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12
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September
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1888
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The time was occupled In the Sonate on th th disoussing the House blll to prohtDtt Chinese lmmlRriitton, but no actlon wal taken .... In the House the Uetallation bill was con¦ldered. A vote was taken on the Chinese Restrlctlon blll In the Senato on the 5th. and every Senator present votcd for lt, but owlng to the lack of a quorum the ballot was Inoffectual. . ..In the Houso a concurront resolutlon was presented tor the adjournmont of Congress September 20. It was referrod to the Ways and Means Commlttee. A blll was passcd provlding for the exchange of worn or mutilated subsldlary coln, at colnage value, for new coln. IN tho Senate on the 6th the Chlnoso blll was further dtscussed, and lt was declded to take a vote on the measuro on the 7th - In the House the Kotaliation blll was agaln consldored but uo aotlon was taken. Tbi blll excluding all Chinese lmmlgratlon, which orlginated in the House, was passcd In tho Senato on the 7tn by a vote of 87 to 8. KiRht pension vetoes were received from the President. Adjourncd to tho lOth In the House the time was devotod enttrely to discussion of the Retaliation bilL At tho cvenln sesslon thirty-two private pension bllli wor passcd. DOMESTIC. A train ran lnto a hand-car on tho 4th near Durant, Miss., killing tiireo colored boys. Three men, while walking on the Chicago & Atlantio track on the 4th near Hedgewisch, 111., were run down by a fast passenger train and instantly killed. Thref. workmen were killed on tho 4th at 8t. Johnsbury, Vt., by the caving in of a bank. Onio's centennial exposition, to commemorato the first one hundred years of tho State's history, was oponed on the 4th at Columbus, and will continue for seven weeks. The wholesale grocery store of Klausen & Lcvi, at Ban Diego, Cal., burned on the 4th. Loss, $345,000. Dürino the absence of the parents on the 4th Howard Mills, aged sevon years, of Olcott, N. Y., who is domented, choked to death nis baby sister, aged thirteen months. Mrs. Maooie Collins, an aged colored woman, was shot and killed while at dinner in her home noar Circleville, O., on tha 4th. Her unknown assassin fired through tho open window. Charles C. Holton, a wholesale furnituro dealer of Chicago, failed on the 4th for 195,000. Judoe Zenor on tho 4th instructod the grand jury at Corydon, Ind., to use every effort to indict the lawless White Caps. A schooner from Havana was dotained at the Delaware breakwater, ofï Philadelphia, on the 4th, by the United States authorities, because there were several cases of yellow fever on board. The biggest single transaction in many years was closed on the Board of Trade In Chicago on the 4th, Leopold Bloom selling a million bushols of December wheat to B. P. Hutchinson at 952 cents. The National Chess Congrcss opened at Cinclnnatl on the 4th. White Caps at Ada, O., on the 5th tarred and featheied Mrs. Strunn, accusedof running a house of iH-fame, and ordored her to leavo town within twenty-four hours. James P. Bennett, retail tea and coffee dealer at New York, failcd on the 5th for f150,000. A firb on the 5th at Baker City, Ore., destroyed an entire block at a loss of $260,000. The Federatlon of Minors and Mine Laborers in session on the 5th at Indianapolis decided that after September 1, 1889, nine hours should be a day's work, and after September 1, 1S90, eight hours. The Society of tho Army of the Tennossee began its twenty-first annual reunión at Toledo, O., on the 5th, General W. T. Sherman, the president, in the chair. The striking coal-miners at Sheradsville and Salineville, O., returned to work on the 5th at tho operators' terms after four months of idleness. The official bulletin for the twenty-four hours ended on the 5th showcd 51 new cases and 5 deaths from yellow fever at Jacksonvillo, Fla. ; total cases to date, 388; deaths to dato, 42. Seven new cases woro reported at Tampa, one at Manateo and one at Palmetto. Nbau Columbus, Ind., on the 5th James Ford, a farmer, whilo sufferin from delirium sprang from his bed, seized a chair and killed his youngest child, a babe, and fatally injurod his wife and ten-year-old child. A laroe number of counterfeit one-dol lar silver certificatos were circulating in Brooklyn, N. Y., on the 5th. The disappearance of C. A. Cadalso, the Delaware & Hudson railroad agent at Green Ridge, Pa., led to the discovery on the 5th that he was f12,000 short in his accounts. A fire which broko out in J. H. Ackorman's store at Cattaragus, N. Y., on tho 5th destroyed thirteen buildings. The loss was large. On the th two freight trains on the St Joseph & Council Bluffs road collided near St. Joseph, SI o., causing $100,000 damage. Tns number of new yellow fever cases reported at Jacksonville, Fla, during the twenty-iour nours enaea on me om was 46; deaths, 10. Total cases to date, 434-, deaths, 52. AUTnoxï Haber, a carpenter, of Newport, K. L , shot his wife and theu himself in a fit of jealousy on the 6th. At the reunión of the Army of the Tennessee in Toledo, O., on the Gth General W. T. Sherman was re-elected president. Serious damage was done by a killing frost in New Hampshire, Hhode Island and Vermont on the öth. The Irish Catholic Benevolent Union, in sesslon on the Oth at Columbus, O., elected M. Glenman, of Norfolk, Va, president. The village of Jennings, La., lost nearly all of lts business places by lire on the 6th. Rain in Georgia resulted infloods on the Cth, causing heavy damage. Cotton had been injured severely, the loss in bottom lands being placed at fifty per cent. A vicious horse bit off the top of the head of Albert Banta's three-year-old son at Bragtown, Ind., on the 6th, causing instant death. Dispatches of the 6th say that Texas fever had made its appearance among cat tle in the western suburbs of St. Louis, and was killing off fine milch cows belonging to dairymen and suburban residcnts at a terrible rate. Chari.es Aultman, aged sixteen yoars, was attackcd by a tramp near Cameron, Mo., on the 6th for purposes of robbery. George Aultman, aged fourteen years, a brother, opened fire on the tramp and fatally shot both his brother and the thief. A flood in the New river on the 6th carried away the big iron bridge of the Chesapeake & ühio railroad at Grand View, W. Va., involving a loss of $50,000. A great deal of other damage was reported. The wife of John McCune, a farmer, oi Hastie township, Pa., committed suicide by hanging on tho 6th bccause her husband accused her of making poor bread. H. E. Mason, an Ellsworth (Me.) lumberman, failcd on the 7th for $125,000. The HaMMéi of I,fsan County, W. Va., who woro tried for tho murdcr of the MoCoy family at Jackson, Ky., were acquitted on tho 7th. Mis3 Ada Fi.ynji, a handsome and aocomplished young lady of Glasgow, Pa., was murderod by robbers on tho 7th whlle alone at the house of hor grandfather. A btbikb of 'longshoremen at Fernandlna, Fia., resultad In noting on the 7th and the placing of the city under martial law. Isaac Wooi.ey, of Sholburn, Ind., died suddenly on tho 7th, a few hours afterward his wife suddenly expired, although she had been apparently well, and one of the children was at death's door f rom the samo mysterious disease. Toe Stato Rangers and two local military companies were callcd into service in FortBenton County, Tex., on the7th, where flve hundrod negroeB and the whitos were llkely to come in conflict. Near Crystal Falls, Mlch., on tho 7th a lamp explodod in Louis Brown's bod room, and Mrs. Brown was caught in tho flames and fatally burned. Mr. Brown and hls siz children escaped. but Brown went back for his moncy and was burned to ashes. Accordino to tho report of tho Commissioner of Education at Washington, made public onthoïth, eight mülion children daily attendod the public schools of tho country during the past year. Dürino tho seven days ended o a the 7th there wero 194 business failures In tho United States, against 136 the previous sevcn days. The September erop report for Michigan indícales a yiold of 16.56 bushels of whoat per acre, or a total yiold of 33,898. 401 bushels, an lacrease of 6,000,000 bushels over tho August cstimato. Charles Voot & Co., of New York, importers of china, falled on the Tth for 1100,000. Frosts in Connecticut and MassachusetU had on the 7th practically ruined the whoat and tobáceo crops. Dvrino the twenty-four hours ended on the 7th there wero 77 now cases of yellow fever at Jacksonville, Fla., and 9 deaths. Total cases to dato, 511; total deaths, 61. At McClenny, thirty miles west of Jacksonvillo, 2T) cases of tho fever wero reported and 21 deaths. Mrs. Axderson, wife of Rev. F. W. Andorson, was killed by a train at Uhrichsville, O., on the 7th, her husband and little son witnesslng tho tragedy. The house of William and Allen Turner, a pair of old bachelor brothers owning a fino farm near Columbus, Ind., was entered by masked men on the 7th, who by threats of death obtained $1,000 from the brothers. PERSONAL. AND POLITICAL. The Democrats of Connecticut met In State convention at New Haven on the 4th and nominated a ticket with Luzon B. Morris for Governor. Tho platform approves tho President's tariff message and the Mills WIL The Union Labor State convention of Nebraska met at Hastings on the 4th and nominated David Butler for Governor. New HAMPsnntE Republicans beid their State convention at Concord on the 4th and nominated David H. Goodell for Governor. The resolutions indorse the Chicago platform; ask that all patriotio citzens vote for protection and the tariff, and ratify tho nominations of Harrison and Morton. Thk Itepublican ticket, with W. P. DilliiiKliam for Governor, was electod in Vermont on the 4th by a majority of about 28,000, indicating large Republican gains. Cangrossmen Stewart and Grout were reelected by increásed majorities. The Senate would be solidly Republican, while the House showed an increased Republican membership. Candidates for Congrcss wero nominated on the 4th as follows: lowa, First district, J. J. Seerley (Tem.); Sixth, J. B. Weaver (Dem.) renominated. Michigan, Second district, C. M. Fellows (Pro.). Missouri, Seventh district, W. W. Edwariis (Rep.). Virginia, Second district, G. F. Bowden (Rop ) renominated. Nebraska, First district, J. W. Edgerton (Union Labor) ; Second, R. H. Roher (Union Labor); Third, I. O. Jones (Union Labor). Lixius J. Hexdee, for tho last twentytwoyears president of tho .Etna Life Insurauce Company, died at Hartford, Conn., on tbe 4th, agod sevonty years. Wixnie Johnson', the largest colored woman in the world, weighing 849 pounds, died on tho 5th at Baltimoro, Md. The Wisconsin Democrats in State convention at Milwaukeo on the 5th nominated the following ticket: For Governor, James Morgan, of Milwaukee; Lien tenantGovernor, Andrew Kuil, of Walworth; Secretary of State, A. C. Carson, of Eau Claire ; State Treasuror, Theodore Kersten, of Calumet; Railroad Commissioner, Herman Naber, of Shawano ; Insurance Commissioner, E. M. Evans, of Sauk; Attorney-General, Timothy E. Ryan, of Waukesha; Superintendent of Public lnstruction, Amos Squire, of Green Lake. The platform indorses the President's Administration and declares for tariff reform. The Democrats of Maásachusetts in conven tion at Springneld on theöth nominatod 'a State ticket, headed by W. E. Russell, of Cambridge, for Governor. The following Coneressional nominations were made on the 5th: Ohio, Thirteenth district, J. B. Neil (Rep.). Misanti ¦ v.i, ¦.,.., 1 A et fi.'t i ' Tl Mi naiir (Dem.) renominated. Iowa, Ninth dis trict, D. M. Harris (Dem). Virginia, Third district, O. D. Wise (Dem.) renominated. Kansas, First distr.ct, J. W. Orr (Dem.). Wisconsin, Ninth district, M. H. McCord (Rep.). Mississippi, Fifth district, C. L. Anderson (Dem.). Washington Territory, C. S. Voorhees (Dem.) renominated. West Virginia, First district, G. W. Atkinson (Rep.). New Hampshire, First district, Alonzo Nuto (Rep.). Pennsylvania, Second district, George Ross (Dem.); Twenty-sixth, W. L. Scott (Dem.) renominated. Offcial returns on the 5th from the recent election in Arkansas givo the State Democratie ticket a majority of 15,000. Colonel Georqe L. Prrkins, aged one hundred years and ono month, died in Groton, Conn., on the 5th of oíd age. He was treasurer of the Norwich & Worcester railroad for fifty years. J. A. Cooper, of Denver, was nominated for Governor by the Republicans of Colorado on the 5th in State convention at Denver. The South Carolina Democratie State convention mot at Celutnbia on the 6th and renominated Governor J. P. Richardson and Lieutenant-Governor W. L. Maudlin. Charles Amsdev, of Panacook, was nominated for Governor of New Hampshire on the öth by the Democratie convention in session at Concord. Colonel Edward G. W. Butler, the oldest gradúate oí West Point Military Academy, died at St. Louis on the öth, aged eighty-nino years. The following wero named as candidates for Congress on the 6th : Michigan, Eighth district, T. E. Tarsney (Dem.), renominated'. Wisconsin. Fifth district, G. H. Brickner (l)era.). Virginia, Tenth district, Jacob Yost (Rep.) renominatod. Mississippi, Sixth district, T. R. Stockdale (Dem). Texas, Fifth district, Silas Hare (Dein.). Missouri, Thirteeuth district. William H. Wade (Rep.) renomlnatod. New Mexico, M. S. Otero (liep.), ühio, Twelfth distriüt, L. T. Neal (Dein.). Minnesota Republicana in State convention at St. Paul on the fith nominated Willlam R. Merriam for Governor and completad the ticket by noiniuating the pro ent officials. The platform indorses the National candklates and a protevtive tariff , but favors a readjustment and cautlous reduction of tariff duties; promises to continue cfforts to regúlate the sale of liquor; favors honest civil-service laws; commends Governor McGill's administratlon ; denounces the flsherios treaty and the failuro to admit Dakota to the Union, and favors liberal pensions. Lester Wallack, the vetcran American actor, died on the Oth from a stroke o apoplexy at Stamford, Conn. He was sixty-eight years of age. It was reported on the 7th that forty counties in Arkansas voted against liquor license at the recent election, and that ballotboxes stolen from the State capítol were from precincts giving large prohibition majoritles. Nominations for Congress were reported as follows on the 7th : Indiana, Fourth district, M. D. WiUon (Rep.). New York, Twcnty-flfth district, J. J. Belden (Rep). Missouri, Second district, A. O. Eubank (Rep.). Alabama, Fifth district, J. E. Cobb (Dem.), renominated. Michigan, Third district, Eugenè Pringle (Dem.); Sixth, M. S. Brewer (Rep). The official voto of tho recent election in Vermont was given on the 7th as follows : Dillingham (Rep.), 48,252; Shurtleft(Dem.). 20,381; Seely (Pro.), 1,295; scatterlng, Ö. Dillingham's plurality, 27,871; majority, 26,570; Republican gain over 1884, 5,875; Democratie gain, 632. A Democuatic mass-meeting at New York City on the 7th adopted an address to the Democratie State convention denouncing Governor HUI and opposing hls renomination in unmeasured terms. FOREIGN. The mercury was down to the freeiing point in Manitoba on the 4th. The floods in Bohemia had on the 4th reachod alarming proportions. At Budweis fifteen thousand persons were homeless. Six villagos in the valley of Poprad were submerged, and crops and granaries had been swept away. Advioes of the 4th say that floods in Japan destroyed one hundred and elghty houses at Mayosagori and drowned fortysix peoplo. Actclone passed over Havana, Cuba, on the 5th, foundering veasels off the coast, two sailors being drowned, damaging wharves, destroying property and injuring many persons. Nike persons were killed and many In jured in a collision oí railway train near Dijon, France, on the 5th. The houses formcrly occupied by evictcd tenants on the Clanricardee estates in Ireland were torn down by the landlord's orders on the 6th. Borne of the housoi were owned bv tho tenants. Fubther advices of the 6th say that the recent cyclone in Cuba was terribly destructive of both life and property. At Sagua fifty persons lost their lives thera, while tho damage done to dwellings and warohouses in the city was great. The village of Pueblo Nuevo, in the neighborhOOtl Of rtrtliUH, wu Ulorilly wiiod out. Advices of the 6th say that a regular lavo trafile was being carried on between the islands of Pemba and Madagascar by vessels carr.ying the French flag. Advices of the 6th say that during a gale tn Behring sea, in the f ar north of the Pacific región, tlve whaling vessels were wreeked, but all of their crews, one hundred and nine in number, were rescued. Twelve hundred men employed in the cotton-mills at Bolton, Eng., went ons strike on the 6tli against a new system of weighing cotton. An earthquake shock occurred In the City of Mexico on the 7th, but no damage was done. It was announced on tho 7th that the Customs Department of the Canadian Government had decided to enforce a fine of 1400 against the American schooner Gladiator, seized while towing in Canadian waters. LATER NEW3. The percentage of the baseball club! In the National League for the week ended on the Sth was as follows : New York, .657; Chicago, .564; Detroit, .533; Boston, .532; Philadelphia, .504; Pittsburgh, .476; Washington, .807; lndianapolis, .363. American Association: St Louis, .663; Philadelphia, .636; Brooklyn, .613; Cincinnati, .586;;Cleveland, .427; Baltlmore, .405; tiOUisville, .365; Kansas City, .312. Western Association: Des Moines, .659; 8t. Paul, .648; Omaha, .591; Kansas City, .556; Milwaukee, .440; Sioux City, .420; Chicago, .890; Davenport, .289. A lettek was made public on the 8th from Judge James AL Greer declining the nomination for Vice-President on the ticket of tha American party. Praikie lires were reported on the 8th north of Bismarck, D. T. Much damage had been done and it was rumored that au entire family had perished. Revised statements showed on the 8th that for the fiscal year thero was a deficit of 1833,000 in the tre isury of the Dominion of Canada. A feakfi'l battle took place on the Sth in Hillardsville, Ala., between wbites and negroos, in which seven of the latter were killed. A dispute over taking water from s well caused the tragedy. A fire in San Francisco on the 9th destroyed property valued at 11,200,000. Th burned district embraced flve blocks. TnE damagc to the corn erop of Malne by recent frosts was on the 8th estimated at $1,000,000. At twenty-slx leading clearlng-housei In the United States the exchanges during the week ondod on the 8th aggregated Í806.579, 143,against tS08,578,149 the previoui week. As comparcd with the corresponding week of 1SS7 the deercasa amounted t 10.7 per cent. William Camioll, a Providence (R I.) mili operative, beat his wife to death on the 9th in a quarrel over money. DisPATcnEs of the 8th say that a cyclone had caused great damage at Vera Cruz, Mex. Throe largo vessels were driven ashore and many smaller craft lost. President Cleveland' letter accepting the Democratie nomination for President was made public on the morniug of the lOth. He heartily indorsed the National Democratie platform and discussed campaign issues. DisPATcnEs of the 9th say that fioods in the simt h of Spain had caused the loss of many Uves and done enormous damage to property. Advices of the Sth say that during hard storms many vossels of the French fishing fleet woro destroyed on the south coast of Iceland and fully one hundred flsharmen lost their lives. In a fit of jealousy on the 8th William Server killed his betrothed, Miss Fowler, at Elizabothtown, 111., and then took his own life. TnE United States Sonate was not in session on the Kth. In the House the Retaliation bill was passed by a vote of 174 yeas to 4 nays.

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