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Domestic.
RECORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.

The New York Prohibitionists at their
State Convention in Saratoga nominated
ticket headed by William F. Smith, for Sec
retary of State. and adopted a platform in
conformity with their party principles.
Nine persons were hurt Ey the fall OF the
southeast corner OF Machinery Hall at the
State Fair Grounds, Springfield, Ill.
Charles Allen, one Of the four postoface
thieves who made such a sensational escape
from Ludlow street Jail, New York City. a
short time ago, has been recaptured at Ozark,
I'll
John F. Lewis. formerly United States
Senator from Virginia, died at his home In
Lvnnwood in his seventy eighth year. Mr..
Lewis was a member of the State Secession
Convention Of 1861. and was the only men,
Der OF that body within the present limits OF
Virginia who refused to sign the ordinance
II secession adopted Dy 1t.
Samuel a. Searle was swimming ashore
from a capsized boat at Greenwich Point
Beach, Conn.,, with his flve-year-old son on
mis- back. when lightning fash struck and
killed the father. The son was drowned.
West Weaver, young negro who was dis
covered In the room OF a little girl. the
laughter Of prominent white resident Of
Waresboro, Ga. was lynched.
While watching game of ball in New
York George Paulson. fourteen years old,
was struck on the temple by foul tip and
lied the same evening.
Portland, Oregon, Is to he quarantined
against the introduction Of cholera from
Honolulu.
Mrs. Alice L. Fleming was arrested in
New York on suspicion of having caused the
death OF her mother. Mrs. H. N. Bliss, by
sending her poisoned food.
The forest fires in the vicinity of Cape
May, N. j., are the worst in years. They
extend forty miles.
Henry Rothkoff, senior member OF a
large wholesale house in New York, shot
himself to death in his Office.
A syndicate OF New York capitalists, hay
Ing $780, 900, is said to be getting control
of the wood-pulp business OF the country.
Parades, picnics and festivities marked
the observance Of Labor Day throughout
the country.
For carrying red dag in a parade Of
Italians in Philadelphia two men were ar
rested after wild scene of disorder in
which the police used their clubs freely.
The annual meeting Of the American
Social Science Association opened in Sara
toga, n. Y.
The formal opening Of the conven-
tion of the National Letter Car
iers' Association in Philadelphia was
marked by big parade. Four thousand let.
ter carriers were in line. In the evening
Postmaster-General Wilson addressed the
carriers at public reception.
Secretary Herbert inspected the Brooklyn
Navy Yard.
.GSan GSSaanIoson1akeepers in New York City paid over
tences' for violations of the Excise law.
The body Of Robert ". Inman, Jr, who
was drowned in New York Harbor from the
yacht Adelaide, was found at South Beach,
Staten Island.
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MINERS DROWNED.

Workmen in Colorado Diggings Over.
whelmed. by Water.
Water broke through the walls separating
the abandoned workings of the Bob Tail
Tunnel property and the Sleepy Hollow and
Americus mines, Central City, COL, and
caught thirteen miners before they could be
warned Of their danger
The Bob Tail Tunnel property was famous
in the early days of Gilpin County for its
great yield Of gold. Its shifts, drifts and
chambers penetrate into the hills for miles.
The property was closed down for years.
About four years ago a Haverhill, Mass,
company opened a portion Of the property
named the C.. P. Fisk, out of which
they have taken over 81 100000. This
has encouraged others to lease portions
of the property, and such were the Sleepy
Hollow and the Americus. The new work.
ings must have gone too close to the aband-
oned drifts, filled with water, and the walls
broke, enGulfng the new workings. The
break occurred at the Mabee workings, now
idle. Two unknown Italians were drowned
in the Americus and eleven In the Sleepy
Hollow.
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The National Game.

Eight of the Boston players are now hus-
bands and fathers.
The New Yorks have lost more games so
far this season than they did all last year.
Baltimore has the League record OF the
season with fourteen consecutive victories
Alsie Mcbride. Chicago's new outaelder,
farmed out to Roxford, is a tailor by trade.
Most left-handed pitchers lack speed, but
Foreman, of Pittsburg, small as he is, has
plenty CT it.
The St. Louis Browns have won but one
measley game from New York this season in
the full series.
Davis is the only maa on tho New York
team possessing all tho qualifications for
.lrst-class captain.
tienins has now played six positions on the
PittsburS team-frst, second, third, short,
let and right field.
The Cincinnatis now have only two pitch
ers in good conIition-Rhnes and Parrott.
Frank DRYERS arm j. again s3re AMI Frank
tD""al:sa las Il lit ila 81 81 his III: .aia,
ha:u
There are four Clarkes in the National
League, two in New York one in Baltimore
and one in Louisville.
1t is claimad for Pitcher Esper. Of Balti-
more, that he hasn't hit n hatsmaL this sea-
son us yet with Il pitched ball.
Lang won bicycle for being the most
popular player OF the Chicago team He got
over 2G, 600 votes. Ansongot jl5 only.
Roger Conner, until recently first baseman
for ST. Louis, will manage the Waterbury
Conn nine the remainder Of the season.
There does not seem to be so much said
about the League umpires Of late. and the
absence OF disorderly scenes IS noticeable
A series between the New England and
Eastern League champions at the close OF
their seasons would draw largely and be
most profitable.
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THE RESULT OF A DlINd.

A crowd Of men recently went into saloon
at Shamokin, Penn, with Joseph Swartz, to
see him drink quart Of whisky for wager,
and they emerged in little while bearing
his corpse. 1t was tradition that Swartz
could drink two quarts of tine reddest liquor
at one time, and the question arose as to
whether he could swallow the quart. Joe
shrugged his shoulders eontemptuously.I
Without ceremony he ordered the fiery
liquid. Down his throat coursed the stun
and bis eyes sparkled. Finally the last drop
was down and Joe cast triumphant glance
at his companions. Then he sang song
and danced q jig. His brain had been
turned, and he said his nerves tingled as
though q thousand needles were prtek1ng
him. Faster went his feet until he suddenly,
threw his arms to the air and grew deathly
pale. He groaned, dropped to the floor, and
the merry shouts of his comrades died into
EXPLANATIONS of alarm. They rushed to his
side, and he seemed in awful agony, but un-
able to speak. He became senseless IN Few
minutes. and then died.-Chnstian Culver.
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Francisco Railway, and was perfectly will.
ing to 60 into an arrangement OF that kind.
Mrs. Stewart promptly put her boot down
on any such policy and declared that she
wanted the Office. 20, can run the office
with my son." said Mrs. Stewart. "He ia
now Chief Deputy and can greatly assist
me-"
The Missouri law In regard to women
holding Office Is vague. If Mrs. Stewart
should be elected to fill out the unexpired
term the legality Of her position would come
to an issue Mrs. Stewart is a woman OF
about forty-1ve. short and rather heavy.
She Is good-looking and Intelligent. She
women's rights movements in Springfield.
She Is q womanly woman, but can be firm
enough to act as Sheriff If duty demands.
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Prominent People,


E1-President Harrison goes hunting deer
at midnight,
Lord Salisbury. the new British Premier,
weighs about $50 pounds.
Senator Morrill,, Of Vermont, 'the father
of the Senate" is now eiShty-hve years OF
age.
King Christian, Denmark's aged ruler,
smokes cigarettes. rs do all the other crowned
males Of Europe.
The Rev. Mas Kazoo Tai, japanese EDis-
copal clergyman, noted for his scholarship,
will soon visit thIs country T. stu'.: Ameri-
can civilization.
Thomas 3. Reed has Just 4pucA: thirty
pound bicycle. ami is learning to ride ut bis
summer cottage at Grand Beach, Me.
Andrew Carnegie has subscribed the last
$500 to the testimonial to Dr.. 5. F. Smith,
the author Of America, making the de-
sired total Of 5000.
: The first mulatt1 TO receive the honor OF
knighthood was Sir Conrad Reeves, the Chief
Justice Of Barbados. He is Of slave descent
on his mothers side.
The Prince Of Wales SneaEs English with
a slight German acceut, while the Duke OF
York speaks it with slight Danish acc ent
inherited from his mother.
Ex-senator ConSer. OF Michigan, who was
prominent and ricn fifteen years ago, is iiy-
ing in Washington, at the AZ. o! seventy
four. in destitute clrcunstaac:S.
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GENERAL ELY S. PARKER DEAD.
A Full-Blooded Seneca Indian With q
Remarkable History.


General Ely S. Parker, supply clerk of the
New York City Police Department, died the
other evening at Fairfield, Conn, his death
being the result of stroke Of apoplexy
General Parker was one of the last OF the
Seneca sachems He was O full-blooded
Seneca Indian, having been born on the In
dian Reservation at Tonawanda, n. y, IN
1928. he took q course at the Polytecnnlca
School at Troy, and afterward studied law,
but as Indians at that time we're not admit
ted to citizenship he was not admitted 10 the
bar. He then took up civil engineering,
ment post at Washington, under Gen
eral W. F. Smith. During the war ne
served on General Grants staff and was
appointed Assistant Adjutant-General IN
May, 1868, with the rank Of Captain. AFTER
that until the close of the war he was Gen
eral Grants Secretary. 1t was he VINO at
General Grants dictation wrote out the
terms of General Lees surrender at Apo
mattox, and at the conference between the
two Generals when Lees Secretary became
too nervous to write General Parker took Dis
place. He had in his possession the Original
draft of the surrender made by General
Grant with lead pencil and the gold pen
with which it was signed. He also had all
the medals given by Washington and other
Presidents to Red Jacket. After the war
General Parker was made First Lieutenant
of the United States Cavalry, resigning In
1862 He was brevetted gadier-General
of volunteers in 1865 and Brigadier-General
of the United States Army in 1867. he acted
rs Indian Commissioner for number OF
years, and through him the sale OF the lro-
quois lands in New York State and the trans
fer of the Oneidas and Tuscaroras to Green
Bay. Wis, was made. At one time he was
wealthy, but he lost most Of his money In
the Jay Cooke disaster. General Parker was
a notable figure. standing erect as stat,
over six feet in height. He always wore
sugar-loaf hat. with stiff, fat. brim., He
usually dressed in a suit of slate-colored
cloth. with Prince Albert coat. Like all
the famed Iroquois race, he had more regu-
lar features and was lighter in complexion
than the Indians of the West. He was a
member of the Grand Army OF the Republic
and of several secret societies. His Indian
name was Onedoneoague.
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AN EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.

Portions of New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Delaware Shaken.
A shock Of earthquake was felt a few min
utes after 6 o'clock the other morning along
the Atlantic coast from Delaware to Long
Island. In New York City 1t was very slight,
but it was sharp in New Jersey and to the
east of the Metropolis.
From dispatches received In New York 1t
was shown that the earthquake was felt only
in Delaware. New Jersey, Eastern Pennsyl-
rania and Eastern New York, including the
western part Of Long Island. From
40 place was there any news OF dis.
aster or serious damage In
most places the nature of the
shock seems scarcely to have been suspected.
In few places the more ignorant or more
superstitious part Of the inhabitants were
thrown into paroxysms of terror, and betook
themselves to their knees. their prayers and
their Bibles.
This Is the first shock felt in this part Of
the United States since 1853. Had the
shock occurred two days sooner 1t would
nave been upon the ninth anniversary of the
great Charleston earthquake.
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\Earth
Noon

cended to the housetops to view it. The
Brooklyn Bridge afforded an unobstructei
view and was sought by many sky gazers.
The eclipse was we'll under way when the
theatres turned out their crowds, and for
time upper Broadway and adjoining streets
were crowded with observers. At two or
three points about the city enterprising per-
sons set up telescopes, and did good bust
ness at five cents peep.
Astronomers all over the country had their
glasses turned on the moon, and from their
Observations and photographs they TOOK they
hope to learn some new and interesting facts
about the nearest Of our neiShbor5 in the
sky.
The eclipse will return on September 15,
1918 Not until that time will the sun, earth
and moon be in exactly the same relative
positions.
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The Yosemite National Park.

The annual report Of Captain Alexander
Rogers, of the Fourth Cavalry, o. S. A
Acting Superintendent OF the Yosemite Ma
tional Park, has been received at the interior
Department. Captain Rogers reports that a
great deal of work has been done by his
troops in keeping trespassers of the park.
From one part Of it more than twenty thou
sand sheep have been driven, and some
trouble has been ha with cattle men. There
is ut present no penalty for rrespassins. ex.
cept expulsion from the park Captain
Rogers says that ii there were penalty OF
fine Or Imprisonment, the par! would be
easily kept clear.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

Governor Morrill, believes that the old
fashioned temperance pielSe will do more to
secure prohibition in Kansas thaA al STAT
utes.
The saloon keeper ruins other men, but he
damns himself.
The devil may feel proud of his work
when he looks at the drunkard's home.
The New York Tribune says in one Of the
worst saloons in Boston the following
placard is suspended: mo ladies served
with drinks at this bar"
II the prohibition OF the sale Of whisky on
Sunday constitutes Puritan Sunday, says
the Scranton Index. let us have such Sun
day all over the country.
lone may deplore," says the Chicago
Herald, "the existence Of SO many distiller-
les. so many breweries, and so many saloons,
but he has only to look back q few years to;
see that they are not as strong in many ways
as they once were. Above all they have not,
the moral SUPPORT they once had -"--.A-A
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MOON IN ECLIPSE.

An Astronomical Event Which VIII No'
Occur Again Until 1913.
A total eclipse Of the moon brought OUT
thousands of sightseers in many parts OF the
country. The accompanying diagram shows
the moon at the middle,of the eclipse, when
It was entirely within the earth's shadow.
The eclipse was described by the almanacs
az "a total eclipse Of the moon, visible IN
North and South America, Western Europe
and Africa" Its official time at New YORK
was as follows: 94s p. m, moon entered
penumbra; II p. M, entered earth's shadow;
IL a. m, total obscuration began; lag a: m,
began to emerge; 2.54 a. m, emerged IRON
earth's shadow.
The eclipse had been heralded in New York
by the newspapers, and many citizens as
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wHIsKY's FELL WORK.

In describing some Of the scenes which he
saw on recent visit to the Washington
almshouse, correspondent Of daily pa
per says that one Of the first men he met there
had been at one time Attorney-Generalo of
Virginia In his Office number Of now dis
tinguished lawyers were students, and they
owe much to his advice. His father had
been Attorney-General OF the United States,
and left his son wealth. But he drank, and
sacrificed everything to his love OF intod-
eating liquor. ~
Another pauper was an ex-Judge OF the
Supreme Court of California, and had been
esteemed one Of the most eloquent men OF
bis time. he came to Washington to get an
Office, was disappointed, took to drink. and
drank himself out Of pocket. mind, and
friends, and into the poorhouse. ...a
In his company was once wealthy news
paper editor and proprietor Of New York,
man Of great politlcnl influence. This man
has been for three years In the poorhouse.
drinks so much that he lies about the street
and Is returned by the police.
Aman who was Stephen A. Douglass In
Innate friend, and who used to speak from
the same platform with him, Is Washing
ton pauper. When fortune smiled upon
him he used liquor as relish, and when her
smiles turned to frowns he tookit as an anti
tode for sorrow. 1t brought him temporary
relief, but permanent ruin. -
Coming into the almshouse, as the CORE
spondent left 1t, was an old, white haired
man, who was at one time one Of the lead
Ing men of the Michigan bar. he was the
man who backed Zachariah Chandler, and
made him, politically speaking. what he was,
And this man, of great legal ability and
political influence sufficient to make and un-
make men, and of much wealth, Is now a.
pauper. Why2 Because he drank alcoholic
liquor. How foolish Is any one, high or low,
who will take this poison and hope to es-
cape its effects!
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GOT THE BEST OF THE BARGAIN.

At temperance meeting where several re-
lated their experiences. a humorous Irish.
man was acknowledged to be the. CHIEF
speaker. He had on pair Of fine new boots
Said he: "a week after I signeu The pledge
met an old friend, and he says, 'Them's q
Hne pair of boots you have on They ore,
says I, and by the same token twas the So
loon keeper who gave them to me-: 'Ihat
was generous of him. says he 1T was
saws I. but / made bargain with him. He
was to keep his drink andI was to keep my
money. My money bought me these fine
boots. I got the best Of the bargain, and I'm
going to stick to it," "-Union Signal
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Big Fruit Crops in New Jersey.

New Jerseys apple crop is far above the
average. Tons Of good fruit lies rotting
under the trees because it does not pay to
market them. The present price Is from
missions and freight to be deducted. leaving
the grower little.
This is fruit year. and all kinds Of fruits
have been plenty, with prices correspond
ingly ruling low.
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Great Exhibition at Budapest in 1896.

The Secretary to the Austro-Hungarian
Chamber of Commerce has informed the
world at large that great exhibition will
be held at Budapest next year in commemora-
ton OF the foundation Of the Hungarian
King ION under Arpaid 1000 years ago.
The exhibition will be on q scale OF great
masnihcence, organized under the auspices
of Francis Joseph. apostolic King Of Hun
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Boys Killed and Fed to Bears.

Two Roumanian trainers and exhibitors
of performing bears have been arrested in
Debreczin, in the Haiduck district Of Hun
gary. charged with having fed their animals
human flesh. In the course OF their ex-
animation the men admitted that they had
killed four boys, cut their bodies into pieces,
and fed the bears with the flesh.
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BLINDED BY A TROLLEY FLASH.
Physicians Say Mrs. Chapius Will Never
Recover Full Sight.

Physicians Say Mrs. Chapius Will Never
Recover Full Sight.
Mrs. Alexis Chapius, OF 57S Main street,
Paterson, N. J., was crossing Washington
avenue few nights ago, when trolley car
passed In front OF her. AS the car passed
bright fame shot from under the wheels as
they came in contact with some rock on the
tracks. The light was very brilliant, and
snveloped the car for moment.
Mrs. Chapius felt a shock and put her
hands to her eyes to protect them from the
light. When she removed them she found
she could not see. She was stone blind and
had to be assisted to her home. BY medical
aid her sight has been partially restored, but
the attending physician says she will never
recover her full sight.
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SIX MEN HELD RESPONSIBLE.
Blame Placed for the New York City
Building Disaster.

Blame Placed for the New lork City
Building Disaster.
The inquest into the cause of the collapse,
in New York City, of the Ireland building,
through which, on August 8, fifteen men lost
their lives, was brought to conclusion. The
jury, after consultation lasting more than
four hours, returned verdict fixing the
blame on six of the men connected with the
erection OF the building and generating
Joseph Guider, the plasterer. and Jefferds
E. Sillock.
The Jury found that the building was put
up with a criminal disregard for human
life. They charged that the responsibility
for the collapse rests upon the architect,
Behrens: the builder. Parker; his master
mason, Murray; his general superintendent,
Walker: the assistant to Behrens, Youdale.
and the Building Inspector, Buckley.
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Oldest Twins known.

John and Richard McGrf, the oldest
known twins in the United States, neither Q!
whom ever wore glasses or walked with
canes. have just celebrated their ninety-nrst
birthday at Geneva, Ind. Three hundred
persons were present. They are in excellent
health and as clipper as boys.
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TEMPERANCE.

THE TEMPERANCE MAIDEss.
We happy-hearted maidens
Are singing bHthe and free,
Doing our bits Observing
Or setting cups OF tea.
Il nursing or II scrubbins
Our busy hands employ, M
We still find to be useful \
Brings happiness and Joy:
In home or out In school-time
With earnest will possessed,
In lessons or In leisure =
Trying to do our best.
And If we fail or falter
Through carelessness or sin,
We'lltry, try. try. We Temperance girls
The victory still to win.
True to our word, we maidens.
Must learn to answer "No.
II coaxed or scoffed or threatened
Our promise to forego.
And free from all unkindness,
From slander, and from strife,
And innocent and blameless
Should be our daily life.
Changes will come and trouble
As childhood slips away,
But In all cares and sorrows
We still can watch and pray.
Whate'er the sore temptation
That lures Us into sin,
In Christ's great name, we poor weak
girls,
The victory can win.
National Temperance Advocate.
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FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.
Result of an Apparently Harmless Attack
Of Dog on q Child.

CharlesS. Bottomley, of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
has lost his three-year-old daughter Elsie by
peculiar accident. The little girl was
teasing her fathers bird dog, and the animal
became angry and sprang at her. Itevidentls
did not intend to injure the child, but simply
seized her by the dress at the back OF the
neck and shook her vigorously.
The little girls cries Of alarm brought hel
mother to the scene, aud when released II
was found that she was apparently uniniured.
But the little girl had been so badly frightened
that the shock brought on m attack Of
nervous prostration. This was followed by
commissions, and, after lingering for eight
days In precarious condition, she expired.
Her physician says there is no doubt but
that her death was due to the fright she
received