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GOT OUT JUST IN TINE,
Forepnu.i's Circus Tent lIlown Down Dur.
Ing n Wind Storm.

| N.... ing Wind Storm. ...
PHILADELPHIA, May mo exhibition
was given by Forepaugh's circus in Cam
den last evening, on account OF all acci.
dent which happened during tho after.
noon performance, when tho main tent
pole was broken during tho heavy wind
storm which passed over the city shortly
after o'clock.
The circus parade drew Thousands to
Camden, and when the performance be.
gan 1t was estimated that fully lo,OoI.
peTons occupied seats undcr tho cteat
circus tent. The performance had been
nearly finished, when someone outside
saw tho masses Of black clouds coming
from the west aud the managers we're
notified. They Mt once npprisel The
audience that tho performance would
close, and asked them to leave. 7
Immediately there was great confu
sion, but the tent was soon cleared and
all who had been under Il were forced
into the clouds OF dust and drenchinp
rain which followed. Just after they Ind
left, the wind, which was blowing n ralp,
struck the tent. Tho main pole, which
supported the center, snapped of, an6
the big canvass fell in a heap. Women
screamed, children got assray from thei, |
and amid the confusion the |
roaring OF the lions and trumpetipg OF |
HE elephants startled the people until |
hey became almost frantic, and grand |
rush wa, made for shelter from tho rain |
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LoSDoS,May o.-The robbery OF the
Duke and Duchess Of Edinburgh. at Ed.
inburgh, yesterday, caused great excite
ment in the Scottish capita! aad created
z iesll lnsl oi sympathy here. Although
The robbers haye not been traced, the
London police are more strongly con.
WINGED than they we're yesterday that
the theft was committed by some Of the
Porter gang, whose exploits on the con-
tinent stamp them in the estimation OF
the Scotland Yard detectives as the most
expert cracksmen that Europe has seen
in many years. The loss OF the Jewels is
4 heavy hlow to tho Duke, whose e&.
frcms RehurSoHsness has made him con.
temrtiblc In the eyes Of many members
Of the aristocracy not similarly inclined,
aud the sympathy which has been
aroused by the. theft is all extended ia
the Duchess, who, in the event Of failure
irreparabie losa. !, ~. : n i '5i.
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TROUBLE IN FRANCE.
The StrikcrA In TourcoIng Meet tho Military
and are ypuuuIal,etl.

The Strikers In TourcoIns Meet tho Military
and are vanIuIsl,ed.
PARIS, May "A dispatch from Tour
Going, an extensive manufacturing town
in the Department Of the North, states
that serious trouble has broken out there.
The hands employed in % mills at that
place went on strike this morning, and
great crowds Of men gathered about the
streets to discuss their grievances.
The crowd WAS augmented BY q body
Of 5000 strikers from Roubaix, another
manufacturing town short distance
from Tourcoing, who marched in body
to the latter place aud soon NIL hands be.
gan to show an ugly feeling which cul-
minated in serious rioting, which still
was in progress at noon, the timo the dis.
patch was sent. Military reinforcements
have been summoned to aid the authori.
ties in restoring order. !alu 'FT
TouRcoRlSG, May Twenty thous-
and strikers are paradiog the streets,
committing many exccsses. The caval.
~ dispersed all groups. Twenty people
have been arrested,
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Arbitration Makes Progress,

CulcAoo, May 2.-The Board OF Arbi.
tystion chosen to settle tho differences
between tue striking carpenters aud the
new hosses' associatiQE LaY' been In
secret session all day, qqd is understood
to have made satisfactory progress. II
was announced late this afternoon that
eight hours us n regular days work had
been agreed on. At the first session to.
day the letter from the old bosses asso.
citation vas se9a. It claimed that this
association employs msjority sol the
sasgerters oithe city, and that no effect.
i've settlement ,ysn ks p,hde without the
assent Of this body. lElurther says that
tho members Of the association are
ready to sonce4e the S.hour day and to
treat With Their: meH qa t9 wages, but b
proportion Ito recognize the Union TO
the extent Of preventing themselves
from hiring or discharging whatever men
they may choose TO employ or dis
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WE'LL WON VICTORY
BY Wheeling Club at the Island
Park Yesterday.
PULLED OUT IN THE NINTH,
Akron and NIcliccsport
Also Winners by Close Scores.
The Only League That Plays
Real Base Ball,

"Well, that settles It," said crank
ander tho scorers box yesterday, when
Mansfield WIS allowed to score the
second run In the eighth Inning. Ow-
ingto Freddy" McAlillan's base stealing
and lucky hit Mansfield scored what
seemed 10 be the winning run in that
inning. The game up to this time had
been characterized by brilliant fielding
on both sides. The game was for blood.
Nearly everybody gave up the game 10
the Ohio visitors when Wheeling came
to tho bat in tho ninth. The old time
sluggers could do nothing with Fournier.
The Wheeling men had advanced half
way out to the pitchers box to catch
bis drops, but had not been able 10
catch on. 1t seemed as II Whcelinp's
goose was cooked. "Bohby" McNichols
pulled up horses ration Of grass. hit
the ground with his rosewood shilla,ah,
and said to the man under the scorers
box, whose depressing words are quoted
at the opening OF this article, "The game
ID not over yet, young man."
1t seems that 1t wasn't.
Wheeling went 10 tho bat in the ninth
inning in a sort OF forlorn hope way, and I
had no idea that Col. Opportune Hit
ting or Capt. Good Luck were on the
grounds. Ly.le had two strikes called |
on him, bat owing to Fournier's nery.
business got first on balls. He went to
second on Dextraze's iumble OF Glenal, !
wins hit. Osborne, who had made n |
brilliant catch and ussisted at Il double
play in the earlier stages of the game.
then punched out two.bagger To center,
sending both men across the home plate
amid the wild huzzahs of the crowd.
O'Btien then hit safe, and Osborne trot.
ted home, O'Brien taking second on the
throw home to cut of Osborne. White
hit short fly to left which looked safe,
and O'B.ien playing OF too far could moi
get back in time, and double play re-
suited. Two men were now out. Isig.
Ter hit safe. to right, purtoined the sec.
opd and third bags and scored on Dex-
traces tumble Of Armitage's hit.
Mansfield scored one in the ninth.
zeiglcr ending the agony by a maynid.
cent running catch in right field. 1t
was great pull out, and was Voted by
all present as the best game OF the sea.
son. Captain Glenalvin showed great
reneralship in the contest, and Sawyer,
while iaboripg with sore arm, pitched
magnificent game. Tho remarkable
feature about the game is that while
Mansfield had q put outs there were also
2 assists. 1t was truly great game.
he came teams play this afternoon.
The detailed score is as follows:
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BosroN, May 2.-The strike OF the car
penters is proceeding in peaceful and
quiet manner. In the morning five hun
dred Of the men reported at the head
quarters, and thirty minutes later
Walking Delegate Clinkard mounted
the platform and addressed the men.
iHe then read his report as manager OF
the picket department. Thursday, he
said, 375 men had been detailed for
picket duty. There were lO2 shops and
jobs visited, principally those Of mem
bers OF the Carpenters and Builders
Association, and only iorty.seven men
were at work at these places; twenty
eight ofthese men left work and Joined
the strikers. Several others promised
to do so on Saturday, but will work till
then, as they want full weeks pay.
Just 1850 carpenters went out yester-
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WinttOm's lirn,i Ia Loycl.

WASHINGTON, May 2.-Secretary Win.
dom has written letter in reply to an
article In financial newspaper on tho
general subject Of the currency, in which
be relutes the assertion that the admin.
'ssrasion tavors contraction OF the cur.
roncy. lie gives figures In regard to tho
circulation and Treasury holdings May
l, and makes n comparison with the
estimated circulation OF the principal
countries OF Europe. According to
these figures and estimating tho present
population Of tho United States at
64.OO0,00O, the amount OF metallic aud
paper money In the United States, not
Including any portion Of. the amount
held by the Treasury Of the United
States, Is $50 20 per capita, or more than
In any OF the leading countries OF Eu.
rope, with the exception of France, in
which the circulation Is estcmated at
$5S 81 per capita, ,.--sL-
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Corn Think, sh, is Damaged.

CHICAGO, May "a suit was begun in
the Circuit Court this afternoon by Cora
Q. Davis for 100000 damages against
Dr.. Fred G. Miller, Joseph Lister, Ed.
Mcdonald, alias Mack" and Harry
Howard, alias Howard Ream. The suit
is for damages Miss Davis claims to have
suffered from being enticed, as she al.
leges. into disreputable house lew
nights ago. She recently brought suit
against DR.. Merrill for S25, 900 for breach
Of promise, and she Gays an attempt has
been made to injure her reputation, that
her interest in the breach OF promise
suit may suffer correspondingly, The
defendants to the suit besides DR.. Merrill
are alleged to be par.les to the conspiracy
to defame her. ne rs,.-
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SWITCHED OFF THE TRACK.
Clnyton's lIroti,sr Says the Governor Got q
Wrong Tip.

"tubp AsPs
LITTLE Rock, ARK, May 2.-The
on.Breckinridge investigation com.
mittec held two sessions to-day. Thomas
O. Hervey, one Of the election judges Of
Seward township, Conway county, testi.
fled as TO what he knew about the steal.
ing Of the ballot box. Tho first inior.
nation he received that the box was
taken was when told by Hobbs, another
judge, who was at the polling place
when the masked men entered and took
the box. He had left Hobbs just few
minutes before 10 get a lamp, to see
how to count the votes. Witness
thought that come OF tho negroes In the
township had something to DO with the
stealing.
Col. ". H. II. Clayton was examined
at length. lie told about his going to
Plummerville on January 80, 1889, the
day after he heard OF his brothers death.
Tie said no one in Plummeryile offered
him any sympathy or any assistance;
that the houses were closed, no one as
on the streets and that everybody avoid.
ed him. He thought that the conspiracy
10 murder his brother was concocted in
Worthwhile, and that n was known to
at least twenty-five men Ia the county
that it was to occur. He believed
that his brother was killed by Oliver I.
Bentley and Bob Pate. He was firmly
that the persons who
stole the ballot box killed his brother. |
He did not charge the Democratic party
with being responsible for the crime. |
lie believed that the community in Ar.
kansas desired that the murderer should |
Ie caught and punished. He believed
hat the Governor had done his duty in
his efforts to apprehend the assassin, but
thought he had been lead off on the
wrong track.
a number Of witnesses testified that
hey were in Howard township on the
FAY OF the November election and voted
or G, Il. Brcckinridpe.
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Cleveland In Court.

WASHINGTON, D. G., May o.-Ex.Pres.
ident Cleveland visited the Supreme
Court OF the United States again to-day.
His presence at the court became known,
and the space allotted to the public was
soon crowded. The spectators We're in
hopes that they would have the oppor'
tunity OF hearing the ex.Presidcnt argue
his case, and as the court hears no argu'
ment after tomorrow it is highly proba.
Bile that Mr.. Cleveland will not be heard
until next October. Several hospitable
friends greeted him, but the most Of the
time the only persons with him were
Thomas j. Semmes and Richard Gray,
who arc associated with him in the New
Orleans drainage cases. yyt+r"', T
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\ Victory for Carpenters.

MILWAUKEE, May at to.day's de-
velopments indicate the final outcome
the eight hour movcmentin Milwaukee
will result In q victory for the carpen-
ters. The strike, which 1t was thought
might occur to-day, did not materialize
and the change from the ten hour sys.
tenn to the eight hour system was effect
ed withoutany excitement, aud without
any public demonstration whatever.
There will still be some uncertainty,
however, until after the mass meeting
OF the unions to bs held Sunday evening
at the West side Turner hall. At that
tho carpenters are to report all
who have failed to comply
with the demands Of their men and the
employees Of such non,complying bosses
will bs.,lirected to strike on Monday.
The officers OF the different unions and
Secretary Stein ofthe Carpenters Coun-
Gil, said at noon, that 80 far rs they
could learn not man had struck. In
(act, Mr.. Stein said, they were not ex.
pccted to strike until alter the meeting
Sunday night whatever the attitude Of
lhe contractors might be,
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Lost OH tho llnsert

SAY Diego, CAl.. May s.-4t has Just
GONE TO light that the party 81 Chinese
who last week attempted to smugsle
themselves into the United States from
Lower California, got lost On the desert
and had a terrible experience, ono OF the
party dying ofthirst and exposure. They
found the frontier 80 closely guarded
that they stole to the eastward and cot
inlo tho 6eaest. Here they. wandered
about "aimlessly IN several days and
suffered greatly. Gao oflhe Aone6lians
was youth Of Il years. His suderings
droye him crazy. and in his rawlings he
imagined the 1listering sand was water
snS G. ,esEEeIIIy e. fl}e4 big RafsAe4 mouth
ing, anil le SuSIIly' died. Tbs Il I H1liiieSHgv 1t
rescued. 1.If- - - - -
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NEW YoRK, May-2.-Tbe news senl
from San Francisco that R. S. Schwartz.
kopf, who had represented himself MS an
agent Of the Mutual Life and Equitable
Life Insurance Companies, had commit.
ted suicide in his room at the Baldwin
Hotel, caused considerable talk among
insurance men to-day. at the Office Of
the Equitable, l20 Broadway, it was said
that schwarlzkopf had not been in thei,
employ for some time. lie had former.
ly been an agent OF the company, having
previously been IN agent OF the Mutual
Lille. He has not been seen in New
York for some months. lie has rela:
tiyes here who are greatly distressed by
his tragic death,
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TREND OF TRADE,
Tie Huslness Outlook Less Fayorable-Thc
C0nSptriny Causes ..

Conspirins Causes.
New YoRK, May 2.-R, G. Dun 4
Co.'s weekly review says: The outlook
for industries md legitimate trade is dis.
tinctly less favorable, owing to wheat
and cotton and labor disturbances. The
markets at Chicago have been much in.
lluenced by information OF injury to'
wheat. 1t is most encouraging that the
labor demonstrations have thus far led
to no violence, and in number of cities
the desire OF employers to avoid strikes
has caused full or partial concessions
The general average Of prices is nearly
per cent lower than a week ago, not
withstandiug rise Of - cents in wheat.
due to reports Of injury. Corn made mo-
advances during the week, and oats de.
clined a quarter. Pork and lard ad.
vanced a little, aud oil rose 3 cents.
Coffee is unchanged. There was little
change in sugar. aa#ua5ll
Iron was lower at Pittsburgh, but with
more sales. and not changed at Philadcl-
phia, but Southern blocks were sold here
at SIG Is for No. l. Steel rails are Quoted
at S33, buyers claiming further conces
sions: The market for bar iron is laneuld.
for plates only fair, and for structural
not up to expectations. The reports
from other cities are generally favorable
as to the volume Of business. AT Bos.
ton wool is stronger on some grades that
are scarce, and better demand is seen.
the sales reaching 900 0CO pounds. and
yet no Improvement whatever is detect.
ed IN the market for goods there. Diff.
culties in the clothing trade do not aLate,
and apprehension Of more failures causes
in this and other cities.
Money has not been disturbed this
week. There is much less complaint Of
SLOW collections throughout the North
west, but considerable in some lines in
Philadelphia, Boston and New York.
Business failures occurring during the
last seven days throughout the country.
2ll, compared with 2ls last week. For
the corresponding week OF last year the
figures were 2l4. ~. Il
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WlIEEE THE STRIKES WE'RE
And the Number OF Men Out-In the Lum.

And the Number Of Men Out-In the Luul.
Der Districts. VII Az.
CHICAGO, May o.-The, threatened
strikes in this city which may be said to
have technically begun on yesterday,
when organized labor took its holiday,
wus not apparent till this morning, when
the men failed to resume work at many
shops. The BLACK. Road, in the vicinity
OF AlcCormic&'s Reaper Works, had
much the same appearance this morn.
ing as it had four years ago to-day.
None but strikers could be seen, and
they had entire possession. Every man,
boy and girl employed in the Maleabla
Iron Works. corner OF Twenty.sixth and
Rockwell streets, il out. The total
number Of employees lis l, 200. Among
them arc fifty tgirls employed as "core
makers in the foundry. No particular
reason was assigned by them for quit.
ting work. The chairman, OF the Mold.
ers' Committee says they want ten
hours as! q atday's work, Is per cent nd.
vance nwages. aud so per cent extra fot
overtime. ..,' r-''.
Iu the, northwestern, districts Of the
city there is not one cooper at work.
From three TO four thousand sash, dool
and blind men walked out OF the vari'
GUS factories in the southwest lumbe,
district this morning. The action was
apparently without warning. The men
came to their places OF employment as
usual this morning, and with only few
exceptions, proceeded to work when TIE
whistles,blew. An hour or 80 later the,
threw down their tools aud quietly
walked out, giving no explanation and
without any sort Of scene. =.
-Four huudred menG in Denmau {
Burke's furniture factory struck for eish
hours this morning, and 200 e,uploye,
Of the Chicago Cottage organ factory die
the same for a like cause. l,Elo
Several thousand lumber shavers il
the lumber district along the Black Roat
are dissatisfied and strike is anticipated
among them. iii!A ! ~ MIN
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Situation mt IOtiiSviIlc-

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 2.-Of the 1862
journeymen carpenters in this city, be.
tween 900 and 1000 struck to-day for s
hours and % cents an hour as the mini.
mum Of wages. The non-unionists are
fast joining the strikers, and buta hand
ful will be at work. One big contractor
only has signed the arbitration Commit.
tees agreement, and the Builders' and
Traders Exchange has 30 far ignored
the movement.
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LONDON, May 2.-Now that the strike
OF the porters, signalnen and other en-
ploycs of the Great Southern & West
ern railway is over, both the directors OF
that corporation and the returned work
men arc loud in their praises OF the
two men instrumental in bringing about
the compromise whereby the hostiitics
ceased. It is difficult to determine
which OF them, Archbishop Walsh or
Michael Davitt, is entitled to the greater
degree Of credit for the result, but it is
nevertheless true that to their efforts
solely the end Of the strike is due. The
compromise is emiuently satisfactory to
the men, who gain many Of tho conces.
s'ons they sought, and is equally crafty.
ing to the company which is thereby
relieved from further embarrassment
and loru .n.-r. = -
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TIsI STATEMENTS,

lll olAIE'NENlSs ...
There are no flies on Mansfield.
The Mansfield men are all "big peo.
ple."
Fournier is quite a pitcher. And so is
Sawyer.
Fitzsimmons, Atans6sld's catcher, looks
familiar behind the bat.
Peoples umpiring is beyond question
the best ever seen here.
Joe White got a "silver tip" for max.
ing the hit that brought in the first run.
Osborne's throw from center to frat,
IN making double play, was almost a
line ball.
G!enalvin broke the ice yesterday with
a two bagger. 1t braced up the courage
OF the Wheeling boys.
In seven successive balls pitched by
Sawyer yesterday seven men were pu,
out. Who can beatit .I.' :
The Linsly JURORS defeated the Wheel.
Ing Juniors by score Of 80 toll. The
batteries were Donohoe and Farley
Oliver and Morgan.
II you want to see base ball "as she
is played" 70 over to the Island park this
afternoon. Extra provision will be made
for the transportation Of passengers TO-
day.
Howard .B,andenburg, released by
Pittsburgh N. L., will meet the DAYTON
team at Wheeling, and an agreement
will be signed to play with DAYTON
Pittsburgh Chronicle Ttltgruph.
Fitzgerald and Zsigler will be the
Wheeling battery this afternoon. 1t is
said that "Pap" Lyttle will take of his
hat in right field this AFTERNOON. This
fact alone ought 10 draw crowd.
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MADRID, ,May2-The strikers ut BARGE.
Iona conducted themselves in a riotous
manner throughout the day. They
impeded all kinds of bust.
ness. stopping market carts and
scattering and trampling upon their con-
tents OF provisions. The civil guard
was continually endangered in attempt.
ing to disperse the rioters, but failed to
quell them. Finally state Of siege was
declared. ~
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VIII lso ArllItrnteti..

LONDON, May "a dispatch from Lis
bon to the London edition OF the New
York Herald says that the Portuguese
Government fayors the proposition tc
arbltrate the questions arising from the
seizure OF the Delagoa Bay railway, and
that it has promised the British and
American ministers at Lisbon speedy
reply to their suggestion that the matter
be arbitratcd. H..
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More Serious Thnu Was Supposed.

BALTIMORE, Nd, May e.-The result
Of the the railroad accident on the Ches.
apeake 4 Ohio railroad to Mr.. Rice's
"Pearl Of Pekin Company" is turning
opt to 30 mere serious affair than was
mt tivst supposed. Miss Bertio Fisch, tho
soubret.e, is etill at Stauntop, Va, and it
is reported that she 10 not likely to re-.
cover the use OF her limbs, which are
now paralyzed. Mr.. Louis. Harrison, the
comedian Of the company, who was in.
jured about the head, is threatened
with brain fever and is in precarious
condition. Mr.. Rice states that be is
obliged 10 close the season.
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In tho CukD ikertt,I1

PlrTsBuRGH, Pa, May "A Scottdale,
Pa, special says: Secretary Parker, OF
the knights OF Labor, announces the set.
tlement Of tho strike at the Whitney
and Mammoth Works, and now the ut
most tranquility prevails in the coke re.
gion. In the Smithtou mining district,
tho situation is critical. The men re.
fuse to accept the company's terms, and
have been ordered TO leave company
houses within sixty days. The strikers
have not yet decided whether to leave
peacefully or stand an eviction. II the
latter is decided upon there may be
trouble.