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ES^'ABlTlSHEirAUGUST 24, 18S, WHEE^ PRESIDENT'S CAfEll: i Are Received With Great Cordiality by tbe Executive. ( CONSUL GENERAL NEWS MEETING ? ______ t With the President la Said to Have g Been Almost Touohlnu, t t DELEGATES ARRIVING IN CHICAGO [ v On Their Way Homo from Mlnneapo- jj ||>..Thc Harrlton Hon Arc Taking Tliolr Victory Quietly, Whllo Xhoso I Who Wcro Opposed to thoPrcsldont Arc Gcttins Over Their Disappoint- , mciit-Kx-Spcakor Kcod SaygJHo Is a t Itepntillcaii and Never Stabs a Can- ? i uiuuiv* Bpttlal Dltpatch to tht InleHlnenar. Washington, D. C., Juno 13.?The r Ropublicau politiciam who engaged In t the contest/or the supremacy at tbo c Minneapolis convention are returning to J the city. Consul General John 0. j New is the hero of tho hour. The moot- d ing between him and President Harri- R sou issaid toliave been almost touching. j General New, like alt capable loaders, ( urged tho merits of tho candidate he fi represented as being responsible forthe ? victory, and i> disposed to bolittlo his personal efforts for Mr. Harrison at the t convention, lie is confident of the President's re-election, and thinks the I rumblings of discontent among the S leaders ot the defeated faction will soon " die away. He thinks I'resident Harri ; ton is stronger now than he has ever f been before the people of the conntrv. , General New leaves for London, his { foroign post, soino tiuio this week, il Apropos of tho greotinir between tho President and General New, it is generally remarked among all callers upon tho President that the latter's manner lias undergone a material change during the past few days. n [lis irtends in the Minneapolis con- t< test wero friends indeed, as tbey \joro \ friends in need. I ft Tim I'ICIIT IH Anions tlio arrivals from Minneapolis ( to-<)ay was Col. A. M. Hughes, who e was chairman of tho Tennessee deloga- li tiou during tho convention.' lie aa.vs 1 the Republicans will make a big fight in ' Tennessee this campaign. 1 Gonoral Cutcheon, an ex-represontativo from Michigan, says Michigan will ci ro Harriion as big a majority as he had last time, namoly 23,WO voles. ' Gen. M. M. Estee, of California, who s lias been mentioned for some tlmo past ( ih a probable addition to President t Harrison's cabinet In caso a present ), member is sent to the supreme bench, e called at tho White House to-day. j CALIFORNIA ALJ. II10I1T. f General Estoo fools suro tho Republi- ? can ticket will carry California this fall, j Whilo Air. Blaine is intensely popular c: in California and his nomination would have aroused much enthusiasm, there , l.rto Knox nn anf*{f nf ontiifrnhiim mmil. * tested towartf the President. Oil the contrary his administration is regarded J out thoro as n most successful ono, be- ) cause of its cleanness and conservatism. , Thoro is no foundation, in General lis- ; tee's opinion, for tlio reports that Call- J forn iu seems to be inclining to Democ- : rai'y. The state is a producer and the products, wool, wines, prunes and oilier fruits are of u Jiind that need protection. In reference to the Democratic allegations that dissension in the Re- ' in tiic Republican ranks will bo marked 1 this fall, General. Eatoe says that the j crumbling of the few will bo drowned by llie cheers of the enthusiastic rank and filo. { THEY AIII3 COMING IN t Out or the Wet?limine Man Acoaptlnff the ( Innvltnble Gracefully. Chicago, Juncl3-;Tbo visiting states- f men to the Republican convention at d Minneapolfl nro straggling into Chicago in small batches. Tho Harrison men are joyful,antl in a quietway.and natnr- ^ ally tho antl-Harrlaon men are notmak- . ing a groat display of enthusiasm, bat l on tho other hand*they nro not opjios- ing tho ticket, nnd arc rolnctantly yield- 1 ing to tho inevitable and paving tho a way (or active work in behalf of tho c party candidntos. t A half dozen or more Blaine mon H paid visits to tho World's l'"nir. A. W. \ Clancy, one of tho few Blnlno delegate* c from iowa, was greatly disappointed and lenred tho party had a hard tight on hand. "If Cleveland is nominated wo will ? have a hard fight on ottr hands," said Mr. Clancy, "and should. Mr. Doles, ol c Iowa, lie nominated, I am not quite so a sure ho would not carry Iowa. Boios is 1 n very popular man. particularly nuiong tlio young votort." ' ' Oenoral Asa UushnKI. ono of tho t 'Big Four" of Ohio,'sold'tip was now n . Harrison man, but it was unfortunate : that lilalne had been dofeated. { Torn Heed, ot Maine, and Congress- , man Itobort Hitt loft town early in the r raornint??nd took tholr prjfato car for "uamngion. Air. iteou aecuuou so talk about tho .nomination, except to say that ha was a Republican and never Blabbed a candidate. ' IIOUXKLLK ON BLAINE. II Sayi l(e Don't Think Ho Want. to Go' to the Senate. Misniapoi.u, Mikn\, Jnno 12.?Congressman lioutello, of Mai no, is still in tliis city, spending a week with hii brother and sister, who reiido hare. He was aaked to-day to dive his opinion of the talk about sending Sir. Blaine to the senate to succeed Senator lisle, lie said he did not know whether ,Mr. Hlnino would care to go to tho soriato, but he had no hesitation in saying that any honor in tho gilt of tho Hepnbllcans of Maine that .Mr. Blaino may do- | siro would bo enthusiastically bestowed upon tho groat leader. { rro.l.ient to he Nstlil.il .Nell Monday. Washington, D. C., Juno III.?Tho , President has reeoivod a telegram from' 5 Governor McKinloy, chairman of tho committee appointed by the Bopnbllcan convention to notify President Urrison of his ronomination, asking T1 ' it would be convenient (or him to r?- { f civs tho committos Monday next. The iesidpat responded in the affirmative. NOW FOR CHICAGO. 'Igaring on OUTeltnd'i and Bill's Chaneea of Nomination. New Yopk, June 13.?Up to date tho QJ{ lanagcrs ol Senator Hill's canvass lor lie presidential nomination have not Betw iven out any figures tending to verify BtR heir claim that the senator has more JU; han an even chance to win at Chicago. )ne day last week a very prominent * eader of Tammany said that Hill "ot rouid havo at least 260 votes on the Koi rst ballot, and Oleveland probably 600. 'hero has been a tally kept of tho 'references of delegates so far as could "1T io ascertained. nellr A national delegate from the mid- xra rintor slate convention yesterday can- , nssed the roll of states carefully with " lioso resulting totals: Total delegates, Wasl uo; necessary xo cnoice, (iwo-iiuruo/ on wi Ul). Clovoland, 453; Hill, 330; Palmer. 8; Carlisle, 35; Boies, 20. *T" Theso results are arrived at by split- ' Inn doleeations, bat it is believed most $130,1 (tho states will vote under the unit Thi ulo.' If thoy do Mr. Hill's vote would ~ore io reduced to 250 and Cleveland's in- . roascd to 677. or within tvronty-two of ,orn" ho ronuisito number. In this ovont way. ithertho vote ot Kentucky, Iowft or laldt lllnois would nominate the ox-Proei- lomo lout, unless South Carolina and Virinla, whoso delegations are claimed to w,e" ie equally divided,, should cast their P'J"}' orty-two votes for Hill. Tho nine Pi Jlovelnnd men from Conueeticut pro- , ar Hill for second choice, and that is P ' bout the way tho Hill managers figure J"0 ' oost of tho delegations. Thoy fool con- E0*" idont that if Cleveland doesn't win in ivo ballots his chances aro destroyed. ??. Richard Croker, Edward Murphy and .iculenant Governor Shohan start'or Earl !hicago Wednesday. On Thursday tho olegates leave and on Friday at.lemt ln a.' ,20u picked braves will take thoir de- . orturo. fdml Senator Hill was at the Hoffman temp louse^o-day holding a protracted con- reiun arenco with Lieutenant Governor P.cn? hoohan and Edward Murphy. ?? i i i It Will Support urn. Cook New Yobk, June 13.?'Tho World this ifl Mi jorning prints replies received from t0 c? early all tho Democratic stato commitsomen in answer to tho question rhether thoy would give their support yn othe ticket ho matter who was named * /- >' - norm it. umcngo. Ihe substance of tho answers is that iaKed hoy will work for whoever ia nominnt- tion d at Chicago. They aro Democrats ?-.? rat and Hill men afterward. Hill is mr heir favorite, butif Cleveland ia named "'.' hey will give him just as Rood and as J;,}t >nthusiastic support. Oil New York's Dalfliatci to Chicago. * tiroll New Yohk, June 13.?Chairman Ed- ??. rord Murphy, jr., of the Democratic ' j.1.' tato central committeo, and Liout. rcjje{ iov. 'Win. F. Shcohan are understood need o have arranged to be in this city to plied lold a conference at the Hoffman Honse More arly to-morrow with Senator David B. publl lill, who comes on1 from Washington absoi nr that purpose, and iiichard Croker press ,nd Hush McLaughlin, of Brooklyn, ho conferonco is for tho purposo of Hying out the final plans for the Albany Mi lelegates at Chicago. p0[n| When the 1'lga Baffin to X*lj. this \ pitfor JlfapafcA to thi InfdClgtiterr. wllic Washington, -D. C., June 13.?Col. !?](,> olm W. St Clair, of Charleston, W. with ,ra., is here. He ia a delegate to tho ?{ Jhicago convention. "Will you vote or Ctovolnnd?" ho was askod, "When ' ho convontion mnkbi it unanlmoua," , pro fas Mr. St. Clair's sarcastic reply. Vati Oh, Coulil Tltey? rou,< I'oitTi.axp, Ore., June IS.?Governor ' 'onnoyer, referring to the iato eloction lake n Oregon, anya tho Democrats could lashi mvo easily carried tho state if they had ,vas 1 lot abandoned free coinage and onI???1 /"J-*?- Vvnm 8 Mil IUI3UU VJ1UIVI V>V1?IHHU< . V... o 10,000 Democruts wore .driven from Mi ho Democratic people's party by the stoai ipen treason to principle and the blind- por^ d idolatry of tho iale democratic state , onventioii, which changed the party ?, ,w ilatform to suit Its plutocratic candllttt0 * )y th <Jnv. 1'tower In n Wreck 'he C Ki.itiiu, N. Y., June 13,?The car in JJ"'J rliich Gov. 1'lower alid family were rid- 523 0 n? jumped the track six miles west of iddison, on the N6w York, Lake Erie A iVestem railroad, nt 12:30 o'clock this fternoon. Exaggerated reports were a't nco set afloat, one rumor stating that {. *' ho train had been wreckod and tho 7 , 5 overnor killed. Although tho train 'P; ms running at a high rato of sjieed, no no iu tho governor's car was injured, Homeopathic Institute* beatt WASitijiaTON, D. C., June 13.?FortyIfth soisiou of the Amorlcau Institute Nf. if Homeopathy was opened horo this eccui fternoon, Dr. Theodore V. Kinno, of Belm 'ntterson, N. J., presiding. The gon- tatio ral report of tho bureau of organiu- breal ion, registration and statistics stated ?>Ra hat thorp aro in the United States forty Twel ;enoral and thirty-nino special homoo- of in< isthy hospitals, at which 31,334 pa- [orts lents wero treatod last year. Of this oreal lumber 21,134 .were cured. The death ato was 3.31. . m Go Tlnptnu iff 1 In tho llouie. row, Washington-, 1). C., Juno 13.?Itjs aged ho present intentiou of tho Democratic river nanagers to call upon tho tinplato bill raer vlien the fortifications appprorlation .Hnni >111 is disposed of by tho houso. The 'J1*" :onsiderntlon of tho tinplato 1)111 will r'ver irobably occupy several days, so that It s doubtful if miy tarifl measure will be p. :allod up during the week: Several . lonferenco reports are expected and If wuo presented will occupy tho attention of at Pi ho houso alter tho tariff bill .Is acted "woe " on- cliair ?* raco Wont Virginia Pension*. rolefl frxtat Dlipateh to (he InUUlgtnair. rcat Wabhixotox, D. C., Juno 13.?Wett than Virginia pensions have been granted aa {j*1"; , ,, t wore .oil owe: doub Original?Martin Yost, Jacob Stuckoy, vorel Samuel II. Canterbury, Wm. J. Sargent, veno IVin. A. Holland. Additional?Kdwnrd Nlcholls, Henry I Uyers. Josiah Summon, Daniel Snyder, Lo IVin. Wickoir. comi Increaso?Goo. M. Rouss. ernn Reissue?Christopher C. Lipscomb. wool Original widow?Maggie Flagg. June IE ROBBERS FOILED. IB :home to Hold Up the' New 1 York Express Train ^ THE BALTIMORE 5 OHIO 1? kll con Connellsvllle and Lajton - Th Clon Mlscarrlcs Through tho llroad Officials Receiving Xlmclj JJ' rninff?It Vaa Planned by tho ia< orious Coolcy Gang-Officer* Arc *?' v In Hot Pnrtnlt ol Them. mi Rc tsbukok, P*., June 13.?a Con- ^ . ille, Pa. apeelal lays: su in robber* were foiled lost night attempt to hold up the New York, lington and Philadelphia express At 0 Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad be1 LaytonStation and Connellsrillo. nail and express cars had on board KXX re: ) suspicions of the railroad officials clu aroused several days ego by Inition which thoy received in Bomo 'ni They got word that plans wore ^ o rob the express on Sunday night ar) whore out' of Laytou. Tho plans pr to flag or wreck the train aud then un ler tho mail and express cars conig the money. clogram was sont to Robert Shop- Til ? -n.ui ? a. r?us-. frr viia jpMuuiutD u. vuiv uoivwwiu last night. About 8 o'clock ho to Unibntown and got 8horlS Mc- co ilck and a poase of men, who wore n< i to Layton on u special train, of boarded tho express there, and ?'? >f tho olllcors lvont on through to of Jerland. l'hoanlvalof thosher- th losae scared tho robbers off, and PO ibly sayed many lives. Although tting.that thoy oxpected nn at- nl: tnt robbery, tho railroad .officials cl( cd to givo any Information. Butendent llolbrook . on board jta rain. do was learned to-night that the ret ly cane planned tho robbery. Sher- dlt sCormiclc and posse are now trying pturo the famous gang before they ick to their mountain haunts. ,lt Tltuwltle Bcouvorlnff. :. ( CTIVIM.B, Pji., June 13.?The tem y bridge over Oil Creek was fin- j|(| ; to-day, and admits of com munica- re, from tho south. The Western ^ York A Pennsylvania railroad has nonced to run on schedule tlmo i and its freight office will bo re- Pc pa Creek has foreod itself into an en- a r new channel, and to remove he bare and replace tho waters to 8t, old bod is a groat problem. M rht hundred persons are .receiving th : daily from the commltteo and the ol fundi Is very urgent, and is np- Gi to relieve immediate necessities. T1 Is oxpected this week, as tho Kc- tei :can national convention no longer In bj. go much attention from tho tjj ' _ ' - . ' jffl A C/telono'a Antion. !?kbapoms, Mind., June 13.?Orono' pj Lake MInnetonka, was crossed norning at 7:30 by a small cyclono h formed on the aurtaco of the *v and ifvvopt across the peninsula irresistible forcc. The residence ; lorge A. Brackett was wrecked and tei 10 fine trooa surrounding tho house, of tliem fifty years' growth, were . oted and now lie in tanglod masses ~ i9 contre of tho wrecked cottBso. M liy a tree Is left standing along the *' i of tho storm. After playing havoc lie point tho twister doubled on nurse and went out across tho where It apparently subsided, alter ng the wator into a foam. There Ci 10 loss of life. pi ???????? Ijttlco Stenmor Smth. Q1 lwaurek, Wis., Juno 13.?The *r nor Dauglass of the McElroy Trans- fir ition' Line ran into the lumber pi ner A. K. Wilde of Cliicago about 1 f1 :k last night about ?evon teen miles 10 lis port, damaging her hull so bad- mi at she sank in Alteon minutes after ?e ollision. The crew of the Wilds taken on board tho Douglas and , id here. Tho Wilds was valued at 00 and insured tor $15,000. a i on To Trpt Against Time. tr.Anur.i'niA, Pa., Jnne 13.?Tho loni urivini; umo nns mauo ar?monts with Budd Doblo to trot ,1. :y Hanks at Belmont Park, Phila- n0 lia, Thursday, July 7, against hor d of 2:09 for a special purge of 9 with $1,000 added if the record of rt Bonner's Sunol of 2:08} is in. M Crevaeiee on th? 3f laatutppl* ^ w Orliaxs, June IS.?A crevasse a(j 'red last night on the levee on the vii iont plantation in St. James plan- 18 a in St. James parish, left bank. A "K i occurred in the levee this mornt Avondaic plantation, right bank, ve miles above this city large forces ;n are at work and strenuous ef- to: are boing made to close tbelo he . la Drowned While Unlhlnff. stten, Ind., June 13.?llyron Ilan- " aged twenty, and I/oren L. Haney. id eighteen, wore drowned in Elkhart tb while bathing to-day. The for- in was taken with cramps, but when jy went to his rescue both sank. A foVcG of men are dragging the ' . St Hooted Freeldent caraat. *9 ris, June 13.?The three foreigners were arrested yesterday for hooting m' residont Carnot and calling him a Bt iden head," as ho was leaving Long- le ips, where he had witnessed the for tho Grand Prix de Paris, wore sed by the police to-day. The arwas more a matter ol precaution P' anything olse. The crowd who vi i the insults offorcd the President Mi J 1- I. -J .Mil. I. .A uctjjuv iiitciiQUUi miu iiioiu ii >uv it the men would have benn re- ]>| v linn died bad not tbo police interd and nrroated thorn. >?t? of rnrllnment's IHuolatlon. xnox, Juno 13.?In the houiie of " lions to-day Mr. Balfour, the govlent leader, Hated that parliament at d be diuolved between Jano 19 and m 125. wi FOURTEEN KILLED *B Eiplqslou at the Mate Iliac Xmrj yard. 3ax Francisco, Juno 13.?An o: jilon ?t Mare Island Navy Yard th irning occarrod in the shell root 10 shell rooms are now on Ore. Man rsons were seriously injured. Tt Had arei George Hittingor, gunni 6L N.; fiundborg, gunner's mati omaa Soymour, gunner's mate; Wil n lleckel, opprontica; A. KoUit iman;C. W. Smith, landsman; Wil n Woahburno, soiman; F. Lcga iraan; W. Oetrander, apprentice; I of, apprentice; William Rush, se in; r? Johnson, seaman; 1 linecke, seaman; J. H. Holton, a] nntlco. Of the three men taken I 0 hospital two have died. The oi reiving is namod J. Briscc. IMPORTANT DECISION footing Sato of Olsomargiurlno Mac Oat of tho Slate. Baltimore, Md., Juno 13.?Jndi md, of the United States court, hi ndered an important opinion in tl le of Charlei 15. McAllister, allege ont of Brau & Fitts, oloomarpurh inufacturere of Chicago, who sougl 1 reliof from the custody of tho sta thoritics. Judge.Bond holds thattf and iliflnharffM tl Isoner. Mr. JIcAUiator wan arrestc dor tho Maryland law relating to tt o of oleomargarine. The judge, in reviewing the cue sale lat a person may import an nrtic im a foreign country or one of tl itcs of the anion and sell it in tl ndition in which it was imported it to be disputed now after a long Hi decisions by tho supremo.court, ite may regulate the salo and stora; articles dangerous to the health < e city) but it cannot prohibit the it rtation. l'he laws of tho Unitou States roco; so oleomargarine as a mercantile art i. Being such, while n state mi gulate its sale, it cannot prohibit i iportation. The staUto in questic os this and is unconstitutional in til ipect, and void. Tho potitionor charged. RACE WAR AVERTED Galhrle hy Dlmruioff the BoUterot Elements on Doth Side*. Gotheik, 0. T., Juno 13.?The rai ir which seemed imminent last nigl s been averted and comparative qui igns to-day. The disarmament of tl isterous negroes and whites hr ach to do with calming the excite ople, an<l no more trouble is antic ted. Holley, the negro who assaullc white woman Saturday night, hi en removed to Wichita jail. Tl >ry of the other. aisault, that iipc rs. Guyken, by Anthony Lawson ail e lattor's killing by a mob, is untru wson attempted to break inl lyken's house but was driven awa t.trn la nnthln? tn show that ho CO] mplatod any further crime. A con itt&e of Vigilantes has boon lormo vided into threo companies, each to c ,ty <1ght linnm rlnjly. Thoir. organ Uon is strong and together with' tl Jeers will be ablo to preserve tl aco. nmcK buys theauftw, ,o ttoml Said to Have Chnngek Ham and tho New Ownorn Go Orer It. Masshaox, 0., June 13.?It is repo I hero that Calvin S. Brice and his a dates hare obtained control of tl ereland, I.ornin & Wheeling railroa le representatives of the now ownei II go over the road to-morrow wit sneral Mantger Towniend. Pa-per Mills Burned. ITahttokd City, Ihd., June 12.?Tl escent Fapor Manufacturing Cor ny'a mills, of this city, wero d oyod by flreyesterdoy morning. I-o 50,000, insurance $75,000. The 11: iglnated through the carelessno*s ol cman in disconnecting n natural gi pe on a high pressure Hue, causit o escaping gas to ignite from n |>ur: g jot nearby and explode. The fir in in tho employ of the company wo rlously but not fatally burned; Got Llttlo Caslu rETABKAXA, AnK.,June 13.?AtGeno imull station eight milea east of he the cotton belt railroad on Saturdt ght burglars entered the office of tl idlce lumber company, opened tl le and carried away $40,000 worth o company's stock, $12,000 worth itos and about $100 in cash. There clew to the guilty parties. . Einortu of llrandatafTk. WAsniNOTDX, D. C., Juno 13.?Durii ay, tho export) o! broadstufls fro o United States was $10,410,30 ainst $12,330,231 in May 1891; ofnr llona 810,501,592, against 57,008,005 til; and of mineral oils $3,171,02 ainst $3,585,270 in Maj*f '01. Assaulted an Invalid. Ft. Woutii, Texas, June 13.?Yostc rday an unknown negro entered tl MM of Mrs. Maborn, an invalid whi ly, and criminally assaulted her. J e afternoon and a strange darkey a rerlng the description of the bra ia arretted. Tho victim waa too ill sntify him, bat if it la provon he e assailant the cltlxeno express the tention of lynching him. Wants to Got Control*' Lociavin.E, Ky., June 13.?Prosidoi ucky, of the Louisville Baseball da trying to buy stock enough to conti e club. In that case he will reinsta ifler oa captain and make him all anagor. In case ho cannot get tl ock, he sayi he will give PelTer his r ite. __J Tcitardar'* Biue lull. Tho following games of baao ball wo ayed yesterday: Baltimore 5, Loui llo 3; Cincinnati 7, Boston 5; Clev ad 10, New York 5: Brooklyn 3, Ch go 0; 8t. Louis 13, Washington 1 ii pi?.Kn?nh r. iltauuiptiia ??| * i>vawuif,u vi Oxford WnnU to lleit Harvard. Bcwtox, Jane 13.?Word hoa been r ired in this city (hut the boat crew (ford University, England, baa sei i invitation to the Harvard crew eet them in a contett in Knglii itera aomo time this coming (all. FATALLY HURT. d A Br&kemaa T?tU OS a b*r Coder i Wheal >. t- At lialf put one o'clock thig morn la Richard King, a brakeman on the ? a. 0., waa run ovar by a lrol) y car aud probably fatally Injur is Yonog King works in the Benwc ir yard and had just gone oyor to the R i; aire aide with a trip. While atand ]. on tpp of a box car and aettingl . brake his hand elippad and ha i thrown olT in front of the car. He i" tained hia prosenco of mind, and thr hia body otf thu track. Ilia logs, he * ever, wore caught under the whe J" and both taken off below the knA*. ~ Uo WAS iinuiwliatoly brought up Wheeling and at half paat two o'cli ? was on liia way to the city hospital 1 the patrol wagon 'The injuriea are p bablr fatal King ia twentytwo years old and i married aud Uvea on Gravel street, la low Behwood, 10 COUNCIL COMMITTEES, ia Tlfe Eloolrle Light Cumulation Wflnti 16 Us DUoharcoil?Olbar Committees. k1 The electric light commission-1 10 yesterday evening, and decided it recommend toOouncil to pny tho real t0 tlie bills for .the electric light ayaU A report of tlio commission ia alrei on file, rirooimendlng the payment |(j the Fort Wayne company's I) |Q and lfc?t evening it voted pay the Wheeling Mining and Mai i. lactuiing company a balance of ! l' 2)>a 711, the Van Dorn Construct: 1C company and Architect K. |B Franzheim $.381). The eomraiaaion a :8 ilocidcd to ask Council for its dischar )e having no more work to do. ^ The Council committee on fire depi (0 mont mot yesterday evening and vo UJ U8K WU.UUUI tV JJU/ k'LU MUWUM for tho Tigili nt online house the I nnco dun of $7IM W. Tho bill for - wall in the roar o( theongine home? ]. for the curbing in front of it, ainou iy ing to $144,-and some bills for iced t L repairs wore recommended to bo pa in The committee on accounts last ni| ja audited bills mtgreifating in the viciti I, of $2,700. It was decided to rocomint to Council that copies oi the new CO lied ordinances bo given to each mc bor of the Council, and to each city c ccr, with the uunderstanding, howev ? that these must bo handed over to I , successor in ollice of each. Persons i :c in city office or Council who desire ,t procuio copies can purchase thorn at t ?ach. The committor on markets audi bilia to the amount of $26 U0, and dot id od to advertiso for bids to repair, pa !(j and whitewash tho houses. . The City Council meets in rogu * session this evening. There iB not uit id of public Interest to be done, is oLO sr.JOSEPH'S.PAltOOUXAL SCHO Kntartalamtint and Comtnoncfliuflnt El clies-floaori Awarded. 0 The commoncemont oxorcisos of * I I-' vt-i ?I 1 y. tioaopii a yuruuniui owuuui, uuiu j?a< it- tlay evening at tho convent' ball, w very entertaining and most- credits J, to tho school and the sisters in chai lo The hall was crowded, even packed j- tho door*, and though the (ijat was is tense, Urn Mudiaoco rcwaiqeS to i ie very end. Seated in front of the sti were Kt. Rev. Bishop Kain, Kt H Mgr. Sullivan and Dr. John Friss wlio wore interested spectators and , planded liberally tho performances the children. The opening address was dolivei r* quite eloquently by Muster Ctai e- Swan, the orator of tho scliool. So ie ol tho little boys recited "We've b< j to school," and their cute rendit ? took amazingly with the audier h Margaret Skelly's composition "Geography" was one of tho gems tho evening, and the young lady shot herself most protlcient in tho atu itself and in tho art of giving an into gent description ol it. n" The boys of tho D class recited w e- "A Boy of Ills Word,".and tho lil sg girls followod in ft fan drill and chor Some moro of tho small boye w ; hoard in another recitation, "The Pr ? ticst Thing I Ever Saw." An Engl composition by Eogina Padden, 01 tied, "Woapons of School Girl '" abundantly tostified to the the yot ' lady's training In the art of compi tion. Tho "Song ol the Union" was st by the C class, and the. littlo boys I lowed with tho song and chorus, "C ' Flag is Thore." Henry Uaguo's reel ro tion, "Good Bvo, God Bless You," \ ly good, as was the composition on "1 le tory" by Miss Ellen Moran. Tin class was again heard in the recltatii 0f "Tho Woavors," and tho B class rocil 0f in unison the "landing of Columbu i8 Miss Ellen Uoe read a composition "Tensos in tho Grammar of Lif -? H-M ? 1- TT. jamos jucauanu, r mucin xiuvft, iin Corcornn. Francis Kennoy and A1 ander Gribbon rocited the dialog ,R "Contentment. >n Harry tiompors cave the recitat 4, "Saved by n Kiss," in nn accepta g, way. The little boya recited "Ti ln Enough," and the 0 class "Columbu ? and "Outdone by a Boy" waa the s 1 iect of John Hughes'a recitati "Down on the Form" was sung by large boya, and John Manloy rocil v "Pat'a Keaaon." Tho commoncem exercisea concluded with the play, "] ,e Ohaplet of Flowors," performed by I te large girla. It was nicely done a In was liberally applauded. q- The commencement exercises ov te Bishop Kaln ascended tho stago. Fatl to Reynolds read out tho names of 1 ia pupils getting premiums, and aa ei ir child walked up the stage the bis) handed it the premium. The call off of the premium list consumed o a half hour. it In the boys department, junior cli h Frank Doerr received the silver met J presonted by Father Sullivan. It i 01 given for good conduct and punctual: te and waa awarded to Master Doerr o the votes of hia clasamatcs. Fatr io McDonnell, of the aenior class, alao 0- ceived n silver medal, presen by Father Sullivan. .Hta classma thought he deserved it, for good c .. duct and punctuality. In the girla' department Misaea El ' J. Howe and Elten J. Moran w e- awarded a Sullivan silver medal for' ,i. socond time, and JllBsea Marjrarot 1. fikolly and Bcglna 'H. Paden w ' awarded one also. A silver modal good conduct waa awarded to A Snsan Dohcrtv. e. Tho ontortalnment concluded wit , brief talk by Blsliop Kain. In his fel tons way the bishop praised the ch lt ron for iheir rood work in the ?ch to and expressed the hope that they wo ill continue to improve In their sludloi tho coming school year. STRUCK BY A STORM. in* Th0 "windy City" Hit by tBswf Summer Bloat. tot * THE BIG DEMOCRATIC WIGWAM all- 'P* Sustains Partial Daraagee-Two Pan ;tl0 ? ... ? VU3 sons aro Known to Have Been re- Killed, Many Fatally and Other* * Painfully Injured Considerable - j als Damago Done 10 Property-Plate ( Glass Windows Blown In and Roolk Jck and CMmnoys Wrecked. ro Chicago, Jane la,?This dtjr ?M jn. visited this afternoon bjr one oi the be- most sovoro storms known hore for years. It lasted only a short time, but duringthat time one person is know* J ?to have been killed, many painfully Into jured and much damage done to crap* erty. The great "wigwam on the lake front, in which the Democratic national 10 convention ijt to be held next week, mi * ? Wdly wieekad. idyl A 10w inmuica niior 0 u,viuck nivi- ':r~r-?$ . o?' nodo swept down upon the city from 'JJ> tho northwest, accompanied by ter. aj? rifle thundor and lightning and tor- . u. rents of rain and hail. lit the west on division of the city trees were broken . B. down, awnings torn ofl' and windows 1,0 shattered. A brick cottage at 1838 g0 Whipple street was demolished, two- i year-old Emmu Kline killed instantly ,rt. and tho mother and another child badly tod hijurod. ul-3 In thodistrict between Xwentytecond ml- and Thirty-third streets, east of tht tho river, a ure.a deal of minor damage w*a md done. Telegraph, telephone and elecU(. trie systems were completely domor,n(j alized for a time. lid. A Catholic church at the oorner of rttt Twenty-fifth street Place and Wallace 1 'uy street, whs badly damaged, the steep)* nd and a portion of tho root being demol<11 ished. A passerby was badly injured. ,m. An elevator near Butler was struck by ,fH- lightning, a large hole being torn in one uri side of the building. tho Down in tho ccntre of the bnslness jot district the storm seemed moat severs to toward the board of trade. The Home $i Insurance building on La Salle street was struck by tho furious gale. Three te(] plate glsss windows, 16 by 20 feet in size, , ij. m tho southwest corner occupied by tho jnt UKlon National Bank, was. blown la and shattered into fragmentr.upon the J ]ar dosks and fixtures. J. P. Odell, presilch dont of the bank, was struck on the thigh by a largo pioce of glass and se- ? vercly cut. The driving rain deluged ql the bank ahd did considerable damage. Seventy-five men were ut work la th? "* big Democratic wigwam. A quarter post holding the northeast .corner ot St the umbrella-shaped canvass' roof gave ter- way and tore through tho canvass. "S oro The wind got under It and lt? guy ropes snapped like twine andan instant '-A ?c later tlie ninoty-foot centre mast to snapped and fell with a crash, smash-' in- <ng through the floor and .ruining a the hundred chairs. The canf|as cover then wont in tatters and r^u flooded the wigwam. The worktnSf marvel- j oil" omly escaped injury. apl At midnight, two persons are known of to have been killed, five or six fatally injured, the latter worktngmea id new Kiiilditmn nnrl ma.nv nainftlllv hurt _ J .]e3 It la also le&rod that three men seen | me on tho lake in a rowboatbefore the lan ?totm woro loBt. . j2 i?n Ninety.seven Reported iMt on Chicago, Juno 14.?The steamer Viola ' ? , of with a party of ninety-seven ladle* and red gentlemen from the Northwestern Unidy vcrslty Ib reported lost with all on board. , M ell, A BIO POMOE COURT. 1]|t" Draokl, Disorderlies and Othars Pal ere ot- Fred Seyder, who ahot off a dynamite ish crackor, Saturday nipht on Market street, and scared a horse, was fined $1 and costs in Police Court yesterday. jsl- The Mayor thought he was rushing the Fourth of July too fast. !nK Patrick O'Neil.who hit a fellow in the % 0|* Sixth ward, got $5 and eoata. W. B. , ur Johnson slapped a girl in Jessie Monti' la~ cello's house of 111 fame, aild. was fined $10 and costs lor his fun. He couldn't 4 pay, and went np for thirty day*. Jaraea , s ? Mix, a drunk, went up for fifteen day* ?nj in default of a fine of |l and coata. Fir* t0? proprietresses of houses of ill fame paid ' $20 and costa. Thirty-two inmates and ?" visitors paid $5 and eosta each. The ?'v docket amountod to $375 In hardeaih. e*- CHURCHES STRUCK ue, lit Llrhtnlnt In finaln anil BTuvlfori /J Ion >lilppoT> Killed. ' bio Madrid, June 13.?Terrific thunder m? storms prevailed in various part* oI Spain yoatorday, and heavy Ion ot Ufa on. and injury by lightning ia reported. \ the The electricity appeared to pick oat the od churchcs as the object* in which to ant ?how ita power, and un!ortanaV?ly it Pho did ao while tbe servicea woro in proth0 presa. At Hollas, in tbe province ol in<l Oreni, the parish church wai crowded with worshippers attending man when nr tho storm burst. Tho peals ot thunder t,0r woro very load and the flashes of lightthe nihg, that woro bllndlnginitsintonsltjr, *?wAMk(Kn?wi (A aHfUn U ' ICll t-u u-icu tug nuio"'j'|'o?o ?v >> > vw 10g- their feot in fear. Womon shriokoa in V ln~ terror and little children clutched tb?lr - j vor parent! in an agony of terror. For two or three seconds alter the ug Huh It was impossible to aee anything, ' I?l' the transition (row sudden brightness Taj to extreme dnrkness rendering the peo. Ity p'o practically blind. The utmost eon* by fusion prevailed. Finally when order jc|c was restored the congregation were horra. rifled to find that ten of their number ted had been struck by lightnlhg and In. toa stantly killed, and that twenty-elght on. others had beoa seriously injured. An almost similar scent occurred. in a len church in the village of iluclntixe. ?rn Five of the worshipers were killed and tho ,en Injured. ^ Weflthar Farvcait for To-dAf. *re For Weftern Peniurlvanja, continued wxrvhr for south wind* and fair weather; followedTneadav 2 Ilea night br local win* and thunder atoruii, and 9 cooler nlonji the Inker.. . For West Virginia, continued warm and most S h n clear weather: aouih winds. ici- For Ohio, (name ai for tVutern Pennijlranla,) lid. TixrauTcaa vtnaaoiT. oo 1 a> fttrnlihed by c. gcnxirr. drugfUt, cornet j Market and Fourteenth itreeia , ? 7 a. m ,70, I ? p. a ; SI | ln 0 a. m JO 7 n. m n , ,j U a .M |. Weather?Clear. r! ftrii