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VETERANS KILLED.

A Grand Army Excursion Train
Smashed to Pieces.
A special train on the New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio railroad, consisting OF nine
coaches and carrying Grand Army of the
Republic members to the Columbus, Ohio,
reunion, was run into by freight train near
Rittmann, Ohio. Seven persons were killed
and twenty-five wounded, number of them
fatally.
The excursion train, wach was a special,
had the right of way, and was running at
far rate of speed Just outside Rittmann IS
a steep grade, which the train was descending
when connecting rod on the engine broke
and the train was brought to standstill IN
q narrow cut.
Following closely after the excursion train
was freight train No. 81, running at a high
rate of speed.
4 fagman was sent back to warn the
freight but it had already started down the
grade and the engineer had only time to re-
verse his engine and jump when his traln
crashed into the rear coach OF the passenger
train, never stopping till it had ploughed Is
way through three coaches, throwing them
SquarelY on top of the engine and sendlng
their fragments in every direction
The passengers in the last two coaches saw
the approaching freight and most Of them
had time to Jump. The engineer jumped, as
did his fireman. The latter escaped with
but slight injuries, but the engineer struck
the embankment alongside the track, bounded
back under the wheels and was crushed into
O shapeless mass. Brakeman w. E. Coch-
ran, of the freight, jumped likewise, and
he, too, was hurled back and ground under
the wheels, his lifeless body being soon afte!
taken out from the debris. In the third
coach from the rear of the passenger train
two Grand Army men, Samuel Bryce and
John Shook, were instantly killed, their blood
scattering over their comrades seated near
them, while the latter were thrown in heap,
many of them with broken limbs and
gashed heaax
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House Proceedings.

GOTH DAY.-The debate in the House on
the Retaliation bill consumed the entire ses-
sion. The bill was discussed by Messrs. Nut-
ting, Cannon, and White for the Republi-
cans, and Hooker for the Administration By
unanimous consent the vote on the bill was
postponed, and the debate will continue.
2OSTa DAY.-The Retaliation bill was
again brought up for discussion. MesMa
White Wilson, Cochran, Cummings, Mo-
Adoo, Bayne and McMillen ndeliveredspesches
on the subject, after which vote was taken
and the measure was passed by l4 yeas
against four nays Messrs. White, Bayne,
Dalzell and Lind voted in the negative.
209H DAY.-The conference reports on the
Fortifcations and Army Appropriation bills
were adopted. ... The conference report on
the Sundry Civil bill was further considered}
49,. "A bill was introduced for the construoi
tion Of an inland waterway from Neuse
River, N. c., to Florida. IT car
A b bill was Introduced % admit free Of duty:
all kinds Of cotton bagging IA bill to
amend the naturalization laws OF the United
States giving to the District and Circuit
Courts Of the United States and the District
and Supreme Courts of the Territories and
of the District Of Columbia exclusive juris!
diction of the naturalization OF aliens, was
introduced.
. 2lOTH DAY.-A resolution was introduced
for the appointment Of a committee to in
vestipate the circumstances surrounding the
contract for the Brooklyn Federal building
Mr.. Kelley announced that Mr.. StahlI
necker was the member charged with having
attempted to influence the architect Of the
Congressional Library building. 5Is
211TH DAY.-The House resumed the coni
sideration of the conference report upon the
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, A clause
was agreed to which provides for the appro-
priation of $780, 900 for the purposs Of In.
vestigating the extent to which the arid re-,
eion Of the West can be redeemed by 1rrsga-
tion. A Senate amendment which gave rise
to discussion was that appropriating $2OO, 600
for the establishment Of Geological
park in Washington. 1t was lost -. The
Senate bill was passed amending the
act relating to postal crimes. The,
Judiciary COMMITTEES reported q bill to
create a Court of Patent Appeals. The
bill provides that the court shall consist or
one Chief and two Associate Justices, draw
ing salaries of $4,000 per annum and the
proper clerical and reportorial staff The
Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury
Department reported a bill to appoint g.
Board of three officers Of the corps OF engt-t
neers to investigate the claims OF certain
citizens Of New York and New Jersey for.
damages 10 their planted oysters in Karttan
Bay BY dredgers in the employ OF the United
States Government in 1881 :.
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LATER NEWS.

THE Republicans of Massachusetts assem-
bled in State Convention at Boston, anc
nominated a complete ticket, headed by
Oliver Ames, for Governor.
+ The New York Democratic State Conven-
ton held at Buffalo renominated Governor
Hill by acclamation, paying Lieutenant dov-
ernor. Jones similar compliment, and re-
nominating Judge John Clinton Gray for
Judge of the Court Of Appeals, which ne
now holds by appointment. & ..
The State Convention of Massachusetts,
ProhibitioDists was held at Worcester and
full State ticket was placed in the field, LED
by William h Earle for Governor.
The millinery store and dwelling house OF
Miss Irene Mccartney, at Weirs, N. H., was
burned. Miss Mccartney, aged eighty years,
who was alone in the house, was smothereo
to death.
NINE persons were drowned by the recent
flood at Augusta, Ga.
A FIRE at Harper, Iowa, destroyed the en-
tire business portion Of the town.
1HE TTeeuDdCheTS uciu uhoAi A'eAoio'~~ W.
vention in Cincinnati and decided not TO
nominate ticket. ...
THE Democrats Of Colorado assembled in
State Convention at Denver and nominated
Hon. T. NJ. Patterson for Governor by &C
clmation. j. A. Porter was nominated FOR
Lieutenant Governor.
The Navy Department has ordered that all
shipbuiIding tools and supplies for the New
York Navy Yard now under contract, shal
be delivered within thirty days, so that
there may be as little delay as possible in the
construction of the armored battle ship
Maine.
The statement that famine in Egypt is
feared because of the failure Of the crops IS
officially declared to be untrue. The Nile Is
rising slowly, and the crops will be equal to
those of 1884
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CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
September Report of the De-
partment Of Agriculture.
Returns Concerning the Yield OF
Corn, Wheat, Cotton, etc.

The September report of the United States
age condition of cotton 1873, decline OF
three ard half points since the last report.
The general average is slightly higher than
in 1887 and 1886. The decline, while slight.
has been general throughout the belt, except
in North Carolina and Tennessee, where
more seasonable weather has resulted in
slightly improved condition. The State
averages Of condition are: Virginia, "a;
Georgia, IS; Florida, 90: Alabama, 81; Mis-
sissippi, S6; louisiana, 20; Texas, 7S; Arkan'
sas, 81; Tennessee, 95. The crop is generally
somewhat late.
The report makes the average condition of
corn 94.2, wheat 7T.3, oats o7.2, rye R.S,
barley e69, buckwheat 93.7, potatoes 9L6,
and tobacco 81. The returns show but very
slight falling off from the exceptionally high
August report Of maize. The loss is almost
douth and hot, dry winds caused a
decline This high average has been ex.
ceeded but once in the past ten years.
in 1885, when it stood at IS and the largest
crop ever grown was harvested. In the
seven corn surplus States the average of
condition is a5 against "a at the same date in
1887. The aveages Of these States are: Ohio,
JS, lnQlan6, %, ltlluOlS, 90, iowa, %, ulS-
souri,, 80; Kansas, 80, and Nebraska. 81. In
other States of large production it is: New
York, 90; Pennsylvania, 9S; Virginia, go;
Texas, SO; Tennessee. 95; Kentucky, IS.
The average condition of spring and winter
wheat, when harvested, was 77.3 against 82
last year. The winter wheat States show a
slight improvement over the last report of
condition in July, but there has been a
serious decline In the spring wheat region of
the Northwest. The averages Of the princi-
pal States are-Winter wheat: New York
S6, Pennsylvania 20, Tennessee g6, Kentucky
so, Ohio 90, Michigan u, Indiana 81, Illinois
70, Missouri Is, Kansas 80. California IS,
Oregon o. Spring wheat: Wisconsin II.
Minnesota 10, Iowa q, Nebraska so, Dakota
78 - .-.....
The general average of oats at time OF
harvest was four points lower than at last
report The decline this year was mainly
in the spring wheat region of the Northwest.
State averages are: New York SO, Pennsyl
vania 96, Ohio IS, Illinois so, Indiana 93,
Minnesota go Iowa 73, Dakota 90. Barley
has declined slightly, while buckwheat shows
small improvement
Potatoes have fallen off less than two
points during the month, and condition is
generally high in all sections. Tobacco shows
Slight Improvement, mainly in the cigar leaf
States
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has opened to two-thirds Of the existing

has opened TO two-thlrds OF the existing
States"
From this he turns to trusts and combina-
tions, discussing them as follows: THE dec
laration of the Convention against all CON-
binations of capital, organized in trusts or
otherwise, to control arbitrarily the condition
OF trade among our citizens is in
harmony with the views enter
tanned and publicly expressed by
me long before the assembling of the Con-
vention. Ordinarily capital shares the losses
of idleness with labor. but under the opera
ton of the trust, in some of its forms, the
wage worker alone suffers loss. while idle
After declaring himself in hearty
sympathy with the declaration Of the
Convention on the subject of pen
sions, he says in regard to Civil Service
reform: 1.-THE law regulating appointments
to the classified civil service received my
support in the Senate, in the belief that it
opened the way to n much needed reform. l
still think so, and therefore cordially approve
Convention upon this subject. The
law should have the aid of a friendly
Interpretation and be faithfully and
vigorously enforced All appointments un-
der it should be absolutely free from par
tisan considerations and influence. Some
extensions OF the claSslhed list are practlca-
blsuand desirable, and further legislation ex-
tending the reform to other branches of the
service, to which it is applicable, would re-
ceive my approval"
The following paragraph is devoted to the
Temperance rnestion: Il notice with Meas
ure that the Convention did not omit to ex-
press its solicitude for the promotion OF virtue
and temperance among our people. The
Republican party has always been friendly
to everything that tended to make the home
life Of our people free, pure and prosperous
and will in the future be true to its history in
this respect
After urging the extension and cultivation
Of our diplomatic and commercial relations
he concludes by saying: 'The resolutions
relating to the coinage, to the rebuilding OF
the navy, to coast defences and to public
lands, express conclusions to all Of which
gave my support in the Senate.
Inviting calm and thoughtful consider
alton OF these public questions, we submit
them to the people. Their intelligent pa
triotism and the good Providence that made
and has kept US nation will lead them to
wise and safe conclusions
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
BENJAMIN HARRISON"
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THE VOMITO IN NEW YORK.
Richard A. Proctor, the Astronomer,
Di Of Yellow Fever.

Di Of Yellow Fever.
Professor Richard A. Proctor, Of Harvard
University. the renowned astronomer, died
Wednesday night of yellow fever at Willard
Parker Hospital, New York City, an insttu..
tion expressly provided by the Board OF
Health for contagious diseases.
Professor Proctor arrived in the city on
Monday, having come direct by train from
his Southern home at Oak Lawn, Marion
County, Fla. where he has a private OBJ
seryatory. He left his family there, and had
already engaged passage for Europe, and
was to have sailed on Saturday.
Upon arriving he went Immediately to the
Westminster Hotel, corner OF Irving place
and East Sixteenth street. There he devel
oped alarming symptoms and a physician
was called, who correctly diagnosed his case.
and ordered him into quarantine at the city
pest house.
There the patient was entirely isolated, and
skilled nurses were asked to volunteer their
services to attend him. The call was promptly
RESPONDED 10 by number Of the most skill
full nurses, all of whom have had experience
in yellow fever cases.
The end came quickly. In spite Of the
most careful nursing Professor Proctor
passed through the various stages Of the
dread disease rapidly, and yesterday was
sei2ei with tue black vomit. This is
the last stage, and no one RECEIVERS when
this terrible symptom has once set in.
The doctors and nurses tried to ease the
patients suffering. but could only wait in
sadness and silence for the closing of the eyes
in death. The convulsions increased and
then came the black vomit and death.
Richard Anthony Proctor was born IN
Chelsea, England, on March y, 1877, and
was noted as one of the most distinguished
scientists of the age.
Professor Proctor was one of the most
pro itic writers on scientific subjects OF the
present day, being a co itributor to oil the
leading English magazines and periodicals,
and the author Of many volumes OF essays
and scientific works.
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SUMMARY OF CONGRESS,
Senate Proceedings

10th DAY.-The House Chinese Exclusion
bill was brought up for consideration. Mr..
German moved to refer the bill to the Conn
mittee on Foreign Relations. This motion
w.s lost-20 to 19. The bill was then passed,
81 to Brown, Hoar and Wilson OF lowal.
Messrs Sherman and Ingalls, did not vote. A
motion to reconsider was made, but pending
a vote the body adjourned.
hist DAY.-The motion to reconsider ~
Chinese Exclusion bill was discussed 0y
Messrs Sherman, Morgan, Mitchell, Ve1< and
Hoar. No action was taken. -. The confer.
ence reports on the Qualifications and Army
Appropriations bills were adopted The
Senate refused to concur in the House amend
ment reducing to SIS per. month the pension
for the widow of General Fitzpatrick. A
conference was ordered. 5
IT'D DAY.-The Senate adopted resolu-
tion providing for an investigation OF the
charges against Assistant Librarian Mckee
.... The Retaliation bill reached the Senate
and was promptly referred to the COMMITTEES
on Foreign Relations. The House bill Tor
the allowance Of certain claims, known as
tho Fourth of July claims, was passed.
=. bill was reported declaring al trusts,
agreements or combinations between persons
and corporations unlawful The Chinese
Exclusion bill came up again, and Mr.. Stew.
art spoke in advocacy OF it. Mr. Teller
criticised the manner in which the bill had
been introduced. :. Mr.. Plumb offered reso-
luton requesting the President to transmit
all correspondence or communications con-
cerning the recent Chinese treaty.
IBID DAY.-The President sent to the Sem
ate a response to the resolution calling for
copies Of all communications demonstrating
against discrimination against American
vessels passing through Canadian canals and
American vessels engaged in the fisheries -.
Mr. George offered an amendment to the
Trust bill The amendment consists Of four
additional sections, the most important OF
them being one making It the duty Of the
President, when satisfied that the price Of
any article of merchandise is raised In con-
sequence Of agreements or combinations, to
issue his proclamation suspending tempora-
rily the collection Of import duties on such
articles &c
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NINE MEN KILLED.
Prightful Explosion in Montana
Tunnel t

Nine men were killed and six others se-
riously injured by the explosion Of blast IN
the Montana central tunnel near Helena
The tunnel is being driven from both ends,
and for the last ten days workmen on each
side had heard each others movements The
gang in one end is composed Of Irishmsn and.
in the other end Of Swedes There has been
great rivalry between the two gangs to see
which would make the hole first.
Orders were given by the contractors to be
careful and put in small blasts. Just before
the night shift of Swedes quit they put IN
three big blasts Orders had been previously
given to drill only ten feet, but the Swedes
drilled twenty feet As the hole was nearly
through the Irshmen, not knowing the
Swedes had drilled 80 far, exploded
single cap over one Of these holes,
which exploded it and set off the other
two blasts. Three hundred pounds OF
giant powder stored in the vicinity was also
exploded, and the result was awful. As soon
as the smoke cleared away rescuers entered
the tunnel end found thu remains Of nine
men scattered all over the place, one man
being cut completely in two -.
The tunnel is six thousand feet long,
through granite, and this Is the first accident
The Coroner's jury rendered verdict OF
"No one to blame"
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THE NATIONAL GAME.

BosToN needs good throwing catcher.
DAVE ORR has been reinstated by Brook
lyn.
BURDocK. Of the Brooklyns, now bats loft
handed.
HoRNuNe and Radbourne, OF Boston, are
for sale.
KRocK seems to be Chicagos only reliable
winning pitcher.
SAM WISE, of Boston, has been relegated
to substitute duty.
FR1EL is considered the best sprinter In
the Central League.
The Bostons lost but two games out OF
eighteen successive ones played.
EWING, of New York, has 80 far this
season caught more games than Bennett, OF
the Detroits
THROUGH sacrifice hitting Toronto wins
many games, and through Lack or 1t Syra-
cuse loses many.
Boston can boast of being the only city
to support q professional team since 1871
without q break.
MoRRILLs twenty put-outs at first base is
tine best League and Association record Tor
1888 in nine. inning game.
MAROON is q color no baseball player likes.
Some of the greatest failures were scored oy
Teams WHO WOTe Iue IudtooA.
In the fourth and fifth innings Of recent
game at New York Bufhnton pitched seven
balls upon which he retired six men.
In sliding to second, third-baseman Kirby,
of the Lima (Ohio) Club, sustained an injury
to bis leg which will cripple him for life.
PREFER, of Chicago, has had more
chances and accepted more this season than
any other second baseman in the business
PRESIDENT Won DER AHE, Of St. Louis
claims that he has had an offer Of $25, ,OO0 for
the release of King, Robinson and Captain
Comiskey.
ANsoN reluctantly admits that If the
pennant is lost to Chicago, as now seems ex-
trernely probable, it will be through the loss
Of Clarkson end Kelly.
P1rTsBURG's new find, Beckley, hit safe in
every one of eighteen consecutive games
played up to recent date, and failed once IN
the last twenty-five games.
BOBBY MATTHEWS was knocked out OF the
box by a country club the other day. Calvin
is now the only one of the old-timers still in
the ring and holding his own.
SAMUEL HAINBRooK, a prominent mer-
game of ball recently, aud was struck on the
temple by pitched ball and killed.
BosToN has played % different players this
season; Chicago, lS; Detroit, q; Indian
apolIs, II; New York, 20; Philadelphia, 20;
Plttsburg, -; Washington, ~; total, lat.
P1TTsBURG invested $4,000 in new players
this season, incluuing $1,000 for the release OF
Dunlap, s25Oy for Maui, s45uO for the release
of Beckley and Staley, and SlOOO for Sun lay.
The steamer upon which the Spalding
| combination is to sa from San Francisco to
Australia will be fitted up with net cage so
that cricket and baseball can be practised on
deck whenever the weather will permit
THERE have been forty-three shutouts in
| the American Association. Cleveland has
| been blanked ten times, Kansas City, eight
times, brooklyn seven times, Cincinnati five
times, Louisville and Baltimore four times,
Athletics three times, and the Browns
| twice
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

WILLIAM HOPKINS, fifty years old, and his
five-year-old daughter were burned to death
in fire which destroyed his house near Mil
ford, Del
THE little hamlet of Ingham's Mills, N. Y,
was the scene of terrible boiler explosion
resulting in the death of Adam Keiser, Jr..
aged seventeen and Arthur Leavitt the en-
gineer, aged seventeen. The injured were
Adam Keiser, Sr, both legs broken; and Ja-
cob Keiser, one leg broken and injured inter
nally. Two horses were instantly killed. Inc
explosion was caused by carelessness, a brick
having been left on the safety valve.
==FREDER1C e. BEARDsLEE, an electrical ex-
pert, killed himself in New York City by
swallowing cyanide OF potassium Despond-
ency owing to sickness and poverty was the
cause.
THE loss by the recent frost in Maine has
been estimated at 81, 100000.
CHARLES FREDERICK HERREsBoFF, the
builder of boats, has died at his residence at
Bristol, r. l., of pneumonia. he was In MS
eightieth year.
J. COLBY DREW, Of Lynn, Mass, who con-
fesses to forgeries aggregating 0,OOO, mas
surrendered to Marshal King. He bad
charge of the financial affairs of w. F. Mon
roe, a grocer, to whose notes he forged in
dorsements. Drew had plenty of time to es-
Cdpe DuU ue pTelcIEcu w ouIl lcnocA hiihAoSAA'
WM P. EMORY, age seventy eight, "a
wealthy bank President of Pennington, N.
j., drowned himself in a drainage pool near
his barn, prompted by dependency caused
by the recent death Of his wife.
THE Maine State election resulted in Re-
publican victory, unofficial figures giving
Burleigh majority of about ~, ono for Gov
ernor. All four Congressman elected are Re-
publicans. The State Senate was reported
solidly Republican, and the lower branch Of
the Legislature is four-fifths Republican
REAR ADMIRAL LUCE, commanding the
United States North American squadron, has
sailed from New York for Norfolk, Va, on
the eighteen foot steam barge Vixen, that
boat being his temporary flagship.
The amount of the defalcation Of Cashier
Breed, of Hartford, Conn, who committed
suicide is S10S,00
CAPTAIN ANDREWS, the daring seaman
who attempted to cross the Atlantic in a
small open sail boat, was picked up in mid,
ocean by passing vessel in an exhausted
condition and brought back to Boston,
whence he sailed.