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Terms:-$2.00 per year in advance.
ONE hundred and twenty-five suits
are pending against the electric car
company ol Boston, asking for $132,-
000 damages by accidents.
A COMPANY to place advertisements
on the ceilings of barber shops for
the perusal of men getting shaved
has been formed in New York.
WILLIAM BEININGHAM, ofFairton,
Cumberland county, N. J., recently
celebrated his 87th birthday anniver-
sary by sawing two cords of wood.
WHILE drilling for water at San
Antonio, Tex., oil of a very superior
quality and a seemingly healthy
flow was struck at a depth of 535
feet.
ONE of Horace Greeley's nephews
is a barber in a little town in Warren
county, Pa, In personal appearance
he is not unlike his distinguished
uncle.
A MACON, Ga., man has a frying
size chicken with not a feather except
ing a few on his wings. The chicken
has been featherless ever since it was
hatched and enjoys perfect health
ANTRIM WORRILLOW of Delaware
county, Pennsylvania has been
awarded $925 damages for injuries
received on the public road. He was
watching a couple of bulls fighting
when an overhanging limb caught
his head and tore his hair out by the
roots.
JOSEPH VAN NOSTRAND, aged 10
years, of Hoboken, N. J., carried a
parcel for a man on board the steam
ship Werra several days ago. The
vessel left the wharf before he as
aware of it and he has been carried
across the ocean. A cable message
has been sent to have him returned.
A PASS issued to a bridal party
over the Jacksonville, St. Augustine
and Halifax Kailroad, gotten up es
pecially for the occasion, read as
follows "What fools these mortals
be," then the words, "Pass Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Waite from St. Augustine
to perpetual bliss. Not good after
divorce."
WHILE a little girl named Smith was
pumping water from a well at Shells
burg, Io., the platform gave way
and she fell to tha bottom, a distance
of 20 feet. Rev. Mr. Melshon witness
ed the accident and descended into
the well, and succeeded in rescuing
the child. Beyond a few slight bruises
she escaped injury.
MAJ. POLLOCK, chief clerk in the
second assistant postmaster-gene
ral's office, has prepared a statement
showing that during the last fiscal
year there was an increase of 801 in
the number of star service routes,
an increase of one in the steamboat
service, of six in the wagon service,
of ninety in the railroad service, and
406 in the mail messenger service.
I is estimated that over 20,000-
000 cigars are manufactured every
day in the United States alone, and
this enormous number requires in
the neighiorhoo of 420,000 boxes
for their keeping. As a result there
are 200 factories in the country turn
ing these boxes out. The wood of
which these boxes are made comes
from Mexico, Central America and
the West Indies.
Two girls of the same age and
nearly the same name were placed
in a French institution for the care
oT friendless children ten years ago.
Some time ago one of them was taken
out by her supposed mother, given
a handsome dowry and married.
The other girl now comes forward
with offers of proof that she is the
real daughter, and she claims the
dowry, if mot the husband, of her
substitute.
THE young lady of Attica, N. Y.,
*who has for three years been promin
ent as a "sleeping beauty," owing to
the fact that she has been subject to
prolonged spells of somnolence, is
BOW so thoroughly awake that she
is beginning to experienee long peri
ods of insomnia. She remains awake
forty-eight hours at a time, with
breaks of four hours of sleep. Thp
young man who remained true to
her during her years of prolonged
^appins:, will now find that he has a
igirl who can double discojunfc him in
flitting up for courting.
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THE NEWS DIGEST,
fatae'sling News of the Week
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THE NATION'S CAPITAL.
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Representative Belknap has reported fa
vorably irom the committee on invalid pen
sions the bill granting a pension of $12 a
month to all women who served as army
nurses, in the late war for a period of B\X
monthB or more, and who rendered services
to the sick on the battle field.
PEOPLE O NOTE.
It is said that the Vanderbilts have secur
ed control of the Chicago stock yards, and
that Chauncey M. Depew will be the president
of the company.
MisB Winnie Davis, who has just returned
from her European trip, has gone to Beau
voir, Miss where her marriage with AI red
Wilkinson of Syracuse, N. Y., will probably
occur in September.
MINOR ACCIDENTS.
Warnie Hallock, twenty years old, of Ann
Arbor, Mich., was drowned near Holly, Mich.,
by the upsetting of a sailboat on Rush lake.
A terrible wind storm struck Winthrop,
Me. dointr much damage to property. Two
people were fatally injured.
Mrs. Mary Murray,living near White Heath,
111., swallowed some beans, which lodged in
her throat and choked her to death almost
instantly.
At rerrysburg, Mich., fire destroyed 1,-
000,000 ee of lumber and 10,000 cords of
slabs, the property of the Grand Haven
Lumber company.
Mrs. Thomas Beahan and Mrs. Henry Van
Duzen, iniured in the railroad accident near
Oswego. N. T., by which three women were
instantly killed, died about four hours alter
the accident.
A fatal explosion occurred in La Esperan
za silver mine, Pachusa, state of Hidalgo,
Mex in which nine men wore seriously in
jured and two killed. Of thoje injured sever
al have since died.
Three houses occupied by the demi-monde
were burned to the ground at Spokane Falls.
The loss on buildings was merely nominal,
but the inmates claim to have lost diamonds
and other jewelry valued at $30,000 or S40.-
000.
The most serious wreck that the Illinois
Central has experienced for several years oc
curred at Manteno, 111. A special excursion
train of fourteen cars, carrying about six
hundred members of Knights of Pythias and
ladies to the biennial grand lodge at Milwau
kee, was derailed at the switch while entering
the city at a speed of thirty-five miles an
hour. The accident was caused by a loose
switch bolt being shaken out of place by
passage of the train. One person was killed
and many injured.
WAYS OF THE WICKED.
A number of Armenian peasants at Alak
iles, who (ailed to pay their taxes, were burn
ed alive by Turkish Zaptiebs.
Dr. John Monroe ol Day's Gap, Ala, killed
his four children and thn committed suicide.
It is thought Monroe was insane on the bub
ject religion.
G. S. Pelham, manager for B. Shoninger,
music dealer, has been arrested at Waterbu
ry, Conn., charged with the embezzlement of
$2,500.
A fight occurred between drunken negroes
and detectives near Chaileston, W. V.
Nine negroeB were hurt and two detectives
terribly beaten. A race war is feared.
The coi oner's jury at Dunbar, Pa., believe
that Robert Lang, superintendent, is crimin
ally responsible in causing the deaths of the
miners.
The appellate court at Chicago has hand
ed down decision in the famous Carter di
vorce case. The decision of the lower court
is affirmed. Mrs. Carter is defeated, and
Leslie Carter retains possession of the child.
Mrs. Catharine McMahon, who was shot
by some unknown person while on her door
step on the evening of the 4th, in Philadel
phia, died two days later The police think
they have a clue which may lead to the dis
covery of the person who fired the shot.
B. G. Collins has been arrested charged with
being accessory to the murder of his wie at
their home in Plainville, Ga* Mrs. Collins was
shot dead by a negro farm hand, and it is
now believed that Collins hired the negro to
commit the deed
At Jersey City, N. Thomas Fallon, Ja
cob Moschell, Thomas Dnrancy and James
Haii, the members theeleetion board, who
were convicted ol conspiracy, have been sen
tenced to eighteen months each in state pris
on.
W. B. Riley, telegraph operator at Fol
some, N. Mex., was probably fatally shot by
Charles Ellis, a drunken cowboy. Riley was
but eighteen years old and an inoffensive
youth, and should he die Ellief will be
lynched.
At Rockford, HI., Chfef of Poli Albert W.
Webb shot himself through the head with
suicidal intent, inflicting wounds from the
effects of which he will die. He had forged
the name ot a iriend to two notes amounting
to $375.
An old, smooth-faced man about fifty
years old, who registed at the Metropolitan
hotel, New York, as B. Smith, Washington,
was found dead in his room at the hotel. It
is supposed that he committed suicide, as he
had disposed everything that would lead
to his identification.
Sheriff Smith has started out with a war
rant for the arrest of one August Kuhn for
the rape o1
a neighbor's 14-yar-old daugh
ter. Kuhn was a single man 28 or 30 years
old, living on his homestead claim alone, in
the town ol Holmeaville, where he was found
and arrested On pretense of washing and
changing his clothes he was allowed to go
into his bedroom, where he extinguished the
hgtit and escaped1rom the window. In the
morning he was found about a quarter of a
mile from the house, hanging to a tree which
he bad climbed for the purpose. Coroner
Hanson went out, and finding the facts as
reported, ordered his burial in the potters
field of Oak Grove cemetery, Detroit.
FROM FOREIGN SHORES.
China, intends to borrow 30,000,000 taels
of American silver for strategic railways in
Manchuria.
The new Spanish cabinet is composed of ex
treme protectionists. It will pursue an act
ive colonial policy, but will remain neutral in
European matters.
The new war minister of Spain, who has
visited Valencia, declares that the cholera
epidemic is more serious than is generally
known. J
The prospects for the harvest throughout
the whole of Russia are good. In the Baltic
provinces the prosqects are exceptionally
good.
The bill providing for Abe cession of Heligo
land to Germany passed the second reading
in the British house lords after an expla
nation by Lord Salisbury.
The Czar has remitted the stamp dntieB
amounting to $10,000, on the lease of the
new French embassy as St. Petersburg. This
is looked upon as a unique mark ofhis friend
ship toward France.
Mr. Parke, the editor of the North London
Press, who January 16 was convicted of* li
beling the earl or Euston, in connection with
the West End scandal, has been released from
confinement on account of ill health.
The federal council of Switzerland has been
petitioned to expel all Mormons from the
country. The petitions are very largely
signed by the poorer classsee, who openly
threaten violence to the Mormons if the gov
ernment does not drive them out.
HERE AND THERE.jg$Jj
The financial panic in Montevideo it ub
siding, but is increasing in the Argentine Re
public, where gold is at a premium ofU320
per cent.
A Connecticut judge has decided that the
barrels or cases are the original packages
and fined a dealer for selling by the bottle.
The case was appealed.
At St. Johns, N, B., there have been 2,671
cases of diptheria and 503 deaths since the
outbreak
the epidemic. The disease is
now under control.
A number of petitions from a half-dozen or
more states were represented in the senate
praving for an acknowledgment of Almighty
God and the Christian religion in the con
stitution of the United States. *"w
All the $50,000,000 of the American Gas
Investment company, one-half of which was
to have been placed in England and the re
mainder in this country, will now be disposed
of in the United States.
The United States company haB filed ar
ticles of incorporation at Trenton, N J. The
capital stock is $325,000. The company
has absorbed all the business in low-priced
publications which has been carried on hith
erto by twenty-one concerns.
A peculiar phenomenon occurred at Pierre,
S. D.,and one which seems almost miraculous.
About 7:30 p. m. clouds began to gather,
and in ten minutes the rain commenced to
pour down, accompained by a strong wind.
Just about the time the rain ceased, small
snakes, from twelye to sixteen inches long,
fell to the ground in various places. These
were coiled or snarled up in a peculiar fash
ion, and when they struck the ground seem
ed to be somewhat stunned. Several parties
killed some ofthe snakes and exhibited them.
At first the fa^ that the snakes rained down
was laughed at, but subsequently the evi
dence became so convincing that it is now
universally known to be true. The snakes
have a peculiar bluish color, and seem to
have a peculiar light ubout their heads,
looking like a halo when in the dark.
THE MARKETS.
The Latest Quotations from West
Markets.
CHICAGO.
WHSATNo. 2 spring, 92 to 92%e No. 3
Spring, 78 to 85 No. 2 red, 93 to 92Hc.
COBNNo. 2, 33%c.
OATBNo. 2. 26%c.
RYENo 2, 53c.
BARLEYNO. 2, nominal
FLAX SEEDNo. 1, $1.45
EGGS12 to 12%c.
ST. PAUL.
WHEATNo. 1, hard, 90 to 91c No. 1.
Northern 89 to 90c No. 2, Northern, 86 to
87c.
LORNNO. 3, 31c.
OATSNo. 2 mixed. 27c No. white, 28%
to 29V2c No 3 white, 28 to 29*
BARLEYNo. 2, 50 to 55c Po. 8, 40 to
45c.
RYE -No. 2, 37c.
GROUND FEEDNO. 1, $13.25 to 13.50.
BRANBulk, $9.50 to 10.
BALED HAYNO. 1, upland prairie, S9 No.
1, $8 timothy, $9.
BUTTERCreamery, first 14 to 15c, dairy,
first, 10 to 12c
i
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MINNEAPOLIS.
WHEATNo. 1, hard, 89c No. 1, North
em, 88Vac No. 2, Northern, 86V&C
FLOURPatents, Backs to local dealers,
$5.15 to 5.35 baker's here, $3.85 to 4 rel
dog sacks, $1.20 to 1.30.
CORNGood yellow 32Mic.
OATSGood white, 27%c, fair mixed, 26c
BARLEY30 to 35c
FLAX$1.39 to 1.40.
FEED$13 to 18.50.
BUTTERFair to fancy creamery, 9 to 14c
dair.es, 7 to 14c
MILWAUKEE.
WHEATNo. 2 Spring, 88% to 89c No. 1,
Northern, 95c.
CORNNo. 3, 33c
OATSNo. 2, white, 28%C
RYE43%c. BARLEYNo. 2, 47%c
EGGSFresh, lie
NATIONAL EDUCATION.
A Tremendous Gathering of the
Teachers of the United States at
St. Paul.
The National Council of Education began
its four day's session in the chamber of com
merce rooms at St. Paul. President Sehm
H. Peabody of Champaign, 111, in the chair,
and State Superintendent Kiehle of Minne
sota acting as secretary. The session open
ed with praver by Prof. J. L. Pickard of
Iowa, and Chairman Merrill, of the St. Paul
executive committee, extended a hearty wel
come to the members o'the council. Presi
dent Peabody addressing the council said
that Providence had smiled upon them dur
ing the last year and that but one of their
number had passed away. He had recentlv
been in Europe and he believed that he came
back a more earnest, a more intense Ameri
can. The young people of this country did
not appreciate the privileges that were theirs
because they were born and trained in this
land. He had seen the lands over which
waved the meteor flag of England, the tricol
or ot France and other emblems ofmoire an
tique which are associated with the horrors
of war and conquest and he had joy in com
ing back to his land and rememeiing that it
represents all the glories that pertain to
American liberty and civilization. President
Peabody's patriotic remarks were received
with hearty applause.
From fiteen to twenty thousand teachers
will be present during the session, and num
berless topics will be discussed by the ablest
educators the country.
Didn' Delay
The case with which foreigners
coming to this country mix with our
population and don the manners of
the natives in hustling for a liveli
hood was forcibly illustrated on the
arrival of the English steamer Pari
sian at Portland. Among uhe Pari
sian's passengers was an Italian scis
sors grinder, who stood near the
gangway with his machine on his
back, and who was one of the first
to set foot on the wharf. It he had
any "first impressions" of America,
he did not make note of them as did
Max O'Rell and other distinguished
foreigners. He had no baggage to
16ok after, other than hi* apparatus
for putting an edge on thmg.s and
being free from care he was naturally
lighthearted and gay. He didn't
bother his head about looking up a
boprding house, but at once oiled up
his machine, placed his tools in read
iness for- use, and within thirty min
utes a ter getting on shore he was
seen going up India street ringing
his bell for business. Welcome, wel
come, blithe grinder, to the ranks of
our useful citizen!Lewiston Journal*
Oyer a Hundred People
Drowned by the Capsiz
in of a Bp &
Terrible Wind Storm, Strikes
^JLake Geryais Killing Six
^i ai)4 Wounding Eleven.
LAKE CITY, Special Telegram.
What will probably prove to be the most
disastrous cyclone that has ever struck this
community passed over this city at 9 o'clock
to-night, inflicting the loss of life of per
haps 100 or 200 people and damaging prop
erty to an extent that at this writing cannot
be estimated. Your correspondent was vis
iting friends in Lake City and was sitting
in the yard, when what appeared to be an
ordinary electric storm was noticed coming
up from the west. In half an hour the
whole heavens were converted into
a complete canopy of lightning,
which was watched with interest
by the brave citizens of the little village,
and with fear by the timid women and
children. A little before dark
A TERRIFIC WIND
struck the community, and your reporter
sought the shelter of the house just in time
to escape being caught under a huge tree
that came crashing down against the house.
People began to gather on the streets and
in a few moments the news was scattered
abroad that an excursion boat with over
200 people on it
WAS CAPSIZED
in the middle of Lake Pepin. The boat
proved to be the steamer Sea Wing, which
came down the lake from Diamond Bluff,
a small place about seventeen miles north
of here, on an excursion to the encamp
ment of the First regiment, N. G. S. M.,
which is being held a mile below this city.
The boat was crowded to its fullest capac
ity, about 150 men, women and children
from Red Wing and Diamond Bluff being
on board and about fi ty people on a
barge which was attached to the side of the
steamer. When about opposite Lake City
the boat began to feel the effects of the
storm. But the officers kept on their way.
The storm increased as the boat continued
up the lake, and in fifteen minutes was at
its height.
Nearing Central Point, about two miles
above Lake City, the steamer was at the
mercy of the waves, which were now wash
ing over the boat and all was confusion.
The boat momentarily ran onto a bar and
the barge was cut loose, and the steamer
again set adrift in the lake. A number of
those on the barge
JUMPED AND SWAM ASHORE.
As the barge also floated again into the deep
"water, those on the barge saw the steamer
as it was carried helplessly out into the
middle of the lake, and as they were being
tossed about on the raging waters, they
were horrified a moment later to observe
the steamer capsize and its cargo ot 150
people precipitated into the lake.
As boon as the storm began to abate, and
in half an hour lights were observed flitting
about on the pier at Lake City, opposite
which point the upturned steamer had now
been driven before help could reach them.
However, the poor creatures who yet re
mained to tell the horrors of the night were
again submitted to another
BATTLE WITH THE ELEMENTS.
At the encampment grounds of the First
regiment the tents were more or less de
molished, but the four or five hun
dred soldiers in camp were not
hurt to any serious degree. Col. Bend, the.
commander of the regiment, had his leg
badly bruised by a trunk being thrown
against it.
LATER.
LAKE CITY, Special. Surrounded by
beautiful bluffs and pleasant farming lands,
Lake Pepin's unruffled surface to-day gave
little evidence ot the tierce struggle with
the elements and of the death-dealing fury
of the storm that raged off this peaceful
little city last night. With scarcely a note
of warning there burst upon this region one
of the severest storms ever known in its his
tory, and the loss ot lile is probably greater
than any other single calamity that has
ever visited any part of the Northwest. St.
Cloud's Gyclone of a few years ago was dis
astrous in the extreme, but it is as nothing
beside this. The list of dead already num
bers sixty-five and may exceed 100.
The excursion steamer Sea Wing of Dia
mond Bluff had carried a party of 200 or
more excursionists from Red Wing to the
camp of the First regiment, Minnesota na
tional guard, which is just below this city.
When the day was coming tb a close Capt.
Wetheren prepared to return his boat load
to their homes. Many among them feared
an appraching storm, and asked that he
postpone his departure until after the storm
had blown over. Thinking the storm would
not prove serious, he would not consent,
but at about 8 o'clock started off up the
lake toward Red Wing, nearly all of the
over 200 passengers being on board: The
wind was
BLOWING A GALE,
into the teeth of which the Sea Wing tried
to make its way, but the gale was too strong
for her.
A point of land runs out from the Min
nesota shore, just above this place, across
from what is known as Maiden Rock. To
pass around this point it was necessary for
the steamer to turn slightly towards the
Wisconsin shore, and immediately the hur
ricane had seized hold of the already trem
bling and creaking vessel and twisted her
out of the control of her engines and crew.
An attempt to beach her lailed, and over
she went with her great load of passengers.
The barge Jim Grant, which was in tow,
and on which about one quarter of the ex
cursionists had crowded, was also seized,
her awning being crushed in and the pas
sengers thrown into the water. This hap
pened just below the point, and as the help
less hulks drifted be ore the gale, the
steamer righted herself for a moment, but
in a moment was again keeled over, and so
badly torn by the storm she could but lie
helpless and let the waves wash over her.
The barge had broken loose from the
steamer and drifted down opposite the
town, and those still on board, about
twenty in number, were rescued. The
steamer dri'ted in back of the point, and
Bank with most of those on board. *8ip
The coroner says there are thirty^ihree
who have not yet been reported, and it is
probable that nearly that number will be
among the dead. The exact number of
those whose bodies have already been re
covered varies very slightly. Some
place the number at sixty and others at
sixty-six, which would make the total
number of dead ann missing at ninety-nine.
It may proye that some of these will be
later heard from. As to that time alone
can tell.
t*T LAKE OERVAI3.
Terrible Wind Storm Strikes Lake
I Gervais. $
ST. PAUL Special Telegram July 14?
At about 6.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon
a tornado, which formed about eight miles
to the north of St. Paul and passed in a
southeasterly direction for a distance of
four or five miles, destroyed the Schur
meier and Good cottages on the shore
Lake Gervais, about five miles from the
city, ahd killed Mrs. Schurmeier, wife of J.
H. Schurmeier, of 412 Rosabel street their
son, Charles Schurmeier George J. Miller,
teller of the First National bank of St. Paul.
Rev. Mr. Phaefle of Brennan, Tex., who
was a guest of the Schurmeiers (as were Mr.
Miller and his wife) and their servant Peter,
whose surname cannot be learned.
The storm was some time in forming, but
on account of the hills, covered with trees,
lying the direction from which it came,
it was either not noticed by the occupants
of the two houses, or if seen was not
thought to be dangerous by some of them,
BO that no effort was made in theSchur
meier house to seek safety in the cellar. In
the Good cottage there were sixteen persons
at the time the storm struck. Of these Mr.
and Mrs. Emanuel Good, Dr. and Mrs.
Eachus, Miss Gussie King, George Mc
Pherson, Mrs. Hastings and daughter and
Miss Emily all of St. Paul,
went to the cellar and all es
caped serious injury. The most of them
were bruised more or less, Mrs. Hastings
and her daughter being the worst injured
Besides these there were Misses Minnie and
Carrie Miss, Mr. Bernard and Simon Good
and wife and two children, all in the Good
cottage, who did not escape to the cellar.
These almost miraculously escaped alive
The dead body of George Miller was
found in the debris about twenty-five yards
from the site of the buoy near the shore of
the lake. The head and face were not
bruised to any extent, death having been
caused by a wound in the right
side, which partially crushed the
body. The body of Peter was found
some distance to the left of that of Miller,
not covered by rubbish, his death having
been caused by a cut in the back of the
head. The bodies of Mrs. Schurmeier,
Charles Schurmeier and Mr. Phaefle were
not recovered last night They may be
concealed under a large pile of rubbish on
the shore of the lake, or, perhaps, were
blown into the water. Darkness came on
before any extended search could be made
and it was decided to postpone the hunt
for the bodies until this morning.
DEATH O THE PATHFINDER.
Gen. John C. Fremont Passes Away in
New York.
NEW YOBK, Special.Gen. John Charles
Fremont, the first candidate of the Repub
lican party for president, died at the home
of his adopted daughter, the wife of Col. H.
M. Porter*(Nina Fremont),at 49 West Twen
ty-fifth street, at 3 30 o'clock this afternoon.
Death was due to inflammation of the
bowels. There were present at the bedside
at the demise his son, Lieut. J. C. Fre mont
of the navy, and his physician, Dr. William
J, Morton.
His sickness was of comparatively brief
duration and dated in its first stages from
the excessive heat of last Tuesday, when
the thermometer went up to 100 degress in
this city. On that day the old general
went down to Sea Brieht, N. J., where his
adopted daughter, Mrs. Col. Porter, was
stopping, and the excessive heat affected him
very seriously. When he returned home he
felt ill. On the following day he experi
enced some pain, and on Thursday was
worse, but he did not complain. Matters
assumed so much* worse a turn on Friday
that he sent for his physician. The doctor
advised the sick man to take a sail and get
a little fresh air. While he was out on
the water he got a bad chill. Friday
night he sent for Dr. Morton again. On the
following morning (Saturday) the disease
had developed enough to show its true
character (peritonitis.) But even then the
case was not considereddargerous, and a dis
patch to that effect was sent to S a Bright,
N. J. Final dissolution was sudden. The
general was seventy-seven years and six
months old at the time of his death.
A dispatch was sent to Mrs. Fremont and
Elizabeth Fremont (a daughter), who are at
Los Angeles, Cal., of the death of the hus
band and father,also to his son Frank Pres
ton Fremont at Fort Snehing, near St. Paul.
LARGE PROPERTY LOSS.
Philadelphia Visited by an Extensive
Fire.
PHILADELPHIA, Special.Fire, which
originated early this morning in H. T. At
kinson's turning and planing mill, at Tenth
street and Suequehanna avenue, destroyed
that structure and most of Atkinson's lum
ber in the yard opposite, and then spread to
and destroyed Carey Bros five-story wall
paper factory, occupying an entire block,
300 by 120 feet. The fire spread so rapidly
that no attempt could be made to save the
factory, and all efforts were concentrated
upon preventing the spread of the flames
among the surrounding tenements. These
were saved, though many of them were
scorched and some of the roo's were
smashed by the falling walls of
the factory, the occupants escaping
by hurried flight. Carey Bros, estimate
their loss at $300,000 on stock and machin
ery and $200,000 on building insurance,
$200,000. Mr. Atkinson places his loss at
$80,000 insurance, $27,000. Adjoining
property was damaged to the extent of
about $10,000, making the total loss about
$600,000. The orjgin of the fire is unknown
but Carey Bros.' watchman alleges that it
started in Atkinson's stable, where several
men had been carousing during the night.
CLOSED WfTH A BANQUET.
The Berlin Shooting Tournament Has
Passed Into Bistory.
BEBLIN, Special.Herr Diersch presided
at a banquet given to day on the occasion
of the closing of the shooting tournament.
Burgomaster Forckenbeck wrote a letter
apologizing for his absence, in which he
expressed the wish that the national and
friendly ties created by the competitions
would ever increase in strength. The senti
ment was received with cheers. A iter the
reading of messages from various sover
eigns and princes, remarks by delegates
from Austria, Hungary and Italy, Simon
Wolf of Washington, formerly American
consul-general at Cairo, made an address in
which he dwelt upon the inseparable bond
which united the Germans oJ
America and the Germans of Ger
many in a common love for the Father
land. At the close of the festivities, the
Eresiding officer expressed the hope that
would see all the visitors at the next
tournament. The empress cup was then pre
sented to the winner, Herr Mush of Meran
amid hearty cheers. Prizes in to-day's con
test were won by Messrs. Zimmerman, Muel
ler and Jacob Scherf of New York and
Jvareis of Philadelphia.
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VICTIMS O MISFORTUNE.
Two More Bodies Taken From the
Wrecked Steamer Tioga.
CHICAGO, Special.Two more victims oi
the Tioga steamboat disaster were found to
day. They are Edward Fitzgi bbons ot Buf
talo, employed as a waiter on the vessel, and
Thomas Lawrence, a deck hand. Both
were discovered floating in the river. Thii
brings the number of thedead up to twenty
one. Eleven men are still missing, and oi
these lour belong to the boat's crew.
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SENATE. -4**1
The conference report on the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill was presented
and agreed to.
The senate bill to established a United
States land court, and to provide for the
settlement of private land claims in the Ter
ritories of New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona
and Utah and in the btates of Nevada and
Colorado, wag, on motion of Mr. Edmunds,
taken up and discussed, when it was laid on,
the table without action and the considera
tion of the two shipping bills, reported by
Mr. Frye from the committee on commerce,
was resumed.
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Mr. Payson explained that the bill in ifs^""
general provisions proposed the torteit, and
restore to the public domain all public lands
whereever situated, which have been granted
in aid of the construction, where the rail
roads have not been completed at this time.
There had been, he said 37 railroads aided
by nets of congress, which had not been eom
pleted'within the time fixed by congress.
Twelve of these roads had been forfeited,
comprising nearly 50.000,000 acres. That
left 25 roads which had not been acted upon.
SENATE. t?P
The conference report on the silver bflT
was8taken up and Mr Vest stated the rea-
te against the report
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Mr. Coke spoke against the report and Mr.
Sherman defended it. After considerable dis
cusnon in which Voorheers, Tellpr and Stew
art took part the report went over without
action till to-morrow.
After addresses in eulogy ol Eepresentative
Cox of New York which Senator Voorhees,
bherman, Vest, Dixon and Evarts took part
the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mr. Baker, of New York, the
senate amendments were concurred in to*
thehouse bill for thj admission o. the state
of Wyoming.
On motion of Mr. Carey, of Wyoming,
the senate amendments were concurred in
to the house bill ior the disposal of aban
doned military reservations in Wyoming.
The speaker having laid before the house
the senate bill to adopt regulations for pre
venting collsions at 6ea, Mr. Dingley, of
Maine, asked for its immediate passage.
The bill was passed, yeas 125, nays 45
SENATE.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was re
ported to the senate. The bill as reported
carries an appropriation of $31,241,680. an
increase of$3,181,060. Themost important
feature of the work of the senate committee
on this bill is the elimination from the meas
ure of the appropriation $777,500 for irri
gation survey. This provision was vigor
ously attacked by a number of Western sen
ators, and they succeeded in defeating it in.
committee.
The conference report on the silver coin
age bill was discussed again in the senate,
Senators Cockerell, Teller, Jones of Arkan
sas, Piatt, Jones of Nevada, Mitchell, Daniel
and Sherman participating.
HOUSE.
The conference report on the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill was present
ed to the house. Mr. McMilieu of Tennessee
took occasion to score the administration
for setting up as king a scapegoat who had
been dethroned.
SENATE.
The senate resumed consideration of the
con'erence report on the silver bill, and was
addressed by Mr. Morgan in opposition to
the report. After which the report was
agreed toayes 39, nays 26.
HOUSE
Mr. Williams of Ohio introduced in the
house a resolution for the adjournment of
congress July 31. The resolution was re er
red to the committee on rules. It has no
especial significance.
The house adopted the conference reports
on the diplomatic and agricultural appro
priation bill
SENATE.
Mr. Teller introduced in the senate a joint'
resolution providing for an invitation to be
extended by the president of the United
States to the governments of the Latin
American countries to join the United States*
in the conference for the estalishment of a
common ratio between gold and silverforthe
international use of bimetallic money. The
resolution was referred to the committee on A
finance. ^l
Mr. Perkins, of Kansas, presented the eon- fWf^
ference report on the bill granting the right
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of way across the Mille Lacs Indian reBerva- C'JfaiE
tion to the little Falls, Mille Lacs & Lake^^
Superior Railroad company. tVjgfe'"
Mr. Conger, of Iowa presented the con'er- **wilf5s,
ence report on the silver bill. ^P&
Consideration ot the silver conference re- r.^?
port was partisan, the Republicans voting 'st
in the affirmative and the Democrats in the^f^.
negative. The only exception
wasannounce
ers, of Arkansas, who, berore
Mr. Rog-^ &
the jf|lj
ment of the result, changed his vote from thelg^jg^ I
negative to the affirmative, in ordertomovef^ll
a reconsideration, but this motion was made'^'^K
useless by the absence o. a quorum. UsSf"
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Negative Doings For Nurses.
Do not give the doctor occasion t_,
say upon entering the sick-room,^
"The air is close here, you must hav
better ventilation."
Do not say to the physician
charge, "Dr. A. does soa and sc..
Follow the directions of one as faith-^1
hilly and carefully as those otthe
other. |g
Do not say disparaging things ot
sister nurses. One never gains any
thing by trying to pull another
down.
Do not gossip about former pa-A
tients. Family affairs should not be"
"aired" by the nurse.
Do not think that you know all
that is necessary to know about your
work, but be always gathering, and
cull the best.
Do not pour medicine from a bot-fll
tie without first looking ,t the la bet ^v
to make sure, and do not pour medi-
cine over the label keep that clean so
that the directions and the number
of the prescription wiL not be de-
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Do not use dangerous medicine*on
your own responsibility have the
sanction or order from a physician,
every time.
Do not forget to preach the gospel
of pure air, and practice what you
preach.
Do not ask patients what they
want for a meal find out by other
members of the family their likes and
dislikes. Sometimes they will say
they don't like a certain thing to eat
when it is cooked and served nicely
they will.
Do riot leave food in the sick-room.
If anything that is left is wanted for
anothertime,putit where it will keep
fresh, and serve in another dish. fi
Doliot fill dishes too full better to
have patients ask for more.Mary
E. Freeman, in Journal of Pratical
Nursing,^ fff
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