The News Condensed

On the 6th the bill for restricting immigration and for the deportation of anarchists was passed In the senate. A resolution amrining that taxes can only be rightfully tmposed to raise revenue for support of the govermnent wasoffered by Senator Mills.... In the house Mr. Richards (O.) introduced a bilí providing thatevery session of the legislative body oí the national congress shall be open to the publio. A short session in the United States senate was held on the 7th, the most important event being tte passage of a resolution directing the president to take steps for the release of American oitizens conflned in the island of Cuba for particlpation In the recent rebelions. In the house a report was made f rom the judiclary committee against the admission of Japanese to citizenship. In the senate on the 8th a bill was introduced to "preïent professional lobbying." Bills were passed to provide for the opening of certain abandoned military reservations and to further encourage the holding of a world's exposition at Atlanta, Ga., in 1895.... In the house a bill was Introduced to regúlate the cutting of timber on publlo lands. Most of the session was taken up in oonsidering public building bilis. A resolution for an lnvestigation of the effects of machinery on labor was adopted. The senate on the 9th was In session only a little more than an hour and a half and no business of any importance was transacted In the house a favorable report was made on the bill to make oleomargarlne and all other imitation dairy products subject to the laws of the state or territory into which they are transported, and a bill to prevent the free use of timber on public lands was introduced. On the lOth a resolution was offered in the senate directing the committee on privileges and electlons to investígate the recent election in Alabama and ascertain if frauds were committed. Senator Hill offered a resolution for Information as to the work of the conferrees on the tariff bill, which went over for the day. The remainder of the session was devoted to the consideration of the Chinese treaty In the house the time was occupied in discussing projects for a government exhibit to cost $200.000 at the Atlanta expositton and to give each of the arid land states 1,000,000 acres of arid .lands to encourage the reclamation of these deserts. DOMESTIC. In the 2-year-old pace at Bnffalo, N. ï., Carbonate forced üirectly to pace a mile in 2:12, a new world's record. A tbaction engine on which Charles Hudson and Will Dandelien were riding broke through a bridge near Springfield, 111., and the men were killed. Capt. Richard D. Bonn, one of the country's most noted race-track builders, died in Chicago. The Gossard Investment company at Kansas City, Mo., failed for 200,000. Michigan's total tax levy for 1894 is $1,889,135, or 8242,078 less than last year's levy. Gov. Cbounse, of Nebraska, was petitioned to convene the legislature that measures may be taken to relieve the people in the drought-stricken sections of the state. A keceiveb was appointed for the Warren Live Stock company of Cheyenne, Wyo, The liabilities were stated at 8200,000. Fibe destroyed 8180,000 worth of property in St. Paul, the Xorthwestern Fuel company being the heaviest loser. The total receipts from internal revenue since June 30, 1894, was stated at the treasury department in Washington to be S30,394.6öl. against 817,708,558 durhig the same period last year. The wholesale grocery house of MoI Cord, Bragdon A Co., at Pueblo, Col., was burned the loss being 55250.000. Government reports sl-.owed that most northwestern states were still suffermg' from droug'ht. All unhar vested crops had been injuriously affecten. Foeest fives were still raging in northern Wisconsin, and great damage was done to hay and cvanberry marshes. TwENTY business buildings and three residences in the center of Adair, Ia. , were burned, a loss of 152,000. Hekby F. Johnson, was hang-ed at Allentown, Pa., for the murder of Ms daughter, and Harry Manfredt was hanged at Pottsvilie, Pa,, for the murder of Georgië Üchs. The governors of three states took part in the celebration of the lOOth. anniversary of the building of the fort at Defiance, O. Henby Russell (colored) nearly deeapitated his wife with a razor in Chicago and hurled her body frora a window and then cut his own throat. The Citizens' savings bank at Portsmoutli, O., passed into the hands of a receiver. The total of immigration frotn the port of New York during the month of July was 19,968. The business portion of Franklin, 111., was destroyed by fire. Ají attempt to hold up a Lake Shore express train at Kessler, Ind., was foiled by the engineer, who ran his train through the obstruction at full speed. The ninth anniversary of the death of Gen. U. S. Grant was observed at Mount McGregor, N. Y. William Beam, a farmer Dear Bowling- Green, O., was instantly killed by a bumble bee on the temple. The flre loss of the United States and Canada during July aggregated the enormous sum of $1G, 307,000. For the fire seven months of 1894 the total was .$77,920,200. H. H. Warnee, the patent-medicine man, returned to Rochester, N. Y., from Europe penniless, lost the remains of his fortune at Monte Cario. The Hawkeye Commission company of Omaha, Neb., failed for $200,000. Eight of the men who resorted to unlawful tactics in the labor troubles at Paterson, N. J., were given sentences from three months to Bix years. WiïiSECONSE. Wis., a town of 1,000 lnhabitants, was practically wiped from the map by a conflagra tion caused iy burning forests. Harry A. Gakdner, cashier of an Altoona (Pa.) national bank.disappeared with $20,000 of the institution's funds. flü express tram on tne unicag-o. Rock Island & Pacific plunged through a trestle 50 feet high into acreek near Lincoln, Neb., killing eight persons and wounding many othres. Over one-thirJof the village of Dawson, ïilinn., was destroyed by fire. Thousands of acres of valuable timber were destroyed by a forest fire 50 miles in length in Wisconsin. The Concord and Petrel were ordered i to Corea to reenforce the United States fleet. The constitutional convention at Albany. N. Y., refused to substitute life mprisonment for capital punisliment. Iksanely jealous, W. D. Jenkins, of Chariton. ia., killed Julia Murphy, his sweetheart, and her sister .Tosie, fatally wounded Mrs. Murphy and then took his own iife. At his home in Hope, fnd., James Ilardy (colored) died at the age of 100 years. Hardy was JefEerson Davis' valet during the war. He was married six times and the father of forty-six ehildren. Wii.liam N. Evans, of Philadelphia, fatally wounded his wife, killed Louis Hecht, her uncle, with whom she was living, and sent a bullet through his own heart. He was jealous. At Scranton, Pa., a deserted mine caved in for a distance of three blocks, wrecking twenty-three houses and causing a loss of 8250,000. iwF,NTr-0SE stores, two gram eievators and lumber sheds were destroyed by fire at Oifford, HL, the loss being gi.00,000. Dubixg a temperance camp meeting at Purcellville, Va., a tent was blown down, killing one mau and fatally inj uring five women. Twexty-five persons were injured, some of them seriously, in an electric car collision near Oakdale, Pa. Miss Ykbxie Maïer and Miss Barnhart, ladies about 10 years old, were idrowned in the lake at Benton Harbor, Mico. SEVKH members of the family of J. Walker at Oelwein, Ia., were poisoned by a summer drink. Three were dead and the others were dangerously Hl. Rev. Chablks England, a Swedish minister at Michigan City, Ind., was drowned in the lake while In the surf. Chables Hexdeickson and Charles Heglan, young men of Batavia, 111., were drowned in Fox river while rowing. ffuüK was resumed in all but two of the departments of the Pullman car works at Pullman, 111., virtually ending the long strike. Fantasy trotted a mile at BufEalo, N. Y., in 2:08Jí, beating all 4-yearold marks save that oí Directum. The Second national bank of Altoona, Pa., elosed its doors. A monument to the memory of Frederiek J. Frelinghuysen was unveiled at Newark, N. J. The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the lOth aggregated S774,451,9SÖ, against f764,890,968 the previous week. The decrease, compared with the corresponding week in 1893. was 3.4. Ephraim A. Bbow.x, a millionaire of Bloomfield, O., died of heart disease while asleep. He was 87 years old. Theke were 251 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the löth, against 219 the week previous and 394 in the corresponding time in 1893. The removal of the battle flags of Iowa from the arsenal to the state capítol in Des Moines wae made the occasion for a great demonstration. Investigation shows that twentyfour persons were killed and eleven injured in the Rock Island railway wreek at Lincoln, Neb. William and Solomon Lower, owners of a traction engine, were fatally hurt by falling through a bridge at Waterloo, Ind. Sevex men and boys seeking shelter under a tree during a storm at De Kalb, Tex. , were killed by lightning. Miss Lulu Randail, an aeronaut of Detroit, Mich. , was thrown from her parachute by a tree and killed at ís ashville, Tenn. Eight thousand persons witnessed the hanging of Madkins, a negro executed for criminal assault at llaleigh, N. C. Titus and Cabanne broke the world's mile tandem bicycle record at Minneapolis, covering the distance in 1:524-5. Simón H. EN8IGN, who had been confined in Moro prison, Cuba, for twenty years, escaped and wandered back to Indiana. A govebnment survey made at Museatine, Ia., showed the water in the Mississippi river to be one-half inch below the lowest water mark, that of 1804. J. W. Reishabt, president and one of the receivers of the Atchison road, resigned to promote harmony. The town of Yerinton, Nev., on the Carson & Colorado railroad, was eompletety destroyed by fire. Almost the entire business portion of Fithian, HL, a town of 600 inhabitants, was destroyed by fire. Foub ehildren of William Watts, from 6 months to 4% years of age, were burned to death near Williston, S. D., on a ranch. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Candidates for congress were named as follows: Iowa, Sixth district, Rev. Alien Clark (pop.). Michigan, Fourth district, Henry F. Thomas (rep.). Missouri, Sixth district, llobert E. Lewis (rep.). North Carolina, Fifth district, A. W. Graham (dem.). Wisconsin, First district, Harailton Utley (pop.); Tenth, J. J. Jenkins (rep. The following congressional nominations were made: Illinois, Second district, AVilliam Lorimer (rep.). Iowa, Eightli district, F. O. Stuart (dem.); Ninth, J. B. Weaver (dem. -pop. ). Missouri, Fourth, district, E. G. Crowther (rep.). Virginia, Third district, Tazewell Ellett (dem.). Nebraska, Fourth district, W. L. Stark (pop.). Texas, Tenth district. Miles Crowley (dein.). Ex-Gov. Austin Blair was buried at .Tackson, Mich., the funeral services being attended by many men promt nent in politics. Jongressiojíai, nominations were" made as follows: Iowa, Sixth district, ex-Senator Taylor (dem.). Indiana, Eighth district, G. V. Faris (rep.). Texas, Seventh district, G. C. Pendleton (dem.) renorainated. Virginia, Fifth district, G. W. Cornell (rep); Ninth, Judge Morrison (dem.). Idaho, Edgar Wilson (rep.). Wyoming, S. E. Seeley (pop.). Georgia, Fourth district, C. L. Moses (dem.) renominated; Ninth, Carter Tate (dem.) ñominated. Maryland, Second district, J. D. Parker (pro.); Fifth, W. II. Silk (pro.); Sixth, A. O. Shoem;iker (pro.); Sixth, Horace Risley (pop.). JUDGE CASWBIiL BeNNETT, eilief JUStice of the Kentucky court of appeals, died suddenly of rheumatism at Hopkinsville. Populists in SVyoming rlecliued a proposition to .fuse with the democrats and nominated a complete state ticket headed by L. C. Tidball for governor. David Hahx, who drove coaches across the Allegbenies before the advent of the railroads, died at Portsmouth, O., aged 94 years. In convention at Boise City the Idaho republicans nominated a full state ticket headed by Edgar Wilson for governor. In convention at Kalamazoo tha Michig'an prohibitionists nominated a full state ticket, headed by Albert M. Todd, of Kalamazoo, for governor. The platform declares against any party that does not openly oppose the liquor traffic; demands the issue of money by government only: the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver; feinale suffrage and the election of president, vice president and United States senator by direct vote of the people. The "Lily White" republicaus of Texas nominated a state ticket, headed by G. D. Smith for governor. The New York democrats will hold their state convention at Saratoga Springs on September 25. " ïuEprohibitionists of Indiana officially declined to fuse with the popnlists, declaring them wild and visionary. The following congressional nom inations were made: Illinois, Fourth district, J. Simmington (pro.); Seventh, H. A. Lloyd (pop.). lowa, Tenth district, E. F. Baker (pop.-dem. ). Nebraska. Fifth district. W. E. Andrews (rep.). Virginia, Ninth district, II. S. K. Morrison (dein.). FOREIGN. Shinichibo Kurixo, chief of the diplomatic bureau of the department for foreign affairs of Japan, has been appointed minister to the United States. He studied at Harvard. A mob of French-Canadian Catholics wrecked the mission houses of the Baptist and Anglican churches and the Salvation Army barracks in Quebec. Fbancis H. Underwood, United States consul at Leith, Scotland, and a noted literary man, died at Edinburg of blood poisoning. GiiEAT Bbitain, in an extraordinary gazette, assumes a neutral position in the war between China and Japan. Felix Geoffrion, who had been a member of the Canadian parliament for thirty-one years, died at Montreal. Eakthqüakes in Sicily destroyed many houses at Aei Reale and at Zaffarano and killed ten persons. Sandow, the "strong man,'' was married at Manchester, England, to Miss Iïlanche Brooks, the daughter of a local photographer. Señor Jose.Verestegui, chief of the Mexican stamp department, was killed in a duel in the City of Mexico over a woman by Congressman Romero. LATER. In the United States senate on the llth no business of importance was transacted beyond the discussion of Senator llill's tariff resolution. it beiag antagonized by a motion for an executive session, for whieh the vice president cast the deciding vote. In the house the time was occupied in the discussion of a proposition to give each of the arid land states 1,000,000 acres of surveyed arid public lands to be reclaimed by irrigation, and the bill to appropriale L250,000 to purchase a site for the government printing office. By the collision of mail and expresa traiüs near Gibbs, Mo., two men were killed and ten badly injiired. Mas. Maby Sullivan, who was 108 years old February last, died at her home in IsTew York. She was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in 178Ö. Joseph Bubnett, aged 73, well known as the pioneer in the business of man■ufacturing flavoring extracts, was killed in a runaway accident at Marlboro, Mass. Virginia militia, under orders f roin the governor, drove the commonwealers out of camp at Rosslyn and set flra to the huts, At a social gathering at her home in Archibald, Pa., Mrs. John Barry was placed on a horse against her will and in her rage shot two of her guests. Mrs. Alice S. Eavy, Cora Johnson and Grace Lowell, aged 19, 18 and 17 respectively, were drowned in the American river, near Auburn, Cal., while bathing. Heavy showers feil overa large area in Illmois, lowa and Indiana, benefiting late corn and vegetation. Madeline Pollabd, who achieved notoriety through her suit against Congressman Breckinridge, is to go on the stage, and will make her debut in Chicago. The Washington-Denver bicycle riders reached Denver thirty-three hours and twenty minutes ahead of schedule time. Maj. Charles Wobth, of the regular army, will be court-martialed for compelling a private to labor on Sunday The schooner Pilgrim was sunk by the bark Braekka off Anvil Point and four members of her crew wers drowned. In a match race at Paris, between Starbuck and Linton, the latter rode 50 miles on a bicycle in 1:58:59, breaking the record. P. L. Cook, a Stuartsville, O., saloonkeeper, was beaten to death with an iron rod by masked robbers.