Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1896 — Page 6

THE REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. . ■ - - - *FWSSKT.AF.R, - • INDIANA.

BOMB IN BARCELONA.

DEADLY THING THROWN INTO A CROWD. Seven Killed and Forty SeriouslyHurt—Chicago Thieves Raid a Cash Box in a Crowded Store—Monuments to the Meniory of Two Heroes. Barcelonians Are Mangled. A bomb was thrown into the crowd during the Corpus Christi procession at Barcelona, Spain, and its explosion resultcjl in the killing of seven persons and the injury of fifty. The 'perpetrator of the deed is unknown, and hi&.motive is a mystery. The explosion occurred just as the procession was entering the beautiful and ancient Church of Santa Maria del Mar. This is one of the most thickly populated quarters of the populous city. The sound of the explosion and the distressed cries of the injured and the friends of the killed • created an indescribable panic among the great crowd in the procession and lookerson. The people were terror-stricken with dread' of other bombs being thrown, and it was with difficulty that they were restrained from crushing each other in the stampede. A terrific scene ensued after the explosion. Seven dead bodies and forty persons severely injured were found. The ’police have picked up thirty fragments of bombs in the street. Bold Chicago Robbers. Saturday evening about 9 o'clock two desperadoes»enfered the L. Klein department store on Habited street, in Chicago, while it was thronged with customers, with numerous clerks behind the counters, and robbed the female cashier in her cage, getting away with .their plunder, ■ which amounted to between $390 and <SOO. The vast throngs of customers were terrorized and panic-stricken, women screamed and fainted, a .fire alarm was raised, the robbers fired a shot or two and forced their way to the door, through which they made' their escape. One of them was grappled by ah emplgyttof the store, but. wrenched himself away and fled through the crowd. This is the ninth raid and robbery of the kind iti two months. The store selected tts the scene of erime is always near a police patrol box. The movements of the police are watched, and soon after they leave the box to depart on their rounds the hold-up is committed, as the thugs know that they will be without police interruption for a sufficient time to cover the crime.

Gettysburg Statues Unveiled. An immense crowd of veterans of the late war and others gathered oh Gettysburg battlefield Friday to witness the unveiling of the splendid equestrian statues erected by the State of Penrfsylvania in honor of the memory of Generals George G. Meade and Winfield S. Hancock. The statues unveiled were erected at the expense of the State and cost over <IOO,OOO. The Hancock statue stands on East Cemetery hill, nearly opposite the National Cemetery gateway. It is ten feet high, resting on a pedestal of blocks of granite, the whole 17 feet long. 10 feet wide and 12 feet high. The horse and rider face southwest, General Hancock, as if directing the movement of his troops on that line. The statue to General Meade stands on an elevation, west of his quarters, and quite near the “bloody angle.” It is almost 15 feet long. 8 feet wide and 10 feet high. Both statues arp of the best quality of bronze, of heroic size, and are about thirty feet from the ground at the highest point. Prospects Are Brighter. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Re-view, of Trade says: “It is highly suggestive that, with as little help as there is now from new business, markets are so nearly maintained. . Summer is close at hand, and with new crops promising well and old stocks large, It Is no « under that the farm products are cheap. The factories and mills are still waiting for the rush of business seen last year, and in spite of narrow orders at present are generally holding on with much confidence. It is so late that gold exports no longer alarm, for the date of expected returns draws near. The opinion gains ground . that more active business is to be expected after the conventions have been held and the safety and sufficiency of crops have been assured. Low prices at this season affect farmers very little, but the speculators who have bought from them for a rise. The wheat yield is estimated at half a billion bushels.” , National League. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Cleveland .. .23 13 Brooklyn ....20 20 Baltimore .. .20 15 Chicago .....21 22 Cincinnati ..26 16 Pittsburg ... .18 20 Philadelphia 26 16 New Y0rk...18 23 Boston 23 17 St. Louis 12 29 Washington. 20 19 Louisville ... 9 32 Western League. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Detroit 24 13 Minneapolis. 20 19 Indianapolis. 20 13 Milwaukee . .20 21 St. Paul 20 15 Columbus ...15 26 Kansas City.2l 17 G'nd Rapids. 11 '27_

NEWS NUGGETS.

The sugar crop has been gathered in the Sagua district. Cuba, and shows 50,000 bags, against 600,000 bags last year. * Jacob Rich, as an individual, and the First Street Railroad of San Jose, Cal., have filed a petition of insolvency. The •'total liabilities are $600,000. The assets consist of the electric and horse lines of the company and a large amount of real estate owned by Jacob Rich, Col. Robert T. Harvey, the father of W. H. Harvey of Chicago, of free silver fame, died at his home in Huntington, W. Va., Friday evening. His death was sudden and probably was due to apoplexy. He had just entered tile 82d year of his life and was among the. wealthy ipen of southern West Virginia. He was many years ago a politician of influence. Central Kansas within a radius of fifty miles of Salina was deluged with a fall of * water during Thursday night varying’ from five to eight inches. Gypsum creek Is over n mile in width and the farms are under water. r

EASTERN.

Grain Shovelers' Union, No. 51, of Buffalo, N. Y., went on strike for an advance In wages from SI.BO per thousand bushels to $2.50. They also declare for no Sunday work and for the privilege of employing their own time keeper and want Io be paid at the elevators and not at saroons, as heretofore. At Easton, Pa., four students have been suspended from Lafayette College for baaing, gnd others are to go. The men were all cast for prominent parts in the sophomore play to be given at comp>en cement, and the performance is to be

abandoned. The college authorities are very strict about hazing, and the fact that they have been defied caused much 'surprise. One freshman was badly frightened by discharges *of fireworks. It Is said another was initiated into a new fraternity, and that he was branded with cigars as part of the'ceremony. Another story is that freshman was put through a track athletic training and then rubbed down with sand. It is said some higher class men are involved. Austin Corbin, the millionaire banker of New York, was fatally hurt Thursday afternoon and died at 9:42 that evening. Mr. Corbin was at his great forest and game preserve at Newport, N. H., and undertook to drive a pair of young and skittish horses. He was warned by Gardner, nis coachman, not to do so. as the horses were very unruly and wild. Mr. Oorbin persisted, and hitching them to a cart he, his grandson, Mr. Edgell, Dr. Kunster and Gardner went for the drive. The horses acted .very badly, and, in turning a corner, ran away- and threw the four men heavily upon the ground. Gardner, who has also since died, and Mr. Corbin were terribly injured, and Mr. Edgell and Dr. Kunster severely so.

WESTERN.

Reuben H. Donnelley, publisher of the city directory, says the population of Chicago in this year 1896 is 1,750,000. This is official. The directory is not completed yet, but it is far enough along to enable its publisher to make a very close estimate as to the population of the city. Most of the Ohio candidates, headed by Alva Crabtree, of Springfield, nominee for Secretary of State, have withdrawn from the Prohibition State ticket as a result of the split at Pittsburg. A State convention of the new national party will be called at once and a full ticket nominated. It is claimed the broad-gaugers outnumber the narrow-gaugers three to one. Similar action will be taken throughout Ohio in regard to county tickets. Andrew N. Henderson, a Chicago commission merchant and old member of the Board of Trade, committed suicide in Humboldt Park Tuesday afternoon. While a park policeman stood within a few feet he shot himself in the left temple, dying almost instantly. A disastrous deal on Friday, which he knew he would be called upon to settle for Tuesday, was the immediate cause of the act, though he has been despondent over losses for a year or more. His fellow brokers say Mr. Henderson has not dealt heavily since his failure during the panic of 1893. Near Clay Center, Kan., John McCoy’s two sons, Robert. and Angus, shot and probably fatally wounded their father, a farmer. The boys then rode to town and gave themselves up and are now in jail. One year ago the parents were divorced. Later, the father shot at his wife through a window; and was afterward tried and acquitted on the ground of insanity. Lately the boys have been carrying revolvers, with the knowledge of the county attorney, for the, express purpose of defending themselves if attacked by their father. Tuesday night the old man took a horse from the home place, where the mother and children’ were living. The boys recovered the horse from the place where their father was stopping. The latter securedanother horse and followed. The boys opened fire and onb bullet passed 1 " through the father’s lung, lodging near the backbone. Doctors say he cannot live. There is a lockout at the works of the Illinois Steel Works at Chicago, and nearly 1,500 men are thrown out of employment thereby. The order closing the entire plant was issued by Superintendent Walker Tuesday evening, and went into effect an hour later. By 7 o.’clock the fires pad been drawn from under every furnace and the army of men had slowly filed out of the immense buildings and yards of the company. Every man carried with him a little bundle of clothes and a tin dinner pail. It will be months before either will be in service again. This march of the men into a period of enforced idleness of unknown length was quiet and' orderly. Few gathered around the gates to discuss the situation. The events of the last month had prepared the men for almost anything that could happen. The troubles inside the tight, high board fence marking the boundary line of the company’s possessions have been so numerous and complicated the workmen real ized affairs must soon come to an issue. Thus, while the issue came suddenly, it was not altogether unexpected. The color line was the direct cause of the lockout, although officers of the company do not admit it. They charge it entirely to a question of labor. In a riot Monday night several men were seriously shot. The directors of the Chicago Board of Trade at midnight Wednesday—voted-fo-find that- the charges against Philip D. Armour, Jonathan O. Armour and P. D. Armour, Jr., comprising the great packing and elevator firm of Armour & Co., had not been sustained. The complaint was that the Armour Elevator Company’s warehouses. “A,” “B” and “B Annex,” were regarded by the firm as one house and that grain transferred from one to another was not inspected in passing or any inspection fee paid to the board for the transfer. At the same time it was charged that the warehouse receipts were redated so that the traders who had grain stored there had not.time to get it removed and so were obliged to pay storage. However, the same charges against Alastair I. Valentine, manager of the Armour system of elevators, were sustained and after a bitter fight over the question of punishment it was decided to suspend him for twenty years. The disposition of the cases of the millionaire packer and his two sons wns easier of accomplishment, for only three directors voted to find them guilty as charged in the complaint of the committee. But a verdict wholly exonerating them, or, rather, declaring that the charges had no foundation in fact, was prevented by that element in the board which ij hostile to the packer.

WASHINGTON.

The House of Representatives have passed the Phillips bill, providing for a national industrial commission. "’the House of has passed tire river and harbor bill over the President's veto by the vote of 220 to 60. The report of the Committee was in the main a business-like defense of the bill. At 7 o’clock Tuesday night the long Struggle in the Senate over the bill to prohibit the issue of bonds came U> an end and the bill was passed by a vote of 32 to 25. The bill ns passed covers only four lines, as follows: “Be it enacted that the issuance of interest-bearing bonds of the United States for any purpose whatever without further authority of Congress is hereby prohibited.") The Senate Wednesday passed the river and harbor bill over, the President's veto by the vote of 56 to 5. This was the last step in making the bill effective and it is now a law. The vote was taken after three hours of spirited debate, during which the President was criticised and defended, the remarks at times l»eing directly and bitterly personal. The opposition to the veto was expressed by Senators Vest, Sherman, Pettigrew, Hawley and Butler, while the veto was defended by Senators Vilas, Hill and Bate. Senator Hawley, from the Committee on Military Affairs, has reported his bill for the reorganization of the militia. The bill is a recodification of the laws relating to the with such changes u are necessary to adapt them to exist-

ipg conditions. The b'lll provides for two clashes of militia, the organized and the unorganized, the to be knotvn as the-national guard, and the latter as the reserve militia. It appropriates <400,000 annually for the purchase of military stores and supplies to be issued to the militia of the various States. The bill also permits the use of United States forts by the militia, upon the application of the Governors of the States, as a campground and authorizes the use of the guns belonging to any fort for purposes of drill by any militia company. Washington dispatch: The voluntary statement put out by Senator Quay conceding the election of McKiniey on the first ballot has produced something of a sensation in political circles. His trip to Canton was a tacit admission'to the same effect, but a public “authorized” tabulation from him giving the Ohio candidate 479 votes on the first ballot “certain,” with' many known McKinley defecates not included in the figures, is regarded as peculiarly binding., The Senator's statement, taken in connection with the fact that he announces that his own name and the names of the other favorite sons would be put ip nomination and given complimentary votes is accepted as evidence that he is prepared to turn the solid Pennsylvania delegation over to McKinley at the proper moment, adding sixty-four to 479 previously conceded.

FOREIGN.

The plague has broken out among the various Hamieh cavalry stationed at Cazoghhas, in the Vilayet of Bitlis, Turkey. The village of Krienholz, in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, has been partially destroyed by landslips and subsiding of the ground, caused by springs of water. The inhabitants have been compelled to desert the place, and great damage has been done to the railroad and farms in the vicinity. John A. B'innigan, the special correspondent,of the Watertown, N. Y., Standardin the .Island of Cuba, has been expelled by Captain General Weyler. Mr. Finnigan had been in Cuba since April. He was twice arrested and sent back to Havana. Last week he left the city contrary to the orders of the authorities. On his return Mr. Finnigan was warned that he must leave by the Saratoga, which sailed Sunday. He was placed under a strong guard, but "managed to‘get a message off through a friend. The Pretoria correspondent of the London Times says: “President Kruger is anxious to commute the death sentences of "the reform lenders to rs heavy fine, but the other members of the executive council object on the ground that the Government would be charged with mercenary" motives. They suggest that they should be confined for five years in prison. Meantime, the release of the other reformers has done little io assuage the feeling on the Rand and the persons of President Kruger and Secretary of State" Leyds are more carefully guarded by the poliee than ever. The first fort on the hills south of Pretoria is being rapidly built under the direction of a German military engineer.” Monday was a day of funerals in Moscow, 1‘,277 victims of the disaster on Hodynsky Plain being buried. The bodies of those who were identified were interred in private graves, but at the expense ms the' municipality. The great number of the unidentified dead were buried In eleven great trenches, each fifty yards long. The trenches were deep, and the mutilated bodies were placed" close together to find room for all. The surviving friends and relatives are for the most part of the ignorant’and simple minded peasant class, and their grief-and terror nt the sudden calamity are expressed in demonstrative fashion. , Only about half the bodies recovered have been identified, and the majority of these are men, though there are manjf children and several old people, some 80 years old. Most of the private graves of the victims have been marked with wooden crosses. The clothes of the victims were heaped in a huge pile in one corner of the cemetery, and in this the people rummaged all day long seeking the slightest trace that would afford a clew to the fate of those missing. It is estimated now that a total of 3,600 persons were killed and 1,200 persons injured, the majority of them fatally, by the disastrous crush. In the afternoon the Czar and Czarina visited' the Marie hospital, where they spoke to and consoled the patients injured in Saturday’s crush.

IN GENERAL.

The nail trust is likely to collapse because outside mills refuse to enter the combination. The experts of the United States from Bradford, England, during May amounted to $731,545, a decrease of $1,750,230 as compared with MujFr~lß9s. _ 2i A Vancouver syndicate has just completed negotiations for the purchase of ten rich claims accidentally discovered in Cayuse creek, in the Lillooet district, by a half-breed while hunting mountain sheep a few days ago. Lillooet has long been knowp as a rich gold district, especially near Cayuse creek. Miners and prospectors have for a long time searched for the mother vein, which, it is believed, has at last been discovered. The vein has been stripped 120 feet and shown to be eight feet wide. Assays from samples run $505 to the ton. A. W. Smith, member pf the provincial parliament and an old resident of the district, says it is the richest thing yet seen.

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, 53.50 to $4.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 56c to 57c; corn,, No. 2,27 cto 28c; oats, No". 2,17 c to 19c; rye, No. 2,32 cto 33c; butter, choice creamery, 14c to 16c; eggs, fresh, 9e to 11c; potatoes, per bushel; 20c to 3Qc; broom corn, 2c to 4c per lb for common growth to fine brush. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, Common to prime, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,60 cto 62c; corn, No. 1 white, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. St. Louis —-Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 64c to 65e; corn. No: 2 yellow. 25c to 26c; oats. No. 2 white, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2,31 c to 33c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2, 62 c to 64c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 29c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c t o 22ei'fJT*- \fp.- 2; 35c to 37c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 63c to 64e; corn, No. 2 yellow, 26c to 28c; oats. No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; rye, to 36c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 62c to 64c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white. 18c to J9c; rye, No. 2,35 cto 37c; clover seed. $4.40 to $4.50. Milwaukee —Wheat. No. 2 spring. 57c to 59c; corn. No. 3,26 cto 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 20c; barley, No. 2,30 cto 32c; rye. No. 1,33 cto 34c; pork, mess, $6.75 to $7.25. Buffalo —Cuttie, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.25 to $475; wheat. No. 2 red, 62c' to 64c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c. New York—Cattle. $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to, $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 72c; corm No. 2, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; butter, creamery, 12c to 16c; eggs, Wostern, 11c to 13c.

ROUNDS A CENTURY.

TENNESSEE CELEBRATES AD MISSION TO STATEHOOD. Inaugural of the Centennial Exposition Io Also Performed—lm posing Parade at Nashville 'President Thomas Raises a Flag. Centennial Is Celebrated. The 100th anniversary of Tennessee’s admission to the Union as a State was celebrated in Nashville on a -most elaborate scale. Thousands of visitors from all the cities and towns in the State were in attendance, besides hundreds from various other States, including the Governors and State officials. It is estimated that in spite of a heavy rain froth 10,000 to 15,000 people took part in the great parade. There were scores of carriages with national, State and municipaHdignitaries, attended at the front and rear by bands of music; 3,000 State and Federal shldiers, including four companies of cavalry: each 100 strong; the officers a fid assistants of the centennial,: the entire Woman’s Board, the Ladies’ Hermitage Association, the Tennessee Historical Society,* scores of secret orders, traveling men’s associations, postoffice employes, trades and labdr societies, Confederate veterans. 1.000 wheelmen, 2,500 citizens on horseback, scores of organizations,2,soo colored people representing the societies of that race. At the grounds 10,000 children paraded and welcomed the vast procession while cannons roared. There was a proclamation and flag raising by John W. Thomas, president of the exposition, followed by elaborate anniversary exercises. The principal address was by J. M. Dickinson, who spoke for an hour. He gave an elaborate history of Tennessee, and traced its progress to the present under the heads of religion, education -patriotism, law and order, Democratic government, emancipation, the war and recuperation. Exposition to Be Held in 1897, The Celebration of Monday and Tuesday commemorates the centennial of Tennessee’s appearance among the States of the Union, but the exposition in memory of the event will 'not really open until May 1, 1897. It will be the first Indus'trial exposition eve? held by any State in commemoration of its birth, and, judging by the work already done and the plans for the future, it will be large enough and beautiful-enough to give it a high position among American fairs. For three

SOME OF THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL BUILDINGS.

years the plans have been under discussion, and work upon, the grounds and buildings has been in progress since the latter part of 1895. It is estimated that the entire cost of construction and preparation of the grounds will amount to $1,000,000, to which the salary list and other necessary expenses will add some $500,000 more. Many of the buildings are already nearing completion, and the beautifying of the grounds is well under way.

HENRY M. TELLER.

The Man Who Will Represent Colorado Republicans at Bt. Louie, Henry M. Teller, United States Senator and dctegate-at-large to the Republican convention from Colorado, seems to have cornered his party out in the mountain region, and will go to the convention with the rote in his vest pocket. Mr. Teller is

HENRY M. TELLER.

a statesman who has traveled and has seen a great deal of life in Washington. He was born in New York, Allegheny County, just sixty-six years ago, and before he had left his native State he was a lawyer. In 1858 he came West and •tayed in Illinois for a matter of three years. Then he weut further west, and, liking Central City, settled there. Senator Teller never held any office until Colorado was admitted as a State into the Union. He then was made United States Senator, and took his seat Dec. 4, 1876. President Arthur made’him Secretary of the Interior, in which capacity he served until March, 1885. Since that time he has been twice returned to the Senate. Mr. Teller was always a strong silver man.

DUEL IN LEBANON STREETS.

Wallace Riley Killed by Thomas Allen in a Quarrel Over Their Children. At Lebanon, Ind., Wallace Riley, for many years a prominent resident, was killed instantly by Thomas Allen, a stock buyer. Allen’s eon, aged 17. had been keeping company with Riley’s daughter, aged 24. On account of the difference in the ages of the young people both fathers objected to their marriage, but the couple suoceedfd in securing a marriage license and were married. Immediately after the marriage they left sos. Putnam County, and remained there until a telegram advising them of the tragedy called them home. ' Rilev denounced the elder Allen as helping on the mar riage. The men met on the streets Saturday afternoon. Riley said: “Defend yourselfl One of us is going to die!" Riley

pulled his revolver. Allen saM he was unarmed, and the two repaired to Hooton’s hardware establishment in search for a weapon for Allen. They were finally separated 'before any blood was shed. Monday , morning Riley was on the streets early, and was loud in his claims that he was after Allenl Riley was just coming out of the postoffice room when Allen drove up in his carriage, alighted and passed in. After getting his mail he started to leave the postoffice, when Riley accosted him with drawn weapbn. Like a flash Allen drew his pistol and the firing began. Riley fired two shots and Allen four. When the smoke cleared away Riley was lying in the postoffice door, and Allen’s son, who witnessed the affray from his carriage, had received a severe wound in the right side. Allen was arrested. Both men are wealthy and influential.

DEATH OF KATE FIELD.

Brilliant Newspaper Writer Expires in the Hawaiian Islands. “Kate Field died of pneumonia” was the brief cable message received in Chicago from ex-Minister Thurston announcing the death of perhaps the best-known

KATE FIELD.

woman connected with American newspapers. Miss Field went to the Hawaiian Islands several months ago in search of health. ... Miss Field was born in St. Louis in 1840. ,She was the daughter of Joseph N. Field, an Englishman, who was brought to this -country by his parents., who were exiled from Ireland. She re-

ceived her early education in the schools of St. Louis, and later entered a seminary in Massachusetts. After her graduation she visited Europe, and while there she became acquainted with George Eliot and the Browmings. Miss Field’s first newspaper work consisted in contributions to the St. Louis Journal and the St Louis Times. After that she had been a constant writer for a number of papers. She went to Honolulu to study the habits of the inhabitants of Hawaii. Her letters from that island have given information which the people of this country have sought eagerly, especially as regards the trouble in Hawaii.

OLD TIPPECANOE IN BRONZE.

Statue of William Henry Harrison Unveiled in Cincinnati. On Decoration Day there was unveiled in Cincinnati an equestrian statue of the ninth President of the United States, William Henry Harrison. The movement for this memorial began five years ago with the organization of a Harrison memorial association, composed of some of the leading citizens of the Queen City. The association secured some funds by subscription, supplemented by a bill in the State Legislature authorizing a tax levy that warranted the expenditure of $25,000. The association was afterward merged into the Harrisbn statue commission, which carried the work to completion after much aggravating delay. The statue as it stands has cost about $28,000, but the extra amount has been provided for. The statue is the work of Rebisso of Cincinnati, w’ho designed the equestrian statue of Gen. Grant at Chicago and the McPherson statue at Washington. It is in bronze and represents the hero of Tippecanoe in the military ac-

STATUE OF WILLIAM H. HARRISON.

coutrementa of the period in which his reputation as a fighter was made.

Prince Krapotkin, revolutionary exile and nihilist, leads a patriarchal existence among the Kentish laborers with whom he has made his home. He has a kindly, thoughtful, bearded face, a figure bent with the "literary stoop,” thin,-nervous hands, and the courtesy to be found only In the best class of Russian s6clety. The grandfather of the Rothschilds Is said to have owned scarcely a penny la 1800.

DEATH ATTHE FEAST.

HORROR ATTENDS THE CZAR’S CORONATION. j• ■ u Nearly 3,000 People Killed and Injured at a Banquet—Mad Rush for Free Drinks—Crowd Overpowers the Attendants and A Panic Ensues. Fatal Crush In Moscow. Over 2,000 people, including ma>y personages of high rank, were trampled to death in Moscow. The catastrophe occurred at a public feast, which had been spread in the Hodynsky Plain, in front of the Petrovsky Palace, in honor of the coronation of- the Czar. The disaster Occurred between 5 and 6 o clock in the morning. It was iptended that the banquet should commence before noon, but the immense throng which had gathered around the sheds where the liquor mugs were to be presented and the food' distributed became so dense that the attendants were overpowered and thrown to the ground in the niad struggles which commenced for food and the gifts, and many of these -attendants being numbered among the dead! The police made desperate attempts to control the people, but air their efforts were futile, and men, women and children were trampled upon by hundreds. Some terrible, heartrending scenes were witnessed among the survivors who were geeking relatives among the victims. The latter were mostly peasants, and few of them have as yet been identified. They were lying in heaps, as they had been extricated during the afternoon, their ckushed, blood-stained and horribly distorted faces upturned in the scorching sun. Grayhaired' men and women lay alongside children and sturdy men, all crushed as if beneath heavy rollers. Among the dead were ladies evidently of high rank dressed in fine silk and adorned with rich jewels. ~Cause of the Disaster; The disaster, it is now explained, was due mainly to the absence of the police, who had not arrived at so early an hour in the morning at the scene where the festivities were scheduled to take place. Fully 200,000 persons of all glades of society had gathered on the Hodynsky plain at the time the disaster occurred. Only 1,000 attendants were in, charge, and they seemed to be unable to control the mob. Hoping to lessen the pressure of the assembled hundreds of thousands, all moving toward a common center, they tossed the packages and presents into the midst of the crowd. This seemingly precipitate ed the panic, since a scramble to obtain possession of the gifts ensued, and the hollow piece of ground near the center formed a death trap for thousands. No Hutt in Festivities. i The following evening the - Czar and Czarina attended and danced at the brilliant bah at the French embassy. Preparations had been made on a most .elaborate scale for this ball, and it is asserted that $70,000 was expeudetl on the supper alone, rare viands and delicious fruits and vegetables being brought from the most distant cliwids to add t'o'the delights of The feast? while Frdnce-Turnished_the costliest—and most elegant fabrics and furniture to set off the beauties of the palace where the embassy is lodged.

THE CHICAGO ROAD RACE.

Won by O. P. Nelson, a Wheelman I’rUcticaliy Unknown; When the Goths and Huns and Vandals swept down upon Rome, bent upon sacking the mistress off the world, they did not come with more terrific fury than the band of 506 wheelmen who swooped down upon Chicago’s west park system like a flock of hawks upon a swarm of nestlings at the wind-up of the annual Decoration Day road race. It was a great run over a muddy road of a little less than twentyfive miles in length. Over 100,000 men,

O. P. NELSON. Winner of the Chicago Road Race.

women and children, afoot, awheel, ahorse and atallyho, saw the “soft soled' steeds sizz by and paps each other in exciting alternation. O. I*. Nelson, of the Monitor Cycling Club, was the first man to cross the patriotic ribbon at the finish. He won in 1:12:53. F. B. Murphy, of the North Shore Cycling Club, won the time prizt in 1:09:22. B. F. Faulhaber, of ths Smalley Cycling Club, a 4:30 man, won second time honors in 1:09:57%. Both Nelson and Murphy are practically unknown to the cycling world. Nelson wai given a handicap of 9:00 and Murphy ol 5:00. The race was excellently managed, accidents were Comparatively few, and victories and defeats alike were accepted with good grace by all contestants.

GLAD OF THE SPLIT.

"Regular”. Prohibition Leader* Pleased with Bolter*’ Action. The regular and bolting Prohibition conventions at Pittsburg adjourned Friday morning, the. latter having nominated Charles. E. Bentley, of Nebraska, foi President, and J. H. Southgate, of North Carolina, for Vice-President, and adopted a broad-gauge platform. Members of the’ bolting faction met at the Central Hotel and arranged for a vigorous„camfiaign. Nearly $2,000 wai subscribed to meet the expenses. Mr. Beutley asserted that he would get 100,000 votes from the Prohibitionists, and that many of the Western silver men would flock to the new party. The regulars claim that the Prohibition party now consists of straight prohibitionists; that those who think more of the silver queation and other ideas, and who have been a disturbing element, have left the party, and they do not regret it.

REIGN OF TERROR ON.

Appalling Stories of the Butchery by Spanish Soldiers. Havana advices say that nt Playa Salada, beyond Bahia Honda, where the rebels had salt works, a Spanish war ship recently landed a force of marines, who captured and put to death the superintendent and nine workmen, all of whom were surprised, and consequently unarmed. The superintendent’s wife and two daughters, who lived in a hut on the mountain side near by, were, Cubans assert, bound and carried on board the war ship, where they were assaulted and then killed with machetes and thrown to the sharks.

SENATE AND HOUSE.

WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW. ( MAKERS. A Week's Proceedings in the Halls of Congress—lmportant Measures Discussed and Acted Upon—An Impartial Resume of the Business. The National Solons. The Senate Tuesday, by a vote of 32 to 25, passed the Butler bill to prohibit any further issue of bonds without the consent of Congress. The debate was sharp and bitter, but all the amendments were defeated and then the final vote taken, on which the bill was passed. The filledcheese bill was taken up and made the unfinished business. Mr. Allison introduced a joint resolution for a scientific investigation of the Bering sea seal fisheries. At 7 o’clock Mr. Hill moved to adjourn, and as the motion was carried, Mr. Hill exclaimed: “And may God save the country.” The House devoted itself to passing the river and harbor bill over the President’s veto and to unseating by a vote of 16” to 39 John J. Walsh, the Democratic member from the Eighth New York district, whose place will be filled by John Murray Mitchell, Republican. Both of these actions were foregone conclusions, so that they excited comparatively little interest, although there was a full house to vote on the river and harbor bill. It was passed by 220 to 60, many more votes than the twothirds necessary to override a veto, and it was passed without debate, although Mr. Dockery (Mo.) protested vehemently that debate, had been promised. Thirty-nine Democrats voted to override the presidential objections and twenty-six Republicans stood by Mr. Cleveland'. The Senate Wednesiflfif followed the lead of the House and passed the river ahd harbor bill over the President’s veto by the following vote: Yeas —Republicans: Aldrich, Allison, Burrows, Cannon, Carter, Chandler, Clark, Cullom, Davis, Dubois, Elkins, Gallinger, , Gear, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawley, Lodge, Mcßride, Mitchell (Oregon), Nelson, Perkins, Pettigrew, Platt, Pritchard, Quay, Sherman, Shoup, Squire, Teller, Warren, Wetmore, Wilson, Wolcott—33; Democrats: Bacon, Berry, Brice, Faulkner, George, Gibson, Gorman, Jones (Arkansas), Lindsay, Mills. Mitchell (Wisconsin), Morgan, Pasco* Pugh, Tillman, Turpie, Vest, Walthall, White —19; Populists: Jones (Nevada), Butler, Peffer, Stewart —4; total, 56. Nays—Democrats: Bate, Chilton, Hill, Smith, Vilas—s. The House began clearing the decks for final adjournment by extending the length of the daily sessions. A partial conference report on the general deficiency bill was agreed to and the bill sent back to further conference. The Senate Thursday passed the filledcheese bill. Manufacturers of filled cheese are taxed S4OO annually; wholesale dealers, $250; retail dealers, $l2O. In addition to these taxes, the product itself is taxed 1 cent per pound, and iniported filled cheese is taxed 8 cents per pound in addition to the import duty. All packages must be branded, and dealers must display a big black'sign on white ground, bearing the words “Filled Cheese Sold Here.” The controversy over the number of battle ships remains open, Mr. Quay’s motion that the Senate recede from its. amendment reducing the number of ships from four to two being def anted —17 to 33. The Senate also defeated by a vote of 17 to 31 a motion by Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts to recede from its amendment relating to.sectarian Indian schools. Bills were passed as follows: Granting 160 acres of land to Biloxi, Miss., for a charitable hospital; authorizing the appointment of the survivors of the Lady Franklin bay expedition as sergeants, retired, of the army; for the improvement of Fort Smith, Ark., government reservation, and a bill construing the laws relating to the award of life-saving medals. By a vote of 153 to 33 the House decided against the claim of William Elliott from the First Sol'ith Carolina district and gave the seat.to George W. Murray. Murray is a colored man and in the Fifty-first Congress was seated in the place of Elliott. Murray was given a round of applause when he came forward to be sworn in. Mr. Elliott is the ninth Democrat unseated by the present - House. The remainder of the day was mainly occupied in debating the case of Martin vs. Lockhart from the Seventh North Carolina district. The Senate amendments to the bill to retire Commander Quackenbush were adopted. The conference report on the bill to pension the widow of the late Senator George Spencer of Alabama was agreed to. Mr. Morgan gave the Senate a spirited, revival of the Cuban question Friday, after which most of the day was spent in waiting for conference agreements on appropriation bills. Mr. Morgan urged the adoption of his resolution calling on .the President for information of the Americans taken on the Competitor and now under sentence of death at Havana. The Senator asserted that the President's inaction was a violation of law. Mr. Morgan declared that Congress should not adjourn without authorizing the President to send, warships to Cuba to demand the release of the American prisoners. On the suggestion of Mr. Sherman, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Senate went into secret session, where, after a further argument by Mr. Morgan, his resolution was placed on the calendar, a parliamentary move equivalent to postponing action. In the House, Mr, Grosvenor called up his resolution requesting the President and the several cabinet officers for a detailed statement of the removals from office since March 3; 1893, and the appointments since that date, together with the number of exsoldiers who have been appointed, promoted, reduced or removed. The resolution was adopted—l 47 to 48. The vote on the contested election case of Martin vs. Loqkhart from the Seventh North Car* olina district Resulted 113 to 5. Mr. Martin came forward and took the oath. The Rmaker-Downing contest from Illinois resulted in favor of Mr. Rinaker.

This and That.

The branches of the Mississippi River have nu aggregate length of fifteen thousand miles. Most physicians thinks that the sun radiates heat as it does light or as a stove emlt§ warmth. The both Of the rhinoceros is not joined to the bone of the head; but grows on the skin like a wart or corn. Microscopists say that the strongest, miscroscopes do not, probably, reveal the lowest stages of animal life. Franklin was widely known as a writer on economy and political subjects before he had reached 25. Gen. Gordon, It may be interesting to recall, wanted Cecil Rhodes to accompany him In old days to the Soudan. Gen. Booth is said to be very fond ofj music. His favorite melody.is a tun* called “Oh, the Voice to Me so Dear." The electric current Is being utilised to hasten the process of tanning. Leath-' er which took nearly a year to tan by the old process can now, it Is claimed, S tanned in three to six weeks or less ' aid of electricity.