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| ~KSTAliLlSIlED AUGUST 24.1852. WHEELING. TO3T VA FRIDAY ^ -' '" " " M(."-!yIX"'30hY 28,1887. _ VOLUME'XXXV.--NUMBEIT1wT~ tc*Ortlcei No*. HO nnil 87 Fourteenth Htreet, nnsOM teavino the ri'y for the katdn, and turn* wr Imitltrt, can hai* l/tf Daily iMttJJOKKcni jMtitd to than, po*ti*ild, for 05 ceiUt per month, the eihlrttt Mug chawtl n? oftrn attUtirtd, Ouh friends across tho river ^ave unroBtrlctfd imratijriition a beautiful black eye. Ko pauptra nNiJ apply I Tun Toledo ticket in a young man's ...1?4 -r.,1 a antilinv'ii tlMrnt ?111 uckufc nuv* h uu.?? - "vavn nm bo a kooiI dpal of rallying round the^flagg boy*, in OhCthTs year. A striking diileronce betwoen the Cleveland convention and the Toledo convention is, that the lattor named the men who aro to succeed tho preaent in/jumbontfl. _____ Tiioeb Democrats and Mu^wumpa who are Biding tears over Mr. Blaine in connection with the Toledo convention, may __ ?tl nnnrn Hmlr u'piino Mr Ttlalnn ! aa hum ay*~ ?r? ?..?. ??? .? not "taking on" any. Wusre tbo olloriugB were bo abundant and go good, it must happen that aome exjyrcellent'Wn are diaappointed. But the Toledo convention named a first rate, winning ticket, and the platform?that ia all wool and a yard wide. Tiib President very conalderately suggests that it ia not neceosary to send delegations with invitations. The maila are fairly regular, and invitationa 80 received will have as much weight. This is a comImoasensfl view to'take of it. Yesterday the prosecution Beemed disposed to put Bflker on trial for playing poker in Steubenville. If this branch of the case is to bo pushed, it would have improved Baker's chances if he had got a change of venue to Ohio county, where it would have been diilicult to get a jury I to convict Ohio Republicans have .adopted a plat-1 form which hits the nail on the head every .time. There is not a dodge in it. It plants the party cquarely on every live qneation of the day. Beginning appropriately with the tariff and giving special attention to wool, it proteats against unrestricted immigration and takes strong ground on the correlated qnestion of the disfranchisement of a large My of laboring citizens in the South. It oflers no opologiea for favoring liberal pennons to the veterans of the Union cause, and the comments on the President's veioen will touch the chord of sympathy in evb.ry soldier's heart. It advocateo .the repeal of the internal revenue tax on tobacco. This is -woll bo far aa it goes, but while that tax ig being abolished Congress should go further and wipe out tho whole Internal Revenue establishment. The country does not need the revenue thus derived, which hurts rather than helps American induatries. Tlio Lawyer# iu Convention. Spcciai Dkwteh to the Intdliuencer. Berkeley Springs, July 28.?At the morning flession of the Bar Association today Hon. W. T. Willey delivered a' patriotic address on law and lawyers and the relation of tha latter to the Government. This afternoon H. M. Busaoll read a very interacting paper on the lawyer in Belles Lettres. Meesre. J. D. Ewing and J. J. Woods arrived this afternoon. TOBACCO MARKET BOOMING. Kema.'lmUo lUso in l'ricp?..The Chief Cause lit SnBRlllflllvO Kllt?pnrlnn. Nfitv Yo*kk', July-28.?The /oliowing is published hero: "There is such an excitement ainonx the tobacco dealers and manufacturers at the present time as has not been known for years, and prices for leaf lobacco have increased from oO to 100 per cent, during July, and the end ia not yet. ^tanufacturers have boon sending up their pricca in reBponso to tho demand made upon them by the controllers of the leaf supply. On plug tobacco alone,' the Lorillards have advanced their wholesale price nine cents per pound during the pant three weeks. Other manufacturers navo kept pace with them, and western manufacturorb who initiated the rivalry of low prices a few years back have not been able to keep out of the present movement. The causes of the increase are complex, but the chief immediate-causo is speculalive enterprise. tVnntii a Kent from Committees. WashiVuton, D. 0., July 28.?The President to-day received a telegram from Senator Harris', eaying that a committee o( 100 citizens of Memphis was coming to Washington to iimie the President to visit that city daring hia western trip. The Preaidont telegraphed to Senator Harris, in reply, to use hia influence to prevent any movement of the sort. He said that while ho was always pleaaod to see the people of Tennessee at the Capitol he thinks that they ought to bo aparod a long journey to Washington during the Cheated term on a mission of this oort,when a written invitation sent by mail would be as cftective and as much appreciated. Similar anowora will be aent to other Western citiea where arrangementa are being mado to send invitations bearing commitioea to Washington. It !a stated at the White House that tho President wili givo tho aame consideration to invitations received by mail aa to those borne "by committees, no matter how large ana 1 impressive tho latter may bo. 31?y Improve the Sforulnof tlie Capitol. ^AeuiMiTON, D. 0., July ?S.?Tho first arreata uudsj what is known es tho Eiimtimls, ,ir Utah anti-Polygamy law, passoil at the last ecosion ol Congress,_was made this afternoon and a naval owcer, I'aas'd Assistant Surgeoa William H. Crawford, in charge of the nayal hospital in East Washington, is chargod with improper relations with Eva W. White, thp thirteen-year-old daughter of Dr. White, a well known and rwspectable chiropodist of this city. The law under which the arreet was made provides, that jf an unmarried man or woman commit fornication, each of them shall bo punished by jm-' 'priaonmeat not exceeding six months or toy a lino not exceeding $100. Judgo 3iontgomery, of fcho District Supreme Court, baa held that the law la in force in the District of Columbia, I'inberton M?u Withdrawn, rirraijtjrgh, Pa., July 28.?Eighty men# bora of tho Pinkorton force of 150 who have been on duty in the coke regions wore withdrawn to?day. They arrived in in the city, and part of them went east and others to Chicago. The remaining detectives will be witndrawn to-morrow. The indications are that there wiiL bo trouble in settling who shall pay the expense of mainUi/jjng the mon. The coke operators Bay the v&ywlc county authorimnst foot the bill.' * -y ? FORAKER en tor AGAIN LEADS OHIO IIEPUI1- ?m< LICAN'S TO VICTOltY. eve ol K?! A Soldier Ticket Nominated to Sweep tlio Field. |?bl IS whi SOUND DECL tit A.TION OF PItIN- p??l, ples. m \ ?PP Liberal-Pensions to Union Soldiers bo c and Protection to American ^ . Industries. St?! onl will UDATDCH in 1 TVcrr mrnun JL. 11VLUOX ilUAAUOX lAtllill [_un IMMIGRATION. cw",i its and 8enator Sherman Endorsed With- ?boi out Dlssont ami Everybody Comfortable. "?} foai ^ ;* ' ^ ^ whit ( os novzHNcr., A J. I!. FOItAKEB, o! llumllton County. Gov for lieutenant-governor, docd W. 0. LYON, of Liking County. proc for auditor of state, hi E. W. POE, of Wood County. nam FOR TREiSUREB OF KTATK, bUS'l J.C. BBOWN, of Jefl'orion County. 80 for board of fubuc works, field C. A. FLICKIKGEB, of Defiance County. that for jud9b of hituk'hk court, (long term) oe W. T. SPEAR, of Trumbull County. alao for judo* of supbkxk coubt, (abort term) Gov F.J. DICKMAX, of Cuyahoga County. Al eeco: Toledo, 0., July 28.?The Ropablioaa **e? 8tate Convention was called to order at JjJjj 10 o'clock by Temporary Chairman Ryan, ma(j The Committee on Credentials and Rules adop reported, and Ex-Governor Charles Fos- H< tor, Chairman of tho Committee on Reao- ^' lutiocs, read the platform. r6fUl [The platform will bo found on the third was page of this morning's issue,] ber < ceivi great enthusiasm. The tariff plank wag received with loud bain cheers; all received more or leas applause. When the endorsement of Governor Forsker's administration was reached, tho non convention cheered as one man, many Pres rising to their feet and swinging hats, ets. T.l Lond calls were made for Foraker. The ?,^ rebel Hag clause revived the demouatra- 'fi tion. "When the last resolution, tho famous . Sherman endorsement, was reached, the j>. . cheering broke out again, and on a call J* from a delegate three cheers were given ieV? for Sherman, before the reading eoijld continue. Iu close marked by wild ?,0^ cheeis ' A motion was made to adopt the whole " platform by acclamation. It. whs done J unanimonoly, without a dissenting voice. mi. Tri?Minn,i nnn rtVuarJn.. f.-?> 1 r. U7 .iH On.l Inn.) iL calls were made for Sherman. He did not appear, and the report of the Commit- 7;V. tee ou Permanent Organization was read The! adopted. Hon. John Sherman wao made Permanent Chairman. A committee of Jo throo w^ appointed to conduct Air. S^or- jor , man to the chair. , The Convention was in a pood humor, t?l0 1 being jubilant over the extinction of tho 1846 opposition to the endorsement resolution, o,} [ and cheerod Senator Sherman to the echo 0I1,j as he t^o): the platform. His speech was ytmt listened to with the closest attention. 0[ Bj #R. SHERMAN'# SPEECH. ft pi Mr. Shorman spoke .impromptu ps foll?ws: vice, Mr. Cuairman, Gentlemen of tub won Convention, and Ladies and Gentlemen : 24,1 ?I thank you with all my heart for the and high compliment of presiding over this He ^ distinguished assemblage. I think the etfic: Kepubiicaflo of Qhio, in"this respect, have Geoi been partial to me, snd I am called on Ti this occasion to preside becauao J attended to ti the lirst Republican convention of Bale Ohio whore the Republican party stud was born, and I have watched vera: and wondered. and followed its splendid oity, history and its magnificent progress from July that day to tbijj. And now, lullow citi- law zens, I congratulate yoir.npon the fact nati, that the great Jjody of youtf work h8s al- to tt readv been done bv the neoule cf Ohio: towi all, you have to do is to record and an- life nounce th? reanltp of thoir decisions. In jadg every county in 0hio; in oyery towuBhtp, hold in eveiy section and in eyo;y district, a her voico eomeo to us from tbo unanigioifa (or mouths of the Republicans of Ohio, for mad tho reuomination of Goveruor Joseph B. tida Foraker. [Applause.] c/fic ?OPD WORDS FOR rjRAKER, ^ Ho man vu eyer presented as a candi- jng dato with mora hearty, coneroua and on i frank endorsement than haj do- e[?c serves it, because he has fairly earned fchfo nomination at your hands. Ho has hon been pairiofje, able, brave and diligent occa He haa been watfihfal .of tho intorests of W the people of Ohio in all tbo important Liet dnties intrustod to that office. -In'all tfcp pare social duties which belong to the Govor- Jul} aors of Ohio he has been most courteous ho AU,(1 iUUrtJ lUuu u>\i, uo una pi u- mrt) vented u Democratic Preoident of ohot tho United 'gtat^a irom-^ eurrender- unti ing to the OonfedeiifaM the fl-iga He and banner* which theplont in thp rob el- at 8 lion. [Tremendous cheera. J In this,'he htu? touched tho patriotic hoart, not only in tl of ith? people of Ohio, but of' the whole mar country, &M herefore we; the Republi- Scai cans of Ohio, tuk'6 pride in thia indorse- Oon ment of him by our unanimous yoppiuina- witl iipn. In jeauect to the rcatof thetiekofc, o'r 1 vafc AoIy trouble is that you have oo many in r i^en *tVeh?oaB from that it in hurd to make ton, a choice. OerYnU it in. that whenever moi your choice ia made th6y yill a)l acqui- and eece ae good Ropublicana and truo /rietida in , ofthecauae. nea I wiah aiuo to pron.otjnc9 with all my Tro heart the deaorved thankB tljct t)jo people phn of Ohio owe to the recent (or present) no? iXJKiHiitturu? tuu gi?.fc/?Buvciiwu ABaembly of the Statu of Ohio. [Cheera.] ark I believe on the whole that it' tho > ablest and moat patriotic and useful body -tho ' : / % - \ " , \f ' ' t has made lawe lor the people o( Ohio In :e the State wu born. [Cheers.] eg A PATRIOTIC LKUIriLATL'RK. P' failed to other duties I have recently .1' mined the proceedings oi that Leglila- '. e, and I have beon amned at tho iunt, volumo and valno of the work Jr tit did. The Union soldier is on almost ls rv pane oi that volume, the record . faithfulness dne him and oi the , ' >.ltude and obligations of a patriotic I? pie (or hit eacrllicos and bis services. {' >y were uleo watchful (or the righta o( f jr and the laboring man, who, alter all ' tho foundation oi our structure and j!e reasonable demands ought always V. 10 hoard and always to bs hooded. [Ap. *?{ ose]. It did its duty, and I nm glad to my compliments to tbls Legislature 1,' t abont to pass out of power, and to eal to you as Republicans how import- ; * it is that the next Legislature should . qual to tlie last; and I trust you will ' lemher that that election Is of even " re importanco than the election of a i, 0 ticket. j\ ou tried a Democratic Legislature *1 r a little while ago and I hope God u' teop you from over trying it again. eers] It was a Legislature tainted ,h 1 fraud. It was biackonod by election 1Bles. They left the State in debt with ordinary eipenseB unprovided for, r now when the. people of Ohio are p" it to chooeo botwoen a Dexosratic and . ublican Legislature, all I ask ql hat yoa go back and In- ,,, igate and oxamino tho specimens , ch havn hflon nfTnrml In tho loot . K 1 years by the Democrats of Ohio, and 1 make the contrast for ourselves. It l tit to be exercised to promote harmony p Rood will and friendship among Rs- gu iicanB, Now, my countrymen, again ij iking you for this expression, 1 tell > 1 i with ail frankness, that 1 think more > our unanimous praise this day uttered nn{ i I do of the ollice of President of the JL ted States. (Prolonged cheering.) would rather feel, my countrymen, r I stood before you now, at this period ly life?man and boy, living always in y?that now, at this late period of it, . Republicans of Ohio for whose welI havo devoted so-much of my- life, , willing to say this much for mo. [Treidous applause.] tfte THE NOMINATIONS. 133 Wc iker Renominated by Acclnmntlon?Tlie IStilnuce uf the Tickets cre< r. Graydon, of Cincinnati, took the BOn form and nominuted Governor Foraker sixi iio second term in a ten-minute Bpeech. lere was much oheering aud tho mowas carried bv acclamation amid a ?r i rlwind of cheera. J committee waa appointed to cacort ^re ernor Foraker to tho hall, and the ination for Lieatenant Governor waa ? ' eeded with. on. Aaa Bushnell, of Springfield, was z/ ed, bat deolined because of important m : neea intereats, which would suffer. [?. nstor Thomas J. Pringle, of Spring- p*" , waa then named ?a a candidate for 7L;; place. iptain W. 0. Lyon, of Newark, waa T lplaced on nomination for Lieatenant uf ernor. ,? : thia moment Governor Foraker waa rted to the platform, amid cheera. iccepted the nomination for Governor, {r made a brief apeech, in which ho J e nuswor to aome charges against him 0 e bjp the Democratic platform recently ? reviewed the financial record of tho Democratic Adminiatration and com- ? d it with Republican management, to z. :e the charge that hia Adminiatration ? nnboBineBfllike. He went over a nam- " )f similar topics in Ohio politics, re- fc. ? ng cloae attention. While he was ng, a aalute of one hqncfred gana waa jv;' g fired oateide in honor of his renomr " " >OXJ. nlni mgreeaman McKinley then placed in | * ination for Lieuteu&nt Governor, mJ~ . Silas A. Uonrad, of Stark county, r*~, ident of the Ohio Senate. . ? lis closed the nominationa and a bal- J ras taken, resulting in the nomination w n 1 Vnmn.i. lO-i ldge William Spear, of Trfjmbpll. was t} ? inaled fo? Supreme Judge (long J?01 i) by acclamation, and Judge F. B. , :mnii was re-nominated for the short Bla)l yoa on. E, W. Poo, of Wood county, was injited for State Auditor, and Hon. J. rown, of Jefferson, for State Treae- rr* , For member of JJoard of Public J? ka Hon. 0. A. Flickinger, of Defiance f .c ity, w&z nominated. J*. \ le Convention adjotjroe<l at 3:20 p. m. TIIE NOMINEES. ^ cga solid. Matorliil That SXnkos Successful {Cnmlldutns lti Kcpubllcau Ohio. ove seph Baneon Forakor, the nominee Ural Governor,! needa no introduction to people oi Ohio. Ho was born July 5, * , among the hilla of Highland pgunty. Cftl a a lot; cabin.tHia early life waa 8pent tio farm, and he bod few of the adr }... ages of the boy ot tO'day. 4-t the age u xtoen, on July 14,18G2, he enliated as Tfof ivate in Company A, Eighty-ninth tlor > Infantry, being the first, man mua- Chi ^in, and went at.once into "active ser- 188 , Hio braverv and devotion to doty of ? for him rapid promotion. January Nat 803, ho was mane second lieutenant, and on February 1,1863, first lieutenant, ^per ,vas afterward breveted captain for 0 tent services during the campaign in fere rgia.and South Carolina. Chi le war over, young Foraker returned and lefarm. Ho went to school a time at the m. Roes county. For two years he [( ied at the Delaware WesleyanUni- J ity, and then wejit to Qornell Univer- G graduating in the classical course leac 1,18d9, and its first class. He studied fcer with Judge Jamen Sldane, of Cihcinr woi , and in the fall of ISM whs admitted the le bar. His success in hie chosen pror the on was marked. He entered public Cle in April, lbb'J, wnen lie was elected eiec :o of tbe SuperiorConrt of Cincinnati, par ling tlio oflice lor thrao yeprs, when the eaigned. In 1883 he waa nominated Governor by the Republicans, and c e a grand campaign, but the vrhieky C I wave which parried Hoadly into 0[f 0 eogulfed Forakor end the entire Kb* , licau ticket in defeat. The Reputfli- * party took him up again in 1SS5, feel? c,*r confldont that he could defeat ftoadiy 0ve 1 second trial. He was triumphantly tod and his administration has been -I bat the people could desire. As chief Qq< :utiye ot Ohio Foraker has boon wise, *"0 est, dignified, au4 poursgeous on all the aions. " P.01 'illiam Cotter Lyon, the nominee for itenant Governor, was born of Irish ?Bj intaee in Homer, Medina county, 0., " ' 7, J.84J.. He worked on a farm until nor \r&s fourteen yea?b o/ age, ^yhen he ?ra. d out as an apprentice to le'aru thp imaker'a trade, at which bo' worked 1'the breaking out of the civii war. enlisted as a private in April of 1801 * eville, 0., and went into Camp Taylor hai iiuvemnu. nu Burvtu mruuiiu [uo W!tr f0( ib umojfa Twonty.-third 0. Y. L, comided by Greiierui ooaecrans, General i?'1 nmon, Preaidont Hayes and general f\? iloy, and waa muotered ont of smite fv; i the tank of captain in tho latter part (.prll, 1865, alter having boon confined ! ebsl uri*ORa at Libby, Macon, Obarlea- ?* , Columbia and 'Dharlotto for thirteen J ltba. I3e moved to Newark in 1 $iQ waa appointed postmaster in that city |S77, in which position he served for . , rlv nine veara. Ha wafl nnnnint/iH J Bleo ol the Soldiers' and Sallora' Or,na' Home by Governor ForaUor and ia Ts 7 a ^member ol that board. 1 He is edi- ins and c^e of the proprietors of the New- on Daily and \Veekly American. ag< Viiliam Tho'maa Spear* nominated for be Supreme Court; lonp term? waa bora fjfc V f Warren, Ohio, Jane 3,1833, the youngt of three children. lie served his Bp* Ai enticeship In tho ofllce of the Trumbull hia and Transcript, He read law under e direction of lion. Jacob D. Cox, after* . krda Goneral and Govornorof Ohio, and ded a coarse at the Harvard Law school tai his practical training at Warren. In Iqj 71 Mr. Bpoar waa elected Prosecuting m torney, serving turn terms, and for two , ms ho waa the city'a solicitor. In 1878 J:1, are was a vacancy on the Common Pleas ^ nch, and Mr. Spear waa elected to the J"! Jgeship, and In 1883 he waa re-elected, w Franklin J. Dickman, the Buprcmo BW nrt nominee for the ohort ^!! m waa horn at Petersburg, Va. tho age of sixteen he ontered the la lior claaa of Brown Unlverelty, at 81* avidence, R. L, and graduated when wt. hteen with the salutatory honors of his jnJ as. He began the practice of hia pro- |*3j Blon at Providence, and met with sue* b,rl is. He entered public life in 1857,when JlB' waa tho Datnocratic candidate for [Q1 torney General of Khode Island. In loc combor, 1858, he removed to Cleveland rj \ reanmed the practice of his profeaalon. yCt ) to the breaking out of tho war Judge p&i jkman had been a Democrat, but he fn[ ra joined the JJppublican party. In me 1 he waa chosen as a representative in Cot i Leelalaturo from Cuyahoga county. iiv< 1887 Mr. Dickman waB appointed by 0n )aident JohnaDn United States District cur :orney for the Northern District of Cu lo, and performed the duties of that tho ce with ability until 18G9, when he re- the aed. In April, 18S3, he was appointed the Governor Foster a member of the ntri 3rerao uouri Uommisaion. In Novem- exc , 1880, he was appointed by Governor Um raker to fill the vacancy on the out jreme Bench caused by the resignation |nti fudge Johnson. He entered onv the strt charge ol his duties November 12, and and now on the bench. He wrote the dov nion of the Court on the Bow iaw the 0 from Hamilton county, in which the 8ho e was sustained. tho 2. W. Poe, of Bowling Green, Wood inty, nominated for Auditor of 8tate,3 born in Hancock county, near Find- i , on November 11, 1840.. He worked the a farm and attended a country school v ;ilMay4, 1804, when ho entered the p 1 vice of his country^at the age of seven- J n. While traveling on the road in [jac 1 he waa elected County Auditor of bac lod county.. He was re-elected in 1883, oa* ir a very bitter struggle, by an in- the asod majority, leading General RDbin- T1}j , candidate for Secretary of State, by ral1 ty-seven votes. His prosent term as ditor will expire in November next. J-h* , Poe is a member of tho G. A. R., bons 'QJl /eterans, Masonic order, and Knights atc Pythias. ohn 0. Brown, the nomineo for asurer of State, waa born in Jefferson infl" nty, Ohio, in the year 1844, and ?XP rked on a farm until 1802, when, at the of eighteon, he enlisted in Company E, JJ"' onel Dan McOook's Fifty-second Regi- 11 11 nt, 0. Y. L, and served with that rein at, participating in all of its battles tin- -p A.ugnet, IStH, when at the battle of ich Tree Creek, near Atlanta, Ga., lie wni i hja leg. In the year 1803, at the age bnr wenty-thrae, Mr. Brown waa elected pa aaurer of Jefferson county. In 1S69 in? waa re-elected, and in 1870 waa again Btre rted, and re-olectod in 1877 to the ^ei le office by the Republicans of hia wa? nty. In 1885 he was elected Treasurer qoi he Stato by over 20 000 majority,and is effe r serving faithfully his first term. by I harles A. Flickineer, nominated for pm ;e Board of Public Works, waa born in coll mlBh, Bavaria, Germany, Auguet 28, tra i, and was the only eon of J. J. Flick- <jac *r, who came to the United Statea in iea\ I, and aettlod on a small farm in Rich- B0^ 1 township, Defiance county, O. At age of twelve he was unable to apeak j Eneliah language. With acarcely any hing and not a cent in money he ick out in the world for himaelf, going A he village of Defiance. The firat em- ^aa pment he had waa in a hotel at two dol- . a week, until the 1st of September. in he Btarted to school. During echool 10 worked for his board. In 1854 he en- WJ id hiB father's canal grocery store, and Btat beon"an active morchant ever since. Sjn? day he is connected with aeveral of the the :est manufacturing establishments in Th? iance. Early in life he became champion of tho abolition of Pflr rery, and waa one oi the first en8 ,ng Germans who eapouaed the ^er mblican cause,1 haa for many yeara the n assigned by?the 8tate Republican bur amitteo to apeak in different parts of Stato, and for hia active work, the Re- * ilican 8tate Convention in 1882 nomi- '' ad him ior Member for the State Board reto j-vi:- nr?v.- " ? * L uuitu irur&i). ria was aoioated witU fr0i! rest of the ticket, bat ran ahead of his et nearly 4,000 votes. In 1884 he was J|v' in nominated for the s^nje position and i elected, leading the head of the ticket J J r 6,000 votes,. He ia now aorving his b term and ia president oi the board. ^ p TIIE 1'HOniBlTIONISTS. ' aho 1 for a Sleeting of tlio Nutipnul Commit- ' tee?Gun. rink Not a Candidate. ipicApo, July 2?.?The National Prohi- ^ on party to-day issued the following: an ( > National Committee of the Prohibir hw i party are hereby called to meet in T??* cayo, 111., on the 10th of November, j 7, at" 10 o'clock a. m , for the purposa ixing a time and place for holding the . ;ional Nominating Convention of 1888, ^ i transacting anch other buginess as . tains to the National Committee. nthe l?th of ifoven^ber a general coninco of Prohibitionists will be held ig B cago for auggestiona and consultation, J~ . an invitation ia hereby extended to J J members of the party to be present. 5igned]_ J. A Jdtkins, Oor.8ec'y. ons a. Jb'ixcn, Chairman. .moral Clinton B. Flak, Prohibition c| ler, who is in tho city, said to a reporthis a'torijoon that ho was not and T lid not bo a Presidential candidate of tior Third party.' He io willing to fight in nea rsnksy but wants no office. Ha thinks j; velnnu'a H flitro vyinner at the neit jjor :tlon, but says that the Prohibition peri ty has no preference lor tho auccees ol , old parties. pej riillrtclior Knov'Lc.( Out at Clevolnml. )'e0 Ilkvblasd, July 28.?Tho long-talked- 6 ight between "Reday" Gallaghor, the il pugilist, find Charley Mitchell oc- pac red at tho Cleveland Gymnasium this to c ping. The light was oh its nierlfa, an4 j : witnessed by one hundred spectators. cre 'he light wan six rounds, iLJarquis of Cq, eensbury rules, 75 per cent of the gate ,jej, ney to the winner and 25 per cent to wjt loser. Gallagher stripped at ltlo <jec mds, Bnd Mitchell at 170. Four ounce , ve>> wro "nod and tho fight was a hot ) from tho'a'tiri." ??c. 'he referee declared Mitchell the win- ? * of tho light and his decision was gon- ' lly approved, as Gallaher was almost P,t' shed in the last round. ^ Four llutliurri Uruwnru.. J[ ,owel?>, Mips,, July . Katie Oalla; ?' i, Delia WelBh, Mattle Keating, Maggio )mey and Lucy Callahan went hftfchinrr s afternoon in tho Concord river at Coi rth Belle. The water was unusually ter ;h and strong. The current carried irn Beyond their ,-!opth. Beloro assist- Bx, ;e could be rendered the first lour med were drowned. Lucy Callahau 1'.^ ,ng alone saved, The girla ajes ranged wfl m 12 to 14 yeare. ^ A Cftso fur'O'udso Ljncl*. Skw Yobk, July 2S?A little seven year uS, I girl named Polly Giles, o( 517 West w(, rent7rfiighth street, this city, was crim- an illy osoaulted this morninj, b7 t^yo col- Jfc id boys named Post. Tho boyB were $I( od about flftoon years, Bnd have not yet in en arrested. Their victim han illnH iiif (he effects of thq agsault. I dQ A imiDOK GIVES WAY id Cnuaes Another KnUil Accident on the II. & O. lloitd. Pittsburgh, July 28.?At ?n early hoar U morning while engine No. 617, at:hed to a mixed freight train, was paael over the Mount 8avage bridge, a few lea west o! Cumberland, Md., on the ttaburgh Division of the Baltimore A ilo rallioad, the etiuctnre gave way, and b enrlne and several cars wore preclpl*d Into the stream, which had been ollen by a wator apont that had ocrred at the headwaters. Kngineer 1111am Dri-roll and fireman William yno wore instantly killed. Their bodies I still under the wreck. A brakeman, lose namo waa not learned, waa severely ured. The paasenger trains are all deed by the accident. The piera of the dge Imd been danmgod by tho Budden 9 In the stream, which caused the atruc o to give way under the weight of the omotive. ['ho Flttlburgh Chronicle Ttltgraph, of iterday, saya that at the office ol the comay in that city the authorities Bay their ormntion in rogard to tho accident 1b ager, but gave auch aa waa at their ainami. me ureman nod engineer ] 3 4 Oonnellsvillo. The Utter has been the road some yean. The accident ocrfll at Sit. Savage junction, where the mberland & Pennsylvania road meots Baltimore & Ohio, At this point i re ie a small stream. The bridge over stream is reached by a trestle. The iam was ewollen very quickly by an tellingly heavy rain, and some ol the lor timbsrs of the troetle vero washed leaving the rails and upper timbers ict. When the engine ran on the ' icturo it gave way under the weight t I the engine and three cars of coal wont t in. It haa never been supposed that , stream could rise so high In such a rt space of time. It is estimated that s damago may reach $5,000. I The Albton Disaster. !. . i.moN, Ind., July 28.?Tho accident on 8 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad near this ace is now believed to bo the reault of ain wrecker's work. The switch lock v I been smashed after the freight train kedin, and after the collision a email b timber was found near the switch with b print of the lock indented upon it. c s broken lock could not be found. The u iuuu company nas ouereu a large re* a, d for tho capture of the miscreant, t! j I033 to the railroad company will not a short of $1,000,000. Both engines aro 1< ital wreck, as were alBO the express and * gage cars and several freight cars. & ;ineer Devine, of the freight train, was K :antly killed; Engineer Cramer, of the a ress, lived four hours after the accl- ? it; Fireman Rnken, of the express, a 38e home is in Dayton, was seriously, D lot fatally injured. a v Negligence emitted It. y ittsburqxi, July, 28.?w. d. Jones, \ ) was killed yesterday on the Pitts- & gh & Western railroad, at Foxburg, | , was an agent for the Household Sew- a Machine Company, No. 42j Sixth n ot, this city. His family resides at ^ v Brighton. A man named Pollock ? i fatally injured at the Bame time. The q oner's jury renderod a verdict to the ^ ct that \V. D. Jones camo to his death ^ being crushed between two cars on the sburgh & Western railroad, due to a ieion between train No. IS and an exfreight; that the engineer and con- n tor were negligent of their duties in 8 'ing Foxburg without satisfying them- ^ es as to the whereabouts of the extra, ^ ?n their orders were to meet Baid extra y 'oxburg. ^ _ b Terrible Smatthup la Now Mexico. h lbdqukrque, N. M., July 28.?News J just been received of a terrible acci- ^ t on tho Atlantic & '.Pacific road. At ti o'clock Wednesday - evening, as the & t bound freight approached Francoia tl ion, near the Needles, the en- t< ) plunged at full speed into an arroys tl bridge over which had been burned, p i freight cars piled up on top of the t( ine, making a terrible wreck. Fireman n ks was instantly killed, J. T. Riley, V inoer, and George Gibson, brakeman, n e badly injured. To add to the terror b wrecked cars caught fire and were k ned. Loaa to tho company $90,000. n n Inveittlgatlug. the Seizures. e: JAsniNGTON, D. C., July 28.?The Sec- o ,rv of Rtftfcft linn rnnoiwnrl a a q Consul General Phelan at Halifax, j ng that he is investigating the recent h urea of American vessels in Canadian h erg, and thntghe has inatrncted the q< buI at Oharlottetown, Prince Edwards n nd, to tako measurements of the-sea q oints where seizures wore made bo as ]y 3BtabliBh the exact distance from the k re. ci An Amunlag Criminal. P eiington, ky., July 28,?D. D. Bell, sight year old colorod Ijoy, confesooB to e: ing set fire to a number of buildings mtly burned in this city. He eays ho W9 he cannot be punished for it by the _ on account of his age, and playB the ' jndiary for his own amusement. He is P custody, and the authorities being n ,id to turn him loose, are puzzled to * iw what to do with him. , ? 8 Ilnnluu Will ^.ccept Conditionally. il dffaxo, N. Y., July 39 ?Ed Hanlan ? ] he will accept John Teemer's chal [8 to row for the championship, if 11 mer agrees to Toronto Bay as the B{ ree and August IS and 14 as the dates. ?j 3NDEXSED FROM THE WIRES. h a he Massachusetts Republican Oonven- d: i will meet in Boston September 28 * ;t. B hree men were killed by lightning at ii tram, Texas. The flash came lrom a b fectly cloudless sfcy, li . covered wagou was run into by a $ lnoylvania Railroad near Ridgowood n terday and four persons were killed. 8 ixty 'longshoremen employed on J5 Rational Line docks, ^Tew York, ick yesterday because the comy had'employed lilty non-union meu f. lo night work. y) he Committee of Arrangements for tho d at celebration of the Oentonnial of the d lstitution, whiqh is to be held in phila- c phia in September, held a conference j h President Cloveland yesterday and t< ided upon a programme. ' n l wind Btorm with rain yesterday-after- e in dentroved a nart of ihn ornnrt oton/1 n oof pd aportion of the stables.blew down ces, ana prostrated telegraph and tele>nes wires at the'Latonla rack track, einnati, causing eight to ten thousand D lars damage. No person was injured. * iraurpent against tjip motion fqr a stay ? pfoceeding^ in tho' Jaife Sharp psse r ro continued by Assistant District Atn?y Hicoll yesterday. He was follow- J in behalf of 8harp by Congressman ? cbran, and Judge Potter took the mat- J under advisement. J ^ telegram has boon received at the t jcntive department, Harrisburg, Pa., r m the city marshall of Windsor, Mo., , ting that lie hail arrested a man who [ a belioved to be MeOatfe the escape^ ? jyne county murderer, who was under , itence of death..,A description of Mc* 1 bo has been forwarded. , E. H. Lewis, of Boston, one of tho ; althiest 'shoe dealers in the country, i d a Mrs. Oavelon. liavo sued the Boatnn * cord, Herald, Journal and Qlobc each for j ),0o0 lor the pablicatiun ot a dtapatch ] which it qtated that Lewia and Mrs. 3 ,velon had murdered L'ewia' daughter 1 ring a visit in Florida last ^iqter, 1 VAN BAKER CALLS ON GOD TO WITNESi That ho Is Iunoeent or tlio Crlm of Murder. lie Stunds a Rigid Cross-Examl nation Without Deviating (rout his Origl mil Version. tu Denials and Explanations ol' Hit Testimony. Ho is Confused Slightly onco, hut only Oneo. ' V lVliceling Microscopist to l'cs til'y To-iluy. Yesterday morning when court opened it New Cumberland the direct examinaion o( Van Baker, the accuaod, was con' inued. The witneea told what wearing .pparel ho had in the McWha houae and aid he had disposed of no clothes since. Vhen he left home that Monday his wife lad on the green dress and the same shoes he wore when washing. The shoes exilbited in court were her Sunday Bhoea. ilrs. McWha was also entirely dressed rhen he left. The following teatimony was then given iy Baker to break down what waa put in y various witnesses for the State: I iever knew J. J. Gruber until his visit to le in jail;-ho came to see about making tombstone. I have adiatinct recollecion of whatlBaid; talked principally to Ir. Scott and said nothing about getting Jttersof administration for my wife; it jas entirely false about my saying Mrs. IcWha Bhut the door on Mrs. Bwearinen; neither was there lanything said boutthose two women. Mrs. Brown and Irs. Swearinnen; didn't Know anything bout them being there until the next aorning when Mrs. Sweuringen spoke bout it; said that Mrs. McWha had proided for a tombstone; am iairly intimate ?ith Daniel McGloud. I was arreBted Vednesdav. Mav 11: novor n?td 3 McOloud about getting lynched; never aid anythiDg about lynching to anybody, told the sheriff I waa ready lor arrest nd have this bubble punctured; said othing to McOloud about the $00 said to avo been in the house; did speak of a old watch having bsen overlooked; we rat thought they had taken it bnt aiterards it was found in a little box in the ureau. PRONOUNCED FALSE. The statement that I said my wife and lyself were in the front room when Mrs. wearingen came to the front door is utjrly false. I never said I got off the train iat day at Collier's; in that talk with IcCloud I didn't say Mrs. 8wearingen's oy had goggles on. McOloud asked if I adn't examined the bodies; never told ny one about pumping a tub of water, ut might have said something about two uckets of water; have no recollection of ilbing in jail about the friendliness of Irs. Bakor; did say aomothing about iree tramps coming to Clifton and going ) the brick yard at New Cumberland and lat the description of two of them corresonded with that of two of tho men ) whom the house was rented; said othing about Albert Lee being at Mc7h'a's or being guilty of the murder, or waa anything Baid about tho onds; ho asked me, though, if I new of a box with a falsa bottom and I jplied that I had never seen it; never lade use of the expression to Dan Swearugen as McOloud testified; the way that ccurred was: Swearengen came into jail d I offered to shake handB with him; wo," ne Baia, "1 can't shake, yon marered ray aunt and conoin; and if my wife ad got in the house that day she might ave been killed, too." I told him in an* wer I was Borry he had anything in for le, but some day he would be sorry and pologize for what he said; did not say to IcCloud that the shoea under the bod illed my theory that the murder was ammUted at night.- Oliver Lee's statelent that I was rubbing my pants in jail i false; it was utterly impossible for him ) see into the jail, as the Sheriff had covred the window completely. 1IAD NO COUPON. Duck Johnson's story about me going Pest and trying to raise money on a couon is falee from beginning to end. I was ot in Steubenvillo that Sunday; went eat Wednesday, October 0. Here Baker gave an account of his pery movement from the Sunday preaedig his departure until his leaving on the anhandle train No. 1, on October 6. Regarding Mrs. Weaver talking with le about my wifu's property, I might have lid something about her will; no referace was mado to my wife grieving over le death of the baby and being in bad ealth. I spoko of our intention of going way on a visit; don't remember istinctly what was v qaid about the ill; knew nothiniz about this will nntil ly wife wrote to me once sayig she ought to make her will, she ever hated to do anything so bad in her fo | ahe spoke of bequests, among others Wiiio bo distributed by a missionary amed (ilenn; wrote her that instead "of iving the money to Glenn Bhe ought to ive it to tlie Holliday's Cove Presbyterian hurch; sho next wrote that the will was lade and in tho samo letter said the rdperty was distributed as follows: $500 j Holliday's ,Cove church an long as it amained a church, and should it become isorganised the money to go to tlm inigent studonts at tho Western l'heologial Seminary; $ol)0 to Iser mother; $200 to llita JaneSwearengen, a nimceake; $200 J KobBrt Lee, her nephew, and $1,000 to lyself; her mother was named aa ex UUVWauuu nna vu u?YO LUU USU 01 1116 ioney free for one year. NEYER SAW THE WILL. neyer saw thja will ant} never heard ay wife talk of it but one day when we 7ere in Steubenville settling funeral exlenses of Georgia Boals; Mrs, McWha ben eaid she would haye to change hor Fill* and my wife said hera wao now no ood j never put the will in kitchen stove nd aaw it burn. Regarding the talk with Dvan Eindman about his son teaching tear Gross Creek and my hanging around , year for $15,000, there was a little somohing passed; did say I could make more noney in the West; he said, "Now, as rour mother-in?law is . old a^d Jikely (o lie boob, you had better stay around here ind lqok alter ttiem;"- answered that night do; supposed some time my ivixe would inherit $5,Q00 or $0,Q0Q; layer knew tjiat Mra. McWha was worth, more than $0,000 or $8,000 at most; ihe neyer owned all those bonds; the iiaiementoi Mrs. awearingon mat daring \ two days' visit by her to the McWlia apuso Mm. Mc Wba anil I did not tpoak it not true; wo were never on bad terms but got along well together; wben I went foi [ho mail if anything would come lor Ells ? t Wlsnor I would tr.ke It to her; boloro m return from the WdbV oho nnd my wll alternated going to the postofllce anu who Ella not anything for Mra. Baker alio wuul put a rag on n bnah to notify her; have n recollection of any special lotter on thi Monday; didn't get any letter for her the y day and aa I testified yesterday told ho about her fellow going back on her. Til U 1IIULE AND CANDLE, q Regarding W. McD. Miller's testimon as to the axe, Bakor said Miller asked I the axe was kept In the kitchen nnd h replied, "no, In the out-house." Oontlnu . Ing. Baker said Mrs. McWba sometime took a nap In the afternoon; when noth Ing was going on In tho sitting room ah would lie down on the foot of the bed jus as I saw her on the bed that Monday when no ono was in to interrupt her ah " would go to tho parlor|and lie on tho sofa Mrs. Baker looked alter tho chickens a big coop was left open and tho chick ens would go in, then oho would do* the door; the little chickeno wore In a sep ) arato coop and came out at will; 01 Tuesday morning I let the*blg onoa ou myself; after fc'nuire Lee fastened thi l.nH.1, T ?!.l .? n . J ?vw?;, A omu (V ?UUUltt? tTH'Uilor, ono 0, the guards, I would let the chickenB out; t he said go ahead And I did bo ; usuallj locked the kitchen door myself; can't any whether fastened or not this Tuesday, but saw the koy in usual place whon fcfqaire Lee asked for the other key that morning; , noticed stand with candlestick and candle half burned out on it; also Testament on the table; was the women's .habit to read boveralchapters every night; this was always done in the sitting room and was obI pecially so since thb baby (Tied; would read consecutively and had got to Rave* ' lation; when ruading had the lamp on > the staled, and when done the lamp would ; be taken to our roomi and Mrs. McWha | would light a candle for herself. tiie "bloody" collak. | Baker declared that he never tried to get away, and that when Constable Camp* 1 bell came up to him and informed him ' that he was under arrest he held out his hands for him to put the handcuffs on. He further declarod that he did not make use of the expression: "My God 1 you are not going to arrest me for that crime." lie said that he did not know anything about the collar with the blood spots on referred to, but that sometimes ho wore a celluloid collar. Mr. Moore here moved to strike oat the testimony about the collar,'on the groand that the titate had not proved tho ownership of the collar; Mr. Hutchinson objected and the Court sustained him. Court then adjourned for diuner. In the afternoon Baker resumed the stand. He Baid: I never told Caldwell my wife and her mother wero damued misers, except in this way: Mr. Caldwell was drunk, and I agreed with his whims. He said they were damned misers, and I only agreed with him because I did not want to fight with him. I never told Mr. Weaver that my wife and her mother were darned misers. I did not tell DaviB and two companions who rented the stable not to come to the house, in order to keep them away from the McWha house that afternoon. I told Mr. Brown, of the Independent, that hia account of tho murder was the fullest' and the moGt correct one of all the papers. Mr. Knox -was mistaken in Casparia's meeting us in the forenoon; it was in the afternoon he came along. I was examined twice b&foro.the Coroner's jury, on Tuesday about 4 o'clock and on Wednesday evening late. A FLAT DENIAL* Baker closed his testimony in chief by the solemn declaration, "I did not kill my wife and mother-in-law-on the 9th of May, 1887, God being my witness." Mr. McSweeney then began the crossexamination. In answer to hia questions Baker said he was born Novomber 4, 1840. ''Suppose you had killed your wife and her inothor," eaid Mr. McSweenov. "would you come hero aud confcsa that you did?" "That -would depend upon circumstances." "Do you know what would be the consequences of your conviction ?" "I do." "You know, also, that there ia an indictment against you for killing your wife, Mrs. Baker." "Yea." "Have you considered what would be | the effect upon your trial on that indict-1 ment of an acquittal on this trial ?". "I have not, to any yreat extent." "Have you received an academic educa-1 tion?" "I have." When the Attorney for the State asked I the prisoner whether he would tell the, troth if he had. killed the women, he momentarily lost Lie self control and exhibited more confusion than at any! other point in his testimony, but in a minute he regained his Belf control and resumed bis calm exterior,and commenced his response by saying if ho had killed them in self-defense he would not criminate himself by a confession, but that when he said he had not killed th?m was true, and in response to tbo retort oi the attorney, "Yee, as true as any part'of my testimony.""Did you, at the Commercial House, 112 North Third Btreut, Steubenviile, 0., ever engage in a game of poker playing?" Defence objected; overruled. "1 said that was all a lie from end to end?hie testimony was a Jio Uoai end to end. I remember one name he gave? Herald; I know him; I don't know any house by the name of the Commercial. I have no recollection of playing poker in a hotel in Steubenviile last fall; can't eay I did not, but have no recollection of it. I waa in that house (Herald'o houBe), last fall a year. I never asked Johnson to advance $20 on a $25 coupon last October. I started west for Steubenviile on the morning of the 7th of October laat at one o'clock; stayed all the night at my eon'd house until I started on the cars. About 9 o'clock Monday the three men came first, who wauted the stable if tbey got work. They came back about 12 o'clock and closed the bargain about half past 12 or 1 o'clock. Mrts. McWha, my and 1 all took part in the bargaining. three 8u8pici0ub men*. About two o'clock three man came to rent a three cornered lot for a boarding house; one had^ India ink on his left wrist. One was a large man, eay 170 pounds, aged 28 to 30 years, might bo more; he did the talking, He had a sandy complexion, aandy mustache, was six feet tall, or nearly bo; mustache cut square across, his beard two weekB old; lairly dressed, cutaway coat, dark color, a respectable looking man. Another had the India ink; heavy set, S feet and 8 or 9 inches height; his mouth stuck out; sallow complexion; dark Back coat, weighed 150 ponndB or more, and was 25 to 30 vearn nl boo. TWio ?? I Bueea work; he did not talk any. The third man waa near the weight and height of the laat one; had a cap; spoke with a German accent; the first man waa American born but had an Irish brogue. The India ink man did not talk any. I told them tho stable was already rented. I waa in the back hall door looking out when they ccmo. They said they did not paro about the Btable; said Caaparis had sent them there. They wanted a place to DUt a botmlinp hnunn. nnri pmnMo.1 mora rent for it than it was worth. Tho three men, myself, my wile and Mra. McWha, ctarted out to seo tho ground. Mrs. MoWha aoon started baok. aire. McWba B"\, ?"}'?? ??D do as you pleaae and I'Jlbe satisfied. It was an honr Irom the time we'left tho honae until wo liot back, i 18?id> I in n hurry, and I must c0 i take tho train for SteDhaaville" Th?y "greed to Rive tho flu rent nor 1 [CtoUmwti on Fourth'Pant.} jr A 8CENK IN T1IK COMMONH. lo ? Ouo Honorable M#uiberThr?nl?n? tu Jlrrak j ' Another Houornble Member's Neck, 0 London, July 27.?To-night dnrlnjt a it discussion on the Irish Land bill In the >' Houoo ot Commons, a pasaage at arms ocr (Sirred between Timothy Htaly and tho chairman, the former complaining ol Conservative Interruptions, The Incident 1 wu ended by Mr, Healy apologialng. The excitement continuing, tho chairman 6 reproved Mr. DeLisle [Conservative] as disorderly and refusing to allow nini a to mako an explanation, suspended , the sitting in committee, and summoned e tho Speaker to the chair. The Chairman t then reported that during the last dl-^ ; vision following the Healy incident, Mr. a DeLisle came to him and remonstrated i. (or not being allowed to explain, where; upon Mr. llealy approached and said, - "Uomo out, DeLisle, If you are a man. It a you Interrnpt me again I will break your - uuck. i Tho speaker demanding an explanation, t Mr. Healy said he felt no regret for th? 5 course he had taken, and ho wan willing f (o abide tho consequences. The 8poakor ; named Mr. Healy, and Mr. Smith moved ? that he be suspended. Mr. Uealy immediately took his hat, and standing in tho ; centre of the House before retiring, said: i "I beg that noneof my friends vote against ; his motion." The motion to suspend i him was carriod without a division. important lnuil ullt ameiiilmont llt*jectcu. London, July 28.?On resumption of the debato on the land bill in the House of Commons this evening, Mr. 8mith, thu Government leader, appealed to th? House to expedite the passage of the bill, which ho said would prevent harsh evictions. He would not use any threat, but ho would remind tho House that unless tho bill went through the committeo stage early next week, it would be dilli* celt to pass the measure at all. Mr. O'Kelley [Nationalist] moved to givo the tenants six monthB lor redemption after receiving a written notice of eviction. The amendment was rojected by 104 to 142. 8uhjkctki) to indignities. how ilom p. a. flnlllna t?' i llrltlali customs oillewrh. ' Belkabt, July 28.?A. Bensatiou was created here today in consequence of tho publication in several newspapers of reports that Hon. P. A. CollinB, of Boston, Mass., and hie entire party had been ar- H rested by tho Government on his arrival from Glasgow. There was, however, no truth in the reports as published, and but slight grounds for their insertion. The facts are that when Mr. Collins and his party reached Belfast they were detained in the custom house with much formality and their baggage subjected to a rigid examination. Every parcel of it waa unpacked and minutely examined. Even the smallest hand-bag carried was opened and upset. When the trunks were emptied, the bottoms and sides wero all sounded for the purpose of ascertaining whothertbey contained secret chambers for smuggling gooda or dynamite. What made all thia the more exasperating to tho,, travelers wa3 the fact that the work wria performed by detectives and not by Ooctoms-houao officers. Mr. Collins waa manifestly astounded and irritated at the treatment to which he was subjected. lurernatiouui arbitration. London, July 28.?More than 130 mem ? bora of Parliament, including eight exMinistere, have signed a memorial addressed to'President Glevoland and the United States Congreaa in favor of the settlement of international disputes by arbitration. r caulk flashes. Tamar Shah, tho leader of tho Herat inaurgenta has been executed. The Qaeen has refused to accept the realisation of Lord Charles Beresford ao Junior Lord of Admiralty. A fire in tho town of Liedekerke, in Babant, Belgium, yesterday, destroyed thirty-three houses, depriving 200 persona of their homeB. The fire in tho Naphtha Springs atore honooa at Bachnacht, Russia, has been ex tinguished aftor burning for Beveral days. One million pounds el naphtha wero burned. The Courier du. Soir reporis thaiGenoral Boulanger requested oflicial permission to challenge M. iTerry to fight a duel on account of the ex-Premier's recent Bpeecli at Eapinal. Dr. Oro30, a wealthy retirod army surgeon and a well-known member of society in Ireland, haa been arrested in Cork on the charge of havingfiraurdered his wife by gradual poisoning. The fife's remains were exhumed five'weeks after the intermont, and upon analysis traces of poison were found. The doctor married his family governees a fortnight after hia wife's death. The strikers at Limerick attonded by a mob numbering thousands, hooted and stoned the imported Waterford laborers [while the latter were unloading a veaeel to-day. Much damage was done to shipping and dock-yard sheds. Tho police charged on the mob with drawn batons, and in tho lively fi^ht tlut followed many akulls wore broken. It is feared that thero will be more Beriona trouble. ' Disastrous Flood* lu tho Lehigh Hogiou. Reading,Pa., July 28.?-Owing to the recent storms swolling the email streams the Little Lehigh river this morning overflowed its banks, and water dashed into a' large number of iron ore mines in Long Swamp township, this county. Some of the shafts are 150 feet deep. They aro all fillod up and fifteen acros of ground covered with mines is under water, presenting the appearance of a good s:zad lake. All the machinery and buildiona are submerged and two hundred men are out of employment in consequencs. They cannot resume work for months. Mauy of them mado narrow escapes as the water rushed into the mines very rapidly. The loss to owners is heavy. K.ot L. Minora. OoLUSiiwa, 0., Julf 28.?The National District Executive Board, of the National District Assombly 135, Knighta of Labor has issued- the circular to miners and mine laborers owing to the determination in many parta of Ohio and,Pennsylvania to striko unless the emnlovora rmv wages semi-monthly, bogtnniug Auguat 1. Tho circnlar saya that a strike will not be commenced, but if employers refuse to : pay in accordance with tho new enact. ments a cose will be selected in each Statu ! and the soundness o? the law tooted. Throe More Victim* of OarolenHiiens. 8t. Louis, July 27.?A dispatch from Knob Lick, Mo., says: A colliaion occurred hero about 4 o'clock this morning % between two freight trains, causing tho doath of three mon. Engineer Euatiu, fireman Widdy and a brakeman whoso name could not be learned, were the victims. A mistake in tho orclora eiYon wan the cause of. the accident A Moonahlja?r Kills lit. Wiro. Cuattanooqa, Tbnn., July 28.?John Pick^ a moonshiner, ahot and killed his vrfe last night on Waldon'a ridge, fiftofn miles from Chattanooga, bccauao oho re, fused to accompany him to his still. Too murderer escaped. Officers are scouring the country for bim,