrino Sparkle 4 3 4 0 2 Montgomery 5 5 3 2 4 Wm. Arthur 2 4 5 0 3 Time-2:18%, 2:21, 2:20, 2:20, 2:21 *. Summary of the 2:25 class: W. K . 1 4 11 Prince Middleton 4 1 G 4 Maggie Knox 2 6 2 3 Dick Brvan 5 5 3 2 Geo. A 6 2 4 G Mystic ~33 5 5 Harry Parker : 7 7 7 7 Time— 2:25%, 2:24, 2:23, 2:23. Summary of the free for-all pacing race — purse, SI,OOO. Jetty 11l Billy S 2 2 3 Bessie M 33 2 Richball dis Tommy Linn dis Time—2:ls%, 2:16*2, 2:18. Summary of the 2:IG class: Phyllis 13 11 Clemmie Cr 3 12 2 Majolica 2 2 3 4 Adelaide 4 4 4 3 Time—2:l7la, 2:18*2: 2:21*2. 2:23. Washington Park Races Postponed. Chicago, Aug. 29. —The continued rain forced the Washington Park Association to postpone to Monday, much against their will, the Saturday races. This evening the rain stopped, but as the weather is still threatening, the condition of the track is still in doubt, in consequence of which the betting is light. THE WINTER PALACE. Facts About the Great lSuilcling Constructed by Empress Elizabeth. St. Petersburg Novoe Vrcniya. The Winter Palace, although constructed by the Empress Elizabeth, was not completed until Peter 111 ascended the throne, and the square in front of it was still covered with tho shops and huts of tho workmen. Heaps of stone, bricks and rubbish obstructed tho approaches to the palace. In order to clear the place Baron IvorfT, who then filled the post of chief of police at St. Petersburg, proposed to the Emperor to give permission to the poorer inhabitants to carry away these unused materials. The plan pleased the Emperor and orders were immediately given to carry it out. The Emperor witnessed from his windows the operation, which was completed by tho evening. The Emperor on installing himself in his new palace occupied the part looking on to the square end the corner of the Millionnaia. This portion of the palace bore the name of the King of Prusia’s apartments. The occupation of the palace was accompanied by no extraordinary ceremony. The room’s occupied by Peter had been decorated by tho architect Tchevakinsky, a pupil of Bastrelli, and the flooring and gilded cornices were brought from Italy. Peters bedroom was in the extreme wing, and beside it was his library. Above the entrauce door he caused a gallery to bo constructed which ho turned into his working cabinet and furnished at, a cost of more than 3,500 rubles. The Empress Catherine occupied the rooms afterward known by the name of the Empress Marie Feodorovna. The day the court occupied the Winter Palace (7th of April, 1762), was marked by the consecration of the palace church under the name of the Resurrection. Later on, in 1763, on the occasion of an ancient image of Christ being removed to the church, it was consecrated afresh by order of Catherine II as that of the Savior. The embellishment of the interior and the furnishing of tho palaco were continued under Peter and only completed by Catherine. The total outlav up to the year 1768 was estimated at 2.622,020 rubles, or about £400,000. The principal director of the works in the interior was the celebrated amateur Jean Betzky. In 1869 the annex of the palace, destined to bo the Hermitage was commenced, the architect Delamotte being intrusted with it3 execution. This building, oblong in shape, extended from the Miliionnaia to the qiia3\ Four years lator a second building was erected on a plan of the architect, Felton. In 1780 several fresh wings were added, and the Empress ordered the architect Guaranghi to build a theater, which was. at. the latest, to be completed hy August, 1784. The same architect erected the arch connecting the Hermitage with the theater, and with the part of the palace containing the Raphael galleries. In 1786 the marble gallery, containing the hall of St George and the throne room, was commenced, and in 1794 a superb throne was placed in the former. This throne was the masterpiece of the architect Starow.

RICH WOMEN. Gossip Aliont Some of tlie Noted Money Queens of America. Correspondence Cleveland Leader. New York has a number of rich widows. Mrs. Josephine Ayer is the relict of the pill doctor who made a fortune in patent medicines, and left her about $5,000,000. Mrs. Martin Bates was left by her husband $1,500,000, which he made in dry goods, and Mrs. James Brown, who lives in a fine house on Park avenue and Thirtyseventh street, received from her husband's estate about $4,000,000 which he accumulated as a banker. Mrs. W. E. Dodge is worth $4,000,000. much of the income of which she sends to the heathen. Mrs. Robert Goelet is worth $‘3,000,000, made in hardware, and Mrs. John O. Green, the widow of the Princeton College patron, is worth $10,000,000. Mrs. Commodore Vanderbilt received $1,000,000 from her husband's estate, which she has increased to half as much more. Mrs. A. T. Stewart has an estate worth $30,000,000, but she lives like a nun in her big white marble palace on Fifth avenue, and the bachelor fortune-hunters might as well woo a statue of Diana. Mrs. John Minturn is another wealthy New York widow. She is worth $2,000,000. and her father was an Aspinwall. Governor Morgan's widow is worth several millions. Clarkson Potter’s widow has an immense income from his estate, and Mrs. Edwin Stevens, who owns “Castle Point” at Hoboken, is one of the richest widows in America, and counts her wealth by tens of millions. Mrs. Parau Stevens’ husband made $6,000,000 in hotels, and he has left her the Victoria and a share in the Fifth-avenue; and Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts, the eight millionaire widow of a mining king, was talked of while Mr. Arthur was in the White House as the prospective wife of the President. Here at Washington we have a few rich widows. Mrs. Craig Wadsworth, of New York, has a fino home on Massachusetts avenue, and she is said to be worth a million. Mrs. Alexander Ray is the widow of a millionaire miller whose flour is well known over the United States, and Mrs. 3lyers, whose husband was chief of the signal service some time before he died, is worth at least a millian dollars. Mrs. Admiral Dahigren, who wrote the much-criticised book on Washington society a year or so ago, has sevend fine houses in the fashionable part of Washington, and Mrs. John O. Evans, the widow of the late president of the Mutual Union Telegraph Company, owns a great deal of Washington real estate, and has a good income. The widow of Dick Merrick, the noted lawyer, who died the ot her day, will have a fortune when her father dies. Philadelphia’s wealthiest widow is Mrs. John Ray Barton, who is worth $7,000,000. which she inherited from her father, Dr. John Rush. Tom Scott’s widow is worth $3,000,000, which her husband left her from his railroad speculations, and the widow of M. W. Baldwin, the locomotive builder, is estimated as owning $2,000,000 worth of this world’s goods. Henry Diston, the sawmanufacturer, left nearly a million dollars to his widow, and the Quaker City has a half dozen moie rich widows whose bank books register accounts as large as the wealth of Croesus. Rich single women are numerous. Miss Jennie Riggs, of Washington, inherited a fortune from her father, the noted banker. I bavo spoken before of Miss Garrett, whose age is between

thirty and forty, and a Philadelphia man telll me that the banker Drexel’s three daughters will get $6,000,000 a piece from his estate when it comes to them. Another rich Philadelphia girl is Miss Helen Ebon, who is worth a million, and who also boasts of beine an accomplished horsewoman. She drives tandem, and can ride over fences And ditches as gracefully as does the daughter of Secretary Bayard. The richest single woman in the country is Catherine Wolfe. She has an income estimated at half a million a year, and she owns real estate all over New York. Her father. Peter Wolfe, married Peter Lorillurd’s sister, and with her got a dowry of a million dollars. His wife died soon, and he married another of the Lorillard sisters, and with her got another million. In a short time she died also, and Wolfe, after speculating a while with his two millions and more, died himself, and his property came to his daughter Catherine. She has invested it well from year to year, and now, at the age of fifty, she thinks too much of it to permit any man to aid her in spending it She fears, it is said, fortune hunters, ami it may be that her fortune has brought more of misery than of hanpmesa into her life. Another rich single woman of New York is Miss Sarah Hitchcock, who is worth $12,000,000. She has her money largely invested in real estate, and is fond of society. Rich married women are so numerous that they will not bear enumeration. Many of our most prominent public men have got fortunes through marriage. Senator Palmer has a wife who is a millionaire, Whitelaw Reid's wife is worth a fortune from her being the daughter of D O. Mills, and Abram S. Hewitt dates his prosperity from the time he was made tutor to Peter Cooper’s daughter, whom he afterwards married. Henry B. Payne married the daughter of a rich farmer of Cleveland, named Perry, and the old Perry farm is now in the most fashionable part of Euclid avenue. William C. \\ hitney in turn married Payne’s daughter, and it is said that since then Payne’s rich bachelor son, Oliver, has given Mrs. Whitney a million or so in presents. Congressman Tom Bayno, of Pittsburg, got a big fortune with his wife, who was the daughter of Smith, the partner of tho Ilostetter who made the “Stomach Bitters,” and Hitt, of lliinois, brought about a million into his family by marrying an heiress. Senator Hale’s wifo inherited a fortune from Zach Chandler's estate and the wife of Frank Hiscock is, very well off. Levi P. Morton's wife is worth $1,500,000 in her own right. Freddy Gebhart's sister is married, but sho has her private income of over $50,000 a year, and Mrs. John Rockefeller is said to have enough of her own to not bother her rich husband for pin money. Most of these money queens have hobbies, and most of them, when you get at them, you will find to bo very ordinary people for all their wealth.

A MAN OF MANY TONGUES. A Talk with the State Department Translator —How Its Correspondence Is Carried On. Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette. Mr. Henry L. Thomas, translator at the State Department in Washington, is visiting his brother, Mr. John Thomas, general superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at his home on Locust avenue, Allegheny. "' Mr. Thomas has had quite a varied experience, and now, after traveling over a greater part of the globo and devoting a large portion of his life to the study of languages, is one of the most widely-posted and cultured gentlemen it is one’s good fortune to meet. For sixteen years he has been connected with the State Department, and in that time has kept up his study of languages till to day he can speak fluently somo eight or nine, and is able to make hirnself understood in as many more. When a boy he took but little interest in the study of languages, but starting out in life as a printer he found his first start, and used to employ Uimself during all his leisure hours with poring over tho grammar of some foreign tongue. Along in tho “fifties” he started on his travels, and was a professor in a college in one of the West India islands for several years. He became tired of this kind of a life, however, and during the “sixties” returned to this country. In 1866 he was appointed translator in the’State Department by Mr. Hamilton Fish, then Secretary of State. He has served constantly ever since during all the chauges of administrations. To a representative of this paper he 6aid last night: “My duties are sometimes very light, and sometimes very arduous. It is hard to average the work, as some days there will be a rush of matter, and on others but little. My duties aro confined largely to official correspondence, though often letters addressed to the President or some of the Cabinet officers are handed to me for translation. Most of the countries represented at our courts use their own language or French in their diplomatic correspondence. Some, however, use English. “Austria, for instance, used its own language up till about six years ago, when it changed, and now all its official correspondence is carried on. in English. Italy and some of the other European countries use French. So did Germany until the antipathy between her and France became so bitter. fcinee then her correspondence has been in pure, hard German. The South American countries all use Spanish, and their official correspondence must all be translated.” “In what language are the treaties written?”

“In the language of the country with which tho treaty is made and in English. Some of the old treaties have bpen rather loosely translated, though there have been no serious errors. Once in a while I have to go back to the old correspondence and treaties of years ago. In this way I can see how’ the translations were made. Some time since 1 had to go back thirty years to the official correspondence between this country and the Argentine Confederation. A great many references were made in the cor res pon deuce to those old days.’’ “Does the Department ever receive personal letters?” “Yes, quite often, and from all over the world. Every President who has occupied the White House since I have been in Washington has received more or less letters containing advice or begging for something. Subjects of other countries often write and tell the President how he should act. Many of the foreign letters come from Germany, asking the President to send the writer a passage ticket across the ocean, as he wishes to become a citizen of this country. Another man wrote from Holland the other day, advising President Cleveland to pay off the confederate bonds. “But a puzzler was received some months ago from Samoa. No one could read it. and we had about given it up wh.on an Enelish translation was discovered. It was pretty fair English, too. I have to make an abstract of the letters, which are sent to tho persons to whom they were directed. Some of them are answered, and some aro not-. We get a good many letters from Germans living in this country. They are mostly filled with grievances of some kind. During President Arthur’s administration an old German out West wrote to him, asking tho President to pay off a mortgage on his farm. He had got into difficulty, so he said, through no fauljt of his own, and he wanted it fixed up. The second letter was filled with threats, and tho third was filled with abuso. After President Cleveland was inaugurated be wrote to him. but since no attention was paid to it ho has stopped. “During President Hayes’s administration he received a letter written in Hebrew. It was in poetry, and I made a loose rhyming translation. I can only remember the first verse. It ran like this: Ring out the sounds of joyous mirth. Up and down throughout the earth, For the man who’s pure of hand Hath chosen been to rule the laud. “During General Grant’s administration some funny letters were received. One of them wa from a German woman who claimed that her neighbor threw slop over her back yard and she wanted it stopped. The slop throwing may be going on yet for all I know. There are so many incidents of this kind that I forget all of them. But these letters come from everywhere. One came from Palestine tho other day written in Hebrew. The Turkish language stumps all of us. though. But fortunately an English translation accompanies it” All the wooden parts or every tool aud implement, especially it liable to exposure to the weather, should be well oiled with crude petroleum, applying enough to thoroughly penetrate the pores. Such tools will last much longer for this treatment, and such parts as hoe handles or whatever is used in the hands, will be smoother to tho grasp. Painting these portions which are not subjected to wearing is useful, but not equal to oiling with petroleum, or half so cheap. Wk must bavo room for our fall goods now corning iu ou every train. All spring and sum mer goods marked down to the lowest notch. Mouuu