Summary Of The Week

Senator Ai.i.ison mude a iengthy speech m the' debate on the Sundry Ctv 1 blll In the Simate on the Jth, claiming that the expendlture9 of the Ciovernnient for tho four ycars of Mr. Cleveland s Adruinlstratlon ejceedad the expendltures of the Garneld-Arthur AdintnIstrution by f05,(IM).UO.). Mr. Hoar'i resolutlon calllng on President Cleveland for all the correspondence between Creat Hrltaia and the United Stutes relit ng to Ihe fl-.heries troublei was passoil In the House the time was pnnclpally occupied ín debatlng the leave of-absence quostion. The Preldent's message and the Wllson bill relating to retallatlon was referred to a ub-commtttee to oollato all the treatles and statutes bearlng on the subject. Mu. Keaoas introduced a bill In the Senate on the 29th to permlt the importation of Jute bagging free of duty. Tho conferencie report on the Sundry Clvll Approprlatlon blll was considercd. Soveral bilis of local Importance were passed In the Houso a joint resolution was passed to provide temporarlly (untll September 15) for the expendltures of tho Government. The bill provldlng that the Government socurities shall bc prlnted In the highest stylo of art, on hand-roller presses, was passed. IN tho Sonate on the SOth uil. the blll forfeit Ing tho land grants to the Norlhern Paciflo rallroad on the part of tho line not yet completcd was rrported favorably. Severalamendments to the Fortiflcations bill were adopted. In speaking of the retallatory message Senator George upheld the President's posltion and Senator Cullom criticlsod It... In the House an attempt to consider the Oklahoma btll thowed the absence of a quorum. The Commlttee on Forelgn Affalrs repjrted tho Itetallation bill. whlch givc the President authority, in his discretion, to uspend in wliole or In part the transportatlon of goods imported or exportod from Canada without the paymentof duty; provides that whenever the President Is satlsfled that there Is any discrlmination whatever in the use of Canadlan canals whtch may be detrimental to the interests of the United States there sfaall be a toll of twenty cents a ton levicd on Canadian vessels using the Sault Ste. Marie and St. Claire Flats canals, or the President may In hls discretion entlrely prohibit Canadian vcsscls from the use of these canals. In tho Sonate on the 31st uit. the Fortifications bill was passed. A bill was Introduced authorlzing the President to take all necessary steps to prevent the spread from one State or Territory to another of cholera, yellow fever, small-pox or plague. A blll was reported favorably to glve soldlors who served ntnety days or more and were dlscharged on account of disease contracted in the line of duty the same bounty they would have received If dischargcd for wounds. Adjourned to the 8d In the House nearly the entlre session was spent in consldering the Sundry Civil Approprlatlon bill. Al the evenlng sesslon twenty-seven private pension bilis were passed. _____ OOMESTIC. A BARüE sank on the 2Sth near Cape Henry, R. L, and the colored cook, Richard Blizzard, wlth his wife and child, wero drowned. Samuel Stambroak, a leading merchant at Kincaid, Kan., while umpiring a base ball game on the 2.)th was struek on the neck by a swiftlypitcheJ ball and instantly killed. Joseph Breed, assistant cashier of the Hartford (Conn.) National Bank, suicided by cutting his throat on the 29th. No cause was known. Near Topcka, Kan., George Pearce, a farmer soventy-three years of age, was attacked by a buil on tho 2.tth while trying co tio up the animal and was gored to death. Owin'q to despondency over the death of his wifo, which oceurred a year ago, R. H. Milnor, a prominent physician of Chester, Pa., committed suicido on the 29th. Charles Chocker, the rocently deceased California millionaire, left his entire estate, valued at $25,250,000, to his family. Eiohteen valuable horses were burned to death in the barn of the Spring Valley Stock Farm near Indianapolis, Ind., on the 29th. A fire destroyed e:ght business hou9es and a largo amount of valuable property at Lancaster, Wis., on the 2i'th. The annual report made public on the 29th of the Pension Commissioner for the fiscal year ended June SO, 1888, shows that thero were added to the pension rolls (0,252 new names, making a total of 412,567 pensioners on the rolls at the close of the year. Tho amount of pensions paid during the year was f78, 775,8(51, an incroase over the previous'year of (5,308,230. The forost fires in Northern Michigan were nearly out on the 29th, and people were to their homes. Records of losses kept increasing the total amount lost. There were no fatalities, thougu many narrow escapes. At Brown's Gulch, M. T., on the 29th Peter and Eugene Vanino, aged six and three years respectively, while playing with matches in a barn, set fire to tho building and were burned to death. Br the upsetting of a boat on the 29th near Hynnnis, Mass., Bertie and Edna Smith and Fred Barnard were drowned. They were each about twelvo years of age. Owino to an epidemie of malarial or typhoid fever many residents of Caldwell, O., were on the 29th leaving that town. There had been one hundred cases of the malady and twenty-five deaths. Tincture of aconite given on the 30th uit. by mistake as a sirup in soda water killed Horace Bishop and Charles Applebee, aged fifteen and sixteeu years, at Branford. Conn. Fortt-five business flrms of Davenport, Ia., commenced proceedings on the 30bh uit. before the State Railroad Commissioners against several railways, alleging that the freight rates charged by these roads are unreasonably high and discriminating. The prospects wero on the 30th uit that the erop of oysters from all the waters in the nelghborhood of New York this season would be of excellent quality and ex tremely plentiful. At a meeting of the National Electrical Association in New York on the ÜOth uit. it was stated that thero were 192.500 are lights and 1,700,000 incandescent lights in use in the United States. Thirty-four electric railways were in operation and forty-nine more roads were being constructed. A statie to Robert Burns was unvailed at Albany, N. Y., on the 30th uit. in the presence of noted Scotchmen from all parts of the country. Rev. Robert Collyer was tho orator of tho occasion. John Kirby, third baseman in the Lima (O.) ball club, broke one of the cords In his left leg in sliding to a baso on the ÜOth uit. and would be crippled for life. The new million and a half steel railroad bridge of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad at Nebraska City, Neb. , was formally opened on the 30th uit. Thb United States Government sold and gave away 2S, 435,838 acres of land during the year ended June 30 last. The total costof the foroign mail service of the United States last year was Ï49O,OÖ7. The number of pieces of mail senttoloreign countries aggregated 89,226,934. A. J. Throckmorton, a nephew of Governor Throckmorton, of Texas, committed suicide on the 30th uit. at Denver, Col. Despondency was tho cause, due to poverty iui sickness. Isaac Wii.i i on the ;Wtli uit. shot and Iftllnii lus iwi'iily year-old wife at New Florence, Mo., while in a drunken raga. A liZMUUOl I infectious disease, which had some charaoteristics of typhoid fever and sonio of malaria, had cauied twentyfivo deathi at Caldwsll, O., on the :toth ult. ÏHiKTï-roi-R new cases of yellow fc-ver were reportad t Jucksonville, Fia., on the 30th uit., umi the panto wus said to be spreading and passing bcyond control. Bt the prematuro explosión of adynam ite cartrldge on the 3Oth ult. ut South Bethlehem, N. Y , tliroe men were killed. Is u quarrel on the 30tli ilt. at Warren, Ind., George MeKee shot and killed Iris brother John. The last span in tho groat bridge across the Hudson river at Poughkoepsie, N. Y., was completed on the 30th ult. JonN Fn.i.nAKT, agod ninety-threo yoars, hanged himself in his son's barn at Depauvillc, N. Y., on the Sist ult. No cause waa known. Ax old bridge over Dry Fork, near Taylorsvillo, Ala., went down on the 31st ult. while a party of young folks wore on their way to a picnic over it, and four were killed and several wounded. It was announced on the Sist ult. that u banana " trust " hud boen formed at New Orleans with a capital of tli,000,0no. Owixo to ill-treatmcnt by her husband Mis. Thompson drowned hersolf and her ono week's old babe on the 31st ult. at New Lisbon, O. CnABL.ES I. De Balm, tho absconding assistant cashier of the Park National Bank of New York, who stolo f 110,000, was arrested on the ÍHst ult. Ki.ias Kous, of New York, aged sixtytwo yoars. cul his wife's throat on the Sist ult. and tlicn shot himself through the head. Domestic troublo was the cause. Du ring the seven days ended on tho Sist ult. there were 126 business fai'ures in tho United States, against 157 tho previous seven days. The total of fallures in the IToitod States since January 1 to date is 6,791, against 6,412 In 1887. An' explosión of mino gas occurred on the 31st ult. in tho colliery of the Mount Pleasant Coal Company, near Scranton, Pa., and it was believed that many miners were killed. A wATEit-srot'T early on the morning of the Sist ult. did great damage in tho Hot Springs (Ai-k.) district. A raging flood swept through that city, destroying many structures and partly submerging othera. It was said that thirteen persons were drowned, and that nine bodies had been recovered. The iinancial loss was placed at $100,000. Duitiso tho twonty-four hours onded at six p. m. on the 31st ult there were twontysix new cases of yellow fever and three doaths at Jacksonvillo, Fla. People were quitting the city in thousands. Reports f rom the No-.thwest on the Sist ult. showed an average yield of eighteen bushels of wheat to the acre in Northern Minnesota and fifteen bushei to the acre in DakoU. The Woman's Christian Temperanoe Union will hold its annual meeting in New York Octobor 19. Geokge W. Cox was hanged on the Sist ult at San Andreas, Cal., for the murder of his son-in-law, Henry G. Cok, last November. During the last hscal yoar the total number of applications received at the Patent Office in Washington was 40,177; tho total number granted, 22, 101, against 23,217 the previous year; total receipts, 11,192,944, a decrease of $27,102; total expenditures, Í9:,73O, a decrease of Í27.914. There were 7,227 cases on hand awaiting action. Heavy wind and rain-storms had on the 31st ult. injured the cotton erop in Western Tennesseo and the northern portions of Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama about ten per cent. Five cowboys were drowned on the 31st ult. near Fike's Peak, Col., by acloud burst which flooded the place where they were sleeping. Akciier Cook (colored) was hanged on the 31st ult. by amob at Farmville, Va., for assaulting a white girl Burke Mitchell, a negro wife-murdorer, was hanged on the 31st ult. at Houston, Tex. Forest fires had on the Sist ult. done great dainagc to fencing. corn-fields and Email buildings in the vlcinity of Montpelicr, Ind. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Dr. Nathax Fiei.d, of Jeffersonville, Ind., foundcr of a religious sect akin to the Second Adventists, died on the 28th, aged eightv-eight years. Rev. Jesse Pratt, the oldest Baptist minister of Arkanses, died at Little Rock on the 28th f rom grief over the waywardness of a son. The Pennsylvania Democratie State convention at Harrisburg on the 28th nominated Henry Meyer, of Allegheny, for Auditor-General. The Republicans of New York in State convention on the 28th at Saratoga Springa nominated Warner Miller for Governor, Colonel 8. V. R. Cruger for LieutenantGovernor, and William Rumsey for Judge of the Court of Appeals. The platform indorsos high license, denounces pauper Immigration, approves the declaration of principies adoptod by the National convention in Chicago, heartily indorses the Kepublican nominees, declares against free trade and condemns the course of Governor Hill. Tue Minnesota State conference of Farmers' and Labor organizations in session at St. Paul on the 2Sth nominated Ignatius Donnelly for Governor. Candidates for Congress were nominated on the 28th as follows: John P. Remington, by the Delaware State Democratie convention ; James McCabe, by Ninth Indiana district Demócrata; J. L. Reber, by Eighth Illinois district Prohibitionists; J. C. Burrows (remominated) by Fourth Michigan district Republicans; A. E. Morrison, by Seventh Iowa district Democrats; D. J. Burchett, by Ninth Kentucky district Republicans; D. L. Brinton, by Third Maryland district Republicans; D. B. Brunner, by Eighth Pennsylvania district Democrats, and Charles B. Smith (renominated) by Fourth West Virginia district Republicans. Thb Democrats of Iowa in State convention on the 20th at Des Moines made the following nominations: For Secretary of State, Georgo C. Heberling; Auditor, Daniel J. Ockerson; Treasurer, Amos Case; Supreme Court Judge, Patrick H. Smythe; Attornoy General, Joseph C. Mitchell; Railway Commissioners, Peter A. Dey, Charles L. Lund and Hermann Wills. A platform was adopted which indorses the St Louis platform and candidates; commends Mr. Cleveland's Administratlon; indorses the Mills bilí, and declares the party's opposition to prohibition as " in jurious to business and the cause of temperance." The Nebraska Democratie State convention met at Lincoln on the 29th and made these nominations: For Governor, John A. McShano; LieutcnantGovernor, Frank Folda; Treasurer, John M. Patterson; Auditor, W. A. Pointer; Attorney-General, W. H. Munger. The platform favors high license and indorses the Mills biüs and the Presidont's fUhery policy. Tm: following Congressional nominatiom were reportad on the 29th: lowa, Fiftb district, Daniel Kerr (Rep.), renominated ; Michigan, Koeond district, W. Stearni (Dem.); Fifth, T. E. Barkwith (Dom). Missouri, First district, W. H. Hatcli (Dem.); Seventh, R. H. Norton (Dem). Pennsylvanla, Twenty-third district, J. A Langflt (Dem.); Twenty-second, G. N Hun roa Mins Mauoaket Fennicai., one of tin smallest womeu in the world, died on tin 29th at Carlisle, Pa. Rhe was flfty-flvt years old and oiily thirty-four iuches iu height. ïnE Kansas Union Labor party held o convention at Wichita on the 29th and nominated a full State ticket, with P. P. Eider for Governor. The platform detnands woman suffrage, pension to soldiers, roduction of official salaries, and that the State publish school-books and furnish them at cost. The Union Labor Stato convention held at Wilkesbarre, Pa., on the 29th mado these nominations: For Auditor-General, Thomas H. Windle; Supremo Judge, W. L. Biril. A platform was adopted demanding freo homestead and favoring a uniform series of school books to be publishod by the State. Coxqressional noiii!nation3 were made on the 30th uit as follows: Wlsconsin, Fifth district, L. B. Caswoll (Rep), renominated. Missouri, Twelfth district, John W. Hanna (Rep.). Virginia, Fifth district, J. D. Blackville (Rep.); SUth, P. JicAuliffe (Rep.). Indiana, First district, Frank B. Posey (Rep). Michigan, Fifth district, Charles E. Belknap (Rep.). Ohlo, First district, O. J. Cosgrove (Dem.) Second, C. W. Gerard (Dem.). Illinois, Eighth district, John McLaughlin (UnionLabor). Mits. Nan'cy Jones, aged ono hundred and six years, died on the 3Oth uit at Galveston, Tex. Cosoressioxai. nominations were made on the31st uit. as folows: Lewis W. Turpin by Fourth Alabama district Democrats; Samuel Craig by Twenty-ürst Pennsylvania district Republicana; Daniel Campbell, by Eleventh lowa district Union Laborites, and Michael Healey by First Illinois district Union Laborites. FOREIGN. In an address at St. Thomas, Ont, on the 2Sth Hon. Mr. Laurier, leader of the Liberal party in Canada, said that the unfriendly course of the Dominion Government during the past twenty-nve years had lrrltatcd Americans, and that it was high time that that policy should be reversed. Fifteen' men of the crew of the steamer Bratsburg, from Sydney to Montreal with ooal, were drowned on the 28th near Matam, Can., by the stranding of the boat. Advices of the 29th from London state that tho shortage in the wheat erop of the old world would be about 80,000,000 bushels. A ii ka vi rain, accompanied by a gale, prevailed over England on tho 29th, doing great damagc to erops. Advices of the 29th say that fivo hundred dervishes attackod an Egyptlan fort near Wady Ualfa and captured a portion of it. The Egyptians received relnforcements and sucoeoded in driving out the lervishes, killing one hundred of them. The Egyptian loss was sixteen killed and twenty-seven wounded. Anotüüu Nihilist plot was discovered on the 29th at St. Petersburg. Tho conspirators had quartera near tho imperial palace and were completing arrangements to blow up the Czar. At Eilerz, Hungary, on the ÜOth uit. a man munlered his five rhüdren and afterwards committed suïcide. ATTarnobrzeg, Austria, on the 30th uit one hundred and fifty houses were destroyed by flre and two hundred families were made homeless. The loss was $2,500,000. Six Socialists were arrested on the 31st uit. at Amiens, France, for inciting workmen to strike. Advices of the Sist uit. say that China had refused to ratify the American treaty restricting immigration. Lo.n'dox advices of the 31st u!t. say that a hurricane in Algoa bay wrecked numerous vessels and many persons were drowned. LATER NEWS. The percentage of tho baso hall clubs In the National League for the week ended on the lst was as follows: New York, .643; Chicago, .558; Detroit, 63ñ. ; Philadelphia, .55; Boston, .524; Pittsburgh, .471; Washington, .880; Indianapolls, .359. American Association: (St Louis, .681; Philadelphia, .624; Cincinnati, .622; Brooklyn, .604; Cleveland, .409: Baltimore, .398; Louisville, .880; Kansas City, .311. Western Association: Des Moines, .658; St. Paul, .640; Omaha, .581; Kansas City, .530; Milwaukeo, .456; Sioux City, .413; Chicago, .400; DaTenport, 314. Two Bkitish steamers collided on the lst near Gibraltar and eleven seamen were drowned. The American House at West Superior, Wis., was burned early on the morning of the 2d, and three guests lost their lives. The hro was started by a lamp explosión. A FKEIGHT train jumped the track on the lst near Booneville, Mo., killing s x laborers who had stepped asido to let the train pass. TnE public-debt statement issued on tho lst showed tho total debt to be $1,728,008,805; cash in Treasury, tl07,673,320; debt less cash in Troasury, $154,122,683. Decrease during August, $7,324,675. Decrease tsince June 30, 1888, $11,461,074. Samuel Bliss, a Chicago Wholesale sirup dealer, failed on the lst for $150,000. A fike started in a toy warehouse at Baltimore, Md., on the 2d, and an explosión of flre-works wrecked the building, the falling walls burying seven firemen, who were all killed. The flre destroyed every thing in tho block, entailing a property loss of $1,500,000. Mu. and Mks. Kouert McClintock were struck by a train on the lst while crossing the track near Delphi, Iud., and both wero killed. Advices of tho lst from Paladora, in the public land strip in Colorado, say that a party of vigilantes surrounded a band of seventeen horsotnioves, and in the fight which occurred all of tho thieves were killed and the vigilantes had threo men killed and nino wounded. William A. Swakt, a private banker at Roscland, a Chicaeo suburb, disappeared on the lst, taking with him nearly $50,000 belonging to depositors. Dispatches received on the lst at Denver, CoL, stated that a flght had occurred between the Piute and Ute Indians, during which over one hundred were killed. Durixq the twenty-four hours endod on tho 2d thero were 24 new cases of yellow fever at Jacksonville, Fla., and 2 deaths. Total number of cases to date, 258; total deaths to date, 34. The Fields Biscuit and Cracker Com pany at San Francisco failod on the lst for $100,000. The erop reports for tho week ended on tho lst iudicated damage to corn by frost in Michigan and Minnesota. TnE United States Senato was not in session on the lst. In the House the tima was occupied in discussing tho Suudry Civil Appropriatiou bill.