Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 15, Petersburg, Pike County, 1 September 1893 — Page 2

?br Jibe County Democrat M. MeC. STOOPS. Editor ud Proprietor. PETERSBURG. - - INDIANA. The News Condensed. Important Intelligence From All Parts. CONGRESSIONAL. Extra Session. The senate was not in session on the 19th — In the house several speeches were made in favor of the unconditional repeal of the silver purchase law. The senate on the 21st passed the bill in aid of the California Midwinter International exposition. The bill discontinuing the purchase of silver bullion was taken up, and Mr. Morrill (repi, Vt) spoke at length iu favor of the bill ....In the house the speaker announced the standing committees. In the silver debate Mr. Powers (rep, Vt.) supported repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act Mr. Hooker idem.. Miss.) opposed unconditional repeal. Mr. Cooper (dem., Ind.) opposed free coinage and Mr. Alexander (dem., N. C.) favored it Mr. Voorhees (Ind.) spoke at length in the senate on the 22d in favor of the unconditional repeal of the Silver purchase law. Mr. Palmer (111.) also spoke in favo^-of-repeaL Mr. Dubois (Idaho) spoke in opposition. Mr. Peffer (Kan. > introduced a joint resolution for the reduction of. the salaries of all government officers and employes above tl.OOUi—In the house Mr. Hepburn da.), Mr. Jones (Va.). and others spoke against the repeal of the Sherman law and Mr. Hopkins (I1L) spoke in favor of repeal. The senate bill was passed admitting free of duty all articles intended for exhibition at the California Midwinter International exposition. Ik the senate on the 23d a resolution introduced by Mr. Peffer to inquire of the secretary of the treasury as to the conduct of national banks in refusing to pay promptly in currency the checks of their depositors was discussed, but went over without action. Mr. Hoar spoke in opposition to repealing the 10 per cent tax on state banks. By u rote of 35 to 30 it was decided that Lee Mantle was not entitled to a seat as a senator of Montana_In the house the silver bill was further discussed. Messrs. Peffer (Kan.) and Allen (Neb.) spoke in favor of free silver ini he senate on the 24th. Up to date 587 bills have been introduced in the senate, amorig them being measures for an income tax, one cent postage, to repeal the federal election laws, thirty-seven pension bills, thirty-nine for public buildings and twenty-four for *he advancement of commerce and American trade.: In the house the time was occupied oy many members in five-minute speeches for and against the silver bilL

" DOMESTIC. The government's experiment of transporting reindeer from Siberia to arctic Alaska is a success. Most of the mills at Fall River, Mass., were elosed for an indefinite period, throwing thousands of persons out of work. Five persons were fatally injured bylightning during a storm at Denison, Tex 1 David HAkley & Co., dry goods dealers at Pawtucket, R. I., failed for f 100,000. A large portion of the town of Dickson, Tenn., was destroyed by fire. The government receipts for the present fiscal year thus far have been $46,575,7*6 and the expenditures $61,8S2,8SS. BurrALo, N. V., was alarmed by repeated and persistent attempts to burn the |umber yards along the water front. A STATEMENT prepared by the mint bureau in Washington shows that the production of gold and silver since 1792 to 1892 aggregated $10,783,869,000, of which $5,678,908,000 was gold and $5,104.961.000 silver. Of the gold produced $3,582,605,000 has been coined as money and the balance has been used in the arts. Ot the silver produced $4,042,700,000 has been coined as money and the balance used in the arts. The visible supply of grain in the United States on the 21st was: Wheat, 57,813,000 bushels; corn, 5,389,000 bushels; oats, 2,370,000 bushels; rye, 331.000 bushels; barley, 413,000 bushels. Over 1,000 ‘longshoremen went on a strike in New York against a reduction of five cents an hour in their wages. The First national bank of San Marcos, Tex., suspended. Mrs. T. J. Lossing died at Kansas City, Kan., after six weeks of treatment by Christian scientists. She refused to receive a physician, and died professing /faith in the Christian science method of cure. Lee Bentley, a young farmer near Newport, Ark., seeing that his wife was about to die swallowed laudanum with fatal effect. His wife breathed her last soon after he expired and they were buried together. Fire destroyed a large part of the business houses in Thayer. Mo. The Ohio river at Galliopolis, Q-. was lower than ever before known. No steamers could run, and people were driving across with teams, something that had not been done for fifty years. The Columbian museum of Chicago will be at once incorporated and steps .taken to secure objects of interest from the fair.

K. T. Donaldson, late of Kansas City, Mo., secretary of the Union Trust company of Sioux City, la., president of the First national bank of Marion, Kan., and of eleven Iowa banks, left for parts unknown, taking- with him about $800,000 of the people's money. All of the institutions he was connected with were in receivers’ hands The first encampment of the National Farmers’ Alliance opened at Mount Gretna, Pa. The issue of standard silver dollars from the mint and treasury offices during the week-ended on the 19th was 699,384; for the corresponding period in 1S92, 4S7.S55. The following* suspended banks resumed business: The People's national and Union national at Denver, Central national at Pueblo, Col., Greeley national at Greeley, Col., Hamilton county state bank at Webster City, la., Hamilton county state bank at Fort Dodge, la., and Henning’s bank at Plano, 111. Thirty-eight buildings were destroyed by fire at Birdseye, Ind., and seventeen families were left homeless. Maj. John C. Cullman, real estate broker, financial agent and capitalist, committed suicide at his* home in St. Louis on account of business reverses. Silas Wilson, known as a “bad negro." was lynched 10 miles from Leavenvajjth. Kan. Hie report that soldiers killed four lawmakers in a collision near Hunnewell Kan., was said to be unfounded.

Missouri regulators took a 14-year-1 old girl from her home near Warrenstqrg and gave her a terrible whipping. ^Sajiuel IV. Clark, the leading lumber dealer of Zanesville, Ol, made an assignment, with resources and liabilities of about $1,500,000. The business portion of Vt’iniook, Wash., was destroyed by fire. Fire completely destroyed the Masonic hotel at Harvey, 111., the loss being $100,030, with no insurance. The hotel was filled with visitors to the world's fair. Capt. W. Blythe, sheriff of Miller county. Ark., was said to be short in his account s to the amount of >17,000. ^The president has issued a proclamation opening the Cherokee strip in Indian territory to settlement Saturday. September 16. The National Association of Fire Engineers met in annual session in Milwaukee. nearly 200 cities being represented. F. 11, Boot wick, of Cleveland, claims to haire knowledge that China will ■expel all Americans if the}Geary law is enforced. At Bearden, Ark., the house of Abraham Jones, a negro, was blown up with dynamite and Jones and his wife and child were fatally hurt. Bridget Prexde roast, aged 26, who had been in a cataleptic sleep in an Indianapolis hospital for two years, has awakened. fight at Clilberton, Pa., over disrailvrav tracks Richard Amour, Richard Partitt and W. Hughes were killed and a number of others were wounded. Several hundred unemployed Milwaukee laliorers, after demanding work of Mayor Koch, looted a number of fruit stores The Ohio Stone company at Cleveland went into the hands of a receiver with assets of $300,000 and liabilities of >250.0(0. The con tents of 2,400 bottleSof beer were taken from a saloon and poured into a ravine at Osborne, Kan.' A circv lar has been issued by the American Bankers’ association which advocates petitioning congress to stop silver purchases. I>' a puted

Drought still prevails in Indiana and portions oil Illinois and the yield of corn will be materially affected. Is order to move the wheat crop Minneapolis millers and elevator men have decided to use checks and due bills. The Cleveland directory for the current year (jives the Ohio city a population of 996,091, a gain of 12,274 over the previous year. A committee of seven from each of the central labor organizations in Chicago was appointed to seek aid for the. unemployed. The Anderson Piano company at Rockford, 111., failed for $100,000. The private bank of J. T. Knapp & Co. at Cedar Falls, la., closed its doors. J Wallac e Jfc Soss, manufacturers of brass and copper goods at Ansonia, Conn., failed for $875,000; assets, $2,000,000. Seventeen buildings were destroyed by fire at Ualeton. Pa., including the Methodist Episcopal church and the opera house. Ed Rider, a Sherwood (Md.) farmer, was fleeced out of $3,000 by a stranger and his. pal. The George U. Lains Furniture company at St. Paul, Minn., made an assignment with liabilities of $100,000. Two American fisherman evert wounded by Canadians in a fight at Soarcess, P. El I., and a bitter feeling had been aroused. John S. Hoff, of Rahway. X. J., was left $100,000,000 by a Californian whom years ago he nursed through a severe illness. J. S. Rutherford and his wife, living near Dolly Varden, O., were tarred and feathered by masked men. The safe in Ham Brothers’ store at Seottsville, Ky., was blown open by burglars and $10,000 in cash taken. A special grand jury returned an indictment against eighty-six men in Chicago charged with violating the ordinances against gambling. The following banks that suspended recently have resumed business: Fourth national at Louisville, Ky.. American national at Pueblo, Col., County national at Waupaca, Wis., and Mercantile state bank at Denver, Col. The Xavarro Mill company in San Francisco failed for $1,000,000. A steam mangle in a laundry in New York exploded, scalding nine persons, three of them fatally. The Daily Journal office at Fond du Lac, Wis , was destroyed by fire. The buildings in St. Louis occupied by the Western Brass Manufacturing company were burned, the loss being $140,000.

Ihk coast from the capes of the Delaware to Massachusetts was strewn with wrecks by a hurricane that started in Sew York, and forty-eight lives were known to have been lost and forty-sev-en more persons were thought to have perished. The Farmers’ exchange bank reopened at San Bernardino, Cal. •At the annual meeting in Madison, Wis., of the International Botanical congress Prof. E. L. Greene, of the University of California, was elected president. Mm. William Hapner and a daughter aged 1” were struck and killed by a train between Lexington and West Alexandria, O. A firje in South Chicago destroyed twenty acres of dwellings and made 1,500 persons homeless. The total loss was estimated at 1600,000. Sparks from an engine set fire to a hay field near Valparaiso, Ind., and seventeen head of cattle and five horses were cremated. Gustav Schakff, of Milwaukee, has confessed to drowning Mrs. Ollie King and her (>-year-old daughter Grace. Strikers in the Pittsburgh (Pa.) disi trict attacked negro miners and one man was killed. Further trouble was feared. Incendiaries set fire to woolen and flour mills in Mereed, Cal., causing a loss of 1200,000. » Zimmerman lowered the mile bicycle record at Indianapolis, covering the distance in He won a $1,000 cup. j

Plans to blow up the Detroit (Mich.) waterworks and then fire the city were discovered. Near Palo Pinto. Tex.. Edward Kail, in a fit of jealousy, killed Miss Ida Beatty, his sweetheart, hud James W. Bly, a supposed rival, and then look his own life. Officials of the world's fair say the outlook for the discharge of all indebtedness is encouraging. The Dillon national bank a*. Helena, Mont., went into voluntary liquidation. Heavenkich Bros., one of the oldest wholesale clothing firms in Detroit, failed for #121,9MS. Flames were sweeping the prairie southwest of Momence. I1L, and farm products in large quantities had been destroyed. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Iowa democrats in convention at Des Moines renominated Horace Boies for governor, S. L. Bestow for lieutenant governor, John Cleggett for supreme judge, J. It Km epfler for state superin- j tendent of schools and Thomas Bow- 1 man for railroad commissioner. The platform declares for the repeal of both the McKinley and Sherman laws, demands a license-tax law. calls for economy in the expenditure of public money and opposes monopolies. R. L. WooLEX, well known throughout the west as “Uncle Dick,” died at Trinidad. CoL, in his SPth year. He was the greatest pioneer in America and the oldest Indian tighter in the world. The president has nominated Joshua i E. Dodge, of Wisconsin, to be assistant attorney general, vice W. M. Maury resigned. Benjamin Cui’kchill. a veteran of j the war of ispi, died at Galesburg, IlL, 1 aged Uhl years. Nebraska republicans will hold their i state convention at Lincoln October 5. The Nebraska prohibitionists in state convention at Lincoln nominated Mrs. Ada M. Bittenbender, ot Lincoln, for the supreme bench and Mrs. C. A. Walker, A. E. Rickey and Mrs. C. J. Heald for regents of the state university.

FOREIGN. Ax explosion of firedamp in a pit at Dortmund, Germany, killed fifty persons and injured many others. During a political fight at Romero,' Mex., between the followers of Garza, Galan and Cardena, rival candidates for governor, seven persons were killed. The elections in France resulted in a safe majority for the government. A monument to Abraham Lincoln at Edinburgh. Scotland, was unveiled with appropriate ceremony. The hardware house of William Starrs Son & Morrow at Halifax, X. S.„ was destroyed by fire, the loss being $125,000. Eight persons, including Herbert Inglis, marine superintendent for the Cunard Steamship company, were drowned in the Xene river at Liver-" pool by the capsizing of a sailboat. By the death of duke Ernst of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the duke of Edinburgh, Queen Victoria's son, succeeds to the throne. By the loss of the steamer Dorcas off Porter Lake. X. S., Chief Engineer Hennis and his wife and four children and twelve of the crew were drowned. The village of Xew;port, Out., with a population of about 200, was completely destroyed by fire. Siam has paid then's,000,000 francs indemnity demanded by France in the ultimatum. I lx a conflict of Cardinistos and Galan men near the Mexican line four of the I latter were killed. LATER. Ix the Senate, on the 25th, Mi. Vest (Mo.) had the clerk read a communication from the director of the mint, giving statistics of the purchase.cost and coinage of silver, and intended as a refutation of the position assumed, by Secretary Carlisle. Mr. Hill (X. Y.) then got the floor and delivered a set speech in favor of the repeal of the Sherman act and of the free coinage of silver..... In the house tLe debate on the Wilson bill, under the five-minute rule, was continued and extended into an evening session. lx Dux's commercial review', for the week ended on the 85th, Opens, with the following cheering comment: “The improvement observed last week has become more distinct and general. While actual transactions have increased but little, the change in public feeling is noteworthy. There art' fewer failures, either of banks or of ) important commercial or fcanufaetur- I ing concerns, than for some weeks j past.’’

secretary Carlisle sent a letter to the house, on the 35th, recommending the appropriation of ¥300.000 for continuing the coinage of fractional silver coins, and asking that the appropriation be made available immediately. There were nine deaths from cholera in Naples on the 25th. Five eases and one death were reported from Casino, about fifty miles northwest of Naples, and four new cases and two deaths from Falmero. The garrison in ^Naples has been strengthened by 12,©00 troops, who are camping in the principal squares of the city, and are kept moving from district to district to disperse rioters. The president, with Col. Lamont,. Gov. Bussell, Mr. Joseph Jefferson and several other gentlemen, took a cruise to the fishing grounds in Buzzard's bay on the 25th. There were two new cases of yellow fever at Brunswick, Ga., on the 25th, and one case reported among the Brunswick refugees at Helena, in that state. The Lawrence (Kas.) Water Co. drew the fires at its pumphouse, on the 35th. and closed the works, leaving but a fejsr hours’ supply in the stand pipe. The steamer Columbia arrived at New York, on the 4th. bringing $3S0,000 gold. The Campania, due on the 24th, brought ¥4,325,000 gold. A military cordon is in force around Brunswick, Ga., and people can neither enter nor leave unless they take a train through to Atlanta.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. TV si. Foster, a brick mason, was ran over and terribly mangled on the X.. E. & St. L. railway in Princeton early the other morning. Nellie Gray, a prepossessing young lady of Rochester, stole a horse and buggy and v-as chased thirty-one miles before being recaptured. Some unknosvn party broke into the residence of Mrs. Eliza Crandall, who lives alone in the outskirts of Anderson, and brutally beat and outraged her. The old lady is over 67 years old. She made a brave fight for her honor, but the fiend accomplished his purpose. From the description given of the man the police arrested Ed Christman, a hodcarrier. of Anderson. Mrs. Crandall recognized him as the man who committed the assault. The condition of affairs through the neighborhood of North Vernon is almost alarming. The continued drouth has cut the corn crop short, and has threatened many of the poorer farmers with want. Fields and fences are dry as tinder: and along the railroad tracks large areas have been burned over. It is probable that miles of fences have been destroyed in southeastern Indiana. A fire was burning in the woods north of there several miles, the other night. Concerning the condition of crops, it is said that farmers near Greensbnrg and Columbus will suffer heavier losses than those in extreme southeastern Indiana. There was ^destructive fire at Hirdseye. fifteen miles from Huntington, the other night. Thirty-eight buildings were burned, including all the business houses, and seventeen families made homeless. Total loss. $60,000: insurance. $-5.000. John Hoai.s and James Parker, neighboring farmers, met in the road near ShelbyviUe after dark, the other night, and renewed an old quarrel, lioals was severely beaten about the head with a large rock, and is in a dangerous eondition.

Hen'J. Haktzoo, a prominent farmer of the northern part of Hamilton county. has made an assignment. J. 't. Driver is assignee. The fifth annual meeting of the old settlers, of Randolph and Jay counties, was held at Ridgeville a few days ago. The scheme for the great electric road, running from Chicago to Indianapolis, with. branches to the gas belt has collapsed. J. Pennington, inventor of the flying machine that did not fly, was back of it. ’About fifty men were employed in grading* When they demanded their pay Pennington left, as did two other gentlemen, supposed to be capitalists from London, Philadelphia and elsewhere. - The capital of the company was said to be #4,000,000, but it was not regularly incorporated. Jacob Xoer. of Elkhart, a life prisoner for murder, has been Dardoned. . Wm. Row, shot several days ago at Brazil by John McKey, is dead. The boiler in the electric light and water works power house at Franklin exploded. A sill weighing a ton was blown over 100 yards. The building then took fire and burned, with its contents. Loss, #10,000. John Dennis, fireman, was badly hurt and may die. Martin Dennis was badly hurt, but will recover. A painter named Click, thirty-five years of age, who was one of a camping |Jarty south of Terre Haute, was drowned a few days ago. The members of the party, including Click, had been drinking and it is not known if he fell in the water or went in bathing. His companions did not miss him for two hours. He leaves a family. Years ago Claiborn Williams, one cl the wealthiest farmers in Bartholomew county, died, leaving his eight children near twenty thousand dollars each. Harry became a drunkard and gambler. The other night he hitched up a team at midnight, loaded in fifty-seven bushels of wheat and drove it to market and sold it. He was arrested and jailed at Columbus in default of bail, even his own folks refusing to go on his bond. The Evansville and Terre Haute railroad monthly pay ear reached Terre Haute, the other day, a week late. The men were greatly surprised at not receiving their money. In place of the cash their envelopes contained hank checks dated September 11 and this notice: ‘‘Owing to the scarcity of currency and the refusal of JSew York banks to ship currency, and the inability to convert drafts and bills of exchange into currency in the west, we are compelled this month to pay cur employes in checks dated September 11. It is believed the present unusual condition which makes this necessary will soon

pass away. ami uy ueAi muuui nm be able to returmfo our former practice of paying*™ currency."’ The men tried to discoub^the checks in the banks and with merchants, but failed. There was much indignatiop and talk cf a strike ia consequence. . but it is believed the trouble has blown over. Xbi.t.tk Gray, the woman who stole a horse and buggy at Valparaiso, some days ago, had a preliminary hearing the other day and was bound over to tho circuit courV She seems to be a hardened criminal, and was very indifferent during the trial. Mayor Arthur \V. Brady, of Marion, filed his bond of $50,000 and accepted the receivership of the Citizens’ National ■ bank. His bondsmen are Arthur Patterson, C. A. Spiiker, Edward Tuhey and James Sprankie. By a local election Brazil has decided to build $80,000 worth of gravel roads. Cook & Whitley's circus, which showed ct Spencer, the other day,, was accompanied by a gang of pickpockets, gamblers, thieves and confidence men who fleeced the farmers and others out of several thousand dollars. Byford E. Cunningham, a popular Ohio and Mississippi railway conductor, near Seymour, fell from a carload of. lumber at Ft. Ritner, apon his head, breaking his neck. J. K. Hiller's barn, the largest in Miami county, together with his wheat crop, hay and farm implements, was totally destroyed by fire. Lose, $5,000; insured. Caused by a threshing engine.

—,-i,h 'TORNADO OF FIRE. 3w Two Hundred Building* in Seeth Chicago Horned. Including Dwelling*. Ckurrhee, Yards and Dorks—Fire Thousand Homeless l'eople—OmphU- Dlsrtlptton of the Sirred of the Coattngratlon. Chicago, Aug. 25.—a fire which, ia the extent of territory it covered, rivals Chicago's historic conthigratiim, began in that part of the city, known as i South Chicago, about 4 o'clock jester* ! day afternoon’. The 50.000 people com- ! prising the inhabitants of the town [ were precipitated iutoa panic second only in this city to that which characterized the conflagration of ISTt. The : loss is estimated at ftioOiOOO. and nearly | 5,000 people are rendered homeless. The fire started in a three-story brick building at the corner at Ninety-firs^, and Superior avenue, and within two : hours had consumed thirty buildings anil five blocks of the greatest indus1 trial suburb of Chicago. Among the ! first buildings to fall was the First i Methodist church at the corner of ; Ninety-first and Superior avenue, and the Herman Lutheran church on the opposite comer. Hardly had these more pretentions structures been leveled to the ground than the fire was detected blazing in a dozen places further east. After Superior avenue the flames reached and crossed Ontario avenue. Buffulb avenue. Mackinaw avenue and tlreen Bay avenue to the take. The local fire department was powerless to eb’ck ‘the progress of the fire, and when engines and^fin? tugs were sent from this city their efforts were directed to saving the immense, lumlier yards lying within a few blocks of the tire- The district ! between Superior avenue and the lake was filled with frame structures that ! burned rapidly as the strong wind carried clouds of smoke laden, with sparks and cmliers in all directions. The steeples of the two large churches l ad hardly toppled over be-’ ; fore the whole area of five blocks was full of small fires. Asjthe pine structures in which lived the working men ■ employed in the large steel mills, and l in which the smaller merchants of the place made their homes, were leveled ; in the roaring furnace, those whose homes had not yet fallen fled with I their families and household chatties ^ to the other portions Of the eitv. Before the scores of engines had made the least appreciable effect upon the flames, the immense docks of the Sunday Creek Coal Co. at Harbor avenue and the river were burning. • Over a hundred thousand tons of coal were stored in the immense bins belonging to this company which extended 500 feet along the riverfront."

At the same moment the A. K. Beck lumber yards on the dock front and almost as elaborate, were found to be burning'. When the fire began in the coal yards erery engine that could be spared, and the powerful steamer Yosemite. as soon as it reached the harbor, was brought to fight the fire. The house at Superior avenue and Ninety-first street, in which the fire began, was owned by William Gillis and occupied by him as a residence. Those who saw the spread of the fire say that from the three-story frame structure it sprung to a cottage adjoining on the west. Brands falling upon a building at the corner of Buffalo avenue and Ninety-first street; one square further west soon started a blaze which spread north and south on Buffalo avenue. Continuing from the center of the fire, at Gillis' house, four two-story frame houses on the north side of Ninety-first street were soon swept away. The flames sprang across Ninetyfirst street to the north side, where three frame structures quickly disappeared before the sweep of the flames. South on Superior avenue the two-story frame house of Squire Mayo caught fire from the current of hot air and sparks, and. this structure ablaze, the increasing volume of flame leaped across Superior ayenue to the west side, where a three-story tenement house was soon wrapped in the smoke that preceded what, was now growing to be a tornado of fire. A dozen .houses in the vicinity of Superior avenue and Ninety-first street had now been sweptj away in the gust of the fire's whirwind; the early fright of the people began to give way to the panic which in another hour precipitated a flying army toward the other portions of the city. North of Ninety-first street on Supe-^ rior avenue, the early stages of the fire burned five one and one-half story frame cottages belonging to John Idason. Just east of Superior avenue, on the Inorth side of Ninety-first street, was the residence of John Harrington, which soon .melted away, and it was then that the fire jumped into the southeast corner of Superior avenue and Ninety-first street, and the German Lutheran church was marked by the long tongues of flame. There was no hope of saving the church, which, although of wood, was the worshiping place oi many So.uth Chicago people and a pretentious structure. Following the German Lutheran church and the school attached to it, the Methodist ehurbh oh the northeast Corner of Superior and Forty-first street was next engulfed in the blaze. Fanned by a stiff gale from the east, end afforded much headway by the lack of protective means, the fire did disastrous work. Over 200 dwellings and buildings were laid low, rendering 5,000 people homeless, aggregating the total loss far into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Coal Miuiag: Resumed at lkitfsburgrti. Pittsbvjsoh. Kas., An". Si—About 500 miners are at work at Frontenae to-day, and the hoisting of coal is going on as of old. What is known as the miners’ train on the Santa Fe here made its first trip since May 15, with about fifty miners. The contract and the rules as agreed to by the union are considered better than those rejected a flew days ago; but it is the general opinion here that I resident Walters wanted a loophole to escape, and was in favor of anything that would let him out gracefully if ter rejecting the first one submitted.

WEEKLY TRADE KEV1EW. Improvement in Conditions Bewm i«* C More Distinct and General, and F»U»Nt Less Numerous--Money A Llttfe Easi*.-* Though Collections Still Somewhat lifeflcnlt—Many Industrial EstnhilshnM Resuming and Others Closing - Kece piO of Gold From Europe Heavy* Etc. New York, Aug-. 2ff.—R. <tf. Mi .k^ Co.'s weekly review of trade, published this morning', says: Tire improvement of served iasn week hits become much mc’f distinct and gevortL j tyhile actual transactions have increased h it ! 1 title, the el ange in public feeling is node* worthy. There are fewer failures, either ?t banks or of impor :ant commercial or i* an ufactoring concerns than .for some weeks ixu-t* In New York disasters have been avoided by a general pooling of resources and. a g«at?r spirit of mt tual heipfukiess and foroear rn .*© than was seen some weeks ago. One '.ar*e stock failure for several millions wa> this^ prevented in Wall street on Thursday:■••and t le market for securities, though at, times *. epressed by the closing of heavv loans. has beaa. extremely dull wit lout material decline. Money on call is more abundant and I< > w>r„ as many interior loans have teen paid since the tanks ceased ta send currency way aid advanced their rales for renewing or extending such loans: but there is little relief :1s *e- | spects mercantile accommodations. Thl* iss i of checks in the piaee of currency irurt‘as ;s, ! and the secretary of the treasury, in answer to ! an inquiry, has stated that no legal object on I exists to fhe use of sight drafts on New Y< rk i for small sums in payment of ''bonds. Tie ».ifi llchlty of collections and the interruptions of , exchange are nea rly as serious as ever. 1 ho | number of industrial establishments resv.rn ng ! begins to compare fairly with the number st >p- | ping work. It cap cot as yet be said thi t ho j army of unemployed has begun to decrease. >ut I the additions to it are much smaller than in j i^vious weeks Many resumptions only show 1 that tus stoppage was really te mporary, t r f tat j wage controversies have .been settled, j A little better demand appears for' some I products, such as wire, n^iis and barbed w re. ; the works of which iniDortsc! product? h-yvo | been idle for nearly two months. K.' in gene ral I the consumption has so far decrea-',*. '*iat i southern furnaces are offering pig-iron :rt :\y low figures, and standard makers in T-rin;yl-j vanhi^are contemplating a reduction. The weekly ou:put of Connells vile <ok“ is j 37.385 tons, KT,il? ovens being idle and c aly 4.4 in operation. | Numerous cancellations of orders h:.ve de- . pressed copper to cents, nearly the lowest ! price on record. The shipmeut of boots and shoes from Hoston show a decrease compared wifi; last 5 ear | of 36 pir cent, for the vek and ,*1 p< f cat ■ since June, and countermands still offset lew j orders at the east, though someth : a ow j activity is repoited here and some soutlera buying. Textiles show no improvement. Fwrlve mills have temporarily closed, and noiLe lave resumed. Dem&iids for goods are na Tow and uncertain. In stocks the average off pr.ces. changed very little; sales for the enti1** ti eek have teen less than’hare sometimes eei.re : corded in a single active day. | Transactions in products have been smaloa : the whol\ and while prices generally end ! downward there is no violent chang v The | enormous stocks still depress prices of oth wheat and cotton. Though curreccy is at a premium of 1 to* **er cent., the demand is less than a w-?ek ago. Rece ipts of gold from Europe duri ug the past week have been fK.TOO.OM. but the Rank of En« gland has raised its rate to 5 per cent w itch is expected to stop further shipment:; of gold to this country^mi the Rank of Ft*.dice has lost during the pasevreek IJbou: $1.6 x),cm The absorption of mt new has not yet ceased, and credit substitutes ah yet'poorly *u>ply its place. Failures during the week number 4J>in ths United States ac t! ^0 i»i Canada. Of th * om* mercial failures in the United States ,uj - vers in easttern stales. 65 m •outh.ern at d U-O in western. f

CIVIL WAR |N MEXICO. Serious Fightliis Between Opposinn Pi Htleal Parties—The Attacking Party He*» pulsed-The federal Troops take a Hand Against the Cardeuas MfH. and Fight a Desperate Battle—Many Prisoners Keleased. Ea6i.e Pass. Tex.. Aug. 25. —A serious ti^ht took place yoster !;%■ between armed bodies of the opposing political parties at Puerto del Amen, Xadodores. The Galanists “were the attacking party, but were repulsed with severe losses. They were led by Andres Feunt., jeffe, politico at Alonelova. The opposition forces '.'ere commanded by Emilo Garran/a. The total number of killed is fortv uvc. Gov. Reyes is at Monelova and has released all the political prisoners. He was expected here, to-morrow but the serious condition of affair- in the region may cause him to pro ong his stay. Gen. Franeiseo Trevino wit! 750 men is a short distance from Pie Iras Xegras awaiting Gov. Reyes. Manuel Rosa, of this district arrived in Piedras Xogras this morning and attempted to release all -the opppsit ionists confined : n jail. The latter, however. refused to accept their liberties, and say. they will remain in jail t util Gen. Reyes comes; A report reached here of i serious fight between federal troops and the Cardenas men at a point on the road from. Santa Rosa to AbosSoia. The fight took place this afternoon an d it is said there were not less than 120 men, mostly soldiers, left dead upon the field. _ __ FAIThT in the future A Bruridsltl. of Opinions I pon ' the Signs of the Times. New York, Aug. 26:—The Commer-cial-Advertiser prints- a bisxuLids of opinions upon the present commercial depression, gathered from all over the country. Most of these opinions are from men eoiversant with the condition of trade in the various loea ities and is to the effeet that the worst of the depression has passed, and the near future will see a decided improve pent in all the . ines of commercial and manufacturi ug business. En< imra giny opinions Were received from the r resident of the Chicago board of t -ode, the presiden; of the, St. Louis cha nber of commerce, the secretary ol the Denver chamber of commerce. Pres dent Arnold of the Cincinnati chimlcr of commerce, 1'resident Kelly of the fittsburgh chamlx-r of commerce, and from Kansas City, New Orleans, Haiti more and Providence.

Senator Hill Scored by Members of the New York Stock Exchange. New Yoriv, Aa^. —“If Senator Hill bad been on the floor of the stoclc exchange tcwlav he would have been mobbed.” This was the expression oct one of two i.oor members of one of the biggest and best known of NViv York banking hot.ses yesterday. 'lie ought to go to Kansas. New York has 1 o use for him,” continued ,tho bioker. “tvhat's the use of saving: be attacked the New Ybrk banks in order to spite the administration? The admiristration is not friendly to Neve York t auks, nor they to it 4