Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 46, Jasper, Dubois County, 27 July 1894 — Page 2

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, , i wus ttov.4 u tho jitun f a joint committee Tita ( unard lino announced a redue- i of lh. lww for a roorpanUatloa of tho tion, on tho Ifith. of its steerage rat to j e,.-ciithfrto'rtnients of the ruvcrntnont. unl or from Liverpool. taeoustown or tilas- j which . incorporated in the legislative, ox- .., ...1 V...V York to P i 'w alHt J-tctal appropriation bill, but the gow ami .ew or?, aui.. t.uttfW not nach its ttnal panose In the

Tint infant hil4 of tho duke of York was christened, on the 10th, lolng given tho -name "Kdward Albort Ueorgo Andrew Patriot David Christian. t Ninvsi from Samoa via tho isth. states that Auckland, X. i petition for the uimcxutkm of the inlands by Oer manv liad Wen forwarded to Kmporor William. Tub cholera continues to spread with alarming rapidity throughout the city of Si. Petersburg. On the 1 1th, IMS fresh cases and sixty-nine deaths wert reported. . j Sanio Cbsauio. the murderer President Carnot, was indicted, on the 1-th. and will be tried at the Lyons assizes. Judge Kreuillae will preside at the trial. ... , i ! 'lire T-iam ot tne toatramnii iron , orif!i vo.. at naiuiuore, .mu uuinap . of tho w.ir shins lVtroit and Montirotn- ! ery. was damaged by lire. on the Istlt, to the extent of about Sso.uot). Pi: s-ipknt Gomcki'S of the American Feiii ration of Lalwr returned to Now Yor- fr-mi Chicago ou the 17th. lie deu oi that there is any coldness or quam i ivtween him xnd Debs. On the 17tli the president signed the Fti- i st.ttehood bill. The pen und holcer ti-ed were made of native gold and s.!v-r, and will be preserved in J Utah a a memento of the great event. Tii American line of steamships has reda-ed tho steerage passage from Louwon. Liverpool or Queeustown to tun of the American ports of the compatn to thirty-sis shillings, including out lit On the Ißth, Judge Gildersleeve, of the supreme court of New York, appointed Arthur C. Palmer and Miles M. O'Krien receivers of "The rmbrella Co.," under which name the 5.000,000 umbrella trust is known. Rkv. Jonathan' Kuw.utns. pastor of the Congregational churoh at Wellesley Hüls. Mass.. died suddenly at his residence, on the 11th. of he-art disease, lie was at one time president of Colorado college, at Colorado Springs, Col. Tub LaKello. Wheeling, Warwick i and West Virginia China companies, of i Wheeling. W. Va., the four largest pot teries in this country, resumed operations in full, on the 17th. after a sevenmonths' suspension, at a lt'Jjf P-'" --,nt reduction. Tun compilation of the official data taken on the cruiser Minneapolis on her trial trip shows that she accomplished the wonderful average of ÄI.073 knots, which will be herollicial rating. Her builders will receive 514,000 in premiums. Latk advices from Honolulu state that should the American congress refuse to continue the present reciprocity treaty with Hawaii as regards sugaradmitted free in the United States Kngland would negotiate a treaty which would make Hritish intlucnee paramount on the islands. Tiik Hritish admiralty, learning that t the emperor of (iermany had expressed it desire to see me - mie . - . 1 I . . : . , I states cruiser Chicago, sent an invitation, on the 10th. to Commodore Krlwn tobe present with his flagship on the occasion of the Cowes regatta, which the kaiser will attend in the imperial yacht Hohenzollern. Tub Italian residents and shopkeepers of Lyons, Franee. who suffered personal injury anil los of property at the hands of the mob during the antiItalian riots following the murder of President Carnot, hare taken steps to obtain compensation through the courts. The aggregate sum claimed is about 11,000,000 francs. Tub Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association of North America, with headquarters at Chicago, is said to be quietlv winding up its affairs with a cash deficit in the treasury of 532,527. 19, alleged to lo due to mismanagement by W. A. Simsrot, the late secretary and treasurer of the association, who disappeared some time ago. PitoMl.VF.XT business men of Giicago united in a petition, on the 10th, asking congress, in view of the necessities of the country's commercial interests, to draw its delllwrations on the tariff bill to a prompt conclusion. The buri.n nf tin. whole anneal was: "We don't care how you settle the question, but we want you to settle it in some 'vay at once." Point United States .soldiers were killed, two mortally and many seriously wounded by an awful explosion of ammunition in an artillery caisson while moving along (irand 1oulevard, Chicago, on the. Kith, for drill and exc reise. Many civilians were also injur, d, nnd the spot where the explos ii took place presented a scene of u"er desolation and ruin. Kcokxk V. Duns president of tho Anii.rit.Mn llnUustv union, and VicePresident Ueorge W. Howard. Oeneral Secretary Sylvester Keliher and L. W. K gors. chairman of the executive comnvttei and editor of the journal of the organisation, were arrested, on the IT K for contempt of court In violating t; ( injunction against interfering v. Mi the movement of United States H..U.S and inter-stute commerce. They roftmed to give bail (which was freely offered) in the sum of 53,000 each, and were sent to the Cook oünty (III.) jail, pending a preliminary hearing on th5 i'3d.

C UK It EN T TOPICS.

THE MEWS IN BRIEr. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. TMho -Mtf. on tho nth. much discussion houM' a bill fir tho construction of a hrhhie ! aero the Mississippi river nt Dubuque, la., by ; the Dubuque ami Wisconsin HrliUiu Co. was passed. The ret of the session wis (leveled to outwits ujtou the late Ueomo W. Heult, of the Third district of Tennessee, who died 1-Vb-raary 1. It tho senate, ou the ICth. the legislative. cvcutlve und judicial appropriation bill ami the i district or Columbia bill wem passed, and the acricultural appropriation bill- was reported 1 from committee Iu the lioue a resiiluttim I indorsing the notion of the president In sup pressing lawlessness In connection with the ereat railway strike was almost unanimously adopteil.bein opposed principally by Mr.l'ence (pip..Col.. Senate amendments to the naval appropriation bill were non-concurred In. and the bill wus sent to conference. Discussion of the bill to establish u uniform system of batrttruptcy occupied tho remainder of the day's soIX the tho senate. m the 17th. the agricultural bill beim: under consideration, almost the enj tire session was taken up In the discussion of ! nn amendment appropriating ll.toj.kO to be I usotl In the extermination of the Kussian cactus or thistle, which was Huatly carried by a , f w to.., Uh W, was theI, passed. ! nitorwmen the lmuan approprianon out was taken up In the house alter tho traiisac ! .(fin nf .nmii ,ifi(m,wirt fl n t tmslrt,... 11 It!!! :iti j thorizins the appointment of a third circuit Judco In tho Kiphth judicial circuit, and one I making all railroad corporations for the purposes of Jurisdiction, citizens of any state Into j which their trucks or leased linos may run or i In which they do any business nnd In which tho : cause of action muy occur, were passed, j Is the senate, on tho istb. the Indian appro- ! print ion bill occupied almost tho entire sesI sion. golnc over linally without neti'in. The conference report m the naval appropriation bill was irrecd to. Several bills were passed, including one to encourage tho reclamation of arid land-, and their cultivation and snle In small tracts to actual settlers. . . In the house, after an animated colwjuv between Jltssrs. Heed. Torry and Itichanlsun and Speaker Crisp as to the different methods In vogue for counting a quorum In this and tho llfty-tlrst congress, several bids of uo general Interest were passed, and the agricultural appropriation bill was sent to conference. Ix th senate, on tho lt'th. the Indian appropriation bill was linally p.ts,ed. The confer enco report on the diploma tie and consular blil was agreed ta At 3 p. m. a message trom the house asking a further conference on the tariff bill was laid before the senate, followed by an oral report from Mr. Voorhees.chairx.in of the nnnnco committee, to the effect, that the conferees "hod been unable to agree In tho house Mr. Wilson, chairman of the committee on ways and means, reported .the failure of the conferees on the tariff hill to agree, nnd moved that the house Insist upon its disagreement to the senate amendments. The conference reports on the naval and diplomatic and consular appropriation bills were reported and agreed to. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. A twin ado swept upper Havana, on the 11th, destroying 'J00 houses. Is the international Held sports contest at Queen's club. West Kensington. London, on the 10th, between teams representing Yale and Oxford universities, the latter won the odd event and the match. While the Oxonians treated their competitors in the most manly fashion, the immense crowd present was almost disgusting in its jealous partisanship. Tiik American yacht Vigilant suffered its seventh defeat by the Hritannia, on the Hith, in a nice under the auspices of the Hoyal Ulster Yacht club, off the Irish coast. The wind wouldn't hold out strong enough for the Yankee craft. A Ciikwoo A- (5iiA.viTnrxK passenger train was wrecked at 1 (attic Creek, Mich., on the morning of the Ifith. The lireman, Thomas Crow, was killed and several persons injured. The wreck was caused by the removal of ü.sh-piates from the rails by tram wreckers. KmvAM) Hoi.i.oway, ageu ,iu, 01 . raw fordsville. Ind., the prisoner under ar rest at Torre Haute for wrecking the New York express on the Kig Four at Fontanet on the night of the 12th. resulting in the instant killing of Iingineer Moehrman. of Indianapolis, and Fireman Fleck, of Mattoon, has confessed. A cr.Azv St. Louisan named Zappert tried to buy the city of Paris from a resident priest of that city, and, his overtures being ignored, threatened to blow up the entire city in seven days. He was adjudged insane, on the 17th, and sent to a lunatic asylum. KiniiT miners were killed and their bodies blown to atoms by the "explosion of 2U0 sticks of giant powder at 1 Stockton colliery No. S at Hazleton, Pa., on the 17th. (Jr.o. C. McFAPnr.:,-, one of the lostknown and most export printers in the United States, was killed and cut to pieces by falling between two cars near 1-hnporia. Kas., on the 17th. Tiik shoe factory at Marblehead, Mass.. owned by John F. Harris was burned on the 17th; loss, SäO.OüO. SriT. Fii.i.moiik reopened the railroad shops at Sacramento, CaL, on the 1 8th, with a force of about. 300 men. The shops were strongly guarded and strikers made no demonstration. Wiikn the cruiser Minneapolis reached her dock at Cramps' ship-yard Philadelphia, on tho ISth, she received the greatest ovation ever given a boat on the Delaware. Tub body oMhirique do Kourbon. due de Seville,' who died at sea while returning to Spain from the Philippine islands, arrived at Karcelona on the lstli. Tut: republic of Hawaii was proclaimed on the Fourth of July, with San ford K. Dole as president. Tiik French treaty passed the third reading in the Dominion senate on the ism. Nixi.llt KuNN't:, a 0-year'old child. hung herself at Kradshaw, W. Va.. on tho Mh, because she had been kept home from school by her mother to care for two children. She was dead when found. Ox the 10th Itepreseutative Clifton 11. Kreekinridgc. who has represented the Second district of Arkansas In congress for twelve yoar.s. was nominated to be minister to Kttssia to succeed Andrew I). White, resigned. Tin: bullion in the hank of Lngland increased XT0S,öft during the weekended tin the P;ti

A rownntt explosion occurred on board a Hritish government vessel engaged in blowing up an old wreck in tho Solent, on tho Uth, killing four men and injuring several others, throe of whom died soon after. Onk in siu:i am) N'l.N'invsix fresh cases of cholera wore reported In St. Petersburg, on the 17th. and soventynlue deaths wore recorded. It was ollieially announced, on the 10th. that in consequence of the prova-

1 lonee of the cholera, the mobilizing ot 1 the reserves and the customary autumn military maneuvers in the vioinii ty of St. Petersburg will not take place i this year. Wu.Mom:, a small town in Jessamine county, Ky was very badly damaged by a tornado, on tho l'.ith, which traveled with grout velocity. AImhH 1 p. in. an oval-shaped cloud was noticed approaching tho town and as it reached the edge of the village it suddenly swooped down and began to wreck and break- into kindling wood every house in its path. A TitiiKSHixo boiler blew up on the farm of John Case, near Hudson, (., on the ltth. John Crousley, owner of the threshing apparatus, was instantly killed. Harney Morgan, a farm hand, and another man wore fatally injured. The barn caught tire and, with the threshinir machine and all the other c.mll!llls was destroyed. I he total loss will amount to $S,(XX. Whim: the senate committee on territories has virtually decided to report bills for the admission of the territories of Arizona and Now Mexico, the pre railing opinion about tho senate is that the bills will not bo considered during the present session of congress, unless the session should be prolonged beyond present expectations. Lkttkhs from Ilio (Irande do Sul, Hrazil. confirm the reports of tho brutal slaughter of prisoners by both the rebels and the loval troops. M. 1 nette a French engineer, who was captured by Peixoto's men, was lirst employed in raising the sunken war-ship Aquuiu ban. He was then made to dig his own grave, after which he was shot by his captors. Mr.s. Map.vi.kx Poi.K-Hrrti., whose engagement to Charles Cramp, head of the great Philadelphia ship-building linn, was recently announced, has been given permission by Judge llagner, of the equity court in Washington, to resumo her maiden name of Polk. She was divorced from Augustus C. Knell in May, isb:5. Tun bottom of a converter at the Homestead steel works of Carnegie & Co., at Homestead, Pa., blow out. on the l'.tth, scattering .1,300 pounds of molten metal in every direction. Four workmen who were in the pit wore terribly burned, two of them fatally. Tin: thousands of friends and admirers of Wm. J. Scanlan. the once popular Irish comedian, will regret to learn that he is confined jn a straitjacket at Hloomingdale (N. Y.) asylum for the insane. He has become a total wreck, and. according to his nearest friends, his time on earth is very short. A stathmknt was cabled, on the 10th, that the Russian petroleum merchants have failed at the last moment to come to an agreement with the Standard OU Co., and the Kussian Oil Co. will tight the Standard. They will try to built? a pipe line through Persia. Tub information was made public in St. Louis, on the l'.tth, that Joseph P. (Jinnochio. aged t2J, a native of St. Louis, had been arrested near Oenoa, Italy, and forced by the Italian authorities to enter the military service, under the charge that he was a deserter. LATE NEWS ITEMS. I.v the senate, on the 20th, the entire day's session was taken up by specche! provoked by the presentation of a message from the house asking for a further conference on the tariff bill. Mr. Hill, who was tho. loading speaker, declared that democratic senators would have to rally around the president or else they would go to the wall. No vote was taken on any of the various propositions submitted In the house eight bills from the committee on the judiciary were passed, one of them providing for the inspection of immi grants coming to the United States at the port of departure, and one to pre vent the interference by United States courts with the collection of state taxes levied against railroad corporations, notwithstanding their being operated by receivers appointed by United States courts. Tin: special federal grand jury at Chicago returned fifty to seventy-five indictments for various offenses under the inter-state commerce act and laws rolatinir to the transportation of United States mails, upon which bench warrants were issued on the 20th. ri.ACAlios were po.steu m various parts of Paris, on the 20th, predicting a scries of bomb explosions and other acts of retaliation in revenge for the execution of the anarchists Vaillant, Henri and others. Tin: failures in the United States for the week ended on the 20th were 23! against 407 for the corresponding week of last year. In Canada the failures numbered U, ugninst 25 for the same iwriod last year. It is proposed to hold in Chicago, during the coming rail, a conference of labor loaders and labor employers to try and unite on some measures of conciliation that will prevent strilces in the future. Is the senate, on the 20th, a bill was introduced by Mr. Allen, of Nebraska and referred, requiring the inter-state commerce commission to hold at least one session annually in Omaha, Neb. O.v the J0th Comptroller of the Currency Lokols issued a call for a re port of the condition of natior-a banks at the close oi misiness on Wednesday, July H. (lov. Waith of Colorado announced on tho 20th, that he was not a candl date for United States senator am would not allow his name to be used in that connection. Tin: Canadian parliament has passei , a bill granting a bonus of 51.50(1 jKjr mile to the Port Arthur, Dnlutli v, Western railroad for a distance of 150 111110!'.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Fiti:i HosT.k, the 10-year-old train .vreoker. apiH-arod in court at Kiohmond, the other morning, and pleaded guilty. He gave his name this time as Ueorge Titus. Ho was hound over to the circuit court on a bond of 550V in default of which he wont to jail Tho boy, so far as know, has not i friend in the world. I'iiank Coxn:u attempted to jump from the so; it of a hay rake at Muneio to avoid the dangerous kicks of a horse and met instant death. His head struck a wheel on the rake, crushing a hole from which tho brains ooodittt. He lived near Desoto and was the son of a stock dealer. His ago was seventoon. A run-: which destroyed two box oars and a passenger coach occurred in the Chicago A- Southeastern Kailway Co. 's yards in Lebanon, the other morning, 'its origin is a mystery, but is supposed to bo the work of incendiaries. F.vitMKit J.v.Mi s Mkkks residence and household goods wore destroyed by Uro in Shelbv township, near Madison, tho other day. Loss heavy. Tin: large planing mill of John W. Hcaton, two blocks west of he Panhandle depot, Kniglitstown, burned tho other afternoon. Loss. 51,00: no insurance. Sparks from a passing locomotive set'the building on Hit. Tiiami1 printers are abundant at Morristown. A Mii.iTlA company may be organized at Chesterton. Mi-.noik streets arc 'ooing paved with asphalt. Ax epidemic of measles prevails in the prison south. Tin: Kichmond Telegram lias put in typesetting machines. Tin: Muueie Flint Olass Co. closed down, thu other night, and will remain idle until August 15, when one-half of the big concern will rosutne. The. Muneio Pulp Co. lias resumed operations after two weeks' idleness, caused partially by tho strike. The mill em ploys over 10 hands. The Midland Steel Co. has signed the Amalgamated wage scale, and will resume work with Ü50 hands in a few days. Tin: twentieth annual reunion of old settlors and soldiers will be hold at Qiiincy. Owen county, this state, August 1!. i.apik.s' exchange will be estab lished in Connersville in a few days, under the management of Mrs. Emma Newhousc. l'in:ui: is much interest manifested in Kichmond over a reputed gold mine that Wm. F. Mauley and a company of nine other men arc having sunk just west of tho city. They first drilled as if for gas to the depth of several hundred feet, at which point they found a cavity in which there is said to be gold in large quantities. They are now digging for itand have sunlta nolo about ton feet square to the depth oi twentv-fivc feet. .lKKKKH.soNviM.tt police the other night nrrested a trio of thieves and anded them in jail, where they gave their names as James Coodnrd. William Jones, alias "P.uck Hoard." and George Hiiririnhotham. They are shanty boat men. on tlie nigiu oi tne i-m me ur.v L'oods store of Howe A'. Kros., at Car- ... . ., ...... .1. . l.... rollton. Kv., was robbed -.cut wortn of silk stolon. Tin: switchmen on the Vandalia, who returned to work at llra.il. the other afternoon, quit work that night. They ,vere asked to switch some coal to tho C. & K. L road, and they refused, saying they would not switch freight to be hauled by scab trainmen. At Indianapolis, Winnie" Smith, who murdered Weston K. I nomas re cently, waived preliminary exainina tiou the other day and was committed without hail for grand jury action. I lie defendant persists in his determination not to talk. Tin: American Strawboard work's, of Anderson, resumed operation the other morning, after a shut-down of two months. The entire force, of two hun dred men were employed. Tiik now normal school at Marion is completed. Maw e-vnsies are camping iiiitr Union City. . Hi.KHAKT authorities arc getting rid of the hobos. Tur.m: are only eleven children in the orphan asylum at Franklin. Tin: F.lkhnrt &. Adamsville telegraph line will be converted into a telephone service. At Portland a pony recently bought br Kob Kranch went mad and hanged himself at the end of a halter. Tiik law-abidinir citizens of Sheri dan, in a mass meeting the other night, nnssed resolutions indorsing the ac tion of the president and (low Mat thews in their endeavors to suppress lawlessness and anarchy. Dr. IL L Davenport was selected captain of a e.omnanv of one hundred men who volunteered their services to the gov crnor. Hauvi: Hancock and Olic Health farmers living four miles east of Leha non. trot into an altercation the other morning over tho pasturing of sonic hogs, which may result seriously Health attacked Hancock with a club, while his wife aided him with a scythe Hancock was badly cut about the head and may die. At New Albany, Carrie Wiitorhousc, a twentv-roar-old young woman, at tempted suicide by shooting and will die. The bullet passed through the lungs. She was dependent, over n love affair. Fun: the other afternoon destroyed the residence of Maj. George Feasor, of the Third regiment, 1. N. .!., in Myler, a suburb of South Kend. Tho house was burned to the ground, together with tho stable in the rear and A. U lhirbank's stable, just south. . HknuviiiiiI Daniel Shields, two Mon roc county lads under ago, were ar rested and placed in jail at Martins vilio for passing counterfeit dollars. Twenty-four dollars of the spurious midal were found In their pockets after arrest. At Portland, Mr.s. Joseph Niokerson was thrown from a buggy and Instant lv killed.

DUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

Tho Custoiiiitry Test- l.v lintrnetlvr Thun I mini, Oivhn; to C,tiUroHl,niiil ' Mellon mill the l.liiKorlliK HITocl of Uu Tutt Jeciit Strike llciivy lieeroHii. In Kiillrim.l l.iirnliKs A further 1 alllnc H in I tillures, I'te., lite. Ni:v VoitK. July 21. U. !. Dun A Co.'s weekly review of trade, issued to day, says: Tho effects of the two groat strikes have not yet entirely worn off, and meanwhile tho disagreement between the two houses of congress has made tariff uncertainties more distinct ami Impressive. It follows that tho custom, nry tests of the condition of business :iro less instructive than usual, The llnaueial situation is somewhat loss favorable, because tho exports of gold b:ivo li.-i'ii resumed, timolllltill.g to S:,!HK),(KH for tho week, but treasury receipts have boon S2,0lu,:i0l for customs, against 52.051,571 last year, anil S7, 171,553 internal revenue, against S2.070.51S last year. Tho extraordinary payments to anticipate tho increase of taxation on whisky are rapidly locking uo a im-'.- niiuiiint oi ciiimiii, mm . . i ... i tuktitir from the lrovcruuieut part of ...... . the expected hlcreaso of revenue, while the current loss in customs re' eeipts is largely duo to the postpone ment of imports m expectation oi lower duties hereafter. Thus tho treasury has been gaining in balance, although at tho expense of some loss In ruyonuo heron f tor. Wheat, during tho past days has been skating on very thin ice, with a chance of breaking through, and mak ing the lowest reor.l ever known. It has declined throe cents for the woelc. With railroads generally blocked in tho wheat-growing districts it is a satisfactory indication that the western receipts suv a hont two-tninis , . . ......... i t... oi last yoar.s ,-, i, -mi uiisinn, k""1 Ö.O.'s-.kti a voar ago while tho exports from Atlantic ports are insignificant. only 072. 102 bushels, against J.si'.s.i;, , last voar. Tho enormous visible sup plies have loss actual weight in the market than the prevalent conviction that government estimates of yield are widely erroneous, Corn has advanced a shade, with no satisfactory reason, for the prospect is excellent for a largo yield. A groat .speculation in oats has begun to liquidate, with the eii'.toinary losses to tho wise men who knew all about lt. totton ha declined a fraction. Although there was an increase dtir- . . e .. .. mg the month ot .nine oi nc.in.v .i third in the weekly production of pig iron, and the consumption in the manu facture was nearly 20.000 tons per week greater than the output of furnaces, it is questionable whether any lurtnor improvement has yet occurred in July. Manv of the western establishments wore stopped, because tho blockade of railroads cut off their supplies of fuel, and have not yet ventured to resume. Others west of Pittsburgh have boon iimetivo. because the coal strike con tinues, and tho limited production scarcely suflleos for the needs of work's ,.;ir sit liimd. Kchind all other em barrassments there is a remarkable narrowness of demand for finished pro duction. In all ouarters there is much disappointment because, after the stoppage of works for months, there rinni-iifs. sea reel v demand enough to keep supplied the establishments now in operation. It is not surprising that tho textile manufactures are retarded by uncoi tainties about the tariff, and this week that the diilictilty has Won felt in suite of :i considerable increase in orders for goods, which has materially diminished the number oi concerns stopping work. Yet the number clos ing is quite large, and the reduction m output of cotton goods ha been considerable. while prices of bleached goods have been reduos to tho lowest ever known. and print cloths have leen selling unite largely at 2.0 cents. The situa tion in woolen goods is mainly duo to the anxiety of clothiers who have deferred their orders too long to got the goods which their trade now impera tivolv demands. Prices do not alter, nor is there visible any loss caution re garding transactions reaching beyond the fall season. In boots ami shoes the shipments from the cast are about as large as a year ago. with small hut. numerous or . i i ......... .... dors for low-priced goods, in which the demand seems distinctly increasing. The volume of domestic trade re flected b exchanges at tho clearing house is 17.2 per cent, smaller than year ago. whivi thepanicand the scarc ity of money caused what was then considered a paralysis. In comparison with 1S02, the exchanges decrease 22. percent. Much of this doorcase, how over, s duo to tne general ueciino in prices, which has lieen over 10 per cent. for the two years, and s.:5 per cent. since a year ago. Foreign trade shows no important change, the desired expansion of ox norts being still deferred, while im ports have been a little larger of late as the customs receipts indicate. The most hopeful sign noted this week Is that failures continue compara tively few and not very important The aggregate of liabilities for thi twelve dayn ending July 12 was &2.r,no.:i(Ml, of which SLOOO.s-Jl was of inauiifacturingand 51, 1 18,201-of trading concerns, which is decidedly below tho average for tho past half your. Tho failures this week have boon 2.K5 (n tho United States, against 105 last year, and forty-four in Canada, against thtrty-flve last year. DESTROYED BY FIRE. ItiirnliiK 'f the Union ,Aliiimfii liirliiar '' I'litnt at KuliHMile, I'm. riTT.sm itnH Pa., .niiy mi- At mi. m lire broke out in the building of the Union Manufacturing Co., at Swissvah station, on tho Pennsylvania railroad md completely destroyed tho plant The total loss is S50.000. Kwissvalo Is ....(...,.. ...I. ...... .... . .. ...... ! entirely w uiioiiv wiuer suppiy iinii nothing could ho lone to save the property. The origin of the fire is unknown. Adjoining buildings occupied us a boarding house, a grocery store and the post olllce were also destroyed.

POWDER EXPLOSION.

Fori rulimkt itt Sutiinimli. Jh.. ltn.li. lliiiiiiiK. il. mill SurK-itiil China anil lilt .llnlli. r.ln-l.im Injiir.il liy tin- An i:plusloii or Tour lliintlrcil I'Mtiitls ot I'uuil. r ami it Liu r I U,il Ammunition Tin, l'iirl (in I Ire. Savannmi. Ca.. July 20. -An implosion of -10(1 pounds of loose powder at Fort Pulaski, at 0 o'clock this morning, fatally wounded Ordnance s. reant William Chlnn. seriously Injur. Mart Washington, liisiuoihoi-iu-law.i.n.t set lire to the fort, causing intermittent, explosions of Um- 1 ammunition mid doing much du- i ige Just after broalcfast Sorgt. 1 nut wont into the store room and look a handful of tho powder from -ne ot the. casks, wet it at tho pump mi l then placed it in tho middle of thoroi ni. to drive out the mosquitoes, lie hau ft a train of dry powder from the mi Mo of tho floor right up to it. As soon as he had ignited the powder It burned along tho train, and tlie 100 potimlscNpludcil There wore three loud explosions, each within a few seconds of tlie otln Tho storeroom, where the tinstarted, was adjoining tho niaga,- no in which was stored two tons of p vlor l hero was a live-root wail no .vceii. hut tho constant explosion of the heavily loaded shells in tin stor -imiiii gave ground to the fear that a b .aoh would bo made in tho magazin.- wall and the two tons of powder ev.pb dot! This kept everybody out of the way until ('apt. (. M. Carter, in ch.- ' of tho fort, made an Inspection and thirty-two casks of powder wer. bur riedly taken out. Tho men Iii. n Ikgun to play op the fire with b sc mil by night had it under contn i Within 200 feet of the !ir- w;iiOO pounds of dynamite wlu -'i in ase tho mngazino laid blown iq would have exploded from the i":niis sion. Two of the casemates M-re burned out and tho roof destroy.'. I ! tho constant bursting of shells. Sorgt. Chinn, who was in char v. is if the Twenty-fourth infantr He was burned anil blistered over h roefourths of his body and will die HARD ON MAIL CLERICS. Wreck of the St. I.oiiIh i:pri on Hi riilcUKO A? Alton Sooli .Men lojuml, One I'll I ill I.v Tlie Victims All .Mud t tcrhs Hut Tito The Trnlil lEuii Into u -liiinl-inf I'l-clght nt Iii; Ciiliiniel Ti -iiiln.il Crostiii; lit Summit. Summit. 111., July 21.- The Louis express on the t lucago ,v .tit- i nmu crashed into a Calumet T. rminal freight train standing on the i .limact l'crminal crossing, about a link- -oath )f hero, at 0:50 o'clock Thitrsibv night, wrecking a ntituler of cars and injur ing seven mon, one fatally. 1 ho fol lowing is a list of the injured: I'ATAl.I.Y I.NMCHKIi. (leorge Swan, mail agent. si.ioiiTi.Y iN.inii:i. A. C. K. II. J. M. (!. S. Kehr, mail agent. Maltimore. mail agent. Clark, mail agent. Foster, mail agent. William Wilson, baggaginaa. A deputy United States marshal who was riding between thu mail and ex press ears wus also quite .seriously in jured. The engine of the express trnin. which was running at a fast rate of speed, struck the coupling between two empty coal cars at the crossing. The engine was badly wrecked, the tender, baggage, postal and express ears ditched and theday coaeh und chair car derailed The Pullman coaches re mained on the tracks intact. Neither the engineer or fireman were injured. How the accident occurred no one can tell, hut it is certain that some one was criminally careless. The engineer says ho made the stop at the crossing, hut could not see the light at the signal tower at the crossing, placed there to insure hitn safety in crossing. There are no switches at tlii crossing, and if the engineer could not sec the signal light at the tower it was evident that the way was not clear for him. A rigid investigation lia been set on foot by the oflieials of lxith the Alton and Calumet Terminal roads. At 5 a. m. the hospital train left for Chicago, where the injured were taken from the train at Krighton Park and placed in the Cook County hospital. MIGHT HAVE BEEN WOPlSE. I'rovlileiitlul Kuril pe of I'MmtniKfrn on Wreekeil Kxcurnlon Train, Kvansvii.i.k, Ind., July 21 -A special excursion train from Albion, 111., to Marengo Cave was wrecked at Valpin. Ind., at 0:50 a. in- .yesterday, caused by the front truck of the engine tank breaking down. The enclno had just come out of the shops Wednesday, having received n general overhauling, anil the trucks had Ih'oii rebuilt. The wreck occurred on a straight track, and one of the best pieces of track Ivtween Princeton and Hnntingbiirgh. The train was running about twentylive miles an hour, and was stopped within a train-length. The en-ine remained on the track, the-tank was derailed, and the baggage ear turned over. Tho coaches loft the tr.t.-lc, hut did not turn over. About 20.) people, all that wore in tlie regular passenger coaches, escaped without injury. About eight persons were in the baggage car in charge of purchasing refreshments. Three of these were Injured, but not dnngoroiish. Molvin Standlcv, of Albion, was on id phit form of Uu baggage ear and jmnH. tho car falling on him, injuring hint so seriously that he died at 0 o'd-vk yesterday afternoon. A Double Tnieed.v. Pacini:. Wis.. Julv 21.--Uu icmeoi r..,t .Im1.ii Onne-le. one of tinddest navigators of the great lakes, wus the scone of a double tragedy y. storday morning- lh h,lot ,lis wifo mv'' ' head mid once in the back. iuUiethig serious wounds. Tho captain then fifed one bullet Into his righ u-mple and died instantly. Mrs.Crvnglc was able to 'I I' physicians yesterday afternoon Hint her husband Bfultod her when she ca ne into the homo m, North Miehirm Street from neighliorlng store without ttnv words having bcon passed be