The News Condensed

A report from the conference commlttee on the sundry civil bilí was presented to the United States senate on the 25th. A resoluticn was introducod requesting the president to open negotiations to secure and maintain the uniform value of ailver as a money metal throughout the world In the liouse the conference report on the general defleieney bill was nonconcurred in and a new conference was ordered. IN the senate on the 26th the report of its conferees on the defleieney blll was adopted, leavIng only the sundry civil bill to be disposed of. Mr. Hale's resolution as to the relative effects of the republican policy oí "protection," and the democratie polioy of "tftriff for revenue only," was disoussed. The nomination of Judge Shiras as a supreme court justice was confirmed In the house bilis were passed setting apart lands in Oklahoma territory for school purposes, and forbidding railroads to charge over three cents per mile on passenger fare in the Indian territory and Oklahoma. The conference report upon the deftciency bill was agreed to. The appropriations amount to tñ.900.319, being 1383,589 lesü than as passed by the senate and 81,081,087 more than as passed by the house. The anti-option bill was discussed in the senate on the 2Tth, a bill was passed to facilítate the enforcement ol the irnmigration and contract labor la,ws of the United States and the following nominatinns were confirmed: Watson A. Sperry, of Delaware, to be minister to Persia; Truxton Beale, of California, to be minister to Roumama, Servia ar.d Grcece, and A. Barton Hepburn, oí New York, to be comptroller of the currency. A resolution permitting foreign exhibitors to bring into tha United States skilled laborers from abroad in connection with the world's fair was passed In the house a motion to ooncur in the $5,000,000 world's fair appropriation made by the senato for the world's fair was carried, 117 yeas, 105 nays. IN the senate on the 28th a motion favorable to the anti-option bill was passed and the house resolution for final adjournment was referred to the appropriation eommittee. An eight-hour law as to public works of the United States and of the District of Columbia was passed In the house a favorable report was made on a bilí appropriating J50.000 for the relief of the southern flood sufferers. Filtbustering tactics were pursued to defeat the orid's fair appropriation and a motion to adjourn sine die on the 3Oth was pussed. Ths Hale resolution as to the relative merits of the republioan pollcy of "protection" and the democratie policy of "tarifl for revenue only" was diseussed the entire day in the senate on the 29th In the house Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, read extracts from a people's party camp;ügn book in whlch the charge of drunkenness on the floor was made, and Mr. Watson, of Georgia, the author, will have a chance to submit bis proof before an investigating committee. The remainder of the day was spent in filibustering over the world's fair ainendment. DOMESTIC. The labor organization in New ürleans caused the arrest of several merehants wlio kept their stores open Sunday. John H. Wtsbe murdered his wife and stepdaughter at Burns. Tenn., and soon after he was lynched by a mob. A. B. Hepbueït, of New York, has been named for comptroller of the currency, to succeed Mr. Lacey, resigned. A fire at North English, Ia., destroyed all but two buildings in the town. A heavy thunderstorm in St. Paul did a large amount of damage to property, but no fatalities were reported. A sewer in St. Louis exploded, wrecking several buildings, killing1 seven persons and fatally injurinp many others. The total collections from all sources of intemal revenue for the fiscal year just ended were $153,857,543; for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1891, $146,035,615; increase, $7,822,128. A sliöht shock of earthquake was feit at San Francisco. Fubtheb advices from the great fire at Bay City, Mich., show that 235 dwellings, two churches, thirty stores and saloons, three hotels, thirty-eight barns, tvventy-four lumber yards, four roller rinks and sereral other structures were burned. Jesse M. Miller, an old resident, was burned to death. Hundreds of persons were homeless. Kavanaugh Tipton, Thomas Howard and George Rayburn were shot and killed near Frenchburg, Ky., by a horsethief named Hurley. A fire in the American Cracker Company's building in New York city caused a loss of $300,000. Dubing a heavy thunderstorm thousands of sraall frogs were rained down upon Port Morris, ÏSi. J. The British steamer Coquitlane and her cargo of seal skins, recently seized by the United States government at Alaska, have been released upon the payment of 8125,000. President Habrison has approved the act to enforce reciprocal commercial relations bet ween the United States and Canada. The terrible heat stili prevailed throughout the country on the 26th. In Chicago seventeen deaths occurred, and in St, Louis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and other cities and towns puinero us deaths and many cases of prostration were reported. Evidkn'Ces of an anarchist plot to murder ff. C. Frick were said to be developing at Pittsburgh, and several persoos charged with being accomplices of Bergman, who shot Mr. Friek, have been arrested. The pólice of Boise City, Idaho, ordersd 11 Japanese residents to leave the city, and the order was generalij complied with. Farmers in South Dakota were eomplaining of the great scareity of laborers to gather the bountiful harvests. Several thousand farm hands were needed in the central counties. In Philadelphia Stock Broker Charles H. Page, junior member of E. T). Page & Bro., was killed in his office by Ronald Kennedy, a customer, who committed suicide. Hudson, Wis., and the surrounding country was visited by the most severe storm ever known in that section. Stores in town were flooded and great damage was done to crops. The steamer City of Paris has beaten the record for the western trip across the Atlantic. Her time was 5 days, 15 hours and 58 minutes. Fire almost totally wiped out the little town of Dane Station. Wis. The entire business part of Oakesdale, Wash., except the Commercial bloek, was burned. Loss, 5250,000. The business portion of Bodie, Nev., was burned, the loss being 8100,000. The bank at El Reno, O. T., was robbed by two men of 810,900. The 750,000 acres of land in California forfeitèd to the govcrnment by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company have been opened to settlement. The suprerae court of Michigan has declared the legislative apportionraent of ÏS'.H uneonstitutional and ordered the eleetions for senators and representatives to be called under the act of 1881. Four mea were killed and a fifth fatally injnred by the explosión of the boiler in Hartnell & Smith's shingle mili near Gaylord, Mich. ThKRE was a killing frost in Montana on the 28th. At Harve the murcury was down to 30. The cold wave was general over British Columbia. Thk heat in Chicago on the 28th caused twenty-one deaths and twentysix prostrations. In the evening a cool wave carne to the relief of sweltering humanity. Texas fever was in Oklahoma, wiping out whole herds of cattle. Thbke children were suffocated in a closet at Medford, Mass. They pulled the door shut and a spring loek made them prisoners. One-hai.p of the town of Sisson, Cal., was destroyed by fire. In New York city there were thirtyeight deaths from the heat on the 28th and ten in Philadelphia. The weather had become cooler. At the leading clearing1 houses in the United States the exehanges during the treek ended on the 29th aggregated 8091,715,149, ag-ainst 81,052,306,769 the prerious week. The increase as compared with the corresponding week of 1891 was 13. 1. Julius Wise, a eolored man, was hang-ed at Lexington Courthouse, S. C, ior murder. Is the United States the business failures during the seren days ended on the 29th numbered 93, against 187 the preceding week and 247 for the sponding week last year. Lee McDaxiels (colored) washanged by a inob at Oaks Crossing, Tenn., for an attempted assault on Clemmie Woods, a young white lady. Fbask Parrott, 22 years of age, shot and killed Annie Clover, aged about 17, at Caraeron, Mo., and then shot himself dead. Jealousy was the cause. Georöe Hite and his son were suffocated by gas while diggrag a well at Uniontown, Ind. A couJfTERFEiT of the two-dollar silver certifícate has appeared in Richmond, Ind., and government experts pronounced it the most deceptive counteríeit ever issued. Peter Edwards (coloree!) washanged at Camden, Ala., for the murder of Conrad Kniffht. It was Edwards' 19th birthday. John Redmond, a blacksmith, was found gnilty in Chicago of the murder of Dr. Wilder and sentenced to imprisonment for life. Alexaxder Bbbgman, the anarchist, who attempted to assassinate H. C. Frick at Pittsburgh, Pa., was given a and held for trial at the September sessions in 24,000 bail. Application was made at Indianapolis for the appointment of a receiver for the Order of the Iron Hall, one of the many secret benevolent organizations of the country. It was estimated that the troubles at Homestead and other Carnegie plants now a month old have oost 81,000,000 besides the loss of life and wounds oi victima. Gustav Eif.del shot his wife and then shot himself at Clinton, Mass. Domestic infelicity was the canse. Andt Beshears and John Willis were lynched ty a mob in Campbell county, Tenn., for criminally assaulting Mrs. William Dilks. lx Is'ew York city 170 persons died ol the heat during the eight days ended on the 29th and nearly 300 others were prostrated. DuKiNO the six days ended on the 29th ninety-six persons died from the heat in Chicago and 200 others were prostrated. Charles Wixn and WiU Atwell, two farm hands near Evansville, Ind., quarreled, and in the fight vvhich followed both were killed. Frank Ogden", a guard at the prison in Jeffersonville, Ind., was made totally blind by the heat. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Thelas M. Bissell, the inventor of the Bissell chilled plow, died at his home in South Bend, Ind., ag-ed 68. Mbs. Ellen Mürphy, a native of Dublin, Ireland, died at the home for the aged íd Kansas City, Mo., at the a,ge oí 106 years. CoNSRESSioifAL nommations were made as follows: California, Third district, S. G. Hilboin (rep.). Fifth, Euffene F. Loiul (rep.); Arkansas, Second district, W. B. Heartzel (people's), Sixth, Robert Neil (dem.) on the 759th ballot; Minnesota, B'ifth district, Loren Fletcher (rep.); Washington, J. C. Van Patten and F. M. Knox (peoDle's). John Keed, a member of the old Boston publishing firm of Tioknor, Reed & Fields, died in Boston, aged 80 years. He was lieutenant governor of the state in 1851 and a member of congress for several terms. Nominations for congress were made as follows: Maine, First district, Thomas B. Reed (rep.), renominated; Ohio, Fifteenth district, H. C. Voorhees (rep.); North Carolina, Second district, J. E. Woodward (dem.); Arkansas, Second district, C. R. Breckinridge (dem.), renominated; Indiana, Thirteenth district, Charles 6. Conn (dem.). Moses S. Beach, who was for more than twenty years either a part owner or sole proprietor of the New York Sun, died at his home at Peekskill in his 70th ye ar. President Harbison will leare Washington to spend the month of August at Loon Lake with Mrs. Harrison just as soon as congress adjourns. The Wisconsin democrats will hold their state convention in Milwaukee August 31 to nominate a state ticket The Minnesota republicans in convention at St. Paul nominated Knute Nelson for governor, D. M. Clough for lieutenant governor, F. P. Brown for secretary of state and Joseph Bobleter for treasurer. The platform indorses President Harrison's administration, fayors protection, recommends arbitration for settling disputes between labor and capital, favors excluding objectionable classes of immigrants and liberal pensions for old soldiers. Judok JIilton S. Robinsox, member of the Indiana appellate court, died at his home at Anderson f rom the elïect3 of the heat. He was a republican congressman from 1874 to 187S. Db. J. E. Osborne, of Rawlins, was nominated by the democrats of YVyoming foi' (jovernor at the state convention in Laramie. H. A. Cofïeen was nominated for congress. Thk pcople's party of Colorado in convention at Denver nominated a full state ticket, headed by D. H. Waite for governore. The following congressional nominations wei-e made: Indiana, Eiffhth district, W. S. Carpenter (rep.), Tenth, Thomas Hammond (dem. ); Nebraska, First district, A. W. Field (rep.); Missouri, Fifteenth district, Mr. Morgan (dem.), Ninth, Champ Clarke (dem.); Illinois, first district, Alfred Clark, Second, Edward Counor, Third, J. H. Randa, Fourth, W. H. Van Ornum (all people's party.) J03EPH Turney, ex-state treasurer of Ohio, died at Cleveland, aged 70 years. Ai.kx ander K. Craig, meiober of congress from the Twenty-fourth district, died at his home in Claysville, Pa. Frangís B. Bbewer died &t his residence in Westtield, N. J., a-ed 72 years. He was a memoer of the Forty-eig-hth congress. Charles H. Hardin, ex-governor of Missouri, died at Mexico, that state, aged 72 years. Coxorkssional nominations were made as follovrs: lovva, Sixth district, E. S. Owens (people's); California, Sixth district, Hervey Lindley (rep. ) ; Minnesota, First district, James A. Tawney (rep.); Missouri, Ninth district, II. H. Norton (dem.). FOREIGN. Eighty houses were destroyed by fira at Male, a town in the Tyrol, and 900 persons were made homeless. The loss amounted to 8250,000. At Guhen, Ireland, an insane woman seized her three children, one after the other, and held them head downward in a pot of boiling water until they were dead. Foub of the conspirators convicted of complicity in a plot to murder Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, and his prime minister, were executed at Sofia. John Gurd, the murderer of the uncle of his sweetheart, Florence Adams, and of Policeman Moultou, was hanged at Deweizes, England. Henry Adams, of New Hampshire, and James Deeresby Walton, an Englishman, were scorched to death in an attempt to reach the cráter of a volcano near Colima, Mexico. A Jewish innkeeper nenr Warsaw, Russia, and his vvife and five daughters were niurdered by a band of robbers. Gladstoxe's majority in' the house of commons has been reduced to forty by a recount of the votes in Greenock, Scotland. DvRixa a storm in the bay at Toronto, Ont., a sailboat was capsized and five women and one man weredrowned. Parry Lunt and John Wilson, manager and cashier respectively for tho firm of Keynolds & Gibson, cotton brokers in Liverpool, were charged with embezzlinfr J575O.O0O. LATER. In the United States sen ate on the SOth uit. the anti-option bill went over until the next session in December. A j bill was passed appropriating 81,000 to i mark by a suitable column the birthplace of James Madison, fourth president of the United States, near Port Conway, Va. In the house no progresa was made with the woi'ld's fair matter, and an adjournment was taken out of respect to the memory of Representative Craifr. The eotton factorage and commissioa firm of Bickman & Moore at New Orleans failed for over 8250,000. KelIjEY, Claude, W alter aDd Charles Forney, aged respectively 15, 13, 11 and 9 years, and Alvin and Winther 15rock, aged 16 and V years, were drowned near Arlin, Ky., by the upsetting of a boat on the river. Pbesihent Harrison has issued a proclamation commanding all persons in Wj-omiug to keep the peace and cease opposition to the law. Sixty striking families moved out of the company houses at Homestead, Pa., and as soon as the houses were put in repair they would be oecupied by nonunion workmen. Kire consumed the home of Frederick Smith at Windsor, Ont., and Mrs. Smith and her daughter were fatally burned. Anthony Kennedy, the only man ever elected to the United States senate as a know-nothing, died in Baltimore, aged 82 years. Sbven robbers were shot by the autttorjties at Santos, Mex., for the murder of a merchant named Francisco Vallejo and his wife. The La Lauraine, a French steamer, covered the distance between Havre and New York in 6 days 17 hours and 30 minutes, breaking all previous records by six hours. Cathebine Tiujl (colored) died in New Orleans, aged 112 years. The jury in the Alice Mitchell case at Meniphis, Tenn., for the murder of Freda Ward, returned a verdict finding the prisoner insane and recommending that she be confined in an asylum. Mrs. Katb Libager was buried at the Delaware county (Ind. ) inflrmary, aged 100 years lacking a few months. In the second series of the National league the percentages of the baseball clubs for the week ended on the SOth uit. were: Philadelphia, .643; Brooklyn, .643; Cleveland, .643; New 'York, .615; Baltimore, .571; Boston, .571; Cincinnati, .538; Washington, .429; Chicago, .429; Pittsburgh, .3S5; Louisville, .286; St. Louis, .231.