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BERING SEA CRISIS.

The President Says the Question is
One of Honor and Self-Respect.
The Senate made public the recent corre-
,pondencs between England and the United
States respecting the Boring Sea contro'
versy. The reply Of President HARRISON to
,he Marquis OF Salisbury is signed by Acting
Secretary of State Wharton.
The President insists on the renewal OF tne
modus vivendi. and calls attention 70 tne
xravity of the situation, saying that he Is moi
willing to be responsible for the results OF tne
msistence by either Government during thH
season on the maintenance OF It's extreme
rights. He adced that the question is MOI
On. Of money or gain, but OF honor and sel'
respect, and that the proposition to e1ac6
bond from the owners OF Canadian vesSeis
ean hardly be made seriously, and declines
to oiscuss it.
Lord Salisbury, for considerations that
keep the Canadian poachers faithfully IN
view. declined to assent to renewal OF last
years modus vivendi, and the President,
while making one more appeal to that end,
closes his note WITH the assurance that II 1t
should become necessary this Government
wiz protect the rights it claims IN the seals
with all Of the power it possesses.
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BIooMDY M 7 WORK " j In CHINA.
Over 5000 Rebels Perish. Many of
Whom We're Burned.

"nOm !" Gre burneU.
According to advicss just received from
Shanghai, the bloody engagements recently
between Imperial troops and rebels in North.
ern China resulted in the slaughter OF several
thousand rebels. The Imperial army lost
only FIVE killed and forty-ave wounded.
Over 5000 rebels were put to death with
the sword, and 800 actually burned alive.
A number Of engagements are reported. A
body Of insurgents numbering 800 was over.
taken by the :1mpsrialists at place sixty
miles from Kulun, and over 100 Of them
were killed and three leaders mads
p,s9niss pTsr 1T, o ss 'saa enemy @srs pas
to the sword, and the remainder wers
obliged to retire 10 . pawnshon the strong
walls Of which made it an admirable place to
defend. The Impsrialists closely Invested
the building and killed over l50 Of the In.
mates. Intelligence latsr reached the Inn
psrialists' camp thnt forcs of the enemy,
comprising 800 cavalry and 800 In
fantry, had arrived with tho object Of COM
ing to tho rescue Of their confederates.
They. were attacked In the front and t6s 6s
rear By the Imperial forces and lost 400
encountered another party Of Imperislists,
who shot atty Of them aud made score Of
prisoners.
Another detachment Of rsbels was posted
st Meiyaokoutze to which place tho lon:
psrialists continued their march, The rsbsl
detachment numbered about 100 OF which
sixty were killed and twenty made prisoners,
among the latter being the so-called
leader Of the vanguard, L. Hung Tsa!,
who waa instantly decapitated. A stu
larger force Of tho enemy waspcsted in the
Chlsn Chang district where they had an en-
campmsnt with guns fitted up In the loop
holes of tho wall surrounding tho villages.
Churches Of the new creed served as outposts
of the rebel army. An onslaught was made
upon their position. and after an engagement
lasting two hours 800 out Of . total OF lSOo
were put TO othe sword.
About 500 Of the rest wsre burned alive,
and, including stragglers, 1t is estimated
that not less than 400 Of the enemy were
killed on this occasion. A great number OF
the adhsrents Of the new creed wore cap
tursd. including threo leadsss. who were In
qtantlv beheadod
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In the House,

66rH DAY.-The debate on the Silver bill
was closed, and flibustering proceedings
were continued with great confusion for
seven hours. The bill was disposed OF 'in-
definitely at i2:35 in the morning by the ad-
journment of the House.
87rH DAY.-The House went into Com
mittee Of the Whole (Mr. McRse, Of Arkan-
sas, in the chair on the private calendar.
Three hours were consumed In the con-
sideration OF the bill for the relief OF the
personal representatives Of H.nry d. Sfo-
Icy, the inventor Of the "Sibley" tent, butno
determination was reached. The COMMITTEES
having arisen, the House adjourned, the
evening session being dispensed with.
68TH DAT.-Mr. Covert introduced the
bill introduced in the Senate to authorize tho
New York and New Jersey Bridge Company
to construct and maintain bridge across
the Hudson River between New York City
and New Jersey. The bill is amended 80 a.
to provide for the location Of the bridge be.
tween Sixty-sixth and Seventy second
streets, and to provide for its completion In
ten years instead Of four as provided by the
Senate measure--Eulogies on the late MIR.
Spinola, of New York City, were then deliv
cred by Messrs. Cochran, Curtis. Cummings,
Wheeler, Belden. Campbell, Geisenheimer,
Hooker, Of Mississippi and Cooper;
O3TH OAf.-3 no OpooAoA AoAe SSAeAo VIZ
House a communication from Representa-
tive Joseph McKenna, Of the Sixth District
of California, informing the House that he
had sent his resignation as Representative
to the Governor Of California-Ar. Blount,
from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, re-
ported the Diplomatic and Consular Appro-
priation bill. Committee OF the Whole
The floor was then claimed by and awarded
to the Committee OF the District OF Col.
umbia, and several bills were passed.
10th DAY.-Discussion of the Free Wool
bill wss resumed-Spesker Crisp presented
a communication from Roger Q. Mills, stat.
ing that he had sent to the Governor OF
Texas his resignation as REPRESENTATIVE
from the Ninth District Of Texas, to take
effect at once--The COMMITTEES on Bank
ing reported favorably the oiu to incorporate
the International American Bank
list DAY.-Mr. Grain, Of Texas, was ap
pointed to Mr.. Mills's late place in the House
Commerc, Committee-Conside OF
the Free Wool bill was continued, speeches
being made by Messrs. Butler, Taylor,
Grady, Layton and Crosby.
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WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

DRNnARK has made q Worlds Fair ap-
prppriation OF $67, 900.
MORE than 1S0 exhibitors are chronicled
from Philadelphia alone.
A 5000 monument of Barre granite will
be ono Of the exhibits from Vermont.
AcoNTNUoUs clam bake will he one Of tho
at the Exposition.
ing city, is constructing in miniaturea q COM
psets salt plant for exhibition at the Worlds
Eair.
TIE Board Of Lady Managers is making
arrangements for an extensive exhibi1
showing woman's share in tho illustration
Of books, in engraving and other forms OF
picture production.
POPE LEO XIII has written letter
strongly commencing the Exposition, which
It is believed will have most favorable
eject in stimulating interest in the Fair on
tho part Of all Catholic countries and COM
Nunities.
A VERY complete. and doubtless an eye
opening diamond exhibit will be made by
Cape Colony, south Africa. The exhibit
viii include III, 900 carat5 Of uncut stones. q
large quantity of very fine cut and polished
ooes, together with all that is necessary to
sEsow the process OF mining and washing
A CALIFORNIA sb,g tree" has been se-
Iscted in Tuiare County, to be SHOWN at the
Exposition. A committee Of the Board Of
Trade, after an extended tour Of inspection,
picked GUS tree measuring 81 feet inches
In circumference at the base, IS feet five
fset hign above the ground, and IS feet at
height OF sixteen fese
TIE wooded island" in the Exposition
grounds is beginning TO assume the character
which iu great part it win have during the
Eair-that OF a gigantic flower garden.
Already the Horticultural Department has
resolved q, COO rose bushes and other plants,
several thousand Of which came from
abroad. These are being transpianted on
The Island.
HARPER Bros, Scribner & Sons and the
Century Company have agreed to exhibit at
the Fair illustrations showing the history OF
Eunsportation in all countries. Chief Smith
expects to secure similar exhibits from for
oiSn countries and from other publishers in
Tins country. The exhibit will include re'
productions Of Autographs, original draw
Mgs and photographs.
A FEAruRE of Idaho's Exhibit at the Fair
viii be practical illustration Of the system
snd benefits Of irrigation. A large section
Chicago. Throu zh this bitches will be run,
and trees, fruits and flowers ysiltbe grown
In the soil by the irrigation system. Pro.
3pective Idaho settlers are expected to be
especially attracted by this exhibit.
TIE Worlds Fair Committee Of the North
American Turner Bund has male personal
applicauion to Director General Davis for
space for a display Of gymuastic apparatus,
literature on the subject Of physical exercise
snd development and representations OF
gymuastic organizations, as we'll as for out
door gymnastic exhibitions, which the turn
'-ess desire to give eight days in each month
curing the Exposition.
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BURMAH'S CAPITAL BURNED:
Nandalay Destroyed, Leaving
$4,000 Families Homeless.
Several Hundred Natives Perish
in the Flames.

Dispatches from Mandalay. the Capital OIL
Burmah, soy that disastrous fire has
RACED. there. Three. :ourths of the city is
u ashes. Among the buildings gone are the
old palace. the new Government telegraph
sSBce, and two converts. The whole ousi-
sss portion of the city has been swept
nway. The loss Of life has been oet"een
ssvsnty five and hundred.
No search has been made for BODIES, as
kha people have been fleeing to the open
country all lay, trying to save taelr MOUSE.
hold goods and escape the intense hea'
which envelopes the ruins.
They are camping at distance from
sAe city without food or shelter, and calls
fsr help for them have been seno
out by the authorities. The hre IS
"a 10 have been caused BY tho Goals
f-r~, a Are in a natives hut in tho
Iover Quarter OF the city. There Is no pro-
vision against fire in the city and the people
did not wait to fight it but ned panic strlcken
hsfore it. The roads to Amarapura are
crowded with fugitives, who VII! seek heip
= = s,out sHoS Tx u GOO families .ili be homeless.
The residence Of Sir Alexander Mac.
kraxia. Chief Commissioner, was burned
nd two Of his servants were mortaly in-
jurnd. The total number OF those severely
S.,ntssi is thownt to be about $500. Latest
rs.,rrts saw the loss Of life was underesei-
nated. It may reach 200 and perhaps
nora.
Mandalsy fell into the hands Of the British
vhsn they conquered Upper Burmah M Few
ycars ago. It was the Capital OF king
Mcfaw. one Of the most inhuman rulers
vho aver sat on throne. Before that con-
.,,ast n white man could visit Maudalay
nnly at the peril Of his life. Now, however,
.he great city is connected with tine OUT
ado world by rail. Soon ateer ene
British troops marched INTO tne clty
q was fred by dacoits, as the ROD
ser bands Of Burmah are calico, ana cnou-
ssuds of houses were burned osmooy ,oa0 eus
.rrelvi INTO tie construction OF tne houses.
fhS British have been putting up some suG.
sksntial buildings, but the rest OF Sne Guy
sd always has been finder box.
In 1885 this city was inundated oY reao
sresbes ii the Irrawddy River, though an
..nhsnkment forty feet high is supposed TO
surnish adequate protection. A uaoe nss
-.;ies long by two wide was under wafer
from four to twenty-five feet and oo'VSo
psople were driven out OF their houses. ss.S 81
Sandalay in recent years has had ner hun
share of great misfortunes; r.I
The greater part Of the natives hVeo
vithin the walled city. Tbs fact that 9ne
valace which was outside OF the walled cisy'
Tax burned shows that the European ouuo-
;oys mt ND for official or commercial pur-
cnses we're also endangered and very likely
ssstroyed. as they were all in the neighoor'
Mod Of the place. Newspapers in Engiisn
were printed in the city. The population Ii
about 900, 00o
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THE NEWS EPIT0MIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.

A BIG mass-mseting OF all classes OF
citizens at Cooper Union, New York City.
denounced the Central Park Speedway Act.
and demanded its repeal.
An Erie train passing through Great
Bend, N. Y. near the outskirts OF the town
struck two women, Mrs. Decker and Mrs.
Quick. Both were instantly killed
The joint debate between the representa-
tives of the Yale and Harvard College took
place at the Hyperion Theater, New Haven,
Conn. Ch.uncey II. Depew presided. The
question debated was: Resolved, That i'm.
migration to the United States, should
the order Of their appearance were
as follows: E. H. Haven, of Harvard,
affirmative; j. I. Chamberlain, OF Yale, neg
ative: F. W. Dillinger, Of Harvard, ahrna-
tive; Thornwell Mullaly. OF Yale. negative;
j. Stacy Brown, Of Harvard, affirmative.
and William A. McQuade. Of Yale. negative
Each spoke fifteen minutes.
MRS. MARY LARSEN, aged eighty yearS
who lives in Brooklyn. N. Y, In an old
frame house, was bound, gagged and robbed
OF 5000 by two young men.
FIRE in Philadelphia. Penn. destroyed
Bromley's Mills causing a loss Of fully
featuring establishment Of b. o. Wilbur &
Sons was also destroyed; loss, $4,000.
ARIo PARDEE, Of Hazletou, Penn, banker.
coal operator and manufacturer, was found
dead In his bed in his Rock Ledge cottage ON
Indian River, Florida. Mr.. Pardes, who
spent his eighty years Of life in the coal re-
gions Of Pennsylvania, was said to bs the
wealthiest man In the State, his riches being
estimated at about $50. .000, 900.
CLAUS SPREcKELs's sugar refinery at
Philadelphia, Penn, has been formally
turned over to the Sugar Trust, in consid-
GRAFTON Of $1,000, 900 In trust certificates,
thus ending his war against that corpora
ton.
The wreckers have taken the British ship
Windemere of the beach at Asbury Park,
NJ.
WHILE James Calvin and Edward Welsh
loitered on the tracks at Poughkeepsle, N.
Y, they we're struck BY freight train and
killed.
The New York State Legislature held
services at Albany in memory Of General
Sherman; General Slocum presided, and
Chauncey II. Dspew delivered the GRAFTON.
BOTH branches Of the Rhode Island Leg
islature have passed tho bill providing for
biennial elections Of State officers.
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FIVE SHOCKS KILLED.
Murderer Cotto Executed by Elec-
tricity In Sing Sing IN. ~ Prison.

Jeremiah Cotto. the italian ragpicker
who murdered Louis Frankeloso, fellow
countryman, on the morning of July 26th
last In New Utrecht N. Y, paid the death
penalty in the electric chair at the State
Prison In Sing Sing. At II the night before
Warden Brown went to the condemned
mans cell and read the death warrant to
him. Cotto, who has little knowledge Of
apparently thought that the Warden had
come to take him to his death. After the
Warden left him ths murderer seemed moro
calm, and was induced by his keepers to lie
down on the cot in his cell. The priests ar
rived at the prison at about 8 A. NJ, and
went to Cottos cell.
At 1875 o'clock everything was in readi-
ness and Warden Brown lad tho witnesses to
the execution chamber. Mr.. Davis, the
State expert, was at the switchboard testing
the voltage Of the current, which was shown
to be 1900.
At 1O:43 Cotto entered the death chamber,
being supported by Fathers De Sancta
and Milo. Warden Brown led the little pro-
cession. As Cotto caught sight OF the death
chair be tottered and would have fallen
had he not been supported by the priests:
Cotto was hurriet into the chair and
quickly strapped. The electrodes were then
applied, one at the calf OF the righe leg and
the other at the forehead, it being decided
not to use the same method as at the e1ecu-
tion of McElvaine when the current was
introduced through the hands.
At 1O:45 Warden Brown nodded to Mr..
Davis to turn on the current. Instantly
there was convulsive movement of Cotto's
body and the straps began to creak. Con.
tact after contact followed in rapid
succession until five had bean given
to the condemned man. The in
terval between each contact was twelve
seconds. After the third contact Drs. Alb
bott and Irving felt the dying mans pulse
and also listened to the beating OF the heart.
The last contact was given at 1O:4S:03.
Three minutes after this all action OF the
heart ind pulse had ceased. The doctors
present were then invited to examine the
BODY. All those who did so agreed that
Gotta was dead
Immediately after the first contract Cot
to's face turned purple, and then, after each
successive shock, the features became dis
torted and discolored. The strap over the
forehead and eyes slipped down and exposed
the features. the body was carried into
the autopsy-room adjoining the death cham
ber, where an autopsy was performed oy Drs.
irving and Abbott.
Drs. Abbott and Irving said that Cotto
felt absolutely no pain after the first con-
tact, and that, in their opinion, three would
have been sufficient.
After the autopsy Cotto's body was placed
In a rough pine coffin, which was filled with
ouicklime. The coffin was conveyed on the
shoulders of four convicts out OF the prison
and up tho hill to the burying- g-ground, where
it was lowered in grave near the graves OF
the other murderers who have been executed
In Sing Sing Prison since July last.
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THE LABOR WORLD.

The coal strike in England has te8
ated. y.
THERE are 10000 walters in New q
City
The mining interests show a heavier
duction.
SHIP buildings both Oh coast and LAKE
thriving. $3.50
TIE British House Of Commons REID
the Miners Eight Hours bill.
TIE outlook for laborers In the iron q
featuring business is gloomy.
THE theatres in London, England,
larly employ over II, 900 people.
A BosToN (Mass. } dry goods house
regular physician for its employee
RUSSIA is employing 1000 Poles q
land in building new roads and fort
tons.
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND men are neede
once to man the vessels Of tho United g
Navy.
An alien labor bill Is being urged Il
Canadian Parliament In retaliation OF
United States.
TIE reduction In the wages OF pud
from a to $3.50 ton went into e1ecs
days ago at Lsbanon. Penn.
The Pharmaceutical Union Is abot
make demand for a rsdurtion Of the
Of labor for druggists clerks.
THE average annual wages OF B
working-psople are about $16o yaar
every man, woman and child.
TIE Furrisrs' Union has adopted a
label, copy Of which has been sc
Washington TO be duly registered.
TIE unsmplovei Of Germany q
making matters interesting for tho
ment by threatening disturbances.
BUILDING material men are all
work at present, AMI architects q
adently OF booming demands ahs1 n
TIE proprietors Of two Boston kss..
tells have issued orders thgt nor in 4
employ shall hereafter wear eth must
or beard.
TIE puddlers IN tho iron works Of Me$
and Schwerte, in Wcstphaii1 ara now
vided with furnace shields 70 protect Z
from the intense heat. %
The hotel anil nirsstauraas vaitsrs Of BI
lyn and New York City nave ask.d all
bers Of organised labor not to patroniz
taurants that employ fa6isle waters.
The recsutly organized Federation
Metal Workers Is composed o. tno lntA
tional Association Of MachiniSts. with
600 members; 1rou MoulderS Union. 81
Brotherhood Of Blacksmiths. 400; Bro
hood Of Brass WORKERS, 800a. %nn1 Pat
Makers s'National Union, coD ulsm5ers.
EMPLOYEES OF the Grand Teupk Rai
have been ordered nos to smo;s whu4
duty or when in uniform. They mus
move their hats while passing thco1
dining car or any car IN which an oMcI
the road may DO seated. They will nd
allowed to use seat, port OF which
ready occupied By passenger.
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Foreign.

THE new extradition treaty. between
France and the United States has been signei
by NJ. Ribot, the Foreign Munster, and
Whitelaw Reid, thu American Minister.
The passage of Russ an Hebrews throu ,h
Germany has been prohibited.
SIX men, who were recently caught pull.
ing spikes from the track Of the Mexicau
Central Railway. were summarily shot by
sol1iers Of the Rural Guard The poorer
class Of Mexicans have been in the habit of
stealing thess spikes AMI selling them for
four cents apiece.
Severe snow storms occurred in the North
Of Wales, England and Scotland, with
drifts from two to five feet high.
LORD SAL1sBUaY's reply to Acting Secrs-
tary of State Wharton's last note on the
Rering Sea controversy was made public in
London, England.
THE Coroner's jury has founl Deeming
guilty Of the murder Of his wire and four
children, at Raiuhill, near Liverpool, Eng
land. The murderer 10 now in Australia
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

THERE Is great anxiety in Germany ABOUT
Emperor Williams health.
REPRESENTATIVE JERRY SIMPSON, OF Ran-
sas. used to be q log sawyer.
GENERAL JAMES LoNGsTREET now devotes
n,st Of his time to literary work.
The Pope at eightJ-two has fairly good
eye-sight, and uses glasses only in reading.
ARGENT visitor to Bismarck describes him
as the picture OF bodily and mental vlgor.
CARA, the Mexican Revolutionist, carries
eleven policies on his life in different conn
panies.
The attempt of Buffalo Bilr' to repeat
his European success OF two years ago mas
failed dismally.
Ex-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND quietly cele-
brated the tifty-tifth anniversary OF his birth
ut Lakewood, Nj.
DURING the last twelve months the Lord
Mayor OF London, England, has rartaken OF
$50 public dinners.
JAZZ GOULD is popular in Texas: FL Paso
people serenaded and cheered him as tine
greatest little man."
Ex-Governor NATHANIEL 8. BERRY, OF
Now Hampshire, now ninety five years o. age.
is the oldest Of all living e1-Governors.
HENRY N. STANLEY will go to the Congo
this year In the interest OF the Congo Free
State, and remain in Africa for long
period.
Mas. ROSE HARTwIcK THORPE, who wrote
ssCurfew Shall Not Ring Tonight" Is living
in California, and Is busy on history or
Oregon.
CONGRESSMAN SPRINGER, Of Illinois, has
discovered that his ancestry extends back TO
Egbert, the early English king, and beyond
him to Charlemagne.
TIE Duke Of Edinburgh has besn offended
by the criticisms OF his voilin playing at the
charity concerts. He declares that he will
never again play solos in public.
SIDNEY s. JACKSON, said to be the oldest
horticulturist in the United States, died at
his Green Trownship, Ohio, home the other
day In the ninetieth year OF his age.
The oldest graduate now in the United
States Army is Colonel William b. G. Bart
lett, who graduated at West Point Military
Academy in 1S28-sixty-six years ago.
MAX SrRAKoscH, the famous musical i'm
pressario, died, a few days ago, at tho Home
for Incurables in Fordham, N. Y, OF parai-
ysis. He had been an inmate OF the instt'
tuition for several months.
JOHN n. INNAN, the richest man Of tho
South, was q drummer boy In the Conreder-
ate Army, and when tho War was over he
did not have a cent or friend to help him.
He is now a resident Of New York.
CAPTAIN R1cHARp PIKE, who will probably
command the Peary Relief Expedition, was
Captain Of the Proteus Of the Greely expedi'
ton in 1881, of the Proteus OF the darlington
rescue party lin search Of Greely), and OF the
Kite in the expedition OF 1891.