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AFTER THE IRON HALL
It I Said to Ho Insolvent Application
Mode for tho Appnlntmont of n Re
ceiver. iNDiANAroLiB, Ind., July 30. Friday
nftcrnoor Hawkins it Smith, attorncya
for Albert Iiakcr, Homer Sampsol nnd
Daniel Kroflcr, fllod a lengthy com
plaint In tho superior court for tho ap
pointment of a rccolver for tho Ordor
of tho Iron Hall, a mutual ben
efit association, with llfo Insur
ance, sick and disability benefit
nnd maturity fund fentures. The alio
.Rations upon which the application for
a receiver Is based are that tho institu
tion is insolvent and that under the
management of tho present ofilcialb thu
assets will bo wasted and tho policy
holders defrauded.
Tho complaint charges recklessness
and extravagant payjicnt of salariei
nnd the expenditure of largo bums of
money for traveling expenses nnd pre
tended claims, amounting in one year
to over Sri0,000, which sum, hays tho
complaint, was appropriated and used
in tho pretended payment of ex
penses. It is also alleged that at differ
ent times all the general fund has been
exhausted and largo sums of money
have been taken from the reserve fund
and placed in tho general fund instead
of allowing it to remain sacred to pay
the benefits and claims of thcmembcis.
That part of the complaint devoted to
the liabilities of tho ordor shows Its
maturing obligations to be tremendous.
It nllcges that tho corporation is in
debted for maturing benefits for the re
mainder of the year 1892 over S1,0Q0,
000, and for sick and disability bene
fits over 325,000. For 1803 it is
indebted for maturing benefits 84,000,
000, and for sick nnd disability
benefits ovor 8050,000. For 1801 it is in
debted for maturing benefits 80,000,000,
for sick and disability benefits 8030,000.
For ISO."! it is indebted for maturing
benefits over 89,000,000, and for sick
and disability benefits over &J."iO,000. It
is alleged that tho reserve fund in the
hands of this branches amounts to only
about Sl,200,000, only one-seventh of
which is available each year lor tho
payment of liabilities.
ITlie Order of tUo Iron Hall wns Instituted In
Iudlnnapolls sirtcral rears ago ami its general
oftlccs tiro located there It was the product of
the fruitful brain of Kmll Kenedy, whose
scheme secr.il jears ago to build u doublo
track narrow-gauge railroad fiorn
Now York to San Tranclsco got
him some celebrity and attracted sorao
attention. The Iron Hall had a phenom
enal growth from thu tltno of Its Institution.
Its mcmberihlp nt tho beginning of 1891 was
reported to bo 53,000 and In lfOi, 03,201 Its
membership at present is about 70.0W, distrib
uted among oicr 1,000 lodges In many slates,
Tho odlclal statement of its nssnts January l, I
IHK, gae them as $-VJ0o.00. Tho Income of
tho order Is derlcd
from assessments lettou
Kach assessment U M.M
upon tho members,
for each member, und in tho history of tho order
the number of assessments hasncraed from
eighteen to twenty ajrar. Its incomo at pres
ent is o cr l,000,UX a year. Since its organiza
tion tho order has paid out ?7,000,000 in sick,
disability unddcuth bcncllts. The exact assets
ro unknown until tho various branches nro
lienrd from, but are estimated by thu ofllccrs to
be from f l.WO.OOO to $2,000,000
Tho Iron Hall pays a weekly sick benefit of
F-S. In case of death the holder of n lioliey
upon w hlch there Is no deficit recehes 1,000.
At tho end of secn years tho holder of a policy
receives 11,000 cash. If a policy lapses tho
holder gets nothing.
GREAT SUFFERING.
Nearly 100 l'ersous ;i)ird from jlrnt In
Now York City on Frlduy, and About
300 Woro Prohlrutod.
New Youk, July 30 Friday was the
worst and most malignant day of all
the eight of aflliciion before the almost
unprecedented hot visitation came to
an end. Hie heat-weary and worn out
inhabitants of the metropolitan region
sroso in the morning most of them
from sleepless pillows nnd looked
eagerly for some sign of tho promised
relief. Instead of coolness In the nlr it
was hotter than ever.
The wind was from the south nnd
blew only 3 miles an hour during the
morning. Tho heat in tho streets
steadily increased. Horses fell down
in the traces and died. All the up and
down street cars were stopped at times
until the horses that blocked tho tracks
could be relieved. The teams wero re
lieved every mile along the lines, but
oven with that they toppled over every
few blocks. Five principal street car
companies have lost more than 200
horses in these eight days.
During the day there were reported
ninety-four deaths directly attributable
to the heat, and over 300 prostrations.
One hundred and seventy persons have
died of the heat in New York and its
suburbs during these memorable eight
days, i
Half a dozen physicians have boon
kept in the sugar refineries in Williams
burg and Green Point by the American
Siigur Rcfiuerie? Company and they
have treated over 700 men since tho
hot wave came. Eight of these men
died. The coses were not reported to
the police.
In Brooklyn tlie deaths from sun
stroke Friday were twonty-soven.
HATVnjionn, Md., July 80. Mrs.
Brown, wife of Gov. Brown, was pros
trated by tho heat Friday and now lies
at tho Hotel Ronnert in a critical con
dition. Mrs. Brown hud just come
back from Ocenn City, where, with her
husband, she attended the ball of tho
season lust Saturday.. Mrs. Brown Is a
beautiful woman and one of the load
ers in Maryland sociuty. She was
about to visit her dressmaker when
ovorcomo in tho street. TheVe are four
doctors iu attendance, to-night
Philadelphia. July 3p. Twenty
nine deaths were added to tho results of
tho hot weather Friday, but relief is
now at hand. A thunderstorm burst
upon the city nt night and the tempera
ture has fallen several ile groos.
Sentenced for Life.
Ciiicaoo, July 30. John Redmond
was on Friday found guilty of tho mur
der of Br. Wilder anil sentenced to im
prlsonmentfor life. Thedefenso putin a
plea of Insanity, Redmond is tho father
of little Annio ltedmond, whoso abduc
tion by Annie (lurloy several years ngo
caused a great bcnsutlon. Mrs. Uurley
was sent to Jnliet for her crime. Red
mond went insane through drink nnd the
stealing of his daughter, and was con
fined for a time nt tho Eastern Illinois
usyliliniitKunkakee. ilu witsdischarged
as cured. Ho says he killed Dr. Wildor
because, lie was inttmato with his (Red
mond's) wife, but this was proven tc
be untrue. . '
LOST BY THE LOCKOUT.
In Addition to Mm Lou of Several Lives,
the Homestead Htrlkn Has Oot Abenl
HI, 000,000 llorginnnn Hound Ovor.
PiTTsut'iioii, Pa., July 30. Tho great
lockout at Homestead Is just one month
old and has already cost over 81,000,000,
besides tho sacrifice, of a half
-coro of human lives and seri
ous injuries to many times that
number. Of tho loss In cash tho
military has cost In round fig
ures 8320,000, tho workmen hnvo lost
in wages 8180,000 and tho Carnegio com
pany has lost nnd spent ns much moro
in gottlng now workmen. The work
men at Jleaver Falls, Duqtiesno and
the Union mills in Pittsburgh huvo
lost about 8100,000 in wages by their
sympathy strike and tho firm Is
out 8100,000 by tho Idleness of
these plants. Added to this will bo
tho county expenses for deputy sheriffs
and murder trials, tho expenso to tho
city for hunting anarchists nnd to tho
nation for the congressional Investiga
tions. Another Item of no mean sig
nificance Is the loss to workmen and
manufacturers in plants indirectly af
fected which hnvo been forced to close
down for want of material.
The loeked-out workmen havo not as
yet been deprived of any of tho neces
saries of life, and If the light should
last severul weeks yet there is no dan
ger of the workmen's families coining
to actual want. Subscriptions have
been coming iu liberally, and the relief
work has been carried on judiciously
nnd well. Every day people come
to Amalgamated headquarters and
receive orders for groceries and provis
ions. The funds already collected will
hold out for some time, and none of tho
men aie in fear of suffering from want
of plenty to eat.' This people who are
receiving aid arc principally those who
received 81.40 a day, the cheap laborers
who left their positions out of sympa
thy for the members of the Amalga
mated association.
The second month opens rather dis
courngmgly so far ns the locked-out
men are concerned, though they do not
in the .slightest admit it, and express as
great confidence in ultimate victory as
ever. On tho 20th of June, 2,000 inen
having been locked out, 1,800 others
struck out of sympathy and only a few
watchmen were left around the plant
To-day there about 725 men in the mill
and the firm claims it lias a quantity of
beams icady for shipment.
The Homestead strikers claim that
they are still confident of victory, but
the fact lemains that the company now
has about 725 men in the mills. So far
the strikers' relief cpnimitteo has been
, , . . , J., , ,
nWo ,to take care of the unemployed,
iuuiiuiii. in nm iuivu are ui
ginning to be cmburrassed by tho
strike. Long credits arc pressing them
to tho wall, and a grocery store has
been closed by a constable.
Alexander Bergmnun, the anarchist
who attempted to assassinate II. C
Frick, was given a hearing in the pri
1 vate office of the jail Friday afternoon
, nnd held for trial at the September
sessions in S24.000 bail. The only
witnesses were Vice Chairman Lcish
inuu, who was with Mr. Frick at
the time, and David Forney, the ele
vator boy. Bergmann said it was not
true that he tried to shoot Mr. Leish
man. "I did not want to touch anyone
but Frick; I meant to Icill him." Dur
ing the hearing Bergmann was remark
ably cool and smoked constantly at a
cigarette. It is stated that in New York
the "reds" urc raising a fund to defend
Bergmann.
LABORERS WANTED BADLY.
Forty Thousand l'nrm Hnnds Needed to
Cam lor the Crops r tho Northwest.
Sr. Paul, Minn., July 30. There Is a
panic among Dakota farmers lest they
be unable to harvest their great wheat
crop now being cut in the southern part
of South Dakota. Central South Da
kota begins its wheat harvest in a week
or ten days, and near Huron farmers
are especially anxious. It is estimated
that f i om 200 to 100 laborers are pecded
in each county in South Dakota east of
the Missouri river. This means 10,000
laborers. Southern Minnesota needs
help in tho harvest field also, and North
Dakota w ill begin harvesting iu two or
three weeks. Altogether conservative
estimates are that 40,000 laborers are
needed within the next month iu order
to harvest the immense grain crop of
the northwest. The acreage is a little
less than last year but the yield prom
ises to bo equally great, if only the crop
can bo secured. The farmers also prom
ise good wages and abundant work,
thrashing following close on cutting
and giving many weeks' employment
ut an averago of tuo dollars a day.
EX-GOV. HARDIN DEAD.
Missouri's former Kxccutlro Expire at
Ills Home nt Mexico.
Mkxico, Mo., July SO. Ex-Gov. C.
II. Hardin died ut his home in this city
at 0 a. in Friday. Bo had been ill for
some tune and his death was not
unexpected. Gov. Hardin was
born in Kentucky in 1820.
Ho was elected governor in
1874. He had previously been several
times a member of each branch of tho
legislature, und iu 18SS was one of a
commission appointed to revise and cod
ify the laws of tho state. Ho voted
against secession, and in 180!! retired to
his farm noar here, where, after tho
war, ho resumed tho practice of
law. He endowed Hardin Fcmalo col
lege, situated near this city, with prop
erty valued at over 800,000. He waB
president of its boa d of directors and
gaye much of his time to the cause of
education.
Two Tonni'Bseeaiis l'ny tho 1'cnalty of an
Awful Crime.
K"Noxvir,i.E, Tenn., July 30. Andrew
KcalBon und John Willis last Wednes
day assaulted Mrs. William Dllko near
Jauksboro, In Campbell county. They
first bound nnd 'gagged her hus
band nnd compolle.l him to wit
ness tho assault. Thoy were cap
tured on Thursday and identified
by Dllko. Friday night u mob of 100
luun toolc tho two fiends from jail and
hanged them side by side to a tree. Tho
ussault was committed upon Mrs. Dllko
In rovengo, she having refused Bealson
nnd Willis and married Dllko a short
time ago.
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Little line Uoen Accomplished Bare tho
Pudlng or Appropriation 11UU.
Washington, Aiuj. 1. The future
compilor of the official history of tho
laws of the United States will not need
much space in which to inscribe tho
really Important laws enacted in tho
first session of tho Fifty-sccoud con
gress, now rendy to closo ns soon ns
tho world's fair matter is out of tho
way. Tho session drawing to a close
has not been remarkable for its actual
accomplishments so far as respects
largo legislation.
Efforts moro or less vigorous hnvo
been made to pass through both houses
of congress bills dealing with questions
that occupy a large share of public at
tention, but theso, with n single excep
tion, have failed of accomplishment.
The solo measure of the first cluss
in importance, not counting tho ap
propriation bills which havo become a
law, is the Chinese exclusion bill, and
political expediency had much to do
with its rapid congressional progress.
This bill, the Inman registry
bill, tho Blnck Hawk and Semi
nolo Indian wars pension bill, tho
eight-hour bill, the bill to cnablo
tho president to enforce reciprocal
canal arrangements with Canndn, tho
army nurse bill, tho intermediate pen
sion bill and the hill to incrense the
pay of life savers are about tho only
measures of much general interest en
acted into law.
Frco silver, the tariff, tho anti-options
bill, retrenchment of appropria
tions and a 55,000,000 loan to the world's
fair have been tho live topics of tho
session. The first three subjects have
been killed, at least until after tho
election, while the last is still beforo
congress.
The house passed approximately 473
bills, of which 234 were passed by the
senate and sent to the president. Of
the bills passed by tho house 220 were
public bills, including measures relat
ing to the District of Columbia; 151
private pension bills; 48 bills to removo
charges of desertion, and 41 private
bills of a miscellaneous character.
Tho senate passed 091 bills, only 113
of which succeeded in running tho
gauntlet of the house and reaching tho
president. Two of the latter number
the president vetoed, vta., tho bill to
send the famous McGarrahan claim to
the court of claims for adjudication and
a bill to amend tho court of appeals
act. Three bills the president per
mitted to become laws without his sig
nature. The total number of bills and joint
resolutions introduced in the house was
9,835, and in the senate 3,004. In tho
house 2,100 reports were made on bills,
and in the senate 1,097 written reports
were made, no notice being paid to un
written reports.
The Behring sea trouble with Great
Britain was the ugliest complication
the senate had to consider behind
closed doors, and a peaceful solution of
it was found In Its reference to nn ar
bitration commission. The Chilian mud
dle also occupied some pt the senate's
attention In executive session.
LEO ON COLUMBUS.
The I'opo Issues an Encyclical Eulogizing
tho 'Work of tho Great I)Incocror, nnd
Fixing; a. Date on Which the ralthful
May Honor Ills Memory.
Komi:, Aug. 1. Pope Leo XIII. has
issued a letter on the observances of
the Columbus centennury, addressed to
tho bishops of Spain, Italy and Amer
ica, in which ho says, among other
things:
"From the end of the llftccnth century, slnco
a man from Llguira llrst landed under tho au
spices of God on tho trans-Atlantic shores, hu
manity has been strongly Inclined to celebrate
lth gratitude the recollection of this ecnt.
It would certainly not be an easy matter to
And n more worthy cause to touch their
hearts nnd Inflame their zcaL Tho cont la
effect is such in itself that no other epoch has
been a grander nnd moro beautiful one accom
plished by num. As to him who accomplished
it, there are few who can be compared to him In
greatness of ron1 and genius.
"IJy this work a new world flashed forth from
tho ocean, thousands upon thousands of mor
tals returned to tho common society of tho
human nice, led from their barbarous life to
peacefulness und conization and which is of
much inoro importanco recalled from
perdition lo eternal llfo by the bestowal of tho
gifts which Jesus Christ brought to tho w orlo,
Europe, astonished allko by the noelty and tho
prudlglouaness of this unexpected ecnt, under
stood little by little, in duo courso of
time, what she owed to Oolumbus, when
by sending colonies to America, by frequent
communications, by exchange of services, by
thcrpsourccs confided to tho sea 'and recehed
In return, thero was discovered an accession of
tho mosff.wor.iblo hind possible to tho know 1
edgo of nature, to tho reciprocal abundance of
riches, with tho result that the prcstlgo of Eu
rope increased enormously.
"Thcroforo it would not be fitting nmld these
numerous testimonials of honor and In theso
concerts of felicitations that tho church should
maintain complete silence, slnco, in nccordanco
with her character and her Institution, sho
willingly upproes and endeavors to favor all
tint appears, wherover it is, to bo worthy of
honor and praise.
"In order lo Celebrate worthily and in a man
ner suitable to tho truth of the facts the sol
emn anniversary of Columbus, tho satredness
of religion must bo united to tho splendor or, tho
civil pomp
"Wo decreo to this effect: That tho day of
October 12, or tho following Sunday, If tho re
rcspcoth o diocesan bishops Judpo it to be op
portune, that after tho office of tho day tho sol
emn mass of tho most holy trinity
shall bo celebrated in tho cathedral
and collcgiata churches of Spain, Italy
and thu two Americas. In addition to theso
countries wo hope that, upon tho Initiative of
tho bishops, as much may bo tlono in tho others,
for it Is fitting tint all should concur In cele
brating w 1th piety and gratltudo an event which
has been prolltablo to all.
"In tho meanwhile, us n pledge of tho celes
tial favors and In testimony of our fraternal
good will, wo uITccilonatoly accord In tho Lord
the apostolic benediction to ou, venerublo
brothers, to your clergy and to your people
"Given nt Home, near St. Peters. July 10, of
tho yenr 189.', the llftccnth of our pontlllcite.
"LhQ XIII, I'opiv."
DRIVEN INTO THE MUD.
Terrible Death of Prof. i:dtvnrd Hope,
tho Aeronaut, ut St. I'uul.
Sr, Paul, Minn., Aug. 1. Pi of. L'd
ward Hope, thu balloonist, met Instant
death at Inver grove In a peculiar man
ner Sunday ufturnoon. After his bal
loon had gone up about half n mile it
began to drift rapidly toward thu Mis
sissippi before a wost wind. Becoming
alarmed, Hope cut away Ills parachute
and began to descend. The machine
worked badly, however, and he dioppcu
to thu earth like a shot. Ho fell In a
slough anil wns driven 12 feet into tho
soft mud. it required nuyrly an hour
to dig lilt body out
WATSON'S CHARGES.
Testimony llelng Taken Uofore the Spe
cial House Committee.
Washington, Aug. i. Tho Bpcclal
committee of the house to investignto
Mr. Watson's charges that members
were drunk during dobate began taking
tcstlmonySaturday.Mr. Watson testified
that ho had seen two members 'reeling
In tho aisles during debate on the silver
bill. Ho had seen a member drunk
while talking on tho Noycs-Ilockwcll
election case.
In his opinion that speaker was in a
maudlin state. Continuing, Mr. Wat
son said that in front of tho speaker
was a cup and sauce. The cup's con
tents were replenished several times,
and It was noticeable that the more tho
member drank the more ho wandered
in ills argument. Mr. Wntsou testified
that ho heard tho speaker say to a
page: "Bring mo moro of that stuff
that whisky."
Mr. Boatner said ho did not notice
anything of the kind. Messrs. Otis,
White, Halvcrson, Butler and Clover
said thoy hadsccn members intoxicated
on the floor, and Miss Bessio A. Dwycr,
reporter for the National Economist,
testified that slio noticed tho speaker
m tUo Sioyes-Kockwell debate drunk,
as described by Mr. Watson.
Mr. Watson interrupted and asked
to be allowed to prove that there was a
barroom in the basement and members
were often seen drinking; there. This
was ruled out.
Representative Rockwell, of New
York, testified that ho was a contesteo
in the Rockwcll-Noyes contested elec
tion caso decided by the house some
time ago. He was present during the
discussion of the case in tho
house. Witness had not seen any
members reeling on the floor dur
ing the present session. Be saw
no members whom lie thought wero
appreciably drunk. The gentleman
who made tho remark: "Wheic was I
nt?" had made a speech In his behalf
while the election case was in progress.
He (witness) was associated with
him a great deal before the
speech was delivered assisting him.
The man had worked hard and
was considerably exhausted. Be was,
Mr. Rockwell said, in no sense intoxi
cated or under the influence of liquor.
Witness saw the gentleman immediate
ly after the speech and he was not in
the least Intoxicated.
Representative Oates, of Alabama,
was the next witness. During his tes
timony it developed that Representa
tive Cobb, of Alabam, was the person
who had made the speech in the con
tested election case and who was the
person charged with intoxication by
Representative Watson.
Some question having nriscn as to
whether it was proper to allow tho
name to remain on the record, inas
much as no other name had been given,
Mr. Cobb remarked that whether hia
name was mentioned or not everybody
knew who was mennt. He appealed to
the committee to let the matter proceed
openly, and asked the committee to
make a thorough, searching investiga
tion, saying that he was not afraid of
the result.
Mr. Oates said that while Mr. Cobb
was speaking he appeared greatly ex
hausted, and some one sent him some
thing to drink. The stimulant, he ob
served, had some effect on Mr. Cobb,
enlivening his manner. Witness de
clared, however, that Mr. Cobb was not
drunk. Be had known him for twenty
seven years and never knew him to be
drunk, although he took a drink some
times. Adjourned.
SHE IS INSANE.
So Says the Jury In tho Alice Mitchell
Case All Insano Asylum Tor tho Mur
deress. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 1. A large
crowd was in attendance at the crimi
nal court Saturday, it being announced
that Judge J. J Dubose would deliver
his charge to the jury in the famous
caso of Alice Mitchell, who murdered
Freda Ward.
The defendant appeared calm aud
collected during the reading of the
charge, the time occupied in its de
livery being fifteen minutes, the ques
tion of the sanity or insanity of the
prisoner at the time of the trial being
the only question consideied. The
jury retired at 9:30 o'clock, und at 9:r50
o'clock filed into the court room with
tho following verdict:
"Wo, thojury, find thodefendint, Alice Mitch
ell, insane, aud bcllovo It would endanger tho
safety of tho community to set her ut liberty.
M. C. Gallaway, foreman "
Alice Mitchell was then remanded to
the custody of the sheriff and will bo
ordered placed in an insane asylum.
Should slie be released as sane at any
time, she can be then placed upon trial.
on the charge of miuiler, as she was
only tried as to her mental soundness
or unsoundness, the question as to her
mental condition at tho time of the
commission of the homicide not being
touched upon.
When the verdict was read by the
clerk, a faint smile spread over the de
fendant's features, as if she had been
confident of the jury's verdict thiough
out the entire trial. She was taken to
jail, gayly chatting as she went, and
will bo sentenced to one of the state In
sane asylums.
They Mutt He Orderly.
Washington, Aug. 1. The president
issued a proclamation commanding nil
persons engaged in resisting tho laws
of Wyoming und tho process of the
courts of the United States to cease
such opposition and resistance and to
disperse and retire peuceubly to their
respective abodes on or before Wednes
day, the 3d of August.
Illnaster to n l'lento Train.
Mu.w.uiKKr, Aug. 1. Tito train hired
by the Union stock yurds switchmen of
Chicago, who on Saturday had a ptcuic
here at tho National park, was wrecked
at 11::i0 a. in. in the union depot. The
train wns run in two sections, the first
an iving a quarter of au hour abend of
tho other. Section No. 1 was still stand
ing on thu track, thu excursionists hav
ing loft the curs, when No. 'J came rush
ing into tlie depot at such a rate of speed
os to render the engineer unable to stop
it. and it crashed into No, 1, tulescoplng
tho rear coach, und badly smashing two
others, One passenger on No. 2 wuu
killed aud eight otheis badly hurt.
KNIGHT TEMPLARS.
Denver Has Fropnrcd Kluborate Enter
tntnment for Them During tho Comlnc
Conclave.
Dknvkr, Col., Aug. a. As tho tltno
(August 7) for the great Knights
Templar conclave approaches tho
different committees of tho local
templars are hard at work completing
tho details of the reception and enter
tainment of their visiting brethron.
Decorations on tho streets of the city
aro assuming shape. That furnished
by the means of electric lights will
probably equal anything of the kind
over attempted in tho United States.
Tho oftlclul programme for the con
clavo was made public Monday. It
covers soven days and begins Sunday,
August 7, when devotional ex
orcises will be held In all tho
churches, In which all sir knights
then in tho city arc cordially
invited to participate On Monday,
August 8, tho morning will be spent in
receiving and escorting the visiting
commandcrlcs. The several head
quarters of the resident commandcrlcs
will be open for the reception of guests
nt night, during which time a general
interchange of knightly courtesies,
scronades, etc., will occur.
From 8 until 12 o'clock of that night
the first grnnd illumination of the city
will take placo and it will be on a mag
nificent scale. The illuminations will
be continued during tho conclave.
On Tuesday, August 9, the grand
parade will occupy the greater part of
tho day. Wednesday at 10 o'clock tho
boys' brigade will parade, after which
carriage drives will bo taken to tho
eastern part of the city and on return
ing receptions will bo held at the va
rious headquarters of commandcrlcs
and clubs.
At 10 o'clock Thursday morning a
grand exhibition drill for prizes, offered
by the Denver chamber of commerce,
will occur nt Overland park. Tho after
noon and evening will be devoted to in
specting different parts of the city, the
sraelters.manufactorics nnd pleasure re
sorts. At 8 o'clock p. m. tho Indepen
dent Order of Odd Fellows will hold nn
encampment at Electric hall, whera
will occur the exemplification of threo
degrees by the famous silver state en
campment degree staff. Patriarchs
without visiting cards will be intro
duced by tho grand patriarch.
Friday, August 12, will be devoted to
a variety of excursions to neighboring
towns, canyons and spriags for all de
sirous of viewing the scenic, mineral,
agricultural and other attractions of
the Silver state. At 8:30 p. m. there
will be a banquet to the grand en
campment of the United States nt tho
H. C. Brown Palace hotel, tendered by
the triennial committee.
Saturday, August 13, will also ba
spent In excursions to neighboring re
sorts. SLAIN BY THE TROOPS.
Natives of a Uussiun Town Form thn Idea
That Doctors Aro PoHnnhip; Cholera
l'ntionts, and Undertake to Vent Their
Fury Soldiers Aro Culled Out, n Itnttlo
Knsucs nnd Many Aro Killed.
St. Pi:ti:rsiiuiio, Aug. 2. Letters re
ceived hero from Ashkcnd, a town of
Asiatic Russia, in Syr-Daria, report
that news in regard to serious riots
which occurred in that place on July (J
in connection with the cholera epidemic
has been suppressed by the govern
ment, the strictest censorship being ex
ercised in tlie matter.
From these letters it is learned that
the native Sarts, believing that tho
doctors were poisoning patients who
were suffering from cholera, became
greatly excited and determined to
put an end to the murderous
practices whicli they Imagined wero
being employed in the cases of the un
fortunate stricken with tho terrible
disease. Tlie wildest rumors wore cur
rent of tho cruelties inflicted by the
medical men in causing the immediate
deatii of the patients, and theso stories
had the effect of arousing tho fury of
the people to the highest pitch.
Five thousand of the Sarts suddenly
luvadcd the Russian quaiter of tho
town and attacked aud wrecked tho
residence of Deputy Governor Poutlasts
off, who lied on tlie approach of tho
howling mob. His flight was discov
ered, however, and he was pursued and
overtaken iu the street by a large and
Infuriated crowd of tlie attackers, who
mercilessly vented their fury on tho
helpless official.
The authorities, having become
aware of the state of affairs in the
town, took immediate steps to suppress
the disorder and protect the other en
dangered officials. A body of troops
were hurried to the scene of the at
tack on the deputy governor, nnd they
were given orders to adopt the most
rigorous measures in dealing with tho
rioters.
Arriving at the place where, the de
fiant Sarts were assembled, the troops
opened Are on their ranks, killing sev
eral of them. The Sarts woro armed
with pistols and daggers, and, nothing
daunted by the deadly fire poured into
them, held their ground and made a
desperate resistance to the soldiers.
The two forces closed in on each
other and a furious linnd-to-hund fight
resulted, the maddened Sarts when
their pistols had been emptied slashing
furiously about with their daggers and
doing much execution with theso
weapons.
Tho character of the struggle may bo
Imagined, when it is known that sixty
of tlie Sarts were killed and that hun
dreds of them wero wounded, many of
them most grievously. The soldiers,
too, suffetcd heavily, the Russian loss
being fifteen killed and many wounded.
Democrat (let Alabama.
Monn.i:, Ala., Ang. 2. So far ai
known at this hour thu election
throughout the state lias been a very
quiet one, though great interest was
manifested. The Register has te
colved bulletins from twenty-eight of
tho sixty-six counties in the stiito,
which show handsome majorities for
Jones, the democratic cuudidato for
governor, oxcept iu Halo county.
The evidences thus far are that the
straight-out democracy bus carried
the day, though there is no doubt that
Kolb hits carried a few of the re mo to
counties.
Voted to postpone.
Deraoorntlo ConRrossmen In Caucus De
cide to Favor Deferring Action on th
WorldM Fnlr Hill.
Washington, Aug. 3. -King Caucus
wns summoned Monday night to take a.
hand In tho world's fair struggle. The
house democratic caucus by a vote of
C9 to 32 resolved to postpone tho entire
world's fair question until December 7
noxt. It was further resolved that la
tho meantime the Doekcry investi
gating cominltteo should make another
trip to Chicago to ascertain the exact
needs of the opposition.
Tho vote of the caucus was no sooner
announced than the world's fair peo
ple said thoy would not bo bound by
the caucus action, but would now con
tinue tho ffght with more determina
tion than over.
Tho resolution of postponement waj
drawn by Mr. Doekcry, but was pre
sented by Mr. Mutchlcr, of Pennsyl
vania. It was iu throe parts,
and was In substance as follows:
That thero shall bo a vote on a
icparato world's fair bill appro
priating $5,000,000 in aid of the world'
fair on tho 7th of December next, after
six hours' debate, and that only three
amendments shall be in order, this pro
vision boing to prevent continued fili
bustering through the offering of nu
merous amendments.
The second part of tho resolution
provides thai the house shall lay tho
motion of Representative Bingham, of
Pennsylvania, on tho table, vote to re
consider its concurrence in tho senate
amendment and insist on its disagree
ment thereto.
Tho third brnnch of this resolution
provides for tho continuuuee of tho
Doekcry subcommittee on appropria
tions, which investigated tho world's,
fair management, with authority be
tween now and December to look into
the financial condition of the fair, a re
port on the needs of said enterprise to
be made to the house on the first Mon
day In December.
v The drift of sentiment was clearly
favorable from the start forapostponc
ment. Speaker Crisp himself cast his
influence In that direction, and in a
spcccli of some length urged demo
cratic members to agree upon a vote
next December in order that tlie busi
ness of the present session might bo
wound up.
In the housw Monday Mr. Holman
moved to suspend tho rules and pass a
joint resolution extending the appro
priations until August 4. The resolu
tion wns passed w ithout opposition.
Tho house then passed a bill chang
ing the date of dedication of the build
ings of the world's Columbinn exposi
tion from October 12 to October 21.
The house adjourned.
Washington, Aug. 2. Tho house
joint resolution extending the appro
priations included in the sundry civil
bill till next Thursday was laid beforo
the senate and passed.
The vice president signed the joint
resolution cxtending.thc appropriations,
and it went to tho president and re
ceived hia signature also.
OATES' REPORT READY.
The Kecent T.nbor Troubles ut Homestead
Discussed at l.onc;th.
Washington, Aug. 2. Representative
Oates, tho chairman of the special sub
committee of the judiciary committee
that investigated the labor troubles
ut Homestead, Pa., and the
action of the Pinkerton police
at that place, has prepared his
report and will submit it for approval
to the subcommittee at once. Inas
much as It is not yet definitely deter
mined whether tho investigation into
the Pinkerton police system of tho
troubles shall be proceeded with or not,
the report in its conclusion docs not
deal with that mntter. It relates en
tirely to the cause, progress and ter
mination of the labor troubles, giving
first au epitome of the evidence
taken by tlie committee at Homes
stead and Pittsburgh. The report then
discusses logically the questions that
suggested themselves as a result' of the
evidence taken. These questions ate
substantially as follows: Was the
Carnegie company justified in re
ducing the scale of wages; was
the treatment of thoir employes
kind and just; weie the em
ployes justified in their conduct dur
ing the trouble; wa- the company justi
fied in employing Pinkerton polico to
guard the property, und has congress
any jurisdiction in the matter? These
questions are each discussed at more or
less length.
MURDER HIS PROFESSION.
A l'risouer Who Claims to 11 two Had a
Hum! In Three Irish l'olltlcul Assassina
tions. London, Aug. 2. A man who Is cou
fincd in prison in Glasgow has con
fessed to the authorities that ho was
implicated iu the muider of Lord Lei
trim who was shot and killed on April
2, 1878, while driving neur his lesi
dence In County Berry, Ireland. Tho
prisoner also stated that he was con
cerned in the killing of Lord Mottiit
morres at Rusheen, County Mayo, Ire
land, September 25, 1880. He further
says he was hired to assist tho mail
who killed the informer, J nines Caiey.
The prison commissioners aro
carefully Investigating tlie story
of the man, whom thoy
have subjected to a most searching ex
amination, and aro endeavoring to se
cure proof of his statements. They
rcfuso to divulge the prisoner's name
or to furnish any information regard
ing him. None of the persons con
cerned In the murders of Lord Leltrim
und Lord Mouutinorres was ever caught.
The Debt Stuteinent.
Washington, Aug. 2. The public
debt statement shows an incieuse dur
ing last month of 61,050 in the bonded
indebtedness, a decrease of SS40.050 in
tho non-interest bsurlng debt, and an
incieasu of 8357,000 iu tho surplus cash
in the treasury. Tho surplus in tlie
tietisury to-day, Including the 3100,000,
000 gold gieciiback redemption fund,
uggregate.s S127.050.2S0. The total
debt to-day, less surplus cash in the
treasury, amounts to ?84'J,8'JB,o48,
made up of 55b5,030,!l80 in bonded
und 8255,203,201 hi uon-intorcst beuiluK
debt.