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FRANCE ID SIAM

May Yet Get Into a Very Serious Tangle If His Siamese Highness Doesn't Explain. TREATIES TO BE UPHELD, Or Franca will Bombard th City of Bangkok, And at One Blockade the Mekong River. The Qurttlon Touched In the Itrltlsh Parliament and KnuliiuJ AVill A'ot Likely Suiter the Independence of the Orient! Conntry to He Interfered With The Fr In re of "Wale Injured Other Koreln New. PARIS, July 17. A semi-official note la published today denying the assertion that France has disavowed to the Siamese government the action of Admiral llumann in causing gunboats to ascend the Menam river and the commanders of the gunboats Comte and Inconstante had exceeded their instructions in firing upon the fort? at Paknam. M. de Lanessan, governor-general of French India-China, telegraphs to the foreign office that a detachment of Siamese troops attacked a reeonnoitcring force of Annamite militia on July ä at Anake. The Siamese were repulsed with great loss. One of the Annamites was killed. The people everywhere in the Laos district, which lies to the northward of Slam are, according to the dispatch, siding with the Frerch. The ministers resolve to disavow in the chamber any intention to Interfere with Siamese independence. At the same time they decided to insist that the treaties between France and Siam be respected and no Intervention should be tolerated. In case it should become necessary to bombard Bangkok, warning should be given to foreign powers so as to enable them to protect their subjects in that city. In case Siam should decline to Kive complete satisfaction for her offences against France's treaty rights the Menam river should be blockaded. THE VALETTA CO I It T 31 A KT A L. Capt. Iluurkr u( the Snnkrn Victoria on Trial. VALETTA, Malta. July 17. The court martial appointed to try captain, the lion. Maurice A. Rourke, Staff Commander Hawkins-Smith and the surviving officers of the British battleship Victoria, which was sunk in eol'ison with the British battleship Camperdown I on June 23, opened today upon the Hibernia. the flagship of Ilear-Admiral Richard F. Tracey. admiral superintendent of the Ialta dock yards. All the survivors were on board the Hiborr.ia at 9 o'clock in the morninr and shortly thereafter the proceedings opened. Cart. Rourke said that he saw when the ships began to swing toward ' each other' that there was not sufficient distance between them to allow of the evolution ordered and that he asked permission to reverse the port screw In order that the ships should make a shorter turn. This was given him, and subsequently both engines were ordered full speed astern. It was too late, however, to avert the disaster. The Victoria had turned twelve or fifteen points when the Camperdown struck her. Capt. Bourke described at length the efforts made to pave the ship after the colllson. descriptions of which have heretofore been published. He said that his dispatches to the admiralty truly described all the details of the disaster. He had no complaint whatever to make regarding the conduct of any of the survivors. The Bangkok correspondent of the Times says that many ICnglishmen with their families are leaving the country. They are taking with them all their portable property. The correspondent adds: "The captain of the French gunboat, feeing the Siamese flag floating above the French on the captured steamer Jean Say. himself hauled down both flags, thus creating another incident. The Siamese afterward hoisted their own flag." Britain a Little Anxious. LONDON', July 17. The Earl of Rosebery, secretary of state for foreign affairs, replying to a question asked by Lord Lamington in the house of lords today, said that the government was not in full possession of the facts regarding the dispute between France and Siam, but that Great Britain was fully alive to the responsibility attaching to her and would not lose any opportunity of obtaining a satisfactory solution of the matters at Issue; In the house of commons Sir Edward Grey, parliamentary secretary of the foreign office, appealed to the house not to discuss the matter until further information should hav been received. He promised that everything possible would be done by Great Britain to arrrve at a pacific solution of the question Involved. It was Imperative, he added, to keep distinct from the main issues certain allied Questions, especially the question of Siamese independence. This statement evoked cheers. BANGKOK, July 17. The government of Siam has consented to withdraw the troops In the Mekong valley provided that France agTees to also suspend hostilities. French Vessel Sank. LONDON', July 17. A dispatch from Saigon via Paris says that the French merchant vessel Jean Say, which recently arrived at the mouth of the Menam river, was seized by the Siamese tnd sunk, presumably for the purpose of blocking the channel in a futile attempt to prevent the French gunboats from ascending to Bangkok. The crew of the Jean Say were ill-treated by their captors, who conveyed them to Bangkok where they were thrown into prison. Injary to the Prince of Wales. LONDON, July 17. The prince of Wales met with an accident this evening, which, while it had no serious result, gave him a bad shaking up. While the prince was riding in his private, hansom cab through St. James-st. a vehicle that was debouching from Klnjc-st. cucd the prjn'j driver to swerve In

order to avoid a collision with it. The prince's carriage was being driven at a fair rate of speed, and in swinging out of the way of the vehicle turning the corner it smashed into another hansom cab that was standing in the carriage rank awaiting a customer. The shock of the collision was so violent that the prince's horse fell, and the prince himself was dashed against the side of his hansom. He was not at all seriously injured. He alighted from his cab, and walked the remainder of the distance to Marltjorough house, his London residence.

More Fish tine. SAIGON, July 17. The troubles between the French and Siamese on the Mekong river continue. A body of French marines have captured the forts at Donthane and Tapham on the upper Mekong. The French loss in the assaults was six killed or wounded. The Siamese lost heavily In both engagements. THE UlüGHACB TOO MI CH. Young Girl Co in mit Suicide After Hein Assaulted. MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich., July 17. Lillian Saulte, an eighteen-year-old girl employed as a chambermaid in the Island, committed suicide this afternoon ly taking laudanum. She left two letters implicating one of the soldiers at Ft.' Brady, who, she said, outraged her Frldey night last while coming from a village dunce. Sihe could not stand the disgrace, and has for days been pleading- to have the soldier put in prison. The letters are of the heartrending kind, telling of her struggles as an orphan and her battle for her honor. Her only relatives reside at I'etrolia, Ont. The man named in the letters has been placed in custody, and wos given a hearing at the coroner's jury this evening. WHITE HOUSE CHANGES. THE Rl'ILniM) ItKINO ItEXOVATED IX MAXV AVA YS During the Alenee of the President and Mr. Cleveland nt Cray Gables Some GonhIji In Connection with the Supreme Justiceship -Notes. WASHINGTON, July 17. The absence of the president and his family at Buzzard's Bay is being taken advantage of to thoroughly renovate the white house and to make some domestic changes in the arrangement of the interior. President and Mrs. Cleveland's sleeping-room will be in the future the chamber on the north side of the house, a favorite room with them before, and the same room used by President Arthur in his day. The smaller room at the corner was used before by Mrs. Cleveland as her boudoir and has a?aln been arranged for the same purpose. These two rooms were the nursery during the last administration and were entirely dismantled after the sickness of little Marthena Harrison. Both are now decorated according to Mrs. Cleveland's taste. The president's bed chamber is now a red room. Mrs. Cleveland's boudoir is being decorated in a light shade. President Harrison's old bed-room, known as the prince of Wales room, is to be set apart for the use of the president's daughter Ituth and her nurse. The other rooms on the south side of the mansion are reserved for visitors. On the parlor floor the red room is being prepared for an entirely new decoration from floor to ceiling. The artist who is to decorate the celling is beginning to put on the ground color. This room will continue to be a red room. There are so many large pictures in the room that the walls will be only plainly covered with the red paper, that will serve as a rich ground for them. The celling will be a study in red, plentifully flecked over with gilt. All the old wood work lias been taken out and mahogany moldings will be substituted to match the very fine mantel-piece which his been the most elegant thing ever In the room. Portraits of President Cleveland and President Arthur will always hang In this room. The public stairway at the east side of the room never looked shabbier than it has lately. The army that passed over It since March has left Indelible marks. The staircase has been painted and varnished and begins to make a very much better appearance. Conrrrnlnic Ilia tebford's Sneeesaor. NEW YORK. July 17.-Congressman Thomas F. Magner said this afternoon that President Cleveland had tendered to Supreme Court Justice Edgar M. Cullen the appointment to the supreme court of the United States in place of the late Justice Blatchford. Mr. Magner said that this information came from lawyers, and he understood It was correct. "It Is a fact that President Cleveland weeks ago offered the collectorship of the port of New York to Judge Cullen, who declined it. The president also offered the collectorship to Joseph C. Hendricks. A reporter saw Judge Cullen today, and in answer to a question all he would say was that he had not heard of such an appointment. He repeated that statement when asked if he would accept the appointment if made. Proclaimed Dletator. Secretary Gresham has received a cable message from Minister Baker, dated July 13, as follows: "The Nlcaraguan president and minister of foreign affairs are still in prison at Leon. A meeting of the cabinet proclaimed Zavllla dictator. A large majority of Nicaraguans support the government." Capital Kotes. One hundred and nineteen fourth-class postmasters were appointed yesterday, of whom seventy-nine were in place of postmasters removed. Telegraph orders have been sent to Commander Whiting, commanding 'the IT. S. S. Alliance at Calao, Peru, to proceed at once with that vessel to Corlnto, the port nearest to Leon, where the latest revolution is at its height." Secretary Herbert, accompanied by Miss Herbert and his naval aide. Ensign Wood, left Washington on the president's yacht. Dolphin, for a visit to the naval stations at New York, Newport, New London, Boston and Portsmouth, N. II. Gen. Jardlne Dead. NEW YORK, July 1. Gen. Edward Jardlne, who has been critically ill for some time, died at 1 o'clock this afternoon. His death was not unexpected, but shortly before the end came his physician left the sick chamber. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning under the auspices of the F. and A. M. at Greenwood cemetery. Gen. Jardlne was sixty-flve years old and was a military man ever since he was old enough to carry a musket. He received in a skirmish wounds which cauneil his death, a full chance enterine hi wt knte and thigh. Since then ' Gen. Jar.line has been forced to undergo nine operations on his thigh, the last one being mane in October, 1D2. For twentyfour years the general attended to his ' duties as a welcher In th custom hou, but was never without crutches. Four months afro he was oblired to give up I and take to his bed, and has never sine lt it.

FLURRY OUT WEST,

Three Denver Banks Close Their Doors And Six Others in Kansas Do Likewise. THE PRESSURE TOO GREAT. Withdrawal of Deposits the Principal Cause, Coupled with the Failure to Cash Paper. The 5Ilssonrl National nt K mi ha a City Also Suspend front Cause Practically the Same A Georgia Institution Succuuibs evi of Other Failures front Vartoaa Quarter. DENVER, July 17. The first bank failure in Denver since 1874 occurred this morning when the People's savings, the Colorado savings and the Rocky Mountain dime and dollar savings banks closed their doors. An estimate of the assets are Jl.5u0.000, with liabilities of J1.350.C00. The Colorado savings bank, of which F. K. Atkins is president and C. O. Atkins cashier, in their statement to the assignee, Alfred Butters, place the open accounts due depositors at Ji35.103.54, certificates of deposit, J50.699.6G. due other banks $3,230.54, cashiers checks $625. Their assets over liabilities in what is declared to be good commercial paper, well secured, is $73,003.72. F. W. Woodbury is president and C. F Clark cashier of the Rocky Mountain, dime and dollar savings bank, of which Charles H. Blakeney was this morning made assignee. A detailed statement has not yet been made, but from the books of the institution it would appear that the assets are J133.S03.53, and the liabilities $103,001.3:!. The officers of the Institution positively assert that the depositors will not lose a dollar. It is understood that all the assignments were preconcerted, and wore made for selfprotection and the protection of the depositors. The direct cause of the failure was the universal hard times and inability to realize on securities. The president of each bank declares that each depositor will be paid in full, and that the institutions will resume again. A run on the Denver savings bank is impending. The bank is taking advantage of the thirty and sixty days' notification law. and is paying out no amounts over J23. President Lawrence of the People's savings bank, In a statement this morning, said the savings bank up to six weeks ago had a most successful career, having in deposits $1,300,000, and that It had paid to its depositors in lntrj-est $112482. "The causeless run," he says, "began In May and really continued up to last Saturday night, when the entire available means of the bank were exhausted, and nothing was left but to assign. The officers of the institution pledged their estates to Its support, but through the feeling that had been engendered among eastern banks and financial Institutions by the recently published expressions and demonstrations that have been heralded from Colorado, a thirty days notice for $100,000, signed bj Colorado parties worth $4,000,000, to raise immediate money, was not worth the paper It was written on. Most persistent efforts were made to obtain temporary assistance to tide the bank over, and up to four days ago this necessary assistance was promised by eastern correspondent banks. But since the doings of the recent convention in this city became known all over the country these promises were canceled by telegraph, and no alternative was left us. (with notices amounting to nearly J5CJ.000 for withdrawals of deposits, maturing within the near future, staring us in the face and the cash on hand paid down to $223) but to take a full assignment for the protection and benefit of all." The failure of the savings bank will in no way affect the People's national bank, which, with all other national banks, la perfectly sound, and anticipate no trouble outside of the savings banks. The Missouri National Close. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 17. The Missouri national bank suspended payment and closed its doors at 11:45 o'clock this morning. The Grand-avenue bank, a private institution, assigned this morning to James P. Pickel, who Immediately took charge. The assets are placed at $200,000 and the liabilities at $140,000. The Grand-avenue bank holds ample gilt-edged securities to meet obligations. It is claimed, and the officials say they expect to resume business shortly. According to the statements Saturday, issued in compliance with the request of the comptroller of the currency, cash and sight exchange were placed at $271.024 and the deposits at $900.703. The officers are D. V. Rleger, president; Henry C. Kaupf, vice-president; R. D. Covington, cashier. Six Kansas Uanki Fall. . TOPEKA, Kas., July 17. Six Kansas state banks went down in the financial flurry today. They, are the bank of Ritter & poudleday of Columgus, the Johnson City bank of Johnson City, the bank of Weir City, the bank of Pleasanton, the Caney Valley bank of Caney, and the bank of Meade at Meade Center. It is impossible to obtain statements at this time. The banks haye all been taken possession of by the state bank commissioner. One In Georfrla. ATLANTA, Ga., July 17. The First national bank at Cedartown, Ga., closed its doors to-day. The suspension was caused by Inabilty to realize at once on collaterals. Rumors of a shortage on the part of one of the bank officials are denied and it Is asserted that depositors will be paid In' full. The bank will resume as a stare bank soon. The bank was capitalized at $75,000, surplus 13,000. Ilaslness Note. Five hundred thousand ounces of silver and 1 00.000 Mexican dollars will go to Europe on the Spree today. Hood & Klncald's bank of Pleasanton, Kas., has failed and is in the hands of a receiver. Capital stock J80.000. The comptroller of the currency has

First national has closed its doors. The Duplex street railway track company, a West Virginia corporation operating In Wall street, assigned to John D. El well, without preferences. Liabilities $150,000. OY THE YACHT 0EIDA. President Cleveland, Dr. Ilryant and Mr. Benedict Cruise. BUZZARD S BAY, July 17. President Cleveland has not yet gone to New York as was supposed when he sailed on the yacht Oneida this forenoon In company with Commodore Benedict and Dr. Bryant. It is authoritively stated here this evening that the party have gone on a short cruise and Ashing excursion, to be absent from here about two days. It Is not generally known in what locality the party will cast their lines, but it is reported that a part of the time may be spent in the vicinity of Block island. When th president left today he appeared in the best of health and he has no lameness whatever. Neither has Br. Bryant returned to New York, but on the other hand. wiK accompany the president back to Gray Gables, where he will probably remain through the month of July. Mrs. Cleveland, in company with her daughter and maid drove over here for the mall tonight. NEWPORT, R. I.. July 17. President Cleveland arrived here about 7 o'clock this evenng. The Oneida anchored in the harbor and no one but the steward has been aihore. Few knew of the president being in this locality. He apparently does not desir? any demonstration, hence the anchorage in the out of the way place. Instead of with other yachts In the inner hat bor. A COWICTS CONFESSION'. Saves Murder and Hncnpe by Xevr York Criminals. ALBANY, July 17. The warden of Clinton prison at Dannemora came down t Albany late this afternoon, and, proceeding to the executive chamber, related to Gov. Flower a brutal scheme of a number of long-term prisoners confined in this prison to gain their freedom, which included the cold-blooded murder of several of the prison guards. One of the prisoners who was asked to enter into the murderous attempt to escape refused, and it was through him that the prison authorities became aware of the plot. Tha governor, when he hearU the facts, immediately pardoned the prisoner, who had the courage and manliness to prevent human slaughter. At noon yesterday, in Clinton prison, as the prisoners filed through the prison corridor in lock-step on their way past Principal Keeper McKenna to obtain their rations for dinner, one of the prisoners slipped into the hand of the principal keeper a piece of brown wrapping paper two feet long by a foot wide, which was written upon both sides in lead pencil. The writing gave the details of the plot. It said that two doors had already been cut and when- the guard.- had made their round, two men, one limed with a bar and the other ;.viib. a. dfe, would steal upon and murder them. They were to possess thes.elm.ves of the guards' guns, but how they were to get out of the hall was not known. The idea of committing murder caused the convict to inform. The warden told the governor that after the prisoners had finished with dinner the two prisoners referred to in the communication were removed from the cells and an examination showed the truth of the prisoner's information. The locks of the two cell doors had been tampered with. Hidden in the bed-tick In one cell was found a long, sharp knife. In the tick on the cot in the other cell were found a crow-bar. drills, saws, files and a cold-chisel. Thus was the prisoner's Information confirmed in every detail. RUSSIA'S NAVAL STATION. Her Offlcr 1'lensed Over It Establishment nt New York. NEW YORK, July 17. The Times says: "Almost to a unit the Russian officers were delighted with the news that Russia would have a permanent station here, though it was remarked by several that the information was in no way a surprise. From what could be gleaned the officers of the Russian vessels regard the permanent maintenance of a fleet of their own ships in American waters as the most certain way to accentuate a feeling' of comradeship between the officers of the navy of the United States and that of Russia. Russian officers now her in conversation with United States officers have pointed out that England is the greatest enemy of the United States of America. They refer to history in their arguments to prove this assertion and declare that no late events have demonstrated a sincerely friendly regard on the part of the British government for that of the United States. Inasmuch they declare as England is the natural enemy of the United States, and the greatest enemy Russia possesses, then the United States of Americva and Russia are by the very nature of things bound In friendship against a common foe. The Russian officers here argue that from georgraphlcal reasons and the extent of territory of the two countries the signs all point to Russia and the United States finally possessing the entire world." DIDN'T CATCH THE COON But Suspended Himself for Three Days ou a Sapllnjr. MEMPHIS, July 17. An evening paper prints the following singular story: "A young man near Shuouta, Miss., named Charles Hardeman, had been troubled a great deal by the coons raiding his corn field, and not having a steel trap, young Hardeman improvised a snare by bending down a tall sapling and tying a rope to the top of it, and ly an invention of his own' fastened the rope, which had a noose to it by a trigger to the ground. He sawed off the top of the j sapling, so when the coon pulled the ear of corn off the trigger the fastening would be released, and the spring of the tree would Jerk misted cobn high Into the air. While the young mare was adJusting the bait on the trigger he accidentally sprung It and the noose caught his arm. and he was., jerked off the ground. Just high enough to keep his feet from touching, and all efforts to release himself proved fruitless, and he remained there suspended In midair by the arm for three days before he was discovered. He was taken down and medical aid summoned. and he will recover, but It is 1 thought he will lose the use of his arm., von SIXSTUOKB L'se Horsford's Acid Phosphate. Dr. A. L. Zurker, Melrose, Minn., says: "It produced a gratlfylrs and remarkable regenerating effect in a case of sunstroke."

been informed that the bank of Cedartown, Ga.

WRECK Iii CHICAGO

Street Car Struck byGrand Trunk Train a, And Hurled Thirty Feet from the Track. THREE INSTANTLY KILLED And Others of the Passengers Badly Injured. A Towerman'e Blunder Caused the Accident. He Let a Freight Trnin Pas and Not Seeing the Passenger Allowed the Street Cotr to Proceed to the Crossing The Bnglne Crew Arretted by OiHcern Their Stories Concerning the Lntest of Chicago's Suburban Casualties. ' CHICAGO, July 17. An -incoming passenger train on the Grand Trunk road ran down a crowded street car tonight killing four people and injuring a number of others. The dead are: THOMAS PERKINS. MARGARET MURPHY. Unidentified boy. The injured: William Buhlman, left leg broken and internally injured; may die. Mrs. James Sanderson, head and body bruised. J. C. Smith, Internally injured and skull fractured; may die. Mrs. Celia Mitchell, bruised about the body. Mrs. S. A. Lace, bruised about the head and body. Mrs. Vanderberg, head and body bruised. Frank Vanderberg, her three-year-old son, head cut and body bruised. Jennie Blakely, head and shoulders cut. The collision occurred at the Forty-ninth-st. crossing, which is a network of tracks and has always been regarded as a dangerous crossing. A long freight train going west had Just passed, and the tower man, George Barnett, had raised the gates. This was taken as a signal that the way was clear, and Driver Statenecker started to drive across the tracks. The passenger train was rapidly coming from the west, however, and Just as the car reached the track it struck it squarely in the center. The car was turned entirely around and hurled fully thirty feet from the point where It was struck. Some of the passengers managed to save themselves by jumping, but the majority were caught. Perkins and Dillon were frightfully mangled. A piece of timber had been forced Into the former's throat, breaking his Jaw. The two women killed were unknown to any of the passengers of the car and there was nothing upon them to give a clew to their identity. The police arrested Engineer Jones, Fireman Campbell of the passenger train and a man named Henry Hughes, who was riding in the cab of the engine. Tue engineer said that he did not see the street car until it was on the track and so close that it was impossible for him to stop the train. The tower man, George Barnett, who raised the gates and allowed the car to come upon the track, said: "I raised the gates after the freight train had gone west and did not see the approaching passenger train until it was close upon the crossing. I lowered the gates, but it was too late then." Kenr End CollUlon. FORT SMITH, Ark., July 17. A rear (end collision occurred at Lancaster, a small station on the San Francisco road, yesterday in which "Dad" Hunter, one of the oldest engineers on the system, was instantly killed. The freight trains collided, wrecking both engines and eight freight cars. The trainmen Jumped to save themselves, all escaping except two brakemen, who were slightly Injured. Hunter was caught under hi3 engine and killed. The accident was caused by a disregard of orders. Ollt CELESTIAL VISITOR. A Second Comet Discovered at Lick Observatory. SAN JOSE, Cal., July 17. An important discovery regarding the comet has been made at Lick observatory. Photographic plates reveal the fact that the celestial visitant Is not alone In Its glory, but has a companion. The second comet Is enveloped in the tail of the first one and shows distinctly as a nebuluslike condensation. Its tail also merges Into that of the other. Director Holden and the astronomers on the mountain are much elated over the discovery. It was revealed by a photograph of the comet taken Thursday night by Prof. Ilussey and cannot be seen through the telescope. It appears to move in the same orbit as the main one, or an orbit exactly parallel and at the same rate of speed. The discovery makes more certain the theory that the original force, which throws out comets sends out more than one at a time. This theory was before thought to be correct from the fact that more than one comet has been found in the same or nearly the same orbit. A GAY EVANGELIST. He Elopes vrlth n Pittsburg Woman but Is Caught. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 17. Evangelist L. Vernon, who is wanted at Pittsburg, Kas., on account of an elopement and at Joplin, Mo., and divers offenses, passed through -Kansas City last evening In the custody of a deputy sheriff on his way back to Pittsburg. With Vernon came the woman with whom' he eloped, Mrs. Pearson. Vernon, while on the train on his way to this city, attempted to escape by Jumping from the car while the train was running forty miles an hour, and he and the officer,

who promptly followed his prisoner, were considerably the worse for the attempt. Both were . injured, and had to be cared for at the police station in Kansas City, Kas. It was while Vernon was holding gospel meetings at Pittsburg that he and Mrs. Pearson became acquainted. He left a wife and four children, and Mrs. Pearson a husband and child nt Joplin, Mo. The news of his carture has almost set the town of Pittsburg on fire with excitement. Threats of lynching or of treating the evangelist to a coat of tar and feathers are made.

MOULD'S l'Allt. Congress of Educators. CHICAGO, July 17. The congress of educators, one of the most notable of the many world's fair gatherings, began today at the lake front art palace and lasts through until next week. The congress will, it is believed, prove of great benefit to all participating. Some of the most t minent In the world are on the program for addresses or essays. If t arried out as arranged the congress will undoubtedly prove a brilliant success. The attendance at the Initial sessions was good. Dr. W. T. Harris, commissioner of education of the United States, M. Brisson and Chancell r Barnardo of the university of Wisconsin made responses to the addrejes of welcome. Among the notables attending the congress Is Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of the Review of Reviews, who, it is announced, is soon to marry Miss Elizabeth Bacon of Reading, Pa., whom he first met only five weeks ago. The Homing l'lueon Content. The time made by the pigeons started Saturday morning was not what the owners expected it would be. They were start ed from Jackson park at 10:30 Saturday morning and were due in th Mist yesterday, but nothing was lu-'.rd of them until 7:1S this morning, when the first reported. Accordingly the trip was maie in less than two days, and when It Is remembered that these birds never fly at night it is vident that they were on the wing from daylight till dark, for they did not fly as fast as possible. The winning bird is a black checkered cock, and bore the registered number "E. V., 278," and the exposition stamp "W. C. 11,27." Mr. Clarke owns the pigeon, and to him will be awarded the world's fair gold medal and from the New York section. EXPLOSION AT A PI CMC. Several Itttlian Killed und Injured at Chicago. CHICAGO, July 1C By the premature explosion of a fireworks bomb at 11 o'clock tonight at an Italian picnic, several people wer killed and a number of others injured. The dead are: lilCHAItD MARSHALL MICHAEL SNOW. The Injured are: ANDREW JOUINE. ANTONE NASHO. TONY LADOL'L. The follownig are mortally Injured: ANTONIO Al'tllXTo, piece of tne mortar passed through his body. ANTONIO MASSHO. skull fractured. TONY LAliLLT, heel torn oft; will recover. CONFLICT WITH JEWS. Many Ivllled by Itioters in the Crimen. ST. PETERSBCKO, July 16. The .Tev of Yalta, in the Crimea, refused to obey the decree to retire within the pale. For several daj-s the clergy exhorted the re; i. of the population to rise and expel them. Ist week an anti-Jew mob took possession of the streets, broke into hoil.ses occupied by Jews, and tried to drive the occupants from the town. The Jews fought back. Dozens were dragged into the streets and were beaten. Many were killed. The houses owned by Jews were plundered and wrecked. Troops were called to the town to restore order. None of the rioters wtre killed and but few were injured. Doubtless Committed Suicide. PHILADELPHIA. July 1C John A. Lombard, fifty years old, manager of the Hero fruit jar companj-, which was involved in the failure of the Spring tiarden national bank, and who was defendant in suits brought by the receiver of the wrecked institution, was found dead with his throat cut at his home last night, having evidentlj- committed suicide. He was last seen alive In his room by a servant about 1 o'clock Saturdaj morning. At that hour Harry Kennedy, a nephew, went to Mr. Lombar's room and found him dead In bod with his throat cut and a razor bj- Lis Bide. Illnfftoii Court Martini Sentences. ULL'FFTON'. July 13. Special. Not very lightly did the court martial deal with the officers of Company E of the state militia, Bevearal having received heavy sentences. Capt. Bruce Montgomery' was dishonorably discharged and assessed costs at J'J. Second Lieutenanat Sawyer was also cashiered and assessed costs at $14. First Lieut. Nolan was fined $2U and assessed costs at $12. Twelve others were honorably discharged. The charges against them were failures to appear at the inspection drill. Maj. Keene of I'ortlan.1 presidede and captains from Fort Wayne, Muncle an d Marion were on the board. Garcia Gets Itnnsom Money. HAVANNA. July 17. Manuel Garcia, the brigand, has made another capture, this time in the populous district of Gulnes, onlj- three-quarters of an hour's ride from Havana. D. B. Moran was carried off by by Garcia and two of his band to the mountains, where he was kept a prisoner three or four days, until a friend sent J3.000 for his ransom. He was then escorted back to his home by Garcia and one of his troops. Thej- came near being captured, but ,a3 usual, escaped without harm. , Another Cyclone Victim. SIOUX CITY, July 17. Ray Keefer, one of the injured brought from Pomeroj', died at the Samaritan hospital today. His death, with that of August Mej-er at Pomeroy todaj', makes the total fatalities of the Pomeroy cyclone forty-nine, and that with other points, seventjr-two. Farmer Shot Iy m Youth. LOUISVILLE. Ky.. July 17. At CurJsville Saturday Joseph I. Byrne, aged sixteen, shot and killed Thomas Balrd, a farmer. They quarreled about a boundary line and Balrd attempted to knock Byrne down, when the latter shot him. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. The Hamburg-American line has detrmlned to establish Its Mediterranean and oriental service as a permanent feature. It seems more than probable that Admirai Farragut's old flagship, the Hartford, Is to be refitted and once more flj' a commission pennant from her mainmast. The American champion swimmer, McCusker, defeated easily the ex-champion English swimmer, Finney, at Black Pool, London. The match was for 20G a Bide. The library collected in Goettlngen by the Orientalist Lagardo, now dead, has been bought for a university of the city of New York. The library contains many rare volumes. Irlgoyen. director general of the Peruvian finances, and Mendizabel, chief of the treasury, have been suspended for six months on account of their connection with the recent scandals concerning the collection of taxes.

A BIG FIRE AT PRINCETON.

TIlltKi: 111 MlltKD THOISA.ND DOLLAUS WOUTH OF I'llOI'EHTY LOST. i Etansville Win Telegraphed Eor to i Send EiikIucm hhiI Responded rriiiHl)-Tuo und a. Hulf Sqnarri Iturncd I Many lluxini-K Ilraes DcMtro) f-d The ame of the Sufferer The Jlei lifMliKt and I'rc.li) trrlas Churches Consumed. FPJNCETOX, July 12. Special. At 2 o'clock this afternoon a disastrous lire started in the ufhVe of Buskirk & j Rradey. From this the lire rapidly spread burning two s-juaivs and one-half north. The following business persons were burned out: Mrs. Walker, millinery; RoJlin Branham, hardware and tinware; Farmers bank; Mrs. Ohler, bakery; Smith e Lucas, chinaware and furniture; Mrs. Mowry. millinery; W. C. Daily, groceries; Charles Mo.ssman. groceries; W. D. Downy fomj.il ny, dry goods; Awer.us & Downey, groc. ries; Mul ford & Cox, hardware and building material; A. E. Crow, clothing; Y. S. Beasley, drugs; Diinlnick, I a wis Co., dry goods; II II. Hallet, confectionery; l'iney Woods, drugs; Seth Ward, harness; C. Brown & Co., dry e, is; H. HelKr, merchant tailor; tieorce Ruber, restaurant and hotel; Ager Brothers fc Co., general store; Mat hew Til. bet, m.-at in.yket; Lowe & Skull, furniture; J. E. Joyce Äs Co., livery and feed stabil; Snapp Ä: Tichner, carri-i-;e factory; Wallace Sisters, dress making. The nmh".";st cpiscopal and presbyicri.tn churches, and the light office Were als. not spared. CJ'.iile a number of private residences Were in the numb- r iii' lu limj the residence of Major Zolh-r, live squares away. It locked f.;- ;i tim.? ;is if the whole city would be totally destroyed. Hcl; was tel. jrraphed for from Evans ville and an engine was promptly sent up, but was to. late to do us much good. Several persons were badlj- burned, but at this hour the correspondent is unable to f.nd if any injuries will prove fatal. Loss ?'j"0,0w, inuranci probably half that amount. The fire is now at 10 p. m. under control. Senator Platt: lcvi. HARTFORD. Conn.. July 13. Senator Piatt In an Interview today said: "Judging from inj' cxperiviu-e with former congresses, th people who entertain the idea that eon;ji-ss will assemble and repeal a part or the whole of tha Sherman law oui kly and then adjourn are likely to lind themselves mistaken. There are three contested seats In the Senat-, und the tilling of them ma- possibly determine whether the senate will have a majority in favor of repeal. Tha first thing to do L3 to determine whether the senators appointed bj- the governors of Washington, Wyoming and Montana, aflr their le.'T'sl it tires tried but failed to t.lett, are to Le given their eats. It they are, the free-coifc.nje senators will be t-ironger than now. 1 believe the appointment of these senators b- the governor unconstitutional and that thej- are not entitled to s-ats. It will take considerable time to settle that -question. "Then it must be remembered that there is no previous question in the senate, and anj- senator can spef k to any question as often and as long as he chooses. Senators opposed to repeal will unJoubteilly avail thtmifclvcs of their ri-'ht of unlimited debate to Its fullest extent. "The republican party mu?t not bo held responsible for legislation now. I need pea reel j- say that 1 have no confidence in the wis. lom or capacity of the democratic party cither to enact or to execute wise laws." What It Co Is. A correspondent of the Pa oil Republican gives the following estimate of the cost of raisirg wheat in that section. He says: My figures for the cost of producing wheat in Orange county tcounting pasture and straw a fair compensation for threshing) is as follows, on average land: Breaking ground, per acre 91.25 Harrowing, two times j.r acre ") Dragging, one time per acre 15 Drilling, per acre 4-) Cutting, twine furnished per acre... Shocking, per acre 41 Six per cent. int. on land in r acre. 1.53 Tax. per acre 13 l"i bu. seed wheat at tOc per acre.... 7J 100 pounds bone meal 1.50 Total cost per aire f7.3) If the land pn-kues 10 bushels per acre it will cost 7:1 cents to produce a bushel of wheat. If th? hind produces 15 bushels per acre It will cost 4? 2-3 cents to produce a bushel of wheat. If th land produces 2' bushels per acre It will cost C'jv2 cents to raise a t ushel of wheat. If th land produces '27 bushels it will cost 23 cents. If the land produces 33 bushels it will est 2i 1-C cents. Attempt to Hum I p n Family. MONTPELIER. July 17. Special. Last night a dastardly attempt to cremate Frank Wilson and his family was made. At midnight neighbors discovered the hous to be on fire and aroused the family, who had barely time to escape with their lives. While the rescue was being made It developed that not only had the house bn set on lire, but all th doors had been fastened on the outside to prevent. If possible, the escape of the human beings within. Great excitement was created when the fact became generally known, and if the perpetrator of the crime could have been found a rope with which to stretch his or her neck would have been forthcoming. Dlseournfted, He Shot Himself. KOKOMO, July 17. Special. Joseph Hite, aged twenty-two years, a talented and highly connected young man, committed suicide here to-day by Fhootkyj himself. Before placing the revolver to his breast he wrote a long letter to his. mother regretting his Inability to thoroughly educate himself, saying he had contemplated suicide for five years. Re was ambitious and energetic, his great desire being to fit himself for a high calling, but he was prevented by having a widowed mother with several small children to support Father and Son Drowned. DETROIT, July 16. Several boys were bathln;f In. the river off the head of Belle Isle this afternoon when one of them got beyond their deplh. A boy earned Adams was saved by a playmate and John Vick. father of the other attempted to rescue his son The, boy grasped his father around the waist and both went down together. Their dead bodies were recovered soon after. 'Don't lose time and make yourself worse with pills and oils, Taka Eimmona Liver Kecuiator. 4 ,